From the Shadow Isles they came
Chapter 8
Viktor was not a complicated man.
Sure he liked to think that machines where better than humans and that everyone except him sucked a$$ and that one day he would be the one to bring order to the world with his machines and rebuild it as he saw fit because he WAS BETTER THAN THAT FA%$% JAYCE WHO HE WOULD KILL LAST BECAUSE HE ALWAYS MADE FUN OF HIM AND THOUGHT HE WAS INSANE BUT HE WAS NOT; HE WAS JUST MAD THAT EVERYONE ALLWAYS MADE FUN OF HIM AND KSDANIADSLIÑFN!
He was not complicated.
So when he saw a couple of women walking out of Jayce's laboratory a couple of days ago he did NOT feel jealous and just felt a little curious on why did people visited Jayce and not him, so he once again chose to do the rational thing of a genius of his caliber.
He started following them everywhere they went.
Hell he even followed them to the void somehow.
He was not really sure how but he did it.
He was that cool (in his mind)
So right now he was still following them as they exited the restaurant.
From what he had gathered Mordekaiser, the pony and the crazy warden where sent somewhere on the multiverse and they were trying to figure out how to get them back.
They had asked both Jayce and the void for help in their little quest.
Jayce, as in a machine builder.
"THEN WHY NOT ME!?" he cried in desperation, bringing all three of his hands to his head for dramatic effect, at the question that had been haunting him for so long (these like three days or something).
He was a machine builder too!
His name was the machine herald for Christ sake.
He could do whatever they needed him to do!
Just as he dropped all of his hands he realized something.
He had said that out loud.
Very close to the people he had being stalking.
"shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii…."
The last thing Viktor saw before passing out was a yellow beam of energy heading his way.
Viktor woke up with a surprised yelp as he felt cold water splash all over him.
His arm and legs where tied to a chair and he could not see.
Oh wow.
How exiting!
He had being kidnapped, he couldn't wait to write this down on his notes when he got home.
If he didn't die that is.
He felt something being removed off his face and he was met with the frowning face of the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.
She looked even cuter when she had her gun pointed straight at his face.
"Who are you?"
She was talking to him! This day was so exiting he could barely contain himself.
"I am Viktor the machine herald" he replied in what he hopped was a cool voice.
He added the little voice modifier to his throat so that every time he talked there was a little echo, making him sound way more imposing.
The woman frowned.
"I take it you know who I am, given the fact that you have been following us"
Oh
Well to be fair he only knew of Sona, Leona and Ahri.
One for being a celebrity the other for being the aspect of the Sun and the last one because she was voted number one on the "Furry girl" magazine that he had stolen form Warwick.
The wolf man had no taste.
She pressed the gun to his head, taking him out of his thoughts.
Oh yes, yes the answer, sure, sure.
"I know who the others are but I do not know who you are, I do not remember seeing you" he replied bluntly, he had discovered that honesty was the best.
People stopped bothering you when you were honest.
The woman lowered her gun, her hair covering her face as she looked down.
What was this feeling of dread?
Viktor was suddenly picked up roughly by the shoulders and stared into the eyes of a very, VERY, angry Miss. Fortune.
"SO I JUST BLEND INTO THE BACKGROUND! ARE THE OTHERS OOOOOO SO MUCH BETTER LOOKING THAT I JUST DON'T EXIST!"
Viktor found himself lost on what to say.
He had offended her somehow.
The machine herald didn't know how but he had done so.
He was most likely going to be terminated if he didn't act quickly, so he did exactly what he did before (because it worked so well last time) and spoke bluntly.
"N-no it's… it's not that really I was just busy trying not to get caught, now that I see you up close you're the most beautiful person I have ever… seen…. Really….. please do not terminate me I have to bring glorious evolution to the world and…" Viktor opened one of his eyes and was met by the blushing face of Sara Fortune who dropped him immediately.
Viktor let out a yelp as he hit the ground.
Well at least he was alive.
"Tch, aren't you a charmer"
"No I am an inventor"
"Still amidst all that machine building you most have learned how to speak your way out of situations"
Viktor frowned.
"I do not need that I'm the machine herald I speak only the truth, lies are for people like Jayce"
"Oh honest are you, then what do you like about me?" the fierce pirate lady said a small frown forming on her face as she remembered some of the comments she had gotten across her life, most of them having to do with her…assets.
Viktor for once looked embarrassed and looked down, which made Sara frown even more.
"I like your freckles and hair" he said quietly not daring to look up.
"Wut"
"YOU HEARD ME; DO NOT MAKE ME SAY IT AGAIN!"
Sara stared
And stared
Viktor at this point just felt awkward, the room was so silent.
A small giggle made him look up in confusion.
The read head was giggling.
That was confusing.
