From the Shadow Isles they came
Chapter 10
Viktor was pacing in his room, worry overflowing his circuits.
He was scared.
The great machine inventor, the bold experimenter and self-proclaimed savior of Zaun was sacred.
He snorted at how silly that sounded but in reality he was.
Here he was pacing in his room, his thoughts a mess because of emotion.
That's why he had stabbed himself in the brain a couple of times to lose all those pesky emotions.
And no he did not do that because he was depressed after his monumental defeat of "HE WITH A HAMMER WHO WILL NOT BE NAMED".
"F#$# Jayce honestly" he murmured to himself.
Now he was just angry.
Wait why was he afraid of again?
He stopped pacing and looked around his room to recover his train of thought.
He spotted a small red toy car and picked it up.
This had been his favorite toy, mostly because he had made it himself.
Beneath his mask he smiled and traced a finger over it.
The paint was coming off.
Viktor with his NOT compulsive repairing complex went to his workbench and started searching in the drawers for red paint.
Red.
Ah yes he remembered.
As he applied new pain to the car he mused on this problem that he couldn't solve.
The pirate Lady, Miss Fortune also known as Sara Fortune.
He placed the car on the bench and admired it.
Good as new.
This he could solve, a failing heart he could solve, he could solve death!
But emotions.
That's where he failed miserably.
And no one was going to help him on this one.
His dad had given him advice once but he really doubted it was trustworthy.
"When you meet a girl you have to do the old razzle dazzle, you go to her, dance with her for a couple of minutes, propose to her, get married the same day and try to live happily until you get killed in Zaun, cool right?"
Viktor clenched his fist.
"Yes, dad you eventually died in Zaun, I was too late"
And now here he was alone.
With no one to help him in his predicament.
Reality was funny really, here he was lamenting the fact that he was attracted to a girl who was only following him because of some messed up science that might or might not be true, trying to use this science to bring their heavy metal friends back and all the while they were being chased by the worst political candidates to date.
Viktor chuckles slightly and cracked his knuckles.
"Replace all your petty emotions Viktor, we need to find a way to our lab" he said as he talked to himself like a freak.
The sewers would be ideal, but walking in the radioactive dump of the sewers was not very appealing.
There was always…
"The river"
He shivered in fear.
Water, he hated water.
It was rough, coarse, irritating and it got everywhere.
Wait…
No wrong thing.
He hated water because he would go klsadfadsjgsñl if he touched it.
But sadly it was his best option, so he would have to get the boat and…
He did not know how to drive a boat.
"But there is someone downstairs who knows" he realized half amused, half terrified.
Viktor grabbed the small toy car once more and frowned at it.
"My reality is not meant to be shared is it?"
Obviously the car didn't answer back, which Viktor though was incredibly rude on its part.
"Screw you small red car, I will figure this out on my own!"
And with that he walked out of his room with a solution.
He will not touch on the subject further, he was fine alone and he was sure that she was more than happy on her world.
He was fine with his life how it was.
Stalk Jayce, watch infomercials about product he would never buy, build things, stalk Jayce again, feel bad about himself for exactly three minutes, yell at Zaunites for being stupid, write in his diary(his scientific notes) stalk Jayce some more because he felt like it and…
Yeah that was it.
Sad, but his.
Because that was how life was, different for each being.
To his surprise his guests where sitting in the living room playing with a bunch of cards.
"Yahtzee!"
"This is Uno"
"The hell it is!"
"…."
"Say that to my face again Sona I dare you, I double dare you musician M##$&%$!"
Viktor coughed into his fist to interrupt the very heated game of Poker.
"I have found a way to my laboratory, but sadly is through the river and I do not know how to drive a boat, so Miss. Fortune would you help me out in this endeavor?"
Sara nodded and stretched "This game of go fish was boring anyways"
Viktor turned to the others "I think there is still some canned food in the kitchen somewhere and if I am not mistaken there is a couple of old recordings you could watch, most of it is from Piltover so you will have excuse its stupidity"
Sona snorted.
Leona nodded happily and went to find food because she hadn't eaten anything since the entire world decided to throw her into a wacky adventure.
And to think she was sad about her free schedule.
Ahri on the other hand simply wiggled her eyebrows at him.
"Sure, we will stay here, good luck on your date by the way"
Viktor said nothing and walked to the basement to retrieve his boat.
No, do not question why does he has a boat in his basement.
Ahri pouted and walked next to her pirate friend.
"Is it me or is he more defensive now?"
Sara shrugged "He has been like this ever since we arrived in Zaun"
Ahri smiled when she saw a tiny little frown form on the pirate's face.
"Poor little pirate lady, finds herself on a pickle, talk to mad man that she has a crush on or ignore it and let it flow like the winds of the sea"
"Winds don't flow, water does"
"Me no smart, but me is romantic"
"You is dumb and annoying nothing will happen"
Ahri rolled her eyes.
"Not with that attitude it won't, trust me I know my stuff"
Viktor reemerged dragging a huge boat from the stairs ruining the conversation.
"How are we going to get that to the river?"
"Transition line"
"Excuse me?"
"We will have to drag it all the way to it, but don't worry the river is close by"
Sara nodded and helped the Machine Herald in pushing the boat, she noted with amusement how she was actually doing most of the work while the mad scientist struggled to keep with her pace.
Once they were out of ear shot Ahri giggled, this was going to be interesting.
