And after a long wait finally another chapter, I'm really sorry about that, just a massive block that wouldn't go away.
I have a question, and I don't know if someone can accurately answer it but here goes nothing:
What kind of technology do they have on runaterra? I mean they do not have TVs, radios and other stuff, but they have guns robots and turrets.
Also, notice that I'm portraying Katarina how I imagine her to be, and not solely on lore portrays her. Same with the other champions, hence a fanfic.
Without anything else, here's the chapter.
Nearly eight months passed by, to Katarina it happened too fast, normally champions could come and go as they pleased, unfortunately, she arrive during a time of important matches, but the irregular schedule made it impossible for her and several other champions to be able to return to their homes, and so were forced to stay within the Institute, she already had her daily routine, she woke up when the first rays of the sun entered though her window, she sat on the corner of the bed and reached high above her head, she felt the joints of her shoulder and spine pop into place, she had made several changes to the bedroom, she felt the huge king-sized bed was too much for someone of her frame, so she sold it and replaced it for a more humble regular sized bed, it was still as comfortable as the old one, but with the now free space she was able to make a small dinning area with a beautiful hand crafted dark wood table with matching chairs, a pale tablecloth with gold string sewed on the edged in gorgeous and complicated patterns. All placed besides the window. The kitchen area was still the same for the most part, though she changed the counter for a black marble one and got some kitchen utensils to cook from time to time instead of bothering her hosts with food. And she still had money form the bed she sold. That was one expensive item.
She got up headed into the bathroom, and took a cold bath, when she got out she headed to the small table and grabbed a small piece of paper from it; her eyes ran the letter again, more than reading the words, she examined the way the words were written, the perfect calligraphy of her sister. She had sent the letter via courier, who had been instructed to deliver it to her personally.
Her eyes returned to the letter. Things were not so good back at Noxus. Mysterious disappearances, murders, threats, something was brewing in the heart of the city and it bothered her not knowing what was happening.
She asked to the High Summoners to let her to go back, if only for a few days to sort things out and so, the high summoners granted her a leave.
Kat had already informed the summoners, so they knew she would be gone.
She had a quick cup of coffee to get rid of the last remnants of sleep and headed outside to train with the summoners; they really started to grow on her, even if she hated to admit it. They were good guys, and she couldn't help but feeling bad about them, orphans of a war that they started and never finished. Maybe training them was a way to make what their country did not, care about them.
She was not, in any way, a mother figure, hell; she was quite the opposite, she was the embodiment of rebellion inside their home, but she noticed that they looked up to her, and she was sure it was not because she was a woman, Diana was there too and she did not received nearly the amount of attention she had, though sometimes she wished she did.
And she knew deep down, they related to her because she was Noxian, the same as the three young summoners.
She got downstairs in quick strides and walked right outside, where Vas and Alden had already begun training, under Zed's watchful eyes.
During the last few week they had set up a nice training area on the back, they managed to acquire some second hand gear, that the boys used to train themselves, and they installed a small arena to spar comfortably. There was one inside the institute, but it was for champions only.
"You're late." Vas commented when he saw her come out.
"Yes, I am." She said dismissive, taking the heavy practice sword from him and giving it a few swings before returning it to him.
Zed was simply standing, dressed in the black garments of his order, his arms were bare, showing the scars he had gained over the years; his hair was tied on a ponytail and was bare footed, looking at the duo practicing their sequences, increasing the speed until one of them failed, and then repeat it again.
That had been Katarina's idea, similar to the way the new assassins were trained on Noxus, at least when she was on watch.
Basically the training sessions, that now extended into almost four hours every day, divided into three parts, warming up, in which both Katarina and Zed participated, physical practice, consisting mostly of sparring with and without swords, that was Kat's department, and meditation, which was Zed's area of expertise.
