Chapter 1: Why ‘Jinx’?
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Jinx isn’t exactly an easy person.
If you asked anyone in Zaun what they thought of her they probably would be too scared to even answer, mainly because she’s Silco’s protégée, and like #1 in Piltover’s most wanted list.
But the truth is that she didn’t care about anything that anybody thought (or at least she pretended not to), well except for a few exceptions, like that bunch of idiots in her head who just look at her disapprovingly and the dumbass of Mylo, who never got tired of reminding her how much of a failure she was, remembering why she was ‘Jinx’ in the first place.
And of course Silco, the man has been keeping up with her for like the past 5, 6 , 7 years of her life? She can’t remember how long, but it’s felt like forever.
Sometimes she even cares about what Sevika thinks, but it depended on the opinion, she couldn’t give the ogre the satisfaction of always being right.
But she cared for someone’s opinion, an opinion that she shouldn’t even care about… Ekko’s opinion.
But, Why? Why think of Ekko now.
Why?
Right now while losing all of her hopes it was all she could bear to think about.
What if she had done things differently?
Maybe Vi wouldn't have left, maybe everyone else would still be alive, everyone would be happy.
If only she weren’t a ‘Jinx’.
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Ekko couldn’t understand Jinx, but he knew that she was crazy and that she ruined the firelights’ missions every single time. He couldn’t get why, when or even how, his childhood friend Powder had turned into such a heartless person, Powder, the same little girl who would cry because she accidentally killed a bug, and his ex-best friend.
‘There’s no time to be thinking about this’ he thought as he and his’ firelights followed Vi—who apparently was alive now— and her new little Piltie friend, but Ekko couldn’t understand what the hell were they doing here.
Until he saw her… Jinx.
She was standing with a torch, one that now had no more than a little blue coming out of it.
He had seen the flame earlier… DAMN all of Zaun saw it, of course it was her why hadn’t he thought about that they could’ve catched her.
But right now she looked lost like that teenager he last truly saw 3 years ago, lost, confused, betrayed. That wasn’t a common look on her, on Powder? Sure it was, but Jinx? Seeing HER like this was off putting.
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“Powder!” Vi shouted when she saw her.
Her little sister.
Pow-Pow.
Standing in front of her.
She’s alive! Vi couldn’t remember ever being happier.
Until of course something ruined their perfect ‘rendezvous’.
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Jinx couldn’t believe her eyes that Vi was alive?!
And then she saw HER.
A dark blue haired woman followed Vi close behind.
And then she heard her say with such an upright British tone, like any piltover citizen would, with such arrogance.
“Your sister is Jinx?”
and then…
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
“Wait, do you hear that?” Jinx asked.
“Hear what?” Vi asked.
And then…
BAM!
All of a sudden green lights covered the platform.
People in hoverboards swinging at them.
“Shitty little bugs” Jinx mumbled under her breath
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Vi couldn’t remember much after that.
Now, she suddenly woke up, she’s blindfolded and apparently Cait was there too.
“Who are these people?” Cait asked.
And Vi… She didn’t have an answer.
Back when she was 15 this gang didn’t exist, almost everything that existed now was as new to her as to Caitlyn and apparently the people of this gang are some kind of bugs.
Then the door flew open.
And suddenly she was taken leaving Caitlyn alone.
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The blindfold came off.
A guy with an owl mask standing in front of her.
She didn’t get why they would need masks while they were alone so she asked “ Are you shy or just ugly?”
Then he took it off revealing his identity to her.
Vi couldn’t believe her eyes.
She could bet that her face was the funniest reaction ever.
Standing in front of her was “Little man!” She shouted joy spreading across her face.
“Looking good for a dead girl”, he said.
Suddenly Vi wrapped her arms —which were supposed to be tied to a stick— around him, and he couldn’t contain his tears.
All these years he thought she was dead, and now she came back out of nowhere.
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They went to get Cait to explain the situation to her.
Vi still couldn’t believe that her baby sister had changed so much since she got locked up in ‘Stillwater’ she was sure Powder was still a part of her.
All of a sudden Ekko showed her a blue gem, Vi wasn’t paying attention so he turned to Caitlyn.
He wasn’t exactly fond of the dark blue haired woman, they had had several arguments that same day, but he didn’t mind her presence.
While showing her the gem her eyes sparkled, when she reached to touch it, they got blinded.
A light.
Just light.
It was like the 3 of them were transported to another place.
Suddenly they were in a room which seemed peaceful, heavenly, it had a beautiful mural of Janna, Zaun’s goddess, which was adorned with all kinds of colors, and had some gold touches. The place had furniture, plants and some rooms, and the weirdest thing of it all, in the ceiling there was a sphere which looked weird, but seemed to have a purpose.
Vi turned to look at Ekko in confusion
“Where exactly are we?” asked the pink haired woman.
“I… don’t know” replied the firelights leader while looking around this heavenly place.
And suddenly he noticed some other figures standing nearby.
Children’s figures.
And he could recognize them.
But they couldn’t be!
And then 2 other figures came into view.
One of them he would recognize even if the world was burning down…
“Benzo?” He asked in a broken voice.
Chapter 2: Ghosts of the past
Summary:
They find out why they are in that place and see a glimpse of Jinx’s life.
Notes:
Hey again,
Sooo this chapter is short but I’ll make up for it I promise.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
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“Benzo?” He asked in a broken voice.
Ekko was so confused, astonished, freaked out, you name the feeling Ekko is feeling it right now, as well as Vi.
And Caitlyn just standing to the side trying to understand ‘who are these people?’
After focusing his attention on Benzo for a while he switched to the figure by his side… Vander.
And then to the children by their side,
Their gang
Mylo, Claggor, Vi, him and Powder. They all looked so little, it broke Ekko’s heart to pieces the fact that he looked like that when he had to live through hell. Before founding the firelights, he was a mess, then he met Scar and Zeri, and together they started a place where people could find hope during those dark times.
He remembered how perfect live was when everyone was alive, how he wished to have done things differently.
He pulled himself out of his thoughts and realized that everyone had the exact same look on their faces.
Both groups looked at each other for a while.
Then something someone broke that silence. Vi
She lunged forward but not to attack.
She went directly to Vander and pulled him into a tight embrace. Vander stumbled, clearly caught off guard by Vi’s strength, but seemed to understand that this was his daughter or at least future daughter.
Her sobs could be heard, Vander gave her a few pats on the back while she mumbled stuff like ‘I missed you’ in between sobs or ‘I couldn’t keep my promise, I’m sorry’.
Vander couldn’t understand what was exactly happening but it seemed like he could tell that she needed this, so he didn’t pull out of the hug.
Ekko watched the scene unfold silently with sadness and fondness in his eyes, then without thinking twice he ran and hugged Benzo while crying, the older man didn’t know how to react so he said:
“Hey little man”
Ekko couldn’t think straight he missed Benzo so much, he has forever wished that he had never given his friends that tip.
After a while he wondered what was going on in this place, because you don’t see your dead family every day.
Caitlyn decided to finally step in and asked: “Sorry but, who exactly are these people?”
Vi finally seemed to realize that this wasn’t a fever dream and Cupcake’s comment made her realize how weird all of this was. A few seconds later Vi said: “Ummmm… Cupcake this is my dad, Vander”
“Is he the one with the statue?” Asked Caitlyn
Vi simply nodded in response
Vander who had been quiet gave them a puzzled look and asked “What statue”
Ekko, who had finally let go of Benzo, asked while looking at the kids standing beside Vander and Benzo “What’s the last thing you remember?”
Then young Vi as she always did answered “We were in the last drop, little man was about to give me a tip.”
Ekko looked at his younger self and asked with a face full of horror “The Piltie guy’s tip?’
Younger Ekko looked amazed, he hadn’t told anyone about the tip yet.
Ekko while seeing his confusion answered “I’m you, well from the future, because now we are apparently trapped in some place between space and time”
Everyone was confused and then Caitlyn intertwined “That does make sense”
The room was quiet for a while but then Powder, who had been hiding behind younger Vi said “Yeah, but why us?”.
Caitlyn then asked “Jinx?”
Powder looked at her with a confused look “What did you call me? I’m sorry but my name is Powder”.
Vi then explained to Caitlyn in a whisper “It is her, but she still hasn’t become ‘Jinx’, she is still Powder.”
The younger Vi looked confused by her older self and her explanation asked “Who is ‘Jinx’?”
Before anyone could respond a strong wind came, a wind stronger than anything, but that was really weird because they were in a closed room.
The wind went on and on for a few minutes, and suddenly the figure of a woman emerged from it.
Her hair was blonde, almost white, it looked like it was floating, she had intense eyes and a beautiful white dress, she was holding a scepter. She looked like a goddess, she floated a few feet above them with the wind surrounding her.
Ekko could recognize her.
She was Janna.
Then she spoke:
“You all may be wondering why I gathered you all here in this room. I did it, for you to act before it’s too late,”
Suddenly, she made a pause and then looked directly at Powder.
" My chosen one, her mistakes must not be made again.”
Then she hopefully said
“I need her to survive this time,
for Zaun.”
“Who has to survive?” Asked Caitlyn.
To which Janna only answered, while looking at Powder “The blue bird must survive.” And while saying the last word, she disappeared into thin air.
Everyone was too stunned to speak, but all the heads suddenly turned to look at the girl standing beside Vi’s young version.
“What?” she asked with an annoyed tone.
“Whatever it is, Mylo did it.” She added later
“Seriously, what?” She said annoyed again.
Then Mylo spoke, asking incredulously “Her?! Really?”
“Me what?” Said Powder.
“Powder…” said Vander giving her a look to behave.
“Ok, but really what is going on?” She asked.
The older version of Ekko suddenly stepped in and said “You are Janna’s chosen one.”
“Oh yeah and my bombs work” said Powder in sarcasm.
And then without any explanation the room shifted; they saw a place, not any place, a hideout.
And not just any hideout.
Jinx’s hideout.
And then…
POW!
In the abyss below them they could see bombs exploding, somebody was launching them.
A figure with two twin long braids falling from her back, Jinx.
Nobody spoke and suddenly they heard
“Ahhh! I can’t come up with anything new!” Silco would be disappointed.
“Is it finally be the day that the ogre will be right, saying ‘you are nothing without your bombs’. ” But she actually didn’t hate Sevika, she helped her a lot with the little buster, and was great company.
