Heroes Adventure in Wonderland
Hello everyone hope you enjoyed all the previous chapters! I don't own MHA or any of its characters, themes, settings, or anything related to it as this is a work of fiction. All rights go to Kohei Horikoshi, please support his work. I only own the story plot line and my OC. Hope you enjoy.
Chapter 14: Izuku in the Hatter's Domain.
Last Time
"Well no time like the present, come along everyone hop in! The sooner we find Hatter the better!", Allen exclaimed firmly with a nervous undertone in his cheerful voice.
Now
Once the teens piled themself in the box, with no stern instructions by on seating arrangements by Iida, oddly enough, they seated themselves as comfortable as possible and even managed to just squeeze the Numo-Dhina-in the box with it sitting peacefully and quietly in one of the corners. Once the group was seated the doors of the box automatically closed, the box turned around lifted into the air with many squeaks and creaks, and began its accent to the Hatter's Domain. Everyone settled in patiently and silently waiting for their ride to stop, a few teens looked out the windows at the many abstract objects and machine parts floating in the air as the moved past, their even was a large blue dodo bird that flew by!
"Ah the Hatter's Domain, almost as I remember it!", Allen exclaimed with a sigh.
"Appearances, as you know better than most, can be deceiving, Allen. Much has changed since you're last visit.", the Cat said as he suddenly appeared.
At this point mostly everyone was used to the Cats sudden appearcens and thought nothing of it when he did.
"I've often been told that change is 'constructive', that 'different' is good.", Allen replied while crossing his arms to emphasize his point. A few other people in the loft silently agreed with him with a nod of their heads.
The Cat shook his head with a disappointed expression in his grinning face. "Different denotes neither 'good' nor 'bad', but it certainly mean not the same! Find the Hatter Allen, he know more about 'different' then any.", he informed Allen firmly.
"On that we can both agree.", Iida agreed with the Cat.
"Right as you are Puss, but does he truly know the difference between bad and good?", Allen asked back.
Before the Cat could answer the entire lift came to an abrupt halt and the whole thing jolted violently! Some people yelped in surprise and grabbed onto one another or the lift itself. while others had shock expressions and tried to steady themselves in their seats! The exception to this were Allen and the Cat who were firmly planted in their spots. Suddenly the sound of something banging and eventually breaking glass could be clearly heard, along with the sound of buzzing wings! Everyone turned their heads and began to panic when they saw the culprits of the rocking!
"Woah!", Momo exclaimed in shock!
"What the-?!", Bakugou began to say until someone else cut him off!
"I think we got company!", Shoji commented trying to keep his voice as calm as possible.
"Bolt flies!", Izuku and Mineta exclaimed in terror!
"Making friends, Allen? You're as randomly lethal and entirely confused as you ever we're.", the Cat teasingly vexed Allen.
"We've managed without you so far, puss. Return to whatever hovel you call home, I'll call if I need you.", Allen instructed the Cat.
The Cat rolled his large yellow eyes as he relied, "Predictably rash. It's not a matter of 'if', Allen, it's 'when'. Now sit down, hold on, and as they say; 'shut up'!", The Cat then disappeared once again with its mischievous grin being the last thing to go.
"So typical.", Allen huffed annoyed while crossing his arms.
Suddenly the box dropped down violently causing everyone to bounce and yelp at the sudden fall! The basket then restarted its accent, only this time it was more of a falling accent as it zoomed at an uncontrollable speed towards a brick wall, while continuing to gain speed!
"We're gonna crash!", Kirishima exclaimed as he pointed to the wall!
"I don't wanna die!", Kaminari and Mintea cried out in terror while hugging one another!
"Brace for impact!", Jiro shouted at she grabbed onto a support railing!
Before anyone could blink the basket arched back and rammed directly in the wall causing a huge tremore to shake the building they crashed into, created a huge hole, and kicked up a large dust cloud that blocked everything else! Once the dust settled the teens were now found spread and scattered all over the place with the basket in as many pieces as the teens were. A gaping hole from where they crash let in light to the seemingly pitch black room. After a few minutes the semiconscious and injured teens began to reawaken and pull themselves together from the crash.
"Ouch!", Toru weezed out painfully!
"Oh ow! That really hurt!", Sato stated as he tried to sit up only to feel pain rush up his chest and stomach!
"I'm gonna...feel that….in the….morning.", Bakugou commented as he cracked his neck.
Then Dhina-the Numo-rolled onto his back creating a large sound from impact and opened his huge arms to reveal three people he managed to cradle before the crash. Mina, Mineta, and Todoroki; Mineta was clutching for dear life to Todoroki while burying his face into his chest(no doubt thinking he was a girl) and Mina was at Dinah's head. The pink girl opens her eyes and slowly looked around noticing that she was unharmed and on the Numos chest. Realizing the Numo saved her she placed a hand on the Numos exposed brain and began to pet it as a thank you. A low pitched sound emanated from the Numo, like the purr of a cat.
"You know I've always wanted a pet, though I always hoped they'd be more cute and less ugly.", she commented.
This time a low grumble emitted from the Numo, as if it was displeased by Minas comment. At this time Mineat and Todoroki awoken and saw the position the were in, which immediately caused Mineta to scream and kick Todoroki away. He fell to the ground crying profusely while muttering something about his preserved final moments not being able to touch a real woman. This only made Todoroki confused and decided to blow off any explanation.
"Well, I suppose I've made more graceful entrances. I should be thankful that nothing's broken.", Allen commented while slowly picking himself up. Allen then helped all the other teens into sitting position or back on their feet. He then looked around and said to himself aloud, "Hmmmm, now where to from here?"
All around the teens was metal….nothing but straight metal, and gears, lots and lots of gears. It was almost like they were standing inside of a giant machine and viewing its ineraders? Though with everything they've seen so far, that possibility wasn't too far fetched.
Gears, and springs, and pistons, and pipes that whistled, pressure gauges, and all other machinery parts littered all over the walls and ceilings making a whole plethora of different squeaks, and creaks, and other noise everyone didn't want to know what they meant.
Mostiour dripped from pipes leaving rust and mold in its place covering large areas. Pieces of the walls and floor were rotted away leaving gaping holes all over. Cold and warm air spurted out from vents all over making the place feel dead cold and sickly warm.
From the peaceful yet beautiful Vale of Tears, to the barren and winding expenses of the Lost Canyon, this place really was different in all ways! Though it wasn't just the Hatter Domain that was now totally different. It was also the teens or rather their clothing. As if by some miraculous force; the teens quickly found out that their outfits had completely changed! The core design was still there yet the color palette and patterns were new, even Allen and Dinah went through a total wardrobe change!
Allens once baby blue victorian style suite had been totally transformed; the same style was their yet the color, shapes, and material were much different. The light colors were turned into a much darker color scheme consisting of grey and black, and instead of light flowing edges everything was very sharp, angular, and meticulous, with leather bands making up a portion of the outfit around the arms, legs, and chest. This trend also followed into the other teens costumes and the Numo as well.
Well actually less so on Dinah since he wasn't wearing any clothing and instead the color of his skin changed to that of a dark grey.
Eventually the question of clothing was too much to ignore at this point and finally someone spoke up. "Uh Allen?", Izuku asked the tall young man while staring at his new attire.
Allen hummed in response.
"What...happened to us?"
"Hmmm? Oh you mean you're new outfits!", Izuku nodded in response. "Well to put it quite simply; some places in Wonderland aren't just different for their look, but also for how they affect their inhabitants. So in traveling to different places it won't be too uncommon to find changes in yourself and you're clothing.", he explains.
"Changes in us? Like what for instance?", Iida asked nervously about the potential for a sudden mutation to occur just because of travel.
"Well for one thing your clothing from what I can see right now, though usually it's random between place and person.", Allen's explains while Iida breathes a sigh of relief. "Though don't think of it too hard love. An extra eye, or a tail, or you're whole body turning into fire or steel isn't so bad.", Allen finished cheerfully.
"That...doesn't help.", Iida sweat drops at Allen's misplaced enthusiasm.
Allen gave a small smile and began to walk away from the group towards a darker part of the new room they were in and begin to examine something on the ground. Izuku followed the tall young man and examined what he was looking at, only to find what looked like to be train tracks, although they were much smaller and thinner for train tracks. Just before Izuku could ask Allen what the tracks were the Cheshire Cat appeared out of thin air causing Izuku to close his mouth.
"This desolate track are unknown to all the inhabitants that live here.", with that obligatory statement the Cheshire Cat disappeared once more.
Izuku was confused and stumped to say the least, he knew the Cats riddles had meaning behind them, Yet what did he mean by all of that? No use in mulling over it like a buffoon, he decided to ask the one and only Wonderland expert in the room.
"What'd he mean by that?", Izuku asked Allen.
Allen rubbed his chin for a moment while not taking his eyes off the track before answering. "I believe he means we have to ride the track to get anywhere, especially to where we have to go.", he explains.
"And were are we going?"
"To the Hatters office. No doubt he's mulling over this and that invention working himself purple over time and tea in the process. He always been obsessed with time."
"And you're not?", Izuku questioned teasingly.
"It's one of the few qualities that I unfortunately lack.", Allen sighed with fake despair.
"Then what quality do do have?", Izuku asked with a chuckle.
Allen then kicked a lone teapot into the air; where he then did a twirl into a curtsy, grabbing his coat tails, and having the teapot land on his head as he replied, "Why I'm mad as a Hatter and then some!", Allen looked up from his curtsy with a silly expression composed of crossed eyes and a stuck out tongue.
Izuku couldn't help but laugh a little at his antics, especially whatever was left in the teapot began to drip down his face!
"After all, all the best people are.", Allen said cheerfully as Izuku continued to laugh. "Now then, how do I get the carts to arrive?", Allen asked himself as he turned back to the track.
Allen rubbed his chin against the back of his hand as he hummed in concentration. Suddenly he saw a bell with the words 'Do Ring' written on it. Allen walked over to the bell and grabbing the rope he rang the bell once and very hard! The ring got everyone's attention as they all waited for something to happen, yet after a minute nothing happened.
"Hmmmmm, perhaps IIIIIIII did it wrong?", Allen asked Izuku, who shrugged in response.
While the two teens tried to figure out the bell, Tokoyami moved away from the group into a more darker area where he leaned against a wall. Though when he did lean his body he quickly found out that he wants leaning against a wall, emphasised by how he fell but first on the cold rottened metallic ground! Tokogami picked himself up and turning to what he fell off of he saw a lever; old, rusted, and half broken. On the lever sat a sign that read 'Do not pull'.
