Summoner of the Void
1: What's Left
It was pitch black. No, she was blind folded as well as bound and gagged to the dusty floor below her. Chanting could be heard near by accompanied by screams of pain. The guy next to her was pleading to be let go, but the next thing she heard from him was a high pitched yelp of pain as he was kicked and dragged away.
What was going on? How did she end up like this and where was she? She couldn't recall anything as a fresh scream torn through the air, people cheering at the pain the poor fellow was going through. "Yet another has failed to pass." A voice sounded as the girl struggled a bit against the binds, but to no avail. "Bring the next one!"
With that, she felt someone grab at her upper arm and pulled her to her feet as she stumbled blindly across the uneven ground and was tossed onto of what she felt was a stone block of some sort. With her body fully exposed, she felt the lingering warm blood of the last person that was on this alter of sorts as she shuddered in fear of what is to come. Her hands were unbound and rebounded above her head as they stretched her out along the length of the slab. A gloved hand slowly caressed up the center of her body, making her shake in fear as she tried to scream through the gag.
"Such a perfect body, will you be it's host?" A man mused above her, his voice sounding very ethereal to her ears as she shook her head side to side in protest. "If that's true, then you'll be added to the Void." He told her as she felt a sharp edge of a blade gently cutting into her skin around her body, making her writhe in pain. The person above her was carving symbols into her body, letting small trickles of blood run down her sides as she felt the blind fold holding her tears in her eyes. He added even more to her as he sliced smaller grooves into her arms and legs as well before laughing softly to himself.
She was going to die. Her body was slowly losing blood which, in turn was making it harder for her to stay warm. She felt a hand caress her face gently then removed her gag from her mouth, allowing her groan loudly at the small stabs of pain that spiked all over her body. The hand never left her face as it moved down to her chin and slowly pulled her mouth open and a moment later, she noticed something slip inside and slide down her throat and up into her mind. Something cackled inside her mind and gripped at her heart as she writhed uncontrollably from the intrusion. The intruder was showing her visions of Runeterra being consumed by the Void and those that supported it will be able to live along side the creatures of the Void, as long as they know how to survive the new harsh reality of this world.
The pressure she was feeling kept expanding inside of her, almost like it'll tear her apart from the inside as she cried out in horror. What she was feeling was magic that she couldn't quite grasp or understand as it explored every fiber of her being. She pulled hard against the binding, trying to curl up and dampen the pain, but it only served to mare the skin around her wrists as more blood curdling screams issued from her mouth. "Hmm, seems the Void is taking it's time with you." The man above her whispered in her ear as she continued to cry out in pain. Taking it's time? It was driving her over the edge as she struggle against the binds once more.
"P-please…" She managed to gasp out between fits of screams. A gloved hand was petting her face softly, slowly slipping a finger under the blind fold and lifted it off her eyes as she saw the man that seeks to kill her if she didn't pass the 'test'.
"I'll please you once the Void is done testing you. Assuming you survive." The man muttered softly as he wiped away her tears as they leaked uncontrollably from her eyes. The man looking down at her, why did he seem so familiar to her? Another scream ripped through her as she felt the magic of the Void pull once more at what she thought to be her soul.
It was becoming unbearable, the magic was doing it's best to make it as painful as possible, but somehow, she wasn't losing her mind as she once thought. In fact, she started to manipulate small portions of it to lessen the pain from the cuts in her skin. The man noticed her reactions starting to change as well and smirked under his scarf. He moved to undo the ties on her wrists, letting them fall limp at her sides as she slowly whined down from the screaming. "It seems you've passed. I welcome you to my cult." He announced to the crowd she forgot about as they cheered.
A moment past during the welcoming speech as some of the cheers became screams as she heard bodies falling to the ground just feet away from her. The oddly dressed man beside her floated up slightly then cackled lightly. "Come to join me at last, Kassadin?" He asked the new comer. The girl turned her head to see a even more oddly dressed man, wearing what looked like a cross between a scuba helmet and a demonic mask on his head and a long mage battle skirt of sorts.
Kassadin didn't say a word, but he shot a purple sphere at the man next to her, silencing him as he vanished and reappeared next to him, knocking the head cultist away from the stone slab the girl laid upon. The masked man looked down at the girl, who was breathing pretty heavily from the ordeal, then looked back at the man he knocked away. "What did you do to this child, Malzahar?" He questioned the cultist, but only got a maniacal laugh in return
"She's been reborn as a carrier for the Void, much like ourselves." He told the void walker as a sound of disproval sounded from him. Glancing between Malzahar and the girl, Kassadin saw that she didn't have much time left, even if she is now like them. The blood loss will soon cause her to go into cardiac arrest if treatment wasn't given to her and soon. As much as stopping Malzahar was a priority, this child's life suddenly seemed more important as Kassadin scooped up the shivering child and rift walked away from the scene, leaving Malzahar to laugh uncontrollably behind at the ritual site. "Yes, Kassadin, save the girl. She'll soon come to me in time."
Kassadin kept moving, holding tightly to the naked girl in his arms as he felt the blood start to crust in his hands and listened to the girl's breathing become fast and shallow. She was extremely pail and cold in his arms. Not much time was left. With a few more jumps through the rifts, he quickly glided up the steps to the Institute of War. He stopped for no one, not even for the Adjudicators that wanted to question why he was carrying an unclothed, bloodied up girl in his grasp as he made his way to the infirmary hospital wing.
"Kassadin! What in the world happened?" Exclaimed Nurse Akali as she spotted him shifting into being in the middle of the infirmary, shocking many of the summoners and herself at the sight he made. He motioned to the girl in his arms as she gasped at the sight of all the cuts and blood that stuck to the girl's skin. "Take her into the back, I'll get Shen." Without another thought, he flashed to where she indicated and placed the girl on a examination table and watched as her breathing kept hitching as she was now sleeping from the loss of blood and energy. He vaguely wondered how much of this she'll remember as he heard the rush of footsteps behind him as Shen in his surgeon's outfit and Akali walked in, bring with them all the equipment needed to stabilize the girl and hopefully return her to a functional state.
Shen motioned for Kass to leave while they started hooking her up to get some donated blood into her system and cleaned up the wounds all over her. He was worried, but that wasn't going to help her as he glided to a nearby restroom to wash off the blood that covered his hands and chest from carrying her. After washing up, he sat in the waiting area in silence, watching patients and their guests chat away the time as he waited on news of the girl he didn't even know.
It was a couple hour before Akali came to find him as he glanced at the ninja nurse from the corner of his eye. "She was badly cut up and lost a lot of blood, but she'll be alright." She told him as he nodded slightly at the news. "She's currently in a deep sleep and won't wake for maybe a couple days at least." Kassadin rose from his seat and moved towards the exit. Akali watched him leave the infirmary as she turned to check on the unnamed patient that he left in their care.
A/N: Happy New Years to all and thank you for joining me in my third League of Legends story. With the creation of many unique summoner backgrounds, I've decided to add my own to the mix. If any fellow readers/writers want to see their own summoner in this story later on down the road, go ahead and send a PM my way and we'll chat about it. Happy reading and reviewing.