"Here's the laptop, and here are some snacks. I want you to eat while you work. Can't have you breaking out of UA to fight villains on an empty stomach," Hawks said, dumping a pile of prepackaged snack cakes, granola bars, and energy juice pouches onto the coffee table.

Bakugou glared at the snacks. "Those are bad for you."

"It's better than nothing," Hawks said, looking put out.

Izuku snorted, grabbing one of the granola bars. "Better than what I ate when I was with the League."

"Fuck, Izuku, we don't need a reminder of your tragic backstory."

"That was a joke, Kacchan. It was supposed to lighten the mood."

"How is that supposed to lighten the mood? That just depresses all of us."

"I found it funny."

"Shut up, IcyHot."

"I thought it was kinda funny too."

"What the fuck, Hawks?"

Izuku smiled, opening the laptop. "You're alone on this one, Kacchan. You're the only one here who had a good childhood. A happy childhood makes you boring and not funny."

"No, a fucked up childhood makes you batshit and twisted. That doesn't equal funny."

"I had a normal childhood," Neito said, arching one brow at Izuku.

"You were bullied and isolated, that's not normal. Now shut up while I do this," Izuku said, pulling the SIM card out of his pocket. He cracked open the back of the laptop and pulled out the battery. After a moment of searching, he found the slot for the SIM card and slid it in. He put the battery back in place and powered it up.

Shoto leaned to look over to look at the screen, his chin resting on Izuku's shoulder.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm trying to pinpoint what towers the cell signal bounced off of. From there, I may be able to figure out the area that they are in. Then, I can start narrowing down which building they are in."

"Why can't you just trace the signal to the building?" Neito asked.

"Not how it works. The signal bounces from tower to tower to travel between phones. But I should be able to triangulate it from the closest towers surrounding it, since they all would have picked up at least a little bit of the signal. Once it's triangulated, I'll have a space between the three towers to act as my baseline search area. From there, figure out which tower had the strongest signal, letting me know which side of the area to start the search. Then, I'll search the buildings in that area and, using what I know about the League, figure out which buildings they are most likely to be hiding out in. After that, we just have to figure out how to sneak out of here."

Shoto's mismatched eyes had gone wide with wonder, listening to Izuku speak.

"Can you really do that?" he asked in a soft voice.

"Yeah, of course. That's why I said I would do it."

Shoto smiled slightly. "You're so smart. I always know you're smart, but sometimes, you'll say something, and it'll remind me just how smart you are."

A blush creeped across Izuku's freckled cheeks as he started typing on the laptop.

Bakugou rolled his eyes. "Can you two stop flirting for 5 seconds so we can save your other boyfriend?"

Izuku's blush darkened and he jerked his body away from Shoto.

"We're not flirting and I'm not their boyfriend, Kacchan. Just… Just be quiet."

Shoto sent a glare towards Bakugou before sitting back in his seat, letting Izuku work.

Neito cleared his throat and stood from his seat. "Hawks, Bakugou, want to help me make some real food?"

"I don't want to help you, you Copycat Bastard."

"Okay, let's try this again. Hawks, Bakugou, you are both going to get up and come in the kitchen with me to make real food. Now."

Hawks jumped up immediately and walked briskly to the kitchen, avoiding looking at Neito's stern expression. Bakugou made a tsking noise, but followed, slower and angrier. As soon as they were in the kitchen, away from Shoto and Izuku, Neito turned on Bakugou.

"Are you fucking stupid?" Neito hissed angrily. "Why the hell would you say they were flirting? Shoto's boyfriend has been missing for less than 8 hours and you think it's a good idea to be cracking jokes? Shoto and Hitoshi have been working for months to get Izuku to open up to them so that they might have the chance to ask him on a date, and you probably just destroyed all their progress. Did you see him out there? All of his walls just went right back up, all because you made a stupid joke and made Izuku feel like he was a homewrecker or something."

"What the fuck are you talking about? I thought they were all dating!"

"You can't be serious."

"I mean," Hawks said, rubbing at the back of his neck. "I sort of thought the same thing. I just assumed they were keeping it on the down low since Izuku and Shinsou are both planning to work underground."

