(SPOILER/WARNING ALERT!
The following contains GRAPHIC CONTENT such as mass murder, terrorist acts, and other gruesome crimes and is not suitable to be read by viewers under the age 18! If you or someone you know is reading this has a weak heart, then please, by all means, GO READ SOMETHING ELSE.)
Kiyashi Ward Shopping Mall
30 minutes until disaster…
A single black van was parked in the large parking lot of the mall, containing few members of the Z.E.A.L. organization along with their second in command: Akira "Nova" Hikari. Hikari sat in the passenger seat of the car with a laptop on her… well lap, as she was currently browsing the mall's security cameras that the organization managed to hack into. What was currently on the camera feed were several Omnitech inventions/technology displayed throughout the mall.
"Alpha and Bravo team are in their locations." says a masked Z.E.A.L. member.
"Boreas is in position as well." Hikari says.
On the camera feed stood a single person with a hood over their head; the person suddenly looked up and stared directly at the camera, revealing themselves to be none other than Koru Yuki, aka Frostbite.
"It's a good thing that this mall is still open on Christmas Day." said a Z.E.A.L. member.
"Well, it's technically open." a second Z.E.A.L. member says. "The shops are closed but the rest of the mall is still operational because Omnitech is promoting themselves by displaying their recent works."
"Tch. Corporate bastards."
"Boreas will be inside the mall, where he'll be providing us intel on the situation." Hikari says.
"The world will soon know who we are and we will go down in history." a Z.E.A.L. member says.
"Today, we show the world our true strengths. The road to our futures begins here and today." Hikari says from the passenger seat, smiling at the computer on her lap.
27 minutes until disaster…
Frostbite, in disguise, roamed around the mall as he examined the many displays of Omnitech's recent works. The current display he was looking at was a hologram of a schematic of some sort of glider like object titled the M.E.D.S., which stood for Medical Emergency Delivery System. Frostbite couldn't help but scowl at the schematic in front of him as he moved on to the next display.
The next display was of a new type of grenade; the description of the grenade read that it was a Quirk suppressing missile that would release a gas that would suppress one's quirk for about two hours while doing little to no harm to the outside body. Frostbite swiped his finger on the touchpad, revealing the release date that this type of gas grenade would be released to the public, which would be in about three months.
The snow villain in disguise rolled his eyes as he approached the next display, which was that of some sort of device that was powered through sound waves instead of batteries. Frostbite then walked over to the second display, where a bunch of people were in front of all having smiles on their faces. In front of them was a hologram of a stealth suit prototype that would make one completely invisible and hide their body temperature from infrared scanners. Omnitech was a company that had helped the world with new technology after all.
Frostbite walked away from the display before heading over to the fountain, where a fifth display was located. However, after he approached the display, he gasped as his eyes widened underneath his goggles. The display was currently a hologram and a schematic of the demolecularization chamber that turned Frostbite into who he was today, with a few major upgrades. Frostbite scowled and glared at the schematic as anger and rage got built up inside him.
He suppressed the immense emotions, not wanting to cause a scene and blow his cover, as he blew a breath of air. He suddenly looked back up at the hologram, glaring daggers and scowling at it.
"All of these projects." he says to himself with venom in his voice. "I watched over. I saw their creations. I know when they started to get built, down to the first unit of each project. I know the dates of when production began. All of these ideas I helped come up with." He heavily sighed afterwards. "I almost miss those days… Almost."
Off to the side was a single man sitting on a bench by the fountain alone; he suddenly bent down and placed something underneath the seat before getting up and walking away.
"Isn't Omnitech something?" asks a voice beside him.
Frostbite turned to his side to see the second year student of Shiketsu High, Seiji Shishikura standing boldly and proudly beside him
"That something being a corrupt company run by a pompous bastard." Frostbite mutters to himself.
"Did you know that they're the most technologically advanced company in the world?" Shishikura asks.
"I'm very aware of that." Frostbite replies in a bitter tone.
"If my dream wasn't to become a hero, I would totally work for Omnitech."
Frostbite turned to the teen. "Listen, kid, I'm gonna be frank with you." he says. "You don't want to work at Omnitech. They're corrupt and they take ideas from other people and claim them as their own. Not to mention the many laws they have broken with their own employees and the fact that the CEO of the company is some pompous prick that hates Quirkless people."
"Well I mean, the Quirkless are kind of useless." Shishikura replies in a harsh tone.
Frostbite glared daggers at the teen underneath his goggles. "Be careful of what you say." he tells the teen. "Karma may come back and bite you in the ass."
"What makes you say that?" the teen asks, giving him an angry look.
"I know everything that will happen in the next hour so don't test me." Frostbite replies,
Shishikura scoffed. "What are you? A tough guy?" he asks.
Inside Frostbite's hoodie pocket, his hand began to radiate ice cold air as small ice particles started to hover around his entire hand. He suddenly stopped his powers as he continued to suppress his anger, not wanting to blow his cover. Inside of outright attacking the teen, Frostbite turned to him and stared at him through his goggles.
"Do you know the definition of a hero is?" he asks.
"Of course." Shishikura replies. "A hero is someone who is dignified and never backs down from a fight and is always in a calm composure."
"Wrong." Frostbite replies. Shishikura glared at the masked villain in disguise. "All my life I've been asking myself: What is a hero? At first, I thought it was someone like All Might, but then an ephiany happened to me a while back. I realized now what the true definition of a hero is. A hero is someone who does the right thing even if everyone else doesn't agree with their actions or ideals. They don't do it for the money or for the fame… they do it because it's right. Whether it's defeating villains or helping the homeless… or revealing society's true nature and showing the world what one man is capable of when pushed to the edge. I've been called many names throughout my life: pathetic, worthless, scum, Quirkless. All of those names have only made me into a weakling and an overall wuss. I realize now that these names have only fueled my ambitions and anger. All Might and the rest of the Pro Heroes aren't heroes at all. In fact, the only true hero there is in the world… Is me."
