Super Science
Ch 28: When Villains Attack Part. 6
The heroes had done all they could in the fight against the Nomu, but it was still not enough. That thing was faster, stronger, and more durable than either of them; worst of all, it could heal! Their quirks almost did nothing to the monster, and any damage done was nothing. Pretty soon, they were overtaken and beaten down badly. Eraserhead had his face smashed in and his spine nearly crushed! Present Mic had his leg broken and his neck chopped so hard it damaged his vocals! Blood Vlad took a blow to the head hard enough to knock him clean out. So the three heroes lay on the ground in a heap of themselves, with the monster slowly skulking towards them, ready to finish the job.
With still-working arms, Present Mic crawled over to the downed Erasrehead and told him, "Shota, I hate to say it. But this looks like the end."
Eraserhead barely lifted his head to look at the oncoming monster and replied, "I think you might be right."
Soon, they saw the monster stop, go low, and dash toward them!
"It was great to fight alongside you.", Mic told his friend while closing his eyes.
"You as well.", Erasure agreed while also looking away.
However, their imminent demise didnt come; instead, they were met with a solid whipping wind hitting their faces! When they opened their eyes, they saw the Nomu trapped behind what looked to be a wall of wind. Confused as to who their savior was, they were drawn to the sound of someone yelling at the monster.
"Leave them alone!", a young voice yelled at the beast as they saw the determined face of Izuku holding out his hand.
Ignoring the wall of wind and monster momentarily, Eraserhead lifted his head and yelled as loud as he could muster, "What are you doing here, kid? Get out of here!"
"And leave you to die!? No thanks!", Izuku shot back as he used the wall to push the Noum back.
But the creature tried to dig in its feet to keep from sliding, which Izuku changed up to forming spikes of wind that pierced its body, causing it to be pushed away from the helpless heroes. Izuku then sprouted a pair of wings made of the wind and flew just as fast between the monster and the heroes.
"It's our job! It's what we're prepared for!", Present Mic tried to argue with him.
But Izuku wasn't having any of it. He shot back, arguing, "Just because you could die doesn't mean you should!"
Izuku saw how the Nomu broke through the wind spikes and tried to run toward them again after healing its wounds. But Izuku used the space-bending quirk, turning the monster into an abstract artwork. Usually, this quirk causes anyone to become completely immobile from the shock, but the creature starts moving outside the bubble. Izuku realized that the monster was mindless and wasn't affected by the quirk, knowing it was more of an imaginary mental attack.
The two heroes looked at the boy in shock, and Present Mic exclaimed, in his damaged voice, "Woah! I thought you were quirkless. Where'd all that come from?"
Izuku then erected a stone wall around them as the Nomu was starting to emerge from the space bubble. Once their defense was made, he returned and complained, "Can we discuss this after we take down the giant monster?"
"I hate to tell you this kid, but none of us are in any shape to stand, let alone fight.", Erasrehea told him.
"Wasn't talking about you.", Izuku corrected him.
Before either of them could ask what he meant, they heard a high-pitched screeching noise coming from above. Looking up, they saw something with blood-orange-red wings flying in circles around the auditorium. The creature circled several times before finally hovering in the air while screeching.
"Is that a-?", Erarserhead began to ask.
"Dragon!", Tomura shouted in shock.
Torch Wick Breath a hefty stream of fire down on the two villains, and Kurogiri opened a portal to divert its flow! However, he brought it down too fast, and both had to doge when the pony-sized lizard swooped down on them with claws and teeth ready! Torch Wick doubled around after his first attack and shot several fireballs at the two villains, causing them to dodge and move further away from one another.
"What the hell kinda science lab is this place?!", Tomua exclaimed as he swatted out his shirt that was starting to smoke.
"One where we truly underestimated them.", Kurogiri inferred while swatting soot off his outfit.
"How?! This place was newly built and just starting! How could our sources have fallen so far from what it was!", Tomura stressed.
