Inko(gasping): Yes, escape, Izuku!
The moment that Dabi let go of his neck to join the fight, Izuku ran. He was vaguely aware of the chaos happening behind him, but his primary concern was getting out and getting away. There was only one door that he could see, so he kept low to the ground and went straight there, only to yank on it and realize it was locked. Was there another way out? He hadn't seen any windows and he didn't have anything on him that would help him pick the lock.
There was a small breeze, but that was all the warning he got before a wave of air slammed him through the wall. He groaned and gripped his ribs as he tried to stand up. Well, he supposed that solved the problem of getting out of the room, but it also meant that the fight was no longer contained and he did not want to be around to see what kind of damage the league of villains was capable of when they were seriously going for the kill.
Bakugo: Run Deku!
The marble in his shoe dug painfully into the side of his foot as he ran, but if there was one skill that years of enduring bullies had given him, it was ignoring the pain in favor of surviving. Izuku scrambled around buildings and tried to dodge the rubble that was being thrown his direction, but he didn't get far before a stray stream of blue flames almost hit him and he had to scramble backwards. The fire hit the pole of a billboard, which would probably have been fine except for the fact that the pole was wood and All for One's next attack shook the ground. Izuku tried to get out of the way and almost managed it, but a thin layer of dust from both Shigaraki's quirk and from the general destruction was already starting to coat everything and it was just enough to make him slip and he vaguely heard himself scream as it came down on his leg.
(everyone flinched)
Aizawa: Problem child!
Izuku hissed as he tried to pull his leg out, but his leg was definitely broken and he didn't have a quirk like Uraraka's that would let him lift the thing off him. He desperately looked around for anything that could help him. Maybe if he could cut through the pole then...
"Well that was quick." Dabi's voice floated through the sudden eerie silence. "I would've thought the king of the underworld would have had more fight in him."
"Well, Shiggy did destroy his life support." Magne observed blandly. "And I'm sure all this dust didn't help any."
Mitsuki: No Izuku run!
Inko: Mitsuki he's got a broken leg!
"Not to mention that you blew up his extra oxygen tank! So cool!" Twice yelled. "That was below the belt!"
"Shut up." Shigaraki cut in. "Where's the brat?"
(everyone squirmed worriedly in their seats. Midoriya had been so close)
Izuku struggled twice as hard, gritting his teeth and ignoring the black encroaching on the edges of his vision as he tried to yank his leg out from where it was trapped. He could hear them spreading out and it was only a matter of time before they found him. But would he even be able to run if he did? If he escaped and they found him...
"Aww, how cute!" Magne gushed. "He's like a little rat caught in a trap."
Izuku's shoulders slumped in... well, disappointment seemed too mild, so he wasn't quite sure what he was feeling besides dread as what remained of the league surrounded him. Shigaraki was limping and about half of Dabi's staples had torn through his skin, but they were obviously alive and strong enough that recapturing an idiot kid who had already gotten himself pinned was as easy as taking candy from a baby. Shigaraki grinned as he crouched down to look Izuku in the eye, "Well, well, it seems like the quirkless weakling can't even run away correctly. And now that Sensei is out of the way, I can do whatever the hell I want."
(everyone froze)
Hagakure: Oh no oh no oh no!
Koda: Midoriya!
Midoriya: Uh I'll escape again... right?!
All Might: Other me had better get there quickly...
Shouta looked around at the chaos and grit his teeth in frustration, "What even happened here?"
"The nearest we can tell is that the league somehow turned on themselves." Tsukauchi answered. "We're just lucky this didn't happen at night when this area is busy, but with this much destruction the rescue teams are going to have to work overtime. Not to mention all the half-complete Nomus they're pulling from the wreckage."
(everyone winced, not liking how their imagination immediately provided gory pictures)
"And the body they found at the epicenter?" Shouta asked. "Deku was here. We saw the tracker move. There's a possibility they found it and took it with them and the body was burned and disintegrated, so an accurate identification would be..."
Joke: No that's not Deku.
