CRASH!* Hanta Sero crashed and landed on the other side of the tent, and broke his helmet. He got up extremely beaten, but he didn't falter at all.
Sero: "Come on..." He looks at the rollercoaster that still has civilians inside. It was still going up. He used his comms to call Aisha. "Aisha! We need to get those civilians out of that rollercoaster now-"
Thump!* The villain landed behind him and he spoke:
Vero: "Going somewhere, little man?" Vero swung at Sero, but Sero did a backflip and was on top of Vero he started to hit the back of his head, Vero chuckled darkly and fell behind him so he could squash him, but Sero was too fast for him and he jumped upwards and he shot two tape lines at his hands and he lunges forward and he hit Vero in his chest so hard that the cement broke in half. Sero quickly kicked him, breaking his jaw, and he went towards his head and snapped his neck.
Sero stepped back with a backflip, and he called Aisha once more.
Sero: "HURRY!" Vero got up and popped his neck back like nothing and he smiled at Sero.
Vero: "How many times do I need to tell you, little man? You need to break my heart..." He taps his chest at where his heart is. "You have to kill me..."
Sero: "I won't..."
Vero chuckles, and he quickly grabs Sero by the throat, and he speaks.
Vero: " It's a cold world out there kid... I'm here to give you the cold truth... There are times when you need to break that hero code... Hehe..." He flew upwards and they started to fight in the night sky.
Meanwhile outside of the amusement park. Aisha heard Sero's distress call, and she began to crawl up towards the rollercoaster like a tiger, but of course, there was a tiger behind her, and she scratched Aisha's back. She looks behind, and it is Brutus. Both girls began to fight on the side of the rollercoaster. The rollercoaster train was still going up, and it was reaching the. Very top. Aisha bites Brutus' ears off, and she kicks her away. She continues to crawl up, moving as fast as she can. But Brutus didn't falter; she quickly got up as well and was crawling at a speed so fast that she finally reached Aisha. She scratched her back again, and she was right in front of her. Aisha created a spear, but she wasn't going to throw it at Brutus. She threw it towards Vex, who was in the air with Sero. She picks up Brutus, but Brutus grabs her by the neck and slams her to the side of the rollercoaster. Aisha returns the favor, and she has Brutus in a chokehold.
Sero was punching Vex in his face, but the beast was not feeling any pain. He was just laughing at Sero. Sero broke free from his grip, and he used his tape to blind him momentarily, but he broke free, and before he could grab him once more, Aisha's spear hit him.
Splat!* It punctured his chest but missed his heart. Sero quickly blinded him with his tape, and they both fell from the sky, but Sero was using the beast's wings with his tapes to secure the perfect landing.
Vex: "Going to squash me on the cement huh?!" He chuckles.
Sero: "No..."
Sero was going straight to the rollercoaster to the side where Aisha was with Brutus. Brutus saw what the two heroes were doing and she spoke:
Brutus: "You're not..."
Aisha: "Yeah." She created a spear, and she was choking her with it. Once Sero and Vex got closer to Aisha, she Jumped forward with Brutus. She stabbed Vex in the heart, and she created a rope to hang Brutus with Vex. Sero jumped up and shot a tape towards Aisha, and he threw her up towards the rollercoaster train. But Aisha was still holding the tape. She threw Sero up higher for him to reach the rollercoaster first; Sero was getting closer, but so did the rollercoaster train reaching the top. Sero needed more momentum, so he lunged forward to Aisha again, and Aisha, with one last throw, lunged Sero forward, and he finally reached the rollercoaster train first.
Aisha: "Way the go! Now let's get those civilians out of-"
She looked at the tent and saw Nina's monster form. She looks at the rollercoaster train, and she points her hand.
Aisha: "...SER-"
KABOOM!* Nina shot a grenade toward the rollercoaster, and it exploded. Sero was startled and so did the civilians. The rollercoaster train began to go down at a fast pace on the railroad.
Sero: " HANG ON!" Sero shot a tape towards Aisha, and he pulled her closer to him. Aisha picked two civilians and jumped so high that she reached the very gates with them and the other civilians she had saved earlier. She looks at the falling rollercoaster and realizes that there's a dead end.
