-Years Ago; Bakugou Residence-
Katsuki never thought he would actually get away with it. Here he was in his room, playing a video game with his new friend, whom he called Loli-chan for awhile-Though he knew her real name, he would still know her as Loli. He-really found himself liking her company and was still shocked they've been together for almost weeks now.
Loli-Or Reina, as some of the others knew her as, didn't venture out of his room as often as she should-The only times she did, when his parents were fast asleep, or when they were out.
She didn't mind it at all thankfully, as she was happy she had gotten to spend time with Katsuki.
Honestly-He was happy about it too. Though it wasn't like he would say it out loud.
Luckily the school had been on break as he spent most of his time hanging out with her.
They had been both enjoying a game as Loli-Or Reina looked to be struggling in the game that she had been playing.
"Come on Loli-chan! You're nearly there!" Katsuki egged on, "Don't let that blue hedgehog beat you!"
"Wait, wait! I nearly got it!" Reina said, "I nearly got it!"
She soon had gotten to the finish line as the victory logo showed up on the screen. The kids cheered as they couldn't help but jump on the bed in excitement. Though as quick as the cheers came they started to shush one another as they still held their smiles.
"I told you this game was fun didn't I?" Katsuki said.
"I can see why!" Reina said, "I never got to play games like this at the Clinic. Sonic Rivals is a lot more fun then I thought!"
"That's what I was thinking too, till my Uncle got it for me for my birthday, with this PSP."
"And you said you can watch movies with this too?"
"Oh yeah-I'll show you the films I have later, and-We can watch one together!"
"I'd like that-Alot!"
Katsuki noticed the change of her tone; he could see her smile fell from her face as he noticed there had been tears. "Loli-chan?" Katsuki said as she didn't even seem to have noticed, "Are you crying?"
"Huh?" Reina said before she rubbed her eyes, finally noticing them, "Oh… I am."
"What are you crying for Loli-chan!?" Katsuki said as he cupped her cheeks, "I didn't say anything to make you cry did I!?"
"N-No, it's not that Kaa-chan-" Reina reassured before she sniffled a little. The tears started to come more violently as Reina started to scratch and rub her eyes to get them to stop, but she couldn't.
"I-I don't know why-" Reina choked, "-But-I just felt lonely all of a sudden… Like… I'm missing something…" She sniffled, "No that-Doesn't sound right…" She tried her best to laugh, despite her tears, "... That sounds silly… Right?"
Katsuki's look softened at this sort of thing before he brought her in for a hug. Reina began to sob horrifically as at that point, she couldn't just hold back anymore. "Loli-chan-" Katsuki soon said as he patted her on the back, "-I don't really get it but, it's okay. Just cry all you want, if it'll make you feel better."
Reina could only nod at this sort of thing before she hugged Katsuki as tightly as she could. She only continued to sob, and cried, until he felt her fall asleep.
(Second Opening Theme: Beastars Opening 1-Wild Side Performed By ALI)
At the sound of Koichi's scream, Izuku and Katsuki were quick to resume their pace. Not wanting to waste any time, they both activated their Quirks and rushed towards the sounds which had been at the end of the tunnel. They could hear sounds of fighting as the tunnel shook a little which had taken the boy's back.
"The hell was that?!" Katsuki said.
"I don't know, but we gotta hurry!" Izuku replied, "Koichi-san might be in trouble!"
The sounds had started to get louder and louder until finally the boy's reached the end of the tunnel as they saw the train the others had used to get to the station in the first place. However they had been taken back as they noticed the train had been on its side.
"What the-?!" Izuku said, shocked.
Izuku and Katsuki quickly entered the station and examined the train cart; they could see sparks coming from it; even the wheels looked to be busted up. They noticed a small set of flames as well as traces of fire as they could see blast marks.
"What the hell happened?!" Katsuki exclaimed.
"It looks like there was a fight of someki-" Izuku started to say before he gasped in horror at a certain sight. "Deku?" Katsuki said, as he noticed the look Izuku gave, before he went over to him, "What the hell is wrong with-"
Katsuki had been taken back when he saw a bloodied hand just underneath one of the carts that had been flipped upside down. They both immediately jumped back from the blood as they were trying to stay calm.
"We gotta find the Spider guy." Katsuki said.
"Yeah…" Izuku said, "... But where could he-"
"GET DOWN!"
Izuku and Katsuki were suddenly pushed down on the ground all of a sudden. They were taken back by what looked to be a set of bullets raining down on them. "Koichi-san?!" Izuku said shocked as he recovered from the fall; noting that he had a couple of scratches on him.
"What the hell do you think you're-" Katsuki started to say before he was pulled to his feet.
