Victoria

"You're not making this easy Victoria." Dark Solstice hissed.

Victoria grunted as another explosion went off. Her shadowy shield managed to take most of the impact, unfortunately not enough to stop the force from slamming into her, throwing her onto her back. Dark Solstice grinned and approached the girl's limp body.

"I admire your resilience. More heroes should be like you." He said.

Victoria coughed. "You're not going to be saying that when I gut your sister like a fish."

Dark Solstice growled. "On second thought, I think you just need to die."

Just as Dark Solstice was prepared to create another black hole a magenta-colored blast of energy slammed into the villain, slamming him into a tree.

Victoria gulped. She wasn't sure if she should be scared or relieved at the source of the blast of energy.

"Mom?" Victoria croaked.

Her mother emerged from the shadows, purple light sparking from her fingertips. Her mother's normal poised expression was shattered when she saw Victoria's burning body. It was the closet thing to emotion Victoria ever saw from her mother.

"Victoria." She sighed.

Janelle stopped and turned to look at Dark Solstice.

"I'm going to kill that man." She hissed.

Janelle howled and charged towards the villain with remarkable speed, however just when the pro hero was inches away from the unconscious villain he disappeared in a cloud of cyan-colored smoke. Janelle stopped suddenly to stop herself from running into a tree.

"Cyrus!" She yelled in anger.

Her mother punched the tree in frustration and began to curse.

Victoria shook her head. She didn't have time to worry about Cyrus. Her whole body ached.

"Mom….help me," Victoria mumbled.


Sara Zambiea

"Amanda where are my kids!" Sara yelled.

She didn't know where her students were. She didn't know where Fouzia was. She didn't know if any of them were alive or dead. She didn't know what she would have done if anything happened to them.

Amanda frowned. "Heroes and medics are searching for everyone. Almost everyone is accounted for."

Sara growled and grabbed Amanda's arm. She yanked the headmistress's body towards hers.

"Your only function is tracking people. If I ask you where the fuck someone is I expect an answer!" Sara yelled.

Amanda roughly pulled her arm away.

"Don't blame me for this, blame Cyrus." She barked.

Sara was about to answer when a soft croak was heard. Sara frowned and looked behind her. An EMT was pushing a stretcher. A small figure was laying on it.

"Aerolynn!" Sara yelled.

Sara ran over to her student. The girl had a black eye and a lump on her forehead.

Cleo. Aerolynn said.

Her normally bright letters were but a faint glow. Sara smiled weakly and moved a strand of dark hair out of the girl's eyes.

"Move out of the way ma'am we need to get her to the hospital." The EMT instructed.

Sara frowned and backed away.

"You're going to be fine Aerolynn." Sara smiled weakly.

The EMT rolled her away, leaving Sara and Amanda alone. Chaos was everywhere. Students were crying from pain, terror, or for the fact they couldn't find their friends. Several ambulances and firetrucks were everywhere. Several policemen were escorting a scaly villain to a police car. On top of that, Sara was constantly blinded by camera flashes from the paparazzi. The media was going to have a field day with this.

"I said get the fuck off of me!" A voice yelled.

Sara perked up. She knew that voice.

"Faith!" Sara called.

She ran to a nearby tent that the paramedics had set up. Inside the tent was Faith and Kevin. Kevin was trying to calm down the angry girl as medics applied bandages to a gash in her forehead.

"Ms. Zambiea!" Kevin said in relief.

He let go of Faith and ran into his teacher's arms. Sara sighed and gratefully pulled her student into her arms.

"I was worried about you guys." Sara smiled.

She wiped a tear by Kevin's eye.

"We got separated from the others. They took Cleo, Jarret, and Jake to the hospital so they can be treated." Kevin explained.

Sara smiled at the fact that she knew more of her students were going to be okay. This was almost over.

"Don't you need to be treated?" Sara asked Kevin.

Kevin's face darkened. It was then that Sara noticed his clothes were soaked in blood. Blood that wasn't his. In fact, there wasn't a cut or a scratch on his body. Sara's stomach sank when she realized why he looked so sad.

Kevin continued to cry. He looked down in shame. "I didn't want to kill her." He sobbed.

Sara realized she was crying too when the tears hit her lips. Sara shook her head and pulled the boy back into her arms.

"It's okay Kevin, it's okay." She muttered.

