Heroes Never Die It's Hero Time

by Guardian-Sigil

One would think that in a world where everyday people possess impossible abilities nothing would really be a surprise. Izuku Midoriya, who upon the age of four was diagnosed as quirkless, was denied of his dream of become a hero that can save everyone with a smile. But fate gives him a chance; allowing him access not to one but a universe of powers and abilities.

33. Ch:32 Pest Control

Sorry for such a late update, this chapter ended up being way longer than it ever needed to be and I was really tired these last two weeks but hey here it is and I hope it's okay. I tried my best and I can for sure say at least one scene is really good so enjoy.

Also as promised a new alien will be introduced here today.

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Ch.32 Pest Control

A slick jet-black Rolls-Royce Phantom speeds down the highway, moving swiftly with its engine humming a deep tone as it drives past traffic. The windows are tinted black making it impossible to even peek at the outlines of those inside. There's also an air of intimidation surrounding the ominous vehicle like a black phantom walking about in the day. Those driving around are smart to clear out of its way, allowing the vehicle through not daring to get in its way, it's all they can do other than wonder what kind of dangerous and deadly force the phantom car could be carrying.

'This is going to be so GREAT!' Izuku Midoriya internally cheers as he peers out the window of the Rolls-Royce Phantom.

They've been driving for a few hours now and the whole while Izuku's been antsy waiting for them to finally get out and do some real hero work. But so far, the only real interesting thing to occur was trying to figure out how Gang Orca is able to sit in a car so small without any issues.

The only other interesting part was enduring Dholak's impatient and reckless driving, unsurprisingly the crabby sidekick is very prone to road rage.

Izuku leans back away from the window, he turns to the neighboring seat to see Gang Orca filing through a few police reports.

Figuring it wasn't a good idea to disturb the pro hero, Izuku takes a moment to adjust his newly repaired hero costume. It's the first time he's gotten to wear it since the U.S.J. and apparently the support department took it upon themselves to make a few adjustments.

His costume isn't quite the same shade of green as before, it's darker which gives it a more combat-ready appearance. The knee pads have been extended to his legs and reach up to his thighs, and his new gloves are tinted beige and are decorated with blue stripes. His respirator is now metal, diamond-shaped, and has eight holes. There is one thing missing from it all though, the All Might inspired hood is missing but Izuku is rather thankful they took it out, it never really felt right to him…

But what about the accessories?

Izuku leans down and pops open his silver suitcase where two items lay inside. The first item is something Izuku's been dying to try out in the field, Tetrax's or rather his own hoverboard.

Izuku pulls out the shrunken hoverboard, it being nothing but a thin rectangular disk with just a push of a button it'll expand open.

Izuku tucks it into a special made hook on the side of his belt, figuring that if he's going out on patrol then he might just need it.

After tucking it away Izuku spots the second item. He bends down to grab it but before his hand could even enter the suitcase the speeding car lurches, smacking his head against the driver's seat as the car comes to a screeching halt. The whiplash makes Izuku hit the back of his head on his headrest and the suitcase shuts closed as it's thrown around.

Dholak turns to address the passengers. "We've arrived."

Gang Orca turns to the boy. "You ready, shrimp?"

Izuku nods. "Yes…boss." He's still got to get used to saying that.

With nothing else to say Gang Orca grabs an unopened water bottle from the cupholder, the brand is called Raquaius and it just so happens to have Gang Orca himself as the poster boy for said brand.

With the water bottle in hand Gang Orca steps out from his car and a wave of heat floods the car instantly making Izuku wish he grabbed his own water bottle before they left.

Dholak steps out followed by Izuku who has to shield his eyes from the blazing sun.

Gang Orca dumps a bit of water on his skin, it evaporates almost instantly under the intense heat as he addresses the young student. "Welcome, shrimp, to Geonosis City."

Geonosis City is an industrial city with buildings all ranging from all sorts of sizes, each looking old and withered from being under the intense heat of the sun 24/7. Mixed in between the office builds and apartment complexes there are acres and acres of factories all pumping out byproducts of burning through resources.

Izuku is already burning up, sweating up a storm under all this dry heat. "Why's it so hot?"

Dholak clicks his tongue in annoyance. "Ever heard of Urban Heat Island?"

Izuku shakes his head. "Um, no."

"An Urban Heat Island occurs because of all the urban structures absorbing the heat of the sun. Combined with the fact you have all these factories releasing all sorts of Green House Gasses into the air that prevent the heat from leaving the system. Essentially the city is overheating itself." Dholak tries to fan himself with his crab-bodied hand. "And that's why it's so freaking hot here."

Izuku shrugs. "Huh, I guess I learned something today."

"That's not all you'll learn." adds Gang Orca. "You need experience, real experience, and that is why we are here." And with a swish of his cape Gang Orca waves his hand towards the Geonosis City police station.

The police station looks as withered and dry as all the other buildings within the city. Izuku can only hope that there's air conditioning inside.

And much to Izuku's relief the police station does in fact have AC, and it feels absolutely amazing as they enter through the dual glass doors.

"Aw you've all made it!" A lean man with a head of a ginger tabby cat greets the three as they enter.

Gang Orca nods in greeting. "Hello, Officer Sansa."

Officer Sansa smiles in greeting. "Welcome to Geonosis City, Gang Orca, I hope the heat isn't too much for you."

"Don't you worry about me, there are more pressing matters at hand."

"Right." Officer Sansa finally takes note of the young U.A. student. "Oh, you must be an intern from U.A." He offers his hand in greeting. "I'm Officer Sansa."

"Oh!" Izuku grips the man's hand. "I-I'm Izuku Midoriya."

Unnoticed by any of the others but for a moment there Gang Orca looks rather disappointed with Izuku's reply.

Officer Sansa's eyes widen. "Oh, I know you! You were in the Sports Festival!" He grins sheepishly. "Wow, you're so plain looking. Your transformations are so much more memorable."

Izuku smiles sheepishly. "Um, thank you…?"

Dholak snickers into his hand, making Izuku slump down in embarrassment.

Officer Sansa smiles, he probably shouldn't have been so blunt but no harm nor foul. "Alright if you would please follow me so I can begin the briefing."

And with that Officer Sansa directs them to a secluded waiting room where pictures, diagrams, and news clips are pinned to a board.

There's a single table sitting in front of the board. So, Gang Orca takes a seat and Dholak is quick to take the seat next to him forcing Izuku to sit across from them.

Officer Sansa however takes a stand before the board with a report in hand. "Alright the situation is this: there's an unknown villain, we need you and your agency to identify, locate, and capture the villain before he can do anymore harm."

Izuku blinks, that can't be all there is to it. "Is…that really it?"

"Quiet, shrimp." clicks Dholak. "That was just the premise." Dholak gestures for the officer to continue.

Officer Sansa nods before continuing. "Right, this villain has been terrorizing the city for the past week. They've caused mass panics, attacked citizens, and serious property damage. Also, we have no info on them: no records, no motive, no ID on them or their Quirk, hell we don't even have a facial composite."

Gang Orca eyes the board of evidence. "Really? Why is that?"

"That's a fair question, sir." Officer Sansa takes a breath before explaining. "We think it has to do with the villain's Quirk. They can attack from far away in a discrete location without physically being at the scene itself."

Dholak nods. "I get it. Can't have a picture of a criminal if the criminal isn't even there."

Officer Sansa nods. "Exactly."

Izuku frowns wondering just how this villain could attack people without being there. He wants to ask more but…it's not really his place to do that. He's just an intern, after all.

Officer Sansa continues. "The villain's been attacking almost on a daily basis. We need you three to locate the villain, stop their attacks, and bring them in before they can do anymore harm."

Izuku, in a moment of arrogance, speaks out. "Wait, what about the local pro heroes? Why haven't any of them captured the villain yet?"

A harsh silence falls over the room as all three adults eye the boy, wondering how to address his naivety.

"Did…did I say something wrong?"

It's Officer Sansa who replies. "Um, no, it's just you have to understand that-"

"This city has a severe lack of heroes." Gang Orca cuts in, dry and to the point.

Izuku is more than a little surprised. "What?! But why?" The whole country of Japan is overflowing with heroes, how could there still be cities that don't have at least one or maybe ten agencies in it?!

As if sensing the kid's questions, Dholak throws in his own two cents. "It's all the show kid."

"What…?"

"The show, the glory, the news casts, the FAME!" Dholak screams out in frustration after Izuku wasn't getting it with his first few examples. "It's all about fame! A hero's success depends on their fame and popularity. So, a rundown city with only factories to sustain it is not exactly a hopping place for a pro hero to thrive in."

Izuku's eyes slowly widen as it all dawns on him. "So…because of the lack of screen time and villain attacks…heroes don't come here."

Dholak nods, tapping a finger against this head. "Now you're getting it kid."

Even though that's the reality, it doesn't mean Izuku has to like it. He just figured that every city had an abundance of heroes, but then again, he's only lived in Musutafu all his life and there's tons of agencies there. Guess he was just ignorant to places such as this. But now that he is aware…he's not sure how he feels about it. It just feels…wrong knowing that places such as these are ignored and forgotten because of the hero system…

"But we're here now." Gang Orca's deep authoritative voice cuts into Izuku's contemplation. "And we're going to bring an end to this villain's crimes."

Izuku nods. There'll be more time to think about the flaws of the hero system later, right now this needs his attention.

Officer Sansa has the floor once again. "Me and my fellow officers have done our best to quell the damage and attacks, but our…normal weapons don't have much of an effect on this villain. All we can do is crowd control in order to minimize the chaos."

Gang Orca eyes the board, eyeing the news clippings. "And by what means is this scumbag attacking the city with?"

Officer Sansa, with full seriousness, looks the hero dead in the eye before responding. "Bugs."

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"This place is a dump." And that's saying something when you're a rat-like alien.

Argit continues his way through the very condemned building with its creaking floorboards, rotting walls, trash, and foul smells coming from who knows where. But then again Argit's been in far worse places than this, plus he's got himself a job to do and as long as he's getting paid then he'll go anywhere. Although, he keeps seeing something scurry out of the corner of his eyes making him jump every now and again.

Argit makes it to the end of the dimly light hall, the only light source being the harsh sunlight slipping between the boarded windows. "Yo, delivery for one creepy bastard!"

There's no reply, not a sound echoes from behind the rotting door.

"Come on, man." Argit slams his fist against the door. "Open up or I'll sell this off to the next creep!" He holds up a small metal canister.

The canister is no bigger than a tin can with a small glass window showcasing the green liquid inside.

Argit continues to pound on the door even as the rotting wood breaks away. "Fine!" He swirls away from the door. "I don't need your stinking money anyway."

As he begins to stomp away the door finally creeks open.

Argit blinks before smirk grows on his face. "Well, I can always use a little more cash."

The rat slowly enters the dark damp room that's somehow even trashier and smellier than the rest of the building. Seriously, the place smells like rotting onion. He warily steps inside and there, sitting just out of the duty light of the boarded window is his customer.

Argit holds up the canister. "You got my money?"

The slouched over figure reaches into his pockets, making Argit's quills stand up, but they don't pull out a weapon but instead it's a roll of cash. And like a man tossing away a cigarette he tosses at Argit's feet.

Argit's face lights up as he practically pounces at the roll of money, tossing the canister over to this client.

The client snatches the canister out of the air before it can slam against the wall behind them. They grip the canister tightly, examining the strange liquid inside, admiring its potential.

Argit quickly shuffles through the cash, making sure it's the agreed amount. "My, my, my I didn't think you'd be able to pay up."

The client finally speaks up, his voice sounds dry and wispy. "We have no use for money."

Argit frowns at the odd grammar but doesn't call it out. "Yeah, well I do." He pockets the money. "Is there…anything else I can do for ya?"

"There is…nothing you can do for us."

"Us?"

Instead of a reply, chirps and the sound of thousands of raindrops beat against the walls like an army is marching about from within.

The client stands up, the canister held out in front of him like it's a great treasure. "We would suggest that you scram." The chirping and the patterning of what sounds like rain increases as a harsh buzzing begins to echo throughout the entire building making Argit's quills stand on end. "Things are about to get…lively."

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*REEEEEEE!*

By now every single citizen of Geonosis City are well acquainted with these particular sirens and they certainly don't need to be told twice about what it means.

Because every citizen begins to go into full out panic mode as they all rush for cover. Cars race down the streets as people swarm into nearby buildings, all seeking shelter as a dark looming shadow begins to wash over the city.

Police sirens blare alongside the screaming citizens as police cars and firetrucks line the streets.

But all of the screaming, crashing, and panics are all washed out by the same ominous and increasingly louder hum.

*Bzzzzzzzzzz!*

A massive black humming cloud swerves and hovers over the city almost as if it's alive! And it might as well be just by how it circles around buildings causing the inhabitants to all dive for cover.

Officer Sansa is down below on the streets armed with nothing but a riot gear and shield.

"Quickly, get everyone indoors and out of the way!"

"Yes, sir!" His fellow officers rush to reply as they all rush to get the citizens to shelter.

As Officer Sansa continues to direct the others something…tiny plops down on his hand. Like a curious cat he peers down to find a little locust using his hand as a perch.

With fear in his eyes he fearfully whips his hand flinging the insect away.

*BZZZZZZZZZ!*

As if that simple gesture was the trigger, the cloud of flying insects descend to the city streets.

People are even more in a panic as they desperately swat and fend off the swarming insects from wasps, locusts, crickets, and anything else that's creepy and crawly. The police deploy fire out smoke bombs, flares, and riot shields to fend off the bugs while still directing people to safety.

Even with their efforts panic and chaos ensues: cars crash, screams and sirens ring out, and they're all drowned out by the millions of beating wings of the swarm.

Atop a nearby rooftop of a three-story building the members of the aquarium agency are doing nothing but observing the chaos from their perch.

And it's killing Izuku that they're not doing a thing to help. "Shouldn't we do something?!"

"No." Why does Gang Orca have to sound so cold? "We must wait."

"But boss, the people-"

"The police will handle them." Even as Gang Orca speaks, he doesn't remove his eyes away from the chaos down the block. "Our job isn't damage control but to stop this villain."

"Then shouldn't we be down there?!"

"No, we're right where we need to be."

"Huh?"

"Dammit, shrimp." Dholak let's out an exasperated sigh. "You see that... swarm?"

Izuku nods. "Um, yeah."

"That swarm had to come from somewhere, so we're going to let it run its course and then follow it back to the source."

Izuku blinks. "So, we're going to follow them back to their hive."

"And straight to the queen…or king." Dholak adds with a shrug.

"But…why can't we help in the meantime?"

Gang Orca is the one to explain. "We have no idea if or how this villain is coordinating this attack. They could very well be monitoring the entire scene, and if we go in there, we'll be alerting them of our presence."

Dholak chimes in. "Basically we're trying to keep an element of surprise."

Izuku frowns as the screaming, sirens, and buzzing tear through the air.

As if sensing his discomfort Gang Orca tries to address the boy's conflict. "We aren't ignoring their pleas, instead we are trying to provide a long-term solution." His red eyes shine right at Izuku's jaded pupils. "Today we are exterminators, we don't treat bee stings, instead we kill the entire swarm."

Izuku gets the idea for sure and it makes perfect sense, but…it still feels so wrong to watch people in need and being told not to help. But they're right, he has to keep his cool for now. Guess sometimes being a hero means picking your battles and if this does go as planned, they can save this city in one fell swoop.

*Bzzzzzzzzzz!*

The massive cloud of insects begins to dissipate as the bugs rise up and off the streets. Most of the insects fly off on their own but a significant portion remain as a buzzing stream of insects. The smaller swarm glides between the tall buildings, flying over the wake of their chaos of injured citizens, damaged property, and overwhelmed policemen and women.

Gang Orca's red eyes lock onto the streaming swarm. "And so the hunt begins."

