Alright I didn't think I need to put this warning before this chapter, but to cover all sides. *Warning* I get a little descriptive with how Eri looks in this chapter. I don't come out and write the horror she's gone through, but it mainly shown through what Izuku infers from what he sees. So if you want to skip it, stop reading at "What he was not expecting" And you can pick up at "As Izuku walked over to the door" *Warning*

Again, personally I don't think it gets that graphical, but I know everyone has different level of what they can handle.

As always I do now own MY HERO ACADEAMIA or any of their character

With that let's start off with a bang.


Over the next hour, Izuku slowly explored the underground bunker. He managed to stay quiet as he thoroughly checked each room. He came across rooms that were filled with different illegal materials, from guns to drugs, but those weren't a part of his mission. It would just add more to the charges against the Shie Hassaikai, but weren't the main catalyst so Izuku left those rooms alone but marked the door frame with the same "PV" that wouldn't be noticeable unless someone was looking for it.

The task might have been boring to any normal person, but to Izuku it was an important part of being a hero. Gathering information was a vital part of defeating an enemy, it could show someone their opponent's decision-making, their goal and the ways they would go about achieving their goals. In the moment it was important to finding out how the Shie Hassaikai was able to create a drug that would temporarily block a person's quirk.

And it was obvious from their past and despite the fact they had made deals with the government to keep some of their power, the Shie Hassaikai had not informed the government about their development showed they weren't looking to be selling the quirk-destroying drug to pro-heroes. Meaning they were looking to the opposite side of the fight for buyers, meaning villains. Villains that won't hesitate to use the drug to momentarily take away a pro hero's quirk and after the first showing it won't be long until all the villains would pay anything to get their hand on the drug.

As Izuku thought over this, he continued to explore the underground bunker, until two voices caught his attention. He quickly flattened himself against the wall and walked up to the corner of the hallway. Peering around the corner, Izuku saw the edge of a jacket, and determining it wasn't headed towards him he disappeared back from around the corner. As he listened to the conversion, he closed his eyes to hear better and hopefully get a clue as to where they were manufacturing the quirk-destroying drug.

"You sure we have enough blood for the next batch." The first voice asked and Izuku noticed it was a little muffled.

"We do. The last batch only lasted 12 hours, but with the revised formula, this batch should be able to last 24 hours. That kind of power should get more of our hesitant buyers to rethink what they do with their money. It won't be long before the Shie Hassiaki will rise to its old power. Then I'll be able to rid the world of its sickness." The second voice said, sounding more muffled than the first voice, making it a bit hard for Izuku to understand what it was saying. Izuku was confused by why the voice was so muffled, then thought back to the man he had just handled and the guards he had seen through the windows. They were all wearing masks, but besides the man, none of the guards had been wearing masks that should have muffled their voices that much.

"With the progress we're making, how long before the formula is complete?" The first voice asked, causing Izuku to focus on the answer as it would give the pro heroes a timetable for dealing with the Shie Hassaikai.

"Within the next year, but now we just need to give the underground a taste of this new drug. Once the right people think that they can erase a hero's quirk for good enough time, then they'll be willing to pay anything for the final product. Then this hero sickness will be eradicated from this world." The second man said, "Kiaria, return Eri to her room once she wakes up."

Risking the mission, Izuku slowly moved forward and looked further around the corner. As the hallway filled Izuku's vision, he spotted two men and took in what they were wearing. The first man with the less muffled voice was completely hidden under a gray cloak, the only other article of clothes that could be spotted was the man's black shoes. The second man was shorter of the pair and from behind Izuku could see the man's short brown mask and the straps of his mask. Further down the second man was wearing a green jacket that had purple feathers around the collar and over the shoulders.

Izuku watched and waited as the men disappeared down the hallway and around the corner. As he waited he talked about what he had heard. The drug was still in its early stages, which was good news, but the complete product could be finished within the year, that might sound like enough time, but with everything that pro heroes and the government had to deal with on the daily. It could take some time before word got passed along to the right people, that's why it was so important to get the information to Mareo as he would be about to fast-track and get a raid team ready much sooner than usual.

