It's here! It's finally here! Thank you so much for your patience guys! But trust me it's about to pay off here and now! And guess what? It's a long one so get some popcorn, a soda, and sit back because this is one hell of a ride! WOOOOAAAAAHHHHH!"
*Heads up I finished this chapter after midnight last night so if there's a lot of spelling mistakes that's why. I didn't have a chance to properly edit and review it so if it gets weird at times then I am sorry.
My "editors" didn't even get a chance to read this yet so again it might get weird or feel off at times. I tried my best.
*Also, there is new artwork for this chapter so get ready to look it up because it will be quiet the show to see. More on that later now on to the show!
[PLAY "Demon Slayer - Opening 3 | 4K | 60FPS | Creditless |"]
(Beginning Instrumentals)
With his eyes closed Izuku's face flashes before the audience before cutting away to his aliens starting from Feedback to Ghostfreak before turning back to human. Izuku opens his eyes and the universe expands out in a glorious blaze of colors.
(Da-dara-dara-da-da Dara-da-da, dara-da-da Da-dara-dara-da-da Dara-da-da, dara-da-da-ra)
Izuku stands back to back with Ochaco and Melissa as the camera circles around them before zooming away and showing the audience the entirety of I-Island as the title card "THREE HEROES" pans into view.
Taga sode ni saku genka
Izuku smiles with stars in his eyes as he dash though I-Island with Kraab on his back while Hisashi and Chopper follow.
Tada soko ni ai wo otoshita
Ochaco rolls her eyes as All Might get bombarded by fans.
Hade ni iro wo tokasu yoru ni
Melissa hops around on her pogostick while David watches with a serene smile.
Ginshu no tsuki wo soete
Melissa comes to a stop before Izuku and Ochaco. They each look at each other in surprise while the shadows of Hisashi, Toshinori, and David stretch out behind them.
Korogaru you ni kaze wo kitte
Bakugou screams at Shoto while half of Class 1-A class watches on with humorous looks.
Tsumazuku koto ni tsuyoku natta
Mina grins as she throws her cards down causing Hagakure and Sero to groan in despair while the Tsuyu and Tokoyami look on with amusement.
Hikari mo itami mo ikari mo zenbu
Wolfram and his team march through I-Island, Wolfram looks down at his phone to see a sinister yellow circle on the screen.
dakishimete
Wolfram presses the screen and the city goes red with a lockdown.
Eraba renakereba erabeba ii
Izuku and his friends look around with determination before charging forward.
Koe yo todoroke yoru no sono mukou e
Ochaco and Cannonbolt charge forward against hordes of red robots alongside Shoto, Bakugou, Iida, Momo, Jiro, Kirishima, Denki, and Mineta.
Namida de nijin deta
Heatblast grins as he, Katsuki, Shoto and Kirishima face off against Scrambler, Daigo and Nobu before they unleash an explosion of flames.
Anna ni tooku no keshiki made
Mina leads the charge against the robots with Tsuyu, Hagakure, Sero, Sato, Tokoyami, and Shoji right behind her.
Hibiki watare
Cinder jumps in front of the students and unleashes a raging inferno upon the Dalek-like drones.
Nani wo kanadete?
Izuku morphs from one alien to another while running through a meteor shower of metal.
Dare ni todoketakute?
Ochaco flies through the metal onslaught before a large pillar comes at her, only for it to shatter against her fist.
Futashika na mama de ii
Melissa types away at a massive computer alongside Kraab before calling out to the two of them.
Donna ni kurai kanjou mo
Wolfram cackles as a mysterious red shadow stands behind him. All around him black metal covered in red lines moves to his will.
Donna ni nagai kattou mo
Everyone looks on as a pink and green comet zooms towards the villains.
Uta to chire zankyou
With a roar Deku and Uravity let their fists fly forward.
(Da-dara-dara-da-da Dara-da-da, dara-da-da Da-dara-dara-da-da Dara-da-da, dara-da-da-ra)
Kraab with his new limbs jumps on Izuku's back, surprising him, causing Ochaco and Melissa to laugh. Slowly the other students and adults walk towards them with varying expressions of pride and excitement. They all turn around and look towards the rising sun of a better tomorrow.
(Illustrated by Drag0n5on)
Ch.64 Three Heroes Part III
Kyoka Jiro listens in through the walls of the 137th floor listening closely for movement other than theirs. "I hear a lot of those Security machines on the floor below us."
Ochaco Uraraka frowns worriedly. "What about above?"
"No. It should be clear."
Tenya Iida leads the way while carrying a brain dead yet delightfully blissful Denki Kaminari on his back. "Let's go!"
And so, they hurry off for the 138th floor which is a massive room field to the brim with large futuristic computer servers. It even extends high above into the next few levels reaching all the way to the ceiling.
The teens hurry across the room, they can see the exit on the other side, they just need to make it there.
Too bad the doors open wide and a flood of Security Sentries flood into the room like a stream.
Iida slides to a stop as the droids stampede towards them. "It's a trap!"
Ochaco grabs Iida's arm, trying to pull him forward. "Come on, Iida. We need to get through them!"
"Wait, a sec!" Melissa Shield shouts, holding Ochaco back.
The others stop as well allowing her to explain.
"We can't damage these servers. It could affect the island's security system."
Just as she warns them of this, even more of the bots drop down from the levels above.
Minoru Mineta quivers at the sight of them. "How many of these things are there?!"
Momo Yaoyorozu leans down as her back begins to glow bright with Creation. "We can handle these machines while protecting the servers."
Iida sets Denki down before turning to address Ochaco. "Uraraka, go. Go with Melissa and see if you can find a different route."
Ochaco agrees and turns to Melissa. "We better go."
Kraab jumps off Jiro's back and onto Ochaco's. "I got your back."
Ochaco smirks, rolling her eyes and wondering if Deku's been rubbing off on the cyborg a little too much.
She and Melissa hurry off heading back the way they came to look for another way up.
And they peeled out at the right moment as the robots are finally upon them.
Iida's Engines roar, spewing burning blue flames from the exhausts. "RECIPRO BURST!"
He zooms across the Server Room, his kicks boosted with the power of rockets as they bash into the bots before zooming through the rest of the flood. It's like a speeding race car's been set loose into the Server Room.
Momo gasps for air after creating a massive cannon. "Take over the gun, I'll make us some soft ammo."
"Roger that!" Jiro gets into place and fires.
The incoming bots get covered by a weird sticky putty, gluing them in place.
But it does little to nothing to hinder them as they keep charging in closer and closer, some even begin to fire taser bolts in response to the incoming cannon fire.
But none manage to land since Mineta's running interference with his Sticky Balls. "I won't let you hurt my ladies!"
"He he he he." The clueless Denki giggles stupidly in the background, cheering his friends on as they risk their lives.
"Fire!" Jiro yells and the cannon fires more capsules of putty.
Momo stands behind the canon, producing more and more capsules at an exhausting rate.
But even with their best efforts several bots manage to break through the line, shooting out high tension cables as they do.
"Oh, no you don't!" Jiro's Earphone Jacks lash out, whipping the cables away with little bursts of sonic blasts, repelling them away.
But the bots are still there, their stun guns ready and poised to fire. But before they can even fire a thin body throws himself at them, knocking them aside.
"Kaminari?!" Jiro and Momo shout in shock.
"No loud…please…!" Denki winces, still feeling the effects of his own stupidity and pounding head, his eyes still a little bit dazed. "My…head buzzing."
"Look alive, people!" Iida bursts through the bots, kicking them so hard they go flying across the room, and slam into the opposite wall.
The blue flames vanish from his exhausts and his Engines give out. 'Stalled!'
Which means he's virtually immobilized and a sitting duck, a perfect target for the bots who tie him up instantly in a web of cables.
"Iida!" Jiro tries to fire the cannon again but it's a dud. "Yamomo, ammo!" She holds her hand out for more but there's nothing placed in it. "Yamomo?"
Momo's out of breath, clenching her heart while keeled over. "That's my…limit with…Creation."
She falls over in exhaustion, but Jiro hurries and catches her.
Mineta wobbles back, his eyes spinning while blood just pisses down his head. "My scalp is telling me that it's time to surrender."
The robots don't need his permission as they capture him and the girls in cables.
"Ha!" Swordkil watches in glee from the Control Room as the kids get bound up. "That's what you get for thinking you can take us." He slaps the Hacker's back and laughs. "What about the two that ran?"
The Hacker brushes his hand away and begins searching through the cameras. "We're looking for them now."
"Grr. These kids are so annoying." Swordkil glares at the kids through the monitor, but the rush of seeing them tied up is already gone. Damn it, they deserve more than that, especially after they had them running around like idiots. "Can we control the bots from here?"
The Hacker pauses, wondering what the killer for hire could be cooking up. "We can."
"Good. Then let's have some fun."
Iida struggles in his binds, trying but failing to break them or shake them off. "Everyone, are you okay?!"
"Not really." Mineta groans as blood pools around him.
Jiro sulks in the tightly wrapped cables along with the rest. "Yeah, just stewing in soul crushing defeat is all."
"Damn these villains." Iida spits in frustration.
A spark of light flashes from the bots, from within the cable ports.
Iida frowns, not sure if he saw that right. "Huh?"
Suddenly a surge of electricity races through the cables and into Iida. "Aaaahh!"
"Iida!" The others gasp before being treated to an immense electric shock as well. "Aaaaaaahhh!"
Denki, still in a daze, watches in horror as his friends are electrocuted. "Guys…! Guys…!" He screams, flailing back and forth in his cables, desperately trying to get free and save them.
"Mwhahahaha!" Swordkil is having a ball, watching these kids wither in pain and squealing for their little lives. "Think I can make their brain explode if I up it?"
The hacker smirks, playing with the cig in his mouth. "Only one way to find out, right?"
"Hell, yeah!"
The kids' screaming increases to the point he swears he can hear it from here. But then the surges of electricity vanish, and the kids stop screaming. They even look at each other in confusion.
Swordkil slams his finger against the keyboard but still nothing happens. "Hey! Why'd you stop my fun?!"
"It wasn't me."
"Huh?!"
The tied-up teens look around in confusion, wondering why the bots suddenly went still.
"Is it over?" Mineta wonders aloud, afraid they'll start again.
"Kaminari, was that you?" Jiro asks but he shakes his head no.
Iida, however, is silent watching the robots closely.
Sparks, just little sparks of green dance off a few of them before boom, the robots fall over, burned and fried, as little green sparks zoom across the air along with a roar of shrill staticky laughter.
"Hahahaha bzz! We are here bzz!" The swarm of Buzzshocks zip around and attack the rest of the bots, blasting them and driving them back.
The teens gap and awe as the Buzzshock clones buzz around them like flies. "Midoriya!"
"Hahahaha bzz!"
Swordkil and the Hacker's jaws drop in astonishment. They can hardly believe their eyes as this swarm of green battery-things turn their bots into haywired tin cans!
But then it gets worse as the battery-things find the cameras.
["Hey, come look at this bzz!"] One of the Buzzshocks call out, gathering the others. ["Hiii Hahaha bzz!"]
They wave and shout at the cameras, making faces and blowing raspberries at the villains.
One even taps the glass. ["Hello bzz?! Are you villains watching bzz?"]
["What a bunch of losers bzz! Can't even do their own dirty work bzz."]
["Hahahahaha bzz."]
They all laugh and jeer before stray sparks cut the live feed.
"Dammit!" Swordkil smashes the screen with his blade, but it still doesn't stop Buzzshock's maniacal laughter from coming through. "Just what the hell are these kids?!"]
The bound-up teens smile, grateful for their savior. "Midoriya!"
The Buzzshocks continue to whirl around in the air, ignoring their calls.
Roll her eyes, Jiro makes the correction. "Buzzshock…"
The Buzzshocks immediately gather and hover over them, each of them smiling like they were perfect little angels. "You rang bzz?"
Jiro shakes in her binds. "You could un-tie us, you know."
"Oh, uh, I know bzz." With a whistle to his clones the Buzzshocks hurry around like bees, freeing his friends from the cables.
"You okay, Class Pres bzz?" Buzzshock inquires worriedly, hovering over Iida as his clones pull him free.
Iida hurries out of them in a panic. "I'm fine, but the others! Uraraka and Melissa went on ahead! You need to hurry!"
Realizing the panic and worry in his voice the entire swarm buzzes away in a hurry.
"Oh, no, that's fine! Leave us!" Denki sarcastically waves. "We'll catch up."
"We can do it! Give it all you got everyone!" Mina Ashido stands firm before the sea of corrupted Security Drones.
"YEAH!" Her friends and classmates stand behind her, each one ready to fight till the end to defend the massive gate behind them.
The drones' red eyes glow bright before they all lash out with rounds of capture cables and laser shots.
The teens immediately react and duck away with Rikido Sato using taped up piles of bots as barricades, shoving them forward into the incoming bots, providing him and his friends more room.
As he increases their defenses, Hanta Sero runs forward and uses Sato's back as a springboard to jump up and shoot down at the bots with his Tape, tangling them in a web of cellophane.
Tsuyu joins him in the air, latching onto one of the drones with her tongue and whipping it to the side and into another trio of drones, smashing them to bits.
All the while Tooru Hagakure and Mina bash, shove, and melt away any bots that sneak between their barricades
But no matter their efforts the flood of drones just keeps on coming with no end in sight.
But the teens are granted a quick reprieve as a wall of flames suddenly springs forth.
Hisashi Midoriya whips his head back, cutting of his Fire Breath. "Chopper, we could really use that exit!"
^Waaa!^ Chopper continues to work away at hacking the gate open but the security around it is a lot tighter than he thought.
Either way he better hurry because the drones have already extinguished Hisashi's firewall and are getting closer. And as they clear the flames they open fire upon the teens, causing teaser bolts to rain down over them all.
They immediately take cover, with Sero and Mina sharing the same hiding spot behind a pile of smashed robots.
Sero ducks his head as several taser bolts nearly singe his ears off. "That was a nice speech and all, but we might actually be in over our heads here!"
Mina hates to admit it, but he might actually be right here. This was a stupid plan. They'd need a real miracle to get out of this now.
Suddenly like a sudden hailstorm the rain of taser bolts cease and all goes quiet, no cables are shot, no taser blasts are fired, and not a single robot approaches.
"Why'd they stop?" Hagakure wonders aloud, too afraid to peer over the barricades to check.
They listen and in the distance, they pick up on the sounds of drones being tossed around as something powerful crashes its way through them.
Figuring they might be fine; Sato peeks his head over for a look but only sees the back of the drones as their attention is drawn elsewhere. "What's happening?!"
"They're leaving!" Hagakure sighs in relief.
Tsuyu, however, is far more skeptical. "Why?"
They look closely, but it's hard to make out anything in the dead of night even on I-island. But they can see drones being tossed around in the distance as something big and agile crashes through them like a derailed rollercoaster.
Sero frowns, not sure what could be doing this. "What is that?"
Mina watches closely as the shadowy figure snakes through the drones at impossible angles and speed. "Hang on, I think that's-"
A wave of darkness smashes through the boots like a tidal wave before rearing up and letting out a thunderous roar. "'Did anyone call for a rescue?!'"
"No way!" The teens' jaws drop as Dark Shadow tears through the bots.
"Everyone!"
A tall muscular figure sprints across Dark Shadow's back before leaping up and landing behind the teens' barricades.
Mezo Shoji peers up and warns them to get down. "Please stand clear!"
He ducks and his arms unfurl from his back revealing that Fumikage Tokoyami was tucked inside.
"Dak Shadow!" Tokoyami calls, signaling for his familiar to attack.
"'RAAAAAaaaagggghhh!'" Dark Shadow roars and spins, his claws outstretched, creating an onyx tornado that shreds anything unfortunate enough to be sucked in.
"RAGNAROK HURRICANE!"
The special move tears apart the bots, clearing them away from the scene as a powerful whirlwind sweeps the street. Scattering the bots, their shredded parts, and oil splatters across the street and buildings.
Hagakure holds her arm over her face as shards of metal rain down on them. "Shoji?! And Tokoyami too?!"
Sero blinks in confusion. "When did you-"
"We were stuck inside the store a few blocks back." Shoji quickly explains. "And then we saw all of you creeping around on the rooftops."
"You saw us?!" Mina gasps.
"We did." answers Tokoyami. "Honestly it's a miracle none of the robots did. Now would someone care to explain what's going on." Tokoyami asks, looking around until he spots Hisashi at the front of the sealed gate. "What has Midoriya gotten himself into this time?"
Hisashi shrugs, feigning innocence. "What makes you think Izuku has anything to do with it?"
"Because you're here. He's nowhere in sight. And he always seems to find himself in the thick of things."
Tsuyu nods her head, admitted to herself that he's got a point. "No offense Mr. Midoriya. But your son really needs to learn what self-preservation means."
"I know…" Hisashi sighs in defeat.
Shoji waves his hand, cutting them off and stopping them from getting distracted. "But that's beside the point, can someone tell us why you're breaking the island's protocols?"
"Because the protocol has changed." Hisashi explains in a serious and ominous tone. "I-island has fallen under the control of villains. And we're here to stop them."
Tokoyami straightens up, figuring that they must be telling the truth, especially since they put all this effort to get here. "How?"
Sero goes ahead and explains the situation. "The others, Midoriya, Uraraka, Todoroki, and them are trapped inside the tower."
Shoji nods in understanding. "It's a rescue then?"
"No." Tsuyu gives him a curt shake of her head. "It's a divide and conquer. While they scale the tower, we are here to activate the Cutoff Protocol. We need to take away the villains' leverage over us and the heroes."
"Okay. What do we need to do?"
"Well first there's the door." Sero throws his thumb back towards the sealed gate.
^Wop!^ Chopper calls out just as the gate finally slides open.
Hisashi holds out his hands in disbelief. "Ah, look who finally got the door open!"
^Bop!^ Chopper waves back at him before jumping up in fright as a taser bolt nearly takes him out. ^Wwoo!^
The Security Drones have regrouped and are marching their way towards them in mass.
"They're back!" Mina screams, watching as even more of them flood the street.
Hisashi signals them all to get inside. "Quickly everyone inside. Now!"
They all hurry inside with Dark Shadow providing cover against their capture cables.
Meanwhile, Shoji and Sato grab onto the barricades of taped up droids, dragging them back, providing additional cover against the rain of taser bolts. But the moment they reach the doors they slip inside and scurry to the side as the taser fire increases.
Hisashi pulls them in and presses them against the wall, using his own body to shield them. "Seal the door!"
Chopper hurries to the internal port and thankfully is able to shut the gate closed on his first try.
Upon the gears shifting and locking itself in place, Hisashi turns and unleashes a thin stream of flames along the outline of the gate, welding it to the frame.
Hisashi and the teens step back from the gate as the thunderous clatter of taser bolts and capture cables bounce off of it. Soon loud bangs can be heard, no doubt the drones have begun throwing themselves at the door, each bang causing them to jump in place fearing they'll break in at any moment. But they never do, and the bots must have realized this fact themselves as the chaos from the other side all but settles away.
They all visibly relax, taking a moment to settle their racing hearts and to catch their breath.
As they each settle down, they all look towards the rest of the facility, finding themselves before a large corridor with blinking dim lights. The corridor is dark and damp and seems to stretch forever into the darkness. Pipes, cables, and all sorts of mechanisms and wires line the walls while the sound of heavy machinery can be heard echoing throughout the labyrinth.
Peering around, Mina fails to see their objective. "Where are the switches?"
"They're not here." Tsuyu answers, stating the obvious.
"Of course not." Hisashi steps forward, putting himself between the teens and the flickering lights of the ominous corridor. He stares out into the void as if expecting some hideous creature to come forth and attack them. "Those switches are a last resort. And they're too important to fall into villains' hands. They're gonna be hidden, mostly likely in the deepest parts of this maze. They will be heavily guarded."
Sato frowns worriedly, turning back towards the welded gate. "And we can't exactly leave, can we?"
"No." Hisashi states firmly, knowing full well that this is it. He has officially led them all into a possible trap. He has two missions to save I-island and to make sure that each of these kids get home. He'll make sure of it. "We're losing time. Chopper downloaded the layout of this place. Now! Everyone get ready to move, the moment we get the location we move out! Understand?!"
The teens brace themselves, doing their best to mimic All Might by standing tall with their heads held high. "Yes, sir!"
Ochaco and Melissa burst through the door, and they are immediately met with a powerful gust of fresh air.
Looking up they find that they're outside in a strange yet elaborate windmill system. A column runs up the center of the tower while rows and rows of giant fans stretch from it at every level. Each one spinning like buzzsaws as they catch the wind and gather the kinetic energy.
Ochaco takes a moment to admire the engineering and architecture, before jumping back when she realizes that there's no railing between them and the tower's edge. "What are those fans?"
"This is the Wind Power Generator." Melissa explains while they move away from the door.
"Wind Power?!" Kraab looks around in disbelief at the humans. "Wait, are you telling me you humans aren't used to using Renewable Resources? Shit! Talk about being behind on the times. That was like the first step for most other civilizations."
Deciding now is not the time to get into industrialization and technology, Ochaco moves on to what's really necessary at the moment. "So, what's the plan now?"
"There are more robots in the tower." Melissa explains. "Probably just waiting there for a chance to ambush us. But if we climb to the top from here, we'll avoid them."
Kraab pulls up the map and checks. "She's right, there's an emergency exit we can enter from at the very top."
She points up and there over ten stories high is the very doorway she's talking about, highlighted by the catwalk leading right to it.
Ochaco gasps when she sees it. "That's so high!"
"But we can do it. I know you can get us up there. Your Quick can make anything you touch weightless so this should be easy." Despite sounding so confident, Melissa's hands are shaking.
"Hey. Hey." Ochaco speaks gently, cupping Melissa's hands into her own, giving her a sense of reassurance. "It's like you said, we can do it."
Melissa breathes and smiles, and her shaking hands settle down.
Ochaco's glad to have to see her this way, calm yet determined, it's just what they need.
But the moment's cut short as sirens blare from the doorway and Security Drones rush into the Wind Power Generator.
"They already found us?!" Melissa screams.
"Hurry! We better go now!" Ochaco grabs her arm and pulls her away.
They both run, run as fast as they can but they're cut off. An entire squadron of bots drop down from the upper levels, their stun guns aimed and poised to fire.
"No!" Melissa cries. "Th-they got us!"
Ochaco won't let that happen as she shields Melissa from the bot's aim. "Melissa, make sure to stay behind me."
The bots roll closer, their tasers already sparking with high voltages of electricity.
"Don't worry Melissa. I'll protect you." Ochaco braces herself, fist up and glowing with One For All. She is determined to get them through and safely, especially Melissa. She will keep her safe, she has to and she will! "Come on!" She screams at the charging bots. "I can take you all on myself!"
"So…?"
Ochaco stops and looks over to the center column and finds Izuku leaning there with his dress shirt untucked and tie hanging loosely off his neck.
The greenette smiles, acting like it's all fine and dandy. "Should I just let you handle this or…?" He lets the question hang there with a playful smirk.
Ochaco smirks right back and nods.
And so, with her permission he transforms. Lodestar springs up and shoots his arms out sending a massive magnetic pulse throughout the platform.
The magnetic pulse hits the bots like a tidal wave, throwing them all back against the walls and even off the roof where they hurdle down to the ground far below.
In a flash, Izuku smiles and laughs as he takes in his handy work of demolished and damaged bots. "Did I mention how much I love Master Control?"
"Great timing, Deku!" Ochaco cheers.
"I know right?!" He laughs. "I'm two for two now!"
Melissa smiles and nods her head. "Actually, this is perfecting timing!"
"For what?"
"We need a lift up there." Melissa points up.
Izuku follows her finger and spots the doorway ten stories up. "You sure do." In a flash, a buzzing fills the air along with a pungent foul odor. "Step aboard." Stinkfly offers, holding his wings down so the two can climb on.
They girls take the offer, Ochaco using Zero-Gravity on them both before they grab onto his legs.
"Here. We. Go!" Stinkfly takes to the air with his wings beating a hundred times per second.
As they rise reinforcements of bots arrive, their alarms blaring as they try to shoot down the giant bug.
The lasers harmlessly fly by as they continue to climb higher and higher.
"What about them?!" Ochaco questions, pointing down at all the bots.
"They can't catch us." Stinkfly chuckles. "I mean how are they supposed to catch us? Fly? Hahaha!"
From below the flood of Security Drones watch on as Stinkfly makes his escape, and their processing codes quickly conclude that they cannot reach him in their current forms. As such they react accordingly. Their frames shift inward, becoming narrow, their legs folding in on their sides as slick fins project out from their sides and their heads rotate upside down allowing their glowing red eyes a full view of the sky. And then they take off, each one rocketing up like a firework, each one swarming around each other like a flood of giant red bees.
As the drones fly up towards them, Ochaco gives Stinkfly a deadpan glare. "Deku, do you remember the Techadon?"
"Y-yeah."
She slaps his side, hard.
"I deserved that."
Kraab leaps onto Stinkfly's head, his pincers yanking on his two eyestalks like reigns. "Stop talking and fly, dammit!"
"I'm going! I'm going!" Stinkfly screams, soaring up into the air s the buzzing swarm of drones chase after them.
He bobs and weaves, snaking between the propellers and pillars but the swarm is too maneuverable, slithering past each obstacle like a floating river of water.
Stinkfly zips his way upward, but the swarm anticipate his movements, and they unleash a barrage of taser bolts just forward of his position.
The incoming laser fire cuts Stinkfly off forcing him to zip downward. "These things are relentless!"
They sure are as they begin to launch out their capture cables.
Stinkfly manages to evade them, zipping this way and that ads the cables pierce the nearby pillars and walls creating a metallic web as the swarm continues its pursuit,
"Deku, get us away from them!" Ochaco screams, while holding onto Stinkfly for dear life, her other hand is wrapped around Melissa making sure she's secured and won't be flung away.
"Don't you think that's what I'm trying to do?!"
A cable manages to slip in and wrap itself around Melissa's waist before pulling her away. "Eeeek!"
"Melissa!" Manages to grab her arm and hold her, putting herself in a tug-of-war if the drones.
But then several cables wrap themselves around her forearm, grabbing her as well. "Oh, no!"
"Melissa! Uraraka! Ahhh!" Stinkfly is pulled to a halt as cables are caught by his stinger.
He struggles to fly away but more and more cables grab him, binding themselves to his legs and neck.
The swarm of drones circle them and begin to pull in an attempt to separate the teens.
While struggling to breathe, Stinkfly manages to cough out a call for help. "K-Kraab h-help!"
He immediately gasps for air as the cable around his neck is severed by Kraab.
"I got ya!" Kraab offers, holding up his sharp pincer. "But I don't think I can take them all!"
The swarm buzzes around them like a hive of angry bees, their red eyes glowing like hellish embers and the hum of charging blasters fill the air like ominous music.
Stinkfly considers transforming but if he does there's still a chance he'll be bound up and if he were to phase away into Big Chill or Ghostfreak he'd risk Ochaco and Melissa being on their own. They'd be sitting ducks if he doesn't move fast enough. So, then what can he do? What can any of them do?! They're surrounded!
*BOOM!* An Explosion rings in their ears and a glowing heat burns at their faces as a furious Bakugou breaks through the buzzing swarm like a berserker.
"Bakugou?!" The teens all gasp in shock.
"What's up losers?!" Bakugou lands onto Stinkfly's back where he shoots his arms up towards the sky and roars. "DIE!"
*BOOOOOM!*
The Explosion erupts out like a volcano, its power blasts away the entire swarm causing them to scatter and crash into each other and propellers. Even the cables snap under the sheer power of his attack.
But despite the disruption they quickly gather back together but as they form together once again they find themselves met with a chilling wind and a frozen tomb as a glacier of ice entombs them in an instant.
Looking down at the ground below, Ochaco gasps as she pulls Melissa in. "Todoroki! And Kirishima!"
"Go! We'll keep them busy!" Todoroki yells up from below as he launches a trail of icicles that skewer the incoming flying drones.
"Yeah, we got this!" Kirishima laughs as he punches and chops down several drones out from the air.
With the cables snapped Stinkfly grabs the floating girls, holding them close so they don't get separated again.
"Thanks guys!" He goes to fly up but something's pulling him back. A single drone has its capture cable tied around his stinger again, holding him in place. "I'm still stuck!"
"Witness me!" Kraab shouts with some twisted excitement as he launches himself right at the drone.
His claws pierce the drone's head, prying it off and allowing him to quickly hacking his way into its system before his head replaces the drone's own, taking it over. With the drone's body under his full control he releases the cable, freeing his friends.
"To freedom! Hahaha!"
But he can't celebrate for long as another swarm of drones buzzes in.
Bakugou blasts himself into the air to meet them, fending hem off by blasting them to bits. "Hurry it up, Dammit!"
"I'm going!" Stinkfly begins to rise only to be met with a wall of buzzing drones.
Ochaco gasps. "Oh, no!"
"What now?!" Melissa desperately pleads.
Stinkfly scrambles to think of something. "Bakugou! Give us a lift!"
He transforms and Cannonbolt wraps himself around the girls.
"Don't give me orders!" Bakugou propels himself at the plummeting ball and fires one of the biggest Explosions he can muster,
The Explosion roars and propels the rolled-up alien straight into the air. Cannonbolt's body slams and bounces off the propellers and pillars like a pinball before crashing right through the highest part of the Wind Generator area and into the tower. With Kraab flying in right behind them.
"They made it!" Kirishima cheers from below as Todoroki unleashes an inferno of flames upon the swarming drones.
"Send Swordkil in! And the others!" Wolfram barks into his intercom and for the first time he's showing some genuine worry. The whole time he's acted like everything was under his control but now, it's like he's letting it all slip through his fingers, like trying to hold water but it's finally pouring over.
"Defend the Control Room until I can get there!" He hurries away and out of the Reception Hall.
