Hello everyone. I am no stranger to writing and publishing on the web; however, this is my first fan fiction I've ever written.
In the game League of Legends, I always thought Elise and Kha'Zix would make a great couple. I'm not really sure if it's because they're both based on species of arthropods that eat each other's mates, if they were released next to each other, or whatever. But as you can guess, this is my attempt at shipping these two.
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Insatiable
Chapter 1: The Predators' Game
Five beams of light shot down. When they reached the ground, five people stood on a platform. Before them, a purple Nexus, three lanes, turrets, the jungle, and, eventually, the opposing team. There was a moment of silence before the announcer said their usual "Welcome to Summoner's Rift!" opening. It was at this the entire world seemed to fall away into nothingness and all that mattered was the battle to be. The air shivered as subtle magic danced through it, powering up the structures in this place. Their bodies stabilized, the stars of this arena, the Champions, readied themselves for the match.
Elise looked around the platform to her teammates. Caitlyn and Taric were to go to the bottom lane. Maokai was chosen as their jungler. Renekton was to handle top. That left the Spider Queen with mid. She quickly purchased her items and followed Maokai to where the ancient golem would spawn. As she made her way there, she was calculating the best strategies to use against the enemy team. They were Ashe with Sona at bottom, Wukong top, Kha'Zix jungle, and LeBlanc mid. As she stood in the bush just above the river, she could also feel her Summoner thinking of stratagems.
Just let me do as I please, Elise thought, sensing the alarmed reaction of the Summoner, I know what I have to do. Just enjoy the ride, okay?
Elise felt a sense of compliance from them. She grinned. She just wanted to get this match over with as quickly as possible. Although she knew that with each match she could gather more potential followers, she barely had the time or the energy to continue her daily tasks. As many new people came to her interested in her little cult, there were others who had been staying longer that were leaving. They had felt that their leader wasn't as dedicated to her own religion any more, and though most of the time she could still lure them back, she felt it getting harder and harder to retain her control over things. Plus, what little free time she could get she felt she couldn't get rest. Her body was becoming more exhausted at a more frequent rate these days. She shouldn't be needing another dose of Vilemaw's venom this soon, but…
The ancient golem spawned. As Maokai's saplings exploded Elise flung webbing through the trees before going to her lane.
The first ten minutes were just Elise and LeBlanc dancing around each other, occasionally throwing something at the other before returning to slaying minions. Maokai had attempted to gank three times, but this LeBlanc was playing extremely safe, saving her disables for each time the Twisted Treant arrived. Despite the number of Volatile Spiderlings and Neurotoxin shots Elise landed on LeBlanc, she could never get her at low enough health to move in for the kill. The Deceiver always seemed to have a health potion at hand. Elise furrowed her brow. It was getting extremely irritating how much mana she was using only for LeBlanc to either heal back up or recall. Still, because of how passive her enemy was, Elise was putting quite a beating on the blue team's turret, which had been reduced to about half-health by the ten minute mark
She looked down the lane to see LeBlanc coming back down with a fresh wave of minons. Elise looked around her; her own minion wave was mostly gone to the turret. The Spider Queen backed up as a new line of minions came and locked into battle in the middle again. LeBlanc, as she has been doing so far, sat in the back waiting to last-hit the purple minions. Elise sighed before hearing a pinging sound in her head. Maokai had come again, waiting in the bottom brush. He watched the battle, signaling Elise to let the minion wave fall back to her side more. Steadily, the fighting came to Elise's side with LeBlanc going in.
Now! Maokai turned into a series of crawling vines as he accelerated towards the Deceiver. Elise had only taken the first step forward when she realized something was wrong. LeBlanc's sudden aggression was out of place to her style from the first few minutes of this match. Her sudden reckless abandon could only mean –
Elise heard it before she saw it. From the top brush, a shadowy figure leapt out. "Devour their bones!" it shrieked as it landed before Elise. The Spider Queen felt the impact of the land shudder through her body. She looked up into the eyes of the voracious beast before her. Kha'Zix snarled and brought a scything claw down.
Elise jumped back just as Kha'Zix hit the spot where she was standing. With a monstrous screech, the Voidreaver lunged forward, slicing Elise's leg. Blood spurted out as the claw tore through the length of her right thigh. "Damn it!" Elise said, throwing a glob of webbing at the creature. Kha'Zix clawed at the webbing sticking to him, momentarily distracted. Elise gripped her leg, wrapping a strand of webbing along it to stop the bleeding. She couldn't stop the pain before numbness from crawling through her leg though, and she it took a large portion of her willpower to not fall to her knee. She looked up to see the Voidreaver tearing away the silk that cocooned him. But just as he ripped the last of the substance from his body and was about to strike at Elise again, a shockwave hit him from behind, disorienting him.
