The Star Guardian and her Darkin

Chapter 4

Aatrox felt his nonexistent eyebrow rise as he watched Lux's actions after he took control of her body. Apologizing, really? She was such a child, it sickened him. And yet he didn't find any need to yell at her for the shame she brought onto herself. Aatrox felt… not peace, no. He didn't think he could ever feel peace again.

He frowned and thought hard about. He didn't care for the child that much was for sure and in no way, shape or form was he happy. Bu he felt… indifference, yeah that was what he felt. For as long as he remembered he only felt hate, pain and madness cursing through his body. Now all he had was an empty feeling in his chest. He had nothing to look forward too except his new body but then after that he had nothing. His prison was no longer here to torment him and he was almost completely sure that he could die now.

Maybe he ought to end it all snuff out his own flame and be at peace at last.

Aatrox growled "That's not a warrior's end" he said to himself gritting his teeth. As anger resurfaced he decided that it would be best to pay attention to the outside world before he tormented himself with his own thoughts, for once he was actually feeling entertained. This mortal's life was… funny.

The girl was as naive as new born pup, but she had the potential to become a great warrior. She spoke of powers that he didn't know and of foes he didn't understand fully. But that mattered little to him, as long as she and her world kept him occupied and with a purpose he would stay by her. Then he will get his body and after that…

...

He would see.

Aatrox returned his attention to Lux as she continued on her everyday activities, lessons from her teachers where as boring an incomprehensible to him as the void, but it hardly mattered he guessed. It was not his world, people here looked weak so they might have inclined more to training their minds rather than their bodies. The day went like that an Aatrox felt himself taking several naps throughout the entire ordeal, but he hardly cared, he was glad he could rest without torment.

Lux left her learning facility late in the afternoon after a short meeting with her friends, her path unknown and her eyes unfocused.

Aatrox let curiosity get the best of him and decided to speak "Something on you mind child?"

Lux jumped in fright making Aatrox chuckle.

"Don't give yourself a heart attack young one, I rather not have my host die"

"Then stop talking to me like that! Are you crazy?!" Lux responded back heatedly but Aatrox simply felt his smile grow more.

"I'm not the one speaking to himself in the middle of the road" he responded back, making Lux blush and look around. True enough some people where giving her weird looks. She ducked her head and ran on the opposite direction of where she was going cursing Aatrox the entire way.

They arrived at the borders of her town and Lux remained still as she stared into the now setting sun, some stars had even started to show up in the sky.

"Aatrox… are stars like this on your planet?"

Aatrox focused on them for a moment before he let out a sigh "They all look the same to me child, nothing changes, the stars that Aurelion Sol created are all there"

"Aurelion Sol?"

Aatrox smiled to himself "The Forger of Stars child, an ancient dragon that forged the very Sun with his own hands"

Lux sat down on the cliff overlooking the sunset, her gaze lost in the now disappearing Sun.

"He's like God in your planet?" she asked but to her surprise Aatrox replied angrily.

"He better not be, I'm the god killer! And if he is a god I will find a way to cut him down!" Aatrox said with hatred on his voice, making Lux frown.

"How could you say that, you have never even met him, right?"

"I did, once"

Lux blinked in surprise "Really, what was he like?"

Aatrox hummed as he recalled that ancient memory, it had been near the end of the war against the Void, back when Targon was still an ally. They had brought Aurelion Sol to seal a Void Rift.

The primordial dragon didn't even turn to look at them, the Darkin, but his entire army and himself couldn't stop staring at him.

"I have never seen a creature as big as that, he dwarfed mountains in size. He glowed with energy, power and wisdom. He used a star to destroy a void rift, a STAR! I have never seen something so magnificent in my inmortal life"

Lux saw flashes of Aatrox's memories and gasped as she saw the old dragon, from Aatrox perspective this thing was bigger than a mountain!

