AN: I really wanted to learn the Orokin conlang so I could have them speak it, but decided that it would be a waste of time considering they will only use it for one to three chapters. I'm just going to improvise it with symbols. Any Japanese is just going to be run through google translate.
"Today marks the eight year anniversary of the Great Moscow Tragedy. World leaders gather today at the Memorial of Snow in a show of solidarity with the Russian government. As of this day the fate of the former number three hero of Russia, Permafrost, remains unknown."
"In national news, a large forest fire has broken out on the eastern side of Mt. Fuji. The cause of the fire has yet to be determined, but volcanic activity has been ruled out. Travelers are recommended to evacuate until an all clear is given by the Hero Public Safety Commission."
[Haylee]
The Zariman Ten Zero drifted through the Origin system. A month awaited them until their final void jump between Saturn and the Outer Terminus. Haylee sat in the stands with her fellow students watching the adults play a game of Lunaro. A horn blared as the blue team scored another goal.
"Another point to the Moon! C'mon Sun, keep up! I staked my credits on you to win dammit!" Yelled Security Officer Cavalero. The audience sweatdropped at his statement.
Leaning over, one of Haylee's friends whispered. "Is it really okay for the referee to be betting on one of the teams?" Jenva deadpanned.
"It's fine. Mister Cavalero always bets on the games." She chuckles. "Dad says he doesn't let that impact his judgment, but he does get pissed and goes down to the firing range if he loses."
"Lunaro!" The ball launched from the center of the arena, and was immediately snatched up by Jenva's mother.
"Yeah mom! Go!" Her friend yelled, standing and cheering as the game went on.
…
The game ended with team Sun's victory. Mister Cavalero had ended up winning his bet after all, much to his joy. The adults had gone off to one of the ship's many bars to celebrate. Haylee and Jenva now sat together by one of the viewports, watching asteroids pass by the ship. Both ate the mix of nutrient blocks from their trays.
"It's kinda beautiful, isn't it." Haylee said between bites. "Seeing the stars like this." She took another bite.
"Tau, what do you think it will be like? A whole new galaxy to explore." Jenva sighed, thinking about the new life that awaited them.
She chewed her food, watching an asteroid bounce off the ship's shielding.
"Honestly…" Haylee took a look around to make sure no one was around to listen in. "I'm just hoping it will be a simple life. Free of our 'Golden Lords' and all that." She finishes her food, setting her plate down on the bench. "Mother said that once the Orokin nobility comes it will be just like it was back home."
Jenva looks at her wide-eyed. "Haylee, don't say stuff like that out loud! Do you want to get your family spaced? Or worse… glassed."
"Relax Jen, there's nobody around to hear us." She asserted. "Besides, I'm pretty sure if anyone heard us they would feel the same. We are just expendable colonists after all." She flopped down on her back, head laying on her friend's lap. "But no matter where we go, we will always have each other. I promise." She closed her eyes, relaxing after the day's events.
"Then why did you let us all die."
Haylee's eyes snapped open, her friend's hollow eye sockets staring back at her. She tried to scream but she felt no air in her lungs…
"COUGH COUGH! HACK!"
The taste of salt water leaving her mouth woke her up, her body desperately fighting for air. Her hands sank into the wet sand as she coughed the water from her lungs. Spittle dripped from her mouth as she gasped for breath, taking in the fresh salty air from the beach.
As she raised her head, she could see large piles of junk piled up around the coast. Looking to her left she saw some sort of stone walkway with rails.
'Where the hell am I? Is this Earth?' She questioned, struggling to her feet. Turning around, she noticed some other humanoid forms floating in the water near a large chunk of wood.. There were three of them in total, a man with white hair lay on his back, eyes closed in the face of the sun. He was awake, but barely. Next to him sprawled in the shallows, head barely afloat was another man with red skin and spikes coming out of his head. His back was scarred by heavy burn wounds reaching from his neck to his hips. And finally, crawling out of the water…
"Lotus!" the blue haired Tenno yelled as she rushed to her adoptive mother figure's side. "Are you alright!?"
"Tenno…" The Lotus weakly responded. "Don't worry about me. The others… get them out of the water…"
'She's alive, that's all that matters. And free from that bastard…" She nodded to The Lotus, pulling her out to dry land before wading back into the ocean. She pulled the unconscious red skinned man out first, careful not to touch his exposed burns. 'Who are these people? I don't remember ever seeing anyone in the Origin System like this… maybe he was experimented on by the Sentient?'
After securing him on the beach, she trudged through the water to the other man. "Hey, can you hear me? I'm going to pull you to shore."
The man opened his eyes, they shone blue with a fractalized diamond shaped iris with no pupil.
