Chapter 51 - Deus Ex Machina
Eon, Matthew, Ashido, Uraraka, and Aizawa made it back to the stadium. They went in through the doors, navigated through the back areas, and came out to the open area of the stadium. To their horror, they saw that Class 1-A, Class 1-B, and the American students were all defeated! Forty-eight students strewn out across the stadium, all having been thrown or knocked away by the giant Nomu known as Gore! Even more frightening, Gore was standing in the middle of the area, and was holding Midoriya in its right hand, who was trying to break out of its grasp!
Uraraka gasped and said in a frightened tone, "Deku!"
"Look at the size of that Nomu." Aizawa spoke, his tone shocked.
"That Nomu's got Midoriya!" said Ashido, her tone equally shocked.
"Okay, Eon, what do you want us to do?" asked Matthew.
"Start getting everyone who's in the open area to safety." Eon replied. "I'll take care of that Nomu."
"I know your quirk is really powerful and all, but can you really defeat a monster like that?"
"Have faith, Matthew, and it'll work out in the end."
After saying that, Eon walked forward, and held his right hand out to the side. Then, much to the surprise of his four companions, glowing light began emitting from Eon! It lasted for twenty seconds, and when it had faded, Eon was now clothed in medieval armor that was colored white and gold!
He now wore a sallet helmet, chest armor, armored shoulder pauldrons, armored gauntlets with fingerless gloves, leg armor, and knight boots! In his right hand, he now held a large, holy looking great-sword, which was also colored white and gold!
Suddenly, Eon burst forward with incredible speed, leaving behind a white trail as he moved! He then jumped into the air, reaching incredible heights, and raised his sword into the air! With one swift move, he cut off Gore's right hand, which let go of Midoriya, and he quickly jumped away! Gore let out a roar of pain, and he looked at Eon, who landed on the ground! The large right hand of Gore also fell to the ground, landing with a crash!
"Alright, spawn of darkness!" said Eon, showing no fear in his voice. "Bring it on!"
Gore raised its massive left fist and brought it down with amazing speed, but Eon dodged out of the way quickly! Eon then ran around the stadium, leaping over rocks and slicing through several Nomu that sprung up and tried to attack him! Eon then looked and, much to his shock, Gore grew back his right hand, and began stepping over to where Eon was running! It was unknown if Gore could feel any emotions, but if it did, it was one of pure anger and monstrosity!
Even though Gore was slow, Matthew, Aizawa, Ashido, and Uraraka, now joined by Midoriya, worked quickly to get all wounded out of its way! Fortunately, there were only a few students who were in the open area of the stadium, which was where Gore was stomping around, so the five didn't have too much to worry about.
"How did you guys get healed?" asked Midoriya, his tone amazed as he dragged Bakugo along the ground, by his arm.
"Unfortunately, my friend, you wouldn't believe me if I told you." Matthew replied, carrying Shiozaki in his arms. "And, I don't think he would like it if I told you what exactly his quirk is."
"Who?"
"The guy who's battling that huge Nomu."
Midoriya looked and saw Eon battling Gore, who was keeping up with Eon's fast movements! But, Eon was able to block to his attacks with his sword, and was able to nick certain parts of the large Nomu, which caused black liquid to spew from the wounds! However, Gore shrugged off its wounds, and was still trying to smash Eon! At one point, Gore even grabbed Eon, and ended up getting a sword pierced through its hand, to which it dropped him!
"Whoa…" Midoriya spoke, his tone amazed. "That's so cool! Who is that guy?"
"Eon Feivish, just a guy who wants to save the world." Matthew replied. "Come on, we gotta get our friends out of here."
"Right!"
Midoriya and Matthew began heading over to Aizawa, Uraraka, and Ashido, who were getting the rest of the students out of the open area. Together, the five were able to get the wounded out, and into a safe place, which was outside the stadium. Midoriya and Uraraka stayed behind with the wounded, while Aizawa, Ashido, and Matthew went back in to get the other students out of the stands.
"No, No, No!" Shigaraki yelled, scratching his neck furiously. "That interloper is ruining my plan! Who does think he is?!"
"The 'Deus Ex Machina', also known as the 'God of the Machine'." Eon replied, suddenly appearing behind Shigaraki.
Shigaraki paused for a few seconds, but quickly turned around and began swiping at Eon! Eon then used his sword to block, and Shigaraki grabbed ahold of the blade! But, to his surprise, it didn't disintegrate!
"What?!" Shigaraki asked, his tone shocked. "How is this possible?"
"Actually, I'm in no way a god." said Eon. "This power I've been given, its only a fraction of what God's power is truly like. As for being the 'Deus Ex Machina', its a plot device where when faced with unbeatable odds, a great power intervenes to save the day, and stop those unbeatable odds."
"Are you this great power?"
"No, I'm only a fraction of the great power. I was told to help, and here I am, helping by defeat that horrible monstrosity that you call 'Gore'."
Shigaraki let go of the blade and, realizing how powerful Eon was, decided that fighting was not the best course of action at the moment.
"So, are you going to defeat me as well?" Shigaraki asked, his tone sarcastic.
"No, I can't." Eon replied. "You're too important to the plot, and what is to happen, so I can't lay a finger on you. I'm only here to tell you that in the end, evil never wins. It may seem like you gain a victory, but all its doing is lengthening the time before your true defeat. Oh yeah, and as for Gore… he's going to be all over the place when I'm done with him…"
Eon then walked around Shigaraki, and disappeared from his view. Shigaraki looked around, but he couldn't find him anywhere. Deciding to retreat and leave Gore to take on Eon, Shigaraki disappeared into the shadows…
Gore was confused when he couldn't find Eon, but when Eon came back, he let out a roar of anger and began attacking once again! As he was dodging and blocking Gore's attacks, Eon looked around, making sure that there was nobody left in the stadium.