Aisha: "Not now..." She broke the gates and she began to run towards the rollercoaster.
Sero needed to save two more, so he grabbed them both without hesitation and jumped down.
Sero: "You're save-"
"There's another one! At the end of the train! Look!" He looked closely and saw a figure tied up at the end of the railroad train. He puts the two civilians down, and without a thought, he jumps towards the running rollercoaster.
Sero: "HANG ON!" Before he could shoot at the train with his tapes, Vex appeared in front of him and he slammed him into the ground.
Vex: "YOU THINK YOU CAN KILL ME LIKE THAT?!"
Sero was trying to break free from his grip, but he couldn't this time.
Sero: "LET ME GO!"
Vex slams him once and he looks at the train.
Vex: "YES! IT'S A COLD, COLD WORLD, AIN'T IT, KID?! NOW YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HOW YOU'RE GOING TO FAIL AS A HE-"
BANG!* Vex got his head blown away and he fell to the ground. Sero quickly got up and saw that it was Aisha in the distance. Sero began to run as fast he could, but he realized that the train was moving so fast, so he needed to think fast before. He shoots two tape lines on each side, and he lunges himself forward. He began to do so until the train was going down. Sero jumped towards the train and he reached the train. He quickly removed the civilian's head mask and tape from her mouth.
"HELP ME! She looked closely at Sero and realized he was just a kid.
Sero: "DON'T WORRY I HAVE-"
KABOOM!* Sero flew away, but he shot his tapes, and he landed on the railroad, but because he was holding down the train, he was getting hit by the railroad multiple times. Nina was still shooting at the railroad, but before she could continue, she saw the police finally arriving at the scene. She scoffs for now, and she is going to enter the tent, but she stumbled upon Snipe and Shoto. She chuckles darkly and realizes that both heroes are ready to attack her, but before she can do anything...
KAPOW!* She got hit so hard that she flew away outside of the circus, landing somewhere in Florida. The two heroes were confused about what happened, and once they turned around, they saw it. A red beast whose skin resembles Momo's quirk. The beast looks at Shoto and nods. The beast roars in the night sky, and he jumps extremely high towards Nina.
Shoto: "Was that..."
Snipe: "I guess it was... We need to find her now..." He looked in the distance and saw Sero. "HANTA?! HANG ON!" Shoto looks towards Sero as well.
Shoto: "Don't worry! I'll just-" Before he could speak, he saw a massive explosion from a building and he had no choice but to go there and calm the fire.
Snipe was running toward the rollercoaster, but he was extremely wounded, and he kneeled.
Snipe: "...Damn... GO HANTA!!"
Aisha was running towards the railroad behind, but she was too far away.
Aisha: "MOVE MOVE!" She was running towards them, but she couldn't.
Shoto arrived at the building and so did Denki and Tenya. So did the firetruck and the cops.
Shoto: "I got this... I got this..." He was freezing the fire out. Both Tenya and Denki were extremely tired of rescuing the civilians inside this building. They both collapsed on the ground and one of the firemen got closer to the three heroes and he spoke:
"You guys did good. Thanks-"
One of the civilians spoke:
"LOOK!"
They all looked toward where the civilian was pointing at.
Tenya: "Hanta..."
Denki could barely get up.
Denki: "Come on man..."
Shoto: "You have this..."
Snipe looks up once more.
Snipe: "Come on kid... Hold on..."
Aisha was still running.
Aisha: "Hang on..."
Sero was holding the falling rollercoaster train with his tapes. He was trying to pull it up, but he couldn't...
"Please you have to pull it up..." The civilian spoke to Sero. Sero arms were going to fall... He could feel his bones breaking trying to pull the train up. His tape was also giving up.
Sero: "Come on... Come on!!!" *Crack!* RAAAAAAA!!!"
The civilians realized it was inevitable...
"You're just a kid..."
Sero had nothing but fear in his eyes.
Sero: "I got you... I..." He realized that he couldn't hold any longer... "I... I..."
Aisha was getting closer and closer, but it was too far away...
Aisha: "COME ON!!! HANTA!!" She jumped so high, but it was too far away.
Sero: "I..."
The civilian closed her eyes.
