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"Damn it, Homura...why'd you have to put that on me?" Syou huffed, as he walked through the halls. As much as he spat with his sister, he did care for her. That fight with dad was more intense than usual. Syou thought to check up on her after she didn't show up for dinner.
That's when he saw the cat in the hallway, licking itself.
"Huh?" Syou said, confused. "Hey, buddy- how'd you get in here..."
The cat stopped and turned to look at him before hissing and running off. Syou sighed, and followed the cat to Homura's room, where he saw the open window. He huffed. "So that's how you got in." Syou hummed, as he looked at the cat on her bed. "At least it was just you that got in here."
The cat then pawed at its collar, like it was trying to scratch at something. Maybe the collar itself was too tight? Whatever it was, Syou went over to check, but the cat hissed at him as he approached.
"Easy, easy. Just gonna see if it's the collar you're-" Syou began, before the collar glowed and flashed. When the light died down, a masked figure was sitting next to the cat and gently petting its head.
"The perfect assistant for a trick like this, wouldn't you say?" Mr. Compress smirked behind his mask.
Syou jumped back, and frowned. "What the-!? Where'd you come from?"
"Now now, Syou. You don't want to get him upset." Mr. Compress said, as he scratched behind the cat's ears. "He gets jumpy."
"Who the hell are you?" Syou asked, ready to either fight or run.
"No one special. A humble performer, really. Though, today I'm more of a chauffeur," Compress held up the two other marbles between his fingers, "These two are the real stars."
Syou quickly realized who the man before him was. "Wait- you're that thief from-"
"Please. Call me Mr. Compress. But don't mind me." Mr. Compress threw the two marbles on the ground.
"I'd be more concerned with them. Watch out for the scorpion," the thief added. The two marbles glowed and flashed, now replaced by Mercury and Tyrian.
"Surpriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiise!" Tyrian grinned manically.
Tyrian leapt up to slash the boy, but Syou's frightened look turned cold. He clenched his hand, and manifested a bunch of gauze around his arm to block the blow.
The Atlas! Quirk: Gauze Bod. When the Atlas is under attack, his body can produce a thick gauze that can't usually be cut. He can use this gauze to maneuver himself around and patch up his allies.
"Good luck getting through that, scorpion guy." Syou smirked. "Not even Stain could pierce this."
"Oh, I'm surprised you don't recognize me, doctor," Tyrian cackled, "Maybe my friend's face is more familiar?" With that, Mercury leapt over Tyrian and landed a kick right to Syou's face. Gauze quickly wrapped around his head and cushioned the blow, but the force still made him stagger back.
Syou's gauze wrapped around his whole body, making his body look like a giant mummy with a monstrous face. Syou frowned. "Obviously, I misjudged you. Lemme correct that."
"Misjudgement isn't the same as recognizing. Dear old dad never told you, did he?" Tyrian chuckled.
"Uh, what?" Mercury asked, surprised by this as well.
"Dad knows you? Really? Are you gonna pull the whole 'I'm an old family friend-'" Syou began.
"SHUT UP! It's my story to tell!" Tyrian hissed, "Now then, to answer you, no. I'm not that trope. I was one of your father's patients...who he consigned to death row."
Syou looked him up and down. "Looking pretty alive for a dude on death row."
"Of course. I became comatose when I heard my mistress of the dusk, my queen, my omnipotence was gone…" Tyrian said. "For years, I was a prisoner to my own madness. I sat in my head, laughing and crying all the days away."
Tyrian's eyes became wide and empty. "But then I felt a wave of malice so wonderful…"
"And you broke out…" Syou trailed off, "Wait...you're the guy who killed fifteen people during his breakout?!"
"Ugh, Primo, did you not teach your son manners? It's impolite not to tell them your most challenging patient's name. Tyrian Callows, at your service...and I'll be the one to drown you and your father in venom tonight."
Syou frowned. "We'll see about that." His arms unraveled, and he sent bandages flying towards the psychopath to restrain him.
Tyrian, despite all his time comatose, was as nimble as ever, leaping around the room as if he was part frog instead of scorpion. He dodged one bandage-strike before leaping at Syou, arms crossed in front of him. The bandages quickly retracted, protecting Syou from an incoming cross slash from Tyrian. The scorpion Faunus growled when he saw that he only cut bandages again. He was gonna rip his way through them and actually slice this Pro apart and nothing was gonna stop him.
