Decided the fun little Momo chapter wasn't enough. Here, a fun little start for our 'season finale'. Also, we hit 10k views! Sweet! Thank you all!
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The day before the short 'Summer Break', Aizawa took to the front of the class to announce something.
"The USJ has been officially reopened," the Pro said in his usual monotone voice.
The class looked around, a bit confused. "How does that pertain to us?" Ojiro asked.
"Well, it's relevant because we're going to be spending the whole day doing rescue exercises. To make up for lost time," Aizawa explained, "So suit up."
The class got up out of their seats, and made their way to the locker rooms.
"Finally…" Mineta groaned, sauntering forward, "A day of break from paperwork…"
"Man, USJ," Kaminari sighed, "That attack felt like it was forever ago."
"Yeah, man," Kirishima agreed, "Crazy to think that happened like in our first few weeks here. Those E-class villains wouldn't have stood a chance against us now."
Oh, absolutely. Ochako grinned, looking down at her Omnitrix.
"Wonder why it took so long for the USJ to reopen, though," Mina pondered.
"Rumor has it that the extra time was taken to strengthen the security," Momo explained, "so that nothing could get in or out without permission from the staff."
"Smart move," Iida nodded. "I expect nothing less from our prestigious UA."
"So, what are you guys doing for the break?" Tooru asked, changing subjects.
"I'm spending a week with my parents in France~" Aoyoma smiled, "We'll be staying in our summer mansion."
Ochako looked at Aoyoma, "Mansion?"
"Oui~" Aoyoma nodded, "I may not look like it, but my family is incredibly well off."
"Honestly, we just thought you were just…flashy," Izuku said, trying to sound nice.
"And flashy I am!" Aoyoma grinned, prancing away.
"I always forget how weird he is," Ochako said.
"I'll be visiting I-Island," Todoroki chimed in, "My father was going to accompany me, but...things came up."
"I honestly don't think your father is the sort to take a vacation," Jirou joked, "He's a complete workaholic. Does he ever sleep?"
"Never at home," Todoroki answered.
"You're going to I-Island too?" Kaminari said. "That's awesome, actually! Maybe I'll see you there."
"You're going as well?" Todoroki said.
"Yeah, I was able to get a temporary job there as a server. It'll be me, Sero and Mineta…" Kaminari said. "It's gonna be great."
"I've always wanted to go to I-Island," Tooru said, "I mean, every company in the world involved with the Pro Hero business invested money to create paradise! I wanna be in paradise."
"It costs a PRETTY penny, though," Kirishima said, "How'd you even get the ticket, Kaminari?"
"I have my ways," the electric student grinned.
Ochako felt a tiny bit envious, hearing all those expensive vacation plans made her remember her 'vacations' as a kid. It'd always be a simple trip to her grandma's house in Inaba (halfway across Japan), hanging around some dinky little town and dealing with a lot of mosquitos. Ochako loved her grandma, but…she always hated talking about vacations after everyone in her middle school talked about going to Wash Land (Pro Hero Wash's personal waterpark) or Mt. Fuji.
A vacation is supposed to make you feel rejuvenated and more equipped to deal with whatever comes your way when you return. However, no matter where Ochako's family traveled, their poverty grew more apparent. A visit to Grandma's place just meant needing to be more frugal with the water and power bills. After all, Grandma was still working. She should have been retired by now.
Ochako just felt upset thinking about it.
She quickly shook it off, though. It's not like she could go on vacation. Who would watch Ship?
Eventually, Ochako and the others suited up, got on a bus, and headed over to the USJ. On the ride over, there was more and more conversation about vacations and planned day trips. Ochako sat in her seat, looking out the window.
"Hey, Uraraka, you okay?" Iida asked.
"Hm? Yeah, just a little out of it," Ochako sighed, "Long night."
"Ah. I see," Iida nodded, "If you want to take a quick nap…"
"I'll be fine," Ochako fake yawned, "I'll take a nap if I'm tired later."
"You know, if you wanted…you're always invited to join my family for our vacation," Class 1-A's rep offered.
"I dunno. It'd be kinda weird. I'm kind of a total stranger to everyone but you," Ochako said, "Plus…people could get the wrong idea about you and me being a couple."
"I can guarantee no one will see it that way, but I get the first part," Iida was unusually blunt about that one.
"I'll be fine, Iida," Ochako reassured her classmate, "I've got patrolling and a tiny blorp at home to watch over. He's been getting into 'teething' recently."