"Transition line" Viktor said out loud as he looked up.
"I still don't understand" Sara replied with a confused look.
"Its fine, just some mad rambles of mine, now the only thing we need to do is head to that small building in the distance, that house is abandoned and we can leave the boat there while we walk to my lab.
"Oh good, it won't take us that long"
"Yes"
"Yes"
"…."
"…."
Sara looked around awkwardly as she stirred the boat and Viktor resumed his staring of the water.
"That's one big fish" he commented absentmindedly.
"Oh really, what type is it?" Sara asked, glad to see an effort on his part to make a conversation.
"Catfish, that's funny I didn't think they could live in these waters, his head is the size my torso, that's crazy"
"….Viktor, move away from where you are"
"Why? Is only a fish"
And as if summoned a giant mouth emerged from the depths and swallowed Viktor dragging him to the depths bellow.
Sara rushed to where Viktor had been and took out her pistols.
She could see anything she realized.
Suddenly the water started to make bubbles.
Without thinking twice she shot at the bubbles.
Suddenly something was shot into the boat.
A mangled Viktor twitched on the floor.
"Boy I tell ya that was the least appetizing thing I could have swallowed, he was as appealing as cake in the rain"
"Get out of here Kench"
Tahm Kench laughed.
"Girl is good to see you around these parts, it is always good to broaden your horizons"
"I am not joking go before I shoot you"
"I am sincerely sorry my girl, I did not mean to upset you, I just chewed on him a little, but I see that I ruined the mood of your date and for that I am extremely sorry, as a consolation prize I will tell you that his thoughts are on you my dear…"
And with that the demon sank back into the depths.
Sara shook her head.
"Hey Viktor are you all right?"
"N~no" Viktor croaked out.
"Why? Are you bleeding somewhere or did he break your ribs... did he suck out your soul?"
Viktor managed to sit.
"He took away my mask"
Sara's eyes widened when she saw him unmasked.
His face was extremely pale, a couple of wires where sticking out of jaw line and big teeth mar was on his cheek.
"You're bleeding Viktor"
"I am?" he said as he raised a hand to his cheek.
"Oh i guess I am…"
"Are you…"
"I need to write this down in my notes, I haven't bled in months"
Sara chuckled and caressed his cheek "Yes you are fine"
To her surprise a very noticeable blush appeared.
"Y…Yeah… I mean… of course I am, I am me after all"
He said with a small awkward smile.
Sara chuckled, but stared at him.
"What are you afraid of Viktor?"
"Nothing…"
"You're shivering"
"It's cold it's Zaun after all"
"Viktor the water is almost radioactive I now know what it must feel to be a noodle in hot water"
"…noodles are good, have I told you that I like them"
"Viktor" she said with a glare.
To her surprise he flinched and wrapped his hand around his knees.
"The mask"
"What about it?"
"I haven't taken it off in so long… it feels wired"
"Weird"
"Yeah that"
Sara sat next to him.
"Who was the last person to see your face Viktor?"
"Jayce after he smashed my mask to pieces with his hammer"
"Before you used the mask"
"… my parents, I think they were the last ones"
"What happened to them?"
"They died"
"I'm sorry"
"Don't be it was a long time ago and emotion are petty"
Sara looked at him in confusion "Why"
"We'll all my life when I have tried to put emotion into my work I have failed, no matter what it was I couldn't get them to work but when I started to think things in a cold manner I managed to do the impossible"
"What was it?"
"Prank Jayce"
"Oh for god's sake"
To her surprise Viktor chuckled "I am only partially joking"
Sara smiled at him.
"See you're opening up, that's good"
"Is it really, I have spent so much time doing the opposite that I don't think I can go back"
Sara grabbed his hand and smiled.
"Let me help you with that ok?"
Viktor looked at her hand and smiled.
"I would like that, thank you"
"Now let's go find the thing in your lab"
Sara said as the exited the boat.
As they walked side by side they both had the same thought going through their mind
'YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!'
"Huh would you look at that is a transition line" Thresh commented as he looked to the skies.
"So rare to see one of those this days" Hecarim replied as they stared at the anomaly in the sky.
Mordekaiser arrived to see both of his lieutenants staring at the sky like a bunch of dumbasses and shook his head.
"What is going on here?"
"We were just wondering why we sometimes feel like side characters in this when we are obviously the most powerful things to ever walk on this land"
"Yeah I feel that too sometimes, but no more"
This caught their attention.
"Sleepy has gone missing"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"Who cares honestly?"
"She was kidnapped"
"So?"
"And I'm bored so I say we go kill some people and save her"
"…"
"…"
"You sure about this Morde?"
Mordekaiser nodded.
"Yes, she is one of the few humans here that I can tolerate and we need to stretch our limbs, I don't want to get cramps for not killing something in a while"
"I one hundred percent agree, let's kill stuff"
Thresh raised his hand.
"Yes warden?"
"What about the familiar festival?"
Hecarim snorted.
"How boring"
"I couldn't agree with the Horseman more, we will worry about that when the time comes"
As the trio talked about the "rescue" mission they didn't notice a red head spying on their conversation.
A/N: Would you look at that, is a transition line.
Happy Valentine's Day! (Looks at calendar) $#%&.
Whatever is still February so is all good….?
Some mushy stuff on the Runterra side of things and a small teaser for next chapter.
Thank you for reading, I will see on the next chapter!