-Speech-
"quoted or custom name of something"
(-Hunt Or Be Hunted-) Time skip or change of prespective
If font is in bold letters it is OFA talking or AFO talking or sound effects, or sometimes some character scream loud enough (Present Mic)
Chapter 10: Sea of Blood part 2
There was smoke, a swirling slowly disappearing tornado made of smoke, dirt and overwhelming power, but smoke wasn't only what happened in the epicenter of the attack ground cracked and a small crater was created from sheer power of recalling One For All power for the first time. Where once stood long and sturdy reinforced cement wall, was a pile of rubble with spidercracks going all the lengths around the wall spreading all around.
Behind the attack all walls were rattled and lots of small debries and dust was lifted from the old abandoned factory complex, just by sheer force and that it was close to the attack, besides it all the cracked windows were no more, but not only there, for one mile straight shockwave was so powerful it rattled fundations of buildings around with this attack, and machinery complexes closest to the epicenter had no more windows to spare, even those inside buildings, and everything that wasn't straight screwed to the ground was moved.
Back at the site and the general direction of the punch nothing remained... as the most powerful attack in the entire recorded history of quirks hitted the wall and it didn't stopped there, it traveled much further away, the air pressure from attack was so enormous that it instantly broke sound barrier and travelled much, much further away, before the factory complexes were a long valley that was cutted in the middle by road and from distance was visible faint image of Mustafu in the distance.
But now since the attack hit, the various hills literred with flowers were no more. Now the attack was so strong it dug out dirt around the path of it slowly losing momentum, it hit the highway in the distance, the same that cutted the valley in half, but it didn't stopped, it cut straight through turning it into rubble and shockwave traveled even further towards Mustafu city, thankfuly it didn't damaged the city much, be the time the shockwave traveled there much of the momentum was lost, and it traveled rather upward than downward.
But it hit the tallest skyscrapers anyway making them lose all of their windows and shook their fundations to the core, but there were no major catastrophy beyond broken windows and some very unlucky people that died from the falling debries.
But it all wasn't over yet...
And the new symbol is already here.
-Hunt or be Hunted-
Knuckleduster's eyes flickered open and he saw darkness, for a while he was confused since he didn't felt his improvised bed. Instead he felt like he was laying inside some dark and round shaped objects all around, he sniffed the air and instantly regreted doing that as he fell into fit of coughing up dust that was still swirling all around, but he knew this smell, it was smell of used up tires that he keeps outside their base, he keeps them to sell them for new support equipment, he knows some guy that has some rubber related quirk that can shape rubber as much as he likes and makes from old literred with holes tires brand new that are sport worthy, but that is not the case, he needs to figure out what happened and why is his ears ringing.
He lifted himself with a grunt from the rubble already examinging his body through the cloud of dust that was lifed all around, his legs were in place, fingers were too, he quickly checked himself for injuries and with relieved sigh he discovered that nothing beyond his concussion has happened. As he lifted himself up from the tires that he was thrown out his hearing started returning to him a little and his memories suddenly flooded back.
We were driving to the hideout with the kid, there was Pop step... then Stain joined us... and we were about to talk to the kid... wait. The kid!
They were fighting and then...
-Fuck... what the hell was that? Was it?... He has a quirk?- He asked himself mumbling, that he definetly not picked from his kid.- Fuck! Kid! Izuku!-
He yelled and runned of to the cloud of smoke slamming himself right into Pop step that was doing the same. He couldn't believe he did such a rookie mistake as he rememebered the frist and most important rule after encountering a disaster. He heard Pop step yelling something but he couldn't focus enough as his ears were still ringing, lifting himself up he felt as somebody helped him stand up and it was nobody else but his noseless frienemy. He tried to speak but speak to him but seeing it doesn't work he just used sign language with his fingers saying F-I-N-D K-I-D. He understood instantly and they grouped up covering their faces with their arms as they moved forward towards centrum of the swirling dust cloud.
-And here you are running like the headless chicken...- He heard bits as his hearing returned with standard bitching from Pop step he honestly felt his mood little improved with that, meaining that if Pop step is bitching she is all right more or less, Stain is pushing up with his silent determination like always so he cannot be sure if he is not injured because this man never gives anything about himself unless he is at death doorstep or even then not. So he cannot be sure if he is all right.
As they all got to the center they saw a faint image of a muscled man, a titan of a man, a pinacle of humanity you could say, after the cloud was blown away even more they saw the man was wearing a scraps of clothing he wore earlier, it was torn so much it was unrecognizable, the only thing remained were scraps of pants providing a little amount of modesty left, and small parts of shirt on the man neck left, his entire figure was like sculpted from stone, like a image of Atlas that was holding the world, a perfect man, if he was mucled even more it would look grotesque, but as he is now is perfect, a steam is leaking between his defined muscles making the image of this hero even more memoreable, his jaw was square one like from an olimpic god, and his features were ones as well, a healthy green eyebrows that were bushy but not to much, the shadows around his eyes were casted in such a way that only green irises were visible as his eyes that were focused on a single point that only this man could see. There was also a blinding smile radiating like a sun or even brighter. But his hair...
Were a completly diffrent story, they were like huricane of most expensive silk that was glowing in green light with neon green lightning arching between them from time to time like he was some god of thunder, well he as well can be from his infinite might, his hairs on ends were releasing a ghastly green smoke on ends like at the ends of his hair they were transforming into green smoke glowing with godly energy. His whole hair moved like he was diving underwater, his beautiful lion mane of a hair were dancing in the wind like a breathtaking spectacle.
It was an image of All Mighty god.
And they were all staying stunned at this image of godhood.
Knuckleduster eyes were almost bulging out of their sockets as his jaw was hanging low from sheer disbelief of what he was witnessing again after all those years, Popstep dropped her baseball bat and frozen in spot just looking unblinking, Stain sinked to his knees looking like saw god being reborn in front of his very eyes.
-Hunt or Be Hunted-
He was there again. All around him was nothing else but all encompasing void. He tried to remember how did he get there even, he didn't remembered falling aspleep in his bed room, right it was exam day, he... failed... or rather they rejected him because he didn't had a quirk. He felt his anger rising and steam rised from him in large quantities like he was hot stone with evaporating water around it. It felt... strange. He tried to move his arms and legs and discovered that he could, at least he felt that he could do that.
Then he looked at himself and saw himself, there wasn't any strange smoky substance hindering him there. Not this time, what is going on? Did somebody spiked his drink and he is high on acid right now? No... it is not how acid looks like, its not like he knows how it looks like personaly but he reads stuff! Yes.
And now he hears some voices like sometimes when he enters there.
