CH 3: Vander

(A/N: Guys, I just wanted to say and EMPHASIZE this, Slathilia (MC) is not a lolicon (fucking disgusting) or ANYTHING of that sort! He doesn't actually have serious feelings for Jinx. He only finds her future self attractive, and wants to have a relationship with her FUTURE self. Basically, at Act 1, he only sees her as a friend at most. Romantic parts will only start at Act 2 onwards.)

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"What? He doesn't remember anything?" Vander asked, shocked by what his daughter had revealed :"No memories about himself or his family?" But all he received was a shake of her head :"Nothing."

Vander :"This is a problem... Poor kid. But he doesn't seem to be from Undercity at all. You sure he isn't from Topside? It would be one hell of a problem if we were accused of kidnapping a Topside kid. His appearance doesn't belong to a normal person either."

Vi :"I told you, neither we nor ourselves know. But I don't think he's from Topside."

Vander :"Hm? Why do you say that?"

Vi :"Claggor pointed it out. Slathilia didn't seem to be bothered about being here at all. He's used to the gasses, like us."

Vander :"Hmm, if that's the case, I guess it's a good thing. Being accused of kidnapping, a high ranking family's kid at that, would definitely be a lot of trouble."

Vi :"*Scoff* If they're even willing to listen, at least. Those bastards will throw us into jail before asking anything."

Vander :"Sigh, well, anyhow, what now? You have anything planned for that kid?"

Vi :"I came here to see if you could help. I couldn't just leave him alone. Who knows what those sick freaks around here will do if they get their hands on him. I told you already, he was about to get kidnapped and sold before we even showed up."

Vander :"I heard it already, and I wasn't blaming or questioning you. You did the right thing. He's just a kid, after all. What I meant, was as in what are you going to do now? Do you want us to take care of him?"

Vi :"Sigh, that's what I was thinking. But I wanted to ask if you'd do it. I couldn't if you didn't. At least we could take care of him till he could take care of himself?"

Vander, smiling and patting her head :"Hahaha, you really do have a great heart. Sure, we can do that. I can't really ignore and throw him out after hearing about his situation now, can I? How can he take care of himself anyway? He's just a kid the same age as Powder."

Vi, pushing his hand away in slight annoyance :"Yeah, well, that's in terms of age. In fighting, he's completely different. We didn't even need to do anything to those thugs. After Slathilia woke up, he just bit one guy's finger off without hesitation and actually ate the whole thing right there! After that, he beat the shit of them by himself! Those guys were even older than I am, you know?"

Vander, surprised :"Wait, seriously? Tell me the details."

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Vander :"Hmm... he really isn't an ordinary kid, is he? He's that good at fighting, and he doesn't remember anything?"

Vi :"Yeah, the kid's all natural, I guess."

Vander :"Yeah, he's pure instincts. Also, he seems to possess some freaky strength, huh?"

Vi :"Yeah, he was swatting those guys around like they were flies. He also recognized Powder's bombs the moment he saw them, by the way."

Vander :"Wait, seriously? Everybody thinks those are cups with drawings on them. Even I think they are from time to time."

Vi :"Well, he did. *Chuckling* Why do you think Powder pulled him away so suddenly?"

Vander, chuckling :"Yeah, she did seem really excited. Guess she probably found herself a friend with the same hobby, huh? But still, for him to not only be good at fighting, but to also recognize bombs... is it just trained intuition?"

Vi :"I thought so too. He doesn't remember anything, but he immediately recognized them, so he must have messed around with bombs a lot before losing his memories."

Vander :"Probably. Well, I guess that's as much as I'll get for now. You go and spend time with the others or do whatever you want. Oh, by the way, if something seems familiar to Slathilia, try to have him focus on whatever that is. I've heard things like that can help with memory loss."

"Will do." She nodded with a smile before walking towards their bedroom, which was a comfy room that fitted them all easily. Reaching the room, she knocked before opening the door to see Mylo and Claggor just chilling, while Powder and Slathilia were sitting on her bed with a bunch of bombs carefully placed between them.

"And this one's Mouser! She's filled with nails, so when she explodes, all those nails fly around!" She explained enthusiastically before noticing her sister :"Oh, hey, Vi! What did you and Vander talk about?"

"Hey!" Slathilia also waved with a smile as she entered :"Nothing much. Just told him about Slathilia and his situation. Also, good news, Slathilia, Vander agreed that you can stay with us till you can take care of yourself."

Slathilia, genuinely shocked a bit :"Really? Is that alright?"

Vi :"Yeah, it's fine. We couldn't leave you on your own like this, after all."

Powder :"That's great, Thilia! Now you have a safe place to stay in, and we can work with bombs too!"

Vi :"Thilia? You giving him nicknames now?"

Mylo, throwing a ball at the wall and catching it :"Well, his name IS a mouthful, after all."

Slathilia, smirking :"You gonna have a mouthful of these nuts if you keep messing around."

Vi, hissing :"Oooh, goddamn!"

Powder, fist over her mouth :"Mylo just got served!"

Claggor, fist over his mouth :"Served? He just got owned! Couldn't be me."

Mylo, shocked before getting annoyed :"Man, to hell with you all!"

Vi, smirking :"Heh, guess Thilia's the mouth of the group now, huh?"

Slathilia, Leonardo DiCaprio smug smile :"I think Mylo has that covered. His mouth can do wonders! Especially when they come in pairs!"

Vi, hissing :"Oooh, burn!"

Powder, fist over her mouth :"Damn, Mylo!"

Claggor, fist over his mouth :"Oof, you want some cold water for that burn, Mylo?!"

