The Sibling Dilemma
Is it any real surprise that I play League? I read character lore for each of these guys atleast 5 times before I started this. I hate getting stuff wrong.
(Third)
It had been ten minutes since any laughter was heard. Caitlyn was almost biting her nails in stress. Vi had started chasing Jinx through the streets a half hour prior, but the noise had died down.
"Has anything been reported?"
"Uh, not yet, Sheriff. It's almost as if they've both vanished off the radar." The sniper weighed up her decisions. Stay here and wait, putting Vi in possible danger. Or, go out and look for her, putting herself in possible danger. Caitlyn wanted to scream out her frustrations and anxiety. Instead, she exhaled deeply and turned back to the Officer.
"I'm going to look for them." The officer grabbed her arm as she started to walk away. The protest died in his throat when she turned around.
"Let go of me." The tone in her voice alone was enough to turn blood into ice. The look she gave him almost turned his skin to stone. "You do not get to tell me what to do. My partner is currently MIA, and I am going to look for her." The hand on her arm recoiled as if it had been bitten, and the Sheriff stormed off, adjusting the strap on her rifle. Within minutes, she had made it to the rooftops, and began jumping between them, pausing every block to scope around. Then she found the people she was looking for. Her partner had just trapped Jinx in an alleyway, but no fighting was happening. After the criminal knew that she was trapped, Vi just lowered her hands and sighed. Caitlyn sat on the edge of the roof and tuned her earpiece to listen in.
"What is your problem, Fathands? Why do you never properly attack me?" Vi just stood and stared. The curiosity was enough for the sheriff to resist giving Vi orders. "I cause enough...uh...destruction, that's it, to warrant a pummelling!"
"Just let me detain you." The enforcer took a few steps, raising her hand to shield herself when Jinx sprayed her with bullets.
"I ain't goin' anywhere until you tell me!" Silence fell. "Tell me the truth!"
"What if you can't handle the truth?!" Caitlyn's finger tensed on the trigger.
"I don't care!" The tension was getting high.
"Vi, don't react. It's just me." Thankfully, she didn't move. "I don't know what's going on between you two, but on my signal, you're going to grab her, okay?" The two little fingers on her gloves curled up to tell Caitlyn that she understood. Aiming for the wall behind Jinx, the shot was fired, and in the surprise phase, Vi dashed forward and lifted the criminal into the air. Seconds later, she cried out in pain and fell over, convulsing. Jinx ran away with her signature laugh. Mumbling curses, Caitlyn made her way down to her partner. "Vi?"
"Fucking..."
"Looks like you got zapped."
"No...shit."
"And you bit your tongue." Vi glared up at Caitlyn. With a sigh, She pulled one of Vi's arms over her shoulders and stood up with her. "Why weren't you trying to detain her?"
"I was." It was obvious that nothing more would be said.
(Vi)
"Cupcake, I'm going home."
"Did you finish your paperwork?"
"Yes?" I grinned at the look I got. "Just kidding. Yes, it's done."
"I'll be checking later. Have a nice evening."
"You too, Cupcake." I grinned again when she sighed at my nickname. Pausing to strap my Gauntlets to my power pack, I headed out onto the streets of Piltover. It's not a long walk to my apartment from the station. I lost count of how many times Caitlyn wanted me to move somewhere nicer. I don't need nice. I need practical. Humming to myself, I kicked the door open, threw my gauntlets onto the sofa, shut the door and walked into my bedroom to collapse on my bed. My place was definitely small. The living room was taken up by gadgets and tools, the kitchen was unclean, since mountains of dishes were stacked up on the counters, and I could barely get a double bed into here. I can't say it's how I like things, since I stay over at Cait's house sometimes, but it's what I'm used to. With effort, I lifted my head and looked at the clock. 8pm. I guess I better go out and eat. With a grumble, I got up and took a quick shower. The hot water never lasts long enough. After I got dressed again, I heard it. That maniac's giggle. It was faint, but inside my apartment. And that freaked me out. "Jinx?" Flicking the lights on, I scanned the room, taking in every empty space. "Where are you, psyco?" I growled, taking light steps towards my gauntlets.
"Not today, Fathands!" Jinx jumped up from behind the couch, hitting me in the side of the head with such force, I reeled and had to lean on the wall for support. "How'd ya take a blow like that?"
"I've had worse." Despite the room spinning wildly, I looked up at her. "Did you really just hit me with a pipe?"
