The American pro hero blitz made his way through the Mock City at a high rate of speed, as he did so he caught some movement at the corner of his eye. Quickly Blitz makes a U turn and makes his way to the street he sees the movement only to see a figure turning a corner, he quickly runs and turns the corner only to be greeted by a battle axe aimed at him.
Quickly thinking, unsure of who was in front of him, Blitz got into a defensive stance before asking. "Who are you?"
The man covered head to toe in armor responds. "I am the Australian pro hero Gladiator, judging by your attire I assume you are a pro hero as well." The Australian pro responded which got Blitz to ease up a bit.
"Thank God, you had me spooked for a second, thought I was dealing with some kind of Villain for a second, can't be too careful with these people, clever bastards managed to smuggle us to who knows where for this damn test. I'm Blitz by the way." Blitz said as he observed his surroundings.
"Indeed, there has been no villain group as powerful and as organized as this one."
"Or as wealthy, I mean just look at this place, it's a fake city, it's like U.A. or one of those more upper-class hero schools in New York or L.A., where do you think they get the money to run such a large-scale operation? And how would such a thing go unnoticed? I mean the amount of money to pour into something this large wouldn't go unnoticed."
"There could be a number of possibilities, however I do not think it's wise for us to think on that yet, right now we need to first figure out a means of figuring out where we are and figure out a means of escape."
"I suppose you are right, oh been meaning to ask, what is your quirk? It would be best to learn each other's quirks in case we end up in a combat situation"
"You have a point, my quirk is called Armor, it allows me to grow this armor around me and it works like an exoskeleton, it's practically like another part of my body. However, I cannot feel much pain in my armor unless the wound is pretty bad. What about you? By the name I imagine its some type of speed quirk"
"Yes, it is, my quirk is called speed orbs, it makes these orbs appear on the bottom of my feet and I am able to run extremely fast with them. Hopefully ur durability and my speed can make a good pairing, it'll have to if we want to get through this."
"Yeah, I hope so too, for now we need to keep going, we also need to look out for that Himiko person, no telling where she is, we also need to see if we can find the third hero here."
"Yes, assuming this Himiko has not already made work of the hero."
"As much as I hate to say it your right, even with this being kids we are dealing with its obvious they aren't weak, it seems like the person hunting us is being considered for Alpha-1 which is the apparent top class of this school, A class that reduced All Might from the symbol of peace to a frail bloody mess on live television for the whole world to see."
"Which is why our best course of action is to keep moving and hope we encounter our fellow pro, while we try to find a means of escape."
"Yeah, we should also try to avoid the kid hunting us down, with the size of the city that shouldn't be too hard unless the guy has a quirk that he can use to track us down"
"We have no clue as to what their quirk is, we need to be cautious while attempting to find a way out, if we do encounter this person, we need to capture them and figure out what they know of this place"
Blitz Nodded before him and Gladiator began to make their way through the city.
After around two minutes of walking both heroes hear the sound of footsteps approaching; they quickly turn, getting in defensive stances, ready for what could be a potential threat.
"Woah! Woah! I'm not your enemy! I'm a hero" Short Circuit said, raising his hands so as to not appear threatening.
At this both heroes seem to relax a bit
"You're the third? Oh thank God, not gonna lie I was worried you may have gotten killed, neither of us had seen you around, yet again this place is somewhat large" Blitz said as he looked relieved to finally see another hero.
"Yeah, for a second I was worried I wouldn't find the two of you either." Short Circuit said
"With all of us together, we might actually have a chance to escape, it's clear that the sky of this place is fake, so an ariel escape is out of the question" Gladiator said as Blitz began to brainstorm
"If we are indoors, they must have some sort of vent system, a place this large has to have a major vent system." Blitz said
"Yeah, but they have probably already thought of people trying to do that and are prepared if someone tries to get out that way, these people are too smart for that." Short Circuit told them as Gladiator Nodded in agreement before he spoke.
"You have a point, our only option may be to find an entrance and bust our way out through the front door, it's a very bad idea and it's possible we may fail, but it would appear that we don't have much of a choice."
"Actually, we never got your name, or your quirk." Blitz asked as he turned his head waiting for Short Circuit who was quick to answer.
"Oh sorry, I'm Short Circuit, my quirk is an electric type, I can flow electricity through my hands." Short Circuit responded.