Gang Orca nonchalantly drops down off the side of the building landing right onto his own Rolls-Royce Phantom's roof with a loud clang. Dholak uses his extended legs to repel his way down like a giant spider before climbing into the driver's seat.

Izuku slides down the fire escape and quickly makes his way for the passenger door but Gang Orca stops him with a single look.

"Find your own way there."

Izuku blinks unsure if he heard him correctly. "What?"

"This may be real hero work, but you are still an intern, thus you are under my training. As part of your training, it is up to you to procure a means of travel." Gang Orca leans down and taps the roof of the car as Dholak revs up the engine. "Try to keep up, shrimp." The car lurches forward as Gang Orca remains perched atop of it.

Izuku can watch son as the jet-black vehicle races away and out of sight after the streaming swarm. "Own means, huh?"

It takes him a few moments to ponder before his head snaps down to the side of his utility belt.

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Gang Orca remains cemented to the roof of the speeding car, his black cape billowing behind him. His body remains unmoving even as the car drifts around bends and turns, keeping pace with the swirling mass of insects flying just above the buildings.

He keeps his eyes trailed on the swarm, unflinching, ensuring that he will not waste this opportunity.

But something…odd approaches just out of the corner of his eye. Briefly peering over Gang Orca finds a rather surprising sight indeed.

Izuku is flying!

Specifically the boy is riding atop a hoverboard, flying through the air as if he's snowboarding down a snowy mountain.

Izuku's hair whips in the wind as he quickly catches up to the speeding car, grinning like a kid on a rollercoaster. As he passes by, he gives the hero a friendly smirk.

Gang Orca smirks right back as Izuku speeds away, tossing the driver a cocky look.

Izuku spins and wheels around in the air, swooping just above the hood of the speeding car.

Dholak tsks in annoyance. "Show off." He slams his foot down on the gas just to keep up with the brat.

And so they race off, following along the trailing swarm, staying below the building tops to avoid disturbing the insects.

After traveling towards the opposite side of the city, the swarm dissipates as the insects descend down onto a block of apartment complexes.

Izuku and the others soon arrive, Izuku hovering in place as Dholak and Gang Orca exit the vehicle.

There are three large apartment complexes sitting in a large U, each standing at eight floors high with three sections that hold five apartments each. The entire block is outlined by barbed-wire fencing while each building is boarded up and crumbling away, littered with trash and graffiti.

The hoverboard lowered down to be at shoulder level with Gang Orca. "This is…homey."

Dholak's shoulder slump. "It's too early for puns." The crab man turns to the pro hero. "What are you thinking, boss?"

Gang Orca scans the large abandoned buildings for any sign of life, but even with a possible swarm inside there isn't a hint of movement. "Stand back you two."

Dholak doesn't need to be told twice, giving Izuku a warning glare to move back too. Izuku nods and he hovers back a bit giving Gang Orca a clear radius.

Gang Orca widens his stance, lowering his head, and then with a deep breath a piercing hum pulses out from his head. The soundwaves resonate across the entire block, traveling through the many apartments.

Izuku peers over at Dholak. "What's he doing?"

"He's an orca." Dholak says it like it's so obvious.

"I know that."

"Yeah, and orcas use echolocation."

"Oh, I get it!" Izuku's shine with delight. "He's using his Quirk like a sonar, trying to locate the villain!"

"Exactly."

The pulsing waves fade away and Gang Orca straightens his stance. "It's no good."

Izuku hops down from his hoverboard, deactivating it and stowing it away. "What's no good? Did you find the villain?"

"No." Gang Orca turns to address the others. "There's some sort of…interference."

Dholak raises his eyebrow. "Interference?"

"I'm not sure, but…something is intercepting my echolocation."

"Hm, that's not good."

Izuku eyes the buildings nervously. "So, what do we do?"

Gang Orca's red eyes land on the boy. "We split up."

Izuku's eyes light up with excitement, basically he's going to have a chance to handle the situation on his own, to handle official hero work on his own!

"Hang on." Gang Orca interrupts his moment. "There's something important we need to address."

"What is it?"

Gang Orca marches towards the boy, towering over him with his head held high and his red gaze peering down at him, making him feel even smaller than he is. "What's your knowledge on Quirk laws?"

That's an odd question, but Izuku goes ahead and answers anyway. "Quirk laws are in place to regulate people and how they use their Quirks whether that be hero work, jobs, and service."

Gang Orca nods in approval. "Well said. So you understand when I say this: by law you are not allowed to use your Quirk in public."

Izuku's mind goes blank for a second. "Eh?"

Gang Orca's eyes narrow. "You do not have permission to use your Quirk without my say so."

"What?!"

Dholak snickers as Gang Orca explains further. "Allow me to clarify. You may use your Quirk to help locate the villain, but you do not have my permission to attack the villain." His deathly glare pierces into Izuku's very soul. "Do not throw away your chances of becoming a pro by getting overexcited. Do I make myself clear?"

Izuku freezes in place, his instincts telling him that the underlying threat is real. "Y-Yes, boss!"

"Good." Gang Orca spins around his cape whipping as he does. "Alright each of us will take a building, if you locate the villain then notify the rest of us so we can apprehend them together." He peers back at his underlings. "You two got that?"

Both Izuku and Dholak reply in unison. "We got it boss!"

"Good, then let's go." And with a swish of his cape Gang Orca marches forward, straight for the middle building.

Dholak gives Izuku a mocking smirk before he takes off for the building to the right of the U.

And so Izuku turns towards the third and final building, scanning the eight floors and many apartments for any signs of life.

"So, this villain has a thing for bugs huh?" Izuku activates the Omnitrix location of the right alien before transforming. "Then they'll appreciate Big Chill!"

The Necrofriggian stands tall as his wings unfurl from his body, and with a mighty flap of his wings he glides off for the large condemned apartment complex, silently phasing through the boarded-up windows like a ghost.

Big Chill can only think of one way to describe this place, as a dump. He's never seen a place as filthy as this, heck, even Dagoba Beach could be considered clean compared to this place. It's so dark and clustered, with trash and broken buildings parts crumbling away. And what the heck is that smell, is that festering garbage or a rotting corpse? No, if anything it smells like a bag of rotting onions. Know what it doesn't matter because Big Chill would rather not find out.

And so using his flying and phasing capabilities Big Chill proceeds to scour the entire building combing through each and every apartment for the villain. After combing through the bottom three floors Big Chill would actually settle for finding a single bug. Seriously, he saw the swarm enter the place but there isn't a single bug to be seen. Where are they? How could so many bugs just up and disappear? Maybe the villain can transform into bugs? It's not the most farfetched thing he's seen.

And so the search goes on, Big Chill phases from one dank and smelly apartment to another, gliding up all the way to the eighth floor but he's still got nothing to show for it.

'Maybe they're in a different building.' At this point that might as well be the case.

*Kreeee.*

Big Chill stops in midair, slowly peering back around to find a lone rotting door at the end of the hall. His wings curl back around his body as he silently touches down on the filthy floor. He remains silently rooted in place, waiting for any other signs of movement but after a few moments there is none.

So Big Chill turns to walk away, before peering at the door one more time. 'Well, I better check.' Last thing he needs is to give the boss a reason to chew him out.

Big Chill moves slowly like a phantom stalking its next victim, moving gingerly and silently, the windows fogging over as he passes on by. After a few more silent strides he reaches the door, reaching for the handle first before remembering that he can phase. So, with a silent breath Big Chill becomes intangible, his form outlined by a blue aura as he warily pokes his head through the door. He shields his eyes as he phases through and when he opens them, he finds…another empty apartment.

Big Chill phases the rest of his body through the door and then solidifying himself, examining the contents of the apartment.

The apartment is one large room with boarded up windows that cast a dark shadow, it's littered with trash, some broken kitchen appliances, and a mossy mattress at the far end of the room.

"Ew." Big Chill's nose would be scrunching up if he had one. "What is that smell?" It smells like…foul onions or something.

He walks in further examining the large one room apartment even though the place is littered with trash some of the wrapping and bags look new and the mattress has clearly been in use, and there in the dust and grime covered floor there's a few human-sized footprints with long thin-toes like that of a rodent's.

"Well it looks like no one's here now." With a shrug Big Chill nonchalantly spins around and makes his way for the exit. "Guess I'll just join up with the others."

SMASH! A giant mass of buzzing insects crash right through the thin crumbling wall like a tidal wave. Everything practically moves in slow motion for Big Chill as the swarm descends upon him.

"Ahhh!"

The swarm crashes into the mothman, knocking him down as the swarm disperses again. A great deal of insects cling to nearby surfaces crawling around, chirping in defiance at the intruder. The insects come in a large variety from crickets, wasps, flies, and even roaches.

"We don't like unwanted visitors." That voice, it sounds scratchy and sickly like someone's running a fever and refusing to drink any water.

Big Chill groans as he sits up. 'We?' He peers up at the gaping hole in the wall.

A scowling man stalks out from the hole and he is in urgent need of a doctor and a psychiatrist. The man's skin is a sickly-bluish grey, he's got a long greasy goatee and unkempt black hair, his fingernails are overgrown and black with grime, and his teeth are so crooked that they might as well be fangs. He's wearing a black hoodie under a thick leather jacket, and a pair of torn grey pants. But gross of all there are several cockroaches crawling along his body, and he is not disturbed by them at all even as they crawl across his face.

'I think I found the queen…or rather the king.'

The bug man growls. "You don't belong here, hero."

"Hero?" Big Chill's disgust fades away. "You…really think I'm a hero?"

The man wasn't expecting such a chipper response. "Um, yes."

And like that Big Chill's entire demeanor lights up. "Oh. My. Gosh. I was just called a hero!" Okay sure it was from a crazy hobo in a condemned dump, but it still counts.

The man snarls in annoyance. "You're bugging us."

Big Chill smirks as he lifts himself off the ground. "Bugging? Nice. I appreciate someone with a sense of humor such as yourself."

"You mock us?"

Big Chill shakes his head. "No, no. Far from it." His wings flutter in place as they remain wrapped around his form. "But I'm afraid I need to ask you to come with me." Hopefully this guy will see reason and not bother putting up a fight.

The man clearly doesn't want to comply. "You humans, you want us gone!"

"Okay buddy what's with the use of "us" and "we," you're the only other person here."

"No, we are many."

Big Chill raises an eyebrow but then something scuttles across his foot. Peering down Big Chill is disgusted to see a horde of creepy crawls all scuttling across the ground around them there are ants, centipedes, beetles, spiders, and worst of all roaches.

"And we hate humans."

Big Chill gulps. 'Okay, that confirms it.' He slowly reaches for his phone. 'I better contact the boss.'

*Bzzzz!*

Without warning a small swarm of wasps break away from within the broken fridge. They swoop in and with their piercing stingers, they force Big Chill to drop his phone before they snag it and fly it away.

"My phone!" Big Chill reaches for it, but it seems all the walls burst to life as thousands of flying insects burst out from within the crumbling foundation to swarm around Big Chill like an indoor tornado.

Big Chill backs away from the circling wasps, flies, and roaches.

"You humans destroy everything."

Is he suggesting that he isn't human? Maybe but…Big Chill can't be sure.

"You kill us without reason."

Big Chill's eyes narrow, he doesn't like how this guy's talking.

"We will not stand for it anymore!"

And the circling insects instantly charges in, swarming the moth man from all sides giving him no chance of escape.

"Hahaha!" The bug man laughs as the insects continue to swarm and maim the intruder with any luck there won't even be a single spec left of the hero.

A sudden chill fills the room and many of the swarming insects begin to freeze in place, literally as their tiny bodies become frozen in ice, clattering to the ground like tiny fragile shards.

The man steps back in shock as a phased out Big Chill steps out from the spiraling swarm, insects that are unfortunate to be in his path freeze like the others, while the alien himself remains unharmed. "Oops, was that your big moment?"

The villain scowls. "How?"

"Oh, I guess I should introduce myself." The Necrofriggian gestures to himself. "This is Big Chill; I can will my body to become intangible and generate freezing cold temperatures." A legion of wasps with stingers at the ready zip right through Big Chill's frame, freezing in place and breaking apart as they fall to the floor. "Pretty cool, huh?"

The villain snarls, his hands shaking with anger as he watches his brethren die off by the swarms.

Big Chill needs to keep this guy talking to give himself a chance to get reinforcements or to at least find his phone. "Now this is the part where you introduce yourself."

The villain scowls but for some reason goes ahead and introduces himself. "Clancy."

"See, that wasn't so hard." Big Chill smiles, but under that mask he continues to survey the room for any sign of his phone, with it nowhere in sight there's only one other option. "Now that's out of the way, I'm afraid I need to take my leave. Important hero work to do." Like get Gang Orca over here as soon as possible. "So, I'll just buzz off."

Clancy scowls. "You're not walking out of here."

"Um, yeah, I am."

"No, you're not."

The swarm of insects reform around Big Chill, circling him from all sides.

"Uh, this again. Don't you learn anything."

Clancy actually smirks. "Yes, we do."

A few insects fly right past Big Chill's face giving him a good look at them. "Cicadas?"

*BZZZZZZZZZ!*

The millions of cicadas all cry out their ear-piercing calls, beating their wings and chirping at such high decibels that Big Chill actually screams out in shock and agony, grabbing his head in a fit of pain.

*BZZZZZZZZZ!*

It feels like he's in the middle of rock concert, with hundreds of speakers, and thousands of screaming people in the form of millions of insects. It's so bad it actually breaks his concentration and Big Chill becomes solid keeling over as he holds his pounding head.

And just like that the other insects leap into action, pouncing on the alien's prone form, pushing him down with their massive collective to hold him in place with their tiny crawling legs, chewing mandibles, and probing stingers, all the while the cicadas continue their assault of frequencies.

As Big Chill reels in pain his mind is continuing to analyze the situation. 'These things…must have…interfered!' Specifically if all these cicadas and other bugs were hiding in the walls then they must have been interfering with Gang Orca' echolocation earlier!

Now is not the time to analyze however, as Clancy stands over the hero's prone form, a crooked tooth smile on his face as he sneers down at the helpless intern. "Now it's you who will be stepped on."

Big Chill winces under all the strain of the ear-piercing soundwaves, but even so he still managed to hear Clancy. "Stepped on… Ha! I get it."

Clancy clearly doesn't appreciate Big Chill's cockiness. "We think it's time to try this out." Clancy holds up a canister that's no bigger than a tin can with a small glass side displaying an eerie green liquid inside.

Big Chill doesn't like the look of it, not at all. "What…is…that?"

Clancy smirks as he kneels down as he uncorks the canister. "It's a special toxin meant to deal with the likes of you."

'Me?' Big Chill's eyes widen in silent horror. 'Does…does he mean aliens? No, maybe, oh, man I don't know.'

Clancy holds the canister right above Big Chill's head. "Goodbye, hero. It hasn't been a pleasure. Ha ha ha!"

And with a tilt of his hand the green liquid pours out right onto Big Chill's head, the alien coughs and winces as the liquid gets into his eyes and mouth.

"Ha ha ha!" Clancy laughs like there's no tomorrow, like he knows victory is at hand.

The insects back away from the wheezing alien and even the cicadas end their ear-splitting concert as Big Chill desperately tries to rub out the stinging substance.

"Ha ha ha!" A wicked grin is plastered on Clancy's face as he glares down at the pained hero. "How's it feel?! You humans are so quick to turn your pesticides and chemicals on us now we'll return the favor! Ha ha ha!" Clancy's crooked grin widens as the insects begin to swarm around the room as if driven by his own madness. "This is it! This toxin will bring us salvation!"

"Sheesh, talk about over dramatic."

Clancy's grin falls and the insects go silent as he finally notices the calm and not dead Big Chill standing before him. "How…?"

Big Chill's eyes narrow. "You're going to need to be more specific."

