Mama Yang Hero Academia-36
"Why would I want to go to a party? It'll just be a bunch of old geezers I don't know, giving speeches, sounds like a pretty lame night to me." Bakugo exclaimed lying back on his bed.
"But we could eat as much gourmet food as we want." Kirishima said.
"Bleh, no amount of gourmet shit would ever compare to Ruby's cooking." Bakugo said.
"An' how would you know that Bakugo?" Pyrrha inquired raising an eyebrow. "Have you even had Ruby's cooking?"
"Damn straight, and it's the best I've ever tasted, even if it's just lunch she makes for me in a bento box every day." Bakugo said. "Lunch Rush could learn a couple things from her."
"Well Ruby is gonna be there, aren't you gonna want to support your girlfriend and daughter?" Kirishima asked, causing a tic mark to form on the blonde's forehead.
"Don't remind me. That damned sludge used my blood without my permission." Bakugo stated. "Besides, even if I did want to go, it's not like I brought any fancy clothes with me anyway."
"We figured you wouldn't." Kirishima smiled.
"So we brought some stuff for you." Pyrrha smiled using her polarity to hold up the coat hangers the suit and jacket were on.
"You gotta be kidding." Bakugo growled.
~That Night Central Tower~
"Sorry about arriving late you guys." Ruby said, as she came into the lobby with Jack, and Scythe by her side, both of them still children. Scythe was still wearing the suit he wore earlier.
Ruby came in, wearing an open back scarlet red dress, with a white rose on the right front part of her hip, low cut on the chest area, showing off an immense amount of cleavage, and open on both sides of the legs, starting at her mid-thighs, allowing more free movement, as the material hugged her body like a second skin. On her feet were a pair of simple black heels, with what looked to be a combat design to them. She was obviously dressing to impress someone. Her tribal Dragonslayer markings completely visible on her arms and back. Her feathery spiked back hair style seemed to go well with her attire, as she did not look anything like a train wreck of fashion.
"It was impossible to get Jack in her dress." Ruby said.
"It was too frilly and pink." Jack said.
"So, I had to run to a tailor shop and get her fitted into something she liked. An' this is the end result." Ruby sighed. "Oh Weiss you look so beautiful."
Weiss was wearing a light icy blue dress with the straps down her arms, and low cut at the chest. The skirt of the dress was an open leg skirt just like Ruby's, with her white snowflake glyph design embroidered on the right breast, with a darker shade of the icy blue going down the sides and around the back, leaving a light icy blue stripe going down the front of her dress. She wore shin high icy blue leather boots with solid heels, snow white stockings, and a garter-belt on her right thigh. Her hair was down from its usual side ponytail and was now a loose braid going down her back, with the braid starting at her shoulders. On each of her arms, Weiss wore snowy white bicep length gloves, making her look like the heiress she used to be.
"Thanks, I told Rei this wasn't necessary, but she decided to go all out, and splurge on me, and my outfit for the party tonight, before we left for the island." Weiss said. "Though this is bringing back some uncomfortable memories for me. I didn't want to be rude though, so I accepted it. Jack looks good though."
Jack stood there beside Ruby wearing a black vest, with a white shirt underneath, black slim fitting pants. Both her arms were covered in black armbands but only her left hand wears a glove. She wore pink shoes that went up to her mid calves a bit.
"I must say, she looks like she's ready for a fight." Iida said, standing there dressed in his blue tuxedo.
"Apparently, this is based off her hero costume design for when she gets into U.A." Ruby smiled. "But the trouble of getting her ready was worth it. I got this."
Ruby, turning to the side, pulled her phone out from her chest, and turned back, showing the picture of Jack snuggling in close to Scythe, her head against his chest, who had one arm wrapped around her, and one under his head, both of them smiling nicely as they both were napping from their long days.
"I already sent a copy to Yang and the girls, they're all gushing over it." Ruby said with a snicker.
"Mom." Jack whined in embarrassment.
"You said Jack's attire was based off her design for wanting to be a hero when she gets older, what's her Quirk, if you don't mind me asking?" Iida inquired.
"Jack, show him." Ruby smiled.
Jack nodded before pressing one foot back, and went zipping around the room in a blur of black rose petals, with a pink tint to the edges, as well as sparks or electricity coming off her as she ran.
