Blood dripped along the uneven tile. Fresh and rich from its bleeding body. One of many in fact. And they all wore a face of horror of what they had faced.
One of the men, a member a local gang looked on in absolute terror, crawling on the floor backwards. It wasn't long until he was pressed against the wall. wide eyed at the figure upon him.
It was a tall, feminine figure, enveloped in blood red slime. A monster, the same monster that had decimated all their forces. Its claw open and its long slimy tongue swaying from its sharp teeth filled mouth.
The man was speechless, paralyzed with nothing but horror, grabbing onto his bleeding arm.
"W-What the hell are you?!" the gang member screamed out his last words.
The Symbiote let out a low growl while it stared down towards him. It sneered lowly as it grew a wide grin. "Succulent..."
Hearing that, the gang member gulped. "W-What?..."
Slowly the monster stepped foraward, raising its arm as its habs morphed, shifting shape into that of a blade.
"You'll be a delicious snack!"
There was nothing else for him. With seemingly no way out of his predicament, he simply shut his eyes tight, and braced himself for the finishing blow.
But it never came. In its place was a screech of agony, as the Symbiote arched its back, streaks of electricity surging from the inside.
The man looked on as the blood red monster was burned from the inside out. It didn't take long before it fell to its knees, and then to its side.
With her out the way the last remaining gang member was able to fully see the man standing behind her. It was the Black Ant, with his arm outstretched and his hand holding a type of button.
"You've had enough fun for today..." Eric sighed as he stepped closer.
The man on the ground watched in dumbfoundment, before looking down at the now unconscious body in front of him. Now the ooze that had covered its host's body instead retreated back into her, leaving Toga limp on the ground groaning in pain.
"Oh, thank you...Thank you so much!" the last member panted as he looked up at the man in black and purple. "I thought I was dead!-"
"Yeah, well we can't have one of the doctor's key components headless and against the wall, can we?" O'Grady cracked his neck. Much to his prey's dismay.
"The ability to manipulate energy. Sounds like he should be helping people instead of this." he turned his head to look over his shoulder, while another man stepped to his side. Mr. Compress.
"Oh my poor naive friend. I'm afraid it doesn't quite work like that in this society. But he is using his gift for the greater good now, no?" Compress looked down at the man while his hands were set on the head of his cane.
"Yeah, I guess so." O'Grady shrugged, stepping back and turning away from the incapacitated man. "Do your thing Houdini. And quick?" he said as he walked away from the two towards Toga.
"You can't just rush things." The magician sighed as he watched him go, before sighing lowly and turning his attention back to the gang member. He then took a step closer.
"W-Wait, stop! Don't do this, please!" The gangster screamed out in pure terror, while Compress extended his open palm down towards him.
"Do not fear. This won't hurt a bit."
He didn't give any resistance, sniffling and practically on the verge of tears. He simply shut his eyes, as he felt just one tip of his finger touch his forehead.
A dim light enveloped his body, and before Compress' eyes he...compressed, with all of his mass shifting and twisting into that of a shiny sphere, right between his fingers.
The Black Ant crouched down over the young girl of the group, reaching down to her shoulder and gently shaking her. "Toga. Aye, Toga. You got that thing under control?"
He never got an answer. Only the soft moan of a tired high school girl. It wasn't what he was looking for, but given that there were no tenracles with blades ready to cut him in half, it was good enough.
"Alright, c'mon..." Eric started as he slis gus arms under her, securing his grip under her arm and legs, before lifting her up as he stood.
"Blood..." He heard Toga spoke weakly in his arms, her eyes closed and her head against his chest.
"Yeah, we got blood at home. C'mon."
"I take it she's under control?" Compress questioned as he walked to his side from behind.
"Looks like it." The Quirkless criminal shrugged as he looked towards him. "Ya got what we need?"
"Why of course." The masked magician raised his hand to reveal the single marble between his fingers. "Shall we take our leave, then?"
"It'd be better than waiting for the cops." His partner stated while throwing Toga over his shoulder. She simply moaned in exhaustion. "Lets get goin'."
"Very well. We shall be on our way!" Mr. Compress declared with a rather enthusiastic tone. That was, until they heard a noise. The sound of a body dropping to the floor. A living one, landing in its feet.
Both criminals turned their heads towards where the sound could've occurred. Both ready for a fight. But among the two, one of them was taken by great surprise. It was a familiar face. A familiar crook. A familiar woman with snow white hair wrapped into a ponytail, in a familiar black stealth based suit.
"So, you're the ones who've been causing my employer so much trouble." Felicia questioned, slowly standing up and narrowing her eyes.
"Hm? And so what if we are? Who are you?" Compress asked right back.
"Who's your boss, too?" Black Ant added.
And that was when they heard another noise. It was a crash created fron a mass force, slamming into and clean through the entrance of the warehouse, sending the sheet of metal that was the garage door flying.
Both men turned back around towards the entrance, wide eyed behind their masks at the sudden sight of new arrivals.
"Ugh...This place is a mess..." One of them spoke with a monotone voice, as he took a step into the place. He was seemingly unaffected by the pile of corpses in his wake, aside from the hint of annoyance in his voice as he spoke.
"Feel like I could get sick at the sight alone..."
"What?! Are you serious?!" Mina spoke in distraught. Wide eyed at what was laid before her and her class. Out of everyone she had taken the information the worst.
In front of her and her classmates was a board hanging over them. On it was the roster. The designated teams and their opponent.
Team C: Koji Koda and Kyoka Jiro vs Present Mic.
Team D: Tsuyu Asui and Fumikage Tokoyami vs Ectoplasm.
Team A: Yuga Aoyama and Ochako Uraraka vs Captain America.
Team: E Mashirao Ojiro and Tenya Iida vs Powerloader.
Team B: Minoru Mineta and Hanta Sero vs Scarlet Witch.
Team G: Mezo Shoji and Toru Hagakure vs Snipe.
Team F: Shoto Todoroki and Momo Yaoyorozou vs Eraserhead.
Team J: Izuku Midoriya and Katsuki Bakugo vs Unknown.
Team H: Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy vs All Might.
Team M: Rikido Sato and Eijiro Kirishima vs Cementoss.
Team L: Mina Ashido and Denki Kaminari vs Rescue.
"Huh." Gwen crossed her arms as she looked up at the board. "Not bad matches, I'd say."
"Yeah. But why these teams?" Peter questioned as he put his hand on his chin, his mask in his other hand.
"No idea." His fellow exchange student shrugged. "Maybe they think our powers are compatible with each other."
"Ya think so?"
"Either that or we're gonna trip all over each other. Could be that."
"How reassuring..." Peter huffed.
"Not the ideal match-up. But, it'll work." Kyoka shrugged as she put her hand on her hip as she looked towards her teammate. "Right, Koda?" She asked the quiet giant beside her. She got a nod and a gentle smile of agreement.