‘Wait is she here?’ Jinx wondered
They could hear her thoughts?
She looked around and saw the pillow fort and she exhaled “thank Janna”
She never liked her to see her panic attacks or losing control.
Who was she thinking about? They had no idea. Then they saw her get back to work with a lot of messy music in the background, coming from her record player.
She heard footsteps and looked back to Sevika who said
“We are back with food”
When the older version of Vi saw Sevika she lost it “fucking traitor” she muttered under her breath.
“Thank you” said Jinx, and then a child’s giggle came from the tunnels running to hug Jinx, the child’s face wasn’t exactly visible, but she laughed, and Jinx she loved her.
Ekko paused, Jinx, with a child?!
“Did you have fun with the ogre”
‘Don’t call her that’ the little girl signed.
“Bah bah” was Jinx’s answer.
Powder giggled at her response.
The scene ended with the child’s laughter.
Suddenly they were back in the room.
“What was that?” Asked Caitlyn.
“I think we just saw a glimpse of Jinx’s life,” Ekko answered.
“She seemed almost normal.” Caitlyn said
Mylo suddenly talked, while looking extremely confused. “Who is ‘Jinx’?”
Vi took a deep breath stepping forward to explain, but she suddenly heard Ekko saying
“Jinx is Powder in the future she started calling herself that a few months after….”
“After what?” Asked young Vi, she couldn’t believe her little sister called herself such a horrible thing.
The projector suddenly made the room shift, they were in Piltover.
And Vi recognized that scene better than anyone, the greatest regret of her life.
Breaking into Jayce’s apartment was the worst decision of her life.
So she only answered in a neutral tone of voice to her younger self “You’ll see”.
The scene were the 4 children in Piltover, jumping from one building to the other.
“If we screw up Vander will kill us”
“I know” answered Vi.
“So don’t screw up” she said.
Notes:
Sooo, you like it?
Should I trauma dump the characters with Jinx’s past?
I swear I’ll try to get better at writing.
Chapter 3: Where things went wrong
Summary:
Basically the Piltover job.
Notes:
Wanted to make this chapter longer, I already had it completed but I lost it because Ao3 doesn’t save jobs, I already had a part saved and I wrote over it, so sorry if it took a while this update was supposed to be yesterday.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
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Finally,
Vi finally let her go with them to a work.
She really had to thank Ekko for the tip when they go back.
Ekko froze at that while looking at the projection,
It was his fault
And thanks to THAT job Powder became Jinx.
She was being useful not a ‘Jinx’ like Mylo always said.
Everyone in the room froze at that comment.
Mylo was the focus of everyone’s attention.
“Well it isn’t like he I’m telling lies” he complained, he still didn’t get who Jinx is.
Powder just looked away with a sad expression.
And older Vi was not having it “You’ll never learn, will you?”
“What do you mean?” Mylo asked offended.
“When to shut up” Vi answered.
They got to a roof where the whole city was visible.
“Wow” said Powder while an airship went above them. And added
“One day I’m going to ride one of those things”
“I would love to do that!” said Powder excitedly.
‘Awww’ thought Caitlyn, she couldn’t believe that this girl who seemed so innocent and sweet became Jinx.
And then Mylo said “One day I’m going to shoot one of them down”
In response Powder rolled her eyes.
The next roof was a few feet far away so Vi just said “Follow my lead”
And she jumped from a balcony.
Then Mylo and finally Claggor.
But when it was finally her turn she froze, the jump was too big and she was afraid that she would fall so she was just there frozen.
“I’ll go get her” said Claggor, but Vi answered instantly “No”
And then added “remember what we talked about?”
Powder did, just before going on the mission Vi told her that she knew that she was capable, remembering that and having her sister’s motivation gave her the courage to do it so she did.
Barely, thanks to her landing she almost fell to the street, but Vi caught her and helped her up.
Everyone gasped, Powder was about to fall, thankfully Vi was there.
Powder really hoped Vi would be forever there.
They continued their way through the city and they finally got there, an apartment.
Vander just thought of how much trouble this was going to cause, but it would be alright.
Mylo was opening the lock, but Vi ended up kicking the door open revealing the apartment which was full of stuff.
Caitlyn froze. “It was you?” She asked.
”What?” Asked Vi.
”You were the ones that broke into Jayce’s apartment?”
”Who is Jayce?” Asked Claggor.
”In the future he created this thing called hextech it’s an incredible technology which makes stuff accessible and easier to use.”
”That sounds cool!” Said Powder with bright eyes.
“Hmph… So you’ve always had a thing for technology” Said Caitlyn
“What’s that supposed to mean?” She asked.
“Nothing, you see, your future self also likes technology” Caitlyn answered.
“Yeah hextech sounds cool, and it would be amazing if Topside didn’t keep it for themselves” Said Ekko while looking at Caitlyn.
Vi just rolled her eyes and annoyed said “Please not again.”
“You won’t let it go, will you?” Asked Caitlyn
“Well it’s kind of hard to let of go the fact that hextech and Piltover ruined my life” Said Ekko.
Everyone was glancing between Ekko and Caitlyn, so Vi decided to step in “Ekko Caitlyn is not responsible about everything that the undercity has suffered because of Piltover”
“Yeah, yeah I know.” Answered
“What do you mean it ruined your life” asked his younger self.
“It’s complicated” Said Ekko.
His younger self looked worried.
“Hey, don’t worry” Said Powder and gestured the younger Vi to come with her.
“Yeah, I’m sure whatever it is we’ll get through it together.” Said Vi.
With that Ekko’s heart broke, and so did Vi’s.
They missed being able to do that.
Vi missed her sister.
Ekko missed his best friend.
While watching he scene Mylo and Claggor joined in the hug to, while Vander said something about ‘always being there for each other’.
Ekko was lost in his thoughts and suddenly the projection continued.
“Wow” Said Powder, mainly for herself.
She couldn’t believe her eyes.
The apartment was gigantic in her eyes.
It was full of stuff.
She wished to one day live like that, being capable of inventing all kinds of stuff.
She wouldn’t live in Piltover people there are brats, but she had to admit that their lifestyle wasn’t bad.
While looking around the place Powder saw everything she could dream of.
And then she saw it,
A Valdiani.
She couldn’t believe her eyes.
Valdiani was her favorite inventor, she really admired his work and above all he seemed nice for a topsider.
Caitlyn thought that was funny and then said “Well she’s not wrong”.
“Yeah ,like you know him,” said Mylo.
Caitlyn smiled a little and didn’t say anything.
“You know Valdiani?” Powder asked with her eyes shining.
“He’s an old friend of my mother's,” answered Caitlyn.
Powder stood there speechless and so did the younger version of Ekko, who said “Yeah and I’m rich” with sarcasm in his voice.
Caitlyn laughed “I’m being serious” they went silent “That piece that Powder’s holding in the projection” she pointed at it.
“What about it?” said Vi.
“I asked Valdiani to make it specially for Jayce’s birthday,” said Caitlyn.
“So you’re like rich, rich.” Said Claggor.
Caitlyn just laughed and continued looking at the projection.
Wow, she would definitely take this.
“Powder find stuff that’s actually valuable before Mylo fills the bag with junk” Said Vi
Powder just continued looking around, she entered a room which seemed to be the place that the inventor did all his projects in.
And then she saw sandwiches.
She hadn’t eaten anything yet and she was hungry so she grabbed a bite.
But her attention turned to what was below the sandwiches, there were a few papers, and below them…
There was a box.
It wasn’t that hard to open it, and inside she found some kind of shiny blue stones.
“Ohh!” Said Caitlyn.
“What?” asked Ekko.
“Those gemstones…. They were just the beginning of Hextech” Said Caitlyn.
Wow.
They were beautiful .
And suddenly…
BAM
BAM
BAM
“Pow-pow we’ve got to go” said Vi
Notes:
Heyyy, did you like it?
Sorry for the length of the chapter,
I swear the next updates will be longer,
I’m sorry again, but I hope you like the story until now.
Chapter 4
Notes:
Heyyyyy, I’m so sorry it took so long, had a really like REALLY busy week, but here it is!
Hope you like it.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
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“Pow pow we’ve got to go” said Vi
Powder couldn’t think twice, hearing her sister’s voice rushing her to live she could only think of one solution, taking the gemstones, so she did, she grabbed all the gemstones and put them into her pocket.
But…
One of them fell
“Oh” said Caitlyn, understanding finally, after all those years, the reason of the explosion. Jayce’s gemstones.
Vi watched the scene, so it was actually her sister’s fault, but not intentionally.
tick
tack
tick
tack
They watched as the gemstone bounced to the floor, but then…
Boom!
The room went silent.
‘Oh no’ Powder thought, I ruined it all. She could feel everyone’s stares on her. Nobody moved.
They just ran, and then the explosion hit her, Mylo and Claggor.
”Wait where’s Vi?” Asked Caitlyn clearly worried.
That made Vander worried, he noticed his eldest daughter a sense but now, she hadn’t appeared yet.
Vi came out of the building, that now was falling to pieces, running.
Everyone let out a sigh of relief. But that was their only reaction, focusing entirely on the projection.
“Run, run, run!” Shouted Vi.
All of a sudden, the enforcers started to come out of the building and chasing them.
Powder’s mind was going crazy.
What could she do?
Follow Vi.
So that’s what she did alongside Mylo and Claggor.
The enforcers started to throw stuff at them, things that looked like… nets?
People started to look at them weird. Of course they’d judge them, they have been taught for their entire lives that people who lived in the under city were dirty, useless and poor. Ok, they weren’t exactly wrong, but they were worse.
“You tell them pow-pow!” Said the young version of Ekko, who was sitting next to Powder, whose cheeks were now a light shade of pink.
Vi chuckled at the scene, remembering the old times when Powder and Ekko were always together and had a ‘secret’ crush on each other.
The younger version of Vi alongside Mylo and Claggor started to tease them.
“Oh, Pow-pow’s got a crush” said Mylo
“Shut up!” Said Powder while rolling her eyes at him.
Benzo and Vander started to laugh, so did Caitlyn.
Ekko just stood there looking at the scene, how he wished that his life was like that again.
She kept following Vi through the streets of Piltover, and when they got to the bridge it started to separate a little bit, so they jumped without a second thought.
The enforcers hadn’t stopped following them yet, but Vi decided to take a route they all knew well.
