The sun was just rising over the gleaming white city as Vi sat on a broken piece of wood next to her half demolished home, as she sat staring into space she grumbled under her breath something about paying for the repairs with an annoyed tone. She had slept the entirety of the previous day after the police had arrived and had woken near to midnight and not being able to get back to sleep since. She had been deciding what to bring with her when she went to meet Caitlyn, but to her annoyance she realised that she had nothing but her gloves and her worn down pencil which had somehow survived the fight. Vi growled as she rolled the pencil between finger and thumb, she had four more hours before she was due to meet the Sheriff and she had nothing to do, and that annoyed her. Vi tucked the pencil away in her pocket and stood up, she had to find something to do or she would go crazy, she reached down and started to pile the debris on top of her gauntlets with slow methodical movements to ensure every inch of it was hidden from sight, once she was she sure that no one would be able to find them she wiped her hands on her cloths and walked into the shadows of the alleyway.
As Vi walked in the shadows she could hear the quiet sounds of the market as it began opened for the day, perfect, she could waste some time there looking around, not that she could buy anything, but it was a start. As she rounded the last corner she was faced with the massive open space of the market square, there were stalls selling everything; fruit, vegetables, clothes, odd mechanical pieces, paints, weapons, jewellery, anything you wanted, you could get it here. Vi marvelled at some battered pink glasses and a jump suit as she walked into the heaving throng of the market, if only she could afford anything…
"Hey you!" a man shouted suddenly as Vi was looking through some old broken machinery parts. Vi looked up suddenly an annoyed look on her face as she saw a man running towards her holding something in his hand.
"What?" she grumbled annoyed, she hadn't done anything and she was getting accused of something, all because of these scruffy clothes she thought frowning in aggravation. The man caught up to her face red with exhaustion, he was too old to be running like that, he just looked her over as if trying to prove something to himself "What do you want?" Vi snapped her patience growing thin.
"O-oh sorry I just wanted to make sure you were the right person, you are the kind young woman that saved me from that thief two days ago aren't you?" he with a frown on his face, clearly not decided if this was the right person still.
"And what if I am?" Vi retorted, this man was just a waste of time.
Recognition lit up on the man's face, he clearly had come to his conclusion "I would like you to have this, a token of my gratitude" He said holding up a necklace that was made of steel and had something flowing through it that made it glow slightly blue.
Vi took the necklace and studied it for a while, it sure was pretty, but she didn't take gifts, it showed weakness "I can't take thi-"she started lifting her head, but the old man was gone, she took one more look down at the necklace, "maybe just this once" she thought to herself as she put it in the pocket next to her pencil and went back to searching through the stalls.
The sun was high in the sky as Caitlyn sat on the steps of the police station resting heavily on the wall to her side. Sleep had alluded her during the night, too many thoughts about Smitt were running through her mind, who was he? Who was he working for? And why did he not want Vi to join the police? All of these questions had yet to be answered and Smitt had seemingly disappeared from Piltover during the night, not a report of a sighting anywhere, Caitlyn's eyes closed for just a second and she was fast asleep.
Someone sitting next to her woke her from her sleep "Rough night?" Vi asked.
Caitlyn sat up wiping sleep from her eyes, embarrassed at being caught asleep "You wouldn't believe it" she answered back.
"Oh I think I would, I didn't get any sleep either last night, apparently sleeping during the day isn't such a good idea after all" she sneered smiling to herself.
Caitlyn suddenly that Vi had nothing with her just her gloves which she had but on the step below "Where is all your stuff?" Caitlyn asked frowning.
"This is it" Vi said pointing at the gloves with a forced smile on her face. Caitlyn realised too late that that was the wrong thing to of said, of course Vi would have nothing, she doesn't steal, she only stops criminals, and she most defiantly doesn't get paid. Caitlyn suddenly felt a great sadness thinking about how Vi had lived for the last few years on her own.
"So hows about you show me where I'm going to be staying?" Vi said, breaking Caitlyn from her thoughts, Vi was standing now the brief moment of sadness wiped from her face. Caitlyn quickly got up and brushed herself off "Follow me" She said leading the way.
Vi followed Caitlyn as she walked at a brisk pace down a bustling street going to work, something Vi had never experienced herself, and she considered herself lucky, she doesn't like the fact that someone is always in charge of you and you get told what to do and when, too much order, not enough freedom. However Vi was sure she was going to experience it in the police force, and she was sure not going to enjoy it.
"Here we are" Caitlyn said stopping suddenly, causing Vi to almost crash into her from being so deep in thought. Caitlyn was facing a block of flats that were plain and normal, nothing fancy but not run down, far better than where Vi had been living, that's for sure. Vi was surprised that the Sheriff, a high ranking citizen and well known across all of Runeterra, should live in a block of flats.
"This is where you live?" Vi asked surprised.
"Yeah, it's not much I agree, but I don't like big places, they aren't homely… I'm sure you can relate." She said with a smile.
"Well that would be an understatement seeing as I lived in a shack for the majority of my life." Vi said with a sneer, adding "Which is now destroyed, thanks to your police"
"I truly am sorry about that, Shmitt is not part of my force anymore, it seems he was an undercover criminal, and a good one at that" She said frowning as if the thought worried her.
"Well thanks to this 'job' I'm sure I won't need that shack anymore" Vi said with a hint of regret in her voice as she turned back to look at the flats.
"I'm sure you won't" Caitlyn said smiling "Follow me please" walking towards the entrance of the building. Vi took a second longer to look at the building and then followed into the darkness of the flats.