"NO TIME, WE GOTTA RUN!" Koichi shouted as he took them towards the exit of the train station.
"Wait Koichi-san what's going-" Izuku started to say before he found himself being pulled in a certain direction.
"MIDORIYA!" Koich shouted.
Izuku found himself grabbing the neck of his shirt before he was roughly turned around when he was met with the face of what he could only describe as a monster. The strange creature let out a series of clicks as it's eyes were pale and white. Its teeth had been long and sharp as if they had belonged to a canine, as it had let out a snarl as it while its mouth salvated. His face paled as his eyes widened in horror and shock.
He had gotten a good look at its body as it had been nearly skin and bones as its arms were long and dangly; it's fingers that were around his neck practically around his head as he could hear it breathing hoarsely.
"ME-MEAT…" It groaned, "GIVE-ME-MEAT…"
"Wha-What!?" Izuku exclaimed in his head, "What is this thing!? A Nomu, all the way out here!? No-No-This is-Something else! It looks like that thing Red Queen made in the dome, but-" As the thoughts seemed to rush through his head, one thought suddenly became clear as the creature continued to beg and plead for meat; speaking in the very same voice, the Red Queen's henchmen spoke.
"Meet the beast that Alice fears most of all. It used to come and go as it pleased, but Shota and the others found a way to keep it locked away for the last eleven years. They call this beast… The Jabberwocky."
"Kaiya-san-Everyone here, they're the first and last line of defense. If we don't do this-Everyone here and in the cities, they'll all be killed. I can't let that happen."
"There's-Something out here. They attacked me and the others and we barely managed to escape with our lives. Those things we saw out here, they were filled with nothing but malice... "
It was then it hit Izuku as the strange creature started to sniff him. "Th-This is-What Reina-chan was talking about? This is the thing that almost killed her?! This is the thing she fears the most?! Something like this actually exists?!"
It opened it's jaw, revealing a domain of piranha-like teeth in its mouth as Izuku's face paled further. "GIVE ME MEAT…!" It groaned.
"LET GO OF HIM!" He could hear Katsuki shout, followed by an explosion.
Katsuki rocketed towards the creature before successfully kickin it across the face. Izuku would've hit the ground were it not for Koichi. Sliding across the floor, he caught him with ease before he moved away from the creature back over to the stairs.
"Are you okay?!" Koichi asked.
"Ye-Yeah!" Izuku replied as he regained himself, "It didn't get me!"
Katsuki soon landed by their sighed as he readied his blade, "DON'T JUST GET CAUGHT LIKE THAT IDIOT!"
"Sorry, I didn't see it coming!" Izuku said as he readied himself, "I won't let it get me next time!"
"YOU BETTER NOT, BECAUSE THAT'S THE LAST TIME I'M SAVING YOU!" Katsuki shouted.
"No!" Koichi said as he stopped them; it had taken them both back, "We can't fight that thing, trust me!"
"What?!" They both exclaimed.
"Come on, we gotta go!" He told them before he pulled them towards the exit just as the beast started to recover. It started to make clicking sounds before they could hear it let out a piercing roar which would've popped out their eardrums had they stayed there any longer.
They quickly ran through the tunnels as they could hear it coming behind them.
"What the hell is that freak?!" Katsuki said.
"Kaiya called that thing a Styx!" Koichi replied, "I don't know much about it, but apparently it's like Nomu's! It's got more than one Quirk!"
"It's the same type of monster that attacked Hosu and USJ?!" Izuku said, shocked.
"I don't think so!" He replied, "All I know is, the damn thing is nocturnal! It killed two of the guys guarding the train by the time I got here!"
"GIVE ME MEAT!"
The boy's found themselves ducking in cover, as the beast-Or rather, the Styx tried to attack them from behind; it had just narrowly hit them as they could see the beam of light again.
"MEAT!" It groaned, as it drooled, "NEED…! MEAT…!"
"LIKE WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO EAT US YOU DAMN BASTARD!" Katsuki shouted as he flipped it off.
"How do we stop it?!" Izuku said as he recovered, "There's got to be a way right?!"
"You need to pierce its head!" Koichi told them as they started to run again, "But even so, it's a tough bastard! Not to mention, we're not sure what or how many Quirks it's got! Maybe it might even call for backup! We can't take any chances with it!"
They heard the creature let out a screech as they could see its mouth starting to light up. "DUCK!" Izuku shouted as he pushed Koichi and Katsuki to the floor just as it fired. The Styx seemed to have lost its balance as it ended up crashing into the wall the second they made the turn.
"Come on!" Koichi said, "We gotta lose it! We'll have a better chance when we get outside!" He soon started to pull them towards the door again, "The exits over here!"
