Petra and Kayn walked quietly for a while. It was obvious Kayn was tired, physically and mentally, and Petra wasn't sure how to handle him. She watched his muscular shoulders heave up and down, his skin pale and sickly. He wasn't himself, and it wasn't good. His feet were beginning to fail him, too. She could tell he was ready to collapse at any moment by the way he stumbled and silently tried to catch himself every time. Petra wanted to rip that damned scythe off his back and be gone with it forever.

"Kayn..." She whispered "Why don't we stop and rest for a while?" Petra put a hand on his shoulder to hold him still as he swayed when he stopped walking.

"Alright." He nodded, dropping to the ground under a large oak tree. Petra sat next to him, her back resting against the hard bark. She pulled Kayn to her, placing his heavy head in her lap. "Just rest." She whispered, her nimble fingers running through his long black hair.

"We can't stop for long." Kayn spoke, eyes fighting their heavy lids.

"We won't. Just rest."

They both fell asleep in the woods under the tree. Petra woke to the sun shining through the leaves, the warm rays coxing her conscious. Once she realized that they had slept the whole night she became temporarily frantic, wiggling her way out from under Kayn and rising to her feet.

"Kayn," Petra nugged him awake, he too springing to life.

"We slept all night?" He asked, his hands immediately rushing to the scythe on his back. "Fuck." He breathed.

"I'm sorry, I just-" She began.

"Shhhh..." Kayn covered her mouth. He was silent for a moment. "Do you hear that?" He whispered.

Petra listened closely but couldn't hear anything. "Wh-"

"Someone is close by, it's a women." He kept listening. "She's with a man, as well. They're walking this way."

"What do you want to do? They many not even be hostile." Petra replied, her voice barely rising above a whisper. "We're not in Noxus anymore."

"I guess we'll find out." He leaned his head towards the direction of the two walking. They became visible as they weaved in and out of the trees. They didn't seem threatening, and so Petra decided to take things into her own hands.

"Hi, there!" She called out, waving in their direction. The two walking stopped and looked on.

"Petra." Kayn hissed, immediately putting on the most pleasant and non-suspicious face he could.

"We're looking for directions." She called out, starting to approach the couple. They too began walking towards Kayn and Petra.

"Where are you trying to get to?" The man called out. As they neared, Petra could see it was a young man and woman. The man wore a long coat with a western style hat, the girl dressed in a very beautiful flowing purple dress. They seemed to be a couple, and they didn't seem threatening in anyway. Petra grabbed Kayn's hand, pulling him close to her.

"We're trying to get to... Tempest Flats." Petra decided. Kayn glanced over to her, head cocked. He didn't say a word.

"Luck for you that's where we'red headed. The Mana Festival is tomorrow, are you going to it, too?" The beautiful tan women asked.

Petra nodded slowly "Yes. We are. But we've never been to Tempest Flats, we thought we were lost."

"Well why don't you follow us. It's a couple hours west from here." The man smiled from under his hat.

"That would be fantastic! Thank you so much!" Petra smiled back, yanking at Kayn so he would smile as well. "Lead the way!"

The couple began walking again, Petra and Kayn following in toe. They had no plan, no idea what they were doing or what they would possibly do in Tempest Flats when they got there other than go to this festival that they had no honest interest in. The story was being made up as they traveled, and Petra was running out of fake talking points.

After about an hour of walking with hollow conversation, really the only important bit of information received was their names, Karma and Tobias; Petra noticed that Karma had become stiff until she finally stopped walking. Kayn and Petra glanced at each other as Karma glanced back at them with furrowed brows.

"You're not following us for the reason you say you are." She bluntly spoke, her eyes beginning to glow bight teal. "Why are you following us to Tempest Flats?"

Tobias became instantly tense, but seemingly confused. He stood behind Karma, but it was obvious he had as much of a clue as Kayn and Petra did.

"Excuse me?" Petra cocked her head, her heart pounding.

"It took me a while to read your auras." Karma began, stepping in closer to Petra. "You demons are always hard to read."

Petra's eyes widened, she had no retort. Instead she silently looked on as Karma walked in a circle around her and Kayn.

"So what do you really want?" Karma asked.

"I'm looking for a Witch." Kayn spoke up, stepping forward. "I've been possessed by a demon and I'm looking for answers." He glanced at Petra. She realized he was being serious, and began nodding in agreement.

"Well you've found one." Karma said, not breaking eye contact with Kayn. "What do you want to know."

"Am I dying?" He asked bluntly, his question creating a hole in Petra's heart. She looked on as Karma's facial expression softened.

"You feel like you're dying?" Karma asked him, a small sliver of pity creeping into her voice.

"I do." Kayn quietly answered "The demon and I worked together for so long. Suddenly now something isn't right. I feel like I'm dying." Kayn's face was blank, he had no expression. Though, his tone implied he felt terrible for admitting such a sensitive thing to complete strangers.

"Come," Karma held her hands out to Kayn. "Let me see you for who you really are. I'll tell you what this demon is doing."

Kayn looked suspicious now and it became very obvious how serious this was to him as he didn't even question Karma. He stepped forward and held his rough and dirty hands out and she grasped them, holding them tightly in her small palms. Petra watched as her eyes glowed, a teal aura wrapping around them both. Karma's eyes flicked red for just a moment and she pulled Kayn closer to her.

"Why have you brought me to this witch?" It was Rhaast's voice echoing from Karma's lips. Her friend, Tobias, jumped back at the same time as Petra did. Both of them looked on in horror as Rhaast seemed to be speaking from inside of Karma. She let go of his hands, her eyes widening as she slowly stepped away from him.

"The demon is trying to weed you out." She spoke "He's trying to push you out of your own body."

Kayn looked worried, the first Petra has ever seen any sort of doubt come across his face. "What do I do?" He asked.

"Get rid of the scythe or find someone to bind you both together." Karma was still backing away slowly.

"Bind us?" Kayn questioned "Can you do that?"

"No." She snapped at him "No I can't."

"I don't understand." Kayn was confused, it was obvious now that he was becoming nervous.

"You need to do one of those two things and do them quickly." Karma grabbed for Tobias' hand and began pulling him away. "We don't want any trouble from you two, please just let us leave."

"Please don't leave us." Petra spoke "Let us follow you to Tempest Flats." Just as Petra went to grab Kayn's hand, hoping to catch up to the couple, Rhaast spoke again.

"Don't listen to her, fool." He growled, Kayn slowly loosing control again. "She lies."

"Petra go without me." Kayn managed out.

"I'm not leaving you, not like this. You can do this, it's your body." Petra cried, glancing back over her shoulder, hoping Karma had turned around to help. To her disdain they were long gone.

"We need to find someone to bind us." Kayn growled, fighting with himself as Rhaast tried to take over.

"Nonsense." Rhaast chimed in.

"Kayn..." Petra grasped his face in her hands "I need you to stay with me. We'll make it to Tempest Flats our selves. We'll find someone to fix you."

Kayn looked into Petra's eyes, his hands holding her's against his skin. He leaned forward and placed a soft kiss against her lips. "I don't know how long I can go on like this." He whispered.

Rhaast boomed with laughter and Kayn shut him out once more, his whole body quaking as he suppressed the demon.

"Then lets get moving."

WRITER'S NOTE:

Thank you all so much for your support! I've never felt so motivated to finish a fanfic before! I'm so happy you're enjoying the story, and I hope you all stick around for the ending. Thank you again! 3