"Teething?" Iida repeated.
"Yeah, he's been 'biting' my hand. Since he doesn't have any teeth, it's more like he's sort of sucking on it. Like a fish," Ochako explained.
"Well, that's…an interesting comparison," Iida said.
"You're telling me," Ochako said as the bus came to a halt.
The class got out of the bus, and were greeted by a familiar face, fresh from the hospital.
At least, their face WOULD be familiar if they were in costume.
"My costume is still in the shop, but I'm still here!" the 'stranger' greeted the group. She was a young woman with short, light-colored hair and lighter bangs on top that resembled a spiral. Her irises were surrounded by rings. She wore a nice button up shirt with the number '13' on the breast pocket, beige pants and long gloves that went up to her forearms.
"Uh…so, who's the babe?" Mineta asked. Tsu slapped him upside the head for asking a rude question like that.
"Oh, right, you kids haven't seen me out of costume yet. It's me, Thirteen!" the woman announced to the shock of the students.
"Wait, what?" Kaminari said, looking her up and down, "I didn't know you looked like-"
"I try to not show my face most of the time, but…I'm feeling a bit lax today," Thirteen admitted.
"How are you doing, actually?" Izuku asked. "You were hurt pretty bad during the USJ attack."
"I'm doing better than I was a few weeks ago, that's for sure. Turns out my body is immune to being destroyed by my Black Hole, but it takes a while for me to 'reconstitute' as the doctors put it," Thirteen explained, "So, yikes."
Ochako shivered. Yikes was an extreme understatement. Ochako remembered how badly Thirteen had been shredded back then, like half of her entire body was gone.
"Aside from that, my back still hurts. Something about being stuck in the event horizon just does that." Thirteen said, striking a pose, "And I can't really use my quirk, either. It's more like a 'vacuum' now. I can pull stuff in, but I can't suck it up."
"It's just great to see you again," Ochako said.
"And it's great to see all of you," Thirteen clapped her hands together. "Anyways! Let's have ourselves a little 'cram school' to make up for lost time."
Ochako was happy to see Thirteen, and even more delighted to see Thirteen look so eager to talk about rescue maneuvers and techniques. The teacher had a bright spark in her eyes as she spoke, and the way she looked so happy all the time…it was a nice distraction from everything.
The rescue teacher led the group over to the cliff area of the training junction. The area was steep and if one were to look over the edge, down the giant 'drop'? Terrifying. Kaminari did it for a split second, and then quickly made his way to the back of the group.
"I-I'm gonna stand back here," Kaminari muttered, looking away. Ochako snickered, before focusing on Thirteen's instructions.
"So, three students will be at the bottom of the chasm," the instructor began, "One of them will be unconscious, another will have an injured leg and the last will be very worried."
"And the injured students will be?" Mineta asked, crossing his fingers. He wanted his wounds to be tended by one of the girls...
"They will be...Midoriyia, Iida and Uraraka." Thirteen pointed at the three.
Ochako blinked. Izuku blinked. Iida blinked (but it wasn't obvious because of the reflection on his glasses).
"...dibs on being the one who's unconscious." Ochako said.
The group was lowered down into the chasm by a secret elevator shaft (it blended in so nicely with their surroundings), and reached the bottom of the cliff face. Izuku looked around and was taken off guard a bit. This place was a lot more cavernous at the bottom. He reached into one of his pockets and pulled out a flashlight, clicking it on and shining the light around the area.
"This place is insanely detailed," Izuku muttered, admiring the cave system, complete with multiple passageways snaking throughout the area, making it a veritable maze.
"That's UA for you," Ochako said, her eyes following Izuku's light, "Insanely detailed as-"
Ochako's eyes stopped for a brief second. As the lights shined down one of the caves, something moved. Ochako gasped, as Izuku shot her a weird look.
"Something wrong?" Izuku asked.
"I...I swear I saw something move!" Ochako insisted, as Izuku flashed his light down the cave again.
"There's nothing there. Maybe your eyes were playing tricks on you?" Izuku suggested.
"M-maybe. Or it's a UA staff member trying to psyche us out," Ochako said.
"A challenge on top of another challenge. Fits within UA's standards," Iida nodded, as Izuku shut off his flashlight, "Now! We must do our best to pretend to be injured."
"On it," Ochako said, tapping her body with a few of her fingers. She leaned back and gracefully floated to the floor, and pretended to be knocked out.