Gladiators perked up upon hearing this and then looked at Short Circuit before speaking.
"Electricity? That actually might be useful, kid. Do you think you are strong enough to cause a blackout? That could potentially aid in our escape, especially if we go in directly through a main entrance, assuming there even is one."
Short Circuit wasted no time in responding. "Maybe, but I'll need a lot of food, my quirk requires me to eat, especially if we are talking about blacking out what is basically an entire city, honestly I'm not even sure I'll be able to, maybe a specific part but not the whole facility."
"Oh really? I saw a Grocery store not too far from here while running around, there's food in there, it looked real at least from where I was" Blitz said as he gestured behind him.
"Oh, alright then we can head there on a brief supply run, hell who knows how long it's been since we last ate, I don't even know what day it is" Short Circuit replied
"Actually, Blitz, what day was it when you partook in your raid?" Gladiator asked
Blitz cupped his chin and thought for a moment before speaking "it was Friday when we took part in a raid, the attack on U.A. had happened only a day prior and we were quick to move on any sign of Hive Academy making a move, obviously things didn't go as planned though"
"And what about you kid?" Gladiator asked turning toward Short Circuit
"Oh, I got here on Saturday, what about you?" Short Circuit replied
"My raid took place on Monday" Gladiator said, earning a somewhat taken aback look from Blitz, while Short Circuit's facial expressions didn't change much.
"So, it's been at least three to four days or more for me, oh god just how long have we been here" Blitz said
"We can only speculate, for now it's best for us to just keep moving, since we all haven't eaten we will go to that store and find some food before we continue, it would be unwise to stay in one spot for too long unless we want to be found by our pursuer" Gladiator said before Blitz nodded and started to walk in the direction he saw the Grocery store.
As they made their way to the store, Gladiator couldn't help but notice something off with Short Circuit, while he appeared to be fine on the surface he could tell through his body language that something was wrong, it was weird, it was like in some way he was lying but at the same time he wasn't, perhaps he was nervous regarding the current situation they found themselves in, he was still a kid after all, barely looked eighteen.
Gladiator decided that after he ate, he would talk to the kid, after all he would need the kid to have his head in the game if they were to have any hope of getting through this.
The three heroes eventually made it to the grocery store as Blitz looks around before speaking
"Alright, now we can get ourselves some supplies" Blitz says as he travels down one of the aisles with Short Circuit and Gladiator
Blitz begins to grab different foods off the shelves and begins to eat on the spot, clearly hungry after not eating for days.
Gladiator took note that Short Circuit didn't seem as hungry, while yes, he was looking for food he wasn't as eager to eat as Blitz was despite the fact that they were only captured one day apart.
Gladiator then looks around, grabbing some food and opening the bag as he begins to quickly eat before quickly finishing. He then turns towards his other two heroes before speaking.
"I will go get us something to drink and then we can head out, try not to let your guard down even while you eat, we still don't know where that villain is, I'll be right back."
After saying this Gladiator leaves towards another aisle, Blitz was too busy eating to respond, and Short Circuit was busy picking out which food he wanted to eat.
As Gladiator walked, he couldn't help but feel uneasy about Short Circuit's behavior, the more he thought about it the more his veteran experience as a pro hero told him something was wrong, like he was hiding something. He didn't want to suspect the kid of anything, but every part of his instincts had cried out that something was very wrong.
As he was in thought he turned down one of the aisles and his eyes widened with horror at what he saw, he couldn't believe what he was seeing, it was impossible, what he's seeing in front of him shouldn't be in front of him.
Before him was the lifeless body of Short Circuit, he had a stab wound in his back, but that wasn't all, his body looked strange.
'Was…was his body drained of blood..' Gladiator thought as he looked at the body that appeared somewhat frail, while it didn't appear that all his blood had been taken it seemed like a large portion of it had been taken.
It was at that moment that everything hit him, their hunter had already located them, the prey, and had tricked them. They had let their guard down and now…
"BLITZ!" Gladiator shouted as he ran toward the aisle Blitz and Short Circuit who turned out to be an imposter had been.
As he turned to the aisle his worst fears were confirmed, before him was Blitz laying on the ground choking as he held his neck which was spewing out blood from the large gash across it, standing above him was the person still in the form of Short Circuit, a knife in his hand which was covered in blood along with some of his hand.
