Heroes Never Die It's Hero Time

by CreateGunner1209

One would think that in a world where everyday people possess impossible abilities nothing would really be a surprise. Izuku Midoriya, who upon the age of four was diagnosed as quirkless, was denied of his dream of become a hero that can save everyone with a smile. But fate gives him a chance; allowing him access not to one but a universe of powers and abilities.

62. Ch:57 Under the Sea

Here we go, I hope you guys like this chapter. Just for clarification this chapter is my take on a classic Ben Ten episode BUT I took some creative liberties with a character or two. And I really hope you guys like my changes.

*Also, last time there was some confusion that the Police Chief, Kenji Tsuragamae, knows about aliens. THAT IS NOT TRUE. In the final scene where he showed it, it was actually LUCY MANN disguised as Chief Tsuragamae. Hence why when he/she winked at Izuku, their eye turned fuchsia pink to indicate that it was Lucy in disguise.

*There is a side story that is canon to this story, and it is called "Heroes Never Die; It's Hero Time, Anytime." You will find an assortment of one shots that take place in the canon of this main story.

*This story has a TV Tropes page so feel free to check it out.*

*Disclaimer I do not own the rights to Ben 10 or MHA.*

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A blistering heat radiates down from the hot sun, without a cloud in the sky to shield the roads and buildings from its merciless rays. Heat radiates off the concrete and cement in waves, cars, light poles, and park swings burn at the touch, and drops of water evaporate instantly in the light. And yet despite the heat not a soul is caught open in the light, not the stray dogs or cats, and not even the birds, only the ever-annoying buzz of summer cicadas signal that there is any life to the sweltering town of Endori.

"I'm dying! Why does it have to be so hot?!" Not even a high-powered fan or a frozen popsicle can spare Ochaco Uraraka a moment of relief from the burning sun. "And why can't we have an air conditioner?"

She knows why but still though a part of her thinks that not even an AC could save her now. She's got all the windows to her family's apartment open; she got all the fans going, all the frozen treats she could want, but yet none of it is working.

"I feel like I'm melting. Ugh…! And it's only 9 AM!" She's been forced to strip down to nothing but the thinnest of clothes, a thin undershirt and shorts, that are just drenched in sweat as she sits down in front of the open fridge and a fan with a melting popsicle in hand.

"Ugh! Why does the local pool have to be closed today of all days?!" All because an overseas hero dumped a villain with an Electro Quirk into the water in order to ground him and stop his rampage. "Ugh…what do I do?!" She slumps onto the floor, her sweat soaking her thin nearly see-through shirt and sticking her to the hot floor. "I wonder if Todoroki would be willing to hang out today?"

As she starts to consider the possibility her phone starts to vibrate off the kitchen counter. *Bzzzz! Bzzzz!*

Ochaco exhaustively slides herself across the floor, not bothering to get up as she reaches for her phone. After struggling to grab it, she manages to drop it and catch it, and reading who could have texted her during a brutal heatwave.

"Momo? I wonder if she needs something?" She reads the rest of the text. "What?!" Her eyes go wide, taking a double take, blinking as if she's just seen a heat induced mirage. "A…girl's trip? To a…" She squints, reading the last line. "RESORT!?"

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Cannon Busters Opening - Showdown

(Beginning Instrumentals)

An open road, a bright sun illuminating the beautiful summer day, and the rush of wind in one's ears as the Rustbucket cruises by moving across the road like a sports car before zooming past with grace.

We got places to go, things to do, people to see, and we got to get it done right away.

Izuku adjusts his hoodie, tugging it down over his body. All before gripping the dial of the Omnitrix and giving it a shine with his fingers.

So if you on the crew, guess we a team. Thicker than thieves and we all tryna help find a way

Hisashi buttons up his Hawaiian short, before grabbing his respirator and dawning it over his maw. He then snatches up a few loose tickets and pamphlets before tucking them away.

If you know the destination, we making conversation. Time is ticking, sun is setting, we got no time for waiting

Chopper latches his leg to his body, readjusting it. Before his arms pop out and flex about making sure they're working properly.

Might be the showdown, Looks like it's 'bout to go down

Bust through with the cannon, at the hoedown

(Instrumentals)

Izuku slams down on the Omnitrix! In a flash of green the screen scrolls down to reveal his aliens: Feedback, XLR8, Grey Matter, Four Arms, Ditto, Ripjaws, Terraspin, Water Hazard, Lodestar, Buzzshock, Diamondhead, Big Chill, Heatblast, Stinkfly, and Wildmutt.

Transition into title sequence: HEROES NEVER DIE; IT'S HERO TIME

So we won't fall, until gravity is gone

Izuku grins falling through the air alongside Rath, Wildvine, Bullfrag, Cannonbolt and several other inhuman silhouettes! As the glow of the sunrise illuminates U.A. in the background!

We've been on this road too long, so long

Hisashi and Izuku stand back-to-back looking away from each other as the scene rotates around them.

The scenes flips in rapid succession with characters standing back-to-back!

(Instrumentals)

To Thirteen and Ochaco!

To Ochaco and All Might!

To All Might and Gran Torino!

And to Gran Torino and Hisashi!

And I can't stop, we can't stop

I'm so far away from home

We've been on this road too long, too long

A legion of villains have their backs to the camera but as the camera slides through their lineup, each of them turn to acknowledge the audience.

Kraab's claw flexes and clamps nearly clipping the camera.

Rojo folds their arms together and smirks as the camera rolls past.

Sunder raises his axe at the ready.

Silhouette (C) stands tall and proud, towering over the camera.

Nue bares a sharp tooth grin, his eyes gleaming with malice before the camera zooms away and up into to the forbidding sky, through the void of space, through the walls of the command ship, before halting before an all observing Vilgax.

Playing with fire (Fire!)

Take me higher

From up in the air Cinder releases a cloud of flames down upon Rojo below! Rojo cuts through the flames before rocketing up and clashing with the hero in midair!

We're on our way, we're on our way

Undivided (-Vided!)

All Might zooms past, his grin wide, as he slams his fist into Silhouette (C)! Silhouette (C) crashes into the ground, kicking up smoke, but it rises again, unharmed.

And ignited

We're on our way, we're on our way, yeah!

From the smoke cloud, Ochaco leaps back in a spin as Sunder soars after her. Sunder his axe at her but she counters it with a Ryou Sphere!

On our way, we're going

Nue grins madly as he stares down Deku who grins back just as determined and manically.

And no mistakes while we're rolling around town

We just came back round

The Rustbucket bursts forth zooming down the highlighted highway, gracefully zooming past Bakugou, Kirishima, Tsuyu, Hatsume, Kaminari, Jiro, Tokoyami, Shoto, Mina, Hagakure, and Ochaco!

You don't wanna show out

Close up of a smiling Hisashi.

Cut to a closeup of Chopper.

Cut to a closeup of Kraab.

Finally, a close up to a grinning Deku!

Might be a showdown

Deku's hand slams down on the Omnitrix, the alien green light swallows the screen!

Woo!

Freeze on the image of Deku, Cinder, Chopper, and Kraab posing before the setting sun, their shadows casted far off over the ground towards the camera.

(Illustrated by CreateGunner1209)

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Ch.57 Under the Sea

'This is unbelievable, and I've fought aliens!' Ochaco thinks, her eyes wide with amazement and disbelief as she peers out to the vast Pacific Ocean just outside the private jet's window. 'Is this how the better-half lives?!'

She's not sure if it's even real, but it is, this is real, this private plane is real! It's silky-smooth leather seats are real, the shelves of champagne are real, and the gourmet food is real!

Ochaco leans back her seat feeling faint from all the glittering furniture and facades.

"Now this is cool!" Mina Ashido cheers excitedly from the neighboring seat. "Picked up in a millionaire's private jet to check out a brand-new hotel before anybody else! Now we're talking a summer vacation!"

Tooru Hagakure pops her invisible head over the seat. "I know right! This is so sweet!"

Tsuyu Asui nods her head from her seat beside Hagakure.

"Hehe." Kyoka Jiro chuckles from the couch seat across the aisle. "Thanks for inviting us, Yaomomo!"

Seated across from them all, Momo Yaoyorozu smiles back, delighted to hear that they're all already enjoying themselves. "No, thank you all for coming. I promise that we'll all have a wonderful time."

Yaoyorozu certainly is, she's so glad she was able to get all of her friends of Class 1-A to join her on this trip.

Tsuyu turns towards the back of the plane where a well-dressed man is preparing a round of tea at the fully stacked bar. "And thank you Mr. Yaoyorozu for letting us tag along. We really appreciate it. Kero."

Mr. Yaoyorozu is the definition of a gentlemanly businessman. With a polite yet strict smile that is tired yet full of confidence and control. His black smoothly combed hair has already begun to turn grey, while his eyesight has already begun to wane hence the pair of gold-colored spectacles sitting atop his broad nose and finely combed horseshoe moustache.

He wears a large grey business suit with gold and orange trims and collar, over a black vest, and a fancy red tie.

Mr. Yaoyorozu turns and gives the girls a genuinely kind smile. "Please, there is no need to thank me. It was my pleasure to bring you all along with us on this trip. I'm more than delighted that my dear little princess has such wonderful friends to cherish."

Momo's face turns red from embarrassment. "Father, please."

"Ho ho!" Mr. Yaoyorozu laughs, not feeling guilty for embarrassing his daughter. "My apologies sweetie. I'm just happy for you is all."

'He's sweet.' Ochaco thinks with a smile.

"So, Mr. Y!" Mina calls out. "So, this hotel we're going to, is it yours or what?"

Jiro frowns at Mina's lack of tack. "Way to be polite about it." She chides sarcastically.

"Thanks!" Mina smiles, oblivious to the sarcasm.

Jiro gives her a deadpan stare in response.

Mr. Yaoyorozu however doesn't appear to be bothered in the slightest by Mina's straightforwardness. "No, this hotel is not mine. It belongs to an old friend of mine, Mr. Donovan GrandSmith, and he's invited me to come and inspect his newest venture to see if it's worth my investment."

That gives Tsuyu pause, what kind of standard resort needs to be inspected? "I'm curious, but what kind of resort is it?"

Mr. Yaoyorozu frowns. "I don't know the exact details, but Donovan has promised me that it is like nothing anyone's ever seen before."

Ochaco and Mina share amused looks. 'Doubt it.'

Jiro turns in her seat, leaning over towards Momo. "But seriously Yaomomo. Thanks again for inviting us."

Momo sheepishly smiles in response. "Please, don't think anything of it. Besides, Mr. GrandSmith insisted that I bring as many friends as I wished too for this visit."

Tsuyu pauses. "Really? How come?"

Momo shrugs. "I assume because he wants to make sure that his resort can properly cater to a variety of guests."

Tooru nods. "That makes sense."

Ochaco smiles and nods, gratefully to Mr. GrandSmith for the opening. 'Now I'll really get to see how the better-half lives.'

As the private jet continues to glide over the ocean, Mr. Yaoyorozu takes a peek through the nearest window. "Ah, would you look at that?" She smiles pointing out towards the horizon. "It appears that we've arrived already."

The girls instantly rush to the nearby window, peering out; they are astonished to spot a massive platform the size of a six-story building floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

The private jet's engines turn and shift down allowing the expensive mode of transportation to hover and gently lower itself onto the helipad.

Mr. Yaoyorozu leads the girls out through the plane and onto the platform where they are met by the cooling breeze of the ocean, with squawking seagulls hovering high above, and various boats and yachts lining the nearby docks.

Scanning the platform, the girls quickly find themselves being approached by an elderly gentleman from America that exudes an air of "the better half." With his maroon turtleneck and tan dress pants and expensive shoes, all of which must be far too warm to wear in the summer sun. And finally, he has his grey hair combed to the sides giving his hair a little horn-like aesthetic.

The elderly man smiles as he approaches the group. "Hiroshi Yaoyorozu, it's been way too long!" He greets, happy to see his old friend.

"How are you, Donovan?" Mr. Yaoyorozu greets back with a smile, shaking Donovan GrandSmith's hand.

Donovan chuckles back. "Well with sixteen resorts worldwide I'd say pretty good." He pulls his hand away and turns to address Mr. Yaoyorozu's little girl. "Ah, young Ms. Yaoyorozu, my look how you've grown."

Momo politely smiles back like she's been groomed to do. "Thank you, Mr. GrandSmith, sir."

Donovan smiles, gesturing to her classmates. "And these must be your friends."

"They are indeed." Momo moves aside so she can properly introduce them all. "They are Kyoka Jiro, Mina Ashido, Tsuyu Asui, Tooru Hagakure, and Ochaco Uraraka."

Ochaco shies away from the billionaire. "H-hello."

Jiro waves back. "Hi."

Hagakure bows her head in respect. "Um, thank you for inviting us sir."

Donovan grins, touched by their politeness. "Oh, no need to thank me. Thank my grandson!"

Momo visibly jolts up, her face turning pale with nerves. "Pardon?"

Mina's antennas twitch, sensing Momo's discomfort at the mention of Donovan's grandson. "Grandson?" She ponders tentatively.

"Yes." Donovan grins like he's been excitedly waiting for someone to ask about his grandson. "He was quite insistent that I invite you and your little friends to my resort."

Momo nervously smiles, hoping that this doesn't mean what she thinks it means. "By any chance is he here?"

"Heheeh! Indeed, I am my lovely feminine-rose."

A nasty shiver runs down Momo's spine as she turns and grimaces at Donovan's grandson. "Oh…it's…n-nice to see you again…Billy."

A smug toothy smirk stretches across Billy's tan-skinned face. His large narrow eyebrows stretch up on his large forehead with an air of superiority. And his black hair slicked back and combed up to look a lot like a pair of curled devil horns. Despite his odd choice of a hairstyle, he is still rather short for a fellow teenager, barely coming up to Tsuyu's own height.

And like his grandfather he's wearing rather inappropriate attire for the summer heat. A maroon styled suit with a black trim and a large gold button with the letter B stylized to look like a dollar sign. He's got a white long sleeved shirt underneath with large cuffs and collar that's all put together by a maroon bow tie. Black dress shorts, and a pair of maroon colored Bally shoes.

"Ladies." Donovan smiles, strolling over towards his grandson. "I'd like you all to meet my grandson, Billiam Billions."

Billiam Billions leers at the girls. "No need for all that, please, just call me Billy."

Tsuyu shivers under his gaze but tries to hold firm and remain polite after all he is technically the reason, they're all able to come out here. "Um, it's nice to meet you…Billy?"

Billy's grin widens. "And it's so wonderful I could meet such lovely ladies such as yourselves."

He eyes each of them gleefully like a child inspecting a candy store until he reaches a sweet service of toffee. "Especially you."

Ochaco jolts, shivering under his grin. "M-Me?"

Before she knows it, Billy is caressing her hand, holding it up like she was a princess. "Why of course you, how could I miss the angel that shines with such a lovely pink hue such as yourself?"

"Um…thank you?" She slips her hand away, feeling like she needs to scrub it raw.

"You're certainly welcomed." Billy winks, making Ochaco feel like she needs to shower.

Meanwhile, the rest of the girls quickly pick up on this prick's disposition. 'He's like Mineta but rich!' Somehow that might make him worse…

Donovan, oblivious to Billy's intentions, chuckles, wishing to move things along. "Ready to take the plunge?"

They all quickly agree hoping to move away and hopefully get away from Billy as soon as possible.

And so, Donovan leads them all to a nearby elevator. They all came inside with Billy purposefully, mainly by shoving his way between all the girls, where he grins like an idiot as he strokes his own pride and ego.

Thankfully the ride down is short and soon the group find themselves in an underwater platform of some sort with giant windows allowing them to see between the surface of the ocean. Awaiting them in the middle of the platform sits large pontoon-like boats that are round in shape and seated atop a track that leads down into a tunnel that seems to stretch far down into the ocean depths. All in all, it looks like an ominous yet very expensive water slide.

"Step aboard everyone." Donovan gestures for them all.

The round metal pontoons are large enough to fit the entire group. So, the girls hurry to sit by each other but Billy still manages to weasel his way in on the side and thus leaving Jiro to bear the ride alongside him.

Once they're all secured the pontoon begins to slide down the track, moving slowly allowing the passengers to take in the ocean's majesty just outside the window lined tunnel.

They pass schools of tuna and swordfish, sharks and manta rays, and even North Pacific right whales smile at them as they cruise by while on their yearly migration.

While the girls are lost to the ocean's beauty, and Billy is lost in theirs, Mr. Yaoyorozu turns to Donovan with a look of concern rather than amazement. "Are you indeed sure that this was the safest place to build a resort like this?"

Donovan smiles on like there isn't a problem at all. "You talking underwater fault lines?"

"I'm more concerned about how your resort is in the center of the Mariana Trench."

The girls do a double-take not sure if they heard Mr. Yaoyorozu right.

Donovan, however, laughs him off. "You were always the worrywart Hiroshi. Never the risk taker."

Still though, Mr. Yaoyorozu has his concerns. "Taking risks has its merits, but there are times when it is too much."

Donovan's smile wavers for a moment but it soon returns with that air of arrogance as his eyes are drawn to something else in the water, like he's found the perfect excuse to redirect the conversation. "Lookie here, everyone."

The group turns toward the windows just as Donovan's resort comes into view.

The resort is massive, almost like it's a replication of an underwater city that's stuck in a massive glass dome. It almost looks like something one would find as a dome city on the moon rather than in the ocean. But there it is with massive towers, no doubt hotels, all sorts of massive machines and feats of engineering surrounding the dome, and spotlights wave outside the dome's edges to illuminate the dark waters.

"I give you the world's first and only underwater resort, Aquania."

The group is totally taken away, jaws slacked and eyes wide as they all take in this marvel. And Donovan couldn't be more thrilled by their reactions. "That's right, amazing, isn't it? And that's just the start."

As they slide down towards the landing, Ochaco peers out to the ocean, out towards the dark void lining below the Aquania, to the mysterious Mariana Trench.

Donovan's grin widens as they approach the landing dock. "You won't believe what's down here."

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Shortly after getting off the large pontoon the group find themselves along a large corridor surrounded by large windows that offer more views of the abyss below and even several open portals that allow anyone access to the Pacific waters just by going over the thin railing. There's even a large WWII submarine hanging above on the ceiling for decoration. Lage pipes line the walls and ceiling as workers and engineers mill about, inspecting the pipes and machinery.

The girls lean against the window to get a better look at the passing sea life and the trench below. While Billy stands beside them, his attention is still on them rather than one of the seven wonders of the Earth.

As the girls gawk in amazement, a diver wearing a high-tech scuba suit swims past, offering them a wave. The scuba suit looks closer to what an astronaut would wear with a large dome helmet but a thick black bodysuit, like something Thirteen would wear, all the while with large fins on his feet and a small turbine propeller on his back that looks a lot like an underwater jetpack. And finally, a long cable is hooked to his back, anchored to one of the underwater service stations he seems to be working on while a line of massive vents and turbines lie thirty feet below, parallel to the undersea tunnel.

Jiro points to the scuba diver and asks. "What is he wearing?"

"That's a high-pressure suit." Donovan explains. "It's vacuum sealed, designed to withstand immense pressure like that one would experience if they dove into the trench. The suit's helmet even comes with oxygen filters that can pull oxygen right out of the water, like fish gills!"

As the girls marvel, Donovan turns to Mr. Yaoyorozu and explains. "The official grand opening's only a week away. Just a few special VIPs like you are getting a sneak peek."

Momo turns and smiles at their generous host. "I read about the Aquania in Pacific Monthly Oceania, Mr. GrandSmith. You're engineering and architecture for such a facility is on the cutting edge of science."

Donovan smiles, appreciating the compliment. "Thank you for noticing dear. Micro-titanium threads that can withstand up to ten atmospheres are the secret to this place's success. Nobody gets wet here unless it's in one of the nine pools."

'Ten atmospheres?' Ochaco thinks with a sly grin, thinking back to how thin the Razor Crest's frame seems when compared to the Aquania's thick walls and windows. '

But either way Mr. Yaoyorozu seems to find the feat praiseworthy. "Very impressive Donovan."

Donovan laughs. "Well for two billion dollars it ought to be."

Ochaco feels faint. 'This is how the better-half lives?!'

"Heck, I'm willing to bet my bottom dollar that once this place is fully stocked it'll be even grander than I-Island!"

Jiro smirks sarcastically, finding Donovan's statement to be a little precocious. "Now that would be something."

Billy scoffs. "Of course, it will. After all, yours truly oversaw all the architectural foundations and engineering formulations personally."

Jiro raises an eyebrow in disbelief. "Really?"

Donovan chuckles, placing a proud hand on Billy's shoulder. "Oh, yes, really." He shakes Billy's shoulder affectionately. "That's my grandson for you. A genius this one is. Brilliant in every sense of the word. Especially with that Quirk of his."

Ochaco's curiosity gets the better of her. "Quirk?"

Billy smirks, happy to have the perfect avenue to brag about himself. "While it may not be anything as robust as any of yours, I find it to be very high-caliber."

Ochaco frowns, not sure what to make of that.

Donovan chuckles, finding Billy's explanation amusing. "His Quirk is called Know How. And with it he has the knowledge to build anything that pops into that genius brain of his; given he has the right materials to do so."

