Hi, everybody!
Everybody:...
I know, I know, this is long overdue, so I'll start from the beginning.
The past few months have been pretty hectic for me. Both my grandparents passed away, I've been taking business classes to develop my plans to start a baking business for my future, I've been catching up on new and old series, dealing with lockdown frustrations and on top of all that standard writer's block. So needless to say my state has been on every part of the spectrum, but that's 2020 for you, right?!
I'm truly sorry for the long wait, guys, but I also want you to know that with this story I've not just been writing this chapter but also been writing up bits and pieces of future chapters as well as the overarching story so that I can avoid as many blocks as I can which unfortunately meant less time focused on this chapter specifically. One of this biggest plot points I'm feeling conflicted on is whether or not I should move the Parrs to Japan or not after the events of Incredibles 2 have happened. I'll probably leave it up to a poll as both outcomes have merit. But now, albeit late, let the prelude to the first climax commence.
My Hero Academia belongs to Kohei Horikoshi
The Incredibles belongs to Brad Bird and Pixar
Dash Say Run
After the unexpected and emotional reunion with the Parrs, Izuku and company lead the three Americans to their makeshift hideout, where Izuku introduced them to his friends while also explaining his acquaintance with them.
"I can't believe you and your Mom were friends with Mr Incredible and Elastigirl, Midoriya!" Kirishima said, slapping Izuku on the back. "Just when were you planning on telling us?"
"Well, I didn't know they were heroes." Izuku replied. "Plus it was years ago and...after we lost contact with them I never thought I'd see them again."
"We're sorry, sweetie." Helen apologised. "We were just as upset after our phone book went missing during the move. How is Inko, by the way?"
"She's doing fine, thanks, and she misses you and Uncle Bob too."
"As touching as it is to see you reunited with your old friends, Midoriya, now really isn't the time for reminiscing." Iida insisted.
"You're right." Helen nodded before turning her attention to Violet and Dash. "Kids. It looks like your Father's in trouble."
"That's putting it mildly." Mina muttered.
"And in case you haven't noticed, Mom, we're not doing so hot either." Violet noted.
"I'm going to find him. That means you're in charge until I get back, Vi."
"What?!" Dash whined while Violet gave him a smug grin.
"You heard her." Helen then reached into her pocket before bringing out three black eye masks, two of which she handed to her children.
"Put these on. Your identity is your most valuable possession. Protect it." She said to them firmly. "And if anything bad happens, use your quirks."
"But Mom, you said not to-"
"I know what I said!" Helen cut Violet off, growing frustrated from repeating herself. She sighed as she thought of how to explain the situation to the siblings.
"Guys." The Parr children looked to Kirishima who spoke to them, his brow furrowed. "I'm not gonna pretend to know what it's like having to hide your quirks your whole lives, but you're not in America anymore."
"He's right, kids." Helen agreed, her children turning their attention back to her. "You remember the bad guys on those shows you used to watch on Saturday mornings? Well, these guys aren't like those guys. They won't exercise restraint because you're children. They will kill you if they get the chance. Do not give them that chance."
"Mom? There's something I-"
"Vi, I'm counting on you to be strong." Helen said firmly before addressing her son. "Dash, if anything goes wrong, I want you to run as fast as you can."
"As fast as I can?!" Dash beamed in a moment of excitement as Helen ruffled his hair.
"As fast as you can." She smiled before embracing the both of them. "Stay hidden, keep each other safe and I'll be back by morning."
Kirishima grinned as he pounded his fist against his palm. "Alrighty then! Then let's get to storming this castle."
"Absolutely not!" Helen objected. "I'm not about to let you kids go running into this kind of danger. You need to stay here, too."
Bakugou raised his eyebrows, an irritated scowl on his face. "Excuse me? Who do you think you're talking to? A bunch of nursery brats?! You're not the boss of us, lady!"
"Bakugou! Show some manners!" Iida scolded before he addressed a stunned Helen. "I'm sorry, Madame, but what my peer is trying to say is that though you may be our elder, you are not our authority figure; our teacher is, who along with your husband, has been captured by the villains occupying this island. And prior to your arrival we were in the midst of putting together a rescue plan, along with trying to find a means of escaping this wretched place."
He shifted his glasses. "So, though I understand that the idea of children engaging these villains may cause you concern- you are a mother, after all -we are no ordinary children, but provisional heroes. As such, we will not hide, nor will we remain here, save for a few of us as acting reserves. We're going to rescue our teacher and friends and we're more than willing to assist in the saving of your husband as well."
Helen looked amongst the group of up and coming heroes, all wearing the same determined looks, before she sighed.
"Sometimes I forget how different the world outside the country is. You're right, I'm not in charge of what you kids choose to do here. But I still don't think you can all go in at once. It's just too risky."
"I agree." Iida nodded. "Which is why only a few of us will accompany you in the infiltration. Though we may not look it, the last battle we were in tired us out, and if we're going to succeed in this endeavour, we need to recuperate. I suggest three of us go with Elastigirl."
"I volunteer." Shoji raised his hand. "Mr Aizawa did tell me to save my energy so I still have plenty of strength left in me. That and I have a connection to Sero and Tokoyami on the inside."
"As do I." Aoyama volunteered. "My long range attacks should take down any guards before they see us coming, which should thin out their ranks for when the rest of you join us in the counterattack."
"I better go, too." Sato suggested. "If we find any of our friends are injured, I'll be strong enough to carry them to safety."
"Then it's decided. The three of you will infiltrate the facility with Elastigirl, rendezvous with Tsu's group on the inside and free our captured comrades. When dawn breaks, the rest of us will join you there and together, we'll commandeer one of Syndrome's aircrafts to escape the island." Iida strategised.
He saluted his three classmates as they followed Helen out of the cave. Though they hadn't gone more than few metres when a voice called out.
"Mom!" Helen turned to see Violet running up to her. "Mom, what happened on the plane. I'm sorry. I-I wanted to help. I mean, when you asked me to... I'm sorry." The girl apologised shamefully as Helen consoled her.
"Shh. It isn't your fault. It wasn't fair for me to suddenly ask so much of you. But things are different now. And doubt is a luxury we can't afford anymore, sweetie. You have more power than you realise. Don't think. And don't worry. If the time comes, you'll know what to do. It's in your blood."
The three boys with her smiled at her words as they carried on, leaving Violet behind to watch them go as she put on her eye mask.
XXX
Back at the facility, Syndrome and Shigaraki were looking over the Omnidroid, which was being loaded onto a large rocket.
"So, what happens after it reaches the city?" The decay villain asked.
"Oh, that's where the show begins. We'll go over that phase of the plan later." Syndrome replied. "The point is, Incredible won't be there to stop it. Not that he could."
"He's not weak, you know." The duo looked around to see Mirage working at one of the consoles with her back to them.
"What was that?" Syndrome questioned.
"Valuing life is not a weakness." Mirage explained, a hint of resentment in her tone.
"Oh, hey. Look-look, if you're talking about what happened in the containment unit, I had everything under control." Syndrome defended as he approached the woman.
"And disregarding it is not a strength." She shot back sharply as Syndrome put his arm around her.
"I called his bluff, sweetheart, that's all. I knew he wouldn't have it in him to actually-" Mirage roughly brushed him off with considerable disgust as she stormed out with a glare.
"Next time you gamble, bet your own life!"
"Whoo. Drama, am I right?" Syndrome chuckled at Shigaraki, who didn't react. "Ah, I'll give her a few hours to cool down, she'll be fine. Think I'll go check up on the super bum; bet I can find a way to replicate that quirk of his."