-He is here! OMG! You think he can hear us?- Some female voice says clearly giddy about something. It was all followed up by a string of constant muttering.
Then around resonates a smack and a yelp of pain followed by a round of colorful curses.
-Shut up! God damn it, my head is aching from your rambling and I'am pretty sure I'am already dead!- Some gruff voice says.
-You made dead feel pain! Are you proud of yourself Nana?- Some teenager voice asks with snickering and there is also a resounding smack following this.
-Both of you shut up, by the way, no I don't think he can hear us, none others could, and Toshinori didn't ever took us seriously or ignored us upright so the chances of him being able to is very low.- Some slow and stoic voice said.
-But he could earlier? Right? First time it looked like he could?...- A gruff voice says with some awkardness in it.
Izuku can't take this rumbling that he is excluded anymore and turns around to see who is behind him, not like he think he might actually see who is behind him.
Then he sees.
He sees five people drenched in various colors talking to eachother, first man is a scrawny looking teenager with white long hair that flows freely on his face, he has a slight slump to his shoulders and he seems to wear very plain clothing compared to the others. Then the second person is also a teenager with dark hair and patient eyes that hides his mouth behind collar of his clothing that looks like hero costume but still looks rather stiff and military like with all those buttons and stuff, next is a broad bald man that is towering over all of them, he has gogles on his head and his face looks like its carved from stone, he frowns a little looking at the others like he tries to figure out something, he wears also a flashy hero outfit with bullet belt across his torso that is his most prominent feature, next man is standing away from everyone, he has green hero outfit with a hoodie and white pants that are tattered at the ends with his bare feet. He is only one bare footed person here, he focuses on his face that is obscured by his hoodie that he wears, he feels some sort of connection with the man and feels he has social anxiety. He has blonde hair and a plain face, but sharp edged ragged scar that tears through his face makes him more eye catching, next is a person that gives him big mom vibes, she is a muscular woman that wears black spandex uniform, on top of it she wears a long cape that is hanging around her neck with a golden rope, she has yellow gloves that looks exactly like the ones his mom uses for house work, he skips this stupid comparison of his mind and sees that she is looking straight at him with mortification present on her face.
-Um... guys...- She says but they doesn't listen to engrossed in their bickering, and one already fights with fifth tearing him a new one for daring to eat gold fish in front of him again. As Izuku blinks owlishly at them confused, a bunch of strangers stoics of group finally caught up to Nana disturbed yelling and actually look at him switching their expressions to wide eyed and with their mouths wide open.
And silence continues and the only sound that could be heard are punching and screaming of fifth and one fighting for bag of gold fish.
-Great I finally went mad. I wondered when this will really happen.- Izuku says with wobbly smile while others try to sputter out excuses about their behavior. Before anybody can say anything Izuku gets bodyslammed by rolling fifth that is tackled by the one that screams like some enraged beast.
-Hunt or Be hunted-
Inside the empty realm with dark swirling void encompansing it were a small island with 9 thrones on it, in first throne that had way smaller backrest than the others sat Midoriya Izuku, he was nervously fidgeting with his hands as he looked at the other 8 people. The first of them was a teenager that looked rather embarassed for good reason, he was the one that particulary toss out fifth at Izuku's back for daring to eat gold fish in front of him. Which is a very serious crime in vestige realm it appears indeed. Next was second that looked intensly at Izuku and he was clearly searching something in the boy, and it appears third was also looking the same way at Izuku. Next was fourth that was looking calm and collected in comparison to their few moments when they were all freaking out when fifth slammed into Ninth like a bowling ball. And speaking of fifth he still unashamedly ate his bag of gold fish like nothing had happened, though he still send nervous glances at Izuku from time to time. Next was sixth, he peeked behind his strange clothing scanning Izuku similary to second and third. But rather had some grim understanding written on his face, like he knew what Izuku was going through. Next was the only woman of the bunch that was smiling good naturely like a mother of unruly family of gremlins not carring about house being on fire by them while talking to you kind of way. She honestly looked more sane than the others but still she looked like she was going insane by the twitching of her eyes. Next was a skinny skeleton like man laying on his throne and coughing a impressive amount of blood.
When Izuku sight laid on the last person his breath was caught in his throat and he couldn't speak or move for a while.
-Well, then... yes..- First began awkwardly and woman send him a harsh glare that made him shrink even further and Izuku distracted himself with the actual situation he was in instead of last figure from his nightmares also being there. He was afraid he would see him again if he would stare at him any longer, he don't want Turning Point nightmares to haunt him even longer. He is tormented enough thank you.
=So lets start once again.- Woman sighed with resignation at her predecesors antics. - My name is Nana Shimura and I'am the seventh holder of One For All.- she explained and Izuku stared at her for a while with his mouth slightly open, after a while of uncomfortable silence he understood he needs to nod to restart the conversation so he nodded. - Good, first I tell you a story a story of two brothers...-
As she was explaining the story Izuku was staring at her with vacant stare like he was watching snow dry on the other side of the road. They looked concerned at his behavior but didn't said a word.
-So let me get this straight, this guy... Yoichi Shimimaki?- Izuku said and Fifth let out a huff of laughter. - Is first holder of a first artificialy created quirk, made of fusion of two quirks into one, and apparently his brother stole quirks like they were flip flops from everyone around on the dawn of quirks, and apparently stolen so much quirks he became immortal menace that looms over society to this day, and he is apparently the same asshat that killed all of you, including All Might.- Izuku said.
-Well you summed it rather well, I have nothing more to add to this explanation.- Yoichi nods turning to his more serious persona completly disregarding twitching of Izuku eye and his wobbly insane smile as he was recounting the events. - But I have more to add to that list. - Yoichi leans from his throne towards Izuku.- Why exactly are you even here?- He asks and Izuku snorts.
-Shouldn't you know that? You are the ghost or vestiges or something, you guys got me here right?- He asks and woman that is apparently Named Nana Shimura clicked her tongue. - You know and... what do you guys have to do with all of this.- He points at the other holders that sink into contemplation about their lives and what did they actually did and Izuku is none the wiser about it.
-Well to say it short yes and no.- Yoichi starts and Izuku looks at him again waiting for this weird dream to end.- We wanted to speak or contact you in anyway before, for example thorugh dreams or visions to offer you our guidence in our fight against All for One... and all evil in general.- Yoichi quickly adds the last bit after thinking it through, they seriously discussed this before and came to an undertanding that All For One is not the root of all evil, but greed itself, or rather greed of authorities, safety commission and other people in power, that was what let All For One grow and fester in the first place he was created, he began as a man that was lending hand to people that were attacked for their quirks in the dawn of quirks, offering much needed protection at that times, but it never stayed that way, he always wanted more, and more his greed is endless just like his hunger for quirks. And even later many people that were on his side were widely rejects of society like quirkless and others that society frowned upon from their quirk status or any other reason. He was always there to give them a hand, and ultimately use them as canon fodder later when they were out of use for him.
