Chapter Text
Character Mentioned: Volibear
September 23, 1:12 A.M. - Gragas's Bar
"Are you sure this place has no cameras?"
"Yes, the twins told me when they arrived to get a drink,"
Aphelios, Shun, Alune and the others arrived at the bar, so Alune can explain to everyone without getting caught by Lissandra. Aphelios went to Gragas and pay him with money and looked at him.
"I need someone to find information about Lissandra, got it?" he nodded and grabbed four bottles of water and gave it to him. "I bought some water bottles just in case," he place them on the table and sat down.
"Alright Alune, tell us what happened to Aurora," Alune took a deep breath and she explains that a guy with long black hair, facial hair and a woman with spider legs kidnapped her on the hotel, she shows the video to Shun and the others, and they were shocked.
"Do you guys know who these two are?" Shun looked at Alune and Aphelios and they both shook their heads. "That's Sylas and Elise... why did they kidnapped Aurora?" Aphelios thought and looked at them.
"Have you seen the news about a prisoner escaped from Final City prison and presumed dead?" Aphelios asked and Shun's eyes went wide.
"How did you know that?" Shun ask as Aphelios remain calmed. "I saw the news while I was in Final City and I told my mother to be careful," he explained.
"I remember that Camille told me about him... the enforcers were chasing him in the Final City forest, and he jumped from a waterfall. Did Lissandra saved him?" Shun thought as he close his eyes and he was in the forest.
He saw Sylas running away from the police and he follows him, Sylas stops and looked at the police, one of them looks familiar to Shun.
"Is over Sylas!! There's no place to hide!!" A dog vastaya shouted at him. Sylas looked down and smirked at them.
"I can't hide, but I can jump," he jumped from the cliff as the officer tries to run to save him, but it was too late. Shun looked at the cliff and it was a waterfall, will he survived?
He looked at the waterfall and saw Lissandra with a parasol, he noticed that the waterfall is frozen to create a slide, because it was foggy in the forest, that's the reason that they couldn't see him. He opened his eyes and looked at everyone.
"You okay?" Aphelios ask and he nodded. "Yeah, I had a vision... and I know exactly how he survived," he pull out his tablet and opens a drawing app and did a sketch of the frozen waterfall and show it to everyone.
"A slide?" Hunter ask and raised an eyebrow. "Indeed, Lissandra has ice powers and she froze the waterfall to create a slide, and the forest was foggy. And that was the reason they couldn't see him or the slide," Shun explain as Aphelios smirks at him.
"Here's a problem... how Sylas has connections with Lissandra?" Soraka ask. "If I ask Camille or Hunter ask his father about Lissandra, it will be sus for us."
"Shun is right, it will be suspicious if he ask her about Lissandra visiting Sylas in jail. I'll ask Vi or Caitlyn about that," Shun looked at Aphelios and he decide to ask.
"Your thinking something Nundal?" Aphelios looked at Shun and nodded. "I have a plan. I have a reunion with Lissandra tomorrow, I will buy the best alcohol drink in Freljord City and she'll confess everything."
"That's so brilliant Nundal!!" Alune beam towards him. "But how? she has cameras and Aurora is kidnapped," Aphelios looked at Shun and he got an idea.
"Don't worry, I met someone today,"
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"Let me guess... tu amiga (your friend) got kidnapped?"
"How did you know that?" Aphelios ask while he's on a phone with Carrera. "Let just say that one of her classmates reported to the hotel and they put fliers on my floor," she explained while looking at the fliers on her hand.
"Can you help me with hacking the cameras during my conversation with Lissandra? My friend will be with his classmates in the morning and he couldn't handle both things?" He asked as Carrera starts thinking and nodded.
"I'll do it, but this is the last time I'll do a favor for you, got it?" Aphelios smile at her.
"Thanks Carrera, I'll repay you with something," she heard word repay and grins. "Anytime Mr.Kench, anytime," as Aphelios tries to hung up, he remembers something.
"One more thing, I need to search what drink makes Lissandra drunk and confess everything," Carrera sighed and remembers.
"Ask Gragas, he knows about alcohol and sh*t,"
"Thanks Carrera," he hung up his phone and calls Caitlyn.
"Cait, is me... I need a favor to ask,"
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September 23, 1:30 A.M. - Sett's Hotel Room
While Talon was sleeping, Sett decide to check on Aphelios's account, but he can't see because he's not one of his followers.
"Dammit!! Why can't I see his account!!" he tries to scream, but he forgot that Talon is sleeping. He decide to play some games on his phone until he saw a message notification from Aylana.
Chat:
Aylana: Hey... is me. I couldn't sleep... can we meet up in the lobby?
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Sett stretch his body and got up from his bed. He changed his pj's with some warm clothes and went to the hotel room were Aylana is in.
"Aylana... are you okay?"
"Yeah, I couldn't sleep because one of the students went missing..." he hugged her and kiss her head. "Is okay, they will find them, I promise. Let's have a walk shall we?" she nodded, grab his hand and they start walking through the hotel.
"Any plans for this morning?" she asked as Sett starts thinking and shook his head. "Viego and Thresh's flight got delayed due to the heavy snow, maybe I'll spend time with you," Aylana smile and she hugged his arm.
"Oh Setty, of course I'll spend with you," she smile and he smile back at her.
"Is she asleep?" Sett's ears heard something and looked at Aylana. "Did you say 'Is she asleep'?" Aylana shook her head, he decide to find were this voice came from and Aylana follows him.
He found the room were he heard the voice and looked at Aylana and told her to be quiet and she nodded. "Don't worry Lissandra, she's asleep like a baby," Sylas says on the phone.
"Good, put her underground with the rest of them, got it?"
