Hiding these Violet Eyes Arc 2 Part 9
Chapter 36: Operation: Be Part of his Symphony
Summary: Aphelios and his friends decides to make a plan to stop Jhin and Cassiopeia once it for all, and they worked together as a team.
Song: Symphony by Clean Bandit ft.Zara Larson
March 9, 8:50 P.M. - Ahri's Penthouse
"Okay everyone, I made some of food that I taught from my mom!!" Vi shows everyone the delicious food that she made with Jinx, which made everyone drooled.
"Bon A-" Vi stops Kayn and glares at him. "You're not gonna eat this, here's your food," Vi gave Kayn a bowl of dog food and he left.
"I know you're going to flip the bird Shieda," Caitlyn warned him and he went on the couch. Aurora was eating her food on the couch while watching some cartoons on her tablet, she noticed Kayn trying to eat dog food, and she decides to give her food to him.
"Why are you giving this?" he grunts at her. "Because you have to be kind, didn't your parents taught you that?" Kayn's eyes got wide open when Aurora mentions about his parents.
He grabbed her food and ate it. "You're so kind Aurora, but you'll get betrayed by someone, remember that," Caitlyn explained and she frowns, which made Caitlyn panicked.
"What I meant to said is that you have to be careful, I did get betrayed by some b*tch named Maddie, and she got her badge ripped by Vi's trap," Caitlyn explained as Aurora wants to ask some questions.
"What's a B-" Caitlyn put some fries on Aurora's mouth and she starts eating. "Let me get you some food, shall we?" Aurora nodded and they both went to the kitchen.
"I never had home-made food in my life," Ahri said while trying Vi's homemade steak along with Solene. "Indeed, it brings back good memories," Solene said as Aphelios use his spoon on a glass of juice to make a sound.
"May I have your attention please," everyone turned and looked at Aphelios.
I just want to thank you guys for joining me for my quest to take my revenge on Thresh.
We've been victims not only from him, but also the people he has connections with.
I've been treated badly by him, he sent me to an asylum, I tried to escape, but I got captured again, and I died by the flames.
I rise from the ashes like a phoenix, with the help of Evelynn, Yasuo and my friends. Now it was my turn that I saved you guys: Janna, Zeri, Solene, Ahri,
"That we need to save him from Jhin before is too late," Aphelios gave his speech to everyone and starts clapping.
"But how will we do that Phel? There's a lot of security and this guy has set traps everywhere," Ekko said as Aphelios smirks at him.
As Aphelios and everyone was waiting for Vi and Caitlyn to bring Ezreal from the hotel, Ahri appears while holding something on her hands. "May I sit next to you?" he nodded and she sat down.
"I know your friend had some problems with romance, this happens to me as well, but not like a quarrel or betrayal..." Aphelios raised his eyebrow to Ahri and she looked at him.
"I got something to show you," Ahri pulls out a box of bracelets that were designed for men. "I'm planning to show those prototypes to the jewelry store, but I think I made the decision to show it to you first," Ahri explained while he looks at them.
"You can pick one if you want, it should consider a gift," Aphelios was looking at the bracelets, one of them is made of leather, the other is silver, but... he got his eyes on one particular bracelet: is a gold beaded bracelet with a crescent moon charm.
He picked the bracelet and smile under his mask. "You like this one?" Ahri asked and he nodded. "Press the gem on the crescent moon charm," Aphelios did as she said, he pressed the gem on the charm and transformed into a key.
"Yep, and it comes with this journal, you can write your day, problems you have, etc." Ahri gave a journal which is purple with teal markings and a crescent moon shaped lock.
Aphelios really needed something to write since Thresh burned his journal he had when he was in Valoran City, but Yone and K'Sante kept a copy of the journal he wrote just and gave it to him when he left Valoran City and kept it in a hidden safe that no one knows.
"Ahri, I know you're helping me, but... I can't a-"
"I know, but you need something to write, trust me," Aphelios tries to answer until Caitlyn and Vi arrived with Ezreal.
"Got Mr.Pretty Boy here as you requested," Vi grins at Aphelios and he went to him. "Phel, I don't w-"
"Is not about Kayn, is about me Ez. You're the master of disguise, and I need you," Ezreal's eyes went wide and he nodded.