"Bleh," Ochako faked.
Izuku got down on the ground, and pretended to clutch his knee.
"This is the weirdest thing we've ever done, I think," All Might's secret successor muttered.
"Let me just get in character..." Iida said, before he sat on the ground, and took off his glasses to rub them clean. He cleared his throat, and put his glasses back on. With a deep breath, he began the performance of a lifetime.
"HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!" Iida yelled at the top of his lungs. Izuku and Ochako stared at the boy, wide eyed and shocked.
"HELP US! PLEASE!" Iida took a deep breath, and sighed, "Okay, I think that sent the message."
"You just… have incredible lung capacity," Ochako commented. "You put Echo Echo's sonic screams to shame."
"Does your engine quirk also affect your lungs!?" Izuku asked.
"Yes, actually," Iida said.
"...wait, really?"
"No, that was just a joke," Iida smirked.
Ochako looked up, and hummed, "So, who do you think is gonna come and rescue us?"
"Dunno," Izuku shrugged, "We were a seemingly random group. We'll probably see some weird team ups here..."
"I dunno how Bakugou will handle rescue. He seems more like the type of guy to throw a can opener at someone who needs help opening a can," Ochako said.
"I wouldn't say that. Bakugou is a capable student, even if his explosive personality leaves more to be desired. He's good at 'rescue', meaning he can save them with ease...but communication..." Iida made a face.
"He just straight up sucks with it," Ochako finished.
"Oh, absolutely. He is the worst at it," Iida agreed.
(Bakugou-kun can't communicate. Don't expect me to write that.)
At the top of the cliff, Thirteen enlisted her four rescuers randomly. The group was definitely a bit odd for a team up, as you had Todoroki, Momo, Tokoyami…and Bakugou.
"For this rescue, I'll ask you to make do with these objects," Thirteen presented the group with a rescue harness, some rope and some other harnesses for climbing down.
Bakugou clenched his teeth. Why did HE have to save Deku? He could handle himself. He was a PRO at moving around with broken bones. If he could, he'd just blow up the side of the mountain so they could get up easier…
Todoroki looked over, "No, Bakugou. We're not blowing up the side of the mountain."
"H-how the hell did you guess that, icy hot!?" Bakugou yelled.
"I know how you think. We're not gonna injure them any further," Todoroki said, walking towards the cliff. "Yaoyorozu, create a pulley system. We'll make a way to pull them up. Tokoyami, I'm entrusting you to go down there."
"Right," Tokoyami said, looking down the way.
"Dark Shadow won't go berserk down there," Momo said. "There's still enough light to control him."
"I'd hope not. Dark Shadow has been docile as of late...I suspect he's 'maturing'." Tokoyami said, "Maybe my hero training is paying off."
"That's good to hear. Before we do any of that..." Momo walked over to the edge. She too took a deep breath and made a megaphone.
"Huh. From the warm-up, I thought she'd for sure yell like Iida did," Mina pouted.
"I can't even see Momo yelling like that," Jirou said, struggling to picture such an event.
"Excuse me!" The heroine yelled. "Are you safe? Is there any potential debris we need to worry about?"
Bakugou huffed heavily. Momo was being wise here—you don't just rush in to save someone, especially in a setting like this. Rescuing someone was a risky job for most heroes without a support-oriented quirk. There's the chance of landslides or mudslides if it was raining, and precautions are needed if someone was injured. There are situations where panic and distress are not ideal- reassuring them is related to saving them.
And the first thing to do was follow in the steps of All Might and yell 'I am here!' Reassuring the victims was a must. While Momo was not the strongest hero, she was proud to call herself the most friendly hero of the bunch of brooding boys.
"WE'RE SAVED!" Iida yelled, "AND NO!"
Ochako had to stop herself from laughing. She needed to play the role of an unconscious woman. Maybe it'd be more realistic if she turned her head and-
Ochako stopped. Something darted into the tunnel, leaving behind a small dust cloud. Ochako tilted her head up and blinked. What was that?
"We have two injured!" Iida responded. "One of them isn't awake, while the other has a broken leg!"
"And what about you, sir?" Momo asked.
"I'M JUST VERY WORRIED!" shouted Iida back.
Momo struggled to hold back a laugh. She took a long breath and collected herself. "Don't worry! We'll send someone down as soon as we can to take care of the unconscious individual!"
"THANK YOU, HEROES!" Iida yelled, clapping for some emphasis.
