Chapter 5: Truth Revealed
This chapter will cover most of what Abeck can do.
I do not own any characters from My Hero Academia. I only own my OC. Sorry if anyone is ooc.
"speech" 'thought' English words
The following day, Abeck was in her kitchen making dinner, regardless of the fact that it was only 4 p.m. Her pets still hadn't come back from the walk they went on. She wanted to take her headphones out to listen for a bit, but decided against it.
'They'll be fine,' she told herself, 'They won't get into any trouble…hopefully' As soon as she finished thinking that, the doorbell rang. Confusion shot through her mind. She never got visitor beyond the delivery person, and they only came on Sunday. Other than that, her house was too far away from the city, it was also seen as 'creepy' by anyone who got too close to it. That was definitely something she didn't understand. The house wasn't creepy, just very old, in a dense forest, and covered in vines.
Grabbing a plate of the spaghetti she just finished making, and sauntered over to the door as the doorbell rang again. As she got closer, she could hear voices on the other side questioning if they were in the right place. She opened the door and was somewhat surprised to see nine people standing on her porch. 'Oh right, I told Ratatouille I would explain everything to him and a few colleagues.'
Mic noticed the door had opened and started yelling. "No way, Abeck! You're the person principal Nezu was talking about?!" She stared at him blankly for about a half a second before he remembered their first meeting, and quickly slapped a hand over his mouth.
Her face was still blank, "Chill Cockatoo, I have headphones in this time, so noise doesn't bother me that much." As she spoke she moved some of her hair back to show a hearing aid type thing in one of her ears. Letting go of the hair and letting it fall back down, she turned most of her attention back to her food.
Letting surprise pass over his face, Nezu entered the conversation, "Oh, so you've meet before? That's good." At least Abeck would be more comfortable with talking if others she knew were here.
"I've meet Blondie and Shaggy over there," she pointed at Aizawa when referring to him, "and aside from them, you, and Cowboy, I have no idea who any of you are."
"Uh, quick question, what's with the nicknames?" The one who spoke was a short person in a space suit who sounded female.
"Why is that always a question that people ask me?" Abeck groaned at a question she had sadly grown used to hearing. "I call everyone by nicknames so one, so I can remember people easier, two, so I can distinguish who everyone is if they have the same or similar names, and three, it's fun."
"The first two points make a bit of sense, is it alright if we come in?" Nezu asked silently hoping to get inside so nothing from the forest came near the house.
"Ya sure," she moved out of the way to let them pass, "but you may want to avoid touching anything." She ate some of the spaghetti as the nine people entered her cluttered mansion.
Everyone walked in and started looking around. The entrance hall was dark and musty with random nick-nacks and unlit candles everywhere. Dust was lining any furniture in the room, this increased the difficulty when trying to breathe. Many of the teachers were creeped out by all of the disturbing items scattered around. Mic screamed and nearly fainted when he saw a large jar of dead bugs. There were even a few who asked about the bones and skulls, Abeck lied and pretended that they were fake and carved out of stone. In truth, they were the remains of assassins sent to kill her.
Moving into the next room, the pros were relieved at the change of atmosphere. This next room was brighter, less cluttered and a lot more open. There was a large couch, that could easily sit 20 people, cutting the room in half. On one side there was a large flat screen, a coffee table, a rug, and two large animal beds on the floor. On the other side was a large dining table and a large opening that leads into a state of the art kitchen. Behind the couch, a large glass sliding was wide open letting the forest air inside.
"You live here?" Blocky, a grey colored square rock man, sounded impressed.
"I've lived here for a while, but you guys are the first visitors to actually enter my house in years." The owner of the house had sat down at the table to continue eating as the visitors looked around.
"Do you have pets?" The only female among the teachers turned to Abeck. What was her name again? Nighttime? Twilight? She couldn't remember.
