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    Izuku braced his body for impact when he was lifted off the back of Whap Whap only to blink when he was placed gently on a soft chair of some kind.

Whap Whap reached forward to take both of his masks off and Izuku thrashed helplessly as someone else held him down as the masks were removed.

"Squirt's a kid?" Big Mama raised one of their eyebrows, "Well that explains a lot. You ok, Squirt? You seemed to have a bad time when that meddlesome hobo pro tied you up."

Izuku looked up at him in confusion. Why was this person pretending to care about him?

"Squirt?" Big Mama asked again but Izuku still didn't answer, lost in his head. Why hadn't the gang killed him yet? In addition, why didn't they just leave him with the stalker that he now knew was a pro hero? Izuku's vision started to go blurry and his breathing increased in tempo.

"Oh shit. Squirt's having a panic attack," Big Mama cursed, "Whap Whap, get a blanket. The rest of you, get out of the room." Big Mama looked helplessly at the kid. He realized that the kid must have been having a panic attack when they took Squirt as well.

He looked over at Squirt to see the kid's eyes had completely glazed over and Squirt wasn't making any sound at all.

'Silent panic attack,' Big Mama's brain supplied him.

Looks like Squirt wouldn't pass out at least.

A knock sounded on the door and Big Mama cracked the door open for Whap Whap to hand him the blanket he had asked for.

Big Mama closed the door, once again leaving him alone with Squirt. He sighed. He had no clue on how to really help someone out of a panic attack. Especially a most likely traumatized kid that has combat skills.

What little he knew about panic attacks came from before he was a gang leader and that was just the facts. He was always shooed away when his sister had one, only seeing his father place a blanket over her shoulders.

Big Mama looked down at the blanket in his hands and sighed again. At least this was a start.

He moved forward to Squirt, who looked like a statue, and hesitated for a moment before draping the blanket over the kid's shoulders.

Squirt didn't react at all and Big Mama took a deep breath, trying not to panic.

"Uh, so Squirt. Well it is more like Baby Squirt if we are being honest here. I know you probably can't hear me right now, but I figured it is better than nothing, right?" Big Mama asked, "Anyways, so my real name isn't Big Mama obviously, but I think it is better than my real name. I doubt that when this is over you will tell us your real name, but you are Baby Squirt now anyways. I can tell you wanna do good, right? That's why you had Lil' Papa all tied up. He didn't mean anything by his theft, he just has been recovering from a drug addiction and sometimes staying clean is hard. Don't worry though. He will get the proper chiding. Although not for the theft, for getting caught and what he was going to use it for. Dumb idiot. He is the co-leader but I call the shots. He has just been there from the beginning. Saved me back in the day. Now I am working on saving him. You know how it goes?" Big Mama sighed and sank down against the wall near Baby Squirt.

"Well, so um..." Big Mama searched for more things to say, "I like chocolate, do you like chocolate? It is strange how many people in my gang don't. I think that is a crime in and of itself. I wonder if I could get you to arrest them when you come back to us. I also like naps. I get tired a lot. It has to do with my quirk, the thing saps my energy just to keep me alive. My entire family had quirks that ended up hurting themselves in one way or another. I have- had a sister. She used to see things, terrible things. She wouldn't tell me what, and after the first time I asked, her face morphed into something I couldn't recognize. I never asked again. I just was there for her. My father couldn't see unless he used his body's energy for a quirk sight, and my mother's mood was dependent on the weather which left her in a constant state of switching between mania and extreme depression. Sometimes when it would storm, she would get super angry and lock herself in a room alone to keep from hurting us. I just realized that got really depressing... I wonder if you have a quirk Baby Squirt. I hope it is something warm if you do. Looks like you deserve something good in your life. I have realized that I am really bad at talking about good, calming things like you probably need right now." Big Mama sighed again in defeat.

"Well, I wonder how old you are. You look really young but that may just be because you are tiny and extremely skinny. Baby Squirt, you need to eat some food. Scratch some, you need like... a ton. A literal ton of food. You also look like you have seen too much. I could probably get ya some nice things to replace the baggy things you are wearing, but uh... you probably wouldn't approve of the methods. Anyways, you still need some new clothes... so maybe I will abide by the law just this once... maybe... hmmm I-"

"Boss," Whap Whap suddenly burst into the room, "Th-"

"Quiet down!" Big Mama hissed, extremely annoyed, "This better be important."

"Uh... there be a big fluffy cat that look anger. Want in base. Cat scary," Whap Whap said nervously.

Big Mama blinked up at Whap Whap confused.

"A cat?" Whap Whap nodded enthusiastically.

"Big fluffy anger one, sir," Whap Whap confirmed.

"Uhh... I guess bring me the cat?" Whap Whap shook his head.

"Tried, cat no want be take."

"I guess we could just let the cat in then, just grab another person to escort the cat in case it tries something... or the cat isn't really a cat. We should be ready for anything." Whap Whap nodded.

"Whatever you say, boss," Whap Whap marched out of the room after giving Big Mama a salute.

"Whap Whap is really kind. He shouldn't be here, he deserves much better than this life. However, he just won't leave. Got to commend the man for his loyalty. I wonder what this cat thing is about. Something feels odd about that, but whatever. I hope this cat doesn't turn out to be some sort of master of martial arts or something. That would be bad." Big Mama frowned and someone knocked on the door.

"Cat wants in. Can cat come in?"

"Let the cat in, Whap Whap." The door suddenly burst open and per Whap Whap's word, a large, fluffy, and extremely angry cat stalked into the room.

"Uh... Cat?" The cat paused and to look at him, and the look he was given, sent shivers down his spine, "Uh... don't hurt the Baby Squirt or else." The cat ignored him and walked over to the kid, softly pressing up against the kid's leg.

Baby Squirt immediately flinched to attention. The kid slowly blinked before looking down and mouthing something that Big Mama assumed was a name.

The cat jumped up into the kid's lap and they immediately started petting it.

A few more slow blinks and the kid seemed to notice him in the room, as they flinched violently, and tensed up even more than he had been before.

'This should be interesting,' Big Mama thought to himself as he slowly backed away from the kid, 'why do I have a horrible feeling that I am going to mess this up.' 

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