My Incredible Academia

by Yellowpikmin88

For fifteen years the use of quirks has been banned from the America. But the nation may see the return of metahumans thanks to the unexpected meeting of a class of heroes in training from UA Japan and a misfit family of supers stranded on an island and united against a deadly alliance between two formidable villains. (Cover art by MariusWales)

5. Scattered and Reunited

Scattered and Reunited

Having narrowly avoided dying in a fiery plane crash, Class 1-A now found themselves stranded on an uncharted island that for all they knew was under the control of the League of Villains. Fortunately for the heroes, the cargo hold hadn't been torn open during the crash and so they were able to retrieve and don their super suits; they were probably going to be needing them for the challenges they were sure to come.

"So, Mr Aizawa?" Kirishima inquired. "If we're gonna escape this island how are we supposed to do it, considering we don't know jack about this place?"

The Eraser hero replied "When in enemy territory your best way out begins with gathering intel. However, since the villains know we're here reconnaissance won't be easy; The worst-case scenario being that they're watching us right now." His students frantically looked about in response.

"So what you're saying is we find out what we wanna know by beating it out of them when they come for us." Bakugou summarised, pounding his fist to which Aizawa nodded grimly.

"It's very likely we'll be fighting our way out of this, yes. But in the event that any of us are separated or captured we'll need a hideout in order to regroup and come up with a plan. So it's imperative that we stay connected."

"I'm on it, Sir," Momo spoke up as she began to spawn a bunch of earphone communicators. "Everyone take an earpiece. We'll be able to stay in contact using these. I can only establish one line of communication for every three devices so I've colour coded them for groups of three. Mr Aizawa and Iida, mine's paired up with yours. Everyone else divide into groups."

"Excellent work, Yaoyorozu." Aizawa commended, taking his own item as everyone put them on. The communicators were sorted out as follows:

Aizawa, Tenya & Momo

Izuku, Ochako & Tsu

Bakugou, Kirishima & Kaminari

Mina, Jiro & Toru

Shoji, Mineta & Tokoyami

Todoroki, Koda and Ojiro

Aoyama, Sero and Sato

Aizawa tested the buttons on his earpiece to check his contacts with Tenya and Momo before addressing the class "And just so you know, if you must fight, do it to defend either yourselves or each other, but don't go looking for the enemy."

"You really think the League of Villains are behind this though, Mr Aizawa?" Izuku asked. "I know we all saw Kurogiri on the plane but who was that other man?"

"Maybe they've teamed up with another villain like how they did with Overhaul." Tsu assumed.

"It is a possibility." Aizawa agreed. "So even though we're familiar with the League, be prepared for unknown enemies."

"Yes, Sir." The students nodded as they continued wandering through the jungle, passing by a familiar-looking waterfall. As they did Tokoyami's eyes caught sight of bubbles appearing on the surface and a shadow moving beneath them.

"Stop." He whispered to the group before pointing. They quickly hid in the foliage before a large man in a red suit and black eye mask broke through the water gasping heavily. He swam to the shore and pulled himself out, looking back up at the waterfall as though he expected someone to be there. He sighed heavily and turned back only to be yanked to the ground when he found his torso wrapped in a scarf like binding.

"Start talking." He looked up into the glaring red eyes of Aizawa, his long black hair standing on end. "Tell me who you work for and how to get off this island." The man's first instinct was to break out of his bonds but to his surprise he found he couldn't. In fact, it felt like his strength had vanished completely.

"Answer me," Aizawa repeated.

"Who are you?"

"That's what I wanna know! Are you with the League of Villains or their accomplices?"

"Neither! I'm a hero! Are you?"

"Mr Aizawa, wait!" Izuku emerged from his hiding spot along with the rest of the class as the boy looked at the hero's costume.

"That symbol...it can't be." His eyes popped behind his mask as he recognised the man. "You're Mr Incredible!"

"The former American Number One?!" Ochako said in disbelief.

"Glad to know someone recognises me." Mr Incredible muttered as Aizawa reluctantly released him and pulled him to his feet, having now had a chance to verify Izuku's claim.

"You're right, that's definitely his symbol. Got a wardrobe change though it would seem."

"Well now that you know who I am, tell me who you are." Mr Incredible asked but as he looked at the group he started to realise the situation. "Wait...how long have you been here?"

"We just got here. Our flight was hijacked by villains and brought to this island. One of the culprits, we happen to know of." Aizawa answered as he blinked causing his hair to fall back down and Mr Incredible felt his strength returning.

"Syndrome brought you here too?" He asked.

"Syndrome? Who's that?" Jiro questioned. "The League of the Villains are the ones who brought us here."

Tenya gripped his chin as he shifted his glasses "I think we may have identified the head of their accomplices."

"The League of Villains." Mr Incredible muttered. "I've never heard of them but I think I was attacked by two of them not long ago. A burnt man with blue flames and a blonde girl with knives."

"Toga and Dabi." Aizawa identified them as he approached Mr Incredible. "It seems we've both been dragged into whatever these villains are up to. I'm Shota Aizawa of UA. AKA- Eraserhead."

"The Japanese hero school?"

"Yes. The League of Villains is a high-class criminal organisation in Japan. And whoever this Syndome is you speak of, it's clear that the head of the League, Tomura Shigaraki, has formed a partnership with him. But for what reason, I don't know."

Mr Incredible looked over the group, shocked to see how young they all were, save for Aizawa. "I can't believe he was going to use it on a bunch of kids. The man has got to be completely insane."

Aizawa raised his eyebrows. "You know what's going on here?"

"Syndrome's created a super-weapon; a battle robot he calls the Omnidroid designed to kill heroes by studying their abilities."

The UA heroes gasped collectively at the revelation. "Could that mean Shigaraki wants him to build him one to use against Japan?" Shoto assumed concernedly.

"I don't know, but I have a lead. I found a strange word in an underwater cave after I escaped the villains."

"What was the word?" Kaminari asked.

"KRONOS."

"What does that mean?" Mina asked curiously.

"I believe it's the name of the Greek Titan, Kronos." Tenya answered brightly. "The Father of the gods Zeus, Hades and Poseidon and best known for eating his own children alive to prevent a prophecy of being defeated by them."

Several of his peers shuddered at the description as Mr Incredible spoke. "Regardless of what it means, a hero I once knew died making sure others would know what he learned so it must be important to the villains. I need to find out what it is they're planning before more heroes like him end up dead. We may even find a way off the island in the process."

"Then it would be best for us to work together." Aizawa suggested, extending his hand for Mr Incredible to shake, which he did. As the strong hero released his grip he noticed Izuku staring at him curiously, his eyes squinting behind his mask.

"You ok, kid?" He asked.

"Yeah, it's just...you seem familiar. We haven't met by any chance have we?" Izuku wondered, getting some odd looks from his peers as Bakugo laughed.

"What are you talking about, Deku? You met the Number One American hero? Don't gimme that crap."

"Yeah, you're probably right now that I think about it." Izuku chuckled awkwardly though Mr Incredible couldn't help feeling a slight hint of deja vu as well. The rabbit-like mask, respirator and nickname made it impossible for him to recognise the boy, however.

"There's no time to talk now. Let's keep moving." Aizawa instructed.

"Probably best if you follow me. I know where their base of operations is and where they keep their aircraft." Mr Incredible suggested.

"Lead the way then."

"So...what's hero work like in Japan?" The American hero asked as he lead Class 1A through the jungle, the group of heroes keeping their eyes peeled for any sign of the enemy.

Aizawa shrugged his shoulders at the question. "Depends on what you're looking for; underground work, teaching, rescue, raiding, healing. Pick your poison."

"And if none of that takes your fancy you can always use your quirk for other outlets," Kirishima spoke. "Some work at businesses with their powers or even start their own."

"Dojo's are pretty popular; I bet Gunhead could give you a job at his," Ochako suggested following up Kirishima's sentence.

"And I take it you kids are getting a good education?" Mr Incredible assumed to which Momo replied enthusiastically.

"Oh, yes, absolutely. UA truly lives up to its ranking as the most established school of heroics. There are many other institutions though if you aren't fortunate enough to enrol."

"If you don't mind being overshadowed that is." Bakugou chuckled. "The other schools are always gunning for us at the licensing exams because of it."

"The sad thing is he's not exactly wrong." Tenya said regrettably.

All the while Bob thought to himself as he mulled over everything Aizawa and the students had said. Setting aside the fact his freelance work had been a trap all along, he'd still made a fair amount of money off it. Adding it to what he'd saved up already he was very close to affording his dream. And with such a glowing review from some of the residents it only added to the faith in his plan. Just a little further to go and it would all have been worth the struggle.

Of course this required getting off the island alive first and foremost. Alone it wouldn't have been too difficult if he kept a low profile; the villains believing him to be dead, considering. But with the sudden arrival of this class of heroes, that did unfortunately complicate things.

The sudden loud whirring of a rotor cut through the air as the group looked up.

"Get down." Mr Incredible hissed as they ducked into the bushes whilst two strange hovercrafts flew over the canopy. They looked like flying saucers with helicopter blades roasting around their edges to keep them aloft, each vehicle piloted by a guard. They glided over the area and out of sight of the heroes until said individuals emerged.

Shoto looked off in the direction they were flying. "They're heading for the crash site."

