Happy Holidays everyone please enjoy yourselves this Holiday Season. Now, enjoy Mutant Mayhem Part II.
Ch.5 Mutant Mayhem Part II
The weakened All Might is strolling through the now repaired and calm Tatooin Station shopping district. He stopped by to do some grocery shopping and to reflect on his failure from a month ago.
Pathetic. This place may be up and running with happy faces and a peaceful atmosphere, yet he wasn't the one to help make it that way. No, he had to uselessly watch while someone else, a real hero, stepped in to clean up his mess. Dammit! He already had the Slime Villain captured, but he allowed himself to be distracted. No, he will not blame the boy, actually, he feels even worse because of what he said to that kid with the mop of messy green hair and freckles. He'll never forget the boy's face when he told him to give up on his dream. Pathetic! He needs to fix this, maybe he should track the boy down. Izuku Midoriya was his name. It would be pretty easy; he could just ask Tsukauchi to look him up for him. But what would he say? What could he do? Would the boy even want to talk to him? He knows that he himself wouldn't want to.
A small crowd has formed around a TV store, they appear to be watching the news. All Might is so lost in his thoughts to notice.
"We're live outside the Kiyashi Ward Shopping Mall, where animal-like monsters have gone on a rampage."
All Might stops and spins around, he tries his best to look over the shoulders of those in front. He can see the local news anchor standing in a parking lot, behind her he can see a few pro heroes wrangling what appears to be a large hamster.
"According to our sources, the pro heroes cannot enter the premise thanks to monsters blockading the entire mall, even the sewers are blocked off by fish monsters."
A pit forms in All Might's stomach.
"However, one hero may have gotten in and has saved a number of victims."
A clip plays, it was taken by a hand held phone so the picture is not that good, but it's enough. The cameraman is outside the mall watching the heroes fighting a mutant frog. A blue blur passes by them all, the camera spins around, showing a confused and startled woman with disheveled hair and clothes standing there as a gust of wind rushes by. The blue blur returns several more times and each time a new person is rescued.
All Might watches in amazement; he can't think of any hero with that kind of speed or wears blue. Sure, there are speedster heroes out there like Ingenium, but this doesn't appear to be his work. Maybe they're a new hero or someone who's not as well known. Yet there they are running head first into danger, putting their lives on the line, in order to save others. A real hero unlike him. Shit! He's supposed to be a teacher soon and he has to find and mentor a new successor. But, how can he? Sure, there's Sir Nighteye's recommendation but what if he crushes his dreams, too? What if he's not good enough to teach, to mentor, to inspire others?
All Might shakes his head. 'No, stop it! Don't think like that. Just keep smiling.'
The young broadcaster continues her coverage while running. "We have a new development! More monsters have emerged from within the mall and are now driving back the heroes. We have been ordered to evacuate to a safe distance."
Monster turtles, lizards, and rabbits charge out of the main entrance where pro heroes intercept them.
All Might glares at the offending beasts. That's it! No more standing by! He is determined to fix his failure and he can start now.
The Number One hero pulls out his cellphone, making a quick call. "Tsukauchi, I need you pick me up from the Tatooin Station shopping district." He takes off hoping to meet Tsukauchi halfway.
Meanwhile, Thirteen watches the same broadcast from his desk computer at their agency. They immediately recognizes the blue blur as Izuku's XLR8 form.
Thirteen rubs their head, trying to stop a migraine from forming. "This kid is going to drive me insane."
Somewhere within Earth's orbit, the damaged alien cruiser is still monitoring the Omnitrix's activity. The commander is alerted about the Omnitrix activating again, thanks to their sensors pinpointing where it was activated. The monitor drone pulls up the same news broadcast that All Might was watching. An idea forms in the commander's head as he watches the mutant animals engage Earth's heroes.
The commander has a hard time speaking from within his medical tank. "This is…an opportunity."
The cell tower is located in the middle of a large open ceiling room, surrounded by other service units such as air conditioners, fans, vents, electrical boxes, etc.
A scientist with shaggy white hair and pale-green skin can be found at the base of the cell tower. Dr. Animo has installed makeshift computers and wires all across the tower. Mutant cockatiels are perched among the tower and other mutant animals patrol around it. He continues to jury rig the wiring trying to gain control over the cell tower.
"Soon I will show the world the genius of Dr. Aloysius J. Animo!" He plugs in a few wires into the circular device on his chest. "With this cell tower I will be able to broadcast my mutation ray throughout a large area and with my transmodulator I will gain control over all those wonderful mutants! And then, and only then, will everyone see my genius!" Dr. Animo laughs maniacally, dreaming of his scientific victory.