"How are you still alive?"

"Um, why wouldn't I be?"

Clancy's harden and furious scowl returns. "That damn rat!" He slams the canister down, smashing it apart and the last of the liquid spills out onto the floorboards. "He lied to us! This toxin should have exterminated you and any other humans!"

'Oh, I get it now.' Big Chill is actually kind of relieved to hear that this guy actually believes Big Chill's a human with an extreme mutation type Quirk. He probably should have realized that sooner.

But right now there are more important matters at hand. "Why would you want something that can kill a human being?"

Clancy frowns in frustration. "Don't you understand yet? You humans kill us, torture us, and destroy everything important to us." The swarm buzz to life behind Clancy's standing form. "We can no longer take it. We will have what's rightfully ours, no matter the cost." The insects begin to slowly enshroud their king. "And so we will exterminate all humans. Starting with YOU!"

The swarm launches forward, charging straight for the alien.

Big Chill uses his intangibility to allow the first wave to pass right through. However the entire hive retaliates with the cicadas returning in full force with their deafening screeches, forcing Big Chill to break his concentration. A smaller swarm dives down at the hero but Big Chill quickly jumps away, using a wing to bat the swarm away.

'This isn't good.' Big Chill ducks down to avoid a hundred stings to the head. 'I need to alert the others!' He fades out, allowing a group of wasps and cicadas to phase through his chest. 'But he's sure not making it easy.'

Clancy snarls as more of his hive fail to land a strike on their foe. "Get him, dammit!"

Big Chill leaps up and over a swarm, using the busted fridge as a springboard. "Don't get antsy with them." Big Chill gestures to the circling swarm. "You gotta bee more positive."

Clancy snarls. "You're infuriating."

Big Chill smirks. "I know."

"Rahhh!" Clancy roars out in fury as the entire swarm charges headfirst as a massive wave.

This is what Big Chill was waiting for. "Freeze!"

With a huge exhale Big Chill releases a freezing wind that collides right into the charging swarm. Instantly each and every insect becomes frozen in a casing of ice, each one collapsing down to the ground like frozen rain drops. Big Chill doesn't end his attack there though. He keeps at it until the entire room becomes a meat locker, a thin layer of ice encases everything, tiny piles of snow form in the corners and insects unfortunate to be in the facinity die and freeze under the sudden drop in temperature.

Big Chill finally ends his attack, catching his breath as he examines the now frozen and less smelly room. The floor is now littered with frozen insects, the mattress is stiff as a board, and the fridge is a giant ice cube and Clancy is nowhere to be seen. He might have escaped through the gaping hole in the wall while Big Chill was distracted. But Big Chill does find something, his phone. There in the corner and surrounded by frozen wasps is his cell phone!

Big Chill strolls over and snatches up his phone glad to see that it still has enough battery left in it for a phone call.

Before he can open the phone the Omnitrix finally gives out, ten minutes have been reached, and Izuku takes Big Chill's place among the frozen trash and bugs.

"Brrrr, so c-c-cold." Izuku grips his arms shivering in place as he shoots Gang Orca and Dholak a quick text that the villain's in the building somewhere.

Izuku tucks his phone away. 'Alright, I may not have my powers, but I should try to find him.' Izuku turns towards the gaping hole in the wall. 'He could be anywhere by now, so I better hur-'

Like a charging zombie, Clancy smashes through the thin frozen wall perpendicular to the gaping hole.

"We'll. Kill. You." Clancy slams into the boy, throwing him down to the ground.

Izuku kicks him away, spinning his body up and off the ground with his fists up.

Clancy however hesitates, a look of surprise adorning his face. "You're just a kid?!"

Izuku raises his fists. "Um, yeah I am."

"Rahhh! No! We won't let a mere larva ruin our plans!"

'We?' Izuku's nose scrunches up as a strange odor begins to fill the freezing apartment.

*Bzzzzzzz!*

Izuku's eyes fill with dread as a newly formed swarm of insects creep their way into the frozen room from outside, they squeeze through the cracks, biting through parts of the walls, using any hole or crevasse to enter.

The insects gather around Clancy, veiling around his form like a disturbing and living cloak. "We'll devour you bone and all!" It's like the insects propel him forward, as Clancy charges forward with newfound agility.

He slams into Izuku, knocking the boy down. Clancy grabs for Izuku's neck, but Izuku grabs the man's wrists pushing them away. But there's very little he can do but flail and wince as the insects veiled around Clancy begin to swallow him up as one big mass.

While still trying to keep the villain at bay, Izuku shuts his eyes tightly as he continues to flail under the swarming insects. He can feel all their tiny legs crawling on his suit and skin, they nip and bite at his explodes flesh, their wings and chirps buzz in his ears, and he can feel them getting tangled up in his own hair!

With Izuku desperately trying to not crumble under the swarm, Clancy manages to get a hand around the boy's neck, squeezing it tight between his fingers while using his other hand to pin Izuku's left arm down.

Izuku can feel the air being squeezed out of him, making him choke and gasp, but he quickly shuts his mouth as insects probe and prod at his agape mouth. All the while, Clancy howls with a deranged laughter knowing soon he will be rid of this annoying pest.

Whether out of fear or instinct, Izuku desperately reaches for the Omnitrix. Knowing full well that five minutes have not passed, he can still pray that the little alien device will pull off some sort of miracle.

Clancy's deranged laughter continues to ring out from within the swarming mass of insects, swallowing them both up whole as Izuku's vision begins to fade.

Suddenly, the frozen door of the apartment is blasted open as both Gang Orca and Dholak charge in.

A dim flash of green light draws their eyes down on the swarming pile of bugs.

Gang Orca immediately takes action, firing out an ear-piercing soundwave that breaks the swarm apart like a high-powered fan blowing away rice.

The swarm is peeled away just enough for Clancy's body to become visible among the panicking insects.

With a clear view, Dholak springs into action, throwing his two lance-like legs forward like spears that strike Clancy's sides, knocking away and dispersing the swarm even further.

The groaning Clancy snarls up at the heroes as Dholak's legs retract. While holding his side, Clancy runs off leaping and crashing through the boarded-up window, the swarm follows him out, swooping down and swallowing him up like a cloud before carrying their king off to safety.

"We gotta go after him!" Dholak is about to charge forward to leap after the villain but there's something else in the apartment with them.

The last of the swarm disappears and flies off after their leader, but that's not the odd part. The odd part is what the insects were swarming.

Dholak backs off, not liking the look of this thing, his nose scrunching up. "Yuck! What's the awful smell?!"

"Careful, Dholak." Gang Orca stands at the ready. "It appears there's still one more bug to squash."

Dholak and Gang Orca ready themselves as a giant insect rises off the frozen ground and trash. A putrid stench is just radiating off the foul disgusting creature. It's four pedunculated-eyes wiggle around, its long thin wings lightly shake in the breaching sunlight, a massive spade-shaped stinger is poised at the end of its body, and its four insectoid-legs impale the floorboards as its hands massage its own throat.

The large insect groans, relieved to be breathing again. "Huh, that was horrible." It's four pedunculated-eyes swivel and spot the two heroes. "Hey thanks for the save. I really ow- AH!"

Dholak's lance-like pincers fire out nearly impaling the giant smelly bug. "Die, insect!"

"Wahhh!" The bug falls to its side shaking and cowering under the lances. "What are you doing?! This isn't the time for another test battle!"

Dholak snarls, leering down at the prone mutant. "Where's your partner going?"

"Partner?"

The lance-like pincers rise above the bug's head, threateningly. "I said where's your-"

Gang Orca calmly interjects. "Dholak, enough."

"But boss-"

"He's with us."

"Huh?"

Dholak peers at the insect and his eyes widen as he spots the symbol of the Omnitrix displayed on the creature's form.

Said creature shakily stands back up, looking rather annoyed with Dholak. "Of course I'm with you what makes you think otherwise?"

Both Gang Orca and Dholak share a questioning look before they gesture down at his body.

The transformed Izuku peers down wondering what they could be pointing at. He looks down but all he sees are a pair of thin insect-like legs, but nothing's really out of place… "Waaaaaa!" It finally hits the transformed Izuku, he raises his hands only to find that he has three fingers, and for some reason he can see four of everything, oh god he's got four eyes now! And wings?! Okay, that's actually pretty cool. "Who the heck is this?!" And how did he not notice the voice change?! His voice sounds so wheezy and high pitched, like a bug's.

Gang Orca folds his arms together annoyed with the kid's antics. "Midoriya, what is this? Why weren't we made aware of this form?"

The morphed Izuku shakes his head as he continues to pat himself down as to familiarize himself with this new transformation. "I didn't know I had this form; it must be new. What the heck is this guy anyway?"

Dholak sniffs and the crabman's face miracuaslly turns green. "Guh, geeze kid learn to bathe every now and then, you smell like a dumpster fire."

"What?!" The bug gives his underarm a quick sniff, and immediately gags. "Bleh! Oh god! I stink!"

Dholak backs away pinching his nose. "Seriously. Are you like a stinkbug or something?"

The bug shakes his head. "No! Well, I guess I am a…Stinkfly." Stinkfly grins his wings fluttering behind him as if the form agrees with the new codename.

Dholak gags backing away and pressing his body against the wall. "Oh, god, bleh, it's like a sewage tank exploded in a junkyard."

"It's not that bad!"

"Nevermind that." Gang Orca marches over towards the busted window and looks out and is disappointed to see that thanks to their folly they allowed the villain to escape. "We need to regroup with Officer Sansa and compare notes."

Both Dholak and Stinkfly stand at attention. "Right!"

Much to Stinkfly's surprise, Gang Orca steps right off the window's ledge. The pro hero couldn't be calmer, however, jabbing his sharp claws into the side of the building allowing him to slide right down leaving a trialing gouge as he descends down.

Dholak leaps out, using his extended legs to spring outward.

Stinkfly watches as they both make it safely down, Gang Orca lands down on the cracked cement and Dholak lands nearby breaking his own decent with his extended crab-legs.

Stinkfly eyes the building for a way to scale down but then a pair of his eyes turn backwards and eye his new-insect wings. Stinkfly smiles, he might just enjoy this new form more than he thought he would. And so he leaps out but immediately free falls for a few seconds until his wings gain enough speed to lift his frame.

"Woah, okay, easy Izuku you got this." And so Stinkfly makes his descent down, occasionally jolting off to the side or falling briefly, his flight path shaky as he struggles to get used to the new appendages.

Meanwhile, Gang Orca and Dholak exit the condemned area arriving back at the main street where a crowd of bystanders have gathered. They saw the swarm of insects fleeing the scene and they wanted to see if the heroes managed to solve their pest problem.

The police soon arrive, with Officer Sansa wasting no time to jump out of his car and approach the heroes. "Where's the villain?"

Gang Orca adjusts his tie as he addresses the officer. "He escaped."

"He what?! How could he?"

"He was slipperier than we had anticipated."

Before Officer Sansa could ask anymore, Stinkfly finally arrives making a not so grand entrance. His wings beat fast as he tries to slow his descent but he's coming in too fast.

Stinkfly's legs trip over the ground forcing him to fall over and skid across the sidewalk. "Phttffff!"

Dholak snickers into his hand. "Wow, that sure stunk."

Stinkfly glares up at the crab as he picks himself off the ground. "Ha ha…"

As he rises up the crowd gasp in fear at the sight of him. "It's a giant BUG!"

"Wahhhh!"

"It's the villain!"

"Monster!"

"It smells awful!"

"Wait." Stinkfly scans around and notices how they're all staring and pointing at him. "I'm not the villain."

"Eeek, get away from me!" A high school girl screams, grimacing away from the creature.

"But I'm a hero." Stinkfly tries to approach her, his hands up as if to say he's not dangerous, but the girl freaks out and runs away.

"Run!"

Officer Sansa quickly takes control of the situation before a panic ensues. "Everyone please calm down; this is not the bug villain!" Officer Sansa turns and eyes the bug warily. "You're not, right?"

Stinkfly hastily shakes his head. "No, sir! It's me Midoriya." He points at the Omnitrix hoping it's enough to prove his identity.

Dholak goes ahead and chimes in with a snicker. "Yeah, he had a bit of a face lift."

Stinkfly growls up at Dholak's jab, but the moment he looks remotely mean the citizens gasp and step back in fear.

Officer Sansa addresses the crowd. "Everyone please relax, these heroes are here to help I can assure you of that."

They don't look convinced instead they peer at Stinkfly with fear, disgust, and trepidation although none of them air their concerns. Instead they begin to disperse, quickly, not wanting to hang around to find out if the bug is friendly or not.

Stinkfly somberly backs away, his shoulders slumping with his eyes dropping down and a sad frown on his face.

Gang Orca eyes the somber alien, no hint of sympathy lies in the hero's eyes, but he has the look of one who's experienced much in their time. "It's a cruel reality, isn't it?"

Stinkfly keeps his eyes down not bothering to peer up at the hero. "What is?"

"Being judged for one's appearance."

Stinkfly's eyes rise up, drawing their attention on Gang Orca. "People will often see what they want to see due to their limited perspectives. But only through our actions can they truly come to understand who we are."

Stinkfly remains silent as the pro hero's words linger in his mind. 'But how can I show them who I am if they don't give me a chance?'

Gang Orca gestures towards the car. "Come on, let's head back to the station." And stomps off for the Rolls-Royce Phantom.

Stinkfly follows but one of Dholak's lance-like pincers blocks his path.

"No way!" Dholak jumps into the driver seat, holding his nose and holding his breath. "You can fly back, no way I'm letting your stink ruin leather. It'll linger there for years."

Stinkfly doesn't bother arguing he's already depressed enough as it is.

Figuring it's safe now, Dholak drives off with Gang Orca in the back.

Stinkfly's wings flap in rapid succession and after a few moments he generates enough force to lift himself off the ground. He flies up into the air, but it's still a bit shaky so much so he bumps into a light post, and his flight path goes a bit too off course but even, so he manages to keep his eyes trained on Gang Orca's black car.

And so Stinkfly follows them back to the police station, but at the same time he uses 2 of his pedunculated-eyes to fully examine this newest alien transformation. 'Just what is this guy?' His eyes scan the wings on his back, his thin-sharp legs, and the large stinger at his rear-end. 'And what can he do? Hmmmm, I better contact Thirteen maybe they'll have some answers.' And so Stinkfly goes ahead and grabs his phone and takes a selfie of all things.

But in typical Izuku Midoriya fashion he looks terrified in the photo, Stinkfly's smile looks nervous and scared, his eyes wiggled around too much and made them look like waving noodles, and he got a really bad angle.

Even so it should be enough for Thirteen or One-One to identify, and so Stinkfly goes ahead and sends the message to Plumber base.

---

A tall slim figure adorning a high-tech purple armor squeezes their way through the tightly compacted vent. It's taken some time for the bounty hunter to find an alternate way into Japan's Plumber Base, and almost as much time to navigate the twisting turning vents. Prowling about like some sort of imposter out to kill.

The bounty hunter army crawls their way through as he thinks back to why they're here in the first place.

##########(Flashback)#########

The bounty hunter peers up at the hospitalized commander. "Oyu oklo kiel tsih."

"I'm well aware of my…pathetic state, SixSix." The commander leers down at the lowly bounty hunter from within his recovery pod. "But trust me I'm still not one to be trifled with."

SixSix shrugs nonchalantly. "Veerhtaw, oll'yu eb eehtr lnuit het touahr yssa os."

"Hm." The commander's eyes narrow, deciding to continue with his address. "Here are the details of your mission."

"Xtiionrm?"

"Yes. However, the Plumbers are jamming my ship's radars, making it impossible to track the Omnitrix's whereabouts."

That has become highly evident after witnessing the juvenile earthling participate in the so-called Sports Festival. Clearly the Plumbers have come up with some means of jamming his ship's radars making it difficult to pinpoint the Omnitrix's signal.

