A Bolt of Hope

Chapter 37 - Broken -

"Alright, just remember, he can't take off that patch on his eye alright? I'll be back soon with Lavania." Tamashi said as she started getting into the car. Ochaco and Blink nodded in response. She drove off and left the two to handle Leizcio.

The two started heading back inside, waiting for Leizcio to get up. As they waited, Blink couldn't shake off the feeling of distress that Ochaco was trying to hide.

"You know, it's alright to be worried. I know something like this must be hard on you and I'm sorry that you had to see it happen to him." Blink said, trying to reassure Ochaco. There was a small silence, but Ochaco began to speak while she continued looking down.

"That's the thing. I'm tired of worrying so much when it's all for nothing... We warned him so many times, asking him to not continue, to just take a break for once..." Ochaco softly said with a tone of frustration but underneath it all, some sadness.

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Leizcio's eyes began to open and were quickly met with the bright light of the room he was in. Seeing from just his right eye, he begins to feel over his left eye, feeling a wooly texture over it, clearly some patch on it.

He starts to feel around his chest, seeing that there was nothing new, but as he put his hand over his heart, he started to worry. It was beating normally like it used to before his quirk. He then tried to make electricity come out from his hand but to no avail as only a small spark appeared for a second before it fizzled out. Starting to panic, he tries getting up but falls down to the floor.

He started to hear footsteps approaching the door and he tried his best to get up. But his legs didn't budge a single bit, everything else could move, he's been scared to points where his body couldn't move but this felt different. His legs felt as if they were stuck and rooted in their spot.

The door opens and he is suddenly sitting on a chair. That's when he notices Blink having entered the room. Even his own perception was gone. His quirk healed him and sealed itself away from him.

"You alright kid? How are you feeling right now?" Blink asked as he found a chair to sit down.

"Where are we? And what are you two doing here?"

"Tamashi brought us here. She got you from when you got beat up and took you here and we tagged along." Blink explained.

That's when Leizcio also noticed something. His suit was nowhere to be found in the room, he'd get up and search, but his legs refused.

"Where's my suit?" Leizcio asked with an undertone of desperation.

"Gone. We burned it." Ochaco coldly said.

"What do you mean? You can't just-"

"Yes we can Leizcio, and we did so. It had to be done."

The tension in the room immediately skyrocketed as Blink watched the two with clear anger in their eyes, focusing it on each other. Before he could even open his mouth, Leizcio started to fire.

"What the hell?! Why would you do that?!"

"Why would we do that?! Are you serious Leizcio?!"

"Yes!"

"Are you that blind?! Look at yourself! You just kept burying yourself more into the 'blur' to the point that your quirk doesn't even work!"

Blink tried to speak up, but was quickly cut off before he even got the chance.

"How are you even involved in this?! What about your internship with Gunhead?!" Leizcio yelled, trying to dodge the question.

"That doesn't matter! I had to help because I was the only one close by!"