Gladiator looked at Blitz as his life was slipping away, the pleading eyes that were begging for help, Gladiator felt responsible for Blitz fate, he had ignored all the red flags, it was obvious from the jump that something was wrong and he either didn't realize or brushed it off and now Blitz was dying because of him.
As Blitz looked between Short Circuit and Gladiator, he was in shock, it had turned out that Short Circuit wasn't who he claimed to be and that from Gladiators quick return he had seen come to some sort of conclusion, he either came to the conclusion after some thought but at this point that wasn't even his concern anymore.
Blitz had wanted to help her, to stop her from making a mistake which would cost her more than she realized, he had hoped he could talk her out of this, of course he had no idea how someone ends up in her situation but he would give it his all to try, it's what a hero was supposed to do, but in his current predicament he wouldn't be able to do so.
His mind then moved to all the people in his life and the fact he would never see them again, his mom, his dad, his little sister, she had always wanted to become a hero with Star n Stripe being her favorite hero. He hoped she would continue to pursue her dream even after his disappearance, now soon to be death. He knew her and the next generation would have tough battles ahead of them, but he believed that she and the others of her generation could succeed.
Blitz felt his life slowly fade as he reflected on his personal life and his life as a pro, he hoped that despite the circumstances the kids here could be saved, even his own killer. However, from looking at Gladiator's current attitude to the situation it didn't seem likely that he was going to try and get through to her, he reached his hand out and tried to speak but he couldn't.
As his life faded away, he could only hope that Gladiator would be able to put a stop to this operation and save all the children that were currently or soon to be exploited by these villains.
Blitz's body stops moving as the choking noise stops and his eyes become the void of life as he laid on the ground in a pool of his own blood.
As Short Circuit turned to face Gladiator which caused him to tighten his grip on his battle axe, Short Circuit had a manic grin on his face that replaced the previously normal expression he carried.
"Looks like your little hunter was right under your noses the whole time and you were so caught up with yourselves you didn't notice, don't worry, i'll still make you bleed, though bleed might not be the right word this time around."
After saying that, part of his or rather her face began to melt into a clay-like substance which revealed the left side of Himiko Toga's face.
"You will pay for this! You are a murderer and as a hero it is my duty to put a stop to this madness! Surrender now and I will make sure that you get a fair trial." Gladiator said with anger palpable in his voice as he pointed his axe at her.
"Oh, that's just too bad because I'm done being told what to do, I'm somewhere I'm free to be myself and I have no intention to give up my freedom to the likes of you." She said.
"Then I will do what I must if it means stopping you and the others involved in this operation." Gladiator declared with conviction.
After saying that, Gladiator quickly swung his axe toward Toga as she acrobatically avoided the strike by jumping backwards over the swipe and over Blitz's lifeless corpse before landing on one foot and one knee sliding backward toward the end of the aisle towards the exit.
"You can't beat me, my armor is too strong for your knives to penetrate, surrender now!" Gladiator demanded as he took a step toward her.
"I don't think I will, I hope your still pretty fast in that armor" Toga said as the rest of her body melted into a claylike substance as it fell off of her revealing the girl to be completely naked before she ran out the store, Gladiator quickly giving chase behind her as she runs out.
Unfortunately for gladiator Toga proved to be very quick on her feet and was out running him, however he still kept a line of sight as he gave chase seeing as she turned down an alleyway and he followed her until they reached a new street.
Toga made her way across the street and inside a gas station as gladiator pursued before stopping, this felt like it could potentially be a trap, he deduced that if Toga were fleeing, she would most likely flee through the back, and if she ran in expecting him to chase behind her, she would not see him come from the back door.
With that in mind he decided on his next course of action, he ran around the garage to the alley that would've led to the back door, there he saw her running down the alley once again, one of his two predictions coming true.
He quickly followed her down the alley toward a parking garage, Toga jumped into the parking garage through the opening and ran up the ramp in the parking garage to the next floor before turning and leaving his sight again.
When Gladiator made it to the next floor he was greeted by rows upon rows of cars.
Gladiator looked around, it was an obvious trap but at the same time what exactly could she do, she seemed to use mainly blades, not many blades could penetrate his armor, hell even bullets had a hard time getting through his armor, so the question remained, what was her plan.
Gladiator walked cautiously through the parking garage passing the cars, checking to make sure she didn't spring up from under or even inside any of the cars, he then heard a giggle echo throughout the parking garage.
