Super Science

Ch 73: The Hero Killer

"I'm going out for some air.", Izuku called out as he headed towards the exit door.

Egon, who was staring at a variety of chemicals and mixing them, looked up and removed his goggles while asking, "At this hour? But we were closing in an hour."

Izuku put up his lab coat on a hanger and told him, "Don't worry, I'll be back before then. I'm taking Camila."

"Camila? Oh! You mean the Vampyr. I still don't know why you insisted on keeping it.", Egon questions him with a judgemental glare.

"I used the Good Boi Splinter on it, so it's too friendly towards humans. Plus it's a good opportunity to study its biology in depth. Also, air travel to avoid anyone wanting to attack me. And I've always wanted a pet.", Izuku explained to him while putting on a sweatshirt and sick mask to disguise himself.

"Then what the hell am I keeping Peet around for?", Egon asks as he points to the dodo bird peck at a child-sized xylophone.

Izuku rolls his eyes at the question and tells him, "He's the mascot and your pet. So let me have my weird animal sidekick."

Egon just shrugs disgruntledly while putting his goggles back on and returning to his work. Izuku left the work area, walked to the Creature Division, opened the container, brought out Camila, led her to the exit door, hopped on her back, and flew off into the night sky! Izuku sat back on the giant bat as he took in the fresh cool air, the lights and sound of the city, and the calming atmosphere it all brought together. It has been so long since he last felt this relaxed, so moments like these were a true heaven for him.

That is until he heard the sound of explosions and screaming. Looking down he saw more of those Nomu creatures causing a disaster across the city! Izuku knew he shouldn't get involved in this sort of thing, especially since several heroes were on the scene, and so he didn't. He had enough to deal with on his plate, he wasn't about to add this to the pile! So he decided to turn back and tell Egon what was going on. Maybe once the Nomus were dead, they could get their hands on their bodies in order to study them

However, he didn't get very far when something below caught his eye. Using his high-tech binoculars he peaked down and saw an ongoing battle in a secluded alleyway. It was the Pro Hero Native, who was unconscious and unmoving, alongside one of the UA hero students, the Pro Hero Engium's little brother. He was also no longer moving as he lay on the ground and glared up at someone. Izuku then turned his attention to the person looming over him and saw what looked like a real-grade slasher horror movie villain!

Izuku tried to zoom in on his face, but the person looked up and seemed to catch sight of him. The person then threw something and before he could react, Camilla screamed in pain before taking a nosedive! Izuku grabbed onto the bat's fur and held on as they slammed against a building before he was thrown off and then hit by several more alleyway objects and structures. He bounced and rolled off them, allowing his weak body to have a broken fall before rolling across the dirt alley and laying in a pool of his own pain.

After getting the pain out of his body he managed to carefully sit up before he saw the tip of a blade pointing right at his face! He screamed and jumped back, skidding away until he hit a wall and saw who the blade belonged to. He heard about this person in the News so often, but he never expected to see him in the flesh! The hero killer Stain!

The crazed and dangerous-looking man glared down at him and hissed while bringing his sword to his neck, "Thought you could sneak up on me, eh hero?"

Izuku's mind raced from fear but he managed to blabber out the sentence that saved his skin. "W-W-Wait! I-I-I-Im not a hero!", he frantically told him.

Stain took the blade from his neck but kept it pointed as he asked, "You're not?"

"No! I'm a scientist.", Izuku assures him while waking his head.

Stain then used his sword to cut the sick mask on his face and looked at it while observing his physique of which he had none. He could see this kid wasn't trained or being tempered into a hero of any kind, he was just some average nobody in his eyes. Stain clicked his tongue and pointed his sword away from him as he looked towards the pro and young hero in training.

Seeing this, Izuku sprang from his feet, took a mock fighting stance, and told the killer, "B-B-But I'm not gonna let you hurt them!"

Stain turned back to Izuku, rested his sword on his shoulder, and told him, "Get lost kid. I don't kill off random people. Besides, you ain't got no power over me."

Izuku realized he was right. I'm his need for relaxation and fresh air he had forgotten to grab a Splinter. Even if he did fight it could only go one of two ways; he'd die quickly or get knocked out.

