UltimateDemonBeast65 here again with another chapter! Thank you guys for continuing to support and follow this fic, and I always appreciate the feedback and reviews you guys give, and speaking of them, let's jump right into responses.
Milo S Darek: Yeah, him eating Muscular won't go unnoticed and as for the other thing, you'll just have to see.
Sakra95: I think my co-writer can have a word with you:
"Despite being incredibly grateful for her life being saved by Venom, she wouldn't tell anybody that at all due to the fact that he is considered a murderous Vigilante. I'm not sure how things go down in the Vigilante spin-off series, but I highly doubt that the Hero Public Safety Commission nor the public or other Pro Heroes would take to that fact very kindly, so that's why she lied. I'm also not offended by this, but was it necessary to call Thundermane a bitch?"
Crossroads of Illusion: You'll see, dude, and yes he is, I wasn't trying to hide that.
Trux-Killer: Well let's find out, also I didn't intend for Ragdoll to be friends with them, they laugh when Venom catches on fire, which isn't very nice.
GameMax10: He does honestly feel like a Spider-Man character, not gonna lie.
Bashleyz: Uhh, thanks, but could you write more than just "good" next time and actually give me your thoughts on the story?
SpideyFan2001: Thank you and again, Ragdoll and Venom aren't friends, she just doesn't have anything against him.
Edward Ultimate: So this response will be translated into Spanish but for English speakers, here is the context of their review:
"Eddie getting mad at the kids is understandable considering the world he comes from, although it would have been great to see Venom argue considering that in his universe the Klintar are a conquering race."
And here is my response, both in English and Spanish:
While it's true that the Klyntar in his universe are conquerors and invaders, remember that Venom grew out of that mindset after bonding with Eddie and growing to appreciate Earth life more. Though he does enjoy fighting and eating, he wouldn't disagree with Eddie's concerns.
(Si bien es cierto que los Klyntar en su universo son conquistadores e invasores, recuerda que Venom surgió de esa mentalidad después de vincularse con Eddie y crecer para apreciar más la vida en la Tierra. Aunque le gusta pelear y comer, no estaría en desacuerdo con las preocupaciones de Eddie.)
Bingo: I have not entirely decided but most likely not given that Anti-Venom's powers are broken and their origins are rooted in something beyond Klyntar.
Austin: I'm glad you agreed with some of my decisions, as yeah I didn't want to just make it so Eddie and Venom decide to play nice and spare every Villain they face. And yeah, I wanted to just have someone chew out Kota for how he was acting in canon and make him realise that he could end up going down a dark path if he's not careful. I would definitely love to possibly have them involved in the Shie Hassaikai raid, but we'll see how the story unfolds. Nice reference by the way.
Guest: Read the chapter and find out, viewer.
DigiDestined0252: While I am possibly considering having someone bond with Venom for a fight, Bakugo won't be one of the candidates, given that Venom does not like him.
With that out of the way, enjoy the chapter!
Midoriya moved through the forest swiftly as he carried the young Kota on his back. He was hesitant at first, but he allowed Venom to handle Muscular, noting that he couldn't afford to injure his body further and fortunately chose to minimise use of his legs so he could flee the battle with Kota. Many things were going through the green haired boy's mind, but one of them was the revelation that Eddie and Venom were the Vigilante from Hosu, the one that ate a Nomu's brain which caused the media to believe he was not only lethal but cannibalistic too.
"Is this why he was here? To avoid prison for his crimes? Just what else were they hiding from us?" Midoriya thought but shook his head. "That doesn't matter right now, what matters is keeping Kota safe and alerting Aizawa and the Pussycats that the League are targeting some of the students."
"If every Villain attacking us tonight is on the same level, all our lives are at stake." Midoriya said out loud as he stopped moving to take his breath, putting Kota down while doing so. "I may be injured, but I'm not defeated yet. There are more people I can save, and right now we're going to need help that only you can provide, Kota."
"Me?" Kota said in surprise.
"I might be speculating here, but am I right to assume you have a water Quirk like your parents?" Midoriya asked.
Kota then hesitantly nodded in response.
"Then we'll need it to put out the fire started by one of the Villains, as none of the others here have a Quirk specifically capable of extinguishing flames, and I highly doubt Todoroki's ice will do much good in this situation." Midoriya explained. "Can you do that, Kota? Can we rely on you for help this time?"
"I….I…" Kota said nervously before wiping away the tears from his eyes. "What the hell, I guess I'll try, but only because I owe you and that freak for saving me…"
Midoriya then smiled and bowed to Kota.
"Thank you, Kota."
The two then heard a noise, sounding as if someone was approaching their location. Midoriya got in front of Kota to defend him, but he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that it was Aizawa. Aizawa had been alerted by Mandalay's telepathy like everyone else and when he rushed out to assist in the ongoing fight, he was ambushed by Dabi, though in truth it was a clone created by another Villain, the black and white clad Twice who had somewhat of a fractured mind. Aizawa would have kept going, but heard someone call out to him.
"Mr. Aizawa!" Midoriya called out to which the Class 1-A teacher stopped in his tracks and looked at the two children.
"Midoriya…?" Aizawa said in confusion before looking to see that Midoriya had been badly injured.
"You're here…thank goodness, I need to catch you up on what I've learned about the Villains, but we don't have much time!" Midoriya said frantically.
"Hey." Aizawa tried to interrupt Midoriya.
"Plus I need to find Mandalay! There's something I need to tell her!" Midoriya quickly added, but was cut off by Aizawa.
"Hold on!" Aizawa said.
"Please take care of Kota while I'm gone!" Midoriya pleaded, his words and demeanour radiating exhaustion and fatigue.
"This kid is running on pure adrenaline." Aizawa thought as Midoriya was speaking.
"Protect him! I'll be back soon!" Midoriya said as he attempted to run off again.
"Wait, Midoriya!" Aizawa called out, to which Midoriya stopped and turned towards him. "Those injuries, you went too far again, didn't you? Have you forgotten about Hosu?"
"Kota would have died if I had done nothing!" Midoriya argued. "Besides, I only hit the Villain a few times, Eddie and Venom are fighting him while I was taking Kota to safety."
"So he was able to find you then? Good." Aizawa said with a sigh.
"But Mr. Aizawa, answer me this." Midoriya said with a bolder tone. "Why didn't you tell us they were the Vigilante from Hosu?"
Aizawa groaned before scratching his head.
"I told you the day the class met Mr. Brock that the specifics on his crimes were confidential."
"Even so, he trusted us enough to reveal Venom was an alien, but not that he ate people?!" Midoriya retorted.
"Do you really think right now is the best time to be worrying about that? The camp is under attack and our students are in danger." Aizawa said sternly, to which Midoriya remembered the situation they were in and nodded at his teacher.
"Alright, I understand. Protecting my classmates comes first."
"Go, but tell Mandalay something for me too." Aizawa ordered as he gave Midoriya some information.