Shishikura continued to give the disguised Frostbite a confused expression, not knowing how to respond to his ridiculous claims.
"A kid once told me that I could make a change in the world even though I was Quirkless and a nobody." Frostbite goes on to say. "He said that names don't mean anything and that they don't define who we are. We define who we are and right now, I'm defining the true definition of a hero."
"By talking about what it takes to be a hero in the middle of a mall?" Shishikura asks, not getting his point.
"By changing the world and society as we speak." Frostbite says, still looking ahead of him instead of Shishikura's eyes.
"Wait. You said you were Quirkless. What happened?" Shishikura asks.
"Late bloomer." Frostbite instantly replies.
"Highly doubtful." Shishikura says in a skeptical tone. "Everyone knows late bloomers don't occur. You're either born with a Mutant type Quirk or manifest a Transformation or an Emitter type Quirk in your childhood at the age of 4. Something must have happened that made you obtain a Quirk."
"What's your name?" Frostbite asks.
"Seiji Shishikura." he replies.
"Do me a favor Shishikura and get out of my sight before I lose my temper with your ignorance."
On the other side of the mall area was a man in a black jacket standing in front of a potted plant. He quickly and subtly placed an object inside the potted plant before leaving the area.
Shishikura gave Frostbite a final angry look before walking away. "Tch. Asshole." he mumbled as he walked away.
Frostbite continued to stand in the same spot he's been in while talking to the Shiketsu High student, still retaining his signature glare underneath his goggles.
19 minutes until disaster…
"The devices are in place, Nova. Waiting for your mark." said a voice over Hikari's.
"Alpha and Bravo team have completed their objectives." a Z.E.A.L. member in the black van spoke up.
"We just have to wait for Frostbite's confirmation." Hikari says.
"I don't get it." piped up a member, resulting in everyone to turn to the person. "Why are we at the mall when we could be eliminating the Pro Heroes in the city?"
"Because if we just mindlessly start attacking the Pro Heroes, we would immediately get demolished." Hikari replies. "Besides, we weren't created so we could kill Pro Heroes. We were created so we can leave a massive mark on society and show to the world who we are and that we are serious about the things we do. The world and the hero society has done nothing but mock the Quirkless and harass them. It's about time they stood up to the world and show what they are capable of."
"Why are you saying the Quirkless as if you're not apart of them? Aren't you Quirkless as well?" asked a Z.E.A.L. member.
Hikari was silent for a brief moment before turning around to face the member. "Let's just say you have your reasons to be in this group, and that I have mine." she says. "The one thing that we all have in common is that we want to re-assimilate the society and morph it into our own image. To make sure those that made us suffer pay vigorously. Starting with today."
"Golf team is waiting for the… Well, you know." a Z.E.A.L. member with a headset says.
"When is Frostbite gonna confirm that everything is ready?" asks another Z.E.A.L. member impatiently.
"Just give him time. He wants to take in the calm before the storm." Hikari replies.
"Delta and Echo have confirmed their objectives completions." says the first Z.E.A.L. member.
"Thanks to the Yakuza, we will finally make our mark on the world." Hikari continues.
"Foxtrot gave us the green light."
"And soon, everyone will know who we are and we will finally be granted the respect we so longed deserve and have our revenge."
"Just got confirmation from Hotel and India. We just need one more team and then Frostbite's order."
"We will reshape the world into our own image. A world with no Pro Heroes at all. We will eliminate all Pro Heroes. Frostbite has already taken down 26 of them, but the one he's really after is Endeavor. He wants the No. 1 Pro Hero to watch his world crumble before him and make him suffer. Endeavor does not deserve to be a Pro Hero. In fact, none of those guys deserve to be Pro Heroes. This world will soon know what the name Z.E.A.L. means and will finally get rid of Pro Heroes."
"Juliet has confirmed their objective! Repeat. Juliet has confirmed their objective!"
"We're one step closer to our goal. Now all we need is Frostbite's order." Hikari finishes his rant with a serious expression on her face.
12 minutes until disaster…
Frostbite continued to roam the mall, glancing over the various projects that Omnitech had built for the promotion. Some were old, some were new, and he even had to admit, some were devices that Frostbite wasn't even aware were being built or even planned for that matter.
His attention suddenly shifted to a stage with the Omnitech logo hanging over it along some sort of stand with a blanket over it. Curious as to what was underneath the blanket, Frostbite approached the stage as he moved his way through the huge crowd in front of it.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to today's Omnitech's Christmas Promotion where we will be sharing all of you guys our most recent developments in our latest Omnitech technology." the man says.
Everyone began murmuring to each other while Frostbite didn't take his eyes off the stage.
"To start, I would like to introduce myself to those who don't recognize me." the man starts off. "My name is Fuhai Haiteku, the CFO of Omnitech and business partner of Sondaina Tawagoto. We came a long way from creating this company, back when it was first a fraternity in our college days. If you would have told 22 year old me that I would be the CFO of a highly successful company, well, he would have probably lost his mind."
The crowd applauded while Frostbite continued to stare at the man on the stage, not showing any emotion other than his scowling eyes.
"Today, you're about to witness the shift of technology in the world." Haiteku states. "We have been evolving along with humanity into making this world more advanced than it ever was. We have been helping humanity evolve with state of the art support systems, weapons, medicine, transportation. We have placed an orbiting defense system around our planet to stop incoming threats like solar flares, asteroids. We have cured the most deadly diseases. Parkingsons. Cancer. We have made the military more advanced than any other country in this world. Today, I bring you… The future."
The entire crowd applauded as they all cheered loudly; Haiteku grabbed the blanket and pulled it off, revealing a display case with a single device inside it. Truth be told, Frostbite has never seen this device before, which only made him stay in the crowd to find out what it was.