"Koichi-san, wait!" Izuku tried to protest though the two of them found themselves getting dragged towards the exit of the subway station. They could hear the Styx's just behind them before they could hear the sounds of it shrieks.
"GIVE ME MEAT!"
Izuku and Katsuki took a moment to turn back as they both noticed it was charging at them with incredible speed which took them both back.
"Damn it-The bastards already halfway to us?!" Katsuki said.
"How is he even keeping up with-" Izuku started to say before he noticed what was emitting behind the creature.
He saw it had been steam; similar to Tenya's own quirk. Only the pipes looked to be more rusted, and on the verge of falling apart as it had been on full blast.
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" Katsuki shouted, "IT'S THE SAME AS FOUR EYE'S QUIRK?!"
Izuku clicked his tongue, "If we can't fight it, we need to slow it down!"
Koichi had been taken back as Izuku managed to shake himself off of him before turning. He interlocked his fingers together as his Quirk started to activate.
"What are you doing?!" Koichi said.
"Buying time!" Izuku replied as his body started to spark with green lighting. "One for All Full Cowling Five Percent-" He aimed just to the ceiling right where the Styx was going to be, "-Delaware Smash!"
With a flick of his fingers, a sudden gust of wind blew right towards where he was aiming; though the force caused the ground to shake making him, Koichi and Katsuki stumble. Something in his head suddenly seemed to have gone off.
From the sound of it-Izuku could hear a ring which made him groan.
"What the-?!"
A set of images seemed to have flashed in his head in almost an instant. Though two images had been clear in his head. It wasn't his own perception from what he could tell; instead he found himself in the sewers as he could see himself with people he had never seen before. Though one or two seemed to have stood out, as he found himself moving.
From what he could see, he was being held by a man with odd burn patches along his wrists and metal stitchings as well as a familiar wolfdog with red eyes.
As quick as the image came-It suddenly came to an end as he found himself practically gasping for air.
"What the hell was that?!" He thought as he was struggling to collect himself, "Was that-Reina-chan?!"
"Come Deku!" Katsuki said as he pulled him to his feet, "We gotta go!"
Just as he got Izuku to stand they jumped and found themselves nearly getting hit by another laser it shot out of its mouth. They could see it started to come right through at a rapid pace.
"ARE YOU ****ING KIDDING ME?!" Katsuki shouted.
"That didn't slow it down!?" Izuku said, shocked.
"HOW MUCH STAMINA DOES THIS THING HA-" Koichi started to shout before they found themselves hurtling to the ground. They were taken back as they noticed their bodies had been encased in what looked to be a gooey substance, that was in the color of yellow; it seemed to have hardened instantly.
"What the-" Izuku said shocked, "-I can't move!"
"Damn it!" Katsuki shouted.
"MEAT!" The Styx shrieked as it jumped towards them, "GIVE ME MEAT!"
The Styx drew what looked to bed a metallic blade as it readied to finish them off, however.
"BEEP BEEP! COMING THROUGH!"
Before the Styx could react, it was soon hti by what appears to be a teal-yellow vespa before igt tumbled towards The wall as it crashed and let out a screech. "HA!" A familiar voice shouted, "GOT HI-OH FISH FINGERS!" The familiar young teen fell on his side as he failed to stop the scooter in time.
"Ow…" He groaned as his eyes were practically in swirls.
"FLOYD-SAN!?" Izuku shouted in shock.
Floyd got up with cuts and bruises on his face as he said, "I can walk it off! More importantly, we gotta go!"
"Oh NOW you decide to show up!" Katsuki said with a sneer.
"Did you seriously just drive in on a scooter?!" Koichi said shocked
Floyd replied as he stumbled, "I did! I always wanted to do that! Now let's go before it starts getting back up!"
Floyd soon took Izuku and Katsuki's hands before they rushed out of the station with Koichi following behind them. Just as they ran up the stairs they could hear the sound of its shriek coming again.
"So Inkhead, wanna tell me what the hell have you been doing while me and Deku have been risking our lives?!" Katsuki asked.
"What else? Doing my part!" Floyd told him, "I ended up coming ahead after I told the others! They'll be coming as soon as they make sure everyone at TerraShield is safe!"
"You mean to tell me you came all the way out here just to tell us that?!" Koichi said, shocked.
"Hey, Piss Head's made a point about me being a coward, as much as I hate to admit it!" Floyd soon said, "I've been doing nothing but avoid the problem instead of confronting it! I've done it with my Aunt, and hell my whole family, even my whole life! Sachihiro has every right to be angry with me! I basically abandoned them!" He soon turned over to Izuku and Katsuki and smiled, "It's about time I stopped running from my problems, and face them all head-on-Even if it ends up killing me."