He refused to teach them shadow control, if they were so interested, they would have to join The Order of the Shadow. And he was adamant with that regard, considering it the trademark of his order, it would be an insult to himself and his students if he taught them, he agreed, however, in training them to focus their minds, and train their senses, making them more aware of their surroundings and improving their reactions.
"Vas, up front." Kat said grabbing one of the practice swords.
Gulping, the boy did as told, gripping his sword tightly around his fingers with both hands, holding it diagonally across his body.
Kat took her posture too, standing sideways with the sword pointing to the ground.
Vas dashed forwards, thrusting with his word, but a quick flicker of Katarina's sword deviated the blow, using his momentum against him as he staggered past her. She spun her body to face him again.
He regained his footing and turned, swinging his sword in a diagonal, aiming for her face. She leaned back dodging the blade, and raised her weapon, slapping him on the back.
"You're not paying attention," she said staring. "Get your shit together."
Their swords clashed again, Kat blocked a left swing and a low strike made her jump back, though she landed awkwardly, loosing her stance for a second, that second was all it took to the young man to thrust again, but that wasn't Kat's first fight, she allowed herself to fall on her back, confusing her opponent, he tried to stop, but he stumbled clumsily with his foot. Kat spun her legs, and jumped back to her feet. Swinging her sword wildly, the blade seemed to disappear as she carved circles in the air. And the she went on the offensive, though she was not fighting at her full, she was still on another level for him.
She pushed his sword away, giving her an opening and slammed her sword on his chest with a thud, throwing him to the ground.
"Stop panicking." She chastised.
"I just don't understand. What's the point of practicing these sequences if you just don't follow them." Vas complained rubbing his chest, trying to get back on his feet.
Kat sighed.
"The sequences must come natural." She started. "They must be instinctive for you, second nature, they will help you on most situations, but you cannot rely solely on them, they are a…help, a simple guideline, you must learn to recognize when the sequence is right for each situation. Like this time, you could have finished me when I fell. But you doubted, panicked, and stopped you attack. You gave me, your enemy, the chance to regain my stance and counterattack. Don't think, trust your gut, it will save your life more than once. "You need to trust in your own strength only then you will be able to use your father's sword.
Vas exhaled loudly. "I understand." He said defeated.
"Go practice" she ordered calmly. She was not sure, but she could have sworn she saw a faint smile on Zed's face.
They finished their training near noon, and Katarina as always washed the sweat away with a cold bath and put on her assassin outfit. They had a match in an hour. She sheathed her blades to her sides and back sheaths.
Zed dressed in his armor, preparing to leave, they left and headed to the summoning ring, where the other champions and summoners were already gathering. It was an exhibition match, mostly to show the newcomers how the fights were fought on The Rift.
Their team was already there, though Kat was not so exited about it. Lux and Quinn were taking the bottom lane, she did not crossed a word with the duo, she simply stared at them and bowed her head in acknowledge, the Demacians returned the gesture and went back to what they were doing.
It was simple for her to ignore them, usually teams with both Demacian and Noxians ended up losing, though she tried to keep it civil. It looked like it worked that time.
Looking around she spotted their jungler, Rengar, was sharpening his blades, he looked at her through the corner of his eye, and let out a noise that she could only interpret as laugh. A white light surrounded them and they were transported to the battlefield.
"Can you hear me?" Vas called
"Yeah." She though, knows that they could communicate telepathically as long as she was on The Rift. "Boot and potions?" Kat asked walking towards the vendor.
"Yeah. Head to the line and wait near the tower." Vas told her. Without answering she headed down the line.
She walked the long rocky path passing the inner tower, Rengar followed close behind, losing himself on the thick jungles heading for the Elder Lizard. The spawn of minions was announced; she quickened her pace the remaining of the path to the outer tower.
She waited for the minions to arrive, the all too familiar sound of the marching filled the line, she drew her blades and waited for the minions to clash in the center, she jumped into the fight, killing the minions flawlessly, spinning and jumping, pushing the line well under the enemy tower.
