Location: Sprawl - Civil Area

6:10 PM

Isaac and the kids exited the elevator. They stood in front of a balcony, overlooking the flames licking up the sides and top of the hotel's structure. Multitude of frantic screams drifted from the hallway close to another balcony, where Isaac could make out a group of people running down the halls for their lives. However, there was one man that didn't run away. He was oblivious of the chaos around him as he waved his arms, trying to get Isaac's attention.

"Isaac! Isaac, over here!" The stranger called.

Uraraka turned her gaze at Isaac.

"Do you know that guy?" Uraraka asked.

Isaac shook his head.

"No. Never met him before in my life," Isaac replied, eyeing the stranger carefully with suspicion.

"Well, he does seem to know your name," Izuku commented.

A sudden interface screen appears in front of the group. The video call opens, revealing a better close up to the stranger's face. Their eyes solely focus on Isaac.

"Who are you?" Isaac asked, taking one step closer to the screen.

"It's the drugs, Isaac," the stranger started through explanation. "They gave us drugs to make us forget. But it's all coming back…"

Isaac narrowed his eyes underneath his helmet.

"I don't know what you're talking about. Why are you calling me?!" Isaac demanded, getting more defensive by the second.

The stranger's eyes suddenly grew large. Fear etched across his features, then pointed towards something at Isaac. It was then that Izuku felt Danger Sense spiking down his skull.

"Isaac! Isaac! Look out!" The stranger screamed from the distance, retreating back to the hallway before the video call ended.

Izuku snapped his gaze at both Isaac and his friends.

"Everyone, get back!" Izuku ordered. Isaac and his friends retreated backwards alongside him.

Izuku and his friends stare in disgust and horror at a new creature that climbs up over the balcony's rail. The monstrosity sported razor-sharp fangs along with a long scythe-tipped tail made from the victim's intestines and legs. Isaac immediately recognized it as a Leaper, another one of his extremely deadly foes.

The Leaper spread its jaws wide. Emanating a horrific, deformed howl that sent chills through Midoriya and his friends bones. The Leaper was about to pounce one of them, until Shoto quickly stepped forward, stomped his boot on the carpeted floor, and froze the monster in a block of Ice.

Bakugou followed up by extending his arms. Aiming his gloved hands at the creature as tiny sparks crackled around his palms. Said sparks grew brighter with each passing millisecond, until they reached their peak.

"Die!" Bakugou shouted.

Bakugou blasted at the ice block Leaper in a small powerful explosion. Filling the area around them with an explosion of steam. When the smoke settled, only small chunks of the creature's remains laid around them.

"That monster…it looked different then the others we've dealt with," Izuku murmured, looking at the creatures small chunks of flesh. Isaac looked at Midoriya over his shoulder.

"Yeah, these things come in different shapes and forms. Believe me, kid, it gets worse," Isaac said, gesturing to the burnt Leaper's corpse laying on the ground in pieces.

Yaoyorozu looked between Izuku and Isaac.

"We should keep moving," Yaoyorozu suggested. The group nodded their heads in agreement.

The group proceeded down the hallway flanked by the hotel's bedroom doors. Isaac could see the children's anxiety, flicking left and right. Their silhouettes were slow moving. Izuku, Bakugou, and Shoto twitched their heads at any sound they heard. Uraraka stood close to Midoriya, ready to shield him from danger if need be.

Yaoyorozu subconsciously activated her quirk and produced a long steel pole from her chest. She wielded said pole close to her side, scanning for any sign of a phantom—be it a Necromorph or man. Mina and Tsuyu assumed a battle stance while walking behind Yaoyorozu slowly. Jiro and Hagakure walked beside Bakugou as they approached the door, their heads swiveling left and right.

The door slid upward with a hiss and the group entered another hall. Izuku noticed two individuals running towards a doorway ten feet from them, the latter stopping the other from entering. The man began to pull the woman away from said doorway as she desperately tried to break free. Tears fell from her eyes as she struggled against the man, but he was able to hold her back without breaking a sweat.

