The Monster's Nightmares
“WHAOOO!”
Izuku heard as he took back control of his body and saw that he had threw the Crawler into one of the pillars as she groaned to get back up, Izuku looked warily as he took his 15th blood supplement for blood needing quirks this training segment.
“Uh, I think it’s best if we, take a break for your sake.”
Izuku said as he went to help The Crawler treat the, next number of small injuries she got from helping Izuku control his other side, as Izuku applied some bandages on Crawler’s bruises, she looked up at Izuku and patted his back.
“Cheer up Midoriya! I’m sure that you’ve made progress! I know I did.”
“I don’t think, getting beaten almost, well, every time?”
Izuku asked as he help the Crawler up while he grabbed the items he had brought to the warehouse, as he and the Crawler made their way back up to the roof as Izuku looked into the sunsetting horizon, Izuku gave a sigh right before he yelped by Crawler who tapped his shoulder.
“Deep in thought?”
“Yeah, sort of.”
Izuku replied as he let go of the Crawler who went to stretch her back while Izuku tapped into echolocation again, Izuku took one last look at his vision before it went normal as his mind wondered while he and the Crawler made their way towards the penthouse.
I’m wondering, Izumi, how is she doing?
As Izuku wondered on how his sister was doing, he saw that as he entered the room while Knuckleduster was arguing with Pop Step as the Crawler sweat dropped looking at her two friends, Izuku noticed this and decided to not go into the lion’s den and went to lean on the balcony.
Although while Izuku was marvelling the sight before he was about to go back and make another round of trigger antidote, he looked back to see the Crawler approaching him.
“You seem, very unsettled, if you opened up, would that make you feel better?”
“*Sighs, I don’t know Crawler-san---”
“Koichi, call me Koichi Midoriya-san.”
Izuku nodded as he looked at his hands which switched his vision back to the massacre he did at the hospital, blood stained his hands and wrists as a body was bellow him, Izuku’s breathing almost got erratic before Koichi snapped him back to reality before he saw Fuyumi approaching him, Izuku looked back to see that Koichi was very concerned about him, funny to think that Izuku once thought he’ll inevitably destroy the entire quirked society.
“It’s just that, I’m scared Koichi, that I’ll, one day, destroy everything I hold dear, I, what if I can’t, control this?... will I just die alone, or would I hurt everyone I care?”
Izuku croaked as his throat became dry, just him thinking what would happen if he took a wrong step, “I’m walking through a glass pane bridge, one wrong step and, everyone I love, I care, I treasure, will be gone the next time I open my eyes, how am I supposed to know that everything will be okay?… what if I lose?...”
Nightmares of the past two days were back into Izuku’s head as he saw his sister’s dead body protecting his mother, the sight of Leo laughing alongside of all of his previous bullies, and worst of all was one line his other-self gave him, “What if I’m, really just nobody, and all I’ve done was for nought, when in the end, I---”
Izuku was stopped as he felt Koichi hug him from behind, Izuku saw that he had let out small tears unconsciously which he wiped them away while Koichi let go of her hug and held Izuku’s hand to comfort him, “I’m sure you can find a way to deal with it, I mean, I’m not a scientist you know? So I’m sure that you can do it.”
“I know.”
Izuku said as he took a deep breath and tried to clear his mind while he sighed after Koichi leaned next to him, Izuku looked back as he saw Knuckleduster exit the door who had a paper on his hand, “Hi Knuckleduster-san, how are you?”
“Got a new order of trigger negater, you ready to make more?”
Izuku nodded as he smirked determinedly while he grabbed the piece of paper from Knuckleduster and entered the penthouse once again, as Izuku went to work the next set of trigger antidote, Knuckleduster attention was caught by Crawler who tapped her mentor’s shoulder.
“What’s wrong Crawler?”
“Uh, who ordered them?”
“Me, and an acquaintance of us.”
Knuckleduster replied as she looked back to see Izuku already setting a fire and grabbing the other things, while he was doing his things, Knuckleduster saw that the Crawler was still confused about who ordered the trigger negation substance but decided to not ask it as she had one little task, helping her new housemate get over his inner demons.
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“Ah isn’t this great, Nagant, take care of the papers would you?”
“Yes sir.”
Nagant said as she was slightly annoyed by Leo who just dumped a huge amount paperwork on top of his table while he walked out of the door leaving Nagant alone in his office that had a certain smell, she sighed as Leo was away while she began to organize the papers.
Little shit he is.
Nagant thought as she took a couple of long painful minutes, stacking and ordering the papers, and after she was finished, she grabbed her phone and was about to call her other acquaintance although she was stopped by the door opening, revealing a man with orange hair and long pointed nose alongside of dull green eyes wearing a striped business suit.
“Rikiya-san, what are you doing here?”
“Oh don’t be on guard mademoiselle, I’m just here to grab a small piece of paper.”
