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Chapter 14
Volcanic Activity

Lava continued to erupt from all around Red Volcano, who stood in one place and glared at the heroes menacingly. Due to this unexpectedly thing happening altering the danger level of the battle, the heroes nervously wondered how they were going to deal with this situation. Lava was no laughing matter after all, so they had to be careful, as carelessness might lead to instant death.

"From what we've seen so far, I think I can conclude that his powers involve the manipulation of geology and anything related," said Nightwing.

"I thought he manipulates gravity like me..." said Ochako.

"I'll see if I can do something about those lava," said Shouto as he took some steps forward. He released a large amount of ice form underneath his feet and had it spread all across the ground and onto the lava. The ice were able to freeze only a section of the lava pillars from below, but the intense heat melted them almost right away afterwards. This made him realize that his ice wouldn't be of much help here.

Tigress fired two arrows at Red Volcano, aiming for his feet. When they hit, and explosion of cold air occurred and encased his feet in ice, freezing him to the ground. Tigress then fired another arrow at his chest, and this one produced powerful voltage and shocked the android from head to toe. Finally, she fired a fourth arrow at his face, and this one resulted in an explosion that she hoped would blow off his head.

When the smoke cleared, however, Red Volcano was revealed to be unharmed. He pulled the electric arrow off his chest with no effort and also removed his frozen feet off the ground, much to Tigress's surprise. The android then dug his hand into the ground and dug up a piece of it, and somehow, it had the shape of a spear. Without even aiming, he threw the stone spear at Tigress, but Kid Flash took her out of harm's way in time.

Running as fast as she could, Ochako touched most or all the rocks that had just rained down from the the sky. Using her Quirk, she raised them all into the air and kept them afloat there, a sight that intrigued Red Volcano. "You can have them back!" she shouted before swinging her hands at the android, causing said rocks to shoot in his direction.

The rocks were about to hit him when he suddenly swung up his hand to make an earthen wall shoot out from the ground in an instant, serving as a shield and protecting him from the incoming rocks. Still, the impacts caused the wall to break apart after taking enough hits, but by then, the rocks had finished raining down on him.

Raising his arm into the air, the shattered pieces of rock around him slowly floated into the air and gathered together until they became a large, circular mass. As if that wasn't enough, the lava erupting from the ground were sucked towards the mass of small rocks, coating and heating them up. The heroes all had widened eyes of horror as they watched Red Volcano create his giant ball of lava.

When Red Volcano brought down his hand, the ball of lava was sent flying in their direction. Most of them were going to take over, but Shouto ran up ahead and, in a flash, created a slanted pillar of ice in the direction of the incoming attack. The lava ball struck the ice pillar and easily melted through it like it was butter, but the momentum was still slowed down a bit.

Katsuki ran up the ice pillar and pointed both his hands at the lava ball and generated the explosions he could nonstop. Just like that, he was able to blow the whole thing into pieces, and pieces of smaller, heated rocks rained down all over the place.

The other heroes were at an awe at the incredible feat those two pulled off. "Wow! That was amazing!" exclaimed Kid Flash.

"I know those two are considered the strongest in our class, but I'm still amazed...!" said Izuku.

Red Tornado unleashed a vertical column of wind at Miss Martian and Mina. The latter got out of the way from the side, while the former phased through the floor. Miss Martian shot back out of the floor right in front of Red Tornado and struck him in the chin with an uppercut, knocking him back a few steps. She approached him and delivered multiple punches against his body.

Red Tornado eventually caught her fist and delivered a strong punch to her guts that unleashed a tornado at the same time, so she got sent swirling back across the room.

Mina released a large spray of acid at Red Tornado, dousing him from head to toe. Smoke rose from his body as his exterior was partially melted by the acid, but whatever he was made up was actually highly resilient to acid, so he did not suffer too much damage other thea getting some scratches to the surface. Seeing this, Mina said, "Not sure whether this is a good thing or bad... I'd feel bad if I destroy you, but if you resist my acid too much..." Before she could finish speaking, Red Tornado attacked her with a column of wind, but she moved to the side in time.

While those two were fighting the android, Mei rushed over to a computer she saw at one part of the room, hoping that it would contain information on reverting Red Tornado back to normal. T.O. Morrow saw her, however, and said to her while picking up a baton from a nearby table. "What do you think you're doing, young lady?" he asked her.

Mei looked up from the computer and at him and said, "If you don't mind, I'd like to see if there is anything that can be of used in changing our friend back to normal."

