Chapter 16
Carlos' POV:
Izubro quickly covered your mouth to prevent you from saying anything. "Jeez. It's been a long time since that war happened. You guys give too much power to that word."
"I don't want to piss anyone off in the stadium, Carlos."
"Fair enough, Dregan. Anyways, that should give us a headstart." And then Natalya in her dragon form while carrying her chariot soared over you. You ain't gonna let that happen. You just don't know how you ain't gonna let that happen. You can't teleport yourself or anyone. "Carlos! I'll throw you!" This was the second time you had Izubro throw you. You did not have fun on the first time. "Be motherfuckin' gentle."
"No promises." You felt his quirk grab your entire body and you were suddenly flung into the air and landing on Natalya's chariot. Arnold and Eva didn't seem to notice you as you make a balloon. "Hey guys!"
"Wha-?" They turned to face you as you popped the balloon on their face. Arnold can easily figure out what happened but Emma won't. Even then, it's gonna give you enough time to knock this dragon off the first place. You started climbing Natalya and planted a non-lethal explosive on her wing. Who knew Dregan got a lot of good shit in his arsenal? "HEY NATALYA! THE CLOWN MAN IS ON YOU!" Arnold managed to snap out of it as you jumped off Natalya. Izubro managed to catch you with his quirk and set you back up the chariot. You looked behind you to see Edward's group consisting of Frey, Jolena, and Edward is trailing closely behind. Beside you was some Gen Studies looking students who look like they're about to ram you. "U-Uhm. You wouldn't w-want to ram us." Izubro said.
"WE WANT TO GET IN THE HERO COURSE!" The guy said as he rammed you. Bad mistake for his part though. The spikes on your wheel destroyed theirs and had gotten them out of control. Those poor horses had to stumble back as the chariot crashed into other chariots. It seems like that wiped out half the competition. You're pretty sure most of your guys and class 1B remain.
"BOOOOM!"
Or not. Natalya is crashing down in front of you in her human form as Arnold acted quickly to catch her as Emma takes the reigns and stabilized the horses. Seems like she got burns on her back. Wait. Burns?!
"DREGAN WHAT THE HELL! YOU SAID THEY WEREN'T LETHAL!"
"It really isn't. I mean, it didn't kill her."
"For fuck's sake. We'll talk about this later."
"Looks like we got our first taste of action when half the competition got wiped out by a single mistake."
"Let this be a lesson that desperation isn't always a good thing. It'll eventually be your downfall."
"Agreein' with you, Lancey. Now, about those explosives…"
"Again, the rules allow it."
"We are so talking about these rules for the Chariot Race after we're done with this."
"We can agree to that."
You quickly got near Natalya's chariot to check up on her. "Hey Natalya, you okay?"
"I'm very much fine."
"Sorry about the C4…"
"That's a motherfuckin' C4?"
"Anything smaller and it wouldn't even hurt her."
"Let's all just focus on race now. We can talk about it later." Natalya had a point. You quickly sped past her. " 『 Free Bird 』!" You quickly heard that scream and looked behind you. Jolena just fired from her rifle and the bullet is heading towards your wheel. "IZUBRO!"
"RIGHT!" He didn't need to be said twice as he used his quirk to take hold of the bullet just before it hits your wheels. Well, he did manage to stop the bullet until it started transforming. 『 Free Bird 』 just punched the wheel off leaving you out of control and crashing at the sides. A lot of people already passed you the moment you stopped. "Ah fuck. We're fucked." You said. You don't really know how to fix a wheel. The horse was also giving you a judging look. "Unless someone knows how to fix a wheel, we might as well stay here."
"Well it looks like your son just broke his chariot. Though with the rules intact, he isn't really out unless he didn't make it to the top 45. Even then, I don't think they'll make it with a busted wheel."
"I'm pretty sure my son is gonna think his way out of this one though, I gotta agree that this is gonna be a hard problem to solve."
"Thanks for the fuckin' encouragement, Pops. We totally need that more than a wheel." And then Izubro punched you. Hard. "Ouch."
"L-Look. W-We can't give up yet. N-Not unless there's no more options left. Luckily, we have one. W-What I'm trying to say is, we c-can't give up hope." Inspiring but what's the option he got? His eyes started glowing at the chariot gets covered by green aura and floated. "We have to make this quick. Let the horse go."
"You sure?" Dregan asks. "Trust him, Dreg. He got this." So Dregan let the horse free.
"What are they doing now?"
"I don't know, Lancey, but I think there's gonna be something big happening."
You, Dregan, and Izubro quickly got on the chariot. "Fly." And you took off. Real fast. You just outsped some guys. You're quickly gaining on Edward's team. "Dregan, rocket launcher and aim it at them."
"Right." He quickly took out his rocket launcher and fired. Jolena saw this coming but had her quirk stop the rocket. "Just as planned." You heard Izubro say. "Carlos, use your teleportation on that rocket and aim it point blank at their chariot." Now he's bending the rules. You ain't allowed to teleport anyone or yourself but you can teleport anything. You quickly did so and their chariot exploded, losing their wheels. Jolena acted quickly and had her quirk carry them though it gave you enough time to pass them and retake 1st place. "Carlos, make sure they're off our tail. By that, I mean jump around the chariot and sabotage SHIT."