"Her Quirk is just like mine." Ruby smiled as Jack finished running around the room, and plopped a bundle of petals on Scythe's head. "She was actually Quirkless before Venom cocooned her, and changed her DNA."
"Really? Yet she still aspired to be a hero?" Todoroki inquired.
"Yeah. Determination runs in the family I guess." Ruby chuckled. 'In reality she didn't inherit my Quirk, since I don't have one besides One-for-All, she inherited my Semblance, and some of my Lightning Dragonslayer Magic, though she hasn't full unlocked it, if she had, she'd have the same Dragonslayer markings as me somewhere on her body. An' I can't tell them she also has a genetically inherited One-for-All, just like Scythe, since they don't know about it. Scythe got his from Yang, Jack got hers from me.'
"So, would she be able to handle the power she'd inherited from All Might?" Weiss questioned. She was genuinely concerned about her niece.
"That won't be usable until she's fifteen or so, some tests were done, and it's shown some power is still dormant, we believe that's the power she's inherited from me that I inherited from my dad. But until then, we'll be training her, and honing her body to actually be able to handle the power." Ruby said. "Same goes for Scythe, he can only use that immense strength and speed when in his Argonaut form."
"Oh, that actually does make sense as to why we've never seen him use it when as a kid." Kaminari said.
"So where is everybody?" Ruby inquired.
"They're not here yet." Iida said. "Does a proper meeting time mean nothing to you people?"
"Sorry I'm late. It took me a while to get ready." Uraraka said, coming into the lobby.
Uraraka's dress was almost an exact copy to Weiss's, the only differences were being that it wasn't low cut around her chest, the color schemes being a two different shades of bright pink, and the skirt wasn't straight, it was similar to Ruby's old combat skirt in the outfit she wore to Beacon, but all light pink instead of black. Her leggings were black complimented with heels that were red with straps over the tops of her feet near the ankles. In her hair, she had a black bow on the side, with a white rose in the center of it, and a pearl necklace around her neck.
One of the other doors opened and in came Momo with Jiro hiding behind her.
"Apologize for the tardiness, Jiro's feeling shy." Momo said.
Momo wore a neon lime green dress, with a golden necklace, and a matching hairpiece keeping her messy pony tail in a somewhat fashionista style.
Jiro wore a pink dress that had a blue ribbon around her waist, and was blue on the chest, with pink frills on top. The jacket she wore complimented the dress perfectly, and the gloves were magenta so as not to clash with the color scheme. Her leggings were grey, with magenta colored slipper like shoes to complete the attire. Her hair was done stylishly to keep her punk rock look, while also making her look presentable, cute, and womanly all at once.
"This is fancier than anything I've ever worn before." Jiro said, gripping the jacks of her earlobes with a bit of a blush. "It feels like a costume."
"Oh don't be so shy Jiro." Ruby smiled brightly at her. "You look gorgeous."
"Thanks Ruby." Jiro smiled, blushing a bit harder. "But you look gorgeous yourself."
"Mommy is definitely beautiful." Jack smiled. "I'm sure daddy will like it."
"So is it true Venom used Bakugo's DNA as Jack's other half?" Jiro inquired.
"Yeah it's true." Ruby sighed.
"I've already notified Yang and mom about that." Weiss chuckled. "First thing I did when Shoto and I got back to the hotel."
"Bakugo is so lucky Yang left to help with the Er…"
Todoroki was stopped from finishing that sentence, when Weiss clasped a gloved hand over his mouth, and giving him a look that told him to, shut up before he did something stupid.
"This is my first time wearing formal wear. I just borrowed something from Yaoyorozu." Uraraka said.
"You look great. Really brings out your charm." Ruby smiled.
"Oh Ruby stop, you don't have to flatter me so much." Uraraka said, turning around and waving her arm wildly while blushing madly.
"Contain yourself." Iida said.
Another door opened, to which they all turned to it, and Mineta and Kaminari just starred as steam blew from their noses.
"Oh good. I thought I was gonna miss you guys." Melissa said, coming to them.
Melissa wore a dress consisting of a royal blue strapless and backless top piece, with a black belt and a white rose clip around her waist. Her skirt was a light lavender color with black trimmings along the edges, and her hair was done up so nice, it looked like it took hours to curl perfectly. She had a red headband in her hair, with a black choker having a golden piece to the center, and matching earrings. She had just enough makeup to let her natural beauty shine, and her attire was completed with a pair of black high heels.
