"You're so funny Deku, that was a good one!"
With that being said, Uraraka leaned away from Izuku, still laughing a lot from the joke he just made, at least the last one. Cracking jokes might sounds a bit boring when repeated, but they needed to kill time as best as they could. The school trip was planned to last several days, but the the trip itself to the place where it would happen will last a good 5 hours, and since the beginning only about half the time passed. They were travelling by bus, which only made the trip longer than ever. All the students of class A and a few of class B were traveling together. Behind Izuku, Bakugo sighed and leaned on the glass windows, bored by both the time passing ever so slowly and Izuku's jokes.
"Eh, thanks Ochaco, but it was only a little joke, nothing too extravagant, said Izuku a bit flustered, I'm not that funny I think.."
"Come on Izuku, you must admit you are funny, almost as much as Denki when he's doing his derp face.", jokingly answered Kirishima, seated next to Bakugo behind Ochaco. Unlike his friend, he was completely thrilled by the trip and spent almost an entire hour joking with Izuku and Ochaco.
"No way, his face is more funny than his jokes though, don't say that ! I remember last time when he was so electrified he started walking into a wall with his thumbs raised !", intervened Ochaco, cracking up a little, followed by another annoyed sigh then the trio laughing back at this reminder.
Izuku, still laughing, took a glance through the windows at his turn, and suddenly went dead silent, not understanding what he was seeing.
"Are you seing this too ? Or it just me ?", he asked to his friends, who looked at their turn. Kirishima widely opened is eyes and gasped, while Ochaco let out a small shout of surprise.
Behind the security of the glass, they could see a strange pinkish mist in the pit next to the gravelly road, forming stranges figures and shapes. Izuku blinked, and the mist disappeared without a trace.
"What was that ? A villain and his quirk ?", asked Izuku still bewildered by the strange gas he just seen.
"Shut up nerd, it's probably a gas leak which blown up because of a high pression or something, not a villain. Or it was just you hallucinating.", stated Bakugo, still bored.
"I'm not sure a pink gas exist, and a gas that is making weird shapes ? Even less Kacchan, that's not normal I'm sure ! It remembers me of Kurogiri's quirk, back at the SUJ attack.", replied Midoriya with a concerned face, looking again through the stained glass.
"Bah, you didn't followed in chem class or ..."
Bakugo couldn't finish his sentence, as a loud shout from the front of the bus erupted, making every student turning their gaze in the direction.
"What the hell ? A pink fog ? It's on the road Mister Aizawa, what am I supposed to do ?!"
The angry voice was coming from the bus driver, angered over the teacher and almost yelling at him. Izuku glared at them for a second then looked up and saw the pink fog had returned, now in front of the vehicle. Worried and surprised whispers echoed through the cabin, unsure of what to do, and Shoto's deep voice followed, somewhere in front of Izuku.
"Do you have any idea of what this fog might be ? Is it dangerous ?", he asked to the teacher, who replied negatively, but ordered the students to stay inside, while he'd investigate. Then, Aizawa step outside the bus, outside of Izuku's field of vision. He was deeply anxious, this mysterious mist was unlike anything he has seen before, even though it looked like Kurogiri's or Mustard's quirk.
"Hey, there is fog behind too ! And on the sides, it's circling us from all around !", suddenly shouted Hanta, his face almost glued to the back window, with a now clearly worried voice, before turning to his classmates.
"Someone call Aizawa-sensei, we must warn him !"
Shoto shooked his head and stood up, walked past a few seated rows and asked the driver to open the door, but the old man refused, somewhat panicked and ordered him to return to his seat, and soon an argument erupted between the two. Bakugo sighed even more and finally looked away from the window, seemingly annoyed by everything.
"It's been a few minutes the teacher went to check, what is he doing ? It's dangerous now and those idiots arguing aren't helping.", he scoffed, standing up at his turn and beginning to walk towards the front of the bus.
But the bus suddenly trembled and some students shouted in surprise and fear mixed, and then the door was violently shut open, the mist, now way closer than before, started to enter the cabin, much to the horror of the passengers, but at a rather slow pace, almost idling. Tetsutesu from class 1-B grunted rather angrily : "That must be a joke right? It's so slow ! Why don't we just walk out of the bus while not breathing ?"