Red flags were set off in Nagant’s mind as she saw Rikiya grabbed a couple of papers which had one of Izuku’s special projects that Izuku had put into another one of his top secret and personal documents, while Rikiya didn’t grab the real threat amongst the papers, he did grab one that Nagant had thought to be the second most dangerous file.
“I thought that Leo gives the orders around here.”
“Of course he did, he said this is a gift to me.”
Rikiya replied as he grabbed the paper and walked out which made Nagant sighed in relief as she quickly stored the documents into her backpack and hid it in a secret compartment that led towards a secret room that she built thanks to Izuku’s influence.
Who knew these would be useful for once? She’ll be able to send this to Midoriya-san as fast as possible.
After Nagant snuck the documents into the compartment, laughter outside of the room caught her attention as she went to investigate by opening the door slightly, and she then heard a conversation between Leo and Rikiya.
“I’m really honoured to know that the Detnerat Company is generously funding this.”
“Who wouldn’t? After all, getting the first seat to receive a new beginning is definitely something to help create.”
“And you chose that?”
“I think my ancestor would definitely push me to take it, and you’re sure this is possible?”
Leo went on and on about the specifications of whatever experiment he was about to do, Nagant was about to leave when Rikiya touched on a subject that Nagant had been trying to find more information about, “And about your, prototype, I’m hearing that you’re still trying to hunt him down?”
“Yes, but we’ll just make it look like I’m trying to get him, sure he has some very important information, but I think investing in your upgrade is more favourable now.”
Nagant carefully listened as Leo went back to speak while she was about to call her acquaintance when she looked out to see a silhouette of one sphere in the palms of Leo, that enlarged and shrunk with the hand movements of Leo before it vanished into nothing and was encased in a see-through box as the sphere seemingly formed a small vortex.
“And once we’re done Rikiya-san, you’ll feel more alive than before.”
Nagant went through the door and passed the two men without batting an eye as she took a closer look at the balls while she took note that Leo was reading the papers that Rikiya had taken from Leo’s office and table, and she read one very striking sentence.
Matter manipulation, this is not good, Midoriya-san needs to be informed of this as soon as possible.
Nagant thought as she was walking away but then turned into a sprint as she stopped and heard Leo speak again, “Regarding the prototype, I have a very special hunter, to chase him and bring him, to me.”
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Where, am I?
Izuku asked as he found himself in a dark void, as Izuku tried to recall what had happened, he heard a hiss and saw himself approach and emerge from the darkness, Izuku now was certain on what he was in now.
“Another dream.”
Izuku said as he saw his monster-self crawl closer towards himself, the pale skin and blood trail left by it made Izuku took a step back as it began to stand up on it’s two legs instead of four.
The other Izuku walked closer as it wiped of some blood stains from its mouth as they pointed towards Izuku with its bloody finger as its dry voice was heard.
“You… can’t…, escape me.”
The mirror image of Izuku said as it crept closer towards Izuku who took a step back and slapped the finger away, the other Izuku hissed and the dream’s landscape turned from a complete dark flat land into a ruined city landscape, with fire burning multiple places as rubble fell, Izuku looked around to see multiple machines and contraptions causing the destruction.
“Your… greatest fears, are,.. me……this, and you.”
“I am not, a monster.”
Izuku replied to his other self as the contraptions continued their destruction and Izuku saw that they were all his protocols and tests that he had concocted by his paranoia on this world, as the devices walked past him and his mirror image, a huge roar was heard as a huge mechanical dragon emerged from the ground and flew above which let out flames everywhere it touched.
“You’re,.. just, delusional…… fearing everything,.. liar.”
Izuku’s other-self gave a hiss after it said the sentence as the dragon perched on top of a tall building, revealing an entrance on its chest chained closed, Izuku looked at it before the doors opened revealing his sister was powering the dragon with her quirk, Izuku stared back at his mirror image as it stood back up on two limbs and grabbed Izuku’s neck as it grasped on tightly.
“You can’t run,.. you’ll be me…… like what you’ve done to them…”
The other Izuku said as blood dripped from it’s saliva who Izuku pushed away with a frown, “I won’t lose control, I won’t lose my way, I’m stronger, I’m me!”
Izuku shouted in his dreamscape as the entire place cracked and turned back into a grey endless flat land, his other-self backed up from Izuku’s vision, but before it disappeared and Izuku feeling himself waking up, his mirror image’s eyes glowed red as it floated and replied.
“You won’t last long,…… humanity’s thirst will inevitably take you over…… Midoriya.
……Midoriya.
……Midoriya.
……Midoriya!”
Izuku was woken by him being shaken and Izuku looked up to see that the one waking him up was The Crawler, as Izuku yawned and wiped his eyes, he saw that he had slept on the table he made five batches of trigger negation substance, which was twenty-five syringes in total.
“Midoriya, get up, we’re going.”
“Uh, what?”
Izuku replied to Crawler’s comment as he stood up and saw that there was a black hoodie alongside of long pants on the counter, “What’s that?”
