Let us go!
Chapter 33. Sometimes Icy heart, just needs warm smile.
Needless to say following Braum was both fascinating as it was entertaining. The climate seemed to bend against the will of the man guiding them. As they were walking in a part of the road to the Winter Claw camp, Cid felt something moving in his pocket.
"Eh? Hey! How you got inside of there?"
He saw a small poro in the pocket of the jacket, he offered his hands for the small creature to hop in. Once it got on Cid hand it quickly made its way on its arm to reach its head where it settled comfortably. Sona smiled at this seeing Cid trying to keep the poro in balance.
Braum who heard of this looked behind and offered a thumbs up at Cid.
"Ah! Is good you make friends fast! If that little one chose you he will stay with you"
Ashe and Tryndamere had considered getting Cid a poro. Now that one had seemingly chosen him they both found themselves thinking again how to repay him. They would think about it on the road.
Sona smiled signing at Cid.
"Seems he likes you… he looks adorable in your head"
Cid chuckled signing back.
"I bet Annie will love seeing this little guy, I wonder if Riven and Ahri will like it… I mean I know for a fact you do like this guy… want to hold him?"
Sona beamed up as she nodded excitedly. With care Cid poked the poro getting his attention, once the small one made signs of noticing he jumped on Cid hand.
"Well aren't you a smart a fellow?"
The poro seemed to beam up at the praise and Cid took the small poro to Sona. Sona smiled at it and the poro went ahead going through her arms and reaching the head of Sona. There he snuggled on the top of the hat she was wearing to keep herself warm. Cid could only chuckle at this.
As they kept on the road without problems Braum pointed to a small group of huts.
"There! The temporary settlement for the reunion is there"
Cid saw many huts like with Ashe post. But in this one, he could see banners with the two axes crossed. The symbol of the Winter Claw.
As they approached Cid took notice of the stares that Ashe and Tryndamere were receiving. Some looked at him, but seemingly they were being appeased at the fact his coat had both symbols in it.
As they approached the biggest hut of the settlement Sejuani appeared from inside of it.
"I see you came… and I see you fulfilled your part of the deal"
Cid was curious as to what deal had Ashe done but the question answered itself by Sejuani.
"Cid, is good to see you, I hope you like the design of your coat"
Sejuani smiled at him and for a moment Cid thought that Sejuani should always smile. The group walked inside the hut and once everyone was sitting Sejuani patted a spot in the middle
"Cid, if you could"
Cid stood and sat in the spot she patted. She smiled before looking at Ashe, when she changed her focus the smile went away.
"I said I would agree to chat with you if the therapist was to come, and you fulfilled your part, so I will honor my part. Let us speak"
Ashe nodded with a smile. Tryndamere and Olaf were looking at each other with the wish to clash, but the fact Braum was sitting in the middle of both man made it hard for them to get to fight. Braum could easily put a stop to both of them if it was needed.
The focus of the conversation was regarding a cease of aggression between both groups, the Avarosan and the Winter Claw. They would stop all acts of aggression against the other, in exchange, they would work together to stop the third threat. The one who was causing more chaos among both of them. The Frostguard the group made between the Ice Witch, Lyssandra and the King of Trolls, Trundle.
Sejuani had managed to win the most fights against the witch, but her resources were dwindling, meanwhile, Ashe had lost many fights, but her resources and her people were safe. So in order to beat the Ice Witch they would have to fight together.
Cid role in all of this was to hear both sides and see that in their deal for cooperation no one was getting more than the other. In other words, he was asked as a neutral part that both parties trusted to manage this. Sona was signing at him the whole time.
"So… the battle against the Ice Witch is coming…. I must say Cid, this is far bigger than any of us… I feel we should go back"
Cid signed back at her.
"Maybe… but the thing stays the same. I am only helping in the deal and we go back home. We are not taking part in the fight… right?"
As if jinxing himself, Cid took notice of how Braum peaceful demeanor changed as he stood up.
"The mountain roars! Avalanche incoming!"
Olaf and Tryndamere took to go out immediately after Braum. Sejuania and Ashe didn't take long to follow and Cid and Sona were the last.
