The Misadventures of the Du Couteau House Chapter 5
Author: Tinnuwen
Co-Author: FallenAssassin9
Disclaimer: Tinnuwen and I, FallenAssassin9, do not own League of Legends or any of its merchandise, the owners of said game and merchandise is Riot Games, this is nonprofit story written by our love of the game, its lore, and its characters.
FallenAssassin9: Tinnuwen and I decided that instead of doing 2 chapters around 1000 words a day that we would instead do one chapter with 2000 or more words per day as this allows for more characterization.
Tinnuwen: Which means you guys get to enjoy more. And less hardship for the writers, so everyone wins this one.
'The decorations are so beautiful' Allison thought. The red banners, red ribbons… the colors of victory. "Red is one of the colors of Noxus, Black being the other one," Katarina said offhandedly. 'Red for blood and black for magic right?' Allison asked.
"More pride and blood then blood alone. You are right about the magic part." Katarina replied. Allison smiled at that.
The carriage ride to the center of Noxus was uneventful. The streets weren't crowded as Allison had expected. 'Everyone must be at the parade already.' She thought. Cass was busy looking out of the windows of the carriage, the various decorations catching her eye.
"Sister look at that!" She called out. Cassiopeia was pointing at the largest building in Noxus, the home of the Grand General. It was on the top of the skull shaped mountain. The building had the most extravagant decorations that Allison had ever seen.
It was Marcus that brought Allison's train of thought to a stop. "Katarina, I would like to have a talk with you after the parade." He had a somewhat worrisome look on his face. Maybe a hint of pride, but worrisome none the less. Allison nodded as they neared the parade site.
The area was very crowded. It certainly did seem that every citizen of the state was there. Allison wouldn't be surprised if that was the case. 'Everyone looks happy, must be because Noxus has the upper hand in something big.' She thought. Everyone got out of the carriage as quickly as possible to their seats.
Allison found her seat between Marcus and Cassiopeia. Darius wasn't with them as he was going to be a part of the soldiers marching. In his place Vladimir was. The pale haired man looked disinterested in the whole thing, opting to looking out at the people as he stood behind the Du Couteau family.
The horns began to sound as the parade began. The Noxian anthem sounded as the soldiers started marching down the boulevard. Behind them, a giant covered cage was being pulled by a few bulls. The cloth was a dark purple shade. Thick enough for people to be unable to see through, a loud roar sounded as the cover was pulled off the cage.
The large figure on the inside was a gruesome thing. Gray skin, red eyes and a mechanical jaw, this was Sion in the flesh. He was more terrifying than in the game. Allison looked on in horror. For some people this was nightmare fuel. For Allison, she was scared for the unfortunates that would be crushed by the behemoth.
It wasn't long until the whole of Noxus started cheering after the initial shock wore off. They knew the destruction Sion would be able to cause in the battlefield. Vlad leaned down to whisper in Katarina's ear, "It's magnificent isn't it?" His voice low and his eyes dark, a feeling of terror shivered down Allison's spine. He wouldn't get an answer, because another horn bellowed to announce the Grand General's entry.
"Welcome, citizens of Noxus, I present to you our ace card in future wars, Sion!" Kieran Darkwill announced over his microphone. The crowd cheered again in response. "May the Demacian and Ion-" Whatever Darkwill was about to say no one will know as a figure in a familiar purple hood, blue jeans, and brown cape was running through the crowd with a squad of guards being led by Riven herself chasing after him.
The figure in question could be heard shouting, "Oh come on why are you so obsessed with chasing me, it's not like I hurt anyone… except for those few hundred corpses floating in the gutter but that's beside the point."
Allison who was watching this from the stands along with Cassiopeia, Marcus, and Vlad could only think, 'Thank gods he's okay.' Vlad on the other hand was glowering about the continuous interruptions.
Before these events occurred Riven was looking like she was on the verge of laughing at the challenge that Darryl issued at her.
"Look kid you got balls I'll give you that, but there is no way you can take me on, in fact I bet that-" Riven couldn't finish her challenge as a guard ran up to her shouting "Riven! there you are, you need to be at your post you're the one with the key to Si" Riven deciding to pay the guard back for interrupting her along with keeping him from blurting out a secret to the civilian in front of her quickly elbows the guard in the stomach.
"Pay attention before you're about to reveal classified information idiot, also never interrupt me again otherwise next time the elbow is going to be my sword" Riven hisses at the guard.
