Chapter 2: The Switch

"Now, give me your name, or I slit your throat"

"I won't talk…"

"Give me it now, or i'll mortally wound you and let you live"

"Go ahead"

"Okay give me it now, or I will take away your dignity, seeing as you're not bad looking after all, then i'll maim you" Talon gave a wink to her.

"You really…."

"Yeah, i really just did"

"My name is Riven…"

"There now, was that so hard?"

Talon said as he walked over to his gear that lay in the corner.

He picked up his arm-blade first and fastened it to his right arm, the straps barely fit over his toned biceps that stretched out against the strap, at least it would be secure on his arm. The blade was silver, but in the middle was a ruby going down the length of the blade and just cutting off before the tip. And at the base of the 'Talon' based blade was a dragon head with the same ruby colored eyes. He glanced over at his tattered crimson elite armor, it was trashed, and talon had not known how many days it had been since his disappearance. The noxian command must be on alert, for the captor could've taken his armor and disguised in it. He would probably be court marshalled on sight if he walked out like that.

"Well, it's time to go shopping Riven"

"What why?"

"I need some standard civilian clothes."

"Well, not like i have a choice."

Talon pulled riven to the side of the bed, knelt down, and untied her feet. Then he took the string and attached it around riven's neck and attached it to his wrist to prevent her from running away. After that, Talon lead riven to the closet, in there he found her hood and placed it over her. He glanced around and found a duffel bag in the back of the closet. He grabbed the bag and stuck His armor and Rivens sword inside. He zipped it up and headed out the door with riven.

-LATER AT THE MARKET-

Talon and riven shuffled their way down the streets of the noxian market, people selling foods, weapons, armors, potions, and other miscellaneous things. Talon turned his gaze to the armor smithe. He proceeded over to the shop with riven following closely behind. He approached the shopkeeper with a daring proposition that could get him arrested.

"So sir, i have a sell proposition for you."

"Ah and what'll that be sir?"

"I have some crimson elite armor in this bag here that i'm willing to sell, i found it in the forest, it's a bit tattered up though, and if i can't get any gold for it, maybe i could trade it in for something?"

"Oh, you do know you could get in some serious trouble for this, however you came to the right store, let me have a peek at it" The shopkeeper examined the black and red armor from the helmet to the boots. The torso had a tiny slice on the left shoulder, and the boots soles were worn out a bit.

"This is highly repairable sir, i will give you some gold and an item for this, i'm highly interested!"

"Well…" Talon said with a curious look on his face, His eyes shifted around the wall of armor, in the corner his eye caught 5 dark black leather straps with silver and ruby spearheads on the end of them.

"How about that dagger cape?"

"Oh that old thing, no one pays much mind to it." The shopkeeper reached up and took it off of it's hook and handed it to talon. Talon set the duffel bag on the counter and unzipped it for the shopkeeper to extract the armor for himself. After a tense minute that seemed like forever, the shopkeeper was done hiding all of the armor, talon stuffed the dagger cape inside and zipped the bag back up.

"Pleasure doing business with ya sir!" As the shopkeeper handed over 50 gold coins.

"As with you" Talon said as he took the coins out of the keepers hand. Talon and riven proceeded over to the normal cloth shoppe. Talon picked out a long red silk scarf and some cloth blue pants. He payed the shopkeeper 10 gold coins and walked out. glanced around the market a bit more and walked over to a different armor stand. One that looked more official. He walked up and browsed the selection/

"Aye sir what can i do for you?"

"Do you have any steel chestplating with no shoulders?"

"That we do" The shopkeeper said as he ducked under the counter momentarily and heaved up the chestplate.

"That'll be 20 coins sir"

"Oh and do you have a steel dagger belt and some plated boots?"

"Yes we do! However that'll bring your total up to 30 gold coins sire"

"That i can do"

The shopkeeper walked behind his doorway that had a noxian flag covering it, and disappeared for a few moments. About a minute later he came out with the belt and the boots

"There you are"

"Thank you, here is your profit" Talon handed over 30 coins

"Thank you sir, have a good day! and let the battle rage on!" The keeper said with his hand raised in a fist containing his gold.

"Yessir" Talon said as he walked away with riven by his side. Talon glanced over at riven, expressionless and sitting under the dark of her hood.

"Do you want anything Riven?" Talon asked pitifully.

Riven looked up from under her hood at talon with a confused look thinking "My captor, offering to buy me something, why? I had just killed his whole patrol containing some of his friends, and here he is taking me shopping…."

"I think I'm okay"

"Well I'm gonna' get you something anyway" Talon said with a weird smile on his face.

They proceeded towards another clothing shop named "Noxus' Threads And more".

He went inside and glanced over at the 'Hats' rack. He found a pair of bunny ears and picked them off the hook and turned to riven. She looked at them weirdly.

"Hah, i'm going to get you this, just for fun" As he chuckled

"I'll make you dress up as a bunny!" He started to break out in laughter in the middle of the shop. Riven glared at him from under the hood.

"I swear to god if you dress me up as such, i will have your head…"

"Yeah good luck with that one Ms. Ropes you can barely walk right now, so i wouldn't have such a large mouth" Talon gave a toothy smile afterwards. He knew that she couldn't do anything to escape right now until he presented her with an opportunity to do such a thing. He had to make sure that the opportunity would not come at one of the worst of to let her escape from the bindings which held her captive.

"Please don't"

"I'm simply buying it if you wish to wear the items of clothing."