And luckily, they lost the enforcers.
They got to a sewer and Vi told them to go in.
Mylo gave her a disgusted look and said “This was a new shirt” while sliding.
Then went Claggor, then Powder and finally Vi.
Suddenly Mylo turned to look at Powder, with a glare that said a lot of things.
“I didn’t do anything!” She complained.
“We could fill a library with things you didn’t do!” Said Mylo. And then said
“She ‘jinxes’ every job!”
Vander looked to his son, he knew that he and Powder had a weird relationship but he never thought that he would be calling her a ‘jinx’ then something clicked.
That’s why the girl they saw first was so familiar and the future versions of Ekko and Vi were so shocked when they saw Powder.
Something bad must have happened to her in a future if she went by that name.
But he decided to keep quiet and wait for everyone else to realize that too.
He felt disappointed, what could ever happen?
Then Vi stepped in, telling them to keep walking so they did.
They were entering the under city and saw a blonde guy and his gang, who suddenly said.
“Heard there was an explosion in Piltover” paused for a while “what do we have here, big lot?”
Mylo who in Powder’s opinion was a brat who had to learn to shut up in situations like this, started to brag
“You could say that.”
Vi just gave him a look that said ‘shut up’ in every single level.
“Why don’t you share just a tiny little bit and we will let you walk through our streets” said the guy.
Mylo and Claggor started to complain and Powder couldn’t blame them because who the hell did he think he was?! Like quite literally saying ‘our streets’.
Before anyone could do anything Vi looked back at them telling them to calm down.
She approached the guy and said
“Just a little bit?” while putting the bag down.
The guy who seemed so sure of himself, replied with a smirk.
Before he could actually say or do anything.
Bam
Vi had hit him in the face with the bag full of stuff, and then threw the bag to her sister so she could keep the stuff safe.
Powder felt proud but worried.
Vi trusted her.
Mylo and Claggor then joined the fight.
“You really should learn when to fight and when to stay out of it” chuckled Ekko.
“That’s rich coming from ‘you” replied Vi
Ekko’s brows furrowed with confusion “What’s that supposed to mean?”
Vi laughed “Seriously, what do you mean?” Said Ekko, now annoyed.
“You just came out swinging when I finally reunited with pow!” Said Vi frustrated.
“I thought we were over this, and you know that’s not her name!” Yelled Ekko.
With that everyone’s attention turned to them.
Vi seemed hurt at his words.
“I’m sorry” he said “but that’s how things are”.
“She’s gone” said Ekko.
“Why are you so sure about that!” Yelled Vi.
“Because I tried to save her dozens of times!”
Said Ekko, his voice sounded hurt.
“Hey I’m sorry little man” said Vi, “I should have known”.
“Yeah whatever” he shrugged while turning to look at the projection.
Powder stood there, scared.
Watching her siblings fight people wasn’t rare, even though she usually didn’t go with them she sometimes followed them with Ekko.
By now, she had even memorized the speech Vander gave them every time they got in trouble.
But this time, this time it was real.
She felt useless standing there watching them fight.
She wanted to do something but she was paralyzed.
Claggor was a great fighter.
Mylo was… special? She would say.
“Hey” complained Mylo.
That made everyone laugh.
And Vi, she was amazing, Powder loved her and admired her so much.
She wanted to be just like her.
Her mind snapped back into the fight.
They weren’t exactly losing, but it was a 4 vs 3.
Everything was alright until one of the guys seemed to realize that she was just standing on the sidelines without fighting and with the bigger prize…
The bag.
‘Oh no!’ Was the first thought in Powder’s head.
‘I’m doomed’
So she did what she could do best.
She ran
She ran how she would if her life depended on it.
(tbh it kinda did)
Either way she was going to die.
Either if this guy caught her or if she returned without the bag.
She knew those streets pretty well, but the guy was fast and she couldn’t seem to be able to lose him.
Until she finally did, or so she thought.
She hid behind one of the walls in the dock. Everything was fine.
She could hear the guy’s footsteps nearby and then he finally turned away.
She let out a sigh.
Dumb mistake.
There was a wooden piece beside her and it fell, which made the guy look back again.
Look back at her.
‘Shit’ Powder thought.
Vi’s younger version raised an eyebrow at that, so did Vander’s, they had never actually heard Powder cuss, then again this were her thoughts, so it wasn’t SO shocking.
She took out ‘mouser’ one of her self-made bombs, they never worked.
She usually used this bombs to pull pranks on people, mainly Mylo, but they never, like absolutely never worked.
Ekko laughed.
Powder turned to look at him.
“What’s so funny?” Said Claggor, offended, jumping to Powder’s rescue.
“Let’s just say that one day they’ll work more than they should” he answered.
Powder beamed at that, while Ekko turned to look at Vi, who also seemed to think what he did, how is this the same soul that is now Jinx?
“Please mouser, I need you to work” she murmured as she threw the bomb.
Tick tack
Tick tack
Pum!
And then… glitter.
‘Well it’s officially shit’ thought Powder.
Mylo laughed, he liked Powder’s thoughts, she seemed like a completely different person.
She came out of her hiding spot.
The guy tried to take the bag away from her and then… the bag fell to the water.
They both looked at the scene disappointed.
“You lost it?!” Asked Mylo
“I haven’t lost it, YET” said Powder.
Luckily for Powder the guy’s distraction allowed her to escape.
So she did.
She went to the meet-up spot Vi told her to go if they ever got separated from her.
When she saw them she left out a sigh of relief.
They seemed happy to see her too, but something was missing
The bag.
“Pow where’s the bag?” Asked Vi.
“Yeah about that…” Powder said while chuckling nervously.
“ I lost it”
“You did what?” Asked Mylo
“Like I said, and I quote, she’s a ‘jinx’!” He added
“I’m sorry” she said “I didn’t mean to” she really hated being a ‘jinx’ but it seemed to be everything everyone thought about her.
‘Poor baby’ thought Caitlyn, while watching the projection she couldn’t understand how she even became ‘Jinx’.
“Hey,hey don’t worry, it’s alright” said Vi comforting her.
And then they went into the elevator, revealing the undercity.
The projection stopped.
For a few seconds everyone stayed still.
Until someone (Mylo) dared to speak.
“What the f!” He said, he was clearly mind blown.
Vi didn’t seem to think straight “You shut up!” She shouted.
Mylo seemed startled but Ekko followed Vi’s actions when he was about to protest “Zip it, really, you’re not helping”
“What did I do?” He complained.
“You created HER!” said Ekko, his voice bitter.
“Who?” Mylo asked.
Was he really that dumb? Was all Vi could think about.
Then the younger version of Vi stepped in “What do you mean?” She said.
Vi then died, she said “Was I really that dumb?” To Vander.
He just chuckled.
“Calm down kiddo, they’ll probably figure it out later.”
All of a sudden
the projection started again.
Notes:
Really Mylo get a hint!
I absolutely love baby Powpow
Tell me what you think!
Chapter 5: Tale As Old As Time
Summary:
Vi decided to break the silence.
“Ekko…” everyone turned to look at her.
“What happened while I was gone?” She said, clearly worried.
“A lot” said Ekko.
Notes:
Hehehe, sorry for disappearing, (and for the not so long chapter), I knida lost inspiration and had a lot of stuff to do.
But here’s another chapter!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
The projection started again.
This time it showed an airship with a lot of stuff.
Suddenly a person appeared with some papers to sign.
Then Sevika came into view
“That traitor” Growled Vi
She signed the papers with her normal arm.
“Wait, when did she lose an arm?” Asked Claggor
“Oh, ummm” Was all Vi could say, she didn’t know.
And suddenly masked people came into view
And in the front there was an owl masked guy, he signaled his group and.
BAM
They entered the ship, which was full of shimmer barrels.
“What’s that?” Asked Powder.
“Shimmer” answered Ekko, “it’s the most influential drug in the under-city, and all because of Silco.”
“We have 4 minutes” said the guy while paralyzing Sevika with some strange yellow thing.
They all started to throw the shimmer to the floor, and two guys went to the lower part of the airship.
Then suddenly there was a strange fog and then when they tried to get out, the door was locked.
“She’s here” one of them said in terror through their mask.
There was a swing and below it there was a word written: ‘boom’.
Suddenly in a zip-line there was a girl, she was fast, you could only see her if you concentrated. She put two bombs in each of the guys and then
BOOM
Suddenly in the upper part of the ship they could hear the explosion, and the fog came out.
They couldn’t see or hear anything, except one thing… footsteps.
Then a girl came into view. She had two really long twin braids, they reached the floor, with a side bang. She was wearing a black top with shoelaces in the middle forming an ‘X’and wearing knee-length low rise, purple pants, with some really colorful boots.
“Hi” she said and then… she took out two bombs and took off the pins with her teeth.
BOOOM
‘Is he dumb or something?’ She thought while looking at her opponent. ‘Move!’ She thought ‘ughhh, Ekko! I don’t want to kill you or your firelights!’
“Why didn’t he move!” Said Powder.
‘Because I hasn’t seen her in a while’ thought Ekko
Vi just shot him a look.
“What?!” He asked.
“You are down bad little man” she said
“What the hell Vi!” He said.
“What? It’s just the truth!, and she is too!”
“It WAS the truth, when we were like 10!” Said Ekko.
“And now too.” She teased.
“Look, I hadn’t seen her in a while and was surprised to see she was still alive, also she changed her clothes from when I last saw her” he said.
“So you notice what she wears” Teased Vi… again!
“Uh!” Ekko rolled his eyes.
“Oh, um.. sorry” said Vi, she truly wasn’t but he seemed like really mad.
Powder got lost in her thoughts as the projection continued. What were the older versions of her sister and best friend talking about?
The firelights’ leader finally came forward, just as she was fighting him, she avoided a punch just a millisecond away.
Everyone was in awe, except Ekko.
“Wow” was Powder’s reaction
“How can she do that!?” Said Mylo in awe.
“She’s Jinx” answered Ekko. “She simply does that” he added.
“Ekko, what happened when I was gone?” She asked with a worried look.
“I told you at the base.” He said and turned to look at the projection.
Then she heard one of them throwing the shimmer into the floor, just as she was about to throw the flame away…
The girls’s mask came off, and beneath it…
There was pink hair.
and she, she saw Vi’s face
Ekko closed his eyes he knew exactly what was coming, well at least from what he remembered he felt at the time of Eve’s death, one of the most important firelights.