Well almost anything. In actuality with Know How he can build any machine or piece of tech that he wants, with the knowledge to do so coming to him almost intuitively. However, what he can actually build and the knowledge to do so only occurs when he has the correct materials and pre-existing tech to do so. So, he cannot build a time machine since the technology itself does not exist yet. But he can build a hover car if given the right technology and parts to do so, but most of these plans do not occur until he has said materials in his hands or line of sight. Much like a "Master Builder" from the Lego Movie.

"That's right." Billy smirks. "I don't mean to brag but thanks to my Know How, I've built myself a laser gun, robot servants, and I'm even working on a device that'll in-theory allow for interdimensional travel."

Tsuyu nods, albeit skeptically. "That's…quite impressive Billions."

"Call me Billy, please. And it's no big deal, seriously." His smirk widens. "But then again thanks to my inheritance, genius intellect, and charming looks I guess you can call me a hybrid of Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark."

'No, I don't think so.' The girls all think to themselves.

But Billy goes on, unaware of how uncomfortable they are. "That's right ladies, I'm just your above average billionaire playboy philanthropist. Heck, I even built my own submarine from scratch!"

Donovan smiles with pride. "Haha, he sure did. The Undersea Mantaray. It's quite the marvel." Donovan smiles over at Mr. Yaoyorozu. "What do you think, Hiroshi? Impressive, isn't he? Gonna be the next head of my company and his father's too."

Mr. Yaoyorozu doesn't get sucked into Donovan's cheer, instead he holds his level head and critical observation. "Yes, your grandson… certainly has a future ahead of him."

Billy's chest swells with pride, his ego flying higher and higher. "That's right ladies. Quite the future." He throws them, what he thinks is, a sly wink.

The girls shiver in disgust.

In the meantime, Mr. Yaoyorozu peers down the rest of the large passageway, eyeing each portal that leads into the open ocean curiously.

But he pauses as he spots that in one of the open portals sits a strange boat of sorts that not even, he's seen before. "Pardon me, Donovan. Perchance is that the famed submarine itself?"

Donovan and the kids all pause, following Mr. Yaoyorozu's line of sight. And sure, enough they spot what's caught his eye, a strange one-man submarine. Not for Ochaco she has to take a double take as a sense of familiarity befalls her.

The one-man sub is small in size with a stingray like design. With a smooth metallic frame painted pure white while a massive red glowing spot sits before the cockpit as its engines/turbines sit behind said cockpit.

Ochaco frowns, almost worriedly. 'It…kinda looks like Thirteen's ship? But that can't be right. I mean, why would a Plumber be all the way down here?'

Donovan frowns at the odd sub. "No, that's not one of mine."

The group pauses.

Hagakure frowns. "It's not?"

"No…you see an…agent of Interpol has graced us with his presence."

Mr. Yaoyorozu is immediately perturbed. "Should we be concerned?"

Donovan smiles shakily. "Oh, heavens no. His investigation has nothing to do with my resort, he's just using it as a base of operations as it were. Apparently, he's conducting some sort of investigation in the Mariana Trench."

Ochaco, still unsure about the sub, pipes up. "Do you know what for?"

Donovan shakes his head. "He wouldn't say, said it was classified." He shrugs, finding it all annoying.

Jiro folds her arms. "Interpol, huh?"

Hagakure pokes her side. "Sounds exciting."

Mina nods. "I wonder what this agent is like! I bet he's super cool and has all sorts of cool spy gadgets!"

Billy scoffs. "Naw, he's fishy. Real fishy."

Ochaco frowns at that.

Mr. Yaoyorozu addresses Donovan directly. "This sounds rather delusive, Donovan. He didn't give you anything more?"

"Just his name and badge and warrant." Donovan admits. "I looked through it all myself and nothing seemed out of place." He smiles trying to reassure his old friend. "And besides he's investigating the trench, not my resort. And even if he did, he wouldn't find anything out of sorts." Donovan pauses and thinks, pondering to himself as he recalls a part of his conversation with the agent.

Mr. Yaoyorozu instantly picks up on his hesitation. "What is it, Donovan?"

"When I met him, I felt like I've seen him somewhere before."

"Did you?"

"In a way I did. When I brought it up to him, he mentioned that I might be thinking of a relative of his."

Momo perks up, curious. "A relative? Whom are you referring to? Are they famous or of significance?"

Donovan turns to Momo, like he assumed that she already knew. "Actually, he's a relative of one of your classmates."

The girls gasp. "Really?!"

Momo quickly tries to think about who it could be. "Who?!"

"Oh, I don't quite recall." Donovan pauses, taking a moment to remember. "I think it was-"

Before he can answer there's a loud screech of metal and gears as every machine falls silent, and everyone in the tunnel is casted into darkness as the lights flicker out.

Just outside, in the open water, the scuba diver watches as the tunnel goes dark and the vents thirty feet below him shut off.

But the blackout doesn't last for a minute before the lights flicker back to life and the turbine installed into the vents begin to spin again. But they are now spinning backwards and are thus sucking in water rather than propelling it out. The current they create is strong, instantly sweeping up the scuba diver and pulling him down.

He gasps as his entire body is pulled down, the cable anchoring him to the tunnel tangles around his feet, binding him but it at least prevents him from becoming mincemeat.

As the lights flicker back on, Jiro quickly spots the helpless diver. "Look!"

The group watches in horror as the diver is swung around by the strong current and tangled cable line.

Hagakure gasps. "What happened?!"

"A power surge must have caused the water to recycle itself!" Donovan explains.

"He'll be alright, won't he?"

Billy watches as a pair of large fish swim into view. "If the sharks don't get him first."

The group freeze and watch in chilling terror as a pair of Great White Sharks cruise down towards the flailing diver. They watch the struggling piece of meat curiously, making wide circles around his gangling frame.

Donovan quickly begins to panic. "I can't have an employee turn into fish food right before the grand opening." He rushes towards his engineers and control panels to see what he can do. "The press will ruin me!"

Mr. Yaoyorozu hurries after him, intending to help as well.

The girls press their hands against the glass, watching useless as the sharks circle closer and closer.

"We should help!" Hagakure shouts.

"But how?" asks Mina, just as worried.

Ochaco feels so useless, watching from the sidelines. "What would Deku do?"

Billy frowns, overhearing her. "Deku?"

"He's our classmate." Jiro, overhearing them both, explains. "He's good at thinking on the fly."

Billy nods, but not at all thrilled that girls' minds went to someone else rather than him.

Ochaco spins around and tries to see if there's anything they can use to help; she then spots a row of high-pressure scuba suits hanging beside the nearest portal.

Without saying a word, she rushes over, snatching up one of the suits, and hurries to put it on.

Momo notices the gap between her and Billy, she turns and finds Ochaco missing. She scans for her, fearful that she disappeared, until she spots her trying to put on the large helmet. "Ochaco, what are you doing?!"

The girls all turn and gasp as she locks the helmet over her head.

"I'm gonna save him!" She shouts as she waddles towards the open portal and jumps in.

"Ochaco!" Her friends scream.

"Kero!" Tsuyu leaps forward, landing beside the other suits, and quickly throws one on.

"Tsu!" Mina calls out.

"I'll help her!" Tsuyu explains as she throws on the helmet and dives in.

The girls spin back around towards the helpless diver, watching on as Ochaco and Tsuyu swim towards him and the sharks.

Momo cups her hands together, praying for their safety. "Be careful"

---

Ochaco swims forward, kicking her legs furiously but the suit's a little too restrictive to move quickly. And so, she presses her thumb against the turbine accelerator located by her hand so the little pack on her back can push her forward, but it still doesn't seem fast enough.

"Ochaco!" Tsuyu's voice echoes out from the suit's interior communication system.

Ochaco spins around and spots Tsuyu racing towards her. "Tsu?! What are you doing here?!"

Tsuyu quickly catches up to her thanks to her aquatic Quirk. "To help you, duh!"

Ochaco smiles back in appreciation.

She looks forward again as they approach the circling sharks and helpless diver. "We need to get rid of those sharks first."

"On it!" Tsuyu swims ahead towards the unexpecting beasts.

She spins her legs forwards and shoots them out, slamming them into one of the shark's sides, knocking it down.

Its partner is taken back, startled by the frog girls' unprovoked attack before baring its rows of serrated teeth and charging at her.

"Tsu!" Even through the thick suit, Ochaco manages to fire out a Ryou Sphere!

The orb of energy whizzes forward and right into the shark's jaws where it implodes and blasts the beast back!

The sharks shake off the attacks and regroup, circling the girls as they take defensive positions by the dangling diver.

Ochaco swims forward to meet them, shouting back at Tsuyu. "Help him! I'll hold them back!" And she tosses more Ryou Sphere at the sharks, holding them at bay.

Not wasting any time, Tsuyu rushes to the diver and manages to unclip him from the cable. "Are you okay?!"

"Y-yes…" The diver responds, out of breath and scared.

"Good." Tsuyu throws his arm over her shoulder. "Just hold on tight." And she takes off, jetting through the water.

With the sharks a good distance away, Ochaco quickly follows suit.

But despite the head start the relentless sharks chase after them and quickly cover the distance between them.

From inside the tunnel, the girls watch on, shouting to their friends about the incoming danger.

Momo tries to see if there's another way they could help, but she doesn't spot a thing as Mina and Hagakure bang their fists loudly against the glass.

And like that inspiration strikes Momo. "Jiro! Use your Earphone Jacks to scare them off!"

Jiro spins around, confused. "What? How?!"

Momo tries to explain quickly. "Sound travels faster in water. If you release a sonic wave, it should force the sharks away!"

Jiro frowns not sure if it will work but if Momo thinks it will then it should.

And so, she turns back and has her Earphone Jack piece the wall, the tip aimed right for the sharks that are just meters behind Ochaco.

"SOUNDWAVE SURF!"

From the other side of the glass massive sound waves burst out and expand out like a wave of sound. The sound waves race and tear through the water and crash into the sharks just when they were feet away from Ochaco. The sound waves blast them into the depths where they become dazed and fearful, turning away and fleeing from the scene.

"It worked!" Both Mina and Hagakure cheer, hugging each other in celebration. "They did it!"

Billy, astonished by what he just saw, spins around and watches as Tsuyu and Ochaco leap out of the portal and onto the platform along with the rescued diver.

Donovan, Mr. Yaoyorozu, and several engineers rush over. "Are you all okay?"

Ochaco rips off the helmet, taking in a breath of fresh air. "Yeah, we're good."

Mr. Yaoyorozu steps forward. "What happened?"

And so they explain everything from taking the suits, to jumping in to help, and fighting off the sharks. The girls returned the high-pressure suits as Donovan spoke to the rescued diver, both coming to a decision to best handle the matter. And eventually the diver leaves off to take the rest of the day off.

Donovan sighs, watching him leave. "Well, I'll have to double his salary, but he won't breathe a word."

Billy smirks, turning to the girls with his arms folded and chin held high. "See that? That's how it's done. Buy them off and all is good."

The girls all roll their eyes.

Donovan pinches the bridge of his nose in frustration, but soon throws his frustrations aside to thank the girls. "Thank you for your quick actions, girls. You saved my employee and my resort."

Ochaco bashfully smiles back. "We're just happy we could help, Mr. GrandSmith."

Tsuyu nods. "And sorry about borrowing your suits."

Donovan waves it off. "Ah, who cares? You did what you had too."

Jiro playful elbows Ochaco's side. "More like, did what "Deku" would do." She teases.

Ochaco chuckles, embarrassed by Jiro's teasing.

Billy overhears them once again and has to wonder about this Deku guy.

Donovan claps his hands, trying not to let anyone linger on the near tragedy. "That sure was exciting but how about we get you all to experience what this resort is really all about. How about some exclusive resort fun and entertainment?"

The girls happily agree.

Mr. Yaoyorozu, however, doesn't get sucked into the excitement. "I think I rather explore the Aquania's underworking's and engineering."

Momo peers up at him curiously. "Father?"

He goes on to explain himself. "Entertainment and customer satisfaction are good. However, if guest safety cannot be guaranteed then I'd like to know now before I find lawyers lining up on my doorstep."

Donovan understands, although it is clear he is not all that thrilled about it. "Very well." He turns to address his grandson. "Billy, why don't you take the girls for a tour while Hiroshi and I talk business."

Billy smirks, closing his eyes as he plots to himself. 'Alone time with the ladies? Don't mind if I do. I'll show them just how great I am. I'm the smartest and most athletic in my class, I'll give them such a good time they'll never want to leave. Thanks gramps, but I'll take it from here.'

Billy spins around and declares out. "Alright, ladies, who's ready to have the time of their lives with moi?"

However, nobody responds back as the girls of 1-A are already at the tunnel's exit. Talking amongst themselves excitedly as they wait for the elevator.

"I wanna check out the indoor beach!" cheers Mina

Hagakure beams. "I can't wait to see what the pools are like!"

Tsuyu ponders for a moment. "I wonder if there's an aquarium."

Momo smiles cheerfully. "No matter what, I'm sure we'll have a good time."

"You bet!" Ochaco grins. "Here's to summer vacation!"

Billy remains rooted in place, his plan already falling apart. "Hey! Wait for me!" He whines, as he chases after them, gnarly slipping across the wet floor as he does.

---

Aquania is more like an underwater coastal city than a resort. With a large man-made beach with pearly white sand and clear ocean water washes against the shore as a tropical breeze washes across the resort. Umbrellas, beach chairs, and beach bars line the sands as towering hotels, casinos, and theaters line the fake shoreline. Speedboats, jet skis, and sail boats sit silently on the nearby dock as a massive waterslide sits towards the opposite end of the beach. Bright solar lights beam down from massive spotlights high above on the ceiling, mimicking the sun. All the while the massive dome towers over it all, with meters of glass acting as the only barrier between the fake sea inside and the endless ocean outside.

"Wa-hooo!" The girls of Class 1-A leap up in celebration as they step out from the changing rooms and into the light of the fake sun.

Mina's eyes gleam as she takes in the Aquania resort. "Just look at this place! It's like a real life Atlantis!" She spins around, taking in the view, while wearing a white triangle bikini that has a frill skirt bottom.

Hagakure, who's wearing a pale blue bikini, is just as amazed. "Wooo! Who's ready for some fun in the sun?! Or whatever's giving us light down here!"

Jiro bashfully tries to cover up her yellow triangle bikini. "Do I have to wear this? Was there really nothing else?" She knew she should have packed stuff for this trip but Momo insisted that they'll buy new ones here.

Momo giggles at Jiro's expression. "It's alright, promise. You look quite lovely, Jiro."

Jiro blushes, giving Momo an annoyed glare, especially as she enviously eyes just how good Momo looks in her scarlet-colored bikini.

Tsuyu walks out in her striped green and white one-piece. "This is supposed to be an indoor pool? Talk about underselling it."

And finally, Ochaco steps onto the sand, her jaw dropping in shock of the resort. "Is this how the better-half lives?!" She nearly collapses then and there but she doesn't as she doesn't want to ruin her newly acquired pink skirt bikini with a blue skirt wrapped around her waist.

Momo clasps her hands together as she tries to be a proper host to her friends. "Alright everyone. I do hope you all enjoy yourselves."

Mina grins up at her excitedly. "Are you kidding? This is gonna be a blast!"

Hagakure smirks as she jumps to the front of the group. "Do you girls know what time it is?!"

They all smile back.

Jiro nods. "We sure do."

"It's Beach Time!" They all cheer out, mimicking a certain watch wearing classmate.

Meanwhile, Billy, wearing a pair of normal, black-colored trunks, watches them with a sly cocky grin. 'More like, it's Billy's Time.' He thinks cockily.

After all he has a personal swim coach, personal trainer, masseuse, and dietitian. All to make sure he's in perfect health and in top form. And now he'll get to reap the fruits of his labor, and grandfather's money, and show these girls just how amazing he is.

---

Well, it certainly doesn't go his way as the girls are far more amazed with what this resort has in store for them.

To start things off the girls decided to go snorkeling along the man-made reef inside the indoor sea. And the moment they dive into the reef they are met with a barrage of bright colors, amazing sea life, and beautifully clear waters.

Thankfully Momo created underwater cameras for each of them to use. Allowing them all to explore the reef as they wish. You have Mina poking at the brightly colored coral and sea anemones.

Tsuyu and Ochaco swim by following a school of stingrays gliding over the soft sand and reef.

Momo and Jiro are surrounded by a glimmering school of fish.

And finally, Hagakure is swimming around with a sea turtle, hanging onto its back as it cruises through the water.

And despite all their fun, Billy couldn't be more annoyed. Watching off to the side, his snorkel poking out of the water, as he glares in annoyance that no one is paying him any attention.

Out of frustration he kicks a nearby slab of rocks and sand, but it doesn't make him feel any better.

In fact, it gets worse for him as an upset Giant Octopus slithers out from between the coral and rock slab, angered by having its home kicked.

"Waaaaahh!" Billy screams and tries his best to swim away as the angry octopus grabs at his flailing feet.

---

Next up are jet skis! With everyone getting their own and zipping across the water's surface without a care.

At one point some of the girls like Ochaco, Mina, Hagakure, and Jiro are just racing each other, going around in a giant loop while Momo and Tsuyu just watch while sitting on their own jet skis.

While on his own personal jet ski, Billy smirks as he watches the girls race. Deciding that he needs to outshine them and show off he speeds after them and thanks to his own personal modifications he is able to catch up to them rather quickly. But he races right through them, nearly crashing into Ochaco and Mina as he races by!

And as a result Ochaco loses control and her jet ski swerves and jerks, turning and zooming towards Momo and Tsuyu!

Acting fast Ochaco presses her fingertips against the jet ski, her fingertips glow in a pink hue, and then just before impact the zooming jet ski harmlessly floats upward and due to the thrust of the turbine Ochaco races through the air.

After a moment she gains control and begins zipping around with the jet ski.

The rest of her friends, after the initial scare, gaze up and cheer and are amazed. They watch and cheer as Ochaco laughs and circles around in the air.

Billy whizz past and scowls, upset that someone else upstaged him. But due to him not looking where he's going, he crashes into a buoy and is thrown into the water. And all without anyone noticing.

---

After getting Ochaco down, they decided that the jet skies were a little too much excitement. And so they decided to hit up the lazy river: a lazy river of sea water with soft sand and tide-pool inhabiting animals occupying the lazy river itself like seaweed, starfish, crabs, hermit crabs, sea cucumbers, shrimps, snails, and small schooling fish.

And so, the girls float on by on shared tubes with Ochaco floating by with Mina, Hagakure and Tsuyu, and Momo and Jiro sharing their own. Floating by and enjoying the calm current and beautiful sea life.

All the while Billy trails behind in his own tube, his head poking through the middle of the tube while the rest of his body slinks in the water below. He leers at them and tries to sneak closer and closer without them knowing. But he slips and his head sinks into the water.

As he splashes and tries to save himself, the girls come across an intersection in the river, and they push themselves to the left.

And Billy floats to the right just as he's able to pull his head back through the tube. He blinks, scanning for the girls but he can't seem to find them.

Just as wonders if they ditched him somehow, he turns to find the river narrowing and coming upon the start of a rushing water slide!

Billy panics and tries to push himself up onto the tube, but the current is too strong and it pulls him onto the water slide, dragging him under the water as he loses his tube!

---

After washing out to the man-made sea, Billy eventually washed back onto the beach where the girls were already in the middle of a volleyball match. With Ochaco, Tsuyu, and Jiro vs. Momo, Hagakure, and Mina.

And so seeing the perfect opportunity Billy rushes over and injects himself into the game. After trying and failing to get him to wait on the side, Momo offers to sit out and keep score so Billy could play.

And oh boy did it go to his head; he's got a chance to show off and the chance to make some new…beach time memories that he'll always think back on very fondly.

Or so he thought if it weren't for the fact that he got creamed!

He didn't get the ball even once and instead would get a face full of sand…for volleyball! Seriously, Ochaco, Tsuyu, and Jiro went too far on their spikes and ended up spiking the ball into Billy's face on multiple occasions. None of which were intentional but results of their constant hero training. By the end Billy volunteered to sit out and passed out on a nearby bench allowing the girls to enjoy their game all to themselves.

---

Finally, after another swim they all decided to get some lunch from the nearby beach bar where they were able to get an assortment of snacks and foods. From burgers and fries, to grilled fish and chips, nachos, lemonade, and little drinks served inside a coconut with a straw and little umbrella.

Billy actually offers to pay for their food, flashing them his gold-plated credit card.

That is until Momo gently reminds him that everything is free for them already since they are VIP guests.

Billy takes a seat alone, tucking his card away, dejected, and angry at his grandfather for being a good host.

"Look at this photo!" Hagakure leans over to show Ochaco a pic she got with the underwater camera.

Ochaco coos at the photo. "Ooh! What a cute sea turtle."

"I know, right?" Hagakure beams, as she examines the sea turtle's face. "Actually, it kinda reminds me of one of Midoriya's transformations, um, Terraspin."

"Huh?" Ochaco takes a look and sure enough this sea turtle has the same facial features as Terraspin. "Yeah, it does kinda look like Deku."

Billy becomes annoyed at another mention of this Deku guy.

"Save me some food!" Mina calls out, rushing over after another dip into the ocean water.

