Beyond Ultra (a MHA story)

Chapter 96

Lincoln pulled up to the facility where the doctor used to work. Lincoln then called up Tsukauchi to let him know he arrived. "Ok, now just tell the receptionist that I sent you, she should give you clearance to look through the doctor's patients. Once you find some patients that look notable, come back to me." He said through the phone. Lincoln hung up and put the phone back into his pocket. He walked into the building and rang the bell. The nurse at the front smiled, "hi, how can I help you?" She asked. "Howdy, Tsukauchi sent me." Lincoln said showing his hero I.D. She looked at it and nodded, "follow me." Lincoln followed the nurse, she showed him the computer. "Take as much time as you need." She said as she used her login. Lincoln then clicked on the doctor's name and saw over 400 patient names. "Oh this is gonna be a long day..." Lincoln muttered to himself as he rubbed his temples.

At the Villain's Hideout

Horoki was sharpening his hook swords when Aria came into the room. "Mind if I talk to you in private?" She asked. "Oh sure." Horoki said, she closed the door behind her. "Remember when we went after my doctor?" She asked. "Of course I do." Horoki said. "Well, I wanna check if I'm in the files." She said. "What do you mean by that?" Horoki asked, raising an eyebrow. "The police are probably searching for his patients to see which one attacked him. If they start seeing a pattern-"

"Then they could charge him for abusing patients..." Horoki said, cutting off Aria. "Exactly. However, he's not gonna let patients like me and the others he abused in his system, no, he probably has me and the others wiped from the main computers..." Aria muttered. "So what I'm hearing, is that you wanna double check to make sure you're in the computer systems where he works. If not, then we use this bad boy to upload your file?" Horoki asked, holding up the USB they used to extract the files from the doctor's house. "Exactly, then when we do, we can send it to some journalists. Then they can do some real digging." Aria continued. "I like this idea. Why not just hand it to the heroes 'accidentally' though?" Horoki asked. "The Heroes turned their backs on me when I needed them most. I want the public to know." Aria said, Horoki nodded in understanding. "We should enter the facility when it's near closing. No one will notice we were there." Horoki said, formulating the plan in his head.

His thoughts were quickly interrupted by a gruff voice, "what are you two up to?" The voice said, Horoki through the eyehole and saw Cozmo standing there. "Nothing Cozmo!" Aria shouted. "Wait, we gotta tell him. I don't want any secrets between all of us. Plus, he cares about you, least we could do is fill him in." Horoki said to Aria. She groaned in frustration but sighed, "ok fine, but if he starts following us and trying to convince us to not do it then it's your fault." Aria said, glaring at Horoki. "I'll take the blame one hundred percent." Horoki said with a sincere smile. He opened the door and filled Cozmo on their plan, he thought about it and shrugged, "ok, good luck." Cozmo simply said. "Wait, that's it? No speech on 'we can't be going after these people Aria!' Nothing?" Aria asked. "Nope. I trust Horoki enough to keep you in line." Cozmo laughed. This warranted a pout from Aria and a gleaming smile from Horoki. He waved, "gonna hang with Awli, she wanted to spar and see if I'm all talk and no bite." Cozmo said, waving away. The two waved and began to discuss their plan.

5 Hours Later

Horoki and Aria went to the facility under the cover of darkness. They climbed the facility and sat on the roof. "Ok, I'm gonna use my smoke quirk to look for the main computer. I'll come back and we can go to the computer." Horoki said, she nodded. "Be safe." Horoki then turned to his smoke form and flowed through the vents, looking down to see if he can find the main computer, it took about fifteen minutes before finding the computer. He came back outside to Aria and coughed, "ok, found it, just follow me. Watch for guards." Horoki said. "Is security heavy?" She asked. "I don't think so, but we gotta be careful. Take it slow. If they see the vents start shifting too hard they might get suspicious." Horoki said. She nodded and the two went to the vents, they crept slowly, trying not to attract any attention.