"It wasn't him." Tsukauchi cut him off. "We put the autopsy on rush order, and the body they found was a quirked adult, not a quirkless teenager, and the cause of death was actually suffocation, everything else appeared to be overkill. All Might is on his way to make sure, but we suspect that the body we found was All for One."
Shouta let out a slow breath, "So Deku is at the current tracker location?"
"He should be." Tsukauchi nodded. "Is everyone ready? Did you get the league to cooperate?"
LOV: Wait what?
"Nezu is surprisingly good at persuading people, especially the ones who actually want to change society." Shouta said. "Everyone is ready, we all just need to get into position."
Tsukauchi gave a sad smile, "You know, we're lucky this is the first time he's been kidnapped. If the villains had caught wind of him back when we still thought he was a retired pro hero..."
"Well they didn't." Shouta said firmly. "Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go save my kid."
Midnight: He admits it!
"Killing him would be a waste when we can use him for ransom money!" Dabi yelled.
Shigaraki looked unhinged, "We can finally kill the brat and you want to just give him back?!"
(everyone breathed a sigh of relief that Midoriya was alive, at least for now. Hopefully the League would keep arguing until the heroes came to rescue him)
Izuku's leg throbbed as he listened to the league rehash the same arguments for what was probably the fifth time since he was recaptured. He'd been tied to a chair again and would have been trying to support Dabi's argument if he didn't think calling the league poor would get him killed. Kurogiri and Magne didn't seem to have an opinion on his fate either way and Twice agreed with both at the same time, so Izuku's fate was in the hands of a serial arsonist who hated his guts, and an unstable serial killer who actively wanted him dead. At least they were still arguing.
Toga: Yeah, at least... keep arguing until he gets rescued...
"Even if he wasn't an annoying little brat, do you really want to give him to the enemy party?" Shigaraki hissed. "What happens when he levels up? Do you want to fight a boss version of him later?!"
"Like he could even do any damage." Dabi rolled his eyes. "The kid's quirkless! Any one of us could overpower him in our sleep."
(Midoriya scowled at the quirkist comment but was glad it at least meant that Dabi wasn't interested in killing him)
"Fine, but if we wait, then those stupid heroes might..." Shigaraki froze as the door opened and all the villains turned to face the intruder, ready to attack.
Mt. Lady: Please let that be us.
Izuku tensed as he pitied the poor person who must have wandered in by accident, but it turned out that he needn't have worried, since the newcomer was far from innocent. The rest of the league relaxed slightly as Mr. Compress put his hands up in surrender, "Now, now dear cast members, is that really a way to treat a friend? I'm not one of those nasty heroes that deserve your wrath."
Compress: Wow, Toga, nice impersonation, but I can tell an actor when I see one.
"Shigaraki doesn't care who deserves his wrath." Dabi bit out. "He just wants to kill everything, even if it means shooting ourselves in the foot!"
"Yeah? Well this hobo apparently just loves pain, because he wants to let this stupid headache live!" Shigaraki gestured wildly at Izuku, who flinched. "We can do whatever we want now that Sensei's gone and I want him dead!"
"I am glad to see you're alright." Kurogiri said calmly. "How did you escape the heroes' custody?"
Toga: Okay, good story, think of a good story...
"Oh, you know that a magician never reveals his secrets." Mr. Compress chuckled. "But I'm sure you've heard of that trick where the lady is cut in half. So much blood, you know. Forgive me for missing my cue, but I felt it best to lay low until the audience stopped screaming for an encore."
Spinner(snorting): Yeah, definitely Toga.
Tsu: Can't believe I'm actually happy Toga showed up for once, ribbit.
Jirou: Mm-hm, but this is a good Toga.
Izuku's stomach sank. If one of the villains had escaped, had his classmates gotten caught up in it? Had they been hurt? Someone had been, if Izuku was understanding correctly, and he felt sick with guilt for hoping desperately that it wasn't someone he knew. This was all his fault.
Hound Dog: No it's not. Stop doing the self blame thing please.
"Good work." Twice gave one thumbs up and one middle finger. "You suck!"
Toga(chuckling): Typical Twice.