"Which can only mean they don't know our current location or that we're all alive." Aizawa reckoned.

Mineta wiped some sweat from his brow. "Well that's a little good news; at least we know they aren't watching us right now."

"But they will be looking for you all when they find an empty plane crash with no bodies."

Mr Incredible quickly dashed the boy's hope as he addressed Aizawa. "I hate to say this but if we want to get everyone here off this island alive we can't stay in a group this large if we want to stay hidden."

Aizawa closed his eyes after glancing at his students, with grim realisation. "You're right. Though I didn't want it to have to come to this, we're going to have to split up."

The man turned back to his students. "Listen up. We're going to be dividing into two groups. Half of you will stay with me and the other half will assist Mr Incredible in reaching the enemy's base. Midoriya, Bakugou, Uraraka, Iida, Shoji, Aoyama, Koda, Ashido, Kirishima and Sato; you're with me. Todoroki, Yaoyorozu, Asui, Kaminari, Hagakure, Sero, Mineta, Ojiro, Tokoyami and Jiro; you'll assist Mr Incredible in his infiltration."

The students looked amongst themselves as Aizawa continued his plan. "We'll go on ahead and scout the area so we can setup a hideout. Once your group has the information related to that code word, you'll rendezvous with us at our location. Thanks to Yaoyorozu's trackers you'll know where to find us."

"Oh that reminds me!" Creati piped up as she handed Mr Incredible replicas of the gear she'd made her peers. "Take these, Sir, you'll be able to communicate with us."

"Thank you." The strong hero replied as he put them on.

"But what about escaping the island?"

Kaminari asked as Mr Incredible thought. "I don't know if any of you can pilot an air craft, but it wouldn't matter since the one I arrived in has an automatic pilot. Maybe if we captured one of the guards we could force him to tell us how to operate it."

'Shinso sure could've helped us with that.' Izuku thought to himself.

"Then that's what we'll do after you've regrouped with us. I won't sugarcoat this, kids; we're in real trouble here." Aizawa looked at his class, somehow more serious than he usually was.

"But, if we keep our wits about us and focus on working together to keep each other safe, we'll make it out. I just have one rule I want you to follow at all costs: don't die or you're expelled." He concluded with a grin, though his dark joke didn't humour all his students.

"It'll be kinda hard for you to if we do die!" Mineta snapped though everyone ignored him as the group split in two; one carrying on after Mr Incredible and other heading in another direction, the operation underway.

XXX

"Well, darling, what do you think?"

Shocked would be the first word that came to Helen's mind, though it didn't even begin to describe her feelings of what she'd seen. After following up on Edna's invitation, despite the odd details the fashionista mentioned during the phone call, she had expected to get a clear cut answer on why Bob had gone to her to get a patch job. What she hadn't expected was to learn that Edna to have not only crafted a new and improved super suit for her husband but her entire family; even Jack-Jack had been given one. All of the suits were red in colour and bore the same symbol styled after Bob's insignia. Not only that but they'd been outfitted with features more suited for front line pro heroes: bulletproof, explosion-proof, withstanding 1000*C, built in homing devices and the newest feature: machine washable!

They'd even been specified to match their quirks with her own being as stretchable as she was; Dash's being highly durable to friction to account for his speed and Edna had even crafted a brand new material that could turn invisible in time with Violet's quirk (which according to the fashionista was quite strenuous on her own power with the amount of fibre she had to go through to perfect it). Needless to say, Helen had several questions on the situation. She had no doubts at this point: even if Bob was at a conference, there was another business he was involved in and it didn't involve insurance.

"What do I think?! Bob, is retired! I'm retired! Our family is underground. You helped my husband resume secret hero work behind my back?"

"Well, I assumed you knew it, darling." Edna said, somewhat as shocked as her friend was, though considering how Bob behaved during his visit it wasn't too far out for her to suspect there'd been more than he was letting on. But then, "Why would he keep secrets from you?" she asked turning back in her chair.

"He wouldn't. Didn't. ugh- doesn't!" Helen insisted which only stoked Edna's own suspicions further.

"Hmm, men at Robert's age are often unstable. Prone to weakness."

"What...What are you saying?"

"Do you know where he is?"

"Of..of course-"

"Do you KNOW where he is?" Edna faced Helen as she asked again, the former super now feeling more worried than ever.

XXX

"What do you mean, the plane's empty?!"

Syndrome paced back and forth as he shouted into his communicator to which the receiving guard replied. "They all survived the crash landing, Sir and so far none of our cameras have spotted them."

"I told you they'd be tougher than you thought." Shigaraki said from across the room with his head in his hand. Syndrome eyed him for a moment before addressing his henchman.

"Deploy the advanced troopers and Retrieval Unit. Capture them if you can but if they prove too resistant, kill them."

"Yes, Sir."

"Why alive?" Dabi asked.

"I want a chance to study their quirks. They could be useful for advancing my droid's capabilities for future attacks. Then I'll kill them."

"Japan's heroes would indeed be more trouble for your creation than washed up American supers." Kurogiri stated. "Should make for better sport as well."

"Indeed." Shigaraki agreed turning to his right hand villain. "Bring Mr Compress. Have him assist Syndrome's men in the capture along with Dabi and Toga."

"Of course." The warp villain bowed as he vanished.

"Oh you mean I can go play with Izuku and Ochako?!" Toga giggled gleefully.

"They're yours to deal with." Shigaraki approved, the girl cheering as she skipped out of the room with Dabi trudging after.

"Will you not be going with them?" Syndrome inquired.

"I like to let my underlings have their fun. But you're more than welcome to go if you wish."

"Hmm, maybe later. For now let's discuss future prospects."

"Very nice."

XXX

With Aizawa's team, the heroes continued to scout the island for any site they could put to use as a rendezvous/hideout. The sun was beginning to set, casting the island in a deep orange glow which would soon turn to dark.

But as the group passed through a clearing a spotlight suddenly illuminated the group stopping them dead in their tracks as a battalion of guards emerged emerged from the foliage in front of the heroes, a couple of hovercrafts floating above shining their lights down on them.

A number of the guards were wielding guns whilst several more were taller and more muscular wearing large black and white gauntlets. And at the front of the group one guard was wearing a different outfit compared to the other gunmen. It was a sleek red and black suit of armour with and whilst the other guards all wore visors, his headgear consisted of a white helmet with a circular black screen covering the front.

"Welcome, heroes of Japan." A modified voice buzzed from the leader's helmet, the man loading his gun with a sinister click.

"Damn, looks like they were lying in wait for us." Aizawa cursed as he and his students readied themselves for battle.

"Surrender or die, super scum." One of the larger guards spoke as bolts of blue lightning began to crackle between his fingers.

"Guess that means negotiation's off the table." Kirishima muttered.

"It was never on it." Bakugou snarled as his own hands crackled with brewing explosions.

"What's the best course of action, Mr Aizawa?" Tenya inquired.

The eraser hero scanned the number of enemies, the wheels in his head turning before he responded. "If we want to get away without being tracked we'll need to take out most if not all of them. I'll disable the big ones' quirks, leaving Midoriya, Bakugou, Iida and Sato to finish them off."

"Yes, Sir." Izuku nodded along with the other three.

"Uraraka, Aoyama, Ashido, focus on taking out the hovercrafts and Kirishima, I'm leaving the gunmen up to you." The students acknowledged his orders. "Shoji and Koda, you're our best scouts. And we can't afford letting you get killed or captured, so we need you to hang back until we've cleared out the enemy. Only fight to defend yourselves."

"Got it." Shoji replied whilst Koda nodded silently.

Aizawa focused on the brawlers as he activated his quirk. "Now!" On his command, Izuku, Bakugou, Tenya and Sato charged forward.

The armed guards opened fire on the group though the four heroes leapt into the air to avoid the shots before aiming their own attacks towards the brawlers.

"DIE!" Bakugou roared as he launched an explosion at the battalion which sent several of the gunmen flying, though when the smoke cleared the brawlers appeared unscathed, though their armour showed signs of damage. One of them thrust his large hand out to grab Bakugou by the leg in midair before sending a blast of electricity through the teens body

"GAAAUGHH!" The explosion hero yelled in pain as the guard swung him down against the ground. The brawler raised his large fist to strike again before he was kicked in the jaw by Izuku, knocking him to the ground.

"What?!" Aizawa blinked in shock, deactivating his quirk in the process. "No, I had them in my sights. His quirk should've been neutralised!"

"Surprised?" The lead guard spoke. "Shigaraki told the boss all about you, Eraserhead. Of all the heroes who could've ended up here, you're undoubtedly the unluckiest of them all."

"What's he talking about?!" Kirishima, who was helping Bakugou to his feet, while simultaneously deflecting bullets, questioned.

Izuku backflipped away from the brawler he was fighting as the man's gauntlet transformed into a large flamethrower, spraying a torrent of fire at him.

As the boy looked over the enemy soldiers, he started to realise what the leader had implied. The brawlers were changing the style of their weapons, but not in a way akin to any transformation quirk. And the smaller guards were all using handheld firearms. What's more their fighting was similar to that of a military or police squad, nothing like the villains they'd faced in the past. With all those factors together, it could only imply...

"They're quirkless!" He shouted in realisation. "They all are! None of these people have quirks!"