"Do not pull.", the bird headed teen read aloud.
"Do not pull my beak.", Dark Shadow said sarcastically as he popped out of his masters body and quickly pulled back on the rusty lever with ease. Tokoyami didn't t even have time to open his mouth to command his quirk to stop, but it was too late and suddenly the sound of something rolling down the tracks came into everyone's ears!
Only moment later did , what only could be described as minecarts shaped like teacups, came rolling down the track and came to a stop where all the teen stood by and watched.
"Huh? Perhaps it was two rings?", Allen questioned. "Let's see what happens after three!", Allen exclaimed while ringing the bell hard again, as Izuku tried to stop him!
Though as Allen hoped this did do something, instead however it wasn't a very good something. In fact it was a something that would've killed Allen if Izuku had not tackled him to the ground in a force of shear insitact! After Allen rang the bell again one of the metal floor boards opened up and up came a mechanical flamethrower! The flame on the end ignite, Izuku tackled Allen to the ground, and the flamethrower went off in a huge display of fiery incineration! Burning up the floor, back wall, and even ceiling leaving a deep black charred area in it wake! The flame thrower retreated back into the ground with the floorboards closing up.
Everyone had jumped back and away from the flamethrower in the nick of time, so no one was hurt. Only leaving a very scared and panting Izuku on top of a face down motionless Allen. Izuku carefully got back to his feet then helped Allen to his feet, when he did he noticed that Allen had been grazed by the flames with a small flame ignite at the top of his man bun.
Allen had a shocked expression on his face when he got to his feet with wide eyes and a gaping mouth. "Wow!", he said in a calm shock. This however changed very quickly as he added, "Let's do that again!", and ran towards the bell with sparkles in his eyes ready to ring it again!
Izuku reacted quick enough to grab the tall teen before he could reach the bell and scolded him exclaiming, "WOAH! No no no no no no! NO!"
Allen only blink back at Izuku with a blank expression, like when a cat tries to tell you what it wants without making any noise or movement.
After that scene had settled down everyone hoped into a teacup minecart, which could hold six people, and rode off into the darkness to where the Hatter maybe. A good while passed with the teens riding silently and calmly on the tracks without a single enemy or death trap in sight. Everyone simply took the time to relax and watch the scenery that pass by. With tubes, and pipes, and gears, and springs, and whistles, and bells of all kinds like they seen before. Machines that couldn't be described that litteriterd the walls and ceiling and Macups working along rafters and pipes fixing up or taking out chunks of metal and gears like a construction crew. Eventually their raide came to a bumpy halt that quickly rolled back again, yet this time they were beginning to ascend.
Everyone was obviously confused and began to look around wondering why their were going up and not just straightforward? Eventually Izuku, who was in the same cup as Allen, asked anxiously, "Um Allen, what's going on? I thought you said this was a straight shot to the Hatters office!?"
"I never said it was a straight shot to the Hatters Office, I just said it'll take us to the Hatters office. If anything the this is the rolling shot to the Hatters office.", Allen explains.
"The rolling shot?!", Izuku questioned him a bit anxiously.
"Yes, as in rolling coaster.", Allen explains simply.
"WHAT!?", Uraraka shouts in surprise as she listened to the two teen conversation.
Suddenly the Cheshire Cat materialized at the very front of the groups cart sitting on the thin railing like a perch and stated with a sly grin, "I hope you don't have sweaty hand. Cause as they say in the movies, 'Hold onto your butts."
Kaminari, who was also in the cart with them, asked, "Hold onto my wha-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!", He screamed as the cart reached the top of their accent and immediately took a drastic drop!
All the cart went down one by one with the occupants screaming their heads off as they dropped into the darkness! Though instead of simply falling off to their doom they picked up speed quickly and immediately came to a sharp 90 degree turn that changed into a wobbling side-to-side motion! If anything, Allen was right, this cart ride really was like a roller coaster rather than an unstable death trap! The series of continued accents and sarp fast descents mixed with wide or sharp turn went on for what felt like hours to some people, with many of the teen screaming in fear as there was nothing to secure them in place!
All expect for Allen who was howling with glee like a little child! "AH HAHAHAHAHA! HOLD YOUR HAND IN THE AIR IT'S MUCH MORE FUN!", Allen shouted to the group as his arms waved wildly above his head through the wind!
"I DON'T WANNA GO ON THIS RIDE ANYMORE!", Shouted Kaminari as he garbed onto Allens surprisingly ancored body!
"I HATE ROLLER COASTERS!", Uraraka shouted as she too grab hold of Allen!
Even Izuku was holding onto the railing and pressed between Allens legs for stability! Suddenly Allen stopped shouting with joy and his body went stiff when he looked out into the horizon. Everyone in the cart looked at the teen with fear already starting to brim in them. If Allen saw something that was worrying him, then there was no doubt that it was something very very bad!
However that thought was completely dissuade when Allens eyes began to sparkled with glee as he shouted, "WERE GONNA GO THROUGH THE PRETZEL LOOP!"
"THE WHAT?!", Kaminari shouted in question!
Just then the pretzel loop came into view, which as Allen said by the name, was a series of tracks that were in the shape of a Ny style pretzel! The look of this loop literally screamed death sentence and the occupants of the basket faces went completely white!
The teens then restarted their screaming secession as their cart began to twist and turn in angles and bends that defied the law of gravity and physics and wouldn't be anywhere possible for a normal roller coaster cart to do! The teens screams were fractured as they twisted and turned, and shoved to the right and left, and towards and back spastically! Once they finally exited from the pretzel loop the teens screaming subsided from the dizzying feeling they all felt, their screams were now replaced by sounds of exhaustion and nausea groans.
Izuku peeked up from his position with a green color dusting his face. He looked up to Allen and shouted, "ALLEN! I'M GONNA VOMIT!"
Allen then quickly handed the green face green teen an empty teapot, from somewhere, which Izuku then immediately proceeded to puke his guts into! Once Izuku emptied his stomach Allen took the pot away from him and placed the lid back on. Allen then threw the pot behind him while shouting, "NO ONE DRINK THIS TEA!", The pot flew behind the other teens and landed perfectly on the tracks.
Soon the carts went down another sharp drop and zoomed out in a straight line towards a tunnel. The tunnel flashed by them in a matter of minutes and once they were on the other side they found themselves in a very large room. Though this room was unique for two promotes thing that even the teen could see from their zooming carts. Fist the whole place was essentially a bunch of floating metal island hanging by chains above a bottomless pit, like in the Vale of Tears. The second was that the tracks they were riding suddenly disappeared or ripped out midway to the edge of the main platform they were on over the bottomless pit!
The teens saw this and began to panic as for what they should do now! Some suggested to jump, though that was too risky as the space between the ground on the side of the carts and the edge of the platform was too small! Some suggested jumping off the back, but the people in the front would have to click to the back and there wouldn't be enough time before the went over the edge! So in short every idea was a bad one.
"WERE GONNA DIE!", Kaminari shouted in panic!
"ALLEN! WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO!", Izuku shouted to the tall teen!
Allen, who was unusually calm, replied in a shout, "NOT TO WORRY ILL JUST ACTIVATE THE BREAKS."
Everyone in the cart looked around to find said break but only found an empty space occupied by their bodies.
"WHAT BREAK!? THERE'S NO LEVER!", Uraraka shouted!
Allen slapped his head and corrected himself saying, "OH SORRY, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THESE BREAKS!", he explains while pointing to his boots.
The teens gave an 'are-you-kidding-me' expression as they stared at the tall teens boots. "Please tell me your joking?", Iida asked him.
Allen shook his head in confirmation then lifted his legs over the railing of the cart, sitting on the edge with his feet hanging off he took a deep breath and braced himself for what was to come. He then hammer his feet into the tracks using his feet to slow their uncontrollable acceleration! The screeching sound of the metal, with broken wood boards flying over head, and the increasing smell of Allen's shoes soles burning from the friction came into everyone's senses! The carts crashed into one another as the first one began to halt with the rest slowing down with it.
The view of the edge came in closer and closer and closer with no significant halting being felt by anyone! Allen strained and drained and cried out as he tried to stop the unconstrained carts with all his might! Izuku and Iida was just about ready to throw their legs over he edge and help Allen stop the accelerating carts with him, though they was stopped by Allen who frimley shouted, "NO! I GOT THIS!"
Izuku and Iida looked at the teen with worry and stress and admiration filling their eyes as Allen was now sweating bullets, his hair had come undone and was now flowing crazy, and his boots were now starting to glow a bright orange as the screeched along the solid metal ground creating sparks and black smoke! The teens barced themselves for whatever was going to happen as they speed towards the edge with minimal deceleration! The edge got closer and closer, and the crates with Allens boots still screeched even louder than before semmling ready to fall off the edge !
Until the carts came to an immediately stop out of nowhere causing the teens to be flung in their seats forward in huge heaps and yelps! Izuku, whose face got forced into one of the carts sides, pulled his face upwards and ignoring the pain for a moment immediately freaked when he saw that the tips of Allens boots were only a few inches from the edge!
Izuku eyes slowly leaned over to Allen; who was now slumped over on the ground with his arms hooking himself behind the cart, his head dropped forward as his curly hair covered the front of his face, his chest rising and falling rapidly, the sound of his breaths short and horse, and his boots glowing a bright orange with smoke and a thich, putrid smell of burning rubber hitting his nostrils! Izuku was stunned by Allens actions, not only did he display raw power and will over this and many other situations, but he also push himself past his seeming inhuman limits to save all their lives from curtain doom! Izuku was amazed and baffled so much that he completely forgot about his stress and face pain for a moment as he just stared at his mystery friend!
After taking a few minutes to catch his breath, Allen finally unhooked one of his arms from the inside of cart and push away his hair. He breathed a quick deep breath and push it out with a great 'FOOOO!' He brought his head up and looked at the ceiling of the giant room they were in taking in the sight and moment to regain his composure. Allen then took a breath through his nose but stopped mid breath when something odd smelling hit them. He sniffed the air around him trying to figure out what it was.
Kaminair, who finally pulled himself up from the carts insides looking green in his face, rested his head on the edge. Allen turned to the eclectic teen and asked, "Uh, what cookin toots?"