Taking a deep breath Yoichi looks at Izuku again.- But something unexpected happened... we shouldn't be here, you shouldn't be able to talk to us so soon, and apparently your hold on One For All is instantenous just like All Might, and that shouldn't have happened. Do you know about quirk singularity theory?- He asks while leaning on his hand.
-It was a theory that quirks will evolve so much, with so rapid pace that after couple of generations they will spiral out of control bringing end of the world as we know it or real end of the world, this theory was written by Garaki Kyudai.- Izuku instantly catches up to this and completly forgets about his impending insanity instead focusing on one of his many quirk word vomit sprees. Almost all of them smirk a little at that change of behavior from him. - Unfortunetly scientist was discredited after first presentation of that theory, his reputation was ruined and he was laughed at even isinuating such thing, but from what I could understood, it was quite possible, but the question remains why did people reacted so violently in the first place? I understand people not wanting to talk about impending apocalypse or something but simple dismissal would be enough...- Izuku devolves to less understandable muttering making Toshinori lift his eyebrows.
After a round of coughing around the room Izuku catches himself up again and blushes profusely looking like a strawbery with his freckles adding to the impression.
-O-oh.. I'am sorry I just always get caught up in things and all.- Izuku tries to apologize but the others snicker around him adding to his misery even more.
-Nothing to worry about kid, but hey, now at least we take your attention elsewhere from your apparent lack of sanity.- Said fifth that Izuku didn't knew name yet.
-Oh.. yeah, so you are real? I get this and you sir...- Izuku starts but gets cut off by the fifth.
-My name is Daigoro Banjo or you can call me Lariat like everyone here when they don't want to murder me. And eh.. my quirk is blackwhip- Said Lariat jokingly but before Izuku could respond somebody else spoke.
-So, if we are in all of this 'meet the team' thing I'am En the sixth holder, and don't listen to Fifth nobody calls him that.- En unexpectantly butts in probably knowing that leaving discussion to Fifth won't end very well for them all.
Next straightens out man with a scar that runs all acros his face that looks like his face cracked rather than was sliced, which was very odd, Izuku also noted that man had slight limp on right side of his face and he seems more sluggish of the rest of them.
-Yes, kid you guessed right, I got stroke from use of my quirk, but that thing is at another time, when you will actually receive our quirks and when we all reach singularity. - He says and quickly mumbles adding.- hopefully this time for real. Anyway my name is Hikage Shinomori. My quirk is called Danger sense, you will understand later why that is important.- He ends and Izuku firstly blushes at being called out on his mumbling.
-Ah, then you.. wait! I will get your quirks?!- Izuku finally catches up to the meanings of his words after a while. Not understanding what he means with those words. How can someone receive someone else quirk like that? Well, he quesses that is far less extremse that with what AFO is doing, but still he received this quirk from All Might and now he will receive even more quirks?! He mumbles a storm again.
-Yes you will get... probably, that what we theorized what will happen, and well that's what we 'feel' will happen.- As Izuku stares confused at Nana to elaborate she scratches her head sheepishly. - You see, you may not see it but this quirk sometimes gives us as vestiges some predictions and feels that most times are proven correct, first theorized that maybe quirk besides being amalgamation of our quirks allows us to use it also independly and also don't, like you see in your 'mighty' form in reality you take various aspects of our quirks to appear as the 'perfect hero' image this quirk instinctualy strives to. You know flowing hair, muscular body and all this stuff, and it apparently seems your body has been preparing and being shaped by One For All just for you to be able to achieve what we called 'Apogeum' you will achieve that by becoming perfect container for One For All, and then, and only then you can give one hundred percent of this quirk and all of its aspects combined like our quirks.- As Nana presents the theory First came up with they all lean forward to this with Izuku already babling the implications of this all.
-Wait! You are saying that OFA is sentient? - Izuku asks and Nana nods.
-Besides our vestiges that are left inside One For All, there appears to be... some form of sentience that guides you, protects you and reinforces you, with this you can have faster reflexes than any other person could, you can predict things that are about to happen, you can use many quirks and their combinations without any strain on your brain at all because One For All manages this for you in the background, your subconciousness. At least that what we think is happening with Toshinori Mighty form and your Mighty form.- Nana concludes. She looks like she isn't sure of this, but its their best quess anyway so she stays silent.
-So you are saying that I can be as powerful as All Might from the start?- Izuku asks dumbly and he hears in front of him raspy laugh that fifth let out at his question.
-No, I don't think so you will.- He says and composes himself switching his face to grim determination.- But well, still you have the same power level as All Might at the begining of his carer or at the fall of his prime when All For One gravely injured him. Well, as for you now we do not know how you will be able to rein this power in, since for all of us One For All worked differently but from what I can see your power works very similar to Toshinori. It takes multiple aspects of our quirks like for example smoke from En and it inflates your body to your mighty form to offer you some semblance of privacy in hero duties. And well since you are going rogue... One For All responds to that in some way by creating this form.- Fifth says.
As Izuku stares at them his sight lands at two users that didn't said anything yet, as he landed his sight on them they recoiled and seated themselves deep into their thrones looking at him with... defiance? For what? What he can even do to them? They are dead right? He can't do anything else to them than bore them to death with his mumblings right now. Damn it Izuku focus.
-This guys over here? They are edgy lords. - Fifth says while sending them a glance and they scoff at him like a grumpy cats. - Don't take them so seriously, they will warm up to you sooner or later.- He finishes and Izuku stares uncomfortably at second and third that stare him down like they can peer into his soul just by mere look at him, they were judging him, and as it stands for now they were not impressed.
-Young Midoriya.- Says voice he knows way to well. Time seems to stop for a moment. Izuku for the first time shakes in his seat since he arrived here, not creepy and overly excited strangers with their strange antics make him that way but his own Idol voice. Why is he like that? What the hell is wrong with me?! This is the same voice he hears in his nightmares, when this happens over and over again, reminding him of his failure, of his failure that he cannot allow himself to forget, that he... took symbol of peace from the world with his uselesness.
Everybody gasp all around the room.
-I said it out loud didn't I?- Izuku asks with pound of self hatered. He don't know even when he got up, but now he was standing behind his throne and between his fingers gazing into deep swirling void of One For All, he really had to fuck up didn't he? Now he is making a pity party out of himself, showing how unworthy and truly worthless he is.