But most importantly, Izuku might have found the manufacturer. The man in the green jacket had looked back at the open door. Was it possible that the scientist behind the drug was working within that room? If Izuku was able to get to that room and kidnap the scientist, it would be possible to stop the production of the drug entirely. Moreover, the scientist would know how to create a cure against the drug that could be used until all that had been produced was used up. With the thought of getting that person into Mareo's hand, Izuku pushed off the wall and quietly walked down the hallway.

Izuku quietly crept up the door and looked inside. He saw a woman sitting in a chair, reading a book. Was this the scientist, Eri? No, the man said Eri was asleep and Kiara was supposed to watch over her. That was who the woman was, but why was she having to watch up over Eri, had she fallen asleep from working all day?

Looking through the crack, Izuku looked away from Kiaria and around the room. His eyes fell on a bed, that must be where Eri was sleeping. But that raised the question of why of she had to be watched over? Was Kiaria there to make sure that since Eri was the manufacturer of the quirk-destroying drug, nothing happened to her?

If that was true, then getting Eri out of here, by force if needed and getting her into Mareo's hand was Izuku's goal. The production of the drug would be slowed and Mareo could integrate Eri and get enough information about the drug to get a warrant to be used by the pro heroes. He just needed to deal with the guard.

Izuku looked back at Kiaria and looked her over. She was sitting in a chair with her attention on reading the book in her hand, Izuku could almost laugh at how bad of a guard Kiaria was. If Izuku worked fast he could knock Kiaria out and get Eri out of the hideout while she was still asleep. The only issue was that Kiaria's chair was positioned in a way that the doorway would be in her peripheral vision. So if Izuku tried to run in, Kiaria would notice. And chances were she had an easily accessible way to alert everyone else in the bunker.

Izuku debuted over how to direct Kiaria's attention, but then he recalled a skill that he and Bakugo had learned that Mareo had thought was pretty stupid. With a smile, Izuku reached into his back pocket and pulled out a single yen. Izuku rolled the coin in his hand as he positioned it to be able to roll it into the room and hopefully direct Kiaria's attention to where he wanted it to go. This could give him enough time to get close enough to knock her out. Positioning the coin between his thumb and index finger, Izuku flickered the coin into the room.

The coin rolled into the air for a bit before hitting the ground and rolling. It moved across the floor towards Kiaria. Though it had barely made a sound the movement caught Kiaria's eye. She closed her book as she looked at the coin and watched it roll in a small circle before landing a foot away from her. Curious about what the coin was she leaned forwards out of the chair and reached for the coin. As her hand grabbed the coin, a knee was delivered straight to her nose. The blow forced her head up and she saw who her attacker was.

A young teenager in a black suit of some kind. He didn't look happy as he drew his fist back. Kiaria's hand shot into her pocket where she had a button that would raise the alarm of the whole bunker. Yet as her finger gripped the button, Izuku brought his right fist down. Right before Izuku's fist connected he transformed his right arm and the barral shot out.

The barrel of his rifle shot forward and rammed into Kiaria's forehead. Kiaria's eyes rolled back up into her head as she fell backwards and passed out. However, her head never hit the floor as Izuku quickly grabbed her shirt with his left hand. If Izuku hadn't stopped her, then her hitting the floor could have possibly alerted the two men who couldn't be too far away.

After slowly lowering Kiaria to the floor, Izuku stood up and looked at the bed. From his new angle, he noticed new things. First, the bed was a medical bed, the kind from a hospital with railings on either side however they were down at the moment. Second, on the opposite side was an IV drip and a heart monitor that was showing a slow and steady heart rate, strangely it wasn't beeping.

Izuku's eyes then lowered to the occupant of the bed. Izuku wasn't sure what kind of person he was expecting. Perhaps a young woman, maybe in her early 30s, who was a member of the Yakuza or at least with family ties to the Shie Hassiakai. Someone knowledgeable in biology, maybe having specialized in quirk biology. Maybe a woman who had felt on hard times and approached by the Shie Hissiakai with the promise she could continue some illegal studies as long she created drugs for them.