As he left the room as well, Shigaraki narrowed his eyes in the direction Mirage had left as Kurogiri phased in behind him. "Keep an eye on that woman. I don't know if we can trust her so much anymore." He said to the warp villain, who nodded obediently before phasing out again.
XXX
"Ugh...where am I?" Momo groaned as she opened her eyes, only to find herself surrounded by pitch blackness. What's more, it felt like she was hanging in midair and her hands and feet were restrained.
"That you, Yaomomo?"
"Jiro?" Momo recognised the voice.
"Guess we're not alone in here after all, Jiro."
"Kaminari?" Before Momo could address the voices of her friends any further, a light began to split through the blackness, making her squint until she found herself suspended in a containment unit just like the one Mr Incredible was imprisoned in.
Momo looked to her left and her right to find Shoto and Mineta were suspended next to her alongside Jiro and Kaminari. The grape hero was still unconscious while Shoto looked amongst his fellow prisoners.
"Where's Mr Incredible?" He asked.
"Could he have escaped, maybe?" Kaminari hoped.
"I doubt it. They're probably holding him in another cell." Jiro wagered.
"You're right about that." the young heroes noticed a guard operating a nearby console. "The meathead's in maximum security, seeing as how the Boss has it out for him. But I'd be more worried about yourselves right now."
"What, do you expect us to talk?" Shoto glared.
"No, Scarface, I expect you to scream." The guard replied with a sinister grin as he hit a button, causing the group to be electrocuted which did indeed yield a scream of pain from Shoto and also awoke Mineta with an even louder cry.
"Don't worry. We won't kill you yet." The guard assured as he stopped shocking them. "After the mission's complete, the boss will put you to work as the next batch of guinea pigs for the Omnidroid to learn from. I doubt you'll last ten minutes against it. Especially after we find a way to copy your teacher's quirk into its arsenal."
"They got Mr Aizawa?" Mineta said in disbelief as he and the students looked on in horror at the revelation whilst the guard laughed maniacally.
"Yeah and we'll get the rest of you soon enough. Unless you're too much to handle, in which case we'll just kill you. But until then, just sit back and suffer." The guard spat as he hit the shock button again.
The young heroes screamed in pain as volts of electricity were sent coursing through their bodies, though the guard failed to notice that Kaminari wasn't affected by it. Chargebolt looked amongst his friends in horror as the shocking ended and their heads fell forward, gasping with relief.
But as he began to process what was happening, his brow furrowed into a glare and he shouted out towards the guard.
"Hey! Is this how you get your sick kicks, you piece of crap in a skin-tight suit?!"
"Shut up! You're gonna make him torture us again!" Mineta cried.
"You call that torture? I've had worse shocks from a Christmas sweater! This guy has one job and he can't even torture a bunch of kids?! No wonder villains are such losers!" The guard snarled as his grip tightened on the dial, itching to twist it.
"Oh, that old trick again? Like you're gonna get anything different out of it."
"Shut your mouth, moron! You're gonna get us killed!" Jiro yelled at him.
"This asshole couldn't kill a fly! Go on, crank it up! I dare ya!"
"You're gonna regret that you little punk!" The guard spat as he did indeed turn up the voltage to maximum. "At least I'll enjoy the pleasure of watching you freaks beg for mercy."
"Oh so you do get a kick out of it. Who's the freak now?!" Kaminari taunted the guard yet again. And that was enough to get him to push the button, which sent the device into a storm of electricity. The prisoners braced for the agony they were certain would follow, Mineta himself screaming like a baby, only to realise that nothing was happening.
Confused, they, along with the guard, looked about and gasped when they saw Kaminari engulfed in blue lightning, his hair bristling and a wide smirk on his face.
"Is that all ya got, 'punk'?" He grinned before he began to release the electricity in his body back into the machine. The control panel began to glitch and spark, the dials spun rapidly and an 'Overload' alarm began to blare and flash. The guard yelped as he tried desperately to get the console back under control, but it was hopeless as Kaminari, his body still glowing, ended his counterattack with a final utterance.
"Tick, tick, boom." And with that final blast of feedback, the console exploded, sending the guard flying back and off the walkway to his death. Moments later the electric field vanished, allowing the heroes to land on their feet, their shackles falling off in the process.
"Kaminari, that was genius!" Momo cheered. "I should have realised it sooner that the device wouldn't affect you."
"You not only absorbed the attack so that we wouldn't be harmed, but rerouted it back into the machine to overload it. A brilliant strategy." Shoto agreed.
"But you needed more power and you knew the guard would catch on eventually. That's why you taunted him into using the maximum, so you could pull off your attack in one fell swoop." Momo further analysed.
"W-Which I knew from the start. I-I was just playing along so the guard wouldn't realise you were fooling him. N-never doubted you for a second, buddy." Mineta said with a wobbly smile. Even Jiro couldn't help but be impressed by her classmate's out of the blue strategy as she scratched her cheek awkwardly.
"Yeah. Sorry for doubting you back there, Kaminari. When push comes to shove, you can be pretty smart, so, way to go. That was pretty awesome, Jamming Whey." She looked at him with a smile, only to find the electric hero staring into space with a dopey smile and his thumbs up.
"Yaaaaaay~." He droned as he jumped up and down, causing Jiro to cover her mouth as her cheeks inflated.
"Pfft!-No-No! Not this again-pfft! HAHAHAHAHA!"
"And he actually looked cool moments ago. What a shame." Shoto commented as the others couldn't help laughing with Jiro.
"Never mind that now. We need to regroup with the others and find Mr Aizawa, along with Mr Incredible. Let's go!" Momo ordered as they hurried out of the cell, Jiro dragging the still short-circuited Kaminari with them.
As they went, Momo activated her earpiece. "Ingenium, it's Creati."
"Yaoyorozu! We lost contact with you and several of the others! We thought you'd been captured." Tenya's voice answered her.
"We were, along with Mr Incredible, but Kaminari freed us, though we don't know where he's being kept."
"Well, I'm glad to hear you're all ok."
"If you call being electrocuted with several thousand volts 'ok'." Jiro muttered irritably.
"But listen; you need to know tha-"
"That they have Mr Aizawa?" Momo asked. "One of the guards let it slip in front of us. We're going to find Tsu's group and bust him out."
"An astute objective, yes, but I was actually going to tell you that Elastigirl is headed your way, along with Shoji, Aoyama and Sato."
"Elastigirl?! She's here?!" Mineta said incredulously.
"What in the world is she doing on the island?" Momo questioned, just as surprised.
"It's a long story, just know that if you see a woman with brown hair in a red suit, she's on our side. Assist her in freeing Mr Incredible."
"Of course. But listen. Syndrome's planning to launch a rocket containing the Omnidroid to attack a the city of Metroville. We need to try and stop that launch."
"I'll inform the others of what you know. We still have time, but right now we need to save the others." said Tenya.
"Thanks for the update, Iida. We'll see you as soon we can." Momo replied before hanging up. "Looks like we have another ally in this fight, guys."
"Maybe this island isn't so bad, after all." Mineta grinned at the thought of his American heroine crush.
XXX
Meanwhile, Helen herself was making her way towards the facility, along with Aoyama, Shoji and Sato. Having gotten a general layout fo the island already, Tentacole stood at the front of the group as his many eyes spotted a nearby pod rail just above them.
"It leads into a side tunnel of the facility, and there are no cameras, so it's the perfect blind spot for infiltration."
"Now we just need to find a way up there." Sato said, scratching his head whilst Helen looked to see a pod approaching them from a distance.
