Finally got it out! Sorry, had a big paper to do and I've got an exam on Wednesday so that's gonna be fun...Anyway, I had a lot of help from Tourvelix for this chapter. Also, I am going in no specific order for these...I'm literally drawing them out of a hat to see who gets written. And if you want a Chosen but don't have an account...there's a chance I'll accept if its in review form. The only problem is that I can't ask you questions! So the best bet is to get an account (it's free...).
Chapter 2
Agus leaned against a tree on the riverbank, softly humming to himself as he let the warm breeze rush over him. He liked it here, no one came to it, so he got to be by himself…
"And what would I be?"
Scratch that…
"Not chopped liver, that's for sure," Agus muttered as a feeling that didn't belong to him rose in his chest.
"I'm hurt, Agus, scarred even by your words," Tahm Kench's slippery voice replied.
"You know I'm only hosting you because you would have eaten me otherwise," Agus growled, rubbing at the scars that were still visible on his arms from the surgery, "If you wouldn't have, we wouldn't be in this mess,"
"Not even if I promised you something?"
"Your promises only mean anything when they have something for you to benefit from," Agus argued, "And you almost always end up eating whatever, whoever you made the deal with,"
"Only because those fools won't give me my due," the demon's reply resounded, "But I'm sure there's something I can do for you…"
"There's nothing…" Agus huffed.
"I can bring her back…"
Agus' dark eyes flashed and he frowned.
"What are you saying, Tahm…"
"Well, if you let me take full control…I'll bring back your little sister…I know you've been feeling guilty about it still…you know it's your fault…"
His world swam with watercolors, almost as if he had stuck his head in the river and stared through the water.
"No," Agus growled, shaking his head and forcing the watery scene to dissipate, bearing his slightly sharper than normal teeth, "I'm not giving you that. There's no telling what you'd do to other people if I let you have full control. I'm not denying that Clara's death is my fault, because it is and I was stupid and careless. And I don't want the cops coming on me because you ate someone! If they so much as think I'm connected with the disappeared persons, they'll investigate and they'll throw me in jail after deporting me,"
He crossed his arms and stubbornly thumped his back against the tree.
"So no, I'm not listening to you. Andrew warned me that you'd do something like this…and I'm not having it so there!"
"I'm wounded, Agus, wounded to the heart…"
"You have a heart?" Agus deadpanned.
A feeling of indignity rose in his chest and he heard a little catch of breath, like Tahm Kench was going to say something…when voices caught both of their ears. Agus' immediate reaction was to freeze, hiding in the bushes, but he was curious…no one ever came here…
He slowly parted the bushes, watching as a trio of young adults made their way to the river's edge. Two women, one strawberry blonde while the other was dark haired, and a blond man. The blonde girl gave a cheer as she darted towards the water, scaring off some of the ducks that had been pecking at the breadcrumbs Agus had left them.
"Finally, some vacation time," she beamed, looking at her companions, "Oh, what are those faces for! The sun's shining, the grass is green…"
"The sun's shining, that's exactly it," the brunette girl teased, her eyebrows raised over her sunglasses before she grabbed a book out of her backpack and sat on the sandy shore, beginning to read.
"I swear to God you heretics…" the blonde girl muttered softly to herself before reforming her smile and walking to the water's edge.
She turned towards the blond man, who was looking at the water like it was poison.
"You do swim, don't you?" the girl asked, shrugging off the filmy cover and revealing a sturdily built, muscled figure that looked at place more on a soldier than just a normal young adult.
But that wasn't what got Agus' attention…the girl's back, arms and legs were covered in angry red scars, mostly on her back where three cruel lines were carved into the tanned skin. She looked like she'd had many, many surgeries or was in some horrific accident. But that just accented the warrior-like air that hung about her.
"I swim pretty girl…" the poor boy stammered before shaking his head, "pretty good! I swim pretty good!"
"Flirt," the girl teased, diving into the water and resurfacing, flinging droplets out of her reddish blonde hair before looking back up at the shore, "C'mon, the water's fine!"
Her two companions stared at the water unamused.
"You can still swim?" the brunette asked, "I thought you'd short circuit or…"
"Sink?" the boy finished, "With all that…"
"I CAN SWIM JUST FINE!" the blonde snapped, crossing her arms, "See! I…"
She gave a shudder before stiffening and keeling over backwards in the water, sinking.
"NO!" the blond man yelled, ripping off his shirt and diving in after her while the brunette ran into the water.
"I don't see her!" the other girl started.
