Author's Note

A little delayed on the next chapter so here is a Cait short. For this one, lets assume Elise actually has hair (I don't really know and I can't tell from artwork). Also, if you haven't noticed, all of these Caitlyn shorts take place in the past.

Caitlyn hates spiders. Ever since she was a young child she has had an all-consuming hatred of the bugs. Who could blame her? They were evil little demons in bug form, sent from hell to torment human beings. Caitlyn knew that they were kinda useful in some situations, such as when they eliminate other pests or annoying junglers like fiddlesticks,, but that didn't stop her from hating them still.

This hatred of the creatures led her to unintentionally hating one of her fellow champions, Elise. To be honest, she didn't have a problem with Elise as a person. Elise herself wasn't that bad. None of the Shadow Isles champions were. They were mostly just creepy and obsessed with death and shadows, or in Elise's case, spiders. Well, everyone except Thresh. He is just an evil bastard who likes tormenting people.

Anyways, Caitlyn didn't hate Elise herself. But she hated who Elise was, and the creatures she associated herself with. The fact that the spider queen is part spider, has spider companions following her at all times, and can actually transform into a giant fucking spider is why she hated Elise.

And so, she was not looking forward to having to get a DNA sample from the spider queen. But she had to, the Institute required it.

She traveled to Elise's lair, which was located in the outdoor space that surrounded the Institute. Elise had taken residence in a hidden cave in the cliff side, allowing her to confortable stay outside of the Shadow Isles, near the Institute, available whenever they needed her.

When Caitlyn arrived in the creepy lair, she first heard the skittering of what sounded like a thousand legs traveling throughout. She shivered at the sound, but moved on, steeling her fear. When she reached a deeper section, she called out the spider queen's name in hopes of gaining her audience. Sadly, she attracted much more than just the spider queen.

All of a sudden hundreds of spiderlings started to swarm around her and she felt her legs start to get coated with some kind of substance. She held down a shriek as she panicked, trying to rid herself of the spider webbing as the spiders wove it. But her squirming was to no avail, as she got coated up to her shoulders as the spiders crawled up and down her body. She could no longer hold her fear in, and let loose a horrified screen, as the sounds of more spiders coming became apparent.

Caitlyn briefly wondered if she was going to die, or if it was all one horrific nightmare when she heard the sound of a web stretching, with the spider queen coming down with it. Elise trasnformed into her humanoid form, and walked into Caitlyn's vision, meeting the sheriff's terrified azure eyes with her own crimson ones.

"Well well. What brings you to my lair, sheriff?" Elise asked with subtle seduction evident in her voice.

"I-I need a h-hair sample," Caitlyn responded, unable to keep the fear from the event that she just experienced down.

"A lock of my hair? For what, I may ask?"

"The Institute needs it," Caitlyn quelled her fear enough to almost calmly ask.

"Hmm. Why should I give you a hair? I rather just eat you instead. You are looking quite delicious all wrapped up in my webs." Caitlyn didn't like Elise's tone.

"Er, probably because the Institute could easily disintegrate you if you were to kill another champion or if you ignored their wishes." Caitlyn hoped that she gave a valid enough reason, fearing for her life.

Elise sighed and dissolved the webs around Caitlyn and commanded her spiderlings to scurry. "I suppose you are right. It would be in my best interest to obey the Institute, at least for now. Pity, though you would have been a great meal." Elise took off her headress and plucked a thin black hair. "Here. Now leave me before I decide to ignore the Institute anyways. I am getting quite hungry and my spiderlings are very impatient..."

Caitlyn listened and ran like hell out of that demon cave. She really hates spiders...