Amari watched the Nomu's approach as she opened the box of pills with her tied hands before dumping a couple on the floor. Then, she turned around sharply and picked up the objects, emptying them into her mouth in a single motion. This was it, she had to give it her everything if she wanted to survive this.

Her chest started to burn slightly at the familiar sensation, causing her wrist to light up in a gold shimmer, burning the ropes off her her hands and freeing her from her prison.

Standing up slightly, Amari surveyed the monsters that were only a couple feet away and began to think of a plan. Her pills had a limit so she needed to get this done quickly if she didn't want to die.

Then, balling her hands to her sides, she thought of the ones waiting for her. Todoroki, her class friends, her parents and even her brother. She needed to get through this, for them. Regardless of how Katsuki felt about her now, Amari knew she had to survive.

She narrowed her eyes in determination before setting off, racing towards the Nomu with her hands raised and fire in her chest. It was all or nothing now.

One of the Nomu swung its fist down but Amari was able to slide under his arm easily, dodging the attack completely and aiming for the monster beside her.

Letting her hands glow with warmth, she then slammed her hand into its chest, causing the area to sizzle and burn around him.

The monster let out a loud, inhuman scream before grabbing the girl by her injured shoulder and throwing her across the room, hitting the floor in a heavy thud.

Hissing at the content, Amari clutched her shoulder and ignored the pain in her chest before standing back up and trying again.

She couldn't defeat them in groups, somehow she knew she had to seperate them into one on one fights.

So this time, instead of repeating her last attack, she raced forward and lifted her hand out, creating three gold circles on the floor around each of the creatures.

Then, one by one, the domes raised to cover the Nomu, burning their skin as it made contact with her gold matter.

As it held them in place, Amari got to work on the others, now turning around and speaking mostly to herself. "Now, it's just you and me. Come at me with all you have!"

The Nomu screamed at that, racing towards her all at once only for the girl to jump up in the air, explosions at the ready. She quickly thought of Katsuki, and the lessons he taught her over the last couple days.

Feeling her palms spark to life, Amari let off a small explosion, distracting the Nomu and having them become disoriented for a moment. Good, it was working.

Then before they could process the attack, she outstretched her hand again, this time landing on the Nomu's back and slamming her hand into the surface roughly.

The monster screamed as Amari's hand shimmered, burning its back all at once and creating a large, gapping the bleeding mark in the spot.

Another started to swing but she was too quick, jumping from the first monster onto the next as its claws dug deep into its colleague. It cried out in pain at that before slumping to the ground in a heavy thud.

Amari looked at the wreckage and smiled. That was it. Maybe she couldn't take all of these things down but she could have them take themselves down. As far as she knew, the Nomu weren't very smart in terms of intelligence, just mindless monsters. She could use that.

After seeing that, the girl got to work, jumping from one Nomu to the next, burning its skin on various different spots so that the others would blindly attack them.

Although, when she got to the third one, her chest began to explode with pain, now realizing that two of the trapped monsters had broken free of her dome and shattered it.

Realizing that she might have been staring for a little too long, Amari then turned back only to find herself face to face with the escaped monster. Oh no, this wasn't good.

Before she could even realize it, the Nomu's claws slashed against her chest, causing the girl to see blood, her blood. Amari looked down in shock before feeling the liquid drip from her mouth in a single line.

She felt the slight flash of pain but it didn't last long as she was suddenly picked up by his friend, throwing her into the ground with its taloned hands.

Groaning at the pain, the Nomu's lifted its fist up to crush her as Amari gasped, quickly creating a shield for herself to stop the attack.

It's fists hit against her gold matter, shaking her shield in a single motion and Amari felt that familiar moment of terror in her throat again.

Suddenly, more Nomu started to break free from her prison, causing the girl to grit her teeth at the exploding pain in her stomach and seeing a tiny crack in her shield. This wasn't good. They were overpowering her. She needed to get out of here, and fast.

More fists appeared then, all slamming their hands and bodys into her shield, forcing it to slowly crack and with every hit,more blood pooled into her mouth. All she could taste now was that metallic substance and it was making her sick.

Suddenly she was back in that dark alleyway with Stain, feeling that familiar and similar moment of panic. She couldn't do this. Somewhere deep down Amari knew this was a lost cause. Soon the Nomu would overpower and kill her.

