(March 1st. 2015 – 6:15 PM – Chrysler Building, New York, Earth)
The Troll King rushed once again waving his club at the Summoners. Maokai stepped in front of the Freljordian and tried to slow him down while Vi was backing him up.
¨Come on branch man! I know you can hold him for much more¨ The enforcer was pushing the tree's `back´ halting Trundle on its tracks.
From behind, Marie and Ralzith looked for a calm place where they could keep Irelia safe while Matt and Nick stepped close to their Champions.
¨You should hide, we can handle him!¨ Leona shouted at Nick who took a defensive stance behind the Radiant Dawn.
¨No way, you are the one who need our help. Besides, shouldn't Summoners be helping the Champions in battle?¨ Matt said to the two girls as he was taking something from the back of his pants ¨Besides, I never had the chance to shoot a gun in the past, so this the right time¨ He pulled the same gun Vi and Caitlyn crafted weeks ago, although the Sheriff was worried since the pink haired wasn't an actual marksman.
When the four of them looked to the front noticed that the troll was pushing Maokai and Vi to the side. Behind him, Thresh used his hook and managed to grab the king's feet throwing him to the ground, but that only lasted a few seconds as Trundle stood up and grabbed the spectral chain pulling the support towards him.
¨Your ghost magic will not work on me¨ The king laughed and used the chain to launch the Chain Warden towards a wall, the fire that surrounded his skeleton like head lit off rending him unconscious. Three down, surrender now or prepare to suffer even more troll-tastic consequences!¨
Leona shook her head as she ran towards the troll. Her shield was shining which attracted the attention of Trundle, he focused on the shield and didn't noticed that the Radiant Dawn was already too close. Leona hit him with her shield blinding him thanks to the light it emitted.
¨Now, attack him!¨ The ginger shouted, from behind both Caitlyn and Matt aimed their guns at the blind creature, however the Sheriff was the only one shooting since the Summoner didn't knew his gun was not loaded.
Trundle was a tough adversary, his eyes were able to see once again, Leona was charging her shield once again but that didn't matter as he was already waving his club at the Radiant Dawn. Nick wasn't sure what to do so his best idea was to protect his Champion, although trying to block the king's swing wasn't the best idea as he got knocked away pushing Leona with him, they both crashed at the nearest wall causing some severe injuries to them.
As the options were running out the piltovian duo gave a few steps back as they encountered with the wall behind them. The troll was slowly advancing at them, dragging the club through the floor, Matt didn't think that much and grabbed the Sheriff, giving her a tight hug.
¨What are you doing?¨ Caitlyn tried to escape from his boyfriend's embrace, but he didn't wanted to release her.
¨Just a last hug, that thing laughs at everything we throw at him. Whatever happens, promise me that you will stay safe¨
¨What? No no no, this is not a final goodbye. We can beat Trundle, just… we have to find a weak spot¨ Caitlyn kept trying but Matt was holding her tightly, small tears were falling from her eyes ¨Don't say those kind of things…¨
¨I'm sorry, but this is our only chance¨ Matt whispered, kissing Cait who was still crying, she didn't wanted to abandon her Summoner, neither she wanted to remove her lips from his.
Trundle stood in front of them, confusion was the only thing that crossed his mind ¨This is something cute, a couple enjoying their last kiss. Stay happy, as your bodies will rest together!¨ He raised his club, preparing to strike them both in their heads.
Matt, still hugged to Cait, finished that kiss as he looked behind the troll ¨NOW!¨ He shouted, from behind Vi grabbed the top of the club and removed the weapon from the Freljordian's hand. With Boneshiver on her grasp, the enforcer used it to smash the Troll King, unlike any other attempts he seemed to be suffering from each consecutive attack from Vi.
¨That's enough big fists¨ Trundle used the same tactic as Vi, when she was about to hit him he grabbed the top of Boneshiver but this time the enforcer tried to keep holding it. Without any success the king waved the weapon to the sides but Vi was not releasing it, instead he used both hands and waved to the right forcing the piltovian to crash onto his two friends, releasing the weapon.
