Note; this chapter contains drugs, assault, and graphic deaths. viewer discretion advised

The past week had been exhausting, in Ezreal's opinion. After a few near blunders, Quinn had come up with their currently used story of "Excuse me, have you seen any medium length blondes, probably around 5'4" around?", "Why? oh well there seems to have been a few disappearances and we suspect a serial kidnapper... who is obviously targeting blonde women for some reason."... Great idea Quinn, just make the masses scared of going out at night.

Then again, He didn't exactly think of anything better to say so that's how it led to this. Going door to door, asking about suspicious activity and missing persons. Of course this had slowed down the investigation a bit, what with concerned parents and such, and to make matters worse Quinn had basically made Ezreal do most of the conversing after the first few houses. It was bad enough having to lie to people and run all around the city, but... conversing with all these strangers?! Ezreal thought he might just collapse at the end of the day, talking was hard, and talking with strangers was embarrassing, but, he had the gauntlet of a Shurima sorcerer now and he had to keep up appearances, as a hero.

"Hey Quinn" Ezreal asked as the duo walked up yet another street on the northern side of the city. "You don't think she could be in the southern section of town do you?"

"That's not our job Ez, That's under Caitlyns jurisdiction and I doubt she or her officers would be happy with us snooping around." Quinn responds.

"Aren't we already making them mad by conducting our own searching, y'know like... searching vigilantes" Ezreal said thoughtfully as the duo walked along the brightly lit streets during mid day.

After a moment of thinking Quinn sighs, "Well... I suppose since we are already taking things into our own hands, we might as well try."

"Yaay we don't have to talk to people until we get to downtown" Ezreal cheers and after a look from Quinn responds with "I-I mean yaayy we're going to the slums where there's a higher chance that Lux is there, as well as the majority of rats, diseases, violent dru-

"I get it Ez, come on I thought you were supposed to be secretly dating or something"

"y-yeah...something like that" The blonde responded avoiding eye contact.

Quinn didn't push the issue, instead simply wondered. This was easily the twelfth time something had come up that Ezreal dodged answering truthfully. From his past to his relationship and time he spends with Lux, something was fishy. Perhaps a more direct approach would be better, but for now a quiet walk to the south of the city was in order.

Serah racked on the overly extravagant door a few more times before one of the faceless staff answered the door. "Official business" Serah immediately answered walking past the man before he could react. "Of course Miss Fortune" He replied standing aside to let the other two visitors in as well.

Inside the upper class mansion was very similar to the outside, fancy, expensive, and polished. It definitely gave off the look and don't touch vibe to the tealette. Although that never stopped her before, what did however was a sharp "This way, keep up" from the red head. Sighing in disappointment Jinx followed, ignoring the giant vases and fancy paintings. Continuing up the stairs the duo followed Serah, passing more staff mostly of no more note or individuality than the last. Although they did pass an incident of a fallen tray and the new maid, it would have been sad, if it wasn't so funny Jinx chuckled. Eventually the three of them arrived at a set of double doors, which Fortune promptly knocked on. A grumbled reply came a few moments later followed by a disheveled looking Graves opening the door. "Serah, the hell are you doing here at this time?"

"Sir the lady and the...rat from before are here to take you up on your offer." She replied ignoring the mans partial nudity.

"oh? Oh!? Of course" Graves replied suddenly realizing what the woman was talking about and disappearing for a few moments before returning in more than just a pair of shorts. "So I hear you two wish to join my operation."

"Uhh eh, i-i-" Twitch started anxiously before Jinx answered with a resounding "Well obviously!" for the both of them.

"Good, Serah, budget them onto the payroll immediately. And Jinx feel free to move yourself in at your leisure, I'm sure you would prefer a life of luxury than... filth" Graves ended pointedly at the rat.

"W-what about me?" Twitch responded, obviously remarking on the fact the invitation did not include him.

"Well, my furry friend we need certain contacts to remain where they are." Graves answered in fake empathy.

"I don't knoww, I have a few fragile things at my home that shouldn't be moved" Jinx replied, referring to her blonde...friend? possession?, to the ignorance of Graves.

"I assure you, that any fragile possessions you own will be handled with the utmost care should you want assistance." Graves replied, trying to ease the lithe woman's worries.

But...She's more important than that, she's ...she's... Ugh...

"She's OUR victim." Zap commented sadistically.

"No, she's Your sparks." Pow-pow replied in a caring voice, careful not to say anything Jinx wasn't truly ready for.

...I guess so...

"I'll think about it, and uhm... could I get some of these guys to make us some food?" Jinx asked in an attempt to be polite.

"Of course, just ask one of the staff, they'll be more than happy to help." Graves said "Now if you don't mind I have a little, unfinished business" he continued before disappearing back into the master bedroom. Meanwhile Serah seemed to have disappeared while no one was paying attention, probably to "put them on the payroll".

Shortly after wandering back towards the entrance of the mansion Jinx found one of the men and immediately called out "Hey you! I'll have two meals."

