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BOOM! Viktor opened his eyes. He was looking at a white roof. His head felt like it exploded and was burning. He rubbed his temples. He stood up and walked toward a room what seemed to him as the bathroom. He looked in the mirror. His heart skipped a beat, and after a while he was still shocked. He couldn't move his eyes off the mirror. What the hell? Viktor looked closer. Impossible. He could see himself in the mirror, but it wasn't what he was used too. He wasn't in his robotic form, no he was human again. He looked at his arms. All flesh. How can everything have become squishy meat? His body started to feel cold, it was fear, no dread. He wasn't used to this emotion anymore. What did it mean? He had forgotten it. Shit! What now? He rammed through the door. He wasn't wearing anything but a boxer. He looked around him. The room did not seem familiar to him. He decided to peek out the door so he walked toward the door and opened it slightly so he could look outside. He didn't see anyone so he decided to exit the room. He was in a corridor. It was pretty old it seemed, and there were bottles of green and purple liquid everywhere. It was very messy here. It looked like this place was even dirtier than his old apartment! The one who was living here really needed to clean this place up! He looked out the window. He saw factories everywhere, and the sky was green. So he was still in Zaun. He started to think. How could his mechanical parts have been removed? That would have been impossible without killing him. That means it had been, regenerated? So his body was sent back in time before he had transformed himself? Probably. But who did this? He could only think of one doctor that was able to do something like this. Mundo.. What have you done! Viktor heard footsteps outside the door. He then realized he was practically half naked, so he decided to hide himself in the room next to the room where he waked up. Then he would hide and continue exploring. With utmost efficiency! Viktor quickly opened the door and vanished inside. Then the door opened in the corridor. Viktor looked at the room. It had guns lying on the table, and there were drawings of sharks everywhere on the walls. Viktor sighed. He didn't had to think twice who was living here. He heard light footsteps. If this building belonged to Mundo, those footsteps were definitely not his. Shit. He was in Jinx' room, and the footsteps belonged to Jinx. It would be just a matter of time before she would find him. He faced the door and grabbed something from the table and used it to cover his boxer. Embrace embarrassment! And with that the door opened.

''Vik? Is that you?'' Jinx looked at Viktor, frozen in place. Viktor wasn't able to move either. He then realized Jinx was looking at his boxer. He looked at it too. He then saw he was using Jinx's panty to cover up his own. You are kidding me! Viktor looked at Jinx again and then closed his eyes. His face was starting to heat up. ''It isn't what you think it is,'' said Viktor embarrassed. Instead of what Viktor thought she was going to do, Jinx hugged him tightly. ''I am so sorry,'' said Jinx. Viktor then remembered. He was shot by Jinx and then lost consciousness. ''So that's what happened,'' said Viktor. He opened his eyes again and looked at Jinx. Their eyes met each other.

''It's okay.''

''Really?''

''I remember now.''

''So you didn't forget it after all.''

''Of course I didn't.'' Viktor looked closer at Jinx. Now that he thought of it, she actually looked awfully similar to the Jinx he had met at the secret lab. ''I apologize for that. I am sorry I wasn't able to save you.'' Jinx released Viktor. ''Forget it. It's okay. But why are you in your, eh, uh, human form again?'' she said in the cute voice she normally had when she talked. ''Mundo must have regenerated my body, so it's back in my body before I transformed.'' Jinx then realized Viktor was half naked. She started to blush. ''I think you should change.''

Viktor walked out of the room and met Jinx in the corridor waiting for him. ''Are you sure this is okay?'' asked Viktor while looking at himself. He was wearing one of Mundo's lab coats. This one wasn't broken. Jinx started to giggle. ''You look perfectly fine! Don't worry!'' said Jinx while signalling Viktor to follow him. They walked out of the corridor and walked off the staircase. ''So, how long have I been out?'' Asked Viktor. ''Hmm, for about, uh, 2 weeks. I decided to stay here in case you would wake up,'' said Jinx. They opened the door and were in the lab. Mundo and Singed were busy with some bottles containing purple and green liquid. Jinx was about to say something until Viktor stopped her. He knocked on the wall. Singed and Mundo didn't move an inch. ''Ah, yes, please put the box on the ground. Oh, and be careful, it is full of bottles if I remember correctly,'' said Singed. Singed looked at Mundo. ''Did we order anything?'' whispered Singed. Viktor started to grin. It had been ages since he had laughed or grinned again. For a moment he just didn't understand why he had sealed this emotion. It felt pretty good. ''No sir, this box is containing some ColdKillerXXX.'' Singed froze. How could anybody knew his secret? He thought he had the prefect body that couldn't be infected, but he did catch a cold, so to 'kill' it he used ColdKillerXXX. ''How did you..'' said Singed while he slowly turned around and Mundo following him. Jinx started to grin. Viktor laughed. Singed was shocked when he saw Viktor. ''Viktor?'' Singed ran toward Viktor. So it was Viktor! Singed hugged Viktor and Viktor hugged him back. ''It has been too long since I have seen the real you, my friend,'' said Singed. Viktor nodded. ''Indeed it has.''