A few hundred meters away in a clearing where the heart of the Vanguard Action Squad's invasion started, Mandalay and Tiger were fighting Villains Spinner and Magne as they protected their unconscious comrade Pixie-Bob while the other students went back to the log or to help their classmates who were in the forest still. Tiger was furiously throwing punches and slaps at Magne, but she kept blocking each one with her forearms without much effort, showcasing that the magnetic Villain was also a physical threat naturally.
"No fair! Back off!" Magne said as she began to dodge Tiger's attacks. "Let me equip my item!"
"Dammit! How is he predicting my Cat Combat?!" Tiger thought as he kept trying to swipe at Magne.
Meanwhile, Mandalay was frantically dodging the attacks of the reptilian Stain fanboy Spinner, who swung his colossal makeshift sword made from several knives and blades at her with the intent to kill.
"You're not…" Spinner yelled as he swung his sword horizontally, and prepared for another swing.
Mandalay dodged the first attack and barely dodged the vertical swing Spinner tried to hit her with.
"...a real Hero!" Spinner yelled once more before bringing the sword overhead. "You brought this on yourself, girl!"
"Jeez, you're persistent!" Mandalay said after dodging the overhead swing.
"As are you!" Spinner stated as he then jumped and was about to strike at Mandalay again. "But it's time to knock you off your false throne!"
However, before Spinner could hit Mandalay, his sword was shattered into pieces by a drop kick courtesy of a Full Cowling empowered Midoriya, making Spinner mutter in disbelief at the young powerhouse's action.
"Mandalay! Kota, he's safe!" Midoriya yelled as he was free-falling.
"You've found him?!" Mandalay said in both surprise and relief.
"And I got a message from Mr. Aizawa!" Midoriya continued as he skidded along the ground. "We need you to use Telepath! Tell everyone in Class A and Class B that Eraser Head has granted them permission to engage in combat with the Villains!"
Though surprised, Mandalay nodded in agreement as she sent the message out across the forest to all of the students.
"Everyone in Class A and Class B! In the name of the Pro Hero, Eraser Head, you are granted permission to engage in combat!" Mandalay relayed urgently. "I repeat! Use your training! You may fight these Villains!"
Midoriya was panting heavily as the endorphins inside of his system would slowly go away and render his body useless once he gained a clearer head.
"Get back to camp right now!" Mandalay ordered as she leaped forward and attacked Spinner with an axe kick. "Those injuries aren't normal!"
"I'm sorry! I can't!" Midoriya called out as he stood up and ran towards Magne, who was still occupied in fighting Tiger. "You need to send one more thing! The Villains, I know one reason they're here! You're after Kacchan, but you know him as Katsuki Bakugo! Please, you have to let the others know!"
"Bakugo? No, wait! Stop!" Mandalay called out but to no avail, as Midoriya charged towards Magne.
"That rumble in the ground earlier, only two people in our group fight with that kind of power, and sounds like one of them topped. Could it have possibly been Muscular? Don't tell that little kid is more powerful than him!" Magne thought, surprised by the notion that Midoriya could have defeated her comrade."In that case, this child must be put down!"
Magne then dodged Tiger's attacks before lunging towards Midoriya and trying to hit with a punch.
"Don't mince him, Magne!" Spinner shouted as he threw one of his knives at her, stopping Magne from attacking Midoriya.
"What the hell was that for, Spinner?! He was on the priority kill list!" Magne yelled angrily.
"Shigaraki is the one that wants him dead!" Spinner responded.
"Uh, yeah! And he's the reason we're here!" Magne stated irritatingly.
"But that boy is someone Stain wished to save, which means he was deemed worthy of being called a true Hero." Spinner argued. "If Stain spared him, then-"
But before Spinner could finish his sentence, Mandalay planted her foot on the reptilian Villain's face, kicking him to the ground while Tiger struck Magne in the head with a left hook, knocking them over as well.
"About time I got a solid hit in!" Mandalay said before panting in exhaustion as she retreated to her thoughts. "Can't stop the boy, but I can relay his message."
"Listen, we've discovered one of the Villains' targets!" Mandalay explained to everyone via Telepath. "It's a student, Katsuki Bakugo of Class A! Bakugo, wherever you are, avoid combat if possible and stick to a group!"
Eddie and Venom had heard each of Mandalay's telepathic messages as he sprinted across the forest floor. He knew to avoid the part that was on fire due to his weakness to the element as he activated his sensory power to try and find the students. Luckily they picked up two outlines who appeared to be students from Class 1-B, while they could also see a third figure of similar height standing in between them. Venom saw the two students move towards the figure in the center but heard gunshots ring across the sky. Venom looked carefully and saw that the third figure was holding a gun who fired off another shot at the same student, to which the Lethal Protector realised that this was in the area of the forest covered in that gas they saw from before. Venom then swiftly took off at impressive speeds and headed towards the sound of the gunshot.
In the epicenter of the gas, the Villain known as Mustard had fired his first shot against Tetsutetsu, destroying the gas mask he was provided and prevented his attack from hitting while also stunning him for a few seconds. Kendo meanwhile had moved around the two in order to position herself for a sneak attack against the young Villain.
"I saw you on TV during the Sports Festival. You can make your skin hard! That means you're bulletproof!" Mustard said with a slight chuckle, while Tetsutetsu recovered and tried not to breathe any more of Mustard's gas by covering his nose and mouth. "Ehhh, doesn't really matter. Because now it's just a matter of how long you can hold your breath in this toxic miasma."
"Seriously, he pulled a gun?! And he took out my mask in one shot! What's this shorty's deal?! And why is he wearing a school uniform?!" Tetsutetsu thought angrily before charging at Mustard again. "He's probably my age!"
Mustard had fired another shot before Tetsutetsu could get close enough and knocked him back a few feet again.
"What? Do you think you're the Terminator? Even if you can steel yourself, charging in is a fool's move!" Mustard taunted. "Shouldn't you be smarter if you go to U.A.? Don't be so rash, use your head!"
As he was talking, he pointed his gun towards Kendo as she tried to move closer towards him. Tetsutetsu saw this and quickly dived in front of his classmate and took the shot for her, but now his hardened skin had started to crack and a small amount of blood splattered in the air and on his head.
"Or you're not worth killing!"
"Tetsutetsu!" Kendo cried out.
"It's no good! Retreat!" Tetsutetsu yelled.
"Hahahahahaha! Two on one and you're banking on a surprise attack!" Mustard said mockingly. "What a simple plan, I expected better!"
"No! You're bleeding!" Kendo gasped.
"I'm fine! Just get out of here!" Tetsutetsu argued.
"I'm producing and controlling this gas, but that's not all! The gas is showing me your movements with its fluctuations! In other words, you can't hide from me!" Mustard explained, talking over the two students, but as he was about to sneak away into his gas, he sensed someone else moving within his gas and immediately shot his gun in the direction they were coming from. However, Mustard noticed that this new target was still moving towards him.