"What would you like madam?" The seeming butler asked politely

"Do I look like I care, just two meals" The psychotic woman replied.

"Right away miss." The man replied before hurriedly walking off to another part of the mansion.

"Jeez, if you were getting food for the both of us you could have at least let me tell him what I wanted" Twitch said from the sidelines.

"What? You wanted dinner too?" Jinx answered questioningly

"...Well I assumed you meant for us both to get a meal while we're here." He replied looking at his partner in crime.

"Oh...no those are for me and sparks when I get home" She said, without a shred of remorse. "If you wanted something you should have asked the man!" Jinx continued as if stating the obvious. To which Twitch just sighed, obviously too exasperated to continue arguing.

Shortly after the butler found the duo and lead them to a grand dining hall, at which point Jinx promptly asked for a to-go bag. Oblivious to the sneer of the man, she waited and then promptly left with food in hand. Straight back to the slums to see her sparks, not entirely caring what her rat companion did. Twitch on the other hand decided to stay a while longer, he needed to talk with graves about something, but it would have to wait for morning as the rat was a bit too cautious to wake the man alone.

Lux surveyed her surroundings. The small amount of light coming from a few holes from upstairs, a few lights from the working or semi working guns strewn about the small house and the cracks of moonlight pouring in through the walls to the outside provided all the illumination. To the right was SharkBones her own pistol...she supposed that her psychotic captor might expect her to name it at some point, bringing a slight smile to her face at the absurdity of it.

However before she could dwell on the more time she was going to spend with Jinx, there was a creak of the front door opening. Immediately alert, Lux strained to listen for the telltale sounds of Jinx's footsteps, although it seemed incredibly fast for her to already be back. Suddenly Jinx's words flashed in the blonde's mind People around here aren't decent enough to not take advantage of a pretty girl with a broken leg. Lux shuddered at the thought and debated on trying to bolt for the weapon table, sadly it would be too far. So instead she worked on calming herself and being completely silent. Listening she heard several sets of footsteps, and to her horror the obnoxious banter and shatter of a bottle confirmed that it was most likely a group of drunks.

Lux laid there in complete silence hoping that the men would leave, perhaps a few broken guns richer without checking the other room. Sadly her luck still hadn't improved as one of the men, greasy blonde hair and baggy cloths pulled off the blanket that acted as a door and flooded the room with light.

"Well-well, ey guys looky what we have here, a damsel in distress I'd say" The man said in a drunken slur upon seeing the female form upon the bed. Contemplating her options Lux pushed herself to sitting position to try and seem as threatening or authoritative as possible, perhaps a little bribery would save her.

"Thank god you found me! I'm Lux Crownguard of the royal palace, if you get the authorities now I'll see that your properly rewarded" She told them, hoping that they weren't too drunk to listen. One of the five, a scrawny younger man seemed to stop and give thought to her words, but the rest were too far gone and chuckled maniacally. One was a gruff looking man while the other two were black haired and could possibly be brothers.

"How about you reward us now Blondie and then we'll see about gettin you outta here" One of them said as four of the men walked into the room and started approaching the bed.

"Or we could forget this all happened a-and you can leave peacefully no harm done" Lux countered nervously eyes darting between the men.

"Oh don't worry princess, we'll make sure you'll enjoy this too" The apparent ringleader said in mock care, bringing out a bag of pink pills.

Suddenly the men her on her, two grabbed her arms and wrapped them tight with one's scarf, while the other one held down her legs until they were done. Lux struggled and screamed but with her broken leg her kicking was less than effective, eventually calling for help from the fifth member who remained in the other room. Unfortunately the last man seemed too scared to handle the situation and bolted out of the house.

After her hands were bound there was a moment of tense breathing as one of the brother held her arms down while the other and the gruff man held her legs. "Alright Blondie, now. We can either do this the easy way, or the hard way. So what's it gonna be?" The greasy blonde man asked as he toyed with the baggy of pills.

Contemplating her options, Lux knew that there was no winning in this situation but she'd be damned if she gave up this easily, so instead she just glared at the man.

He sighed and nodded to the gruff man, opening the baggy and taking out a pill. "Open her mouth" He stated as he walked to the edge of the bed next to her, the man holding her arms tried to force her mouth open with one hand to no avail over her squirming and clenching. However the gruff man suddenly elbowed her splinted leg causing a reflexive scream in pain, at which point the blonde man forced the pill into her mouth and held it shut, pinching her nose to make sure she would either swallow the pill or pass out.

As the edges of Lux's vision faded she complied and swallowed, finally being allowed to breath she lay there for a moment catching her breath. Fear was gripping her heart, she knew she only had a short amount of time before the pill took effect, and if she didn't do something fast...

