Once the students got to the facility they'd be using, they filed out of the buses and entered. Each student was wearing his or her hero uniform, except Jaxon, who hadn't gotten his yet, and Midoriya, whose costume had been destroyed during the battle training.

Thirteen, the resident hero, welcomed the class. "Today, you learn what is, to me, the most important aspect of hero work!" she exclaimed. "The art of the rescue!" She waved a hand toward the middle of the building. "Behold! The Unforeseen Simulation Joint! Or as I like to call it, the USJ!"

There were a bunch of different zones, each one holding a simulated natural disaster. Jaxon was able to count eight.

Thirteen went on. "Today, you will be tasked with rescuing civillians from random points in these zones. You've been divided up based on skill-"

Suddenly, on the stairs, a shadowy form appeared. "You do not need to split them up based on skill," it boomed. "Why not make it random?" A wave of shadow apeared from the figure, and the students were covered by it and sent into darkness.

When the shadow cleared, Jaxon looked around. He was standing in the center of a raging fire, and there were people all around him. But these weren't civillians, and no freaking WAY were they friendly. These were villains, and they were after the students!

Jaxon reached into his pocket. "If I'm gonna be in Hell, then I'll play like the hellions," he murmured, drawing out a statue of a large flame. He pressed his finger against the bottom- and transformed, this time taking on a whole new personality.

Now, he had blue skin, similar to Chill. However, his eyes were now huge and green, and he sported bracelets and a crown with a green gem in the center. But the biggest change was his hair, which was now literally a giant flame.

"Let's get this party started! Leo Sachizado, reporting for some butt-kicking!" Jaxon's new form- Leo- cracked his knuckles and looked around. "Alright, who's first?"

A man who had half of an inhumanly muscular, bulky body stepped forward. "I'll kill-" He couldn't even finish his sentence before Leo had ignited both fists on fire and dropped the guy with two flaming uppercuts.

"Whoo! Man! What was that you said you were gonna do? Oh wait, you didn't!" Leo cackled.

Three more villains closed in on him, and he realized his predicament. "Aw, come on! I hate one-on-three fights!"

"Then let's make it two-on-three!" yelled a voice. Before Leo could process who the voice belonged to, the first villain was on the ground, and a second was contained in a long, pink rope.

No... not a rope.

"Hey! Frog girl!" exclaimed Leo. "So glad you could make it! I mean, two's company, but sheesh!" He shot a fireball at the third villain, sending her flying. "Multi-man ambushes?! That's just cheap!"

Tsu landed on the ground and slammed her target down as she did. She pulled her tongue back into her mouth. "My name's actually Tsuyu Asui. But please, call me Tsu."

"Alright, I'll make sure to remember that, doll. Ah, I mean, Tsu."

She blushed. "Can we get back to stopping this threat now?"

"Uh, sure." Leo punched another villain with his flaming fist, then spun and kicked a third.

A woman used a magma Quirk to send Leo flying into the air. He flipped, rode the plume of magma for a bit, then slid down it and launched an elbow into the woman's face. But in that time, he'd let his guard down- and suddenly, he and Tsu were surrounded by villains! With a quick count, Leo saw at least ten.

The two stood back-to-back. "Alright, Tsu," Leo snarked. "Got any ideas?"

"Just one," Tsu answered. She then proceeded to wrap her tongue around Leo's leg.

"Uh, Tsu? N-n-not on the first d-date," Leo stammered, embarrassed. Getting no response, he needled, "What... are you doing?"

"Use your fire punch thing!" Tsu exclaimed, tightening her grip.

"Huh? ...Oh, wait, yeah!" Leo got it all of a sudden. He ignited his fists again. "Alright! Let's show these freaks the meaning of a firestorm!"

"What do you mean, firestorm?" a half-man, half-bear asked, sticking out his claws. "What can you do to us with one leg tied?"

Leo saw it coming, but he was still startled when Tsu yanked him off his feet and began to swing him. Not knowing what else to do, he yelled, "Improv Special Move, coming right up! Clock Comet Clocker!"

Tsu spun in an ever-widening circle, and with the force of her swing combined with Leo's flaming fists, whose fire eventually traveled all the way down his arms, the move was complete. Tsu stretched out her tongue as far as it would go. The circling fireball struck most of the villains in the area.