"All of them?!" Tenya said in disbelief as the brawlers he was up against shot several hooked cables out of the chest plate of his armour to try and ensnare him, confirming Izuku's statement.

"Smart thinking, kid. No, we don't have quirks, but we do have power." The lead guard tossed his regular firearm aside before pulling out a couple of tonfa-like weapons which then extended and became engulfed with electricity.

"Let's see how you fare in a fight now, Eraserhead!" He laughed maniacally as he charged the underground hero only to be blindsided by an attack from Bakugou, who looked even angrier than before.

"There is no way in hell I'm letting a bunch of fucking quirkless dickbags get the drop on me!" The helmeted man picked himself up as he began to trade blows with the hero, either dodging or countering each other's strikes.

Aizawa decided to instead assist Ochako, Aoyama and Mina who were trying to bring down the hovercrafts. The vehicles were firing bullets at the three of them, Mina trying to continuously melt the ammunition with waves of acid, but it was starting to look like she was running out of juice from the strained grunts and whimpers Aizawa was picking up from her.

"Uraraka!" He shouted to Ochako, who was using a boulder she'd lightened to shield herself and Aoyama, as he pointed at the vehicle that was firing on them while unravelling his capture scarf.

Ochako nodded before hurling the boulder at the hovercraft, forcing it to cease fire to dodge the attack, and in that window the girl flew up towards the craft in order to slap it, cancelling its gravity as Aizawa lassoed his scarf around the vehicle. With a roar the man swung the flying saucer in circles before bringing it downwards towards the other craft.

Ochako put her fingers together and shouted "Release!" Just before the tangled hovercraft smashed full force into the other one causing them both to explode on impact, the flaming wrecks crashing to the ground.

"Booyah!" Kirishima cheered, punching the air at the spectacle. "You jerks are gonna have to try harder than this to take us down!"

The Leader dodged another of Bakugou's attacks, kicking the young hero in the gut, "You're right, boy. I think we need to get serious. Troops! Carpet bombing formation!" The remaining smaller guards nodded to the man before launching themselves into the air on rocket boots and switching their guns to large bazookas.

One of them fired at Izuku who narrowly dodged a large gob of white, slimy substance that hit the ground with a splat. Another shot came at Tenya who attempted to kick it back at his opponent, only for the slimy cannonball to stick to his leg.

"What?!" He tried to pull it off, his hand sticking to the ball in the process as he ripped it away, "What is this stuff?!" He had to run as more of the guards opened fire on him and the others with their new ammo.

Meanwhile, the brawler guards had altered their gauntlets again; this time they sported large claws, similar to that of the Omnidroid. One of them aiming at Ochako shot out their weapon on a long metal tentacle, attempting to grab her.

"Watch out!" Sato leaped to grab the tentacle before it could reach Ochako. He wrestled with the metal appendage before he managed to pull it towards himself, dragging the guard with him to deliver a solid blow to his face, knocking the grunt out cold.

"Just how much equipment do these people have?!" Ochako questioned, a slime-ball whizzing past her head. "They've got more gadgets than Hatsume!"

"Clearly these ruffians have tangoed with heroes many times to have this many countermeasures." Aoyama estimated, firing a laser at the airborne guards, shooting a couple out of the sky while the others managed to dodge his attack.

"Then it looks like we're gonna have to bring out the big guns as well." Kirishima grinned. As he hardened his body into a ferocious jagged form. "Red Riot: Unbreakable!" He roared before he charged the brawler guards; they fired on him with bullets, only for them to bounce off his skin as though they were rubber, before resorting to their tentacles.

One nearly grabbed him before he cleaved the claw in two with a swing of his diamond-edged hand until he reached the brawler and reeled his fist back.

"RED GAUNTLET!" Kirishima buried his fist in the man's gut, shattering his armour and sending him flying into another brawler behind him, both guards shooting across the clearing and hitting a cliff side which cracked upon impact.

"Dammit! That one's a nuisance! Capture him!" The Leader ordered his bomber guards to attack Kirishima with their sticky bullets, a flurry of the slime-balls hailing down on the hero, only for a shower of acid to dissolve them as Mina threw herself in front of him.

"Thanks for the save." He grinned as Mina high-fived him with one of her own.

"Sometimes even shields need their backs watched."

Meanwhile, Bakugou was still engaged with the Leader guard who was still holding his own against the explosion hero, despite his relentless onslaught of explosions, using his electric tonfas to throw off the direction of his attacks.

"Just die already, you freak!" The teen yelled, his frustration growing.

"I was just thinking the same thing!" The Leader replied as he went in for an overhead swing before his wrist was suddenly stopped by Aizawa's scarf, giving Bakugou the opening he needed.

"EAT THIS!" He roared sending a blast directly at the Leader's face. The explosion sent the man hurtling back before he hit the ground, his helmet bouncing away after being dislodged by the blast. "Ha! Down in one hit. Just as I'd expect from a quirkless!"

But Bakugou's victory was short lived as the Leader slowly got to his feet, the others looking at his face as the smoke cleared.

"The guy from the plane!" Izuku pointed. Yes, it was none other than Illusion who wiped a trickle of blood from his nose and glared at Bakugou.

"Is that the best you can do? You should know better than to underestimate your opponents." Illusion snarled, picking up his weapons as the electricity surrounding them turned from blue to red, the voltage fiercer than before.

"It's heroes like you I hate the most! Do you get some sick kick from looking down us? Well it'll be the last mistake you ever make!" The man shouted as he ran at Bakugou who prepared to counterattack.

But before he could strike Illusion flipped over Bakugou, dodging the explosion he shot at him, before striking him from behind with his weapons. And he didn't let up, continuing to strike the young hero with his tonfas, leaving no room for openings.

"Kacchan's in trouble!" Izuku shouted as he looked to Ochako who was finishing off the last brawler guard by hurling his weightless body over the canopy. "Uraraka! I need you to throw me at the guy fighting Kacchan!"

Ochako didn't know what Izuku was planning to do, but she knew he had a plan. "Right! Just be careful, Deku." She said as she cancelled his gravity before grabbing him by the shoulder and throwing him towards the other two, Izuku activating his Full Cowling.

He flew towards Illusion who was now standing over Bakugou, Aizawa unable to reach him having found himself stuck fighting the bombers.

"It doesn't matter how strong your quirk is; it's wasted if it's wielded by a short tempered little brat. You're out of your league here, boy. Should've stayed home with your parents!" Illusion spat, pressing his feet down on Bakugou's arms, as a long blade emerged from the ends of his tonfas.

"Now it's my turn to say die!" He raised his weapons as Izuku reached him.

"Now!" He signalled.

"Release!" Ochako returned his gravity as Izuku aimed a kick at Illusion who barely had time to turn his head.

"Shoot Style!" Izuku kicked Illusion in the head, knocking him off Bakugou and rolling away. "Are you ok, Kacchan?" He turned to his rival who shouted back at him.

"I didn't need your help, Deku! I would've gotten myself out of it!"

"I'll take that as a yes then."

Illusion shook his head as he looked at the battle. He gritted his teeth as he saw his troops were now far fewer in numbers and despite their growing exhaustion, the heroes were starting to have the upper hand.

'Shit. They may be kids, but they're skilled. We've gotten too used to fighting rusty Americans.' He thought as he spoke into a communicator on his wrist. "Alright, you can step in!"

"'Step in?' They have reinforcements on standby?!" Aizawa realised as a familiar black portal opened up before Toga and Dabi stepped out.

"Finally. I was getting bored." The latter muttered.

Tenya jumped back to avoid a burst of blue flames from the scarred man. "The League of Villains!"

"Izuku~!" Toga cried joyfully as she ran at Izuku waving her knives. "Did you miss me? Admit it, you missed me!"

Izuku yelped with fright as the knives nearly grazed his skin, forcing him to back away as Toga continued to try and cut him before she was smacked in the face with a tree, held by an angry Ochako who stepped up beside her best friend.

"Don't even think about touching him, you psycho!" She hissed.

"Ochako~! I missed you too! I never got the chance to say hi back at the Yakuza's place. Let's all three of us have a group hug!" Toga grinned, skipping back towards Ochako and Izuku, flinging her syringes at them as she went.

All the while, Aizawa looked at the battle as he began to take notice of his students. They were beginning to grow tired, their quirks wearing out, and with the sudden arrival of the League members it was only getting worse. He also noticed Dabi's fire was starting to surround the area, rather like it did at the Summer Camp: he was trying to fence them in.

'Those flames are closing in and we don't have Todoroki. If they surround us completely none of us will get away and they can still call in more reinforcements to finish us off. We can't hold out on this one.'

Knowing what he had to do, Aizawa aimed his gaze at Dabi and Toga, cancelling their quirks before sending his capture scarf at the latter, tying her up as she was still distracted by Izuku and Ochako.

"Hey! I was busy here, dry eyes!" She whined, fiddling for her knife to cut herself loose.

"Everyone! Head for the clearing before the fire surrounds it!" Aizawa shouted at the students who began to run.

"You're not going anywhere!" Illusion shouted trying to go after them before his foot stopped suddenly, which he soon realised was stuck to one of the slime-balls. He looked to see Kirishima and Sato pulling up chunks of the ground the balls were stuck to before hurling them at him, sticking them to his legs and arms, immobilising him.

