"Will you cut it out!"
"No." Audery deadpans as her middle metal claw poked out of her right knuckle and aimed at All Might's stomach. He waved his arms around frantically as Audrey moved closer to him. "Must you do this every time I'm in this form?!"
(Name : Audrey/ Age: 30? / Pro Hero Code Name: PB14/Death / Quirk: Unknown/ Job: U.A Maintenance/ Security)
"Must you always shout 'I am here!' Every time you come over to my apartment without even a coffee?" She bites back, her voice a little scratchy from just waking up and mimicking his hero voice.
Before All Might could put in his two cents Audrey began to jab at him. "Hey! Hey! Cut it out!" He yelled, blood spitting out of his mouth while he dodged her attacks. "Not until I pop you." She said, continuing jabbing at him.
Suddenly a big blast of smoke spread throughout the apartment. "Oh did I pop him." Audery said through the smoke, a small smile on her face. Once the smoke disappeared a skeleton All Might stepped out. Silence fell between the two of them. "Oh hi Tosh."
"Is that all you got to say?!" He yelled, blood spraying out of his mouth. She retracted her claws and posed in an innocent position by tilting her head and giving him puppy dog eyes. "You have my coffee?"
He sighed and shook his head. "No." Black cat ears and tail popped on top of Audrey's head and butt as she growled. "Then why the hell are you here? And at..." she pulled out her cell phone from her sweater to check the time.
She hissed menacingly. "5:00 in the freaking am?!"
Tosh waved his arms frantically. "Now wait! There is a reason why I'm here!" Her ears and tail still visible, she growled. "Explain yourself."
She slowly walked over to her small living room table and sat down on the floor, waiting. Audrey's apartment wasn't anything grand. It had the basics, accompanied by a plant wall and a secret basement she never tells anyone about.
Slowly but cautiously Toshi followed after her but remained standing. Audrey placed her forehead on the wooden table as the hood of her sweater plopped over her head and ears. Her long, curly hair spilling onto the table. Tense silence passed between them.
"Well?" Audrey mumbled, causing Toshi to flinch in fear. He cleared his throat and sat down opposite of Audrey. "I came here to tell you some news." She hummed, indicating to him to continue.
He looked down at his hands and fiddled with them. "You know I plan to retire right?"
"About time." She quickly responded. "Well before I do, I plan to find someone to..." He hesitated. Toshi knew Audrey for years and have been friends for a long time. But he knew how she felt about heroes and villains and his... He looked down at his hands again and clenched them. About his unique quirk. "Pass down my powers and continue the legacy."
Silence fell between the two. The air was so thick with tension that you could cut it with Audrey's claws. "I'm sorry... come again?" She slowly lifted her head, her blue eyes turned to slits. "You want to pass down One For All?" Intense fear shot down Toshi's spine. His body quivered as he looked at her deathly gaze.
He gulped. "Now before you plan on tearing me to shreds..."
"You know how I feel about this power." She interrupted, her voice sharp and cold. "Look I know, but..." Toshi looked down, unable to hold her gaze. "The world still needs the symbol of peace. And my time is almost up." Audrey closed her eyes and let out a frustrated sigh. "The world doesn't need a symbol of peace. It's an absolute myth. They only say that to themselves to hold onto something and to keep us." She stopped pointing a finger at herself and Toshi. "Freaks with powers in line."
"That's not true!"
"You know as well as I do that the system is corrupt and broken. All the people see are freaks in costumes with flashy smiles and false sense of security while it's more dark and mortifying than it actually is." She said coolly. Toshi didn't have a comeback for that. Remembering his mentor. The one person who believed in him and gave him this power. All to be taken away without a single thought. Silence fell upon them again. The tension is thicker than ever before.
"I'm not going to say your right but I... I can no longer be the symbol of peace anymore." Toshi looked down at his hands sadly. Audrey only stared at him and sighed. "I can't tell you what to do with your life. Your a grown man that can make his own bad decisions." Toshi opened his mouth to protest but thought against it.
"Just promise me one thing?" Toshi looked at her with nervous anticipation. "Please choose a kid who is not a wimp." Toshi spit out blood while falling backwards in shock while Audrey laughed at him.