Gladiator continued to walk, paying close attention to his surroundings with a tight grip on his axe.
The more he walked the more on edge he became. As he did so it was quiet, nothing aside from the sound of his own footsteps, he decided to make another attempt at getting her to surrender.
"Give up, you need to see that what you are doing, what you are a part of, will bring catastrophe on us all, these people are not your friends and whatever they have offered you isn't worth it, you need to stop this selfish behavior and understand the bigger picture."
In response he got another giggle which echoed across the area. With that, Gladiator realized there was no option but to keep moving forward.
It was then that he saw something out of the corner of his eye, a figure moving between two cars.
He quickly ran over to where he saw the movement between the two cars and looks under one of the cars to see if he sees her.
"It's ove- AAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!"
As soon as he looked under one of the cars he was quickly met with a knife to the left eye, grabbing at his helmet he fell back as he howled in tremendous pain.
Toga quickly scrambled from under the car and backflipped a decent distance away with a device in her hand.
"And now for some fireworks" Toga said with a grin before she touched a button on the device.
In an instant the two cars Gladiator was between exploded, causing the side of the parking garage to be blown up completely sending car parts on fire and pieces of debris all over.
On the street a good 47 feet away was gladiator, or at least what remained of him.
He laid on the ground barely conscious or aware of his surroundings, he was missing both of his legs, the left leg up to the knee and the right up to the thigh, his left arm had been blown off up to the elbow while his right hand had been blown off, most of his helmet had also been blown off revealing the wound over his left eye and the left side of his face charred and bloodied from the explosion.
Before Gladiator could even fully grasp his situation, something landed on his chest, but he wasn't sure what it was, he couldn't even feel his legs or arms.
He then looked at what had landed on his chest only to widen his eyes in shock and realization, on his chest, or rather embedded into his chest was his battle axe, charred and broken in some parts like the rest of his armor, but still sharp enough to go through his armor and his chest.
"I…I've failed." and with that he took his final breath before the life left his eyes and his head fell back, his body going limp on the concrete.
Toga had run outside to look at her work, her face beaming with excitement.
"YAY! I DID IT" Toga exclaimed in excitement as she jumped through the air.
In the surveillance room there were a number of reactions from the students of Alpha-1.
Many like Mist, See-More, Frostbite, Mammoth, Holocaust, Billy Numerous and his clones, and even Gizmo were slack jawed at what they had watched unfold in the past ten minutes, of course for most of the boys this was due to the fact that she was butt naked.
Others like Livewire, Jinx, XL-Terrestrial, Punk Rocket, all wore smirks on their faces while Kyd Wykkyd wore his usual stoic expression and Red X's expression was unreadable due to the mask that none of his fellow classmates had seen him without.
"Oh, hell yeah she's definitely in, I mean I knew we gave her some stuff to work with but a didn't expect her to use the explosives especially like that" Livewire said.
"Yeah, she is definitely Alpha-1 material." XL-Terrestrial commented.
"That was a good tactic, she still has much to learn, she is an armature with a blade, definitely needs more training. Nonetheless I think she is still good Alpha-1 material." Red X said with his arm crossed still looking at the screen.
"So, it's settled then?" Mist asked.
"I don't see any objections, looks like it's official." Jinx responded.
Jinx then stood up and looked at Kyd Wykkyd before speaking.
"Wykkyd bring me down there, time to congratulate the girl." Jinx said.
Kyd Wykkyd got up and walked to her before putting his cloak over her and teleporting to where Toga was as she stood excitedly over the body of Gladiator, giddy with excitement she turned to Jinx and Kyd Wykkyd excitement visible across her features as she wore a large creepy smile.
"Did I, do it? Did I get in? Please please please tell me I got in!" She said with a look of excitement and anticipation on her face as she slightly leaned toward Jinx.
Jinx blanched somewhat when the girl leaned toward her and looked away. "Yeah, you did good, but please put some clothes on, all the boys haven't taken their eyes off the monitors in ten minutes.'' Jinx said as Kyd Wykkyd disappeared and Reappeared with her clothes and he tossed them to her.
Toga quickly put her clothes back on and ran up to Jinx.
"So, I got in? This is going to be so much fun!" The girl nearly squealed.
"I gotta ask tho, out of all the tools we gave you why explosives? Doesn't seem your style based on what I've seen of you."