"In all fairness, we did do it last minute when UA decided to come here instead of the USJ.", Kurogiri told him, making Tomura growl.
But he didn't have time to stew in anger as Torch Wick came down and blasted the two villains with a smoke screen! Tomura attempted to sus out Kurogiri in the smoke, but even though it was one cover, it was so thick that it was like walking through a first on a new moon. Then he saw a pair of glowing eyes in the dark and walked to them, only for the eyes to flash a set of teeth and jump him!
Despite his unhealthy-looking physique, Tomura was surprisingly fast and strong. However, now wasn't one of those times for him to show it. Despite Torch Wick being smaller than the man, he was far stronger than most humans and had the man pinned down with his claws as he dug his fangs into his throat! Torch Wick had him in such a position that not only could Tomura kick his legs, but he couldn't even make a sound! Torch Wick was doing what all predators do, choking out their prey before eating it.
Tomura attempted to bring up his hand to use his quirk, but the claws would sink more profoundly every time he did! Tomura was starting to black out, and he could see his whole life flash before his eyes…and it was horrible! Just before everything went out and the animal devoured him, a gunshot rang out, and Torch Wick let go of the villain. He stretched out in pain as he stumbled off his body, and Tomura gasped for air. He looked over and saw the dragon with a bullet wound on his shoulder and looked to the other side to see Kurogiri with a gun in hand, pointing it at the smaller creature.
Torch Wick trunks to the man and screeches! Kurogiri points the gun again, but this time, when he fires another bullet, Torch Wick evaporates it alongside the portal the mist man attempts to put up in defense, setting the man ablaze for a moment! But it is only for a moment as Tomura rolls over and slaps his hand on the animal's flank, causing it to decay to the point where its rib cage and organ are exposed! Torch Wick falls to the ground, appearing dead. Tomura gets up and walks back over to the mistman as he puts the fire out before it can engross him further. Only for the two of them to watch as the seemingly dead body of Torch Wick rises and the wound begins to heal rapidly.
Tomura growls at this and looks back to the Nomu, expecting several corpses to be strung about. Instead, he sees the Nomu trying to break through the many layers of stone walls that are easily replaced and added on by Izuku to keep it at bay.
"Enough of this crap! I'm going to get rid of that kid myself.", Tomura proclaims while stamping over the monster and teen.
Meanwhile, the Nomu had just broken through the last stone wall and saw nothing. No matter where it looked, the other side of the ever-growing stone walls was nothing. It was like the heroes just disappeared! However, that is only half true; the heroes and Izuku disappeared only from sight, not from the spot. In truth, the young man and pros had turned completely invisible, and the mindless creature didn't seem to know or understand this as it just stood there and looked around.
But its attention was caught when Tomura announced, "Nomu! Get the flying lizard!"
The Nomu obeyed its command and turned tail to run after the regenerating dragonling. Tomura, who saw the trick being played out, ran and tackled Izuku, causing the invisibility to drop! Before he could use his quirk on the teen, Izuku turned into smoke and slipped away from him while rising into the air. After reforming and sprouting the wings of the wind, Izuku used the wind to create blades while throwing them down on all the villains and the monster! Kurogiri opened portals to avoid them while Tomura dodged with every ounce of speed he had yet still got nicked, while the Nomu took everything head on and grew back whatever was sliced or removed! Izuku saw this happen and wanted to try something else, but he didn't get the chance. Tomura appeared from a portal above and dropped him back to the ground!
The villain went to grab him with his hand but only managed to catch and decay his coat before Izuku turned around, grabbed his arm, and, using his superstrength, threw the man away! Izuku then grabbed and ripped up a huge section of seats in the auditorium and threw it at the villain! Kurogiri opened another portal and allowed the seats to fly straight through. Izuku then creates a tornado around the villain to trap them while he tries to subdue the monster. He runs after the creature and, with all his strength, sends a punch right into its back! Much to his surprise, his fist is absorbed into its body before sending him flying back like a trampoline.