"Hang on, boys, it's gonna be a bumpy ride." She said. Before any of them could ask what she meant, Elastigirl wrapped her legs around the three students and stretched out her arms to grab the pod, which lifted them clean off the ground in the process. With a mighty swing, Helen flung them on top of the pod before hauling herself up as well.
Of course, the sudden added weight of the heroes didn't go unnoticed by the guards riding the pod, who poked their heads out, only to be met with Sato and Shoji's fists before they chucked the goons out of the pod and took their seats. As they rode the pod towards the facility, they noticed a large air hanger situated next to the entrance tunnel that was filled with many hovercrafts and manta-jets.
"Bingo. That's our ticket out of here." Shoji noted before the pod entered the tunnel which carried them past the hanger containing the rocket that was preparing to launch.
"A rocket?" Helen questioned as the Omnidroid was sealed inside the vehicle.
"They're loading the robot onto it. But why?" Sato wondered as the pod continued onward before coming to a stop in a wide open docking bay full of pods. And as the heroes looked around, they saw several guards staring at them in shock and confusion.
"Ah." Said Shoji.
"Oh dear." Aoyama muttered. But as one of the guards attempted to reach for an alarm, the 'French' hero shot him from across the bay with his navel laser, which instigated a short but tense battle. The four heroes worked quickly to incapacitate the grunts due in part to Aoyama's laser and Helen's stretchable limbs.
After the heroine gave the boys a quick practical lesson on hiding the unconscious bodies, the quartet made their way into one of the facility's corridors. It was at this point that Shoji decided to attempt calling Tokoyami.
"Tsukuyomi, this is Tentacole. I'm in the facility with Sugarman, Can't Stop Twinkling and a new ally, as well."
"I hear you, Shoji. Where are you?"
"We just exited a docking bay for those pod cars somewhere in the west side of the building where we entered. I saw an air hanger on the way in with jets in it, so we have a way out when we're done."
"Excellent. Tsu's also received word from Midoriya that Yaoyorozu's group were able to escape their imprisonment. We'll all reconvene as soon as possible before attempting to rescue Mr Aizawa and Mr Incredible."
Helen reacted at the mention of her husband as Shoji hung up before the door next to them opened. A guard walked through and thankfully didn't notice them pressed against either side of the doorframe due to being distracted by a form he was looking over.
The three boys silently stepped back through the door and Helen was about to follow them, but as she took a step back, the door suddenly closed shut on one of her legs, trapping both it and the boys on the other side.
She gasped silently, the boys looking on in shock as the guard took a keycard off of his belt, which he used to open another door in front of him. Thinking fast, Helen began to crawl after the man, stretching her midsection out in the process as she reached for the card. Just as she was about to grab it, however, the other door shut, this time trapping her stomach and making her retract from the shock. She huffed in annoyance from the state she was in while Shoji and Sato facepalmed.
"Oh, mon dieu." Aoyama groaned as the guard reached an elevator at the end of the corridor. But as it opened, another guard was revealed inside the lift who spotted Helen from afar.
"Hey!" Elastigirl immediately shot her fist out to strike the guard down and disarm the other, but the man quickly hit the elevator button slamming the door on Helen's arm which grasped about blandly until her hand eventually found his face, giving it a solid punch when it did.
Back on the other side, another guard was approaching the door where he was surprised to find a leg sticking out of it. he stared at the supposedly disembodied limb in confusion before a locker suddenly opened up and a muscular arm yanked him inside, followed by several thuds before Sato emerged.
"Sense anymore coming, Shoji?" He asked as Tenatcole and Aoyama appeared from two other lockers.
"No, it's clear. Now we need to get this door open." But as they looked through the small window at the top, they saw to their horror two guards get knocked off a transporter they were riding by Helen's stretched out midsection. Picking themselves up they immediately noticed the super woman and aimed their guns at her.
"They're gonna shoot her! Aoyama, blast them!" Yelled Shoji.
"I can't get a good aim, I might hit the lady."
"I'll try breaking it down." Sato began to strike the door with his fists, which did draw the guards' attention to the other door, but one still kept their gun on Helen as they cocked the weapon.
She began to panic as her trapped arm fumbled blindly in the elevator for the keycard. Before the guard could shoot her however, a long pink tentacle sprang out of thin air and wrapped around the guard's neck. It yanked him up to slam his head against the ceiling before going after the second guard.
"What the...?" Helen stared as the pink tentacle reattached into nothing before Tsu materialised on the ceiling. She hopped down before taking one of the unconscious guards' keycards which she then used to open the door trapping Helen's leg.
"Tsu!" The boys exclaimed as they saw her.
"Hey, guys. Looks like I made it just in time, ribbit." The frog girl smiled as she opened the door holding Helen's stomach. "Are you ok, Ma'am?"
"I am now. Thanks a lot." Helen thanked her as she finally managed to open the elevator door, her arm retracting to her body.
"You must be Elastigirl, right? My friends told me you'd be here."
"Yes, I'm here to save my husband. Do you know where he is?"
"Your husband? Wait, you mean Mr Incredible?!" Tsu said, surprised. "No, I don't, but my friend Toru found a control room nearby while we were investigating. It might have some info on the holding cells."
"Then that's our best lead. Show us the way." Helen said as Tsu began to lead the group to their next heading.
XXX
Meanwhile, back in the cave, the Parr children were sitting around the fire with the remaining members of 1A, except for Bakugou who was keeping watch outside. Since they had some time to wait before dawn, Izuku had taken the opportunity to introduce his classmates to his old friends as well as catch up with Violet and Dash themselves.
"Hahahaha! You actually put a tack on the guy's chair and you weren't even seen on camera?! That's priceless, little dude!" Kirishima laughed as Dash was proudly telling them about his famous prank.
"Kirishima, you shouldn't be encouraging this kind of behaviour in the young man! It's pranks like that that lead to youths becoming delinquents!" Tenya lectured chopping his arms wildly.
"Oh lighten up, Iida, it's just a joke." Mina chuckled as she reached over to pinch Dash's cheek, much to his chagrin. "And besides, there's no way this little cutie patootie could become a thug."
As Dash swatted her doting hand away he turned to Izuku. "So how'd you get into hero school, Zuku? I thought you were quirkless."
Izuku felt his brow sweat as he hurriedly remembered his excuse. "Yeah, turns out I was just a very late bloomer is all." Aside from Bakugou it had been a long time since anyone had asked him that question.
Violet smiled as she spoke to him. "I'm just glad to see you've made more friends since we met you."
"Well that's only cause Deku's so easy to get along with." Ochako giggled as Izuku blushed at her compliment.
"What did you call him?" Dash queried.
"Oh it's my hero name." Izuku explained before Violet recalled the first time she'd heard it.
"Wait, I thought that name was an insult when everyone thought you were quirkless. You said it means 'useless'."
"It was." Izuku replied before glancing at Ochako. "But then, when I met Uraraka she thought it meant 'you can do it'. That inspired me to turn my nickname from an insult to a name that means anyone can be a hero."
"If I recall correctly, it was mainly because Uraraka told you the name sounded cute that you allowed her to call you it, Midoriya." Tenya recounted matter-of-factly causing Izuku's face to light up and a few of the others to chuckle including the Parrs.
"So what, is she your girlfriend then, Zuku?" Violet grinned teasingly.
"No I'm not!/No she's not!" Both Izuku and Ochako answered simultaneously, looking at each other when they did so before looking away with blushing faces. This only made the others laugh harder at the cute display.
"Oh they're totally into each other." Mina gossiped sinisterly. "One time Ochako got so flustered she made herself float up to the ceiling."
"Mina!" Ochako squeaked, her face redder still.
