"Come on, bug boy"
Quick note: Everything in italics and bold are thoughts and can be heard by those present. All of Isha's dialogue is in sign language.
Silco staggered back as Vander hugged him, Isha clung to his chest, happy with the hug between her grandparents. Vander hugged him tightly, being careful with Isha, his heart was beating strongly, it had been years since he had hugged his brother and he felt an almost overwhelming happiness.
Silco didn't know how to feel, a mixture of anger and happiness lived inside him, he missed his brother but his betrayal still hurt, that was a wound that would never heal. When they separated from the hug Vander looked at him with soft and sad eyes, the anger he had felt towards Silco had disappeared for the moment, there was only the happiness of seeing his brother again.
Silco could notice all the angry eyes looking at him, he felt confused and lost, his head was spinning but he concentrated on holding Isha tightly. He gently wiped away his granddaughter's tears before surveying the room. Dead people breathing, a small version of his daughter, two versions of his daughter's traitorous sister, two versions of the idiot boy, a piltie if he wasn't mistaken was a Kiramman, Benzo and Vander.
It was as if all his sins were tormenting him, turning into people who would soon tear his skin off with their claws.
"Damn son of a bitch." Adult Vi exclaimed angrily, trying to get to him but Caitlyn stopped her before.
Isha was frightened by the scream and buried her head in her grandfather's shoulder who tried to comfort her by stroking her back.
Ekko, seeing that Isha had become frightened, walked over to the adult Vi. "Calm down, I understand, but you're scaring Isha."
The adult Vi sighed feeling tears forming in her eyes, the anger inside her was overwhelming, everything that was happening was putting her on edge.
"What's going on?" Silco asked in a hoarse tone.
Ekko glared at him, he had the man he hated so much in front of him but he wasn't going to hurt him, his daughter loved him. He searched for the letter and handed it to him. "Read."
Silco looked at the boy with a frown, the fury that he had impregnated his daughter would never go away but he would accept it for his granddaughter and for the promise he made to Jinx. He took the letter and read it, confusion increased and worry began to fill him, what had happened to his beloved daughter?
"What have you seen so far?" Silco asked, putting the letter into his suit pocket before sitting down on a single sofa with Isha on his lap.
Ekko rubbed his face, taking several deep breaths trying to stay calm, he hated how calm Silco was in the face of the situation.
Vander sighed before answering his brother. "We saw when you adopted Powder."
"Jinx." Silco corrected, his eyes narrowing. "That's her name."
"Yes, Jinx, even when that stupid boy gets her pregnant," Vander said in a bitter tone, pointing at Ekko who looked at him offended. Silco glared at the firelight, but said nothing, instead motioning for Vander to continue. "Well, also the operation with Shimmer, when she had Isha and there's something else" he said, unsure of how to tell his brother what had happened to him. Silco raised an impatient eyebrow. Vander sighed and said, "You are dead in Isha's present nd apparently Jinx is responsible for that."
Silco didn't react, his face remained cold as a stone but his eyes traveled to his granddaughter, now he understood her anguish. He just wondered what had happened to Jinx, he wasn't angry with her, he loved her and if she had to kill him he would accept it. There was nothing more dangerous than the love for a daughter.
He nodded, accepting his brother's words and set out to ignore everyone in the room. They hated him enough already.
Isha pulled away from him to look at him with red eyes from crying. "I missed you, grandpa."
Silco allowed himself to smile sweetly at him. "I missed you too, little frog."
Isha laughed happily at the nickname, she loved that nickname and only her grandfather called her that.
Ekko looked at them for a moment as he sat back down, Silco was so different from what he thought with Jinx and Isha, the love was evident in his eyes.
Silco was slightly surprised when the projector appeared, he just hoped he wouldn't have to see his daughter suffer.
Colorful, uneven words appeared on the projection.
Sensitive content for children, cover eyes and ears if necessary.
Ekko felt a chill run through him, the last time they had seen a warning was when he and Jinx conceived Isha and the other was Jinx's operation. He could feel that he wouldn't like this scene.
The room was dimly lit, Isha was sleeping soundly in her mom's bed while Jinx was lacing up her boots at the corner of the bed. She walked to the mirror inspecting her outfit, a black and red leather top and skirt, her legs were decorated with several black garters and wrist cuffs. Her blue hair was tied into two loose half braids that brushed the floor.
Ekko felt breathless, Jinx looked beautiful, his heart was pounding and his cheeks were flushed.
Powder looked curiously at Silco before looking at the projection, she loved the outfit and wanted to dress like that but she didn't think Vander would like it.