"Where's his Oscar?" Kaminari chuckled.
Momo opened her palm and created a walkie-talkie and a small parachute. Todoroki raised an eyebrow, before he realized what it was for.
"Smart thinking. We can communicate with them without the need of yelling..." Todoroki nodded.
"Of course! Plus, I don't want Iida to yell himself hoarse," Momo said as she threw the walkie-talkie down the way. The device gently landed right on top of Ochako's torso.
"How complex can Momo go?" Ochako asked as Iida took the walkie-talkie.
"Ah! A line of communication!" Iida said as he pressed the talk button, "Hello?"
"Good! You got my gift..." Momo said, "Tell me. Where's the most 'flat' area we can lower the gurney without any issues?"
"The wall is already pretty flat, so I'd say anywhere within the vicinity is good enough," Iida said. "There's no debris on the ground that may cause any issues, either."
"Good. Now, hang tight! We're working on our pulley system right now." Momo said, as her body started to produce the materials. She turned to Todoroki. "We need a good chunk of ice to act as fixed support for the pulley to work."
Todoroki nodded, "On it."
Momo was able to quickly create a pulley system, running all the calculations in her head. Bakugou's only job during this entire mission was...helping. No action for him. Bakugou slammed his foot into a wall to hammer in one of the pulleys. "Damn it..." He hissed- his annoyance was palpable.
Momo didn't even worry as the gurney started to lower into the cliff. Bakugou and Todoroki lowered it down carefully.
"This is stupid..." Bakugou huffed.
"Just suck it up." Todoroki said.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?"
As the two started to argue, Tokoyami slowly descended down the cliff. The action reminded him of those old shows that ran on his grandpa's TV, with that odd fellow in the...what was it, a rat costume? He would climb up buildings with his sidekick. It was obvious that the camera man had turned the camera sideways to give it the illusion they were climbing up the building, but his grandpa liked it and he didn't want to spoil his enjoyment.
Tokoyami reached the bottom, much to the joy of the others.
"Sorry for the wait." Tokoyami said, looking at Ochako. He knelt down, and felt for a pulse. "She's still breathing. I'll take care of her first."
"Do you need help?" Iida asked.
"I'm not sure I'm allowed to receive help from the injured." Tokoyami said. "But even if I did...I can do this easily." Tokoyami deployed Dark Shadow to lift Ochako up.
"Woah...handy." Ochako said, as Dark Shadow lowered her down into the gurney. He secured her tightly, and Tokoyami took the walkie talkie from Iida.
"Momo- I have the unconscious secured." Tokoyami said, tugging on the rope. "I'll send Dark Shadow back up with her."
"Huh?" Ochako said, as Dark Shadow began to lift Ochako up. It was like being in an old elevator, nice and steady.
"I didn't realize Dark Shadow had that sort of range." Izuku said, looking up the way. If he had to guess, this cliff was maybe 50 meters tall.
"The darkness helps extend his range." Tokoyami said. "Be glad he's not being stubborn right now."
Of course, Tokoyami wasn't hearing what Dark Shadow was muttering right now.
"Stupid stupid...WEHHHH, DARK SHADOW, DO THIS..." The shadow creature mocked. "Stupid bird head guy..."
Ochako just sat there, pretending not to hear anything. Was she glad that none of her aliens or Ship had a personality like this. Who on Earth could take a back talker like this?
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Doppler sneezed, as he wiped his nose. Kevin looked down and raised an eyebrow.
"You can sneeze?"
Dark Shadow set Ochako down on the ground. "Here you go." He said, saluting Momo. Momo smiled.
"Thank you, Dark Shadow…" Momo said, as Dark Shadow went back down.
"THANK YOU, HEROES!" Iida said, with tears in his eyes. Again, where was his Oscar?
Momo smiled, appreciating Iida's enthusiasm. Ochako began to quietly snicker to herself.
"Alright, check her for injuries." Todoroki said, kneeling down. Momo created a stethoscope and felt it around Ochako's chest.
"Heart is in a stable condition." Momo said, before taking off Ochako's gauntlets and feeling her wrists. "And no broken bones in the ar-"
Momo accidentally triggered the Omnitrix. Ochako froze up. Todoroki flinched as he recognized the sound.
"A-and she's good." Momo said, trying to brush off her little mistake. "No other issues."
"Good." Todoroki said, as Ochako shot up, and quickly put her gauntlet back on.