An explosion of energy sent her minions flying back towards her. "Ah, shit," she muttered, rolling to the side to void the falling minions.
A purple ball of emery was thrown her way, she did a back handspring to avoid it, and only to have to do it again as it was thrown again with more force. Her opponent was floating at least a meter from the ground, clad in a purple outfit and wearing a bizarre headset, The Dark Sovereign laughed as she obliterated the minions in front of her, sending bolts of purple energy towards her.
Kat narrowed her eyes, finishing off the remaining minions; she targeted the Sovereign and threw her knives. Syndra merely ducked under the flying projectiles and dropped one of her spheres between them focusing her power to throw it at her, hitting her full in the chest and knocking her to the ground. The noxian rolled in the ground to regain her footing, standing behind the wave of minions that just reached them.
"Be careful." She heard Vas say "Keep your distance and throw your knives."
"Easier said than done." She replied dodging another sphere by dropping to the ground she felt the energy burning her flesh as the sphere passed mere centimeters from her face.
Syndra went on the offensive, pushing her under her tower with a blast of energy, the tower stopped the assassin; though she was sure she heard a crack when she hit the base of the tower. She had just enough time to react to pull herself behind the tower to avoid being obliterated by the full extend of her enemies' power. She retreated and drank two health potions; she immediately felt her body healing.
"Keeping your distance doesn't seem to work." Vas noted paying close attention on their opponent. "Change of plans, Kat, stay as close to her as you can."
"Are you insane!? I'll get blown up for sure."
"Just try to keep close enough that she can't push her spheres at you."
Kat complied, though she knew it was a bad idea, she took a deep breath and wiped the sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand. She rushed at the Dark Sovereign; zigzagging as she dodged the black spheres that were thrown her way, she got close enough to land a good hit on the Sovereign, giving her a clean cut across her abdomen, and following up with a cut on the side of her face. The attack however only served to infuriate the powerful mage, Kat felt her skin crawling, light and even sound seemed to disappear, everything being sucked into the black vortex that Syndra held between her hands. Kat wanted to attack, Syndra was vulnerable, a good hit would easily sent her back to the Nexus, but her gut told her otherwise, something was wrong. And she did not wanted to be in the center of it. Forgetting the fight and the lane, Kat turned and ran into the bushes, jumping down the ridge and into the river.
Syndra jumped behind her, releasing the full extent of her power, ten spheres flew towards her, though her agility allowed her to dodge most of them, the last three hit her with full force, burning her armor and skin and sending her flying at least fifteen meters back. With adrenaline pumping through her body, Kat got up and continued to run down the river, limping slightly.
"Tell bottom lane to meet me on the dragon. Maybe we can take her together, she must be exhausted after such an attack." Kat ordered to her summoner.
Kat noticed the blonde mage, Lux and the bird lover Quinn heading towards her. She aimed for shallow waters, positioning herself to fight. So focused on Syndra she did not even noticed the bush behind her moving, a large claw impaled her when she turned around, lifting her form the ground, in front of her was the Kha Zix tilting his head slightly at her.
Kat could feel the blood pouring form her wound and mouth.
"It's rude to stare." She muttered. Slamming her knife deep into the insect's head.
Both of them were teleported back to their respective Nexus.
Before Kat could return to the river Syndra managed to kill the Demacians on bottom lane, before heading to the middle and destroying the tower.
The rest of the game snowballed from there. Syndra took care of everything during the fights, protected tightly by the rest of her team.
By the time the match ended no one had any will left to fight, they simply allowed their Nexus to be destroyed, eager for the match to finish.
"Sorry kid." Kat said, as she was teleported back to the summoning ring.
"Well that could have gone better." Vas sighed defeated.
"You think?" she was clearly annoyed because of the defeat.
"I'll go look for Alden and Diane. They should be around here."
Kat gave a dismissing nod. And the summoner left her in the middle of all the summoners and champions.
"Enjoyed the beating?" a voice called from behind.
