LOST AND FOUND | Arcane Vi x Reader fiction

From Topside To The Undercity | ACT 1 EP 1

"Just throw her anywhere. Anyone will take that kid."

"Yes, sir."

I was exiled to the Undercity and the visual of my parents being slandered for not being able to pay the unknown damage on our apartment; Eventually, getting killed on the trial right in front of me struck me. The council was emotionless when that happened. All raising their clean hands in favour to get rid of my parents with somebody else's dirty hands. I've never felt so sick in my stomach. They then drugged me to sleep, woken up to the rotting smell of sweat. Those two lines were the only thing I could last remember as I fell back to sleep.

"Where did you even get this girl?! Do you know what Vander will say to us?"

"I... Just saw her on a curb! Based from her outfit—She looks like a topsider, doesn't she? Maybe we could get something from her!"

I opened my eyes and winced when I faced a bright light.

"Oh no, she's waking up."

"This is a bad idea... We gotta tell Vi about this."

"Shh shh, we got this!"

I jerked my head a little and finally saw their faces. They were a bunch of teens that I presume are around my age, one looking younger than the rest. One has white hair—grinning from one eye to another, the other one wear goggles, and lastly, a kid with bushy eyebrows and spiky hair. Terrified, I was. I was shaking, not knowing what they'll do to me. My parents had told me all about the people in the undercity so facing not one but—three of them is terrifying.

I moved backwards and hit my head hard on the wall making me wince in pain once more. "Woah– WOAH! Don't move, Miss! Or else those—?" He points at the shelves of glasses with different animals in-store "—Those are going to fall on your head!" said the guy with bushy brows.

Still shaking in fear, the boy with white hair reached his hand forward. "I'm sorry if we scared you. We're not gonna do anything!" His other hand brushed his nape. "I'm Lil' Man! The guy over there?

He points at the goggles guy, "That's Claggor! The scrawny one next to him is Mylo." Mylo furrowed his brows at him and then the two finally waved their hands shyly and nudged each other. I still couldn't bring myself to raise an arm out of anxiousness. Little Man then sighed as he probably noticed how scared I was.

"Come on, let me help you get up." His hand was noticeably dirty with a strong metal smell. For a younger kid than me, he seemed to have achieved a lot more than I do. I looked over at Mylo and Claggor who looks like they've seen enough as well in their living times. I slowly reached his hands and helped me to move forward. My knees were still shaking. I'm not sure what the Piltover guards did but they also noticed that my knees were badly injured.

"Ekko... Do you think she's also one of us now?" asked Claggor. We looked at him, they were all worried. "We need to tell this issue to Vi first before Vander or else we'll be so in trouble!"

"I second that. I mean, who knows what trouble she has installed for us? We can't risk it," Mylo raised his hand which triggered the thought of the councillors raising their hands. Lil Man—Or Ekko, followed to raise his hands and say, "Me too. I found her so I'll take responsibility."

"Woah! Ekko, you're speaking like a grown man!" Mylo teased.

I tugged both hands to my chest, feeling like my heart sank as I envisioned my parents and the council raising their hands once more. My knees gave up and fell on the floor. "Oh man... Claggor, Mylo?"

"On it!" They both said as they helped me get up carefully. Claggor then said, "We're gonna get you some help, don't worry. Vi is our leader."

"Well, also a jerk," Mylo added, and they both snickered a laugh. They all seem so nice thus far... I'm starting to think I'll be okay. We got to a scary bar and Claggor offered his jacket to cover my outfit and my face while Mylo tried his best to block me as we get to a room with Ekko leading the way.