There was silence, all of the Summoners and Champions that were able to fight were defeated, leaving Marie and Ralzith the only ones that can take down the king of the trolls. Both of them were hiding in an office, the only sound came from their breathing.
¨Come out! I'll smash everything if I have to!¨ Trundle's walked around, looking at every corner, his footsteps were shaking the ground slightly, causing the conscious humans to tremble.
As the sound from the creature was drawing closer, Ralzith thought of a suicide plan that may help the blond and the Champion to escape.
¨Listen… Whatever happens, once Trundle is distracted, you'll run with Irelia out of here. I don't care what happens, just run. Find Claire and…¨ Ralzith whispered, as he peeked by the door and saw that Trundle was on the other side of the floor, looking at the other offices.
¨That's not a plan, that's a deathwish! We'll try to sneak past him and meet with Claire, ok?¨
¨We are not in a position to discuss strategies, I have a good plan. So we'll stick to it¨
Ralzith walked out of the office, on his hands the Void crystal emanating energy that the Summoner tried to contain.
¨Hey, how about you peek on the right place you fat poro!¨ Ralzith taunted the troll who turned fiercely ¨Yeah, I'm talking to you! Your owner wants this crystal for her, so why don't you come like a good puppy and take it from my hands!¨
¨Puppy? No one speaks like that to the King of Trolls!¨
¨King of trolls? More like Queen!¨ Ralzith mocked at Trundle.
The troll shouted, his blind rage was only focused on seeing Ralzith dead. He ran at full speed towards him, raising Boneshiver on top of his head. The Summoner was able to dodge his strike.
¨Is that all you got? I was expecting the queen of trolls to be more of a challenge!¨ He mocked again at the creature who smiled.
Trundle gave a stomp to the ground with his feet but nothing happened. Ralzith crossed his arms, a smug donning his face but not for long as the floor in which he was standing started to shake, suddenly a big pillar of ice appeared from behind, making him fall. When the Summoner raised his head the troll was in front of him, his feet on top of the chest, awaiting to be crushed.
¨How about now? Does the Queen of trolls still look like a joke to you?¨
¨You were always a joke¨ Ralzith spat on the troll's face who shook violently, cleaning the liquid from the Summoner.
¨Wrong answer, kiddo¨ Trundle raised his leg but instead of crushing the human something different happened.
The troll turned his head and saw that a white figure was coming right at him, due to this new monster Trundle switched targets. As the creature got closer Ralzith managed to get a closer look at what it was, it's white fur and plate armor was not typical from the Earth, since it only belong to the Ursine, creature that inhabited the lands of the Winter's Claw.
The great bear crashed into the troll dragging alongside him with such force that when they hit the wall made of True Ice it got destroyed. The two Champions were now falling to the streets of New York, but most importantly, they created a way for the group to escape.
Ralzith rose from the ground, his heart beating at an abnormal rate, even though this wasn't his first experience close to death, it still caused fear at the very last moment, he looked at the office and saw that Marie was peeking from the door, the Ionian Summoner gave a signal to the blonde and she came, carrying the Will of the blades.
¨You could've died there!¨
¨I know, what worries me most is that you didn't ran as I told you. Why?¨ Ralzith was still agitated, he had to sit on the frozen ground once again to recover his breath.
¨Because you might've needed my help. If we have to defeat Malzahar, we have to work as a team. By the way, Irelia…¨ Both Summoners looked at the Ionian Champion, still asleep ¨… she woke up, sort of¨
¨But now she is still unconscious¨
¨I know. When you were fighting, the fact that you almost got crushed… well, it made her woke up and she whispered something¨ Ralzith got closer to Irelia, there were barely heartbeats, it was a miracle that she was still alive. ¨She said: Ralzith, don't…¨
The Summoner lowered his head and rested over Irelia's shoulder, surprisingly a small tear was running down his cheek after he heard that ¨Is there something wrong?¨ Marie asked but Ralzith shook.