"We at Omnitech have built the Cronus Device!" Haiteku exclaims. "This device allows antigens to be spread across a large area. Large enough to cover the entire city of Manhattan and Tokyo combined! This will help spread antidotes over a large area to not only treat the ill but cure them as well. A faster way to help the public than simply buying products off the shelf or scheduling an appointment. But the best part is, this device not only allows us to spread antigens but as well as chemicals to make our water cleaner and clean the ocean's habitat! Once it's in contact with water, it automatically spreads throughout the entire field of water up to 50 miles. With the ocean, the tides and winds only spread the chemicals even farther!"
Frostbite continued to stare at the CFO with a neutral expression as everyone around him continued to cheer and applaud.
"This device affects the land, sea… and air!" Haiteku exclaims in excitement, resulting in more applause. "Not only does it clean our systems and our oceans, but it also cleans our air! No more pollution meaning no more global warming! Our air will be much cleaner than it has ever been before, resulting in a decrease of numerous respiratory disorders such as Asthma, Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and even the Coronavirus. The future is within our grasps and we shall obtain said future because we at Omnitech bring the future of tomorrow to you today."
Once again, everyone applauded as they all cheered; everyone but Frostbite, who continued to stare at the CFO with a hated glare.
Hikari and the rest of the Z.E.A.L. members were still stuck inside the van and were still waiting for the go ahead. Hikari, meanwhile, was busy tracking her boss' every movement on the security cameras. On one of the cameras, Frostbite turned towards it and looked directly into it before giving the 'a-okay' sign. She turned to her colleagues who were in the backseat.
"Boreas just gave the go ahead." she informs them.
"Initializing Phase 3." says a Z.E.A.L. member as he presses a button.
In the very back of the van was a single female member with medium length black hair without wearing her Z.E.A.L. mask; she had a concerned expression as well as a hint of fear as they started phase three of their plan.
Inside the mall, the several objects that were planted by the mysterious people suddenly started to silently beep as a timer began to go down.
5 minutes until disaster…
The crowd, as well everyone else in the mall sans one person, were unaware of the hidden devices in the mall that were beeping and counting down. The crowd continued to cheer and applause Haiteku on the stage while Frostbite continued to glare at him from in the middle of the crowd. Haiteku continued to glance around the crowd with a smile on his face, until he met eyes with Frostbite. As soon as he laid eyes on him, he had no idea who he was underneath his mask and only grew a confused look.
It wasn't until he saw the eyes underneath the goggles that set him off. True, he had no idea what color his eyes were underneath his goggles but because the goggles were tinted red, and Frostbite's eyes were pink and had red pupils, it almost seemed as if Frostbite had no pupils at all. Haiteku continued to stare at the villain in disguise before turning around, regrowing his smile. He started to walk off the stage as he pressed his finger on his ear piece.
"Keep an eye on the man with the blue mask and red goggles." he informs his security. "I have a feeling something's not right about it."
Frostbite continued to eye Haiteku as he walked off the stage, prompting him to follow the CFO of the company he worked at. He shoved his way out of the crowd as he started to approach Haiteku, only to be blocked off by two buff bodyguards.
"Sir, I'm gonna have to ask you to stand back." says one of the bodyguards.
In response, Frostbite placed his hands on the chests of the men and created a rock hard spike out of his palms. The two spikes impaled the bodyguards' chests as they gasped for air as blood gurgled in their throats. Frostbite retracted his hands as he shape shifted them back to normal, still stalking the CFO. Haiteku meanwhile was being transported by a number of security guards; he glanced behind him to see Frostbite following him.
He then turned to one of the men in suits. "Get the Cronus Device and transport it back into Omnitech." he ordered the man.
"Affirmative." the man replies as he ran off.
"Stop right where you are! That is an order!" shouted a security guard as he raised his handgun in the air.
Frostbite continued to walk as he extended his hand forward, firing a snowstorm blast at the guard, sending him flying into the air. This alerted Haiteku who started to jog away from the snow villain; in response, Frostbite started to produce a vast amount of snow from the soles of his feet which blanketed the entire area. Haiteku tripped as snow swept passed him before a massive wall made out of thick snow shot up in front of him, cornering him like a trapped animal. The CFO turned around as he crawled backwards into the wall, where he saw the many security guards that were transporting him being taken out by Frostbite.
"Stop. Stop!" Haiteku shouts.
Frostbite suddenly grabbed the collar of his shirt and pinned him to the wall of snow, glaring daggers at him. He then took off his mask and goggles, throwing them carelessly on the ground as he gave the CFO a neutral expression.
"You have no idea how long I've wanted to do this to you and your boss." Frostbite growls at him.
"I don't even know who the hell you are." Haiteku whimpers.
"You're about to find out." Frostbite replies.
He briefly let go of the CFO before violently shoving him to the wall; he then placed his hands on Haiteku's face, pressing his fingers onto his eyelids. The CFO immediately started screaming in pain as he gained a severe case of frostbite all over his face and his eyelids. Frostbite continued to give the CFO a neutral expression as he went on with the brutal murder.
He put more pressure onto Haiteku's eyelids before eventually, his thumbs completely obliterated his eyes and went through the sockets. Haiteku's screams stopped as his body stopped shaking while the frostbite around his face seized to spread. Dead skin can't be damaged by frostbite after all; the villain retracted his thumbs, which were stained with fresh red blood. Because he was completely made out of snow, the blood stains were permanent until the next time he either shape shifted or materialized into existence.
Haiteku's body slid down the giant snow wall and onto it's knees before collapsing forward. Frostbite stared at the corpse of the CFO of Omnitech with the same neutral expression, as if he wasn't affected by the brutal murder.
"This will send a message to that prick." Frostbite says. He manipulated the snow to deform the giant snow wall in front of him, before walking away from the body. "I never knew it felt this good to murder someone you hated… I'm actually enjoying it."
