Summary: Bryant formally meets Ectoplasm, teaming up with him to fight three more villains. Some more skilled than others.
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Cycling through his watch he wonders to himself, "How many of these forms can be evolved? Just some? Most"? It doesn't take Bryant long to find Ectoplasm, who can pretty much fly and sticks out with his cool looks and trench coat. Landing onto the ground he's surrounded by four big, dime a dozen muscle heads, which he simply laughs at in his equally cool otherworldly sounding voice. "You're going to need more than that", he threatens confidently. Puking out a bunch of clones; a whole 30; he creates them with what can only be described as his namesake, a grayish cloud of mist that materializes into copies of himself.
The clones themselves aren't particularly durable but make up for it in numbers, as the villains manage to fend off and destroy a few only for Ectoplasm to just make more again and again. Easily overwhelmed, the band of muscled villains are swarmed, with kicks to their faces delivered by the prosthetic legs, body checks and aggressive body slams. Though ripped, the villains didn't stand a chance and within minutes they are all unconscious on the ground. Ectoplasm turns to Bryant, "Allen. Tell me, what brings you over here? Not to mention the follow up inquiry of why you are so injured". He explains to the math teacher, "The price we pay for going up against criminals and psychopaths Mr…er, Ectoplasm".
"Well, if you want to help then hold your own and come with me". Bryant followed without question, "So sir, I realize you teachers just got here but how are you making out"? He goes over it, "Minimal troubles. Most of these villains are just hired help and not official League members, therefore they rank C at best. That said we're all but guaranteed to succeed in this attack". He then asks Bryant's progress, "And you? How did you get those wounds"? Allen puts a hand to his arm cut, "Some Toga girl and a guy who could make clones of her got me pretty good. Only survived thanks to initiative. I need to practice hand to hand combat eventually. But I'm not afraid of much if not anything now. I've been on my own for quite awhile so the only thing to lose is my life".
The teacher gives her two cents, "That's a rather glum look on life Allen. Surely you feel more than that"? He shrugged, "I'm just telling you how I go through things sir. I'm not gung ho, it's not like I intend to get killed, I just don't fear it. It's more heroic to die for a friend or loved one to than to be selfish and fear your own death. Self preservation is still a thing, but it comes at a cost if I let myself take priority over if say, I need to save one of my fellow students". Ectoplasm finds his philosophy admirable, "Immaculate ideals. I can see why you feel that way. But yes, don't throw your life away Allen. Caution never hurt".
He asks permission from his teacher, "Mr. Ectoplasm? Would you mind if I touched the side of your face"? He glances a look his way but agrees, "Go ahead I suppose. Also, just call me Ectoplasm". Touching his face, the watch scans his power, 'mutagen acquired, alien form unlocked'. The new silhouette shows up as a rather plain looking humanoid with three head fins, "Hm, maybe I'll save this guy for later". Ectoplasm tells Bryant to hold back, as they sees three villains up ahead. One with gun muzzles for digits and a helmet over his face, another with a skull shaped helmet holding Denki by his head in his hand, and even that guy with the WW2 gas mask again. Bryant is all about the opportunity, "It's that Fallout Nazi again. Good thing I'm prepared this time".
Ectoplasm halts him, "Wait, we must strategize before heading further. Kaminari could be hurt". Bryant defies him, "Yeah but he could hurt him just the same if we let him do whatever it is he's planning. Besides, look over there". Over by the gas mask guy, 'Mustard', is an unconscious Kyoka, with the villain pulling out a .38 revolver and getting ready to shoot. Without any more hesitance he turns into Distill, "It's lookin' pretty grundy here Ectocooler, we've got to strike while there's minimal casualties". He runs over and shouts to Mustard, "Hey Nazi man, you're about 200yrs out of print. Now get that gun away from my friend or you'll pay for it". The cold face of the mask lacks any emotions but malice, "Another UA student and their pathetic teacher. Tell me, how's it feel to know you can't even come near me Ectoplasm"? Bryant chimes in, "He can't but I sure can".
"Go ahead, razz my berries ya mook". Running at Mustard, he clouds himself inside his purple gas, alluding Allen until all he can hear is his voice. "You can't fight what you can't see", he taunts. He searches around, "Yeah well, a capo doesn't hide ya pussy. All this gas and it's just a glorified smoke screen". He gives a second to think on such, "Huh, I wonder if I can…". Stretching out his arms he sucks in the massive gas cloud like a vacuum cleaner, revealing Mustard, but only briefly as he ejects more gas than Bryant can sucks up. "Hm, not bad. Unfortunately even as a UA student you're pretty stupid". Bryant tries squinting as the cloud gets thicker, "Least I got an education. Can you say the same"? This seemingly angers him as he tries to punch him with the butt of his revolver but is countered easily before stepping back into the cloud.
He then tries in vain to spray some laughing gas but Mustard's own gas is too concentrated to cut through, "At this rate you're just pissing me off you coward. At which if you hurt my friend I'm gonna fit you with some damned cement shoes"! Taking a breathe, he tries again to suck up the 'mustard gas' and with enough effort he manages it again but this time he spots Mustard and heads for him before he can get away again. Being up close and personal, the two have a little chat, "Tell me, are you proficient with guns", he asks. Bryant shakes his head, "Not myself, but I come from the U.S of A so I definitely know about them. Speaking of which, you must've gone through Hell getting' that .38 considering Japan with throw you in the slammer for even thinking about one". He polishes it with his elbow, "It was my fathers. Personally I'm real fond of it. It's perfect for sending privileged preppies like yourself into an early grave".