All Might watches him go as more and more steam pours off of him like a thick mist. 'KEEP IT UP ALL MIGHT. JUST A LITTLE WHILE LONGER…'
Cannonbolt bounces and crashes off the walls, his shell spinning in reverse in attempt to slow down but he's moving too fast, and he only comes to a stop when he crashes head-on into a wall, demolishing it into nothing. Before sliding down and unfolding, allowing the girls to slide off and onto the floor as Ochaco releases them from the Zero-Gravity.
Melissa immediately hurries to the alien's side. "Deku! Are you okay?!"
"I'm okay." Cannonbolt or rather Izuku responds, picking himself up and fixing his suit. "I'm more worried about you two. Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, just some scratches." Melissa admits with a smile, acting like it's nothing.
Izuku's relieved, and so is Ochaco.
"I'm okay too. Thanks for asking." Kraab whines, hovering in place with his hacked drone.
At the same time, Ochaco's catches movement out of the corner of her eye and she yelps before grabbing Deku and Melissa and throwing them all back as the shink of a sword slices through the air.
A large, jagged blade hits the ground with a loud clang before being scraped off the floor. "Dammit! You brats are so dead!" Swordkil screams bloody murder as he swings his arm-turned blade.
Ochaco hurries forward and meets the blade with the Full Gauntlet, blocking it.
"You shouldn't have come here!" Quickly Swordkil, ironically, ditches his blade in favor of a semi-automatic pistol.
Ochaco barely has time to move before she's zipped away by XLR8. The bullets continue to rain down and follow them, while Swordkil hollows with maniacal laughter. "Hahahahahaha!"
"Stop it!" Mellissa shrieks, throwing herself onto the villain and grabbing him, trying to force him to stop.
"Get off!" Swordkil knocks her off and she falls. And without a hint of hesitation or guilt he takes a swing at her with his bladed arm. "You bitch!"
His blade never connects as Kraab sacrifices his hacked body to block it. "You would know, wouldn't you?! A mercenary for hire is just a little bitch for hire, aren't ya?!"
"SHUT UP!" Swordkil roars, using his other blade to knock Kraab away before taking a swing at Melissa.
Luckily, he hits her with the blunt side of his blade and although it hardly cuts her it is enough to throw her down and bruise her.
A droplet of blood falls to the floor and something inside Ochaco and Izuku snap upon seeing it.
"You chose the wrong place to play hero kids!" Swordkil goes for the killing blow, but his blade is stopped, hitting against diamonds of all things.
"Huh?!" He scowls up at the crystal-being that blocked his attack. Diamondhead glares down at the lowly man, the blade being nothing more than a nuisance as it pokes against his chest. "Who's playing?" He breathes dangerously and full of silent simmering rage.
"We're not." Ochaco breathes, just as furious her eyes gleaming with anger while One For All radiates off of her in waves.
Kraab crawls up Diamondhead's shower, his eyes glowing bright with anger and fury. "And if you think we are."
Diamondhead's fist forms into a jagged blade. "Then let's play."
The three lean closer, their eyes glowing with fury and vengeance.
Swordkil shakes, his hands shake, but he steals himself. He has too much pride to back down in front of kids, yeah, they're just kids no way they can take him. He's stronger than they are. They should be scared of him! "Fine! Then let's play you little shits!"
Play time was anything but for Swordkil. He was thoroughly thrashed around the stairway. Having been smashed into the walls and floor several times over, with a broken bladed arm that's been snapped in half, his face swollen and bruised to the point he can't even see through his swollen cheeks, and he's definitely gonna have to eat nothing but pudding and yogurt for the next few months as he has barely any teeth left to chew.
"Melissa!" Izuku and Ochaco run over, checking on Melissa and her arm. "Are you hurt?"
"Don't worry. Look, it's hardly bleeding." Melissa promises even showing them the cut on her arm.
"Here allow me." Izuku takes a piece of his sleeve and rips it off, tying it around the cut, using it as a makeshift bandage. Although the cut probably doesn't really need it, but in truth he wants to do it. Because he can't help but feel guilty for letting her get hurt in the first place like that. He should have reacted smarter than he did. "I'm sorry, we couldn't protect you."
"I think you mean, thank you." She means that, she does and she in no way holds it over them.
The two smile back, happy to see her alright.
Ochaco warily glances up towards the stairway. "We're close now, right?"
"Yeah, we are." Melissa confirms before sprinting up the stairs.
Ochaco and Izuku quickly follow, skipping steps as they do. Afterall, they don't have any more time to waste.
Something cold and slimy drips down from the ceiling while the pipes lining the walls creak and spew out jets of steam, lights hang from above, but they are either dead or flickering dimly, and cables hang loose off the ceiling and walls like vines. Rats scurry about in the shadows, squeezing themselves between the pipes and wires and vanishing away into the dark as the soft echo of approaching footsteps grow ever closer.
So busy with trying to stay alert for possible threats, Hisashi doesn't even notice the rats scurrying past his foot as he makes his way through the depths of I-island. "Shoji?"
Shoji's Dupli-Arms are outstretched and directed every which way, most of them replicating either ears or eyes.
Shoji approaches the next corner, several of his arms peeking around so as to not expose them. "The hallway is clear."
Upon his go ahead, Chopper moves forward, taking the lead since he knows the way and using his own internal flashlight to light the way. The others follow him around the corner, making sure not to make a sound along the damp cold floor.
Hagakure jumps as a rat scurries past her feet, making her nearly yelp out, but thankfully Tsuyu was ready and covered her mouth with her.
Mina stays close to the wall along with Sero and Sato while Tokoyami takes the rear, making sure nothing will sneak up on them.
More steam spews from the pipes and the sound of water gurgling through the pipes can be heard.
"Just what is all this?" Hagakure asks aloud, gesturing towards all the pipes, cables, and wires.
"I expect it's all the island's utilities." Hisashi explains while keeping pace with his droid. "Sewage, electricity, water, everything. It's all here, connecting the island. A fitting place to hide the cutoff switches."
A shiver runs down Sero's spine as he catches a rat's red eyes glaring at him from the shadows. "Yeah, and a great place to hide our bodies."
"Let's pray that none of us shall meet such a fate." Tokoyami comments rather morosely from the back.
"Shh." Shoji signals for them all to stop just as they meet an intersection of corridors his eyes and ears trained towards the dark corridor before them. "A patrol's on its way."
"Hide. We'll let them pass." Hisashi orders them behind the bulkheads and pipes.
The teens split up, squeezing themselves behind protruding metal bulkheads and pipes. Some take more creative means to hide like Sero and Tsuyu who stick themselves to the ceiling above the hanging lights, keeping them out of view.
Hisashi however joins the rest of the teens behind the pipes and cables before helping Chopper behind them too.
And once they're all hidden away, they await with bated breath for the patrol of robots to appear.
It's not for several minutes until they hear the sound of a single robot marching through the corridor. Its movement sounds heavy and slow with each passing second it comes closer and closer to their position.
They are unable to see the bot, the light above them is flickering too much and the rest of the lights in the intersecting corridor have died out a long time ago. And so, they wait for it to appear and hopefully move on.
Hisashi leans over and quietly whispers over to Sato who's the only one in earshot. "Sounds like there's only one, think you can take it out quick?"
Not willing to risk giving them away, Sato gives him a slow determined nod.
And so they wait, Hisashi keeping his eyes peeled for any signs of the bot as it rolls closer and closer. He slowly raises his arm, to which Sato watches closely, waiting for the hero to give him the signal.
And with a swish Hisashi drops his arm and Sato goes.
"Raaagh!" He bursts through the pipes, causing steam to pour out as he decks the bot in the head, smashing it in, and taking it out with a single blow.
The bot crashes to the ground with a thunk and the corridor goes silent as the rather large bot lays still on the ground.
"Nice hit, dude." Sero lowers himself from the ceiling like an iconic webslinger.
"Thanks." Sato smiles while sheepishly rubbing the back of his head.
As the others slip out from their hiding places, Sato peers down at his handy work with a smile but his smile fades and pauses as he takes in the bot's large size and odd appearance. "Hey guys."
"Yeah?" Mina calls.
"This one…looks weird."
"Weird how?"
"Weird like…sci-fi show weird."
They all frown, even Hisashi, not sure what that's supposed to mean.
And then from the darkness of the surrounding corridors the sound of heavy, slow moving bots can be heard making their approach.
And like that Hisashi realizes his grave mistake, it was never just one bot, it was a scout meant to lure them out. "It's a trap!"
The lights flicker on and rolling in from all sides is a squadron of strangely designed bots. They are about 5 feet tall with cylindrical bodies and they glide smoothly off the ground. With dome shaped heads framed by two lightbulbs and a long adjustable tube in the middle, acting as their primary eye. Their heads rotate over a thick metallic collar where two metal arms are sticking out. One looks like a metal stick with a futuristic plunger at the end, and the other arm looks like an elongated eggbeater with a tube in the middle. And finally, their entire lower halves are lined with rows of metallic spheres, probably used for some sort of sensory.
Sero's jaw drops when he sees them. "What the hell?!"
^Exterminate!^ One of the robots aims its eggbeater at them and fires a deadly laser beam.
"Everyone to cover!" Shoji shouts while grabbing onto Mina and Hagakure, shoving them both down, and allowing the beam to pass over their heads.
The beam burns into the wall, melting away the cables and piping.
"Holy shit!" Sero screams falling back as water spews out from the broken pipes.
^Exterminate!^ The rest of the bots open fire releasing equally as powerful beams.
"Dark Shadow provide us with cover!" Tokoyami summons forth Dark Shadow who immediately lashes out his claws at the ceiling.
Its nails dig into the cement and pull down, ripping out the cables and piping from above. The broken pipes and cables swing down, creating a net-like barrier between them and two of the bots.
Meanwhile, while Hisashi shields Sato and Chopper he unleashes his own beam of flames into another pair of bots. The beam of flames knocks them over but they're much sturdier bodies ensure that they're fine.
"Everyone this way!" Hisashi commands them to run with a swing of his arm.
Shoji, never letting go of Mina or Hagakure gets up and runs, carrying them with him.
Sero and Tsuyu follow close behind with Tsuyu leaping ahead while Hisashi helps Sato to catch up. Tokoyami soon joins them, Dark Shadow swinging down and grabbing onto Chopper, carrying him.
The bots, using their laser beams, cut through the barrier with ease while another pair of bots help their fallen comrades back to their feet. And soon the squad of six bots are pursuing the intruders through the I-Island's labyrinth.
"What are those things?!" Mina screams from under Shoji's muscular arms. "Aren't those robots from that like-really old show?!"
Hisashi never stops running but does try his best to come up with a reasonable answer. "It's an island full of scientists!"
"So?!"
"So, it's an island full of nerds!" They probably built these and put them here to avoid copyright laws.
"Eeeek!" Hagakure shrieks as a laser beam nearly takes her hand off.
^Exterminate!^ The Daleks are right behind them and as their catchphrase suggests, they are willing to kill.
Sero can't believe their luck; this is both so cool yet so terrifying all at once. "This would be kinda cool if they weren't trying to kill us!"
^Exterminate!^
Izuku, Ochaco, and Melissa hurry up the steps, no longer caring how stealthy they are as their shoes and bare feet clatter against each step.
"They're here!" Two masked goons appear at the top of the steps and open fire upon them with live rounds.
Izuku transforms and Upchuck, opens his mouth wide, taking the bullets as his tendrils lash out and rip the semi-automatics from the goons' hands.
With their weapons gone Ochaco springs forth, slamming her fist into one of them and launching him against the wall so hard that it crumbles. The other villain lunges at her but he's blasted away by a well-timed plasma ball.
Ochaco gives Upchuck a small salute, thanking him for the save before she catches the massive 200 written on the side of the wall. "The Top Floor." She breathes, elated that they finally made it to the top of the tower.
The rush through the halls, albeit this time making sure not to cause any noise. Last thing they need is to be found or ambushed again, especially now. But there doesn't seem any need to be stealthy as they don't come across any more goons or robots.
And so, after following Kraab's map and Melissa directions for the Control Room they eventually come across one of the tower's other facilities.
Just around the corner and down the hall they spot what appears to be a vault of sorts. It clearly is a massive facility but what has them really concerned are the two figures moving around inside.
"Someone's in there." Izuku points out with a whisper.
They all scan the open vault, eyeing the figures closely. That is until one of them turns his head ever so slightly as he works and tinkers on a strange pyramid-shaped device.
"Papa!" Melissa gasps.
It is. It's David Shield and he seems to be okay. But he hasn't noticed them, and it looks like the villains have him working on something, but what it is they can't be sure.
Melissa looks out for the villains, but she doesn't see any. "Why's he here on the top floor?"
Izuku shrugs and tries to offer up a theory. "Maybe the villains brought him here. They might need something from him."
"We have to help him!"
"Right!"
They all hurry down the hall, moving warily in case there are any villains around.
The Central Tower's Storage Room looks like it should belong in the matrix. With its cylindrical layout that stretches high above for what feels like ever while thousands upon thousands of vaults line the walls from top to bottom. At the center of the room but unlike the rest of the room that has cool dark colors, the computer is black with yellow techno-patterns painted across it. While a singular yellow circle looms at the center of the giant screen. The circle seems to be moving on its own, staying focused solely on David Shield and his work.
David finishes tinkering with the strange pyramidal device and steps back while whipping off the nervous sweat he's collected. "There. It's finally done."
The circle on the screen moves as a cold mechanical voice wheezes out through the computer. [Excellent…]
"Well, it's not complete yet. There's one piece missing."
[And which would that be…?]
David glowers at the computer. "The one we discussed, the one per our deal."
[Ah… Of course, Professor…]
*DING!*
With a beep the yellow glowing computer deactivates a lock and one of the vaults just at the top of the steps surrounding the entire base of the room opens up, revealing a protective briefcase inside.
Sam Abraham, David's assistant, hurries up the steps and grabs the case, opening it immediately to check its contents. He immediately beams with joy when he finds the device inside. "You did it Professor!"
He turns and shows off the device, inside the case sits a strange device that resembles a claw like one would you to scoop up toys in a claw crane. With 6-fingers that look like they can reach around an entire person's skull.
"Look everything' here. It's perfect!" Sam breathes a sigh of relief, happy to have it back with them.
"Finally, I've gotten it back." David breathes, his fists balling up at his sides as all his frustrations seep out. "All my research and they just took my device away from me. But now it's mine."
"Just like we planned. And it looks like the villains are holding things down."
"Thank you." David smiles, feeling hope for the first time in what feels like eternity. "I couldn't have done any of this without your help Sam!"
"Papa…?"
David's heart stops and all the air from his lungs vanishes when he stops breathing. He blinks disbelievingly, not sure if his eyes are working or not. But there she is, his daughter, his precious daughter, barefoot, bandaged, and looking like she just ran an entire marathon in a dress.
rough the door)
"Melissa…"
Izuku, Ochaco, and Kraab stare in disbelief, taken back by the revelation.
Sam quivers and shakes when he sees the children. "No… Miss what are you doing here?"
"What does he mean it's like you planned it?" Melissa wobbles forward as if in a trance of disbelief, her mind unable to even process the truth. "Don't tell me you're the one behind this."
"He is." Kraab states rather coldly yet decisively. "He was the one that called the villain here to attack the island. He coordinated all of this. Heck I bet he was the one that gave the villain their gear and access codes."
Melissa freezes, shocked, unable to argue or rebut the cyborg.
"I knew we couldn't trust him." Kraab glowers. "These super geniuses are always so narcissistic. Thinking that they know what's best for anyone else and that they can do whatever they want all because they think that they're smarter than the rest of us. That's just how these types are." Kraab glares over at the scientist with contempt. "Let me guess that device…it was something you weren't supposed to make. Am I right?"
Melissa shakes her head, tears threatening to spill out. She just can't accept that. "It…it can't be true…"
Needles, it feels like needles crawling all over him, lying, lying to her like this…he can't do it. "Yes, it is…" David breathes unable to meet her tearful gaze.
"Papa… How could you?!"
Sam watches worriedly and tries to explain. "The Professor is only trying to get back what was stolen. The invention inside this briefcase can amplify someone's Quirk."
Izuku can't believe it, that just can't be. "Wait, is that even possible?"
"Yes. It's still being tested of course but unlike with drugs like Trigger, this device can magnify a person's Quirk without doing any damage to their body or brain." Sam explains, getting excited about the concept, but his smile fades away as he goes into why they had to do what they did. "Despite that…our sponsors confiscated this prototype and our research data. Then they demanded the project be abandoned. They worried that…something like this would drastically affect the structure of superhuman society. Fearing chaos, governments from different nations put pressure on your father to end it… That's why we did this."
Yes, that's why they did this. Although even now David has his doubts. He always had them even when the idea first came to them. But what other choice did they have…?
##########(Flashback)#########
David is defeated, his soul crushed and spirit broken as he stumbles into his lab. Around lie various inventions and technologies of his own making. But they're useless, they're all useless, what would even be the point anymore? It felt like he had been swallowed up into an endless void of despair. Anything he works on now is insignificant in comparison to the Quirk Amplifying Device. That device was his last hope, only hope, to save All Might and the world. To bring the Symbol of peace back to his former glory. No, to help him rise beyond it.
But saving All Might is just a pipedream now, a useless, impossible dream. His Quirk is going to die away and with it so will the Symbol of Peace…
He's about ready to wallow in his despair when the screen on his massive computer monitor begins to illuminate with an eerie glow.
David peers up and frowns at the screen in confusion. 'A call? No, a transmission?' His hand slowly reaches for the keyboard before he cautiously accepts the call. "Hello? Who is this?"
There is no response, not at first as the screen glitches in and out. That is until David finds himself staring into a yellow circle.
[Professor David Shield…] A cold calculating voice echoes from the monitor, sending shivers down David's spine as the being wheezes through the speakers. [Do you know what I am…?]
He pauses, taking in the image of the alien's silhouette. "I do. What is it you want?"
[What I need is your assistance… And…I believe you need mine as well…]
David hesitates to respond, his years of dealing with shady businessmen and mad scientists have taught him to be wary of these types. But like any scientist his natural curiosity makes it difficult to ignore.
[They took your device… Your creation… Didn't they…?]
David's breath hitches. "How do you know about that?"
But the being ignored his question and offers one of his own. [Tell me…do you take pride in your work…?]
"Y-yes. And this one was important to me…"
[I understand… Your device that is… I understand how it must feel… Created by a superior mind but then discarded… Deemed too dangerous to be allowed to exist, even by its creator… But what do they know…? Those fools are far too shortsighted…! They lack the foresight…! The insight to your device's true potential and purpose…!]
That's true… In a sense. Sure, they're concerned are well founded but the benefits, the benefits outweigh the risks tenfold.
[It was wrong for them to send it away… Don't you think so too, Professor David Shield…?]
"…Yes."
[Then please allow me to provide my assistance… And in return you will restore me… ]
"Restore you?" David doesn't quite understand what that means but if it means continuing his work and saving All Might's Quirk then he's willing to risk it all. "What do I have to do?"
"We have to do what we must…"
"Sam?!" David gasps, horrified to find his assistant standing at the door. In a panic he tries to cover the screen depicting the alien but it's too large for him to do anything. "This-you shouldn't be here! How did you-"
"I've known Professor…"
David freezes in place, his ears hanging off Sam's declaration.
"I've known for quite some time." Sam admits, glancing over at the screen with nervous trepidation. "I know what that thing is. And what you are."
"Sam, I-"
"Is that why we created it, Professor…? The Quirk Amplifying device? Was it so we can stand up to…?" Sam allows the question to hang there, unable to look away from the alien displayed on the blurry screen.
David doesn't answer, unable to look his own assistant in the eyes and tell him the full truth of the device's purpose. But Sam reads his expression wrong, as if David is silently saying that yes, they made the device to defend themselves against such beings.
And now that one of them is offering up help, they should take it. And so summoning his courage Sam dresses the alien directly. "What would we need to do to get our research back?"
David looks on, still reeling from guilt and shock. "Sam…?"
[It's quite simple in fact I can oversee this myself… It would require hiring out proxies to confiscate the device and data back…]
David stops as he realizes what the alien is plotting. "What? Proxies?! You mean like villains?!"
"No, Professor." Sam clarifies with a strange other calmness. "We can hire people who can pretend to be villains and have them force us to break in and take it."
David's still not so sure.
[You have my word, Professor… If all goes to plan no harm will come to I-island or its inhabitants…]
He shakes his head, still refusing to accept this. "This is crazy."
[I need your device Professor… I need it to make myself whole… I need it in order to reach my potential…] The alien pauses, swallowing its pride before pleading with the scientist. [I am dying, Professor… And I need you to save me… Be a hero…]
David hangs on those words "Be a hero." And when he does, he thinks of his daughter, Melissa, and how much she adores him. How her eyes sparkle whenever she tells him that she'll be just like him. Like her hero.
"Please, Professor." Sam begs, nearly breaking down before the professor. "Our work is important; we can't just throw it all away. We need it to save the world. Don't you feel the same?"
It hurts, the guilt and shame piercing into his skin like burning needles. He grits himself and shoves it all down. They… He has to do this.
And so with a trepid breath David commits. "Yes."
########(End Flashback)#######
Their alien benefactor oversaw the hiring of the fake villains himself, getting into contact with Wolfram while Sam ensured them their gear and equipment. It was even Sam's idea to commit the farce during the I-EXPO preview since that's when the least amount of people would be in the island's Central Tower.
And it worked, finally they're here after months of planning and communication. He has it back! The key to their salvation!
"The Quirk Amplifying Device is the key to all of this." David explains being unable to look away from the device. "Once we combine it with this device here. It'll become even stronger than before. It'll perfect the being that uses it." He gestures towards the pyramidal-shaped device beside him as he drones on about how important the Quirk Amplifying Device is.
The teens are stunned and unable to fully process what they just heard. Perfect the being that uses it? What? That's insane. There's no feasible way a machine could do that. The Professor…The Professor David Shield has officially lost it.
"I don't understand." Melissa whimpers, heartbroken and betrayed by her own father. "There's something I'm missing, right? You'd never do this!"
The sad truth is he would-...he has. "I'm so sorry…"
Melissa trembles, her knees nearly given out and tears begin to flow as she's unable to hold them back anymore. "This doesn't make any sense. The Papa I know, and love wouldn't act like a villain no matter what! So…so why then?! Why?!"
"I had to for All Might!" David defends, shouting like the answer was right there all along.
The teens and cyborg are taken back, jumping back like he was some dying animal trying to claw at them.
David hates those looks in their eyes so much, so he has to tear his gaze away from his daughter. "You three probably aren't aware of this but his Quirk is disappearing."
Ochaco's heart stops as a cold chill runs down her spine.
"However, if he uses this device, he'll be his old self. No. His abilities will be even stronger than they were! The Number One Hero. The Symbol of Peace. He can have his strength and light back again! He can keep saving people. Just like he always has!"
Ochaco's heart is pounding so hard she can hear it in her ears, and yet her blood runs cold with a harsh feeling of dread. 'He's… he wants his friend to be strong again. He-he's doing all this because…because All Might passed his Quirk down to-to…to me.'
Izuku's realized it too, freezing him in place. 'He…he doesn't know.'
"That's also why I wanted to study the Omnitrix."
Izuku 's heart stops at that very moment.
David goes ahead and continues to explain. "That's why I invited you and your father here. I wanted to study the Omnitrix and to find out how exactly it works. Imagine the good it would do. Imagine if I could replicate its powers and give All Might with various abilities? The regeneration of a Florauna. The durability of Arburian Pelarota. The speed of a Kineceleran. The world would benefit so much if All Might's power regained its former levels and more! Imagine it we could have ever lasting peace! Earth would be safe from all threats both earthborn and beyond!"
In his excitement and panic, David rushes the stairs and pulls the case away from Sam and exclaims in desperate pleading. "Please-please just let me hand this device to All Might! There's no time to remake it! When he's better I don't care what kind of punishment I receive!"
"They risked their lives…"
David is silenced in an instant, all from a mere pained whisper.
Melissa's entire body trembles with a mix of emotions from anger, frustration, betrayal, and sadness. All of it swirling around her, clashing against each other for control and yet, yet it's her heart that spills out and cries. "Deku, Uravity, and all their friends went through so much! Do you know how dangerous this all was?! How hard we were trying to save everyone on the island?! To the point that we'd all risk our lives?!"
But David is confused, genuinely confused, his expression reading that he has no idea what Melissa is even implying. "No way? What do you mean…the villains are fake?" David turns his attention to Sam and then to the yellow glowing monitor. "It's all supposed to be an act."
"Of course, it was a performance." A hauntingly cocky sneer growls out and everyone is taken by surprise when they find Wolfram and the Hacker at the doorway. "But the real act was pretending we weren't criminals."
Izuku and Ochaco both shout out when they finally process who exactly he is. "You're the boss!/You're the villain!"
They both charge up; Ochaco glowing with One For All while Izuku enlargens into a furious Four Arms.
The duo charge fully intent on finishing the villain off now that he's right in front of them.
But Wolfram's quick, slamming his hand to the vault door, sending a surge of blue sparks through it. In an instant parts of the metal floor rip itself out of the ground, creating a thick iron wall between him and the attack teens whose fists smash into with such force it leaves craters.
Four Arms leaps back as two more walls spring up. "His Quirk allows him to manipulate metal!" In a flash, Lodestar leans back and makes himself known. "Sorry pal but that's not exactly original!"
With a swing of his arms, he takes control of the metal himself, ripping Wolfram's barricades out of the ground and high into the air.
With the path clear Ochaco rushes forward, her fist glowing with the power of One For All. "I won't let you hurt anybody else!"
Wolfram scowls and activates his Quirk, causing a pillar of metal to rip through the wall and race towards the girl.
Acting fast Ochaco fires a Ryou Sphere down at the ground in front of her, the blast pushing her back just before she could be crushed by the pillar.
The Hacker leans around the pillar, his cybernetic eye glowing bright red before firing a high-powered beam right at the teens. The beam pierces Lodestar's chest, blasting a hole clean through his torso. His arms go limp, and he collapses, clenching his chest in pain.
"Deku! Ahhh!" Ochaco is pulled away as Wolfram sends a net of rebar and metal flying into her.
The metal twists around her and slams her against the wall, pinning her there. Kraab, who's latched to her back, wiggles but can't get free, his metal frame pressed against the wall along with her.
"Uravity!" Melissa hurries to Ochaco's side, grabbing the rebar and pulling on it with all her might but it doesn't so much as budge no matter how desperately she tries.
Wolfram smirks, watching with interest yet disgust as Lodestar's chest fills itself in and heals. "I heard about you, but I didn't think I'd actually get a chance to meet you. You're just as much of a freak as I heard."
Lodestar shakes his head. "No, I'm not a freak." With a flash, Ghostfreak rises his tail end waving around like a wisp. "Now, I'm a freakkk!"
The Hacker scowls and fires his beam but Ghostfreak floats away, bobbing through the laser fire with ease.
"No! What are you doing?!" David screams, turning towards his alien benefactor. "You have to stop them!"
[Very well…]
Through the computer the alien manages to search the Storage Room in milliseconds, locating the very item required for the task. From one of the vaults lies a red high tech belt with glowing blue orbs at its side making the belt appear almost alien and otherworldly. And through the computer the alien activates the belt causing it to produce a blue-illuminating sphere around Ghostfreak, trapping him in place.
"Nooo! Let me outtt! Let me outtt!" Ghostfreak shrieks and wails, slamming himself into the kinetic energy absorbing bubble. He even tries to phase through but it's useless.
He tries Four Arms, but his punches only seem to make the field stronger. Buzzshock is next, zipping around the sphere like a bullet as he ricochets around in a blur. Even Heatblast gives it a go, trying to burn his way through to no avail.
"No! What's the meaning of this?! It wasn't supposed to go this way!" David shouts, demanding some form of explanation. "What do you think you're doing?!"
[Calm yourself Professor… I suggest you cooperate…]
David quiets down, taking the alien's warning seriously.
[Now, the device…]
"Right away, s-sir." Sam snatches the briefcase out from David's hands and quickly hurries over to the pyramidal device at the bottom of the steps.
David is taken back, blinking rapidly like his eyes weren't working right. "Sam? You were in on this? You were going to hand it over all along?"
You're the one that tricked me Professor!" Sam growls back with years of frustration that no longer has to be pent up. "I've been your assistant for all these years. And you let them take our work. We could have had fame! And fortune! But no! I deserve more. I need to be rewarded!" He turns away, turning his back on the Professor and sets to work on adding the Quirk Amplifying Device into the pyramidal device. "Otherwise, my entire career was a complete waste of time!"
[Enough…! Complete your task…!] The alien barks, his patience waning with ever second.
Sam jumps and gets to work on the pyramidal device, which is a pure amalgamation of other technologies. The device itself though matches the alien in design except with a cooler black frame that's outlined in green techno-patterns of interconnecting wires and circuits.
Izuku watches with interest and worry as Sam installs the Quirk Amplifying Device into the machine, rewiring it along with the other stolen technology inside. He has so many questions: what is that device for? Why is this alien willing to go so far? What is his goal here? And more importantly… "Wh-who are you?!" He ends up shouting out, his heart pounding so hard he can hear it in his ears.
Everyone pauses, and the alien benefactor finally sets his attention on the boy.
"Why are you doing this?! Why go through all this?! Just who are you and what do you want?!"
The alien pauses, staring back for a moment while in thought. [Izuku Midoriya, wielder of the Omnitrix… I've waited a long time to meet with you… And that perfect creation…]
Izuku assumes he's referring to the Omnitrix, now his worry worsens, and he repeats his question. "Who-who are you…?"
The computer screen freezes in and out as the black and yellow coating begins to melt off the computer. [I'm the one overshadowed and forgotten… Tossed aside, casted away, deemed a curse on my kind by the very being that created me…!] A puddle of black and yellow wired ooze forms at the base of the computer, and it begins to ripple and rise into a ghastly form. [I'm a virus, a mistake, a failed experiment known only as…Malware!]