Her friends spin around and burst into laughter upon seeing the pile of seaweed stuck to Mina's hair and horns. "Hahahaha!"

"Hahaha!" Ochaco giggles into her hand. "Now she looks like Deku."

"Hahaha!" Both Hagakure and Momo burst into more laughter.

Mina peers into a nearby mirror and laughs at how much her head does look like Izuku's. "Ehehehe!"

Billy's irritation grows.

Meanwhile, Jiro is catching up with Tsuyu about their summer breaks. "So yeah, the guy just wanted his big break."

Tsuyu frowns, finding that odd. "And he thought attacking a concert was the way to do it?"

Jiro shrugs, just as confused. "Yeah."

"Wow, talk about dumb."

"Yeah." Jiro snickers. "The guy even made Kaminari look smart."

"Wow." Tsuyu's got to admit, that is a surprise. She then pauses and thinks about how to best explain her summer so far. "Well then again Midoriya and I fought a group of poachers."

Ochaco overhears and pokes over. "You and Deku?"

Tsuyu nods. "Yes, he and his dad stopped by, and we all fought off some illegal poachers. Kero"

Both Jiro and Ochaco marvel at the news. "Cool!"

And once again Billy's blood pressure rises.

Momo, curious, pokes Tsuyu's shoulder. "What were they poaching exactly?"

Tsuyu hesitates to answer as she flashes back to the beast's loud roars and massive fangs. "Um, a very rare fish."

Billy, finally having lost all his patience, shoots out of his seat and confronts the girls directly. "Are you ladies really having a good time?"

Momo, not at all concerned, smiles and politely answers back. "Yes, very much so."

"Really?" Billy raises an eyebrow, smirking thinking that he can prove her wrong. "Cause this is all nothing but appetizers."

Somehow, despite his abrasive personality, the girls all perk up curiously.

He smirks; he's shown them the bait but now he needs to hook em. "How would you all like to take a submarine dive down into the Mariana Trench?"

Mina is especially intrigued. "Can we do that?"

Billy's smirk grows. "Of course, we can. My grandfather does own this resort and I have my own submarine, remember? The Undersea Mantaray."

Tsuyu frowns, poking at her chin. "You know that name is kinda lame, kind of like how Deku's names his transformations."

Billy finally loses it. "N-no! The Undersea Mantaray is a great name! And it's like super cool! And besides, this might be a once in a lifetime opportunity! I mean when are you gonna get another chance to travel down to the sea floor? It'll be like traveling in a spaceship!"

Ochaco kinda doubts that but still it appears the rest of her friends are actually considering it.

It would be a once in a lifetime opportunity, not many people can say they've visited or seen the Mariana Trench with their own eyes before.

And Billy knows they're considering it. "What do you all say?"

After another minute of consideration, Momo turns to give him their answer directly.

---

Meanwhile, Donovan has led Mr. Yaoyorozu into the main maintenance rooms where pipes, vents, and wires all weave and grid across the walls and ceiling. All of it proposed to keep the Aquania up and running. With the amount of pipes and steam and lights spurring every corner, the area definitely has a steampunk sort of aesthetic with only a few windows peering into the ocean breaking that illusion.

Donovan just finishes up checking in with one of his head engineers. He turns to report back to Mr. Yaoyorozu. "A reverse power surge caused the whirlpool effect. But it's fixed now."

Mr. Yaoyorozu nods in approval before examining all the piping and wiring. "I can only imagine just how much energy is needed to keep the lights on in a facility such as this. You are certainly too far offshore for the normal means of energy sources. And wave energy certainly won't provide you enough either, not unless you have endless miles of Wave Attenuators."

Donovan has a good explanation. "Volcanic vents on the ocean floor. We tap into them like a big steam generator." He then leads Mr. Yaoyorozu further through the engineering department.

As they head over to the next section, they pass by what appears to be the epicenter of the main power grid. Seated in the middle of all the pipes and wires sits a large triangular machine, surrounded by engineers, with a little window on the machine's panel that's aglow with a bright purple light.

Mr. Yaoyorozu is instantly drawn to the bright light. "Pray tell, what purpose does that machine serve?"

Donovan's smile falls for the briefest of moments before he comes with an on-the-fly explanation. "Nothing, it's just a backup generator." He turns away and tries to lead Mr. Yaoyorozu away towards a large set of windows that peer up into the ocean. "Now watch this."

Donovan then gives the go ahead to one of his engineers. Who pulls a switch, causing the purple hue of light to brighten from inside the backup generator. And then spotlights flash to life outside of Aquania, illuminating the open ocean, allowing them to see for miles.

Donovan grins at the money well spent. "I have enough energy to illuminate the outside so bright it's visible 500 ft above sea level."

Mr. Yaoyorozu certainly finds it impressive. But he's not sure if that detail was exactly worth the extra investment.

And Donovan can quickly tell that he's losing Mr. Yaoyorozu's interest. So perhaps he can show him where other resources are going to. "Follow me."

He then leads Mr. Yaoyorozu onto a narrow platform. Once aboard he presses a switch that activates the platform, allowing it to carry them forward and towards a glass overlook that oversees a hangar of some sort.

"I want to show you one of my proudest works of engineering, my grandson's own genius and work, the Undersea Mantaray!"

Donovan flips on the lights to the hanger that has a large portal leading into the ocean. But there is no submarine in sight, instead chains dangle from the ceiling, swinging around without anything to hold onto.

Mr. Yaoyorozu raises an eyebrow at the empty hanger. "This is what you're most proud of?"

Donovan scowls, his frustration growing as he quickly induces what or rather who exactly happened. "Billy."

---

Already miles below the resort, a large submarine slowly sinks down into the depths of the Mariana Trench. The submarine looks like it was inspired by a submarine from Disney's "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" animated movie. The submarine is lined with an array of spotlights allowing the passengers full view through the black void that even Tokoyami would find way too dark.

But despite the black void, Hagakure's eyes glow with bewilderment at the sub. "It is like traveling in a spaceship!"

'It kinda is.' Ochaco sort-of agrees.

After giving in to curiosity, the girls put on some shirts and shorts over their swimwear before heading out for the sub. Where Billy, after putting on his entire outfit again, proceeded to make a big show of his Undersea Mantaray before allowing them aboard and plunging it into the water. And thus, here they are, sinking further into the depths as bright spotlights illuminate the dark waters around them allowing them to witness the array of strange and mysterious sea life of the Mariana Trench.

Pressed against the wide front glass, Jiro smiles as she admires a school of glowing Comb Jellies. "Okay, now this is cool."

Hagakure nods but then jumps back as a Frilled Shark slithers into view. "Ah! Freaky!"

Mina grins, chuckling at Hagakure's expense. "Yeah, isn't it great?!"

Billy smirks from the driver seat at the front of the window. "See I told you my sub was amazing!"

Momo cringes but smiles, trying to be polite. "Yes, your submarine is very-"

"Ohh!" Ochaco's eyes light up as she stares out the window. "Look, it's a giant squid!"

The girls instantly spin around to gaze up at the massive animal as it gracefully cruises by. "Woooah!"

Billy seethes, sinking into his seat, upset that his attention has been ripped away so easily.

Tsuyu smiles, admiring a gnarly looking Goblin Shark swim by. "Wow they look…almost alien."

Mina and Ochaco share a look and smile, silently agreeing that yeah, a lot of these fish look like aliens. Actually, some look spot-on alien, especially as the two spot an Angler Fish and a Deep-sea Dragonfish.

"Yeah, they are." Mina smiles, responding to Tsuyu's statement. "They kinda look like Midoriya's fish ali-Ow!" Mina spins around and glares at Ochaco after she so rudely elbowed her ribs!

But Ochaco scowls back and silently shakes her head in a panicked worry.

Mina quickly catches on that Ochaco was trying to cover up her slip of the tongue. "Ph-um, I mean Midoriya's fish form." She tries to remember its name. "Um?"

"Ripjaws." Ochaco answers. "That's what Deku calls that form."

Billy angrily grips the controls tighter at the mention of this Deku guy. "Well, if you think all this is cool, just wait until we reach the bottom." And he presents to speed up the sub allowing them to sink down faster.

As they descend the girls continue to observe the trench, its cliff-like walls, alien sea-life and mysterious aura.

But in the distance a flash of cyan light slithers by in the distance catching Hagakure's eye.

"Hm?" She jumps a bit, startled by the glow.

After hearing her, Jiro checks up on her to see what happened. "What's the matter?"

"I-I thought I saw something." Hagakure explains worriedly, looking out for the light again in case she happens to see it again.

Momo tries to come up with an explanation of what she saw. "It was most likely a fish with bioluminescence."

"Yeah, you're probably right." But still, Hagakure can't exactly shake the feeling that they're being watched.

After some time, Billy becomes restless as he sits up in his seat and grins smugly. "If you ladies really wanna see something then I suggest you look outside."

They peer out towards the front, but even with the spotlights they are met with nothing but a black void.

Mina squints, not seeing anything. "What exactly should we be looking for?"

Billy's smirk widens. "This." And with a flick of a switch the spotlights let out bursts of light so powerful that they could rival the sun!

And the girls are treated to the view of a vast ship graveyard! Like they didn't just find their way to Davy Jones' locker, they're freaking inside it.

Ships and vessels of all eras litter the sea floor from cargo ships, airplanes, and even pirate ships. Stacked atop of each other are battleships and submarines from WWII. And as they cruise by, some of them are able to make out the word Indianapolis on the side of one of the battleships.

At one point they pass by sunken airplanes and jets and even a wrecked twin-engine Lockheed 10E Electra that probably hasn't been in the air since the 1930s.

"Wah!" Hagakure shiver, stumbling back. "This is so creepy!"

"Are you kidding?" Mina laughs, taking in the view. "This is so cool!"

Billy's ego grows, feeling mighty proud that he was finally able to impress the girls.

Jiro eyes the shipwrecks curiously. "How did they all get here?"

Momo, the ever knowledgeable one, provides an answer. "Most likely the ocean currents carried them here over the years." She then turns towards Billy and asks. "How did you know about this place?"

Billy shrugs, acting like it's no big deal. "My grandfather and I found it during the first voyage for the Undersea Mantaray. But if you think this all cool. Just wait till you see it."

Ochaco frowns, wondering what could be cooler than all this. "See what exactly?"

"You'll see." Billy smirks as he presses the sub forward.

But as he jets the sub forward, Hagakure once again spots movement of a cyan light in the distance, slithering between the ships and wreckage.

She presses her face against the glass, trying to catch a glimpse. "I swear I see something moving out there."

Billy rolls his eyes in annoyance. "Oh, it's just some lame ugly fish. Trust me what I'm about to show you is way better than some potential sushi."

Hagakure shakes her head, she's got goosebumps, almost like there are a hundred sets of eyes watching her. "I don't think it was a normal fish."

She presses closer to the glass, determined to prove that she's right.

"Srsrsrsrsrsr!" A flash of blue pops into view right in front of her face!

"Ahhhh!" Hagakure leaps back as she comes face to face with a mechanical monster! "What is that thing?!"

Everyone turns to look with Billy being the first to scream out in terror. "Waaaahh!"

"Srsrsrsrsrsr!" A mechanical squid-like creature lets out a mechanized wiry screech as its six mechanical tentacles jab and swipes at the submarine's window. Its main body looks like a glass cylinder, with strange wiring and circuitry inside that's emitting a cyan colored glow while a single purple eye stares back at the girls.

Hagakure screams out. "What is that thing?!"

Mina has no idea, her eyes wide as she takes in everything about this monster. "It's some sort of…Cyber Squid!"

*CLANK! CLANK! CLANK!*

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!"

Peering out the girls are horrified to find that more of these Cyber Squids have latched themselves onto the submarine's haul.

The first one, shifts and aims its bottom at the glass, and then slams against the window with its metallic beak hidden underneath its main body.

The others follow suit and soon dents begin to form inside the submarine and what's worse is that they are beginning to crack the glass! "Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!"

Upon the growing disaster, Momo steps up and demands action. "Billions! We need to escape, now!"

Billy snaps out of his fear just enough to do so. "R-right, on it!"

He takes the controls and pulls, and the submarine begins to rise, propelling forward, trying in vain to get back to the resort.

He cruises through the ship graveyard again but as the sub's spotlight shine onto the wreckage the girls are met with a terrifying view as a number of cyan lights glow and slither throughout the ships and vessels. They're blood running cold as more and more Cyber Squids burst out and give chase after the sub.

"Waah! They're gonna kill us!" Billy screams at the top of his lungs, bawling his eyes out like a ten-year-old. "The aliens are gonna kill us!"

The girls, while holding on for dear life, gasp. "Aliens?!"

Even through the shaking submarine, Ochaco and Mina share some very concerned and panicked looks.

Momo, upon seeing her friends scared out of their minds, musters up the courage to collect them. "Everyone, stay calm! Panicking won't save us!" She turns to Billy and barks. "Billions you need to radio the resort!"

"I was gonna do that!" Billy fumbles with the radio before he's finally able to make the call. "Mayday! Mayday! We need help! Please! Anyone! Someone help me!"

But there's no answer because the ship is out of range of the resort.

"Nothing's getting through!" Billy panics, hitting every switch he can to make the sub go faster.

But it doesn't instead the screech of metal being jammed scream through the entire submarine along with a chorus of metallic wiry screeches. "Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!"

Jiro nearly falls over as the submarine jolts and thrusts forward. "What was that?!"

Momo helps her up, holding her so she doesn't fall again. "They must be attacking the turbines!"

Ochaco, having fallen to the ground, peers up and watches in horror as the Cyber Squid slams its body against the glass and a bit of seawater manages to leak out through the ever-growing cracks in the window.

Tsuyu sees this too. "At this rate they're gonna break in!"

Mina is on the verge of flipping out. "They're gonna kill us!"

Ochaco won't let that happen. "We need to defend ourselves!"

Hagakure stares at her like she's grown a second head. "How?!"

'Good question.' Ochaco scans the interior of the sub, eyeing the escape port and then a rack of high-pressure dive suits. "With those!" She shouts, pointing at the familiar thick suits.

Momo spots the suits as well and quickly forms a plan. "Ochaco, you and Tsu have more experience with those than the rest of us. Can you two fend them off from the outside?"

Ochaco looks to Tsuyu for her answer. "Tsu?"

Tsuyu responds rather curtly. "We don't exactly have any other options. So, it's a go for me."

Ochaco will take that. "Then let's hurry!" They shove themselves off the ground and hurry to put on the suits.

"You're all insane!" Billy shouts as he struggles with the controls. "There's no way you can beat those things! They'll kill you all and then me!"

Momo scowls in disappointment. "You let us worry about them. You just focus on getting us back to Aquania."

Billy clamps his mouth shut and gets his attention back to steering the sub.

Hagakure nervously taps her fingers together. "What about us? What do we do?"

Momo addresses her as calmly as she can as she reaches under her shirt and places her hand below her belly. "We'll do what we can from in here." Her belly glows and out pops several welding torches and sealant. "Here! We need to reinforce the inside as much as we can."

"Right!" Mina, Hagakure, and Jiro gather the supplies and hurry off to patch up the sub.

Meanwhile, Ochaco and Tsuyu were finally able to put on the high-pressure suits and using the sealed entrance they launch themselves out into the open ocean. They pop out of the sub and quickly clip the long elastic cables, hooked to their belts, to the top of the sub.

They both cling onto the sub as hard as they can.

And Ochaco takes a moment to observe the situation and finds that only a handful of Cyber Squids are attached to the haul.

She then spins around and gasps aloud into her earpiece as she comes face to face with an entire school of Cyber Squids chasing after them like a swarm of glowing cyan torpedoes. "We're gonna need a bigger boat!"

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!" A pair of Cyber Squids race ahead of the pack and launch themselves, tentacles stretched out, towards the sub's turbines.

There the trio join the two others that were already struggling against the turbines.

"Get away from that!" Ochaco's fist glows and she launches a Ryou Sphere that blasts the Cyber Squids to pieces, freeing the turbines and thus the sub thrusts forward as its able to gain speed.

Ochaco grins. "That did the trick."

"There's more incoming!" Tsuyu gasps.

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!" Noticing their comrades being blown up, a trio of Cyber Squids detach themselves from the haul of the sub to attack the pair of girls.

"Kero!" Tsuyu launches herself forward, slamming her legs into one of them and smashing its head in like a soda can.

"Raagh!" While Ochaco leaps up and slams her glowing fist into the second one, smashing it and launching it back into the third.

The three shatter and are propelled away as the sub zooms upward and away from the ship graveyard.

Ochaco and Tsuyu crawl forward along the sub and make their way towards the other Cyber Squids that are still attached to the sub like a group of lampreys. They smash, kick, and launch them away. Tsuyu using her powerful legs to do so while Ochaco can only really rely on her Ryou Spheres and One For All to blast them away.

As Ochaco smashes apart the last Cyber Squid attacking the window, she spots Jiro plastering the window from the inside.

The two wave at each other, appreciating each other's efforts.

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!"

They all snap around and are horrified to find that entire pack of Cyber Squids managed to out speed their fellow swarm mates. They latch onto the haul while others direct their attention at the two assailants: Ochaco and Tsuyu.

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!" They whip their sharp metallic tentacles at them.

Tsuyu swims over and pulls Ochaco out of the way as one tries to ram into her.

They both swim and dodge the incoming attacks while trying to fend them off with kicks and Ryou Sphere respectively.

But the Cyber Squids keep coming, surrounding them near the sub's frontside as the others batter away at the sub, trying to crack it open to get to the juicy center.

From inside the sub, Billy is screaming at the top of his lungs. "They're gonna get ripped apart!"

"Oh, no!" Hagakure gasps, on the verge of tears as she covers her mouth in horror.

Jiro panics, feeling useless and helpless, her Earphone Jacks subconsciously snaking upwards reaching out towards her friends like they want to help.

And like that Jiro's eyes pop wide open and she rushes towards the window.

Momo shouts after her. "What are you doing?!"

Jiro doesn't answer, instead she places herself in line with Ochaco and Tsuyu as they fend off the surrounding Cyber Squids.

Jiro plugs her Earphone Jacks into the side of the wall, across from the two girls and screams. "SOUNDWAVE SURF!"

Devastating sound waves burst through the wall and through the water like surges of screeching pressure. The sound waves blast the Cyber Squids back while also causing their metallic cylindrical heads to shatter and break before imploding in on themselves after being compromised by the ocean's pressure.

Saved, Ochaco and Tsuyu spin around to find Jiro grinning up at them.

They grin back, grateful for the assist.

And now with the opening they need, Momo screams for Billy to step on it. "We need to escape now!"

"I'm trying!" He screams, still rocked in terror.

The submarine races up and forward as the massive school of Cyber Squids continue their relentless pursuit.

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!"

Ochaco and Tsuyu make their way towards the back of the sub, clinging to the top, and preparing themselves to defend their rear from the swarm.

But with the sub's turbines now being free they've been really able to gain some speed and some distance between them.

As the submarine rises and enters a higher up plateau the spotlights on the sub burst out and illuminate the entire area. From everyone falls into a silent terror as they spot the shadows of massive metal spheres floating in the water, with chains, anchoring them to the sea bottom.

Jiro gasps when she sees the spheres. "Naval mines?!"

"Wahhhh!" Bully panics and jerks the controls, trying to steer the sub away from the mines.

Momo grabs the controls and presses the sub on. "No! We don't have any other choice! If we change direction now, they'll surely catch us!"

"But going through there is suicide!" Billy screams, tears and snot dripping down his face.

Momo glares at him, not tolerating his breakdown at all. "Focus, Billions! You're the only one that can pilot this sub so you must!"

He snivels in fright and shakily retakes the controls. "O-okay!"

And he steers the submarine forward, through the jungle of chains and bombs.

Meanwhile, Ochaco and Tsuyu cling to each other and the haul as they race through the explosive maze.

"Are they crazy?!" Ochaco screams, terrified as they nearly nick one of the bombs.

"They're just following your lead!" Tsuyu screams back.

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!" The massive school of Cyber Squids flood the underwater minefield, moving like a flowing water that parts around boulders in a stream.

But the stream becomes a tidal wave of Cyber Squids and inevitably with them being so crowded together a few of them are unintentionally forced into the mines!

*BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!*

*BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!*

*BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!*

*BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!*

*BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!*

It's a chain reaction of explosions as one mine after the other explodes and takes a number of squid with it. The entire trench is aglow with blazing explosions that rumble and shake the ocean, shockwaves racing out like tidal waves.

"Aaaaaahhh!" The girls and Billy scream in terror, being flung off their feet as the submarine shakes violently against the shockwaves.

"Aaaaaaahhh!" Ochaco and Tsuyu nearly lose their grip, their knuckles turning white with how hard they're holding on for their lives as more and more naval mines are set off!

*BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!*

*BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!*

*BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!*

*BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!*

*BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!*

---

In the distance, a figure swims up and out from between the crevasses of the Mariana Trench.

The slim, aquatic figure watches in bewilderment as in the depths below, explosions ring out like fireworks in the distance and a submarine runs away from a hundred glowing cyan lights.

The figure jolts in shock and with a whip of its fish-like tail they propel themselves down towards the scene like a torpedo.

---

The submarine clears the underwater minefield in the nick of time as the last of the explosions die down.

