PROJECT: Incarnation

End of the Line | 45

From ancient times, philosophers have seeked for the purpose of our lives. They all concluded to one answer to this inquiry; eternal bliss. With that answer came more questions. How does the man achieve happiness and what does it mean for him?

Every era of philosophers gave different explanations. For others, felicity could be acquired through the peace not only of the mind but also of the body. In other words, through balance. Others claimed that happiness is found in the glory of different achievements, including war. For others, it is connected with power, wherever that power derives from. Humans are greedy by nature, therefore there is only one thing that can satisfy - or at least, attempt to satisfy - this hunger; power.

Power is associated with the military, with money, with authority Or knowledge, even all together at the same time. Drugs, human trafficking, weapons, ambitious technological projects, most of the time completely against to the moral code, murder deals, political corruption, all found in every corner of Piltover, the so called 'City of Progress'. All the PROJECT initials had been victims to these.

For the longest time they had wondered what their own purpose was now that they walked free on earth, released on the chains others had tied them with, free from anyone's control. And for a while, they went about without a goal, with a proper aim. They had tried, unsuccessfully, to find themselves with pointless goals. None of them had meant anything.

Now, for the first time, everything was clear. Their purpose was one and only; destroy PROJECT Inc. Not just for the sake of revenge but for the sake of the future and the world itself.

No, they didn't consider themselves heroes. PROJECT had taken everything from them, ruined their lives. They all knew what that was like and they didn't want anyone to go through the same hell they had.

So maybe, Vi thought, that the sacrifice was worth it. She tried to persuade herself that it was indeed. But the hole she felt in her heart was irreparable. She had lied, for a greater purpose surely, but didn't erase the fact that she had broken someone who had put her entire faith in her. When all this had started, Vi would have never thought this journey could bring her the love she so desperately needed. A love that she had to throw away in order to save the universe. It wasn't fair. But she had learned the hard way that life is never fair.

She had to accept it. Whatever thing she had with Caitlyn was long gone. Perhaps it was better that way. And even though it hurt her both physically and emotionally, Vi had to swallow her sorrow, for the sake of their success. It took all of her willpower not to be bitter and throw sarcastic comments every two seconds. She struggled but she managed to be sufferable until this was all over.

Which by the looks of it wasn't going to be delayed for long.

It had barely been a day after they had stolen whatever bit of explosives they could get their hands on. They all agreed that it was absolutely necessary to get this over with as quickly as possible. As soon as they got word from Katarina about the location of the clones, they set off. It had been agreed that all of them would participate, even Vayne. There had been a huge fight between the hunter and Fiora, with the main argument being Vayne's recent injury. However, there was no force in this universe that could hold her back. She was obviously weakened but she had to do this otherwise she'd never have the peace of mind all of them seeked for.

The company kept the clones in secret warehouses outside of the city. Said warehouses were guarded by a small army of troops, humans and robots. Getting there would be troublesome. But there was no going back. It was tonight or never.

The weather was by their side. It was clouded and there was no moon to betray their presence to their foes. There were several warehouses occupying a huge piece of land that was surrounded by an electric fence. The whole plot was surveilled. Inside the fence there were numerous guards heavily armed. Katarina had warned them that these guards were prepared for anything and even acquired weapons especially designed to deal with PROJECT traces. Dangerous was not enough to describe their current situation.