But What If I Was Better? | Mob Joins UA

22 | The Beach Episode #3

Funny thing is that I didn't even plan any of this. Mob just decided to go Psycho.
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][ Previously: It is the year of our lord and savior: 3 y/o Mob. We finally get his backstory! In the present, boi has a tantrum over his friends not wanting to see the Minecraft build he spent all night on. Heehee, Reigen stuck in the sand. We get the same backstory but from Shigeo's/???'s POV this time. Oh yeah and Dimple's back just in time to see trouble happening on the main island. ][

      'I found you.'

      "Huh..?" Mob snapped into the land of the wake. His eyes shot opened as he gasped. Oh boy.. He was still outside, wasn't he? Last he remembered, he was deep under water testing out his powers. .. He was on dry land now, though. Hard rocks bit his back. A strong wind blew over his body, whistling gently as it passed. "Where...am I..?"

     His body was so tired. Felt like he hadn't slept all night, maybe even longer. Mob rolled onto his side and gasped at the sight. A sea of blue enveloped the small island he lay on, which looked like it'd just survived a storm. Mob exhaled a long, pitiful sigh. How did he end up here of all places? Wait, if he didn't remember how he got here, then--?

     Mob grabbed his face with one hand, breaths growing with his paranoia.

     Did he just...lose control? ..Without even experiencing a negative emotion?!

     'You know, you're not the only one who suffered Mogami's mind games...' There came that voice again. The one that had woken him! It sounded like...himself.

     "Wh.. who are you?" Mob asked as he pushed himself onto his knees, then fully onto his feet. As the wind blew strongly against his body, the boy spun in one, slow circle. He saw no one.

     '...I'm Shigeo Kageyama...' Said the voice.

     "Hm? No. I'm Shigeo Kageyama."

     'No, you're Mob. The fake me. I'm the real one here.' A hint of malice. Mob stumbled, nearly taken up by the winds. 'And I'm not letting you leave this place until you give me my body back.'

     Mob's eyes widened in shock. "N--no."

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     The chimera hadn't expected the counter he was met with, especially from that adult Esper who was only supposed to be a disabled helpless citizen!!

     "There's a reason I've been called a monster my whole life!!" The villain's skin began to stretch for even greater, bulging muscle to fill in underneath. "RRRAAHHH!!" He became even more terrifying then before, like a big boss who levels up in the middle of their fight! A look of concern changed on Serizawa's face, but for an entirely different reason than the others. He opened his umbrella quickly to block one HECK of a fire attack!

     "...I..I think I know what you're going through!!" He shouted once the spill of fire had fizzled out. Everyone else was trying to restrain him, but kept getting wacked around by his obscenely large arms and tail. "You were mistreated by the world because of your powers as a kid, weren't you?!" Serizawa stood straighter, favoring his casted leg. The poor thing had been exposed to the elements already. Sand had already dug its way into there somehow. And by this point simply recasting it wasn't an easy option.

     "Huh??" The wolf hybrid darted an eye to the tall man...and he chuckled. "What?? Is the little magic man trying to sympathize with me now? Trying to get me to lower my guard now, are ya?!"

     "This is not about the fight! Everyone, stop attacking him for a moment! I just want to talk to him!!"

     "Phat chance!" Shouji followed with another attack. "He's already harmed innocent civilians!"