"Eh. Sure, bro." Your first victim. Hard to choose but you took a leap of faith and landed on a Class 1B chariot. "What the hey?!" He didn't have time to say anything else when you knocked him out and sent their horse free before moving on to another chariot. You wasted no time and clotheslined a guy from General Studies and wrecking his chariot. You look back to check up on your group and you see Dregan adding pressure with his rifle on groups that try to surpass them. You continued interrupting others with the same process before you got too far from your team. "IZUBRO! GIMME A LIFT!" He definitely heard that when you felt like you're getting lifted and instantly put back in the chariot.
"Guys, I'm out of bullets."
"Don't say it out loud, motherfu- ah shit they heard it." You see your classmates and class 1B guys taking this opportunity. This is gonna drain you a lot of blood but you gotta stay in first place. You raised your left hand and bloody tentacles started sprouting from it. It only grew bigger by the second until it started blocking the sun. You see most of the teams slowing down to try and avoid it but no one can escape the Red Miles. You were about to throw it until Artemis appeared in front of you. "I have to thank you for that shadow. You gave me an opportunity to travel all the way to your chariot."
"What in the-" The sudden stop threw you and Artemis off balance as you realized that you already reached the finish line. Your chariot stopped floating and crashed along the grass and throwing the four of you off it. It ended with a lot of rolls and skids on you before you stopped. "Motherfuck. I think I broke my arm. No wait. It's just a bruise. I only got a bruise from that brutal crash. Somehow. Kinda like an anime, honestly." And then you feel blood falling down your face. Dregan got a lot worse. His head and arms are bleeding. "Hey, where's Izubro and Artemis?"
"Someone call the Mr. Universe. We got possibly 4 injured students on the field."
"Your son seems to take a concussion casually, Eat. He's the second least injured though. It looks like the lady is unharmed and Dregan is worse. Izuku, however… it's a good thing he's unconscious."
"My son is gonna internally flip his shit when he sees him. Where's the medic, dammit?! It seems like Mr. Universe is on his way to the field right now. Seriously, Lance, we gotta place another clinic near the arena."
"That can be arranged. And by internally flip his… stuff, you meant he's gonna try his hardest to stay calm once he saw the poor boy. Why are we so calm about this?"
"It's a hero's duty to stay calm, Lance. Situation's gonna get worse if we just panic. Can't say the same about the crowd though. I'm pretty sure his mother is there somewhere and I'm pretty sure she might have fainted."
"Bloody hell."
"Bloody hell, indeed."
"Look." You could see the horror in Dregan's eyes as he pointed behind you. It was. "Holy shit." Artemis took no damage and Izubro's arm is bent the wrong way. She was holding him in her arms. You quickly rushed over to him. "He's knocked out."
She says.
"Good. He ain't feelin' the motherfuckin' pain." You can see Artemis starting to tear up. "This idiot really tried to protect me, didn't he?"
"Yep. Sometimes selflessness can be seen as idiocy. Or maybe it's romance. I don't really know."
"W-What are you talking about?"
"Anyways." You faced the chariots that just entered. You see Natalya running towards you. "Nat, He's in bad shape."
"Bad shape is an understatement. FREY!" Kurt Cobain then started walking towards you. He paused for a moment when he saw Izubro's broken body. "Just motherfuckin' heal him already."
"R-right." Frey touched him and his body started rearranging itself back together. And then he woke up. You were gonna lightly slap him but Artemis beat you to it. "That was for being stupid." And then she hugged him. "And this is thanks for making sure I didn't get hurt." Izubro have officially stopped functioning as he turned red. Is it possible to get any redder? You don't fuckin' think so. You gave him a light tap at the forehead. "Izubro."
"Y-Yes?"
"You're a motherfuckin' idiot." And then you hugged him. And Dregan joined in. Pretty much Class 1A joined in. "Hey dude! Thanks for making sure sis isn't hurt. I got worried about that crash. Still though, you seriously gotta stop having those near death experiences. It's not good for your health."
"Bruh, you don't just joke about death."
"Says the guy who casually dies. Nobody dies casually except you, you know?"
"Ya got me there."
"Well it seems like everything's gonna be okay, isn't it?"
"Right you are, Lance! Mr. Universe just entered the arena and is now tending to the injured. Injured being a lot of them from the crash early game. We really need to set real rules in these chariot games, don't ya think?"
"As we should. For now, let's see who makes it to the second round."
The boards started showing the people who managed to pass. You guys were in first place while Artemis, Apollo, and Aron got second place by technicality. Edward, Frey, and Jolena got third while the rest of your class are mixed with Class 1B on the race.
"Wow and not even one from the other courses. Like I said, we're changing the rules in these Chariot Races. Other than that, it's time for the second event which is…"
The machine started spinning again. You easily handled the chariot race. Totally easy. Totally nobody got injured. You could definitely handle whatever comes next. "Eh, this shit's gonna be easy as- ah shit never mind I spoke too soon."
"Really Carlos? You're gonna jinx us like that. Good fucking job."
"No need to put salty alcohol on my wounds, Frey."
On the screen it says "RESCUE MISSION"
{- To Be Continued
Yo. Just gotta say. Rescue Mission's gonna be hard to write. I mean, I already started but this ain't gonna be easy. For the first time, I don't really have anything to say. Or complain about. Anyways, Make sure to leave a review and uh, thanks for reading this, I guess? Like I said, this all started from a dream that's been bothering me.