Malware stretches up his humanoid form appearing rather emaciated and deformed, like a thin sack of skin hanging off a mess of jagged bones and ribs. With long spindly arms leading to claws so large they could rip through a human's torso. He's tall even with his long-skinny neck hunched over leading to a narrow skull. His entire body is a cold black color framed by yellow circuit and wiring patterns, to which all lead up to his one eye, a distorted circle that glows with an eerily ominous yellow.
"Y-you're a G-Galvanic Mechamorph!" Melissa gasps, stumbling back and pressing herself against the wall out of shock and fear at Malware's mutated and ghastly form. "But-but I thought your kind were supposed to be green!"
[You have quite the insightful spawn, Professor… Just like you…] Malware taunts with a haunting sneer. [Tell me Professor what is your most perfect creation…?]
David's too stunned to respond, and Malware's question only confuses him.
[You're spawn or your device…? Which is it…? Which is your perfect creation…?]
David, still too confused, hesitates to answer. And by the time he snaps to he knows he should shout and declare it's Melissa but…he hesitates. Hesitates because he did all this planning and betrayal all for…for a little trinket.
And even though Malware expected such a response, he still shows anger and outrage as if some part of him was hoping David wouldn't show any hesitation to answer. [My father was the same…! Cared more for his perfect creations, then he ever did for me…! And for what…?! It's his fault I'm like this…!]
"H-How…?"
Malware pauses before turning back towards the one that spoke.
Swallowing his fear, Izuku repeats himself. "H-how…? How was it his fault?"
[What do you know of Galvanic Mechamorphs, Midoriya…?]
Nothing admittedly, he's the first one he's ever seen to heard about.
[A standard, so-called perfect Mechamorph can take over any technology and enhance it, even mimic it… But as for me I've been proven to be quiet-] He swings his claws at the computer, clashing through it with ease. But then the slash marks seems to corrupt the machine before it explodes. [-volatile…]
Izuku can't tear his eyes away as the massive computer crumbles to dust. The others can't either, even Wolfram seems fascinated by the reaction.
[My father utilized a Helix to create all Galvanic Mechamorphs… However, he deactivated the device far too early… As a result my life code was severely damaged and corrupted making me incomplete… Making me a failed experiment…!] He roars with outrage curing his so-called father's name.
Seeing that he's talking Ochaco pipes up hoping to get him to stand down or to at least buy them time until help can arrive. "If-if he created you, then why not have him fix you?"
Malware's head snaps at Ochaco and his neck lashes out, bringing his skull closer to her own as he shouts in her face. [You don't think I thought of that…?! Oh, I tried, pleaded with my father for years…! But he never helped me…! He was always too busy, too many delays, and had more important things to take care of…!] His head snaps around, neck snapping into place, as he turns back towards Izuku His single eye trialing down his wrist, towards theinfernal Omnitrix. [He had other priorities…]
Izuku frowns wondering what that could mean but before he can even really delve into what he means Malware continues on with his rant.
[But no more… With the Professor's assistance I will be whole…!] Malware's claws hover over the Pyramidal-Device but he doesn't touch it as if afraid he will damage it before its compilation. [With the technology stored here on I-Island, and design stolen by me, we have been able to create a new Helix one that will retore my life code…! And with it I will finally gain what's rightfully mine and how my father that I am not to be trifled with…!]
"This is insane!" David finally manages to pull himself together and to at least attempt to stand up to the dangerous alien in outrage. "Yes, I agreed to help you but I never agreed to any of this! Why?! Why did you feel the need to bring in real villains?! I demand you give me an answer!"
[You are a fool Professor…]
David's taken back, all his courage washing away as Malware stares him down.
[In my state of being I need to ensure my own safety and capability… I contacted Wolfram and his men from the start, in fact when I first contacted you, Professor, I was right here on Earth already… After which adding your assistant into my fold was child's play…]
"B-but why me?"
[Why…?! Isn't it obvious…? Even in space we've heard tale of the Plumber's Professor David Shield… You were in the perfect position for my purposes… A backwater plant, an isolated island filled with this planet's greatest technologies, and your desperate need to save your precious Symbol of Peace… You suited my needs perfectly…]
"You…you MONSTER! You tricked me!"
Malware lashes out his claws stretching out and grabbing the Professor before reeling him in like a fish on a fishline.
"Papa/Mr. Shield!" The teens cry out, thinking this is the end for him!
Malware leans in close, snarling into David's ear. [I'd watch that tongue of yours…! My patience is already wearing thin…!]
David cowers, his heart racing in his chest so hard that it causes his body to shake.
"It-it's complete." Sam announces, calling all attention to himself. "It-it's done, sir." Sam meekly repeats, stepping away from the Helix. "T-the Helix is ready."
He activates the device, and several antennas rise out from the bottom sides, the antennas glow bright and spark with energy causing the Helix to glow brightly.
[At last, I will be cured…!] Malware shoves David aside and his arms whip out, reaching for the antennas.
"No!" David shouts. "It's not ready!" He moves to stop the alien but is cut off by a net of rebar.
Wolfram sneers as he controls the rebar to shove David back. "Just stay back and watch Professor. Afterall, you worked so hard for this."
And so, he does, everyone watches as Malware grabs onto the Helix's rods. He begins to absorb the energy from within causing a green aura to surround his ghastly frame.
[I can feel it…! It's working…! I can feel my life code changing…!]
However, the Helix sparks and rumbles, its green hue turning into crimson as red sparks dance across its frame. Suddenly the Helix unleashes a beam of energy skyward, breaking through the ceiling above like a volcano of energy. The beam stretches high and red lightning dances across the sky, striking back the island and the tower causing the entire tower to rumble and shake. [GAAAAAAAHHH!] Malware shrieks in pain as a red aura surrounds him, the crimson energy is too much surging into him far faster than he can absorb. [GAAAAAAAHHH!]
Wolfram shoves Sam down, his pistol aimed down at the man's head. "What did you do?!"
The cowering Sam holds his hands up in surrender. "N-nothing! I followed his blueprints exactly!"
David watches on in horror and amazement as the red Helix completely overwhelms the withering Malware. "I was afraid of this."
Izuku slams his fists on the forcefield, trying to get David's attention. "Afraid of what?!"
"The Helix it's not compatible with him! It's corrupting his life code! It's gonna kill him!"
[GAAAAAAAHHH!]
The surge of crimson energy reaches its apex, flooding the entire vault with blinding red light and powerful lightning bolts that completely overpower Malware's own shrieks. Until it falls to the silence and malware's connection finally breaks.
The massive beam vanishes, dissipating away and the red lighting stops. Rubble comes crashing down from the broken ceiling above onto a puddle of black ooze that was once corrupted Mechamorph.
With the Helix shutting itself down, Wolfram hurries to his employer only to find said puddle. "So, the alien melted away?" He kicks the dark puddle, getting no reaction from it other than ripples. "Good thing I was paid upfront."
Wolfram may find this funny, but Izuku certainly doesn't. They just watched a being, a living being, fry itself to death. It brings a terrible withering guilt to his stomach; sure, he was a villain but-but that didn't mean he had to die. He-he just wanted help…
The dark puddle begins to glow red and every looks on in shock as the black and red ooze begins to restructure itself. [Upgrade. Complete.]
Malware is almost unrecognizable from before. His body has changed drastically after absorbing the crimson energy of the Helix. He's bigger, healthier looking, but still dramatically different than any normal Galvanic Mechamorph with the circuit patterns on his body no longer being yellow, but a haunting crimson red. But most striking the amber glowing symbol resembling a four-pointed star on his neck just directly below his circular glowing red eye.
[I am complete!] Malware declares, allowing the power of his newest version to surge through his body. [I am whole!]
^Exterminate!^
Beams of lasers light up the dark stretches of corridors as the rush of running feet echo alerting more Daleks to their location.
"Ahhhh!" Hagakure screams as a laser beam nearly takes her and Sero's head.
"Shit!" Sero nearly stumbles but a running Sato keeps him up by grabbing onto the back of his shirt. "Holy shit! They almost got me!"
"Just keep your head down! Kero!" Tsuyu warns, hopping along, and making sure the lasers don't hit her.
The situation is less than ideal, Hisashi is trying his best to lead them away but they're all in a panic as they all run for their lives.
Not exactly easy to do when you have to follow the slow-moving Chopper, who's the only one with the layout of this place ingrained into his mind. Now to Chopper's credit he is moving with all he's got and is actually keeping a good pace as he wheels ahead of the full-sprinting teens.
But with every turn and step they take in the dark their feet clamper and stomp as they crash into the barely visible walls, causing the pipes and cables to clang.
^Intruders detected! Exterminate!^ A pair of Daleks appear from the darkness before them, their blasters drawn and poised to fire.
"Shoji! Throw me!" Mina screams while jumping forward.
Shoji grabs her by the back of her shirt and leg, he swings her around, and throws her at the bots.
Combined with the speed of her jump and Shoji's throw, her Acid hits the bots first before they can fire, melting them to nothing but puddles on the floor.
"They're toast!" Mina cheers as her Acid continues to eat through the floor.
"No, we're toast. Look!" Hagakure points ahead where another trio of Daleks have emerged.
"Heads up!"
"Kero!"
Sero and Tsuyu slide ahead and kick the bots down, rendering them motionless.
"Don't slow down!" Tsuyu scolds before hopping away.
Chopper speeds ahead, leading the way, his flashlight going this way and that as he tries to quickly scan through the darkness.
^Exterminate!^ A Dalek suddenly appears before him.
^Waaaa!^
A black claw races over Chopper and slams into the Dalek, tearing it apart and tossing it against the wall with a bang.
"They're relentless!" A running Tokoyami shouts as Dark Shadow reemerges into his body.
Hisashi keeps pace with him as they follow the bot. "Chopper! Are we getting any closer to the cutoff switches!"
^Wooooo!^
Mina frowns as she follows quickly behind them. "What did he say?!"
"He said STOP!"
Hisashi arms snap out to the sides, hitting against Sero and Shoji and forcing them to stop. The others slide to a stop as well, having been caught off guard by the sudden shouting.
As they do, they find themselves before a thin grated-bridge, hanging over a seemingly never-ending pit. Water flows in from all around, cascading down in hundreds of waterfalls into the void below. The air is filled with the stench of stale sea water mixed with dirty dish water and mold as grime covers the grated bridge. Looking up high above their heads is a tiny dome-window which is allowing the tiniest amount of moonlight to seep in. The light reflects off the hundreds of waterfalls and the mist they leave behind. The mist is thick and grey, with an occasional wind causing it to move in a way that a creature might lurk underneath.
Mina looks out over the bridge to the other side where the corridor continues. "Why are we stopping?!"
Hisashi hurriedly tries to explain. "That bridge is too narrow and too long, we'd be totally exposed if we go out there!"
"Well, we're too exposed here!"
^Exterminate!^ The Daleks that were pursuing them have caught up and quickly fire upon them from down the hall.
Hisashi ducks as the laser whizzes by. "Good point! Everybody across if we hurry we can cut them off! Go!"
They don't need to be told twice as they all instantly take off across the bridge.
Chopper goes first, quickly deciding it was okay to let the rest get burned alive versus him but he's too slow as Shoji, Sero, Sato, and Hagakure all pass him by.
Hisashi's behind them, having made sure they got ahead before making sure the last three were following. Mina and Tsuyu hurry after him as Tokoyami takes the rear guard.
^Exterminate!^ Three floating Daleks appear from the mist below like terrifying birds of prey surrounding a pack of helpless field mice.
"They fly now?!" Sato screams.
"They fly now!" Sero shouts back.
Shoji shoves them both forward as they run. "Everybody, RUN!"
They all crash forward, running a panic as the bots aim down at their position.
They fire and miss but their lasers still hit their mark. They slice right through the center of the bridge before the gash explodes into flames.
"Wooooaaah!" The teens fall and scramble to grab onto something as the bridge caves-in and breaks.
"Hold onto something!" Hisashi roars just as the bridge snaps.
The two sides break away and swing down to the chorus of screaming teens.
Sero, instantly, fires a rope of tape up at the ceiling as he does Shoji grabs onto his leg while a free hand grabs a falling Sato by his.
Hisashi falls away but an invisible hand grabs him and swings back, his shoulder hitting the hanging bridge with a bang causing the hanging bridge to shake, and Hagakure to nearly let him go out of freight.
Meanwhile from the other side of the pit, the rest of the group is in a similar bind.
^Waaaaaa!^ Chopper plummets, sinking into the mist like a rock, but as he vanishes a grappling hook is fired out and grabs onto the busted railing above.
^Bz-wop!^ Chopper screams as the grappling hook tightens and swings him back against the bridge with a clang.
As he slowly swings to a stop, he finds Tokoyami gripping onto the broken railing for dear life. Tsuyu is up above near the top of the hanging bridge, having used her Frog Quirk to stick herself in place. Her tongue hanging down and wrapped around Mina's Torso.
^Exterminate!^
Hisashi's battle instincts flare and while Hagakure's holding on to his arm, he swings around and unleashes a devastating plume of flames into the flying bots.
The bots go up in flames, the surge of flames benign so strong it knocks them all back into the chasing waterfalls that grab them and carry them back down into the depths below.
"Climb kids, climb!" Hisashi orders while grabbing onto the bridge himself, free Hagakure up.
Shoji helps Sato right himself up as Sero begins to climb, using his rope of tape as leverage.
A stray laser beam nearly hits the boys.
Peering up, Hisashi spots the pursuing Daleks from before standing over the side of the pit. They seem to be oblivious to the fact that Tsuyu, Tokoyami, Mina, And Chopper are right below them, but the rest of them are perfectly in their sights.
Using his flames Hisashi tries to provide cover but is only able to do enough to force the bots back from the ledge for now.
With the bots pushed back, Hisashi spins around and shouts across the pit. "Ashido! Ashido! Can you get to the wall?!"
While hanging onto the railing, Mina looks over towards the wall just between two crashing waterfalls. She turns back around and nods back at him.
"Burn through it with your Acid, hurry!"
She reaches for the wall, her grip nearly slipping from the swinging railing and her heart stops as she scrambles to tighten her grip. Taking a breath, she tries again and is able to get it, sliding her hand down she melts away the wall producing a gaping hole big enough for her to slip through. Carefully she reaches with her feet and slips through the hole.
Seeing an escape route, Tsuyu slides down and swings Tokoyami inside, he then waits from the other side for her to hop over.
One the three are through and find themselves in another dark corridor they get ready to leave until Mina remembers something. "Guys, what about Chopper?!"
Having forgotten about the little droid, Tsuyu hurries back towards the hole. "There he is!"
She points to where Chopper is helplessly dangling with only a thin cable keeping him stuck in midair.
"I've got you!" Tsuyu's tongue springs forth like a lasso in an attempt to grab the robot.
At the same time the Daleks break through the flames, and they unknowingly knock into Chopper's grappling hook, unhooking it.
^Waaaaa!^ Chopper lets out a horrified scream as he plummets into the dark watery void, vanishing from sight.
Tsuyu was frozen in place, her tongue was just inches away. Mina is holding a hand to her mouth, mortified as Tokoyami stares dumbfoundedly down into the abyss.
Tsuyu's tongue slowly retracts and after a minute she turns away from the hole, wondering to herself how she's going to explain to the pro hero that they lost his companion.
^Wa wa! Wop-bzz!^
The teens stop and spin around to find Chopper snickering at them as a rocket booster allows him to hover in the air.
They all shake their heads but smile in relief, glad to see him safe.
^Wop-bz!^ Chopper woops as he flies through the hole and lands with a clang.
Mina just laughs and shakes her head; she has no idea what he said but she can only assume he was telling a cheesy one liner.
"Mina! Tsu! Tokoyami! Are you three alright?!" Hagakure's voice calls out from the other side of the pit.
Mina sticks her head through the hole just enough to see that the others have made it to the top safely. "Yeah, we're fine!"
"Hey!" Hisashi, cupping his hands around his mouth, calls out. "It's too dangerous to retrieve you! Take Chopper and get to the cutoff switches!"
"What about you guys?!"
"We'll meet you there! Don't worry! Woah!" Hisashi jumps back as the Daleks on the other side of the fallen bridge try to take him out with their lasers. "We have to go but stay safe, you hear me?!"
"Yes, sir!" Tokoyami shouts back having joined Mina at the hole. "We will proceed with caution. We will remain alert at all times and ensure our success."
Hisashi nods back, he himself is determined to get moving and fast. The best-case scenario is that they run into them halfway to the switches. But even so they better get there quickly because the sooner he does that the sooner he can search for them.
"Good luck, guys!" Sato calls back as Hisashi leads them away.
"They're gonna need it." Sero can't help but mutter under his breath as they go through another dark corridor.
Hagakure nervously backs away from the pipe lined walls as a rat hisses at her face. "We're all gonna need it."
Meanwhile, after catching their breaths Tsuyu gives Chopper the go ahead. "Which way is it, little fella?"
^Bz-op.^ Chopper's flashlight flickers to life and he wheels forward, shoving past her and Tokoyami's legs.
Not sure what that could have meant, the trio all share confused looks.
To which Mina shrugs and gives them her best guess. "I guess that means, follow me."
[I am complete!] Malware declares, allowing the power of his newest version to surge through his body. [I am whole!]
Amazing. It's both amazing and terrifying all at once. He's changed, transformed, evolved completely from the stalky yellow form to this blood-red and vile transformation. Izuku can't believe his eyes that this alien was able to undergo such a process without an Omnitrix. It's both a spectacle and a horror, because if he can do this then just what else can he do? What will he do now that's he's even more powerful?
"There!" Izuku shouts, his head whirling from the whiplash between guilt to fear and dread. "Y-you have what you wanted! Now you're just like the other Mechamorphs!"
[Hahaha! What I am is so much more than they. I am superior!]
Malware's arms stretch out, his large claws ripping through several vaults to reveal various weapons and gadgets such as a futuristic Dominator pistol, a severed robotic arm with T-800 etched into the side, as well as a full robotic exoskeleton resembling that of a man combine with features of an ant, a tag is attached to the robotic body reading 5/01/2015, and other such weapons.
Malware instantly absorbs the tech, draining them away [Yes! This power!] His hands morph into the blasters. [This is perfection!] He turns to the wall and fires, blasting a thin beam of amber right through it. [This is my true form!]
Everyone from Izuku, Ochaco, Melissa, Kraab, and David all watch on in horror as the beam pierces through the wall like a hot needle through butter. Dread filling their hearts, but the two hero students use it to spur themselves on, struggling against their bonds with all their might. They need to escape, they need to save everyone before Malware turns his power onto any of them!
[Hahahahaha!] As Malware cackles and tests his abilities his fun gets interrupted by a sniveling Sam.
"Ex-excuse me, sir?"
[What is it?!] He snaps, upset that his fun has been interrupted.
Sam jumps but pleads anyway. "It-it's about my payment."
[Ah, of course. Wolfram, pay the man what he's due.]
"You got it. Here's the payment we promised you." Wolfram sneers, pulling his pistol up before pulling the trigger.
*BANG!*
David's breath hitches as Melissa cries out in horror while covering her mouth. "Sam!"
"N-no, why?" Sam whimpers from the floor, blood seeping through his fingers while he clutches the bullet hole in his shoulder. "This isn't part of the plan!"
Wolfram, however, holds the gun on him and laughs. "Is it not? That's strange, because it was always a part of mine."
*BANG!*
"NOooo!" The teens cry out as Wolfram pulls the trigger, but the cries aren't for Sam but for David.
David collapses to the ground, his shoulder bleeding, from taking the bullet for Sam. Having used his own body to protect his assistant.
"P-professor… Why?" Sam tears up, not understanding the sudden kindness.
"Get out of here…!" But David doesn't answer, instead yelling to the kids to run even as his blood pools around him.
"Papa!" Melissa forgets trying to free Ochaco and runs as fast as she can to her father's side.
"Stay back!" But David's warning comes too late as Wolfram backhands Melissa so hard she's thrown back on the ground.
"MELISSA!"
Izuku and Ochaco snap. Izuku transforming from one alien to the next: Four Arms, Feedback, Ripjaws, Rath, Lodestar, all of them. Each and every one trying to break free of the force bubble to no success. Ochaco, however, manages to budge the bars around her ever so slightly as her entire body shines pink with power.
Wolfram stomps on David's back, pressing his foot hard against his wound just out of cruel spite. "Trying to play the hero after all this? Too late for that. No matter what your reasons were, you've dirtied your hands now. Whether we're real villains or actors is irrelevant, you planned and committed an actual crime here. You're exactly the same as we are!"
David looks on in horror, staring up at Wolfram's cruel sneer.
"You can no longer remain a respectable scientist or continue your research without shame. Your life is forever tainted by the darkness of villainy. Hahahaha!" Laughing, Wolfram hoists David up from the ground by the scruff of his shirt. "And if you want a future at all, you'll be a good scientist and mass produce your device so I can sell it!" With the butt of his pistol, he smacks David's head, knocking him out. "Take these to the roof."
Wolfram hands the unconscious David over to the Hacker while using his Metal Manipulation Quirk to rip the Quirk Amplifying Device out from the Helix.
"Got it, boss." The Hacker shoves David over his shoulder before being handed the Quirk Amplifying Device and stuffing it back into its briefcase.
But before they leave, Wolfram checks in with his own employer. "You don't have a problem with this do you?"
[It's as we discussed. The Quirk Amplifying Device and its creator are your rewards. And with us both having what we want, our arrangement is no longer necessary.]
Wolfram smirks, turning away and waving back at the alien. "It was a pleasure doing business with ya. "If you ever need some help invading the world or whatever you aliens do, don't hesitate to call."
"No…" A tearful Melissa struggles to pull herself forward, barely able to crawl thanks to her head spinning from Wolfram's smack. "Give him back…!" She begs, eyes welling up with tears.
With a smirk Wolfram turns his pistol on her. "That reminds me, this will be much easier if I get rid of the Professor's attachment!"
"Leave her alone!" Ochaco breaks free of her binds and shoots forward like a rocket.
She moves so fast with such power that Kraab is flung off of her and away.
"SMASH!"
Wolfram moves quickly and creates another one of those pesky metal walls to shield himself, and good thing because Ochaco's fist would have smashed his skull otherwise.
She quickly unfolds her hand, pressing her fingers against the wall making it weightless and then with her left hand she SMASHes the wall causing it to snap and come crashing back onto Wolfram.
The villains' caught off guard, getting slammed by the metal wall forcing him to force it back as Ochaco pushes against the wall from the other side.
With the villains occupied and distracted Kraab scuttles his way around the vault, circling around towards the device holding Izuku imprisoned in a kinetic absorbing bubble.
Izuku notices Kraab making his way over and knowing he'll be free soon he calls out for Melissa to run. "Melissa!"
Melissa's head snaps in his direction.
"It's not over yet! We'll save your father and stop these villains! You can save everyone else!"
With him spurring her on, Melissa manages to brave herself and make a run for it.
"Stop her! Don't let her escape!" Wolfram roars as he struggles against Ochaco's attack.
"Right!" Hacker moves to go after her, firing a beam from his eyes that cuts her off, forcing her to stop.
Ochaco quickly releases the wall and shoots away as Wolfram launches the wall back. But he doesn't find her there but instead having cut off the Hacker from getting to the girl.
Her body cracks with energy, veiled in a powerful pink aura. "If you want her then you'll have to go through me!"
[That can be arranged.] Malware looms dangerously behind them, his arms transforming into a deadly pair of blasters that surge with red electricity.
Ochaco hesitates, holding her position as she stares down the surrounding villains.
Wolfram takes his pistol and aims at her. "Struggling is pointless. Just give it up kid, this is no place for you."
[There's nothing you can do. Your struggling is meaningless.]
"Oh yeah! Well, I beg to differ!" Ochaco grabs onto Melissa and focuses, concentrating on letting One For All out.
The aura surrounding her expands before exploding forth into a massive sphere of pink-light, swallowing up every vault, villain, and being in the tower's highest point.
The Zero-Gravity Field swallows them all up and Ochaco swings her fist out with all her might, unleashing a devastating whirlwind.
Combined with the weightlessness and the power of the whirlwind, Wolfram and the Hacker don't stand a chance and are flung around the room like plastic bags in the wind.
Even Kraab gets thrown around, throwing him around the room until he manages to latch onto the device that's keeping Izuku trapped.
The only not affected is Malware who's dug one of his massive claws into the ground, anchoring him in place. [Enough! This is what real power looks like!] Taking his free arm, he tries to aim his blaster for the girls.
The Zero-Gravity Field vanishes, Ochaco and Melissa fall to the ground with a hard thud. Malware gets thrown off as well, buying them some time.
Seeing this, Izuku desperately slams his fists against the forcefield. "Kraab! Get me out of here!"
"What do you think I'm doing?!" In that moment, Kraab finally manages to deactivate the device and Izuku goes to action in an instant, vanishing in a flash of green.
[Prepare for annihilation!] Malware roars and unleashes a burning beam at the girls.
The beam shakes the air, burning everything around it as it crosses the room in seconds, giving the girls no time to react.
But then, without a millisecond to waste, Feedback intercepts the beam, his hands outstretched and absorbing it as it races in. Anchoring his feet as the pure pressure of the beam nearly knocks him over, but he stands his ground until there's nothing left except for surges of electricity dancing off his own body.
"Phew. Talk about cutting it close." Feedback smirks, reveling in the power surging within him.
[You escaped?!]
"I had a little help."
"He's talking about me!" Kraab taunts while scuttling his way over.
"Yes, yes I am."
Ochaco breathes a sigh of relief. "Thanks for the save."
"Don't thank me yet, we're only just getting started." Feedback warns before redirecting them to his new plan. "Kraab you and Melissa head to the Control Room and reboot the system. Uraraka you and I will keep the Magneto rip-off and the evil Digimon busy!"
"Understood!" Ochaco gets up, readying herself by gripping the Full Gauntlet, making sure it's secure.
Kraab, meanwhile, hops onto Melissa's shoulder. "You up for this?"
Despite the nervous pit in her stomach, Melissa braves herself for the mission. "Yes!"
"Then let's do this!" Ochaco shouts, her whole body aglow with One For All.
"Stop acting like you can even stand up to us!" Slamming his hand to the ground, Wolfram causes pieces of shrapnel to form together into several giant lances. "You're nothing compared to us!" He launches the lances forward like sets of giant metal arrows.
Feedback releases the stored-up beam from every finger and tendril, firing out his own beams of pure electricity that slice right through the incoming projectiles.
The lances explode and fall apart in blasts of lightning, causing blinding lights and smoke to fill the vault.
With their vision hindered, Melissa takes off with Kraab and makes a beeline for the exit.
But Wolfram won't let her as he prepares another metal lance.
But through the smoke and settling lights, Ochaco leaps out, glowing bright pink as she prepares a SMASH. "You let your guard down, prick!"
She throws a punch, and her fist connects with Wolfram's torso, knocking him away like a tin can.
But while she has her back turned; Malware has his blaster set towards her. [As did you!]
Just as he's about to fire, black tendrils wrap around his arm and pull it up, causing the laser to shoot up towards the ceiling instead.
"That's why she's got me!" Feedback pulls back on Malware's arm, but the Galvanic Mechamorph pulls back resulting in a tug-of-war struggle. "I've got to give you props, dude. Kudos for coming up with such an elaborate plan. You really know how to make a mess of things, don't ya?"
Malware pulls back against the tendrils and growls in anger. [What are you getting at?!]
"Why come all this way for an upgrade? Huh? Why's Earth so special?"
[Why Earth? The answer is obvious. Because you are here.]
Before he dares to elaborate a circular device morphs onto Malware's chest, it glows bright before firing a powerful beam.
The beam slams into Feedback's chest, blasting him away and into the wall.
Malware basks in his victory, but it's cut short.
"Venus Smash!" Ochaco rushes in, aiming to avenge her friend.
However, Malware produces a hexagonal forcefield from his hand, blocking the punch by absorbing the kinetic energy. [Nuisance!]
Ochaco struggles against the forcefield, putting all she has into her fist.
"Hold her still!" Wolfram gets up, slamming his fist to the ground, and causing shards of metal to spring out and swarm their way at Ochaco with deadly speed. "I'll skewer her!"
In a flash of green, Upchuck intercepts the incoming shrapnel, His mouth wide, gulping up the metal in one massive bite.
"Were you not paying attention?!" Upchuck's stomach rumbles dangerously. "We're going to stop you! BLEEEGH!"
With a belch, Upchuck upchucks and fires a ball of plasma right back at the villain.
But Wolfram manages to block it with a wall of manipulated iron.
"When are you going to take us seriously?!" Upchuck roars before redirecting his attention towards Malware, who's still managing to hold Ochaco off.
Upchuck transforms and Water Hazard gets right to firing off a pair of powerful water streams.
The streams knock Malware away and as a bonus his body short circuits and ripples as a result. [Gaaaaah!]
"You could use a good rinse!" Water Hazard keeps it up, dousing the technological alien completely.
However, using one of the many gadgets he's absorbed Malware manages to send out a surge of electricity through the crashing water and right into his enemy.
"Gaaaaah!" Water Hazard howls in pain as he's blasted away by the powerful electric current.
Seeing that he's down, Wolfram summons another metallic lance, intending to run the crab-creature through. "You're mine!"
"Wrong again, asshole!" Ochaco lashes out, firing a pair of Ryou Spheres that blast the lance apart and saving Deku.
Malware growls in frustration, growing tired of the children's stand. [Enough of this! Wolfram! Dispose of them already!]
"I know what I'm doing!" With his anger exploding Wolfram summons massive pillars of metal that arch down at the kids in tandem.
Ochaco rushes forward, taking the brunt of the attack, using the Full Gauntlet as a shield.
