Yasuo trudged through the cold nights and sweltering days for another week, sleeping only a couple of hours a night. His mind was haunted with the thoughts of the past two months. When he had left Ionia, he was a young warrior, ready for battle and the thrill of defeating the Noxian invaders but today, Yasuo felt like a man much older than his years. His hands were calloused and his feet were soar. Scratches and bruises covered his arms and legs and his heart felt as heavy as the sword he still carried in hand.

One night, the wind was particularly chilling as Yasuo drew closer to the next stop on his journey to Piltover, the dreary city of Zaun. Yasuo had only heard stories of Zaun before. It was the home of many monsters and weapons dealers, the most prominent of which was Singed, a chemist who armed Noxus with chemical weapons for use against Ionia. Even the battle in which Yasuo faced Darius featured some of these monstrosities.

Yasuo drew the hood of his tattered cloak over his head as he entered the bleak looking city. The streets were nearly empty in the pouring rain as the wanderer continued on step by painful step. Out of the corner of his eye, Yasuo noticed something strange. The rain was stronger on this night yes, but something was off with the clouds. They were gathered over Zaun in a massive black cluster pouring enormous drops onto the city. The strange part was that the dark clouds ended quite abruptly just outside the city limits. Yasuo looked around and noticed yes, on every side of this city the clouds ended! Yasuo feared what might be the cause.

Just then a roar came from the inner part of the city where some sort of commotion was taking place. Dreading what might be up the street, Yasuo quickened his pace towards the sound. Another groan sounded, more muffled this time from a building about a hundred feet up the street to the right. The building was a deep shade of grey with no windows all the way up the five stories. But on top was an enormous metal rod, sparking with electricity. Yasuo stepped closer and the rain got heavier, pounding down on his head like rocks. Yet another cry came from the inside of the building and the metal rod sparked wildly. As it did, there was a distinct change in the rain. It was getting even stronger.

Without Yasuo having to direct or command, the wind began shielding him from the downpour. With the rain no longer bothering him, Yasuo took a closer look at the clouds. They too were sparking in synch with the metal rod and the screams of whatever was inside the building. Perhaps the rod was shocking whoever was inside by catching the electricity of the looming storm. Whatever it was, Yasuo was going to have a look.

Pushing the door open, Yasuo called through the building. "Hello?" There was no response. The interior was largely the same as the exterior, grey and bland but with some unusual additions. There were bottles of green bubbling liquid and some syringes laid out and filled with some thick purple goo. Yasuo's heart skipped a beat. "Singed..."

Rushing up the stairs to where the calls were originating, Yasuo noted strange wires running through the entirety of the building around a tube that transcended every floor of the unusual laboratory. He had no idea what these were so he kept going. On the fourth floor landing Yasuo stopped dead in his tracks and stared in shock.

In the center of the fourth floor room was a metal trap which ensnared an enormous man. He was groaning incoherently and tugging at the chains that bound him. But none of that was as surprising as the elephant in the room. The man

was purple! This massive creature looked in most ways like a man but with bright purple skin, bulging muscles, and a long hanging tongue.

"What the hell?" Yasuo said to himself, carefully stepping closer.

"Mundo trapped. Mundo hurt."

"Mundo?," Yasuo asked, "Is that your name?"

The purple man nodded weakly as Yasuo stepped closer again. "I'm gonna get you out of here okay? You won't hurt anymore." But just as Yasuo spoke a jolt of lightning started erupting again. Not out of the sky, but out of Mundo. Somehow he was giving off this power. The sparks traveled down wires that were attached all over the purple giant into a generator in the middle of the room. "What is this?!"

"Mundo strong. Bald man and wolf man take power from Mundo. Mundo hurts!"

"Bald man? Singed?!" Mundo nodded again. "Where is he?"

"Bald man upstairs making more purple."

"More purple? What does that mean."

"Purple make Mundo strong, makes him keep hurting." Yasuo's eyes widened as understanding reached him.

"Singed is training your strength to continue powering this electric thing and giving you that purple serum in the needles downstairs to keep you alive- like a living battery." Mundo groaned again as another jolt of strength left him. "I'm getting you out Mundo." With that, Yasuo drew his sword and slashed at the chains holding Mundo but to his surprise, the chains did not break. Yasuo tried again with no effect. For several minutes Yasuo hacked and slashed at the chains from every angle even calling on the wind to snap them but simply nothing could break them.