Cid had never seen an avalanche. But seeing the sea of snow that was coming against him made him feel small. This was Freljord, and this was the infamous roar of its mountain.
"Everyone! Stand behind Braum!"
With a mighty jump, Braum clashed his shield against the floor raising a wall of Ice in front of him. The wall of ice gave them all a clear view of the sea of snow that was rushing down. All the group of people ran behind Braum.
With a strength, Cid thought impossible Braum resisted the avalanche. But it was still coming, and as much as Braum could hold the wall, it was only delaying their inevitable end. The snow kept coming, and the snow took them away.
Cid wasn't sure how much time had passed since the avalanche. That wasn't the worst part. He couldn't find anyone around him as consciousness came to him. In fact, he wasn't sure what happened.
The worst part had been the fact the woman in ice had found him. And she had made sure no one could find them as she took him to a cave. Cid was unable to speak as he was feeling weak from the avalanche, and the mixture of being taken away without really knowing where he was.
During the times that Cid couldn't understand what was going on, he felt something. Small and simple. That feeling by itself was nothing but the sensation of learning. His mind trying to process the many sensations and sounds. Trying to obtain as much information as possible as to ascertain what was going on.
This reflex overrode his fear. He was afraid, but the wish to learn and understand would often deny the fear. Taking its place for a while. In addition, he found himself in that current situation. Both legs, the prosthetic and his real leg were inside the ice. He couldn't run. Even if he could separate from his prosthetic, his real leg would still be trapped.
The cold around was strong, had he removed the coat that had been given to him he would have ended up shivering. He felt the cold is especially strong in his chest as a frozen hand was hovering over it.
Lissandra. The Ice Witch was smiling at his predicament.
"All alone, your friends are away and all you can do is freeze… oh sweet desperation you must be feeling right now"
Cid smiled while feeling the cold.
"Well, I am not alone not really"
Lissandra features were smooth. Cid wasn't sure how it worked. It was as if she was as much human as she was ice. In a weird feeling, he thought maybe Lissandra was still human, one who was always in the temperatures of the ice but still human.
And if she was still human. She was still able to show emotions and feel them.
Hopefully.
"I see… you think I am good company? Then your legs might not be the only frozen part of your body"
Lissandra moved to surround him as if a cat playing with a mouse.
He was the mouse. But he was a mouse that could make it through this cat.
"Well… I mean you did freeze my legs, but well, I am still alive right? That got to count for something"
Lissandra seemed silent before laughing.
"Ah, alas I expect fear from anyone I trap in the ice… but you lack the fear, or maybe it froze too… whatever the case. You are by far more pleasant conversation than the king of trolls"
Cid raised an eyebrow behind his glasses. The King of Trolls. Trundle if he remembered right.
"Oh, I thought he was smart"
At this Lissandra laughed harder.
"He? Smart? He uses brute force on anyone smarter than him, and he tries to play it smart with the brutes he finds… Trundle is an avid survivor. But not a thinker, oh no, planning is my forte"
Cid nodded and questioned something he had been curious about Lissandra.
"Lissandra… is the thing in your face a helmet? I am curious as to how you seem to see"
At this Lissandra stopped moving for a moment before approaching him close to his face.
"Is a helmet meant for war, a crown of ice… that way my enemies got no way of looking at my expressions"
Cid nodded.
"Yet your body language speaks lots of you, so maybe you don't need the crown?"
Lissandra laughed before poking his chest making a layer of ice grow in it. The harsh sensation of the cold made him gasp and Lissandra laughed.
"Oh, if you are trying to peek at my face you will have to do better than that…"
The layer of ice melted as she gestured with her hand. The ice may have left. But Cid still felt the cold sensation in his chest. For a moment, he thought he would be totally frozen.
"Let me tell you, you are by far the most fun visitor I had in a while"
Lissandra approached Cid.
"I know who you are. I know of your deeds in the Institute. And I find it…. Curious"
Lissandra made the distance between them as she drummed her fingers in the ice around.