"I don't either…" the boy replied, right as the brunette was yanked off balance and was sent into the water with a loud splash.
The boy started howling, laughing as the girl resurfaced…looking all the world like a very angry cat…until something yanked him into the water too.
When he resurfaced, looking pretty angry…a loud, warm laugh rippled through the air. The two looked to the side, just to see the third member of their trio dying of laughter.
"Your faces hahahahaha!" the red-blonde girl gasped, her golden eyes alight, "Dear Sun I'm going to…hahaha…blow a…fu-ahahahahaha…"
"That wasn't funny…" the brunette growled, her silver eyes blazing.
"No it was not," the blond man deadpanned, his golden eyes narrowed, crossing his arms over his chest and revealing a small, circular scar, almost like a bullet wound, "What do you say we make a certain sun-worshiper cool off?"
"I like that idea," the silver-eyed girl grinned as they sloshed through the water.
"Wait…what are you…" the golden-eyed girl started right as the man grabbed her, sweeping her into the air, "NO! PANTHE-ARTHUR! ARTHUR JONSON YOU PUT ME DOWN THIS INSTANT! PUT! ME! DOOOOOOWWWNNNNN!"
"As you wish, m'lady," the boy replied with a wry smile…
And threw her into the water.
She did not look happy when she came back up.
"I AM GOING T-TO END YOU BOTH!" came the growl and unless Agus' ears were deceiving him, her could have sworn he heard some static in it.
"Maybe this was a bad idea…" the boy, Arthur, started.
"Gee, ya think?!" the other girl snapped as the taller, stockier built girl charged at them both, knocking them into the water.
Agus gave a soft chuckle before retreating back to his little hideaway, eyes closing. Let them swim and have fun…that's all he…
He heard a soft clearing of a throat and his dark eyes flashed open just to see Andrew standing above him.
"I see you've met some of your fellows," Andrew told him.
"Uh…?" Agus started and Andrew gestured back at the swimmers.
"The Targon Trio as the Rioters have come to call them, Leona, Pantheon and Diana," he explained, "Diana's the dark haired girl and Leona's the blonde…Pantheon's a bit obvious,"
"Good to know," Agus nodded, closing his eyes only for Andrew to gently nudge his foot again, "You're not here to introduce me…are you?"
"Slightly," Andrew shrugged, "You're going to be summoned soon enough…Cira's going to train you. She's actually the best one to do it, seeing as she's a Support Chosen too,"
"Cir…Leona?"
"Correct," Andrew nodded, grabbing Agus' arm and hauling him up to his feet, "Come on, you're going to meet them and you and Cira are heading to the Rift for more training,"
Agus gave a soft groan as Andrew pulled him out of his little hiding spot towards the three Chosen currently trying to dunk each other. Suddenly, the blonde girl's head snapped up, turning towards Andrew. Her blue-grey eyes turned curious and she sloshed her way out of the river, leaving the other two Chosens standing in the water, looking confused.
"Now?" she sighed, looking at Andrew.
"He's a support Chosen, like you, Cira," Andrew told her, "He's…"
"I know who he is," Cira told him before turning to Agus, who felt a little exposed under the other Chosen's gaze…it was almost as if two people were looking at him, not one.
"I don't know if Andrew's introduced you to me or not, but I'm Cira Noble," she told him, "I'm Leona's Chosen and…well…I was the first to go through all this madness…so I'm gonna be the one to train you,"
Her eyes flickered a faint gold before reverting and a shudder made itself known over her tanned skin. She turned to Andrew.
"Soon?"
"Very," Andrew nodded…right as a pain rifled through Agus' body, almost as if his body was too small for him, his skin took on a scaly texture and his teeth grew, digging into this gums with their sharpened points.
He looked up in panic over at the other Chosens, but only Cira showed any semblance of what he was going through. She was on a knee, digging her fingers into the sandy soul as her long red-blonde hair turned stark white and silver armor started spreading up her hands…
And that's when his entire world burst into light.
Agus opened his eyes just to be met with stained-glass windows and hardwood floors. It was quite beautiful…
"You made it, that's good!" a female voice started, making Agus turn around to see a white, humanoid figure in a coal black mask and holding a silvery blue bow, "You're the new Chosen, right? Cira said that another Support was coming, so she and Ryo aren't running around all over the place,"
"Kindred," he started, blinking at the low, drawl that his voice had gotten, "Well…you're Lamb,"
Lamb nodded.
"I'm a Chosen too," she replied, "My name's Dianne,"
"Agus,"
"Bukalow?" she asked.
