"Moron," Katsuki grunted as he walked down the hall with Kirishima, hands in his pockets. "You're absolutely positive we're going the right direction?"

"Yeah, I mean, I'm pretty sure we are," Eijiro looked around the hall in confusion as he led the way.

"You're pretty sure?!" Katsuki growled back in response. "I'm already late enough to meet short stack!"

"Well, I left my phone back in the room, so we're going on instinct here," He rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. "But I'm sure she'll understand," The boy gave an optimistic smile, gasping a little. "Well...on second thought, she might've gone back to her room at this point. We are pretty late..."

Katsuki's eyes widened a little. He left his phone as well, and they weren't even in the right area...so how was he going to explain this to her? Damn it...! She probably thinks I'm doing this on purpose...damn it, damn it, damn it!

Ochaco looked back in a bit of worry for Izuka, who hadn't entered yet. She hummed as she bit her lip, wanting to go check on her. She seemed pretty upset when they left, and there was a chance she was still out there on her own. "Guys," She turned around to everyone, who looked at her. "I think I'm gonna check on Mido. It's already been 10 minutes..."

"I'll go with you," Momo followed after the girl.

"Me too!" Izuku ran after the two. The three ended up outside, looking around for the short girl. He then pointed to where she was. Her face was hidden in her knees, so she hadn't seen them. And she was too busy crying to pay attention to what was going on. "Over there, guys!"

"Mido!" Ochaco called out and she looked up, a stray tear falling down her face as they came to a stop. "Are you okay?"

Her eyes saddened as she turned away. "I'm sitting here alone in a dress waiting for someone who's not coming. Do I seem okay?" She glanced up at the three. Momo and Ochaco frowned deeply as she realized who she meant.

"So...you were waiting on Kacchan this whole time?" Izuku's eyes shook a bit as he sat down next to her, followed by the others. He wrapped an arm around his sister, who wiped her tears with her palm.

"I feel so stupid!" She hissed while clenching her fists, hitting them against her knees.

"No, you're not," Ochaco tried to assure her, rubbing her back.

"I'm sure that he has a reason!" Izuku spoke up with a bit of anger in his voice. Katsuki was a lot of things, but he believed that his childhood friend wouldn't do this. Even out of spite. "He's not that kind of person. He's really late, but he would never stand anyone up! He might be on his way right now!" He encouraged and she looked up at him sadly. The devastated look on her face showed she believed otherwise. "Come on," Izuku grabbed her hand, pulling her up. "Let's go inside, maybe we'll catch him soon. And if not...then I'll talk to him," He clenched a shaking fist as she sniffed.

"He's right. Something must've came up, and he didn't have time to talk to you," Momo patted the girl's shoulder gently.

"Thank you, guys..." She gave them a small sad smile. "But I don't know what to believe now. Let's just go and enjoy the party. I don't wanna ruin the mood for anyone." If he didn't even see her as other than Izuku's sister...why should she have believed that he wouldn't do this to her?

Their eyes softened towards her, hoping that Katsuki had a good explanation for this...

Every entrance was now locked from the control system. "Thank you for inviting me," All Might spoke up on stage. "It's truly a pleasure to be here. Formal speeches aren't my thing-" The screen suddenly changed to indicate an emergency and he looked around in alarm. It was now deadly silent in the whole room.

"This is an announcement from the I-Island security system. We have received a report that an explosive device was discovered somewhere on expo grounds."

"A bomb?" Rikido asked Hanta in alarm as they were having dinner.

"Seriously?"

"I-Island will now be in high alert mode. Your safety is our top priority," Security bots were deployed out on the streets. "Residents and tourists should return..."

"Oh man," Toru murmured as she, Mina, and Tsuyu were watching from a hotel room.

"I hope nobody's hurt," Mina commented as they had magazines on the bed.

"We'll be safe as long as we follow directions," Tsuyu spoke up to her.

"Yeah, totally," Mina gave a small smile.

"Anyone remaining on the street after 10 minutes will be in violation of the law," The female voice continued while Mezo and Fumikage were walking on the streets.

"We should hurry," Mezo glanced to some of the security bots around.

"Of course," Fumikage agreed as they walked as fast as they could.

Izuku looked over his shoulder and then gasped sharply. Izuka's eyes wavered a little in disbelief. "As a precautionary measure, most of the main island buildings will now be sealed off. I repeat..." The door opened behind some of the guests at the party, and it turned serious now as there were men with guns appearing. They all gasped in horror, and the leader revealed himself.

"In case you haven't caught on...the security system is in our control now," He spoke up with a smirk. "I know you've got a lot of heroes in here...but if you decide to make a scene," He pointed to the screen, which switched to the outside. And they were all cornering people before they could get to safety. "I'll make sure the security sentries think the good people they've got in their sights are dangerous criminals. So...I'd play nice, because everyone on this island is my hostage! Naturally, that includes all of you."

