It was dark outside when Bakugou made it back to the agency. He hadn't heard from Kia the rest of the day so he decided to try her on the radio. Pressing the call button on the device in his ear he said, "Sunshine are you there?"
It was a moment before Kia replied, "Yeah B what's up?"
"I'm back at the agency where are you?" he asked sitting down at his desk.
"I'm still out. I dropped off a couple rowdy drunks at the nearest police station a little while ago and I'm continuing through this area." Kia explained as she walked down the street keeping a sharp eye on the shadows around her.
"How come you didn't call me?" Bakugou snapped.
"I'm pretty sure I can handle a couple drunks on my own." Kia replied a little irritated.
"I'm your partner damn it!" Bakugou told her.
"I had the situation taken care of before you would have even got here. I don't need a babysitter." Kia growled back.
"How much longer are you going to be out?" Bakugou asked.
"I'm going to be out for another couple hours. If I need help I will call you." Kia replied. Just then three men walked out of the alley in front of her. Kia stopped as they started walking toward her with lewd looks on their faces.
"Lookie here fellas, a hero out on her own." One of them chuckled. His friends laughed as three more men came up behind her.
"You shouldn't be out here alone at this time night." Another spoke, "There are some bad characters around this area."
"You don't say." Kia replied, "Would you be so kind as to point out these bad characters for me?"
"Who is that?" Bakugou asked standing up from his desk.
All six of the men chuckled. "It's a little too late for that sweetheart." said one of the guys behind her.
"You sure this is a smart move?" another asked his comrades, "She is a hero."
"I've never heard of her before besides look at her, she would fetch a good price." The first one replied.
"What the hell is going on?" Bakugou growled hearing the conversation over the radio.
"You might want to start heading this way." Kia replied gritting her teeth, "I'm going to need someone to help me carry these bastards to the station."
"It will be too late by the time they get here." The first villain spoke again, "Don't worry we will find you a rich master to serve, I promise."
"On second thought B you might want to get here and stop me from beating the shit out of these guys." Kia said her temper flaring.
Bakugou was already headed to the garage to get his motorcycle. "Don't do anything stupid." He warned Kia as he burst through the door to the garage.
"They are the ones who have done something stupid." Kia replied as one of the villains tried to grab her. Dodging him she stuck her foot out tripping the villain. The next one lunged for her but Kia spun, punching him in the gut so hard he emptied his stomach onto the sidewalk before passing out. "You guys think you can take me down? Let's just see you try." She said with a wicked grin on her face.
"Get her and don't hold back." The first villain yelled.
Kia jumped back dodging as the men in front of her tried to grab her. One of them stuck his hand forward shooting a sticky web like substance from his palm. It stuck to Kia's right arm and leg and the man pulled trying to bring her in but Kia used her flames to burn away the gunk.
"I can get her." yelled another. Sucking in a breath he blew out, sharp blades of wind formed from his breath. Kia transformed, her scales blossomed along her skin instantly and the blades glanced off them as they hit.
"What the hell is this gal?" said one of the villains. He jumped sailing through the air to land behind Kia. He jumped the second he landed heading straight for Kia but she was ready. Her tail whipped out knocking the villain to the side as his comrades began their assault. The head villain's arms began to stretch as though he was made out of elastic. Turning his hand and arm into a loop he threw it at Kia catching her around the torso. "Try to burn me all you want sweetheart but I'm fire proof." He chuckled.
Kia smiled as her wings sprung forth and beat against the ground. Shooting straight up into the air she dragged the villain with her. She spun in the air wildly causing the elastic villain to flail around her. The web villain tried to catch her with another shot but his comrade jumped at the same time getting caught in the web instead.
The villain with the bladed breath launched another attack at Kia and his winds threw her off balance forcing her to land. The elastic villain hit the ground with a thump, dizzy from the ride Kia took him on, his hold on her loosed and she was able to escape the loop. Turning to the three villains still standing she charged. The web villain tried to trap her again but Kia ducked coming in close enough to grab him by the arm. Stepping into him she used her momentum and his weight to throw him into the concrete. Then next villain charged in growing in size as he advanced on Kia. He swung a punch wide and Kia caught his fist in her clawed hand. He swung his other hand and Kia caught that too. The villain was at least twice Kia's size and he was leaning into their connected hands trying to push her down with a combination of his weight and strength.
