The Battle for Top Lane
Irelia stepped out of the jungle just in time for the
minions to start waddling past the turret. These small creatures, summoned by
apprentice summoners, had no will or consciousness of their own. Still, they could hurt quite a bit when
ganging up on you in large groups. The small crystals falling from them after
they “die” were accepted in the shop as the only currency on Summoner’s Rift.
Irelia’s plan was to kill as many of them as she could without “dying” herself
until she got stronger. Getting crystals wasn’t the only advantage of killing
minions. The energy they emit when they die is collected by the summoner who
controls you, making both of you a lot stronger. Of course, no one *really*
dies on Summoner’s Rift, but getting phased out until you get summoned again is
bad enough. And it hurts quite a lot.
Karma told her not to worry about the outer turret at start,
only later she should start “pushing” hard. That’s exactly what she’s going to
do. She just hopes that her summoner knows what he’s doing. People often asked
her what it is like being controlled by a summoner. She could never explain it
well but after a while she came up with a reasonable answer: “It’s not like
becoming a puppet as many people think. It’s more like having a guide inside
your head telling you what you *should* do and your body acts
instinctively upon it.”
Irelia swiftly swung the four parts of her blade, cutting
and stabbing the soulless minions. Blood splattered everywhere as severed body
parts were flying through the air, coloring her shiny and spotless armor with
crimson red. She looked around for any Zaun champions but couldn’t spot any in
sight. Something felt wrong, it’s been a while now and at least one champion
should have been here already.
Just as the thought entered her mind, a tall figure emerged
out of the tall grass near by and raced towards her. She jumped backwards,
readying her blade for the incoming attack. A trail of green substance was floating
behind the figure. Just as he got close enough for attack range he suddenly
turned back and started running around the fighting minions. The minions
quickly fell to the ground, coughing, suffocating from the deadly green gas.
When the trail of gas finally cleared, Irelia could see horrible burns on the dead
minions. A creeping laugh was heard throughout the road.
“Singed.” Irelia mumbled to herself. The Mad Chemist was one
of the last champions she wanted to run into. Even a small mistake against this
crazy giant could mean a painful death. She wasn’t surprised to see him though.
Zaun would be foolish not to send him into the battle grounds.
“Mix, mix, swirl mix.” Singed laughed as he was running
around the place. “It’s good to feel the excitement of the battlefield again.
I’ve missed the smell of burning flesh and rotting corpses.”
Irelia had a big grin on her face. Finally she could avenge
her people by killing the Mad Chemist. This was her chance to show this sadist the
power of Ionia.
The battle was long and weary. The two champions killed
minions by the dozens, trying to not get caught in each other’s attacks at the
same time. Irelia had to step into the poison every now and then, but she
wasn’t a mere minion, the gas had drastically reduced affects on her. She could
stand it as long as it was in small doses. She tried to swing at Singed
whenever he got too close, but he was able to block most of it with his shield.
Neither of them did any serious damage to the other.
Singed was pushing hard. Irelia had a hard time dealing with
the poison and killing the minions at the same time. Consequently, her outer
turret was in bad shape, the stone tower was slowly falling apart. Although
Karma told her not to worry, Irelia didn’t want to give Singed any sense of
victory, no matter how small and meaningless.
Just as Irelia’s spirit started to falter, she suddenly
sensed familiar ripples through the air. Someone approached the lane from
inside the forest, near the river. It seemed like Singed didn’t notice it, it’s
a good chance to take him by surprise.
Singed started running towards Irelia’s turret to spread his
poison as a new wave of minions was marching from the Nexus. Irelia made up her
mind; she’s going to jump on him when he gets close enough to the turret.
“Mix, mix, swirl, mix.” He’s almost here.
Irelia’s blade flew through the air towards Singed, leaving
a high pitched vibration behind. As Singed was about to block, the blade
changed form midair, splitting into four pieces. Two of the pieces were able to
bypass Singed’s shield, cutting deep into his chest and stomach. A gush of
blood sprayed all over as Singed let out a monstrous shriek.
