Chapter 4: Doors and Baths
Leona stirred and flipped over, groaning at the headache pounding between her eyes. The sunlight, for once, was too bright. She rolled to the other side and landed on something soft and squishy.
The soft and squishy thing started making muffled noises and thrashing about under the armor-clad Radiant Dawn, who sat up and blinked, surprised.
"Morning, Sunshine." Someone said. Leona struggled to stand up and looked towards the speaker.
Katarina was perched on an armchair, munching on a glazed donut. As they met eyes, the assassin smirked, motioning to the donut. "Want one?"
Leona responded with a soft grunt and fell back down, landing on the soft and squishy thing again. It screamed, which startled and woke up everyone in the vicinity. "Wha-what the hell?" Shen mumbled, sitting up. He yawned and stretched, before getting to his feet.
Leona had gotten up again, and realized that she had fallen on top of Ezreal. The annoyed Prodigal Explorer picked himself off the floor, brushing himself off. "What the fuck!" He yelled at Leona. "You're so freaking heavy!"
"Sorry!" Leona exclaimed, backing away. Ezreal had picked up another book (The Demacian Diaries II) and was walking towards Leona.
The book flew out of his hands and was pinned against the wall by a dagger.
"Now, now," Katarina chided, finishing off the donut and getting up to leave. "Can't have violence before lunch, can we? It's bad karma during Snowdown." She whistled before walking off to her room.
"You know, she's right." Shen said.
"For once…" Ezreal muttered darkly.
The North Wing
"Shit shit shit shit…" Akali muttered, thinking about her lost treasure, her eyes cast onto the floor. She had just woken up, outside the library of all places, and was heading back to her room. Or so she thought.
The Fist of Shadow glanced up, for the first time noticing her surroundings.
"This isn't the East Wing…!" She realized, turning back around, but it was too late.
"Well, well, well… What have we here?" The Sinister Blade drawled, smiling wickedly at Akali, who gulped. "A lone Ionian… In the North Wing? My, you must have quite the death wish."
"N-no! It's not like that! I..." Akali trailed off as Katarina stalked closer, twin daggers clutched in her hands.
"Then what is it?" The Noxian asked, relishing the fear etched onto the ninja's face.
"I… I wasn't paying attention to where I was going." Akali admitted. Katarina stopped and laughed. "Really? Why? Because of the donuts?"
Akali didn't want to admit that that was the reason. That, and waking up to Ezreal screaming.
"Err… No. Ezreal screams quite loud…"
A door opened and Akali looked behind her fearfully, only to realize that it was Katarina. 'Wait what?' She thought, turning back around to where the assassin had originally been standing, only to find it empty. The Ionian was hit by a sudden jab of jealousy at the Noxians ability to teleport, which disappeared as quickly as it had come. The jealousy was replaced by hope and she dashed towards the clear hallway… Only to run into leather and steel.
"Pitiful." Katarina sniffed. She inclined her head towards the open door. "Get in."
A little earlier that morning…
"Mmm…" Lux sighed as she woke up. Her bright blue eyes fluttered open as she sat up in bed, feeling refreshed and blissful. Until someone interrupted her stretching.
"Good morning, Luxie." Ashe cooed. Lux's head snapped towards the Frost Archer who was lying next to her, ice blue shining mischievously. The Lady of Luminosity gaped. "Wha- what are you doing here?" She squeaked, lifting the covers to see if they had their clothes on. Which they did. Thankfully.
Ashe frowned. "You don't remember last night?"
The gears in Lux's mind churned. "No… Should I?" She asked, half-fearfully.
The Freljordian laughed. "We snuck by the library again and stole some drinks, then marathoned The Tales of the Poro King season 2. We must've fallen asleep in your bed…"
"Oh." Lux breathed, relieved that she hadn't 'slept' with the Frost Archer. Now that she thought about it, though, she did recall marathoning the show…
"OH!" She exclaimed, then started laughing. Ashe joined in and sat up, kicking off the blankets. She was dressed in a white t-shirt and blue shorts, snow white hair messy.
Lux quickly glanced in her own mirror, hanging across from her bed. She, too, had messy hair and was dressed similarly to Ashe although with long sweatpants.
Ashe headed into the bathroom and Lux started choosing her clothes for the day.
Hmmm… Normal bra, white shirt, and blue pants? No…
She decided on blue leggings with a white skirt and light armor on top… Which was pretty much her usual outfit.
The Frost Archer emerged from the bathroom, combing her hair with Lux's hairbrush. The Demacian headed into the bathroom and picked up her toothbrush. The bristles were stiff, as if frozen. She peered closer and noticed tiny droplets of water had frozen to the handle.