While she shields them, Malware turns his blaster at Water Hazard who jolts up in alert. [Let's see you save your alley now!]
He instead turns his blaster onto Ochaco and fires.
Not missing a beat, Water Hazard leaps up, transforms, and Cannonbolt shoots out. The Arburian Pelarota grabs Ochaco and curls up just as the beam and pillar come crashing down upon them. The beam deflects out, burning into the walls and floor as the pillar smashes them into the ground, followed by two more, burying the duo in rubble and explosions.
Melissa slides into the Control Room and immediately begins typing away at the central computer.
"Hurry!" Kraab shouts, begging her to go faster.
"I'm trying!" Melissa shouts back as she gets the system booted up.
Suddenly the Hacker slips into the room and immediately charges at them "Get away from there!"
But before anyone can move, Kraab leaps forward and grabs onto the Hacker's face.
"Hey! Get this thing off of me!" The hacker screams trying to pry off the cyborg.
Kraab sneers into the guy's face, as one of his pincers leans dangerously close to the Hacker's cybernetic eye. "Cool eye." His pincer begins to spin like a drill, reminding the Hacker of a Dentist's own drill. "I want it.'
"AAAaaahhh!"
Melissa tries as fast as she can to reboot the system, trying her best to ignore the hacker's pained howls behind her.
"Hurry, Kid!"
"O-okay!" The system turns green. "I got it!" Melissa cheers as the system reboots itself.
The system lets out a harmonic hum across the tower, alerting everyone that it's been reset.
That includes Wolfram who scowls in annoyance and surprise. "She got control of the security system?!"
The sealed barricades and gates open back up all across the Central Tower. And every bot from the tower to the furthest depths of the island reset, their eyes turning from red back to their soft friendly green.
The flying Security Drones all shutoff, plummeting to the ground with loud clangs and some nearly toppling off the side of the tower.
Bakugou and the others pause as the bots shut down. "What happened?!"
"They just stopped!" Kirishima exclaims.
Shoto pauses, wondering if that could mean-
"They must have made it to the top!" Iida shouts from behind them.
Shoto, Bakugou, and Kirishima spin around to find Iida and the others at the doorway of the Wind Generator area.
"They did it!" Iida grins, looking up towards the rest of the tower, to where their friends are.
^Exterminaaa…^ The pursuing Daleks shut off and go quiet, some even falling over against the cold damp floor.
Hisashi's group slide to a stop, unsure of what just happened.
Hagakure hides behind Shoji, poking her head out just enough to keep an eye on the silent bots. "Do you think those guys pulled it off?"
"I'm not sure." answers Class 1-A's resident giant as he too keeps an eye out for any more dangers.
"Hey, my phone's working!" Sero cheers, holding out his phone. But his smile soon fades as the bars go in and out. "Ow, but the signal's like super weak." He holds his phone up in search of a better signal.
"Keep trying and see if you can get in contact with Ashido and Chopper." Hisashi sternly commands, making sure not to mince his words.
From behind, Sato taps him on the shoulder, his expression nervous as he's not sure of what to do. "What now? Should we head back?"
The pro hero shakes his head. "We have to keep going. If the villains manage to retake the tower it'll be better if we're here than anywhere else."
From inside the Reception Hall the high-tech binds holding the heroes in place break apart, crumbling away and freeing the pro heroes.
The goons left to guard look around nervously as each hero is freed. "What's happening-Blorgh!"
They each get kicked or sucker punched away by one of the heroes like Mr. Plastic or Takahiro.
"Yah-whooo!" All the businesspeople and scientists in attendance cheer so loud that one would think this was all a big show, but in reality, they're all just happy to be free.
And that includes All Might. 'DID YOU PULL IT OFF, YOUNG HEROES?'
"Talk about annoying, this is why I hate kids." Wolfram is not in a good mood, having to carry the Professor away himself along with the Quirk Amplifying Device. "I better get outta here before the heroes arrive."
As he makes his escape, there's movement from under all the metal rubble and scorch marks. And Cannonbolt soon appears, uncurling and freeing himself from the rubble. "Are you okay? Are you hurt?"
Ochaco groans, holding her arm in place after taking that beating from before. "I'm okay-OW! M-mostly…"
[Still alive I see.]
The duo freeze in place as Malware stands his ground before them.
[I suppose that's to be expected.]
Cannonbolt scowls, stepping forward to put himself between Malware and his friend. "What happened to your friend? He ditch you?"
[I no longer require his assistance. And besides you should be more concerned about your own wellbeing!] Malware's claws stretch out and expand, becoming big enough to grab even Cannonbolt.
"Uraraka! Ryou Spheres now!" Cannonbolt shouts as he turns into Terraspin.
Ochaco doesn't wait to ask as she whips out one Ryou Sphere after the other.
At the same time, Terraspin unleashes a powerful tornado that sucks up the flying Ryou Spheres and tosses them around. The two moves combine together to become a devastating twister that's swirling around with a swarm of pink bubbles.
"VENUS BUBBLE STORM!"
The combo move crashes into Malware in a brilliant explosion of pink energy and wind that ship across the vault, tearing every storage unit open and those in the direct line of fire are completely torn apart until they're unrecognizable. The power is so great even Malware finds his body torn apart, being splattered across the room in puddles.
However, despite the devastating blow he manages to pull himself together rather quickly. Peering around he finds a Proton Pack has been ripped out from its storage place. And so, assuming it will provide him with more power, Malware absorbs it until his left becomes a twisted version of the Proton Pack. [I will not be taken down so easily!]
He fires the Proton pack and a stream of energy whips around wildly across the room, burning its way across the floor and walls before lashing out towards the pair of hero students.
"Deku!" Without even waiting Ochaco shoves Terraspin as hard as she can just before the beam slams into her left shoulder, burning into her skin and flesh. "Aaaaahhh!"
Ochaco's tossed aside by the whipping beam, knocking her into the wall with such force that she passes out.
"Uraraka!" Terraspin screams, watching his friend get thrown around, his anger exploding as he transforms. "Let me tell ya somethin' Malware the corrupted Galvanic Mechamorph! Rath's not gonna stand here and let you kick our patookies! That makes Rath mad! And you won't like it when Rath's mad! RAWR!"
Rath pounces and slices his claw right through Malware's torso leaving a large gash in the alien's chest.
[Mediocre.] Malware growls as his body reforms and heals itself without any trouble.
"Raaagh!" Rath tries again with the same result.
[Barbaric!]
"Shut up!"He slashes at him again and once again Malware heals himself.
[Animalistic!]
"RAWR!"
As Rath literally goes animalistic Ochaco stirs awake, her vision blurry until she shakes off her daze to find Rath uselessly slashing at malware's frame.
With the corrupted alien's back towards her she shoves herself off the ground with all as she's got, launching herself at the alien.
"SMASH!" She throws her fist right at the alien, but instead of blasting him to bits, his back opens wide and swallows her fist whole, trapping it there.
And like that of a ghostly horror movie, Malware's head does a complete 180 spin to glare at her. [Amateurish!]
He unwinds, his arms lashing out and knocking the two away with his claws and an electrical surge.
The two are knocked into the air where Rath transforms into Bullfrag. Just before hitting the wall, the frog-alien kicks himself off of it and launches himself towards ochaco. He catches her and safely drops them both down onto the ground.
Despite having been safely caught, Ochaco winces and groans in pain while clutching her burned left shoulder.
"Can you stand?" Bullfrag asks worriedly, helping her to her feet.
"Y-yes." Ochaco stands up albeit a little wobbly and still clearly in pain.
"We can't beat him like this." Bullfrag admits with a frustrated scowl. "He's tougher than he looks. I also get the feeling he's studied us. Or at least me."
"Then we'll fight him together." Ochaco offers up, she moves to step forward and continue the fight, but Bullfrag stops her.
"No. You have to go after the villain that ran away."
"And leave you with this psycho?!"
"You have to! Otherwise, he'll escape and take Professor Shield with him!"
[Yes. Leave us female.] Malware interrupts having overheard their discussion. He waves her away like she's nothing but an insect. [Midoriya and I have some personal business to deal with.]
Ochaco hesitates and it's especially worrisome that the villain wants her gone too. "Are you sure?"
Bullfrag shakes his head. "No, but we don't have any other choice."
She should stay, she wants to stay and help but she also knows that she doesn't go now, then Wolfram's gonna escape and take David with him. They can't allow that, so maybe if she hurries, she can get back here and help Deku out.
And so, swallowing her pride, she heads for the door, moving slowly due to her pounding head and burning shoulder.
She hesitates before leaving, turning back on last time towards Bullfrag who gives her a coy smirk
"Hey, it's me. I got this."
She sure hopes so. "Good luck, Deku."
She practically throws herself through the door, trying to force herself to move as fast as she can through the halls.
And thus, leaving Deku to face the techno-monster all by himself.
[It's commendable that you decided to remain here. It is also foolish to think you'll best me!]
"Funny-" Bullfrag transforms into Four Arms who slams his fists into his palms. "I was gonna tell you the same thing!"
With a roar Four Arms races forward, his fist slamming into Malware's head. Again, and again his punches land, each one so strong it would knockout a grown man. But Malware is no man and so he takes the punches with ease as if they're nothing but annoying slaps.
[You're powerful. But I'm not done evolving yet. Soon, I will be the perfect creation!]
"You keep saying that!" Four Arms grabs the Galvanic Mechamorph and throws him across the room with a splatter. "And it's kinda creeping me out!"
As Malware reforms Four Arms goes in for a double punch!
But the vile villain is ready, morphing his arm into a blaster and firing.
Four Arms leaps up as he does Stinkfly takes his place and zips across the air.
[An insect? How fitting.] Malware fires again and again each blast just barely skimming Stinkfly's aura.
While buzzing around this way and that Stinkfly fires back with a rain of goop, that splayer across Malware, pinning him in place.
"Ha!" Stinkfly laughs. "Guess you're the real stinker here, Ehehehe!"
Not one to be bested in such a manner, Malware easily breaks free of his liquidly confides. Using the Proton weapon from before to lash out with tendrils of energy beams that scorch the walls and floor widely.
"Wooaah!" Stinkfly weaves in and out of the web of laser beams, just barely evading them.
[You can't outrun me forever!]
'He's right, I can't.' Stinkfly thinks with a scowl, just barely ducking his head underneath a stray laser stream. 'He's-he's too strong. And it doesn't help that he's some kind of genius. Not to mention a complete psychopath! I need to be careful. I need to deal with him quickly before it's too late. I need to get to the others as soon as I can!'
Too bad Malware has no intention of letting him do that. [Prepare for annihilation, Midoriya!]
Meanwhile from inside the Control Room, Melissa is still tinkering around with the computer system, specifically the security cameras. And as she fiddles around, she spots All Might sprinting his way up the Central Tower's halls.
She quickly goes for her phone and dials him up. 'Please, pick up, Uncle Might! Please!' She begs, praying that he'll answer.
And he does, filling her heart with hope. ["MELISSA, WHAT'S HAPPENING?!"]
"Thank goodness, Papa's been taken by the villains Uncle Might!" Melissa checks the cameras, quickly spotting an injured Ochaco limping her way through the nearby hallway. "And Uravity's gone after them!" She changes the screen back to the vault just in time to see Stinkfly transform into XLR8 before zipping around Malware's laser blasts. "And Deku's doing his best to hold the other villain off!"
["DON'T WORRY-I'M GOING TO STOP THEM!"]
That's a promise, she can hear it in his voice. Nothing's going to stop Uncle Might not until these villains are brought to justice.
XLR8 speeds across the walls of the vault, just barely sprinting away as Malware's mechanical claws lash out and smash into the vault's sides. One hit from them and he'll be done for.
[Hold still you insufferable pest!] Malware lashes out again, his claws outstretched like giant whips.
Analyzing the Kineceleran's movements he's able to predict where he'll be next, allowing his claw to expand and block XLR8's way. [Yes! Victory is mine!]
Not quite. While he speeds forward XLR8 transforms and using his momentum Ripjaws slices through Malware's claws with his own. "Not yet it's not!"
He chomps down on Malware's arm, his jagged teeth piercing through his malleable techno-based flesh.
[Release me!] Malware retaliates by sending a current of electricity through his limb.
The shock is enough to force Ripjaws to release his jaws.
Malware's arms retract and reform at his sides while Ripjaws stands ready, claws poised for the alien's next move.
[I must admire your tenacity; you definitely have a handle on the Omnitrix.]
"Guess you can say that I Mastered the Controls."
[Perhaps. Or perhaps-] His claws morph into a pair of laser cannons and fire out beams of red lightning. [-you're merely borrowing its power!]
The lightning cracks and whips forward with blazing speed, and with only a second to react Ripjaws shrinks away and Grey Matter leaps to the floor as the lightning races past and blasts its way through the wall.
Malware, having been distracted by the explosion and lightning, quickly scans for his enemy until he locks onto the Galvan curry across the floor. He freezes, staring into the Galvan in disbelief. [F-father…?]
His anger immediately rises and boils over, his need to prove to his father that he is the perfect creation spills over into a murderous rage. [RAAAAaaaggghhh!]
"Aaaaah!" Grey Matter screams leaping this way and that, avoiding the lightning blasts that storm across the vault at random.
But even as he dodges the incoming blasts his mind hangs onto Malware's words. 'Father? What did he say? Wouldn't his father be the same species? Or-'
A blast of lightning explodes right in Grey Matter's path knocking him back and shrouding him in smoke.
[The Omnitrix! The Omnitrix belongs to me!] Malware looms over the puny Galvan, he only stops wondering if it'd be more fitting to step on the amphibian or to fry it with an energy beam.
Wincing in pain Grey Matter scowls up at Malware in contempt, refusing to give in especially to an alien sociopath. "The Omnitrix isn't yours! It's mine!"
[It is my birthright!] Malware lungs for the device.
However, his claws never reach it as Feedback catches Malware's claws in his tendrils.
"Didn't anyone tell you to never touch live wires?!" Feedback sneers as his conductors pierce Malware's flesh.
[RAAAAaaaggghhh!] Malware howls in pain as his own energy is siphoned right out of him.
With newfound energy surging through him Feedback rises, standing at tall as Malware withers and crumbles under him. "Like I said, I have Master Control."
The withering pain only increases his anger and his desire for victory, for absolute domination, allowing Malware to reset Feedback's assault. [Y-yes… Your Master C-Control is proving to be…f-far more difficult than I first t-thought.] He suddenly and without warning jolts forward and his entire claw grabs onto the Omnitrix. [I believe it's time for a downgrade!]
He immediately begins to absorb the Omnitrix.
"Aaaaaaahhh!" Now it's Feedback's turn to cry out in pain as it feels like his entire chest is benign ripped open with hundreds of burning needles.
Red circuit-patterns spread all across his body from underneath Malware's grip as the green energy of the Omnitrix is drained away into Malware's own circuits.
[Such power! It's unbelievable! I can feel it coursing through me!]
"AAAAaaaaahhhh!" Feedback collapses to his knees, his tendrils flopping to his side as Malware relentlessly tries to take over the device embedded into his chest.
With a howl of maniacal laughter Malware throws his head back to the sky and shouts with such volume it's like he wants his victory to be heard across the entire galaxy. [Are you witnessing it father?! Are you witnessing my ascension into the Ultimate Being?! Into the PERFECT CREATION!?]
Feedback can't make out anything, the pain is unbearable. It's like he's having his own heart ripped out by a hook but a thousand strings are keeping it strung to his insides, twisting them around as boiling water bumps into his veins.
His breathing is short and his heart races, beating so fast he swears it's not beating at all and yet the beat is pounding into his ears like deafening drums. And as he lies there, useless and paralyzed, writhing in agony, he wonders if this is how he'll die.
[The Omnitrix. Is. MINE!]
Or is it.
A sudden flood of green light spews from under Malware's claw, breaking through his death grip. Malware's grip is broken as a concentrated surge of energy emanates around the Omnitrix, forcing his claw away and breaking his grip as if an invisible guardian has been summoned to protect the device and its wielder. And then the energy explodes out like water breaking through a dam, flooding the entire vault with raw green power.
Malware is torn apart and blasted away by the explosion as is Feedback, both hurled away in opposite directions.
And as Feedback hits the wall and collapses, the Omnitrix settles down. There's a flash of blinding red light and what's left is a horribly hurt Izuku who still feels like his heart's being pulled out.
While Izuku lies in agony, Malware's body reforms once again. [Noooo! Ahhh!] He failed to take the Omnitrix. The device counterattacked his advances and repealed him. It's both angering and yet somewhat amusing on some level. Like a twisted inside joke on his part. [ Of course, father would have installed countermeasures against me. He was always too smart for his own good.]
Too bad he didn't get what he wanted. He thinks as he holds up his palm to inspect the damage of the blast. And to his pleasant surprise he finds the mark of the Omnitrix embedded into his claw. It's almost like a scar, a big red scar in the shape of the Omnitrix. And even though i's not the device itself he can sense the data and parameters of the device within the scar.
[Perhaps this encounter wasn't a waste after all.] But that can wait for now there are more important matters to get to.
He turns his gaze back towards the boy and sneers with cruel satisfaction. [Come then. Show me how well you've mastered the Omnitrix.]
Izuku won't take that lying down and gets up despite the residing pain. He knows he has to put a stop to Malware now before he can do any more damage or harm.
And so he quickly thinks of what to do and his first thought goes to Upchuck, assuming that maybe he can gobble up the villain maybe.
But despite thinking of the alien, nothing happens. Instead Izuku just stands there looking really dumbfounded when he doesn't transform.
And so, he tries again but this time yelling the alien's name out. "Go Wildvine!"
Once again, the Omnitrix doesn't activate.
"Heatblast! Big Chill! Ghostfreak! Diamondhead!"
He grows desperate as fear drowns his heart into despair and dread. He's in full blown denial as he calls out the other aliens: Wildmutt, Cannonbolt, Lodestar! But not a one appears; he gets absolutely none of them.
And finally, no longer able to deny what's happening, he glances down at the Omnitrix and his breath hitches in his throat. "No…"
[Hahahahahaha!]
The Omnitrix…red. Whatever Malware did to it, it reset it into its recharge mode. And thus, making Izuku virtually useless against the alien invader.
"The M-Master C-Control is-is…-"
[-Is gone. Amputated like a diseased limb. And now that you are crippled there's no one that can possibly get in my way now!]
Izuku's heart stops. It's over. Even if he managed to survive long enough to transform, what could any of his transformations do? Especially in a place like this where Malware has access to a treasure trove of technology and weapons. It's hopeless. He'd need a miracle to get out of this.
And lucky enough a miracle does intervene, or rather a disaster does. Azure glowing circuit-patterns blink down through the ceiling and claw their way down the side of the vault's walls. As they do the metal beams, wires, and structures of the tower itself are torn and ripped apart. Pieces of metal rubble even begin to float upwards as if gravity itself has been shut off only to them.
The tower shakes and booms from above and the top of the vault caves in on itself, causing massive amounts of rubble and wiring to spill down like a crashing waterfall of debris.
That's all Malware and Izuku can see just before it all comes crashing down on top of them.
5 MINUTES EARLIER
Wolfram has just made it to the tower's roof, which is a giant landing pad, where a Helicopter's already prepared and ready to take off.
Wolfram scoffs, propping the bleeding scientist up onto his shoulder while gripping the case tightly in his other hand.
His pilot runs out to meet him halfway. "Boss, what about everyone else?!"
"We're going before the Security System's back online." Wolfram answer without even acknowledging his lackey's question.
And he doesn't need to since the pilot's able to take the hint right away. "Y-yes, sir!"
As Wolfram moves the copter, David groans and wheezes in pain, blood dripping down his arm leaving a ghastly trail behind them. "Kill me… Just do it…"
Wolfram's cruel sneer returns. "I'll add a few more sins to your heart first. But then I'll make your wish come true."
He makes it to the helicopter where he uncaringly drops David aboard, not even caring if the scientist ends up bleeding out or not. And the blood pooling on the helicopter's floor is obviously not a problem for him as he's just about to step aboard the bloody mess when-
"HOLD IT!"
Wolfram pauses before he can take a step aboard, turning around with a bewildered look. And surprisingly, or rather unsurprisingly he finds that overpowered gravity girl leaning against the roof's entrance.
"Give him back right now! You hear me?!" Ochaco screeches, doing her best to fight through the pain.
David is aghast to see her. There's no way she's gonna live from this, she'll be maimed, tossed off the side of the tower and her life thrown away all for a waste of space like him.
Wolfram, however, is delighted to see her. Now he has the perfect opportunity to really show off his sadistic side. Who knows, maybe if he breaks her spirit enough, he might squash a future hero and threat? "I wonder, did you come to bring this man back so he can pay for his crimes?"
The man's taunting voice is enough to make her skin crawl, he's so smug she just wants to run up and punch that Dr. Doom knock off mask right into his face. "I'm only here to get my friend's father back!"
Summoning all her strength she charges, sprinting across the roof with blazing speed.
Wolfram quickly activates his Quirk by slamming his hand to the floor. "Even though he's a criminal?!"
Beams of metal are torn out from the tower and launched into Ochaco's path.
Using the combined efforts of One For All and Zero-Gravity Ochaco leaps and bounces herself off the pillars while still running forward. "Shut up! I don't need to be criticized by a guy who's only motive is money! I'll save him and stop you no matter what it takes!"
As the last pillar of iron is flung at her, Ochaco smashes right through it with a powerful right hook. "And before you ask, it's because it's what heroes do!"
"Is that a fact?" Wolfram sneers, taking his pistol and aiming it, not at the girl, but at David Shield's head.
Ochaco stops dead in her tracks, not willing to risk the scientist's life.
And neither is David. "Save yourself… Run away!" His conscious won't be able to take seeing a child die to save his worthless corpse.
Ochaco doesn't move, unsure of what to do. Her body is struggling against itself one part wanting to charge forward and take the villain out, and the other is hesitant not willing to risk a ;life.
"Geeze, being a hero seems really inconvenient." Wolfram jeers, lazily holding the pistol like it was a toy. "I didn't even use much of my power and yet you're helpless!"
On his command a pillar of metal shards and wiring slams into the defenseless Ochaco.
Using Zero-Gravity she's able to roll with the hit but more and more pillars come crashing in. She's barely able to roll and leap out of their way before he catches her off guard.
The metal panel from under her feet rockets up, launching her straight into the air.
As she's launched up a pair of pillars spring forth from the tower's sides, racing in in a pincer-move before they both slam into the airborne heroine before a third pillar rockets straight up and crashes into all three causing a brilliant explosion of shrapnel and metal.
"Doesn't sound like a very smart way to live to me!" Wolfram laughs as he watches her corpse plummet to the ground.
Assuming she's done, and that he's had his fun, he climbs aboard the helicopter. "Take off!"
"Roger!" The pilot gets the helicopter into the air without delay.
Her head pounding and probably bleeding, Ochaco blinks back the pain and fog just in time to witness the helicopter rising into the air.
With the adrenaline pumping she chases after if, sprinting across the roof as she presses her fingers to herself. And with a kickoff the ground from One For All she shoots up into the air while screaming out. "MERCURY SMASH!"
Her body slams into the side of the helicopter, hitting it so hard that it's flung out of control. Spinning around and around in the air as the villains hold on for dear life.
At the same time, Melissa sprints through the rooftop entrance, just in time to see Ochaco dangling onto the spinning Helicopter. "Uravity!"
Ochaco holds onto the copter's landing skid with all she's got while reaching towards the professor. "Grab on, hurry! I'm here to save you!"
But David doesn't move to take it and instead wallows in his own despair and shame. "Stop it! Let me go, Uraraka! I'm not worth it."
"Can't you hear her Professor?!" Ochaco screams, begging him to let her save him. "She's calling for you! Melissa is waiting for you to come home!"
David's heart swells and tears prick at his eyes. He can hear her, he can, but how could he possibly look like her in the eye after what he's done?
"I give you this." Wolfram cuts in, clinging to the helicopter as it continues to spin in the air. "You act like a real hero," With a sneer he aims the pistol at her head. "But you're a real dumb bitch too!"
He fires and having no other choice, Ochaco's forced to let go of the helicopter and block the bullet with the Full Gauntlet. She's flung across the air, still floating, but thrown away from the spinning helicopter that's just getting itself under control.
Refusing to let them escape, Ochaco launches a Ryou Sphere in a last-ditch effort to stop them.
The Ryou Sphere slams into the side of the helicopter, throwing it out of place.
"Gaah!" Wolfram is nearly thrown out, but he holds on. "She's still not dead?! Since when were kids so hard to kill off?!" He peers out, seeing her floating defenselessly in midair. "Ram her!"
His pilot hesitates. "S-sir?!"
"I want to see her guts splatter against the blades! Let her blood rain down over this island for all I care!"
Deciding it's better to get paid than it is to linger over morals the pilot moves the helicopter into position, racing forward with the blades in front.
Knowing exactly what the villains are up to, Melissa scream from below. "URAVITY!"
Still spinning from being thrown off the helicopter, Ochaco can barely focus on her target as she throws out Ryou Spheres at random.
Most completely miss but a few are on track but repealed by Wolfram eithers shoots them down with his gun or launches shards of metal right from the helicopter.
And with every attack he blocks, the more and more hope Ochaco loses. The helicopter's already so close, she can feel the pressure from the blades spinning through the air. And even if she were to try to move now, it'd be too late. And even if she did manage to slip by, she'd be wide open for Wolfram to shoot. It's over. She is going to die. It's hopeless…
"DON'T YOU DARE LOSE THAT SMILE, ALRIGHT YOUNG URARAKA!"
A blur rockets between her and the incoming helicopter and as it rockets past them it leaves behind a powerful gale force that shoves back the copter as well as propels Ochaco away to safety.
"IT'S FINE NOW, DO YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE I AM HERE!" All Might's signature grin shines like the sun against the night sky, presence and power shining down like rays of hope.
"He's free!" Ochaco cheers, tears pricking at her eyes as she floats down towards the ground. "Melissa, you did it!"
As Ochaco nears the ground, Melissa hurries over and grabs onto her arm, pulling her down like a balloon. Fitting too because Melissa is absolutely beaming, tears of joy streaming down her face.
"I'LL HAVE YOU RETURN MY FRIEND TO ME, YOU FIEND!"
All Might propels himself down at the helicopter with such force and speed one would think he was a bullet. He rips through the helicopter in a blink of an eye as if the metallic box was made out of paper instead.
The helicopter explodes into a raging fireball that comes crashing down onto the tower's roof. All the while All Might lands safely before the teens with David safely embraced in his arms.
"Papa!" Melissa rushes to his side while a bleeding and bruised Ochaco follows slowly behind her.
"M-Melissa?" David blinks up at her weakly.
"EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY."
Coming from him is a huge sigh of relief to all of them.
Ochaco wipes the blood away from forehead and takes a deep breath. "We did it. It's over."
"I'm so sorry." David tears up. "It's my fault."
"DAVE-"
Suddenly a massive pillar of metal and iron slams into All Might, swatting him aside like a fly.
Ochaco screams out. "All Might!"
"Aaaaahhh!" David is pulled into air by a web of slithering wires and cables.
"Papa!/Professor Shield!" The girls cry out watching as he's pulled into a slithering tangled jungle of cables, piping, and wiring. He's swallowed up into the jungle of metal, protected from the raging flames of the burning helicopter.
"I heard Sam! All Might's Quirk is failing him! He doesn't have the same unstoppable power he once did!" Wolfram appears within the slithering jungle of metal and flames, like a demon king rising from the depths of hell. And like any king he dawns a crown, this one being the Quirk Amplifying Device.
The device has been activated, glowing blue and causing Wolfram's Quirk to grow to unbelievable levels. His eyes have gone dark, but his pupils are illuminated in a purple hue. His auburn hair whipping around him wildly as a wicked grin is stretched across his scarred face.
After being battered away, All Might wheezes and coughs up blood as his steam pours off his body in waves. "DAMN, DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT." He rises, his muscles clenching under the strain. "YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW WHEN TO GIVE UP, DO YOU?" All Might launches himself forward with such force it shatters the ground underneath him. "TEXAS SMASH!"
The SMASH never lands, nor does it even get near Wolfram as the villain meets it with a massive wall of iron and metal so thick only the shockwave from All Might's attack is able to power through.
'WHAT?!'
Ochaco is stunned, there's no way that's possible! 'All Might…!'
"Is that all you got!" Wolfram taunts as he summons several pillars to shoot out from the wall which nearly skewer All Might, who's able to leap away at just the skin of his teeth.
The tower shakes and rumbles as explosions ring out as every piece of metal, iron, and such is ripped out by an invisible force gathering at the center, around their master, Wolfram. "David Shield's genius lives up to its reputation! I can tell that my Quirk's growing more powerful!" Wolfram's glowing purple eyes illuminate with bloodlust and savagery as cables, gears, and panels all swirl and compact around him. "Hahahaha! It's really amazing! I'm never taking this off!"
All Might can't believe his eyes, David caused all this? How? "DAVE, WHAT IN THE WORLD HAVE YOU MADE?"
Even Melissa's taken back and shocked by Wolfram's sudden explosion in power. "I had no idea he created something so powerful."
Ochaco's blown away, unable to look away as the tower itself folds under the villain's will. "And-and I thought the Omnitrix was amazing. But this-...imagine if every villain got a hold of something like this."
Blue circuitry patterns flood the tower as Wolfram's power expands beyond what was its natural limits. Each stretch of power rips panels right out from the tower, along with ever gear, cabling and wiring, piping, everything. It all swarms and accumulates together around Wolfram, becoming a slithering jungle of metal shards, cables, and such that rises and expands with every passing second. Massive entanglements of cables stretch out from the towering mass like tentacles. Like a demonic kraken of steel its tentacles swing across the sky dangerously, threatening to knock each of them off the tower and plummeting to their doom.