"Any minute now." Hikari says in the front seat.
The same maskless female member turned her head to the tinted window where she got a good view of the mall. She stared at the large building with fear in her eyes as her lower lip trembled.
30 seconds until disaster…
Frostbite continued to walk away from the murder as he could hear the loud cheers from behind him, still retaining his neutral expression.
"All my life, I've been trying to figure out where I stood in this world. What the true purpose in my life was." Frostbite thinks to himself.
20 seconds until disaster…
"I've finally found the answer to the question I've been asking myself for my entire life. What is a hero? The answer?"
10 seconds until disaster…
Frostbite was silent for a brief moment before saying one word, and one word only. "Me." he says.
5 seconds until disaster…
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A teenaged adolescent was in his room inside his apartment building scrolling the internet on his phone. He chuckled at a few funny pictures his friend sent him on the group chat as he sent a GIF of a cartoon man dancing. At that moment, an explosion could be seen in the far distance, prompting him to turn his attention out the window. There, he saw an explosion erupting from the Kiyashi Ward Shopping Mall from very far. He was so far away, that the explosion's noise could be compared to the buzzing of a bug in his room.
The kid continued to stare at the shopping mall as multiple explosions shot out from the building. Without taking his eyes off the mall in the distance, the kid raised his phone and took a picture of the scene, all while still retaining his shocked expression.
The inside of the mall was completely disaster as rubble was littered everywhere, the air was filled with dust and dirt. There were countless bodies and body parts while those who managed to survive the explosion were groaning and moaning in pain. A few survivors could be seen dragging themselves out of the wreckage, creating a blood trail along the way. A woman could be seen coughing while she was lying on her back as her body was stained in her own blood. She took her final breath as she died from her fatal wounds right then and there.
Meanwhile, a man was walking away from the wreckage in a stunned state. He suddenly fell to his knees before collapsing on the ground. For a while, he momentarily started to crawl away to safety before he too died from his wounds. At that moment, another man came out from a store with his arm missing; he started examining the area as he stepped over a corpse of a person with their entrails exposed. He looked down and bent over to grab whatever was below him, missing the first time before grabbing the object the second.
The object in his hand was revealed to be his missing arm as he instantly started to jog away from the wreckage. He turned the corner as he continued to jog away from the scene until he suddenly stopped, fear taking over his face. Several Z.E.A.L. members were walking towards him all wielding guns in their hands. The man started to back up until the member in front of the small group of Z.E.A.L. members fired his assault rifle at the survivor, finishing him off.
"Eliminate any survivors. Boss' orders." the Z.E.A.L. member says.
A few Z.E.A.L. members glanced through the wreckage as they shot their guns at any survivors from the bombing. Various groans and yelps from the unfortunate could be heard before they were silenced by the guns.
Hikari closed the laptop that was on her lap before leaning into her seat. "Thanks to the bombs that Yakuza supplied us, it made this job a lot easier." she says.
Two Z.E.A.L. members in the backseat high fived each other; however, the only member that wasn't celebrating was the black hair woman in the very back seat, who stared at the partially destroyed mall with flames flying up into the air.
"Fumiko!" exclaimed a member, grabbing her attention. "The police are here. You ready?" the member asks.
Fumiko nervously nodded her head as she swallowed the lump in her throat. "Yes." she answers.
The member nodded his head. "Do it." he ordered.
Fumiko let out a breathy sigh as she raised a stick with a red button in front of her, her thumb hovering over said button. In the distance, sirens could be both heard and seen as the police rapidly approached the mall; Fumiko then pressed the button in her hands.
Out in the streets, the many police cars that were pulling into the parking lot were suddenly engulfed in flames as bombs blew up underneath their cars. Many police cruisers and SWAT vans were sent flying into the air and crashing onto many parked cars. The police cars in the back slammed on their breaks as the drivers exited out of their respective vehicles.
"We're blocked off! We're gonna have to go on foot until the Pro Heroes arrive!" shouted an officer.
"Damnit!" shouted another officer.
On top of the partially destroyed mall stood Frostbite, who looked over the parking lot; there, he could see many civilians evacuating the area as well as numerous police cars blocking the entire street. He scowled over the large area in front of him as ice cold air started to radiate over his hands.
"Get me the entire SWAT team and call in every Pro Hero in the area! The entire mall just blew up!... Yes, that's correct! The mall just blew up!... No! I don't know if it's a terrorist act or some gas leak!" shouted an officer to his radio.
"Sir. Sir!" shouted his partner, violently patting his superior's shoulder.
"What?!" the first officer shouted.
"There's someone on the roof of the mall!"
The officer turned to the mall and squinted his eyes, seeing a figure in the distance standing on top of said roof of said mall. He quickly reached inside his police car and grabbed a pair of binoculars; through the binoculars, he saw a good view on who the person was.
"Jesus Christ. It's Koru Yuki!" he exclaimed.
"You think he's behind all this?" asked his partner.
At that moment, an undercover police car drove up to the area as the driver exited the vehicle, revealing themselves to be the Pro Hero Kamui Woods. Shortly afterwards, various other Pro Heroes arrived on the spot: Backdraft, Thirteen, Death Arms, Best Jeanist, Edgeshot, and the No. 2 Pro Hero Hawks.
"Where's Endeavor?" asked one of the officers.
"He's still recovering from his battle at the bank." Hawks replied.
"What's the situation?" Kamui Woods asks.
"The mall blew up but we have no idea how. There are probably civilians trapped inside but we can't-"
The police officer was cut off when they heard gunshots in the distance along various screams inside the building. The Pro Heroes immediately went to work as Hawks flew into the air and made a direct line towards the mall. He was going at super fast speeds when he suddenly looked up, spotting Frostbite on top of the building. He gasped as the villain fired a snowstorm blast down towards him. Because he was going so fast, he had little time to react, as the snowstorm blast hit him, causing him to crash into a car down below in the parking lot.
