From the Shadow Isles they came

Chapter 13

New looks and beginnings

Siesta raised an eyebrow as she looked at the now closed door of the barn. The last couple of weeks for her had been very… interesting, mostly because she met her new masters and ever since that faithful meeting her life had taken a different turn, a very weird turn. Because she technically now worked for her new masters she thought that she would stay with the new servants on their new fortress or as the liked to call it, "Their Lair", but they had ordered that she returned to the academy because in their words "We need you here for plot reasons" and then locked themselves in the barn they called their room.

Siesta respected her masters and thanked them for her new life, but they were a little bit… odd. Like really odd. Thresh grabbing a bird out of the sky and calling it emperor of the sands came to mind.

But she desired to express her gratitude to them nonetheless so she baked them a cake. She gently knocked on the door and waited for response, Hecarim was the one who answered the door, his blue flames making her take a step back "Yeah?"

"Morning master, I brought you some food as a way to express my gratitude since I really couldn't thank you when you saved me from the count" Siesta said as she extended the cake forward, Hecarim opened the door and motioned her to follow. Once she was inside Hecarim smashed the door shut. He grabbed the cake from her hands and placed it in a table that they had in the middle. He motioned her to sit down on a couch they had for some reason.

Siesta had learned to stop questioning them and the type of stuff they had.

"Good thing you came by sleepy, you will be the first of our servants to see the change in Lord Mordekaiser" Hecarim announced as Siesta tilted her head to the side. Thresh cackled as he appeared from behind the sofa, making her jump a little.

Siesta was about what to ask them what they meant, when the ground beneath her began to shake. Siesta gasped and looked around as all the metal around her started to quiver and the light started to dim around her. The mist covered her master's grand entrance, with a wave of his hands they all disappeared. Siesta let out a gasp as Mordekaiser now towered over her. His new helmet and armor looking more intimidating than the last one he used. But what caught her eyes the most was his mace, it looked bigger and far scarier if that as even possible.

He moved his hand towards her, his pointy fingers shinning in the dark, out of fear Siesta closed her eyes, but then she felt something brush against her nose.

"Boop" was all that Mordekaiser said and then he retracted his hand, making Siesta let out a confused whimper.

"Hehehe looks like the new look works guys! High five both of you!" Mordekaiser raised his hands, Hecarim and Thresh moved to high five him but Mordekaiser lowered his hands and bonked them on the head.

"You guys are to slow HAHAHAAHAHAHA!" Mordekaiser said as he twirled his mace around in the air and slammed it on the ground testing out the new armor. He looked at his exposed sides, flexed and smirked, call him undead Lord because he was RIPed.

Laughing at his own joke and admiring his abs a little more, he then turned to Sona "Think this will scare the kids?"

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"WAIT WHAT THE F$#%!? Sona?!" Mordekaiser said as he looked at the blue haired beauty, Sona gasped and tried to get away from him but she slipped on nothing and almost fell but before she could hit the ground Mordekaiser gently caught her, Sona stared at him in confusion not really knowing who he was.

"Well I guess this is what I get for changing looks, hopefully this helps" Mordekaiser said as he pulled out his guitar and stroke a pose. A heavy metal pose.

Sona gasped and approached him once more, placing a hand on his much bigger one. She closed her eyes and focused and soon enough Mordekaiser heard a voice inside his head. "Is that you Mordekaiser?" the angelic like voice asked him, Mordekaiser couldn't help but to smile under the helmet "Yes its really me Sona, long time no see" the master of metal said as he smiled down at her. Obviously she couldn't see the smile, but Sona knew how to read him. Sona hugged him as best as she could and smiled up at him with tears in her eyes.

"I knew you weren't dead" she said softly, Mordekaiser scratched the top of his helmet and chuckled. "Nothing can kill me, so don't you worry, what did happen is that basically… I became a weeb"

Sona tilted her head "Huh?"

"I got transported to another world but I am ok… bored out of my mind, with Hecarim and Thresh nagging at me for every single little THING!" Mordekaiser said as he felt a vein pop on his forehead (it went through the helmet somehow) "But at least I had fun with the locals, they are king of dumb"

Sona smiled "I know how you feel, I also have been dealing with annoying stuff here on my end, we're working to find a way to bring you and the others back, but Viktor requires many things to make a machine to help you out"

Mordekaiser brought a hand to his chin "Yeah that could work, speaking of complicated… where the f$#% are we?" he commented as he looked around. It looked kind of like the realm of the dead (pattern pending), but instead of souls and rocks floating around, the stars twirled beautifully around them.

