Chapter 5
"And again, congratulations to the new class of summoners." With the end of Elijah's speech, the class, or what was left of it, cheered. As the noise finally died down, people started to move file in and out of the room. I got up and found my way over to Levi, Beth and Ellie were already talking with him.
"Hey guys."
"Hey Toby." Ellie says.
"Hey, so you guys going anywhere for the break?" Levi asks.
"Well, Beth and I were considering visiting Piltover to see the sites. You both should join us."
"Well, I thought I would head back home and visit my family." Levi replies.
"Ok, what about you, heading home Toby?"
"No, I don't think I want to see my family. They sure as hell don't want to see me."
"Well, you still want to join us?" Ellie asked.
"I think I'd rather just stay at the Institute."
"Well, the offer is always open. See you guys later." Ellie waves good bye.
"Bye" Levi and I say.
"Well, I'll see you around Toby."
"See ya." I reply as he leaves. The room is met with an eerie silence. I look around and Im the only one left, even our teacher has gone.
"Well, I wanted to be alone, and now I got my wish." I leave the room and decide to hit the cafeteria for a bit to eat. After a couple of minutes of walking up and down hallways, I finally see the doors, and there closed. "Great." I say sarcastically. I walk a little closer and notice a small paper nailed to the front of the door.
"For those who decided to stay, be summoner or champion, the institute is free to roam about. There is enough food to supply a small army and most of the areas are open to use. However, this freedom is limited only to Champions and summoners who have proven that they do not need any form of supervision. Be for ANY past transgressions. This list includes:
Summoners:
-Oswald Manning (Destruction of Institute Property)
-Levi Stern (Injury on Summoner's Rift)
-Reya Douglas (Time Travel Mishap)
-Caroline John (Reportedly injuring other summoners with self made "Combustible Limes")
Champions:
-Fiddlesticks (Violent tendencies)
-Cho'Gath (VOID BORN)
-Taric (Reasons to outrageous to disclose)
-Shaco (Murderous tendencies)
-Malzahar (Caught distributing Void teachings)
-Kog'Maw (VOID BORN)
-Vladimir (Rumors of missing summoners appearing within blood spells)
-Renekton (Violent tendencies)
-Nocturne (Paranoia)
-Brand (Destructive tendencies)
-Thresh (Known to steal souls)
-Jinx (Destruction of Institute property)
-Vel'Koz (VOID BORN)
If seen please contact a grand summoner immediately, please do not die. Thank you for you time.
~Markus
Damn, I thought by now the Institute would forget about Levi's 'incident', but it seems like their gonna remember that for a long time.
Looking at the list, a recurring theme keeps appearing. "Void born?" I repeat. I recall once in class talking about the different planes of existence or some nonsense. As I remember, the void is a place between dimensions, where terrifying creatures live. That's about all I know, since I fell asleep after that.
Well if I want to learn more I know where I need to go. I look down and pat my stomach. "Sorry pal, looks like you'll have to wait." My stomach growled in opposition, but I have my mind made up. I began to walk toward the library.
"Finally," I exclaim as I leave my quarters. Its finally the week of rest, a whole week without any matches, training, or anything. Just some time to myself, quiet time to myself I might add. As I walk down the halls, I see most of the champions have left for home, wherever that is for them. Only a select few actually stay, mainly because 'home' has nothing to offer. Anyway, now I can have some time to myself.
As I round a corner, I hear footsteps and a loud, and obnoxious, humming coming from down the hall. I backtrack so I can see who it is without getting seen myself. Walking down the hallway, a young summoner stops at a four way intersection, visibly confused. I sit their for a minute or two before he turns towards me. Wait, IT'S HIM. What was his name… Uhh… Tobias! He turns away and begins walking down the halls again. I might just have to follow him to see what he's up to.
"Crap… Was I supposed to take a left, or a right at the seventh intersection? Maybe straight?" I look around confused. By now, I might as well be on the other side of the Institute for all I know. Huhhhh. Oh well, please if I keep walking, I might make it somewhere. I continue walking the same way I was going.
"Dammit." It's been almost an hour and I'm no closer to the library then before… maybe. "GAH, THIS IS HOPELESS!" I scream out in annoyance, it's not like anyone can hear me… wherever I am. I mean, the Institute doesn't seem that big on the outside, but somehow, it larger then hell on the inside.
As I round another corner, ahead of me, I see the silhouette of an armored figure walking towards me. The one thing that caught my eye was that behind the figure, looked to be a set of large folded wings. Should I ask him where the library is?
Whoever it was, when they saw me, began to pick up the pace and was almost running towards me. As the figure got closer, I had the feeling like I should make a break for it, or at least be ready to run; before I could through, the figure called out.
"Summoner!" A woman? The armor from a distance hides that fact surprisingly well, though up close, there was a distinct breastplate. Which since the figure, or she, was so tall, the breastplate was right in my face. I looked up meekly. "Are you a summoner for the Institute?" I guess technically.
"Y-yes? Yes, I am." I say with more pride.
"Perfect, follow me." She sticks out a hand. As I take it, I feel her grip tighten and she begins running downs the halls. I can barely keep up with her, it doesn't help that she is taller then me, and has wings to help; which, by the way, keep hitting me in the face. "We're almost there." He voice is surprisingly calm, meanwhile, I could only talk through pained breaths.
"Where… are… we… going?…" I manage to ask.
"Right… HERE!" She suddenly stops and I slam into her back. "Come on." We walk into a small circular room, and in the middle of the room, there's a waist high pillar. "Hold this." I listen and she hands me a small marble, it looks to be a… wait…. AN INFLUENCE SPHERE?
"Wait a sec…" The pillar begins to glow purple and a small beam of light latches onto the Sphere. After a couple of seconds, the light from the pillar explodes out and we are transported away.