"Let's head downstairs to the party." Melissa smiled.
~Central Tower Second Floor Reception Hall~
"Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to I-Expo's opening night reception." An announcer said. "We at I-Island hope you enjoy yourselves. Now I wonder, if we can get All Might, the #1 Hero, up here. He's visiting from Japan. Wouldn't you like to hear him say a few words? C'mon, maybe a round of applause would help. Please, join us on the stage."
All Might was just looking around, his smile as bright as usual on his face, but his mind was on the situation as to why Yang had to leave the island the same day she arrived.
"Really Dave? Could have warned me." All Might said as Dave came to his side.
"This was bound to happen once they found out you were in town." Dave said.
"You owe me one." All Might said, going to the stage.
~With Pyrrha Bakugo and Kirishima~
"Moron, you're absolutely positive we're going in the right direction?" Bakugo questioned, his right eye twitching.
"Yeah I mean, I'm pretty sure we are." Kirishima said, with Pyrrha walking beside him.
"You're pretty sure?" Bakugo questioned.
"Kiri, why don't you just admit that we're lost?" Pyrrha asked.
"Well, I left my phone back in the room, so we're going on instinct here." Kirishima said.
"Of course that'd be your response." Pyrrha sighed.
~Reception Hall~
"Thank you for inviting me, it's truly a pleasure to be here. I only wish my daughters and grandkids were here right now. But know them, they're probably just sitting around in the hotel room playing video games on their phones." All Might joked, earning a laugh from the crowd. "Now, formal speeches aren't my thing…"
All Might's speech was interrupted as the screen behind him went red, and a loud blare sounded through the air.
"*This is an announcement from the I-Island security system. We have received a report that an explosive device was discovered somewhere on the I-Expo grounds. I-Island will now be in High Alert mode. Your safety is our top priority. Residence and tourists are advised to return to their homes or lodging accommodations, and remain there until this matter is resolved. Anyone remaining on the streets, after ten minutes, will be in violation of the law. Please clear out all the public areas. As a precautionary measure, most of the main island buildings will now be sealed off. I repeat, we have received a report.*"
The doors to the reception room opened up, as several armed men, wearing masks and body armor came in, aiming their guns at civilians and heroes alike.
"In case you haven't caught on." Wolfram said, as he entered the room. "The security system is under our control now. I know we've got a lot of heroes in here, but if you decide to make a scene, I'll make sure the security sentries think the good people they've got in their sights are dangerous criminals. So I'd play nice." Wolfram stated. "Because everyone on this island is my hostage. Naturally that includes all of you." All Might turned from the screen, his smile gone, as he glared in anger at the villain in front of him. Reaching for his communication piece, he contacted his men in the control room. "Do it."
From out of the ground, popped out multiple large circles of light, that shot out restraints, wrapping around all the heroes, including All Might.
"Crap." All Might said, as he tried to push through the restraints, before a gunshot fired off alerting him of Wolfram's position near him.
"Don't move. If you take so, much as a step I'll kill everyone in this room." Wolfram said, aiming gun out to the crowd.
"Villain." All Might said, before Wolfram kicked him down to the ground.
"There's a good boy." Wolfram stated.
"He'll stop you." All Might exclaimed.
"Eh, what was that?" Wolfram questioned.
"My grandson. He will stop you." All Might said.
"Oh really? What's he gonna do, cry at me until I give up?" Wolfram asked.
It was at that point, that Scythe being returned to a young boy, had been made News all over the island, and possibly already to Japan by then. Which is why All Might wasn't really surprised, when Wolfram didn't ask about Scythe actually being a girl.
"My grandson might only be eight. But he's strong. An' he's the youngest child, to ever be accepted into U.A's Hero Course." All Might glared. "When he puts his mind to it, he's even stronger than me, when he's in his Argonaut form."
"That form he takes to make himself older huh?" Wolfram asked, sighing in boredom as he was done with this conversation. "You're going to follow All Might's lead, and do whatever I say, right?" He called out to the crowd.
All Might looked to David, who shook his head no, signalling for All Might to stand down, and that it wasn't the time to strike.
~Lobby7~
"I'm not getting any signal." Todoroki said, putting his cellphone away. "Looks like my service is completely blocked."
"Are you serious?" Mineta questioned, sounding scarred.
"The elevator's not working either." Jiro said.
"What the heck is going on here?" Mineta questioned, sounding like he was on the verge of a panic attack.