But from amongst the turned-up debris and muck, what is left of the swarm manages to break free as well and continue their pursuit despite their massive drop in numbers.

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!"

Seeing them coming, Ochaco manages to fire Ryou Sphere after Ryou Sphere at them while Tsuyu holds onto her waist, ensuring she doesn't go flying off.

Meanwhile from inside the submarine, Momo, Hagakure and Mina continue to patch up the inside while Jiro runs to the back of the sub to peer out through a side window, trying to see if she can fire off another Soundwave Surf without hitting her friends.

"Mayday! Mayday! P-pleaaase! Somebody! Anybody! Please save me!" Billy cries out as he frantically fiddles with the radio, desperately trying to reach anybody that he can. Until, by some miracle, his signal manages to break through!

["Hello! Hello! Billy? Is that you?!"]

With snot and tears staining his face, Billy breaks into a massive grin. "Grandfather!"

---

From inside the Aquania's hanger, Donovan shouts into the radio as engineers loiter about, preparing for the submarine's return and Mr. Yaoyorozu eyes the open water portals warily. "Billy, you know the Undersea Mantaray is off limits!"

Billy's panicked cries break through the radio. ["Under attack by the aliens! And we're sinking!"]

Donovan scowls in frustration, livid that his grandson is potentially trying to ruin Mr. Yaoyorozu's inspection of the resort. "Billy if this is some sort of-"

"It's no joke, Donovan." Mr. Yaoyorozu cuts in, his nervous eyes locked onto portals.

Donovan frowns but has a look for himself and is stunned to see the disturbed and bubbling water inside the portal.

A number of glowing cyan lights appear just below the disturbed surface right before water gushes forth like a geyser and the lights flood the hanger throwing everyone into a terrified panic while metallic wiry screeches ring in their ears.

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!"

---

Billy's radio goes silent with static. "He hung up on me?!"

Momo shakes her head as she holds onto his seat. "They must be experiencing some kind of trouble!"

The sub is then rammed from behind, causing it to lurch forward and shake violently. "Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!"

Jiro grips Momo's arm and shouts. "We're the ones in trouble!" She points to the window where several Cyber Squids, that managed to catch up, have attached themselves to the sub.

And they're not even half of the attack force as from the outside, Ochaco and Tsuyu are desperately trying to hold off their pursuers.

Ochaco and Tsuyu do manage to force a few of them away, but they are just distractions allowing the remaining Cyber Squids to jet past the two and attack the sub directly.

As they latch onto the sub some are blasted away by Jiro's Soundwave Surf. But after shattering one, two more take its place. And what's worse is that even more latch onto other parts of the sub, away from her Earphone Jacks.

Meanwhile, Mina, Hagakure, and Momo are scrambling to do what they can to reinforce the walls but at this point water is already seeping in, spraying in small gushing leaks.

"They're gonna break inside!" Hagakure screams.

But then the sound of metal prying open behind a sealed space before shutting echoes throughout the sub.

The girls slowly spin around towards the sealed hatch that leads outside of the sub.

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!" Water gushes in as a Cyber Squid's tentacle prys open the door.

The water washes away as the Cyber Squid lashes out, thankfully the entrance of the sub having sealed itself shut after it broke in.

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!" It swings its tentacles about as it pulls itself out between the door.

"It's gonna tear us apart!" Billy screams, slamming down on the controls, trying to make his sub rise faster!

"Ahhh!" Hagakure screams as it lashes out at her!

"Don't touch her!" Mina cries out, design forward and slapping the metallic tentacles with a splash of acid.

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!" The Cyber Squid shrieks as its tentacles melts away before it's bashed in the head by a metallic pole.

Momo smashes her metal bo staff into the down Cyber Squid until the cyan glow fades away. She takes a shaky breath, eyeing the creature warily in case it awakens.

After catching her breath, she composes herself, trying not to panic before addressing Billy. "How much further till we reach the resort?"

Billy's too frantic to answer, trying to focus on his piloting. "I don't know! Maybe another mile or something!"

Hagakure nearly falls over, having grabbed Momo's arm before fearfully asking up. "Do you think we can make it?"

Momo tries her best to give her as much reassurance as she can. "I do."

Mina gasps as she stares out to their front with horrified eyes. "Are you sure about that?!"

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!" More and more Cyber Squids latch onto the window, covering it entirely in sharp tentacles, piercing beaks, and metallic bodies.

They bang and batter their bodies against the glass, cracking it apart with every hit until the entire panel is but a stained-glass window of cracks that are just moments away from shattering and giving out completely.

"We're…not gonna make it." With no more tears or snot to cry out, Billy just drops the controls, sinking into his seat as he just gives up.

The cracks grow and grow as more and more water leaks into the sub to the point that the girls are in ankle deep water.

Mina tries and tries to patch up more of the cracks while Jiro tries so desperately to blast more and more away but with so many Cyber Squids hammering away at the sub, it's all in vain.

And so, even though they can still hear Ochaco and Tsuyu battling away with the squids up on top, they just stop struggling.

Mina and Jiro drop to their knees in defeat as the ice-cold water continues to rise and a chorus of metal bending and glass breaking echoes throughout the submarine.

Hagakure grips Momo's side, who hugs her pack while also placing a hand on Jiro's shoulder. Jiro leans into the touch as tears begin to leak from her eyes.

Mina just leans back; she can feel the despair and fear emanating from her friends. And she oh so wants to follow them into the depths of it but she refuses to do so. She would rather go out happy than sad, no matter how small it might be. But she can't muster that up either and so it leaves her feeling almost indifferent, leaving her frightened yet calm as she watches the Cyber Squids hammer away at the window.

She watches on as a single Cyber Squid swims ahead of the sub. It circles around and locks onto the sub before racing forward, jetting through the water like a torpedo, fully intent on ramming itself into the sub and finishing them all off.

Mina almost breaks into a choked chuckle as she watches their impending doom torpedo towards them. "You know…we could really use Midoriya right about now."

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!" The Cyber Squid races closer and closer on its kamikaze run, inches away from ending them.

When suddenly a familiar fish-like figure springs forth from seemingly nowhere! Ramming into the creature and sinking its gnarled fangs into its head, crushing it apart in a single bite!

Billy shoots up in his seat. "What was that?!"

Mina blinks up at the window as the fish-like swims just out of view. "Is that…" She squints, just barely making out the figure's grey scales, jagged teeth, and mermaid-like lower half. "Ripjaws?!" She gasps, wondering how Midoriya was able to get here in just the knick of time?!

Billy jolts up, recognizing the name. "Ripjaws? Wait, do you mean that Deku guy you keep talking about?!"

They all watch as Ripjaws circles around and begins to hack away at the other Cyber Squids. Ripping and tearing through them like they were candy wrapped in tinfoil.

"It is!" Momo cheers when she spots his razor-sharp claws and swift movements.

She pauses as she continues to watch Ripjaws work. "But he looks different."

Meanwhile from outside the sub, Ochaco and Tsuyu notice the commotion and brawling taking place near the front of the sub. Horrified that the Cyber Squids are about to break in, they scramble for the front. They hurry and hurry and hurry, fearing the worst. Only to find a massively cracked window and a cloud of smashed and torn apart Cyber Squids falling back into the Mariana Trench.

Wondering what could have happened, Ochaco and Tsuyu nearly cry out in surprise as their savior swims back up and into full view of the girls.

Ochaco gasps when she sees Ripjaws. "Deku?!" But hang on, something looks off about him. 'Like since when did Ripjaws start wearing a Plumber suit and a pair of glasses?' Also, he looks…kinda old.

The spectacled Piscciss Volann gives a shake of his head. "Not quite, little lady. But if it's all the same to you, I am more than happy to lend a hand." He pauses and then adds. "Or fin, whichever you prefer."

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!"

No time for chit chat as the remaining Cyber Squids are about to catch up to the sub.

The spectacled Not-Ripjaws takes the lead, swimming in front and thus taking command of the situation. "Look alive! These no-good bottom feeders are in a feeding frenzy!"

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!"

The Cyber Squids race in only to be met by the spectacled Piscciss Volann's claws and teeth, Tsuyu's powerful kicks, and Ochaco's Ryou Spheres.

From inside the sub, Momo sees their chance. "Step on it, Billions. If we're gonna survive we have to make it now!"

"Aye aye, sir!" Billy screams as he retakes the controls, and the sub zooms forward as if it too just got its second wind.

The sub races upward, closer and closer with the resort now in full view. It rises and rises and now with their own alien on their side, Ochaco and Tsuyu are able to keep the remaining Cyber Squids off the sub, not letting even one of them touch the sub with their sharp tentacles.

Ochaco, while clinging to the sub, smashes her fist into one of the Cyber Squids, smashing its head in and shoving it away.

The spectacled Piscciss Volann swims past as he tears through the remaining Cyber Squids. "That's a mean right hook you got there, missy!"

"Thanks!" Ochaco grins before she spots a pair of Cyber Squids coming up on the spectacled Piscciss Volann's behind. "Behind you!"

The spectacled Piscciss Volann expertly jets up and over the squids. Spinning downward and slamming his tail into them, slamming them downward, knocking away the last of the Cyber Squids.

With their attackers gone, Tsuyu lands beside Ochaco and nods in approval. "Nice moves. Kero."

"Thank you." The spectacled Piscciss Volann grins. "I may not be as spry as I used to be, but I am one of the finest top predators you're ever gonna see." He flexes, but not in a showboaty way but in a way to draw humor at his own ironic statement.

Ochaco laughs, enjoying this old timer's spunk yet good humored nature.

They're not the only ones in a festive mood as everyone inside the sub break into massive grins, hugging each other, and jumping with joy as the submarine approaches the open portal that lends into the hangar.

"We made it! We made it!" Hagakure cheers with tears streaming down her face.

Now out of danger, Billy returns to his usual pompous self. "And it was all thanks to me and my brilliant engineering." After all if he didn't use such refined material to build his sub those aliens would have broken in ages ago.

Momo gives him a sheepish smile. "Let's just get out of here first and then we can celebrate, shall we?"

Billy then leads the sub up and through the portal where the sub sinks to a stop inside the sealed in hangar.

Sitting atop the sub, Ochaco and Tsuyu tip their helmets off, taking in the fresh air while the spectacled Piscciss Volann's lower half turns into a set of legs.

The three turn just in time to see Mina's head pop out from the hatch from atop the sub. "Way to go guys!" She grins and turns around to ace the trio. "You really kicked some ass today!"

The spectacled Piscciss Volann grins. "Why thank you for the compliment. That was offly nice of you to say." He reaches down, offering her a hand so he can pull her out of the sub.

But Mina just stares up at him, finally realizing that she's talking to a complete and utter stranger. "WHO IN THE ACTUAL FUCK ARE YOU!?"

After a brief intermission and calming Mina down everyone was able to slide down the submarine and get themselves onto some solid ground.

"Safe!" Hagakure breaches taking in the semi-fresh air. "We're finally safe!"

Jiro lands on her knees beside her, collapsing in exhaustion. "We were in so much danger back there…" She breathes, reeling back from the terror and shock.

"Ha!" Mina slides down beside them flashing them a very shaky facade of a grin. "I laugh at the face of danger! Ha! Ha! Ha!" Her laugh is obviously forced, but even so it does crack small smiles on her friends' faces.

After sliding down onto the floor, Momo composes herself and turns to the spectacled Not-Ripjaws who is helping Billy get down. "We really appreciate your help back there. You saved us!"

The spectacled Piscciss Volann gives her a kind smile, despite his gnarly fangs. "No need to thank me. I'm just glad I made it in time."

"Same." Jiro chuckles while still catching her breath. "Also, don't mean to be rude but who are you?"

The spectacled Piscciss Volann gasps realizing that he hasn't properly introduced himself yet. "Oh, right, pardon my forgetfulness but the name's Patelliday." Patelliday gives them a kind, sharp tooth grin as he bows like he was a gentleman of aristocracy.

Momo bows her head back in respect before piping up. "Mr. Patelliday?"

"Yes?" He grins.

"Um, I'm curious, but why do you resemble one of our classmate's forms so much?" Momo pauses, taking in all the similar features of Ripjaws. "Strikingly so?"

Patelliday gives her a confused look. "And you would be referring to?"

Ochaco chimes in, trying to assist the very obvious Plumber officer. "Deku!" She explains in a haste. "She's referring to Izuku Midoriya."

Patelliday instantly lights up at the mention of Midoriya. "Oh! Hisashi's boy!" He grins. "Well, that explains it. I'm his uncle on his Dad's side twice removed!"

That's a blatant lie. Both Ochaco and Mina pick up on that immediately, but with how he said with such confidence the others don't seem to catch on.

Jiro raises an eyebrow, taking note of the man's lack of green hair or more human-like features. "You're his uncle?"

"I sure am." Patelliday smirks, trying to sell the con. "It may not seem like it, but we have quite the extensive family, don't you know?" He chuckles to himself. "You really should see the family barbecues. They are quite the spectacle."

"So, um, Mr. Patelliday." Mina sheepishly approaches the Plumber. "Not that I'm not grateful that you saved us but what brings you here? I mean running into you can't just be some giant coincidence?"

Patelliday is just about to answer when Billy, after catching his breath, cuts in rather rudely. "It's cause he's that agent!" Everyone turns to find him pointing an accusing finger at Patelliday. "I didn't recognize you cause of, well, everything, but you're that Interpol agent from before!"

Patelliday nods his head. "That I am, young man."

'That must be his cover.' Ochaco thinks. "So that was your ship-er submarine we saw at the entrance?!"

He nods again. "That it was."

"That was yours?" Momo ponders, cupping her chin in thought as she recalls the strange looking vehicle. "I've never seen anything like it before."

"Well, it's not exactly standard issue." Patelliday semi-jokes, throwing Ochaco and Mina a subtle wink.

The two chuckle nervously under their breaths.

Patelliday then turns to address the rest of the group. "But back to the original question. I was conducting an investigation inside the Mariana Trench when I spotted some crazy hooligans plunging themselves straight through an underwater minefield! Imagine my surprise when I get over there and find a group of teenagers being chased by a horde of killer machines!"

"Machines?" Hagakure questions before looking towards Billy. "Say Billions, why did you call them aliens before?"

Patelliday pauses, concerned. "Aliens?"

Billy shys away under their confused gazes. "Well, I mean…no reason." He's quick to avert his gaze, whistling to himself, trying to act like nothing's wrong.

Everyone gives him blank annoyed glares; each of them having a sense that he's hiding something.

But before they can drill him for a clarification, he jolts up as he just notices something odd. "Hang on, where is he?"

Ochaco frowns, not sure what he's talking about. "Where is who?"

"Grandfather?" Billy scans the empty hangar bay. "Where is he?"

Everyone takes a pause to scan the hangar, but they don't see any signs of life other than their own.

Jiro frowns. "Should he be here?"

"Yes!" Billy cries, frantically looking around. "I was able to contact him through the sub's radio! Until-" He freezes as a cruel reality finally dawns on him.

Momo gulps, finishing his thought. "Until he was cut off."

She scans the hangar until she spots a control panel that should have a radio attached to it.

She approaches slowly, only to gasp when she finds that the panel's been slashed at, rendering the radio useless.

And that is when the rest of them finally notice the state that the hangar is truly in. The floor is slick with water and puddles, slash marks line the floors and ceilings, and railings are bent or have been crushed against the floor. Until they all lock onto the massive entrance way leading into the hangar; it's been busted wide open. The massive dual metal doors having been clawed and smashed away, leading the doorway open to an almost pitch-black passageway that only illuminates as red flashing lights go off overhead.

Mina gulps, backing away from the doorway. "What do you think happened?"

Jiro jerks her hand away from the broken railing. "Whatever happened, just be glad we weren't here to see it."

A just as fearful Ochaco backs away nervously. "This can only mean one thing, doesn't it?"

Patelliday gazes out towards the dark passageway, as he unhooks a rustic grey assault-blaster off his back. "We're not alone in here."

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!"

---

Water drips from the ceiling onto the cold metallic floor below, while steam spews out from the pipes lining the walls and ceiling. Lights flicker into blackness and are replaced by the dim ominous glow of red emergency lights that spin and rotate casting shadows across the resort.

Patelliday leads the way, blaster in hand, walking carefully and gently as he checks every corner and turn.

The girls follow him, lined single file, copying his movements while keeping their eyes peeled for any signs of danger. All but Jiro who's following directly behind Patelliday with her Earphone Jacks plugged into the wall, listening out for any signs of approaching danger.

Too bad all she's been hearing is Billy's constant whining.

"I still say we should have locked ourselves in the sub and called for my grandfather again!" Billy calls out from the back of the line.

Ochaco gives him an annoyed frown as they continue their trek through the resort. "And what if those Cyber Squids return? What would we do then?"

"I don't know! Fight back?!"

Ochaco frowns, shrugging. "And then what?"

"We wait until help arrives, doy!"

"And what if help never arrives?"

He deflates. "I don't know… "

"Quiet now." Patelliday shushes them from the front. "We wouldn't want to give ourselves away now would we?"

Everyone rapidly shakes their head in unison.

Patelliday nods in approval before they continue on.

Hagakure tucks her arms in nervously as drops of water land on her shoulder. "Oh, I sure hope everyone else made it out alright."

"I hope so too." Momo agrees, patting her shoulder, trying to comfort the terrified Hagakure. "But right now, we need to focus on escaping this place ourselves and finding a way to call for help."

As they continue forward, Ochaco and Mina rush to Patelliday's side so they can address him directly.

"So, you're not really Midoriya's uncle and stuff, right?" Mina asks in a hushed whisper that's just barely audible.

Patelliday whispers back just as quietly. "No, I'm not. But I have worked with his father. Heck I even worked alongside Majister Nezu for a time."

Ochaco blinks up at him curiously. "So, you were stationed here on Earth then."

"Sure was." Patelliday's grins, remembering his time here. "That's why I already had my fake ID and backstory at the ready." Although he did revise it after witnessing the young whippersnapper in action during the Sports Festival.

Mina frowns. "But wait, we've never seen you around Plumber Base. Were you reassigned?"

"Well, I was stationed here." Patelliday's frowns. "But I was reassigned off planet."

"Then why are you here now?" Ochaco wonders

"Well truth be told I'm here because of a signal."

"A signal?" Ochaco questions. "What kind of signal?"

"Well, we received a signal that indicated-"

"Everybody stop!" A freaked Jiro, with her Earphone Jacks plugged into the wall, shouts out as quietly as possible.

Everyone freezes, silently holding their breaths for what feels like hours while Jiro remains ever so still, listening in carefully to the sound of metallic tentacles scraping against the cold metal floor.

After what feels like hours to them, Jiro lets out a sight. "The coast is clear now."

Everyone let's go of their breath.

Patelliday leans over into Ochaco's and Mina's ears. "Let's put a pin in it for now. Shall we?"

"Yeah, sure." They nod before they continue on.

They continue the trek up through the various maintenance shafts and hallways of the resort. With every level somehow becoming more eerie than the last. Every stretching corridor seems to go on for what feels like miles, each one being so vast and empty of life, thrown into pitch black darkness or looming red light. gashes and slash marks line the walls and ceilings, while water drips or leaks down from said gashes. The remaining lights flicker across the passageways, illuminating items and things left behind by the resort's staff and engineers: from hand and power tools that were thrown about in a panicked defense or carts of screws, bolts and other materials were tossed aside and abandoned.

The group continues forward, braving the darkness and the unknown. They flinch at every step that makes any noise. Jerk towards the drop of water onto the cold metal floor. And freeze every time steam spews out from a nearby pipe.

Eventually Patelliday leads them into a large corridor, this time with a large set of doors at the end while another passageway sits across the room from their current position. In all it's a three-way intersection of corridors with one being blocked off from the other two.

The metal doors are padded and sealed in tight while a purple glow shines through the little portal window.

Patelliday signals for them to move closer and into the corridor. They move one at a time with Billy at the rear, cowering against the pipe lined wall. As he approaches, he brushes up against a wrench that was placed atop a nearby pipe.

His suit catches the wrench and pulls it down where it falls, hitting another pipe on the way before bouncing off the floor and up, hitting another pipe again! The sound of the wrench hitting the floor echoes throughout the entire resort!

*CLANG! CLANG! CLANG...! CLANG...! CLANG...!*

Everyone spins around, throwing Billy shocked and betrayed gazes.

He gives them an apologetic smile and a sheepish grin in return.

But no one utters a word, instead they hold their breaths and listen for any signs of movement coming their way. And after a minute or so they finally breathe, coming to the conclusion that they might have gotten lucky there.

"Wait!" Jiro shouts, dashing their hopes with one fell swoop.

Hagakure trembles, nearly collapsing to her knees. "Did you hear-"

"Shhhh!" Jiro shushes her with a wave, frantically trying to listen in through her Earphone Jack, pressing it harder against the wall.

Her face pales as she finally makes them out. "I can hear them…" She jerks her head up at the others, her eyes filled with fear and face nearly drained of blood. "They know that we're here!" She screams, abandoning their discreteness all together. "They're coming! Hundreds of them!" She points towards the massive doors at the end of the large corridor. "They're coming!"

Before anyone can panic, Patelliday roars out for them to take cover! "Quickly now! Take cover behind the nearby hallways and boltheads!

