"Have you...have you been avoiding me?" Momo asked
"No I haven't, in fact today has been the first real day where I've had nothing to do" Izuku said
"What do you mean?" Momo asked as she stirred her drink with the straw that was with it
"Because of my uncle there has been several uprisings in the area since the war. Now they have mostly been quelled. But a few have tried to break him out of jail. So that means I've had to lend a hand in Atlantis whenever I can which means I can't see you as often as I like"
"I see" Momo said as the breeze ruffled her hair. "but why did you come here?"
"Believe it or not, Caped Blondie over there threw a robot right near me, causing me to come and investigate" Izuku said "Plus Cyborg found out I was here and so I'm now working here instead of relaxing" Izuku grunted
"Don't worry, there's plenty of things to do here; plus the others are here" Momo smiled brightly
"Others, what others?" Izuku asked
"DIE!" Bakugo said as he hit the button and landed on the platform "HA! Beat that" as he saw that his time placed him in second
"Not bad, but I bet I could beat it" Todoroki said
"You probably could" Sero said
"Man, I'm down to sixth" Kirishima said glumly
"My turn" Todoroki said as he conjured his cold flames
"Well, nice being on the leader board" Kirishima said as he watched Todoroki climb up the hit blasting enemy robots with cold flame while hitting buttons, once the final robot was gone Todoroki jumpe dup to the top and hit the red button making a siren sound and finishing the course.
"Say hello to our first place candidate Shoto Todoroki with 14 seconds"
"Not bad Icy Hot" Bakugo said
"Speak for yourself, I slipped on that last bot" he said flexing his hand. "Now come on the next contestant is waiting" they said seeing a hooded figure who walked past him
"This is going to be interesting" Kirishima said before the competitor slammed the ground covering the hill in water; grinning he dove into the water and what seemed instantly was standing on top pressing the red button
"WHAT!" Bakugo snapped
"The" Kirishima said
"Flame?" Todoroki asked as the figure removed his hood to reveal himself to be Izuku
"IZUKU!" they all exclaimed
"And we have a new board leader with 10 seconds" the hostess said
"Now we're done" Kirishima said
"So what are you doing here?" Kirishima asked as they had all met back up at the cafe, which was where Iida, Kaminari and Mineta were working, Izuku just sighed
"And accident" he said
"What do you mean?" Uraraka asked
"A robot was thrown into the ocean right in front of him" Momo said smiling
"Seriously, that's what made you come up here and investigate things" Todoroki said
"But why now, I mean you've been in the ocean all this time and had no communication with us" Iida said
"Things haven't been the easiest since my uncle's return" Izuku said
"The war ended six months ago" Kirishima said
"And we've done a ton of stuff since then" Kaminari said
"I know, but things have been getting worse over the months" Izuku said leaning back in his chair
"How bad?" Kirishima asked
"There have been some serious terrorist attacks, not to mention how many jail break attempts there've been" Izuku said tiredly
"Maybe you need some time off" Kaminari said
"I'll be fine guys" Izuku said finishing his drink and walking over to Momo, kissing her on the cheek "I've got patrol, so I'll catch up to you later okay?"
"Sure thing" Momo said
"I agree with what they said" Cassie said walking up to him "You don't look well man"
"It's just that all of the stress and worrying about Atlantis and what not is getting to me finally" Izuku said "So I'm not exactly in the right frame of mind at the moment"
"Have you had any other problems; lack of sleep, anxiety, panic attacks?" Cassie asked
"I don't have PTSD" Izuku said "The medic in Atlantis checked, the doctors in the hospitals on dry land check, heck they even did psychic scans on me to check" Izuku said
"Still, it's common for young heroes to be effected by something like that" Cassie said
"What do you mean?" Izuku asked
"A while back, before I joined the team they did a mental exercise. They all knew it was safe, just a simulation only ran in the mind; but something happened on that exercise that made them forget it was all fake and to them it became real. Afterwards they were affected by it, so much that they had to get counselling for it. Then when we thought we lost Kid Flash two years ago Artemis, Nightwing, Connor, Miss Martian, Zantana, Aqualad they needed to coincided as while. Now to you it may just seem small or minor; but it does happen to us" Cassie said
"I understand, and Kaldur told me as much, heck it was Vulko who suggested that I just head out and take a day to myself" Izuku said leaning on a railing
"Then listen, and enjoy yourself" Cassie walking off before Izuku sighed "oh by the way, do you have a suit?"
"A what?' Izuku asked
"This place really is incredible" the mysterious visitor said as he sipped a tumbler of Single Malt Whiskey "Now I take it arrangements have been made for the team I requested?"
"Yes sir, we even managed to get Wolfman" the secretary said
"Which one, the one who can control Metal?" the visitor asked
"No sir, the other one, the one you preferred for this mission" she said "And that is Wolfram"
"Huh, oh well they are similar" the visitor said "Anyone else?"
"We have a few who come to mind, including this one" the secretary said
"You were able to find him?" the visitor asked
"Yes we were sir. But he required that steal something for him "the secretary said
"what?" the visitor said
"This sir" the secretary said handing him a data pad
"Okay, have them acquire this first and then arrive at the ball to start the plan" the visitor said
"Very well" the secretary said
"I need everything to go right, otherwise they'll be onto me" he said sipping his drink "Oh...a little bit too much ice"
"There you are" Izuku said walking into Melissa's lab
"Yeah, I had to come back here and grab something" Melissa said "My dad worked very closely with All-Might. Heck I consider All-Might an honorary uncle to me. So when dad received the news about the Kamino ward incident he just shut down. So I had to pick up the slack, but it was just like when mum died. But at least having Uncle Might here will do him some good" Melissa said
"I see, All-Might's been a good teacher to my class as well" Izuku said
"Quick question, why are you spending time with me, rather then your girlfriend?" Melissa asked
"I don't know" Izuku said before he was whacked upside the head
"Well why not, you're her boyfriend and not to mention you disappeared as soon as summer break started Toshinori said before coughing
"You okay" Izuku said
"I'm fine" Toshinori said
"Are you sure?" Melissa asked
"I am" Toshinori said "so tell me do you have a suit?"
