𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐦𝐡 [REQUESTS ON HOLD]

1. Rappa Makes an Entrance

(I don't really mind that Tengai is more of a background character in this short story, I'm glad that I can at least give him some love in it. The title has nothing to do with bathrooms, it's the closest thing I can get to making a water pun. You'll see why. This is [partially] for you, Muscle Man! <33)

Hide and Leak

[ACTION-ISH]

"Why am I here?!" Sarah Green yelled from the chair her body was bound to. Creepy lights flickered in the blank and empty room. The artificial lemon smell from Clorox cleaning wipes was stinging her nose as she tried to free herself from the binding without using her quirk. The plain room had almost overwhelmingly bright white walls for the pro hero, Cactus. So it naturally made her feel like she was in the cell of an asylum. Especially since Sarah didn't understand why she was here in the first place, the blonde was uncomfortable. "Ugh, I hate that smell..." She whined to herself.

Should I yell for help? Sarah thought to herself. Shivers went up and down her spine as she remained indecisive on how to handle the situation. No. I'll draw too much attention to myself. The sudden vrrr of the air conditioning reminded her of valuable information her captor(s) forgot about completely.

I can use water to get me out of here, since technically everything is made of water.

"I'm such an idiot! Right!" Sarah whispered to herself excitedly. She took a droplet of water out of her body with ease, expanded its size and shape. The perfect size for being a functional ice dagger!! The blonde thought to herself as she molded the enlarged droplet into an ice dagger and let it float into her hand. "Ayeee, nice job me!" Cactus squeaked with pride and cut the restraints on her arms and legs. The aquatic hero dehydrated the chair she was sitting in, turning it into pure water. She doused her hair in the newly acquired water as she turned the dagger into a drill and jumped in the hole in the floor it created.

As Sarah fell down the hole she made, the pro hero heard voices. It startled her, but she could still seal up the floor as if it wasn't drilled open at all: "Where's water Barbie? You said selling her quirk would make almost as much money as the other bullets if the experiments go well, babe." She gritted her teeth at hearing Dabi's voice, but the other voice she heard intensified her fear much more: "I had Rappa knock her out and kept in the nearest empty room to the lab, Dabi. There's a slim chance-"

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"Okay, so I have water technically all around me. But all of my equipment is gone. No communication devices, no water pouch, no-wait! The ear piece!" Cactus muttered to herself ecstatically. Her hand went straight to her dark blue earring and she fiddled with it. "Let's hope there's a connection down here..." Sarah muttered. Her heartbeat sped up as she impatiently was waiting to hear any voice on the other line. "Sara-Cactus?! What happened?" The blonde let out a sigh of relief at hearing the voice of her boss, Brenda Jing, on the other line.

"Miss Incubus, how do I escape the yakuza manor?" She mumbled nervously. "The Shia Hassakai manor??" Brenda asked. "Yep." Sarah replied softly and stepped into a dark room, which probably wasn't a good idea. "Fuck, uh, let me see the blueprints...I haven't been there in a long time. How the hell did you get there?" Her boss, who was also known as vigilante or villain Miss Incubus, had more stress laced in her tone. "I thought I told you girls Rappa was mine. Ugh, sorry about that. What did you say? No, wait I see where you are. Thank God." Miss Incubus praised herself into her own earpiece to Cactus. "Awesome! What's the best-" Cactus smiled graciously. "I'd suggest you shush because I'm reading two body signatures getting closer to you... Thank God Emily convinced us to have this computer and all the earpiece location things installed. Second, try going straight and up that staircase to your right. There's a-"

"I'm impressed that you could escape the boss so fast. Wait, do you know Missy by chance?" Cactus turned around and the lights turned on, revealing her boss's boyfriend, Rappa, and Chisaki's right hand man, Chronostasis. The other yakuza member, clad in his long white cloak, was about to leave. Rappa put up a hand to cue for his comrade to stop, which he obliged. "No, don't get the boss yet. I wanna know how she's doing." The muscular man piped up curiously with his classic mask covering his mouth. Sarah thought it was sweet & contradicting the aggressive former fighter's usual nature. "I always thought you were kind of a serious guy, but Miss Incubus is good. She's possessive over you with the rest of us." She answered with a lighthearted smile, trying to be friendly.

"I'm the same way around these monkeys, especially this one." He said back, leaning his head towards his companion. "I have no interest in your relationships, Rappa." Chronostasis remarked nonchalantly, "We shouldn't be just standing idle. This is the missing woman Overhaul has been looking for for the past half hour-" Cactus raised a brow, "It's been that long?" The former fighter shrugged. "Ugh, you've been...wait. Is-is that my man? Sarah, what are you doing?? Get away from him, he can kill you!" Brenda scolded from the blonde's ear piece. "We're friends now." The aquatic hero answered casually. "You can't just 'make friends' with the yakuza, the people who work for Overhaul are stubborn as hell. You can't move any of them with a rock if you tried." Miss Incubus argued bluntly.

While Sarah and Brenda argued and Rappa watched in confusion, Chronostasis sighed and took out his pager. "She's in the room next to Eri's. Yes, boss." He muttered, sighing softly at Chisaki's fit of anger flooding his ear. "Rappa, we need to go. Overhaul will take care of it." The yakuza member ordered indifferently, stuffing the pager in his cloak. "Oh, okay." Rappa replied hesitantly and trailed behind Chronostasis as they left a confused Cactus behind.

"Damn it, what did you do?!" Miss Incubus snapped. "I didn't do anything!" Cactus whispered irritably. "I think they have Overhaul coming your way, you need to get out of there. Now." Brenda demanded protectively, "You aren't taking a field trip, you're being held hostage. Go!" Sarah frowned at the crescendo of the sound of footsteps down the hallway. "I think it's a little late for that..." She whispered in reply.

"Damn. It is too late, Cactus." The chilling voice of the Shia Hassakai leader, Kai Chisaki, sent Sarah back to reality. "It's a shame this game of 'hide and go leak' is over, right Babe?" Dabi snickered, flirtatiously winking at the villainous germaphobe. Overhaul scoffed. "You aren't leaving until your testing is over." He declared demandingly.