(February 4th. 2015 – 12:00 AM – Matt's house, New York, Earth)
The 3 were in silence waiting for someone to talk. ¨Since both of you are going to play the interrogation game with me then I'll guess I should cooperate¨ Caitlyn huffed knowing that there was no other option ¨Allow me to introduce myself: My name is Caitlyn, I'm a sheriff on the City State of Piltover, also known as the City of Progress. I'm also a Champion for the League of legends¨ she tried to loosen the ropes that held her on the chair but without success.
Matt went around the sheriff inspecting her when he suddenly noticed her weapon by the bed ¨I gotta admit, you look a lot like Caitlyn, your costume must've took you a lot of time to prepare¨ The blonde boy picked up her gun and started aiming at Nick who raised his hands, the weapon was not that heavy and was similar to the in game model ¨Also this rifle is amazing!; I mean, look at this with all the details and such¨ He looked at the right side of the gun, there were three small buttons that matched the color of the rifle's body ¨What does this do...¨
Matt pressed the middle button; Caitlyn tried to warn him but it was late, the gun knock backed him onto his bed, meanwhile a net was flying all over the room and landed over Nick's head who didn't react until seconds later.¨What? What is… what did you do? ¨ Caitlyn laughed at them; both were astonished, it was an actual rifle that worked the same was as Caitlyn's.
¨Before you kill yourselves with my gun why don't at least tell me where am I or who are you? Maybe you can tell me ¨ the sheriff referred to Nick ¨at least you are not as curious as your friend¨
After many efforts Matt removed the net from Nick who stood up trying to accommodate his clothes ¨This… may be crazy but uh… you should not exist, at least not here¨ Nick muttered thinking what to say ¨We are not bad people just... it was… you took my friend by surprise and we had to act this way. So if that doesn't count a sorry then we don't know what will¨ Nick moved back and forth into the room, he didn't' know what to do.
¨I accept your apologize but still, that's not what I asked for¨ Caitlyn was still trying to loosen the ropes but they were too tight.
¨Maybe we should follow her game, the faster we finish this the better¨ Matt whispered to Nick so she couldn't hear anything.
Nicholas sighed before speaking again ¨Alright; my name is Nicholas, though everyone calls me Nick and my curious friend as you called him is Matt¨ The house owner grunted after that accusation ¨If what you said is right then you are not in your world; this one is called Earth and is kinda similar to Runeterra if you think about it, except for the magic, Void creatures and such¨
Caitlyn seemed calm, as if she was prepared for that kind of explanation ¨You… are not afraid you are in another world where you may not come back?¨ Nick was surprised, but he was still remembers what he saw at his home. ¨I was trained to keep calm in every situation, yet that doesn't mean I'm scared¨
Matt walked to the side of the bed and saw that Cait's hat was behind the chair, he tried to clean the dust from it and placed it on the sheriff's head ¨What's the last thing you remember from your world?¨
¨I was on a match, we fought against members of the Void, quite odd seeming as they don't tend to work all together¨ she closed her eyes, focusing on that match, similar to the one Nick, Matt and Claire were playing ¨The Summoners from my team chose two demacians, Fiora and Jarvan; one noxian, I think it was Katarina; lastly Leona was helping me on the bot lane¨ the boys widened their eyes, it was the custom match they were playing before the blackout.
¨All of you got killed right? I mean, you were fighting but the other team came out on top of that brawl¨ Cait was now looking at Nick, her face turned from a calm one to a very surprised one.
¨How do you… are you Summoners?¨ They both shook.
¨Wait, Summoners? I thought Riot said they were no longer canon¨ Matt shrugged.
¨Riot? Who is that? And why does it have a cannon? ¨ the boys chuckled but Caitlyn was still surprised.
¨Cait… uh… in this world, the League of Legends is a game; we, the players are the Summoners that control you, the champions to fight on the Fields of Justice. Basically you are just a character from the game Does that explain it? ¨ the sheriff nodded, she kept trying to loosen the ropes but gave up after many tries. Nick saw her trying without success, instead he moved to the opposite direction Cait was facing and removed the ropes allowing her to stand up from the chair.
¨What are you doing?! She is going to kill us now! ¨ Matt warned him but she did not seem to react.
¨I'm in a clear disadvantage, my rifle is far from my reach and you could easily beat me up if…¨ Caitlyn's head tilted, looking at the other end of the room that led to the main entrance ¨Did you invite someone else to your home? ¨ a big shadowy figure was standing at the entrance, none of the three knew who it was but it started to walk towards the bedroom, every step it made was the sound of a heavy armor being dragged.
As a safety measure Matt closed the door and locked it from the inside. ¨ Nick, I don't know what you did but someone followed you here, so unless you told Claire to come, this stranger is not a good person¨ Matt was nervous, he knew that if someone else found about Caitlyn they could be in trouble. ¨Nick, use the baseball bat, Cait use… whatever you know¨ He moved away from the door and grabbed a butter knife that was at the computer desk.