"I'm having another fever dream aren't I? I shouldn't have eaten that funny looking rabbit" Mordekaiser said to no one in particular, which earned him a kick in the shin courtesy of Sona which he surprisingly felt.

"Ok, I felt that, so no dream" Mordekaiser said and then looked at Sona, who looked as confused as he was. So if this was no dream and they were both here then that meant…

"Oh no" Mordekaiser said out loud and then started searching in his pockets for something, Sona gave him a funny look as he started throwing stuff out of his pockets. A rubber duck almost hit her in the face, she grabbed it and to her amusement it had a helmet which resembled Mordekaiser's old armor.

"Found it!" Mordekaiser yelled excitedly and showed it off to her, Sona raised an eyebrow at the label the small button had, it read "Cosmic plot progression button".

"Had it on me for a long time, never used it, guess I activated it with my new armor, never have flexed on this before" and to prove his point the Iron Revenant flexed making Sona giggle.

Mordekaiser then sadly looked at button once more "This thing works randomly so I won't be able to see you again for who knows how long"

Sona looked down sadly, but she understood, this was a once in a lifetime thing and she wouldn't be able to see her friend again for a very long time.

"Mordekaiser… I promise I will find you" Sona said as she approached him and grabbed his arm, Mordekaiser chuckled and squeezed her hand gently "Not if I find you first Sona"

She smiled and then she heard a small beeping noise coming from the button. "Time's up, see you around Sona… and please tell Jarvan that I said that he can suck MY D…"

Mordekaiser opened his eyes and he was once again on the barn, he looked around and then let out a sigh. "I hope I wasn't dreaming" he said as he tried to scratch his helmet. Then something collided with his hand. It felt like a… pot.

Mordekaiser looked at his hand and noticed that he had pot tied to his finger and his other hand was holding a candle. Mordekaiser saw red and destroyed everything he was holding "YOU MOTHER$%$%$$ TURNED ME INTO FURNITURE!"

Thresh appeared holding a coffee mug and wearing a red beret. "Not just any furniture, modern furniture"

That day Thresh was promptly introduced to Mordekaiser's new mace and Hecarim got a good laugh and Siesta was slightly traumatized.

The day was fun for everyone.

Sona gasped as her eyes opened and she was once again in a boat returning back to Piltover.

The rain and thunder drowning out the sound of the waves.

She looked around and smiled as she saw her friends still asleep, Viktor on the other hand was doodling in the corner. She didn't have much love for the machine herald mostly because she thought that he was insane, but she had to admit that maybe she had judged him too hard.

Just like she had judged Mordekaiser too hard not so long ago.

Viktor crumbled a piece of paper and threw it against the wall of the ship making sure to curse in language no one got. Sona shook her head decided that she had slept long enough. She even had bizarre dream.

She accidently made something squeak in her hand and she gasped in fright. She didn't remember holding anything before she went to sleep, carefully she looked down at her hand to her immense surprise a rubber duck with the helmet of Mordekaiser rested in her hand.

Sona jumped into the air as she looked at the duck and promptly went and kicked Ahri in the ribs, waking her up.

"I SWEAR TO GOD IT WASN'T ME!" Ahri screamed in fear as she looked around only to realize what had happened. Angrily pouting at Sona, she threw her makeshift pillow at her.

"I hate you so much, I was just about to… never minds let's keep this PG, what the hell has you all worked up Sona" Ahri asked only to be met by rubber duck.

"Hehe cute, do you have one of Thresh?" she asked as she held the thing on her hand looking at it curiously, Sona quickly grabbed it back and started to explain the situation. Ahri let out a confused noise once she finished and scratched the back of her head "That sounds ridiculous Sona not gonna lie to ya, but it's you so that means that it might be true" Ahri said and then looked at Viktor and Blitzcrank, she smiled at Sona.

"Luckily for us there is an easy way to figure this stuff out" said the fox girl as she made her way towards Miss. Fortune who slept peacefully, unlike Sona Ahri took a different approach to wake up her friend, she gently flicked her nose and waited.

Sara kept sleeping.

Ahri frowned and shook her lightly, when that didn't work she tried to talk to her but her only response was a snore. The fox lady let out a sigh, stood up rolled her sleeves back.

She then proceeded to do an elbow drop on the sleeping pirate, who quickly yelled out in pain and gasped for air. "What…the FU#$... is your problem" she said in between gasps of air.

