𝐏𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐎 ☹︎ VIKTOR ARCANE

CHP 7. A NEW REALISATION

" DON'T CRY... I'LL FIX IT "

Y/N was in the big house that was gifted to her by Heimerdinger when they first moved here to Piltover. Y/N remembered she would always room with Sky if she got kicked out from the 18th motel she would stay at in her early teenage years. Now she was 25, oh how she missed her young self when she would run on the roofs of buildings and nearly slip off because of how badly people roofed houses. And having Viktor go crazy over the fact Y/N would risk her life for nothing. Y/N smiles as she stares at the board she has up, she still remembers the first time Viktor raised his voice at her accidentally.

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"Y/N! What do you think you're doing?!? That's dangerous, get down here!!", Y/N could hear the fear and anger in Viktor's voice as he yells, Y/N laughs but accidentally nearly slips on a loose tile. She shouts in fright and grabs onto something for support. She could hear the terrified shouts of Viktor as he goes underneath Y/N. "WHAT THE HELL?!? Y/N I TOLD YOU TO GET DOWN HERE NOW! YOU ARE GOING TO FALL".

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It was cute and funny how worried Viktor was for Y/N. She shakes her head and starts to work, but she couldn't help but check the clock every chance she got. Waiting until the time hit 11:30, she would then head out with a small stash of things that she already packed.

The timer hit 11:30, Y/N practically jumped out of her seat and grabbed the small bag and ran out the front door. Swift and quiet as she dashes to the border. Feeling her heart thump out of her chest as she ran, it was quite thrilling really, the feeling of freedom just at the tip of her fingers. She could almost laugh at how Viktor could turn down an opportunity like this.

She had arrived at the port, her first destination. She had placed her bag down as she looks around, it was kind of odd... the water seemed darker than she remembered, plus there were a lot more boats there but then again, 10+ years had gone by, of course, things would change. Y/N sits down behind a bunch of boxes, she could practically hear her child self running onto the port with Viktor following behind quickly with his cane in his hand. The laughing and talking as they placed the stones they had down onto the wood and started to skip rocks into the water.

"Now where is it...", Y/N bent over to see where they had left a little... "oh! There it is!", Y/N grabbed the small rock and examined it more. Her heartfelt like it broke as she saw letters engraved in it.

"_ + V together forever",

Viktor would always write his 'V's so beautifully, even if it was carving it in with a dull knife. Y/N rolls her eyes at the memory, she remembered yelling at Viktor for making his 'V's so beautiful-- a little too beautiful.

Y/N placed it in her bag and ran off to her next destination.

But while she was on the way, she saw the heart of what was now the undercity. Y/N gasped as she saw the amount of green and purple lights. She decided that the rundown motel could wait, this was more important. She looked around cautiously. It seemed like the undercity had more bars and clubs than actual shops like a bakery. And just a bunch of purple-pink things on the ground that shimmered. Y/N could puke at the sight.

She decided to go into a bar, looking around to see people gamble, play card games, smoke and get drunk. She remembered it being like this but it seemed like everyone was smoking and doing drugs, but it was that same purple-pink shade that Y/N had seen outside of a bar she decided to go into.

Y/N looked around cautiously as she sat down at the bar. Raising her hand for a drink.

"What can I get you?".

Y/N thought for a bit. Ah, fuck it.

"The strongest shit you got", The bartender hums in response as he gets the drink ready. Her eyes looking to her right side to see a long blue-haired girl run up the stairs of the bar. She dismisses it and looks to her left and spots a woman. A buff one with a cigarette in her mouth, her left arm covered with a cape of some sort, she sat with her arms on the seat and her leg on top of her knee, and her abs... wow-- wait no, not like that--

The woman's eyes dart over to look at Y/N, she gets scared and looks away. But her heart skips a bit as she sees in the corner of her eyes the woman smirking and blowing smoke into the air with her cigar in between her pointer and middle finger, still staring at Y/N intensely as Y/N felt like she couldn't breathe.

"Here you go~!", the bartender arrives with the drink. Y/N gulps it down in one go, paying for the drink as she leaves. The bartender stares at Y/N with such confusion mixed in with amazement at how that person had just downed the strongest drink in the undercity, he blinks and shrugs and grabs the money.

Meanwhile, Y/N felt like she was about to die, the alcohol felt like it burned a new hole through her throat as her eyes start to water from the sheer pain that drink caused her. Arriving outside she took a big gasp for air and started to cough, god was that drink strong... and what the hell did that bartender do to it to make it THAT strong?!?

She got out of there quickly, Y/N just started to roam the heart of the undercity, grabbing a bottle of water she had in her bag and drinking it like no tomorrow and it having no effect on the pure pain that was in her throat.

But she found something... a building but it looked like a factory. But as she stepped inside she could feel her whole body numb up. Hundreds, maybe even thousands of kids... working, basically slaving away to make the same purple-pink substance that Y/N saw before, her eyes widen as she went to back up but she knew she couldn't leave these kids alone, that could be the most inhumane thing she could do.

So she went up to speak to one of the kids. "Hello..?", they backed up from her, "oh no, no, it's okay, don't be scared! I'm friendly!", Y/N smiles as soft and as friendly as she could to them, they relaxed a bit. "Why are you guys working..? I mean work is good but kids doing the work?", Y/N breathes out some air, she stares at the kids as one of them talked.

"Are you from Piltover?", Y/N shook her head, explaining her situation as they looked away. "Those monsters... they left us to die here... it-it's their fault we are like this! Silco tries to make us seem calm and like we have everything under control but we don't! W-we don't, we are so scared! We are scared of the...the new weapons Piltover has... that bluestone...". Y/N's eyes widen as she saw the kid crying, she grabbed him and held him in her arms. "Don't cry... I'll fix it..".

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Viktor was practically exhausted when he finally came back to his desk from his shower, he hasn't had good sleep in a few weeks now but he has been getting some sort of sleep which is the only thing keeping him alive right now. He groans as he touches his head, a headache... really? He was alone in the lab again... he had turned Sky down to go walk home with her. It's not like he doesn't want to, it's just... He's working. He hated whenever he looked over at Y/N's desk she wasn't there. He hated not seeing her, but then again, he had already chosen his work over her.

And... he hated the way he acted to her before she left. How could he yell at her like that? He didn't mean it either, he wanted to go back to the undercity and reminisce all through the good times they had. He coughed a little as he closes his eyes.

But that coughing turned into a coughing fit. He stood up abruptly, but ended up falling to his knees as he coughs out blood onto the desk. With one final move, he tries to get up. But fails and lays on the ground unconscious. Was this it for him? No... it can't be.

Y/N, where's Y/N..? He needs her...