The Atlas flared up his bandages, and his eyes started to glow. "Endless Figure of Eight!" His bandages tendrils rushed towards Tyrian, wrapping him up with successive laps and crossing over to restrain him fully.
"Consider this a makeshift straitjacket." Syou said, as Tyrian fell to the ground.
"Hey, you forgot someone!" Mercury yelled landing a series of kicks that sent Syou flying out of the room and into the hall.
Syou caught himself with his bandages, entangling them around some secure points. "Nice kick. Ever try you for soccer?"
"Don't flatter me." Mercury said, raising his leg. "I've kicked tougher."
Tyrian thrashed around in the straitjacket, trying to cut his way free.
"Good luck, you looney toon- no one's been able to cut through it." Syou said.
"Really?" Mercury grinned, as his raised leg suddenly started to heat up. "Let's try something."
Mr. Compress hopped off the bed, picking up the cat and walking ever so casually past Tyrian.
"Do stay still. I don't know how good his aim is," Compress advised.
"And let me just FUMBLE AROUND LIKE AN IDIOT?" Tyrian yelled.
"Suit yourself. Don't blame me if you get shot," Compress shrugged.
"Huh?" Tyrian said, as Mercury put his right heel up. He fired a bullet at Tyrian's bandaged body, and hit the target perfectly.
"He didn't even look." Mr. Compress said, impressed.
With that single shot, Mercury was able to blast a hole in the bandages around his mad comrade. With that opening, Tyrian moved one of his blades to the opening and ripped his way through it, freeing himself.
"As insufferable as he can be, his aim has never been in question," Tyrian grinned.
Mr. Compress put out the small fire on the bandages. "Odd- the bullet ignited."
"Never seen it before, Compress?" Tyrian tilted his head, "Then get ready for a show!" The scorpion Faunus pulled two magazines from his belt and slid one into each pincered gauntlet. With a whir of energy, the weapons began to glow with a purple light.
Tyrian fired the bullets behind him, allowing him to fly forward at top speed. The Atlas could barely react to the attack.
The madman unleashed a barrage of slashes that seemed to be faster than anything the son of Primo had ever seen before, almost like they were weightless. Each swing had a purple light-trail follow it. As he dodged the slashes of Tyrian, a shotgun-sounding blast fired out and slammed into his side, courtesy of Mercury.
Syou fell to the ground, clutching his side in pain. The bullet had pierced an unprotected area, was was now lodged in his abdomen. He grunted, quickly patching it up with some gauze.
"Good." Tyrian said, eyes lighting up. "You have a weak point."
"And? Everyone does? For instance, I've seen a few different prosthetics in my time...you're still sporting outdated models," Syou said, sending out more gauze bandages to try and snag the prosthetics of the two villains. Tyrian jumped out of the way, practically flying around the hall with his use of gravity Dust. Mercury tried to jump out of the way as well, but he was a second too slow. Syou's bandages wrapped around one of the prosthetic legs and began to squeeze. Before the former follower of Salem could even try something, the middle of the bandages was suddenly swallowed up and severed, a blue marble clattering to the hospital floor.
"W-what the!?" Syou said, as Mr. Compress smirked. "Nothing can cut my gauze!"
"Nothing conventional, mind you. All things have a work around." Mr. Compress said, as he threw out more marbles. They quickly tore away sections of Syou's bandages.
"How is that even-?!" Syou panicked. His words were cut off when a quick slash from Tyrian caught him at one of the exposed spots. But it wasn't with the pincered-gauntlets Tyrian was so fond of, it was with his tail. A bit of purple liquid smeared Syou's skin around the wound and Tyrian just started cackling.
"Oh, this brings back memories!" Tyrian grinned.
Syou dropped to the ground, coughing and sputtering for words. His vision was blurring. "W-what the?"
"I've poisoned you, idiot." Tyrian grinned manically.
His motor functions were still working, as far as Syou could tell, and that was all he needed. With that, he bolted, trying to find his parents.
"Aw, look. Now he's gonna go cry to mommy and daddy," Mercury taunted.
"You two deal with that. I'll be opening the way for the others," Compress said.
Tyrian darted after Syou, eyes filled with bloodlust. The thrill of the hunt! The need for bloodshed! It was coursing through his veins and he missed the adrenaline.
"COME ON, KID! I JUST WANNA HAVE SOME FUN!" Tyrian yelled.