Kaiminar made an unpleasant expression and replied, trying not to gauge, "You are *HURK*. Stupid."
Allen blushed and waved a dismissive hand at Kiminairs reply, though that expressed joyful expression quickly melted when he realized what he ment. Allen looked down at his feet and saw his once clean, neat, and perfect boot now full of scuff marks, and cuts, and a grey discoloration, and the smell of the rubber burning from all the friction. "Oh, so it is.", Allen stated in a shockingly calm tone.
"Didn't that hurt you? I mean you're boots looked like they were seconds from actually catching fire?", Izuku asked him.
Allen shook his head and replied, "No, but I did feel a very warm feeling running up my legs."
"Dude, are you even human?", Kiminari asked beside him?
Allen shrugged his free shoulder and replied, "Sometimes I asked myself the same question, though I never get an answer."
Allen then pulled himself up back to his feet and began to retie his crazy hair and brush himself off clean. He then took a shoe brush from his pocket and began to brush his boots clean until they actually looked good as new, like they never got a scuff on them at all! Izuku was confused by this and confirmed what it was with Allen by asking, "Magic shoe brush?"
"Magic shoes brush.", Allen confirmed.
"I'm guessing you also have a pair of magic sewing needles in your pockets also?", Kaminari asked teasingly.
Allen shook his head in reply. "No but I do have these magic silk bugs. Do you need them?", he asked back while pulling out a small jar full of small gray and cyan colored insects.
Kaminari sweat dropped and shook his hand dismissively at the offer. Allen then proceeded to help the electric haired teen out of the tea cup cart and then the other occupants. Soon all the teams were slowly spilling out of their group tea carts and trying to re-stabilize and calm themselves down after their intense ride to oblivion.
"Well…", Allen began to say. "That sure was some jolly good fun.", he finished in a cheerful and optimistic tone.
Certainly a very familiar head up spiky ash blonde hair perked up from the group of teens and marched over angrily towards the cheerful Allen! Getting into the taller teens face as much as possible with an expression of pure furry, he shouted into his pale face, "Fun? FUN! Shut the fuck up with that cheerful shit! I can fucking assure you that there was nothing about this shit ass death ride that was fun! We all nearly fucking died, a-fucking-gain!"
"But we didn't die.", Allen rebuttal.
"Allen's right Bakugou lighten up a little. Besides that was actually kinda fun.", Jiro chimed in as she stretched her legs.
"Yeah! In a thrilling suspenseful kinda way.", Kirishima added.
Bakugou just stared at the two of them like they suddenly ate an entire mailbox whole! "How the fuck can any of you fuckers say that with a straight fucking face!?", he yelled at them!
Suddenly Bakugou felt something grab the top of his head and forcefully turn him around. When he did he came face to face with Allens smiling face. Though this wasn't a smile of happiness, this was a I'm-about-to-beat-your-ass face.
"Katsuki. Two things.", he said while still smiling unsettlingly, which made Bakugou sweat drop. "One, what did I say about the cruising and rudeness?", Allen asked rhetorically with a glitter of agitation in his eyes. Bakugou didn't reply to the question, instead he remained quite as he remembered what happened the last time; his eyes immediately widened with fear as he felt his skin tremble, his breath stiffen, and cold sweat collect on his neck. "And two, you may as well get use to it right now. Cause this journey of ours is not going to be all sparkle cupcakes and rainbow unicorns. Wonderland has and always will be a dangerous place in general, and even more so with the Red Queen's influence taking over like a cancer. I can tell you right now that we are most certainly going to be in a number of near death experience along the way. So you may as well stop sobbing about it like a wee baby.", he strictly scolded the teen like an adult.
Normally after being told off, Bakugou would simply tell someone to shut their face, cruss, click his tongue and leave while growling to himself in a passive aggressive manner. Though he was smart enough to know that after that one encounter with Allen, he should never, NEVER back talk him EVER!
When Allen saw that Bakugou had nothing more to say he straightened himself and brushed off his clothing. "Now if your done we have bigger fish to fry at the moment.", Allen continued as he walked away from the group and over to the edge of the platform they were on and examined the area around them.
Todoroki, who was already standing their, turned to Allen, who was still eyeing the area in deep thought, asked, "So I'm guessing we do what we did at the Vale, right? Use the bounce shrooms and stem vents to help us cross between one platform to the next until we reach the far end, right?"
Allen scanned the area not taking his eyes off for a moment, eventually when Allens examination was complete he answered the half haired teen without looking in his direction, "In correlation, yes, the same principles apply here. I just hope everyone here is mentally and physically prepared for what's to come next.", this prompted a raised eyebrow from Todoroki. "Cause it will only get harder from here. Especially what lies behind the door on the far end.", Allen replied the last part with an underlying tone of malice and dread.
Todoroki gave him a confused expression and turning in his direction asked him, "What do you mean by that?"
Allen sighed and nervously began to twist the golden ring on his finger. He took a shaky breath and said, "Well….you see-.", though he didn't get to finish that sentence when all the teens began to hear the sound of giggling and coming laughter coming from above them!
The whole group immediately went into battle mode taking their fighting stances and activating their quirk for whatever was going to pop out at them! They all turned their heads towards the ceiling and when they did all the students of Class 1-A immediately recognized the figure that loomed over them and laughed a seemingly insane chuckle!
The figure above the teens head was very familiar to them all. Since they've seen and interacted with the person on many occasions! The person hanging off the wall from some kind of grapple gadget was none other than the crazily passionate, pinked haired, inventor extraordinaire Mei Hatsume! She wore her normal attire consisting of tank top, baggy pants, work gloves and boots, steampunk style goggles with horn attachments, and finally her Attack on Titan style grapple system placed around her waist.
"Hatsume-san!", Izuku exclaimed!
"Hatsume?", Shinsou exclaimed in his deadpan voice!
"Crazy eyes?", Bakugou exclaimed!
"NOT AGAIN!", Iida exclaimed in terror as he went to run away!
"You know her?", Allen asked the group?
Izuku turned to Allen while shaking his head in confirmation. "Uh yeah, she's a friend of ours from Japan who came to England. She's a hero like us.", he explains.
"Well isn't this just a bleeding surprise!", Allen states with a jolly smile as he magically puts away his Teapot Cannon. "Soooooooo what's her name?", he quickly asks in a hushed voice towards Izuku.
Hatsume clicked a button on her trigger and she decided downward in seconds, she stared Allen in his eyes, while upside down, and introduced herself. "Hiya! My name is Hatsume, Mei Hatsume! The world's greatest hero gadget inventor or at least I will be, in the near future!"
"Driven, dedicated, self sufficient, and quirky.", Allen listed off her personal traits on his fingers. "I like her already!", he exclaimed with a smile.
'And insane, don't forget about insane.', Iida side mouthed.
"And who are you mister tall, blue, and mentally unstable?", she asked Allen while kicked her legs in the air.
Allen knelt down in a bow and introduced himself charmingly. "Allen Kingsley's Liddell, at your service madam."
"Wait how'd you know he was mentally unstable?", Bakugou asked quickly cutting in.
"I saw your near death incident with those teacup minecarts and Liddell-san using his feet as breaks.", she explains while pointing to the piled up carts.
"And you didn't help us, why?", Jiro asked.
"I was enjoying the spectacle too much to do anything else. But back on topic, you're the one that everyone in England has been hunting down, eh?", she asked Allen with a wry smile.
Allen raised his hand as he replied, "Guilty as charged."
Hatsume then went back into an upright position and turning to the rest of the group asked, "Soooooooooo, anyone want to explain to me the situation of where we are and what you're all doing currently?"
Shinsou restrung his star and rubbing his temples he explains, "Long story short; were in some sort of alternate dimension where everything from the book, Alice in Wonderland, is real life. You know it by chance?", Mei nodded her head. "Anyway, only everything in this world is twisted, dark, and madness reign supreme over logic."
"Sound like my kinda place.", Mei states with a smile.
"And currently Wonderlands power, or whatever you call it, is being drained by this figure known as the Red Queen. Without her in the picture we all could have gone home much sooner. But now that she's drain said power we have to go to her relm in the Queens Land and put an end to her.", Shinsou continued.
"Uh-huh.", Mei nodded.
"And currently were on our way to meet one of the Wonderland characters, the Mad Hatter, and have him take us to the Queens Land by….whatever means he has?", he finally finished.
"That it?", the golden eyed girl asked?
"That's it.", Shinsou replies monotoned.
"Sound like a real adventure!", she exclaimed while balling her hands into excited fists.
'Not exactly what I would call it.', Iida side mouthed.
"So this Mad Hatter guy, is he the one who made this place?", she asked Allen.
Allen nodded his head as he replied, "The Hatter's Domain? Well it's all in the name really, everything from the smallest nut to the largest piece of metal lining the walls and ceilings was all constructed by him and him alone."
Meis eyes sparkled with excitement as she immediately grabbed his shoulders and shaking him violently exclaimed, "O! M! G! I have to meet this guy! You have to take me to him! I have so many questions!"
"You-actually-like-it-here?", Allen asked as he was being shamed around!
Mei immediately let Allen go and stated,"How could I not!? I mean just look at this!", she then grappled back up to her original position and yanked off a piece of metal. Then descended back down with said metal. "Look at it. LOOK AT IT!", she half yelled in excitement as she aggressively shoved it into Izuku's face!
"AH! I'm looking, I'm looking! But what am I looking at?", Izuku asked nervously while trying to back away.
"This metal, duh!", she said like it was obvious.
"What so special about it?", Bakugou chimed in.
"Are you kidding?! How can you not see it!", both Mei and Allen exclaimed in unison!
"I have never seen metal like this, EVER! It like something entirely new! The color, the strength, the girth, the flexibility, the contour it's amazing!", Mei gushed about like Izuku with hero's! She then turned her sights to Allen and shouted, "You!"
Allen quickly looked around and pointing a finger to himself asked, "Me?"
"YES YOU! You have to tell me what this metal is and where I can get my hands on it! Tell me, Tell me, Tell me!", she shouts while grabbing hold of Allen aggressively and shaking him even more violently!
"Stop-shaking-me-and-I'll-sing!", Allen begged her between shakes!
"Yes, the Fourth Wall is getting rather dizzy.", the Cheshire Cat said to the fourth wall readers.
