When Yaoyorozu regained consciousness, she thought that the world had turned dark. Her vision showed nothing even though her eyes were open. She felt something metal underneath her, so she wasn't dead or dreaming. She reached out and touched the black cloud wrapped around her.
As soon as she touched it, the cloud disappeared. The world looked like a steel coffin with advertisements for a festival.
A festival? Oh, right! A festival! This is the train!
The Everything Hero rolled onto her side, and a rising pain appeared. The steel coffin was in shambles, and the padded seats were all over. The windows had shattered, and dirt and water were trickling in. She started scooting backward with wide eyes. "W-What happened?"
The train started to creak. She heard a groan and a crash. She turned to the source of the sound and found Uraraka lifting the steel with her Quirk. With a few tons of steel over her head, the Anti-Gravity Hero set the wreckage to the side. "Yao-Momo!" She called out.
Yaoyorozu shook her head. A cloud of dust appeared over her. "What happened?" She asked again.
Uraraka sighed. "I think something exploded. A bomb or something. Both Dekus used their Blackwhip to save us," she said.
The Everything Hero's eyes widened. "H-How?"
"Well...Deku has been practicing trapping multiple people with it. He barely figured it out before now," Uraraka said. "I'm guessing the Deku from the future mastered it."
Yaoyorozu nodded. "I figured as much. Where is everyone else?" She asked.
"In a clearing, far from the wreckage. There were some passengers with Quirks that could help. You're the last one I found," Uraraka said.
The Anti-Gravity Hero reached out and helped Yaoyorozu to her feet. After checking for any apparent injury, the two young heroes staggered out of the wreckage. Once she was clear, the Everything Hero gasped.
They were in an open field. The car she was in was torn apart, with plush chairs and steel scattered everywhere. Rows of injured civilians lined the clear spots of the area. Yaoyorozu checked the sky to see no helicopters nearby.
She scanned the field to see if she recognized her friends. She saw a lot of civilians being treated by heroes in minimal gear. Off-duty heroes had geared up to help the people.
The young heroes recognized one of the heroes. He was tending to a civilian's wounds while wearing a head wrapping with a spot of blood on it. "DEKU!"
The future Symbol of Peace looked up. His sudden action forced him to grab at his head. The girls hurried over to him, passing by several groups of injured civilians. One hero tried to stop them, but he was stopped by a civilian reaching out for assistance. Once the girls slipped by the hero, they hugged the future Symbol, startling him.
The shock lasted less than a second. He wrapped them in a hug. "Girls! I'm so glad you're okay!" He declared.
Yaoyorozu dropped to her knees, causing Deku to fall as well. The Symbol of Peace immediately called for a medic to come over, causing one hero to rush over with a first-aid kit.
Uraraka panted heavily. "Wh-where's Izuku?" She asked.
Deku pointed to a cot nearby. A young hero with a Shiketsu hat was looking over him. Bakugo and Kirishima were nearby. "The boys just found him. He still had Blackwhip active, so he's conscious," Deku said. "I'm afraid that he was seriously injured. A slab of steel crushed his leg. Once the authorities get here, he will be transported to a local hospital."
"Oh my God..." Uraraka muttered.
Deku nodded. "This wasn't an accident. Danger Sense activated a second before it went off. Someone had malicious intent before detonating," he said. "It was probably a villain slipping a remote-detonating bomb on board."
"Probably?" Yaoyorozu asked.
"There are limitations. Malicious intent needs to be a factor for the power to activate. A remote detonation can circumvent that rule. A person with no knowledge of the bomb wouldn't trigger Danger Sense, either."
The Everything Hero felt her stomach twist. "Your Quirk is complicated," she muttered.
Uraraka nodded. "You have no idea," she whispered.
Deku picked himself up. An off-duty hero approached him. He wore a white button-up shirt and cargo shorts. His left eye had three scars running down it, and it was reptile green. His right eye was a normal brown color. He had no hair, but his head had faint scales running up his scalp. "Sir?" The hero asked.
"How does it look?" Deku asked.
"Emergency response is delayed in the city. A villain attack is holding back the police, but aerial support will be here soon," the hero said.
Yaoyorozu looked out to the field. "There are some casualties, although most are between mild and serious. There are a few critical injuries, including the green-haired kid. They will be a medevac."
"And for the cause?" Deku asked.
