18: 𝑈𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑣𝑒; 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑎𝑚𝑎
"More people are going to die because of you."
Midoriya stood in front of Overhaul. Or what was once Overhaul. The man before him, if you could even call him that. Was a mutation, he'd taken the body and quirk of one of his closest lackies and manipulated his own flesh to fuse with it. The Dead Man's quirk was confession, used to force someone to answer a question. But Overhaul was using the projection quality it gave a voice to draw Eri back out.
The girl trembled. Stepping out of the hallway she had been told by Mirio to hide in.
"Eri no! Run!" Midoriya said, turning to her. She was crying, and obviously terrified. But there was something so brave inside of her, so selfless. While being manipulated into believing she was causing all this harm.
Mirio was hurt, he collapsed while trying to take her to safety.
Midoriya was hurt, just a little. Still standing his ground though.
Eraserhead had disappeared, fallen underground with Overhauls right hand man. No one knew his condition yet.
Nighteye...
Nighteye was suspended up in the air with a spike through his gut. Hanging just out of Eri's line of sight, hidden by a rock or two. If she knew what had happened to him. She wouldn't be able to ever forgive herself for this, she barely could now.
"There we go." Overhaul said in satisfaction as Eri slowly walked up. Trembling.
"I-If I come with you...." She mumbled. "Y-you have to promise to fix them." The young girl pleaded. She knew his quirk, not really its name or the specifics of it. But she knew what he could do. She knew he could fix their wounds, he did it to her all the time.
"It's so much easier to hurt yourself than to watch other people get hurt for you... Isn't it?" Overhaul asked Eri. He had one of his extra hands open, revealing a mouth in his palm. "Come on Eri. You don't need to be selfish. We can end this, if you just come with me." He spoke to her through confession.
She took another slow step forward. "D-don't hurt him... P-p-please." Eri whispered, looking at Deku.
"Eri it's okay! Go back to Lemillion!" Deku said, shaking his head frantically.
"You don't want to be saved? Do you?" Overhaul prompted her.
"Not like this..." Eri answered, forced by his stolen quirk.
She was almost out of the hallway now. Almost too Overhaul. But someone stopped her.
Arms wrapped around her from behind, tightly. The embrace was warm and comfortable. It felt loving, not that Eri really knew what that meant. But it was good, sweet. She liked it, it calmed her down.
"It's going to be okay Eri." A voice whispered.
A voice she had heard often. Over and over again, only in her mind.
"Let us protect you."
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Kira ran through the hallways Twice told her to follow. He had been quite helpful in finding Overhaul, apparently he had just been with him a few minutes ago.
The landscape was uneven, like it had been manipulated a while ago. Soon she turned when Twice had instructed and ran down a hall. She stopped quickly when she saw several officers laying on the ground.
She knelt by each of them, not dead. But all unconscious, must've been that crazy wall moving guy. She checked them for injuries quickly, wanting to move on to find Eri as soon as she could.
She looked at one. He was in his forties probably, maybe late thirties. Had a bump on his head but other than that he was okay.
He was also holding a gun.
Kira took it without thinking too much. Or maybe she was thinking a lot and just didn't care about the trouble that this would get her into. Taking a gun without permission and using it was much different then being given one and given permission to shoot.
She could get in huge trouble for this.
She ran down the hall, it seemed to go on forever. Without a sign of anyone else in sight. Kira's quirk searched for someone, but couldn't for a long time.
Then she ran up on someone, their thoughts faint. "Damn it... Get... Up... Lemillion..."
Kira bolted towards Mirio, who was laying flat on the ground. Too badly injured.
"You have... To save her..."
"Mirio!" Kira called out. Not a loud yell, she was too cautious for that.
"Athena." He grunted, looking up with wide eyes. "I... I had Eri. I... I can't move, sh-she went back. You have to stop her." He whispered, struggling to form a sentence.
"Okay." Kira nodded, kneeling down beside him. "What... What happened?" She whispered. Mirio was quite literally untouchable. That was his whole quirk.
"They shot at Eri... With the special bullets. Kn-nowing I would take it for her. My quirk..." He shook his head and Kira's eyes widened in horror.
