That Person's Name Is...

[Shay Cormac]

Leaping forwards, Shay took no time to look down, not worrying a bit about falling to what would have been a broken ankle if he had messed up. As soon as Shay stepped onto the ledge of the building he had just jumped onto, he looked back to see Agnès hesitating slightly, before mimicking Shay's movements, diving to the ledge.

Agnès' left leg slipped off the end of the building upon landing, and the expression on her face as she lifted herself back up with only her right leg was nonetheless terrified. She continued to run forward, sighing under her breath as she observed Shay take yet another leap towards a building, only this time slightly higher than the one she was on top of now.

Shay's hands grabbed the ledge of the structure, quickly pulling himself up as he did so. Agnès went wide-eyed for a moment, before tilting her head down slightly, focusing as she ran as hard as she could. Trying her best not to make a sound, her will to do so didn't amount to much, as Agnès grunted heavily as she took a large jump at the building in front of her.

Agnès' heart sank mid-flight as she realized her arms could not reach the ledge that Shay had previously grabbed onto. Gravity began pulling Agnès downward, and she almost wanted to scream, but she did not let herself do so. Instead, Agnès took the half-second she had to think and immediately looked down, frantically trying to find something to grab onto as the arc of her jump began to deviate downwards.

Almost as soon as Agnès' sight left the ledge of the building, she could feel a clenching grip at her forearm, catching her before she fell. Looking up, Agnès' worry immediately faded away seeing Shay with his arm stretched outwards, grabbing at Agnès. Nodding to her, Shay began to pull Agnès back up, her legs assisting Shay's weight, making him do less work.

Immediately after pulling Agnès onto the roof, Shay knew she was going to say 'thank you' for his efforts, but instead of letting her do so, Shay put his index finger to his mouth, covered by his mask. Agnès looked for a short second, then realizing she still needed to be quiet. Nodding at Shay this time, Agnès turned towards the towering structure in the middle of the city still a few blocks away from where they stood.

Without a single stop thereafter, the two Primes continued their running, climbing, and leaping to their target. Both Agnès and Shay had nothing but determination written all over their expressions, fueled by their beliefs that taking down this Stormtrooper Captain nested in this city would not only protect the citizens of Nippur, but please King Gilgamesh as well. At this point, however, Shay nor Agnès could much care about the likes of Gilgamesh, only minding to keep the Stormtroopers away from their people.

Traversing through this strange desert city by night was nothing more than tedious, tiring, cold, and unforgiving. It became evident however, Agnès was getting more and more used to it by the minute, at least alongside somebody like Shay, who has admittedly done worse in this regard. These few minutes of nothing but getting through stone walls, ropes, and ladders with nothing but their arms and legs felt as if they lasted forever.

Although Agnès paid no mind to the ground below, every time Shay jumped rooftop to rooftop, he looked down to see barely any inhabitants of this city roaming the streets, although the explanation for that one was easy; they were asleep. The one thing that always caught Shay's eye whilst looking down however, were the Stormtroopers lazily patrolling the streets below. They were almost identical to the two Stormtroopers who were guarding the gates of Coruscant back in the Nexus, though this time, all of the soldiers were camouflaged with an easily recognizable desert brown pattern. It wouldn't be much help to the troops now, however.

In the midst of their running, Shay suddenly stopped, before raising his arm. Agnès noticed it at just the right time, stopping before her head ran into Shay's arm. Agnès' breath was heavy and tired, whilst Shay looked as if he could sprint another few miles without even breaking a sweat. It was almost as if Shay was showing off instead of actually being practical, but Agnès dismissed the thought, finding herself a tiny bit jealous. Though, she could admit, she was getting better at this whole climbing routine.

Agnès looked onwards, finding the reason Shay was stopping the two dead in their tracks. The Stormtrooper fortification was only a couple buildings away from the two as of now. Crouching down, Shay went to the very ledge of the roof both he and Agnès were on top of as slowly as he could, Agnès quickly following.

Shay clicked his tongue at the sight of the tower beneath him. All he could see was Stormtroopers following each other in pairs below, and not a single opening in the fort left untouched. Agnès could tell Shay was even baffled on how to deal with this kind of situation. Scratching at his covered-up chin, Shay took a moment to focus into the situation, the expression on his face making it seem as if he were inside an entire world of his own.

About a minute passed whilst Shay observed these Stormtrooper's movement patterns, to which Agnès took her time to do the same. It was just then that Shay had rose to his feet with a surprising speed, to which Agnès flinched at slightly. Staggering a bit, Agnès stood next to Shay, wondering what he was going to do just then, still trying to be as quiet as possible.

As slowly as ever, Shay walked over to his left, right above a dark alleyway creating the gap between the building right next to the one the two Primes stood on. Just as slowly as he walked over to the edge, Shay turned to face Agnès, whom was still frozen in confusion.

Just like that, Shay raised his arms and nodded to Agnès, before falling backwards. Agnès' eyes went wide in surprise at the sight of what had just happened before her. She almost ran in a horribly desperate attempt to catch Shay.

Only a second later, the all familiar sound of the ex-Assassin landing on a pile of hay could be heard.