"It's strange that the system would go on high alert." Melissa said. "That's not the protocol whenever explosives are discovered."
"Something's not right." Ruby said. "Iida, let's go to that party. We might be able to get some answers if we go. Plus that's our best bet at finding my dad."
"Wait All Might's in there?" Uraraka questioned.
"Oh thank goodness, we don't have anything to worry about then." Mineta said.
"That's not entirely true you dolt." Weiss sighed. "Melissa, is there any way of getting down to the party without the elevator?" Weiss inquired.
"Yeah sure. We can use the emergency stairs." Melissa said. "It will at least get us close."
"We'll follow your lead then." Ruby said.
~Reception Hall~
"Don't worry." Wolfram said. "If you stay quiet there's no reason to hurt anyone. We plan to release you safely when the time is right."
"What are you criminals after?" One of the heroes demanded before Wolfram kicked him on the underside of the jaw, knocking him back.
"Do you not know how to listen?" Wolfram questioned. "Stay down." Wolfram's communication piece went off, signalling an incoming call. "What's up…? Yeah I got it." He said before noticing Sam's badge. "Hey tubby, you a researcher here?" He questioned.
"Yes, I am." Sam answered, his voice filled with fear.
"Joker, Quinn, take this one up." Wolfram said to two of his armored men. They looked shorter than the rest, but they still held lethal weapons at people's heads.
"No please don't." Sam said as the armed villains came to take him.
"Stop it." David said marching up to Wolfram. "That man is my assistant. What do you plan on doing to him?"
"Hmm?" Wolfram hummed turning around. "Ah, the famous David Shield. Bring him to."
"What if I refuse?" David questioned.
"Then somewhere on this island, you'll hear a pretty little blonde girl screaming." Wolfram stated.
"HA." All Might laughed from the stage. "My youngest daughter is with Melissa now. She's safer with her, than taking shelter in Tartarus Prison when it's devoid of criminals and villains. Your men and the drones won't be able to take her out even with a sniper."
"An' how would you know that?" Wolfram questioned.
"It's take a sniper to know a sniper. An' there's no one, not even a trained veteran, better than my daughter. She even hand made her weapon from nothing but the blueprints she designed." All Might, stated. "I can guarantee you that she's already onto your little plan."
"Alright. Lead the way." David said. "It's not that I don't believe you about Ruby, All Might, I just don't wanna run the risk of losing her, like I lost her mother."
"I understand." All Might said.
As the villain and the two hostages left, All Might tried to fight his way out of the restraints, but stopped when he noticed a flash of light blipping out multiple times and noticed Ruby up above the party room, on the third floor, looking down through the glass ceiling.
'What? Ruby?' All Might thought.
Up on the balcony overlooking the second floor reception hall, Ruby put her phone away.
"Okay, he knows that we're here. Jiro is your jack in place?" Ruby inquired.
"Yeah. We're good to go." Jiro said.
Ruby looked back down, and motioned for All Might to start talking, that they would be able to get the message.
"You can talk to us, we're listening." Ruby whispered making motions with her hands.
"Hope you can hear me." All Might whispered. "Some villains have taken the tower. They've got control over the security system, and everyone on this island is now begin held as a hostage. That includes the heroes who are at this party. It's dangerous, get away from here as soon as you can, and keep Melissa and the kids safe."
"This is bad Ruby." Jiro said.
After Jiro relayed the message that All Might had given, they grouped up and had a meeting where the villains wouldn't be able to catch them in the stairwell.
"We've received All Might's orders loud and clear. He's our teacher, I suggest we follow the instructions given and escape this place." Iida said. "Otherwise we'd be going against his will."
"I'm afraid I have to agree with what Iida is saying. He's instructed us to keep Scythe, Jack, and Melissa safe. Plus we're still only students. We can't fight these villains if we don't have our hero licenses." Momo said.
"Actually we can." Ruby said. "I-Island is a completely independent government. It doesn't follow the same laws as any country, and allows its citizens and guests to use their Quirks however they want, so long as it doesn't involve robbing a bank, or other villainous acts similar to that. So legally, we could in fact fight the villains as heroes, even without our licenses."
"Ruby's right. But we also have other things to think about." Weiss said. "We've got Melissa and these two to consider. Their safety is out top priority."
