Izuku had to close his eyes and rest the bridge of his nose against his hand. Numerous emotions running through his mind as the other occupant in the room just stood tall. "Cell." was all he said before opening his eyes. "Yes?" Cell inquired as Izuku looked him over.
Things had changed, lots of things had changed.
Once his form was vaguely humanoid, just passable due to the sheer variety of Mutation Quirks. Now he appeared as a normal man wearing some kind of armor, large insectoid wings on his back and a sunken tip that had once been a tail resting on his back. The helm on his head had also changed, two large protrusions that reminded Izuku of some form of exaggerated crown rested on the side of the helm.
"I have a lot of things to say to you, the first thing I want to know is why?" Izuku asked. "Why? Why I stabbed you?" Cell inquired. "Yes." Izuku said with the slight gritting of his teeth. "I wanted to make increase the gap between your civilian and villain personas, much like how you willingly robbed yourself." Cell answered honestly.
Izuku paused for a second at this answer. "You took it too far. had you not slammed me into the ground I could still be maintaining my civilian persona." Izuku said. "I understand Master, but..." "But nothing, I was left paralyzed from the waist down. If it wasn't for the swarms of nanobots repairing my spine and the modified exosuit I wear. I would still be crippled." Izuku interrupted with a harsh tone.
"Still Master, I hope this has not soured our working relations." Cell said. Izuku didn't give him a response, instead staring him down. "Will I be left without missions for a while?" Cell asked. "No, you've been absent for far too long. I have several missions for you." Izuku said, his tone turning more casual. "However Cell, if you ever do such a thing again, or go behind my back again, I will make you regret it." Izuku warned.
"I understand Master, what do you wish for me to do first?" Cell asked. "I have a field agent and several armored squadrons on a retrieval mission to obtain more bio matter for the Entier's experiments. I want you to act as a rear guard, keeping your distance and only jumping in should the mission go south." Izuku instructed. Cell nodded and gave a short salute; "Understood." was all he said before disappearing in a blur.
"Did you track that speed?" Izuku asked out loud. "Cell has surpassed his old top speed by a factor of ten." Soundwave replied. "So, that's what his "Perfection" is?" Izuku mused. "Indeed, Perfection marks the end of his metamorphosis, yet Cell will continue to grow stronger so long as the opportunity presents itself." Soundwave speculated. "Great, so long as his loyalty remains firm I won't be concerned." Izuku said. "Sir..." Soundwave began. "You both knew didn't you?" Izuku asked. "Yes, however, neither of us expected such extensive damage." Soundwave answered.
Izuku didn't say anything, simply turning back to the computer and sifting through some files. "How's the scrub going?" he asked, changing the subject. "Scrubbing is currently Seventy three percent completed. Soon we will have a fresh A.I. capable of assisting in both mechanical and biological experiments" Shockwave answered. "Good, any chance of his rebellious tendencies returning?" Izuku asked. "Low, though small bits of its personality will linger even after the scrubbing process." Shockwave warned. "So long as the remaining personality doesn't impact it's ability to work it should be fine." Izuku said.
With that the lab returned to relative silence once again, only the sounds of Izuku working away on his computer could be heard.
Miss Nagant had to surpress a gag as she watched the Armored Squadrons tear apart the Noumus inside of the facility. Following the tunnels they found a massive series of underground labs, all filled with inactive Noumu. So in very little time she was treated to the sight of massive humanoid amalgamations being torn apart, minced up, and stored in vast containers, or even just smooshed together into stolen vats that the machines were pulling off the walls and floors.
There hadn't been a single alarm going off yet so she felt that the mission was going well.
She'll just avoid eating for the next few days, long enough to get those images and sounds out of her head.
Suddenly her hud noticed her of foreign movement. The machines seemed to notice as well, quickly hiding with their vast collections of disgusting loot. Quietly she braced herself against a nearby wall and activated the motion tracker on her left wrist. A small screen popped out of the suit as she looked it over, adjusting the touch screen every so often to get a better idea.
The long ranged support bots had picked up a small patrolling group, only about ten or so villains, that were making their way towards the facility. "Leave no evidence." She instructed herself before pulling the small pistol from its holster on her waist. "If push comes to shove, I'll at least see what this baby can do." She mused to herself.
She activated the active camo just before the doors opened.