Behind a nearby air conditioning unit, Izuku, Henzu, and Ochaco sweat drop. 'Wow, he villain monologued and everything.' They are really surprised that the villain was so idiotic to spill out all that information.
The three of them had snuck their way over to the cell tower using the stores, benches, and anything else to hide themselves from the mutants. Ochaco even floated them across from the second to the third floor to avoid a prowling mutant cat. They arrived at the cell tower in time to hear Dr. Animo's evil plan. Coincidentally, the time it took for them to get there gave Izuku's watch enough time to recharge.
Henzu can't take his eyes off the madman. "This idiot is the one attacking the mall?"
Ochaco and Izuku look downward with embarrassed grins, unsure on how to respond.
Ochaco looks to Izuku for answers. "What do we do now, Midoriya?"
"Well thanks to his *cough* speech we now know his full plan and quirk. So, the best course of action is to get that device." Izuku points at Dr. Animo's odd helmet and the device on his chest.
"But he's being guarded by mutants, how do we get close?"
Izuku takes a second to think and consider the options. "I'll draw them away with one of my transformations. That's when you guys will double team him, get the device, and smash it."
Ochaco looks like she wants to say something but doesn't.
Henzu however notices. "Take Uraraka with you."
Both Izuku and Ochaco don't see the question coming. "What?"
"Two of you will make better bait, plus if something goes wrong both of you can cover for each other, besides I don't think the quack is actually that dangerous on his own."
As if to prove his point, Dr. Animo zaps himself while hotwiring.
Izuku nods. "Okay." He turns to the brunette. "You ready?"
"Yeah."
"Then let's go."
The three split up with Izuku and Ochaco going left while Henzu heads right.
Once in position behind an exposed air vent, Izuku gives Ochaco a pointed look as he activates the watch allowing the faceplate to shoot up. "Once I transform, they'll know that we're here. Are you sure you want to do this?"
Ochaco's eyes tell him that she's more than ready.
"Alright, it's hero time!" Izuku slams the faceplate down, hoping for Four Arms, and sending out a flash of green light as a result.
The mutants' and Dr. Animo's attention are instantly drawn to the flash of bright light.
They spot, standing behind the air vent, a large bipedal turtle with holes in the front of its shell with large flipper-like arms, and stumpy legs.
The turtle looks at his hands. "Uh, oh."
Ochaco's eyes widen. "Uh, oh?! Why uh, oh?!"
"I've never used this guy before." The morphed Izuku states simply, shrugging his shoulders.
Ochaco blanches as she screams in shock. "WHAT!?"
Dr. Animo's voice calls out to them. "Hey, who are you?!"
Izuku turns his head, finally realizing that all eyes are on him. He rotates his head making sure that there's nobody else they could be looking at other than Ochaco, who they haven't noticed yet from her crouched position. "Oh, me? I'm, um, um, you know what I'm not really that sure. Can I get back to you on that?"
Dr. Animo snarls. "Are you mocking me? You dare mock the genius that is Dr. Animo?!"
"What? Oh, um, yeah totally. I am totally mocking you. Yeah, you are such a…bad man."
Ochaco gives him a look from behind her hiding spot, silently asking if he's serious.
Izuku shrugs as if to say that he's trying.
"How dare you!"
Somehow his horrible attempt at mocking the villain works. Before he knows it, something fast tackles him to the ground. A big mutant cat has him pinned its claws digging into his chest, there is no pain thanks to the shell even if it does have holes in it. The cat growls and takes a swipe at his head. Instinctively Izuku retracts his head into the shell.
"Woah, now. Let's not lose are heads alright."
Dr. Animo slams a fist against the side of the cell tower. "What are you waiting for? Kill him already!"
Izuku's arm reach up, trying to swat the mutant away. "No, get away!" With his arms flailing about they begin to straighten before beginning to rotating much like a fan. The spinning rapidly increases until a large current of air begins to levitate the cat off of his chest. The surprised mutant is shocked but before it can process what's happening the wind picks up sending the cat flying.
Dr. Animo looks completely outraged. "What?!"
Izuku stops spinning, popping his head out to look. "Huh, so that's what he can do."
Ochaco stares in awe before shaking her head and helping the large turtle onto his feet. "What now?"
Looking over to the psycho, Dr. Animo growls while his mutants group around him snarling. He jabs a finger at the offenders. "Get them!" The mutants charge.
Ochaco and Izuku scream. "Run!"
