My Savior

Chapter Eight

(Update on this chapter is just parts of the last conversation, I haven't updated this story in like a year and I plan to continue it and I needed to do make some changes and refresh myself on where they left off)

Vi

Our trip into the markets of the lanes only had one objective; find parts for Powders new gun. Other than that we are only here to get out of the Firelights base and have some fun. It's only been two days of having nothing to do and Mira was already feeling restless, so I'm glad we're trying to get her out of her head.

As soon as we enter the bumbling city, Pow is tugging on the sleeve of my jacket and pulling me toward a small jewlery store. Inside are walls lined with rows and rows of ornate necklaces made of wire, some with simple gem stones in the middle, some without, some of simple dainty designs and some so intricate that they looks like they're a million pounds, but all of them are different and no two are exactly the same.

Without warning Powder plows through the small throng of people shopping and straight to the back counter where she gives the teenage girl behind the register a fistbump and then plops herself unceremoniously ontop of the counter like she owns the place.

As I begin to make my way closer to where she is, I start to pick up on the conversation the two are having. I don't get the first half of the conversation as I lean against the counter right beside Powder as she speaks, "-not exactly. I know you don't make the same necklace twice but I want to have a matching set with my sister. I'm willing to pay double for both of them."

"What? The sister that's been MIA for the past seven years? Yeah good luck with that." She scoffs playfully, not noticing the amused look on Powder's face, as she turns to me quickly with a sneer. "Can't you see I'm having a conversation here? It's rude to evesdrop, go stand somewhere else. I'll call you over when I'm ready to ring up your items."

"It's not technically eavesdropping if the conversation is about you though, is it?" The sneer is wiped off her face immediately as she looks between me and Powder with a surprised expression, letting my words sink in yet confused all the same.

"Alice," Powder speaks, "meet Vi, Vi meet Alice. Alice is my go to for when I need to get my hands on things people don't usually sell down here." She gives me a wink, which means she must be talking about stolen technology from Piltover. She turns herself around on the counter so she's fully facing me, her legs dangling over the edge as she lowers her voice so only the two of us can hear her.

"Mira and Ekko have forbade me from taking jobs up there until this whole Silco situation is dealt with, if you know what I mean. Though Mira's convinced that if we can get rid of things, that our relationship with Piltover will improve, 'hopefully you won't have to do that anymore, Jinx, we might just be able to like with one another peacefully' " she lowers her voice just slightly so that she sounds similar to Miriem before she continues in her normal voice, "which I think is a massive load of shit, but I'm not allowed to speak negatively on what-if's anymore since it comes off as "pessimistic" and "lowers the moral of our fighters", whatever that means."

She shakes her head dramatically as if recollecting her thoughts, "Anyway, I now come here for anything I need but can't get while stuck down here. Alice is a great pick-pocketter and I trust her enough to not spill all of our secrets."

"Well." I start only once I'm sure my sister is done blabbering (not that I didn't enjoy it but I just don't want to interrupt her), "It's nice to meet you Alice. Now, what is this I heard about matching necklaces?"

Powder straightens her back as if she completely forgot why we even came here and I chuckle at the look on her face. Her face splits into a grin as she leans in close.