Part 178: El aeropuerto

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Mirko was stunned when they arrived at her parents' house.

"What the frick?!" she cried.

"Oh, not this place again..." Shigaraki visibly recoiled.

"Oh, wow...a house," Medea said dryly.

Shine opened the door and waved. "Hi."

"Likstar!" Mirko jumped onto the steps and grabbed the taller woman by her collar. "What are you doing here?"

"Uh, Ren sent me the address and a picture..." Shine said, "Not sure how he got my number though..."

She looked back. "Intelli, probably."

"Is...is everyone here...?" Mirko said warily.

"No, the kids didn't want to be here for this," Shine said, "Well, to be accurate, they have class, and Aizawa doesn't like me pulling them out of it, so just Wally and I for now."

Mirko pushed past her and dashed inside.

Shine shrugged. "Hi, Shigaraki, Medea."

"Yo," Medea said, trotting into the house.

"Do I have to come in...?" Shigaraki whined like a kid.

"Just stand out there and wait for someone to recognize you, chico," Shine said, lapsing into a kind of Spanish accent.

Shigaraki sulkily walked inside.

Luckily for Mirko, her mother was not home.

"She's visiting Ruri and Ryo," Ren explained, "and Papi is at work, so we're in luck. Only Reina and Reika are home."

"Do they ever leave?" Mirko complained.

"Maybe to date..." Ren said, "You know, there're lazy kittens in every litter."

"I heard that, you jackass!" one of those two females yelled at him.

Wally was sitting on the sofa. "Hey." He nodded at the three new people.

"Intelli's in my room already," Ren said, "and we brought that good cush, if you know what I mean."

"Pot?" Wally said.

"Dude," Ren said, "cush can mean other things too. Don't be so basic."

"What do pots have to do with it?" Shigaraki said blankly.

They all looked at him.

"Raised by a villain, right there," Shine said, gesturing at him, "and I was raised in a sheltered, church-going home. I knew what pot was when I was a teenager. Gotta appreciate irony."

"Believe me," Mirko crossed her arms, "pot would be less harmful than whatever juice the doctor uses."

"Did you say raised by a villain?" Reina poked her head and ears into the room.

"Why would I have said that?" Shine didn't bat an eyelash.

Reina shrugged. "This is one of those I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you hero missions, right?" she said.

"It's either that, or it's one of those crack conspiracy theory missions," Wally said, "like the Question goes on."

"Ew." Reina ducked back out of the room.

"Wow, she looks just like you," Wally said to Mirko, who looked annoyed.

"Let's just get on with this." She marched to Ren's room.

"Watch out for the traps," Shigaraki said to Medea and Shine.

"What?" Medea said.

"Oh, es no problema," Ren said, "Hey, Padre," he called to Intelli from outside his door, "just abre la puerta, por favor."

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