Closing her eyes in fear, Amari willed everything inside of her, all her power into one single motion, seething as it felt her insides were slowly burning her body.

Then, in a single motion, she screamed, lifting her hands out and growing her shield to about five times her size. The attack caused all the Nomu's to forcibly stubble backwards, freeing her from her bounds.

Before she could think, Amari stumbled to her feet, running across the arena until she found her pills laying on a floor a couple away. In order to even stand a chance of winning Amari knew what she had to do, she had to overdose.

Grabbing the objects roughly, she saw the monsters racing towards her again and quickly opened the box before doing something she'd never done before.

She swallowed the whole container.

The most she had ever taken before this was five and that was always between a long period of time. Taking the pills all at once, it was incredibly dangerous and risky but what else could she do? She was going to die without them.

Almost immediately, she felt the effects,, burning her from the inside at once and causing her to slump down in absolute torment. It felt like her body was fighting them, trying to reject the pills all at once. It felt like it was tearing her into two.

Falling to the floor, Amari screamed, covering her body as her hands began to shake violently, hugging herself to will the pain away.

As the Nomu approached, she still remained frozen, not understanding her surroundings or the immediate danger.

Covering her ears, suddenly a voice appeared, his breath extremely close to her. It sounded nostalgic and inviting, wanting to listen to it somehow, feeling the desire to follow it.

She heard a scream far away but she didn't know who it belonged to. Maybe it was her own but she couldn't actually tell. All that filled her head now was that warm, inviting voice, telling her to let go.

Shigaraki watched the girl huddled in the corner before grabbing onto his chair tightly. It wouldn't be long now.

Then, all at once, a sudden and powerful burst of gold energy tore across the room, lighting up the entry of the space and bouncing towards the walls.

The gold matter barreled into the Nomu's all at once, cutting through them like a sharp and quick knife, slicing all eight monsters in half and making their bodies explode into splatters of thick, massive pools of blood.

The splatters flung onto the walls and the girl, covering her in spots of their blood as she slowly stood up, her eyes looking dead and lifeless. It was like she was a walking corpse, with no owner, just watching the destruction with a hallowed expression.

In closer inspection, thick black lines began to cover the veins on her neck, peeking out over her collar slowly, slithering up like a snake but stopping before her chin.

After a couple moments of erie silence, Amari's eyes blinked, regaining her life as she looked around the space in utter and complete shock. The black veins disappeared and all that was left was confusion.

Her mind was fuzzy, not remembering why she was standing or what had even happened. One minute she was on the floor and then the next….

Gazing at her hands, she found blood there as her breathing picked up rapidly. Did, she do this? No, that was impossible she didn't have that kind of power. She couldn't have just killed them in cold blood. That's not what a hero does. "W-What, what did I do? Oh god, what just happened?! I...I...killed them ..."

Amari's body began to shake as she survived the bloody aftermath, seeing chunks of the Nomu scattered everywhere. This had to be some time of dream. She couldn't have just killed them. Hurt, sure, but Amari had never killed anything before in her life.

Suddenly, the intercom came to life as the girl jumped at the voice, not remembering that Shigaraki was still there. "Now that's a good doll."

She turned her head around sharply before looking towards the ceiling and shouting, her voice cracking in absolute anxiety and fear. Her mind was moving at a thousand miles per second, trying to understand anything. "You...W-What did you do to me, you freak!?"

Shigaraki only laughed though as Amari heard a new voice, one she knew very well. It was her Doctor. But wasn't he supposed to be in America? "Subject has retained memories of event. Standing by.."

Widening her eyes at his words, Amari ran up towards the wall, pounding on the surface before angrily speaking to the air. "Doc, what the hell are you doing here?! What's happening?! You better tell me right now!"

Suddenly though, the movement caused her body to sway, now fully realizing the effects of the pills. Black spots appeared in her vision as the girl tried to blink them away but failed.

Feeling the world spin around her, Amari put a hand to her head before falling to the ground roughly, the black spots now consuming her completely and turning unconscious.

Before she passed out though, she heard the Docs voice again, far away and echo-y. "Subject has fallen unconscious after five minutes of use."

Hearing the sound of the door open beside him, Deku turned only to find Todoroki staring back at him. The boy's eyes looked tired, like he hadn't slept in days but he supposed that made sense. Amari's disappearance must have been tough on him. "How are you feeling Midoryia?"

