The Monster's Pre-Awakening
“And now please welcome Dr. Leo! Head of the innovation, research and development branches of Quirked Technology Foundation!”
A crowd went wild as they clapped and cheered, a man with a white tuxedo and long pants walked in with a prided smile as he stretched his arms out to accept the positive responses from the masses, the host gave a slow clap as she gestured to the man to sit beside her. The man looked more like a wolf than anything with his brown fur and wolf features as well as his jagged teeth which he kept showing to the huge number of women attending the event, while another man with green bushy hair and viridian eyes clapped from the curtain’s shadows at backstage.
“So, Dr. Leo, it is an honour to have you here, I’m sure that you have other more important things to do.”
“Not at all miss, after all, I’m sure this is for the good of everyone as well.”
The man named Leo replied with a smile as the woman chuckled and pulled out small cards in her hand, as Leo got asked a few questions, the man backstage touched his ear which had a communication device attached as he sighed and leaned to the wall. “---Mr. Leo, what made you realize that quirks had impacted the personalities of their users?”
“Well, it’s complicated…… Psst, what’s the answer...---
“It’s because that since a quirk is a form of DNA alteration which does its best to make sure the users body is fully compatible with the quirk to prevent any sort of unwanted premature death, so the brain is also altered to store the memory of how to use the quirk as muscle memory which its electricity pattern flow sometimes fills in the empty neurons on the rest of the brain that is unwanted.”
The man backstage replied quietly into his earpiece as Leo recapped all it back to the audience, this process was repeated again and again for every question the hostess asked, as the woman was done asking, she snapped her fingers silently as another woman walked onto stage, this woman had a royal aura to her as her piercing eye sight through her glasses were complimented with her formal attire, she approached Leo who didn’t flinched as her eyes glowed yellow, Leo laughed at her as he gestured for her to take a glass of refreshment that was sitting on the small table in front of him.
“Care for a drink miss?”
“No thanks, I won’t take anything from a disgusting man.”
“Oof, harsh that much bitch?”
Leo remarked as sparks flew between the two’s stare contest, the man backstage sweated as he tried to calm Leo down from his earpiece, the woman just scoffed as she looked away while another woman came in carrying a medal on a red pillow, and on top of it is a plate of gold which had a text embroidered that said: ‘Treatment for Mental Disabling Quirks.’, The woman with glasses just sighed in defeat as she grabbed the medal while Leo stood up.
“You won this time, Leo Harvard, but next time---”
“You said that since the time before this, and before that, and before that, as well as that, and---”
“Leo, better not to provoke her!”
The man backstage hissed with concern to his earpiece as the woman scoffed and gave the medal to Leo who wore it proudly and faced the audience, the crowd went wild again with claps as the hostess stood up and approached Leo while facing the crowd, “And now, as Dr. Leo has received his 15th Nobel prize, would you kindly give us a speech?”
As Leo grabbed the microphone from the hostess and began to give his speech, the woman with glasses just scoffed and the man backstage clapped although with a small frown at the speech Leo gave. After Leo finished his speech, he bowed as the crowd gave him a last applause as he walked away with his new medal backstage and was followed by the green haired man behind him.
“Ah, the smell of success is sweet, get the car ready.”
“Uh, yeah, sure…… why did you remark that way Leo?”
“Come on Midoriya! You think I’ll stand by as those bitches walk all over us?! It’s about time that those woman’s know their place!”
Leo screamed at the man named Midoriya as he flinched by Leo yelling at him, Leo scoffed and grabbed a nearby glass of water and chugged it as Leo opened his tux revealing a white tank top, Midoriya just sighed as the two passed the woman from earlier and her waitress who the earlier woman’s eyes lit up in yellow as Midoriya went to bow in front of her as the woman reeled in disgust at Midoriya’s sincere apology.
“I’m sorry at my boss’s aggressive remark at you!”
“Uhuh, just stay licking your own feet, fucktoy.”
The woman remarked and walked away with her servant as they drove away as Midoriya stood up and looked to see Leo frowning and had opened their car passenger door, Midoriya walked in with a little push by Leo as he started the car’s engine and Leo occupied the two back seats, Midoriya drove the car as Leo looked out the window to the evening sky.
“Another win for the boys!”
“Yeah…… Leo, you didn’t forget to pay the willing test subjects right?”
“Ah who cares, those bitches can wait for their pay check later.”