The elastic villain staggered to his feet as his dizziness wore off. Signaling to the wind villain they circled around behind Kia planning on grabbing her while she was dealing with their comrade. Kia saw the two closing in on her back and swept her tail out behind her knocking the two of them off their feet.
Facing the giant villain once again she gritted her teeth and took a step forward pushing the villain back as he struggled to hold her in place. Whipping her tail around his foot she pulled knocking him onto his ass. Kia jumped over him using a blast of fire to give her jump more force and the villain flipped over hitting his head against the street. Kia spun quickly, throwing the villain into the nearest wall.
The elastic and wind villains had gotten to their feet. The elastic villain threw his arms forward hoping to snare Kia again but she caught his arms before the loops could settle over her. "You said you are fire proof but what happens if you get super cooled?" Kia asked with a smirk. But before the villain could react, ice started to coat his arms rapidly making its way to his body. The villain screamed as his entire body was covered in ice. Letting go Kia turned to face the web and the wind villain, who had regrouped.
"You are going to regret making this difficult." The web villain spat as he brought both palms up. The wind villain sucked in a deep breath getting ready to attack again.
"You villains don't know who you are dealing with." Kia warned bracing herself. The wind villain unleashed his breath attack hitting Kia full force. She braced herself as the blades of wind sliced at her costume and scales unable to make a mark. The moment the wind villain's attack stopped the web villain threw a mass of web at Kia covering her completely in the sticky threads.
"We got her now!" The wind villain exclaimed.
"No one can get out of my webs once they have stuck." The web villain declared.
"Are you sure?" Kia replied as she froze the sticky mass before blasting it apart with a flame attack.
The two villains took a step back, eyes wide as Kia broke free. "What kind of hero are you?" the wind villain asked.
Kia stepped out of the frozen remains of the web villain's attack her wings spread out wide and tail lashing while the street lights glinted off her black horns and claws. "I'm Wildside." She replied, "Now it is time to show you my breath attack." Kia breathed deep roaring as bright flames burst from her mouth blasting the two villains into the building behind them.
Kia walked forward pulling a pair of cuffs out of her belt she cuffed the two broiled villains Turning she could see the villain with a jumping quirk was still caught in his friends web and unable to get out. A groan sounded a little ways up the street from the villain she had knocked out first. Walking over she grabbed him by the front of the shirt holding him up in the air. "Now I have some questions for you and you are going to answer them or I will roast you like I did your friends, do you understand." Kia asked. The villain looked around at his fallen comrades before quickly nodding. "Good, now have you six captured anyone else?" Kia started.
"Yes, we have a holding facility a couple of books from here in an old warehouse." the villain stammered.
"Tell me the address." Kia demanded.
As the villain was rattling off the address Bakugou arrived pulling up to Kia on his motorcycle. He looked around at all the unconscious villains on the ground impressed with his partner's work. It hadn't taken him very long to get from the agency to where Kia was. "Looks like you didn't need me after all." Bakugou said as he got off his bike.
Kia wasn't listening as she asked the villain another question, "Who are you selling too?!" she snarled.
"I don't know!" the villain cried as he eyed Kia's fangs, "The boss was the one who contacted the buyer we just served as the muscle."
"B can I use your cuffs?" Kia asked turning to Bakugou. He handed them over while still sitting on his motorcycle. "I'm going to hand you and your buddies over to a friend of mine." Kia said as she cuffed the villain, "I suggest you cooperate."
Bakugou walked over to where the wind and web villains lay as Kia drug the other guy over to were the villain was caught in the web.
"Have you called the police yet?" Bakugou asked as he brought the two villains over to where Kia was standing.
"No these guys aren't going to the station." Kia replied as she pulled out her cell phone and dialed. The phone rang twice before someone picked up. "Hey Derek its Kia, I've caught a group of traffickers." Kia explained to the person on the phone.
Bakugou stood there getting more irritated as Kia talked to the person on the phone. She told them their location as well as the address the villain had given her. He couldn't take in anymore when she hung up. "Who the hell was that?" Bakugou asked his temper flaring.
"That was my coworker with the HTSA office here in Japan." Kia replied.
"What the hell is the HTSA office?" Bakugou growled.
"Didn't you read my file?" Kia asked giving him a funny look.
