(this chapter exists to get us through to the Festival! Also, it exists to explain the way the first civ DNA works with the appearance of quirks!)
He woke up in the nurse's office with a lingering pain in his skull, recovery girl scolded him for a bit before releasing him back to class.
Turns out, that an entire day had passed, he thought, 'Shit now I have to catch up in class, Fuck me'
Back in the classroom, everyone was uneasy about how their classmate had taken a fall the day prior. But then, the door slid open, revealing Carter, standing at the door. Everyone was quiet, as he sat down and put in his ear-buds. Jiro was curious as to what music he listened to, so she used her ear-lobes to listen in. she plugged them into his table, because he had sat his phone on the desk before he put his ear-buds in. Once he hit play she heard a song, played in english:
When your day is long
And the night
The night is yours alone
When you're sure you've had enough
Of this life
Well hang on
Don't let yourself go
'Cause everybody cries
And everybody hurts sometimes
Sometimes everything is wrong
Now it's time to sing along
When your day is night alone (hold on)
(Hold on) if you feel like letting go (hold on)
If you think you've had too much
Of this life
Well, hang on
'Cause everybody hurts
Take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts
Don't throw your hand
As the song continued, Jiro was shocked by the very personal nature of the song. She had expected Carter to listen to drab, disconnected music. To go with his attitude. But no, he seemed to use his music as an escape of sorts. But she had noticed the age of the song. since she came from a family that heavily enjoyed the art, she had listened to many old songs from the 1990's, and this was one of the several she had remembered.
Just then kirishima walked up to carter and began to speak, Carter took out his buds and replied with, "what? I didn't catch that?"
"I said, are you okay man?"
"oh , yeah I'm fine. Why do you ask?"
"Because you FELL OFF A BUILDING."
"Oh that"
"Yeah, it seemed like you had a REALLY bad headache right before! Mind taking about that man?"
"Dude, please, I cant… I-I-I-It's nothing, jus-"
"Nothing? Like hell it was nothing, you nearly died!"
"FINE!" he said while slamming his fists on his table like the explosive blond did.
"You want the truth? Fine…"
"The machine i mentioned earlier- well, yesterday - this is what happens when you use it for too long."
The room was silent, with slight shock and curiosity towards the statement
"The… The animus, it is meant to sync genetic memories. I lied, it does not simulate, it re-creates the memories of your ancestors…"
"What are you talking about? Genetics are only, what makes you look like you!?"
"Ah, but that is only 3% of your DNA. Remember there is A LOT of dna in a single person. And each little section is separated by HUGE sections of, seemingly useless strands of DNA…"
"If you sync too many of these genetic memories, you run the risk of the bleeding effect."
"What's the bleeding effect?" Asked izuku
"If you use animus too long, then your ancestors begin to bubble to the surface. Eventually, if you use it for WAY too long, or are in a coma, your ancestors will all collapse in on themselves, including you… then you're reduced to a body, brain-dead." Carter replied
Everyone looked at him like he was insane, half because of his explaination of GM, half because of how "at-peace" he seemed to be with the idea of being brain-dead.
"Why the hell would you willingly use it if you know that is a possible risk?! You idiot!" yelled jiro
Carter snapped back with, "BECAUSE!... my work, my family's work, is far more important than my health…"
"OH MY GOD! SHUT THE HELL UP!" bakugo interrupted
"WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS, HOW THE HELL WHERE YOU ABLE TO FIND THE FUCKING TARGETS DURING YESTERDAY'S EXERCISE! YOU CHEATED, RIGHT!" Bakugo added
"Oh yeah, how did you do that?" Uraraka added. This caused Carter
He noticeable shuddered at the question, "oh… well, that is just… uh."
"ANSWER ME YOU QUIRKLESS SHIT!"
"Uh, Carter? Whats wrong?" asked Uraraka
"Nothing... Okay, fine... the sense-"
"The sense?" asked every student in unison
"The sense, well that's what my family calls it. It allows me to see what can not. It guides me to my target. It is a form of clairvoyance."
"SO YOU DO HAVE A QUIRK YOU SHIT!"
"WRONG!" Carter snapped
"The sense has exsisted for centuries. I am only one of its users… it is unique to those without quirks."
This caught izukus attention due to his past as a quirkless person, he thought to himself, 'wait… do i have that?'
"It is passed down through a recessive gene. One that is linked to the ability to manifest quirks."
"Wait, so if they have quirked parents they can't have it?" asked mineta
"OH MY GOD! DID YOU NOT HEAR ME SAY "RECESSIVE"?!" Carter snapped back
"It is a remnant of a group of ancient… humans. And it prohibits the development of a quirk, but it is majorly difficult to unlock. I used the animus's bleeding effect as a shortcut."
