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Runnar: Alex is asexual in the same way a retrovirus is asexual considering, you know, he is one. That doesn't mean he's incapable of having sex or deriving pleasure from it however. Remember, he has full control over his body down to the molecular level. So he can very much choose to have sex he just has no sex drive meaning he doesn't really desire it. He can even reproduce sexually if he so desired. I mean he can create healthy non-viral cells including reproductive cells, but even if that wasn't the case viruses can inject R.N.A. into cells and since that's sort of how reproduction works he could even reproduce using his normal viral cells. As for what changed my mind, well reviews did play a role but I quickly realized the fight wasn't as epic or exciting as I hoped it would be. I mean with Todoroki only using his ice he didn't have a snowball's chance in hell to the point that Alex didn't even have enough time to put enough pressure on him to force him into using his fire. So I decided it would be better to wait to have them fight until after Midoriya convinces him to use his fire again.
conquerorofheaven1: He let them know all of this because it would be too difficult to hide any of it for any length of time and it would be extremely suspicious if his quirk description and actual abilities didn't match up. Besides which, without having to hide anything he has access to absolutely all of his abilities and doesn't have to worry about being called out on his bullshit. Also, I hate stories where characters hide how powerful they are. Besides, look at his quirk description. Who in their right mind is going to want to mess with the walking, impossible to kill, capture, or cure retroviral Armageddon? Not any government, that's for damn sure. I mean any heroes or government is going to vastly prefer him becoming a hero then forcing him to become a villain out of self defense.
Baked Beans: Technically not in cannon. As another review said, the developers just didn't have enough money to make a swimming animation. In this story, however, he did have a minor weakness to water because it stung if he was in it for too long and yes he would immediately sink to the bottom due to his density. However, he does in fact have ways of over coming his density issues, either by taking on a larger and thus less dense form to make himself more buoyant or doing what he does in this chapter. As for the POVs yeah, I see your point. I'll try to work on that a bit. Part of the reason I don't have a bunch of people talking is because I'm trying to keep it at least somewhat close to the anime and not everyone in class always comments on everything. Still, like I said, I'll try to work on it.
Guest: Maybe if the benefits for being class rep weren't so good. However, since it's an opportunity to get noticed by pro hero agencies and prove he can lead a team like a pro hero, he would want the job despite the extra work it would come with. So... He's going to want to be class rep.
Guest: Well I am American but I also legitimately didn't know meat spoiled that fast in the fridge since I always keep my meat in the freezer. Not that it really matters since he's a retrovirus and can't get sick. Anyways, I'll just say he keeps the meat stored in the freezer portion of the fridge until like a day or two before he wants to eat it in which case he moves it to the fridge to thaw out.
As soon as Alex got to school he was accosted by paparazzi and news reporters. "Excuse me! What does a foreigner such as yourself think of the fact that All Might is teaching at U.A.?" A reporter demanded.
Alex sighed and shook his head. "First, I know I'm Caucasian but I'm not exactly a foreigner. My mother was born here and so was I. As for what I think of All Might being a teacher… Well, he's not as perfect as the media makes him out to be but at least he's willing to own up to his mistakes when he makes them."
"Mistakes? What mistakes has All Might made since becoming a teacher at U.A.?" The reporter inquired.
"Letting a training exercise go a bit too far. That's all I'll say on the matter. Now I have to get to class. I don't want to be late." Alex said before turning and walking away.
{Later}
"Decent work on yesterday's combat training you guys. I saw the video feeds and went over each of your team's results." Aizawa stated. "Midoriya, I see the only way you won the match was by messing up your arm again. Work harder. And don't give me the excuse that you don't have control over your quirk, that line's already getting old. You can't keep breaking your body while training here. But your quirk will be really useful if you can get a handle on it. So show a little urgency, huh?"
"Right!" Midoriya said confidently.
"Let's get down to business. Our first task will decide your future." Aizawa told them. "You all need to pick a class representative."
"Pick me, guys! I wanna be class rep!" Kirishima exclaimed.
"I'll take it." Kaminari said.
"Yeah, you're gonna need me." Jiro stated.
"Someone with style would be best!" Aoyama declared.
"I'm totally the right pick!" Mina exclaimed.