"Now. I think I know the best way to raise the price of this device. I can charge whatever I want if it was used to kill the world's Number One Hero!" With a haunting howl Wolfram commands the slithering pillars and tentacles of cables after the Symbol of Peace.
All Might just barely dodges, each pillar smashing into the tower, each hit causes the whole foundation to shake again and again.
But although he's playing it defensibly All Might tries to slip in for an attack, hoping to end it in one strike. But it never connects as a massive metallic tentacle slams into his fist. It's force and mass being so great it actually manages to win the power struggle and crash through and into All Might and the tower.
"Waaaaah!" Melissa screams out as she's thrown into the air after the attack causes the ground to cave-in and from under her.
But Ochaco acts quickly, using One For All to catch her in midair. 'This is bad!' Ochaco can see All Might struggling to hold off the massive pillars, he's using his bear strength alone to hold back the pillars from doing him in, but even so steam is pouring off his body in waves. 'He's running out of time!'
"Hahahahahaha!" More masses of metal come crashing into All Might, the pillars bend and twist as they crash into him, but he holds them back even though his entire body is threatening to give in.
"Is Uncle Might, okay?!" Melissa begs for an answer as Ochaco jumps off the ground again before they're caught up in the battle.
But Ochaco doesn't have an answer or rather she can't answer. Because the answer is grim, hammered in as more pillars and tentacles crash into the hero. The steam coming from his body is like a heavy fog, his muscles are giving in under the pressure, and blood is spat out from his mouth as he bares all that the villain can give.
"Why won't you just DIE ALREADY!?" Wolfram roars, sending in a barrage of pillars and tentacles after the Symbol of Peace.
And with that the girls cry out in anguish. "ALL MIGHT!"
Azure glowing circuit-patterns breach down through the ceiling and claw their way down the side of the vault's walls. As they do the metal beams, wires, and structures of the tower itself are torn and ripped apart. Pieces of metal rubble even begin to float upwards as if gravity itself has been shut off only to them.
The entire tower shakes and rumbles under Wolfram's power, the glow of his Quirk spreading further down the structure causing anything of metal to either twist under his will or rise up in an azure aura.
And yet mountains of rubble still lie silently within the vault. Wolfram's tremors have caused the vault to cave in and bury its attendants alive.
And yet a black ooze slithers its way through the cracks and crevices, moving around and coming together as if they were a metallic liquid being attracted to a single magnet. The ooze puddles together and reforms as red circuity-patterns aglow across Malware's frame.
Having freed himself from the metallic tomb, Malware peers around and gauges the situation especially as the building's metallic structure is ripped out and twisted around in an azure circuity-like aura.
[I see that Wolfram has decided to test out the Quirk Amplifying Device. It's working far better than even I presumed.]
But that means that the pro heroes of the island will undoubtedly be on the way due to just how showy Wolfram's demonstration of power is.
So, he'd best be on a move on before someone with a Quirk capable of countering him shows up.
And so, he makes to leave, looking around he notices a massive gash in the vault's north wall, undoubtedly caused by Wolfram's show. And conveniently Malware can see the Control Room undamaged right on the other side.
Not one to risk losing the opportunity he moves for the Control Room. The moment he's in reach he slams his claw into the main computer and begins to work away at Melissa's newly established firewalls. [I shall start by reinstating the Security System!]
^Wa wa. Bz-oop. P-wop.^ Chopper happily beeps and whistles as he leads the way through the dark ominous corridors.
"Wow, no way!" Mina nods along, she's been happily listening to Chopper's ramblings for a while now, but it doesn't seem to bother her, at least it's a distraction from the dark cold corridors and piping.
^Wa wa-wop. Wop.^
"Yeah, I totally hear ya. Hmph."
Following behind them, Tsuyu watches her friend with a worried frown. "Mina, you've been chatting away with that robo-I mean Chopper this whole time. But can you actually understand him?"
"Nope!" Mina responds with no hint of shame. "I have absolutely no idea!"
"I should have figured. Kero."
Tokoyami moves on ahead, keeping his eyes alert for any signs of danger. "Stay alert, now is not the time to get distracted."
Chopper stops causing Tokoyami to bump into him. ^Wo!^
The raven-headed teen pauses. "What is it, our little friend?"
^Wap!^ Chopper frantically points ahead, he aims his flashlight up illuminating the form of a Dalek hidden in the darkness.
"It's one of those bots!" Mina jumps, getting ready to throw out a splash of Acid.
"Wait a second!" Tsuyu cuts her off grabbing her arm before she can run off. "Mina look, It's been shut off!"
It is. The Dalek is totally shut down, unmoving, sitting silently still in the darkness.
"Huh, yeah I guess it is." Mina nervously gives its head a tap with her knuckle and there's still no response. "Weird."
Tokoyami offers up an explanation. "I would presume that our classmates have deactivated the security system."
"I think we can presume correct." Tsuyu agrees.
And the news is music to Mina's ears. "Great! So, like, should we look for a way out of here now?"
^Wo wo.^ Chopper shakes his head a-matter-of-factually.
Tsuyu may not understand what the bot's saying but she knows exactly why they can't leave yet. "We have to keep going, we don't know what the situation is out there. For all we know they can turn back on at any second."
"R-Really?!" Mina jumps away from the Dalek.
"Don't fret." Tokoyami assures before turning to the little droid. "C1-10P, how close are we to our destination?"
The hallway lights up as Chopper presents them with the holographic map.
"We appear to be close."
Mina grins seeing their distention's right around the corner. "So, if we hurry, we can make sure the villains don't regain control!"
"Precisely."
"Then what are we waiting for?! Let's go!" And with Mina leading the way they hurry through the dark labyrinth.
The corridor is littered with shutoff Daleks that they have to shove and squeeze themselves through in order to keep moving. They're quite heavy and so squeezing past them becomes a struggle but they're able to make it through thanks to their Quirks with Dark Shadow shoving them aside, Mina melting them, and Tsuyu simply hopping over them.
"There are so many." Tsuyu comments, sticking herself to the wall so that she can climb over the squad of silent bots.
Tokoyami goes ahead and allows Dark Shadow to pull a few away, clearing the path. "Yes, let's be grateful we don't have to fight our way through such a horde.'
Mina follows behind him. "Yeah, no kidding."
^Wap!^ Chopper wheels ahead, illuminating his flashlight up at a set of giant metal sealed doors.
"Is this it?" Tsuyu asks while eyeing the giant door warily.
^B-op!^ Chopper goes to the nearby control panel where he gets ready to hack the door open.
But just as he begins there's a sizzling sound coming from behind him, like someone burning a pan of bacon on the stove.
And so spinning around Chopper finds that Mina has melted a whole through the giant metal door. "Sorry, but you took way too long last time."
Chopper crosses his arms in annoyance. ^Wap!^
And so braving the unknown the teens and their little robotic companion step through the melted hole and into their final destination.
Unlike the rest of the labyrinth this large dome-hexagonal chamber is aglow with soft azure lights emanating the nets of circuits and wiring lining every inch of the walls, ceiling, and floors. A massive computer processor-like machine stands like a massive pillar in the center of the dome with giant cables and wirings reaching out from its bottom like tree roots, lining themselves just underneath the grated metal floor. There are several levels of balconies lining the outer rim of the dome, each one allowing you to climb higher and higher. There are several more sealed entrance ways lining the facility, undoubtedly leading to the other levels of the labyrinth of dark corridors. And finally, squads of shutoff and silent Daleks line the floor below like statues and there's even more silently sitting on the balconies above making the teens nervous despite them being turned off.
Mina whistles, impressed by layout and architecture. "Now this is a secret underground lair."
"It's not a lair." Tokoyami corrects, gazing up at the large technological pillar at the center. "It's the home of the Cutoff Switches."
"But where are they?"
"That must be it over there!" Tsuyu points down to the lowest level, which is one level down from them, there across the way sits a tall hexagonal control panel with a large blue-glowing lever that's encased in glass.
"Well, that was easy!" Mina cheers and throws herself over the railing and down to the level below.
"Wait for me, Mina!" Tsuyu hops after her, leaving Tokoyami behind.
The raven-headed teen doesn't follow but instead scans the entire facility. "Where are the others? Have they not arrived yet?"
^Wa wop.^ Chopper shrugs, unsure himself on where they are.
Meanwhile, Mina weaves her way through the horde of frozen Daleks and makes it to the switch. She rips open the glass casing and grips the lever before turning back to Tsuyu with a victorious smile. "Get ready, because we're about to save the day!"
With a shout she pulls with all her might, the lever shifting downward and lighting up green indicating its activation.
But other than that, nothing happens, there's no alarms, no announcements, or anything. The entire facility doesn't react in any way and just continues on with its business.
"N-nothing happened!"
"There must be more switches!" Tsuyu offers back, looking around the Daleks to see if they're nearby.
"There they are!" Tokoyami calls from the other side of the facility, he points up and the girls follow his gaze up to the other levels where about two more of those switches are laid out on the balconies above.
"You have got to be kidding me!" Mina screams in frustration seeing how high they'll have to climb.
"No use complaining about it. Let's hurry! What?!" Just before Tsuyu can jump away she stops as a chorus of machines' humming pierces her ears.
Suddenly the blinking azure lights lining the walls, ceilings, and floor stop like someone had just pressed the pause button on them. And then with a thunderous clap and shift they all flash into a red, casting the entire room in a veil of crimson.
"What's happening?!" Mina screams.
^Waaaaa!^ Chopper screams, frantically waving for them to run.
But the girls are unable to translate his actions in time as the Daleks shift and stir.
"They're waking back up!" Tsuyu cries as she and Mina back themselves against the still green-glowing lever. "The villains must have regained control!"
The Daleks all turn and spot the girls immediately. ^Intruders detected. EXTERMINATE!^
They all take aim and prepare to fire, and the girls shrink back in horror, trapped between the massive horde and the bottom of the balcony above.
"Keep away from them!" Tokoyami crashes down before them, Dark Shadow whirling around like a snake of lightning, striking the nearest Daleks with such force they go flying across the facility.
"Tokoyami!" The girls gasp in surprise, grateful for the rescue.
But he has no time for small talk as he turns his furious gaze towards the rest of the horde. "Dark Shadow!"
"'Up you go!'" Dark Shadow's claws weave themselves around the girls' waists before hoisting them high into the air and onto the balcony above, tossing them over the railing before hurrying back down to its master.
"Quickly!' Tokoyami shouts as Dark Shadow dives down and smashes its claw into a pair of incoming Daleks. "Get to the other switches before it's too late!"
Putting their trust in him, the girls share a look and silently agree to listen. "Let's go!"
And they run off, sprinting down the balcony towards the stairs.
Tokoyami watches them off before quickly drawing his attention back towards the surrounding enemies.
^You are a foul to take us alone! Now prepare to be Exterminated!^
"You are mistaken." Tokoyami growls as his familiar swirls around him like a levitating python. "It is you that faces extermination!"
Tokoyami charges forth, Dark Shadow lunging out with a spin, its claws tearing apart the first line of attack robots.
Meanwhile, from up above Mina and Tsuyu are sprinting their way up the balconies as fast as they can. But squads of Daleks intercept them, forcing them to take action.
"Out of our way!" Mina melts them away with her Acid clearing the way.
But she missed one and it quickly prepares to fire. ^Extermina-^ The Dalek's body sparks and goes haywire before shutting down.
The bot falls over revealing that Chopper had tazed it from behind. ^Wa wa!^ He waves for them to hurry and follow him.
The girls chase after the bot with Tsuyu taking the back of the group to cover them.
^Intercept all intruders!^ An entire squad of hovering Daleks crash through the railing and interject themselves between Mina and Tsuyu while another squad runs up from behind the frog girl.
"Oh, no! Tsu!"
Seeing that she's surrounded, Tsuyu makes a split second decision, "Go! It'll be faster this way!"
She doesn;t wait for a response and instead she throws herself over the railing as she does her tongue lashes up and onto the balcony above, allowing her to swing her way up higher and higher.
^Exterminate!^ Several of the bots hover after her, firing their rays in tandem.
But she dodges, jumping off the railing and balconies with amazing agility and speed. As a laser nearly grazes her she jumps up and grabs onto one of the hovering Daleks. The bot loses control, spinning around in the air and the others, not caring for their comrade, fire.
Tsuyu jumps away at the last second just as the bot explodes in a ball of fire, before she lands another flying bot and kicks it into the wall as she jumps higher into the air.
Meanwhile, Mina sprinting through the upper balconies at a breakneck pace, with Chopper right at her heels. "Hurry!"
Lasers and rays are fired after her, and thanks to her frantic running they miss but do burn their way through the walls and flooring. But the Daleks are relentless, continuously pursuing her through the red-light facility.
^EXTERMINATE!^
Chunks of metal shift and fall away into the vault's floor, a bruised scraped hand reaches out from the cracks and hauls itself out. A bruised and bleeding Izuku is finally able to crawl out of the pile of rubble and throw himself onto the cracked floor of the vault.
His head is pounding, and everything is spinning forcing him to take a minute to recover his sight. And as he does, he finds chunks of metal floating in the air, cables and wires slithering up towards the tower's ceiling while blue circuitry patterns line the ceiling, walls and floor.
Unsure of what's going on, Izuku scans for the enemy and soon spots the alien hacking its way through the tower's security system. "No! Wait!"
Malware turns away from the Central Computer just in time to see Izuku pull himself to his feet. [You're too late, boy! I've already broken through all the newly installed firewalls; in just a few moments I will have full control of not just this tower. BUT ALL OF I-ISLAND!]
He's going to absorb the entire island and take on his final, true form. And then nothing will be able to stop him, not even his father.
"Shit. Talk about ambitious."
Malware pauses, peering around he finds Kraab scuttling away from the computer.
Kraab smirks up at the Galvanic Mechamorph and snarky replies. "Sorry, but we are unable to accept this transaction."
His eyes blink rapidly and then BOOM the Central Computer explodes, going up in flames and smoke.
[NAAAaaagggh!] Malware is blown apart having been standing too close to the explosion.
Izuku is horrified. "You-you killed him!"
Kraab quickly scuttles over and crawls up Izuku's arm. "I wish! He won't stay down for long. Now get your lazy ass moving and get yourself out of there. Transform into the Tetramand or something!"
"I-I can't…"
"What do you mean you can't?!"
"I-I don't have Master Control anymore…" He grips the red glowing Omnitrix in frustration, twisting it but knowing that it's all useless. "Malware he…he erased it."
Well, that's not good and neither is the reforming villain.
[You inferior amalgamation of biology and engineering!] Malware's body reconstructs itself and he is angry. [Can you even fathom what you have done?!]
"Yeah, I just saved the fucking day. You're welcome!" Kraab snarkily responds.
[Saved it?! You only delayed the inevitable!]
Malware's body metals into the floor, his body spreading across the floor and walls like black ink while red circuitry patterns take over every piece of machinery and technology around. The tower shakes as the ink spreads slowly throughout the entire tower, from the floor under Izuku's feet to the levels below.
"Wh-what's happening?!" Izuku jumps, hopping from foot to foot as Malware's red circuitry floods past from underneath his feet.
Kraab grips Izuku's shoulder hard as holds on, not wanting to be absorbed. "We're in big trouble, Deku!"
"W-why?! What's he doing?!"
"He's trying to take over the island!"
"But the Control System's destroyed!"
"That only would have made it easier for him but now he's doing it manually! The system is like a highway now he's taking side streets, it'll do the same thing, but it'll take longer. We have to stop him before he takes over the tower!"
"But-but I…I can't!" Izuku shakes his head, feeling useless as he clutches the recharging Omnitrix. "I don't have an alien that can stop him. And-and I don't have Master Control anymore!"
"How's that an excuse?! Just get yourself into gear and stop him!"
But he can't. What can he do against all of this? If Malware is taking over the island, then what can he possibly do to stop him? Which alien would work best? He has to be careful because if he chooses wrong, he can't just pick a new one whenever he wants anymore. It's…it's impossible to win, Malware's too strong and he's…he's just a kid with a broken watch.
It would be so easy for Kraab to whack him over the head and yell at him to get his shit together. But he knows that won't work. The kids finally felt free and now he's shackled again, it's not something that easy to get over. He doesn't need someone to kick him while he's down, but someone that'll offer him a hand to get back up.
"Look I get it kid you lost something that made you feel powerful. And without it you feel weak and useless I bet."
He does, that's exactly how he feels.
"Well guess what kid, everyone loses something eventually. You lost the Master Control function. I lost my body. We lose something important, deal with it."
That's not at all making him feel any better.
"But sometimes when we lose something we gain something even better."
Izuku perks up, finally giving Kraab his full attention.
"I may have lost my original body, but I got a new one." Kraab gestures to the spider-like legs at his sides and his new wrench-like robotic arms. "I lost my rep in the bounty hunting biz, but I gained your respect." Izuku's trusted him several times throughout the summer. And he didn't have to, he could have betrayed the kid whenever he wanted but…the kid's honest serenity was new to him. It was honest and pure, and it made Kraab feel, for the first time ever, that he had somewhere he belonged. "I lost my lone wolf lifestyle…but I gained…a friend."
Izuku is at a loss for words. Did Kraab just admit that they're friends? That-that he's on his side? If so then that's amazing, it means that he managed to break through Kraab's hard shell. He-he made a new alley and friend, didn't he?
Seeing the fire in Izuku's eyes light up, Kraab jokingly pesters him. "So, are you going to stop sulking? Or do I need to help you find a new set of balls?"
"No need." Izuku affirms, getting to his feet and doing his best to hold his head high and not let it get weighed down by his own inhibitions and fears. "I can't give up. I've done so much without Master Control; I know I can get by without it even now!"
"That's it ki-Deku! Now are you ready?"
"I'm ready!"
On que the Omnitrix lights up with a ding, turning green and glowing brightly like a lantern. Izuku smiles down at it and thinks, recalling that in order to remove Master Control, Malware, the Galvanic Mechamorph, an alien he doesn't have, grabbed the Omnitrix. Which could only mean one thing- "I lost Master Control but let's see what I gained in return!"
He dials up the watch and raises his hand high over his head. "It's Hero Time!"
He slams his hand down and transforms.
His body instantly reacts, he can feel every cell in his body melting away and digitizing into place. His limbs and frame melt away but expand like a gelatinous liquid and traces of energy race through his veins which twist and turn this way and that throughout his entire body. And then when the sequence is complete Izuku finds himself in his newest form.
[Cool! I just got a real Upgrade!] He peers down at himself, admiring how alike he is to Malware but green instead of red. His inky black blob of a body is lined with green circuitry patterns, and he has a single circle on his face, resembling an eye. [So, this is what a real Galvanic Mechamorph is like.] He twists this way and that, checking out the cool green circuitry. [You guys weren't kidding. They really are green. Fitting.]
The tower shakes and rumbles from above and as the chaos up top unfolds so too does Malware's control over the tower expand.
Upgrade's head twists around to peer back at his shoulder perched friend. [Uh, so now what?]
"Now you fight back?"
[Right, got it!] Upgrade glares down at the red-patterned ground but then pauses. [How exactly?]
Kraab offers him his pincer and boldly states. "Together."
Upgrade understands and he melts away, not into the food, but into Kraab. His liquid form takes the cyborg over, coating him in black-ink and green patterns. Upon doing so Kraab's mechanical body is appropriately upgraded, becoming bulkier with his pincers becoming larger and longer and an additional pincer of twice the length sprouts from the rear. That added with the expanded spider-like legs gives the Upgraded Kraab a scorpion like appearance. A third circular eye wedges itself between Kraab's now glowing green eyes, and the Omnitrix sits prominently on their head.
[Wooaah, this is cool!] Upgrade admires the newly added tail-pincer, making it spin like a drill. [Hahaha! I can get used to this! But do you really think we can do this?]
Even though his body has been taken over, Kraab is still conscious and able to speak. "Yes."
And with that Upgrade drives the spinning pincer into the ground as if it were a stinger, and like a stinger his venom spreads through the system, his green circuitry pushing back against Malware's red.
But it's not enough, for every inch Upgrade takes over Malware takes back another two inches and so on. It's a never-ending struggle with Upgrade making little to no progress against Malware's takeover.
[It's not working! We're not enough!]
Kraab peers around, panickily searching for a solution. "What if we used that thing?"
Looking over back towards the vault, Upgrade spots the Helix stuck within the rubble. [The Helix?!]
"Hey, it gave Malware a boost, maybe it'll do the same for us!"
Upgrade hesitates, weighing the option, it should give them the boost but without the Quirk Amplifying Device it might just be too unstable to use. Then again what other choice do they have?
[I hope you're right about this!]
His two pincers launch out like grappling hooks, the two grab onto the Helix and reel it in until he's able to latch it to his back. He immediately absorbs the Helix, its pyramidal shape melding into Kraab and Upgrade, adding onto his already upgraded armor. Their bodies spark and glow bright under the Helix's effects, charging them up while bolts of green lightning surround them.
[Woah! It's like a power up!]
His green circuitry spreads further across the floor, illuminating it all in a green hue that forces back Malware's red. But the ground under which his stinger had pierced sparks and released a discharge of green lightning everywhere blinding Upgrade completely.
[AAAAAAaaaaahhhhh…!]
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…
Everything is dark.
Quiet.
And still.
There is no noise.
No light.
Nothing but an empty abyss.
There's nothing to feel. No movement. No smells. Nothing to the touch.
It's just empty.
It's confusing.
It's terrifying.
What happened? Where is he? Where is Kraab? What happened?
Did-did they die?
Wait a light, a tiny green light is falling from above like a dancing snowflake that's following an invisible line downward. And then another light and another, no wait, those are numbers and letters like that seen on computer screens. And then there's a flood of them all raining down in an infinite barrage of text and code. It washes down like rain across the abyss before washing away as quickly as it appeared. As the rain of codes fade away, they leave behind various shapes made out of the same code and text. The shapes left behind form silhouettes of strange towering structures and landscapes. But then with a flash of blinding light the code is gone revealing the shapes to be actual structures and an alien landscape.
"Wh-where?! What's happening?!" Izuku can finally speak and for the first time move.
His mind is racing, unable to process any of what he just witnessed. He tries to get his bearings, making sure he's in one piece by checking his arms and legs. "Ahhh! My hand!" Although the rest of him looks like normal human flesh his left arm is glowing and outlined in that same green code and text. "Aaahhhh! Wh-what's happening?!"
Suddenly something yanks him from the hood of his jacket and hoists him up.
"Aaaahhh!"
"Ow! That was right in my ear! Calm down! Sheesh you can be a spaz."
Izuku pauses, he knows that voice. "Kraab?!"
He spins around in the air and he's so surprised by what he sees that his jaw would have fallen clean off his face if it could.
Kraab is the one hoisting him up but gone is his little spider-crab-like legs and wrench-like robotic arms. And instead, he's been reunited with his old body, undamaged and un-melted.
"W-wait, but how?! When did you-?!"
"I don't have my body back." Kraab explains, putting the kid down and revealing that he himself is actually taller than the greenette.
"You-you don't?" Izuku frowns, none of this is making sense. "What's going on?! I thought we were gonna fight Malware!"
"We are fighting Malware, kid. Do you know where or rather what this place is?"
He does not and so he finally takes a moment to take in his surroundings.
The rain of code have reformed and solidified themselves into spiraling towers. Nothing of which Izuku's ever seen before and the landscape is just alien, so alien with twisted plants and strange architecture lining this exotic…city? He's not really sure what he's looking at but there's something off about it front he dark-black ink coloring on every structure which is lined in crimson-red circuit patterns much like those found on Malware.
"Is-Is this a planet?" Izuku almost can't believe it. Did they teleport? What's happening here? It has to be another world because this certainly can't be Earth anymore.
"Actually, it's not, it's a moon." Kraab, however, explains otherwise before pointing his large claw upward towards the sky. "But that is."
Izuku nearly faints as he looks up, floating high above their heads, in the dark night sky is a massive planet. An actual alien planet, it's so big and close it feels like he can reach up and touch it but in reality, it is hundreds of miles away. But even so he can make out continents, an ocean, and the foggy atmosphere encasing the planet. But like the supposed moon they ar eon the planet is casted in an ominous red hue.
"Whhhhhhaaaaaaa! Are we in space?!"
"Not the space you're thinking of. Deku, let me be the first to welcome you to Cyberspace!" Kraab announces for all the void to hear as if telling the space itself to greet the newest arrival.
Izuku's head is spinning in confusion, just what the heck is Cyberspace?! "Cyberspace?! What is that like the Matrix?"
"Not sure what that is but if it helps you understand then sure." Kraab picks a branch off one of the nearby alien trees. "Everything in here is nothing but code and programs. Which can be manipulated and reprogramed which explains why we see ourselves like this." He gestures to his newly recovered body and Izuku's meek human form. "Our brains are the computers here and since they have direct access to our personal codes, they automatically download us to look like this."
"So, this body is like an avatar and its appearance is based on how I see myself."
"Exactly. See you do get it."
"S-so, if this place can be altered, does that mean Malware's already taken it over?! I mean, what is this place supposed to be?"
[It's my home.]
Thunder clashes in the sky and the ground rumbles and quakes as from between the spiraling towers, glowing red monster of giant proportions slowly crashes its way through the alien civilization.
Izuku stands in total shock-and-awe before the ungodly being. "Malware…"
The villain turns his gaze down towards the green and amber specs. [Izuku Midoriya, welcome to my world! To my domain!]
How dare he?! His ego is so large he dares to call I-island's own system his own. "I-Island isn't yours! We'll stop you!"
If Malware could sneer, a cold malicious one would be gracing his lips. [I wasn't referring to I-Island.]
The environment around them shakes and shifts, the towers rise higher than before, and they lose their smooth spiral shapes in favor of sharper-edges and grander heights. The landscape becomes more jagged and uneven as mountains and cliffs erupt forth, tearing the alien city apart.
[You are nothing but an insect, who's only fate will be nothing more than a stain at the bottom of my foot!]
Taking his fist Malware swings down at the duo like an enraged Kaiju.
"Aaaahhh!" Izuku runs just barely able to make it out of the way, the shockwave of the attack launching him off his feet and across the twisted city.
"I've got ya!" Kraab catches him in midair before getting away with his rocket boosters.
He rockets through the air, weaving through the constantly morphing city and landscape.
[Yes! Run! Flee! It's all you can do! You have no hope! MwHahaha! You are only delaying the inevitable!]
"Woah-Aaahhh!" Izuku screams as they nearly crash into a tower that suddenly shoots up from the ground. "He's gonna kill us!"
Malware sends a massive beam after them, forcing Kraab to make a sharp sudden turn between several towers in order to avoid it.
"Pull yourself together, Deku! We need to fight back!"
"H-how-Ahhhh!" Suddenly they are smacked right out of the air, by a giant crimson hand.
Kraab goes crashing down into the city street below, hitting the ground so hard bits of code begin to float into the air as he leaves a crater in his wake. Deku tries to hold on but loses his grip, hitting the ground hard and rolling across the ground before slamming into a wall.
The colossus that is Malware looms over them with a victorious aura. [MwHahahahahaha!]
"Hahahahahaha!" More masses of metal come crashing into All Might, the pillars bend and twist as they crash into him, but he holds them back even though his entire body is threatening to give in.
"Is Uncle Might, okay?!" Melissa begs for an answer as Ochaco jumps off the ground again before they're caught up in the battle.
But Ochaco doesn't have an answer or rather she can't answer. Because the answer is grim, hammered in as more pillars and tentacles crash into the hero. The steam coming from his body is like a heavy fog, his muscles are giving in under the pressure, and blood is spat out from his mouth as he bares all that the villain can give.
"Why won't you just DIE ALREADY!?" Wolfram roars, sending in a barrage of pillars and tentacles after the Symbol of Peace.
And with that the girls cry out in anguish. "ALL MIGHT!"
The massive pillars never reach their target as a sudden rush of bone chilling ice freezes them in place.
"Huh?!" Wolfram gaps in surprise.
"Go To Hell!" Suddenly a barrage of Explosions rain down over the villain forcing him to shield himself with a massive wall of metal.
The flying Bakugou breaks his attack and takes a moment to grip his spraining wrist before He roaring down at All Might. "How can you let yourself get beat by some lame final boss?! Hurry and take him down!"
All Might grins even as the wright of the pillars continue to bear down on him. "THANKS FOR THE HELP YOUNG BAKUGOU."
He's not the only one he needs to thank as Shoto and the others have just arrived from out of the elevator. "We'll do what we can! We'll help you!"
Kirishima leaves Jiro to hold up the still dazed Denki in order to step up. Iida let's knock those hunks of metal out of the sky!"
Iida's engines roar to life as he gets ready to go. "Yaoyorozu take care of things down here."
"Right!" Momo responds just before the two race into the fray.
All Might pushes against the metal, the ringing of his student's fist and Quirks clashing against the metal pushes him to fight. 'WITH MY STUDENTS SO MOTIVATED, THERE'S NO WAY I CAN LET MYSELF BE HELD BACK BY SOMETHING SO FOOLISH AS A LIMIT!'
Kirishima and Iida smash through several of the pillars pushing against All Might while Bakugou holds the villains attention from the air above, blasting any pillars and metal tentacles that get too close. And Shoto is covering for them all, freezing any pillar in place and disrupting Wolfram's attacks.
'I NEED TO PUSH PAST BY BOUNDARIES AND GO BEYOND!' With a single push he smashes and breaks away the pillars before launching himself through the air like a bullet. "IT'S TIME TO BE PLUS ULTRA!"
At the same time, the frozen pillars from before breaking free of their icy prisons and intercept All Might's path.
But they do little to slow him down as he weaves and smashes through them like a baseball bat through pieces of cardboard. No matter how many are thrown his way he powers through them, smashing them apart and piercing through their attacks like an unstoppable force of nature.
"CAROLINA SMASH!" He breaks through the final barrier between him and the iron kraken. The force of the punch ripples through the air and lights up the night, light shining down over the tower like the sun, like rays of hope, as a powerful shockwave shakes the ground and air.
