Code: Execute

Code: Forest

She used all of her concentration to focuson controlling one of her deadliest codes. It was one of the few she vowed to never use since the night her life changed forever.

(Y/n) looked at the two terrified women who were clinging to her as if their lives depended on it. "When we hit the ground, you will get out and run towards the forest without question, GOT IT?"

The two women looked up at (Y/n) with a worry plastered on their faces before they nodded in understanding.

The three women were huddled together in the car as the roots began to crush the metal frame as if it were made of toothpicks. (Y/n) stuck a hand out the window and gently touched one of the roots. (Y/n) stared at her database in front of her before she took a deep breath and whispered out, "Code: Malware."

A red light began to spread quickly from where her hand touched John's vines. The roots that were touched by the red light quickly turned black and began to rot before they would crumble to the ground below.

Unlike the usually soft and comforting blue light her ability gave off, this code had a terrifying red hue to it, and it was spreading quickly towards her target.

The sudden destruction of his vines startled the blonde man, but before he could rationalize what was going on a familiar voice yelled out from the car, "Oh, you might want to disable your ability before that hits you. I don't want you to end up like the roots rotting over here!"

Without a second thought, the man disabled his roots as the red light began to spread towards his form.

With the roots gone, (Y/n) quickly used her Firewall to protect the three from the impact the ground would bring to them any second now.

When the car crashed towards the ground, the three women barely even felt a tickle inside her barrier. Naomi quickly kicked open the door and dragged a tired (Y/n) out of the car with her while Haruno helped push (Y/n) out of the car.

Steinbeck was about to reactivate his ability while the girls got out of the vehicle, but before he could, two gunshots rang through the air. The blonde felt one of the bullets cut off the newly formed root from his neck, and he slowly felt his ability disappear once again.

John recognized the voice of the sarcastic girl who called herself, (Fake Name) as she tiredly yelled out, "Kunikida! You're as punctual as ever, but sometimes it's nice to be EARLY!"

When the blonde man turned around to face the newest attacker, he saw his companion, Lovecraft, lying on the ground, shot. Behind his comrade stood an unfamiliar man pointing a gun at the Guild operative with a slight irk mark on his face as he yelled out, "I'm on time because I took into account all of the roads and the usual traffic in this area! I couldn't have gotten here sooner even if I had tried, moron!"

The woman huffed out, "Heh, does this mean you-- didn't break the speed limit?"

The bespectacled man grimaced as he said, "As a matter of fact, I went ten over all the way here."

"Oh, I'm so proud of you, Kunikida-kun!"

"Shut up, Moron!"

(Y/n) was exhausted, to say the least. She was being held up by Naomi at the moment while Haruno slipped from the car. If Naomi wasn't holding her up, she would have crumpled to the ground, and likely she would fall asleep.

She still wasn't completely healed from her concussion, and to keep reaching her limit without replenishing her energy was really taking a toll on her body at that moment. (Y/n) knew it was reckless to use such an unused code, but she couldn't help the small smile that graced her lips as she thought to herself, 'Dazai was right. I can control those terrible codes. I am not a slave to those codes.'