Piltover Champion Tales: "Champions May Die" pt. 3
PILTOVER, SHERIFF’S STATION, 9 AM Caitlyn was seated in her office. She was tired. And shocked. Mostly tired though. A champion from the League had been killed under her supervision, and she had no clue how, who or why did it. They knew that the killer was most surely from Ionia, which they could deduct from the amount of magic stored in the bullet and the remains in the bullet itself. And the killer had the balls to leave a ticket in the location he had shot from.
THE CURTAIN IS OPENING.
IN SILENCE,
ENJOY THE OPENING ACT.
ONE.
- Khada Jhin
A name she had never heard before. They also had one last piece of information. But that would be hard to get out of an almost-scared-to-death psycho.
Vi opened the door to her office. “Yo cupcake, you know you shouldn’t be doing all nighters, it’s bad for your skin” she said, in a tired but worried tone. “I’m fine Vi. How’s Jinx doing?”. “I don’t know, that’s the first time I’ve seen the nutjob so… scared I guess? Anyway, she does pretty much nothing and only says stuff about flowers and such” “Anything else?” Vi was just about to say something when they heard someone running down the hall, then suddenly a brown skinned boy entered the room. “Yes I know, I should knock and all that stuff, but this is like the twentieth time I come in here today” said the white haired boy. “What are you doing here, Ekko? And when did I tell you you could use your time-shifting power in this office?” “You did, after this backstabbing scum” he looked at Vi, which stared at him back, full of anger “said his name in front of Jinx and got her almost completely mad” He caught some breath, then added “I also don’t like being where pilties are, but I also don’t want Jinx to get worse than this. Not again” The two women looked at him. He seemed a lot tired. “First of all”, said the sheriff of Piltover, “I think we all need to calm down, get something for breakfast and pay a visit to the loony. Vi, me and Ekko will got to get her, you go get breakfast. And remember, when you’re back, don’t talk” Vi did not agree with that. But she also knew Cait was not doing that because she hated her or anything; she wanted her to blow off some steam. “Aaaalright cupcake, same old for you and some shit for the little guy. See ya” She shut the door behind herself. Loudly. Suddenly, silence filled the room. Caitlyn left out a sigh, then stood from her chair. “Let’s go, the cell is…” “I know” Ekko said. “Right. You already know”
They exited the office and took some stairs to the basement. “This is not the first time” the young man started. “Yeah you told me, you always go back and forth in time and…” “No”, Ekko stopped her, “I mean it’s not the first time Jinx has been shocked by a flower” Caitlyn stopped in her tracks. “What do you mean?” Ekko sighed. “You already heard this story three times today and it’s becoming pretty much annoying, I’ll try to keep it short. Jinx has not always been like that, a murdering psycho and all of that”, he started, “I knew her before that, she was a pretty normal girl from Zaun”. “Well, this is new” said Caitlyn “go on”. “We were friends and, together with other kids from the slums, we often played and tried to survive there however we could”, Ekko stopped for a second, looking at Caitlyn, “but you probably don’t know how Zaun was those days, you probably were still not the sheriff up here. Now that you are, streets are at least a little safer, and now that I have the Z-Drive I also can help preventing what happened to Jinx” Ekko stopped a second, as if lost in thought. “Would’ve never guessed you came here to thank me, but let’s talk about her” “You’re still a dirty piltie and a cop” Ekko looked at her, full of contempt. He continued with his story “One day we were playing some hide and seek, I was it and was searching for all the others. I found them all, except for her. We looked for her all together, but she was nowhere to be found. The other kids had to go home, but I simply couldn’t leave her all alone. So I kept searching for her, keep shouting her name. It was almost midnight when I found her, in a bin, muttering about some flower. And after that, she was never the same and became Jinx” Ekko stopped. He seemed to be on the verge of tears. Caitlyn understood. Ekko seemed to have had a crush on the girl which Jinx was before the accident. But she didn’t say anything about that. She just turned around and said “let’s go, she is this way”.
The two of them arrived in front of the cell. The girl was sleeping with her head rested on the table in the centre of the room, ignoring the comfy bed on the side. She was nothing like before. Her hair had been cut, shaved on the sides, short in the middle and a little longer on her forehead. She was wearing a black sleeveless lace top, which leaved her belly exposed, and a short, frilly, black lace skirt, while both her legs and arms were covered in white bandages. It looked as if someone had fun dressing her up as a doll. Ekko’s heart skipped a beat for the twentieth time that morning, his face reddened a little. “When Vi left her alone a couple of minutes after the accident she started hurting herself, ripping her clothes and chewing her hairs off, so we had to do this. She calmed down after a hot shower and a lot of crying”, she looked at Ekko, “seems like you don’t dislike the change” she chuckled. “How is she now?” Ekko asked, changing the subject. “She seems a little better, she's like in catatonia” “Meaning?” “Catatonia is a state of neurogenic motor immobility and behavioral abnormality manifested by stupor; she’s so shocked she won’t even move nor talk” a voice behind them explained. Caitlyn and Ekko turned around. A woman was standing behind them. It was Camille.
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