When Mei stopped shaking the tall teen he quickly straightened himself and hair out. He cleared his throat and explained the metal to Mei. "It's called Tea Metal and its made from a Tea Plant. It grows and saw dust and watered with sweet Butter Milk, when the flowers bloom you can milk its nectar like a cow. Then take the nectar and boil it in an oven. When it's come to a boil you place it into a mold, and when it cools it becomes Tea Metal.", he explains calmly.
"Where! Are! The! TEA PLANTS!", she shouts in excitement as she holds Allen's shoulders in a death grip!
Allen tried to back off a bit as he calmly explains, "I'm afraid their extinct in the wild, and only the Hatters grows them here. Though he'll never tell you as their one of his most protective secrets. Not even I know where they are."
Meis grip immediately went limp as her head dropped down in disappointment saying, "Aw poo!"
"Uh guys.", The normally quite Todoroki suddenly cut in gaining everyone's attention, "This trivia has been fun and all but don't we have somewhere to be?"
"Oh right I totally forgot.", Allen exclaimed as he knocked on his own head. "Will you be joining us on our journey Mei?", he asked the now depressed looking teen.
Suddenly Mei shot back to life as she exclaimed her reply excitedly, "Will I!"
"Will you?", Allen asked back!
"Will I!"
"Will you?"
"Will I what?", she asked with a confused expression.
"Be joining us on our journey?", Allen repeated himself.
"Will I!"
"Will you?"
"Will I!"
"RADA RADA!", Bakugou suddenly barked out of nowhere.
Meisface immediately went stiff as she replied calmly, "Yes, I will, thank you.", she then unhooked herself from the wall and landed perfectly on her feet. She then grabbed Allen forearm as she shouted, "Now let's go!"
As Mei dragged Allen off the rest of the group stayed back watching the pair in confusion as to what they just saw happen, with a plethora of uncomfortable, unsure, or neutral expressions.
Which was best summed up by Bakugou who stated, "You know, I'm really not surprised that Looney Toons and Crazy Eyes hit it off so well."
Iida nervous pushed his glasses in place as he put his two cents. "I have a bad feeling forming in the pit of my stomach. This is already feeling like a recipe for disaster.", he said with dread in his voice.
"Oh come on guys, don't you think you're overthink this? After all, how bad could it be.", Ojiro asked optimistically from the center of the group.
Bakugou turned to the tail teen with an are-you-joking face as he stated, "Tell me you're kidding tail? The two of them don't have all their marbles in place and on top of that they get distracted by the smallest of things, of course it's bad!"
The two teens immediately halted in place and whipped their heads around with surprised/hurt expressions on their faces. "Hey! We don't get distracted by the smallest of things!", Mei immediately argues back with a pouting expression!
Nearly immediately after she said that Allen exclaimed joyfully, "Hey look a Dodo Bird!"
Mei, along with the rest of the group, turned their heads to the sky(or ceiling) and saw the same blue dodo bird from before the crashed into the Hatter's Domain. It flew overhead at an even speed while making honking noises every now and again. Then out of nowhere a giant robotic hand with a cartoon glove on it shot out from one of the many holes in the walls and grabbed the Dodo right out of the air! The mechanical hand then disappeared right back into the the hole it came from.
"Okay bye-bye Dodo bird.", Allen waves his hand like a child to the now extinct Dodo.
After everyone experienced...that scene, the whole group made their way over to the edge of the platform they were currently on and looked over to the neighboring one. The gap between the two wasn't very far, in fact even Mineta could just make it if he took a running head start. Allen then kicked off his boots and prepared himself to jump. Though just as he bent his knees ready to spring into action the Cheshire Cat of all characters appeared in front of the tall teen before he could even tighten his leg muscles! Allen stumbles a bit at the Cat suddenly surprising him with his sudden appearance and once he evens his balance out, before he could fall, he glares daggers a the creature waiting for it to speak.
The Car sat their for a moment and smiled at Allen until he finally spoke, "Rattles and taddles, and clicks and clanks. Be sure to listen for these sounds from all stakes. High and low they may go, though never stifle to being paralyzed otherwise you may fall to your demise or it will fall on you.", and with that the Cheshire Cat disappears into thin air.
Kaminari then slapped himself in a face palm and exasperated, "UCK! Allen, you want to translate that for us?"
Allen took a moment to mull over the Cat's newest riddle and tapped his chin rhythmically. After a few minutes he finally got the expression that said I've-figured-it-out. "He's saying that we should listen to the sounds that the platform make when we hop across them, some aren't very study and are liable to fall without warning. That's what he meant by 'you may fall to you're doom'. ", he explains to the group.
"Okay, but what about the other part. Our demise may fall on us?", Kirishima asked.
"Something from above our heads might fall on us, that's also what he meant by 'be sure to listen to these sounds from all stakes'.", Allen explains.
"But what could fall on us? The chains, some metal?", Shinsou asks as he motions to all the things above their heads.
"I'm not sure myself, though I certainly don't want to find out.", Allen confirms with a hint of anxiety in his tone.
"Okay so next big question, how do we tell which platforms are they okay to step on if they just give out without warning?", Mina asked as she looked over towards the other platform that creaked and squeaked every so often.
Alan popped out his chest proudly as he stated, "Elementary my dear girl! We simply have to throw something heavy onto them. Though what's something big, heavy, and expendable that we can throw?"
The Cheshire cat suddenly appeared next to Allen's feet and suggested, "How about Katsukis ego, that should do the trick?"
"Shut it Cat!", Bakugou immediately snapped at the cat!
"Sounds good to me.", Allen agreed.
"Wait wha-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!", Bakugou screamed as he was forcibly grabbed by his ankles and swung around.
"Get ready to fly Katsuki!", Allen shout joyfully as he continued to spin around.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!", Bakugou screamed at the top of his Lungs!
Bakugou then sailed through the air like a rag doll and landed on the opposite platform with a loud THUNK! The whole platform shook and vibrated from the sudden impact, with the large chains rattling and creaking in a cold sweat inducing sound until the vibrations subsided.
"OOF! Ugh.", Bakugou groaned as he picked himself up into a sitting position from his hard landing.
"Well I guess it's safe to cross over to the first platform.", Allen stated cheerfully while brushing his gloved hands off.
Bakugou immediately shot up to his feet with a small explosion and put on an expression of pure furry with a deep red color and and multiple veins showing in his head! "What the fuck Looney Toons!? You could've killed!", He shouted at the tall mentally unstable teen while snarling like an animal!
"Ah but you didn't, now did you?", Allen shot back.
Uraraka then cae up to Allens side and with a visibly shaken expression stressed to him, "Allen-kun what if Bakugou-kun actually did fall to his death!"
"Then nothing of value would've been lost.", The Cheshire Cat immediately added with a slyly expression.
"I'll kill both you bastards!", Bakugou hissed under his breath!
Soon after all the teens sweat dropped at this performance they all jumped across the gap with the help of Allen and Dinah's strength tossing some of the teens across the gap. As soon as the whole group was across to the first platform they all walked towards the far end of it to the next one adjacent from it.
All of a sudden Allen halted in his tracks and made a loud and hissing, "Shh!"
Immediately everyone stopped in their tracks and went silent.
"What, did you hear something?", Mina asked in a hushed voice?
"No he just wants you to stop talking.", the Cheshire Cat replies as he appears laying on Allen's shoulders. Mina gave him a shock and incredulous expression. "Yes he hears something.", he immediately rebottled causing Mina expression to change to annoyance.
"Listen.", Allen hissed at the group. Everyone stayed silent and began to hear a strange noise radiating from somewhere. "Ya hear that.", he questioned.
Tink Tink Tink Tink Tink Tink. Clickety click Clickety click Clickety click Clickety click. Came the strange noise.
"Sounds like something is skittering around or climbing.", Iida guest.
"On the chains!", Sato finished his sentence as he turn his gaze and finger pointing towards the ceiling.
Everyone else immediately turn their heads upward to see what Sato had seen, and above their heads climbing along the chains of the platform was a very unusual…...thing! On the outside it looked like a teapot but it had three mechanical legs and a large red eye on one of its sides, it had a copper plated body that had been turned green from algae, A puffed out steam occasionally from it spout or it's lid, Wall climbing along the chains with the grace and dexterity of a spider monkey! The unusual teapot thing then halfway down the chain and jumped off right in front of the group!
"Eyepot!", Allen shouted as he withdrew the Vorpal Blade!
"Oh I get it! It like a teapot, only it has an eye. That really clever.", Kaminari figured out the meaning of its name with a proud smile.
"Pun and word association later, kill it now!", Bakugou shouts as he charges straight into the living object!
Bakugou then lunged towards the machine and let off a huge explosion right into the side of the Eyepot that didn't have an eye! A huge smoke cloud collected after the attack as Bakugou blasted himself a few feet back with an egomaniac grin on his face at his quick victory! However that same smirk was quickly blown away when the Eyepot suddenly jumped from the smoke cloud unharmed and charged towards Bakugou with a great leap and a menacing gaze in its one red eye!
"What the-?!", Bakugou stammered in surprise as the Eyepot struck him with two of its mechanical legs, causing him to fly back from the attack!
Bakugou slid back from the blow until Allen managed to intercest his path before he could fall off the platform! Allen help Bakugou into a sitting position as he groaned, "ARG! What the hell, it's like my explosion did nothing to it?!"
"That because it didn't. It's armor is too thick to damage, you have to aim for its weak spot.", Allen explains as he helps Bakugou to his feet.
"Well that's my que to scram.", said the Cheshire Cat as he vanished into thin air.
Bakugou exams the creature for a minute before immediately seeing its weak spot and proclaiming, "The eye!"
A smile creeped onto Allen face as he replied, "Now you're getting it! You stun it and I'll finish it off."
"Sounds like a plane to me.", Bakugou agree as small sparks pop in his hand.
Bakugou then took off from his explosive directly at the Eyepot with Allen close behind. The Eyepot readied itself for the attack, but instead got a face or eye full of explosive residue!
"Die!", Bakugou shouted as he blasted the machine point blank!
The Eyepot staggered back on its three legs making all kinds of squeaking and clunking noises as it tried to clear its vision! Then out of nowhere Allen appears with insane expression on his face and Vorpal Blade in hand! When the Eyepot realize what was going on it was already too late. Allen slashed at the Eyepots eye a multitude of times until its one eye fell out of it, followed by it's mechanical body falling to the ground and into multiple pieces! Leaving nothing but scrap in its wake.
