Chapter 14: What happens now?

Kold's POV

A maiden in a green dress with green eyes and two green twin-tails appeared from the portal that I had just opened. The beautiful maiden had entranced everyone of the vicinity upon her appearance. "What services do you inquire from me summoner Kold?"

"Elaine, I told you not to call me summoner" I grumbled still crouched at the pavement, but now another wave of exhaustion had welcomed my body.

"It is rude of me to address our Vanguard in such a way, so I kindly declined that offer" she replied while closing her eyes and bowing just like how a maid does. 'She is acting like one of those maid characters in a lot of maid-themed anime…'

"Anyway, I need you to cast a healing spell," I ordered the unit but she hesitated quite a bit and deciding to just follow my words regardless of the consequence.

"Area Heal!" Elaine chanted with both her hand clasping together in a prayer motion as well as crouching down to the ground. 'An Area Heal is basically self-explanatory; it heals anyone in a certain area indefinitely until the caster decides to stop it, or another scenario is that I go unconscious and forcefully return her back to Cray'

There really isn't much of an option right now, All Might is wounded and I am guessing it is pretty bad because he is constantly putting pressure on it and I can't also help but notice that he keeps grunting in pain as he moves. There is also Midoriya who has a makeshift cast on his hand, and that it could use some healing too. 'Another thing to add is that the healing of the unit is not bounded by the laws of nature, in fact, you can say it is similar to a regeneration quirk but without any side effects, other than it is a pretty slow heal'

"Kold… aren't you doing it too far. I can see you're pretty tired and I just know that your stubbornness is fighting the exhaustion. I think it's time to stop" Todoroki said trying to convince me to stop this immediately but clearly I can't at the moment, we are in the middle of the battle I can't just quit now and let them handle all this.

"I get it all right, but I can't just leave you guys to protect me like a damsel in distress. At least this way Elaine can heal and look out for me without you guys worrying" I spat with heaps of breath that I am constantly getting. "Besides, it's too late to stop now. Elaine had started chanting and I don't want her to stop praying" I stubbornly look ahead and focus on All Might's fight against the Nomu.

With the others staring at me and decided to just let me be, but I can't help but notice that one pair of villains eyes are staring creepily at me like it just found an oasis in a desert. 'Looks like I caught another villain's attention… this is going to be trouble'

"Nomu…" the leader mumbled once again, and I had braced for impact thinking that the thing is targeting me once again. However, big surprise that now he was aiming at Bakuguo to free their trapped comrade.

I didn't know what happened but I heard a swoosh and Midoriya had asked Bakuguo that he dodged the attack from the Nomu. The strength of the punch forced us to stumble back away, from the Mist guy's location and had noticed that there was a smoky trail and a smoky body coming off from All Might who tanked the attack like a pro, it enables the villains to force Bakuguo's hold on the Mist guy free.

'That was awesome...' I thought amazed at the Pro hero for defending us just like that. I guess they do really live up to their heights, especially him because he is the symbol of peace and also the number 1 hero. Something like that would have to have a bite and not all bark.

"These are children and you didn't hold back?!" All Might said in a moment's weakness, and it might be a stretch to think that villains are capable of holding back, especially towards children like us.

"I didn't have much of a choice, he was threatening my companion. Besides these kids are no angels" the leader villain said pointing towards our direction, specifically at me who is now still holding on to myself to stay conscious. "That one tried to kill me with his quirk, what kind of hero does something like that? Why do people get to decide that some violent acts are heroic and others are villainous? You are just a government-sponsored violent machine and violence brings more violence…"

"You sound pathetic; criminals like you always justify their actions but admit it, you're just doing this because you like it. Isn't that right?" All Might intervened and it made a lot of sense too. Their angle might be plausible but that's just it… it's only an excuse for them to do bad things.

"We've got them outnumbered," Todoroki said, and I notice that all of them are just raring to fight the bad guys.

"But Kold is in bad shape now," Midoriya said looking at my exhausted form, I decided to try and contradict his claim but Todoroki beat me to it.

"No need to worry, I can do long-ranged attacks so I can stay behind and protect him, for extra, protection," he said standing in front of my fallen form.

When I look up I see that his entire back is covering me from the sights of the villain, and it's kind of nice to think that someone is covering for me as he does. I don't really get this kind of treatment because first I don't know my father, a mother could only do so much to protect me, and I don't have a brother who could protect me, so it's nice to feel protected sometimes.

"Let's do this!" Kirishima said activating his hardening quirk in his hands.

