Mari woke up. A new day, a new mission. She yawned and stretched, looking outside, she saw the snow falling. She looked down and saw Miko asleep on her lap. She lightly lifted Miko, and put her into a bed, tucking her in. Mari stood up as she put on her black jump suit. The skin tight suit is durable and flexible. On top of it, she put on Michi's old tattered leather jacket that his father got him. The past few months, it has been through quite a bit. Mari put on her gloves and left her room, as she closed the door behind her, she saw Shizu and Fugu
"We've got a lead on a potential One for All user."
Mari walked with Fugu and Shizu, Fugu turned on the center console in the living room. Fugu led the discussion
"So, Hirose Yuu is a bust. The 16 year old and his parents lied on his official documents. He is infact not quirkless, but has a minor quirk. They wrote it off so that they could get some extra financial aid from UA."
Mari sighed
"of course. Nothing can be simple. What about the other one?"
Shizu pulled up his file
"Shoji Satoru. Sadly, he's in Egypt. His family migrated there after Japan's attack. They want nothing to do with us... or Japan."
Mari sighed... she looked down at the floor and grabbed her hair in frustration
"Perfect. Just perfect. Michi won't have much time after we find him! We need a new user to pass onto before that happens!"
Shizu reassured her
"we know, this is just another dead end, I'm upset too Mari, but there's still options."
"like what?!"
Fugu looked at Mari
"has Miko's quirk awakened yet?"
Mari shook her head
"no. But keep in mind, Nemui was a late bloomer. So was Michi."
"there's another option there. We could have Eri Aizawa use her quirk on Miko.. cause her not to have a..."
Mari shook her head
"we are NOT stripping her from her quirk because it would be convenient. If anything... we would just rewind Michi's body to a previous state so he could live a little longer with one for all."
Shizu sighed
"both of those won't work.."
Fugu and Mari looked at Shizu
"Toma learned the details of her quirk. It takes Eri weeks and even months to build up enough energy to do something that precise. Michi doesn't have the time to wait for her to be charged."
Mari sat down, trying not to fall over after being overwhelmed.
"so what? Do we just.. go back to finding Michi?! We don't have a clue where they took him!"
Shizu frowned
"I know. It feels hopeless Mari, but we can't just give up yet."
"It's not that simple!! HE'S OVER THE TIME ESTIMATE HE GAVE US BEFORE!!"
Shizu snapped at Mari
"DO YOU THINK I DONT KNOW THAT?! DONT YOU THINK I WANT TO SAVE MY BEST FRIEND?? IF I COULD..."
Shizu's voice began to break
"If I could, I'd take one for all from him right now."
Mari looked out the window.. watching the American soldiers keep an eye out for trespassers and attackers.. when she stared at the sergeant for second. She let out a gasp as her body went limp. Fugu grabbed her body before it hit the ground
"Dammit Mari!"
Mari smiled and laughed as she came to
"we don't know where Michi is... but there's someone who might."
Mari went downstairs, holding a green apple, she went and talked to the sergeant of the squad
"sir? I just wanted to thank you for watching over us with a nice apple..."
the sergeant turned his head to Mari, disgusted he pushed her away
"you're distracting me ma'am. Please let me do my job-"
Mari went up to the sergeants ear, and whispered
"You can hide your appearance... but you can't hide your true thoughts... Scotch."
as Scotch turned his head, surprised Mari saw through his disguise, she shoved the Apple into his mouth, shushing him and telling him to follow.
Shizu, Fugu, and Mari stood across the room from Scotch, who deactivated his quirk
"what the hell do you fuckers want??"
Shizu looked angry
"why the hell are you here in Japan?! Your brother told us you weren't here!"
"you really trusted him?! You're just as thick in the head as your father!"
scotch laughed hard, regaining his composure he looked at the students
"now, the fuck do you want?!"
Shizu was still pissed off
"you out of our fucking country."
"ouch. I thought the Japanese were super accepting... I'm heart broken."
Mari got in between them
"look. Clearly, there is still tension between us. But, we can solve both of our problems, right here, right now."
Scotch was interested
"what do you have in mind, kid?"
"Listen. We already know you know Michi is missing. I'm honestly surprised you're not out there looking for him like a needle in a haystack. But I have a plan where we can save Michi."