But before he can spiral into his thoughts again he gets wrapped in a hug, skeletal hug by someone very skinny, and he knows who that person is. He cries even harder at that, and yes he is crying not knowing even when he started in the first place.
-Young Midoriya this is not your fault.- Says voice that haunted his dreams for years of guilt and Izuku cannot help but only listen and hope for a rebuke and shame he deserves so, so much.- None of this is your fault. The only one at fault here is this monster, and maybe I for my foolishness for taking this fight alone.- Toshinori says.
-Y-You are not angry at me?- Izuku stutters between his sobs looking at Toshinori with disbelieving eyes.
-I never was.- He says and Izuku cries even more if it is even possible. For a while everyone here thinks that his secondary quirk is super tears or something.
-The fight between me and All For One shouldn't ever happened as it is right now, I was... to certain of my own victory and blided by my own rage. The only being at fault here is me and this monster. I should gather my allies, get help from my teacher and Mirai, but due to our disagreement he couldn't be there on time, and my fiasco like 6 years ago repeated and this time I paid for it the highest price.- Toshinori lets out Izuku from his hug and places a hand on his shoulder.- Don't be like me, don't be a fool that rushes towards the battle without allies at hand or better plan, you always talked before like every other kid that you want to be hero like All Might don't be like him, don't be like me, don't be a fool that wastes this overwhelming power for just punching and then thinking. And I think you are already better at this than me or any other pro at this point young Midoriya.- Toshinori states proudly as Izuku blushes. Others look curiously at the exchange but doesn't talk about it since Izuku has so low rock bottom self worth they cut him some slack before they will begin 'truly' train ninth user of One For All, they didn't had any such situation like that since Nana was teaching Toshinori so they are all set in about it save 2 edgy lords that sulk in their lone nerd corner that only Yoichi visits from time to time or when they sometimes come out of thier shell to announce their forbbiden and very wise knowledge that honestly nobody cares about.
-S-so... what happens now?- Izuku asked.
Toshinori cupped his chin thoughtfully and everyone in the room took on similar contemplative expressions as well. Just as this happened they felt entire realm shifted and Yoichi standed up from his throne in a hurry.
-It seems our time is running short Ninth, we do not have any more time to spare you, so maybe other time we can spend on pointless explanations when you will finally activate One For All and we can start from there, on every wielder this power has worked differently, I suppose with you will be the same, we can theorize some other time, but for now you can be sure that every one of us even those two guys behind me.- Yoichi pointed at two edgy lords with one of them hissing like angry cat.- We will all be there with you, to guide you to be the best hero there is, you will all surpass us and all of our expectations in your time. Stay safe Ninth.- He said and suddenly all of the other wielders grouped around him and he felt their power coursing through him.
En was sending a stream of smokescreen at him which was instanly absorbed by his body and he felt himself being pushed out of the realm. Banjo used blackwhip and it also sinked in his stomach pushing him out of the realm, but it was gentle pushing, it wasn't violent or uncomfortable at all, just strange, next was Nana that was pushing gust of wind in his direction that also was absorbed by him, from Toshinori side he held a fireball of yellow fire that was absorbed by him slowly and he felt his legs started fading out... the next were two edgy lords that he doesn't know their name's yet.
One guy with ponytail was repeatetively punching his fist which was sparkling with red energy that was too absorbed by him, next was second edgy lord, gosh is he going to call them that? He was pushing his palm slightly and from it was launched a force that was travelling like a bullet, his torso vanished into green fog. He felt his neck started disappearing too when Hikage started meditating mid air and neon green energy enveloped him, it felt like a watcheful eagle that was stalking a prey and also looked out for dangers, the last one of them was Yoichi that had a brilliant light in his hand that was bursting in various colors of the rainbow.
He felt something being showed where his torso had been and a stream of briliant and colorful light filled his vision and he saw a tunel made out of lights and he felt like he saw entire universe playing right before his eyes, it was beautiful. It was so... so...
-Hunt Or Be Hunted-
Izuku waked up with a startled yelp with Himiko spooning him. He started to look franticaly with his eyes around the room, was this all a dream? What happened? Last thing he rememebred was...
-He waked up! Green bean-kun! You have some explaining to do!- Himiko shouted and instantly switched to her angry tone as her fangs showed up. She was now standing above him with frying pan dangerously looming behind her back. He swallowed nervously his saliva. And that is the moment where everybody barged into their damp cement room with Knuckleduster tripping on his legs and everybody falling to the ground with him and with Stain being the last that not actually tripped and gave them all unipressed look.
For a while he just stares at them all not impressed in the slightest and then sighs.
-Care to explain runt why the hell you look like All Might and punch like All Might?= Stain asks holding gingerly a porcelain teacup in his hands.
After a while of shuffling and untangling themselves from their mass os limbs entangled together they decided to not question what happened either.
-All right let's get to the hall I have place prepared then you will explain to us everything.- Knuckleduster sighs out like he is totally out of energy today.
As they move forward from the room while Izuku giving piggy ride for Himiko as an apology they arrive at the hall with nothing else here than factory lines and a lot of mashinery around that nobody knows how works. In front of them there are group of garden chairs centered around round table that looks like it gave up on living entirely, it isn't even horizontally placed anymore.
From behind them they hear rapid footsteps approaching and everybody tenses because nobody should be here at this place or hour but as they intently stare at the direction behind huge cauldron Stain's shoulders slump and his shakes his head in recognition, he extends his leg and from behind the cauldron familiar silhouette of Spinner comes out and he trips on the leg Stain laid down for him. As he does so with startled yelp he gets carried with them like unwanted grocery bag by Stain as they sat down on their respective chairs with Stain taking his teacup from nearby and sits down with his hands cusping the teacup elegantly with pinky finger raised.
For a while there is silence as Himiko growls at shrinking Spinner, she didn't forgiven him for borrowing her knives yet the last time, and Izuku staring at Stain dumbly as he with dignity and haughtiness drinks from his teacup appraising the beverage with his eyes. As Pop step slams down in her chair and sinks into it like a wet noddle the spell is broken and they all stare at Izuku waiting for him to explain himself save Spinner that looks dumbly at everyone, because he mainly came here because he thought there was villain attack on their hideout or hero raid that they need to repel and instead he gets hauled, literally to this situation that he honestly has no idea of.
As Spinner blinks at them all owlishly Izuku finally sighs and thinks what he is about to say to them anyway.
-I'am All Might succesor.- Izuku states.
For a while they stare at him and Stain places his teacup on a piece of mashinery because he don't trust the table that they are seated in, he honestly doesn't blame him.
-You mean you are All Might's kid?- Spinner says with wide eyes and Izuku's eyes go wide and at the serious look of everone here he needs to rectify this mistake as fast as he can, well as fast as he will calm down his storm of words that turned to gibberish from stress.
