Chapter 28. Repair

I opened my eyes to see nothing but black. My first thought was that I wasn't still in the fight, my second was that I must be back where Shen took me last time. I didn't bother to move, my head hurt to much to want to even consider moving. I slowly checked to see if I could still control my body. Making sure I still had feeling in my fingers and move think for myself was the first thing I did. Then after I was sure I was ok I slowly lifted myself up only to find the I could still feel my arms and legs but they were almost entirely bandaged. Any sudden movements sent a jolt of pain through me and anything that required me to stretch my arms or legs hurt as well. I learned this the hard way as I tried to lower myself down from the trapdoor and huge jolt of pain shot through me causing me to lose my grip and crash into the floor. I with I could say the chair I landed on broke my fall but it did more damage if anything since I broke it as I landed on it. After a loud groan of pain I lifted myself up again. I could hear footsteps of someone running just outside the door and before long I could see Shen standing there looking over my pained state.

"You really shouldn't move. Your going to have to take more time with your actions" He said as he wrapped one of my arms around the back of his neck.

"What happend to me" I asked sternly.

"Your body couldn't handle the stress the Living Shadow send through it and it gave in" He said as he stood me up "Your body will recover but the power of the Living Shadow won't speed it up".

I sighed and adjusted myself so I could move comfortably "How long will it take" I asked.

"A few days at best, at worst five months" Shen said as we started to move forward.

"Wont Zed find me within that time" I asked.

Shen looked away in shame "He was able to get away... even with all your suffering we still couldn't catch him". I sighed in disappointment, That just means that he won't stop hunting me. Now I have both him and the noxians after me. We kept moving until we got a the room below us. He slowly let me down to sit on a chair sitting me in front of a large table with a nothing on it other then a few papers on the opposite side of me.

"I won't ask you to join us Blade, but I want to make sure you don't teach others your power" he said as he sat across from me "I don't want you to turn out like Zed".

I chuckled lightly and shook my head a little "The man had my interest up to what you told me, I don't need power if I have the Living Shadow. Giving people my advantage would be stupid".

Shen sighed to my response as he turned his attention to the papers in front of him. I leaned back in my chair doing to best to relax without stretching. I wont be going anywhere for a while and I already got used to my 'room' so to speak. The next few days were slow but eventually I started walking about and went outside to walk around the town. I started slowly training my body again and I could use my weapons to some degree now. Today however I was asked to meet with Ahri, Shen said she was asking about me again. She said she wanted to eat out so we found a decent tavern.

"How is your body holding up" Ahri asked. Since I was stuck here for the while I started to see Ahri and Sona. I found it a bit strange how I havn't seen Que however. I'd imagine I would have seen her from how much I would walk around the town.

"I should be fully healed around the end of next weak. That's what Shen said at least" I said before taking a drink of my glass.

"Are you planning on leaving Ionia once your healed? I'll be lonely without you" She teased.

I sighed in annoyance as I finished drinking and leaned back into my chair. I had no real reason to stay here but I didn't have a reason to leave either. I could get used to living here I'm sure but the real problem was Zed. He will come after me and Shen for sure so if I could split his forces by leaving it would be easier on me... and Shen, I suppose.

"I don't have a reason to stay and if I did Zed would come after me eventually" I responded.

"Hmm that is true... and I don't think we should rely on your power if it hurts you" She said disappointed.

She was going to speak up but what with how the conversation was going I knew what she was going to say "No you can't leave with me, you would only be a problem for me". Over the past few days Ahri has been bothering me more and more just talking with me. I've stopped drinking alcohol in case I had another situation like the fight with the bandits. The tree lighting on fire was a good signal and a few people followed the smoke and found the bandits. From what I heard no one survived. I slowly lowered my glass and could see Ahri making a pouting face at me. I sighed and ignored it as I continued to eat.

Three days later Sona wanted to talk (Or to her extent of talking) to me. I met up with her at the inn and she greeted me at the door she started to write on a pad again 'I'm sorry if this caused any problems for you' it said.

"I don't do very much since my body won't let me do very much" I said.

She kind of jerked back as she wrote something on the pad again 'Are you alright? What happened? Should you be here?'.

I sighed in annoyance, just because I'm hurt doesn't mean I can't interact with others. "I'm find, I came here didn't I. I wouldn't have if it would have only hurt" I responded annoyed.

She looked at me worried and eventually calmed down 'I wanted to take you to one of my shows. I'm curious to see if you can connect with my music like you did before'.

I was a little curious as to what she meant "What do you mean".

She turned back to her pad and held it up 'I was playing a specific tune to match your attitude and mood, people tend to open up a little more after I do something like that. I want to see if it will work with you as well'. Interesting was all I thought.

"Whatever lets go then" I said turning to walk out the door.

It didn't take to long to get to get to where she was playing. It seem rather alright, she had a little stage and there was a large amount of people once we got there. I got hostile stares arriving with her and before long I climbed up onto the beams ahead and waited for the show to start. Everyone found a seat not much longer after I arrived and anyone who couldn't find a open seat stood up. More people filled the room until every space was taken. One of the workers blew out a few candles to make abeyance and before long Sona started playing. The tune sounded just like it did the first time I heard it. My foot still bounced to the music on it's own which I still found strange. I didn't waste time on it as I scanned the crowd to see all eyes and ears pointing to Sona. She would occasionally look up at me to see if I had the same look and I caught her stare a few times and before long she stopped checking looking a little sad. I thought nothing would change but the tunes but then I saw a few people leave and more people pour in. One precise guy looked strange. He was trying to avoid being seen and I bet if I wasn't up here I wouldn't have seen him. He was moving through the crowd without disturbing people and eventually I caught the glimpse of a shine just behind him. He had a weapon. From what I saw it looked like he was going to attack Sona. I thought over what I would do about it. I didn't owe her anything and she didn't owe me anything either. Though I suppose I might owe her for locking the Living Shadow inside me down but was that really worth a favour? I thought it over and came to this conclusion. She was my acquaintance, I knew her and she knew me. Whether she counted me as a friend didn't matter to me but I do know that she isn't no one to me. I suppose if I make it hard to become a acquaintance of mine I might as well protect them as well... With that thought out of my head I drew my dagger and waited for him to be closer to Sona. I wasn't directly above her but I was rather close so it would be easier to take him down if I waited for him to get into a clear area. Then all at once he climbed up onto the stage and music stopped and I dropped down. Sona backed into the wall behind he as the man held up a knife. With a loud crash I landed on the mans shoulders knocking him to the ground without much effort. I raised a dagger of my own and plunged it into the back of his neck. With the faint sound of metal cutting past flesh the silence was broken and everyone realized what happened. I stood up in pain from moving to fast and wiped the blood off my dagger with my coat before sheathing it. I took a moment to see if Sona was fine and rushed out of the tavern.

Two days later I got a letter from Sona thanking me and apologizing to me as well. I didn't think much of it and just folded it up before tossing it into the fire. I don't need thanks from anyone from doing anything anymore. I don't care... I don't want thanks anymore.

It was around the end of the day a few days later and I didn't feel anymore pain in or on my arms. When I took the bandages off my arm has a few strange lines of discoloration along my arms. It was the red that you see after having something pressed against you for a while only it didn't go away. I passed it off as I made sure everything worked still. My arms could keep up with my swift jabs and I still handled my sword and dagger perfectly fine. My plan for tomorrow was simple, find something to do outside of town.