Shigaraki turns back to me, hand outstretched, but is interrupted by Kurogiri. "Maybe killing her isn't the wisest decision. She's a hell of a fighter, we could still have use for her."

He retracts his hand. "Yes, I suppose so. Now that student has escaped, we won't stand a chance against dozens of Pros. It's game over...it's game over for now." He turns back to Kurogiri. "We're leaving."

No! No, I won't go back! I writhe and squirm in Nomu's grip. "C'mon man! Help your sister out here!" I say through tears. Humour: the only thing I have left to deal with what's happening.

"But before that," Shigaraki continues. "Let's leave a few dead kids, to wound the pride of the Symbol of Peace." He suddenly rushes over to Mineta, Tsuyu and Midoriya, who are still cowering in the water of the Flood Zone. Shigaraki extends his arm and places a hand on Tsuyu's face…

But once again, nothing happens.

"You really are pretty cool," Shigaraki looks back to us. "Eraserhead." I glance down and there, against all odds, Aizawa is forcing his head up, eyes glowing red.

Slam. His head returns to the crater within the floor. No! He can't take this much longer. Which each slam, his head is more and more likely to concave! It might've done already…

Nomu suddenly rushes off to the water's edge, running at an extraordinary rate. Multiple Quirks… I fall to the ground, feeling another surge of pain as I land on my open wounds. He blocks the punch Midoriya was aiming at Shigaraki. Go on, Deku, you've got this.

I rush over to Aizawa. His face and arms...they've been completely crushed. Delicately, I pull his good arm (the slightly better left arm) over my shoulder and stand up. "Don't worry, Mr Aizawa. C'mon, stay with me now. Look, I'm being all well mannered and polite, this is a rare moment so stick around for it." Tears seep from my eyes and down my face.

Nothing...but he's still breathing! He's just unconscious! Argh! Right, okay. Rescue training! That's what we're here for, I need to get Aizawa to safety, get him to the en-

"Fear not! For I am here!"

I almost collapse in relief as All Might bursts in through the doors. Oh my God, he couldn't have come at a better time!

He rips off his tie and, at lightning speed, zooms down the stairs to the plaza, knocking out all the remaining villains around us. He approaches Aizawa and me.

"They got him real bad!" I say through sobs. "His arms...his face…"

"I'm sorry, Aizawa, Kurono." All Might takes Aizawa and puts him over his shoulder, then scoops me up too. In another flash, we zoom past Shigaraki and Nomu as he also picks up Midoriya, Mineta and Tsuyu, before dropping us off by the stairs about 50 metres away.

"Everyone to the entrance! Take Aizawa, he's doesn't have much time!"

Midoriya steps forward before All Might leaves. "It's no use All Might! That brain-villain! One-fo- I mean, my attack wasn't to break my own arm but…he didn't even flinch!"

"He has multiple Quirks, All Might!" I add.

"Up against that…you…"

"Midoriya, kid, Kurono, fear not!" He smiles and rushes over, back to Nomu and Shigaraki. Go All Might, save the day.

I bend down next to Aizawa. Midoriya has his left arm over his shoulder, I have his right, Mineta is holding up his legs and Tsuyu is leading the way to the entrance. The other three watch the fight between All Might and Nomu, but I can't bring myself to. Part of me physically can't, because of where I am carrying Aizawa, I can't turn my head enough to see, but I also don't want to. I don't even want to look at Nomu, the monster that could've been me.

It's like staring straight at your future. I hate it.

"Asu-Tsuyu, take Mr Aizawa for me please."

"Sure, but what're you-"

Midoriya is already sprinting off back towards the fight. What is he doing?! We all stop and watch as he runs, runs straight into the path of a growing, black portal…

"Deku! Get the hell outta here!"

There's a huge explosion as Bakugo punches Kurogiri, somehow landing a solid hit. He grabs onto whatever bodily form lurks within the fog and slams it to the ground. "You're not all that, you misty mook!"

"So I heard you people are here to kill All Might." Todoroki! "But scum like you will never kill the Symbol of Peace."

Kirishima goes to lunch Shigaraki, but he dodges out the way. "Crap, almost 'ad him."

We all cheer from the sidelines, but I pull everyone back to the task at hand. "Come on, guys. All Might said we needed to get to the entrance ASAP."

We've rejoined the rest of our class while Todoroki, Bakugo, Kirishima, Midoriya and All Might are fighting Kurogiri, Nomu and Shigaraki down at the plaza. The class is to the side of the entrance, up on the left platform that looks out over all of USJ, where we were before this all happened. Everyone is dead-focused, entranced by the fight. If this was any other villain group, I probably would be too - hell, I'd probably be down there fighting.

But this...I feel like I'm drowning.

I remove my cape and wrap it round Aizawa, worried in case he loses too much body heat while unconscious. Uraraka is making him float too.

