Author's Note: Wow, this is receiving more attention than I thought it would, sorry about slow updates, life is getting to me. Anyways, expect longer chapters :D! As always, reviews motivate me to write, in fact, half this chapter was written the moment I saw a review. (But if you review with something like "4/20 not enough dank memes." it's not gonna motivate me to do anything but go on memecenter.)
"There are no sadder stories than those that could have been."
-Mortarasa
Kayle put her pen down, tired from the paper work. She briefly glanced at the calendar, just 998 years to go before the contract is over. The angel removed her golden helmet, and took a bite from an apple. She leaned back on her chair, daydreaming about the past.
Knock knock.
Kayle sat back up properly again and reached for her helmet. "Who is it?"
"It's me, Lux!"
Kayle relaxed, knowing Lux was quite easy going and friendly. "Come in, and shut the door, it's cold out there."
Lux popped in, wearing her standard smile, but there wasn't the usual cheerfulness.
"Lux, what's wrong?"
Lux pouted, "Yasuo is harassing Rivy again, can you please do something about it? She's had a lot of her plate."
Kayle sighed inwardly, not this again. "I'll talk to Yasuo, but I can't punish him unless he does something physical."
Lux beamed again, her vibrant energy back. "Thanks! On to a brighter topic, there's a celebration going on in Ionia, are you familiar with the New Year festival?"
Kayle grumbled, "Familiar? I had to deal with hundreds of cases of drunken brawls between Noxians and Ionians, I still don't know why Noxians bother."
Lux continued "Anyways, are you going? It's happening next week!"
Kayle checked her calendar, then remembering she had no social activity planned on that day. . . or ever.
She shrugged "I could probably spare the time."
Lux yelped "Great!" She suddenly switched to a mischievous smile "You know, you have to bring a date."
Kayle raised her eyebrow.
Lux gave a school girl giggle, "I've got a date with a summoner, who are you thinking of? I hear you and Aatrox has somethings in common."
Kayle gagged, "We're not like that, he's too into war and killing to think about serious relationships, besides, I'm not even sure he has a… well, you-know-what."
An awkward silence filled the air, with Lux and Kayle both slightly uncomfortable.
"Well, I'm going to go now, see you around Kayle."
Kayle gave her a weak smile. "Yeah, you too."
Kayle watched her leave and sighed, when was the last time she had a real social interaction?
Briefly entering a tavern, I sat and ordered a burger, fries and . . . Graggy Ice? I shrugged, any food would work for me.
The waitress left after taking my order, and I drummed the stolen gold I had on the table. No one would miss those bandits. I looked around the room, absorbing the lively atmosphere of the bar. I didn't like it, it was too rowdy and it looks like fights were about to break off.
Looking at a nearby clock, I noticed how it had 24 hours, and it was far into the evening. People must be getting too drunk I decided. I just wanted to eat and leave, before a fight broke out.
"Hey, you're in our spot."
I looked up, seeing some burly looking citizens. They must have thought I was easy prey, despite my light armour. Not in the mood for taking shit, I ignored them, going back to thinking.
"I said, you're in OUR SPOT!"
He cocked back a punch and threw it at my face, I kept still. His fist hit my suit and there was a crack, he just fractured his fingers.
Shield integrity 99.999%. I was surprised, I didn't know it could recharge from a source of light.
He howled in pain and anger, and yelled at his friends to beat me up.
I sat there, too tired to deal with this, as chairs and fists collided with my armour, or rather, the shield around it.
Shield integrity 99.6%, choice of action recommended: Tear gas.
I sighed, knowing it would dispense it soon even if I said no, and I didn't want to hurt everyone here. I suddenly took out my sword and stabbed it in the leaders gut. The pub turned silent.
The suit, sensing combat, lit up with green again. A eerie mechanical voice ran out.
"Come forth, and see the truth."
I pulled the sword out and sliced at his goons, the futuristic edge easily cut through flesh and bones as if it was nothing.
In a few seconds, they were all dead.
The pub was silent, everyone was staring at me. I dropped a few gold coins on the table.
"I'd like to cancel my order."
I left the pub, hearing gossip and frightened whispers. I guess it was another night of hunting and sleeping under the stars.
"Hey Kayle, how about this dress?"
Kayle sighed, not remembering why she called Lux to go shopping with her. She never did have any dresses, at this rate maybe she'll just ask the summoners to give her one of those "skins" to wear at the festival.
They were currently in a clothing store, trying to find things she could wear. Kayle didn't even bother to look at the price, knowing she hasn't used any of her saved up money on anything. Food and housing was free, other times, she just mostly worked. But all of the dresses Lux picked were either too revealing or too hard to move in.
"Oh how about this one! It matches your eyes!"
It was an elegant blue dress that was tailored to perfection, flashy, but not so flashy as if everyone would stare, but Kayle only had one problem with it: It was skin tight from the waist up.
Kayle sighed "I'm not putting that on Lux. I swear to god it's like you want to look at me more than some of those perverted summoners."
Lux just giggled, and went back to finding dresses.
Kayle suddenly got a message in her head. She sighed, one of the prices of the contract she had signed.
There is a disturbance in the Shurima dessert, one of the town's guards has been killed. No jewellery or money was stolen, some food was gone. We cannot identify what has caused the wounds. It looks like magic but no sources of magic was detected. Please investigate if you have time.
Kayle ignored the message, she was rather tired of the institute using her to stop robbers and small criminals. She was an angel, she could stop entire wars!
"Hey Kayle, what about this one?"
Kayle glanced over, it was another skin tight dress that showed plenty of cleavage.