"And I gotta go make sure he doesn't cause too much of a mess," Mercury sighed before racing off after the madman.
"Have fun with that, Mr. Black!" Compress waved, "Now then! Time to let in the main event."
Tyrian rounded the corner, when he was greeted by a wall of black. Smashing his face into into it did nothing to deter his chase. He began to claw and stab the wall, like it was a living thing.
"COME ON! LEMME IN!" Tyrian yelled. While he was functional...he was not the same person he was long ago.
Mercury quickly caught the madman and saw the wall of shadow blocking them off.
"What the hell...?" Mercury asked as he walked closer.
"This wall...it was not here before." Tyrian said. "It has to be a quirk."
"We know the daughter's, we know the son's...so this must be the mother's," Mercury reasoned.
On the other side of the wall, mother and father tended to Syou's wounds. "He...he rushed me...in Homura's room. There's three of them, and there may be more."
"Hang in there, please..." Miyo said, holding his hand tightly.
"Mom, I'll be fine." Syou said. "I have the best of the best treating me..."
Miyo looked back at the wall of shadows she cast. "And the best protecting you as well."
Umbra Nurse! Quirk: Shadow Sneak. Umbra can create, shape and manipulate darkness and shadows. She can also easily blend in with them, making her invisible.
The attacks from Tyrian could be seen on the other side of the wall, each impact visibly shaking the wall, but it still held strong. Mercury, meanwhile, checked the shells in his boots as a plan began to form. She could mold shadows and it was night right now. So what happens if a flash of lightning were to suddenly light up the hallway?
"What the?" Miyo said, as Primo frowned. He could hear something charging on the other side.
"Sweetie. Take Syou and run." Primo said, as his hands started to generate a strange blue gel. "I'll handle our guests with ease."
"Tyrian, get back," Mercury said, jerking his head to the side. The scorpion Faunus looked back and saw the lightning Dust in Talaria charge up with a slight yellow glow.
"Ok. Tag out!" Tyrian yelled and jumped back.
Mercury held up his leg, and hopped up and down. Talaria had gotten a few updates, mostly to keep up with a new generation of quirk users. The first of which- the ability to 'build up' energy, similar to Cass.
"Kinetic Build Up-" Mercury said, before he leapt forward at top speed. "Thunder Kick!"
With the sound of a shotgun blast, a bolt of lightning was fired from Talaria. The burst lit up the hallway and, as Mercury thought, the shadow wall faded. Tyrian took the chance and raced through, only to be socked in the face by punch from Primo.
"Mr. Callows," Primo said, "I take it you're here for a second opinion."
"Doctor Primo!" Tyrian grinned, stumbling back and rubbing his chilled cheek. "How nice to see you after all these years- living the dream life, are we? Shame about your daughter, but at least your son HAD a future."
Primo frowned, as he clenched his fist again. More gel was produced from it. "You're sick, Mr. Callows. While I swore an oath to never take a life...I fear you may be the one to have me break it."
"Please. Please try." Tyrian said, as he rushed forward. Primo's arm generated more blue gel, and sent it forward- the giant blob of gel morphed into a giant blue hand that took ahold of Tyrian with ease.
Doctor Primo! Quirk: Ice Gel. Doctor Primo can produce a malleable, rubbery substance made from sodium polyacrylate and diethylene glycol around his body. This gel is incredibly cold, and will freeze whatever it touches.
Primo didn't seem impressed with how Tyrian responded to being grabbed, thrashing around in the gel-hand and trying to cut his way free. The doctor quickly formed a gel wall right before Mercury unleashed a barrage of bullets from his grieves.
"Predictable," Primo said.
Mercury aimed for vital areas of the body, but Primo generated some more gel. He pressed it between his hands, and cupped them- with a deep breath, Primo blew a giant bubble from his hands, surrounding Mercury and trapping him inside of it.
"W-what the!?" Mercury asked.
"Time's ticking for you. The gel bubble has a freezing time of three minutes, but I doubt you'll get out before then," Primo said.
"Please. I'll be outta here in no time." Mercury's foot gained a red hue, and he kicked the bubble he was trapped in. But the bubble held, only rippling from the impact.
"If it were that easy to break, your unstable...associate here would've broken out by now," Primo said. As the doctor-hero finished those words, however, the building seemed to shake from a sudden impact.
"What on Earth...?" The doctor said.
"Ok...guess she said 'fuck it, going loud,'" Mercury muttered.
