"Guys!" Ashido shouted
"What's up Mina?" Kirishima asked as he rushed over to his girlfriend
"They're gone, the league of villains they're gone!"
"No way" Kirishima said
"We don't have to deal with them?" Kaminari asked
"But am I the only one who worries about who we now have to face?" Izuku asked
"What do you mean?"
"I think he means that!" Uraraka said pointing to the screen
"What the?" Kirishima asked
"Ladies and gentlemen do not touch that dial for there is nothing wrong, this is just a simple announcement; we are the Shadows of Arkham and we're here to rule this island nation. The league has been done away with and so now we rule this nation, and not even one of your heroes will be able to end our threat, oh you ask for a demonstration, very well" the voice said as they saw an apartment "This is the home of fable hero Flameblade" the voice said making Izuku freeze
'No' Izuku panicked
"And it looks pretty cool, oh Firefly, warm it up will you?" the voice asked as someone in a bug like costume showed up and fired streams of flames out from his hands igniting the apartment block
"MUM!" Izuku cried
"Dude, calm down" Kirishima said
"Izuku" Uraraka said
"What's going on?" Todoroki asked
"So dude just attacked the complex where Deku's family is" Kaminari said
"oh goodness" Yaoyorozu gasped covering her mouth
"No, no, no, no" Izuku cried
"Master Wayne" Alfred said
"I see it Alfred" Batman said as he saw the video, only to drive out there and hid in the shadows as he noticed that the apartment complex was not on fire like in the video. Frowning Batman activated his detective vision "Something's not right he Alfred"
"No it isn't" Alfred said
"And I think I have an idea what it is" Batman said discovering something
"And that is?" Alfred asked
"Clayface was here" Batman said
"So what does that mean?" Alfred asked
"It mean that is could be a setup" Batman said
"Which means they will need help" Alfred said
"Indeed" Batman said
"Are you serious?" Iida asked after hearing what happened
"They showed it on the news bro!" Kirishima said
"Has anyone tried reaching his parents?" Todoroki asked
"I tried a while ago and didn't get anything" Uraraka said
"It didn't look right, well to me anyway" Kaminari said
"What do you mean?" Yaoyorozu asked
"I don't know, it just looked off. Does anybody have a clip of something?" Kaminari asked
"I can get one" Jiro said
"Okay we'll split into two groups, Jiro and Kaminari looked over that footage again, the rest of us will head to Midoriya's home and investigate there" Iida said
"Got it" the young heroes said as they split up, Eri walked out with Tohru by her side and quickly ran over and took Uraraku's hand and looked up
"Okay you can come, but you have to do as we say okay sweetie?" Uraraka asked, to which Eri nodded
"It's just up ahead" Deku said as the group turned the corner to see that everything was fine. "I don't understand"
"But we saw it burn" Uraraka said
"Kids is everything okay?" a voice asked
"DAD!" Izuku shouted hugging his father
"What is it?" Flamebalde asked looking nervous
"There was a video this morning about a group calling themselves the Shadows of Arkham and they showed one of your members burning this place" Kirishima said
"The Shadows of Arkham here?" Flameblade said becoming alarmed
"Yeah that's what the video said" Iida said
"Shit" Flameblade said
"But the apartment complex is still standing, so what is going on?"
"What's going on is that it was a trap to draw out Flameblade" a voice said
"Firefly" Flameblade said going for his blade
"Now, now, now you wouldn't want to get those kids hurt, because we would" Firefly said
"We?" the Midoriyas said
"So what's wrong with the footage?" Jiro asked
"Something with that building" Kaminari said "THERE!
"What is it?" Jirou asked
"The building isn't burning, its melting. Hang on its a changed perspective"
"Meaning?" Jiro asked
"You see the building isn't on fire, it's made to look like it is when in reality the building is in front of the fire, they used the same trick with Gandalf and the Hobbits in Lord of the Rings to make the hobbits seem smaller" Kaminari explained
"So that means that" Jirou said
"The apartment was never on fire, it was a trap all along!" Kaminari shouted
"I'll get some of the others" Jirou said
"We?" the Midoriyas said
"Yeah we" a mud puddle said turning into a huge monster
"Clayface, I should have known" Flameblade said drawing his katana and prepared to ignite it
"I don't think so" Firefly said shooting out fire
"He was always a pyromaniac" Flameblade said
"And you're a fire type quirk user, so this is going to be tougher" Izuku said
"Leave Firefly to me, the rest of you go after the walking piece of raw pottery" Todoroki said having his hand expel cold air
"Are you going to be okay?" Yayoyoruz asked
"I will" Todoroki said kissing her cheek before countering a blast of heat from Firefly before roll dodging and firing off another ice blast
"You think Endeavour's brat would be better at managing heat" Firefly taunted
"Same here, Garfield Lynns" Todoroki said
"So you know who I am" Firefly said
"I do, so that's why I've got to stop you" Todoroki said
"There they are" Kaminanari said
"Guys!" Jirou said
"What are you doing here?" Izuku asked
"We're here to help" Kaminari said
"DUCK!" Iida said
"And did you just bring you two"
"HEY MUDFACE!" Bakugo shouted
"You had to bring him?" Izuku asked
"Well who else could take on these guys and win?" Jirou asked as she used a sonic attack.
"Come here cuties" Clayface said grabbing the girls while forming a bludgeon and tried to hit the guys with it
"You okay over there?" Todoroki asked
"Worry about yourself" Firefly said firing a heat blast at some ice creating a massive steam cloud
"I got this" Clayface said
"Then MOVE!" Firefly said, soon the cloud cleared away to show that Clayface, Firefly and the girls were gone
"NO!" Izuku shouted
"Calm down Deku!" Bakugo said
"This is not the time to panic" Flameblade said
"We have to get them back" Todoroki said
"And we will" Flameblade said "But we will need to find help" he said as a black vehicle appeared
"Did someone say they need help?" Batman asked
"Batman" Flameblade said frowning
"Sorry I'm late" Batman said "So what are we dealing with?"
"YOU DID WHAT!" Joker howled
"We took some hostages" Firefly said pointing to the four girls
"That wasn't the plan" Joker said
"But hey let's not look a gift horse in the mouth here" Firefly quaked
"And what does that mean?" Joker shouted
"We can trade them" Clayface said
"For what?" Joker sneered
"Scarecrow, we get back the shadow they locked up and they get their girls back" Firefly said
"Good idea, MAKE THE CALL!" he laughed
"We're doomed" Jirou said holding Eri tighter.
G'day Guys Grizz here, and sorry this is late I haven't been feeling the best and I had some other stuff but hey we're here and yes I am going to make this a darker and more serious plot then the last one, but hopefully not too dark. And yes I will be targeting the families of the heroes more then I did last time
So until next time I'll catch you on the flipside. Now time for some gyoza