Once all but one of the villains had been defeated, Tsu let go of Leo abruptly, and the boy sailed through the air at a huge man standing about eighteen meters away. Leo brought his arm back. "Here's one for the road, brought to you directly by the pyro himself!" he hollered, slamming his fist into the man's face.

And by into, I mean into.

"Ew. Disgusting," Leo commented, after realizing his fist was going through the man's head. "I'll have to talk to my doctor. Who knows what diseases this joker had?" He pulled his fist out, and the man sank to the ground. Leo glanced down at him. "Oops. That did a little more than I expected."

Tsu walked dizzily up to Leo. "Thanks... for the help..." she murmured, tottering back and forth.

"Okay, your face is as green as your hair. That's not good." Leo sighed and turned Tsu around. "You retch, make sure to do it that way."

"Sorry... I'm just not used to... spinning that much... ribbit..."

"Whoa there. Don't hurl on me yet. There are still villains out there, and we gotta take them down. Come on!" He sighed. "You know what, forget it, I'll just carry you."

Leo lifted Tsu up in his arms and began to carry her through the rest of the Fire Zone. He kept one hand ignited, as well as a fireball inside his mouth, just in case any more villains showed up. But the route was clear, and he reached the eastern border with little trouble.

"I think... I'm okay now," Tsu exclaimed, hopping out of Leo's arms and walking over the border between the Fire Zone and the Squall Zone. She didn't look back- if she did, he'd see that her face was turning redder by the second.

"Man, the girls here are weird..." Leo murmured. "Hey, wait up!" He ran after Tsu, but squealed in pain the moment he crossed the border. "Owowowow! I didn't know there was gonna be water involved!" he whined, jumping back into the Fire Zone and fluffing up the flame in his hair. "If my fire goes out in this self, I'll die! Wait there, I'm gonna change form quick!"

While she waited, Tsu thought about what had just happened. He seemed like he was gonna be one of those 'cool-guy types' who flinched at the thought of human contact. But he didn't show any reservations toward literally sweeping me off my feet, and he didn't object to me doing the same thing. I wonder... She blushed. No. It's not possible. We've known each other less than an hour.

Leo had reverted back to his base form, Jaxon, to recharge his mind a bit for the next transformation. But as he was sent to the back of Jaxon's mind, Leo had a lot of time to think. She just wrapped her tongue around my leg like it was no big deal! And... when I was carrying her, I didn't get a good look at her face, but... was she blushing?! I mean, I was just helping her get out of the fire, but I'm not inside her head, so-

Can you can it?! The rest of us are here too, Chill snapped. The cryomancer's doom-and-gloom persona was also near the back of Jaxon's mind, and he wasn't too happy about how chatty Leo's mind-piece was.

Sorry. Just trying to piece something together.

Dyno, the Wrestler persona, "spoke" up. Chill, he's right. That girl was pretty embarrassed about being carried.

Thanks, Dyno. Leo was glad to have someone on his side, though Dyno was a huge softie despite his massive size, and was usually on everyone's side.

Peras, the most romance-oriented (and immature) of the avatars of Jaxon's personality, chimed in now. I know what you're thinking, Leo, and may I just say, I'm all for it!

How could YOU know what I'm thinking, umbrella boy?! Leo exclaimed. I don't even know what I'm thinking! Are you suggesting that she likes me? After one battle, a combined special move, and a couple minutes of being carried for the specific reason that she was too punch-drunk to WALK?! You lost it a long time ago, but this is a whole other level, my dude.

Peras laughed. All the signs are there, buddy! You just can't read for crap!

Alright, that's it, I'm gonna-

Jaxon's main mind had had enough. WILL YOU ALL PLEASE JUST CUT IT OUT?! His mind went silent. He sat there, on a rock that was slightly overwarmed. All of his other selves- even the ones that weren't talking- focused on the center of his brain at once. I don't care WHAT she thinks of Leo. As far as I'm concerned, nothing can come of it, and I'm ultimately the one in control, so what does it MATTER?! I'm sick of you all losing your segments of my mind over something you can't control!

Everything inside him was silent, and he realized that all of his selves were quiet out of shock. Leo, offended, retreated farther into Jaxon's mind. The others tried to pretend they hadn't just heard Jaxon flip his lid.

Jaxon pulled a statue of a big green ball of light out of his pocket and touched the bottom. A ball of light appeared, and when it dissipated, his hair was sparking with yellow and green bolts of lightning. He wore a necklace made of what appeared to be emeralds, and his hands glowed with bright green light.

