Out of Your Mind

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You walk back to his office and you lock the door behind you. You start pacing back and forth, one hand on your hip, another on your forehead.

"[y/n]?"

"I'm going to need the DNA analysis to confirm, but I think that Nomu has been engineered to hold multiple quirks." His eyes widened and he slowly sat down in his chair.

"What did you see?"

"At first, nothing. But the farther I pushed, I made my way to the fragments of Nomu's memory and mind and I can't explain how, but I was able to go back as far as when he was being experimented on. His mind fragmented to protect itself and, I'm seriously over simplifying things by saying this, but, he essentially became a zombie. He's just a vessel now and his mind is trapped in there."

"Can't you help him out?"

"That would not go well for him. At this point, his mind would not be able to handle it. As hard as it is to believe, he'd end up more broken then he is now." As much as it pains you, you can't save the man in Nomu's brain. In all honesty, he's probably safest in the glass cage he was in.

"So he was engineered..did you see who did it?"

"Some old man and another guy..I only saw his silhouette, but he was the one that used his quirk to help with the procedure."

"And you're sure it was to hold multiple quirks?" You stopped your pacing and put your hands on the back of the chair, leaning slightly on it.

"I can't be entirely sure. Whatever they did to him changed his whole body composition, I can only assume they did something to enhance or change his quirk. He had a memory that showed his trials after, his mind was broken at this point and he could only categorize things as like and don't like. He used his quirk and the scientist said he was going to enjoy his new quirks" Naomasa ran a hand through his hair. The news was clearly very distressing, you felt bad because it was still pretty early in the morning.

"Thank you, for the help, [y/n]. Don't take this the wrong way, but for all our sakes, I hope you're wrong" You looked at him surprised.

"Why do you say that?" He looked as if he was about to say something, but decided against it.

"That's a very dangerous thing to be doing. We can't have someone going around giving people quirks now, can we?"

You had to write a statement for the files of Naomasa, but after that, you were free to go about your day. You actually were finished at the police station a lot earlier than you originally thought, so you decided to get some food before heading to work.

As you waited at a table in a cute little cafe, you get a call from Yua.

"Hey! Everything ok?"

"Yeah, I just wanted to check to see if you were still coming in at noon?"

"Yep! If I remember correctly, I have 2 sessions today so I can't miss those"

"Alrighty. How is everything going at the police station?"

"Oh, I finished with that. I'm grabbing some food right now cause I skipped breakfast"

"What did they need you for anyway?"

"They wanted me to interview one of their perps. Not gonna lie, it was good to be back in interrogation."

"You're not thinking of going back, are you?" You pause for a moment, thinking about how much you missed it. At UA, you have to limit your powers so much because you don't want to hurt any children. It felt like a long stretch after being cramped up in a small space for too long. "[y/n]?"

"Hmm? Oh, no. I'm gonna stay at UA. I love working with kids. But I think I need to do something where I can use my quirk a little more than I can with them."

"Why don't you go to the practice grounds to let off some steam? It's built for students, but Nezu said that teachers and faculty are more than welcome to use it."

"Y'know, I just might. Do you go there?"

"Absolutely. I go home after work, change and come back because sometimes I really need a punching bag after a long day." Huh, you wonder why you never thought to use the practice grounds before. "I plan on going tomorrow after work, but it might be later tonight because I'm going to see if I can talk to Mic" the waiter brings you your food, you thank them and get up to go to your car.

"Oooo, try not to kill him, ok? Just hear him out first"

"Don't worry, I'll be civil..as long as he has a damn good reason for filing that form. Nezu asked if I was going to sign it, I had to explain the whole situation to him." You're really surprised that Mic would do something like this, he didn't seem like the kind of person that would jump the gun like that but you guess you'll see why when Yua meets up with him.

"I really hate that for you, I'm sorry. I'm getting into my car now, I'll be at the school in about 15 minutes."

"Okie dokie, see you soon!"

"Byeee" you hung up the phone and got into your car. When you pulled into the parking lot, you got a message from your Auntie Hana who lives near Hosu.

Hana: Hello dear, it's so nice to hear from you again! We'd love for you to come visit but we're currently out of town for the next week or so. You're more than welcome to come down and use the house if you still needed some time away from work, but we should definitely plan to meet someday xx

You felt a little guilty for lying to your aunt. You said that you were feeling overwhelmed and wanted to spend time with your family and away from your job. But the good thing is she's allowed you to stay in her home so maybe you might be taking a trip to Hosu anyway. You quickly reply back and grab your things and head inside. You didn't even get to put your stuff down when you were asked to go handle a situation in the cafeteria. Apparently a fight broke out and they needed you to put one of the boys to sleep....light work.