What he was not expecting was to see a little girl, no older than five or six years old. Yet that was what Izuku was looking at, causing him to close his eyes and rub them. When he opened his eyes again, the same picture greeted him. This time Izuku noticed new things. Eri was wearing a tattered and torn hospital gown that had lost its color a long time ago. Her white hair, well Izukus assumed it to be white as that was the only color he found besides black grim and brown dirt, was in knots and hung loosely around her shoulder. Izuku's eyes then fell on Eri's face, her cheeks were sunk and pale, she had dark rings around her eyes, and her eyebrows and forehead were constricted as would be normal if someone was feeling pain. The last thing was a small tan horn that sat on the hairline of her right side.

Izuku then noticed Eri's arms were covered in medical gaze. Confused about this, Izuku tiptoed around the bed and lifted one of Eri's arms. He didn't fail to notice that Eri's entire body flinched at his touch. He tried not to think about that too much, as he slowly worked the gauze, eventually managing to unravel a small section. As the gauze fell on the bed, Izuku got a good look at Eri's skin and what he saw was horrifying. It was pale like Eri's face, but what was worse were the scars littering the little girl's arm.

From Izuku's training, he could tell these were not the kind a kid got from accidents, like falling over on their bike or getting cut by something. No, they were narrow, straight and surgical in nature. The kind that can only be made by a surgical blade, and some weren't straight, meaning the blade hadn't been handled by a skilled hand.

Suddenly a lump formed in Izuku's throat, his mind thought over everything and added something new to the progress. The man in the gray cloak had mentioned blood and how it was being used to create the drug. Izuku looked back down at Eri, the scars over her arms, the IV drip connected to her other arm, it was clear it was her blood that was being used and she had just gotten out of a session. That's why she had to be watched while she slept, she wasn't here willing and the man in the green coat feared her trying to run away.

But that wasn't the worst part. Her dirty knotted hair, the discolor of the hospital gown, the fact she was only getting an IV after having her blood drawn. The fact she was showing signs she was in pain.

Izuku's blood began to boil as he realized that Eri was being abused and neglected by the Shie Hassiakai. They weren't just taking her blood, but they were just leaving her to recover, her only source of vitamins being an IV bag. This was beyond child abuse and neglect, this was insanity.

Izuku gripped his right fist, tightly, and he wanted to find the leader of the Shie Hassaikai and give him a piece of his mind. But in his anger, Izuku had a moment of clarity as he noticed something. There were no straps holding Eri to the bed. In that moment Izuke's mission changed from gathering information about the quirk-destroying drug to getting Eri out of the underground bunker. The fact that she might be the source of said drug didn't matter to Izuku at the moment.

He only cared about getting Eri to safety. So Izuku quickly walked to the bed and pulled the IV bag from its hook. He then attached it to his belt, afraid that it was Eri's only source of vitamins and nutrients. And from the state of her face, she needed anything she could get. Izuku then pulled off the electro-pads that were connected to the heart monitor and as it flatlined, he was happy that there was no sound to it.

With that all finished Izuku scooped Eri out of bed, noticing she flinched again. Then as if sensing he didn't mean any harm, Eri let out a slow breath and rested the side of her head against his chest. Before moving on Izuku held two fingers against Eri's neck and felt her heartbeat. It felt forced and strained, but it slowly became relaxed and calm, matching his own.

Izuku turned around and looked over at Kiaria. While Izuku wasn't completely sure of her involvement in this, it was clear she was involved a bit and that made Izuku's blood begin to boil again. Izuku was happy Ero was asleep for the next part because as he turned he began walking to the door he drew back his foot and kicked Kiaria hard in the side of the head. If Kiaria wasn't unconscious earlier, then she was now. Izuku could see blood coming from Kiaria's ear, yet he didn't feel that did justice for what Eri had had to live with.

As Izuku walked over to the door, he could feel it within himself, once again that burning feeling to find whoever was running the Shie Hassaikai and make them pay. Make them beg for mercy and then when they beg for it the most, kill them. To make them understand the pain and torment they caused a little girl.

The only reason Izuku wasn't was because he knew he needed to get Eri to safety. And the prospect of having to fight the Shie Hassaikai wasn't looking great, even if he could get to the boss and kill them then he would just be arrested. He wasn't a hero yet and even if he was, he was sure his mother wouldn't let him get away with that.