"If anyone's going to be the class rep. It's going to be me." Alex said in a very serious tone. Normally he wouldn't have given a damn about being the class representative, but there at U.A. being class rep was actually a way to get noticed by agencies and prove he could lead a team like a real pro. Thus Alex wanted the job despite the extra work it would entail.
"Silence, everyone, please! The class representative's duty is to lead others. That's not something just anyone can do. You must first have the trust of every student in the classroom. Therefore the most logical way to fill this position is democratically. We will hold an election to choose our leader." Iida announced.
""""It's pretty obvious you want us to vote for you."""" Said multiple students in the class.
"Is this really the best idea?" Kaminari inquired.
"We've only known each other a few days, how do we know who we can trust?" Tsuyu asked.
"Besides, everyone will just vote for themselves." Kirishima added.
"Most people will. But that means whoever receives multiple votes must truly be the most suitable for the job. It's the best way, right, sir?" Iida inquired, looking at Aizawa.
"Do what you want. Just decide before my nap's over." Aizawa responded.
"Thank you for your trust!"
{Later}
Alex came out on top with three votes while Midoriya and Yaoyorozu were tied with two votes each. Thus they had to hold a second vote for the two of them to break their tie. Yaoyorozu won.
"Alright, the class rep is Mercer. The deputy is Yaoyorozu." Aizawa announced.
Yaoyorozu sighed and muttered, "How did this happen?"
"This might not be so bad." Tsuyu commented.
"Yeah, I could get behind Mercer I guess." Kirishima agreed.
"Yaoyorozu was totally on top of it with our training results." Kaminari added.
{Lunch}
"Congrats on becoming class rep! I'm sure you'll do great. I mean you actually cared enough about what happened between Bakugo and Midoriya to actually talk to All Might about it. Not only that but you were perceptive enough to realize it was going to happen before it did. So, while I wanted to be the class rep too, that's why you got my vote. I mean, Iida did say that the class rep needs to have everyone's trust and if you're willing to quit U.A. and go to a different hero school because you were worried Bakugo would get away with nearly killing one of us, well… I can't speak for anyone else but you've earned my trust at the very least." Mina said as Alex was eating lunch with her and a few others from their class.
"I see. Well, thanks." Alex said before taking another bite of the raw meat in his lunch box.
"Yeah, I think you'll do fine too… It's just surprising that Iida voted for you. I mean he obviously really wanted to be the class rep." Kirishima agreed with Mina.
"Yeah, he would have probably been pretty well suited for it too. But oh well. I'm confident I can do a pretty good job as class rep. Anyways, you all still want to do a bit of training using my bio constructs, right? Well I got permission from Principal Nezu, but uh… Not exactly in the way I expected." Alex said.
"Hm? What do you mean?" Kaminari inquired.
"I mean, apparently he thinks it's a good idea. So much so that he's talking to Aizawa and the teacher of class 1-B, Vlad King, about including it in the regular training roster for our classes. He plans to make use of my ability to be in multiple places at once so I can help out with the training of both classes while still being a student myself. I'm actually going to have to discuss bioconstruct designs with professor Aizawa and professor King. Apparently Nezu wants me to design them to simulate real villains with different quirks. So the infected and the brawler Ashido and Yaoyorozu fought during the indoor battles yesterday aren't going to be involved at all." Alex explained.
"Infected? Brawler? Is that what you call those things?" Mina inquired.
"Those particular constructs, yes. The infected are what I imagine would happen if I infected people with certain strains of my bioweapon quirk. The brawler is something I designed myself. You ran into the brawler first. The "zombies" were the infected."
"W-wait, you can turn people into—" Kaminari was cut off as an alarm bell suddenly started ringing.
"Warning. Level 3 security breach. All students please evacuate the building in an orderly fashion." A clearly automated voice announced.
"Well, shit." Alex said before sticking his hand in his lunch box and proceeding to consume the rest of the contents in an instant. He then closed it and stood up. "I guess we'll have to finish this conversation some other time." He and the others in his group then began making their way out of the cafeteria along with everyone else. Unfortunately the hallway was extremely crowded and packed with panicking students trying to make their way out as fast as possible resulting in a massive blockage where very few people were able to get out.