"I was inspired by the attack on the heroes, specifically when you guys killed that hero that went underground, blood is fun and it tastes good, but explosions are pretty cool too!" Toga said enthusiastically.
"Ah alright then, let's go introduce you to the others." Jinx said as she walked toward Kyd Wykkyd with Toga as he put the both of them under his cloak and they instantly appeared in a different room that was full of monitors.
Kyd Wykkyd pulled his cloak away from her as she stared at all the students of Alpha-1.
Toga wasted no time in introducing herself "Hi! My name is Toga! Himiko Toga! I'm so excited to be joining your class!"
"Yeah, we know, but now it's time for you to meet us, I'm Jinx, but of course you already knew that." Jinx stated.
It was then that the olive skin girl rushed over to her. "Hi! I'm Mist, it's so nice to have another girl on the team."
"Nice to meet you Toga, you can call me Livewire, gotta say that thing you did with the explosives was pretty cool." Livewire complimented with her arms crossed as she leaned against the wall with a smirk.
"Well, I was inspired by him." Toga said as she looked towards Gizmo.
"Tch, copycat." Gizmo said with a hint of irritation in his voice.
"Don't mind him, he's just like that, especially towards newbies, I'm XL-Terrestrial by the way." XL-Terrestrial said as he looked toward Toga again.
"Can I stab him?" Toga asked as she brandished the same knife, she killed two of the heroes with and took out the eye of a third.
"Don't let the attitude fool you though, he's pretty useful, he can make you anything you may need as far as technology goes, though the staff often have what most people are looking for." Jinx told her.
Toga kept her gaze on Gizmo as a twisted grin had formed on her face and while Gizmo tried not to show it, he would be lying if he said she didn't terrify him. She then put her knife away and turned away from him and began to introduce herself to the others and get to meet them.
"I'm Shimmer and that's my brother Mammoth." Shimmer told Toga as she gestured over to Mammoth who looked down at her before speaking.
"That was a good showing you had back there, let's just see if you can keep up in the combat practice now that you're officially in our class." Mammoth said.
Toga looked up at him before she spoke. "I'll get the hang of it; I want to learn some of the moves you guys did during your fights."
"You'll learn all that and more."
Toga turned to look at who spoke and came face to face with Red X.
"What? What else will I learn?" Toga asked as she looked at Red X with curiosity.
Red X wasted no time in answering her as he began to speak. "You have a lot to learn, while you aren't bad by any means you lack in a lot of areas, your quirk means you need to get in close contact with someone in order to use it, yet you don't actually know how to fight, only how to sneak around people and lead them to traps. When it comes to direct confrontation you aren't capable."
"Along with that you also need practice with a blade, and not just knives, you should also be able to use swords efficiently, i believe shuriken and throwing knives would do you good too, you won't always be able to attack in close quarters so being able to dish out long range attacks would do you better, hell maybe even a gun. The point is you have a lot to work on, especially now that you are in the top class of Hive Academy." Red X added as he looked at her.
"Yeah, but guns? Seriously? Come on Knives are so much cooler." The girl whined as she pouted.
"Maybe, but there will be lots of situations where they also prove to be much less effective in combat situations, the only reason you even beat Gladiator is because we provided you with the tools needed to do so, I was surprised when you took those instead of the guns" Red X said.
"Well, I enjoy knives ok, besides I don't even know how to use a gun, it's not like I can just go to a shooting range and practice" Toga said.
"And yet you used the explosives, something which I highly doubt you have ever used before today." Red X remarked.
"I... Shut up." Toga said before turning away from Red X.
"It doesn't matter if you get mad at me or not, my point still stands, tomorrow we will begin training, and I will help you hone your skills as a fighter and teach you some martial arts and how to use an assortment of weapons." Red X said before walking out the room.
"Tch, whatever." Toga said, still facing away from him as he walked off.
Many in the class found the interaction between Red X and the newbie interesting.
"Girl you've only been here for a day, and you've already given us something to gossip about." Mist teased.
"It's nothing to gossip about." Toga replied, looking toward Mist.
"Really? The new girl getting private lessons with the most mysterious boy in school is nothing to gossip about?" Angel asked teasingly with a smirk across her face.
"Who knows? Maybe he will show you, his face? Maybe he will show you more?" Jinx said in the same teasing tone that the other girls did before laughing and wrapping her arm around Toga's shoulder. "Relax girl, we're just messing with you."
