Authors Notes: This chapter came out faster because I had some time and decided to sit down and write. We learn about the main antagonist in this chapter, but I'm not trying to rush the story. I want you to get a sense of mystery as well as develop Rupert as a character right now but the plot will thicken in the next chapter hopefully. But enjoy this chapter.
Rupert felt the rays of light shine on his eyes as he awoke and slowly his vision became less blurry. He yawned and stretched out his arms only to find that he was still inside a tent just a little bigger then himself.
"Damn, looks like it wasn't just a dream." He said still feeling sore on his arms and legs.
"Rupert if you're awake we have made something to eat." Lux called out.
'Ah, but maybe that's not a bad thing.' He thought to himself.
He was in a world, which he guessed was Runeterra, with no one to tell him what to do anymore. No more angry bosses yelling at him, no more boring life, no need for any of his old responsibilities. But to top it off he was surrounded by three champions from the League of Legends, and they each were quite hot in his opinion. But he remembered they could kick his butt each one of them in a magnitude of ways and he would be powerless to do anything.
Rupert got dressed in his tent and then made his way over to the others that were making breakfast.
"Ah, your awake, would you like something to eat." Said Caitlyn
"Of course, what is on the menu?" Rupert asked.
He noticed she had a pan roasting over a fire with some type of meat cooking.
"Rabbit, I caught it this morning." She said pointing to some traps she had sprawled out.
"The rest of us have finished, but take your time, there is no need to rush."
Rupert took a plate she handed him with the meat and went to sit down on the rock he had yesterday. Rupert had never eaten rabbit before, he only knew of the cute cuddly animals people would sometimes have as pets. He looked down at his plate and felt somewhat sorry for the animal.
"Something wrong?" Caitlyn asked.
"Oh nothing, I just have never eaten rabbit before." He replied.
"Don't worry," Came Ahri "They are tasty, I used to eat them all the time, as well as rats, mice, squirrels."
"That's disgusting!" Lux cried "You would sooner see me drop dead then catch the princess of Demacia eat a rat."
Ahri took the opportunity to gross Lux out even more.
"Oh I'm sure you would love it, I got really good at it but sometimes it was still squirming as I swallowed it and its long tail would slither down my throat." Ahri said, gesturing with her hand how it may have looked.
"Ew, ew, ew, ew, you are disgusting what do guys see in you." Lux said, covering her ears and running away.
Rupert was starting to feel sick after that conversation and didn't know if he could eat anymore.
"Is that really true?" He asked
"Of course it's true." She stated "Notice the tails and ears." She said, showing off her tails and pointing to her ears.
"Didn't you realize there was something off about me, I used to be a fox you know? I thought you would know when you knew my name."
Rupert didn't know actually, but looking back, it did seem like something very obvious and trivial. But Rupert didn't know about the lore in the game. Who reads the lore, he just wanted to play.
"Stop grossing us out Ahri, you're making Rupert sick." Said Caitlyn, Noticing Rupert hadn't eaten.
"Don't worry about it, but I may save this for later I'm not super hungry right now." Said Rupert, holding up the rabbit.
"Alright, then we are off. Pack up your things we should be able to make it to Piltover today."
Rupert packed up his stuff and put away the tent and then the group started to set off.
As they started walking Rupert realized he had a lot of questions he didn't understand. Most of yesterday was them asking him questions about himself but he didn't really know any of them. He was quite sure that they were each from a different faction though, so why were they all together.
"I have a question." Rupert said, making the three girls stop walking and turn towards him.
"What are you guys doing? You are way out from any town and your all from different regions?" Rupert asked.
The three girls looked at one another, eying each other up, figuring out what they could say to that.
However, Lux began to laugh before saying.
"Haha, ya we don't really know what were are doing either?"
The other two girls seemed satisfied and they all continued walking. But Rupert was still confused.
"But then why are you way out here, that doesn't seem to add up?" He said.
"Well, we are going to Piltover, to deliver a message for someone." She stated "Someone sent us to deliver it."
"Well who was that? Can't he do it himself without bothering some champions from the League?" Rupert asked.
"I don't think you want to get on his bad side." Lux said "He has a large temper and you don't want to mess with him."
"This guy just sounds like a prick, who does he think he is bossing a bunch of champions to be a delivery boy for him?" Rupert said furiously.
"Well, I don't think anyone really knows, he just sort of showed up here, getting lots of people to work for him." Replied Lux
"Well, why don't a bunch of champions go kick his ass, I saw you three destroy those thugs yesterday, what makes this guy so special?"
"He is very strong," Caitlyn interrupted "And smart, the champions fear him."
"Huh?" Rupert said startled.
"There have been rumors of things happening to people that have tried to cross him." Said Caitlyn "They would go missing, and their family would be found dead. It didn't even matter if they some high up officer or a lowly towns folk the same thing happened to everyone."
"Well where is he now?" Asked Rupert
"I think he in in Noxus, but he isn't affiliated with any region, He just goes where he pleases." Said Lux
"Doesn't Demacia have a huge army, can't they just go in and take him out?"
"An army tried to kill him, but when they tried they were wiped out in a matter of seconds. Nobody knows what happened and nobody has tried ever since." Said Caitlyn
Rupert was shocked. He hadn't heard of someone that even the champions in the league were scared of, and his description didn't match any champions either. He didn't like people who tried to control others with immense power. In his world it happened all the time and innocent lives were always lost because of it.