"Yes!" Mineta cheered as he looked up at the board. To his luck he got a chance to throw down with one of the exchange program teachers. The hottest, most naive one at that. "This is gonna be the best test ever! First chance I get I'm cuffin' her! And when she offers that reward it's motorboat city! I can practically feel those luscious meatbags pressed against my face already!"
Everyone near him just took one long step back.
"Ugh...Welp, could be worse!" Denki shrugged, turning his gaze to the kid in red and blue. "I could be fighting All Might!"
To that, the two exchange students turned to the walking battery, with Gwen furrowing her eyebrows.
"What's the big deal with that All Might guy again?" she spoke in a monotone voice.
"What, are ya joking?" Kirishima spoke from off the side.
"He's Japan's Number One Hero!" Both arachnids turned their attention towards their fellow Power-Type, Midoriya. A mass smile on his face. "He's been to the U.S. on certain occasions too. The most recent was New York last I checked..." he stated, looking away from the two and gently grabbing his chin in thought.
And while he did both students froze. Both were from New York, they were proud to state it. And that could've just backfired in their faces.
Fortunately for them Gwen was quick to regain her composure. Almost instant.
Deku looked right back at the two. "You never saw him?"
"We were probably out of town while that was going on." Gwen offhandedly.
"Really? Where?" Ochako questioned next.
"Washington." Peter stated.
"San Francisco." Gwen aaid as well.
At the exact same time.
Both spiders looked over at each other, giving one another either a look of repudiation, or indifference.
"Really?" Izuku tilted his head. Much like his fellow classmate Uraraka.
"Class trip." Peter declared.
"Family matters." Gwen spoke out as well. "We were not together during the time."
"Oh. That makes sense..." Midoriya nodded as he spoke hesitantly. He knew their answers were a bit...off.
"Attention all students! Practical exams are about to begin." The voice of Nemuri Kayami filled everyone's ears on the intercom. "Will teams C, E and and A please report to your designated Exam sites."
Hearing that, the walking Amplifier huffed softly. "That's us. C'mon, Koda. Lets do this..."
"Oh yes!~" Grapefruit snickered sinisterly, his his hand contorting and squeezing at the air, like he was ready to grab something. "Lets show that foreign hottie what we got!"
"Heck yeah!" Hanta gave a thumbs up in the corner.
"You got issues..." Was Kirishima's only response.
And thus, with that announcement their test began. Armed with their Quirks, equipment and wits, all of 1-A were set oit to their courses. Some of them in well known terrain, others in elements not of their own. But they all had one goal, to win.
The first was Koji Koda and Kyoka Jiro, two young individuals that shared something in common with their opponent. Koji with the use of his vocal cords, and Jiro through the use of soundwaves.
Their arena, a rural forest. A mass advantage for the animal whisperer, and a massive disadvantage for their teacher, as his screams wouldn't have as much impact as they would in closed corridors. Their objective was quite simple, they just needed to escort a herd of woodland creatures to the exit way on the other side of the grounds.
Except it wouldn't be so simple. Because they were dealing with animals, against a literal banshee!
The horn sounded, and with it their exam began.
Their first step was securing the route they would take. Though there was only one opposition, it was a powerful one that drowned out both their strengths.
The music based heroine kneeled down to the ground, a few yards ahead of her partner and convoy, one of her earphone jacks spiked into the soil to allow her to hear the vibrations of any oncoming presence.
Aside from the rustling of the insects burrowing through the floor, which caused her to shutter softly, there was no vibrations coming from Present Mic. Which meant he was either off the ground, or he was standing in place. Likely in front of the exit they need to get through.
"Present Mic isn't moving!" Jiro declared as she looked over her shoulder to her partner behind her. "He's probably by the exit, waiting for us."
The silent big man nodded to that, walking alongside the herd of deer and squirrels and other of such mold. Though he didn't speak he made it clear he understood. He also knew they needed to come up with a counterattack.
Unfortunately, they wouldn't have a moment to strategize, as a shriek filled their ears, echoing across the forest and catching them and their convoy in the crosshairs.
The herd of animals were easily startled, breaking the formation Koda put them into and scattering some.
Meanwhile, near simultaneously, the two young, adhesive themed heroes in training had set up for their fight against exchange teacher, Wanda Maximoff. A play against one of their more perversive sides.
Their arena was a rather simple flatland of rock and stone. There was nothing to it, no cover, no highground, no trenches or anything to that'd heed a tactical advantage.
Their objective was quite a simple one. Around Wanda's neck was a key. All they had to do waa grab it, and they'd pass. Quite easy. Except it wouldn't be.
The two were quick to devise a plan amongst each other. Seeing as how their powers were so similar to one another, they decided to go for tge kill by trapping her in their tape and sticky balls.
And so the two lustful young men set off into the flats for their beautiful opposition. And it wasn't long until their path intertwined into hers.
To their surprise, the Scarlet was iut in the open, not even behind a boulder or slab of rock she could easily dig up. Her back was even turned to them.
"Heh, easy picking!..." Mineta was the first of the two ready to go in, hands up and ready to grab.
"Wait a minute, why's she just standing there?..." Hanta questioned as he looked on through the visor of his helmet.
"Who cares?!" His perverted partner questioned back, looking to him for only a second before looking back to the Scarlet Witch. "Now's my chance! I'm takin' it!"
"Wha-Hey!" Before the Tape-Quirk user tcould rebuttal, the short hero-in-training was off, using his tiny legs in a full on sprint towards her. "Mineta!" He called out his name. But to no avail. He was too far gone.
He practically drooled as he sprinted, his arms stretched out and ready to snag the mounds between the key dangling around her neck.
"Quick Attack!" he announced, leaping high into the air with a look of ferocious determination.
He didn't see her raise a hand subtly. Nor notice the sudden crack in the rock floor right under him.
"Seductive Tackl-"
All of a sudden and object shot out the ground. A pillar of rock shot up, colliding Grapefruit's gut with tremendous force.
Sero watched from afar, his previous face being a look of complete jealousy being wiped off his face and replaced with shock, as his partner was sent flying right back to him, hitting the ground hard and rolling to a stop right behind him.
"Mineta!" he spoke out, turning his attention to his partner, kneeling down to him. "Bro, you alright?"
To that the Grapeboy simply groaned, shaking his head and putting a hand over his gut as he sat up.
But before he began to speak, the two of them heard a laugh. It started off soft and sinister, before spiralling into one properly belonging to a wicked villain.
"Darlings, you'll have to do much better than that!" Wanda cooed, turning around and looking towards the two sticky young heroes, a mass devilish grin on her face. "Or else I'll stomp you like a did my own sticky students. You don't want that, do you?~"
The two looked on, wide eyed as they stared at the witch. The very ground below her cracked, before blowing apart around her in massive chunks, leaving her on a single platform with an increasing number of debris floating around her.
Both young were awe struck, with Mineta crawling back further and further as cracks in the floor below them grew closer.
The red witch simply snickered wearing a sadistic smirk. "If that's the case then I have problems turning you two into Masochists!"
