4 The competition

( happy New Years everyone hope you all have a wonderful next year :) hope you enjoy this chap )

Once he entered the last drop he saw Vander serving a Patron a drink " hey kid you look quite happy something happen " vander asked " I'm surprised Powder didn't tell you already " Damien said he then took a seat at the counter " I got noticed for my shooting skills and was invited to a shooting competition " Vander had a vague look of interest and scepticism then Damien pulled out the invitation with the kirammans seal Vander picked up the letter and inspected it closer Damien then said " I will be going " without a hint of fear in his voice " beside I can take care of myself and I know how to behave as to not be executed by the upper city " Vander sighed but then says " fine just….be careful and… don't anger anyone especially those in the council " Damien nods " of course anyways need help with anything old man " Damien smiled at this with a slight smirk from Vander " no now go see the others"

Damien found them it the old arcade vi fighting with a sparing bot that Damien and Powder fixed up Milo and Claggor were having a shooting contest and Powder was playing pin ball Damien quickly called everyone over to explain at least to those who didn't know he left Powder to her pin ball Vi Milo and Claggor had a difficult expressions on their faces Damien sighed " you guys are being quite dramatic it's just a competition nothing more or less than that " his tail and ears twitched he herd the howls and screeches of the creatures but tried to ignore them Milo stood up " so are you gonna leave us for the topsides " Damien couldn't understand " no why would I your all my family just cause I do some business with them and now get invited to some competition means nothing I'm building connections to protect us when we're older and to get some extra cogs ( piltovers currency ) along the way " Vi then finally added her piece " so you think we can't handle them " Damien began to get frustrated " I think you can but Vanders not gonna be around forever to cover for us and you can't punch your way out of everything I'm thinking ahead for all of us" Damien then took a deep breath everyone was in there head thinking even Powder stopped playing and was in her head " I think you all need to take some time to fully understand my idea therefore sleep on it and hopefully you can all see the picture I'm painting for us " with that Damien left noticing the many creatures that sat just outside the arcade this was the first time they stayed after an outburst urge he could usually hear them after an outburst but never fully see them

*time skip*

Today was the day for the competition and once Damien got to the venue and entered he could feel some stares he quickly noticed a few other council members but other then that the rest he assumed were high ranking families in piltovers politics and due to his overall appearance and body language many could immediately pick him out as an outsider " it's great that you could come " said the younger kiramman who he had only recently learned the name of " it's just as great to come here I can't wait to test my skills against the great people who are participating in today's competition " she smiled then showed him to his seat and once figuring out his seating arrangements he quickly got himself a drink of water then the competition began

There seemed to be quite a few competitors so there were 3 groups in total Damien could immediately sense that those in his group were good but not really that good most were highly annoying and snotty others were somewhat kind to him to many reasons sadly he couldn't see them he could only imagine what some of them might be thinking ' an illegitimate child of the kiramman, a blackmailer from the undercity ' these we just a few of the outlandish things Damien thought up

All of these thoughts quickly left when they got up to shoot in which it was clear that Damien was in another level when it came to shooting while it may not be his main way of hunting his mother did not let his shooting skills lack to the spectators it seemed as though Damien lost all emotions and they swore they could see his eyes glow slightly without question Damien won by miles in his group and would go on to play against the 2 other finalist

One of them he knew as Caitlyn kiramman and the enforcer chief Damien felt an equal amount of skill across him and Caitlyn but he felt slightly worse then the enforcer chief it was quite the close match in the end he came second he was sure that the enforcer chief would have won but it seems she had hesitated leading to Caitlyn getting first and him second

During the after party Caitlyn had confronted the enforcer chief about the hesitation though Damien ignored it it was her own choice it not shoot immediately he also now had to deal with people praising his shooting skills which he himself felt he could do better on and although many were annoying he gave everyone the time of day though by the end of the party he was mentally exhausted