Ashido had also called up Uraraka, so now we had two phones on speaker joining our little group. We'd shared our news from Yaomomo with them, since my folks couldn't hear about that.
"Now All Might's fighting the Big Boss!" said Uraraka. "He'll finish him off, and everything'll be ok, right?"
"Duh!" laughed Ashido. The TV screen had cut to somewhere else in the city - it looked like a bomb had gone off. All Might was facing off with the Boss - he'd punched him into the ground -
And then the villain blasted All Might through the air towards the TV copter.
"It's like a bad dream!" said the news announcer. "In a flash, the Kamino Ward has been brought to a half destroyed state! Presently, All Might is battling with the villain thought to be the ring-leader of the group! Unbelievable! A single villain destroying the street, and now he is fighting on more than equal terms with the symbol of peace!"
Dammit, but - he'll be ok, won't he? He's All Might. He doesn't lose.
On the screen, we saw the villain level a blast at All Might - who didn't dodge - it seemed someone was trapped behind him, so he had to take it. Rubble kicked up and surrounded him.
And then, as it cleared, we saw.
There was dead silence in the room. Nobody could even say a word.
We were looking at a shriveled up skeleton of a man - an emaciated, bedraggled person in a loose fitting All Might costume.
What? What the hell?
On TV, the announcer said, "Um, what has happened? Everybody is able to see this, right? All Might seems to be withering away!"
"All Might!" said Tsu.
"He's so shriveled!" said mom, sounding worried.
Has he - always lookd like that? Underneath his - what?
ON TV, it looked like All Might was still standing strong - and then suddenly something changed. He was slumped over, his smile gone, and he was screaming.
Mom and dad looked horrified. Like this was the only thing that just wasn't allowed to happen.
"He can do it!" said Kaminari. "He won't lose!"
"Come on, All Might!" said Tsu and Ochako.
"He'll win!" Ashido cried.
And on Tv, against all odds, All Might seemed to be coming back, buffing up his arm and preparing to fight All for One.
He was joined by Endeavor and Edgeshot - Kamui Woods and the others had joined to save heroes and people trapped in the rubble.
And all of us together screaming and cheering for All Might to win…
But the villain had blasted everyone out of the way - all those pros - and buffed up his arm into something - something so unbelievably gross that I'd never seen the likes of it before.
A twisted, scary abomination of multiple arms and metal rivets…
And he was aiming that monstrosity right - at - All Might!
We all sat frozen, then started cheering again. And the punch hit - the blast from it obscured the camera. When it cleared, our Sensei was being pushed back - despite everything he was doing to fight it off - he was getting ground down into the ground like he was fighting off a semi-truck.
No way...
Then suddenly he hit the villain from the other side.
He let All for One break that arm on purpose - it looks as bad as it does when Midoriya does it...is that where he -
And buffed up the other arm - to land a punch on the Villain's face! And blasted him - against all odds - into the ground.
"That All Might is so amazing!" cried dad, in tears. "That battlefield is a stadium and he's rocking it down!"
The debris cleared. We were on the edge of our seats…
Then All Might raised his hand - a fist - and the strongman, the powerful symbol of peace - had reappeared.
"All Might!" everyone screamed.
"It's a Victory for All Might!" said the announcer. "He is victorious! He's still standing!"
Everyone cheered - the crowd was swelling with the thrill of the moment! We cheered along with them! It was the greatest thrill - the strongest moment - that any of us had ever felt. Like everyone had gotten together - in one moment to cheer for him. To believe in one great future.
A little later, as we had all calmed down, the TV screen was showing the villain getting loaded into the maiden. And All Might had turned to the screen and pointed.
"Now…"
We were all waiting, on the edge of our seats.
"Now, it's your turn."
Oh...do you mean - us?