Mystery from Another World

Part 92: Side effects (unfinished)

Dabi waved Silk in.

Silk stepped through the door she'd been outside of, waiting for this signal.

Spinner, Compress, Twice, and Toga stared at her.

Silk's villain costume really was just a kimono, like for the stage but a little less long and frilly. It was, of course, made out of silk, with silk sashes and ribbons. Probably she could use all of it to attack with if she ran out.

But she was small, with delicate features and looked more like a china doll in a window shop than a bad guy.

"She doesn't seem very impressive," Twice said bluntly, "I'm surprised you'd bring someone like that, Dabi. Aren't they usually your fuel?"

Dabi gave him a warning look. "She's got a bit more mettle than it looks. She's an illusion user. We needed one of those."

Silk snapped her fingers, and a huge bear seemed to growl right in front of Twice, who yelped and jumped back against the wall.

Then the silk rolled itself up and back into her hand. She smiled smugly. "Convinced I could be useful yet?"

Spinner and Compress exchanged a look.

"She's kind of cute," Toga said.

"Hands off," Dabi warned her, "You know the rule."

"I was lookie, no touchie," Toga said.

Silk leaned way from her. "I think I know who all of you are...well, mostly... Uh...Spinner, right?"

"Yeah." Spinner was not very welcoming.

"And Twice..."

Twice waved, then flipped her off.

"He just does that," Dabi explained.

"And...uh, I don't actually know you." Silk eyed Compress's mask and outfit. "But nice ensemble. I like the dramatic mask flair. I considered it once myself, but it just inhibits my quirk, I found."

"That can be a problem," Compress said amiably, "for illusions, that is." He snapped a marble up and it turned into his hat. "Not mine though. I'm known as Compress." He tipped said hat.

"Stop showing off." Dabi rolled his eyes. "And that last crazy one is Toga."

"Yes...I've heard of her..." Silk said, still distastefully.

Toga ran a knife through her hand coolly.

"So she'll be joining," Shigaraki said with finality, "Any objections?"

"Just one: Didn't she work for Overhaul?" Spinner said.

"It was coerced." Silk crossed her arms.

"Why let it go to waste?" Dabi said.

Spinner shrugged. "I guess that's good enough. But it would be better to get Kurogiri back."

"I promise you, we'll be getting him back, and we'll destroy Overhaul's gang once and for all," Shigaraki growled, "We just have to find them first."

"We can't chase them down, though, Sir," Compress said, "What happened to letting the Pros do it for us?"

"They won't bother now that they've got that little brat back," Shigaraki said.

"Oh, so they did get the kid?" Spinner looked actually glad to hear that.

"Yeah, they did," Dabi said, "And with zero casualties. Sure is annoying when they are as good as they say, ey, Boss?"

Shigaraki nodded. "Yes..."

"So, how annoying was it to work with both Hawks and Mirko?" Compress wanted to hear all the juicy details.