Chapter 2 - To-Do List.

Acquaintances.

Friends.

Lovers.

Stable income.

Marriage.

Stable income (again).

Human Cubs.

I look at the contents of the list I made with my magic, with absolutely no idea what these words mean, the fleshlings I found in the forest gave me a great amount of data, still, my research seems to be stuck as I don't know the true meaning of this words, this seems to be common knowledge among the humans, but for me nothing of this makes sense.

As I try to think a way to uncover the truth I feel a small pain in my body, truth to be told, the warriors I encountered in the forest proved to be more dangerous than I first thought, I still shiver in fear every time I remember their faces full of rage... Well... Actually, I only fear for the females... I better keep an eye on them... still, I can't understand why would she attack me in such brutal way, the only thing I did was say the truth, the obvious.

Note to Myself: Reproduction seems to be a sensitive subject among humans.

As I caress my sore members I have decided to look for a particular City-State, I have heard about it from some Humans (before I disintegrated them of course) and read about it in some books, they call it Piltover, The city of progress, according to the humans, the city is supposed the hold the largest library of Valoran, in there I hope I can find the answers to my questions, but I reckon it won't be as easy as I think, the humans seem to hate me just for my very own existence, just because I'm from the void, this could be a major setback for my research.

Upon leaving the forest I see at the distance the city I'm looking for, there is a great barrier protecting it, over it I can see some tall building glittering with the light of the sun, I groan in annoyance as a beam of light hits my eye, seriously, light here is harsh, as I get closer I see a road, in the road I witness one of the few wonders humans have to offer, there are several blocks of steel, moving at a great speed, under them they have four circular members, these particular creatures move at a great speed, it seems they feed on humans as I can see several of them inside, but I can also see the humans getting out, marvelous.

I get closer as quietly as I can, I don't want the humans to notice me, experience has taught me the results would be less productive if the humans detect my presence, but... I'm curious, I'm really curious, I really want to disintegrate one of those marvelous specimens, I really want to know their function, I want to know everything, but I control myself, I have decided to stop using the Void methods, I must carry on, I wish humans would listen to me.

As I got closer my desires start winning over my judgment, I hide behind a rock and watch the creatures in awe, I really want to do it, I can't help it, I'm curious, I prepare myself for the incoming carnage when I felt something poking at my belly, I look at my sides, surprised that something managed to get closer to me, not even Kha'Zix can achieve such thing.

I feel another poke so I look down, in front of me there is a human cub, the cub possesses long ginger and curly hair, it's eyes are amber, quite peculiar, as I look closer I realize it's a female, a young female, she looks at me, it confuses me, normally humans would run away in my presences, but, then again, I have learnt cubs are quite different from adults, although their mental procedures seem to be really slow, cubs are fearless to almost every danger around them, this trait allows them to reach conclusions adults can't grasp, certainly exceptional, as we stare each other the cub is the first one to speak.

- Hello, Mister octopus, How are you? - She asks shyly.

Her question has no sense or whatsoever, there are several answer and statements to be considered, is she asking for my form? for the state of my thoughts? I decide to answer with the most common human answer.

- I'm fine, thanks for asking, and you?

- I'm good - she says smiling at me - Mister 0ctopus, What are you doing here? I thought Octopus lived in the ocean.

- I am not an octopus human, I am a voidling, my name is Vel'Koz, not Mister Octopus and...

- Vel'Koz - She interrupts me - That is a weird name, I'm Shana by the way.

- Yes, Shana - I say a bit pissed for the interruption - As I was saying, I'm here in order to investigate a human process, procreation.

- Ah¡ - She exclaims laughing a bit - That's an easy question, Vel, My mom told me how babies are made.

- My name is Vel'Koz, not Vel, and tell me, Shana, how are babies made? - I ask puzzled, hoping that my new method to be successful.

- Obviously the Stork - She answers with a smile.

...What?...The Stork? what does a flying animal have to do with human cubs?

- Yes - Shana continues - When your mom and dad love each other they call some place in Demacia called Paris, then The Stork delivers a small feather in your garden, after that, a cabbage starts growing in your garden, after nine months the baby is born from the cabbage.

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WHAT?

-Wait - I say trying to figure what I just heard - then what about the To-do list? like friends, lovers, income, What about it? How can a feather transform into a cabbage? HOW CAN A CABBAGE BECOME A HUMAN?!

- I don't know about that - Shana says giving me a confused look - I just told you what my mom told me?

I pat my head with my tentacle trying to give some sense to everything, I knew this method would lead me to different answers according to the humans I asked, but, I thought there would be something in common between them, yet, with these two answers there is nothing in common, just what is wrong with humans? I decided to disintegrate every stork I stumble upon.

- Anyways, Vel, I helped you so, can you please help me out? - Shana asks me crossing her arms behind her.

- I guess it's fair - I said with doubt since she didn't help at all - What do you need? Also, It's Vel'Koz, not Vel.

- You see - She said looking at the ground embarrassed - I wandered on my own and got lost, I need to find my mom, but I'm afraid to go alone, could you please let me ride you?

- Ah, your mother unit, yes certainly, I also have some things to... Wait, ride? Me?