Toga rolled her eyes and sighed, while she was excited to be here, she realized this was still a school and would also have the downsides of being in a school, she hadn't been in school since the incident in junior high which forced her to go in the run, it made her forget about the crap going back to school would inevitably come with.
Toga met and got to know the rest of her Classmates before it was time for them to go to lunch, some of them she liked and got along with, others like Frostbite tried hitting on her not only 5 minutes after they had met which annoyed Toga a bit, but Jinx told her he would get the hint eventually and leave her alone. Toga wasn't bothered about being seen completely naked by the other boys of the class, to her it was simply a part of her quirk that she had no control over.
When she asked where the headmaster was, they told her he had some business to attend to but would congratulate her later.
At lunch she sat and talked with her classmates, with Jinx sitting next to her and Gizmo sitting across from her.
She had noticed Red X was the only student not present, even most of the students from other classes were in the Lunchroom which was actually much larger than she had expected. She had never seen a lunchroom this big before, the food was also very different from what she was used to with most of it being western style food. Truth be told she shouldn't have been surprised given that the headmaster and from what she could see practically all of Alpha-1 was western, it was harder to tell with Kyd Wykkyd and XL-Terrestrial given their appearances and there was zero way to tell with Red X since he wore a mask which concealed his voice.
Toga didn't dwindle on it for too long as she began to talk with Jinx about her quirk among other things.
While Toga was talking to Jinx, she didn't notice Gizmo flick a small device into her mashed potatoes.
Upon seeing this Jinx snickered, she knew what was going to happen next, after all it was basically tradition to prank the newbies a little bit.
"What's so funny?" Toga asked as she looked at Jinx confused.
"Oh nothing." Jinx said as she managed to keep herself from laughing.
Toga shrugged off her behavior and took another spoonful of mashed potatoes before there was a small explosion on her trey which sent all the mashed potatoes into her face as everyone at the lunch table and the tables around them began to laugh.
Toga was not amused by this joke to say the least as she wiped the mashed Potatoes off her face and sent a death glare towards Gizmo.
"Sorry, we tend to do stuff like that with newbies all the time." Jinx said as she still chuckled somewhat.
"Yeah, they did the same thing to me and Livewire when we joined, Livewire almost fried Gizmo that day." Mist said as she gave Toga a reassuring look telling her to not take it personally."
Toga was tempted to just stab him on the spot; however she ended up just glaring at him and giving him a warning instead.
"If you ever do that again I'll cut your throat out."
Gizmo only snickered again before responding "fine, your crud for brain newbies always take everything too seriously."
Elsewhere in the facility Brother Blood watched as one of the other students was practicing in one of the many training rooms throughout the facility.
The student who possessed a gas quirk was in the center of a large cloud of purple gas which he produced through his body. He was practicing on hitting targets with a gun inside the gas based on the fluctuations he felt inside his gas.
Two figures stood next to Brother Blood. One was a somewhat disheveled older looking man, he wore a hazmat suit with high grade tech on his chest that was connected to two tubes that went to a backpack he wore with his outfit, he had a small tube that stuck from one of his nostrils which also appeared to trail back to the backpack he wore. Along with this bore high tech goggles which made the eyes underneath appear red in nature.
The other figure had what looked to be a burlap sack mask surgically implanted on his face with gas masks filters on either side of his face, the only real visible parts of his face were his eyes and his teeth which could be seen through the mask. He wore a vest which contained vials on the upper right shoulder part of his vest and slightly larger vials on the lower part of his vest, the vials were connected to tubes, along with this he had two vials on his back with tubes that went through the black trench coat he wore. The man also wore a hoodie that looked like it had been stitched together. On his right hand was a device which was connected to the tubes that went to his chest, at the end of this device were four syringe like needles that were just above each of his fingers, however the needles were currently retracted, only extending to his wrist, he also wore fingerless gloves. Along with that on his leg was a device that looked to be supporting it and helping him stand.
These two men were Professor Chang and Johnny Crane also known as the Scarecrow.
The three men spent time observing the boys training before the silence was broken by Professor Chang.
"The Meta's here are quite interesting I must say, they have their quirks in Categories. The ability the boy utilizes for example is what is called an emitter type. Then there are mutation types which oftentimes causes people to develop animal type traits though this isn't always the case. Then there are transformation type quirks which cause a part of the body or in some cases the body itself to transform in some way. Then there are the accumulation types which allow for something to be stored into the body and released later. It truly is a thing of wonder, similar to the metas of our world in some ways but different in many others."