Curious as to who the fuck caused this mess, Alex shoved his way through the crowd, being careful not to injure anyone, towards the window and looked outside. Assuming it was terrorists with a bomb, he was more than ready to spread his biomass along the wall and roof in order to protect the rest of the students from the blast and collapsing building. However, he quickly saw that this wouldn't be necessary as who he saw outside weren't terrorists. Rather it was just the media.
"Oh for fuck sake…" He muttered. Expanding his lung capacity and enhancing his vocal cords to make himself a bit louder so he could be heard over the terrified crowd he shouted, "Everyone shut up and listen! You all need to calm down and look out the window if you're close enough to it to see outside. It's just the media, probably here looking for an interview with All Might. We aren't in any danger."
The panicking students began to calm down and crowd the windows to look outside. A wave of relief seemed to flood through them as they realized Alex was correct.
{Later}
"Today's training will be a little different. You'll have three instructors. Me, All Might, and another faculty member will be keeping tabs on you." Aizawa explained.
"Sir, what kind of training is this?" Sero inquired.
"Rescue." Aizawa said, holding up a card with the word "rescue" written on it in bold stylized letters. "You'll be dealing with natural disasters, shipwrecks, stuff like that."
"Disasters, huh? Looks like we're in for a big workout." Kaminari commented.
"Totally!" Mina exclaimed.
"Real hero stuff! This is what separates the men from the boys. I'm shaking with excitement!" Kirishima said excitedly.
"Finally, I'll get to show off how good I am in water, ribbit." Tsuyu stated.
"Guys, I'm not finished yet. What you wear in this exercise is up to you. I know you're excited about costumes." Aizawa said before pressing a button on a remote and extending the costume lockers from the wall. "But keep in mind you haven't gotten used to them yet, and they might limit your abilities. This special training is at an off campus facility so we'll be taking a bus to get there. That's all. Start getting ready."
{Later}
"You know, there's something I wanna say." Tsuyu said as they were all sitting on the bus heading to the off campus training facility. She turned her head and looked at Midoriya. "About you, actually."
"About me? What is it, Asui?" Midoriya inquired.
"I told you to call me, Tsuyu…" Tsuyu said in a slightly annoyed tone.
"Oh… Yeah, right."
"That power of yours, isn't it a lot like All Might's?"
"What, really? You think so, huh? I guess it's kinda similar." Midoriya said in a nervous tone. He then continued to ramble nervously for a bit.
"Wait, hold on Tsuyu. You're forgetting All Might doesn't hurt himself. That makes a huge difference! Still, I bet it's cool to have a simple augmenting type of quirk. You can do a lot of flashy stuff with it. My hardening is super strong and can destroy bad guys in a fight but it doesn't look all that impressive." Kirishima said, activating his quik along one of his arms.
"Oh no way! I think it's really awesome looking! You're definitely pro material with a quirk like that." Midoriya stated.
"You really think so? It seems like it'd be way easier to be a popular hero if I had something flashier."
"My naval laser has the perfect combination of panash and strength." Aoyama said confidently.
Mina put a hand on his shoulder and said, "But it's way lame if it gives you a stomach ache, sweetie."
"Well if any of our classmates have pro quirks, it's Mercer and Todoroki." Kirishima commented.
There was a bit more casual conversation for a few minutes before Aizawa said, "Hey, we're here. Stop messing around."
""""Yes, sir."""" The students who were talking said.
A little later the bus came to a stop and the class exited.
"Hello everyone, I've been waiting for you." Thirteen greeted as soon as the entire class was out of the bus.
"It's the space hero, thirteen! The chivalrous pro who's rescued a ton of people from disasters across the world!" Midoriya said in excitement.
"Thirteen is one of my favorite heroes!" Uraraka exclaimed, just as excitedly.
"I can't wait to show you what's inside!" Thirteen stated, motioning towards the facility.
""""This is gonna be awesome!"""" Most of the class said in unison, once again creeping out Alex with how they were able to talk in unison like this on what seemed like a fairly regular basis.
The class followed her inside and were immediately impressed by the facility. "Holy crap! It looks like some kind of amusement park!" Kirishima commented.
"A shipwreck, a landslide, a fire, a wind storm, etc. I created this facility to train you to deal with different types of disasters! I call it the Unforeseen Simulation Joint! But you can call it, U.S.J.!" Thirteen explained.