"What?! Impossible!" Mustard thought frantically before he turned and fired two more shots in the same direction.
The person he shot at stopped in their tracks before slowly walking towards Mustard, revealing that it was the Lethal Protector himself, Venom, who had two bullets in between his teeth. Venom then spat both of the bullets out before grinning at the young Villain.
"You! You're that Vigilante that Shigaraki wanted dead!" Mustard exclaimed, shocked by how none of the bullets shot at him even did so much as slow the symbiote down.
"Well aren't you just adorable, you and that peashooter of yours." Venom remarked before he created a tendril and smacked the gun out of Mustard's hand with it.
Without giving Mustard time to react, Venom wrapped the tendril around Mustard's body and pulled the gas themed Villain towards him before he struck Mustard with a strong left hook to the face that shattered his gas mask. Mustard was knocked to the ground, making the miasma of gas disappear from the area, preventing it from harming Kendo and Tetsutetsu further.
"Serves you right, you little punk." Eddie said inside of Venom, looking to see the Mustard had light brown messy hair and a broken nose and teeth.
"Hey, we had him!" Tetsutetsu shouted at Venom as he stood back up.
"Yeah, sure you did." Venom said sarcastically.
"Wait, Venom? Is that you?" Kendo asked, shocked by the symbiote's current form. "And that must mean Eddie is inside of you."
"I'm here." Eddie said, as Venom opened half of his face up to show him inside to which Tetsutetsu realised something.
"Wait, now I remember! You-"
"Get back to the camp, and help any students you find along the way, but don't engage in combat!" Eddie ordered before Venom closed his face and darted off into the forest.
Kendo and Tetsutetsu were speechless, especially given how quickly Venom defeated Mustard given that the teenaged Villain nearly killed them both. Rather than argue any further they decided to listen to Eddie and went to go back to camp.
Hundreds of meters away in a clearing within the forest, Bakugo and Todoroki were engaged in combat against one of the Villains, a cannibalistic murderer in a gimp outfit called Moonfish whose teeth could turn into extending blades that act both and weapons and appendages for movement. Todoroki had created a wall of ice to defend against his attacks while carrying the unconscious Class 1-B student Tsuburaba, though Bakugo was frustrated at not being able to directly fight.
"Flesh…pieces of meat…RAGHHHHH!" Moonfish groaned before yelling as he unleashed more bladed teeth against Todoroki's ice wall.
One of the bladed teeth pierced through the ice wall and nearly hit Todoroki but he dodged it and closed up the wall with another layer of ice.
"Teeth attacks, seriously?!" Bakugo said frustratingly. "It's time to blast this freak with everything I've got!"
"You can't!" Todoroki protested.
"If the trees burn, just cover them with ice, stupid!" Bakugo countered.
"A big explosion will impair my vision though! I may not be able to see the fire!" Todoroki explained. "And how are you going to get close to him anyway?!"
As Bakugo tried to think of a solution, he and Todoroki watched as something moving with impressive speed tackled Moonfish from behind, knocking him over the ice wall and past the three students.
"What the hell was that?!" Todoroki exclaimed in disbelief.
"Something hit that bastard Villain, and sent him flying past us!" Bakugo yelled as he turned in the direction where Moonfish and the projectile landed.
The projectile or rather person that did so was none other than Venom, who had Moonfish pinned to the ground as he grasped the cannibal's head with his large clawed hand. Moonfish was trying to use his Quirk in order for the symbiote to let go of his face, but his bladed teeth wouldn't penetrate through Venom's hand.
"Tickles." Venom taunted before he slammed Moonfish's face into the ground, then afterwards repeatedly smashed it again and again until the Villain's teeth all shattered, reducing the cannibal to having nothing but a mouth full of gum and a bloody face which made the symbiote scoff. "Pussy."
Venom dropped Moonfish before he turned towards Bakugo and Todoroki, who were both confused and cautious given that they now recognised who he was, or at least to the public.
"Who are you? And why have you come here, better yet how do you even know we were here?" Todoroki asked defensively.
"It's me, you idiot!" Venom yelled angrily, catching the two boys off-guard.
"Venom? You're the Vigilante from Hosu?" Todoroki said in surprise.
"I knew something was off about you and that foreigner from the start!" Bakugo roared.
"Hey, I'm right here you know!" Eddie shouted from inside Venom.
"That sounded like Brock." Todoroki said as he looked to try and find the source of his voice.
"Eddie is inside me, he provides the body while I provide the power!" Venom explained with a chuckle.
Before any of them could say another word, there appeared to be a moving wave or eruption of dirt and trees in the distance that caught everyone's attention as it got closer and closer to their location.
"There, I see ice!" The sound of Midoriya's voice yelled.
"Midoriya?" Eddie said in confusion.
"Bakugo! Todoroki! One of you, give us some light!" Shoji shouted as he ran towards them.
Shoji then leaped out of the way of Dark Shadow's next attack, which shattered Todoroki's ice wall. Venom stood in front of the three students and made a shield from his arms to block any incoming ice and debris that was heading in their direction.
"Kacchan!" Midoriya yelled, which made Bakugo's eyes widened as he gritted his teeth.
"Shoji and Midoriya! And is that, Tokoyami?!" Todoroki said surprised.
"Holy shit! That kid's not-symbiote is huge! Bigger than any of the ones I've seen on my homeworld!"
"We need some light now! He's out of control!" Shoji exclaimed with a tentacle that had a mouth at the end, before avoiding another attack from Dark Shadow.
"He's attacking blindly! I'll use my fire!" Todoroki said as he put down the unconscious Tsuburaba.
"Damn it, stupid Deku, stupid bird!" Bakugo yelled as he and Todoroki rushed over to Dark Shadow. "Don't follow us, parasite, unless you wanna get burned!"
"PARASITE?! Come back here and say that to my face!" Venom yelled as he watched the students go off to subdue Dark Shadow.
"Not enough! NOT ENOUGH!" Dark Shadow screamed with rage as he tried to strike at the students in front of him.
However, Bakugo and Todoroki used their Quirks to generate sources of light, dispelling Dark Shadow's anger and forcing him to retreat back inside Tokoyami.
"Once again, I'm a terrible match up for you, bird boy." Bakugo remarked before he and Todoroki stopped using their Quirks.
"Thanks…you saved me…" Tokoyami said as he tried to catch his breath
"We could barely defend against that guy." Todoroki said as he looked over to Moonfish, "But Venom beat him without much effort, especially given that his bladed teeth couldn't even pierce him."
"My friend, are you okay?" Shoji asked Tokoyami. "You did what we needed you to."
Tokoyami remembered Midoriya's words to him when Dark Shadow was berserk, which only made him feel more guilty.
