Bakugo x Lore 🍋 (Bakugo x OC)

Chapter- 45 Shifting

Hawks flew through the night sky enjoying the way the chilled air ripped through his feathers. He landed silently in the old abandoned section of the city. His eyes scoped out the agreed-upon meeting location, and a single small blue flame caught his eye. 

"There you are, buddy!" Hawks chirped in a false cheer. 

"You're late," Dabi rasped as he lit his cigarette on fire. 

Hawks waved away the heavy plume of smoke. "You know how hero work is! Always busy."

"Sure birdbrain," he drawled. "What the fuck you text me for? It's still another 2 weeks until our next check-in. I already told you, I am not letting you see the boss till you've proven your loyalty. If that's what you're here for, you can fuck off."

"No no, I'm not here for that," Hawks lied. He was here for that exact reason. He'd been trying to get closer to the League for nearly a year now, but recently he'd been shoved away. Something with the core members of the League had changed. "I wanted to let you know something."

Dabi's blue eyes danced above the red flame of his cigarette. "Yeah? Like how you let us know Lorna Dawn was an adopted Todoroki?"

He made sure to keep his calm mask in place even as he opened his wings a bit more listening in case someone else was waiting in the shadows to ambush him. 

"That silly old fact?! I didn't think it was relevant," he laughed fakely. "I told you she was close with Endeavor. Since she doesn't live there anymore, I figured it wasn't too important what she used to mean to them."

"You trying to say old torch head wouldn't give a fuck if we took her? Bullshit."

"I couldn't say," Hawks sighed as he put his arms behind his head and stretched out his tense muscles. "All I know is you didn't tell me anything about that impromptu attack during the transport mission, so if anything we're even."

Dabi's smile was fierce as he rasped, "We don't trust you, bird. I wasn't going to let you risk jeopardizing that golden opportunity."

"I guess it didn't really matter since she fucked you up," Hawks said with extra emphasis on the last three words. 

Dabi's eyes narrowed as he picked up on the phrase. He tilted his head up a bit so that he could look down at Hawks suspiciously. "She came to you."

"Yep. I know all about your little run-in with her at the club. What are you doing Dabi? I never questioned why you guys wanted her. Sure she's powerful. She proved that well enough when you tried to snatch her before, but lingering in the city, stalking her, and I'd bet hard money you've got eyes on her right now." When Dabi didn't even try and deny it, Hawks pushed, "Why? Why risk all of this for one stupid girl?"

She wasn't one stupid girl. She was the single key to nullifying Shigaraki. Her power made her invaluable to the heroes even if they tried to keep her locked away in her agency. 

Her worth was more than that though. Hawks knew numerous people cared about her as a person, and he was unfortunate enough to consider himself among those who cared. 

"I don't need to tell you shit, chicken strip."

CHICKEN STRIP?!

Dabi flicked his cigarette to the ground. "All you need to do is keep your beak out of our way. The girl is ours."

"I know quite a few heroes who will say differently."

"I bet they will," Dabi chuckled as he ambled back into the darkness. "Do what you have to do birdbrain, but do not try and stop us. We will have her no matter who we have to kill."