Chapter 10 : Cold as ice

A/N : Reviews appreciated.

"Sunofabitch" Graves exclaimed "Is that blinding light gonna appear each time it loads? It´s getting annoying"

After saying that, the program finished loading. This time Andreas was walking alone in the freezing snow. He no longer had his scythe , but had already replaced it with his cane, gauntlet and shotgun.

"This is two years later" Bane started saying "I´m in the Freljord looking for a shard of true Ice. I was surprise to find that Runaterra has True Ice because only a few planets in the universe have them. Unfortunately I couldn´t find any. And if I asked anyone they either told me I was crazy or laughed in my face. So I decided to look for it on my own."

Bane was wearing a cloak and was trying to find shelter in the blizzard . After looking for a few seconds he found a cave and decided to enter. As he finally reached the end of the cave he found a small campfire. The wood was still burning. As he realized what that meant a small figure jumped on top of him and stabbed him in the shoulder. Reaction quickly he grab the figure from the shoulder and launched him towards the wall.

"What the hell?!" He screamed as he watched the assailant. In front of him was a small girl around 14 years old , blue eyes and hair as white as the snow. She was wearing simple rugs despite the fact that it was cold even inside the cave. She had a small rock in the form of a knife , which she was pointing at him.

"Stay back you, hear me!?" She said trying to sound menacing.

"Was I truly that weak?" Sejuani asked.

"That´s you?" Vi asked.

"I know why you came here! You stay away from the crypt on top of the mountain!" Young Sejuani said while her hand shook " The treasure inside is mine. I am the Queen of Freljord!"

Analyzing the situation, he decided to transform to his bat form. Aside from the fact that it was a monstrous appearance to a human being, in his true form Bane is 2,40 metres tall. Seeing that the girl was startled he moved quickly. He activated his gauntlet, making the blade come out and quickly pinned Sejuani against the wall. Then he pointed the blade at her neck.

"I didn´t know about the treasure, but why don´t you tell me about it?"

"I will never tell you! I would rather- AUGH!" Sejuani screamed when the blade pierced her left leg.

" Look at me." Bane said " LOOK AT ME! If you don´t start talking right know I will remove all of your limbs, and leave you here! It will be worse than death, so start talking!" He said while putting pressure on the wound.

"By the Sun , Andreas!" Leona said "She was just a child!"

" I… I was desperate." Bane said "I dodged all of the veins on purpose. It wasn´t lethal."

"That doesn´t make it right" Caitlyn remarked

"Legend says that he who enters the Sacred Crypt and defeats the guardian is rewarded , many people have tried but none have made it out alive." Sejuani said after a few seconds " He is given a weapon and a helmet of True Ice that belonged to Serylda, my ancient ancestor. It is my right to take it!" She said punching Bane in the face, tough It seem to have little effect as he remained still.

"Sorry kid" Bane said taking out the blade and throwing Sejuani, who was bleeding, then he started walking towards the door . " But I need that treasure more than you"

"Wait" Sejuani said crawling through the floor crying " You can´t enter the Crypt! Only the true sons and daughters of Freljord might enter, if not the crypt will collapse and everything in it destroyed!"

When she said that he stopped walking. She was telling the truth, he didn´t feel a change in her heartbeats when she said that so she wasn´t lying. He sighed and then slowly turned around made his way towards Sejuani. She grabbed her knife back and pointed at him but he didn´t seem to mind.

"Alright we will make a deal" He said " You want that treasure and so do I. I can defeat the guardian but I can´t enter, while you can but you cannot defend yourself. So here is the deal, I will train you to defeat the guardian , you retrieve the treasure and in return you will give me a part of the True Ice I need for my quest"

Sejuani looked at him closely and then said " And if I said no?"

"You will bleed out and die. And I will have to look for another son of Freljord." He said firmly " So what do you say , darling?

She stared at him for a while and then shook his hand "Deal"

"Great, now give me your leg " He said " I will patch it up."

After that everything became white. The program was loading again.

"I will fast forward two years now, to when she entered the Crypt" Bane said

"You wouldn´t have left her there… right?" Sabrina asked

"…"

"It doesn´t matter anymore" Sejuani said " Those two years of training were the best I ever had. I wouldn´t be the woman I am now if it wasn´t for him."

