NOTE: This takes place hours before the events of Chapter 11

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SideStory #8

"The Red Flower"

00:41 Hours, Undisclosed Location…

A compound in the middle of a small industrial section in Shizuoka, Japan was being monitored by prying eyes. Intelligence reports have been surrounding the compound for days. Men and women who are watched on as they enter and exit the compound had been noted and recorded with each passing hour. The reason being, was that something was amiss with this small 'plastic factory' that kept pulling in individuals and known suspects in the criminal world. Far too much activity was going inside that compound and with various reports from spies and accounts from civilians encountering the mysterious area, it was time for the authorities to take action.

That… and because multiple sightings of bodies being wrapped and disposed in that compound were seen and accredited by multiple sources. Some even indicate that most of the 'volunteers' entering the compound never come out again.

Something was happening inside and time will tell what will happen next.

Only this time, that threat was being dealt with.

It was midnight, townsfolk in the nearby neighborhood was soundly sleeping. A few activities in the road was noted, but more or less stagnant in terms of number. Sounds only came from cars that drove by and the rustle of leaves and insects in the night. The compound was lit but was seen with less activity. Unlike most nights, the building inside had nothing going on.

But guards holding rifles in hand patrolled every entrance and exit. The compound which was encircled by walls on all sides with two gates both as an exit at the back and an entrance in the front. Two buildings lay inside the walls, because of the height of the structures, it was near impossible to get a good vantage point from outside to look in. Guards were also stationed in two wall hubs. One from the south and one from the north. Both were manned by two men, with instant access to radio and alarms in case any intruders would dare go inside.

In daylight, most of these guards were reduced by half to lower suspicion. It didn't work of course as most were still able to discern that something fishy was going on inside.

One of these guards, was watching on the north side inside the tower hub. His partner had gone on a small break but would return in a few minutes. Holding his weapon at the ready with one hand close to the trigger, he kept watch as his colleagues below quietly sat in silence on an otherwise normal night. He had fish-like scales on his neck and eyes that were green, allowing him to see clearly than anyone in the darkness. A very detailed picture came into view with his surroundings as he expanded his gaze, not letting anything to escape his eyes.

"HRMPH!"

Only for a set of gloved hands to grab him by his mouth and pull him to the ground. Overpowering him. The assailant had a helmet on along with military-grade gear strapped around his body. He had specialized equipment strapped around his back and he held on to the guard as tight as he could.

As he continued to squirm, the assailant moved his head to see the other tower in view.

A small flash of light that flickered two times was seen and he got his answer. Both wall hub centers were secure. Without bolstering any activity nor reaction from those below, the assailant kept his hand on the guard tight as he pressed a button on his helmet. The blackened visor that covered his head opened slightly revealing his emerald eyes as he attempted to make communication.

"Ronin, headcount and status…" he said to the communicator placed on his helmet.

"All Clear…" one in the channel said.

"All Clear on radar…" another said.

A sound of someone being gagged was heard on the radio. It made him flinch slightly.

"All Clear… Forced Dispatch noted."

He groaned a bit after hearing that but accepted it as he held on to his target forcibly by the mouth. He needed to wait for one more call sign from one more member that hadn't responded yet.

"Ronin, headcount and status." He reaffirmed.

Finally, a voice came through, but the sound of something being stabbed was heard.

"All Clear… Forced Dispatch on my position. Someone had snuck on me."

"Noted…" he responded. He then checked the time on his watch placed on the hand he kept on the guard he was holding tightly. It was nearly 1 AM, and spending more minutes trying to hold their position would blow their operation.

"Amaterasu, has HQ given a greenlight?' he asked.

"Give me a second…"

A few seconds pass, and suddenly he heard movement from down below. Something was stirring. He grew anxious as his hold on the guard never wavered.

"Green Light. We're live." Amaterasu called back.

"Copy that. Commencing operation. Everyone keep your heads up. We do this quickly and silently." He ordered. Everyone responded with their individual call signs.

"Oni, commencing operation…"

"Jorogumo en route…"

"Futakuchi-Onna, waiting for Execute order."

"Amaterasu, Ready."

He then then locked eyes with the guard he was holding. His visor went down and he grabbed a knife with his free hand. He looked at the guard and with a swift stab to his jugular, he died without even understanding what was going on.

TSLK!

He wiped the knife on his forearm. He looked up and turned on the small beam of light on his wrist. Flickering three times as the other team member in the wall hub at the other side perched herself on top and threw a device on the courtyard.

As soon as it hit…

"Everyone secure comlinks now." he ordered. The moment he said that, one of the guards below noticed the device and was about to check it, until a screeching sound blew at full volume upon the entire compound.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

It managed to rattle most of the guards below as the leader of the operation, the one who gave out orders sent the message out with four flickers of his signal light. The team member, Amaterasu perched on the other wall hub assembled her sniper rifle with quick haste and aimed at both guards securing the main gate. They were too stunned by the still ongoing screeching sounds coming from their communication devices that they failed to notice two of their colleagues getting killed by two successful shots in the head.