He points the revolver right at Bryant and with only a split second he uses his acidic gas to spray in front of him, "Hydrogen Chloride. You like"? The bullet instantly melts from the gas but Mustard angrily shoots five more, "Just die already"! He smiles under his mask, "You've got a short temper Neo. But guess what? I also know how to count". He cuts the gas and snatches the gun out of his hand, "Outta ammo". The villain attempts to escape back into his gas but Bryant grabs him by on of the tubes on his back, pulling him back, "What's this? Not immune to your own power uh"? Taking hold of the tanks he rips both of them off his back before bashing him in the face with one, cracking the mask. Mustard struggles to hold his breathe, "Gasps". He puts his hands on his waist in confidence as he watches, "Looks like this might be your last stand 'Colonel' Mustard. No, wait". The villain passes out from his own gas, which dissipates shortly after.
Bryant turns back and sees Ectoplasm holding off the two other villains, while he goes over to Jiro, "Kyoka, are you okay"? He shakes her, "Come on, wake up. How long does this crap last? She can't be dead can she"? He listens to her slowed heartbeat, "Nah she's fine. Good". Picking her up, he carries her over to some nearby trees and puts her under one, leaving her to help the teacher, "I'll be right back". The electric villain is gripping Denki real good, and seemingly using him like a battery to charge his own power, while the other villain is taking potshots at the flying Ectoplasm clones. "This looks like a job for Energizer". Turning into said form, he flies over to 'Tesla' and tries zapping him, but it does nothing but give away himself.
"Ooh, would you look a that, a flying jellyfish. Don't you know you can't hurt me with electricity". Zapping Bryant, it too is ineffective, "Huh, well it looks like we're at a stalemate you jackass". The villain glares at him, "I don't do stalemates". Bryant lands, "Neither do I". He slams the watch on his chest and turns into Gemstoned instead, "Come on, give me another shot. I dare you". The unwitting bad guy does just that, and holding his hands together to absorb it, he redirects it but into ultraviolet laser beams, "Tell me, you immune to this"? With a strong blast, it knocks Tesla's helmet off, and then Bryant flies right into him, slamming him through two boulders nearby, causing him to drop Denki. Turning back to save charge, he leaves the knocked out villain and carries Denki over to Kyoka's spot before heading over to help his teacher.
The gun hand guy, 'Victor', is shooting Ectoplasm clones by the dozens but the numbers just keep being replenished. "Let me finish this sir", he calls out to his teacher, he stands down, "Go ahead". He transforms into Blue Lightning, "Hey helmet hair, over hear. Care to test if I'm faster than a speeding bullet"? The villain starts shooting bullets left and right like a semi automatic, but luckily enough, Bryant is able to do just that, outrun bullets. Zigzagging back and forth between bullets like the matrix, he uppercuts Victor hard with his pointed fingers, sending him back into the ground a good ways due to built up speed. "Come on get up, I'm not done yet", he says all hyper. The bad guy gets up and before he can even fire off another bullet he gets more punishment as Allen slides at him, knocking him over then whipping the downed guy with his striped tail.
"I have to say, I expected more from a guy who has literal guns for hands". With a finishing blow, he circles around him for momentum, and as he picks himself up one more time, Bryant clocks him in the jaw with another fast punch. "Whoo, exhilarating. So Ectoplasm, how was that"? He nods his head in approval, "Good job. You show promise. But, don't ever get ahead of yourself. Were you not able to dodge bullets you'd of been shot multiple times and possibly killed". He understand his concerns, "I get what you mean. I appreciate it sir, but there's nothing wrong with a little confidence here and there". Before the teacher opens his mouth again, Bryant speaks for him, "I know, don't be overconfident either. I do listen to what my teachers say". He turns back and shrugs, "I just don't like to learn math". Ectoplasm sneers, "Well I suppose you don't need to have math class anymore then". Bryant got excited, "Really"? Ectoplasm immediately said, "No". Allen sighed, "Oh".
Him and Ectoplasm head over to Denki and Kyoka who both regain consciousness, "You okay Kyoka? How'd you two get caught"? Kyoka explains, "Yeah we're fine I think, thanks. We decided to head off from the Mountain Zone to try and help the teachers, since Yaoyorozu and the others seemed to be doing alright for themselves. But even despite our quirks we got jumped by these three villains". Denki added his side, "I tried to electrify the bullets, not a good idea. Got hit by one, then that Tesla guy caught me and drained my quirk pretty much, and since he's immune to my quirk I couldn't do anything". Kyoka finished, "Then the one with the gas mask used his quirk to knock me out". Bryant examined her, "I'm glad you're okay you two. But as for you, you were almost shot by that guy until I stopped him".
Ectoplasm then helped them get up, "Are you coming with us Allen? I'm going to lead these two to safety and get them treated once this is over. You should go to Recovery Girl's office". Bryant shook his head, "I'll be fine. See you guys later. I'm going to see if there's anything I can do". Kyoka then points out to them, "There's a problem teacher. 'Mustard' is gone". Bryant chimed in, "Oh well, wherever he went I'm sure he'll be back. I did manage to take his gun though, so here sir". He handed Ectoplasm the weapon, "Very good. Well, stay safe". He then decides to go back to the Mountain Zone to check on Momo and the others.