"Crap, I forgot about them!" Just as she finished saying that, a loud bark echoed through the halls. Abeck shot up from her chair and dropped her plate of food. "Everyone, get behind me." She walked towards the biggest of the halls.
The teachers complied, but they were wondering what Abeck meant by 'them'. Another bark emitted from the hall and a giant creature charged out. It was a bear like dog that easily stood at around eight feet tall when on all fours. Sharp, gnashing teeth were visible in its mouth. Four pairs of angry, dark brown eyes ran down its head and onto its neck. The brown fur on its body was covered in black leopard spots from its head down to its long, muscular, and armored tail that had knocked over and end table during its charge.
Upon seeing the beast, all the teachers got into a fighting stance before a loud "SIT!" shook the house. Once that word was said, the creature stopped charging and skidded to a stop in front of the one who had spoken. The person who had was standing in front of the UA faculty with her arms crossed. When the monster stopped moving, it sat down in front of Abeck and stared at its feet like a child would do when it's in trouble.
"What is that?" Smiley, a strange man in a tan trench coat, put a lot of emphasis on the word 'that'. The creature growled a bit but never looked up
"This is Katchi," everyone looked at her for clarification, "He's my dog." The dog whined a bit and Abeck turned to him. "Don't be a baby, go lay down." She pointed to one of the beds, and Katchi sulked over to the largest on and laid down.
"You have more than one of those?" Nezu asked Abeck looking somewhat nervous.
"Oh no, don't worry, my other pet is a lot calmer," her guests looked relived at that, "But he looks way more terrifying and is more likely to eat someone." Everyone tensed up again at that. "Now then, you want to know about me?"
There was a collective "Yes" from many of the teachers, and Abeck turned towards them, "Good then I'm gonna need to take any electronic devices from all of you."
"What? You never said anything about that," Snipe accused their host of lying, and no one agreed to hand over anything.
"Suit yourself," Abeck went back to eating her food, "Just so you know, I'm not saying anything unless you do." She slirpped up some of the spaghetti. The teachers excused themselves and left the room. Katchi was about to follow, but a glare from Abeck stopped him from getting up.
When the teachers came back, they all agreed to hand over any electronic devices they had. Everyone put their phones on the table, Mic removed his directional speaker and handed it rather reluctantly, and Abeck check most of their gear to make sure none of it was electronic. After finishing that, she took everything into a different room and locked the door.
"Well that's done, now on to phase two." She seemed a little happier that their phones were out of the room.
"What's phase two?" This time a short man with a giant yellow helmet thing, whom Abeck dubbed Metalhead, spoke.
"I will be casting a spell on everyone in this room." She pulled out a very thick and heavy looking book. Opening it and turning to a specific page,"Now then, all of you need to agree to this or it won't work. Do you all agree not to reveal anything that I tell you to anyone outside of this room, unless the situation demands it or is life threatening?" All the teachers agreed and Abeck read off the spell. When she was finished everyone felt a sharp pain on their forearms. Looking at their arms, the pros realized that a small symbol was on their arms.
"What are these?!" The teachers, namely Present Mic, somewhat freaked out. Some yelled at Abeck while others were trying to get the mark off. The person responsible was looking at the others questioningly. Eventually,she had enough and yelled, "Would you be quiet?!" The pros turned to her and she continue, "The marks will fade away eventually, they are just precautions and will stop you from repeating anything I say to anyone who doesn't have that mark."
They calmed down and sat at the table Abeck was at. Katchi wandered over to the table and sat down next to his companion. The dog's eyes landed on Nezu and he stared at the principal. Ratatouille noticed Katchi and did his best to ignore the dog's hungry gaze. Abeck began the conversation, "Where do you want me to start."
"How about start with why you took our phones." Of course, Shaggy would be the one to bring that up. She gladly answered that question, "I don't want anything that can record things in this room. Unless I can break it afterwards." Surprisingly, her explanation actually made sense considering who said it and how secretive she is.