Bakugou turned away not looking at her as he replied, "Not all of it."
Kia sighed, "I believe you heard me tell the reporter how I helped bring down a large human trafficking ring in America. Well the people I helped are called the HTSA, the Human Trafficking and Slavery Agency; they specialize in investigating human trafficking cases all around the world. I'm a part of the agency and am working with the office here in Japan." She explained.
"Why the hell are you working with me then?" Bakugou asked.
"The agency is covert otherwise they wouldn't be able to infiltrate any of the trafficking rings. You are a hero who patrols wide areas. Also you get called to all kinds of emergencies all over Japan. I researched you before I agreed to come. I believed that being your partner would put me in a position to tack down any traffickers and I do want to stop other kinds of crime too. Plus you are a very competent hero. Your skill and intelligence would be a big asset to any investigation. Although right now I'm starting to doubt the intelligence part." Kia replied.
"Why didn't you explain this to me before?" Bakugou demanded.
"I assumed you had read my file and knew what I was doing in Japan. Since you didn't ask me about it I figured you were not interested or didn't have any information. Beside we have been so busy with all kinds of crime that I haven't had a chance to do any specific investigations. I see now that I should have talked to you about it before." Kia said.
"Damn right you should have!" Bakugou yelled, "I'm your partner you should trust me!"
Kia stared at him in surprise, "You are right B I should have trusted you more. How about you help me round up these losers so they can haul them off to the HTSA." She said giving him a smile.
"Tch, that much is obvious." Bakugou said before stomping off toward the giant villain. Luckily Bakugou had cuffs in the saddle bags of his motorcycle big enough to restrain the huge villain.
It wasn't long before three transports and two police cars came up the street. A short white man with brown hair and eyes stepped out of the first car and made his way over to Kia and Bakugou as the rest of his team started loading up the villains.
"Kia it is good to see you." Derek said.
"You too Derek, this is my partner Ground Zero." Kia said gesturing to Bakugou.
"Nice to meet you Ground Zero." Derek said holding out a hand. Bakugou reached out shaking the man's hand.
"Good job the both of you on apprehending these villains." Derek said, "Kia I will e-mail you the paperwork when I get back to the office. Which one is the leader?"
"This one," Kia replied walking over to the villain incased in ice, "He has an elastic quirk."
Derek signaled to one of the other officers who brought over quirk cancelling restraints. Kia started melting the ice on the villain's arms so they could cuff him. When the last villain was loaded into the transport Derek came back to where Kia and Bakugou stood. He was talking on the phone and hung it up as he reached them.
"That was the recovery team. They made it to the warehouse and found a dozen women and children there. All of which had been reported as missing in the last two months. They are being taken to the hospital to be checked out as we speak." Derek informed them.
"Thank goodness, hopefully you can find out who they were planning on selling them to." Kia said.
"I want to thank you for your help once again. Hopefully we can start getting some more leads on the trafficking ring here in Japan. The HTSA will be counting on your help." Derek said nodding to the two of them.
"Of course, please keep me in the loop on what you find." Kia asked.
"Will do" Derek said as he turned to get back into the police car.
Turning to Bakugou, Kia gave him a blinding smile, "Did you hear that! We saved a dozen lives tonight!"
"What do you mean 'we'? This one was all you Sunshine." Bakugou said, "I didn't realize that human trafficking was such as problem in Japan."
"A lot of people don't." Kia replied following Bakugou back to his motorcycle, "The big trafficking rings are really hard to track down. I have a feeling these guys were new."
Bakugou straddled his bike grabbing and extra helmet he handed it to Kia. As she reached out to take it Bakugou pulled it back fixing her with a fierce scowl, "No more surprises between us. If you are going to be my partner you need to clue me in, deal?" he said.
"Deal" Kia smiled taking the helmet from him. Bakugou put on his own helmet and started his bike as Kia hopped on behind him. Wrapping her arms around him she chuckled, "It wouldn't have been a surprise if you had read my file."
"Got to hell" Bakugou snapped as he took off down the street.
"Not even your bad temper can bring me down tonight B!" she laughed as they headed back toward the agency.
Sorry this is a little later than I usually post but I have been crazy busy. I need to be doing something else right now besides writing but I couldn't help it. I'm going to be really busy for the next month but I will try to persevere.
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