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A/N: As I changed the direction of the story I will also change my writing so is easier to read, hope is more to your liking everyone, enjoy and have a good day.
Chapter 5 A day with the Loose Cannon, a mafia reunion.
After running for a while longer Jinx and Rosark stopped, Jinx looked to both sides before going on a store, the surroundings of the instate of war had always been the city and its business, people often found the chance of selling stuff to champions as a great opportunity for promotion of their business, a perfect example was Corki helicopter that was promotion for Piltover Customs.
In this case the store they had gotten in was a simple disguise store, Jinx kept looking for a hat while Rosark just stood watching the tons of stuff. Fake weapons, armors, costumes of Urf, the store had its stuff in place. His thoughts of admiration at the variety of costumes were interrupted as Jinx threw him a black coat and a matching hat.
Jinx smiled at him before speaking to him
–"What are you waiting for? Wear them, we can't have you going all around with that robe, everyone will know who you are."
A purple robe? Lots of people use purples robes that hide their faces… it was weird the fact the Loose Cannon said something so logical with the fact she almost seem to be living in madness.
Jinx disguise was colorful the dress and gloves she was wearing her made her seem someone else, an orange wig helped her to disguise the colorful blue she had, her eyes still showed her madness but in general it was a good costume
With the coat and the hat he looked like an old mafia guy Jinx smirked before putting her thumbs up –"Perfect, you will fit right in, let's go!" As they were running out of the store he couldn't avoid noticing the voice of the clerk on the store shouting of thieves, they had got out without paying…
-"If I'm not out of the institute for lack of ability, I will sure be out by indecency and failure at good customs."
Jinx laughed at his sulking ideas –"Haha, we got matching crimes, you still need some others though"
–"Not sure I'm looking for that."
She just laughed at him again –"Pfft, party pooper"
As they wandered through the streets they ended up in a dead end, Rosark was curious as to why Jinx would bring him here but before he had a chance to ask Jinx moved a dumpster revealing a trap door.
–"Don't tell anyone of this place, it has been our secret for a while." As Jinx entered through the stair and motioned for him to follow he couldn't avoid thinking 'Our secret' who else knew of this place.
As he walked through the stairs that were illuminated by a few lamps he later saw a big door and what seemed to be Twitch keeping it close.
–"Who is the new guy?"
The rat aimed a tommy gun at him, Jinx sighed while putting down Twitch tommy gun
–"He is an invitee he is coming with me, open the door rat" Twitch snickered and opened the door…
-"Lad… do I know you?"
Rosark faked ignorance he didn't want Twitch to really remember him, there are things that were better left buried alone in the past.
–"No of course not, I would remember you" the rat was left questioning his memory while they entered the place, he was welcome by the flashing lights of various colors while he observed people drinking all kind of drinks while other were gambling, gambling was banned on all the senses, but seeing as this club was underground it wasn't that weird.
Jinx tugged the sleeve of the coat guiding him to a roulette in which everyone was betting.
–"Come on give it a try! I'm sure you are lucky" Jinx seemed excited at the idea of betting, he really wasn't on with betting, not since long ago, but thinking once again he might as well enjoy this time.
–"Sure, let's give it a try" He saw the numbers of the roulette and just betted on the 13th
–"Lucky number?" Jinx snickered at his choice, the roulette stopped on the 13th.
–"It has never failed before" Jinx noticed the fact he had managed the roulette to stop there, one could say slowing the roulette wasn't possible, but if you can slow down a champion you can make it that the roulette stop where you want it.
When they were going to get the reward of his cheating, a hand tapped on his shoulder, he clearly recognized the feminine hand of Miss Fortune.
–"Congrats, someone is hoping to speak with you both" He was hoping she only wanted to say hi, but when he noticed Jinx slight frown he supposed trouble was coming, still he just nodded and started following Miss Fortune, when Jinx was starting to follow behind Miss Fortune she stopped her
–"Alone Jinx, the boss wants to see him alone" Jinx was about to say something when he stopped her.
–"Hey chill down, oldie here can keep himself up" He smiled while Jinx just nodded putting down her zapper, it was charged.
–"Good choice, follow me if you would please be as kind" Miss Fortune started walking through the place till a higher zone of the underground club, sitting on a couch that had a view of the whole place, in the couch a man with a coat and prominent beard was sitting looking at him smiling. Graves
–"Alas, if it isn't my old friend Rosark the ghost, thought I think now days you are just summoner Rosark, isn't that right Twitch?"
With a poof of smoke the rat was now visible standing at the side of Graves, the rat was chuckling.
–"I knew I had seen you before lad" as the rat laughed Graves raised his hand making him silent in a second. He looked at him before getting up and to surprise of all the presents in the room hugging him.
–"Geez Rosark, you could have passed by more often, visiting me once in a while wouldn't kill you old man"
As Graves chuckled Rosark couldn't avoid to laugh with him too, Graves had been his friend before even being a summoner, back when he was the ghost who rushed through crowds of people taking their gold in a second and disappearing, a time he was not proud, but that was the old him before taking on the robe of the institute as a summoner.
–"Sorry Graves, lots of people expect me to be a good member of the society since I took on the robe" While Graves laughed he just saw him sitting again on the couch making a signal for the others to leave them alone.