They do just that with Patelliday in front while Ochaco stands ready behind another protruding bottlehead on the other side of the corridor, parallel to Patelliday. Tsuyu and Mina position themselves behind them, leaving Momo and Hagakure at the rear beside Jiro who's still listening in. While Billy cowers inside the opposite hallway, looking like he's about to piss himself scared.

Patelliday readies his blaster towards the sealed doors. "How close are they now?"

"Ten meters maybe!" She cries out, struggling to fight the urge to run away and break down. "No! Nine meters!" She corrects. "Eight!"

The others ready themselves, knowing they're in for a fight: Patelliday cock his blaster, Ochaco's fists begin to glow, Tsuyu's tongue slithers out, acid drips from Mina's hands, and Momo prepares a pile of grenades for her and Hagakure to toss.

"Seven!"

Everyone sways from toe to toe, cold sweat sticking to their faces, and their hearts beating a thousand times faster than normal.

"Six!" Jiro cries, tears in her eyes as she panics.

Ochaco shakes her head, almost succumbing to her own fears. "That can't be, that's inside the room!"

"I'm hearing them right, though!" Jiro screams.

Mina stumbles back. "Then where are they?!"

"Five meters! Four!" Jiro shakes her head in disbelief. "What the hell?!"

A just as freaked out Momo frowns, frantically trying to figure out what's going on. She watches the corridor carefully, from the sealed doors, pipe lined walls, and grated ceiling panels.

She quickly locks onto the ceiling panels, her heart dropping to the floor as she barely speaks just under a whisper. "There…"

The entire group goes still as they all peer up towards the ceiling.

Jiro gasps as she finally realizes. "Oh, my god! Ah shit-"

"Give me a light!" Patelliday barks as he rushes over, climbing up a set of pipes.

Momo generates a flashlight and drops it into his hand.

Patelliday shoves the panel up and slowly peers inside. He brings the flashlight up and switches it on. As the light appears so too does the flood of Cyber Squids slithering their way through the resort's vents! "Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!"

"DANK FARIK!" Patelliday screams as he jumps back and open fires at the Cyber Squids' position.

Laser bolts fly through the air and burn right through the panels, blasting away into the killer machines.

Now with their own position compromise, the Cyber Squids break through the ceiling and begin to flood into the massive corridor. "Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!"

"There they go!" Jiro shrieks at the top of her lungs. "Over there! Get em!"

It's open season for Patelliday as he sends lasers flying all over the place and illuminating the whole place. Each one hitting their marks and taking down a Cyber Squid, shattering them to pieces.

Ochaco nearly matches him, as she sends Ryou Sphere after Ryou Sphere down upon the aliens. Blasting them apart, their broken parts floating in the air only to be blasted back by other Ryou Sphere blasts. Knocking the rubble and shards into other Cyber Squids.

The ones that make it past the energy spheres and laser bolts are met with splashes of acid, long tongue lashes, or waves of sonic blast from Mina, Tsuyu, and Jiro respectively. And the ones they don't, get themselves blown up or smashed in by Momo and Hagakure who have armed themselves with grenades and metal bo staffs.

All the while Billy screams, tears gushing from his eyes. "It's Game Over, man! GAME OVER!"

Despite the numbers they're putting down more and more Cyber Squids just pour in ready to tear them all limb from limb. "Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!"

"They just keep coming!" Hagakure screams as she swings the bo staff into one of their heads.

"Waaaaahh!" Billy screams out as he finally loses it. He spins around and takes off into the clear dark hallway. "I don't wanna die! Waaaaahh!"

Momo gasps, watching him run away. "Billions! Billions get back here!"

"The kid's got the right idea!" Patelliday shouts, leaping back as he continues to fire away. "Follow him! I'll take the rear!"

Momo nods and turns to the others. "Quickly now! We have to retreat, immediately!"

Hagakure and Jiro are the first followed by Mina, Tsuyu, and Ochaco.

Hagakure and Jiro rush into the hallway first where they spot a whimpering Billy shutting the door behind him and locking it.

"Billions!" They call out, hoping he'll hear them.

He does not apparently as he shuts the door, locking it before taking off down the other passageway with snot and tears dripping down his face.

"Waaaaahh!", trying to pull it open. "Open this door, Billions! Open it! Billions!"

While Patelliday continues to suppress the enemy as he slowly follows them down the hallway, Mina rushes ahead of Tsuyu, Ochaco, and Momo in order to help.

"Here move it!" She yells out as she sprints forward. "I'll melt it open!"

As she rushes forward, metal tentacles burst out of the floor and wrap themselves around her legs!

"Aaaaahhh!" Mina screams she's pulled down to the ground and then dragged into the gaping hole in the floor.

"Aaaaahhh!"

"MINA!" The girls scream.

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!" The Cyber Squid shrieks as it tries to drag Mina down.

"Help! Help me!" Mina screams, grabbing at the floor and nearby pipes, holding on for dear life as the sharp tentacles pull her down.

"KERO!" Tsuyu's tongue lashes out and wraps itself around Mina's waist. "Hang on!"

"What do you think I'm doing?!"

"I'm coming!" Momo screams, generating a longsword, she rushes over and hacks away at the tentacles, slicing them and allowing Tsuyu to pull Mina free.

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!" The Cyber Squid shrieks in fury as it tries to climb out of the hole.

"Oh, no you don't!" Ochaco screams as she grabs one of its still intact tentacles, her fingers glowing pink as it makes it weightless.

She then pulls it out of the hole and swings it around, slamming it into the wall. Its head cracks and leaks oil as it falls limp to the floor.

"T-thanks." Mina thanks as she catches her breath and Tsuyu helps her to the door.

Meanwhile, Hagakure is still banging away at the door. "It's locked!"

"Move it!" Mina pulls away from Tsuyu and presses her hand against the lock, allowing a little sip of acid to burn right through the lock.

The door shifts out of place as it unlocks.

"Inside, hurry!" Mina shouts, hurrying through with the others close behind.

After making it through, Momo calls out to their rear guard. "Patelliday! Hurry!"

"No need to tell me twice!" Patelliday shouts as he dashes for the door while still firing back at the incoming enemies.

He slips through as Ochaco slams the door shut.

"I'll seal it!" He shouts, pressing the tip of his blaster to the door and the threshold, using the blaster like a welding torch to seal it shut.

Momo spins around to find themselves in a narrow passageway with a small flight of stairs leading down to a lower hallway. While to her right, their hallway seems to go at a steady incline. "Hold on a minute. What happened to Billions?"

Jiro frowns. "We don't know! He just ran off!"

Worried for his safety, Ochaco eyes the stairs, leaping over them and into the hallway down below. "I'll go see if he's here somewhere!"

"I'll look too!" Momo sprints after her, not willing to leave her father's friend's grandson behind to die. "He couldn't have gone far!"

Panicked, Mina calls out after them! "Ochaco! Yaomomo! Wait!"

"Stay here!" Patelliday leaps down the stairs. "I'll get em!" He rushes after them through the narrow hallway. "Now just wait for a darn gosh moment there, ladies! It's not smart to just go running off on your own-Wah!"

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!" A squad of Cyber Squids rip through the side of the wall, breaking through the pipes and railing with ocean water gushing through behind them.

The others watch on in horror as ocean water and Cyber Squids crash into the lower hallway. The tidal wave spirals and slams into the walls, sweeping up Patelliday first before contouring along and scooping up both Ochaco and Momo into its torrent.

"GUYS!" Mina screams at the top of her lungs.

"Look out!" Tsuyu grabs her with her tongue and pulls her back as the rising water begins to flood their way.

Jiro hurries back the other way. "We gotta move!"

She and Hagakure hurry off.

"What about them?!" Mina screams as she too runs away from the flood waters.

---

"Waaaaaahh!" Ochaco and Momo have the wind knocked out of them as the cold ocean water slams into their backs, throwing them down and sweeping them off their feet in a current of dark freezing water.

Ochaco's body bangs against the walls and pipes as she's dragged access the fast-moving current. But through it all she manages to poke her eyes open just enough to get her bearings. And she nearly cries out, losing all her air, when she finds herself and Momo surrounded by Cyber Squids that also got swept up in the flood waters.

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!" The Cyber Squids launch themselves at the girls, banging into each other and the walls as they fight against the whipping surf.

"Clear the way you Underwater Nightlights!" Patelliday roars as he swims into view, bashing his way through the Squids with his teeth and claws. His blaster nowhere in sight, having been knocked out his hands and swept away by the rapid waters.

He swims past the machines and scoops up the girls in his arms. "Now ain't this a fine pickle we've found ourselves in?"

Looking ahead through the churning waters he manages to spot another staircase leading upwards. And so, he zooms towards it, following the steps up before leaping up and coming face to face with a sealed door. And with such fine agility he swings his claws down and through the door, slashing it apart and rolling to a stop on a dry floor with both girls in hand.

Ochaco falls to the floor, spitting out the nasty sea water before gasping for air. Momo keels over puking from all the sea water she accidently swallowed.

As they both recuperate, Patelliday checks back on the rapidly flowing water and is glad to see that it's not rising any higher over the stairs nor do the Cyber Squids appear to be in sight.

He approaches the girls, taking a knee beside them. "Can you move?"

Ochaco coughs, spitting out the last of the sea water. "I think so."

Momo takes a deep breath after purging all the seawater from her system. "Where are we?"

She looks around and is shocked to find that they got swept back into the actual resort! As in the area where all the hotels, pools, and indoor beach are located.

Peering out, she can see the indoor tropical beach lying maybe half-a-block away from where they are now, between several hotel buildings and a courtyard that's filled with tropical plants and a tiled floor.

Ochaco scans for any signs of life. "There's nobody here either. Wait, what happened to everybody else? Where's Mina, Tsuyu, and everyone?!"

Patelliday waves for her to calm down. "I don't think they got swept away like we did." He eyes the Aquania's massive dome. "They must still be further up than us."

Momo frowns. "And what about Billions? Did anyone see what happened to him?"

Ochaco pales, her heart stopping. "D-do you think he got swept up in that too?!" She is of course referring to their near drowning experience.

Patelliday frowns, worried that a civilian might actually be in grave danger. "Maybe."

"We should find him." Momo states as she rises to her feet, nearly stumbling down, her knees weak and shaky. "We may not be official heroes, but we can't just abandon him or our friends."

"I like your spirit." Patelliday compliments, but his expression quickly becomes rather dour. "But we should focus on getting out ourselves and calling for backup."

"What? Why?!" Ochaco gasps. "Shouldn't we all try to escape together?! With everybody?"

Patelliday shakes his head. "If we can get out, we can call for other heroes for a search and rescue. With them we'll be able to get a better handle on the situation."

Momo frowns, dropping her head in defeat. "You make valid points, but our friends are all alone! What if-"

"They'll make it." Patelliday assures without any hints of lying or saving face. "You whippersnappers have already shown to be a resourceful bunch. I'm sure they do the same as us and try to escape and call for a rescue. So, the best case scenario is that we'll meet up with them top side."

Momo still has her doubts. "And what of Billions? Despite his…personality I don't wish for him to die here. Do you think he'll try to make his way up? And even if he did, could he make it?"

Patelliday doesn't have a right answer to give her. "Thinking like that won't save him nor us. For now, I think it would be wise for us to get a move on." He gestures towards the ever rising water. "Before any of those nasty Cyber Squids come back."

Momo and Ochaco both nod in agreement as they watch the water very warily. "I think that's a wise move./Yeah, let's go!"

Patelliday turns and looks out towards the fake beach. "This way now, hurry!" And he takes off with quick steps, moving as quietly yet quickly as possible with Ochaco and Momo right on his heels.

'Hang on guys.' Ochaco thinks as she races past all the hotels and palm trees. 'We're all gonna get out of here. Promise.'

---

"Hurry it up will ya?!" Mina shouts as she sprints up the flight of stairs. "The sooner we get out of here the sooner we can help Ochaco and Yaomomo!"

"We're trying but this place is a maze!" Hagakure shouts up, chasing after her.

Which is definitely making it harder to escape; meaning it'll take longer for them to escape and call for help. Meaning their friends will be trapped in here longer, the longer it takes for them to escape.

Tsuyu shouts up as she hops past Hagakure. "Do you even know where you're going?"

"Yeah! I'm getting the heck out of here!" Mina calls back as she reaches the top of the stairs.

Tsuyu gives her a deadpan glare in response to Mina's answer.

As Mina reaches the final step, she finds herself atop a long stretching balcony overseeing massive water filtering machines to one side while the rest of the balcony connects with the rest of the floor that holds what looks like massive warehouse-like rooms no doubt meant for storage. The rooms are so large they look like buildings that reach all the way to the ceiling, lined all in a row that stretches on for half a block. Ocean water drips down from the ceiling above. No doubt there is a leak somewhere high above. But with the power and lights still flickering about, it's hard to make out.

Tsuyu hops up and lands beside Mina, a short minute later and Hagakure and Jiro both make it to the top as well. As they stop to catch their breaths, Jiro goes ahead and plugs her Earphone Jack into the nearest wall.

"We're wasting time!" Mina impatiently shouts, running off towards where she thinks there'll be stairs.

"Hold it!" Jiro panics, hearing something in the distance. "They're here!"

"Our friends?! Where?!" Mina cheers as she rounds a nearby corner.

Only for her to nearly run into a trio of oblivious Cyber Squids that are currently patrolling the area.

"Waaaaaaahh!" She screams in terror.

The Cyber Squids spin around, seemingly startled by her screaming before immediately lunging out at her in anger. "Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!"

"Waah!" Mina cries, scrambling away as fast as she can. "Nope! Nope! Nope! Waahh!"

Hagakure rushes after Mina. "Mina what's the-AH!"

Tsuyu gasps as she appears behind Hagakure along with Jiro. "More Cyber Squids?!"

The trio of Cyber Squids lung at the girls, their sharp tentacles poised to strike. "Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!"

"Waaah!" Mina screams falling backwards onto the ground.

Tsuyu, Jiro, and Hagakure quickly leap into action, meeting the squids head on and smashing them to bits with their kicks, sonic jabs, and metal bo staff.

On the ground, Mina breathes a sigh of relief as the trio of Cyber Squids go quiet. "Oh, geeze, t-thanks guys!"

Tsuyu and Hagakure smile in response, letting her know that it was no big deal.

Jiro, with her Earphone Jack to the floor, perks in worry. "There's more of them coming."

Hagakure trembles in response. "What now? Do we fight?"

Jiro shakes her head. "No way. From what I can hear there's too many of them."

Tsuyu spots a nearby door leading into one of the large storage units. "Quickly, everyone we'll hide in there!"

Without a second to waste they rush inside the, luckily, unlocked door. They slip inside and shut the door tight and just in time too as a flood of Cyber Squids pass on by from the other side.

The girls hold their breaths, listing in carefully as their metal tentacles scrape against the ground before fading into the distance.

Tsuyu presses her ear against the door. "Are they gone?"

Jiro gives her a nod. "Yeah, I think so."

With the coast clear, Tsuyu takes in their surroundings. It appears their intuitions were right about these massive rooms being used for storage as massive crates and machines and pipes create a dark maze within the massive room. There are no lights except for one dimly glowing lamp hanging high above the ceiling as ocean water drips down like rain through the cracks in the ceiling. Chains hang from the ceiling, hanging down loosely, swaying and cleaning with the dripping water.

"I guess it was a storage room." Mina explains aloud.

"Yaah." Hagakure nods. "But shouldn't we keep going."

"Hang on now." Jiro interrupts. "If this is where they store stuff then there might be something useful lying around."

Tsuyu chimes in. "She's right. While we're here we should take a moment and search the place. Just in case we find anything like a satellite phone, radio, or something."

"Sounds good." Jiro agrees. "But this place is so big, how are we supposed to find anything?"

Tsuyu frowns at that. "We'll have to split up."

The others freeze at that.

"Not for long!" Tsuyu explains hurriedly. "Just for now. If we don't find anything in the next ten minutes, then we need to move on."

Mina gives her a thumbs up. "Sounds like a plan."

And so they split up each heading towards a different corner of the massive storage unit. They twist and turn through the stacks of crates and rows of machines, at some points getting themselves all turned around or at a dead end. Water continues to drip down creating eerie echoes and when the chains occasionally rattle against the floor or ceiling, they jump thinking it's a Cyber Squid.

*CLANG!*

"Eeek!" Mina jumps, nearly screaming her head off as she hears another chain swing against some machinery. "Oh, why did this have to happen? This was supposed to be a girl's trip. How did it become some cliche horror movie?!"

*CLANG!*

There it is again.

Mina spins around in a fight at the source of the chains. That's when she spots a massive metal door in the wall, hidden behind stacks of crates. The door looks heavy, but automated, however it's only open part way almost like it was pried open.

Her antennae twitch above her head as an overwhelming sense of fear overcomes her, stilling her heart.

*CLANG… CLANG… CLANG… *

The chains settle down from behind the door as water continues to slowly leak down from above drenching her and the door.

Despite the fear she presses on towards the massive door, approaching it cautiously and quietly. She pokes her head in finding herself in another massive room; this one filled with piping leading in every direction with a single dim light source hanging from above, barely illuminating the room to the point it might as well be shut off.

*CLANG… CLANG… CLANG… *

"H-hello…?" Mina quietly calls out, both hoping for and not wanting a response back.

But all she can pick up is the sound of swaying chains and dripping ocean water.

She steps further inside, keeping her eyes peeled for anything and everything. "H-hello…?"

She continues in, standing under the only light source which is also where most of the dripping water is rushing in, dousing her like a rainstorm.

The cool ocean water actually feels nice, soothingly so. And so, Mina takes a moment to bask in the dripping water, giving herself a moment of cool off after so much excitement. Hoping it'll help calm her nerves despite the eerie darkness and the soft sway of the heavy chains.

*CLANG!*

That came from behind her, her antennae twitch again, and the surge of fear resurfaces within her.

Mustering her courage she steps away from the only light source, and towards where she thinks the sound came from. "H-hello…? Is anyone there?"

*CLANG!*

Mina spins towards the nearby machines, just in time to spot something scurrying between the heavy machines. She hesitantly peers inside trying to catch another glimpse.

A rat squeaks as it leaps out from the shadows and scurries away between Mina's feet, making her scream.

"Wah! Woah! Ah!" She squeals, freaking out at the sight of the nasty rodent before calming herself down. "It's just a rat. A harmless little rat."

She takes a breath, trying to compose herself. "Just relax Mina. There's nothing in here that can hurt you. Nothing at all."

Within the darkness behind, there's movement as a large figure begins to crawl out of its hiding place.

"Yeah." Mina breaths, not noticing the encroaching figure. "It's fine. Everything is fine."

Movement catches the corner of her eye, and she freezes in terror, sensing the presence of something reaching out at her, before a cold damp limb is brought down onto her shoulder.

"WAAAAAAAAHHHH!"

---

Tsuyu, Jiro, and Hagakure jump at the sound of Mina's mortifying scream. "MINA!"

They drop their search and rush towards her scream, crashing through the chains and crates without a care, more worried about reaching her than anything else.

"Mina! Mina!" Tsuyu cries, nearly hoping into Jiro.

The two take off together, running into Hagakure who's already made it to the massive metal door.

They crash through the door, ready to defend their friend no matter the danger. "MINA!"

"Oh, hey guys!" Mina cheerfully greets, waving to them without a care.

The three face fault, sliding across the ground, stopping at her feet.

Tsuyu stares up at her in disbelief. "Are you okay?"

"Hm?" She blinks down at her in confusion. "Oh! You mean my scream. Ehehe." She laughs sheepishly. "My bad, I just overreacted after I found them. Or rather they found me."

Jiro perks up. "Who found you?"

"Why, we did." Answers a familiar posh man's voice.

From within the darkness Mr. Yaoyorozu steps into the light, looking no worse for wear.

The girls let out surprised gasps. "Mr. Yaoyorozu?!"

Mr. Yaoyorozu gives them all such a kind smile. "That I am. And might I say that I'm so relieved to see you all safe and sound."

Jiro nods, giving him a sheepish grin. "Yeah us, too."

Tsuyu presses a finger to her lips. "Hang on, you said "we?"

"That he did." And out from the shadows appears the owner of the resort, Donovan GrandSmith. "Glad to see that you're all okay girls."

"Um, we are too, Mr. GrandSmith." Hagakure greets.

As she greets him more people step out front he shadows each of them being either one of Donovan's engineers or maintenance staff making a total of twelve people, not including the girls.

Jiro blinks in surprise at all the people. "What are you all doing here? We thought you all would've escaped."

Mr. Yaoyorozu frowns in regret. "Well not quite. Afraid we couldn't make it to the exit thanks to those creatures."

"Everyone who is here are the only ones that haven't escaped yet." Donovan explains.

Mina rubs the back of her head, not sure how to break this next bit of news to him. "Well, that's not exactly true now, is it?"

Donovan frowns, not sure what she's referring to. "What does that mean?"

"Wait just a moment." Mr. Yaoyorozu frantically looks around, like he lost something very precious to him. "Where is she? Where is my daughter?! Where's Momo?!"

"She's not here?" Donovan looks around and finally realizes that she's not the only one missing. "Wait, where's Billy?!"

Mina lowers her head in shame. "We lost them. They got swept away when the Cyber Squids broke through the wall."