“Oh! Knuckleduster said that she bought them for you.”
“Why? Exactly?”
Izuku asked as he went to inspect the new clothing which turns out to be, designed for secret light armour, Izuku began to wear it as Crawler replied, “Well, Knuckleduster told me that we and you, are going to meet our trigger buyer.”
“Who is it actually?”
The Crawler told Izuku that Knuckleduster had struck a deal with an underground pro hero about splitting the trigger negater, although Izuku knew better as from just one set of trigger negation, the authorities can create copies from just one syringe.
“Are you sure that we aren’t going into a trap?”
“Don’t worry Midoriya, the Naharuta Vigilantes know her very well.”
Izuku nodded as he and Crawler exited the penthouse while she closed the door as Izuku looked to the distance before he and the Crawler made their way towards the location, as Izuku and Crawler was approaching their destination, Izuku noted that they were walking towards a nearby Pro Hero Office, owned by the Iidai family or better known as the Ingenium family.
“They’re the buyer?”
“Not really, an acquaintance of them.”
The Crawler said as she grabbed a black medical mask which she gave to Izuku, who wore it and put his hoodie on, as Izuku and the Crawler went into the alleyway right beside of the office, in the night as well, Izuku grabbed a bandage from his pocket which was from his med-kit that he used to cover his eyes.
“Are you sure you can see Midoriya?”
Izuku nodded as he used echolocation and saw the familiar fog formed terrain come back while he still felt the blindfold on him, Izuku leaned towards the wall as he and The Crawler waited for the buyer to come, and after a few minutes of waiting, a familiar person walked into the alleyway.
“Hi Eraserhead-san, how are you doing?”
“Crawler, where’s Knuckleduster?”
Eraserhead asked as she looked at Izuku one time before she sighed and activated the red eye parts of her quirk, “You have the antidote?”
“This guy has it.”
The Crawler said cheerfully as she wrapped one arm on Izuku’s shoulder, who just shrugged as he felt Eraserhead’s eyes on him, and she deactivated her quirk, since probably she knew that men didn’t have quirks.
“Him? *Sighs, just hand me one set, I and Knuckleduster already negotiated the price.”
“And what is it?”
Crawler asked as Izuku uncomfortably held the case with one set of trigger negater in his hands which the Crawler had brought with her, Eraserhead seemingly had better things to do in her head as Izuku could feel the radiation of tiredness coming from Eraserhead, although as Izuku focused his echolocation to detect, other things, he felt a third party somewhere at the outskirts of the alleyway.
Who’s that?
“And who is this exactly?”
“Uh…”
The Crawler stammered as she got asked by Eraserhead who squinted her eyes at Izuku, probably taking note of his blindfold, Izuku tapped on the Crawler’s shoulder and went to answer Eraserhead’s question.
“I’m, Morbius.”
Eraserhead nodded as Izuku gave the case to her, she seemingly was about to jump off before looking back at the two vigilantes and replying to the Crawler’s question, “To your question, Knuckleduster negotiated that you, Pop Step, her, and, him, to be involved in an investigation, *sighs, legally.”
The Crawler let out an excited yes as Eraserhead made her way out of the alleyway and to the third party’s location based on Izuku’s echolocation, and as Eraserhead was out of the alleyway and her third party was already walking away, Izuku took off his blindfold as he saw the Crawler getting very excited.
“Why are you, uh, very into having a legal part in an investigation?”
“Well, it’s like, one in a million! No heroes chasing us as we’re doing something good!”
Izuku nodded as he saw the Crawler went to pick up trash? Izuku just sighed and walked away while looking at his hands for one second before realizing that his phone was ringing him, Izuku hid himself in a darker part of the alleyway and accepted the call on his phone.
“Midoriya, there’s something urgent you need to know!”
“Nagant, I’m guessing Leo is up to no good, what is it?”
“He’s now running the Quirk Implant protocol, Rikiya is the first participant of it.”
“Yeah, I knew something was up with him, anything else fishy?”
“Leo said that he had hired someone to catch you, dubbed, a hunter, better be on guard Midoriya.”
Izuku nodded and thanked his friend as he put his phone back into his pocket, Izuku tried to look through his mind library to find and deduce who would Leo have called on to hunt him down, he yawned as Izuku walked out of the alleyway and tried to find a way to get some extra information but as he used a small cutter he had to get some blood from his own system to satisfy his small hunger, he heard a voice that was all too familiar.
“Midoirya? What, where, why are you here?”
“Fuyumi?”
Izuku’s eyes met with Fuyumi’s as she was seen carrying a shopping bag in her arms while she slowly approached him, Izuku was frozen in fear at one of his closest friends will leave in fear at what he had become but Fuyumi just grabbed his hand that he had slightly cut and set her bag beside her as she grabbed a cloth and tried to cover the scar up.
“Izuku, I think it’s time to talk, I know that, your secrets are to protect me, but, I think it’s about time, to let the stress out.”