There's suddenly a massive crash as glass falls from the ceiling above the fight. All Might...he just punched Nomu straight out of the arena! Everyone bursts into cheers. We're finally winning!

But looking around, not everyone is here…

"Guys, not to be a downer, but where's Kaminari, Jirou and Yaoyorozu?"

The cheering stops as we all look around for them.

"I-I don't know."

"Are they still where they got dumped by the mist dude?"

"I hope they're okay."

Tokoyami steps forwards. "We have to find them. I'll go-"

"That's completely out of the question." I also step forward. "Aizawa's first orders were to huddle together by the entrance. There was clearly a reason for that, just like the was a reason for us being split up. All our best fighters are down there," I point to the plaza. "We have to trust they'll be fine on their own."

"We can't leave them!"

"Kurono," Tsuyu joins in. "Mineta and I saw your fighting from the Flood Zone - you were amazing! Your hand-to-hand combat and how you used it with your Quirk, you owned those guys."

"That was different, I didn't know what I was doing...I wasn't exactly in control...debatably, now I am in control I could be more efficient...no, we can't split up. Not when we've all been regrouped like this."

Tokoyami bows his head, "I understand." and gives me a slight smile.

I smile back, but before I can say anything else, we notice movement at the bottom of the stairs. The villains! They're waking up!

"Everyone, get ready!" I call out. I'm not going to freak out. Not again. "We've got a fig-"

Bang!

There's a gunshot. Then another. And another.

"Sorry everyone," Snipe tips his hat.

"We're a little late," Nezu states. "We brought everyone we could."

And there, standing at the entrance, is Iida, and the Pro Heroes of U.A.

"President of Class 1-A, Tenya Iida, reporting for duty!" Iida shouts, sweating buckets and breathing heavily.

Yamada walks to the edge of the stairs and takes in a deep breath. "Yeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaah!" All the thugs fall to the floor, holding their ears.

Snipe fires another series of shots at the villains as Shigaraki and Kurogiri look around, a little panicked. I can't hear what they're saying, I watch them get dragged back into a...black hole?

"Thirteen!" Uraraka shouts. "I'm so glad he's okay, I thought he was a goner."

But before he can crush the two villains in a black hole, Kurogiri forms a portal and they disappear.

"What in tarnation?" Snipe says.

"They just fled?" Midnight continues. "And after such a dramatic invasion?"

"They took us completely off guard," Nezu says. "But let's concern ourselves with the wellbeing if the students for now."

"Yamada!" I call out and he rushes over. "It's Aizawa."

His face drops and loses all its colour. "Oh no no no! Come on, brother! Wake up!" He's just as distraught as I was...it's heartbreaking…

"He's just unconscious."

Yamada falls to his knees in relief.

"But his arms and face have been broken real bad, he needs to go to hospital."

"R-right. I'll get on that."

The ambulance and police have arrived. All the thugs have been arrested and Aizawa is being loaded into the back of the ambulance. Kaminari, Jirou and Yaoyorozu were found, pretty much unharmed. The Pros are either talking to the police or with the students, where the police are also taking statements.

I sit on a wall away from everyone else, wrapped up in my cape now I have it back, watching the paramedics put Aizawa in his stretcher into the back of the ambulance.

Yamada sits next to me.

"I should've acted better," I say. "If I hadn't panicked, he wouldn't have wasted time trying to calm me down...and I almost killed those thugs."

"You had every reason to panic. I don't know what you've gone through, I can't even imagine, but given what Aizawa told me about you, you did well to not shut down completely. Today's event alone was enough to cause trauma, nevermind what you lived before."

I lower my head. "He fought with every ounce of being. I freaked out."

"From what I heard, you pulled through at the end." Yamada smiles down at me. "That Midoriya kid, he told me how went running to the rescue when you saw Aizawa getting beat up by that villain. I also heard you've got some pretty mean fighting skills too."

"Yeah, 'mean'. I saw those guys being put in the back of a prison van, they couldn't look at me they were so scared. I almost killed them, I was covered in their blood!" I look at my clothes. "I still am."

"But you didn't kill them, and that's what matters. Look at that Bakugo kid, you've got a much better hold of your anger than he does."

I laugh a little. "That's true."

Our conversation is interrupted by one of the paramedics who makes an announcement to the group. "Is there any close friend or relative who will be traveling with Mr Aizawa?"

"Over here!" Yamada holds up his hand as he stands.

"See you later." I stand too. I guess I should go back to my class. We both walk back, but as I go to walk off to join my friends, Yamada puts a hand on my shoulder.

"Where you going, kiddo? Ambulance is that way."

"But...he's your best friend?"

"I've still got work to do here." He leads me to the ambulance. "Besides, he's your dad."