Hextech Funtime

(Jayce and Vi)

As requested by reader, 'SSP399'

"Yo Jayce," he heard the bruiser call out to him. Of course she was in his lab disrupting him again. She did it every week…

"What is it Vi?" He returned without bothering to look up from his work. "How did you even crack my passcode lock this time. I changed it."

"Pfft. Changing it from 'Hammer' to 'Cannon' isn't that much a change when it comes to you, and both are pretty easy to guess," she stated with a roll of her eyes.

He sighed and picked up a recorder off his desk.

Note to self: come up with better passwords…

...

"What do you want Vi?" He muttered, still not fully acknowledging her.

"What do I usually want, Jayce? Show me what's good! What new inventions did you make for me to blow up?" She stated as she lazily strolled over to his desk. Leaning against it, she finally managed to get the annoyed inventor's attention.

He sighed once more, and set his contraption down, and pulled his goggles off his eyes. He knew she would just annoy and distract him until he humored her, so he felt it was better to just cut to the chase.

"Fine, you want to test something? So be it, we'll test things."

Vi fist pumped in the air, ecstatic. "Yes! I been waiting all week for this. Let's do it!"

Jayce rolled his eyes, and went to gather his new prototypes.

"Try this first," Jayce stated, tossing Vi a small device.

She caught it and turned it around in her palm, analyzing it. "What is it?"

"It's an electromagnetic suppression chip. When installed, it can be activated to create an anti-magnetic field around whatever it is attached to. In addition, it can be utilized to create the opposite effect, creating electromagnetic field the same size. Try it in one of your gauntlets. It should be easy to install, and should synergize with your blast shield."

She did as instructed and picked up one her giant gauntlets that had been lying idle besides her. She quickly found that the chip was in fact easy to install, and modified her gauntlet to use it. Once installed, she charged the gauntlet with energy, growing the electromagnetic field around it until it encased her in a flowing energy field.

"Excellent. It works. Now let's test its strength. Go over to that electromagnet that I set up in the corner," Jayce instructed.

She listened and moved over the designated corner of the test lab they were in.

Jayce went over with her and started the electromagnet, watching Vi's shield. Just as he had hoped, the gauntlet and all other metallic parts on Vi's outfit remained still. He tried amplifying the pull, and to his satisfaction, the field still withstood the pressure.

"Great. I hadn't expected it to work this well in its current build. I would like to test it some more, but, I'm sure you probably want to move on to the next test, right?"

"Yeah, what do you have for me now?

Jayce walked back over to his table, and picked up a little orb from it. Vi assumed it must be some form of bomb, with the way it looked.

"Now this little thing is what I call a 'Jumping June'. When activated and thrown, it opens up a moment after and deploys a pressurized gas or vapor in plumes. The way I created it allows one to insert a gas of any kind safely into it beforehand, allowing you to use in many different situations. Pesticides, knock out gas, carbon monoxide, colored party fog, you name it. Anything can be used," Jayce explained, handing the little device to her.

"Sweet. I wanna see it works now." Vi excitedly attempted to activate it to see it in action. Oddly, she couldn't find a means to do so as she shook it, twisted it, and even squeezed it.

Confused, she asked for help with it. "Hey, how do I work this thing?"

"There is a button on the side," he flatly replied, thinking it had been obvious.

"Oh," dumbly muttered as she felt for it. "I knew that."

"Uh-huh," Jayce returned, not buying it.

"Whatever, I would've gotten it after awhile," she argued with a roll of her eyes. Ignoring his unbelieving smirk, she pressed the button and activated it. She prepared to throw it far across the room, but unfortunately, she did not get the chance to as the gas released instantly, smothering her in a white smoke.

She fanned the gas away from herself, coughing as she did and became alarmed as she remembered that Jayce had said the device could contain things like carbon monoxide and pesticides.

"Agh, what the hell *cough* is this stuff?! This shit isn't going to kill me, is it?" She questioned, knowing that she had inhaled a good portion of it. Jayce quickly waved her off, much to her relief.

