Prison Break

Part 4

"I don't know how you got out, Jinx, but I'd rather not have to tell your sister you'll be spending your last few days paralyzed. Unless you want that, I suggest you put your hands up and..."
"Caitlyn!" Vi came running up to them!
"Vi?" Cait said surprised.
Vi stopped a couple feet away from them. "Cait, I can explain, it's... It's not what it looks like."
"Really? Oh! What a relief, because it looks like you've gone rogue, and broken your lunatic sister out of prison."
Vi gulped. "Then, it's... partly what it looks like."
A quick look down and behind her gave her a bit of an idea. If she could just... get her hand up and grab the gun barrel... She started to bring her hand up a little.
The next second, though, Cait pushed the end of it into her back more! "Don't, even, think, about it!" she said in a growling voice. Her hand went back down. "Hands, up! Try another move like that, and..."
"Cait!" Vi interrupted. Her eyes went from Cait behind her to her sister. Vi came a little closer. "Look, just... I know this looks bad, but..."
"'Bad'?! She's been an absolute terror to Piltover, she's finally captured, and here you are trying to set her loose again!"
"I'm not... You told me they're gonna kill her! What am I supposed to do, just let them?!"
"She has to pay for everything she's done!" Her eyes shifted back to Cait, she saw her finger tighten on the trigger. She slowly started to bring her hands up. If her hands not working could maybe make Vi... then not being able to walk...
"You just don't want her hurting anyone else, right?" said Vi. "I'm gonna take her away from here... somewhere they won't bother to come after her. I don't know exactly where yet, but... we won't come back. She'll never... hurt anyone again, she just needs somewhere safe to start over."
Caitlyn didn't answer, but she could see her eyes narrow. She closed her eyes and swallowed hard, that look only ever meant one thing, "I'm angry, you're getting shot."
"Cait, don't!" said Vi.  Her mind was racing, she couldn't really make out her thoughts.  It was gonna come any second now, she was gonna have a bullet in her spine!
A few seconds passed, and...  nothing?  Oh, great, she was dragging it out.  Just wanting to mess with her, huh?  "Please!"  Hearing that made the whole thing worse, she was gonna be alone again now.  No way Vi wasn't gonna...
"Her hands..."  What?  What about her hands?  They were up.  "What..."
"She's sick...  Really...  sick."  She opened her eyes and looked up.  Vi's face was white, she looked terrified.  "Ekko might be able to help her, but...  I-I don't know."  She turned her head slowly to look at Caitlyn.  Her eyes were...  a little softer?
"Why is she wearing your jacket?" said Caitlyn.  Jacket?  Oh, Vi's jacket!  She'd forgotten she was still wearing it!
"I wanted her to have some assurance I'd come get her," said Vi.  "I had to...  get...  stuff ready.  I didn't want her to think..."
"JINX IS OUT!"  The yell carried all the way from the prison.
Vi looked over her shoulder.  "Shit!"  She ran back to the edge of the cover and took a look, then looked at Caitlyn again.  "Cait, I know what she's done, but..."  She looked down, like she didn't really know what to say.  "I can't..."  She sighed.  "Please!"
She looked back behind her at Caitlyn again.  Caitlyn eyed her up and down, then slowly pulled the gun off her back.  "I can't believe I'm doing this."  She turned to see Vi again, she was smiling relieved.  "Take her to the apartment, I'll buy you some time.  She can rest there for a few hours, just make sure you get her to Zaun before sunrise."
Vi nodded, and she let her hands down.  "Okay...  Come on, Powder, this way.  Hurry."  Vi took her hand and led her towards the apartment.