"You must sneak into Plumber Base and insert this device into their system."

A humanoid drone approaches SixSix and hands over a small high tech flashdrive-like device.

"That device is preprogrammed to hack into their systems, it'll detect the jamming signal and hack into its own system."

SixSix pockets the device away. "N'wto het srpbmlue ceitno?"

The commander responds. "No, the Plumbers will not detect the virus; it won't alter their systems or programs instead it will add its own program allowing my systems to detect the Omnitrix's frequency once again." Basically this virus will piggyback off the Plumber's own jamming system to give the commander backdoor access to his own radar again without altering anything to the systems that would stand out to the Plumbers.

"You should take this as well."

Another drone walks forward and inserts a similar high-tech flashdrive into SixSix's advanced suit. The flashdrive glows orange for a moment before turning completely black signaling that a download has been completed.

The commander explains as the drone removes the device. "I've added a program into your suit's systems linking it with my ships."

SixSix gives the commander a questioning look, silently asking why.

"After you've successfully infiltrated Plumber base and comprise their systems not only will I be able to track down the Omnitrix, but so will you."

One can only assume that SixSix is smiling from underneath his helmet. "Ssndou eikl unf."

########(End Flashback)#######

SixSix kicks open the vent and slides out stretching out into the octagon shaped hallway of the Plumber base. He appears to be on the higher level of the base, which means he's closer to the main operations and monitoring room. And so with light but quick steps SixSix sticks close to the wall as he heads off.

He passes by a few doors within the long-wide hallway, but he slows down considerably as he approaches an automatic door with its door left ajar.

SixSix carefully peers inside and he's in for an odd surprise.

A round white robot is inside, having split apart to form as two separate droids. One droid is holding up a poor-drawing of a blue moth-like alien while the other half of the droid works a camcorder. It kinda looks like they're making some sort of cheap documentary.

^This cool looking alien is a Necrofriggian or better known as…Big Chill.^

^That's such a dumb name…^

With the droids distracted SixSix hugs the opposite end of the hall and quietly walks on by without the robots ever noticing his presence.

SixSix continues his way up and eventually he arrives at a much bigger portal as he gets closer, he notices a glass within the metal doors. So he peaks in and sees the one and only Thirteen sitting there at a large wooden family table within a large room.

The table rests on a large octagonal shaped beige rug and with the soft illuminating lights it gives off a nice homey atmosphere. To their immediate right, there is a circular area that appears to be a cozy lounge area with chairs and couches, and a kitchen to boot.

Encasing the entire room, there appear to be small windows that go around the perimeter of the walls, but all there is to see is pure darkness.

A wire with a flat end extends out from his helmet and lays itself against the metal doors listening in on the Plumber.

Thirteen leans forward clicking away on their laptop. "Hm, almost done."

They've been editing through all the Sports Festival clips ever since the students took off for their internships. With any luck Thirteen might be able to finish up by tonight.

The wire reels back into SixSix's helmet and the bounty hunter leans a little closer towards the door. The Plumber's distracted it'd be oh so easy to sneak up on the pro hero while they're busy with their task.

But he'll risk exposing himself and alerting others of his own presence. But this large room will lead him to the main operations room, he needs to get past the Plumber otherwise he can kiss this mission and possibly his life goodbye.

Scanning the hallway SixSix spots another vent and so with a quick jab and pull of his claws he pries the vent open and slips inside, with any luck this will get him to where he needs to go.

Meanwhile, Thirteen continues to click and edit away at the photoage dragging a clip of XLR8 fighting off Tokoyami's Dark Shadow onto the film.

*Bing!*

"Hm?" Thirteen's eyes shift over towards their phone. "Oh, it's Midoriya. I wonder if his internship's going alright." With a simple swipe Izuku's message and photo pop onto the screen. "Oh, my! A Lepidopterran that's definitely an odd one."

Thirteen goes ahead and types up a response hoping to explain what they can for now figuring they could give the U.A. student a proper call later on.

Back with the bounty hunter, SixSix slowly and quietly pries open the last vent, poking his head out into the Surveillance and Monitoring System room.

It's a large white room that's laid out much like a cockpit of a spaceship. There are about four workstations each with their own monitors. The entire front of the curving wall is a pitch-black screen that stretches across the entire length of the space. At the base of the monitor is an oval-shaped console with a circular port at the top of it, the port looks to be big enough to fit a soccer ball inside.

SixSix slides his way over to the main console, he types away and a port opens up within the machine itself.

SixSix pulls out the alien flashdrive and holds it above the port. "Aghitrl olpt cvdeei hree ew og."

And so he plugs the flashdrive in and it immediately gets to work glowing a bright orange and the monitors all glitch out for a brief second as the virus scans the systems and programs for the possible jamming signal. It must have found it because the orange glow fades away and the little device turns black in color.

As the flashdrive goes dark SixSix scans the room not finding anything of significance happening, guess that means it worked.

SixSix goes ahead and pockets the device not wanting to leave evidence of his presence. He makes his way back towards the vent and slips inside making sure to close it back up behind him before heading back the way he came.

After a few minutes of crawling around SixSix arrives back at the entrance of the large living area where Thirteen is working. Slipping out of the vent SixSix closes it back up, again not wanting to leave a trace of his presence. Even if the virus is undetectable, he is not, and he best be sure to remain unseen while he's in enemy territory. But then again there's only a few beings here if he's caught, he might as well retire as a bounty hunter.

The metal portal opens up revealing the oblivious Thirteen on the other side.

Neither the bounty hunter nor pro hero move as they both stare at each other in midstep. They just stare at each other unsure about what's actually going on, neither expecting to see the other at this moment.

Thirteen blinks staring off at the sus looking SixSix who blinks right back…

And like that everything explodes in a burst of urgency.

"Ied sro pdte!" SixSix throws his fists forward and out from the top of his wrists a pair of lasers fire out.

Thirteen's body immediately reacts on its own, diving to the side and taking cover to the side of the open portal. 'What the hell is SixSix doing here?!' They've heard of this bounty hunter before he's got quite the nasty reputation.

Thirteen peeks out but quickly jumps back as another round of laserbolts fire out from the bounty hunter's wrist blasters. 'Shit, this isn't good.'

Looking up Thirteen spots the alarm switch up on the side of the wall and without a second thought they slam their hand down on the switch.

*INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!*

The entire base's lights turn red as the alarms blare throughout the facility.

SixSix glares at red lights, he then reaches down towards the side of his lower abdomen where a special pod opens up and drops a grenade right into his claws.

And with a mechanical snicker he tosses the grenade forward.

Thirteen's eyes widen in horror as the grenade bounces across the threshold. Not waiting to see it explode Thirteen activates Blackhole and the grenade gets sucked up before it can even detonate.

So, with the grenade neutralized and the rain of lasers done with Thirteen springs into action, leaping through the portal but instead of facing SixSix the bounty hunter is fleeing the scene!

"Get back here!" Thirteen runs after the bounty hunter through the hallway.

^What's going on!^

^We're under attack obviously…^

A fully attached One-One hops out from his temporary recording room and just in time to see SixSix leap up and over his head before taking off in a full sprint towards the cargo bay.

^Oh my, a new friend!^ cheers Glad-One.

^Uh, I hate meeting new people…^ whines Sad-One.

Thirteen runs on by. "Not a friend! They're a foe!" And whoosh Thirteen sprints off.

Glad-One gasps. ^Oh, my we have to do something!^

^Do we have to…?^

It doesn't matter because One-One hops after the pursuing hero.

SixSix soon sprints across the cat-walk hanging above the large cargo bay as he approaches the middle he skids to a stop, turns and fires his wrist blasters at his pursuer.

Thirteen, who hasn't even made it onto the catwalk yet, takes cover behind the small wall of a railing.

As laser bolts continue to batter at Thirteen's barricade One-One juvenilely rolls up. ^Oh, my this is quite the predicament.^

^We should all just give up now…^

Thirteen shakes their head in denial. "We're not giving up!"

^Then what's your plan oh great one… ?^

Thirteen frowns. "I…don't know."

The glad side of One-One lights up. ^Oh, I have an idea!^

Thirteen doesn't even get a chance to ask what when One-One suddenly jumps out from their hiding spot and rolls across the catwalk like a bowling ball as lasers fly over his small frame.

SixSix doesn't notice the speeding little guy until it's too late.

One-One's spinning body bounces up and hits SixSix right in the face. SixSix stumps back and his helmet's vision fades in and out, that hit has messed up some of his helmet's inner wiring.

One-One lands back on the catwalk and cheers. ^Ha ha! I am here!^

^Uh, duh…^ grumbles Sad-One.

Thirteen, after a moment of disbelief at the results, jumps out and charges, running across the catwalks. They're running with all they got, hoping to get to SixSix before he can recover.

But it's too late. SixSix regains his vision just in time to see the Plumber charging right for him. He's been made aware of this Plumber's so-called power and knows that at this close of a range he might as well be space dust.

But he's one of the galaxy's most feared bounty hunters, he's evaded Plumbers for years, hell he's even collected the bounty of a few Plumbers over the years he can handle this one. And he knows exactly how.

Several wires burst out from the pods on SixSix's back like thin-metal tentacles all with cylindrical blasters at the end of them. The wired-tentacles all aim down at the catwalk itself and begin to glow red.

Thirteen's eyes widen and they skid to a stop predicting the intruder's intentions.

SixSix glances back at the Plumber and smirks, his left shoulder-pod opens up and a small grey arm pops out and that wave goodbye to the pro hero. "Ese ay ctne lafl."

And so a shower of laser bolts rip right through the catwalk sending all three of them into a free fall. Thirteen quickly grabs the railing, swinging with their half of the catwalk.

One-One unfortunately continues to fall down the cargo bay where he crash lands onto a pile of crates. But he should be fine, he was designed to be near indestructible.

As for SixSix, well, as he was falling his jetpack roared to life and flung him upwards. His wired-tentacles aim up and fire into the ceiling of Plumber Base. The rain of lasers are enough to break through the ceiling and the bounty hunter disappears into the gaping hole.

Thirteen can only watch, dangling from the fallen catwalk, as dirt falls from the gaping hole and for a moment a brief beam of sunlight breaks through until the hole SixSix blasted into fortition collapses in on itself ceiling the temporary tunnel.

Thirteen glares up at the now sealed hole. "That…couldn't have been good."

And so they take a moment to hang in their defeat, before swinging around and using the railing as a ladder to climb up and dangling the catwalk. As Thirteen climbs their way up, their phone in their pocket lights up.

The screen reads that the call is coming from Ochaco Uraraka and she apparently has sent a photo to the U.A. teacher. The photo is of an ancient looking amulet with strange carvings.

But whatever it is it can wait because right now Thirteen needs to find out why SixSix was there to begin with. And hopefully they were able to stop them before it was too late.

---

Meanwhile, back at the Geonosis City Police Headquarters, Officer Sansa finishes up taking the last few reports from the heroes and police officers.

After collecting everyone's statements, reports, and combing through the apartment complexes for evidence the heroes and police pooled their collective knowledge together to gather up the following information.

Thanks to Izuku they now got the villain's name, a composite sketch, and an idea about his Quirk. Unfortunately, the Quirk Registry doesn't have anything on a possible foreigner named Clancy; it's possible it was just an alias. As for his Quirk they can definitely deduce that Clancy is manipulating insects and bugs to his will, the specifics on how are unclear as of now.

Izuku of course also brought up the odd canister of toxins that Clancy had. And the police got right to work, scanning the room for possible toxins but unfortunately the combination of grime, dust, and Big Chill's melting ice all but prevented the detectives from properly identifying any type of toxins. And it seems Clancy took the canister with him when he fled. Meaning they have no evidence or means of tracking down any possible leads on where the villains were able to procure such a poison.

But most importantly they also know that this villain definitely has it out for "humans" even though he is a human himself. So they quickly chalk him up to being rather…unstable which makes him even more of a threat.

Officer Sansa drops his notes down on the table having finally finished explaining everything. down his note "Alright, that's everything."

Officer Sansa briefly scans his notes before peering up at Gang Orca, Dholak, and a thankfully not-smelly Izuku although everyone is still giving him a wide berth just in case.

Izuku melts back into his seat still somewhat crestfallen about how that crowd reacted to his presence.

Dholak goes ahead and asks what they're all thinking. "Now what?"

Officer Sansa sighs exhaustively. "That…I don't know." He turns to the only pro hero present. "Thoughts?"

"Hm." Gang Orca cups his hands together, leaning forward in his seat that's far too small for his frame. "We may have gained some knowledge about this…Clancy but we've lost our own element of surprise."

Izuku eyes the hero waiting for an explanation. "What do you mean?"

"The villain is now aware of heroes within the city, and we're pretty recognizable so it'd be easy to research my Quirk and Dholak's." Gang Orca then gestures towards the greenette. "Not to mention you were in the Sports Festival so he may try to exploit our own weaknesses by studying up."

Izuku gulps, worried because Gang Orca really does have a point. There just might be a chance this Clancy guy can now prepare himself to take them on, even right now Izuku could come up with several different ways Clancy could defeat them.

"But we still have an advantage." adds Gang Orca as if to relieve Izuku's worries. "Our presence may just be enough to cause this villain to slip up."

"Huh?"

Officer Sansa interjects. "Allow me to explain, a hero's very presence can deter many wannabe crooks and villains. Take All Might for example."

Izuku's eyes widen as the explanation dawns on him, keeping his attention on the officer.

"Ever since All Might's been on the scene the crime rates all across Japan have plummets to new record lows. All because of his immense power and overwhelming presence."

Gang Orca chips in. "As such the presence of pro heroes within an area is often enough to make any villain go into hiding or even give up on their plans."

Izuku lights up, if this is true then the villain may just give it all up! "That's good right?"

Gang orca shakes his head. "Normally it would be, but I don't think this villain operates the same way. Considering he's been assaulting the city in broad daylight."

Izuku melts down in his seat feeling very crestfallen.

"But that's where we can gain the advantage." Gang Orca straightens up in his seat as to express the seriousness of what he has to say. "This villain is going to escalate his efforts as quickly as he can before we become aware of his intentions."

It just now dawns on Officer Sansa. "What?! Are you saying he's going to attack the city again?! And soon?!"

"Possibly, but what I'm also saying is this." Gang Orca cups his chin in thought. "If this villain has become paranoid due to us being here then they're going to try to rush their own plan. And when one is too fearful and moving with haste, they are more prone to making mistakes."

Izuku gaps in understanding. "Oh, so you think that he'll be in such a panic that he'll trip himself up!"

"Exactly."

"But we still have an issue." comments Dholak. "We have no idea where this villain is. And I'm sure he's not going to fall for the same trick as last time." Basically Clancy isn't just going to let the heroes follow a swarm of bugs back to their hideout.

Gang Orca rises from his seat. "Then we'll implement the oldest tactic of being a hero." He marches for the door as Dholak pushes himself away from the table too.

Izuku however is a bit lost. "And that is?"

"Gear up, shrimp." Gang Orca's red eyes shine back at the boy. "We're going on patrol."

---

And so they do, the members of Gang Orca's agency go ahead and drake separate sections of the city to patrol. Gang Orca in the North, Dholak the South, and Izuku in the East. Plus the police are out in force scouring the entire city while making sure the citizens remain indoors just in case Clancy gets ahead of himself and attacks, they also lock down the city just in case he tries to make a run for it.

They all search with do vigilance a harsh silent tension has fallen over the city like everyone's bracing themselves for the inevitable explosion of chaos.

Hopefully someone will report something about the villain's whereabouts, with a whole city searching there can't be too many places for him to hide. Then again, he did avoid detection for nearly a week before the heroes arrived.