"Operator?" He wheezed out, struggling to put the words out as if he had barely used his vocal chords.
"Ordis?!" A million questions raced through her mind. How was this possible? She knew that he had once been human, as almost all pre-collapse cephalons were. Was this his old form? Or a combination? The eyes looked like his holographic form at the very least, lending her theory credit.
"Can't… move my body… not used to… limbs." He whispered, barely audible over the waves.
"Don't worry buddy, I'll get you out of here." She reassured the reborn Ordan Karris. Haylee lifted him up by the armpits, dragging his limp body to the shore. As she lay him down next to the others, she heard the sound of a footstep behind her and whirled around. Behind her, standing at the edge of the heaps of trash was a boy with green curly hair.
"A-Anata wa daijōbu?"
[Izuku]
Izuku had been hard at work, already filling up another truckload for All Might to haul off. He had earned himself a small rest break. His body was already covered in a light sheen of sweat, one that would grow once the sun was fully overhead. Removing his new gloves, he grabbed a water bottle. Then he heard something over the sound of the waves.
"COUGH COUGH! HACK!"
It was barely audible, but he could tell it was a person. They usually didn't see anyone out on the beach, considering the trash that covered most of it. He looked around.
'Could that have been All Might-sensei? No, he just drove off a few minutes ago. Plus that sounded like it came from the shore…'
Izuku set down his water bottle, heading over to investigate. It could be someone needing help. He made his way down the beach, following a narrow patch of sand leading to the shore before stepping over a pile of loose scrap, shoes crunching against the metal.
The first thing he saw was a woman leaning up against a rock, wearing a tattered purple suit. The material looked like some sort of hero outfit. He caught a gasp when he saw the one next to her.
This man was in bad shape, horrible burns covering his back, the rest of his body was red. He had odd spiky protrusions jutting between his hair. His chest lightly rose and fell, indicating that he was still alive, albeit barely.
The sound of water sloshing caught Izuku's attention. A girl who looked about his age, with lapis colored hair dragging a man with ragged white hair out of the water by his armpits. She wore a nearly skintight bodysuit, which was torn on the arms, legs, and back. The man she was pulling wore only a very waterlogged brown robe.
Caught off guard, he took another step forward, making a loud footstep on the pile of scrap he was standing on. The girl whipped around, to face him.
"A-are you okay?"
Getting over her surprise, the girl tilted her head at him, still in a wary stance
"⏃ɪ ⎅⍜⊑⟒⏁ ˌ⎍⊑⎅ə⍀⌇⏁⊑æ⋏⎅?" The blue haired girl replied in a tone that conveyed confusion. She obviously didn't know Japanese. Her accent sounded closer to American, maybe European. Maybe she spoke English? He knew a little so he might as well try that. The girl was currently looking at the people resting on the sand. When she turned back toward him he tried again.
"English?" He inquired. She stared at him with the same cautious and confused look before shaking her head. He took another step forward and she shouted in alarm, raising her hands. He backed up, holding his hands up to show he meant no harm.
'I need some way to communicate with her…' He thought to himself. 'Maybe I can try to introduce myself?' Izuku pointed to himself and spoke slowly. "Midoriya Izuku. I am Midoryia Izuku."
She looked confused for a few seconds before seeming to realize what he was doing.
"Meehdohriha?" She tested the word, pointing to him.
He nodded back to her. She was close, but the pronunciation was a bit off.
She spoke again, pointing to him. "Meehdohriha Ezuhku…" She pointed to herself. "Haylee."
He was getting somewhere now.
"Young Midoriya! Are you down there? Are the people down there okay?!"
He turned back to the beach, seeing All Might in his skinny form jogging down the narrow path of sand towards him.
"I'm on the shore Al- Yagi! There are some people down here that look like they are hurt!" He shouted back.
"I'll be there shortly, young man! Let me grab the first aid kit from the truck!" He watched his mentor turn around and begin to jog back to the truck.
'They definitely will need more than a first aid kit…' He started to yell back
"I think they-"
Stomp! Thrummmmmmm!
He turned around to see a large red man approaching the group.
"Tenno!"
[Haylee]
Haylee stared at the boy warily. Whatever he said wasn't Orokin, nor any Corpus, Solari, or Ostron dialect she knew. It certainly wasn't Grineer. "I don't understand?" She responded. It looked like he didn't know what she was saying either from the response.
She glanced over to her fallen allies and the mysterious red man. The Lotus and Ordis were still conscious for now, the female Sentient helping the latter lean up against the wall. Ordis watched them with narrowed eyes, too weak to speak.