"Yep! I'm good! I feel great!" Ochako laughed nervously. Everyone gave the trio a strange look.
"Idiots..." Bakugou huffed, as Ochako got off the gurney. They sent the gurney down again, acting as if nothing happened.
"Points for not relying on your quirks for the main rescue!" 13 said, distracting everyone. "It can be a taxing, but rewarding job. That's how modern heroes must shine!"
"...yeah, but the only one who didn't use their quirk is Bakugou." Sero pointed out. "The others used it for-"
"SHUT UP, BASTARDS!" Bakugou spat back. "I JUDGED WHETHER MY QUIRK WAS APPROPRIATE! Grow some goddamn brain cells!"
"Whatever, man." Sero rolled his eyes. Bakugou was tenser than usual.
"He was right to judge, though. There's a lot of professionals incapable of doing that-" 13 coughed. "CAPTAINSKYLINE!" She pounded her chest. "Whoops! Must've been a tickle in my throat."
"Uhhhhh huh." Sero frowned.
"I know Bakugou has...a personality," 13 said, "But...I'm sure he'll become a beautiful hero."
Mina snickered. "He'll never be beautiful."
"WHAT!?" Bakugou yelled, pulling a little bit harder on the rope.
Eventually, the group was rescued. 13 applauded their work once again, and gave them some evaluations on what they could have done differently and what the other groups could consider. Ochako was glad to be out of the pit for now...but something was gnawing at her mind. Especially as she saw Mina, Ojiro and Jirou go down.
What was down there?
"Hey, everything alright?" Momo asked, breaking Ochako from her inner-reflection.
"Hm? Oh! Y-yeah, fine...just...wondering if the shadows were playing tricks on me down there," Ochako said.
"Yeah, just...thinking about stuff." Ochako said, looking down the cliff. "Thought I saw something down there, but it's probably just a teacher or something."
Thirteen took note of Ochako's comment. "Huh? What?" She said, turning to the teen.
Ochako blinked. "I...thought I saw something down there." Thirteen looked at Ochako, her face filled with worry. "I just...thought it was apart of UA's-"
Ochako's sentence was abruptly cut off by the blaring of horns and the shuttery sounds of thick iron shielding the dome from the inside. "INTRUDER. INTRUDER." The alarm blared, as lights started to turn on to replace the blotted out sunlight.
"H-hey!" Mineta yelled, nearly pissing himself. "What the hell is going on?"
"Ok...well at least we know the new alarms are working," 13 muttered, "Nothing to worry about, kids! Probably just a malfunction! System's not entirely bug-free yet!"
That didn't ease Ochako's worries one bit. She looked to Iida and Izuku, who were equally confused and worried.
But none were more confused than the three in the pit.
"It just got a lot darker up there." Ojiro said, looking up. He pulled out his phone and turned on its flashlight. "The hell is going on?"
"Power surge...hopefully?" Mina chuckled nervously, bringing out her own phone and turning on its light. Jirou, meanwhile, had the weirdest feeling. She decided to act on what might just be a bit of paranoia and jabbed her jacks into the ground.
"Jirou? What are you-?" Ojiro asked.
"Gimme a minute...might be nothing but..." Jirou replied, before pouring all her focus into listening. Using her jacks, it was easy enough to pick up on heartbeats. The loudest ones were obviously those nearest to her but...her eyes went wide suddenly. She pulled her jacks out of the ground and backed up, quickly bringing out her phone and turning the light on.
"Woah! Jirou! Are you-" Mina started.
"We're not alone down here!" Jirou yelled, hopefully loud enough to get the attention of those above the pit as well.
Clap. Clap. Clap.
"Good job. You were able to find me out. Whoops." A voice said. "Silly me." The trio flinched when they heard that voice. "I guess the system was able to find me out too. That's UA for you."
Ojiro flashed his light in the direction of the voice, one of the many tunnels. He could see the figure of someone coming into the light. "They tried making this place 100x safer after the USJ Villain incident. But...it's not safe. Not for you poor students."
They expected a face from the League of Villains. Or maybe the news.
But one expected him.
Ben 10k stepped out of the tunnel. He flashed the Omnitrix...and a sinister grin.
"B-Ben...Ben 10K?" Ojiro asked, "What...what are you..."
"How familiar are you with my aliens?" Ben asked.
"Uh...I'm...kinda familiar with 'em?" Mina said, more of an uncertain question than a statement.