I'm sorry...
Aisha: "HANTA!"
HANTA!
"HANTA! What's wrong boy? Nervous on your first day being a hero son?"
Sero was sitting in his room reading comic books.
Sero: "Me? Of course not..." He flipped the page of his comic book, but his father sat next to him, and he took the book away.
"I know you are. You're my son. *Sigh* What are you thinking right now?"
He looked at his dad and he spoke:
Sero: "I'm scared..."
"Of what?"
Sero: "That I fail... Not in the hero exam, but... Failing a life..."
Sero's father placed a hand on his shoulder.
"I've read a few comics about this. Your mother used to be a fan of a specific comic book hero... She used to brag about him a lot... Hehe... That's why she was so happy that you wanted to be a hero... But... He was friendly. Spectacular. Amazing. He always put a smile on people's faces... But once I got reading his comics... I realized why she liked this character so much..."
You see son... He used to struggle a lot.
Sero: "Struggle? A hero?"
Yeah... Heh... From his hero life. From his civilian life. Girlfriends. Friends to enemies... But he still got back up... He still got up fighting... But there was one thing that I mostly liked about this hero...
He was still human.
So there were times... He couldn't save everyone. In this hero job son... You need to understand that this job is not that easy. It's hard. Extremely hard. Are you sure you want to follow this path? You will smile. You will cry. You will feel pain. You will feel suffering. Are you sure you want to do this?
Sero got up and took a deep breath, and he spoke to his father.
Sero: "I will."
His father smiled and he spoke once more.
Remember, Hanta. You're a human. You can't save everyone in this job. Always remember... To let go of that guilt... Alright?
Let go...
Let go...
Aisha: " Hanta let go... You did everything... Please... Just let go..."
Sero was still holding the rollercoaster train, but it was broken. There was no civilian. The silence was powerful. You could only hear the raindrops falling in the sky. The cops, the heroes, the civilians were quiet at this. They couldn't even think what was happening.
A hero failing.
Sero snapped out of his mind and he let go of the train. He looks, Aisha.
Sero: "I... I had her..." Aisha quickly hugged him.
Aisha: "It's okay... You did everything... You did... You did everything alright? Just breath... Shhh..."
Sero started to cry violently in pain.
Aisha: "Breath... You're human... You're human..."
A couple of hours later, they all gathered in the ambulance. Hanta was still looking at his hands. The others were talking about how they could reach Momo.
Snipe: " Momo jumped in that direction with Nina. We must be prepared for anything."
Denki: "Since when she could jump that high?"
Aisha got closer to Tenya and she spoke:
Aisha: "She's been acting weird the last few days. I guess she turned into a monster."
Tenya: "We must get her back and let's hope, she's inside that... Thing..."
Shoto nods and he spoke:
Shoto: "In that monstrous form, she looked at me and nodded. I think she's in full control right now. I hope... Let's go." Denki and Tenya were the first to run towards the direction Momo went. Then Shoto used his ice quirk to go there, and Aisha was jumping from building to building. Before Snipe could run. Firemen stopped him and he spoke to him:
"Hey... I know it's not my business to intervene in your hero duties... But... Hearing their voices... Go easy on them... They're not All Might. Especially the one sitting alone." Snipe looked behind him and saw Sero sitting alone.
"Why don't you give the kid a talk? But not a hero one. A mentor one." The firemen walked away. Snipe walked towards Sero, and he sat on the floor with him.
Sero looked to his right and he spoke:
Sero: "Going to scold me like Mr. Aizawa?"
Snipe sighed and spoke:
"I'm not that depressed bastard. You did well, kid... Don't... Blame yourself alright? Hey... We're going to find the villain that did this now... If you want to come... Fine... But if you don't want to come... It's fine by me. You were amazing, Sero, and I'm proud of you that you didn't give up. You're a good kid. Don't blame yourself. This was a big responsibility for you. You're still a kid, and once we return home if that depressed bastard tries to scold you on what happened today? I'll punch him. Trust me, I will." He got up and began to run in the direction where Momo went.
Sero looked up, and he got up. Most of the civilians were looking at him. So did the cops. Before Sero could walk away, he got a phone call from someone.