"This is a bad idea, we don't know anything, it might be corrosive or something !, said Itsuka just next to him, we must wait until Aizawa is coming back !"
"We can't wait, we have to act, we must.."
Todoroki couldn't finished his last word, and his eyes widened before he suddenly collapsed on the ground, visibly unconscious and wrapped with strips of pink fog. Izuku shouted, along with several other students. Everyone was now panicking, and the fog seemed a lot more faster within a few seconds. The other door on the back of the bus was shut open a minute later, and the fog entered from this new entrance.
"Fuck, get off freaking fog, die !", yelled Bakugo before disappearing in the fog at his turn, trying to move it away with explosions. Eijiro panicked and ran into the mist to save him, to not avail.
"We must escape... I should break a window !", quickly thought Midoriya, grabbing his backpack before starting to hit the glass with it. Everything was surrounded with screams of horror even though they were fading away in the fog, and it eventually reached the backside of the bus, were was Midoriya and a few others students.
"Come on, just break..!"
Izuku hit the window another time, then another, but the stained glass was too strong to be even cracked. Ochaco grabbed his arm, scared for her life, almost like to beg for a last minute of breathable air. Denki cried while he was being engulfed at his turn, now leaving only Midoriya and Ochaco.
"Deku, just break the window... Please do something, I don't want to die, not now..!", begged Uraraka, holding onto his friend for dear life. But Izuku just couldn't do anything against the strength of the glass, desperately trying again and again. His eyes were flooded with tears, thinking this would be the end. Eventually, he felt Ochaco's grip on his shirt weakened, and he knew it was too late.
"Mom, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry I'm not coming back home...", he sadly whispered, his view hesitant and more fuzzy every second that passed by. Pink was blocking his sight, and he let his backpack go, bumping against the floor in a metallic tone. His forces were leaving him, and he followed his bag onto the floor. Raising his head with difficulties, he tried to raise his hand in direction of a light fading away, but failed. Ultimately, he silently muttered :
"I'm so... Sorry..."
And everything went dark, cold and lonely.
But it was such coldness that finally awoke the young boy, maybe a few hours later, feeling his body coldly freezing. Emerging from his sleep, Izuku opened go his eyes, to reveal a strange metallic roof, crossed by many leaks of all sizes and dimensions. Everything was gray, safe from a few lights in the corner, flickering every once in a while. He shivered laying down, this unknown place was unlike anything else he had already seen in his life.
"Where the hell am I... I'm so cold, did I slept... Oh yes, the mist ! I guess it had a sleep-inducing property..."
Izuku finally came fully to his senses and sat down, to examine the rest of the room. He was alone, and the room itself was pretty small. In a corner, folded, could be found a mattress and some dirty blankets. In front of him, a big TV crowned with a small camera, a ridiculous contraste. Behind him, a chair, a desk and a wooden door.
Instinctly, Izuku immediately ran to the door and tried to open it with all his might, but it was either blocked or a key was required. He sighed lightly and banged on the door a few times, yelling he was here, but it was unsuccessful, no one came. This little room looked like a prison cell more than anything, and he still didn't knew where he was or what this place was.
As to answer his questions, the TV was suddenly powered, showing a white screen, and a sizzling, deep robotic voice came from the loudspeakers on each side of the screen.
"Welcome, welcome to everyone ! I suspect you have a lot of questions, so I'll answer them. You are now under my control, nothing less, and you must obey my orders, if you don't the consequences would be a little... Explosive.", explained the voice with a little maniac laugh, as if it said something really funny.
"Explosive ? What does he mean... ", pondered a curious yet cautious Izuku, as the TV was now showing a human silhouette.
"If you reach the region around your neck, you will notice that a collar has been out onto you while you were sleeping. This collar is simple, it's an explosive one. Do something that I don't like or try to tamper with it and your head will go boom ! Needless to say, you won't survive !"
This idea sent a cold shiver down Izuku's spine. His head being reduced to bloodies remains ? That was purely disgusting and scary, even the league of villains wasn't that sadistic. But more importantly, what did the strange perpetrator of this kidnapping was meaning by something he doesn't like ? He felt a heavy pressure on his neck, as if the collar was strangling him.