Speaking of heroes or rather hero course students, Izuku is out on his Hoverboard flying through the city buildings keeping his eyes peeled to the ground and the sky for any signs of Clancy. Nothing can be overlooked from a discarded hoodie to a single fly harmlessly buzzing by.

Izuku wipes the sweat off his brow. He could do without this heat though; this Urban Heat Effect is real and it sure does suck.

As the greenette tries to bear with the heat he allows his mind to wonder back to his encounter with the villain. Specifically that weird canister he had and that ooze inside it. Why did Clancy think it would kill him? All because he thought Izuku was human? Buy why? And heck, where'd he even get a hold of stuff like that?!

Maybe if Izuku thinks back and resteps everything he saw and heard. There was that strange smell, there was trash, there were bugs, there was….

'Ahh! This is so infuriating!' Izuku grips his head in frustration. 'Come on universe just toss me a bone!'

*Clank!*

Izuku brings the hoverboard to a stop and peers down into the narrow alley below to see what could have caused such a loud noise. And apparently it was a rat, like a giant rat, a rat that walks…on two legs?

Izuku watches as the bipedal rat snacthes something right out of the trash can and pockets it for later. The rat is wearing an orange jacket and it's got a mane of black quills on the back of his head.

"Why do I feel like I've seen them before…" Izuku cups his chin as he tries to think back… And then it hits him!

##########(Flashback to Ch.8)#########

"This is one of the biggest rats in all of Musutafu, both in the literal and metaphorical sense of the word." Izuku is unsure what they mean. "He's a con artist." Thirteen explains.

Argit interrupts, feeling somewhat offended. "I prefer the term entrepreneur."

Thirteen gives the rodent a nasty glare.

Argit appropriately takes a few steps back, airing on the side of caution. "Hey come on, now. I mean a rat's gotta make a living, you know?"

The Plumber's glare intensifies tenfold.

Ochaco decides to risk her well-being by speaking up. "I don't mean to step on your toes, Thirteen, but shouldn't you arrest him."

Argit gulps but he keeps his composure despite the situation. "He…" He pauses. "she…um, they wouldn't dare, not without good cause, plus I am following Intergalactic law, because my…" He pauses to think. "business dealings in no way compromise the wellbeing of my fellow space travelers."

Thirteen's glare somehow becomes even more terrifying.

Argit sighs in defeat. "I'm also a part time snitch and informant for the Red Spot." He gestures towards Thirteen.

########(End Flashback)#######

'But why is he here?' Izuku eyes the rat-alien warily for a moment before something else pops into his mind.

When Clancy poured that toxin on Big Chill, he said something: Clancy's harden and furious scowl returns. "That damn rat!" He slams the canister down, smashing it apart and the last of the liquid spills out onto the floorboards. "He lied to us!"

Izuku's eyes pop wide open. 'No it can't be…but…you never know.' And so he slowly begins to descend towards the oblivious alien hustler. "I know you, don't I?"

Argit kicks over a can as he scrambles away in fright. "Wah?!" He grips his chest, his heart pounding from being startled, but he calms down and a look of annoyance grows on his face as he eyes Izuku. "Oh, it's you."

The intern folds his arms as he stands atop his hoverboard. "So, we have met."

"Yeah, at Mr. Baumann's place."

"That's right!" Izuku nods before giving Argit a suspicious look. "And if I remember correctly, Thirteen didn't have such kind words about you."

"And I take offense to that!" snaps Argit.

"S-sorry." Izuku fiddles with his fingers nervously. "But I was kinda hoping you could help me."

"Help…you?" Argit shakes his head waving his hand in denial. "Nah, uh, no way pal. I don't help Red Spots." He turns to walk away, his back to Izuku. "Or heroes for that matter." And so he walks away all definitely like that's the final word.

"Wait! What do you know about the bug villain?"

Argit pauses, his eyes going wide before they smoothly become more placid. "Who?"

"You know the villain that's been attacking this city!"

Argit thinks on it and then a light smirk appears on his face and his snout twitches as if it can actually sniff out a quick buck. "I…may have heard a few rumors." If he plays this right, he just might swindle this snot-nosed brat right out of his allowance. "What is it you want to know, exactly?"

"The villain, they had this…canister of poison or something."

With his back still to Izuku, Argit's ears shoot up in surprise and he practically has to pull them down in order to look as calm and innocent as possible. "Eh, uh, yeah sorry, hehe. But I don't think I know enough to help." And with a smile that's far from genuine Argit quickly tries to walk away.

Izuku frowns, he knows a lie when he hears one after all he was friends with Henzu. Not to mention he, regrettably, lied to his own mother just to keep her from worrying about him.

"Hang on!" Izuku's hoverboard races forward, intercepting the rat's path.

Argit scrambles back as Izuku nearly runs him over. "Hey, what're you doing?!"

Izuku, harnessing his inner Gang Orca, stands tall, his breathing low, and his piercing gaze fixed on the lowlife if this is going to work then he needs to be as intimidating as possible.

And it, miraculously works, if Argit's cowering hunched over form is anything to go by.

"You do know something don't you?"

"What?!" Argit tries to play it coy. "Me?! Why I would never work with a fella like him, alright?"

"Who said they were a him?"

"Excuse me?"

"I never said the villain's gender, but you did."

Argit's blood goes cold. "Wait, wait, wait, come on now I was just being general about it. You know?"

Izuku's gaze hardens. "Come on, you know more than you're letting on."

It seems that Izuku's intimidation has worn off, because Argit has gone from scared to annoyed. "Alright, maybe I do but what's it to ya?"

"What matters is this city and the people who live in it?!"

Argit scoffs. "So?"

Izuku is adequately starting to get frustrated with this guy, he sort-of reminds him of Henzu in a way. He's got that shifty con artist feel to him.

"So, you're going to tell me all that you know!" Izuku holds his narrowed glare, leaning forward and standing as tall as he can as he holds his steely gaze.

But Argit is having none of it looking rather calm and unafraid.

Izuku holds his glare for another moment, and another, and another, and another…but Argit never breaks.

But then… Argit's quills spring up on his head and Izuku jumps away, startled by the sudden action only to realize that he was the one to break under the pressure.

Argit deadpans. "You've never done this before, huh?"

Izuku goes red from embarrassment, for his first attempt at an interrogation it did not go over too well did it? "Look, this guy…he's up to something. Something that may…hurt hundreds of people, of humans!"

"So? Why should I care about humans I mean…" Argit gestures to himself, after all he's not exactly human.

"Come on, please you have to help!" Izuku is practically begging at this point as he jumps down from his hoverboard and stows it away. "This guy can control legions of bugs and with that strange toxin there's no doubt he's going to cause some major harm! He can't be allowed to do this, it's not right! We need to stop him before it's too late otherwise…we're all done for." His breath is heavy after delivering such a tirade.

He looks at Argit expectantly like he's going to give in to his please. And Argit, for his part, actually looks like he's considering Izuku's words! Maybe, just maybe he appealed to his better nature.

Izuku offers up his hand in friendship. "So, what do you say? Will you help me?"

Argit looks between the hand to its owner. "Nope."

…

"What?"

"I said, no."

Izuku's mind is still processing.

Argit backs away in annoyance. "Look, kid you seem nice, so I'll level with ya. There's no benefit for me to help you. Plus you can't actually do anything to me."

"Huh?"

"Yeah, if you turn me in to that overgrown fish of a hero I may just…let somethings slip." His eyebrows bounce up and down as if to suggest something…nefarious. "You never know a rat like me just might let a few…sensitive things slip out." A sly smirk crawls its way onto the rat's face as his threat reaches Izuku's ear.

The space cadet is in absolute shock and awe just from Argit's not-so subtle threat. "You wouldn't dare…"

Argit's smirk grows, glad the boy is getting the picture. "I would." As long as it's to his benefit Argit could care less about who he hurts, he'd even sell his own mother if it meant a few more bucks in his wallet.

"But the Plumbers-"

"Don't have any reason to arrest me." Argit waves this concern off like it's nothing, and in a way it's true he may be breaking Japan laws but not intergalactic laws, meaning if the Plumbers out him then they'll out themselves. "Sorry kid but I've been at this way longer than you have. After all, why do you think I'm still walking about without a single Plumber in sight?"

Izuku can't believe this! How!? How can this rat just be so cold?!

"So why don't you just…head on out on your little hall monitor duty?" Argit shews Izuku away with a cocky grin. "I'm sure you'll catch this guy all on your own…or not." And with that Argit strolls right past Izuku without a care in the world.

Izuku's hair cast a dark shadow over his eyes as the air around him becomes rather ominous. "So, you're not going to cooperate?"

Argit stops. "That's the idea."

Fine, Izuku's done with this anyway. And so he lifts up his wrist and goes ahead and dials up an alien.

Argit, having seen the kid in action, panics. "What are you doing?!"

Izuku stops turning the Omnitrix faceplate and raises his hand right above it. "This." He just lets his hand drop right onto the dial and a blinding light floods the alley.

What happens after the light fades away could be considered both hilarious and/or disgusting to those who have the chance to witness this.

"Hey, put me down you big palooka!"

Four Arms stomps forward and pulls the gangling Argit up higher by his tail. "Alright, since you asked so nicely."

"Hey!" Argit shouts as Four Arms drops him right into an open dumpster that's nearly filled to the brim with trash bags and garbage. "Wait-"

Four Arms slams the dumpster shut, his fingers curl around the lid and with his mighty grip he crushes the lid shut, locking the alien inside.

Argit desperately bangs on the lid, he may be a rat but even his nose can't take the stench of… Oh, god is that garbage bag filled with diapers?! "Hey, let me out of here you bastard!"

Four Arms keeps his hand locked on the lid. "Not until you tell me what I want."

"Go rot in a gutter!"

"Alright, just remember I tried being nice." Four Arms bends down, below the dumpster.

"Woah, woah!" Argit freaks out as the dumpster is lifted into the air. "What are you doing?"

When Four Arms has a good grip on the bottom of the dumpster does, he responds. "Just so you know I am sorry about this."

"Sorry about-Wahhh!"

Like a kid testing a present before Christmas, Four Arms rapidly shakes the dumpster throwing Argit around inside.

"Stop! Stop it!" screams Argit as his quills and claws tear into the garbage bags. "Gwahh! Uh, gross!

"Not until you spill it!" Four Arms tosses the dumpster up into the air.

"Ayiii!" Argit screams all the while even as Four Arms catches it on its way down. "Bleh, keep this up and I'll end up spilling my lunch…"

"Just tell me!"

Argit kicks the side of the dumpster. "I can't, if I rat out my clients then that's bad for business!"

Four Arms deadpans as he shakes the dumpster again.

"A-a-alright, I-I'll t-talk I'll talk!"

Four Arms grins before he drops the dumpster with a loud clang. He slips his fingers into the lid and tears the dumpster open to reveal a garbage covered Argit, who's stench could rival that of Stinkfly's.

Argit scrambles out of the dumpster, plopping down onto the ground, as he pants heavily catching his breath.

Four Arms kneels down. "So, is there something you'd like to tell me?"

Argit nods as he sits up. "I gave Clancy the canister." he admits with much disdain.

"Where'd you get it from."

"The chemical factory."

"What?"

"Uh!" Argit rolls his eyes as he pushes himself onto his feet, dusting his jacket of any garbage. "That "toxin" was nothing, but a canister of chemicals slapped together. I got them from that chemical factory on the west side of town."

Four Arms raises an eyebrow. "Got it? You mean bought it right?"

"Uh…sure let's go with that."

Four Arms glares.

"Hey as far as you know that's the truth."

Four Arms goes ahead and moves on. "What's Clancy planning?"

"Beats me. Eiii!" Argit flinches, covering his head as Four Arm raises his fist at him. "I'm being honest!"

Four Arms lowers his fist.

"Look, man, if it means I'm getting paid then I don't ask questions."

Four Arms frowns but he doesn't question it, Argit seems like the type to take the cash and run. "What can you tell me about the toxin?"

"Not much… " As Argit thinks his eyes go wide with worry as he stares up at the transformed human before averting his gaze. "Well…" His voice falls away and he goes suspiciously quiet.

Four Arms eggs him on. "Well what?"

Target nervously pulls on his collar. "I do remember one thing about the toxin." He gulps before giving Four Arms a sheepish smile. "It's apparently very deadly to…humans."

And just like that, Four Arms remembers the last thing Clancy said about the toxin: "This toxin should have exterminated you and any other humans!" Not only that he also said the following: "And so we will exterminate all humans."

With the pieces in place Four Arms sprints away so quickly he could possible keep up with XLR8, but that could just be an exaggeration.

Argit blinks a couple times before realizing the interrogation was over. "Hey where are you going?!"

"To get help!" shouts the panicked Four Arms as he grips his phone and dials away for Gang Orca.

Argit watches on as Four Arms leaps up into the air as he heads for the west side of the city. "Man, Uuichi was right. That guy is a pain." Argit makes a mental note for himself not to get any more involved with that kid, he's just a magnet for trouble.

Back with Four Arms, the red muscled alien continues to hop from building top to building top as he waits for Gang Orca to pick up.

---

Gang Orca steps out of the Rolls-Royce Phantom. "This better be the place."

"It's gotta be." responds Izuku from atop his hoverboard.

After he arrived, he had to wait for Gang Orca, Dholak, and Officer Sansa to arrive and in that time, he actually clocked out and transformed back into human. And so here they are standing at the gate of a giant chemical plant. The whole place seems to be locked up tight and empty, which makes sense since the rest of the police have the entire city on lockdown. Speaking of police, they couldn't afford to send any back up instead they're all remaining within the city to patrol the streets and keep people indoors.

Dholak raises a suspicious eyebrow at the boy. "How'd you come by this anyway?"

A bit of nervous sweat forms on Izuku's brow as he looks away. "Um, a little rat told me."

"A rat?"

"Yes…"

"Never mind that." Gang Marches forward, gripping the locked gate, with his sharp claws he rips right through the padded lock before swinging the gate open. "If the villain's heading here then we best be prepared to take him on at all costs." Gang Orca turns and peers over at the only officer present. "Officer Sansa?"

"Of course." Somehow the two of them had a silent conversation, before Officer Sansa turns to address the intern. "Midoriya."

Izuku fidgets in place. "Yes?!"

Gang Orca turns to him too. "I hereby give you permission to use your Quirk against the villain."

"What?" Izuku looks between Gang Orca and Officer Sansa. "But what about the law?" They talked about it earlier!

Officer Sansa waves it off. "The law states that those without proper licensing are forbidden to use their Quirks in public, however, there are exceptions to that rule or rather there are loopholes."

Izuku blinks not sure how he feels to hear that some laws have loopholes.

Officer Sansa continues. "Your status as a hero course student of U.A. grants you some leeway to this rule. However there is a condition you must have permission from your school or guardian to use your Quirk in a public setting."

Gang Orca gestures to himself. "Since you are currently under my tutelage, I can grant you that permission."

Izuku tilts his head. "So, does that mean?"

The killer whale nods. "Yes, if the need shall arise you will be allowed to use your Quirk without any restrictions."

Izuku straightens up: a part of him wants to be excited that he has permission to fully use his Quirk but the other wants to make sure he doesn't overdo it.

"Keep in mind, you are still a student as such fighting the villain should be your last resort not your first. Is that understood?"

"Yes."

"Good." Gang Orca turns towards the factory. "In truth, this is no time to be giving lessons or rousing speech. Thousands of people's lives are on the line all because of one villain. We will not stand for it. We. Will. Devour. That. VILLAIN!" Like a feral beast on the loose, Gang Orca charges forward for the entrance and it doesn't take long for the others to follow suit.

Gang Orca basically smashes his way right through the large tin-like garage doors leaving a gaping hole in his wake that's wide enough for the other three to step through.

The factory is huge with a wide-open space filled with all sorts of machinery, pipes, and hanging lights with even a few catwalks above for the scientists to observe all the going ons from above. But this is only the first area of the chemical plant surely there's more to it than this.

