"Oooh, sandwiches!" Even if mostly curious, his curiosity wouldn't be able to win over his hunger most of the time. Such as this time, when he saw two untouched and delicious looking sandwiches on a table with blueprints on it.
Picking both up, he gave one to Powder, who smiled happily :"Thanks!" Before both of them dug in, a look of pure bliss showing up on their faces as they took a bite. But something caught Powder's attention. A box hidden under the blueprints.
Putting the sandwich aside while Slathilia still ate his, she tried to pick up the box. But she was unable to, since it was too heavy. As she looked at it, she pressed a button that opened the box, revealing six of the same crystals they saw before. Immediately, that craving, that hunger, came back.
Powder picked one up, looking at her own reflection on the rough surface of the blue crystal. Deciding to leave the exploding of the building to her, Slathilia just looked around and ate his sandwich. It was kinda her canon event, after all. But his ears perked up when he heard footsteps of two individuals coming towards them.
They were still a little bit away though. His Superhuman Senses and Symbiotic Sense had just reminded him a lot earlier. Humming to himself in confliction, he still decided to let things flow naturally. He really didn't want there to be a mistake and for Jinx to not be born. After all, as fond as he was of Powder, he was in love with Jinx instead. So until she was Jinx, he wouldn't risk getting involved too much.
(A/N: Slathilia will start getting active after Act 1, which is when he won't be hiding his powers anymore. So bear with it for a few more chapters. I will make it up for you though, since this story will go to a completely different path than the original starting Act 2.)
Seeing that she wasn't going to eat her sandwich, Thilia pointed at it :"Since you're not eating it, can I take it?" Causing her giggle :"You're always hungry, huh? Sure, go ahead." And he smiled as he threw the entire thing between his teeth-turned-to-fangs.
But after a little bit, once he heard the footsteps getting a lot closer, he heard Vi whisper shout Mylo's name. Probably to lock the door with the chair or something as she rushed towards the room they were in :"Guys, we gotta go!"
Slathilia nodded and rushed out with Powder following him after picking up all the crystals. But just as she put them in her pouch, one of them fell out and hit the ground, letting out small waves of electricity that only Thilia sensed. He himself didn't stop nor did he stop it though. Even when he sensed the energy contained in it from afar going haywire, he simply kept running along with the girls.
"We'll be fine. Just get back on the roof!" Vi whisper-shouted as she tightened the bag. All while the door was being kicked and pushed to force it open. Just as she picked up the bag and rushed to the balcony, where the others were, Slathilia sensed the energy hit the peak out of nowhere before exploding suddenly. Knocking them back, blowing up the room and their side of the building.
Thankfully, Vi was alright though. "Hold on!" She shouted as she pushed them back so they wouldn't fall off from where the walls and floor were beginning to collapse. Fortunately, just the room blew up and the walls of it collapsed. Nothing more serious. Unfortunately, the guards below saw Vi looking down at the broken wall now on the ground.
"Shit." She cursed before the most menacing police signal that Slathilia had ever heard, even in movies and such, began to blow and echo around the streets. Heck, not even a villain's signal sounded that menacing and evil. It sounded like the sounds of a demonic elephant.
They didn't waste any more time. Immediately starting to run away after getting on the streets. "Stop right there!" An enforcer shouted, causing Slathilia to roll his eyes as he threw a metal ball that turned into a rope to catch them, which Thilia dodged :'Sure, anything else you'd like to ask from a bunch of criminals, your highness?'
(A/N: What the hell is the name of those things?)
Thankfully, Slathilia had always worn masks and had forced Vi to do the same when coming to Piltover to sing or play music. Otherwise, with how famous he had gotten, a lot of people would've definitely recognized Serenade and his helper.
"Get them off!" Another one shouted, throwing yet another one of those balls. Instead of dodging, he whipped his chain at it, causing it to circle around it and catch his chain instead. Which he just turned into liquid just for a moment to get rid of the rope.
"Faster!" Vi shouted as they continued running. When Thilia sensed another ball coming, he quickly grabbed Powder so it wouldn't catch her. "Thanks!" The blue-haired girl thanked when she saw the ball that had missed her foot by just a bit, blushing when she saw Slathilia carrying her bridal style :"You're welcome! Now hang on tight!"
They barely made it across the bridge that rose to make way for a ship. But so did a few enforcers. Except an unfortunate soul who fell down on said ship. "This way!" Vi shouted as they entered an alley, where Mylo nearly missed and got caught. He managed to dodge and keep running though.
Entering an even smaller alley, they continued running. Vi hit a metal pipe, actually managing to break it and let the air inside to aggressively spill out, blocking the enforcers' view and giving them a few seconds to turn to another alley and miss the enforcers. When they came across a sewer tunnel or something alike, Vi pulled out the small manhole, beckoning them to jump in as Slathilia put Powder down.
Looking at the dirty tunnel, Mylo groaned :"Oh, man, not again. I just got this shirt-" But Vi kicked him down the tunnel, sending him sliding down as the others followed after. Poor Mylo, after hitting the ground, also had to endure Claggor's fat ass falling on top of him.