She instantly had a change of heart.
"Sorry Lux, I just got a message from the institute, I have something really important to attend to. I'll come shopping again later."
"But we were having girl time." Lux pouted.
"This mission is mandatory, sorry Lux." Said Kayle as she flew away, not even remotely sorry.
I was at a pub, drinking my worries away. Oh how great this world was, where alcohol was not only legal, but also perfectly socially acceptable.
I placed more gold coins on the barstool, more than the bartender would earn in a month.
"Give me the strongest drink you got."
Some conversations stopped, and people turned to look at me. The bartender looked at me, uncertain. "Are you sure about that boy?"
I laughed, the mouth was exposed, my real voice out for the first time in a while.
"I've seen the void, I need something strong, don't want to remember this night."
The bartender shook his head, and placed a mug on the bar, and poured a drink into it.
"This, is the ultimate drink, the Zaunite acid bomb. In memory of the Noxus invasion into Ionia. No one has drank the entire thing."
I grabbed the mug, and chugged it all, feeling the burn rushing down my throat and the pit of fire that rested in my stomach.
The bartender looked at me like I was crazy. "I'm not responsible if you die from alcohol poisoning."
I laughed again, but this time with sadness rather than mirth. "Altered genetics, that'd have to be 100% alcohol to really damage me."
I ordered more acid bombs, and soon a crowd was around me placing bets on how many drinks I can take and chanting "Chug, chug, chug, chug!"
When I was finally getting used to being the center of the attention and enjoying it, the entrance door was kicked in, and a floating angel wearing golden armour came flying in.
She pointed at the group around me. "You people are under arrest for drug and arms trafficking, stand down and I won't kill you."
I looked at her irritated, who was she to stumble into this pub and make demands? Who was she to stop me from getting drunk and forgetting all my memories? Who was she to speak with that voice, so familiar . . . so goddamn familiar. I drew my gun, realizing I was slightly drunk now.
My mask instantly went on, and I felt the natural surge of adrenaline.
"Who are you to disrupt me, angel?"
She looked at me with an intense stare.
"I am Kayle, and if you're going to fight me, then you must be really stupid."
I was pissed off, that voice, that goddamn voice, why it did have to be hers? Why did she, out of all the people here, had to have that voice? I didn't need this, I don't need this past to invade me. I was a failure, I was too late. I did NOT need this preposterous ass reminding me of that.
Feeling the alcohol affecting me, I gave a command setting to my suit. Killing target, priority 1.
Warning! Warning! This would replace survival as priority number one.
I gave the mental command, and suddenly, the suit went black and blue.
"Vengeance mode, online."
Suit power doubled, all restrictors offline. May you die for our cause graciously, we will remember you.
I blinked, there were restrictors involved? Instantly, I felt the needles inject something in me, drugs. I felt my senses become heightened, and everything else moving slower. More and more needles entered my body, feeling each effect instantly.
Speed, strength and endurance heighted to 50% of maximum capacity. Pain lowered to 10%.
I blinked again, much faster than usual. Even though I was the oldest in the army, it seems I still haven't figured out all the suit's tricks. I wondered how many tricks heavy armour had.
I pulled my gun up, and fired. A laser bullet fired, and exploded upon impact of the angel. The building shook, and everyone scrambled to run.
I was shocked, that bullet wasn't supposed to do that. I guess those were the restrictors. After the smoke settled, I saw her standing in the same place, with a golden aura around her.
"In case you forgot, I'm Kayle, and angels are invincible."
Kayle…Even the name was similar.
I stared at the angel, with hate filled eyes. This was too much of a coincidence to be true. The universe was punishing me. I rebelled against my fate, and now the universe is punishing me. I was beyond mad, I will not accept this. I will raze everything and move on, nothing will stop me.
"No matter how fancy of weaponry you have, it will not break the shield my armour gives, you are nothing to me, puny mortal.
I laughed, my signature mechanical laugh echoing throughout the room.
"I may be nothing, and I may be mortal, but that's why I'm dangerous."
I threw a portal device at her, the circle quickly expanding, and at full size, a portal to the void was connected.
With a shout that was almost drowned by the void, I screamed "Gaze upon doom."
I watched the Angel see everything in the void, and just when I thought she was going to go insane, she threw a fire ball at the portal, the entire room blew up, and I was knocked flying from the explosion.
Dazed, I slowly looked up, tasting blood, I went to wipe it off, and realized my full body suit's helmet was broken. I took it off, and looked up. The village was decimated, there was a huge crater in where the pub used to be.
The angel slowly flew towards me, and I had one last trick left.
I slowly whispered to my suit, hoping it could still register commands.
"Assemble particle disruptor."
"Did you mean, a meeble part icicle dissed raptor?"
I mumbled, "God damned it Siri." I punched in the words, and my suit came off, emerging into an arm cannon.
I started to charge it, it was almost done. I saw the angel come flying over.
"I must admit, that was a clever trick, but I've seen a lot, it doesn't affect me like it would most people."
I pointed it at her, and gave a crazy grin.
"Meet your maker."
But what happened next I did not expect.
She dropped her sword and looked at me if she was seeing me for the first time.
"Kyle?"
Author's Note: OMG KAYLE KNOWS WHO HE IS DUN DUN DUN! (Yes, a particle disruptor would have killed Kayle, It disassembles particles at a subatomic level, causing the elements to change. Basically, it change could change steel to sponge, so she'd be wearing a sponge suit of armour her flesh could change to like hydrogen.) Also, internet cookies if you spotted the hearthstone reference.