"Stand back!" All Might's voice prevented us from engaging further with the enemy. "Young Kold is exhausted, and it's better to get out of here before it gets too dangerous"

"But we can help, if it weren't for Kold and me you'll still be under that Nomu's clutches" Todoroki spat and he does have a point, but I think All Might had already made up his mind.

"You both have my thanks for that, but this is the work of a pro. I wouldn't let any of my students get hurt" All Might said and he heaved a full breath. I can feel his urgency and determination of being a hero radiate from all over his body, it even gives me chills at the back of my spine.

'So this is what a hero is capable of… they are amazing' I look at the number 1 hero as for what he is, a person who has the power to change the world with just his strength.

However the leader of the villains had planned to engage us in combat, maybe even make us into a human shield, and I cannot afford to be captured by that villain. Elaine is focused on healing and exhaustion is taking its toll on me, don't know how long I'll last but I know I don't have much energy to keep this up.

All Might with all his strength had forced forward in incredible speed and Nomu back it up with his own and met All Might halfway in a forward punch. Noticing that both of their attacks are evenly matched, and the strong force introduced another strong gust of winds that blew back the villain leader.

I tried to hold onto the pavement as much as I can and Elaine's body is starting to tremble from the force, but there was nothing for me to grab onto. That is until I felt a chilling sensation in my back, preventing me from blasting off the ground. 'Thanks… Todoroki'

I didn't have the strength to focus on the fight but I kind of notice that the force of the winds keeps on coming suggesting that All Might and the Nomu are still engaging in a head-on punch marathon without much thought except defeating their opponents. I forced myself to stay conscious and hope that the other heroes will arrive in time to get us out of here.

I know it's a cowardly thought and I have dealt with them for a second, but I still can't help but feel an overwhelming feeling of fear. These are people who seek to kill All Might, and my guess is that they will do everything in their power to achieve it. And we students stand in their way at that goal leads me to believe that they will also target us if it means killing All Might.

The fistfights were evenly matched and the force winds were starting to get much harsher, making it hard for me to see what's happening.

I tried to pry my eyes to get a better view of what was happening and noticed that there was a warp gate starting to appear at Nomu's side and back, the others tried to warn All Might but he couldn't hear a single thing. 'If we don't do something soon… I can't imagine what will happen, especially what that mist guy is doing'

Speaking of the mist guy, last I saw him was at the leader's side but he isn't there somehow. 'This is bad, the mist guy disappeared… his portals could be coming right in for us any moment'.

A punch and flung the Nomu at one of the portals but immediately reappeared at another position and hit All Might at the back, without remorse. Before All Might could react the Nomu was pulled beneath to avoid the punch that the pro was aiming, and appeared at another angle and hit All Might's chest.

The mist guy is quite clever, he waited for an opportunity to lure the Nomu in one of his portals and then on helped the monster fight. 'This is two against one, clearly, it isn't fair. We have got to do something about this!'

"Bakuguo, you have the mobility find that mist guy and be sure to take distract him," I said to the explosive student. At first, he didn't like the idea of me ordering him around, but at last, he saw the reason for what I was implying. He ran off and with the propulsion of his explosion helped him see better up in the air and can easily spot the Misty guy. 'He should have the idea as to what is the Mist guy is capable of. He is smart after all'

"Todoroki, if you could distract the Nomu with an Ice barrier or something, anticipate and tank the attacks with your ice" I commanded the icy student, and he agreed to what I was proposing. There was no room for arguing right about now, and we need to take action or else.

"Kirishima, now this is important, and don't mess this up. I know it's dangerous but both of you and Midoriya have to fight the leader of the villains. He by far has the ability to come for either of us, and we cannot let that happen" I said to the close combatant students and Midoriya was reluctant to agree, but with Kirishima's attitude it was all well and done.

"Midoriya you could take off that cast on your arm now, Elaine cast an Area Heal so she must have already healed your injury" and with that, both of them had run off to engage in a fight with finger guy. They should be alright, it's two against one and Todoroki can lend support if needed. This plan will work. No... it has to work, I practically dragged everyone to my plan, so it better work.

"Got it…" he nodded letting his makeshift cast off and noticed that his wound did heal.

All Might had held on and kept on anticipating the Nomu's action with little result to give. He could react quickly to both the warping and punching at the same time, but one fatal weakness is that the Mist guy is going to be tired pretty soon. With his quirk being used like that it will only be a matter of time before he runs dry.