Izuku quickly realized that physical attacks wouldn't work any better than mental, so he'd have to try something else, and fast. He saw the monster's exposed brain and started crafting the wind into blades again, aiming for the weak spot. However, he didn't get the chance, as Tomura was upon him again, and the two of them went locked into a game of cat and mouse.
Meanwhile, Torch Wick had completely healed itself and even pushed out the bullet wound from its side. After cracking its neck, it saw the huge creature barreling at him! He tried to deter it with a shriek, but it didn't even flinch at his display of aggression, which he took to the air! Though he didn't get far as the monster grabbed his tail, that was the wrong thing to do as Torch Wick set it ablaze with fire! The Nomu grabbed at its face to ward off the fire, freeing Torch Wick and allowing it to take to the ceiling above, where he flew in circles and began to pepper him with fireballs! The Nomu's vision returned and turned its back against the onslaught of fire. The creature looked back, saw the small dragon, and jumped toward it!
The monster grabbed the dragon and threw it to the ground, landing on top of him and causing it to cry out in pain from its broken ribs! The Nomu grabbed the dragon's head and tried to crush it while Torch Wick fought back and breathed fire, but it did very little. He was still so young, and his fire wasn't anything to scream about. The little creature had to do something; otherwise, this thing would kill him! Suddenly, something stored in the little animal's soul and something like a small flame engulfed him into something akin to the feeling of a wildfire blazed within him! And with a newfound sense of fire and vigor, Torch Wick expelled a blast of fire so hot and so powerful that it melted the monster's hand clear off its face and much of the arm attached!
Torch Wick used its superheated fangs to rip off the Nomu's foot from his body, and its surprisingly long tail whipped it in the head, stunning it and causing it to fall over! Once Torch Wick was back up on his own feet, he rammed the downed creature in its head with his horns before grabbing it by the back, lifting it into the air as far as he could before dropping it down! The Nomu bounced like a ball before Torch Wick came down on it, returning the previous favor and setting its back on fire with a wave of flames! The small creature then took the monster's good leg in its teeth and threw it toward the stage, where Nomu got caught in the curtains, thus allowing the dragon to breathe a stream of fire that set the drapes on fire with the caught monster.
Torch Wick thought he had defeated its foe until another gunshot was heard, and the dragon felt something hit the back of its head. He scratched the area and pulled out a bullet. Turning around to see Kurogiri, he wasted no time shooting a fireball at the mist man. As usual, Kurogiri tried to put up a portal for the flaming ball to pass through, but instead, it burned through the portal and hit him dead on! Kurogiri screamed as he was set on fire and desperately tried to roll himself out. Torch Wick saw this, licked his lips, and got low like a stalking predator. He would take out the mist man before calcifying the other man, who was quickly overtaking Izuku. Though he didn't get the chance, the Nomu, now mostly healed up, jumped out of its flaming person, tackled the dragon, and tried to crush it in his hands! Torch Wick countered by latching down on its exploded brain and getting ready to fire! But the Nomu learned from its old mistakes and grabbed the dragon's neck and chest! Torch Wick countered again by clawing its face and arms while stabbing it in the neck with his tail!
Meanwhile, Izuku could have done better against the far more experienced villain, and even with several quirks at his disposal, Izuku still needed more fighting experience and was just trying to hit him with whatever he had! It had gotten to the point that Izuku was flying around with the villain, doing everything he could to touch him, leading to a mid-air tussle where Izuku was using his super strength to either hold back or snap the villain's bones! He was trying to hypnotize him, but that didn't seem to do anything! Eventually, he was slammed into a wall, and the villain pushed off against it, sending izuku falling to the ground, where they both took a nosedive!
After crashing, Tomura returns upon Izuku and tries to rot him away, but Izuku uses his super strength to hold him back and break his bones. However, he was starting to lose his focus in all the chaos. Yet having his bones broken didn't seem to deter Tomura as he saw the look of desperation and fear on the teen's face as he continued to press down despite his wrists about to snap like glow sticks.