"Frostbite?!" Death Arms exclaimed.
Said villain roared loudly as he started producing snow at a rapid rate, which completely covered the front side of the mall, blocking anyone from getting in or out.
"That's our cue!" shouted a Z.E.A.L. member inside the van.
The back doors of the van opened as several Z.E.A.L. members exited the vehicle all wielding weapons. One particular Z.E.A.L. member had a rocket launcher in his hand as he aimed it at the clump of Pro Heroes by the police cars. After locking on to it's target, he pulled the trigger as a rocket got launched out of the large barrel. Edgeshot turned his head to see the rocket rapidly coming towards them.
"Look out!" he shouted as he jumped out of the way.
The rest of the Pro Heroes reacted on time as they too jumped out of the way; the rocket however completely destroyed the police car behind them. Each of the Z.E.A.L. members started firing their weapons at the police, who in return fired back.
"Remember! This is only a distraction for our men in the inside to complete their task!" Hikari shouted to her men as she fired her pistol at her enemy.
Hawks groaned as he picked himself from the remnants of the car he crashed into. He grabbed his pain in pain as he shook it away before looking up, seeing a figure floating in front of him. Frostbite glared down at him as he hovered a little ways from him.
"Hello, Hawks." Frostbite greeted nonchalantly.
"Frostbite." Hawks says with a scowl. "What have you done?"
"Isn't it obvious? It's Christmas and I'm giving my Christmas present to the world by destroying society and rebuilding it in my image so I can be granted the respect I deserve."
"And that is?"
"A society without PRO HEROES!" Frostbite suddenly lunged himself forward as he grabbed Hawks by the collar and flew him high up into the air. "It's been a while since our last fight Hawks."
"We literally fought two days ago!" Hawks reminded him in a baffled tone.
"We're gonna have so much f- AUGH!"
Frostbite's words were cut off when Hawks erected his wings, causing them to rip right through Frostbite and disintegrating him, losing his grip on the Pro Hero. Hawks then flew towards the mall to at least rescue the civilians trapped inside, only to realize that the front entrance of the building was blocked off by snow. He changed his course to at least head through the skylight; however, as he approached the skylight, a horrifying realization set in. The entire building was caved in from the top, resulting in no entrance or exit to inside the mall at all.
His feathers started to twitch, indicating danger behind him, prompting him to quickly move out of the way. It was just in time as a snowstorm blast shot passed him. Hawks fired some of his feathers, which pierced right through Frostbite's bodies, creating miniature holes in them. He quickly filled up the gaps as he fired a flurry of snowstorm blasts at the Wing Hero, to which he dodged. He used his giant red wings to start creating strong wind currents, which was an effective move against Frostbite as parts of his body started to get blown off of him.
Down below, the Z.E.A.L. members continued to fire at the police as the Pro Heroes took cover. "Can you guys handle them?" Kamui Woods asks an officer.
"Yeah, we got this!" shouted an officer.
Right at that moment, a large, bulky man with the same Z.E.A.L. mask kicked through some back doors off the hinges of a van. He jumped out of the van as he revealed that he was carrying a large minigun; he pulled the trigger and for a moment, the barrels of the minigun started to whir before it began to rapidly rotate and fire 7.62mm calibers at lightning fast speeds. The bullets instantly and easily pierced the police cars, prompting some of the officers to find cover behind a concrete wall.
"Nevermind, we don't got this." says the officer.
"Who the hell are these guys?! Ex-military?" shouted Death Arms.
"They're all wearing masks! What are they?! A cult?!" Backdraft shouts.
"Thirteen!" Edgeshot shouts at his comrade. "You think you can use your Quirk to stop those bullets?"
"Are you kidding me?!" they shout. "That's a freaking minigun! A high caliber gun like that would immediately tear right through my suit and won't be affected by my Black Hole! Not to mention I might damage the highly unstable building and cause further damage!"
"Can you at least try?!" Death Arms begged.
Thirteen groaned as they rolled their eyes underneath their helmet before turning around; they lifted a finger above their cover and activated their Quirk. This resulted in a large amount of matter to be sucked into the black hole while slightly pulling the heavy minigun Z.E.A.L. member at a snail's pace. Thirteen deactivated their Quirk as they went back into cover.
"It's no use! He's too heavy!" they informed.
"Damnit! Where's Gunhead when you need him in a gunfight?!" Death Arms shout.
A snowstorm blast suddenly shot through the top edge of the concrete wall they were hiding behind, as Frostbite and Hawks flew over them. Both of them were firing various shots at each other with their own respective powers.
"Oh that's perfect!" Death Arms shouts in anger. "While we're stuck out here being suppressed by a cult of masked lunatics, one of whom has a flippin' minigun, one of the city's most wanted criminals is fighting the No. 2 Pro Hero! What else can go wrong?!"
"Those bastards!" Edgeshot exclaims with superlative anger in his voice. "This was their plan all along! They're nothing but a distraction while some of their people are inside getting rid of any survivors!"
"Terrorist scum!" shouted an officer as he fired his pistol at the Z.E.A.L. members.
The bullets whizzed passed Hikari who went back into cover; she pressed her fingers on her ear piece afterwards. "Clean up crew. How's it going inside?" she asks.
Inside the mall, a few Z.E.A.L. members were walking amongst the wreckage, still finishing off any survivors. "We're almost done. Just give us more time. We have maybe about ten more stores to go through." a member says.
A survivor groaned underneath him as he raised his hand in the air to grab something. The Z.E.A.L. member aimed his rifle at the survivor and fired it, killing the survivor.
"Nine stores." he corrects.
Hikari retracted her finger as she retained her calm expression; a Z.E.A.L. member from the side popped up from behind his cover as he aimed his rocket launcher at the Pro Heroes. He pulled the trigger as a rocket got launched out, speeding it's way towards the Pro Heroes. Kamui Woods spotted the rocket just in time as he grabbed Backdraft's head.