I weakly grabbed my deck of cards noticing that the clans that I had pulled were the Kagero clan. This is going to be a war zone after I summon a unit but whom… I need an agile and close combatant unit. I scanned my cards until I found just the right unit for the job, they said that Kagero units are ready to fight and I haven't summoned this unit yet, but I'm sure he is raring to fight a strong opponent.

"Even if his spear breaks, his heart as a dragon knight shall not crumble… CALL! Dragon Knight, Neshat!" all the attention turned my way, and with others looking at me with worry in their eyes. 'Sorry, but I have to do this…'

I threw the card fast, thus opening up a portal, and just to my luck, the Nomu was also coming out of the said portal. In a flash, a spear-holding dragon knight sped its way towards the Nomu with his spear facing forward and aiming for the shoulders of the monster enemy. Neshat is a unit from the Kagero clan, covered in a spiky suit of armor that covered most of his body and with two spears in hand.

The spear had pierced its target in both of its shoulders and upon Neshat's momentum, he made sure to drag the body he pierced into the ground and locking the Nomu in place with his weight. "Glad you finally called me summoner, and I do like the dramatic summoning, and what you did takes the cake!" he said smiling and laughing at what he had just done to the enemy.

"Glad you answered…" that was the only thing I could muster before falling down and caught by Elaine, who I noticed stopped his chanting of Area Heal, and just caught me in her arms. I noticed I was also feeling a lot better, except for the fatigue that had welcomed me upon summoning the Grade 2 unit.

"This is dangerous summoner, you already summoned quite a lot of units, and I am guessing you are running on pure adrenaline. It is wise for you to send me back at once" she commanded, but I ignored her plea. I still need her to somehow heal Mr. Aizawa after this fight, even if it's just for a little while.

"Elaine… I need you up there and heal Mr. Aizawa he should already be up there, and waiting for medic will take some time and I can't imagine if he has the time for it… Please" I begged the unit, and she started to hesitate. I can tell by the look on her face that she isn't on board with it but, this is the first time I begged and that is saying something.

"… I may not approve of this but you owe me one, Kold," she said and handed my fallen body to rest at the ice that Todoroki made for me to withstand the winds that were caused by two of the powerful individuals in the room.

As I heard her spoke my name, she was already floating away from me and to the front gates of the USJ. 'I just want to do everything I can…' I thought worried for my teacher. I just hope that Elaine can help, of course, she can help. She is after all a healer and one of the best too.

Todoroki made his move and quickly froze the entire body of the Nomu to the ground using his quirk. 'The only problem now is the two villains left' I racked my brain with every possible strategy I could muster and I am out of options. I just have to believe in Kirishima and Midoriya to handle the hand guy and for Bakuguo to distract the mist guy long enough for help to arrive.

"That kid is starting to get on my nerves… first he tried to kill me and now he countered one of the combo moves used by Kurogiri like it was nothing," the hand guy said but I can clearly hear him from over my side.

"You are pushing yourself young Kold… but you have my thanks for the assist" All Might greet and I just nod in response.

"Now that Nomu of yours is taken care of… let's settle this once and for all, League of Villains" All Might directed his attention to the leader of the villains. But before any of them can make a move a portal had intercepted the sight and out came Bakuguo with an explosion facing towards us.

'The plan backfired… should have guessed that the mist guy is smart and clever enough' I clicked my tongue in annoyance. I know that everything doesn't go according to plan, but I easily get annoyed if my plan didn't work to the smallest detail.

I breathe out a sigh of annoyance, and had watched Kirishima helping Bakuguo up to his feet and for the portal to also appear the mist guy. "Kurogiri… it's time to fall bac-" the leader was shot in both legs and one arm, making him fall to the ground.

"Shigarki!" the mist guy acted quickly and opened a portal dragging the supposed leader in his arm and throwing hands guy through the portal, and the mist guy also quickly made his way through the portal he just made.

"Finally, back-up has arrived" I mumbled, now I could rest easy. I look to my other unit, and I notice a frown on his face. He didn't really get to fight any battle just pinned a villain down and that was it, and I can feel his annoyance from over here.

"I didn't even get to fight a proper battle!" I heard Neshat mumbled in annoyance, and with the other two gone he retrieved his spear from the pierced Nomu and walk towards me with a frown on his face.

"Sorry Neshat… but how about I promise to get you the fight you want if I have the chance" I offered to the Grade 2 unit, and that made his entire being light up like a candle.

"That's a promise summoner, and I expect a good battle too," he said smirking my way. "And I better get going… you are running dry and I can't stay much longer" I clearly know what he meant by that and I retired Neshat with a short chant, and that made me feel groggy again.