-N-No, why would you say that?!- Izuku gasps out finally.- I mean... yeah I guess I really have All Might quirk but we are not related at all!- Izuku says and gets bonked in the head with frying pan by Himiko.
-Get to the point Zuku-kun!- She informs him dangrously. -Or you sleep on the couch tonight!- She adds.
-You wouldn't!- He yells before he can catch himself and before he can realize they don't sleep together and she doesn't have rights to make him sleep on the couch in his own home. Right after that he gets cheery red in the face and he swears he hears laughing of ghosts in his head as they laugh at his expense.
-Kid- Knuckleduster sighs out.
-R-Right! Back to the explanation! I have All Might quirk.- Izuku states again and this time they look at eachother like they didn't catched this correctfuly.
Popstep looks at him with patience of a mother and says.
-Okey, but how did you get that quirk and how did you get so much power?- She asks and Izuku freezes with All Might corpse flashing through his flashbacks and his eyes starts to water with tears.
-Oh.. and look what you did to him!- Himiko says while Pop step pales at being the next victim of invincible frying pan.
-I-It is no-nothing Himi-chan.- Izuku stutters out and Himiko giggles at being called Himi-chan but Izuku doesn't pays her any mind as he is trying to explain everything that has happened to him.- Huuuahhh, I was there, was there when All Might died.- He exclaims and Stain looks at him focusing at what he is about to say.
-It was a normal day at my school, you all know that what happened here and why I probably was siting at the park.- Izuku continues and Knuckleduster expression shifts to stern as he recounts what Izuku told him on one of their patrols at night, when he was teaching him on vigilantism. Izuku came to that park specificaly for injuries to get better so his mom wouldn't worry to much, he hated his mom to be desperate and heartbroken at what is happening to him, nobody would help him at that time, and nothing would have change if he told him to the police or heros, because they were all in this conspiracy, MLA.
Izuku doesn't know this but Vigilante Alliance was quietly investigating the case seriously through all this years with busting their safehouses or interigating their higher ranked members, but they never get far with it, and Knuckleduster half way through realized why as fifth seat in the rally was replaced by MLA, earlier there were seated gang of Red Monkeys, they got erased completly as Tsukauchi handed the case to Endeavor, who killed off all the members inside the headquarters by turning them to ash. It was also the moment where tsukauchi no longer wanted to assosiate himeslf with number one hero anymore and instead reached out to Knuckleduster but Izuku didn't knew that.
-As I was siting in a park there was a falling star, for a while I didn't think much about it, but well, soon everyone started screaming and this falling star wasn't a star.- Izuku says and they stare at him with Stain distracting him how dignified he is with handling his teacup. He does it on purpose at this point.- And then world went white, I waked up in the middle of rubbles, I got myself out of it but when I saw what actually was happpening there I was awe struck, the whole park turned into crater, and inside of it All Might was battling nobody else but as you know Villain known as All For One, though nobody know quirk of the villain, I-I think I actually know now what quirk he has.- Izuku gulped.- His quirk lets take quirks and give them as he see fit.- Izuku says and some of them look at Izuku like he grown a second head.
-That, that is what.. I was afraid of from the begining.- Knuckleduster sighs and Popstep stiffens at the reminder of what happened to her friend.- I known this man exists and what he is capable of doing. And it appears... he didn't died again.- Izuku look at knuckleduster but Popstep shook her head.
-You know him ealier?- Izuku asks desbelievingly.
-You are seeing one of his victims kid, he is the reason I'am not a hero anymore.- Knuckleduster says. And Izuku stares at Knuckleduster waiting for other shoe to drop.- Ealier, when I was much younger I was known as High-Speed hero:O'Clock. And he was cause of my early retirement, that I didn't had saying in.- He says with absent gaze.
-But you didn't gave up.= Izuku says.
-Yes, kid I never gave up hope.- Knuckleduster smiles and after a while it falters a bit.- And a solid grain of vengenance drived me forward, mostly. But that isn't about me, long gone and not important continue.-
-Okey.-Izuku says and clears his throat.- Then they were fighting eachother with such power entire crater shook so much walls started slipping in and it scooped me up with the debris. All Might had to control his punches not to simply turn me to mush paste and then when I wanted to escape this villain he, he pierced my shoulder with one of his stolen quirks and pulled me to himself.- Izuku gulps.- Then he played with All Might like I was a red cloth and All Might was a raging bull, I-I couldn't take it so I reached to a pipe leading to his throat and It caused him to let me go as he struggled to breathe, then All Might used on him United States of Smash killing him, but he paid it with his life.- Izuku ends somberly.
-Kid you don't have to continue...-Popstep says but Izuku doesn't listen.
-His lower torso was... just gone, his legs were almost separated from his legs but he was still alive, alive enough to tell me his quirk is passable and I can have it if I drink his blood.- Izuku finished.
They stare at him for a while and then Spinner says something that takes them out of their stupor.
-Um, uh... I bought Tayiaki if you like fresh out of restuarant, I have one with fruity filling.- He says while holding a bag with clearly steaming dishes. Stain just sighs and takes out Tayiaki from Spinner's bag and they all eat in piece, and there is no suprise Stain has one with grapes, who the fuck eats Tayiaki with grapes?!
-I guess I do.- Stain murmors and Izuku blushes.
-Wow, this what you told us... is a lot to take in.- Popstep begins.- You know if I didn't know the guy exist I would never believe you and be really worried that our broccoli bean lost all his marbles, but now... it is worrying, this man came back and defeated All Might, how can we be sure he won't return again?- She says.
-He won't- Izuku argues sternly.
=First rule of supervillainy kid. If you didn't find the body then he ain't dead.- Knuckleduster mumbles.- I know it well, this bastard pulled this shit 2 times on me already. Third time never happened because he slipped and never returned. Now, I know why he didn't.-
-So you got All Might quirk. What now?- Pop step asks while chewing her Tayiaki. Stain also look contemplative but doesn't says anything.
-I-I think I know what, When I, blacked out I meet the ghosts of past users of One For All.- Izuku says and they look at him again.- Including All Might, and,and he isn't mad at me at all, I don't know why, I caused his death and all of this what is happening right now, I have his quirk and I cannot use it.- Izuku devolves into sobbing as he stares at his Tayiaki.
-Kid, he said to you that is not your fault.- Knuckleduster begins.
BONK
-What did he say Zuku-kun?~ IT. IS . NOT. YOUR. FAULT. - Himiko grits out her teeth while holding a pan that she used few seconds earlier on a teen with to much self doubt and social anxiety. -Oh, you are definetly sleeping on a couch tonight! I'll make sure of it!- She pouts.