He growled down at the teen with malicious intent while asking, "Any last words?"
Izuku's expression calmed for a moment, and with a smile of his own, he replied, "Flame On."
Tomura felt something sticky and cold hit his wrist as they were being held back, but he didn't have time to question it as suddenly the teen and himself were engulfed in flames! Tomura screamed as he was set ablaze, and Izuku used the opportunity to punch him in the face and send his burning body flying!
"Young master!", Kurogiri cried out as he rushed to his ward. "Put me out! Put me out!", Tomura cried out in desperation as he tried to wipe the fire from his body.
The mistman quickly produced a fire extinguisher from a portal and put the young man out, who was now lying on the ground in exhaustion and pain.
Kurogiri leaned down and felt Tomura's body, feeling something sticky on him and realizing what it was observed aloud, "Kerosene gel.", he then stood up, looked towards Izuku with his pistol, and told him, "I hope you realize I have to kill you now."
"Not if we have anything to say about it!", a voice yelled at him as the sound of heavy fast footsteps ran towards them.
When the two villains looked in the direction of the new voice, their barreling through the destroyed auditorium was Egon on the back of a charging and angry-looking Gammoth! The villains didn't have a moment to spare as Gammoth was upon them, using her tusks to send them flying off in the opposite direction! When they crashed into the other side, the mammoth continued charging, and once she was upon them again, she raised her back legs and brought her front ones down! Kurogiri wrapped away while Tomur rolled, though this didn't deter her as she relentlessly went after the one she could still see.
Then, using her forelimb, she held down Tomura, wrapped her trunk around his neck, and began to pull! Tomura could only flail like a fish as the ancient elephant attempted to tear him apart! But he survived this when Kurogiri re-manifested and shot her in the side! Thanks to her wooly coat, thick skin, and a layer of fat, the bullet did very little damage and only pissed her off even more. Grumbling at the mist man, she let her foot off the young man and used him like a flail to smack right into the mist man, sending him and Tomura flying away as she trumped angrily.
After collecting himself, catching his breath, and shaking off the previous feeling of nearly being pulled apart, Tomura commented in anguish, "Now a wooly mammoth?! What the fuck is this place."
Egeon, who had jumped off Gammoth a while ago, saw Torch Wick struggling against the Nomu and said to the elephant, "Gammoth, go help Torch Wick.", Gammoth looked at the monster, grumbled, and charged at it. At the same time, Egeon pointed an angry finger at Izuku and told him, "You and I will talk later."
Izuku sighs in stress and replies, "I know."
Gammoth charged at full speed toward the monster, and it had no time to react. The huge animal rammed into it, causing it to fly off and release Torch Wick. Gammothnthen held the monster down, grabbed one of its limbs with her trunk, and pulled until the limb came off! When the monster showed no signs of being affected by the limb ripping or being dead, she kept pulling off limbs until she finally got to the head! But by then, the Nomu regrew its first arm and grabbed the trunk! After ripping it off its neck, its other limbs grew back, and it stood up before taking Gammoth by the trunk, swinging her around, and throwing her to the side! After doing so, Torch Wick surprised the monster and tried to chew off its brain, but the Nomu caught him before any mange could be made!
Gammoth got back to her feet after being thrown and saw Torch Wick fighting the Nomu again; she charged once more, but this time, the monster saw her and threw off the dragon; it collided fist with Tusk, and they both canceled each other out! Despite her strength and size, she was far slower than the Nomu, and its punches quickly broke through her defenses, leaving her flailing as she tried to swat at it! Torch Wick aided and distracted the creature by attacking the part of its back it could reach, which gave Gammoth more than enough time to swing herself towards the monster and slam it with her tusks, but the blow was shot right back at her with its bouncy skin!