Suffice to say, Dash was more than a little starry-eyed for the group of fledgling heroes.
"I know this isn't the time or place for it, but it's so amazing. Meeting all of you, it just makes me wish even more that our family was born in Japan. Not having to be ashamed of our powers, or to have to hide who we are."
"It's not all blue skies and sunshine, Dash." Piped up Mina. "I mean, we can't use our quirks 24/7 everywhere."
"She's right. It's illegal to use our powers at certain times in certain places." Tenya explained.
"Not only that, but it's against the law to use your quirk without a hero license, even if there's something you could do to help," Kirishima added with knowing looks from Izuku and Tenya.
"Still, at least you don't have to act like someone you're not or know you can never be." Violet murmured sadly as she felt tears prick the corners of her eyes. "I mean, all I wanted to do was protect people. But you stop one playground bully with a forcefield and BAM! Suddenly you're a labelled a problem child. You're not normal, you're a freak! And what's worse, you're whole family gets dragged down with you and before you know it the government ships you off to another state to cover up the whole mess you made! The only thing I learned about being a hero is don't be one or you're going to jail." The others looked on in shock at the scale of the punishment as Violet furiously rubbed her eyes. "Sometimes I wish I was quirkless like them. Then I wouldn't feel so alone."
Izuku felt his heart break from the irony his old friend's words had on him, pulling her into a comforting hug as she sobbed. To think this reversed hero society had all but snuffed out her former spunkiness and drive to be a hero.
"You shouldn't say things like that, Violet." Ochako frowned drawing the girl's attention. "To deny your quirk is to deny part of who you are. Your power is your own and not something to hide out of shame." Izuku smiled at her.
"And you're not alone anymore. You found us, didn't you? And hey, since you're Midoriya's friend that makes you our friend too." Kirishima said with a grin along with approving nods from the others.
"Vi. You running in to stop that bully wasn't a bad thing. It was the mark of a true hero." Izuku comforted. "You wanna why? When I was ready to give up on trying, I was told that the greatest heroes all have something in common: their bodies move to help others before they have a chance to think. And that's why, you too can become a hero."
Violet stared back at her surrogate brother in bewilderment. "Who told you that?" She asked, the others looking just as eager to know they answer.
"Your Uncle Toshi." Izuku replied with a grin which puzzled his classmates, but left Violet and Dash stunned, the latter's eyes sparkling with admiration for the young heroes.
"Man you guys are so awesome! I don't care what it takes. Somehow I'm going to get into UA when I'm older and then I'm gonna become a Pro just like you, 'cause I know you're all gonna be as incredible as our Dad." The others smiled thankfully. "Well, except maybe that blonde guy with the wild hair. What was his name? Kaboomo?"
"Bakugou." Kirishima corrected just as the gang noticed a familiar shadow approaching the cave entrance while Dash continued.
"Yeah, that guy. I mean, out of all of you, he's gotta be the least hero-like. With that bad temper and how he's always yelling at everyone like he wants to bite your head off."
"Uh, Daaash~?" Mina tried to subtly point behind him only for Violet to push her hand down, a smirk forming on her face.
"I mean, being able to make explosions is pretty cool, but when you pair that with a guy who says he's gonna kill you when you so much as look at him the wrong way? That's a bad sign. And have you seen his eyes? He's got crazy eyes; If looks could kill, we'd all be six feet under. He's a psycho, I'm telling you, this guy has the look of a psycho." Dash stopped talking when he noticed the fearful or amused looks on the others' faces as he realised.
"He's right behind me isn't he?"
"No." Violet replied.
"Oh, good."
"He was approaching you. Now he's right behind you." The boy looked back to see Bakugou staring down at him, arms folded and frowning.
"Hey. I was just saying how awesome I think you all are." Dash grinned nervously.
"Yeah. We psychos are pretty awesome, aren't we? With our crazy eyes and wild hair and all that." Bakugou grinned wickedly, his eyes flashing red. Dash whistled innocently before he zipped away, just as Bakugou made a grab for him.
"I'm gonna kill you, ya little pissant! Get over here!"
"You're only proving his point if you do, Bakugou!" Kirishima called out as the heroes watched the angry Pomeranian fruitlessly attempt to catch Dash much to their amusement or slight concern.
Violet rolled her eyes as she went back to her quirk training; taking her mother's advice, Violet had been trying to get control of her forcefield by enclosing them around the fire for practice. She was able to hold a bubble around the flames for a few moments, allowing the smoke to build up before releasing it into the air where she then attempted to catch some of it in another bubble.
Dash, having grown bored of quite literally giving Bakugou the runaround, who had also given up trying to catch him (for now), picked a burning stick out of the fire as a makeshift torch. "Welp, not that this isn't fun, but I'm gonna go take a look around."
Izuku stood up as the boy began to saunter off. "Hold on, Dash. You shouldn't wander about a place like this."
"Yeah, didn't you hear? We're not on vacation!" Violet scolded. "Mom and Dad's lives could be in danger or worse, their marriage." She whispered the last part worriedly.
"I, uh, think you've got those priorities backwards there, Vi." Mina muttered and Dash seemed to agree, though not with the same understanding.
"So the bad guys, are trying to destroy Mom and Dad's marriage."
"Oh forget it. You're so immature." Violet scoffed.
"Ok then, I'm off."
"Mom said to stay hidden!"
"I'm not gonna leave the cave! Sheesh." Dash said exasperated as he wandered off.
"I'll go with him." Izuku volunteered following after him until they were walking side by side.
"So, what is your quirk, Zuku?"
"Um," Izuku pondered for a moment. "Well it's a sort of enhancement quirk. It let's me move faster, jump higher and hit harder."
"Cool." Dash marvelled, his voice echoing as he spoke which made the two boys look forward to see a large, pitch-black tunnel in front of them. "COOL~!"
"Quiet." Izuku hissed covering his mouth. "It might lead into the facility and we don't want anyone hearing us." He took a few steps forward, examining the opening to see that it was made of metal. Just where did it lead?
XXX
While this was happening, Tsu was leading the group towards the control room, where upon arriving at the door they found Toru waiting for them.
"Keep quiet. There are guards inside." The invisible girl whispered. "The rest of the team are in the storage room across from it there." She pointed.
"We'll wait with them until you get the intel on Mr Aizawa and Mr Incredible. Then we'll meet up with Yaoyorozu's group and get out of here." Shoji murmured back as he, Sato and Aoyama slipped into the room where Sero, Tokoyami and Ojiro could be seen.
"Now we just need to get in without raising an alarm." Helen looked around before she spotted an air vent grill on the ceiling. The she reached up and pulled the grill away before hoisting herself up and into the vent.
"Stay here and keep an eye out. We'll be right back." Tsu whispered to Toru before leaping into the vent as well to follow Helen. The pair crawled through before they reached a large open grate hanging over the control room. Tsu nodded to Helen as the super slipped her head through one of the spaces and stretched her neck down to look at the monitors.
She scanned over them until finding one that showed a chart displaying 'Holding Cell Energy Output.' She noticed the majority of them were putting out low levels of energy except for three cells. Cell #8 was offline; cell #4 was using a significant level of energy; but #13 was set at the highest level of energy consumption available, which meant only one person required that amount of restraint.
"Bob." Helen whispered.
"What was that?" One of the guards asked the other as Helen quickly retracted her head. She and Tsu headed back as Toru confirmed the coast was clear before converging with the rest of the group in the storage room.
"It looks like your teacher is being held in cell block #4 while my husband is in #13."
"Both unlucky numbers." Tokoyami noted.