"I'll do it for you Phel," Aphelios smile at Ezreal and everyone comes out of their hiding spot, except for Kayn who's hiding in Ahri's room listening the conversation.
"Alright, let the first battle begin. Operation: Be Part of his Symphony."
March 9, 9:00 P.M. - Xayah's Apartment
Caitlyn and Aurora appears and pulled out a large blueprints and place it onto the dinning room and reveals the map of the center that Jhin will perform tomorrow.
"Here's the map, I distract the officers of Final City while Aurora hacked to the system and got the blueprints of the center," Caitlyn explains while Aphelios looked at the blueprints.
He started thinking about the plan and he saw the vision that he had since he escaped from Glasc Asylum.
First thing is that Ez and Xayah are in charged of the outfits. Xayah will design mine and Evelynn's outfits while Ez, Yone and Sarah will design the outfits that Solene's bodyguards are wearing.
But... there's a twist...
They will wear the same mask that I have, instead of plastic, it will be 3D printed by Ekko and Zeri, and it will have different markings.
Second, Vi and Caitlyn are in charged of the security while everyone is gazing at the celebrities. They only pass the ones who are not wearing the bodyguard disguise, who are Zed, Yasuo, Yone and K'Sante who are in charged to find the hiding place where Hwei is captive.
Finally, Sona and Seraphine will be in the sound booth with Kayn, while Akali, Ekko, Jinx and Ezreal on the backstage to expose him.
"That's a good plan Phel, but the news reporter is good with gossip, what will you do?" Aphelios smirks at Caitlyn and show her the news of the news reporter got fired by a cheating scandal, which made them shocked.
"You can thank me sister in law. Ziggs, Sevika and I went undercover to find some news for Jhin and we saw that b*tch having fun with her colleague and I posted it on the internet," Jinx explains which Vi tries to strangle her, but Aphelios stopped her.
"Now with the news reporter gone, the news station is looking for a news reporter, and I know who will get the job," everyone looked at Janna and she got scared.
"Nuh uh!! What if I screw my job again a-" Aphelios placed his hands on her shoulders and smile. "I believe in you Janna, trust me," Janna looked at Aphelios and she nodded in agreement.
"Alright everyone, is time to work!!"
Everyone starts working on Aphelios trap, Xayah is designing the outfit for Aphelios and Evelynn which is blue, white and gold theme, while Ezreal, Yone and Sarah are working for the disguises for the rest of the gang.
"All done, but how do we make the masks? We don't have a-"
"A 3D printer?" Sarah and Yone looked at Ekko and Zeri carrying the 3D Printer and bottles of resin and place it onto the table. "Where did you get that?" Yone asked them.
"We stole it from Jayce and ship it to Xayah's apartment," Ekko explained and made Yone sighed and facepalm.
They went to make the masks, and they were done. Then, they changed it using isopropyl alcohol, then they remove some parts of the print, then they sand it to make it clean, polishing, priming and painting, coating and curing the masks.
"Shoot it, slice it," Ekko said as Caitlyn pulls out her riffle and shoots the mask, same goes for Yasuo who pulls out his katana and slashed the masks and they were resistant.
"Zeri and I custom made those resins, so it will be resistant on any kind of damage," Ekko explained as Yone looked at Yasuo. "How did the security let your sword in the airport?" Yone asked as Yasuo and Ahri looked away of embarrassment.
Meanwhile, Aurora and Bard appears very scared. "Did you find something from him?" Aphelios ask and she nodded. "He's planting a lotus shaped bombs on the concert," Aurora shows the messages of her and Jin's assistant.
This shocked Aphelios and looked at Vi and Caitlyn. "Do you know how to defuse a bomb?" they both shook their faces. "But Zed can," they both turned and saw Kayn with a bag of chips.
"He knows everything than you two, and you Kiramman, you only use bear traps with c-" Kayn got silenced when Caitlyn targets him with her riffle.
"With what?" she asked and Kayn left. "He had a tough past, but I'll never forgive him for hurting Ez," Caitlyn said and puts her riffle away.
Janna jumped very excited and went to everyone. "I GOT THE JOB!!" everyone starts cheering on Janna on getting the job. They decide to host a small party, because the big one will begin.