"Yep! Thought it'd work! But it's dented now." Despite the current situation, I smiled. Still got it. "Come on, pass out already!"
"You're going to have to do more to knock me out." I tried to walk forward and grab her, but I obviously lost my co-ordination from that hit. I tripped over my own feet and broke the table.
"Vi! Are you okay?! Wait, yeah, pass out!"
"Will you make your fucking mind up?!" I think I'm going to throw up. Or pass out. Or both. An attempt to push myself up was daunted by another blow to the head.
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Horribly flawed notes were the first thing I heard. I shook my head, but immediately regretted the decision when the bile bubbled in my stomach. Trying to keep it down did nothing. The coughing was always the worst bit.
"Vi?" When I looked up, I found that I was tied to a chair. "Wha'sa matter?" Apart from you hitting me in the head twice? "I didn't know you played guitar."
"Gonna..." I belched and Jinx jumped up. Hopefully, it was to grab something useful. Thankfully, a bucket that I kept around was shoved under my nose as I threw up. I'm glad it didn't last long. I really hate the feeling. "Jinx." She made a high-pitched noise and knelt down at the side of me, leaning on my leg and looking up at me with a smile. Sometimes, it's really hard to believe. "Untie me."
"Nuh-uh. Not until you tell me what you're hiding." I strained my arms against the ropes. Nope. Can't throttle her. "Sorry about hitting you. I just wanted to talk to you."
"And you think I'm going to tell you anything?"
"You have to!" I looked at the wall to my left and huffed. Shudders ran through my body when I felt the shorter girl sit across my lap. "You're not hiding something from me that means you won't pummel me into the ground!" The silence that followed was incredibly unsettling. I continued looking away, but I swear I felt sweat tricking down the side of my head. Or, y'know, it could be blood. "Or could it be..." Her fingers settled against my cheek in a way that I never expected from her. I didn't even bother trying to resist. Probably a bad idea on my part. When I saw the look of lust on her face, I tried to get my hands out of the binds until I felt my wrists bleed. "You totally like me."
"No! That's fucked up!" That was the time I learnt how far I could lean my head away from somebody, since the little psyco decided to lean against me and place her arms over my shoulders with the smuggest expression I had ever seen. "Jinx. Untie me."
"Whyyyyy?"
"Because I don't like you that way."
"Then in what way do you like me?" Fuck. "I know you're not into dudes. I've seen the way you look at Cait-"
"Untie me." I growled, trying my best to not start shouting. "There's a real reason, and I will show you if you get off me and untie me."
"Really?!"
"Anything's better than this." I sighed in relief when she got off me and started undoing the ropes.
"Geez, you're real mad." Oh yeah. I'm still bleeding. With a shrug, I got up and walked to my gauntlets. "Are ya gonna pummel me, now?"
"Are you a masochist by any chance?" She shrugged and I opened a small compartment and pulled a picture out. "I've had this thing forever." Jinx almost scrambled over and grabbed my arm to look. It was a picture of the both of us. I can't have been older than 5, and Jinx looked about 3. It was always weird, looking at it. It had faded slightly, but our strange hair and eye colours were blatant. The weirdest things about looking at it were the facts of neither of us had tattoos and I had a full head of hair.
"Is that..."
"Us, yes." I bristled when she grabbed the picture to look closer. "Are you okay?" She stood there for what felt like an eternity. It was only 3 minutes, though.
"You never told me." When she turned around, I expected a punch, not a hug. "Why did you never tell me?" With an inward sigh, I rested my hands on her back. She has to be at least 4 inches below my chin.
"There was never a good time. And you never remembered. Wait, are you crying?"
"Sorry, it's just, I always felt something. Like, a connection, between us. How did I never fit 2 and 2 together?" She stepped back and turned it over. "An address?"
"It's somewhere in Demacia." Jinx looked up at me with bright pink eyes and a smile that wasn't as malicious as I'm used to. "I've never gone. I thought that it would be strange if only I went."
"Then let's go."
"Seriously?"
"Let's go! I don't have memories of when I was little, do you?" I rubbed the back of my head.
"All I remembered was that you're my sister." She looked at the address again.
"Then let's go!"
"We can't go now!"
"Well, duh! There aren't any trains now! Let's go tomorrow!" I thought about it for a moment. Going on vacation wasn't a bad idea, since I'm taking 80% of the crime with me. I sighed.
"Man, Caitlyn's gonna be pissed."
Pretty long for a first chapter for me, to be honest.