At the top of the Central Tower, David and Sam had arrived at the control room for the security system. "Here's the smart guy," The man approached his colleagues.

"Good. Hurry up and unlock the vault," The one at the computer ordered.

"You're not the boss here," The first man took off his helmet, glaring. His hand then turned into a large knife. "Well, you heard him," He then pointed it right at David. "I'd move quickly if you wanna keep your head on."

David briefly glanced at Sam, gritting his teeth. "Sure, I'll begin," He reluctantly agreed to the demands.

"Take 'em," The one with the knife ordered as he moved away from them.

"This way." The two scientists lead the way out.

Meanwhile, the twins and the others had made it 10 floors up the stairs. Soon, they made it to the 30th floor. "Level 30," Tenya panted out a bit as even he was getting tired. His Quirk and stairs didn't exactly mix. And even if he used them, he'd run out of energy. Same for Izuka if she used her flight.

"Wait, Melissa, how high does it go?" Izuku turned around to the girl, who was panting as well.

"The 200th floor..." She said after a few seconds. Izuka fell to the ground in disbelief. She didn't even think the building was that big...

"The what?!" Denki screeched in shock.

"That's way too many stairs!" Minoru winced at the thought.

"But it's still better than running into the villains," Momo spoke up as Izuka got onto her feet, sighing heavily. Her mind crept back up to Katsuki, as not once had her phone gone off. But she couldn't exactly focus on that right now, the priority was helping everyone. I can't let myself get distracted over what happened. Even if I am still upset over it.

They passed the 40th, then 50th floor. Ochaco was behind everyone else and then glanced over her shoulder. She came to a stop to see Melissa behind them. "Hey, Melissa! Do you want me to use my Quirk on you? Or maybe Mido's?"

"I'll be fine," The 17-year-old smiled up at her out of breath. "But thanks anyway," She bent down to her feet. "Save your power for when we need it!" She then took off her shoes and ran up the stairs. "I'm right behind you!"

They reached the 60th floor, then 70th while running as fast as they could. Tenya came to a stop once they got to the 80th floor, gasping at the sight in front of him. Unfortunately, they couldn't go any further up because the pathway was barricaded. "The route's blocked!"

"What should we do?" Shoto asked while trying to catch his breath. "Break through it?"

"If we did that...I'm sure the security system would alert the villains that someone's in here..." Melissa explained through her ragged breath.

"Then why don't we go through this door instead?" Minoru reached out to the door behind them.

"Mineta!" The twins shouted at him.

"No, don't!" Melissa screamed, but he pulled the handle anyway to open it.

An alarm goes off as one of the men ran over to the computers. "Something wrong?"

"A door on a high floor just opened."

"What the hell?" He removed his cigarette. "I thought you scanned each level and they were all clear."

The one manning the computer gritted his teeth as he got security camera footage. It was then that they finally learned who was running down the hall.

"Use the barriers to trap them on the 80th floor," The leader informed once he was told of the news. "Don't let those kids escape!" He then waved for two of his men to go after them themselves.

"Roger."

All Might coughed from his position as he was still running out of time. He had no way to warn them, either... Be careful, everyone. Villains can be cunning... He gritted his teeth while trying to hold in his muscle form as much as possible. But he also had faith in the group that they'd be able to push through despite having at the fact that he was just laying there...

"Is there another way to go up?" Shoto wondered as they all ran down the hall.

"There should be another emergency exit staircase down at the end of the hallway!" Melissa called out from behind.

"Then let's hurry!" Tenya urged them while taking the lead. However, the door sealed in front of them, causing them to stop in disbelief. The other archways then started to close off.

"The gates!"

Momo looked over her shoulder with a frown to see the same thing behind them. "The ones behind us too!"

Tenya got a closer look and saw a door just behind the closing gate in front of them. "Todoroki!"

"I'm on it!" Shoto didn't need to question it as he sent a flurry of ice over to stop the gate from closing. Tenya jumped through first, speeding over and jumping up with his leg outstretched. His Quirk activated, tearing off his pant leg as he kicked the door open.

"Everyone, quick! We can cross through here!" He waved them forward.

They stepped into a plant factory. "What is this place?" Izuku murmured as they continued to run.