"As you wish,"
"What are they talking about?" Aylana ask.
"I don't know... are they talking about the kidnapped student?"
"You got it right Beast Boy," Sett and Aylana lifts their heads and saw Elise in her spider form.
"And now is you two's turn!!"
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September 23, 2:07 A.M. - Gragas's Bar
"Good news Phel, we found some security footage of Sylas and Lissandra,"
"Oh thank god..." Aphelios sighed with relief when Caitlyn told the news. "And how did you do that?" he asked when he heard a sound and it was Vi taking Caitlyn's phone.
"Is simple, I pretend that I accidentally pour the coffee on Officer Volibear's laptop, so I can clean up and find the security footage," Vi explained as Caitlyn took her phone from Vi's hand.
"Anyway, I'll send the footage during Lissandra's party on September 27 because the Enforcers will be there for high security, and the snowstorm is so hard that the flights got cancelled for today and tomorrow,"
"Thanks, and I'll be patient," he hung up his phone and looked at Gragas. "This is the drink that makes Lissandra drunk a lot, is called High Noon," Gragas shows a squared glass bottle with brownish orange liquid.
"Does this make her drunk?" he asked and Gragas nodded. "Yup, one time, Lissandra ask me the strongest drink while she was angry at something and I reccomend it her this. She got so drunk and told bad things about Shurima City, and she went viral online," Aphelios remembers about the video that went viral while he was making breakfast for Thresh and he got mad at her.
"So she hates that drink and she starts drinking that is called Flora Fatalis, which is a soft alcohol drink that doesn't make her drunk. The problem is that High Noon's color is more darker than the Flora Fatalis, which is magenta, is imposible to add food coloring on High Noon," Aphelios looked at the High Noon bottle and saw the ingredients of the drink and got an idea.
"Gragas, what if I make the drink with the same ingredients of High Noon, with the drink being clear, I'll use a food coloring to match the Flora Fatalis drink," Gragas's eyes got wide and he nodded rapidly.
"That's good kiddo, but how will you try a taste test since your too young to drink. And I can't do it because I have work to do in the bar," Aphelios sighed because he knows someone who can try the drink.
"I'm sorry Carrera, I have no choice,"
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"Ese es la ultima vez que hagó un favor a tí!! (This your last chance that I'll do a favor to you!!)"
"Carrera I know, but I promise I'll pay you something good, I promise," Carrera sighed and she has no choice to do it for money.
"What is it you want?" she asked, putting her hand on her face. "I'm too young to drink alcohol and I need you to have a taste test," he explains.
"Very well... is it a strong drink, I can handle it... what kind of drink?"
"High Noon," Carrera almost stumbles when she heard the name. "Mr.Kench, this drink is too strong for me!!" Aphelios knew that Carrera can't handle the drink, he needs to find someone who can handle a strong drink.
"I'm not gonna bother you anymore, thanks anyway," he hung up the phone and lay down on the couch. He was very tired and he didn't have enough rest, a nap will be nice to him, so he close his eyes.
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???
"Let me guess... having trouble?" Aphelios opened his eyes and saw Karma. He got up from his bed and noticed that he's in a different place.
"Where am I?" he asked. "The Dream Forest, the castle has invaded by the nightmare."
"Is it Kayn?" Karma shook her head. "Is someone else, but don't worry I'll handle it," Aphelios is worried about Karma, but he needs to focus on Lissandra.
"What is it you need?" she ask. "Can you handle the alcohol Karma?" she nodded.
"Is it High Noon?"
"How did y-"
"I'm really good at handling strong drinks, and High Noon is one of them, why you need me anyway?" Aphelios ask Karma about Lissandra and he needs to make a drink and disguise it as her favorite drink Flora Fatalis.
"I'll make the drink and I'll deliver in the morning,"
"Thanks Karma, I couldn't have done it without your help," Karma has her recipe book about alcohol drinks and she found the High Noon drink, she mix the ingredients and use red and purple food coloring to make a shade of magenta along with edible glitter.
She finishes the drink and show it to Aphelios. "Can you drink if is like the drink?" she pour the disguised drink to a cup, and she drank it. "It taste like the High Noon drink, is a bit strong, but it will work," Karma pours the drink onto a glass bottle with details carved along with a flower shaped cap.
"You deserve the rest you need Phel, I'll leave the bottle on t-"
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*beep*
*beep*
*beep*
Ughhh...
Aphelios opened his eyes and noticed that he slept on the couch, he noticed a gift bag is on the floor. He grabbed the bag and saw a note from Karma.
Dear Mr.Kench:
I know you had a difficult time to find someone to do a taste test, luckily I'm good at hold at strong drinks.
I finally made the drink you requested, don't ask me why. I follow the ingredients of High Noon and use a type of coloring to look similar to Flora Fatalis.
I'm glad I was able to help you with that, and I'll see you again.
Sincerely,
Karma.
Aphelios smile at the letter and puts it away in his pocket, he pulls out his cellphone and is 6:50 A.M. he still has time to get ready for the meeting with Lissandra, he send a message to Shun and told him that he finished the drink and he found someone who can hold strong drinks who did a taste test, and it was the same.
Chat:
Shun: Nice, before I go... have you heard that Sett and Aylana got kidnapped?
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Aphelios almost dropped his phone when he learn that Sett got kidnapped, could it be Sylas and Elise? he decide to text him back.
Chat:
Dal: Could it be Sylas and Elise?
Shun: I don't know... but the students and faculty of Noxus College are worried about them
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Aphelios felt something on him, like worried of something. Sett may hurt him in the past, but he's not evil compare to Thresh or his other friends that he has, he made a decision.
"Sett, I will save you,"