"No!" Mr. Yaoyorozu gasps, slumping in defeat. "My Momo… My daughter…"

"Don't worry." Mina playfully punches his shoulder. "Yaomomo's one of the smartest people in our class! She can handle herself."

Tsuyu nods, chiming in. "And Ochaco's with her. So believe me they won't let a little water or robots stop them."

Jiro smiles in agreement. "Not to mention Mr. Patelliday is with them."

Donovan pauses. "Patelliday? Do you mean that Interpol agent?!"

"Yup. We somehow ended up crossing paths with him and he got swept up with Momo and Ochaco too."

Donovan has other concerns, other than the agent. "But what about Billy?"

Hagakure breaks the news to him. "We don't know. He ran off when we were attacked by the Cyber Squids."

Mr. Yaoyorozu looks to Tsuyu for an explanation. "Cyber Squids?"

"That's what we're calling those killer robot things." She explains.

"Ah, I see."

Now concerned about his grandson, Donovan ponders on what to do next. "Well, if they're still in the resort then we should be able to find them."

Mina suddenly becomes very nervous. "How? Are we gonna split up?"

"Heavens no." Donovan nearly laughs at the thought. "Actually, before you all showed up we were trying to reach the surveillance room. It's not that far from here and there's a radio we can use to contact the Coast Guard."

The girls gasp, not believing their ears. "Really?!"

"Yup." Donovan grins. "And that's not all. The resort still has enough power for the cameras to work and if that's the case we should be able to find the kids no problem."

Jiro breaks into a wide grin. "That'd be great!"

"That it would."

Mina grins, rallying the group to head out. "What are we waiting for? Let's get going!"

"Right." Mr. Yaoyorozu looks determined, silently promising himself that he will get his little girl back. "Let's do it. After all, if nothing is ventured, then nothing is gained."

---

Momo treks across the sand of the fake beach while Ochaco and Patelliday tail her from behind.

"Why are we going this way?" Ochaco asks, picking up her pace to keep up with Momo.

"Because I know there's a way up to the entrance from here." Momo responds, while scanning the area. "But I can't remember where exactly. If we can retrace our steps from the beach, we should be able to find our way back."

"Well, we're at the beach. So, do you recognize anything?"

Momo frowns, having another look around along the long stretch of sand. "I think so."

Patelliday scans the beach as well, jolting up as he spots movement in the distance. "Look alive, we have company."

Momo and Ochaco pause, following Patelliday's gaze towards the large lifeguard post standing just yards away. As they hold their breaths, they can make out the unmistakable sound of metal clinking and something moving around haphazardly inside.

Ochaco nervously backs away. "You think it's one of them?"

"Maybe." Patelliday responds, not taking his eyes off the lifeguard post. "Might just be a scout."

Momo scowls at the lifeguard post. "If it is, we should take care of it before it gives us away."

Patelliday and Ochaco give determined nods in response.

And so with them all in agreement, they move forward sneaking towards the lifeguard post as quietly as possible. They're careful with every step, especially as they walk up the wooden stairs up to the lifeguard pot's doorway.

As they approach the noise and movement inside only grows louder, no doubt signaling that a Cyber Squid's moving about inside.

Once in position near the door, the three give one last look of confirmation before they spring up, crashing through the window and door, poised to strike down their foe!

"Waaahhh!" Billy screams, falling back into a fetal position, shutting his eyes tight as he cries out in terror. "Please don't kill me! I'm too rich to die! No! No!"

The three would-be attackers pause, giving the cowering Billy very confused yet flat stares.

"Please, I'll do anything!" He begs, crying out, expecting his end to be painful and agonizing. "Just let me live! I'll even pay you! Just name your price!"

Ochaco sighs, getting irked by his last comment. "How about you calm down for a second and open your eyes?"

He does, poking his eye open. "Uraraka?!" he breaks into a wide grin, tears of joy streaming from his eyes. "You came back for me!" He cries out in joy, leaping up to give her a hug!

"Pleh!" She instinctively sidesteps, avoiding his attempt to hug her, causing him to fall flat on his face.

"Billions!" Momo scolds, not approving of his previous breakdown. "What happened to you?! Where have you been?!"

He suddenly becomes very bashful and embarrassed. "Well, I was um," Shit he can't say that he ran away without thinking, that'd make him look bad! And he can't have that! "I left so that I might be able to save us all! Yeah, that's it! I sacrificed myself to call for help!"

Ochaco gives him a very suspicious glare. "Oh, did you, now?"

"Yes, I did." He smirks, puffing his chest out. "Very heroic of me wasn't it?"

"Well did you call for help?"

He pauses before sheepishly answering. "Nnnno…" He deflates. "No, not yet."

Momo let's out an exasperated sigh. As she does so she notices the torn-up radio laying on the floor of the post. "A radio?"

"Yeah!" Billy grins. "Every lifeguard post has a radio for emergencies, so I was trying to fiddle around with this one. So, it might be strong enough to call someone on the outside."

Ochaco breaks into an excited hopeful grin. "Then that means help will arrive sooner!"

"Exactly!" He smirks, his ego already inflating. "I know I know. You may begin singing my praises."

The girls grimace in response.

"Not yet we can't." Patelliday interrupts. "Not until you finish up that there machine!"

Billy scowls in annoyance. "I know! I was just about to finish, old man!"

"I may be old but I'm spryer than you'll ever be."

"Why you-"

"Billions!" Momo scolds, chiding him.

"Whatever!" He turns away, sitting back down so that he can fiddle around with the radio again, "Just sit back and watch ladies. I, Billy Billions, will save the day!"

Ochaco curiously watches him work. And she's got to admit it, his Quirk seems pretty nifty. Although it lacks any outer flare, his fingers and hands work like a well-tuned conveyor belt, racing away in a blink of an eye as he takes apart and puts the radio back together.

She then pauses, thinking aloud to herself. "Huh, I wonder if Deku in his Grey Matter form could do the same thing?"

A tick mark forms over Billy's large forehead. "Grh!"

---

Meanwhile, from inside a large darkly lit surveillance room. Donovan enters and switches the computers on, activating the many screens to illuminate the entire room. He begins to search and scan through each surveillance camera while the other stragglers are led inside by Momo's and Ochaco's friends.

Mina approaches Donovan, her eyes locked onto the many screens. "Did you find them yet?"

Donovan shakes his head, not taking his eyes off the camera feed. "No, not yet."

Mina frowns, worriedly. "Where could they be?!"

Hagakure shivers at a terrible thought. "You don't think they were swept up into the ocean do you?!"

Nobody dares to answer, none of them even wanting to consider it a possibility.

Jiro looks up to the screens, hoping to see their friends. "Wait! Go back, I think I saw something."

Donovan quickly rewinds the feed.

Jiro spots them again. "There! Look!"

Donovan brings up the feed, putting it center stage for them all to see. And sure, enough they have a view of Momo, Ochaco, and Patelliday from above. And judging from the feed they are standing around Billy who appears to be working on some sort of contraption.

Mr. Yaoyorozu reaches out towards the screen. "Momo, she's okay!"

Tsuyu nods, glad to see them all in one piece. "And so is Ochaco!"

"And Mr. Patelliday's there too!" Hagakure cheers.

Donovan tries to have a look. "But what about Billy?"

Hagakure points at the screen. "He's there too. Look!"

"What a relief." Donovan sighs, before typing away at the settings.

Mina watches him type away. "What are you doing?"

"You'll see."

---

"There we go! And done!" Billy grins, pulling away from his newly made machine.

The radio looks like a mismatch of various electronics and devices, with a makeshift antenna spinning around atop a hanger wire.

"Now let's make the call!" Ochaco reaches towards the device to activate it.

Billy stops her. "No, need. It's already sent. I set it to let out a constant S.O.S. signal and I can almost guarantee you the Coast Guard has already picked up on it."

Momo grins in excitement. "That's great!"

"Way to go Billions!" Ochaco cheers, fist pumping the air.

"Hm. Hm!" Billy smirks, feeling mighty proud of himself right now.

Patelliday grins as well but there is a hint of hesitation to do so.

*RING! RING! RING!*

A phone seated atop a nearby desk rings, calling to their attention.

Ochaco blinks at the phone, not expecting it at all. "Is it the Coast Guard?"

"It's gotta be!" Billy runs over and snatches up the phone, setting it to speaker phone. "Hello? Is this the Coast Guard?"

["Nope. It's someone even better. It's your Grandpa!"]

Billy gasps at the sound of Donovan's voice. "Grandfather?!"

---

Donovan grins at the screen, watching his Grandson answer the phone. "Yes, that's right, Billy. I'm reaching you from the Aquania's surveillance room."

From on the screen, they can see Ochaco peering up at the camera. ["Oh, Mr. GrandSmith! Can you find our friends?! We all got separated!"]

Mina hops over, shouting into the mic. "Already found!"

Both Ochaco and Momo let out delighted gasps of surprise. ["Mina?!"]

"We're here too!" Hagakure shouts.

"Hey!" Jiro calls out.

"Kero!" As does Tsuyu.

["That's great!"] Ochaco's heart swells, relieved to know that they're all still alive.

And Momo feels very similar. ["That's such a relief."]

"Momo! Momo!" Mr. Yaoyorozu rushes to the mic. "Are you alright?! You're not hurt are you?!"

["I'm fine, father. Mr. Patelliday's been a great help."]

[Don't you worry, sir."] Patelliday calls out, not exactly sure who he's talking to. ["I'll personally make sure your little girl gets you in one piece. You have my word!"]

"I'll hold it to you my friend. Thank you."

["Hey listen!"] Billy interrupts with a shout. ["You should all be thanking me, cause I was able to reach the coast guard!"]

Mina gasps. "You were?! That's great!"

Tsuyu, however, doesn't leap for joy. "Will they though?"

Everyone pauses, wondering what she could mean.

"I mean we're being attacked by killer robots while in an underwater resort. Are they really gonna believe that and hurry over here?"

That's a fair point. A very sad and depressing point.

"Killer machines." Mr. Yaoyorozu causes, considering the killer machines and their purpose here today. "That reminds me, Donovan. Why is your resort under attack?"

"Why?" Donovan can't believe that Mr. Yaoyorozu would ask such a question. "It's because of those creatures, that's why!"

"No." Mr. Yaoyorozu scowls, not accepting that answer for a second. "Those things are here for a reason. I mean, why attack now? Why not during the construction of this place? Why now? There has got to be a reason?"

"I don't know!" Donovan shouts back, losing his patience. "Maybe it's corporate sabotage. Maybe somebody sent them!"

Mina's antennas twitch in response, picking up the man's sudden fear and guilt. "You're lying…"

Donovan scowls at her. "Huh?"

"I said, you're lying!" Mina points an accusing finger at the businessman. "You know why they're here! I know it!"

["Hey!"] Billy shouts angrily through the comms system. ["My Grandfather did nothing to those aliens! They attacked us first!"]

Patelliday's expression becomes serious and stoic in response to Billy's comment.

Donovan quickly jumps onto Billy's explanation. "That's right! Those aliens attacked us! We didn't do anything to them!
That might be true, but Momo thinks otherwise. ["Billions?"]

Billy flashes her a studded smile. ["Yes, my fair maiden?"]

["Why do you keep referring to those machines as aliens?"] Her eyes narrow at him suspiciously. ["Do you perhaps know something we don't?"]

Ochaco and Patelliday remain silent, throwing each other concerned looks.

However, instead of outright throwing the idea away, Patelliday instead goes along with Momo's suspicions. ["Out with it, son. If you know something now's the time to share it."]

["What?! I don't know anything!"] Billy defends way too quickly.

Momo's glare narrows in response.

["Seriously! It's not like we stole anything from them!"]

Everybody let's put audible gasps. "STOLE!?"

"Billy!" Donovan yells out. "What have you done?!"

"No, Donovan." Mr. Yaoyorozu scowls. "What have you done?"

Donovan doesn't put up a fight as he tries to figure out how to best weasel his way out of this. But when he can't think of any way to defend himself, he's quick to give in. "Okay. The underwater volcano thing didn't work. The Aquania was doomed! And I was about to become the punchline for a bad joke! And then I found this…other energy source. On this weird craft way down below."

["Yeah!"] Billy excitedly nods. ["It's what I wanted to show you all when we were down in the trench."]

["Shh!"] Ochaco shushes him, wanting Donovan to continue.

Which he does. "When Billy and I took the Undersea Mantaray on its first test drive, we came upon it. The energy source." That strange purple glowing orb of light. "It was like nothing I've ever seen before. Even now I can't explain what it's made of or how it was made. So, we concluded that maybe, just maybe, it was an alien energy source."

Shock and disbelief courses through everyone. Aliens? That can't be right? Can it…?

Ochaco and Mina feel especially worried, their hearts dropping to their stomachs.

Jiro still can't believe it, but she goes along with the working theory for now. "Now I bet those aliens want it back."

Hagakure nods in agreement. "That has to be it!"

Mr. Yaoyorozu scowls at Donovan, like a teacher waiting for their student to spill out the truth. "Is there anything else we should know?"

Donovan gives a shake of his head. "No, I already told you the whole truth."

Patelliday hisses, cutting himself into the conversation. ["Well, you technically did. Too bad it's all wrong! Well mostly."]

Everyone does a double take. "What?!"

---

Ochaco peers up at the Plumber, not sure what he could be up to. "Patelliday?"

Patelliday smiles at her. "Mr. GrandSmith isn't the only one hiding secrets, now is he?" He winks, making sure the camera can't see him.

Ochaco smiles in response.

Patelliday then turns to the camera. "Listen here everyone! For clarification sake I am Agent Patelliday and I am here on behalf of Interpol conducting an investigation into missing WMDs!"

Ochaco's not sure what that means. "WMDs?"

Momo takes it upon herself to explain. "It means: Weapons of Mass Destruction."

It takes everyone a moment to realize what she just said. "Wait, weapons?!"

"Yes!" Patelliday clarifies, glad to see that he has everyone's attention. "For full disclosure an American scientist who was based on I-Island went ahead and created these Cyber Squids. His intention was to create a self-producing AI army that can overwhelm a population by throwing them into chaos. As we've already seen. But in order to keep this AI army going he developed an extremely unstable arc reactor of sorts."

["An arc reactor?"] Donovan had no idea he had such a device in his possession.

"Yes!" Patelliday reaffirms.

Billy, however, brings up a good point. "Then how did they end up here in the ocean?!"

"I was getting to that." Patelliday turns back to the camera and continues. "When the authorities caught onto this plot, I'm afraid the mad scientist rocketed them away into the sky and across the ocean, apparently he wanted to demonstrate their capabilities to the world."

Jiro frowns, calling out through the comms system. ["But then how come we never heard of them until now?"]

Patelliday continues with his explanation. "The Japanese navy was able to intercept the rocket and blast it out of the sky! Sending it and its cargo into the ocean, out of reach and presumably out of commission. And so, I-Island got to work on covering up the whole mess, not wanting to tarnish their good name."

Momo frowns, finding the last part to be in bad taste. "I see."

"But then a few weeks ago I received a familiar energy signal coming from the arc reactor."

As Patelliday explains, all the pieces finally click in Ochaco's head. Patelliday is telling them the truth just censored down. The Cyber Squids are aliens, and they probably were made by some alien scientist. But the Plumbers must have shot down their ship and it landed on Earth! So when Mr. GrandSmith brought the energy source closer to the surface the Plumbers must have been able to pick up on the alien device right away! That's why he's here! Patelliday's been looking into this from the start!

"Then that's why you're here!" Ochaco grins, proud of herself for getting all the pieces together, "You came to see if the Cyber Squids had somehow survived!"

"That I did." Patelliday smiles, assuming she is in the know now. "Now that they are here, we have a bigger problem on our hands. Since the Cyber Squids have fallen to their original programming it won't be long until they set their sights on other populations."

Momo let's out a horrified gasp. "Like Japan?!"

"Precisely."

Mr. Yaoyorozu frowns worriedly as a sense of dread and foreboding overwhelms him. ["Mr. Patelliday, why are you sharing all this with us? What is your reasoning for doing so?"]

Patelliday doesn't even try to deny it. "Ah, so you caught on, huh? Well, no use beating around the bush but I need everyone's cooperation if we're gonna stop these mindless attack drones from spreading!"

"What?!" Billy is astounded by the news. "You want our help?! Can't you do it yourself? I mean what am I paying for?"

"You're not paying me." Patelliday chides. "But yes, I need everyone's help."

Mr. Yaoyorozu can already see where this is going. ["No, I won't allow it! My daughter's already been through enough! We'll let the Coast Guard handle the rest."]

"They won't be able to handle it!" Patelliday responds. "If we're gonna eliminate this threat then we have to take action right now!"

Donovan offers up a good question. ["Then how do you suggest we do that?"]

Patelliday pauses to think, not having thought that far yet.

Momo, however, has. "We give them what they want."

Billy looks at her like she just said something insane, because she did. "What?"

"We give them exactly what they're looking for!" She repeats, this time with confidence. "Jiro said it herself, those Cyber Squids must have attacked because they want their power source back! They must realize that they can't survive without it!"

Jiro chimes back in. ["But doesn't that mean we should try to keep the energy source away from them?"]

Momo shakes her head. "No! We do the opposite. The Cyber Squids have yet to expand past the resort, meaning they're all trapped here."

["So?!"] Donovan shouts, not sure where this is going. ["What are you implying?!"]

"I'm implying that we allow these Cyber Squids to reunite with their precious energy source before eliminating them all and the energy source."

Patelliday is starting to see the bigger picture here. "I see, but how do we do it?"

"Yeah!" Billy scoffs. "What are we just gonna blow up the energy source and the robots with it?"

Momo drops her fist into her open palm, settling on Billy's idea. "That's exactly what we'll do!"

Billy's bewildered eyes widen to the size of dinner plates. "What?!"

Momo turns back to the others, laying out the entire plan. "Here's what we'll do. Jiro, Tsuyu, Mina, and Hagakure will lead my father and the others to safety. You all need to escape the resort as quickly as you can."

Mina looks to Donovan for clarification. ["Can we do that?"]

["One moment."] Donovan types away at the computer, scanning through the various screens and camera feed. "Yes! Our pathways seem to be clear for now!"

---

"Good." Momo nods, relieved to hear that they'll have no problems with escaping.

Ochaco pulls on her sleeve. "So, what does that mean for the rest of us?"

"You, me, Patelliday and Billy will make our way to the generator room and set the energy source to self-destruct."

"No way!" Billy writes it off immediately. "That's insane! I don't want to go!"

Patelliday places a hand on the teen's shoulder. "It's that or being left behind."

Billy considers it for a moment before giving into the original plan.

However, he's not the only one not set on this place. ["No, I forbid it!"] Mr. Yaoyorozu protests. ["You can't be serious to think that I'd allow you to put yourself in danger like this, Momo?! I won't stand for it! You need to escape with the rest of us, pronto!"]

"No!" Momo shouts reaffirming her stance on the issue. "We have to be the ones to do it. The rest of you are far closer to the exit than we are, and we can easily make our way to the generator room… This is the only way."

["Momo…"] Mr. Yaoyorozu never felt more proud or worried about her bravery before, and he's not sure what to make of it. But he knows that when his daughter has a specific goal in mind, she'll work hard to achieve it. After all he didn't raise a quitter now did, he?

Momo turns to address Billy. "You do know where it is, right, Billions?"

He gives a hesitant nod of his head. "Y-yeah."

"Good."

["Now, wait just a moment!"] Donovan cuts in, ready to object against this plan. ["I can't allow you to do this either! I mean you're implying blow up the energy source!"]

"That I am."

["But what about my resort?! You'll take it down along with the Squids!"]

["Donovan."] Mr. Yaoyorozu pulls Donovan away from the mic. ["Let's cut to the end here, your resort was going to sink one way or another. Better it go out like this than with thousands of VIP guests."]

Knowing he can't really argue, Donovan easily gives in, grumbling under his breath. ["Very well. But I don't know if the insurance will cover for this."]

"Very good." Momo turns to address the rest of her crew. "Are you all with me as well?"

Ochaco nods, pumping her fists at her sides. "You bet I am!"

Patelliday is just as ready. "I'm not one to object to a good plan."

Billy, however, is a different story. "Do I have to go?"

All three respond back with a definite answer. "Yes!"

["And don't worry about your pops!"] Mina gleefully sings over the comms. ["We'll get him and everyone else out of here, safe and sound!"]

Momo nods in appreciation at the camera. "Thank you."

["And Momo."] Mr. Yaoyorozu cuts back in with worry dripping out of his voice. ["Please be careful."]

"No need to worry, father. It'll be fine."

Ochaco taps Billy on the shoulder. "So, what's the fastest route to the generator from here?"

He points out towards the beach, "Um, across the water."

"G-great. Any suggestions on how we can get across?"

They all pause to think but after a moment or two Patelliday spots the jet skis docked just outside. "I have a few ideas."

---

"Chop! Chop! Chop! Let's move people! We don't got all day!" Mina shouts, herding the stragglers through the resort's upper levels. "Don't shove but do hurry it up!"

Tsuyu hops over to Jiro who's carefully listening in to their surroundings. "Anything?"

Jiro shakes her head, trying to listen in. "Nothing. The coast is clear for now."

