Misfits (ekko x reader)

XLII.

Author's note: Alright I've got no excuse why this is coming out at the end of this week rather than the beginning, all I can tell you is that I now have over a hundred hours on stardew valley so...

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"So where exactly would we get those, professor?"
You tilted your head and waited for Heimerdinger to answer. The hunt for the elements of the list Ekko gave you turned out to be a slightly more difficult task that you firstly realized, and the fact that Heimerdinger seemed to know even less about the layout of the Undercity that you didn't really help.
"I've got no idea, my child, normally I'd stop by a shop in Piltover , but that's not possible as of right now."
A sigh escaped your lips and you stared at the ground in front of you, trying to think of something, a few ideas coming to mind, but most of them being just a plain waste of time.
"Maybe we could ask someone?"
You looked around the Zaun street that you found yourself on, searching for someone that looked at least a little friendly, but instead of that, you spotted a group of enforcers making a scene nearby.

"Professor."
His attention shifted to the blue dressed men, one of them pushing a middle aged woman, causing her to fall onto the ground, while the other enforcers argued with some other Undercitians. You looked over to the short wise man, but he was already walking towards the commotion. A scoff came out of your mouth and you followed after him, pulling the hood of your cloak over your head and putting a hand on the gun in your pocket, the same one that helped you blow up Silco's ship before.
"What seems to be the problem gentlemen?"
"What's it to you, scrap?"
"Dude, that's Heimerdinger."

Heimerdinger talked to the enforcers while you helped the woman stand up again.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm quite okay, but they took my cane, I can't see without it."
You froze up a little at the words, before you turned to the enforcers, busy explaining the situation to the professor. Your brows furrowed and your lips turned into a frown.
"Give me a second then."
As you approached the ground with a pissed off face, their faces turned to you, you couldn't see their full expression, since they were wearing some devices to breathe better or something, but you couldn't care less in that moment.
"Which one of you took the lady's cane?"

The consequences of your actions were flashing through your mind, but you reminded yourself that you had Heimerdinger with you and the enforcers respected him a lot.
"What did you say?"
"They took the lady's cane, she's blind."
The enforcers exchanged glances and one of them stepped forward.
"We'll return it."
"Oh you better."
You stared straight at the younger male and watched him carefully as he picked up the cane, that was kicked a few paces away and brought it back to the lady, you had no idea how Heimerdinger's sole presence managed to change the whole approach of the enforcers, but you sure did like it.
"I apologize."
The male enforcer said to the lady and quickly returned to the rest of the group.
"You better not cause more trouble, young ones."
The professor scolded them, or whatever it was that he was going and the enforcers slowly walked away, going on about making everyone's lives more difficult than they already were. The lady approached you, the people that argued with the now leaving enforcers joining her by her side.

"Thank you, how can we repay you?"
She said to you, taking you by surprise once more, you stared at her for a few moments, trying to figure out if she was really wanting to offer something to you for helping her, a rare occasion in the Undercity. And also one that played right into your cards.
"Actually, there is one thing, is there any chance that any of you might know where I can find a junkyard or something?"
The people stayed silent for a second, before one of them spoke up.
"There is one not far from here, see that tall old building? Take a right turn when you walk past it and you should be able to get there without a problem."