Brother Blood nodded his head. "Yes, they also have what is called a quirk awakening, it is when a meta-ability or as this world calls them, quirks, reach their max potential. It appears to be triggered two ways, the first is through extensive training and the second is through intense emotional or psychological episodes that could trigger such, we have conducted tests with the help of Psycho Pirate and have confirmed its validity. However, we wish to unlock these awakenings through intense training which while that has yielded some results it will still take time, we must prepare these metas if they are to act as soldiers of the Light against the forces of Apokolips."
"What of the heroes that were captured? did you determine if they had awakened their quirks?" Scarecrow asked.
"It doesn't appear they did; from what we have seen of them they definitely have finer control over their abilities than the average adult metahuman or meta teen, but their quirks haven't truly awakened." Brother Blood replied.
"Of course, there are means to strengthen their quirks to an acceptable degree, such as Bane's venom, of course in my opinion the venom is not perfect, though those who have been granted access have been trained under him directly from my knowledge so that's something I suppose." Brother Blood continued.
"Perhaps the same methods used to unlock the meta gene in meta humans of our world can be used to awaken the full potential of the meta humans of this world." Professor Chang theorized.
"Ah, perhaps, it could be worth looking into." Brother Blood remarked
"Yes, most certainly, however I came here to provide Red X with a new supply of Zynothium, so if that's all, I must get going now." Professor Chang said. However, before he turned to leave Scarecrow spoke.
"I am most curious about the meta genes in this world's inhabitants, particularly I am most interested in if certain aspects of the meta gene can be changed or rather modified." Scarecrow said, which garnered curious looks from both of the men next to him, particularly Professor Chang who stopped and turned back to Scarecrow, now intrigued with where this was going."
"You wish to know if the Meta Gene can be altered or modified?" Professor Chang asked before cupping his chin for a moment before continuing. "It might be possible but that depends on the quirk itself, all of these quirks are different with their own different set of genetics depending on what category the abilities fall under and their exact function." Professor Chang finished as he looked at Scarecrow who never took his sights off the boy who was training below.
"Ah I see what you're trying to do, Scarecrow." Brother Blood said as he smiled. "It may be worth giving a try, with this specific quirk, A blend between the procedure used to unlock the meta gene in our world and adding your formula to the mix could potentially prove to work." Brother Blood said
"There is no guarantee it will work; however I would be more than willing to try, Ivo and Moro think that they have the right to look down on me and the others of the science division. They can play with their little droids all they want but my work will far surpass any of those robots and will garner me more favorability with the light. Everyone in the science division will have no choice but to respect me. You know it is a shame we could not extract more of the Reach's research before they were forced off world, they knew so much about the Meta gene, of course since then we have made great progress, but it is still a tragedy." Professor Chang said
"Come now, let's not waste any more time." Scarecrow said as he looked at the boy.
'Finally, a new prodigy that will show the people of this world the true meaning of fear.' Scarecrow thought as he looked at the cloud of purple gas and the boy who was in the middle but barely noticeable.
Brother Blood clapped his hands and the practice stopped, the robots the boy was fighting had shut down, much to the boy's surprise, as his gas slowly began to disappear, he looked up to see two figures floating toward him on platforms.
He instantly recognized one of the two men to be the headmaster, but he had never seen the other man before. Nonetheless he waited for them to come down to see what they wanted, perhaps they came here to praise him? Scold him? Offer advice? He wasn't quite sure.
"Greetings Mustard, I must say that was an excellent display you put on." Brother Blood commented as he looked at Mustard with a smile.
"Thank you, sir, this school has really proven to be a top-of-the-line school, better than any hero school to ever exist and no hero school that comes after will be capable of surpassing this one."
"Why thank you, I am glad to see someone enthusiastic about unlocking the true potentials of their quirks and reaching their fullest potential. In Fact, I would like you to meet someone who has quite a tempting offer for you." Brother Blood said before stepping to the side and gesturing toward Scarecrow.
"Hello Mustard, allow me to Introduce myself. I am the Scarecrow; I have observed you for some time now and I am most intrigued by your abilities. Your gas has the ability to put people to sleep, correct?" Scarecrow asked as he looked at the teen.