As Slathilia also fell, his Symbiotic Sense warned him off someone falling on him. Raising his hand, he let whoever it was to fall in his arms, sparing them the pain of falling. And a moment later, Powder fell on his arms once again.
"Oh, thanks." She said after not sensing any pain, blushing when she saw Thilia's face so close as she smiled :"You're welcome." A second later, Vi also arrived with the bag in her arms.
Mylo :"Thought last time was the last time we were gonna do this."
Vi :"Well, this time's the last time."
Claggor :"Guys, what was that? What the hell happened back there?"
At Claggor's question, everyone turned to Powder. Even Slathilia looked down at the blue-haired girl still in his arms, causing her to pout in an offended manner :"I don't know. I didn't do anything. Thilia, you saw it too!"
Mylo :"You could fill a damn library with all the things you didn't do."
Vi :"Guys, we just emptied a Piltover penthouse right under the enforcers' noses. So, if you're done beating yourselves up, let's get this home."
Throwing the bag over her shoulder, they all head back home. But of course, it was never that easy. Trouble doesn't come once. When it rains, it pours. As they walked through an alley outside of the Lanes, there was a guy who was pushing and pulling a barrel with his leg.
"Nice haul?" The boy asked, and Myli opened his useless mouth :"You could say that." Causing Vi to look back and give him an unamused look.
Deckard :"I heard there was some action across the river. Someone, uh, someone really kicked the nest, huh?"
Vi :"Is that so?"
Vi wanted to walk away. But unfortunately, two guys blocked the path they were heading towards.
Deckard :"But now you're... you're tracking this mess of yours through my streets."
Slathilia :"That's funny. I didn't see your name on them."
Vi :"You're streets? What makes you think-"
Claggor, interrupting her :"Listen, we don't want any trouble okay?"
Henchman :"Hear that, Deckar? They don't want any trouble."
Deckard :"You know, in my experience, trouble finds you. There's no reason this has to get ugly. How about you share a little taste of your treasure there and we'll call it even?"
Mylo :"No, no, no. We worked too hard to-"
But he was interrupted by Vi's hand on his shoulder as she walked towards him, bag in hand and a peaceful look on her face. Something that Slathilia knew only meant trouble. And he loved trouble. Cracking his fingers with a smirk, he guided his chains to envelope his fingers, turning them into makeshift brass knuckles.
"Just a taste?" Vi asked as she held onto the bag, causing Deckard to smirk :"Just a-" But he was interrupted by a bag full of items hitting him straight in the face, causing Slathilia to laugh loudly as she threw the bag at Powder and a fight broke out.
Needless to say, Slathilia didn't hold back. The moment someone rushed at him, he grinned as he punched the guy who tried to ram into him. But didn't punch hard enough to send him flying, or his head flying, or just knocking him out. He wanted to enjoy it.
As the henchman stumbled back, Slathilia gave him that three piece combo. Face, chest, chin. Sending him stumbling back and nearly falling on his ass. If not for another guy interrupting from behind, he would've gone after him. He had already sensed him coming from behind to grab him, but he didn't bother doing anything about it.
As he was grabbed and held in place, the one who he had punched came back and punched him back in the face. But instead of a sound or even a pained face, Slathilia simply flashed a demonic smile as he hit the guy holding him with his head before elbowing his side, causing him to let go as he kicked the first guy in the guts.
Grabbing him by the hair, he brought his head down before he started kneeing him in the face over and over again. Hearing a few cracking noises a few times. Probably his nose or teeth. The second guy came back, punching his head this time.
But unlike his expectations of Slathilia falling or even passing out, the hybrid boy simply turned to him with his smile still there, giving him chills before he gave him a nasty guy check. Grabbing and holding his hair, he clenched his fist before he hit him with a criminal uppercut. Causing him to fall back after being sent flying a little.
Only then did he notice he had punched him towards Powder, who was leaning against the wall while holding the bag tightly, a nervous look on her face. Smiling at her, he earned a confused smile back before he noticed the second guy standing up with a smirk while eyeing the bag. Clearly, he hadn't noticed Slathilia looking at Powder.
As she saw his eyes on her, Powder grew scared and was about to run away. But stopped when Slathilia grabbed the guy's waist from behind and sent him to suplex city!! As he hit the ground, there was a cracking sound from his back before he passed out.
Rising to his feet, he flashed another smile at the relieved girl before he sensed another guy rushing at him. Probably the first guy. But when he turned, he saw Claggor ram into him before raising him and slamming him into the ground, causing Slathilia to laugh out loud before kicking him in the face and knocking him out. Raising his hand towards Claggor, he smiled :"Good job." And the fat boy smirked as he grabbed his hand and let him help him up :"You too."
(A/N: Claggor was deadass the MVP of that match. Mofo was beating the hell out of two people at the same time while Vi and Mylo were struggling with a single one each. "Wouldn't be here otherwise" my ass. Motherfucker was carrying the entire fight.)
Looking back, they saw the two other guys were knocked out too, with Vi helping Mylo knock out the last one. "Guess the fight's over, eh?" Slathilia snickered as he cracked his fingers.
(A/N: Honestly, why does Powder lose the bag in every fanfic? Literally nothing would change if she didn't lose it! Mylo would still complain like a bitch afterwards anyway, so why not make the girl a little happy?)