"We found new evidence! A clue that will help us finish this quest sooner!" Ahri loudly proclaimed waking up a sleeping Leona. Miss. Fortune grumpily stood up and grabbed the fox girl by the collar.

"You better have because I am THIS CLOSE to grabbing my guns, shoving them where the sun doesn't shine and pull the trigger" Sara said as she glared daggers at the fix girl. Ahri let out a soft "eep" and gestured to Sona.

The silent lady complied and brought over the rubber duck.

Sara blinked and grabbed her gun "Hope you're wearing bullet proof underwear lady because you just pissed me off" Sara said as she looked murderous. Ahri gasped and tried to get away "WAIT! Please stop! I don't even wear underwear!"

After Sona explained the situation, she let go of the fox lady and let out a big sigh, she paced around the room for a bit before she looked at Viktor and his robot son.

"And how the hell do I approach this conversation, do I just walk up and go 'Hey Viktor my mute friend went to another dimension and returned with this ugly piece of $% can you please scan it to see from where in the multiverse it came from, thanks!', or do you people have any other bright idea?"

Ahri who was still terrified quickly shook her head "No, that sounds good"

Sara let out a sigh grabbed the duck and went to Viktor who was scribbling absentmindedly "Too big, too wide, too Jayce" Sara heard as she approached him, she gently tapped him on the shoulder bringing him out of his musings.

"Hello Sara" he said as calmly as he could.

"Father your heart rate has gone up I suggest you take your medications" Blitzcrank said, making Viktor glare at him and go red in the face.

"Son, please go count the waves and return only when there is land on sight" he said, Blitzcrank quickly nodded and went on his merry way. Sara looked at him with a cocky smile and Viktor only blushed deeper. "You scared me" was his lame excuse.

"Sure I did" Sara told him with a smile, making Viktor groan "Is my embarrassment the only thing you seek or can I help you with something… not that there's anything wrong with just wanting to talk… I mean is not like I wanted it…" Viktor groaned, grabbed his mask, placed it on his face and sat down on his chair.

"Please end my suffering" was all he said making Sara laugh, she grabbed another chair and sat in front of him, with one hand she grabbed his mask and removed "Now did we talk about back in Zaun, no more mask and I actually wanted to ask you something that has to do with… science… I guess"

Viktor immediately perched up "I am all ears my dear" he quickly removed his mask and gave Sara a wide smile that made her weak on the knees. She thanked the gods that she was sitting because she didn't know how she would tell him that what she was about to tell him was nothing more than pure nonsense without trembling like a little girl.

"You see… ehrm… Viktor, my mute friend went to another dimension and returned with this ugly piece of $% can you please scan it to see from where in the multiverse it came from, thanks!" Sara said as she shakily extended her arm towards him.

Viktor looked serious which made her trembling even worse but to her surprise Viktor quickly grabbed it from her hand and connected it to a machine he had brought with him, motioning her to help him, Viktor jumped around the table as he pulled wires and machinery from apparently out of nowhere.

"Normally this would require a lot of energy but luckily we are currently in the middle of a thunderstorm and when there is thunder there is lightning" he commented as he activated a machine that launched a metal pole into the air, lighting hit the machine reputedly illuminating the once semi dark room.

Viktor grabbed a massive cable and jammed it into a scanner like machine, Sara watched in awe as everything around them was illuminated by a blue light and Viktor activated the machine. He gently placed the rubber duck under the radar.

"I need you to push this thing down for me" he said as he placed a large red button in front of her, Sara nodded and waited for a signal. Viktor nodded and the machine started to begin its work. Sara was surprised by how much the button was fighting with her and it required almost all of her strength to keep it in place.

Viktor noticed this and lend her a hand, he placed both oh his hands on the button with her and used his third arm to operate the machine after what felt like an eternity the machine finished. They both let out a loud sigh and relaxed for a bit.

"Thanks Viktor" Sara said as Viktor nodded and jumped into the machine once more, he looked at the readings and shook his head in surprise.

"Impossible" he said out loud making Sara look at him in concern, he paced aroud the room for a bit before she stopped him "What happened?"

"My machine captured the information it even gave me numbers and everything but… my machine is not strong enough to translate it into coordinates" he said as he visibly looked concerned.

Sara let out a sigh "So there is no way to read it huh?"

Viktor flinched and Sara raised an eyebrow at him "What?"

"There is someone who has a machine strong enough to read this, but I doubt that he would help" Viktor said as he ran a hand through his hair, Sara noticed how the others started to get close to them.