Maokai, half-charred, batted the insect-monster to the side. He signaled Elise to fall back as LeBlanc, crippled but not out, fired golden chains forward. They buried themselves in the Twisted Treant's back as he attempted to lumber to the purple turret. Elise gritted her teeth and summoned a Volatile Spiderling just as she spat a dose of Neurotoxin towards the Deceiver. LeBlanc cried out for a second when the two strikes hit. She fell to one knee before momentarily disappearing. In the next instant, there were two of them, both laughing as one went towards the top brush and the other towards the blue turret. Elise was about to go for the one heading back to the turret, but – it was too obvious… Elise only hesitated for half a second before switching to her spider form and launching into the air. In the next second, she was behind the one going up to the brush and, with a Venomous Bite along with help from her Spiderlings, killed her.
"You have slain an enemy!" the announcer said. In a puff of black magic, Elise reverted back to her human guise and smirked. It didn't last long though as the announcer immediately followed with "An ally has been slain!" along with the sound of Maokai groaning.
Elise turned sharply to see Maokai, one arm decapitated, fall to the ground. Sap covering his claws and with a bruised exoskeleton, Kha'Zix growled at her before disappearing into the bottom brush. Elise's eyes narrowed and she gingerly touched her cut leg while a beam of blue light began to teleport her back to her platform.
At the thirty minute mark, the blue team had made a push all the way to the bottom lane's inhibitor. Though Elise had managed to take out her enemy's first middle turret while Renekton had successfully taken both of top's and was working on the inhibitor turret; Caitlyn, Taric, and Maokai were desperately holding back an assault by Ashe, Sona, LeBlanc, and Wukong. Elise, in her spider form, went down the river from blue side's golem to assist them. Damn fools, she thought, Caitlyn and Taric really weren't able to hold the bottom lane against Ashe and Sona? Elise, having gotten four kills and only died once to a gank by Wukong, was hoping she could make something happen before their inhibitor went down. She hadn't seen the Voidreaver though for some time. Renekton was on the lookout for the monster while Elise skittered down the river with four spiderlings behind her.
She plotted her attack: take down Ashe first while her team pushed back. LeBlanc shouldn't be much of a problem, since Elise set her far behind. The only problem would be Wukong, but if Maokai and Taric could keep him away for just a few seconds, they could prevent their inhibitor from going down. She also hoped her allies would be smart enough to spread out should Sona use her Crescendo ability.
But as fate would have it, she wouldn't be making it to bottom any time soon. Elise crossed the middle lane and was on the other side of the river. She walked right into the patch of brush in the middle of the river where she immediately came face-to-face with a pair of green piercing eyes and a set of savage fangs. Kha'Zix hissed and slashed at the Spider Queen, hitting her with enough force to send her tumbling out into the water. The surprise of the Voidreaver hiding in there plus the shock of the blow made Elise involuntarily turn back into her human form. Her Spiderlings disappeared in puffs of black magic just as they were about to lunge at Kha'Zix rushing out of the brush.
"You little insect…" she murmured, blasting a shot of Neurotoxin at him. Kha'Zix hissed when it hit but didn't slow his advance. Elise rolled to the side right as his claw hit the spot she was lying at.
"There is no escape," the Voidreaver hissed, bending forward and launching a volley of spines. One set struck Elise in the shoulder, causing her to wince. She grabbed the projectile in her shoulder as Kha'Zix leapt at her. With the appendages on her back, she crawled away, narrowly dodging another close encounter with the beast. She gritted her teeth and pulled the spine out, ignoring the pain. Kha'Zix raised a claw and screeched.
"Here, take this," Elise said as she sent a venom-engorged spiderling forward while launching a cocoon. Kha'Zix reeled, frantically tearing at the sticky silk. The spiderling approached him, swelling before exploding and spraying burning venom everywhere. Kha'Zix screeched as his body was burnt by the dark magic. Elise gritted her teeth and fired another Neurotoxin blast at him, causing him to stumble back into the river, blinded and in pain. "You should've just stayed in the shadows, you know. It's not polite to surprise a lady like that," Elise said as she flung dark webbing while firing more doses of Neurotoxin at the Voidreaver.
"You will die screaming!" he shrieked, charging forward, still blinded as venom seared his eyes. He crashed into Elise head-on, tackling her to the ground. With a monstrous roar he sank his fangs into her right arm.