March 10, 6:30 A.M. - Xayah's Apartment
Aphelios woke up from the sofa and saw everyone sleeping, some of them slept separate like Kayn and Ezreal, and some of them end up cuddling together like Vi, Caitlyn and the other couples, which made Aphelios sad.
"Sett..." he heard the coffee machine sounds and saw Evelynn making coffee. "Eve, you're early?" he asked and she nodded.
"Yeah, we need to get ready for the Blue Carpet tonight," Aphelios nearly forgot about the plan and he went to the dinning room to eat breakfast.
"Phel, I need to tell you something," Aphelios looked at Evelynn confused and she gave him a folder. "Those are the contract that my husband and Thresh made before our marriage. You want to terminate it or not, is your decision," she explained while he looked at the papers carefully and he got an idea.
"Eve, I've made my decision."
Ahri took Aphelios and Evelynn to her favorite beauty salon and was greeted by the stylist. "Ahri darling, what can I do for you?" the stylist asked her, "I want my two friends to look good as ever," Ahri said and he nodded.
"Yes darling. Genevieve, we have special customers for Jhin's concert!!" the stylist calls his stylist friend and she appears.
"Which one should I style?"
"Nundal Kench, can I call you Dal or Mr.Kench?" Genevieve ask and he sighed. "Just kidding, so... what can I do with you long hair?" she asked and he starts thinking.
"I want to cut, but not too short, like in the shoulder like this," he gave a photo of the hair style and she nodded. "Of course darling. I'll wash it, trim it and blow it with my hair dryer," Genevieve explained and went to get her tools for Aphelios' hair.
"Orianna will arrived shortly and she will use some movie makeup to cover that burn scar."
"Thanks Ahri," Genevieve returns with her styling tools and smile at him. "Let's begin, shall we?" Genevieve wash his white hair with great hair products, then she cut his hair onto his shoulder and dries it with a blow dryer.
"All done, Ori is coming, right?" Ahri nodded as Genevieve looked at Aphelios. "Glitter or Tensil?" she asked and he smirks.
"Glitter and I want blue streaks to my hair," Genevieve gasped and she pulls out the cans of hair color spray and glitter.
"You will love my master piece Mr.Kench,"
Orianna arrived a bit late because of the traffic, but she's not late for his makeup. "May I take off your mask, Phel?" Aphelios sighed and took off his mask and reveal his burn scar which shocks the girls.
"Where did that happen?" Orianna ask. "It was Renata Glasc, the owner of The Glasc Asylum," Orianna caught her makeup bag just in time when she heard Renata's name.
"You know her Ori?" Ahri ask and she nodded. "I heard my father had a phone call before his arrest, but I'll explain once everything is over, or you can visit him in jail," Orianna gave Aphelios a small paper of the address and he puts away.
"Are you planning to get a surgery?" Orianna ask while analyzing the burn scar and some other scars like the one in his eyebrow and two on his lips.
"Yes, but they're expensive," Ahri pulls out her phone. "Tell me, who's in charge?" she ask. "Shen," she found Shen's phone number and calls him.
"Ahri? How did y-Oh yeah... I called you because Yasuo got drunk and I found your phone number, so what do you want?" he ask.
"I want to pay Aphelios' surgery for his face and vocal cord damage," Aphelios' eyes got wide when Ahri decides to pay for his surgeries.
"Listen... I made some big mistakes Shen. And I know money doesn't help, but..." she looked at Aphelios and tears appears on her eyes and started crying.
"He suffered so much Shen... he had a rough childhood and he got betrayed by his ex..." she started to cry as Shen felt Ahri's pain and he nodded.
"I have a friend who will do the surgery, and she will do the vocal cord surgery and the face reconstruction surgery."
"But... why..." she asked. "I have a project Ahri, most of Runeterra doesn't have hospitals with good conditions, and I need to accomplish that," Ahri understood Shen's dreams and accept that his friend will help him.
"I'll talk to her and she will explain to me, and then to you and Phel, got it?" Ahri nodded and they both exchanged their goodbyes and she hung up her phone.
Ahri turn and look at Aphelios and smile.