"Do you have my permission to do this?" the evil scientist said to her. "You'll have to get through me first before touching my stuff!" He then swung the baton, which became electrified, at her, but she whipped out the same kind of weapon out of seemingly nowhere and blocked it. Sparks were sent into the air when they came in contact.

"I'm not asking for your permission either!" she told him. She then swung her electric baton against his over and over, forcing him back with each step. Mei swung fast and intensely, giving the scientist no chance to fight back properly. After enough hits, she was able to knock his baton off his hand.

Mei then wrapped her arms around his waist, and then flames came out from the bottom of the metal backpack she was wearing, causing them both to fly into the air. It was a jet pack all along. They headed for the ceiling, and because T.O. Morrow was taller than her, his head hit the ceiling first, or a light bulb, to be precise. As a result, the evil scientist was knocked out by the impact, and when Mei deactivated her jet pack, they fell back down. She let go of him, and he fell back onto the floor unconsciously. "I'll be using your computer whether you like it or not!" she said before rushing back to said computer.

The battle with Red Volcano went on outside the hideout.

Powering up as much as he could without putting too much strain on himself, Izuku shot himself at Red Volcano, who responded by pulling up a wall of earth. With a powerful punch, Izuku smashed through the earthen wall effortlessly and slammed into the android's body. Red Volcano flew back, but was able to remain standing. Izuku lunged himself at the android again for another punch, to which Red Volcano responded by covering his fist in rocks before punching him.

Their fists came in contact with each other, and the rocks covering Red Volcano's fist instantly shattered from Izuku's powered up punch. The teen then swung his leg at the android's waist, giving him a kick so hard that he was sent tumbling to the side.

Red Volcano got back up at a fast speed and slammed his fist into the ground to make a pillar of lava erupt from before himself. Izuku looked up with widened eyes at the lava as it splashed back down onto him, but Kid Flash dashed into him and carried him out of harm's way.

Shouto sent a large amount of ice in Red Volcano's direction, and the android was too late to respond in time and ended up having a portion of his body frozen. While he was trying to free himself, Fumikage sent Dark Shadow after him, and the latter attacked him swinging its shadow claws at him over and over.

Katsuki ran up to Red Volcano and delivered a powerful exploding punch that freed him from his icy restraint and also propelled him away a bit. He flew right into Superboy's open arms, and the cloned Kryptonian jumped as high as he could into the air with the android still in his grasp. At the peak of his jump, Superboy flung Red Volcano straight down onto the ground before falling back onto him, stomping him hard. The landing was so powerful that a crater was created underneath the android.

Red Volcano got back up when Superboy got off of him. The former was now beginning to short-circuit, and there were cracks on his body. Before he could do anything else, Nightwing threw multiple wingdings at him, and they exploded on contact. Because of the cracks, a hole was created on Red Volcano's body as a result, revealing his inner workings.

Despite this, the android was still struggling to stand up and move in the heroes' direction. "Still want to play?" said Katsuki while cracking his fist. "Very..." Before he could finish speaking, Fumikage let loose Dark Shadow. The latter rammed into Red Volcano and pushed him across the air and in the direction of a pool of lava. The android fell back into the lava.

Flames burst out from all over its body as the android slowly sank into it while struggling to get back up, but to no avail. "Father... will be most... disappointed..." he said one last time before his facial features turned dim, and then he became completely immobile as he sank more and more into the lava while on fire.

The heroes were staring at Red Volcano the whole time as he sank into the lava. Once he was out of sight, Kid Flash pumped his fist and exclaimed, "Woohoo! We did it!"

"Great job, Tokoyami!" Ochako said to the bird-headed teen while patting him on the shoulder.

Katsuki angrily stomped up to Fumikage and said to him, "Hey! I was going to finish him off! You stole my kill!"

"Then you should've struck while you had the chance without talking," Fumikage told him. "Actions like that can lead to villains fighting back or escaping." Despite hearing that, Katsuki was still frustrated.

"He does have a point," Nightwing told Katsuki. "It's important not to give your enemies the chance to do things."

"Now that we've defeated that android, what do we do now?" Izuku asked Nightwing.

Looking at the lab in the distance, he replied, "We can go over there to see what those three are doing, or we can wait... Either way, let's hope they're doing fine."