They both take off with Ochaco taking the lead seeing as Izuku is having a hard time running with his stubby legs. One of the mutant hamsters jumps onto Izuku's back making him fall down face first. Izuku tucks his head in, his arms and legs begin to rotate again, and his entire body begins to hover off the ground. As they are lifted up the hamster loses its balance and falls off while unintentionally pushing the hovering Izuku forward.
"I can fly. Sweet. Hey Uraraka?"
Ochaco looks back while running. "Yeah, woah!"
Using his shell, Izuku pushes her onto his back. "Hang on."
Izuku propels the two of them away as the mutants give chase. The morphed Izuku heads towards the main stretch of the mall.
Ochaco can't help but smile at the sensation of flying. "This amazing, Midoriya!"
"Terraspin."
"Excuse me?"
"Sorry, Terraspin is the new name for this form. What do you think?"
"I like it-AAHH!" Something big and feathery knocks Ochaco off Terraspin's back.
A mutant cockatiel, that was patrolling the sky, spotted the two teens running away and had swooped down to intercept them. The cockatiel gives an earsplitting cry as it grabs Ochaco before taking off down the mall's main open hall.
"Uraraka!"
Terraspin chases after them swiveling between pillars and indoor trees.
Ochaco wouldn't be lying if she said she wasn't scared out of her mind. Is this how it ends for her? No, it's not! She has to become a hero for her parents! She won't let some overgrown chicken get in the way of her dream.
Twisting her body, Ochaco presses her hands onto the bird's leg hoping that the zero gravity will throw it off. It does, when the bird tries to make a turn to avoid Terraspin, it flaps its wings down but the force is so strong that it propels the bird towards the side where it crashes into the side of the second-floor wall. The impact is enough to drop Ochaco. Seeing the new development, Terraspin speeds up as Ochaco begins to fall.
Terraspin stops rotating, grabs Ochaco, and lands on his back sliding across the tile floor until coming to a stop. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I think so."
"Roar!" A loud roar startled them as the hoard of mutants that's been following them finally catches up.
"I got this!" Terraspin's arms straighten and his legs merge to form fan-like blades. The appendages begin to rotate and a current of wind hits the mutants at full force. But it's not enough to deter them, they force themselves forward, pushing against the wind.
Ochaco frantically looks around looking for a solution. One comes to her. "Hold them off for as long as you can!"
"Okay, but hurry!"
Back at the cell tower, Henzu is hiding behind an electrical box. He watched as a flash of green light and Izuku's horrible attempt at insults somehow manage to distract Dr. Animo. Dr. Animo then idiotically sends all of the mutants after Izuku and Ochaco, admittedly Henzu assumes that Izuku transformed back into his blue raptor form.
Henzu walks forward and leans against the electrical box, crossing his arms, and trying to look cool. "What's up doc?"
Henzu's question startles Dr. Animo who flails his arms about in surprise. "What?! Another one?!"
"Alright doc." Henzu grips his trusty wrench absorbing its matter and turning his skin into iron. "You ready to take your medicine?"
Dr. Animo growls but he soon transitions into a fit of maniacal laughter.
The teen is thoroughly confused. "What's so funny?"
Dr. Animo wipes a tear from his eye. "You are. You see I'm not that kind of doctor. For you see I am a scientist! One that specializes in mutations and animal biology. Would you care to see my greatest experiment yet?" Dr. Animo excitedly rubs his hands together.
Henzu becomes very alarmed as the ground begins to shake and a loud growl can be heard as something big approaches.
"Meet my greatest creation!" Dr. Animo violently laughs as a monstrous being towers over the teen who struggles to keep his composure. And like the idiotic and campy villain he is he just has to add another villain trope into the mix. "And your doom."
Back in the main hall of the mall, Ochaco is running around and pressing her hands onto anything that isn't bolted down while Terraspin continues his whirlwind as the mutants inch their way closer and closer.
"Midoriya use these!"
Terraspin pops his head out of his shell, taking a look at all the tables, carts, stands, and trash cans floating in the air. "Oh, I get it."
Terraspin flies back behind the floating items, the mutants take advantage and run forward. With Ochaco safely behind him, Terraspin renews his whirlwind launching the large objects at the terrifying creatures. With the objects moving quickly, Ochaco returns their weight making them the perfect blunt weapons. None of the mutants are able to avoid the attack with each of them getting smacked around, immobilized, or knocked away.
When there appears to be no risk of being attacked anymore, Terraspin stops the vortex and lands beside Ochaco. "Great plan. Although it was a little more destructive than I would've liked." Terraspin sweat drops at the sight of the wreckage: garbage is lying everywhere, the floor is partially torn up, the indoor trees are missing leaves, and of course mutant animals are lying about the place.