"I have millions in here, but I've barely scratched the surface of them. Literally. 10,000 aliens...but that's 1% of my full power." Ben said. "I dunno who I have on here still...so, I have to make every alien of mine feel incredibly powerful."
Ojiro felt a chill run down his spine, and he readied for battle.
"Let me show you."
With a swift motion, Ben brought up the Omnitrix, turned the dial and slammed down on it. In a flash of green, Ben...vanished. Jirou, Mina, and Ojiro looked around in a panic, trying to figure out where Ben had gone.
"W-what do you think? Mind Control Quirk? Illusion?" Mina asked.
"It has a heart beat. Has to be a mind control one." Jirou was scanning the area with her jacks, trying to sense a heartbeat. She did- this one was beating like a drum in a Rush song. Jirou was on high alert now.
"Heads up. He's got a high heart rate." Jirou said.
"Back to back?" Ojiro asked.
"I-maybe? It could work..." Mina said, readying her acid.
"Cute." A german accented voice said. "I used to use that move." Ojiro flashed his light over to the source of the voice, when he saw...it. It was a large bat like alien, with glowing green eyes and horrific set of fangs.
In a flash of movement, the vampire-like alien rushed in, snatched up Ojiro and then pulled him back into the darkness. The student's phone fell to the cave floor and clattered to a stop. Ben acted so quickly that Mina and Jirou barely had time to react. From their perspective, their classmate was there one second and then gone the next.
"OJIRO!" both girls yelled.
Ojiro was flown across the way, and slammed into a wall. Ojiro yelled, before falling to the ground. He grunted, as Whampire stood before him.
"Ojiro, right?" He asked, his voice curt and sharp. "Tell me...what do you do for your class?"
"What...what do I..." Ojiro asked, struggling to get back up. This alien seemed stronger than it looked, easily knocking the wind out of the student with that wall-slam.
"What role do you fulfill? Are you a leader? A follower? A middle man? Or the average joe?" Whampire asked, as Ojiro finally stood back up.
"I...I can't say." Ojiro said. "Not really the time to ask a question like that, Mr. Tennyson."
"Oh, I know." Ben said, flashing his talons.
"I just wanted to know who I'm taking out first," Ben chuckled as he reared back his arm, ready to slash Ojiro to pieces.
Ojiro dodged and defended Ben's onslaught- his fluid attacks were deadly and precise, it was hard to defend against. "H-he's fast!" Ojiro gasped, before Ben got a good hit in. He scratched Ojiro in the chest.
"Careful now...this form more than simply resembles a vampire," Ben chuckled.
"Wait, you're just actually an alien vampire?!" Ojiro panicked.
"A Vladat, yes. They were almost entirely wiped out. The only two examples of the species are either a madman locked away in a sun or this form."
Ojiro felt his chest. Ben chuckled. "Relax, you're not gonna turn into some neck biter who has a Vitamin C deficiency. Tell you what. Land one hit on me, and I'll make things easier."
A glint of determination filled Ojiro's eyes. "One hit, huh?"
"If you can keep up." Ben extended his wings and leapt up, before flying off.
"Oh of course you can fly," Ojiro sighed. He tried to leap up into the air himself, aided by his tail, so he could swat Ben out of the air. If only it was that simple. Instead of dodging, Ben simply caught the tailed student and threw him aside with ease.
"Gonna have to think outside the box, Tailman!" Whampire cackled, as Ojiro tumbled and rolled onto the ground. Ojiro quickly got back up, and grunted. He needed to batter something at the vampire, it was his only way to really harm him on the ground.
He knew he wasn't strong enough to just rip a chunk of stone out the ground like Kirishima or Sato. But this cave was still coated with dust to give it an authentic feel. Not the bravest move, but it was the only one he had right now. As it stood, he really didn't like his chances. With a swipe of his tail, Ojiro launched a storm of dirt and dust into Whampire's face to act as a smokescreen while he bolted to try and regroup with Mina and Jirou.
Whampire coughed and sputtered- the dust particles had gotten into his eyes and mouth. Not only did it taste bad, but his eyes were sensitive. A few particles of dirt felt like someone jabbed a knife into his eye.
"D-damn it!" Whampire cursed, as he could hear Tailman running off. He lunged at him, trying to prevent his escape. Tailman stayed cool, and propelled himself off of the ground with his tail, and flipped over Whampire.
"Improvised move." Ojiro spoke, as he spun around. His tail stuck out and slammed Whampire onto the ground. "Tail Bash!"