"We should update Yaoyorozu's team on their whereabouts." said Sero. "For all we know they could be close to them."
"Since Mr Aizawa's cell is closer we should start with him. From what Yaomomo told me, Syndrome's planning to experiment on his eyes to upgrade his robot."
"We can't let that happen. The last thing we need is that robot getting a quirk nullifier to add to its arsenal." Sato worried. "That and Mr Aizawa losing his eyes."
"There's also that rocket as well. Todoroki told me the villains are going to launch it to attack Metroville with the robot." Ojiro mentioned.
"Hey I'm sure we have plenty of time to stop the-" Toru was interrupted by a loud rumbling which shook the room. "What was that?!"
XXX
Back in the cave however, Izuku and Dash were finding out the answer, as a gigantic torrent of fire began barrelling down the tunnel towards them.
"RUN!" Izuku screamed as he and Dash made a break fro the exit (the latter overtaking him instantly.)
"GUYS!" The group heard their echoed voices as they saw them approaching, the glow of the fire close behind.
"What the hell did you do with that torch, brat?!" Bakugou yelled as the group sprinted from of the cave just before the fire blasted out. The young heroes stopped to catch their breath before they looked up to see the rocket launching out of the island's volcano.
"Please tell me that wasn't the rocket Yaoyorozu told you about, Iida." Kirishima hoped.
"We're too late. It's heading for America and when it lands the robot gonna destroy the city." Koda said, distressed.
"No. It's not over yet." Izuku assured. "It'll take some time for the weapon to reach its location so right now, the best thing we can do is stick to the plan. Free Mr Aizawa and Mr incredible, steal a jet and head for the US to stop the Omnidroid."
"You make it sound easy, Midori." Mina muttered.
"It's not. But it's the only plan we've got."
Ochako removed her finger from her earpiece as she just received a message. "Tsu just told me they know where Mr Aizawa and Mr Incredible are being held. With luck, they should be freed by the time we catch up with them."
"And it'll be morning soon, so let's stay put for a little longer. If anything goes wrong we'll move sooner." Tenya suggested as the group settled amongst the foliage to rest while the class rep kept watch.
XXX
"Fascinating. I never thought I'd be lucky enough to encounter someone with a quirk like yours." Syndrome grinned at the data rolling across the screen he was observing whilst behind him an examination table could be seen which Aizawa was currently strapped to.
The Erasure hero gritted his teeth in mixture of anger and discomfort as his bloodshot eyes were being held open by a speculum while a robotic arm, ending in a camera, scanned the organs.
"It appears that when you use your quirk your eyes emit a type of light. It's must be what nullifies the quirks of those you look at. Perhaps if I can replicate the same wavelength as your eyes I may be able to imitate your quirk's affects. Not as effectively, of course, but close enough to weaken anyone I hit with it. I'll need to perform an extraction to examine the biology of your eyes completely if I want to pull it off. Which I do."
"You're insane." Aizawa hissed, unable to turn his head to glare at the villain.
"Sure I am. What's your point?" Syndrome laughed. "But in all seriousness you should be honoured. Your power may just pave the way to a greater society in the future." He turned off the monitor as the speculum released Aizawa's eyes; the man gasped with relief as he blinked them furiously as Syndrome approached the table to hang his head over Aizawa's.
"Don't worry, you won't feel a thing when I get to plucking out those peepers cause, y'know, you'll be dead. Hahaha. But we'll get to that later. Right now I need to get to rounding up the rest of those students of yours and picking their brains too...or their hearts or skin or whatever part of their bodies their quirks come from. Now don't you go away."
Syndrome chuckled to himself as he left the helpless hero alone in the cell and sauntered down the corridor, unaware of one of the vents loosening itself open before Elastigirl, Tsu and Toru dropped down from the opening.
"This is it." Helen whispered as she used the keycard she stole from the guards to open the door.
"Mr Aizawa!" Tsu and Toru cried as they ran over to their teacher.
"Asui. Hagakure." Aizawa looked past the girls to see Helen. "Who are you?"
"Helen Parr. You may know me better as Elastigirl." the heroine introduced herself as Tsu and Toru went about releasing Aizawa from his restraints.
"I hazard to guess that you're looking for Mr Incredible." He assumed.
"He's her husband, Sir." Toru answered. "And their kids are here too."
"Kids?" Aizawa repeated in surprise.
"It's a long story, Mr Aizawa, but there's no time to explain, ribbit." Tsu croaked. "The Omnidroid's been launched off the island and it's on its way to America to destroy Metroville."
"Damn it all." Aizawa cursed. "You two rendezvous with your classmates. Elastigirl and I will focus on freeing Mr Incredible. Then we're getting off this island and stopping that robot."
"Yes, Sir." The girls nodded. But as they left the room a battalion of guards rounded the corner.
"He's escaped! Alert Syn-" the guards were suddenly encased in ice which shot them from the left as Shoto emerged from the corridor along with Momo, Jiro, Kaminari and Mineta.
"Mr Aizawa!" Momo beamed as the group hurried over. "Thank goodness you're ok."
"Good to see you haven't lost your eyes, Sir." Shoto smiled.
"Indeed, Todoroki. And I'm glad to see you and your peers were able to escape yourselves."
"You can thank Kaminari for that." Jiro. "Hard as it is to believe." She smirked earning a nudge from the electric hero.
Helen smiled at the reunion before she heard what sounded like panting. She looked down to see Mineta staring up at her, his face glowing.
"Are you alright, kiddo?" She asked confused.
"Elastigirl~." The grape hero murmured in awe, a drop of blood emerging from his nose. "It's really her~."
"He's, uh...a big fan, ribbit." Tsu cringed as she dragged Mineta back by his scarf, the boy reaching out longingly as she did so.
"Oh. Well let's save the autographs for later." Helen chuckled whilst the students grinned awkwardly, wanting to spare Helen from the ugly, ugly truth behind Mineta's admiration.
"You kids meet up with the others. We'll find you after we free Mr Incredible." Aizawa ordered. "And for the love of god, don't get caught again."
"We'll try, Sir." Kaminari laughed as the teams split off in different directions. "Man, I can't believe we just met another American pro on the same day. The years have certainly been kinder to her than Mr Incredible, am I right, fellas?" He joked.
"Thicc~. She's grown so thicc~." Mineta drooled causing the girls to hit him on the head in disgust.
XXX
True to Tenya's word morning did indeed come swiftly as the once dark jungle was now bathed in the sun's rays.
"Hey, extras! Wake the hell up!" Bakugou, who had taken up watch from Tenya, yelled causing the group to abruptly awake, Dash leaping back in revulsion as he'd found himself curled up next to Violet.
"Well when you don't have an alarm clock, right?" Kirishima jabbed while the others groaned and rubbed the sleep from their eyes.
But just them, Dash heard a strange voice from above. "Identification, please." He looked up to see a blue bird perched on a branch.
"Hey, guys!" He tugged at Izuku's sleeve. "Look! That bird can talk."
"A bird?" Mina queried as the others looked at the strange avian.
"Voice key incorrect." It spoke in an automated voice.
"Voice key?" said Shoji, confused.
"Voice key incorrect."
"Wait a second..." Just as Violet began to realise something was wrong, the bird was suddenly knocked out of the tree by a large rock, that had been throw at it by, of all people, Koda.
"Koda, what the hell, man?!" Kirishima gaped.
"It's a fake." The animal whisperer pointed as the group look at the bird which was revealed to be a robot, now a twitching, broken mess of sparking wires and a croaking voice box.
"That was a close one. We almost raised an alarm." Ochako sighed with relief.