‘NONOnononono’ was all she could think, suddenly memories came flashing by
! why did you leave me
!’Because you are a ‘JINX
Mylo was right
violet pleasee
Vi
Vi
Vi Vi Vi Vi
“Shut up!” Jinx said, “nononono” the girl ran from her grasp, but Jinx, she was having a breakdown and she shot her in the back, all she could hear was the “No” Ekko the firelights’ leader shouted as he growled at her, she felt bad, she didn’t want Ekko to hate her more, not after everything, but in the end everyone leaves.
Then she couldn’t control herself, she started shooting around as the firelights left.
Everyone watched quietly, surprised by how fast a breakdown could get triggered.
Ekko watched, while remembering the amount of times he had seen her had one, and lamented not being able to help her.
Vi brought her hand to her mouth, that’s why her sister had reacted that way when she finally saw her after all those years, and the worst part, she couldn’t protect her like Vander told her to.
Vander knew his youngest daughter sometimes didn’t think of herself as good enough, and sometimes saw things… it had only happened a few times at the last drop, but he had noticed. When they got back he would definitely have to do something, before those little outbursts escalated into this.
‘Shit’ was all she could think of after shooting everywhere and screaming her lungs out ‘Silco will kill me, but oh, I had missed this’
With that the projection ended.
Nobody knew what to say, until Vi decided to break the silence.
“Ekko…” everyone turned to look at her.
“What happened while I was gone?” She said, clearly worried.
“A lot” said Ekko and then continued “At the base I told you, Silco took over the lames, with shimmer, with ‘Jinx’ by his side, along with Sevika. I don’t know what happened that night, but I couldn’t find either of you, I thought she died. So I hid in the streets, found a friend, you’ve met him, Scar, and together we founded the firelights, later I found out that the infamous Jinx was Pow, I thought she was forced to be with Silco, so I went to save her, but I was wrong she didn’t want to be saved, tried a few other times, got to talk to her more, continued being friends but she still was on his side, I confronted her about it, she told me that he was the only one that understood her, I told her I tried to too, but she got really mad, that was the last time I saw her before the fight that you just saw. I still wonder what happened that night, she never told me.”
Vi was left speechless after Ekko’s declaration, “I..um” she said “that night, her going by ‘Jinx’ and feeling alone… everything was my fault” she admitted while bursting into tears.
The younger versions stared at them, until Mylo finally spoke “Powder… she is the ‘Jinx’ we keep seeing, right?”.
They just nodded.
Everyone was struck with the news, Powder really couldn’t get what happened to her, so she decided to finally ask. “What happened to me?”.
Vi was gathering up the courage to tell her and then the projection started, and she recognized it all instantly, they would find out soon.
Notes:
Did ya like it?
Again sorry for the long wait.
Btw, I looove arcane, went to Mexico City for hexcore nights and it was amaaazing!
Anyway, please share your thoughts.
Btw, in this chapter there are a few clues of what happened in the past, because even though it follows a very similar path to the series, there’s a bit of cannon divergence.
Chapter 6: The end of the beginning
Summary:
Powder was sure that she seemed uncomfortable or scared, maybe both, anyways her sister and brother’s? Ekko wasn’t like a brother but he wasn’t a best friend either, well anyway their older versions were fighting, and all because of her. Does it always have to be because of her?
Notes:
Hey! Here’s an update, I know it’s short, but I’ve been really busy and didn’t want to keep you waiting!
Enjoy!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
The scene they were watching was one Vi remembered well, the last time she had a *real* talk with Powder before it all went to shit, but it seemed like the end of the talk.
Her sister had finally talked to her, she had finally shown her that she wasn’t invincible, but it felt weird? Powder didn’t know how to feel about it, so she went back, this time with Vi’s bunny.
She didn’t understand why did Vi seem like she was saying goodbye, so she just waited.
So she went to the last drop.
Vander seemed alarmed when he saw her come in, and he left.
A few minutes later she understood, it wasn’t that long before Vi came in, stumbling, she seemed like she had been crying. A LOT.
Suddenly she started to explain
“Benzo, he’s dead….. and they took Vander”
“Wait, Vi slow down” said Mylo
Then she just began to cry.
“We’ll save him” said Claggor
“He’s our father too.” He said while the 3 of them hugged. Powder wasn’t sure what to do, so she joined into their hug.
They were all preparing to leave, and Vi suddenly stopped her.
“You’ll sit this one out Powder” she told her.
“What?” Said Powder. “I can help!” She was useful, she was, right?
“I know” said Vi
“I just don’t want you to get hurt” was all that Vi said.
No but, this wasn’t how it was supposed to go.
But before Powder could respond, Vi left.
And the projection ended.
“You left her!” Ekko said, angry but his voice… it carried something else.
Hurt.
He had seen first hand how Powder after becoming Jinx had a lot, and like seriously A LOT abandonment issues. And he couldn’t believe that it was because of Vi.
At least they had already seen the worst, right?
Nope, and Ekko knew that, he knew that what was coming to them was bad. But he still just couldn’t believe Vi hadn’t let Powder go with them, making her feel useless.
“I didn’t want to lose her!” Vi said while defending herself.
Caitlyn and the others watched them fight, in silence, wondering what happened.
Little Ekko was amazed by the fact that he TALKED BACK and not just to anyone but Vi herself! He didn’t know if he was excited or scared, but he couldn’t concentrate, not at all, because all he could think was what they were talking about.
Her.
Powder was sure that she seemed uncomfortable or scared, maybe both, anyways her sister and brother’s? Ekko wasn’t like a brother but he wasn’t a best friend either, well anyway their older versions were fighting, and all because of her. Does it always have to be because of her? She could understand what was happening, but she couldn’t believe the projection, Vi would never leave her, would she?
Suddenly something took everyone’s attention.
Vi and Ekko stopped fighting each other, though they still looked at each other with a resentful look.
Little man suddenly realized that he had been staring at Powder, while she snapped out of her thoughts.
There were 3 people standing in front of them.
Caitlyn recognized them immediately, Ekko too. But the others, they were lost.
The 3 people seemed to notice all the eyes on them, and just stood there awkwardly.
“Jayce!” Shouted Caitlyn while running to him.
“Hey sprout!” He said, while hugging her.
Everyone was standing awkwardly.
“Hello Mel” Caitlyn added while greeting her “Viktor” she said while bowing her head.
“Is he your counselor friend?” Asked Mylo.
Caitlyn seemed to snap out of her thoughts and presented the 3 people standing in front of them.
They were, apparently like really important people in Piltover, 2 counselors and a scientist, who apparently was born and grew up in the under city.
To Powder they seemed cool, but they were from Piltover, so she couldn’t avoid feeling resentment towards them, as well as everyone else in the room did. The thing that was sure is that this, THIS felt weird, they were going to watch her life, and she was supposed to be okay with it? Okay, it wasn’t like she had a choice but, really?
Everyone was introducing themselves, she seemed to notice a few nods her way, but she didn’t care. She also noticed how Caitlyn seemed to be explaining them what was happening in here.
But while everyone was talking another figure appeared in the room.
He was slim, and thin, but what caught Powder’s attention was his eye, it looked really scary, the man himself was scary, he carried this weird vibe, and seemed sad. Powder could understand that, she was now used to always feeling guilty, but what really surprised her was Vander’s reaction.
“You” He said, but resentfully, a tone that wasn’t common in Vander.
She still didn’t know who the man was, but she was sure that she would soon find out.
Notes:
My babies Pow pow and little man! They love each other but are like ‘nah’. I love timebomb.
Mel, Jayce and Viktor ohhhn! This will be fun, because Mel for example didn’t interact with jinx directly, out of the 3 only Viktor did, and for a brief part, so it’ll be interesting.
And last but not least, Silco! I still don’t know how exactly to write this character, but it’s going to be fun. Btw should Sevika come in?
I’m so excited for the new mv!
Anyway, did ya like this chapter? Let me know.
See ya
-M
Chapter 7: A little blue gem
Summary:
“Do not worry little lady, we’ve met, my name is Silco” he said directly AT HER.
Notes:
Two chapters in two days cause I felt nice
Mwah!
Hope you like it!!!
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Chapter Text
“You” was all Vander said.
To be honest, Powder didn’t really know the man, but she felt bad for him, then again, if Vander ever talked to someone in that tone… pew! bad news for them, but really, she wondered what exactly happened within the 2, because this, this seemed to be something that has been happening for a lot of time.
“Hello Vander” the man replied, with a tone that actually gave Powder the chills. He did seem scary with the eye and all, she looked around to see if anyone was as confused as her, turns out she did seem scary a few confused faces, like Mylo, Claggor, Vi, her actual sister, not the grown up version of her, and of course Ekko, but they were the only ones that seemed lost, every other adult in the room seemed either tense, worried, or filled with rage, mainly Ekko’s older version, his head was basically smoking, would he be counted as an adult?, anyway, Powder seemed to be looking around a lot more than she thought, because there was a voice that snapped her out of her thoughts.
“Do not worry little lady, we’ve met, my name is Silco” he said directly AT HER, with a voice that seemed to be so understanding and kind, she could tell that this man was fond of her, probably of the older version of herself who they’d seen at the projection.
She nodded, he understood.
But, the adults’ reaction wasn’t as comprehensive as hers.
Ekko went even crazier, you could see him fighting the urge to be civil, he seemed like he wanted to beat the guy.
Vi’s reaction was even worse, but she did her best to hide it.
Vander looked like he had just seen a ghost, as well as Benzo’s.
And the pilties alongside Caitlyn were shocked? Stunned? Scared? Powder couldn’t exactly decipher what they were thinking, but everyone was definitely mad a the guy.
She turned around to look at her siblings’, who, while observing the adults’ reactions, got their walls up and ready to defend.
Powder acted out of impulse, let’s be honest when did she not, anyway, she decided to open her mouth.
“Hi” she said, innocently.
Everyone was quiet, but Powder was only focused on Silco’s reaction, he seemed to melt.
Out of the corner of her eye she noticed something, there was someone standing there, she was a woman, and Powder was sure she had seen her at the bar, but she. Couldn’t remember her name, so again she talked to the man.
“Who’s she?” She asked, while pointing at the woman with her head.
