Arcane: Vander X Male! Topsider! Reader

Part 2

You awoke to banging on your door, your dog barking and a throbbing headache from all the noise, you swung your legs over the bed before stretching 'Y/N this is the enforcers, open the door before we are forced to break it down' you quickly got up and hurried through the apartment, grabbing the key and unlocking the door, opening it and allowing the armed officers in, you watched as two began searching the place while another two stationed themselves between you and the door, and finally the chief, Grayson, entered "were sorry to wake you like this, Mr. L/N. But we have reports of you smuggling things into the undercity." she said, you smiled "It's no issue, it's your job after all!" you internally gagged at the sincerity in your voice, you hated the people ransacking your house for things they would never find but you had to allow it, otherwise you were as good as dead "thank you for your co-operation, we knew it was probably not you, but the council demanded we come and check anyway" Grayson offered you a smile as you chuckled. the enforcers came back empty handed just as you hoped and apologized for the intrusion "oh it's quite alright, but there is one boy you might want to go check on" Grayson raised her brow "William Povitali on floor five, I've heard that He's sneaking people from the undercity up to his room so he can sell illegal items" Grayson nodded and put her hand out, which you took with grace and shook "but you didn't hear that from me" she chuckled before leaving the apartment along with the four enforcers.

you shut and locked the door, letting out an annoyed sigh as you turned to your now messy apartment, your dog routing through the blankets now strewn on the floor, tail wagging aggressively. you began gathering the blankets and threw them onto your couch, placing small trinkets back into their place on the shelves they fell off, when suddenly your mind went to the night before, the man behind the bar, specifically. What did Grayson call him again? val? V... Vander! His soft yet stern and quizzical face was burned into your memory, the gravelly voice that washed over you like a tidal wave, suddenly yelling was heard, kicking you out of the silky memory, you dropped all the blankets you were holding to the ground and opened your door to poke your head out at the noise, three other students having the same bright idea as you. You watched as someone sprinted down the hall, an undercity denizen no doubt, but was quickly captured by the much faster enforcer that was chasing him, he began kicking and screaming, trying to break free to punch the enforcer, you recognized him at that moment, on of Xavier's goons. one of the ones who chased you, the one who attempted your murder, you looked back down the hall, the yelling still happening as William was cuffed "You got the wrong guy!!"he yelled, just then he spotted you, his face turning to rage.

"YOU FUCKING SNITCH! ILL KILL YOU!!" he screamed as he wrestled with the two enforcers that were struggling to hold him down, suddenly you had a fist land on your face, a crunch sounding as the other guy had broken free, he began attempting to beat you as you attempted to release yourself from his grip, the enforcer originally holding him down running to retrieve back up. The unfortunate fact is that they took too long, he had eventual gotten you on the ground, fist still pounding into your face as he choked you, just as the last sliver of air left your lungs your fight or flight kicked in and you threw him off, thanks to adrenaline, you stood shakily, still trying to regain your senses as help arrived, some running to restrain the aggressor of your scuffle, some running to you to get you to the infirmary, crimson ran down your chin as you were rushed to the medical bay, your nose was also leaking the coppery solution, one enforcer passed you a handkerchief to hold up to the split lip and broken nose you possessed, you thanking them the best you could, slowly the adrenaline wore off and you began to groan as the pain of your now swollen and bruised face began to set in, the burn only getting worse once you arrived to the medical center.

Hours later 

you had been discharged from the medical wing, and were making your way back to the dorms, you had heard that the two miscreants were arrested, and William was set to be charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest and possession of contraband, and his little pen pal got similar charges, with attempted murder sprinkled on top. Once you arrived back at the dormitories your room had two guards near it as Grayson took witness reports of the three students that witnessed the attack, you attempted to re-enter your room but was stopped by the head woman herself, this time a young man by her side, polaroid camera in hand "Mr. L/N, is it alright if we collect a statement from you? since you were the one assaulted" you looked between her and the man "of course, what is it you need from me?" you smiled the best you could as Grayson took out her report pad.

Time skips again, I know there are a lot but trust me it's for a reason. 

you were sat on your now tidy sofa, one of the enforcers took the time of day to clean your apartment for you while you were in the infirmary, even going as far as feeding Julius, it was a kind act which you made sure Grayson would reward, but now you were alone, your face swollen and numb from the beating your received, you hated doing nothing, and while you had been told to rest you simply couldn't resist the urge to grab one of your scrap idea note books and head down to the lab, flitting through the sketches as you walk you found one that might help you in the future, a weapon. And though it was small you had designed it to do damage, a knuckle duster with spikes that could turn into bracelets, a mechanism hiding the spikes, you smiled contently at the idea of the self-defense aspect and closed the book, getting into an elevator, right as the doors closed as hand stopped them and a young man stepped him, he was tan, shoulders broad with black hair and chocolate eyes, a slit in his eyebrow practically calling to your attention, his face was slim and chiseled, a light stubble overlaying his chin "sorry" he simply said as he two pressed a button, you stood in silence as he looked over what you could only presume were his notes.

the elevator dinged as his floor came up, he glanced up before swiftly exiting the elevator, leaving you alone once more. The elevator began to move briefly before dinging again, letting you out on your personal labs level, you exited and briskly walked the halls, scanning for your door and eventually finding it, unlocking the floor and entering, shutting and locking the door once more. You shut the curtains and turned on the internal lights, getting to work on your new weapon. 

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