Chapter 3: Alive for a Reason
Location: An Apartment in Western Piltover
This can't be happening, I thought, clutching my head in pain and curling up on the floor. It's all just a nightmare. When I open my eyes, I'll be lying in my bed and she'll be gone.
I slowly opened my eyes, and not only was Jinx still there, but she was inches away from my face.
Startled, I pushed myself away from her, backing into a corner. She laughed, rolling on the ground, as if this was some kind of game to her.
"W-What do you want?" I exclaimed in fear.
Wiping tears from her eyes, Jinx sprawled herself out on the floor and exhaled.
"Nice place 'ya got here." She said.
Despite my obviously frightened state, I managed to find some courage and said, "You still haven't answered my question."
Jinx turned her head toward me, still sprawled out on the floor with a big smile on her face. Her bright pink eyes seemed to stare into my soul. Most would find this creepy, yet for some reason, I was drawn to it, infatuated.
No. I love Vi, I can't think like this.
I tried to suppress my growing libido, but it became worse when she pushed herself up and leaped towards me. She landed almost on top of me and pressed her forehead against mine, trapping me against the wall. The pressure of her forehead made me realize that I still had a splitting headache. The pounding in my head brought to my attention how fast my heart was beating.
"I actually came here to talk," Jinx said, slowly relaxing her neck, taking pressure off of my forehead.
When the pain died down, I said dizzily, "Even though I've known you for less than a day now, that still seems…extremely out of character for you."
"I know right? I didn't even bring any weapons with me!" Jinx sighed lifting her head, "I miss my Fishbones."
She leaned back and cried mockingly. While she was distracted, I slid down the wall and through her legs, but as I tried to pull myself up to get away, she jumped back and landed down on top of me, kicking her legs up and down excitedly.
"You're just all over the place aren't you?" I said, trying to hide my fear and push thoughts of lust out of my head at the same time.
"Well, 'ya know, I'm crazy. Got a doctor's note," she said with a giggle.
Realizing she wasn't trying to hurt me, I snickered quietly at her last statement, turning my head and relaxing myself a little bit. But when I looked back up at her I saw something that shocked and amazed me…
Jinx was looking down at me with an adoring smile. Not a crazy-looking grin, but a genuine smile, like she's actually enjoying herself.
When she wasn't smiling maniacally, her face looked gentle and remorseful; She looked beautiful. I began losing control of my emotions. I tried to shake the burning lust I was feeling, but it just wasn't happening.
"You love Fat Hands don't you?" Jinx asked.
"Uh…" As soon the sound left my lips, a big grin returned to her face.
"DON'T LIE!" She shouted, "I saw you two at the vault this morning! I'm surprised you didn't just take each other right there!"
At this she started cackling maniacally, and I began to tense up again. My head was pounding, not just from my headache, but my fluctuating emotions as well. I blushed a little bit, and she laughed even louder. When she calmed down, she thrust herself against me, closing any gap that would have been left between us.
What am I doing? I thought. Why am I not pushing her off of me? I love Vi, and if she saw me with Jinx, it would send her into an uncontrollable rage. My heart was beating so fast; it felt like my chest was about to explode.
"W-What are you doing?" was all I could get out. I need to get her off of me.
"Hee-hee-hee" Jinx giggled, "Why do you think I haven't killed you yet?"
She forced my arms into the floor hard, cutting off the circulation from my elbows to my fingers, and bit down on my neck. I need to get her off of me. NOW.
I winced in pain, unable to move, my fingers becoming numb from lack of blood flow. I tried to push her off of me, but she wouldn't budge. For a girl as small and slender as she was, she had an incredibly strong grip.
"Please stop!" I pleaded, but it just made her laugh even more. She pulled away from my neck and leaned in to my face to kiss me. I kept turning my head in a futile attempt to resist her, but she found her mark, and pressed hard into my lips. WHAT AM I DOING?! Then all of a sudden…
I became relaxed. My body stopped resisting, and I lost control. Her kiss was intoxicating, and I felt her lips curl into a smile as she continued to kiss me. When she realized that I had stopped resisting, she let go of my arms and wrapped hers around me, her fingers sliding through my long, shaggy hair. I placed my hands around her small waist expecting raw and weathered skin, but instead found that it was soft and smooth.