Changing her tactics, she raised her hind legs and brought her forelimbs down; however, Nomu caught them! Gammoth raised tons and put all her weight into the rushing attack, but the Nomu was far stronger than her weight and was starting to push her back until Torch Wick came to its chest and breathed a hole right through its torso! Weakening the monster and allowing her to crush the beast underfoot! Unlike last time, the Nomus body didn't bounce it back but only absorbed it for a moment before starting to cave in from the constant pressure! Gammoth put all her weight into flattening the monster while Torch Wick blew fire in its face, making the beast cover up with its still-free hands!
Meanwhile, the villains were in a losing battle with the two scientists! Their only defense was Kurogiri's portals, as the two men hit them with a plethora of quirks! Using the space bubble quirk, Izuku would destroy their defense while Egon would either shoot lasers or breathe out freezing ice! Kurogiri would put up a new portal just as fast when blades of wind came their way and bolts of electricity from Egon! Kurogiri would try to use the gun every chance he got, but Izuku would put up a stone wall, and when it felt like they would change positions thanks to invisibility and start the cycle again!
If things for the villains didn't look bleak, their chances slipped further when Egeon called for the Mimicuities to attack! Before they knew it, the villains were beset by a whole horde of lock boxes with major awards and teeth! Luckily, Tomura could do this in the long-range shoot-out and managed to take out every Mimicutie that got close enough but still got kicked or bit up here and there.
In a calm panic, Kurogiri informed him, "Young master, we must retreat. You cannot continue fighting, and All Might is still not here. We can use Nomu another day."
"No! Not until one of them is dead!", Tomura agreed while gritting his teeth.
Tomura looked over at his monster and saw it getting manhandled by the two animals. Even though the mobster had gotten back to its feet, it was knocked in its brain by a seat wrapped in the trunk of Gammoth before getting grabbed by Torch Wick and getting flown head-first into a wall as more fire was breathed on it.
"You were saying, young master?", Kurogiri inquired.
Tomura gripped and rotted the ground in frustration before exclaiming, "I want the Nomu to kill the heroes at least."
Kurogiri obliged this request and commanded the monster, "Nomu, dispose of the heroes."
Just as the Nomu crawled out of the rubble, a voice called over the PA system, "Oh, you'll be doing no such thing."
"The rat.", Tomura growled.
He announced excitedly, "Because the security system is back online! Boy, did that feel longer than five minutes?", A small chuckle was heard as he stated, in a dark tone, "Which means."
"Warning: all kill protocols have been engaged, and all non-registered vital records will be immediately eliminated.", the security system announced.
"I would say it was nice to know you, but….well, you know.", Nezu told them as several miniguns descended from the ceiling and pointed at the villains and their monster. "Dance, you vile monkeys, dance! Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!", Nezu cackled wildly.
"Sometimes I forget he's a high-functioning sociopath.", Egon stressed with a sweat drop as Izuku stood there in uncomfortable silence.
Without a moment to spare, the guns began to fire on all cylinders at them with fatal intent! Kurogiri acted fast and wrapped his form around Tomura in a protective shield, causing the bullets to pass straight through harmlessly. The Noum, on the other hand, was peppered with so much firepower that its bouncy skin broke within seconds, and holes opened all over its body, turning it from monster to Swiss cheese in seconds! Gammoth then grabbed the stunned monster by the foot and threw it into a Tesla gate, where it was shocked with several thousand joules of electricity before getting flung out by the power and straight into Torch Wick's mouth, where he grabbed its brain and bit off a huge chunk! Only for the guns to pepper it even more to the point the system detected no more life, where it turned back to the villain to subject them to bullet hell!
"Welp. There goes your monster.", Nezu chuckled in a vexing tone to the villains.
Without another word for argument, Kurogiri engulfed himself around Tomura and began to teleport him. The young man angrily declared, "This isn't the last you've seen of me! Mark my words, I'll be back again, and I'll tear you and the place to nothing!", With that, the last two villains vanished, and the security system stopped, no longer sensing the intruders.