Mina stood at the ruins of her fiancée's grave. The monument was destroyed, as was that of All-Might. However, Izuku's grave site was special. It was the only one that had been dug up. The coffin had been clawed at and the lid had been ripped off the hinges before it had been slammed down. Mina's eyes were wide open, her fists clenched as she tried to hold back tears.
"You said this not-a-noumu was seen at the scene of the crime?" Mina asked, curious about how the creature was involved.
"Yes, m'aam. Eyewitnesses said they saw the creature skulking around the site. We have officers investigating the matter to see if the creature left any genetic material so we can get a lead. Missing criminals have been used for Noumus before. We might be able to get somewhere."
"Thanks, officer. Take care!" Mina gave a small salute before taking to the streets. The officers went back to work. They would do whatever they could to identify the perp, but if it was anything like a noumu, they probably wouldn't get anywhere identifying its former identity without capturing it first, even with a decade of advancements in techniques and technology.
Mina headed back towards her apartment. At best, she could get some rest. At worst, that beast would still be there. She wasn't totally dreading it though. She wanted another crack at it, for what it did to Deku's grave. She tried to tell herself that Izuku wouldn't want this, and that revenge was poison, but right now, all she wanted to do was take this creature down and get it into police custody.
Mina checked in with Kirishima and Bakugou to see how they were doing. However, they weren't answering. Mina was starting to panic, but she steeled herself and activated the surfboard on her costume, using it to slide faster as she secreted more liquid to speed herself up. She eventually just took to leaping from building to building with One-For-All. Sparks flew off her body as she danced over the rooftops with all the speed and grace she could muster.
When Mina arrived, the creature was long gone, but her friends were still there, battered and broken, but still alive. Bakugou had been smashed through a wall and was unconscious while Kirishima had been tossed on top of his friend.
Bakugou stormed off in rage before Mina had much time to talk to him, but she could have sworn he had a look of fear in his eyes, as if something that made no sense was hitting him in the face. Kirishima was not left alone, as Tetsutetsu was underneath some rubble nearby.
"A-ashido?" Kirishima dragged himself upward, barely conscious enough to do so.
"Stay still, dude. You look like you've seen hell." Mina voiced her concern for one of her oldest friends.
"Yeah, that thing hit like a…no. It hit like five trucks! I couldn't keep up, even with help. Maybe you'll fair better." Kirishima coughed, rubbing his head as if he had bumped it on a steel girder while riding a roller coaster. That's what it felt like at least, minus the decapitation.
"Maybe." Even with One-for-All, Mina was concerned. She didn't have full control. She had only had it for a couple months and, given how it was explained to her, it accumulated power, so it would be more powerful for her than it was with Izuku. All that power was like a Bazooka in the hands of a child. The knockback, was just as brutal as the power itself without proper control, not like that stopped Izuku early on.
"Mina…. no. Don't go. It's…. It's still here." He croaked achily. He had certainly been through worse, as he still had his skin, but he would be damned if this wasn't a close second to that.
Mina looked in the direction of her apartment and saw that the door was ripped off its hinges. She approached with caution. The monster had smashed up the doorway, bits of debris almost tripping Mina up. The pink hero witnessed the creature rummaging through the place, like a bear rummaging for food. Mina felt a range of emotions in that moment: fear for her life and for those of anyone else in the creature's path, anger at what it did to Izuku's and All-Might's graves, annoyance at her place being wrecked, and confusion as to why. She noticed a tattoo on the back of its neck: a negative nine. It reminded her a little of a manga she picked up once or twice as a kid. If it had a hole on its body, she would have named it Hollow, just so she could stop calling it "the creature". Eventually, she settled on "Minus", just so she had a clearer way of identifying her foe by name.
Minus stopped and turned around, flicking its wrist with great force and nearly knocking Mina backwards.