"save? Pah! I don't want to save that rat!"
Mari spoke, questioningly
"what do you want then, Scotch?"
"you know what I want."
Mari tried to keep her composure
"Yeah? Say it out loud asshole."
"I WANT THAT BRATS QUIRK I WANT ONE FOR-"
Scotch caught himself, he stopped speaking and started looking around the room, his expression turned sour
"you... BITCH! YOUVE GOT A WIRE, DONT YOU?!"
Mari pulled out a microphone with a smile on her face
"What else would you like to say, Scotch? About how your brother brought you here, illegally, into a country under siege so you could attack a resident? Or how you already attacked him, in America... oh wait.. we don't need that, we still have those recordings."
Scotch looked at the girl with rage in his eyes, suddenly he grabbed her by the throat
"YOU ARE NOT SCOTT FREE FROM LAST TIME! YOU AND YOUR BAND OF MISFITS COSTED THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT MILLIONS WITH THAT ATTACK!! AND YOU THINK YOU CAN THREATEN ME? ONE FOR ALL IS THE PAYMENT FOR ALL THAT BULL SHIT YOU ALL PULLED!!"
Shizu used his fire to burn Scotch's hand to loosen his grip
"BACK OFF NOW! OR WE POST THIS EVERYWHERE!"
Mari slowly caught her breath, she turned to Scotch
"you won't be able to get One for All with where Michi is now... I won't promise you shit except this. We will keep this information we have of you, and your brother's corruption within the American Government, and you will save Michi. That is my deal to you, Scotch."
Scotch thought for a second, he stomped for a second and cursed for a few moments, after a while he regained his composure.
"You know, you've grown some man sized nuts girl, you know that?"
Mari shook her head at that comment
"Now. It's time for the plan."
Senshi Itami
Senshi sat in the basement of a new building in his full equipment and suit.. the cuffs were still active and he couldn't move, Hana was once again taking care of him.
"Hana.. do you think you could loosen these cuffs? Just a little? They're running my skin raw."
Hana moved the "disposal" bucket from Senshi
"no. They're staying on."
Senshi let out a sigh
"please.. babe, listen... I either escape from here, or I go, and I try to.. change and fix my wrong doings."
Hana turned her head in surprise by what Senshi said. He has a remorseful look on his face
"they'll put me in jail for my life. I know that. But... I've made mistakes. If you let me go, I can atleast try to fix those mistakes, repent and help those I've hurt."
Hana shook her head trying not to be swoon by him
"I... I don't believe you..."
Senshi looked up at her, with a pleading look, his voice was breaking
"please... Hana... I beg of you..."
Hana thought for a second.. the room was quiet and empty.. she took out the key, unlocking the handcuffs...
"please don't make me regret-"
Hana suddenly felt Senshi's hand on her throat. Senshi lifted her into the air
"sorry, this is how it's gotta be."
Senshi turned on his watch
"THIS IS... SENSHI ITAMI! I NEED EVAC NOW BEFORE THE HEROES-"
Senshi suddenly had a rock in his hand, as he turned around, he got his head kicked in by Hana
"YOU BASTARD!! I CANT BELIEVE I ACTUALLY TRUSTED YOU!!"
Senshi put his arms up, trying to guard against her attacks
"now this is just annoying..."
suddenly, multiple operatives from the New World Order appeared. They jumped into action, pulling Hana away, multiple American Soldiers went into the basement, and began to fire
"SHIT SHIT THIS ISN'T WHAT WE AGREED ON!"
Senshi quickly grabbed a bag that was resting on a desk, the new world operatives helped Senshi escape, and suddenly he was back in the citadel. Senshi looked around, his face was astonished, but suddenly he looked down with a blank expression
"thank you everyone for that.. that was.."
"reckless."
Tarú agatsu stepped down the stairs of the second floor, he saw Senshi
"that was a reckless attack led by you, Senshi."
"S-Sir! I'm aware.. I.. I didn't mean to put anyone in danger, I just needed to get out of there-"
"No! I'm talking about the attack on hermitage! You know we do not currently have the fighting power to attack their main base, yet you still went in against my word!"
Senshi nodded
"right. Shit you're right, you're so right. I wish I listened sir, I let my stubbornness and my arrogance get in my own head."