But none of that matters because right there sneaking his way through the room is the villain!

Clancy just stares at surprise at the intruders, clearly, he wasn't expecting them so soon after he himself just got here.

"Rahhhh!" Gang Orca releases a high frequency sonic pulse right at the villain.

"Damn, humans!" Clancy braces himself as seemingly out of nowhere a swarm of cicadas intercept the sonic screech.

Their combined chirps and buzzing are just enough to dampen the impact of the soundwaves, their own proving to be a good interrupter.

"You damn, bug!" Gang Orca scowls, now truly understanding how the villain used the cicadas to avoid his detection.

"Clancy!" Officer Sansa aims his pistol right at said villain. "You are under arrest for terrorism, illegal Quirk use, and destruction of property!"

"He…he…hehe. Hahaha. Hahahaha!" Clancy howls into a fit of laughter as the cicadas buzz around him, protecting him.

A shiver runs down Izuku's spine. "Why is he laughing?!" Seriously, that's just so wrong. Why would a villain be laughing at their own defeat?!

Dholak is just as creeped out. "Something tells me we're about to find out."

Clancy catches his breath and grins at the heroes. "Surrender? We don't know the meaning of the word."

"Then please." Gang Orca readies his claws. "Allow us to teach you."

Clancy's grin falls away to a nasty scowl as the cicada swirl around his frame.

Gang Orca leans forward, Officer Sansa steadies his gun, Dholak raises his pincers, and even Izuku grips his Omnitrix as they all square off waiting for someone to make the first move.

"Enough of this! Yaa!" Dholak launches his lance-like legs forward.

Clancy ducks down just in time for the extended legs to attack to impale themselves into the wall behind him.

Izuku's nose twitches for a moment. 'It's that smell.' It's that rotting onion smell again.

Before he can say anything, a massive wave of flying insects crash through the upper windows, flowing the entire space quickly as they infest the whole facility.

Gang Orca blasts away regenerating sonic wave after sonic wave to ward off the encroaching swarm but he might as well be fighting fog because the swarm easily and rapidly replace their numbers.

Dholak isn't doing any better spinning around and using his extended limbs as sort-of fans to swat away the swarm.

Sansa seems to be a little more effective with his smoke grenades and flashbangs warding off the insects.

As for Izuku, well he's flying up above on his hoverboard, evading strikes from the flooding swarm, swatting bugs that get too close, and avoiding obstacles like the hanging lights, catwalk, and pipes. Even as he soars above avoiding the swarm, he still manages to survey the situation: he can see Dholak swatting and swinging away at the bugs, he can hear Officer Sansa's flashbangs, and gaps in the swarm burst forth thanks to Gang Orca's soundwaves.

But more importantly Izuku spots Clancy running towards a large open passage at the end of the vast room. "Clancy's heading for the lab!"

Dholak breaks free of the swarm just enough to spot Clancy too. "Well go after him, dumbass!"

"Right!"

They burst forward after the villain, and soon both officer Sansa and Gang orca break out of the swarm too but they're far behind them.

Clancy makes it through but as he goes red light flares up at the top of the entrance and a large metal wall slowly descends downward.

Izuku and Dholak speed up, Izuku leaning forward on his hoverboard makes it through and with a quick launch from his extended legs Dholak makes it though as the descending wall makes it half-way.

But by the time Gang Orca and Officer Sansa arrive…it's too late as the passage has been completely closed off to them.

Gang Orca slams his fist against the barricade, but it doesn't so much as leave a dent.

Officer Sansa is starting to panic as the massive waving swarm approaches them. "What do we do?!" He fires his gun at the swarm but like one would expect it didn't do a damn thing.

One portion of the swarm race forward right for the officer but Gang orca steps in the way, releasing a sonic shield that propels the insects away.

"Stay close to me." He releases another sonic shield before more insects could get to them.

"What about the others?"

"Don't worry about them." SKREEE! Another sonic shield. "For now we should just focus on ourselves."

Officer Sansa grips his last two flash grenades. "Right."

Meanwhile, from inside the passageway Izuku's pounding his fist against the iron barricade. "Boss!"

Dholak peels Izuku away from the wall. "Let's go kid!"

"But the boss and Officer Sansa!"

"Are On their own. Come on!"

Izuku is hesitant, looking back at the iron wall. "But-"

"If we stop the villain then we save them. Besides, the boss is more than capable of taking care of a few pests." If anything they should be more concerned about themselves.

Izuku bits his lip. "You're right."

"Duh."

And so they both take off, racing down the long passageway. After nearly a minute of running they can see light pouring in from the exit.

"He's got to be there!" yells out the greenette, slowing down to make sure he arrives with his fellow sidekick.

That was his mistake as another iron gate begins to descend down, threatening to block the exit.

"It's closing!"

"Hurry it up!" Dholak's kicks into high gear but even if he somehow reaches a new top speed neither of them will make it.

Dholak wraps his extended limb around Izuku's waist.

"What are you doing?!"

"Get going, shrimp!" Dholak pulls Izuku back away from his hoverboard, he spins around, and with a mighty swing his extended-leg he slingshots Izuku forward and through the doorway.

Izuku slides across the ground before coming to a stop, his eyes wide in surprise as Dholak stops running, seeing no point since he won't make it.

"Go squash that bug, kid."

And like that the passageway shuts closed leaving Izuku to deal with the villain by himself once again.

Izuku gets up and has a look around. He appears to be in a plastic outlined room probably meant for those that work here to put on hazmat suits and get decontaminated.

Figuring his own suit is good enough, Izuku brushes past the plastic door to find himself in another large space.

The place is cold and dark with rows and rows of giant vats probably storing all sorts of chemicals and toxins, with a catwalk that stretches over them all. Heavy machinery and equipment in the walls and a maze of pipes run in every which way from the ground, walls, and ceiling.

"You again?!" Clancy's voice echoes through the chemical lab as he hides away in the shadows. "How'd you find me?"

"The smell." Izuku spots the stairs leading up to the catwalk. "Pretty hard to miss." Seriously, that rotten onion smell is distinct.

"You should take this more seriously, hero."

Izuku steps onto the catwalk, moving warily since Clancy can decide to attack at any given moment. "And you need to calm down. Can we talk about this?"

"NO!"

Izuku scans everything trying to look for any sign about the villain's whereabouts. "Why not? I mean what are you even trying to accomplish here? All you're doing is sewing chaos!" Maybe if he can get this guy to talk, he can maybe talk him out of this or at least buy some time for Gang Orca and the others to catch up.

"Hahahaha! Is that all you think? No, I was giving the foul humans of this city a warning. Which is more than they deserve" There's venom dripping from Clancy's voice like he has some sort of personal vendetta against everyone.

"A warning?" Izuku is getting frantic looking and looking for the villain. "What exactly are you planning?!"

"Tell us human? What do you feel when you step on a bug?"

That's an odd question.

"Does it make you feel superior? Strong? Invincible? Tell me."

Izuku gives in and shouts out. "What are you getting at?!"

"Humans are selfish, greedy, and vile! They only care for themselves without any care for the harm they cause to others. They step all over each other, hoping to get what?! Money? Recognition?! Power?! They poison everything! Destroying lives, people, and everything they touch!"

Izuku fearfully backs away as chirps, buzzing, and the beating of tiny wings echo from every direction.

"But we understand." The hidden bugs chirp and beat their wings in response to their master. "We know what's like to be stepped on by humans, to be pushed out and tormented by humans, so much so that they resort to eliminating us from the world!"

The hidden swarm buzzing explode and echo all around Izuku who's frantically searching and searching becoming delirious and panicky as it finally sets in how far this guy just might be willing to go.

And then the buzzing stops, Izuku stops all because of the villain. Clancy is standing just down the catwalk, out in the open without a hint of fear for his safety, standing beside a control panel.

"So, we'll eliminate them from this world first." Clancy places a hand on the control panel.

Izuku eyes him warily. "What…what are you…?"

Clancy smirks. "This factory manufactures all sorts of chemicals and compounds, but these vats are specifically considered highly toxic for humans."

Izuku peers down at the open vats below and there are just pools and pools of the same green toxin Clancy poured on Big Chill earlier.

"Now imagine it. A high concentrate of toxins fumigating this entire city! Exterminating every filthy human in it!"

"You can't do this?!" Izuku does his best to keep his voice from sounding too scared and squeaky. "Besides your…your plan won't even work! I mean it didn't work on me!" Maybe if Izuku can, he can get Clancy to trip up to make him second guess his choices right now.

"That was a surprise but there are other ways to deal with those like you."

The hidden swarm of bugs echo out from the shadows and a few hornets zip by past Izuku's hair as if to give him their personal points.

"Our plan is flawless." Clancy grins as he grips a lever on the control panel and gives it a pull.

*Vrrrrr.*

Foldable tins lower down into each of the chemical vats and begin vacuuming up all of the toxins.

Izuku follows the piping until his eyes land on a giant cylindrical machine at the end of the lab.

Clancy goes ahead and explains. "That there is a grade A gasifier, basically it converts any liquid chemical into a gas."

"Gas…" It feels like the world has stopped as Izuku finally gets Clancy's plan of action

He's going to fumigate the entire city and with the Urban Heat Effect trapping any and all fumes the toxic gas will only spread and remain in the city! For how long doesn't matter because it'll be long enough to kill everyone!

"You…can't…you'll be…killing everyone…"

Clancy smirks as he picks up an old looking gas mask from his hoodie; the gas mask has big insect-like eye holes and the mouthpiece looks like oddly-shaped mandibles of a bug. "That's the idea." He tucks the mask over his head giving him a more bug-like look.

Okay, it's time for the last resort. "Well I have an idea, too." Izuku dials up the Omnitrix and disappears in green light. "I'm going to stop you!" Stinkfly's wing beat behind him in a threatening manner and his stinger raised up at the ready.

Clancy glares through the large bug-like lens. "We won't allow that."

And like a plague on Egypt the massive swarm of insects flood out from their hiding places, swirling around Clancy like a massive swirling veil before charging right for the alien.

Stinkfly takes off into the air and just in time for the swarm to crash and bounce off the very spot he was occupying, chasing after him as he rises up into the air.

The swarm chase Stinkfly through the facility, they flood past pipes like a stream washing around a log, they swerve around the vats, the circle and swirl the catwalk as Stinkfly tries all he can to lose them but they continuously stay right on his tail even getting so close at times that his tail actually gets bite and stung a few times.

'Come on, what did Thirteen say about this guy again?' Stinkfly thinks back to the explanation he got from Thirteen earlier, after he first encountered Clancy.

Stinkfly is apparently a Lepidopterran, they produce a foul odor thanks to a bodily produced oil, they aren't exactly the strongest, and grossly enough they spit out goop from their eyestalks! But Stinkfly does have a pretty big stinger, a very durable and sharp stinger.

And so Stinkfly flies up, close to the ceiling of the roof and just as he had hopped the swarm follows right behind like a massive smoke cloud. With his targets in range, Stinkfly spins and with expert timing his stinger slashes right through a large pipe, a water pipe, the sprinkler system pipe.

As planned water gushes out like a waterfall, dowsing the incoming insects who were unfortunately moving too quickly to evade the deluge. Thus giving Stinkfly a much-needed lead to circle back towards Clancy.

Circling back around Stinkfly quickly dive bombs the villain. "In coming!"

He zooms right over Clancy who dives down to avoid being taken out.

He growls back up at the creature as it circles around for another go. "Buzz off!"

Stinkfly grin, flashing his misshapen teeth. "Hehehe! Good one!"

He dive bombs again but Clancy jumps away just in the nick of time. Stinkfly circles around again but this time he stops midair, takes a breath in and releases a barrage of slime right out of his eyes.

The slime rains down in a line like bullets but Clancy grips the side of the catwalk and jumps off right onto the side of a vat before sliding down before taking cover behind a forklift. "You're an insect just like us!" He sticks his head out but quickly recoils as a slime bullet nearly strikes him. "You should be on our side."

Clancy swings his arm out as if throwing something, but he has nothing to throw, so what was the point? Stinkfly wasn't even anywhere near him.

*Sniff*

'What's that smell?'

Despite Stinkfly's own well stink there's another odor in the air too. It's not that rotting onion smell either, it's something else…like a bowl of rose petals mixed with honey, it's sweet and distinct.

Stinkfly circles around the forklift and Clancy, for some reason, is surprised to see him and barely has enough time to avoid another shower of slime.

Clancy takes cover behind one of the large vats. "Why hasn't it affected you?!"

Stinkfly lands on the ceiling, crawling along it like a spider. "What are you talking about?"

"Never you mind." Clancy scowls as he swings his hands forward and that sweet savory smell increases.

"It's your Quirk!" All four of Stinkfly's eyes widen in realization as the smell waffles up to him. 'His Quirk! He's using pheromones that explains the smell!'

That's it!Before, back at the apartment, when he was smelling the rotten onions it wasn't onions it was Clancy producing a pheromone that must manipulate the behaviors of insects! And since Stinkfly is so much like an insect the pheromone was much more pleasing to the smell whereas a human or any other species would find it as foul and rancid. Thank god Stinkfly is probably too intelligent (and an alien) for Clancy's "Releaser Pheromones" Quirk not to work on him.

Before he can divulge further the soaked swarm is dry and ready for more action the massive cloud rises up and rushes for their enemy.

Stinkfly quickly goes right back to lopping around and swerving from one end of the factory to another as the insects give chase.

'Alright, I got an idea about how his Quirk works.' Stinkfly quickly changes directions just before colliding into a vat, thankfully some of the swarm are not as agile and crash into it before recollecting itself to continue the pursuit.

"Hehehe, Wah!" Stinkfly gets slammed from above, apparently a small portion of the swarm diverged off and got him while he was busy laughing.

"You guys really are pests!" Stinkfly barfs up a glob of slime, dosing the insects on him and washing them away, thankfully his natural bodily oil prevents himself from being gooped by his own slime.

"No!" Clancy roars out in anguish as Stinkfly lands right in his path. "You think you've won? Not yet."

Clancy uses his Releaser Pheromones Quirk, evident by an increase in that sweet odor. What's left of the swarm soon arrives but not just them but a whole armory of cockroaches scurry out from their hiding places. But they don't attack, no what they do is by far so much worse. All the wasps, roaches, cicadas, and just everything else encroach on Clancy himself. Shrouding him in a mass of bugs. The shroud of disgusting bugs lift Clancy up and become a sort of full body cloak covering him completely from his head all the way to his feet, even lifting him up to make an even taller form.

Stinkfly grips his mouth to prevent him from puking as he backs away. "Okay, even I think that's nasty…"

"We'll destroy you!" Clancy's voice screams out from within the cloak of living insects as the giant mass lashes out at him, swinging its representation of an arm at the alien as to swat him like a lowly bug.

Stinkfly's limber legs and nimble wings allow him to leap back just in the nick of time. As he flies up Stinkfly releases bullets of slime at the collected swarm and it works, the whole right arm gets gooped and droops away as the helpless insects all get stuck and or drown. But soon more roaches and insects arrive from elsewhere and quickly replace the lost limb of the bug cloak.

The regenerated cloak of insects takes a swing at the pesky hero who shifts to the side to avoid the strike before diving straight for the center of the mass where the insects are probably keeping their king. With his stinger thrusted forward Stinkfly crashes right into the center of the swarm, slamming with a hard crash as bugs go flying all around him either in pieces as he hopefully rams into the villain. But it was all for not, as the mass washes down and cascades over Stinkfly pulling him down and pinning him onto the hard ground.

Clancy's head pulse free of the crawling, buzzing cloak as his unwilling underlings pin the alien down. "It's over for you, fly."

The Lepidopterran scowls up at the bug villain. "Not a fly, Stinkfly!"