Allen then resheathed the Vorpal Blade and dusting off his sleeves stayed proudly, "Well...that takes care of-.", though before he could finish something from above tried to pounce on the unsuspecting teen!
"Allen Watch Out!", Izuku cries as he tackled the tall teen from the danger!
"That.", Allen finished his sentence while looking up at the new Eyepot that fell onto the platform.
Pretty soon, one by one, more and more Eyepots appeared from the darkness of the chains above then clambered and jumped down in the path of the group. Their red eyes staring at them with malicious intent and their sharp mechanical limbs raring to attack them!
"Oh come on!", Izuku shouts in exacerbation!
Suddenly over two dozen Eyepot fell to the ground and began encircling the teens on the smaller platform! Everyone took their fighting stances and eyed both the Eyepots and their limited space.
"Listen carefully everyone!", Allen commanded to the group! "Be care they are extremely quick, yet they can't make tight turns! Dance around them and when you get an opening, struck the eye! Or work in pairs, one to stun and one to attack!"
Everyone nodded and commenced their attacks! Unlike the Ruins and Madcups, the Eyepot were far smarter by comparison of their counterparts. They could adapt to certain situations far faster and were made much tougher to kill!
Like Allen instructed everyone drudged the Eyepots attacks and struck when an opening arouse or worked in pairs to distract and then eliminate the thing!
Most of the teens weren't physical originated for taking down the Eyepots and needed assistance from bulker fighters like Todoroki, Bakugou, Izuku, Allen, and even Dinah. Who's monstrous strength was so overwhelming that all it took was one of its huge hands to crush the into scrap like a soda can! And his thick hide and regeneration made it so he was the perfect meat sheiks for the other weaker students.
In a matter of minutes the last of the Eyepots has been broken or crushed to pieces rather quickly and effectively.
"Welp, that's the last of them, I hope. Let's get out of here before anymore show up.", Allen suggested while trying to hide his half winded voice.
No one argued with that suggestion and the teens soon made their way to the edge of the platform that hung next to two others. The teens didn't know what to do about finding which platform was safe to cross on, and all stood back trying to figure out something to do. That is until some threw two of the broken bodies of the Eyespots on both platforms, immediately causing one to snap the chains holding it and fall into the bottomless pit below!
Everyone turn around to see Dinah of all things holding several of the broken Eyepots in his huge arms, along with Mineta sitting on its shoulder like a bird. The group stated at the duo with confused and gasped looks, and Mineta stared back at the group with an equally confused expression and Dinah just look stupid.
"What?", he asked in a nasally voice.
"What! What was that?", Sero exclaimed!
"All I did was tell Dinah to throw some of the Eyepots on the platforms. What were you guys planning to do? Throw Bakugou on each of them, again?", he asked in an accusing and sarcastic tone.
Everyone's gaze turn to Allen who now had Bakugou held above his head ready to throw him.
"What the! When did I? Put me down you wacko!", Bakugou yelled at Allen!
Allen nervously giggles and gently placed Bakugou back on the ground!
"Maaaaaan!", Hatsume complained. "I kinda wanted to see him do that for this whole shtick."
"For an inventor that not very smart.", Uraraka sweat dropped sarcastically.
The teens then jumped to the next platform and once everyone was safely on the other side, repeated the same process. Throw a broken Eyepot onto the next platforms and see which would stay and fall, rinse and repeat. And when it would come to a flying steam vent or vents Dinah would simply thrust the scrap all the way to the other side.
After some time the group finally made it to the last platform that was adjacent of them and connecting to the giant sized door they had been traveling to get to. It was a simple three stem vent jump to the other side, and the teens had become all but pros at doing this so it was no trouble for them. Allen was the first to cross in case someone didn't make it all the way, then Dinah who simply jumped all the way to the other side with Mineta hanging to dear life on the creature! Soon all the teens crossed with general ease one by one.
All except for Izuku who had an easy time crossing the first two vents, though due to becoming more comfortable, he messed up on the last one and ended up hitting the vent at the wrong time and tumbling through the air towards the platform!
"Oh no!", Izuku called out in meek fear. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!", he screamed as he tumbled through the air uncontrollably!
Izuku shut his eyes and tighten his body waiting for the painful impact of his face on the metal floor! Though like all things to be normally expected, this did not happen. Instead Izuku found that while going down his mid air decent he felt someone, awkwardly, catch him! From the shape of the person's body along with the feeling of their clothing Izuku immediately figured out who caught him. Allen.
"Gotcha!", Allen exclaimed while catching Izuku perfectly!
Or awkwardly, depending on how you look at it. Instead of catching him princess or potato sack style, Allen caught Izuku like someone would hold a baby to their chest. With Izuku's arms flopping over Allens shoulders and Allen catching Izuku by his body then adjusting his grip around his thighs, with Izukus legs falling at Allen's sides. After being caught Izuku adjusted himself in Allen grip while Allen supported Izuku by his thighs.
Izuku waited for Allen to just put him down, although no such thing happened; as Allen was still holding up Izuku in his arms like a child and smiling brightly at him. Several more seconds passed and Allen still didn't put Izuku down, and Izuku was starting to get embarrassed from all the staring faces of the others in their group.
So he tried to end it by asking Allen, "Um, Allen, you can put me down now."
Allen giggles and replies, "Oh just another moment longer, please? This brings back some good old memories from the our past. Doesn't it do the same for you?", he asks Izuku, to which he shakes his head in response.
"What do you mean by that.", Todoroki questioned.
"Well back when me and Izuku first meet in Wonderland, I helped him escape the first time when I still had my power. Long story short the two of us had a break down and cried our eyes out for a long spell. When we regained our senses Izuku tuckered himself out from all the crying and I ended up having to carry him the rest of the way as he took a nap in my arms. It was so cute.", Allen explains with a happy hum in his voice.
"ALLEN! Stop! You're embarrassing me!", Izuku cries as he buried his red face in his hands!
While most of the guys were snickering my at his delima and the girls were cooing like a bunch of doves at the story to go with the sight.
"How cute.", Tsyu states with a light blush.
"OMG so cute.", Mina gushes!
"Oh gosh.", Momo hides her face as she turns red.
"Pppppppfffffffffff.", Uraraka tries to hold her laughter back.
"Do you wanna hold him like that the rest of our trip.", Sero asks Allen while teasing Izuku.
"I'd love to! But that depends entirely on-.", Allen began to say until Izuku immediately began rapidly squirming like a fish and trying to pull myself away from Allens grip while yelling, "Allen put me down! Now!"
Allen begrudgingly placed the red face teen back on the ground as he brush himself off with a disappointed expression on his face. While everyone else began to snicker, giggle, and coo at Izuku's embarrassment.
"Well now it's time to go through the next leg of our journey.", Allen stated as he turned towards the giant door in front of the group, sweat already starting to collect on his forehead.
He took a shaky breath and began to slowly walk towards the door, the closer he got the more his outreached hand began to quiver even harder with every step he took. He swallowed a dry gulp as he rested his shaking hand on the door. Though before he pushed it open he stopped, his head pointed at the ground and his shoulders began to quiver as sweat dripped down from the tip of his chin and nose.
The entire group saw the shift in Allen demeanor and became uneased themselfs. Izuku approached the hunched over teen and placed a hand on his back, Allens back muscles quivered at the touch like horse skin, though he didn't turn around to face the green teen.
Eventually Izuku piped up and asked, "You okay Allen-san? You seem a bit scared."
Allen took a shaky breath to steady himself and replied as calmly as he could muster, "I'm never scared of anything…...I'm just nervous, that's all. Behind this door lies two people who I was never on good terms with."
"Are-are they still their, in this next room?", Izuku asked anxiously.
Allen shook his head and replied, "I sure hope not, last time we meet I killed both of them. So I can only hope that the both of them are dead and stayed dead."
"But with the Red Queen.", Izuku added with a shake in his voice.
"Who knows?", Allen added.
Izuku strighnent himself up and placed a frim hand on Alles shoulder he put on a braze All Might smile and exclaimed whole heartedly, "Well whatever waits for us we're gonna tackles it head on and together!"
Everyone voiced or nodded their heads in agreement with Izuku's statement, slowly refilling the tall well dressed teen with confidence once again. Even Dinah helped in his own way by resting his huge head on Allens and making a sound crossed between a growl and a purr.
Allen smiled at the group and smiled brightly at Izuku's smile. A look of confidence refilled his nervous expression and bringing back his bright and cheerful personality!
He wiped the sweat from his face and exclaimed to them, "You're right Izuku, whatever come our way well just knock it down together! Come everyone, let's get to the Hatters Office post haste, and then to the Queens Land!", and with that Allen, Izuku, and the rest of the teens marched forward towards the Hatters Office through the next room.
Though just as they were about to pass through the giant set of doors they all stopped after piling on top of one another! After they all broke away from one another and gave the people in the front their breathing room, Allen pushed on the door with all his strength though to no avail. The door was locked up tight and from the inside of all places. A few people suggested they should pick the lock, cut through the door, break or blast it down.
However Allen dissuade all these ideas as the pick would have to be huge and require a large amount of strength to open, the doors metal was too thick to cut through and take too long, the metal also made it near impossible to break or blast through so nothing would work. The teens were stumped as to what they should do? They came this far so really they can get through this right, but how?
The teens began to ponder until Kirishima shouted for their attention. When the teens turned their attention to the red haired teen she get saw he was motioning to a broken drain cover. He suggested to the group that they could make their way through the giant pipes to the next room.
Some of the teens told Kirishima that his idea was crazy and unrealistic or complicated about getting wet and dirty in the drain. Though this idea was confirmed by Allen who told the group to stop winning as they would no doubt face even grosser things when meeting the Hatter.
Allen then brushed himself off once more and without a second thought jumped into the deep dark broken drain face.
"Geronimoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!", Allen shouted as his voice slowly faded into the void whilst falling!
The teens gathered around the broken cover when Allen's voice disappeared into silence. They waited for a moment to hear any sound to come back, but after a few minutes nothing could be heard. So one of two things happened; Allen jumped head first into a bottomless pit, or it was really deep and he killed himself from the fall. Either way the trip down was very very long and Allen was nowhere to be heard!
Izuku finally mustered up the courage and shouted into the darkness, "ALLEN?!"
'ALLEN?! ALLEN?! ALLEN?! ALLEN?!', his voice echoed back.
"You okay?!"