Neito rolled his eyes, pinching the bridge of his nose. "And you were supposed to be the observant one. Okay, so, no they are not dating. They all like each other, but Izuku's self esteem is such shit he can't believe that anyone would want him and is also too dense to know they like him. Pretty sure he just thinks that them flirting with him is just how friendship works. So I need you both to not say shit about romance until Hitoshi is back, got it? We need Izuku to keep calm and not have a meltdown. Now, Hawks, are you serious about letting us out of here to go after them, or are you just trying to keep Izuku busy so you can keep an eye on him?"

Hawks flushed, stuttering. "I… I mean… If he figures out where they are, he'll have helped the pros, which is what he wanted to do. I should be able to convince him to stay here and I'll give the address to the rescue team."

"Yeah, that's not going to happen. You'll never convince him to stay. Either he'll find a way to sneak out or you're going to have to knock him out. Or, if you're smart, you'll work with him, so at least he has supervision. Bakugou, your friends helped to sneak Izuku to Hitoshi's room that one time, right? What are the chances that they could help us sneak out?"

"Wow, no, I really can't let you guys run off to be vigilantes."

"Shoto, Bakugou, and I have our provisional licenses. We would be fine. Izuku would be under your supervision so as long as you give him permission, he'd be fine."

Bakugou shook his head. "Izuku doesn't have a quirk. Technically, he wouldn't be able to be classified as a vigilante. He can claim self defense for any fight he gets in and there would be no proof otherwise. He wouldn't get in trouble for illegal quirk usage either, so out of all of us, he is the least likely to get in legal trouble. Except for the fact he's not supposed to leave the UA campus without a pro hero with him."

"So if Hawks comes along, then Izuku really wouldn't get in trouble," Neito said with a smile. "So that brings me back to my original question. Bakugou, can your friends help us sneak out?"

"Probably, but not alone, not with that many pros to trick. Do you have anyone from 1-B that could help too?"

"Kendo and Tetsu would help if I could get a message to them. Shoto has some friends in 1-A that might be able to help."

"Right, Raccoon Eye's girlfriend is friends with Shoto, along with Four Eyes and Roundface."

Hawks shook his head. "Do you really not know any of your classmates' names?"

"Shut up, Bird Bitch. Are you going to go with us or are we going to have to find a way to sneak out?"

He sighed, running his hand through his hair, his short talons catching on the wavy strands. "I don't think I have much of a choice. Damn it. I better win the best big brother award after this."

"Help me make something for Izuku to eat that will actually be filling and I'll help you petition him for the award."

" Tch .' Bakugou glared at Hawks. "I could be a better brother to him in my sleep."

"Prove it, blondie."

"You're on."

--

Back in the living room, Shoto was staring at where Neito had led Hawks and Bakugou.

"What do you think they're doing?" Shoto asked.

Izuku shrugged. "Don't know. Probably having a secret meeting of the blonds."

"Secret meeting for blonds?"

"Yeah. They're plotting their little blond schemes."

Shoto's eyes were wide. "Schemes," he whispered, sounding slightly terrified.

--

"Kats!" Kirishima said, perking up when he saw his boyfriend slip back into Mina's dorm, where the whole squad had gathered. "How's Midoriya? Is he okay?"

Bakugou nodded. "He'll be fine. But we need everyone's help. Izuku's made a short list of locations that he thinks the League could be. He's not positive though, he wasn't able to narrow it down as much as he wanted to. He's planning to split the list in half and leave half of it to the teachers and the other half our team is taking, that way the search can go faster. We need you guys to help us sneak out. You're going to need help from some of the others too, I think. I think we'll need Froggy, Glasses, and Kirby. Pink Face, can you sneak over to your girlfriend's room and see if she can get her friends in on this?"

Mina immediately nodded and got up from her bed. She saluted Bakugou and marched from the room, in search of Tsu. Sero cocked their head curiously. "Who is going with you and Izuku?"

"Hawks, Copycat, and IcyHot."

Kaminari spluttered. "How did you get Hawks to agree?"

"He thinks he's Izuku's big brother now or something. Are you idiots in?"

"Of course we are!" Kirishima said excitedly. "I think I've got an idea of how we can distract the teachers."

"Yeah? What were you thinking?"

"Well, it's all going to depend on Iida and Kaminari, actually."

