Well...I did say I was taking a break from writing character arcs. :) A lot of you have been asking and asking for me to do a sequel to the Project story. Well, since the release of the new Project skins, I've been plotting and plotting to do this. And, yeah, there was a reason I did Kat, Ashe and Ekko one after the other. Kat was random...the other two not so much :) So to those of you who figured out something big was coming with the introduction of Kat, Ashe and Ekko's Chosens...you were right. I just tried to throw you off :) Anyways, without further ado...I give you We Are Warriors: The Project Initiative-Disruption.

Chapter 1

Fight or Flight

David flew over the streets of Zaun as if he were born in this city, the wind ruffling his wild white hair as he jumped from rooftop to rooftop.

"How much farther, Ekko?" he asked.

"Not much farther," Ekko replied, "A few more buildings and then you'll be right above it,"

David gave a nod, grabbing a pole and using it to vault over a particularly large gap. It had taken a few tries, aka rewinds, to find the pole and get to their destination without falling to their deaths...but the feeling of actual flight over the abyss below? That was worth it. Worth every bit.

David's feet hit the other roof with a satisfying thud and he continued onwards without missing a single beat. Ever since his near death and rebirth as a Chosen…he'd never felt more alive. Being Ekko's Chosen opened him up to all sorts of new things. The first of which being this newfound parkour ability.

He enjoyed every second of racing through the Zaun Grey, catching glimpses of the night sky far, far above and even then still clouded by the chemicals pumped out by the factories that made up Zaun.

"Alright, down we go!" Ekko told him.

"Gotcha," David nodded, grabbing the fire escape and sliding down effortlessly before landing in a crouch on the broken cobble stone streets.

Chosen and Champion made their way towards a wall, lit with dimly flickering candles and adorned with the beautifully painted, life-like faces of those who had gone before. A Memory Wall. They were common in Zaun…it was a rough place to life, everyone knew it and everyone accepted it. David scanned over the faces, seeing a smiling girl with electric blue hair, another near her with bubblegum pink hair. But the one that Ekko seemed to be looking for was a young boy with a mop of curly brown hair and an almost cocky expression.

"Ajuna?" David asked softly as he looked at the shattered goggles that he remembered through Ekko's memories Ajuna used to wear.

"You mind if I uh…" Ekko started, his voice rough.

David nodded and his eyes flickered, gaining sparks of blue and green as Ekko gave a worn smile, gently patting the wall.

"Hey, Ajuna," he started before sitting down on the cobble stones, his bat on his lap, "It's ah…been a long time since I came to talk to you. A lot's happened since then. There's some Champions that took a shining to some kids from another world…You remember how I always wanted to be one, right? Heh, I know, Ekko dreaming big again, huh? Anyways…uh…one of those kids got my attention. So uh, I've got what they call a Chosen. His name's David, you'd like him…he's a lot like me but I can see some of you in him too. Maybe that's why I like him so much. Who wouldn't like a kid like you?"

He fell silent, imagining Ajuna's little form sitting beside him with that lopsided grin of his.

"Everyone's ok," Ekko continued, "Your dad misses ya, so does your lil' sister but…well…I've been doin' what I can, Ajuna. Man, you should see your little sis, she's shot up real big. She's up to my chest now. She's got that same smug lil' grin you do too…I…"

He stopped, hearing the scrape of metal on stone.

"We're not alone," David muttered as Ekko got to his feet, holding his bat in a loose, yet ready, position.

"Yeah, I gathered that," Ekko growled as shapes prowled through the Grey, "Aw, man, please tell me it's not the Howler again…Warwick, we've been through this already! You can't chase members of the League! Remember? Only on the…"

He stopped as five Vigilnauts melted from the fog.

"…Rift…" Ekko sighed, "C'mon, can't a guy pay his respects for an old friend?"

The Vigilnauts charged and Ekko brought out his bat, his dark eyes hard as iron.

"Guess we'll do this the hard way," he growled as he tensed for the fight.

Tracy patrolled the rooftop of the Du Couteau mansion, her long red hair whipping about in the wind like a living flame. She took a deep breath, her slim shoulders sinking as she looked out over the sprawl of Noxus Prime.

"Care to say what's got you so beat up?" Katarina prodded.