Leo replied with ease as he kept smiling while Midoriya sighed and pulled out a phone as he rang a number while Leo looked at his medal once again smiling, they drove all the way through a bridge as Midoriya took a turn off the bridge, the car fell but was caught as platforms emerged from the ocean, creating to a straight path which led to an island with a dome shaped roof on top of a huge cylindrical building, the car passed a gate and entered a parking lot as Midoriya parked the car right in front of the entrance.
“Whoo! Let’s get this party started!”
“Leo, I think it’s better if we start to take a step forward in my blood-based quirk research---”
“Midoriya, Midoriya, you really should be careful about your mouth, it is MY blood-based quirk research, now meet me at my office, and clean the dirt on my car.”
“Yes.”
Midoriya replied as he got splashed by a driving bike and Leo laughing who went inside, Midoriya sighed and went to pull a handkerchief from his pocket and began to swipe the car, as Midoriya finished slightly polishing the car again, Midoriya wiped a sweat from his forehead as he went to go inside the building which had a sign on top which says: Q.T.F.
As Midoriya walked through the workspace containing multiple cubicles and women working on computers while Midoriya in his slightly wet suit (not wetsuit, wet suit), Midoriya was stopped in front of Leo’s office after he walked up a circling staircase, he got stopped by a woman in pink hair with two pigtails, pink eyes and a black dress.
“Izuku-kun, you’re drenched, here let me help.”
“Ah Yuno, I, don’t really think you need---”
“I insist.”
Yuno Gasai, Izuku’s closest friend/girlfriend from high school, as Yuno grabbed Izuku closer while she wiped Izuku’s wet parts of the suit, and as Yuno was finished, the two heard Leo cough inside which retaken Izuku’s attention again, Yuno let go of his arm and smiled fondly as Izuku smiled and kissed her cheek, leaving her slightly blushing and Yuno day dreaming at Izuku who entered what the employees call the wolf’s den after he looked back at Yuno shyly.
“Uh, want to, eat out later?”
“Yes! I mean, it would be lovely.”
Yuno stammered her reply as she walked away and Izuku entered Leo’s office quarter, and as Izuku held the door handle, his nose picked up a certain smell that he was all too familiar with as his face scrunched up in slight disgust and he let go of the handle, Izuku gulped as he knocked on the door, and sure enough he could hear rustling and Leo’s voice again, and Izuku sighed heavily as Leo opened the door with him seemingly dressed by rushing.
“Ah Midoriya, your finally here, I was waiting for you.”
“Leo, how many times do I have to specify that your… activities… should not be taking place in a public workspace!?”
“Just shut your mouth about it, no one’s going to deny me! The first quirked gentleman!”
Leo boasted as he dragged Izuku into his office, which had a bed, a table, a chair, and many awards in multiple mediums, while Izuku tried to not smell the certain smell he had now associated with Leo’s, agenda. Izuku sat on the chair as he pulled up his notebook and looked at Leo who framed his latest trophy onto the wall, Izuku heard shuffling from the cabinet but ignored it as he took a deep breath and began to talk.
“Leo, the results from the multiple testing we had included, it seems like the hypothesis we had devised was slightly off, it seems like the result of blood immunity came from a new form of microscopic cell organisms in their blood plasma devised from a mutation in the backbone’s spinal cord, and that similar results have been achieved from a sample of quirked bats, so I suggest we---"
“Yeah, yeah, yeah, the science’s good and all but you’re missing one thing Midoriya.”
“I, what, we, I, uhm, I don’t think the research team did everything correct?”
“*Tsk, *tsk, *tsk, not WE are the ones that did the testing, hypothesis, and finding, I did.”
“Uh… okay? Is this because of the woman hiding in that closet?”
“Shut up! Just remember that all of your findings, and experiments and results are mine! Not the result of a quirkless nobody like you! Got it?”
Leo replied as he crushed Izuku in a one-armed hug and whispered closely to Izuku’s left ear while Izuku tried to squirm away from Leo’s face and snout, Izuku tried to not mind the quirkless remark from Leo and just sighed the aggressive remark away as he replied it again
“Yeah, can you let go of me?”
“Not until you admit that only thanks to me! Your accomplishments are acknowledged by the public!”
“*Sighs, fine, only thanks to the smart, and charming Leo Harvard, we have these advancements today…… happy?”