"I got him!" Irelia thought to herself as she saw
Singed crippled from the pain. Her blade returned to its normal shape as she
dashed forward to land the final blow. The blade soared down towards the Mad
Chemist's head, but to Irelia's surprise it met his shield instead. "Still
moving, ah? That's OK, soon I will release you from your pain." Irelia
raised her blade once more in preparation for another attack.
"You think you know pain? I'll show you *true*
pain." An empty bottle dropped from Singed's hand while he was wiping his
mouth from the green liquid. His wounds stopped bleeding almost entirely. He
stood up straight again looking at Irelia with mad eyes.
Irelia heard about the Chemist's potions but she's never
seen one in action. "That's fine." She thought to herself. "All
I need to do is hit him again. How far can he go with those wounds?"
Suddenly a shadow appeared behind Singed. Irelia was already
prepared as Shen was about to strike with his two swords. They both charged at
him, trying to catch him unprepared. To Shen's surprise, Singed ran straight at
him with amazing speed. A fist flew towards Shen. He tried to block it, but
instead of hitting him, Singed's palm opened and grabbed the Ninja tossing him
over his head.
Shen realized what just happened but he wasn't going to let
Singed just run away to safety. The trail of poison already filled the air
behind Singed as Irelia and Shen started running after him. All of a sudden,
Shen felt a familiar sensation. He knew what it meant. A split second of void
and he magically appeared a few feet closer to Singed, almost in swinging
range. He dashed forward and was able to reach Singed. The Ninja's eyes turned
red as he was grabbing Singed. For no apparent reason, the Mad Chemist turned
around and started punching Shen.
Irelia wanted to jump in but she was too far. Nonetheless,
her instincts told her to go for it. She jumped in the air, raising her huge
blade, ready to strike. Just like Shen, she disappeared midair, and reappeared above
Singed as he was still attacking the Ninja. The blade landed on Singed, but he
was able to move in the last second, dodging some of the damage. Irelia's blade
sliced his back as Shen's swords penetrated his ribs, filling the air with
blood. Singed quickly regained his senses and started laughing as he kept
running away from Irelia and Shen towards his turret.
The two pursuers were shocked. Any normal human would have
been dead four times by now. They immediately started chasing him again, trying
to catch up. He was so close and he started to slow down, leaving trails of
both green and red behind him. Irelia and Shen kept running, but it was
starting to get hard for them too. The poison slowly filled their lungs
throughout this chase, making it difficult to breath. Singed was almost dead,
Irelia was sure of it. Just as she thought about it, Singed started to burn;
hellish fire covered his entire body, scorching and scarring his flesh even
more than before.
"We'll get him." Both she and Shen thought. "Just
a bit more."
They were almost at
the turret now. "He's getting away!" Irelia shouted towards Shen.
"We're diving this. Let me go first." Shen
answered back.
When they arrived to the turret, Singed was still bleeding
hard. The turret started shooting huge energy balls towards Shen. He didn't
care, killing Singed was more important. He dashed forward again in hopes to catch
him, but as he was nearing the end of his dash he realized that Singed ran too
far. He almost lost hope, but suddenly Singed turned back. Catching Shen
unprepared, he tossed him over his head. The next tower shot was too much. It
hit Shen in the back, hurling him to the ground where he slowly evaporated to
pure energy, waiting to be summoned again.
Irelia realized her mistake but it was too late. She started
running away from Singed and the turret but as she turned around her feet
hardly moved. At first she thought it was the poison that weakened her, but
then she noticed the adhesive on the ground. Singed knew that chasing after her
would be too risky, he was almost dead himself and he couldn’t risk her turning
around and striking him. Still, this fight was a big victory for him. Just when
he thought that Irelia got away, the same fiery fire that engulfed him not long
ago suddenly wrapped Irelia's body. She screamed as the fire and poison were
burning her from both inside and outside and slowly turning her into energy.
Singed stood there, wounded but victorious, as he knew that
from that moment, top lane was his to rule.
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