HIS NOTES WHERE GOING TO BE WILD THIS WEEK!
"That is very sweet of you" the pirate said with a small smile and a blush adorning her cheeks.
"Why I just said the truth?"
"Let just say your answer is refreshing, thank you, I needed that"
"You're welcome?"
A squeal made both of them look at the other side of the room where three girls stood.
"That was sooooooooooooooo cute!" Ahri said jumping and clapping.
Sara blushed harder and looked away, remembering that there were other people in the room
Damn her short temper!
"Really, I just felt awkward this entire time" Leona commented as she looked like she rather be anywhere else.
"Oh come on, it was cute, you felt weird because you are not romantic" Ahri said as she crossed her arms and glared at the woman.
The armored lady shook her head and said.
"He was following you"
"Oh yeah I forgot"
Sona slapped her hand against her forehead.
Sara glared back at Viktor.
"Why where you following us?"
Oh, yeah that, he had forgotten.
Hehe.
Well he was going to lie, screw his previous words.
HIS NOTES NEEDED HIM!
"I simply wished to study the anomaly that you have been studying as well"
Sona raised an eyebrow and Leona tilted her head.
Ahri on the other hand just smiled.
"You wanted to help us"
"Not really" Viktor said as he looked to the side.
They looked angry, better lie again.
"You see the energy that took you and your friends are looking into might not be an isolated event, what I think is that these anomalies will become more frequent and the more frequent they become the more dangerous they would get, it would come to a point when a singularity will be the inevitable outcome"
"HUH?"
Viktor let out a sigh.
"They will appear more often until they blow up our planet"
The gasps that he got as a response where more than enough to make him realize that they had bought his story.
It was a plausible idea, but the probability of it ever happening was very small.
Sara paled "So what you're saying is that whatever this anomalies are, they are dangerous"
"Yes"
"Oh well doesn't this JUST make things more interesting!" Sara said as she threw her arms into the air exasperated.
Leona untied him with her sword and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Thank you for warning us, your help is appreciated"
Viktor nodded as he adjusted his clothes.
This was a prime time to get out of here.
"Thank you for hearing me out, it is of most importance that this remains a secret we cannot let anyone know or mass chaos will ensue, I need to make some more research at my lab so…"
"Oh sure, when do we leave" Ahri said as her team nodded.
Wut
.
.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
"You cannot follow me!"
"Why not?" Leona said confused.
"Because… because… my lab is in Zaun!"
Yeah that should do it.
No one wanted to go to Zaun, no one would follow him there.
He was such a genius, muahahahahahaha!
Sara smiled "Look it's really sweet of you to think of our safety but we can handle ourselves"
Ahri giggled "And I'm sure that if something happened you would protect your darling pirate at all cost, won't you robot boy?"
Sara blushed and looked away.
Viktor on the other hand only had one thing going through his head.
'NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF'
Siesta was hyperventilating.
Now this was not a rare thing.
She sometimes had this attacks when the stress got to her, or when her novel got to a rather… steamy part.
But right now she was hyperventilating thank to the three beings that where in front of her.
Mordekaiser had demanded her help in the kitchen.
Originally they were just going to help the staff around but they had been… dramatic with their entrance.
"Do you all want to die!" Thresh screamed as he opened the door without a warning.
Green flames engulfing everything they touched.
Hecarim appeared out of nowhere and started slicing every meat there was on the kitchen.
"FOR THE SHADOW ISLES!"
And lastly Mordekaiser entered the room, all the metal around him started to move and make noises that freaked out everyone.
The three beings stood in the middle of the room flames and metal circling them.
"Kneel before me, Mordekaiser master of the kitchen"
Needless to say the staff and the chef had all hightailed out of there like their lives depended on it. (They might have)
So when the Shadow Isles denizens saw the kitchen empty they went to get help from the only people they knew.
Siesta.
And as she stared at the destroyed kitchen with meat all over the place she realized something.
Lunch hour was coming.
The students would be expecting food.
She was supposed to feed the entire academy.
With only the help of the three insane maniacs.
She started hyperventilating faster.
"Woman stop this nonsense and help us" Hecarim said with a frown.
"Sorry, I… I just need a moment"
"The moment is over"
Come on!
"What do you desire" she said at last.
She sounded so tired, they all thought with amusement.
"Explain to us what we're supposed to do with all…this" the Iron Revenant said as he looked around.
"Lunch hour is approaching and the students will ask the waiters or waitresses what they desire to eat, the orders will come to the kitchen and the food is prepared and later delivered, simple" she lied, it did not work like that but it was simple, they would understand that.
Siesta smiled, if they stayed in the kitchen and she managed the waiters and waitresses they might had a shot at doing this.
"I shall inform the waiters…."