With a quick inhale of breath, Stinkfly's cheeks puff out and his eyes tighten giving him the look of someone trying to use the bathroom.

Clancy raises an eyebrow, but he soon has his answer as a cloud of green fumes just radiates off of the bug creature. "What is this?!"

Stinkfly grins up at him. "This is pest control."

A string of slime shoots out of his eye smacking into Clancy's gas mask. Now a thick rope of slime stretches from the mask to Stinkfly's eye and so with a pull of his eyestalk the gas mask rips away, and Clancy is left exposed.

"GAHHHH!" Clancy gags as he falls backwards, waving his hands desperately at his face to get rid of the awful green gas. "That's terrible! It's like a skunk dropped one in a sewage plant that's on fire!" There are tears in his eyes as he gags and tries in vain to plug his nose.

As Clancy tries to find relief, his once massive swarm begins to disperse. The insects begin to go their separate ways, washing away and becoming nothing but specs as they all go back to whence, they came, exiting through the broken windows, cracks, and shadows.

As the last few roaches scurry away does Clancy realize his folly. "No come back *cough*! We-I need you!" He grabs at his mouth he can taste the terrifyingly disgusting stretch! "What did you do?!"

Stinkfly grins down at the keeled over hobo. "I fought stink with stink. Hehehe!" " Specifically Izuku used Stinkfly's own natural body odor to overpower and counteract Clancy's Releaser Pheromones Quirk.

"Why you-"

*SPLURT!*

A big glop of slime glues Clancy in place.

Stinkfly sighs, glad the fight's all done and over with. "Finally."

"Ha ha, you think you've won?" Despite being captured Clancy is uncharastically ecstatic. "My plan can still succeed even without my Quirk."

Stinkfly lets out an exasperated sigh before strolling over towards the gasifier which is still humming as it continues to evaporate the toxic liquids.

Clancy's smile falls as Stinkfly casually walks over to the gasifier. "What are you doing?"

A calm Stinkfly looks Clancy right in the eyes with the most uninterested look as he lifts a single finger and then presses the power button. The gasifier stops humming and shuts down, becoming still and silent.

"Noooo!" Clancy howls out in anguish as all his plans fade away much like the humming of the gasifier.

Before Stinkfly could say anything remotely corny the metal barricade finally opens back and those in comes rushing in are Gang Orca, Officer Sansa, and Dholak.

Gang Orca seems fine, perhaps his thick skin and suit protected him from the stings and bites, and surprisingly Officer Sansa looks to be fine too although he's got Gang Orca's cape draped around him. The pro hero must have cloaked him with it to protect him.

And Dholak…he just looks antsy for a fight after being stuck in there for the whole duration of the battle.

"You guys sure took your time getting here." Stinkfly gives them a smirk. "I already took care of our infestation problem."

As the adults walk closer, they quickly back away, gaging, and covering their noses.

Dholak even turns a shade of sickly green! "Dude, that smell again?! Just why?!"

"Hey, this stink isn't terrible! It just saved everyone!"

"Bleh, but what's going to save my nostrils."

---

It's over, it's all over. The villain's been defeated and so is the city-wide lockdown.

Under the setting sun, police swarm the factory and work the police line as what Izuku assumes is the whole city has shown up to get a look at their tormentor and saviors. Thankfully Officer Sansa seems more than capable in organizing everyone to keep everything orderly and controlled.

Izuku stands to the side, not sure if he should be helping in some way.

"Good work today, you really showed your stuff."

"Thanks, boss." Izuku shyly smiles up at Gang Orca and Dholak, still not used to such praise. "I'm just glad everything worked out."

"Midoriya."

Izuku blinks up at the pro hero.

Gang orca stands tall under the setting sun, the light causing their own shadows to stretch out at their sides, "You just saved an entire city, take some pride in that."

Dholak chimes in with a wave of his hand. "Seriously, kid. No one'll blame you for bragging a little…well okay I may but whatever"

Izuku chuckles softly, happy to see that he's sort-of on Dholak's good side.

"Midoriya." Gang Orca places a hand on the young man's shoulder. "You demonstrated the kind of hero you strive to become. But you got to accept who you are as a hero."

Izuku's eyebrows narrow. "What? I don't understand." What does he mean accept who he is as a hero? What does that even mean?

And so Gang Orca answers his question with another question. "Tell me. Who are you?"

"Huh?!"

"Answer the question."

"Oh, I'm… Izuku Midoriya?" Okay this is weird, even for Izuku, and why does he sound like he's questioning his own identity now?

Gang Orca's mouth opens wide as he roars out. "Wrong!"

"What do you mean wrong?!"

Before Izuku could get a real answer out of Gang Orca a bunch of flashing lights and random questions are thrown their way.

"Gang Orca! Gang Orca!"

It seems a horde of reports have flocked to the scene, they're all probably starved for some watchable news.

"Was it you that stopped the villain?!"

"How'd you do it?!"

"Is it true the villain was going to fumigate the city?"

"Will this affect the factory's stocks in any way?"

Gang Orca does answer, he doesn't speak, he doesn't so much as blink as he marches straight towards the police line. His sheer will and presence silences the reporters who cower under his gaze.

"No, I was not the one that stopped this villain."

One brave, or stupid, reporter speaks out. "T-then w-who did?"

"Who indeed." Gang Orca peers back at Izuku.

Izuku suddenly becomes very shy as not only the reports are eyeing him but so is the rest of the crowd, all of them having overheard the reporters and the pro hero. The reports look expectedly for Izuku to approach and sedate their questions. But Izuku remains rooted to his spot, nervous and too scared to move forward.

Eventually Dholak gets tired of waiting and gives Izuku and good shove forward his foot to his rear end.

Izuku scowls up at him but Dholak just responds with his own look that's a mix between annoyance and…encouragement?

So, knowing he can't escape this Izuku begrudgery and shyly walks forward towards the awaiting masses.

As Izuku approaches, Gang Orca steps aside to allow him past, but he was more like a gate preventing the dogs of war from tearing him apart because the reporters immediately begin to fire question, after question, after question at the poor lad.

"Is it true you defeated the villain?!"

"Wait, you're that kid from the Sports Festival, aren't you?!"

"Which transformation did you use?!"

"What's it like interning with Gang Orca?!"

"What-"

"ENOUGH!" Gang Orca's immediately silences them all. "One Question at a time!"

He jabs a finger at one report. "You."

The unlucky reporter nervously points at himself to which Gang orca nods in confirmation.

"Start it off easy." That is an order, not a suggestion.

Gang Orca probably doesn't want a kid to be overwhelmed especially by media outlets of all things. They can be a real hurdle for heroes to get through, if anything it gives Gang Orca an appreciation for underground heroes who actively avoid the press like Eraserhead.

The reporter steps forward and asks the simplest question he can muster. "Who are you?" Wow okay he went way too simple there. Come on who doesn't know who this kid is by now? He was second in the U.A. Sports Festival! But whatever, guess Gang Orca's presence is enough to shatter anyone's will.

With a shaky breath, Izuku leans into the microphone. "I'm Iz-OW!" the boy scowls up at Gang Orca, who for some reason smacked him on the back of the head "What?!"

The pro doesn't bother with a response instead he looks forward ignoring the boy.

'What was that about?' Izuku takes a moment to think, Gang Orca must have had a reason for hitting him but why?

Gang Orca's previous statements flood into his mind. "But you got to accept who you are as a hero." Wait, didn't Gang Orca also frown when Izuku first introduced himself to Officer Sansa…yeah, he did, but why?

'Wait…I know why.' And so standing tall and with confidence Izuku finally answers the not-so simple question. "I'm Deku."

And just like that the reports light up like ducks that were just fed a crumble of bred.

"Was it really you that took down the bug villain?!"

"Y-yes!" Deku's still not used to this, even if he did expect it.

"What's it like working for Gang Orca?!"

"Intense."

"Which transformation did you use?"

"Stinkfly."

"Can you show us?"

Deku's mind fills with worry and it definitely shows but the reports could care less about that. Deku worriedly eyes the surrounding crowd, his mind replying to their reactions from last time they saw his transformation. He looks to Gang Orca and Dholak for help but neither of them are going to intervene: one's ignoring the situation and the other's helping out the police.

As Deku watches the two of them he does realize something else about them. Neither of them really care about how people react to their appearances. They let their actions speak for them. It's like Gang Orca said earlier: "People will often see what they want to see due to their limited perspectives. But only through our actions can they truly come to understand who we are."

And so with a bit of hesitation, Deku dials up the right alien and then transforms right in front of everyone's eyes.

"Gahh!" The reports back off as a horrible smell fills the air.

But the smell isn't the only thing any of them have to worry about.

A woman screams from within the crowd. "Eeeek! It's a giant bug!"

"The villain's loose?!"

"Everybody run!"

Stinkfly's immediately regrets his decision as a start of possible mayhem is about to occur. Thankfully a voice of reason reins it in before it's too late.

"EVERYBODY PLEASE!"

The crowd quotes down as they all turn to Officer Sansa who broke away from his duties and is now standing before them all.

"This young man just saved all of our lives today!" He marches unbothered by the stench and giant bug. "In fact this…form's stench saved all of Geonosis City! This hero put his own life on the line for us and me for one can't thank him enough." Officer Sansa stands before the wide-eyed hero course student. "To the hero, Deku." He stands at attention and salutes. "You have my thanks."

It takes a moment for it all to sink in as Stinkfly can only stare up at the officer in disbelief, he didn't really come here expecting to be thanked for…for real hero work, but it's so much more than he could have expected. And it doesn't end there as slowly but surely the crowd comes around and begins to applaud and cheer away for their city's savior.

"Deku! Deku! Deku!"

Stinkfly smiles wide as the crowd whistles and cheers his name. "T-thanks…"

Watching from afar, Dholak deadpans. "Moron, they're supposed to be thanking you."

As the crowd continue to chant and clap for Stinkfly, Gang Orca approaches his sidekick. "Go get the car."

Dholak raises an eyebrow. "Aren't we going to stay to fill out our statements and reports?"

"We can do that back at the agency. Besides we're needed elsewhere."

Dholak's eyes widen as he remembers that they did in fact been requested help in another city, "Oh, right." And so without another word Dholak strolls off to go get the car, they better hurry it's going to get dark soon so they may not have that much time to relax.

With that out of the way Gang Orca turns his attention back on his intern. "Enjoying your time in the limelight?"

Stinkfly chuckles sheepishly. "I…don't think I'll ever get used to it."

"You never know. You just might, Deku."

The transformed Deku lights up at the sound of his codename. Almost nothing could possibly ruin this moment for him.

"Release me, humans!"

Okay, maybe one thing could.

Stinkfly and Gang Orca look over to see several police officers forcing the cuffed and somewhat slimed Clancy into the police vehicle.

"You cannot contain us! We will have our vengeance against humanity! We cannot be exterminated! We will always find a way to survive! Just you wait we'll-"

A shot of slime plugs up Clancy's mouth muffling him shut.

"Quiet! Your words really sting." Stinkfly grins as he looks to Gang Orca "Get it? Stings, because he's a bug villain and I'm…oh, never mind."

Gang Orca frowns. "Yeah…" Maybe he should beat the puns out of the boy. Would that fix it?

The two watch as the police finally get him in and then drive off for the station. The crowd boo and cuss at Clancy as he's driven away possibly to never be seen again.

As they watch Stinkfly's smile fades away and his eyes drop in contemplation.

None of which goes unnoticed by Gang Orca. "Something on your mind?"

Stinkfly nods. "The things he said…it seemed like he was not just angry but…sad. Like he felt like what he was doing was right."

"What makes you think that?"

"Because…I get it…being stepped on." He's been stepped on by Bakugou practically his whole life and it never got better, if anything it got worse, his old classmates were no better, and hell stepping on others was practically Henzu's whole philosophy! "For a long time…people overlooked and "stepped" on me. All to boost their own selfish egos. So when he said all those things I actually…sympathized with him."

Gang Orca nods, understanding more than he's letting on. "You understand his reasoning."

"Yeah."

"Tragically, that's just how…humans are. We can be selfish, cruel, and unkind."

That doesn't make the transformed child feel any better.

"But we can also be kind, caring, and selfless."

Okay, maybe he is onto something.

"Tragically, those hurt by others, by society, often lash out at those who've wrong them. They are driven to desperation by the very thing that torments them, and they sometimes have no one to turn to for help or guidance."

"But…I could have reasoned with him!"

"Maybe you could have, but there's something else to consider."

"What's that?"

"Sometimes there is no reasoning with them."

"Huh?"

"Don't get me wrong, it's very professional of you to take a more peaceful route first before resorting to violence. Not even many pros would do that."

Stinkfly frowns knowing he could probably name a few that are like that off the top of his head.

"But there are times, especially like today, where you need to step in before things get out of hand." Gang Orca shakes his head like he's disappointed with reality. "The tragedy is that sometimes there is no reasoning with people, if they believe what they're doing is right, often or not opposing sides will clash… Sometimes there's just no point in changing their minds."

It all makes sense, it really does, but it's also a warning. There will always be does with opposing opinions and sometimes you just have to live with that fact that you can someone else won't see eye to eye. But then…there are those that may take things too far for their own ideals. Just like what could have happened today.

And the scary part to Izuku is that there are more out there that will do whatever it takes to make their own personal ideals a reality.

---

The sun has nearly vanished across the horizon, the inevitable darkness of the night slowly creeps over the bustling city as its residents take shelter for the night. But as the darkness seeps in through every back alley and dark road an air of unease is ever present. It's deadly quiet and there's this feeling of being watched from the shadows.

A lone figure is perched just above surveying their hunting grounds like a predator that'll soon be on the prowl in the dead of the night. As they eye the darkening streets, a piece of the night swirls together to form a dark black void just behind the figure's roost.

The predator spins around, his rust and dented blades at the ready as a voice echoes out from within the swirling void.

"I mean you no harm. I simply request your presence."

The predator leans forward, ready to pounce at any given moment.

"My Master is in need of someone of your…caliber."

---

Finally! This chapter is over, and we can move on. Seriously this was meant to be a reality short chapter, but it somehow got over 80 pages of content! I even cut stuff out! Honestly, it was a bit too much for me, these last two weeks have been exhausting for me in general, but I'm hoping (praying) that the next chapter is a bit easier on me. Because

Speaking of the next chapter we will be jumping back to Ochaco Uraraka and Gran Torino because while Izuku was out on patrol with Gang Orca those two were up to their own little (hoping it's little) adventure. So yeah, I've got one more original chapter before we finally get to Stain!

*See! I did keep my promise to introduce a new alien, STINKFLY! I love this alien and I hope he proves to be a good addition to Izuku's roster. I think he will be.

*I have no plans to use Clancy again, I mean if I do I could. I did have more ideas for him like backstory, actually I was originally going to have him be an eco-terrorist OR he was a guy that got screwed over by a corrupt company and was forced into homelessness. But the chapter was already soooooo long by the time I could delve into any of that so I had to just cut it out completely.

*And hey did you all catch the One-One Omnitrix Documentary tie in? I told you all it took place during the internship arc!

*Also how was the SixSix scene?! I really enjoyed writing that part and I've been told it's probably the best part of this chapter but please let me know your thoughts.

Responses for "Guest" reviewers from Ch.31:

Guest: Hmmm much to my sadness looks like Izuku won't fight Stain not gonna lie imma miss that iconic moment with Stain saving him and showing the world his conviction
Unless you did something unexpected like having sixsix fight ochako instead of Izuku who fights Stain.
But moving on to more important things OH DAMN YOU MENTIONED THE ZOO
I LOVE that series I hate that it got cancelled
I hope you reference other characters as well like Hana, Shiina and the others.
Maybe as alien refugees Izuku has to protect while also providing a safe house for him when he needs it

CreateGunner1209: I hope this chapter changed your opinion because I never said anything about Izuku not fighting Stain. If anything things are just starting to gear up so be ready because I think you won't be disappointed

Also, I actually want to do a chapter later on where Class 1-A (or some of them) actually go to the zoo but we'll see. It won't be anything special just a short chapter that's meant to be fun.

