The tone was very silent for the next day in Ionia. Sunday is the day where people are at home and not working, but this was not the case at the High Council. Lux was being tried for treason and violation of her SCS contract. The meeting soon came to an open when the Judge's hammer struck down on the podium.

"ORDER! ORDER! This court is now in session. May the Plaintiff please address their case."

The Councilor's bodyguard came up to speak for him. "We have found that the Champion Luxanna of Demacia is guilty of treason for brutally wounding Councilor Jireau of the 34th Ionian Council. Lux has also violated multiple individual portions of her contract between the Summoner's Coalitio-"

"I need to interrupt you very crucially…" The Judge looked down at the Councilor, and then back at Lux. He started bursting out laughing. "This small little girl beat you to a pulp? Bahahaha!"

"Your honor, this is uncalled for!"

The gavel came down twice again as he put the court back in order. "Even though this is one of the more interesting cases, I must say that there is compelling evidence that Luxanna is indeed guilty. Can we get a statement from the Jury?"

The crowd of Ionians had huddled around for a while. They were contemplating which side would be better for them to take, because they knew that both had costs and benefits. Since they had very little knowledge of Jax or Lux to begin with, they sided with the Councilor. "We find Luxanna of Demacia guilty of treason, your honor."

"Are there any other motions? Say now, or forever hold your peace…" The Judge was just about to wrap up the case with one final motion, until he was slightly interrupted by the door slamming open. Out of it came a new eyewitness to the case.

"I object." The person who came to testify on behalf of Lux was Jax. He came in at the very last minute, not realizing what he was getting himself into. Even though Lux was happy that her case was being extended, she feared for Jax's life.

"Why did you come here? You should've just saved yourself!"

Jax was impartial when it came to working with old friends. He very rarely had time to even contemplate the past that he had endured with his old comrades from the different lands of the Rift. However, one thing was certainly true – Lux was the only one that had strong emotions for Jax. In spite of this, Jax wanted to do what he could to help Lux.

The judge was not amused by his interest, however. "And who might you be?"

"I am the champion Jax, the grandmaster at arms. I have been reported to be associated with Lux in this trial, and it has come to my attention that my friend is being falsely accused."

The crowd all went silent, and sat down as if they were holding back on their decision. They knew Jax for his incredible power, and did not want Jax to know that they were nearly siding with the Ionian Council on the court decision.

"Well, I'm afraid that I cannot confirm nor deny this new position. The jury has already agreed on a decision of treason for Lux's case, therefore I cannot say if your statement can hold ground at the moment."

"You have to believe me, your honor. The Council that you are appeasing is trying to systematically get rid of all SCS members so that they can brainwash the rest of the Ionians to take over the past. They have been making experiments on time traveling to the old rift, which is also a violation of law."

The Councilor hardly budged, but laughed as he was unable to move his neck or his wrist. "What a pathetic attempt at covering up a traitor to this country." Jireau also stared at the Judge with his demon like eyes as he finished what he was saying. "I also have faith that you will officially close this case…that is, unless you wish to join their heroic rebellion and become terminated. The choice is yours."

The Judge had no control over anything that happened outside his court and what was given to him on face, so he knew that the Ionian Council could easily eliminate him if they wanted to. Knowing this, he slammed down his gavel three times and announced, "ORDER, ORDER! THE COURT HAS FOUND LUX GUILTY OF TREASON! THE PUNISHMENT IS LIFETIME IN PRISON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE! ADJOURNED!"

"What?!" Jax was going to go by Lux's side as she was about to get hauled oustside by the Ionian bodyguards of Jireau, but Lux halted him.

"Jax, I don't want you to get involved in this punishment of mine. Just promise me that you will visit me in prison…" The guards lashed onto both of her arms and proceeded out the door.

Jax looked back, thinking about everything that Lux had done for him. "Yes, I promise. I won't give up on you Lux…"

The rest of the day came down to Jax finding a new place to stay, but he failed. The main reason for his failure was the fact that Jax was actively wanted, since he was a bandit for his relation to Lux in the court crime, and his history throughout the League of Legends. If he could not find a place to stay by the end of the night, he would have to leave Ionia entirely. Jax knew if he was caught out by someone, then he would not be able to continue his search for the answers to his past.

Instead, Jax waited a few hours until he could visit lux in the Summoner's Prison, which had an opening to visitors that evening. Lux was happy to see that Jax came back, mostly because she had no one to talk to for so long and still felt bad for making Jax an active bandit now.

"Lux, I'm glad you are still alright. What the hell is going on right now? What is the Summoner's Coalition of Science supposedly doing at this point, and what does this have to do with that classified project?"

"It's hard to explain." Lux felt worried that someone was listening to their conversation. The original punishment for treason was just to be sent to prison for an elongated time until a serious punishment was instituted by the Council. If that same offender had been caught with the same crime, they would be immediately killed. "All I can tell you is that there are people around this town that have the answers you desire, and I don't mean regular information brokers. There are people you will see out on the streets of Ionia late at night who roam not for the purpose of patrolling the streets, but finding opportunities to meet when they are not being watched."

"Who are these people?"

"There is a secret council for more information on this. I only know the first bit of information because of my limited time working with Irelia as a support on the 31st support staff in the Institute of War during the first major battle against Noxus."

Jax wasn't very surprised to hear that Irelia had something to do with this. All the things that Irelia had talked about from their one confrontation had all but made sense at this point, but Jax wanted to know more. "What about Irelia specifically should I know?"

Lux had only partial time to work with Irelia because she was one of the first warriors to figure out the plots that the Ionian Council had to begin authoritarian plots. "She is easily the strongest of all the warriors I have met. Irelia has a really strong spirit, and with it, extremely strong emotions. She was never one to back down from a challenge, and she grew a bit of a temper because of it. That transformed her into more of an exile type character; that is…once she joined that council."

"What council?"

"She became a pawn for the system of Ionia. The King had chosen her to be at his throne for a day to stand ground for when battle came about. She figured out their secrets, and was tortured for days on end. She was stripped of her position and thrown out of the Institute of War. I remember her telling me that 'there will be a war within the region of Ionia very soon. I do not know how long it will take, I do not know approximately when it will happen, but I have been forming a secret Alliance with some of the top agents of each major area of Runeterra. I know you may not join me, but I trust you will understand this.' This Alliance that she has formed is located here in Ionia somewhere outside of the public. I wish I told you this earlier, because they know more about your past than I do."

"They do? Well, that makes me even more curious. I have to ask you one more thing before I leave, Lux."

"Yes?"

Jax was thinking back to when Irelia attacked him, and she kept saying things that plagued Jax's mind for a long time. He wanted to see if Lux had the answer. "Irelia recently approached me, and she completely destroyed me in combat. Regardless of that, she kept talking about how I was the hero of Ionia. She also mentioned something about Ahri being wrong about her assumptions of me and the Darkin race. Do you have any idea what this means?"

Lux's eyes widened a bit. "D…Darkin…The Darkin Race…" She stuttered for a bit, and froze up completely.

"What's wrong?"

"Uh, I'm sorry Jax. Just hearing that name gives me nightmares, I'd rather not explain." Lux wrote down something on a slip of paper, and passed it to Jax. The paper said:

'Irelia will answer all questions you have. She resides near the lake of Thymalia and will almost certainly be there in the next hour.'

Lux was suddenly hauled back into her cell, while Jax was still perplexed by Lux's reaction to just a few words that might have harmed her psychologically at some point. Even though Jax wanted to know more, his only hope would be finding Irelia.