"We CAN'T HELP HER!" The man shouted, pulling her further away.

"No! I'm not leaving my mother!" The woman cried.

Izuku frowned at the pair and moved towards the woman. His expression immediately transformed from soft to alert, when Danger Sense suddenly flared up in his head. Without thinking he activated One For All as emerald energy crackled around his figure, assuming a short backward leap just in time to dodge a feminine slasher that burst through the door with a haunting growl. Pieces of wood flew into the air and clattered down onto the hallway floor. The feminine slasher twitched its gaze towards the group, and began to stalk towards them.

Isaac stepped forward with his plasma cutter raised. He shot the creature with three blade rounds. Each impact caused the female slasher to recoil, and collapsed on the floor when Isaac discharged another round at its leg. The engineer ended the creature's life by shooting at the neck—removing its head from its shoulders. The slasher shrieked one last time before its body goes limp.

There was silence.

Izuku parted his lips to say something until he heard glass shattering. He shifted his gaze towards the doorway that led into the bedroom. Isaac and Midoriya's friends followed the latter's gaze upon hearing the noise as well. The group slowly walked towards the doorway, then stopped midway. Their gaze crawled up from the bedroom floor up to the bathroom's doorway, seeing blood staining both the carpet and the bathroom tiles.

A deep gurgling moan emanated from the bathroom.

Crawling around the bathroom's corner was another new Necromorph. The creature's skin was deathly pale and Its fingers merged into three long claws on each hand. Its eyes are missing, and its jaw fused with its neck, freezing its face in a hollow, blank stare. The creature's lungs were visible on its torso, and appeared yellowish in color. What remains of the flesh on the necromorph's body hangs loosely around its frame.

What struck Izuku and his friends the most was the smell. They were struck by a wave of stench, thick with decay, rot, and butyric acid. Yaoyorozu gagged when the god awful smell assaulted her nostrils. A knee jerk reaction but she quickly clasped a hand over her mouth, swallowing down the bile threatening to rise up her throat. Uraraka, Mina, Hagakure, and Tsuyu turned away from the creature, tending to Jiro who was already spewing out the contents of her stomach on the carpet.

Bakugou and Shoto narrowed their eyes at the necromorph. The pair assumed their battle stance, all the while ignoring the stench that assaulted their senses every time they inhaled the foul scent of the thing. They choked back bile.

Izuku had mixed emotions regarding this new creature. He felt disgusted and horrified by what he was seeing. He never felt this disturbed in his life, not since the time he encountered the Nomu back in USJ. He remembered its shallow moan, its sharpened teeth, and its exposed brain for all to see. The memory alone had him shivering.

But this was worse.

A-hundred times worse.

The puker crawled fast towards the group until it stopped beside the bed. It rose a sickening choking gurgle as it cocked its head back. The sound rising into a shriek, forewarning Isaac of an incoming attack.

"Duck!" Isaac yelled to the children. Izuku and his friends immediately did as instructed, ducking their heads low.

The puker spat a blob of acid that went flying over the group's heads. Said acid landed on the carpeted floor, already eating away at the fabric and floorboards. The creature gurgled and proceeded to crawl closer to the group with speed. Isaac aimed his plasma cutter at the puker, shooting its limbs off and severing its head from its shoulders. Acid spewed out from the wounds, coating the carpet below it.

The creature went limp and moved no more.

There was silence for a moment. Then a vent from the ceiling suddenly blew open, followed by a high pitched growl of another slasher landing on the floor. The group instantly snapped their gaze at the sprinting creature before Yaoyorozu stepped forward and swung her pole with a yelp. Said pole hit the necromorph square in the face, sending it flying until it landed on its back.