Hagakure rushes over after running up ahead. "Just scouted ahead, I think I found the exit and it's still in one piece!"

Mr. Yaoyorozu smiles in relief. "Such wonderful news." he turns towards Donovan who is lagging behind. "You coming, Donovan?"

"Of course, I am." Donovan somberly spits back as he takes in every detail of the pipe-lined walls, boltheads, and massive windows. "I'm just trying to memorize what I can before it's all blown away…" He pauses, regretfully snickering to himself. "Talk about flushing away good money."

At the same time, Tsuyu checks in with Mina. "Do you really think they'll be alright?"

"They gotta be." Mina affirms. "Ochaco can kick some serious butt and Yaomomo's the resident genius. They'll be fine."

Nearby, Jiro jolts in place as she picks up on some strange noises. "What was that?!"

Hagakure is almost too scared to ask. "What was what?"

Jiro listens in carefully. "I hear…banging and glass cracking."

"Cracking?" Donovan wonders, going quiet and trying to listen in. "I don't hear anything."

"It's not near us, it's…" Jiro focuses in on the loud inconsistent banging. "It's coming from outside! The Cyber Squids I think they're up to something!"

Mina gasps. "Like what?!"

---

"Woooaaah!" Ochaco lets out a gleeful whoop as she races her jet ski across the indoor lagoon. "Now this is pod racing!"

Momo speeds past her while on her own jet ski. "Pod? Racing? What is that?"

Ochaco pouts, pitying Momo's lack of enlightenment. 'She didn't get it…'

"Waaah! Wait for me!" Billy cries out trying to catch up to them, but in his haste to do so his jet ski swerves nearly running over Patelliday who's swimming up beside him.

"Woah now!" Patelliday ducks underneath the water, and pops back into view from the other side. "Watch where you're driving that thing sonny, or I'll have to right you up for attempted vehicular manslaughter!"

From above the sound of something heavy banging against a glass frame echoes across the resort.

Billy slows to a stop along with everyone else. "What was that?"

They all peer up and gasps in shock at all the cyan lights surrounding the dome of the resort looking like stars in the night sky while a chorus of glass being pounded, and cracking resonates from every direction.

"What are they doing?!" Ochaco gasps.

But it's too late to figure out what because portions of the dome finally break away and massive amounts of ocean water flood inside like an underwater tsunami.

"They broke in!" Ochaco screams in response to the encroaching tidal wave!

"It's a tidal wave!" Momo cries out in terror.

While Billy's already a sobbing mess of tears and snot. "We're gonna drown!"

WHAM! The wave swallows them up in a spinning torrent of cold ocean water, debris, sand, and Cyber Squids.

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!" The nearby Cyber Squids launch themselves at the drowning teens, taking advantage of their helplessness.

"Oh, no you don't!" Patelliday roars, swooping in and tearing them apart. But more Squids are on the way, forcing Patelliday to order the others to escape. "Get going!" And he swims off to stop the incoming forces.

Ochaco and the others desperately try to hold their breaths while also fighting against the rushing waves and torrents.

Momo reaches towards her glowing stomach and after a moment of struggling she Creates a breathing apparatus for each of them. The breathing apparatus being a see-through mask that covers the nose and mouth while oxygen filters protrude out from the sides near the base of the chin.

She practically shoves them into Ochaco's and Billy's faces, much to their surprise.

But their surprise soon turns to relief as the ocean water is drained out and replaced with fresh air.

"Gah!" Ochaco gasps while taking a big inhale. "T-thanks, Momo!"

Billy coughs, clearing his throat of sea water. "Y-yeah. Thanks."

She nods in response, happy to be of service.

Since they no longer have to worry about drowning, the trio swim upward, through the torrents and debris until they manage to break through to the choppy surface.

Peering round they can see Patelliday's tail splashing against the water in the distance as he fights off another patrol of Cyber Squids.

Ochaco bats the water, grabbing Billy's attention. "Which way is the generator?!"

"Um." He peers around, trying to get his bearings. "I think it's that way!" He points.

Momo spots their jet skis, which popped back up to the surface after they were washed off of them. "Let's hurry!" She swims towards them with Ochaco and Billy following behind her.

They climb aboard their jet skis, but Billy climbs on to Momo's since his is flipped over and he struggles to get it over.

As they rev up their skies, Ochaco shouts back for them Plumber. "Patelliday!"

Patelliday hears her, and so slashes away the last Cyber Squid and takes off before more can show up. "I'm coming, don't you worry about me!"

He follows along as they all race atop the rising water that's now completely flooded the indoor beach and has started to rise past the first levels of the hotels and restaurants.

Billy leads them into a passage that sloped downward but due to the rushing water it now an insane waterslide, forcing them to hold on for dear life as they're thrown this way and that as they descend further and further into the resort.

But through all the flying water and crashing waves, Ochaco quickly realizes that they're quickly coming to a dead-end.

"We're gonna crash!" She screams, unable to slow her descent.

"Jump kids!" Patelliday shouts.

Ochaco jumps as does Momo who pulls Billy into the water. Their skies race forward, pulled along with the waves. And they crash headfirst into the wall, crumbling up like tin cans against the sturdy wall.

The teens and Patelliday watch their jet skis crash into the wall from underneath the waves and rising water level.

With their breathing masks still on Momo turns to Billy and asks. "Which way?!"

He looks taking in the scene before him, of being in an underwater passageway. After a moment of familiarizing himself with the underwater scene he leads them down a narrow passageway. "This way!"

They all swim after him, quickly passing him up as they dive through the passageway. It's dark forcing them to pull themselves along the pipes that are lining the wall to move forward. Occasionally a red light from the emergency system manages to spark to life, illuminating the dark cold water around them.

As they swim forward, Ochaco spots a familiar gash inside the wall while a flight of stairs sits across from it, leading up to another passageway.

She quickly recognizes the scene, it's where they first got separated from the others. "Hang on, I know where we are!"

She hurries ahead and down into the next passageway.

The others quickly follow and soon they too recognize the scene as they find themselves inside a large corridor with a set of massive iron doors, sealed at the end of the hallway while a dim purple light illuminates from behind the portal window.

"This is it!" Billy gleefully announces. "See I told you I knew where it was."

Ochaco swims right up to the massive iron doors, searching for a way to open it. "How do we get inside?"

"Allow me." Patelliday politely offers with a kind smile.

Ochaco moves away, offering him the space.

Patelliday swims over to the side of the door where a control panel lies.

Ochaco's excitement grows expecting him to pull out some cool alien gadget to get the door open. But much to her surprise and disappointment he just rips his claws right through the panel, slashing it to pieces.

The panel sparks and after a moment the massive doors peel away, opening up for them.

Ochaco can't believe her eyes, nor how anti-climactic that was.

Patelliday flashes her a smile as he swims through. "Technology can be very delicate, don't you know?"

"Somehow, I don't think that it should have applied here." Ochaco grumbles to herself.

Momo swims past her, offering to go inside with her. "I now see why Midoriya refers to that form as Ripjaws."

"Yeah, no kidding." Ochaco smiles. "Deku sure knows how to name em."

Billy swims up behind them, scowling to himself in annoyance at the mention of Deku.

They find themselves in a large chamber filled to the brim with pipes that line the walls like spider webs going in all directions from a single point high above the water's surface. All congregating at a purple light that reflects down through the water.

The group quietly swim up and breach the surface of the relatively calm water to find that the chamber extends high above their heads while a balcony crosswalk sits high above their heads while a massive generator sits between the interaction crosswalks in the middle of the chamber.

Momo eyes the glowing machine suspicion. "Is that it?"

"It has to be." Ochaco responds.

"How do we get up there, though?"

Billy peers around the room and as he looks further up he sees something that nearly makes him piss his pants. "What about them?!" He begs in a hushed whisper of a cry.

The others peer up and nearly plunge back into the water at what they see.

Hibernating Cyber Squids line the ceiling and walls, their tentacles entangled in the pipes holding them in place while their usually bright glowing heads lie dim and still, unmoving and unresponsive.

"Are they…asleep?" Ochaco questions, not sure if it's a trick of sorts.

"I…think they're recharging." Momo theorizes. "Absorbing the energy source's light like solar panels."

"I think you're right." Patelliday affirms, observing how the bright purple light reflects around the entire chamber. "And if that's the case they must be conserving their power, meaning that they'll be unaware of our presence."

Which means this is their chance, and Ochaco's ready to take it. "Then let's get in there and do this quietly."

"Are you insane?!" Billy shouts at a whisper. "I ain't going up there!"

"You have too!" Momo defends. "You're the only one that knows how to reprogram the machine to self-destruct. You have too!"

"No!" he turns his nose away in defiance. "You can't make me."

Ochaco scowls in annoyance. "Huh." With an idea in mind, she swims right up to Billy.

Seeing her approach, he smirks, eyeing her lecherously. "Do you think you can change my mind?"

She smirks back in defiance. "I don't have to."

She presses her fingers against his arm and then she gives him a little shove upwards.

"Waah!" Billy nearly screams put in terror as he begins to float upward like a balloon.

"Shhh!" Ochaco shushes him, watching him flail about in the air.

He clamps his mouth shut as he continues his ascent up towards the walkway.

"Release."

And with that Billy falls and he just barely manages to grab the railing before he plummets back down to the water.

While Billy struggles to hoist himself up, Ochaco turns to the others and politely asks. "Who's next?"

They all go up at once, landing softly onto the walkway just after Billy finally managed to hoist himself up and is now keeled over trying to catch his breath.

"N-never… Do that…again." He begs in between breaths.

Momo strolls past him, making her way to the massive purple glowing generator. She finds the control console and with a flip of a switch the panels that are covering the energy source fold away and a flood of purple light invades the room like a star.

"Is that the energy source?" Momo awes in amazement as she lays her eyes on the purple glowing orb seated inside the machine.

"It is." Patelliday confirms.

"Wow, it's…amazing. I can almost see why they thought it was alien technology."

Patelliday and Ochaco share a humorous yet stressed look.

But Patelliday is quick to get things going. "Do your thing sonny." he gives Billy a pat on the shoulder and a light shove forward.

Billy brushes his hand away. "I'm going. I'm going."

His clothes drip water onto the walkway as he walks forward in his expensive dress shoes. He steps onto one of the puddles and slips, hitting the floor hard and way too loudly.

Everyone freezes in place as the clang of Billy' fall echoes through the generator room. Each of them holding their breaths while the Cyber Squids remain still and unresponsive.

However, the Cyber Squids remain as they were, still and silent.

Realizing that they're not in danger yet, the others throw Billy very accusing glares.

He sheepishly grins in response. "S-sorry."

He slinks his way, carefully, to the generator and begins typing away at the controls, preparing the self-destruct sequence by rerouting the power back at the energy source itself. Essentially his plan is to overcharge it and allow it to destroy itself along with the Cyber Squids.

With Billy at work, Momo tries to think ahead of what will happen next. "Alright, Ochaco, we better prepare a defense. I'm sure once the Cyber Squids figure out what we're up to they will undoubtedly try to stop us."

"You got." Ochaco raises her fist in determination. "Don't you worry, Momo. I won't let a single one of these things get near that-"

"Finished!" Billy cheers, puffing his chest out in prideful glee.

The girls take a pause, needing a moment to process what he said. 'ALREADY!?'

Patelliday cups his chin in awe at the boy's handy work. "That was quick."

Billy's smirk grows that much cockier. "What can I say, my Know How isn't like any other."

Ochaco scans the controls. "Where's the timer?"

"Right here." Billy points to the glowing red counter. "Look, see? I already set it to give us one whole hour to get out here."

"An hour?"

"Yeah. What you thought I'd make it something stupidly short like two minutes? Please I'm not some random script writer who's just trying to make unnecessary tension. Let's be real here."

Momo couldn't agree more with Billy's logic. "That's perfect. We'll set the self-destruct and escape the way we came in."

Ochaco and Patelliday nod in agreement to the plan.

As does Billy. "Well since that's settled, I'll just go ahead and activate it. Boop!" He presses the last button, activating the self-destruct.

The moment he flips it on, the alarm system blares across the entire resort.

*WARNING! WARNING! EVACUATE! EVACUATE! WARNING! WARNING! EVACUATE! EVACUATE!*

Everyone's jaw drops as what feels like a chilling blizzard freezes them in place.

It takes Billy a minute to realize what just occurred. "Oops I forgot to shut off the alarm system."

"YOU FORGOT!?"

"Srsrsrsrsrsr. Srsrsrsrsrsr. Srsrsrsrsrsr."

Their hearts drop as the room begins to be filled up by cyan hues as the Cyber Squids begin to awaken from their slumber.

Billy cries out at the sight of them. "Oh, no!"

Ochaco backs away as they begin to stir. "I think we disturbed their nap time."

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!" The Cyber Squids attack, the nearest ones launch themselves at the teens and Plumber.

Momo, Ochaco, and Patelliday meet them head on, tearing through them quickly and easily.

But they don't have a moment to bask in their easy win as more and more Cyber Squids launch themselves down at the group.

"Waah!" Billy scrambles away back towards the generator.

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!" A single Cyber Squid lands down onto the crosswalk, separating Billy from the others.

"Aaaaaaahhh!" He screams.

"Srsrsrsrsrsr!" The Cyber Squid swings its sharp tentacles forward.

"Waahh! Aaaaahh!" Billy cries, ducking down so the tentacles pierce the generator's controls instead of him.

"Billions!" Ochaco rushes over and smashes the squid away with a glowing fist. "You're not hurt are you?"

"No." He responds while pulling himself off the ground. "I'm good. But I can't say the same for the controls."

His jaw drops when his eyes land on the counter. "WAH! We only got five minutes!"

Ochaco looks and her heart stops when she sees the seconds counting down from five minutes. "How?! What did you do?!"

"I didn't do anything!" Billy cries, offended by her accusations. "Blame them!"

Momo grabs Billy and Ochaco's hand, pulling towards the railing. "We have to leave!" She pulls them toward the ledge, but she stops inches away as she spots swirling cyan lights in the water below. "We've been cut off!"

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!" More Cyber Squids jump down onto the catwalk, cutting them off from the generator with their tentacles poised to strike.

Patelliday backs away from them. "I think it's time for a new plan."

"We don't have any more time!" Ochaco screams. "So, then we run!"

Pulling Momo and Billy along she takes off down the walkway with Patelliday in toe.

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!" The Cyber Squids give chase, seeing an opportunity of attack.

Patelliday swings around and slashes his claws through the floor and railing and with a swift kick he knocks part of the walkway down along with a few Cyber Squids.

"Hurry!" He shouts, sprinting after the teens. "That won't hold them off for long!"

Or at all as they already begin to stretch across and leap over to the other side.

"It's a dead-end!" Ochaco shouts as she, Momo, and Billy stop at an overlook that peers into the submarine hangar bay.

"And we're gonna be dead in a minute!" Billy cries, nearly collapsing due to his shaking knees.

Momo quickly scans for a solution, and she finds it as she spots the docked Undersea Mantaray in the hangar below. "There! We can escape in that!"

Billy, the ever downer, brings up a good point. "How do we get down there?!"

Without even thinking, Ochaco fires a Ryou Sphere right at the window, blasting it apart.

"Oh."

"Let's move it kids!" Patelliday shouts as the Cyber Squids near.

Ochaco makes herself and the others weightless, allowing them to float down harmlessly while Patelliday just goes ahead and leaps down, rolling to a stop on the ground below.

"Release!" Ochaco and the others drop, landing on their feet.

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!" The Cyber Squid are already upon them, towering over them from the overlook above.

"Hurry!" Ochaco yells as she fires a Ryou Sphere right at them, blasting them away

Momo and Billy rush for the submarine, running past Patelliday who opted to stick by Ochaco to help cover their escape.

"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!" Despite her initial attack a number of Cyber Squids remain undeterred as they lunge down at the heroes.

Ochaco dodges the tentacles as best as she can but the best she can do is take the hits with a block. But during each block she'll press her fingers against the metal, making the squid weightless and easier for her to grab and swing around at its allies.

Meanwhile, Patelliday iconicly rips through each incoming Cyber Squid with his sharp claws and powerful jaws.

Both doing what they can to buy Momo and Billy enough time to get the sub started.

Momo hurries into the sub. "Can you get it to work?!"

"Maybe?" Billy hurries inside, scrambling towards the controls.

He sits his butt down in a flash and fiddles with the ignition and immediately he is met with the sound of the engine roaring to life and the turbines warming up. "I got it!" He cheers and begins to steer the submarine downward.

Meanwhile, Patelliday and Ochaco can hear the submarine roar to life as it begins to slowly descend into the water.

"That's our ride." Patelliday jokes.

Ochaco makes herself weightless just as Patelliday grabs her and launches her up onto the roof of the submarine. "Sorry to dash and run but I know a sinking ship when I see it." Ochaco quips as she fires a pair of Ryou Spheres down on the charging Cyber Squids, blasting them back and giving Patelliday enough covering fire to escape.

Patelliday hurries to the sub, passing by a control panel as he does so. Without even needing to think about it he slashes the controls before hopping onto the sub where Ochaco's holding the door for him.

As they slip inside the controls spark and pop, activating the hangar doors to close and seal the open portal shut.

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The metal curtain shuts the portal completely trapping the Cyber Squids inside without an escape.

From inside the sub Patelliday and Ochaco crash into the haul.

"Punch it!"

Billy slams down on the steering wheel, coaxing the sub to descend faster.

However, the further they plunge the more water seeps in through the already preexisting cracks and dents.

"Ah!" Billy screams as water spits at his face. "At this rate we'll drown before we get blown up!"

"No!" Momo shouts, not willing to let it all end her.

She squats down away from Billy, lifting her shirt up as her stomach begins to glow brightly.

Ochaco watches her work, not sure what she could be up to. "Momo…!"

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"Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr! Srsrsrsrsrsr!" The Cyber Squids scratch and pull at the sealed door, prying it open, fully intent on hunting their targets down to the ends of the Earth.

Or at least till the end of the countdown

BOOM.

The energy source shines brighter and brighter, purple lightning dancing off of it before it unleashes its full power and explodes like an imploding star.

The blazing explosion rips through the resort working its way from the generator room, through the pipes, hallways, hotels, and even the dome! Everything goes up in flames and heat and power. The resort's foundation gives away causing the resort to fall and be lost to the Mariana Trench along with its other hidden treasures and tragedies.

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Even from above, watching from top the large floating platform; those that escaped along with the Mina, Tsuyu, Hagakure, Jiro, Mr. Yaoyorozu and Donovan watch the explosion rip through the ocean's surface.

Water gushes out up to the sky in a brilliant display as if an underwater volcano erupted or hundreds of naval mines went off all at once!

Water and rubble rains down, soaking the girls and the adults as pieces of the resort rise to the surface amongst the crashing surface and heat.

"Already!?" Hagakure gasps, relieved to know they got everyone out in time.

Tsuyu scans the water. "But they're not here yet!"

Mina pales. "You don't think they were still in there do you?!"

"That can't be!" Mr. Yaoyorozu cries, rushing to the edge of the water.

But Jiro grabs him just in case he tries to dive in and search for her.

"Momo! My Momo where are you?!"

Donovan nearly falls to his knees as not only his resort but also his grandson go up in smoke. "Billy…"

Mina's antennas twitch as she gets a sudden urge of excitement. "Wait, they're here!"

Jiro excitedly looks out towards the water. "Where? I don't see them."

On que, a massive, inflated bubble that looks like a blow up raft was folded in on itself pops out of the water, floating above the water like a beach ball.

The ball begins to deflate as it's ripped apart as Ochaco rips her head out, taking a deep breath of fresh air. "Oh, my head. It feels like it's gonna explode." Her cheeks puff up as she holds back her lunch, but it's no good as she throws up off the side of the deflating bubble.

"Sorry about that." Momo apologizes, rubbing Ochaco's back. "It was all I could think of to save us."

"Don't apologize." suggests Patelliday. "You're quick thinking saved us. We or at least you all would have drowned in that submarine if you didn't act as quickly as you had."

Momo smiles, becoming bashful under all this praise.

"Oh…" Billy groans, his head pounding from the sudden change in pressure. "I never…wanna do that again."

"Billy!/Momo!" Donovan and Mr. Yaoyorozu call out, waving them over.

Mina let's out an exhausted yet happy sigh. "They sure know how to make things exciting."

Tsuyu nods in agreement. "That they do. Kero."

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Ochaco collapses falling onto her behind as she finally gives into exhaustion. "What a day!" She grumbles, now that the hot sun is once again beating down on her.

The resort staff sit atop the platform, waiting for the coast guard, while rubble and debris continue to float up to the surface.

Hagakure sits on the edge, her feet in the water as she pats the head of the sea turtle that inhabited the indoor lagoon. It apparently escaped unscathed when the dome was smashed open.

"Are you sure you guys are, okay? Jiro asks, leaning against the railing alongside Momo.

"No need to worry." Momo promises. "We're just tired, that's all."

"I'm sure."

"But what happened down there?!" Mina begs. "What was with that explosion?! Why didn't you guys give yourselves an hour or something?!"

Ochaco's smile cracks. "Let's just say we had some technical difficulties." She throws Billy an accusing glance.

He throws his hands up in defense. "Hey, don't look at me! No way was that my fault!"

