time manipulation · arcane · zaun · leader · inventor · parkour · hardened · resilient · strategic · firelights
Reality *clicked* into brutal clarity. Ekko gasped, his lungs scalded by the sudden rush of air. Neon smears and plumes of steam clouded his sight. This wasn't Zaun. Not *his* Zaun. Jayce. Heimerdinger. The gate—*What did we unleash?* He pushed himself upright, his hands trembling. They were too long. A scar crossed his knuckles that didn't belong. His breath caught. 'This... this is wrong.' *Bezo's shop.* It looked pristine, prosperous. Gadgets purred on the shelves. Outside, laughter rang out. He clenched his jaw, and then a white-hot needle of pain pierced his temple. **FLASH.** Piltover burning. Silco alive and scheming. A Powder who never shattered. **FLASH.** Vi wearing Enforcer blue. Viktor in chains. A colder, harder Ekko locked in combat with a faceless stranger.