Meanwhile the students of 1-A simply watched, some shocked by the shift in personality of their new teacher. Not a few minutes ago Wanda was but a kind hearted nearly motherly counter to Aizawa's almost cruel and cold mannerisms. And now? She was living up to her role as a villain a bit too well.
"Is she...usually that...aggressive?" Momo questioned, turning to the exchange student in red and blue as he looked through his satchel. Or, Mei's satchel.
"Eh...I'm not sure...I've only fought her once..." Peter explained, looking up towards the massive screens that grasped everyone's attention.
"She's trying too hard..." Gwen mumbled to herself.
"Masochists?!" Pepper exclaimed from her seat in front of the table her suit laid.
"Well alright then..." Aizawa watched on, a bit taken aback by the sudden shift in personality of his co-teacher. Though he was quick to pinpoint the source of the change.
But Nemuri hadn't noticed, adjusting her glasses as she sat with a soft smile along her lips. Unlike her fellow teachers she wasn't dressed in her hero costume, instead adopting a more civilian attire, complete with a red buttoned up shirt and black business skirt.
"If she was going to take my place, she had to strike at least some fear into those two~" She cooed, crossing her legs while they all watched the onslaught that was Minera and Sero against the mad witch, which pushed up a good portion of the ring as debris. "Didn't think she'd take it this far, though."
"That's only the tip of the iceberg." Powerloader chimed in from the table with Pepper as they tinkered with her suit. "That crown was designed to amplify the radio waves of her mind, and in theory it should allow for more flexibility with her Quirk. In theory, anyway."
"So what? Are you saying it might not work?" All Might questioned from beside Aizawa, turning to their tech-head.
"I mean, it's still a prototype." The 1-H teacher clarified. "Even so, we hadn't gotten the chance to test it."
"Well that's just perfect." The teachers turned their attention to the new, unknown voice, of a man in a red cape and emerald green shining armor. His arms crossed and small offhanded grin on his face. "If it works, they need to find a way around it. If it doesn't, they just need to spot the moments it doesn't and strike. I see that as an absolute win." Quentin looked over his shoulder for a moment, before looking back up at the screen of the third match up taking place.
Meanwhile was a fairly more grounded battle between teacher and students, Yuga Aoyama and Ochako Uraraka vs Captain America.
The battle grounds were a lot more closed quarters than the others, taking place inside a locked down building. They started at the bottom, on the very first floor of a twenty story building.
Their mission was to open the door for police to get inside and secure the place, by reaching the control console of security room on the twentieth floor.
The task was simple, just like all the other. And there was only one obstacle in their way. One, heavily trained obstacle.
Their first step was getting up to the top in the first place. A task simply enough for Uravity's quirk, but her teammate was far too easily squeamish to survive the float up without hurling his lunch. So they settled on the more scenic route, walking up the dozen of circling staircases.
There didn't seem like any opposition against them, but Ochako was still alert villain cuffs in hand as she looked up a few floors above their heads.
"Hmm...Where are you, Captain?..." Uraraka mumbled under her beneath. She was on her toes, ready for him to strike.
Unfortunatey, she was so focused on what was above her, she didn't pay attention to what was below, evident as she pulled on a thin string with the toe of her boot. Something she was quick to realize, once she heard a faint click from the wall to her side. Before she could properly react, only given enough time to freeze and dart her eyes to the possible source, only for her vision to be clouded by the sudden dust blowing into her face along with pieces and chunks of debris.
The explosion wasn't much, but it was enough to push Uravity and her teammate to the side, with Yuga getting pushed over the railing, ready to fall over. Only to be caught by his teammate, grabbing onto the ankle of his leg with one hand and immediately activating her Quirk to keep him afloat.
"Aoyama! Are you alright?!" Uraraka spoke out in concern as she held onto him. All she heard was his whimpering moan of distress.
"Mon ami...I think I may puke..." he whined, covering his mouth with his hand and shutting his eyes.
"It's alright, I got you." She smiled softly.
She pulled him up slowly, aiming to get him up with her again without making him throw up. But she was quickly cut off, hearing the clang of metal against brick, rapid and getting closer.
Her eyes widened as she looked up the staircase for what was coming. A red white and blue shield bouncing along the walls and sides of the staircase, right towards Yuga, who's eyes widened.
The gravity hero had to think fast. In a split second reaction she pulled her arm up from over the railing, tugging Aoyama up along with it. "Sorry about this!"
Yuga was thrown up into the parallel stairs above them, groaning out in a fashionable manner as his back collided with with the concrete, while the shield collided with the side of the stairs they stood on, lodging into it and halting its motion.
For a moment everything went quiet, as the gravity hero's eyes darted you the stairway in front of her. She couldn't notice her predator right on top of her.
After calming her nerves the gravity hero turned up towards her teammate, her eyes widening as she saw he was still pinned to the bottom of the stairs above them. He looked about ready to puke.
"S-Sorry Aoyama!" Uraraka blurted out, raising her hands and pressing the tips of each finger against their opposite counterparts, before shutting her eyes. She didn't realize when the Captain struck.
"Relea-" She started, before being cut off by a boot to the side her helmet, as Roger had leaped over the railing of the stairs above and swung himself to the stairs below. the result was the gravity heroine running into what was left of the wall beside them, before falling back and down a handful of the stairs to float ground.
Steve planted his feet onto the solid platform below him, reaching out his arm and grabbing Aoyama by his leg, before throwing him right at and over his partner, impacting the wall in front of him, just below a door.
With a groan Uraraka pushed her upper body from the flat surface of the corner, shaking her head as she put a hand on the side of her helmet. Even with the protection it felt like getting hit with a truck.
"What's wrong, heroes?" Their teacher questioned in a mocking tone, looking down the stairs to his two students. "We said we wouldn't go easy on you, remember?"
Ochako looked on, wide eyed at what she was up against. Her plan was to try and avoid him if they could, or catch him by surprise. But now that line of thinking was gone, evaporated as she stared down at the soldier in front of them, taking a step down the stairs. As he walked he reached out over the railing, grabbing his shield and pulling it out the concrete with ease.
"Your teachers told me about your internship. You have combat training. Why don't you show me what you can do?"
The gravity hero simply gulped.
Elsewhere, the sound of Pressnt Mic's foot tapping against the ground filled the immediate air of the exam exit. An aura of impatience wrapped around him. More so because of the unsettling silence of his environment than the test itself. Especially considering he's usually the one commentating instead outright participating.
"C'mon, c'mon...You can't keep the bad guy waiting like this..." he sighed while stuffing his hands into his pockets. He then turned his head, looking over his shoulder towards the camera and looking directly into its lens. Both at his students in the control room, and the people reading this.
"Should we move this along?...Yeah, thought so." He turned his attention back in front of him, to the forest his two students inhabited. With a growing grin he sucked down a deep breath, before beginning once again.