Alex raised an eyebrow at the fact that it had the same acronym as Universal Studios Japan but otherwise said nothing.
Aizawa walked over to Thirteen and asked, "Hey shouldn't All Might be here already? Let me guess, he booked an interview instead."
"Actually, it's something else. Apparently he did too much hero work on his way to school this morning and used up all his power. He's resting in the teacher's lounge." Thirteen whispered back to Aizawa.
Alex heard this and was extremely confused. What did she mean by that? How could All Might have used up all of his power? That didn't make any sense. Was there something about All Might's quirk he didn't know?
"That man is the height of irresponsibility." Aizawa muttered before turning back to the class and saying. "Clock's ticking. We should get started."
"Excellent! Before we begin, let me just say one thing. Well maybe two things… Possibly three, four, or five…" Thirteen said to the class.
""""We get it."""" Several members of the class responded.
"Listen carefully. I'm sure you're aware that I have a powerful quirk. It's called 'Blackhole'. I can use it to suck up anything and turn it into dust."
"Yeah, you've used Blackhole to save people from all kinds of disasters before, haven't you?" Midoriya inquired.
"That's true. But my quirk could also very easily be used to kill. Some of you also have powers that can be dangerous. In our super human society all quirks are certified and stringently regulated, so we often overlook how unsafe they can actually be. Please don't forget that if you lose focus or make the wrong move your powers can be deadly. Even if you're trying to do something virtuous like rescue someone. Thanks to Aizawa's fitness tests you have a solid idea of your quirk's potential. And because of All Might's combat training you likely experienced how dangerous your powers can be when used against other people. Carry those lessons over to this class. Today, you're going to learn how to use your quirks to save people's lives. You won't be using your powers to attack enemies or eachother, only to help. After all, that's what being a hero is all about! Ensuring the safety of others. That's all I have to say. Thank you so much for listening!" Thirteen said before taking a bow as if she were on stage.
Most of the class started cheering excitedly.
"Right, now that's over—" Aizawa started, only to be cut off as the lights suddenly went out. A moment later a swirling black smoke-like portal opened up in front of the fountain in the courtyard behind him.
Aizawa's eyes widened and he turned to look at the portal right as people started to emerge from it. "Stay together and don't move! Thirteen, protect the students!"
"Whoa, what is that thing?" Kirishima inquired looking at the portal as the villains started coming through. "Wait, has the training started already? I thought we were supposed to be rescuing people."
"Stay back!" Aizawa ordered as he put on his goggles. "This is real. Those are villains."
Upon hearing this Alex immediately morphed himself into his armored form. He then began creating multiple tiny mosquito-like creatures and had them start flying off towards the villains in order to take as many blood samples as possible. So as to not be found out by Aizawa, he had some of the mosquitoes use Kamui Woods quirk to generate more biomass before splitting themselves in two once they were out of visible range. There was nothing in the rules U.A. sent him saying he couldn't take quirks from villains but in this situation he would rather not risk letting Aizawa know what he was doing.
"The only real heroes I see are Thirteen and Eraserhead. Perplexing. According to the schedule we retrieved from U.A. All Might should be here as well." One of the villains said.
"So, you scumbags used the press as a cover and sneaked onto campus." Aizawa stated.
"Where is he? I went through the trouble to bring so many friends who are eager to meet him. They want All Might. The great symbol of peace. I can't believe he's not here. Maybe if I kill a few kids, he'll come out to play." Another villain monologued.
Aizawa activated his quirk and Thirteen stood in front of the class defensively.
"What? Real villains? No way… How could so many of them get into a U.A. facility this secure?" Kirishima inquired.
Momo stepped up. "Yeah. Thirteen, why aren't the alarms going off?"
"Good question. Not sure." Thirteen responded.
"Is the entire campus under attack? Or is this their only target? Either way, if the alarms aren't going off then one of these villains must have a quirk that's masking their presence here. They carefully chose this isolated facility as an entry point at a time when a class was being taught. They're fools for trespassing here. But they've thought this out. Whatever plan, they must have a concrete objective in mind. But what is it?" Todoroki said in a serious tone.
