Author's note: I had so much fun when I wrote this piece and it is still to date probably my favourite short I've ever written. Enjoy :).


The small being ran, legs pumping rhythmically in time with his racing heart and driving him rapidly across the rooftop. As he reached the edge he jumped, streamlined body poised perfectly for the up-coming landing on the lower adjacent roof. After a brief moment airborne, his boots touched down, knees bending to absorb the impact as he rolled and smoothly came back to his feet before racing forward at full pace once more. Running, jumping and twisting across the rooftops, the blue and gold figure sped towards the heart of the city. His white hair was swept messily back from the speed of his travels but he paid it no thought, his eyes tracking his surroundings from behind his blue goggles.

Below him the streets were in chaos as people frantically fled away from some terrible danger. Their screams and curses creating a cacophony of noise that only deepened the mindless panic. But most worryingly, entwined almost harmoniously through the fearful clamour, was the continued sounds of destruction that carried over the winds from the city centre.

Something was seriously amiss in the city. And, as the protector of Demaglio City, it was his job to find out what. After all, he was Super Kennen, the fastest yordle alive.

Sooner than expected, he reached the heart of the city, before skidding to a shocked stop at the sheer devastation surrounding him. No longer could he move across the rooftops, as there were simply none left. All around in what once had been the tightly packed, thriving city centre was nothing but ruins. The shattered remains of buildings lay strewn around like tumbled toy blocks while the few remaining citizens scrambled desperately away from the hordes of jerkily moving minions.

Eyes narrowing behind his glasses, Super Kennen raced down into the fray, aiming for a large mass of blue minions converging on a cornered couple. Even as the clockwork units lifted their weapons to attack, a blue and gold blur shot into the middle of them, lightning arcing out from his form and shattering the mechanised figures into fragments of smoking scrap-metal.

The yordle hero barely registered as the red-haired woman and the broad-shouldered man thanked him, automatically urging them to safety before taking off down the wrecked street. His momentum was barely hindered by the countless minions his electrical form ploughed through, pin balling through the streets and leaving their charred remains scattered amoungst the wreckage. Only when the last clock-wound figurine had fallen did he pause, but he did not relax. His job had only just begun.

These minions were not strong enough to level buildings this way, nor were they smart enough to act on their own. No, this could only be the work of one person: his arch nemesis.

The yordle had barely thought this when he instinctively ducked, watching as a massive axe imbedded itself in the broken wall behind him.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't the fastest mouse alive. You can run, but speed won't save you from my battle prowess Super Kennen!"

The small hero turned towards the voice, fearlessly facing the large green robot that sneered down at him from atop a pile of rubble. Once, he had been a glorious hero; one who had sacrificed himself to save a far-off city, only to have a power-crazed mastermind rebuild the half-dead crocodile into a twisted version of his former self. Now the general of a mechanical minion army, the former hero's shattered mind had only one goal: to prove himself the strongest warrior of all.

"Renektoy," Super Kennen stood resolutely, "Your reign of terror ends here! No longer shall Demaglio City cower in fear from your presence."

Renektoy let out a rough laugh, "As if a tiny thing like you could defeat the likes of me. But if you wish to kill yourself trying, I won't stop you." He lifted his hand and his magnetised weapon flew back into his grip. Then, with a primal battle cry he leapt at the diminutive hero.

Reacting instantly, Super Kennen sped away as the robotic crocodile landed on the very spot he'd been. This caused a massive shockwave to billow out, throwing rubble into the air and shaking the already damaged buildings. Several fragile pieces broke loose and plummeted to the abandoned streets below.

Renektoy ignored the raining chunks of debris, laughing as he watched the yordle hero speedily dodge the falling wreckage. Finally spotting a clear path, the superhero rushed towards his enemy, blasting the giant green figure with a surge of electricity.

Renektoy gave him a toothy grin. "Haha, tickles," he mocked. "Now this is an attack."

Bringing his blade down, the crocodile just missed the blue and gold hero, but the shockwave was still enough to knock him off his feet.

Quickly, the yordle rolled to the side as the axe slammed down where he had been before springing to his feet and out of his nemesis's reach.

"Stay still!" Renektoy shouted in frustration.

Super Kennen snorted, "Yeah right." Rushing forward he zipped around the hulking robot, hitting him with electrically enhanced punches before darting out of the way of the supervillain's frustrated swings.

The green behemoth growled. "Annoying bug. I'll crush you!"

"Not if I get you first!" The blue and gold hero yelled, channelling a massive lightning strike straight at the crocodile. The enormous electrical wave struck true, sending Renektoy crashing into a nearby building and causing the destabilised structure to fall to pieces, burying the villain under tonnes of broken concrete and twisted metal.

Super Kennen let out a sigh of exhaustion, readily releasing the tension from his body. Satisfied, he turned to leave, only to whip around in surprise as the pile of rubble exploded from the sheer strength and fury of the being trapped beneath.

Ignoring the scrapes and dents coating his dusty form, the irate crocodile let out an infuriated roar as he succumbed to the raging beast within.

Faster than the hero expected, Renektoy was upon him, a massive fist connecting with his chest. The brutal strike knocked the wind out of him and sent him tumbling through the air, only to be stopped as his back collided suddenly with the remains of a tower. The sheer force of the impact was enough to leave a Kennen shaped imprint in the solid stone before he dropped limply to the ground.

He groaned at the pain coursing through his entire body. His breathing laboured, he tried to get his sluggish body to do something other than lay like a discarded doll in the rubble. All the while the raging crocodile closed in, ready to crush his adversary.

Suddenly, a massive quake shook the city, knocking the robot from his feet. Super Kennen managed to get onto his hands and knees before a second shockwave hit the city with a resounding boom, knocking both figures over again. The duo looked around with a mounting sense of unease as yet another quake hit them, only to still completely as the sky went dark.

In an agonisingly slow move, they turned as one, heads tilting up and back to view the massive figure plunging the street in shadow. A crippling, freezing fear gripped the two powerful beings at the sight of the terrifying monster towering over them. A misshapen beast straight out of a nightmare loomed over them, maw rimmed with serrated teeth and salivating in anticipation as its bulging, beady eyes locked onto the two tiny figures below. In that moment, both warriors knew they were doomed.


A young yordle in a purple and green dinosaur onesie stared in stunned horror at his dog before a distressed cry left him. "No! No! No!" his shrill voice filled the air.

Pug'Maw gazed innocently at the frantic yordling with large, sad eyes, unsure what he had done to displease his master. The drooling puppy completely unaware that the distress was caused by the two stolen toys he was happily chewing on.

Gnar, on the other hand, was very much trying to get his displeasure across. Tightly clutching the slippery ends of his precious action figures, he used his other hand to wack the dog's head with a repeated, "Bad Puggy! Bad Puggy!"

Finally having enough of the small child pulling on his ear, Pug'Maw relinquished his entertainment, leaving to sniff amoungst the fallen blocks while Gnar snatched up his beloved toys. An unhappy pout settled on his face at the chew marks and scratched goggles of the smaller blue and gold figure. But it was the broken arm of the bright, green crocodile that caused tears to form at the corners of his dark, brown eyes before the misery was rapidly replaced by rage.

The peaceful air outside the quaint, yordle home was broken as a ferocious roar shook the air, causing the citizens on the street outside to instinctively duck before a brightly, quilted bed came soaring out the upstairs window to land in pieces on the other side of the road. The shocked pause was only broken by the howls of an ugly pug as it tore out the front door and under the porch.

Shaking their heads, they added it as another reason to steer clear of the house.


Fun fact: I didn't actually know that Renektoy's arm came off in his death animation before I wrote this :P.