Elise screamed as she felt his teeth puncture her flesh. "Get off of me!" she yelled. She grabbed the beast's neck with one hand and his jaw with the other, pushing him off with her legs. Kha'Zix fell back, splashing into the water. Elise grasped her bitten arm. Pain shot through it. It was a large wound and bled profusely. She glared at the beast, who was shaking his head in the river to wash away the venom in his eyes. "Do you know what happens to insects that face a spider?" she growled. Kha'Zix, his vision restored, looked up and hissed at her. Elise, in a burst of magic, turned into her spider form again. "Once tangled in the web, they are nothing but another meal," she said.
"Clever creature," Kha'Zix sneered, "But it is you who will be devoured!" He charged at Elise. The Spider Queen cast Rappel, letting the Voidreaver pass under her before diving back down. She sank her own fangs into Kha'Zix's back, her spiderlings leaping forward to attack as well. The Void-beast turned sharply, hitting Elise into the wall on the side of the river. He charged again, ignoring the spiderlings nipping at him, and pushed Elise into the wall. The two arthropods wrestled each other, scything claw slashing black exoskeleton, stiletto forelegs stabbing purple body, spines & venom shooting at each other.
Eventually though, Elise managed to get the advantage. In Skittering Frenzy, Elise charged in, relentlessly biting and stabbing at Kha'Zix, causing dark purple blood to spurt everywhere. The Voidreaver screeched and turned invisible just as he fell backwards. Elise looked around, expecting the beast to appear beside her at any moment. Instead, Kha'Zix appeared on the ramp leading out of the river. He snarled, stumbling into the bush behind the lizard camp. Elise, anger still coursing through her despite her own heavily-damaged state, pursued him into the bush. With a final Venomous Bite, she felt Kha'Zix's life slip away. However, the Voidreaver, his claws glowing with energy, managed to get another strike in that pierced through Elise's thorax.
Kha'Zix gave what sounded like half a gasp and half a shriek before falling back down, the light in his eyes going out. "You have slain an enemy!" Elise reverted back to her human form, grimacing. She clutched her side where Kha'Zix stabbed her and stumbled out of the bush. Damn insect, she thought grimly. The thing should've just stayed in its holding pen or whatever the League did with him and his –
Elise fell forward, the pain from the Voidreaver's last strike sending agony burning through her body like wildfire. She bled into the dirt and rolled onto her back, lying there for just two more seconds before she felt the blissful take of the summoning magic claiming her. "That little insect…" she gasped as the light descended upon her. "You have been slain."
Just before she was taken away to the painless nether regions that took in Champions when they perished on the Fields, she heard the announcer say "Your team has destroyed an inhibitor." Took the crocodile long enough.
The battle was close, but in the end, Elise's team lost. Though her team managed to just barely survive against the enemies at bottom, bot's inhibitor was destroyed. While they were pushed back by super minions the enemies moved and took out mid's inhibitor and then made the final push towards the Nexus. Renekton could only bring the enemy's top nexus turret down to a quarter before he finally decided to recall and try to stop the enemy's advance. But even when he used his Dominus form and Elise had respawned, it was too little too late. The enemy focused their Nexus, and before Elise, it exploded in purple energy. The announcer proclaimed defeat for her team and they were taken to the after-battle room.
The two teams stared at each other from across the room on separate platforms. After the battle it was traditional to compliment the opponents' skills, if not enforced. Across from her, her enemy's look exhausted and worn down. Beside Elise, her allies looked the same if not worse. Despite this, Caitlyn and Taric were the first to say their condolences. Ashe and Sona returned the compliments warmly, and Elise's two allies took their leaves. After Renekton stormed off, Maokai and Elise stepped forward. Maokai sounded rough and bitter, but then again, he always did.
Elise walked down the row of her enemies, quietly saying "good game" to each of them. The last at the row was Kha'Zix. The Voidreaver was licking his claws, cleaning them of the feeling of blood on them. The blood of all the enemies he's slain. Elise's blood was on those scythe-like arms. She grimaced. "Good game," she said quietly to the beast. She never knew why she was expected to say this to creatures like him. Did the beast even comprehend anything she was saying? She doubted he didn't think of much of anything else besides food, "evolving", and his rivalry towards the Pridestalker. The Void-beast usually didn't even acknowledge the enemy after the battle, or if he did, it was a spiteful hiss or a look where he glared at you like you were dinner.
But Elise got a slightly different reaction from the beast. When she finished her commendation, the Void-beast stopped his cleaning and looked Elise straight in the eyes. His expression didn't hold one of malice or hunger, but of… Elise stared Kha'Zix back in the eyes. The Voidreaver's antennae twitched, but other than that, he was completely still. The Spider Queen eyed him suspiciously. He wasn't wearing his usual expressions; in fact, this was probably the …calmest…she had seen any Void creature been.