"It's a plant factory," Melissa explained while running next to him. "They research the effects that Quirks have on fauna here."

"Hold on!" Kyoka stopped everyone, holding out an arm. "Look! The elevator's coming up!" The elevator was indeed in use, and whoever was coming was coming in fast. All of them froze as they looked up ahead.

"Don't tell me the villains found us!" Minoru stepped back a bit in fear.

"We should hide and let them pass," Izuku looked around for a hiding spot. The group resorted to hiding in the bushes, looking right towards the elevator.

"I wonder if we can use that elevator to get to the top floor once they're gone," Denki whispered to everyone.

"No," Melissa whispered back regrettably. "Only authorized people can use the controls, unfortunately. And it's built like a bomb shelter, so we can't even break in and try!"

"Of course we can't go the easy way!" Minoru gritted his teeth bitterly, clutching some branches. The elevator then made a noise, and he yelped in fear. They watched as the elevators opened, revealing the villains that the leader sent out. Their names were Daigo and Nobu.

"Look at their clothes," Izuku glared at them a little. "They're definitely the villains from the party."

"They said the kids came in here..." Nobu murmured to his partner.

"They just had to pick a place with so many hiding spots..." Daigo spoke as they stepped in further.

"They're after us!" Ochaco whimpered a little while covering her mouth and shaking.

"Stay quiet," Tenya whispered to the brunette.

"We don't know what kind of Quirks they have, fighting them is a risk," Izuka turned to the two.

Minoru was shaking just like Ochaco. "Can't breathe...I don't wanna die!"

Denki and Kyoka looked back anxiously. Keep going...!

Don't stop...! Please don't notice us! Momo clasped her heads, pleading that they wouldn't look through the bushes.

"Hey!" Nobu spoke up as something was shaking from the bushes. "We see you, stupid kids!"

What should we do? Izuku was a bit pale as the tension was definitely high. If they got spotted, it was all over for the hostages and heroes. Are we gonna have to face them?

"What'd you say, you bastard?" A familiar voice growled out. Both of the twins gasped, Izuka's eyes shaking. Both of them looked past the bushes as the villain wasn't talking to the group. He was actually talking to both Eijiro and Katsuki, who had stumbled upon the villains.

Kacchan and Kirishima?

Izuka got a closer look at the blond, letting out a small gasp once she saw what he was wearing. Does...does that mean he really did come? But wait, what is he doing here of all places? We were supposed to meet a lot farther down than this.

"What are you two doing here?" Daigo demanded from the two.

"Heh. That's what I wanna know too," Katsuki stepped up a bit.

"Hey man, just leave this to me, okay?" Eijiro stopped him before he could do anything. He gave a nervous look that signaled to let him handle this. Katsuki kept his hands in his pockets, glaring towards the villains in silence. "Um, we kinda got lost looking for this party. Can you point us in the right direction?"

The two villains glanced towards each other in silence, not answering the question.

"How did they get all the way up to the 80th floor looking for the reception?!" Minoru hissed as the others watched in anticipation.

"Does that mean they don't know what's going on? How?" Izuka whispered while keeping her eyes on Katsuki specifically. She didn't know whether or not to be relieved that he was actually here or scared for his life. Maybe a little bit of both, but they had to do something.

"Quit lying to me or you'll regret it!" Nobu then shot a powerful water attack towards the two boys.

"Hey, watch out!" Katsuki shouted while leaping forward.

"Kirishima!" Izuku stood up and Eijiro had no time to react. A huge block of ice appeared to stop the attack before a shooting star knocked the villains onto their feet. Katsuki slid to a stop, Eijiro on the ground.

"These look like..." Katsuki looked to where the attacks came from.

The mist cleared to reveal Shoto and Izuka, who had fired with her fingers. "Todoroki and Mido?"

She frowned a little while glancing towards the ice. "Get out of the way now!" She screamed as the ice started to break. Katsuki and Eijiro flinched while stepping back, looking at her in surprise. I didn't have time to focus on my attack, so it didn't entirely stop them...and Todoroki-San's ice won't hold them back for very long.

Shoto flinched and then bent down, touching the floor with his right hand. "The four of us can keep them busy down here," He sent a bunch of ice towards the others. "Look for a way to get to the top!" They all froze as the ice was right underneath them.