"I just don't know where to look next, Kat," Tracy said, putting her hands on the hilt of her knives and shifting her weight to one hip, "We've looked everywhere,"

"Obviously not, or we would have found him,"

"Yeah," Tracy gave a mirthless chuckle, before sighing, "Whaddya say we go check on the northern border again, huh? Maybe some Zaunites are slipping in and causing chaos,"

"Hmm…I like it," Katarina agreed, "Let's go, it'll take a while before we get there,"

"True," Tracy nodded, doing a shunpo off the roof and landing elegantly on the ground right below, "That never gets old…"

"No, it really doesn't," Katarina chuckled.

"And where do you two think you're going?" a gruff, male voice asked.

Tracy turned around just to see her cousin, Tommy, standing there, his hood pulled over his eyes and tapping Talon's massive blade with his fingernails.

"Northern border," Tracy shrugged, "Thought we'd check there again…maybe we missed something,"

Tommy's eyes narrowed under his hood and Tracy walked up to him, flicking his hood off his face and revealing Talon's long dark hair and rugged face.

"Tracy!" Tommy growled, yanking the hood back over his head.

Tracy's eyes flared a different shade of green and Katarina doubled over, laughing hard.

"Oh you're so much like him it's hysterical!" she howled, "I wonder if Quinn and Seluna have seen your lovely locks yet…"

Tommy's eyes flared brown and Talon grit his teeth.

"The day that happens is the day Pantheon takes off that blasted helmet of his," Talon growled, "Which is never,"

"Aw, c'mon, Talon, live a little!" Katarina teased, flipping off the hood again and ruffling his hair.

"KAT!" Talon roared, swiping only for him to get a fistful of blue light as Katarina shunpoed away from him.

He glared at her as she sauntered away, waving.

"See you around, baby brother," she grinned.

"I swear, she's going to be the death of me…" Talon sighed only to pause, listening to Tommy, "So we'll die at the same time…just great…"

Katarina chuckled as she heard Tommy and Talon's conversation.

"They really think that?" Tracy asked, "Aw, I didn't know we were so important,"

Katarina snickered, heading to the stables and picking out the sable mare that was a last gift from her father. The mare snorted, stomping her foot twice before seeing who it was and nuzzling Katarina gently.

"Well hello to you too," she crooned, petting the velvet muzzle, "It's been a long time, hasn't it, old girl? What do you say we go for a ride,"

At the word 'ride' the mare's ears pricked forwards and she gave a soft nicker, butting her head against Katarina's chest.

"Thought so," Katarina grinned, starting to gather the tack and put it on her horse.

A few minutes after that, and Chosen and Champion were racing through the streets of Noxus Prime, galloping towards the northern border.

Hours of hard riding later, Tracy looked at the west, seeing the sun set, painting the far off slopes of Mount Targon a rich blood scarlet.

"Funny how you can see that place just about anywhere in Valoran," Tracy chuckled.

"It's the center of the continent, the Institute is right on the Noxian/Demacian border in Targon's shadow. Makes sense…since those three factions are Runeterra's most violent and best fighters,"

The Mountain dwindled, being swallowed up by the fog from both the nightly mists and from the Zaun Grey as it reached out of the scar in the ground.

"I still don't quite know how I feel about this place," Tracy muttered as she reined the mare in, making her slow down and finally in front of a stable, "I know that we get a lot of good industry from them…but…"

"I don't like this place much either. I only come here when I have to," Katarina agreed, "But, we're here now. Time to get investigating,"

Tracy patted the mare's sweaty neck.

"Good girl," she crooned, dismounting, "I'll get you a few apples for this,"

She led the mare over to a stall and let her drink and eat. She walked towards the entrance, hoping to find the keeper and pay for the mare's stay.

The creaking of metal caught Katarina's attention and the mare gave out a warning whinny. The Sinister Blade whipped out the twin daggers and dodged as a metal fist crashed through the stable wall, nearly catching her.

She saw a handful of Zaun's enforcers, Vigilnauts, come before her. She set her feet and charged.

"Blood for Noxus!" she yelled.

Amelia grabbed her bow and quiver, smiling as the sun sparkled over the snow. It was a beautiful day to hunt. She quietly slipped through the wooden halls of her 'palace' in Rakelstake. She was nearly out the door when heavy footsteps caught her attention. Her eyes flared blue and Ashe turned around to face her husband.