"Try getting unstuck from that, chump!" Kirishima laughed, fist-bumping Sato as they made it out along with the rest of the class. Izuku stopped at the clearing before looking back at his teacher who was holding off the remaining guards along with Dabi.

"Mr Aizawa!"

"Run! I won't allow any of you to be taken! Not again!" Aizawa shouted as he struck down another guard. Izuku gritted his teeth, his inner hero telling him to charge in and help his teacher.

"Dammit, Deku, come on!" Bakugou shouted back to him.

"You can't save anyone if you're dead. So live to fight again." Aizawa lectured as Izuku, regretfully, turned roundabout and followed after his friends, but not before shouting "We'll come back for you!"

"I know you will, Problem Child." Aizawa murmured, restraining several guards who tried to chase after Deku. "I'll die before I let any of you harm my students!" But before he could continue to fight a flash of blue light suddenly engulfed him before a small marble landed in the spot where he'd been standing.

"That could certainly be arranged." Said Mr Compress as he strolled onto the scene to pluck up the trapped Aizawa, rolling the marble between his finger and thumb amusingly. "But, our new accomplice desires to examine your capabilities before he disposes of you. So you just sit tight until then."

XXX

While all of this was going on however, Mr Incredible was leading the other half of the class towards Syndrome's headquarters, the cover of night hiding them from any patrols. Their route lead them to the edge of the island where a rail line was located.

"There." Mr Incredible pointed to the rail as a large transport shuttle could be seen approaching their jumping point. "That's our way in."

"You mean jump?" Mineta asked nervously. "I-I'm not so s-sure I can get that far." Though a lecherous smile soon crossed his face as his gaze drifted to Momo. "Unless I could maybe get a piggyback ride from Yao-"

The little pervert was suddenly silenced by a roll of tape wrapping around all below his nose. "You're welcome." Sero muttered, slinging the short hero over his shoulders like a mummified backpack.

"Thank you, Sero." Momo smiled just before the shuttle reached them.

"Now." Mr Incredible signalled as the group jumped down towards the shuttle, landing on its roof with a metallic thud which visibly dented it. The guards inside didn't have time to investigate as they were quickly grabbed and flung out by a variety of appendages including a tongue, a shadowy bird monster, a tail and a pair of fleshy cables.

"You kids are pretty good." Mr Incredible praised them as they climbed into the shuttle which carried them along the rail until Syndrome's facility came into view.

"Hold on." Shoto spoke up. "This place must have a security checkpoint before the facility." Sure enough, as the shuttle rounded a corner they saw, off the distance, a large security gate with a guard on either side of it.

"He's right. Even if we got out before we reach it, the guards will know something's wrong if an empty shuttle shows up, ribbit." Tsu expected.

"So what do we do?" Toru questioned as Mr Incredible thought for a moment. Over at the gate the guards remained vigilant at their posts when they noticed something small and sparking coming towards them. They looked down in confusion to see a small scrap of metal and wires attached the rail as it drifted past them. They stared at the oddity until they heard a grunt off in the distance, causing them to raise their guns and stare into the darkness, completely oblivious to the giant shuttle coming down from the heavens and crashing into both them and the gate, flattening all.

"And that's how you bypass security without a keycard." Mr Incredible smirked as he vaulted over the now shorter gate followed closely by the 1A students. "Employees of the month, ladies and gentlemen." Continuing on foot, the group eventually reached the facility.

"Ok, kids, we just need to find a way inside." Mr Incredible stated, he and the group hiding in the bushes next to the building which was surrounded by guards.

"Shouldn't we just ask those nice men with the rifles to let us in?" Kaminari joked earning a jab in the side from Jiro.

"Actually, I think Kaminari's onto something; let's ask the guards." said Tsu, confusing the others. "I've got this." She grinned, pulling her goggled down before she activated her camouflage, turning herself invisible; something that greatly surprised Bob that he'd now met two invisible girls. He was sure Violet would get along well with them.

The group waited patiently while Tsu began to make her way over to the facility and began to crawl up the side of the building to where a guard was standing on the balcony. The frog girl snuck up behind the man before delivering a solid blow to his head which sent him tumbling over the edge and landing on the ground. The surrounding guards immediately ran over to his location leaving the door completely unguarded. Her plan a success, Tsu bounced her way back to the group before she turned visible again.

"Brilliant, Tsu." Toru congratulated her along with the rest of the heroes, the frog hero smiling bashfully at their praise. The group's attention was suddenly drawn to the door which opened to allow another shuttle to roll out. Before the door could close however, Mineta threw a handful of hairballs at its joints causing it to stay open.

"There's our chance, guys." he hissed, the group not needing to be told twice as they quickly hurried inside before the door pulled itself free of its sticky bonds.

Now inside the facility the heroes found themselves in a maze of silent tunnels, the distant chattering of guards coming from all directions. Mr Incredible furrowed his brow as he raised his hand to halt the group. "Kids. Security's only going to get tighter from here on out and we can't afford to be seen until we've gotten that information. I'm sorry but I can't take all of you with me. Even with a group this size, we're still too large to risk detection."

"Then we'll divide the objectives between us." Yaoyorozu proposed. "Hagakure, Tsu. You're our stealthiest members so you should scout the facility to find the air hanger. Though Tsu's camouflage only lasts so long. So Tokoyami, Sero and Ojiro, you three go with them to subdue any guards that can't be avoided, but stay out of sight. The rest of us will stay with Mr Incredible."

"Good plan, Yaoyorozu." Shoto approved as both groups nodded to each other before splitting up. Eventually, Bob lead his group to the dining room. Jiro stopped the group for a moment to plug her jack into the wall as she listened.

"It's empty." She whispered with a thumbs up as they entered the room and the students were astonished when they saw the towering lava flow wall to their left.

"There's a secret path hidden behind the lava. I saw Syndrome peering out of it so I'm certain it leads to the heart of his operation." Mr Incredible vouched.

"Whoa." Kaminari stared at the molten waterfall leaning towards Shoto. "Think you can freeze that, Todoroki?"

The dual elemental only shook his head. "If it were only a pool I could freeze it into stone, but this is a natural flow. It'll reheat anything I cool down in a matter of seconds."

"So how the hell are we supposed to get past it?" Mineta asked hopelessly. The kids turned their heads to see Mr Incredible picking up a giant Easter Island Head statue in the corner of the room which he held horizontally over his head.

"Everyone stand close to me. I'll use this to shield us from the lava."

"Are you crazy?! It'll just melt the rock too and us along with it!" Mineta shouted.

"Maybe not." Shoto debated as he joined Mr Incredible and placed his hand on the statue which became coated with frost. "If we move quickly I can keep the rock cool long enough for us to pass through."

"What do you think, Yaomomo?" Jiro asked the vice rep who thought for a moment before using her quirk to produce a large silver sheet.

"Just for added reinforcement, drape this heat resistant material over it. That along with Todoroki's quirk should buy us enough time to get through."

"Good thinking, kids, but this thing is actually heavier than I'm making it look so let's go." Mr Incredible ushered the group as they made their way towards the lava wall. "Ok, here we go, and for the love of god don't fall behind."

The others nodded tensely (Mineta trying not to wet himself) as Bob got ready to plunge the statue into the flow. But just as he was about to the lava began to split open.

"Shit." He almost dropped the statue as he was forced to reel it back, the group scrambling in a panic to get out of sight as Mirage exited the walkway barely noticing the group hide behind the statue. The woman glanced in their direction for a moment before leaving the room.

"Quick, the path! Come on!" Mr Incredible pointed as he sprinted into the walkway.

"Oh, so now we're just booking it?! So much for the plan!" Kaminari scoffed as he and others hurried after him. However, as they were about halfway there the walls began to close in on them.

"Crap! They're gonna press us into grilled hero sandwiches!" Mineta screamed as he was picked up by Mr Incredible who began to run faster, the others right behind them as the walls drew closer.

"Jump for it!" Bob shouted back as he dived out the other side with Mineta. Kaminari grabbed Jiro by the hand as he leaped through dragging her with him.

"Thanks." She panted. "Hurry, guys!" She shouted back as they walls were inches way from crushing Shoto and Momo who were now forced to run sideways. Shoto, in a last ditch attempt, blasted ice against both sides of the exit, hardening patches into stone before tackling Momo from behind as they both tumbled through, the closing walls barely catching the back of his shoe.

"That was way too close! This guy's as reckless as Midoriya." Mineta said while checking his hair for any signs of singeing.

'Midoriya? Does this kid know Izuku?' Bob thought but before he could ask a row of lights lit up the walkway leading to a spotlight illuminating a large computer keyboard.

Nobody spoke as they approached the console, Mr Incredible pressing a button which caused a giant screen to light in front of them with the following message: 'ENTER PASSWORD.'

"Well...shit." Jiro muttered. "Think you can hot-wire that thing, Jamming Whey?"

"Do I look like a hacker to you?!" Ignoring their bickering Bob entered the first word that came into his head: 'KRONOS.' The password was accepted as the screen changed to a contents with four options:

Island Operations

Finances

Omnidroid Metatraining

Supers

A triumphant grin spread across the man's face as the students gathered around to see what secrets Syndrome had hidden away about his plot. Bob scrolled down to the 'Supers' option and hit enter which took them to a page displaying two images.

