A/N: If I translated any Russian dialogue in this chapter wrong, I apologize, and I'll gladly accept a better translation.
It was a frigid winter night in Siberia, and Deku and Todoroki had but one mission: rescue one of their own from a Russian military gulag. To this end, they disguised themselves as Russian soldiers, wearing shinel longcoats over their M69 uniforms and ushankas with the familiar red star on the front. Both of them carried AK-74 rifles. Thus far, they were going about the camp unnoticed.
"Hey, got any idea where Kaminari is?" whispered Deku.
"I have a general idea, but to get more specific information, we'll need to obtain a prisoner roster."
Deku nodded. "Right. By the way, how are you not cold? Even with this coat and hat, I'm freezing!"
"I'm naturally resistant to extremes of hot or cold."
"Well, I guess that makes sense with your Quirk."
As they headed for the office where the prisoner roster was supposed to be, Deku and Todoroki continued to blend in with the other guards…mostly:
"Ey, kak dyela?" asked a guard.
"Nye plokho," replied Todoroki. "A vy?"
"Mnye chyertovski kholodno!"
Todoroki said nothing further. Though he knew his fair share of Russian, Deku had elected to leave the talking to her. Besides, he thought she sounded really sexy when she was speaking Russian.
"Ty khorosho provodish' noch'?" asked another guard.
Todoroki nodded. "Tak mnogo kak ya mogu."
"Ah, khorosho!"
Thus far, Deku was relieved that their disguises were working, though he wondered how the guards didn't say anything about Todoroki's hair being visible under her ushanka. However, not everything was peaches and cream…
"Izvinitye, no mnye nuzhno uvidyet' vashi dokumyenti," said another guard.
Knowing that the guard was asking for identification, Deku and Todoroki wasted no time in whipping out their papers and handing them to him. They attempted to keep their composure as best as they could while the guard checked their IDs.
"Prostitye menya, rebyata." The guard handed back their IDs. "Prodolzhat'."
Deku and Todoroki nodded before continuing on their way.
"That was close," whispered Deku.
Todoroki said nothing else; she merely nodded. Soon enough, they came upon a small office.
"This must be where the roster is kept," said Todoroki. "Keep a lookout while I open the door."
"Right."
Deku did a brief looksee of his surroundings, and once he was sure that nobody was looking, he gave a thumbs up to Todoroki, and they entered the office. It was fairly sparse, save for some photographs and maps on the wall, plus a wooden office desk, a swivel chair and a file cabinet.
"Check the desk," said Todoroki. "I'll search the file cabinet."
"Got it."
Deku not only pored through the papers on top of the desk, but also the various drawers, while Todoroki went to work on the file cabinet. At first, they found nothing. Nevertheless, Deku was convinced that Todoroki was right, so they continued searching, but stopped when they heard the doorknob turning. While the door was opening, they attempted to compose themselves as best as they could and act normally. In stepped an officer, a lieutenant colonel or podpolkovnik judging by the two stripes and two stars on the shoulder boards of his uniform.
"Pokazhite mnye vashi dokumyenty!" said the officer.
Without hesitation, Deku and Todoroki whipped out their papers and handed them to the lieutenant colonel.
"Kto vash komandir?" asked the officer.
"Tovarishch podpolkovnik, razvye eta informatsiya nye dolzhna byt' v nashikh dokumyentakh?" asked Todoroki.
The officer glared at Todoroki. "Kto vash komandir?"
Todoroki began sweating nervously. "Uh…"
"Kak vas zovut?" said the lieutenant colonel.
Todoroki's face was red. "Um…"
"Kak vas zovut?"
Knowing that they were likely screwed if they continued to let the lieutenant colonel live, Deku whipped out his AK-74.
"STOP!"
Before the officer could draw his Makarov, Deku shot him in the head. Todoroki gasped.
"Deku, I'm glad you saved my life, but somebody could've heard that!"
"Then that's a risk I'm willing to take! Help me drag his body behind the desk!"
"Right!"
Deku and Todoroki dragged the officer's body behind the desk and continued their search. Soon enough…
"Deku, I think I found something!"
Todoroki held up a clipboard, which her and Deku did a quick lookover of. They found just what they were looking for: information on where Denki Kaminari was being held. However, they also heard someone approaching the office rapidly, so they put down the clipboard quickly and were about to leave when another guard burst in.
"Ey, kto-nibud' iz vas slyshal stryel'bu!?" asked the guard.
Todoroki shook her head. "Nyet, zdyes' vsye spokoyno."
"Khorosho, prosto day mnye znat', yesli uvidish' chto-nibud'."
The guard returned to what he was doing before, while Deku and Todoroki wiped their foreheads with the backs of their hands.
"That was close." Todoroki put the clipboard on the desk. "Follow me."
"Right."
Deku followed Todoroki to the cell block area where Kaminari was supposed to be held. Along the way, despite the fact that Deku had shot a ranking officer, things were still going their way. Soon enough, they came upon the cell where Kaminari was.
"Oh no, please don't take me away!" said Kaminari. "I know nothing, I swear!"
"Shh!" Deku put his index finger up to his lips. "Kaminari, we're here to bust you out!"
Todoroki used her fire and ice powers to expand and contract the lock, breaking it within short order.
"Come on!" Todoroki quietly beckoned Kaminari over.
Despite having been thoroughly bruised and bloodied, Kaminari had enough strength to get up and hurry out of his cell. He would need all the strength he could get, too, for alarms went off all throughout the gulag.
"Ostanovite etikh dvoikh! Oni samozvantsy!"
The guards discovered Deku, Todoroki and Kaminari as they were attempting to make their escape and opened fire on them. However, since these guards were all graduates of the Imperial Marksmanship Academy, their shots missed by a country mile. However, the three heroes recognized that if they hung around here long enough, then their plot armor would run out and one of them would get shot. Thus far, though, Todoroki was doing a good job of keeping the guards at bay with her Quirk, and Deku was laying down some serious fire with his AK-74. However, Kaminari wasn't too happy about the current arrangement…
"Guys, can we stop playing around!? There's too many of them! We'll never get out at this rate! Let me take care of this!"
Deku reached out for Kaminari. "Kaminari, NO!"
Thinking too quickly to stop, Kaminari let out a gigantic blast of electricity, shocking all the guards within shooting distance. While this made things significantly easier for the trio, this also had the effect of frying Kaminari's brains like KFC.
"I'll grab Kaminari!" said Deku. "We should be able to make a clean break for it!"
"Right!"
Deku slung Kaminari over his shoulder, and he ran away with the help of One For All, while Todoroki followed by ice surfing. Fortunately, they made it out of the gulag without injury, and in a clearing miles away, there was an Mi-17 "Hip" helicopter awaiting them, which they recognized as their extraction team, so they hopped on board and flew away.
"Well done, Midoriya and Todoroki," said Shota Aizawa, aka "Eraserhead". "Once again, you two have gone above and beyond my expectations. I'm mildly impressed."
Deku smiled. "Well, I couldn't have done it without the best girl ever!"
"Oh, Deku!"
Todoroki gave Deku another kiss.
"Having said that, I would have much preferred if you brought Kaminari back with his mind intact." Aizawa crossed his arms.
"Duhhhhhhhhh," was Kaminari's only response.
Deku smiled sheepishly, while Todoroki frowned.
"Uh, he'll get better…right?" Deku rubbed the back of his head.
Aizawa simply gave a stern stare to Deku. Deep down inside, however, he valued Deku's and Todoroki's help.
Criticism is gold. Negativity and nitpicking are pyrite.