"If you want to survive, you must obey the orders I will show on the TV in the main room every morning. Some orders will concern everyone, while others won't. If you succeed in completing an order, you will earn a few points, and if you earn enough, like 100, you can earn a key to pull off the collar and leave ! In my immense generosity I'm leaving you with a chance to leave, but of course it would be hard."
Izuku was absolutely stunned, as if Denki's electricity was running through his body. Every part of this situation seemed like an elaborate prank, but deep inside he knew it wasn't a joke. This strange situation was real, and it was going to be a morbid game of life and death. Of course Izuku was also afraid for his life, who knew what the orders would be about ? The abductor didn't say a word about them.
"With that being said, I think it's all for now, but you shall move outside of your room. Oh, and of you want to put your hero costume, you can, it's on the table. Now see you soon fellas !", concluded the robotic voice with another creepy laugh, just before the TV shut off.
Soon after, the door emitted a little clicking sound and swung open, revealing a thin hallway plunged into darkness, even darker than the cell Izuku was in, quite gloomy by itself.
After a brief moment of collecting his thoughts, Izuku finally dares to take a glance inside the hallway, leaving his hero outfit on the wooden desk for now. The corridor was empty and he couldn't see anything more away than a few meters. The air was a little moist and sticking to Izuku's hair and school uniform, and the whole setting itself was eerie. He took a fist step outside, and noticed that a sign was nailed on his door, with his name written in black letters.
"That's scary... But I must go now, what else can I do? He said to obey his orders or face the consequences, it'd be pointless to try anything funny.", said Izuku to himself, as a way to give himself some bravery, he took another step, and eventually walked away from his cell in the only possible direction, straight to his left.
Not any longer than 3 minutes after, Izuku reached another cell, with its door swung open in the same fashion as his. Peaking inside, the room revealed the same arrangement, with the TV, dirty mattress and dust, the only difference here being a box opened on the desk with a school uniform shoved into it.
"I'm not alone then, other students are imprisoned here ? Maybe they're from my class, I must check it out...", he muttered to himself, closing the door slightly to read the name written onto it.
"Tetsutesu Tetsutesu. Yes, they are here, gosh it means they're alive ! I must find them as quick as possible !", he realized, feeling suddenly better, and moreover reassured about the demise of his friends and classmates. With a new resolve, he carried on on the path towards his unknown destination.
The hallway was quite long, maybe a hundred meters at the total, but completely plunged into darkness. Izuku came across several others cells, with always the same features. He also noticed another door into the rooms he didn't saw the first time, which was leading to the bathroom. The only major difference was the names stamped on the doors, all of them were familiar. And finally, after a good 15 minutes walk through the dark, Izuku reached a large metal door, with beams of light coming through the base.
"Did I reached the end of this endless corridor ? I sure hope so, my legs are hurting... I should open this door.", he affirmed to his mind, and he firmly grabbed the handle before opening carefully the door, afraid to hit someone on the next side.
"Ah, shitty Deku is the last one to arrive, I'm not even surprised. You're freaking slow you know that ? We were all waiting for you, this freaking TV only said to wait for everyone before anything would go further than that.", grunted the habitual voice of Bakugo, crossed arms and leaning on the wall close to the door.
"Yes I know, sorry about that..."
"Yeah yeah whatever, now just come with me, I had enough of waiting this stupid order.", ordered Katsuki before standing up and going through another door, closely followed by Izuku. When both of them entered the following room, Izuku was stunned by how big it was. Maybe a square of a hundred meters, with a giant TV leaning on a wall and everyone else gathered in front of it. On a side of the room, were a few dining tables and a large kitchen filled with ingredients from what Izuku could seen. Katsuki immediately head towards the group.
"Deku's here.", he simply said, looking annoyingly to Izuku before going back to Eijiro and Denki, engaged in a worried discussion.
"Great, I like to see that you're in perfect shape despite the horrible event that is striking our class !", stated Tenya circled by Ochaco and Shoto, giving a friendly embrace to his friend, before going off and sighing : "I don't know what is happening to us, this is just insane doesn't it ? Feels like it came straight out of a movie."
"Yeah, orders, explosive collars and all of that, it seems so unreal. And I'm worried about the orders too, who knows what they are going to be ?", Izuku replied worriedly, before adding : "For how long have you been in the room ?"
