The Strange Ones || MHA AU ||

Chapter 20 - The Project(s)

|Blood/gore, Kidnapping, Mentions of drugs, Derealization|

Third Person POV:

[The next day]

"You have a research project." Aizawa says. "Get something that's not fifty years in the past, something that's relevant to the present."

Yaomomo and Jiro share a glance. Tokoyami mutters something about 'dark and horrible past'. Aoyama stared at you and winked. Hitoshi looked at him with a 'wtf' face.

Mina went up to Tsu. "Hey, do you want to team with me on the project?" She asks. "I have a really good idea."

Shoto looks over at Izuku's chair, which was empty. His eyebrows furrowed. The boy hadn't told him he was not going to be at school, so where was he?

... {30 minutes earlier}

Izuku opened the doors to the building. It was a typical downtown building, very tall and glass all over. He walked in and saw about five other people who looked like they were going to audition, and one person at the front desk.

When the person at the desk saw him, they smiled and stood up.

"Ah, Izuku Midoriya!" They said. "Good, you're here. Please come with me to your audition." Izuku smiled and followed him. He didn't pay attention to the people in the back standing up.

When they had walked for a few minutes, and were very deep in the building, the man started to talk again. "I'm so glad you came, we had started to worry. We haven't seen you for ages!" He said. Izuku stopped in his tracks.

"What?" Izuku says after a moment of silence.

The man turned to him with a smile. "You didn't think we just forgot about you, did you?" He says with the same smile. "We've been watching you, and now we believe we want you back."

Izuku took a step back only to bump into one of the people from earlier. They grabbed him by the shoulder. Izuku glared at the man who was talking. He focused on the man and he was suddenly pushed back against the dead end.

"Do it!" The man shouted. The person who was holding Izuku stabbed him with a sedative. Izuku screamed and pushed the person away.

He glared at all the people surrounding him. He tried to breathe fire, but nothing came out. Izuku's vision wobbled, and he staggered sideways. The man who he pushed against the wall came up to him and put his hand on Izuku's shoulder, which he would push off if he had control over his body and his head wasn't throbbing.

When he spoke, his words kept getting muffled. "Don't worry.....waiting for you..." He said. Izuku inhaled sharply and fell against the wall.

The man knelt down and slowly picked the greenette up. Izuku whimpered in fear, a fear he hasn't felt in years, and small tears trickled from his dazed eyes. His breathing became small and shaky, and the panic slowly made he's blood go cold.

He gasps. "Sh-Sho..to.." He manages. "Sho-..sho.." Izuku tries to say again, slowly going delirious. His head lolls to the side and he passes out.

The man carrying him smiled and passed the boy to another person. "Get him to floor ten, door 244. There should be the device and the instructions." The man orders. They nod and immediately walk to the elevator.

The ding of the elevator made Izuku stir. His eyes opened to small slits. He started whimpering again, which drew the attention of the person carrying him. They held their hand against Izuku's nose and mouth, which stopped the whimpering.

"Shush, shush, can't have you waking up." The person said.

Izuku tried to glare at him, but it was futile because of the drugs. He just fell unconscious again. The elevator dinged, and the person(who we're going to call Charlie for now) stepped out. They find door 244 and enter.

In the room, was a medical recliner, a desk, a bed, and a cabinet. On the desk was a piece of paper and a device that looked like a VR headset, except it covered the nose and mouth as well. Charlie set Izuku down on bed and picked up the paper. It was hand written and short.

1) Attach to number 232
2) Lock it tight
3) Press the 'on' button (It is green)
4) Keep out of the way of number 232

Charlie puts the paper down and picks up the device. They walk over to Izuku and set it on the greenette's head. They pressed the on button and stepped back.

[Izuku's POV]

His eyes open to reveal his house. What? When did I get here? He stands up and looks around. Panic coursed through him as he remembered what just happened.

Sh*t, sh*t, sh*t, sh*t! He thinks in rapid succession.

He searched the entire house without a sign from anyone. Nothing. Again. Nothing. No loud music from Katsuki's room, no sibling-like fighting between Eijiro and Denki, no whispered calming phrases from Tenko, no fluttering noises from Keigo's feathers, no laughter from Ochako and Himiko, no small little gestures from Hitoshi to know he cares. And worst of all..

No Shoto.

Izuku started hyperventilating, searching rapidly around the mansion for anything. Somehow, whoever kidnapped him, had found out about his worst fear.

Isolation.

He slowly sank to the floor as his breathing became so fast Izuku started choking. Suddenly, the setting changed. Izuku was in his cell back at the facility. His eyes became as wide as saucers. I couldn't be here again, I couldn't.

The door opened and Izuku spun around so fast he left marks on the ground. At the doorway, was him.

His hair was white. His hair was glowing red. He was way taller than me, so when Izuku met him, the small boy thought he was a giant. He smiled evilly at the greenette and he froze.

"Why, Izuku, so happy your back." He said. He spread his arms and walked toward the younger. Izuku started hyperventilating again. He couldn't move, he couldn't breathe. "I'm so glad you're finally back in my care." The man reached him. His hands grabbed Izuku's throat and squeezed.

Izuku choked, but he was too afraid to defend himself. The need for air grew and grew until his vision grew dark.

A jolting sensation zapped him awake again and he screamed, someone was holding a taser against his side. The person stopped long enough for him to make out that he was back in the torture room he had been in too many times.

The person zapped Izuku again and he fell to the ground. He crouched down and held Izuku's head in his hand. He stroked the side of Izuku's hair gently. "Don't worry, dear 232. This isn't real." He whispers to him. "Nothing is real now, you need not worry."

Izuku screamed again. The setting changed again. His head fell to the ground and he opened his eyes. But what he saw..

Dead. Everyone. dead.

Dead. Shoto. Dead. Shoto's dead body was laying inches away from his. His arms were twisted in horrible ways, purple bruises all over. His neck was cut open, blood pouring out in gallons.

Izuku's screams were loud enough to be heard from the bottom floor of the building, which he was in a soundproof room.

The VR headset-like device was turned off. Izuku's screams cut off. Charlie carefully took the device off Izuku's head, revealing that he was also in the room. The man walked up to Izuku and stared into his eyes.

Izuku had a distant look on his face and was muttering incoherent phrases and words. The man took another chair and sat in front of the broken boy.

"Izuku." He says, getting the attention of the greenette. "Are you ready to train?"

<^> To Be Continued

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