He answers the call.
Sero: "Hello?"
Sagishi: "Your new suit has arrived in America. Let me tell ya, man! It was probably my best work yet! Where can I drop it ye?"
Sero was looking at the buildings, and he saw a skyscraper in the distance.
Sero: "I'll send the coordinates... Bye..." He hung up and began to type the coordinates on the phone and was walking towards the skyscraper, but before he could go there a child stopped him and the little one spoke:
"Excuse me hero... What's your name?"
Sero looks down and he faintly smiles.
Sero: "Cellophane." The kid smiled at him and he spoke:
"Sorry to bother you, Mr. Cellophane, sir! But... You're not wearing a mask!" Sero touched his face and realized his helmet was gone. "but don't worry! I have one! Here! When I grow up... I want to be a hero... Just like you..." *He gives him a handmade mask* "You were spectacular!"
Sero takes the mask and puts it on. It was tight and uncomfortable.
Sero: "It fits perfectly... Thanks, kid..."
Sero began to walk towards the skyscraper.
A couple of hours later. Sero was at the front entrance of the skyscraper, but it was closed. He stepped back a little and saw the capsule of his suit falling on top of the building. He shot two tapes on each side and was going to lunge himself up. He closed his eyes and he started to remember what his mother told him.
Hanta...
Hanta, my dear, are you excited for your first day?
Hanta was in the kitchen with his mother and he spoke:
Sero: "Yeah, Mom... I'm ready... *Sigh* I hope I don't mess this up... Hehe..."
His mother scoffs, and she sits down next to him.
"Oh darling... You know that's what being a hero is... Messing things up. But that's where the responsibility comes in... There was a hero... I used to read a lot... And his saying goes like this..."
Sero finally reached the very top of the skyscraper and walked towards the giant capsule; he opened the door of the capsule with one button and saw his new suit.
His saying goes like this...
He removes the old damaged costume.
With great power...
He puts on the new suit. It was completely different from his old and damaged one. It looked like it was made with leather. Black and orange like his old one. He puts on the gloves, and before he can put on the helmet. He removed the handmade mask and began to modify it with the new one. He removed the wires from the new helmet and placed it on the handmade mask and then he began to wear it. The handmade mask matches the new suit. The mask was a ski mask that had goggles for his eyes and it was black. He walked towards the edges of the building.
Comes with great responsibility...
Sero: "But with so much power... So much responsibility... How would I know... If I'm truly ready, Mom?"
Well, Hanta... You won't...
Sero: "What?"
You won't my son... You wanna know why?
Sero was looking at his new gloves and before he could jump. The AI that was intact inside the helmet began to speak.
Welcome, Hanta Sero. This is your new and improved suit. Let me guide you on your new suit. First thing first. You have shooters. You can now modify your tapes in any given way. To save someone. To hold something heavy or to just swing across the city. Your gloves or fingertips can now attached to walls, so you can crawl on any surface freely. Just like your boots. On your helmet, you can pinpoint any direction, like in a video game. Looking at the marker or the map. Now, lastly, you can dive with your tape wings that have been installed. All you need to do is to stretch them and you'll be fine. Good luck and have fun.
Sero stepped forward and was walking on the surface of the skyscraper. He closed his eyes once more.
Sero: "I want to know when I'm ready, Mom. I want to know if I can have this responsibility of being a great hero."
My son... You won't know...
Sero opened his eyes.
It's a leap of faith.
Sero began to fall from the skyscraper.
You just need to let go and embrace it. You're a hero.
It's always.
A leap of faith.
Sero shot a tapeline and he began to swing across the night city. He began to do acrobatic moves in the air and was moving forward.
Be that hero that people look up to.
Sero passed where the kid was, and he waved at him. The cops and the firemen looked up, and they nodded at him.
Be spectacular.
Sero landed on a rooftop, but he did a front flip and continued to fall and began to swing across the city once more. The air was hitting right on his face, but he felt at peace once more. Clearing his mind, but he needed to focus once more.
Be that friendly neighborhood hero, Hanta... Be...
Sero grabs the tip of a rooftop, does a front flip, and lunges forward toward the others to find Momo.
Be Amazing Sero.