"Oh! Hope you don't mind, Lux. I sorta used your toothbrush…"
After breakfast…
"I wonder where Akali disappeared to?" Lux wondered as she and Ashe headed out of the mess hall after grabbing a bite to eat. As they walked by the library, they heard a loud scream rent the air. "What the…?" Lux and Ashe both exclaimed at the same time. They stopped around the corner from the library, looking at each other and immediately started sprouting theories.
"Ahri taking a soul?" Ashe wondered.
"Taric losing a gem?" Lux countered.
"Teemo's mushrooms?"
"Poro's?"
"Princess Snugglebums being kidnapped by General Fluffy?!"
"KATARINA RAPING SOMEBODY?!"
"..."
"What?"
"Err… Nothing." Ashe responded. Lux glared at her. "It's more believable than Princess Snugglebums being kidnapped by General Fluffy!"
"Sure…" Was the muttered response. Suddenly, Ashe's head snapped away from Lux and locked onto someone moving towards the dorms.
Lux noticed too. "Is that… Akali?"
"Looks like it." Ashe responded. They watched as she walked through the doorway that led to the North Wing. The two friends looked at each other in shock. "What…?!"
Lux was about to follow but was restrained by Ashe. She looked at the archer questioningly and opened her mouth but Ashe placed a finger over Lux's lips, jerking her head towards the hallway. The Demacian's eyes widened.
A red-headed woman rounded the corner from the library and headed towards the North Wing… And Akali.
"Crap!" Lux mouthed to Ashe. As Katarina disappeared into the North Wing, Lux and Ashe slowly crept closer, flattening themselves right outside the doorway. They heard voices within.
"... My, you must have quite the death wish." A harsh voice said. Ashe locked eyes with Lux and mouthed, "Katarina."
"N-no! It's not like that! I..." Another voice answered, tainted in fear.
"Akali." Lux mouthed back.
"Then what is it?" Katarina asked. It was clear that she was enjoying herself. "I… I wasn't paying attention to where I was going." Akali defended. A sinister laugh rolled through the air and Lux shivered.
"Really? Why? Because of the donuts?"
"Err… No. Ezreal screams quite loud…"
'Oh… So it was Ezreal that screamed...' Ashe thought. 'Not Katarina raping somebody.' She looked pointedly at Lux who rolled her eyes, seeming to get the message. "It was a theory!" The Demacian whispered.
The sound of a door opening alerted both back to the exchange happening.
They heard light footsteps approaching quickly and then a muted thud.
"Pitiful." Katarina sniffed. "Get in."
Lux and Ashe stared, wide-eyed, at each other. In unison, they peeled themselves off the wall and tiptoed down the hallway to Katarina's door, ears glued to the wood.
Inside the room…
"What do you want with me?" Akali whispered, backing into a corner. A sadistic smile formed on Katarina's face as the door shut. "Oh, so many things, little Ionian. But let's start with..." She whispered, gliding closer to Akali. The tip of a steel dagger lifted the Fist of Shadow's chin up, and Katarina vaguely realized that she didn't have the slightest idea what she was planning to do with the Ionian. Scaring somebody was one thing, but forcing them into the room and scaring them was another. Still, the assassin knew when to take advantage of situations.
Her jade eyes bored into Akali's brown ones, and the tip of the knife drew away. Akali seemed surprised until…
"Target practice."
Katarina spun on her heel, releasing a steady flow of deadly knives, which stuck in the wall around the terrified ninja. Akali closed her eyes, praying that she wouldn't get hit as the Death Lotus continued, daggers sliding smoothly from hidden sheaths into the Sinister Blade's hands, until she had run out.
Akali lifted one eyelid slowly when the flow of knives stopped, and Katarina smiled smugly at her, looking completely unfazed despite having spun in a circle for 2 minutes straight. The knives had completely outlined the Ionians body, even wedged in the small space between her arm and her ribcage. The Noxian blew a stray strand of red hair out of her face and sat down, contemplating what to do next with her captive.
Outside the room…
Ashe and Lux waited to hear the dull wet sound of a knife slicing into their friends flesh. Their ears were starting to hurt from being pressed to the door, but they couldn't remove them after Katarina had declared, 'Target practice.'
Suddenly, the sounds of knives hitting the wall stopped.
The Frost Archer and the Lady of Luminosity met each others eyes, terrified, when suddenly…
"What are you two doing?" Someone whispered.
They jumped and barely managed to contain their screams before realizing that the asker was not an angry Noxian.
"I-I can ask the same of you!" Ashe whispered back. Taric huffed and crossed his arms. "I asked first, gurl."
Ashe and Lux looked at each other again before the latter blurted out, "We were checking the door! We're Door Monitors!" Lux made up. Ashe glared at her. "What?! He'll never believe that!" She hissed.