"Someone who helps others, because is the right thing… could it be you do it to redeem yourself? Or is it to hide from the horrors of your own mind? I honestly do not know. However, I will not deny your ability is interesting… I only know few champions who specialize in the field of the mind…. And even then, they lack the insight to truly understand…."
She approached him once again, with a gesture forcing the ice he was trapped in to move. Essentially making him walk by her side.
"You see… the mind is curious. The strongest of enemies can be stopped by directly attacking their mind. Placing nightmares in their head, showing them visages they can't comprehend… there are many ways to attack the mind"
Lissandra kept walking with him through the ice cave.
"But you see therapist… you do not attack the mind, oh no, you reinforce it, making it stronger against this kind of attacks… but I believe in the same way you hold the tools to reinforce it, you hold the tools to break it. You hold the same sort of tools that allow you to get information out of everyone… so what do you say? Abandon this idea of helping the Avarasoran and the Winter Claw and join the Frost Guard"
Cid was silent the whole time to listen. Had he not been wearing the coat he thought the cold would have killed him by then.
"Sorry, I can't do that… I refuse to harm others; a therapist follows a code of not harming and not doing evil. Do no harm… nonmaleficence…."
Cid started to speak slowly as he felt the cold getting through him. He started to feel drowsy. Lissandra cold hands approached his face looking at his eyes.
"Submit to the cold…"
Cid was falling asleep as he heard the voice of Braum
Sometimes, the icy heart needs a warm smile
As he remembered that, his eyes opened back as he gasped for air. Lissandra made the distance between them as she watched with curiosity at him.
"I see… so you are holding against the cold… impressive and foolish, if you submit you will rest"
Cid looked at her with a smile on his face.
"My friends would be saddened if I simply submitted to the cold… Ahri would be angry, and Sona would probably find a way to get angry with me too… and do not get me started on Riven. She would find a way to get my spirit back to kick my ass…. Kong would do the same… No, I can't and I won't submit…."
Lissandra face showed no emotion as she kept moving in the ice cave. She kept making him walk with the ice around his body. She seemed to be in thought. However, Cid could notice how angry she was through her body language.
"I must admit… I find it disappointing, for someone so smart to be so foolish… you do not get it. The avalanche broke the path for your friends to find you… why keep hoping they will find you?"
Cid felt tired but he was keeping himself away through conversation.
"Because if I lose hope in them… it means I didn't trust my friends enough…"
Lissandra stopped walking and approached him. Her cold hands making her way to her head. With a gesture, the cold crown dispersed and Cid saw the face of the Ice Witch. Her features were frozen and he guessed to some she would have been considered beautiful. But to him the fact she showed her face was a sign of how angry she was.
"Let the last image you see in this world… be my face as I freeze you…kneel, therapist, for when I raise you from the cold… you will be a servant to me"
Cid felt how the ice from his legs started to rise up slowly. Lissandra wanted him to beg. Nevertheless, he would not do such a thing. He had faced death before. Facing it again only brought a weird sense of familiarity. Cid did not manage to keep his eyes open as the coldness made him numb and fall unconscious.
Had he managed to stay awake for a few seconds he would have heard the rumble of Sejuani breaking through the walls of the ice passage. He would have heard the voice of Braum laughing in joyous laughter thanking the poro that had guided them to the passage. He would have seen the tears of Sona in happiness that they found him. In addition, he would have seen Ashe firing a giant ice arrow forcing Lissandra to flee. He would have seen the relief in their faces at finding him.
It didn't take but a second for Braum to release Cid from the cold prison he was almost put into. With care, Braum approached his chest and smiled.
"His heart is still warm and it beats, slowly, but it beats… we reached him in time"
Braum kept his smile as he carried the weakened therapist placing him close to Sona.
"I believe you can heal him better than I can"
Sona nodded and immediately started using her instrument to heal him from his fatigue and the damage the cold might have done to him. She smiled as she took notice he wasn't as hurt as he could have been.
Ashe found herself approaching Sejuani offering her hand to her. Sejuani went down from her mount and accepted the hand.
A firm handshake between the daughters of Freljord.
Through the passage, they had come entered both Olaf and Tryndamere. The latter speaking first as he carried his sword.