"Shoji…I apologize. You too Midoriya, I'm still far too immature." Tokoyami said. "Anger consumed me. I let my Quirk take over…the influence of the darkness combined with my fury, spurred Dark Shadow into a frenzy. Until… it got so strong, I couldn't contain it! And I ended up hurting Shoji!"
"We'll deal with that later." Shoji simply said. "That's what you'd say if our roles were reversed."
"Yeah, I agree, and quit spouting all of that edgy melodrama, this isn't some grimdark fanfic!" Venom exclaimed as he approached the group of students.
"Eddie, Venom!?" Midoriya said, surprised by the Lethal Protector's presence. "If you two are here, then that means you took care of Muscular."
"That's right, we also took out some kid with a gun and a gas mask, but he was pretty weak." Venom said bluntly before opening up his face to reveal Eddie.
"You okay, kid?" Eddie asked. "Looks like you need a hospital."
"I was running on adrenaline before, but the pain in my broken twisted arm got to me, and I couldn't move any more because of it." Midoriya replied. "But thankfully Shoji was here to carry me, and we were able to lead a berserk Dark Shadow over here so that Kacchan and Todoroki could quell his anger."
"Well, I'm glad to see that you're safe, and that we were able to take down two other Villains along the way to minimise damage." Eddie said, before looking to the ground. "I know you guys have every right to be upset with me, but right now we should get everyone back to camp."
"Agreed, we can settle disputes later." Todoroki said, to which the others excluding Bakugo nodded in agreement.
"Okay, I don't know if you heard Mandalay but I found out the Villains are after Kacchan." Midoriya explained.
"Bakugo? Are they trying to kill him? Why?" Tokoyami asked.
"I'm not sure, but I think Eddie is right, we should head to camp, it's the safest place now so long as Vlad King and Aizawa have regrouped there." Midoriya replied.
"I understand, so our mission is to get Bakugo back to safety by serving as his protectors." Tokoyami said.
"It's possible that the Pussycats are still fighting in the clearing. Going that way would draw the attention of the Villains, plus it's longer. We should cut straight across." Midoriya explained.
'We don't know how many enemies there are, we might come across some by chance." Tokoyami commented.
"We can use Shoji's search ability and Todoroki's freezing power, and if Tokoyami's okay with it, we can always use Dark Shadow now that we can actually control him." Midoriya explained. "Honestly, with a group like this, we could probably go up against All-Might."
"This kid needs to really stop saying such cringe." Venom commented with a groan before reforming his face over Eddie's.
"I'd be fine by myself!" Bakugo objected.
"We'll surround you as we walk." Todoroki argued.
"I don't need any of your protection, damn it!" Bakugo yelled.
"Well then, good luck and stay together." Eddie said from inside of Venom.
"You're not coming with us?" Todoroki asked.
"We're going to fight the other Villains and find more students so they can get back to camp!" Venom exclaimed. "You are all in a group, so we don't need to worry about you, given what you said before, broccoli boy!"
"Alright, but be careful you two, one of the Villains has a fire Quirk." Midoriya said with a nod.
Venom then just gave the students a thumbs up before he dashed off into the forest looking for both Villains to fight and students to rescue.
"Let's go." Shoji said as the group of students started to move out.
"Don't ignore me!" Bakugo shouted as he followed behind.
"Just make sure you keep up." Todoroki said as he kept carrying Tsuburaba.
"Don't tell me what to do!" Bakugo yelled.
"We'll get everyone back safely." Midoriya thought. "If we can do that, that's all that matters! Eddie, Venom, when this is all over, we'll need to talk…"
On one side of the forest trail, Uraraka and Asui were currently engaged with the blood-drinking Villain and secret symbiote host Toga, who was able to land a cut on Uraraka's left bicep before Asui could create a gap between the two in order to protect her. Toga had not revealed Carnage and only transformed her fingers into claws when attacking the two girls.
"Ochako, is your arm okay?" Asui asked, concerned for her friend.
"Yeah, I'm fine. It's just a scratch." Uraraka replied.
"Hmm…hrr..." Toga muttered as she looked at the blood on her clawed fingertips. "Shallow, that much blood…"
"There's plenty more of it, sis, we just need to wring it out from their delicious bodies!" Carnage exclaimed from inside Toga's mind.
"What kind of person slashes people out of nowhere." Asui said with a mix of fear and frustration. "Just who do you think you are?"
"I'm Toga! Toga the Blood-Hunter! Geez, you two are super cute!" Toga said as she pointed her clawed fingertips at the two. "Uraraka and Asui!"
"How did she know who we are?" Uraraka asked.
"Maybe from the Sports Fest." Asui replied. "We know nothing about her, so we're at a disadvantage! Stay on guard!"
"There's not enough blood, and originally I used to suck it directly from the cut to make it flow…" Toga said as she grinned while a red and black tendril formed out of her body.
"But with my power, we can drain their bodies of their blood like a mosquito or a tick~" Carnage remarked with a giggle.
"You really are a girl's best friend~" Toga said before looking at both Uraraka and Asui and aiming the tendril at them. "Don't worry, girls, this is only going to hurt like a lot, but it'll be quick if you don't struggle. Now, whose first?"
Toga then rushed towards the two girls raising her clawed hand and tendril forward to attack them. Asui quickly shot out her tongue and wrapped it around Uraraka's waist before throwing her back towards the start of the trail.
"Ochako! You have to get back to camp!" Asui shouted. "We've got permission to use Quirks to protect ourselves, not to counter-attack! I'm sure that's what Mr. Aizawa meant!"
"Tsu, come on!" Uraraka called out as she tried to reach out for her friend.
"I'll be right behind you!" Asui assured Uraraka as she was about to leap, but she then turned around to see that Toga had gotten close to her and stabbed into her shoulders with her claws and tendril, to which Asui then pushed Toga off of her while also leaping several feet away.
"Tsu…heh, Tsu…" Toga mumbled as she looked over to Asui with a devious grin. "What a cute nickname! I think I'll call you that too!"
"Oh now you're just making me jealous, sis~!" Carnage pouted.
"No you won't! Don't even think about it! Only my friends get to call me that!" Asui shouted before jumping away from Toga's propelled tendril which pinned her to a tree by her hair.
"Gotcha, little frog~" Carnage said with sadistic glee.
"Yay! That means I must be your friend too~!" Toga exclaimed with laughter before Carnage broke the piece of her tendril off to keep Asui pinned to the tree.
"I'm coming!" Uraraka called out while running over to help Asui.
"Aw, you're bleeding Tsu! You couldn't be more adorable!" Toga stated as she leaned in closer to her and her mouth started to slowly morphed into a row of large fangs with red and black lips and cheeks. "We're gonna be…such good friends~"
"Little frog, maybe you can give me what I seek~" Carnage said through Toga's mouth, shocking the frog girl.
"Is that another voice coming from her mouth…?" Asui thought in horror.
"Get away from her!" Uraraka as she rushed over to save Asui.