"What the fuck do you want?" she replied knowing well whom it belonged to.
Syndra made her way towards her, walking confidently with long strides.
"I just though of giving you a warning."
"Be careful." Kat hissed narrowing her eyes. "I don't like being threatened." She placed her hand on the held of her blade.
"I'm not threatening you." The Sovereign laughed dismissing the word of the assassin. "It's merely a warning." Even if she denied it, Katarina knew better.
"Where I come from there is no difference. Just spit it out. What do you want?" Katarina exhaled.
Syndra walked closer until there were mere centimeters between them, forcing Katarina to look up, as The Dark Sovereign was taller than the assassin.
"It has come to my attention that you're living in the same place as Zed." The Sovereign started removing a strand of hair from Kat's face. "I do not want you to make any ideas. He is mine." Her statement had a threat in it just like Kat had thought.
"That's so sweet. You should tell him. Though I don't think he would be interested in a crazy attention whore like you." Kat spat staring the purple-eyed woman straight in the eye.
Syndra's expression darkened, her hands turned to fists, the assassin could feel the power building up inside her, between them, ready to be released, in a fraction of a second Kat pulled out her blades, crossing them behind the mage's neck.
"Go ahead. Do it." Kat taunted with a smile. "Let's see how far I can go before your head hits the ground.
"You filthy little-"
"What the hell are you two doing?" Zed asked walking towards the duo. They had not noticed, but people and champions had gathered around them. He waved his hand dismissing the spectators, whom quickly dispersed.
"Darling!" Syndra said hugging the ninja. Completely ignoring Katarina.
Kat rolled her eyes and left, the assassin headed back home to retrieve her things before leaving. She still had a few hours before leaving, because apparently they were sending summoners all around Runaterra, the schedules were packed, luckily they found a way to make room for her, she wound have to take the long route back.
Kat entered the living room, she saw her pack where she left it and sat on the couch, she pulled out a small book from her pack, Diana was also reading no the back of the room, so she just shrugged and focused her attention on her reading.
Time passed by, and before she knew it, it was almost time for her to leave.
Kat blinked a few times, noticing how tired her eyes had become reading the small letters of the book, she stretched and yawned, looking over to Diana, she was still on the same couch reading the same book, though she shifted positions from time to time, dressed in a loose blue shirt and grey pants, clearly she had no plans to go outside. She wondered what was she looking for the last month she had not left that book, and always she noticed the confused expression on her face.
Diana was sitting besides the window; completely oblivious on the fact that Kat was walking towards her, she gasped when Kat sat next to her and looked over at the book she was reading.
"What's it about?" the redhead asked tilting her head, checking inside her bag that she wasn't missing anything.
Diana chuckled softly. "It's a book about the story Solari and Lunari avatars." She replied calmly, closing her book and stroking the worn leathery cover. "It took me a very long time to find it, it is very ancient, and fragile."
"And what does it say?" Katarina asked curious about the subject. She had read about the two factions, but never really went into details about their engagements.
"I'm…not sure." Diana admitted with a hint of defeat in her tone. "It's written in an ancient language, many of the words are unknown to me, though I can make sense through the images and a few words. But still, it is confusing.
Kat was surprised. "Confusing" she repeated
"The few text I've been able to translate." Diana said, "I just don't understand what it means."
"Sorry to hear that." Kat said standing back up. She noticed the frustration of Diana, both in her words and body language. She removed the hair from her face with an annoyed look, exhaling loudly.
"Solari and Lunari, you say?" Kat mumbled biting her finger softly.
"I take it you checked out the Solari archives before you…wrecked the place." Kat asked. Diana's expression darkened as she nodded. Kat exhaled. "I you want help, there might be information about it of the Central Library, back in Noxus, we've got quite the collection, you know." Kat commented.
"Noxus?" Diana said confused.
"We are not just brutes, you know, some of us appreciate knowledge, and well, we do not burn ancient texts. And even if it's sealed, I've got access to every piece of information I can get. And as it so happens, I was planning on going back for a few days. You can come too, maybe you'll find something useful."
