SUNDOWN

It was high noon when the sun went out. They sky grew dark and full of cold stars, birds crashed into buildings and each other, dogs howled, cats eyed up the plumper humans, and an unsettling chill brushed passerby like the Grim Reaper's skeletal hand.

Over the intercom, Nezu said, "All students, please return to your classrooms. Emergency ice age protocols are now in effect. If, for whatever reason, you are trapped outside, please bury yourself in a fetal position so archaeologists may find your desiccated remains."

In the 1-A classroom, Aizawa bundled into a thicker scarf and said, "A villain set fire to the sun. Now the fire went out, and there's no longer any hydrogen to fuel a fusion reaction. If you have any ideas on how to stop the impending extinction event, the Japanese government is open to suggestions."

"We could throw my dad into the sun," Todoroki suggested.

"Seeing as that's how the villain set fire to the sun, I doubt that would help."

Todoroki made a fist bump. Yaoyorozu raised her hand and said, "What if we made a new sun? Surely there are enough Quirks to make that possible."

"Are you willing to eat fifty million pounds of lard for the salvation of mankind?"

Yaoyorozu's hand faltered. "I, uh…"

"We'll revisit that idea if the heating breaks. Anyone else?'

Kaminari raised his hand. "Instead of a sun, how about we put up a whole bunch of lights! Like, you know, for reptiles!"

"And where would we get the electricity to fuel all those lights? We could clone you a couple hundred thousand times, but it would lower the average IQ of mankind too much."

"Hey!"

Koda nervously raised his hand and whispered, "What about, um, using organisms? Bioengineer a bacteria that produces light and heat and feeds off of pollutants in the atmosphere?"

"Way too environmentally friendly to ever pass in this political climate, but I'm sure Nezu is already working on it. Yes, Izuku?"

"If we are experiencing technical issues with the nearest stellar mass, should we not attempt to turn it off and on again? That is how most of my technical issues are resolved."

"And where would this hypothetical power switch for the sun be located?"

"In my mom's basement."

"Which is halfway across the city."

"Yes."

"And the weather is already minus fifty out."

"Minus fifty-four," Izuku corrected. "With a windchill of minus ninety-nine."

Aizawa sighed. "Fine. I'll get my winter scarf."

Bundled up like an oversized mummy, Aizawa waddled out with Izuku to his mother's house. The lock was frozen stiff, but with some creative application of physical force, Izuku smashed the door down, entered the basement, and showed Aizawa the massive light switch. He flipped it off, then back on again. The sky lit up, the ice melted, flowers bloomed, and birds started chirping again.

"Does your mom have a light switch for mankind's intellect?"

"Nope. Mom says you cannot fix what was never there."

"What a pity."

500

Bakugo, in his bomb shelter gnawing on hardtack and drinking his own urine: take that machines! I knew you would extinguish the sun, just like you did in the Matrix!

Alternatively, Endeavor wakes up, looks down upon the earth, and says, "Shoto, why aren't you using your fire?"

Shoto flips him the bird and makes clouds out of ice. Endeavor shouts, "Don't you ignore me, son! Don't make me come down there!"

Gives a whole new meaning to Sunny D, doesn't it?