League of Losers – Chapter 6 Part B: Finest Hour

Now that everyone was in the Palace, Ziggs was waiting for Zilean to appear so that he could set off the explosives. In the meanwhile, he was just trying to get away from Jinx. He noticed Mordekaiser at the front entrance, and was being dragged inside by Ahri.

"I told you to not waste my time, Nine-tailed Fox! I could be crushing fools right now if I wasn't at this stupid ceremony."

"Come on now, Mordekaiser. I haven't been out dancing in years, and tonight is a very special night."

Ziggs scratched his head. 'The heck does she mean by special night? There better not be anything I didn't prepare for before I came here.'

Blitz was set stationary right by the entrance to see who was entering at what time. He had to message Ziggs because he couldn't move.

'Don, it appears the entire Loser gang is here.'

'That'll do Blitz, that'll do. They were all worthless to begin with, and now we can take them all out at once!'

'Also, the blade girl is coming after you.'

'WHAT?!'

"PUT YOUR HANDS UP, YOU CHEATING FRAUD!" Ziggs couldn't even respond before he was being held up by Irelia, who summoned her blades before she even saw Ziggs. She commanded them to attack, but they were blown straight out of the air by Jinx.

"Stay away from my Ziggs, bitch."

Irelia scoffed. "So, there are more of you."

Zilean put his hand on Irelia. "That's enough, young one. They are no threat to the Institute of War, and right now you are only disturbing the peace."

"SIR!"

"That's Zilean to you, Irelia. Please follow my orders next time, or we might cause our guests some trouble."

Irelia, still angered, wandered off.

'I will be back, you traitor.'

Ziggs went back with Jinx to the main area where everyone was dancing. Darius was in the middle with Katarina, and they were on the spotlight. Ziggs wanted Kat to distract the people long enough so that they don't notice him and his henchmen making sure all the explosives are set in the right place.

"Ziggs, you have to dance with me! I loooove this song!"

"Jinx, I'm starting to think you love everything.."

"Come on, just one!"

Ziggs sighed. "Fine. Let's get this over wi-"

"YAY!" Jinx swooped up Ziggs into her arms as they went into the dancing ring. Ziggs was just waiting for the time to come. He looked over his shoulder to see Mordekaiser carrying Ahri on his shoulder while Ahri didn't look too good.

"Lemme goooo…I want to dance! Guhhh…"

"You're drunk, Ahri."

"I dance better tipsyyy….whadda u know?"

Mordekaiser facepalmed. "The things I do to get crowned champion of the year!"

Ziggs was confused. 'What did he say?'

Ziggs pinged Blitzcrank furiously.

'BLITZ! WHAT IS THIS SPECIAL OCCASION EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT? I just heard morde talking about being crowned champion of the year.'

'Yes sir, Zilean and the Institute of War has announced they will give honorary champion of the year to the best participant of the League of Legends, and the best couple on the dance floor.'

'That sounds…boring.'

'Winner gets 10 million and a entitlement to the League of Legends as well.'

'Say WHAT?! ...Oh wait, that means I can't blow up this place!'

'Incorrect Don, they are holding the prizes in the Backlot. If we can take hostages, we might be able to get them.'

'Hmm, I like the way you think, Blitz…'

Ziggs hopped out of Jinx's hands. He jumped on a nearby table and tried to get everyone's attention. "HEY EVERYBODY! I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE!"

The nearby champions looked around, but couldn't figure out where the voice came from.

"Who said that?"

Ziggs threw a pocketbomb in the air. "OVER HERE, IDIOTS!"

"Is that a chipmunk talking?"

"HEY! That's professional chipmunk to you. In other news, I'm going to blow the hell out of this building if you don't follow my orders!"

Zilean clapped at his throne when he noticed Ziggs. "Impressive, Ziggs. You've gotten the attention of the entire crowd. Now why don't you put down that remote control? You might hurt some innocent people if you get overpresumptuous."

"BEAT IT, GRAMPS!"

"Last chance, Ziggs…"

"Fine, YOU'RE ALL DEAD!" Ziggs slammed on the switch.

"..TIME!" Zilean put his hands forward, and he froze time on the exact point that Ziggs slammed his remote. Everyone around was golden as they were frozen with time. "Close call, my friend. It seems you really wished to have the same fate as you did while dreaming."

"Huh? That was you?"

"Indeed. I was hoping that your long rest would give you a revelation that killing innocents and walking down your path would only lead to your imminent death. That's why I gave you a chance to leave this place and not come back. Now instead, I think I'll have to play a game of cat and mouse with you."

"What did you say? I don't need to listen to your orders!"

"I never asked you to. However, there is a bit of a failure in your plot. The explosives you were about to set off were hacked and set to 5 minutes."

"WHO HAS THE BALLS?!"

Heimerdinger came out behind Zilean. "Yes, that's right, IT WAS MEEEEE! Bombardier fool; the electro-connectivity between your switch and the explosives are easier to hack than a first grader's calculator, HUAHAHAHAA!"

"Okay there, Heimerdinger. You've played your part, and now it is time for Ziggs here to play his part. Here's the game: If you win, you get the chance to run away with 10 million and crowned champion of the year. If you lose, you will most likely be thrown in a prison cell or blown to pieces. Ready to hear the rules?"

"Lay it on me, gramps."

"The explosives you just set off are going to blow this place in 4 minutes. Unfortunately for you, if they go off, so does the Backlot which contains the prizes. Even if you blow us all away, you will get caught by the Piltover police coming here right now. You have 3 minutes and 30 seconds. Enjoy! TIME!"

Zilean made time go forward again, and everyone was looking around. Ziggs was panicking, and looking for Jinx. As he was looking, Ziggs pinged all of his squad.