- Yes - she answers cheerfully - You are flying, so I figured I would be able to see her if I'm high enough, I ride you and we look for her in the city.

- I guess it might work, but, I don't think I would be able to help you, they won't let me in, humans are scared of me.

- Nonsense - She said - My cousin it's in charge of the gate, he will let us in if he sees you with me, so now please - She lifts her arms towards me - Help me, Vel.

I doubted this will work, but suddenly something made change my opinion, her eyes seemed... charming, she was about to cry, I felt a bolt in my body and without realizing I picked her up and placed her above me.

- Wow! - She says above me - This is awesome! Vel, you are awesome!

- It's Vel'Koz, not Vel.

I sighed, knowing this was a bad idea, there is no way humans will simply accept my existence just because a human cub is riding me, to begin with, why am I allowing this cub to ride me like some horse? As I start questioning my sanity I get closer to the gates and, to my enjoyment, to the strange creatures, they are magnificent, made of metal, they make such interesting noises, ah, what a joy.

I also notice that no human is paying attention to me, they seem more interested in their own business, as if I were invisible, We reach the gates pretty easily, there seems to be a panel that controls the gate, it is a board on the wall with several buttons, I wondered how that worked, in front of the panel there was a male human, he was reading some sort of book, although I couldn't see the contents i could tell it was pretty interesting since the male was looking at it intensely, almost drooling with a peculiar smirk in his face.

- Cousin - Shana called - Let us in.

- S...Sha...SHANA - The male yelled suddenly hiding the book behind him - Geez, don't scare me like that, in fact, do you know how... - he stops talking as his gaze stays on me and then in Shana.

I have always known that genders are more easily discerned by the pitch of their cries, but my statement proved to be wrong when this Adult male left out the cry of a female cub, suddenly around us everyone stopped and looked at me, after that, they start yelling and running in circles crying for help or yelling ridiculous things, like a bunch of scared monkeys... Interesting, now that I think about it, humans do share some traits with monkeys, a research has been issued after this one ends.

- HELP US!

- PLEASE STOP!

- OH, MY, GOD HE HAS A KID!

- SOMEONE CALL THE ENFORCER!

- REPENT YOU STUPID LAMBS, FOR THE END OF THE DAYS, HAS COME IN THE FORM OF AN OCTOPUS!

- OH MAN, I'M SO GONNA POST THIS IN MY PROFILE!

-DUDE JUST LIKE THAT IONIAN COMIC!

- I've seen enough hentai to know where this si going...

The last statement was quite puzzling.

- Human - I say to Shana - This was a bad idea.

- I'm sorry Vel - The little Cub apologized hugging my body - I didn't know this would happen.

-It's Vel'Koz, Not Vel, and don't worry, the situation it's better than I thought, at least they are...

I felt a flinch in my tentacles and I was able to dodge just in time, a projectile failed to hit me for a few centimeters, I directed my gaze to the source of the projectile, I saw a small glint in the distance, as I was trying to figure a way to deal with this enemy I felt another chill, I moved backwards just to see a bulk of metal collide in front of me, I didn't get te time to analyse the new enemy as more projectiles attempted to hit me once again, Shana was yelling the whole time, hugging my body and calling for her mother unit, I felt a little concern about the cub in my back, losing her would mean not being able to enter Piltover, and with that the end of my research about the creation of human cubs.

- Well, well, well - I heard someone say - Would ya look at that, ye ain't half bad, right octopus?

In front of me there was a human, the human was the same as those two I found in the forest, the human had two enormous metal gauntlets, an armor of metallic colours, there was a strange aura coming out of this armor, as it had a soul, I could feel a strange energy giving power to the armor, this human had pink hair and blue eyes, a tattoo saying VI was in the human's right cheek, this human didn't show any kind of fear or distress, I felt this human was, in fact, happy to see me, the reason was a complete mystery to me.

- Oh, no! -I heard Shana whisper - Vel, It's the Enforcer! Be careful!

- It's Vel'Koz, Not Vel... And, what is this "Enforcer"?

- A cop - Shana answered - Be careful, s...

- Okay, enough chit-chat - The Enforcer said cracking the gauntlets - now , freak, hand over the girl and I promise I won't hurt you - the enforcer smirked-Well, not much at least.

- Your confidence in your abilities it's admirable Enforcer - I retorted - but if you think a mere human male would intimidate a Voidborn your brain it's more underdeveloped than I thought.

Suddenly the Male human jaw falls wide open, I congratulate myself for such a strong statement.

- Uhm...Vel? - Shana says a bit scared.

- It's Vel'koz, not Vel, tell me your worries Cub.

- Ehm...There is something wrong with what you said just now.

- What?! - I felt a chill in my body, the same feeling back in the forest, I look everywhere looking for the source as I question the cub - Explain yourself.

- Ehm...The Enforcer isn't a man, she is a woman.

I flinch and look at the Female, in front of me I see a giant metal fist flying towards me, a killing aura froze me, I couldn't dodge.

Note to me: Human females are stronger than males, do not engage them.

Quite the predicament you have here...

But it is amusing to watch...