"Much better," Wisp, the Electric-type Quirk user, murmured. "Let's do this." He ran over to Tsu, who took one look and stepped back.

"Jaxon? What happened to-" She cocked her head. "You changed form, didn't you?"

"Wisp, at your service," answered the boy.

"Whoa. So, uh... what part of Jaxon are you?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, from what I've seen, each of his different selves has a certain aspect of his personality. Can you tell which one is which?"

"Oh, that? Wow, you're observant. I'd be glad to explain. I'm the avatar of his 'friendly' side- the one that focuses on friend relationships, strengthening bonds, et cetera, but I'm also kind of childish at times. Leo, whom you just witnessed in action, embodies Jaxon's confidence, but he's a bit... how should I word this... flirtatious. Not to mention, he's got a bit of a temper on him. You also met Chill, who's Jaxon's cool and collected side. The downside of that is, he's constantly depressed."

"Deverius, the Blade user, is the form of Jaxon's nobility and gallant side. Loves fair fights, only duels an equal, believes in total equality, yadda yadda yadda. Kind of a jerk, though. Yoma uses what can only be described as yo-yos. He's a bit of a hipster. The backwards-cap kind, not the 'peace signs and drugs' kind. Cap, or Capsule J model SCP-875, is the analytic part of Jaxon's mind. Takes up most of his left brain, and its power, Jet Boost, is one of the most useful of all of Jaxon's forms. But it's... well, a robot.

"Simi is one of Jaxon's less... marketable traits. He represents Jaxon's timidity. Put a girl in front of poor Simi, and he goes tomato red and can't say a word. But his power, his mirror control, is incredible. You'll have to see it in action, because I can't explain it. Meanwhile, Dante is pretty much the exact opposite. He may look like an Indian in his headdress, but he's as close to a British socialite as one can get. Not to mention, he can fly and shoot weaponized feathers.

"Rush and Dyno are all about physicality. Rush uses a lot of open-hand martial arts, and he's based on Jaxon's focus and calmness under pressure. Dyno is a wrestler, and he'll suplex just about anything up to fifteen tons. Really impressive, unless he's suplexing you. He's extremely compliant and difficult to tick off, and that's what he represents in Jaxon. Vio, the ninja, represents... actually, I'm not sure. I never talk to him. He keeps to himself a lot. Same with Baola, the petromancer. Rock user, if you don't speak Latin.

"Finally, there's Peras. Hoo boy. His weaponized umbrella is pretty functional, seeing as it's made out of a spear and a shield, but as a personality, he can be annoying. He's the one that focuses on romance; he memorizes people's personalities and matches them up with someone else. The thing is, ninety-nine percent of the time, he's right. But that other one percent makes a difference. Also, he can dish it out when it comes to dating advice, but he can't take it. If he sees someone he likes 'like that', he's on them like a buzzard on a gut wagon."

Tsu was beyond impressed. "Are there any others?"

"Well, there's one... but we don't talk about him."

"Why not?"

"Because he isn't part of Jaxon's personality. He goes by a number of names, but most of us just call him either Ingvar or Thunder Monkey. He's... wild. He's a complete idiot and blind as a bat, and doesn't know who his enemies are more often than not. His warhammers can destroy whole buildings if he isn't handled with care. Most of the time, though, he isn't the dominant self, and he isolates himself from the rest of us."

"Doesn't sound like the type I'd want to meet." Tsu glanced around as she walked. "Hey- did you see something?"

"Uh, no." Wisp shrugged. "We're surrounded by veritable walls of rain and buildings. There isn't much to see."

Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his neck and spun around. "What the heck was that?!" he asked, seeing nothing and no one near him. He stepped back and rubbed his hands together, generating static to charge up his attacks. His power was amplified by the rainwater.

"Oops! Sorry!" A voice came out of the curtain of rain. "I thought you weren't who you were. I mean, uh... I didn't recognize you."

"Where are you? Who are you?!"

Tsu grinned. "You don't know Hagakure, huh? She has an invisibility Quirk."

"Oh. That explains it." Wisp shrugged. "Um, Hagakure? Is there anyone else here with you? Besides villains, I mean."

"Yeah! There should be, at least..."

From afar off, a form drew close, swinging from buildings by a tail. Wisp prepared a Bolt Arrow, holding it in one hand and shielding Tsu and Hagakure (at least, where he thought she was) with the other. His electric hair flared up.

