Caitlyn takes a moment to process the sudden appearance of the armored k9 infant, before calling to Vi. Just as Caitlyn cautiously walks over to the door while keeping it an eye on the Warlord Shen (pup), Vi comes busting through her office door.
Vi yells with malice, "Caitlyn, that maniac is attacking again!"
Though Caitlyn shard the same thought at first, doubt was wedged in her head after seeing the strange creature currently sitting next her foot and looking up from under its miniature helmet.
Picking him up to show Vi, Caitlyn says, "Unless Jinx is using small animals as ammunition, this guy here is the cause for the commotion. Now that I say it, Jinx would probably do something this."
"Well stop stalling and get rid of it, that thing might be rigged with explosion for all we know, just look at its getup."
"Merciless as usual. I don't sense any danger coming from him."
"That's why she's using small animals trying to make us put our guard down!"
"Stop overacting and hold him for a bit."
"Sigh~ Whatever."
Caitlyn hands him over to Vi who had a defeat expression and one hand extended. The moment she releases him, Vi's body quickly slumps over as if the pup weighed a ton or two.
"Stop fooling around, Vi. If you dislike dogs that much then don't offer a hand."
Caitlyn picks Shen up and places him on her desk and gently commands him to sit, which he obediently does.
"I'm not fooling around! That was seriously heavy and I was caught off guard! Hurry up and get rid of it, there's trouble at one of Hextech depots."
Caitlyn clicks her tongue at the news and prepares herself for a fight. While loading her rifle, her train of thought is interrupted by a light bump on the boot. Looking down she sees the small animal looking up with big amber eyes. Feeling a some remorse for him, Vi was right in regards to keeping him. So, after taking to the streets, Caitlyn quickly sets up a box with a water bowl and some of Vi's lunch placed in it. Finally the pup himself is set in the center of the box. The feeling of regret gets deeper as Caitlyn recalls the time when guard dogs were common in the City of Progress, but ever since the development of automations, they weren't needed anymore. Most of Caitlyn's childhood was spent under the watch of loyal guard dogs.
She tells him to sit then scratches underneath his chin, before taking off after Vi. Only a few minutes have gone by and some people take notice of the pup inside the box. The person to walk up to Shen was a young couple. The woman took a liking to the adorable animal in strange clothing and asked her partner to pick him up. Warlord Shen was instructed to sit and so he did. The man struggles lifting the statue-like pup and later throws out his back in an embarrassing fashion.
The couple gives up, but it's not long when some children try their luck in adopting him. Once again, Shen is unmoved, they even try removing his helmet, but that too was impossible. One of them thought of the simple plan to simply push the box and so two boys go on one side and get in position to push.
Shen's little head perks up as a loud explosion is felt from the direction of Caitlyn and begins to move. He walks through the cardboard box like nothing, causing the boys to fall on their faces once they pushed with all their might. Compared to the previous transformations, this Shen was the slowest in terms of speed. The group of kids noticed that he was running towards the cloud of black smoke off in the distant and tried stopping him. Holding onto his exposed tail, they were effortlessly dragged by a block before finally releasing him once his broke through a cement building, leaving behind a miniature sized hole.
In armor, Warlord Shen is tending to large wish tree in the rock garden.
"Why is there such a thing in my subconscious?"
"Because there were wishes you turned a deaf ear to due to them being a, as you put it, a waste of time." Shen's mother calms pointing at the abundant pieces of paper tied to the tree's branches."
"I'm not a god that grants the impossible and if those wishes weren't written by me, then who?"
"We don't know either, but a new wish always appears every day. So hurry up and grant a wish so that tree doesn't fall over." His father says, watching the screen.
Shen does so by taking a note and opening it, but it was blank. Confused, he takes another and another. All of them were blank. Shen gave up and returned to tree maintenance. His mother walked over and picked up the notes. Unlike her son, there was something written on them which she could read, but decided to keep to herself. She came to the conclusion that Shen was likely unable to read them, because he's in his Warlord skin. For his sake, she places them in a small drawer for safe keeping.
Vi and Caitlyn were pinned behind cover as Jinx rapidly fires hot lead from above a factory building with the help of some malfunctioning Hextech drones.
"Where's Jayce!?" (Vi)
"He has business in Zuan." (Caitlyn)
"At this rate that maniac is going to destroy our cover and those mechs are a pain if I can't fight obliterate them!"
"Keep your voice down. I too can't attack with this continuous barrage. For now our best bet is to wait for backup."
Caitlyn begins thinking of a plan to get out their predicament, but her thoughts are interrupted when the wall behind them begins to crack. Specifically, a small area at the base of the building begins to push out until the armored canine that Caitlyn left behind, runs through. Happily running on his short legs, he ignores the bullets ricocheting off his body until he finally reaches the lap of the Sheriff.
"Excellent, now three of us are trapped." (Vi)
"Save your jokes for another time." (Caitlyn)
Caitlyn looks over to her partner with indifferent eyes then turns her gaze to the puppy. Remembering that he just ran through a building and a hail storm of bullets, she was too caught up in her thoughts to notice him reaching for a Yordle Snap trap that was set to the side. The sight of the colorful cupcake and the faint smell of Caitlyn on the trap, he walks in the duo's blind spot and grabs the trap by the joint without setting it off. By the time Caitlyn and Vi realized what he had in his mouth, they started to vigorously wave him back over since he was out in the open.
"Garrus!" (Caitlyn)
"Don't give it a name!" (Vi)
Shen, now Garrus, only tilts his head as the mix of hand gestures confused him. The signal he acted on was the one where Vi pointed towards the building. Though she was trying to say that the danger is coming from that direction, Garrus took it as "go that way." As a result, he dashes into the barrage of bullets from the Hextech drones and Jinx with a snap trap in his mouth.
Since he was fully armored, every round that reached him would rebound and hit another mech. All this was happening as Caitlyn cringes and Vi scratches the back of her head, knowing it was probably her fault. Garrus makes it into the building and eventually reaches the roof, despite the rusty stairways. What he saw next was Jinx laughing and firing randomly with her weapon. "Perhaps the cupcake was for her." This was a thought going through his developing mind, so he walks up the maniac and places the trap at her feet. Garrus lets out a high pitched bark to get her attention, but instead of her just turning around, Jinx jumps a little and steps backwards into trap. The metal teeth clamp down on her leg witch forces her to crouch in pain.
Caitlyn and Vi take the sudden pause as a chance and attack. Quickly dealing with the drone, Caitlyn shouts out Garrus' name. Though he is not yet aware of his name, Garrus still reacts to the familiar voice and runs back downstairs. Apparently the back of his armor caught the edge of the trap resulting in Garrus dragging the entrapped Jinx all the way down to the first floor. Howls from Jinx echo in the building but Garrus just ignores it until they finally stop in front of the Sheriff of Piltover. Jinx's eyes were spinning as Vi quickly puts the criminal in an iron grip. Caitlyn on the hand scolds Garrus, then places him on her shoulder where he hung on like a towel.
"We're not taking him with us." (Vi)
"Even though he apprehended the one that you couldn't. Besides, I'll be the one taking care of him." (Caitlyn)
"Grr…That mutt's just going to get in the way of work."
"I'll keep that mind, but for now, we were saved by this little guy. That said, where's your thanks that Garrus deserves?"
"How about no?"
"Orders."
"Ugh…...whatever...thanks…"
"Wan!" (Garrus)