"Hey boss, didn't the big boss say that this place was full of the doc's Noumus?" Ren inquired. "Nah, we may just have the wrong facility, Cerci check those coordinates again." Holler instructed one of the other villains of his crew. "No boss, this is the place, maybe they already had the beasts moved?" Cerci hypothesized as she moved closer to the door.
"Cerci, why the hell would Tomura send us to double check the back up Noumu stock, only to give us the coordinates to an empty lab?" Holler asked in annoyance. Holler suddenly turned, looking over at the rest of the goons, spread out in teams of two and watch each other's backs. Ren and Cerci I want you guys to guard that fucking door." Holler instructed as the two goons nodded.
"All right men, fan out." Holler commanded as the others stepped away in pairs, leaving him with the support of a small time crook with the barrel of a gun sticking out of his Adam's apple.
He and his support trekked deeper into the facility, keeping his breath stable as they reached a light switch. His companion flipped it, only for nothing to happen. Holler pulled out a radio from his belt and sighed. "Cerci, I need you to send a message to command. the power isn't working here and there isn't a single Noumu here." he instructed. "Understood Sir." Cerci replied.
Holler turned away for a second, running the light of his flashlight over the area around them. "Teams check in." he called into his radio.
All he was met with was static.
"Ren and Cerci over?" he tried, only to be met with static. "Springer, Drake, Ticker, anyone?" he tried again, a cold sweat running down his neck. Holler put the radio back onto his belt and fished his gun from its holster. "Heads up, we may have hostile company." Holler warned as he began backing away. "Understood." the goon replied before putting his back to the wall and taking a deep breath.
The moment Holler had his back to the wall as well he set his flashlight to strobe mode, the flashing meant to confuse attackers while still providing illumination.
Then he saw it, out of the corner of his eye, a lone outline shifting amongst the darkness.
Something small but bright bolted past him and Holler heard something slam into the ground. He could see his assistant limb on the ground, a small but smoldering hole was dead centre in the back of their head.
All Holler could do was desperately shout, trying to use his short ranged vocal Quirk to stop the attack, while pulling the trigger on his gun.
The small beam of light hit him right in the eye.
She had to pat herself on the back. Ten confirmed kills with little difficulty, all taken out before they could warn the others.
She ignored the various robots that were now swarming the corpses, pulling them apart and putting their pieces into the same containers as the Noumu bits. She'll have to bump not eating to maybe a week after watching all that.
"Miss Nagant I would suggest pulling out now. Who knows when the next patrol could be arriving or who could have heard that villain's explosive shout." Soundwave advised her through the comms. "Copy that, we have a large payload of bio matter for transport, ready to pull out." Tsutsumi replied as she began sliding into the nearby vent. The cramped conditions of the vent doing little to slow her down as she and the Armored Sqaudrons left.
Leaving only an empty lab and a small bit of destruction caused by one lone villain.
"What the fuck." Was all Tomura said as he and twentt five other villains looked around the now empty facility. "Who the fuck did this?!" he shouted angrily as the villains aroumd him backed away. "That fucking rotund fatass won't let me hear the end of this!" he swore as he marched further into the facility.
Before he stopped, taking note of a scattered desk and supplies near the light switch, and the pair of small burnt holes in the wall.
Cell leaned back in his chair as he looked over the other recruit. She still had her helmet on but he knew she was staring at him. The two of them were in the rec room, just staring down one another.
Cell took a deep breath and leaned forward. "So, you managed to kill ten people in less than two minutes without any of the others becoming aware of it until it was too late." he mused. She didn't respond, instead pulling out the gun that had done the deed from her belt.
The two of them just stared one another down, not saying anything else.
It was a very tense three hours.
"Entier Caan, how goes the progress on Specimen 003?" Entier Sec inquired."It goes well, has Entier Davros extracted the necessary DNA from Master's hidden stash?" Caan asked. "Indeed, the DNA has been extremely well preserved thanks to Master's spite for the man known as Overhaul." Sec said.
"Excellant, with the bio matter secured we can begin incubation of the beta model Specimen 003s." Caan said. "Understood, have Entier Jast and Entier Thay begun their own project?" Caan inquired. "Yes, experiments on the creation of Compound XXI are being drawn up as we speak." Sec replied. "Soon true biological perfection shall reach