The Juggernaut Club: Part 31

In Bandle City, Garen is still sitting on the ruins of Corki's ROFLcopter, with Heimerdinger nearby, finishing up his explanation. Heimerdinger nods his head, getting the gist of the story.

: OK, that explains why my favorite cafe is nothing more than cinders now, but there's still the other question...

: What?

: Why are you here?

: I got kicked out of the Juggernaut Club.

: Really? Why?

: I made fun of Darius' Dreadnova skin.

Heimerdinger bursts into wild laughter.

: Oh, SURELY there had to be something more to it than THAT!

Garen shrugs his shoulders and shakes his head.

: No, not really.

: W-Well, why does that bring you here?

: Trying to get my membership back. Well, first, I'm just trying to get back to Noxus.

: Well, I'm afraid you're out of luck here! The explosions from the fight between Corki and Ziggs here caused a landslide and blocked the path back to Shurima. So you'll have to go through Gnar's jungle. I think he's having visitors, so don't be TOO surprised if you see some others there. It's in THAT direction.

Heimer points towards the direction of the jungle. Because of the destroyed buildings, it's easy to see.

: I don't think much more WOULD surprise me anymore, with what I've been through as of late.

: I would tell you more, but I'm afraid I must go now.

: Where to?

: Back to Piltover, since the cafe's out of commission. I need to go get my Hex-Tech Recording Device from my newly hired Lab Assistant, Ezreal.

: How are you gonna get back there? You said yourself that the road out of here is blocked from a landslide.

: There are ways...

As he says this, Heimerdinger is performing actions similar to his Recall Animation. Then, off he flies into the air, presumably towards Piltover.

: If only it were that easy for ME to get back to Noxus.

Letting out a sigh, he walks off towards the direction that Heimer pointed him to get into Gnar's jungle.

A bit of time later, Garen's walking through the thick foliage of the jungle. He sees various animals, such as the Two-headed wolves, Raptors and Gromp-Frogs found in Summoner's Rift as he goes along.

Then, he hears the sound of rustling branches, and turns around, as the sound is coming from behind him. Out of the foliage rips Rengar, roaring loudly!

: PEEK-A-BOO!

:SWEET JUSTI-

CRASH! Rengar has tackled Garen to the ground!

: What'd I catch, what'd I catch!? Oh, the J-

Garen puts a hand over Rengar's mouth.

: Utter one more syllable, and the silence from my Decisive Strike will be PERMANENT.

Rengar pushes Garen's hand off his mouth and sighs.

: What a waste of a perfectly good pounce. Anyway, you should be more alert! You wouldn't last two seconds in the jungle with how you act now!

: Why do you think I live in Demacia, you dolt?

Rengar shakes his head, then gets up off Garen. Rengar looks over to his right.

: Hey, how was that?

: Who are you talking to?

Out of the foliage comes Wukong and Gnar. Wukong is wearing glasses, and carrying a pen and a clipboard, while Gnar is dressed in his 'Gentleman' attire.

: We rate your pounce a.... 6.5 out of 10.

: Affirmative Gnar noises

: WHAT!? Just a 6.5!? I caught him completely off-guard! And I had him pinned and dead-to-rights within the first 5 seconds! That should earn me extra points!

: Yes, and that puts your second attempt below your first which was a 7.5, but you have one more attempt.

: Questioning Gnar noises

: Yes, yes. I would also suggest not yelling "Peek-a-boo" aloud when you pounce. It severely dampens the adrenaline-rush one might otherwise get.

: It's part of the element of surprise!

: It's dumb!

: Annoyed Gnar noises

Rengar, Gnar and Wukong continue to argue about the "scoring", and Garen gets up and dusts himself off.

: What are you talking about? Pouncing? Score?

Rengar turns back towards Garen, smiling.

: We're having a pounce-contest! Whoever wins gets to go on a date with Nidalee!

Wukuong raises a finger.

: Or Ahri! She's here too, remember?

: Dismissive Gnar noises

: She's half-fox, Gnar! That counts, you know!

(Under his breath): Counts for what?

: Mocking Gnar noises

Wukong pulls out his staff.

: You want to keep this up? Cause if you do, the contest is off and it's gonna be a free-for-all brawl.

: And that wouldn't be very "Gentlemanly" now would it?

Gnar, ignoring the two, simply pulls out his pocket-watch and checks it.

: Indifferent Gnar noises

He then waves a dismissive hand to the others, and starts walking off.

: Teatime!? In the middle of the competition!? Don't you go running off on me!

: You're just afraid you were gonna LOSE! NYAH-NYAH-NYAH!

Both Rengar and Wukong mock Gnar as he continues to walk off. As a intended parting shot, Rengar pulls out one of his bolas and throws it at Gnar. Gnar stops and turns to reply to the two, and as he faces them, the bola, which Rengar had aimed too high, knocks off Gnar's top hat.

: Oopsie.

: Uh-oh...

Gnar starts shaking with anger, and his fur turns red, indicating he was going to transform into Mega-Gnar. Garen just sighs knowingly. He knew what was in store now.

To Be Continued...