She turned and walked over to Isha, caressed her hair and placed a kiss on her forehead. "I'll be back soon, my love."
Isha smiled softly, she missed her mommy, she wanted to hug her.
Isha stirred slightly but didn't wake up, Jinx walked out of the room to find Sevika who was leaning on her desk, the turbine blades now had fences on them.
"You did it?" Jinx asked.
Sevika nodded before looking her up and down. "What are you wearing?"
Jinx smiled happily and turned around showing her outfit to her. "You like it?"
Sevika shrugged. "Okay, I guess. But it won't do you much good if he wants to fight you."
"He?" the amused teenage Vi asked, her sister was apparently going to meet a boy.
"You may have been replaced, little man," Mylo said with a mocking laugh.
Ekko frowned as jealousy began to fill him, had Jinx really replaced him? Well, she couldn't have replaced him, she was never his. That thought alone filled him with bitterness.
Jinx bit her lip hard before answering. "He's not going to fight me and if he does I'll take care of it."
The older woman sighed before placing a hand on her shoulder. "Be careful."
Jinx waved her hand dismissively. "Nothing will happen to me, don't worry. Just take care of Isha."
Sevika nodded and walked to Jinx and Isha's room.
Jinx looked at her for a moment before grabbing her gun and walking out of her house, her hands sweating and her legs shaking slightly. She had to admit she was nervous, since what had happened on the bridge she hadn't seen him, she was just glad to hear that he was alive and now she was here going to see him.
"The bridge?" Silco whispered as he put the pieces together, the only thing keeping that idiot kid from being dead now was Isha.
She felt stupid for getting ready just for him, even though she always dressed in a similar way this time she put extra effort into it. The last time they had seen each other it hadn't ended well, as usual, but she wanted this time to be different or a little less deadly.Although she wasn't sure if he would go to the meeting place, she just hoped that he would or she would have to resort to plan b and she didn't want to do that.
Ekko didn't want to see the scene anymore, the last thing he wanted was to see Jinx with another man, seeing Jinx so nervous about that man only brought him sadness.
Jinx entered Babette's brothel, she was quickly taken to the private room she had rented for the night and she waited. Babette owed Jinx a lot of favors, so she took advantage of that and her place was private enough that no one would find out what they would talk about.
Jinx walked around the room with her hand caressing the red velvet curtains, the lights were soft and warm, there was a large bed with soft sheets and a plate of fruit on a small table. She opened a cupboard where she found a bunch of objects of all shapes and colors, she laughed and closed it again.
The adults and teenagers were startled at the sight of the objects, the adult Vi laughed softly.
"What's that?" little Ekko asked curiously.
"Nothing, it's nothing," Benzo replied tiredly.
A couple of minutes had passed, and he still hadn't arrived, Jinx felt disappointment and sadness begin to form in her chest, it was obvious that he wasn't coming, she was a fool to think that he would want to see her. After last time... On the bridge... His gaze, she would never forget it, so sweet and confused, so beautiful. She just wanted to see him one last time, maybe she would die tomorrow at the hands of her sister and she still had business to resolve with him.
Adult Vi was startled by the reminder that she might be going to kill her little sister.
Silco felt like he was missing something, Jinx wouldn't kill her sister for nothing, so something must have happened.
Just as Jinx thought about leaving Ekko walked through the door, he was wearing a brown overalls with a white t-shirt, he had wounds on his face that were healing and his dreadlocks were in a half ponytail.
Ekko was surprised to see himself in the projection, he looked slightly injured and walked strangely but it was him after all. And then happiness filled her chest, Jinx was nervous for him.
Her mind went blank as her pink eyes connected with his brown ones. He looked at her with a mix of confusion and anger, he looked so cute when he was angry with her.
Silco sighed, already feeling exhausted, he didn't want to hear these things from his daughter.
Ekko smiled slightly, she was so unhinged and he loved that.
"Why did you threaten one of my guys?" Ekko asked, crossing his arms.
Jinx snorted and rolled her eyes. "I didn't threaten anyone, that was Sevika."
Ekko looked at her with a frown, he took a couple of steps towards her but didn't come closer. "What was so important that Sevika had to threaten one of my guys to tell me to come here?"
Ekko frowned, he didn't like that Jinx or technically Sevika threatened his people, just to see him... Although he couldn't deny that he felt a little flattered.
Jinx gulped, let out a shaky breath, and from the back pocket of her skirt pulled out a letter and handed it to Ekko. "Here."