One was a diagram of the Omnidroid, only this one looked a lot different, with a shorter square body and fewer limbs with the name 'X1' underneath. The other image was a photograph of a superhero named Universal Man with the word 'Terminated' underneath. The photo of the hero then changed to another named Psycwave, also terminated, and the sequence continued switching to more heroes confirmed to have been killed by the Omnidroid, with only the occasional few succeeding in destroying the earlier prototypes only to later be killed by an upgraded version, just as Syndrome had done with Mr Incredible.

As the list went on the heroes could only stare in horror at what was practically a bastardised war memorial of lost heroes, many of which had been friends to Bob as he recognised their names.

Everseer - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X1

Macroburst - Terminated the Omnidroid v.X1

Macroburst - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X2

Phylangue - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X2

Blazestone - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X2

Downburst - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X3

Hyper Shock - Terminated the Omnidroid v.X3

Hyper Shock - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X4

Apogee - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X4

Blitzerman - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X4

Tradewind - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X4

Vectress - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X4

Gazerbeam - Terminated the Omnidroid v.X4

Gazerbeam - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X5

Stormicide - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X5

Gamma Jack - Terminated the Omnidroid v.X5

Gamma Jack - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X6

"This...This is...I can't even..." Jiro shook with fear at the multitude of lives lost to the mechanical monstrosity. Kaminari actually took a step back from the overwhelming sense of danger the list of names was giving off.

"He killed them all...He killed them all..." Mineta was close to fainting. All these heroes had been pros and yet they were dead. Put down by a soulless robot of all things; the fact that something they practically used as training dummies was the cause of the deaths only escalated the boy's ever growing fear in the Omnidroid.

Momo covered her mouth, her stomach twisting. "It's genocide." She whimpered. Not since her encounter with All For One had she felt such horror and disgust. And it was the same for Shoto who was starting to break out in a sweat and it only grew worse as he and his peers recognised a particular name which showed up.

Mortar - Terminated by Omnidroid v.X8

"The missing pro from Japan." He murmured as his fear began to turn to anger. "This villain. Just how many lives has he taken?"

XXX

But while all of that had been happening on the island, back in America Helen had decided to finally get the bottom of her suspicions. Picking up the phone she'd called Insuricare to enquire about Bob's whereabouts only to learn that he'd been fired. This enlightenment had pushed her growing worries to the edge of certainty and all it would take to push her over it was in the hands of Edna.

"So, you don't know where he is." The short woman said before turning to face Helen and offered her a remote which was connected to the homing devices she'd installed in the Parr's new suits, including Bob's. "Would you like to find out?"

XXX

Mr Incredible was now searching particular heroes that hadn't shown up on Syndrome's list of victims. He started with Elastigirl and found, much to his relief, that his wife's location was unknown, though he soon found out that Frozone's location was known after searching his name. And upon typing in his own name, he discovered that Syndrome did indeed think he had killed him during their last encounter.

"We need to get out of here. The guards could come back any time." Kaminari warned.

"No. We aren't done yet." Mr Incredible replied firmly as he clicked on 'Island Operations' to learn just what Syndrome was planning to do with the Omnidroid. What he found shook him and the kids to their cores as the steps of 'Operation Kronos' were laid bare.

Phase 1: Secure Omnidroid into rocket.

Phase 2: Launch Rocket towards Metroville.

Phase 3: Destroy city with the robot deployed.

The final screen displayed a countdown to launch which was currently at 08 : 10 : 42 and counting. The heroes stared at the clock as the weight of Syndrome's scheme hit them like a punch to gut from All Might himself.

Shoto could barely process the shock of it all. "So this is his goal. If that thing reaches America how many lives will be lost?!"

"All those people..." Momo whispered, her voice wrought with dread.

"And there's only eight hours left for us to stop him." Said Kaminari. "We have to warn the others."

"Then what are we waiting for?!" Mineta squeaked as they began to hurry for the exit. But they hadn't gone a yard when suddenly the logo on Mr Incredible's suit had begun to flash and beep and seconds after it did so the entire room lit up and an alarm began to wail.

INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!

Rows of cannons emerged from either side of the room before one of them fired a slimeball at Mr Incredible which he blocked with his hand. It was sticky, but unlike the ones the guards used, this one was black as tar and was expanding like a balloon. Unable to shake it off, Bob broke into a sprint as all the cannons opened fire on the group.

"What are these disgusting things?!" Jiro screamed as a ball stuck to her leg making her stumble.

"These bastards are stealing my shtick!" Mineta squawked in a mix of anger and horror, one of the tarballs inflating on his back and weighing him down in the process.

Shoto attempted to block some that came near him with his fire, but unfortunately it only resulted in the balls exploding into a rain of sticky tar which proved harder to dodge, the smaller globs that stuck to his arms expanding like the rest.

Growing desperate and with the chance of escape slipping away, Momo pressed a button on her earpiece before she shouted into the microphone. "This is Creati! Our group's been detected and they have us surrounded! Eraserhead! Ingenium! Respond!"

"Yaoyorozu! This is Iida! Where are you?!" Tenya's voice blared into Momo's earpiece.

"There's no time to explain! The robot! Syndrome's going to-" Momo's sentence was cut short by a slimeball striking her in the side of her face, the object expanding to cover her mouth. And the others weren't faring well either as more and more of the sticky balls continued to attach to their bodies, until all of them were immobilised, trapped in their expanding, gelatinous prisons. Before their vision was completely obscured, the last thing they saw were a pair of black boots walking toward them.

"Man that black goo's so gross! IT'S BEAUTIFUL!"

XXX

"Oh, I am such an idiot. I let this happen, you know. The new sports car, the getting in shape, the blond hair, the lies!"

It turned out that Helen had been the cause of Bob's suit triggering the alarm as she had used the remote to pinpoint his location. And now that she saw that he was on what by all appearances seemed to be a remote, tropical island, she was now fully convinced that her husband was having an affair and the poor woman was crying her heart out over it.

Edna on the other hand was not so tearful, but rather quite disgruntled as she casually brushed the many tissues Helen had gone through into a small incinerator. "Yes, he attempts to relive the past." She drawled.

"Now I'm losing him! What'll I do? What'll I do?" Helen sobbed which seemed to annoy Edna even further as she slowly turned her head to the woman.

"What are you talking about?" She said in disbelief before leaping onto the counter and stomping up to Helen. "YOU ARE ELASTIGIRL! My God. Pull! Yourself! Together!" She shouted, emphasising every word by hitting Helen over the head with a rolled up newspaper.

"What will you do? Is-is-is this a question?! You will show him you remember that he is Mr Incredible, and you will remind him who you are!" She lectured the former superwoman while strutting to the other end of the counter. "Well, you don't know where he is, go, confront the problem! Fight! WIN!" She cheered. "And call me when you get back, darling. I enjoy our visits."

And so it was that Helen decided to get to get the bottom of the situation herself. Upon returning home she immediately put her plan into motion, packing whatever she needed for her journey while giving Violet the rundown.

"There's lots of leftovers that you can reheat. Make sure Dash does his homework. And both of you, get to bed on time. I should be back tonight. Late. You can be in charge that long, can't you?"

Violet herself seemed rather confused by the situation. "Yeah. But why am I in charge again?"

To which her mother replied, "Nothing. Just a little trouble with Daddy."

"You mean Dad's in trouble, or Dad is the trouble?"

"I mean either he's in trouble, or he's going to be." Helen answered firmly which didn't settle Violet's suspicions. While she continued packing in her and Bob's room, Helen laid out the suits Edna had maid, insisting that she take them. Of course Helen had no intention on giving them to her children. But unfortunately she didn't account for how perceptive they could be.

"Hey! What's that? Where'd you get that, Mom?" The woman jumped at the sound of Dash's voice who she found standing in the open doorway his eyes on the super suits. Her first instinct was to shut the door with an outstretched hand, which didn't change much as Dash simply ran to the other side of the house in a second to look through the window.

"You made a cool outfit? Hey, are those for us? We all get cool outfits?!" He stared in excitement as Helen shut the blinds only for him to zip back into the room again and snatch his suit away.

"Dash! You come back here this moment!" Helen shouted after him as she went to pick up the phone and dialled a number. But as she was waiting for whoever she called to pick up,

"What are these?" She wheeled around to see Violet had wandered in this time holding up her suit which Helen quickly took back moments before Dash sped back in now wearing his costume.

"Look, I'm The Dash! The Number One Hero! The Dash likes." he grinned while posing in the mirror.

"Take that off before somebody sees you." Helen demanded.

"But you're packing one just like it. Are you hiding something?" Violet asked narrowing her eyes.

"Please, honey, this isn't the time for me to-"

"YOINK!" Dash had snatched Violet's suit back while his mother was distracted, handing it back to his sister. "Here's yours, Vi, it's specially made."

"Mom, what is going on?" Helen ignored the question as she pushed the kids out of the room in a fluster.

"You're not coming! And I've gotta pack!" She yelled slamming the door and sighing. Outside Violet and Dash looked at each other trying to make sense of it all.

"What makes you think it's special?" The formed asked.