"Right, well, do you mind explaining your quirk? You hinted yesterday at it, and I believe it has to do something with animals, yes?" Nezu sounded confident when he spoke, as if he figured out something about her. Too bad he was dead wrong.
"Nope," she seemed hesitant at first but answered, "I don't have a quirk. Truth is, I was born before quirks came to be."
"Yo, hold on, you only look 25 years old." Cockatoo interrupted Abeck, thankfully she didn't care very much and didn't react to badly because of it.
"Thanks, but I'm actually over five thousand years old," letting that sink in, she continued, "my 'quirk' is actually a curse I was born with. I don't like mentioning it considering how many have tried to kill me because of it." Her eyes scanned over that shocked faces of her guests. "I call the curse 'Dragon'. Basically, I'm a human with two souls, one of which is of a beast. I am able to turn into a dragon at will. The beast half of me also increase my recovery speed, cearting new body cells almost as fast as they can be destroyed."
Abeck shifted her right forearm and hand to show them, her scales were green and the claws on her fingers were razor sharp. Her voice deepened a little as a result of her arm changing, "I can control it for a limited amount of time but becomes harder the more I rely on the beast's power. However, I still have the instincts and bio reading of an animal. That's most likely why your security system didn't work on me." She turned her attention to Nezu, who was now more nervous than before.
The other teachers noticed as well and were now keeping very close tabs on both Abeck and her pet. The former of the two had switched her arm back, "You ok Ratatouille?" There was no response from the principal. She began talking after half a minute, "If you're worried about Katchi, don't be. He won't do anything with me here."
Silence; Abeck could tell by his face and aura that Nezu was afraid. None of his companions could tell, but she could. "How about I give a demonstration?" More fear entered his eyes when she said that one simple sentence.
"I don't think that will be necessary," Astronaut was the one who answered considering the other were trying to figure out what was wrong with Nezu. "So, what's wrong with your arm? Are you injured?" This time Cowboy asked a question.
"Well considering I lost my left arm a while ago, this one is fine. I just don't want people to see it." She got up and went into the kitchen for an energy drink.
"Your arm is prosthetic?" Eraserhead asked leaning out of his chair a bit to make sure Abeck didn't leave.
"Eh, more or less," She came back with two energy drinks, a bag of ghost peppers, a box of cereal, and a bottle of hot sauce, "but, thanks to a quick spell, I can control the crystal my arm is made from." She stood up and took off her torn up tank top, most of the males of the group turned away and blushed when she did. She was pretty well muscled, and she looked more masculine then most women. Her breasts, left shoulder blade and arm were completely covered in white medical bandages, but her skin stood out the most. Most of the visible skin on her body was scared or bruised, and a giant scar on her visible arm was revealed as well.
"Uh," Mic was speaking nervously and was one of the teachers looking away, "Why did you just take your shirt off?"
"Well first off, it's hard to take the bandages off with the shirt on. Second of all, if you guys can come to my house and look like you're ready to fight, I can be in my and look like I'm ready to fight. Finally, if you guys react this badly to me, why aren't you reacting like that to her?" Abeck gestured to Midnight who was silently laughing at her embarrassed companions.
"Don't bring me into this. But I must say, despite your age and the scars, you are a very beautiful lady." The millennium year old person did not look amused, and maybe even a little irritated at hearing that. Snipe, who was looking towards the table, even chimed in with, "We don't react to Midnight because she always looks like, so we got used to it."
Eventually, anyone looking away turned back to her while Abeck removed the bandages covering her arm, but most of them were still blushing or not looking directly at her. The entire thing, even her shoulder blade, was made of highly dense purple crystal. In order to see the shoulder blade, Abeck needed to turn around which showed her guests more than where the prosthetic stopped. On her back was a large tribal style tattoo with the English letters ADNK running along the side, a few symbols from a few other languages, and a lot more scars.
