The Showstopper [Sett x My Hero Academia]

5: The Vanishing of Talon

Ya'll asked for it. Here you f*cking go. Updated.

In all seriousness, MHA is kind of hard to do my normal thing with writing the same story from a different perspective but I think I'm managing okay. 

Sorry for the extended period with no posts. Senior year of high school finished and I am now a college student :D.

It's a shorter chapter, but enjoy!

DrySkeleton

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The Fire Knight slammed its sword into the earth, cracking the concrete. The earth shook as civilians ran for their lives. San Diego was burning, like hell on earth. Smoke clouded the sky, and the sheer heat of the city singed the hair on each person who ran. The Fire Knight, a tall, charred, speechless monster, slowly stalked the city, confused, angry, and quiet. It knew nothing, and only understood its one purpose: to destroy anything in its path.

It did so ruthlessly. Behind it, a trail of burnt corpses and ruined buildings smoldered. Any person it came across would scream. But the Fire Knight knew nothing, and so it heard the screams, but cut them down anyway.

???: Stop!

The Fire Knight stopped, not because of the command, but because it wanted to know what the source was from. It looked up. From atop one of the buildings stood a group of people, each dressed strangely. One wore a thin white latex suit, decorated with blue and yellow. The Lightning Hero, Thunderblade. Another seemed to morph and shimmer, as if he wasn't really there. This was the Shifting Hero, Mirage. Behind him was a tall figure, clad in black armor. A half mask covered his face, carved like the snarling snout of a wolverine. The Wolverine Hero, Talon. And finally, the voice who had called out to the Fire Knight itself. She wore a single blindfold, her suit appearing like a nun or some other holy figure. Yet the Fire Knight sensed it. Behind her eyes glinted a dull flame. The Hearthkeeper Hero, Hestia.

Hestia raised an arm, conjuring a wreath of fire around her wrist.

Hestia: You, monster. I don't know if you can understand me, but this will be your one and only warning-

She couldn't finish her sentence. The Fire Knight raised its giant flaming sword and slashed at the air, launching a blade of fire towards the blindfolded hero.

The fire never hit her. Instead, it suddenly vanished and appeared several feet off of where the Knight had aimed. Hestia smirked, then said to Mirage,

Hestia: Thanks for the backup.

Mirage: Don't be reckless. This thing did that to the city.

He gestured towards the burning mess behind them. Hestia's smirk didn't vanish, however.

Hestia: There is no way we don't have this. This thing is slow, after all. It took hours just to destroy this much of San Diego. We've got time.

Talon's eyes shifted to Hestia.

Talon: Keep that attitude, and the association will drop you from the list. A hero goes where they are needed, when they are needed. We've already wasted time getting here. Let's hope that we don't waste more time defeating this thing. Wasting time kills people.

Hestia glared at her colleague, but couldn't argue. She turned her attention back to the Fire Knight. The creature had long ignored them and had begun to continue its destructive march through San Diego. With each step, a blaze quickly burst around its foot, before it vanished, followed by the next step. The burning blade in its hand melted the asphalt beneath it, as well as many of the cars it walked away from.