Gang Orca: Broken left arm and a fractured right leg.
Gunhead: Fractured skull and a broken neck.
Crimson Riot: Broken right hand, fractured right arm, and skull.
Slugger: Broken ribs, dislocated shoulders, and second degree burns.
Mirko: Shattered right knee.
Edgeshot: Several broken ribs.
Mr. Brave: Fractured spine.
Lock Down: Also a fractured spine.
Manual: Broken right arm and legs.
Best Jeanist: Broken neck and left arm.
Yoroimusha: Unscathed.
Death Arms: Both arms broken and a dislocated jaw.
Kamui Woods: All limbs broken off.
Mt. Lady: Shattered ankles and shins.
Endeavor: Bruised ego.
To name a few.
These are all the injuries that the heroes had sustained in their battle with Ether, but in the end no one really won, especially them. Heroes from other parts of the country had volunteered their services to temporarily watch over the city until the local heroes recover for now people are preparing for the worst. Just in case.
Over at the Jiro residents Delta was having dinner with Kyoka's family, "so... Delta, where're you from?" Kyotoku asked breaking the awkward silence, "Alaska," Delta bluntly answered, not wanting to give everything away, "Alaska, so you're American," Mika assumed. Delta didn't even look at his food, he just picked at it with the silver wear, feeling a bit uncomfortable, "... Yeah, I am," he answered, "what's the weather like over there?" Kyotoku continued, "it's freezing," he answered, "Delta it's O.K I told them everything," Kyoka broke the news to him.
Delta let out a huge puff of air from his lungs, relieved, "aww, thank god... For a moment I had to keep my head down from that Hero H.Q fiasco," Delta mentioned thinking that all eyes are on him, "no it's alright, but that was a crazy incident that happened," Mika assured. "The police actually showed up to all of Kyoka's friends' homes looking for you, showing a picture of you," Mika recalled pulling out a photo the police gave her. She handed it to Delta to which humored him, "damn, they got my good side," he commented making the family chuckle, "speaking of looks, your jacket looks pretty cool, where'd you get?" Kyotoku complimented asking where Delta received his jacket.
Delta smile seemed to slowly disappear, a little hesitant to answer, "well you know... I got it, at... nam," Delta brokenly answered taking a sip of his water, "I'm sorry I didn't catch that," Kyotoku said not hearing him the first time, "I said, nam," he said again, "what?" Kyoka said, "I got in Vietnam!" Delta said out loud. Everyone gave a little jump from that little out burst, "easy there Delta, there's no need to-," "during August, 1968," Delta added cutting of Kyoka and everyone was frozen... "What?" Kyoka said in confusion.
Delta explained to the family of three that he is a fact a Vietnam War vet, and has gotten the jacket from the U.S Marine Corps and was touring in Vietnam for three years, the experience was in his words "a rollercoaster of violence and mayhem", but to him it was a walk in the park. It was dark in the Jiro residence, but Delta couldn't sleep, he was wide awake staring at the ceiling, so he gets up from the couch, and started quietly wandering around the house, he soon found himself in a room where a couple guitars were hung on the wall.
The room was catching his interest, so giving into curiosity, Delta, walked in he saw that there were unplugged Mics and speakers, drums, basses, and other equipment, but he approached the guitar first. He admired its craftsmanship, the body painted blue sparkled in the dimly lit room, it was so clean Delta saw his own reflection perfectly. He rose a hand towards the instrument and strung the strings, but probably shouldn't have because the guitar dropped down.
Delta quickly catches it before it could hit the ground, but stumbles on one of the Mic stands tipping it towards the drums, but Delta snatches the stand with his free hand before it could hit the drums, and almost dropped the guitar. However the lights came on startling Delta and he looked up to see Kyotoku standing in the middle of the doorway, "nice catch man," he complimented not even sounding remotely mad.
After putting everything back where they belong Kyotoku closed the door seeing that something was bothering the young man, "take a seat," Kyotoku offered and so Delta did, "before you say anything, you don't have to worry about the girls waking up, this room's soundproof," he assured him. "So... Mind telling me why you're up this late?" Kyotoku asked, "... I couldn't sleep," Delta responded, "did talking about the war bring back old memories?" "no, no that wasn't it," Delta deflected, "then what is it then?" "It's just... I knew this guy. He's like the closest thing I have to a dad," Delta said.
