Ordinary - (Dabi x OC)

Consequences

Violet POV:

BREAKING NEWS:
FAMOUS ENTREPRENEUR-TURNED-TYRANT MIDAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS MANSION

NUMBER TWELVE HERO IGNITO ARRESTED FOR TERRORISM AND AIDING MIDAS AS AN ACCOMPLICE

THE ELDEST SON OF ENDEAVOR, TOUYA TODOROKI, HAS BEEN ARRESTED

I sighed tiredly at the loud headlines that have been playing all morning. It's only been mere hours since the battle at Midas' mansion ended. But, the news stations are certainly having a hay day right now.

And, yet, the quiet office and ticking wall clock in the Hero Commission Headquarters did nothing to calm me. I continued to fiddle my thumbs as I waited for the HPSC interrogator to start her investigation questions.

With her hair in a messy ponytail and glasses falling down her face, she continued to write in silence-like she has been for the last few minutes, finally looking up at me minutes later.

"Okay, let's hurry this up. I'm working through my lunch for this. Have you ever wanted to hurt others?" She rushed out quickly, causing me to blink back to life a bit at the abrupt question.

Let's see, have I ever wanted to hurt others? I'd be a liar if I said no. I'm certainly no saint.

"Yes." I said plainly, not mincing words.

I don't want to make excuses or try to justify my wrongs. How is that fair? It doesn't make me any better than Midas to do so. Or Endeavor for that matter.

The HPSC woman hummed in disinterest, not writing down my answer as she quickly asked her next question, "And have you ever fantasized about genocide and society purification?"

"No."

Her lips pressed into a tightly knit smile as she quickly checked a box with her pen now. "Alright! Great talk. You've officially been pardoned." She closed the file with a celebratory thump, causing my gaze to widen in disbelief.

"What-t-that's it?!" I gawked, feeling the record scratch on my aesthetic Touya-esque brooding.

The investigator scooted around in her computer chair and dropped my file in the 'case closed' bin, waving me away with impersonal dismissal.

"Mhm. Go ahead and live your life. Bye-bye, Victory."

I scoffed at her misuse of my name, sitting forward in my chair with more vigor.

"It's....it's Violet-and-but, what about my involvement with Midas? You know, kidnapping Endeavor-his children? Willingly hiding the villain Dabi when there was a warrant out for his arrest, being his accomplice in multiple different crimes-I even sabotaged the heroes at one point and lied-and I parked in a handicapped space when I wasn't supposed to-" I rattled off, simply repeating everything I'd already told this woman when I first arrived here.

Because I don't want to be exempt for the crimes I've committed. I should have to pay the price for them just like everybody else. But, the HPSC woman simply groaned and gripped her head with a migraine, holding her hand up for me to stop.

"Listen, you didn't kill anyone-or-at least anyone you weren't supposed to. Everything you did was because of your loyalty to this mission and the hero commission-and the rest was just you being manipulated by your serial killer father, claiming temporary insanity, and not remembering what happened, okay?" She explained, sounding like she rehearsed the words a thousand times before coming here.

I looked at her in confusion, narrowing my eyes and shaking my head in exasperation. "But, I never said any of that. I do remember. I've told you that countless times. I remember everything. I did it all of my own free will." I said, watching her press her lips together and slouch back in her chair.