Chapter 11: An eye for an eye.
"Why is it taking so long now?" Sabrina asked
"It is fast forwarding to eight years later , it takes some time" Bane said.
"Wow that's a long time spiky , where were you?" Vi asked.
" In prison" He said calmly.
"YOU SPENT 8 YEARS IN PRISON?!" Chloe half screamed
" Why are you screaming? It´s not that much time" Bane said.
"Oh , right, you live for thousands of years , I forgot." Chloe said embarrassedly.
" Why were you in prison?" Caitlyn asked.
" Ripping the head off a child molester and throwing the skull into the sheriff office."
" Well , that sounds … brutal" Yasuo said.
" This time I was looking for the Price of Betral. This was the first time I didn´t know what was I looking for so I wandered for a while. I was told that the place with the worst kind of betrayers was a prison called End of the Line .It was an island in Bilgwater, they take criminals there and is almost impossible to escape because it is surrounded by sharks. It was practically a society, they had houses , they harvested their own food and somehow the people who new how to smuggle things managed to get some things like cigars and drugs. However despite this I was not able to find what I was looking for. "
"Why didn´t the prisioners build a boat to escape?" Sejuani asked.
"Because on top of the sharks there were some ships roaming around which were full of pirates. If someone was a fool enough to try and survive the sharks they wouldn´t survive the people.I could leave any time I wanted but not a single one of the inmates there wanted revenge. They were all hopeless so I stayed there for a long time."
"What did you even do there?" Shyvanna asked.
"It was surprisingly pleasant. When they learned that they couldn´t kill me they mostly left me alone. I also was taught how to play the guitar and chess by an old inmate named Charles. He had been in there for 20 years. Ok they program seems to be finishing."
As in finished loading an Island appeared. It was rather small but it seemed to have at least 100 inmates, there were a few trees and some animals. Only a few houses were seen and a small farm was also sighted. It was night time and Andreas was playing chess with an older inmate while being annoyed by two other younger inmates. Andreas pieces were black while the older inmate´s were white.
"Come on mate" One of them said " He cheated"
"Of course he cheated" Charles said while moving a piece. " It´s Graves we are talking about. Knight to Rook F4"
"Hehe , Good´ol Charles" Graves said.
"I can´t believe there are people stupid enough to play with him" Bane said also moving a piece " Tower to Queen G8, Check"
"Don´t be like that you have to help us get out gold back." The other inmate said.
"What do you want us to do?" Charles asked continuing to play " Rook to Tower G8"
"I don´t now , talk to him or something. He listens to you"
Andreas remained calmed for a few seconds and then moved a piece "Queen to C8, Checkmate."
As Charles inspected the board he confirmed that Andreas had won and knocked his King.
"I will talk to him" Andreas said " I will see what I can do"
Both of the inmates satisfied by this walked away leaving them alone.
"You really gonna talk to him?"
"Meh, What the hell" He said standing up "What do I have to lose"
As he walked away he grabbed his cane and shotgun.
"They let you keep your equipment in that island?" Orianna asked
"It´s not like you could use it to escape and we weren´t important, so they didn´t care" Bane explained.
When he arrived at the beach were Graves was he felt another presence so he quickly hid behind a rock. He managed to listen to Graves and he also heard another voice , which sounded like a woman´s but it also had a strange echo. He tried to look but couldn´t make out what she looked like.
"Is that your final word Oathsworn?" The voice asked.
"Dam right it is now get out of here" Graves screamed.
After that the woman disappeared and Andreas made his presence known.
"What the hell was that?" He asked.
"That ,partner , is the pain in my ass I have been having for a month now." Graves said calmly "Promising to get me my revenge at a price. My soul."
"Why didn´t you take it? I know you want revenge against the man who put you here" Bane asked confused. Everyone in the island knew of Graves and his past. "It could be the only chance you will get"
"Because when I kill that backstabbing sunofabitch , I want to be there to see it" Graves said "And I will be there."
Bane stood there for a few seconds thinking. This could be what he had been waiting for.
"What if I got you out of here?" Bane asked.
Graves looked at him and then started laughing.
"If you could get out you would have already"
"No. I was waiting for someone like you. We will make a deal. I will get you out of here and help you get started on your path to vengeance"
They exchanged some looks for a few seconds ,until Graves spoke again "What to you get from this? Do you want my soul too?"
"I promise that I won´t take anything away from you. Listen it is getting late, if you want to escape meet me at my cabin at 12:00 o clock. I will be waiting there."
One final time they looked at each other. Then Graves turned around.
"Fine. I will trust you , but you better not try to backstab me " He said walking away " You should fear a man with nothing to lose."
