Arcane

Mel.

Mel, are you okay?

It's okay.

No.

-Are you hurt? -I'm fine.

Go, go.

She was a great woman.

A good friend.

I don't know how we'll face this crisis without her.

To think we nearly extended sovereignty

to the creatures who did this.

We're charged with imposing order.

And we've been asleep at our posts.

Well, my eyes are open.

There will be no more fairy tales of peace until we scour our basement of its demons.

So kind of you to assist Councilor Salo, Mother.

As we are at war,

I thought it prudent to solicit the advice of such an experienced veteran.

Let us address the matter at hand.

Our people are scared, suffering.

They need to know their leaders have the situation under control.

An unprecedented show of force.

We flood the undercity with Enforcers, armed with Hextech.

Innocents will be caught in the cross fire.

How many more councilors have to be blown to pieces before you wake up?

We are under siege.

What is she doing here?

Officer Kiramman witnessed the attack firsthand.

She confirmed this was the act of a single deranged individual.

Jinx.

Silco is dead.

The underground, leaderless.

If we follow your plan, we risk unifying them against us.

So, what is your solution? Chastisement?

A firm reprimand?

We use their division against them.

Pin the attack on Jinx,

post a reward too substantial to ignore.

I'm sorry, Mel. I'm not comfortable trusting our fates to chance.

Jinx has proven elusive.

Our healing can only begin once she's been brought to justice.

Then it's settled, 2 to 1.

We invade.

If I may? In crises such as these,

it's imperative you present a unified front to the public,

whatever your personal feelings.

How wise.

I'll agree to endorse the invasion.

But I draw the line at Hextech.

We have an ethos.

Such force must be a final resort.

Agreed.

Then it's settled, 2 to 1.

I had the shot.

Your mother left this to you.

The Kiramman Key?

No, I'm not…

I don't deserve it.

It's your legacy now, Caitlyn.

What is she still doing here?

Hey.

You were right, Cait.

Powder's gone.

I can make this right.

If you get Jayce to fix the gauntlets, I can do this myself.

No one else needs to get hurt.

No.

No more rogue mission.

No more reckless plans.

My mother was right.

My arrogance led me to take on more than I could handle,

and she paid the price.

They're sending all the Enforcers after Jinx.

I'm going with them.

Please, I have to help.

You can.

As one of us.

Cait, I can't wear this.

People are calling for blood.

The Council won't stop them.

You can show that not all of Zaun supports Jinx.

We can show them.

Together.

I watched them kill my parents.

Do you have any idea how that feels?

Yes. I do.

I thought you were on our side.

You didn't think at all.

- -

Hey, watch it.

Sorry.

Not my first.

You all right?

You, uh…

lose someone in the attack?

How is he?

Same as before. Breathing.

Pulse is consistent.

Beyond that,

your guess is good as mine.

What's it doing to him?

The Hexcore has been evolving.

Shifting through runic patterns faster than I can keep up.

All I know for certain is that it's keeping him alive.

It's the sort of puzzle Viktor would love if he wasn't…

It should be me up there instead of him.

Don't say that.

He'll come back to us.

I still don't understand.

He was right next to me.

How does the explosion do that to him, and I just…?

I just walk out without a scratch?

There's no sense to these things, Jayce.

How'd it go with the Council?

My mother's entered the game.

She's already gotten her hooks into Salo.

Using his grief to make a play for Hextech.

Mel, I promised Viktor,

never again.

It's all right.

I handled it.

I won't let them corrupt your dream.

Caitlyn was there.

You might pay her a visit.

She hides it admirably, but the poor girl's in so much pain.

Hey, Sprout.

How'd you find me?

Your dad.

Mother and I used to come here when we needed an escape.

One of the few places we never argued.

I'm sorry I haven't been around.

How's Viktor?

I can't even tell if he's still in there.

Ever since it happened…

three faces keep spinning through my mind.

I see Mother.

When they found her.

And every fiber of me just sinks,

like a stone swallowed in dark water.

But then there's Jinx.

Laughing.

I want to tear that laugh from her throat forever.

Cait.

I know.

I just understand now

how easy it is to hate them.

One vicious act.

Then I see Vi.

I asked her to put on the uniform.

Suffice to say, she declined.

Vi? Wear a badge?

She thinks those gauntlets of yours will solve all her problems.