“My right hand, Sevika” the man awnsered, and then Powder leaned in to say something, but it looked like a secret,
“Is she your right hand because she can’t work with her left?” She asked, and in response Silco let out a chuckle, but it seemed like a lot, because everyone was looking at her like she was crazy, maybe she was, for talking to the man and all, but she could tell, he was important to her, and she was to him too.
Before she could get lost in her thoughts, the adult version of Ekko seemed to finally gather up the courage and said
“Don’t you have to be torturing someone, what are you doing here?” Silco didn’t seem to have a problem with him.
“I actually have to explain something to Jinx before she tries to blow me up with one of her bombs, but answering to your question young man, I don’t know” he said.
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Eventually it all was explained, turns out Powder was right, Silco and Sevika were from a future, the same future as Vi, Caitlyn and Ekko, it was interesting…but she still didn’t know their role in her life, or why Vander and Silco seemed to have a weird relationship, but, when Powder was about to ask…
The projection started again
This time it showed what happened after Vi and Powder’s fight.
Powder was bad, like mentally unstable type of bad.
Why? Was all that she asked herself over and over and over again.
I wasn’t good enough?
How can I be good enough?
You can’t!
“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”
Stupid
Useless
She wasn’t worthy
She was bad
Everything was her fault
That’s all she was
A JINX
only that, nothing else.
Vi wouldn’t admit it, but she didn’t take her because she would ‘jinx’ it
She only wanted to help
She began to shout even more, and start throwing stuff, not really important stuff, but it was one way to cope with it
Suddenly scribbles started to appear,
VI
VI.
VI
VI
VI. VI
VI VI
VI
VI VI
She wanted to help
Why wouldn’t Vi let her!
Jinx
Jinx
Jinx
JINX
Jinx
Jinx
Jinx Jinx
Jinx
JINX
JINX
JINX
JINX
JINX
that’s all she was
Was it really?
She couldn’t know
Vi wasn’t going to lie, being in her sister thoughts was uncomfortable for a lot of reasons, and also very depressing, she just realized how she had hurt her all those years ago, but there was nothing she could do now, she didn’t know she really didn’t, she would have helped her.
Powder didn’t like watching herself, and it felt really weird that other people, including strangers were watching too, and that was their first impression of her, but she could notice many pairs of eyes were in her, observing her.
Everyone in the room observed quietly, they were all clearly worried all except Powder she acted like if this was normal or common, and so did Silco, he seemed to be used to his.
Ekko knew that he couldn’t help much during one of Jinx’s burst outs, only wait for it to finish and letting her know that she wasn’t alone was all he could do, but he never thought they were like THIS, damn, Jinx was one of of the strongest people he knew.
Powder began to throw her stuff around her room, her bombs, her monkey, and a box, but that was what made the difference, when the box fell, the gems she had stolen earlier at Piltover seemed to glisten, just like the apartment did after the explosion.
And then.
Something clicked.
Those gems, they were what caused the explosion, they were powerful, and an idea came into Powder’s head,
a really great but stupid idea
‘I can help them’ and not be a Jinx
“I…. I I don’t.. I didn’t know” was everything Vi said after the projection ended, she was crying, her eyes only focused on the floor, thoughts flooding her head, all bad thoughts.
“It wasn’t your fault” said Caitlyn.
‘That’s a lie’ thought Silco, but he wasn’t a monster, well he was, but the girl was clearly struggling and bing in a room where most people hated him… of course saying that out loud would be a dumb decision.
‘Being crazy must run in the family’ Was all Sevika could hint about.
But what astonished Powder was how weird their gang was acting towards her after seeing that scene. Powder felt pitied and it wasn’t a nice feeling, they all just stared sadly, Ekko quickly looked away, like he was unsure of what to say, Mylo looked really awkward, Claggor offered her a smile, and Vi? Vi ran and hugged her, like there was nothing else in the world.
“Always with you sis” She said
And Powder?
She believed it.
After all Vi was her sister, and she wouldn’t ever lie to her or leave her,
Right?
Notes:
Sooo, this chapter was to make up for how short the last one was, I hope you liked it.
I love Powder and Jinx, they are so perfect.
Did you catch all my clues???
Wink
Wink .
I really look forward to writing the characters’ relationships, because this is just the beginning.
Thank you so much for reading!
Love ya!
-M
Chapter 8: Little Pow goes BOOM!
Summary:
She thought about it, it was a time-bomb.
It would go tick, tack, BOOM!
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Powder ‘saves’ her family
Notes:
Heyyyy, here’s a new chapter.
I tried making it longer! Literally had to fight the urge to post it incomplete and complete it in the next chapter.
Anyway hope you enjoy it.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
After that last projection they all had some time to rest, after all it had been a long day.
The place that they were in was heaven-like, it had literal clouds everywhere, a really comfortable couch and a lot of gold details everywhere.
Powder really liked the place, and after the projection Vander convinced her to go to sleep and so did Benzo to Ekko, so they ended up together in one of the clouds.
Powder was used to sleeping next to him, it brought her peace, but tonight not even that could help her to sleep.
Powder still felt weird after the last projection.
It wasn’t like she felt excluded or anything, but she somehow did.
Vi had told her she would always be with her, that made her calm down.
But the way her family was treating her, it was… weird.
Ekko was way too careful with what he said around her, but he seemed understanding. Still weird if you asked her though.
Claggor was as quiet as always, he observed her, like if he was waiting for her to blow up, or have an outburst.
Mylo was… quiet? And that was the weirdest it could get, because when he teased at least when he teased her he expressed what he was thinking, but somehow he not talking made it worse, it expressed even more, it made her feel like burden, like something fragile.
And Vi, she was not the best. She treated her weird, and so did her older version.
The older Vi, she was weirder around her, she looked at her like she was a relic, something that could be lost in a second. And the ‘lady’ which was what Powder decided to refer to her as, her being from Piltover and all, she was amazed with Powder and looked at her with admiration, which was weird, but considering her comments during projections, she was genuinely interested in Powder and how come she became Jinx.
The scientists and the woman that looked like goddess were the ones who didn’t act differently to her, they seemed to be more mature, or to know what would happen. If Powder had to guess, they were from the future too.
Silco seemed to have a soft spot for her, and only her, like literally, he was so scary with his eye, if looks could kill everyone in this room would already be dead, except Powder, he looked at her like if she was his daughter, his little girl, he seemed to protect her, and he was the only one that didn’t treat her like if she was made of glass, he even told others to treat her normally, he seemed to know her better than anybody here, and for that she was grateful.
His right hand woman, Sevika treated her the complete opposite, she couldn’t have cared less, she treated her ‘normally’ or at least how she treated everyone else, Powder wouldn’t be caught saying it out loud, but she liked her.
And the only other person who wasn’t weird with her was Ekko’s older version, during the projection she noticed his face, he didn’t seem unfazed or unfamiliar with her outburst, he seemed to really know her, or at least in the future, and to be used to it, she was relieved and grateful.
While trying to sleep she heard all of the adults talking, she could see them lined up by the counter, she hadn’t noticed that before, but it looked pretty, had lots of plants hanging and beautiful gold details.
Eventually sleep caught up with her, but that night there weren’t many peaceful dreams for her, she relieved it all, the moment she decided to sneak out and follow her parents to the bridge with Vi, Vander taking them in, the voices telling her she wasn’t good enough, nightmares.
They were by the counter in the room, it had a dim light and was kind of like a bar, so Vander took advantage of that and went behind.
The air felt weird, like there was some unresolved tension, and of course there was.
What would you expect if you put them all in the same room and expect them not to kill each other.
It was definitely a bad idea.
And suddenly, someone decided to break the silence, Ekko recognized her, the councilor, Mel.
“What is happening here?”
“Well lady, we, if you haven’t noticed are watching her life” said Sevika sarcastically, while nodding towards the sleeping figure of Powder, who was by Ekko’s side, and below them there were Vi, Mylo and Claggor, it was a cute scene.
“Why?” Asked now the ‘Man of Progress’ Ekko did really started to think he was dumb.
“She’s ‘Jinx’” Explained Ekko
They seemed surprised at that, hadn’t they just seen one of her episodes?
“Little man, what happened? And don’t give me the classic bullshit of ‘Silco this’” Said Vi.
“Then ask him, I already told you what happened to me!” Complained Ekko, he really didn’t want to tell more, he was sure Vi would kill him if she ever knew.
Silco was also standing nearby, but he had been quiet, he looked at them, the boy seemed to be the leader of the firelights, but apparently he was his daughter’s childhood friend… and that explained a lot, Jinx telling him that they weren’t any harm, not using lethal weapons against them, her always taking the jobs that included them.
Realization hit him.
He looked at Ekko, furiously and the boy seemed to notice, good.
But Silco realized something, he couldn’t confront him here without making the others suspicious, he had to wait so he could destroy him, and he was sure Vander and Vi would also want to, that idea was weird for him, but anything for Jinx.
Silco turned to Sevika, and then she seemed to know exactly what he was thinking about.
Oh the boy was screwed.
Being lost in his thoughts, Silco didn’t pay that much attention to Vi, who turned to him and asked
“What the hell happened to my sister?”
“As I told you before, I was wrong about you, thinking you were the price of the family (he wouldn’t risk losing another eye to Vander by calling Felicia and Connol’s family secondhand), but Jinx, she’s amazing” he replied calmly to her.
Vi flinched hearing her sister’s new name.
Ekko was just standing there, watching the exchange but he felt something.
Eyes.
On him.
And not just anybody’s eyes.
Silco’s.
And he, he seemed furious.
Ekko cleared his throat, returning the look at Silco.
“I feel like tomorrow’s going to be a long day” he said “we should head to sleep.”
“Where?” Asked the guy with the crane, his name was Viktor?
Vi pointed to the children in the couches that seemed like clouds “there”.
So that was a long day.
Ekko really needed to rest.
Powder woke up, she looked around and left the cloud.
No one else seemed to be up, she looked around the room, it was peaceful, there was sunlight and a dinner table, and a bar, there was also a kitchen, there didn’t seem to be any rooms, though.
She looked around the walls, walking, she was suddenly startled, because apparently she wasn’t the only one up.
By the counter there was a figure.
Ekko.
Well, his older version.
He was just standing there.
“Good morning” he said
“Hi” replied Powder, shyly, she hadn’t directly had a conversation with him.
“This must feel weird” said Ekko.