Ekko took the letter, brushing his fingers with hers, his gaze had not stopped searching for her pink eyes, those were new to him and although her blue eyes were beautiful, these were too. Confusion filled his mind, anger rested calmly in his chest and although he tried to avoid it, his heart beat hard, her mere presence made his legs tremble slightly.
"What is this?"
Ekko blushed, once again his feelings were being vented to everyone. He just wanted some privacy for himself.
Jinx fiddled with her fingers for a moment. "It's a letter, don't read it yet, do it in a day or so."
Ekko looked at the letter curiously and sighed exhaustedly. "What is this, Jinx?"
Jinx looked at him exasperated. "It's just a damn letter, if you read it before time I'll find out and beat you up."
He raised an eyebrow as he put the letter into one of the pockets of his overalls. "Are you going to beat me up? Like last time? Yeah, that went really well for you."
"Last time?" Ekko whispered confused, it had been a while since they fought face to face, although she wasn't very good at it.
She frowned as she approached him. "it was like that because I wanted it to be that way."
Ekko let out an incredulous laugh and shaking his head he approached Jinx so that he was just a few inches from her face, they had both grown but he was still a little taller than her. "So if we fight here and now... Would you win? Don't make me laugh."
Vander frowned, they were very close again, he didn't like where this was going.
Jinx looked at him with adrenaline starting to pump through her body, before Ekko could react she slapped him making him step back in surprise.
"Come on, bug boy."
Everyone was startled except Silco and Isha who laughed softly.
"That was very fast," Claggor said in surprise.
Ekko felt his heart pound and a smile began to form on his lips as he lunged at Jinx, who with a pink trail dodged him with supernatural speed.
"Ow, you'll have to do better than that." Jinx teased, giving him a gentle smack on the head. She had a smile on her face and her heart was pounding.
Ekko laughed softly before trying to catch her again, which Jinx dodged, they continued like that for a while, trying to catch her and dodging, it was like a game to them.
Jinx only remembered laughing like that with her family, it had been a long time since she had laughed with Ekko and it brought a comforting warmth to her chest, it was as if the missing piece had joined her. She felt complete, just for that moment, everything was okay.
Ekko smiled softly, his heart was full of warmth, he wanted to live that with Jinx, just playing around, no more fighting, just them being happy.
Silco smiled looking lovingly at his daughter, he would give anything to make his daughter happy and if that idiot boy did it then he could allow it.
Ekko, seeing that Jinx had been distracted, caught her, cornering her against the wall of the room, one of his hands holding her by the neck. "I won, again."
Caitlyn opened her eyes in surprise, it looked like they were about to... Oh... She looked at the adult Vi and gently patted her arm getting her attention.
"Do you think they're going to... You know...?" Caitlyn whispered, blushing slightly.
The adult Vi looked at her in surprise, she hadn't even thought about it but now that she looked closely it seemed that Caitlyn was right. But instead of feeling angry she wanted to laugh, Silco would kill Ekko. "This is going to be so much fun."
Caitlyn sighed before continuing to watch the projection, all these family matters were exhausting her.
Jinx looked at him in surprise, his hand on her neck making her blush. "You cheated."
"How did I cheat?" Ekko asked her in a low voice, unable to help but bring his face closer to hers. They were two forces that brought each other together, whether they wanted it or not, they would always end up together. No matter how much he fooled himself into thinking he hated Jinx, that would never be true no matter how much he wanted it to be.
Seeing that Ekko brought his face closer to hers, she gulped. She wanted to kiss him, she wanted to tell him how much she loved him, gods, she wanted to tell him about Isha, tell him how perfect her little girl was, but she couldn't. She just looked at his lips, those she had tasted years ago and couldn't help it, she kissed him. Her hand went to his neck and pulled him towards her.
Ekko opened his eyes in surprise and blushed furiously, please not again...
Silco and Vander looked away, not wanting to see their little girl like that. While little Ekko and Powder blushed and looked away.
Ekko returned the kiss by placing one hand on her waist, the other on her neck, and squeezing gently. She gasped lightly, her free hand running over his chest, feeling his warm skin and his heart beating fast.
They both broke away from the kiss for a moment and just looked at each other, pink and brown, again. Their eyes were clouded with love. With a glance they could understand each other, no matter how much time passed, the connection between them would never go away.
Ekko ran his hand up Jinx's leg, lifting her into the air, causing her to hug his neck as he held her between the wall and his body. They didn't need words, that moment was only theirs, just for that moment the outside world disappeared and only they existed.
