Zed stared at the army of gigantic squids. Zed believes they are what people call a "Kraken", and are a pirate's worst nightmare. But Zed's had experience tons of nightmares, and this one was only as scary as having spontaneous diarrhea in front of his disciples.

He was wearing white undies too.

And it was totally 100% just a dream, Zed assures you.

Syndra lazy used her magic and flicked one of the krakens beyond the horizon. The kraken's had no magic resistance, this was just a breeze for her.

Yasuo closed his eyes and reopened them. He was drunk, but could focus enough to skillfully use his sword. If only he could do the same with his flute.

In a sudden, swift move, Yasuo thrusted his sword out, spawning a massive tornado with such force that it sent 3 of the krakens airborne. In a blink of an eye, Yasuo dashed to the location and blinked around, releasing a whirlwind of slashes. He then stopped midair and made a final slash downward, sheathing his sword and landing on the boat like a flower petal. The krakens erupted into millions of pieces midair, showering blood everywhere.

"Yasuo, you were supposed to have your back to the krakens and sheath your sword when they exploded. " Syndra said. "Would've looked more fancy and badass."

Yasuo smacked his forehead. "Fuck, your right. I'll do that next time. Zed, you're up."

But Zed's mind was in a whirl. He had no idea where the massive headache came from, but he could barely stay conscious, let alone stand up to fight. He felt the light leave his eyes, and collapsed.

"Keheheh, I see you've been taking some medication, Zed." A voice said. Zed couldn't see it but could feel the creature moving around him in a circle.

"Trying to hold me down, Zed?" The voice taunted.

Zed knew who it was. It was the one who creates his nightmares.

"Nocturne. Leave."

The voice cackled again.

"A shadow cannot leave the body, Zed. Just as the body cannot run from the shadow."

Nocturne revealed himself but continued to circle Zed.

"Poor, poor Zed. All he wanted as a little attention from his master and now he's the Darkin of Despair."

The last sentence angered Zed.

"I AM NO DARKIN" he bellowed in frustration. "I am still human. Darkins are weapons, I am a living body."

"You're shadows are your weapon, Zed. Go on, try to find your unbalance. Try to find a light with no shadow. Or how about this? Forget the light. Light cannot exist without darkness, but darkness can exist without light. I can off you unbalance, Zed. Just embrace the darkness."

Zed was pissed off now. He lunged at Nocturne, slicing him in half. But Nocturne merely laughed and faded into the background.

"You should take some more medication Zed, you're losing control. Take some temper issue pills along with those, you're losing control of your anger now as well."

Nocturne's haunting laugh lingered as he faded away.

"Zed. Zed. Zed. Zed. Zed." Zed felt a splash of cold water on his face and opened his eyes. Syndra's face loomed over him. She noticed he woke up, blushed and backed away.

Yasuo raised an eyebrow.

"What the hell happened man? Leaving us to deal with those monsters and having to care of your ass? Aren't you supposed to be some cool looking ninja? You didn't look so flashy then."

Zed sat up and rubbed his temples, forgetting that his blades were still on and almost sliced his ear off.

"Seasickness, probably. It doesn't help when I have 2 crazy idiots on the same boat as me messing around."

Yasuo shook his head.

"You can't shake this one off with a joke like you did when I asked you about Viktor. In fact, I don't think you're going to Zaun just to talk with Viktor, now are you? The moment you start joking I can tell you're lying, Zed."

Syndra rolled her eyes.

"Lemme guess, you're losing control of some secret power you've been hiding by taking those pills. And now you need to take more pills and you're running out of them?"

Zed sighed. Why can't this world work like an anime where everyone was dense as hell? But they were right. He was running out of medication. Originally, he had enough to last a trip two times longer, but now he had to take 2 pills a day instead of one.

He was running out of time. He needed to get to Zaun quickly.

There was a noticeable difference as the road led to Zaun. The white glow that Piltover gave started to fade and dust and dirt started to smear the concrete on the floor. The trees around them had died off due to air pollution, and the leaves were all brown and crumpled. Even though it was still the afternoon, the smoke had caused Zaun to look like it was night.

"My lord, this air is a bit too foul for you, maybe you should-"

"Nasus. A good emperor must understand the conditions of his people." Azir did not want to ignore his people like the trash that is his father did.