Hagakure spoke up. "No, no, no! He's okay! That's Masahiro Ojiro! He's my friend!"

"Oh, yeah. I recognize him now," Wisp answered, remembering the blond boy from class.

Ojiro landed on the ground near them. "Hey, guys," he murmured. "There are a lot of villains around here, but I think we duped them. They should be on the other side of the zone right now."

Wisp glanced around. "I don't think confrontation is the best idea," he answered quickly. "Tsu and I- well, Tsu and Leo- just fought a crowd in the Fire Zone, and she was in pretty rough shape afterwards."

"Really? She looks fine now." Ojiro looked puzzled.

"I was dizzy," Tsu interjected. "I helped Leo with a special move that got rid of the villains, but it involved a lot of spinning." She purposely left out the carrying part. Ojiro probably wouldn't mind, but there was no sense in giving Hagakure the wrong idea.

"Alright, so we don't attack directly," Ojiro noted. "What else can we do?"

"I can try to pick them off with sneak attacks!" exclaimed Hagakure, appearing to jump up and down.

"Bad idea," answered Wisp. "Once they know people are disappearing or going down, their guards will all be up and you'll lose the element of surprise. No, the best course of action is to try to get to the center of the USJ. That way, we can figure out where the rest of the groups are by looking at the zones individually."

"Wow, Jax- uh, is that your name?" Ojiro asked.

"In base form, yes. Right now, though, in my electric-type persona, I am called Wisp."

"Got it. Wisp. Anyways... where'd you learn so much about this?"

"Like I said to All Might, my dad was a professional hero."

"You say 'was'. Is he still alive?"

"Ojiro!" Hagakure snapped. "Be sensitive!"

"It's alright," Wisp replied. "Yes, my dad's still alive. But he's not a big part of my life anymore." The four had begun to circle the Squall Zone. Wisp spoke as he walked, casting the occasional glance out of the Zone. "He and Mom split up a while back. He wanted me to be a fighter hero like him, and she wanted me to be a rescue hero like Thirteen. Guess no one told either of them I could've been both. Now it's just me, Mom, and my brother, Alpha."

"Whoa. That's... I don't even know what to say. I'm so sorry," Ojiro murmured.

"Nah, it's fine. That was a long time ago." Wisp smiled. "I've moved on."

"Hey, look!" Tsu interrupted. "I see the center!" Sure enough, through the curtain of rain, there was a familiar image- the fountain at the main hub of the USJ.

"Looks like there's a fight going on there," Hagakure commented.

"Yeah- wait, is that Mr. Aizawa?" asked Ojiro. The group left the Squall Zone for a better look. Shota Aizawa was taking down villains two by two, using his capture scarf to increase his mobility.

"Oh, no... he's gonna get tired after a while!" exclaimed Wisp. "There's too many! We gotta help him!" Before Tsu, Ojiro, or Hagakure could stop him, he began to rub his hands together again. Aura surrounded them, and he ran forward as lightly and quickly as he could, the others yelling at him to stop. He punched one villain with full force, then turned and uppercutted another.

"Hey, kid! Leave this to the grown-ups!" a voice yelled. A man with biceps the size of car engines launched a fist into Wisp's face so hard, he flew into the air, and his persona lost control of Jaxon's mind. Jaxon quickly took the reins and assessed his situation. He had a plan before he reached the peak of his flight.

Back on the ground, the villain who'd punched Jaxon laughed. Another commented, "His hair's not green anymore! You punched his Quirk right out of him!"

"Got that right! That's what I do!" exclaimed Bosu Asoto, the Muscle Mover villain. He shifted his arm muscle down to his legs and jumped after Jaxon.

But this wasn't Jaxon anymore.

Bosu soon fell back to the ground with a massive goose-egg in his forehead. The other villains stepped back. One looked up. "Hey, he's takin' a really long time to come down," he complained.

Finally, after what seemed like hours, Peras touched down on the ground, holding an umbrella in each hand. He shut both simultaneously and twirled them. "Looks like the only match I'll be making today is between you guys... and the ER!" he yelled.

"What the..." Aizawa narrowed his eyes. "Is that the new kid? Thought he'd look a little older..."

Peras began beating down villains with his umbrellas. "I can hear you, you know!" he exclaimed. "And Jaxon himself does look older than me. Right now, I'm the dominant personality in his mind."

