Marinette didn't like not telling Midoriya and Uraraka about what was going on, but with The Tinkerer targeting the future Symbol of Peace, there was no other way.

She and Adrien both marched along with Midnight, Snipe, and a few others she didn't recognize. A big, burly dog man and another with white hair and tubes of blood running throughout his entire body were new experiences for the duo.

She shook her head as they walked. She had a job to do.

When they all arrived to the front gates of Ground Beta, Mr. Aizawa, a man Marinette recognized as a frequent napper, stood up to address them all. "Alright everyone, we all know what we have to do, yes?"

Everyone nodded. "Now, the target is a young woman by the name of Abigail Winters. She's a foreign student from America and is here with her father, Michael Winters. She is quirkless, but not defenseless. Her near-genius intellect and experience in robotics and computer programming have been a threat to the school and the student body for some time," he explained.

"What do we know about her family?" Snipe asked.

"Abigail is the only child to Michael and Melody Winters. Michael is a renowned surgeon and possess a Regeneration Quirk. He is able to heal his own wounds at near incredible speeds. Her mother, Melody, also has a type of Regeneration, although she can slowly heal individuals via a cloud of gold mist. It's an area-type power," he said. "The two come from a long line of Quirked medical personnel, although the line was cut at Abigail."

Snipe nodded. Midnight raised her hand up. "We should point out that it's possible her motive is somewhat related to this. Her parents have filed divorce papers and Melody is still in the States," she explained.

Mr. Aizawa nodded. "Now, we should expect resistance from her and any QICD units that she may possess. It's possible that she may be in the underground robot garage. The location of the facility was given to you prior to our arrival," he noted.

Marinette clutched her copy of the map of the area. "Now then, to the assignments. Nejire-Chan, you will be taking to the skies and reporting anything unusual. If you see Ms. Winters, let us know immediately," Aizawa ordered.

Adrien watched as a young woman with long blue hair stood straight up and saluted. "You got it Erasure!"

"The rest of us will take to the streets. Ms. Dupain-Cheng, you're one of the more agile of us so we'll be counting on you to check the higher levels of some of these buildings."

She nodded. With all said and done, Aizawa pressed on the control panel on the side of the door and opened the gates to the Ground.


While the teachers were storming Ground Beta, the students of Class 2-A were lounging around in the common space. Kaminari's Switch was plugged in with Mina, Bakugo, himself, and Jiro all playing Mario Kart. Sato, Yaoyorozu and Midoriya were in the kitchen, working on the day's dinner selection while everyone else was mingling among themselves.

Uraraka and Hagakure were busy tossing a small ball around, narrowly missing Bakugo's head when they first started. "Man, all of this escalated fast," the Invisible Girl stated. "We barely got to spend any time with your friends before all of this happened."

Uraraka sighed. "I know! Talk about timing..." Her Quirk was accidentally activated as she tossed the ball back, making the ball float past Hagakure's head and hit the ceiling high above them. She canceled her Quirk, making the ball fall and land on her head.

The zero-gravity hero ran to retrieve it. "Who would've thought we'd have to deal with another villain on campus? It's like evil is gunning for us," she said.

Sero, who was passing by with his book bag slung across his chest, agreed. "Doesn't evil know that there are other classes it can harass?" He wondered.

"Figures you'd say that Tape Dispenser!" Bakugo barked as he continued to play Mario Kart. "There's nothing wrong with villains falling at our feet all the time!"

"Easy for you to say since your Quirk blows things up!" Sero shouted.

"NOT MY FAULT YOUR QUIRK DOESN'T DO ANYTHING FOR COMBAT!" Bakugo retorted.

Sero flashed the finger at him as he continued to his room.

Meanwhile in the kitchen, Midoriya was finishing the last touches to the meal. "Sato, I've never heard of stuffed chicken breasts before. This'll be good?" He wondered.

Sato nodded. "It tastes better than it sounds. You'll love it!" He said as he mixed the rice that Yaoyorozu prepared.

"It sounds good too," the Everything Hero remarked.

Midoriya smiled. He glanced over from the corner of his eye to see Uraraka looking at him. He blushed lightly as he snuck in an innocent wave at her.

"...ude...Midoriya? Hey man, wake up!"

The inheritor snapped back to focus. "Huh...what?"

Sato smiled. "Dude, the pepper..."

Realization dawned on the inheritor as he panicked and leapt over to the other counter for the pepper. "S-SORRY!"

"Dammit Deku, get your head out of the clouds! Man it got worse when you started going out with Cheeks!" He shouted.

Uraraka's eyes widened as she dropped the ball she was about to throw. "B-BAKUGO!" She exclaimed.

The explosive boy's eyes widened. "Oops..."

Mina dropped her controller, effectively costing her the race. She spun around on the spot and launched herself at Uraraka. "YOU'RE WHAT?!"

Midoriya watched as his girlfriend was tackled to the ground by their hyper-expressive pink friend. "YOU TWO ARE DATING! AND NO ONE SAID ANYTHING!"

Sato slapped Midoriya on the back. "It's about time too," he commented. "We've been waiting to hear that for a long time."

Midoriya blushed. "Wha-really?"

Yaoyorozu nodded. "It was pretty obvious that she liked you, but hearing you two are together is wonderful news!"

Meanwhile Mina had Uraraka by her shoulders. "WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS FOR A YEAR, FOUGHT OFF VILLAINS, ACED TESTS, AND EVEN FOUGHT A GIANT ROBOTO TOGETHER...AND I'M JUST HEARING ABOUT THIS NOW? WHAT THE HELL?!"

"Mina please! GET OFF ME!"

"NO! WHEN? HOW? WERE YOU GONNA TELL US?"