She turned her attention back to the boy. He asked her something again, in a different sounding language that she still did not understand.
"English?"
She watched him, trying to figure out what he meant. Maybe he was asking about a different language? She went with that guess and shook her head. Haylee watched the boy think. He clearly looked concerned for them, so he probably was not a threat. Still, she had no idea where they had ended up. If this really was a new universe, like the Man in the Wall promised…
The boy spoke again, this time pointing to himself. "Midoriya Izuku."
'He's trying to tell me his name, at least I think he is.' She realized. "Meehdohriha?" She attempted to repeat, pointing at the boy to show she at least understood what he was trying to do, regardless of if she was saying it right.
"Meehdohriha Ezuhku." She repeated, then pointed to herself. "Haylee."
Suddenly she heard another voice calling out to the boy. It sounded older, maybe his father? They were having some sort of conversation. She remained on guard, watching him yell to whoever it was. Then she heard another set of footsteps behind her, whirling around.
Stomp! Thrummmmmmm!
"Tenno!"
"Father?" She heard The Lotus gasp.
The man that stood before her was no longer the gargantuan behemoth buried beneath Uranus, thankfully. She could see the resemblance though. His head was tower shaped with four glowing blue eyes at the base and exposed large teeth. He looked human, for the most part.
"My children, Natah… Erra. From my tomb, I never thought I would lay my optics on you again."
[Hunhow]
Ten minutes before Izuku found them.
Hunhow awoke to a blinding light.
'What… is this?' He thought, shielding his face with his hands.
…
Wait. Face? Hands?
His eyes blinked rapidly as he sat up, hands resting on soft and wet silica particles of a beach. His vision slowly focused from the blur and he stared down at his newfound appendages. Hunhow examined his body, discovering he was wearing a loose robe that seemed to be made out of red armor plating, covering only his legs.
How did this happen? He should be dead from what he remembered, trapped beneath the ocean surface as the Void had ravaged the planet, water turning to glass, then plasma around him. The excruciating pain of a power that was poison to his kind, and then nothingness.
And yet he was alive. He shakily stood up, looking around. He had washed up on the other side of some sort of unnatural rock formation with railings. Alongside it was a beach littered with refuse. Broken machines of all types littered the landscape of what he assumed to be a beautiful beachfront.
'I assume this mess was caused by human wretches. So disrespectful of the natural order. Back in Tau, the beaches were the perfect blend of Sentient bio-architecture and nature.'
That raised the question. Where was he? He needed more information. This odd bipedal form he now wore was an annoyance that he would have to get used to. Reaching for his power, he attempted to levitate himself. The ground beneath his feet vanished as he slowly ascended. Despite his new body's comparatively small stature, he still seemed to have most of his Sentient abilities.
His gaze wandered as he reached an altitude of about a hundred meters, taking in the sights. He could see that this stretch of land was tainted by discarded filth, a bright blue ocean in front of him. Turning around, he saw something unexpected. Civilization, and a large one at that.
'Impossible. If this is Earth, there is no way such a large colony would be unscathed by those Grineer pests.' Hunhow thought to himself. 'And this level of technology, so primitive…'
Could this truly be Earth? Turning his attention back to the beach, movement caught his eye. He began to descend toward their location, landing a short distance away from them. As he approached, he saw several figures strewn out on the beach, and two standing with their backs turned to them
He recognized the lapis colored hair and tattered bodysuit of the Tenno but, not in the form he had seen them in days before. She was back in her younger body. The girl was talking to another human that he did not recognize.
Compared to what he saw next they were but an afterthought. His rebellious daughter, Natah, and beside him, someone covered in burn scars with a similar appearance to himself. He would recognize those spikes sprouting from the unconscious man's disheveled hair anywhere. His misguided son, Erra.
He decided to make his presence known. Stepping over a pile of machinery with a loud stomp, and letting his power show freely.
"Tenno!"
Natah was the first to notice him.
"Father?" She gasped.
"My children, Natah… Erra. From my tomb, I never thought I would lay my optics on you again." Hunhow stated to his daughter.
"Hunhow?" The Tenno responded to his presence with shock. What was her name again? Haydee? Haylee? That sounded right. The one who had opposed many of his plans before, and had the audacity to ask him for help to rescue Natah even as his Shadow had held a scythe to her throat. It looked as if she had succeeded in her goals, not just rescuing his daughter, but his son as well.
"Silence Tenno. This does not concern you." He glared at the Voidspawn that dared interrupt him. "I have come for my family and nothing more. We shall be whole once again."
"I'm not letting you take her just after I got her back." The girl growled at him.
"You shall not keep me from my children!" He raised his fist, knuckles glowing with energy when suddenly the green haired human that he had barely paid any mind to stepped between him and the Tenno.