Toga lunged forward by attempting to stab Uraraka with her clawed hand, but the gravity altering Hero-in training side-stepped her and remembered her training from Gunhead. Uraraka then grabbed Toga's wrist and the base of her neck, though when she tried to force her to the ground, Toga's body erupted with various tendrils that ensnared Uraraka's body and flipped her around so that instead the psychotic symbiote host was the one pinning her down, making Uraraka let out a yelp of pain.
"Ochako!" Asui yelled in fear of her friend.
Toga's grin widened as her hands fully morphed into red and black claws while she kept Uraraka pinned down as Carnage formed on Toga's face.
"Who said you could touch her, huh? You told you that you could manhandle my cute sister?!" Carnage roared at Uraraka.
"What kind of Quirk is this…it's like it's somehow alive…" Uraraka thought before looking up at Carnage/Toga's face, seeing a familiar sight. "Her face! It looks just like…"
Before she could finish her thought, Toga plunged two of her clawed fingers into Uraraka's back, making her scream out in pain.
"The way she looked at us…" Carnage said before a scowl formed on her face. "She knows where he is! Let's make her spill her guts!"
"Patience, Carnage!" Toga said as her face went back to normal. "Ochako, you're delightful too. You've got the same smell as me. You got a crush on someone, right?"
Uraraka's eyes widened as sweat ran down her face as her skin crawled from the fear and pain.
"So do I, and I also bet you want to be exactly like that special person, huh?" Toga asked while forming a grin on her face. "I can tell. Two love-sick girls…"
"What is with her?!" Uraraka thought.
"At first you try to model yourself after the person you want. You start dressing like them. The thing is, that's not enough. You have to go further" Toga continued as her grin became wider. "Then you realize you want to become that person and once you get to that point there's no going back. That's how love works, right? What kind of charmer has caught your eye, huh? I'm fond of people who've been slashed up and reek of fresh blood! That's why I always end up killing them! Hey Ochako, isn't this fun?! Just two girls hanging out, talking about our crushes?! Hahaha!"
Toga lifted her clawed fingers out of Uraraka's back, feeling all of the blood she took out pulsating in her transformed arm before Carnage's face went over hers.
"Blood collected, sis, and now…" Carnage said before creating a blade which she stabbed into the ground next to Uraraka's neck. "You recognise my face, don't you, girl? Admit it! Tell me where he is or I'll chop off your head and gut that cute little frog over there! WHERE IS VENOM?!"
"I don't know…" Uraraka said weakly. "...And I wouldn't tell you if I did..."
"Seriously? You'd die for that scumbag? How disgustingly sweet…" Carnage said as she raised her blade up and prepared to slice her head off. "Oh, and I had no intention of sparing any of you, at least only the one the League was after, now goodbye little girl~"
Before she could bring it down on Uraraka, Carnage/Toga was knocked off of her by something quick and strong, flung into a nearby tree. Uraraka looked up to see a tall black figure standing in front of her, with Asui also surprised and scared by this new arrival. The figure turned their head around, revealing the familiar symbiote Venom.
"Venom, is that really you?" Uraraka asked, trying to catch her breath as she stood up slowly, to which Venom grinned.
"Sorry to keep you waiting, round face girl!" Venom said.
"Round face girl?!" Uraraka exclaimed in confusion and annoyance before she went over to free Asui by pulling out the dislodged piece of Carnage's tendril from her hair. "Tsu, are you okay? Did she hurt you anywhere else?"
"No, but I think I'll be fine." Asui replied, clutching one of her shoulders then looked over to where she heard a familiar voice.
"Uraraka! Tsu!" Shoji called out, getting the attention of Uraraka and Asui as they saw him with Midoriya, Todoroki and an unconscious Tsuburaba.
"Guys, you made it!" Uraraka said in relief. "And Deku, what happened to you?"
"It's a long story…" Midoriya said weakly, before he spotted Toga leaping towards Venom and the girls. "Look out!"
Venom in turn intercepted an attack from Toga, grabbing her arm that was transformed into a red and black blade, the colour making both Venom and Eddie gasp in horror. He let out a growl as he felt something go through his shoulder, which was a tendril coming from Toga herself, as the symbiote and host were in disbelief over what they were witnessing. The psychotic girl grinned as her facial features contorted into a nightmarish grin before she broke free of Venom's hold and leapt back from her adversary.
"Well, well, well, looks we've finally found out…" Toga said with glee before more red and black organic matter surrounded her body, transforming to look as if she was wearing a suit made of blood and veins before her face morphed into one with large teeth and distorted eyes. "Hello there, Daddy, your daughter is home~"
"What the fuck?!" Both Eddie and Venom exclaimed in both shock and horror.
"Daddy?!" Midoriya, Uraraka and Todoroki yelled in unison.
"First, you turn out to be the Vigilante from Hosu, and now you're this girl's father?" Todoroki asked.
"What? No, Eddie has no kids!" Venom roared before he noticed something about Midoriya's group. "Wait, where's the bird boy and that explosive asshole?"
"Huh, what are you talking about? They're right over here behind u-" Midoriya was about to say before he turned around to see that neither of his classmates were behind them.
"We're in crisis mode…and we thought we were doing well, though we covered our basis. But…" Midoriya thought with dread before he and the group heard a voice.
"Nice trick, eh?"
Midoriya and the others turned to see what looked to be a man standing on a tree branch. He wore a yellow duster coat, orange gloves and an undershirt, a black top hat and slacks with white boots and a mask with black patterns that vaguely resembled a face. He was a member of the Vanguard Action Squad, a magician themed Villain known as Mr. Compress.
"I took the lad you're talking about with my magic." Mr. Compress said as he lightly tossed a light blue marble in his hand. "A talent like his would be squandered were he cast as a Hero. We'll provide him with a grander stage where he can truly shine!"
"Huh, check out Houdini over here…" Venom remarked.
"Give him back!" Midoriya shouted.
"Give him back? What an odd thing to say. Bakugo doesn't belong to anyone." Mr. Compress stated. "He's his own person. Don't be so arrogant."
"We'll stop you!" Midoriya yelled.
"Right now!" Todoroki said as he used his Quirk to create a wave of ice to hit Mr. Compress, but he leaped over to another tree.
"Why the aggression? We merely wish to show him that there are options besides the fanatical world of heroism he's drowning in!" Mr. Compress said. "It's important to choose a path that aligns with your core values after all!"
"What have you done with Tokoyami? You took him too, didn't you?!" Midoriya yelled.
"He snatched two of our strongest classmates without a sound, what power is this?!" Todoroki thought before turning to look at Mr. Compress. "If you're monologuing because you think you've beaten us, you're mistaken!"
"A bad habit of mine! I was once an entertainer, you know?" Mr. Compress asked as he played around with two marbles in his hand. "Taking Tokoyami was a bit of improv on my part! Moonfish, our dear Blade Tooth! He may not look it, but he's a dastardly devil who's last appeal was denied! The avian possessed quite a violent and destructive power, and though it was the Vigilante who slayed Moonfish, I believed the child could still hold value given what I witnessed, and I decided that he should join our troupe!"