Mylo, glaring at Slathilia :"Boy, I'mma beat your ass-"

Slathilia, raising fist :"You were saying?"

"..." Looking at the chain clad fist, Mylo froze up before sitting down :"I wasn't saying anything..." Causing everybody to laugh before Slathilia's stomach growled loudly, letting its wish for sacrifices be known.

"Sorry about that." The young boy said, slightly embarrassed as Vi chuckled :"It's alright. Who knows when you've eaten anything? C'mon, get up and let's go eat something. I know of a great place. Everyone, chop chop, get up. We're going to Jericho's."

"Oh, I can agree with that!" Powder stood up excitedly :"Come on then, let's go already!" While Mylo grumbled out an answer as he got up, everybody else chuckled and followed her.

Getting out of the room, they got Vander's attention, who was pouring some drinks for customers :"Going out already?" And Vi nodded :"Yeah, thought we might drop by Jericho's and eat something."

"Well, take care then." The old man smiled as they left after waving. While on the way, Slathilia spotted the elephant in the room, the tallest building in the distance, which seemed to be in a place that had a completely different air and aura than the Lanes :"Whoa, look at that!"

Hearing his voice of awe, the others turned to look as well. Just that when they saw it, they all either frowned or scowled. Vi scoffed :"That's where the owners of those enforcer dogs are. Piltover Council, they call them. Just some more assholes like those bastard enforcers."

"Oh, I see." He nodded :"But I kinda want to get a better look." He said, confusing the others as Powder questioned :"How? Do you... plan on going to Piltover?" But instead of answering, Slathilia simply smirked and cracked his fingers.

Suddenly, he jumped towards the nearest wall. But it wasn't a normal jump, he actually jumped several meters into the air, before jumping from one wall to another and then finally reaching the rooftop. All while the others watched in shock. They knew he was weird, but not that much.

"Oh, it really is one huge ass building!" He shouted at them from above. But after just looking for a few seconds, he shrugged and mumbled :"But well, nothing to modern time, I guess."

Walking towards the edge, he raised his foot to fall, causing everyone's eyes to widen. But before he could do so, Vi's shout reached his ear :"Wait, are you nuts?! Carefully climb down!"

"What? Why?" He questioned in confusion :"You just saw how I jumped up here, why bother?" But all he got as an answer was a glare :"I don't give a shit! Thilia, I swear to god, you'll either climb down carefully, or I'll come up and bring you down myself!"

"Gee, overprotective much? She already seeing me as some sort of brother or something? She really does have a good heart, huh?" He chuckled to himself before sighing :"Alright, fiiine." Dragging it out before he climbed down quickly but carefully.

"There. Happy?" He smirked as she gently flicked his forehead :"Don't get sassy with me. Anybody would break a bone or two if they're not careful when dropping from there." Earning an eye roll and a quiet mumble :"Not me though."

But instead of arguing, they continued their way to the place she was talking about. And when they reached it, they saw a 6 to 7 feet humanoid fish or shark looking guy chopping fish and such, cooking food for the customers.

Sitting behind the stand of his shop, Powder greeted happily :"Hey, Jericho!" While the others did their own greetings. Jericho turned around, showing his charming smile that resembled Slathilia's Symbiote side as he laughed, saying some things he didn't understand.

"Just give me the usual. Give this kid one of mine too." Vi ordered, nodding towards Slathilia who Jericho looked at curiously, seeming to be wondering about the identity of the new face. His smile still on his face. Something Slathilia suspected to be his default face.

Not that he complained about it. It was charming as hell. He had the face of a MC. He honestly wondered what he would look like with a Symbiote attached to him. Damn, that would be a sight to see.

Smiling back, Slathilia greeted :"Hey, Jericho! I'm Slathilia. You can just call me Thilia if you'd want. Nice to meetcha." Causing the shark guy to laugh as he nodded and said some more things. Which, to be honest, just sounded like loud, incoherent mumbling. But hey, it was obvious that he greeted him.

Afterwards, the others ordered as well and waited. When the food was placed in front of them, Vi smirked teasingly as she slowly turned to the black-haired boy sitting next to her :"Now, I don't think some clean looking kid like you will find this food appealing. But I can guarantee..."

But her words died down when she saw him gulping down everything in front of him without hesitation. Pieces of fish and other sea creatures' meat disappeared one after another as he wolfed them down with a look of bliss. His appetite and taste had also changed, apparently.

Tasting the delicious food between his sharp and powerful teeth, he couldn't help but let out a muffled, satisfied groan as he gulped. Licking his lips and around his mouth to clean the oil, he hummed happily :"Man, this food's awesome! You're one hell of a cook, Jericho!"

"Hoh hoh hoh!" Jericho laughed before preparing more food. Just as he cleaned his mouth, he heard Mylo's weirded out voice :"Damn, that's one weird ass tongue." Only then making him realize how long his tongue had gotten. Guess he didn't need to go Symbiote Mode for his tongue that made women weak at the knees to be there.

He just ignored him though. Simply enjoying his first meal after who knows how long. But just as he was enjoying it, his fingers hit the bottom of the empty plate. Looking down, he awwed in disappointment as he saw it completely empty.

Seeing his disappointed and sad pout, Vi couldn't help but laugh :"Hey, Jericho, give Thilia another one! His meals are on me!" Earning a grateful look from the young boy, and a voice of confirmation from Jericho.

Honestly, if not for his dirty hands and mouth, he'd hug her right there and then. What was more important than food? So how could he not view the person who gave him such delicious food as a saint?

'This girl is too good for that self righteous bitch, Caitlyn! I've made up my mind, I'll definitely save her myself in the future instead! For free meals!'