"Oh shit, not again." Mylo complained, looking away.
Adult Vi laughed out loud maliciously seeing Ekko blush so much.
Silco growled angrily and covered Isha's face who complained annoyed but not for long because in a short time she fell asleep.
Jinx removed the straps of his overalls and removed his white shirt, Ekko lowered his lips to her neck leaving soft bites and his hand lifted up her leather skirt. She pulled his hair gently and joined their lips.
Moans and gasps were heard throughout the room, until the projection cut back to Ekko and Jinx, who were lying naked on the bed.
"You're very lucky that I made a promise to my daughter or you would be dead already." Silco told an annoyed Ekko who had a red face. He cradled his granddaughter in his arms not wanting to wake her.
"I didn't make any promises," Vander growled, glaring at his granddaughter's father.
The hours had passed, dawn was peeking through a small window with red curtains.
Jinx, who had been sleeping until now, felt the bed move. She had an incredible night. She had only had sex twice in her life and with the same man and it was incredible. She felt renewed, she allowed herself to dream for a moment of a happy family with Ekko, would it be so bad to tell him about Isha now? Instead of waiting for him to read the letter... She was going to tell him.
Ekko leaned slightly in anticipation, Jinx would tell him, maybe there could be a future for them.
She opened her eyes only to see Ekko quickly getting dressed. "What are you doing?"
Ekko didn't look at her, he just kept getting dressed, he felt stupid for giving in to her. Even though it had only been one night, he knew he shouldn't have done it. He forced himself to remember who Jinx was now, she had killed his friends, she helped Silco poison Zaun, she was a loose cannon and he was an idiot.
Ekko closed his eyes starting to feel angry with his version in the projection, Jinx was there waiting for him and he, like an idiot, was going to leave her.
"I'm leaving, I'll read your letter when you asked me to." He replied.
"Can you stay?" She asked, swallowing her dignity. She had never begged anyone before, but for Ekko she would go to extremes. Ekko didn't answer her and she could only look at him.
Please tell me something, tell me that you love me and I swear that I will be yours, Jinx thought with a pain in her chest. Please.
Ekko's heart broke, although he understood his version in the projection, he had given up on Jinx and if he had been in the place of his other version perhaps he would have left her too.
Ekko didn't look at her or speak to her, he simply walked out of the room leaving a heartbroken Jinx on the bed.
Jinx entered her house dragging her feet, she felt numb, sadness threatened to drown her at any moment but Isha shouldn't see her like that. Sevika and Isha were having breakfast in the kitchen, the older woman stood up and walked over to Jinx.
"Looks like the outfit worked," Sevika said with a small, playful smile.
Silco looked curiously at Sevika's new arm, it was obvious that his daughter had made it and as always it was a magnificent creation.
Jinx shook her head, and gestured to her room for the other woman to follow her.
"I'm stupid," Jinx said, roughly undoing her braids.
Sevika looked at her, removing the smile and replacing it with a frown. "What happened?"
"What do you think? We fucked and he left me." Jinx said with a broken voice, she continued to undo her braids more gently now.
Silco felt helpless, he wanted to hug his little girl, comfort her and tell her that everything would be okay in the end, but for her he was dead...
"What did you expect to happen?" Sevika asked, sitting up in bed.
Jinx let go of her braids and turned to look at the other woman. "I don't know, I was stupid and thought maybe we could talk, I don't know."
The older woman sighed before answering, "You're not stupid, but love makes us do stupid things. You're just in love."
Jinx rubbed her eyes roughly, she didn't want to cry but she felt so overwhelmed, so many things happening in such a short time and most of it was her fault.
Ekko also felt overwhelmed, Jinx was still in love with him despite everything that had happened and all the years, just like him.
"I thought maybe..." Jinx sighed, sitting on the bed next to Sevika. "I'm so tired, Sevika. Everything is going to hell, my sister wants to kill me and the man I love hates me. It's so hard just... I don't know... For someone to love me?" Jinx ducked her head and played with one of the garters on her leg.
Vander sighed, feeling sad for his daughter. How had they gotten to this point? His little girl had so much on her shoulders, so much loss...
Sevika put an arm around Jinx and hugged her. "Your dad loved you, Isha loves you and even though you're a pain in the ass I'm fond of you too. Sometimes it's better to settle for the love you get."
Silco smiled slightly, he knew that Sevika and Jinx had a strange relationship, they both loved each other but they wouldn't admit it, Jinx saw her as almost a mother.