"I don't know. But why would Mom try to hide it?" Dash suspected before running off. Curious, Violet turned her hand invisible and slowly touched the suit which vanished completely as she did so. The girl almost dropped it in shock when it happened. Who made this for her and why? And what did it have to do with whatever their Mum was up to?

XXX

Back on the island, Aizawa's group (now without Aizawa) had managed to escape villain's ambush after their teacher had held them off at the cost of his own capture. And the situation had only gotten more grim when Tenya received a distress call from Momo attempting to relay information her group had found out only for the call to abruptly cut out implying that they too had been captured.

Despite their losses the students continued onward in search of shelter in order to conduct a plan to rescue however many of their friends had fallen into the enemy's clutches.

Mina was running her hands through her pink locks trying to compose herself. "This is bad. This is seriously bad, you guys. They got Mr Aizawa and now they've probably got Mr Incredible and the others."

"We don't know that for sure, Ashido." Tenya replied who was in the process of fiddling with his communicator. "I'm unable to reach Yaoyorozu, has anyone else been able to make contact with the other group?"

"No good, Iida. Neither me or Bakugou are getting through to Kaminari." Kirishima shook his head.

"Hold on." Izuku spoke up, his finger on his earpiece. "I think I'm reaching Tsu. Froppy, this is Deku, do you copy?"

"I read you, Midoriya." The frog girl's voice whispered from the other end.

"She's there." Izuku confirmed to his friends much to their relief. "Tsu, who are you with right now and where are you?"

"In Syndrome's headquarters with Toru, Tokoyami, Ojiro and Sero. Look, this isn't the best time, Midoriya. There are guards running all over the place and somebody tripped an alarm."

"It must have been someone in Yaoyorozu's group then." Izuku assumed. "We received a distress call from her and we think she's been captured. Mr Aizawa's been taken prisoner too."

"What?" Tsu hissed to stop herself from shouting. "We'll try and find out where they're being kept but we're gonna need backup from you guys."

"Don't worry, we'll catch up with you as soon as we've set up a base, just keep a low profile for now. Deku out." Izuku sighed as he turned to his friends.

"Well from the sounds of it, at least half of Mr Incredible's group are still safe. So at least not all our people on the inside have been captured." Tenya reassured.

Bakugou groaned pinching his brow in frustration. "But they're still deep in the enemy stronghold and since the rest of those idiots went and got themselves caught the guard's are gonna be on high alert now."

"I agree, it's going to be a lot harder getting in there now." Shoji said grimly.

"Not if the villains think they got everyone who snuck in." Ochako argued. "If Tsu and her group stay hidden they can weaken the security on the inside and that'll make it easier for us to get in and help them free the others."

"A good suggestion. But we shouldn't put all our proverbial eggs in the enemy's basket." Tenya cautioned. "Once we've established a base some of us should remain there while the rest of us go to assist the others in the rescue and eventual commandeering of a ship to escape the island."

"Then let's get on with it." Bakugou said impatiently, stomping off into the jungle before his shoulder was grabbed by Koda. "What's with you, Dinosaur?!"

"Don't go that way." Koda whispered fearfully who had a snake curled around his wrist which was hissing to him. "She says she can smell death in that direction." The students' breath hitched when he said that.

"Death? What does the snake mean by that?" Mina asked frightened. Bakugou knitted his brow as he slowly turned back to where he was facing before pulling away the foliage to see what was on the other side and covered his mouth when he saw it.

"Fuck!" He gagged. The others also felt their stomachs turn and gasped in horror at what lay before them.

A giant X shaped hole about a foot deep covered the ground amidst a few broken trees and at the centre of the X...was a corpse. Crushed, broken and surrounded by a swarm of flies implying it had been there for a while.

Ochako rushed over to a bush as she felt bile bubbling up in her throat. "Uraraka!" Izuku hurried over to her. "Are you ok?" He asked gently rubbing her back as she lifted her pale face while wiping her mouth.

"Sorry. I'll be alright, it was just the smell." she said reassuringly.

"Who were they?" Mina whimpered unable to tear her eyes away from the grizzly sight. Kirishima stared at the body until he noticed a brick patterned armband attached to it.

"Look. Doesn't that armband look familiar." Koda lowered the snake which slithered over to the corpse and removing the piece of clothing which she then returned to him. The boy turned the armband over and felt his heart stop as a familiar logo was emblazoned on the other side.

"Mortar." Izuku identified the body.

"So this is what happened when he disappeared." Bakugou murmured huskily.

"And unless we get out of here the same thing will happen to us." Sato worried.

"Mon dieu." Aoyama whispered.

"We need to keep moving." Shoji spoke up. "I see a cave not too far from here. We may be able to rest and hatch a plan there."

"Hold onto the armband, Koda." Tenya said to him. "It's all we can take back to his loved ones." Koda nodded sadly as they moved on, leaving the poor remains of the fallen hero behind.

XXX

Unbeknownst to any of the heroes however, a few miles away, a high speed plane was making its way to the island piloted by none other than Helen. After calling in a favour to an old friend, the former hero had been able to borrow a commercial jet in order to reach her husband's location. For the past few minutes the housewife had been attempting to contact the island to request landing permission but had been receiving no responses, despite the fact that her transmissions were indeed reaching the location.

The fact that no one was responding to her did cause her some discomfort. If this was indeed some tropical getaway resort as she had come to believe then why wouldn't anyone answer? Helen glanced worriedly at the duffel bag sitting next to her which contained her new hero costume. Could it be her husband was in a different kind of trouble than she thought?

"Easy, Helen. Easy. Easy, girl. You're overreacting. Everything's fine. They're just all getting coffee. At the same time. Yeah." She said to herself, though it did little to reassure her as she set the plane to autopilot and retreated to the bathroom with the bag in tow.

XXX

But it turned out she wasn't overreacting at all. For within Syndrome's headquarters the quirkless villain was seen approaching a large oval chamber which split open to reveal Bob imprisoned by a suspension system by his limbs, a spherical black cuff on each hand and foot with a trail of magnetic electricity branching it to the frame.

Syndrome sauntered up to the captive hero with a chuckle in the back of his throat. "You, sir, truly are Mr. Incredible. You know, I was right to idolise you. I mean, I-I always knew you were more than just muscle, but tricking the probe by hiding under the bones of another super? OH, MAN! I'm still geeking out about it!" The man child laughed with excitement before his smile quickly reduced to a disappointed scowl.

"And then you had to just go and...ruin the ride. I mean, Mr. Incredible calling for help? 'Help me, help me.'" he pranced about mockingly with a wimpy voice. "Lame, lame, lame, lame, LAME! All right! Who did you contact?!" He demanded angrily much to Bob's confusion.

"Contact? What are you talking about?" Syndrome looked to a nearby guard and snapped his fingers. The grunt then turned a dial on a console displaying a voltage meter which caused the magnetic prison to electrocute Mr Incredible who groaned with paint until Syndrome stopped the torture and elaborated further.

"I am referring to last night at 23:07 hours while you and those meddling kids were snooping around. You sent out a homing signal."

"I didn't know about a homing device." Bob panted heavily which only earned a much higher voltage of shocking earning a scream from the strong hero this time.

"And now a government plane is requesting permission to land here! WHO DID YOU CONTACT?!" Syndrome demanded again.

"I didn't send for...a plane." Mr Incredible replied weakly.

"Play the transmission!" Syndrome groaned, exasperated as Mirage, who was operating a separate console played out a recorded message which Bob recognised almost instantly.

"...India golf Niner-Niner checking in. VFR on top. Over."

"Helen..." he whispered in horror. His voice didn't go unheard however.

"Oh. It seems he does know who these people are." Everyone looked to see Shigaraki enter the room, the young man approaching the captured Mr Incredible. "We can't have them discovering the operation now can we?"

A sinister smile creased Syndrome's lips. "Definitely not. Perhaps I should send them a little refusal." He suggested bringing his finger dangerously close to a big red button. It didn't take much for Mr Incredible to know what would happen if he pressed it.

"Don't waste your ammo on them. I have something much better in mind." The villain grinned as he pulled out a remote with a speaker at the top. He pressed a button and spoke into the remote.

"Destroy the plane."

"Yes, Sir." An inhuman voice answered.

Bob's eyes widened with dread. "What did you just do?!"

"Oh nothing. I just sent a guard dog of mine to tell your little friends to go away. You best hope they can outfly him."

Syndrome raised his eyebrows. "Well now I'm curious. Hey, get me a visual on this." He ordered the guard who brought up a projection. "And keep the line open. I want audio for this show." He added to Mirage who looked uneasy.

"Shall I make popcorn?!" Twice poked his head in the doorway, who'd been passing by. "Butter or Caramel?!"

XXX

Back on the jet, Helen had finished changing into her costume. But as she tossed the bag onto what she thought was an empty passenger seat she heard an "Ow!"

"Violet?!" The invisible girl revealed herself.

"It's not my fault! Dash ran away, and I knew I'd get blamed for it-"

"That's not true!" Her aforementioned brother interrupted, popping up from behind another chair several rows behind Violet.

"Dash?!" Helen was shocked again to find another of her children stowed away but neither of them took notice as they were too busy arguing with each other.

"I thought he'd try to sneak on the plane so I came here and you closed the doors before I could find him and then you took off!"

"You said, "Something's up with Mom. We have to find out what!" It was your idea! Your idea! Hundred percent all-yours, all-the-time idea!"