"My quirk is gone."
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"Oh great. You guys just keep crawling out of the cracks don't you? What a pain." Overhaul mumbled, looking up at Kira.
"Looks like a wannabe Eraserhead... Maybe a protege. Quirk might be interesting..."
Kira was probably the worst possible person that could try and pick a fight with overhaul. Considering her quirk didn't give her any type of ability to fight from a far. Or at all really, the one perk is that she could predict his moves. But other than that she had nothing. Except the gun of course, but she didn't really like the idea of killing him.
Actually no, she did. But she didn't like the idea of the punishment she'd get FOR killing him. So that was a no go.
"You're gonna be okay Eri." Kira whispered. "Listen, we're scared for you Eri. We don't want to see you hurt, just like you don't want to see us hurt. We need to fight so that everyone can be okay. But we can't do that if you go back to him." She calmly explained, whispering too Eri. Hoping she'd understand.
"You... You can't be here. You'll get hurt." Eri sniffled. It's my friend... My friend is here... But... But they'll die... I can't let them die..."
"Don't you worry about me. I need you to do me a favor okay? Close your eyes really tight, and cover up your ears with your hands. Until you can't hear anything okay? And stay right here." Kira put a hand on Eri's back as the girl hesitantly did as she was told.
"Don't you understand? Eri doesn't want to be saved. Especially not by rookies like you, really? Where are the real pros huh?" Overhaul asked.
"I don't know, where's your pop?" Kira snapped back.
Overhaul froze. "What are you talking
about-"
"Oooh that's right. Yeah you put the only person you actually cared about in a coma didn't you? Wow he must really hate you.' She said with a smile, hand wrapped around her fire arm.
"K-kira-" Midoriya stammered in question, backing up.
"Ultimate move; Childhood trauma! Hey how'd it feel to watch your family die and then have to wade though a sewer of shit to get to safety?!" Kira asked mockingly. "If I was you I'd hate germs too."
"How do you know all this?! Shut up!" Overhaul snapped. Shaking his head frantically, as his memories started to resurface.
"You were taken in by the old boss, only to watch the only home you've ever known crumble. So what do you do to protect it? You basically kill your father figure. You're a sick disgusting man Chisaki." Kira spot out his name like a curse.
"STOP IT!!" Chisaki yelled, putting his hands to his head. "Who are you?!" He yelled.
"How does she know all of this?! Who is she? It's her quirk I'm sure..."
"Your worse fucking nightmare bitch." Kira said, holding the gun up again. "Let's play a game! If you catch something you can destroy it right? So how about you try and catch these bullets."
"I'm not that dumb." He said, pressing his hands on the ground. Ready to throw spikes at Kira. She didn't hesitate before shooting one of his hands, causing him to immediately recoil in pain.
"WATCH IT BITCH!!" Kira yelled in warning. "I really am not opposed to killing you, so don't give me a reason ight?"
"That's not very heroic." He hissed, grabbing his arm and using his quirk to heal the damage Kira caused. "She's different then the others. More aggressive, angry... Smart."
"I'm not as infected as everyone else." Kira shrugged. "I also hate you, you're barely even a man Chisaki. You're a shit eating demon." She hissed. "Burn in hell."
She was glad Eri wasn't listening to her. Her hands firmly clasped over her ears just as Kira had asked. Kira kept her hand on her back, comforting her even if just a little bit.
"So self righteous...." Overhaul hissed in return.
"Yeah you are, glad you're self aware bitch. What's your deal with quirks anyways? You have one don't you?" Kira asked, she was buying time. Waiting for someone... Anyone to come and help them. Midoriya had walked backwards, he was now standing closer to Kira and Eri. Ready to make a move if he had too. But he noticed that Kira's "Ultimate move" was kinda working in keeping him distracted.
"Don't think I'm so stupid. You're just trying to keep me talking aren't you?" Overhaul put his hands on the ground, this time he built a wall between them. Kira's bullets hit them and bounced off like they were nothing.
"Now's the time for you to go like... Punch things." Kira whispered to Deku. "I'll get Eri out-"
Without warning the ceiling caved in and a dragon fell down from the sky.
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