(15 minutes before the distraction)
¨And why do you need me in the first place?¨ Katarina raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms, the fact that all of Lux's team came to see her amused her.
¨Because you look like the kind of person that is capable of doing it¨ Lux immediately responded, her plan involved Jinx who would definitely break into the principal's office but she was missing after she said she had an idea for a distraction ¨Please we need to find who the archer is¨
¨And you think that it is a student from the academy? Are you really certain about it?¨
¨Kat, please, if we don't get in the office then Jinx's distraction will be for nothing¨
The redhead remained silent for a moment then sighed ¨I suppose that if the archer is here then we all might be in danger so might as well help you with this¨ Katarina pulled something from one of her pockets, it was an old key with a small note attached to it that said P ¨Here¨ She gave the key to Sophie.
¨How do you have the key to the office?¨
¨The captain of the basketball team is part of the student's council, he gave Garen the key to the principal's office so he could keep it safe during training. How it got into my hands is a story for another day¨
¨Thanks, Kat!¨ Sophie said with a smile on her face.
¨Yeah yeah now go do your business, and if you get caught do not dare mention my name, ok?¨ The former leader of the ASG waved her hand and walked away.
¨Alright so now what we have to do is wait for Jinx's signal, right?¨ The other girls nodded ¨Right… how will we know what the signal is?¨ Taliyah asked, she knew the rebel was prone to do crazy things but didn't knew how crazy it would be.
¨Given it's Jinx who we are talking about it must be loud and very noticeable¨ That's when they heard an explosion, although it resembled more to a firework.
All of the students that were in the hallways went immediately for the windows and saw the source of it: A Star Guardian firing projectiles all around the courtyard and making them explode like they were fireworks. The students started cheering and some teachers were down in the courtyard trying to catch Jinx, however the guardian immediately flew over the trees.
¨I think that is the distraction…¨ Lulu commented and saw how Lux started running towards the principal's office.
Traversing through the hallways was difficult, not only they had to be careful not to crash against any other student and of course not to draw any attention. Once they arrived they found that the door was closed and that there was no one inside either. Lux ordered Taliyah, Lulu and Janna to keep watch while her, Sophie and Poppy would investigate inside of the office.
Once inside they saw a dusty room with closed windows and another door that led to the archives.
¨This feels strange…¨ Sophie said ¨To know that our biggest enemy was right under our noses this entire time¨ She looked at the desk, it was empty and started having some dust on top ¨Who knows how many more minions from the Dark Star are hidden in the academy?¨
¨Let's pray that only this archer¨ Lux opened the door to the archives and turned on the lights. It was a small hallway with lots of drawers on each side, some of them had labels that went from A to F and others were mostly about administration and clubs ¨I'll look into the club files, you search into the different files.
Poppy went immediately for the first drawer while Sophie chose one at random. Her fingers went for the different files until she stopped at one that made her curious: Crownguard, Luxanna. Without saying anything she looked at both sides and pulled the file to investigate more about the team leader.
She had great grades, she never skipped classes, an almost perfect record which was tainted with a poor performance on the gym classes.
¨I can't believe it!¨ Sophie said and the other two guardians turned towards the support.
¨Did you find him?!¨
¨No… but Lux¨ The guardian showed the file to the blonde ¨Your lowest mark is on gym, you barely passed that class!¨
¨Oh!¨ Lux blushed and snagged the file from Sophie's hands ¨That is NOT for you to look into it… besides that was the year before I became a Star Guardian, I was… not that fit¨
¨What do you mean?¨
¨She was a nerd who spent most of her time in the library and was horrible at any physical activity¨ Poppy added as she returned to look into the drawer.
¨N-now let's continue okay?¨ And with that they decided to go on.
Finding the files for the archery club was easy, however there were like twenty members, not including the people in charge of it, so finding the files for all of the people of the club and then investigating each one of them would take a bit, thankfully Jinx was loud enough to buy them even more time.
The first files were over and sadly none of the girls found the right person ¨Are we even sure if the person is in the archery club?¨ Sophie asked, looking at the picture of the student as well as information related to it.
¨We don't know, we just guessed… you know¨ Lux responded, grabbing a new file and groaned ¨If that archer isn't here then we must search the whole archive¨ She turned to see the open door to the hallway, there were many more drawers that they haven't even checked and that would take hours ¨Let's do this as fast as possible¨
Sophie grabbed another file but before even looking at it she received a message on her phone. When she looked at it she noticed that the number belonged to Riven.
The archer is in the academy. Help evacuate everyone.
¨Huh?¨
¨What is it?¨ Poppy asked, opening a new file.
¨It was Riven, she said that the archer is in the academy and that we must help evacuate everyone¨
¨But we know that already…¨ They looked at each other before they felt a tremble ¨He's here¨ The girls immediately transformed and opened the window, on the desk there was one last file belonging to the archery club.
¨What about that file?¨ Poppy held it but Lux immediately grabbed it and left it on the desk.
¨If Janna is clever she'll know what to do with it¨ Lux said and the girls immediately left the principal's office through the window and flew over the academy; that's when they saw Jinx and the archer. She was barely injured ¨Are you all right?¨ Asked the leader while Sophie was healing the minor wounds caused by the minion from the Dark Star.
¨Just a scratch¨ The rebel grunted and looked up, seeing as the rest of the team joined the battle ¨So did you like my distraction? Did it work?¨
¨We'll talk about that later, right now it's time to put this archer down for good¨
¨Count with us!¨ A familiar voice came from above the girls, it was Ahri and beside her were Ezreal and Sarah ¨Do you honestly think we would let our sisters fight alone?¨
¨Given past history…¨
¨Shut up!¨ Lux interrupted Jinx ¨Let's do this, once and for all¨
…
During the evacuation both Riven and Katarina were helping some of the students to get out, the two of them stayed by the gates of the academy.
¨Was that all of them?¨ Riven asked and looked at the inside, the guardians started to fight.
¨I don't know, but we can't go room by room to make sure everyone is out¨ Katarina turned and saw that Ekko was running towards the academy ¨What is that idiot doing?¨
¨GIRLS!¨ Ekko came running and had to catch his breath ¨We… we have a problem¨
¨Oh really? Because the guardians are not having a good time either¨ Katarina looked at what the boy had with him ¨What's that?¨
¨Wha? Oh, this?¨ He gave the file to the redhead ¨Janna told us to hold it¨ He shook his head ¨In any case, we have a problem, it's the prez¨
¨The prez… Reginald!¨ Riven held Ekko by the shoulders ¨What happened?!¨
¨He is fighting against one giant guy with a mace, and he is using that super-cool scythe of his¨ Riven and Katarina looked at each other, they knew that meant trouble. The latter gave Ekko back the file and ran in the direction Ekko came from ¨Wait, where are you going?!¨
¨Going to save Ren, you stay out of trouble¨ Riven ordered and the girls immediately ran away.
Ekko stayed there however, the file still in his hands as he looked inside, the boy saw that Taliyah was fighting and that worried him but he was also worried about the ex-president ¨Where to now… do I follow them and help the prez or do I stay here and help Tali?¨
Next chapters will be fighting from both sides so the story will be a slow for a bit.
With Corona now hitting pretty much everywhere and in total quarantine in my country I have to stay in my home until the end of the month so what better to spend time writing new chapters!
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