My Hero Academia
-Complex-
Ch. 4
Michael slowly gets up, he shakes his head while rubbing it. He notices he powered out from his Super Saiyan powers.
"That actually hurt… How is that possible?..."
Michael suddenly felt the ground shaking and noticed the towering heroine limping towards him.
"What's wrong, boy? Run out of juice?", Mt. Lady puts herself in a stance.
Michael stands up and readies himself to power up. Instantaneously, walls of flames surround Michael.
"This fire… It must be…", Michael finds the culprit behind Mt. Lady.
"Endeavor, let me handle this.", Mt. Lady tells from above.
"Hmph!", the flaming hero scoffs, "You can barely hold yourself up. For now, be a blockade in your direction. I'll lock him away from any openings. Considering his power usage, this kind of Quirk has to have some great cost on his body."
"YOU ARE CORRECT!"
"General…", Michael spites.
General Woodward appears before them with sparks buzzing from his sudden coming.
"Where'd he come from?", Mt. Lady questions.
"Sorry pal, don't know you and don't care. This kid's mine.", Endeavor ruffles his flames to prepare for an attack.
The army official pulls out a military ID, "General Woodward, a.k.a. retired hero Thunder Cloak. I'm on official military business. Technically, he's mine, also my information could help you in battle."
Endeavor sighs, "Outsiders and their problems… Whatever, what's this kid's catch?"
-X-
"Three times is what seems to be his limit, sir.", A younger Alexis Reis reports to a younger looking General Woodward.
Izuku, All Might and Dr. Reis find themselves in an observatory room, seeing General Woodward, Dr. Reis and other scientists looking down from a large window into a large concrete room with Michael seeming to be exhausted.
"At this time, I was starting as an intern in this facility. I'm sorry, young Midoriya, I'll have to wipe your memory of seeing some things afterwards.", Dr. Reis slightly chuckles.
"N-No, it's understandable.", Izuku gulped.
"What else have you learned?", General Woodward asks.
Dr. Reis fixes her glasses on her face, "We tried to have him create inanimate objects of any kind, but it seems when he exhausts himself completely, the items disappear with his powers."
"Hm… What about things that are alive, can he practically make life?", General Woodward felt nervous.
"We haven't gotten that far on experimenting, for now, we're testing his endurance and elevations of his Quirk. We'll eventually get to that point.", Dr. Reis explains.
"I see. For now, let's call it a day, you people have worked hard. I'm noticing your fine work here Miss Reis, I look forward to working with you.", the General pats Dr. Reis shoulder with a smile.
Dr. Reis nods, as soon as the General left, Reis pulls in her fist in victory.
"The General seems to accept you. You'll be a fellow facility member in no time.", a colleague assures.
"I'm glad, my hard work is finally paying off. In fact, take a break from closing up Michael, I'll take over. It'll make me look good for the job.", Dr. Reis snickers.
"Whatever you say.", the colleague heads off.
"I was happy whenever I had one-on-one time with Michael, He and I had a special bond…", the current Dr. Reis smiles with a sigh.
The past Dr. Reis heals Michael, and helps him up.
"Alexis, how long do I have to do this?", Michael drinks some water he was offered by the bespectacled intern.
"Until you'll have full control over your Quirk, then you'll be able to be a professional hero in no time! You have my word.", Dr. Reis gives a touching, assuring smile.
Michael lowers his head, "How can I trust you on that? I've been here for years, and my progress doesn't seem to be getting anywhere…"
Dr. Reis places her hands on Michael's head. In his mind, Michael felt and saw Reis placing a kiss on his cheek. Reis released her hands with a slight blush, leaving Michael baffled.
"I hope that encourages you!"
Izuku felt happy from seeing their bond, Dr. Reis' encouragement reminded him of his mother's strong support for Izuku to be a hero one day.
"That should be more than enough to show on Michael, we're finally here."
As Dr. Reis finished her sentence, All Might and Izuku wake up to find themselves at the entrance of the hospital.
-X-
"So, we have to overbear him, until he exhausts himself?", Endeavor charges his flames, "Then, I'll take the lead."
"Hey! He may have used one of his limits, but be careful of him, he can be a handful!", General Woodward yells to Endeavor as he dashes to Michael.
With the existing fire surrounding Michael, Endeavor has the flames completely envelope Michael in a sphere and starts heating it up to the point his fire turns blue.
"The hotter the flames, the more oxygen is taken and the risk you may end up with severe burns! Surrender now if you want to keep your face!", Endeavor shouts at his captive.
"FLAME ON!"
Endeavor's flames are suddenly redirected to him, Endeavor jumps to the side and notices his opponent's new form.
Michael's body was engulfed in fire, but it didn't seem to harm him.
"You think copying me will do you any good?!", Endeavor launches a fire lance.
The lance merely returns to a weak flame as it approached Michael's body.
Michael snickers, "In this form, I don't just have the power of fire…".
Michael's body burns brighter, "I have the power of the sun!"