After a while talking with everybody, something troubled Viktor. Something didn't feel right. Jinx seemed to notice this. ''What's up?'' asked Jinx.

''Something doesn't seem right.''

''What?''

''I.. Oh! What about my 'acolytes'?'' Everyone in the room except Mundo started to freeze. ''Maybe we should check on them?'' asked Singed. ''Yeah, looks good to me,'' said Viktor. ''Let's start packing then.'' With that, everyone left the room except Mundo. ''Mundo feels as an outsider!''

Later everyone was standing outside Mundo's lab. ''Thanks Mundo, for everything,'' said Viktor while he shook Mundo's big purple hand. ''Mundo doesn't think it was any problem at all! You are welcome!'' And with that, the trio left Mundo. They were walking toward Viktor's lab. When they were at its doorstep, there were trails of red liquid. ''Blood…'' said Singed while he crouched to examine it. ''How?'' asked Viktor. Jinx opened the door. ''Uh, guys, I think you want to see this,'' said Jinx while she looked frozen. Viktor and Singed too walked inside. ''What is-'' Viktor was cut off when he looked inside. The place was full of blood and ashes which probably belonged to the acolytes. ''Oh dear,'' said Singed. Viktor didn't froze in place, probably because he had expected this to happen sooner or later. Viktor walked toward the nearest piles of ashes and crouched in front of it. He put some ashes on his finger. ''Hextech technology..'' Viktor stood up and looked at the other piles of ashes. ''They were all murdered by a hextech weapon. It was Stanwick, it must have been!'' Singed walked to the pile of ashes near Viktor. ''I know you are angry with him, but you shouldn't blame him for everything!''

''No, the weapon that killed them was created by me. And I gave it to him.''

Singed froze in shock. ''So, he didn't just ruin your life, but also takes lives?''

''So it seems,'' said Viktor and he stood up. ''We should tell the police then!'' Viktor shook his head. ''Stanwick is a smart man. He must have told the police that all 3 of us are criminals so they won't believe us when we tell them this. Hell, he probably told them we did this!'' Singed's face widened in terror. Jinx' her face, however, was full of excitement. ''Are we going to have revenge on Stanwick?'' Jinx jumped in the air of excitement. ''I wouldn't exactly call it that, but we will have Stanwick face justice for everything he has done.'' And with that, Viktor vanished in a room.

Viktor came out in his Prototype outfit. ''I have put on my prototype gear. I can take these off when I want, it has the same potentials as my former suit did, but I still have emotions with this one.'' Viktor grabbed his wand from the ground and aimed his third arm. ''Let's see if I can still use this.'' Viktor shot a laser beam and left a trail through the ground. ''Good. How do I look?'' Singed walked closer to Viktor. ''Say, could you give me a weapon? Maybe a shield?'' Viktor laughed. ''Of course my friend, what about 'Empowered Bulwark'? Singed grinned. ''Hey! And what about me?'' Jinx was becoming inpatient. ''I have an idea, I will give you a gigantic rocket that will accelerate the longer it is the air, which will make it fly significant long distances!''

''Yeah! The super mega death rocket!'' Singed and Viktor grin. But the laughing ceased as there was a loud bang on the door. ''Zaun police enforcement here! We got a hint that there was a mass murder here! Please open the door!'' They all shocked in place. What now? Viktor signalled that Singed should open the door, since he was unknown to the public, since Singed was probably just reported as a criminal. Singed opened the door. Chh-Chunk. KABOOM!Singed was blown a few meters away and fell on the ground. ''End of the line, partners.'' Malcolm Graves came in sight. ''What are you doing here?'' asked Viktor. ''Can you believe it? Stanwick would tell me Twisted Fate's whereabouts if I killed you and your friends.''

''You are really going to kill me, the Machine Herald?''