¨Has the troll been defeated?¨ The deep voice startled the two Summoners as they look above and noticed Maokai watching them, they quickly nodded as the Treant grabbed the Will of the Blades and made her rest in his back where some branches served as a makeshift bed.
¨Oi! Mind giving us a hand over 'ere?¨ Vi spoke to the two Summoners who turned at the piltovians.
¨You go check them, I'll go see Nick. Maokai, can you please see if Thresh is still alive?¨ Both Ralzith and the Treant nodded as the three split into the different group of injured.
Vi could barely stand up, beneath her Caitlyn was recovering her consciousness while Matt was still breathing albeit he didn't woke up. ¨What… happened?¨ The Sheriff asked, she was still hugging Matt, her eyes red as the tears kept coming down. The groaning from the Summoner drew a smile over Caitlyn's face, she tightened the hug around his neck and pressed her lips against his.
On the other side Marie was helping Nick and Leona to stand up, thanks to her armor and training the impact didn't affected her, but the Summoner was sore, he decided to remain on the floor while he recovered, in his mind the idea to save Leona was actually good, although the results didn't ended quite as planned.
Took them some minutes to recover, once they were back on their foot they grouped in the middle of the room, near the hole where Claire and Katarina fell.
¨You guys all good?¨ Ralzith asked but the only responses he received were just affirmative mumbling and nods ¨Good, then I guess we can get out now, right?¨
¨What about Claire? Or Lissandra?¨ Nick asked, his left hand was holding his stomach since that was the place where Trundle's club hit him.
¨Claire said we'll meet her outside, and about the Witch… I don't want to be here anymore, and I doubt you are masochists¨ Marie muttered. There weren't any more options, the True Ice would keep expanding but facing Lissandra, especially after a tough fight and when there are two of them missing, it wouldn't end up well.
The Summoners and Champions were now back on the streets and Ralzith decided to carry Irelia back on his arms. Both Katarina and Claire were waiting for them, although they looked more injured than when they fell down.
¨What happened to you?¨ Leona was looking at the small cuts and bruises the noxian duo had both in their flesh and clothes.
¨A long story, but that doesn't matter¨ Both Summoner and Champion were hugged to keep the warmth from their bodies ¨Can we leave now? I want to be in a place where I don't run the risk of getting turned into an ice block.
¨Yeah, we are all banged up. Let's recover a bit, and then we'll talk once we are comfy in our couches, rite'?¨ Matt muttered as they all nodded, the group casted their Teleport spells, however Claire and Katarina decided to stay with Ralzith and Irelia.
¨We'll go with you, after all she won't be coming if you use Teleport¨ Claire said to the Ionian Summoner, as the three were heading towards the brown haired's house.
(March 1st. 2015 – 6:55PM – Claire's house, New York, Earth)
When the four of them arrived at home, Ralzith ran towards Liz's bedroom and placed Irelia on the bed, covering her body with the warm sheets, they didn't even bother on taking her armor off. One thing they noticed once they arrived was that the Ionian crest that usually floated behind her was not there, neither her weapons.
¨If she keeps her body warm… I… I hope she wakes up¨ Ralzith muttered as he felt Claire's hand patting his shoulder.
¨She will, if there is one thing I know about Irelia is that she is hard to kill¨ This statement brought the Ionian Summoner a smile ¨Were you good friends? Back when you were bound I mean¨
¨That's actually curious… because she was never meant to be my Champion¨ Both Claire and Kat were actually surprised ¨My type of relationship with her was… a bit complicated. Since I was tied to protect Kha'Zix and study him, I didn't have much time to summon ionian Champions, but this didn't mean that I was only focused on the Voidborn. I used to speak with other Summoners and Champions from my homeland but they looked at me as if I was different¨
¨They knew you were going to betray the Institute?¨ Claire looked at the Will of Blades, her skin was still pale but ever since she was placed in the bed her condition seemed to improve a bit.
