As he awoke he was instantly aware of the healing that had been done. He felt the familiar pain from his wounds but as he moved his hands he realized they were not bandaged and all the skin was now mended. He looked around slowly trying to recall where he was, and as he glanced to his right he found Sona laying softly by his side with her head nestled against his shoulder. He kissed her forehead lightly and stood up slowly. As he exited the bedroom the pain overtook him and he faltered but did not fall. He walked slowly into the bathroom and turned the shower on and let the water flow over his body lightly. After he finished he climbed out and looked at himself in the mirror. His eyes were cold and as he looked at himself he asked himself what had brought him to where he was.

He'd never had a family, and when the General had brought him in he hardly thought of it as family. Everything in his life had always seemed like another piece of work, every person was one of two things, and acquaintance or a target. He walked his life in a linear path never becoming attached to one place for to long and as long as he walked he did not look back, but now as he stood still, attached he looked back. He was ashamed of his past, and with the discovery of all the corruption in Noxus only made him feel worse. He'd kill many innocent people thinking that he had a good reason to, and now they'd just been cleared as more innocent than they were before. He brought his hands down and splashed the cool water over his face trying to snap himself out of it, but it was only a momentary solution, and he knew sooner or later his past would catch up to him. With each day, with each step, he tried desperately to put distance between himself and the past that he couldn't accept, and with each passing moment he was thinking and formulating, trying to find a way to repent for all he had done.

He exited the bathroom quietly and went back into the bedroom to find Sona awake and looking at him with a smile on her face. He walked over toward her smiling and kissed her. She placed her hands on his waste and he lifted her up gently. As she wrapped her legs around his waste she moved her arms around the back of his neck and hung in his grasp.

"How are you feeling?" Sona asked him happily

"I've felt better, but it's better than it was a couple days ago."

"I was worried about you, Lux and Fiora came over yesterday. Lux is responsible for the wounds being shut, she's really extraordinary." Sona kissed him lightly on the lips.

As Talon stood holding her in his arms he thought about Lux. She had always seemed like a kind person, and yet she was a Demacian. Talon couldn't understand why she would be so quick to help a Noxian like himself. He thought and felt ashamed, how many had he killed? Were they friends, or family. How many lives had he cut from this world and how many injured lives had he left in his path. Tears began to form in the rims of his eyes and Sona moved her hand to wipe them away.

"You're a good person Talon. You may not believe it, and people may not see it yet, but you're changing, and you're an extraordinary individual. I know that you can come to terms with all of this, but it will take time." she looked at him with her warm blue eyes, "and I'll be here for every step that you take. No matter how badly you've been injured you've always found your way back to me, and I don't plan to abandon you like so many in the past, I love you with all of my heart Talon, and I'm not going anywhere."

Talon smiled and kissed her and laid back onto the bed. Sona lay on top of him with her head nuzzling his chest. He placed his hands on her lower back and ran them up and down. He wasn't sure why, but despite his own guilt and pain, just having Sona there with him made him feel invincible. As he held her closely she said something in almost a whisper, and he looked at her smiling. She sat up on top of him and looked down at him smiling. He took his shirt of and she laid back down with her head on his chest.

"I love you Sona." he said the words silently as she kissed him and removed her blouse.

As she walked around the Institute she felt overwhelmed by everything. The complex in itself was absolutely massive, housing hundreds of champions and summoners alike. She looked from left to right trying to find something to do, but with each turn she could not see anything. As she approached the courtyard she heard Lux yell for her in a high pitched voice. She walked outside and sat at the small table that Lux was at.

"Well that was a normal way of getting my attention wasn't it?" Fiora said in a sarcastic tone

"Yeah sorry" Lux said this giggling and looking at her

"Why are you staring at me?" Fiora began to shudder feeling awkward under Lux's gaze.

"You've gotten a lot prettier since I saw you last." Lux said this with a genuine smile on her face

"Oh and by who's definition of pretty are we going off of?" Fiora asked her

"Mine." Lux said giggling

They spent the afternoon talking in the courtyard. 3 hours after she'd arrived Lux had to leave for important business and Fiora was left to roam around once more. She walked up the stairs to the floor where all the champions stayed, and as she looked down the hall she saw the door that led into Sona's room. She thought about Talon again and the warmth resurfaced in her stomach. As she thought about the man she felt her body begin lighten for reasons she didn't understand. All that she knew was that she couldn't get him off of her mind. As she thought back to their kiss in Noxus she smiled and placed her hand to her mouth touching her lips lightly. She thought about what Lux had said and wondered if Talon found her to be pretty. All of the thoughts raced through her head and as she thought she felt her stomach begin fill with a strange sensation. She always heard people talking about butterflies in their stomach when they felt love towards someone but she had never loved anyone in her life, and as the unfamiliar sensation spread through her body she smiled and walked down the hall. As she neared her room she saw the door across the Hall open and Talon stepped out of it.

"Talon?" Fiora asked kindly

He turned around silently and looked at her. He smiled lightly remembering all that she had done for him.

"I didn't know your room was across from mine."

"No need to worry I don't stay in it often. Most nights I don't sleep. The daytime is so bright and blinding, I'm more accustomed to being a person of the night. It's better that way, people tend to dislike men such as myself." he said all of this sternly and began to walk away.

"Can I ask you something?" Fiora said softly

"What?"

"Do you think I'm pretty? Lux was-" Fiora stopped in the middle of the sentence realizing what she had just asked without ever meaning to.

"I have more important things to do with my time than rate women on their looks, but if you want the honest truth just say the word." Talon's voice never lost it's cold and stern tone.

"Yes" Fiora said almost whispering.

"My honest opinion of you is this. You have kind eyes, and yes you are pretty, but regardless of outward appearance you hold something that many people here do not. Honor is what drives you and yet it does not run your life. If honor ran your life then I would have ended up dead on the streets of Noxus, and I thank you for all that you've done for me. I realize that my thanks probably don't mean much to you."

"Why would you say that?" Fiora asked

"Don't act like you don't know who I am. I've left hundreds of your people dead at my feet, and each time it earned me praise among mine. But what is praise from corrupt men who are only out for their own agenda's. I think about it every night. How many people I've killed, how many of them had families, how many had friends. I've taken many lives and I can't replace them, but how many lives have I damaged in the process? I can't take back the things that I've done, and a simple apology will do no good to a nation. I don't understand why you or Lux want to try and help me, when I'm the enemy. I don't understand why any of this is happening." With his last words he turned slowly and began to walk.

Fiora grabbed his shirt lightly at the elbow and turned him around. She looked into his eyes softly and saw that they were not as cold as they had been before. As she stared at him the warmth overtook her and as her body began to press itself closer to his she felt her lips touch his once more. Talon backed away slowly and left her without saying a word. He was unsure of what to do about the small problem that was developing within her, but he knew in his heart that he could not let it interfere with his relationship to Sona.

Fiora stood in the center of the corridor frozen in place. As she thought about what had just happened she turned quickly and entered her room closing the door quickly behind her. She walked into the bathroom and stepped into the shower removing her clothes and turning the water on. As the water poured lightly over her smooth skin she smiled, and as she thought more about it she felt her heart sink. Whether or not they had kissed was irrelevant, because the man that she felt all of these odd emotions for was not hers. Tears began to form and they rolled down her cheeks slowly as she stood in the shower. The only thing surrounding her a wall of confusion over what she should do.