"So there are more of you...how many precisely?"
"That'd spoil the fun." Mercury grinned, kicking the bubble a few more times. There had to be a good way to get out of this.
"Mr. Black, our associates are in. You haven't moved floors since I left have you?" Compress asked over Mercury's earpiece.
"What? No, of course," the assassin stated, "Why?"
"You may wish to brace yourself."
"Uh?" Mercury raised an eyebrow. "Okay."
Mercury lowered his leg, and braced for impact. Doctor Primo gave him a strange look. "What are you-"
He was cut off when Cass of all people, propelled by fire from her hands, shoulder-checked the doctor in the back and sent him flying.
"SURPRISE BITCH!" Cass yelled.
The doctor created a cushion of gel to soften the impact. It was incredibly effective, allowing him to keep from getting more bruised up.
The doctor brushed his body off. "Well...that was a way to make an entrance." He looked up, to see Cass walking over to him. He raised a bored eyebrow. "Cassidy Fallman, last seen 15 years ago...what brings you back into the limelight?"
"Cute. You think I took a 15 year sabbatical." Cass smirked.
"Considering who you lost, I assumed at least some of that time was spent grieving," Primo said. Cass' smirk faded.
"You just had to say that, didn't you?" Cass hissed.
"Yes." Primo said, before a multitude of gooey hands shot out of his back. They all showered Cass with powerful blows, but she weathered the attack. Absorbing the blows was easy.
Getting slowly frozen was harder.
The ice was quickly layering over her body, but honestly, letting Primo hit her was part of the plan. After what must have been the...50th or so hit, Cass grinned again and slammed her fist into the ground. A wave of eruptions tore through the tiled floor and reached Primo, blasting him in rapid succession and sending him flying into the ceiling.
Cass quickly shook off the chunks of snow that were stuck on her body. "There we go."
"Cool. Now get us outta here." Mercury said, shivering. "It's like a industrial freezer in here."
"Yeah, yeah, don't get your boots rusted," Cass shrugged and walked up to the bubble. She pulled back her fist and punched the bubble, popping it with a small explosion.
"What!? It's that easy?" Mercury huffed.
"One side is more durable than the other, dumbass." Cass rolled her eyes.
"Oh," Mercury sighed, "And Tyrian?"
"Eh, I kinda wanna keep him in there." Cass joked. "Less collateral damage, less of a mess to clean up...the list goes on."
"I mean...fair. But you know he's gonna be pissed when he actually does get out."
"You say that like I care," Cass grinned mischievously.
"Come on!" Tyrian hissed, struggling to get out. "I need to stab something or else I'm gonna explode!"
"Kinda sound like Shigiraki now," Mercury joked.
"Funny, Black. NOW LEMME OUT!"
"Fine, fine. Yikes. I wish you were back in your coma." Cass huffed. "Life was better when we didn't have to clean up after you. You leave evidence EVERYWHERE."
"Oh, like we're so worried about evidence now," Tyrian scoffed.
"We still are but, you wanna cause problems, take it up with the boss," Cass said before firing up her powers and destroying the gel-hand that griped the madman.
Tyrian leapt up, and laughed. "FREEDOM!" He screeched, before scampering off. Mercury and Cass frowned.
"I liked him better when Salem could just say 'sit' and he'd do so." Mercury huffed.
"I miss a LOT of things from the old days." Cass sighed.
"Guess we better go after him, make sure he doesn't go too crazy," the assassin sighed before racing off after the scorpion Faunus.
Cass was about to chase after Mercury, but she was quickly grabbed by a giant mass of cold gel hands. Primo quickly pulled her back.
"You're not going anywhere, Miss Fallman." Primo huffed. "I can't hit you. But I can freeze you. Just so long as I don't exert any force..."
"Guess it was too much to hope you'd be knocked out that fast," Cass hissed, igniting her hands and slicing through the gel-hands with ease. She leapt back and slammed her fist into the ground again, trying to hit Primo with the same series of eruptions as before.
Primo blocked the attacks with ease. He studied Cass' moves very carefully, humming the more and more he theorized.
"I see- you've retained your maiden abilities." Primo said, before creating a massive wall of gel to easily crush Cass.
"So you know about that? Then you know how they work!" Cass yelled as she cut her way through the gel with blades of flame.