“*Laughs! Now that’s the spirit! I need you to get more quirked bat samples, and I’m sure the extraction team is waiting at the helipad.”
“Yes, and uhm…… please wear protection please.”
Izuku just replied and walked out of the office as he phoned the extraction team on his cell phone, the other side finally picked up and Izuku smiled as he heard a soft voice replying, which belonged to a woman whom he had a pretty good work and business relationship with, Kaina Tsutsumi, code named, Lady Nagant.
“Midorya, you coming or no?”
“Yeah yeah, just hold on, I’m coming to the launchpad now.”
“Hurry up, clocks a ticking”
Izuku heard as he saw the elevator doors in front of him open, revealing a helicopter with its propellers already spinning and Lady Nagant looked unamused at Izuku who approached her while sprinting, the helicopter began to take off as Izuku jumped and got pulled up by the arm by Lady Nagant who dragged him up to the helicopter’s passenger compartment as the doors close, Izuku panted as he saw five S.W.A.T. decked women as he was being dragged to a seat by Nagant.
“Seriously boss, why do we have to bring a man with us?”
“*Sighs, Leo’s orders, and you dare to defy simply because of gender? I thought we all were better than those disgusting heroes.”
Nagant snarked back as Izuku pulled out a notebook and pen as he began to furiously scribble more of his ideas into it while the helicopter made its way to an isolated and secret island, Izuku chewed on his pen as he was startled by Nagant leaning to the door next to him as she looked bored. The light on a door of the helicopter turned green from red as Izuku looked through the window that they were descending on a small platform to a cave on the side of a mountain, the door opened as the five S.W.A.T. decked out women went out to secure the area and installed a catching device in front of the cave as Nagant surveyed the area.
“Okay, so now what Midoriya?”
“Uh, any of you guys have a knife?”
“I do!”
One of the S.W.A.T. women said as she pulled out a pocket knife and gave it to Izuku who walked in front of the device facing him which consisted of multiple strings and plasma lines above a boxed container that’s contents were visible from the outside. Izuku took a deep breath and held the knife in front of him as he sliced a straight line to his pointer finger and held it up to the cave entrance.
“Is something supposed to happen Nagant-san?”
Izuku ignored the woman as he tried to focus on a small sound he heard, as seconds passed the sound began to get louder and louder, the hisses and snarls which Izuku hear began to be even audible to the other women, alongside of Nagant who formed a sniper with her quirk.
“Wait……… SHIT! EVERYONE BACK TO THE---”
Nagant shouted but was interrupted as a huge colony of bats flew and made noises as they began to swarm the entire platform, Izuku got dragged by Nagant as she and the rest of the women rushed back to the helicopter and shut the door although some bats made it in, Izuku swung one away as the other women began to exterminate the criters.
“Fuck! Some of them made it in! Get them!”
“Miss! The man is attracting them!”
“Midoriya! Patch up your wound!”
Izuku grabbed a nearby med kit and frantically used a bandage as the crew slightly panicked while the pilot began to raise the aircraft to the sky, after the S.W.A.T. women exterminated the rest of the bats inside, the other bats went back into the island as the crew sighed in relief. The pilot landed the helicopter again as Izuku tried to calm his rapidly beating heart while the others grabbed the catching compartment which had a lot of bats trapped in it, as the gadget was loaded back to the helicopter’s storage compartment, the helicopter flew away and back to the Q.T.F. headquarters.
“You okay Midoriya?”
“Yeah, I’m fine.”
Izuku replied as Nagant helped to carry him off the helicopter as the S.W.A.T. members grabbed the compartment and carried it while Izuku stood up and breathed in relief, “Thanks Nagant for, helping me.”
“No need, I should’ve been the one to thank you, from all of those years…… bye.”
Izuku waved goodbye as Nagant walked away while he went through the glass doors and entered the elevator, Izuku pressed the B floor and enjoyed the elevator music while he opened the bandage on his finger, which revealed a small straight scar. A phone ring interrupted Izuku as he picked it up to see his mother’s, Inko Midoriya’s, number calling him.
“Hello mom, why are you calling?”
“Hi sweetie, just checking if everything is okay?”
“I’m fine mom, nothing’s wrong, just from a little trip, how’s Izumi doing?”
“She’s doing very well, she just had her U.A. entrance exam today, so she’s out cold on the couch, eating the leftover pie you baked two days ago, it’s so sweet the way she smiled after each bite.”