¨No one knew that. In fact, there was only one person who knew about the expedition, the rest of the people were mostly clueless about what was I doing with my life¨
¨And that person was Irelia, am I right?¨ Ralzith nodded at Claire, she was caressing the area under her right breast where there was a noticeable injury.
¨Correct, she was the person I could trust most and the one who defended me everytime I got in trouble, she was my mentor and taught me everything from the Institute and Ionia she-¨
¨Was the person you loved…¨ Katarina spoke interrupting the Summoner, they both looked at the redhead. Ralzith slowly nodded, quite embarrassed.
¨But it wasn't one sided, she loved me as well. However when Arlor assigned Kha'Zix as my personal Champion, we both knew what that meant, and I felt… that deep in her heart… something broke¨ The Ionian looked at the Champion trying to hold the tears.
¨When she wakes up you can explain everything to her. It's not like she is going to over-react¨ Claire smiled. The two noxians left the bedroom, only Ralzith and Irelia were in the room.
Back in the living room, Claire and Kat were relaxing on the couch. There was nothing else to do ¨And now we wait…¨ Claire turned on the TV and dropped the remote at her side.
¨She is going to over-react you know? All the Ionian-Noxus conflict, the fact that she is in another world and probably knows that Ralzith betrayed the Institute¨
¨I don't know best thing we can do is try to explain everything. Irelia has to trust us, we can't lose her¨ Claire looked at the TV, the news reporter was close to the Chrysler Building.
¨… It is still unknown what caused this sudden change into the Chrysler Building but it appears that there are people trapped inside. A4 citizen sent a video of two gigantic, what the author claimed as video game characters, fighting in the streets in front of the building. Also, the cameraman could film a few people going inside…¨
¨Wait…¨ Claire whispered, she got closer to the TV ¨That's us!¨
¨… there are currently no clues on who they were but the police is still investigating. We'll keep you informed as soon as we know more¨
¨Don't worry, if they ever get close to us, I'll do what I'm best at¨ Katarina smiled, as she grabbed her pocket knife that was resting inside of one of her boots.
¨Girls! Come here, Irelia is waking up!¨ Ralzith shouted from the bedroom, the duo headed there and saw that the Will of Blades was moving, the hands going to her eyes, cleaning them after a long sleep.
¨Irelia, can you hear me?¨ The Ionian Summoner kneeled at the side of the Champion who had a hard time trying to open her eyes.
As the Champion looked, her vision was still blurred but was slowly going back to normal. She was staring at the roof, when she turned her head and noticed the three people at her side, she was confused.
¨Ral… Ralzith?¨ Her voice was weak, even though she was almost awaken ¨What happened?¨
The Summoner looked at the two girls who were standing beside him, looking at the weak Will of the Blades, he then turned his eyes back at Irelia, thinking on his next words.
¨Well… it's kind of a long story¨
It's over. Now it's time for me to rest before continuing with this story. Time to focus on the other one.
KyuubiNoPuma: Trolls should play Trundle when they're in the tralala mood..
Damn Right they should!
Rayquaza The Ultimate: Irellia and Katarina on the same team? This wont end well... but atleast it wasnt Varus.
Well, I still consider the ionians hate the noxians. But if the only way to save both worlds is to make an alliance...
Maybe this are not the longest chapters but I'm sure you enjoyed them (I hope) but now I can get some sleep and work on the other story before continuing into the next one. I suppose I'll write 2 chapters for `Meeting the Winter's Wrath´ before working on the last batch of chapters for this story. That's right people, the end is near!
Also, if you been reading the spin off then you might have a clue what may happen in Nathan's future ;)
This is it, the group is (somewhat) complete, so now Malzahar has to be afraid as his reign of terror is coming to an end! But that will happen in the coming chapters. Of course, you already know how this ends:
See you in the next chapter ;)