He sat up in his bed at the question before smiling sadly. "I'm getting there. Seems like I overdid it again. What about you Todoroki, how are you?"

There was silence then as he watched his friends lower his eyes to the floor, almost sad. Deku then realized that he misstepped. Of course he wasn't alright. "Right, sorry."

Then, he changed the subject quickly. "I know Kacchan was looking for you, is he okay?"

Recalling the conversation on the rooftop, Todoroki couldn't possibly think of Amari's brother as okay. In fact, he was an utter train wreck but where he showed it on the inside, Bakugo showed it on the outside.

He shook his head in response slowly. "He always shows his care for her in the strangest ways. Regardless of how brash he always is, it's strange to think that even Bakugo can fall apart as well."

Deku took in his answer before realizing that Todoroki was right. He had always seen Kacchan as this strong, unbreakable wall but the way he acted to Amari's disappearance, it was almost human.

Looking towards the boy again, he noticed the circles around his eyes and tried to reassure him. "But I'm proud of you Todoroki for remaining so calm. I know it can't be easy."

Although what he got wasn't what he expected, watching the boy shake his head once, his eyes a tiny shade darker than before. "That's not it Midoryia.."

Deku then turned to Todoroki only to gasp. He looked like he was just barely hanging on, seething on his words. "I'm afraid if I react anymore then this then I will truly do something I regret. The truth is, I'm furious. I want nothing more than to barge into that villains hideout and make them sorry for taking the one I love. I want to make them beg and pay for what they've done. But we have to be smart, for her sake."

The air around the boy was rather intense, Deku watching as he then pulled out the book that was left by Amari, Todoroki lightly touching the cover like it was glass.

Then, he opened the surface and pulled out a piece of paper, showing it to his friend. "I found a lead on where she might be. There is an abandoned warehouse at the edge of town that's shown to have villian activity. I'm leaving tonight and I came here to ask you if you want to come with me Midoryia."

His friend gasped at this, sitting up in his bed. Maybe he was wrong to assume Todoroki was calm. He seemed to be just as dangerous as Bakugo. "Wait, Todoroki, you can't! We already promised to let the pros take care of it…"

Yet Todoroki cut him off, narrowing his eyes in response. "I promised nothing. I will not just stand by and wait while Amari is out there hurt, alone and afraid. It doesn't matter what it takes, I would do anything for her. So, regardless of what you decide, I'm going."

The amount of love and admiration he had for the girl was overwhelming, knowing very well that he would probably die for her if it came down to it. What they had was really special but yet, it still worried Deku. "I understand you're worried but what can we even do? We are just kids. Back at the training camp attack, we couldn't stop them. What makes you think we can do it now?"

Thinking about his question, Deku did have a point. They were just kids, but that wasn't about to stop Todoroki. Balling his hands into a fist, he replied. "It doesn't matter if we are kids, we have to try. I have to try, for her."

Then, he looked up at the boy, determination in his eyes. "So, are you going to join me?"

A small moment of silence appeared then as Deku opened his mouth, only for another voice to beat him to it. "I'm in."

The two blinked in surprise, only for Todoroki to frown at who the voice belonged to. It was Shinso, standing in the doorway silently.

Deku called him out first. "Shinso, what are you doing here?"

Strolling into the room, the boy crossed his arms before speaking. He also looked deprived of sleep but the two weren't sure if that was normal for him or not. "What you said about Amari, I'm in."

At the sound of her first name, Todoroki's stomach did an unpleasant turn, not liking how familiar he was addressing her. "Since when have you called her by her first name?"

Although Shinso didn't take any intimidation, instead thinking about the girl in question. "Since she took a bullet for me."

His response was certainly surprising, Todoroki remembering how she told him she was shot and frowned. She took a bullet and got herself hurt for him? That certainly made him uneasy. "You're the reason she was hurt?"

Shinso eyed saddened then, glancing towards the floor roughly. "Don't look at me like that. I don't like it either. That crazy girl did it on her own."

Yet Todoroki still wasn't pleased. "Maybe she wouldn't have if you stopped dumping your problems onto her."

Shinso shook his head at that, feeling a sense of irritation build up in his own throat. He was acting like he wanted her to get shot. "I think we both know that's impossible. She likes to shove herself into danger one way or another. Maybe you should know that, you know, being her boyfriend and everything."