"HHHEEEEYYYY!" He screamed out to the trees, echoing with ease through them all as his soundwaves rippled straight through the arena.
"Hey!" Jiro called out in distress, watching all of their herd of woodland creatures scatter. Startled from the banshee cry of the villain's last attack. She looked towards Koda. "Koda, can you get them under control?"
She didn't receive an exact answer. Instead the silent hero explained through body movement, and a bit of sign language, which could roughly be translated to: "No! If we calm them back down his next scream will startle them again!"
And then, they heard it.
It only took a second before his cry was blasting into Jiro's ears, causing her to jump back and cover her ears to defend her eardrums. To little avail.
"WHAT'RE YA WAITING FOR?!" Another blow to the young hero's eardrums. Though, Koda seemed to be holding up better, though his own quirk was nullified now. He couldn't control the animals they needed to herd to the finish with that banshee cry filling the air.
"GEETT GOINNNGG!" He cried out one last time, bringing the punk rocker down to her knee as she felt the pressure. But then it began receding, the airways clearing and fading back to normal.
Jiro groaned lowly as she opened her eyes just barely. The only thing she could clearly hear was the near deafening ringing that her hands just barely protected her from..
"Koda? Are you alright?!" She yelled out, enough for herself to hear, as well as her teammate. She got a quick nervous nod from the rock-like boy, who laid on the ground with her a few feet away.
"Alright..." She mumbled, unable to hear her own words. Her eardrums were nearly shot. She may as well have been incapacitated. She slowly got onto her feet, stumbling softly some in an attempt to keep her balance and move.
The herd of animals was disbanded, scattered across the forest. It'd take forever to rope them back together. Time they didn't have.
The only thing left to do, if they wanted to pass, was to take Present Mic head on. But they couldn't. They were pit against him for a reason, he was the near perfect foil to the both of them, since any command Koda gave was drowned out by his cry, and his soundwaves overwhelmed hers easily.
Then she heard a scream. Like that of a little girl, only it wasn't.
Jiro turned her attention from the ground right under her to her partner, as he backed away into a tree frantically, his eyes plastered to the ground.
At a small group of ants.
The earphone hero-in-training looked down at the small group of harvesters scurrying along the ground, leaning closer to get a better look as they crawled along. That's when it clicked. That and Koda's frantic screams of terror.
"Where are you going, young man?!" Wanda called our with a sadistic end to her tone. "I'm not done with you just yet!~"
Sero and Mineta's exam was among the simplest of the entire class. They just had to snatch the key from around Wanda's neck and they one. It was simple enough to warrant a head-on approach, but the two hadn't accounted for two things.
The Mad Witch was extremely powerful, and under that naive tender exterior she was more aggressive than Aizawa. And seemingly more unhinged.
A good chunk of the plains they called an arena was broken off, serving as debris for the Witch to break her students into submission, while they scrambled and ran below her on her levitating platform.
Without exaggeration, Duct Tape and Grapefruit escaped by the skin of their teeth, both running for dear life as chunks of debris were thrown towards them, just barely missing.
Mineta put all his strength into his stubby child-like legs, tears streaming like a river down his face, in pure fear of being crushed.
And their opponent wasn't even breaking a sweat. Mad Witch persona aside, she did feel bad terrorizing the two sticky young 1-A students. But she was supposed to play the role of the bad guy, so it was necessary in order to test their metal.
"Hm...Maybe I should ease up..." Wanda spoke softly to herself, lowering her cohorsing hands as red mist twisted and swirled between her fingers. She then raised her voice, loud enough for them to hear.
"You can run, my pretties! But you'll never be able to hide from me!" She cackled maniacally from atop her psuedo fortress of floating debris, much to the two young men's dismay.
"I wanna go home!" Mineta cried as he attempted to sprint further out of their reach, only to be stopped as Sero grabbed his cape and he was pulled to the side as Duct Tape darted to a large piece of debris to use as cover.
The Tape-Quirk user slid to a stop behind the cover of debris, with Mineta squirming thrashing in his partner's grasp.
"Let go of me! Let go, let go, let go!" He cried out in pure panic.
"Calm down, will ya?!" Sero pleaded with the perverted hero-in-training. But to seemingly no avail.
"Calm down?! Don't tell me to calm down!" Minoru broke free for the tape boy's grasp, standing up and turning to him. "I've seen women like that! She pretends to be pretty and naive, but she's actually a wolf in sheep's clothing! She puts on a smile and flaunts her assets to lure in her prey, and then she strikes!"
Just the explanation was enough for 5he perverted ball-hero to start shaking even more violently in his boots. Unbeknownst to anyone else watching he was experiencing PTSD as a result. "S-She's a monster!..."
Cue one hard smack to the face.
"Snap out of it, Mineta!" Sero shouted as he shook Grapefruit in his grasp. "Get a grip if you wanna pass!"
"What's the point? She'll flatten us without a second thought!"
To that, the Tape-Quirk user turned away, putting a hand on his chin in thought. "Not necessarily..."
"What's takin' them do long?" Denki questioned as he sat on the floor of the observation room, leaning against the same pillar as Peter as he stared up at the screens.
"They don't have that much time left..." Midoriya mumbled softly as he watched. "And they're facing off against truly strong opponents to boot..."
"Present Mic, a teacher the school is familiar with. His Quirk allows him to amplify the soundwaves his voice produces, essentially letting him use it as a weapon. He doesn't recieve a lot of action, but when he does he tries to make it as entertaining as possible, for both himself and people watching..."
"Our foreign homeroom teacher, I'm not sure about. From what she's told us and what we've seen, she can create force fields as a way to shield herself and move objects. Maybe that has an effect on her mobility. We've never seen her move while using her Quirk, and with the scale she's at she needs the concentration..."
"And then the Captain...Peter said he didn't have a Quirk, so everything he's doing is chalked up to pure skill. He has military training, so he'd have an advantage on close combat, and thanks to his shield a long range attack could just be deflected..."
"Sounds like they're pinned between a rock and a hard place." Gwen spoke softly. "At first glance, at least."
"Huh?" the broccoli haired young man looked over at the blonde in white and black.
"That Present Mic guy dispersed Koda and Jiro's herd, which they needed to get past him to pass. But without it, they're gridlocked into confrontation in order to pass." The female arachnid explained bluntly as she crossed her arms. "He forced them out of their comfort zone to see how they'd adapt."
"That Witch lady aimed to scare the shit out of those two morons. Then she made a floating fortress with herself on full display." Bakugo added, narrowing his eyes. "If they wanna win, they have to make it into the air."
"And the Captain?" Yaoyorozou raised a brow.
A door flew open with a crash, nearly blowing off its hinges while the gravity hero skidded through into an empty office hallway of the floor. With her was her sparkling, flailing teammate who screamed as she made a full on sprint down the hall. Much to Aoyama's dismay.
"I know, Aoyama! Just hold on!" Uraraka called out she ran from their opposition who stepped through the swung open door slowly. He didn't see the two round the first corner of the floor.