Tarú nodded
"it seems like some time back with those "heroes" knocked some sense back into your head. Go back to your room Lieutenant. It's good to have you back."
Senshi nodded, he walked towards a hallway and awkwardly walked around, until he approached his door opening it. As it shut, Scotch's Senshi disguise disappeared as he let out an sigh of relief.
"Fuckin hell kid, this is nothing like you said it would be."
Mari's spirit was holding onto Scotch
"I gave you an idea of what it would be like, I haven't seen any of this either, I'm just as shocked as you are!"
An hour before
Scotch laughed
"so the plan is for me to look like your ex so that they bring me back to their little club, so then, I can free this brat's boyfriend?!"
Hana and Mari nodded, Hana spoke
"yes. That's exactly the plan."
"why can't I just start in the middle of no where? "Hey guys I got free, beam me in, Scotty!""
Hana sighed
"if we did that; they would know something is up. Senshi Itami is currently in a prison cell in the basement, but they don't know where he is, all they know is that he's captured, if he calls mid escape, there's no doubt they'll come in and save him."
scotch let out a sigh, looking at Mari
"and you'll be there with me?"
Mari shrugged
"in a way... more like I'll be your spooky ghost partner."
Mari began waving her arms in the air like a ghost, Fugu shook her head
"no, no it's more like this."
Fugu began waving her arms in the air as well. Scotch snapped
"ALRIGHT ALRIGHT FUCK, JUST SHOW ME THE FUCKER AND LETS GET THIS OVER WITH."
Scotch and Mari
Scotch went up to Senshi's toilet and began to throw up,
"I thought I could do this but I'm getting sic- barf"
Mari shook her head
"just as spineless as I thought."
"I've got a weak stomach.."
"And a weak backbone. Come on, be a man, be an American man."
right before scotch yelled at mari, someone entered. "Senshi" looked up, it was Masen, the poison girl
"Senshi!! You're back! I had to see for my own eyes."
Scotch grinned
"I'm back. Thankfully in one piece."
Masen hugged Scotch, he tried to think quick
"Hey! Hey! We're not that close yet!"
Masen had a pouty face on
"yeah... but we could get closer.."
scotch thought about it for a second, Mari butted in with a disgusted face
"GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME!!"
"oh, don't worry, I'm about to get my head in something-"
Scotch quickly looked away, pushing Masen away.
"I... I need to speak to Higgs. Do you know where he is?"
Masen nodded,
"he's coming to see you! He's on his way, when he heard his star pupil returned he was delighted! I'll leave now so you can prepare to see him!!"
Masen left quickly, scotch exhaled, wiping sweat from his brow
"this is too much-"
Higgs entered almost immediately, scaring scotch into standing up
"hah! My boy! That girls tiring you out, I can see that!!"
Higgs gave scotch a hug, scotch tried to pull away
"I'm sorry my boy, I know you're not big on hugs but.. I had to make an exception..."
Higgs pulled a phone from his sleeve, scotch, and mari both realized that Higgs had just taken that from his bag.
"my, my, why do you have this, Senshi?"
"Ahem; I thought we could use it to... track the enemy."
Higgs destroyed the communicator.
"my boy, I know you have bright ideas for this cause.. but please give yourself time. You are only a boy. You still have much to learn. Now... how did you escape?"
scotch stood there silently.. until he finally opened his mouth
"uh.. my old friend.. Hana.. She was watching over me and I was able to convince her to let me go... after that, it was a cake walk."
"you lied to her? Why not convince her for our cause like you said you wanted to with Hana?"
"s-she wasn't one of the elect sir. I thought she was but.. she betrayed my trust."
Highs pondered for a second.
"tell me again."
"I'm sorry?"
Highs smiled, "tell me everything you told me, again."
Scotch began to panic
"I... Hana.. was watching over me, and I lied to her to get her to let me go... I didn't try recruiting her because she believe's in the hero mindset."
Higgs was face to face with Scotch
"OH, so was it a lie, or did you convince her? Was it because she betrayed your trust, or because she has a hero mindset?"
Mari began to stress
"oh god.. he caught him in a lie."
Scotch stopped breathing for a second
"I breathe sleeping gas."
