Chapter 2:

Riven slowly roused several days later, she felt hands on her body, making her want to flinch only to discover she couldn't move anything but her head. She turned to the woman beside her who had purple skin with a horn sticking out of her forehead. Soraka jumped slightly when she noticed Riven's eyes on her, surprised to see the Noxian awake but she didn't move away or stop the wrapping the bandages around Riven's right arm.

"Where am I?" Riven managed to push out in a gruff tone. Her mouth was so incredibly dry, she was so thirsty.

"You're in Ionia, in the capital. This is Captain Lito's home."

"Sorry, what?"

"This is Captain Lito's home." Riven stared at the Star Child, starting to recognise her from the same information reports she had recognised Captain Lito from. She turned her head away from the woman, before muttering a request for water. She had pieced together that she couldn't move due to some sort of salve that the Star Child must have applied to her wounds.

Soraka returned shortly with a glass of water in hand, pressing it to Riven's lips and allowing her to drink from it. When the glass was empty she placed it on the bed side table. Captain Lito appeared from the door that Soraka had just return through, Riven suspected that Soraka had informed the Captain that she was awake. Beside the door sat Riven's rune sword, she felt somewhat at ease knowing it was still here with her.

"If I'm your prisoner, why am I in your home?" Riven asked in a low grumble, looking up at the Captain.

"You're not our prisoner." Captain Lito responded curtly, folding her arms across her chest.

"You should have just killed me back there, instead of going through the trouble to heal me if you're going to kill me anyway."

"We're not going to execute you." Captain Lito said, looking at Riven with an intensely neutral expression.

"Then why am I here?"

"Because we've decided to help you." Riven looked extremely puzzled after this response, being helped by your enemies was far from what she was taught to expect.

"But why?"

"Does it matter?"

"Yes!" Riven shouted in frustration.

"Tough." Captain Lito responded quickly.

"Irelia, can you turn around?" The Star Child smiled politely up at the Captain who turned around on her request. Soraka then returned to Riven's bandages, removing the dirty ones still wrapped around her upper body.

"What're you doing?" Riven snapped as Soraka began exposing her chest.

"I'm changing your bandages to prevent infection." She ignored Riven's protests before grabbing more of the salve and applying it now to Riven's exposed body. Riven was looking away, refusing to look at the damage done to her body by Singed, Noxus and their disgusting weapons. "This is exactly why I used this type of salve; I figured you would refuse to comply even if it were for your own good." Riven grumbled in reply.

"I have a status update for you." Captain Lito started, Riven's eyes turning to the Captain's back.

"What is it?"

"Currently based on our sources you've been listed as Missing in Action, presumed dead, as they couldn't find your body in the field. It looks as they've already promoted someone to take your place." Riven began straining against the Star Child to the best of her ability with her limited motion, angry about being replaced so swiftly, easily forgotten after what had been done to her.

Riven's incoherent shouting about being forgotten and abandoned was quickly ended by Soraka using a spell to knock her out so she wouldn't strain or stress herself too much out of anger. Soraka sighed loudly, rubbing her temples before returning to Riven's wound dressings. Irelia let out a small chuckle at Soraka's frustrations.

"Remind me why I agreed to help you, Irelia?"

"Because you're a kind person who likes to help others who also can't say no to me." Soraka laughed lightly in response.