||3RD POV||
She felt herself get harshly yet silently tackled in the side and a large hand covered her mouth with a cloth, her eyes widen when she smelled the scent on the cloth. Slowly, her eyes were closing but she forced her ring off of her finger but her nails scratched her skin during her action. She felt herself get thrown over the person's shoulders and her body was limp in the person's hold, only her mind was conscious but not her body. Blood dripped from her injured ring finger but slowly healed as the figure walked with her to an unknown destination.
After a while, they stopped and her senses were filled with smoke. The figure placed her against the stump of a tree and her eyes twitched slightly when she felt her cheek getting caressed by rough hands. A deep voice mused as he continued his actions with one hand while the other was burning a tree, "Who would've thought that I would be the one to find you, Angel." He pulled away from her and turned around when he heard a twig snap, her eyes open and her aura turned into something dark and menacing.
He suddenly hits a tree with a powerful force which caused him to groan in pain as he slumped to the floor. She steadily got up from her uncomfortable position and her fingers head towards her ear, she heard how the communicator went on and her voice was low yet husky as she ordered, "Beta, we are in an emergency. Alert the rest of the heroes immediately, we are being under attack by the League." Without any hesitation, he sends the signal to the rest and she heads back to the rest as her appearance was back in her demonic form.
As she exhales, black smoke escaped her red lips as her eyes turned into slits with the hint of gold in them. Her fingers until her elbow turned black and sharp as horns curled on top of her head, her outfit manifested into something rugged and intimidating. Wings sprouted from her shoulders but they weren't feathers, they were slightly torn bat-like wings that were even larger than her original wings. Her weapon appeared in her hands with smoke surrounding it as she walked through the burning forest with a menacing smile. Her chilling laughter echoed through the crackling forest and those who heard it shivered viciously.
Her wings opened, sending a slightly powerful wind through the trees surrounding her. Her body was in the dark sky in a millisecond and she flew over the forest as she was searching for students. Out of nowhere, she heard flesh tear and pain came rushing to her like a train, she groaned loudly as her wing tore when something hit her. Her body heads to the ground with speed and her wings disappeared, she gracefully grabbed the top of a tree and held on to it as her eyes search for the source of what could've attacked her.
Her fingers clench and unclench around the scythe, her maroon eyes flicker in every direction until she felt the air get knocked out of her. Her fingers loosened around her weapon and felt how the person who attacked her wrap their arms around her waist as they fell to the ground. She growled as she tried to escape their hold, "Let go of me this instant, or I'll burn you until you beg for mercy!" They only tightened their hold around her waist and she rolled her eyes at this fool as she pressed her fingers into their skin. Immediately, their body was set ablaze and lets go of her as they scream in terror.
She watched with amused eyes as the villain burned into ash causing her to clap at the sight, her voice was filled with bliss and darkness as she uttered, "What a beautiful sight to see a human burn into something they were before even being born!" She shrugs and turned around with a hum, she didn't even notice how a familiar animal exposed itself from her smoke. Her smile only widens when she felt fur brush against her fingers and her eyes were cast down at the ancient beast next to her. "It seems that you want something to do, Cerberus."
One of the beast's heads growled in agreement while the other two were sniffing the surroundings, her fingers rub against their heads as she stated with her canines shining in the moon, "Just don't kill my fellow companions and kids. You may harm the ones who are harming them." Without a second later, the three-headed beast was sprinting away from her and she could hear how excited he was to have action again. She walked through the forest as she heard the fellow cries of the villains when Cerberus got to them and her hands traced against the trees.
As her fingers leave the trees while passing by, the sizzled away when the life left them. She hums as she continued through the thick forest, killing any life force that made contact with her skin. Smoke escaped her lips and surround her moving feet, but her body froze when she felt eyes on her figure. Her hands let go of the bark of the tree and listened to how life left the lashed tree. Her garnet-colored eyes follow the direction which she believed the stare was coming from and she was met with a masked face in the distance.
The masked villian shivered when he saw that she spotted him, he felt his blood run cold as her terrifying smile was getting wider by the second. Her voice was giddy as she asked into her earpiece, "Is there anyone else around me?" Beta scanned and responded, "Except the man a few miles away from you, no one else is close." This caused her smile to grow so wide that she thought her mouth was going to rip, she lifted her fingers, and a black circle appeared from them.