Uraraka tapped Mina on the face, sending her to the ceiling with her Quirk. "OH YOU DIDN'T!"

The gravity girl ran and deactivated her Quirk, dropping the acid user to the floor. Mina scrambled to her feet and chased after her friend...

When it happened.

As Midoriya was about to put some leftover vegetables away, the large window next to the refrigerator burst into shards as a QICD unit appeared. INITIATING CAPTURE OF PRIMARY TARGET! It bellowed.

Everyone in the room were momentarily stunned as the unit opened up its chest compartment and blasted all canisters of its liquid nitrogen into the room. The attack only affected Sero and Sato as well as Hagakure while everyone else dodged it. Bakugo dove behind one of the couches right before it fired, sparing him a repeat of earlier.

Once he felt the temperature start to turn up as evident of Todoroki's Quirk, the explosive hero launched from his cover. "THAT AIN'T WORKING AGAIN ASSHOLE!" And he blasted the robot.

The QICD was quick to react as it fired a pink jelly blast, encasing his hands in the substance. With a counter-explosion nullified, the mech lunged at Midoriya.

The inheritor quickly powered up and dove over the counter. Yaoyorozu dove for cover as the mech gave chase against Midoriya. Primary target identified. Standing orders: capture and deliver!

Midoriya grabbed some distance and launched at the mech with his legs pulled in and aimed at the unit. At the last second, he quickly extended his legs, smashing into the unit's face and sending it into the counter.

Midoriya's victory was short-lived as more windows began to burst, revealing more QICD units with their sights set on him. One unit grabbed onto the back of his shirt, holding him in place while another charged in with its hand sparkling with electricity. It reached out to grab the inheritor only to be quickly covered in a white goo that came from Yaoyorozu's unfinished cannon.

Sato broke free from the ice prison thanks to Todoroki and charged into the fight. "YOU'RE RUINING DINNER!"

'Dinner' is irrelevant, one unit responded. Submit!

Sato slammed into one of the units and grabbed another's head before swinging it around. Bakugo was limiting his explosions as best as he could while Kaminari, Jiro, Mina, and Yaoyorozu were all fighting with weapons that the Class Rep provided. "STAND YOUR GROUND!" Yaoyorozu bellowed.

Midoriya strained against the QICD that had its iron death grip on him. Powering up, he slammed his heel into the unit's feet, causing the unit to fall backwards and loosen its grip on the inheritor. He leapt into the air at the same time as Uraraka with a unit behind her with a staff in her hands. He reached out at her, and with their momentum, she spun him around and slammed him into the unit chasing her.

As the inheritor sent one of the units out the window it came in from, Kaminari was using his Quirk in close combat against two units. He swiped at one of them, narrowly missing its head. The other unit used its electrified hand and punched the Electricity user in the gut, sending a shockwave that sent him tumbling backwards.

Sero was the next to be thawed by the nitrogen blast as he joined the fight. "GROUP UP!" He barked before firing his tape.

One of the units was quick to catch the strand that was fired. Grabbing it with ease, it tried to throw down the substance, instead finding it stuck to its hands. "Double-sided tape! GOT YOU!" He bellowed as he started to fire more strands at other units.

Entrapping several QICDs together wasn't easy, however he managed to rope them all in one spot and within Bakugo's line of sight. The explosive hero-to-be licked his lips as he fired his AP Shot at their heads.

The blast made direct impact with them, however, Bakugo was quickly stunned when the unit revealed its head was untouched by the attack. "W-WHAT THE-?!"

Several of the units stood up as one. New upgrade detected. Reinforced glass and steel plating in the head units are resistant to concentrated attacks, it bragged at the explosive boy.

With their combined strength, the tape binding them all together was torn into pieces. Quirk detected. Organic tape with added strength in structure and adhesive. Recommended counter: freeze!

The liquid nitrogen tanks were activated, however instead of blasting the whole room, the units kept their chest cavities shut. The resulting mini blasts turned the tape into solid ice, allowing the units to easily shatter them.

Sero and Sato both watched the spectacle unfold, and once they realized the units were stronger than before, they both began to back away.

While they were dealing with the units, Uraraka and Midoriya had each other's backs as several QICD units began to surround them. With her staff raised and Midoriya's Full Cowling activated, the two wore brave smiles on their faces. "Looks like dinner's canceled, eh Deku?" Uraraka told him.

Midoriya chuckled. "I guess we're gonna have to order-in once this is all straightened out," he quipped. "Shame that our secret is out."

Uraraka laughed as she blocked a strike from a charging QICD. "It was bound to happen sooner or later. I'm just gonna miss the feeling of hiding away and being a couple," she said.

Midoriya smiled as he blocked and counter-punched a unit through the door.

Two QICD units backed away and eyed each other. Giving each other nods, the two charged in with a modification to their arms. Replacing their hands with small speakers, they both got close enough to the couple and fired high-frequency sonic blasts.

The attack was quick to draw everyone's attention, including Jiro's. At close proximity, the two defending heroes dropped their guards and dropped to the floor. Midoriya, previously deactivating Full Cowl, looked up in an attempt to get back in the fight when a steel-plated fist slammed into him, knocking him out cold.

With their primary target neutralized, the two units grabbed him and bolted from the room. Uraraka shook off the affects of the sonic blast and gripped her staff. "DEKU!"

Running out of the dorm, the gravity hero and some of the class moved to intercept and save their friend.


The beginning of the end is at hand (I think I've said that already...Not sure). Anyway, this chapter was finished as I was waiting for class to start. It felt short, yeah, but I plan on giving this a good ending. Your reviews and feedback are always appreciated. Until the next chapter...!

Also, I just recently saw Heroes Rising. Awesome movie! Don't see why people get bent out of shape about it. Anyway, until next time!

-Newage