"I was not a wimp!" Audrey laughed even harder. "You so we're! I swear you almost peed your pants the first time we met." Toshi blushed but before he could put in his defense Audrey's cell phone rang its annoying tone, causing Audrey's laughing fit to turn into little giggles. "To be continued."
She answered her phone with a big smile on her face. "Hello?"
"Oh Audrey! Thank god you're awake!" A relieved female voice answered.
Audrey's face frowned and she got up abruptly in panic. "Inko? What's wrong? Is it Midoriya?" She asked with worry in her voice. "What? Oh well it does involve my son but he is okay!" Inko answered hastily.
Audrey's body, once tense, relaxed instantly. 'Who is it?' Toshi mouthed but Audrey ignored him. "So what brings you to call me at this time?" She asked. "Well I was wondering if you could take Midoriya to school?" Audrey had a deadpan face. "Inko I love you but... isn't your son old enough to go himself?" Inko sighed. "I know but he misses you. You're his favorite godmother after all. And we haven't seen you in a couple of days."
"Yeah well I've been busy at school and with the police force." Audrey explained. "Which is why you should do this. You know how much he loves you." Audrey smiled faintly.
She can remember the times she would come over to Inko's place for a visit, her son would jump up and down in excitement and drag her to his computer to play the latest All Might video. Audrey looked at the skeleton Toshi and her smile faded immediately. Toshi looked at her with a face that screamed 'what?'. She sighed. "Alright I'll do it." Inko squealed. "Thank you!"
Audrey cringed at herself at the end of the call. Can't believe how soft she had become. She looked back at Toshi with a tired expression. Just at that moment. "Ah! Ah! Yes baby!" A woman moaned loudly. Both of them froze as they heard the loud moans, grunts and squeaking of the bed bouncing up and down. Toshi blushed deeply while Audrey facepalmed herself. "Come on, let's get a coffee and discuss how you're going to find your new successor."
Now at this lovely morning of 7:00am Audery stood beside a beaming Midoriya in the middle of the street where a giant ass villain appeared. 'I should've guilt tripped Toshi to get me more coffee.' Audrey groaned inwardly. "That is one super villain!" Midoriya smiled excitedly.
Unfortunately this giant monster villain was causing havoc and stopping traffic in different directions, causing people to either stop and watch or call their places of work to tell them they were going to be late. "This is a fucking waste of time." Audrey grumbled while taking a sip of her now cold coffee.
A bunch of heroes were already on the scene so Audrey didn't bother to jump in. Midoriya immediately ran into the crowd to get a closer look. She rolled her eyes and walked slowly behind him. "Who's fighting?"
"Who's not fighting?" Taking another sip of her coffee.
On top of the once functioning train was what looked like a wood man, facing off with the giant villain. 'Huh? He must be new.' She thought. "Oh! That's Kamui of Woods, he's a rising star for heroes." Midoriya gushed. "Wow you really love sharing information huh? You must be a fanboy!" A male citizen called out. Midoriya blushed whilst Audrey giggled while patting his wild green hair.
Audrey looked back at the fight and whistled. "Looks like tree boy is about to do something flashy." Sure enough the hero's quirk activated and Midoriya's eyes widened in anticipation.
But just as the tree man was about to do his special move "Canyon Canon!!" A giant woman came out of nowhere and kicked the villain straight in the face. Knocking him out completely. While everyone was looking at the scene stunned, Audrey just laughed.
Midoriya looked at her in shock and before he could say anything a bunch of people, men mostly began to take pictures of this new hero that just jumped in. Literally.
Audrey tuned out this giant ladies intro blah, blah while throwing away the last of her cold coffee. Upon returning she caught Midoriya writing into his hero notes. "Going over your notes huh?" She asks while looking over his shoulder.
"Huh? Oh yeah! I'm just going over how the gigantic quirk can draw up a lot of attention and popularity, not to mention taking down villains with the same quirk."
"Ah but don't forget the drawbacks. With her size she could cause more damage to closer buildings and it didn't look like she paid attention to her surroundings with other people who could've been caught in the chaos." Audrey added while Midoriya scribbled down furiously. "Right." He nodded. "Hey, hey! Taking down notes huh? I get it, you want to be a hero? Good luck kid!" The strange praise. Midoriya beamed while Audrey frowned. Once the stranger left Audery began to do some stretches. "Right, we really need to get you to school or you'll be late." She said. Midoriya watched her curiously. "Say Audrey?"
