Becoming the Demon
Chapter 7
I'm probably gonna start wrapping things up, here. I have another fanfic lined up, though.
Why is somebody now trying to kick my door open? I pushed my bedsheets off and walked across the room, needing a couple of tries to unlock the door.
"What? What is it?" I blinked a few time to focus, finding a very amused Jayce on the other side of the door.
"Well, now I'm just impressed at your bedhead." He chuckled as I attempted to straighten my hair out.
"It's not usually like this. I've just had a restless night." I waved him inside and walked into my bathroom to get some water.
"I can understand why." When I walked back out, he was straightening my bedsheets.
"You heard the rumours?"
"No need." He turned to me, smiling. "They found Vi." I felt all signs of exhaustion leave my body.
"Is she okay?" Jayce didn't look sure.
"Well, the Summoners brought me to where she's being held," Held? "And I can't lie, she's covered in blood with some new scars."
"Around the arms?"
"And claw marks across the stomach. I think they said that Warwick did that one." I sighed and rubbed my forehead. "I didn't get to talk to her because something started to happen and the Summoners ushered me out."
"I am definitely talking to her." I put the glass I was holding down.
"Would you like me to wait outside?" Jayce asked, pointing his thumb towards the door.
"Please." He nodded and left, leaving me to start getting dressed. I knew that Vi was lying to me, but I didn't want to push anything. She's too proud to admit that anything is wrong. As I strapped my rifle to my back and put my hat on, a thought crossed my mind. Crossing the room again, I opened the drawer that was delegated for all of the clothes that Vi leaves here and picked one of the shirts up.
"All ready?" Jayce asked as I walked outside. "I must say, it's quite endearing to see you half asleep." He smiled as we started walking down the hallway.
"How so?"
"Well, I always see you when you're working, and in full uniform. Sometimes you come across as inhuman with how hard you work." He noticed the stare I was giving him, and rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "Not that it's a bad thing."
"I never intended to come across as inhuman." I sighed, looking up at my friend.
"Maybe that was a poor choice of words." Jayce rubbed his chin in thought. "I know that you're dedicated to your work."
"Everybody says that." He tried to speak again, but I waved him off. I'm not exactly in the mood for baseless conversation. I ignored the stares and whispers that I attracted as I walked. Of course I'm going to be a suspect to what happened with Vi. I'm her closest friend. Jayce led me into one of the observation rooms, where three Summoners stood, mumbling to each other.
"Excuse us?" Jayce said, scaring them.
"I expected you to be a visitor, Caitlyn." Summoner Blake smiled. "What do you have, there?"
"One of Vi's shirts." I held it up, still folded. "I had a feeling."
"Good call." One of the other Summoners, Jute, said. "I think it will be alright for you to go in." I handed Jayce my rifle, just in case, and walked into the room when Jute held the door open for me. Like all holding cells, the walls were white, and the room only had one raised platform to lay on.
"Whoa, shit." Vi sat up when the door closed, looking quite guilty. "Now I just feel bad."
"Why didn't you tell me?" Like Jayce said, she was covered in blood. Her shirt was mostly ripped open in three places, but she didn't seem bothered until I handed her the shirt.
"Thanks." Vi grinned, pulling her ripped shirt off –with no shame- and pulling the plain black t-shirt on. "I didn't say anything because I didn't want to worry you."
"I've been worried since this all started." Throwing the torn shirt aside, Vi swung her feet to the floor so I could sit next to her. "I also noticed the purple spot on your stomach."
"Yeah, I think that was from the crystal." She lifted her shirt and poked the purple skin. "That weird purple mist made me eat it."
"Why didn't you mention this sooner?" Even though I was almost seething with rage, I asked calmly. I don't want to upset her.
"Well, I thought I dreamt it. And, and, and, you said you had a lot on your mind! I didn't want to make that worse!"
"Calm down." I gripped her hand. "There's no need to panic."
"You're… not mad?" I need to lie now.
"Not… mad. Just upset." I'm not sure I can understand why she didn't tell me, but yelling would not solve anything. "I really wish that you'd have told me, Vi."
"Like I said, I didn't want to worry you." Even in worrying times, she grins. "And all that business with you moving as close as possible? I didn't want it to go to you."
"Is that the only reason why you've been avoiding that?"
"Well, yeah." I sighed and rubbed my face in my hands. "It's already fucked me up, and I didn't want that to happen to you." I thought that my advances were either unwanted, or she didn't understand them. "Oh, wait!" I looked back up and flinched at the… thing that Vi pulled out of her pocket. "Check it out! I snapped it off of my head after I turned back!"
"What is it?" I took it from her hand. It felt a lot like bone, but it didn't look like it.
"I don't know. A horn? I think?" Before I could ask again, a pained look crossed Vi's face, and she gripped the cloth over her stomach. "You've got to go."
