I-Island Takeover
Estelle stood by and observed while a few of her classmates attempted to find a way out. Each effort was utterly unsuccessful, and Estelle could see their panic start to rise until Midoriya finally spoke up.
"Is there any way we can get to the party? All Might is there."
Estelle raised a brow in query until she recognised he most likely came with the hero in question.
"Thank goodness, we're saved", Mineta sighed in relief. Estelle shook her head. Nothing was ever that easy.
"Yeah, we can use the emergency staircase", The new girl, Melissa, verbalised.
"We'll follow your lead then."
After Jiro had monitored All Might's words, the group convened in the cupboards. Estelle was not pleased. She wasn't sure if she should deal with it herself, but that would blow her cover and bring up more questions she wasn't prepared to answer just yet. It could even make things worse.
"You heard our teacher's words. We have to follow orders and get out of here," Iida stated thoughtfully. The classmates sat in various places around the tiny room whilst they pondered on what to do.
"I'm afraid I have to agree with Iida; we are still only students. We don't even have our provisional license" Yaoyorozu joined in.
"It isn't going to be easy to escape. The security here is the same as Tartarus prison; the most secure jail in the world," Melissa countered back.
"We'll just have to sit and wait then, I guess", Kaminari declared.
"Are you okay with that, Kaminari?" Jiro asked as she stood up in strong disagreement.
"What other choice do we have?"
"Don't you think we should at least try and stop them?"
Estelle tuned out the group's chatter until Midoriya's opinion broke her out of her thoughts. "This is different! If we solve this without fighting the bad guys, then we won't have broken any rules."
Estelle tilted her head in thought. Technically they would be able to get around the law entirely by doing that. Smart choice.
"It won't be that simple", Kaminari remarked.
"I know, but I still want to try! We can figure out a way to stop the criminals from winning. We can save everyone!"
"I know where the security system is. It's on the top floor of this tower. If the villains have taken control, we'll need to get past their radar and reboot the system. If we do that, then the whole island will be safe again," Melissa confirmed.
"So, it's possible", Midoriya marvelled with wide eyes.
"Let's do it!" Jiro asserted enthusiastically.
"There would be many enemies on the top floor; how would we be able to avoid them all?" Yaoyorozu thought out loud, her hand on her chin.
"If we can't avoid them or if something goes wrong. Leave me to handle it. Better if one goes down for this than everyone. I would be the best person to handle it," Estelle droned in with her input.
"What? No!"
"Hey, moron. I said if. As long as this works, then I won't need to do jack shit. It's the last resort," Estelle retorted with a glare.
"It shouldn't be a problem. As soon as we reboot the system, all the heroes will come crashing in anyways," Midoriya assured. Estelle shook her head at his naivety. This wasn't going to be a piece of cake.
"If you are sure, Estelle. We'll leave it to you," Yaoyorozu stated. She was uncertain if it was the right call, but Estelle was the best of them. If they needed someone to hold down the fort, they could rely on her to get the job done.
The students all stood up now that a plan had been formed. They collectively chimed in with their agreement to go. It finally halted Estelle and Mineta to respond.
"Have you all lost your minds? All right, I'll go!" Mineta cried out, literal tears streaming down his face. The group's gaze turned to Estelle, who held a frown on her face. Looking up at them confused, she answered.
"I said I would handle it if it goes bad, didn't I? That means I'm coming."
'That's the best we are going to get, huh?' They all thought with a sweatdrop.
After allowing Melissa to tag along, the class simultaneously agreed to Midoriya's final words.
"Let's do this! Let's save everyone!"
Estelle felt like a fraud.
Estelle and the group ran up the stairs as fast as their feet could take them. She scowled when she realised that there were two hundred floors and they were only on the thirtieth. Unfortunately for them, Mineta decided to be an idiot and opened the door to the left when the security panels were down - alerting the villains of their location.
Moving onward rapidly, the barriers around them eventually attempted to close, which Todoroki managed to stop with his ice. Iida ran through the gap and burst through a wall for the group to enter.
Fountains and greenery surrounded the room they had entered. If Estelle wasn't dealing with villains, she thought it was an excellent place to visit. It looked peaceful.
"Don't tell me the villains have found us?" Mineta worried when the students stopped in front of the elevator.