"Floyd-san…" Izuku said with a smile. Though Katsuki didn't seem to show it in his expression, Floyd could see in his eyes, he had been satisfied.
"I'm lost-What are you talking about?" Koichi said.
Before either of them could answer they could hear loud crashing sounds just from within the station as they heard the sounds coming towards them.
"Crap!" Floyd exclaimed, "Even with the vespa, it's still moving!?"
"If we can't fight that thing, then we need to hide!" Izuku said as he started to look around the area. He soon noticed nearby there looked to be an abandoned hotel that had been labeled, "SAKURA INN" that looked to have taken up the whole block. "Come on!" He said as he started to lead the group, "We can hide out in there!"
Floyd said as he quickly dashed in, "Good plan, Izu!"
"Hopefully it won't follow us there!" Koichi said as he quickly ran inside. Katsuki only looked over to the station as he could hear the creature screeching inside. He only had a sneer, before he quickly ran inside. Just as they shut the door, the creature emerged from the station.
Reina couldn't even begin to comprehend what was happening as all she could do was cling onto Dabi while they moved in the tunnel. They could hear the sound of the drone just behind them as it had let out a series of hums. Neither of them had stopped once or even for a second to take a breath of air as they ventured through the maze of tunnels.
Nira had been leading the group as she had been guiding them through the tunnel with King's assistance-All the while, they avoided the drone and kept their distance from the man that's attacking them.
"DAMN IT ALL!" Valentine shouted as he turned back and opened fire. The bullets managed to hit the drone but it didn't seem to knock it down as it just recovered before flying towards them again.
"THAT DRONE OF HIS AIN'T STAYING DOWN!" He said.
"OBVIOUSLY!" Dabi shouted before he dodged a few bullets, while still holding onto Reina.
"How in the world is this guy even controlling the drone!?" Nanami said, "I thought military grades like that needed a controller or something!"
"It must be his Quirk that's controlling the drone!" Reina said, as she sliced a bullet with the blade in her hand, as one almost managed to hit Dabi, "He must be telling it what to do!"
"You mean he's a technopath!?" Nira said, "That's just great!"
"I-" Reina said before she blocked another set of bullets before it could pierce Dabi's head or shoulder, "-Don't think it's that simple!"
"How are you even doing that?!" Nanami said.
"I don't know!" Reina replied.
"Well whatever it is, don't stop because it's keeping both of us alive!" Dabi told her.
"For now, I'm still sort of new to thi-"
Reina had been cut off when Dabi suddenly hit the ground hard; turns out Nanami had practically tackled them to the floor as they could hear rabid gunfire rain above. When they had ricocheted it would've turned them into swiss chess, if it wasn't for Nira's quick thinking. Thrusting her hand into the wall, she quickly made a shield over them.
"We can't keep dodging this guy forever!" Nira told them, "If we keep running like this, he'll just slaughter us when we're exhausted!"
"Well we can't fight him!" Valentine said, "Who knows what he can do with his Quirk! Our best chance is to meet up with the others!"
"We might not have a choice!" Nanami said as she got her weapon ready, "I'm not looking to die in a place like this!"
"And no one will have to Nanami-san!" Reina said as it shocked her and the others. They each noticed the change in her look. "I don't really understand why-" She soon told them as if she read their thoughts, "-But he called me Little Alice before. I don't know why but he's after me."
"After you?!" Valentine said, "What do you mean he's after you?!"
"Trust me, I don't understand it as much as you do-" Reina said as she could feel her body shaking, "-But he'll kill anyone that isn't me. From the way he was coming after me, he's avoiding killing me. I can buy you all time to get the desktop to Kaiya and find the others."
At this the group looked horrified at what she had been suggesting. "Please-" She soon pleaded, "-You know this is the only way! I'll meet up with you when I can!"
"Yeah no-" Dabi suddenly said as it surprised her, "-That's not gonna happen kid. I ain't gonna take back what I told you before! I really meant what I said, so there's no way in hell I'm going to let you throw your life away, you idiot!"
"I'm not gonna let you do that either!" Nanami told her, "I just found out my sister is alive, after I spent years accepting the fact I lost her! I'm not going to go through that again!"
"But-" Reina tried to argue until-
"LOOK OUT!" Nira shouted suddenly which startled them.
It had been a second later as they were each taken back by a blast which had blinded each of them momentarily. Reina could hear a loud ring go off in her ears as she recovered from the blast; when she did however, she noticed Nanami, Dabi and King had been by her side as they too were recovering from the explosion.