"Yeah about that"
"Do you all want to die!"
"Oh founder help me"
"I hope so, you will be our waitress along with…" Mordekaiser started to say as he looked at both his subordinates, Hecarim noticed this and pushed Thresh forward.
"THE WARDEN VOLUNTEERS"
"Yeah him, get to it, Thresh get an outfit you stand out dressed on your normal outfit, Siesta you look good like that, Hecarim help me sort out all this kitchen stuff and pick the meat from the floor"
Thresh nodded and ran out of the room.
Siesta stood next to the Master of Metal and looked at him surprised
"Does he know where we keep the spare uniforms?"
"Huehuehue no he doesn't"
Siesta heard a scream echo down the hallway followed by:
"Do you all want to die!"
This was going to be a long evening.
Thresh returned shortly after and to her surprise he looked, rather dashing in uniform.
Not that she would ever tell the warden, he might be offended and worst of all, it would be very embarrassing for her to say it.
"A little tight but I think I look straight out of a coffee shop novel, where I serve the main character and she falls for the charming and polite waiter" Thresh said as he passed a hand through his bones.
Siesta smiled, she had a novel like that once or twice, who knew Mr. Thresh was such civilized person.
Thresh picked a raw piece of meat and swallowed it.
"All right, when do we start partner?" Thresh said as he looked at Siesta.
"Oh… well… w-we should go now, it is costume for the waiters to be there before the students arrive"
"All right lead the way, my lady" Thresh said with a smile.
Siesta nodded and started to walk, a small blush on her cheeks.
Maybe he wasn't so bad.
As they exited the kitchen Siesta waved a group of gardeners that where passing by.
Thresh on the other hand jumped at them.
"Do you all want to die!"
"PLEASE NO MR. THRESH!"
"Morde?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you know how to cook?"
"No, do you?"
"I never learned"
"Huh"
"What do we do?"
"It can't be that hard"
"I say we dich this job Morde, these people will never grow up to be strong if they are pampered all their lives"
"We don't want them to be strong, we need them to be weak for when we conquer them"
"A crap you're right, but still this is useless, people like us are far too good for this sort of job"
"If we're too good, then why do we not know how to cook?"
"Huh, good point"
"So?"
"We learn to cook Morde, for the Shadow Isles"
"Pantheon makes it look easy"
"Yeah"
"Yeah"
"…."
"…"
"Do we boil the fruits to make juice or…"
"I say we squish them, you with your mace and I shall do it with my spear"
"Brilliant Hecarim, that's why I made you my second in command!"
"No Morde, is thanks to your wise commands that we shall become Master Chefs"
"Indeed we're awesome, HAHAAHAH"
"HAHAHAH"
"Let's burn the meat for the burgers!"
"Don't we have to wait for the orders?"
"Pfft, waiting is for weaklings we shall serve them what I want, because I know better than them and soon they shall learn to appreciate my genius"
Hecarim clapped and moved next to his master, spear ready to cut food to smithereens.
As the dynamic duo prepared for the cooking, Thresh and Siesta where waiting for the students.
An awkward silence filled the room.
The only sound that could be heard was the one of a clock.
Tick
"…"
Tock
"…"
Tick
"So Mr. Thresh…"
Tock
"Yeah?"
Tick
"What do you like?"
Tock
"Torturing the souls of the damned and reading"
Tick
"OH WOW; one of them is certainly unique, isn't it dangerous?"
"Yeah, you can get paper-cuts from time to time I hate it when that happens, especially when I'm taking my lemonade bath"
"Lemonade bath?"
"Yep"
Tock
"…"
"…"
The door opened and the first student walked in.
A small girl with blue hair, her eyes transfixed in her book.
Siesta took the first steps but was stopped by Thresh.
"I'll handle this" he said with a serious tone.
Siesta nodded and returned to her post.
Thresh walked next to the girl and cleared his throat.
"HELLO AND WELCOME MAY I TAKE YOUR ORDER!" he yelled making the quiet girl look at him in surprise.
"…"
"I guess you want the special! Excellent that is my favorite you know I will have the chefs make it in no time! Would you like some fries with that"
"…"
"Wow, you must be hungry, I shall write it down, special two large fries and some onion rings, would you like something to drink?"
"Water"
"Excellent choice, I shall bring it to you in a…"
"Wait"
"What do you want something else, I would not recommend that you'll get fat"
"No, you" she pointed at him
"Louise familiar?"
"Yes and no, I am but one of the three entities that she has summoned, the name is Thresh by the way, want a bad guy punished I'm your guy! And I sense a desire of vengeance within you… if you want it solved just call me, Tabitha"
The girl paled and looked at him in fear.
"Do you want ketchup?"
"Yes?"