Amaterasu did the same on two others in the back, and before those below could notice it, the team leader turned on his secured communication link to Futakuchi-Onna, who was waiting for the execute order outside the main gate.

"Order given." He said to her as he aimed his gun towards the guard who was coming back to his post to check on his partner in the wall hub he was in. Before he could retaliate, the team leader managed to put him down with two successive shots. He shot a third bullet to secure that he was dead.

Most of the guns used by his team were silenced, making it hard for the enemy to know where the shots came from. This also masked what was to come next.

"Charge in place… Three, two, one..."

BWOOM!

A miniaturized charge of explosive blew up on the main gate, the remaining 4 guards defending the main gate open fired. A black-suited figure then jumped from behind and stuck two knives on the guards in the back. Those who were firing in front, were about to react to the sudden attack until the gates opened, and out came a similarly dressed figure with armor plates covered all around her. she carried a riot shield and slammed it in front of them.

In a quick second, something mechanical opened from the helmet she was wearing and out came elongated strands of hair that quickly wrapped themselves on the two guards firing at her as she deflected with her shield. The two men were quickly dispatched of, with a quick snap to the necks as their heads rolled lopsidedly from their bodies. She quickly retreated the hair as her helmet closed shut.

She collapsed the shield into something smaller as she nodded at her team member who dispatched the two on the back.

She then called it in.

"Futakuchi-Onna, Successful breach…" she said into the comlink.

"Jorogumo, moving to next position." Her team member said as he ran towards the wall hub where their leader was. Suddenly a door opened beside her and a gun aimed at her head.

"DO AS I SAY OR I'LL SHOOT YOUR-"

SPLAT!

The man's head exploded into bloody pieces and she saw Amaterasu at her vantage point saluting her. She wiped the blood off of her armor as she went to the next position.

"You had to use explosive rounds huh? I'll get you later bitch." She said in the comlink.

"Try your best Princess…" Amaterasu replied back as he aimed his gun to the entrance near her where three guard were about to aim their gun at her, only for them to be pushed back when a portion of the gate was blown back by someone who punched through.

A large figure in armor stood in front of the three. They opened fire as bullet after bullet tried to pierce the armor. The figure crossed its arms to block it and reached the nearest person. It then threw a punch that pierced the man's chest clean through as blood came out. It then threw the man it punched and it crashed on them.

The large figure then grabbed its handgun and with two shots to both heads, it was able to take care of them easily. It then waved at Amaterasu who was up ahead as its visor opened.

"Oni, Successful Breach." it said to the comlink, revealing itself as this massive woman.

"Great. You know your directives. Amaterasu, Jorogumo, you're with me on the main building. Futakuchi-Onna and Oni you're on the secondary building. Kill orders issued, if intel is found you know what to do." The team leader said as Amaterasu collapsed her rifle and moved to join the others. The other two breachers which joined up nodded at each other as they spotted the secondary building.

The team leader and his two other subordinates reached the main door of the main building. It was wooden and easy to breach. They were about to go in until the team leader grabbed a nearby rock, threw it at the door and as soon as he did…

Gunfire stormed from the inside.

Luckily they were able to dodge in time as Amaterasu was on the right side of the door while he and Jorogumo were in the left side. He looked at Jorogumo as he aimed his rifle on the side of the door.

"Do it." he ordered through the comlink. Jorogumo then took a small cylindrical device from his belt and threw it on the door. The device clung to it and settled in.

Sounds of smaller blinding explosives entered the other side in three separate flashbang-like flares. It blinded and momentarily disabled the hearing of everyone inside.

"Visors down." The team leader ordered as another layer of a black veil-like glass slided down on their helmets. Except for Jorogumo, who positioned himself at the front of the door and opened his helmet's visor. Revealing his pitch-black eyes. He spread his arms out towards the structure and a sound was heard.

FWASH!

Everyone inside the building suddenly lost all manner of vision from their eyes. The only thing they could see was nothing but pitch-black darkness. Seeing that enough seconds were spent preparing, the team leader and Amaterasu who were immune to their subordinate's quirk because of their special gear, took position at the door and with two gunshots… both aimed at the two locks on the door.

He then kicked it off and with no hesitation, both he and Amaterasu shot down three targets on the door. Being that they were blind they were put down easily without them even knowing what happened. Jorogumo who joined them, used his knife to stab those who were downed. Ensuring their deaths. They moved down a corridor that lead towards two rooms on either side and a main door at the end of it. The team leader signaled both to enter both pathways.