"You bastard! You can't take them!" Midoriya yelled angrily.
"LANGUAGE!" Venom exclaimed.
"Midoriya, calm down!" Shoji said.
"Here, take this guy for me!" Todoroki said to Uraraka, handing her the unconscious Class B student before running towards the magician and shooting a massive wave of ice at him that both Venom and Toga/Carnage moved out of the way of.
"Apologies, but sleight of hand and escapology are my specialties, not combat!" Mr. Compress monologued as he leaped out of the iceberg's way. "I'm not foolish enough to fight Hero candidates from U.A.!"
Mr. Compress then placed a hand on the side of his mask to activate his earpiece.
"Vanguard Action Squad! I've acquired our target!" He relayed. "Our little show has officially come to a close! Meet me at the retrieval point in the next five minutes for the final bow!"
"They're going to take them, our friends." Todoroki said.
"They can't!" Midoriya shouted.
"You're right! We'll stop them!" Todoroki as he and the other children followed Mr. Compress.
Venom meanwhile looked at the large iceberg created by Todoroki in awe and interest before a red and black blade on the end of a tendril punctured through the iceberg and nearly hit Venom, who ducked before backflipping onto the iceberg's points.
"DADDY~! We're not finished here~!"
Toga and Carnage crashed through the iceberg while she formed a red and black organic bodysuit around Toga's body, enveloping her mouth with hers and unwinding her hair and turning it blood red.
"Stop calling me that, brat!" Venom yelled as he snarled and glared at the psychotic symbiote and her host. "Why have you returned? And better yet, how?! I ate you!"
"Oh, silly silly Daddy, you're thinking of my big brother~!" Carnage explained before she rushed at Venom, turning her hands into blades and tried slashing at him. "He was born back home, when that hick psycho killer bit your host and swallowed a piece of you!"
Venom dodged a few slashes from Carnage's blades, though he was hit on his shoulder and another struck him in the stomach, making the Lethal Protector stumble back. When she extended the length of one of her blades and swung it like a sword, Venom formed a tendril to block and ensnare the blade, causing the two symbiotes to be caught in a lock as one tried to slice through with their blade and the other tried to harden their tendril to better stop it.
"I was born here, from the pieces of you that flaming dickhead Endeavour shot off, landing on one of my host's victims. She drank me out of curiosity and well, here I am! Part symbiote, part blood, all killer!" Carnage snarled before she and Toga started to giggle, then made Toga's face go back to normal.
"It was kind of freaky, not being in control of my actions or mood, and constantly feeling hungry. I thought I was losing my mind, but then we started talking, and I really am digging these powers, these weapons. I could already transform into other people with their blood, but now together…" Toga explained as Carnage's mouth replaced her own.
"We're a force of nature! A predator this world has never seen!" Carnage as she was able to slice through Venom's tendril and then kicked them into the iceberg. "Bloodshed, food, love, chaos, death! We want it all, to see this world bathed in delicious blood!"
Carnage then formed three tendrils and launched them at Venom, who quickly dodged each of them, leading to their tips being stuck in the iceberg, to which Venom then charged at the psychotic symbiote, knocking her off her feet before he started throwing several punches at the downed Carnage, which she found more difficult to block or counter while off her feet. Afterwards, the anti-heroic symbiote then grabbed one of Carnage's legs and started to spin his body around alongside the red and black clad killer like a spinning top. Venom let go and hurled Carnage into the iceberg, breaking off several chunks that she collided with before sprouting more tendrils to stop her body from moving any further. After that, the Blood Hunter zipped towards the Lethal Protector and lunged at him while wrapping her tendrils around her hands and spinning like a torpedo, to which Venom formed a shield to try and block it, but Carnage's attack penetrated it and blew the black symbiote and his host back a few feet after she leaped away from him and grinned with sadistic pleasure.
"Damn, this is going to be harder than we thought…" Eddie said, gritting his teeth in frustration inside of Venom.
"I'll take your word for it, Eddie…" Venom said as he retracted his shield and formed a few tendrils. "Alright, I'll admit it, you have talent, quote on quote daughter! Your brother was strong too, but he had…complications…"
"What do you take me for, Daddy? A dumb bimbo? My brother lost because he didn't have what the two of us have: Symbiosis! You and Eddie are made for each other, just like me and Toga!"
Venom and Carnage charged at each other again, thrusting and throwing their tendrils at one another. Venom dodged them while Carnage blocked and deflected them with her blades before the two symbiotes landed a punch on each other's faces that made them stagger back. After the pain went away, they rushed at each other again, throwing a flurry of punches and jabs at one another, countering and matching one another blow for blow.
"Damn, this bitch is putting up a fight! We barely stood a chance with the first red one!" Venom exclaimed.
"If only Todoroki or someone with a fire Quirk was here!" Eddie yelled before Venom leaped over a sweeping kick that Carnage tried to land on them.
"Not bad for a bunch of old men~" Toga commented before Carnage then started firing red and black spikes out of her hands like a needle gun, with a few hitting Venom's legs and torso.
Venom growled in pain as he landed back on the ground, though felt the pain surge through him where each of the spikes hit. Venom ducked under a tendril that Carnage threw at him, before he grabbed the mid-section of its length and with a powerful tug and a pull, had launched the Blood Hunter across the iceberg and towards the clearing in the forest. However, the Lethal Protector didn't notice another tendril punctured his shoulder which caused him to be flung alongside Carnage. The particular clearing in question was where two members of the Vanguard Action Squad were waiting, the squad leader Dabi and the duplicate creating Twice, who couldn't help but notice something heading towards them that was red and black which soon collided with the ground and made an eruption of dirt and grass.
"Hey, what the hell is that? Looks like quite the landing! Could that be who I think it is?" Twice said frantically, shifting between moods and demeanours on the dial.
As the cloud of dust cleared, they could make out Carnage standing over Venom as she plunged a blade into the side of his torso, making the black symbiote grit in teeth with a mixture of anger and pain.
"Looks like we made it to the rendezvous point, sis~" Carnage remarked. "We both get to escape with the targets, and I get to kill my shitty dad~"
"So the Vigilante is also your father?" Dabi asked curiously.
"If you're talking about the black goo around his body that is also alive, then yeeeeessss!" Carnage exclaimed before slicing horizontally as a mix of Venom and Eddie's blood sprayed out of the Lethal Protector's side before her face retracted back to show Toga.
"So we're the only ones here? Lame." Toga remarked with a smile.
"Did you end up getting the blood?" Dabi asked. "How many different kinds?"
"Two people!" Toga replied cheerfully.
"Just two?! Hey, what gives? Weren't you at least supposed to get three?" Twice asked, shifting his demeanour around again.