Red Tornado flew at Miss Martian, wrapping his hand around her neck tightly and slamming her against a wall hard. Miss Martian grunted while trying to pry off his fingers, but then she got to safety by phasing through the wall behind herself. Red Tornado then turned around, only to be splashed in front of his body by acid released by Mina.

Red Tornado attacked her with a column of wind, to which she responded by performing a cartwheel to the side to avoid it. She flung acid onto the part of the floor just in front of Red Tornado when the latter was taking a step forward. A shallow hole was created, and it was enough to make Red Tornado almost trip when his foot got into it. Mina took advantage of him almost flinching by attacking him in the body with a flying kick that was enough to make him fall on his back.

Miss Martian reappeared from underneath Red Tornado, phasing out of the floor and carried him over her head into the air. She then flung him onto a table filled with science equipment. She turned to Mei, who was still looking through the computer to gather info. "Would be nice if you can come up with something soon! We can't think of a way to hold him down without destroying him, which we want to avoid as much as possible!" she called out to the pink-haired girl.

"Don't worry! I think I may be onto something!" Mei called back.

T.O. Morrow got back up while rubbing his head and groaning in pain. Seeing that Mei was still at the computer, he reached underneath his coat and pulled out a gun. He never got to use it, as Miss Martian stretched her hand to the gun and pulled it away. "Oh no you don't!" she said to him.

"Curse you kids!" he said as he got back up and tried to bail from the room using a different door.

Mina made her way to him at a fast speed using a series of acrobatic movements and caught him by the waist from behind. "You're not getting away!"

"Let go of me!" shouted T.O. Morrow as he tried to break free from her grasp, but she was stronger than she looked. Using all her strength, she flung him to the side, and as he was trying to retain his balance, she gave him a roundhouse kick to his waist and sent him crashing into a shelf and emptying its contents with his impact.

"Sorry if I let go too hard!" she said to him with a wink.

Miss Martian suddenly crashed into Mina from behind, and they piled up on top of each other on the floor. Red Tornado had gotten back up and threw Miss Martian at the pink-skinned girl. The android approached them, but then he heard Mei calling out to him, so he turned around to face her. When he looked at her, she shined the flashlight she created and brought along, and the light flashed in various colors constantly. Red Tornado stood still as he looked at the light being shined onto him on and off nonstop as if he was mesmerized by it. "C'mon! Please work! I'd be out of ideas if this doesn't work!" said Mei nervously.

After several seconds of shining the light on Red Tornado, she stopped and waited for something to happen. The android remained motionless for a few seconds before looking left and right, and the three girls waited anxiously to see what the result was. Red Tornado then spoke. "What happened? Why am I in this unfamiliar place?"

Seeing this, the girls sighed with relief. "You're back to normal!" Miss Martian said to him.

Red Tornado faced her and said, "I am afraid that I will require explanation on the current situation. The last thing I remember was getting ready to confront the two intruders that appeared at your headquarters."

"You're not gonna believe it," Miss Martian told him. "You're probably feel bad about it too..."

The other heroes outside were relieved to see the Martian bioship heading in their direction. They approached the ship when it landed, and the door opened for the three girls, Red Tornado, and a bounded T.O. Morrow to step out. "Good to see that you're all fine!" Nightwing said to them, and then he looked at the android. "I assume that you're back to normal?"

"I have learned from Miss Martian everything that happened, and I truly apologize for the harm I have brought to you," Red Tornado told him. He tried to sound apologetic, but due to not being able to express emotions verbally, he ended up sounding emotionless and robotic like always. The others understood this, however.

Izuku turned to Mei and asked her, "So your invention worked?"

"It failed the first time, but when I checked his computer," said Mei while pointing her thumb at T.O. Morrow, "I found out the specific details required for this to work. By adjusting the lighting frequency and signals correctly, I was able to change him back to normal!"

"Curse you kids! You won't get away with this! I just want to have my creation back! Is that too hard to ask?!" said T.O. Morrow angrily.

Red Tornado turned to him and said, "I thank you for giving me life, father. I do not hold any ill will towards you for forcing me to return to your side. You created me to be as human as possible, and the path I chose is what I believe to be the most human."

T.O. Morrow could only growl in frustration that his created an android that turned out to be like this. Mei, on the other hand, was intrigued and filled with awe that robots with perfectly human A.I. could exist. This only made her more and more interested in the technologies of this world.

TO BE CONTINUED

Well, that's it for this story arc. Can't say that it's the best, but perhaps the next one will better? Let's hope so!