Taric looked astonished. "Monitors of doors? How was I not notified of this!" He cried, outraged. Thankfully, loud music had suddenly erupted from Katarina's room, preventing the Noxian from hearing the conversation.
"Since I first joined the League, I have been filing complaints about the doors! THESE DOORS ARE NOT FIT FOR CHAMPIONS! I MEAN, LOOK AT THEM!" He puffed, jabbing a finger at a door. "They lack more style than that explorer! I mean, look at his clothes!" Taric ranted. "I MUST DEMAND MEMBERSHIP TO THIS DOOR MONITORS CLUB!" He declared, looking expectantly at the two women.
Ashe looked shocked, and Lux looked relieved. "Ok then… Why don't you check the uh… Doors… In the East Wing?" Lux suggested. Taric nodded. "Good idea! After Sejuani charged down that hallway 5 minutes ago, I bet there will be some damage!"
Ashe paled even more. "Sejuani? How… DID YOU LET HER DOWN?!" She all but shrieked. Taric nodded before heading down the hallway. "Yup!" He chirped. "She looked uncomfortable!"
Lux shook her head. "Let me guess… Your room is in the East Wing?" She asked Ashe.
"Mhmm."
"Great…"
There was a moment of silence before they heard a distant roar of "I'M COMING FOR YOU NOXIAN BITCH!" Coming slowly closer.
Desperately, Lux started pounding on Katarina's door, much to Ashe's astonishment. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!"
The music stopped and Lux was about to respond when the door was roughly yanked open. Katarina looked menacing, the scar over her eye making her look more dangerous than Sejuani. Ashe briefly considered running to the other Freljordian rather than facing a Noxian assassin.
"What?" Katarina snapped, green eyes flashing. "Can't you see I'm busy?"
Akali was tied down on the bed, a gag in her mouth and an apple balanced on her forehead.
"Sejuani is heading this way, and coming for you!" Lux managed to say before said person suddenly appeared at the end of the hall. Ashe screamed at the same time that Sejuani saw her. "ASHE!" The Winters Wrath growled. Ashe ran into Katarina's room and slammed the door, Lux with her. The Noxian had opened a window and was judging the distance to the ground. "I'm not even going to ask which idiot let him down!" She seethed before jumping.
Lux had managed to untie Akali and both were about to jump just as the door burst open, revealing a very angry looking champion.
"RUN!" Ashe yelled, grabbing one of Katarina's daggers (which where still stuck to the wall) and blindly launching it at Sejuani before jumping out of the window.
Akali caught her at the bottom and together with Lux started following the red-headed Noxian, who was running towards the nearest safe building: the bathhouse.
The bathhouse...
"Ahh…" Leona sighed as she slowly lowered herself into the relaxing hot water. It had been a stressful morning so far, she recalled. First, she'd woken up with a nasty hangover. The next, she'd being the target of Ezreal and his library books. And then she had to deal with listening to Taric rant about which color gem suited his eyes the best during breakfast. A looong breakfast. Just as the water was finally soothing her, the ground started shaking. Confused, Leona quickly got out of the tub and wrapped a towel around herself just as the door slammed open to reveal a flustered looking Katarina; Ashe, Lux, and Akali weren't too far behind her, and behind them, was the source of the shaking. Sejuani.
As Leona watched, transfixed, Lux tripped over a rock and was sent sprawling. Akali and Ashe reached the safety of the bathhouse, panting for breath, before realizing that Lux wasn't with them.
They turned to see her getting to her feet, Sejuani closing the space between them rapidly and screaming at the top of her lungs, "BITCH NOXIAN! ASHE! COME OUT HERE AND FIGHT ME LIKE WOMEN!"
Katarina gulped and teleported to the roof, while Ashe called desperately to her friend. "LUX! USE FLASH!"
Lux's face reddened. "WHAT?!"
"DO IT!"
Lux sighed. "I don't know what it will do but FINE!"
The Demacian stopped running a couple steps from safety and started undoing her armor, throwing it to the ground before struggling to take off her skirt and pants. Akali's eyes widened and Ashe facepalmed. "NO! NOT THAT KIND OF FLA-"
BAM!
The last thing that Lux remembered seeing were the horrified faces of her friends and double rainbows.
A/N: Alrighty then! The guest cameo for this chapter was Taric *ahem* who was requested by one of my friends. The next chapter most likely will come out sometime either tomorrow or in a few days. I wrote this whole chapter in one sitting (lol), and I don't know if it was that good. As always, thank you for reading and reviewing, and which champion would you like to see in chapter 6? (I have chapter 5 already planned)
XOXO~ Creator0fWords