''Think I'm bluffin?'' Graves aimed his gun at Viktor. ''Don't move your third arm. I won't fall for it, and since I got nothing against you I will give you a swift death, and the same goes for your friend.'' Chh-Chunk. He wasn't going to die here. Not now. But what could he do? Viktor closed his eyes. Did he do enough in his life? Or was it a complete waste? KABOOM! He heard the gunshot, but he wasn't feeling any pain. He opened his eyes. Jinx was also fine. He then looked at the ground. Singed was strangling Graves in the air with 1 arm. That means he had used his 'Insanity Potion'. ''You puny mortal! You really think you can defeat me? The king of Zaun? My skin has been hardened that it can stop a gunshot!'' Graves didn't say anything in return. He started to kick Singed in his stomach, but it didn't have any effect. Viktor stood next to Singed now. He putted his hand on his shoulder. ''It's okay, Singed. We can use him for information.'' Singed didn't seem to hear what he said but then released Graves. Viktor kicked Graves gun away. Graves fell on the ground and started to cough loudly. ''Where is Stanwick?'' asked Viktor loudly.

''Easy, partner.''

''Just tell me and you will be free in no time.''

''You think I am going to betray him?''

''That depends.''

''The answer is no. I have been betrayed once too, and I am not going to let it happen to anyone else..'' Graves quickly moved his right hand and grabbed a revolver and aimed it at Viktor's head. ''If that psycho friend of yours even moves a twitch, you are dead.'' They all froze. Damn it! He is smarter than he looks! ''You thought I was stupid? Well, at least I am not that stupid.'' Graves grinned which made Viktor angrier. He had to buy time, well if his original plan was going to work. He knew this would happen. Viktor activated his glasses with a certain move with his eyes. He saw the red dot moving rapidly in the sewers toward his lab. ''So, you really are going to shoot me even when Singed will kill you?''

''I am faster with a gun than you think. I got him dead before he can even react. His skin may be hardened, but a bullet in your eye? That will kill everyone.''

''You sure?''

''Try me.'' Graves removed the gun safety. Please come quickly! Viktor then saw the opening to the sewers in his lab opening. ''You smell that foul smell?'' asked Graves. ''Yes. And he is the one that's going to prevent you from shooting.'' Graves raised an eyebrow but then a crossbow bolt hit his back. He cursed and fell on his stomach. ''Did someone say Twitch?'' A human like rat came in sight. ''Twitch. You surely took your time.''

''Aw, come on Viktor! I had to come all the way down from the sewers! I even dropped my favourite cheese!'' He moved his fingers like he wanted something. Viktor sighed. He grabbed a bolt out of his prototype suit and threw it over to Twitch. ''It's an highly advanced explosive bolt, don't try anything stupid with it.'' Twitch, however, didn't seem to care and climbed in the sewers again and waved with his hands. And he then disappeared into the sewers. Viktor then focused on Graves again. Viktor crouched so Graves could see him better. ''Tell me where Stanwick is.'' Graves laughed. ''You really think I am going to-'' Graves was interrupted when Singed kicked Graves. ''Really? Even my grandmother kicked harder!'' Singed got angry and was going to kick again when Viktor stopped him. ''Do you have any ideas, Jinx?'' Jinx started to grin. ''Yes, Yes I have! Just leave the room for 10 minutes and he will be talking!'' Viktor gave a doubtful look. He had a bad feeling about this. Singed then patted on his shoulder. ''Jinx isn't a little girl anymore, Viktor. Let her.'' Singed walked out of the door and Viktor followed him. He stopped just in front of the door and looked at them. Jinx was grabbing something from the drawers. ''Just don't kill him!'' And Viktor got out of the room.

Viktor was getting worried. What if Graves got Jinx? Even if one of them screamed, they wouldn't hear it because the door between them was soundproof. ''How long?'' asked Viktor. Singed grabbed a pocket watch. ''5 seconds.'' Viktor walked toward the door and opened it. He entered the room and froze in place. His eyes couldn't go off Graves. Graves was lying on the floor with Jinx sitting on his back. Graves had pink drawings all over him and had fire chompers biting all his fingers and his nose. Jinx was shooting him with the taser too. Jinx had a wild smile on her face while Graves was biting his lips to not scream in pain. But when he realized Viktor and Singed were in the room he started screaming. ''GET THIS PSYCHO OFF ME!'' Viktor was surprised Graves surrendered to Jinx. ''Uh, Jinx I think that's enough,'' said Viktor while he walked toward Graves. ''Aww. Can I please continue?''