"Who is it Viktor?" Leona asked innocently, Viktor stroke a supervillain pose and said "Jayce, the defender of tomorrow"

Ahri rolled her eyes "We have already asked help from him before it's not like we cannot ask him again" the fox lady said making everyone nod. Viktor shrugged "Sure, you can try let see what he says, but I bet he will say no"

"I will not help you" Jayce said as he looked at the machine in front of him in disgust. Ahri felt her jaw drop and Sara looked like she wanted to blow his face off.

Leona the more sensible of the group stepped forward "May I ask why Mr. Jayce, it's not like Viktor is here" and it was true Viktor had decided to stay on the outskirts of Jayce's lab and refused to go inside with them saying that it would only complicate things or worse turn them violent.

"Simple, I despise Viktor from the bottom of my heart my entire body cringes in disgust at every mention of the demented machine herald, a man so far gone that there is no humanity left on him, behind that mask there is nothing more than cold metal and hate for humankind"

"Oh come the #$%$ on!" Sara said shaking her head. Jayce let out a sigh "I know it sounds like I am just being dramatic my dear lady but I know that fiend better than everyone and he deserves every single piece of hate he gets, it would have been better for him to never be born!" Jayce proclaimed.

Ahri turned to look at Sara, she looked like she had flames in her eyes "Oh poop" was all the fox lady said before Sara slammed down her hands on Jayce's desk.

"Look here asshole, I don't care who do you think you are but that does not give you the right to talk about him like that, behind the mask there is a damaged man, who closed himself off because jerks like you kept making him eat $#%$ everyday, so get of your high horse and help us!"

Jayce blinked and then glared at her "You are talking like you know him"

"So what if I do" she barked back, Jayce reached for his hammer, Ahri groaned and placed both hands on her face "I could be drinking a nice cappuccino and signing K-DA posters but noooooo, I wanted an adventure"

Jayce illuminated the room with a move from his hammer "Then you are as vile and evil as he is, prepare for judgement you bi…"

"HOLD IT! Leave the girl alone" Viktor screamed as he opened the doors of the laboratory making everyone's attention turn to him. Jayce immediately forgot about Sara and went to face him, they glared at one another for a solid minute before Jayce lowered his hammer.

"I see that your sense of fashion is as atrocious as ever and look at your, pathetic is that a third arm, are you compensating for something"

"Says the one that build a giant hammer and called his 'toy', maybe you are the one that feels self-conscious about your tool downstairs" Viktor replied in kind, making Leona and Ahri let out a loud "OHHHH". Jayce glared at Viktor before he felt a smirk come back to his face.

"You can talk thrash all you want Viktor, but I am not the one that sealed away his face from the world, I bet you haven't taken that thing off ever since I bet you to a pulp and quick reminder" he smashed his hammer into the ground "there is a sequel in the making"

Viktor snorted and carefully removed his mask, glaring t Jayce with his own eyes "I don't fear you"

"My oh my, look at you, so that's the reason why no girl in Piltover turned their heads to look at you, you were always bellow me Viktor"

"Well… my machines are better than yours" Viktor proclaimed which earned him a hammer to the face that shattered his nose. Jayce didn't stop and punched him in the face a couple of times.

"TAKE IT BACK!" Jayce said as he cried, making Viktor give him a blood covered smirk. Jayce punched him even harder and everyone cringed at the sound of Viktor slamming into a wall.

"If your machine is so good… then why don't you run the information that they gave you? What are you… scared?"

Viktor got punched in the gut, Jayce was now livid "How dare YOU! My machine can run any type of information"

"No it doesn't" Viktor said before Jayce used an RKO on him, Jayce quickly recuperated and went to his machine he grabbed the information and punched in the numbers. After a few tense seconds silence governed the room, no one dared to move. Except for Viktor who was on the ground rolling in pain saying "I can taste purple!"

Jayce's machine finished doing its thing and it quickly printed out the information, he didn't waste any time and went to Viktor "SEE! I told you my machine was better!"

Viktor flipped him off and decided that he wanted to get out of here as soon as possible "I bet you can't throw me out of the window"

"YOU BET YOU'RE A$$ I CAN!" Jayce said as he grabbed Viktor by the throat and shattered the window with him, Jayce didn't notice that Viktor had stolen the information as soon as Jayce grabbed. He cursed him all the way down but to his immense relief his fall was cushioned by roses.

That relief turned into agonizing pain when the thorns made themselves known. Sara and the others had long vacated the place and went to pick his broken and bloody body from Jayce's garden.

