Erased Individuality

Unexpected Ending == What should it have been before

"Look at that, people!"

A bystander was streaming the scene through his phone.

A large plume of thick green gas was coming from the mall.

"Please evacuate the area everyone!" The local heroes had arrived to do crowd control. "The trigger gas is still circulating, so please get as far as you can!"

Upon hearing that it was trigger, the whole crowd scurried away like a disturbed nest of ants.

While it was well known that the gas was used as a quirk stimulant, enhancing one's abilities far beyond the normal level. It was also known to be weaponised as a powerful gas that would overload one's quirk, killing the user almost immediately.

"Wait! Look over there!"

Whilst everyone was running away in a frenzied panic, pushing and falling over each other in the crowd. The heroes never expected anyone from the crowd to go against the current.

There was a single boy who ran back into the mall filled with the deadly gas.

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"Everyone it's going to be alright! The emergency exits are open, so please head out quickly!" An invisible girl yelled, ushering the terrified mall goers.

Thanks to Aoyama Yuuga's warning, Hagakure Tooru and Midoriya Izuku managed to escape the wave of gas before it covered the floors of the mall.

"Hagakure-san!" Izuku ran over.

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. If not for Aoyama-kun's warning I may have ran in to investigate instead."

"Speaking of which is he alright?"

"He said he was safe, but I'm going to call him just in case."

Hagakure quickly dialled Aoyama on her phone.

"Aoyama-kun? Are you ok?" Quickly putting him on speaker, as he picked up.

"O-O-Oui... I w-will be s-safe f-for now..."

"Aoyama-san, are you really ok? You sound like you're freezing." Izuku inquired.

"A-Ah, Midoriya-san. Vous avez raison, I h-have taken shelter i-in le r-restaurant freezer."

"Wait what!? You're still in the building!?" Hagakure screamed.

"I h-had peu de choix, m-mademoiselle. The g-gas was too quick..."

"How cold is it in there?" Izuku asked.

"N-Not sure mon ami, but the produits here i-is still f-frozen..."

"Oh no, he's not gonna last long..." Hagakure recalled the chilling pain of being frozen into a block by Todoroki.

"Can you adjust the temperature?"

"N-non, the thermostat is outside. But I d-do not wish to r-risk letting any of the t-trigger in..."

It was far too dangerous to risk. Aoyama could be frozen and frostbitten, possibly losing appendages to amputation. But a single whiff of that dense trigger gas was sure to kill any quirk user.

"Can you hold on for 20 more minutes?" Izuku asked.

"Midori-kun?"

"O-Oui, m-maybe?"

"I'll be there." Izuku pulled up his phone looking up the mall directory for all restaurants large enough to house a freezer.

"Wait! You can't be serious Midori!"