Aizawa grunted as he used his capture scarf to draw in two villains and punch their lights out. "Let's talk about this later."

"Agreed." Working as a team, Peras and Aizawa slowly thinned out the crowd of villains. But both of them appeared to be getting tired. Peras knocked one baddie out with a well-placed umbrella swing, then opened the umbrella, sheathing the other. "I think I need both weapons," he panted, pulling the top off of the umbrella. The top hardened into a shield, while the shaft now looked like a gold-tipped spear. Peras put the shield on his left wrist and held his spear in his right hand.

I've got an idea, Leo put in. Were you paying attention when Tsu and I were in the Fire zone?

Peras sighed mentally. Yes, Leo. I was. What could you have possibly gained from that?

Look at Mr. Aizawa's weapon, Leo explained. That scarf looks like it could work exactly like Tsu's tongue.

Huh. I see what you're getting at! Good idea. Man, Leo, you're having a really good day today! Peras laughed and dodged an oncoming strike, bringing the blunt end of his spear down on a villain's back. You're not usually this analytical! That's generally Cap's business.

Well, I can be smart, too, Leo answered in mock indignance.

Alright, but if this doesn't work, it was still your idea, Peras finished. He sprinted to where Mr. Aizawa was. "I've got an- whoa!" He dodged a tentacle swing from squid villain Sajiro Nakato, then motioned for Aizawa to come over.

"Alright, this better be good. I'm having to blink a lot more often," Aizawa murmured.

"I tried this in the Fire Zone. Cleared out around fifteen villains. Wrap your scarf around my spear as tightly as you can. I'll swing you in a circle."

"There's one problem, kid. Are you even strong enough to lift me?" Aizawa asked.

"Dang it! Knew I was forgetting something..." Peras blocked a hit from the squid. "I'll need to switch to a stronger form and do this manually." He reached into his pocket, but the squid slammed a tentacle into Peras's chest and sent him flying. Nakato then picked Aizawa up and began to squeeze him.

Jaxon got up, dizzily. He realized he'd switched out of his umbrella form, and thought quickly about what had happened.

Jax! Tag me in! Dyno exclaimed. Aizawa needs someone big and strong! That fits my description perfectly!

Got it. Jax pulled a statue of a blue robe out of his pocket. He tapped the bottom.

The squid was choking the life out of Aizawa. "Hope you don't have family," Nakato snarled, "because they're gonna..." He was cut off, noticing a giant shadow looming overhead.

"Hey, suckers-for-brains," a voice snarled.

The squid turned around and looked up to get a good look at this new foe. Jaxon had become the ultimate wrestler, the 6'5", 300-pound Dyno The Dynamic. He stood to his full height and broadened his chest as far out as it would go. "You've got a lot of nerve, breaking in to the U.A, a school full of hero trainees and hero teachers. Even I know that much."

"We're not here for you, big boy," Nakato taunted, squeezing Aizawa a little harder. "And we're not here for Eraser Head, either. We've got... bigger goals."

"Well, if you're not here for Aizawa, the best course of action would be to..." Quick as a flash, Dyno reached out and grabbed Nakato by the neck, lifting him into the air. "Let... him... go," he finished. "I'll give you some breathing room if you do. If you don't..." He squeezed a little harder to emphasize his point.

The tentacles around the squid's head shot out and tried to dislodge Dyno's grip, but the big brute was too strong. Finally, Nakato, worn out from the effort of resistance and from the battle, dropped Aizawa out of exhaustion. "Alright..." he wheezed. "Now put me... down..."

"I'm a man of my word," Dyno growled, dropping the villain onto his rear. But the moment he did, Nakato spat a cloud of ink at the wrestler!

Nakato's breathing had been restricted for a while, and his ink shot relied on his respiration for a propellant, so the ink didn't reach Dyno's eyes. But it did splatter on his robe.

The two stood there, unmoving, for a few seconds. Finally, Dyno spoke. "You... ruined... my... yakuza," he murmured. "Now... I'm gonna ruin... YOUR FACE!" He shot forward, grabbed Nakato by the chest, and leapt an incredible distance into the air. He twirled the squid's body a couple of times, then thrust him down with both hands just as they neared the ground.

BOOM! A sound like thunder filled the USJ. When the dust cleared, a giant crater graced the ground, and inside it, Dyno was standing over Nakato's shattered body, ink-and-blood-stained robe waving dramatically. "That's what happens to people who make me have to call my dry cleaner," he growled, turning around. "Anyone else want their last ride?"