Ochaco gives an awkward smile. "Oops. Well at least it worked."
"It sure did. Now let's head back hopefully Henzu was able to stop Dr. Animo."
Without being told, Ochaco hops onto Terraspin's back who immediately flies them back towards the cell tower. Terraspin goes through the mall not flying higher than the third floor since there are still some mutant birds patrolling the sky, although they seem to be engaged with flying based heroes and police helicopters.
Now that the threat has passed, the teens make it back quickly, but they are in for a surprise.
Dr. Animo stands victorious, laughing with pride, the antennas on his head glowing red with flying red sparks. But that is not what has the teens so scared but the monster standing beside him.
A three headed dog that looks like it was summoned from hell itself, a Cerberus. The hellhound is about 20 feet tall, its fur is a mix of grey, black, and red with glowing red eyes and menacing fangs.
And it's using a metalized and banged up Henzu as a literal chew toy. Even with his skin made of iron, Henzu can still feel the pain of the sharp giant fangs trying to pierce through his hide. The head chewing on him tosses him up and the middle head snatches him by the foot. Henzu is in too much pain to put up much of a struggle. He tried his best at fighting off the monster, but it was far too strong for him. All he can do now is will himself to keep his quirk activated or risk being eaten alive.
Dr. Animo continues to laugh while Ochaco and Terraspin are too stunned to even move. "Yes, soon my ingenious plan will come to fruition! I will have full control over every single animal in all of Kiyashi Ward. Just a few more minutes and I will have achieved greatness, hahaha!"
Terraspin and Ochaco have the same reaction. 'He gave everything away again.'
But what can they do? To be honest they've been really, and I mean, really lucky today. Seriously, nothing they've done should have worked as well as they did. And now, they're up against a giant three-headed monster that managed to take out their best fighter. They have to do something, even the insane doctor himself said that his plan is nearly complete.
They don't get another minute to think up a plan before something big crashes right between the opposing sides. Dust and a large gust force everyone to cover their faces and to brace themselves. Dr. Animo, however, is frozen in time with a proud and ambitious expression on his face.
Something tall and made of metal moves within the dust cloud, its red insect-like eyes scan the area before locking onto the symbol on Terraspin's chest.
Terraspin instantly recognizes the newcomer. It's another attack robot, its identical to the one that attacked him less than a day ago. And like the last one, this one instantly draws its attention towards him.
The robot lifts its insect-like leg, but it stops when a shout reverberates from below it.
"How dare you!?"
Dr. Animo is definitely not appreciating the interruption. "I will not let some government issued toy interfere with my genius! Destroy that abomination of science!" The three headed dog unceremoniously drops Henzu who bangs against an air conditioner unit. The Cerberus growls before lunging at the robot, taking a bite out of its arm and ripping it off.
The robot's eyes flash red as if to display how pissed off it is. In response a total of four hover drones are ejected from the slots within its shoulders. The hover drones take aim and open fire upon the Cerberus. The dog's three heads bark and bite back in response, managing to bite down on one of the drones that got a little too close.
With all the threats distracted Terraspin sees the perfect opportunity to get both Henzu and Dr. Animo. "Quick, while they're fighting. Let's grab Henzu, the device, and scram."
Ochaco rotates her head between the battle and Terraspin. "You sure?"
"Yeah, I mean, it's not like it can get any worse."
As if the universe itself was listening another attack robot smashes into the ground behind the two teens.
The two shakily look up at the menacing figure. "Oh, never mind it just got worse… I'LL HOLD IT OFF!"
Terraspin generates a powerful vortex and slightly pushes the robot back.
"Uraraka! Get Henzu!"
"On it!"
The chestnut-haired girl sprints towards the downed Henzu who after his fall reverted his skin back into flesh. Not concerned with being seen Ochaco leaps and bounds over rubble and vents before pressing a hand onto Henzu's back making him float. She pulls him by the arm like a balloon and away from the fight. Looking back, she sees that Terraspin is grappling with one of the robots while the other robot is blasting lasers at the Cerberus' faces, one of its heads managed to take down one of the other hover drones. She stumbles as the ground shakes from the battle raging behind her, but she manages to get Henzu and herself to a narrow hallway that looks like it leads to several maintenance and tech rooms.
She leans Henzu against the wall and out of sight before exposing him to Earth's gravity. She finally takes a real look at him. He's banged up, covered in scratches, and, ewe, is that saliva?
Henzu breathes heavily, looking up at Ochaco. "Where's…Izuku?"
"Um, he's there."