"No no no. That's merely...uh, it's merely…uh, I don't know what it is to be honest," Jayce muttered, forgetting exactly what he had filled the orb with. "It shouldn't harm you though. I think…"

"You think?" Vi proclaimed, with incredulous full on her face. "What do you mean you think?! I could be slowly dying over here, or suffering from some kind of poison, and you are just hoping for the best?"

"Calm down, Vi. Jeez, I was joking. I am 100% certain there was nothing harmful in there. I just don't remember exactly what I put in it. So stop panicking, you worrywart."

"You know I don't handle my emotions well, Jayce! Why would you mess with me when I thought it was something dangerous!" Vi shouted, unaware of what she was actually revealing. Her statement confused Jayce though. Why would Vi ever admit that she didn't handle her emotions well. He did in fact know that, but she would never tell him directly. Unless…

"Hey Vi, I want to test something."

"What? I'm not testing another thing until you make sure your shit won't kill me,"

"Relax, relax. It's more of an...analysis than a test. Just answer this question for me. Why do you always wear your gauntlets, even when they are completely unnecessary?" It was a simple question, that Jayce occasionally asked her and figured it would be a good test to see if his assumption was correct. She would always dodge the answer or come up with a fake answer, though, saying things like, "Just so I'm prepared to beat someone down," or "Because I might need to break your face for messing with me." However, if he was correct…

What? I told you, I like wearing them. She had thought.

"What? I told you, it's because I think my hands are too dainty, and I'm insecure about them." She muttered instead. After a moment's delay, however, she realized what she had said, with eyes widening.

"Wait, what?! I didn't mean to say that. I meant to tell you a lie and say because I just like keeping them on, even though I actually hate having the weight on 24/7. Wait, no! I didn't mean to say that either! Why am I saying these things!" She screeched. Jayce's laughter wasn't making things any better for the confused and upset bruiser, either.

"Pfft. You know how Jinx always calls you 'fat hands'? Maybe she should have been calling you 'dainty hands' instead. Hell, I'm going to be calling you that from now on," he teased with a chuckle, "And you keep saying embarrassing things because the 'Jumping June' was filled with a truth serum gas that I had been testing and forgotten that I used in it."

"Truth serum gas? That explains why I can't lie, but why am I blurting things out?! Shouldn't it just make me tell the truth about things?" She questioned.

"Well, you would think it would. But with the way I designed the serum, it causes you to not only tell the truth, it forces you to speak your mind. Think of it this way, when you reply to a sentence, you come up with two responses. One is the truth, that you keep inside your mind, and choose not to reply with. The other is the lie that you come up with to reply with. The way my serum works, it coerces your mind to tell the first, true response you would have simply ignored otherwise."

"So it makes me blurt out shit? That's hilarious! Er, I meant to say stupid!"

"Well it certainly does have its humorous moments, dainty hands."

"Ugh, don't call me that. It hurts my feelings-I mean it annoys me!"

Jayce laughed some more at her, only irritating her further.

I hate you… she thought.

"I don't hate you…"

I mean I hate you!

"I mean I really do not hate you...I mean...ugh…"

Bonus Scene

"Vi, you're Late. Again," Caitlyn muttered as she watched Vi come in to the office.

Sorry Cait, I overslept. I didn't mean too, and you don't have to worry. I'll be in early tomorrow. Vi meant to say. However, things did not go out as she hoped...

"Hey can it, Cait. Just because you have an inhuman sleep schedule that allows you to wait up at the stupidest hours of the morning, doesn't mean I do. So you should just face the fact that I can't, and even if I could-won't come in early, and go work on paperwork," Vi blurted instead. Instantly, she realized that the truth serum was still in her, and facepalmed.

Removing her hand from her face, she was faced with a now pissed Sheriff. She winced and tried to take back her words.

Sorry! I'm just tired and grouchy. I didn't mean it, Cait. Calm down.

"Sorry. I'm still under the effects of a truth serum Jayce made, and I meant everything I said. Also, when you scowl like that, it makes you look ten years older, so you might want to chill..." She slapped herself again.

"...Fuck me, I'm going to stop talking now before I make you even more pissy…I mean...sigh"

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