"Seems there are no enemies near, Lissandra must have come alone to find him, I guess we will have to ask him later… he will wake up right?"
Braum nodded pointing at Sona who was healing him.
Sona was confused at why she played but Cid didn't wake up. She was getting worried for her friend when Braum approached her.
"His heart and body are healed. But the cold tires the spirit of even the strongest, he will need rest"
Sona nodded and Braum took the therapist, carrying him over his shoulder.
"Well, the trip won't be long, but we might want to move before the night get us… I dare say this day was successful, don't you agree with Braum?"
Sona nodded. The rest followed behind Braum. As they made their way, some were chatting between themselves.
"Ashe… did you think she wanted to get information out of Cid?"
Sejuani spoke first. Surprising Ashe, the surprise went away quickly as she nodded.
"I think so… or maybe she wanted to get him on her side as a spy"
Sejuani sighed as she considered the uses of the therapist for Lissandra. The woman had an army, which rivaled her own in numbers. However, it lacked the might of hers. A tactician would be of use to her… but she didn't know Cid… maybe she had heard of him in the Institute.
As much as she hated it. The Institute had given Lissandra the champion status. Meaning she would be under vigilance on the walls of the Institute and wouldn't be able to roam as freely. But as part of the Institute, she would know of the rumors regarding Cid being a mind reader…
Maybe it was but causality that made their paths cross today. The avalanche was not a result of magic. It had been nature…the Freljord was neutral. It helped no one. It benefitted no one. Stuff like avalanches and snowstorms were part of the life.
But it truly had been a shame the fact the therapist got in the middle of it…
But it also had been good. For it allowed her to make a sort of peace with Ashe… they would fight together against the Watchers and the Ice Witch…
Their friend had brought a chance to change.
Now it was in their hands to try to make it true.
Sona was holding in her hands the small poro that had guided them to Cid. She had been thankful at the small creature who had guided them. The small being had come running when it saw them, and it pointed to a direction. Braum seemingly understood it and told everyone the poro knew where Cid was. According to him, poros were loyal creatures to their friends.
She saw the figure of Cid being carried in the shoulders of Braum and hoped nothing would happen after this.
She was supposed to keep him safe. And she felt she had failed.
Cid had been teleported together with Sona when they reached the camp of Ashe. Sejuani and Ashe promised they would go check on them once they finished something in the camp. Braum made sure Sona kept the small poro that guided them to Cid, making an emphasis on how sad the little guy would feel if he was separated from its friend.
When Sona was in the Institute it was already late. And she made her way to the office of Cid. Which unsurprisingly was open. She took note of how the fish seemed to have been fed and she guessed Ahri had done it.
She placed him with care on the couch and she took to sit in the chair from his desk.
She didn't feel like leaving him alone. Not after what happened.
Sona saw the small poro jumping around to stay close to Cid. She smiled fondly at it and failed to notice her own tiredness. It didn't took long for her to fall asleep.
Cid opened his eyes. He took notice of his office. He sighed in relief. He was alive. He took notice of a small being jumping in his chest. He took notice of the small poro and smiled.
"Hey… I doubt you carried me, so who brought me back?"
The poro understanding the question motioned to his side and Cid took on the face of Sona. Sleeping with her arms crossed acting as a pillow for her head on his desk. He smiled at the poro and proceeded to move from the couch. He poked Sona in the side. As she didn't move he tried to speak to her.
"Sona… hey, is time to wake up"
Sona moved and when her eyes opened she immediately took to hug Cid in a bone breaker hug. Cid felt both her relief and sadness in the hug. Once broken she took to sign at him.
"I am sorry… I was supposed to keep you safe, and you ended up almost frozen"
Cid chuckled before hugging her back.
"Hey, we both know I would have found a way of getting in trouble… so don't blame yourself okay?"
He felt Sona nodding in the hug. They both heard Ahri voice as she entered.
"Cid! Sona!"
She came rushing hugging both of them.
"I was worried! They told me you came unconscious…."
She separated from them and took to hug only Sona this time.
"Thank you… you kept him safe… and no! Don't try to blame yourself, Ashe told me everything…. Are you well?"