Henzu struggles to move his head but when he does, he isn't happy with what he sees. Even as a transformed bipedal turtle, Henzu can recognize Izuku no matter how he looks, he just gives off a certain air or aura that screams foolish dedication to heroes. But what's really got him upset is that not only was Izuku hiding a transformation quirk from him, but that he has more than one transformation! What else is he hiding from him?! How long has he been hiding the truth?! How many times has he lied to his face?!
Ochaco decided to check up on the situation. It's not good. Shrapnel and pieces of the hover drones are scattered across the battlefield; however, three other hover drones have joined the fight. They probably arrived with the second attack robot; from the corner of her eye she notices that one of the dog heads is chewing on a fourth drone. The first attack robot is wrestling with the mutant hellhound as one of the heads tries to bite it, the robot blasts lasers from its eyes in response. Dr. Animo is crazily shouting orders at his mutant dog, he is very aware that he has lost all control over the situation. Finally, two drones are circling the second robot as it holds Terraspin down by the back of his shell. Luckily, Terraspin managed to take cover in his shell as the metal enemy fires lasers at his armored hide. But the heat of the lasers are slowly working through his tough exterior.
With Izuku in need of help, Ochaco doesn't hesitate to run right into the fray. Her lack of hesitation should have been a clear mistake to her especially as a shower of lasers dance across her path. Jumping to the side Ochaco looks up to see the two other hover drones levitating over her head, their blasters aimed right at her.
Ochaco can't look away as a threatening buzz of the blasters charging can be heard. 'This is it? I'm going to die. I couldn't save Midoriya or Uuichi…I won't be able to give my parents the life they deserve.'
Ochaco closes her eyes, accepting her fate, but she would rather not like to see the end coming.
A rumbling can be heard in the distance, at first it is soft, a mere whisper, but it grows increasingly louder. So much so that all parties slowly freeze in place, their caution taking hold as they try to identify the source. And in less than a second a powerful gust of wind zooms seemingly out of nowhere smashing into two hover drones, knocks back the attack drone, and grabs Terraspin.
Ochaco covers her eyes from the wind and dust but looking up she can't help but stare in awe of the figure posing above her.
"I AM HERE!"
Everybody, even the mutant hound, shouts at the top of their lungs in astonishment. "All Might!"
Henzu is the only to remain silent, frowning.
"YES, IT IS I, ALL MIGHT!" The Number One hero, in his full glory and costume, stands tall with his immortal smile as he holds Terraspin up in the air.
After seeing the news feed, All Might had Tsukauchi drop him off nearby. As they were approaching the mall, they spotted two large objects falling seemingly from the sky and into the far end of the mall as well as destroying the cell tower. Assuming that's where the villain is, All Might charged right past the mutant animals that were blocking off the area, and straight to where the cell tower is located.
All Might looks like the Greek hero Atlas as he holds a tucked up Terraspin up over his head like a glorified trophy. All Might smiles down at the amazed girl. "FEAR NOT YOUNG LADY. I SHALL SAVE YOU FROM THESE MONSTERS AND MACHINES."
Terraspin's eyes popout from his shell 'Wait, monsters? He doesn't think that I'm a mutant, too, does he?'
Before he can say something, All Might throws him like he's a giant frisbee right at the enemies. Izuku can feel his shell spinning through the air before slamming through a robot, completely destroying it. All Might must have watched those old Marvel movies because like Captain America's shield Terraspin ricochets off the wall before slamming into the Cerberus pushing it back, and then the alien turtle crashes into the last robot smashing it to bits.
Terraspin finally pops out of his shell, his head spinning, and his ears are ringing. "Ah, I think I'm going to barf, bleh."
A shadow falls over him. The Cerberus's heads growl in unison at the offending turtle.
Terraspin flails his arms about in an attempt to pick himself up. "Aaahh!"
"DETROIT!" All Might's voice gains their attention. "SMASH!" The Symbol of Peace's fist collides with the side of the beast's face, the powerful blow dominos to all three heads, and the force of the impact launches the Cerberus right at the cell tower.
The mutant dog wails as it crashes into the metal exterior, breaking wires, cables, and the base of the tower. Red sparks immediately fly out and fry the hound making it howl in pain before passing out. The red sparks however travel upward to the top of the tower where they violently discharge and dissipate.
Dr. Animo watches in horror as his plan goes up in smoke. "No. No! NO!" Dr. Animo scowls at the Number One Hero. "How could you?! Do you have any idea what you've done?!"
"OF COURSE, I DO." All Might seemingly teleports in front of the villain. Before Dr. Animo could even process what happened, All Might grabs him by the collar and lifts him up to eye level. "I SAVED THE DAY." All Might grabs the device on the doctor's head and rips it off.