He rose a brow when he saw her lift her hand but stumbled back when he saw the circle, he swore loudly. Black yet hot sparks crackled from the circle and her voice was filled with excitement and wickedness as she uttered out, "Καταστροφή." The crackling erupted and a beam of darkness escaped the circle, it was hurdling towards the masked villain who jumped off of the cliff, merely missing the attack by an inch. He landed on the ground and watched as the beam burned the entire surface of the cliff. An explosion erupted from the attack, alerting everyone in the forest and they saw the beam head into the sky.
The villain had disbelief written on his face under his mask, and he snapped his head into the direction of the voice that emerged from the shadows, "It seems that you merely missed my attack. Good for you, then." He saw her emerging from the shadows, and she had a disappointed pout on her lips as she stared him down. Neither of them moved until she vanished in thin air and he looked around for her, she popped up from behind him and was about to release another attack, but she felt someone press against a pressure point in her neck.
Her eyes drooped and her body hits the ground harshly, the masked villain sighed out of relief when he saw her sleeping figure on the grassy surface. He turned towards the ravenette who was panting with his hand stretched out, he saw that Dabi was shaking slightly as he looked down at the brunette. "Fuck," Dabi muttered and sat on the ground as he tried to regain his breath, Mr. Compress stared at him. "Her hits are no joke," Dabi admitted as he gripped his bruised abdomen while glaring up at the masked villain.
Mr. Compress nods at him with a hum, "Indeed, I merely escaped that powerful beam which she released a minute ago." Dabi grumbled as he got to his feet, "At least she's properly knocked out since I pressed a pressure point in her neck which causes her to pass out." Mr. Compress sighs as he crouched down and softly touches her shoulder, she turned into a pale blue marble and both of the villains sighed out of relief. The masked villain held the marble up and saw her peaceful figure sleeping inside of it, he couldn't help but admire the small figure inside of the glass marble.
Out of nowhere, a massive growl erupted from the other side of the forest, near Shoji with Midoriya in his hold. Dark Shadow looked in the direction of the growl and saw the three-headed beast that was slowly growing in size. The beast was bigger than Dark Shadow and attacked the shadow, the beast was careful of not harming Tokoyami, Shoji or Midoriya, its only motive is to calm the shadow down. Shoji and Midoriya watch how the beast was slowly losing as the beast bit into it, a black-red fire erupted from one of the heads and held it closer to the shadow.
Midoriya noticed that the beast was slowly directing Dark Shadow towards where Bakugo and Todoroki were fighting off a villain. They rushed towards the mentioned males and Dark Shadow follows them as he ripped himself from the beast's clutches. The ground shook as the beast rushed behind the shadow and jumped in front of it but noticed that there was a villain, his mouth opened and bits down on the villain. Everyone watches with horrified eyes as the beast drags the villain through trees like a dog toy with his middle head while the left head was trying to take the villain from the middle head.
The beast threw the bruised and battered villain against a tree, he slowly turns towards Dark Shadow and all three heads had fire dripping from their jaws as they rushed towards the shadow. They bit the shadow that was gradually shrinking thanks to the beast, Bakugo, and Todoroki. Once Cerberus noticed that everything was under control, he rushed off as he grew smaller yet he was taller than the teens. Everyone watched as the three-headed beast rushes off and Midoriya commented in pain, "That was Cerberus..." Everyone looked at him with a raised brow and he explained further, "Ever since I met Reaper, she tells me tricks that she uses in sticky situations. One of them was summoning Cerberus; the multi-headed dog that guards the gates of the underworld."
They were discussing what Midoriya found out but he notices something, his voice was stern as he demanded, "Where is Aya? She's also one of the targets to the villains." Todoroki sighed out of stress and said, "We don't know. She was behind us, scolding us but she got quiet and we looked behind us and she wasn't there." Midoriya gritted his teeth but said nothing as Todoroki held up a familiar golden ring, "This was only left of her excluding a small pool of rose-gold blood."
There was silence among them and they decided it was best that they keep going, on the way, they met Tsuyu and Uraraka. They were talking about how they were protecting Bakugo and searching for Aya who was missing, but noticed that Bakugo was gone. A voice spoke from a tree and everyone looked in that direction, "The boy and woman you are talking about... I took them with my magic." He was casually tossing the marble, with possibly Bakugo or Aya inside, into the air while speaking, "This talent isn't someone who should be on the hero side. We'll take him to a stage where he can shine more."