Primo hummed once again as he made his observation. "I saw the way you fought at Evernight, through archive footage- you would've burnt me to a crisp by now. You would've carved through my gel wall like a warm knife through butter. But it looked like you really had to power through that."
Primo adjusted his glasses. "I'd say it's safe to assume you don't have ALL of your Maiden powers. Just a small fragment that you have to use in short bursts."
"Oh, cut the psycho-analysis shit," Cass hissed, bringing out her weapons, "If I relied on them too much, well, that'd get boring, wouldn't it?"
"Deflecting." Primo adjusted his glasses again. "You're getting worked up about a few observations. I'm not picking you apart, Cass. I'm just trying to understand all of this."
"There is NO understanding me." Cass frowned.
"I disagree." Primo said. "People have frequently viewed evil as essential because it permits the existence of kindness, forgiveness, and redemptive love to exist within our lives. Your life has been nothing but chaos, and I understand your pain. I just can't wrap my head around...the fact you're still doing this. Ben and Ruby have moved on, but you stand here, fueled by rage."
Primo took a deep breath. "Deep down...you knew it was necessary, what Ruby did."
"Say that again," Cass growled, balling her hands into fists, "Go on. say it." Suffice to say, given the threatening aura that the Maiden was now giving off, Primo had touched a nerve.
Primo remained cool. "I said, deep down. You know it to be true. Cinder was suffering. You saw the way she was...falling apart, didn't you? There was no saving that."
"...you're either brave or a fucking idiot," Cass said, before launching herself at Primo, propelled by her Semblance and pure rage. Primo tried to bring up another barrier to shield himself, but the Maiden simply sliced through it with one hand, while the other landed a mean right hook to Primo's face.
Primo was sent flying through multiple walls- somewhere in between passing through the 5th or 6th wall, he broke some bones. He wouldn't be walking anytime soon. On the bright side, ribs hadn't punctured his lungs.
Primo landed in his lab, and coughed. "Ergh." Primo grunted, pain filling his body.
"So, you sure you wanna keep saying shit like that, doc?" Cass growled, following him through the holes he left behind. Primo tried to stand, using one of the tables as support. Before he could even try to think up a new approach, something slammed into Cass from the side.
More accurately, someone. It was Dabi.
"Get...the hell...away from my DAD," Homura yelled, walking in and looking absolutely bloodied.
"H-homura!" Primo said, a bit shocked. Cass huffed, as she raised up her hand to fire.
Homura held up her hands. "You seriously wanna try that against the girl who can literally ABSORB fire?!" She hissed.
"Ugh...all smoke, no fire, weren't you, Dabi?" Cass groaned, shoving the blue-flamed pyro to the side, "Fine. I got other elements on my side. Haven't tried stone out in a while, but it should work!"
"No. You don't." A voice said, as Cass was suddenly enveloped in shadows. Cass struggled to break free, as Miyo appeared out of her back.
"Don't struggle. My shadows are unbreakable by any means. Just ask your friends there." Miyo grinned.
"REALLY GUYS?!" Cass yelled, seeing Mercury, Tyrian and Mr. Compress all bound as well.
"Well apologies, but it's a little hard to turn shadows into marbles!" Compress countered, "I'm a good trickster, but even I have limits!"
"Looks like your luck's run out." Homura said. "Your little kitty cat friend was quick to surrender too! She mewled, too. There's something wrong with her."
"You led...quite the assault." Primo huffed, propping himself up with his gel. Homura walked up behind him. "But...I'm sorry to say. Your efforts were in vai-"
SCHLRP.
That was the sound the knife made when it went through Primo's back.
Primo went still as the knife pierced his flesh, a knife held by his own daughter.
"I told her to get away...because I wanted to do this~" Homura grinned evilly. Right on cue, Dabi bolted up and roundhouse kicked Miyo in the face, knocking her into the nearest wall and knocking her out. The shadow bindings around the other four dissipated, Tyrian quickly getting ready to jump back into the fray.
"All smoke, no fire, huh?" Dabi cocked a brow at Cass.
"You were faking?" Cass asked.
"Maybe you could've not thrown me that hard..."
"Had to make it look convincing, didn't I?~" Homura giggled.
"W-what the hell?" Primo asked, as he fell to the ground. All forms of gel went right for the wound. He couldn't feel his legs, Jesus-
"Here's your real daughter, dipshit." Sunny said, walking in. She was levitating the real deal and dropped her on the ground. "Toga- take off the disguise. I think it's safe to say we're the winners here."