The transmodulator bounces off the ground, an antenna breaks off from the helmet, and red sparks violently fly out before the device falls silent and the red glow from the antennas die out.
"NO!" As Dr. Animo falls into despair red sparks begin to emanate from the mutant dog and from what they can see in the sky so do the mutant birds flying the perimeter. They can't see it but all the mutants across the mall are having the same reaction. They all watch as the Cerberus begins to shrink and split apart become three small puppies.
It appears that the mutations must cause some major regeneration to occur since the three puppies immediately wake up and begin playing around like nothing ever happened, their fur aren't even messed up.
Ochaco holds her face, infatuation written all over her features. "Awe, so cute!" She runs over and scoops up the little darlings who happily wag their tiny tails and lick her face with affection making Ochaco giggle.
Everyone watches in slight confusion.
Dr. Animo struggles waving his fists about. "Curse you, All Might!" He attempts to punch All Might, but he clearly has never thrown a proper punch in his life. "You'll regret this!"
All Might literally laughs in the face of evil, or in this case Dr. Animo, before cuffing him and dropping him to the ground. "STAY PUT I WOULDN'T LIKE TO HURT AN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN SUCH AS YOURSELF."
"Who you calling old?! You're only-"
All Might chops Dr. Animo behind the head knocking him out cold."HAHA, THAT'S ENOUGH OUT OF YOU."
All Might finally notices something; that large turtle never transformed back… Oh, no.
Terraspin is backup on his feet rubbing his head in pain. Terraspin flinches slightly as All Might approaches him, sweat dripping rapidly down his face. "Oh, uh, uh, uh, hi…" Terraspin cowers in fear. "Please don't hurt me!"
Despite his giant grin a hint of shame can be expressed on All Might's face. "MY APOLOGIES PLEASE I BEG YOUR FORGIVENESS."
"For what?"
"FOR TREATING YOU AS A VILLAIN. WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT MONSTERS RUNNING AROUND I JUST ASSUMED YOU WERE ONE OF THEM."
Well technically All Might was correct, but that assumption still hurts. "It's okay. I…get it. There's no need to apologize. Besides" Terraspin knocks his flipper against his shell. "I'm pretty durable."
"THANK YOU. HOWEVER, I DEEPLY REGRET MY ACTIONS. SO PLEASE LET ME MAKE UP FOR IT SOMEHOW."
"Oh, uh, there's no need for that."
"YOU TRULY HAVE A HEROIC SPIRIT. BUT PLEASE IF THERE IS ANYTHING, I COULD DO FOR YOU JUST SAY THE WORD."
All Might's eyes shift down examining the bipedal turtle before landing on the green hourglass-symbol upon the creature's chest. Something seems familiar about the symbol. Where has he seen it before? Perhaps at the store? On a sign? Maybe a commercial? "PARDON ME, BUT THAT SYMBOL ON YOUR CHEST. WHAT IS IT EXACTLY?"
Terraspin begins to panic on the inside. "I-it's a, um, a-"
A voice calls out to them. "Ha, there you all are!"
A hero in a spacesuit getup is jogging over to them waving.
Ochaco instantly lights up in excitement. "Oh my gosh it's Thirteen!"
"AH, THIRTEEN. GOOD TO SEE YOU."
Thirteen finally makes it to the group, they're slightly out of breath. "Same, but we do have a problem."
Terraspin tilts his head slightly. "What's that?"
Thirteen deadpans. "You broke the law." For a split-second Thirteen's eyes emit a terrifying and threatening leer at the transformed Izuku. "Both of you," He gestures to Ochaco, who finally released the furballs. "took partook in illegal quirk use."
Terraspin's stomach drops. 'How could I forget my promise?! Please forgive me!'
Ochaco blanches. 'This really is the end for me. There's no way U.A. will accept me now.'
"THERE'S NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT."
The teens whitened faces regain their color. "Huh?"
"I'LL COVER FOR YOU, I'LL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. PLUS, I HAVE A TRUSTED FRIEND IN THE POLICE FORCE THAT CAN HELP COVER THIS UP. DON'T WORRY HE CAN KEEP A SECRET, HEH."
Thirteen considers the suggestion, they are still pretty upset thou. "Hmm, alright. That works for me. I would hate to ruin future opportunities for them."
Terraspin clasps his flippers together as if praying and tears of joy stream down his face. 'Thank you All Might. And thank you for forgiving me, Thirteen.'
Thirteen places a hand onto Terraspin's back as they start to lead him away. "I'll lead them out to safety." The rescue hero waves back at All Might. "You distract the other pro heroes and the media. No doubt they're swarming the place as we speak."