Sivir rolled her eyes. She's been quiet for a while but golden bird dude has really started to irk her.

"Mr. Shurima, you're not the emperor of these people. I don't even think you'll want to be, this place is foul as shit. "

Azir clucked his tongue. "Talk to your elders with respect, Sivir. "

"Dude, you're like, 26. At least, that's how old you were before you got your assThats literally only 2 years older than I am." Sivir talked back.

Vi stopped walking for a second. "Wait. didn't you have kids? One was 11... WTF?! What age were you-"

Azir cocked his head to the side. "Is that so weird? It was an arranged marriage. There was no emotion between us. We needed another heir."

Vi shook her head. "Never mind." This bird guy seemed more and more unbelievable to Vi by the minute. Definitely brain damage.

Azir didn't hear Vi say that last part, as the streets of Zaun reminded him of something in his childhood. Azir continued to walk forward, with emotion in each stride, as old memories flooded his mind.

Nasus pulled Vi, Jayce, and Sivir back.

"Its best to let him be alone when he does that. "

Flashback

Azir wasn't destined to be the emperor of Shurima. In fact, he was most hated in his family. The emperor said that Azir was too soft and too weak to be an emperor, and claimed that Azir would fail as a soldier. Born from the last wife of the emperor, the only reason why he was alive was because he was the only male child. The other wives had failed to produce a male heir. As more and more children came, luck favored Azir as they were all female.

When Azir was a child of 7 or 8, in order to avoid the intensity and hatred that his father gave when he was looking at Azir, Azir often went to the library. It was usually empty, as Shurima was in war during that time and no one had time to study or read. Azir was struggling to understand the context of one of the books when one of the slaves that was cleaning the library came to help him. A slave talking to royalty without permission meant death. Surprised by the audacity of the slave, who was around the same age as him, Azir named the slave "Xerath", meaning "one who shares". From that day on, Azir and Xerath could be found reading and studying together in the library. Nasus, who was the guardian of the library during that time, smiled upon the friendship when he knew others would not, so he kept the secret and was on the constant look out for people entering the library for them.

One day, during a public event where other nobles were allowed to tour the emperor's palace, assassins had broken in and killed the Shuriman family in cold blood. All except one person, that person Azir. Xerath had used his magic in order to protect Azir from one of the assassin's blade. A slave learning magic was punishable by death, but because Azir was suddenly granted the power of an emperor, Azir banned such a law. Xerath, who was already surprised when Azir prevented his death, was even more surprised when Azir promised that he would make Xerath a free man and crowned Xerath as his right hand man and his brother. The decision left many in shock, and some began to question or criticize the Azir's rule.

But all doubts disappeared when Azir demonstrated his military might and knowledge. People hailed him as a genius as he conquered land after land, and with Xerath's help, he gained full control over all of Valoran at the mere age of 24.

Xerath had been expecting Azir to keep his promise, but when Azir did not free him, he assumed that Azir had forgotten the promise they made. Fearing that reminding Azir may cause Azir to lash out and make Xerath lose his position, Xerath did not say anything, and instead grew a quite hatred for his brother. Azir was unaware of the hatred stirring in Xerath, But he had not forgotten his promise. Azir was just waiting for the day of his ascension to free not only Xerath, but all the slaves in Runeterra.

When the day of ascension came, everything ended in betrayal and shock. Azir did not expect Xerath's, his closest brother, betrayal, and Xerath had not expected Azir to free everyone before he ascended. And even though tears were shed before Azir's death, and even though there was regret, guilt and pain between the both of them, Xerath had sacrificed too much for this moment and in a bang and a flash, Azir was no more but ashes lost in the sand.

Xerath... I won't forgive you for what you did. But even so, even if I'm being hypocritical, I long for your forgiveness.

Flashback over.

Veigar stared at the poison gas seeping from the bomb. Is this where he dies? Betrayed, laughed at, alone? He hung his head down in defeat.

He suddenly longed for someone to connect to. He had lived a year in Noxus in isolation, and although he got used to it, he didn't like it. He needed someone he could talk to, connect to. Lulu flashed in his mind. Yes. Even her right now is all I could ever want.