"Get down!" he shouts, forcing Backdraft back into cover.
The rocket flew over their heads and impacted a SWAT van that was arriving on the scene, causing it to topple on it's side and slide across the pavement.
"Hawks! Why are you fighting that bastard instead of rescuing the civilians inside?!" Kamui Woods shouted.
"I can't!" Hawks shouts back. "The entire mall is crumbled with no possible way to get through! The front entrance is blocked by a wall of snow and the roof of the mall is filled with large amounts of debris! The only way to actually get inside the mall is to go through one of the side entrances or the back doors but this guy won't let me! He's constantly on my tail and I can't harm him!"
"Well we can't take one step out in the open otherwise we'll be ripped to shreds!" Death Arms shouts. "There's a whole army of masked terrorists out there! They're behind cars and shit! I'm pretty sure these police officers are getting major cases of PTSD!"
"Go to your happy place. Go to your happy place." mumbled an officer to himself as he was curled into a fetal position behind a SWAT van.
"There's nothing we can do to stop these guys! There's too many of them!" shouts Thirteen.
"Hawks! Can you at least do something?!" Death Arms shouts.
Hawks finished firing a few of his feathers at his enemy before glancing behind him to face his ally. "I'm a little busy here!" he shouts.
In that small time frame, Frostbite flew right into him as he grabbed his neck and flew towards the ground. Both of them crashed into the other building across the street of the mall. Death Arms groaned in anger as he slammed his fist into the ground, creating a small crater. He turned his head to a police car that was surprisingly undamaged by the barrage of bullets flying past them.
The Z.E.A.L. members continued to fire their weapons at their enemy until they stopped, looking up. The minigun Z.E.A.L. member also seized his firing as he looked up as well. To their horror, a police car was flying towards him, no doubt from Death Arms' doing. The Z.E.A.L. members all scattered out of the way as the police car crashed onto the spot, severely damaging it.
"That'll give us some time! Let's go!" Death Arms commands.
He and Kamui Woods started to run across the parking lot as the entire area was silent. The minigun Z.E.A.L. member quickly stood up and immediately started to fire his gun at the two Pro Heroes, stopping their charge.
"Or maybe not!" Death Arms says.
"Get back in cover!" Kamui Woods commanded as he and Death Arms lept towards a car.
A Z.E.A.L. member got into a prone position as he aimed his rifle underneath the car the two Pro Heroes were hiding behind. He fired a single bullet, which penetrated Death Arms' leg, causing him to firmly grasp it in pain as blood started to gush out of the wound.
"AGH! Same goddamn leg!" he shouts as he grabbed his leg in pain.
Hawks flew up in the air in the background as Frostbite followed closely behind. "It looks like the tables have turned, Hawks!" Frostbite exclaims arrogantly. "Now I'm the one chasing you! I won't stop until I achieve my goal and dream and get rid of Pro Heroes once and for all!"
"That's the thing, Frostbite!" Hawks replies as he fires a few feathers at his enemy. "You can't get rid of what's already considered normal worldwide! The hero society will never die and will always be there to put an end to your devious goals!"
"I AM the hero society!" Frostbite arrogantly counters.
He shape shifted both of his hands into giant sledgehammers as he raised them in the air. He yelled as he slammed his sledgehammer hands towards Hawks, who flew out of the way, dodging the attack. Down below, a few police officers were firing at the Z.E.A.L. members until one of them looked up.
"Look out!" the officer shouted, pointing to the sky.
Each of the officers all ran out of the way as Frostbite collided with the police car they were hiding behind, completely crushing the roof and sirens. He shape shifted his hands back to normal when bullets were suddenly shot right through him, creating a vast amount of bullet holes in his body.
"Oho woah woah woah! Watch where you shoot!" Frostbite warned.
"Sorry!" the minigun Z.E.A.L. member apologized in a gruff voice.
"You're lucky I'm immortal, otherwise I would've been killed instantly!" he shouts.
His barrage of feathers suddenly pierced through his body, getting jammed in his high density snow body. Frostbite turned around, looking upwards, to see Hawks flying above him. As he was flying, he noticed a news chopper in the sky, granting him an idea. He quickly concentrated his powers into his palms as ice cold air radiated around his hands. He then suddenly fired a powerful snowstorm blast at the news chopper, resulting in the tail of the chopper to be completely blown off.
Inside the chopper, the machinery beeped loudly as sparks flew while the pilot tried everything he could to keep them either airborne or make a safe landing.
"OOOHH NOO!" the pilot screamed in utter horror.
"News Chopper 7 experiencing some technical difficulties." says the reporter in the chopper into the camera.
"OH MY GOD! OOH! WOOOAAAH! WHAT IS GOING ON?!" the pilot continued to scream as more sparks flew out from the controls.
Frostbite fired another snowstorm blast at the chopper, this time completely destroying the blades. The helicopter now had no more blades and was now falling towards the ground at high speeds. Both the pilot and the cameraman screamed for their lives while the news reporter looked to the camera with a scared expression.
"News Chopper 7 out!" she shouts.
The helicopter landed on the ground, exploding on impact while killing the three passengers inside. The police continued to fire at the Z.E.A.L. members while the mini gunner continued to suppress their position. Death Arms and Kamui Woods were still behind the maroon SUV as the former Pro Hero continued to grip his leg in pain.
"Agh! Goddamnit! Son of a bitch! This hurts!" Death Arms exclaims.
"You're gonna be okay." Kamui Woods tells his ally. A few bullets suddenly whizzed above the two; Kamui Woods then jumped into the air as he activated his Quirk. "Lacquered Chains Prison!" he shouts, activating his super move.
