We have been running for several minutes now with Bang leading the way as Tatsumaki tagged along side him. Meanwhile I was trailing behind the group with Mask on my back. I'm telling you now, running with someone on your back is not easy in this stupid suit. Genos, who was slightly ahead of us, for some reason kept turning around to me every few seconds...

What's up with him?

"Where did that Kid fly off to then?" I could hear Tatsumaki ask Bang.

"What, Emperor? Well, he said he had better things to do than play with us…" he scratches his head. "So he just took off."

"What a little brat!" she remarked.

Look who's talking.

Genos turns around to look back at me…again.

"What's wrong Genos?" I sigh.

"Nothing."

Hmmmm. No Sensei?

I just nod in response and watch as he turns back to face the front again.

"What's wrong with your Cyborg disciple?" Mask asks, whose face is now resting on top of one of my shoulders. His face is too close.

"Umm probably nothing." I doubtfully reply.

I can't properly see Mask's face, but I swear I could feel him smirk. But what I'm 100% sure of, is that he suddenly tightened his grip around my shoulders and chest.

"Uhh Mask. Mind loosening up a bit?" I negotiate.

"Oh I'm sorry," he says before bringing his lips extremely close to my ear, "I just feel so safe in your arms,"

Before I can answer, Genos stops immediately in his tracks and turns around to face us. In response, I stop running as well. The first thing I notice are his red eyes, and they were staring at me…no wait Mask?

Why is he death glaring Mask like that for…

"Sensei. I will carry him." Genos declares as he marches towards us.

"Ahh it's okay. I don't really min-"

"No Sensei. I insist." He holds his arms out at me but his burning gaze is still on Mask.

I don't understand what's happening here….

"Umm. If you really want to…I guess?" I obediently lower Mask down to the floor, who hasn't said a word. I watch as Genos impatiently lifts him up and onto his back.

I notice Bang and Tatsumaki up ahead who've just recently noticed our absence.

"Hey, what the hell are you guys doing?!" unfortunately I can still hear her piercing scream from over here.

I give them a quick wave of my hand to show that we're on our way.

"Umm. I guess we better get going again." I awkwardly suggest to Genos.

"Yes Sensei." He parrots.

Maybe…I did something to make him mad?

I glance at Mask who looks like he's about to burst into laughter at any minute. I just throw him a confused look and start running alongside Genos and we soon catch up with the two.

"What happened buddy?" Bang slaps me on the back as we run.

"Aha nothing."

More like, I have no fucking clue.

I notice Bang looking over at Genos and Mask before drawing me back in for another question.

"Hey, weren't you carrying Mask just a minute ago?"

"Ah Yes. But Genos wanted to carry him instead…" was all I could offer.

"Haha I see." Bang just sent me an unreadable smile before reverting his gaze in front of him.

What was that about…

My thoughts are soon interrupted by another explosion up ahead.

"Quick let's go!" Bang shouts at us with his fist punched out in front of him like a superhero. We all speed up in response.

Well, I try but this suit is making things impossible.

When we get to the site of the explosion we see a recognisable figure lying on the floor.

"Rider!? Buddy are you alright?!" Bang runs to his side and I follow.

He looks like he's in pretty bad shape. There's blood covering most of his body and I'm sure one of his arms are broken. Luckily he's still alive.

"I…I…" Rider tries to speak but just ends up coughing up blood instead.

"You don't need to speak fella! Just nod for yes okay!?" Bang nurses the poor guy. Rider nods in response. "Was the guy you were following our guy?"

Rider nods.

"Did you see him cause this explosion?"

Rider nods again.

"Did…did he do this to you?!"

He nods.

"Damn this beast! Where is he?! I'll kill him!" Bang stands up from his spot and clenches his fists.

I scratch my head. Well, where is he now?

Me and Bang look back down at Rider who was trying his best to get our attention with his arm. "He…he went in th…there" he points towards an old factory building with his shaky hand.

Us two heroes look at each other and nod.

"I'll look after Rider…I'm leaving it to you, Saitama" he firmly shakes one of my shoulders out of encouragement before returning his attention to the injured hero on the floor.

I run back over to the three who had been looking around for any signs of the guy.

"Everyone. Rider said he saw our guy go in there." I point.

"Ha, so we finally have him. I can't wait to crush his skull." I hear Tatsumaki mutter to herself.

Scary.

"Oi Saitama!" Mask's face appears from behind Genos. "Let me go with you!"

"Umm isn't your leg broken?" I offer.

"Ah it'll be fine."

We all watch as he detaches himself from Genos and makes an attempt to stand on two feet…which just horribly ends up with him face-planting the floor.

I swear Genos was close enough to catch him…

"Ah shit." He mutters into the ground.

"Listen sleeping beauty! You're just going to slow us down. Do us a favour and just stay behind with Bang and Rider, will you!" Tatsumaki barks at him.

She's got a point.

"Umm listen man. Maybe you should just sit this one out." I rub the back of my neck.

"Ahhh fine…" Mask lifts himself off the floor and straightens out his legs.

I take his answer and signal the other two to follow me towards the factory. As we run, I catch Genos throwing a quick smirk back at Mask. Huh.

When we get inside the door slams shut behind us. It's pretty much pitch black in here except the rays of sunlight shooting through the gaps in the bordered up windows. I could feel Genos warming up next to me as he started charging his powers. He then swings his arm up to the ceiling and blasts a massive hole in the roof so that plenty of light soon enters the room.

"Where are you, you little shit!? We've been chasing you long enough!" Tatsumaki doesn't wait a single minute before screaming her voice off again. She's answered by silence.

I can now see that there is a massive stair case in front of us that splits into two corridors at the top. The downstairs looked like some old reception with a massive heap of old worker's uniforms spilling out from underneath the stair case. Creepy.

"Hey Cyborg", Tatsumaki turns to us, "Can't you just blow this place up…?"

"Now now little girl. Don't go stealing my idea…"

Let's just say that certainly wasn't Genos' voice…or mine.