"Hmm?" Midoriya fiddled his fingers nervously. "Why didn't you jump into the fight?" He asked. Audrey continued to stretch, not answering his question. "I mean! I don't really know much about your quirk but you're a hero too... so..." She took a deep breath. Hearing the nice pops in her spine. "There were plenty of other heroes to handle the situation, Midoriya . If all heroes piled in all at once it would cause more harm than good." She explained. Midoriya looked down, embarrassed. Of course it was the most logical reason, the right reason but he really wanted to see her in action. Not much is said about Audrey and what she had done to make this world a better place and whenever she visited Midoriya and his mother, she kept her powers under wraps. He even had a whole page in his hero note book dedicated to her but it was completely empty. "Besides, I'm about to show you my quirk if you're interested?" Midoriya's head shot up with stars in his eyes. "Really?!" She sat up straight with a small smile on his face. Audrey knew how much Midoriya wanted to know about her quirk or quirks if you will. So it wouldn't hurt to show him at least one.
She smiled and grabbed his wrist dragging him away to an alley where they couldn't be seen. "Um?" Audrey presses her finger to her lips in a 'shush' motion . "I rather people not see what I'm about to do, besides these tall buildings are perfect for my quirk." Before Midoriya could say anything she got down on all fours and began to morph. "Wahhh!" Midoriya screamed while backing into the concrete wall.
Audrey's once small body grew two times its size and black fur grew all over her. Her ears and tail popped out and her limbs were more lean and muscular. Soon her human face changed into a feline one. The freckles on her face grew out whiskers while her nose grew a bit and turned pink. She slowly opened her eyes that were once blue were gold and slit like a serpent. "Your...! Your...! A cat!" Midoriya cried out, pointing at her when her transformation was complete. She looked at Midoriya with a deadpan look. 'Panther, if we want to be technological.' She thought. Without another word Midoriya pulled out his notebook again and began writing and mumbling to himself.
"So you have a cat quirk huh? Wow and with how quickly you transformed you must've been doing it for quite a while." He was about to ask her questions but she only opened her mouth with a loud hissed at him, causing him to jump and slowly put his notebook away. Her long fangs made him very uncomfortable. "Sorry." She used her tail to point to her back. Midoriya looked at her like she was crazy. "You want me to climb on your back?" She nodded.
Midoriya stuttered, trying to find any excuse to not climb on but Audrey's eyes were sharp and piercing that he gave up reluctantly.
He gently settled on her back like a horse or he hoped he did. He hoped that he wasn't too heavy for her, but the moment Audery felt his weight, she was off. "Ahhhhh!"
With a huge leap Audrey easily got on top of the tallest building and ran at top speed, jumping at each building without hesitation. "Wait!!!! Can you please slow down!" Midoriya yelled, holding onto Audrey's neck for dear life. Midoriya never would've thought in a million years he would be on top of a cat, jumping onto buildings at a ridiculous amount of speed, just to get to his school in time. If he wasn't so terrified about falling off and plummeting to his death, he would've enjoyed this experience.
Finally after maybe five minutes which felt like a lifetime to Midoriya they landed on the roof of his middle school. "I thought I was going to die." He said with a shaky voice. In fact his whole body was shaking. 'Maybe I overdid it a bit?' Audrey's thoughts went back to when they made a almost deadly drop to make it to the other building. For her it's an easy pissy jump, exciting really. But for a human with no quirk... She looked at the ghost like Midoriya who looked like he was going to throw up. 'Yeah I think I overdid it.'
With great concentration Audrey morphed back into her original form. Thankfully her quirk kept her clothes intact, simple jeans, white converse and black sweater. "Sorry about that Midoriya, the door should be unlocked. Good luck at school."
"Don't mention..." Midoriya started but the moment he turned to look at her she was gone.
Audrey took out her phone and checked the time. "Shit." She cursed. All that fuss with the villain and getting Midoriya to school was going to make herself late for work.