"BUT CAN WE STOP WITH THE QUESTIONS! I M GETTING VERY ANNOYED!" he yelled
"Sorry, but we had to make sure you were ok man." kirishima said. This brought a thought to Carter's mind, 'wait, what? Why would they care so much about me? Why? Just why?'
"Why would you care?" Carter said as he looked up to Kirishima, true curiosity with a hint of sadness in his voice. This caught the red-head off guard, he never expected the boy to respond in such a… vulnerable, way. He had always seemed like he was a single step down from Todoroki's level of stoic-ness. Also, carter had asked the question as if Kirishima wasn't his friend, or even a mild acquaintance. The rest of the class would get to the bottom of the mystery that was their quirk-less classmate. But, it would have to wait till after the festival.
"Because, your my friend" kirishima replied
(TIME SKIPPEROOO…)
On Momo's commute to school several days after, she was surrounded while she took a shortcut through an alley-way(on account of her not wanting to have the possibility of being late). When all of a sudden, four men appeared from the shadows of the dark alley. One of them began to speak:
"Hey cutie, whats a busty girl like you *licks lips* doin in our humble alley, hehehe" she tried to make a flash-bang grenade, but for some reason her quirk wasn't activating.
'Damn, one of these pervs must have a quirk that disables quirks, just like Mr. Aizawa!' she thought. but, at some point while she thought, a fifth man snuck-up behind her. He grabbed her mouth and said into her ear, "we gonna have some fun, girl." she immediately realized how much shit she was in when the guy, who seemed like the leader, walked up to her and grabbed her breast.
But, just then, his face turned to a blank expression and his hand fell to his sides. Next he toppled to the floor. "WHAT THE HELL? BOSS!?" yelled one of the thugs, they all noticed a knife was lodged in the back of his head, it had severed his spinal cord. Then, they all looked to the spot where the knife was thrown, and standing 10 feet away from the "Boss's" corpse, was an assassin. Then he spoke:
"leave, now. And you might live." he said
"You fucker! You killed the boss, now we kill yo-" the man replied be fore being socked in the jaw, by the assassin's right hand. But at the end of his fists travel, he activated his hidden blade and swung it back towards the criminal, siting his throat. The blood sprayed out onto the assassin, turning half of his hooded robes, a deep crimson. As the assassin stood back upright, hen turned to the rest of the thugs and said, "I didn't say you could talk, I SAID TO LEAVE!". Just then, the assassin was attacked by one of the thugs from behind. However the assassin quickly dodged the attack and then flipped the criminal onto his back, then he drove his hidden blade into the man's throat. However, just after, the assassin was stabbed in the side, and then he was hit in the head by a thug's fist. But, this thug's quirk, is to increase the density of his limbs. Thus, the single hit, was quite powerful enough to knock the hooded figure to the ground. But the assassin countered the criminal by activating his hook-blade and tripping the villain. He then drove his right handed hidden blade into the mans heart, killing him. As he stood up he raised his right hand as if gesturing, for the man who held Momo, to stop. Then his hidden gun fired. The man, who held Momo, died with a bullet in-between his eyes.
The assassin struggled to maintain his posture as he glared at the final thug (who was, at most, 15 years old). He then spoke to the minor, "kid get outa here, and clean up your act. Or else i will have clean it up for you…" The minor ran away in fear.
Momo ran to him as he collapsed to the ground, "OH MY GOD, are you alright?!" she asked
"Ugh, no he stabbed me in the kidney, hehehe-UGH" he responded grabbing his bleeding side.
She helped him up and walked him to the UA building and nurse's office, subsequently. On the way into the building she and the man were spotted by Izuku, and Iida.
After they dropped off the assassin in the nurse's office, they went back to class. There, she told all of 1-A about the experience. The izuku asked, "hey, have any of you guys seen Carter this morning?", to which they all replied "no" in one way or another.
(I'M GONNA FIND YA, I'M GONNA GETCHA GETCHA GETCHA GETCHA! ONE WAY OR ANOTHER… i couldn't resist, sorry)
Just then, the door opened. And carter shuffled in, the stench of iron following him.
He then said to the class, "hey guys, the festival is in two days. Maybe worry about yourselves. Not me…". he walked to his desk and sat down, a flow of quiet fell onto the room.
When class started, aizawa got everyone's attention and spoke, "Okay everyone, we got a present for you… we got a new type of training equipment. Donated by carter's… family."
Carter spoke up, "you guys might like this."
"What do you mean?" asked izuku
"You'll see, hehe."
TO BE CONTINUED!