"Well, I do have enhanced senses and I heard one of them say some stuff about being here for All Might. So I assume they want to kill him, stupid as that is. Also, they said they plan to kill some of us in order to force All Might to show up. So, that's their plan or at least the basics of it." Alex informed them.
"Thirteen, get them out of here and alert the main campus." Aizawa ordered. "Actually, if they have the ability to block our sensors then they might be jamming our regular communications too. Kaminari, try using your quirk to contact the school."
"Yes, sir!" Kaminari responded before immediately attempting to contact the school.
"What are you gonna do? You can't fight them on your own! There's too many of them… Even if you can nullify all of their quirks, your fighting style is not suited for this. Your power works best in stealth and one on one fights. That's not gonna help with a group." Midoriya said.
"Yeah, mind if I leave a body or two to stay here and help buy time? Or at least a couple bio constructs? I can produce infinite biomass, can regenerate from even a single cell, and don't have a main body. I'm probably the only one here that's not in any danger whatsoever. And you saw what I can do in the entrance exam." Alex requested, splitting himself into multiple bodies.
Aizawa hesitated for a moment before saying, "Sorry, Mercer, but you don't have a provisional hero license so no. You need to get out of here with the rest of the students. Anyways, Midoriya, you can't be a pro if you only have one trick. I'll leave it to you, Thirteen." He then jumped down the stairs towards the villains.
Alex frowned and merged his bodies back together right as the class turned and started running away. He watched for a brief moment before following everyone else. That's when he noticed Midoriya falling behind.
"Woah… He's holding them off. I guess I shouldn't have underestimated him." Alex heard Midoriya mutter to himself
Alex was about to say something when Iida stopped and said, "This is no time to be analyzing. We have to go!"
Hearing that Midoriya quickly turned and began running after the rest of the class, quickly catching up.
Suddenly a black void opened up in the ground in front of them and what appeared to be a mass of black and purple mist emerged from it like a geyser. "There is no escape for you." The villain in front of them said. "It's a pleasure to meet you. We are the league of villains. I know it's impolite but we decided to invite ourselves into this haven of justice to say hello. And besides, isn't this a fitting place for All Might, the symbol of peace to take his last breath?"
Alex sent another mosquito rocketing towards this villain. In fact he sent a few since he had no idea where the bastard's actual body was. Eventually one of the mosquitos found it and took a blood sample and the few he sent to this one villain returned to him whereupon he remerged them with the rest of his biomass and consumed the blood sample. He now had the ability to create portals just like this douche.
"I believe he was supposed to be here today, yet I see no sign of him. There must have been some sort of change in plans we could not have foreseen. Ah, well… In the end I suppose it doesn't matter. I still have a role to play." The villain continued his monologue.
Thirteen raised her hand towards the villain but before she could do anything, Kirishima jumped towards the villain and tried to punch him. Apparently he got lucky and his fist actually connected with something. "Did you think we were just gonna stand around and let you tear this place to shreds?"
"You live up to your school's reputation, children. But you should be more careful. Otherwise someone might get hurt." The villain chided.
"You, get out of the way right now!" Thirteen ordered Kirishima, still holding her hand up towards the villain.
"I'll scatter you across this facility to meet my comrades and your deaths!" The villain exclaimed before his purple and black mist washed over them like a sandstorm or a tidal wave.
"Crap! What is this?!" Kirishima shouted.
Iida tackled two other students out of the black and purple smoke, Uraraka and Sato, while everyone else braced themselves not entirely sure what to do in this situation.
Suddenly Alex found himself falling towards a lake. "You've gotta be kidding me…" He muttered to himself just before he hit the water and immediately began sinking towards the bottom like a boulder due to his density and the weight of his biomass. At least it didn't sting like it used to and at least he didn't need to breathe.
Looking up he saw Midoriya and Tsuyu. Midoriya was about to be eaten by a villain but Tsuyu saw this and saved him before the villain could reach him.
Alex morphed wings onto his back, morphed his legs into a fish-like tail, and used telekinesis to make himself lighter and more buoyant before using all of these things to swim back up towards the surface at a very fast rate. He specifically made his way over to Midoriya and Tsuyu, grabbed them by their waists, and continued swimming back up towards the surface. Once they reached the surface once again he immediately flew up into the air above the water.
