(A/N: Just gonna say this. Just because I started the new volume, it doesn't mean I'm not gonna update volume 1.5. That is for oneshots and requests, not like you've asked for any. So, I will still post chapters there. I just want to speedrun my books at this point, because it's frustrating how I've not finished any of them.)
Progress Day, the day of the new year. The year the Piltover city turns 200 years old. A bicentennial. And on this day, the entirety of Piltover was celebrating. Especially because of the changes Jayce Talis, the Progress Boy, had brought with his Hextech and Hex Gates. Because of him, Piltover was put on the map as the global shipping lane.
He, with his friend, Viktor, had completely changed Piltover for the better. So it's no wonder that he was chosen to give the Progress Day speech this year. Something that was always performed by Heimerdinger himself. But even he had agreed to the idea given by the other Councilors.
Everyone was happy, and nothing seemed to be wrong or go wrong. But was that really the case? Probably not with the shipment of Shimmer, and the young couple inside of the airship used for its transportation of illegal enhancing drug.
"Ugh, I'm booored!" Jinx groaned dramatically, swinging on her swing. Causing her lover, Slathilia, to chuckle in amusement while reading a book :"Weren't you the one who was hyped about this whole thing?" The two of them were tasked by Silco with guarding the Shimmer cargo in case anything went wrong.
At first, Jinx was happy about Silco giving her a job, trusting her to finish it with no problem. Which, even though had Sevika in the same job, had made her pretty happy. What was better, was that she could spend the entirety of it with Slathilia. Not like she spent her time any other way anyway. But that excitement had quickly died down when she saw how boring it was.
From the start, all she had done was sit in the basement and do nothing. Of course she would be bored. And although she liked how Silco had trusted them, she very much would preferred to stay home with Slathilia and either fuck, mess around, explode stuff, or just relax.
Hearing her boyfriend, she couldn't help but pout :"Yeah, but now I'm bored." Before grinning :"How about we do something?! Can you take out a game or something so we can play?! Have some fun!" Before her grin turned mischievous :"Ooor, we could have some other kind of fun~."
Chuckling, the hybrid boy stroked her hair :"Sorry, sweety, but not now. We have a job to do, so we must be professionals about it. We can't just start fucking while on a job. You want Silco to scold you again?"
"Ugh, then what should we do?" She pouted dramatically again, getting up and slumping down on his welcoming lap. Leaning against him, she enjoyed the comfort brought by his hand fondly circling her waist :"Can't you take out a game then? What was that game with the die and the pieces? It sounded like Minch or something."
"You mean Mensch?" He questioned, enjoying her warmth :"Yeah, that. Or what about Snakes and Latter's? Chess? Tic-tac-toe? Anything? I'm literally so bored I can fall asleep." Causing him to chuckle as he kissed her head :"Then why don't you sleep? You can sleep on my lap and just relax, y'know? I'll even sing you a lullaby if you want?"
"Any other time back home, and I'd immediately agree. But I don't want to sleep right now. Wanna spend time with you." She pouted gently, hugging him as his heart melted from her cuteness :"Aww, baby." He couldn't help but cover the book in his black and red biomass before storing it in his biomass. Focusing on her, he gently and fondly hugged the shorter girl :"We can always spend time together. Hahaha but there's really not much we can do here. Why don't we just relax like this. Just hug and enjoy each other's warmth."
His suggestion didn't really take away any of her boredom, but it sure did make her heart warm. Smiling against his chest, she hummed in approval as he gently rubbed her back, spoiling him with kindness and fondness.
Not everybody was having the same fun or enjoyment as them though. On the airship, muscular guys who definitely didn't look delicate enough to be of Piltover, were moving in rusty tank containers. While a worker was questioning the boss, Sevika.
Not really though.
"Everything's in place and going perfectly." The muscular woman said, smirking as she saw the swirl of black and red in the worker's eyes :"Am I right?" Only growing more relaxed when the worker casually marking his papers with his signature stamp :"Of course. Having insiders makes things a lot easier, and that's why it's so convenient."
The worker was one of the many people who Slathilia had changed. Or in his own words, Infected him to be their puppet. After learning how to use his Blacklight Virus and Symbiote making abilities to Infect and control others, he had made sure to make good use of it. He had created his own Symbiotes to take over the mindless Infected, turning them from dumb walking corpses, to absolute murder machines.
They were under his absolute command, but they still had their own thoughts so they could make decisions at critical situations as well. To them, Slathilia was the King in Black, and they, his personal unstoppable army. He hadn't Infected too many people though. He wanted things to be sneaky and under wraps until the big day and event.
Chuckling at the Infected worker's remark, Sevika couldn't help but agree :"Ain't that the truth." But just as she turned, thinking that everything was solved, the Infected worker grabbed her shoulder :"Aren't you forgetting something?" Confusing her.
But as he rubbed his fingers together, she arched an eyebrow :"Aren't you working for us? Slathilia is literally controlling you, no?" But he still had a neutral expression :"And where do you think the money will go?" Causing her to groan :"Fine, whatever." Before throwing a sack of coins at him. Which he caught with each and stored it in his Symbiotic Biomass.