Though she didn't care for their excuses, there was one thing that did stand out to Helen about their being here. "Wait a minute, wait a minute. You left Jack-Jack alone?!"

"Yes, mom, I'm completely stupid." Violet replied sarcastically. "Of course we got a sitter! Do you think I'm totally irresponsible? Thanks a lot!"

"Well who'd you get?"

The next few minutes were spent with Helen calling the house to find that Violet and Dash had left their little brother in the care of one of the neighbours, Kari, a friendly but talkative girl around Violet's age. But before Helen could discuss the situation with her any further she was distracted by a beeping coming from the plane's radar.

She hurried back to the cockpit to see the island was within sight, but what really got her attention was what was coming from the island towards the plane, fast. At first she feared it might be a missile when she saw smoke trailing behind it but it was anything but a missile.

Flying straight at them was what could only be described as a monster. It was about half the size of the jet with mud brown skin, a pair of short reptilian legs sporting huge talons as long as scythes and in place of its arms were two gigantic bat-like wings with what appeared to be an engine jutting out from between its shoulder blades (the source of the smoke). It's face, was unlike anything Helen had ever seen. It was like something out of a horror movie; the top half of its head exposed its brain with a large glaring yellow eye embedded in the centre of the grey matter. The lower half of the face looked like a bear trap made from a shiny black metal.

The thing looked right at the plane as its metal jaws snapped open and much to Helen's ever-growing shock, it spoke.

"Intruder! Protect Island! Destroy plane!" It roared out its orders before a deep red glow began to build up behind its giant eye. Helen felt her instincts take hold as she took back control of the plane and dived moments before the beast shot an immense red laser which narrowly missed the plane.

Despite the fact she was now scared out of her wits, Helen tried contacting the island again, under the hope that this creature was a form of advanced security. "India Golf Niner-Niner transmitting in the blind guard. Disengage! Repeat, disengage!"

She flipped on the seatbelt sign to alert the kids who immediately ran to the seats nearest to them, but before they could buckle in, the monster took another shot at them forcing Helen to evade again sending her children rolling about the cabin in the process.

"WHAT IS THAT THING?!" Dash yelled in fright as he caught a glimpse of it out the window roaring at them.

"Disengage! Repeat, disengage! Friendlies!" Helen repeated again while she increased the jet's propulsion only for the creature to activate its mounted engine and catch up with them. It then began to regurgitate before it spat out a large ball of flesh which began to unwrap itself to reveal a second monster which latched onto the tail of the plane.

This one was about a foot or two taller than Bob and like its predecessor had an exposed brain, only with three eyes instead of one and its mouth was shaped more like an eagle's beak. It's skin was a dusky blue colour with long arms, ending in a pair of scabbed hands which sported ten sharp extendable claws, long and thin as katanas which it began to stab the hull with to drag itself along the jet eventually making its way to the wing.

"Mom! There's another one on the plane!' Violet screamed as the second monster scrambled across the wing and smashed its fist through the window, Violet leaped back to avoid its blades as she grabbed Dash and held him protectively.

"KIDS!" Helen screamed in terror not knowing what to do as the first monster was still hot on their tail, trying to blast them to kingdom come.

XXX

"WOW! Where the heck were you keeping these guys?!" Syndrome watched the monster from the monitor, a crazed ecstatic look in his eyes. "You called the big one your guard dog?"

Shigaraki responded coolly. "The small one is called a Nomu. The big one however, is an advanced class of one known as a High End Nomu. Genetic experiments created by a subordinate of mine and my old Master."

"Well colour me impressed. I may be a mechanical genius but bioengineering? I ain't touchin' that can of worms." Syndrome chuckled tossing a popcorn kernel in his mouth. "Your minion makes good popcorn by the way."

"Twice does have his perks."

"NO! CALL THEM OFF, I'LL DO ANYTHING!" Bob begged desperately.

"Too late." Syndrome shrugged. "Fifteen years too late." He added venomously.

XXX

"Friendlies at two-zero miles south-southwest of your position. Angels 10. Track east. Disengage!" Helen was panicking now as she turned to Violet who was diving out of the way of the Nomu which had gone back to stabbing the roof.

"Vi! You have to put a force field around the plane!"

Violet couldn't believe her ears, despite the madness happening around her. "But you said we weren't supposed to use our powers!"

"I KNOW WHAT I SAID! Listen to what I'm saying NOW! Disengage. Repeat, DIS-EN-GAGE!" She lifted the plane up to avoid hitting the water. The High End wasn't as lucky as it crashed into the churning waves before resurfacing, its engine sputtering but its wings still beating fiercely as it tried to catch up again shooting more laser at the plane.

Unfortunately, the Nomu was still on the attack as it dug its razor fingers into the ceiling of the plane.

"Mom..?" Dash whimpered in fear before the monster ripped a hole in the hull, oxygen masks springing from their compartments. The young boy cried out in fear as the vacuum from the hole began to drag him towards the Nomu which tried to grab him.

"DASH!" Violet panicked as she tired desperately to form a forcefield, but only managing to make small fragments to block the Nomu's attempts to snatch her or Dash.

"Violet, you have to form it around the plane!" Helen shouted. "Mayday, mayday! India Golf niner-niner is buddy-spiked! Abort! Abort! There are children aboard, say again, there are children aboard!"

XXX

"Ooh, it gets better." Shigaraki grinned.

"NO!" Bob pleaded.

XXX

Both Violet and Dash now had their backs to the seats, the Nomu smashing Violet's forcefields like panes of glass, each one weaker than the last and the girl growing more and more terrified.

Helen, seeing her children helpless, felt something ignite in her she hadn't felt in a long as she switched the plane back to autopilot on its highest speed and charged straight at the Nomu.

"GET AWAY FROM MY KIDS, YOU MONSTER!" She roared, delivering a solid punch to the Nomu, forcing its head out of the hole in the ceiling before she went after it. The winds immediately seized the woman, but she wrapped her limbs around the Nomu which was still hanging onto the plane.

The abomination raised one of its hands, preparing to skewer Helen, but instead the woman leaned back and her body billowed out like a parachute on a race car. The Nomu choked as it felt the force of the wind pulling it from behind. It dug its claws into the hull, but Helen refused to let go either, the winds growing stronger as the plane picked up speed.

The Nomu roared in desperation as its claws began to drag leaving cuts along the hull before it finally came loose and in the split second it did so, Helen let go and grabbed the edge of the hole while the Nomu was sent flying away from the plane and tumbling into the ocean far below, roaring as it went.

"Mom, you did it!" Dash cheered as he saw his mother pull herself back in.

"Both of you keep clear of the hole we have to..." Helen's words died on her tongue as she saw the familiar face of the High End as it had managed to catch up with them. She didn't have time to evade as the High End grabbed onto the front of the plane and began to charge up its laser eye, this time more than ever.

"PUT A FIELD AROUND US NOW!" Helen screamed desperately.

"But Mom, I've never done one that big before!" Violet replied, her eyes beginning to tear up with fear.

"VIOLET, DO IT NOW!" Helen was beyond desperation by now as she spoke into her headset one last time. "Abort, abort, abort!"

Violet tried to create a forcefield but found in her state of panic she could barely make a small bubble that lasted only a second.

"ABORT! ABORT!" The High End glared at them as it prepared to fire.

"Die..." it snarled and with that, Helen knew they were out of time as she threw herself over the kids before the High End unleashed its laser. The beam tore right through the plane, cockpit to empennage before the entire craft exploded, the High End flying away as it did and returning to the island.

Little did the monster know however, that thanks to the durability of Edna's suits and from shielding the children with her body, none of the Parrs had been killed. But they were still falling, as Helen awoke from her brief knockout from the blast to see Violet and Dash screaming in terror as they fell. Thinking fast she grabbed the both of them and billowed herself again allowing them to safely drift down towards the sea.

"Brace yourselves!" She said as they landed in the water. Helen quickly swam over to her panicking children. "Everybody calm down, we're ok. Now, I'll tell you what we're not gonna do. We're not gonna panic, we're not gonna-LOOK OUT!"

She quickly pushed them all underwater before one of the plane's engines hit the water, narrowly missing them. Violet and Dash swam back to the surface as Helen watched the debris sink into the inky blackness before going to join them, both kids in a panic.

"Oh my god! What was that thing?!" Violet yelled.

"We're dead! We're dead!" Dash wailed while trying to stay afloat.

"It blew us up!"

"We survived but we're dead!"

"STOP IT!" Helen splashed the both of them to snap them out of it. "We are not gonna die! Now both of you will get a grip. Or so help me I will ground you for a month! UNDERSTAND?!"

XXX

Back in the interrogation room Mirage, though horrified by what she'd just witnessed, gave the results to Syndrome. "We have a confirmed hit. The target...was destroyed."

"Ah, you'll get over it." Syndrome scoffed to Mr Incredible as he waved his hand dismissively. "I seem to recall you prefer to...work...alone?"

"I do enjoy a cruel irony." Shigaraki laughed wickedly along with Syndrome as the pair began to walk away not noticing Mr Incredible glaring daggers at the latter as he reeled back his cuffed hands. Mirage, seeing this, pushed Syndrome out of the way getting herself caught in the strong hero's grasp in the process.

