Chapter 38: Alarm

""Now another teaching method is to-"

"SENSEI!" Iida cut Nedzu off as he rushed into the staff room. Yagi had been taken by surprise and had instinctively switched to his All Might form but calmed down slightly after, "Iida-kun, aren't you supposed to be at USJ?"

"Sensei, villains have infiltrated USJ. Thirteen an Aizawa-sensei were holding them off and many of the students were scattered by a warp quirk!" Iida panted as he gave a short but detailed expression.

"What?" Nedzu asked, baffled, "The alarm should have gone off. They must have a skilled hacker or disruptor quirk user in their ranks," he assessed quickly, "All Might, go to USJ immediately for backup. I'll go to my office and manually switch the alarm to alert the teachers,"

All Might nodded and was gone with a flash, "Sensei, what about me?" Iida asked.

"I would have told you to stay here but I have a feeling you won't stand for that," Nedzu said, "Better you go to recovery girl and tell her of the situation. You can help her by carrying equipment to USJ,"

"Yes, sensei!"

With that, Nedzu ran to his office, already formulating a plan of entry. A frontal assault would be risky but attempting to breach USJ from any other direction would waste precious time. All Might had already run out of time so it was unlikely he could hold on for long. He could call the police while the teachers mobilized. There was also the problem that USJ was one of the most secure areas. Since it was further off-campus, he had ensured the security was top-notch. He was about to turn the corridor to his office when... the alarm rang!

Nedzu stopped short and looked with surprise at the loudspeaker. Situations ran in his mind. Had the disruptor quirk user gotten defeated? Or had one of the teachers overridden the alarm. The system was complex and only the teachers knew how to activate it. Overriding it manually was not very complex but the risk of setting of a disaster and killing someone was high. It was most probable that the villain was defeated but for some reason, Nedzu doubted that.

"Nice Momo, Kaminari!" Jiro cheered as the alarm rang out all across USJ.

"Phew," Denki gave a shaky smile, "It was all thanks to Yaoyorozu!"

Watanabe nodded excitedly, "Making new wires and connecting them in an extra parallel circuit was genius. All you had to do was connect an alarm to determine the right wire!"

"I thought the disasters would go off because we momentarily disrupted the electric flow," Hitoshi said.

"No, without electricity they wouldn't work. Plus, we only cut off the electricity for less than a second. Systems don't reboot for such a small timeframe since it often happens. We should be glad that the rewiring was done so quickly," Yaoyorozu said humbly.

"Still, your decision-making really saved us! The teachers will be here in no time now!" Jiro cheered.

"Sorry to cut off the celebrations," Watanabe warned, "But it looks like the villains are itching to finish off the fight before the heroes get here," he said using his X-ray to pinpoint their positions.

Sure enough, the earth below them opened up. All of them jumped away with Watanabe having to rescue the exhausted Momo, "Seems like we have to get serious too," Kaminari drew the rod from his costume.

Shigaraki bit his lip hard and started scratching his neck in frustration, "Oi, Kurogiri! Why is the alarm going off!?"

"I don't know," Kurogiri said nervously, "We overrode the alarm. There's no way it will trip even if that electric quirk guy is defeated,"

The two villains didn't have enough time to think as Bakugou launched an explosion directly at them, "It doesn't matter if you sabotaged the alarm. Those extras are more than enough to take care of anything you throw at them!" he propelled himself forward and nearly got Shigaraki.

"Oh, Bakubro, I will have to remember to tell everyone you complimented them,"

"Shut up and concentrate on surviving first!" Bakugou yelled back. Izuku chuckled. He was enjoying seeing Bakugou working his way towards becoming a better person. He did call them extras but his words had already proven that he respected their class.

"Be careful! Even though we outnumber them, the warp villain can take us out!" Izuku warned.

"Kirishima and Izuku, take Asui and Aizawa-sensei and retreat back to Thirteen," Shouto ordered.

"Huh, why?" Kirishima argued, "It will be unmanly to leave you guys with the villain!"

"Asui and Aizawa-sensei are both heavily injured. The villains can use them as hostages if we keep them here or aggravate their injuries. Take them uphill,"

"But my hardening would come in handy!"

"No, against a warp and decay quirk, your hardening won't be too much of an advantageous. You aren't as agile as them either to keep up with. So you and Izuku take them to a safe place. I will support Bakugou with my long-range attacks and hold them off,"

"I'm staying!" Izuku said with determination, "Kirishima can take them both safely,"

"Izuku, you're injured too," Kirishima pointed out.