"R-Right, sorry Riven but still you are needed at the" before the guard finishes his sentence he looks up and gets a good look at Darryl, or Talon's body before shouting, "Wait a minute you're that wanted criminal the Blades Sha-" once again the guard was interrupted but this time from Darryl back handing him with his blade while saying, "Sorry, but you had something on your face. It was PAIN!"
Looking at Riven, Darryl exclaims "We will have to finish this some other time, see ya." before shoulder charging past Riven and running off in a random direction.
"Real smooth idiot, oh well... you needed practice on escaping from guards anyway," Talon remarks amused by this turn of events.
'Ha ha, real funny smart ass but I would rather not practice this while running from' his train of thought is cut off by an angry scream, '...Riven' Darryl finishes before running even faster, this time in fear.
While running the two attract the attention of other guards throughout the city, the one banshee chasing Talon is soon joined by two guards, then four, then eight, ending at a total of fourteen guards, one banshee, and one scared out of his wits thief/assassin running through the streets. 'I need to lose these idiots' Darryl thinks before looking back behind him and noticing Rivne and the guards are gaining on him. Further behind them Darryl sees a large stadium filled with lights before remembering that Riven was suppose to be holding a key to some kind of secret.
Sensing that the teen in control of his body is about to do something crazy Talon asks, or rather demands, "Just what are you planning, Now is not the time to act like an idiot, tell me what you are planning so that I can tell you a better way to escape without losing an arm!"
'No time, you just gotta trust me.' Darryl responds before slowing down just enough that Riven can get right on his heels while eyeballing the key at her waist.
"I don't trust you, you have a habit of doing stupid things in my body. Now speed up before they catch you!" Talon shouts in panic worried that whatever Darryl is planning is going to get them, or more importantly, himself killed.
Deciding to ignore Talon Darryl waits till Riven is within arm distance of him before abruptly stopping while spinning around to the side of Riven letting her momentum carry her past him while snatching the key on her waist.
"Thanks for this, don't worry I will give it back I promise." Darryl shouts behind him before taking off through an alley to avoid the guards and heading for the stadium.
Riven who currently stopped running and took off after Darryl again was thinking 'Took what? what did he' looking down and seeing the key to Sion's cage missing Riven looks up with fire in her eyes and shouts "YOU DAMNED THIEF!"
"IDIOT, Do you have any idea how badly what you just did could have ended? That was reckless, crazy, and" "Something you would have done?" Darryl throws in while running through the entrance of the stadium. "... Just keep running" Talon finishes.
Smirking knowing that he won Darryl looks back and notices Riven and the guards are on his tail again and shouts, "Oh come on why are you so obsessed with chasing me, it's not like I hurt anyone… except for those few hundred corpses floating in the gutter but that's beside the point."
Looking forward and seeing Sion in a cage behind some guy in fancy clothes in armor Darryl runs up the steps and jumps onto the podium in front of the guy before flipping over him and landing directly in front of Sion's cage. The stage is quickly surrounded by a battalion of Noxian guards with the Grand General and Riven standing right in front of Darryl.
Before anyone can say anything Darryl holds up the key he snatched off of Riven and says, "Hmm I wonder what this key goes to, maybe the big Zombie thats locked up in a cage behind me." Darkwill and Riven freeze catching onto what Darryl is threatening
"You wouldn't dare." Darkwill mutters hoping that the thief in front of him isn't as crazy as he appears to be.
"Oh, I would." Before anyone can stop him Darryl slams the key into the lock on Sion's cage and twists it causing the lock to be released. Everyone in the stadium is silent watching the lock fall to the ground as the cage barely opens up. Kicking the cage door completely open causing a slam that reverberates through the silent stadium Darryl only has two words to say, "Sion… Smash!"
The Answer Darryl gets is "AAAGGGHHH," As Sion charges out of the cage.
Pandemonium, chaos, havoc, these are the words that can be used to describe what occurred in the stadium after Sion's cage was opened. Allison watches as Sion charges out of his cage at Riven and Darkwill, the former just dodging out of the way while the latter gets launched off of the stage into the guards. Looking behind the cage she spots Darryl just as he ran through the back entrance of the Stadium.