I guess the adrenaline is dying out on me. 'This is good enough Elaine' I thought, not that she could hear me, but I once again chanted to retire Elaine. I just hope that she made progress in healing Mr. Aizawa with her heal ability, not trigger though, can't imagine what kind of consequence I can get from that. I didn't really have the opportunity to test out the heal trigger's capacity to heal, and I am not about to test it out in broad daylight.

With her retirement; I finally welcomed slumber in the form of sleeping. I just hope they don't dig up too much with how my mother being gone and kidnapped by someone I don't know. But who am I kidding, this is UA, they are bound to know about it one way or another.

However, one thing that the people didn't notice was that some of the cards in Kold's holster were glowing blue.

I don't know how long I was out but I can tell that the battle had finished because the other teachers at UA are here and they are checking to see if every one of us is okay or not. This results in me are not okay and need medical attention for my back, presumably my spinal cord. And judging by the other heroes tending to my classmates, I might have been out for quite some time.

I didn't have a say on the matter because the other teachers specifically mentioned my name to be checked by Recovery Girl. 'Well that's that… mother's going to be officially screwed and my life will go down from here on out' I thought dreading what the villain will do to mom if he ever got the chance.

However, I was not entirely worried because I know mother is smart enough and I trust her word that she is going to be alright. She said so that her quirk told her, so she isn't much in any danger… I think.

'In all honesty, I have doubts about what she said about her being okay… and her quirk is like an intuition that detects harm or something that I'm not sure what it is...' I thought debating on the fact that I have been constantly okay that my mother is kidnapped.

Another note too… the kidnapper didn't give me an update as to what information he wants to have in this school. It is kind of sets me off, to think that he is planning something big for me that I practically have no idea what it is.

"Hey kid, you okay?" I heard Mr. Ectoplasm ask and that in turn made me turn in his direction.

"Yeah, pretty much alive" I replied and that was all he needs to hear to leave me alone and tend to the others.

I still felt exhausted though and the most interesting part was that Elaine is still present and was still healing the injured, and that included me. I could have sworn that I already retired her, but how come she's still here?

"Good that you're already awake summoner. I am just here on my accord to heal your injuries as well as yours. Alfred asked that of me and I couldn't refuse the orders of one of the heads of the clan" she explained while she kept her position in a prayer stance.

"How long was I out?" I asked the unit while trying to sit up, but it was proved to be futile because my back hurts like hell.

"I advise not to move yet summoner, you are still recovering and Area Heal is a slow heal enchantment. Besides the other heroes are still tending to your other classmates, and I asked them to leave you here with me because I can tend to your wounds on my own, but I suspect that they are wary to agree" she replied moving her head a little to the side to point to the pro hero that was watching her work her magic.

I moved my head a little to get a better view of the pro hero and notice that it was Mr. Ectoplasm who was also the one who greeted me when I awoke. "There's no need to worry Mr. Ectoplasm, Elaine here is one of my unit summons who specializes in healing. She knows what she's doing" I reassured the hero, but still, he didn't make any move at all. He was just staring at me.

'Okay…' I thought and had let it go for the time being. This is also a new discovery, I didn't know Area Heal could also recover stamina; maybe it might heal everything into tip-top shape? And the downside is just that it's terribly too slow. I'm not complaining though, I have hours in here and will be alright.

That is until a hero came forward, "It's time for us to move you to a recovering facility. There is no pointing waiting out here when we can clearly lay you on a nice comfy bed for recovery" Mr. Cementos said and dismissing Mr. Ectoplasm from his position.

I notice that the other hero turned into an ectoplasmic state 'I guess he can't hold a conversation' I thought while also agreeing to what Mr. Cementos had offered. And that he used his quirk to manipulate the cement under me. And moved me to a stretcher and had placed me on an ambulance, without Elaine leaving my side, but she was floating at my side to follow me. Who was still using her enchantment on me... I think.

"Summoner, you better get some rest. You've done enough already… it's time for you to get some shut-eye" Elaine said, floating at my side while also keeping her enchantment up like it wasn't a problem at all.

I could vaguely remember that every time units use their enchantments, they strain themselves to a degree and I don't want that to happen to any of my units. "Elaine, I am okay now the other heroes will protect and help me recover. They are practically almost good at healing as you, so no need to strain yourself for me" I explained to the unit and she seemed to hesitate for a bit before deciding that I am her top priority.

"The Grade 3s of the Royal Paladin clan have asked me of this, I need to fulfill their wishes regardless of what you say summoner" she denied my offer and that was it. I couldn't shake her decision anymore, especially when the Grade 3s are involved, they are practically Gods in their own right.