The gravity hero took another sharp turn down another corridor, in front of them an assortment of doors. Multiple hiding places for the two to regroup.
In a split second decision she sprinted for one of the doors, grabbing the handle and ramming into it with her shoulder to open it up and swing Yuga inside, before stepping in and shutting it behind her. Then, leaning her back against the door she slid down to the floor with a groan.
The brunette sighed heavily, looking at her feet as they bent into her. There was a looming, underlying pressure against her. And for good reason.
She didn't know much about him, but she knew he got where he was with no power beside his strength and intelligence. He was significantly more skilled in combat than her, mot even accounting for strength, and if she did try and land a critical blow with her Quirk, it'd just give him an advantage.
Her mind raced for a solution. What should she do? Run and make a break for the security room on the top floor? Should they fight and try to take down their superior opposition? What would a hero do in this situation? What would Midoriya do?
"Why so stressed?" She heard from above her, and looked up at the ceiling to see her partner sprawled upon chest first on the ceiling. He smushed face still held the same dazzling expression, but that didn't stop Uravity from stuttering out of control some.
"Aoyama I am so sorry! Hold on a second, I'll get you down!" She spoke frantically, putting her hands together and shutting her eyes to concentrate. "Relea-" She began, but stopped short, opening her eyes.
She could hear his footsteps from the hall. They were getting closer. Ever slow and steady, much to both young heroes' despair.
Ochako's eyes widened as she heard their predator step closer towards them, even more so when the scraping of his shield against the wall filled her ears. Frantically the young woman crawled to the side, away from the door and crouching down to remain hidden, as the Captain drew closer and stopped. The sound of boots against the floor ceased, as the mass shadow of the patriot's bulky upper body seeped into the room through the glass window.
Slowly she reached behind her back for the cuffs, grabbing onto the firmly and pulling them out. This could be it. An ambush to immobilize him at his own game. She was confident she could get the drop on him.
But that confidence was quick to come undone as the door flew open, being kicked in with tremendous force. His shadow was in full view inside the dark room. Both students held their breath, aiming to stay as silent as possible when he came in. But he didn't.
The Patriotic villain instead took a step back, letting the shield on his forearm detach for him to grab with his other hand. He then reeled his arm back, before swinging underhandly, throwing his shield in the process.
The vibranium disk flew into the room, bouncing off the ceiling right past Aoyama, and then to the floor, and then the wall. The projectile darted everywhere in the room, speeding back and forth at high velocity while Uraraka sat idly, wide eyed. And then it came speeding towards her.
The dusty, smog full air of the abandoned, blood riddled warehouse turned cold as ice with his presence. And even without knowing him, the Black Ant and Compress felt it overwhelmingly.
"So you're the ones whose been disrupting my business." Overhaul claimed as he looked at the three right in front of him.
"Only for a good cause. What are you gonna do about it, exactly?" O'Grady retorted, helmet up as he tilted his head.
"Me? Nothing." The gang leador stated in a dejected tone, adjusting his white latex gloves. "Katsukame."
At the heed of his command, the biggest of the small group, a mountain of a man standing at least fifteen feet tall in a tank top and an assortment of equipment on his wrist, stepped up, growling lowly.
Rikiya Katsukame, one of the eight bullets of the Shie Hassakai, and revered as one of the strongest. With his Quirk 'Vitality Drain' he can siphon stamina from enemies at close range to fuel himself. Something that's sure to turn the tide of a fight, as well as his lazy demeanor.
Both Compress and Black Ant stepped back slowly as they stared up at the behemoth of a masked man, all the while the incapacitated Toga whined on the latter's back.
"Alright, which one of you do I flatten first?" Rikiya questioned smugly while slamming his fist into his palm.
The two villains stared up at the mountain of man, while the thief narrowed his eyes behind his lenses. "Houdini, the kid. Take her and run." He instructed his partner in crime.
"And what are you to do?" Compress looked over to him.
His response wasn't one to invoke confidence.
"Something that'll either work...or kill me."
The monster of a man clasped his massive hands together, raising his arms over his head.
"Grab her!" O'Grady called out suddenly, shrugging off the blonde from his back for his ally to grab, which he immediately stretched out his arms.
Rikiya's gigantic hand sped down towards Eric like a comet to the Earth, as both the Black Ant and Compress leaped out of the way before impact, allowing their opposition to leave a crater where they stood.
While the Magician rolled onto his back with Toga in his arms, the size shifting criminal went into a full run past the masked behemoth.
"Hey! Where're you going?! Argh, don't make me have to chase you!" The massive brute groaned lowly as he watched the normal man run, before stepping after him.
The brute's group watched as the intruders split up. While the Black Ant climbed up a stack of crates to gain elevated ground, Compress made a run for it with Toga in his arms.
Chisaki watched as their prey attempted to run, narrowing his eyes. He looked towards one of his lackeys, a skinny little man with a simple hole slotted bag on hid head.
Soramitsu Tabe, one of the eight bullets of the Shie Hassaikai and a handpicked member of the group. With his Quirk, simply labelled 'Food' he can eat anything and everything his mouth comes into direct contact with, and with little resistance.
"Don't let them get away." He ordered his subordinate, who only sneared behind his mask, stepping forwards.
Tabe lunged for the escapees, the cloth of his mask ripping open while his maw gapped wide. "It's been a while since I've chowed down on someone!"
The carnivore leaped into the air, straight for the Magician and school girl, while at the same time their ally drew distance from the heavy hitter, who grew increasingly more frustrated from his need to put in effort catching the ant.
"Argh! Quit running and fight already!" Rikiya groaned, while Eric leaped over the railing to the warehouse's next floor, just before a metal container flew straight over his head, into and through the wall right in front of him. "I'll grind your bones into dust!
"Christ!" O'Grady cursed lowly as he lunged for cover, vaulting over a crate and kneeling down against it. "Is everyone here a maniac?!"
"You'd be surprised." Another familiar voice filled his ears, causing him to look ahead of him, to the feline thief in front of him as she stepped into view.
"You're shitting me." The Black Ant groaned under his breath.
"Give back what you stole and I might convince Overhaul to let you live." Felicia declared, stepping to the side while the size changing criminal stood.
"Yeah, I don't think so. Something about going home to see my family is just too good a deal, ya know?"
"Eric, we can work together on this. I wanna go home too, but we can't do that if you don't cooperate."
Says the woman who cooperates the least, unless money or jewels are involved..."
For a moment the two halted to their tracks as they faced each other down, with the Black Ant getting into a fighting position, his talons jumping out.
The Black cat simply sighed. "I suppose I can't talk you out of this then?" she questioned as she spread her legs into a fighting stance.
Meanwhile, Eric's two allies dodged and weaved throughed the onslaught of attacks from the carnivore they were up against, Toga in Compress' arms. His shark-like teeth just narrowly missed the two, again and again. But it was getting closer and closer.
"Get back here so I can eat!" Tabe snarled, hunching over as he grit his teeth. "I'm starving! So starving!..."