"Besides, it's not going to be very easy to escape." Melissa said. "The security system is on par with that of Tartarus Prison, which is where they keep the most dangerous criminals in the world. I had extremely over exaggerated the security system I had installed in Yang and Blake's house, before it was destroyed."
"Then all we can do, is sit and wait until everything's over, I guess." Kaminari stated.
"Are you really okay with that Kaminari?" Jiro asked standing up.
"What choice do we have?" The lightning shooter questioned.
"Don't you think we should at least try and stop them?" Jiro inquired.
"Hey come on, those villains have even got All Might trapped." Mineta stated.
"By forcing him to submit, due to the whole island being held hostage. He didn't have a choice but to stand down." Ruby stated.
"Yeah, but there's still no way we can stop them ourselves if the actual Pros are stuck." Mineta countered.
"Aren't we trying to be Pros ourselves?" Todoroki questioned.
"Well, yes but we're not allowed to work as heroes, you know that. Even with what Ruby said, we'd still be in big trouble." Momo stated.
"Does that mean, that it's right for us to just sit on our asses, and do nothing?" Weiss questioned. "There's a saying, one that I'm sure you've all heard Scythe say before."
"An' that would be?" Iida asked.
"A strong man, stands up for himself. A stronger man, stands up for others." Scythe said standing up on his feet. "I might be out of energy for my Argonaut form, I could probably even push myself to go another ten minutes if need be. But even if I'm still a kid, I'm not going to give up."
"I agree." Jack said standing up and taking Scythe's hand. "Mommy wouldn't give up, and neither would Grandpa Might if he were in our shoes."
"You wanna go fight those villains? Didn't you learn anything from the USJ Xiao Long? You were paralyzed from the waist down for crying out loud." Mineta shouted.
"This is totally different so such up." Ruby said, punching Mineta on the head, knocking his face into the ground. "Look, even if we are allowed to legally fight villains here on the island, we can still get through this without having to fight them at all."
"What do you mean Ruby?" Weiss asked.
"We just need a way to rescue my dad, and everyone else at the party without having to deal with the bad guys." Ruby said.
"That's easy to say, but you know it won't be that simple." Kaminari said.
"I know it won't be as easy as walking through a park. But we can still do this. If my understanding of the I-Island security system is correct, then all we have to do is a manual reboot, freeing the heroes, and stopping these villains from winning, while also saving everyone on the island."
"Are you sure Ruby?" Uraraka questioned.
"I know where the security system is. It's on the top floor of this tower." Melissa said. "If these criminals managed to take control of it, then the authentication locks and password have probably been disabled. Like Ruby said, it'll take a manual reboot to get it all working properly again. We should be able to do that ourselves, we just have to stay off the villain's radar until we can get to the top floor."
"Which is a task that is impossible. But we'll try to stay off their radar as long as we can." Weiss said. "When we do encounter resistance, then and only then, is when we'll start fighting."
"Sure but how do we keep on the low in the first place?" Jiro asked.
"The security system hasn't discovered us yet, which is probably do to the fact we're in the stairwell of the emergency exit, at least that's my guess." Ruby stated.
"It also means the villains don't know how it works, very well." Melissa said.
"So we avoid fighting anyone for as long as we can, and try to get the place back to normal." Todoroki said. "It could work."
"Not bad, what do you think?" Kaminari questioned.
"Let's do it." Jiro smiled.
"Wait, what about Scythe and Jack. Scythe's out of time for his Argonaut form, and Jack barely has any control over her Quirk, and it's not even fully developed yet." Uraraka said.
"It'll be fine. So long as they are able to keep up with us, then it shouldn't be a problem." Ruby said.
"Many of our enemies are likely gathered there on the top floor." Momo said, in contemplation.
"If we're fast we won't have to fight them. An' even if we end up fighting, we've got Scythe on our team. So long as he gets some fire in him, then he'll be fully recharged and ready for combat." Weiss stated.
"Like how you were instantly recharged when I gave you some of my ice at the USJ." Todoroki said.
"Exactly. But if we do manage to get the security system back online without fighting, All Might and the others will be released, and then they'll immediately jump into action, stopping any villains from proceeding with their plans." Weiss continued.
"Let's do this guys." Uraraka stated. "I don't wanna sit around here, being helpless, not if there's something we can actually try. What's important is that we're helping people, even if we're not real heroes."
"Then let's get going. We'll follow our hearts and save the island, and everyone on it." Ruby cheered.