"Then… why do you want to kill him"

"I want to kill all gods, simple as that, I feel betrayed by them, used and then left to rot. I'm not a mere tool to be used and then discarded! I fought their wars but as soon as I had nothing more to give they abandoned us and used other of their puppets! I gave my soul, body and mind and yet… Nothing, I got nothing in return just my fractured soul, my kingdom destroyed, Shurima, my beautiful Golden City, gone in the sands of time; I tried so hard to rebuild myself i became leader of the Darkin to take control of the world that the Gods had abandoned and they cursed me!" Aatrox voice grew louder in Lux's head and with it the visions on her head grew clearer.

She saw a city of gold sink into the sands, followed by the a river of blood running under him, she felt as Aatrox was dragged down into a pit of darkness screaming the whole way and then the howling of a mad man in the nothingness.

Lux felt tears start to form on her eyes.

"I'm sorry…"

"Don't be, I'm free at last"

"Then why do you still sound angry"

"... I feel… nothing, I thought that once i was free I would be happy but i still have nothing, no matter what i do, how much I kill, how much I take from others there's nothing for me… nothing but death and war for the rest of my putrid existence, may it soon end"

Lux felt her cheeks wet with tears.

"Stop, I don't want to hear any of this anymore"

Aatrox let out a sigh and accepted her request and remained quiet for the next couple of minutes as Lux kept looking at the skies above.

Night had fallen and the stars shined brightly above them, the air around them filled with the sounds of insects.

Out of nowhere Lux jumped up and looked around frightened, she reached for something on her pocket and started transforming into her Start Guardian outfit.

Aatrox groaned at the bright light but did not question her.

He could feel her heartbeat, something was going to happen. Without a warning she jumped into the skies and took off to somewhere near the city. Aatrox looked and out of the corner of his eyes he saw how other bright lights started to make their way towards them. Lux stopped midair and looked around.

"Lux! Did you feel that?!" the purple one asked surprised.

"Of course I did!" his host replied frightened "Is the biggest dark presence I have ever felt!"

"Ahri is on her way, along with her entire team" the blue one said as she looked at the approaching lights.

Lux ignored that part and looked bellow "It's going to open up in the mall, I need those people evacuated now!"

"There's no time, look!" Jinx yelled as rift opened up allowing thousands of bugs to swarm the building. The screams of the people filled the air.

Lux wasted no time and dived into the building, she released a blinding beam of light that took a large quantity of bugs with it. But to her dread the creatures quickly reformed their ranks and bigger ones started to leak out of the portal.

She tried to fend them off as best as she could but soon enough she found herself overwhelmed, she tried to flee but a large bug grabbed her by the leg and slammed her against the ground knocking all air out of her. She heard the screams of her team (and Ahri's) as the giant bug moved his claw for the kill.

"ENOUGH!" Aatrox yelled from within her and took control of her body, Lux felt something akin to relief as he pushed the creature off him.

What made her frown was when he dropped her staff and grabbed the claw.

He growled and ripped the arm off the creature making it howl in pain and confusion. The creatures all started to gather around Aatrox but he didn't; the Darkin simply smirked at them. He fashioned the claw into a weapon.

"Come on then beasts, I will gladly give you an end" Aatrox said as he did some of his blood magic on the newly fashioned weapon.

Aatrox wasted no time and jumped into the creatures, from Lux's point of view what followed was massacre. Aatrox roared as he destroyed creature after creature, their blood flying into the air making Aatrox stronger by the second. A large bug bit him on the shoulder, but Aatrox didn't stop, he plunged his (her?) fingers deep into the eyes of the creature making it let go.

Once it did Aatrox jumped into the air and grabbed him by the jaw with one hand and with the other he punched him with enough strength to crack its neck.

Aatrox smiled as the creature fell dead to his feet.

Now the creatures attention was completely on Aatrox, Lux could faintly hear her team trying to make their way towards her. She prayed that Aatrox would do the rational thing and try to regroup with her team, but to her surprise he remained where he stood grabbing the heads of the smaller bugs and crushing them with his hands. Larger creatures started to approach but Aatrox met their arrival with laughter.

"They send the slowest ones against me? Come, I will enjoy killing you!"

The creatures roared in return and charged at Aatrox, crushing the smaller creatures underneath their massive paws.

