"Lie," Yajima Maya said in her soft, quiet tone.
"That wasn't a fucking lie! That was sarcasm!" Makoto snarled. "There's a difference!"
Over the past fifteen minutes, almost all of what Makoto had said had been verified by Yajima's quirk. Surprisingly, the quiet girl had been strangely willing to go along with the plan. Uraraka wondered if she'd had some small crush on Izuku, given how willing she was to help upon learning that he was in trouble.
"Where's the facility located, Makoto?" Uraraka asked, as Maya pressed her finger against Makoto's temple.
"Fuck's sake! I answered this!"
"Answer it again," Todoroki said, calm but stern.
"I don't know! I'm able to figure out the general direction of it through my Quirk, but I don't know unless I head there myself."
"Truth," Maya answered.
"So, if we head there with you, you'll be able to lead us to the Facility?"
"Yeah, that's it," Makoto nodded, his answer confirmed with a word from Maya.
"Do you honestly think if we don't go with you, our teachers won't be able to save Midoriya?"
"I know so," Makoto answered. "I'm the only way Midoriya's going to live."
"Truth… or at least, he thinks he knows," Maya answered.
The room was silent for a moment, the class clearly contemplating this news.
"See? You gotta take me up on this plan. Now, can we stop wasting time and get going?"
Todoroki stepped forward, staring at Makoto.
"How do we know you won't betray us the first chance you get?"
Makoto opened his mouth, before pausing as he looked to Maya's finger on his temple.
"Alright, you want the truth? I'm definitely going to betray you whenever it suits me, ditch your asses and head off on my own. But for the time being, we share interests. We both want to get to the Facility and break in, so for the time being, you're my allies. Fair?"
Class 1A looked to Maya for a moment.
"Truth."
"See? I'm not a bad guy! We can be friends!" Makoto said.
"Lie."
"Oh, fuck off! That doesn't count, I'm trying to be friendly! I want to be friends with them, I just don't think they'll accept me," Makoto said.
"Lie."
"I hate you so much, lie detector."
"Truth," Maya responded, almost amused by his answer.
"Damn right it is. So, what do you say, guys?" Makoto smiled at the class, trying to appear friendly.
He didn't come across as it.
"We need to discuss this," Uraraka said. "Then, we should take a vote."
"Oh fuck me, you guys are so fucking boring!" Makoto complained.
"Truth."
"We can't let him out! He's dangerous!" Minoru said nervously.
"You're a tiny fuck and you'll die a virgin," Makoto snarled, as Minoru stepped back, quivering.
"Truth," Maya answered again.
"You know what?" Makoto said, turning to Maya. "I'm starting to like you."
"Sero, shut him up, would you?" Bakugo snarled.
Sero's tape shot around Makoto's mouth. He sighed through his bandages, leaning back for a moment as the class began to talk. He zoned out for a moment, waiting as they began to argue.
"God, I need a cigarette," Makoto muttered to himself. "I haven't had one in way too long."
After a few moments of daydreaming, a sharp kick smacked into Makoto's side, eliciting a grown. He looked up, seeing Bakugo snarling above him, one hand-held high in the air.
"What?" Makoto asked, before looking at the class around him.
Around half the class had their hands raised in the air, the others looking worried. By the looks of it, hands raised meant they were voting to go with him. No doubt Bakugo wouldn't ever turn down the chance of adventure. Makoto's eyes flashed across the room, counting quickly.
Of the hands raised, there was Mina Ashido, Tsuyu Asui Ochaco Uraraka, Denki Kaminari, Eijiro Kirishma, Hana Sero, Fumikage Tokotami, Shoto Todorokia and Katsuki Bakugo.
Of the hands lowered, there was Yuga Aoyama, Tenya Iida, Mashirao Ojiro, Koji Koda, Rikido Sato, Mezo Shoji, Kyoka Jiro, Minoru Mineta and Momo Yaoyorozu.
"So that's… nine each, huh," Makoto said. "So… we go?"
"Without a majority vote, we can't go. We have to trust the teachers," Tenya Iida said.
"We have to go!" Bakugo shouted. "I need to save Deku so I can kick his ass and show him I'm better than him!"
"I promised not to interfere should the vote turn against me, as did you. Without a majority vote, we can't…"
"Um, guys?" a voice asked.
Makoto's eyes flickered to a space of empty air, where a bracelet dangled in the air, completely on it's own accord.
"I'm voting to go!" Toru Hagakure said, as Makoto laughed.
"Excellent!" Makoto said. "Let's go then!"
"We'll need some people to stay behind, cover for us while we're gone."
"I work best in smaller groups anyway, and I can't be dealing with those who aren't up for this task. Bring those who wanted to go. No one else," Makoto suggested.
"No, we can't…!" Tenya started, as the group broke into arguments yet again.
"Fuck's sake…" Makoto snarled, leaning back again and letting them argue.
The group argued for a while, but the outcome was clear. They'd all agreed to honour the vote, and they all knew the importance of the task at hand. Eventually, it was agreed. The nine who voted to remain who stay behind, and cover for those who were missing. How long Tenya or Minoru would be able to go without confessing to a teacher out of shame for the former and out of fear for the latter would be up for debate, and Makoto was shocked they hadn't even noticed his escape yet. Still, they hadn't yet, so he had time.
"Tenya, my dear boy, I'm going to need you to lay low for a bit," Makoto smiled, his face shifting to match Tenya's shocked expression, as the shapeshifter supressed a giggle. "Now, let's… Ah!"
Uraraka jammed a small needle gun into Makoto's arm.
"The hell was that for?"
"That's a tracking device, courtesy of our dear friend Hatsume. She's happily lent me a half dozen chips."
"Why? You only need one… ouch!"
Uraraka jammed the needle into the Thing another five times, implanting the remaining microchips deep into the shapeshifter's flesh.
"The fun thing about these is that on command, I can start these things burning. So, know that if you're planning any betrayals, even if you get away, we can burn holes in your body."
"Alright, sweetheart, whatever you say," Makoto smiled.
Uraraka smiled darkly, pulling an electronic tablet from her back pocket, quickly opening up an app on it.
"Um… sorry?" Makoto said.
With the press of a button, Makoto felt the six chips inside of him begin to burn, slowly at first, but quickly growing worse.
"OK, OK! I get it, I'll be good!" Makoto said, holding his hands up sheepishly. "Now, are we ready?"