"There ya go, wasn't so hard now was it" He said popping a few pills of his own. "Don't worry it should start to take effect when we get to the good part." He sneered taking out a knife and sliding it along her exposed stomach before catching it on her shirt. Carefully he cut upwards destroying Lux's clothes and with a gasp of pain cutting a bit of her chest as the man was impatient in removing her undergarment. "Hehe sorry about that, but in a few moments even that'll feel real good" He said after he saw the fresh wound before slicing off the pants she wore.

At this point Lux's mind was and heart rate were competing for who was faster as it screamed fight or flight. However she remembered her academy training, without a wand magic could be dangerous but, she was NOT going to let these disgusting men have her. No matter the cost. As the greasy blonde moved to start to undo his pants, the world started to swim as the adrenaline and increased heart rate sped up the drug's effects.

The searing pain in her chest started to feel incredibly warm and light and a part of her begged to drown in it, but she couldn't... why can't i again?... Lux thought as the world swirled and begged to be touched, a single thought crossed her mind.

Suddenly as the man told the other two to pry open her legs, Lux focused her emotions into a brilliant burst of arcane energy, light seared through her bindings and hit the room with concussive force, stunning her captors. As the blonde man clutched his eyes, his ears ringing too loudly to let any sound come through he felt a pressure force him to the ground before hands wrapped around his neck.

The swimming world was so happy and bright as Lux choked her soon to be rapist, electrical sparks flowing through her hands and into the man's body. She watched in drug addled pleasure as the man's eyes bulged and twitched as he convulsed under her electric currents. There was laughing coming from someone but she was too busy letting such an incredibly warm feeling blanket her as the man passed out twitching below her.

Forcing herself to stand Lux found that the pain in her leg was no longer unpleasant but flowed like sparks into her chest, everything was egging her on it seemed. She moved quickly or slowly she couldn't tell as the images before her swam and melted, the men reeling in pain from the light seemed so slow and oh too willing to offer themselves to her. Choking and gagging and convulsing , foam coalescing into beautiful peaks. The feeling of their lives leaving them in her hands was magical. Everything was, every attempt of their escape, every painful slap, punch, and stab, left tingling sparks that made her crave more.

Her assaulters lay on the floor, twitching. The drug was slowly wearing off, the world was solidifying, but there was one more thing to do. Lux hobbled over to the weapons table and picked up her pistol, giving it a bit of light it hummed to life. It sang such a pretty song as Lux walked to each man and unleashed a blast of force into each of their heads. Spraying lovely rose petals all over the room, until finally the last one lay there in front of her. He seemed to have survived the initial attack and was coming too, and raised his hand choking something in defense, however the pain in her leg was making her irritable. She didn't have time for him and shot through his hand destroying it and spraying more red across the floor as the shot traveled through and into his skull. Now that it was over, Lux could finally try to focus.

The world slowly stopped spinning, and pain lanced through her leg and chest, but what she noticed first wasn't this. It was the laughing that she heard earlier, she couldn't pinpoint it but now with everything silent, she knew. It had been her laughing the entire time. Maybe it wasn't quite out of her system yet.

Vaguely she heard something hit the floor in the other room. Slowly turning she saw a radiant angel, and smiled. "Lux! What happened?!" she questioned in a melodic voice. After a moment of comprehension the blonde looked around before answering. "Ehehe, I killed them."

"Are you alright? Did they do som-" She started but Lux wasn't going to pass up such a chance with what could only be described as an angel and pulled her close silencing those beautiful words with a kiss.

Pulling back in shock Jinx pushed the magical blonde back. "L-lux what's-" she started once again but was ignored as Lux felt an uncomfortable feeling crawl up her stomach before vomiting, nearly on the tealette.

EWwwwwwwWWWww kill her now! Zap squealed as the vomit just missed him.

Jinx! Hurry to the toilet!

Following Pow-Pow's advise Jinx instantly dropped the minigun and rushed Lux into the small bathroom pulling her hair up and allowing her to continue into the toilet. Soon after tears started to form in between wretches and Lux spluttered and coughed.

"P-please don't leave me Ji- Jinx" Lux cried in between the emptying of her stomach. "Y-you're t-the only reason I-" She continued before being cut off by another stream of bile. "The only reason I was able to f-fight back" the blonde finished before clutching the seat again. After a few more sets of coughing she passed out. Leaving a flustered and confused Jinx to mull over recent events.

After Lux passed out Jinx assessed her health, doing her best to stitch up the red slice near her solar plexus and several others along her right arm. Something dripped near the wound she was currently trying to stitch together and to the tealette's surprise she found the source to be her eyes. Tears?! The hell! I don't cry!

It's the woman she's making you soft, you need to cut her off! and by cut her off I mean her head. Zap said while he resided on her belt.

I...I don't think I can Zap...

What do you mean you can't?! It's easy just pull me out, put me against her head and pull the trigger. The electro pistol demanded.

No that's not what mean Zap...I-I mean I can't do it!

...Why not?...

I ... don't know..

Happy late new years everyone! Expect a few more updates before I slow down again... Chemistry and anatomy and all that fun stuff.