Aatrox kneeled to the ground and touched a pool of blood, Lux couldn't take it anymore and yelled at him.

"Aatrox, what are you doing?! We need to regroup, you might want to die but I don't! Please go back to my team they can help you to..."

"Who said dying?" Aatrox said with a sadistic grin as he absorbed the blood bellow him.

Out of nowhere a pair of red wings ripped her costume in the back, the heat that they emanated present on the air.

"I am THE WORLD ENDER!" Aatrox yelled as he launched himself against the enemy.

He ripped the first one in half with a powerful blow to the gut.

"YOU ARE NOTHING TO ME!" he roared as he slammed down his makeshift sword into the skull of on of his enemies. The sword broke but that didn't stop Aatrox, he jumped to the other creature only to be met by a giant claw to his face.

Aatrox slammed hard against the ground and he managed to look up just in time to see a sharp tail pierce his very heart.

Lux felt everything stop as Aatrox held the bloody hole in his torso. Lux whimpered as she heard the screams of her friends.

So this was how she died?

"You really think you can kill me" Aatrox said as he shook himself from the powerful blow, the wings were now gone and Aatrox limped forward.

"BEHOLD IMMORTALITY!" he grabbed a large boulder and flung it towards the beasts head staggering it.

He smiled at his handiwork "Child do you still have power in you?"

Lux broke out of her shocked state and quickly nodded even though he couldn't see her "Yes! But i need my staff"

"On it" Aatrox replied as he jumped back and avoided the attacks of the multiple creatures now aiming for his head. He landed on one creature and stomped on it just to be sure that the creature really was dead and grabbed the staff from the ground.

"Kill the big bastard" was all Aatrox said as relinquished control of her body.

Lux stumbled forward and groaned at the sudden pain that she felt all over her body.

But she didn't have time to waste she pushed herself of the ground and aimed, with a cry similar to the one Aatrox had let out before she released a light so big and bright that it almost blinded her.

Lux dropped to the ground completely tired, she could faintly hear the sound of the creatures approaching her, but at the moment there was little that she could do to stop them.

But luckily for her, Ahri reached for her at the right time and moved her out of harm's way "I got you" Ahri said as she placed her near the other guardians.

"No time to waste, clear the remaining bugs, none can escape!" the other leader yelled as she jumped back into the action. Only one stayed behind.

Soraka remained by her side healing her wounds.

Lux smiled at her but was met with a harsh frown and intense glare.

One that she had never seen in the face of her fellow Star Guardian.

"Soraka, what's going on?"

"No use hiding anymore creature, i can feel you hiding inside Lux, you won't escape my gaze this time"

Lux looked down ashamedly "I wanted to tell you Soraka"

Soraka's frown disappeared and was replaced by the caring and compassionate look that lux had grown so fond of over the last few weeks.

"I'm sure Luxanna, it was this creature of the dark that didn't let you, I will get rid of him right now"

Lux saw her hand raised and grabbed it gently, Soraka looked at her worriedly but Lux ignored her.

"He's not a bad person, he saved me"

"He can't live inside you Lux, it's not safe, you saw what he did what if he suddenly decided to turn on you?"

"He's just trying to get his body back, please Soraka believe me when I tell you he won't hurt anyone innocent"

Soraka frowned "He called himself the World Ender Lux, I don't know about you but that doesn't exactly bring peace to my heart"

Lux stiffened a but before relaxing once more "Soraka.. Please"

"I... don't believe you yet Lux, but… I'm willing to talk to him to hear his intentions at least"

Lux smiled at her friend before she let out a sigh "Aatrox please… be polite"

Soraka frowned as the physical change in Lux became evident, the soft eyes were changed by cold and hateful ones.

"Speak, child" Aatrox growled out.

A/N: Sorry for the long wait, I hope this chapter has been to your liking, I wanted to flesh out how Aatrox felt about his past. Lux in the Star Guardians universe lacks the depth that her main Universe counterpart has, but she's a lot of fun to write.

Now that the Star Guardians know about Aatrox they will be more involved in the story, Soraka especially.