"I said go treat someone else! I have a healing factor! You're wasting your time with me!" Faith barked.

The paramedics ignored her and continue to treat her wounds.

"Medics! Someone help me!" Janelle shrieked.

Sara turned to see the pro hero carrying an unconscious Victoria. The girl's arms dangled loosely; her flesh burned to the point where her arms barely looked like arms.

"Victoria!" Kevin gasped.

"I said medic! Is anyone listening to me!" Janelle screamed.

Doctors began to scramble to the crying woman and gently took her daughter out of her arms. Sara wanted to run after the stretcher that was pulling Victoria away but there were still too many of her students that could need her help. The doctors would take care of Victoria.

The heavy beating of metallic wings, startled Sara causing the woman to look up at the sky. The American Eagle was hovering above her. Two figures were in his hands: Alexander and Fouzia.

The worry that was building up inside Sara shrank when she saw her sister in law.

"Fouzia!" Sara said in relief.

The American Eagle gently sat the two teens down, allowing Sara to run towards the duo and pull the them into a tight hug. Alexander's shirt was torn and claw marks covered his body. Fouzia wasn't in much better shape with her black eye and bleeding nose, her hijab was ripped to shreds allowing her coil-like black hair to fall freely.

Judging by how red their faces were the teens must have been crying a lot.

"Thank god you two are okay." Sara sighed.

Kevin saw the trio and ran over to them joining in on the group hug.

"It's going to be okay; we're going to make it through this," Sara said in relief.

Fouzia's face fell. Tears began to fall from her eyes again. She began to shake her head.

"No. Not all of us will." Fouzia sobbed.

Sara gulped. What happened in the woods? Why were Fouzia and Alexander even in the woods?

"Matt's dead," Fouzia said shakily.

Her tone was cold and lifeless.

Matt's dead. Sara repeated to herself.

"What?" Sara asked.

Alexander gulped. Why did he seem scared? What happened in the woods?

"Some villains killed him." Alexander blurted.

Fouzia's eyes widened in shock. Sara frowned, was Fouzia not there when it happened?

"What?" Sara repeated.

Matt. Matt was dead. The boy was so young. He had so much potential. Now he was gone. She failed. She let one of her students die. She should have been at this dance; she should have protected them. This was all her fault.

"Help!" A feminine voice screamed.

Everyone turned to see a bloody figure carrying a body.

"Holy shit, is that Sarah?" Kevin asked.

Sara gaped. The girl was practically drenched in blood, it dyed her blond hair and her blue dress. Dirt and mud were all over her skin.

"She's bleeding." Sara gasped.

Kevin frowned. "That blood…it isn't hers."

Faith took a step closer to the scene. "Who is she carrying?"

Sara couldn't make out who it was, but Faith's hellish scream let her know exactly who Sarah was carrying.

"Lex," Fouzia whispered, her voice was full of shock.

"LEX!" Faith screamed.

The paramedics were quick. They rushed to the girl before Sara and the others could, already taking an unconscious Lex out of Sarah's arms. The girl's face was emotionless. Something that was surprising for Sara. Sarah Smith always had her Queen Bee smirk. Now she looked like someone ripped her soul out of her body.

The paramedics swarmed Lex's body. They gently placed him on a stretcher and began frantically shouting things at each other. Faith began to push the others and ran over to the scene.

"Lex!" Faith screamed.

Sara and the others followed the girl to the unconscious body. It wasn't until the doctors placed a white sheet over Lex Dayton's head that Sara realized that Lex wasn't unconscious. He was dead.


Cyrus

"No!" Cyrus screamed in frustration.

He howled and punched the wall in front of him.

The rest of his team eyed him skeptically.

"Come on the mission wasn't that bad." Scarlet Overkill reasoned.

Cyrus growled and spun around to face the villains.

"Double Trouble and Deviant Lizard have been arrested, Pullerina and the Butcher are dead, and we failed to get Cleo, Sarah, and Hunter. I didn't get anything I wanted!" Cyrus shrieked.

Rey Tigre shrugged. "The plan was weak from the start."

Anger began to bubble inside Cyrus. He was the boss around here, what made the others think they could talk to him like this?

"Question my reasoning again and I'll snap your neck." Cyrus hissed.

Rey Tigre raised an eyebrow. If he was scared, he didn't let it show.