"You just don't give up, do you?" Compress spoke under his breath, leaping backwards and out of the carnivore's reach. But to no avail. He wouldn't stop, wouldn't give an inch, and his lust for something to fill his stomach was quickly overcoming their desperation to escape.
"Meat...Meat!" The bullet of the Shie Hasakai sneared, stumbling forward from his last charge and turning to face the running duo as he opened his mouth wide for the finishing move.
Only for a purple mist to suddenly spew into reality right in front of them all, with a massive hand covered in black goo reaching out and grabbing him by his head and forcing his mouth shut as the rest of the creature's skinny but bulky body slid through the portal.
Rikiya snarled lowly as he looked to the level above that O'Grady retreated to. Due to his massive size he couldn't think of chasing after him, much less maneuvering around any traps that he could have set up. But there was one easy way around this.
The behemoth of a man turned his attention down to the pillars in front of him, narrowing his eyes. Knocking those down would take any high ground the bug had.
"Heh. Alright!" The muscle of the group reeled his arm back for a swing as he stepped to one of the pillars, only to halt. Once he felt something wrap around his forearm, pulling against his tendons as he attempted to swing.
"Ah, what now?!" Rikiya looked over his shoulder to the source of the tentacles holding him back.
Standing a few feet behind him was a man like creature, a Nomu, covered in a black goo like substance, wide milky eyes and no other facial expression.
Standing at eight feet, with jagged talon claws for hands and feet, both primary muscular arms holding back Kasukame with the tentacles sprouted from his forearms, while a secondary, scrawny set held his ally by the throat.
"The hell?!" The two Quirkless criminals heard, both dropping their guards for a single second to glance towards the source. Both were flabbergasted seeing the newest in the fight that came from seemingly nowhere.
"Alright, timeout!" Eric turned to Felicia quickly, before immediately making a run for it towards the railing, right towards the titans. Jumping onto the railing he leaped into the air, straight towards Rikiya.
The Shie Hassakai Muscle looked up to see the size altering man fail through the air, ready to reach out and grab him, only to be tugged by the Symbiotic Nomu as its tentacles gripped tighter. Before he knew the Black Ant landed on his head, using him as a platform to cover more air as he leaped forward once more, falling back down to the ground and rolling upon impact, quick to get onto his feet and continue his sprint.
He only stopped once he was close. Seeing the magician standing with his knees on the floor, attempting to collect himself from what just happened.
O'Grady slid to his friend's side, putting his hand on his shoulder. "Are you alright? Are you two okay?!"
"We're fine!" Compress turned towards the Black Ant. "What's going on?!" he questioned, racked in confusion.
The Quirkless criminal then turned his attention down to the unconscious schoolgirl, reaching down to grab her shoulder, only to be stopped by a familiar voice, as a black ominous mist formed behind him.
"I wouldn't advise making physical contact." Immediately the thief of the group looked over his shoulder, to see their mad doctor as he planted his foot firmly into the dirt crested floor. "Her Symbiosis is considerably unstable. As is the Symbiote. You don't want a violent death before you go home, do you?"
"Doc?" O'Grady spoke softly, his tone just as perplexed as his associate. "What're you doing here? You're suppos-"
"I am well aware of what I am supposed to do." Ezekiel spat back in detest, not even bothering to glance down at the three. "Their boss suggested I come to your aid. Lest you three messed up. And it seems he was right."
Ezekiel turned his attention from his invention, who binded both the muscle and carnivore in thick black tentacles, all the way to the leader of the two, who stood at the closed garage door. His gaze was as calm and collected as the it was the moment he walked inside.
"I believe we've begun on the wrong foot." Stane spoke out, taking a step towards the man from afar. "Why don't we start by introducing ourselves. Kai Chisaki?"
To that the young Yakuza member narrowed his eyes, nearly growling at the mention of his name. Though he withheld it while suspicion grew. "You know my name?"
"Your name, your power, your motivation and goals. Quite the spectacle of a plan. Though your means of doing so is woefully insufficient." The madman declared, tilting his head mechanically while putting his hands behind his back.
"Heh...Is that so?" Overhaul raised his head some, his gaze still locked on the intruders before him. "Then you know not to get in my way?"
"On the contrary. We want to set you in a...More productive direction."
Present Mic's persistent taps against the rich soil filled the silent air from the front of the forest, as the seconds ticked away.
There wasn't much time left for the two. And he ensured their second option would be impossible at this point, thus gridlocking them to facing him head on and knocking out. Just as the man in the cape suggested.
So all he had to do was wait. And he had to go all out. They had to think smart to get him down
And then he was caught off guard, when he felt something on his feet, crawling up his leg.
The peacock-like Pro's eyes wandered to the ground in confusion, before widening in terror of what was laid before him.
Coming out the ground like weeds insects scurried, running up his leg without hesitation or fear. It was enough to give their oversized prey a heart attack.
The vocal hero let out a high pitched shriek, one that rivaled the decibel his Quirk reached, as his eyes rolled back and he was ready to fall over, jumping and squirming to get them off. He didn't notice the punk-girl who leaped out of the bushes of the woods and sprinted towards him.
Pulling out the Capture Cuffs from her back Jiro raced towards her opponent, reeling her arm back. She only had few moments before Mic regained his composure.
Letting out a desperate cry from the bottom of her lungs she swung her arm at him, leaping into the air some to close distance. And as she did the opened piece of the cuff wrapped snugly around his wrist. With a click, it was decided.
Sirens sounded, a signal that the test had concluded, howling only seconds after she caught him. Meaning one thing. They must've passed.
The punk rocker let go of the cuffs, falling to her knees as she breathed out. After their herd disbanded, she admittedly had a near heart attack. But thanks to her partner, they were able to turn it around. Even if it seemed just a bit anticlimactic.
"Kyoka?" She barely heard from behind her, turning her head to look over her shoulder.
The timid animal whisperer hid in the bushes, watching from a far. As much as he was responsible for the win, the way he did it, communicating with insects, was not something wanted to be near, nor reminded of anytime in the possible future.
"Did we get him?..."
To that, Ear Jack gave a thumbs up, nodding softly.
Meanwhile everyone in the control center stood mortified. With the exception of Gwen and Tsuyu. The former was just creeped out that a lovable giant could potentially traumatize people with his powers so effectively. The ladder was just hungry now.
"I really don't feel like this was really thought out"
"Do you have any better ideas?"
"Oh I got an idea alright!"
"Do you wanna pass or not, Mineta?!"
As straightforward as the exam was for the two, the very fact that they were up against such a voluptuous, beautiful and powerful villain like the Mad Witch Wanda was a detriment in and of itself. She was a true adversary to Grapefruit's oddly placed ideals and priorities.
Nonetheless they had just narrowly escaped her wicked grasp, residing behind one of the many boulders she had thrown at them as cover. And using this breathing room they worked to formulate a plan to snag the key from her neck. Because putting her in capture cuffs likely meant instant failure.