Mr. Compress turned to Izuku, "I see you succeeded in our objective."
"Yeah, but these two idiots can't decide what to do with the kid." Magne rolled her eyes. "What do you think? Do we ransom the brat and kill him later, or just get it over with?"
Compress: Personally I think ransom is a better idea.
Compress hummed thoughtfully and leaned close to Izuku, "I don't know... what do you think boy?"
Izuku gulped, "I think you guys need the money."
Shigaraki: Did you just call us broke?
Compress lifted his mask so that Izuku, and only Izuku, could see his grin and he stared in shock as his face melted away. Izuku had barely enough time to catch a glimpse of fangs and yellow eyes before the disguise snapped back into place. Toga straightened, brushing imaginary dust off of Mr. Compress's coat as she turned around, "Poor boy, can't even handle a small act of intimidation."
Izuku's mind whirled. They've gotten the villain's blood. Toga was here, that meant that the heroes couldn't be that far behind, right? They were coming to save him, he just had to hold out a little bit longer. Just a little bit longer. He could do that.
Twice looked at Toga suspiciously, "You're a two-face. Don't trust him!"
(everyone stared)
Kurogiri: ...Did Twice just agree with himself for once?
Dabi: Well that's serious.
Everyone stopped and Izuku swallowed thickly. This wasn't good.
"What do you mean?" Kurogiri asked slowly. "Mr. Compress is one of us."
"If Twice is agreeing with himself, that's never a good sign." Magne pointed out.
"A two-face knows a two-face." Twice insisted. "That's a !)&@#* imposter!"
Toga: He did it again!
Toga sighed and she was pouting as she allowed Mr. Compress to melt away, "Aw, you're no fun. I liked being him!"
The league instantly fell into battle stances, but before they could do anything, they were all frozen in Todoroki's ice. Izuku's jaw dropped, "You can use their quirks?!"
Toga: Yeah and that looks like so much fun!
Toga's grin looked odd on Todoroki's face as she looked over her shoulder at him, "I can use their quirks! Watch this!"
Todoroki: That looks... very creepy...
She ran forward and met Shigaraki's attack with a simple sheet of metal. Her shield wasn't as complex or strong as one of Yaoyorozu's but Izuku supposed iron was simple enough to understand for someone with a blood based quirk. The shield disintegrated away, but Toga had already partially shifted into Shoji and grabbed Shigaraki by the leg, throwing him into the air. To everyone's surprise, he stayed there.
"The fun thing about heroes is the sheer variety!" Toga grinned with Sero's face as she started wrapping Shigaraki up. "Ochaco's quirk is super cute! It almost makes up for the other kid's ugly elbows!"
Sero: Hey!
Seconds later, she was Tokoyami and her own version of Dark Shadow nipped at Shigaraki's ankle as Dabi extended his arm.
"Toga!" Izuku cried out. "Todoroki or Katsuki!"
Bakugo: Icyhot has better fire protection!
She managed to switch just in time and Katsuki pouted as she glared at Dabi, "That was super uncute. I'll get to you, just wait your turn."
"Shut up, you weirdo." Dabi growled. "And seriously, you're switching to the frog next? Against a fire user? Really?"
Toga: I'm not doing it for you!
"I'm not using Tsu-chan to fight you!" Toga giggled as she shot out her tounge and lapped a drop of blood from where she'd injured Shigaraki's ankle. "I'm using her to free him!"
Izuku tensed as Shigaraki's hand reached toward him, but Toga just grabbed the chair he was tied to. Izuku fell onto his butt and shimmied out of what was left of the ropes as the real Shigaraki finally managed to get a good hand on the tape.
"You cheater!" Shigaraki screamed. "You cheating mimic! Die!"
Toga: Uh I don't think I want to die today, Shiggy.
"Hmm, no thanks!" Toga spun a sparking knife between her fingers as she turned into Kaminari. "I'm here to save my friend."
(everyone cheered. Somehow Toga was singlehandedly dealing with the League while the rest of the heroes, wherever they were right then, took their time getting there)
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