"What are you doing-" Shoto created a huge ice pillar.

"We're fine. Go!" He urged them as it went up high.

"Todoroki! Mido!" Momo called out in concern.

"We'll be right behind you after we clean up this mess!" He assured the group and Izuka looked up at them.

"Don't worry about us! Helping everyone else is more important!" She clenched her fists, nodding for the group to trust the two.

"Right!" Momo nodded sharply at the duo.

"Wait, you guys are here too?" Eijiro wondered while Shoto kept controlling the ice. He then ran up to the duo, Katsuki joining them. "What the heck's going on, you guys?"

"You didn't hear the broadcast alert?" Shoto glanced up at them, only earning confusion. "Never mind then, some villains have taken over the tower."

"Everyone at the reception is a hostage, including all the heroes," Izuka looked over her shoulder. "Everything's locked down and they've taken control of the security bots."

Eijiro gasped sharply as Katsuki turned around. "Wait, that's what this is about?"

"We'll explain more when we can. No time now," Shoto watched as the ice pillar went up to another platform, one where the others wouldn't get affected by the fighting. The villains then broke through the ice pillar, getting their attention.

"What's with this guy's Quirk?" Katsuki growled as Eijiro's hands hardened. Izuka, Katsuki, and Shoto readied their hands.

"Stay on your guard!"

"Shut up, I know that!" The blond retorted and Izuka whipped around to the three.

"Can we focus?" She asked in a bit of annoyance. Katsuki blinked as he took in her appearance, examining her outfit up and down. He didn't think he'd use beautiful to describe Izuku's sister, but...she actually did look that way. Especially the skirt...

He shook his head rapidly to snap out of it. I'm supposed to be fighting, not eyeing Deku's sister!

"So you wanna pick a fight?" Daigo growled a little, twitching a little. "Then let's see how tough you really are!" His whole body formed into a bigger, purple version of himself, tearing off his shirt as he had gotten stronger as well. Shoto moved his right hand, throwing it as more ice came towards Daigo. He started punching through the ice rapidly, heading right towards them. Shoto and Eijiro jumped to the side. Katsuki and Izuka used their Quirks to elevate themselves into the air. Katsuki fell towards the villain while his hand sparked, holding out his hand from behind the villain. Izuka then fell right behind him, holding out her hand.

"DIE!" He hit the villain dead on with his explosion. At the same time, Izuka hit him with a shooting star, a bunch of smoke appearing. Izuka used her shield to keep it away from her, landing safely nearby. Katsuki landed right in front of the smoke, Daigo appearing right behind him. He growled while holding up his fist, Katsuki looking back in alarm.

"NO!" Izuka screamed while reaching out a hand to try and stop him.

"Bakugo!" Eijiro screamed while pushing him out of the way, using his hardening against the villain. He was then punched into a block of ice, crashing into a pillar.

"Kirishima/Kirishima-San!" Katsuki and Izuka shouted in a panic.

"Dodge!" Shoto warned the both of them, and the duo used their Quirks together to send themselves up into the air again. Shoto sent some ice towards Nobu, who swung his arm to block it. Nobu then swung his arm at Izuka to grab her right arm. Before she could get him off, Daigo grabbed her left arm hard.

"We'll finish this one off first!"

"Mido!" Shoto looked up as she struggled, gritting her teeth.

"Let go of her before I kill you," Katsuki threatened and before either of them could attack, Izuka squeezed her eyes shut. Her left arm started to catch on fire as ice appeared from her right arm.

I can feel something rising up in me...is this what I think it is?

"You need to start using factors from the planets to your advantage. Do research on them while also training your body to handle them," Katsuki advised Izuka before the practical exam.

She made her hands into fists as she twitched her arms slightly.

I can do this...just keep building it up.

"Let me...GO!" She threw her arms as huge blasts of fire and ice came from her hands. Katsuki slid to a stop as the villains were sent flying, Shoto looking at the girl in shock. The fire caught onto her dress however, and when she stood up straight after landing, her power stopped. She then looked at her dress on fire and patted it in annoyance. "Damn it, this took up almost my entire allowance!" She hissed to herself as she now had a scorch mark lining up the right side of her dress.

"Was that Mido?!" Tenya's eyes bulged a little as the others looked down at her in surprise.