Sona ended up for the second time nodding inside a hug. Ahri smiled and took to keep the hug for a bit longer before taking Cid in a hug.
"And you… you need to be more careful…. I would be sad if something happened to you… scratch that, I would be angry and sad and I would try to look for you so you took responsibility"
Cid ended up chuckling and Sona found herself smiling. Ahri was honest about her feelings. Especially when this regarded the therapist.
"I am sorry for making you worry… I guess I suck at this whole couple stuff"
Ahri smiled in a mischievous manner.
"Yes you do, and because of that I will not be your couple for today!"
This took Cid by surprise, but it would end up being small compared to the next surprise. Ahri took Sona hand and clasped it together with Cid.
"Today you will learn to be a better partner! So Sona will be your couple for today, you better take notes on how she treats you"
Both Cid and Sona were surprised, but Ahri gave no space for rebuttal as she pushed both outsides of the office.
"Worry not! I will take care of your poro and feed Koi! Don't you dare come back unless you two do something fun together!"
As they made their way to get food as both felt hungry, Ahri could only smile as she heard footsteps approaching.
"Curious… why do such a thing?"
Ahri looked behind her and smiled at Nasus. She motioned for him to enter the office of Cid, feeling the conversation she was about to have was not meant for curious ears or eyes. As Nasus entered he took to sit on the couch. It was small to him but it served its purpose of letting him sit. Ahri chose to sit behind the desk. Looking at the sketchbook from Cid.
"She cares for him… too much in fact. And I think no one notices it…. But she has been looking sad"
Nasus nodded and motioned for Ahri to continue.
"While not showing it… she looks slightly less positive… but is so small is hard to see it unless you are close to her"
Nasus seemed to understand.
"What about Cid? Wouldn't he have noticed that?"
Ahri offered a sad smile as she denied with her head.
"No… Sona knows how to hide it from him… she needs this… and personally… I need this too"
Ahri looked at the sketches Cid had made of her.
"I have to accept Cid won't leave me… at times I feel… maybe he will wake up and just go. He will apologize and tell me I am not the one… and I know he won't do that… but there is always a small voice in my head saying… he will go away… because I am not human"
Ahri looked particularly fondly at a more recent sketch. In it, she was smiling, brightly as she waved at whoever saw the sketch.
Nasus took all of this in silence and nodded before speaking.
"Have you spoke of this with him?"
Ahri eyes opened in surprise.
"Of course not! I mean! What if he says he will leave me in that exact spot?"
Nasus nodded before speaking his thoughts.
"But he is your partner is he not? He chose you. Between you and Sona. He chose you as a partner, as someone to share his time and expose his feelings in a deeper level. Moreover, that works the same for you. If you want to share something, be doubts, fears, or happiness. You have the right to do it. That is what couples should be based on. Trust"
Ahri eyes were open in surprise and she found herself unable to offer a rebuttal to his words. Nasus was right, they were a couple. She was allowed to speak her feelings to him, she could do it. Because they were together.
Nasus smiled looking at Ahri still perplexed expression.
"I am willing to make a friendly wager. I will owe you a favor of any kind if I am wrong. You don't need to wager anything"
Ahri nodded. Still in surprise.
"I am placing my wager in the fact Cid will not do anything with Sona in the way you believe. I am willing to bet he will only speak of his work to Sona… maybe they will do something fun. But nothing in the way you believe he will act"
Ahri nodded.
"Okay… how will we know he actually didn't do anything?"
Nasus smiled.
"We ask of course"
In the outside of the Institute near a lake, Sona was having breakfast with Cid. She had said it would be better for them to enjoy it near the lake. Cid accepted. And as he was sitting eating he spoke his thoughts to Sona.
"Lissandra is dangerous… she holds no value in others… but I believe is a result of her lifestyle. She has no one to speak with"
Sona signed at him with one hand. Using the other to keep eating her apple.
"What? Is she alone? Trundle?"
Cid chuckled at Sona signing with one hand.
"Put the apple down, I have a hard time getting your signs"
Sona looked flustered for a moment before signing with both hands.
"What do you mean she is alone? Doesn't she has Trundle with her all the time?"
