Capítulo 14: Chapter 14: Lost Children of Zaun
He was rewinding time.
He was-
"Ekko." Syrme murmured, with wide eyes.
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"That was awesome! How did you do that?!" A blue-haired girl exclaimed with stars in her eyes, the boy in question blushed.
"It was like FIUSHH and... NOO!! and you just-" The girl kept talking, and from each sentence, the boy became redder and redder. Even the rest of the excited kids also had stars in their eyes.
The total number of kids in the group were not more than eight. Each one of them had dirty clothes and broken gadgets. Ajuna, the boy that almost died, was relieved and thankful his friend just saved him. He was tired and sweating like he ran a marathon.
"Indeed, you had good reflexes." Syrme announced himself.
The boys paused to see the newcomer.
Syrme didn't have time to look into a mirror since he came into this world, so he didn't know the imposing and somewhat scary-looking image he had.
His eyes now had a more green bright tone, almost as if they could glow in the dark. His hair was longer and even more curly than before. He wore a dark leather jacket and black trousers, gloves in his hands, and a katana in his right left side. Some of the kids and Ekko notice his walking and stance was of someone ready for combat anytime.
Syrme might have twelve years, but he was as tall as a teen, so he had a very imposing look and figure.
"Who are you?" Ekko said, frowning. The 'teen' gave him dangerous vibes, but for the moment, he didn't sense any ill-intentions from him.
"My name is Syrme, nice to meet you." Syrme introduced, with a smile. Ekko relaxed a little.
"What do you want?" The tanned boy went directly to the point, he didn't trust any people outside his gang, and the 'teen' could be from an enemy gang.
"Well... I was hoping any of you could show me the best places in Zaun. I am new in this place, so... I know you wouldn't do it for free. In exchange, I will owe you a favour." Syrme finished.
"A favour? What can you do for me that I couldn't do by myself?" Ekko said with crossed arms.
Syrme looked at the group of orphans. They had dirty clothes, and they looked like they didn't have anything to eat in months. Two of them he recognised, apart from Ekko. One had blue hair tied in two long pigtails and pink eyes. The other one had a severe look, pink short hair, and a good build for a kid.
Jinx and Vi.
'So, they didn't separate themselves from the gang yet.'
'If I remember correctly, Vi lost some of her memory and Jinx... she just went crazy.'
"Food? Clothes? Money? Tech? Someone, you wish to see dead?" Syrme proposed. Ekko widened his eyes at the last option and slowly gulped.
"We... are low in food." He admitted. Feeding a gang was not an easy job, especially if they are still growing children. Even more so in Zaun, where getting anything to survive was very arduous.
Syrme was in deep thought for a moment; he then took out a suitcase trunk from his inventory.
He opened and entered inside, disappearing into the suitcase.
All the kids let out a confused gasp, with eyes like saucers.
"Where did he go?!" A kid shouted in the back. Ekko didn't blame the confusion; he didn't know where the strange 'teen' went either. Vi raised a surprised eyebrow.
"The suitcase ATE him!" Jinx exclaimed. She was more vocal in expressing her surprise.
Syrme poked his face from the suitcase, and the kids let out an 'EEP!'.
"Well...? Are you guys going to come inside?" Syrme asked.
Ekko held a hand high to indicate he would come in first, he entered the suitcase step by step, going down the stairs.
He didn't think he would be surprised yet again.
The space from inside the suitcase was much bigger than form the outside. The kitchen was placed on the left side of the room, and in the right, there was a dining room with tables and chairs. You could see several doors that more likely led to more rooms.
"This was an emergency place I had for food and stuff. Sometimes, I used the place to eat with my... family." Syrme explained. "I know that you don't trust me, but if I wanted to do something to you or your gang, I would have done it a long time ago. Even before introducing myself."
Syrme showed him the food in the fridge and the tools and utensils to cook it.
Ekko was even more confused now than before.
"This place... Why? I still didn't show you anything about Zaun. What are you trying to say, showing me all of this." Ekko asked to Syrme.
"This place is now yours. I have no use for it now... Maybe in the future, I will make another. As for why... there is nothing wrong about wanting to help another person, especially hungry children. Moreover, you remind me of someone else." Syrme said, thinking about Alex.
"Wait, wait, wait... MINE?! You can do make another one?!" Ekko exclaimed, still overwhelmed from the words of the stranger.
"Yes, yours. Now, call the group. I will make something to eat." Syrme said, putting an apron. Ekko stood there a few seconds and nodded absently.