Amaterasu, gunned down the locks on her side and entered. A gunman shot her in the direction where door was, but surprisingly each shot only landed on her with little to no damage. Her eyes underneath the helmet glowed in slight orange as her free hand seemed to allow he to control the bullet's heat, successfully losing speed the moment it hits her.

She ducked to the next wall as the gunman emptied his clip. She then stood up and shot him with a handgun. This time, the bullet was superheated because of her quirk as she amplified it. Allowing the top of the man's head to rupture violently. Leaving a splat on the wall.

She grinned beneath her helmet as she saw that no one else was inside the room.

"Room is clear on my end."

"Clear on my side as well, I can only see papers here… some computers. I'll collect them when we're done." Jorogumo said on his side. The team leader called them back to the main hall as he successfully broke the door.

Amaterasu took front as she slowly walked inside. Their helmet allowed a full night vision view, so even though it was dark inside this building, they could see clearly. Amaterasu moved to the right with her secondary rifle, the team leader too left as Jorogumo was left guarding the door.

As they moved in, a sudden change of environment was seen. Lab equipment of various sorts were broken down here. It looked the moment they were notified inside of their presence a 'clean slate' protocol had been made to wipe out all data and research. Thankfully, everything wasn't broken fully (likely because of the blindness) and the more they went in, the more mysterious the building became.

Pictures of various… subjects were on the wall.

Anatomies, x-rays and organs were being preserved in jars. Multiple fluids of unknown origins continued to stack up. Various chemical formulas and maths were placed on a nearby whiteboard.

"This doesn't look like a plastic factory to me boss…" Amaterasu commented.

The team leader suddenly stumbled upon a surgical table, which was wrapped in cloth. He moved the fabric off with the tip of his rifle, only to see a grotesque looking face and head that welcomed him.

He moved back a bit in surprise, but saw that it was dead somehow. Its face was split into. As rows and rows of teeth seemed to emanate from both sides of the half. Blood was seeping out in droplets from within eye sockets that looked to be gouged out. It was disgusting as puss was coming out of it as well. Maggots also seemed to nibble on the neck of the dead body.

"Uh boss? You're gonna want to see this." Amaterasu said. The team leader then moved to Amaterasu's position. He wondered what she wanted to see for him, and as she pointed the flashlight on a corner of the room, his eyes opened wide in shock.

The reason being was…

That multiple, grotesque-looking bodies of men and women were hanged on meat hooks in one side of the room. There was at least ten of them and were completely nude as necrosis seemed to prematurely start on their pale bodies.

Sounds of flies were also heard.

It disturbed the two whom were looking at it in shock.

"Jesus… what the hell were they doing here?" Amaterasu said.

"I don't know… we should make sure to clear this area first so we can call in-"

Lights inside the building opened suddenly. The two opened their visors to find Jorogumo being thrown at their direction. Amaterasu pushed the team leader away as she caught the man into her arms. They both crashed to the floor in a swift thud.

The team leader groaned as he stood up. He then saw what they were dealing with, a man with what seemed to have four arms and a large muscular build was standing where Jorogumo guarded the entry way. Being saved from the blindness he looked at the team leader, eyes full of rage and killing instinct. The team leader aimed his rifle and tried to shoot the enemy, only for the large man to grab a metal table near him and was able to defend himself from all the shots he made.

Closing the distance between them he tried to ram him.

The team leader dodged and was about to aim the gun only for it to be grabbed and thrown away by the large man. He then kicked him to the nearby wall.

CRASH!

The wall cracked behind him and he felt some of his ribs broke from the impact. The large man never relented however and was about to break his head with a powerful punch as he closed the distance again. The team leader swerved his head in time to evade the punch as he quickly grabbed his knife and tried to stab the large man.

"AAARRGHHH!" he screamed as knife got through his other arm multiple times. As he was about to land a destructive stab again on his knee, the team leader was grabbed by his hand and his other arm by the large man.

"AAAGGHH!" he said as the grip tightened on both his arms.

"DROP IT!" the large man screamed. The team leader never relented as he held on the knife tightly. His enemy however never hesitated, he tightened his grip further as pain came on the team leader's arms. His armor on his arm breaking to the sheer strength of his enemy.

SNAP!

His arms snapped in ease. His suit tore and revealed his broken bones protruding from it. Blood funneled out as the team leader howled in pain.

The large man smiled at his pain as he aimed one of his four arms on the team leader's helmet. Only to be grabbed by the shoulder by a strong arm and having thrown him across the room. He crashed amongst containers of unknown chemicals and the team leader looked up to see Oni, grabbing him to make him stand.

"You could have come earlier…" he said through the comlink.

A giggle was heard as his arms continued to spew blood.