Deku seemed to notice the tension, turning slightly awkward. "Uhh guys?

His words caused the two boys to break their glares, Todoroki sighing in exasperation. He knew about Shinso's quirk and strength, not finding it useful in this situation. He wasn't even in the hero course after all. "Regardless, you would just get in the way. We can't afford to make any mistakes that would hurt Amari. I won't allow them."

Shinso raised his brow at that, taking a challenging step forward. "Whoa hold on. Just because you are some rich kid that skated their way into the hero course doesn't mean you can order me around. I already said I was coming, so get used to it."

Todoroki frowned in response. "I'm only stating the facts, and I didn't skate my way into the hero course, I trained just as hard as anyone else. Stop talking like you understand."

Although Shinso only scoffed in response, pointing a finger towards the boy. "Oh I understand plenty. Just because you're daddy favorite you think you can order everyone around, like you're better than everyone else. Well, it won't work with me."

Staring at his finger, Todoroki slapped his hand away before hissing back. "You take that back. My accomplishments have nothing to do with my old man."

Shinso took another step closer and Deku noticed the air getting thick once more, crying out. "Guys, stop it! None of this is helping. Think about Amari-chan. She wouldn't want you two to fight."

At the name, the boys froze, Shinso speaking first. "He's right. Regardless of how we feel about each other we do share one thing in common. We want her to be safe, and I want to help."

Todoroki hated that what he was saying was true, turning away in annoyance. "Why do you want to help? Don't you call her names and insult her all the time?"

Looking down at this, Shinso recalled his treatment towards the girl and sighed. "It turns out you were right. I don't really mind short stuff as I used to. Maybe it's her off the wall reckless personality or the fact that she was the first person to not look at me as a villain but it seems whether I like it or not, I've grown used to Amari and I don't want her to get hurt again."

Todoroki narrowed his eyes, taking in his words and couldn't help but feel some sort of atmosphere of admiration around the boy. It was almost like he liked her. That made him feel uneasy.

Deku listened to the explanation as well, not knowing that the two were close. "Shinso, I didn't know you cared so much about Amari-chan..."

This only caused the boy himself to smile, Todoroki's chest dropping a couple feet. Crap, he finally realized it. He did like her. "I didn't either."

As much as he hated the look on his face Todoroki knew that Shinso's feelings for Amari would cause the two to grow more determined. If his feelings were real, then he would probably fight with everything he had for her. "Fine, you can join. Meet us outside the hospital at eight."

Shinso's face lit up then before scoffing. "Not like I need your permission since I was going to come anyways, but thanks."

Deku then looked between the two boys before raising his hand up high. He was being foolish. If Todoroki and Shinso were willing to risk their lives then he wanted to as well. "I'm in too! If it can help Amari-chan, I'll do anything.

The three boys looked towards each other before nodding their heads, now going over the plan to save Amari.

Blinking away the black spots, Amari, rolled her head to the side, now finding her hands tied to the chair again. She groaned at the contact, refocusing on her surroundings before noticing herself in an empty small room. It wasn't that arena anymore. They must have dragged her back somehow.

Amari then looked down at the blood splatters on her dress before everything came flooding back, causing her to breath in a shaky breath. It wasn't a dream. She really destroyed those Nomu somehow. How was that even possible?

Although before she could think, the door her right opened to reveal that same purple skinned man that had thrown her into the arena. She didn't know why but there was something about him, something familiar.

He approached her slowly, hands in his pockets. "Oh, you're awake…"

Narrowing his eyes in anger, Amari lunged forward, desperate for any kind of answer. "Alright you need to tell me what the hell is going on right now! What the hell did you do to me?!"

Her anger only made him move closer though. "You still remember? Interesting. They weren't sure if you would."

Amari turned her head in confusion then. "Of course I remember, you asshole. What are you even talking about?"

Yet once again, he moved closer, leaning towards her body as the girl leaned back, willing herself away from the man. "Hey, what are you doing? Get away from me!"

He only reached closer though, until she could feel his breath on her neck. It was almost like he was hugging her as his arms were wrapped around the chair. This made her even more panicked and uncomfortable. "What is wrong with you?! I said, get your damn hands off of me!"

Then, before she could speak again, the ropes tying her hands together dropped to the floor, allowing her to pull them back. Wait, did he do that? "What.."