"Well now that that's been taken care of, let's move. The others are waiting for us." Tenya rallied the group as they began to head in the direction of the facility. But as they ran through the jungle they came across a rather unexpected sight.
Out of the bushes stumbled a familiar red-clad hero with blonde hair.
"DAD!" Violet and Dash cried at the sight of their father who turned to look at them, just as surprised as they were.
"Kids! I've been looking all over for you!" He said as the two ran to hug him.
"Mr Incredible, how did you escape?" Tenya asked.
"It was a narrow get away, but I managed to break out before the villains could recapture me." Class 1A looked at the happy reunion with relief. But for some reason Izuku felt unnerved. He wasn't wearing his hood and mouth guard this time so why wasn't Bob surprised to see his face?
"Uncle Bob." He spoke up, noting it took a moment for the man to realise he was talking to him.
"Yeah, kid?" Kid? It couldn't be, could it? He had to be certain.
"Where's Aunt Helen?"
"Helen?" POW! Izuku immediately shot an air blast from his wrist at Bob sending him flying away from Dash and Violet and hitting a tree.
"Midoriya!" Tenya gasped.
"Zuku what did you do?!" Dash screamed.
"That's not your Dad." Izuku snarled as 'Bob' began to shakily get to his feet. "Since when does he not know his own wife's name?" The others looked confused before they heard a sinister snigger coming from the supposed Mr Incredible.
"You know me so well, don't you, Izuku." His voice now sounded warped, like it was mixed with another and as he turned around to face them the Parr children screamed when saw half of his face and shoulder had melted off revealing Toga underneath.
"And that's why I love you!" She grinned madly, her disguise turning to mush as she drew her weapons.
"Who are you?! Why did you look like our Dad?!" Dash questioned, still shaken by what he'd seen.
"She's a villain named Toga." Izuku identified her. "She can shapeshift into anyone whose blood she's ingested.
"Blood?" Violet paled. "Then is our Dad..."
"No, he's alive. For now at least." Toga giggled. "He actually thinks you and your Mommy are dead. Imagine how he'll react when he finds out you're alive, only to learn you've died Twice!"
"And that's my cue, Wifey!" Everyone looked to see Twice flip down from a tree and land beside Toga, the dastardly duo striking a pose. "You kids miss your Old Man? Well I can make you a better one!"
The young heroes looked on in shock as Twice began to duplicate himself, before those duplicates began to transform until four Mr Incredibles were standing with the villains, ready to attack.
"Dash. Remember what Mom said." Violet whispered to her brother who looked puzzled as he was still in shock.
Toga held up a communicator to her mouth before speaking into it. "We found them. Come and join us if you want." Moments after she said this alarms began to blare over the island.
"Crap! Now we're in trouble." Kirishima cursed as several guards were seen flying towards their location in their hovercrafts.
"Dash, run." Violet prompted as she turned invisible.
"What?"
"RUN!"
"Oh yeah." Dash remembered before he zipped off, running right between Toga and Twice.
"WHOA! He's the fastest thing alive!" The latter said in amazement. "We're too slow!"
"Get the boy!" One of the guards flew after Dash with a couple more guards behind him in their hovercrafts.
"Iida!" Izuku called out.
"I'm on it!" Tenya replied as he followed in hot pursuit, his armour protecting him from the knifes Toga threw at him.
"Everyone scatter! We can't let them catch us again!" Kirishima shouted as the remaining heroes split off in different directions.
"Don't let 'em get away! I'll give 'em a ten second head start!" Twice yelled as he went after Bakugou and Koda with one of his Incredible clones.
Toga spotted Izuku and Ochako making a break for the clearing and was about to chase after them when something invisible tripped her up. "What the?!"
"Nice one, Violet!" Ochako grinned as she and Izuku made their escape, though not without one of Twice's clones following them.
"You'll never take us alive! Though I'd prefer if you did!" Mina shot globs of acid at the guard's weapons which melted the barrels before spraying more on the ground allowing herself and Kirishima to make it out.
"Call in Illusion. We're gonna need backup for this lot." Toga ordered the remaining guards as she looked over her shoulder. "Now where's my new friend hiding?"
XXX
Back in the facility the doors of Bob's containment cell opened as a figure approached the imprisoned, broken hero. They pressed a button on the control console causing the electric field to deactivate and release Mr Incredible from his shackles. But his saviour wasn't Helen or even Aizawa...but Mirage who knelt down next to Bob who was on his knees.
"You have to hurry. There isn't much time." She spoke before a hand shot up and grabbed her throat.
"No." Bob replied, his voice low and rank with rage as he lifted the woman off the ground. "In fact, there's no time at all."
"Wait...please..." Mirage tried to explain through the choking.
"Why are you here?! How can you possibly bring me lower?! What more can you take away from me?!"
"Your family...survived the crash. They're here. On the island."
"They're alive?" Bob murmured in shock before letting Mirage drop to the ground to regain her breath. The news of his family's survival gave new strength to his once broken spirit as he helped Mirage to her feet. But before he could even thank her a sinister voice sounded from the doorway.
"So. You've decided to betray us, have you? How disappointing." The pair looked to see Kurogiri standing before them. "It seems Shigaraki's suspicion of you was warranted after you stormed out. Your resolve isn't nearly as strong as Illusion's is."
Mirage yelped as a portal opened up beneath her feet which she fell swiftly through before emerging from another next to the villain who seized her.
"Let her go!" Mr Incredible demanded as he advanced toward Kurogiri who then conjured another portal, a nomu stepping through it as he did, baring four muscular arms and a spiked shell on its back.
"I think not. Anyone who betrays the League of Villains shall bear the penalty of death." Kurogiri droned as he handed Mirage to the nomu which lifted her towards its open mouth of fangs. "Besides, why should you care if she lives or dies? After all, were it not for this sow you and your family never would have wound up here, or any past heroes for that matter. Do you really want to save her? This woman with blood on her hands?"
"Go." The villains was surprised to here Mirage say who despite the tears of guilt running from her eyes glared at the villains with unyielding resolve. "Forget about me! Save your family and stop Syndrome! After all I've done wrong in my life this is what I deserve."
"How repentant, Mirage, yet utterly pointless." Kurogiri said as he raised his hand to give the order to the nomu. But before he could and elastic arm shot out and wrapped around his metal collar.
"What?!" The warp villain was stunned as he was flung him against the wall, the nomu turning its head in his direction, giving Mr Incredible the opening he needed to charge forward and deliver a solid punch to it, the monster dropping Mirage in the process as it was sent flying off the walkway.
Kurogiri looked up to see Elastigirl and Eraserhead standing over him, the latter glaring at him with his glowing eyes.
"You! How did you escape?!" The villain cursed as he was pinned under the erasure hero's hold.
"Syndrome really underestimates my students." Aizawa replied. "And that will be his undoing."
"Honey!" Helen looked to see Bob who had helped Mirage to her feet.
"You must be Mrs Incre-" the woman was knocked down once more by Helen's fist which Bob caught in his hand.
"She was helping me escape." He explained.
"No! That's what I was doing, you lousy, lying, unfaithful cre-" Helen spouted angrily before Bob literally reeled her into his arms to kiss her joyfully.
"How could I ever betray the perfect woman?"
"Oh, you're talking about me?" Helen snorted but her glare fell when she saw tears falling from Bob's eyes as he hugged her tight.
"I thought you were dead." He whispered. "Are the kids alright?" Helen pulled back from his embrace to caress his cheek.
"Don't worry. They're safe with those hero students."
"No, they're in trouble." Mirage spoke up, back on her feet again.
"What?!"
