It was a quiet night in Demacia. It was dark and most of the people were asleep.
A dark shadow was moving across Demacia. You would have had to pay a lot of attention, but then you would be able to see a creature dash from rooftop to rooftop.
It wasn't just any creature, though. It was the assassin Katarina and she was on a mission. Determined to make up for her past mistake she made her way over to her target. She had been trained in the skill of assassination from a young age and had since become one of the best out there. She was however relatively unknown. That's because she had only been on one mission so far.
Her last mission was easy: Take out a high ranking officer of the Demacian army. She went in and out quickly and got the mission done in no time. At least that's what she thought. Apparently she slit the throat of the wrong officer. The next day the actual target attacked back and a the lives of a lot of members of Katarina's clan were lost. The officer died in the end, but to her the mission was a failure.
A scar across her face, covering her left eye, reminded her of that day every time she woke up. She was lucky that her eye was still functioning, but it still hurt now and then.
Finally Katarina was on another mission. She gathered all the strength she still had left to make sure that this time it would be a success.
The mission was easy. No, she couldn't think like that. Her overconfidence is what caused her to fail last time. The mission was… a challenge.
A new advisor of the Demacian army arrived today. She had to make sure that the information the advisor gathered about Noxus' weapons would never reach Garen. So in other words, kill him.
Her target slept in a building next to the high ranking officers so she had to be careful. If she made the slightest noise the alarms could have gone off and she would have had the entire army after her.
She finally reached the right building. There were guards nearby, but they were only watching the ground floor. After looking for a minute she finally found an easy way in. An open window at the back of the building gave her access to the top floor of the building.
According to the information she received there shouldn't have been any guards inside and since it was the middle of the night she could assume that the advisor was sleeping. As silent as possible she made her way down the stairs and looked for the bedroom.
After she found the right room she noticed her target. He was sleeping.
"This is too easy." she thought to herself. She took out one of the blades on her back and walked over to the bed. She held the blade in two hands and was ready to stab the man through his chest.
Something was stopping her. She wasn't sure what it was, but it felt like…. guilt.
"No that's not possible. I buried those feelings. I never would have come this far with them." By accident she said those words out loud. Just a second later she felt a hand around one of her arms. She brought her attention back to her mission and focussed on the man who was now wide awake.
"Shit!".
She tried to push the blade into the chest of the man, but the advisor was a lot stronger than he looked. Especially after the other arm grabbed her as well and threw her across the room.
Katarina hit the wall, but landed on her feet. She dropped one of her blades but she still had enough weapons hidden.
"Who are you?" he asked. "What do you want?". She took out the other blade from her back and dashed towards the now standing man.
To her surprise the man was able to block most of her attacks. She was able to scratch him a bit but that was all she was capable of. It looked like the man wasn't just some advisor, he was a skilled fighter. After a while of back and forth fighting the man pulled a gun from underneath the bed and pointed it at her.
"One movement and you're dead." It didn't look like he was joking. His eyes were focused on aiming down the sights. Katarina had to think of a plan real quick. She looked around the room, but didn't see anything useful.
The only thing she could rely on was her speed and that's what she did. She dodged to the side hoping to avoid the bullet. The man's reaction was very fast though. Within a split second Katarina was laying on the ground, bleeding out of her side. To her surprise the bullet actually hit her.
"Aaaaghh, fuck!" Katarina screamed out in pain. She tried to get up, but the old man grabbed both of her arms and held her down.
"Why are you attacking me! Who do you work for!" Katarina wasn't really listening. In between the rushes of pain she was thinking of a way out. A way that would not kill her.
"Answer me dammit! Who do you work for!" He started yelling louder. Katarina tried to push him off with all her strength, but there wasn't much left.
"Fine. You don't want to answer me? I guess I'll just have to force it out of you.". The man took one of the blades that was laying on the ground and without second thought he stabbed it right through her left hand.
"Aaaaghh!" She could only scream out in pain. Her hand was pinned to the floor. A pool of blood was already forming underneath her back and hand.
"Is this how I'm gonna die?" She thought. "On an easy mission, killed by this fool." She struggled with all of her strength, but it didn't help.
"You can go fuck yourself!" She screamed. She had to think of a way out. There was still a knife in one of her boots, but it was hard for her to reach it. Especially with one of her hands impaled to the ground.
"Oh, is that so?" the man replied. "I'll just have to hurt you even more then."
The man let go of her arms and reached for something behind his desk.
This was her chance. With her free hand she reached for the knife in her boot. She managed to get it out, but she dropped it on the ground. It turned out that all of the pain made it hard for her to move her hand calmly. The man was already turning back towards her. It didn't look like he noticed what just happened.
"This will make you talk."
He was holding something that looked like a gas torch. He pointed it at the hand that was stuck to the floor and said: "This is your last chance. If you tell me now I will make sure you die a… less painful death.
Katarina didn't answer. She was just focussing on getting the knife back in her empty hand.
"Very well then." He turned on the gas and flamed started blasting out of the torch. Katarina felt her hand burning. It was the most intense pain she had ever felt. The man didn't stop and just kept yelling. "Is this what you wanted? Is this what you wanted?". The man had a smile on his face. That was the moment Katarina realized that this man was a psycho and deserved to die.
Katarina did her best not to cry out in pain, but she was sure that her hands were already full of third degree burns. A couple of seconds later the flames stopped. The advisor suddenly fell over on top of her. He was dead.
Katarina managed to take the knife from the ground and stabbed him in the back with it. With her free arm she grabbed the blade stuck in her left hand and pulled it out.
"Aarghh, shit that hurt." At least she didn't have to go back home as a complete failure but to her the mission was still no succes.
"Fuck, I'm such an idiot" she yelled while laying on the ground.
She stood up and grabbed all of her items. "Aaargh!" She tried to grab one of her blades with her left hand. It was very burned and now very sensitive to any contact.
She made her way to a window in order to leave this place. She felt very dizzy. She totally forgot about the bullet in her side. She had lost a lot of blood because of that. All she could do was try to get back before she would bleed out.
She climbed out of the window and landed on the ground in front of the building. That was already hard enough with all of her injuries but she had to endure this. She took cover behind a bush and looked around.
It seemed like there was a lot of chaos outside. There were guards running all over the place. It seemed like they heard the yells and were now looking for the place where they came from.
Katarina waited for an opportune moment. When she didn't see any guard she slowly stepped away from the bush and wanted to make her way out of this city. This time not over the rooftops, but over the ground. It was very risky, but she didn't have another choice.
She thought she found the perfect moment, but before she could take one step she heard a voice.
"Hey, who are you?". It was a female voice. She turned around. The voice came from a woman with blond hair. She knew who she was. Lux. Everyone knew her. She wasn't wearing her usual armor though. Just some jeans and a t-shirt. She probably just got out of her bed.
Katarina wasn't sure what to do. She should just run, but there was no way she could outrun Lux in this condition. So she just stood there, frozen.
After a few second of silence Lux noticed all of Katarina's injuries. Blood streaming down her side and a hand that was completely red and burned.
Lux looked shocked. "Oh my god are you alright?".
Hey guys. This is my first fanfic ever if you hadn't noticed that before. It's also like the first thing I have written... ever. At least in English, so any tips are very welcome.