Chapter 1: Luckiest Loser
_3 Months Ago_
"Hey kid, you alright?" a strange voice asked in concern.
"Where am I?" Izuku asked in fear.
"You're in San Francisco, California, USA." The voice responded.
"Who are you?" Izuku asked the stranger, taking in his appearance. He was a young adult at 23 years old wearing a red and black long sleeve t-shirt with a red and black beanie with eye holes over the top half of his face, he was armed with a revolver and a katana.
"My name is Ranger, and you are?" the stranger, now known as Ranger asked.
"Izuku Midoriya, and I'm not supposed to be here." Izuku answered.
"Don't worry kid, I'll make sure you get where you're supposed to be." Ranger replied.
_Today_
"Some mission today." Ranger said while dabbing blood from a wound on his head.
"Would have gone better if some idiot hadn't set off the alarm." a guy in a similar state to Ranger replied.
"You were that idiot Dennis." Izuku , whose hair had grown longer and was now sporting a slight beard, said to the idiot in question
"You had one job. Silent the alarm." Ranger replied.
"I did my best!" Dennis whined to the two, "Why couldn't you or cyborg over there do it?"
"Cause he was on demolition and I was on infiltration and was planning the whole thing." Ranger reminded him.
"Why did we even need him, the job only needed two people." Izuku pointed out.
"Cause the old man said we needed to have him so he could prove why he should have a place in our organization." Ranger began to explain, "And he just proved he doesn't have a place here."
"So now what?" Izuku asked.
"Now I get my head stitched up, then we give the old man our report." Ranger explained.
_Hours Later_
"So you and Izuku were able to breach the compound and save all the children who were to be sold into human trafficking, despite the alarm going off and security being onto you." The old man began, "Good job to you two. Dennis however, you failed at disarming the alarm system."
"Sir, I can explain." Dennis began before pointing to Izuku and Ranger, "These two gave me improper tools and didn't tell me what kind of system it was."
"ARE YOU SERIOUS RIGHT NOW?" Ranger yelled at the idiot, "ALL ALARM SYSTEMS ARE SIMILAR IN THAT YOU JUST hAVE TO CUT THE DAMN POWER!"
"We DID give you wire cutters and rubber gloves so you did have all you needed." Izuku reminded him.
"ENOUGH" the old man yelled, silencing the three, "Now I have heard enough. Now Izuku, Ranger, good job. Thanks to you several children won't be sold as sex slaves. Dennis however, you are back on Rat Patrol. And thanks to your performance, that position is permanent."
"But sir…" Dennis began to whine before the old man silenced him.
"I don't want to hear it, now go." the old man told the idiot, who then proceeded to storm out.
"And what will you have us do sir?" Ranger asked the old man.
"For the next few days you two will rest, because next week I'm sending you two to Ireland to set up a new base of operations in Galway." the old man informed the two, "We get Izuku home and you can keep an eye on things there."
"Thank you sir." Ranger replied.
"What's the reason for setting up in Galway sir?" Izuku asked in concern.
"There are multiple reasons." the old man began to explain, "There's the League of Villains, the Hero Killer and most recently, The Fireflies."
"I see." Ranger replied before focusing on Izuku, "Come on, I'll explain about The Fireflies later."
_Hours Later_
"Who are The Fireflies exactly?" Izuku asked Ranger now that they were alone.
"The Fireflies are a cult who recruit children into their cause with a fake children's show engrained with subliminal messages. They are very dangerous and have killed many people, several were cardinals, like us." Ranger explained in a serious tone.
"That bad huh?" Izuku rhetorically asked, "At least there not as prolific as say the human traffickers we go after regularly."
"True, but they are still a threat." Ranger reminded him before switching to an excited tone, "But at least you are going home soon."
"The people at UA did say if I made it back I pass for the semester." Izuku pointed out.
"Also you get to see your girlfriend and daughter again." Ranger reminded him, "Seriously you are without a doubt the luckiest loser I know."
"Speaking of children, what was that kid's show called?" Izuku asked.
"Firefly Fun-House." Ranger informed him, "Why?"
"So I can tell the people at UA what to look out for." Izuku informed him, "That way we'll have some pros looking into it before we begin our investigation."
Authors Note: Luckiest Loser - Bowling For Soup. Chapter one of my follow up to Rabot: The Cybernetic Hero: The Fireflies and Firefly Fun-House are based on Bray Wyatt's WWE stage persona, The Fiend. Thanks to tiguylerobot on fanfictionDotNet for messaging me and getting me thinking about this.
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