The only wat to get to her was through the air. And the only way to do that would be to get into the air, preferably at a high enough velocity that she wouldn't be able to swat them like bugs.
Enter Sero's brilliant idea to use his self-made tape as a slingshot between two rocks, with Mineta as the bullet.
Though his initial reaction was rousing 'No', followed by kicking and screaming to escape Sero's hold, Grapefruit still found himself stuck in this situation.
Even as sero stepped back, pulling the slingshot and his partner with him, Mineta still let his doubt be known.
"I'm gonna die..."
"You're not gonna die! Okay?" Sero groaned as he took yet another step back, stretching the long tape further.
"She's gonna flatten me like a pancake!"
"Mineta, listen!" the Duct Tape Hero leaned forward a bit, his feet planted in the ground and his arms pulling back more. "Everyone in class are watching. Everyone! Meaning..."
"Even...the girls?..." Grapefruit looked up as his comrade, only to receive a reassuring grin and nod.
"They're watching right now. Especially Gwen. Think about it. Do this, and she's bound to noticed!" Hanta smirked. "Who knows what that means for your relationship! Not to mention Maximoff herself!"
It was hollow encouragement, since in the end neither Gwen nor Wanda would think of him any different. However the thought, combined with Mineta's perverted mind stretched out the scenario he'd be in if he did somehow win for them was more than enough to sway him.
"WHAT'RE YOU WAITING FOR?! LAUNCH ME!" Mineta let out his battle cry, eyes fiery and full of determination.
"With pleasure!" Sero yelled right back, as his tape neared its limits. At their apex.
Without a second thought from either of them the Tape-themed hero let go of the stretched fabric, letting it snap back into place at rapid speeds that transferred to the human bullet and sending him flying like an eagle.
All the while their opposition stood unaware, surveying the grounds below her. To her eye there was no sign of any of either of them in sight. Not even a white flag. Though she was sure they were close to throwing in the towel.
"Disappointing." Wanda sighed as she crossed her arms. "They have so much potential too. Given the small one works on his abrasiveness..." She looked down at her feet and the rubble she floated on.
And then she heard it. The wail of a desperate, last ditch effort, coming from the left.
Swiftly the Mad Witch turned to the direction of the noise, to be met with the speeding pueple child-sized bullet that was Grapefruit, arms outstretched abs palms wide open. She barely had a second to react before he made impact with her.
The two were sent spinning through the air like a couple in a ballerina act, while the rest of the rock around began to fall where they belong. Into the earth. And with the the woman who held them and her student.
Instinctively Wanda put her arms around her student. Even with the exam afoot over them she wouldn't let one of these children be hurt.
Sero watched from afar as his partner and teacher fell to Earth, much to his dismay.
"Ah crap!" He cursed himself while he climbed over his cover. He was too far away to do anything to slow their descent. All he could do was watch from the sidelines as they both crashed down into the ground like boulders, picking up the dirt under them to mask what was around.
But he didn't stop. The Tape hero was in a full on sprint towards their landing point, a crater formed beneath them, of which he'd of fallen into had he not stopped.
Though from his position he could see enough, just barely through the dust, as it slowly settled.
In the middle Wanda was, kneeling down into the crater, one arm wrapped tightly around the child-sized hero-in-training, while the other was firmly planted into the dirt beneath them. Around them was the red mist conjured by her power, a force field big enough to create a hole in the ground that seemed fifteen feet wide.
The brunette kept her eyes shut for a moment. She felt the impact of the fall, but she didn't trust her powers had worked. Ever since she arrived, she's been weaker, barely able to lift herself into the air or form a solid barrier.
But when she open her eyes, ever hesitant to what she would see, her doubts were refuted with truth. She looked at her spherical surroundings, up at the red mist enveloping her and Mineta. And she let out a sigh of relief.
Wanda stood up for a moment, before falling back onto the ground on her rear. All the while keeping the young man in her arm close as the barrier around them dissipated. He didn't want to let go, he was so frightened.
"It's alright...It's alright..." she mused him, shutting her eyes a moment. "I have you. I won't let you get hurt..." she promised with a soft tone. Then she felt something...grab her ample chest. Small, grimy hands fondling and squeezing.
The Witch opened her eyes, looking down at Grapefruit, while his face was smothered into her chest. She tried to pull him off, but with little effect. Mineta was like a fly to tape, not letting an inch of her go, against her protests.
"Mineta?! Ms. Maximoff?!" Sero called out above them, attempting to look through the smoke that had yet to settle.
He didn't see the child-sized bullet that was his partner, who flew right past him, straight into a boulder.
Of course a highly concentrated psionic field would be enough to repel the pervert.
"Mineta!" Sero called out, before making a run for it towards his fellow hero-in-training. Meanwhile their teacher stayed within the crater. Her protective nature had become overshadowed by frustration.
The Sokovian super-human slowly got onto her feet, huffing softly as she looked up to where her second student had stood. Though seeing he had run off gave her the moment she needed to calm down.
"Ugh...He's worse than I thought..." Wanda mumbled softly to herself, dusting her trenchcoat off as shut closed her eyes. "Perhaps discipline truly is necessary..."
It was only when she did the same to her corset that she realized something was wrong.
At the beginning of the match she was given a key, as the objective for the heroes-in-training. She put it around her neck like it was a necklace, but all of a sudden it vanished, without a trace.
"Wait, what?!" Immediately her frustration had escalated into panic, patting herself all around in search of the key, then to the ground beneath her. Nothing in sight. That only meant one thing.
"Jesus!" Sero nearly gasped, slowing his sprint as he came closer to where his partner wound up.
Halfway through the side of a boulder.
Not surprising to Pepper or Steve, and definitely not Quentin. After all, Wanda has been recorded as having the highest potential of being the strongest Avenger, even the strongest being on the planet. Even if she had gotten weaker by coming along she was still a force to be reckoned with.
"Hey, man, you're still breathin', right?" The Tape hero questioned. Mineta's frantically kicking feet were answer enough.
"Great...How hard did she have to hit you for this to happen though?..." He spoke out loud, and once again, his only answer was Mineta's squirming feet. "Yeah, right, hold on a sec." Sero continues as he stepped closer, grabbing him by his ankles.
Meanwhile the Witch shot out of the crater behind them, landing onto her feet and immediately stepping towards the two heroes-in-training.
She wasted no time, raising her hand as she came closer, out stretching as red mist strung around her students food, before pull back and reeling the child out the rock, onto the ground with a thud as he groaned.
Once he was freed from his stone confines he was met with the view of his Exchange teacher standing above him, only to crouch down over him to inspect him.
And to her surprise, her suspension was true, as in Mineta's mouth was exactly what she was looking for. The key.
While the two were falling to their deaths moments prior, Mineta must've nabbed it with his teeth while he was hard pressed into her chest, a dream come true. And he must've clung to her in hopes that she'd knock him away. Either that or he really didn't want to be apart from her bosom.