"How were you trained?" Orianna asked

"Let´s see" Sejuani started saying "Aside from working out every single day , there was that one month he almost starved me to death to learn to survive with minimal food and when he dragged me into a blizzard left me there and told me to find my way back to learn to embrace the cold. He tortured me to make me immune to pain. And the last year he made me in charge of killing everyone who got near the entrance."

"And you were fine with that?" Morgana asked.

"I wanted to get strong. And that was the way how. He also took care of me. He healed me when I was hurt , but when he saw that I got hurt constantly he taught me to heal myself. He also taught me to hunt." Sejuani said calmly.

"And despite that you refused to kill the damn boar" Bane said ironically.

"He continued fighting even tough he had two broken legs and was bleeding from the head! I couldn´t kill Bristle after he showed such courage" Sejuani exclaimed.

" Well he has proven himself loyal after you took care of him , and he certainly has grown."

As he said that the program finished loading. This time Sejuani was crouching petting Bristle, who was much smaller than he is now , and Bane was standing in front of a huge door on the side of a mountain. But Sejuani had changed drastically in appearance. She had various scars in her body and had clearly improved in strength; she was wearing a bikini top and a skirt which showed her resistance to the cold. What changed the most however were her eyes, which were now full of determination?

" Oh my god! Bristle was so cute!" Chloe said.

" You ready, darling?" Bane asked " I don´t mind waiting a few more years."

" You getting attached to me , old man?" Sejuani asked grinning.

" I don´t want the last two years to be worthless " He said.

" Will you at least take my gauntlet with you?"

" No , I must prove my strength. That means no weapons. Just force."

"Remember what I taught you " He said standing in front of her " Muscles are great for beating up people , but true strength comes from inside"

"I know" she said " I´m ready"

She stood up and grabbing Bristle and handed him to Bane and gave him a look that said "take care of him". Bane simply nodded in response.

Then she walked right in front of the door and shouted.

"My name is Sejuani! I´m am the descendent of Serylda and a true daughter of Freljord! I demand a duel with the Guardian of the Crypt"

After a few seconds the massive doors opened , which allowed Andreas and Sejuani to see inside the Crypt. It was a large dark room built inside of the mountain and in the end of the room they could see the chest which held the treasure. But what caught their attention was the Ice Giant standing in the middle of the room.

"ENTER" He said in a long voice.

Sejuani looked back at him and grinned not a single regret in her eyes. As she entered the room the doors closed behind him.

Once again timed move faster in the memory as Andreas speed out the process. This was evident because even thought he didn´t move from his spot , Bristle was seen jumping up and down in various places and trying to enter the room.

"Screw it " He finally said " She´s been in there for three ours I ain´t waiting no –"

As he said that Sejuani finally came out of the room. She was fool of cuts and injuries but she was dragging the chest.

Bane started laughing and run towards her " You did it!"

"Yeah " She said in a monotone voice " I did."

As she opened the chest turning her back on him he started saying " Look , um… I know what I said but if those are important to you , you don´t need to .." Suddenly Sejuani took out the helmet with two horns on the side. She then took broke one of them and handed it over to him.

"That enough?" She asked

Bane stared at her confused and then he took out the Kanri. He touched it with the horn and it started glowing , and the sphere absorbed the shard of True Ice.

"Yes it is ." He said.

"Then it is time for us to part ways" she said grabbing the Flail inside the chest and inspecting it.

Bane realized she was trying to act tough so he decided to roll with it.

"I will see you later." He said bowing " Queen Sejuani"

He turned around and started walking but suddenly two arms were hugging him from behind.

"You better not die in this quest of yours!" she said trying to hide the fact that she was crying " I demand to see you again!"

Bane stood in place and said " As you command "

Then she released him and turned her back on him. They started walking in different directions , Bristle following Sejuani closely. Andreas turned around just as she was getting out of view and he saw how much that little girl he found in a cave had changed so much.

"Go on my little Queen" He said " Let nothing stop you"

When he took out the book the blinding light appeared once again.

"Here comes that freaking light again!" Graves said annoyed.

Author´s note:
What I should probably do is write parts of the story in a long period of time , instead of writing it all in a single night.

But screw it , ENJOY!