Izuku sighed at that thought, as he leaned out of the door to make sure the coast was clear. Seeing no one in the way, Izuku slipped into the hallway and began walking back to the entrance. Doing his best to remember the path back to the stairs, Izuku knew he was going in the right direction when he came across the still-unconscious man from earlier. It was a right, left, left, straight, right then left to the stairs.

Izuku kept his footsteps quiet and his senses atoned to the sounds around him and he picked something up. Just as he was able to round the last corner, he saw the barrel of a guard's gun appear. Shoving himself against the wall, Izuku shifted most of Eri's weight to his right arm, allowing him to reach up with his left hand and twirl a bullet. His fingers, still having blue hair dye, worked the bullet into a tranquillizer.

As soon as the guard met eyes with Izuku, he opened his mouth to yell, but Izuku was faster and shoved the blue bullet into the guard's mouth. The guard swallowed the bullet and then immediately passed out. Not worrying about the gaurd's fall making noise, Izuku quickly adjusted his hold on Eri, as she had slipped a bit during the attack and then stepped over the guard.

It was a clear path up to the stairs and the ground floor. Izuku easily slipped out of the secret pathway and walked his way to the front of the house. The guard rotation just occurred so the front of the house should be empty. Yet Izuku's timing was off as he found out when he walked into the front room of the house.

He walked just as the guard turned around to move on. She immediately spotted Izuku and raised her gun and flashlight, training them on. Izuku did his best to remain calm as a fully loaded gun was pointed at his chest. It was his first time, all the other times it had been a practice gun, but those experiences did help him remain calm for the most part.

"Who are you and what's with the little girl?" The woman yelled as she pulled out her phone and set off an alarm. The light of the building turned on and Izuku would hear a muffled alarm. Izuku gripped Eri with his left arm as he slipped his right arm forward, he only had a few seconds before the front room was filled with guards. The moment he could Izuku transformed his arm, Eri's legs now tangling over the body of the rifle, and aimed it at the guard. Thinking of a combination of bullets, Izuku flexed his right and a gunshot rang out raised his right arm. First, he fired an orange bullet that went off with a flash and while the guard was distracted Izuku hit her shoulder with a blue bullet.

As the woman fell to the ground, Izuku held loud footsteps closing in from behind. The surrounding guards were responding to the alarm, meaning Izuku needed to make himself disappear. Looking up from the unconscious woman, Izuku eyed the metal gate that separated the front yard from the street, through an open window. Izuku quickly switched to a red bullet and shot it at the lock of the front gate. Once he saw the bullet hit the lock, he commanded the bullet to burn the lock away. As the lock glowed and began to melt, Izuku transformed his arm back and tightened his grip on Eri.

Then without waiting for another second, Izuku took off and charged through the front door. Once outside, he was greeted by the cold evening air as he got his foot back under him and ran across the front yard. Once he reached the gate, he kicked it open and took off across the street, and towards the alleyway that hid his bike as it was his best chance of getting away.

As he crossed the street, Izuku stole a look back and saw several Yakuza guards in the front room. One spotted him and pointed him out and then all began to chase him outside the building. Through Project Velocity Izuku was fast, able to compete with many pro heroes that didn't have speed enchanting quirk, yet he had to carry Eri. The Yakuza was closing in as Izuku got to his bike. He barely had enough time to throw his helmet now and get on his motorcycle. After grabbing some discarded rope, Izuku began to secure Eri. Tying the rope around her shoulder, chest and legs, Izuku then looped the rope over his shoulder and crossed them behind his back. Then pulling the last of the rope around his stomach, Izuku tired the two ends off, creating a makeshift sling to hold Eri tight against his body.

As Izuku turned his motorcycle on, he heard a bullet hit the cement wall right next to his head. Izuku quickly looked up and saw several Yakuza guards standing in front of him. All had their guns drawn and pointed directly at him. Izuku calmly moved his hands to the handles and revved the engine, causing many of the Yakuza to grip their weapon more tightly. In this kind of standoff, the first to react would have the advantage

Izuku looked in his side mirror and saw the way behind him was clear. And as it was obvious he wasn't going forward, he would have to go back. With that idea in mind, Izuku shot his right arm forwards and once it was transformed shot an orange bullet right at the feet of the Yakuza guards. Without waiting for the flash, Izuku shifted his vehicle in reverse and tore out of the alleyway.

