"So your mom's just making you stand with her for progress day?" Powder snorted as she stood sideways at the range and pulled the trigger on her gun watching it blast and hit the target in the head.

"It's utterly bullshit, other officers think I'm a joke," Caitlyn watched her practice now that she was off duty.

"Well mommy takes care of everything, of course they think your a joke," powder grinned shooting a few more times and hitting the target every time.

"Do you think people will take you as a joke when you work with hextech because of Jayce?" The violet hair girl rested her chin on her fist.

"Nope, because he's not my dad," she hummed.

"He's your guardian,"

"He didn't make me an inventor, I've always been one, I just add to hextech with my own geniusness," powder corrected shooting again.

"He gave you tools," Caitlyn reminded her.

"Our careers are not the same Girl Scout, you can't compare us," powder glanced at her.

"You have three council members in your favor, you can't disagree that you haven't had an advantage," she huffed shaking her head.

"Three?" powder raised a brow.

"Jayce?" Caitlyn asked like it was obvious.

"Oh wait-" she covered her mouth wide eyes.

"What do you know?" Powder lowered her weapon.

Caitlyn hesitated and tsked to herself.

"I might've heard the council want to offer a position to mr tailis," the older girl pursed her lips. "I thought they told him already,"

"No way, that's huge," powder gasped surprised.

"Don't say anything!" Caitlyn begged.

"Don't get your britches in a twist, I won't bring it up," the younger girl grinned back at her.

"How have you been pow? Jayce told me about the other day after junior broke," Caitlyn asked concerned.

"What about it? Everything's fine, I'm fine, pow pow junior is fine, everything is fine," powder turned her back to fiddle with her gun and to face away from the other girl.

"Don't lie," she tilted her head worried. Powder raised the gun and shot the weapon without looking at the target. She hit it perfectly.

"I'm not-I'm not lying," powder closed her eyes and her head twitched to the side.

"It was a stressful situation, I'm better now, Viktor helped me with some stuff even," she spun around with a smile but Caitlyn didn't buy it. Her face stayed serious as she watched powders facial reaction.

"I'm better, okay?" Powders smile dropped as she white knuckled her guns handle.

"Okay, if you insist," Caitlyn put her hands up.

"You girls playing nice?" Mel walked in the range with her hands held softly in front of her.

"Hey Mel," powders face lit up and put her gun in its holder as Caitlyn went quiet.

"Good afternoon powder doll," Mel cupped her face as the girl hummed at her touch.

"Caitlyn are you joining us for lunch?" Mel asked sweetly as powder wrapped her arms around Mel and had the back of her head rubbed by the councilor. 

"No i still have some paper work to do, you two have fun, I'll see you later powder," Caitlyn stood up and grabbed powders gun, shooting the target directly in the heart rather than the head.

"Two points," she winked and powder grabbed her gun back.

"Better luck next time Girl Scout," powder stuck out her tongue as she left with Mel.

"I'm glad you're hanging out people closer to your age," Mel stroked the back of powders hair and held One of her long blue braids in her hand, fixing a golden charm for her.

"She's like five years older than me," powder didn't mind Mel touching her hair.

"And still seven years younger than me," Mel smiled softly.

"You sent her to check on me didn't you?" The young woman sighed a little and Mel pursed her lips.

"In a way," Mel admitted and powder poured a little.

"You all worry to much, it's literally fine," she waved her off pulling her hair back.

"We worry because we love you powder, your like my little sister, I hate to see you in pain," Mel told her quietly and powder swallowed a lump in her throat.

When little pow pow was damaged last week, something in powder snapped, the voices stopped whispering and started screeching in her ear, a buzzing behind her eyes made it hard for her to concentrate. Powder swung at anyone who got to close and told them all to shut up, even tho no one spoke. Her melt down lead to two enforcers being hospitalized but because one of them hurt her first it was seen as self defense.

But it was a bad melt down compared to others since she's been medicated. No one, not even powder, knows what triggered her so bad. It was all against her will. She didn't come out of her lab for over a day, Viktor stayed with her for most of the time.

"I know," powder whispered staring at the ground while they walked.

"It all just sent me somewhere dark... somewhere jinx was," she stopped and Mel stopped a few steps ahead.

"Jinx isn't you though, we all have something dark in us, but we need each other to pull each other out of those dark places, be each others light," Mel stepped closer and touched her hands gently and rubbed the top of powders pale hand.

"Thank you Mel... I don't know where I would be without you, without Viktor and Jayce, thank you," powder inhaled a shaky breath.

"Anything for you darling," Mel pecked her forehead and powder smiled at her idol.

Something about the girls spending time together felt healing for each other. Mel was the older sister powder needed for guidance and for reassurance, she never raised her voice in anger, she only touched her with kindness and compassion. And powder was like a breath of fresh air, she had such a whimsical eye for creation, her brain was filled will ideas that never end to amaze everyone, she brought everyone's inner child out to feel healed and shine.

Mel only felt love and pride for the protege of hextech.

Powder found peace and comfort by the councilor.

"So my dearest what shall we get for lunch? I'm starving," Mel pulled powder along by her hand.

The girls chatted as they were arm n arm with each other, the sun was bright and the sky was clear. It was a beautiful day to be outside.

Powder felt eyes on her and couldn't help but look over her shoulder seeing if someone was following them but no one seemed suspicious to her, it was all piltover citizens that were just enjoying their day as anyone else would. She turned her attention back to Mel who was rambling about something pow didn't completely grasp herself. But the blue hair girl kept her guard up.

Not seeing someone hiding behind a building with wide eyes, their breath caught in their chest. Looking around the corner seeing powders long braids that just barely touched her ankles, a familiar sway in her step. Yet seemed like a completely different person.

"Powder?" They whispered in disbelief.