As she managed to sit herself, she saw the tunnel in front of them had been blocked out.
"Shit-" She said as she caught her breath as King sauntered over to her and started to lick her, "King-" She said relieved when she saw he wasn't hurt, "-Thank goodness."
"Ow-" Nanami said, "-Is everybody okay?"
"Still alive somehow…" Dabi groaned as he sat up, "... How about you two?"
"We're fine." Reina replied, "We're ok-" She soon stopped herself when she noticed two people were missing from their group.
"Val-chan!" She exclaimed with worry, "Nira-chan! Where are they!?"
Nanami and Dabi soon noticed that they were missing as well. "They were just here!" Nanami siad, "Where in the world are they?!"
"Don't tell me they were-" Reina started to say before-
"We're here!" They heard Valentine's voice call out.
"We're okay!" They heard Nira shout.
Each of them had been quick to realize that they were on the other side. "Guys!" Reina shouted before running to the wall, "Are you two okay?!"
"We're fine!" Valentine replied, "How about you guys!?"
"We're fine-" Reina replied, "-Just shook up a little."
"What the hell happened?!" Dabi said.
"I pushed you guys out of the way from an upcoming missile, that's what happened." They heard Nira say, "Looks like the asshole was packing in that drone!"
"Damn it-"
Reina, Dabi and Nanami turned as they saw the young man step towards them; he looked to be hitting his own ears as he looked to be recovering from the blast. He cracked his neck as he stood on his feet.
"This one thought he would shoot them all back-" He said, as he cracked his neck, "-This one didn't expect blind one to have a powerful Quirk."
"I take SERIOUS offense to that buster!" They heard Nira shout through the wall.
Dabi and Nanami soon stood in front of Reina as they were ready to protect her. The young man clicked his tongue, "These ones-Are getting on this one's nerves."
"Who the hell are you?!" Nanami said, "And what do you want with my sister?!"
"It doesn't concern these ones-" The young man said, "-She and he asked them to bring Alice back alive… Anyone else-Shall be erased."
"She and he?" Reina said, confused.
"It does concern us." Dabi told him, "Now I think the lady asked you a question-Who are you?"
The young man cracked his neck again as it seemed like he got rid of the ringing in his ears. "This one's original name-" He said, "-Was lost long ago. This one's name… Is a new one. These ones-Until he kills you... Can call him-Diamond."
"Original… Name?" Reina said, confused by the term.
"Neither of us don't give a damn on what you were originally called-Diamond." Dabi said.
"If you got a problem with her-" Nanami soon said, "-Then you got a problem with us."
The young man-Diamond sighed, "These ones are making it difficult-Alice needs to go with this one… By ANY means necessary."
"And if you want her-" Nanami soon said as she armed herself with a survival knife, "-You'll have to go through us."
King started to growl as Reina finally looked towards Diamond; she noticed the change in his eyes. "That boy-" She thought, "-Is he-"
Diamond only sighed as he rolled his eyes, "This one really hates the hard way, but-This one is smart enough to know… He can't take you both on."
The group had been confused before Reina felt a ping go off. "DABI-KUN!" She shouted before she got him to kneel to the floor as he grunted. It wasn't a second later, they noticed what appeared to be a butcher's knife; the sound of its clang made Nanami jump.
The three of them soon looked into his attacker as they recognized the familiar hooded figure with buckles on their jacket and wearing a mask. Reina had been put into shock at the sight of her; as it all seemed to have clicked for her.
"You!?" Dabi said, shocked.
"He-llo ag-ain." The girl spoke in a familiar strained hoarse voice. She soon charged at Dabi with the butcher's knife as he quickly got Reina out of the way. He rolled across the floor as she attacked with full force.
Dabi kept on narrowly dodging the blade; all he had gotten away with was a graze of his hair and a cut on his cheek. "Dabi-kun!" Reina shouted, before armed herself with her sword. She quickly charged at the girl. She reacted as quick as she did, as she blocked the blade of her sword.
Reina soon kicked the girl back despite the bullet wound she had in her leg.
"Th-Is one-" The girl spoke, "-Is im-pressed… Al-ice… Ca-n sti-ll fight-Even wi-th he-r-" She took a moment to gulp, "-Injuries."
"Like I would be out of the game that easily." She said as she armed her sword.
"Rei-chan, no!" Nanmi said.
"What the hell are you doing!?" Dabi said, "Get back!"
"Like I'm going to now!" Reina said as she readied herself as the girl approached.
"Hearts-" Diamond told the girl, "-Should remember not to kill Alice."
"Th-is on-e, kno-ws." The girl-Hearts said as she readied her blade, "Thi-s on-e will no-t le-t he-r sli-p thi-s ti-me."