Thresh wrote it down and walked away as if nothing had happened while Tabitha remained quiet in her chair.
Could he truly mean it, could he make HIM go away?
She had no time to ponder this as Kirche arrived.
"Hello Tabitha! You would not believe what the Zero did today we were in class today right and then she…"
Tabitha smiled, she may not say it but she was very grateful to have Kirche as friend, she was truly something else.
"Excuse me, have you ordered yet madam"
"Look at this Tabitha! The academy became a restaurant!"
"Today's service is different because we had some problem with our staff please forgive us"
"No is fine, I will have whatever you think is good, surprise me!"
"As you wish my lady" the maid bowed and left.
"Problem with the staff, what could they mean, is something going on around that we don't know about? We should investigate Tabitha, you and me on a grand adventure!"
"Louise's familiar"
"Oh, really now" she said as a smile formed on her face.
A devious smile.
The one that she made when she was about to bother Louise.
"Even more reason my dear Tabitha, hue hue"
Tabitha shook her head but smiled.
This should be interesting.
Both females where interrupted by Thresh who jumped on their table and screamed
"Your food is ready!"
Tabitha was presented by a burger the size of half her body and some weird potato like stuff all very greasy.
Kirche on the other hand was presented with a dead rat
"Enjoy!"
"Excuse me, I'm not one to complain about food but why is there a dead rat on my plate"
"You said surprise me, duh"
And with that he hoped to the other table.
Making the students scream in fear.
"GIVE ME YOUR ORDERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!"
"Tabitha I shall eat from your plate, I don't think you will eat all that, will you?" Kirche added with a giggle.
"Don't underestimate me" the serious girl replied as she started munching on the fries.
"I want to speak to the chef!" Louise demanded as steam shot out of her hears.
Some of her classmates giggled under their breath, besides from the weird waiter the food was of good quality that made their standards so they had remained silent.
"Miss. Vallière, the chef is in no position to answer your…" Siesta started to say but was interrupted by the pink imp
"Oh he will make time! How dare he serve me this?!" Louise said as she signaled her plate.
A cake, in the shape of a zero.
"I'm sure there was no I'll intent, beside he has no time..."
"Out my way, I will make him pay!"
Louise pushed Siesta out of the way and stormed into the kitchen.
And to her surprise Mordekaiser and Hecarim where cooking… with the help of a thousand ghouls.
"Stir the pot, stir the pot!"
"You have to flip the patties quickly, by the ruined king, I've seen Villemaw move with more speed!"
Both commanders where yelling orders at the kitchen to busy to notice her.
"Excuse me" she said at last.
"What do you mean you're out of meat?!"
"Excuse me"
"If you don't have then find some in the fridge! And if there is nothing there kill the horses!"
"MORDEKAISER DO NOT KILL THE HORSES!"
"Touches a sore spot huh Hecarim"
"Hell yeah it does, it would be like if ate my own…"
"EXCUSE ME!"
The Master of Metal and The Shadow of War turned to look at the small child.
"Why is my cake in the shape of a Zero?"
"Because it's your nickname"
"No it is NOT!"
"Yes it is everyone calls you that"
Louise fell tears well up in her eyes.
"I don't like it you're supposed to be my familiars, to help me, not shame like all my classmates, do you know how it feels to be so alone I hate…I…" the girl started to sob and fell to her knees, unable to speak.
Hecarim rolled her eyes and walked away.
"All yours Mordekaiser"
The Master of Metal, did the first thing that came to mind.
"HUEHUEHUE!"
"Stop laughing at me!"
Mordekaiser smashed his mace next to her making her gasp.
"All right then, let's be serious then, child you're only weak because you want to be"
"That is not true! You have no idea how many times I have…"
"You have been doing it wrong, you have potential but not in the way these people want you to have, you're different and you will see in time"
"Do you really think that?"
"I know it and I shall prove it to you, I can make you the more powerful being in this academy second only to me and my accomplices, we shall discuss your training later but for now"
He lowered himself to her point of view.
"Chin up and don't let anything get to you"
"That's what I've been doing all this time" Louise said at last.
"Huehue then it shouldn't be hard to keep doing it, as an apology for the cake take this" Mordekaiser yanked something from a ghoul who simply moaned a little as his arms where ripped from their place.
A new cake stood in front of Louise, this one had the number one.
Louise smiled at the thought, she paid no mind to severed arms attached to the plate.
"Thank you"
And with that she walked back to her table.
As she sat down to eat she realized something
"OH MY GOD WHAT DID THEY DO TO THE STAFF!"
A/N:
There you go I hope you enjoyed it, next chapter shall deal with the training of Louise and ZAUN! Expect appearances from Warwick and Urgot!
Anyways I appreciate your comments and advice, they help me so much!
I will see you in the next update!