But What If I Was Better? | Mob Joins UA

8 | Okay Maybe This Time It'll Work

This chapter gets a little angsty so, uhhh. A warning to those who may be sensitive to that.
==============================

][ Previously: Reigen, Serizawa, and the local hero: Elyse, break into a facility they believe Mob was taken to. Meanwhile Mob is witnessing the mental destruction of Kai Chisaki as he's forced to remake that quirk removing drug while he's in such great pain -- Mob is the test subject. It turns out Reigen and the gang had broken into the wrong facility. ][

     Mob's one saving grace was being turned back into a child before all this went down.

     "It's been three days! How is the drug not ready yet?!" Shigaraki.

     "It's not my fault that this thing is time sensitive! Keep in mind that before it took me MONTHS to make this!" Kai.

     "Ugh, it better not take that long! And if I find out you're only doing this to prolong your own life, you're going to wish you were dead."

     "Believe me, I already passed that point days ago with all the agony I am in."

     "Well stop complaining then and get back to work."

     "Fine then!"

     As the two "discussed," other members of the league including Toga, Twice, and Mr. Compress either sat or crouched around the young Mob petting his soft hair.

     "Come on, guys." Shigaraki angrily spun around, calling for his companions to follow.

     "Aww, but can we take the little Mobbie on a tour with us, pleease?" Toga wrapped her arms around the little one and held him tightly. Mob had learned to just ignore her, since she did this a lot and would threaten him if he ever tried to pull away.

     "Yeah, please! Just a little tour!" Twice joined in. The third stood and walked toward the door, not quite as interested.

     "Are you two kidding me??" Tomura spun around. "Remember that he's just a teenager in a child's body! It's not like he's just forgotten why he's here or anything! He'll just use his powers to escape if we let him out of the circle for too long anyways-"

     "No.. Please." Kai spoke. "Use some of the stuff from the old batch. It isn't permanent, but it'll give me a break at least. That brat's been bugging me for days."

     "I've just been sitting here, tho-"

     "Your breathing... It ###### me off." Kai scowled at the child, shutting him up. Really felt like this guy was venting all his anger onto the one guy he knew wouldn't fight back...

     When Tomura relented and a small batch of the old quirk removing drug was brought into the room, the boy could only sit idly and close his eyes as a needle injected dark red liquid into his bloodstream.

     "There. That dosage should last him about three hours." Kai informed them all, though he was not the one who instigated the drug. That honor went to Hari.

     After the wound was rubbed, Shigaraki unlocked the chains with a key he himself held closely and the metal cuffs around Mob's wrists were at last released.

     Twice carried Mob on his hip with Toga close behind, both excited to have someone new to show their sweet new base off to!

     Shigaraki led the three out of the room, hands in his pockets, the furthest thing from interested in the whole child thing. "Now where the h###'s that glitchy a## b######?" His tired eyes scanned around as they entered the halls.