"What happened to you?!" Somehow the same cohesive thought ran through everyone's head, and they all shouted at the same time. Even Nezu forgot he was afraid, and the males forgot that most of her upper body was visible, but the girl in question looked as neutral as ever when she turned back around. Her dog started growling but was shut up by a quick glance from Abeck.
"I have no idea what you're referring to," she deadpanned. Her guests started making wild gestures at her skin while others were talking at the same time. 'Sure, just keep talking, I can totally understand what you're all saying,' She thought sarcastically before shouting for the second time that night, "Would you all be quiet?!" They promptly shut up. "Ok," she said, regaining control of the conversation, "let's just go around the table, Metalhead, you first."
"Uh, if you could call me Power Loader, that would be great," he said before anything else. After he heard Abeck say no, he asked "Alright, how did you lose your arm, and where did you get all those scars?"
"Oh, this is a fun story," she started with surprising enthusiasm, "When I was younger, I was fighting someone wanted to kill me. Fortunately, I won, because he was good and probably could have killed me. Anyway, before I beat him, he managed to rip out my entire arm and shoulder blade. That was a bitch to recover from. Also, some of the scars are from the same time while others are from throughout the years" Her enthusiasm left for the last few statements, "Next, Smily."
"It's Ectoplasm. Can you remove the arm?" He sounded irritated at the nick name. Some of his colleagues, however, found it funny and laughed.
"Yes," she removed the crystal arm and showed everyone. There was a giant hole where the arm should be attached, the bandages ran over half of it, but the pros got the idea. Abeck reattached the arm and looked directly at Midnight, "Nocturn, ask any question you have."
"Nocturn?" She asked and "your hair" was the answer the r rated hero received. "Alright, why don't you dress like that all the time?"
"Because I have dignity when I'm not in combat. Astronaut, go." Abeck wanted to get off that topic quick. Before Thirteen could ask anything, Midnight tried to bring it up again and Abeck thought about taping her mouth shut.
"Why were you on the campus yesterday?" Thriteen finally got to ask his question, but was shocked at the answer.
"I was running from the police and jumped the wall." Once that was said, the UA faculty immediately jumped into action. Aizawa grabbed his scarf and captured Abeck, the latter of which put up no resistance and just stood there. The others looked ready to fight at any time as their captive spoke some more, "And you attacked me why?"
"You never said you were a criminal," Eraserhead tightened his grip on the capture weapon.
"I suppose it's my turn to ask a question," Nezu stood up on the table and spoke, losing his fear over the girl as she was no longer producing a frighting form or aura. "Why were you running from the authorities? And why didn't you tell us this before?"
Abeck looked unamused and spoke in a slightly bored manor, "Ok, that was two questions not one, but fine, whatever. I didn't tell you before because I didn't feel like it, and because you never asked. I was running away because otherwise I would have been charged for vigilantism,and it would have been a pain to explain anything. Also, Aizawa, get a stronger scarf, and Nezu, you're cleaning my table after this." While saying that last sentence, Abeck managed to pull the capture weapon off herself, and the teachers relaxed a bit.
"So just to be clear, you ran away so you did not get charged for vigilantism?" Aizawa asked the question, but believed it was true considering she did the same thing when helping him a few nights ago.
"Ya," She ate some of the cereal she forgot was there, "There was a hostage situation and no pros were there. I only stepped in when I saw the villain about to kill one of the kids that were captured." Everyone sat down again, and Katchi got bored and left while silence hung heavily in the air.
None seemed willing to restart the previous conversation. Several minutes passed, then Abeck broke the silence, "Shaggy, were you next?"
Aizawa look at her and was surprised to see that she had eaten an entire box of cereal and was now eating ghost peppers, "Why are you eating ghost peppers?" He realized to late that he used his question.
She looked happy, "That is the easiest question ever!" Oh, that's why. "I told you my senses are extremely heightened right?" Aziawa nodded, and she kept talking "Sweet foods are fine as long they aren't over powering, sour foods practically fry my taste buds, salt acts the same way as sweetness, bitter food numbs my mouth, savory foods are surprisingly really good, and spicy foods would also melt my mouth, but they taste really good. So, I eat them constantly."