He had another marble in his hand and inspected it as he continued, "But for her, she would live in luxury and lead with her past lover who wants her to return to him. Her power is a great asset to the League." Midoriya roared as he snapped, "Give them back!" Mr. Compress chuckles as he mocks, "'Give them back?' That's a strange thing to say. Bakugo and Aya don't belong to anyone. They're their own person, you egoist." He snapped again but more aggressive than before, "Give them back!" Todoroki immediately sends spikes towards the masked villain, who leaps into the air while saying, "We simply want to show him that the path he's on now with its fanatical values is not the only path he can take." They watch how he lands another tree while continuing, "Kids these days are made to choose their paths based on their values."
Shoji notices something as he looks over his shoulder and states, "It's not just Bakugo! Tokoyami's not here, either!" Todoroki realizes how he was noiseless as he caught the two in the back and he placed the pieces together, his voice was low as he mutters, "That's how he caught Aya..." He looks back at the villain on top of the tree while continuing, "To go out of your way to talk to us... You're underestimating us." He continues to play with the two marbles while stating, "I was originally an entertainer, you know. It's a bad habit of mine."
He clenches his hand while saying, "Taking Tokoyami was an improvisation on my part." He opened his hand and all three marbles were between his fingers. They stare horrified as the villain continued, "Moonfish... The man with 'Blade-Tooth'... He may not look like it, but he's a cutthroat on death row whose appeal was dismissed." He continued to play with the marbles, "With a violent nature that trampled that cutthroat down one-sidedly, I decided that he was good, too."
Midoriya was ready to murder him as he shouts, "You bastard! Don't take them!" Todoroki yells at the injured green-haired male, "Midoriya! Calm down!" He gives the unconscious guy to Uraraka and sends another yet larger spike towards the villain while saying, "Uraraka, take this guy." She nods as he holds onto the unconscious boy and watches how Todoroki sends his attack. Mr. Compress was in the air again as he mocked, "Sorry, tricks and running away are my only redeeming features! There's no way I'd fight students who are hero candidates." As he passes a spike of ice, he places the marbles into his jacket's pocket.
He spoke into the earpiece, "Vanguard Action Squad! Targets successfully collected! It was just a short while, but with this, our show has come to a close! As arranged, head to the retrieval point in the next five minutes!" Todoroki muttered lowly as he kept his eyes on the villain in the air, "'Come to a close'...?" Midoriya knew what that meant and roars as the villain escaped, "No!" Todoroki yells as they all run after Mr. Compress, "I won't let you! I won't let you get away!" Meanwhile, inside the marble, her eyes open slightly and she groaned s bit as she rubbed her neck at the discomfort. She has constantly jumbled around in darkness which caused her to get a bit dizzy.
She decided it would be best to rest and wait for the rest to go on since she knew that she could escape the trap that she's currently in. She whispered a few words to herself, "Ο Σέρμπερους, ο φύλακας του Κάτω Κόσμου από τον οποίο έμεινα, σας ευχαριστώ που σώσατε και φροντίσατε τους συντρόφους μου. Μπορείτε να επιστρέψετε από όπου ήρθατε και να στείλετε τους χαιρετισμούς μου στον τρέχοντα κυβερνήτη." She closed her eyes as she felt the connection disappear, her chest a lot lighter and she fell into a deep sleep once again. Mr. Compress didn't notice how the three teens were heading straight towards him and slammed straight into his back, they land onto the ground harshly.
Midoriya roars as he glared down at the villain, "Give Aya, Kacchan, and Tokoyami back!" Dabi raises his hand at them while stating, "Mister, get out of the way." Mr. Compress disappeared from underneath them and Dabi releases an extremely neon blue colored fire towards the teens. Shoji and Midoriya barely missed the attack while Todoroki missed it completely, he yells in a worried tone, "Midoriya! Shoji!" Suddenly, Twice appeared in front of Todoroki while exclaiming, "Faces from Shigaraki's kill list! That little beat-up boy and you! They weren't, though!"
He grabs something from his wrist, blades attached together. Todoroki clicks his tongue out of irritation and sends ice towards Twice, who yells, "Its hot!" Meanwhile, Midoriya was dodging Toga's needles, she was giddy to talk to him as she rushed towards him, "I'm Toga, Izuku!" She pinned him and he looks at her with pain and a hint of anger as she brought a knife closer to him, her voice was excited and giddy as she spoke, "I thought so earlier, too, but you'd be cooler if you bled more, Izuku!" She brought the knife back and was about to stab the sharp weapon into him but Shoji knocked her off of him while yelling, "Midoriya!"