"They were spotted by one of Shigaraki's underlings. Security's been sent into the jungle."
"Oh great! Now our kids are in danger!" Helen said exasperated.
"Well why did you bring them in the first place?" Bob questioned.
"I didn't! They stowed away! And I don't think you're striking the proper tone!"
But before the couple could leave to go and find their children a roar sounded from beneath them and moments later the nomu came leaping up from below and landed on the walkway.
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot about that thing." Bob said.
"Nomu!" Kurogiri shouted as the abomination charged towards the trapped villain, forcing Aizawa to jump back as the nomu struck the ground where he once was sending a cloud a dust into his face in the process.
"Damn!" Aizawa cursed as the dust forced him to blink giving Kurogiri access to his quirk again.
"This isn't over, heroes! Kill them." He ordered as he warped away leaving the nomu behind.
"Well this just got more complicated. Looks like your family reunion will have to wait." Aizawa muttered as the three heroes faced off against the monster, Mirage taking the opportunity to slip away.
The nomu roared as it charged towards the trio. Helen slipped under its legs as it attempted to grab her before coming up from behind it and wrapping her arms tightly around its own, binding them to its sides. The nomu tried to pull itself free which proved fruitless as its arms only stretched against Helen's. As Aizawa watched the heroes trying to subdue the nomu he looked towards the empty containment unit that once held Mr Incredible, the wheels in his head beginning to turn.
"Incredible! I have an idea!" He called Bob over before. "We're short on time and we can't afford to waste it here. These nomus don't go down easy, so let's trap it." He gestured to the empty prison and Bob soon realised what he was planning before calling out to his wife.
"Honey! Let's give him the slingshot!" He suggested while pointing at the containment unit. Helen quickly put the pieces together as her legs stretched out to tie around the railings of the walkway, as Bob charged towards the nomu with his fist reeled back before delivering a mighty punch which sent it flying back.
But instead of crashing into the wall it stopped in mid air as Helen's body stretched out before retracting sending the nomu flying right back towards Mr Incredible who threw another punch at its face, slingshotting the monster back again. They repeated the process several times until the nomu began to grow dazed from the blows to its brain.
As it came flying back in for the fifth punch however, Helen unraveled herself from its four arms allowing Bob and Aizawa to slap a cuff over each one. And with one final punch Bob sent the nomu hurtling towards the open containment unit, moments before Aizawa slammed his fist on the controls. The magnetic field activated instantly as a beam of electricity shot out to each of the cuffs which dragged the nomu into the unit, leaving the monster dangling pathetically in the field, its legs kicking furious at the air as it roared.
"Ok, big, dumb and tone deaf. Why don't you take a little nap?" Bob grinned as he pressed another button which closed the unit's walls around the trapped nomu, muffling its enraged growls. Bob laughed proudly at their success.
"Just like old times, right, Honey?" He smiled at Helen who was frowning at him.
"Don't think for a second you're off the hook, mister. You have a helluva lot of explaining to do before I even consider not banishing you to the couch for life!"
"You can settle your marital concerns later." Aizawa interjected with a deadpanned face. "Right now, we need to find the kids and get off this god damn island."
"Then let's go already. I just hope they're alright." Helen worried.
"If they're with my students, you have nothing to fear." Aizawa reassured, his face cracking a rare albeit tiny smile. "Those kids are the craziest, most stubborn bunch of misfits I've ever taught. And they'll go to hell and back to protect each other."
XXX
Over on Team Momo's side, the group were fighting their way through the facility causing havoc everywhere they went. Countless unconscious bodies of Syndrome's guards littered the ground, walls and even some were stuck to the ceiling with Mineta's hair balls.
"So what's the plan, Yaoyorozu?" Shoto asked, removing his hand from the latest guard he'd frozen to the wall. "Do we meet up with the others first or steal a jet?"
"It's not like any of us can fly, man!" Kaminari argued.
"But there's always a chance the villains could sabotage any jets they do have before we can steal one." Tsu cautioned.
"You really think they'd break their own vehicles, Tsu?" Jiro wondered.
"If it meant keeping us from escaping, I wouldn't put it past them." Shoji agreed with Tsu. "Perhaps we should split up again. Some of us could commandeer a craft and guard it while the rest of round up the rest of the team."
"Or how about this? You don't get the aircraft, and you all become lab rats." The gang looked behind themselves seconds before a torrent of blue flames shot towards them, giving Shoto barley a second to throw up an ice wall. The barrier and the wall of the facility exploded as a result leaving the kids disoriented but unharmed on the ground from the blast. The smoke soon cleared to reveal Dabi approaching them and with him was Spinner.
"Nice try, brats, but nobody's going anywhere." The gecko villain pointed while brandishing his sword. "The code of the great Stain will decided whether you live or die." The young heroes stared down the two villains as they got to their feet and prepared to fight. "Let's find out."
XXX
Shades of green and brown blurred past Dash as he ran aimlessly through the jungle hoping to lose the pursuing guards, his heart racing as fast as his legs. But not too far behind the hovercrafts Tenya was running as well in an attempt to catch up with Dash.
The teen was already using his engines and could barely make out the boy off in the distance. 'He's as fast as Gran Torino! I can't even begin to imagine what his speed will be when he's my age.' He thought.
"I have to catch up with him before the villains do. RECIPRO BURST!" The mufflers on his legs roared into life as Tenya shot off in a burst of acceleration.
The sound of the sonic boom caused Dash to turn his head to look back, which left him unable to see the fog of mosquitoes swarming in his path, which he proceeded to plough straight through, the insects smashing over his face like, well bugs on a windshield.
The boy tumbled to the ground as he desperately tried to wipe/spit/claw the dead insects off his face, which allowed the guards to catch up with him as they prepared to shoot him from their hovercrafts.
"Dash!" Tenya snatched Dash off the ground as the guards opened fire on them, the bullets ricocheting off his armour. "Are you alright?!"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks for the save." Dash replied. "You can put me down now." Tenya complied as he let go, Dash literally hitting the ground running. The two heroes sped on, side by side until Dash noticed Tenya was beginning to lag behind him.
"Hey, you're slowing down!"
"My Recipro Burst only lasts ten seconds and my normal speed can't keep up with you. I have a backup technique but I need time to prepare it. Go on ahead and don't look back! Leave those villains to me!" Dash didn't like the idea of leaving Tenya behind, but he knew the fellow speedster could handle himself.
"Ok, but you better catch up!" He said as Iida stopped and turned to face the approaching hover crafts.
"You won't lay a scratch on this child, you fiends. Have at you!" he declared as he leapt into the air towards the guards, who looked up as he soared over them before kicking one of them hard in the head knocking the goon out instantly. His vehicle careened off course before smashing into the other one causing both to crash.
Tenya grinned at his success, but it was soon short lived as two more crafts came flying in, forcing him to duck as they narrowly missed chopping his head off with their rotors.
"Damn! They just keep coming!" He cursed as he checked his mufflers which had just about been cooled down by his suit. "Yes. I'm on my way, Dash!" He said as his engines reignited with renewed vigour. "Recipro Extend!"
At Dash's end, the boy was currently running across a patch of desert filled with boulders as the guards continued to chase him across the island. One was getting dangerously close behind him, the wind from its blades ticking the back of Dash's neck before it was suddenly struck down by a large rock.
"What they?!" Dash almost stopped running before he heard.
"I said don't look back! Just keep running!" Tenya was revealed to have been the one who kicked the rock at the vehicle as he booted another at the hovercrafts who severed to a voice his improvised long range attacks. They turned around to fire on Ingenium as he easily dodged their bullets with his advanced speed before sliding under the vehicles to catch up with Dash as they passed back into the jungle.