“Yes” she said, “but why haven’t you treated me like a freak?” She asked, she was genuinely curious, he hadn’t looked at her weird yet.
“Why would I?” He asked.
Powder couldn’t understand “My outbursts?”
He snorted “Jinx’s are worse” He had learned that the hard way.
“Why aren’t you close to Jinx?” He genuinely seemed to care for her.
“We were for a while” he admitted sadly, “but I gave up on her”.
“I’ve never seen you give up on anything” Powder said, surely something must have happened.
Ekko smiled at that, maybe she was right.
Vi walked up to them “Morning”
Powder did her bunny ears at her.
Vi really missed her sister.
Little by little everyone began to wake up.
They were all treating Powder differently, specially the pilties.
But she did want to know what happened after Vi left her.
Powder sat on the couch next to little man, though he was still treating her weirdly.
She made herself comfortable, but that was impossible.
The silence between everyone was really uncomfortable.
Everyone waiting for it to start.
Until it did.
She could actually help them.
She rushed to pick up everything she threw out.
Mainly the stones.
And she got to work.
She grabbed the monkey alarm.
A few stuff from here and there.
Bam!
Done.
Viktor just watched her work, she was smart, a genius, and when he turned to look at Jayce he could tell he was thinking the same.
She thought about it, it was a time-bomb.
It would go tick, tack, BOOM!
‘Awww cute, but dangerous’ thought Caitlyn, this girl is so adorable, she still can’t understand how, just how is she Jinx?
She was going to find them, where would they go? Somewhere abandoned.
Fuck!
Vi and Vander’s eyebrows shut up at that, Claggor just stayed quiet and Mylo wanted to laugh, hearing Powder’s thoughts was sooo funny.
She knows!
She’s gotta run.
After running through the streets of the under-city, she finally arrived, shit she had to climb.
Well climbing it is.
And when she reached the top. She saw them, and there was this scary horrible beast.
‘Nooooooooo’ she wanted to shout, scream, run.
Stay calm.
‘Oh well, you are so useless’ said the voice in her head.
Mel felt bad for the girl, as she was used to the feeling. She actually felt that this child could have a bright future.
She knew it was wrong, she was about to help them all.
She was going to be the big fat hero.
“No” was all they heard from Vi. Regret.
“I need you to work” she said to the bomb after charging it.
It HAD to work.
and then
Clap
Clap
Clap
It was near
Tick
Tack
BOOM!
Ekko closed his eyes, he had seen what happened, after following Silco and his goons there he stood hidden, and he watched the entire thing, that was why he knew Powder was under Silco’s care.
The force of the explosion sent Powder flying, and she fell.
While falling she smiled.
She made it!
Vi felt like a terrible sister, reliving it, all of this was horrible.
She helped them, her monkey bomb worked!
She was useful!
It was all fun and games, but it wasn’t fun celebrating her achievements alone.
She had to find Vi.
She got out of the water, there was a fire, sure it was nothing, just a side effect, she hoped.
It was also raining, a storm.
Powder ran through the harbor, searching for her family.
She would see them all, Vander, Mylo, Claggor, and most importantly
Vi! She would finally be proud of being Powder’s sister.
She found Vi standing by the fire so she approached her.
“Vi! Did you see it? My monkey bomb worked!” She said.
“I did it!” She exclaimed while still walking towards Vi, and then she heard her
“It was you?” Vi said with hatred
“Vander, Mylo and Claggor, they died!” Cried Vi
“What?” They could hear Mylo shout
“No…noooo” Powder mumbled out.
“Why did you leave me!” She cried!
“Because you are a JINX!” Shouted Vi then she slapped her and grabbed her face “Do you hear me? Mylo was right!” She shouted
“No.no…no….no Violet pleaaaase!” Said Powder in between sobs
“No!” Said Caitlyn sadly, hoping Violet hadn’t left her little sister.
But Vi had already left her.
She cried
JINX
JINX
JINX
JINX
JINX
And suddenly everyone understood, Jinx isn’t a psychopath acting crazy just because, she’s got reasons, she’s human.
And suddenly there was a man in front of her, but not just any man, the memories were blurry but he, he was his mom’s friend, before she died.
Silco.
Vi froze at the scene.
“Hello little girl, where’s your sister?” he said crouching down.
Powder just lunged forward and hugged him “She left me” she admitted, “she’s not my sister anymore”.
Then he hugged her.
Vander felt relieved that he didn’t hurt Powder.
“It’s okay child, we’ll show them, we’ll show them all”.
And with that Ekko understood it all.
Powder felt reassured at that. She could trust him.
But she also felt a change, she wasn’t Powder anymore.
That felt like a punch in the gut for Vi.
And with that the projection ended.
Notes:
I genuinely am enjoying writing this.
Poor Pow, my babyyyyy.
Really need Ekko to be more direct, but can’t blame him, he doesn’t like to spoil.
A bittttt of foreshadowing *wink, wink*
Anyway, I really want to say thanks for the support, really, I’m so grateful for the hits, kudos and comments!
Love ya!
Chapter 9: Who are you now?
Summary:
Powder or Jinx
Powder or Jinx
Powder or Jinx
Which one is it?
Notes:
Guys I’m back.
I’m so sorry, I’ve been so busy lately.
I hope you enjoy this chapter, sorry if it’s bad, I have been writing it at like 2-3am every day.
Anyway, here it is…
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Vi could feel the heaviness the silence carried.
No one had said a word. A long minute of silence.
She felt a few glances her way, but there was a stare, refusing to leave her face, and it was her own.
The younger version of Vi seemed so mad at her, looking at her like she was a monster.
But she couldn’t blame her, not really because she hated herself for it to.
That was the worst decision of her life, it had ruined everything, and it was because of her.
It wasn’t like when she lost her parents or brothers, this somehow felt worse because it wasn’t her decision what caused her to go to Stillwater for 7-8 years, losing contact with her sister completely, she doesn’t know anything about her now.
It feels so weird to get to now her through a projection.
Guilt. That was all she felt.
She just couldn’t help it anymore, not with her younger version staring at her like that.
She broke down.
“I shouldn’t have left her” she mumbled and then started sobbing “it’s my fault” then almost barely audible “I’m the real jinx of this family”
And then she just cried and cried, she doesn’t know if it was seconds or years later, but there was a hand in her back.
“Vi I’m sorry but that’s the past” said Ekko.
Then her little sister came into her view, “I know you must have felt confused too, don’t worry, I’m sure she’ll forgive you”.
Vi just lunged and hugged them.
It wasn’t until a few seconds after that that she heard Ekko’s voice.
“But I’m mad at you”
That caught her off guard, what had she done to piss him off?
“What?” She asked offended.
“You know” he shrugged.
“I don’t?” She said genuinely confused.
What only earned her a nasty look from Ekko.
Seriously what was wrong with him.
She decided not to get bothered by him.
The room was quiet.
That made Ekko mad for some reason.
No one had mentioned anything about the projection, not after Vi’s breakdown
He was so angry at Vi, but he couldn’t let it show.
After all these years turns out it was never Jinx’s fault that she was Jinx.
And now he understood why.
He really hoped he could talk to his past self… wait?
He could!
But it felt weird.
He decided to give it a shot.
“Hey little man!” He said while calling out the guy that was by Powder’s side.
Not surprisingly they both turned towards him.
“Hey to you too Pow-pow!” He added when he saw her coming along.
“Can I talk to you guys?” He asked.
They both nodded like it was so serious. After all they were still kids.
“Please, anything you see in the projection today, don’t let it get to you. That’s not your future yet, you can change it, that’s why you’re here.”
Powder nodded slowly following his words, and little man maintained his stare.
When he finished they both looked up to him and said “thanks!” And ran to play.
Ekko knew they could avoid that future in Zaun.
He just hoped it wasn’t late.
He hung around for a while, still couldn’t look at Vi.
Being pissed was an understatement.
He just waited around, looked at the Pilties, they were weird, while talking to them their smiles seemed so fake. But they didn’t seem to be bad people. Though considering 2 of them had seats in the council that was a liability.
He saw Powder talking to his younger version, alongside Mylo and Claggor, they seemed to be laughing about something, Vi was near them, but she seemed mad, like really mad. That brought Ekko memories.
One time him and Powder got in trouble for messing with some kids, they had taken their food, not thinking about the consequences, he remembered Vi when she found out, but what was worse was when Vi had found out that one of the guys grabbed Powder. That fury, that was what he saw in the younger version of Vi.
But he could tell that for everybody’s sake she chose not to express it.
And Ekko was thankful for that.
A few minutes later Ekko was getting worried, if there were no more projections were they going to be trapped here forever?
Fortunately his worries were eased rapidly when he heard a noise.
The projection was starting again.
“Calm down little girl” said Silco “we have to go.”
Ekko didn’t like Silco’s, he could swear he was heartless but seeing him interact with Jinx he could almost swear that he had a heart.
“Where?” Asked Powder.
“Home” he answered.
That threw Vi off, where exactly would this ‘home’ be.
They had been walking for a while now.
Powder, Silco and his goons, which Powder detested, they were…. Eww! Specially the one who had a frown on her face, she looked like an ogre.
Sevika grunted while mumbling at herself, almost a whisper, “At least I’m not crazy”.
She got some side eyes, but a laugh escaped from Mel who was near enough to hear her, as well as Caitlyn.
After a few minutes Silco tapped her shoulder.
“We’re here” he said.
The place was as weird as it could get, at least she thought.
The entrance was weird and it also smelled funny, but after going down the stairs Powder was amazed by the place which was gigantic, and then she saw it.
‘Wow’ thought Powder, it was amazing but scary.
Vander had decided to keep his thoughts neutral, trying to understand everything but he couldn’t believe Silco would take Powder to live there.
An enormous circular window which showed the depths of the lake, the really dangerous lake in which they would throw you in if you misbehaved, it was known for being deep, shallow and full of hybrid creatures, monsters.
And after starting to feel at ease…
BAM
“Ahhh!” Shouted Mylo.
At the same time Powder jumped back.
And little man hid behind Powder.
The two scientists seemed to get startled, and Caitlyn slightly hid behind Vi.
‘Shit!’ She thought while jumping back.
Ekko, Vander, Benzo, the two Vi’s, Silco and Sevika started to laugh, some modestly and some loudly, but really, everyone getting startled was so funny.