"Yeah." Uraraka cheered.
"Rose." Todoroki said, addressing her with Weiss by his side. "We'll go with you to."
"I'm in." Jiro smirked.
"Todoroki." Ruby smiled.
"Thanks Kyoka." Uraraka said.
"The moment I think we've gone too far it's over." Iida said, gaining their attention. "If that's something you can agree to. I'll join you as well."
"No need to be so serious." Ruby chuckled.
"Alright, if that's the case, I'll go to." Momo said.
"Obviously, I'm in." Kaminari said.
"Yaoyorozu." Uraraka smiled.
"Kaminari." Scythe stated a smile on his face.
"Have you all lost your minds? Alright I'll go." Mineta stated crying waterfalls.
"Wow, the tiny perv actually can have conviction for something other than peeking on women." Ruby joked.
"The girls will think we're so cool for this." Kaminari said.
"Melissa, are you gonna wait down here for us, or are you coming with?" Ruby asked.
"I'm coming with you. It doesn't matter if I'm Quirkless, I'm still joining this raid on the top of the tower. I know the system better than anyone in this stairwell." Melissa said confidently. "I know I might just get in your way, at least until we get to the top floor. But I want to help, people are in danger, please."
"You heard the lady." Weiss smirked.
"Scythe, Jack." Ruby said. "You're on Melissa's Guard Detail."
"Roger that." Scythe said.
"Okay mommy." Jack smiled.
"Are you sure about putting them in charge of Melissa?" Iida asked.
"What do you mean?" Ruby inquired.
"Scythe I get, all he need to do is consume one of the elements he controls, and he'll be fully recharged and able to use his Argonaut form in no time." Iida said. "But Jack…"
"Trust me. There's more to my daughter than meets the eye." Ruby smiled. "She may not look it, but in a sparring session, she's kept Scythe on his toes multiple times."
"Really?" Iida asked.
"Alright everyone, let's move." Weiss stated.
Back in the reception hall, All Might was still struggling against his bonds, trying to break free, when he spotted Ruby looking down at him, with a familiar gaze in her eyes.
'Oh no.' All Might thought. 'That look in your eyes, don't tell me… Please, run away.'
Ruby shook her head, understanding the pleading look in his eyes.
'I know what you're thinking.' Ruby sighed.
'It's too dangerous.'
'But I have to do whatever I can to help.' Ruby thought. 'It's what Midoriya would do, if he ended up with your power instead of Yang or me.'
'Ruby Rose.' All Might thought, sighing in defeat of his daughter's defiance to his wishes. 'Teens will be teens.'
'It'll be okay, you'll see.' Ruby thought before running off towards the others.
'She's not going to leave. I know I should be furious that she's ignoring her teacher's wishes, especially since I'm her father. But what right do I have to that? I've only been her old man for a month and a half.' All Might thought. 'But who am I kidding? If she didn't act right now, she wouldn't be one of my successors. I'll just have to keep my cool, and have faith that they can get us out of this situation on their own. I wasn't exactly bluffing when I spoke of Scythe's power like I did, he just hasn't realized he's got that potential in him. We're counting on you, fledgling heroes.'
Back in the hall, Ruby was finishing up, letting the others know about how it went notifying All Might of their plan to stay.
"Let's get moving." Weiss said.
~Central Tower Control Room~
The door to the control panel opened up, revealing the two armed men, Joker and Quinn, leading in David and Sam.
"Here's the smart guy." Joker said, being in the lead, obviously wearing a voice modulator.
"Good, hurry up and unlock the vault." The villain manning the computer exclaimed.
"You're not the boss here." Another of the armed villains said, walking up to David, turning his arm into a blade. "But you heard him. I'd move quickly if you want to, keep your head on."
David was taken aback by this lethally threatening action, and turned back to look at Sam, with a suspicious gaze before looking back at the villains.
"Sure, I'll begin." David said.
"This way." Joker said. "Oh, and Quinn has something she wants to show you."
David turned back to the mute tailing behind him. It was obviously a young woman, given the figure she had was obvious, even if she was wearing that body suit and armor. She reached into one of the pouches on her belt, before she pulled out a small white stick, and with a press of a button that sent out a holographic screen, and she pulled up a video log.