"Unclear. We have someone with a visualizing Quirk, but he was knocked out in the explosion. We can deduce that two explosions occurred in the car you were riding in. The explosions emerged at the couplings."
"Meaning that someone targeted our car. That would mean that someone would've seen us go on the train, and they'd follow us," Deku deduced. "Which would've triggered Danger Sense."
Yaoyorozu continued to scan the scene. "Has anyone claimed responsibility?" Deku asked.
The hero nodded. "The Discorder Organization claimed responsibility on social media. They didn't claim to have a target in mind, suggesting terrorism."
"Not likely, considering the placement of the bombs. It was a deliberate attack against a specific target, but why? What's the reason?"
Bakugo and Kirishima continued their conversation. Behind them, a hero looking remarkably similar to the one they talked to appeared. He called out to them and started talking to Kirishima.
Yaoyorozu's eyes widened. She turned to the hero in front of them. "Y-Who are you?" She asked.
The hero stopped his report and eyed the Everything Hero. "No one special..." he answered.
The shift in the conversation caused Danger Sense to activate. Before he could react, the hero turned to Deku and pulled his fist close to his body. The form curled into a light green arm and fist. The fist grew and constricted before shooting out, punching the Symbol of Peace. The punch sent him flying over the rows of civilians and into a steel slab.
The two young heroes gasped. The hero turned and crouched before swinging his body. A light green crescent knocked them away, aggravating Yaoyorozu's headache.
At that point, Bakugo and Kirishima noticed the attack before turning to the hero next to them. In surrender, he put his hands up as Bakugo blasted off toward the fake hero.
As Kirishima watched Bakugo blast off, the hero that threw his hands up smiled. He placed a hand at the back of the Hardening Hero's head while leveling his free hand at the explosive young man. Kirishima turned to the hero beside him, but his eyes flashed aqua blue before he could say anything. His limp body fell face-first onto the ground.
Bakugo raised his right hand. "A VILLAIN?! YOU'RE DEAD MEAT!" He bellowed.
The fake hero smiled. "Oh...I doubt that" he said calmly.
The second fake hero fired a chain at Bakugo. The chain was aqua blue and ghostly. The chain had a padlock and was aimed straight at the young hero. Bakugo turned to see the attack and rerouted his blast to deflect it.
Before he could deflect it, the first fake hero brought his green fist close to his body before shooting it out, nailing Bakugo in the back. The fake hero slammed his face into the ground with his other fist, smashing him into a crater.
Bakugo groaned, but the attack did not render him unconscious. He rolled to the side to fire a blast at the first fake hero, but the man brought his fist back and punched him in the face. That attack sealed the deal, knocking him out.
The first fake hero turned to see Deku pulling himself out of the rubble. He tossed a steel slab away with his Full Shield active on his arms. Unlike his performance during the final exam, Deku was already exhausted and injured. His head wound threw off his equilibrium.
The first fake hero smiled at Deku. "Well then...looks like the boss was hyping you up for nothin'!" He called out. "You're too easy to beat!"
Deku smiled. "Gela? I thought you were busy dealing with impersonation lawsuits!" He called out.
The fake hero transformed. He dropped the hero look until his face became light green and jello-like. His upper body became one giant blob with his arms growing longer. His legs disappeared and turned into a single gelatinous base. "Seems like I have a break in my schedule! I finally get to play a starring role that'll change the world!"
"Oh, please! You're decent as an understudy!"
Gela growled. "Ey, Loque, you gonna do something!"
Deku turned to the fake hero by Kirishima. The fake hero smiled and grabbed his face. Green jello peeled from his face with ease, revealing a scarred man with a deadbolt lock in his right eye. "Mind-Loque..."
The fake hero smiled. "I have a fan? Incredible!" He said with a thick French accent.
"I've heard a better accent in homeroom!" Deku declared. He activated the Claws function on his gauntlets.
Mind-Loque palmed a ghostly padlock. Before he could fire his chain, a spear drove through the steel that Deku crashed against and embedded itself into his lower back. The puncture only pierced skin before an electrical shock surged through Deku's body.
The Symbol of Peace screamed. He collapsed forward and was grabbed by Gela. The villain lifted him into the air and slammed him to the ground. He repeated the slam multiple times, nulling the impact that Danger Sense was having. The Quirk filled his mind with extreme pain.
Gela pulled Deku in, and when he got close enough, the villain jumped into the air. He aimed Deku at the ground and shot him forward, slamming him into the ground.