What was that!? A big creature that seemed like a shark, it had big fangs and was looking at her. It was a bit scary, but amazingly cute, She didn’t know if she would be able to live here.
“Don’t worry child,” said Silco “We won’t be staying here, we simply came to pick up some stuff”.
Vander felt some relief, he knew Powder would be in great care if this was the Silco that he knew so long ago.
That calmed her down but then, where exactly would they live?
That made everyone in the room have the exact same question.
After sitting around the lab Powder was starting to get bored, so she decided to take a look around.
She found some notes about something called ‘Shimmer’ she opened the notebook to find lots of theories on how it would make a human stronger, faster but wilder.
“The hell?” Ekko murmured surprised and weirded out, he remembered Jinx telling him about how she was trying to make Shimmer something to actually help people, was this when it started?
It seemed interesting so she decided to give it a read, there were mostly math equations, some were wrong, but the majority were right, she noticed how the person who documented this seemed to write every single thought, and for her that was something only dumb people did, not exactly dumb people but, if you did it once, you can do it again, right.
Viktor laughed, like actually laughed and then looked at Jayce who seemed offended. “She’s got a point.”
“But you need your notes!” Jayce protested.
“Not every single one of them” replied Ekko entering their conversation.
“Whatever” said Jayce.
She then found a pencil and started to correct some of the notes, some values and this and that, nothing much, she wasn’t an expert due to her lack of education.
‘She actually is a genius’ thought Viktor.
Jayce didn’t know how he felt about this girl, but watching her work in the notes was impressive, because she actually corrected mistakes.
But the things she corrected weren’t that hard, like common sense, really.
“No was in a million days that’s common sense” Mylo said to Powder.
“It is!” She said.
“Look, the operations are mostly right but some values are wrong, for example 2+2=4 right? But if I told you that 2+x=4 but x’s value is 3 it’s wrong because it would be 5, so the value of x is wrong. Common. Sense.” Was what she added after a few seconds.
Everyone at the room stared at her.
Vi knew her sister was smart but this, this was another level.
Mel felt sad, this girl hadn’t had a proper education, but she was a natural genius, she could just imagine what she would do if she had been born in Piltover.
She got lost in doodling a bit, correcting some notes, adding some theories herself, that she didn’t notice Silco calling her like ten times, but she finally listened by the eleventh time.
“We have to go, you can take the professor’s notes on Shimmer, he told me that you can even come to work with him on it, to help save Zaun.” He said when she looked his way.
“Just like that?” Ekko asked.
Surprisingly Silco answered, “Well, she seemed to be enjoying it, so why not?”
Ekko stayed silent, his question was mostly to himself but Silco answered calmly, that was odd.
That name, Zaun, what was it. “What’s Zaun?” She asked curiously.
“The under-city’s future” he answered.
She stayed quiet . “We’re leaving?”
“Yes, come on” Silco answered.
They left the lab, the professor who Powder never met, apparently wanted her to keep the notebook to ‘see how far she could get’.
“I would do so too” said Viktor.
“Really?” Asked Ekko.
“Young people who are eager to learn and explore are usually the ones who end up creating the best stuff” he replied.
And now she was determined on trying.
She didn’t notice where they were headed, but suddenly the streets felt familiar, it was still raining, but she would never forget her way home, they were going to the last drop.
She was going home, but it felt weird.
When they entered the place was dark and cold, it was never like that, it always had a warm presence, you felt safe, but now it wasn’t.
“Poor Pow” murmured little Ekko.
“It looks so… different” said Claggor, he could tell that Powder was feeling uncomfortable there.
They went up the stairs to the office, it was Vander’s, now it’s Silco’s, his room was right around the corner, next to hers and beside it there was Sevika’s, she didn’t understand why she had to live there too, but it wasn’t a problem, she went downstairs and to the basement were her bed used to be, that would now be her workshop, at least until she found a better place.
She saw all of her old glitter bombs and creations, but it felt like they weren’t her’s and they were only Powder’s, which was weird because she was Powder? But she didn’t feel like her anymore.
Caitlyn worried for her “poor girl” she sighed sadly.
Living with Silco wasn’t bad, he gave her anything she asked for, and she had no limits unlike his goons, she could go anywhere near him, hug him, mess with his stuff, and he wouldn’t get mad, he would just smile.
Vander was relieved, Powder didn’t seem to suffer or be at much trouble with him, which was great.
Ekko had heard around the base about that, and even from Jinx herself, she once told him ‘I can just ask dad’, dad meaning Silco, which threw Ekko off guard that time.
But Silco could also be scary, when he got mad it was bad, he never got mad at her, but she could notice how he would act around others, the Piltover sheriff or his goons, and his punishments were horrible, inhumane, she didn’t think it was good, she thought it was bad, but he had never done anything bad to her, so she shouldn’t have to worry, right?
“So Jayce and Caitlyn were right” said Mel.
They nodded at her.
“Has Marcus been lying about the criminals called firelights?” She asked
Now it was Ekko who answered her “We aren’t criminals, the firelights are peaceful, we only go against Silco and shimmer but we’re a refuge for the people.”
”But then…” Mel added.
“Your enforcers are controlled by him” he said pointing his head towards Silco.
Mel stayed quiet.
When being called ‘Powder’ by Silco or Sevika or the guy in the bar, she would flinch, somehow the name she’s had for her whole life didn’t fit her anymore.
Benzo worried for her, she was now alone, and he had always liked her, he just wondered where was Ekko.
She had given it some thought, but after spending a week with Silco she couldn’t help it anymore.
They were eating dinner, it was a whole lot of food, if you lived in Zaun this would seem like enough for at least a month, but she had seen this amount of food in the table for 6 days straight, so she was getting used to it, but she almost never touched anything, when she lived with her siblings she would eat anything, but now she was alone, and it didn’t matter anymore.
“Wow, all of that food everyday?!” Said Mylo.
Vi was surprised, because when she saw her sister she seemed way to thin, like if she hadn’t eaten anything for years, now she was starting to doubt if it was because she didn’t eat.
Suddenly there was a voice. “Powder can you pass me the water please?” Silco asked her.
She froze for a few seconds and Sevika intervened “Are ya okay kid?”
“Yeah, just fine” she said smiling, she wasn’t fine, far from it, her name wasn’t hers anymore, no, no, no, she’s no longer Powder and that’s crystal clear, but who’s she now? She went back to the memories of that horrible night and a single thing filled her thoughts
Jinx
Jinx
Jinx
Jinx
Jinx
Jinx
Mylo felt bad, he should actually apologize and stop calling her names.
That was it! She wasn’t Powder, she was Jinx, a burden, chaos, unpredictable. And it served her right, after all that was what Mylo called her all the time, and how Vi called her the last time she saw her.
Vi didn’t mean it, she didn’t actually mean it, but she could not change her past, even if it was her greatest desire.
“Silco,” she said pausing, thinking how to word what she wanted to say.
“Yes?” He seemed to read her expression and got worried.
“I am no longer Powder” she said deadpan serious.
“Then who are you dear?” He asked.
“Jinx” she said confidently.
Everyone now knew and understood her, but there was some stuff buried beneath, and the more they watched the projection, the more curious they were about her.
“Then Jinx it is” He said, ending the discussion.
They all ate in silence, but Jinx felt like a weight lifted off her shoulders.
When they were done she went to sleep, as Jinx was going up the stairs she heard Silco.
“Goodnight Jinx” he said calmly.
She beamed at that, he accepted her! “Goodnight dad!” She blurted out and after a second the words seemed to hit her “Shit,” she said quietly, “sorry, goodnight Silco!” She corrected nervously.
Silco actually smiled remembering that time, since then Jinx called him Silco, but mostly dad, or old man, or sir, or actually any nickname she could think of.
Vander understood that even though he wasn’t a fan on the idea, he had to admit that Silco could take good care of Powder.
“Don’t worry Jinx, you can call me that.” He answered with what Jinx could swear was almost a smile.
She simply nodded in response and went to sleep.
The projection ended with that.
Everyone had a lot of emotions all at once, but they went to sleep.
It had been a long day.
Notes:
Again I’m sorry it took so long, but at least it’s long! :)
Hope you enjoyed it, idk when is the next update coming but I hope to update every week or every 10 days.
Anyway I love Powder, I love Jinx, I love arcane.
Have a great day.
-Moon
Chapter 10: A Ticking Time Bomb!
Summary:
Tick, tack, BOOM!
Jinx is finally adjusting to her new life when there’s unexpected news.
Notes:
I’m sorry it took a while but
Drumroll
Here’s a new chapter!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
After a long and refreshing sleep Powder woke up. And she was the first one, again!
So that meant that she had to wait, but she wasn’t good at that, so she definitely wasn’t going to wake anybody up, definitely not Ekko.
But that didn’t seem like a bad idea.
She walked over to the boys bed carefully to not wake up Vi or her brothers while trying to reach Ekko.
“Psst little man” she said.
A groan was an answer to that.
That made Powder angry.
“Hey!” She said while shoving his body.
That seemed to wake him up because he shivered and his eyes opened wide, just looking at her, with hate, but she knew that he didn’t hate her, not really, just like she would never hate him.
They were partners in crime every single time.
But she couldn’t help but laugh at his attempt of a ‘I hate you face’
“You know, for someone so small you sleep like a bear hibernating” she said while shrugging like she didn’t care. She always loved to do that.
He groaned. “I’m not small, I’m taller than you!”
“By one inch, and I’m a year younger” she replied.
“Come on!” She said while pulling him up.
“What do you need?” He said sleepily.
“Company” she replied.
“And why me?” He asked.
“Stop complaining start working!” She said while giving him some blueprints.
“Pow, what?!” He said looking confused.
The blueprints contained how to make a little thing that Powder saw in the projection, a little creation.
It wasn’t dangerous, she wouldn’t make anything dangerous, not after she’d seen what could happen.
“It’s just a little project” she replied, “nothing dangerous I swear!” She added after seeing his face.
“Okay, let’s do this” he said, finally giving in, “but where?”
“There!” She pointed, she had seen that place the first day in here, but never had a use for it until now.
A table full of supplies, better than the one they had at home.
“Let’s do it!” She said.
When she turned ekko was looking at her not at the table, she gulped, he seemed to be caught in time, like if there was a time bomb waiting to explode inside of his bubble.
When she looked directly into his eyes he snapped out of it, “Yeah, let’s go” he said rushing toward the table.
