Akira Grace POV
I had a bad feeling the moment we walked into the USJ, and if Bakugo and Kirishima notice me strategically standing just behind and between them- they don't comment. Thirteen gets done with her spiel, and I see the warp gate appear. Kirishima speaks first.
"Hey! What is that thing? Has the training started already? I thought we were rescuing people." A few people go to take a step forward, but shift backwards and draw up a heavy mist of ink around myself, instantly gaining the attention of Bakugo and Kirishima who seem to catch on as Aizawa speaks. Shifting into battle stances in front of me.
"Stay back!" His voice cuts sharply through the air as he gets ready for combat, "This is real. Those are villains." Terror coats the majority of my classmates faces, probably a sudden realization that not only are they in real danger- they're about to find out what it takes to be a hero. The warp gate villain speaks first.
"The only real heroes I see are Thirteen and Eraserhead. Perplexing. According to the schedule we retrieved from UA, All Might should be here as well..." I sigh internally, feeling a monster of a headache brewing at the thought of the mess to come, thinking carefully while having a small ink minion copy all the information in more detail for me. There's a lot of them, but most of them don't seem to be serious threats. Small-time thugs and thieves, maybe a few mid-tier hitters, but really only a few heavy hitters. That warp gate guy, the guy with some kind of decay quirk, and while the bird guy is new- I get scary vibes from him. While my ink cameras on campus are still functioning, I can't contact them at this distance, nor can I send an ink minion that far with a message. I mean, I might be able to contact the already established link with a lot of focus to get it to do anything, but that's a big maybe... My mind's running a hundred miles an hour, and carefully I puzzle out all of the ways to get us out of this.
Our biggest issue is that they have an easy means of escape, right? Is there a way to shut down a warp gate quirk? Aizawa's quirk can't work on a warp gate... If we could get communication out, I can think of two people I know that might be able to shut that down- but they're not even on campus right now. And only one of them is even attending a hero school at all yet. Hold still can stop teleportation quirks, and well... We've got theories on what Dark Matter would do to someone with a warp gate quirk, and none of them are something I think I could actually stomach seeing in person if it worked.
Our attempt at evacuation is easily disrupted by the warp gate guy, and stupidly- but obviously enough, Kirishima and Bakugo try to engage him in combat after a small amount of banter. This results in a large portion of us being teleported off. I find myself blinking through darkness and dampness. Where the hell am I?
I hear whimpering beside me and sigh when I see Aoyama looking terrified and sitting on the ground beside me.
"Get it together Aoyama, I think we got teleported here by accident. Especially since I don't see any villains in the immediate area. Warping a large number of people can cause some individual teleportations to go off course slightly. If he teleports any villains like he did us- as a bunch of people all going different places- some could end up where we are. I need you to cover me while I send ink out into these tunnels as far as I can. Can you do that?" Aoyama blinks at me, tears in his eyes, but beams and gives me a shaky thumbs-up.
"Apologies! I will stand here as the bright shining light I am, ready to help you fight!" I shake my head, this kid is way too shaken up for a fight right now. He's got it in him somewhere, but that's a lot of 'false confidence' he's got. The poor kid's self-image issues are off the charts.
"No need to fight okay? If anybody does come, just tap me real hard, and I can handle the rest." I can feel the relief flood his body, and nodding I close my eyes and begin. These tunnels are old, and weird. They don't seem to be directly connected to the stadium so far. In fact... We're way, way farther below the stadium than you'd think... Are we even directly below it? This part must be, but the rest of it seems to stretch in almost the opposite direction... My thoughts are interrupted when Aoyama shakes my arm roughly, his hand is pointing in the opposite direction I was currently looking. I hear voices drifting to us.
"Where the hell are we? This wasn't in the plans we were given!"
"Whatever man, let's just see if there are any kids down here to kill." I see Aoyama's eyes go wide, and I give him a look that clearly says 'Stay quiet or else.' Sending out some ink, I scout the guys. Heavy combat types. All six of them. These are closed quarters, and so there's no staying out of the way of all of them. Aoyama is going to be useless in a fight right now. I blanket us quickly in a heavy sheen of ink, like a curtain that morphs over us and into the wall. Sending ink scouts out to follow their paths. Times seems to drag as I realize they've found an exit hatch, outside of the USJ it seems. However, I doubt they have any idea where they actually are. I quickly slam that entrance shut. Keeping Aoyama quit as I search for a way directly back into the USJ.
Finally, I find what seems to be a damaged piece of a low hanging ceiling area. Pulling it aside I send ink particles into the dirt and grin when I find a clear path for a blast.
"Alright Aoyama, your time to shine! It might take a couple of blasts, but you got this. Aim right here." Steeling himself Aoyama does just that, keeping his blasts to 2-second spurts, and after nearly a dozen- he's made a path, which I've kept open using ink. I usher him into it, and jerk the hole shut as far as I can. As we make our way up, I close it behind us. Finding out when we get to the top- that we've missed all the action. I take the moment of privacy to tell Aoyama something.
"Aoyama, don't tell anyone where we were alright? Just be your usual self about it." He laughs and gives me a thumbs up.
"You got it girl! I'll just shine my bright light and distract them all from it!" Close enough I guess.