Shoto followed up by moving to Yaoyorozu's side. Extending his arm with left palm raised, then shoots a torrent of flames at the stunned monster. The slasher shrieked in pain as fire enveloped its person, melting away its shredded clothes and skin. The necromorph kicked and thrashed wildly on the spot, trying to escape the intense heat. Its limbs finally stop struggling and it stills completely.

The group gathered up to stare at the monster's charred corpse for several long moments.

"Okay, I gotta know," Isaac stated, shifting his gaze towards Izuku and his friends. "Who are you guys? I already know your names, so you don't have to remind me. That's not what I'm curious about; how are you able to produce ice, fire, and what was that earlier? Explosives? I know better then the next man that no normal human being can do that."

Izuku and his friends exchanged glances with each other for a brief second before turning their focus back to Isaac.

"It's complicated," Izuku replied.

Isaac chuckled a little.

"Oh, come on," Isaac insisted. "It's probably gonna be a long walk until we reach the waypoint. So I'm sure we have more then enough time for you guys to explain to me your story."

Izuku pondered the engineer's words while briefly closing his eyes. He snap his eyes open and looked back at Isaac.

"Okay. Once we find all of our friends, we'll do our best to explain everything to you," Izuku assured, his voice laced with confidence.

Isaac nodded his head once.

"Alright, fair enough," Isaac conceded with a slight grin under his helmet. "I guess our search continues then. I'll lead the way."

Isaac started forward at a slow pace with his plasma cutter raised. The door automatically slid upward with a hiss, allowing the armed engineer to pass through the doorway. Izuku turned to his right towards his friends, seeing Jiro holding her wrist close to her chest, her eyes closed, and her chest rising and falling. Yaoyorozu stood by her side, placing a comforting hand on her friend's shoulder.

"Are you okay, Jiro-san?" Izuku asked, his tone laced with concern.

Jiro opened her eyes, nodding slightly.

"I'm fine. It's just…I was not ready for today," Jiro admitted.

Mina nodded in agreement. "Honestly, me neither."

Yaoyorozu shifted her gaze back at the charred necromorph's corpse.

"I don't think any of us were," she added somberly.

Tsuyu looked between the necromorph's corpses and her friends with concern.

"Guys? Is anyone else getting the worrying feeling that something isn't right here?" Tsuyu inquired.

"Yeah. I felt the same way when I woke up." Uraraka agreed with a nod of her head. "I don't think we're in Japan anymore…"

"Well that much is obvious," Bakugou remarked with a roll of his eyes.

"I was thinking the same thing too," Izuku said, briefly shifting his gaze at Isaac then back to his friends. "But let's save this once we find all of our friends. Then we can discuss our current predicament. Okay?"

The girls nodded their heads in agreement before Izuku started forward to catch up with Isaac. Bakugou trailed after Midoriya, Shoto walked behind him, and the girls followed closely behind them.

The door closed behind the group by sliding downward with a hiss.

Location: Sprawl - CEC Facility

6:18 PM

Tenya Ida paced across the lobby as the others tweaked their walkie-talkie's antenna. The sound of static filled up the space with a crackle, like an old television with poor reception. Kirishima and Ojiro stood near the worker entrance door while Koda and Sato were staring curiously at the store vending machine. Shoji and Tokoyami were occupied by their walkie-talkies, attempting once again to get through to someone that'll hopefully respond. Sero stared at the dead corpse of a woman laying on the floor with blood smeared across her cheeks.

"Oh, man…" Sero said under his breath.

"Midoriya-kun! This is Tenya Ida, do you read?" Ida spoke into the receiver of his walkie.

Ida frowned when he was honored by static as a reply.

"Midoriya-kun! If you can hear me, what's your status?" He continued his call. Nothing but static reply to his question. "Can anyone else hear me? Todoroki? Bakugou? Girls? Anyone!?"

No response. Ida sighed in frustration.

"Anything on your end?" Ida asked, turning his gaze towards the others. They all shook their heads.

"No," Kirishima stated after a moment.

