"An enemy has been slain." Tristana heard the woman's voice ring through the Fields of Justice and she grew a small grin. This was possibly the most important battle she'd been in all month, and though it was considered small time by bigger cities, she never felt a stronger determination to win. Noxus had recently begun marching towards Bandle City with touches at the ready. Without any warning or time to defend its borders, Bandle city had lost almost half its crop land and they Noxians didn't stop there. This of course, was a direct violation of the League protocols, but Noxus wouldn't just leave. Today, all of Bandle city fought to reclaim their land and Noxus fought to keep their foot hold in the city state. Tristana was assigned bottom lane with Lulu happily buffering her. Teemo and Rumble were up at top and Veigar stood strong in the middle lane. It was difficult for her to pinpoint who exactly was in her lane, Noxians would come in and out as they please, sometimes Sion would make an appearance, other times it was Draven, and Swain dropped in from mid once or twice so far. Yordles were given purple nexus, and Noxians the blue.
At the moment, all that she was focused on was the outer turret that was beginning to crumble under her cannon fire. "You're team has destroyed a turret." The woman's voice called out when the base gave in.
"Yay! Go Trisy!" Lulu vividly clapped her hands together.
"Come on, we have to recall before Draven makes another appearance." Tristana ordered her and Lulu cheerily obeyed as they headed back to their turret.
"An ally has been slain." The woman's voice echoed again. Tristana looked up to the score board and saw Teemo had been taken down by Darius. She said a few motivational words to him, in her head and activated her recall.
"Teemo what the hell?" Rumble grumbled as he pounded another minion into the ground. "This is your chance to show off Bandle City pride and you go and die?"
"Rumble… You kinda retreated when Darius grabbed me… I'm not too useful in close combat and need you and that mechanized junkyard to help me." Teemo reminded him and kept shooting minions. Rumble has yet to acknowledge Teemo as anything more than a nuisance but Teemo has yet to acknowledge that Tristana said there was nothing romantic between them, so he thought of it as even.
They pushed towards the turret with ease, but Teemo didn't like how easy the task was. "Hey pip squeaks." Draven's voice came from behind them. "You're in the league of Draven now!" Teemo turned to see Cassiopeia behind Draven, both looked eager for their blood.
"Rumble," Teemo called up to him. "We can get out of this, but we have to work together."
"Watch and learn how a true Yordle handles humans." Rumble answered and shifted his titan into charging position. With a massive stomp, the mechanized Yordle charged at the two, and caught both a little off guard. "Bandle city!" Rumble called and slammed Draven into the air and coated Cassiopeia in flames. With their balance off, Rumble activated his shield and continued his path back to the purple turrets, leaving Teemo at the blue turret.
"Well… Crap…" Teemo said to himself. Draven and Cassiopeia recovered and Draven ran back to catch Rumble but Cassiopeia hungrily eyed Teemo. He turned around and saw his minion numbers dwindling, the turret would target him soon, so he turned and ran past towards the turret and ran for the jungle. Cassiopeia gave chase, but a turret beam snagged Teemo on his way out and, the game still being young and the beam cost him half his health. The jungle was familiar territory and Teemo felt confident running through the trees and finding his path back to the purple turret. As he ran, Sion stepped in his path, axe ready and his haunting red eyes trained on Teemo. With a powerful swing, Sion brought his axe crashing to the ground a little too early to hit Teemo. Seeing an opportunity, Teemo jumped onto Sion's arm and ran up his body, jumping off at the shoulder, and firing off a poison dart as a parting gift.
Tristana arrived back at the shop with a blue light surrounding her, with her health bar incredibly low. Swain arrived behind her and Lulu, Lulu was able to buff her enough to get out, but paid the price with her own life.
"You're team has destroyed a turret." The woman's voice came and Tristana nodded in relief that someone was doing well. Rumble appeared next and headed for the shop.
"Hey Tris," Rumble called to her. "Heading back out?"
"There's still a match to win, I won't let Bandle City down." She assured him and started off down the steps.
"How about a kiss for luck?" He called one last time. Tristana turned around with a sarcastic grin and blew him a kiss. Teemo appeared in a white light next, exhausted and pained. "Teemo!" Tristana quickly ran to his side and Rumble felt a pang of jealousy at the display. "What the hell?" As life was returned to him.
"I just…" Teemo struggled to speak, but when the rejuvenation finished he stood up tall, for a Yordle. "Had a bad escape attempt." Lulu entered life once again and Veigar recalled behind them.
"Why aren't they pushing turrets?" Tristana asked. All the Yordles were back at their Nexus, but it seemed all the Noxians had retreated as well.