"That's just the way it went down." Toga replied. "We have gotten more, but someone wanted revenge~"
"You little bitch! This isn't over, I'll eat you just like your psycho brother!" Venom roared before Toga extended one of her claws, piercing it into Venom's neck like a spear. "Eddie…are…you...okay…?"
Eddie sounded like he was gagging, unable to utter a word underneath due to the spear-length claw in his neck. Had Venom not been attached to him, the San Franciscan would be dead by now.
"Why don't you just let me burn him to death and get it over with? You did say fire and sound are lethal to your kind after all." Dabi suggested as he made a blue fireball in his hand.
"NO! Venom is my prey and my prey alone! Neither you nor Shigaraki will take away my chance to kill my soft-hearted father!" Carnage screamed as her face formed over Toga's and turned to face the pinned down Venom. "That would be too easy, no it's more poetic if I eat both him and Brock, then I'll be even stronger!"
"Suit yourself, don't blame me if that hand wearing bastard tries to kill you over it." Dabi said with a shrug as he put out the fireball in his hand.
"S...Soft-hearted…" Venom muttered out weakly.
"Huh? What's that, Daddy~? Speak up!" Carnage snarled as her grin got wider with bloodlust.
"Soft-hearted, kiddo…Like hell I am!" Venom roared before he quickly rose up and uppercutted Carnage off his body, knocking her and Toga into a nearby tree.
Afterwards, Venom then took the claw lodged in his neck that broke off from Carnage and slowly pulled it out with an audible and painful grunt. After it was removed, the wound closed up, healing both Venom and Eddie, opening his face up to let his host take in some air.
"Holy shit, holy shit! I thought she was going to tear out our throat!" Eddie said, before coughing a few times.
"I wouldn't let her do that, Eddie!" Venom assured before he turned to look at both Dabi and Twice.
"Watch out, the one with all the burn marks and stitches has a fire Quirk." Eddie warned.
"I know, we both heard him! Who else made the forest fire?" Venom argued as he got ready to fight.
However, all of them suddenly heard a distant scream and looked to where it was coming from before seeing a blur crash to the ground. And as the dust settled, Midoriya, Shoji, and Todoroki could be seen landing on top of Mr. Compress.
"Well that's quite the fancy entrance, especially for a guy with both arms broken." Venom remarked.
"Give Kacchan and Tokoyami back to us!" Midoriya yelled angrily.
"Woah, woah, what's this?" Twice asked, surprised. "Oh hey wait I know these kids! Who are they?!"
"Out of the way, Compress!" Dabi called out as he ignited his hand in blue fire.
"Got it!" Mr. Compress said before using his Quirk on himself to avoid Dabi's flames that were shot at the three students, with Midoriya and Shoji's arm being burned as they barely managed to dodge in time.
"My arms are burning!" Shoji screamed in pain.
"Shit! We have to help them!" Eddie yelled.
"We're kinda busy here ourselves, Eddie! Plus I sure as hell don't want to be blasted by that zombie's flames!" Venom roared before he turned around and barely dodged a few spikes shot by him by Carnage, then blocked an incoming blade from the Blood Hunter with a hardened tendril.
"Midoriya! Shoji!" Todoroki called out before looking up at Twice, who was about to attack him.
"The beat up little boy in you! You're on Shigaraki's kill list! No they weren't!" Twice said as he slowly pulled out his measuring tape from one of his cuffs, only for Todoroki to side-stepped Dabi's fire and shoot a wave of ice at Twice, who barely dodged it. "Too hot!"
Venom and Carnage swung their respective weapons at each other, hardened tendril and arm blade clashed like a medieval sword fight before Venom decided to spin the tendril around rapidly to form his makeshift drill and tried to stab the Blood Hunter with it. Carnage formed another blade and used both of them to block the drill while the Lethal Protector attempted to break their guard by moving forward as they thrust their weapon harder.
"Come on, Venom, you can do it, pal!" Eddie shouted from inside.
"Feeling tired yet, Dad~?!" Carnage taunted.
"Shut up!" Venom roared as he pulled himself back and ended his assault with his drill and formed several tendrils around his body that he shot at the Blood Hunter with impressive speed.
Carnage was caught off guard as Venom's tendrils pierced her limbs to which the black symbiote then pulled her towards him as he prepared to hit the Blood Hunter again with his drill. However, Carnage's grin widened upon getting closer as a huge red and black spike protruded out of her torso and impaled Venom, causing both him and Eddie to scream in pain while Carnage and Toga laughed maniacally. Todoroki was still firing off ice waves at Twice dodged and sliced through with his measuring tape when he heard the screams and looked over to see Carnage now lifting up Venom with both arms.
"Haha! This is easy! Give me all you got!" Twice taunted as he sliced through more of Todoroki's ice and stood on top of it. "Hey man, cut me some slack!"
"What the hell is with this guy?" Todoroki said angrily. "And if that's not enough, Brock and Venom look like they're in serious trouble! But I have to focus on my current opponent or I'll be minced meat!"
Back in the small crater, Mr. Compress deactivated his Quirk, coming back out in the fetal position before standing back up.
"Oh, I can't believe you wrecked my exit! Unrehearsed amateurs!" Mr. Compress said before approaching Dabi.
"You got Bakugo?" Dabi asked.
"Of course." Mr. Compress replied, but as he reached down in his pocket, he was shocked to find that the marbles he placed in there were gone. "Huh?"
"Midoriya! Todoroki! We're done! He gave away his best trick" Shoji said before addressing Mr. Compress. "I'm not sure what your Quirk is, but it had to do with these little marbles, right? The ones you've stashed in your pocket. So I'm guessing these are Tokoyami and Bakugo."
"You rescued them!" Midoriya expressed with relief.
"Hahaha! Well, colour me impressed! Just as I'd expect from someone with so many hands! How splendid!" Mr. Compress voiced as the three students began to make their escape.
"Right! Nice job, Shoji! But we can't run just yet!" Todoroki said as he created a giant ice wall in front of Twice.
"You're right, Eddie and Venom are in danger, we have to stop that girl from killing them!" Midoriya said in agreement.
"But how do we do that?" Shoji asked as he kept his guard up.
"If that girl's symbiote really is the same species as Venom, then fire and sound should do the trick." Midoriya said to his two comrades.
Venom meanwhile as he was hoisted up and impaled by Carnage was leaking a mixture of Eddie's blood and black liquid, coughing as they stared at the Lethal Protector's offspring with hatred. Carnage laughed once more before wrapping a tendril around Venom's neck.
"Did you honestly think you could win against me? You should already know our kind's offspring will always surpass their parent, silly Daddy~!" Carnage taunted with sadistic glee. "But I think it's time to chow down, so any last words?"
"Fuck you…" Venom muttered weakly.
