The Emperor's Dragon II

I Told You So!

Izuku didn't have time to feel vindicated. He knew the Doctor had been too blase about the heroes. He knew that something would go wrong.

And it had!

In the worst possible way.

The heroes had found the facility the Doctor had set up at the Hospital. It meant that the heroes knew for sure that Tomura was dead, and they had Johnny! They also had a lot of in development Nomu but thankfully not the High Ends. The Doctor had moved them to Yakuni's facility rather than concentrate all his resources in one place. But the heroes having Tomura and Johnny was bad enough!

Except, now Gigantomachia had just told him that the Doctor had the holder that All For One was stored in. The large man had given it to the Doctor because Garaki had said he needed to run tests.

Without telling him!

It was no consolation that Gigantomachia was almost normal sized because of his guilt. He was still strong enough to hold a prisoner though and was doing so with a dedicated fervour.

It wasn't all lost. Not yet anyway. The heroes didn't know what they had. And they may not have just killed the holder. So... He had to get it back and he had to get it back now. But first he had to find out what they had done with the 'evidence'. The one thing going for him was that despite the raid being a hero operation, the Police were involved.

As soon as Izuku had found out what happened, he'd woken up Himiko, and with her help, and Gigantomachia they'd nabbed one of the officers who was on their way to work. They'd chosen a Sergeant. His name was Ito Senu and Himiko was now wearing his face and form and was finding out where the evidence was stored

Izuku could tell through Radio Waves that at least some of the Nomu were still at the Hospital and some had been moved. He couldn't tell if any were dead but if it was a choice between them and All For One, then that was no choice at all.

But he had to know where things were.

Himiko was in the station, while he and Gigantomachia and the officer Ito waited for her to emerge. She had enough blood to last several hours but if she was caught... The action got simpler then. He'd extract her, and whatever evidence they had in the station, with prejudice. Simultaneously, he'd wake up the Nomu at the hospital and have them grab what they could and run. He was hoping it wouldn't come to that.

Ideally, he'd locate the All For One holder and grab it, or have it disappear or something. And if he could, he'd find Johnny, the Nomu with the transportation quirk. He had no idea if the heroes had killed it or not.

This was such a mess!

And at a time when he did not need additional distractions. Izuku pulled out his phone and texted Kurogiri. The misty man had been reticent of late and Izuku hadn't had the time to get to the bottom of what was wrong. Right now, he didn't care. It only soothed his anger slightly when a misty disk appeared a few minutes after his text.

Kurogiri took in the sight of Gigantomachia holding the prisoner quickly and figured it out. The man was not a fool.

"Himiko is in already," Izuku told him. "You will retrieve what she marks," he instructed. On this, he was not prepared for the warp gate to be picky.

"Of course," Kurogiri replied.

Izuku looked at him sharply. The response sounded meek but even with his ability to read the misty man he decided it was best to leave matters be. Kurogiri knew what was at stake.

"Now we wait," Izuku announced.

Until Himiko returned, there was nothing they could do but wait.

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