"I understand, but if you get tired or too strained please stop and take a rest. I can't imagine how taxing it is to keep on healing me constantly without break, not to mention that you also healed the other people I asked for you to heal" I said and made myself comfortable and started to close my eyes for a shut-eye.

I stirred awake and had immediately noticed that Elaine was nowhere to be found, I think she already had gone back to Cray for a well-deserved rest. 'I just wish though that she left a message or something to let me know that she had gone back'

I gaze outside and it was already late afternoon judging by the colors of the sky, which was sunset orange. The perfect time for me to get going and be back home, without anyone suspecting that there is something wrong at my house.

I removed the IV drip that was hooked on to me and sat up straight, and notice that my back wasn't hurting anymore. It must be because of what Elaine did for me, as well as Recovery Girl, both did an amazing job in healing me back to 100.

I moved my legs to the end of the bed and stood up. I was perfectly fine, except for the clothes I am wearing that seemed to be scratched up in certain places. I moved to the front door of the room and opened the knob to see that someone is at the door looking straight at me right in front of me.

I couldn't move a muscle because it was the Nomu staring down at me like I was some kind of prey that had gone away from its predator. With those dead eyes of his, and brains that were full-on display. I thought everything was alright, but now it seems the battle didn't end yet.

"Okay hold on kid" A voice disrupted my line of thought in engaging the villain right in front of my eyes.

"Huh?" I asked looking around me and notice that the Nomu was chained. It was basically incapacitated judging by all of the things wrapped up around its body.

"I'm glad that you are awake… but you really should stay in your bed. We still need you to stay back for questioning" one of the police said guiding me back to my bed, making me sit still and he left the room.

I tapped my entire body for the cards that I had brought for today and quickly remembered that they were stashed in the holster on my hip. I let out a breath of relief and had decided to pull them out of their confinement. I spread them out in my hand, watching each of them in their respective cards, and each card was shining on their own way, especially the triple rare cards. It was nice to see that nothing was wrong with Llew, Barcgal, and Flogal's cards.

I had also done the same to my other decks that were until; I had opened my decks full of my Kagero clan. I was scanning each card, and appreciating the Grade 2 that I had summoned to help with the Nomu, and that was until I stumbled upon a white blank card.

I look at it confused as to why I have such a card, I moved it over to the light to see it better but there was still nothing. I tried to see it with no light, and just hoped that it was a fluke that it was printed with invisible ink or something, but alas there was still nothing. I spread the entire deck of cards onto the bed and had also noticed that another blank card was present within them.

I separated the black card from the other cards and I have one idea on my mind as to why these cards are here. I counted each of my deck and all in all they have 50 cards each, that means every card I own is here, nothing was gone or stolen. It was unlikely to steal 2 cards and nothing else, and besides stealing Grade 3 cards were much better than Grade 1 to 2s.

I already have an idea as to why these cards are here, and I couldn't fathom the thought of it and I couldn't entertain that thought of it happening to me. I once again scanned my entire deck of Kagero cards, and that's when it hit me. The blank cards are my 2 copies of Wyvern Strike, Jarren.

There was only one explanation as to why this happened, and that was because Jarren died during that attack by the Nomu. The Wyvern card tanked the attack to protect me. Tears started to fall in my eyes, this was the first time I felt true pain. Not the pain of not seeing your father in your entire life, but it was the pain of losing a friend.

I haven't had much interaction with the Kagero clan, but what I do know is that Jarren was a simple peace-loving unit that wanted to just support his comrade Tejas from the back. He didn't have a bad bone on him, just that he was willing to fight and support when he needed to. Jarren didn't deserve to die like that… in fact; he didn't even deserve to die.

Tears kept on dripping my eyes, and I desperately tried to not make a sound. It was proved to be futile because the pain was there. It burned in my chest like a mark that cannot be erased. I tried to calm my aching heart but nothing I did could relieve the pain I am feeling. 'I couldn't summon the unit anymore, I couldn't talk with the unit anymore…'

I fell to my knees with my entire face on the bed and cried my heart out for Jarren, my fallen unit. It didn't matter that the mattress was getting wet, and it didn't matter anymore if anyone could hear me grieve. All I needed was the power to turn back the clock and save Jarren.

I punched the mattress hard, and then again, and again, but nothing I do could relieve the pain. Jarren was gone, and it was my fault. I wasn't strong enough, I didn't plan enough, and I was careless enough to think that I had the power to stop that monster. I always thought that I am strong, but I guess I mistaken strength for arrogance and Jarren had to pay the ultimate price.

