MHA X Hawks' Brother Reader

IV - Brewing Storm

The next thing Y/N knew he had landed flat on his face, in a puddle no less. There wasn't really a way for him to get clear of the stampede before they had surged forwards and into that purple mist, taking an involuntary Y/N with them. And it was definitely more than just a smoke machine, seeing that walking through it had magically teleported him to some city.

Wherever it was, he knew it wasn't around his neighborhood. If it had been, it wouldn't have been pouring down rain like it was. In fact it was pretty sunny before he had crawled down into those filthy tunnels, the sky was bright blue and lacked even the slightest indication of foul weather. So wherever he had ended up, it had to be far.

With soaked feathers and clothes, Y/N hoisted himself up off of the pavement. The pain from the mid-air drop that throbbed in almost every part of his body gradually subsided as it always did, allowing him to focus more on his surroundings. He expected to see the others from the meetup that pushed him into what must have been a portal, and he hoped to see Koyama so he could give him a well earned smack. But no one was around. Not just speaking of Brazen's crowd, but no one in general. The street was entirely devoid of pedestrians, cars, everything.

It was a little uncanny, but Y/N pushed that senseles feeling aside. He just needed to get out of the rain and figure out how to get home from there. His mother was probably already back to watching the TV, so being back there beat getting drenched. But with waterlogged wings and winds that constantly barraged his face with pellets of rain, flying back home wasn't an option. So waiting out the storm in one of the nearby stores was the best thing he could do.

He tried the first door. Wouldn't budge.

Sighing, he stomped back out into the cold rain and over to the next doorway. Also locked, as was the one after that. It seemed like the whole street had gone out of business or something. Even the door that finally opened must have been left that way as a mistake, because there was nothing to buy inside. Nothing at all for that matter. No shelves, no counter, not even a light. Just dust and cobwebs.

It may have been empty, dark, and a bit creepy, but it was out of the storm that howled outside and pelted the windows. Without wasting any time, Y/N pulled out his phone and opened the maps app. At least that could tell him if he was even still in the country. But instead of relief, he only had the desire to throw the piece of junk across the room after reading the words "NO SIGNAL".

Slicking his soaked hair back and out of his face, Y/N looked out the window and up at the black, mean sky. The storm was showing no sign of easing up anytime soon, so it looked like he'd be hanging out in that empty building for a while. Maybe with any luck someone would show up eventually.

No sooner had he made that thought, a portal reappeared in the middle of the street. It had closed up and left before he could run out and jump back through, but it wasn't gone without a trace. It had dumped out two more people, ones he didn't recognize from the gathering. He definitely would have remembered those crazy outfits.

Y/N wasn't one to go begging people for help, and certainly not for rescue. If there was a solitary course to take, no matter how inconvenient it may seem to others, he'd take it. He had learned that the only one you can ever truly count on is yourself. And asking these guys for directions wasn't out of desperation. It was more like asking someone to borrow their lighter. It was just convenient in the moment.

"Hey!" He called out as he flung open the door. "Do you guys know-"

"Dark Shadow!"

Out of nowhere and without warning, the shorter one of the two had summoned some kind of beast that was almost as dark as the sky, aside from its glowing, haunting yellow eyes. The thing levitated and zipped through the air towards Y/N, extending a massive hand that he just barely dodged.