Agus froze, a chill running over his scaly skin.
"Where did…"
"You had a sister named Clara, right?" Dianne queried, "She died in a car accident,"
"How did you…" Agus sputtered.
"I was there," she shrugged, "I've been the Grim Reaper for about three years now…"
"Did she…" Agus started, only to get cut off by an indignant roar.
"I'm going to murder who came up with this skin!" a warm, lower female voice yelled.
"Ah…Cira's seen the new skin," Dianne chuckled as said red-head stormed out, followed by a helmeted man with glowing golden eyes.
Both were dressed in cooking garb, the angry support carrying what looked to be a hot-dog fork complete with said food on the end and a grill, the man who Agus recognized as Pantheon carrying a large halberd-like object with a pat of butter on it and an even bigger roll for his shield.
"At least we match, dear," Pantheon, Arthur, chuckled.
Cira gave a low grumbling sound and Arthur gently nudged her.
"Hey, Cira…which one would you rather have, the Pool Party or the Barbeque?" Dianne asked.
"NEITHER!" Cira spat, "Give me Project any day! At least I can turn off the projector!"
She suddenly stiffened, her blue-grey eyes flickering gold and she seemed to switch from furious to amused in a bat of an eye.
"Now, Cira, what have we said about you and your temper?" she asked and Agus reasoned that it was Leona talking rather than Cira.
Leona gave a slight wince and shook her head before turning towards the others.
"Sorry about her…she's been run ragged these past few days…" Leona apologized, "Now…where is our midlaner…"
A faint glow shone in the corner and the Radiant Dawn gave a smile.
"Ah, there they are,"
The light began to fade, revealing a blonde, hooded, winged woman. Kayle…and it looked like the rare Judgement skin…
"Ryo!" Leona greeted, "good to see you!"
"It's been a while since we've been on the same team," the Judicator replied, noting who was speaking to her, "Um, Cira throwing another fit?"
Leona winced and gently flicked the side of her head.
"That's enough, Cira," she hushed as rings of icy-white light started to circle around them all, "Well, let's get started,"
The match was a long one…Arthur and Dianne top versus Shen's Chosen Shane and Fiora's Chosen Victoria, Ryo versus Zed's Chosen Zayne, and Cira and Agus versus Blitzcrank and Vayne. It got to the point where the enemy team just couldn't kill Cira and Agus, they both had so much armor and health that even Vayne couldn't hurt them much.
Agus, as per Cira's instruction, let Tahm Kench take control at times, watching and memorizing how he did things…even if it looked weird through the muddled watercolors. Cira told him that it was normal, all Chosens and Champions went through it whenever the other was in control. It got clearer as time wore on, but it was still unsettling.
The River King's Chosen watched as his fellows all went their own ways, Cira and Arthur heading farther into the Institute as they had another match that day, Ryo disappearing in a flash of warm fiery light. Agus put a webbed hand on Dianne's shoulder, making the Kindred's Chosen jump sky-high.
"Yes?" she asked.
"I meant to ask you," he started, "You said you were there when my sister died, right?"
"Yes,"
"Did she…accept your arrow?"
Dianne's head bowed as she put a hand on Wolf's head, stroking his ears as his tongue lolled.
"She accepted the Hunt," she said softly, "She said that her brother would save her,"
The sound that came from Agus' throat sounded strangled and so wrong coming from his body.
"Don't beat yourself up about it, Agus," she ordered, "I'm sorry to say, but there was nothing you could do. Once a Mark is on someone, I have to take it. They will die. The only ones that have escaped having our Mark taken are Chosens…Cira nearly took my head off when I came to claim Arthur's. But…your sister…I told her that there was nothing you could do. The last thing she said before we took our Mark was that she was sorry because she thought you were mad at her,"
The River King's proud demeanor, that Dianne had seen so many times during her times on the Fields of Justice, was gone…it was replaced by a defeated air.
"She died without pain after that," Dianne told him, "I put you both in my Respite to ease her pain and then Wolf took her. There was nothing you could do,"
"I killed her…" he muttered, clenching his large hands, his scales bristling.
"You were being careful," Dianne countered, "The driver of the truck that hit you was texting, he ran the red light and hit Clara. She was dead before you both stopped rolling. She's in a better place now, Agus. Trust me, Wolf and I have seen it…even though we can't stay,"
Agus gave a soft, toothy smile, taking off his hat and sweeping it into a bow.