"That was …. Strangely poetic from you" Diana said
"Thanks , I read it in a book that afternoon." Graves explained. "Don´t even remember the name"
"Fast forward " Bane said
After a quick light , the guest were presented to a cabin with Bane and Charles inside.
"Are you sure you don´t want to come with us?" Bane asked "This is what I told you about years ago. I can get you out of here."
"No. This is my home now. Nothing is waiting for me out there . I came here to say goodbye." He said putting his hand in his shoulder "Are you sure he is the one? This isn´t the first time…"
"He is" Bane said interrupting him " He has to be
"Then this is goodbye , my friend." He said sadly "Don´t forget to play the guitar once in a while, it is a wonderful instrument."
"Indeed it is" Bane put his hand in Charles shoulder "Farewell"
As Graves entered, Charles looked at Bane for one last time and went out of the cabin. Graves only had a small bag in his belt.
"You ready?" Graves asked.
Bane changed to his true form. "Are you?" He said extending his wings.
Graves didn´t seemed surprised at all " Born ready"
Bane hugged Graves , and said "Then let´s go"
As he said that he started flying , with Graves tighly around his arms.
The people on the island looked with disbelief as the paired flew away. After a few seconds the y were both in the middle of the ocean as they flew past a man-o-war.
"Shit they are firing" Graves said.
"Hold on!"
As a barrage of mortar and cannon fire was unload on them Andreas managed to evade most of it, excepting for one of them who hit him in the back. Nevertheless they managed to arrive to shore shortly after as they crashed. They both passed out.
"Fast forward" Bane said.
"You aren´t upset are you?" Graves asked.
"Why would he be?" Casssiopeia asked.
As the program load once again , Bane found himself waking up alone in the beach.
"No. No no no no " He said standing up " Graves! Where are you?! ".
Andreas continued screaming and cursing at him.
"Wait. You didn´t left me?." Graves asked confused. "When I woke up, I was in some place else. I thought you had saved me and left on my own. What happened?"
"You are about to find out." Bane said
"ALL THAT TIME WASTED" Bane started saying "You were suppose to be the one you bastard!. When I find him I´m gonna…"
"What will you do?" A voice said behind him. It was the same voice that he heard with
As he turned around he aimed the shotgun at the voice. In front of him a specter stood. She looked like a woman, but she had three green spears coming out of her back.
"What the hell are you?" Bane asked
"Our name is Kalista , Lady of Vengeance , and I took the one called Malcolm Graves away." She said.
"Well , darling , I needed him for my… "
"For your quest , I know." She said " We have been following you since your arrival on Runaterra." She said mysteriously " But you will not get what you need from him. Yet you know the pain of Betrayal .We would gladly help you carry out your vengeance but our powers bind us to this plane. Yet.. there is another way to help you."
"At the cost of my soul? Not worth it" Bane said.
"Unfortunately we cannot bond your soul with ours permanently" She said " It is to different from ours. And as we said, we cannot help you ccarry out your vengeance."
"How will you help me then?" Bane asked lowering his shotgun.
"Bring out this strange object of yours." She said.
Slowly and carefully Bane took the Kanri out of his bag and grabbed it with his left hand. In turn Kalista extended her right hand and touched it, making it glow.
"But… the price of Betrayal!" Bane said confused " How I thought it was an abstract concept!"
"Maybe in other worlds" Kalista pulled back and laughed a black mist started covering all around them.
" But in this plane we are The Spear of Vengeance. We killed the liars because they betray those who they lead. When the deceivers destroy and abuse honest people, we will be there. We will enact vengeance for those who cannot. We will destroy them , and make them suffer for eternity.." She said as the mist made it impossible for Andreas to see.
"Such is the Price of Betrayal" A voice said, even thought no one was there with him. In the place were she had been standing there was a necklace with a small green spear in the center.
"Kalista , that scary spectre" Graves said "Shoulda known."
"She didn´t ask anything in return" Caitlyn asked "Your soul, service , nothing?"
"No she just gave it to me. Out of compassion I guess" Bane explained.
"Kalista, The Lady of Vengeance. One of the most savage Marksmen in the League … did something out of compassion?"
"I have met her in the halls. She just smiled and said I will pay the debt later. But enough about that, let´s move to the last ingredient. Fast forward." Andreas said as the program once again.
The last thing they saw was Bane standing with the Kanri still in hand crouching in front of the necklace
"Thanks" he said picking the small necklace up with his free hand " I owe you one."
Authors note:
Welp. This is the last chapter that I can upload so quickly. Updates will become much slower in the coming months because I have to pay attention to my studies. I am sorry but that is a priority.
Anyway I hope you liked the chapter , it was a lot of fun to write, even tough it went through several re-writes but I think it ended up being better than I expected.
See you soon.