"It's only a few of my fingers. My legs still work. If we both leave, you guys will be outnumbered. I can draw away their attacks," Izuku replied.

"But-"

"Let him stay," Bakugou interrupted as he jumped back from a duel attack, "Don't underestimate him,"

Shouto scowled a bit, "Fine, you can stay. Kirishima, you can carry them both, right?"

"Of course! Make sure you send them flying," Kirishima said as he picked up both Aizawa and Tsuyu.

Shigaraki saw Kirishima retreating and tried to cut him off but was separated by an ice wall, "We're still here you know!" Bakugou jumped over the wall and unleashed an explosion. Kurogiri was able to warp Shigaraki to safety just in time.

"Oi, Izuku. Can't we just get Shinsou here and use that monster against them!?" Bakugou demanded.

"No. Any physical shock removes his brainwashing. The villains would probably hurt it in self-defense and break the brainwashing. In that case, the monster would wipe us all out. Even if we can't use it, it's enough to hold it as a prisoner," Izuku replied.

"Tsk," Shigaraki twitched, not having heard their conversation, "It doesn't matter whether you outnumber us. We'll just bring more people here! Kurogiri!"

Kurogiri gave a nod and opened a warp gate. Several villains fell out, "Oi, what's the big deal!?" One of them demanded.

"Shut up," Shigaraki glared, "We needed reinforcements,"

"Hmph, didn't you big shots say that we're all sideshows," A villain jeered. The man in question was instantly disintegrated by Shigaraki, "Just hurry up and fight you damn pawns," The rest of the villains stepped back in fear and a low sound of affirmation was heard.

Shouto and Izuku froze. They had just seen a villain kill their ally. Shouto had seen the things heroes had to go through because of Endeavour but he had never seen death. Izuku on the other hand had completely frozen in place and his brain rushed into a full-on panic mode as the situation grew more serious. One of the villains saw this and launched herself at the two. Shouto had gotten out of his shock and prepared to use his ice but the villain had rushed at his left side.

Shouto froze at the prospect of using his fire and tried to use carve his ice through the back but the villain saw this and decided to avoid Shouto altogether and go for Izuku. Bakugou and Shouto could do nothing as they watched a layer of rock form on the villain's body and smash into Izuku's head, knocking him to the ground. Izuku fell with a sickening crunch. Bakugou immediately jumped to Izuku's aid, using his explosions to blast through the rock formations on the villain's body.

Shouto knelt down and assessed the damage done to Izuku. Izuku was barely conscious. his head bleeding, indicating a possible cracked skull if the crunch was any indication. He seemed to have labored breathing too and was clutching his ribs, "Broken ribs too," Shouto thought as he clenched his fists in anger, "All because I refused to use my left side!" he pummeled the ground in frustration.

Shouto flinched as he heard an explosion behind him, "Bastard, watch your back," Bakugou coughed. The villains had gone for quantity and had launched a barrage of attacks at the clustered group. Bakugou had countered most of them but a few had gotten through.

Shouto sent out a wave of ice wall to separate themselves, "Are you alright?" he asked Bakugou, "DAMN STRAIGHT I AM!" he replied with a grunt as he stood back up, "Take Izuku and retreat. I'll hold them off,"

"Idiot, we're vastly outnumbered. Either we both make a stand or we don't stand a chance!" Shouto argued.

"Behind!" Izuku yelled a warning through his breathing. Sure enough, Kurogiri had warped Shigaraki and a few of the villains to take advantage. Bakugou was fast to react and blew away the small-time villains. However, Shigaraki had caught him by his arm and had decayed a good part of it. Bakugou hissed in pain. Izuku's eyes widened and he flicked his finger at Kurogiri blasting the villains away.

At the same time, Shouto made an ice slide and let gravity pull them down the plaza. Shouto knew that it was suicide to fall into the heart of the plaza but they were boxed in from all directions. At least in the plaza, classmates could arrive for help.

"That's not going to help," Shouto froze as he heard Kurogiri behind him. Kurogiri had made a warp gate behind them and Shouto couldn't do a thing to stop them from sliding into it. He braced for them to get scattered but one instant he was staring down a purple warp and the next he was at the top of the plaza, safe and sound with the rest of his classmates.

"I AM HERE!"

A/N: Sorry for not updating last week but I was actually stocking up on chapters. I really want to get to the sports festival already so I'll be updating all of my 8 pre-written chapters this week. That's right! I'm gonna be updating daily, this week!

Also, some of the chapters might not be too big but definitely more than 1500 words.