"Are either of you hurt? I need to know so I can heal you right away." He inquired.
Midoriya shook his head. "No, I'm fine, thanks. And thank you for saving me Asui."
"I'm okay too. You're welcome, Midoriya, but I told you to call me Tsuyu. Mercer, could you set us down on that boat? No offense but your body is uncomfortably warm." Tsuyu requested.
"Sure." Alex said before flying over to the boat and setting the two of them down. "You know, I actually managed to copy that smoke guy's quirk. So I'm going to open a portal and send you two to U.A. So I'm going to need the two of you to go get help immediately, understand?"
"You copied his quirk? I mean, Hagakure mentioned you could do that but I didn't really believe her." Tsuyu inquired.
"Yup. All I need is a little D.N.A. and I can copy anyone's quirk. Even All Might's. Better yet, I'll keep it forever. Unfortunately a few days before the entrance exam I was sent a letter telling me I'm not allowed to copy the quirks of students or staff at U.A. without their permission and them being fully aware of the fact I will keep my copy forever. The one I copy will also keep their quirk, but still. It's a matter of identity, I suppose. However, that letter never said anything about villains." Alex explained.
Midoriya appeared quite shocked by this information. Like, surprisingly shocked. However, Alex didn't really have the time to question it. Raising a hand to the side, it turned into a mass of black and faintly glowing crimson red smoke before forming itself into a portal. "Alright, enough talk. Get going, now. Lives are in danger and the longer we take to call for help the greater the chance of someone dying."
"Tsuyu, you go. I want to stay here and help!" Midoriya said confidently.
"No. You're going too, Midoriya, even if I have to do the same thing to you that the smoke guy did to send us here. With your bones constantly breaking, you would just be a liability. I can handle this myself." Alex said in a tone that brokered no argument.
"But—" Midoriya started only to be cut off by a death glare from Alex that would scare even pro heroes. Lowering his head he sighed in disappointment before running through the portal, followed closely by Tsuyu.
When they were all the way through, Alex closed the portal behind them. Cracking his knuckles and rolling his shoulders in preparation he quickly dived back into the water and began using telekinesis to round up all of the villains. When it was over, he wrapped them all in a net of biomass that was covered in the super adhesive he had the ability to create. He then took a D.N.A. sample from each of them. Unfortunately the only vaguely useful quirk he could find was a quirk that allowed him to produce oxygen. If he could "digest" some of his own biomass or the wood he could create with Kamui Woods' quirk in order to create methane, then he could use this oxygen quirk to produce fire and explosions. Not on the same level as Endeavor, but still. So that was the only one he kept.
With that done, Alex split himself into multiple bodies and sent one to each of the different zones to provide the other students back up and a means of escape. He also sent one of his bodies to go help Aizawa knowing how badly outnumbered he was.
It turned out Aizawa was doing surprisingly well. Alex was actually starting to reconsider helping him. At least at first. Then he ran into a villain covered in hands.
"First it was twenty three seconds." The villain muttered as he charged towards Aizawa.
"Final boss." Aizawa said before throwing his scarf at the villain.
The villain grabbed the scarf and muttered, "Then it was twenty four seconds, then twenty, then seventeen…"
Aizawa dodged a strike from the villain and drove his elbow into the villain's gut. Or so it had appeared. It turned out the villain had managed to grab Aizawa's elbow before it could hit him in the stomach. "It was hard to see when you were jumping around, but I've found your tell. It's your hair. When it drops it means you've stopped using your quirk. You're having to blink more often. Don't push yourself too hard now. You might just fall apart. Wouldn't that be a shame…"
Alex noticed Aizawa's flesh disintegrating under the villain's touch and was about to move to intervene when Aizawa knocked the villain to the ground and jumped away. Other villains attempted to attack him but he dodged.
"That annoying quirk of yours isn't suited to drawn out battles against large groups is it? Don't you think you're a little out of your element here, Eraserhead? You're much better at working stealthily! You're known for surprise attacks, not fighting head to head. But despite knowing that, you didn't hesitate to jump into the middle of this fight. To put your students at ease." The villain monologued.
A few more villains tried to attack Aizawa but he wrapped them in his scarf and quickly incapacitated them.