"Grand General Darkwill!" Marcus cried out as Kieran landed on the guards with minimal injuries. The general ran over to his leader, leaving the two Du Couteau sisters to follow. Cass was frightened and clung to Allison's side. Allison was looking around to find a way to get Sion back in his cage. This wasn't supposed to happen. Darius quickly went into action with some of the soldiers, trying to herd the raging monstrosity back into his confines. The more Allison looks around, the more chaotic the scene becomes.
Down below Swain can be seen trying to organize the Noxian forces to surround Sion and push him back into the cage. With anyone else this plan would work but Sion just ignores the soldier's weapons and smacks them away from him when they get close. One Axe wielding soldier charges as Sion with his weapon raised but Sion just grabs the War Axe by the handle and takes it for himself while cutting down the soldier with his own weapon.
Swain is further behind the forces trying to come up with a plan when he hears a voice whispering in his head, "Seems you are having some trouble Swain. What's the matter, the master tactician not able to handle Sion's brute force?"
Swain growls before thinking back 'Now is not the time for your games LeBlanc, I need to neutralize Sion before he can cause any more trouble.'
"Well my dear Swain I believe I have a solution to your troubles, if you can get Darius, Riven, and Marcus Du Couteau to aid you in getting Sion into the cage I can keep him there." LeBlanc answers back with an air of arrogance in her voice.
Looking back to the battles Swain sees that Darius and Riven dive out of the way of Sion as he swings his axe down with such force that it sent out a shockwave that caused the wood on the stadium to burst in a line from his axe. Looking over and seeing Marcus aiding the Grand General to his feet Swain hobbles over on his cane and says, "Marcus I have a plan but I need you to relay my instructions to Darius and Riven."
"Of course Swain what is your strategy?" Marcus asks. Swain sighs before telling Marcus his plan.
Back up on the stage Darius and Riven have just gotten knocked back by a fellow Noxian soldier that Sion had launched at them like a projectile. As they are getting up Marcus walks in the middle of them and says, "Riven, Darius Swain has a plan but it relies on us getting Sion in the cage."
"What is the General's plan sir?" Darius asks while keeping his guard up
"Darius I need you to come up behind Darius and pull him towards you with his Axe after I have lead him towards the Cage, Riven I need you to charge up the energy in your Rune Blade and launch it at Sion after Darius pulls him towards himself I will take it from there."
Riven and Darius nod before following Marcus's instructions. Marcus unsheathed the two rapiers on his side before charging at Sion. Sion notices Marcus and raises his axe in preparation to cut Marcus in half. Marcus saw this coming however and juked to the left just as Sion slammed the axe down while stabbing him in the wrist with one of his rapiers. "Come I thought you were a great warrior, surely you can do better." Marcus taunts before leaping back to avoid a kick from Sion.
Marcus continues to back away from Sion leading him over to Darius. Sion tries once again to slash at Marcus with his axe but once again his attack meets nothing but air. "To slow I can see how you died if this is your best." Sion gets enraged at Marcus's comment before he begins to charge at Marcus while shouting, "DIE!" smirking Marcus waits till Sion is just about to hit him before disappearing into thin air and reappearing behind Sion.
To focused on Marcus Sion didn't notice Darius's own Axe until it was too late and hooked around Sion's waist pulling him towards Darius. Darius, after pulling Sion towards him, spins around Sion's back and brings his Axe blade across the back of Sion's legs causing him to roar in pain. Looking back at Riven and seeing her readying her blade Darius moves out of the way.
Sion turns around only to be met by green energy being launched at him greatly damaging Sion while also blocking his view of Riven who follows up by releasing the excess energy in her blade stunning Sion. Dashing away Sion can only watch as Marcus dashes forward appearing right in front of Sion before thrusting his rapier into his chest hard enough to knock Sion back into the cage. Riven and Darius quickly run forward and slam the gate shut holding it closed while Marcus runs over to the discarded key and lock. Swain takes this opportunity to cast a spell inside of Sion's cage that snares him place keeping him from moving, Swain knows the snare won't last long enough though and hopes that LeBlanc will keep to her part of the plan.
Away from everyone's view behind the cage Leblanc launches out a golden chain that wraps around Sion impairing his movements before mirroring Swain's spell and snaring him in place. The double snare spells give Marcus enough time to gather up the key and lock and seal Sion's cage once again. The battle over Darius, Riven, Swain and Marcus all take a breath of relief before a figure appears at the entrance of the stadium.
"What did Draven miss?" The figure, now revealed as Draven asks, scratching his head.