"Sneaking out again, are we?" Tryndamere teased, his ice-blue eyes sparkling as he came closer.

"I wanted to go hunting," she told him, "It's a perfect day, the snow is on the ground, tracking snow…so I'm sure I'll get something,"

Tryndamere gave a warm laugh and shook his head.

"Ah, I cannot be mad at you," he told her, "I only fear that something would happen to you,"

"Nothing is going to happen," she said to him, "I know these lands like the back of my hands, Tryndamere, everything will be fine, I promise,"

"I would still feel better if you let me or Braum come with you," he muttered.

"You'd scare off whatever animal came my way," Ashe teased, gently smacking his arm.

Tryndamere shook his head, chuckling.

"Always the comic, my dear," he grinned.

"Out of the two of us, one of us has to have a sense of humor,"

Tryndamere let out a roaring laugh, picking up his much smaller wife and whirling her around before giving her a tender, and surprisingly gentle kiss on her forehead.

"Stay safe, my dear," he told her before giving a wry smile, "You as well, Amelia,"

"Don't worry, we will," Amelia said, her dark gaze bright as she walked out the door, "He really does love you,"

"You thought otherwise?" Ashe asked.

"I didn't peg you for a big, bad, berserker kind of girl," Amelia shrugged as she walked through the village, acknowledging the reverent bows and greetings with a smile and wave.

"You're becoming quite the royal, Amelia," Ashe told her, "And I didn't fall in love with Tryndamere for his body or mind…though they help mind you,"

Amelia snickered as she entered the woods.

"I fell in love with him for his heart, his passion," came the reply, "I will admit, at first, it was just a union for convenience, for forging allies…but now…I do truly love him. I do not know what I would do without him and he is the same way,"

"A lot of people pair you with Braum, you know, right?"

"Braum is a good friend of mine," Ashe said, "I've known him since I was a child. He is Iceborn and pretty much immortal at that. An immortal ruler on the throne would be a bad idea,"

Amelia gave a thoughtful hum as she scanned over the scenery. A set of footprints in the snow caught the Frost Archer's attention and Amelia curiously made her way over to the tracks. Her brown eyes flared ice-blue and Ashe put her hand in the tracks, still feeling the residual warmth and noting the edges.

"They're fresh," she noted, "Something was here…something big,"

"Looks like we've got to be vigilant, right?" Amelia asked.

Ashe nodded and got up, walking farther into the woods as quietly as a snow wraith. She heard a rustling sound in the pines not far ahead and knocked an arrow to her bow, the True Ice arrow sending curls of super-cooled air off the shaft and head. She watched carefully, eyes narrowed as the rustling got louder…and louder…

Until a bunny hopped out of the pines.

"Aw, how cute. And we were afraid of that," Amelia chuckled.

Ashe gave a soft laugh as well.

"I did tell Tryndamere I would come back with something," she reminded Amelia.

"Yeah…I know…" she mumbled as Ashe raised her bow.

She was almost about to loose the arrow when something bigger exploded out of the bush. A huge, eight point buck leaped from the brush, nearly barreling Ashe over. The Freljordian Queen hit the ground, her hood slipping off her head and sending her pale blonde hair spilling down her back.

"Ow," Amelia groaned.

"You could say that again,"

"Ok, OW!"

Ashe rolled her eyes and sat up…only for a bunch of mechanical monsters to crash through the trees, coming right for her. The Frost Archer shot to her feet, grabbing her bow and quiver and rushing through the forest, racing for Rakelstake…

Only for more of them to cut her off.

"We're surrounded!" Amelia cried.

Ashe's icy-blue eyes narrowed and she knocked a few arrows to her bow.

"For the Freljord," she growled and started to fire.

Not too much for a starter...the next one we see them fighting. This was just a prelude to the destruction. You all thought the Overdrive stuff was bad...this is going to be so much worse...

Anyway, hope you liked it. If you did, please let me know!

Qui vállë tóquetë, ván tecë (If no review comes from y'all; no story comes from me)

Máriessë ar mára tecië

Farewell and fair writing

Elhini Prime signing off.