Reluctantly, he raised his arm and placed his hand on his ear. "Six, we gotta begin early. I might've screwed up a bit,"
A muffled static noise came from the man's ear. "Goddammit, Five," a voice called out, "We've gone over the plans millions of times. How could you screw it up?"
He sighed again. "Look, I'm sorry. If you don't start it now the entire plan will be ruined. Just commence the lockdown already,"
Elizabeth tilted her head to the side in confusion. "Lockdown..?" she questioned.
The man lowered his arm to reveal an earpiece. Then, he sluggishly took a step forward. "Sorry, kid. You don't mind if my friends and I invite ourselves in, do you?"
『No. 8 - The Elite Six』
Elizabeth took a step back in response. "Wh-wh-what do you mean..?" she stuttered.
Five didn't respond and started walking hastily towards her. Then, he firmly placed his hand on her shoulder.
Elizabeth quickly grabbed his arm and struggled to get him to let go. "H-hey! Don't touch-!"
Her eyes went blank. Her expression, gone. And her body was lifeless.
After a few seconds, Five took his hand off and Elizabeth snapped out of it. She stumbled back and placed her hand on her forehead.
"What... what was I doing..?" she muttered.
"Sorry!" Five blurted out. "I didn't mean to bump into you! That was all my fault!"
Elizabeth shot her head up. "O-oh! Uh... It's fine! Don't worry about it!" Then, she quickly turned around and walked back to the dorms, confused.
Five smirked. "Too easy," he said as he placed his hand on his earpiece. "Alright Six, you can start now. I took care of my little problem,"
"Good," Six said over the earpiece. "I'm in position now. Are One, Three, and Four ready?"
"Yeah, they might be starting already, so you might wanna set up the FF as soon as possible," Five said.
Then, a loud boom could be heard coming from the dorms.
Five turned towards the noise and smiled. "Yep, there they go," he said.
"What about Two?" Six asked.
Five sighed. "Dunno. I haven't heard anything from him," he muttered.
Six groaned. "He never shows up for anything, no matter how important it is! This job is a big deal to the boss. That kid could at least try to help us out..."
"I wouldn't worry too much about it. As you said, he is a kid," Five mentioned.
"You're right," Six whispered. "Okay, setting up the ForceField now,"
Suddenly, a huge semi-transparent green box covered the entire Blackwood Academy campus.
Five looked up at the ForceField and smiled. "Nice, how long can you keep that up for?" he asked.
"A-about 30-45 minutes..." Six grunted. "But, 45 might be pushing it a bit,"
"That's more than enough time. Thanks, Six," Five said.
"No problem, just try to make it quick," Six muttered.
-During Elizabeth's Encounter With Five-
(About 3 minutes ago)
Chris and I were lounging around in our dorm room, waiting for Elizabeth to return with a book for Chris. It had been about 25 minutes since we split up and I was starting to become a bit worried.
I stood up and turned to Chris. "Didn't Elizabeth say she'd be back with your book?" I asked.
Chris nodded.
"I wonder what's taking her so long..." I muttered.
"She's probably got caught up looking at other books in the library," Chris said.
I placed my hand on my chin. "Hmm... maybe..."
We sat in silence for a few seconds before I started walking towards the door.
"I'm still a bit worried. So, I'm gonna go check," I said.
Chris flashed a thumbs up. "Don't be gone too long. Our curfew is in 30 minutes,"
"Got it," I replied as I walked out of the room.
I had a feeling that I was overthinking things, but I still had a bit of worry in me. Surprisingly, my worry had some substance to it. I arrived at the first floor of the boy's dorm building and swung the doors open. As I took my first step outside, my eyes met with a man who I didn't recognize. He was tall, at least over six feet, and he was standing in the courtyard outside the dorm building, waiting. As our eyes met, a huge smile grew on his face and he took a step forward.
"I was wonderin' how long it would take fer someone to walk out here," he said confidently. "Yer the lucky winner, kid,"
My heart skipped a beat. My face turned pale and my hair stood up on end. This guy definitely wasn't part of Blackwood staff, I realized that instantly. But, even so, I couldn't get myself to move. I was telling my body to turn around and get back inside, but I didn't listen to myself. Then, Elizabeth came to my mind. All of the horrible situations about what had happened to her flashed through my brain. With the predicament I was in, I believed all of those fabricated situations.
I clenched my fists and gulped. "Wh-who are you..?" I muttered.
"Well, I can't tell ya my real name, can I? Just call me Three, kid," Three said while cracking his knuckles. "Now, I'm achin' for a fight!"
Three got in a position like he was going to charge straight at me. Again, I wasn't able to move. I just stood there like a statue, shaking and sweating. As Three prepared to launch himself at me, someone intervened.
"Hey!" shouted a voice from behind Three.
Three got out of his position and turned his head towards the voice with a big smile. "More victims?" he asked.
I saw who called out. Honestly, now that I think about it, it was pretty obvious that he would be the one to show up in a crisis like this one. It was Luke May, the kid striving to be the next No. 1 Hero.
"L-Luke?!" I questioned.
"This campus is private property," Luke announced. "I'm assuming you didn't get here through legal ways, huh?"
Three turned his body around to face Luke instead of me. "Looks like this kid's got some balls on em. What are ya gonna do about it? Sorry, but I'm not leavin' till I finish my job," Three said.
Luke popped his neck and pointed at Three. "I won't stand for villains like you who try and invade on our education! My name is Luke May, a student of the Hero Division at Blackwood Academy! And I will protect this school from any problem it may face!" he shouted.
Three busted out laughing. "Yer a riot, kid! You definitely have some charisma!" he said.
"Luke, if you use your Quirk without permission, you'll get in serious trouble!" I shouted.
Luke smirked. "Well, at Blackwood Academy, students in the Hero Division have the right to use their Quirks on campus, but only for self-defense," he explained.
"Wait, really?!" I asked.
Luke nodded.
"Arrggghhh! Stop actin' like I'm not even here!" Three yelled.
Then, he bent down and his upper body seemed to deflate. After the deflation, his legs and right arm buffed up immensely, seemingly putting all the muscles in his body in those specific regions.
"I'm gettin' impatient! Let's get this started!" Three yelled again. In an instant, he blasted in Luke's direction and plowed his fist into where Luke was standing. A huge blast of brick and other debris filled the courtyard.
"Luke!" I screamed.
Before now, I never saw this side of the world. I knew that it wasn't all good, but I never expected it to be this bad. You know how I mentioned that you need to overcome hardships to reach your goals? Well, this was my first big hardship. But, reaching my goal was the last thing on my mind on that day.
『No. 8 - END』