"And I'm not gonna-" Reina started to say before she groaned, "-Give you that satisfaction!"
"Rei-chan!" Nanami soon said, "Listen to me-You're still recovering! You can't win!"
"I don't need to win-" Reina soon said. She could feel her body shake. The girl-Hearts soon charged at her with the butcher's knife in her hand. She soon dashed towards her.
"-I just have to save you!" She said before she charged at Hearts.
And just like that, they ended up clashing with blades. Hearts proved to be a lot quicker then her as she found herself nearly stumbling as she dodged her attacks. Dabi and Nanami went to assist though the military drone soon got in between them as it started to fire on them. It would've turned them into swiss chess if Nanami hadn't quickly put on her headphones and activated her Quirk.
With a snap of her fingers she moved at an incredible speed with blue lightning leaving behind before she grabbed hold of Dabi and moved out of harm's way, just as the bullets started to rain among them.
Though Reina's movements had been slowed she felt her body dodging unconscious from more of Heart's severe blows; as she did she felt the ping in her head grow louder and louder, almost as if at any moment, her head would explode.
She cringed every so often from the feeling.
"Damn it-" She thought as she countered an attack, after she used the scarf to trap her hand "--Damn it! Even though my body is moving on its own-This pain-Isn't anything like I felt before! I feel like I'm gonna pass any second! I hated telling that lie! I don't know how much longer I can move like this! Hell-I'm not even sure how long this thing is going to la-"
A loud intense ring nearly made Reina stumble as suddenly her line of vision-Or rather the world around her became differently so suddenly. She found herself running into what looked to be a large hotel complex before locking the door behind them.
"Huh? What is this? Another memory?"
She could hear the sound of a familiar creature crying out for something familiar as the door slammed shut. She could hear people speaking though it sounded incoherent. She could feel her heartbeat start to accelerate as if she had been running a marathon.
"No-That doesn't sound right. Somethings wrong! This can't be a memory! If it's not then what-"
The sound of someone catching their breath had been clear in her ears as she saw she had been near a mirror; it was then… She saw a familiar face that seemed to have paralyzed her.
"... Izuku-kun…?"
WHAM!
Reina had been taken back by a blunt object that hit her; she had found herself back within the sewer as she fell into the water. She resurfaced from the waters as she found a wound had opened on the side of her head; she could hear the sound of a ring go off in her head. The sounds had gone off and had been muffled. Hearts stepped towards her as she felt her vision had been a blur when she stepped towards her.
"S-o-" She could hear Hearts speak, "-That is-The fl-aw-of Al-ice."
She could feel herself grab the strains of her hair as she hissed from the pain.
"Al-ice's Qu-irk-Is-Re-Ally-A-Cur-Se." Hearts told her despite her voice being muffled through her ears, "Al-l it can d-o is-hu-rt yo-u."
Reina tried to speak but she could feel her grip tighten. "Yo-u shou-ldn't ha-ve be-en-in-herited su-ch a Qui-rk." She tilted her head, "Or per-haps, the-re is a re-ason wh-y you were gif-ted."
Dabi managed to get away from the drone before he used his blue flames to rocket towards Hearts. He kicked her causing to stumble, allowing her to let go of Reina. He soon grabbed a hold of her neck as she gagged.
"You and I have a score to settle." He told her as she could feel his hand starting to warm up.
With her legs, Hearts gripped his arm before she flipped him on his back; he landed on the ground with a splash.
"Dabi-kun!" Reina exclaimed with worry before groaning at the headache. She could feel the headache start to get worse as it seemed like the ping she had been hearing had gotten louder. She couldn't help but let out a cry in agony.
She could feel her nose start to bleed as she felt herself slip. Her vision started to worsen as she saw Dabi had been engaging with Hearts; despite the fact the water had hindered their movements they moved with ease and countered each of their own attacks.
She looked over to Nanami as she hadn't been stopping to catch her breath; all the while she dodged the drone, Diamond engaged her in close combat.
Different images started to flash through her head-Ones that had been all too familiar as she could see a familiar man with a hand covering his face, fighting against a man with glowing red eyes and long black hair.
The other had been a certain boy with ash blonde hair fighting a girl possessing four mechanical arms.
At the sound of Dabi's cry it seemed to have snapped her back, as she saw he had fallen on his knee. A fresh gash had been opened on his left leg as the water had been stained with red.
"Damn it-!" Dabi said, "-I just recovered from that! What a pain!"
"Th-at one… Sho-ould've lear-ned, fro-m ba-ck then." Heart said as she stepped over him, "This o-ne i-s stro-nger the-n yo-u."