"Release me. NOW!" He thundered in a rage.

"Or what?" Syndrome questioned.

"I'll crush her." Bob threatened, his arms squeezing Mirage slightly who winced.

"Ooh, that sounds a little dark for you." Syndrome cringed before muttering. "Ah, go ahead."

Mirage gasped with shock and disbelief as Mr Incredible tightened his grip on her harder. "It'll be easy...like breaking a toothpick."

Shigaraki chuckled darkly as he removed his hand mask to grin at Mr Incredible. "Like you have the balls to try. You have no idea what it feels like to kill a person. It's beyond description."

"I'm serious! I'LL DO IT!"

Syndrome found it as amusing as Shigaraki did as he stared Bob in the eye. "Show me."

Bob stared back at the villains who didn't crack their faces and as they waited, he slowly felt his will give way and he sighed as he dropped Mirage who looked at the two of them in shock.

"I knew you couldn't do it. Even when you have nothing to lose! You're weak!" Syndrome demeaned the broken hero as he and Shigaraki walked away. "And I've outgrown you."

Mirage reluctantly followed them, but stopped at the doorway to hear the sound of Bob sobbing over the supposed death of his family, the woman feeling a weight in the pit of her stomach as she left.

XXX

Back out at sea, Helen looked up at the smoke trail left behind by the High End's engine. "Whatever that thing was it went back to wherever it came from. That way is our best bet."

"You want to go toward? To the people that tried to kill us? To that monster?!" Dash asked in disbelief.

"If it means land, yes."

"You expect us to swim there?" Violet questioned to which her mother replied with a calming smile.

"I expect you...to trust me."

XXX

Back on the island however, the villains hadn't been the only ones who'd witnessed the attack. After reaching the cave, Izuku and his group had felt the island shake and were shocked when they saw the High End taking off from the island.

"Was that a Nomu?!" Ochako had said aghast.

"How the hell did one of those things get here?!" Bakugou glared at the monster.

"I don't know. We better check it out." Izuku suggested as he began to walk away from the cave.

"Not alone you're not!" Tenya stopped him.

"Don't worry, Iida, I'll go with him." Ochako reassured.

"I'd better go too. I need to scout the surrounding area for patrols anyway." Shoji said joining the pair as well.

"In which case you'll need me to keep you extras from getting caught." Said Bakugou who joined them also.

"Aww I knew you cared about your friends." Kirishima grinned.

"Up yours, Shitty Hair!"

"Very well. But don't be out too long. We need to put our plan into action as soon as possible." Tenya said promptly.

"Sure thing, Class Rep." Ochako saluted him as the four went off to investigate. They eventually made their way towards the shore, finding no guards along the way before they got a good look at what was happening. It was a good distance away from them but the young heroes were able to see the High End attacking a plane.

"A plane? Where did that come from?" Shoji wondered.

"And they're in trouble!" Ochako worried as they saw the monster firing lasers at the craft. Knowing there was nothing they could to help, the kids could only watch and their hearts stopped when the High End finally managed to blow the plane to smithereens. Izuku could barely comprehend what he and his friends had just witnessed.

"How many people had been on that flight?" Ochako, her face wrought with horror, asked the group. "How could they just…? I know they're villains but-"

"Whoever was flying that thing knew the island was there." Bakugou scrutinised. "Whoever these bastards are they don't want anyone else finding out about this place. So, it stands to reason they'll kill any and all witnesses." Even having been given a reason, it did little to settle the girl's dismay.

"The only reason we were brought here alive, despite the landing, was for sport then." Shoji verified in disgust.

"Or more likely as test subjects." Izuku furthered. "Mr incredible did say Syndrome's robot was designed to kill heroes by analysing their quirks to exploit their weaknesses."

"Good thing it doesn't have your brain then, Deku, then it'd probably be unstoppable." Ochako quipped. "But still...all those people..."

"We'll avenge them." Izuku declared, glaring at the High End as it returned to the island. "We won't let them get away with this."

"We better get back to the hideout. It's getting dark." Bakugou muttered, his voice grim with repressed anger as he too wanted nothing more than to lay waste to the villains for what they had done. But just as they were about to leave something caught Izuku's eye.

"Wait! I see something." Izuku squinted at a tiny object speeding over the horizon towards the island.

Bakugou, his hand to his brow, stared as well. "What the hell is it? Looks like a raft."

"Survivors?" Ochako wondered. "But how could they have survived the explosion? Not to mention the fall? Could they have jumped out before the blast?"

"Wait a minute..." Shoji morphed some eyes onto his tentacles as they focused on the strange object. "That's not a raft. It's a person."

"What?!" The others questioned.

"It's a woman. She's using some sort of shapeshifting quirk. And she's carrying two passengers. They're heading straight this way."

"Then they are survivors. Come on, we gotta go help them." Izuku said as he ran out towards the shore.

"Deku, wait for us!" Ochako followed after him with the rest close behind.

Sure enough, the strange object the group had seen was in fact Helen who'd shaped her elastic body into a life raft with Violet on her back and Dash acting a motor by kicking his speedy little legs. It took them a while but they as Helen and her children finally reached solid ground, she allowed her body to return to its original shape while Dash collapsed onto his back, panting heavily from all the kicking.

"What a trooper. I'm so proud of you, Dash." She beamed at her son who gave her an exhausted smile in return until both their attention was drawn to Violet who yelped.

"Vi, what is it?"

"Someone's coming! I think the people know we're here!" Despite how tired she was Helen managed to get to her feet and stood in front of the kids before addressing the green clad stranger approaching them.

"Not another step, you villain! Unless you want me to beat you into next week!" She glowered with her fists up. Izuku raised his hands in defence.

"No, Ma'am, it's ok. I'm not one of them. I'm a hero."

"A likely story, rabbit head!" Dash doubted.

"No it's true! We saw your plane get blown up. The same thing happened to us." Ochako defended having caught up along with the others.

"Well technically we crash landed, but why split hairs?" Shoji muttered. Helen looked amongst the small group.

"You're...you're just kids..." She said, confused. "What are you doing on this island?"

"Trying to find a way to get off it alive, that's what." Bakugou replied. "So who the hell are you people?"

None of them felt inclined to answer, still not sure if they could trust the group despite their young age. But as Izuku looked past Helen's shoulders he stared at Violet, focusing on her hair and eyes before his own widened in disbelief.

"Violet?" The girl visibly flinched when she heard him say her name, confirming his suspicions, as the boy lowered his mouth guard. "Is it...is it really you? Dash? Aunt Helen?"

The other two also grew shocked as Dash asked timidly. "Who are you? H-How do you know our names?!"

"It's me." The boy pulled back his hooded mask to reveal his frizzy hair. "Izuku Midoriya."

"...Zuku...?" Violet came out from behind Helen to look at him as he nodded his head until after a short silence.

"WHAAAAAAAAA!"

"WHAAAAAAAAA!" Both the teens ran at each other with huge open smiles as they embraced and jumped about on the sand. All the while both the remaining Parrs and 1-A members were staring at them slack-jawed and buggy-eyed.

"What the-?!"

"How did you-?!"

"Where'd you come from?!"

"Who cares?! It's so great to see you!"

"What is happening?" Ochako asked, trying and failing to process the spectacle as Dash had overcome the shock.

"Zuku, it's you!" He cheered, running a few dozen circles around Izuku before jumping onto his back to hug his neck. "What are you doing here?!"

"What am I doing here?! What are you doing here?!"

"HEY! WHAT'S GOIN' ON HERE?!" Bakugou shouted over the trio finally breaking up the reunion.

"Deku, who are these people? How do you know them?" Ochako asked just as confused.

"Uraraka, Kacchan, this is Violet, Dash and their Mother, Helen Parr. They're my friends from America."

"Friends?!" Bakugou gaped.

"From America?!" Ochako spluttered whilst Helen approached Izuku.

"Izuku..." She whispered, reaching out to brush her gloved hand across his hair before pulling him into a hug of her own. "It really is you. Look at you, you've grown so big." She beamed cupping his face and pinching his cheeks dotingly.

"Midoriya, what is happening here?" Shoji interjected.

"I'll explain later." Izuku replied before addressing the Parrs. "Come with us. We have a hideout not far from here. It's a long story but we don't have much time. My friends and I need to save our teacher and friends along with Mr Incredible."

"Mr Incre- Wait, you mean Dad?!" Dash questioned. The four UA students stopped in their tracks as they looked back at the young boy with shocked faces.

"Dash, we're not supposed to give out our identities!" Violet scolded.

"Relax, Vi, Zuku knows who are Dad is." Dash chuckled before glancing at Helen who was also frowning. "Right, Mom?" He double checked nervously before the young heroes all shouted together.

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!"

To be continued...

---

Well, guys here's the next chapter at long last. I don't know what I can say that won't sound like an excuse. Ironically having all this free time in lockdown hasn't been as good for my writing as I thought it would be. Since I have few things to do besides write in my spare time, I was getting dangerously close to hitting burnout so I worked one drafts for my other stories' udates in between this one as well as indulge in my other hobbies so that I didn't lose interest in writing. Thank you all for your patience and support and as always I'm open to suggestions for future chapters.

My Hero Academia belongs to Kōhei Horikoshi
The Incredibles belongs to Brad Bird and Pixar