Out of Order
Chapter 1: A Summoner Has Disconnected
The Master of Shadows, Zed, stood at the entrance of his now destroyed base and gazed upon the sinister forest of the Shadow Isles. He could hear the moaning of lost souls that wandered within the Twisted Treeline from where he settled himself. Turning back to his base, his eyes glared at the fallen turrets and shattered nexus. Zed walked over to a large dark blue shard, the crystal seemed so dull without the magic that flowing through it when it was alive, and he kicked it with full force. The shard ended up breaking into more pieces when it hit the remains of a broken inhibitor.
Zed watched as the smoke from the inhibitor floated up into the dark sky above him. The ninja smelt the smoke when it invaded his mask and he quickly walked over to the large steps of the fountain. The healing magic of the spawn was long since gone as was the pumpkin-headed shopkeeper that sat within it. Zed assumed he had another way of getting into the area without the help of the summoners.
The Master of Shadows groaned as he instantly remembered the summoners.
"Valor!" One of Zed's teammates, Quinn of Demacia, called into the dark sky. She blew a few whistle commands before waiting for a response, although nothing responded back. The scout's hand dropped defeated to her side.
"He's not going to come back, girl. Maybe he got tired of you and flew away." Sneered Zed's other teammate, Talon of Noxus. The assassin sat on the railings of the spawn while he tossed a blade into the air and caught it easily between his fingers. Quinn glared back at the Noxian but said nothing to him. Instead she faced back and blew more whistle commands into the sky. Zed remembered that the two of them had been fighting with each other more than the enemy— he knew that had factored into their loss. In fact, they were the sole reason.
Talon and Quinn bickered over the littlest things, such as what alter to protect and when to siege one from the enemy. The Master of Shadows had to take matters into his own hands and lead the charge to the enemy base what seemed like hours ago.
After killing Syndra, the trio ran Vi and Caitlyn on the stairs of their fountain, unable to protect their nexus. Zed ordered Quinn and Talon to take out the crystal while he kept the Enforcer at bay, but the assassin had other ideas. Seeing that Caitlyn was without her well-armored bodyguard, Talon lunged for the Sheriff into the magic fountain. The laser burned and scorched the assassin but Quinn yanked him out before he lost his life.
Unfortunately, Vi saw that the two were dangerously close to the range of the protective laser and with a fully charged gauntlet knocked them into the fountain where they both died instantly.
The ninja was unable to take on Piltover's Finest alone and he too met his fate at the end of a bullet. With all three of them dead, Vi and Caitlyn charged into their base and shattered their nexus.
It was the easiest match Zed was ever placed in, but it was all ruined.
Zed sat down on the steps of the fountain, rested his chin on his knuckles, and watched as the assassin hopped off of the railing and slinked over to the scout. Whatever the Noxian was thinking, it stunk of cruel intentions.
"Quit trying, sweetheart. Your bird isn't coming anytime soon." Talon mocked as he circled around her.
"Don't call me sweetheart." Quinn warned while she took a step away from him.
"So I guess pulling me away from a magic laser isn't being sweet?"
"You were my teammate, what was I supposed to do?"
"You should have let me die and won the match. Compassion is weakness."
"You Noxians are so barbaric." Quinn mumbled while she stepped away from Talon. Zed shook his head when the assassin continued to follow the poor girl. He stood up and slowly walked over to them.
"Barbaric? Your prissy, spoiled Demacian ass thinks that believing in an individual's power is barbaric?" Talon huffed. Quinn and Talon didn't even notice the ninja stepping between them as they glared at one another.
"Actually, yes. An individual's power is nothing compared to what you could accomplish with a team, like the Demacian Elite and I."
"Hypocritical." Zed spoke up. Quinn glanced at him, her eyes squinted at him as his words registered in her head.
"Are you calling me a hypocrite?" Quinn asked as she focused on the ninja.
"Yes. You just said you with a team would accomplish more than a person alone. From what I can tell, that is just a big lie."
"Excuse me?" Scoffed Quinn slightly offended.
"You fought with one of your own teammates this whole match. You accomplished nothing, scout." Zed spat. Talon chuckled and the ninja glared back at him. "What are you laughing at? Have you two even noticed something is off?"
"What are you talking about, Ionian?" Talon snarled.
"Look around assassin and tell me what you think."
Talon turned back around to the destroyed nexus, the crystals glittered underneath the moonlight of the Shadow Isles. Zed crossed his arms and waited as the assassin's eyes glared at the smoke. His head snapped around and he clenched his fists.
"Damn it."
"Figure it out yet? It took you long enough." Zed snickered.
"Wait, what's going on?" Quinn asked as she stepped in between the two men.
"What usually happens after the nexus explodes?" Zed looked down at her. The scout suddenly gasped.
"The summoners! They usually teleport us out by now!"
"Exactly. I am going to go to the other base and see if Syndra and the other two are having the same dilemma." Zed said as made his way towards the exit of the base. Quinn ran after him and grabbed his arm.
"Zed, you can't! The monsters of the Shadow Isles will tear you apart! We aren't protected by our Summoner's magic anymore! You will die!"
"Death does not scare me. If I do not go, we may be stranded here for who knows how long." The ninja patted the Demacian's hand, looking over her shoulder and seeing the assassin glaring over at them.
"Alright..." Quinn shook her head, stepping back from Zed. She watched him as he made his way into the fog before turning back.
"Don't fight with him too much." Zed smirked under his mask and the scout glanced over to Talon, who fiddled with the blades in the end of his cloak. Quinn glared back to the ninja but he was already gone.
"How long do you think we will be here?" Vi asked Caitlyn as she unloaded her rifle. She blew out the gunpowder clogging it and then snapped it back together.
"I don't know, but Syndra seems to be enjoying not having her power suppressed by the summoners. Look at her." Caitlyn's eyes gestured at the dark mage lifting up trees from the ground and slamming them back into the dirt. Vi sat back as Syndra cackled.
"Oh, this power! I have missed you!" Syndra hummed while she hugged one of the dark spheres orbiting her. "Those evil people at the Institution have kept you hidden from me for so long!"
"Maybe because she killed her master and sent a whole Ionian temple into the air." Vi mumbled to Caitlyn, who smacked her knee at the remark.
"And I could kill you too if you would like me to, officer." Syndra shot back at them. The menacing glow of the sovereign's eyes made Vi sweat.
"Uh, I'm good." Vi smiled weakly.
"I do find it rather odd that the summoners would leave us here for so long. Surely we would be in the Halls of Justice by now." Caitlyn changed the subject. "I hope they get us out of here soon... I have a mountain of paperwork sitting on my desk back at the department."
"Yeah and I have..." Vi stopped to think, "A face to punch."
"Maybe the others are having the same problem as us? One of us should go and see." Caitlyn poked her sunglasses up.
"I'll go." Vi said as she hopped up and gave the air a few quick jabs. "I can handle any of those monsters in the jungle."
"No. I will go." Syndra floated over to exit and she disappeared into the mist without another word. Vi and Caitlyn looked at each other confused.
"I think I'm glad she left. I wouldn't want to be left alone with her." Caitlyn sighed. "And with that chaotic power, she could fend off any monster she comes across."
"Hey, my fists are as just as good as those dodgeballs she has floating around her!"
"That may be true, but you do still have to hold my hand when we watch horror films." Caitlyn smirked at her partner.
Notes: Thank you Cornonjacob for helping me edit. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter.