Smoke And Mirrors

Fallen

The nights in Piltover were not as quiet as someone would think, filled with alcohol and occasional fights. Though, the latter had become a common phenomenon in the pubs of the downtown. A sport someone can call it, with drunk and desperate people making bets on each side before they'd be dragged in the fight themselves.

A pathetic state both the upercity and the lowercity city citizens had fallen to.

Gabriel Tucker was one of them. Not any different than those pathetic fools who had been unsuccessful in their careers or/and their love lives, drowning their surrow in alcohol and expressing their aggressive personalities in frequent fights for any sort of reasons.

That night wasn't any different for him.

He found himself in a pub of the downtown, the name of which is not of importance. Covered in blood in a complete drunken state, he grinned at his opponent, who wasn't in any better condition.

"Are you finally giving up, lad?" he mocked him "Or do you need me to throw a few more punches at ya, in case my point hasn't been proven?"

His opponent was obviously beaten up, with a black eye and a swollen lip but he wasn't giving up yet "Why won't you call the cops, perhaps they are not too busy conspiracing against the Mayor to protect you"

"I don't need anyone's protection" Gabriel greeted his teeth "Not like you, upercity motherfucker, always hiding behind the most powerful ones because you can't succeed"

"Let me laugh" the other man sneered "That coming by someone whose wife is cheating on him, it doesn't seem you have much of success either"

Gabriel let out an outraged scream before he launched himself at the man once again. People around them started cheering.

"Break his nose, Gab!"

"Show him who's the real man 'round here!"

"C'mon pal, I need to win this bet!"

By the looks of it, Gabriel wasn't afraid of overdoing it. Nobody mocked him and his beliefs. Seeing that he was taking it too far, some people dragged him away from his opponent who was bleeding out.

"Where's your Mayor at now, bitch?" he yelled "Where's the protection he promises? Pathetic fool! Keep sucking his dick for a position in the Town Hall, that's all you're worth! When you'll realize your just a pawn of his games to take complete control over the city, it's going to be too late buddy!"

The other man who was shoved away by his friends wiped away some blood off his lip before he repsonded "Same goes for you dude, when the sherrif will overthrow the Mayor and take over power cause that's all this bitch cares about..."

Gabriel escaped the grip of his  companions and lauched himself again at him, but this time he didn't get enough time to react since he was lifted in the air by two metallic gauntlets double his size.

"Enough is enough" a female voice scolded him "I think this poor guy over here had enough for one night, don't you think?"

Gabriel pouted like a little child "Not so poor, considering his pockets are full with money"

The police officer chuckled at his sense of humor "Listen up, we're going to make a deal. Since I'm in no mood of getting into the trouble of arresting both of you, why don't you drop it here so everyone can return peacefully at their homes without the extra trouble?"

"Sounds good to me" the upercity man  mumbled as he stumbled back on his feet and walked out of the pub, accompanied by his friends. Only then did Vi put Gabriel back to the ground.

"Call yourself lucky that I'm feeling generous tonight" she told him "But next time I discover you're creating trouble, I won't hesitate to throw you into a nice cell to spend the night into"