-So All Might is alive, in your quirk, the same that All Might gave you?- Spinner asks and Izuku nods.
-It appears so, and every other wielder is here as well, they want to teach me how to become a hero and better understand One For All and how to use it.- Izuku says while looking at his steaming food.
-Any other wielder? How many of them are out there?- Knuckleduster asks.
-I think there is 8 of them.-
-There wasn't anybody like All Might earlier either, so I wonder who they were?- Spinner asks while scratching his head.
-One for All works on every user of it differently, at least that's what they explained to me, so it means there is much to discover for me, and the knowledge of others ghosts may be useful but may not apply anymore due to nature of my quirk...-Izuku glances at Knuckleduster that grins at him predatorly.- Sensei why are you looking at me like that.- He gulps.
-Ah, nothing I just learned that I got exactly what I was missing ealier.- He stands up and places his caloused hand on Izuku shoulder.- You boy, will be our icon, our simbol.- He grins madly and Izuku looks at him confused.
-Iwao you are joking, please tell me you are joking!- Pop step puts down her tayiaki on the ground and marches out to Knuckleduster staring at him looking like a petulant teenager rather than angry mother due to Knuckleduster towering hight all above them.
-No I am not, besides look at him, he soon enough will be attracting villains, vigilantes and other scum of the world towards us like flies! Soon enough we can become a ring of our own! No more dealing with Giran, with quirk like his he will be taking down big time villains left and right for sure!- Knuckleduster grins and Izuku shifts uncomfortably as Popstep discretly pulls out her baseball bat behind her bat and Himiko does the same with her frying pan.- Besides look at him! He looks nothing like when he is using his quirk! He will have no problem of hiding his vigilante efforts, nobody would connect scrawny looking teenager to a literal killing machine looking man!- He exclaims joyfully like he invented some incredulous idea.
-Iwao he is just a kid.- She exclaims and Knuckleduster expression changes to a frown.
-No he is not, not now, and not ever again, he is a man.- Knuckleduster points at Izuku that stares at his palms that are buzzing with electricity and with sparks of One For All coming from one finger to the other.- From the moment on he decided to get his fate in his own hands he was already a man, now he just decided to show it, Webber was right he will lead us all to victory, I didn't knew it at this time, but now... I can see it clearly with mind and determination like his he already can be one of the best heros there is, with his quirk he is already number one without even trying. We need to trust him, like he said. And this is what we do, this is what I do.- Knuckleduster ends meeting his eyes with ones of Pop step.
-But what if he ends up fighting a villain he alone cannot defeat?- She protests weakly and Knuckleduster places his hand on her shoulder.
-We will be there for him as his supporters we give him everything he needs, equipment, sidekicks, best medical care in the world, the last penny that we have, every last vigilante willing to support this effort, because what this means...- Knuckleduster points at Izuku.- Is that we are going to big league, he is going to be the best hero there is he will support the world weight on his shoulders to keep everyone smiling, to keep everone safe, no longer hero raids, no more villain attacks that appear to hpsc to far from Tokyo or to close to forgotten Mustafu dark districts, no more people scavegening for scraps just to survive or turning to villainy just to be later apprehended by some heroling that does it all for flash of the cameras, he will be there to help people before the help is needed. MY NETWORK, my ultimate plan can finally work out. I told you so what we need, now we have it in front of our eyes, at the grasp of our hands, we will show everyone that WE. ARE . HERE.- Knuckleduster ends his fiery speech with shout.
-Yeah Plus Ultra!- Spinner says with awesome social skills not helping him understand the situation, but after a while Stain shushes him and whispers something, they look both like they don't know what Knuckleduster speech is about and probably Stain was cheering him on with that. Wait is it... STAIN DAD!? Izuku gushes and Himiko picks out on it and makes a picture frame with her fingers and whispers something about family album.
-Auntie I think, that knuckleduster is right, we cannot do that, we cannot let ocassion like that slip through, we needed something that might unify us, that might let us help carry on this burden.- Izuku exclaims and closes his fists with his eyes flaming with determination not caring that Pop step tears up on him calling her auntie.-I will be there, I always wanted to be a hero like All Might, but now... I even need to surpass him to achieve what we wanted, freedom, I... must admit that I still feel guilty about what happened in Mustafu Central Park, but... I need to bear it, I will bear the weight of the world on my shoulders, even if I want it or not doesn't matter anymore, I need to be One For All, I need to be hero for All like I promised.- Izuku ends and Izuku eyes turns black with neon toxic green irises, his hair start flowing like a lions mane instead of being curly with sparks of electricity coming from them.
The scene is being interrupted by a sound of tires screeching on the ground as they heard loud thumps coming from the large factory door. It seems like somebody is exiting a car, or multiple cars, there is to much of those sound to be from one car.. well unless its limusine which is highly unprobable, but still suspicous. Stain is already on full alert brandishing his weapons, Knuckleduster reach for his weapons of choice: Brass knuckles gliniting in the only working artificial light of the factory. Pop step leaps out using her quirk towards the windows that are in terrible conditions. Spinner does what Stain does mirroring him completly even their stance is the same and Spinner isn't even looking at him, Himiko is in front of him protectivley with her throwing knives at the ready. She already equipped her support equipment Mei made for her, those are four syringes she can use like some heros use capture weapons to draw blood from her enemies. It is also infused with her DNA so she can control it with her will like for example Eraserhead does. Yeah, quirk technology is bullshit.
Just as he thought that to distract himself he feels a painful ping like thousand of needles assaulted his brain and he sees world in slow motion and sees danger points across the entire room cowered in red blazing spots.
-Kid!...- He hears muffled shouting of someone the voice is gruff and like it rarely been used.
-Kid! Kid! You must listen to me! At least 50 armed men with various quirks are at the doorway of your hideout! 3 of them are most dangerous of them all I can pinpoint them all with help of One For All since you do not know how to use it, quickly! Warn everybody to get DOWN!- fourth user of OFA yells into his ears and world returns to normal speed. For a while he catches up to what is going on but firstly he acts on his predecesor suggestion.
-EVERYBODY ON THE GROUND!- He screams a top of his lungs as he tackles Himiko behind a solid chunk of iron cauldron. Stain quickly reacts on his words and tackles Spinner too. Knuckleduster falls flat on the ground since he is further from any nearby cover.
And room EXPLODES.
-Hunt Or Be Hunted-
-Oh it is rather simple I believe this kid to be our future leader.- Webber states bluntly with pride in his voice.
