Requiem of the Broken

Chapter 40: Death and Darkness

They soared through the night sky, Dark Shadow supporting all their weight and gliding through the night sky in utter silence. Izuku was the front of the sentient quirk, looking forward towards their destination. The other teams would be moving into position as well, the op set to start in a few minutes. Everyone involved in the op had synchronized their watches, there would be no delays.

As Izuku checked his watch again, he finally saw it. The compound sprawled out below them, lights shining brightly. Dark Shadow started to circle downwards, and everyone lowered themselves closer to Dark Shadow. When they were still 60 meters above the roof of their assigned building, Dark Shadow suddenly folded upwards like some kind of flower that had yet to bloom. The quirk held them tight as they suddenly went into controlled dive, they fell for a few seconds, then the G's hit as they started slowing down. They landed on the roof with barely a whisper, Dark Shadow unfolded from around them and coalesced itself around Tsukuyomi.

Izuku and his team immediately moved the door and Kiyori touched the doorknob. There was a small click as his quirk unlocked the door and then they moved to the edge of the building. They pulled out rappelling gear and affixed them to the roof. Then they waited as the last two minutes ticked by until lights out.

Izuku held up a hand, counting down from five, then when he hit zero they all started to repel down from the roof to their chosen windows. Halfway down all the lights suddenly went out, and their helmets automatically switched to night vision. They rappelled down to their windows and they opened easily, the villains not thinking to lock the windows so far up from the ground. A common mistake, and one easily exploited. Even if they had remembered, Kiyori's unlock quirk would have rendered it moot anyway.

They clambered into the room, an old unused apartment. They detached their lines then went to the door. When they were in position, Izuku cracked open the door. Pistol in one hand he held the door steady with the other as he scanned what portion of the hallway he could see before opening it farther and scanning the hallway properly. When he saw nothing but the darkness he moved out into it, the rest of his squad fanning out behind him. They quickly checked the doors, all were locked and empty making for quick work. They planted a chaff bomb in the hallway then moved down the stairs.

As Izuku moved into the corridor he saw two figures halfway down it, walking calmly and complaining about the power. The squad swept up behind them like phantoms, and in one quick motion, they'd grabbed them from behind. Hands clasped over their mouths and knives to throats.

"Six seconds to tell me where your prisoners are located," whispered Seiya, then started counting down as he removed the hand from his captive's mouth.

"Fuck you, you'll never get out of here ali-" his remark was cut short by Seiya quickly slitting his throat and passing him back to someone behind him to hide the body. The other captive, having seen his companion summarily killed started breathing rapidly through his nose.

"Same deal," whispered Izuku to his captive. He released his hold on his mouth and started counting down.

"Four floors down, but I don't know which room," he said quickly, shaking all over.

Izuku put his hand over his mouth and again and gestured to Seiya with a jerk of his head. Seiya came over with an injector and after a quick application to the captive's neck, the sedative rendered him unconscious shortly thereafter. It was strong but short-lasting, he'd be awake in about a half-hour at best. So they hog-tied him and placed him in a room with the door open. He'd get picked up after it was all over.

They swept the rest of the floor and rooms in short order, the two seemed to be the only guards this high up. They placed another bomb and went down the next floor. By this time Izuku expected that the backup generators would be coming online shortly. when they got to the door leading into the next corridor he gestured for the group to pause.