'You okay?! You okay?! You okay?! You okay?!', his voice echoed back again.
"I'm just ducky! How are you?", Allen's cheerful voice finally called back from the blackness.
The group gave a collective sigh at the sound of his voice and a few confused looks as his voice didn't sound very deep down despite his voice trailing off like it was? Though they quickly decided not to think about it since this was most likely another Wonderland thing.
"Is it safe to jump down?!", Iida called down.
"It's fine, there's a mound of mucky dirt that broke my fall.", he called back.
"Ewwwwwww!", some of the Squamish guys and girls complained.
"Also you shouldn't hurt yourself as long as you're not 4ft tall.", Allen added.
All heads turned to their only 4ft classmate and saw him clutching for dear life to the leg of Dinah, who sat their indifferent of the small purple teen grabbing onto him like life support.
"Please don't let me die!", Mineta squeaked out in terror while trembling like a leaf.
Dinah then took one of his huge hands and began to pet the small purple teens head like a frightened cat or dog.
Soon after they heard Allen saw something else to someone else. "Hello their? I've never seen you before, you sure are new around here anti ya? Hatter musta misplaced ya like he does with so many other things."
"Allen?", Izuku called down to him. "Who are you talking to?
"Please be the Cheshire Cat and nothing horrible! Please be the Cheshire Cat and nothing horrible! Please be the Cheshire Cat and nothing horrible! Please be the Cheshire Cat and nothing horrible! Please be the Cheshire Cat and nothing horrible!", Kaminari, Momo, and Mina chanted together while crossing their fingers.
"Knowing our luck, that's probably not the case.", Tokyogami states with an ire of menacing dred in his voice.
Izuku shivers at the thought whatever's down their with Allen. Though since Allen seemed to be friendly with..whatever it was, it must not be that bad, right? Izuku shook his nerves away and jumped down the hole when no word came back from their guide.
When he did the fall wasn't so bad at all, in fact it's wasn't even that deep. Thanks to both his quirk and training he landed with ease, if he didn't then his fall would've been broken by the mass of slinky dirt at the bottom. Izuku made a gross noise at the sloshing sound it produced when he moved his feet.
He quickly pulled his feet out and jumped from the mound while kicking the excess sludge from his shoes. While cleaning his shoes he took note of his surrounding; the area he was in wall all metal and circular, just like a pipe. The area was crowded and falling apart with huge holes everywhere, and everywhere their was moisture pudding up or dripping from the top. Izuku looked up and also noticed the open drain cover he jumped through pouring light into the area, and it really wasn't a far drop just 10ft. Why he couldn't see the bottom from the top or heard sound travel longer from their was beyond him.
Pretty soon the rest of their group was making their way down the hole in one fashion or another; whether it was jumping down, falling down, grappling, sliding, or even gliding they all made it down with little to no injuries and very mucky.
As the rest came down the hole Izuku took the opportunity to see who or what Allen was talking too before.
"Um Allen?", the tall teen turn to his green friend with a friendly smile while fiddling with a top hat. "Who were you talking too?"
"Oh I wasn't talking to anyone.", Allen waver the question off nicely.
Izuku raised an eyebrow at this as he resorted with, "But I heard you speak to someone, in a friendly manner no less."
"I talk to everyone like that.", he reverted back.
"Touché."
"That not talking to someone doesn't mean I wasn't talking to something.", Allen said mysteriously while continuing to fiddle with the top hat.
Izuku eyes the top hat and asked, "So whatcha got their?"
Allen only giggles as he says, "You'll see.", while putting the top hat away.
Once everyone is at the bottom they all gather round to ask the next big question which was asked by Bakugous bluntness, "Now where the hell do we go?"
"Simple, we travel this way.", Allen exclaimed while pointing to a very crowded area of the pipe.
Sato raised an eyebrow and asked, "But there's nothing their and the pipe runs that way."
"There's another entrance behind where you're pointing, isn't their?", Momo asked rhetorically, to which Allen nodded his head.
"So I'm guessing all we have to do is blow it down like with the boulders right?", Mina asked getting excited at the thought of Allen using his OP Teapot Cannon!
Allen nodded his head and explains, "Yes, however this requires a more refined touch. And no Katsuki, you're touch is not refined.", he immediately snaps his head to the blond teen who was already raring to pull the pin on his arm gauntlet.
Bakugou turned his head to the well dressed teen and begrudgingly dropped his hand while growling something under breath, no doubt cursing Allen. Allen then moved to the wall of rust and deposited the same top hat he held before at the base. Izuku wondered what he was going to do with that until the hat suddenly sprouted what could only be described as a white rabbit duplicate holding a clock in its paws from the opening at the bottom, coat and all!
The rabbit clock began to sway back and forth while making a bunch of consecutive ticking noises almost like a countdown of sorts. Allen then walked away from the clock while holding up his own pocket watch while humming a tune. Once he got to the last verse he clicked the stopped on his watch and the rabbit clock detonated into a miniature explosion! All while Allen didn't turn around to watch said explosion happen!
Everyone's jaw dropped at what they saw and looked at Allen who was acting in his naturally deadly calm demeanor.
Allen then walked up to the now exposed tunnel and exclaimed, "Follow me everyone."
Everyone travel in a close group to one another out of the fact the new pipe they were traveling in was much smaller than the last, they walked through the quite, cold, dark, and wet for what seemed like hours on end. Some people were begging to groan at all the traveling which then quickly turned to vocal complaining, which then very quickly got on Bakugou's nerves who turned around and began yelling at all the complainers, who in turn complained even more.
Allen sighed at this and stopped to group in order keep the peace. Iida and Momo offered to set everyone straight and Allen immediately accepted as he fiddled with the Vorpal Blades handle. However it didn't go anywhere like the two of them had planed; once they started to voice their concern to stop the complaints were directed at them along with Bakugou's yelling! Then when Izuku tried to help Bakugou began to yell at him, and Iida and Momo were split between keeping the peace between the complainers and Bakugou and Izuku!
Very quickly the chipper expression of Allen melted and was replaced by one of annoyance, then aggravation, and finally anger complet with red face and tack marks all over his head! Allen then did what he does best and made everyone speechless with one motion.
He stamped his boot hand on the ground and took a deep breath in before screaming at the top of his lungs, "QUIIIIIIIET!"
All the noise immediately went completely dead and everyone turn their heads in the direction of the now fuming face of Allen, everyone cowered at the tall teens crazed expression which left his face just as quickly as it came.
Allen then let out a pent up breath of anger and after fixing his hair and outfit he cleared his throat and in a much lower and calmer tone stated, "Thank you. Tenya, Momo, you may continue.", Allen said to the others.
Tenya and Momo shook off their nerves and clearing their throats they reasueted their postures and began from where they wanted to start.
"Now I know that many here are not enjoying the um...current circumstances were in.", Momo began as she looked to her soaked shoes covered and caked in wet metal dust. "But none of us are enjoying it anymore then you are."
"Though we have to hold fairy and push through! This is but another trail to get to our objective, and it's a trail we must pass with flying colors!", Iida exclaimed while chopping his arm up and down.
"But I didn't study for the trail!", Kaminari shouted!
"Not that kind of trail Kaminari-san.", Iida informers while adjusting his glasses.
"Besides, I'm sure Allen-kun knows where he's going and we'll be their soon.", Momo says optimistically.
"Right?", Iida side mouths in a hushed tone to Allen while cupping one hand to his mouth.
"Of course I know where I'm going, and in fact we're already here.", he states while pointing to a much smaller drain opening above their heads. "All we have to do is for someone to take a peep top side."
"Allow me.", Tsyu offered.
The frog teen then jumped to the top of the opened drain and popped her head out to take a look. She sat their clinging to the wall of the drains face examining the area above them. Nearly 3 minutes passed with not a peep coming from Tsyu which immediately began to worry everyone as the minutes ticked on.
"Wahda see?!", Sero shouted to her.
"A kitchen.", she replied back. Everyone looked at one another in confusion. "A really big one, big enough to fit the Duchess. Meats of all kinds are hanging everywhere or piled on top of one another. Though it's oddly clean, like the meat was place in here very recently, not even a single fly.", she explains to them.
Just before anyone could ask any questions a very strange snapping sound could be heard from the top side and sent everyone on high alert!
"Tsyu! What was that?!", Iida shouted up to the girl.
Their were a few crunching sounds and then a very vocal gulp before any words came back from Tsyu. "I was wrong, there was a single fly."
Everyone signed in aggravation or breathed a breath of relief.
"Is this the place you were referring to Allen-chan?", Tsyu shouts down to their guide.
Allen shook his head and says, "I'm afraid not, however we are on the right trail. Right now were in the back and we have to continue forward to the next one. Since we found the first drain cover the other will be much easier to fine."
Bakugou looked like he was trying to solve a complex math equation in his head as he heard Allens explanation. "What the hell are you saying? How can we be at the back and still have to go forward? And what the hell do you mean by /'the others will be easier to find'!? We literally just spent 45 minutes trying to find this one!"
Before Bakugou could continue on his rant of confusion a firm hand was placed on his shoulder causing him to go silent. He looked over and saw Iida standing over him with dreaded expression. Iida sighed and stated in a firm yet delicate manner, "Bakugou-kun. Please don't, just, don't even try to make sense of this world. It'll do you no good."
Bakugou was stunned for a moment at Iida statement as he's normally is the one who uses rationality and reason more than anyone. So seeing him like this was cause for concern and anxiety.
"What the hell did he do to you four eyes?", Bakugou asked him with a ting of anxiety in his throat.
"My world view Bakugou-kun, my world view.", Iida began as he came closer to Bakugous face and whispered softly. "He shattered it, shattered it completely!"
Allen then came up next to iida and began to pat his head like a dog while saying, "Their their Tenya. That's the best way of looking at things down here. All will be explained and unexplained in due time, you'll see."
Iida then grabbed Bakugou in a support hug, which surprised the hell out of Bakugou, and the armored teen whimpered to him, "I'm gonna go mad Bakugou-kun. I can feel it."
"Join the club.", Allen stated nonchalantly as he walked back to the front of the group.
After Bakugou pulled Iida off of him the whole group continued on their journey through the pipeline. They only walked for about 30 minutes before the hit the next drain cover, like the last time, Tsyu hopped to the top and poked her head out to see the room above. When she did she told the group, anxiously waiting, that they were below what looked like a very clean butcher shop.
