Rise of the Phoenix

~ C h a p t e r 28 ~

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  Izuku stumbled through the alleys gasping for air. He was blinded by panic and his head was filled with a fog.

'I don't want to, I don't want to, please don't touch me, no, no, no, no...'

"NO!" Izuku collapsed and he curled up into a tight ball, stomach acid forcing his way up to his throat.

Tremors wracked his way through his body as it tried to get rid of stomach contents that weren't there.

Soon sobs took over as Izuku laid in the alley, unable to do anything.

Maybe if he stayed here long enough he would die so much that he wouldn't be able to come back.

~~~

Nala sped through the streets, skidding as she took a particularly fast turn. (Nala the go-cart)

She needed to get her human help. This was the worst she had seen her kit since she had met him, and she had seen him at a lot of lows.

Nala knew who she had to go to. They were the only humans that her kit trusted, even if it was only a little bit. Nala was proud to hold the title of the being that her kit trusted the most, but she was greatly upset that the only thing she could do for him in this situation was get a human.

Nala reached the door of the building that housed the tasty fish humans and began to ram herself against the door.

"What in the great wide world is-" A human that her kit wasn't close to opened the door and Nala rushed past that one to get to someone that would help.

Nala followed the fish smell that she knew would lead to the human that fed her. That human was always with the big one in charge.

Nala found the room where the scent trail ended and bashed open to the door, revealing the big human standing at a round table around a bunch of seated humans, including the fish human.

"Baby Squirt's cat?" The humans all stared at her unmoving and Nala huffed. Her kit needed help now.

Nala hopped up onto the table and sunk her teeth into the big human's sleeve, tugging him along.

"I have to go, I believe that Baby Squirt is in trouble. We will continue at a later time. Dismissed."

Nala let go of the big human's sleeve, knowing that with his declaration, he was certainly to follow.

She led the human to the alley where she had left her kit, and stopped next to him, letting out a loud meow.

~~~

"Oh no," Big Mama whispered, "What happened, kid?"

Big Mama knelt a fair distance away from the boy, "Baby Squirt? It's Big Mama, can you hear me?"

Baby Squirt showed no sign of response and Big Mama looked around panicked. He couldn't just leave the kid here.

As Big Mama debated what to do, he felt a presence watching him. He narrowed his eyes, "Who are you?"

A figure stepped out of the shadows and Big Mama moved in front of Baby Squirt protectively as he recognized the man.

"Well hello there, Eraserhead." The man nodded his head toward Big Mama.

"Does he stay with you?" Big Mama blinked.

"No," Big Mama's hackles raised, "He has a place with us if he ever wants it," Big Mama had no idea why the hero was asking about Baby Squirt, but he would keep the kid safe at all costs.

Eraserhead frowned, Big Mama growing defensive again, "From what I have observed, I do not believe that he has a safe place to stay. That is concerning," Eraserhead looked at Big Mama, "He must trust you if he willingly returns."

Eraserhead's expression turned dark, "I must apologize, I believe it is my fault that he is like this now. I think I triggered him by either my words or my actions. Would you pass along my apology? His flames made it hard for me to follow, but I needed to make sure he was safe."

Big Mama blinked in surprise, "Flames?" he looked down at Baby Squirt's tiny form and saw what he had missed before, "Wings. Baby Squirt has wings. Of course he has wings," Big Mama groaned.

"I respect you making sure he was safe, but I will take it from here," Big Mama grunted, still very suspicious of Eraserhead.

To his surprise, the man nodded, "I am not sure if this will be any use to you, but the words that I said to him were, 'let's get you warmed up,'"

Big Mama filed the words away for thought later, he didn't want to dwell upon what could have happened to the squirt that he associated with those words.

"Perhaps you should stay away from him," Big Mama said slowly, testing the waters.

"I could say the same to you, your profession is not the most legal. However I will not. I also cannot stay away from a vigliante who is also a homeless kid." Eraserhead caught Big Mama's immediate tensing, "I will however, be taking it slowly and with care. I don't want to hurt him anymore than he has been already, even though I already made mistakes."

With that the pro was gone as quickly as he had revealed himself, leaving Big Mama with conflicting emotions.

His thoughts could wait, however, he had to get this kid out of the alley.

Big Mama checked once more if the kid was responsive, and when he didn't react, Big Mama slowly began to pick him up, making sure that Baby Squirt was not panicking about being touched.

Big Mama glanced beside him to see Nala trotting alongside them, looking almost satisfied.

Big Mama sighed, could this cat get any weirder?