FOR SCIENCE!
Chapter One: The Beginning
Dusk had fallen on the Institue of War. Only the sound of the nocturnal birds, bats and some summoners and champions filled the hallways and the gardens. Everything was quiet and peaceful – apart from the zaunite building. Static electricity filled the air around the workshop of Viktor, the Machine Herald. His laboratory was right under the roof. In the past he had operated in the basement, but after a series of explosions that caused the nearby east-building to collapse, he had been moved under the roof. This way he would hopefully not pulverize the foundation of the building again.
Inside one could see a tall figure in a laboratory-coat working on a really complex machinery. If this experiment would succeed he would come closer to his glorious evolution! Laughing like a maniac Viktor pulled a giant lever. There was no need for a futuristic machinery like this to have such an unnecessary input device, but one could not feel like a REAL scientist if he could not pull a needlessly big lever to power up one's experiment. Sparks erupted from the crank as the energy started to flow inside the machine. But nothing happened. Slightly disappointed by this rather anticlimactic turn of events Viktor turned his attention towards another machine. He simply needed more energy! If he could not produce enough inside his laboratory, he had to get it from somewhere else. The roof opened and a giant metal rod moved towards the night-sky. Dark clouds started to gather on the sky, forming a perfect ring of blackness. A slight rumble was to be heard, then a lightning struck in the rod. And another. And another.
Soon he would have all the power he needed. He checked the numerous displays on his machinery, waiting for the right moment to direct the stored energy into his latest creations. In about ten seconds... nine... eight... seven...
WHRAM!
A giant ball of white energy collided with the lightening-collector. Viktor knew too well who had come to disturb his research. "POWER SLAM!"
In response Viktor threw out an apparition that created a field of high-gravity between him and Jayce. His former co-worker was not really happy to see him.
"WHY CAN'T YOU LET ME WORK IN PEACE FOR ONCE?", growled Viktor, who grabbed his nearby scepter.
The defender of tomorrow was not impressed by the scientist's outburst. Instead he readied his mercury hammer for another shot. "I cannot allow you to complete your research", spoke Jayce, with a heroic tone in his voice, "Feel free to give up now!"
"Ha, inferior construct", sneered Viktor as he charged his death-ray, "Can't you see that I'm about to make the world a better place? Why do you fight the glorious evolution?"
Jayce ignored him and started his attack. "For Piltover!"
"For science!", came the grim answer as shock blasts and lasers shook the building.
In a nearby laboratory Singed was about to discover a new delicate substance. "Mix,mix, swirl, mix..." he mumbled as the liquid in the bottles changed color multiple times. If this experiment would succeed he would be proven again as the best chemist in whole Valoran. He was about to break with the basic rules of nature! Now he had to be careful. One wrong shock...
Slowly. Really careful he moved the liquid towards another bottle. He had to mix it with caution. Not the slightest impulse must disturb the process!
He was about to proceed when two fighting scientists came crushing through the wall and landed right in his storage of highly explosive chemicals. "Oh god why me?", mumbled the chemist a second before a disastrous chain-reaction vaporized the building.
Nothing was left from the building but a smoldering black crater. Apparently there had been no causalities, since almost no one lived close to the laboratory. Viktor could spot several green blobs crawling over the place. Fascinating. Not even an explosion like this could kill the living weapon.
Also he could see a rather torn up werewolf crawling out of the crater. Apparently Warwick had slept over in Singed's lab. But he could not spot the chemist.
He heard a rumble behind him. Singed erupted from the debris, clearly overdosed on his Insanity-Potion. "You...", he growled, his voice missing every bit of humanity. Facing his superior was nothing Viktor liked... especially not in this state. "Wait, I can explain this... He disturbed my experiment and..."
Singed did not listen to him and punched him right in the face, sending the machine herald flying several meters. His metal mask showed a giant dent of Singed's fist now. Then the chemist found Jayce lying unconscious in the crater. "Stupid brats!", he mumbled as he threw the young man over his shoulder with ease.
"Everyone still alive follow me!", ordered the chemist, "We need a new lab!"
The summoner at the Champion Quarter Relocation Office was already drowning in paperwork when a lot of champions barged in. He had been informed about this incident already. The league had agreed to provide laboratories and workplaces to the champions who wished so, but this was the fourth incident this month. Reconstructing the building would take a lot more effort this time: there was nothing left, it was like the building had been eradicated to an atomic level.
But this case was different from the ones before: this time they had someone to blame that was not from their building fraction.
"We have already judged the situation", explained the summoner, "Since the Defender of Tomorrow is responsible for this incident, the institute decided to hold Piltover responsible for not keeping him under control. They are obliged to let you work and live in their laboratories. We already negotiated with them and there is just one condition for you all..."
"What condition?", asked the chemist. What would these second-rate scientists ask of them? Did they want their research data?
"Heimerdinger wants you to help with his workshop as long as you live there. Oh and you have to follow the general security guidelines..."
"Security guidelines? No one has time for nonsense like...!", protested Viktor, but Singed silenced him again with another punch, knocking the Machine Herald out for good. Then he ordered Warwick to carry him and the still unconscious Jayce. He already had a plan how he would deal with these stupid brats.
"We accept. For science!", he said on behalf of the group. And so Singed, Warwick, Zac and two unconscious morons moved towards their new facilities.
/ Hi there, it's Kyoki Shinkuro again. Here is my new Project called "For Science!" - as always I hope you like it. This takes place a short time after my "A Reaper Reborn" Fanfiction - you don't have to read it, since it's no direct sequel with a whole new cast of characters, but some little things might make more sense to you if you have read it. Well, whatever, have fun reading and leave a review if you want ;)