Jinx removed her arms from around me and began to slide my shirt up. When it reached my shoulders, she lifted herself up, and began unbuckling the belt that held her top together.
My brain kept shouting at me to stop, but my body wouldn't listen. It's as if they were two entirely separate people.
The bullets surrounding Jinx's top clinked and clanked as they hit the floor, as she sat upright, straddling me, with a confident smile on her face. Her bright pink eyes were open wide, staring at me with wild desire.
As my eyes drifted downwards, I noticed her tattoos; blue clouds and pink bullets scattered around the left side of her body, from her hand, all the way up to her shoulder, and down to her thigh. I took my left hand and placed it on under her arm, and ran it down her body, feeling the soft touch of her warm, smooth skin.
As if someone were screaming in my ear, my brain was pleading for me to stop, desperately trying to regain control of my body.
But it was too late. There was no going back now.
My eyes began crawling back up Jinx's body, stopping at her bare chest. Her breasts were small, but not flat. They were noticeably round and perky.
Giggling, Jinx said, "Enjoying the view?"
Unlike Vi, she was rather confident about herself. I had seen Vi blush many times, yet I never saw Jinx with more colour on her face than the milky pigment of her natural skin colour.
Feeling as though she had been teased enough, Jinx forcefully grabbed my hands and pressed them against her breasts, squeezing them, throwing her head back, arching her back and letting out a breathy moan. Like the rest of her body, they were unexpectedly smooth and soft. Then all of a sudden, she threw herself against me, pressing her bare chest against mine, aggressively biting into my neck again. I found myself enjoying it until the force of her body slammed my head against the floor, sending a wave of pain through my skull, and reinforcing the agony of my headache.
The pain made me come to my senses. Now that her grip was more relaxed, I was able to throw Jinx off of me, and quickly pull my shirt down. She sprawled out on the floor again, topless, wearing a wild, crazy smile, her long braids forming a heart around her head, as if they had a mind of their own. I took one last look at her before grabbing her top and flinging it at her.
"Please. Leave." I said, before sitting up against the wall.
She just laughed.
"Aw. We were just getting to the good part too," she said with a smile.
Jinx put her top back on and skipped out the door, saying, "Say 'hi' to Fat Hands for me!"
I felt as if I was going to cry. Not just because I almost gave myself Vi's worst enemy…
But because I wanted Jinx to stay. Overcome with conflicting emotions, I buried my head in my knees once more.
After what seemed like hours of wrestling with my feelings, my headache finally faded away, so I gathered all of the strength I had left and lifted myself off of the floor to go and check the time.
9PM. Two hours later.
I fell into my bed and tried my best to get some sleep. I would definitely need it for when Vi showed up the next morning.
I tossed and turned for a good few hours before my body finally gave in and shut down. I regained consciousness around 10AM the next morning, but I only had enough energy to open my eyes about half way. Vi was standing over me. She wore casual clothes as opposed to her Hextech fighting suit. She was wearing a baggy white t-shirt with a neckline that exposed her left shoulder and a good amount of cleavage, and a pair of blue short jean shorts. Her pink hair had been let down and on her feet was a pair of knee-high brown boots. She looked so beautiful that I almost couldn't contain myself, until I noticed her staring at my neck in horror…
And then I remembered what happened the night before. Images of Jinx digging her teeth into my neck flashed into my head. It must have left a big mark, I thought.
"What on Runeterra happened here?" Vi said quietly. She must have not known that I was awake. She left the room for a minute to make a call on her radio to Caitlyn, and I took the opportunity to look around a little bit, as I was unable to the night before.
Through the door of my bedroom, I saw pink spray-paint all over the walls of my living room, that read, "Jinx wuz here" and "You'll never catch me", as well as an odd triangular symbol that I couldn't quite make out.
I heard Vi start walking back into my room, and fearing her reaction to the bite mark left on my neck, I immediately shut my eyes to pretend I was still asleep.
"I can't believe she found you here. I should have stayed with you…" Vi said, with a slight catch in her throat. I could tell she was about to cry, when suddenly, a second set of footsteps entered the apartment.