Branches got shot from his body as they wrapped around the masked Z.E.A.L. members, except the brute minigun member. The brute aimed his minigun at the Pro Hero before a string got shot through his body; the string belonged to the Ninja Hero: Edgeshot, who used his super move Ninpo on him. The brute suddenly went limp as he dropped his minigun, falling unconscious onto the ground.
"They're taken care of! Thirteen! You think you can-"
Before he could finish his sentence, Edgeshot was blown away by a rogue snowstorm blast from above. The heroes looked up to see that Frostbite was still fighting Hawks from above.
"Quick! While he's fighting Frostbite! We can rescue the civilians inside! We've wasted enough time already!" Best Jeanist shouts as he, Thirteen, and Backdraft ran towards the mall.
Kamui Woods stood in place as he continued to hold the Z.E.A.L. members in their place using his Quirk. Unbeknownst to him, Hikari stood behind the van with her pistol beside her. She pressed her fingers up to her earpiece as she looked at the building parallel to the mall.
"Chains. Do it." she orders.
"Roger that." Chains' voice could be heard over the earpiece.
Kamui Woods continued to ensnare the Z.E.A.L. members in their place as a glint from across the street could be seen. Kamui Woods saw the glint just in time as he jumped out of the way, right as a bullet hit the pavement.
"Ugh! Negative on shot!" Chains' exclaimed in frustration in his earpiece.
"Keep trying." Hikari told him. "I don't need you to kill him. Just distract him long enough so he would lose his grip on at least one of our men so they can be set free. It'll have a domino effect afterwards."
Chains continued to fire his sniper rifle at Kamui Woods, he continued to jump around as he dodged the bullets. "Guys! I need suppressive fire on that building!" Kamui Woods shouted at the law enforcement.
The police nodded as they aimed their pistols and various rifles at the building across the street. They started firing at it to at least put pressure on the sniper. However, unbeknownst to any of them, Chains had a protective barrier around his sniper, which resulted in the bullets only reflecting off the barrier. Chains continued taking shots at the Pro Hero, who continued to dodge each of his bullets.
As he dodged, he was losing concentration on his Quirk, resulting in his branches loosening a bit on a few Z.E.A.L. members. Three masked members of the origination got released from the branches as they picked up their respective guns. Kamui Woods gasped as they started firing their weapons at the Pro Hero.
Kamui Woods started leaping and jumping out the way, dodging the bullets. However, he was also rapidly losing his concentration on his super move, which resulted in more and more of the Z.E.A.L. members to be free. Each of the members grabbed their guns and started firing them at the Pro Hero. At that moment however, the SUV that Death Arms was hiding behind was suddenly thrown into the air.
The Z.E.A.L. members all simultaneously gasped as the car fell towards them. However, a random Z.E.A.L. member with a glowing sword ran up to the car and sliced it in half, resulting in an explosion in the air. The member landed gracefully on his feet as he swished his sword around, glaring at the Pro Heroes underneath his mask.
"How'd you do that?!" Death Arms asks in surprise.
"I had someone with an energy Quirk use some of their power on this katana." the Z.E.A.L. member started to explain. "I had them give a small portion of their powers onto our weapons to make them more deadly. With this powered katana, it can cut through virtually anything. Including wood."
"Shit." Kamui Woods mumbles to himself.
"Prepare yourself, Pro Heroes." the member says as he got into a fighting stance. "It's time to die."
He yelled as he charged himself forward while raising his sword in the air.
Hikari went back into cover as she pressed her fingers on her ear piece. "Clean up crew. What's your situation?" she asks.
Behind her, various blasts of energy could be seen emitting from the sword the member was carrying.
"We're all done. Heading back to the vehicles." says a member from the inside as he and the rest were walking towards the side exit.
"You hear that?" Hikari asks the rest of her men through the ear piece; behind her, more energy blasts could be seen as well as snowstorm blasts and feathers falling from the sky. "The clean up crew is done. We just need to hold them off a little longer! We stood no chance of taking them on for a long period of time! This was meant to be a quick job with lots of distractions on our side! Just keep fighting a little longer!"
A Z.E.A.L. member aimed his rocket launcher and fired it at the police cars at the street, resulting in blowing up more cars and seriously injuring a few officers.
In the sky, Frostbite and Hawks continued to duel it out in an intense aerial combat; Hawks was firing some of his feathers at his enemy until Frostbite flew towards him, grabbing onto his neck as he flew upwards into the sky. After reaching a high height, Frostbite dove down towards the ground at high speeds as he continued to have a firm grasp on the Winged Hero. Hawks used his wings to slow their descent but because Frostbite's snowstorm blasts were the source of hte flight, not to mention gravity and the high amount of pressure the snowstorm blasts had, his wings proved to be of no use to stop the descent.
Eventually, the two crashed into the ground with Hawks at the bottom; a large and deep crater was created in the parking lot as Hawks fell unconscious in said crater. Frostbite stood up as he looked at the knocked out Pro Hero below him. Right at that moment, a few bullets whizzed passed him and even went through him, prompting him to turn around. There, he saw several officers firing their weapons at him, which only annoyed the snow villain.
"Do these guys ever not learn?" he asks as he slowly marches over to them.
He quickly built up his power as he released a powerful snowstorm blast from his palms at the officers, sending them flying as well as knocking their cars over.
Over on the other side of the mall were the Z.E.A.L. members that finished up the job inside the mall as they exited through the side entrance. They each got inside a black van before it drove off, crashing through the metal gates in the process as they sped down the street.
"Clean up crew is done! Repeat! Clean up crew is done! Let's get the hell out of here!" Hikari ordered her men. She suddenly turned to the Pro Heroes direction. "Let it be known that this is only the start of Z.E.A.L.'s uprising!" she shouts as she enters the black van.
"Seal?" questions an officer, misunderstanding what she said.
Many of the members retreated into various cars while the minigun member and the rocket wielding member stayed behind to buy them time. Various cars drove out of the parking lot and ran over a few police officers along the way; a black SUV drove up behind the two Z.E.A.L. members, prompting them to get in before the car sped off. So far, the only one left behind was Frostbite, who stood in the middle of the chaos.