'Listen up, rejects. New plan: deactivate all the explosives, and meet me back in the center when you are done. We don't have time to waste! Katarina, I need you to distract the crowd by yourself so they don't leave or figure out what is going on. Blitz, make sure the police don't get through if they come. LET'S GO!'

All of them pinged back and did what they were told. Katarina took away the spotlight immediately.

"You people don't know what real dancing is until you see it."

Ahri came up behind Katarina, after taking a rose out of Twisted Fate's hat. "Oh yes, please show me your moves Kitty Kat." Ahri was still drunk as ever, but Mordekaiser let her go."

"What the hell?"

Ahri put her finger over Kat's lips, and laughed. "Shush now, let's give this crowd a good time, eh?"

'You better make this quick, you rat!'

'I'm going!'

Ziggs finally found Jinx. "Jinx, I need your hel….Jinx?"

Jinx was in a corner crying after Ziggs found her. "Ziggs…you never told me you were going to blow stuff up. How could you do this without me?"

"Oh, sorry about that sweetheart."

Jinx looked back, and whimpered. "Will you at least go out with me after this mission?"

"Huh, sure, but we have to get going right NOW!"

Jinx smiled and wiped off her tears. "What's the mission, Ziggs?"

"There are 10 explosives around here. Darius and Urgot are already out here on the east wing taking some of them out. We need to deactivate them and get back to the ring so we can compete for that grand prize!"

"We're not blowing stuff up now? That's lame! Can we at least exit flashy?"

"YES FINE! LET'S GET GOING!" Ziggs hurried Jinx on the way to the west wing where he had 5 bombs set up in all different places. Ziggs stopped when he noticed Ahri and Kat dancing while everyone was watching.

"Stop grabbing me, you pervert!"

"You have such a nice body, Katarina. I can't resist the temptation, ohhh!"

Darius was on the second floor, laughing at Katarina. Kat noticed, and growled. "Once I'm done with this mission, I'll be dancing to your death DARIUS! WHOA!"

Ahri threw Kat to the ground, and pulled her back up before she fell down. "Stop taking your eyes off me, silly. That will only make this harder!"

Ziggs snapped out of it. "She'll be fine. Let's keep moving!"

'1 minute, Ziggs.'

'SHUT UP OLD MAN'

'You know, the only thing old here are your jokes.'

They had 4 out of 5 explosives deactivated, and once they got to the last they encountered Zac, who was pleasantly surprised to see Jinx.

"Hey there, hot stuff. I knew you'd come searching for me!"

"OUT OF THE WAY, BLOB GUY!" Jinx threw him aside. "This is the last one, come on Ziggs!"

"The reactor isn't working! What in the world?"

'Woops, was that out of place?'

"DAMN IT! Old man jacked up the connection reception. It won't go off."

Zac sling-shotted his way back up to them. "Come on babe, just one more chance?"

'10 seconds.'

"Fine, but on the condition you eat this dynamite."

"Anything for a pretty lady I always say!" Zac swallowed the bomb whole.

'Time's up.'

BOOOOOOOOM!

"Ugh, I hate it when this happens…" Zac took the explosion, but he started melting into tiny bloblets.

"So now what?"

"I think we need to help Katarina out…Take a look."

They looked back at the middle of the dance ring, and Katarina was falling victim to Ahri's charm.
"You have such nice eyes, Fox girl. Why did I not notice before?"

Ahri twirled Kat around. "Hmph, I knew you had it in you. Women are so much easier than men."

Jinx jumped off a statue of Pantheon to get down faster. She grabbed her violin case off her back, and aimed it at the two.

"ALRIGHT LOVE DOVES, BACK OFF RIGHT NOW!"

The crowd looked at Jinx for only a second, and laughed at her. "Is that girl threatening them with a violin?"

"Guess what's in my violin case? VIOLENCE!" She opened up the case, and took her gun out.

Katarina took her knife out of her mouth. "Let me handle this, sweetheart." She walked towards Jinx. "You looking to put up a fight, honey? I'm on fire tonight, so I'd back off."

"Katarina, snap out of it already! You aren't madly in love, you're delusional!"

"So you do want to tango. Let's do this then."

Jinx fired off some shots, but Katarina jumped over Jinx and threw her daggers into the gun, disabling it. "Come on, let's dance!" Kat held up Jinx to a wall and leaned in closer. "You look pretty when you're scared. It's really turning me on, Jinx."

Ziggs was about to step in, but then Darius came in at the right moment. Before Katarina got any closer to Jinx, Darius put his hand on her shoulder. "Excuse me, miss. May I have this dance?"

"What….that voice? DARIUS!" She took out the daggers from Jinx's guns, and aimed them at Darius' neck. "I'LL KILL YOU, FILTHY PERVERTED FREAK!"

"Ah, everything's back to normal now!"

Jinx got to her feet, and pointed back. "Not…quite…"

Ahri took Ziggs in her hands, and fell over backwards. "BURP! Ahah, I'm so wasted right now! I need to take a nap. Will you read me a story, bomberman?"

"GRR, LET GO OF ME!"

"No…I hate that story…UH WHY IS THE LIGHT ON?!" Ahri got to her feet for a second, and threw her orb of deception to the chandelier in the ceiling. It was knocked out, and the light was taken out with it.

Out of the darkness came Zilean once again. He turned on the second lights.

"I'm very impressed with you once again, Ziggs. However, this is only part one."

"THERE HE IS! ARREST HIM!" Cait, Vi, and Irelia came into the room, along with more Piltover enforcement. "You won't get away any longer, Ziggs!"

Zilean laughed. "Winning this time won't be that easy. Let's begin."