Snipe went next and asked if Abeck had a job, to which she replied 'no'. So, he asked another question, "If you don't have a job, how can you afford to pay for this house?"
"One," she started, "I built this house. Two, it runs on solar power and I get water from underground. Three, just because I do not have a job doesn't mean I don't have money. When I was younger I wandered the planet as a mercenary. I got a lot of money from that, raiding bandit camps, and selling anything valuable I found while traveling." She wouldn't tell anyone this, but Abeck actually had several billion dollars in her bank account. It was also steadily growing because the nearby city was paying her for any extra energy the solar panels sent to the buildings.
Cementoss had the next question, "Where are you from?" Her skin color suggested the northern parts of South America or somewhere in central Africa.
"My tribe used to reside in the savanna where Nigeria is located." She seemed a bit sad at that. Almost like she missed her home but couldn't return now. No more comments were made on it so that topic was dropped.
Mic was the last person to ask a question, "What do the English letters on your back stand for? Because I know for a fact that adnk is not a word. Also, why does your arm change colors every once in a while?"
"If spelled in English, the first letter of my alias is A, D and N are the first and last letters of the word dragon, and K is the first letter of my real name. And my arm changes color because of the power inside of it." She answered the first part quickly, and the last part was with a bit more hesitation.
She looked at a clock, it read 5:30, "Well we've been talking for an hour and a half, does anyone have any more questions?"
"Yes."
"Not surprising. Who's first?"
Aizawa decided he was, "How strong are you?"
"Very, I need to be, so I can retreat my scales with painless ease" She finished the last of the ghost peppers and her face became upset when she realized it.
"How strong are your scales?" He continued to question her.
"About a strong as a diamond." She predicted his next questions the instant he reopened his mouth, and answered, "I can fly at Mach 2, I breath fire that can reach about 200 kelvin, I can run at around 100 miles an hour, and no, I won't show you the other powers in my arm." The other people at the table were dumbfounded at her answers. She wasn't done however, "I know any several kinds of martial arts, I have plenty of survival and combat experience, the list goes on."
"Well in that case how about a proposal?" All attention was turned to Nezu.
The person receiving the question had no idea what was going on, "Excuse me?"
"I would like to offer you a position as a teacher at UA, starting next year of course." Every creature in the room, besides the principal, was shocked to hear that.
"And here's where I repeat, excuse me?" Abeck was bored but intrigued, "About 45 minutes ago you feared me, and now you want to hire me? Is that a good idea?" She leaned back in her chair and became amused at the current situation.
"If it helps the students of course it is a good idea. And truthfully, I am scared of you but that could be because of the fact that you are a predator. As a dragon, your nature is to hunt animals, and as something you might consider prey, it would be unusual for me not to be afraid of you." Nezu explained his point of view while Abeck thought about how much sense that made, "However, I am willing to ignore it if you are willing to teach the students."
"Hm," Abeck mused over her choices, "I'll think about it, but for now I need to go."
"What about our phones, yo?" Mic and the other teachers stood up with Abeck. They followed her to the room with their belongings and got everything back. After that they all went to the door and walked outside. Abeck order Katchi to stay put as the teachers got in their cars.
She walked over to the car Nezu was in with Snipe and knocked on the window. When the window rolled down she spoke, "I'll have an answer in a few days."
"Very well, I do hope you accept." With that, Abeck grew wings and took off. The pros drove away from the house and out of view of the dragon.
As the last vehicle left her line of vision, all the platinum hair girl could think was, 'If I were to accept, what would I teach? Could I protect anyone? How do I know I won't be the one to attack? Could I control the beast around so many people?
I might reveal Abeck's backstory later. If anyone wants to hear it.
Thanks for reading thus far.