¨ You are planning to attack another person with THAT knife? What are you going to do? Cut them until they die from bleeding? ¨ Caitlyn shouted at the now scared Matt.
¨Oh I'm sorry my bedroom does not include a fully operational armory¨ they kept shouting at each other but Nick hushed both; the visitor was at the other side of the door, but instead of tearing it down, he knocked it but there was no response from the group.
¨What kind of robber knocks before coming in? ¨ Nick barely whispered, they could hear the stranger was moving away from the door ¨Is it done? We won?¨ Matt and Nick relaxed, it was over for them.
¨No, it just started…¨ Caitlyn's voice trailed off as they could hear the sound of metal getting closer to the door, the visitor was going to ram the door.
The group was not prepared for such strength from the stranger, it knocked down the door making the group fall on the ground. Nick stood up quickly and tried to hit the enemy but failed as the assailant knocked him back with a big shield ¨Next time try to leave a dent!¨The voice of a woman echoed on their ears, it was a familiar voice. A person Nick has seen before.
¨It cannot be…¨ Matt and Caitlyn stood up maintaining their distance with the armored lady who was pointing her sword towards the downed Nick.
¨Leona no! ¨ Caitlyn shouted attracting the attention of the Radiant Dawn.
¨Caitlyn? You got dragged here too? ¨ She moved her sword from Nick's face who sighed relieved ¨I… I can't believe you are alright, I thought I was the only one here¨
The sheriff patted Leona's shoulder calming her ¨It's alright you are safe here¨
Matt ran towards Nick helping him get back up just for Leona to point her sword towards them again but Caitlyn stood between the boys and the sword ¨Don't hurt them, they are not our enemies, they are our… Summoners¨ Caitlyn doubted whether she should say that.
¨Summoners? They are not even wearing the proper clothes! ¨ Leona accused the boys that got even more scared.
¨It's a long story¨ Matt shouted but made the tank even angrier.
¨Look, he is right, it's a long story, just listen to me ok? No one has to get hurt or killed tonight ¨ Leona was getting calm, the boys had the answers she wanted and the only way to obtain them was not to kill the people Cait was trying to protect.
Nick grabbed his phone and looked at the screen, it was almost 00:30 in the morning, time was going fast; he started to dial Claire's number; she needed to know what is going on ¨ Excuse me, I need to make an important call ¨ Nick walked to the door but Leona was blocking it.
¨You are not leaving until everything is settled ¨ He gulped, Leona was taller than Caitlyn but almost the same size as Nick; she was more imposing in real life than in game, her long ginger hair let him speechless and her face made him blush, Leona was kind of cute in real life but he decided to look away to not reveal his red cheeks.
He walked back to Matt's side without saying anything to avoid any problems. ¨You're calling someone right now?!¨ The house owner couldn't think of anything else but their lives being at risk by a videogame character.
¨I need to call Claire, if this happened to us then she might be in… ¨ he gave a small glance to the girls who were looking at them quite confused ¨… danger as well¨ Nick dialed the number and started to walk around the room hearing the phone's tone ¨ (Come on Claire, I need you…) ¨ he kept thinking until she picked up the call.
¨Nick? Why are you calling right now? Shouldn't you be… working on your things? ¨ Claire's voice was strange, she was agitated.
¨Yeah I called because I wanted to say sorry, Matt and I got a blackout on our houses… Look, it's everything alright there? (Was she running before I called?) ¨ something weird was going on at Claire but he didn't want to push her too much.
¨Everything is fine, I just tripped into someone-something-some… just I fell off ok? ¨ Claire was hiding something, and it was Nick's job to discover that something.
¨Oh ok, no pressure. Look, can we meet tomorrow at Matt's? There is something we need to show you¨ Matt reacted and walked towards Nick and shook him.
¨You're NOT bringing more people here. Look at my house, it's a mess! ¨ Nick hushed him.
¨Ok, I'll see if I can go, I have some issues here as well. We'll talk later bye! ¨ Claire hung up before Nick could say goodbye.
¨So… is everything alright with your friend? ¨Caitlyn asked, her hands were on her hips now and the rifle was resting on the fallen chair.
¨Yeah… just… something didn't seem quite right¨ Nick scratched his chin but got distracted when Leona cleared her throat.
¨Now that you're finished mind filling me in about EVERYTHING? ¨ she was desperate for answers.
Matt moved Cait's rifle away from the chair and threw it on the bed; he raised the chair and sat on it. Before speaking he clapped his hands attracting the attention of the other three ¨Alright; where should we start? ¨
Third chapter done and things are going to spice up as well. Sadly next week I'm starting up with the university again so after that updates may take more time than right now. But hey, that doesn't mean I'll be dead. I'll keep working on the fanfic every time I'm available.
Until then. See you next chapter ;)