Her surprise quickly turned to determination though, now realizing her chance and racing towards the door only for Dabi to block the entry. "Let's not get too carried away Bakugo. I only want to talk. Don't mistake it for something else."

Rubbing her wrists from the burns, Amari replied. "So you untied me to have a quick chat? What, are you lonely or something?"

This caused Dabi to smirk, enjoying her sass. "Not exactly. I've been curious about you. You see, I've been wanting to meet you for awhile now. Seems you are far more explosive than I imagined you to be. Course, I wouldn't expect any less from the person who told off the number two greatest hero."

Narrowing her eyes in confusion, she turned her head. "So what, are you a stalker or something? Have you been following me?"

Dabi thought for a moment at her words. "Not you, no. Although, I do tend to take notice on things that interest me."

Leaning back, Amari cringed as he approached. "Sorry buddy, I'm not interested."

He seemed confused by her response before laughing in amusement, lifting his arms out. "You misunderstand. I'm here to give you some advice. You see, you remind me of myself many years ago. So young, so naive.."

Scoffing back, the girl crossed her arms over her chest. "I don't need any therapy sessions from you but thanks."

Dabi shook his head then before taking another step closer to the girl, making her lock eyes with his. "You should give up on your brother. You'll never get the love you desire. It's useless to try and find something that's not there in the first place. I would know."

Widening her eyes in shock, Amari suddenly felt a sense of irritation at the back of her throat. "Hold on, not that it's any of your business but I would never give up on Katsuki, regardless of what he thinks of me."

He shook his head at her words. "This is what I'm talking about. You break yourself down to gain the approval of someone who doesn't even care. Face it Bakugo, he'll never see you as worthy. That's just the kind of person he is. I'm trying to tell you what I wish I knew all those years ago. It would have saved a lot of time."

Amari didn't know what was up with this guy but he had no right to tell her anything about her brother. That was her business. Give up on Katsuki? What a joke.

Glaring back, she replied. "Look buddy, I don't know what kind of rough childhood you had or whatever but Katsuki is my brother and I love him. If you really think I'm going to just betray him like that then you have another thing coming to you."

Dabi was growing frustrated with this girl, obviously she wasn't understanding. "You say that now but I'm going to break some bad news to you kid. You need to embrace who you are, and it's not a hero…"

Widened her eyes in confusion, Amari shouted back, not understanding. "Okay, I'm just about over your words of wisdom zombie man! You are wrong. I will be a hero, just like my brother."

Although, Dabi only shook his head, as if he knew something she didn't. What was up with this guy? Why was he so against her fighting for Katsuki? It wasn't any of his business.

He opened his mouth again only for another voice to enter the space. "Oh what is this? Our doll has broken free? That's no fun."

Amari eyed Shigaraki his disdain before lifting her fist up and racing towards him in an angry shout. She had to get out of here, and fast. "You're gonna regret doing that!"

She threw a punch but Dabi was quicker, grabbing the girl by her collar and throwing her back over his shoulder roughly. "What the hell?! Not again!" Put me down!"

Jamming her fists into his back, Amari tried to break free although Dabi wouldn't budge, now seeing Shigaraki staring at her creepily. "Alright doll, it's time. He wants to meet you."

Amari narrowed her eyes in confusion, shouting back. "Well I don't wanna see him, whoever he is. Now, let me go you assholes!"

Although, her request was denied as they carried her silently into another portal to their left, now in a dark, wide, black room.

Dabi threw her down on the ground and Amari was about to shout back at him when a voice stopped her, freezing her to her very core. This voice, she heard it before. "It's been so long, little one."

Feeling a ring of terror in the back of her throat, she slowly turned around only for her heart to stop in her chest. No, no this couldn't be. It was the man she met as a child, the one that promised to give her power. "You…"

Turning around in his chair, the man nodded before standing up and towering over the girl. He then leaned down and extended a hand, the same hand that told her she could change all those years ago.

Then, all at once, All for One began to smile. "Yes, it's me."

Well crap. Who's ready for the big climax next chapter? Oh boy it's gonna be painful and spicy. So we don't know much but All for One was the one who found sick Amari all those years ago and trained her, giving her those pills. And now we also know that there is something fishy about those pills. It's like he has some kind of plan for her?

I wonder what it is?

Next Chapter….pain….