Reina saw Hearts hold the butcher's knife over her head as she readied to finish him off. But-
"DABI-KUN!"
She could feel herself move unconsciously as her eyes shifted to a familiar rainbow color; white sparks emitted from them. Clenching her fist she thrusted it forward before it unleashed a powerful gust of wind. While Dabi and Nanami even King managed to hold their ground, Diamond, Hearts and the drone flew down the tunnel as they let out cry.
Dabi and Nanami stood there in shock at what had just occurred, as neither of them couldn't even comment on what had happened.
Though the thought soon left them as they heard Reina let out a shriek of agony; they turned and noticed that her right hand had been discolored and hung limply. She didn't even seem to realize the white streak on her head had reverted back to black.
"Reina!" They both shouted.
"Hey!" They could hear Valentine shout as Dabi and Nanami went to her, "What the hell is happening out there!?"
Reina could only cry out in agony as she had been hyperventilating at this point. "Rei-chan!" Nanami said, as she took hold of her, "Rei-chan it's okay, I'm here now."
"Your wrist-" Dabi said, "-You used that Quirk again!?"
"I-I think so-" Reina said as she had trouble breathing; though she looked shocked as she noticed the look in his eyes changed.
It had been a mixture of anger and worry.
"What the hell were you-" He started to say before-
BANG, BANG-Went the sound of a gun as it hit Dabi and Nanami through their arm and shoulder, causing them to cry out.
"No!" Reina exclaimed with worry.
They soon noticed Diamond had recovered from the blast as well. They looked as though they had gotten away with only a few dirt stains and bruises; even Heart's mask looked cracked.
"This one-Didn't expect that." Diamond said, "But-Now they can confirm."
"Al-ice-" Hearts said as she cracked her neck, "-Is-the-Key…"
Despite their injuries Dabi and Nanami stood ready as they each got their Quirks ready. King started to show teeth as he growled, ready to use his own. Reina managed to regain herself; despite the fact she was in the middle of panicking.
She had shocked Nanami and Dabi before they turned to Diamond.
"This one will make sure-" Diamond said as the drone flew back overhead, "-These ones are erased."
"O-ne way-" Hearts said before gulping, "-Or ano-ther…. S-he co-mes."
With her left hand Reina had gotten her EMP gun, before firing a bullet at the drone. Unfortunately neither of them counted on the drone having a barrier around it.
"It's pointless to resist now." Diamond said as he stepped forward, "Do this one a favor-And step down."
Reina's body shook, before Nanami put her behind her as Dabi and her readied themselves once more. However before either one of them could attack-
"AURA EXPRESS LINE!"
The wall suddenly blasted open as a blue beam went straight past them and hit Diamond, Hearts and the drone which shocked them. The wall collapsed as it prevented Diamond and Hearts from coming through.
"What in the-?!" Dabi said.
"Seriously? Express Line?" They heard a familiar voice say with a laugh.
The three of them looked and saw a familiar girl with a young man with horns. Reina had been relieved to see it was Wan and Riichi as they had a few cuts and bruises.
"HEY!" Wan soon said to Riichi, "THAT'S A GOOD NAME FOR THAT MOVE! THAT ONE WAS ON MY MIND SINCE I WAS FOUR!"
Riichi laughed before he told her, "THAT'S THE MOST STUPIDEST NAME I'VE HEARD! COULDN'T YOU GO WITH BUSTER OR SOME CRAP?! AT LEAST IT'S NOT AS RIDICULOUS AS EXPRESS LINE!"
"I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU COME UP WITH A BETTER ONE DEVILMAN!" She yelled as she flipped him off.
"This really the time to argue?" Valentine asked.
"Yeah, we have bigger problems." Nira said.
"Guys!" Reina called out with relief, "You're okay!"
"Of course we are Pipsqueak!" Wan said, "You'd think we would get killed so easily?!"
"Where's the others?!" Nanami said.
"Hiding out in an old hotel!" Riichi said, "Jager found out where you were thanks to his Quirk!"
"The rest of them are okay, and have already sent the signal to Kaiya!" Wan added, "Let's get the hell out of here before those guys come back!"
Nanami, Dabi nor Reina didn't hesitate as they started to exit through the sewer tunnel; Reina had been on Dabi's back before they made their way out of the sewer.
"Hurry, this way!" Riichi said as he had been pointing towards the entryway. They quickly went inside just as they heard the loud noises from where they were before; they quickly rushed up the stairs before they found themselves outside for what felt like mere seconds.
The group took a moment to catch their breath as they got on the night vision goggles.
"Who the hell were those two?!" Valentine said, "Why were they after Reina?!"