Scotch pulled Higgs in, mouth to mouth, he blew sleeping gas into his mouth, Higgs punched Scotch in the face, as Scotch dry heaved, Higgs tried to lift his arm, but the paralysis has already started
"yooouuuu... youuuu... damnnnnnn"
Scotch dropped the disguise, Mari began to panic
"oh shit... oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit. What do we do?!"
"I hold the appearance of Andras Higgs."
Scotch transformed into Andras Higgs, he took a deep breath
"I go find your brat."
Scotch left the room, and began to look around. Wandering and looking around, he tried finding a sign of Michi, when a New World Order Operative approached Scotch
"Sir Higgs... could I assist you? Is there anyone you are looking for?"
"uhhh... yeah... I'm looking for the.. teleporter."
The boy brightened
"oh you mean Razzmon! He's over here in his office like usual sir!"
the boy guide Scotch to an office, he exhaled,
"thank you... Kid. Go get yourself something to eat."
"thank you sir! Take care!"
scotch entered the office, Razzmon was leaning back in his chair eating licorice.
"what do you need sir?"
Scotch tried looking important
"Ah, I need you to send me to..."
Scotch hesitated for a second.. he didn't know where to go.. shit. Mari jumped off of Scotch, and grabbed onto Razzmon, entering his mind, she listened to his thoughts
"god. You asshole, where do you wanna go?! The big boss, Japan, russia, America? Which outpost? Which co-habitat? Man, this licorice is good. I should buy some more after this. Where did I send him last time? Cohabitat 2? Should I just send him?"
Mari let go of Razzmon, and grabbed onto Scotch
"Cohabitat-2"
"COHABITAT 2 RAZZMON."
Razzmon looked surprised
"umm.. alright..?"
With a flick of the wrist, Razzmon sent Scotch to Co-habitat 2. When suddenly Higgs appeared in the teleporting room
"WHERE, WHERE DID YOU SEND THAT?!"
Razzmon jumped up from his seat
"SIR?!"
Higgs activated his quirk, tar began to leak from his face, rage filled his eyes
"Razzmon. Where. Did. You. Send. Him."
Scotch and Mari
Scotch began to speed walk through the underground building, sweating
"any idea where they keep him?"
Mari looked around, using her ghostly body, she jumped around room to room, until she found the room Michi was kept in.
"room 4b!!"
Scotch entered the room, two scientists were working on Michi, as Michi floated in the purple liquid, he was unresponsive.
"Ah! Sir Higgs! We didn't expect you again today!"
Scotch nodded
"yes yes, well, we have a new plan with him, wake him up. I will be taking him from here."
the scientist looked at scotch confused
"sir? Why would we do that..?"
Scotch didn't know what to say,
"cuz I said so?"
the scientist laughed
"this.. isn't up to you."
Mari touched the scientist's head "Lord Jaaku, you wouldn't just.. stop the experiments like this, would you?!"
"say; Lord Jaaku sent you."
"Lord Jaaku sent me. He said enough is enough."
The scientist nodded.. heartbroken.
"my whole life... I devoted it to this moment.. a moment like this.."
"yeah yeah man. Hurry it up. We don't have all day."
the scientists began the wake up sequence
"it will take a few moments, he will be groggy for a while, he won't know what's happening, which will give us enough time to put him under containment."
scotch nodded
"well, there's your boyfr-"
"STOOOOOOP!"
a piercing yell filled the Cohabitat, as black tar began to rise, Higgs entered the room, with multiple operatives following him
"YOU BASTARD!! I DONT KNOW WHO YOU ARE, BUT THIS ENDS NOW!"
Higgs pulled the trigger, firing multiple shots into Scotch, causing him to fall over. Higgs pointed at the scientists
"STOP THAT DONT WAKE HIM UP!"
"Yes sir yes sir! We will put him back to sleep right away!"
Scotch slowly rose from the ground, healing, as he healed his real form was revealed
"holy... shit that gun packs a punch. Usually doesn't take that long for me to heal."
"I can now punch as hard as Mr. America."
Scotch charged Higgs, pushing him out of the habitat room, multiple operatives followed Scotch and Higgs as they fought.
Mari looked at Michi's floating body in the vat...
"please... PLEASE!!"
as Mari pleaded, Michi's shoulder began to twitch