While the teens relax and rest up, Donovan stands out on the edge of the platform watching gloomily as his bubbles and pieces of rubble rise to the surface. "Two billion dollars literally down the drain."

Mr. Yaoyorozu places a comforting hand on his friend's shoulder. "I am sorry my friend and although this may be a bad time. But after much consideration I have chosen not to endorse your resort."

"Indorse, no. But repay, yes."

Mr. Yaoyorozu takes a pause. "Excuse me?"

Donovan throws Mr. Yaoyorozu a nasty glare. "Be expecting a call from my lawyers Hiroshi. After all, it was your daughter's plan that resulted in my resort's destruction."

Mr. Yaoyorozu is taken back but with a push of his glasses he quickly composes himself and counters. "You may take this to court but let's get the facts straight first. If you recall it was in fact your Grandson's idea to activate a self-destruct sequence. And it was you that stole unlicensed technology without reporting it. So be my guest, sue me. But I can guarantee you that you will not win."

Donovan scowls in frustration, unable to fight back against Mr. Yaoyorozu's sound logic.

Mina slides over and sits down beside Ochaco, breathing out an exhausted sigh. "That was crazy."

"No, kidding." Ochaco laughs. "Too bad nobody will ever believe us though."

"I don't know, someone might." Mina smirks, flashing Ochaco a knowing look.

And Ochaco does know, she knows exactly who'll believe their story. "Yeah, I guess Deku would."

"Yup! Haha!"

Billy scowls as he overhears that name again! And the day's stressful events and agonizing experiences all boil up and explode as he hears that name again!

"Deku." He growls as he tries to imagine what this womanizing scumbag looks like. "I swear if we ever meet, I promise that I'll show you and everybody else that you're nothing compared to me. Do you hear me, Deku?! Because I curse you! Curse you!"

Momo gives Billy a strange look. "What is he shouting about?"

Jiro shrugs, not wanting to tell her. "Nothing, it's just crazy talk."

In the meantime, Mr. Yaoyorozu approaches the supposed Interpol agent as he gazes out towards the open ocean. "Agent Patelliday."

Patelliday turns to face the man.

Mr. Yaoyorozu bows his head in respect. "I wanted to thank you properly for keeping your word and bringing my daughter back to me safely."

Patelliday smiles back. "You shouldn't be thanking me. Your daughter saved not just me but everybody."

"That she did." Mr. Yaoyorozu grins.

"You should be proud. At this rate she'll become one the finest heroes around."

"As a father I couldn't be prouder of her." He peers over at her while she laughs away with her friends. "But I still can't help but worry."

"As you should. But having those who worry and support us, only motivates us that much more to come back to them."

Mr. Yaoyorozu smiles at that, after all he couldn't agree more. "By the way, I seem to recall that your submarine was inside the resort when it blew up. Will you be needing a ride home? If so, I'd be more than happy to take you on my plane."

"No, need. My ride will be pulling up any minute now."

Everyone overhears and pauses, wondering what that could mean when there isn't a boat or plane to be seen for miles.

Jiro scratches her cheek in confusion. "Your ride?"

Suddenly a strange looking submarine rises out from under the waves. It's the size of two city buses, with a white paint job and heavily armor layering it.

Ochaco's eyes widen in shock as she immediately recognizes the submarine to be an alien spaceship acting like it's a submarine.

The side door slides open and a short man, or rather alien, with insect-like features pokes his head out and steps forward showing everyone his red armor. "Um, Mr. Patelliday, sir. I'm here to pick you up." The insect man greets nervously under everyone's curious gaze.

Patelliday grins, throwing the bug a wide grin. "Perfect timing, Hobble!"

He turns to find everyone staring at the strange sub. "It's the newest model." He lies, ensuring they keep their minds away from aliens. "Will be trending soon in a few years."

With that he turns to address the teens one last time. "Now you all take care now, and let my nephew know that I said hello."

Tsuyu's smile widens. "We will."

Jiro nods her head in agreement. "For sure."

Momo bows her head. "Thank you for everything, Mr. Patelliday."

"We'll be seeing ya!" Mina grins.

He finally reaches Ochaco and with a smile he praises her for her actions. "You really impressed me out there, young lady. You're currently going places, I can tell. And I'm sure your career will blow everything else out of the water."

Ochaco chuckles at the pun. "Thank you, sir. That means a lot coming from you. I hope we'll meet again."

"Oh, don't worry. I'm sure we will. After all," he jumps and lands aboard the sub. "It's a small world after all." He throws Ochaco a subtle wink just before the door closes and seals itself shut.

Patelliday strides into the shuttle as it begins to descend back into the water.

Hobble scurries up beside him. "S-sorry, for being late but I had to wait on her before I could leave."

Patelliday frowns, not sure who he is referring to. "Who exactly?"

"That'd be me." Responds a young female's voice.

From out of the cockpit a seemingly human girl with porcelain skin, gold-blonde hair, and fuchsia eye steps out to greet him. She's wearing a black polo-dress with a red collar and a red star on the chest. With white knee-high socks with black and red converse.

He assumes she's a disguised alien as she steps forward to greet him.

"Sorry it's my fault." She smiles in apology. "But I had to try some real Japanese sushi before I head back to the Academy. Eheheh! *Snort!* Eheheh!"

"Sushi, huh?" Patelliday considers the idea. "Hm! Maybe I should pick some up next time I'm in the neighborhood." he can only hope that it'll be soon.

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Ochaco and the others watch the submarine/spaceship sink into the ocean and disappear from sight.

Once it's gone from view Ochaco sits back and reflects over her day. 'This was insane! This was supposed to be a fun girls' trip. Heck we've only been here for less than a day and I'm already going home! Awww! Next time I go out for some fun I better not get dragged into some crazy misadventure or whatever!'

*Bring! Bring!*

Ochaco jerks in place before relaxing that it's her phone that's ringing.

"Hm? I wonder who texted me?"

The text reads: [Hey, girl! Are you up to having a misadventure? Let's meet here in Tokyo tomorrow, I need to speak to you about your poor performance in school. Talk about pathetic. Hahaha!]

Ochaco scowls at her phone, already annoyed with the message's sender. "Seriously?! Can't I catch a break?!"

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THE PREVIEW:

Izuku: ACHOO! A-ACHOO!

Ripjaws: You sick or something? You've been sneezing all day.

Izuku: No, no, I'm fine. *Sniff* I guess someone's just been talking about me. Haha- ACHOO!

Ripjaws: They must have had a lot to say about ya then. Whereas, I have a lot to say about next time!

Izuku: Like what?

Ripjaws: How about the fact we'll be meeting some old friends!

Izuku: Yeah! Wait, who's that with them?

Ripjaws: I don't know. I've never seen her before.

Izuku: What about that giant robot that's with her. You think it's her droid? Or that they're friends, maybe?

Ripjaws: Um, Izuku I don't think they're friends! Ahh! Look out! That thing is on a rampage!

Izuku: Um, w-why is it look at us like that?

Both: Next time: Ch.58 The Visitors!

Ripjaws: Looks like these old friends are also old flings.

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And that was Ch.57 Under the Sea. Or more accurately it was my take on "They Lurk Beneath" Ben Ten episode. Speaking of, the creative liberty I took was replacing Donovan's original grandson, Eddie GrandSmith, with Billy Billions, since Eddie never came back into the series. And plus, both him and Billy have similar designs and backgrounds so I thought it was fine to swap the two. And just to clarify, Billy is a TEENAGER. He is not a teenager stuck in a ten-year-old's body. But he still acts like one though. I hope to bring him back again somehow even for a few misadventures with the main cast or something.

And I introduced Patelliday! Woah! He is one of my favorite Ben Ten characters and I have been dying to introduce him into the story. And don't you worry I fully intend on him eventually coming back and staying on Earth full time. PROMISE!

*So, truth be told but this chapter wasn't originally gonna be here. Originally, I was gonna save it for the end of this Road Trip Arc but after talking it over with my "editors" we decided it'd be best to put it here instead. It just fits better and helps with the transition into the next chapter.

*Actually, on that note, as of now we only have four, I repeat, FOUR more chapters left of the Road Trip Arc. And then once they're done, we'll be jumping right into the Two Heroes movie! So, get ready for that cause I got some major plans for that movie/arc when we finally get to it! Woah, I'm excited! Start. The. Countdown!

And then of course, once the movie is done, then we'll finally get back to the Forest Training Camp arc.

*So not many easter eggs in this chapter but I did borrow a few scenes from Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986). Like the vents/shootout scene from Aliens and when Mina was searching in the cargo hold is the scene where we first see the Alien in full in the original movie. I guess there were all the shipwrecks down in the trench too from the S.S. Indianapolis and Emilia Earhart's plane. Oh, and that the resort's name, Aquania, is straight out from Generator Rex.

*Oh, one reference that probably wasn't clear was that I based Mr. Yaoyorozu or "Hiroshi Yaoyorozu" off of "Hiroshi Sato" from "Avatar: The Legend of Korra" season 1. Basically, that's how I imagine Momo's father to look, sound, and act like.

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Responses for "Guest" reviewers from Ch.56:

Guest: A fellow Halo fan. You ever watch red vs blue?

CreateGunner1209: I did for a while but I fell off of it more recently. I've been needing to catch back up.

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Guest: Funny that Diamondhead is always the alien Izuku tries to turn into. Don't blame him though, Diamondhead is pretty rad

CreateGunner1209: He is, but I'm sure he'll get his chance soon ;)

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Doc: Rip teekl, if you know u know

Nice references all around as always great chapter! I'm a lil confused on the perv thing I talked about cuz I'm dumb like that could u explain? also since u watch young justice, two questions.

1, thoughts on superboy's predicament and do you think he is coming back?

2 who is it fav of member.

Also before I forget, I know you said your not planning on having pairings between izuku and others but are you against a little background romance like say is jiro and pichu?

CreateGunner1209: I do know what you mean. RIP Teekl.

, Super Boy is coming back. They still have to set up Super Martian.

2. Fav member of/character I would say is Miss Martian.

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Doc (again): I genuinely can't remember if I did this so,

MERRY CHRISTMAS/ HAPPY HANNUKAH

CreateGunner1209: Thanks! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year (belated)

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Paradox: Another masterpiece of a chapter. It seems the chief of police may be in the know, at least Cinder's rep won't be getting worse. I'm going to make a guess and say Lucy is going to transfer to UA. Also I just realized the credits were evolving with new characters getting revealed. Very creative. Hopefully we'll get even more aliens soon so we have the full opening

CreateGunner1209: Thank you! But evidently not. The chief of police was Lucy in disguise. You can look at the Author's Note at the start of this chapter for a further explanation. And yup I add something new to the opening theme for almost every chapter.

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Shark: Amazing chapter as always. Are there any plans to have Izuku and Uraraka go out into space and to other planets anytime soon? Also I get the feeling Hisashi will be a play a big role in Endeavor's redemption arc.

CreateGunner1209: Not, any time soon. For now and for a while I want to keep things on Earth.

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DeadCool14: This was amazing, I loved all the references. I love Hisashi and Endeavor's backstory, really wondering what made them split, well except for the obvious on Endeavor's part.

Oh yeah, Mr. Profit Danger Trouble himself is here.

Yes. Nuchou, I love it XD

Did Hisashi and Tezuka use to date before he met Inko? I kinda get that vibe from them. I mostly want it to happen because the reactions and permanent scarring from Izuku and Tokoyami would be hilarious XD

Oh and I noticed that I forgot to add the names of Toepick's and Ball Weevil's species, so:

Toepick: Kroneldritchian

Ball Weevil: Granthonomoid

And thank you, glad you liked them

Speaking of Toepick, are you gonna keep him the same powers wise or are you gonna change him?

Shame Skurd won't appear, I'm pretty neutral towards him so I don't really care if he showed up or not but it is a shame his powers won't appear. I thought the power mixing was a cool concept, if only they used it more.

CreateGunner1209: I loved all the references too! And believe me I can't wait to dive more into Endeavor's and Hisashi's backstory.

No, Tezuka and Hisashi didn't date. But I did think about it being a thing. I might change my mind later but for now we'll say no.

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DeadCool14 (again): What is Tezuka's relationship with Dark Shadow? Does she treat it like a son too?

How will Albedo look like, body and clothing wise? Will he look like how Deku currently looks with his hoodie and everything or will he look like middle school Deku with his middle school uniform?

Will Deku be obsessed with smoothies like Ben or will Mr Smoothies only appear when Blukic and Driba return?

Oh my God the Vilgax-All For One parallels intensify since he also has a mustachioed scientist on his side. Also, amazing foreshadowing

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I only want to share this because it looks awesome. But it is also relevant to the story so it's a win-win

Will you give the Plumber's Helpers Japanese names like Rojo or will they keep their canon names? You don't to go into detail, it's a yes or no question.

CreateGunner1209: Tezuka's relationship with Dark Shadow? IDK it didn't really matter to me. But if I can say I would say she probably treats Dark Shadow like her son's loyal pet dog or something. A pet that can talk and stuff. And thanks for sharing the photos.

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Dreadbot: I really love this chapter I loved all the references to Halo you had in it such as high charity the brutes elites and grunts and all the other Easter eggs I can't wait to see who you go with this story please keep writing

CreateGunner1209: I really loved the chapter too, one big reason being all the Easter Eggs I managed to pump in there.

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BlueRanger-Lyric: Do you have any plans for Humungousaur? Because I sometimes can't stop imagine a scene where Izuku unlocks Humungousaur for the very first time and uses it to fight against Gigantomachia, you know, so there can be an awesome battle of the Titans, tell me honestly what you would think of an idea like that?!

CreateGunner1209: Yes I have big plans for Humongousaur. Also yeah I've had that same thought too

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BlueRanger-Lyric (again): If you remember my 15 Tier idea if Izuku starts dating Ochaco, you can use this video as a reference for if Izuku is asking dating advice from someone close to him, like his Dad

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And honestly, even in this series, those two deserve to be together, because after all, Friendship leads to admiration, admiration leads to attraction, attraction leads to romance

CreateGunner1209: Maybe, we'll see.

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BlueRanger-Lyric (again again): If Izuku ever gets his own Astromech Droid, I personally think he should get R2D2, since I believe a little brave guy like he would be perfect for Izuku and R2 is about as reckless as Izuku is, and I also like to see Hisashi have a hard time getting along with him since he hardly listens to reason throws his own insults, making Hisashi question what Izuku sees in R2 to consider him the best partner to have, paroling Izuku's view on Chopper

CreateGunner1209: I thought about that but I would want to do something different than Chopper. Actually I sort-of been hinting that I might make Kraab into Izuku's droid.

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Guest: If you seen man in black the series episode called psychic link syndrome let's say that alien link to someone like luzku or his father or Uraraka

CreateGunner1209: I have never seen the series before. I am curious about it but never got around to watching it

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Guest: Oye este arco es entretenido y todo pero no podrías pasar al campamento de verano sinseramnete quiero ver la eso y si dijistes que solo faltan unos cuantos caps

pero supongo que los íntimos 2 serán la película de 2 herues ¿verdad?

Cómo sea en verdad quiero que inicie la trama del campamento

Sería genial que humungosaurio apareciera allí y pelee contra muscular. Creo que el dino ya a esperado suficiente para ser su gran entrada.

Supongo que Vilgax baja ala tierra cuando all maigt vs all for all ¿Supongo?

En otras noticias sería genial que pronto salga los monstruos alien de verdad quiero ver izuku momia, deku-wurf y frankendeku si es así como los llamaras.

Espero que el omnitrix se recalibre pronto en serio creo que ya te estás tardando mucho

Eso es todo por el momento

Feliz año nuevo

CreateGunner1209: I know but I do have a reason for putting these chapters in. Almost every one of them will play into the future of the story whether in minor or major ways. Especially the next three chapters coming up. If I skip them now it will ruin everything. And then after the next three I need at least 3-4 more chapters for the Two Heroes movie. So please be patient it will all pay off in the end.

And believe me I want to get to the Training Camp I have had the plans set for it for nearly 2 years now! So I am ready to get going. But like most of this story you just have to wait and see what happens. And I know that sounds cheap and lazy but when I have to respond to a Guest review and other readers can see potential spoilers I have to be careful with what I say.

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Guest: Jeje me imagino a hisashi y deku en su casa explicándo le a inko Aserca de los plomeros y alien cuando sean revelados al público de todo el mundo.

Y en ese momento toquen la puerta y hisashi vaya a ver quién es y sea enji quien quiere respuestas de parte de hisashi as eso as eso

CreateGunner1209: One day it'll happen for sure.

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Guest: What a way to wrap up a mini arc, I got to say this was really good all 3 chapters were written well. Now the references were one of my favorite things this chapter because I knew so many but my favorite had to be the Thor Ragnarok "this is my disguise" reference. Also I'm glad Cannonbolt was used for another chapter rather then being introduced in one chapter then not being used till like many chapters later and as for reading my zombie Academia I already read it, it was very good. Can't wait to see what else is in store and I hope to see more Hisashi and Endeavors past

CreateGunner1209: I'm glad the mini-arc was worth it. Fun fact, in my original draft all three chapters were gonna be one chapter in total. Thank goodness I split it up. And it makes me so happy that you liked the Thor Ragnarok scene, I love that scene but it often goes under the radar. So thank you! And yeah I wasn't about to throw away Cannonbolt! I love that guy! And I promise we'll see more of him later.

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rassia: Хей. Я русский. И пишу сообщение на русском. (Страдай с Гугл переводом) мне нравятся твои истории. М если для тебя это важна твои истории с русским переводом есть на наших сайтов. Пиши больше ведь мы тебя любим

CreateGunner1209: I will have to suffer Google Translate. But can I assume that you have to as well? Anyway thank you for reaching out. I had no idea I had readers from Russia. It's amazing to think just how far and wide content can travel across the world like it does. Thanks again for reaching out it really means a lot. Thank you! And I'll keep writing as best that I can and for as long as I can.

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Insert name: Finally managed to catch up with the story. I had too many fics to read at the same time, so I kept putting this one off. Sorry.

I love Lucy, and I wish that she had more screen time in the series. But I'm sure she will do more in this story. Same with Rad.

Oh boy, Blukic and Driba are here. Just wait until Deku has to meet them. That gives me the idea of them getting lost at UA and causing mayhem accidentally, making Deku have to deal with it and giving excuses while trying to find them. But you do yours.

So, Cannonbolt is the new guy, huh? I was pretty sure Ghostfreak was going to appear since Tokoyami was there. Well, that discards that theory. Otherwise, I like Cannonbolt enough, so no problem with that.

Boy, I actually feel bad for Hisashi. His friendship with Endeavor seemed so wholesome, but now the guy hates his guts. I wonder what's what definitely caused him to change like that, since this incident wasn't apparently it.

Well, now that I'm all caught up, can't wait for the next one!

CreateGunner1209: It's fine, I've done the same. I am so behind on soooo many fanfic's it's not even funny.

And yup I plan for Lucy and Rad to return one way or another, count on it.

Oh, believe me. I cannot wait for the day when Deku meets the infamous duo of Blukic and Driba. It's gonna be a riot.

Yeah, I love Cannonbolt, he's one of my all time favorites. But so is Ghostfreak and believe me, he is well under way.

And I definitely plan on diving further into Hisashi's and Endeavor's past.

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Guest: You know when dudes man come back tell luzku he owned him and go a rescue Howard the duck his friends or whatever you decide for him from the Collector but like in what if collector

CreateGunner1209: Now that's an idea. If not at the very least Howard the Duck should at least get a mention. And the Collector…actually I had one idea for when Rad returns so maybe I can use the Collector in it. I'll keep it in mind.

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Guest: En dos herues la película es donde el omnitrix podría recalibrarse sería genial.

También cuando tetrax vuelva sería increíble que se quedara unos cuantos capitulos

Otra cosa, si es posible que cuando izuku desbloquee a lovo este aga un aullido a la luna llena

CreateGunner1209: I already have plans set for Two Heroes. Heck, my outline for it has been complete for over a year now.

And the Omnitrix will recalibrate when I think it's best to do so. And I already know when, how, and where it'll happen. Same for all other Omnitrix aliens like Blitzwolfer.

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Guest: Tell me something if your ever Finnish this story are you going to write a another fanfic or this is last fanfic because it's good you have great ideas for this story

CreateGunner1209: I have 2 answers for you. The writer part of my brain wants to say yes I do plan to do another fanfic after this one ends. And it would be a continuation like what happens after and later in the timeline. BUT The realistic part of my brain says that by the time I finish this story I won't want to continue it anymore. Either to take a break from writing or I wanna work on a different story entirely. So for now I wouldn't count on anything it's way too early to tell.

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Guest: Oye dijisres que si albedo aparecia y ya tenía los ultimet aliens tendrás que dárselos a izuku después ¿Verdad?

Si lo ases sería genial que izuku use los supremos contra nine jeje sería genial

Otra cosa curiosa es que creo que hisashi tendrá muchas cosas que explicar a su esposa y antiguo amigo de fuego y a sierta oficina de Tokio sobre unas cosas que lo tendrán tensó

CreateGunner1209: Albedo will appear. BUT I still don't know about the Ultimate Aliens. Because IF I do Ultimate Aliens then everyone will want me to give them to Izuku and I don't really want to do that as of now.

And yes one day, Hisashi might have to explain himself.