She did a backflip as she landed on the ground, her voice was low and dangerous as she stated, "Is that how it is? Are you going to get in the way? You're not my type at all, but I'll cut you anyway." Her eyes were dark as she glared at them, meanwhile, Todoroki was sending ice towards Twice who was avoiding every attack while saying, "Good job! This is easy! Give me all you've got! Stop messing around!" He started to get annoyed by this villain and uttered out with an annoyed frown, "What's with this guy?" In the crater, Mr. Compress emerged from the marble while commenting, "Ow... I can't believe you flew so far to chase after me. Your ideas are far out!"
He walked towards Dabi who asked, "Where's Bakugo and Angel?" He sighed as he handed the marbles to the ravenette, "Of course..." His hand was searching through his pocket but couldn't find the three marbles, "Hm?" Shoji noticed and announced over his shoulder at the other two, "Midoriya, Todoroki, we're running away! I'm sure now based on what he just did--" He looked at the masked villain as he continued, "I don't know what your Quirk is, but inside that right pocket of yours that you kept flaunting were these-- Tokoyami, Aya, and Bakugo, right, entertainer?" He showed the three marbles in his hand at the villain and Midoriya yelped out, "Shoji!"
The masked villain looked at the multi-armed student and stated, "Oh, that didn't take you very long! As expected of someone with six arms!" They try to run away and Dabi wanted to stop them but Mr. Compress motioned him to stop. They watch how the students try to run and they noticed the Nomu, they decided to escape from another route but was halted by one of Kurogiri. The warp gate spoke, "It has been five minutes since the signal. Let us go, Dabi." Three smaller warp gates open, Toga went through hers while Twice dived through his. Dabi and Mr. Compress stood at theirs as Dabi spoke, "Wait. Our goal is not yet--" He was cut off by the villain next to him, "Oh, that? They seemed so happy that they rushed out of here, so I thought I'd give them a present."
Dabi raised a brow at the villain as he turned to them, "Its a habit, one of the basics of magic." He took his mask off as he continued, "When I flaunt something, its because there's something I don't want you to see." He sticks his tongue out and all three marbles were there, Todoroki and Midoriya roared out of disbelief, "N-Now way...!" He snapped his fingers and the three balls that Shoji had turned into pieces of ice, Todoroki muttered as he glared, "My ice?!" Mr. Compress' eyes narrowed in amusement as he continued, "That's right. During the freeze attack, I prepared the dummies and put them in my right pocket."
Immediately, they rushed towards the two villains who were watching them heading towards them. The masked villain taunted with wide arms as he stepped backward into the portal while Dabi was halfway through, "If you discover that what was in my right hand was in my right pocket, then, of course, you'd rush happily over." He bows as he said, "And now, that's all from me--" He was cut off when a navel laser shot across his face, causing the villain to release the marbles from his mouth. Shoji and Todoroki jump towards the marbles, but Midoriya tumbled. Shoji got one of the marbles while Todorki was about to take the last two but before he could, a slightly purple stitched hand snatched the marbles away.
Todoroki glared at the ravenette who looked at him smugly as he held the two marbles in each hand, "That's sad... Shoto... Todoroki..." He skids across the ground in pain, Dabi looks at the villain next to him and said, "Confirm it now. Release this." Mr. Compress grumbled as he sank into the portal with his hand stretched out, "My show's been ruined!" He snapped his fingers and all the marbles returned to their true form, Tokoyami fell to the ground while Bakugo and Aya appeared in Dabi's hands. His hand was gripping around Bakugo's throat while his other hand held her half-awake body close to his.
Her eye open wider and she looked at the students in front of her, she smiles sadly as her last sentence was, "The golden ring... Info... Past..." Meanwhile, Bakugo said in a worried yet threatening tone as he glared at Midoriya who watched them get taken away, "Don't come, Deku!" Just before Midoriya could reach the portal, it closed and disappeared. Aizawa was informed that the brunette woman was also kidnapped along with the ash blond teen and clenched his fist in anger as the rest of the forest was in chaos.
He only hopes that she's fine and not hurt...