"RIGHT, I'M ON IT. FAREWELL YOU TWO, BUT BEFORE WE DEPART CAN I AT LEAST GET THE NAMES OF TODAY'S REAL HEROES?"
With amazement still glues to her face the chestnut-haired girl answers first. "I'm Ochaco Uraraka."
"And I'm…" For some reason Izuku's mind flashes back to his conversation he had with All Might from a month ago and the despair he felt afterwards. He also remembers that he told All Might that he was quirkless! How is he supposed to explain his sudden quirk?! Shit he's been waiting for too long. How should he respond? His mouth seems to come up with a response for him. "Deku… I'm Deku."
Ochaco and Thirteen are rightfully confused but they choose not to say anything; one out of respect for Izuku's wishes, while the other assumes that Izuku is trying to keep his "quirk" and himself undercover.
Thirteen's eyes tell Terraspin that they expect an explanation later.
All Might raises an eyebrow finding the name a bit odd, but he doesn't comment on it. "THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME." All Might notices that Dr. Animo is stirring from his position on the ground. The hero throws the villain over his shoulder. "NOW IF YOU EXCUSE ME I HAVE SOMEWHERE TO BE!"
And with that All Might disappears in a gust of wind.
The three left behind have that same reaction. 'There he goes.'
Thirteen claps their hands together. "Anyway, let's get you two out of here."
Terraspin remembers something very important. "Wait, our friend is here, too! He got really banged up during the fight!"
Thirteen silently fumes in exasperation. "Where are they?"
Ochaco waves them over to the hallway where she hide Henzu in. "He's over here, follow me."
They are in for a surprise when they arrive.
Ochaco holds her head in alarm. "Where'd he go?!"
Indeed, Henzu is no longer present near the emergency exit. Quickly scanning the area, they confirm that he is no longer in the mall.
"I can call him." Terraspin pulls out his cell phone.
Ochaco's eyes widen in wonder. 'Where was he keeping that?'
Terraspin fumbles with the phone before accidently dropping it. He leans forward to grab it, but his fins just can't seem to grip the tiny object. "Curse these giant flippers!"
After what seems like forever, the watch finally times out and in a flash of red Izuku turns back to normal. Izuku grabs his face to confirm it, sighing in relief, he bends down, and finally snags his phone off the ground.
Thirteen's eyes widen, trying to act like they're amazed. "Ah, you must have a transformation type quirk."
While dialing Henzu, Izuku gives his mentor an odd look. Thirteen returns the silent inquiry with an expression that says: act like we don't know each other.
Izuku catches on. "Oh, uh, right. I-I mean, yes."
Izuku lifts the phone up to his ear, but the call goes straight to voicemail. "He's not answering." But when he thinks about it. It makes sense that he would bail, after all he's been arrested a few times already. Plus, Izuku has seen him take some real beatings before, he'll bounce back quickly. "He should be fine though."
Thirteen doesn't look too sure. "Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I can check up on him in person if need be."
"Okay, anyway I need your names and some basic info."
Ochaco and Izuku visibly tense up.
"Don't worry. It's just so we can properly cover this up."
Izuku continues the act. "Oh, um, I'm Izuku Midoriya."
Izuku looks to his accomplice. "Ochaco Uraraka."
"A pleasure to meet you both. Now let's get you both home before your parents worry. But before that I'd like to take you both to the hospital, don't worry I'll cover all the expenses."
The teen bow in gratitude. "Thank you for everything."
And with that said the three sneak their way through the emergency exit and towards Thirteen's car. A detective by the name of Naomasa Tsukauchi intercepts them and he explains that All Might has already filled him in on the situation. He does admit that he doesn't fully approve of it, but he ultimately sees no issue with it considering the circumstances. He also takes the time to thank the teens for putting their lives on the line. The two adults then lead the teens to Thirteen's car acting like they were victims that got caught in the attack as to not draw suspicion. Tsukauchi waves them off as they drive away.
The hospital is relatively close by, even so traffic seems to have built up thanks to the attack. "Hey, Midoriya."
With the adrenaline out of his system, Izuku reverts back into his old shy self now realizing that a real girl is seeking conversation with him. He shifts in his seat so he can face Ochaco. "Y-yeah?"
Ochaco gives him a kind smile one that's full of respect. "Thank you."
"For what?"
Ochaco runs a hand through her hair, her finger plays with one of her bangs. "You were really inspiring. You encouraged me to be a hero today. I don't think I could have done what I did without you there with me."
