As your vision slowly came back, a dim light began seeping in through your eyelids, and a feeling of nausea washed over you. Your head hurt terribly and you tried to move but your hands and feet were bound. Heavy shackles on your hands; stretching both arms on either side of your head, and ankles bound with a tough rope of sorts. What was worse was that you were upside down.
"You're awake" Dabi stood nonchalantly in front of you; your face level with his. You didn't say anything for a while, and let him speak first. "How are you feeling?"
"Screw off"
"Don't be like that. I know you're probably wondering why you're here, where you are. It's a lot to process..."
"Why are you doing this?"
"... You know why"
"I don't...you abandoned me, then disappeared when my mom died. I didn't have anything...and you don't care"
"Everyone changes. Me...I just got my priorities straight. Like you should" you took a moment to look around. An old warehouse, from the looks of it. It was the perfect hideout to go unnoticed for a few days at least.
"So what do you want?" Before he had the chance to answer, Nightmare and Toga entered your holding area.
"Oh my gosh!" Toga was examining you from head to toe; stretching your eyelids and playing with your h/c hair. It was a bit much and you wanted nothing more than to shove her away. "She's perfect, Dabi! No wonder our master wants you. You're so strong too, we saw you holding up part of the building, it was amazing! Your quirk is such a pretty color too! It's red, almost like blood"
"She your friend?" You asked the two villains behind the weird girl; looking past the mentally ill female.
"Unfortunately" Nightmare responded, a little embarrassed.
"Alright Toga. Touchy-feely time is over" Dabi pushed her aside. You couldn't use your hands because of your restraints and your powers were of no use right now. You felt normal for once.
"Your restraints are designed to suppress your quirk as long as you're in them. In case you were wondering or trying to figure out an escape" you rolled your eyes at Nightmare. Her and this mind reading was beginning to annoy you.
"Thanks." You mumbled through your teeth.
"Alright, you two can go now. We've got some talking to do" Nightmare shooed Toga out and left the two of you alone once more.
"Interesting possy you have there"
"They're definitely weird, but they make up for it with their talents and quirks"
"Nightmare must be the brains of the group"
"More or less. You're here for two reasons. The old guy everyone calls 'master' asked us to bring you to him, he's got a plan in place for you—though we don't know what that is yet. He has a task for you first..."
"Task? I don't work with villains..."
"If you wanna make it out of here alive, then you'll cooperate. Or if you want the remainder of your family safe and untouched" the first person who came to mind was your brother.
"Leave Clint out of this"
"Then you do what I say, and we shouldn't have a problem" You didn't expect to be backed into a corner this way, but your brother was everything to you. So what was this important task you were required to carry out?
.....
"A friend of your father...he's a businessman, has been for a while. He's covered countless interviews with heroes from all over the world," You rubbed your wrists—now free of the restraints when Dabi shoved a folder in your face. "Your job is simple"
"I've seen him before" fingering through dozens of photos of the man. He looked prestigious and wealthy and that was to be expected. "Does your 'master' want a word with him?" You said it as a joke but wasn't grounded for your response.
"He wants you to kill him"
"What?"
"I didn't mumble. So, you've got 48 hours to do it after the heroes find you. If not, your brother is done for. We'll be monitoring you anyway. You tell anyone anything, I'll personally set you aflame. Understand?"
"But—"
"Good girl" he gave you a pat on your head before turning to leave. So you were supposed to kill this guy? And you couldn't let anyone else know where you were...this could only get worse from here on out. You only thought of your brother...keeping him safe was your top priority, and you'd do whatever it took. You wanted to look over the files and photos again but an excruciating pain shot through your body; something wet going down the side of your face. Your ears hurt suddenly and was the source of the wet feeling. With two fingers, you wiped the wetness away—only for your fingers to come back red...your own blood. Your ears were bleeding. And though you struggled to keep yourself awake; darkness took over once more.
Why couldn't it be like this all the time?
There was peace and silence in the cover of darkness. No problems, no worries or suffering...pain; none of that mattered when you felt yourself slip. Part of you thought it was disappointing to come back to this messed up world. So why did you have to?
.....
You jolted awake to bright lights and a white room. The sounds around you were voices...but somehow muffled, you couldn't hear them now. As your hearing slowly came to, you noticed arguing and anger...confusion, remorse, fear.
"I take the blame, I should've never let her go on patrol alone"
"She's just a kid" So many words and questions, you didn't want to deal with them. But they didn't seem to notice you were awake right now. Your body felt paralyzed, your muscles ached; yet, they were still at each other's throats.
"Guys...please, my ears hurt..." you choked out; your voice hoarse and scratchy. It hurt to talk—rendering you exhausted in the process.
"You're awake...." Ryuko was here, Aizawa and All Might were at your bedside. "How are you?"
"Hurting..."
"Our apologies for waking you, young Y/N, although we were afraid you wouldn't wake"
"What happened, Y/N?" You thought long and hard. You wanted so bad to tell them, but you remembered Dabi's words and immediately made up a lie.
"I...don't remember anything after the building collapse...where was I?"
"We found you a few blocks away from the accident...you were pretty beat, your ears were bleeding too"
"Must be a side effect from my powers...it happened at the sports festival only the blood was rushing from my nose"
"Well, you were missing for 2 days"
"What?!"
"You weren't aware?" You shifted your gaze towards the hospital window.
"No" they glanced between each other then back at you. You started to sit up in bed but Ryuko gently pushed you back down.
"You need to be resting sweetie...although there is a penalty for going against my orders in the battlefield, I am impressed with how many people you got out of that building. I'm proud of you kiddo"
No...not the guilt
"Thanks"
"We do have a surprise for you"
"Yeah?"
"Your brother is on his way to see you"
"What?" This couldn't be happening. It had to be a dream.
"You don't look too excited about it"
"No, I am! I just....I hate when he sees me like this, you know? Ha ha, he's a bully sometimes"
"That's typical of siblings. Anyway, the nurses will help you with whatever you need, we have to go but we'll be back tomorrow" Once the three left, you could feel the tears swelling in your eyes. Why'd he have to rush down here like that? He was safer where he was; far far away from you. This only complicated things a bit more...you weren't sure you could take it. One thing for certain; your target had to be eliminated as soon as possible. And you couldn't do it from the comfort of a hospital bed.
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