"I know that, but I want Ekko with me." Jinx rested her head on the older woman's warm chest. "Maybe if Vi doesn't kill me and he reads the letter we could talk."
Ekko knew that Vi hadn't killed Jinx but Isha still didn't know him... What had happened? He didn't read the letter?
"Maybe." Sevika stroked Jinx's back.
The blue-haired girl broke away from the hug and jumped out of bed. "Ok ok, this will happen... He'll come in a day or so, okay?" She said with a crazed look forming in her eyes. "So when he comes, he and Isha will hug each other, kiss each other, muak muak muak. All that."
Little Ekko and Powder laughed softly at Jinx who was making exaggerated gestures as she spoke.
Sevika ran her hand over her face and nodded.
"Then you'll take Isha so he and I can TALK." She said, winking at the older woman. "He'll yell at me and get mad at me." Jinx sighed dreamily. "I love when he gets mad at me, he looks so cute, it makes me want to bite him."
"We don't need to hear this," Mylo groaned, covering his ears.
Ekko laughed softly, gods he loved her so much and hated her just the same.
Sevika groaned in annoyance. "Listen, I don't need to-"
Jinx interrupted her. "Maybe we'll fight, do you think he'll choke me?" She asked with sparkling eyes. "I love when he does that when we fight, one of the last times I could barely breathe, it was so cute."
Silco and Vander grunted in discontent while Ekko blushed but kept that fact in his head, maybe he would use it at some point.
"Why does she want you to choke her?" little Ekko asked in confusion but received no answer.
Teenage Vi and Claggor looked at each other, her little sister was really weird sometimes.
"You're crazy, girl," Sevika replied, wanting to escape from the conversation.
"After that we'll probably fuck and have a happy family." Jinx sighed before emerging from her dream bubble. "What will really happen is that he'll be the best father to Isha and he and I will hardly see each other."
Ekko felt a pain in his chest, his happy bubble burst, the sad reality was that he would probably never tell her his feelings and she would just wait for him.
Sevika sighed in relief that Jinx's thread of madness was over for now, until a thought crossed her mind. "Did you use protection?"
All the adults and teenagers were surprised by the question. And Silco glared angrily at Ekko.
"If you get my daughter pregnant again, you won't be able to escape from me," he said as he stroked his granddaughter's hair.
Ekko looked at him without being scared by the threat, he was not afraid of Silco, in fact he feared Vander more.
Jinx was startled by the question and looked at Sevika in surprise. No, they hadn't used protection. "No, but nothing's going to happen, I think the dear doctor who gave me these." She pointed to his pink eyes. "He made sure the baby factory was shut down."
Or so Jinx hoped.
Silco thought about that, maybe it was true but Singed had told him when he woke up that if Jinx had another child he would go find him, so...
"Okay, but apart from that, he could have some disease," Sevika said, they had had the conversation years ago and she still wasn't careful.
"Do you think he slept with someone else?" Jinx laughed out loud. "You're so funny, Sevika."
Ekko growled in annoyance as he watched Jinx mock his non-existent sex life.
"He could have done it."
"Sevika... I was his first time just like he was mine." Jinx laughed. "He couldn't even find my little friend until I pointed it out to him."
Mylo and teenage Vi snorted in amusement.
"Was that necessary?" Ekko growled under his breath, having had enough of the humiliation.
Sevika pinched the bridge of her nose. "I didn't need to know that."
"He may have a lot of people wanting to get into his pants but gods know he doesn't get his dick wet." She said in a mocking tone. "He does it very well though."
"Everything I learned about my little sister's sex life was involuntary," moaned the adult Vi. "I'm fed up."
A part of Ekko felt flattered, he hadn't made Jinx feel dissatisfied, that was enough for him.
"Ok I've had enough of this conversation." Sevika got up from the bed.
Jinx shook her head to get Ekko out of there, she had more important things to focus on. "You remember the plan for today right?"
Sevika nodded, she didn't like the plan but she was going to follow through.
"The crumbs are already laid out for the imbecile and her little dog to follow, the paint is ready, the ventilation too." Jinx listed. "The traps are ready and the mirrors."
"Everything is ready, we just have to get out of this alive." Jinx sighed. "Go with Isha, I'll get changed and we'll leave."
Sevika nodded and left the room. Jinx looked at herself in the mirror one last time before changing her clothes, she had to be ready to kill her sister.
The adult Vi felt those words like a bucket of cold water. She just hoped that she wouldn't hurt her little sister so much, had she really made so many mistakes? Every single thing felt like a punishment.