"That was amazing! You kicked those rocks like they were footballs!" Dash praised.
"Thank you, though if i wasn't wearing this armour I'd have broken my toes." Tenya joked before he noticed light coming through the trees and just beyond that...a cliff.
"Watch out!" He yelled as he skidded to a stop. Dash, wasn't so alert as he noticed the cliff too late and ran straight off the edge. "DASH!" The boy screamed as he fell before he suddenly landed on a passing hovercraft beneath him.
The guard quickly noticed his uninvited passenger and tried to punch, only for Dash to swiftly dodge his attack before striking back with a punch of his own. Laughing at his advanced agility, Dash began to flawlessly dodge the guards attacks while striking him back with a flow of rapid punches, even managing to knock the man's visor off. But as he readied for the next attack, something drew his attention away from the guard, which left him open to being punched off the craft.
Unfortunately for the guard, the thing that had distracted Dash was the cliff, which the hovercraft immediately smashed into in a fiery explosion. As Dash fell into the canopy below he bounced off several branches before managing to grab onto a a vine to stop his fall. He opened his eyes to find himself a foot off the ground as he touched down safely.
"I'm alive. YAHOO!" He cheered, but his celebration was shortly lived as more guards happened to be close by, who were drawn to the sound of his whooping. "Uh oh."
He quickly took off as the guards began to chase again before he took a leap off a small cliff and grabbed onto a nearby palm tree to slow his fall. The tree bent under his wait before Dash let go allowing the tree to spring back towards the guards. One craft sliced through the tree while the other exploded against the trunk.
The first vehicle continued to pursue Dash but due to the tight foliage surrounding them, the rotors began to break against the trees causing the vehicle to crash into the ground, mangling itself into a ball of broken scrap metal which almost crushed Dash who narrowly escaped it. But as he continued to run he realised two more hovercrafts had managed to catch up to him and were now on both his sides. But why weren't they trying to block his way forward?
Dash looked ahead in confusion before he realised why the guards were block his sides as straight ahead of him was a huge lagoon. Dash gasped and closed his eyes as he prepared to plunge into the cold seawater...but nothing happened. He opened his eyes and looked down...to find himself running on water. He stared at the marvel for a few second before he chortled and continued to run with the shocked guards following after. And they weren't the only ones who were astonished as back on the shore Tenya had managed to catch up after finding a way down the cliff.
"Is he running on water?! He has to be going thirty meters per second! That's faster than Gran Torino!" He watched in amazement. 'I'm sure my Recipro Turbo could make me that fast. But with this heavy armour I'd sink like a rock.' Ingenium wondered what to do, before he looked up at the many sea stacks and arches in the lagoon, which gave the young man an idea.
As Dash skimmed across the surface the guards attempted to blow him out of the water with their guns, though he easily managed to dodge their bullets. One guard aimed for an arch he was about to pass under, intending to bring the rocks down on him, when a large shadow passed over him. The guard looked to his left and cried out as one of the stacks toppled onto his craft and smashed him into the water.
Dash momentarily looked back to see Tenya leaping from rock to rock as he kicked another stack down to try and block the guards.
"What did I say?!" He said to Dash who grinned back at him.
"You said run!" He replied as he sped into a tunnel followed by two of the crafts that dodged Tenya's attacks, but one of them chose to go above the cliff instead of into the tunnel.
As Dash sped through it he spotted the guard behind him before doing a loop around the ceiling of the cave and getting behind the guard. He quickly headed back to the entrance but just before he reached it the other guard revealed himself. Dash skidded on the water and ran back only to see the first guard coming back towards him. He scurried back a forth on the water a few times as the vehicles closed in on him. But as he finally came to a standstill, he immediately sank into the water moments before the two vehicles collided in a tremendous explosion, which fortunately didn't make it below the water.
Dash then swam out of the tunnel and gasped as he broke the surface of the lagoon. Though he had grown tired from all the running he managed to struggle towards the shore and collapsed against a rock to catch his breath.
"My family's always prided itself on its speed, but I'd say you've left the Iida name in the dust, young Parr." Dash looked up to see Tenya smiling down at him holding his hand out, which Dash gratefully took allowing him to pull him out of the water.
"You're pretty fast too, Tenya." Dash smiled. "Thanks a lot for the help."
"What are heroes for?" Ingenium asked rhetorically. "But we cannot waver here. Your sister and my classmates are likely still fighting for their lives. Not to mention your parents must be worried sick. We have to move quickly."
"Haven't we been doing that for the past few minutes?" Dash laughed as Iida chopped his arms furiously.
"This is no time for jokes, we're in a crisis here!" Dash continued to laugh at his gesture as they recovered, unaware of a certain hand-wearing villain watching them from afar.
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While that had been going on however, more fights were breaking out all over the jungle.
"You made a big mistake coming after me, you Deapool ripoff!" Bakugou glared at Twice who was now facing off against him and Koda with his two Incredible clones.
"Hey, that's my Father you're talking about! Or was he my great great Uncle's former roommate?!"
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With Kirishima and Mina, the two horn buddies had managed to get away from the guards thanks to the latter's acid trap. But they soon found themselves a new adversary as a squad of berserker guards converged on their location, lead by none other than Illusion.
"I've had it up to here with you UA brats. This time none of you will escape me." He snarled pulling out his tonfas.
"Yeah, well this time you won't catch us off guard." Kirishima said back as he hardened his arms and Mina coated hers in acid.
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But on Izuku and Ochako's end, their fight was looking to be the worst of them all. As
one of Twice's Mr Incredible clones was chasing after the pair, the duplicate ran out into the clearing to find only Uravity waiting for him.
Clonecredible lunged at Ochako with a punch at the ready, the girl leaping away to avoid his swing. She then slapped a nearby boulder before hurling it towards the copy who shattered it into pebbles with his fist.
"It's gonna take more than a rock to stop me, little girl!" He taunted while Ochako stared him down defiantly. But rather than attack, she put her fingers together.
"Release!" Clonecredible looked confused as nothing appeared to happen. When he began to hear a voice from above, growing louder by the second.
"smaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!" The clone looked up to be met in the face with Izuku's glowing boot as he delivered a ferocious overhead kick from above which completely obliterated his head in a splatter of goo. The clone teetered around for a few second before collapsing and dissolving into a puddle.
"BAM! Nice one, Deku!" Ochako grinned at Izuku with a thumbs up and a wink as he rubbed the back of his head bashfully.
"Thanks. Your plan worked brilliantly, Uraraka." He smiled as the two bumped fists.
"Still, at least we know how to deal with League of Villains." Ochako said. "These island guys on the other hand. They're unpredictable. And I just his flunkies can give us trouble then Syndrome must be able to...able to..." Izuku raised his eyebrows as ochako was suddenly staring up at something with a shocked look on her face. Izuku turned around to see and gasped at who it was.
"Oh-ho-ho, no. Don't mind me. By all means...give me some ideas." Suggested Syndrome with a sinister sneer.
To be continued...
So, as you can see I've set up quite a few fights for the next chapter.
Team Todomomo and squad vs Dabi and Spinner
Bakugou and Koda vs Twice
Team Kirimina vs Illusion
And Team Izuchako vs Syndrome
And who's Mr Compress gonna go up against? All will be answered next time. As always, thank you all so much for your support and feedback. Any suggestions to give are immensely helpful in moving the story along and I'm always open to anything you'd like to recommend.
And a shoutout to StoriesUnleashed and SplashpointParabox for your suggestions and proofreading from the latter. You've been a great help.