Carnage just rolled her eyes before she elongated her large mouth and prepared to consume Venom and Eddie with a single bite. But before she could, Todoroki quickly shot a stream of orange flames at Carnage, making the symbiote screeched in agony as she dropped Venom and violently tumbled and rolled around on the ground. Venom meanwhile let out a few more coughs before his healing kicked in and gave him enough strength to race over to the others while Toga rose up after putting out the flames. Suffice to say, she and Carnage were not happy as they glared at Todoroki and his friends.
"You shitty little brat! How dare you burn me!" Toga/Carnage said in unison as half her face became like Carnage. "I'll kill you! I'LL KILL YOU!"
Toga/Carnage then lunged towards the group of young Heroes, but before she collided with them, a familiar violet coloured portal appeared and swallowed her up. In fact, multiple ones showed up with the largest of them having a face on top with yellow menacing eyes. It was the League of Villains member Kurogiri.
"Not this guy!" Shoji said.
"He was at the USJ!" Todoroki stated.
"The warp Villain!" Midoriya said fearfully.
"It's been five minutes since the signal. Let's go, Dabi." Kurogiri instructed. "I have already secured Himiko Toga and Carnage."
Shortly after, Twice dived head first into the warp gate in front of him before disappearing. Venom meanwhile got close to Midoriya, Shoji and Todoroki as he struggled to maintain his form with the amount of damage he had taken.
"Are you two okay?" Todoroki asked the Lethal Protector.
"We'll live, thanks for the save, icy hot…" Venom replied weakly. "If I stay in this form, I should be able to heal Eddie, but that fight has nearly taken all of my strength…"
"Then stay close and focus on healing him for now." Midoriya assured. "We just need to escape now that we have Kacchan and Tokoyami."
"Hold on. We're not leaving without the kid." Dabi stated to Kurogiri.
"Don't worry, they were so proud of themselves for rooting through my pockets, that I thought I'd let them gloat." Mr. Compress assured, much to the surprise of the three students as he turned to face them. "But allow me to explain a basic tenant of magic, if I'm flaunting something shiny, it's because there's something else I don't want you to see."
Mr. Compress was removing his mask as he was talking, but shortly afterwards, he then revealed that the marbles containing Tokoyami and Bakugo were in his mouth. Letting them hang on the tip of his tongue.
"He's got them!" Both Midoriya and Todoroki gasped, to which Mr. Compress snapped his fingers, and the marbles in Shoji's hand were decompressed and were revealed to be chucks of Todoroki's ice.
"Is that my ice?!" Todoroki exclaimed.
"That's right. During the freezing attack, I prepared dummies and slipped them into my right pocket." Mr. Compress explained.
"Dammit!" Midoriya yelled as he, Todoroki, and Shoji ran towards the two Villains. "His Quirk lets him compress and hold things!"
"A little bit of misdirection, forgive me. I do so adore a twist ending." Mr. Compress remarked.
"You can't do this!" Midoriya shouted as Mr. Compress and Dabi were stepping back into the portal.
"One last bow, and then the curtain falls." Mr. Compress said as he took a bow, but then suddenly a laser then hit the magician on the side of his mask, shattering it and caused him to spit out the two marbles in his mouth.
"Someone shot the marbles out of that magician asshole's mouth!" Venom exclaimed as everyone turned to see that the shooter was none other than Aoyama.
"Aoyama?!" Midoriya said surprised before trying to grab the marbles alongside Todoroki and Shoji, but ended up tripping and tumbling on the ground due to the immense pain from his arms.
Shoji grabbed one of the marbles, but the one Todoroki was about to grab was intercepted and was caught by Dabi instead.
"Nooooo!" Both Eddie and Venom yelled.
"Well isn't that a tragedy? Poor little Shoto Todoroki." Dabi remarked as Todoroki fell to the ground, then looked at the magician. "Confirm it now. Release them."
"That laser ruined my finale!" Mr. Compress growled as he backed into the portal before snapping his fingers again, decompressing the other two marbles.
The one that Shoji grabbed had Tokoyami while the one Dabi possessed was the one that contained Bakugo, and the fire villain had put his hand around Bakugo's neck. Dabi then backed up into the warp gate while dragging Bakugo with him.
"Checkmate. Heh." Dabi said with a grin.
"KACCHAN, NO!" Midoriya yelled as he got back up and ran towards him. "KACCHAN!"
"Stay back….Deku…" Bakugo muttered as the portal finally closed, causing Midoriya to instead fall face first on the ground.
Midoriya looked in disbelief and silence when he saw that the Vanguard Action Squad had not only escaped but captured Bakugo. The young Heroes were speechless as dread and guilt filled their minds, while Venom finally collapsed from exhaustion as he retracted back into Eddie, who despite the symbiote's best efforts still had significant injuries on his body, especially from being impaled in the torso.
"AAAAAAAAAAAA!" Midoriya screamed at the top of his lungs, finally snapping upon losing the battle.
Several thousands of miles from the campsite, all the way back in Tokyo, the symbiote visitor Sleeper was watching a holographic screen that seemed to show a livestream of the summer camp in flames. He stared at the screen for a couple of seconds before disconnecting it.
"The visitor brought by the incursion and their offspring are powerful, though the one called Carnage is an even stronger and greater threat than Venom. To let the newly born Blood Hunter run wild on this planet could lead to the death of countless humans. I do see potential for the elder Klyntarian but without the proper training or discipline, they will fall to the younger brood."
Sleeper looked up at the night sky before he heard footsteps approaching the rooftop, catching his attention before he decided to then keep moving, darting between rooftops at impressive speed.
"Perhaps the time has come to confront them, and see how well they do against a true Klyntarian warrior…"
Did you enjoy the chapter? If so, please favourite and follow the story and give me your feedback! I will now go over my decisions in this chapter
So you might have seen that Venom not only quickly dispatched Mustard and Moonfish but didn't kill either of them and that is for a few reasons. First, Mustard is still a kid and Eddie is adamant about not killing children meanwhile Moonfish was too weak of a foe compared to Venom for him to decide that he needed to die, while Muscular was not only the greater threat but just an overall scumbag and psychopath. And while him beating them both might seem cheap and rushed, remember that Venom is much stronger now than he was in his universe, and back in his universe he was Large Building Level in terms of attack potency. While it's true I made Venom say "Let's feast on some Villains" he wasn't expecting that the Villains he found were either too strong or too weak.
The reason why he also didn't have Toga develop her crush on Midoriya is because she was invested in helping Carnage kill Venom, with this feud being something that is very important to this fic. I wouldn't say Toga wouldn't have a crush on him, but again her attention was on fighting Venom. And if you're wondering, Carnage is stronger than Venom like in the comics, and he was technically stronger in the movie, but the problem was he didn't have symbiosis with Kasady, but the second Carnage has that with Toga, allowing them to use their power at its full potential and overpower her father. If Todoroki hadn't hit her with fire, Venom and Eddie would be dead.
If that is all, then I will see you guys next chapter! MVA: Symbiote's Justice, Lethal Protectors away!