"You know, Doctor, if you keep rattling those chains I'll have to restrain you more," a voice said from the stairs. Yasuo froze in place. Singed's footsteps drew closer and closer as Yasuo got ready for a fight.

Singed rounded the corner and entered the room to find Yasuo there and ready. "Well hello there. I didn't know we were having visitors."

"Save it you murderer."

"Oh, you must be a demacian, or perhaps and ionian."

"Ionian."

Singed smirked, "You should have surrendered when you had the chance... But I digress. What are you doing here? Surely you didn't come all this way to find little old me."

"No, I'm looking for someone worse than you, an assassin who murdered my ender and pinned it on me."

"Ah yes! I remember setting up an escape for that mission personally!" Singed jeered.

Yasuo's nostrils flared and he felt a burning anger. "I am going to kill you, filth."

"Oh come now, you can't! You are in my territory!" Yasuo didn't need to hear more. He lunged with his sword and was promptly splattered with a sticky substance from a tube singed was holding.

"Ugh! What is this?" Yasuo said, fighting to move.

"My personal brand of adhesive. You won't be moving any time soon."

"You would think that, wouldn't you!" Yasuo said as the wind started to blow inside the laboratory. Singed looked around, astonished by the gust that was blowing through. Yasuo grinned.

The chemist ran to a cabinet and pulled out a bottle of red liquid and quickly gulped it down while hoisting a huge metal tank onto his back. But by the time he had done so, the wind had blown away the adhesive and Yasuo was starting to walk again. Mundo continued to wail as more electric current flowed from him.

Singed was the next to make a move. He whistled and yelled, "I require your help my friend!"

Yasuo stared quizzically at his opponent. "Who are you calling to?"

Mundo spoke up. "Wolf man coming!"

Yasuo turned and ran as fast as he could at Singed but to his surprise, Singed could run away just as fast. It was time to give chase. Yasuo ran after singed for a couple of seconds before he realized what was going on. He started feeling light headed and his vision blurred before he noticed what was going on. There was a whistling sound coming from the canister on Singed's back. It was leaking out poison. Yasuo turned away and backed himself towards Mundo, out of the poison trail. "Mundo, I can't save you from this. But I can end your suffering. I can stop Singed from using you like this. Should I?"

"Mundo hurting! Stop the hurting!"

Yasuo gulped. "Alright, I'll stop the hurting."

"Warwick! Get him!" Singed called to a new figure who was turning the corner from the stairs. Warwick was an enormous wolf like creature that stood on two legs, growling at Yasuo. As Warwick started to charge, Yasuo turned quickly to Mundo and placed a hand on his chest, drawing out the familiar green glow. As he did so, Mundo started to quiet down and fall limp. Yasuo's heart beat quickly as he finished the job that he hated. He had once again killed a man. This one was even the victim! But it was the best he could do to ease the pain.

Warwick was only feet away when Yasuo turned back. Claws met flesh and Yasuo cried out in pain as the wolf ripped into his flesh. "Get off me!" Yasuo shouted, tossing Warwick to the ground. Warwick got up and started to growl again, closing in for the kill. "Stay back, Beast," Yasuo warned.

"You'd like that," the wolf replied.

Yasuo staired in awe for a moment. "You can talk?"

"The only difference between you and I is that I've accepted my inner beast." Warwick raised his paw and brought it down hard. Though Yasuo braced himself for the impact, the hit never landed as a gust of wind shot from a nearby window and slammed Warwick against the wall. Yasuo opened his eyes and stared at the window.

"Okay, that wasn't me..." he remarked to himself.

"True! It was me!" shouted a voice from the window.

Yasuo dashed to the window and looked out to see a beautiful blonde woman sitting cross legged on a cloud, floating at the window. "Who the hell?"

"Get on! Get on!" She shouted, beckoning him closer.

Yasuo looked back over his shoulder at Singed and Warwick. They were both running towards him. "Okay. Okay!"

Yasuo took a step up onto the windowsill and looked down. "Are you sure?" The woman responded with an annoyed look. "Yep, yep. I'm coming," he said. "Okay. Three. Two. One!" Yasuo jumped.

Author's Notes: Thanks for waiting for this one everybody! I know it has been a solid 2 weeks but I've been pretty busy. As always, I thank you for the reviews and I'll update ASAP.