"No thanks to you", Estelle scoffed back whilst she stared at the elevator number heading towards their floor.
"We should hide and let them pass", Midoriya planned out loud.
The group hid behind bushes whilst they waited for the new arrivals. Estelle watched as two men appeared from the elevator, clearly a part of the villains who had taken over the control systems. Listening to their conversation, Estelle glowered when her assumption was correct since they were looking for them.
"Please leave; I don't wanna die", Mineta whimpered into his hand.
"They found our location, no thanks to you", Estelle directed towards the pervert again with a glare. The tiny male whimpered and slumped away from her dark aura.
"Hey! We see you, stupid kids," One of the villains called out. Estelle prepared for battle but immediately came to a stop when another voice rang out in the room.
"What did you say, you bastard?"
"What are you doing here?" The skinnier villain interrogated.
"That's what I wanna know too," Bakugo responded, clearly unaware of what's been going on.
"Hey, just leave this to be okay?" Kirishima asked apprehensively, his hand on the blonde's shoulder. Turning to the villains, he explained, "Uh, we kinda got lost looking for this party? Can you point us in the right direction?"
Estelle stifled her snort at the idiocy of the pair as Mineta voiced out her thoughts. "How did they get all the way up to floor eighty by looking for the reception?"
"Don't lie to me, or you'll regret it!" The villain bellowed out as he moved to attack. Estelle, aware that she was the one who had to take action, jumped out and raised her hands to block the assault.
Using the earth from the greenery around her, Estelle raised a massive wall of rock and mud to shield the blow from Kirishima.
"Estelle?" He asked in disbelief. The two male's eyes widened and raked down her figure. It was a shock to see her in a dress. She looked different. They turned mute for a moment until they staggered themselves out of their thoughts quickly. Now wasn't the time.
The group hiding behind the bushes stepped out towards the trio standing near the villains. Estelle managed to gain some time with the vast wall blocking the pair of villains.
"The three of us will deal with them, look for a way to the top. Shoto, use your ice to take yourselves up," Estelle ordered towards the group.
"On it."
"Wait! Estelle - "Yaoyorozu spoke up uneasily. She was still worried about the decision she had made on their agreement.
"We established that I would stay and handle any villains. We'll follow after you once we deal with this mess."
"Estelle. What's going on?" Kirishima questioned once the classmates were moving upwards with Shoto's ice.
"Did you idiots not hear the broadcast alert? Forget it; villains have taken over the tower."
"Wait, that's what this is about?" Bakugo stepped in, realisation finally setting in.
"I'll explain more when we don't have two assholes on our tails."
At those words, the two villains smashed through Estelle's earth walls and got ready to attack. The buffed man spoke up as he activated his quirk.
"So, you wanna fight? Let's see how tough you really are," He growled whilst he morphed into a purple beast. Estelle took a step back in shock. He looked somewhat like a troll but smaller and purple.
Immediately, Estelle activated her earth abilities to make walls reinforced with steel. The villain crashed through them at a slower pace in his attempt to reach the female, only to be hit with a heavy explosion by Bakugo. Unfortunately, since he landed with his back faced against the villain, Bakugo didn't see him travelling back to land a strike. Kirishima thankfully made it in time to push the blonde out of the way and took the full brunt of the assault.
The redhead crashed through the ground and Estelle's giant wall of rocks before finally landing on the other side of the hall. Estelle winced at the significant impact but could feel his movements in the earth. He would be fine.
"Kirishima!" Bakugo howled out.
"Dodge!" Estelle yelled back at the blonde. Bakugo hastily moved out of the way to allow Estelle to strike with a water whip. The two moved with precision and landed back to back as they faced each villain.
"You both know how to fight, don't you? Where did you come from?" The duo asked.
"Right! Like we would tell a couple of weak ass villains," Bakugo barked back, a broad grin on his face.
"Hm. Why would we tell you anything?"
The pair of students instantaneously jumped back into battle. Bakugo focused on the purple male as Estelle confronted the male with the massive hands. Her frustration grew as every element was morphed when it reached the villain's vicinity. The knowledge set in when Bakugo landed next to her.
"He isn't changing matter; he's displacing it", Estelle realised.
