Ch. 12
This should have been over, by Leo's thoughts, at least. It shouldn't have taken this long, to take out some villains. Not being forced to surrender by one of them. It was...humiliating, to say the least. All his years of training and for what? Being cornered, holding up his hands dropping his katanas? All because the plan, Jiro's quick thinking plan in using (kicking) Kaminari's electrification quirk to taser the villains. It worked up to a point, including the side effect his quirk leaving him rather...short-circuited (Leo called it brain damage), after he completely discharged. Luckily though Momo had managed to make large insulant blanket...best not to think about that. Protecting them, but, allowed Kaminari to get capture by one of the villains.
Who just so happened to be unaffected by the latter's quirk. It was clear, it was the same villain who jamming the communications. Though it wasn't the one, Leo realized, blocking April's telepathy. This was just one mystery solved.
But, being in sort of defeated position like, Leo fumed at the outcome. If he had his brothers and friends, none of this would happen. He'd give an order that would follows, plus all of them together worked rather...flawlessly together. Their skills wouldn't allow them to be in a predicament, not to mention the defeat of these villains would be swift, like any ninja.
Breaking away and handling these villains on his own, wasn't ideal. Clearly. But, standing here like this...wasn't ideal either. There had to be someway to get out of this and also get to Kaminari. The only idea that came to the mutant's mind was a distraction.
Jiro's thoughts exactly. "You know you two dudes are so lucky, with electric type quirks your destine for main success."
"What are you doing?" Momo whispered.
Jiro kept talking. Praising the villain. "I mean if you didn't want to be a hero, there are tons of jobs you can do in the city right? Your kind of quirk is in high demand."
Leo wasn't sure what or why she was doing this. He kind of wished she would stop. Opening his mouth to say something, stopped. Noticed the movement of her earlobe. Moving downward towards her stereo boots.
That's...surprising. Leo gasped. He wasn't the only one who noticed, Momo too. Distracting them, he smirks mentally. Not bad, better get ready then...
"So, I'm wondering," Jiro continued. "why become a villain in the first place? You don't have to answer, I just thought it'd be interesting to know." Her ear-jacks reach her boots.
It was now or never, Leo and Momo kept theirs eyes and face straight on the villain not giving any sort of indications of the plan being done. Once Jiro connected to her boots, she could attack, and after she did that...Leo devised a plan, he'd grab his katanas, rush the villain taking him, and freeing Kaminari. He had it. The plan would work, taking a breath calmly clears his mind. Waiting before activating his quirk...the villain wouldn't know what hit him.
"Nice try." The villain saw through her ploy, held electric hand to Kaminari. "Think you can distract me? Big mistake sweetheart-"
Damn, Leo sneered.
"-I'm not some dumb thug that can be outsmarted by some kids. You need to learn to take hostage situations seriously."
Other villains began to recover.
"So here's the new deal," the villain demanded. "either this idot's going to die or you are. How about that? You can save either his life or your own?" He walked to them.
So much for the distraction. They needed to get out and end this fast.
Yet, you wondered, who where those two people standing a few feet before you? Squinting a bit to make them out, managed to see...a woman? Yes, it seem like a woman...in a white lab coat...with dark heels? You couldn't really make her out. Shadows concealing her, and with her to back didn't help. Was this some sort of dream? You weren't sure, did the woman know of your presence? Who was that other person with her? Their back to you as well, they where younger...a child? They remained close to the woman, their small hand gripped the woman's lab coat. You weren't sure why, but, there seem something...vaguely familiar about this woman...their aura...seemed...was...it felt...no...it was the melodic humming the woman was doing...it seemed...wanting to know reach a hand out to them...
Hit something solid and cold.
Your eyes snapped open...ice!? Ice was covering you, like...coffin? Or something enclosed. Why where you encased? Why...why where you entrapped? Why..did have to be a small space? Why?! Your hands hit against it, a small crack produced. You didn't want to be in here! Your heart racing, ready to explode. Where was everyone? You began to claw.
April? The guys? Master Splinter? Your father? Everyone? Where did they go? Did they...where they gone? Why couldn't you sense them? They couldn't be gone, you didn't want to be left...alone...you...you….the thoughts swirled wildly in your mind...you needed to get out...those voices...where they coming from outside...you weren't sure. You couldn't see. You couldn't... slamming your hands again against the ice, with more force, producing more cracks. You didn't want to be here. Anything but here!