Once he was out on the street, Izuku hit the brakes and turned the wheel. Causing his back tire to yell as Izuku whipped his motorcycle around. Once the tires stopped, Izuku was thrown back and to the side quickly shifted his motorcycle out of reverse and into first. Releasing the break Izuku shot forwards, as he left the Shie Hassaikai behind.

Izuku had seen a hospital coming into town, it was only a few miles away. Yet despite how badly Eri needed a hospital, it would be the first place the Yakuza would look. So getting help for Eri would have to wait until they were out of town and out of Shei Hassiakai's grip. So as he checked his mirror every few seconds, Izuku directed his bike through the town and onto the freeway.

After climbing the on-ramp, Izuku twisted the throttle as fast as he could. Not letting off of it, even as he switched gears as he climbed the speed-o-meter. Musutafu was an hour and a half away, but with how Izuku was driving and how clear the road was, he could easily get there within thirty minutes. Hopefully, Eri would be able to survive that long.

As Izuku shot down the road, he could feel his mind working overtime as it kept track of all the cars around him. Watching to see if any slowed down and began to follow. And just his luck, 20 miles after getting onto the freeway, he spotted a minivan a few cars back and it was quickly catching up to him. Until it was right behind him, then the side door swung open and several yakuza thugs leaned out. Izuku nearly swerved and lost control, as the bullet began flying past him.

Thinking fast Izuku depressed the clutch and shifted down a gear, allowing the RPM of his bike to shoot up and increase his acceleration. This allowed him to push a bit more speed out of his bike as he tried to put some distance between him and the van full of Shie Hassaikai members.

Unfortunately, the vehicle was able to keep up and the Shie Hassaikai thugs were getting closer with their aim. Forcing Izuku to steer side to side, doing his best to dodge the bullets to make sure neither hit him nor Eri. He would have started to shoot back, he had the training and know-how, but with Eri also on the bike, Izuku wasn't sure he would be able to keep control and they would end up crashing. The only thing he could do was try and lose the Shie Hassaikai. As he thought of a plan, a bullet grazed his left shoulder. Pain shot through his arm, nearly making him lose control. Izuku clenched his teeth as fought to keep control of his motorcycle.

Izuku kept his breath steady as he worked to keep his vision clear. That's when he spotted a large semi truck only a few yards ahead. It was in the second lane and if he got around it Izuku could disappear into the far right lane. Izuku willed his motorcycle forward until he passed the semi-truck. Without so much as a warning, Izuku shot over to the right-hand lane and turned off all lights.

Easing off the gas, Izuku disappeared from the van's view behind the truck. Knowing the Yakuza knew where he had gone, he worked his way to the back of the truck. And just as he saw the brake lights of the van, Izuku swerved over to the left into the original lane. He sped up until he was level with the cab of the truck.

Izuku saw the truck driver look at him, more specifically Eri. Izuku saw the truck driver look over at the van and then back at Izuku. The truck driver winked and then jerked his vehicle to the right. Izuku heard the sound of metal scraping against each other then he heard the sound of cement breaking. He slowed down in enough time to see the van full of Yakuza members flipping over the freeway divider.

It landed on the other side of the freeway and quickly slid to a stop. Now that danger was no longer an issue, Izuku refocused on the road. In less than 30 minutes his exit was coming up and when it arrived Izuku directed his motorcycle to the ramp. As he went down the ramp and disappeared into the city, Izuku finally slowed down and switched his headlights back on. At the first intersection, Izuku directed his motorcycle to Musutafu General. "Call Fumiko Mareo and Inko Midoriya." Izuku said into the microphone that was in his helmet.

Izuku and Eri might be out of danger, but that didn't mean the night was finished. Mareo would need to know what he found and the only person he trusted to know what to do with Eri outside of medical terms, was Inko. So as Izuku breezed down the street, he waited for the phone line to connect.


And that's chapter 13 of Project Velocity. Izuku rescues Eri from Overhaul and changes how event of the future will occur.

Next week: Izuku gets Eri to a hospital and the next steps to take are discussed.

Next Time: Imprinting

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