He did see Matthew, Aizawa, and Ashido, who were getting more wounded out of the stadium. Eon then teleported over to the three. Matthew was helping Joshua, who was awake and limping, while Aizawa carried Jiro, who was knocked out. As for Ashido, she had Milo's arm around his shoulder, and he was awake and limping as well.
"Hey Eon." said Joshua. "Nice armor."
"Thanks." Eon replied. "Listen, you guys need to get out of here. Gore's going to be all over the place… literally. And since I don't want anyone getting covered in Nomu guts, I'm going to wait till everyone's out, and then I'll destroy him."
"How are you going to destroy him?" Matthew asked, his tone curious.
"I'll tell you afterwards." Eon replied. "Just get everyone out of here."
Eon teleported back to fighting Gore, while Aizawa, Matthew, and Ashido continued getting the wounded out.
"Who was that guy?" Milo asked, his tone confused.
"I honestly don't know." Ashido replied. "He's a mystery, I'll give him that."
While Eon battled against Gore, Matthew, Aizawa, and Ashido worked to get the wounded out. After an hour, all of the wounded were out of the stadium, with Monoma and Mineta being the last to be taken out. Aizawa carried Monoma over his shoulder, while Matthew carried Mineta under his arm. Ashido was already ahead, watching the wounded with Midoriya and Uraraka.
"Where did Vlad King go?" Matthew asked.
"Before we were split up, I told him to go and get help." Aizawa replied. "I'll take Mineta; you go and tell your friend that the wounded are outside the stadium."
"You got it." said Matthew, handing Mineta to Aizawa, who took him and slipped him under his arm.
Matthew then ran back to the entrance to the stadium's top section, and he yelled out, "Eon! The wounded are safe! Destroy that Nomu!"
Eon heard Matthew yell that out, and he knew it was time to get rid of Gore once and for all. He gripped the handle of his sword, and white energy began surrounding it! He then dodged an attack from Gore, and began running up his arm! He then made it to Gore's shoulder, jumped up, and then landed on the top of its head!
"Begone, you spawn of darkness!" Eon yelled. "You will burn for what you did to my friends!"
Eon then turned his sword with the blade pointed down, and white energy surrounded it! He then jumped into the air, lifted it high, and came back down, smashing the blade into Gore's head! Gore let out a roar of pain and began flailing around, as cracks began appearing all over its body! Energy seeped out of those cracks, followed by black liquid! Gore began glowing brighter and brighter, to which his roar of pain intensified! Suddenly-
BOOM!
Gore exploded, and black liquid splashed everywhere! Eon was blasted into the air, also being covered in the black liquid! He then teleported back to the ground, and watched as the black liquid and meaty chunks of Gore landed around the stadium.
Knowing that there were no more threats, Eon teleported out of the stadium and to the students. All fifty-two students, plus their teacher, Aizawa, were outside the stadium, and in the parking lot.
Forty-eight of them were lined up on the parking lot and wounded, while Matthew, Uraraka, Ashido, and Midoriya were still standing. Actually, Uraraka, Ashido, and Midoriya were kneeling, and tending to the wounded. Matthew, on the other hand, was standing beside Aizawa.
Before meeting with them, Eon removed his armor and sword, which required the bright light emitting from him again for twenty seconds. When he was back in his normal attire, he went up to Aizawa and Matthew.
"It's done, and Gore's has been destroyed." said Eon. "Vlad King, along with the other pro heroes, will be here in a five minutes. Which means, I must be going…"
"Why do have to go?" Matthew asked.
"I'm not one for public affairs." Eon replied. "Not to mention, I'm due back at the Nazareth Hero Academy, as my teachers are wondering where I am."
"The Nazareth Hero Academy? That's in Jerusalem, if I remember correctly." said Aizawa.
"Correct." Eon replied. He then let out a little laugh and said, "I guess while you were unconscious, you had a lot to think about, huh?"
Aizawa gave Eon a strange looked and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Oh, you know; thinking about personal affairs, and certain people. I just hope that you can make the 'logical' choice."
"The 'logical' choice? What do you mean?"
"Don't worry, you'll know what I mean when it comes down to it. And Matthew, when it happens, ask Joshua about what I told him when we first met. Oh yeah, and we'll be seeing each other again real soon, I can tell you that. Right, well, I must be off. Goodbye, sayonara, adios, shalom, so long, and see you around…"
Eon then turned around, put his hands behind his back, and began walking away. Aizawa and Matthew watched him leave, and saw, much to their surprise, him disappearing in the blink of their eyes.
"Where'd he go?" Aizawa asked.
"He must've teleported back to the Nazareth Hero Academy." Matthew replied. "What did he mean by the logical choice?"
"I don't know. What did he mean you would be seeing each other again?"
"I don't know either; I guess its something to think about for the time being."
Matthew and Aizawa then turned around, and went to go help with the wounded. The battle was over, and the good guys had won! The villains were beaten back, and their plan of attacked had failed!
A couple of blocks away from the stadium, Shigaraki was walking down an alleyway. The other members of the League of Villains had split up, saying that they would regroup back at their hideout. As he walked, Shigaraki scratched his neck and thought about how the plan had failed. It was all thanks to the son of Death Wish, the traitor!
"Joshua Rourke will pay with his blood." Shigaraki muttered. "I'll kill him, if its the last thing I do. We may have lost this time, but we'll be back, and more powerful than before. It's time to plan my next move, and save my master…"
He then let out an evil laugh, and continued walking down the alleyway. The villains had lost, but as always, they would be back! They had failed, but they would plan again!
The grand battle was over, and now all that was left was the recovery…