Yaoyorozu and Uraraka recovered from the first strike and charged at Gela. The villain fired his free fist at them, barely missing the Everything Hero as she used her bo staff to deflect the attack. Uraraka slipped underneath with her Quirk ready.
Gela smiled. "I remember you! You make whatever you touch weightless, right? Well, good luck fighting me!"
Uraraka got closer. Before taping him, she dove to the side as Yaoyorozu replaced her bo staff with a giant sledgehammer and slammed it into Gela's face. The hammer sunk into his body, but the initial impact sent a shockwave through the villain. He staggered back, but he didn't move from his spot. If anything, the strike sent a ripple through the villain.
Uraraka's eyes widened. She reached out, hoping to stop the villain from enacting his plan.
She was too late.
Gela pulled back his hand and slapped Uraraka, sending her flying into Yaoyorozu. Her hammer dropped as the girls slammed into the ground, unconscious.
The gelatinous villain smiled. In his moment of victory, he let go of Deku. The Symbol of Peace watched him attack the girls, and a burst of anger erupted. Activating One for All, he launched to his feet and drove a fist straight into Gela.
The attack earned Gela's attention. "You just don't know when to give up, do you?"
Deku focused his anger on the villain. The young hero lifted Gela off the ground with his strength, frightening the villain. "W-Wait a minute!"
Deku fixed his stance and started to swing his arm around. It took several rotations before Gela spun around, but it took less time before the Symbol of Peace made a light green tornado in mid-air. The villain screamed and pleaded to be released, citing motion sickness as one of his weaknesses.
Danger Sense activated as he was spinning Gela around. From the corner of his eye, Deku saw another villain emerge from the train. This villain had bleached hair and a manic smile on his face. He wore a black leather jacket and cargo pants. His arms were two large spikes. His face had smaller thorns protruding from any open space.
"Hardwire...you bastard."
The villain smiled and charged at Deku. The Symbol raised his free arm and fired Blackwhip at him. The whips approached the villain as he had his spikes up. Before Blackwhip could capture him, another villain appeared in a flash of blue and grabbed Hardwire. He teleported out of the way, leaving Blackwhip to tangle itself around a steel slab.
Deku cursed internally. He was about to drop his Quirk, but Danger Sense flared again. He turned around just in time for a ghostly padlock to phase through his head.
The result was immediate. Deku stopped spinning Gela around, letting the villain melt off his arm. Deku's eyes widened as he fell to his knees. His jaw hung open as he fell backward. Blackwhip had also faded.
Mind-Loque rushed toward Deku with his hand raised at him. A ghostly chain phased through his palm and retracted as he got closer. He jumped and landed on top of the Symbol of Peace. "Wowee, what a mind! He's already fighting back!" He exclaimed.
Gela groaned as he picked himself up. "C-Couldn't do that earlier?"
Mind-Loque shrugged. Deku stirred underneath him, causing him to stumble forward. He brought his free hand to Deku's left temple and fired another ghostly chain into his head. "Haven't had to use two hands before..." He grunted.
Hardwire re-appeared with the teleporting villain next to him. "Gela, get the kid!" The teleporter ordered.
"Yeah, boss."
"Hardwire, keep the kids and heroes back."
The villain rolled his eyes. The teleporter turned to Mind-Loque, only to see him visibly struggling to keep Deku down. The young Symbol of Peace was trying to move. "H-He's stronger than I thought...I-I can't..."
"Try harder!" The teleporter said. "The boss wants him down."
"I'M TRYING!"
Mind-Loque continued to struggle. He turned away from his prey to see Gela returning with Midoriya inside a jello trap. "Got 'em!"
The teleporter smiled. "Hit it, Loque!"
The villain nodded and turned back to Deku. "MIND-LOCK: LOCKDOWN LEVEL: ALCATRAZ!"
Inside his head, Deku's consciousness was locked behind a steel door. Once the door was locked, thousands of similar doors locked around him. Once the last door locked, Mind-Loque leaped off the hero and grabbed onto the teleporter. "Let's go!"
The teleporter smiled. Before teleporting, he saw Iida leading Mina and Jiro to their location. "STOP!"
"LET HIM GO!"
The teleporter smiled. "Long live the king!" He cheered.
They vanished in a flash of blue light. At that moment, Iida had leaped out to try and catch them. He grabbed nothing but air instead.