At times like this she could almost swear he liked her too.
Viktor woke up early, but to the sound of giggles.
Nobody else seemed to be awake, except him and of course the source of the giggles.
He wondered who they were, but he had the idea that it was the little lady that appeared in the projection and her close friend. Turns out his suspicions were correct.
He found the two children in a table, there was music, loud music, light and from behind they seemed to be wearing protection, then he saw sparks, so he decided to go closer.
In the table there were some blueprints, but they weren’t complete, he also noticed that there weren’t any notes.
“Hello” he finally said.
That seemed to startle the girl, who turned around immediately.
“Mornin’” she said.
The little man called Ekko gave him a look and then turned to Powder “Why is a Piltie talking to us?”
She shrugged.
Viktor interrupted their conversation “I’m not from Piltover”
That seemed to confuse the children.
“I grew up in the under-city”
He then explained how he turned up in Piltover thanks to a councilman called Heimerdinger.
After explaining he asked “What are you doing?”
“Small trinket, nothing dangerous” answered Powder focused on adding details.
Ekko wasn’t doing anything, but Viktor saw him staring an awful lot at Powder, he knew there was something there, not exactly was Ekko trying to hide it.
After standing in the sides for a few minutes Powder stopped biting her tongue, took of her glasses and turned to them “Ta-da!” she said while showing her trinket.
“Look at this!” She clicked a small button and it opened.
It was beautiful, it radiated light but also modified it with colors and shapes.
“I tried to replicate the one that was in the Piltie’s apartment, but with my own touch.” She then turned it around to show the bottom “Look I added my signature monkey and a little hourglass because Ekko helped me!”.
Viktor recognized those two symbols one belonged to Jinx in his timeline and the other one to the undercity gang called firelights, both in opposite sides of the war. That made him strangely sad, these two brilliant minds would be separated by time, but then something came to his mind. They were here to stop that, seeing what the future could bring, they would change it, otherwise they wouldn’t see the projection every once in a while, being trapped in this angelic place.
“ You know, you young lady have a lot of talent, I’m the right hand of the director of Piltover’s Academy, and I think that if you keep up with the good work you children might be able to get in” Viktor said.
“Really?” Asked Powder and Ekko at the same time.
“Yes” he answered, he told them to wait, but he knew that right now they were smart enough to enter the Academy.
After a while everyone had woken up, in order of course, first the other (older) Ekko, then the Pilties, Benzo, Vander and Silco, and finally her sister and brothers. Which didn’t actually surprise her, Powder knew they were always last.
Still, she was showing everyone the trinket to her dad and saw Silco, so she went to say good morning.
“Look Silco!” She said while also showing Sevika the creation.
Everyone was amazed by how just two children managed to create that in a few hours.
She was happy today, she just felt like something was going to happen but in a good way, at least she hoped.
She was also very excited to see what would happen to her in the future.
So she went to sit directly in front of the screen with Ekko by her side, the older people were talking when she heard it, the projection was about to start, some of the adults went and sat down, Silco and Sevika didn’t seat, and Ekko’s older version was sitting but in the bar, a bit away from everyone.
And suddenly the projection started.
It was early in the morning Jinx had just woken up, she went downstairs and saw Sevika sitting with Silco, talking.
“What about the sister?” Said Silco.
“There’s no sign of her, she’s believed to be dead.” Answered Sevika.
Everyone in the room turned to look at Vi, she seemed pretty alive.
“Good” said Silco. “We must tell Jinx”
The words shattered her, but also confirmed her suspicions, Vi left her, she deserved to die.
No she didn’t she’s her sister.
Vi’s heart broke, she had left her, all alone, just because she didn’t know how to react.
She did
didn’t
did
didn’t
She just ran away, into the streets of Zaun, not knowing what she would find. She looked around and saw a broken mirror in which she saw herself, not the same as before, but changed, sadder, slimmer and looking like someone who hadn’t slept in a week, which was about right, it had been a week and now she was officially alone, no Vi, no Vander, no Mylo, no Claggor, no mommy or dad, no Benzo and as far as she knew no Ekko.
‘Poor girl’ thought Mel.
And like her the undercity had changed too, it was now called ‘Zaun’ by everyone, it was pure chaos, the last drop had become a bar for shimmer addicts, so she didn’t stay down at the bar after 7pm-ish.
At least Silco controlled that, he seemed to take care of her even though it was hard for Vander to admit it.
She continued to look around and after a few steps she saw ‘it’.
A gigantic whole with nothing apparently, whatever that was it caught her attention, there had to be something, but she clearly couldn’t get in from there, there had to be a way though. After looking she saw that nearby there was this weird entrance so she went in, there were a few stairs and bam she was there.
“That place screams her” said Caitlyn.
The place was beautiful, it had a gigantic ballon which seemed out of function, it had 4 wings, but they made a path, it was amazing, this was perfect for her.
That was it, that place is going to be her ‘layer’ like all the characters Mylo used to obsess over.
Mylo remembered and he was glad that she didn’t completely ignore him.
‘Yeah before you killed me’ said Mylo
And there he goes to ruin it. It really hurt him to see how affected Powder was because of how he treated her, so he looked at her and gave her an apologetic look.
‘shut up’ she replied.
She ran back to the Last Drop.
Silco was in his office, Sevika to his right.
“Where have you been?” Sevika said bitterly.
“Child,” said Silco.
And she just nodded along, “I know, Vi is dead, at first I was mad, ran, screamed and broke a few things but then I found this super amazing place and thought wait this could be mine, and I actually like it, so I know it’s a lot to ask but can you fix it up for me pretty please” she said really quickly while moving around Silco’s office.
Viktor smiled at the girl’s excitement.
“I can fix the place up for you.” Silco answered.
And just when Jinx ran off to hug him “Thanks! thanks! thanks! dad!” he added “but with conditions”
“You will still live here, that place will just be for clearing your head out and everyday, you have to come to my office at this time, 6pm, with this” he said showing a, needle? “What’s the purpose of that?” She asked genuinely worried, “It’s for my eye. You will come here into my office and help me, got it?” He asked.
Silco remembered, he actually didn’t need help, but it would make the girl feel useful and he could check on her, because he knew she would go everyday if it meant being helpful.
Jinx nodded.
She was so happy, but she started to think about her family, and what she’d done, and like every time it happened she aisles herself, so she went to a more secluded area of the Last Drop.
‘She knows how to how to handle it’ thought Jayce.
And at the same time Ekko recognized that hair, those clothes and that place, he knew it all to well, he wouldn’t bare it anymore, so he went to the bar and stopped looking at the projection knowing what would happen next, not wanting to live it again.
She was finally calming down and just goofing around when she heard something.
She turned her head, she was scared, but she couldn’t call for Silco, she was too far.
And then
“Pow!” That was a voice she knew well, it was little man.
This surprised Silco, the kid sneaked into his base and he never knew of it, and then something clicked, those eyes, he knows that color, and those expressions when people say things that he doesn’t like oh he’s dead, but he had to wait, he was sure that when everyone else found out they would all want to kill him too.
‘Aww’ thought Caitlyn, he went for her, just like in a romance novel!
What was he doing here? How did he know? He was alive this whole time? A million questions came flooding into her head, somehow Ekko managed to do well.
Vander felt relieved, he seemed to be doing well.
‘Yeah because he was far away’ said Mylo.
“Stop it!” She shouted.
“I didn’t say anything” said Ekko looking at her.
“Pow! I finally found you! Come with me! I have this group of people willing to fight Silco, I can protect you, you don’t have to be controlled by him anymore!” He said hopefully.
’Poor baby’ thought Mel.
Caitlyn was just watching in silence knowing what would come next, her heart was already breaking for him.
She just stared right at the floor flinching every few seconds.
‘Of course she’s hurt too’ thought Caitlyn as well as Mel.
‘You will jinx him like you jinxed us’ Said Mylo.
‘He doesn’t deserve this!” Said Claggor, Vander was just standing beside him and Benzo was grabbing Ekko’s shoulder, and then,
Vi.
All of her dead family members were standing right behind him.
Remembering her that she would hurt him too.
‘That’s sad’ thought Jayce, who was finally beginning to understand the girl.
And Vi finally spoke up, ‘He will leave you once he knows.”
That hurt Vi, she wouldn’t talk like that to her sister that way never again.
And then red, she couldn’t think straight, she wanted to cry and scream. All at the same time. So when Ekko grabbed her hand “Pow”, she lost it.
She slapped him right in the face with rage in her eyes.
Half of the room was almost crying and the other was watching intensely, and Ekko, he was just not looking, but he felt sad for himself, the one in the projection.
“DON’T CALL ME THAT, I’M JINX, LEAVE ME ALONE! I DON’T WANT TO GO WITH YOU! SILCO’S MY DAD! HE UNDERSTANDS ME AND YOU DON’T, STAY AWAY EKKO! I DON’T NEED YOU!” She screamed.
Just like Vi had, before leaving her alone.
She saw the hurt in his eyes, but she couldn’t risk it, she wouldn’t jinx him.
Ekko finally understood it, but never, not even in a million years would it have been worse than what happened, he would a thousand times prefer to be closer and get jinxed, he almost did, but it was too much, the wrong timing.
“Just leave!” She said, not looking at him once and while walking away she said “I don’t need to be saved Ekko.”
And bam! She slammed the door.
At that point almost everyone was crying.
Vi wanted to cry, Ekko didn’t abandon her sister like she did, but her sister abandoned him.
And Powder’s stare was blank, little man next to her hugged her, but she was in a trance, could she really avoid fate?
The last part of the projection was her crying behind the door.
“He will be fine without me in his life, this way I won’t Jinx him too”
Powder understood herself, she wouldn’t talk to Ekko if it meant he was safe from her.
But she could avoid it, right?
Notes:
I’m sorry, btw this is just a bit, as I’ve mentioned before this story follows the series but I take my few liberties as well, so believe when I say we will start seeing more timebomb from now on.
Thanks for reading it.
Btw, I imagine Mel and Cait are baddies who love drama and series, but now they basically forgot that this is real life, but are remembered about it from time to time. In my mind Cait was definitely popular and Mel got cool when she was older.
I feel so bad for Pow, but It will get better, then worse and then better again, basically life.
Thanks again.
Moon out!
Btw Pop fans are getting fed yayyyyy
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