As Vi walked into the dingy hallway following Caitlyn slowly as her eyes adjusted to the low light levels inside.
"I live on the third floor, its just up these stairs, not too hard to find" Caitlyn said over her shoulder as she walked up a flight of stairs that echoed with each step "The room number is 27, its the one with the brown door to the left" she said as she reached the third floor and began to open a door to her left that led into a room with three doors, two that were made of a yellowish wood that were numbered 26 and 28 and then one in the middle that was made with a stronger looking brown coloured wood, it looked like it would hurt a lot to attempt to kick this door down.
Caitlyn noticed Vi eyeing the door and said with a smile "I suppose being a criminal has given you some useful skills after all, this door is made of oak, and is strong enough to break your leg if you tried to kick it in, a little protection"
"I'm not a criminal" Vi said looking at Caitlyn in the eye furiously.
"No you are not, not anymore" Caitlyn said dismissing her look and taking her ring of keys out, taking her time to pick through them to find the right one "At the moment only I have a key, I hope you understand that at the moment I can't just give you one, but in time I hope that changes" The Sheriff said whilst slowly picking out a key and putting it in the lock "And here we are..." She said turning the key in the lock and opening the door "Home sweet home" she said spreading her arms out and walking into the room. Vi look behind her and slowly followed the Sheriff into the flat, it was made up of one big room with two doors, through one Vi could see a sink with a mirror, which must be the bathroom, and through the other she could see a bedroom with a plain white wall and a bed in the middle, it look as far as Vi could tell empty of possessions. The main room had a kitchen counter and cooker in one corner with a table that had two chairs around it, one that looked relatively unused "Don't have many visitors do you?" Vi said as Caitlyn continued her gaze to the table
"Actually I've never had visitors, apart from police officers that have to check up on me, so yeah, that chair has never really had a use" She said, Vi could her the hint of sadness in her voice and realised that Caitlyn probably never really had time for friends, never had time for anything she wanted to do at all for all that matter, Vi never thought that the Sheriff of Piltover would feel sad about such small things.
"It's not like I ever had visitors either" Vi said casually tearing her eyes of the chair to look around the rest of the room. In the wall facing out of the building two windows that looked out onto the street below that was now filling up with people, and in front of the window was a sofa that had a coffee table at one end. Noticing where Vi was looking Caitlyn spoke up "That is where you will be sleeping, I'm sorry that it probably isn't the most comfortable of places, but as you can see, I'm quite tight for space"
"Oh no its fine, my bed was just made out of wood, not very comfortable at all, this is much better than that" Vi said stopping Caitlyn's excuses short and walking over and sitting down on the sofa "Very comfortable" She smiled and lay back looking at the at the white washed ceiling above her.
"Well that's pretty much it, that door over there is where I sleep" She said pointing to the door Vi noticed earlier "And that one is to the bathroom" she said pointing over her shoulder with her thumb "You get comfortable, and I have to go to work, I will be back before dark"
"I thought I was working today" Vi said surprised.
"Oh no" Caitlyn laughed "Not just anyone gets to work straight away in my police force" she said winking at the "You start training tomorrow"
"Agghh, that sounds like work!" Vi moaned burying her face in a pillow.
"Oh it sure is" The Sheriff said smiling "Now you settle and prepare for tomorrow and I will be back later" She said turning and walking from the room. Vi waited till she heard the door shut and then undid her boots and put them under the coffee table next to her gauntlets and then swung her legs up to relax on the incredibly soft sofa "I can get used to this" She sighed as she drifted off into sleep.
Caitlyn realised suddenly she forgot hat as she hurried down the stairs of the flat "God damn it!" and turned sharply to retrace her steps back up the stairs. Opening the door she said "I just forgot my hat, sorry to distur- Oh…" Vi had already fallen fast asleep curled up into a tight little ball on the sofa and breathing deeply "And I thought I was tired" she smiled taking a few more seconds to tear her gaze away from the sleeping criminal and went to find her hat.
Caitlyn yawned as she went to unlock the front of the station, to her surprise the door opened as she but the key in, she must be later than she thought. She hurried quickly into the station and nodded at the officer on the front desk "Good mornin" he said smiling at Caitlyn "Good morning Jack, is everyone else already here?" Caitlyn asked slowing down as she waited for a response.
"They sure are Sheriff, you yourself are a couple hours late" He said looking back down at the papers in front of him.
Caitlyn swore under her breath, they were not going to let her live down being this late, this was going to be a bad day. She walked past the desk and on down the corridor with doors on both sides, she could hear chatting coming from the office three doors down that stopped as she approached, Caitlyn looked in as she approached to see four officers looking back at her devilish gins on their faces "Good morning officers" Caitlyn said about to walk on down the hall.
"Late night Sheriff?" One said
"Yes, indeed I did have a late night" She said turning back to the officers
"Didn't know you were into the dangerous type" Another one snickered from beside the first speaker, his name was Todd and he loved to poke fun at Caitlyn.
"What?" Caitlyn stuttered "That's not who Vi is to me"
"Oh so that's her name" Todd said snickering still "So where'd you pick her up?"
"I don't have to answer you" Caitlyn retorted hotly, she quickly turned away and walked to her offices with a quick pace as she felt a blush form slightly on her cheeks. "I should have them all fired…" She said to herself smiling at the thought. And then slowly began to shift through the papers on her desk needing her attention.
This will be the last upload for a good few weeks I'm afraid, my exams are in the next two weeks and I wont be writing again until the end of them. I hope this satisfies you until I can write again.
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