"Hey creepy! Nobody invited you!" Mina grunted, bracing herself from the impact. "I don't suppose you'd be willing to pay for damages to my apartment? My landlord won't be thrilled." She teased her opponent, not being able to resist. Banter came naturally to her as a hero. While someone like Bakugou was more no-nonsense and Izuku was more noble and calculating in life, Mina couldn't resist a good quip here and there. Her personality just leant itself well to throwing them out as she maneuvered around her foes attacks. Izuku once likened her to a pink, curly-haired Spider-man, even though Kamui wood was more similar in terms of costume and movement than she was. Still, she had been fond of the comparison. She shook her head. Now was not the time to be thinking of Izuku. He was dead, lost to her. And now she had to carry on his legacy. She might have been jokey and outgoing, but she was very serious about the responsibility she now held, and she refused to fail.
Mina lured Minus out, but it had little interest in fighting. It merely stared Mina down, then hit Mina with a hard knee to the stomach and an over the shoulder toss. Mina gritted her teeth and leapt back towards the thing known as Minus, filling one hand both palms with acid and holding them to her side. She made the strongest acid possible and filled her hands with it, smacking Minus' cheeks with both hands as hard as she could without breaking her own bones.
"GEMINI CLAP!" she shouted, sparks flying off her body from Full Cowl as the force of her strike combined with the burning acid, her skin burning and stinging as she did so. She then delivered a powerful knee to her opponent's stomach and axe-handled it into the pavement. She leapt back as Minus got up, dusting itself off. Mina braced herself, sighing as she thought of the repercussions this fight would have for the city and for her home. She feared that, hero or not, she would have to pay a butt ton for repairs and end p moving out. Or maybe she could stay if she begged. Her landlord would be pissed, either way. The thought of leaving the home she and Izuku shared was too painful to her, even if it had been ransacked by someone's science project.
The creature let out an incoherent noise as Mina grinned with determination. Smiling had come easily to her, especially before it all happened, but she couldn't help but think of All-Might in this moment. And of the hero named Deku. That beautiful boy who stole her heart. Smiling then became simultaneously easy and difficult as tears streamed down her cheek.
"Bring it, you Silent Hill reject!" she lunged forward at the monster, sliding on a trail of acid and leaping onto its mask at the last minute, taking it by surprise. She dug her heel into its mask, acid burning the surface of it, and she rocketed into the air with acrobatic flourish. Acid pooled in her hand again, but this time, she adjusted the pH of some of the acid to its most basic form (a trick she learned years ago from training with Izuku and Momo. She had been so proud to have those two adorable nerds in her life, especially her Izu). The rest of the liquid, she had made particularly acidic. The combination of both led to a color change and a reaction she used as a veil, coming down on her target, before dispersing her quirk onto its shoulder and punching it hard in the face, cracking its mask and sending it down for the count.
"RIDLEY SHOT!" she yelled confidently. Sha had been particularly proud of that attack name, but decided she would congratulate herself for perfecting it later. She panted a little, but was still able to stand. She almost felt as if this was too easy.
She was soon proven right as the monster rose up, its puppet like mask falling to the ground in pieces as it grabbed her by the throat and stared at her with its uneven, green eyes and its crusty, orange lips. Its large fist pulled back for a strike, the muscles in its arm tensing as it prepared its attack. And like the ball of a pinball machine being launched, it rocketed toward Mina, sending her flying into a car. Blood flew out of her mouth as all the air flew out of her lungs like a deflating balloon. It got worse as she felt a heavy knee dig into her ribs, breaking several of them, if they weren't that way already. She was surprised she hadn't died instantly, and even more surprised at how hard this thing hit. Mina panted and wheezed as she thought to herself "Kirishima wasn't kidding. Holy fuck!" After that, everything faded to black.
As she fainted, the creature she had dubbed Minus paused, looking at her with its green eyes before jerking its head to the side. As if it was being beckoned somewhere, Minus took to the sky, almost soaring through the air as it left for parts unknown. But first, it stopped back at Mina's ruined apartment to grab what it came for. It grabbed a box of journals and took to the skies once more.
As it left, two new figures arrived on the scene, with one hovering over Mina with concern and shock, draping one of the pink woman's arms over her own neck as she lifted the unconscious Ridley hero and prepared to take her to a hospital.