"We were busy." Futakuchi-Onna said as she entered, her helmet opened up again and her hair elongated and strengthened themselves to grab the man on all his arms and limbs. The man thrashed in infamy as Oni came in. She cracked her knuckles and landed blow after blow on the man. Her punches made so much impact that small miniaturized shockwaves of dust appeared with each hit.

The last punch managed to stun the enemy as most of his teeth were knocked out. Leaving him in a bloody pulp. The team leader, who miraculously healed all his wounds (even snapping his bones in place) because of his rapid regeneration quirk, walked towards his teammates. He moved first to Amaterasu who was nursing a dazed Jorogumo. He then gestured his hand towards her, and she nodded while pulling a small shotgun from her bag and giving it to him.

He then walked to the four-armed madman and aimed the shotgun on his face.

BOOM!

He gave the gun to Oni as Futakuchi-Onna released the madman from his grasp. Shutting her helmet off as the operation was successful. Everyone in the building was dead and secured. He then took off his helmet, revealing grayish hair and an adult face as most of his teammates did the same. He frowned as he saw the entire laboratory which made operations here.

The various misdeeds on human life were laid bare for everyone to see. It wasn't just the disposed and hooked bodies that made everyone's spines crawl in shock. There was something else, people in what seemed to be tubes pumped with a red fluid that resembled blood was seen. They all varied in looks too and as the team leader walked amongst them with various simple descriptions placed on the liquid containers, he saw that each individual pumped by this fluid had a quirk for each of them.

They were also labeled with writing that made him confused.

"Prototype PROJECT NOMU/TEST #2"

It was etched on all them in numerical order as Amaterasu walked towards him.

"Akaname, I mean boss… do we call it in?"

He stumbled upon a nearby table that was close to these containers, a bulletin board that was taken off the wall was revealed. A picture and a vial of that red fluid was there for him to see. A picture of All Might smiling on the camera…

With a redhead girl smiling shyly beside him.

A note was placed next to the picture. It read:

"Formula is insufficient. Further blood samples needed. Replicating the quirk gene from the blood given to us has proved impossible. Further study is needed to ensure success…"

Seeing the peculiar writing, he took it along with the picture and he held the vial as well. Giving it to Amaterasu who was waiting for his reply.

"Call it in… and tell HQ once they're here to get me an appointment to Sir Nighteye's agency. I need to speak to him about this, since All Might hasn't been available in his own agency."

"Noted sir… but, why do you need to take that appointment?" he then showed her the picture, pointing at the shyly smiling redhead girl. Amaterasu then read the note that was attached to it.

"Because of her."

3:23 Hours, Somewhere in Aldera…

Himiko Toga was sleeping on her bed, but something was rustling her from sleep. She angrily woke up with tired eyes as she saw her phone being called on by a number unregistered on her phone. She groaned in annoyance as she took the call.

"What is it?"

"We need a new sample from the subject." The voice from the phone said.

Himiko's eyes widened.

"I already gave you enough. You told me the blood I took from her was sufficient."

"We've had complications… and we can pay you back handsomely again if you do so. Our deal is still in works you know." Himiko hesitated as she heard that.

"I-I don't know if I can give a sample to you this week."

"Can it not be negotiated?"

"I just don't know." Himiko said in worry. Both for herself and her 'best friend' Izumi.

"That's a shame… we'll have to take it from her with force then."

Himiko began to panic.

"NO! That wasn't the deal. I'll handle it okay? Just don't hurt her, you don't need to-"

"We have no intention of killing her, only to get a sample. But since you already said that you are not available to take up arms against her now, then we have no choice on that matter."

"NO! YOU CAN'T JUST-"

"I believe this conversation is finished. We'll talk again to renegotiate terms between us."

Himiko was about to respond back when the line went dead. She angrily threw her phone on the floor as her mind went into panic… as today was the first day of UA and she can't pull Izumi into this mess that early.

She simply can't.

TO BE CONTINUED IN CHAPTER 12

AN: I hope you liked this small sidestory. It has important plot details after all hehe... As for the new OCs here, I based them on the real-life special forces unit of Japan called SAT. SAT is also a playable faction in the Ubisoft game Rainbow Six Siege that I like playing often (Hibana best girl, lol). It made sense to me that law enforcement in that age, with quirks being used... I thought that it would make sense for governments of the world to use real and live-working operatives with special skills and quirks for stealth incursion missions done by SFs. Which lead me to make this sidestory as it also reveals a lot to the plot. As for the team here, they won't probably appear in the main story for a while or at all... as I dont know how to fit them yet. But I do like the process in creating them which was fun. If you want me to, I can expand a bit on what their quirks are in the next AN for the next upcoming Sidestory.

And yes, their names are based on Japanese Mythological figures... kinda cool to know about them too tbh.

Like always I hope you enjoyed and see you next time in one more important Sidestory... Stay tuned.