"Really? Why?" Diana questioned, not used to selfless act of kindness.
"Well, I don't know. You're nice, and I want to help a friend." Kat answered annoyed, crossing her arms. "Of course if you don't want to go..."
"No!" Diana interjected. Jumping to her feet. "I appreciate it…thank you." She said smiling.
"Now that that is settled, get ready." Kat said. "We leave in a hour. Get upstairs, change your clothes and I'll be waiting for you down here."
"What's wrong with this?"
"You'll need something more intimidating. Go and change." Kat said calmly, though there a slight hint of an order in it.
Diana nodded reluctantly, even though they were not close, she had given her a unique opportunity, and she could give her access to real knowledge about the Lunari and their legacy.
Diana went upstairs to get changed, when she came back downstairs when was dressed with her Lunari armor, her crescent blade attached to her side. She did not knew what else to wear, so her armor would serve right.
They arrived at the central hub of the Institute; summoners came and went as large rows of people waiting to be sent to who-knows-where waited for their turns crates were being transported, floating a few meters from the ground, guided by summoners.
Kat, being a champion, had certain privileges; she headed to the far end side of the large semi-circular building, walking through the large white pillars and the polished black marble floor.
She checked in, handing her ticket to one of the summoners that worked on the station. He examined her ticket closely.
"Uh…Miss, I don't think you can take two people with this." The young man said, noticing Diana standing close to her. But one cold glance form the Sinister Blade was enough to make him shut up and let the two women enter the teleportation circle in front of them regardless of what the ticket said.
The summoner focused his energy, as he did, the runes around the circle started to emit a faint purple light that became stronger and brighter, until both of them were completely enveloped in it. Before they knew it they were at the Noxus station.
The place was a strong contrast compared to the one of the Institute; the building was mostly of wood and stone, though there were several spaces built with metal, such as the teleportation chambers and the front of the station.
The duo headed outside, past the couple of guards that stood at the doorway, and followed the road down the main gate of the city. The fields to the sides were dry, dead; nothing grew there, as no one ever took care of them. As they came closer they were able to see the huge iron wall that surrounded the city. The large gate was open, though a dozen sentries stood in between them, all clad in black steel, some with full helmets that hid their faces, they were armed with long, winged spears, and their swords were sheathed on their side.
"Halt." The officer said, his armor had a red cloth hanging from his right side and he wore no helmet, showing his short brown hair and scruffy beard.
"State your name and business."
"Katarina DuCouteau." Kat replied bored. His eyes widened.
"I'm sorry, I did not meant to…"
"Save it." Kat replied walking past him, tapping him on the shoulder, as they walked past the city gates.
The streets of Noxus were not what Diana had expected, the stench of filth invaded he nose, so intense it threatened to bring tears to her eyes, stagnant water laid on the sides, as well as pools of mud mixed with piss and thrash, the buildings were decayed and dark, there was not many people outside, but still they could feel their eyes on them examining them from the shadows and the insides of the buildings.
"Stay closed." Katarina advised. "Thing have not been going well here. Be on your guard."
"Always." Diana replied softly.
The street opened up into a large series of roads, the rocky streets getting cleared as they left the slumps behind, heading for a more commercial section of the city. Diana raised her gaze; she could see a large tower further into the city. But she did not asked about it, they continued walking, the looks of the city started to brighten after several streets they started to encounter more and more people, and the buildings looker brighter and in better conditions, they reached a large circular building that looked like none of the others; the dark steel and bronze made a beautiful contrast with the surroundings. The huge structure towered over the others, large torches lit a path that lead to the entrance.
Both of them followed the stone path into the library's door, pushing the bronze doors, the outdoor smells were replaced with the old smell of books and parchments. They walked through the archway into the main desk passing by several statues and busts of what appeared to be generals and soldiers.