Leona quickly removed him from the garden and they went to the car they had rented, Sara placed a hand on his cheek and frowned at him "You are an idiot"

Viktor smiled at her and held the piece of paper "An idiot with information and that is all that matters" Viktor said but before he could make a comment about how he had thorn on his neck, Sara wrapped her arms around him surprising everyone.

"Don't you dare do that again" she said her voice shaking slightly, even though his wounds didn't want him to do it Viktor managed to hug her back. "I won't do it again, I promise"

While Sona, Ahri and Leona cooed at the scene Jayce made a phone call.

"Caitlyn, Viktor is on Piltover and he is on the run I repeat Viktor is on the run! You and Vi need to pursuit him ASAP"

Mordekaiser and the others sat with Louise on a table as they discussed what they should do about the events that where to come, while Louise insisted that they needed to practice for the familiar festival (that still was some time away) and prioritize her training. The Shadow Isles monsters wanted nothing to do with the familiar festival until it was very close and they said this to her in a very composed and eloquent manner.

"No, eat %$#% you pink %$&%&"

"WHAT?! Familiars! You need to treat me with the outmost respect! How dare you badmouth me in front of this…" she gestured at Siesta with disgust "thing?"

"Hhahahaha he called you thing Siesta" Thresh said as he giggled at her, Siesta nodded a little angry at the comment but she would let it slide… for now.

"Yes, I heard Lord Thresh"

Mordekaiser let out sigh enjoying the wat his new vocal cords reacted "Pinky, we are not discussing this again, your decision while valuable is not finale and we will not be discussing this again, you will continue training the dark arts with us but the familiar festival still has a long way to go, so in other words buzz off"

"Yeah" Hecarim said, while he flipped her off from bellow the table. Louise grabbed her whipping rod and slammed it on the table "That familiar festival will be watched by high ranking officials of the kingdom, we need to do a spectacle to their liking"

"Trust us, we will, but not now" Mordekaiser said as his eyes glowed of fiercer shade of green, thresh quickly followed in glaring at her and so did Hecarim, their eerie undead aura made her drop her head.

"Fine, but you better put your all into it when the time comes" she said defeated. Mordekaiser leaned back oh his massive metal chair and let out a sigh.

"Yay, glad that this conversation is over, so what will ruin my day I wonder"

KNOCK KNOCK

"F%$& me" was all that Mordekaiser said as the door of the barn was loudly knocked on.

"Hurry up Valliére I know you are in there!" a familiar voice said from the outside, Louise saw red.

"Kirche" said Louise as she basically spat out the name, she ran to the barn door and opened it angrily.

"What do you want Kirche?" she asked angrily but Kirche brushed her aside and entered the barn. "Good lord, have some manner Zero it's raining outside and you just let me get all wet" she said and to prove her point she pressed both of her arms together making Louise look at her chest in envy.

"Boobies!" cried out Thresh in joy only to be smacked in the face by Mordekaiser.

"And is not just you who I want to talk about, I need to talk to them as well" Kirche said as she pointed at her familiars, who were now trying to figure out how to remove Thresh from the wall.

"Why do you need them for?!" Louise said surprised beyond belief that someone wanted the help from her familiars. Kirche looked to the ground in sadness "My country, Germania, is under attack I need them to help me"

"Oh bohoho, cry me river Kirche" Louise said "Your barbaric country is in conflict, big deal like that didn't happen almost every day"

Kirche slammed her fist against the wall next to Louise "Is nothing like that! We are under attack by an undead army, they are eating my people! The lord of the dead has come for us!"

Louise gasped and looked down in shame "I'm sorry I didn't…"

"I'm sorry but could you repeat that please" Mordekaiser said out of the blue making both girls turn to look at him.

"Because to me it sound like you said lord of the dead, I mean I just changed title sure, but to think that some %$ decided to call himself that in MY REWORK HYPE! It's just simply unacceptable! Where is Germania? Where is this Lord of the Dead? I will show him why all bow to Mordekaiser!" The iron Revenant proclaimed as metal started to twirl around him.

Thresh and Hecarim joined their master's side and glared down at Kirche looking like the most terrifying creatures she had ever seen. But a smile came to her face "I know the way, would you follow me oh great warriors into combat against the dead?"

Thresh cackled "You didn't need to ask"

A/N:

Hello I hope you like this chapter, I wanted to put this story on hold until the new rework of my main man Mordekaiser came out and now that is here is back to writing for this story. Thank you for reading!