April! you screamed.
Instantly April stopped from the trembling jolt she felt. "April, what is it?" Donnie asked stopping too, with Mikey just a few steps before her. April said nothing. She stood still, worrying the brothers. Donnie goes over to her. Reaching a hand out. "April, what is it?" The moment his hand touched her shoulder, drew it back..she was shaking. "April! What is it?" He turns her to look at him, nearly jumped back. Her face was deprived of color. Paler than normal...she almost looked ghostly.
"Is she okay?" Mikey asked, voice low and shaky.
Donnie wasn't sure, waving a hand before April. She remain unresponsive. Something, there seem to be something that gripped her. But what? "April," he gives her a little shake. "what is it?"
Hesitant and unsure, Donnie gives another light shake. She comes back. Blinking a few times, shaking the haze away. "Wha-What happened? What..." Groaning, touching her brow slightly. "My head...it feels like it's on...fire."
Donnie and Mikey look at each other. Exchanging unsure looks. "April, you okay?" Donnie asked.
She looks at him. Giving a nod. "Yeah, why? And.."Looking around. "What are we doing?"
That was surprising. The brothers look at each other, brows arched. "Going to help, May." Donnie tells her. "Remember?"
April gave it a quick thought. "No, that's not right. May...she's back at the entrance." Thumbed over her shoulder. "I told her to stay there."
"Umm, no you didn't." Mikey steps in, she turns to him. He points down the plaza. "May flew down there, to help that Izuku dude, from class."
That didn't seem right, April gave another thought. The more she did, a quick, sharp pain shot through her mind. She could almost hear her brain neurons sizzle. Flinching, stopped.
Tried shaking the pain away. "Umm, no, that couldn't be right...May, she's..."
Donnie and Mikey exchanged looks again. Lost as April was. Why didn't she remember, nearly there to the area. To stop all of sudden, that just didn't seem right. April's telepathy already canceled out, so she couldn't really search her mind to see...Donnie had a thought, it must be a side-effect of who or whatever is preventing April from accessing that part of her quirk.
April tried again, finding it blank. Empty. Bleak. Shaded. Blotched.
Looking to the guys, meet their eyes, trying and searching for the truth in their words. It was, they weren't lying. Her sister...as she actually...to make sure April cast her eyes behind them to the plaza. Squinting, spotted Izuku...Raphael, three others from class, All Might standing before the two villains. Kurogiri that mist guy and the other, odd and rather frightful one. Who seem to be in panic about something, she wasn't sure why. Going over the rooster down there, April saw no sign of her sister whatsoever...there was however a coffin like case made of ice behind the guys. The size of a person.
But no sign of her sister at all. Biting down, cursing herself, with no way of sensing May. April was left in the dark. Even so, Donnie and Mikey's words rang truth, her sister had to be down there, somewhere...but where? If she was, was she hurt? Did she overdo it? Was she...so many thoughts overwhelmed April, her muscles tensed and tighten. If she went down there to help Izuku, it made perfect sense. She was oddly attached to him, of course April knew why. And if her sister was attached to the boy then...she'd be driven only by that, logic out the door. Damn her quirk, this was why they had her remain as support on outings, only engaging if needed.
Where was she?
At that moment Izuku's screams cut through her thoughts, the boy sprung to intercept the villains' attack on All Might. Kurogiri warps Shirgaraki's hand through his body near Izuku's face. Did April get her answer, that ice coffin burst and the person that sprung up and out, glowing eyes, filled with fright and panic.
May.
Her chest rapidly rising up and down. It lasted for a moment (after a good couple of deep gasps), with a fist raised they smashed the rest of the ice. Tossing it aside, quickly get up nearly stumbled back, caught their footing at the last second. Took a moment to catch their breath and settle their body tremors, before noticing the situation happening before. The moment those golden-yellow glowing eyes landed and saw Izuku, sprung up and race to him. Almost again, nearly stumbled, she hadn't fully recovered.
Slightly staggered to Izuku, shot her hand out. In his direction, used one of the guys (not Raph who yelled for May to come back, she didn't) jumped and vaulted off them cast a golden-yellowish sphere around Izuku. To protect him. A surprise to him, she even managed to get a flickering sphere around All Might too. Surprising the Pro Hero as well. Shirgaraki's hand touched the sphere instead of Izuku, had a shocking revelation, not because his touch decayed the sphere's but, because it had an effect May. It was causing her pain, even if she clenched her teeth to hide it, it showed...on her shoulder.