But even still he ran in front of the killer, blocking him as he turned back to the heroes and proclaimed, "Maybe so, but a true hero always stands up for what's right and takes on every challenge no matter the danger, and smiles through it all to give hope."

Stain was struck in stunned silence as he heard the boy's words. His tense and ready body was brought to a state of relaxation as he said in a small voice, "Maybe you are a hero."

Izuku then noticed something rising up behind the madman. Realizing what it was, a new sneaky smile crossed his lips as he told him, "And you forgot."

This piqued Stain's interest as he asked back, "Forgot what?"

"What's right behind you.", Izuku told him while making a spin motion with his fingertip.

Before Stain could guess what he meant by that, he felt something hot hit the back of his neck followed by the insane urge to run for his life. Turning around slowly in the shadow of something huge he's met with two piercing beady eyes that claw through his soul! He didn't even have time to catch his breath as the Vampyr snatched him up in her wings and sank her fangs into his neck!

Camila sucked and sucked with a force like no other! Stain could feel the warmth leave his body as the bat fed on him! If he didn't act fast, he'd die of blood loss! Since his arms were pinned to his body, he used the spikes on his knees to stroke the hat! Camila screeched in pain, letting go of the man as he quickly retrieved his sword and slashed across its body! Camila screeched again but this time it came out in a hypersonic blast and knocked the man away allowing her to jump in the air and circle the area.

Quickly getting up from the ground and smacking the ringing sound from his ears, Stain retrieved the blade and licked the fresh blood on it. He watched as the bat fell towards the buildings but instead of slamming into it, it grabbed onto the side, vibrated violently, and then glared daggers at him. It was at that moment he realized the bat was immune to his quirk!

Camila jumped from her perch and flew down towards the man who retorted by throwing knives at it! Only for the Vampyr to suddenly burst into a cloud of small bat-like creatures that swarmed around him. Stain tried in vain to swat them away with his sword but things took a turn for the worst when the swarm disappeared and so did the Vampyr!

Stain looked around, ready and on guard, sword at the ready to strike! What he didn't notice was the strange shape that was perfectly camouflaged in the moonlight. It circled around before going into a dive straight for him! But this time Stain was prepared. Once he felt something coming in from behind and fast, he spun around and drove his sword into the animal's chest! It screams in pain and Stain flings the animal over his shoulder and into some trash cans!

Camila appeared to lay dead and Stain nearly let relief wash over until he saw the Vampyr get up from the ground and turn around while showing it's new wound being to rapidly heal until there was nothing left. Stain was in shock and awe at this and before he could make a move against the creature, she took a deep breath in and released a cloud of thick green fog that covered every part of the alleyway!

Stain tries his best to maneuver around the fog but no matter what he tries he can see his own hand in it. So he decided to find a wall and scale it in order to get a bird's eye view. However, he never got to start his search for the inner wall as he felt something right behind him. He tried a wild slash but got nothing but the fog! Every time he felt something bear he'd slash but get nothing! After a while, he started to lose it and decided the best thing would be to make a break for it!

However, he never got to it as something hit him from behind and caused him to lose his sword! Instead of retrieval, he ran, but not for long as something was thrown at him, and before he realized it he was pinned to the ground from his arms and legs by a mysterious thick, pale, stick, gel-like substance! He tried to break free but found it was impossible as the gel was sticking to the ground just as hard as it was to him!

But before he could think up something to do, Camila appeared through the fog. She walked over to the trapped man and spat something out of her mouth beside him. Stain saw how it looked just like the stuff restraining him to the ground, and realized this was another of its abilities. Some kind of natural glue material. But that didn't matter now as the Vampyr looked down on him like a hungry man looks at a steak! And before he knew it, she licked her lips and plunged her teeth into his neck!

When the fog finally lifted, Izuku had laid Native and Engium's brother out on the alleyway ready to be taken away. Though Engium's brother didn't seem too happy about this arrangement. Even so, once he had them lying at the mouth of the alleyway he turned around to meet a very satisfied Camila who was licking her red-stained lips. Izuku knew what had happened and accepted it, knowing it was the lesser of two evils.

He petted the bat's head, climbed into her back, and took off into the night sky, vanishing from sight as the bat camouflaged into the moonlight. Izuku knew when Egin hears about this, and he will, he knows the man with either faint or chew him out. And he didn't like any option better than the other.


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