Under pressure

Chapter 21

The city of Hosu was 13 minutes away from where they were.

And they wasted no time.

(Y/n) looked at the two.

"Please, this isn't right, we have to go"

They nodded and they all started running.

'Midoriya was interning with Gran Torino right? He's really strong, he's in capable hands' 

'Then why do I still feel like I want to throw up, what am I missing?'

They round a corner and Nighteyes radio goes off. It's another attack, they're calling for back up, in Hosu city.

'What? Another attack, what do they...'

Tears formed in her eyes and she ran faster, the two boys picking up their pace as well.

'Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck. No no no no, how could I forget about that. The hero killer is in Hosu city'

They round another corner, 11 minutes away.

'But why is Midoriya in Hosu city? Gran Torino isn't stationed there.'

People looked in a panic at the three heroes, they were absolutely silent, but panicked.

'How did Midoriya even find out about what was happening in Hosu, and even then there's no way he would just approach the hero killer out of no where, he's not that stupid. He's probably fine, he's definitely fine, it might have just been a mistake, I'm going to get a text from him any minute with an apology or an "lol", he's probably just helping Torino fight and dropped his phone or-'

At the 10 minute mark she realized 2 crucial pieces of info she was missing.

'Ingenium was attacked last week and Iida didn't visit her in the hospital after the sports festival'

To elaborate.

1. Her friend Iida took a lot of pride in being the class president, so whenever any of their classmates were in the icu or the hospital, he always checked on them, even if it was a small hello. She would understand if he didn't during the sports festival because he would be busy with his own events, only thing being she was admitted after he was already eliminated.

2. She remembers clearly the conversation she had in the hallway with Iida as it was one of the few times he seemed to open up about his personal life, showing his pride with his family name, informing his friends about his dear brother, pro hero Ingenium. News had spread like wildfire about the hero killers attack on him, having to be admitted to a hospital in Hosu city.

8 minutes away

She cursed herself out for not connecting things sooner.

'Him and Midoriya are best friends, so if Midoriya intentionally sent his location to me, and he's in Hosu city, then he's definitely in danger'

'And if he was with a pro hero, he wouldn't send out a signal like that to us because he would be able to get more pro heroes through a radio so he has to be alone, damnit Midoriya'

'And the only reason he would separate himself from his intern is to save one of us, so if the hero killer is in Hosu City... And Iida takes even half as much pride as he expressed to us about his brother... God they better be okay'

6 minutes

Tear drops trickled down her cheeks when she started to smell smoke and see less and less people around.

'They must have evacuated'

She kept running, reminiscent of the sports festival, but this was real life.

On the radio she heard that Pro hero Endevor was on the scene. Her heart cracked.

'No no no no no this can't be happening'

Shoto was interning with endeavor.

Hastely she took out her phone and called him.

'The last time we spoke he walked out on me damn it'

Her bandages were long gone by this point, only leaving a few burn marks but the bruising from that weeks training largely over shadowed them.

She couldn't even think about him getting...

'Come on Shoto pick up, please pick up, please'

No answer

3 minutes.

They had 2 more corners to round and then they would be at the scene. Over the tops of the buildings they could see flames, and they started to make out screams as they got closer.

A mix of sweat and tears trickled in streams down (Y/n)'s cheeks, and as the three heroes ran onto the scene she pulled out her needles, putting her phone inside her pocket and scanning the area for any sign of her friends.

Mirio and Nighteye went to go help control the last of the flames and (Y/n) noticed and ambulance adjacent from an Alleyway, it was pro hero Native. He was bloody and beaten badly, the paramedics loading him into the ambulance after seemingly finishing all the on sight treatment they could offer. She slowly walked towards the alley and collapsed to her knees from the exhaustion, and the sight of ice next to a pool of blood.

A million thoughts rained down in her head, trying to rationalize everything she was seeing.

'They aren't here they're probably at the hospital'

'Is the hero killer here?'

'Was anyone killed, no, wouldn't their body still be here if they were?'

'God please can no one be dead, we're too young, we're still kids'

'This was only an internship, why would Iida risk his life like this if my theory is correct, is it even correct?'

One remained prominent in her head though, as if she were blaming herself for the entire thing even though there was no way she could have known. There was no way anyone could have known about the tragedy in Hosu while it was still fresh, but Mirio put his hand on her shoulder and sat next to her. Her head was lowered and she was crying.

'Im too late'