"Maybe half an hour now, I was in the fist batch that reached the room. See that door on the left ? It's another corridor with others cells.", calmly answered Shoro, not fully understanding himself.
Izuku sighed and took another look at the student body. In total they were 26, 20 students from their class, Aizawa who looked absolutely devastated, and 5 students from class B. A nice worried and exhausted little crowd engaged in a grim game. Then, a buzzling noice resounded in the room, and the giant TV went on again, as it did in the bedrooms, if they can be called this way.
"Hello everyone, it seems our last guest is finally with us ! What a slowpoke. Therefore, I must explain precisely the orders. Every day, every morning, you will come to this room, call it the canteen if you wish, so you can receive your daily order."
"Sometimes every single one of you must obey to it, but most of the time it'll only be about two students. Realize the order and you'll earn points and the right to live longer. Refuse and I'll explode your head. Fail it and I'll most likely blow your head too, though it's not mandatory. Thus, since you know everything there is to know, I shall introduce you to today's order."
After his small monologue, the white screen faded away, before resuming to a red one with black curvy letters writting a message. After a few dozen of seconds of pure silence, they finally assembled, writting the following :
"Students Izuku Midoriya and Katsuki Bakugo must be friendly to each other for the rest of the day."
Izuku gasped, along with Bakugo, and both of them looked each other in the eyes. For a first order, it sure was hard ! Katsuki seemed to boil with anger and rage, but he also knew he didn't wanted to die.
" Fine freaking psycho, I'll be friendly with him !"
The TV buzzed again, as if to show it was satisfied, and went off. Everyone was standing in utter silence, looking straight to Bakugo, still filled with rage and disgust while clunching his fists angrily, and Izuku in front of him, who was looking to the ground, feeling bad for his comrade to be involved in such an order, even more for the first one. Shoto decided to break the overwhelming silence.
"Well, it seems we have our first order. I wonder how he can verify if we are actively following it ?", he asked to the assembly while rumbling through his pockets.
"I guess it's the cameras, they are filling every centimeter of this place remember ? We all have one in our bedroom, as if I can call it this way, and a dozen in this room too. No wonders he has an eye on everything.", replied Tsuyu, looking in every corner of the cellar, to effectively confirm cameras were following all of their actions.
Almost everyone sighed in despair, most of them still couldn't believe they were trapped in a weird game of death and life, where your fate can be determined in the second. Some of them wanted to cry, and a few did. In a attempt to lighten up the mood a little, Denki proposed in the most realistic cheery tone possible :
"How about we split up and explore the rest of the area ? We only explored the main room and the hallways with our cells, and I can see a big door over there..."
"Actually yes, this door doesn't lead anywhere we know of, the three bedroom hallways are on the other walls. It's a great idea Denki actually ! We could learn more about our situation this way.", answered rather eagerly Mina, before adding : "But then we must make groups right?"
"Brilliant idea Denki ! I'll lead the first group then, I must ensure a safe feeling among us.", decided Tenya, before turning to Izuku with crossed arms.
"We should team up, don't you think ? But then we must take Bakugo with ourselves too, to respect the order."
Izuku raised his head a little, suprised to be asked to be a part of the exploration, thinking he would be left alone with Bakugo in the room or anything close to this. Behind him, Bakugo was glaring at Tenya, not very delighted by such an idea, but he didn't said a word. He knew he had to follow Izuku everywhere, if not his head would blow up within seconds. The collar felt suddenly a lot heavier.
"Alright four-eyes freak, I'll go with your group. But don't expect me to be all wiggly-friendly with you, I'm only doing this because I must to.", he grunted, resigned.
With that being said, the crowd divided into a few groups, and started the exploration. One team was investigating the kitchen, while the others passed through the door mentioned earlier, and were greeted by a dusty staircase. A row of steps was going down on their left, and another one up on their right. They divided again, and Izuku's team went up, Tenya still leading the way with a flashlight he found sooner.
But to their surprise, when they reached the top of the stairs, they noticed another row on their right, meaning several floors were present, at least three. In this floor, even more dust and cowebs would be found, but even more, the group found an entier gymnasium and a dojo, much to their surprise.