''No, that's enough.''

''Fine.'' Jinx got off Graves and Viktor approached him. ''So you finally want to talk?'' Graves nodded to the fire chompers. ''Get those off first.'' His voice was full of pain. Viktor and Singed took the chompers off his fingers and nose. ''That's better.'' Graves lit a cigar. ''The last time I saw him he was in the college.'' Viktor nodded to Singed and Jinx. He was going to get Stanwick. ''Singed, if you could lead Graves out of the lab I will get the Bulwark and the rocket ready.'' Singed nodded. And Viktor started to look in a big iron trunk.

After a little while Viktor got a red shield with spikes on it. ''This is for you, Singed. It's mana powered, so it should be good. Viktor then got a big rocket out of the trunk. ''This is yours, Jinx. It's pretty light for its size. He handed it over to Jinx. Now, if you push this button here, the rocket will get much smaller so it will be like a normal one, but if you shoot it, it will get bigger immediately, so you can still use 'Fishbones' to fire it. Jinx jumped from excitement. ''Cool! Can't wait to test it out!'' Jinx ran out of the lab. ''Hey! Wait up!'' shouted Viktor and Singed as they followed her.

Since they were wanted by the police they had to walk through shadowy places. When they finally arrived, the college was already dark. They entered the college. Strangely, the door wasn't locked. Stanwick was expecting them. Viktor signalled them to stop. He threw a coin on the floor. Nothing happened. Viktor then walked toward the coin and the others followed him, but then the floor opened. They fell. Viktor's eyes widened in fear. His heart started to skip a few beats. His body was feeling colder and colder. He closed his eyes. Was he going to die? The wind was flying past him and he fell faster every second. Before he could think further they stopped falling in a second. They were standing a few feet away from the ground. ''What the..?'' started Singed. Viktor knew this technology too well. ''Gravity field. He also stole it. That filthy mother-'' He was cut off by Stanwick's laugh. They entered a very big room. It was all white and there was a balcony. Stanwick was standing on the balcony. ''Well, well, well, if it isn't Viktor and company.'' The trio readied their weapons. ''What do you want, Stanwick?'' hissed Viktor. ''What do I want? No, it's rather, what do you want. You are in my place now. So I guess you came here for a reason?'' Viktor's anger started to boil in him. ''You know damn well why we are here!''

''Oh, yes I do! You came here to fight me, didn't you? Well, I need to see if you are worthy or not, so fight this first!'' Stanwick's hand moved to a board with buttons on it. He pushed a big red button. 'Battlecast' was written on the button. The door behind the trio closed and the doors on their left and right opened. Battlecast Cho'gath and battlecast Skarner came out of the doors. Then the doors closed again. Stanwick started to laugh madly. ''Fun fact, Viktor. I found those blueprints you made when you were bored in class! To my surprise, they actually worked!'' Viktor started to get really angry. ''Those battlecast creatures are the best thing I have seen before, made possible by science!''

''You fool! Do you even know what real science is?''

''Yes I do! Science is a thing we do in order to advance ourselves and get stronger!''

''No! You are wrong! Science is liberation! You are doing it all wrong!''

''Try me and my robots.'' Stanwick grabbed a microphone and started talking. ''Battlecasters, kill them.'' The battlecasters started to glow more red. Damn it! Cho'gath jumped on them but then got grabbed and was thrown into a wall. They were all surprised when they saw him. Blitzcrank. ''Blitzcrank! What are you doing?'' shouted Viktor. Blitzcrank looked at Viktor. ''Aiding my father.'' Blitzcrank's hand started to glow blue. Viktor was stunned for a few seconds. ''Come on! Singed and Blitz, attack Skarner! Me and Jinx will take on Cho'gath! They all nodded and ran toward their target. Skarner and Blitz got in a fist fight and Singed started to run circles around Skarner in order to destroy its engines with his poison. Viktor shot a laser beam at Cho'gath's leg so he slowed him down. Jinx shot a rocket in Cho'gath's face, making him even more angrier. He shouted a loud shout and Jinx and Viktor were forced to back off. Cho'gath tried to stomp Jinx but was stopped by Viktor's gravity field. Jinx quickly stood up and threw a few fire chompers to snare it. Cho'gath stomped on the chomper and got snared. Viktor quickly ran toward the back of the beast and jumped on his back. Cho'gath tried to swing Viktor off, but was shot again by Jinx. ''Whatever you are doing, hurry up!'' Viktor got by Cho'gath's neck. He zapped the screw out of the plate covering his neck so he could access the engine. He knew it was there because he designed it. He looked for a red wire. Red wire, red wire! Come on! Cho'gath grabbed Jinx by her feet and was opening his mouth. ''Vik! Hurry up! I am getting eaten!'' shouted Jinx in terror. Shit! He has painted the red wire in a another colour! I only get one chance to cut a wire. If I cut the wrong one this thing will explode and everyone in the building will die! Viktor started to look for a wire like a madman. He didn't have much time now, just a few seconds and Jinx would be eaten! He readied his scissors. He decided to cut the blue wire. No, blue wouldn't be the one. Maybe the green one? Green is the opposite of red. Would he really have painted it green? Viktor saw Cho'gath loosening his grip on Jinx. ''For science!'' shouted Viktor as he was going to cut the green wire, but accidentally cut the purple one. ''SHIT!'' Viktor closed his eyes. But instead of exploding Cho'gath froze in place. Nothing moved. He opened his eyes. It seemed he had cut the right wire after all. He jumped on the ground and stood under Jinx. He opened his arms. ''You can jump!''