Whampire hissed as he recovered, watching Ojiro get a head start, however small it might've been. If things got bad, well, Whampire could always take a backseat for a bit and be replaced with someone a bit more fitting for an underground environment.
Plenty of stones to use as ammo, after all.
"Ojiro!" Jirou called out, as Ojiro's run came to a slow halt. He was breathing heavily and panting.
"Oh, thank God you're okay. We thought Ben 10k was gonna turn you into bat mince meat." Mina admitted.
"I was able to blind him with some dirt. His eyes are really sensitive, so aim for that-" And that's when a green flash went off behind him. Ojiro spun around, to hear the sounds of something...eating.
"Whaaaaat the heck is that?" Mina asked, hearing the sounds of...what sound like stone being crushed, "Is that...is that him?"
"Maybe? He was a vampire a few minutes ago, so maybe he turned into a werewolf?!" Ojiro said, the panic was more than evident.
Jirou's ear lobes plugged into the ground. "Well, he's distracted. That means I can do...this!" Jirou exerted as much force as she could from her tiny earjacks, and caused the ground beneath them to crack and explode.
"Heartbeat Fault!"
But then the sound-quirk user's eyes went wide. She didn't hear the sound of stone impacting a body. She heard the faint sound of beating wings.
"LOOK OUT!" Jirou called out. The word "out" was almost drowned out by the cacophony of noise emitted from a blast of energy being fired at the trio from down the tunnel Ben was in. For a brief moment, the blast illuminated a flying insectoid creature that could more accurately be described as a walking tank.
The others at the top of the cliff were now alerted to the sounds of the battle below. Ochako's eyes widened.
"I wasn't crazy! I did see something!" Ochako yelled.
"But...but that's impossible...we made sure that no one could get in!" 13 said in a panic.
"I don't think you accounted for one possibility..." Tooru said, listening to the fluttering of wings and firing of lasers.
"Which is?"
"Wait...those...those sounds," Ochako muttered and her eyes went wide, "Eatle? BEN?!"
That reveal hit the class like an atomic bomb. Everyone began quietly chattering and discussing the possibility.
"There's no way he'd go rogue-" Kirishima said.
"His wife would kill him!" Kaminari added.
"The bastard's too goody two shoes..." Bakugou said, but all Ochako heard was silence.
What the hell was happening?
"Tokoyami, can you use Dark Shadow again? Help them out of there?!" Tooru asked.
"I can try, but someone'll need to keep light trained on him so he doesn't lash out!" the bird-like student replied, already working on bringing his Quirk to bear.
"I dunno if Dark Shadow CAN go down there! It's a madhouse!" Mineta said. "Ben's probably eaten them! And then he's gonna eat me! OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-"
Bakugou whapped Mineta upside the head. "Shut up, you idiot!"
"I'm still going to try," Tokoyami said resolutely, "Ochako, Izuku, Iida, light!" The shadow construct quickly rose up in front of the bird-like student before rushing down the cliff-face to retrieve the threatened trio.
Izuku pulled out his flashlight and shined it down the cliff, to where the battle was. It sounded awful, like a scene from a horror movie. Izuku half expected someone's head to fly out.
"I got something!" Tokoyami said.
In an instant, Dark Shadow sprang back up to the top of the cliff, as if he was a fisherman reeling in a trophy-sized catch. In the shadow construct's arms, instead of seeing Ojiro, Mina, or Jirou, the class saw a small...the best way to describe this creature was if someone managed to create an anthropomorphic battery with lightning trailing out from its eyes and fingers.
"Get down!" 13 yelled, as the students ducked for cover. The battery alien began to fly around, zapping things at random. Momo immediately created an insulated blanket wide enough to cover everyone.
...well, mostly everyone.
Bakugou was pissed today.
"Hey, walking lightbulb!" Bakugou called out, cracking his knuckles, "I've been waiting for an excuse to blow shit up today. Thanks for volunteering!"
The battery alien cackled like a maniac, before flying at Bakugou. The explosive teen immediately swooped the thing up in between his gauntlets, containing it.
"NOW DIE!" Bakugou yelled, as he activated his quirk. The attack destroyed the alien, leaving nothing but a few broken shards of whatever material it was made of in his hands.
"Don't worry. I didn't just kill Ben 10k." Bakugou said. "The alien can clone itself."
"Noted." Tokoyami said, trying again to reel the students up.