Kyotoku leans in closer to listen better, "so what happened?" "... I fucked up. fucked up bad," "wow, settle down there, what did you do?" "there was this gang that comes into town ever so often causing trouble, I asked him again and again, why don't we do something about them? he said we can't get involve in such conflicts, saying more violence will only cause more grief. One day when they came I was in the town by myself.
Flashback
Young Delta was fetching groceries for Dà until he looked over a corner seeing that the gang was picking on a family, "hey where're you going?" one of the members played pushing the children back. The family owned a shop and the gang has come by to collect their "debt", but the shop seem to be behind. "Please, you've taken everything I have," the man pleaded, "well I guess we'll just have to find a different way for you to compensate us," the one member prompted approaching the shopkeeper's wife, "no please, I'm begging you," the shopkeeper begged.
However the heartless gang just laughed, "oh, when we're done with her, she'll be begging us for more, hahahaha," they all laughed, the wife tried to run away, but the gang stopped her, and started gropping her and their children started crying in fear. The shopkeeper tried save his wife, but the gang restrained him forcing him to watch, "don't worry lady I'll be gental," said one thug- "HEY!" they all turned around to see the only human boy of the town. The gang all laughed at the boy trying to intimidate, "beat it kid, this don't concern you," the lead thug warned and when he turned back was greeted with a beet to the back of his head.
The thug turned back seeing that the boy was tossing another big beet up'n down and then throws it at the thug to his face, "alright little shit, don't say I didn't warn you!" the thug yelled and charged at him. The young Delta stepped out of the way and tosses the bag of groceries to the thug's face blinding him and he was sent crashing to the ground. The gang were now agitated seeing their leader getting sent down like that, "get him you dumbasses," the lead thug ordered and all of the members charged at the boy.
One swung at him, but Delta deflected it, then smacked the thug across the face, he then stepped out of the way of the third thug, and kicked him in his guts causing him to drop to the ground clenching his belly. While Delta had his back turned another thug wrapped his arms around him, the leader got back up and swung at him, but Delta kicked at the thug who was holding him in the groin dropping Delta, and received the punch from his leader instead. A fourth thug seemed to sneak up on Delta and struck him with a club, Delta falls face down to the floor, and soon all the thugs started beating him.
They all stomped on him with their boots causing so much pain onto him, until something in Delta snapped, like an explosion all the thugs were blown into the air by Delta's power, they all crash to the ground painfully. Trying to scurry back up the leader saw Delta marching towards with an expressionless face, he tried crawling away, but Delta grabbed his ankle. With all his might he yanked him up into the air, over his head, and slammed him back down to the earth, but hearing bones crunch and snap from the impact.
Everyone saw that the leader was dead and Delta just stood over him, feeling nothing from it, "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!" Dà cried out in horror.
"He was so disappointed in me. We argued and argued, I yelled back, calling a fat fool, after that I ran away, and I haven't spoken to him since," Delta recalled ending his story. Kyotoku remembered the times he argued with his father telling him he wanted to be a musician, "I hear ya man, I remember the times me and my popps got into a fight when I wanted to get into music, but I never believed that I he stopped loving me," Kyotoku told him.
Delta took what he said seriously hoping that's true for him as well, Kyotoku can see the expression on Delta's face when he pondered, looks up to the wall where his guitars were hung, he gets up, and takes one down. He picked out two classic acoustic guitars, "I don't know how to play," Delta told him as Kyotoku tried to hand him a guitar, "I'll teach ya, c'mon take it," Kyotoku offered.
Delta hesitated at first, but eventually grasps the neck of the guitar setting the body gently on his lab, "let's start with a simple stroke," he directed and brushed his fingers across all the strings. Delta did the same hitting all the strings, "good, good, now here's where it gets complicated," Kyotoku advised and started going to work with the guitar.
The two have played for a good few hours before going back to bed after that Delta woke up, for some strange reason he didn't felt tired from the short period of sleep, he's actually never felt so refreshed. He awoke earlire and just decided to head out walking before he goes to the academy, he walked down the streets of the city finding it to be void of anything, it was so quiet. He walked passed parks, bridges, and small shops that were still closed, so far he was all by himself until eventually he saw someone slowly walking by.