"So that's how his quirk works", Bakugo noted before jumping back up to the purple villain. "It's time to end this! Howitzer Impact!" He roared out as he landed a massive explosion to take down the troll look-alike.
Estelle's eyes widened when the other villain moved towards the blonde to assault him from behind.
"Bakugo!" She shouted, alerting him.
Bakugo moved out of the way in time to her relief. The matter of his sleeves disappeared from the close call.
"What the hell?" The big handed man spoke, staring down at his giant palm.
"The sweat from my palms. It works like nitro-glycerine" Bakugo started with a broad grin.
Estelle smirked as she set her hand alight and let out a stream of fire towards the villain. The sheer force of her flames made it impossible for him to dodge since all he could do was gulp before he exploded within the blaze. Estelle gave him no moment of reprieve and used water whips to hold him in place before she hardened it to ice.
The pair quickly made their way to Kirishima. Estelle could see the worry hidden within Bakugo. She knew he would be okay when she felt his movements, but she smiled internally at the Bakugo's relief when they reached the redhead.
"I can't move. Can you get me out of here?" Kirishima asked from within the rock. Estelle snorted out a chuckle from the view whilst Bakugo responded.
"Are you that stupid? Just turn your damn quirk off, you idiot."
Estelle's humour morphed into a loud laugh which she attempted to cover up with a cough. The two males enjoyed the rare moment.
"Oh, right. Guess I should have thought of that," Kirishima expressed as he turned his quirk off and landed on the ground.
"At least you're okay", Estelle confirmed, her lips still tilted up.
"Same to you guys."
Bakugo twisted away and muttered a quiet "Thank you" for the save.
"Woah! Where did that come from? Don't worry about it, "Kirishima reassured.
"I'm not worried!" Bakugo answered back furiously.
"Let's catch up to the others", Estelle guided.
"Don't order me around."
Bakugo, Estelle and Kirishima all made their way towards the stairs, stopping by numerous small robots. Estelle groaned at the display and proceeded to charge, with the two boys following suit after her.
When they had managed to catch up with the others. The trio found Todoroki protecting Ochako as she tried to keep her quirk on for Midoriya.
"Good job, now you can help us take these on", Todoroki praised as he used his flames to take down more bots.
"Who died and made you boss?" Bakugo hollered back.
As Estelle continued to take down robots. She found that Todoroki was using his flames to propel Midoriya in the correct direction. Gazing at him quickly, Estelle felt a little proud that he wasn't as timid as he used to be with his fire aspect.
Bakugo was the only one who noticed.
Estelle knew there was a chance the pair was going to need backup. Her timing was impeccable since she saw a mini-explosion at the roof from the opposite building. Setting her hands and feet ablaze, Estelle said her parting words.
"I'll see you on the flipside."
"What!? Where are you going!"
"To provide backup!" Estelle shouted back as she flew to the other building.
"Tch, idiot."
Estelle reached the roof in time to watch Midoriya falling from a helicopter. She was taken aback by his reaction.
"Damn it!" He screamed.
Before Estelle could say another word, a crash where the plane was rung out loudly in the dark. A figure shooting out from the metal could be seen.
"Don't worry! Because I am here! I'll have you return my friend to me, you fiend."
Estelle watched with a deadpan as the plane exploded behind them all. At least he managed to save someone.
"Everything will be okay", He reassured the others. Estelle felt a pit in her gut when she felt movement from the explosion area.
"All Might!" Estelle shouted. She was too late since the hero was pelted across the roof with a metal pipe.
Turning around, Estelle watched with wide eyes at the villain who was on the helicopter previously. He was encircled by metal in front of the roaring flames. Estelle wondered if he could control metal like she could.
Her inquiry was answered when the villain wrapped pipes around the scientist and pulled him away. "All Might's quirk is failing him; he doesn't have the same unstoppable power he once did."
"He's using the professor's device", Midoriya recognised.
Estelle turned to face All Might, only to find that he was beginning to steam up. He was running out of time. All Might quickly moved to strike a punch which failed miserably since he was thrown back onto the ground. Estelle watched the villain in hidden shock as he used the quick amplifier to strengthen his quirk to new heights. She saw the mountain of steel and wondered what she should do. If she started using an aspect, she never talked about. There would be trouble. Estelle would just have to work around it as much as possible.