'That device is similar to the phone Yang has. What did she call it again, a Scroll? Is this an upgraded, more advanced version of it?' David asked, before Quinn put the video on, and played it, showing him some disturbing footage. All the videos she was showing him, were of Sam, stalking Melissa, and doing lewd acts in front of her as she slept in her lab from too much sleep deprivation. Some of the videos dated back to when Melissa was only thirteen.
David stopped in his tracks, as his body began to shake in anger, and rage. He thought he knew Sam, he trusted him, entrusted his daughter's safety to him on multiple occasions when he was forced to remain in his lab.
"Sir?"
The voice of the man his anger was directed towards, broke him out of his trembling, and he calmly turned around to look at Sam.
"Is everything all right? You know these are just actors, not actual villains, I'm sure he only made that threat to you only to make the ploy more believable." Sam said.
"Sam." David said in a quiet monotone voice, turning to face him fully.
"Sir?" Sam questioned, before he was thrown to the ground from David punching him in the gut, and face with a one-two combo.
"You son of a bitch." David said, looking down at him. "I trusted you around my daughter, my pride and joy. How could you stalk her? Lust after her, and do lewd things in front of her while she slept?" David questioned, kicking Sam in the gut. "You were my friend. I treated you like my equal. But you weren't satisfied with that were you? No, you just had to go after my daughter. Stalking her for four years, hoping to try and have your way with her. I can't believe, I allowed someone as depraved as you near her. Consider yourself fired."
David continued to kick and stomp on Sam in a fit of rage, causing Sam more and more pain with every hit, knocking out some teeth, breaking all his fingers on one hand, even going so far as to break the same arm of that hand, in two places. At the end of it, Sam was breathing heavily in pain, with a black eye, a split lip, and multiple bruises on his body whether they were visible or not. He was pretty sure David had cracked, or even broken a couple ribs to.
"Get that all out of your system?" Joker asked.
"Yeah. I think I got it all out." David said turning to walk back to the vault with the duo.
Quinn pulled up the notepad on her scroll and typed a question to Joker, pointing to Sam who wasn't moving off the ground anytime soon.
"*What should we do with Mr. Fat-Perverted-Pedo over there?*"
"Just leave him. One of us can assist Mr. Shield in grabbing the briefcase with what he wanted from the vault." Joker said turning away as they both walked behind him.
"Wait… Quinn was it?" Sam asked, wheezing on the ground. "How did you get your hands on those security feeds? They're only accessible to me on my personal computer."
Quinn walked over to him, and knelt down, typing on the notepad of her scroll once more, before showing him the message.
"*I hacked it.*" Quinn said, before kicking Sam in the head, knocking him out.
"Quinn. Let's go." She heard Joker call out. Quinn got up and went chasing after them, with a hop and a skip in her step. An' though it was out of place, she carried a bit of a lacy umbrella on her back, even though she wouldn't need it anytime soon, would she?
~Japan: Huntress Agency~
"Any leads on what could have happened to Eri?" Yang asked, marching into the meeting room, joining the meeting with Rei, Blake, Mitsuki, Midnight, Ryukyu, Mt. Lady, Gunhead, Tensei (he's there as a consultant for strategy), Ban, and Escanor, even Ghira, Jotaro, Barry, Gwen and Venom, were all there.
"Good to have you back Yang. Sorry that your trip to I-Island had to end as soon as it began." Midnight said. "We haven't really made any headway on what could have happened during the incident."
"Tell me exactly what happened." Yang said turning to look at Blake.
"I had taken Eri to the park, she'd been wanting to go and since it was my day off, I thought it might be fun if we spent some time together." Blake began. "However, things took a turn, a villain had gone on a blind rampage. I ran with Eri in my arms, and took her to someplace I knew she'd be safe, away from the fight. I was the only hero there, so I had to stall for time, before some more heroes showed up. When they did, I went back to grab Eri and take her home, but she was gone."
"After some investigating it was discovered that the villain in question hadn't used his Quirk of his own volition." Ryukyu added.
"What do you mean?" Yang inquired, taking her seat at the head of the table beside Blake, Penny walking over with a cup of hot chocolate with sprinkles of fire dust shavings on the whipped cream. "Fire Cocoa again?"
"It's the only drink Ruby put in my data processor that I can make." Penny said.
"What I mean by the man not using his Quirk of his own volition, is that it was forcefully activated, specifically by a pressure point on the back of his neck." Ryukyu explained. "When questioned, he explained to us that he was on break from his job at the local corner store the incident took place near. When he blacked out, after feeling something like a needle skewer the pressure point, forcing him to use his Quirk. Upon inspecting his neck, and talking with the store manager, his story checked out, he was released from police custody as soon as the authorities finished getting his statement."