No villains were left near the crater. Aizawa and Peras had finished that group off. But two stood near the fountain at the very center of the building. One appeared to have human hands pasted, palm-first, all over his body. The other looked like a big, bulky man, but with an exposed brain and a birdlike beak filled with teeth.

Dyno glanced at the villains. "One of you wanna square up?" he asked.

The one with the hands coming out of him raised an arm. "Nomu, why don't you show him that more than one person can be strong?"

The bird man roared. His eyes focused on Dyno. One second, he was there. The next- he was standing right in front of Dyno, glaring down at him.

"Whoa, there, big guy," Dyno snapped. "Didn't your mother hen ever tell you not to run indoors?"

Nomu roared again in response and grabbed Dyno by the shoulders. The big boy grabbed Nomu's shoulders as well, and the two assumed a classic wrestling stature. Except- neither one could move. They stood stock still, struggling against each others' might. Dyno was severall inches shorter than Nomu, but he looked to be expending less energy.

Tsu, Ojiro, and Hagakure watched the fight from right outside the Squall Zone. Tsu gulped. "It's a complete stalemate!" she exclaimed. "They're equally strong and equally balanced! If something doesn't happen soon-"

"No, look! That thing's way stronger!" countered Ojiro. "But Jaxon has better leverage. That's why they aren't going anywhere. They both have advantages, and neither one can overcome those of the other."

"Someone needs to go help him!" Hagakure cried. "He can't win on his own!"

Then, Nomu did something no one expected. He lifted Dyno into the air and threw him over his back, then spun and kicked him hard enough to send him flying.

"Neither one can overcome the advantages of the other, huh?" Tsu asked.

"I never said that was a definite explanation," Ojiro murmured.

Dyno landed on the ground facedown. He sprang up and turned to face Nomu. "Cheap move!" he yelled.

Nomu reacted to this by sprinting forward and punching Dyno in the face.

A lucky hit. Dyno's Suplex Jet move could have dodged it easily.

But even lucky hits have consequences.

Dyno flew back again. This time, when he landed on the ground, he'd reverted to his base form.

"Jaxon!" hollered Ojiro, running to the boy's aid.

Jaxon sat up, shaking off the ringing in his ears. He saw, albeit out of focus, Ojiro coming toward him. Nomu walking over to him, slower than Ojiro. Aizawa fighting the man with all the hands. Tsu (and, probably, Hagakure) going to find help.

But he didn't see Midoriya.

"Leave him alone!" the green-haired boy yelled, rushing past Jaxon to launch a Detroit Smash into Nomu's abdomen.

Seeing this gave Jaxon a little more strength. He got up just as Ojiro neared him. "I'm fine," he snarled, not waiting for the question. "I'm gonna help him."

"No! You need to stay back!" Ojiro yelled. "You don't know what that thing can do! Without one of your other selves, it's a suicide mission!"

"Listen. My other forms do a lot of the grunt work when it comes to fighting, but I have a few tricks of my own," Jaxon explained. "Remember my actual Quirk? I'm gonna see what makes that Nomu guy so strong. And then..." He cracked his knuckles. "I'm gonna take it from 'im.

"I can't stop you, Jaxon," Ojiro countered, "but this is really gonna be dangerous."

"Exactly." Jaxon smiled at Ojiro, then turned and ran toward Nomu, who'd just thrown Midoriya a considerable distance. "Hey, birdbrain! I've got something for ya!" he yelled.

Nomu looked down at Jaxon. Here was Nomu's old foe, but much, much smaller. Could this really be the boy who'd caused Nomu such trouble? Either way, now he had to die. Nomu raised a fist and barreled toward Jaxon.

The boy grinned and jumped over Nomu, then spun around in midair. "Copy Laser!" he yelled. "Fire!"

Nomu turned around just as a white beam of light enveloped him. He screamed and stumbled back, blinded.

Jaxon waited for the copy to manifest in his mind. Finally, he received some information. "Shock absorption, huh? Not bad." He hesitated. "Wait, there's something el-"

The words 'Quirk Overload detected' appeared in his visor. Suddenly, pain like a thousand knives filled his head. He shrieked and staggered to the side, clutching the side of his head as though that would help. He looked out of the corner of his eye and saw a giant form coming toward him. Nomu got the last laugh, he thought, then knew no more.