"May!" April exclaimed, rushed over. At the sight of her sister.
Donnie and Mikey followed. Jumping down the last steps, April pushed off using her telekinesis to give her a boost, left the guys behind. Shouted for her sister. "May! May!"
The moment April's foot hit the ground, something fast whizzed past her, hit Shigaraki in the arm. That wasn't all either, in the Mountain Zone, the same thing happened to the villain holding Kaminari, shot in the shoulder. Momo knew who it was and what that meant, turning to the entrance, there standing with their pistol out...
Pro Hero and teacher Snipe.
With his fellow colleagues and the principal. It was a relief, but Leo's heart dropped when (and Momo) realized who was also there too...Yoshi (Splinter) Hamato. With eyes of calming fury at the villains. Leo swallowed the lodged lump in his throat. Mikey and Donnie who stopped, saw their father do the same. Raph too.
That he cursed under his breath.
"Sorry everyone," Nezu said."we're a bit late but I got the teachers over here as fast as I could."
"Your class rep has returned!" Iida announced. "I have fulfilled my duty and I brought reinforcements!"
Taking their chances the low level villains charge the staff, to be easily beaten. Each teacher active their quirk, Splinter on the other hand preferred his skills over quirk. Sprinted down the stairs, any villain that was in line of sight, he struck swiftly. Knocking them out, concerned more for his sons...his sharp eyes search and find them. Donnie and Mikey first on the stairs. Relieved he rushed to them, fist back, drove it straight into the villains jumping to attack from behind.
Splintered pounced and delivered his punch. Ordered his sons to meet with the other classmates. The sharpness in his voice, both sons comply and run back up the stairs. With two sons safe and accounted for, Splinter like an arrow shot through the villains coming his way and searched for eldest. Reaching the bottom of the stairs tackled one, easily taking them out. One villain tried to come up from behind, Splintered evaded their attack, whipped his tail at them. That didn't stop a few others from trying, this needed to end fast...sliding his eyes back quickly making sure his sons' back remained to him...good they where. Now, turns facing the villains, he could use his quirk.
Losing his neck-tie addresses them with a subtle warning. "I would not engage as you have neither the skill or mentality. But, should you wish," he stands firm and tall. "then understand this, I will have domain over this entire fight."
The villains didn't know what he meant, of course they didn't. Not taking Splinter's warning, the villains attack. Sighing, Splinter took control.
With the tables turned now, Shigarkai ends the mission. To be shot a few times by Snipe, Kurogiri quickly covers him. Preventing any harm, begins to warp them away, to be sucked up by Thirteen. The hero tried to prevent them, but with their weakened state it didn't last. Kurogiri and Shigarki managed to escape.
Good.
You could put the shields down, canceling them. Latch onto your shoulder, that ached and winced in pain. If Shigarkai would have remained touching your spheres then...
"May! May!" April's shouts turned your head. Find her telekinetically running over, she rips off her hood. "May! May!"
Tired you manage a smile. Walk slowly to her."Niich-" Stop and remember..."Izuku-chan." Turn around, spot him on the floor. Rush to him. "Izuku-chan! Izuku-chan!"
You didn't get far or close to him, your body still lagging energy, and with this injury. Legs lock and you fall. Luckily, your arms shoot out and catch yourself, a bad idea. Pain from your shoulder spiked. Your hand instantly clamped on it. Squeezing it. Why couldn't you be numb now? Why?
It hurt. Like fire. It...it...
"Here, let me see." Shoto said.
Looking up, find him standing over you. His hand looming over your shoulder felt rather chilly. He goes to touch your shoulder. You move away and jump up. "No! I am okay! There is no need for an aide."
He just stared at you. "Then why are you still holding your shoulder?"
Realizing you where, quickly let it go. "I am well. See? Thank you for your concern, but I am well." Give him a light bow. He was about to say something, the second you came up.
April's arms threw themselves around you. Giving you a squeeze, you held down the throbbing pain. "May! Are you okay?"
Pushing the pain down, give a slight nod. Praying she'd let go. "Yes, sister I well. I did not mean to leave."
As much as April wanted to chide you about such a reckless action, held it off for later. Instead sighed. "Good. You idiot. Come one, let's go with the others." Leads you towards the rest of the class. Keeping you close. "May, you know you shouldn't..."