"PREPARE YOURSELF, VILLAIN! RAAAAAAAAAAAHHH-!" But before he can connect All Might's suddenly pulled away by a web of cables bound around his limbs. "NICE TRICK BUT I-GRHH!"
Wolfram's iron grip squeezes around All Might's neck with a sick twisted pleasure. But what has All Might's concern is how Wolfram's arm burns to the touch, not only that his entire arm is burning red. It's aglow like an overheated furnace, and his muscles are bulging with power, shredding through the sleeve of his jacker.
"Prepare myself? Take your own advice!" Wolfram sneers, steam pouring out from between his teeth as his entire body glows burning red. "You've underestimated me."
'WHERE DID THIS S-STRENGTH COME FROM?!' He coughs up blood as his throat is crushed but then the villain claws at the wound on his stomach before Wolfram's burning fingers pierce into his flesh. "AAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"
"All Might-Ah!" Ochaco tries to run and help him but she goes down, the burning pain of her shoulder and the overall strain on her body is finally catching up to her.
"Are you alright?!" Melissa hovers over her worriedly.
"Damnit!" Bakugou's not faring any better as he's just barely able to dodge and blast himself out of the way of the incoming pillars and iron tentacles.
Shoto's running on fumes as well, he's barely able to prevent himself from being turned into a dual-colored pancake. So much so Iida and Kirishima have to rush in and defend him.
'THIS NEW POWER SEEMS TO ENHANCE HIS MUSCLES. HE MUST HAVE MULTIPLE QUIRKS.' In the distance or perhaps it's the dread in his heart, All Might can hear the deathly chime of funeral bells. "NO WAY, IT COULDN'T BE."
"Oh, yes." Wolfram sneers, his gaze never leaving All Might as he soaks in his deliciously broken and shocked expression. "While we were planning this little plot, I received an intriguing phone call from the man himself. He said he wanted to work with me to help. When I asked him why he'd bother he was happy to explain his interest."
He can still hear the man, no, the devil declaring his vow before him. "'If All Might's friend wants to have a hand in something evil, I will assist in his fall from grace in any way that I can. I regret only that I will ot be able to see All Might's face twist in pain when he discovers the truth about the Professor.'"
"ALL FOR ONE IS BEHIND THIS?!"
Wolfram sneers in All Might's face. "What's the matter? Looks like you finally stopped smiling!"
"NOOO!" Fully enraged All Might lets out a monstrous roar that shakes the sky.
But before he can unleash his full fury a massive pillar crashes into him and pins him back against the web of skin-piercing cables all the while Wolfram's maniacal cackle echoes through the air.
While lost in his own cruel excitement Wolfram sends in a set of compact metal cubes crashing into All Might from every side!
Ochaco's heat stops, her spirit snapping as she witnesses the blow. She is unable to look away as more cubes of metal and iron smash into All Might, entombing him in a cocoon of floating metal.
"All Might, No!" The teens cry out in shock as fear pierces their hearts like lightning.
Tears leak from Melissa's eyes as her heart weeps. "P-please don't do this…!"
"Farewell Symbol of Peace!" Wolfram howls with glee and with a swing of his hand he summons forth a barrage of piercing pillars forth.
Their trajectory is upward, towards the floating metal tomb, their aim to skewer the Number One Hero until his corpse is unrecognizable!
An array of pink spheres zoom through the air like bullets, imploding against the pillars with such force that they break apart.
Wolfram frowns, unsure of what just happened. And wondering who could have possibly ruined his moment.
"I won't let you hurt him anymore!" Ochaco screams from the top of her lungs while racing forward before rocketing herself straight at the metal tomb. "VENUS SMASH!"
Her fist slams against the metal cocoon, the force of the impact generating a whirlwind around her and her fist. But the metal doesn't break or buckle as Wolfram's sheer force of will holds it together.
"You are so damn annoying! Take the hint you brat! It's over! You lost!"
"We-haven't lost yet! It's not over yet! We're still fighting! Everybody's still fighting!"
It's not just her. All of her friends are here, giving it their all to stop this disaster. There are those here on top of the tower, doing their best to support and assist them! There's Mr. Midoriya and Mina and the others are all racing against the clock to save all of I-Island! And then there's Deku who will do whatever it takes to save everyone!
And so, with her spirit ignited from within, her entire body shines as it surges with the power of One For All. And with everyone's hopes on the line Ochaco declares out and promises to the world. "WE'RE NOT GONNA LET YOU WIN!"
Izuku wakes up with a jolt, his ears are ringing not from being in a daze but from a faraway call. "U-Uraraka?"
He could have sworn he heard her voice there for a moment. But where is she?
And so, fighting through his throbbing headache, Izuku pushes his head up and finally tries to look around only to find himself in the base of one of Malware's twisted towers.
But he's not captured because off to his left is Kraab who's on the lookout for the giant-sized villain. "Kraab what's happening?"
Kraab starts and peers down at the previously unconscious teen. "Welcome back kid. Thought we lost you there a second."
"What's going on?"
"Nothing much, just trying to survive. You know, a normal Tuesday."
Izuku would ask who he's trying to hide from, but he already knows. So, hopefully they can keep it up until they can figure out a way to fight back.
[Did you really think you could hide from me?] The tower is torn open, pulled from its roots and leaving the duo completely exposed to crimson death looming over them. [When will you understand? I am the superior being! I am the perfect creation!] His core glows brightly as it begins to charge.
And with no time to spare Kraab grabs the kid and takes off as Malware unleashes a devastating beam after them.
[I am invincible!]
The beam crashes through the city, causing chains of explosions to go off and although they are able to evade the main laser they are caught up by the intense shockwaves and blasts. The blasts force Kraab to a stop, his claws sliding against the ground before Izuku jumps off and rolls to a stop.
Spinning around Izuku is met with Malware's deathly glare shining down at him from above. And the impossible hanging over his head Izuku shows one last show of defiance. "Y-you're not invincible! We'll stop you!"
[And how will you stop me?!]
He doesn't know. He doesn't fully understand how this Cyberspace place works. All he knows is what he's been given: it's nothing but code. And so far, he has no control of it. Not a one. But-but Malware does. Malware the Galvanic Mechamorph has full control over this place.
And so with one last ditch idea in his head Izuku summons the strength he has left to stand before the so-called perfect being. "It doesn't matter how." He reaches down and grips the Omnitrix, activating it and transforms. [What matters is that I don't give up!]
Upgrade declares with a flourish before sinking his entire body into the ground. His green circuit spreads like a flood taking over the ground and nearby towers with ease.
Malware is taken back, stepping away from the flood of green as if it was a disease. [What is happening?! What are you doing?!]
Upgrade's voice echoes through the space. [You said this was your world but that also means it's my world too!] Upgrade reforms atop a nearby tower but his arms and legs remain attached to the circuitry and codes. [This is my domain, Malware! And I'm not gonna let you have it!]
[You think you can stop me?! You're just like father! He always stood in the way of my potential!] With a crash Malware slams his claws against the ground causing the red-contaminated ground and towers to shift and surge forward like a tidal wave. [And I refuse to let anyone else do the same!]
Upgrades meets his tidal wave of towers and earth with his own, the forces of red and green clash with such force the entire coded-moon shakes.
[As long as I keep fighting, I won't let you hurt anyone else!] Upgrade roars with a newfound fire. [WE'RE NOT GONNA LET YOU WIN!]
'Keep running!' Mina charges forward, doing her best not to flinch as laser beams zip past her head from behind. She stays laser focused, focusing on the switch located at the end of the balcony. 'We're almost there!'
Chopper is racing by her side, he too is forced on the switch but then a laser burns and explodes just beside him, tossing Chopper over the railing. ^Woooooo!^
"No Chopper! Ahhh!" Mina ducks as more lasers are fired and the pursuing Daleks close the distance between them. 'Gotta keep running! I'll help him later! I promise!'
She can see it, it's straight ahead.
'I'm almost there! I can make it!'
^Halt intruder!^ A squad of Daleks fly in, smashing through the railing, and blocking the way with their massive bodies.
But Mina can't stop, she's moving too fast and she's too close to stop or change directions. She's gonna slam into them and they're gonna have a clear shot taking her out! They're gonna kill her!
^Wa wa wa wa!^ Suddenly, coming in like a freaking champ, Chopper races in on his rocket booster and using himself like a missile he charges right into the Daleks, slamming them out of Mina's way.
And as if in slow motion, Mina watches as she weaves around the crashing bots as they all smash into the wall. Even Chopper falls to the floor his body glitching out and limbs bent from the impact as sparks ignite from his dead rocket booster.
But she can't afford to worry about him right now, she needs to focus. And so, she throws herself at the switch. "Yaaaahh!" She grabs the switch as her body falls, she pulls, turning the switch from blue to green. "I got it!"
Now with her part done, it's all up to Tsuyu now.
Speaking of the frog girl is parkouring through the air hopping from wall to balcony to Dalek, going this way and that, up and down, left and right, all to avoid their lasers all the while a battle rages on the lowest level.
^Cease your resistance!^
Tsuyu jumps onto the Dalek and kicks herself up as an incoming laser blasts the Dalek away. "Last one!"
As she approaches the last switch on one of the tallest balconies she reaches out with her tongue, letting it lash out like a whip. "KERO!"
The sticky appendage wraps around the lever and pulls, activating it before she lands on the balcony.
But nothing happens other than the switch turning from blue to green. Otherwise, nothing changes, the Daleks are still fighting and the red hue of the facility around them remains.
"What?! Did-did it fail?!" Mina cries as she checks on Chopper after having melted away the pursuing Daleks.
"Impossible! Is this is not it?!" Tokoyami frantically looks around while still engaged with the army of robots. That is until he spots it. "There! Look to the ceiling!"
Their heads snap up and there they find the final switch, it's a glowing blue orb attached to the ceiling above.
"That must be the final switch! Kero!"
"Oh, come on! What kind of maniac designed this place?!" Mina whines before the room shakes and rumbles. "Aaaah!"
The rumbling is due to one of the sealed doors being busted open and an army of Daleks flood into the facility, some taking to the air as to not get in the way of their comrades. ^EXTERMINATE!^
"Quickly! Everyone to the switch!" Tokoyami orders as Dark Shadow wraps around him, its claws reaching up and hoisting it and its master up, using the balconies to climb higher and higher.
Tsuyu meanwhile tries to jump for it while Mina is forced to leave the damaged Chopper behind. "I'll be back for you! I promise!"
^Wa wa!^
As she sprints away, Chopper's arms fold out and he attempts to repair himself.
The three teens climb higher and higher, moving as fast as they can as a rain of lasers and robots attempt to stop them. But no matter how close they are to being disintegrated and burned away they keep moving. They keep climbing. For the sake of their friends and for the sake of everyone on I-Island!
"We won't give up!" Tsuyu shouts as she hops from Dalek to Dalek.
"We won't let our allies down!" Tokoyami declares as he continues his shadow ridden climb upwards.
"That's right!" Mina joins in before they all simultaneously cry out in determination. "WE'RE NOT GONNA LET YOU WIN!"
"You're not gonna let me win?!" Wolfram can't help but find that laughable. "Like I was asking for permission? Hahaha!" He sends an iron tentacle slamming into the girl, knocking her away from All Might's metal tomb "You really are an idiot?! What, you think you're the next Symbol of Peace?! Well guess what! If that's the case, then I'm gonna crush two Symbols of Peace right here and now!"
"YOU'LL NEVER WIN!" Ochaco defiantly roars back even as she's flung across the air.
"CALIFORNIA…SMAAAAASH!" A blinding light and a sudden glare force breaks through the metal tomb, blasting it apart like an explosion of light and fire. "DID YOU REALLY THINK THAT WOULD HOLD ME?!" All Might mocks as he breaks free of the entombment.
Wolfram is stunned, he can't believe what he's seeing. All Might's alright and is still able to fight! "What?! No! Impossible!"
All Might zips across the air and catches Ochaco, bringing them both down to ground level.
"All Might!" Ochaco yelps in relief.
"YOU'RE WORDS REALLY LIGHT A FIRE UNDER ME, YOUNG URARAKA!" All Might grins, his smile so bright it fills everyone who looks upon it with hope and determination. "NOW LET'S SHOW THIS VILLAIN JUST HOW BRIGHT OUR FLAMES ARE!"
"We won't give up!" Tsuyu shouts as she hops from Dalek to Dalek.
"We won't let our allies down!" Tokoyami declares as he continues his shadow ridden climb upwards.
"That's right!" Mina joins in before they all simultaneously cry out in determination. "WE'RE NOT GONNA LET YOU WIN!"
Their resilience is admirable but futile as Tsuyu's leg gets caught by one of the Dalek's capture cables.
"Waaaahh!" She's pulled away as more cables latch onto her arms and waist.
A laser blasts the railing Tokoyami was gripping to, knocking him away. "AH!"
"'Fumikage!'" Dark Shadow wraps itself around its master and swinging them onto a balcony for safety.
But it was for nothing as a squad of Daleks open fire upon them forcing Dark Shadow to curl tighter and tighter around Tokoyami in an attempt to shield him.
"Aaaaaaahhh!" The two yell out in searing pain as the lasers burn their way through.
Mina is the only one left, but she's thrown off her feet as lasers breakaway the supports of the balcony right from under her! "Aaaaahh!"
She manages to grab what's left of the balcony as the rest falls away and crashes to the sea of robots below. She tries to hold on and pull herself up, but she is met at gunpoint by a pair of Daleks standing above her.
^Cease your resistance!^
Mina desperately looks for an out but there isn't one. The balcony below her is too far down. Tsuyu's been captured. Tokoyami's trapped and worse is that Dark Shadow isn't gonna hold out for much longer. They're doomed.
it's …it's over. There's no way out of this. But-but there still has to be a way out of this? There has to be! There must be! Otherwise, it was all for nothing…
And just as she's about to give up hope, her antenna picks up several Emotional Wavelengths. And all at once Mina is hit with a sense of newfound hope and courage.
Suddenly from one of the sealed entrances away, a loud bang is heard as the doors are busted open. Broken in by a large muscular mass.
"Ugh, I'm out. That's all I had left in me." Sato goes down, exhausted and low on sugar, taking a knee as the others step inside.
"That's alright, you got us this far." Hisashi strides into the room with a flourish, his Hawaiian shirt dancing in the wind as he gives the kid a pat on the shoulder. "We have it from here!"
The rest of the group stride into the facility with grinning smiles and hearts full of hope.
"Keep away from those kids!" Hisashi roars unleashing a massive wave of flames upon the army of Daleks, consuming them all entirely in a personal hell on Earth. "Or you'll regret it!"
The flames burn and eat away at the Daleks. The flames reach so high that they fend off the hovering Daleks that have Tokoyami and Dark Shadow pinned.
"Tokoyami!" Hagakure hurries to Tokoyami's side just as Dark Shadow withers back into his chest.
"Hagakure. T-thank you." Tokoyami groans, his entire body covered in burns.
"Shh, relax now, I got you." Hagakure helps him up by slinging his arm over her shoulders.
As they stumble away, Sero zips past them with a swing of his tape. "In coming! Hahaha!" With a laugh he swings himself upward, right towards the webbed up Tsuyu. "What kind of mess is this?!" He shoots out an entanglement of tape over the Daleks. "Let's see if I can make it messier!"
The tape stick and pull on the hovering Daleks. And in their attempt to pull away they jostle and pull on each other, throwing each other off balance. And with a well-timed kick from Sero they go tumbling away, spiraling out of control and slamming and cutting away their own capture cables as they collide.
"Kero!" Tsuyu shouts as she's freed.
As she plummets, Sero swings in and catches her, bringing them down to a rolling stop across one of the higher balconies.
"Thanks for the rescue!" Tsuyu breathes.
"Don't mention it."
"But what was with that line?"
"Eh." Sero shrugs. "I was trying to think of something Midoriya would say."
Meanwhile, Shoji is making a beeline for the Daleks that are holding Mina at gunpoint, charging forward like an enraged bull as he goes. "Get away from her!"
With his arms stretched out at his sides he slams into the Daleks, knocking them both over the edge and crashing to the ground below where they smash into pieces.
"S-Shoji!" Mina gasps while still hanging on for dear life.
"I've got ya." Shoji easily hoists her up with one arm. "You alright?!"
"I'm fine! But the switch! We need to get to the last switch!" Mina shouts in a panic, pointing up to the orb on top of the ceiling.
But hovering Daleks block the way, taking up the airways like hovering flies.
Shoji flinches under the gaze of the Daleks. "It's too far! We'll never make it in time!"
^Bop wop!^
From around the bend, Chopper appears albeit beaten and scraped up. He's leaning to one side and one his legs are bent, and his antenna is missing. But otherwise, he's up on his feet and he's ready for action.
"Ch-Chopper! You're okay!" Mina cries in relief before getting a brilliant idea. "I know you can fly up there and get it!"
He shakes his head in frustration. ^Waaa…^ Leaning back he shows her that his rocket booster is busted as well.
"Oh, no! We have to do something!" Shoji exclaims.
^Wa wop-bp!^ Chopper suddenly has an idea, waving his arms around frantically in an attempt to communicate what it is.
"What? What is it he's trying to say?" Shoji wonders, unable to decipher any of the droid's whoops and whistles.
But Mina pays close attention, watching at how Chopper swings his arms in a throwing motion.
"Throw?" And then it hits her on what he's trying to say. "Throw him! Throw him now!"
"Oh, I get it!" Shoji picks up the little droid and asks tentatively. "Are you ready?"
^Wop.^ Chopper gives him a nod.
"Alright, then. Then here we go!" Shoji spins, swinging Chopper around before launching him straight at the orb. "SPEED BALL!"
Chopper races through the air like a baseball, racing past the slow-moving Daleks with ease. But despite Shoji's strength and best-efforts Chopper slows before he even makes it halfway.
"He's not gonna make it!" Hagakure shouts, watching as she helps Tokoyami to safety.
"Oh, yes he will!" Sero leaps out and wraps Chopper in tape.
Spinning his body, he swings and launches Chopper higher into the air.
"You got this!" Tsuyu bounces across the sky, reeling her leg back, she unleashes a devastating kick into Chopper's side sending him rocketing the rest of the way like a high-speed comet!
And this comet soars, flying higher and higher until Chopper crashes into the orb with a thunderous collision. And upon doing so, activating the last of the Cutoff Protocol.
The flashing red lights around the facility suddenly stop and freeze in place as do the attacking Daleks. Everyone, every machine, and every circuit of the facility goes silent as everyone holds their breath. And then it all goes green. The entire room flashes to green and the Daleks fall away, shutting off completely and finally going still and an announcement rings out throughout the entire island.
[The Cutoff Protocol has been activated. The Cutoff Protocol has been activated.]
But what really means one thing to all the teens: "WE DID IT!"
They did it. They really did it. They saved everyone!
Hisashi visibly relaxes as a mix of pride fills him. The kids did good, no, these hero students did great. As did his own companion. "Way to go, Chop."
From the newly formed hole in the ceiling, Chopper peers down and waves in celebration before collapsing as if he actually fainted.
Malware freezes as the code in the Cyberspace shifts and closes off. [No.] He peers up and confirms his worst fears. [NO!]
The floating planet above is gone. It has completely vanished from sight as did the rest of the starry coded sky. It's gone completely as if it never existed to begin with.
[Where is it?! Where did it go?! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?]
From across the way, Upgrade smirks victoriously. He knows what the planet vanishing means, it means that Mina and the others did it. It means that the Cutoff Protocol has been activated.
[I told you already, didn't I?!] With Malware shaken, Upgrade consumes enough code to expand himself, rising above the skyline and meeting Malware's own gigantic size. [We're never gonna let you win, Malware!]
Upgrade unleashes a beam from his eye that tears into Malware, knocking him down a size, literally, as he crashes onto the city below.
[It's over Malware. There's nothing you can do now. The Cutoff Protocol's been switched on. You'll never take over I-Island now!]
[Do you really think that?] Malware rises from the smoke and fading code. [Izuku Midoriya, I must admit it but you are a far superior challenge than I assumed. I won't be making that mistake again. You are relentless.] A cold devilish sneer crosses Malware's face. [But so am I!]
The red-circuitry ground and towers shift and bend, comparing together as the entire coded moon shakes to its core with thunderous rumbles and explosions. An earsplitting shockwave crashes through the void as the ground tears itself apart, red splitting from green like a limb being ripped from its socket.
[I see now that the only way for me to reach my full potential. Is by DESTROYING YOU, IZUKU MIDORIYA!] Malware's lifted away as the ground and code break away and rise righ into the air like a scene from Inception. [I will not allow you to stand between me and my destiny!]
But Upgrade remains unflinching before the display of power, staring ahead and choosing to face the challenge with all his courage. [It's like you said Malware, I'm relentless.] He matches Malware's destruction with his own, tearing away his half of the coded moon with roaring tremors. [So, bring it!]
[How can you be so sure that you'll win?!]
[Because I'm not alone! I have my friends at my side!]
Surrounding Upgrade from all sides, giant images of said friends dance around him like a swarm. Each of the images were taken from the Island's own security system. There are images of Ochaco racing off for the escaping helicopter. Videos of Iida, Momo, Jiro, Denki, and Mineta facing off against the Security Drones. Melissa and Kraab hacking into the Central Tower's mainframe. There's Bakugou, Todoroki, and Kirishima helping Izuku to take down the villains in the Plant Factory. And there's images of Mina, his dad, and the others being joined by Tokoyami and Shoji as they raid the underground labyrinth.
They're all here. Fighting to stop the villains' plans!
[You're friends?] Malware pauses and thinks, he considers what a nuisance these humans have been. They have provided support, an offense, and run interferences against him, Wolfram, and their plan. In truth, his allies have been quite effective. So perhaps his own alley can be too. [Yes. Allies can prove to be quite useful.]
With a final roar the two gigantic Galvanic Mechamorphs rip the coded moon apart and reshape them to their liking. The tear causes an explosion of red and green to erupt out in all directions with only the stunned Kraab to witness it all before being blinding by the flashing forces.
All Might zips across the air and catches Ochaco, bringing them both down to ground level.
"All Might!" Ochaco yelps in relief.
"YOU'RE WORDS REALLY LIGHT A FIRE UNDER ME, YOUNG URARAKA!" All Might grins, his smile so bright it fills everyone who looks upon it with hope and determination. "NOW LET'S SHOW THIS VILLAIN JUST HOW BRIGHT OUR FLAMES ARE!"
"Yeah, let's kick his ass!"
"AN ALRIGHT WOULD HAVE SUFFICED BUT WHO CARES?! I LOVE THAT FIGHTING SPIRIT OF YOURS!"
Wolfram snorts in contempt. "You think you can take me?! Don't make me laugh! I'll crush you all until there's nothing left!"
Suddenly and without warning the entire tower shakes so violently it feels like it's about to collapse from underneath all their feet.
The teens all fall and trip over the violent shaking as Jiro cries out fear. "The tower! Is it collapsing?!"
"Ah we're all gonna die!" Denki wails, tears streaming from his eyes.
"No, it's something else!" Momo shouts over the continuous shaking and shouting.
"What is it?!" Iida demands an answer but before he can get one, he and all his friend are thrown off their feet as the ground gives in from under them.
"Aaaah!"
"Everyone!" Shoto acts quickly by forming a sheet of solid ice that catches them and prevents them from falling.
"Icy-Hot! What's going on?!" Bakugou roars as he rockets himself down to their level.
"I don't know!"
As the tower shakes it begins to tear itself apart.
Ochaco grabs onto All Might's arm for support as she's nearly thrown off her feet. "All Might?!"
"WHAT IS THIS?!" All Might's in shock too, especially as he stares at the ground.
The entire tower has turned inky-black while crimson circuity runs every which way like a disease.
Even Wolfram seems perplexed by the sudden predicament. "What the hell?!"
[Wolfram.]
Wolfram jumps as Malware's red circuitry crawls up the cables and metal and whispers into his ear. "Malware?! I thought our arrangement was over?"
[Change of plans. I require your assistance. And you require mine.]
"I don't need you! Look at all my power!"
[Impressive, but with my help…it can be so much more.]
Without waiting for permission Malware's influence spreads into the Quirk Amplifying Device taking it over and putting it under his own will.
"What are you-?!"
[Silence you fool! You wanted power well this is what it looks like!]
"Aaaaaaahhh!" Wolfram howls in pain and exhilaration, the power running through his system is unbelievable as Malware takes over the device and pours as much power as he can spare into it. The power's insane, it's going beyond what even he dreamed of. He can feel his metal manipulation spreading across the entire tower, all the way to its lowest levels. And his muscles, his muscles burn like an inferno. And with so much power rushing through his veins and flesh his skin and muscles burst into actual flames as heat trying to escape a raging furnace.
Everyone watches in horror as the iron kraken flails widely, its cold metal exterior has been completely taken over by the black, red ink. More and more metal are pulled into the kraken like a blackhole, expanding it and allowing the red-circuitry to spread even further.
"What-how is this bastard becoming stronger?!" Bakugou stumbles back as the tower's structure is torn away.
"Is it the device?!" Shoto asks.
But Melissa knows it's not, this is something far more dangerous. "No, it's not. It's-it's-"
[It's Malware!] Upgrade's head pops out from the ground like a little blob of ink and green.
"Waah! The floor's alive!" Denki screams in terror.
"Aaa! Wrong!" Jiro scolds while slapping his arm. "It's not the floor! Clearly it's an escaped science experiment!"
Upgrade kinda wants to laugh at that but holds back. [Guys it's me!]
Ochaco quickly notices how familiar sounding Upgrade's voice is to Izuku's original, almost as if Izuku himself is speaking through a faulty speaker. "D-Deku!"
Iida too quickly recognizes the strange blob. "Midoriya, what is going on?! What's causing this?!"
[Wolfram's not working alone! He has a partner who's causing all this!]
The teens, minus Ochaco and Melissa, are stunned.
Even All Might is stunned. 'A PARTNER?! COULD HE HAVE ALSO BE IN LEAGUE WITH ALL FOR ONE?!'
Meanwhile, Upgrade continues with his quick explanation. [And well he's kinda upset that we're trying to stop him.]
"You call this kind of upset?!" Jiro shakes her hands wildly as the mass of expanding metal and red.
As she does more and more of the tower shifts and is torn apart, pulled in by Wolfram's Metal Manipulation.
"What's he-what are they doing?!" Shoto corrects himself mid shout.
"Whatever it is, it can be good." Kirishima comments, having to use Harden to prevent some of the flying metal from gouging him.
[Everyone listen!" Upgrade cries out gathering their attention. [We can stop him. I know we can!]
"How?!" Melissa asks.
Upgrade pauses and thinks. He doesn't really have a plan; everything so far has been made up on the fly. And yet he still feels confident, hopeful, that they will win. He knows it because they're; all here.
And so, gazing upon each of them he can only see their talents, skills, and bravery. He even turns to All Might and despite his feelings he knows that they can win.
And so with his heart field by passionate fire Upgrade finally answers Melissa's question. [Together.]
That's all Ochaco needs to hear to be on board. "Sounds like a plan to me!"
"That's no plan!" Bakugou retorts, calling out how bullshit it is. "Gah, I can take these losers out myself!"
"So, then are you out?"
"Hell no! If there's gonna be any ass whooping, then I'm gonna be part of it!"
Assuming that means he's in, Kirishima goes ahead and joins in. "Yeah, same here!"
Melissa and Shoto step forward as well to show their support.
All the while Mineta is freaking out that they're joining in. "You're all insane! Fine! I'm in, too! Ahh, why do I let you all drag me into these things!"
With a sympathetic smirk Denki gives him a pat on the back. "There's just no use in fighting it." Jiro gasps. "Wow, he can learn."
Even though there is no plan Momo gets sucked into their infectious excitement and determination too. "Everyone, I believe in you!"
Iida however isn't as open to the full hearty plan as they are. "Everyone please settle down! This is hardly what I call a plan!"
[Iida.]
Iida stops and turns to the transformed Izuku. And even though he can't read Upgrade's expression he can tell that he's staring right into his soul.
[Just trust me.]
"…Okay."
That's nearly everybody but there's still one more.
All Might starts when Upgrade turns to him. He's hesitant to answer not out of fear or concern but pride. These kids are amazing. Even with such impossible odds before them they refuse to buckle. Talk about heroes in the making. "I AM WITH YOU, YOUNG MIDORIYA."
For the first time in a long time, Upgrade can smile in front of All Might. [Okay, everyone! Hold onto your butts! Because this is gonna be one heck of a ride!]
And that's the only warning they get as the green metal around them folds up and consumes them all into a giant metal cube.
The cube breaks apart as it sinks into the tower. As it does, Upgrade's green circuitry cuts and pushes back malware's red. The opposing circuitries clash into each other like crashing waves, vying for dominance as they both quickly spread throughout the entire tower. Their influence reaches through every level, lab, and computer consuming everything within. Corrupted cables and pillars snap, technology is ripped right from their vaults as both Malware and Upgrade struggle to take what they can and incorporate it as their own from weapons, to gadgets, and more. Not even the building's structures and foundations are safe as they too are consumed and bent to their will.
The entire tower shakes and crumbles as the opposing forces split and tear the entire tower in two. Both taking what they could get as their own.
But to those Upgrade consumed this is nothing but a chaotic nightmare. Green-circurty gears, walls, cables, and tech fly every which way. Each one morphing in their shapes and functions as they're taken in by Upgrade while they themselves are thrown and split off from the others and vaulted away as the cube that once held them together divides them and carries them away.
But a few are transported to the same place as Ochaco, All Might, and Melissa are all spat out into a massive black and green chamber. The chamber is tall and wide, illuminated in the same green glow while the walls remain stark black.
"What's going on?!" Ochaco yelps as she's thrusted into the room.
