Mystery from Another World--MHA

Part 160: Trading for manpower

"Is it okay if we take all of these bad guys to Endeavor's other house?" Wally asked Shine.

"We'll ask them if they intend to destroy it. They've been keeping their word for a while," Shine said.

...

"Destroy it?" Shigaraki said, like it was an odd idea when they asked, "Why would we do that if we're hiding out?"

"And you won't come back and do it?" Shine said.

"That seems like a weird thing to do," Shigaraki said with a straight face.

"Is...is he real?" Wally hissed at Shine. "My villains would love finding my house."

"It's like some unspoken rule here or something..." Shine mused, "I don't think we should stay in the woods. The Metas will realize sooner or late their people are missing. I wonder if they installed trackers on all of them."

But a quick inspection suggested the answer was no. Ren even had a metal detector.

So, they all went to meet the Todorokis at their new residence.

Shoto had actually not been there yet.

"Wow...it's a lot like our old one," he said.

"Where's the koi pond?" Dabi sounded offended.

"Maybe it's not installed yet." Shoto took him seriously.

"Are you good with waiting out here?" Shine asked Dabi, "I didn't want to leave you alone."

"I'll wait with him," Spinner said, "I don't really want to hear this."

"Thanks," Shine said.

"I'm not doing it to be nice," Spinner shot back, "Come off it."

Shine shrugged and walked away.

"Was that really necessary?" Dabi said coolly, "She can read people like books. You think she doesn't know you're a shallow, selfish, idol worshiper?"

He'd learned this term from studying, and he was kind of liking calling people it.

"Shut up," Spinner said, "I just don't get you. Why did you leave? You're now helping the same person you hated your whole life."

"I ain't that much of a saint," Dabi said, "I'm not doing this for that monster. Maybe he's changing, but it's too late for that to matter much to me. I guess I can't say he can't change, but I don't want anything to do with it...but this affects everyone around me, and that affects me... Maybe I'm still pretty selfish too, but there's really no point sitting on my a-- while that happens."

"You're going to get caught," Spinner said, "You know that. They're too visible."

"Oh, don't start acting like you care now, Spinner. Let's keep things real," Dabi said sarcastically, 
"And I know. I always thought I'd get caught sooner or later...but I've had a taste of what's it's like to be...well, almost free. If I get the chance again, I'mma take it. Anyway, no one else ever really cared about me. I'm not very grateful, am I? But, still, you don't let that go, I've decided. There's not one villain in a thousand who usually gets to see that."

Spinner was silent there.

* * *

"Miss Shine?" Fuyumi was the first to greet them. "Oh, please tell me you saw my message."

Shine froze. "Your...message?"

"You didn't..." Fuyumi said.

"Our reception out there was bad..." Shine said slowly, "and our phones were on silent anyway.... Uh oh..."