Plague Rat (BNHA)

Chapter Sixteen

~Bella's POV~

As Dabi and I returned to the warehouse, empty handed, he suddenly wrapped an arm around my waist and pulled me around to the side of the warehouse and out of sight as the front door opened. My heart thundered in my chest as he tucked me tightly against his body and kept us out of view as a handful of people exited the warehouse. Most of them were wearing a similar getup to the guy I'd killed in the alley earlier.

"What are yo-?" I attempted to protest but Dabi clapped a hand over my mouth.

"Quiet." His lips brushed against the tip of my ear sending a shiver down my spine.

We watched the men walk away from the warehouse and once he was sure they were gone we headed inside. It was chaos as we returned to the warehouse. Mr. Compress was on the ground holding his shoulder, the arm that had once been there was no more and he was soaked in blood and appeared to be in excruciating pain. There was even more blood splattered in the center of the warehouse next to Big Sis Mag's weapon. Toga and Twice appeared to be crying. Spinner was trying to help Mr. Compress. Shigaraki was quietly stewing.

I hurriedly moved toward Mr. Compress, "Spinner move." I hissed.

Spinner quickly scrambled away as I waved my hand over a writhing Mr. Compress. Nightshade blooms began to sprout up around him. I concentrated on making sure they weren't lethal and would only put him to sleep. After a few moments his agonized cries fell quiet and he drifted into a poison induced sleep.

Shigaraki pulled himself out of his stewing as he realized Mr. Compress was quiet, "what did you do?" He asked me cautiously.

"Put him to sleep." I replied coolly before turning to Dabi, "can you cauterize it before he bleeds to death?"

Dabi nodded and made a move to join me.

"Put a mask on first." I warned him as I knelt beside Mr. Compress and began tearing his shirt away from his bleeding stub. "Spinner, throw me some antiseptic."

"Right." Spinner rushed over to the small kit of medical supplies we'd managed to gather. He rummaged for a moment before tossing me a bottle of antiseptic.

I dumped it over the gaping wound in an attempt to prevent an infection so Dabi could cauterize it as cleanly as possible.

Dabi found a mask and joined me. He activated his quirk and grimaced as he cauterized the wound. "It's going to hurt a hell of a lot." He noted.

"I imagine it already does." I pointed dryly, "I can keep him asleep and give his body time to come down from the shock."

"Maybe Giran can score us some antibiotics." Spinner suggested.

"Not a bad idea, can someone call him?" I looked around the room. Twice and Toga were still crying, Twice was sobbing uncontrollably, Toga appeared to be calming down but was trapped in a bone crushing hug and unable to do anything.

"I got it." Shigaraki said quietly before stooping to pick something up off the floor and slowly walked away.

Once Dabi was finished with his task he grimaced and walked over to the large spattering of blood in the center of the floor next to Magne's weapon. "Big Sis Mag?" He asked the others for confirmation.

Everyone nodded solemnly.

"I'll kill those bastards." I hissed as a single tear slipped down my cheek. I hadn't meant to get attached to anyone here, but somehow every one of them had wormed their way into my heart and made me care about them. Big Sis Mag had always been supportive and she was rooting for me with Dabi, which was embarrassing but had also been encouraging. I clenched my fists in anger. If we hadn't left, we could have saved her.