(U.A School / Teachers Lounge - 8:00 am)
She groaned, waiting in the staff lounge for her cup of coffee. "I'm freaking 15 minutes late, I'm never late." Audrey muttered to herself, irritated. Her tail thrashing around angrily. "That is the last time I do favors for her." It was a lie but it didn't hurt to lie to herself right?
It was a good thing the staff lounge was empty, otherwise she would've had to suffer fatigue for the rest of the day, not to mention she wasn't really a people person.
Hell half the staff don't even know she works here, even though Audrey had been here for years. Once the machine beeped and the last drop of coffee dripped into the pot she immediately poured her addiction into a mug and added cream and sugar. She can't stand bitter, black coffee. If she had to go full black she was very picky about the right coffee beans to make her drink it. With a quick stir she took a sip and moaned in satisfaction. Closing her eyes to savor the moment.
'Nothings like sweet caffeine addiction.' She smiled. Reluctantly she moved away from the coffee pot and sat down at one of the couches and began looking over the many papers of the school floors.
"There are still something's that need to be updated. I'll have to run it with Power Loader." She mumbled, taking a quick sip of her coffee.
"This isn't like you." A gruff voice spoke out of nowhere. Audery choked on her coffee while looking around, frazzled at the unexpected voice. "Who?" The voice chuckled, causing Audrey's skin to prickle. She slowly looked down and saw what looked like a giant yellow slug under the table, only this one had a worn out, male face, with long wolf black hair. "Oh, hello Eraserhead." She greeted calmly. On the outside Audrey looked cool as a cucumber but only the inside her heart was hammered a mile a minute. "You got coffee dripping down your mask." Eraserhead stated, pulling down the zipper of his sleeping bag and slurping a juice pouch.
Now this was normal for Audrey since her hero's uniform consisted of a full face mask that looked like a knight's helmet with different swirls designs on it, most of her body was covered by her black hoodie dress with long black sleeves and her skirt with a slit on the right side of her leg with black combat boots. Rarely has anyone seen her true face besides Midoriya, Nezu, Midoriya's mother and All Might. And she prefers to keep it that way. "Crap." She muttered, getting up from her seat and heading over to the sink to get a paper towel. Eraserhead got up from the ground and let his sleeping bag drop from his shoulders, his eyes never leaving Audrey, especially her tail. "I didn't know you had a cat quirk." Audrey lifts her mask slightly to wipe away the coffee from her mouth. "You never asked."
"Kind of hard since I rarely see you." Eraserhead stated. Audrey hummed in agreement. She tossed the towel away and turned towards the tired hero.
"So what were you saying?" Erasurehead tilted his head in confusion. "You were telling me it was not like me. What do you mean?" She explained. Eraserhead said nothing and continued to stare at her. Audery began to fidget nervously under his intense stare. "Ummm... never mind. I'm just... going to..." She slowly crept back to the table and grabbed her coffee and papers. Not once did Eraserhead keep his eyes off her.
Just when she was about to leave... "You're usually here before us. So... it was unusual." Audrey turned and looked at him in shock. His back was turned while he was making himself a cup of coffee.
"Oh... Um..." She stuttered. A blush formed upon her cheeks, though Eraserhead couldn't see it. Not really sure how to answer him. Audrey was very antisocial, though she had known Eraserhead since he was a student at U.A but she never really interacted much, so it was shocking that though she thought she was invisible to the world, Erasurehead was observant enough to notice her absence. 'Of course he would notice idiot, he's a stealth hero. It's only logical to know her work pattern.' She scolded herself.
Without another word she quickly left whilst Eraserhead took a slow sip of his coffee and sighed.
'This day is not going my way.' Audrey growled. She was so distracted that she almost bulldozed our poor principal. "Oh my! Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed." He squeaked. Audrey jumped what seemed like the millionth time and let out a loud hiss, her claws growing out in defense mode whilst kissing her coffee in the process. "Oh dear me! I didn't mean to startle you." Audrey looked down and saw no one other then... "Oh, sorry principle Nezu." She quickly retracted her claws and gave off more of a relaxed stance. "It's quite alright, it's good that you're alert but you seem quite distracted today." Nezu stated. Audrey groaned. "It's been a rough morning." She looked down at her broken mug and spilled coffee.
"It just started." Audrey gave him a deadpan look. "I know."