"Oh, well, I, um, thanks for supporting me as well." Izuku looks away trying to hide his furiously blushing face. It finally hits him that not only is he talking to a girl but that he's been interacting with her, working with her, even physically coming into contact with her all throughout the day. It's too much to take in. But it all happened so fast, he wasn't even thinking when she climbed onto his back, or when he decided to pick her up and get her to safety.
Ochaco's voice brings him out of it. "Can I get your number?"
"Huh?!"
"Well, you said you wanted to get into U.A. earlier. You know before…this all happened. And I think it would be great if we continued to support each other."
He did mention that, earlier didn't he? The greenette doesn't take long to think about it. Having another friend would be nice, especially one that won't drag you into trouble might be a nice change in pace. Wait, didn't he do that to her? "Yeah. I'd like that."
With a smile, Ochaco holds her hand out for his phone. Izuku obliges her, handing it over. She immediately types in her contact info.
Ochaco hands it back. "By the way can I call you Deku?"
"Wha?"
"Oh, well, it's what you told All Might to call you. Is it a nickname?"
Izuku's nerves shoot up. "N-no, not exactly. I-it's actually an insult."
"What? That's so weird. I mean, Deku sounds like it gives off a 'you can do it' vibe. So, I kinda like it."
A blushing and a highly strung Izuku stiffens. "You can call me Deku!"
Thirteen chuckles from the driver's seat.
The teens freeze up, they totally forgot that the hero was even there.
"Oh, don't mind me you two. Just pretend that I'm not here." Thirteen laughs, amused by their antics, and by the blushes that now adorn their faces. Moments like these are what makes being a teacher worthwhile: the opportunity to embarrass teenagers.
Within a dark and garbage ridden alley, a dark-haired teen limps by with an angry scowl. Henzu has definitely looked better, but he can't really complain. When All Might arrived, he took that as a sign to hightail it out of there. He has no desire to be arrested, usually he'd feel pretty bad about leaving Izuku behind to fend for himself, but that anger and betrayal he feels about being lied to stops him from even thinking about it.
What really set him off is when All Might so casually proclaimed that he'll take responsibility for their actions. Or as how Henzu sees it, All Might wants all the glory for himself. The Number One hero himself is going for an easy win that he didn't earn, and he's going to lie about it to the masses, for more fame and glory. Fuck that!
Luckily, sneaking out of the mall wasn't too difficult. The exit he used was near the back of the mall and most of the crowds had gathered near the front of the mall as to get a better view. Henzu limped away until exhaustion hit him, leaning against the wall of the alleyway, he collapses to the ground.
Henzu snarls, absolutely pissed with this whole fucking situation. 'Damn, these heroes. And damn, you Deku…'
An armored police transport is making its way towards Tartarus prison. From within the holding cell Dr. Animo sits alone, cuffed, and soundly beaten.
"Curse those meddling kids! Curse that teenage mutant turtle! Curse you All Might! Nobody, nobody understands the true genius, the epiphany of brilliance, that is Dr. Animo!"
A calm yet shadowy voice whispers. "I beg to differ."
Dr. Animo frantically looks about the cabin. "What? Who's there?"
A wisp of black smoke swirls over Dr. Animo's head.
The pale green man stares up in both awe and fear as the shadowy voice whispers its answer. "Someone that can appreciate your…genius."
And without a sound the swirling mass expands, engulfing the mad doctor.
Yay, it's done! Man this took me nearly 2 weeks to finish, Ch.4 and Ch.5 were over 50 pages combined! (I wrote them as one chapter originally and then split it in half). It's also why the ending might seem a bit...rushed at times, I just really needed to finish this. Anyway please leave a review and again have a Happy Holidays!
*So I want to apologize and point out a mistake. After I had finished writing this chapter did I realize that I went over Izuku's ten minute time limit. I had him in his Terraspin form for way too long, oops. I will do better with that next time, promise. That said I hope you still enjoyed the screen time Terraspin had.
*I also apologize for not showing off more Omnitrix aliens, that said I hope Ch.6 will make up for it.
*During fights, I want Izuku to be spitting out one-liners and quips as he fights, but I rather have him develop that habit as the story goes. So, for now his attempts at taunting will be mediocre at best.
*I have exciting plans for most of these characters that appeared during this chapter: Ochaco, Henzu, Dr. Animo, All Might, etc. Some of these plans will begin to play out within the next couple of chapters, but others may take a little longer until we see them play-out.
*Also, we are getting really close to all the U.A. stuff so please be patient with me. After these next few chapters I will begin the U.A. Entrance Exam, and then the story really kicks off.
*Finally, I will post Ch.6 by next week. This way I can try to get ahead in some of my writing.