Authors Note: I just want to do this one. It's definitely set year three when they would be going on patrols. I own nothing.
Trapped
They were stuck, trapped in a solid concrete and steel room that was rapidly filling with what looked like ink. It would fit. The villain they'd been fighting had a quirk that allowed them to bring whatever they painted to life. But the things weren't really alive, they were like puppets, bending on strings to his will but never truly real. He'd been driven insane trying to make the woman he loved on paper come to life. But she had no will of her own. He'd started sending his creations out to kidnap people who resembled her. It had been luck that they'd run into the creatures before they could carry off the woman. Izumi slammed her fist into the ceiling of their prison, denting it. The ink began pouring faster. They were already struggling to stay afloat in it. She turned to Todoroki.
"No chance you could melt this?" She gestured to the metal above them. He shook his head.
"Too close quarters. I'd end up roasting you before I even made it to the concrete." It was true there was barely a foot of room around them. She nodded tapping her finger on her chin, smearing ink on her face as she spoke.
"You couldn't freeze the flow either. I'd probably end up with hypothermia. But I don't want you to get caught in my punch." She snapped her fingers, flecks of ink flying from them. "I have an idea!"
Bakugou was not panicking and he'd roast Kirishima for implying it. Half and Half and Deku had been on patrol in the area when their emergency signal had gone off. He and Kirishima had been closest and were now fighting against what seemed like an endless stream of Ink people. There was no sign of either hero in training either. Was it possible they could have been overwhelmed by sheer numbers?
The villain had rushed outside, to be met with Cheeks and Four Eyes. Together they should be able to handle him while he and Kirishima cleaned up in here and found Deku and Half and Half. There was a shudder that passed through the ink people before they collapsed to the floor with a splash. The coms came to life a second later as Bakugou tried in vain to brush the ink from his clothes and gauntlets.
"We got him!" Uraraka bounced into the room and skidded slightly on the ink that was all over the place. Iida caught her from behind.
"Please be more cautious when dealing with things like this Uravity." She grinned and nodded. Kirishima grinned, still dripping with ink and then frowned.
"No sign of Midoriya or Todoroki though. Where's the bad guy?"
"Chargebolt and Earphone Jack are tying him up now. And I must insist you refrain from the use of real names while we are on official patrol Red Riot." They could hear the frown in Iida's voice even though his helmet blocked him from sight. "It is troubling that there was no sign of Deku or Shoto. We should reconvene with Chargebolt and Earphone Jack perhaps the villain will have regained consciousness and can tell us where they are." The others nodded and stepped out of the warehouse.
The ink was up to their chins now. They had one shot at this. If she miscalculated her strength the cement and metal above them would come crashing down on them. If she didn't hit hard enough they would be buried in cold black ink, drowning under the floor of the warehouse they had run into to save the young woman. She'd gotten away so that was good, but their chances weren't looking good.
"You need to hold on to me." Todoroki nodded. They didn't have time to argue. It wasn't like they weren't forced close due to the smallness of the room anyway. She brought her arm out of the muck and wrapped it around him, her other arm she pulled back as it began to glow and spark with green electricity.
A young woman raced up to them as they waited for the villain to regain consciousness. She was pretty with bright yellow hair and flowers growing from her arms. She had inky handprints on her clothes and looked ragged but she wasn't made of moving ink so they knew she wasn't a threat. She paused.
"Wait where are the other two heroes? The girl in green and the boy with the candy cane hair?" Bakugou snorted at that description of Todoroki but Iida stepped forwards.
"Can you tell us where you saw them last miss? We came because they called for backup but they weren't in the warehouse." The woman shook her head petals falling from the flowers on her arms as she grew more concerned.
"They were in the warehouse! That creep had some of his things try and drag me in there but they stopped them and told me to run but they never left the building!" A croaking laugh drew the attention of the heroes.
"Unless they can breathe ink those two are done for!" Bakugou got there first and hauled the bound man up by the front of his shirt.
"What did you say fucker!?" But they were all interrupted as something inside the warehouse exploded sending ink and concrete flying. Iida was quickest and raced into the warehouse leaving the others with the still laughing villain.
The floor of the warehouse had been blasted out from within. Inside was a small room full to the brim with ink. Two figures were moving in the ink and Iida rushed forwards to help pull them loose of the thick gunk. He pressed his com with one hand, using the other to drag Midoriya onto the solid concrete.
"They're here, and they appear unharmed." Todoroki gave him a sardonic look from under his currently black bangs. He deposited the hero next to Midoriya on the concrete and the two of them shared a very awkward high five that sent ink squishing out of Midoriya's glove.
Kirishima was next into the warehouse and he burst out laughing at the sight of the thoroughly soaked teens. Iida shook his head and pulled a packet of what turned out to be wet wipes out of a compartment on his armor. He knelt down in front of Midoriya and began to scrub her face. She allowed it though she looked a bit embarrassed as he quickly cleaned her face. He moved on to Todoroki as the others entered the warehouse. Bakugou let out a snort of laughter at the sight of them. Their clothes were ruined, completely dyed black by the ink. Midoriya stuck her tongue out at Bakugou as she wrung ink from her long green hair. Todoroki was enduring Iida cleaning his face as he wasn't sure he could burn off this gunk.
They both got an earful for falling for the trap once they got back to UA, dripping ink all the way. But at least the woman was alright. The showers were clogged for a week after that though.