But just when he took the gold, and handed her the papers, he frowned as he turned away, confusing her. But she wasn't left clueless for long, because a shout came, along with trouble :"Let's go!"
One that the Infected worker recognized :"Ah shit, the Firelights!" Before running to hide inside. Even though he could take care of all of them, his duty was to simply hide in Piltover without standing out. And with Slathilia himself around, he really didn't need to do anything.
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Jinx was just chilling. Sitting on her boyfriend's lap, enjoying him fondly rubbing her back, and listening to the comforting beat of his heart. She would actually fall asleep if left a little longer. But the sounds of fighting from above woke her right up.
"Oh yeah, finally some excitement!" She smirked excitedly, quickly getting up, blowing away the light, and kicking the swing to start swinging for extra dramatic effects as she grabbed Slathilia's hand, excitedly trying to lift him up :"C'mon, c'mon, c'mon! We finally have some entertainment, so let's enjoy it!"
"Fine." Sighing with a smile, he nodded before his smile turned feral, hungry and insane :"Let's get this party started then." He hid in the darkness, in another part of the basement than Jinx. Not even bothering to camouflage.
A little bit later, the door was opened, and two Firelights carefully came down. But just when they walked in a bit, the foot of one of them hit the wire trap put by Jinx, causing the door to shut and lock. And the moment they saw the purple monkey and butterflies drawn on the door, all lighted up in the dark, they immediately started to panic :"Oh, no, no, no, no, no! Open up!"
But no matter how much they banged on the door, nobody answered or opened the door for them. Causing them to panic even more. Sevika, who was trapped and saw the door being hit, simply smirked. She didn't want them to be involved. But she would never say no to an easy clean up by their butterfly.
"Oh, no. She's here." One of them said, voice changed by his mask. The other gulped, looking around nervously :"I-is he here too?" But all they could do was light up a candle (?) as the squeaky sound of the swing filled the place.
The presence of those butterflies was evidence enough, but they really wanted it to not be real. If "he" was here, the chances of survival were next to none. All they could do was draw their weapons, and carefully walk around to find an exit. Or at least try to survive until their exit was opened. All while Slathilia, the owner of the butterfly sign, watched in the dark.
Why a butterfly? Well, Jinx had bugged him a lot about having a sign to put in where they had visited and caused mayhem. Her's was already decided. A monkey. Even though a questionable choice, he still let her be. But when she asked him, he wasn't sure.
He was a Symbiote, so his symbol would be a spider. But he didn't want to have that. Not because of not liking that symbol. He loved that symbol, actually, and had pretty dope designs if he chose it. But he wanted something more original. So he decided on butterflies. The reason? Not only were they pretty, the purple butterflies were also associated with an unexpected god. Thanatos, the God of Death. Why wouldn't he choose that?
So, his symbol had become butterflies, while Jinx's was a monkey. One that looked like a lunatic, to be honest. But hey, no judging from him. He was pulled out of his thoughts by the sound of an explosion. Looking up, he saw that Jinx had already taken care of the two idiots with her Chomper bombs.
The entire airship shook as her bombs went off. As he stepped out with a smirk, she immediately launched herself into his chest, smiling excitedly :"Whooo, this is what I'm talking about! Nothing beats having things to blow up and my Thilia to hug right after! How was that?"
"Awesome. But we're not finished yet." Hugging her gently, his evil smirk was replaced with a fond smile. One that would melt Jinx's heart every time. Nodding, she harshly and aggressively kissed the uncovered part of his chest, his cleavage, as she called it, before she stepped away. Ready to blow up even more people, while Slathilia's demonic smile returned.
As the smoke of the explosion covered the area slightly, they stepped out. Masked by the smoke, however. But they didn't need to be seen to make their enemies afraid. Slathilia simply needed to do one thing. Whistle.
As the eerie and creepy whistle echoed, it felt like all the other sounds in the world suddenly came to a stop. Unconsciously, all the Firelights stepped back, their hearts shivering and fear creeping in as the whistle became more and more clear.
As they stepped out of the smoke, Jinx innocently blew away her bangs :"Hi." Before taking out two of her bombs, and immediately throwing them at the Firelights. Thilia wasn't wasn't idle either. As Jinx shot at their trapping stone coming their way, he spread his claws when two other people jumped on them from his side.
Stretching his claws, he didn't waste a second before turning and plunging them right into their chests, smirking at their screams before consuming them. When he sensed someone trying to attack from behind, he simply stretched his hand towards him, before his biomass shot towards him and blew up his head. His stretched biomass immediately ate him before returning.
Turning around, he saw one of them trying to set the spilled Shimmer on fire. But Jinx quickly grabbed her wrist, stopping her from dropping her sizzling candle (?) and hitting her with her gun, causing her mask to drop. But when the pink-haired girl turned to Jinx with a fearful expression, Jinx immediately froze up :"V-Vi?"