When poisonous gas started enter his nostrils and he could smell it, Veigar knew it was the end.

Suddenly, Veigar heard someone yell "ENORMOUS!" and Veigar felt himself grow bigger and wider, to the point where the chains popped off with ease and then his head, then his shoulders, broke through the ceiling. Veigar's head stuck out in the parlor where he was drugged, everyone looking up at him with their mouth's agape.

Looking up at him, with a smile, was Lulu. And looking at him, in shock, was everyone else.

Veigar scooped up lulu, and made a break out of the parlor, breaking down the walls. Despite only being around 2.5 times the size of a normal human, because of Yordle's short nature, he was as tall as houses, and so every step he took seemed to shake buildings. People screamed as Veigar ran by.

Veigar wanted to just blow up the entire Bandle city like he had done with other corrupt cities, but the drug was still in effect and he couldn't use magic. Throughout his journeys across the Valoran, Veigar had yet to meet a drug that could inhibit magic. Bandle city must have gotten a prodigy in alchemy or something.

Lulu's magic had worn off and Veigar shrunk back down the normal size. They found an abandoned alley way and hid behind a dumpster. He blushed, noticing that he was still holding Lulu princess style, and dropped her on the ground.

"Hey! Is that how you should to treat your savior? Its 2-1 now, you know! You owe me!" Lulu exclaimed. Veigar shoved his hand over Lulu's mouth.

"Shhhh" He said. Erwin will call the guards any moment now. They had to stay hidden until he got his magic back.

"Veigar." A yordle figure suddenly appeared from the shadows. Magic?! Veigar tensed up. Had they been followed by an illusion user?

Teemo stepped out from the shadows. "Calm down. It is me."

Veigar found a sturdy wooden stick and grabbed hold of it, pushing Lulu behind him and pointing it menacingly at Teemo. Who was he kidding? Veigar never had to fight physically. He probably doesn't even have the strength squash an ant.

"Don't come any closer or I'll use my magic." Veigar threatened.

Teemo sighed. "You can trust me. I was the one who told Lulu where you were."

Lulu nodded. "Yea, he was."

Veigar calmed down a bit but didn't lower his guard. "Why? Weren't you working with them?"

Teemo stuck his head from the wall to make sure no one was there.

"When I heard those rumours about you, I believed them right away. When the government told me to kill you, that's what I planned to do. But when I saw you laugh and cry, I could see that you were still the same old you, maybe a bit more crooked, but definitely not cruel."

Teemo smiled, the same cheeky old smile he gave when they were younger.

"Listen, Veigar. Tristana has already set a place where you can stay. I want you to know that Bandle city isn't corrupt as you think it is. The people here aren't so bad. So please, don't destroy this city. I trust you not to."

Veigar lowered his guard. "What will you do now then?"

The smile on Teemo's face went from cheerful to downright creepy.

"Well. Remember what Lucy said? That the best way to get rid the world of impurity was to kill all that were impure? Don't you want to make them eat their words?"

Veigar hesitated. Sure, he was angry and he had leveled cities before, but to kill...

"No. I don't want to become like them. I'm not a murderer."

The cheerful smile on Teemo's face returned. "I knew you'd say that, Veigar. I'm just going to hold them off until they give up. Stay here for now until Tristana arrives."

After those words, Teemo saluted Veigar soldier style, and left.

Suddenly, Veigar realized something. Teemo wasn't there when Lucy, Erwin, and Hashen were talking to me... How did he know what Lucy said? To be able to achieve this kind of stealth... Teemo was really extraordinary.

Little did Veigar know, the whole incident was staged. As Teemo walked down the street, he spoke into his radio:

"Veigar was a failure: He does not have the motivation or the will to kill, even when granted the option to get revenge. The good news is he poses no threat to Bandle city, the bad news is, we'll have to put him under some training in order to get him to join the Omega Squad."

Author's note: Sorry guys, no Aurelion Sol or Ekko this chapter. I have encountered a problem with Ekko's story and am trying to think of how to deal with it right now. I also have realized that Aurelion's Sol's story is much too long and will fall behind with the other champion's stories. So I will have a chapter, probably the next one, dedicated entirely so Aurelion Sol can catch up.

Thank you for reading!