And japan most wanted vigilantes and villains go total ape shit at that statement. Knuckleduster white eyes bulge out of his sockets so much it looks like he is choking on something, even looks like he cannot believe what he is hearing but doesn't say anything due to respect he has for him and his face looks dryier than usual, Giran head of Charon organization next to Charlotte looks with such hate at Webber like he can burn him with his gaze alone to ashes, but fortunetly for Webber nothing happens as such, next is old man from old guard, the same one with bald head and strange wrinkles across his body that are effects of his old age having on his body, he looks at Izuku with piercing eyes making him squirm in Webber firm grasp, next is representative from MLA that looks at Knuckleduster suspicously but quickly gives up at seeing Izuku's teacher lost expression.
The last is Charlotte that sends Webber serious glare that is more like rebuke to unruly child which webber bits his lower lip in defiance, normally it would look creepy but with webber furry body that feels like he is holding someone by the beard or he is rather being held by sentient beard it feels even more intimidating.
As Izuku smiles awkwardly at the astonishment of everbody that gathered here he looks nervously from person to person and he discovers kurogiri siting in in the seat between Mr Kitamura and almost bald man from old guard. He is staring at him intently too and paradoxaly from everyone here his gaze is most unnerving of them all. Like through kurogiri's eyes devil is watching him in person.
-Webber, I strongly advise you to...- Charlotte began but was cut off by forementioned Webber.
-And when did my visions failed you my dear? Do you perhaps mistaking me for this All Might loving fool locked up in his office and chasing after our dear Kai's tail?- Webber chuckles darkly.
And just like that he makes a question and answers it himself, he really enjoys it, after spending some time around Webber Izuku came to conclusion that he makes a conversation with someone only to already know its conclusion, like he know all arguments before they already started. He carefuly looked at him and saw his clothing in many ways refers to strings or spiderwebs, is his quirk connected to this somehow? It seems like some kind of precognition, or maybe even foresight? He is twirling around between his fingers a string of web and its glowing like gold, wait. As he watches the curling of the web between his fingers he sees it is making a net similar to this of a spider, it is situated around his fingers and he is manipulating it like he is holding a pupppet, but there is also other string that tugs at the center of the web if his hunch is correct then the tug of invisble string is pointing at... Miss Charlotte, is he manipulating her? Does he can maniplate... maybe... fate itself?!
-Hahhaaah..hahhaah.- A raspy laugh stops his musings and he freezes with memory of where he is right now. Across the room everybody stays silent and every Overlord stares at him dumbly with fascination in their eyes, save Kurogiri who continues his robotic behavior.- That was a good one kid, yes my quirk lets my control fate, manipulate it, twist it and predict it to... some extent. And yes that would mean you are witness to a quirk SSSS rank scale, that is my specialty and also the reason why this... group of misfits is even allowed to exist and survive through all those long 70 years since its foundation. By nobody else but myself.- Webber says with pride in his voice changing his tone every time he hides something, and he does it knowingly to probably plant some seed of doubt in his mind or other things, this man enjoys playing with people.
After this admission from Webber everybody stayed silent for a while until the old man from old guard finally speaked up.
-You mean he is another catalist?- He asks Webber and they all gasp at that. -You mean he is the key? There is another extinction event that you didn't informed us about until the last moment?- Old man snarls at Webber that gives him an unimpressed look.
-What is extinction event? What is this about? What the hell is going on!?- Knuckleduster blows up and they stare at him and some of them snicker at his expense. At his incereasingly confused state Webber throws him something finally.
-You might not know this Knuckleduster but, since you received your deserved seat at the rally you didn't really had time to... experience every facet of our positions as Overlords and one of them are my prediction about 'extinction event' like Prince likes to call it.- Webber said looking pointedly at 'Prince' that is alias of the old man it appears.
-I still have no idea what the hell are you talking about.- Knuckleduster says not taking his sight from Webber that is coming towards his empty seat and sits on it, he points at the seat next to him for confused Izuku to sit and he does without complaint, well he is to deep inside this rabbit hole anyway to protest now.
-Lets start at the begining, because to fully understand our intentions and actions that are driving us to this extent you need to understand what the first thing that happened.-Webber starts poisitioning himself in his chair leaining deep into it making some people realize it will be a long story.- Before everything began there was nothing. Nothing existed that helped people like us the misfits, garbage of society that doesn't want us just because of the things we were born with or because of the reason that we do not operate or think like them. At first it wasn't as horrible as it is nowadays, world was just lifting itself up from golden age of villainy and chaos connected to it, nothing made sense and there were many organizations that wanted to empose their rule on how things work and their idea on our future society, among those people were I and my brother, A 6 legged spider and a chimeric rat-dog-bear well... it doesn't matter anyway, we had a lot... of unpleasant experiences with people and nobody trusted anybody, humans didn't trusted even among themsmelves too. That is why we created a family... a gathering of people that will take care of people that cannot take care of themselves, that will protect them and they will protect us in exchange. At first when we created this organization we did it from selfish reasons to have any ounce of control we didn't had before and... it is shame to admit it but we firstly created it only to have control over somebody else for the first time, to feel it how it is to be in charge, but then... we both realized that we were wrong and that caused irreperable rift among us that to this day remains. It was a gang, nothing more, granting an ilusions and empty promises to fool those that depended on us and have nothing else more to lose. Then came change, both brothers with anything but blood split apart one of them integrating in the system that won this battle of domination that already settled and the other that remained behind to... repent for the thing he had done and things he hasn't done. But now, things have changed, one of the brothers was analitical mind, certain that everything can be calculated and predicted thanks to that in some way, from his prespective world was an endless strings of calculations, he was the brother that left, the other was his opposite thanks to possibilites of his quirk he could predict things from its very beginings, every reason this person acted so and thanks to that made a calculated decision, and now since two minds that worked together were split apart by grudge, things couldn't work anymore as they were before and somebody took advantage of things at they were there, and things progressed only worse from there, bunch of hopeful people, guardians of society had to enforce themselves in war against a ruthless adversary that took our place amongst other things when we weren't looking, this adversary was All For One.- Webber says and Izuku blood freezes in his veins.
-So that is how bastard did it, I do not like it how it sounds but now... everything makes sense.- Says MLA representative. Webber and Charlotte stare at her pointedly to shut up when others just gather their thoughts at what they just heard including Izuku who had his mind racing with thousand thoughts per minute.
What he just say? Is he really 90 years old? Is he immortal? Did he just mentioned that he isn't human? Who is this brother that he talked about, rat-dog,bear thing, no... this cannot be, there is only one person that refers to himself like that. He cannot be possibly related to Nedzu in some way! But, his inteligence and this gleam in his eyes, the same gleam he saw when he watched many sports festivals and interviews that he watched with Nedzu as primary subject in them, there is no mistaking it, and he is here since maybe not the quirk wars but the period of time after them, nobody remembers what happened or remained of that time, but still, there is nothing that can disprove his statements, and this monster what does he have to do with this?