"A dojo, here ? This doesn't make any sense, we're probably underground ! And the layout of the floor is weird too, I mean a gymnasium, a pool and a dojo but nothing else ?", stated Tetsutesu confusely, rumbling through a pile of boxes while they were in the gymnasium.
"Because you're trying to still find a sense to our situation ? The abductor probably thought we would be bored or something.", answered Kirishima, his curious head above Tetsu's shoulder.
Izuku didn't said anything, but noticed another camera in the corner, circled by two light bulbs. Their kidnapper was truely everywhere they were, and he sighed. He wouldn't even be surprised if there were cameras in the bathrooms too. Next to him, Tenya was examinating a coarkboard with various papers and posters nailed on it, looking for informations.
"Well, it seems I have found something quite interesting, he suddenly said, before grabbing a paper from the board, this paper says this complex is a former army bunker, you see ?"
"Let me see this four-eyes freak.", ordered Bakugo, standing reluctantly behind Midoriya.
Without hesitation, Tenya handed the paper to Bakugo, who took it without even saying thanks. His eyes opened widely when he read what was written on it, and his jaw dropped.
"What the hell ? It says this gymnasium was formerly used by the army to train themselves in the bunker, with a list of activities. Weird."
"It's not that weird Kacchan, now that I think about it, the bedrooms were pretty stern, something you'd find in the army.", intervened Izuku while taking a look on the paper himself.
"Oi sh... Izuku, don't you think you're going far ? A military bunker where we would be put into and forced to obey stupid orders ? You read too much All Might mangas."
"Wait Katsuki, he could be right ! This place would be the perfect one for a scenery like this to happen. We're cut from the outside world and it's quite big.", answered Tenya, sure about his statement.
"It seems so... But I still hardly believe this shit, seems like a prank someone would do."
But Bakugo's answer was cut short, as a heavy explosion sound erupted in the gymnasium, shaking both walls and floor alike, and the room took a blazing orange tone for a second. Shooked, the trio turned their heads to the corner of the room, from which emitted this violent and sudden explosion.
On the floor, Tetsutesu was shaking in astonishment and fear, his finger pointed right in front of him, to Kirishima. Or what remained of him. The headless body fell to the floor in a loud thump, still dripping fresh blood onto the parquet, while his head rolled over to Tetsutesu, without any collar around its neck.
"He.. Died... He freaking died ! In front of me !"
Within the trio, Bakugo was the first one to react to this sight, and he screamed in horror, pain and sorrow, altogether, before running to his now deceased friend, tears in his eyes. Tenya, still baffled, was muted by this bloody vision, covering his mouth in terror, while Izuku was about to puke.
"Oi shitty hair, don't die on me ! Stay back, come here ! Fucking answer me already !", Bakugo cried, banging against Kirishima lifeless torso, holding his limp hand, trying everything he could to wake him up, refusing to acknowledge he just witnessed his best friend dying in a gorry way.
"Bakugo stop, it's useless ! Leave him, you're just going to hurt yourself even more !", screamed Tenya while running to Katsuki before grabbing his arm, in a attempt to push him off the body.
"Shut up ! I'm going to bring him back, I'm fucking going to !", replied very angrily Bakugo, shoving Tenya away without any hesitation.
Tetsutesu was still trembling in fear and trying to cope himself together. Kirishima and him were still looking inside all of the various boxes, when the redhead found a screwdriver. He raised it happily above his head, saying he had found a way to pull off the collar, since it had screws to maintain it straight around the neck.
But at the very moment Kirishima approached the tool close to the collar, his neck exploded, decapitating and killing him instantly. They forgot about the camera watching over them, much to Kirishima's demise.
"Stop it Bakugo, leave him in peace now, don't hurt yourself even more !", reiteired Tenya, before being shoved again but so hard he fell on the wooden floor, with a very angry Katsuki over him.
"Don't freaking interrupt me, I'm gonna bring him back I said !", shouted Bakugo with tears running across his face, before grabbing Tenya by the shirt, heavy breathing.
" Kacchan stop ! You're going too far, you're going to kill someone, stay calm I beg you !", objected Izuku, a hand on Katsuki's shoulder. He was also crying, but in terror. Izuku only wished for Katsuki to calm and cool down, seeing his friend so angry and boiling with rage was scaring him.
