Author: Leapinglion [writinglioness/StationaryObject]
Fandom: League of Legends
Rating: PG-13 for language
Characters: Morello, Xelnath, Scarizard, Malphite
Summary: The first demonstone has been found.
The office was different, many employees thought as they walked through the front doors to the Riot Headquarters. The walls seemed to drip darkness and the halls barely felt safe to travel through alone.
Many didn't understand what they were feeling, but a select few knew exactly what was going on.
A Demonstone had gone missing.
So I was in a ranked game and I was doing so freaking great. We were winning against the blue team and then suddenly their Malphite went crazy and was immune to CC and could walk through terrain and that was so ****ing stupid like wtf. We ended up losing! Fix your broken game, Riot ffs!
Loss Forgiveness, Plz?"
The thread was pretty small when the first wrenchman arrived. He tried to keep the thread calm, asking questions like, "Has this happened again?" or "Do you have any screenshots?"
However the situation was quickly getting out of hand as more and more reports began to fill the thread and not just about Malphite.
A technical support Rioter, just off his lunchbreak, saw the thread and cracked his knuckles, ready to get to work and clear up this mess.
Ten minutes later he was scrambling to grab his phone and punch in the number.
"We have a problem."
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By the time Scarizard got to the scene, the technician was on the ground crying. A few other employees were trying to console him, but Scarizard was more focused on the game going on the monitor.
A team of Malphite, Maokai, Zyra, Skarner, and Yorick were zerging down the middle lane without a care. They ran through units, towers, and eventually began to hack away at the inhibitors.
"I-I don't know whats going on! I tried to find what was wrong but I couldn't even see their codes! I tried to diasable them but nothing I did worked! NOTHING!"
A few employees helped the distraught employee to his feet and took him away. The room was soon empty save for a handful of people.
The red DEFEAT logo popped up on the screen in mockery. Scarizard couldn't stand it and pushed the POWER OFF button.
"Do we know how they got it?"
Silence answered him and he sighed before plopping down into an empty chair.
"It has begun."
Morello stepped out of the shadows, his face a blank slate.
Several shuffled around before Scarizard nodded, "Do we know who they plan to go after next?"
"No. We have no information on how they even knew this guardian." Morello frowned, "We will need to increase any and all protections on the remaining stones. Do not wonder alone and do not leave your stones behind. We can not allow any more to fall into the hands of the Dark Lord's minions."
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In a darker section of the headquarters, two figures met up.
"You have it?"
A nod.
A bundle was passed between them and the first figure chuckled, "Do you have any information on the second guardian?"
The second figure shook their head and replied in a higher pitched tone, "I am close, but I do not have a name yet. I feel this one will not be as easy. They must know by now that they have lost a stone."
"Be careful. We can not afford to lose you at this time in our plans."
"I am always careful."
