[Arcane] Departure (Caitvi & Timebomb Post S2)

The Concert

Vi by the stage for Seraphine's performance with Caitlyn and Orianna by her side. The new trio were trying their best to take this job seriously, but when Seraphine started her performance, they all got mesmerized by her voice.

"She's... so pretty," Vi mumbled.

"Hey! I'm standing right here!" Caitlyn began.

"Can she be my hall pass?" Vi joked.

"What do you mean by hall pass?" Orianna wondered.

Caitlyn started to laugh, supporting herself on Violet's shoulder. Some of the concert-goers began to stare at the very distracted security as they were distracted from the performance on stage.

"Now look what you've down," Caitlyn giggled.

"Ok, Orianna, when two people love each other very much-" Vi started.

"Vi, no!" Caitlyn cried.

"I was very interested to hear what she had to say!" Orianna encouraged.

"Caitlyn, she's practically begging for it," Vi continued.

"Vi... I think you are forgetting she is literally a child," Caitlyn argued.

"Damn... now you made it weird..." Vi mumbled.

"I will have to ask around about what a hall pass is..." Orianna contemplated.

Seraphine side-eyed her rowdy security as she continued to perform her songs to both people of the Undercity and Piltover. The crowds would cheer and chant after every song. Seraphine eventually paused her performance to deliver a speech.

"To everyone who showed up tonight, I wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart. For so long, an event like this seemed impossible for so many of us. But here we are. All we needed was a united cause. We finally found it. Peace. Peace has united us so far to the point that the undercity, for the first time forever, has a representative on the Piltover council. Never has the undercity been thriving as much as it is now. The pollution is down, shimmer is no longer in production, and chem tech-related crimes are at an all-time low."

"We have come to peace politically with each other, but now it is time to come to peace socially. There is so much hate between the citizens of Piltover and the undercity. Everyone thought we had to be enemies because of our altitude on this land. That will never have to be the case again. Look around. Look at each other. Whatever you think classifies someone as a citizen of Piltover or the undercity, forget it. Don't look at clothes to determine what side someone is on. You should all see yourselves as equals. All of you are citizens of the same system. A system that needs your cooperation. A system that needs your forgiveness."

"So I ask you, try as hard as you can. Try as hard as you can to forgive each other and push forward into the brightest age our people have seen. Nothing can stop us now!"

Vi looked around the crowd as people from both cities cheered together. People hugged, kissed, and everyone was united. Caitlyn looked over to Vi and saw a... glow in her eyes. More life in them than she has seen before. Hope. Vi was tearing up.

Orianna turned her head to look at the stage. Seraphine was talking with a member of her team who looked very concerned.

"One second everyone," Seraphine said into the microphone.

The stage lights went out as soon as she finished her sentence. People in the crowd gasped as darkness fell upon them all. Orianna heard a wooshing sound in the air and gasped. She climbed on the stage and quickly pushed Seraphine to the ground as three devices flew over them. They looked similar to Ekko's hoverboard, but more like a bladed glider. Orianna saw they had human operators balancing on top of them. The lights turned back on and the curtain behind Seraphine was spray painted with the words 'Bloodhounds'

"We are the Bloodhounds, we do not accept Piltover as our governors. We do not accept Sevika as our representative. We won't stop until they all burn!" One screamed.

Vi and Caitlyn quickly ran onto the stage and surrounded Seraphine.

"Everyone! Get to an exit. Someone is trying to falter our faith. Don't this change anything I-" Seraphine was cut off by Vi accidentally unplugging the microphone with her boot.

"Worry about the inspiration later. Focus on living now," Vi warned.

The Bloodhounds charged toward Vi, Caitlyn, and Orianna as blades shot out of the gliders towards all three. Orianna lifted her ball to deflect the blade, while Vi activated the shields on her gauntlets to protect herself and Caitlyn.

"Vi! Point your gauntlet at them and press down on the blue button on your thumb!" Orianna commanded.

Vi didn't even question it. She pressed down on the button and a rocket shot out from the bottom of the gauntlet. It blasted one of the gliders mid-air, knocking the rider off. He growled and charged Vi. She noticed blades attached to the bottom of his arms. She gasped as he thrusted one directly through her hand.

"Vi!" Caitlyn screamed as she blasted a hole in the attacker.

Vi's gauntlet powered down and blood poured from the cracks. Orianna put her ball between the