With a slight sniffle, Vi said, "That was fast Cait-"
Her voice suddenly cut out.
"Enjoy my handiwork…Fat Hands?"
She was back.
"You…BITCH." Vi said. I'd never sensed so much hatred in one sentence before. Opening my eyes slightly, I caught the faint image of Vi throwing wild punches at Jinx, who dodged them with ease, laughing harder at each swing.
"Geez, Fat Hands, I would've thought the years of you being tossed around by those gang boys would've taught you the meaning of sharing," Jinx said with a smug grin.
That statement set Vi off, and both Jinx and I knew it.
"I'LL…KILL…YOU!" Vi shouted. She launched a powerful uppercut and hit Jinx square in the chin, throwing her up about a foot off of the ground, and landing on her back. Vi clutched her hand in pain, oblivious to the fact that Jinx had stood up again, cracking her neck with a big smile on her face, her neon-pink eyes shining as bright as ever.
"Not so tough without your big fancy gloves, eh Fat Hands?" Jinx laughed.
Tears streamed down Vi's face as she threw more furious and desperate punches at Jinx, only to have every single one of them miss.
"Over here, Fat Hands!" Jinx said, appearing behind Vi.
As Vi turned around to ready another punch, Jinx swiftly launched an upward kick, hitting Vi's chin, sending her flying backwards as Jinx executed a graceful backflip.
Vi landed on the floor beside my bed, with her back against the wall, blood dripping down her chin, and tears streaming down her face. Her chest contracted and expanded as she breathed heavily. Jinx walked into the living room, talking to herself.
"Hey Fishbones," she said with a cheerful tone, "Should we blow her up?"
She picked up what looked to be massive gun with a shark head design, and replied to herself in a mocking tone, "It might inconvenience her and hurt her feelings."
She hit the side of the gun and said in an angry tone,
"Grrrr, you're the worst weapon ever!"
Just as I was about get up and try to control the situation, my vision went black and I heard a voice resonate in my mind,
"You have command over them. Assert your dominance and do not back down, for they will obey!"
Images began flowing through my head rapidly. Visions of an enclosed area, high upon a mountaintop filled my mind with wonder and confusion. I saw three distinct paths, and at each end of these paths was a massive glowing gem. One shining with a pale blue colour, and the other, a light purple. These paths were surrounded by trees, and divided in the middle by a river.
Suddenly, movement brought these images to life. Small creatures poured out of each coloured gem in waves. These waves of creatures walked down each path until each side met the other, and they began to blindly fight each other until they fell.
I tried to escape this strange dream, but the more I tried to return to reality, the clearer the dream would become, until eventually, it felt as if I was really there.
Five different figures filed out from behind the gems and down the paths, following the small creatures. A pale-haired woman dressed in Ionian garb occupied the leftmost path. She seemed to be carrying a large, oddly shaped blade, but without actually touching it.
Occupying the middle path was a familiar face. The "daughter" of Corin Reveck, the techmaturgical madman of Piltover: Orianna. I would see the robotic ballerina often dancing in the Downtown Clock Tower during Piltovian Festivals.
In the forest, roaming around multiple small camps was a fearsome creature. This creature was massive; half man, half horse, plucked right out of the Shadow Isles. It stood tall, wielding a bladed staff. It marched around the forests of the area, destroying every camp it came across, moving its staff faster and faster with each creature it destroyed.
The rightmost path housed a strange pair. I recognized one from the stories of the angels. This was Morgana, the Fallen One. She wore a purple top that covered about as much as a bra, and a long purple skirt. She bore wings that seemed to be black and decaying, and her eyes were lifeless, showing no colour whatsoever.
The one accompanying Morgana was someone I recognized instantly.
What does this mean? I thought as I watched Morgana step determinedly down the path with Jinx skipping happily behind her.
The images darkened, and the hooded figure appeared once again, shouting, "Assert your dominance. They will listen, for Summoner blood flows through you. You were born on Summoner's Rift."
I returned to reality, dazed and confused, as Jinx prepared herself to end Vi's life in one shot.
End of Chapter Three