Okay, from now on, we'll call him "Dr Dissolver." In a second, Dr Dissolver was gone, out the window. Izuku and Jameson hurry over, Jameson still groaning in pain. They leaned out the window and look down.

Out the window, They saw a warp cloud. In the street, people saw, pointed, and screamed, cars crashed into each other. It's quite a sight, and none too cheap!

"City just isn't the same since Rudy's gone," Jameson said.

Xxx

At home, in his dressing room, Enji Todoroki pulled Izuku's bloodied handkerchief from his pocket, looked at it.

He raised his other hand. He was holding the Goblin's boomerang, its serrated edge red with crusty blood. Deku's blood.

A piece of paper with the bold words LAB REPORT at the top made its way across the expensive rug in Enji Todoroki's office at TodoCorp, clutched in the hand of an aid.

The paper slid across the desk, to Enji, who pulled it around and studied it as the Aide scurried out of the room.

His eyes skimmed down the page, past the words "BLOOD MATCH TEST RESULT," all the way down to a single word, boxed in red at the bottom of the page:

POSITIVE

Enji Todoroki smiled.

"Izuku Midoriya..."

Xxx

Kuri, alone and forlorn, stared out the open window of her crappy apartment, letting in the blasts of cold air and fresh-falling snow. She looked out the window longingly, staring at the city, searching its rooftops for:

"...Deku!"

Xxx

Back in Izuku's boyhood home, Inku was in her flannel

nightgown, getting ready for bed. She turned the bed down carefully, smoothed the pillow.

She walked to her bathroom past a window. The drapes wer still open. She filled a glass of water, carried it past the window again, and brought it to the night table.

She set it down on the night table, next to a raft of prescription pill bottles.

She turned, her back to the window, and knelt down next to the bed. Her knees creaked, it was painful for her, she folded her hands and closed her eyes in prayer.

"Our Father, who art in Heaven,

hallowed be thy name."

Behind her, the drapes were still open. Out the window, a tiny speck appeared on the horizon. But that speck was approaching. Inku was kneeling with her back turned, she had no idea.

"Thy kingdom come, thy will be done,

on earth as it is in Heaven."

The speck grew larger fast, it was Endeavor, flying with fire, headed right toward the window, but just before he was about to smash right through the window he stopped, abruptly, staring inside.

'Give us this day our daily bread..."

Endeavor tilted his head, as if listening to her strange murmuring. As his helmet tilted, cocking off to the side like the RCA Dog.

"...and forgive us our trespasses as

we forgive those that trespass

against us. Lead us not into

temptation, but..."

With an incomprehensible burst of acceleration, Endeavor hit the gas and rocketed forward, exploding through the

window, sending shattering glass flying in all directions.

Inku spun around, horrified, and fell to the floor, on her

back. Endeavor hovered over her terror-stricken face. The room slowly filled with green vapor and the low, horrible crackle of flames.

"... but... but... but..."

Inku paled, her eyes pop wide, staring up into the inhuman, yellow eyes of Endeavors helmet, now just twelve inches separated her from those eyes.

"FINISH IT! FINISH IT!"

Her hands clutched her chest, she gasped.

"...DELIVER US…FROM EVIL!"

Her body arched, tensed, then went limp. Her eyes closed

"Amen." Endeavor said piously.