Kat walked confidently, followed closely by the Lunari Avatar, who was still trying to take in the large architecture, her eyes wandered from the elaborate patterns on the pillars to the large arcs that seemed to cross with each other on the roof. She had no idea Noxians were capable of such architectural prowess.
"My friend here would like to do some research." Kat said, to Diana it appeared as if she had practiced on the way. But she stayed silent.
The librarian rose her gaze from whatever she was doing, giving both of them a quick look.
"Very well, though I will need her name and the topic of her research." The dark haired woman said picking up a list and a pencil.
"That won't be necessary, though she will need full access.
"But full access is intended to member of-"
"Of the High Command." Kat said slightly annoyed, though she did her best to hide it. She reached for her back pocket and puled out a badge, her insignia of the High Command, and showed it to the woman. "Are we going to have a problem?"
"I just don't think that I'm allowed to do what you ask." She replied nervously.
"Tell me…" Kat said crossing her arms. "If you disappeared, how long would your family and friends look for you before giving you for dead?" Her voice was calm and easy as if it was a generic topic. And that made it more unnerving.
"I-I-I just meant." The librarian said, stumbling with his words, there was a clear panic on her eyes as she tried to talk.
"So sad." The Sinister Blade said turning her back readying to leave. Diana felt her heart skip a beat, she did not understood what was happening, and she was not sure if Katarina was bluffing or she meant what she was saying.
The librarian ran past her to stop her. "No wait." She said almost yelling. "Here… with this there should be no problem." She said. Handing Diana a small golden pin, of a golden book and a feather.
"Just, don't call too much attention." The woman pleaded, bowing her head slightly.
Kat smiled and patted her on the head. "Thank you." She said, heading to the large corridors before her.
They walked for a while, turning on several occasions as they looked for the section that had information about Mount Targon, and the Solari, hoping to find any references to the Lunari. Though Kat was not as exited about it as her companion, she just walked behind the Lunari as she grabbed piles of books at once and gave them a quick read.
The large bookshelves had at least seven meters high, on many occasions Diana simply climbed the shelves, ignoring the sets of stairs that were positioned at the end of each bookshelf, much to Kat's embarrassment, she simply turned around to pretend she did not knew her.
Not that there was anyone there to see them. The place was practically deserted, except for a few people that were on the reading area they passed when the started walking through the shelves.
Diana finally climbed down, carrying a stack of scrolls under her arm and sat leaning on the shelves to read them.
Kat simply exhaled and sat next to her. Grabbing a random book from over her head and opened it at the middle.
Kat was not sure how much time had passed; she could see it was getting dark outside, the bright light that was entering through the windows high above them was now orange and dim, slowly giving way to the night.
Diana was still absorbed in her reading. Kat got up with a grunt, cracking her neck and leaning against the shelf. She was impressed with Diana's persistence. She was sitting cross-legged on the floor, her eyes moving quickly from book to book, parchment to parchment. After a few more hours the Lunari got up stretching her arms and back. Kat took it as her quote to keep moving.
"There's nothing here." Diana exhaled.
Kat motioned her to follow; they arrive at a rotunda where a few arrows guided them on the right way. There were few people inside, which was no surprise.
"Say, Katarina." Diana said softly as they strolled through the shelves. "Were you really going to kill her, the librarian?"
Kat stopped dead in her tracks. Diana felt her heart pounding, for some reason, the idea of her being and assassins slipped her mind. But she was, one of top assassins of Noxus. For a moment she though she was going to agree.
"No." she admitted slowly rubbing her eyes. "It's just the way things work here. Regrettably. Being nice doesn't earns you anything, so you have to push and threaten and blackmail."
She took a deep breath and shook her head, removing the strand of red hair from her face. And faced Diana. "Welcome to Noxus." She shrugged.
They walked down a long set of circular stairs, they must have been at least five floors underground, heading for the Restricted Section. Their search on the Public Area gave Diana no information she did not knew already, if she wanted to get any information regarding the Lunari she would have to dig deeper.
