Alice Nakiri and Shoto Todoroki laid on the hood of Alice's rented SUV, staring up at the stars. Ryo Kurokiba and Momo Yaoyorozu were cleaning up the campground. Originality it had been just Ryo (as ordered by Alice,) but Momo felt like lending a hand since all four of them had partaken in the meal. But she insisted that Shoto keep Alice company, so Ryo's little blonde girlfriend/boss would stop micromanaging the cleanup process.

"Can I ask you something?" Alice said as she pulled her legs to her chest to sit more comfortably in her skirt, in the cold of the moonlit night. "Do you prefer to be called Shoto or Todoroki?"

"Shoto," he replied in his usual emotionless tone.

"That was quick."

He ran his fingers through the white side of his red and white two-toned hair. "It's the part of my name that's completely mine. I mean, do you prefer to be called Alice or 'that other Nakiri heiress'?"

"I see your point." Alice reached for his hand, stroking his palm like a fortune teller. "What are your plans for after graduation?"

He only shrugged. "Work I guess, you?"

"Ryo and I, we're going to travel the world, make love on every continent," she said with a dreamy happiness to her voice.

"Even Antarctica?" Shoto asked, as he playfully froze Alice's hand.

"I think I'll marry him there. We could hold the ceremony on a cruise liner." Alice shook her hand free. "What about you and Momo?"

"We've been kinda keeping our relationship a secret."

"From who?" Alice laughed. "I just met you and all I can see is your puppy love."

"My parents, mainly my dad. I was raised to be this heir, this stature molded in his image. I don't know where love would play into that equation."

"My parents don't know about my plans- I mean how would I tell my billionaire mother and father that I've fallen in love with my attendant."

Shoto sighed, "Yeah, you can't control who you love."

Suddenly the entire campground went dark. Shoto stood up, looking towards the main building. "Ryo? Momo?" There was no answer, only a metallic clang, followed by a scream, then an engine roar. It all seemed to be over in less than a minute.

Alice ran towards the building with Shoto close behind. "Wait a second!" he shouted as he made a torch out of his arm to use for light.

"I had my cell phone," Alice muttered.

As if her phone could put out even a fraction of the light Shoto's flames would be able to. That and flames tend to make a better weapon then smartphones.

"Anyone here?" Shoto asked, looking around the trashed kitchen.

Ryo coughed.

Shoto shinned the light in his direction and was forced to grasp Alice as she screamed. Ryo was pinned to the wall by one of his own blades, with a second piece of metal stabbing through his right thigh. "Ryo?" Shoto asked with concern.

Ryo's long black hair was covering his face. Somehow he had lost his red bandanna. The teen swallowed hard, blood running down his chin. "He took Momo."

"Who took Momo?" Shoto asked. He got down on his knees to try and look Ryo in the eyes.

Ryo calmly opened his hand to reveal three of Dabi's severed fingers. "This guy," Ryo's voice dropped to a grave whisper as his head tilted to the side like a doll. "I figure you know him?"

"Wow..." Shoto had to admit he was impressed. "Yeah I do, he's given us trouble in the past. Um..So..." He knew what he had to do but he wanted Ryo's permission.

Ryo raised his head, to look at Shoto. His red eyes seemed to glow by the light of the moon. "Take- the - blades out."

Shoto bit his lip. He needed a plan.

Ryo glared at him with intensity. "That's what you're thinking, right? Should you or shouldn't you- what if I bleed out? Take out the blades, use your fire to cauterize the wounds. I'm trusting you with my life."

Shoto turned to Alice. "I'm going to need your help."

"Ok." Alice nodded as she regained her composure.

"I need you to pull the blade out of his leg while I pull the other one out of his shoulder. Then I need you to get out of the way as quickly as possible so I can cauterize the bleeding. "

Alice nodded. "If Ryo trust you, so do I." She wrapped her hands with a towel and focused her grip on the blade.

"On three: one, two, THREE!" Shoto yanked out the blade, freeing Ryo from the wall.

Alice did the same, but the force of the pull caused her to fall backward, tripping over her own feet.

Thinking fast, Shoto threw up a small ice wall, to shield Alice from what he needed to do next. "Alice, you ok?"

"I'm fine, just do what you need to do."

Shoto placed one hand over Ryo's shoulder and the other on his leg, channeling both his fire and ice his energy through the young chef's body. He started gradually then increased his force. To treat a human with no quirk power in this manner was a risk but it felt like the right thing to do. Ryo's body trembled with energy. Was it possible he had some kind of quirk all along?

Ryo's body convulsed. His lower body shivered as it glowed with the blue of Shoto's ice power. Suddenly Ryo threw his head back. A tower of flame shot from his eyes and mouth. Within a few seconds, Ryo's body slumped forward.

Shoto shook him, "You ok, man?"

"Yeah," Ryo said as he stood up, dusting off his pants. He rolled his shoulder, then cracked his neck with a satisfying pop. his eyes glowed with a fiery intensity. "Now let's go find the bastard that took your girlfriend."