With great flight, Michael rushes to Endeavor and starts spinning fire around him until in turns into a vortex.
"I hear your heat can become so overwhelming that it goes into the blue spectrum! Let's see what color the heat of a supernova is like!"
Endeavor tries to run through the fire, but is knocked back from the intensity.
Endeavor notices a part of his suit starts to crumble, "I'm starting to chafe, I can hold on a little longer, but I have to act now!"
"Endeavor!", the General tries to run to the hero but is pulled back by a giant hand.
"Don't! The temperature is rising, you'll melt in minutes!", Mt. Lady warns, seeing the surrounding trees instantly turn to ash and the nearby lake steam up.
-X-
As Ochako was placed on a bed, and Dr. Reis tending to some of the injured. The windows suddenly glow orange. Everyone looks outside to see a giant pillar of fire.
"No, Michael. No! All Might! I'm borrowing your car!", without hesitation, Dr. Reis yanks All Might's keys from his hand and speeds towards the pillar of fire.
"All Might, will we be alright with that thing outside?", Izuku asks in worry.
"Let's have faith in our comrades, just as young Uraraka did in Mt. Lady.", All Might reassures.
-X-
General Woodward releases himself from Mt. Lady's grasp and flies towards the pillar, "Stop! Are you insane?!"
"No, I'm a hero! You go and evacuate the civilians in the area, I can handle this."
As the General flew through the flames, Mt. Lady bit her tongue and went towards the surrounding buildings.
Endeavor starts to breathe hard and sweat tremendously. Michael stands before him. Endeavor tries to punch him, but his fist goes through Michael's flame engulfed body.
"How sad. The so called "Number 2 Hero" can't withstand his own element…", Michael shakes his head.
Endeavor grits his teeth, then notices sparks of electricity flowing in the flames.
"Overcharge!", Michael screams in pain as he's shocked with electricity.
The General forces Michael down to the ground by gesturing his hands.
"H-How… How are you not burning?! How is this happening?!", Michael struggles to stand.
"Flames carry charged power, such as plasma. I can wield electricity itself. It seems you have forgotten your studies at the facility."
Michael glares at General Woodward, "I'm… Not going BACK!"
The flames on Michael disperse, as well as the pillar. The General notices his powers deactivate and was in his human form. As was Endeavor.
"How in the-", the General is launched into a charred, crumbling building. Having rubble fall upon him. Endeavor was launched into the dry mud of the lake bed.
Michael tried to stand up but fell on his knees holding his head.
So many voices in his head… So many all at once.
"Erk! So this is the pain that Alexis had to go through…"
"Yes.", Michael looks up to find the said scientist walking up to him.
"My Telepathy Quirk wasn't easy to train with. Heh, kind of like our old training days…", Reis tried to chuckle to fix the mood.
"Are you still willing to keep encouraging me, telling me it's alright? Why? Your dream came true, I was left to rot while you got what you wanted!", Michael shouted.
"My dream hasn't been fulfilled yet!", tears dropped from Reis, "My dream was to be a hero with you, next to you! We both had the same dream when we were kids. But, you couldn't control your Quirk. I decided to train as a hero and work for the facility so I could help you achieve your goal, Michael!..."
Michael gritted his teeth in grief, "I felt betrayed as soon as I heard you became a professional hero outside the facility, I felt even more so when I saw you working with the ones who kept us trapped in those walls!"
Psychic wavelengths began to flow around Michael, "How can I accept the one I trusted most who broke our promise!?"
Reis blocks Michael's attack, "Please… don't make me do this, Michael…"
"If you won't keep our promise, I will! I'll become the greatest hero you'll ever see!", Michael places his fists together.
"From the state of his mind and body, it seems he made three abilities with his Quirk already… What is he doing?", Reis prepares herself.
Helicopters with news reporters swarm the sky above, All Might and Izuku watch the TV screen in the hospital as Reis faces Michael.
"As All Might has said many times… These words make a true hero! GO BEYOND! PLUS ULTRAAAAAA! ERRRAAAAAAAAAGH!"
The ground shook as Michael's body cracked with white light breaching through the seams. Michael faced Reis with his eyes burned with white light.
"OMNIPOTENCE!"
Michael's skin crumbled apart, showing his body as a white light. His hair seemed to flow like water and his eyes burned as fire.
Reis smiled with tears in her eyes, "I'm glad to see you broke your limits… But, I have to stop you from here on out!"
Michael's head just tilted as if he didn't understand. Reis removed and dropped her glasses.
Reis' eyes glowed red and veins started to form around her temples and forehead.
General Woodward pushes some rubble off of him as he moved. He was shocked to see Michael is his state, but sighed when he saw Dr. Reis.
"It's come to this now… Omega Level Quirk User, No. 3: Alexis Reis. The world's most powerful Telepath and Psychic Quirk user."
A sphere of psychic energy formed as Reis flew into the air with Michael as both Omega Quirk users clashed.