The duo reached a large room probably 20 meters wide, and 10 tall. Illuminated by several floating orbs of white light that wandered across the room. A guard stepped up towards them as soon as they were off the stairs, followed by one of the small orbs, he was heavily armored, perhaps too armored, but he returned to his post when he recognized Katarina and noticed the pin on Diana's chest. He just nodded and turned around.
"Okay." Kat said, trying to break the tension. "Over there."
Kat walked closer to one of the orbs, that simply floated in small circles, as soon as she was close enough to touch it the orb stopped, lowering until it hover only a few centimeters from her face.
"Lunari" Katarina whispered to the orb. The orb shifted for a moment, emitting a low hum, and started to move, Katarina and Diana, both, followed the orb as it guided them through a maze of corridors. The walls were made of bricks, old and cracked, every few meters was statue, holding a torch, lit with a blue flame on the top.
They turned several times, walking the long, deserted hallways, until the orb stopped in front of one particular door, the orb approached to the door, in front of the lock, with a loud creak the heavy iron door opened up.
The insides were not what either of them expected. A large desk and a couple of chairs resting beside the wall, the mystical orb entered the room, emitting a brighter glow revealing the large shelf on the other side of the room, though it was mostly empty, expect for a couple of large books, old tome and even older scrolls. Diana stepped inside first, heading directly to the books, Kat sat on a chair, resting her feet on the desk; they were going to be there for a while.
"I think I found something." Diana said exited jumping to her feet.
"Good, can we leave now?" Katarina yawned. "You understand that we've been here almost six hours and that I've got stuff to do."
"Can I take these with me?"
"Sorry, if you want anything from here you must write it down or memorize it."
"Guess it can't be helped." Diana admitted dropping the small scroll, and placing it gently on the shelf.
"Let's get out of here."
Outside darkness had fallen, covering the city with a layer of fog that fell slowly from the tall rooftops unto the rocky street. Both women walked down the road towards the center of the city. The penumbra cast away the only by the light from the tall lanterns placed along the road, burning with a mild orange hue.
The cold breeze made Kat's skin crawl. Crossing her arms over her chest to try and retain some body heat. The city was empty, quiet. Everything around her looked empty, and grim, even the lights of the lanterns seemed unable lo properly light the streets. Every alley was a dark chasm, looking at her, piercing her being; there was something that made her uncomfortable.
Diana however, seemed less worried about that, she kept looking down, mumbling sentences and words, trying to maintain as much information from the texts as possible; the moon avatar was walking faster than the assassin, eager to reach wherever they were going so she could write what she had learned.
While they walked something caught the attention of the red head assassin, a slight movement on the corner of her eye, she looked back, subtly, turning her head ever so slightly, a figure walked out of the alley, covered in a long dark cloak. Was there someone following her? Or was it only a random drunk stumbling back home? No, whoever he was, walked slowly, silently, a shadow, stalking its prey. Bad luck for him, she was no prey.
Kat laughed softly, tough she made sure it was loud enough for the follower to hear. Diana looked at her confused, startled by the sudden noise breaking through the heavy silence that fell over them. Kat wrapped her arm around Diana's, pulling her closer, resting her head on the avatar's shoulder.
"What are you doing?" Diana asked, almost falling from the sudden pull.
"Act normal, we are going to turn in the alley, we are being followed."
Diana tried to reply, though she was still processing what Kat told her, Katarina shove her into the alley, almost making her fall on the muddy floor. Diana leaned against the brick wall, pulling out her weapon, letting the tip rest on the floor.
Katarina peeked around the corner; the mysterious person was walking slowly towards her.
"Only a few more steps." The assassin though, feeling a rush of adrenaline surge through her.
The stalker was within her reach, and she made her move.
That's it for now, wait for the next chapter in a few years (just kidding)
Hope you enjoyed it, and until next time, take care.
-XY