Vi couldn't believe it. Jinx had obediently came with her right to the police station, despite having every opportunity to bolt. Now she stood at the door, waiting for Caitlyn to answer Vi's knocking. "I swear I'm gonna kick the damn door down if she doesn't answer it in a minute…" Vi muttered. Jinx gave a small smile, but her mind was racing. Yesterday her mind… well, she really hadn't had much of one. She had a great memory; she could easily rattle off every password to every maximum security area in Piltover. But ever since Vi had began to accept her relationship to the girl, Jinx had felt… lucid? She felt as though she was slowly waking from a bad dream.
It took two more knocks to bring Caitlyn to the door. "What's the-" Caitlyn stopped cold at the sight before her. Vi, beaten and bruised. Jinx, detained. And both of them within speaking distance not insulting each other or threatening beatings. Caitlyn's eyes flew wildly between the criminal and her protégé, who smiled weakly. "You… have some explaining to do.. And you," She said, pointing at Jinx, "you and I have a trip down to-" Vi put a hand up.
"Cupcake, there's a lot to explain. A lot. Just let us in," She said. Caitlyn stared. Vi was inviting her archrival into the police station? Caitlyn nodded numbly as both cop and criminal stepped into the building. Vi made her way to her own personal room, both ladies in tow, and rounded on Jinx. Caitlyn took a step back; NOW Vi was gonna hit her. As Vi'd once put it, she was going to "wipe that stupid grin off her face". Caitlyn wasn' going to interfere. Vi had beaten herself up far too much for far too long over this one. Caitlyn's eyes went wide at the sight of Vi unlocking Jinx's handcuffs. What. The. Fuck.
"Vi… Have you gone completely insane?" Caitlyn demanded, opting to hold off on the verbal obscenities. Vi shook her head and Jinx grinned. This was going to be a spectacle worthy of popcorn… She shook her wrists as the shackles fell loose in Vi's hand, stretching her arms and feeling her arm-bone (yes, the scientific term) pop in its socket.
"Cait… You know how I don't remember much about my parents and early childhood, right?" Vi began. Caitlyn nodded with a sad, sympathetic smile. "Look at this," Vi told her, presenting the sheriff with the "contract" Jinx had kept. Caitlyn inspected it meticulously. "That's my signature, Cupcake. And hers," Vi added, jerking a thumb in Jinx's direction.
"Vi… No way in hell. No way in hell are you trying to tell me what I think you're telling me…" Caitlyn stuttered. Vi closed her eyes, trying to search for words. Luckily, Jinx was never out of words.
"Yep! We're related! Sisters! BFFs! Same momma new drama!" She exclaimed, her chin rested on Vi's shoulder with that grin that Vi had promised to wipe away. Thankfully, Jinx was a bit quicker on the draw than Vi currently was because no one else was there to catch Caitlyn as she fainted on her feet.
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"So now what?" Caitlyn had recovered from her fainting spell, been brought back to the reality she practically refused to believe and finally accepted it. Now Jinx sat in a jail cell, the door open and both arms of the law as well as the sheriff in front of it. Vi smiled She'd made her mind up a while ago about what she wanted to do with Jinx.
"Cupcake… remember when we first met?" She asked. Caitlyn, confused, nodded. "What was I back then?" Vi prodded. Jinx grinned. She knew where this was going. But would the woman whose life she'd made so miserable for so long give it a chance?
"You were a girl who had just saved a bunch of miners that needed a home," Caitlyn said with a smile as she remembered that day. Vi shook her head and sighed, exasperated.
"And before that?" She continued.
"You were a criminal on the streets, pulling crimes and heists with that detestable gang. You hurt a lot of peop-" Caitlyn stopped cold as she noticed just who else she was describing. She shot a look at Jinx, who waved with a chipper smile. Caitlyn turned back to Vi expectantly.
"Okay. And what did you do with me when you could have and, by the book, should have brought me in?" Vi asked with a smile as realization dawned on Caitlyn.
"Vi… You cannot be serious. She terrorized this entire city. Everyone knows her name, her face, everything. And she's nothing but a sign of impending chaos to those people," Caitlyn argued.
"So were the Alley Rats. You remember how terrified the townsfolk were when they found out that one of the Alley Rats was Piltover's new enforcer? They freaked out for a bit, then saw that I did right by the name of Piltovian justice. How would YOU react if you were a criminal and caught sight of us three coming to stop you?" Vi shot back.
Caitlyn pursed her lips. Vi's mind was clouded by a storm of emotions and she wasn't thinking clearly, something that wasn't uncommon for Vi. But this time it was love, not anger that was blinding her. "Vi, she is a terrorist. She's got a kill count that rivals your damage costs. I know it seems unfair, but you'll understand in time. Since you most likely did not read the criminal her rights," Vi's eyes narrowed at her partner in stopping crime. NOW rage was clouding her better judgment. Her right fist balled and she just restrained herself from slugging Caitlyn, choosing to instead storm out of the jail while Caitlyn read Jinx her Miranda rights.