With a determined stare, Estelle followed after the hero from a distance so she could provide support. Wrapping his fist in condensed air and allowing the wind to accelerate him. All Might landed a more significant blow than he expected. It wasn't enough since the villain kept throwing more metal at him to slow him down.
As hundreds of pipes moved down to land directly onto the hero. Estelle frantically jumped into the fray in front of him. Raising her hands up, Estelle held back the metal to stop it from touching All Might.
"Estelle?" He questioned in bewilderment and awe.
"I've kept your secret! Now it's time for you to keep mine! Go! I'll provide you support!" Estelle shouted over the loud rumbling.
Nodding, All Might flew to the sky to land more punches. Estelle aided him at his side by holding down the metal around him and by keeping him shielded. Estelle frowned when the amount of metal was increased. She had not trained her metal aspect very much as she left her world in the midst of working on her sub-elements. The escalation of pipes was wearing her down, and Estelle struggled to hold back the mountains of metal floating on top of the pair.
Thankfully, Bakugo and Todoroki had arrived. Freezing and blowing up metal as they moved. Estelle sighed in relief and added a wind shield around her to make it seem like the air was forcing the metal out of the way.
"How can you let yourself get beaten by such a lame final boss. Hurry and take him down!" Bakugo reprimanded the hero with a yell.
"Thanks for the help, Estelle and Bakugo."
"We'll do what we can! We'll help you," Todoroki added, the group of classmates following behind him.
Estelle held in her smile as All Might strength built back up from the support of those around him. She could see the determination in his eyes and knew that she wouldn't need to follow him anymore. Flying to the right, Estelle used her air and metal bending to rip the steel out of the villain and off the building entirely. Whenever she heard All Might yell, Estelle would fly upwards and coat him with sharp and condensed air. Amplifying every blow to the villain on steroids. She wanted to ensure victory.
She widened her eyes when the metal wrapped around All Might to imprison him, and Estelle flew closer in hopes of moving the material of him. Before she could assist, Midoriya reached him with a formidable punch, and Estelle relaxed, knowing that the hero was safe.
Looking down in annoyance at the pep talk the two males decided to have amid battle. Estelle resumed fighting in support by attacking as many weak points she could find.
"You're the one who doesn't know he's been beat!" She heard Bakugo howl from afar. Soon after, she felt the heat from his explosion and shook her head in amusement. He really was something.
Estelle watched whilst Midoriya and All Might sped through the rock and metal to land their final assault. She moved to provide aid once again but stopped herself when they moved in sync. Flying back further, Estelle felt strange.
'They don't need my help', Estelle thought. The strange feeling continued to fester. Estelle stayed quiet when she heard her classmates shout out their support for the duo.
"Go, Midoriya!"
"Destroy this guy!"
"You can do it!"
The roof exploded from the impact of their moves; the debris erupted everywhere. Estelle observed the sight with a glint in her eyes. They did it.
Estelle landed in front of her classmates while they cheered. She noted the fact Todoroki and Bakugo shared a smile before walking away to stand on their own.
"Deku! You're okay!" Ochako called out with ease when the green-haired male could be seen on some distant rubble.
"Yeah, we're fine! How are you guys?"
"We're okay!"
Estelle watched the interaction soundlessly as Todoroki made his way to stand by her side. Estelle looked up when she felt his arm brush against hers.
"You were great", Todoroki commented. Estelle nodded back.
"You weren't bad either. Sorry about the dress," Estelle responded, her voice unapologetic.
"Ah, it was my old man's money anyway. You can keep it."
"Hm, thanks."
"Hey Todoroki, come here!" Yaoyorozu yelled out, catching the male's attention. He turned back and nodded briefly in goodbye, aware that they would be together for the flight back anyways.
Estelle observed silently whilst he walked away. She was startled to find Bakugo standing at the newly emptied spot.
"That dress, it doesn't suit you", He stated, his voice harsh.
Estelle grinned.
Bakugo was taken aback. Doesn't every female feel insulted when you talk negatively about their dress? He was confused, and he looked away so she couldn't see his blush. The smile was too bright.
Estelle shook her head, the smile still lingering on her lips. Estelle had caught him red-handed.
"Thank you."
"Tch."