TIME TRAVEL - I ADOPT A BUNCH OF BRATS

CHAPTER 17 - PRO HERO BLAZE

An explosion rattled the building as civilians crouched to the ground, screaming and crying at the falling debris. The exits were all blocked and the villains were walking unchallenged. The villain group, Pandemonium was making another appearance today, their 4th of a string of robberies, spanning from Kyoto to Musutafu. Their leader, Ferryman was leisurely swinging his scythe around, quirk-enhanced vision scanning for his accomplices.

"Hurry up! The heroes are bound to get here soon and I don't want to deal with Blaze or Phantom Thief, they're on our tail." He said, a slight hint of worry and impatience in his tone.

"Big bro! Look! I managed to get a bag of jewels!" A second villain emerged from the left, hands tightly clenching on the bags that he dragged behind him. The brown sacks were almost as big as he was and were full, the contents making a soft jingling sound as he moved.

"Shut up! We need to go!" Ferryman said again, this time, shooting a look at the walls around them.

"I have a bad feeling about this."

"Don't tell me you don't trust my quirk Ferryman." The second accomplice said, walking toward the leader.

"You know how my quirk works, there's no way the heroes would get notified in time!" He shot a grin at the civilians still on the floor.

"By the time they get here, they'll just be scraping up the remains!" A mad giggle erupted from behind his genteel smile. The villain was actually quite handsome, if it were not for the twisted smile on his face, he probably could have been a model. The villain, Muddle was now stalking around, no particular direction in mind as he acted as if nothing was wrong and he wasn't endangering the lives of everyone in the shopping centre. He probably would have kept walking if it had not been for a small whimper that caught his attention. Eyes snapping up to see a teenage girl huddling in the corner, a mad sparkle seemed to form in his eyes.

"Awwwww! Why hello darling! I didn't see you there! Is everything ok?" He walked towards her, arms outstretched as if beckoning for a hug. The girl seemed even more frightened as she pressed herself into the corner, never looking away from him.

"Are you shy sweetie? There's nothing to be shy about!" Tears pooled in her eyes as he kept coming, the people around her only looked away as the girl cowered. Muddle stepped closer now, hands about to touch her.

"Oh look! You can't keep your eyes off me! You like what you see?" The smile that threatened to split his face was insane, just one more second and he would reach her.

"Hey!" He stopped.

"Idiot! We need to go!" Ferryman called out to him. The girl was grateful for the distraction, but from the look on Muddle's face, this wouldn't be the end of it. Baring his teeth like a rabid dog, he spat back at his leader.

"My quirk's got it handled. No one can contact anyone, and the illusion Oddity put up would keep up the act!" He looked mutinously back at Ferryman now.

"If you'll excuse me, I have some... business to take care of boss." He said the name in a mocking tone. Turning back to the girl, who was still pressed against the wall, he was about to touch her when a kick propelled him back. His attacker was a young man in dark clothing, the bottom half of his face wrapped in bandages. Pro Hero Midas was here.

"Hey! Any time now would be great!" Bursting through a hole in the wall that had previously not been there, No. 4 Pro Hero Blaze burst through, arms already encased in flames as he shot towards the villains, not far behind him were No. 20 Pro Hero Phantom Thief, No. 58 Jack Frost and No. 16 Thermis.

Jack Frost, or Natsuo, immediately sent forth waves of ice which reached the ceiling, stabilising the crumbling structure. That would allow them enough time to get the civilians out of here. After the grand display of his quirk, Jack Frost sprang into rescue mode, helping his sister to evacuate the civilians in the vicinity.