Katsuki really hated hospitals. It was understandable! Everyone hated hospitals! The only problem was that Recovery Girl had figured that out and that old hag had gotten together with his old hag and decided that he needed an extra day of boredom to make sure the healing sticks. *&%$!. They just wanted to punish him so he wouldn't get hurt as bad next time. It was working, but still.

(everyone chuckled and Recovery Girl sighed)

Recovery Girl: The stuff we have to do to keep children in the hospital...

To make things even worse, because Katsuki would never admit that it was better, the old hag had somehow gotten into his phone and gone through his contacts to invite his classmates to visit him. It was embarrassing. And loud considering that the entire extrovert crew had shown up. So now he was stuck with Kirishima, Mina, Sero, and even Kaminari, who had gotten released yesterday, crowded around the foot of his bed talking over one another as they tried to make him feel better or something. It was annoying and sweet at the same time.

Mina: Hah, you can't deny it, Bakugo, you do like us around! (Bakugo pinched his nose and growled halfheartedly)

Shinso had gotten the invite too, but he didn't know anyone else, so he'd retreated into the corner. Katsuki had been half-concerned about him feeling left out until he'd caught Shinso smirking at his predicament with absolutely zero sympathy. He should try being trapped by a bunch of high energy dimwits and see how well he liked it, the asshole.

Shinso(laughing): Well I'm not the one currently being tortured so I might as well enjoy it.

"I'm surprised the doctors haven't thrown you extras out yet." Katsuki griped. "Aren't hospitals supposed to be about recovery and rest?"

"You can't recover on your own, Bakubro!" Kirishima pouted. "You gotta have friends so you don't get too lonely!"

"Oh, yeah! That reminds me!" Mina's grin couldn't spell out anything good as she turned to them. "I wanted to introduce you guys to my uncle... ish! He's here in the hospital too, so we can all go visit him!"

Hagakure: Oh, they're going to visit Ogawa.

Oh no, she was totally talking about Ogawa, wasn't she?

Hawks: Who else?

"What the...? Pinky!" Katsuki scowled. "It's bad enough that I have to deal with all of you! What makes you think he wants to?"

"Oh, you know you love us." Mina stuck out her tongue. "I asked him yesterday and he said he was totally down to meet everyone!"

Katsuki groaned. He'd already lost this fight, hadn't he? He couldn't just roll over though, so he had to at least try to fight back, "Isn't there the whole privacy issue and all that?"

Tsukauchi: It shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Mina shrugged, "We're all students here. Well, except for Mr. Gucci Eyebags over there, but he seems cool enough and he wouldn't be here if you didn't trust him, so it's probably fine. Come on, let's go!"

She started toward the door and the rest of them had no choice but to follow along like lost little ducklings. Katsuki groaned as he heaved himself from the bed. There was still a little twinge of pain in his legs, but Recovery Girl had done her magic well and he didn't have to use a stupid wheelchair this time, which would have been even worse. He could only imagine the chaos that would be happening right now if he had to trust these morons to wheel him around, and that chaos involved a substantial amount of running into walls. Yeah, walking was definitely the safer option.

Kaminari: ...That's probably fair, honestly.

"Wait!" Kaminari stumbled slightly as he jogged to catch up with Mina. "Where are we going?"

Katsuki rolled his eyes, "To visit a friend of mine that got possessed by her aunt."

(everyone paused before realizing that it was technically true)

Toga: ...When did weird statements like that become true?

Spinner: I don't really want to know.

The others stopped walking and there was a moment of shocked silence before Shinso let out a low whistle, "Wow, Bakugo. No wonder everyone thinks you're a cryptid."

Joke: And now he can be an underground cryptid just like Eraser.

Katsuki glared at him, "You know you don't actually have to tag along, right? It's not like Raccoon Eyes is scary enough to force you."

"Oh no," Shinso grinned, "this is way too entertaining to pass up. I'm coming."

Mirko: Oh, definitely.

"Well, I mean, glad to have you, but, uh..." Sero looked lost as he glanced around, "I'm still confused about how the spirit of Mina's aunt possessed someone."

Nezu: Not her spirit, her quirk.

Endeavor: That does not make it any better.

Nezu: When did I say it did?

"It's not her spirit." Mina rolled her eyes and started walking again. "It's more like her quirk? And don't be so rude, blasty. Auntie Dai isn't possessing him or anything creepy like that! Or, well, I mean, it is kinda creepy, but only because some mad scientist villains gave him her quirk and now... well, it's kinda hard to explain...?"

"It's like her ghost is living in his head." Kaminari's eyes were impossibly wide. "A part of her stayed with the quirk and is a part of him now."

Kirishima: Oh right, other Kaminari has the vestiges.