"Butcher shop?", Mina questioned?
"Or kitchen, I'm not sure which. Theirs just meat, everywhere, meat in creates and wrapping, meat in piles and stacks, meat hanging from the ceilings, just meat everywhere.", Tsyu expands.
"Must smell rancid up their.", Momo added while pinching her nose.
"Its doesnt, in fact it smell quite fresh not even a single fly.", Tsyu clarifies.
Suddenly a very sharp snapping sound could be heard from the top of the drain cover, following the sound of crunching and a large gulp!
"Tsyu?! What was that!?", Uraraka shouted up to her friend in worry.
"My mistake there was a single fly in here.", Tsyu shouted back, and at this everyone sigh with relief. "And it's almost like all this meat was all put into here quite….recently.", Tsyu drawed out the last part.
Jiro turned to Allen and asked him, "Allen-kun, you don't think that maybe-."
Allen grabbed his head and shook it rapidly, like a child that doesn't want to hear something. "No no no no no no no, that's impossible there's no way they could still be alive! When last time we meet I killed them and made sure of it!", he exclaimed while rubbing his hands through his hair rapidly!
"Well according to recent sources you do have a pretty spotty steak of killing shit and keeping it dead.", Bakugou shot at Allen.
"Don't chastise me Katsuki! The Red Whore is an entirely different animal in Wonderland!", Allen snapped at Kaskui with wild eyes! Allen immediately calms himself down and continued with a more level tone. "But it can't be them, it just can't. Even if they did put the meat in their that was years ago and the meat…."
"Didn't you say that time doesn't exist down here? Then by that logic the meat wouldn't rot away?", Shoji inquiros.
"Yes, and I also said that there was no logic or consistency in Wonderland.", Allen replies back.
"So who are these they people you're keep mentioning?", Kirishima asks?
"Their not people at all, their well, their something else entirely. But I don't want to talk about it…..not here.", Allen turns away while crossing his arms behind his back and hanging his head. "Come, we must continue.", he motions for the rest of them to follow.
Everyone followed sooth and continued on their walk to the next drain cover. Along the way Kirishima kept pestering Allen with questions on these people that he keeps mentioning. For the most part Allen just keeps quite and ignore Kirishima's questions, though the rising anger on his face did raise some red flags for the group and some tried to get Kirishima to quiet down. Once the next one was found , which only took about 15 minutes to find, Tsyu hopped to the top and poked her head out to see the room above.
"What do ya see?", Uraraka shouted up to her?
"A giant bedroom with two of giant everything. Two beds, two chairs, two end tables, and two...half pictures?", she called back down.
Everyone looked at one another in confusion of what Tsyu ment, until Izuku shouted up to her, "Half pictures?"
"There are two headshot portraits of two people, I think their people, but instead of the whole face only half of their faces are in the picture. With each picture mirroring the another, like two halves of one whole.", she explains to them.
Allen rubs his chin as he says, "Were still in the wrong room, though were nearly their, mostly likely we have one more drain to find."
"Are those the guys you keep talking about?", Kirishima asks Allen. Though before he could answer Kirishima yells up to Tsyu, "Hey Tsyu! What do those guys in the picture look like?"
If Allen's current surprised expression could emoticon then it would no doubt be the Metal Gear exclamation! The well dressed teen jumped up towards Tsyu, leaving a trail of sparkly wind and moths, and snatche dthe frog girl before she could say a peep.
Once Allen Landed with Tsyu under his arm he firmly stated, "We don't have time for any of that! We must be going! The next room is not far off."
Just as Allen began to power walk off into the pipe Tsyu looked up to him from her current position and said, "You can put me down now.", Allen dropped the girl on her feet and continued to his power walk.
After about a minute of more walking Kirishima's curiosity began to resurface with new vigor, and the red haired teen began to pester Allen with more question about the people. Questions like who were they, were they the one in the photos, why doesn't Allen want to talk about them, why Allen is so distante on the subject, what's so bad about them, how does Allen know them, and others like it. For the most part Allen simply refuses to answer with stern silence or say something along the lines of 'not now' 'we don't have time for question' or something to that degree.
Even at this point Kirishima was starting to get a bit frustrated with having so many unanswered questions, even before coming to Wonderland, and for them to just keep piling up one after the other! Eventually Kirishima lashed out slightly at Allen for his uncooperativeness, "What the heck bro!", Kirishima shouted at him causing the whole group to stop. "I get that this place is crazy and has little explanation for everything, and that's apparent from just being here for like 5 minutes, but at the same time that's also not true! There are things that can be answered and you have these answers Allen-kun! SO what are they, HUH?!"
Allen spoke not a word or turned around, he simply stated in his spot head forward and unmoving. Then he did move, forward that is and continue to walk without a word.
Kirishima grumbled and ran up to the teen grabbing his shoulder and stopping his walk.
"Hold it right their! Were not don't talking yet, you have answers, I know you do, and we all have questions that need to be answered now or never!"
"We don't have time for this Ejiros, we have to get to the Hatters Office now.", Allen spoke in less than a whisper.
Kirishima grumbled and tightened his grip while exclaiming, "Thats the wrong answer! Enough secrets, enough half truths, and enough about where we have to go cause right now we're not going to the Hatters Office or anywhere else until you start answering some stuff now! What is it about this place and these people that you're trying to avoid so badly!? What!?"
All of a sudden there was a dramatic shift in the air, as if the world grew 20 pounds heavier all around, and everyone was suddenly put on edge with a deep sense of dread! If anyone from the group could see Allen expression then they would immediately notice how something snapped within him as his blue eyes took a cold, crazed, glare to them!
In a meer flash Allen grabbed Kirishima's forearm and in one swift motion swung him around and threw him back first into the wall of the pipeline! Kirishima didn't even have time to slid down or even choke out a gasp of air before Allen suddenly dematerialized in cloud of moth and then materialized right in front of him, holding him against the wall by the chest in one hand and with Vorpal Bale pressed against the inside of his mouth in the other! A crazed look stretched across his face and eyes that looked blood thirsty!
The Vorpal Blade was held against the inside of the red haired teens mouth keeping it open, as if ready to slice his jaw off!
The world stood still, no one could or would dare to move or breath as to not make Allen strike, Kirishima dared to not gulp or even groan out as the cold metal from the blade kissing his tongue and lips! Allen stood their breathing heavily for a moment before looking up at Kirishima with his crazed eyes! Kirishima felt ice run through his veins and tears prick his eyes as he hanged their paralyzed with fear!
"You listen to me you low self esteem, unmanly, shadow living, half naked, red haired wannabe! If you don't keep that sharp tooth mouth of yours shut, then I'll make you look like a real shark! I'll slice out you tongue and lips, then end by carving you some gills!", Carzed Allen half shouted in a psycho voice!
Kirishima could only whimper like a frightened dog as Allen looked only seconds from chopping him to bits! Though just as quickly as his psychosis came on, it disappeared. In a moment Allens soft kind eye began to shift back and forth until they took precedence over his crazed ones, he shook his head as if coming out of a trance and looked at his position. And when he did fear immediately flooded his face! He gasped and dropped both Kirishima and the Vorpal Blade to the ground with a KLANG! He covered his mouth with his hands as if horrified by what he was doing, tears pricked his eyes as he tried to make out words.
"I'm-I'm s-so sorry. I-I-I don't know what-what-.", Allen tired to apologize but couldn't finish a single thought.
He immediately turned on his heels and power walked away from the group with hands still covering his face! Once he was out of talking distance everyone rushed over to Kirishima, who was on his knees breathing heavily, to check if he was okay!
"You okay Kirishima-kun?", Mina asked worried?
Kirishima gulped down some air and nodding his head choked out, "Yeah, yeah I'm fine. Just a bit jumpy."
"What was all that about?", Mina asked about Allen.
All at once, all head swiveled in Izuku's direction looking for an answer. Izuku looked back at everyone else and stated, "Don't look at me! Just because I know him doesn't mean I know him know him!"
"Well whatever came over him, at least it's gone now. And he doesn't look too happy about doing it either.", Shinsou stated.
Hastume then nudged Izuku in Allens direction and said, "Go on and talk to him. You two seem to be the closest of anyone here. So see what's the matter so we can get on with this."
"Okay okay okay okay!", Izuku exclaimed as Hatsume continued to forcefully shove him!
Izuku took a breath and walked over to the well dressed teen who was now standing in the dark, quite, dripping, pipe by himself while silently crying his eyes out! Izuku felt awkward to say the least, what was he going to say? How should he break the ice? What was he going to do about what just happened? He knew he was a role model by some extent, but he never knew how to take the reins on every situation!
So in the most Deku style that's he known for, the first thing to come out of his mouth was a simple and meak, "hi."
Allen whipped the tears from his face and choked down some air before saying in a shaky voice, "I'm fairly certain you can think of something better to say then 'hi'. Especially after what I just did."
Izuku rubbed his head awkwardly and replied, "Yeah you're right, but I didn't have anything else come to mind to break break the ice."
There was an air of silence between the two as Izuku tried to find anything to say to him and Allen tried calmed himself down enough to regain his composure and speak. Eventually Izuku just decided to go straight for the kill and ask the big question.
"Allen…..why did you do that, to Kirishima-kun?", he asked in a calm tone.
Allens grip tightened around his wrists as he stumbled to find the words to say, "I-I-I didn't want to do that, you-you have to believe me Izuku."
Izukus grip also tightened as he replied, "To be fair I've been having my own doubts about you. Like are you even telling us the whole truth, are you're really going to tell us everything we need to know, do you even know what you're doing, are you even going to tell me who you and I are, what?"
Allen looked down at himself in self disappointment as he replied in a low tone, "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry Izuku. It was never my intent to hurt you or anyone else! I just-I can't-I don't even know anymore.", Allen huffed put a shaky breath while leaning against the wall and sliding onto his butt.
Allen brought his knees to his chest and rested his head against them, Izuku soon joined him after. Allen took a shaky breath and continued, "I know you have you're doubts about me and I don't blame you for that, I'd doubt myself if I meet me. And I know that all of you have questions and think I have the answers, and you'd be right. But sometimes I wonder if my answers are the correct ones or if their the answer everyone needs to hear or wants to hear."
Allen took another shaky breath as he continued, "Izuku I'm….I'm broken. A lot of bad things have happened to me, long before and after I meet you. And I haven't been the same person since, and I don't think I ever will be. And that's what scares me most, never knowing what I'm going to do, for whatever caused me to do it, and who it's going to effect."