--

Aizawa felt like his brain was going to explode. Nezu and Powerloader were still trying to figure out where to start the search, All Might was having a melt down over All For One and Nighteye, same as Mirio. Tamaki and Nejire were both fussing over Mirio while the rest of the pros were scrambling to make sure that their students were safe and to make sure there were no other spies in both the staff and the kids. Vlad King was searching for anything that could possibly help lead to finding the stolen children, barely speaking to anyone. Mic was jittery, swinging between stunned silence and righteous fury. More than once, Aizawa had to pull his husband back down into his seat to keep him from storming off campus to pick a fight.

"They took our daughter! They took our students! They deserve to be torn to shreds!" Mic snarled, pacing the edge of the room that Aizawa had eventually dragged him to.

"I know. I know they do. But we have to be smart about this. If we rush in, they could kill them. We need to trust Nezu to come up with a plan to get them back. But, Zashi, I need you here with me right now, okay? I know it's hard, but if you can't keep calm, they'll pull you from the mission. It'll be a miracle if they let us go as it is."

Mic sighed, clutching at his long hair. "It's so hard, Sho."

"I know. But we'll get them back."

"If we see the person that faked being Nighteye, I get to blow out their eardrums out, right?"

"Yes, you have full permission to deafen the person who kidnapped our daughter."

Before either could say anything else, the door flew open and a distressed and disheveled Midnight stood before them.

"The cameras just went down," she gasped, eyes wide in panic. "Every camera on campus."

" What?! " Mic shrieked, sprinting out of the office and back to the main room that all the heroes were gathered in. Aizawa and Midnight quickly followed.

"What do we know?" Aizawa asked as he walked in, already looking at the large screen that Nezu had been projecting.

"Not much yet," Nezu said, frowning at his screen. "I am trying to pinpoint where the source of the outage came from.

And then, Vlad King's phone rang. He scrambled, pulling it from his pocket and answering it quickly.

"Tetsutetsu, are you alright? Was there an attack at the dorm? Wait, what did you say?" Vlad said, frowning. He looked up at Aizawa and Mic. "Tetsutetsu just said that he saw Todoroki sneak past the dorm, so he followed him and saw him trying to climb a gate on the south side."

Ectoplasm's phone rang next. When he answered it, he shook his head in disbelief. "Tsuyu Asui says she saw Monoma and Midoriya heading towards the east side of campus. They had some support gear with them."

One by one, teacher's phone's rang, a student from 1-A or 1-B on the other end of each call.

"Ashido says she saw Bakugou, Monoma, and Todoroki heading west."

"Sero just told me he saw Hawks flying with Izuku towards the woods."

"Uraraka says she saw Todoroki and Midoriya dragging an unconscious Hawks towards the main gate."

"Kendo thinks she saw Hawks and Bakugou chasing Midoriya, Monoma, and Todoroki north."

"Kirishima swears that Bakugou is with him and that they both saw Monoma and Midoriya heading west while Hawks and Todoroki went north."

Aizawa felt his headache worsen. "They're lying. Fuck, they're all lying to cover for them and split us up trying to catch them. Why?"

That's when his phone rang. Growling, he answered the phone.

"What game are you kids playing?" he hissed.

He was met by the sound of whooshing air, heavy breathing, and distant shouting. The occasional crackle and boom of Bakugou's explosions could be heard in the background.

"Sir," Iida panted. "Sir, I'm sorry to call you, but they are attempting to leave UA. I heard them planning with some of the other students. They convinced Hawks to help them break out of UA to go after the villains. Hawks is flying with Midoriya, Bakugou is using his explosions to fly, and Monoma is using Todoroki's flames to propel the both of them down a path of ice that Todoroki is making. I can't keep up with them, Sir."

"Which way are they heading? UA's cameras went down and we haven't got them back online yet. We don't have a visual."

Iida let out a yelp as an explosion went off, sounding much closer than the others had been.

"Northeast! Hurry!"

Aizawa immediately hung up. "We need to move fast. My dumbass son is trying to get himself and his friends killed. Nezu, you keep working on tracking down the League. Powerloader, get Hatsume working on the cameras. The rest of you, with me."

"Wait, are you sure the student didn't lie?" Cementos asked, already standing.

"It was Iida."