"Dry your tears boy, let's get ready for the Blue Carpet,"
March 9, 6:29 P.M. - Blue Carpet
"I'm Dominic Carter, and I'm here for the blue carpet of Khada Jhin's concert, and I'm here with a special guest joining with me,"
Aphelios was looking at Janna nervous, he decides to text her to calm her down.
Janna: I'm a bit nervous... is been years that I did as a news reporter... well... for weather news actually 😮💨
Dal: I know you can do it, trust me
Janna: Okay... at least you calmed me Phel
Aphelios looked at the news reporter talking about to bring Janna onto the Blue Carpet and he texted her back.
Janna: I was born to be ready 😼
"Please welcome Janna!!" Janna appears with her hair tied in a bun with aqua accessories, wearing silver and aqua makeup to pop out her blue eyes and wears a white dress with aqua gems, white gloves and silver heels.
"Thanks for inviting me Dominic, you look handsome in white and gold," Janna compliment the reporter and he smiles.
"Thanks Janna, and you looked beautiful as ever," Janna smile at him, which made Aphelios smile.
"Here come Thresh along with Settrigh," Janna got nervous when she heard Thresh's name. She saw him along with Sett and The Du Coteaus.
Thresh's hair is shorth and wears a navy blue fedora with a silver ribbon and he wears a navy blue suit with a black buttoned shirt that reveal his pecs, black shoe and his cane is black and silver.
Sett's hair is shorter and combed back, he wears a black suit with silver details, a white collar shirt with a blue tie, black gloves with silver rings along with the moon necklace that he bought for Aphelios for his confession and he wears black shoes.
"Do yo want to interview them?" Dominic asks Janna and she shook her head. "Very well, why don't you interview Diana, her niece Alune and her friend Solene."
"I will," Janna went to Diana and her family. Diana's hair is styled in waves with glitter, her makeup is silver and black, along with red lipstick, she wears a navy blue dress with silver sparkles, one long black glove, silver jewelry and silver heels.
Alune's hair is still hot pink hair with black streaks and is styled in a braid and decorated with gems, black smokey eyeshadow and glossy pink lips and she wears a black dress with lace, black lace gloves with pearl accessories, black fishnet stockings and black ankle boots.
Solene's hair is half shaved and has navy blue tips, dark blue and silver eyeshadow and blue lipstick and a wears a navy blue blazer that reveals their top, silver jewelry, navy blue flared pants and black heels.
"Here's Diana, Alune and Solene. You look amazing, the three of you," Janna said as Solene smile at her back.
"Oh Janna, you too!! I met with my best judy and her niece, while I was on my tour, isn't that right?" Alune rolled her eyes, but Diana shoulder her.
"Your planning to do tours on other cities?" Janna ask while Solene is in character.
"Alune looks sad..." Aurora said as Yone and K'Sante nodded. "Indeed, she's acting tough so no one will recognize it," Yone explained and looked at Aurora.
"Help her Aurora, my husband, my brother and I will save Hwei," Aurora nodded and use her wand to open a portal and hop on. She sneaks in the Blue Carpet.
"Excuse me darling, I'll let my bestie talks to you," Solene leaves as they greet their fans in the blue carpet. Solene thumbs up to his fans, but it was actually the signal for Aphelios.
"Is time guys," Aphelios and his friends puts their mask on and got out of the limousine and started walking on The Blue Carpet.
Everyone saw Aphelios and Evelynn surrounded by bodyguards, including Thresh, Sett, The Du Coteaus, Diana, Alune, Lucian, etc.
The Bodyguards has the same mask that Aphelios has, their suits are navy blue with silver details, white Sparkling gloves, and silver shoes. Meanwhile, Aphelios and Evelynn are wearing silver cloaks with white fur to complement of Evelynn finding Aphelios on the snow.
The fans starts squealing at the two of them, and one of them tries to jump to him, but security caught them. Aphelios looked at the man and smirked at him. "Do you have a lighter?" A man gives Aphelios the lighter and he was confused why. He turned on the lighter and remembers the flames of The Glasc Asylum, and a vision that he saw a house on fire, an eerie laugh and he shook his head.
"You okay?" Evelynn ask and he nodded.
A/N: That concludes Part 9 guys!! The last part will be a roller coaster of emotions, and you have to see on Wednesday.