''I am scared!''

''I will catch you!'' Jinx closed her eyes and threw herself off Cho'gath's grip and fell on Viktor's arms. ''That wasn't so hard was it?'' They then focused on Skarner. They were still in a fight. He saw Stanwick fleeing the scene. ''Jinx, go help Singed an Blitz. I will follow Stanwick. Viktor started to run but got grabbed by Jinx. ''Be careful.''

''I will.'' Viktor ran toward the door under the balcony. He used his wand to crack the lock and ran inside. The corridor was pitch black. He couldn't see much. He activated his night vision. He walked down the corridor. There was a metal door in the end of the corridor. NO ACCESS was written on it. It only made Viktor wanting to enter the room even more. The room required a 4 number digit code. Luckily, he was prepared for this. He started hacking mode. USB cabled flew off Viktor's suit. 10 of them in total, and every single one of them touched a different button. His suit started to try all possible combinations. In just a few seconds the password was cracked. The door opened. The USB cables retreated into the suit. Viktor turned his night vision off. The room was very bright if you compared it to the corridor. He entered the room. No Stanwick to be seen. There was a big screen on one side of the room. Viktor approached the screen and looked at it. The screen was green, and there were numbers all over the screen. Then his eyes widened in disbelief. ''It can't be..'' He then heard a strange sound and turned around to see a purple portal. Stanwick and another person came out of the portal. He could see Stanwick but couldn't clearly see the other one. ''Oh, but it indeed is possible!''

''You have been working together.''

''Yes. We will start a new era!''

''And how? By destroying humanity?''

''Listen, sooner or later humanity will extinct itself in a war. It's better if we do it now So we will still have some survivors that can rebuild the world. And don't forget the technology we can get from them!''

''You are mad!'' Viktor was cut off when he was blasted into a wall with purple magic. Void Magic. ''Was removing the barrier between Valoran and the Void really worth it?''

''It indeed took me a long time to figure it out, but I succeeded!''

''So, where there any obstacles?''

''Well, yes, there was this troubling dark yordle mage, he was and is still trying to seal the gate. Well, not that I blame him for his bravery, but he will never succeed. What was his name again?'' The other person who was floating in purple clothes looked at Viktor. ''Veigar.'' Viktor's jaw dropped. Not because he realized this person was Malzahar, but because Veigar was doing a good thing. If he really intended to help Valoran, he had to help him. Malzahar was readying a spell to kill Viktor but Stanwick stopped him. ''No. Let him suffer. Let him see his beloved humanity perish in ashes.''

''Very well.'' Then the two vanished into the portal. Viktor tried to stand up and he succeeded. Singed and Jinx then bursted into the room. ''Vik! Are you alright?'' Viktor pointed toward the monitor. ''Stanwick is working with the Void. It will only be a matter of time before Valoran will be invaded by the Void.'' Singed and Jinx both were shocked. ''It seems we have to work together with a dark mage. I always disliked magic, but it seems we have no choice.'' The two of them were left speechless as Viktor approached the screen. ''I will have to see him as soon as possible.''

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

I apologise for being lazy. It has taken me a pretty long time to write this chapter so I made it a bit longer than usual. Yeah, plot twist. Stanwick is working with the void! The story was way complexer than you thought, eh? I like complicated. So I am back from vacation, so I have more time to write and I now have wi fi, unlike I did there so the production rate should be higher now. Have a Jinxed day!