"I don't know if i will. It really depends on the condition of the situation"

"Well, a situation might come up where you'll need it" Talon looked at her with a weird half smile. She scoffed at the fact that she might ever need it. Talon took the bunny ears and looked for a cotton ball like tail but only 'poofier'. He glanced over to the section labeled "White Fabrics". And saw a station where he could ask for a custom 'thread'. He proceeded over and looked at the materials that he could request, while still holding the bunny ears he asked

"Could i have a custom costume made for my friend here?"

The woman behind the desk responded in a light tone

"Sure, what would you like?"

"She's not really a talker, i know what she wants, and it's a bit weird if you ask me" Talon said with a grin.

"Alright, i'm not one to judge here, what kind and color of fabric would you like?"

"She wants a darker purple, and latex kind of 1 piece swimsuit"

"Oh, that was the weird part huh? Alright i'll get to it, anything else?"

"She would also like some dark purple heels if you guys happened to have any"

"Thats a thing we do have, pleasure to color it for you, those items will be ready in about 10 minutes" The woman informed Talon.

"Alright thank you, oh and one more thing, do you have any dressing rooms?"

"Yes down the hall and to the right"

"Thank you" Talon smiled. He went down the hall and to the right, and ran into 8 doors going down in a row to the end of the hallway. The wall facing the doorways was one gigantic mirror, and the floor was a smooth hardwood. talon went to the very last one. He knew that he couldn't let Riven have free reign from the 'Leash' so he took her inside the last door.

"Alright, I'm going to stick my new armor on, you stay put." The room that they have entered had a bench in the back of the 6x6 foot room. Riven nodded and sat down. Talon took off his arm-blade first and leaned it against the door. Talon then took off his shirt and hung it on the hook of the door. Riven sat there on the bench staring at talon from under her dark hood. His back had few scars on it for a noxian assassin. However the shoulders were broad and looked very supportive of anything you would place on them. He turned around towards riven and knelt down the the bag on the ground that contained his new armors. Riven just kept staring. Admiring his finely toned muscles that you'd expect and assassin as such to have. Talon stood up and put on his belt and tightened it to it's proper strength.

He then glanced down at riven to notice her staring at his toned torso with a few scars on his abdominal and pectorals. Once she met his gaze with hers she quickly looked away.

"Oh so we have someone looking huh?"

"N-no… That'd be bad of me"

"Yeah? Your superiors not let you look unless told?"

"No, we're just not allowed to…. Examine those of the opposite gender. It's a sight i've never seen"

"Well it seems as though you like" Talon chuckled as he put on his steel boots.

"Well…." Riven gave a shy blush under her hood not visible to talon. Talon approached her and removed the hood and looked at her. she had her head pointed down but her eyes looking up, she was blushing and nervously looking at talon.

"Well, I can see that you're blushing hm?"

"uhhhhh, y-yeah." Riven said embarrassed with the blush still on her face.

"And why would you be looking at your captor like that?"

"Well, you don't look bad sir" Riven admitted with a hard blush on her face.

"Ah, and the truth comes out does it?" Talon said sarcastically as he wrapped the red scarf around his mouth as he gave a muffled

"So how do i look?"

Riven paused and examined him from head to toe

"umm, like, a highly trained assassin?"

"Aw, so polite now, you looking at me and thinking all of this, even though im such a 'little guy'?"

"yeah… i misjudged you, even though you're the same height as i am, just an inch taller."

"Yeah, lets go get you your 'costume'" Talon said with a chuckle.

Talon zipped up the bag and re-tied the leash to riven and lead her out to the desk where the woman was waiting,

"That'll be 10 gold coins please" The woman requested and talon did as asked and passed the coins over to the woman and took the costume off of the black counter. They walked back to the dressing rooms and went inside the same one they were just in.

"Alright, I'm going to unleash you, if you run, you will catch a blade through your beaut- I mean your torso." Talon caught himself. She was a very beautiful woman, yet such a deadly one with that sword of hers.

"What was that? Riven asked as she turned her head towards talon.

"Nothing, let me unleash you so you can put it on" Talon said as he began to work at the wax string material.

"Okay" She said with an embarrassed tone. Talon finished unleashing, and he quickly picked up the bag, he turned towards riven and handed her the costume and nodded.

"Do i have to?..."

"Yep" Talon said mockingly. Riven sighed, and took off the white cape hood. Below that she had on a teal shirt, and tight white pants. Talon just looked at her as she looked up at him.

"Say no more" Talon said seriously and turned to the wall and examined the grain.

"Thanks" Riven said with a relief. She pulled off her shirt to expose her slim figure with elegant curves all the way down, up to her bra. After which she entirely stripped down and stepping into the one piece slipped it on along with the bunny ears, heels, and tail. She then tapped talon on the shoulder. He turned around and went wide eyed.

"Well looky there. Now you get to take a parade walk around noxus" Talon said to her with a chuckle.

"WHAT are you serious?! Please don't"

"Too late here we go" Talon said as he tied the leash around rivens neck and they walked out of the store. Rivens face shot an expression of anger at talon, but before he could see he covered her with his cape. She resumed walking like this under talons arm until they came to a doorway. Talon opened it and pulled her along with inside. They were inside yet another hotel. Talon got a room and they proceeded to walk up the stairs as people shot him weird looks.

"Problem?" Talon asked the passersby's mockingly. The people eyed his right arm and saw the blade.

"Uh, no sir"

"Good" talon gave them a glare as he continued to walk up the stairs with riven under his cape. They approached their rooms door and she heard a click. That was the lock unlocking on their door to a new undisclosed location.