"Wh-"
"Go!" The door opened, and some kind of magic pulled me out of the room. Jayce caught me with one hand, and the Summoners started to crowd around the window, watching with baited breath. I slipped the horn between my waist and belt, and looked into the room again. Vi had collapsed onto the floor, and her skin started to turn purple. I have a strong stomach, but as wings burst out of her back, I covered my mouth and swallowed the bile.
"What even is that?!" Jayce gasped, handing me my rifle.
"Void magic." Summoner Blake breathed. "I'm amazed that it's been going on for this long." When I looked back into the room, Vi's hair had turned white, and black bone snapped around her wrists, like her gauntlets.
"Are you filthy humans going to let me out of here?!" Whatever Vi had turned into warped her voice to be deeper, and somehow echoic. "If you don't let me out, I'll break out!"
"What is your goal?!" I yelled, scaring everybody but the creature. It grinned at me, sharp teeth glinting against the harsh light.
"These humans and Yordles are disgusting. Why should any of them live?"
"The person you've taken over is human!" Jayce joined in, keeping a hand on my shoulder. The creature shrugged.
"Not entirely. This… thing is more than human. I chose this vessel because it showed more strength than any of you." The Summoners seemed to be writing all of this down. "It was the only thing to not hide in fear as I broke out of my fake prison." The crystal… Vi stood in front of me. "Now, the void will advance onto Runeterra!" It raised a fist and punched the glass, cracking it. "I need to work quickly! This vessel is going to die before long!" My hand went to my heart, feeling the elevated rate of beating. It's… killing Vi?
"Stay back!" Jute yelled, but it didn't deter the creature. With another punch, the glass shattered, and it jumped onto the ledge, gripping the metal wall.
"You two will be the last." It chuckled, staring at Jayce and I. "This vessel has fond memories." It ran out of the room, and I heard a scream as soon as it left.
"Jayce, come on!" I patted his arm and ran after it, rifle in hand. Outside the room, Garen was holding his sword ready, the other arm out to protect Lux. They're okay, so we don't have to worry. I could see the creature almost at the end of the hall, and I could hear Jayce's heavy feet behind me.
"Tal'Zul." It skidded to a halt after turning a corner, Jayce and I blocking the exit off.
"Vel'Koz. I doubted that I would ever see you again." The huge Void creature was floating in the short hallway, staring directly at us.
"What are you doing? Possessing a human champion? Do you know how risky that is?" Vel'Koz asked, coming closer.
"This is probably the only one strong enough." The- Tal'Zul said, raising a fist. "It was easy."
"You cannot do this."
"Do what, Vel'Koz? Exterminate the human race? Isn't that what you wanted?" Even for a floating eyeball, he nodded.
"It used to be, but the Summoners here let me do as I please as long as I do not harm other champions. Maybe you can accept the same fate?"
"I don't have a physical form!" Tal'Zul yelled. Jayce held an arm out in front of me. "This is the only form I've had for a millennia!" I readied my net, but the demon turned and glared at me with its red eyes. "I'm going to finish what you started." Vel'Koz didn't even resist as the demon pushed past him and ran out of the Institute's front doors.
"Well, what do we do now?" Jayce asked, scratching his head. "We can't let Vi die by that thing, but how do we find her?"
"We're going to find her." I was fighting back tears. "She's not going to die at all."
"Are you two alright?" Summoner Law appeared behind us, Lux following behind.
"Summoner." Vel'Koz spoke again. "The thing that the Enforcer has become is due to possession."
"Possession by what?" Lux asked, holding her staff close.
"A lowly creature by the name of Tal'Zul. It's one of the lesser creatures without a physical form. This is the first I have heard of them escaping the void, though."
"It came out in a crystal." I said, looking up at Vel'Koz. "It shattered it and possessed Vi, if I'm thinking correctly."
"We need to mount a search team, Summoner." Jayce said. "It escaped, and could go anywhere."
"Will Vi be okay?" Lux asked, looking directly at me. I looked away, not knowing what to say. "Summoner?"
"We don't know for sure yet." Law opened a screen and positioned it in front of his hooded face. "Champions! We have a dangerous situation! The Champion Vi has been possessed by a void creature, and we need to find her immediately!" I flinched as something crashed close by.
"It's a hunt!" Kayn ran around the corner, laughing. "I guess there's a rule against killing, though."
"Of course there is." Law sighed, closing his screen. "We need to help Vi, not kill her." Jayce must have noticed my worry, since he put his hammer down and gripped my other shoulder.
"She's going to be okay, Caitlyn." He said, doing his best to smile through his own worry. "Somebody will find her, and bring her back."
"That's a long shot now." I said, looking past Vel'Koz, and into the open fields.
I think the next chapter will be the last. Definitely the shortest fanfiction I've ever done. Well, besides the smutty one-shot.