"Hey, look at you, you're still standing! You really are so cool! Oh, by the way, hero…" The villain trailed off.
Aizawa looked behind him and saw the large muscular, vaguely avian looking villain standing directly behind him.
"I am not the final boss…" The villain finished.
The large villain reached down and scratched Aizawa's face, cutting off his goggles and sending blood everywhere. The villain then proceeded to grab Aizawa, break his arm and smash him into the ground.
"What do you think of him, Eraserhead?" The hand covered villain inquired mockingly. "He's the bioengineered anti-symbol of peace. But you can call him, Nomu."
The Nomu then let out an inhuman screech.
Alex morphed into his bioweapon form, though he replaced all the blades with muscle mass arms and hammerfists, and stepped forwards. "I think I've seen more than enough. Sorry professor, but the portal guy wont let us escape and you obviously can't handle this on your own. I'll fix you after I take care of these idiots. I'll try not to hurt them too badly." He said as the mosquitos that he had flying around this area collecting D.N.A. for him all returned to him and he consumed them. He had gained a few useful quirks this time. One was the hand villain's disintegration quirk, and multiple quirks from some villains or another, he wasn't sure off the top of his head. Those quirks included the ability to shoot lasers from his body, a better super strength quirk, a super speed quirk (he had super speed naturally he didn't have a quirk that actually enhanced his speed until now), and what appeared to be some sort of shock absorption quirk.
"Huh? Who are you? You called him professor, so a student maybe? No matter. Nomu, take care of this annoying little brat." The hand villain ordered.
The Nomu slammed Aizawa's head into the ground, knocking him out, before rushing over to Alex and attempting to punch him. However, Alex grabbed its fist mid swing with one of his muscle mass arms and punched it in the gut with a hammer fist. This did effectively nothing but throw it backwards a few feet. "Huh. I guess you're the one I got the shock absorption quirk from. Well… that'll make this a lot harder."
"Wait, you can copy quirks?! No fair!" The hand villain exclaimed furiously.
"Yup. I've copied your quirk, this big piece of shit's quirks, the smoke-douche's quirk, some laser quirk, an oxygen creating quirk, and somewhere else I just copied an electricity based quirk but this body doesn't have it yet. In short, you're completely outclassed."
"No, no, NO! YOU CHEATER! THAT'S COMPLETELY UNFAIR!" The hand villain raged like a petulant child. "NOMU, KILL THIS CHEATER!"
The Nomu then rushed towards Alex and began attacking him. Thus their battle began in earnest
Alex began pummeling the Nomu with his muscle mass arms, hammer fists, and tendrils. Meanwhile the Nomu pummeled him with its fists. The force of the air movement from their swings was like a small hurricane taking place inside the building and each of the impacts caused the entire facility to tremble as if it were in the middle of an Earthquake. It was a seemingly futile exchange where neither side appeared to be winning or losing. Alex was five times faster, five times stronger, and immensely more durable as the Blacklight virus had weaponized the Nomu's D.N.A. but that shock absorption quirk made all of Alex's punches seem useless. That's when he noticed out of the corner of his eye the hand villain approaching Aizawa who was still lying unconscious on the ground. In response he grabbed the hand villain with telekinesis, lifted him up into the air, and slammed him back into the ground. He did pretty much the same for the other villains who were awake and in the area as well.
"I never said you could move! Be patient and wait your fucking turn!" Alex shouted at the villain over the loud BANGs of him and the Nomu punching each other at hypersonic speeds.
"H-how?! What is this?! YOU CHEATER! YOU HAVE TELEKINESIS TOO?! THIS IS SO UNFAIR!" The hand villain shouted furiously.
Suddenly the smoke guy appeared next to him, likely having teleported/portaled there. "Tomura Shigaraki…" He said, then he looked down at the ground where Shigaraki was still pinned by Alex's telekinesis. "What…?"
Alex immediately grabbed the smoke guy with telekinesis too and pinned him against the ground as well. "Look who finally decided to show up! You know, I was just about to send one of my bodies to hunt you down! Thanks for saving me the trouble!"
"Kurogiri!" Shigaraki shouted.
"Well, now this is quite inconvenient. I never expected one of you students to be this powerful. To not only be fighting the Nomu designed specifically to kill All Might but to also have telekinesis and be able to hold us in place as well. Truly impressive." Kurogiri said, his body pinned against the ground.