Melissa turns her attention to the front of the chamber where a large monitor is surrounded by an array of smaller screens.
She gasps when she sees whos' on the smaller screens. "Everyone?!"
Their friends are displayed on every screen, there's one for each of them as each of them have been transported away to a different part of the shapeshifting tower.
They seem to hear them as they all jump with a start at the sound of their voices.
"IS EVERYONE ALRIGHT?" All Might calls out to them, praying they're unharmed.
["What is all this?!"] Denki cries out from wherever he is.
["Not sure."] Shoto responds while trying to figure that out himself.
["Deku! Just what the fuck did you do?!"] Bakugou roars.
Ochaco would like to know as well. "What is all this?!"
"It's our salvation, kid!"
Their heads snap up to the top of the chamber and there lodged in the ceiling is the black and green-circuitry pattern head of Kraab. He peers down at them with bright green eyes, an indication that he's being upgraded by Upgrade, while several large pieces of tech in the shape of triangles surround him. Those pieces being what's left of the Helix, the very same device that gave malware his new form.
"Kr-Kraab?!" Ochaco and Melissa gasp.
"Hurry! Get yourselves into these!" Wasting no time, Kraab lowers down a pair of exo-skeleton like straps front the ceiling above. They're thin and wiry, meant to lace onto two pilots' frames.
All Might eyes the suits curiously and with caution. "WHAT ARE THESE?"
From the center monitor Upgrade's massive circular eye appears. [They're motion suits: think of them as really fancy controls.]
"Controls?! What are we controlling?!" Ochaco asks.
[Oh, something special!]
If they could see what was happening from above, then they'd all totally buy it.
Upgrade's half of the tower morphs in and out of itself, crumbling away before reforming and reshaping its incorporated technologies. As parts of the tower sprawl out to the sky and are swung around, they consume any other buildings and structures nearby, ripping them from the ground as their technologies are absorbed by the powered-up Upgrade.
And soon after Upgrade's absorbed all that he could, then and only then does his half of the tower take shape. A torso forms at the center of the mass, it's big and bulky as a version of the Omnitrix's symbol appears at its center. A set of legs pop out from underneath, each foot benign a part of a different building. On its right an arm forms with a set of dual-fists, two hands on each arm for double-the punch. While on the left an entire chunk of the tower itself is used to form a massive gorilla like gauntlet. And then the head, the crown of the machine forms, sprouting out like a mechanical version of Upgrade's own design with the central point being that of a massive Omnitrix symbol.
[Let's go!] The Upgrade controlled Mecha spins and flexes, throwing its hand forward as it declares out to the world its debut. [DEKU EX-MACHINA!]
(Look up "Deku Ex-Machina" by Void25 on Deviant Art for image of Upgrade's Mecha.)
[Believe in the Me that Believes in You!]
"He said the thing! He said the thing!" Denki gushes like a proper fanboy, peering out from his own, yellow-glossed window into the outside.
Several monitors surround him as well allowing him to talk to and see the others. And a great many cables run around him, having attached themselves to his body.
"This is so cool!" Kirishima yells out from his own chamber.
"I'm not sure if I should love the name or hate it." Jiro comments as she peers out of her blue-tinted window.
"Let's kill them already!" Bakugou howls in dying anticipation, and despite his yelling the massive grin on his face is a clear indicator of just how epic this is for him.
"Wait a moment!" Momo calls out as she peers out her own ruby-tinted window. "But what of the villains?!"
Their celebration is cut short as they witness Malware and Wolfram's own transformation. It appears the two Galvanic Mechamorphs had similar ideas but where Upgrade's Mecha is a combination of him and his friends' own differences and strength Malware's radiates a violent energy. Taking on the form of an apex predator that'll tear through everything in its path.
With a short head with narrow thin eyes like that of a cat as a sharp row of teeth line its underside like that of a shark's. Blood red claws stretch out at its sides as its bulky form flexes and twists with rows and rows of twisted spines upon its shoulders and limbs. Flames and radiant heat spew from within the twisted black metal as the crimson circuity patterns trace its body like bloody scars.
Mineta nearly pisses himself at the sight of it. "What the hell is that thing?!"
"It's a monster!" Iida shouts.
"That's supposed to be Wolfram?! And Malware?!" Ochaco can't believe it.
Upgrade, however, shakes his head. That's not Malware nor Wolfram, it's a hellish combination of the two. It's nothing but their predatory ambitions showcased in its truest form.
[It's an Apex!]
(Look up "Apex" from Pacific Rim Black for image of Malware's Mecha.)
[RAAAAAaaaaaggggghhhhh!] The Apex lets out an ungodly mechanical roar that shakes the entire island to its core.
[Everyone. This is it. This is when we make our final stand!] With Upgrade's words of encouragement each and every one of them braces themselves for the fight ahead. [We're in this together. I can't control this all on my own, I don't have enough power within me to control it without risking it all falling apart.]
At that All Might turns to the motion suits and grips the one meant for him. "SO, THEN IN ACTUALITY WE'RE IN CONTROL?"
[We're all in control. All three of us. I'm giving this Mecha all the power it needs but it still needs a core energy source. And what better source of power is there than you two?]
Ochaco smiles as she throws the exo-suit over herself. Its frame attaches itself to her spine and limbs snuggly much like the Full Gauntlet. "Say no more! It's like we've been saying! We'll take them on together!"
"SHE'S RIGHT!" All Might gets into position as well. "WE'LL FOLLOW YOUR LEAD, YOUNG MIDORIYA."
[Be sure to time your attacks. This Mecha's too big for even the two of us to control.]
"But what about me?!" Melissa chimes in, wishing to provide aid.
As she asks, a separate set of monitors light up and at their base lies a central computer.
"We need every ounce of help we can get it." Kraab explains. "No matter if it's on the frontlines or in the back as support, every role is important."
Melissa understands and silently promises to do her part as she hurries to the computer. The moment the monitors light up she instantly scans the Mecha's parameters and vitals.
["And what about the rest of us?!"] Jiro calls out through her monitor.
[I need you all to stand with me.] Upgrade explains his voice echoing out through the entire Mecha. [To fight with me. Not for our sake but for the sake of all of I-Island! We will give it our all and we will not stop until these villains have been defeated and everyone's been saved. It's time to go PLUS ULTRA!] He throws his fist into the air and shouts. [ANNND-]
And then all at once they all cry out for the entire island to hear. ["IT'S HERO TIME!"]
[RAAAAAaaaaagggghhhh!]
With a roar from the Apex the clash of the titans begins.
Thunderous clangs of metal fists meet iron claws causing shockwaves to ripple through the air with every Collison.
The Deku Ex Machina manages to land its right fist into the Apex's side and as the Apex reaches out to strike back the second fist collides into the side of its jaw.
However, using its other claw to pierce into Deku Ex Machina's arm the Apex reels back and back slashes the mech, knocking it back.
"Aaaaahhhhh!" Nearly every teen cries out as they're thrown around in their chambers.
"He got us!" Mineta cries.
"Sorry!" Ochaco apologies as she readjusts in midair from the suspended suit.
All Might scowls as the Apex charges them. "URARAKA, WE HAVE TO BE IN SYNC. NOW LET'S GO!"
"Everyone try this!" Melissa calls out from the control panel, she happenes to notice some of the abilities the Mecha is capable of.
"Stop talking and fight back already!" Bakugou shouts, he's itching to fight, and he's pissed that they're getting their asses kicked.
[You heard the man!] The Deku Ex Machina catches its balance and solidifies its feet to the ground. [Let's bring the thunder, Kaminari!]
From inside his chamber, Denki is trapped to a massive green-glowing generator, cables running every which way and bound to him as he unleashes a barrage of electricity. "Let's go!"
And together both Denki and Upgrade cry out their Special Move. ["THUNDERBOLT RAY!"]
[RAAAAAaaaaagggghhhh!] The Apex howls in what seems like pain as the green lightning burrows into its chest.
But the attack only makes it more enraged as it unleashes a burning laser beam from its maw.
"J-Jiro!" Ochaco screams as she and All Might flex, throwing their chests froward while holding their fists up at their sides.
From inside her chamber Jiro unleashes as much of her sonic waves into the upgraded and boosted speakers and together both Upgrade and her declare out. ["SUPERSONIC SIGIL!"]
Every speaker located at the front of its body explodes with an ear-splitting boom. One of which is so powerful it causes one to see the air rippling like waves. It's so strong that the laser harmlessly bounces off the sonic shield like a dart bouncing off tin.
Enraged and annoyed, the Apex rips the spines from its arms and throws them forward with such veracity that they slice the air and wind.
(Sticky missiles intercept and destroy them/stick them together) ["STICKY FIREWORKS!"] As Upgrade and Mineta cry out, several compartments open from the Mecha's chest and outcome a swarm of missiles.
The missiles intercept the incoming spines and explode before impact, covering the razor-sharp spines in purple goo. Causing them to fall away or stick to each other, throwing each other off balance and away.
"Take that! Hahaha!" Mineta gloats as he continues to rip off the balls from his head and place them into slots of the missiles coming through a conveyor belt.
But then the charging Apex's malicious grin breaks through the smoke. "Waaaaahh!"
["SHRAPNEL GATLING GUN"] Upgrade and Momo roar as a giant gatling gun opens up from the other side of the chest.
And out from it giant narrow shards of metal are fired out in rapid succession. The metal shards pierce the Apex's armor and upon coming into contact with the heat they burst and expand, some becoming so twisted they sew themselves into the armor.
The only way they got this result was because Momo's using the same flame-activated fiber she used against Thirteen during their Final Exam. And clearly it still has an effect as the Apex slows as its gears and mechanics are warped and jammed.
Enraged the Apex manages to break free of its hindrances with sheer force of will and strength, not caring how damaged it becomes as it lunges forward and sinks its claws and fangs into Deku Ex Machina's hide, flames pouring out from its claws and fangs like blood seeping through the Deku Ex Machina's wounds.
Melissa hangs onto the panel as the Mecha is shaken and thrown around. "Damage to main haul at 30%!"
"Activating fire suppressant measures now!" Kraab calls out as he too monitors the Mecha's systems.
Ochaco grips her own burnt shoulder as the Apex tears into the Mecha's "All Might?!"
"HANG IN THERE, YOUNG URARAKA!" All Might calls out as he Ochaco time their punches and manage to shove the Apex away. "WE CAN'T ALLOW FOR THIS VILLANY TO STAND!"
Using the Mecha's giant left arm as an anchor they throw the Mecha's get into the air and spin, delivering a powerful kick into the Apex's side.
The Apex stumbles and roars before rushing in like a crazed feral animal.
And the titans clash again, exchanging blow after blow. Malware vs. Upgrade. Wolfram vs. All Might and Ochaco. Apex vs. Deku Ex Machina. Every blow and slash can be heard across the entire island. Every crash and slam into the ground threatens the island's own ability to float. And every laser fire and missile fired lights up the sky like a nuclear explosion. It's a fantastical yet terrifying show for every resident of I-island. And that means everyone.
"What the hell's going on over there?!" Sero's jaw drops as he helps Sato get back through the main entrance of the underground labyrinth.
The others all watch in shock-and-awe as a battle between a red and green Gurren Lagann rages in the distance, above the skyline.
The injured Mina's put down by Shoji, allowing her a moment to watch. "It's like so cool yet terrifying all at the same time."
Hisashi watches from the back of the group, in his arms a damaged Chopper who goes in and out of consciousness. But even so the two manage to watch on and quickly figure out what or who exactly they're watching. "Izuku."
The entire island watches as Deku Ex Machina pounds its fist and fires at the Apex only for it to rebound quickly, repairing itself with Malware's and Wolfram's power.
"Nothing's working!" Ochaco shouts before turning up towards the cyborg. "Kraab?!"
Kraab shutters as he analyzes the opposing Mecha. "Hate to tell you kid but they're repairing faster than we can hurt em!"
["Then let me have a go at him!"] Bakugou barks from his own chamber. ["I'll show you all what a real finishing move looks like!"]
All Might grins before turning to his co-pilot. "WELL, YOU HEARD THE LAD."
Ochaco smirks as they both get ready. "Get ready, Bakugou!"
["Finally!"] Bakugou gives an almost maniacal grin as he leans back in his seat. His arms stretched out and lodged into a set of cannon like structures. "LET'S BLOW UP THE BASTARDS!"
"YEAAAHHH!" As they reel back their fist, the Mecha does the same. Its massive, towering gauntlet rises up and readies itself back as the Apex howls and charges like a rabid beast.
"GIVE IT EVERYTHING YOU GOT!/LET'S GO!" They swing forward with all their might piloting the fist forward.
Deku Ex Machina roars with the echo of Upgrade and Bakugou shouting out. ["HOWITZER SMASH!"]
The elbow of the arm spews powerful flames and the entire arm rockets forward as a giant left hook! Its massive fist crashing into the Apex's torso. Upon impact the knuckles release an eruption of fiery Explosions. Each one ringing out after the other in a catastrophic chain reaction, lighting up the night like thousands upon thousands of dynamite were set off all at once.
But for the Apex it's like it laid atop an erupting volcano as chunks of metal fall away, melted or burned by the explosion.
["Hahaha! That got him!"] Bakugou laughs.
As the Apex reels back in pain, more and more metal falls from its armor exploding the web of cables inside acting as its veins. And there within the haul of the armor and cables lies an injured David Shield.
The Professor stirs awake, his ears ringing and his face is burned but he's alive. Waking up he's stunned to find himself stuck inside the red Apex and a giant amalgamation that is Deku Ex Machina before him.
He watches in awe struck as Deku Ex Machina grounds its massively sized fist. It's so big and heavy that its knuckles crush the ground underneath it, cracking it. But more importantly he spots the Omnitrix symbol embedded into the Mecha's exterior. "It-it can't be."
Meanwhile from inside the Mecha itself, Kraab spots something on the radar.
"Hang on a minute." Using the outside cameras, he zooms in towards the Apex's damaged haul. "There! Look!"
The monitor zooms in on the image of a bleeding and injured David ensnared inside the enemy's mech.
"Papa!/DAVE!/Professor Shield!" They all cry out before Ochaco drives the mech forward with a scream. "Deku!"
[I know.] The Deku Ex Machina lunges forward. [We need to save him!]
His dual fisted arm launches itself into Apex's chest, with one of its knuckles piercing through the first layer of armor.
[RAAAAAaaaaagggghhhh!] Apex claws and tears at the mech's arm in outrage but Deku Ex-Machina holds out and fires back with STICKY FIREWORKS and the SHRAPNEL GATLING GUN.
But as they fight the Deku Ex-Machina keeps its fist lodged into its opponent. Good thing as the latch slide open and out comes Kirishima and Iida, both having been on standby and ready to assist any of their friends.
Iida races forward and delivers a zooming kick into the cables, breaking them apart. "Kirishima!"
"On it!" Kirishima rushes and lodges his Hardened fingers into the cables and rips them away. And with his binds loosened the two help the Professor out of his imprisonment.
"Hang in there, Professor!" Iida encourages as he and Kirishima pull him back towards the latch.
[Where do you think you're going?] Suddenly a web of wires come to life and grab at David's ankles. [You can't leave! We still have a use for you, Professor!]
David can barely move his feet, unable to resist Malware's pull as the teens try to pull him free.
*PEW!* Suddenly a thin beam of green energy slices through the cables in a single shot.
[Gaaah!]
[Keep away from him!] Upgrade's face appears above the latch, his eye aglow before firing off another laser. [He's got a daughter who needs him!]
As Malware reaches out with more wires, Upgrade continues to fire back, covering for the three and allowing them to reach the safe unharmed.
But before they enter David stares up at Upgrade in awe. He's at a loss for words, he can't fully process what's happening nor why this child would save him after what he did.
[Go to Melissa, sir. She's worried about you.]
He starts at that but goes quietly as Kirishima and Iida hurry him inside.
Malware stops his attack, finding it pointless with David now safely stowed away in the Mecha. [You really think you can best me?]
[I know we can.] Upgrade bites back as he finally rips the knuckle out from the Apex's chest.
Watching him get away Malware lets out an enraged roar along with the Apex. [RAAAAAaaaaagggghhhh!]
Like an injured beast the Apex lashes out, uncaring of its own injuries as metal and tech rip away from inside its core. Cables and strands of malleable metals all combine around its back forming into mile long stretches of metallic tentacles laced with red-circuitry and burning heat.
[RAAAAAaaaaagggghhhh!]
The burning tentacles lash out from all sides, coming in at every direction with such speed the Mecha has no hope to block them all. They manage to catch two and use the SUPERSONIC SIGIL to repel a few more but the rest break through. Piercing through its entire structure front he arms, legs, and torso causing sparks of red electricity to explode forth through the Deku Ex-Machina's armor, the heat of the metal burns and melts away its armor from within, exposing its interior structure.
While holding onto the panel for dear life, Melissa reads out the status of the mech. "Damage at 60%! Ah-70%!"
Kraab winces in pain as if he can feel Upgrade's own pain. "Power Core's damaged! It's leaking electricity at this rate we're gonna go dark and be nothing but a sitting duck for this thing to wail into!"
["If it's power you need! Then I've got it!"] Denki calls out from beside the generator-like device.
Upon his request Upgrade shifts it around giving Denki perfect access to the generator's mainframe.
The blonde attaches himself to the device and fires away allowing all the electricity he can muster to flow through.
["Is that really enough though?!"] Jiro worriedly asks.
Kraab would shake his head if he wasn't stuck to the ceiling. "It's not. So, we need to end this as soon as we can! Like yesterday!"
"How though?" ask Ochaco only for Upgrade himself to cut in with a little too much enthusiasm.
[How else? In an epic fashion!] On the monitor he provides the next weapon available to them.
And upon seeing the new toy, the two One For All Holders share a confident smirk.
Seeing their expressions Upgrade goes ahead and gets the weapon ready. [Todoroki!Are you ready?!]
["Yeah."] Shoto breathes, releasing a cloud of smoke and steam that rises above into his own tall and narrow chamber. ["I'm ready."]
"PREPARE TO FACE JUSTICE VILLAINS!" All Might mimics reaching over and above his left shoulder as if grabbing at an invisible hilt, albeit both he and Ochaco struggle as they pull through the burning tentacles that are restraining the Mecha. "THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS TO GO PLUS ULTRA!"
Shoto unleashes all that he has. Releasing dual eruption of fire and ice high above into the Mecha like a crashing flood of burning heat and freezing cold.
And with a flourish the Deku Ex-Machina brandishes its trump card. A massive sky-scraper longsword with an entire building acting as the hilt as rows of metal line the blade. The two sides of the blade infinite with color as one side burns with red flames and the other glows with azure ice.
["DISASTER BRINGER: TITANIC-POMPEII!"] Both Upgrade and Shoto announce as the Deku Ex-Machina swings and slices through the piercing tentacles in a brilliant dance of fire and ice. Embers and crystals trace the blade's path leaving a beautiful visage of the sword's path.
[RAAAAAaaaaagggghhhh!] Not to be out done Malware and Wolfram match Deku Ex-Machina with their own blade, summoning it forth with Metal Manipulation and using the fallen shrapnel and rubble from the sliced off tentacles and armor.
And so, blades clash causing flames, crystals, and shrapnel to burst out front the points of impact. Again, and again the blades ring out, the noise shattering windows and glass across the island.
["Wooo-hoooo! This. Is. Epic!"] Denki cheers like a kid on a roller coaster, oblivious to the danger they're actually in.
["Why didn't we lead with this?!"] Jiro questions despite the giant grin on her face.
["Kick his ass or I'm gonna kick yours, Icy-Hot! Deku!"]
Spurred on by their friends Upgrade, Shoto, Ochaco, and All Might all let loose and give it all they got.
*Clash.*
*Clash.*
*CLASH.*
*CLASH!*
*CLASH!*
*CLASH!*
Again and again they crash, parry, and swing at the other vying to kill and destroy the other in a blaze of glory.
But the Apex grows impatient and lunges forth, thrusting the tip of its blade towards Deku Ex-Machina head.
That was its mistake as Deku Ex-Machina's head evades the blade like a serpent. And with the Apex exposed and its weapon in a vulnerable position, they strike.
*SLICE!*
With a single swing the Disaster Bringer slices straight through the Apex's helm. The helm breaks away with each side consumed by either flames or ice before falling away and exposing the glowing red abomination within.
Inside the core of the Apex lies a howling Wolfram, his body enlarged to monstrous proportions due to the upgraded Quirk Amplifying Device's effects. His muscles have torn through his own skin and have burned the last of it away as intense heat radiates off of him in waves. His bones simmer and crack under the pressure, the bones of his fingers exposed like claws and even his skull radiated red from the burning flesh. And yet his howls are a mix of pain, laughter, and insanity. His mind is broken, it's filled with nothing but a pure lust of power.
"More! I need more!" He howls, flames spewing from his maw, like a devil. "I NEED MOOORRREEE!"
[So be it.] But the true devil makes itself known as it takes hold of its foolish host.
Malware's power extends further into the Quirk Amplifying Device pushing far past what it was ever meant to be capable of.
The device suddenly expands, tracing down and outlining Wolfram's frame before expanding in an explosion of Malware's own circuitry.
[Yes! The power! It's EXHILARATING!] Both Malware and Wolfram cry out in perfect unison as they combine with Malware's own flesh taking over Wolfram's. They flail and shake from the sheer pressure and pain, but they power through before becoming a perfect union of flesh and tech. [THIS IS WHAT PERFECTION LOOKS LIKE! THIS IS WHAT WE WERE ALWAYS MEANT TO BE!
With a single swipe from its claw, the Apex smashes right through the DISASTER BRINGER.
Shoto gasps as his chamber's ripped open from above but he's pulled away and launched into an escaped pod by Upgrade.
[WE ARE A GOD!]
"You're no god!" Ochaco admonishes with such venom. "You're nothing but a vile monster!"
All Might couldn't agree more as they both simultaneously stand at the ready. "YOU'VE HURT SO MANY ALREADY. AND WE WON'T ALLOW YOU TO EXPAND YOUR WRATH TO ANYONE ELSE!"
[YOU FOOLS YOU'RE EFFORTS WILL BE IN VAIN! I WILL TAKE THIS ISLAND AND THEN I WILL LAY WASTE TO THE REST OF THIS WORLD!]
[If you want to hurt this world! Then you have to face ALL OF US!] Upgrade roars as the entire frame of Deku Ex-Machina shines like a star as their friends all cry out to them.
"Go get them guys!"
"Teach them a lesson!"
"Stop them! And let us go home already!"
"END IT!"
Ochaco, All Might, and the Deku Ex-Machina all simultaneously get ready. Pulling their dual-fisted right arm back. The fists begin to rotate at the wrist, spinning faster and faster like a saw blade, it's so powerful it begins to suck on the air around it like a tornado.
And with their spirits ablaze as brightly as the stars they three heroes summon all the power forth into this single punch. ["WE WILL NEVER LET YOU HURT ANYONE ELSE EVER AGAIN!"]
The Apex's claws sin rapidly like a pair of drills as it ounces forth like a mutated tiger. [INSECTS!]
["SPIRAL…GALAXY…SMAAAAASH!"] Deku Ex-Machina's spinning fit glows with the power of One For All itself and mixed with the radiate energy of Upgrade they deliver the smash that tops all other smashes.
Powers explodes forth as the SMASH lands against the villains, blowing the Apex apart in an instant. Its armor and husk vanishing away into nothing as power erupts out like a second Big Bang that ripples through the entire island, ocean, and beyond causing quakes and the ocean to stir.
Having given it all she's got Ochaco's Full Gauntlet shatters away to nothing, using its last ounces of strength to hold her own arm together.
At the same time Iida and Kirishima arrive inside the main haul, with David still over their shoulders. The Professor gasps witnessing their courage and determination directly as the villain, as the impossible odds, shatter away to nothing.
And as the power booms across the air, it rises to the sky, parting the clouds and revealing the bright morning sun.
The entire island from pro heroes to scientists, from guests to hero students, they all stare up and marvel at the sight. The villains are gone. The sun is shining down like rays of hope from heaven itself. And the Deku Ex-Machina stands victorious, its fist raised into the air in victory.
They did it.
*BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.*
Izuku times out and Upgrade warps away from the Mecha leaving it bare and dull. Displaying how it's really just a twisted collection of buildings, tech, and structures all sewn together.
But Izuku couldn't care about that right now as he falls back onto his rear with a heavy sigh. "Haha. Oh, we did it. Ow. Haha. We did it."
He's all messed up: hair's a mess, his scalp's bleeding, and blood is seeping through his clothes, and something might be broken, maybe a rib but he's not entirely sure. But that doesn't matter either, because right now he feels like he's on top of the world right now. Especially because he's setae a top the Mecha's raised fist giving him the most perfect view of the island and ocean as the warm sun shines the horizon.
"Ugh-ugh…" There a nearby groan and Izuku spins around to find Wolfram propped up on a piece of rebar that's lodged into the fist.
His form is withered and skinny, like a twisted version of All Might when he's in his more skeletal form. But in either case it's obvious that he won't be a problem anymore. And neither will the Quirk Amplifying Device as it slides off his head and falls to the ground limp and broken with no signs of Malware anywhere to be had.
"Deku!" Ochaco and Melissa's voices call out in the distance.
Kraab is with them, riding on Ochaco's shoulder as he waves over at him.
"Melissa! Ochaco!" He calls them over from atop the fist as the two exit through a hatch at the top of the Mecha's head.
"I'm so glad you're alive!" Melissa cries in glee as Ochaco lifts her up and floats them both up and onto the fist.
Izuku grins, blood seeping down his face, as he gets up onto his feet to meet them. "Right now. I've never felt more alive."
"Good because you look like you're gonna die any minute." Kraab sarcastically states.
As they all celebrate, they fail to notice All Might carrying David out through the hatch. Once free he sets the injured Professor down on a slab of iron, allowing him to rest.
But David is out of it, his vision in a daze as All Might calls his name. "DAVE-Dave!"
He opens his eyes to find an injured All Might smiling over him. But half of his face has transformed back into his weakened form. ("All Might…"
"I came to save you, my friend." All Might-Toshinori explains.
"Thank you…"
"PAPA!/All Might!"
The two peer up to the kids as Melissa and Ochaco call out to them.
Toshinori smiles upon seeing their own smiling faces wave down at them from above. "If you want to thank someone you should thank Melissa, Young Uraraka, and Young Midoriya."
From atop, Melissa lets out a choked sob. "He's okay." She wipes at her eyes, rubbing way the tears before airing her gratitude. "I can't believe it. I'm so grateful. And it's thanks to you guys, you saved the island."
"We did it together." Izuku explains and he doesn't mean just the three of them but everybody: Bakugou, Todoroki, Yaoyorozu, Jiro, Kaminari, Mineta, Iida, Kirishima. And then of course there's those that worked behind the scenes to help them like his dad and chopper, and Ashido, Asui, Hagakure, Sero, Sato, Tokoyami, and Shoji. It took all of them combined to win today. This is their win.
"We only made it this far because everyone played their part and did everything they could to help."
Ochaco couldn't agree more. "That includes you, Melissa. You were a real hero today."
Melissa's smile has never been so bright. As grateful tears leak from her eyes. She's so touched. She has never been told that and right now hearing that from her, it means a lot more than Ochaco may ever know.
"Also, I'M SORRY!" Ochaco collapses to the ground in a bow, tears streaming down her face.
There's so much tears streaming from her eyes that one would think she stole Deku's secret Quirk, Tears.
"I can pay you back for the gauntlet! I promise! I-I just can't pay you right of way, but I promise that I will! I didn't mean to break it! Waaah!"
"Oh, no! Please, don't worry about it!" Melissa begs her to stop, while having a hard time holding back her laughter.
"Hey, Deku!"
"Melissa!"
"Hey!"
The trio look back over the fist to see that Kirishima has smashed his way through the haul of the bot allowing everyone else to escape.
They all wave and cheer at them. There's Mineta leaping up and down in joy while Shoto hangs back with a cool smile.
"That was so cool! Can we do that again" asks Kirishima.
"That was so exhilarating!" Momo comments.
"How are the others?!" Iida calls out. "Is everyone okay?!"
Deku cups his mouth and shouts back. "We're fine! All Might and the Professor are okay too!"
"What about the rest of you guys?!"
"We're good! Mostly!" Jiro shouts back, throwing a worried look over at Denki who once again fried his own brain.
"Alive anyway!" Iida finishes with a smile.
Meanwhile, Toshinori has fully reverted back into his normal skeletal self. But he doesn't care about that right now as he finishes up putting David's arm and shoulder into a splint. "I heard most of what happened from Melissa."
David has enough sense to be ashamed, averting his gaze even away from his dear friend. "It's all true. I was so scared that you'd lose your light. Scared that the peace you built as a hero would fade away with you."
David pauses, allowing a moment for Toshinori to speak but he never does. Instead, he waits for David to finish what he has to say instead.
"But my ideas and that device were nothing more than a way to maintain the status quo. To ensure that nothing would ever change." He winces and hisses in pain as he struggles to get to his feet, thankfully Toshinori is there to help him up. "Even though the future was standing right there in front of me the whole time. I just didn't notice it."
The two peer up towards the fist where Melissa, Ochaco, and Deku are busy waving down and calling out to their friends below.
"Look at those three. She wants to become my successor, you know that? And you have yours too. You have Ochaco Uraraka and Izuku Midoriya. They'll take your place one day too. Won't they?" For the first time in a long time a true hopeful smile graces David's face and it brings nothing but warmth and comfort to Toshinori's own.
"They-...we still have a long road ahead." Toshinori corrects. "But in them shines the greatest potential in those that'll become heroes."
"I can see it too, Toshi. Hope. A light like yours. Both of those kids have the heart of a hero."
"Yes. They do."
Ochaco stops waving down at their friends as she realizes something important. "Hey, Deku."
Izuku pauses. "What's up?"
