Rise up

~28~

I land next to Midoriya, who is frozen up against the wall in the alleyway while Todoroki helps Iida. I absentmindedly went to lend the boy on the ground a hand while watching Todoroki use his quirk on Iida's engines. After Iida's engines are frozen, he stands up, ripping the blades from his flesh, and speeds off. At the same time, a gust of wind blows past me in the direction of Stain along with Iida.

I glance back over my shoulder where Midoriya just was, but he's gone. Both he and Iida are about to collide with Stain, who is charging down at them. I stand frozen in awe at the speed and determination of my battered classmates.

"Go, guys," Todoroki mumbles next to me, also watching with pride.

Simultaneously Iida kicks Stain's torso while Midoriya sends a powerful hit at his face. Stain's body twists in unnatural ways from the force of both hits and looks to be knocked unconscious as all three fall towards the ground. Suddenly the Hero Killer quickly grabs his sword and swipes it at Iida.

I race up towards the two falling classmates in hopes of catching one of them before they crash to the ground or Stain manages to stab them. Iida maneuvers his body in the air to kick at the villain again while a wave of fire shoots up.

I manage to snag a hold of Midoriya and safely place him on the ground as Iida slides down a chunk of ice created by Todoroki. At the top of the ice block, Stain is trapped and unmoving.

"Stand up, keep fighting," Todoroki commands, staring up at the beaten Hero Killer.

"He's gotta be knocked out after all that, right?" Midoriya questions while I let go of him so he can stand on his own for a minute.

"Then, let's restrain him and get him to the street. Maybe we can find some rope." Todoroki begins walking around the mostly empty alley in hopes of finding anything to tie up the crazed villain.

"We should take his weapons too," I suggest moving toward the Pro Hero slumped up against the wall.

Todoroki and Iida work on tying up and retrieving all the weapons from Stain. At the same time, I help Midoriya and the Pro Native. I have one of Midoriya's arms slung around my shoulder, and Native has the other to help support him. We begin walking to the end of the alley to find more Pro's, and I can hear Todoroki dragging Stain behind us.

"I'm supposed to be a pro, but I was useless back there." Native scolds himself shaking his head in disappointment.

"No, I don't think any one person could take the Hero Killer on. Not with that weird quirk of his." Midoriya comforts Native as we make our way to the entrance of the alley and out onto the sidewalk, "He's too strong."

"The four of us barely won against him, and even then, it was because of his own mistakes. He was getting riled up and desperate and forgot all about Midoriya's quick recovery time. Then he wasn't able to block Iida's last Reciproburst or Midoriya's assault." Todoroki also pitches in to help and make Native feel better.

'I did nothing,' I think to myself, unhappy with not being able to help my classmates more. I showed up to the fight late and barely did anything to contribute. It wasn't the four of us who took down Stain, just the three boys.

Gran Torino rushes up on the opposite side of the street from another alley and sees his beaten-up intern, "What are you doing here, boy?"

A few minutes later, more Pro's arrive at the scene to see the Hero Killer captured. Many of them are shocked that a bunch of 'children' managed to beat the infamous Hero Killer.

"Can you walk?" A pro asks Midoriya as he tries to help him off of my and Native's shoulders.

"I think so," Midoriya grunts, trying to walk a few steps as I still hold onto his arm for support.