"They are probably killing that infernal dragon." Veigar pointed out. "We are losing this battle, I believe it is time for a change."
"Losing? We have two of their turrets down," Tristana countered.
"Correct, but they are communicating and working as a team far better than we are. It is only a matter of time now." Veigar explained and turned to Teemo. "Any bright ideas hero?"
"Well I need a new top lane, Teemo's dying all over the place." Rumble cut in.
"You left me to die, twice." Teem reminded him. "I've died once," And Rumble withdrew his remark. Teemo pulled one of his maps out to gain a view of the battle field. "Okay, they're not exactly farming very well, so they're going to get stronger by killing us and killing creeps in the jungles. So we're going to stick together, do what Yordles do best, and help each other out. Lulu, I want pix on Tristana, transmogulate anyone you see using an ability, and enlarge Rumble whenever you see an opportunity to. Veigar, we're going to need your Event Horizon to prevent them from escaping or taking us by surprise, Tristana will be our power house, line up shots for her and keep her alive. Rumble you'll be our tank, make sure you're building your items, Giant's Belt is a good place to start. I'll be following you guys from the jungle, keeping an eye and placing mushroom in key ambush location. Any question?"
"Yes, if I get the chance to devour a pathetic opponent, may I?" Veigar raised his armored hand.
"Go for it dude, I don't care if you kill steal, as long as they're dead." Tristana reassured him.
"Why are we listening to Teemo?" Rumble cut in.
"Because I'm the highest ranked officer here and had the most experience in League." Teemo quickly answered and that satisfied the group. "Let's do this Yordles, push mid first, the Noxians have no doubt been preparing for us, so be careful."
The Yordles marched onward, all except Teemo and Tristana, as they watched their teammates go. "We can win this." Teemo said to her.
"I know we can, and if this wasn't on display for the entire world, I'd think you deserved a reward for such a plan." She said in a kittenish voice and charged after the others.
"I'll hold you to that!" He called after her before heading into the jungle.
The Yordle band had made it to what once was the middle turret, though Veigar had already taken it down. The highest level on the Yordle team currently was a five, and was held by Veigar, with the highest on the Noxian team was seven, one on one, any of them could die without much of a fight. As they approached the inner turret, Swain stood with his cane calmly at his side. He appeared very stoic, but it didn't stop Tristana from launching a cannon ball straight at him. A quick side step and the cannon ball continued to fly past him. "Die." Swain ordered and transformed into his hideous raven half breed. Without any warning, Draven, Darius and Sion surrounded the Yordle team and were closing in fast. Veigar threw up an Event Horizon and stopped them but only for a brief moment.
"Lulu," Tristana whispered.
"I'm on it!" Lulu cheered. Darius through his axe and dragged Rumble close to him, only to find that Lulu had increased his size, exponentially so. Veigar called down a Dark Matter blast onto Draven, who quickly avoided it, but Tristana had Rocket Jumped to where he would be and laid down suppressive fire. Swain's form didn't even get a chance to be useful as Lulu transformed him into an adorable duckling, which Rumble quickly stepped on in his new, giant form. Sion made a run for it, only to be slowed, poisoned and eventually taken down by Teemo. Victoriously, the Yordles pushed for the turret, taking down the inner turret but retreating when Cassiopeia stood guard at the gates to their base.
After a pain stacking two and a half hours, Tristana lined up her final shot at the blue Nexus and fired away. Blue energy swirled around the area before the crystal exploded into an array of glittering gems and dust. She'd won games before, but none this long, and none this rewarding. She found herself next to Teemo as he basked in the delight of winning. He turned to her and she met his eyes, it was a magical moment, just one they couldn't really share together, not in front of thousands of watching eyes. So Teemo offered her his hand, and she approvingly shook it. "If this was under any other circumstance, I'd leap at the chance to kiss you." Teemo joked.
"I know you would big guy." Tristana laughed a little to herself. "But uh, I'd kinda feel like we were stealing someone's thunder." And she pointed to Lulu, who had Veigar pinned to the ground in a passionate lip lock.
"Good for them," Teemo nodded with a chuckle. "Let's get out of here… Given them some privacy"
The next hours of the day were spent in interviewing sessions, Tristana was relieved there was only a few question on her personal relationships, which Rumble would occasionally answer for her with a conjecture. Teemo did most of the speaking; his answers all very short and to the point, Tristana could tell he wanted to get off of the podium as quickly as possible. After a treaty was signed for the continued protection of Bandle City, the Yordles made their way for home, not their dorms, but a long overdue rest to Bandle City.