Izuku could only stare at the well dressed teen with wide eye at every word he spoke. Allen wasn't the only one being driven mad in all this. Though was he hiding it for their sakes or some other reason?
"The reason I didn't want to talk about Them is cause it's one of the reasons I am the way I am, and every time I think about it or something like it I get so frightened and unhinged, and when I try to get rid of the fear it's only replaced by anger and blind fury. I-I just-.", Allen mumbled his words as tears began to fill his eyes again. "I don't know anymore. When I first came down here I too was in your exact place, a strange world with so many things to question but with no clear cut answers every given or found. I want to help you Izuku, all of you, but I don't think that I can help entirely. And staying in that world for so long made me what I am, and just like this place I always…...I don't know, it's like I frequently take on a different version of myself.", Allen choked out trying not to sob.
Izuku waited until Allen had calmed down enough for him to ask another question. Once he did Izuku asked in a soft tone, "So….is this also a different version of yourself?"
Allen shrugged and replied softly with downcast eyes, "For all I know it very well could be."
Izuku sighed, not sure what else to say in this situation. So he got into a squatting position by Allen and placed a hand on the teens shoulder. Allen turned his head to the green teen and heard him say to him, "Allen, it's true I may not know you like I want to or know everything that's happened to you, and neither do the rest of us, but heck I still want to help you and trust you! So maybe if you open up to the rest of us, explain what was going on, and answered some of our questions. Then all of us could trust you, even by a little bit."
Allen gave a dry laugh as he replied, "You're funny Izuku, you really think I can just go up their to Ejiros and apologize to him and everyone else for my psychotic outburst? 'Hey sorry about almost killing you over my Vietnam Flashback style psychotic outburst, but I'm sure we can still get along despite this little fall out after I answer a few silly questions and explain why I'm a psycho, right?'", Allen exclaimed in a mocking tone.
Izuku didn't have anything to rebuttals with, so he just stayed quite as Allen finished, "Look Izuku I know you mean well, but trust me on this, it's probably best if I don't say anything more until the right time. Besides, I know how people think, you really believe their going to trust me after that?! Hump, now that funny."
Allen then got up from his spot and began to walk away from Izuku, Izuku spring to his feet and before the teen could walk out of taking distance he half shouted, "If you don't say anything then they'll trust you even less!"
Allen made another dry laugh as he replied over his shoulder, "Then I guess I'm stuck with no good or bad option am I? Just two evils, and I sure can't tell which one is the lesser evil.", and with that Allen continued to walk away.
Izuku quickly joined with the rest of the group who were now standing and staring in the direction that the teens were with almost awed expressions. Izuku looked around at his classmates and asked confused, "What? Is Kirishima-kun okay."
"Yeah I'm good bro. Just a bit shaken up and a bruise or two, no biggie.", the red haired teen gave a forced smile, which put Izuku on edge a bit.
An awkward and heavy silence fell on the group for a bit until Momo seems to cave form the 'pressure' and quickly said, "We heard it, you conversation with Allen, all of it."
Kaminari slapped the tall girl on the shoulder and exclaimed in a low tone, "Hey! I thought we weren't going to tell him."
"You guys heard, how?!", Izuku stated in shock!
Jiro then raised her hand and while saying, "Yo."
"You listened with your quirk and translate for everyone else?", Izuku questioned the purple haired girl, who nodded silently in response. "Soooooooo what are you guys thinking of him. Do you still wanna trust him?"
No one said anything until Iida stepped forward and exclaimed, "I'm sure I can speak for everyone when I say that were not sure how to feel in all this. On one hand we're being led through a mad world by a mad man who could lash out at anytime. On the other he's our best bet for getting out of here in one piece and with most of our sanity in tact, and he does seem sincere about what he said and how he felt. So we can't really hang all of it on him.", everyone nodded their heads with Iidas statement.
"What about you Deku-kun? Do you trust Allen, how do you feel?", Uraraka asked.
Izuku rubbed his head nervously as he stated, "I'm…...I don't know really. Allen knows something I don't about our 'relationship', but he's hiding it for some reason. And it I don't know what worries me more, the information he knows or the fact that it could be something awful. I wanna trust Allen but...I'm not sure really.", Izuku took a deep sigh. "But Iida-kun is right, he our best bet for getting through here."
So with that the heros caught up with Allen and continued their ascent into the pipeline. Luckily for them, like Allen said, the next drain cover was found much faster than the other. In fact they had only been walking for five minutes before the found it, and nearly missed it while doing so. Like last time Tsyu hopped to the top and poked her head out to see the room above. For a while she said not a word or even moved as she stuck to the wall.
Eventually everyone getting too anxious and Iida called up, "What do you see Tsuyu-chan!?"
"I see…..another kitchen.", she called down.
"WHAT! I thought you said that if we start at the back from the front we'd get to the front from the back?! So why the hell are we back at the same damn kitchen!...Geeze I cant believe that came out f my mouth.", Bakugou asked-yelled at Allen.
"Not that kinda kitchen Bakugou-kun, a different one. This one looks like a washroom; theirs plates, and pots and pan stacked up high and laid across, well, everywhere. The smell of soapy water is everywhere with a hint of lavender, and theirs drying racks all over the place.", Tsyu described.
"Is there anything else to note?", Izuku called up.
After a moment of silence Tsyu called down one very cryptic detail, "I hear...footsteps, really big foot steps squeaking along the floor."
"B-B-Big f-f-f-f-footsteps?", Mineat stammered out in question while turning to Allen.
Allen took out his handkerchief and dabbed away the sweat acclimating, trying his best to hide his nervous body language. After he placed his handkerchief away he waved off Minteas question while saying, "Don't worry about it, Hatter creates a lot of machines that are small and large. So no doubt that it's just one of his machines washing the dishes.", he said while not making eye contact with the short purple haired teen or anyone else. "Though were here now, this is the room I was talking about."
"But the pipe keep going on from here? Can't we just continue following it from here and all the way to the Hatters Office?", Mina questioned.
"And start right back at the begging? I don't think so.", Allen commented back.
Mina opened her mouth as she wanted to question his logic on this, but then realized there was no logic so she decided to keep quiet.
"Soooooo now what?", Sero asked Allen.
"We get to the top and work our way from their.", Allen replies.
Just then Allen's body disappeared into a cloud of moth that swarmed around and flew their way up to the top of the pipe and out of the drain cover. Pretty soon everyone else was making their way up the pipe and out of the drain to the top side, with those who could get to the top acquiring help from others. In a matter of minutes the whole group was out of the dampe and dingy pipeline and finally back above ground were it was safer.
Or at least that what one would think to be true.
As the group looked around the new, and very giant room they were in, a very heavy sense of anxiety and fear looked across the whole room making it feel like you could catch your breath, much smaller than what it was, and claustrophobic! Some people even found hard to to swallow with the tension in the air.
Though the room itself was anything but tense looking, in fact it was actually quite peaceful. Just a normal looking washroom. Their was the fact that the whole room was dimly lit in several places with flickering lights, and the silence was almost haunting as if something was waiting for them and remained hidden until the right time to strike!
The entire room was very modest looking with a modern looking style to it; wall to wall white tile floor slick with water and soapy bubbles, stainless steel walls and cabinets, several different styled running sinks with bubbles pooling out overall he tops or staying in large clouds, mountains of clean china and cookware all stacked on top of one another in a chaotic piles that look only moment from collapsing, and row of hooks that hang from the ceiling on what looked like a conveyor belt.
On the far end of the room was an arch way that led to a different part of the room that isn't lit up well enough to see. Their was also the sound of wet shoes squeaking along the wet floor, the sound of someone humming happily, and someone making a very light grumbling noise.
Once the teens were at the top they noticed two things about the washroom; first they were underneath some kind of wooden milk crate on raised legs, and second they noticed Allen standing perfectly in place, or more specifically noticed his posture. Allen wasn't moving yet his body was vibrating with fear, his pupils were dilated, sweat was running down his face, ever part of him was tense while taking shaky short breaths.
Izuku, like always, was the one to approach Allen and ask him what was wrong.
"Allen? What wrong?", Izuku asked him already dreading the answer.
Allen didn't reply, but instead only pointed a finger out towards one of the sinks in the middle of the room where a very large and bulky Silhouette took the space with an ever looming shadow! Izuku, along with the rest of the group, all sound off in a collective gasp at what they were looking at!
Mina was the only one to process any words from her mouth as she exclaimed in a terrified hushed voice, "The Twin Chefs from Little Nightmare!"
Allen was the first one to snap out of his fear induced trance, snap his head over to Mina with a confused expression and exclaimed like she'd gone mad, "What?"
Everyone else also turned to the pink girl as she explained her statement. "Little Nightmare. You know, it's a game that was around before the era of quirks. It's a suspenseful stealth game.", no one said anything and simply stared at her. "You guys really don't know?"
Izuku raised his head slightly and said, "I've heard of it."
"And who are the, um, Twin Chefs?", Allen questioned her?
"Their two or really one of the bosses in the game. They work as cooks in a kitchen with a washroom, that actually bares a terrifyingly striking resemblance to the one were in. Their big, fat, grotesque, and alway looking to serve up the main character if they catch her!", she explains while sitting nervously at her fingers!
Most of the group was begin to look nervous at her explanation, all except Allen who looked more confused. "Well….that does sound just like them, though the people you're talking about isn't the one before us.", he explains to her.
"The who is that.", Uraraka asks.
Allen sighed and began to twist the gold ring on is finger as he explains in a shaky voice, "The one I was referring to you lot before, the one I was terrified of meeting again, the ones who tried to kill me!", if the teens weren't nervous before then they definitely were now! "Then again there's no amount of beings in Wonderland who haven't tried to kill me. But I digress, the person standing in front of us is none other….than Tweedle Dee with his twin brother, Tweedle Dum close by!", he stated in a serious tone!
New Item Acquired: Top Hat Time Bomb
A strange Top Hat that, when placed on the ground, springs up into a replica of the White Rabbit holding a clock
Can be used as traffic control for multiple attackers
Explosion can affect both enemy and allies in range of detonation
Explosion can also affect environment and structures
Has a 15 second detonation timer
Can be remotely detonated at any time
Can be used as a weighted object
Can be used as a weighted object for pressure plates