"Cassie asked me the same thing, why is that?" Izuku asked
"The party" Melissa said
"The what?" Izuku asked
"We'll take that as a no" Tohsinori said "Good thing Maddie's here"
"Wait what?" Izuku asked shocked
"You okay Momo?" Jiro asked
"I'm just wander if I should" Momo said
"Stop right there" Uraraka said
"What?" Momo asked
"You know that he's a prince so he's going to be busy helping his father. Plus the war was hard on him" Uraraka said
"It was hard on all of us, heck I still hear the marching of the Dark Reef in my nightmares; especially involving the ones where Denki is killed" Jiro said
"I have nightmares where I'm wading in waist deep water, and then people start floating by; most of them are just faceless like mannequins, when sudden I start seeing Iida, Izuku, Mina, Jiro, Kirishima, you" Uraraka said making Momo look at the young gravity manipulator. "And I fear that may have happened if it wasn't for what Izuku did, and I bet he has the same fears" she said before Momo pulled her into a comforting hug
"I know" Momo said
"Now, come on you two we have to get ready, otherwise the guys will beat us there" Jiro said
"Oh yeah, the party" Uraraka said smiling happily
"I look ridiculous in this thing" Izuku said trying to adjust his suit which was a black suit with a waist coat the same colour as his original armour
"You look fine" Iida said adjusting his yellow tie
"I agree" Kaminari said as he and Mineta walked in wearing their waiter uniform, though Kaminari had switched his black vest for a dark yellow coloured one.
"Who ever thought this was a good idea' Izuku said trying not to 'die' from the neckwear "Maddie made this too tight" he growled
"Everything okay?" Todoroki asked walking in wearing a white suit with a blue button down shirt underneath it
"Izuku hates the tie" Kaminari snickered
"I will drown you" Izuku said
"What's going on?" Momo asked as she and the rest of the girls arrived making the guys jaws drop. Momo had chosen a light green dress with a darker green sash and white heels, Uraraka was in a white shoulderless dress with soft pink going down the sides and dark pink heels with stockings, Jiro wore a purple dress which had a pink skirt with her signature jacket, Melissa had a blue strapless dress with a white skirt and a black sash while tying her hair up, Kara wore a fire dress halter neck dress with match heels, Cassie wore a silver cocktail dress with blue trim and Mei wore a orange Cheongsam styled dress with a black choker. Most of the guys were silent at how beautiful the girls looked
"Wow" was all Izuku could say before the group left to enter the party, Izuku hooking his arm around Momo's to lead her into the room
"Um guys, something's happening in there" Mineta said
"What?" Izuku asked before the group saw a bald man on stage with another guy in high tactical gear holding a gun
"Isn't that Deathstroke?" Uraraka asked
"No, he's mask is a single colour; Deathstroke has a bicolour mask" Izuku said
"So who is it?" Melissa asked
"he wouldn't be that bold" Cassie said
"Especially with Nightwing and Cyborg here" Kara said
"You mean them?" Mei asked as the two heroes were thrown to the floor
"How did this happen?" Izuku asked
Ten minutes ago the mysterious visitor walked into the party, passing a waitress; his black suit with acid green tie made him stand out. He looked around and smirked sipping the bubbly liquid before he saw a message on his phone making him smirk as he made his way to the small stage set up. He passed a man standing shadows, nodding to him
"Ladies and Gentlemen; Welcome to I-Island" he said making the crowd clap before they quieted down "Now you all know who I am" he said
"Yeah, the notorious Lex Luthor" Toshinori said as walked up to Luthor "what are you doing here?"
"Oh, nothing much; just taking over the Island and locating something I want. So without further or do" Lex said clicking his fingers as the man in the shadows walked into the light and took down the guards before shooting them before standing under the glass of the upper floor and scanning the room "And this is one of my associate Kane Wolfman, my other associates are searching the island for what I want, and when I get it I might leave; but Luthor Island sound better then I-Island" Lex said "So I think I'll buy it" he said
"You would make everyone here force to work for Lexcorp?" Toshinori asked
"Yes...yes I would to make sure the world is safe" Lex said
"I can't believe these words are coming out of my mouth, but you quirkless bastard" Toshinori said before he saw Nightwing and Cyborg get thrown into the room
"Ah, the heroes" Lex said
"You won't get away with this" Nightwing said "We have heroes everywhere on the island"
"Oh I know, which is why I have a team getting rid of them" he said before he saw Kane point his gun at the glass and fired breaking it, only for a massive glacier to form in its place, a spike of ice nearly poking out his eye
"Well, what are you waiting for get them!" Lex shouted as he saw the young heroes run off, including Supergirl and Wonder Girl.
G'day Guys Grizz here Now when I posted the preview I hinted at Lex Luthor being a bad guy on the island, not the being the big bad while bringing Deathstroke's son with him, now like Deathstroke I'm using the Arrowverse version here with him being an Australian since everyone knows Aussies are bigger badasses! Now another thing I added in here is of course the students are dealing with the aftermath of the war like when I had the after effects of the beach attack meaning not everyone got away scott free.
So until next time I'll catch you on the flipside