I climbed the bed and had punched the pillow and mattress, not caring if my other cards were thrown out of the bed by what I did. All I cared about is that I failed as a summoner; I failed as a Vanguard because I let my units die in battle, and I wasn't even aware of it. I slept comfortably the entire time, while Jarren died in Cray.

I heard the door opened and heard a worried voice, but I ignored the presence of that individual. "IT'S MY FAULT HE DIED!" I screamed at the pillow in pain. "IT WAS MY FAULT!" I screamed in agony. I couldn't bear the thought of losing a unit… I just couldn't accept that fact.

"DOCTOR" I heard a woman's voice and had tried to calm me down with a soothing voice. "Hush now… everything is alright. You are safe… and no one died" the woman said, and that statement triggered me like non-other.

"NO ONE DIED! BULLSHIT, YOU DON"T KNOW ANYTHING. I was reckless and arrogant, that's why he died!" I screamed at the nurse in pure rage and sadness.

"Please sir, you need to calm down. You just recovered" she tried to reason with me, but I was not having it. I tried to get up and leave and find that Nomu to get revenge for my unit friend Jarren, and this time I won't be merciful, but the woman nurse was not having it. "Let go of me! I have to fight that Nomu and kill it if it's the last thing I do!"

Other people arrived and tried to pin me to the bed to calm me down, but at this point, I am done resting and sleeping. It was time for me to make a move and kill that son of bitch monster for killing my unit.

I was almost successful until a sweet smell invaded my senses, and had forced me back to sleep in a matter of seconds. "… I have to kill… that… Nomu…" that was the last thing I could mumble before my body forced me to rest.

3rd Person's POV

Midnight, a pro hero with a Somnambulist quirk, allows her to radiate the smell of her body to others and when they inhale it, they fall asleep and it effectively works on men rather than women. She was walking to check-in to see if the student Kold Zyht is up so that she could escort him back to his home, as well as talk with his parents regarding the incident at the USJ.

However, the good news was that she heard the student was up, but the bad news was that he was protesting to get revenge, and was screaming endlessly. I ran to his medical room and notice that up to 3 nurses were trying to pin the student down. It clearly wasn't working rather they made it worse than ever.

"There's no other choice…" she said tearing her costume a little to spread her pink fumes and directed it towards the student. The 3 nurses knew what they had to do, so they held their breath until the pink fog disappeared into thin air.

"Thank you very much Ms. Midnight, for your assistance" one of the nurses thanked and the others were walking out of the room slightly drowsy from her quirk.

"It was nothing, but I am curious as to why he was struggling to get out," she asked the nurse, who was clearly in charge of the hero student.

"I have no idea Ms. Midnight, but what I do know is that he was crying terribly. I tried to calm him down just like what we always do to a patient who is distressed, but what I said made it worse" the nurse said dejectedly and confused.

The pro hero was as well, who knows what happened during the attack on the USJ. However, according to the testimony of the class and All Might, everything was okay up until the end where he was caught off guard by that combination attack of the warp quirk and the brain man.

"Do you have any idea as to why he was crying though?" she tried to ask for more information out from the nurse while looking down at the hero student that she forced to go back to sleep.

"Before I arrive, I think I heard him say someone died. But what the reports said from the ward was the pro hero Eraser Head, and 13 were okay and going to be just fine." She answered looking also at the boy that was earlier struggling to get off of their hold.

The pro hero noticed the cards that flew on the ground upon the struggle that just occurred quite recently. She leans down and notices that 2 of the cards were blank, nothing was written and nothing was there unlike his other cards, which were full of monsters, texts, and other abilities that the card possesses. 'So why are these cards blank…?' the hero thought looking over at the card for something unordinary, but it seemed to be normal judging from what she told. She didn't have much knowledge of card games, but what she does know is that no people would play with a blank card. So, it must mean something, something very important to get the student angry like that.

She tried to do the decent thing and grabbed all the cards off the ground and stacked each of them into one pile, and placed it on top of the table just at the side of the bed, where the student could just see it almost immediately when he wakes up.

'I guess it's back to the faculty and report this... and also better call this student's mother to visit him at UA for his recovery. This is going to be a long day…' the hero thought grumbling at what she thought and will do.

She arrived at the faculty office and proceeded to get Aizawa's phone records of his student to call the student Kold's parents. When she found the number, she slumped down on the adviser of class 1a and grabbed the phone, and dialed the number she just found.

