Dusk and Dawn

The Want To Stop Seeing Red

To say that Siegfried was concerned would be an understatement. Technically the standard procedure of the job, at least here in Japan was to capture the villain and let the police handle the rest, but this particular case was something that very much gave him pause in contacting the local Japanese authorities. As he sat in his office within the Devil may Cry hero Agency, he couldn't help but look over his report of the events that transpired while he was out on patrol. He had written down his every move and every encounter, but the last encounter was the one that troubled him the most. The face of the young girl was not one that he was familiar with in regards to any sort of known villain off of the usual suspects list, but the way she had attacked him and her constant raving of blood gave him pause on what to do. Physically he held her surprisingly deft and agile attacks at bay, utilizing his Fenrir greaves to help keep him at superior distance while in close quarters with the knife wielding youth.

But before he could dwell on his report any longer his office phone rang suddenly, his hand pressing the button for the speaker as he answered. "Yes?" The voice of one of the support sidekicks he had on hand came through the device, business as always. "Sir, the girl you brought in has been stabilised, and should wake within the next hour or so..." The Infernal Hero could hear the nervous tone in the sidekick's voice, and far be it from him to allow his colleagues to voice their own opinions. "Is there something on your mind, Yukimenoko?"

He heard the young woman sigh on the other end of the phone, now taking a hold of the receiver to better hear his subordinates' concerns. "Dante, sir, I recognise her appearance from the description that UA student you had taken in during their work study, Scribblenaut I think she was." That name brought a smile to the man. He was unbelievably proud of the little artist he had seen back home in Germany making it this far in her path to being a hero, and he would always hold her in high regard for forging a path that she could be proud of. "And from the sounds of it, she's a villain working with the new group known as the League of Villains."

Now that wiped the smile from Siegfrieds face. While his stance on the notions of villainy were absolute in his mind, he would always try and find the chance to understand the villains he fought. He had taken pity on the girl when she had fallen unconscious from exhaustion and taken her back to his agency to be treated for her injuries. But to know that she was a member of what is effectively Japan's biggest unknown threat is something that he now believes requires intervention. He wanted to better understand the girl and why she was labeled a villain, and this was the best chance he would get. "I'll be on my way soon. While I'm there I want you to ensure that nobody disturbs me. Understood."

Once he had been given the affirmative he put the phone down and stood up from his desk, swiftly making his way through the agency to the medical wing, where there were multiple large rooms for helping mass influx in injuries. He knew the room Yukimenoko worked in as it was the one he had stationed her in when she first came on board. Her quirk, Frozen Soul, effectively allowed her to keep someone who was dying from fully succumbing to their injuries by literally freezing their bodies in the current state of being, allowing her to treat the worst of wounds before 'unfreezing' her patient, allowing their bodies to naturally readjust to their current state, which was no longer on death's door. She would have been a marvelous surgeon, but the idea of making a name for herself as a medical hero intrigued her more than being a surgeon. She wanted to save friends and patients, not just patients.

As Siegfried walked into Yukimenoko's office, he caught sight of the blonde head of hair on one of the beds, bunched up along the pillow and not in a pair of scruffy buns like when he had first met the girl. "I know what you're going to say Yukimenoko, and while I do still find it dangerous to have a villain within the agency, I will always try to find a way to stop villainy at its core." He looks at the ghostly looking woman, his face set in a calm determination. He vividly remembers the words he had spoken months ago, and he intends to stay true to those words. He would ensure that criminals do not turn into villains, and from the looks of things this young girl had slipped through the cracks, whether intentionally or not is left for her to tell him. "I'll come collect you when it's safe for you to reenter, so if you'd please?" He asked kindly, Yukimenoko sighing before giving her boss a small smile, bowing and leaving the medical office.