"Well if we ever see him, tell me so I can smack him one." Said Rupert jokingly
"You don't sound very scared of him, were you listening to what we said." Lux said
"He sounds like every other tyrant from my world, using power to boss people around to get whatever they want." Rupert said "People like him need to be shown their place and there is only two places I can think of where people like him belong, Locked behind bars, or six feet under." Rupert said boldly.
Silence soon filled the group as no one had a reply for Rupert after that.
The road they were on was a winding road down a large hill that followed a river. The group where coming to a clearing and saw there was a camp set up ahead.
"What's going on up there?" Asked Lux.
"It looks like a soldiers check point has been set up." Replied Caitlyn.
But as the group got closer they noticed something was wrong. The tents had rips in them and were knocked over. Blood splatter was all over the ground. As they ventured into the camp they saw soldier's bodies littered the ground over the camp. The whole place was a mess.
"What happened here?" Rupert asked, looking at the carnage.
Caitlyn looked closer at the dead soldier's bodies. There were no cuts on any of the bodies, but they had black marking all over them.
Suddenly, they heard growls behind them, turning around they saw a pack of wolves closing in on them.
"Whatever it was can wait." Caitlyn said, taking her gun out and pointing it towards the wolves.
Ahri and Lux also grabbed their weapons and took a stance ready for battle. Rupert, who had no way of defending himself, slowly back up behind the three.
Caitlyn was the first to make a move, taking a shot at the closest wolf, only injuring it before they charged towards them. She took another shot, injuring it again before tossing out a trap she had, catching the wolf's leg and immobilizing it. She took this opportunity to aim a shot straight towards his heart killing it where it stood.
Lux had engaged with two more wolves and swung her baton out trapping the two wolves in a light prison. She fired off magic bolts towards them inflicting damage to both of them before they were charging at her again. She swung her wand again creating a circle on the ground where magic was being infused within. As the wolves were running they went through the circle being slowed as they entered it. Lux then detonated the circle, as a large explosion of light burst out killing both of the wolves.
Ahri was staring at one of the wolves as if she could understand it.
"Oooo I bet you would have loved to eat me back when I was a fox." She said
The wolf barked at her lunging at her before she dashed away in a flash.
"But you were even useless back then." Ahri said taunting the wolf again
The wolf lashed its teeth out before charging Ahri a second time. Again, Ahri dash away effortlessly without so much as a scratch.
"But you were all the same, no patients when you hunt. Just carelessly charging forward hopping that were faster than whatever it was you were hunting.
The wolf was annoyed now that he hadn't killed her yet. He could smell the scent of fox on her and desperately wanted it. He charged faster than ever towards her for the third time but Ahri was ready. She summoned her orb and shot it forward smacking the wolf on the head before she conjured fire around her, launching it at the wolf and frying him in seconds.
Meanwhile Rupert was watching the battle unfold as he slowly backed away from them, trying to be undetected by the wolves. However, he heard snarling behind him and turning around he noticed one had found him and was flashing his teeth towards him. Rupert began to run, but the wolf leaped at him knocking him to the ground. The Wolf jumped on top of Rupert, gnashing his teeth at Rupert's head. Rupert Quickly grabbed its head trying to hold it back from eating his face off. However, Rupert could feel his strength waning and could not keep this up for long. The wolf lunged his head again but Rupert managed to turn his head in time before using his body to flip the wolf off of him.
Rupert Jumped up from the ground and began running again but he could hear the wolf was storming towards him. He noticed a shimmer on one of the soldiers bodies and went to grab it, pulling out a sword from its sheath.
Rupert now turned towards the wolf grabbing hold of the sword with two hands. Rupert had never held a sword before nor did he know the first thing about how to use it, but he was surprised with how heavy it was.
The wolf now slowed his chase and began to circle Rupert, trying to find an opening to which to strike. Rupert tried to swing the sword but completely over swung throwing him off balance.
"Back, stay back!" Rupert yelled.
The wolf took a risk and leap at Rupert again, knocking him down as the sword flew out of his hands. Rupert closed his eyes and prepared for the end. He then heard a gun being fired and opened his eyes seeing that the wolf had been shot off of him. Caitlyn took another shot getting the wolves attention. Ahri then shot her orb at him sending him flying in the ground killing it. Lux then went over and smacked him over the head for good measure.
"And stay dead." She said.
"Are you alright?" Asked Caitlyn.
"Ya, im fine he didn't get me." Replied Rupert.
"Don't you have a weapon to defend yourself?" Questioned Ahri "What did you do if someone attacked you back on Earth?"
"I'd call the cops." He replied "That doesn't normally happen where I'm from."
"That sounds like a utopia." Caitlyn said. "We have seen an increase in crime in Runeterra as of recently."
"Here take this," Lux said, taking a dagger off one of the dead bodies. "Just in case we aren't there in time to protect you. You know how to use it right?"
"Thanks, and ya I should be fine with this, not so heavy."
Caitlyn bent down to look at the soldiers bodies again.
"I don't know what kind of magic could do this or on this scale, but we better report this to the officials and fast."
The three of them nodded and started walking towards the now looming city of Piltover in the distance.
Rupert had been saved once again by the three of the girls. Back on Earth, he thought he was relatively capable of taking care of himself. But after coming here, his had been giving a reality check. Still, he couldn't get the thought of that mystery man out of his head. Unbeknown to Rupert their paths would soon cross much quicker than he could imagine.
Authors Notes, Well hope you liked that chapter. If you're wondering why Rupert seems rather useless, it is by design. He is supposed to resemble what a human would be like if they ended up in Runeterra. Anyway the plot should get more interesting as we learn more about this Mystery Man and if you're asking, then yes It is the same person that we get those glimpses of. See you next time.