"What about the son?" Toga asked. Sunny rolled her eyes and snapped her fingers. Syou seemed to drop from out of thin air, right beside Dabi, catching the firestarter by surprise.
"Oh...alright fine," the villainous schoolgirl said as Homura's form began to melt off of her.
"The hell did you even do to bandage-guy?" Mercury asked.
"Oh, nothing much. Just...exposed him to a different kind of truth," Sunny grinned, "He'll be out for a few hours."
"Good enough." Cass said, as she pulled out her phone. "I'll phone in the big guy."
"He'd kill you if he heard you call him that." Toga said, as she started to melt her disguise off. Sunny looked over, and saw there was no clothes on Toga's body.
"Hey. Weirdo." Sunny said, walking over. "Lemme see your back."
"Eh? Okay." Toga said, as Sunny began drawing a weird glyph on the back.
"Just a few more lines...aaaaand there," the black sheep of the Tennyson family said, finishing her work.
"That felt weird," Toga said.
"That looked weird!" Twice interjected, "I can't disagree."
"And now," Sunny began, before the glyph began to glow and Toga's usual school outfit simply magic'd itself back on her, "You don't have to worry about that."
"What did you do?" Twice asked.
"Anytime her quirk wears off, her clothes will snap back onto her body." Sunny said. "I can excuse murder, but I can't excuse public nudity."
"...ya know what, that's fair!" Toga grinned.
Cass took a few steps away, and called Shigaraki on the burner phone she was given.
"Holy shit, you guys were done faster than I expected." Shigaraki said when he answered.
"Yeah. Get the hell over here." Cass shook her head.
"Ok, ok, gimme a sec..." The leader of the League said before hanging up. It was exactly a second before the black mist of Kurogiri's Quirk appeared in Primo's lab. Tomura stepped through in his usual manner, Kurogiri close behind. As the leader made his way over to Primo, the League members' attention was suddenly drawn by the sound of a door being thrown open.
"Huh...four out of four. And...no one's dead?" Shigaraki asked.
"A bit bruised, but no casualties," Spinner said.
Shigaraki sauntered towards the downed heroes, all of them knocked out save for Primo and Fireclaw. Their chained up bodies and their bloodied faces were…so nice to see.
"Dad…" Fireclaw rasped, as Primo gave a sad look towards her. "I'm sorry…for fighting…"
"Doctor Primo…for one of the smartest pros in the business, you sure got outsmarted by a bunch of idiots." Shigaraki laughed. "That must drive you insane."
"You…" Doctor Primo huffed, trying to break free. His daughter…she needed him.
"You waste your breath, Doctor." Shigaraki said, walking over to Fireclaw. "You're still fresh out of Shiketsu High, right?"
Fireclaw looked away, and Shigaraki frowned.
"When an adult is talking to you, you listen. And you make EYE CONTACT." Tomura put four of his hands on Fireclaw's head, to force her to look up. She looked into his bloodshot eyes, and felt the cold wave of death hit her body. Was…was this it?
"Now, Doctor…since you two are still awake, I'll give you a choice." Tomura said. "I'll only kill one of you. Will you be selfish, like your daughter claims you are? Or will you drop your ego and save the life of this disrespectful brat?"
Fireclaw looked over at her father, eyes wide with fear. Primo looked horrified at the decision, but knew what he had to do.
"...Homura." Primo said. "Daddy loves you…very much."
Homura's face softened. Shigaraki's eyes narrowed.
"Take care…of your mother and brother." Primo said, looking down. "And follow your own path. I should have never been so hard on you."
Homura began to tear up. "Dad…I-"
Tomura put his last finger on her head.
And she was gone.
Primo's pupils shrank in disbelief. So did everyone else.
"Woah." Mercury said, looking absolutely horrified.
"...I like this guy even more now." Tyrian said, as Primo began to wail and scream at the top of his lungs.
"Heroes like you disgust me." Tomura said, standing back up. "Giving these positive 'lying through your smile' messages, but behind closed doors, you're just some average asshole. You'll put your family at risk for a stupid rescue."
Primo fell to the ground, still crying. His daughter was dead-
Tomura felt the need to rub more salt in the wound- this scenario felt familiar. "I was just gonna kill the girl, but…you gave me an idea."
Tomura knelt down close to Atlas and Umbra's bodies. Everyone held their breath.