"You alright?" Thirteen asked. Bakugou got pissed.
"OF COURSE I'M FINE! I just had to swat an annoying bug out of the sky! That's all!" Bakugou said.
"Yeah, he's alright." Izuku sighed.
In no time, Jirou, Mina, and Ojiro were back up with the others, but they looked like they went through hell. Mina even had sparks of lighting light up across her body every now and then, no doubt from the shocks the little battery alien threw at them.
"I know...he turns to aliens..." Jirou huffed, "but that guy's not human."
Ochako could barely wrap her head around everything. Why was Ben doing this? Was he being controlled or something?
Ochako tried to think back to her previous outings. Quirks that could mind control people were very scarce, with only Hitoshi Shinsou coming to mind. But he wanted to be a bonafide hero, and had no prior connections to Ben.
…but what if the possible threat wasn't human?
As Ojiro was pulled up, Izuku and Iida walked over to Ochako.
"Are you doing okay?" Iida asked.
"Fine as someone who just saw her mentor claim they were the 'ultimate evil' would ever be." Ochako quipped. "I do have a theory, though."
"Do tell." Izuku said.
"You guys remember our brief stint as members of Galactic Enforcers…is it possible a DNAlien slipped our watch and is controlling Ben?" Ochako wondered.
"That is certainly a possibility." Iida said. "A man like Ben is one of the world's most versatile heroes, and controlling him means they could easily take over the globe."
"It probably came to UA to come after us." Izuku added.
"And now it's attacking our classmates…we have to find Ben and take him down." Ochako looked up at the metal barricades. "Thirteen said the new security system put in was approved by some alien manufacturers, and prevents phasing with some special electrical layering. Ben's trapped here with us."
"But he still has the upperhand. The Omnitrix has a multitude of threats, like Heatblast, Humungousaur, Ultraviolent…" Izuku listed. "He's an experienced fighter who can adapt on a dime. We'll be slaughtered."
"Strangely enough, it looked like he went easy on the others." Ochako said, looking over at Ojiro. "The aliens he used were pretty tame, and weren't mindlessly savage. There's a possibility Ben's subconscious is locking the DNAlien parasite out of his Master Control."
"You're really on top of things, Ochako." Izuku said.
"I have to be…I don't want Ben getting injured." Ochako said. "I dunno how Ruby will take that news."
Ojiro stood back up, and grunted. "Damn vampire aliens."
"Whampire is one of Ben's unexpected powerhouses." Izuku said, walking back over. "You did what you could."
"Using an alien like that to fight a random high schooler is like bringing a shotgun to a water pistol fight." Ojiro said.
"Odd analogy, but extremely accurate." Iida said.
"I've never seen that battery guy…but I think I hate him." Jirou said. "That annoying laugh drove me crazy."
"Battery guy…God, that's a deep pull." Izuku said, trying to think of who it was. "I think that guy's name is-"
"Buzzshock." Bakugou said.
"Woah, how come you know it?" Mina asked.
"What, can't a man know things!?" Bakugou frowned, walking off. "Whatever. I'm gonna go find that asshole."
"Hey! Maybe we should stick together?" Sero said. "Alien superhero walking around! I really don't wanna find your dead body around here!"
"I'll be fine!" Bakugou yelled. "He's going soft on us. If he was serious, Ojiro would be a charred body!"
"He's got a point." Ojiro admitted.
"Come on, man." Kirishima said. "Don't undersell yourself."
"I'm just being realistic." Ojiro shrugged.
"Hey, Bakugou! What happens if he uses Water Hazard? Or how about Big Chill? Those two aliens just invalidate your quirk." Kirishima shouted.
"INVALIDATE MY ASS!" Bakugou yelled, as he ran off.
Kirishima sighed. "Okay, who's in favor of making sure Bakugou doesn't get his ass handed to him?"
A few people raised their hands- himself, Kaminari, Sero and Tooru.
"Alright- let's follow him and make sure he doesn't get hurt." Kirishima said, as he took off after Bakugou. The others followed suit. The rest of the Class looked around.
"Okay, let's split into groups and try and locate Ben 10k." Iida said. "Uraraka, Midoryia, Todoroki, Tokoyami and Aoyoma. You're with me. Momo- are you fine with leading the others?"
"I'll be good." Momo nodded.
"Right…" Iida said, putting on his helmet. "Then let's get to work."
Ochako tightened her fist. I'll get you out of this bind, Ben…don't worry!