"That's right, it puts people to sleep and along with that I can feel when someone is moving in my gas by feeling the fluctuations." Mustard responded.
"Ah, interesting. What if I told you that you could be capable of so much more?"
"What? How?" Mustard asked as he looked at the man with curiosity though his face couldn't be seen due to the green World War two style gas mask the boy wore.
Scarecrow began to circle the boy. "Through fear, fear is one of the greatest weapons against the human mind, human nature causes people to give into fear, it could be small things such as fear of failing a task, or large things like fears of your secrets being exposed, or fears of your loved one's safety. When wielded properly fear can prove to be the perfect weapon."
He had done a full 360 around him before standing directly in front of him. "I can grant you this power, and I will teach you how to make use of it."
"How will I be able to use fear? Does it have to do with your quirk?" The boy asked.
Mustard would be lying if he said the man didn't freak him out to some degree, everything from his appearance to the way he talked made him unsettling, nonetheless Mustard kept his composure.
Scarecrow chuckled at the boy's questions. "Oh, I have no quirk, but fear is a greater weapon than any quirk." he responded as he turned away from the boy with his arms behind his back.
'What? He doesn't have a quirk, if not then what does he use to weaponize fear? His appearance? Hell, how did he even get like that if it wasn't a quirk?'
As if on cue Scarecrow answered one of Mustard's unasked questions. "I use what I call fear toxin, I made this toxin myself, it does exactly what the name advertises, with this people fall into a total fear induced state, and when utilized properly is a powerful weapon."
"And you want to teach me how to use this fear toxin basically?" he asked, still not quite sure what he was being offered.
"Oh no, you will do more than just use it, for you see we have exceptional technology and exceptional specialists who have the capability to alter your ability, your specific quirk would make it easier to replace the current gas your quirk uses with my own formula."
Mustard was shocked by this, if he was going where he thought he was going than he wasn't sure what to make of it, the mere concept of such a thing was pretty much unheard of, part of him did not even believe it, but from what he has seen of these people so far they have extraordinary technology that surpasses the likes of U.A. high and some of the top support companies in the world.
"If you accept, you will be the first person to have their quirk altered in such a way, and I will show you how to utilize fear toxin to its fullest capabilities should you accept my offer." Scarecrow informed him.
'A chance to change my quirk as a whole? To make it potentially far stronger than it is currently, and if successful it would be a scientific breakthrough that would go towards helping villains rather than heroes.' Mustard thought.
"I'll do it." Mustard said with confidence.
"If it'll let me become stronger, if it will make me feared by heroes, then I accept." Mustard declared.
A smile grew on Brother Blood's face as he was most excited to see what would come from this.
"A very wise choice, come along now, there is much to be done" Scarecrow said as he gestured to a third platform which was floating above the ground.
Mustard got on it and floated up to where Professor Chang was with Brother Blood and Scarecrow.
"Mustard, allow me to introduce you to Professor Chang. He will be in charge of the procedure that will improve your quirk." Brother Blood introduced the man who grinned.
"I'm honored to be overseeing this procedure, now come along, we don't have all day." Professor Chang said before he began to walk as Scarecrow and Mustard followed the man.
Note: and finally, chapter 10 drops, I finished it a few days ago but I decided to fix some things on the previous chapters and add some things, some of it was minor stuff like spelling and grammar errors, other stuff was added in because I either forgot to add it to begin with or I thought it would make a good addition. Along with this there was minor change in dialog for some of the chapters.
The chapters I changed were the Prologue, chapter 5, chapter, 6, chapter, 7, and chapter 8 as well as chapter 9. chapter 8 went through the most alterations with me adding the rest of All Mights talk with Midoriya which I forgot to add like an idiot, and also the part where class 1-A is confronted by Shinso and the other U.A. students from general studies or class 1B.
as for this chapter Toga finally joins Alpha-1 officially, along with that we are also introduced to two new villains that being Scarecrow and Professor Chang as well as mentions of other villains. And yes, the scarecrow I'm using is Arkham Knight Scarecrow.
I appreciate the support I have been getting for this fic, and it means a lot, also I am just now seeing your guy's private messages to me, for some reason I can't see them on my phone, but I can on my computer, now I know to look out for them at least.
but anyway, I think you guys should go and read the chapters especially the near end of chapter 8. Chapter 11 is currently in progress and with summer here I will have much more time on my hands.
Until next time.