"What did you do with the villain?"
"Pardon?" He blinks back, confused since the Defeated Wolfram is right there.
"No. Malware. Where is he?"
Izuku's heart stops for a moment as he thinks. Ge frantically searches around before coming to a cold realization. There couldn't have been a way for Malware to survive such an intense attack. He took that hit dead on and with how much force and power that they used between the three of them there's a good chance that the alien didn't make it.
"Malware's gone." Izuku admits as a soft, almost regretful whisper. "We kept our promise. He's never gonna hurt anyone else ever again."
But that being said. There's a part of Izuku that hopes the villain, that the living being, isn't gone. That perhaps he survived and will move on and find peace. But whether that's in this life or the next, he'll never know.
The ocean is silent and empty. The hot sun shining down with its intense rays causes the surface to boil. Metal shards and junk litter the surface, floating aimlessly in the vast empty ocean.
A loud hum is heard from above as one of Vilgax's Scout Ships lowers itself just above the water's surface. A holographic-scanner eyes the surface, analyzing every piece of debris.
And there it finds it, floating along with the debris is a glob of black oil.
As the scout ship hovers closer the oil shifts and morphs, red circuitry patterns illuminate across its mass as a single red eye forms at its center. And upon seeing the piece of high-tech hovering over it, the crimson-patterns glob lashes out towards the spaceship and consumes it for itself.
It's done. It's finally done. Took long enough, but I think it was worth it especially considering the burn out, getting sick, and a lot of bad luck I had to go through to finish it. Even now I am writing this Author's Note at around midnight last night. Yeah, I Was really pushing to finish this. Heck I'm not technically done with I-Island yet. Cause I was gonna have some more final scenes to show the aftermath of this attack. But that will be for next time. There we'll have everything calm down, answer any last questions, set up more stuff for the future, and finally transition us into the Forest Training Camp. FINALLY!
So that's all I'm gonna say like I said I'm working past midnight to finish this so I'm not gonna list out easter eggs and stuff this time. But they were in there, trust me. Hell the Deku Ex-Machina was an easter egg to several things: Gurran Lagann, Pacific Rim, and Promare.
*Just to reiterate, the next chapter will deal with the aftermath of this arc. So, a lot of lasting questions you may have will be answered then. Like will we see Melissa again? What happened to the other villains? Is the Forest Training Camp next?
*Also THANK YOU to Void25 for another great piece of artwork! We planned it out ahead of time so we could make it easy for you guys to have an image of what DEKU EX-MACHINA looked like. And I think it's great and creative! I love it! And I hope you all did too! voidv25/art/DEKU-EX-MACHINA-924076509
Responses for "Guest" reviewers from Ch.63:
(Apologies for some of my answers. I am answering these around midnight so I'm tired and not thinking straight anymore.)
BlueRanger-Lyric: Incase you want more options for Ultimates for Albedo to use, here's another lot from this artist I follow
rzgmon200/gallery/76270339/ultimate-forms
CreateGunner1209: Thanks
MoarCheese: After weeks of searching I finally learnt the spell of time travel. I have to tell ya learning how to use mana and kidnapping an anodyte isn't easy. But here I am! It was worth it, now imma just review this story *pulls out comedically large typewriter*. First off, the moment with Izuku, Melissa and Ochaco moments were sweet, not in a shipping way as usual just awesomely wholesome. Finally, someone one Deku can relate too personally and Ochaco saying she'll always be there a true bestie. Same with Hisashi's father son moment, the two Male Midoriyas is something I can't get enough off. Next, wait... Hol Dup izzat what I think it is in Mel's room? Nah! maybe it's just a LITTLE detail that's will at most become a SMALL issue, probably of NANO significance. They look MECHanical though, I wonder what's that about? :P.
What's next? The Moar the Moarrier, I'm siked you added some more 1A people onto the fray with Cinder Midoriya leading. We get more 1A and we get Mr. M interacting with other characters, good stuff good stuff. Malware, Mal-ware, my favourite Omniverse villain. Much better than one off magnet villain with dumb name. Seriously thank you, my board with alphabets cannot express how happy my brain is to see you include fantastico Ben 10 villains that are not just Legacy characters. I cannot think of any other way to finish off the summer than have the entire OG 10 together in the finale. EIC! Thank you ruddah!
That's all I gotta say see you in part 3,hope you don't dilly dally but I know you don't do it purpose imma time travel another 2 weeks to see part 3! see you in the future
CreateGunner1209: Good thing you found that spell because ti took another month for me to finish. Sorry I tried my best but life often has other ideas and loves throwing a wrench into my plans. Either way I hope the time travel trip was worth it.
Guest: This I Island arc is sort of dissapointing. A lot of the events pretty much stay the same. Sure the references are nice but that is it. Master Control here has been heavily downplayed compared to the original series. I know that you're trying incorporate the other students but the reasons are stuid. If it was Ben, I would understand but this is Izuku. We seen him act like sn idiot for the past chapters starting from the Ghostfreak chapter. Keep in mind the Omnitrix with Master Control could easily get past these villains like Ghostfreak going past them and Grey Matter hacking the system. Hell, you have characters like Hisashi who've likely been in situations like these. You could have use the other students provide a distraction while Izuku sneaks around. It could have also saved you some writing and time. I know you are trying to make things interesting but not at the expense of the main character. Instead of downplaying his intelligence and the Omnitrix, play on his inexperience. Izuku is a smart kid but at the end of the day, he' still just a kid. Let him make a well made plan only for it to go wrong do to factors a more seasoned veteran like Hisashi can predict. Hisashi can come in and save him. I hear Malware was foreshadowed, you could have used him in this chapter and have him depower or mess the Omnitrix. We seen hi. do it before. That way it's not making the Omnitrix weak and Izuku look stupid and also give humbling experience to think a out instead of just bashing him. I l love this story and genuinely want to see it shine.
CreateGunner1209: Sooooo how was Part in comparison to the last two parts? Be honest (no sarcasm) I am genuinely curious because you had many good points
BlueRanger-Lyric: If you want to use more Aliens, you can use some Alien Concepts that Tom Perkins himself made, like the Art he made for what Shellhead, Sandbox and Snakepit Would look like if they ever showed up in the show
CreateGunner1209: Thanks but I already know about those and I have no plans to use them
Oliver640: Sup dude. Great chapter! I love ir every time Kraab opens his metaphorical mouth. Actually, I'm here with an important cuestión...
Is Izuku gonna hace to go through the whole ordeal of the baby necrofriggians? Cause that was one of the wackiest episodes (therefore, a personal favorite) And it would be hilarious to see it with Izuku
CreateGunner1209: Yes he will. To be honest I never really saw the appeal of that episode but everyone wants me to do it so I will
Atom king: Incredible chapter, with the rest of ua students with Mina using her alien powers she able to sense something is wrong and now helping with the rest of the Ua students including izuku dad and Melissa to fight the villains and get security system back in their control now my favorite part has to be the team up between izuku, Shoto, Kirishima, and Bakugou especially the combo attack between heatblast shoto and bakugou plus I like izuku line about being in hell since in reality he's been to null void though It looks like shoto maybe assuming something else from that line.
Now the villains leader is planning to send out some more dangerous robots to deal with our heroes though I wonder are the robots going be like the Sentinels from the marvel comics?
One more I hope there's an superman and Lois moment between izuku and Tsuyu like he save her than ruin the moment with an bad pun or something like that I might be asking too much here but still incredible chapter really excited for the next part.
CreateGunner1209: Glad you liked the chapter. Although not sure a Lois and Superman moment could have occured between those 2 characters since they were on opposite sides of the island
Guest: Question? Will Hiashi lose his arm in the future like Max does, not when Izuku is an adult though but later down the line fighting someone like Overhaul. In addition, how would Endeavor and Detective Tezuka react to that happening to him? Actually show concern or act like a couple of Jerkasses and say he deserves it and a whole lot more?
CreateGunner1209: So I'd love to answer these but I can't. Why? Because those are some major spoilers! That said I am sorry but you will have to wait to see how things play out. I gotta have some surprises for ya
BlueRanger-Lyric: Oh, he also made artwork for Predators for the Nemetrix if you want to use them too
rzgmon200/gallery/76270343/nemetrix-predators
CreateGunner1209: Thanks Thank you
Shark: The detail you put into your writing is on the level of highly professional authors. Kudos to you my friend. Also of all the arcs you've planned out so far what's your favorite and most excited to get to?
CreateGunner1209: The most exciting was probably the Final Exam arc and this one. And the one I want to get to next for now is Kamino Ward followed by the Overhaul Arc! I have a lot of exciting plans for you all
Weirdo: Izu Kyū!
He's a kid, who was shunned!
But when you need a superhero, he gets the job done.
Izu Kyū!
With a device that he wears on his arm,
He can change his shape and save the world from harm.
When trouble's taking place,
He gets right in it's face.
Izu Kyū!
Heroes never die,
It's hero time!
Izu Kyū!
CreateGunner1209: Love it!
Emerald Deku: Yes! An update! Awesome my dude. Ok I really enjoyed all the dialogue, it's all so fun to read Izuku never interacted with his other classmates as frequent in Canon as I would like so tho is a treat. Cinder seems to have a little class to teach of his own now. Your bad guy oc was rather dynamic, definitely made the fight interesting and created an interesting challenge for master control Izuku. Only issue I have is the transition between characters, I felt they are a little forced and abrupt and are a bit too frequent constantly switching to characters is a bit dizzying to read no offence. Other than that really solid chapter and imma just wait for (hopefully) July 15. Cheers for no delays
CreateGunner1209: I understand how the transitions were confusing and thank you for pointing it out. I tried to make it easier this time around but I'm not sure how well that worked out
Guest: Oh no your not going to make Melissa into a nanochip queen are you, if so than it's brilliant idea
CreateGunner1209: We'll have to wait and see. I may not go that far but at least it will play a role
WarmLad: I'm don't think you should do any ships, maybe at the end of the fanfic, but if you did you probably do Izuku with Uraraka or Mina.
Not a fan of tysu though lol don't think that makes much sense.
CreateGunner1209: I agree with the first part for sure
DeadCool14: Awesome chapter, I love how you had the other characters do something as well, they just kinda showed them to acknowledge that they're there in the movie. This is really great.
Will Shoji and Tokoyami join them?
Can't wait to see who those two guys are
And that combo move was goddamn overkill, sucks that the garden got burned, but hey, at least ashes make for very fertile ground
That's a pretty cool OC. I gotta start watching Umbrella Academy again
Omg the chips, seriously? You just love setting things like that up that won't happen until like 30 chapters from now, don't you? XD
When Nanomech appears I hope that you let him use his powers more, which just shooting lasers and shrinking but the power to adapt, like how he copied the Nanochip Queen's tendril ability
References like Eri taking the place of Anya from Spy x Family, it's a really good anime, she's the cause of a lot of memes
Check out ZebraKnight1 on Instagram, it's got some good Ben 10 art there
How about this idea to fix the Echo Echo dilemma? The Dittos having the ability to speak to each other telepathically, but they would have to be in a somewhat close range to each other for it to work, as well as having the ability to dig around like moles, which is technically canon in that episode where Ben was hunted by that Panuncian, and if they were to be discovered they could overwhelm the enemy with numbers. In short, he would be great for intel gathering. I get where people are coming from, but I think they idea is really dumb; Ultimate Echo Echo is really cool but it wouldn't make sense, especially if you do give him the Ultimatrix, which I personally believe would be a very good choice. It could work to make the villains an even bigger threat as well as give us some badass fights but to also show Deku using his brain and creativity to defeat the more powerful counterparts to his aliens. And, of course, to strengthen his character, because Albedo is literally him, had he gone down a bad path, and the fact that he looks like him doesn't really matter but it does help to get the point across; if Deku hadn't found the Omnitrix he would be just as hateful and cold to All Might as Albedo is to Azmuth and he is also what he would've become if he didn't have people to keep him grounded, a narcissistic and egotistical jackass who thinks is better than everyone else because he is powerful, just like Bakugou
What do you feel about True Form Vilgax? I think it's an interesting thing he can do, it did come out of nowhere and wasn't mentioned before or after but still, I think it's neat
I think that you could write about ships pretty well, it would be just like their normal friendship but with hugs, kisses and hand holding… and y'know… other stuff like that XD; you don't really have to write about them going on dates if it would be difficult, (unless you do another original arc, you could do a chapter where they go on a date there), you can just write them hanging out like usual, it's not like an obligation, I've seen some shows where people are dating and don't go on dates very much. Like Lumity, I mean we know that if Disney wasn't being a bitch they would have an episode of them going on a date, but even though we don't we still see them as a couple and that they love each other
Would Argit become like frenemies with Deku and the others? Kinda filling in the role of Kevin like how Kraab does?
CreateGunner1209: Thanks for the review. If I wasn't responding to this at midnight the night before I post I'd say more but for now this is all I can muster.
I have no idea what "True Form" you are talking a out for Vilgax. Also yes Argit will be frenemies.
GoblinNerd: I like what you've done with the Ben 10 villains and how you've really gave em character and actual backstories, excited to see how you'll do Albedo, Eon, GhostFreak etc. Speaking of which if you decide to add Eon what are your thoughts on making him a bit like Darth Vader? Anakin and Izuku both once heroes turned into badass suit wearing mofos, maybe Eon even had a fight with hisashi that left him burnt like Anakin and Obi Wan haha idk just an idea
CreateGunner1209: Trust me I am excited for them too. So I have an idea for Eon already that I love and I will be sticking to it. But that's not a bad angel to consider at all
BlueRanger-Lyric: Wow, once again another great chapter, I like the fights in this chapter and how the whole thing was handled, and I see you added more to the events of the original, like the Cutoff Protocol, that was a neat touch to add more to what is going on in the mini arc, and I like how even with Master Control, there are Villains that can still be a problem for Izuku to fight off, also, since there's been a few comments of people thinking that M
CreateGunner1209: Glad you liked it. I hopes Part 3 was just as good!
BlueRanger-Lyric: Malware coming in this arc, first off, is he, and will Izuku get Upgrade in this arc too, because if he does, then Upgrade would be a great addition to Izuku's Arsenal of Aliens, I'm really looking forward to seeing this Chapter come out soon
(Please add this to my review, since I accidentally updated it before I could finish it, thanks)
CreateGunner1209: Yes Izuku gets Upgrade but you probably knew that by now.
Guest: So I got a couple issues. The interaction with Izuku and Bakugo was a farcry from what I expected. honestly after the national park I thought the two of them would be arguing and not the usual interaction. The other thing was that I felt we didn't really see Ochako and Yagi actually make up so I had been looking forward to an awkward tension around them that would be made up by the end of this movie. Also i felt yagi skirted under the fact that David and Hisashi knew each other. All that being said I still love the chapters and this story. It was just those specific things that bothered me can't wait to see chapter three
CreateGunner1209: True criticisms that I agree with. I felt the same but at the time I failed to come up itha good way to portray that. Part of it was lack of planning. I was gonna have All Might during the Xylene chapter too so this way Ochaco and him could have said awkward talk but I had to cut him for time. So clearly I may have needed another chapter exploring that
Guest: When this ends I seriously hope you will consider transferring Melissa to UA. She's a junior plumber it would make sense!
CreateGunner1209: You'll have to find out what happens to her next time
Guest: I gotta say, I don't read a lot but this fanfiction alone is getting me into reading. I love MHA and Ben 10 so this is literally perfect for me and I'm really liking the three heroes arc, and enjoyed aswell pretty much every other chapter. And I really dig your way of writing for me its entertaining and I hope you can do the entirety of the MHA story with ben 10 stuff in the near future (but do it at your own pace of course, I'm not going to rush you) although I have two questions if you don't mind:
1. Do you have any plans for Goop to appear soon? Of course if you don't tell me cuz I don't wanna be spoiled, but I'm really curious If it'll appear soon cuz it's my favorite alien in ben 10 and since the beginning of the story I've wanted to see it lmao (although you already have big chill and ghostfreak, so I can wait a little more if nessecary since those aliens are also in my top 10)
2. If Albedo IS going to appear with ultimate aliens like many have been suggesting, will you be willing to create new ultimate aliens to appear in this series? Like having an ultimate Lodestar or ultimate Water Hazard for example? If not, that's okay since that would be having to put a lot of thought into something completely new with a new design and improved powers and abilities, and rather stick with the ultimates we already have (unless someone would be willing to help with that), so that's really up to you to decide cosidering its your story.
Wow I wrote more than I wanted too but oh well, anyways, hope you can respond my questions and keep up the great work!
CreateGunner1209: 1. I love Goop and I want him to appear so badly! But I am waiting to introduce him at a far later time. It hurts but sometimes patience can really pay off. Because I really love how I will introduce him
2. If I do Ultimates I may or maynot create them myself. I will probably borrow from Ink Tank first to make my life easier
BlueRanger-Lyric: Wow, that was quite an amazing chapter, I liked how everything played out and I really enjoyed the fights in this chapter, especially that fight in the Greenhouse Floor, I also like Kraab's new limbs in this chapter as well, are they temporary or are they permanent? I also like the OC in this chapter as well, I'm kinda glad to see that even though Izuku has Master Control, there are still Villains that can prove to be a challenge to him, and I liked Izuku's Hell comment, as well as how that whole fight ended with that combo, and I liked how the other characters had something important to do as well like trying to activate the Cutoff Protocol instead of just being there, oh and is Malware in this mini arc? Because if he is, I hope we get to see Izuku get Upgrade in this arc as that transformation will be more than useful in a world full of Advance Technology and Support Items that he can mirage with for allies and against enemies, and take your time when making these new chapters, because quality takes time, but I still do hope to see your next chapter soon, so keep up the good work there
CreateGunner1209: Kraab's new form is permanent. Also sorry for short responses I am responding to these around midnight the night before I post so my brain is fried
Guest: I hope that someday Izuku will get these Aliens added to his Omnitrix, especially if your looking for more Aliens to add later on
Overflow wiki/Overflow
Hive Mind (Fan Renaming of Reboot Stinkfly) wiki/Stinkfly_(Reboot)
Shock Rock wiki/Shock_Rock
Slapback wiki/Slapback
Surge wiki/Surge
Bashmouth (If you want to keep the name for the unmutated version of it, and this is believed to be the species normal Abilities) wiki/Bashmouth_Species
(Sorry for that, was meant to send this message, so don't worry about the incomplete one)
CreateGunner1209: Sorry but no aliens from the reboot series will appear. I tried to give the series a shot but it wasn't for me. Also Overflow is just a redesign of Water Hazard
Guest: Fan Name for Ben's version of Bashmouth is Steeljaw incase you were wondering
(Same guy to give you those Alien Reboot links)
CreateGunner1209: I have no idea who Bashmouth is…Ooooohhh yeah like I said before I won't be using the reboot aliens at all but thanks anyway
DevilishMan87: You know a lot of people reading this believe Eraser Head would have a hard time against Midoriya considering he can't erase alien powers, but then I remember Stain's quirk didn't work on SixSix because he is an alien so he would have a hard time to with Deku's transformations. So this got me thinking is there like a certain category where an emitter quirk can be used on humans and aliens. Like what about other quirks that effects a person's body like Seiji Shishikura's quirk meatball, would it not work on aliens as they don't have the same type of skin? Or what about Toga's transform quirk, it works on humans, but since it is also a blood quirk can she not copy aliens? So many quirks that can involve the human body of someone else and they might not be able to be useful if there from the stars.
Also could Deku now use Rattle since theoretically master control allows the user to use any of the alien they know they have or you making it so Deku only can use the one's he has unlocked.
Last question now I promise, is Charm caster going to play more of an important role in the league of villains then just being an added character so things seem more evened up between them and class 1a? Like giving her a love interest or have an important connection to one of the other hero characters or add more backstory to her like show off her mother?
CreateGunner1209: Good questions that I don't have the answer to right now. I have some ideas for them but I really need to sit down and write them out and make sure they make sense
And no Izuku can't use Rattle…he will one day!
I want Charmcatser to play a bigger role or at very least I want to delve into her backstory
Guest: /lZVAKUnDepc
CreateGunner1209: Yeah I saw the video when it first came out. And I came up with doing my own version of the Negative literally a week before that video dropped. Which is why I remember it because when I saw the vid I went "That's what I said!"
Guest: Oh, and if you really want to, you could also have Izuku get a Chimera Sui Generis Transformation from Vilgax ether when they first make contact or when later on in the series, and he can ether name it Gax wiki/Gax or Sucker Punch wiki/Sucker_Punch and maybe you could mix their powers and abilities into one if you wanted, though that might also mean you have to give Vilgax Laser Eyes and Tentacle Shapeshifting Arms in addition to what he already has in the original series, but what do you honestly think of this Idea?
(Same guy again)
CreateGunner1209: It's a cool idea but if I ever do it it would have to be later. It sounds cool though and I should think about it
Guest: Just out of curiosity, is Nue really a Human with a Quirk in this story, or is he secretly an Osmosian without even knowing about it?
CreateGunner1209: Yes he is a human. We're going off Omniverse rules where Osmosians are just humans with mutations.
Guest: Please take your time. It would be a shame for such a great writer to forget their health and burn themselves out.
CreateGunner1209: Yeah I definitely needed a break I was definitely burnt out
drako900: hello colleague, look at the shipps you do the same as in the shonens, you only have small moments that show that there is interest between 2 characters and with that you do not get out of what is the main plot, I recommend the izuocha since From what I read it would be the shipp with the most development at times like the fact that both know their biggest secrets (omnitrix/ofa) in addition to the mutual support between them and with that you only give them the little moments that I already mentioned and it ends up working.
CreateGunner1209: Thank you for your opinion but I'm probably not gonna do any real ships until end maybe
Zap: Hello
CreateGunner1209: Hi
BlueRanger-Lyric: Since Hagakure's face has been revealed in the Manga, does this mean you'll do a face reveal for her much earlier than that, I maybe she's trained her Quirk enough to not only reflect and bend Light, but also manipulate it to the point where she can make herself Visible?
CreateGunner1209: Probably and maybe
BrawlRust: God this is such a breathe if fresh air, this story is honestly one of my fav reads in this site. Normally when people do Ben10/mha crossovers they give izuku like master control or like the most powerful aliens (waybig,alienx, ultimates) etc but this story he actually struggles, it's very entertaining. Very excited to see what happens with GhostFreak aswell, I was thinking how dangerous he'd be in the mha world, I mean he can literally possess anyone, imagine he was to possess all might or something. Loving how you're writing this current arc aswell, and MAN I can't wait to see the training camp arc, I bet it's gonna be crazy.
CreateGunner1209: Yeah I have a hard time falling for stories where MC is OP. That includes some animes too. So I wanted to avoid that here for Izuku and the Omnitrix. I like characters building up their power and earning it too.
And yeah I really want to get to the training camp. It's gonna be insane
BlueRanger-Lyric: I just watched a clip of the TMNT Movie where the Turtles were in "The Hashi" and I thought to myself, what if Mr Aizawa had his own version of The Hashi, and if you want to, you can use the already existing four things used in it, and/or you can add new ones like I saw two fanarts of TMNT OCs doing there own Hashi, one was where they had to hold themselves up from the ground upside down with one hand holding themselves up on a walking stick and trying to stay balanced with upside down, the other was one where they were standing on a bamboo stick with one leg, the other leg and two arms spin Hulo Hoops around them endlessly, but what do you think about that, would you see Aizawa doing something like that to get answers out of his students?
CreateGunner1209: I can see him doing something similar
BlueRanger-Lyric: One yeah, there's one thing I forgot about the Walking Stick one in the Hashi, while they are holding themselves upside down on the stick with one hand, they have one tea cup full of on a tea plate on one foot and they have to keep the tea cup balanced on their foot and not spill any of the tea
CreateGunner1209: Yeah I saw the movie too
Guest: Ben 10 Iceberg from The Ink Tank
/f7eQius86Dk
CreateGunner1209: Thanks
Guest: More Ben 10 Iceberg from The Ink Tank
/Y0c5tshJhB0
CreateGunner1209: Thank you
JIB: I have an idea what if it turns out that krabb is a traitor and sides with wolfram and malware. And it's revealed that krabb was spying on the midoriyas for vilgax.
CreateGunner1209: If he is then maybe it's not on purpose. I should think about that. But otherwise no. Kraab is now part of the Deku Squad
Dreadbot: I really like this chapter I liked all the fight scenes in it I really like near the end where Mina managed to cheer up hisashi and inspire him and the others sorry it took me so long to comment I've just been busy and haven't been able to finish reading the chapter until now love your work please keep writing
CreateGunner1209: I will and thank you!
MoarCheese: I have travelled forward in time and now await the latest chapter, my magic circle was a little wonky so I could not bring myself to the exact moment the chapter released, oh well. Guess I'll just have to wait now...
CreateGunner1209: Sorry you had to join the realm of mortals. I hope your patience wasn't waning
Man no nate: is there going to be alien x? just wondering
P.S my english is bad
CreateGunner1209: Yes but not for a looooooooong time
Guest: A triple Detroit smash
CreateGunner1209: Yup
Guest: You should should have deku grandfather in the battle of vilgax a three generations father and sons like the last episode of the original Ben 10
CreateGunner1209: Yeah probably not gonna happen if it was I should have made Gran Torino is Pop Pop
Guest: Deku x mina I like how she tease him
CreateGunner1209: Teasing is fun
Guest: I wanna see brainstorm out smart ida and momo
CreateGunner1209: I don't know I don't like bashing characters that harshly. And if he does then it has to be something irrelevant or goofy.
Guest: Can rath stop saying hiney it doesn't fit his description
CreateGunner1209: First off, yes it does and if you say that then you actually don't know Rath as well as you think you do. Part of the fun of Rath is that he wants to curse and swear but can't due to the rules of cartoons. Hence he uses language like hiney, butt, etc. And yeah i curse in this fanfic but I'm not gonna have him do it cause that's how he is. It's ironically funny
Man no nate: does gutrot make it to the fanfic?
CreateGunner1209: Yes and so will every canon alien except those in the reboot series
BlueRanger-Lyric: When the time comes for Izuku to get Way Big, I hope there will be something Pacific Rim related for him, like maybe a Kaiju for him to fight, like Knifehead, Leather or Otachi or any of the other Kaiju in Pacific Rim for Way Big to fight against, but what do you think of the idea of that?
CreateGunner1209: That would be cool and hey Gigantomachia is a thing
BlueRanger-Lyric: Do you have any plans to include the High breed in this fanfic, if so how will you handle it and when would you have it happen, during or after the MHA story? Because I would imagine the Highbreed and the DNAliens would make it a whole lot harder for the Plumbers to high the Existence of Aliens since the heroes would no doubt notice people going missing and there's not many places they can prepare their invasion or even unnoticed by any of them, and will lead heroes and detectives noticing how often certain characters keep showing up every time the Highbreed and DNAliens show up and cause trouble, but what do you think about it, I hope you do have plans for a Highbreed Invasion Arc
CreateGunner1209: I did but honestly I don't think I will be able to include them. But if I do then i do have some ideas.
BlasphemySix: I would be honored if you actually used my line if you ever plan on doing Aggregor whenever that may be. It would a treasured moment for me
CreateGunner1209: Sorry but I don't actually have plans to use Aggregor since there are characters with same ambitions and even powers: Henzu, AFO, etc. That said I am mulling over at using parts of his story overall to help my own
Guest: A Gallery I found on all the Way Bads, for when the time comes when Izuku gets Way Big
wiki/Way_Bads/Gallery
CreateGunner1209: Thanks this will be useful later
BlueRanger-Lyric: Please tell me your gonna have a moment where Rath is standing next to his ally victoriously and then punches his ally away like Hulk did to Thor in the first Avengers movie, because I think that would be funny as hell, don't you think?
CreateGunner1209: I should do that and if not Rath then another alien for sure
Guest: When is the training camp arc starts
CreateGunner1209: Soon
Guest: Don't forget the Omnitrix can do more than just transform into aliens
CreateGunner1209: I know, I gave it a safeguard mode remember?
Guest: When will we see the more powerful aliens
CreateGunner1209: Like who? Alien X then near the end of the story.
Guest: The inside of ghost freak is much more scarier than aizawa glare but if he gets toe jam all hell breaks loose
CreateGunner1209: Yup
Guest: Will the Omnitrix will evolve to the next level
CreateGunner1209: Yes
BlueRanger-Lyric: I just thought of another gag you could do, this time with Rath, like maybe there's a moment where Rath seems to be getting hostile to Bakugou during training, and the threat of a fight is so bad Ochako gets Yaoyorozu to creat a laser pointer, maybe going somewhere like "Ochako: Yaoyorozu, make a Laser Pointer! Yaoyorozu: Huh, why? Ochako: Just do it!" Then she gets the laser pointer and uses it to make Rath chase it like a Cat would, and like he did in Omniverse, what do you think?
CreateGunner1209: I like it
Guest: You should introduce lord Dregg from tmnt 2012.
CreateGunner1209: As a cameo I will at least
Emerald Deku: After rewatching some of Ben 10 I realize how Animo is like the Doc Ock of Ben 10. Do hope we get to see him return to front page of the news someday while he is no doubt scrambling away to help AFO to make more Furry Nomus I can't help but miss Animo's more mad scientist theatrics like the Omnitrix Mutant Ray or Ditto Kidnapping
Anyways looking forward to part 3, I know time hasn't been kind to you (it's been a total of 4 weeks I think?) but even with every delay you had never let your audience down and I hope you know that. You are the best for not only creating this story for us to enjoy but to keep on making new progress even though life seems like it's telling you not to, keep pushing through Chad
CreateGunner1209: I wanted to do more with Dr. Animo. And honestly I should have done one during the Road Trip arc but I will make up for it later. Heck maybe that can be an OVA chapter to make up for it
And thank you for the words of encouragement. They really do help a lot because I tend to feel guilty if I don't post right away. So thank you it really helps me more than you know