"Yeah!" Mina looked impressed. "Wow, Kaminari, I can't even explain it that well, how is it fair that you come in and describe it perfectly! You haven't even met him yet!"

"Heh." Kaminari shrugged awkwardly. "I guess I'm just cool like that?"

Katsuki snorted, "Yeah right, like any of you extras are actually cool, but whatever, that'll probably just make him like you more."

(the bakusquad squawked in indignation at being called 'not cool' as Bakugo rolled his eyes and smirked affectionately)

Denki's mind was racing as Mina led him through the hospital. He could tell that Kirishima, Sero, and that new kid that Bakugo had introduced them to were still skeptical about the whole villains gave this guy another quirk thing, but everyone else was going along with it, so they hadn't said anything. Denki, however, was just trying to decide whether he was nervous or excited. If he was connecting the dots right, then that meant that Mina's kinda-sorta uncle was like him. Sure, One for All was probably a completely different beast and if Izuku was right about all the side effects of quirk transfer then this guy was probably in for a pretty bumpy ride, but even without meeting the guy, Denki could feel this weird sort of kinship with him. Not that he'd be able to say anything about it, considering that One for All was supposed to be a secret, but still, it was super cool!

All Might: It's different between you two though...

Gran Torino: The One for All vestiges don't bother you unless you're almost dead but Ogawa's talk to him constantly.

Mina and Bakugo obviously knew their way, because they led them through the winding hallways without any hesitation, stopping at a door that looked just like every other one. Bakugo pounded on the door a few times before slamming it open, "Oi! Tentacle Freak! Are you crazy? Why in the world would you sign up to meet a bunch of annoying extras?"

"Maybe because I'm not a misanthrope?" The guy on the bed was grinning as they filed into the room and Denki could see why Bakugo had called him tentacle freak. His hair was made of thick tentacles that were almost black with hints of green and purple that seemed to shift in the light and were long enough to reach almost to his shoulder blades. The dark tentacles contrasted starkly with the white electrodes that were glued to his head alongside all the other medical equipment.

Tsunotori: Wait why's he got those stuff on his head?

Shoda: Hospital stuff?

When the guy saw them, he turned away from Bakugo and gave them a bright smile, "Hey! You guys must be Kacchan's friends! I'm glad he hasn't scared everyone away with his I'm so angry and antisocial act yet."

"Oi!" Bakugo hit him in the arm. "Stop talking about me like I'm not right here! Extras, meet Ogawa. Ogawa, meet the extras."

(everyone giggled)

"You must have the patient of a saint." Sero teased. "How did you even get him to admit you were friends?"

Ogawa glanced around the room before leaning forward conspiratorially, "I bribed him with icecream and good feelings."

Bakugo(scowling): I hate you.

They all laughed as Bakugo glared, "I hate all of you."

"So, like, how does any of this work?" Sero asked. "You're like, Mina's uncle... aunt thing?"

Kamui: I guess? This is really weird.

Mt. Lady: Not to mention horrifying. Imagine having someone else in your head.

Ogawa smiled sheepishly, "Yeah? I mean, kinda? It's complicated. But she's excited too."

"Sounds cool." Kirishima said. "So, like, Mina's aunt is just... there?"

Ogawa shrugged, "Basically, yeah. Like, it's kind of a trippy feeling, but like, I've got two other people's quirks, and a part of them came along for the ride, so they're just here, experiencing everything right alongside me."

Midoriya: Do you think any of Ogawa's thoughts are still

"Wait, all the time?!" Denki's eyebrows shot up. "You don't like, have to be super calm or something?"

Ogawa frowned thoughtfully, "Nope. They're just like... a program running in the background, I guess is a good way to describe it."

Kurogiri: Decent metaphor.

"It's super weird!" Mina said cheerfully. "So I wouldn't worry about it too much. I just get a fun bonus uncle!"

"And I get an extra headache." Bakugo rolled his eyes. "Seriously, knowing you guys separately was enough of a migraine."

Bakusquad: Hey!

"Aww!" Ogawa laughed. "Don't be like that, Kacchan! I know you're secretly..."

Suddenly, his face went blank and Denki felt a creeping feeling of wrongness crawl down his spine as the room went silent. He looked at Bakugo and Mina, but they looked just as confused as he felt, so this was apparently not part of their normal weirdness.

(everyone stared, getting worried)

Inko: Ogawa...?

Mitsuki: What just happened?

After a moment, Bakugo turned to Shinso, "Did you...?"

Shinso shook his head frantically, "No! I mean, I know how this looks, but I didn't even say anything to him, so I couldn't even have... I didn't do anything to him, I swear!"

Shinso: My quirk doesn't work like that!