" But I can't ! You don't understand don't you ! I fucking loved him ! I loved Kirishima freaking much, more than a friend ! But I never told him how much he mattered to me, and now I can't anymore ! 'Cause he's lying dead on the floor !", broke down Katsuki, falling down on his knees and letting ahold of Tenya. He truely cared about Kirishima, but never told him, and this fact was ripping him apart.
Izuku and Tenya were standing in silence, surrounding a crying Bakugo. Izuku felt horrible and devastated, he wanted to comfort Bakugo, even just a little, but that wouldn't be a good idea. But even with that, he squatted down and pat him on the back, lightly rubbing it with his fingers, whispering softly.
"Bakugo, calm down, it's fine, please calp down..."1
As a response, Katsuki only turned around, still on his knees and crying, but he hugged Izuku. Even Bakugo himself couldn't believe it, he was hugging the nerd he always disliked and despised. Yet he was hugging him tightly, looking for any sort of comfort, how ironical. Understanding Bakugo was accepting his offer, both of them stood up and hugged for a few more seconds, Izuku still rubbing his back.
"Come on, we must go.", only said Tenya in a stern and broke voice, as he wanted to leave the area as quick as possible, fed up with it. Izuku nodded sadly, and he let go of the embrace, as did Bakugo. And all of them left the gymnasium, slowly closing the door behind them, leaving the corpse on the floor. Not in the mood to continue the exploration, they went back to the main room.
When they reached it, the other group has already arrived, and unlike Izuku's team, they were cheering up a little, chatting about how they discovered a room filled with various playing devices and a library. The bunker now appeared to be much more extensive than it first seemed, at least they wouldn't be bored, Izuku thought.
But of course, things couldn't stay this way for long, and before anyone could say a word about what happened to Eijiro, a surprised Momo called the crowd over her, to show that a metallic board has been put on to the wall when they were exploring. All of their names were written on it, along with photographs of their faces. Kirishima's name was crossed out, and his photograph stamped with a big red X.
"How did this thing ended up here ? No one noticed anything ?", asked Tsuyu confused, poking her portrait with her finger.
"And more importantly, why is Eijiro crossed out ? Wait, wasn't he with you ?", realized Denki in the middle of the confusion, looking straight to Tenya, needing answers.
"He... Died, his head blew up when he tried to tamper with his collar...", murmured Tenya, clunching his fists in grief, looking straight to the ground.
A lead screed fell upon the students, overwhelming the room in silence again. Denki's heart almost stopped, and so did Mina's. Bakugo, who stayed silent until now, hid his face into his hands and walked, almost ran away, wishing to be alone, despite Izuku protests. It would be wiser to leave him for now.
But more importantly, anybody who still thought this way realized it wasn't a prank, someone died for real. Someone died and he wasn't coming back. It was hard to swallow. No one said anything, but everyone knew their game of life and death has begun for real.
Everybody stayed like this for another moment, coping with the situation. Freezing cold entered the room and Izuku shivered. He didn't knew what to do. It was the first time he noticed someone dying in reality, and he was filled with despair. They were all going to die here, their abductor could kill them in a finger snap, and they have no way to escape this living hell.
In fact they had one, completing the tasks and orders they were given. Which reminded Izuku of today's order, being friendly with Bakugo, and it ended up being successful, for once Bakugo didn't insulted him in the slightest. Even more, they shared a hug. This fact awoke him from his deadpan face, and he made his way towards the big TV, before raising his head to the screan and screaming :
"Hey, I did what you asked ! Please consider our order as accomplished, I beg you !
And as expected or not, the screen was powered a few seconds later, and the robotic voice answered, after a little amused laugh.
"Since when worms have the right to talk to me ? How impudent from you ! I should blow you right now, you little trash. But you're right, your order was done, even though I should wait until midnight... But you and the explosive worm hugged together, so I'll consider it a success. Have your points."
A small clicking noise followed, and a trapdoor opened under the TV screen, revealing two pieces of paper printed with a 5 and a name. As the order was about Bakugo and Izuku, their names were written for this time. Midoriya grabbed them with hesitation, it could be another trap, but everything happened without a problem.