- As you probably know at that time All For One was at his abosolute peak of his power, in truth my organization was one of the last of underground that bowed down to him, and not far later All Might entered the scene and decimated his empire in a blink of an eye, he began ruthlessly dissasemble the empire that he carefuly built by decades with just a strong punch of his fists. Brute strength against monstrous intelect that is corrupted by greed and pride, this... just couldn't end up well.- Webber says and he swallows with his eyes glassed over like he is reliving certain moments of his life just right now with how much his hand is shaking.
-As you know All Might solved things by... punching them, and the same happened to my organization that was being treated like a common goons of All For One and not like unwilling parcipitants, before I realized he was already busy and torn half of my organization into ribbons, not that I blamed him, we were manufacturing trigger after all, the only thing I could do at this point is to predict his actions with my quirks and direct this raging bull only at trigger part of my organization, the rest I managed to sweep under the rug and I ducked my head low disappearing from face of the planet for seven years. In that time everything came down to culmination of conflict between Afo and All Might, and they were close to final showdown. And that is the moment I understood my mistakes and learned from them, In fact rally is organization based on All For One network at its finest. I saw his genius of operating underground and copied it and even perfected it for the role I intended it to, to make peace. Real peace, not one Afo wanted where everybody jumped at eachother throats to please one king above them all, I twisted it and made it my own.- Webber admits to it without ounce of regret.- I created network of reliances among underground, shaped entirety of it, made it in such way that none of present party can monopolize it without payback from other parties present, nobody was above anymore, and everybody was more or less equal when we are siting here at this table.- Webber points at the expensive looking table that is probably made from quirked wood, it had swirling and deep designs, like entire wood was squirming in itself and was frozen in time. It was beautiful, Izuku just realized it.
-As I said the first extinction event was caused by All For One seizing my organization if I aprove of it or not, We, survived this and vigilanties all across the country could still operate though being placed under this monster's palm. Next was caused by nobody else but All Might who instead of listening to things or explanations almost eradicated all of vigilante network simply throwing them into prisons and some of them still rot in Tartarus to this day for simply wanting a better future and for people to smile, but this didn't mattered to him he was a man on the mission.- Webber sighs looking at the table probably thinking about comerades that never returned, and about laughs and friendly bickering that he will never hear ever again, and knowing that they now suffer inspeakable tortures in the deepest parts of this rotten prison probably being experimented on by HPSC. Izuku heard that from Pop step on their lesson on history of vigilantism and greatest vigilantes that ever lived, most of them ended up there, he looked carefuly around the table peeking just a bit from his seated position and saw everybody having somber and mornful expressions at that statement except Giran and Kurogiri who didn't reacted to this statement with latter boring holes into Webber skull with his eyes and other just staring blankly like a robot.
Somewhere deep inside Izuku's mindscape Toshinori swallowed a lump of guilt and was being given a death stare from En and two edgy lords that stayed in their corner.
-And now, we just go straight to the third extinction event that will happen soon. I would really like to waste our time like always talking about our finance and funding or waste our time on trying to hire Trauma Team or Tigers, but... unfortunetly its not time for strategizing or strongarming eachother over this table into doing business, firstly before I began do I have trust of everyone in this table?- Webber asks and they stay silent for a while.
Charlotte that was standing at the head of the table with hands on it had her piercing gaze focused on Webber, between her and him there was a silent discussion that was only used with their eyes thanks to both of them knowing eachother so well for decades. What she saw in his eyes were a determination made of steel and reasurence that no matter what happens things are going to be okay, she didn't liked what her gut was telling her about it but she noded as the last of Overlords did.
-Good.- Webber exclaimed with emotionless tone and with his hand he pulled out a slick small gun and shoot it straight at MLA representative head killing her on the spot, her lifeless body crashed on the table staining it with blood and bits of her brain.
*BANG*
And everybody around the table scurried up and chaos ensued for a while with Webber not moving from his original place not even moving an inch and next to him Izuku frozen in place with his eyes focused on a lifeless eyes of MLA representative next to them. Giran ducked behind his chair and used some support item on his wrist that transformed into gauntlet with guns on it. Knuckleduster jumped backwards to the corner of the room with his automatic pistol already drawn, the strange thing is nobody knew from where he pulled it out. He was snarling dangerously with his eyes darting between unmoving Webber and his kid that was left there without being responsive, only his breath shown that kid was still alive. Kurogiri teleported out and appeared in the doorway blocking the escape but remained calm staring at Webber, Old guard member simply standed up and muttered something under his breath as he looked tiredly at Webber waiting for the response.
For a while screaming continued as everybody was trying to cope with just what happened. By yelling at eachother, mainly Giran yelling threats behind his chair and Charlotte trying to calm him down and calm objections that old man from Old Guard. Knuckleduster was standing still in his corner with his pistol wandering between Charlotte and Webber as he was stading in a way that reminded angered cat that fur stood on ends.
-SILENCE!- Charlotte yells and all of them calm down but still look at Webber dangerously. She sighs and points her gaze again at Webber- Explain- she orders.
-That is rather simple what I did, I just killed off a member that didn't honoured our earlier agreements and decided they don't want to play our game anymore like they supposed to and this is the price that we all earlier agreed upon.- Webber says dropping the gun and carefuly taking a teacup that was in front of him from some unkown reason he nodded gratefuly to Kurogiri who nodded his head.
-Webber you cannot just kill of one of Overlords just beacuse you can do that. You just killed off one of two our support equipment creators and best smugglers, there is a protocol for that.-
-Fuck the protocol.-Webber swears audiably and his leg extentions twitch in annoyence as others gasp or lift eyebrows at possibility that Webber would ever swear.- We already has been compromised by them and they already reached of with their plans firstly by killing off our scouts from external parts of dark districts, your all strike team was eliminated overnight Prince, by nobody else but MLA soldiers.- Webber lists of and carefuly reaches out with slow movements for his pocket and retrieved a pendrive. - Here are the recordings and fruits of my recent investigations.- He states and watches how others hesitate looking at eachother.
-Listen I do not care if you shot my head off after we are done or not but lets be clear.- Webber sighs tiredly.- We do not have time now, you can still have me on crosshairs as much as you want I just want you to understand the situation that we found ourselves in.- As Webber talks Charlotte reaches under the table to retrieve a projector with place to plug pendrive in, probably customized support item made for ocassion such as this.
As pendrive is inserted into the projector it projects an image of loading system. After a while of humming from it the first recording starts.
-Hunt Or Be Hunted-
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