Trust no one. (Sequel to 'What's next?')

Chapter 13

25th December 2256

Alecto's POV

"Merry Christmas kid." I hold out a neatly wrapped box over to the kid ahead of me. He grabs it cautiously as he looks in amazement. He seems to hesitate before opening it before I encourage him. "Open it, you've earned it." 

He gently tears away the wrapping paper, finding a plain brown box underneath. He begins to open the box and once he gets a good look underneath, his eyes widen. He looks back up to me in disbelief before placing the box on the ground and grabbing what was inside.

As he pulled it up, it looked like a dark suit. Armoured in several areas but the chest was out of colour, it was dark purple, close to the black that surrounded it, but noticeable in the day. He goes back down to the box to pull out a much smaller piece of fabric, a mask.

It was my vigilante suit. Except this one, was made for him.

He drops them back into the box and rushes at me, slamming himself into me. He wraps his arms around me tightly.

"Do you really think I'm ready?" I pat his head lightly.

"Maybe in a couple weeks, you will join me. There's still a few things I want to iron out but you're very close." His grip around me tightens as I wrap my own arms around him. He pulls back, loosening his grip on me. "Come on, I got you some actual gifts as well." His eyes widen in amazement as he grabs into my arm.

"Really?" I give a light nod, dragging him to the pile of presents close by.

"Yup." A bright smile was placed on my face as he rushed over to the gifts.

I couldn't help but watch as he rushed to open each of them, a look of amazement crossing his face with each gift he opened.

I hope I can keep his smile.

For as long as possible.

19th February 2258

I look around the room, finding it to be quite modern. Inside UA was a place I didn't think I would find myself, but to make this work, we have no choice.

"Is this everyone?" I turn to Mirko, watching as she nods. I overlook the new faces to see them all full of shock at my appearance. "How much do they know?" She lets out a sigh as Ground Zero speaks up.

"They already know everything they need to know about the Foundation." I nod my head and look at the heroes surrounding me. Red Riot was first to speak up.

"Um... so what's the plan?... Alecto." I let out a sigh at his skepticism.

"The church has an underground cellar. The entrance to the cellar is behind the alter, however, there is another entrance. The sewer system." I hear a couple heroes let out a groan. I ignore there annoyance and continue speaking. "Several hundred years ago, around the 1900s, the foundation must've needed a way to discard evidence. They connected a way through to the sewers and this was one way they did it." I look to Nezu as I motion for him to continue.

"You'll split into two groups, one will go through the sewers, the other will go through the church." His cheery voice set the heroes on edge, each of them hoping they won't be sent through the sewers. "Alecto, Aizawa, Shinso, Tsuyu, and Bakugo will be going through the sewers, while Rumi, Kirishima, Todoroki, and Yaoyorozu will be going through the church." The latter let out a sigh of relief, whereas Bakugo let out a grunt at his position.

"Why the hell am I going through the sewers?" His face was scrunched up in anger as another voice makes its way through the room.

"Because we need the heat that comes with your quirk." I turn to see a tall slender man with bright two yellow bangs. He was also wearing a neat suit. "You said you helped save Alecto by using your AP shot to melt through metal. Seeing as they're going through a sewer, there's a chance you may need to do something similar to some grates." Nezu nods his head.