"She learned a new power...!" Izuku blinked incredibly and then smiled brightly, having more faith in their friends now.

The three jumped and then landed, the boys back to back. Izuka stood to the side, glaring between the two villains as she panted hard. Katsuki glanced over his shoulder.

"Can we talk for a sec?"

"Kinda a bad time!" She growled as she readied her hands to fire when needed.

"I wasn't flaking on you."

She gasped as she looked back at him, Shoto a bit surprised as well. Katsuki didn't look at her, only towards Daigo. A slight blush appeared on her face as she felt a warm feeling inside of her from the simple statement. And this was coming from the same prideful boy she had known for practically all of her life—not ONCE had he expressed regret to her for anything. She stared at him for a couple of more seconds before turning away.

"No time to worry about that. We have to stop them."

His eyes widened and then he whipped around to her. "I wasn't worried!" He defended and she didn't look at him again. She'd accept the technical apology since she knew the truth now of what was really going on. For a while, she really thought that he did stand her up on purpose...

"Then why did you tell her the truth?" Shoto looked over his shoulder at the two.

"None of your business, you icy-hot bastard!"

Nobu growled for the ice attack while Daigo was now a bit burned, the two surrounding the group. "You boys and the lady know how to fight, don't you?" Nobu wondered to the three.

"Where'd you come from?" Daigo questioned the trio.

"You're not on a need-to-know basis," Izuka narrowed her eyes in annoyance.

"Right, like we'd tell a couple of weak-ass villains!" Katsuki retorted with a big grin.

"Why would we tell you anything?" Shoto held up his iced hand.

A door was broken open, Tenya and Izuku running out of the smoke. They were going through the halls again, only to find that up head was blocked off. "This way's blocked as well!" They glanced between the two gates.

"Great, so what are we supposed to do? We're like helpless mice stuck in a fancy cage!" Minoru lamented as they looked for another way, but there didn't seem to be one unfortunately. And they couldn't go back the way they came either.

"We need a plan!" Denki shouted to the ceiling in frustration.

Izuku then noticed something and turned to Melissa. "Hey, Melissa," He pointed up to the ceiling. "Where does that little vent up at the edge of the ceiling lead to? Over there," He was pointing at a little space in front of a window.

"I think it runs under the maintenance room for the sunlight system," She murmured, earning a relieved gasp from Tenya.

"There's probably an emergency ladder in the maintenance room, right?"

"Well yeah, there is, but it's a manual release. So someone would have to be inside to let it down for us," Melissa explained, which meant that they had to get inside the vent. However, it was too far out of their reach.

"Is this really as far as we go?" Ochaco gritted her teeth in a bit of frustration.

"No, there's still a possibility," Momo spoke up, getting their attention. She touched her chest to use her Quirk. They watched as she threw something at the vent. An explosion occurred to break open the vent cover. "If somebody climbs through the vent and to the exterior wall, they can get into the maintenance room!"

"Right!" Ochaco looked more optimistic as the other girls smiled. "There must be another vent leading inside!"

"They can get in that way!" Melissa smiled hopefully, though this did bring up another issue.

"But who can go through such a cramped space? And then climb through the outer wall without falling? If Izuka was here, we could've sent her, but she's too busy fighting. She could've easily flown her way up..." Izuku murmured in thought, and then everyone turned around to the obvious option.

"Uh!" Minoru stepped backwards in a panic. "You can't be serious! No, I can't!"

"Please, you have to, Mineta!" Ochaco pleaded as Kyoka joined her side.

"You're the only one of us here who can do it. We don't have time to wait for Mido."

"You idiots!" He screamed at them, wildly waving his arms in protest. "Do you have any idea how high up we are?!"

Denki grinned while wrapping an arm around him. "If you save everyone, you'll become a celebrity. They'll interview you on TV and then you'll be popular with girls everywhere!" He smiled with a thumbs up, leaving Minoru baffled. He really didn't want to, but if girls were involved...

"Come on!" Kyoka and Ochaco both pleaded with him.

"Just imagine the harem!" Denki encouraged as Minoru was utterly displeased for the task...but the reward for him he wasn't sure he could easily pass up.

"Oh man...! Okay fine, I'll do it, whatever!" He shouted while crying, hoping he won't regret it.