Currently, Hawks was knocked unconscious and Death Arms was wounded in his leg. The only ones not injured were Best Jeanist, Thirteen, Kamui Woods, and Edgeshot, who all stood in front of him.
"He's made of snow! Thirteen! Use your Quirk on him and finish this right now!" Kamui Woods ordered.
Thirteen activated their Quirk as they started to suck in the air around them at violent speeds. Parts of Frostbite were being sucked into the black hole inside Thirteen's suit, and for once, was genuinely scared of the possible outcomes. He tried to produce a vast amount of snow only for the snow to be sucked into Thirteen's suit in the end. Frostbite screamed as parts of his body continued to get sucked into the black hole; he extended his hand and fired a snowstorm blast.
Fortunately for him, the snowstorm blast collided with Thirteen, sending them flying off into the distance, where they landed on top of a police car before falling off. Frostbite fell to his knees as he tried to calm himself down, just escaping a near death situation.
"I'm not ready to know what the inside of a black hole looks like." he growls.
Edgeshot suddenly jumped into the air and activated his Quirk, sending flatten strings into Frostbite's body. Frostbite flinched as the two strings were impaled in his body, which only angered him. Ice cold air radiated over his hands as he growled, placing his hands on the two strings. Instantly, the strings started to freeze up, much to Edgeshot's surprise. He immediately retracted his strings as he jumped back, freeing Frostbite.
"He's unaffected by my Quirk!" Edgeshot exclaims in frustration.
"Welcome to my life." Best Jeanist comments, referring to his battle with the snow villain.
"I hate to admit this but there's nothing we can do." Kamui Woods comments as he glares at the villain in front of them. "He's immune to physical attacks, which is what all of our Quirks rely on. The only people who have a chance of beating him are Thirteen and Endeavor, and both are out of commission. I hate to say this but… even All Might would've had trouble fighting this guy."
Frostbite suddenly started producing a vast amount of snow from the soles of his feet, which started to spread across the entire parking lot.
"Get out of the way!" Edgeshot shouts as they all jump out of the way.
Right at that moment, sharp spikes shot out of the snow before retreating back into it; using this as a distraction, Frostbite turned around and fired his snowstorm blasts at the ground, sending him flying. In front of him was a news helicopter with the doors open, which he flew right through and passed the news crew inside. Afterwards, he fired a snowstorm blast at the helicopter, destroying the blades and sending it falling towards the ground.
"Merry Christmas, Pro Heroes! Have a present!" he shouts before flying away.
Kamui Woods jumped up into the air as he launched some of his branches, catching the falling helicopter in the sky. Death Arms jumped into the air as well and grabbed the helicopter landing gear before carefully landing on the ground. Because of the bullet in his leg, this caused his wound to bleed even more as he fell to the ground. The news crew in the helicopter were unharmed as they all escaped out of the crashed vehicle while the Pro Heroes tended to their ally's wounds.
"Who the hell were those guys?" Death Arms groans in pain.
"They said they were Z.E.A.L.." answered an officer.
"Z.E.A.L.?!" Best Jeanist exclaims in shock.
"You mean the protest group?" Death Arms asks.
"It looks like they're not a protest group anymore." Kamui Woods says.
Behind them, the wall of snow that blocked the front entrance of the mall started to rapidly disintegrate as it fell to the ground.
A few officers stood beside each other as they looked at the damage outcome of the intense fight. "This is one Christmas the city's never gonna forget." said one of the officers.
"More like the country." his comrade added.
Class 1-A were currently listening to the news while all of them, including Bakugo, had shocked expressions on their faces.
"As you can see, the amount of destruction is devastating." the news anchor says on the TV as live footage of the aftermath of the mall attack was shown on the screen. "We're getting news now that the people who are responsible for this attack are named Z.E.A.L., the protest group that have been seen all around the city. It appears that they have knocked up their game a bit and it also seems that the wanted criminal, Koru Yuki who is going by the alias Frostbite is their leader. One thing is for certain: Japan not only gained another criminal force but a terrorist organization. Stay safe out there audience and do not approach Z.E.A.L. or Frostbite. They are highly dangerous. May God be with us all."
Mina turned off the TV as silence loomed over the area; for a while, no one said anything before one of them broke the silence.
"How horrible." Hagakure says with audible worry in her voice.
"This was a legit terrorist attack." Sero comments.
"I wonder how many people died." Sato says.
"I swear! When I see that damn villain, I'm gonna blow his face off!" Bakugo grumbles.
"Yuki." Midoriya says aloud, prompting everyone to turn to him.
They all knew that out of everyone in the class, he was the closest to Yuki since he tried to help him during the plaza and everything. Midoriya had a shocked expression on his face as he continued to stare at the television screen, which was still off.
"Why did you do this?" he asks no one in particular.
(Number of deaths in this chapter: 93
Overall Casualty Count: 295
This has GOT to be one of my most controversial chapters I ever wrote. I literally wrote a terrorist attack and I honestly feel bad now.
And yes, yes. I know. I didn't insert Best Jeanist into the fight. BUT HERE'S MY ARGUMENT!:... I forgot I even included him in the scene XD OOPSIE POOPSIE!
Anyway, yeah sorry about how fucked up this chapter is. The worst part is… this isn't the end of these "attacks". There's maybe, what, at least two more in this story. I think three if I could another one but I'm not entirely sure.
Anyway I gotta go get toilet paper before they shelves get cleaned off because of the Coronavirus otherwise I'll have to wipe my own ass with my bare hands.
KOKBYE!
Oh yeah, and stay safe out there with the virus around! They're acting as if it's the zombie flu… Maybe it is…
Hold on, I gotta go restock on my zombie shelter- BAAAAAAAAAAAAI-)