Having escaped just barely from the Pro Heroes, Shigaraki and Kurogiri make it back to their hideout. Injured and upset, Shigaraki groans about the wounds inflicted.
"Shot in both arms and legs, are those underlings wiped out and even Nomu was beaten!" He fussed. "We failed! Those kids where so strong. The symbol of Peace wasn't weakened at all. You were wrong master."
Looking to a blank with words: SOUND ONLY.
"No, I wasn't." A calm, low husky and gruff voice replies. "We just weren't as prepared as we should have been. I agree we underestimated them. Thankfully we failed under that cheap League of Villain's name and not our own."
"And what about the creature the Master and I created?" Another voice asked.
Followed by another. A more cool and feminine voice. "And what of my projects? Did you happen to gain any sort for inquiring samples? For further research?"
So many questions, Kurogiri answered them. "He was blown away. It was All Might's doing. Without coordinates to his precise location I couldn't use my warp to bring him back. We didn't have any time to search for him."
"This a travesty! And after all we did to make him as powerful as All Might."
"Well, I suppose it can't be helped unfortunately."
Again the female spoke their question. Kurogiri answered. Shirgaraki hissed. "That damn bug zapper of yours got in my way!"
"Development is well, but clearly lacking the fundamentals." Kurogiri takes over informing them. "They are...tamed."
A sharp grunt was heard from the female voice. Who chuckles softly. "As expected, that damn fool as domesticated them. It's sickens me. What of the other one? Her? Is my product better?"
"That has yet to be seen, but level of power shifts in their favor."
A displeased grunt came from the screen. "I suppose it can't be helped, time to add a little shade to that light."
Kurogiri kept going. "The Hamatos are here as you stated. Should there be a step taken?"
"No. Leave them for now. The same with the others, for now. Until the time is right."
Understanding commutation ends after a few more bit of information was exchanged and orders given.
The whole ordeal at USJ hit the news, besides that everyone from class came out alright and fine. No one was really injured besides Aizawa and Thirteen. Splintered reunited with his sons and after having them checked out, instantly took them home. April had you seen by someone, even though you insisted you where fine. Your main concern was about Izuku, wondering if he was alright. Which caused April to snap at you to be concern about yourself and how stress you gave her. After getting the okay and some medical attention (not really needed), Uraraka came to check up on you both.
April told her the two of you would be heading home, but everything was alright. You asked to stay to make sure Izuku was alright and to see if you could help. But, April wouldn't allow it. Now with access to her telepathy, threaten for you to listen or she would use it on you. Once her eyes started to glow you sigh and comply. Though ask that your wellness wishes be sent to Izuku. With that April drags you away.
The moment you and April make it home, the sun was setting a bit. It was rather quiet. She told you to take a shower while she tired to prepare dinner. And by shower a long one. Doing as she said gather your clothes and take a long one. Washing your hair too. As you rinsed the shampoo out, close your eyes for a moment see that woman again and child. Hear that humming, there was something different though this time...the woman was a child now too and held the hands of other child. It was weird...
"May!" April knocked on the door. "Come on, dinner's ready. We're having...hot dogs. Finish up."
"Y-Yes sister!"
Turning off the water, grab your towel, wrap it around and dry off.
April began setting the table, as she waited. While she was, she couldn't help but think about that moment of...blank space. That was weird. Forgetting about her sister, where she was...what she was doing. That never happened before. That severed connection...burrowed a hole that winced in pain. Starting at her reflection in the cup, forgetting her sister...she just...
"Niichan, I am ready." you come out dressed in large New York t-shirt. Hair down and lose. With dancing pineapple socks. Just cause.
She smiled as you both take a seat a the table. Hot Dogs, her specialty. Clasping your hands together, thank her merrily. Pick up your food and take a bite.
"By the way May, it's Onesan for older." April corrects. Laughing a bit. "Also, what you did today was just...just.." she sighed long and hard. "you can't going around doing things like that. You know this!" Her voice tremors.
You stop eating. Eyes drop. "Yes...I...I.."you had no words.
"This isn't like New York, May. You can't just be careless all the time. You can't just react. I wasn't around to help bring you in, back."
She was right. Each word she said made your shoulder drop. "Imagine what dad would say if he found out? Huh? You've got to be smart, about this. This...this...new route we're taking is...well...it's different."
You had no words really to say. Eyes still down, nod slowly understanding. All while silver eyes watched the two sisters.