"Now, remember you need 100 points to pull off the collar. I decide how much I want to give you, it would be too easy otherwise ! Well, I had fun today, even though you didn't, but I don't give a damn about you, so I'm gonna rest. See you tomorrow buddies !", jokingly said the screen, before turning off again.
For now, the day ended. And the death toll was already of one victim. The despair was still overwhelming them, but a small light of hope could be seen far away. If they wanted to survive together, they'd need to successfully complete all the orders they'll be given, no matter the cost.
"How about we have dinner ? We spent all day exploring the bunker, we should have some rest.", proposed Sato with a little smile, wishing to lighten up the mood.
"Nice idea you got there Rikido ! We have what we need to make a cake too, I search through the ingredients sooner !", affirmed Ochaco, already walking towards the kitchen, excited.
"Yes, let's think about something else. I'll help you out with the dishes.", concluded Shoto with a composed face, before being grabbed by a laughing Sato under his arms, and soon a dozen students were in the kitchen making the meal for tonight. It wasn't much, but it would at least keep their minds away from the grief, at the very least for now.
Izuku decided to not help in the cooking, since he was the kind of guy capable of overcooking pastas. His head was heavy, he wished to laid down and calm himself, but he needed to do something else before resting. After asking Denki where Bakugo had gone, Izuku entered the thin dark hallway on his left, and located Bakugo's room, right at the end of the corridor.
"He's at the end too ? Exactly like me, now that's funny.", he quickly thought when he reached the door of Bakugo's cell, obviously closed.
He knocked on the door a few times, but no answers. As expected, Bakugo wouldn't open the door, but Izuku really needed to check in him, so he knocked again and again. Eventually, the door opened very lightly, reaveling a room plunged into darkness, even the lights in the corner were off. Bakugo's gaze meet Izuku's one, and he asked almost silently :
"What do you want Deku, I don't want to see anybody, just go ..."
"I'm sorry Bakugo, I just wanted to check on you, you ran away so I was worried about you, that's all.", answered Izuku with a concerned face, opening the door a little more with his shoe.
"I'm fine... Of course I'm not, Eijiro is dead, there is nothing else to be said now, I'm just done."
"Bakugo, please open the door..."
At a normal time, Katsuki would have been pissed off by Izuku and slammed the door in his face, but he sadly grunted, and he opened the door before turning on the switch. His hair was messy, his eyes swollen with tears and red, he had cried recently, and he was quivering. A sad painting, a real contraste with his usual self. That was painful to watch.
"Kacchan... I'm sorry to have caused you trouble with the order, maybe I could've pr..", started Izuku while staring at the ground, only to be cut short by Katsuki, who put his hands on his shoulders surprisingly firmly.
"Don't say it, please. It was inevitable, the order didn't played a part in Eijiro's death... It's just me, I should've been more cautious.", he said softly. He didn't want Izuku to put the blame on himself, it was only hiw own fault.
"Kacchan, it's fine, you can't be everywhere at the same time, it was an accident... Please don't blame yourself, please. No one is to blame here.", Izuku answered, feeling the same way. Bakugo was already devastated enough, he didn't needed to put the blame on him.
"Oi Deku... I don't really hate you you know, in fact I admire you... You're strong damn nerd, always trying to make sure everyone is safe."
"What, you're being serious right now aren't you... I'm suprised you know, I admire you too, you always come up with greats battle tactics, almost like a true pro hero.", admitted Izuku at his turn, still facing Bakugo right in the eyes. His gaze was intense, piercing through his soul like an arrow, a bit intimidating.
"Hey Deku... Don't say stuff like that, come on, you're going to make me smile... Hey Deku, let's get out, together, this way we can train together. And I'll show you even more tactics.", whispered Bakugo, his eyes were still red but not angry or crying, they were somewhat calm and serious. Izuku knew he meant it.
" Yes Kacchan, let's espace this hell, with everybody. I promise we'll train, be ready to fight hey... "
Katsuki cracked a little smile, and grabbed Izuku's hand with his own, in a handshake position. He then said, deep inside determined to fulfill that promise he just made.
"I'll be ready Deku, I'll freaking be ready."
End of day 1
Deaths : 1
Alive : 25