"Still nothing," Ojiro added, placing his walkie-talkie back on his person.

Shoji shifted his gaze towards Ida.

"Maybe something in this place is blocking our communications," Shoji suggested.

Tokoyami nodded in agreement.

"That would explain why we can't get through to our friends," Tokoyami theorized, folding his arms.

Ida placed his walkie-talkie back to his side.

"If that is the case, then we'll have to move to a better spot. If that doesn't work then we'll just have to find them," Ida said. "Come on, let's head this way. We will start forward from here and stay together."

Ida led his friends up towards a door which slid upward for them to exit the facility. The group climbed up a platform until they passed through another door, entering a wide space elevator. Once everyone was inside, Ida approached the control panel with a blue interface in front of the screen. He scrolled through each level of floors until he reached the first and gently pressed it. Everyone felt gravity wrenched them slightly down as the car began ascending.

"So what was that back there?" Kirishima asked, turning his gaze towards Ida. "Was that the villain's quirk?"

Ida cupped his own chin in contemplation.

"I believe so. If I have to guess, his quirk is probably one that gives him the power of teleportation," Ida explained. "However, that does bring another issue to light. If his quirk is teleportation, then we should've ended up somewhere around the other side of Japan or another country. Instead we find ourselves in a place that is unfamiliar to us. I can only think of two possibilities. One, the villain has teleported us in an unknown base unbeknownst to us and all the pro heroes. Or two…"

Ida trailed off, staring off into space as he pondered the implications of the latter possibility.

"And two?" Koda prompted, looking at Ida curiously.

Ida looked back at his friends.

"The villain has transported us into another dimension," Ida answered slowly.

Silence reigned throughout the elevator car. Every single one of his companions was equally baffled. None more so than Kirishima and Sero.

"No way," Sato said, his tone laced with disbelief.

"Get out of here! You mean to tell me that we've traveled into a whole nother world? That's crazy!" Kirishima exclaimed, eyes still wide with disbelief.

Sero nodded his head in agreement.

"Yeah, I'm with Kirishima. That sounds so surreal," Sero chimed in.

Shoji shifted his gaze towards Sato.

"Well, how else would you explain the situation we're all in?" Shoji questioned, talking through the mouth of his octopus-like limb. "Plus, if we were still in Japan we'd be able to contact Endeavor and the other pro heroes. But we're far, far away from home now."

Ojiro stared at the steel elevator floor.

"Which means, no pro heroes or law enforcement to aid us." Ojrio's face fell as he thought aloud. "We're on our own…"

Silence ensued again as the elevator continued its climb. All of his friends had similar thoughts running rampant through their minds. Even if they somehow captured the villain, how are they gonna get back home? If they can't convince the criminal to open a portal for them they'll be stuck here; forever trapped in a universe they don't belong in.

"Alright everyone, let's not fall into despair," Ida insisted, pulling the attention back to himself. "We managed to take down a villain on our own once—we can do it again. We'll worry about how we can get back home after we catch the villain. For now let's focus on looking for our friends, that's our priority for now."

The elevator stopped moving, indicating they arrived at the first floor. The group disembarked from the car as they walked forward, entering a wide oval lobby. The floor was littered with a multitude of abandoned suitcases, boxes and trash cans laid haphazardly about. Ida and his friends stood at the lobby's center, scanning over every inch of their surroundings. There was a moment where the group heard a distant scream of a woman, prompting them to turn their attention to the source.

But as quickly as they heard it, it faded to silence.

"Guys, I hate to bring this up but," Koda began, glancing towards his group with uncertainty. "I…I think we're being watched."

Tokoyami nodded. "I share your concerns, Koda."

Kirishima narrowed his eyes at the lobby's dark corners.

"Yeah, I'm not gonna lie. We've been here for only a few minutes, and I'm already creeped out," Kirishima admitted.

Iida looked at his friends over his shoulder.

