The Boy Savior - Ekko x Reader - Season 1

Chapter 26

"Oooh..."she chuckled again. "The firelights..." she said, and even though she sang the little word, her voice didn't sound impressed at all. Your head immediately jerked towards the direction you heard her voice coming from - and there she was. Sitting at the edge of the roof of a single story building not far from you, dangling her right leg in the air as she was watching you.

She seemed unimpressed and despite the slight chuckling, no joy was twinkling in her eyes.

"I was actually waiting for someone else to show up..." she sighed with pretended annoyance and rolled her eyes. "Thanks for ruining my surprise."

It was the first time you had ever seen Jinx in person. You had only heard stories about her - especially about the way she liked to take care of her businesses. And of course, Ekko told you a few trinkets as well. But seeing her with your own two eyes stunned you for a reason that was unknown to you.

The childlike, beautiful features paired with the cold, glowing, purple eyes sent shivers down your spine. You saw her watching you, unamused and when her hands reached towards her gun you stepped a step towards the Enforcer woman.

"Stand behind me." you said, trying to sound braver than you actually were. You saw how pale her complexion was, and the sweat slightly glistening on her forehead and you couldn't decide whether it was because of her injuries you didn't have the time to heal properly, or because she was so afraid...

"There's no way I'm gonna hide... Especially not behind someone like you..." she spat the words fiercely, grabbing her baton with both of her hands. "This lunatic have ended my friends!" you swallowed as you looked at her. You thought about how bravery and stupidity probably walked hand in hand in her head as you, yourself wanted to turn and runaway as fast as possible from the bottom of your heart...

You were just about to answer when you saw the movement in the corner of your eyes but by the time your head turned towards the direction, only the emptily swirling fog was left behind the girl. Your heart beat like crazy in your throat and you saw Scar's body tensing up as well as Raven's head turning to all directions.

"So brave..." you heard the chuckle again, so close this time, you had to jump back and a short scream of surprise left your lips. Jinx was right by your side, but when both Scar and Raven moved to attack, she easily dodged them. She kicked Scar on the chest so hard, he fell to the ground and immediately after that, aimed a gun right at Raven's head, making the girl freeze midair right away. "A-a-a..." she said coldly. "Don't make me shoot you." she said and again, she seemed annoyed. "That would ruin my hard work!"

She stepped a few steps back as she groaned, still pointing her gun towards you and your mind was desperately trying to find a way to get everyone out of there, safely. But God damn it! You weren't made for this... You never had working plans and couldn't fight...

"Now." Jinx said when she stopped, putting her gun inside her belt. She then raised her arms in the air, by her face and put on an almost innocent expression as she started talking. "If you leave her here to me, I won't hurt you I promise." her head gestured towards the enforcer and you saw her straightening her back by your side. "My promises totally can be trusted! I swear..." Jinx added, grinning like crazy while she visibly crossed her fingers.

"What's your point with this?" the enforcer asked as she stepped in front of you. You saw her body was shaking.

"Oooh... thank you for asking!" Jinx clapped her hands happily. "You know they were all part of the plan - that I just made up this morning though!" she was eagerly explaining. "You know, I need to see my sister but she left with that Piltovian filth. Who happens to be an Enforcer as well... I thought that, if I made her a surprise, she would pay me a visit... But you showed up instead..." her voice shifted into annoyed once again, when she got to the last part of her sentence and her head gestured towards you, Scar and Raven. You saw her annoyance almost turn into anger before shaking her head and she was grinning again.

"But!" she changed her voice to sound deeper. "Attention, this is a one time, and one time only offer!" she pretended to have a cone in her hands marching around herself, acting like a circus announcer. "You can leave today in one piece and only today! I just need her..." she formed a gun with her right hand that she then pointed at the enforcer. "You know... To finish my surprise." she shrugged and you just stood there in complete shock.

She was crazy. She really was...

"Oh, come on..." she groaned up. "You're starting to bore me... Leave now, or you know, die; whatever... I don't think anymore that she would come anyways..." she turned her back towards you, waving disappointedly with her hand. Scar and Raven immediately moved by your side but before they could have gotten just a step closer to Jinx, she stopped.

"Duck!" she suddenly turned back with a ticking bomb in her hands. She pulled out the pin with a smooth movement of one finger of hers and threw it towards you. "Just kidding!" she laughed a little before her face turned dead serious. "That won't help..."

It was so strange to feel the time slow down around you and yet, you knew everything had happened in only one second. You saw it from the corner of your eyes how everyone moved at the same time around you, but you wouldn't have had the slightest chance to dodge the explosion. Your body moved on its own, almost instinctively, as you throw yourself in front of everyone and extended your arms out.

You didn't know why, you just knew you had to do that.

You kept your back steady as you felt the warmness inside your chest, stronger than maybe ever.

But this time it was different. It didn't just run through your body but it expanded from you, leaving you to... to shield you?

The explosion seemed to stop in fron of you, as if it had hit an invisible wall and the smoke parted like a fork of a river around you as you stood there, with your arms reaching out as far as possible, in front of everyone.

But you didn't have time to think about what happened. You felt the darkness swallow your consciusness and the exhaustion drain your body like never before.

And a second later, your lifeless body collapsed to the ground...

//A/N.: Sorry guys it took me so long and I was inactive - crunch times have arrived at my workplace again! T-T I hope yall are doing fine!! Love you guys so much! ❤//