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Shark: First of all this chapter was amazing and Gang Orca was a great choice and surprisingly what Izuku needed. Hopefully this will toughen him up a bit against Bakugou

CreateGunner1209: Oh, thank god! I was worried people would be confused or disappointed with my decision. And I'd like to think Izuku's getting a bit tougher here and there.

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Guest: Man what a great chapter can't wait for next one but are you going put 66 and hero killer against each other when 66 hunt midoriya and hero killer try kill other hero and cross paths if so that will be best chapter

CreateGunner1209: Guess you'll just have to read to find out. I will say that things are gearing up though. Sorry, that's all I can say. When answering Guest reviews I don't like to give that much away otherwise other people risk something being spoiled for them when they didn't want anything to be spoiled

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Aztec 13: Wow this chapter is awesome, so Izuku intern under Grand orca and aquarium sidekicks, I like that the first half of this chapter is a basic workplace story with Izuku doing odd jobs around the aquarium but right towards the end that fight with water hazard and Grand orca is the most awesome fight yet in the story, and final six six has landed on earth and heading towards the plumbers HQ I can't wait for the next chapter please continue.

CreateGunner1209: Thank you! It's such a relief to hear how many people loved Gang Orca and his agency! I was legit nervous about people being disappointed by my choices with the chapter. And yeah even though Izuku sort-of lost I did really think their fight was cool and a lot of fun. And I hope the SixSix scene in this chapter was worth the wait.

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SpaceDwarf: So good! I think a possible way Izuku could have beaten Gang Orca would be to use Water Hazard to suck all the water out of the pool and the air, or use to Heatblast to dry out Gang Orca. The combination of those two transformations would do wonders in this fight, unfortunately Izuku has learned how to transform from one form to the other

CreateGunner1209: To be honest I don't think those strategies are viable. Water Hazard could only absorb so much water and the pool was too big for even Heatblast. Actually later on I'm going to have Heatblast be weak to water to the point that it hurts him because that bothered me in the show when he was underwater and was still able to use all of his power. (Basically I'm giving Heatblast his own Kryptonite). But as long as Heatblast stayed out of the water then he certainly could have put up a good fight.

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Atom king: The first chapter of the Izuku internship , and it's with Grand orca now that is a surprise, but what really got me by surprise is the sidekicks of Grand orca are actually characters from a other series made by the same creator of my hero that is incredible,.
Now during Izuku internship it looks like he's been doing some odd jobs for Grand orca and his sidekicks like him getting them lunch or fixing the aquarium filters as gray matter, only for him to figure it was all test of some kind.
Now when Izuku was told about the hierarchy system in this aquarium he decided to after Grand orca himself and boy that fight is incredible with Izuku using water hazard , it has been while since he last use him but thanks to Izuku quick thinking and courage he was able to hold his own against Grand orca.
But like everything else this was also a test to show Izuku that he has what he takes to be a hero, I can't wait to see his day of actual hero work and finally the last part of the chapter with six six landing on earth and heading towards plumbers headquarters, can't wait to see what happens next chapter.

CreateGunner1209: I know right! I knew throwing in Gang Orca and the others would be a good surprise. Okay, actually I was nervous about using them but hey it all seemed to work out for the best. And yeah their fight was one of the best ones I've ever written I think and yeah I really wanted to give Water Hazard some much needed love and attention.

And I hope the SixSix scene in this chapter did it for you. Honestly I had so much fun writing his scenes up.

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Guest: /2OoRvHz

CreateGunner1209: I have no idea what this is. Whenever I put into Google I literally get nothing. Is it a prank? A virus? I don't know, I need context, please

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Guest: Love the shark tale reference. :)

CreateGunner1209: Thank you for getting the reference One of my editors thought it'd be a funny idea.

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Guest: This is great chapter

CreateGunner1209: Thanks!

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Guest: This was an amazing chapter to read! Awesome job! Gang Orca is one of my favourite heroes from the series and the fact that you not only made Izuku intern underneath him to utilize his transformations (love how you compared that to various sea life) but also giving him some screen-time in this story is awesome.

So you said that Izuku will be getting a new and "weird" transformation as Glad-One described during his intern. My two guesses are either Brainstorm or Ghostfreak. Brainstorm because his crab-like appearance would fit in with Gang Orca's agency as well as having electrical powers that are a huge weakness for opponents in aquatic environments. Ghostfreak because due to his scary appearance and Gang Orca being ranked as one of the most villainous appearance-wise heroes out there, maybe if Izuku gets Ghostfreak then Gang Orca can teach him a thing or two about how heroes who look like villains can be treated or viewed by the public.

CreateGunner1209: Thank you it's so so so so GREAT to hear that you enjoyed the chapter so much. I didn't think it'd actually be that well received. And yeah, I feel like Gang Orca doesn't get enough attention even in fanfics so I thought he'd be a unique choice.

Yeah so good guesses on the new aliens but it ended up being STINKFLY! And yes I did think about shoe-horning in brainstorm last minute during the last chapter but it clashed with some rules I set for how Izuku gets new aliens. And plus Izuku already has 2 electric-type aliens (Feedback and Buzzshock) so a third seemed a little too much right now. And don't worry we will be getting Ghostfreak eventually.

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Guest: I have a question is that will see Grand orca sidekicks later on the story like will they interact with the Izuku friends?

CreateGunner1209: Yes, we will. Not a lot though mostly we will see them again during the Provisional Licensing Exam. And maybe Kamino Ward since Gang Orca will already be there but we'll see.

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DeadCool14: Awesome thanks! Also boy that fight was intense.
When you introduce Humungousaur can you add this please: "Humungousaur has the power to increase or decrease his own body size and mass. He can grow bigger up to about 60 feet at will, increasing his natural strength as he grows. He can also shrink down to about 10 feet." (I got it from his wikia page) I didn't know that was a thing he could do, but that explains his height inconsistencies XD, Idk if you knew but just in case, and also that when he grows his dinosaur features become more pronounced, growing Stegosauride on his back, a crest on his forehead, spikes on his tail. The plates on his shoulders, chest and arms also separate and grow. And I read in another chapter but maybe you could add some, like this one: Humungousaur's tail is powerful enough to create soundwaves when he slams it against the ground, that are in turn also very strong and capable of blowing away those affected within its vicinity. On occasions, Humungousaur's tail is able to release green energy. Also Kevin is in the reboot and he has his own Omnitrix in which he has an alien called Bashmouth he's pretty cool (I'm not asking you t do this btw, I'm just saying this as ideas that you could maybe use if you wanted, sorry if I annoy you with that, if it does then tell me and I'll stop)
I also have questions about the villains, will Albedo be colorswapped or will he just be villain Deku? Will he be left in a space prison or stick around with the League of Villains and provide his smarts, (I think Azmuth would see that leaving as Izuku stranded on Earth be more fitting for him) or stay in the shadows building the Ultimatrix? (Also can he be the one that created the Ultimatrix instead of stealing from Azmuth to make it? Since in an episode of Ultimate Alien he said that the evolutionary function was begging for trouble, if so then why did he create it in the first place?) And I think maybe Izuku shouldn't get the Ultimatrix, that would make him to OP. I think Albedo should be the only one that could go Ultimate, makes him more of a threat, it's your story tho, I'm just sharing my opinion.

And one last thing about the villains, are you gonna add Eon? If so what would be his story, if you're having trouble with that I can share an idea I have about him.

CreateGunner1209: Thanks! And yes Humongasour will have the ability to grow bigger HOWEVER no elements from the Ben Ten Reboot will be added and that includes new powers. Sorry, but I'm not trying to satisfy a personal power fantasy with this story so admittedly if I can "nerf" some aliens and their powers…I will be. But do feel free to give suggestions of any kind I'd be happy to hear them just keep in mind that if it comes from the Rebooted series than it most likely not going to happen. It's a personal policy.

Albedo will be villain Deku but it's going to take a long while before I introduce him. Because I didn't like how he was just literally dropped in from nowhere during Alien Force. So I will be introduce Azimuth first and introduce Albedo through him and then he'll become villain Deku with his own Omnitrix. But unfortunitly Azimuth (and by extension Albedo) will not appear until way later on in the story.

Also Ultimate aliens are still on the fence for me, I rather introduce the regular alien first before going there. So I'm actually in agreement with you for the most part. It would make him way too OP.

And yes I will be including Eon. I will be writing up a spin-off story for this fanfic where Professor Paradox takes Izuku (my version of Izuku) on multiverse and time traveling adventures so Eon will appear in that spinoff.

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Guest: A este punto, no se con quién se encontrará primero Six-Six, es lógico que se encuentre con Deku, pero pienso que por causa del destino se encuentre con Uraraka.
Me pregunto si en el caso que se encuentre con Deku, Gang Orca lo ayudará o estará solo?

Buen capitulo, y no te preocupes tómate tu tiempo

CreateGunner1209: I hope this chapter cleared it up for you. But I don't want to give too much away I rather surprise all of you then give it all away and ruin the moment later. Either way I'm glad you like the chapter and thanks for understanding my need for more time.

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SilverKirito: Izuku (sorry i some times write him as both izuku and deku) interning with Gang Orca had cought me of gaurd and I loved it. The moment when he lernes abaut the pecking order (hope i'm not the only one who thought about dbza) was funny and the fight was awsome. The idea of giving deku the ultimatrix is a coin flip to me on one hand it could make him op and make him use the ultiamte formes just as an instant fix but on the other hand can be used for some careter develoment and a way to some how balence him in power compared to some of the hevy hiters (ofa, afo, overhall, nine vilgax) but in the end its your call.

Take your time and congrats on getting a tvtropes on tis story.

CreateGunner1209: Glad to hear it! Because that was kind of the point, but I was still nervous that you guys wouldn't like Gang Orca as Izuku's choice. Also I'm glad you enjoyed the pecking order and the intense fight because I sure did enjoy it too. And yeah Ultimate aliens could do that but there are still aliens that can compete with all of those villains even without a boost in power: Alien X, Atomix, NRG, Chromastone, etc.

Besides I'm still on the fence for Ultimate aliens anyway.

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Aztec 13: I just got this fun idea, soon the internship arc ended just for fun filler, I think Izuku and Ochaco do some plumbers work with thirteen, now while doing the plumber work I think they should reenact some scenes from the MIB movies like the the the pawn shop, the talking dog Frank, the Post office, and the Best scene of all the it's a squid scene , I can only imagine Izuku and Ochaco reaction to the whole craziness of a alien woman giving birth.
Please continue

CreateGunner1209: Actually it's funny you say that because I will be sort-of having a chapter like how you described it. It won't be directly after the Internship because I have…something special in mind after this arc. I mean I may not do everything listed above but it was going to be referenced at the very least.

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Guest: Great chapter, having deku intern under Grand orca is awesome, I can't wait to see what happens next

CreateGunner1209: Thanks! I hope this chapter was worth the wait! Even though I don't think this chapter was that good. It was way tooooo long of a chapter then it needed to be. But still

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BlueRanger-Lyric: Nice chapter as usual, a lot of good stuff in there, and it was a big surprise to see Izuku take an internship under Gang Orca, and I like the sidekicks he has there, and yeah, even though it was an internship you wanted to happen, you did it in a way that makes sense for him, also I really like that Shark Tales, that was a very nice touch, I look forward to seeing what happens next!

CreateGunner1209: Thanks and I was a concerned that Gang Orca and the others would be throw everyone for too much of a loop but I'm relieved to hear that it was so well received.

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Ben10nMHAfan: Izuku being intern under Gang Orca is unexpected but welcome it and find it interesting, each of the "Sidekicks" are sound interesting and like that they are not OC's but characters from a different manga but under the same creator, it's smart.

Find it strange that Gang Orca and his sidekicks aren't surprised to discover that Izuku transform into MORE Aliens then the ones they seen in the sport festival unless it's been publicly known on how many Forms Izuku can Transform into.

Izuku going though the "Mr Miyagi Training" is a little cliché for I'm sure would help with stamina but not be better in combat, think maybe some Aliens like in Omnitrix would be better teachers since they would know their body and limits better than humans, heck there might be secret trick that Izuku didn't know his Aliens can do until by accident.

Now to reply back to you on the Questions that I have ask.

1. The Wrestler Brothers won't be in it? Aww~.

2. Clancy the Bug Guy will be in it. (Completely forgets the Wrestling Brothers) Yes~.

3. I just figured maybe the Kraken and the Fungai Monsters wouldn't have to be Alien related all the time and take a break and show even Earth has there own strangeness that cannot be explained, even thought the Fungai monsters can be connected to Mushroom girl (Kinoko Komori) maybe even add to her arsenal or not.

4. Yeah something like that, I prefer the one being with the Altering DNA one in Rooterss than the one where Human and Aliens can, well F**k each eachother and be able to birth to Alien/Humans.
Example Alan Albright the Human/Pyronite that made me question HOW that is even possible in "Alien Force" until Omniverse The Rooters explanation made more sense.

5. Yeah Alien X would be good for endgame.

Thank you for answering my questions and sorry that one of them is hard to understand, again thanks and exited to see what happens in the next chapter.

CreateGunner1209: Thanks I's fantastic to know the chapter was better than I expected. Also I just figured that the agencies that took in the U.A. students probably got files about their interns such as deep analysis of their Quirks. So Gang Orca was well aware of all of Izuku's transformations up to that point.

Also hey I told you Clancy was going to appear. So I hope he was alright in this chapter because I did sort-of have a hard time with this chapter.

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Guest: I love this chapter and how you incorporated Horikoshi's previous work so well. That's what I love about this fanfiction. You blend both elements from Ben 10 and My Hero Academia so well that it's becoming its own story. I like how you are handling Deku's character the best because even with a powerful device like the Omnitrix, you show that he still has a lot to learn. My favorite part was in the fight against Todoroki. When the Omnitrix timed out, you show even when he's human, he is still very skilled strategist and analytical. In fact, I kind of like like even more than the manga and anime.

Something that has been bothering me in My Hero Academia is that All Might said without a quirk you can't be a hero. Deku only got to UA b/c of One for All. In this fanfiction, he may have the Omnitrix but still doesn't have a quirk. I really like to see Deku proving All Might wrong and inspiring those who are powerless and neglected. Deku becoming a hero that All Might could only dream of.

Also, about the relationship between Uraraka and Deku(not talking about shipping), I was wondering if Uraraka feel jealous of Deku. Not jealous of the Omnitrix but being a better hero than her. Mind you, during the Sports Festival, Deku was representing Earth and showing the humans different aliens. He inspired Shinso and saved Todoroki. I mean Uraraka had her moments like her fight against Bakugo by but kind pale in comparison with Deku's. If this ever comes up, for some reason I want it to be like the episode Sandy, Spongebob, and the Worm. But that is entirely on you. Keep up the amazing work.

CreateGunner1209: I'm so happy to hear that you loved the chapter I had my reservations about it so it's great to hear otherwise. And thank you for such a great review it really means a lot. And I like it too when Izuku has to fight without any powers which is something I'm going to explore further down the line. And yeah by all definition Izuku is actually the first fully Quirkless student to ever attend U.A.'s hero course…too bad he can't brag about it. But you never know.

Also you bring up a really good point about Uraraka that I didn't fully consider. I did sort of have one thing in mind where she sort of helps or acts as a mediator for Izuku's and Bakugou's… "relationship" but I should try to explore it further. But then again Izuku is the main focus whereas Ochaco is the secondary focus. But I should keep that in mind so thank you for bringing it to my attention. I hope to get the next chapter out as soon as I can, but then again I haven't even started it yet so who knows when it'll get here.