Cid nodded and smiled at her.
"Much better, and yes, she has Trundle, but if I had to guess, Lissandra has no real relationships, she acts superior to others all the time, and she believes herself to be superior. As such she holds everyone else as less than her… and that has ended up isolating her"
Cid took a bite of the bread he had taken away. His thoughts had been on his brief contact with Lissandra. The woman had been cold. Angry and powerful. In Cid experience, power should never intertwine with anger or imbalance. Power demanded responsibility and control. It wasn't about keeping things bottled up. It was all about accepting your own self. You control the power, power must never be the one to control or guide you.
"So… Lissandra is lonely? She almost killed you…"
Cid nodded looking at the lake.
"Yes, indeed she would have killed me… but she removed her crown for a moment, she allowed me to see the human behind the ice… and is a sad visage…"
Cid sighed. Lissandra was firm in her beliefs. On her cause. And that meant one thing in this case. Just like the zealotry of Viktor. His firm cause of the glorious evolution. In this case Lissandra and the Watchers.
"Remember what I told you of Viktor?"
Sona nodded signing back.
"He is a good guy. He doesn't do a thing with evil on his mind, his methods are extreme, but you said he is in no way interested in causing harm, his whole goal is to keep people safe, to avoid accidents. To better the world right?"
Cid nodded before sighing.
"Yes, but Lissandra wants the world to end in ice, she wants to rule the whole world as she covers it in ice... I can't help Lissandra. Even if I managed to chat more with her without the whole freezing me thing… she is not interested in friends or making relationships. She wants soldiers and tools for her cause…"
Cid let himself fall over biting the bread as Sona approached him. Her hands clearly in front of him as she signed.
"Is not your fault. You can't hope to be able to help everyone. Don't let it get you down, and focus on helping those who need your help. Freljord is in a war. And by the end, only one queen will rise… I am betting on the Frost Guard. Don't say it to Ashe though"
Cid ended up chuckling at the joke Sona had done. She wasn't a supporter of any side. But if she had to choose Cid guessed she would choose any side that fought the Ice Witch.
"Thanks, Sona… I needed that"
Sona smiled warmly at him before offering her a bite of her apple.
"Oh, no thanks, I am fine, want bread?"
Sona nodded and took the bread, eating it slowly in small bites. Cid watched the way Sona ate. It made him almost chuckle remembering how Ahri ate. She would just take the food away from him by distracting him.
She was always one to keep things fun.
Sona looked at his expression and signed as she finished the bread.
"What's on your mind?"
Cid closed his eyes relaxing for a moment.
"That I am lucky"
"Indeed you are!"
The voice made both Sona and Cid look to the side and they saw Riven in the company of Jax. Both carrying a fishing cane. Jax laughed pointing at Riven.
"You won't believe this! She says she can beat me at my own game, ha!"
Riven looked with determination at Jax.
"You won in the match; I won't deny that you won the top lane... But in here I will beat you"
Jax seemed to chuckle as he got ready with his fishing gear. Riven approached Cid and Sona, looking at them with a smile.
"Had a long match, Jax ended up beating me so once we got out I decided to try to beat him in his own game"
Cid nodded with a smile.
"Is nice to see you in a good mood Riven. It almost reminds me of how different you were on our first day"
Riven nodded while smiling.
"Yeah, what a day… hey isn't Ahri missing?"
Sona signed at Riven. Cid was impressed at the fact Riven seemed to get it. Slowly but got the message.
"So… you are a couple for today? How does that work?"
Cid shrugged still in the floor looking to the sky.
"Don't know, I am new to the whole couples deal remember?"
Jax was about to butt in. Nevertheless, he decided it was funnier to see both ex-soldiers having troubles with basic human interaction.
"So… you and Ahri were a couple yesterday, and Sona is your couple today…. Does that mean I can be your couple tomorrow?"
This was more than Jax could hold in as he started to laugh loudly. He had a hard time grasping his sides when he saw the expression on the face of Riven. Jax had known Riven better in the recent events, and he had concluded she was forward with her thoughts. What Riven said, she meant it. In addition, she was a horrible liar. Therefore, what she had just spoken was her real and honest thoughts considering the couple stuff.