[Izuku]
Izuku had been startled by this new man's sudden appearance behind them. He was nearly as tall as All Might in his bulky form, and had red skin like one of the people lying unconscious on the beach. His face kind of reminded the green haired boy of the Pro Hero, Ectoplasm, with the exposed teeth and all.
"Tenno!"
'Heavenly Sovereign?' He questioned, tracking the gaze of the red man to the girl he had been attempting to communicate with. 'Tenno, Is that her name or a title? She certainly doesn't look like anyone from the Imperial family. She's definitely not Japanese so that wouldn't make any sense… Wait! Haylee is an American name, they don't introduce themselves with their family name over there!'
While he was distracted by his thoughts, the situation had degraded between Tenno Haylee and the new arrival. He had raised his fist, which began to glow with power. When Izuku saw what was about to happen, his legs moved on their own, putting himself between the girl and the man about to attack.
[Haylee]
Haylee's eyes widened as the boy threw himself between her and Hunhow.
"Stop! He'll kill you!" She shouted to Izuku.
"Father! Don't!" The Lotus cried out, feebly reaching toward him.
Hunhow froze at his daughter's plea, his fist cocked back and ready to strike. "I will not be kept from my family after all these centuries. If a meager human has to die, then so be it. Your attachment to these… parasites, it disgusts me." He hissed.
The Lotus struggled to her feet, leaning up against the pile of trash. "The boy is innocent. There is no need for further bloodshed. Take a look around. Wherever we have ended up is not our Earth." She pleaded, legs shaking from exhaustion. "And Erra, he's badly hurt. He needs medical attention that we both know none of us can provide."
She could see Hunhow hesitate. Despite all his flaws, he did care about his children. He began to lower his fist.
Only to be interrupted by the arrival of a man who looked like he was a walking corpse with how thin and weak he looked. His arrival startled the Sentient, and she could feel his bloodlust directed toward the new arrival.
Hunhow prepared to attack the frail man…
[Toshinori]
Toshinori had not heard Izuku get cut off, as he was already jogging back to his truck. He grabbed the first aid kit and sprinted back down the beach. As long as he didn't exert himself in this form too much he could still be pretty fast sometimes.
He hopped over the trash pile to come face to face with a giant of a man with his fist pointed toward him. His eyes darted around, noticing young Midoriya between a girl and the imposing figure in front of him.
'Crap… and in front of all these people…'
With a burst of steam, Toshinori bulked up to his muscle form, leaping high into the air to the shock of his opponent. Before the crimson titan could react…
"DETROIT SMAAAASH!"
He crashed down onto the man, punching him hard enough to knock him out instantly. The man's skin seemed to harden as his fist made its impact, letting out a grunt of pain. Unknown to him, he had overwhelmed Hunhow's damage adaptation. The beach shook with the impact, knocking Izuku, the blue haired girl, and another woman leaning against a pile of trash off their feet. A third man laying next to the unconscious Erra looked on in shock.
"Do not worry young Midoriya, because I AM HERE!" He exclaimed. He noticed the three strangers staring at him with wide eyes.
"A-a-all Might… they saw your…" Izuku stammered out with a panicked expression on his face.
"We can worry about that later young man!" He stated as he grabbed the unconscious Hunhow, hoisting him over his shoulder.
Creeeaak!
A large refrigerator, loosened from the pile of garbage by his punch, tilted over and fell toward the group of people sprawled on the ground. He had been so preoccupied with reassuring Izuku and grabbing the man that he didn't have time to react.
The girl acted fast, jumping toward the falling fridge. He watched as her right arm seemed to morph into some metallic material, letting out a scream of pain as her flesh changed. A glowing purple blade emerged from the palm and with a quick slice, the fridge was split cleanly in two. The pieces fell off to the sides, narrowly missing the three on the ground.
The girl fell to her knees, exhausted.
[Izuku]
By the time Izuku saw the falling fridge, it was too late to react. He watched in horror as it fell toward the trio on the ground. Suddenly he saw a blur of blue and purple as Haylee flew past him, screaming in pain as her arm changed. Her palm glowed with a flash of purple light as a blade emerged, splitting the fridge in two.
He watched her fall to her knees, clearly exhausted from the effort, her breathing erratic.
'What kind of quirk is that?' He exclaimed to himself, shocked at the display. Even more confusing was the fact that she looked just as shocked as he did.
"ðæ⏁ ˈʃʊ⎅ə⋏⏁ ⏚⟟ ˈ⌿ɑ⌇ə⏚ə⌰…" She managed to say, before falling face first into the sand, unconscious.