"I don't know." Nanami said, "But at least we're away from them." She soon turned over to Wan and Riichi, "Where's the Inn you were talking about?"
"It's not far, just a couple of blocks from where we are."
Nira's body soon tensed as she quickly felt the ground. Her face paled instantly, "Oh no…" She said softly.
The group had been about to ask, but were soon taken back by the sound of familiar clicks; not to mention the sound of bones cracking. Then-It followed a set of voices.
"ME...AT… ME...AT…"
The group looked to the direction of the voices as it sounded distant. Dabi motioned the group to stay quiet before his hand emitted a familiar blue flame. It formed into a fireball before letting it fly towards where they heard the sound.
That was when their faces turned white; There had been the Styx's everywhere. Though to them, it seemed like they were looking at bats in a cave.
"RUN!" Was the only thing Dabi could shout before they took off. Nira hopped on King's back before King ran with them. The Styx's soon gave chase as they each let out a loud piercing roar. The Styx's had been catching up to them at an incredible speed. It had been hard for the others to see in the dark as they ended up knocking nearly tripping or bumping into broken telephone poles.
Valentine loaded the gun before turning back; placing a silencer on the barrel of the gun, he started to fire at the Styx's, taking two of them down with ease. The rest of the time however, he kept on missing.
"Damn it!" Valentine said, "I can't see anything while it's this dark out!"
"And it's hard to see what's in front of us!" Wan said, "Even with these damn goggles on it's hard!"
"Where the hell is that inn?!" Dabi said, as he had been keeping up the pace despite Reina on his back.
She soon noticed King started to run ahead as he let out a series of howls. She noticed exactly where he had been pointing with his nose.
"EVERYONE!" She soon yelled, "STAY CLOSE TO KING! HE CAN SEE WHERE EVERYTHING IS BETTER THAN WE CAN!"
"Got it!" Nanami said.
The group did as they were told as they stuck by King while he took the lead. With a sharp turn left and right they quickly found themselves running towards the building.
"I-I think that's it!" Riichi said with relief, "We're almost there!"
"GIVE ME MEAT!" They heard Styx's shout before it attacked.
One of the Styx conducted, something that appeared to be grease. Dabi's foot had gotten caught before he fell over with Reina tumbling as well.
"GUYS!" Nanami cried out.
Reina managed to recover from the fall before she noticed a Styx coming towards them. It was about to attack Dabi, though she grabbed the scarf and threw it wrapping around its body. She quickly pulled Styx's down as it fell on its back with a screech.
"You good?!" Dabi said as he went over to her.
"Shouldn't I be saying that to you?!" Reina said.
Another Styx soon came over them in the view of their goggles. Dabi took Reina and buried her face in his chest before setting it ablaze causing it to shriek with agony. "He-Hey!" Reina said, "I can't brea-"
"Trust me Firefly-" Dabi said, as he tightened his grip on her which made her freeze, "-You're not ready to see it."
"DABI, BEHIND YOU!" They heard Wan shout.
Dabi looked over and saw a Styx with a bone like blade ready to cut him and Reina down. "NO!" Nanami shouted as she reached out.
Just as it was about to however they saw in their view of vision it had dropped dead suddenly. Several more seemed to at the moment their skulls seemed to have bursts; at least from what they could see.
"HEY!" A familiar voice called out.
They each looked over as they saw a familiar young teen armed with a sniper rifle with a silencer attached shouted. Reina had been even more relieved when she saw it was Kiyo and covering him had been Jaeger.
"GET IN HERE!" Kiyo shouted.
The group didn't have any hesitation as they quickly got a hold of their bearings before rushing over to the entrance of the abandoned inn. Kiyo and Jaeger rained bullets on Styx's as they approached at an aggressive speed.
At the last second they practically jumped into the inn before slamming the door shut as the Styx's started to bang on the door.
Jager nor Nanami didn't waste any time as they knocked over a cabinet and an old rusted vending machine before placing it against the door as a means for barricade. They could hear the screeches and pleading from the Styx's as they attempted to break in despite what blocked the door.
They soon could see through the window and hear the voices from the Styx's just… Stop. All that could be heard were the sounds of clicking and an eerily groan.
Jager soon looked through the window as the Styx's just standing there, practically unmoving as they twitch their heads. It had almost been as if they had been a murder of crows. All had an uneasy look as the Styx's sat on the ground.
Almost as if… They were waiting.
Finally… Nira tugged on Reina's sleeve as she had been the first to speak up, "Are-Are we safe?"
Reina couldn't find herself answering, as exhaustion finally took its hold on her.
(Second Ending Theme: Watership Down 2018 Credits Theme-Fire on Fire TV Size Performed by Sam Smith)