It was an old women, she was too tall to be Recovery Girl because she looks just like any normal person, "good morning," she greeted Delta before he greeted back when she disappeared around the corner. Delta soon found a bench not too far from where he is and just sat down, he took in a big breath of air filling his lungs, and then lets it out. He listened to birds chirping and watched them fly through the air, it was so peaceful, but he remembered what Jiro's dad said to him before he went to bed, "If you're intrested in learning more, just give me a call," he recalled.
For now Delta just enjoyed himself for once, "hey Delta," Delta jerks his head spotting Jiro standing next to him, "you left early, what gives?" she asked calmly, "I just need time to think," he told her. Jiro sat down next to him, "I heard you talking to my dad," she admitted, Delta looks towards her puzzled on how she heard them in the soundproof room, until Jiro made her ear lobs rise. "He offered you guitar lessons," "I'm thinking of taking them," Delta admitted, "you're actually gonna take them," "yeah... But can you do me a solid and not tell anyone," "the guitar lessons?" "no the other stuff, about me being in Vietnam and the story I told your dad," "oh, yeah sure O.K."
All was going calmly as Delta listen to Jiro, but then he noticed the old lady coming back carrying a papper bag in one arm, she was minding her own business until a man with a giant blade growing out of his knuck snuck up on the poor woman and pushed into an alley. Delta was jumpedfrom his seat and quickly heads to the alley, "Delta?" Jiro called to him, but Delta ignored her. Entering the alley he saw the man pointing his blade at the woman's neck, "HEY! GET AWAY FROM HER!" Delta yelled out to the mugger catching his attention, "Delta what are you doing? we can't-" "what? wanna be a hero kid? then come here so I can slice ya in two," the mugger taunted waving his blade at them.
Jiro tried to stop Delta, but he shakes her off advancing towards the mugger, "you think you're tough shit?" Delta shot back steaming towards the mugger, and was met with a swing. However Delta was too fast as he ducked and swung a right hook to the mugger's gut causing him to fall to his knees, the mugger tried to swing his other arm, but Delta shoved it away, and swung his foot in full force kicking him in the face. The mugger is sent flying and crashing into the wall groaning in pain, Delta turns to the lady, "you alright? he didn't hurt?" he asked, and the old lady just shook her head shocked to see the display, "I'm fine," she replied, "then you should get going," Delta advised.
The woman didn't argued so she ran off passed Jiro who was amazed to see how well Delta handled the situation, "get up you piece a shit!" Delta scolded the man as he struggled to get up with his nose bleeding, "c'mon what happen to man who wanted to cut me in two pieces?" Delta said out loud. The mugger lashed out at Delta, but was easily evaded with Delta simply taking a step back, the mugger lashed put a couple more times before Delta caught his right arm, kicked his right foot in making him kneel, and forced his arm up to his neck. The man froze feeling his own blade barely graze his adamsappel, "wow, wow take it easy man, no need to get carried away," the mugger pleaded staring into Delta's eyes.
Jiro stood there in shock seeing Delta holding the man's own blade up to his neck, "take it easy? take it easy!" Delta repeated sound of anger growing in his voice, "an old lady is trying to have the nicest last years of her life only for a fuck like you try to mug her in broad daylight, and you tell me to take it easy!" Delta spoke out with venom in his words. "I've seen plenty of assholes like you in my life time and I've put fuckers like you in the dirt to feed the worms," Delta jeered inching the blade closer to man's neck and he started to tear up, "please man, I promise I won't do it again, I promise, please don't kill me," he begged for his life.
Delta socked the man in the face one last time, throws him to the ground, and plants his boot on top his head firmly, "if I hear you mugging again I'll fucking hunt you down, and make you gut yourself in front of a mirror so you can fucking watch yourself get mutilated, HEAR ME!" Delta yelled and man cried agreeing to what he said. Delta lifts his foot of the man's head and rejoined Jiro, but noticed the expression on her face, "what?" he asked, "why'd you do that we should've just call the police or a hero-," "that guy would've been long gone if we just call the police," Delta fired back.
"It's the right thing to do," Jiro told him, "so just stand by and watch the poor lady get mugged, that's the right thing to do? fucked that," Delta argued and headed to the academy leaving Jiro behind.