“I sure hope she won’t get addicted to it; I have to go now mom; I’ll try to come home sooner.”
Izuku replied as he walked through the elevator doors and saw the dimly lighted hallway with multiple doors on each side, Izuku strolled through and also wearing a lab coat and a pair of surgical gloves and a surgical mask. Izuku entered a room which’s code was BQ-261 which he was greeted with a huge lab as Izuku cracked his knuckles and began to get to work.
“Alright, time to get to work.”
Izuku extracted multiple blood samples from the bats and also took a few blood samples from the freezer which are from blood based quirked women, as Izuku began to study everything through multiple instruments and through a vary of conditions as he altered multiple variables, Izuku wrote down every single detail down to the drop on his notepad carefully as he took every precaution and step to the brink.
After what seemed to be multiple hours of data collecting, Izuku felt his tiredness and saw his eyes getting heavier, as Izuku leaned to the clean and clear table space after he had stored everything back to it’s original place and let a yawn out while he looked to a picture frame on the table which had a picture of him, his mother, and his beloved younger sister, alongside of Yuno hiding in the background which made Izuku smile fondly at the experience.
A small nap wouldn’t hurt……
Izuku let one more yawn before he settled down on the sleeping bag on the side of the room and pulled up his phone as he made sure everything in the Q.T.F. was going well, while Izuku cross checked everything through the company’s laptop beside the vials stored in a glass case. After Izuku was finished cleaning the messes he and Leo had made, and also after him doing and repairing the sloppy work Leo had done, his phone rang and he saw Leo calling him with the time stating 8:00 PM.
“Leo, what do you want? It’s my break.”
“I don’t care about your pity downtime, although if it makes you more productive, I think I can---”
“Cut to the chase, why do I hear alarms there!?”
“There’s a little intruder in the facility! Someone let a stranger---”
“That someone wouldn’t have happened to be you right!?”
“What!? NO! It was some third-class employee! I’m just saying that the thief is after something---”
A loud crash interrupted the call as Izuku looked back and saw a hooded figure with a mask as she unsheathed a knife which made Izuku took a step back and grabbed a nearby syringe filled with, something. Izuku grabbed the aggressors arm as he held it up and kicked the woman’s leg, making her stumble which was followed by Izuku punching the woman’s face and as she leaned backwards, she casted a fireball but Izuku grabbed her hand and moved it away from the results of his newest testing as the flames licked the celling.
“Who are you!”
Izuku got no response as he was kicked to the face by the woman and got punched away, the attacker punched Izuku’s balls as she grabbed the vials and stored them in the leather bag she had brought while Izuku reeled in pain as he grabbed the syringe he threw and stabbed the woman’s neck as she stumbled while Izuku kicked between her legs.
“TASTE YOUR OWN MEDICINE!”
“I prefer if you would kindly surrender---”
Izuku sighed in relief as he saw the anaesthetics inside the syringe worked as she fell down unconscious on the floor, Izuku quickly stored all of the vials and test result papers in a safe as he grabbed the other blood packets that were scattered around and laid them on the table. Izuku saw that the phone was still on as he was about to talk again to Leo but the woman stood up again and grabbed a syringe stationed on the microscope.
“Leo, where’s Yuno?”
“Last time I saw her, she was running to the weapon storage…… yeah, I’ll---”
Izuku lost his grip on his phone as his neck got injected with the syringe and fell to his knees, his silent screams were followed by a grip on the back of his head as his face got pummelled into the side of the table, leaving a bruise and blood dripping from his face, the woman grabbed the few vials and papers that were left unchecked and was about to run away, but right as the woman was about to pass the door, she got beheaded by a swift katana swipe, blood spewed from the neck stump as the woman’s body fell limp to the ground as Yuno revealed herself to be the one who killed the aggressor.
“Izuku-kun!”
“Argh… Yuno?...”
Izuku weakly replied as he tried to stand up but failed as he was feeling the effects of blood loss creep in, Yuno carried Izuku on her shoulder as he was starting to feel weird and unnaturally tired while Yuno brought Izuku to the elevator. While Yuno was panickily ringing a doctor, Izuku only felt one weird thing as his vision began to blur, hunger for something, and weirdly thought of something as the compound that was injecting him taking over.
Why does her neck look so… tempting…?