"What about Shie Hassaikai, any leads on them?" Yang inquired, after chugging the chocolatey beverage, getting energized from the fire dust shavings.
"Unfortunately no. Ever since I paid them a little visit over a week ago, they've been silent, haven't made any moves to try and take Eri or Scythe." Ban exclaimed. "But I do have some info that might be helpful to Eri's situation."
"Let's hear it." Blake said.
"None of you know this, but I am actually in a partnership with the old head of the Hassaikai. We have a peace treaty between his Yakuza family, and mine." Ban said.
"You're a Yakuza head?" Tensei asked.
"I am. My Yakuza is known as the Sins. It currently consists of me, Escanor, Merlin, Elaine, Scythe, Blake, Yang, Kali, Rei since she's dating the Symbol of Peace, Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee Bakugo, Pyrrha Nikos, Nora Valkyrie, All Might, and you Ghira." Ban explained. "That being said, any family members of the names I just listed off are also part of my Yakuza family by blood or familial relation extensions."
"I'm sorry, how is my daughter a member of your Yakuza Family?" Mitsuki inquired.
"She's earned her place among my Yakuza, by keeping to her dreams." Ban said. "Now back to what I was saying."
"Please, continue." Yang said as Jotaro came back to the table, and handed her a large cup of coffee. "Thanks big guy."
"Before Eri was taken into All Might's family, and her DNA was changed by Venom's cocoon, she was the granddaughter of the old Hassaikai's head." Ban said.
"We know that her original mother had abandoned her after she had accidentally first used her Quirk on her father, to revert him down to preconception. We've tracked her down and put her under arrest with charges of child abandonment." Gunhead stated. "Do you think some members of the Hassaikai still loyal to the old head might have taken her, and hid her somewhere Chisaki can't find her?"
"No. I highly doubt that." Ban said. "I'm the only man alive, Chisaki fears. He doesn't fear anyone other than me, and the reason for that, is my immortality. An' I warned him that if he ever went after them again, there's be hell to pay."
"Immortality?" Midnight questioned.
"Chisaki can disassemble me at the molecular level as much as he wants, he can kill me as many times as it pleases him, but no matter how many times he does that, I will still come back from the smallest speck of flesh remaining." Ban said. "My power is the only thing he fears because it can cause his to be useless. If he takes my arm, it grows back in a second. In addition, if anyone drinks even a drop of my blood, their injuries heal extremely fast. How fast that is, depends entirely on how much of my blood they drink."
"So we know the Hassaikai is out. Do we know of any other villains who could do this that might want to settle a personal score with my dad?" Yang asked. "It's not exactly top secret information that Eri is the adopted granddaughter of the Symbol of Peace."
"Well, there is one villain he fought five years ago, but he hasn't made a move since that fight if he's still alive." Rei said.
"How do you know about the fight with All-for-One?" Blake inquired.
"I'd get letters from All Might even when I was in the hospital." Rei stated. "He explained the fight to me, and wanted to let me know he was going to be fine. Guess an old flame never really dies out."
"So what I'm hearing is, we've got no leads on where mine and Blake's daughter might be." Yang said firmly.
"All evidence points to this being the work of someone who isn't with the Hassaikai, and whoever did it seems to have a grudge against All Might's family. How much time you got for the list of people who got a grudge against the guy?" Escanor asked
"I've tried getting on contact with I-Island to update Ruby on the situation, but I can't get through with calls or E-mail." Jotaro said. "Does Scythe know the situation?"
"He didn't when I left, and I'm sure as hell hoping he doesn't right now." Yang said, letting out a deep breath. "If Scythe or Jack even get word of this having happened, then they'd go out and try to rescue Eri themselves, even though they know they'd be breaking the law, they'd still do it, even if it meant getting expelled from U.A, and never being able to apply there."
"I am not, gonna have my granddaughter be labeled as a vigilante." Mitsuki said.
"By the way Gwen, Venom, after the meeting ends, we need to have a talk about why you chose Katsuki's DNA for Jack's other parent." Yang said.
"I have a feeling we're in for a lecture." Venom hissed.
"No shit Sherlock." Gwen said, glaring at her symbiote partner.