ViI think we should cut the others loose. [Caitlyn scoffs] Listen, if that Heenot idiot is telling the truth, Jinx is gonna have surprises in store for us.
All the more reason to bring backup.
Vi
She'll smell their nerves a mile away and find a way to use them against us. Tell me I'm wrong.
I can't let her get away again. Are you sure you're ready to-
Vi
My sister is gone. There's only Jinx now. It has to end. I'm so sorry about your mother. I'm sorry I can't bring her back but please just... [tearing up] Everyone in my life has changed. Promise me you won't change. [Caitlyn kisses her tenderly]
I won't. [Vi drops her gauntlets and kisses her again]
Vi
JINX!
[unseen] ...Finally got the name right. Guess there really isn't a crack in the earth, where you won't find me.
Vi
[priming her gauntlets] What is this place?
Don't you remember the old Janna bedtime stories, Vander used to tell us? "Miners, trapped underground, air running thin!" But then, some whispy wind woman, wafts to their rescue! [cackles] Wild, the kinda crap people get up to, when you... choke 'em out?
Vi
We used the Grey to clear the streets. To keep people safe.
"We." Never thought my sister would turn bluebelly.
Vi
Never thought mine would orphan kids.
Hah! Why not? Done it to myself enough. But plastering my face all over, so someone else would do your dirty work? Poisoning our air? [whistles] You've turned a leaf, sister.
Vi
I'm done, blaming myself for your mistakes! Done pretending you're my sister; you're not! You killed her. I'm not gonna let you stain her memory anymore! [Raises her gauntlets]
Then, stop me. [Vi spots her in the smoke ahead; Caitlyn aimes her rifle] 'Cause no matter what I do, I just can't seem to die.
Vi
[looks down, bowing her head] I'm sorry.
I know you're sweet on her. Hope you got a chance to... y'know... before... [cackles]
Vi
[coldy] I'm ready.
Vi
Cait!
Vi
[dropping her gauntlets, approaches] I shouldn't have had to.
Vi
That was a kid! What if you missed?!
[whirls around] I wasn't going to miss!
Vi
... What's wrong with you?
... I keep telling myself, that you're different... but you're not. It's her blood in your veins.
Vi
Then why are you the one acting like her?!
[indicating claw marks near the entrance] This... is where I lost him [to Isha, picking a fungi] Cool, huh? And not even toxic. [She pops it in her mouth, then frowns] Mmm...pretty sure.
Vi
...Why the Hell would Vander be all the way down here?
Beats me. Ask him yourself.
Vi
[sighs] When are you gonna admit, that this is just another one of your fantasies? Or do you not want the kid to know how delusional you are?
[to Isha] She wasn't always like this. She actually used to be pretty cool- before I kicked her butt.
Vi
See what I mean? Delusional. [Jinx glares at her]
Wish I was seeing things, when you decided to throw in with the Pilty-goons who murdered Mom and Dad!
Vi
Well, at least they never had to see the psycho their daughter turned into!
Which one? [rolls her eyes] Wake up, sis; I'm a hero! I busted half of Zaun out of Stillwater, while you were passed out in the bottom of a mug. Now can it and keep walking, before I kick your ass again.
Vi
You wouldn't last one second without all your ugly gadgets and chickenshit tricks.
Hah! [indicates Vi's gauntlets] What about those over-designed bitch-mittens you didn't even build yourself?
Vi
You think I need these to- [she is cut off as Jinx slaps her across the face; both of them look shocked]
[regains her composure, sarcastically] There. One second.
Vi
Last chance to surrender!
Go right ahead, Fat-Hands!
Hey, kid. Still got all your insides? [Isha wipes off her nose and shrugs. Jinx smiles, playfully puts Isha's helmet back on her head, and gestures for her to keep going as Vi watches them in surprise] But don't ditch us!
Vi
...Why'd you come get me? You don't actually need my help. You haven't for a long time.
... Last time Vander needed us, we tried it alone, and... nothing was, ever the same. So... [sighs]... maybe this is like a do-over. [glances back at Vi] Besides... he's your father, too.
Vander's psyche is deeply entangled with that of the beast.
Vi
How did you know his name?
Ask for a miracle healer, get a metal fortune cookie!
I saw your father. His dream of your family, and Zaun as it could have been, it was... beautiful.
[coughs sarcastically] Cookie!
Vi
Can you help him?
I will do all in my power. [behind them, Isha offers water to Warwick/Vander] However, I have one condition.
Looks like you got a couple.
[chuckles] You have much to offer this commune, Powder. [Startled, Jinx drops a metal gear into the fountain; Viktor retrieves and examines it] Your talents can be used to build, instead of destroy.
I'll... stick with what I know, thanks.
My condition is that he be restrained, at night. I've seem the... harm, of which he is capable.
Vi
[sighs, to Jinx]... What do you think?
[surprised] You... actually want my opinion? [pause, scoffs] I hate fortune cookies.
Vi
... We're gonna get you out of there, Vander.
[Vi stares at their childhood height chart]
Vi
Do you remember them?
[scoffs] I remember Mom's smell the most.
JVJinx and Vi
Axel grease.
Vi
This place. Do you think it could actually work?
Underground utopia, run by a skinny tin Machine Herald. Maybe when Piltover slides into the sump.
Vi
What if we... stayed? Helped them out?
[Caitlyn tackles Vi]
Vi
On the job, I see.
Vi
[scoffs] Here like where i landed when this rich, unhinged mongoose just tackled me? [pushes her off]
Mongoose? Your hair. You look... like an angry oil slick.