All Might turned around while gritting his teeth angrily. The leader grinned at having the advantage as he stepped forward. "Do it," He pressed his hand against an earpiece. Holes suddenly opened up in the floor, and something blue shot out of them. Rope appeared around a hero to restrain him, the same thing happening to the other heroes.

"The emergency restraining devices!" A guest cried out in a panic; even All Might was restrained. And they couldn't break free either because the restraints prevented people from using Quirks.

"Crap!" All Might tried to pull the rope apart when a gunshot went off. He glanced up as the leader approached the stage.

"Don't move. If you take so much as a step, I'll kill everyone in this room!" The man threatened while pointing a gun at All Might. All of the remaining guests stepped back from the stage.

"Villain-!" All Might grunted as he was kicked onto the ground.

"There's a good boy," He then smirked towards David specifically. "You're gonna follow All Might's lead and do whatever I say, right?"

All Might looked towards David, who shook his head silently. Toshi, you have no choice but to listen to them. All Might shook a little, gritting his teeth as he wanted to move so badly. Don't worry. I'll make sure everyone is safe. Don't make a move.

Shoto looked at his phone as the group looked up at the barrier. "I'm not getting any signal. It looks like my service is completely blocked," He informed all of them.

"Are you serious?" Minoru stared at him in disbelief.

"The elevator's not working either," Kyoka reported after trying it a few times.

"What the heck is going on here?!" The short boy whipped around to her.

"It's strange that the system would go on high alert," Melissa murmured in thought, rubbing her chin. "That's not the protocol whenever explosives are discovered."

"Huh?" Izuka blinked at her in confusion. "It's not? So then why are the buildings locking down then?"

"I'm not sure..." She answered a bit hesitantly.

"Ida?" Izuku walked up to his friend. "Let's go to that party."

"For what reason?"

"Because that's the place we can find All Might right now," He revealed, to their shock. Izuka winced a bit that he told them, since only the Shields and the Midoriya twins even knew of his presence here.

"Wait, All Might's in there?" Ochaco asked in surprise.

"Oh, thank goodness," Minoru smiled with relief. "We don't have anything to worry about then."

"So Melissa, do you know of any way we can get down there without the elevator?"

"Yeah, sure," She gestured to a door. "We can use the emergency stairs. That will at least get us close."

"We'll follow your lead then!"

"Our phones don't have a signal," Tsuyu reported as she was checking her laptop. "The internet's not working either."

"Ugh!" Mina groaned as she was changing channels, but they were all the same message. "What happened to all the channels?"

"We're roughing it, ladies!" Toru spoke up from behind, holding up some Uno cards. "But I brought some games along! Who's in?"

"Don't worry," The leader spoke as all the heroes were on the ground restrained. All of the guests were sitting down too. "If you stay quiet, there's no reason to hurt anyone. We plan to release you safely when the time is right," He walked past some terrified people.

"What are you criminals after?!" One of the heroes growled at him. This earned him a kick to the face, some of the guests yelling in a panic.

"Do you not know how to listen? Stay down!" His earpiece then beeped and he pressed on it. "What's up? Yeah, I got it," He then noticed Sam and his badge, gasping a little. "Hey tubby. You a researcher here?"

"Yes...I am," He answered a bit with terror.

"Take this one out," The leader looked to one of his men.

"No, please, no!" Sam cried out in fear as the man approached him.

"Stop it!" David walked up to the leader. "That man is my assistant. What do you plan on doing to him?"

"Hm?" The leader turned around and recognized him immediately. "Ah, the famous David Sheild. Bring him too."

"What if I refuse?" David asked him bravely, and he got a sinister smile in return.

"Then somewhere on this island, you'll hear a pretty little blonde girl scream..."

The man gritted his teeth as he knew that the villain was referring to Melissa. "All right...lead the way." Sam and David left with the leader, but the rest of the men remained behind.

Dave! I have to subdue these villains and get the system back online! How much power do I even have left? All Might struggled from his spot—even if he could break free and stop this, he didn't have much power left in him... I have to find a way! Because I am here! The Symbol of Peace...!

He then saw something, looking up to see the twins on the second floor of the reception hall. Izuku was using his phone's flashlight to send a Morse code. What? Young Midoriya and Mido?

"Okay," Izuku whispered to Kyoka, who was using her earphone jacks. "He knows that we're here. Jiro, is your jack in place?"

"Yeah, ready," She nodded up at him.

"You can talk to us. We're listening," Izuku gestured to his ear.

"And make sure no one can hear," Izuka whispered while using some sign language.

"Hope you can hear me. Some villains have taken the tower. They have control of the security system and everyone on this island is now being held as a hostage. That includes the heroes who are at this party," Kyoka listened nervously as she could hear All Might. "It's dangerous, get away from here as soon as you can."

She removed her earphone jack, turning to the twins. "This is bad, Midoriya and Mido," She whispered and they looked up as she informed them of what he just said. Izuka's eyes slowly widened as she covered her mouth in horror to hear it...