Arrival

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"Wake up! Wake up Kat!"

The Noxian's eyes sluggishly opened and her body shook along with her bed. She stretched and the blanket fell from her back and her eyes clamped shut from the ghostly white light radiating from the windows above her. "Ashe..." she mumbled softly. Sarah frowned and crouched down beside the hammock and poked Katarina's leg. She didn't flinch like she normally would but sat up looking to her feet. 

"Here's some breakfast for you. Made it myself." she said sweetly. Her words faded the more she stared at Katarina's face. It was blank like her mind was somewhere far away. She moved her lips but nothing came out. Poor girl, Sarah thought.

"Hey." the Bounty Hunter said softly. Katarina flickered her eyes to her's and held them there without any form of emotion. Sarah pursed her lip and placed her hand on the Noxian's knee and rubbed it. "We'll get her back don't worry. She'd be more than grateful that you came all this way for her."

Sarah left the food in her hands and placed the fur coat that Soraka had given them on the side of the hammock and waited for Katarina to be done. She left the crew members in charge along with Rengar to watch them. She didn't want to leave her friend alone especially when she woke up thinking she was someone else she missed greatly. Sarah too missed someone and she would not leave Katarina in the same place as she once was.

The Noxian held the food in her mouth and felt the texture with her tongue but found it tasteless. All she could think of was Ashe, and constantly plagued herself if she was ok. She knew the queen wasn't with him around her. Who knew what he had done to her, it pained her so much that she couldn't even swallow her final bites.

"I'll be outside in a few." she spoke, her tone flat. Sarah nodded and walked out glancing behind her before closing the door. The second she did Katarina bent forward and held her face in her palms. It was hard to let it out when Ashe wasn't there. She tried to reminisce the comfort of her voice and the subtle grip of her arms. The Noxian took a deep breath and when she let go, she let go of everything. The tears welled up in her eyes but remained there till she blinked. Katarina's breathing shook her and a knot formed in her throat. How hard was it to endure without her, she thought. 

She let go of several more sobs before she got up and stretched herself. She went to the sink and turned the faucet on and out poured cold water onto her hands. Katarina patted her face and rubbed her eyes and blindly found a towel to clean her face. The Noxian paused to look at herself and stared into her own eyes. The scar on her left eye was no doubt invisible. It was a darkened red mark permanently etched on her face. 

Never let passion interfere with duty.

This wasn't duty. It was not to herself or to her home. She wanted to do this because she wanted Ashe. Katarina wanted her to be safe and she loved her enough to have gone after her. The Noxian knew this would mean there would be hard times ahead of her but it was worth coming all this way. Even looking at herself she thought that the scar would have left her but it never did. Each time she'd look at herself she would see a different person whether she was happy that one day or furious. Seeing herself face to face never fazed her but upon gazing at her features for only one moment she saw what had become of her. She was in love; a person that fought for the one she fell for and determined to no end. It had changed her for the better and Katarina's green eyes flickered with a light she once thought was gone forever. 

Hope.

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Katarina placed the jacket on and shivered. It was deathly cold outside and her breath escaped her in a puff of vapor. Never had the Noxian experienced such cold as this and she honestly didn't know what to do. She covered herself the best that she could and just by standing outside she could hardly walk forward without stopping to try and warm herself up with the remaining heat from her core. Insensibly, her fingers found their way onto the edge of the ladder at the base of the door and heaved herself up to where Sarah and Rengar were, shoving her hands into her pockets. 

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