*RING*

She waited for someone to pick up the phone, but it just kept ringing. She dialed again, and again there was no one picking up the phone. 'His parents must be out or something…' she stopped her dialing and once again took a look at Aizawa's record, she found a number for her mother and she decided to call the mother's phone directly.

*RING*

The phone ringed, and about a minute or two there was still nothing. No one is answering her call. This aroused suspicion for the R-rated hero, not that she minds being aroused but this kind of feeling signals a red flag on her book. She tried the house's phone number and left a message, indicating that their son is in one of the medical facilities at UA being treated by Recovery girl and she hanged up the call.

'Okay… this is getting stranger by the minute. First, the student Kold awoke crying. Second, he was struggling to get out from the holds of the nurses and screaming revenge. Third, is this… no one was answering their phone, or better yet no one was home at their house, not that it was wrong to miss the calls but missing over and over again, which also includes the mother's personal contact info' this definitely screams something is wrong, but what is it?

The pro hero couldn't understand what was happening, but her train of thoughts was disrupted by Present Mic's appearance that there is a faculty meeting happening right at this moment, and they needed the presence of all teachers to be present. She didn't have a choice but to attend, it's one of the job descriptions of being a teacher. So, it speaks a lot, although she loved to investigate what was happening to this hero student, her work comes first and then this investigation.

'It might also be wise to report this to others if they have any idea as to what was happening to one of their students' she thought proceeding to get up from the chair she sat and followed Mic to the meeting room.

The other teachers were already there sitting on their respective seats, and Midnight headed for hers. She sat uncomfortably and the meeting began. Midnight just wished that the discussion might involve how the student Kold was in distress.

The detective Tsukauchi, gave the report and it was all about the information regarding the disintegration quirk of a man named Shigaraki who was the leader of the League of Villains, and there was the Kurogiri, the person who had a rare warping quirk.

"72 villains were arrested after the aftermath of the USJ attacks, most are low-leveled thugs who prey on dark allies. However, what worries me is that how can a man-child got them all to follow his crazy plan and viewed him as a real leader" the detective explained and he does have a point. It is worrying a villain group being led by a brat, as they say, the 'the victor goes to the spoiled'. "It's because heroes are popping left and right, it is hard to make villainous acts. They may have taken the chance to follow such a simple-minded villain"

"It does make sense, but how do we stop them?" Midnight asked leaning forward in her desk and a serious look in her eyes.

"It's thanks to the heroes that most of us cops have the ability to settle different matters other than the safety of the people. We'll expand our search for the perpetrator, and maybe gather information on his next plan of attack, or better yet their hideout" Tsukauchi answered with confidence.

'It is great that the police are devoted to this case, not that they could do much help when it comes to villain attack. I don't mean to brag or anything, they do provide support and other things to the hero, but they kind of like secondary protection for all civilians when the heroes failed somehow' Midnight thought and lean her back after the detective finished his report on the USJ attack.

"It's time I address the one issue I found earlier" Midnight started gaining the attention of everyone present in the meeting room. Their heads turned to the R-rated hero. "Now that I've got your attention, the student named Kold Zyht of class 1-a was acting kind of strange when I visited his med room" she continued leaning forward with both her hands clasped together with a serious look on her face.

"How strange?" the principal asked.

"Well… he was screaming 'revenge' and that someone had died. When in fact nothing has been reported dead, and everyone was mostly safe during the USJ attack"

"That is definitely weird, there was no one reported to be dead, but maybe the kid was talking about something entirely different" the teacher Vlad had said, crossing his arms on his chest and leaning back to his chair.

"That's not all, I tried to call his parents and inform them of his whereabouts but no one was home and I directed a call to his mother but she wasn't picking up" Midnight continued.

"Not really a red light, but it is quite strange. She may have been busy at the moment and it doesn't call for any concern as of the moment." Principal Nezu said, but you can tell that he has something in his mind.

"That's what I thought too, but it doesn't fit right at all. First was the hysterical attitude towards after the attack in USJ, then the blank cards I notice when I took a look at his cards, and then this… there is too much happening that doesn't sit right at all" Midnight explained but that statement made everyone in the room wary, because of what she said.

"What do you mean by blank cards?" Nezu asked in concern, but you could notice that every single person was concerned by now. A card doesn't necessarily mean anything, but with a quirk like their student Kold, it was bound to be something relevant.

"We can't deny the possibility of something being wrong, but unless we have enough evidence to suffice an investigation, then we can't do anything about it" Tsukauchi intervened in the issue, and that made everyone agrees to what he said and have the discussion at a later date.