Everyone jumped into action, sprinting northeast, towards one of the outer walls of the campus, none of them doubting for a second that Iida would never lie to a teacher.

--

Iida hung up and put his phone back in his pocket, following the group southwest towards the outer wall of campus.

Hawks was flying low, keeping his arms tightly wrapped around Izuku, who was fiddling with a piece of support gear he had stolen from the dorms. Neito and Shoto were just below them, Shoto icing a path ahead of them. Neito kept one arm wrapped around Shoto's middle, one of his fingers just barely touching Shoto's skin where his shirt was hiked up. With his other arm, Neito was sending off bursts of flames, propelling them forward at breakneck speed. Bakugou was holding on to both of them, barely keeping his feet under him as he slid along the ice, all while looking thoroughly unhappy. When Bakugou and Neito glanced back at him, checking to see if he had finished his phone call, he gave them a thumbs up.

Bakugou gave a feral smile, turning his hands back under and cutting off the rather small explosions he had been setting off, just loud enough so they would be heard over the phone.

"Who knew you were able to lie, Four Eyes."

"A hero occasionally must stretch the truth," Iida said stiffly. "I told them the truth, that you had all convinced the others and Hawks to help you. I simply neglected to tell them I was also helping. And I mixed up what direction we were heading. An honest mistake."

"Oh yeah, completely honest."

"Kacchan, be nice."

" Huh? This is me being nice!"

"Don't worry, Izuku, he's just grumpy because you wouldn't let him fly."

"Its stupid that I'm not allowed to!"

"It's too loud and draws too much attention."

When they finally reached the outerwall, Hawks soared up and over, taking Izuku with him. Shoto launched himself with a wave of fire over the wall, holding tight to Bakugou to carry him over, causing Bakugou to snarl and swear. Neito and Iida were the only ones left, discussing the final details.

"Give them the list straight away," Neito said. "But try not to tell them that we are heading the same direction. The buildings are spaced out enough that they probably won't run into us, at least not right away, but we want to give ourselves a little time. And can you thank Kaminari again for crashing the surveillance network? I know he'll be short circuited for a little bit longer, but can you just tell him when he's back to normal?"

"Of course. Now, you must hurry. You don't have long with Todoroki's quirk."

"Shit, you're right. Thanks again, Iida."

"Of course. I may not agree with your actions, but I trust that you, Hawks, and Bakugou will keep Midoriya and Todoroki from doing anything too reckless.

Neito gave Iida one of his trademark, crazed grins. "Aw, you think I'm responsible. How cute."

With that, Neito used a stream of fire to send himself up and over the wall, where Shoto and Bakugou were waiting to catch him.

--

Vlad looked around, confused. "There's no one here. There's not even a sign of anyone having been here."

"Aizawa, are you sure this is the direction we were supposed to go?" Snipe asked.

"Yes, Iida said northeast. He's the only one of my students that actually follows the rules. Him and Yaoyorozu. I trust them both to tell the truth."

The sound of a revving engine caught their attention. Iida appeared from around the corner of a building, his engines smoking as he sprinted.

Aizawa frowned, his stomach starting to sink with dread.

"Iida. What's going on?"

"They left, sir. They gave me this, though, and told me to give it to you straight away," the teen said, panting slightly. He held out a slip of paper that he had clutched tightly in his hand.

Aizawa snatched it away. Reading over the paper, he found it was a list of addresses.

"What's this?"

"Possible locations. They split the list. They said that they would investigate one half and leave these ones to you. I do not believe they have a manner in which to communicate with you, but I do believe they plan to signal if they discover anything."

"The camera outage. Was that Izuku? Or was it Kaminari? He was the only one of Bakugou, Todoroki, and Monoma's friends that didn't call us."

Iida kept a straight face, though his cheeks flushed just enough to make his jagged scar stand out on his pale skin. "I do believe Kaminari is indisposed at the moment. I should probably return to the dorms and ensure he is being well taken care of."

Sighing, Aizawa ran a hand through his tangled hair. "Yeah, you should. Don't think for a second that this conversation is over, though."

"Understood, Sensei." With that, Iida took off again, his engines rumbling as he ran.

Aizawa pulled his phone from his pocket, dialing Nezu's number. "I've got some locations to search. Let's get the teams ready."