"Calm down, Eyebags, I wasn't accusing you or anything." Bakugo growled and turned back to Ogawa. "But if you didn't brainwash him, then what's going on?"

A brainwashing quirk would explain the sudden blankness, and he knew Izuku would be freaking out over such a cool quirk, but if it weren't for the fact that everyone else was freaking out, Denki would have just assumed that Ogawa had gone to the headspace to talk to his vestiges. That didn't make any sense though, because he said that he didn't have to be in the headspace to interact with his quirks' past holders like Denki did, which was another thing Izuku would probably freak out over. This was all just so confusing.

Uraraka: I have a weird feeling that Ogawa doesn't really know what's happening either...

"Umm..." Kirishima glanced at them. "Maybe we should call the doctor?"

Recovery Girl: Yes, call a doctor!

"That sounds like a great plan." Mina huffed in relief before slamming the call button. "Okay, but uh... wait, what's he doing now?"

They all took a step back as Ogawa stood up and started messing with some things on the medical machines beside him. That... didn't seem like the safest thing to do and it just felt so wrong, especially because his facial expression still hadn't changed from the sullen blankless he'd slipped into a minute ago. It was just plain creepy.

Nezu: Wait... oh no.

(and everyone immediately panicked because Nezu saying 'oh no' was never a good thing)

"Uh, Ogawa? Buddy?" Kirishima reached a hand out to grab his shoulder. "Is something wrong? Maybe you should let the doctors do that?"

Kirishima yelped and hardened his skin as Ogawa's tentacles suddenly extended and slammed him into the wall behind him. Denki gulped and activated his quirks, letting the electricity build beneath his skin as he shifted into a fighting stance. What was going on? The guy had been so nice, were they really gonna have to fight him? And to make it even worse, he still had that creepy blank expression on his face. It was just wrong.

Sero: Kirishima!

Monoma: Wh-what's he doing?!

The door slammed open and a small team of doctors and nurses came rushing in, "Everybody stand back, he can get confrontational when he's like this. We're going to have to sedate him."

Dabi: This happened before?

"Like what?" Bakugo growled. "What the #$&*( is going on?!"

Instead of answering, the doctor took out a needle and jabbed it into the tentacle that had reached for him as soon as he walked in. Ogawa had turned to him, blank faced, but looking ready for a fight, but he didn't get the chance before his eyes drooped and he started to sway. Bakugo and Mina ran to catch him as he collapsed.

The doctor wiped his forehead, "Well, it looks like we're actually getting good at that. We were hoping this one was just a blip on the brain scanner, but I guess not."

Twice: Someone explain what's going on! I don't need explanations, go away.

"What even was that?!" Mina sounded panicked. "He just... he wasn't there anymore! Has this happened before?!"

"Unfortunately, yes." The doctor sighed, "It started a few days ago and we're not sure exactly what's happening, hence the brain scanner."

"Is it just seizures or something?" Sero freaked out. "But like, that doesn't look like seizures."

Shishida: I don't think it is...

The doctor shook his head, "There's still so much we don't know about the experiments he went through, but we assume that, since he was meant to be a weapon, there must have been some measures put in place to control him. The first few times it happened, we did think it was seizures because he just sat there and he looked almost like a robot awaiting orders. I'm sure you saw that phase."

Denki looked around at the others, who were also nodding hesitantly. That seemed like a good way to describe the blankness before he'd started moving, but they hadn't given him any orders, so who had?

Shigaraki: Sensei...

The doctor frowned as he continued, "It wasn't until yesterday afternoon when he started trying to harm himself that we realized it wasn't just a side effect of the experiments, hence the sedation. Thankfully, it appears that the past users of his quirks are unaffected by the quirk and have been able to snap him out of it with considerable effort. It's been happening more frequently, as well, but there's not much we can do for him before we figure out how to sever whatever quirk connection the villain factory is using to control him. Rest assured that we're doing the best we can, but for the moment, our main focus is to keep him from following through on what we think the villains are ordering him to do."

(everyone froze, having a sinking feeling that they knew what the order was)

Shinso raised an eyebrow, "Which is?"

Denki had a sinking feeling that he already knew as the doctor hesitated, an awkward look on his face as he searched for the right words, but it was Bakugo that said what they were all thinking, "They want him to off himself to tie off loose ends."

Komori: No...

The doctor sighed heavily, "You all should go. The sedative we gave him is extremely potent, so he'll be out for at least the next hour, but if things keep going the way they are, we might have to consider keeping him sedated until we can break the villains' control."

There was nothing else to say as they all trudged out of the room and followed Bakugo back to his room. Denki's brain raced with all the new information and tried to make it fit any sort of order so that he could actually be coherent when he told Izuku about it. There was so much more going on than he understood. Just how much info was he missing?

Compress: A lot, unfortunately...