"Dabi- hold him up. He needs to see this." Shigaraki said. Dabi smirked, as he walked forward.
"I think I'm starting to warm up to you, boss." Dabi said, picking up Primo's neck. "If you even try to close your eyes I'll burn their bodies myself."
Primo flinched in fear, as Shigaraki smirked.
"It's a shame we won't hear their last words…but, I'm not in the mood to wait for them to wake up." Shigaraki said, picking up their necks.
And they were gone.
Primo's primal screams of anguish filled the room. Shigaraki sighed.
"So, that just leaves your arrogant ass. I bet you want to die, don't you?" Shigaraki said. "...shame about that. I'm feeling pretty tired right now…" He faked a yawn. "So, we'll all come back later. Maybe in an hour, maybe in a few days…but I won't forget to do it."
Shigaraki snapped his fingers, and a portal was formed. Everyone followed Shigaraki through the portal, and Toga gave one last glance to Primo. She looked down at her knife…
She still had Fireclaw's blood on it.
A wicked grin spread across her face. She licked it like a lollipop. Her quirk activated, as Primo watched in horror. His daughter's face was being worn by this villain…
"Daddy…" Toga said, mimicking Homura's voice perfectly. "I hate you. You could've saved me…you could have saved mom and bro…but you didn't. And I'll never forgive you." Homura's face melted off of Toga's body, and onto the ground.
"That's what I think she'd say to you." Toga grinned. "Have fun planning the funerals~ And have even more fun explaining where the bodies are."
Toga skipped through the portal, and it closed.
Primo was left bloodied and bruised on the floor, utterly powerless.
Truth of the matter was that he could've saved them all. The chains weren't restraining him well enough, but he wanted to get Shigaraki talking long enough for a distraction.
…but. He didn't.
There's no happy ending for Primo. When the sidekicks found the trashed lab on Monday, Primo was a husk of the man he used to be. He was in a vegetative state of shock- no one knew what happened. Security cameras didn't catch anything, nor was there any evidence left behind.
That was the end of the Quadrians family.
"Congrats." Shigaraki said. "Somehow, you idiots did it. I'm shocked."
"That's the kinda talk I wanna hear." Dabi huffed, rolling his eyes.
"So then I take it that they're-?" Kurogiri began.
"Yep. I had my doubts, but...you're in," Shigaraki said.
"Sweet." Sunny said. "So, we're gonna celebrate?"
"I'm game!" Toga grinned.
"I am not giving you alcohol," Kurogiri said.
"Soooo, we can like. Live here now, right?" Nyancy said.
"What? Sure, whatever." Shigaraki said.
"...welp, that's all the confirmation I need." Nyancy whistled.
"Why did you need-?" Kurogiri began. Before the misty bartender could finish, Nyancy opened the bar door and let in, at least, fifty cats.
"HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE?!" Spinner, Kurogiri, Toga, and Twice all asked in unison. The former two were asking out of shock while the latter's words carried a hint of joy to them.
"Oh, it's not that many," Nyancy handwaved.
"I'm not really a pet person," Shigaraki said, "Just keep them away from me and they'll be fine."
"I'm fine with this place being a cat cafe!" Toga grinned, picking up the one with the eye patch. "Ooooooooooooooh~ Aren't you so cute~!"
"Hey, you still gotta be careful with 'em, especially Patches there. Poor guy got into a fight so he's gotta wear that," Nyancy said.
"Promise I will! Hear that, you're safe with me!" Toga said, petting Patches on the head.
"I'm more of a dog person myself," Dabi said.
Cass couldn't help but pet one on the head, and even Mercury couldn't resist it. "Sucks we have to live here with all of them, but whatever..." Mercury said, looking away.
"...I'll stock up on milk and...cat food, I guess," Kurogiri sighed.
"Yes, you should!" Twice said, picking up a bunch of cats. "Wait, shit! I'M ALLERGIC! No I'm not!"
"Oh, wait, Twice, are you actually?" Nyancy asked, genuinely concerned.
"Aaaaand I need to get a stock of epi-pens as well apparently," Kurogiri added.
"No! Yes!" Twice said, shaking his head up and down, yes and no-
"He's not dying. He's fine." Dabi said.
"I'll still get some just in case," Kurogiri said.
"Please do! YOU DON'T NEED TO!" Twice yelled.
"This is gonna be interesting." Sunny said, rolling her eyes.
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