Triple Nightmare /Bakudekutodo

Chapter 68: The search for each other continues!

Quick recap of what happened in the dreamworld last:

Midoriya:
"Fact is, recently there have been new rumors." I froze. "They're back." Did he mean us? Shoto, Kacchan and me? How did people find out? A million thoughts rushed through my head. "Since those rumours have been spreading again a lot of people went out to hunt for them. After what had happened the last time our people were scared that they could hurt us." All of this just made such few sense. "If they would even kill their own then they are a threat to us. I mean, why did they come here in the first place? We must have something they want! And I'll be the one who finds out what that is!"

Bakugo:
I checked all the staircases but nothing. It felt as though Deku and IcyHot had disappeared into thin air. Suddenly a thought came to me. I grabbed into my pocket. What was now lying in my hand made me grin. This should work.

Todoroki:
I placed my left foot on the wall next to me. Then I leaped into the air and quickly placed my right foot onto the wall across the other one. With my hands I kept my balance. This could work. But considering I had no clue how long this tunnel was maybe it also wouldn't. On top of that how would I get out once I reached the sealing?

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Midoriya POV:
"You've been quiet for some time now."
"Have I?"
"Indeed, has anything I said upset you?"
"Not at all. I'm just thinking."
"About what?"
"Nothing much. Just about what you said earlier."
"Sorry, if that scared you." Thunderhoof said.
A few seconds of silence followed. "Could I ask you a question?" I then asked. "Of course always." "Before you told me about those people you said it had something to do with this hotel. What is that? Why does the owner catch more and more people without asking for any money from them but not letting them go either?" "Isn't it obvious? The whole world is after those outwordlers. At least all that know of them. Someone like Minotaur would never hesitate at a chance like that. The one able to find them could probable ask for riches or acknowledgement and considering Minotaur is supposedly the son of a gods wife and therefore hated by the sky maybe he wishes for his worth here on earth. It's just my suspicions though. What the truth is only he knows." "So he is also looking for them?" "Yeah.. You seem quite intrigued-" "How do you know all that? And if it's true what you say how is he planing on finding them under all these passengers? Why isn't he letting people go again who obviously aren't the right catch? How long has this hotel existed for? Was it build for this purpose or has it been diverted from its original use-?" "Mr. Midoriya, are you alright?" I froze. "Is there something you aren't telling me?" Why can't I just be quiet for once?! "You can trust me. I may be able to lighten your heart."

Todoroki POV:
Jump after jump I slowly made it further up the tube. My arms and legs hurt from the constant tensing up of my muscles. In addition, because of this exercise I soon started sweating. And after that sliding. It was only a few centimetres but it meant that I needed to put even more pressure onto the walls in order to keep making progress. I prepared to take another leap, released the tension on my muscles and jumped in the air, quickly catching myself again a couple centimetres higher. But as I tried building up tension and therefore pressure onto the walls again my muscles failed. One foot slipped off. It hurt from the friction against the wall. I tried keeping my balance but as I placed it back onto the wall the exhaustion of my muscles kicked in. Both hands and feet slid across the smooth surface. My left arm gave way and I hit my head against the wall. For a moment I was gone. But came back to myself immediately. I'm falling. Shit. Suddenly my back crashed against the wall. I used the opportunity to press my legs against the wall across, actually managing to come to a halt. I coughed. My breathing was out of control. How far did I fall?

Bakugo POV:
I was a litle surprised about the fact that the Polaroid camera was small enough to have fit so well into my pockets. As well as the fact, that it had stayed in one pice considering we've been carrying it around since the cabin we had stayed in at the very beginning. Deku wanted to keep it so badly. So when we were in the cave, looking through our stuff and I found it, I couldn't help but take it along.

I opened the film door. The inside was wet. Great! We should have dried it off right away. If I had luck it might still work after completely drying. Then again it was wet for quite some time now. I sat down in the corridor and leaned against a wall. I took out the pocket knife I had carried along from our original equipment as well. Then I started taking it apart as much as I could without forgetting how to put it back together. I carefully placed the parts next to me on the carpet. Now I'll have to wait. This could take days. I starred at the wall on the opposite side. Maybe I should keep looking. There is no guarantee that this Idea could work. But then again maybe it's smart to stay here and wait for the others to find me. Unrealistic but possible. I sighed.

Todoroki POV:
It might be smart to let myself fall further down. There was the possibility that I was just above the ground. In that case it would be smart to rest up first and check if I had any major injuries. My body was acing. But in case I was still quite far up it would be wasted energy to go back down. I didn't even have a clue how to continue once I reached the top though. I was conflicted and the longer I thought about what to do the more energy I wasted being stuck between the walls. I took a deep breath. The safest option was to keep going for now. Once I'm up and can't keep going I could still get back down. I carefully turned a few centimetres in hopes of being able to lean my left shoulder against the wall, wich currently pressed against my back. I used my arm to push my body off. I wouldn't be able to hold this position for very long. In my head I counted to three then let one of my legs off the wall and placed it against the other one as fast as I could. I slipped a few centimetres further down, but this time I quickly caught myself again. I was back to the position I started with. Everything pained. My breath got uncontrollable again. My muscles were shaking. I couldn't move.

Midoriya POV:
"Is there something you aren't telling me?" Why can't I just be quiet for once?! "You can trust me. I may be able to lighten your heart." "It's nothing... Just, what if they attack us even though we aren't the people they are looking for. You might pass but I'm a human just the way they were and most likely are again." Mr Thunderhoof smiled. "Oh, that's it, huh? Don't worry I know it isn't you. So, just stick with me and I'll look out for you until we get out of here." If he knew. "What about my companions?" I asked. "We'll just have to find them and the rest will work out by itself." I felt bad lying to him. He seemed to be a genuine and nice guy. If I could just convince him that the people he was trying to hunt down only wanted to get back home. But it was too risky to try. Mr Thunderhoof was my shield right now. He was the one who could get us out of here.

To be continued ...