Internships: Trial by Fire

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"I've found what we're looking for... the file size, though... massive." Error looked towards Apollyon, eyes wide, seemingly glazed over.

Nodding, she asked, "I see... how long do you need?"

"Five minutes. Most of it is paperwork, but there are quite a few important video files and I've collated, copied and compressed it all down into multiple zip files." 

While she had no clue what that meant, the timer was something she could work with. "Alright. We hold this room for five minutes." Pulling out a small radio, she spoke into it. Apollyon wasn't comfortable with having small earpieces. They could be hacked remotely, or overheard. "Wraith, status?"

"Patrol coming by soon. Less than one minute."

"Alright. How many?"

"Four. Each armed with support gear instead of weapons." 

Considering the nature of their enemy, that was to be expected, "They expect to rely on their quirks. Let's show them what it means to actually fight. Wraith, you will flank from behind. Wait until the first few enter."

"Understood."

Turning to Error, still plugged in, the warlord asked, "Can you shut off the lights?"

"Of course... I can even mess with their equipment, it's connected to the net."

That was unexpected, yet a fantastic turn of events. "Excellent." 

 "However... I can't do it more than once. There's someone else in the system. While I have a natural talent for this... I don't want to tip off the watchdog."

"Of course. Focus on your task." Turning to Shadow, she gave a curt nod, which he reciprocated. Turning to the final member of their group, she stated, "Moon... leave him. New... victims... are coming. We need you ready."

At the mention of victims, she looked up, her manically wide eyes meeting Apollyon's own. After a moment, she floated back up to a standing posture, her hair tendrils moving away from the agonized man below her, ready for new flesh to pierce.

The radio crackled, "They're at the door."

Turning to look back at Error, the command was issued, "Kill the lights."





Dekeu noticed something in the distance. There were figures waiting in a park, now completely under their control. Clearly the villains under her command.

"Hey, do you recognize any of them?"

"Hm...?" The other man, who she didn't know the name of, looked where she did, only to scowl. "Yes I do. The man in black... he's a petulant child. Tried to recruit me for their 'League of Villains'. She works very closely with him... Good eye." He acknowledged the skill, before running, and leaping over to another building.

Hm... the leader of the attack...? The best spot to find the Savage... I'll follow his lead, for now. Tensing, she ran and jumped. It was a first time for everything, and she managed to leap across just fine. Now to find out where her prey was...




Shoto watched as Tomura issued orders to his clear subordinates. While they were technically equal in status, the dual quirked squire had decided that this was more... his ally's endeavour. Hosu was his mission, not Shoto's, and he was at least appreciative that he didn't get in the way. When the villain was done, Shoto asked, "What's next?"

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