"I respect you Cyrus, so I'm going to pretend you didn't say that. Threaten me again and I'll rip your heart out of your chest." He said calmly.

Cyrus frowned and took a step closer to the criminal.

"Where would you be without me?" Cyrus asked.

Rey Tigre smirked. "The real question is where would you be without me?"

"SHUT UP!" Dark Solstice screamed.

The man's roar threw the villains off. They all turned to look at the sobbing criminal.

"She's dead. My sister is dead!" Dark Solstice screamed.

He got up slowly. "I don't want to hear about stupid arguments about power. I just want to hear one thing. What the hell are we going to do to avenge her death? When are we going to fucking kill Sarah Smith!" He yelled.

"Mariah's dead?" A voice asked.

The villains turned to see Verity looking at them from the shadows. Cyrus sighed. He made sure to leave the teenage villain at the base because he knew this would be too much for him. He could barely handle himself in the Black Church.

"Everyone just give me some space to think. I need to come up with a Plan B." Cyrus sighed.

A soft tap on his shoulders caused Cyrus to turn. Standing behind him was Void. The villain was quiet…as usual. Cyrus growled, the man disappointed him, he wasn't in the mood to hear his excuses.

Void reached into his pocket and pulled out a Ziploc bag. Inside the bag was a loc of hair.

"What the hell?" Scarlet Overkill gagged.

"Hair?" Verity questioned.

Cyrus grinned and looked up at Void. He smirked, perhaps Void didn't let him down after all. The villain was smarter than Cyrus gave him credit for.

"Not just anyone's hair. Cleo McScream's. I think we're one step closer to accomplishing our goal." Cyrus grinned.


Amanda

"Two students are dead," Amanda said aloud.

"Yes ma'am. Matt died from blunt force trauma, and it appeared Lex had a brain hemorrhage and suffered from an aneurysm." Amanda's newest assistant, Preston answered.

Amanda gulped. The press was going to have a field day with this. Her phone was ringing non-stop from angry parents.

"Give me the rundown." Amanda sighed.

"Well Alexander is making a full recovery, Victoria has to go through surgery but the doctors are hopeful she won't have scars, Maryanne finally stopped coughing up blood and the doctors are saying there won't be any permeant damage, Jarret had a seizure earlier this morning but the doctors don't believe that has anything to do with the attack, Cleo is currently suffering from a concussion, Jake's getting stitches…a lot of them, Aerolynn just woke up and is healthy for the most part, Faith and Kevin are fine…physically they had to be detained because the girl was screaming and trying to fight the doctors, Kaleb has the flu but the doctors are saying that he's lucky it's just that, Fouzia seems to be the most stable one and took the least amount of damage." Preston answered.

Amanda frowned. "That's it?"

"I'm sorry?" Preston squeaked.

Amanda growled. "Where the hell is Alice! Where the fuck is Hunter!"

Preston gulped. "Well Alice vanished during Homecoming and we haven't been able to locate her, we were hoping your quirk would be able too."

Amanda smashed her fist against the table, rattling the objects on her desk."Do you really think I haven't thought to use my quirk?" She snarled.

Her quirk was able to track anyone in the world. There were some exceptions. The main one being Cyrus. She could never use her quirk on him. What made Alice so special that Amanda's quirk couldn't find her?

"What about Hunter? I want that little bastard's head on a spike. How dare he betray me and think he can get away with it?" She hissed.

Her real question was how could someone outsmart her? How could she not sense that Hunter was working for Cyrus? She was supposed to know everything.

"We don't know. After homecoming, he disappeared. The police are searching for him as we speak." Preston said.

"So, two students are dead, two students are missing, and the rest are emotionally scarred," Amanda growled.

This was all Cyrus's fault. He ruined everything. He was destroying these kids just like he destroyed her father.

"I suppose there is some good news," Preston said quietly.

Amanda growled. "What fucking good news?"

"Well, the doctors said that Sarah will make a full recovery and that her baby will be fine," Preston said optimistically.

Amanda froze. No, it couldn't be. She must have misheard. There must have been a mistake.

"What did you just say?" Amanda asked.

Preston's face fell. "You didn't know?"

"Didn't know what?" Amanda snarled.

"Sarah Smith is pregnant." Preston gulped.


This was originally going to be one chapter but I thought this would be a natural way to end the chapter. The next chapter will follow the students as they cope with the aftermath of homecoming.