Either way, he snatched the key, in what could be a form misdirection She didn't notice until it was too late.
"Impressive." Wanda spoke softly, grabbing the strings dangling from his mouth and pulling to take the object from his lips. She then looked over it, in its saliva drenched glory.
It was a disgusting way of doing things, but he did what he had to do to win.
The telepath tilted her head as she smiled softly down at her student. "There might be hope for you two yet..."
It took a moment of silence until someone else spoke, with the words coming from her student.
"Right, but...should we-"
"Yes your friend is very hurt, get the nurse."
"Wow!" Midoriya exclaimed in disbelief. admittedly from both the amount and size of the psionic fields the telepath could create, and with what seemed like near ease. "How haven't I heard of her before..."
"Because she's a recluse." Gwen deadpanned, sitting right above I'm on the pillar he stood behind, causing him to turn around and look back. "Most of our teachers are when it comes to the public."
"Hm..." Deku tilted his head slightly. It was a valid alibi. After all his own homeroom teacher was unknown to a majority of his classmates on their first day at U.A.
"Packs a hell of a punch though." Kirishima chuckled while he chimed in, looking back at the three Power-types, Peter Midoriya and Gwen. "I wouldn't mind goin' a round or two with her, or Cap. That's for sure!"
"Both would have you on your ass in ten seconds" The blonde wallcrawler deadpanned once more.
"Well yeah! That's what I'm counting on! It'd help strengthen my Hardening!"
"Doesn't that sound masochistic...Kinda like Katsuki."
In the blink of an eye the devil came, with a snarl as he stomped back from the screens to the three versatile players. His exchange student specifically.
"WHAT'D YOU CALL ME?!" He barked out into her face. She was none too concerned on it, simply raising her hand and giving his cheek a tender strike. Nothing hard, but soft with a little smack.
"I called you Katsuki." She tilted her as her eyes glance at him. Only for him to snarl like that of an animal. "That's your name, no?"
"THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT AND YOU KNOW IT!"
"Ya sure?"
While both blondes argued with and of one another, their pink skinned classmate circled the pillar, to where the arachnid-themed young man sat, inspecting the gadgets he'd been given.
It likely wouldn't be long until either of their exams started, and both were faced with a challenger that was foreign to them.
Leaning closer and reaching a hand a few inches closer she caused the young man to shoot up. He was too enveloped in the tools he was given. After all, the inventor was adamant on putting enough power in one of them to shatter the user's arm.
The masked young man turned to his pink skinned classmate, looking up at her as she stood over him. His face red as he attempted to quickly compose himself.
"Hey Mina!" grinned softly as he set the gauntlet in hand down. "What's up?..."
"Hm? Nothing, really." She shrugged, looking away from him for a moment. Her beautiful grin as lively as ever. "Whatcha doing?"
"Tweaking Mei's gadget." Peter shrugged, lifting the gauntlet in his lap. He then set it down. "If I'm gonna use it, I rather it not backfire. Ya know?"
To that the acid girl nodded, before leaning her head to the side. She could see the satchel on the other side of him. "And the other stuff she gave you?"
"Yeah, not sure..." The Spider-Quirk user huffed. More in doubt than anything. "I haven't exactly gotten a chance to try anything she made herself. So I'm going in kinda blind."
It was true. It wasn't that he didn't trust his host of anything, but she put her overall oblivious nature into her inventions, there were sure to flaws. Flaws that could prove fatal. Not to mention he was going up against the proclaimed 'Number One Hero' All Might.
"You have a plan though." Mina countered, matter-of-factly. But immediately backtracked once the young man's gaze turned to her. "I-I mean, of course you do! You're smart and athletic!...You're Spider-Man!" She stated frantically, looking away as she scratched the back of her head awkwardly.
Peter couldn't deny how adorable she looked.
"Well, he's massive. He's bound to be strong. But with all that muscle, he's also bound to be slow. Much slower than me." The masked hero explained, snapping his fingers as he did. "That's my advantage."
With that, they heard a voice over the intercom. It was the voice of Aizawa.
"Team H and Team L, report your exam areas." He spoke sternly, causing the pink skinned girl to gulp. She was vastly underprepared. And it only hit her just now, minutes from it!
Peter however wasn't as shaken, opening his satchel and setting the gadget inside. He then got up, looking down at the acid girl and extending a hand to her. She wasted no time taking it, before bein% pulled onto her feet.
"We should get going then?" Peter questioned with a softly grin, getting a nod from her.
"Knock everyone's socks off, Spidey!" Mina grinned wide.
"Can you just kiss already?"
Immediately both young students turned red and green, turning their attention to the source that was above them. Of course, the only other person in class that could stick to walls.
"Because you both want it. I can tell." Gwen continued monotonously, like it was nothing.
Both students stood in surprise, turning their attention to one another, before looking away in embarrassment. Peter's partner tilted her head.
"I didn't scare you..." Gwen out her chin in hand as she looked down at the two. "I hit the nail square on the head, huh?"
"Alright! We should probably get going then right?!" Peter immediately attempted to shift the subject. And Mina was quick to accept it.
"Y-Yeah, we really don't wanna be late!" The acid girl nodded, stepping back as she laughed out nervously.
"Then we'll be off then!" Peter nodded as he grinned wide, taking a few steps back himself while Gwen fell from the ceiling, landing on all fours before standing beside him.
"Wish us some luck, Pink." Gwen spoke monotonously. She then grabbed hold on the young man's arm, pulling him with her while she walked towards the massive doors.
Peter let out a sigh of relief, his cheeks still red.
"So I did hit the nail on the head." The blonde spoke softly, looking back at her fellow spider. "Did I?"
To that the young man pulled his arm away from her, slipping his mask over his head to hide his face of embarrassment. "We don't need to talk about it right now. We have a hulk rip-off to deal with!"
With that his partner nodded, tilting her head to the side until she heard a crack. "We'll talk about it later then." she declared, not like she was giving him a choice in the matter.
"Right..." He huffed, before he looked ahead, his eyes narrowing. "Now, lets do this..."
Okay, first of all I want to say thank you to anyone for sticking around on this. It's been a hectic few months for me, more mentally than anything else. First I went through writer's block a bunch and then I had the SATs to work on, so that took a lot of time away. Then this Coronavirus starts up, hitting the globe and my state. And in the process I ended up getting sick myself, so I was put under quarantine from my family and was not in the mood to write. And when I was in the mood to write I started doing other stuff.
I was even thinking of doing a spin-off of this series with Miraculous Ladybug. It wouldn't be to the scale of this story, since it wouldn't involve the stones but it would be related.
Imma be honest, if I wanted I could make a Crossover universe with this event. But I'm too lazy for that.
I'm sorry if this chapter seemed rushed and all over the place, but to be honest I have to. And I'll continue to be until i have no work to do but this. So thank you for the support, criticism and all. I promise to continue trying my best bringing this story to life.