"Alright, let's keep going guys. Remember, stick together," the class president instructed.

Ida led his friends towards another door, sliding up for them to pass through. Unfortunately for the group, none of them noticed the pronged head of a creature popping up from behind a rail above them. The creature lifted its snout in the air, barked twice before snapping its eyeless gaze back down at the group wandering away. Another head popped up to the creature's right, and then another to its left, until dozens of heads appeared behind the railings.

The small necromorph leapt from the railing as it landed on the lobby's center. Followed shortly thereafter by a dozen others, each of them growled lowly as they stared off at the path their prey took.

The stalkers barked and quietly sprinted forward.

Location: Sprawl - Civil Area

6:20 PM

Isaac and the kids exited the laundry room after fighting off an ambush from multiple necromorphs. Titan Station's hotel had become deathly quiet. There was a moment or two where they had frozen, thinking they had heard the growls of a necromorph, but it faded as quickly as it came.

The area they were in had become a ghost town. The only inhabitants seemed to be them as they made their way out of the laundry room, following the path along the hall, past the bedroom doors, slowly approaching the elevator.

The air had felt thick between them. None of them had spoken since they had started walking. The only sounds they heard were their footsteps and the occasional breeze blowing through the air vents around them.

The group entered the elevator together. The car's doors shut behind them with a hiss, followed by a cick. The car began to slowly descend and only took a minute until it reached the bottom. Isaac and the kids disembarked, rounding a short corner and proceeded down another hallway.

Izuku passed by a doorway along with his friends. He would've advanced farther ahead with them, had he not caught something inside the bedroom from the corner of his eye. Izuku stopped in his tracks, turned his gaze toward the bedroom. The boy's eyes widened as a shaky breath left his lips, and his heart sinking at the sight before him.

On a blood stained bed laid the corpse of a woman. She wore a simple pale blue t-shirt and white panties. What remained of her beauty was now marred. The carnage was fresh; her hair was ripped from its scalp, her eyeless eyes stared deep into Izuku's own, and muscle and bone jutted from her skin as if she had been torn apart and eaten away.

The sight made Izuku feel dizzy and sick. His stomach churned and acid burned his throat, prompting him to clasp a hand over his mouth. He had heard scary stories of cops finding innocent people slaughtered in the most bloodiest fashion, but he never thought he would see anything this horrific in person. He wanted to vomit.

Izuku blinked. He glanced down to his arm, and found a hand softly holding onto his left. He lifted his head and met Uraraka's eyes, who was looking back at him with concern. Izuku looked over at Uraraka's shoulder and saw that his friends were also staring at him with worry. Except the engineer—due to him wearing a helmet.

"Are you okay?" Uraraka asked with genuine concern.

Izuku pulled his right hand away from his mouth and brought it back to his side.

"Yeah, I'm okay," Izuku assured, trying for a reassuring smile. "Sorry, just…got distracted."

Somewhere far away behind the door there were frantic, high pitched screams.

Everyone snapped their heads towards the door. Izuku and his friends immediately recognized who those screams belonged to.

"Kaminari," Jiro breathed, horror lacing her voice.

"Mineta," Mina added, sounding equally horrified and worried.

Izuku sprinted past his friends towards the door as it let him through by ascending above him. Uraraka ran alongside him, followed by Bakugou, Shoto, the girls, and the armed engineer that trailed after the group.

The door closed behind them with a hiss.

A/N: Whew, it feels great to be back! Hope you all enjoyed the second chapter of this fanfic project. I apologize that this took way, way, WAY too long to get released as I was focusing on giving my other projects some attention. Let this chapter be an answer to anyone's question that this project is in fact still going somewhere. I'd also like to remind you young readers that when I'm writing a new chapter, I want to make sure it has the best amount of quality that can leave one—including myself satisfied. So I like to take my time and this chapter took me two days to finish.

But that's all I'll say for now. As always, I'll see you young readers in the next chapter. Have a nice day!