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"What do you think you are doing!... Giving us this kind of food!... You will ruin other foods for us!" Ekko exclaimed, indignant.
He would be very convincing.
If he wasn't saying those words between bites and moanings of delight.
'So he likes the crispy chicken...' Syrme smiled inwardly.
"What is this majestic WEAPON!" Jinx said, running all over the place with several Kebabs in her hands. In the next few seconds, her plate was filled with them and started humming while hiding the rest from the group.
The other kids loved the barbeque pizza and the burgers.
Pasta, meat, cheeses, Italian, Arabic, Asian, American...
Coca-cola, Fanta, Pepsi, Nestea, Green Tea...
Vi was trying very vigorously to fulminate with her eyes everyone who neared to the plate of Spaghetti. It looked like she was going to war with other kids for the meatballs.
It was a funny view.
Jinx also had between her crossed legs bottles and bottles of Coca-cola.
She said something about explosive flavour.
"I left a notebook with a lot of recipes. The food in the fridge will reload in the morning, so you don't have to be worried about running out of food." Syrme said softly.
"Dude, I don't know how to repay you, this place is great." Ekko paused. "When we finish here, we'll show you around Zaun. Be warned though, Zaun is not the best place in all Runeterra. But, I believe in time it will be a better place." He said.
"You have a testing room!" Jinx suddenly said from the other room.
Ekko paled.
BOOOM!
Laughs from the said room were heard soon after.
'When did she leave the dining room?' Syrme thought incredulously.
"You shouldn't worry about destroying the place, that room was made specifically for bombs and stuff like that." Syrme said calmly. Ekko let out a relieved sigh.
"How is this possible? How could you make this kind of place? I don't think I've heard about magic or technology like yours." Ekko asked.
"It's called an Expansion charm. Back where I'm from, we used it a lot." Syrme explained.
Much afterwards, after lengthy talks and meetings with the rest of the gang, Ekko and the rest became good friends with Syrme. Ekko finally named the place and proclaimed the place as Headquarters for the 'Lost Children of Zaun' Gang. Jinx was very happy with the site and the food, but especially the testing room and the gadgets. And lastly, Vi was interested in a leather coat similar to Syrme's in the wardrobe they found in the other rooms.
Now, it was time to explore Zaun.
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[Quest Completed: Help Champions. StP= 1,000,000 ] x3
-Help any champion of the league.
[ Host StP= 4,103,500 ]
'System, buy Sharingan.'
[ Sharingan purchased. Installing... Warning: Painful implanting ]
"Ahh!" Syrme yelled lowly, trying not to alert the rest. His eyes now entirely changed to red, one comma in each eye.
Before utilizing the Sharingan, he already had an excellent sight. When he used Reinforcement in his eyes, they were even better. But with the Sharingan, he could see the lines of magic that surrounded his body, the perfect detail, and a more panoramic view. Like he could concentrate on even more things than Memory partition. Predict movements, copy them, and lastly, the ability to a specialized branch of Genjutsu.
'Incredible.' Syrme looked around, mesmerized. 'The amount of detail I was leaving behind in every glance is amazing.'
[ Host StP= 2,603,500 ]
"And these are the Boundary Markets. Here, you could find almost anything. These areas are the most cosmopolitan of the city, where people from all walks of life and levels of society buy chem-tech." Ekko explained.
"A lot of people walk, chat and meet here, buying clothes and scraps. Unfortunately, there are also a lot of homeless orphans and scum of the city."
In the middle of the market was a board with a lot of names.
1º- GANGPLANK (ALIVE OR DEAD) REWARD: 7,405 Gold
2º- SYLAS (ALIVE OR DEAD) REWARD: 5,000 Gold
3º- GRAVES (ALIVE OR DEAD) REWARD: 3,800 Gold
...
"This is the bounty board. There is one in each city. There are a lot of rumours about the first two guys." Ekko whistled, impressed from the bounty.
"Interesting." Syrme said.
"Hey, after showing you around Zaun, what are you planning to do? Are you going to stay?" Ekko asked his new friend.
"No, I plan to travel to other cities, but I will be back to visit. Anytime you need my help for something, take this and press it." Syrme said, holding a strange green device with a button on the side.
"Thank you dude, is there any place, in particular, you want to visit in Runeterra?" Ekko asked.
"Yes."
"My next destination is..."
"Shadow Isles."
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