"Nii-chan?" Eri's trembling voice echoed through the dark room. Aizawa was caught off guard, his head lashed towards the little girl in surprise, holding back a breath. His heart got filled with sorrow while he tried to block the view from the girl at the doorframe with his body.
"Kid! What are you doing here?! I told you to sta-" He didn't even get to finish his sentence before he saw four fingers wrapping around the girl's neck and jolting her upwards very unkindly.
"Well well well, seems like a rat sneaked into our lab" A dangerously low and raspy voice came from behind a hand pinned to a face. "Well, two rats" He added while grabbing Eri's chin tightly with his other hand by two fingers.
Eri's pupils shrunk drastically and she gasped in both fear and pain. Her airway was getting shut as she struggled with every breath.
Aizawa gritted his teeth in frustration while he got hit with a rush of hot adrenaline from all possible glands in his body.
"Now now, hero, we don't want this little girl dying because of you, now would we?" The man covered in hands said, waving his last finger around Eri's neck threateningly.
The man, clearly a villain, seemed very menacing and dangerous, so Aizawa knew better than to make the wrong move and get both kids, and himself, killed. He didn't even know what the villain's quirk was, so he couldn't act rashly. He raised his hands slowly in surrender, still on his knees, studying the man carefully with his gaze.
The villain only chuckled in return, seeming quite satisfied with Aizawa's subjection.
But on the other hand, seeing that Aizawa was restrained because of her made Eri's teary eyes regain some courage.
She quickly knitted her eyebrows together, raised her tiny hands to grab the villain's hand that was holding her chin, and bit it with all her might.
The man with hands yelped and let Eri fall from the unexpected pain rush.
Aizawa, not letting this opportunity slip away, slipped his goggles on and tried to erase the villain's quirk, whatever it was. When he realized that he could, in fact, erase it, he dashed forward and readied his capturing gear, not wanting to waste a second to get the kids to safety.
But right when he was about to get a hold on the villain, a large ugly creature appeared and threw Aizawa across the room.
Aizawa crashed into the library shelves behind, causing several folders and jars to fall down and shatter. Blood dripped down his forehead and his vision blurred for a second. But instead of falling, he forced his aching body to land on his legs and not show any signs of weakness infront of the kid.
He felt something getting squashed beneath his feet, something very sticky and disgusting that he may or may not recognise from previous experiences, but he chose to ignore that for the time being.
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Eri started running the moment the mean man let her go and dashed towards nii-chan who was laying motionlessly on the ground. She collapsed down next to him and buried her tear-stained face in his shirt, only for him to remain unmoving.
Just when she was about to question the lack of response, she heard a loud crash and turned immediately to see her hero wobbling on his feet, some wet blood droplets hit the ground underneath as well as some red jars, and she could tell hero-san was injured.
Few more tears slid down her cheeks and she felt very lost. She didn't want the kind hero to get hurt, but she couldn't leave her nii-chan's side either. She clutched nii-chan's shirt even more tightly and shut her eyes, refusing to witness any further heinousness.
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Aizawa couldn't help but stare at the hideous navy blue skinned creature with the exposed brain and maniac eyes. The large and muscular build explaining the force he just experienced.
'It broke my arm with just one blow?!' Aizawa thought with horror while observing his limp limb that refused to move. He clutched it tightly, overworking his brain to find an escape route, if not for him, then for the children!
Aizawa needed to distract both villains in order for the kids to sneak out, but he doubted that the girl could bear her older brother who definitely didn't look like being able move by himself anytime soon.
He glanced at the girl, making sure she remained unscratched, and when he saw her desperate tears, he just knew he had to stay with them.
Good luck Sensei! We will be waiting for you!
Despite the situation, Aizawa smiled genuinely when he remembered the card. Yeah that's right, his students were waiting for him too. No, he can't afford to die. If he dies, there'll be no one left to hold the villains back!
And he still had to watch over 1-A. Until they become graduated heroes!
With his new-founded motivation still lingering in the back of his mind, Aizawa dashed forward, all pain from his head and arm injuries momentarily forgotten. He activated his quirk again and used the creature's shoulder as a stepping stone to jump and come face to face with the other villain who was clearly the one controling the creature. If he could take care of this one, he hoped that the other creature will become automatically hindered.
He landed his kick successfully and the villain covered in hands hit the wall behind harshly.
"Nomu! Get the hero!" The ashy haired man ordered angrily while propping himself up with his elbows. He began scratching his neck stressfully with gritted teeth.
The nomu obeyed directly after receiving the order and backhanded the hero midair with its right hand after spinning on its heels with inhuman speed, sending Aizawa out of the room and to the corridor. But before crashing, Aizawa used his capturing weapon to wrap the two kids and shoved them to his side of the corridor.
Eri yelped at the sudden movement and held her brother even closer. And instead of crashing, she felt herself being gently put down on the floor. She looked up and found herself right behind the standing hero who was shielding them from the mean man.
Now that he had the kids, Aizawa only had one problem left. The exit was behind the villains infront of him.
He went first to lift the, probably, unconscious boy with both hands bridal style, his broken hand not helping much.
"Hold tight kid, I promise to deliver both of you to safety" he whispered to the girl while crouching down and gesturing her to ride on his back.
Eri only nodded and proceed to hug his neck tightly.
Wrapping both the girl and his broken arm with the gear to make sure no one slips, Aizawa jumped skillfully to the right wall of the long dark corridor, his centrifugal force making it possible for him to walk on the wall for a split of a second.
"Nomu!" The hand-covered villain yelled and the nomu acted promptly, throwing a hook directed at Aizawa's head.
Right before it was about to hit the rushing hero, he gathered all his remaining power and jumped to the opposite wall, making an air flip over the nomu's head and getting rid of it successfully. The only thing left was getting through the last villain and everything will be just fine! Aizawa felt a rush of relief wash over him, and his pain came flooding back at that.
"NO! No, no, no, not the research, not this one, Sensei will be so mad, I- Ican'tdisappointSensei! Ihaveto... yes! I have to....!" The maniac villain was mumbling nonstop the whole time, and right when Aizawa was flying right above him, the small whispers came to an end and were replaced with an evil grin.
Aizawa landed felicitously on the ground. He finally made it! The kids will be safe now!
But before sprinting to the exit, our experienced hero couldn't help but have this uneasy feeling in his gut. He looked back at the villain who was still grinning creepily.
Aizawa didn't notice it in that split of a second, but now that he looked closely, the villain held something like an injection? An Epipen? Except it couldn't possibly be an epinephrine shot right? Why would that villain hold something like that now of all times though?
Aizawa wasn't given the opportunity to think this matter through before getting interrupted by a painful shriek.
His eyes darted immediately to the boy in his hands, who in addition to his previous critical wounds, had blood flowing from both eyes, ears and nose. The boy's whole body was tense before random spasms shook his whole being.
"Nii-chan!" Eri cried out with terror and tried to get off to her brother, not being very successful with the capturing gear around her.
The villain let out a crippling laugh that made chills run down the hero's spine.
"What did you do?!" Aizawa didn't know what to do and lowered the boy down to the floor in an impulse. Not being aware of the nomu that towered above him, ready to give the final, deadly blow.
"Goodbye, HiiiRoooo!" Was the last thing Aizawa heard beside the wicked laughter before everything he could see was.....
Blood.....