Vi
[chuckles] Don't sugarcoat it, Cupcake. [Caitlyn softens. She stands, and Vi follows]
Vi
Who's out there?
We tracked some sort of new chemweapon down here. A bloodthirsty murderous beast. What are you doing here?
Vi
Trying to save... my dad.
Vi
So much for happy reunions.
Well done, Caitlyn. [she nods to Rictus, who leaves. Vi strains against her cuffs, then spits on Caitlyn's face; Caitlyn wipes it away, glaring at her]
CRCorin Revik/Singed
[holding up his counter-serum] ...It's time.
Vi. You've been quite a curiosity: the one who captured Caitlyn's heart. I owe you thanks. [pours a glass of wine] Your absence provided a vacuum I was able to fill. In other circumstances, I might have offered you a position in my organization; your resilience is undeniable. [drinks, reaches for a knife] Of course, that won't be possible. You cause too many complications. Caitlyn must not be distracted.
Vi
[smirks] Don't worry; she's not distracted. [Ambessa frowns] You know, my father taught me about trust. He told me if I wanted it, there were only three things I needed to do. Be honest, even if it means telling a self-righteous windbag that her breath smells like a cesspool. Be patient... Mmm, still haven't cracked that one, but being tied up sure helps.
Vi
Just shut...the fuck...up.
[flashback, removing the capsule from her rifle's scope and giving it to Vi] The fissures are blocked by guard towers. Patrols circle the commune at even intervals. Her personal guard are posted here, here and here. They aren't expecting trouble at home. With flawless timing, and luck, and-
Vi
[flashback] A big distraction. [She gestures for Caitlyn to hit her in the face with her rifle butt, bruising her cheekbone]
[flashback] Whatever you do... don't underestimate Ambessa.
Vi
[flashback, to Jinx] Vander's in trouble. I have a plan; you're not gonna like it.
Vi
Hope I was worth your time.
MNMaddie Nolan
...Maybe we can negotiate.
Not with Ambessa. I saw it in her eyes; she will burn Piltover to the ground, for my betrayal.
MNMaddie Nolan
[touches her hand] You can't blame yourself-
[pulls away] I don't need consolation. I need a plan-
Vi
[angrily enters] Arrested?!
I can handle this, Maddie. Check on my father? Vi-
Vi
She saved your life!
If you will just calm down for one-
Vi
So even knowing you'd never have done the same, for her!
We'll never know, will we? [folds her arms] You didn't let me in on that part of your plan!
Vi
Clearly the right call, since you still can't trust her enough not to shove her, in a box..
Trust? You believe I'm so daft, I can't recognize a contingency? She wasn't there for my benefit, she was there because you didn't trust me to follow through!
Vi
Can you blame me? How long were you sidled up with that shifty, self-serving war-pig? She oinked poison into your ear, and you just ate it up!
[angrily] I KNOW! [sits down, composes herself] ...The only thing Jinx cared about, was getting you to safety. Then she just... surrendered. I didn't even have time to think, before they hauled her off. She's being held in the bunker, while I... while I decide what to do. I was waiting for you to recover.
Vi
Cait... she's changed.
...We can't erase our mistakes. None of us.
Vi
...Who decides who gets a second chance?
[scoffs] Go away. You're too late.
Oh, it's a Hell of a place. It says something about the late Marcus, that he found imprisoning your sister to be a greater mercy than... killing her.
[chuckles] A spark of rebellion still burns inside that husk, I see. No... Killing is a cycle. One that started long before Vander and me, and that will continue, long after the two of you. [the blue glow of his scarred eye becomes the Hextech gem in Jinx's hand, revealing he is a hallucination]
... I'm done, running in circles.
We build our own prisons. Bars forged of... oaths, codes, commitments. Walls of self-doubt and accepted limitation. We inhabit these cells, these..."identities"... and call them us. I thought I could break free, by eliminating those I deemed my jailers. But... Jinx... I think the cycle only ends, when you find the will to walk away.
Vi
Jinx? [she appears outside Jinx's cell]
[looks up briefly] ...What are you doing?
Vi
I swiped these from the guards' station. [unlocks the door] If you come, help, use all that explosive potential of yours for good... maybe we can re-write your story, like you did with Zaun. What do you think?
[brokenly]... Sure, Vi. [Vi rushes into the cell and embraces her, crying] ...You're never gonna give up on me, are you?
Vi
Hey!
[gently] You don't have to worry about me, anymore. You don't need to feel guilty about... being happy. You deserve, to be with her. [backs toward the bunker entrance]
Vi
[rushes to the bars] Wait!
There's no good version of me.
Vi
What are you gonna do?!
...Break the cycle. [leaves]
Vi
[hammers on the bars] Jinx! [lets out a tearful scream, then punches the wall]
[unlocking the cell Vi is in] Had a feeling I might find you here.
Vi
I really believed she'd help. Say it. You told me so. I was an idiot to trust her. I went behind your back. I choose wrong every time. [voice breaks] And because of it, I've lost everyone.
[leaning against the wall next to her] You really think I needed all the guards at the Hexgates? [Vi looks at her] Sorry to say, you've grown a bit predictable. [Vi kisses her, and they begin to make out]
[breaking away] Uh, listen, while you were gone, I... saw someone-
Vi
Cait. I don't fucking care. [they have sesbian lex]
[comes to join her by the fire] Is that... singing?
Vi
It's just a tune my mother used to hum.
[rests her head on Vi's shoulder] Are you still in this fight, Violet?
Vi
I am the dirt under your nails, Cupcake. [rests her head on Caitlyn's shoulder and closes her eyes] Nothing's gonna clean me out.
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