–"Funny, you just helped a criminal to escape instead of avoiding her escape, plus just now you cheated on a roulette making it stop where you wished to, don't try to deny it my friend I know your tricks and that lucky number of yours, the 13th that always appear."
No use trying to fool Graves as he knew him better than most people, which was the advantage he had.
–"So…. What do you want in exchange of keeping silent about this?" He knew Graves wouldn't be mentioning all that just for fun.
–"Glad you understand where you are standing, you were always good for that, I need your help with a certain problem…"
–"I'm not stealing from anyone Graves" The thought of Graves asking a favor was never one of his favorite's thoughts.
–"Oh come on, I know about the fact they might take you out from being a summoner, a little robbery wouldn't made them take you out faster, but that is not the problem I need help with."
'Okay, at least it wasn't robbery, and then what it is' while in his thoughts Graves just coughed in order to get his attention back in site
–"You still get lost in your thoughts, as I was saying, I just want you to take of something, I want you to keep an eye on Jinx for me, simple as that."
'Okay that didn't sounded half bad at least it wasn't stealing from anyone… wait, he wanted him to look after the Loose cannon… oh man.'
–"So… I just need to take care of her, and you don't tell the institute of what happened?"
Graves laughed at his words, –"That is right, you have an eye on her to avoid her of making a mess that I can't clean up, as thanks you get a membership here and I don't tell the institute, we got a deal?"
Rosark just nodded, as he nodded Graves got up from the couch giving him a hug and putting a card on his hand, it read "Diamond Membership"
–"Just show that to Twitch and he will let you come, plus with that you got access to the whole casino, hope to see you some more around here Rosark" As he sitted back he took it as a signal for him to go, going down back to the floor he saw a pissed Jinx.
–"Hey, I'm fine you can breathe again" Once she heard him she smiled and laughed.
–"So what's the relation between you and Graves, oldie?" Jinx smiled thinking about what could be the reason he knew Graves.
–"How come you know that I know him, I didn't tell you a thing" while he started to think he just heard a rat snickering.
–"The rat spilled the cheese, literally. He told me about you and Graves being old friends, why is that?"
Rosark laughed and did something he never even thought he would try in this lifetime, ruffling Jinx hair or in this case her wig.
–"Old men know each other well." As he smiled at the frown Jinx made he remembered he should be careful, after all in the end of the day she is still the feared Loose Cannon. She still just frowned before ruffling his hair by taking the hat off from his head.
–"We are tied now" She smiled before going to the darts section; he decided to follow her and play a bit.
After losing five rounds of darts against the marksmanship of Jinx he decided to call it a day and go back to the institute to check some of his stuff, Jinx offered to go with him promising she wouldn't blow the institute or him for that matter so he ended up accepting.
Outside from the underground casino the sun was setting and both the Loose Cannon and the summoner decided to take their time while walking, well until they heard the voice of an officer that had been looking for both.
–"Stop right there! Don't you dare run this time!" VI wasn't really looking happy right now so he decided it was time for a quick flash, though this time Jinx just pushed him to the front making him clash front head with VI, at this scene of the clash she ended up chuckling and running fast.
–"Sorry fat hands! Not today, see you later oldie thanks for the good time!" As she left running into the shadows of the night that were starting to appear the enforcer couldn't avoid frowning and looking at a certain summoner that was being hold from the coat to meet her eyes.
–"Mind explaining me why did you helped her go away?!" as she shouted Rosark started to be conscious again and just went with the most sincere answer he could find.
–"I truly just fell in the moment, couldn't avoid enjoying the moment and running wild for a bit…. Sorry VI, I know how much you wanted to catch her…" He looked at the floor before feeling an awkward hug.
–"I was worried about you stupid! She tried to kill you last time you met! And now you go around running with her! I was worried, you are my friend dammit!"
He wasn't sure, but he could have said he saw what seemed to be a tear forming in her eye.
–"Hey don't worry VI, I'm okay nothing happened, so… just rest, all is fine my friend."
He returned the awkward hug with an awkward hug himself, after that she left him on the floor and both bumped their fist, though it hurt, he was sure she bumped harder as revenge
–"Okay, as long as you are fine, so… what is your next stop? You did great on the match against the Frostguard, so what is next?"
Rosark started to think, what was next, he wasn't really sure, he was hoping Udyr and him could finally make amends and have a few matches together so both could get a chance, still he had more than enough time, so where to go? As he was thinking that a pair of shiny eyes was looking at both VI and him from the dark.
–"Soon…I shall make my move when chance appears…"
After a bit of thought he just answered
–"Honestly? I got no idea, there is time before the festival of Ionia, and I got time for the matches, so I think I will just have a rest and visit Ionia again, there are a couple of people I need to find you know?"
VI smiled and looked him in the eyes before clashing her gauntlets –"The kind of people you need a bit of strength to convince?"
–"Sadly, no, just the kind I need to speak without violence, you can hang if you want to."
–"Sorry, I still need to check on Piltover, and maybe I can still find Jinx around the institute for now, so next time I shall go"
–"Okay, have a good time VI" Rosark smiled while bumping his fist with her again, this time without pain.
As he was leaving and VI took her own direction the shining eyes just kept on following him, Rosark didn't took notice of the presence of the eyes, he just walked to the institute to visit Ionia again and check on a couple of people
Well what will happen? Who is the one following Rosark? What people is Rosark looking for on Ionia? And why Graves want to keep an eye on Jinx, this and more, next time!