"I guess you're right, we can have this talk for another time. We may as well gather evidence for the need to dig deeper into this, I'll talk to Eraserhead to keep an eye on his student" Midnight concluded and that was the end of their meeting.

Kold's POV

I struggled waking up, but when I opened my eyes. It was clear to me that I had calmed down from my initial anger. I still notice that I am in the medical ward, all alone but that's the way I like it. I need time to think about what happened… I can't just accept it like that. Not, like this… I just need time to sort this out, and I can just go back to what I was before this happened.

A sudden knock on my door gained my attention, with a slight grunt of acceptance the person on the other side of the door came in. "Great that you're already awake, and if it doesn't bother you much could I get your statement of what happened at the USJ now?" the person asked, and I just nodded absent-minded, I didn't really have much thought of what is going on now. My mind is full of Jarren and death.

"First, I am detective Tsukauchi and in accordance to the law, you have the right to know that my quirk is Lie Detector, which means when you lie during this interview I will know right away" that made me straight up a bit. I'm hoping that he doesn't mention anything about my mother or anything between the lines.

The interview had gone with nothing much, it all focused on what I had done during the USJ attack. Basically, my point of view regarding the incident, but one question made me particularly uncomfortable. "It's pretty late, is your mother going to pick you up?"

"… She isn't, she is… held up at the moment, so she can't pick me up now" I replied sweat dripping profusely in my head, and my hands started to sweat too. 'I hope he doesn't catch on, what I said is the right thing right… she is held up... held up captive!'

"Thank you for your cooperation. Stay safe on your way home" he waved goodbye and closed the door as he was getting out. After that whole ordeal, it made me sigh a deep breath I didn't know I was holding.

I opened the windows, to see that the sky was slightly dark. 'I need to get out of here before it gets too dark' I thought while looking down to see that Midoriya had just gone out of the gates with Uraraka and Iida.

I decided to just change out of my costume and hope that my uniform is in here somewhere but I digress. I opened one of the closets in this room and was glad to see that a uniform was present and also my bag as well. 'Someone must have put this in here… whoever you are thank you' I thought grateful for this act of kindness.

I changed into my uniform, and put my costume in my bag to wash it and then return it when I get back to school. I don't really know when I will be back, but maybe a day or two would suffice, after this whole incident… I still need to think and get my feelings in check.

With a soft sigh, I left the room with a dejected heart. 'I know I'll get through this somehow… with everything that happened in my life' I thought about not knowing my father for all my life, and being jealous of everyone who has a dad that picks them up from school and all other things. But I have my mom so that was covered, but I can't deny the jealousy that comes to me every once in a while.

Then there was my kidnapped mother that just occurred all of a sudden after I got my quirk, which was quite suspicious. However, when she reassured me that everything was all right I believed her as any child would. But now, with me getting hurt likes this and I am damn sure that the school contacted her, there has to be some kind of response from her or from the kidnapper. Maybe the kidnapper just doesn't care at all, or that the worst had already come, and I shudder at the thought of that.

I arrived home with no commotion on the way, I opened the door and all the lights were off. No one was there to greet me, and no one is here to make me warm food just like my mother did in the past. I never felt this lonely for a long time, the feeling of being alone is not really that big of a deal for the last 10 months. However, now I can tell that everything is coming at me in full blast.

I dropped my bag at the side and had gone straight to bed, but now I didn't fell asleep rather I was thinking of what happened. The memory of Jarren taking the hit for me, and tanking the impact to the roof, was a death wish. I never would have imagined that it could be that destructive of an attack.

I placed my right arm on my eyes and let the tears fall, quietly crying in my bed with no one to comfort me like mom used to do when I feel upset or sad. The tears kept falling, but not because she was kidnapped or anything, but rather at the thought of not having her here tonight when I clearly need someone.

I don't know what I wanted, but what I do know is that I want someone to just be here. I could summon units, but I couldn't face them right now for the reason of being ashamed of myself to be their Vanguard. I was the reason as to why 1 of their clan-mate died. They may not all get along with each other, but I know for certain that they don't fight when something like this occurred. Some of the clans are peace-loving units, and not all of them are out to get each other… and that is enough of a reason to be ashamed of me for causing this to one of the units.

This today is the lowest of the lowest… I didn't know I could sink this far off to the abyss but here I am, wallowing in my own tears pitying myself for not be strong enough to be a leader. A leader that every clan deserved, 'I am a disappointment…' With that thought in mind, I cried myself to sleep. I couldn't do anything rather than wallow in self-pity because all in all, it was my fault.