"Kurogiri, he copies quirks! He has yours, he has mine, he has the Nomus, and he has several of these bumbling idiots quirks as well!" Shigaraki informed his accomplice.
"Really…? How interesting. I suppose this makes what I'm about to tell you useless then. Thirteen has been dealt with, but one of the students has escaped. However, if this boy has my quirk I am certain he has already sent the classmates that were with him back to the school already. This is most unfortunate."
Alex knew he was on a time limit judging by what the villain said about thirteen and how much blood Aizawa seemed to be losing so Alex very reluctantly decided to switch tactics. He decided to put one of his new quirks to good use and fired extremely powerful green laser beams from all sixteen of his eyes. He shot the Nomu in the chest with the laser beams and completely incinerated its heart and lungs, killing it almost instantly.
Morphing into his base form he was about to try to approach the two villains he had pinned to the ground with his telekinesis when he heard the doors to the facility burst open. Looking over he saw immense amounts of dust rising from the top of the stairs and moments later he saw All Might near the edge of the stairs before throwing his jacket off to the side.
"My nomu! Right as All Might finally showed up too! Kurogiri, the pros are here… We've lost… Get us out of here!" Shigaraki ordered.
Alex would have threatened to kill Kurogiri if he even so much as tried, but with All Might standing right there watching he didn't exactly have that option. All he could do was keep the two of them pinned in place with his telekinesis and watch as the purple and black smoke enveloped them both and they vanished.
When they were both gone, Alex turned and walked over to Aizawa before placing a hand on him and proceeding to heal all of his injuries. Right as he was finished, All Might landed directly next to him.
"Young Mercer, what happened?! Why does that villain have a hole through his chest? Did you kill him?" All Might asked in a grave tone, looking at the Nomu.
"You want to know what happened? You weren't here. That's what happened. That thing was genetically engineered specifically to kill you and it had the quirks to do so. It would have killed Professor Aizawa if I hadn't stepped in and it had a shock absorbing quirk which meant my punches were doing fuck all. I couldn't even restrain it. It completely overpowered my biomass and my telekinesis. So I didn't have a choice. I used a quirk I took from one of these villains and did the only thing I was able to take it down. If I didn't I was worried Aizawa or one of the other students might get caught in the crossfire while I tried keeping it busy and would have been killed. Plus I knew I was on a time limit since Aizawa was bleeding so badly and the villain with the portal quirk said he dealt with Thirteen suggesting they were both in danger and in need of healing… Speaking of, I have enhanced senses so I heard exactly what Thirteen said to Aizawa about you using up all of your power doing hero work before school. Well, I certainly hope it was worth it."
He lied about trying to restrain it with telekinesis and his biomass because he was trying to cover his ass in case of any potential murder charges and he knew the security cameras were more than likely all off line along with the rest of the security systems.
All Might flinched upon being told Alex heard what Thirteen said to Aizawa. "I… I see… Well… It's clear to see that your intentions were good, even if your... 'method', shall we say, leaves something to be desired… Don't worry, considering the situation you're not going to be blamed for this, especially if it was designed to kill me. If anything, the blame lies on me for not being here when you needed me… For now, where are the other students? Young Midoriya and Asui informed me you gained a portal quirk, so have you managed to get the others out yet?"
"No, but I have bodies all over the facility helping them. Since you're here, I'll bring them all here once they're safe and the villains are dealt with." Alex informed him.
End Notes: So, would you guys like to see what happened when Alex went to go help the other students in the next chapter or would you just like to move on? Because I can definitely include that in the beginning.
Also, just so you're aware all of the abilities he gained in this chapter are 100% cannon. They're from Shigaraki, Kurogiri, the Nomu, Stitched Giant, Oxy-man, and Tesla. If you don't know who the last three are just look them up in the U.S.J. Underlings section on myheroacademia fandom com/wiki/List_of_Characters#League_of_Villains (remove the spaces and replace them with periods.) They're cannon characters!
Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed reading this chapter as much as if not more than I enjoyed writing it! Constructive criticism is always welcome! I can't improve if I don't know what I'm doing wrong after all.
Stay safe out there everyone!