Kha'Zix leaned towards her, his eyes still locked with hers. His head tilted sideways, and Elise felt her own head mirror the movement. For a moment, she could only stare into his eyes. There was something in the way he stared at her. Something in the way his antennae moved, as if he were intently thinking. As the two stared at each other, the rest of the world seemed to melt away. It was only Elise looking deep into the Voidreaver's glowing eyes. It only lasted for a few seconds before summoning magic encircled the Void creature. She blinked as she snapped out of her trance. What was that? Elise looked at her other enemies, but they were already leaving. She looked back at Kha'Zix just as he was fading away to return to his containment room. He never stopped staring at Elise though, and even when he was gone from the room, the Spider Queen still felt his gaze on her.
Elise walked down the hall to her corridor. As she entered the darkened hallway, she felt the familiar presence of death around her. Although there were no formal rules saying it had to be like this, most Champions chose to occupy a space near others that came from their region. The Summoners encouraged this; they didn't want to risk conflict by mingling the living spaces of different regions. This section of the Institute was the one the denizens of the Shadow Isles claimed. It was on the lower levels, just a few floors above where the League kept its imprisoned Champions such as Nocturne and Brand.
When Champions were pulled out of the Fields after the battle was finished, they were restored to full health and any blemishes or stains acquired cleaned. However, Elise always still felt grimy afterwards, and she wanted nothing more than to go back to her room to try to get some rest. She touched the spot on her arm that Kha'Zix bit. Although the wound was gone and her arm repaired of any damage it may have sustained, Elise still felt the teeth of the Voidreaver embedded in her flesh. Her forehead creased. She hoped that her own bite into Kha'Zix was leaving a similar impression on him. Of course, the beast was probably just busy eating or grooming himself or whatever he and his kind did in their free time.
Elise approached her door and was about to enter when the door across from hers creaked open. "So, did you win the match?" a voice crept out.
Elise smirked. "No, Thresh. But were you just waiting for me to come back though?" she asked.
She turned to the Chain Warden, his back leaning on the doorframe. His arms were crossed under his chest while his lantern, resonating quiet screams and moans of torment, floated before him. He chuckled. "Indeed, Spider Queen. Mordekaiser told me to inform you of some…advances in the Shadow Isles' knowledge."
Elise raised an eye brow and leaned against her own doorframe. "Go on."
"Well, Mordekaiser acquired some interesting knowledge from a scholar from Piltover. Lovely young girl she was, sweet as can be. Her soul emanated such delightful tones when torn apart by agony. The only shame was that she wasn't resilient enough to keep going for more than ten seconds."
"Yes, that is lovely. But are you going to say what you wanted to tell me anytime soon?" Elise said, her fatigue growing. She just wanted to lie down.
Thresh grinned, pausing for a couple seconds, letting the silence eat away at the Spider Queen. He earned a sharp glare from her before he continued. "Well, my exquisite spider, we may have…underestimated our enemies' strengths. The magic on Valoran has grown exponentially since the Master of Metal first joined the League. There is a heavy amount of powerful energy emanating from this land that can drown out even our own. The scholar was studying it, but couldn't get much more information as to what it was."
Elise sighed. "All I want to know is if this will affect my offerings to Vilemaw."
"If this force continues to grow, as Mordekaiser said it was, it could contaminate the souls of the living, corrupting them and making them useless to the Shadow Isles. No souls, no subjugation." He looked at Elise. "Or beings to offer to your spider god."
She pondered this for a moment before nodding. "Thank you for telling me. Just deal with it before I lose my youth, okay?"
Thresh steadily nodded, looking her up and down. His gaze landed on her arm, the spot where Kha'Zix had bitten. The wound had healed, why was he fixated on there? "You took a nasty a blow there, didn't you?" he said.
Elise looked at him. "Yes. Why is it of concern to you though?"
The Chain Warden continued to stare at her arm. "Your soul, it has a…strange aura to it," he said, his voice distant in thought, "Who attacked you there? And with what?"
"The Voidreaver," she said after a moment, "He bit me. I suppose he couldn't help himself." Elise smirked at her own remark. Thresh, however, just looked at the spot. After a while, Elise started to go into her room. "Look, I'm exhausted from today's battle. I just want to get some rest."
Thresh snapped out of his fixation and looked at Elise in confirmation. "Of course, my exquisite spider. Have…sweet dreams…"
Elise turned and walked into her room, closing the door behind her. Thresh continued to look after her as the door swung shut.