"Oh goodness, you need to stop. Trying to kill me with laughter is a rather poor tactic, as effective as it can be"
Sona simply waved at Riven motioning for her that it didn't work that way. But Riven spoke with the innocence and bluntness she carried herself with regarding such themes.
"Yet you say you are Cid couple today"
Sona was unable to make any signs. Riven was right. There was no simple way to explain whatever passed through the mind of Ahri when she sent both of them out. Taking her silence as approval Riven smiled.
"Well I guess I will ask Ahri about it later"
In queue, Ahri and Nasus had come to the lake. The pair seemingly had decided to walk.
"What you wish to ask me Riven?"
Ahri smiled. Riven was a good friend and nice company all the time.
"Can I be Cid couple tomorrow? Sona said you let her be his couple"
Ahri was trying hard to think on an explanation as Jax kept laughing.
"This is pure gold! I could destroy all the minions the Institute throws in a match, and I doubt I would get as much gold as this is worth!"
Nasus found himself simply nodding. But kept his composure as to avoid laughing. Cid meanwhile chuckled. His day had become fun in close to no time.
"You!"
Cid opened his eyes at the voice and looked at a rather pissed enforcer.
"Cupcake still says I am missing a few sessions!"
Oh right… he had been going through so much stuff he had failed to program the appointments with Vi.
"Oh, hey sorry, so much stuff happened that"
Vi took him over her shoulder as she made her way back to the Institute.
"Zip it! You and I got a lot of talking to do! And trust me I got a lot to rant about! And the worst part is that a lot of that ranting is your fault!"
Everyone saw what had just happened. Riven took her fishing cane and proceeded to get in place as so did Jax who was still laughing. Ahri eyes were open as she had yet to understand what went on. Nasus smiled and took to sit close to the lake, simply enjoying the breath of fresh air.
Sona was in a state similar to Ahri. Riven spoke breaking the silence.
"So I guess Vi is the couple for Cid today then"
Needless to say, Jax was thinking there was the smallest possibility of him failing in this fishing competition if Riven kept speaking like that.
As this happened, a couple of figures in the Institute were in thought. Both were speaking between themselves.
"Should we follow him?"
Said the soft voice.
"Yes! It is always exciting how close he is to die!"
Said the much louder voice.
The Kindred. The Wolf and the Lamb were in conversation regarding a certain therapist who seemed to find himself in danger more often than others.
"Do you think he would choose my arrow?"
Wolf grunted.
"He better not! Everyone chooses the arrow! Why not choose my fangs?!"
The lamb giggled.
"Maybe they know I am the best"
The wolf grunted.
"Look at me! Words, words, words!"
Lamb sighed.
"That's a horrible imitation…"
The Wolf could only laugh at her tone.
"Maybe! But you knew it was you, so it can't be such a bad imitation!"
Lamb spoke in a deadpanned tone.
"You don't know how to imitate anyone else"
Wolf was about to offer a rebuttal when he saw the subject of their conversation being carried away.
"Oh! Think she will turn him into a pulp?!"
Lamb sighed before jumping from their place to follow them.
"Doubt it. The therapist is well liked by many"
Wolf chuckled.
"Many! But no all!"
At this Lamb motioned for him to stay silent.
"Be silent, we don't want them to know we are following them"
"Following who?"
Said the voice of a woman who seemed to be cold in all her actions.
"Ah, Ice Witch. Whom we follow is of little importance to you. So please refrain of entering our conversation"
Lissandra seemed to be about to attack as Lamb readied her bow. With a gesture, Lissandra lowered her hand and simply stopped her interest in them. Offering little resistance, she went away leaving Lamb in thought. It was weird, so much even Wolf noticed.
"She is not one to go away without a fight! Something is wrong!"
Lamb nodded.
"Indeed Wolf…indeed"
CUT!
Well, this was fun to write! Lissandra is here! What is going on?
Hope you enjoy this chapter! And have a fun week because the weekend is close.
I really need to work more on grammar so all of you can enjoy this more. I will do my best! See ya soon!