Forget Me Not (A Midnight Story)

Chapter 10: Four-O-Clock

Midnight drove as fast as she could. While she had no idea what Suimakuma was up to, or what she was going to do to her kidnapped students, she knew that it was her job to rescue them. They were all counting on her, and she couldn't let them down.

As she was about to reach the freeway, her navigator told her to take a right turn in 1000 feet. She looked to her right and saw some strange narrow roads. They were overgrown and probably hadn't been paved in years. She swerved right and headed on down the dilapidated path. The ride was very bumpy as the car rattled violently, but Midnight kept the pedal to the metal, nothing was going to stop her from saving her friends.

She followed the road for a few more blocks until the road curved to the left, leading to a giant abandoned factory. The gates were almost rusted away, parts of the ceiling had fallen off on the main facility, and tall rusty pipes adorned the side of the large building. Midnight parked the car nearby some overgrown shrubbery, as to avoid being spotted. She looked up at the massive building and whispered, "Don't worry everyone, I'm coming."

She walked around the brick barrier and rusted gate that surrounded the building in hopes of finding a way to sneak inside without drawing any attention. Eventually, she found a spot right behind the factory with a small door right by an old dumpster. Part of the fence nearby had been cut open just wide enough for a person to fit through. 

Midnight inched her way through the fence. As she tried to get through, her chest started getting poked by some cut metal, causing her to blush awkwardly. As she got to the other side, part of her outfit on the back of her right arm got snagged on the fence, leaving a small tear. At first Midnight thought, "Great! Now I have to find myself a tailor!", but then she remembered that her quirk was more effective if more of her skin was exposed. She chuckled seductively to herself as she carried on.

As she made her way to the entrance, she held her ear up to the door to make sure nobody was nearby. She slowly opened the door and was relieved to find that there was no one to be seen. All she could see were a door and a pair of stairs to her right. "These stairs might be my best bet", she thought as she crept on up, trying to keep as quiet as possible.

The stairs curved around a couple more levels until Midnight found herself at the top floor. The door ahead of her led to the main room. Heavy machinery, giant boilers, and long pipes lay everywhere. Midnight snuck around, slipping from shadow to shadow, hiding behind the large pipes that extended in front of the walkways.

As Midnight looked around some more, she heard a voice, "Help! Save me!" The voice seemed to be that of a teenage girl, and was coming from right behind a door a few feet away from her. Midnight looked around to make sure nobody was nearby before carefully opening the door. As she made her way inside, she saw Yaoyorozou tied up to a chair. "Midnight! Thank goodness you're here!" she called. "Momo!" Midnight called, "So glad you're not hurt! Where is everybody else?" Momo explained, "I don't know, but please hurry up and untie me!"

As Kayama got to work freeing her friend, she noticed her eying some exposed skin from where she tore her costume. Somehow, something felt off. "Wait a second!" Midnight thought as she paused. Just then, Yaoyorozu freed herself and morphed back into the vampire girl. "Ta-Da! Did'ya miss me?" Midnight jumped back, "You again?" she gasped, "How did you-" "Know you'd come here?" Toga finished for her, "Well, we knew somebody was gonna come back to save their beloved little heroes, we weren't expecting it to be you though!" Toga brandished her knives. "Now to make you bleed again, your blood must be so nutritious!"