"Thank you, Kindred," he said, "Your words are much appreciated,"
Dianne gave a light laugh before she burst into white and black sparks, returning back to Earth. Agus gave a sigh and wrung the hat.
The words might have been appreciated…but they didn't truly help him heal. That wouldn't come for a long, long time.
Arthur held Cira as she slept, her projector glitching lightly and showing her true self as she twitched, her nightmares preventing her from getting a true good sleep. He heard footsteps and looked up to see Andrew coming towards them.
"They just got to sleep," Pantheon growled, his golden eyes burning nearly scarlet.
"I know," Andrew sighed, "She's been worked really hard…and this is no exception. I'll give these to you,"
He handed the Artisan of War three pictures, getting a closed eye from him.
"Names?" he asked.
"Tommy, Tracy and Kaitlyn Armstrong," Andrew explained, "Tracy and Kaitlyn are sisters and Tommy's cousins,"
Arthur looked at the family's pictures, noticing the various blades wielded by two of them and the bright, venom-green eyes of the third.
"More specifically…meet Talon, Katerina and Cassiopia,"
Arthur gave a grim laugh as he looked at Cassiopia's Chosen and then at Cira.
"Oh, this'll be fun," he muttered.
Cira is worn out. Between being a college student, being Chosen and being Hunted by the mysterious group, she's got a little justice in being upset and a bit cranky. Of course, Leona takes control if Cira gets out of hand but...
As for why Arthur's saying Cass and Cira are going to have fun...um...Cira's an ophiophobe. I'll let y'all look that up and see what that means.
ALSO! IMPORTANT! I'm going to be doing a Halloween special with these jokers. Of course, this'll be set in the future, so that means that MORE Chosens get to be in the light! (Specifically Udyr, Yasuo, Veigar, Ashe, Ekko and Lux). Here's a hint of what it's going to be about...All Hail the Demon Rat! XD
For you people wanting Chosens, here are my requirements:
What Champion
Character's name ( 1st and last)
Age
Family?
Physical Description
Personality
Why were they picked by the Champion?
How did they become the Champion(why did the Champion choose them and what were the circumstances that made the Champion choose to bond with the character? *doesn't have to be tragic accident, but I still want to know why they're the new Champion*)
You will have one month to get me a description of your Chosen before the Champion goes back into the pool. You can have multiple Chosens (my requirement is that they are related/know each other) Limit is 3. I CAN decide whether or not I will use your Chosen, I'm pulling the 'My story, my rules' card. If I see that someone has a very good reason for that Champion, then I will show preference for them mainly because it's easier for me to write.
Champions already taken:
Leona: me
Kindred, Elise, Evelyn: The Kitsune Girl Ahri
Gragas: RoboticFreeze
Diana: MMiladinova
Jinx: minifox1
Kayle: sop56
Fiora: Oceanbourne
Pantheon: boyfriend
Viktor: ckies
Shen Zed: HLZB
Tahm Kench: Tourvelix
Wukong: Unbiased Friend
Rek'Sai-TheFallenGeneral
Kog'Maw-Croziff
Taric-Mi-Stowagan
Nautilus-NyanTacocat
Nasus Renekton-Hero LumiEre Luminite (brother characters)
Quinn-TheDecieverOfLumosity
Talon, Katerina, Cassiopia-HyperZEROXL
Bard-amohugz
Master Yi-Kage Sunaipa
Draven Darius-mooseman3
Udyr-Zoozibble
Braum-Hairy
Sona-friend
Veigar-sylver9895
Nocturne, Fiddlesticks Shaco-TheSmilingMask
Kalista Hecarim-friend of mine
Lulu-another friend of mine
Jhin- The bacon tsar
Malzahar-Erindor
Lucian Thresh-FanboyX
Azir Xereth- Mi-Stowgan
Yasuo-ShadowWalker967
Gangplank Miss Fortune-CoordnationIsKey
Garen-Lt. Darkhound
Syndra- Lamker
Lee Sin-Idrisil
Aurelion Sol-Wish Upon a Sol
Kha'Zix-Navarog
Sion Urgot Malphite- Exodus2150
Ekko-flamezero55
Lux-HGoltara
Ashe-Aloasa
Zyra-hiatuspermit
Nidalee-Featherleap
Gnar-PLAINAWESOME
Vel'Koz-Old Unreliable
Anyway, hope you liked it. If you did, please let me know!
Qui vállë tóquetë, ván tecë (If no review comes from y'all; no story comes from me)
Máriessë ar mára tecië
Farewell and fair writing
Elhini Prime signing off.