Once on the other side, Midoriya found himself in a dark place. The only light in the room was directed on a desk at which sat a man with such a disfigured face that only his mouth was visible while his body was attached to various medical devices.
«Welcome, Midoriya Izuku. Please, sit down.» The man said pointing to a chair in front of him. The green haired boy obeyed swallowing.
«I'm sure you have a lot of questions, young boy. So please, ask away.» said All For One with a kind voice. «W-why d-do you want m-me to join you? I-in the letter you s-said that the villain who a-attacked me, Slime, saw my memories... I-in this case you should know that I had always admired heroes, so... why me and not Kacchan? O-or anyone else?» said Midoriya in a trembling voice and looking down. In response, All For One laughed.
«You just used the past without even realizing it, young boy.» All For One chuckled. «Oh and, just to tell you, I won't make you say what happened to you yesterday. That will be up to you in the future. Going back to your question, it's what Slime saw in you.»
«Saw in me?» Midoriya said surprised. «B-but I'm... I-I'm useless...» The boy looked down, sinking again in his dear sadness.
All For One shook his head and he pointed his finger to his own forehead. «What you have here is far from useless. If what Slime said is true, you have a ingenious mind that ANYONE should envy, but in this society, corrupted by the same heroes who should protect it, people forget that the most powerful weapon you can ever have is the human mind.» The man then crossed his arms. «The reason why we want you here is to become our strategist. With a mind like yours, we'll surely be able to destroy every hero who will stand on our way!»
Midoriya was still confused and a little scared of the faceless man.
«A-and w-why should I-I join you?» he asked trying and failing to seem confident. «It m-may be t-true that I no longer b-believe in them but... I-I don't hate heroes... not to the point of wanting them dead... o-or destroyed, as you said...» the boy corrected himself.
All For One continued to smile. «Maybe it's like that now, but once you'll realize who those "heroes" truly are, I bet you will change your mind... Watch this video, for example.» The man clicked on a remote control and a video probably made by a passerby with a cell phone was shown in a monitor. The record showed Slime when he still had Bakugo as hostage.
«Now tell me, what are those people doing there?» All For One asked.
«They are... watching what's happening...?» Midoriya answered confused.
«And what are they saying?»
«Well, hum... some are asking what happened to the others in the crowd...»
«And why do you think they are observing a villain almost killing a boy while some heroes are "saving" him?»
«T-to know what's happening, they are curious... just like I was.» Midoriya was even more confused and this made All For One chuckle.
«Tell me, young boy. These "curious"... do they seem scared or worried to you?»
Midoriya turned to the man and he was going to say yes... but his voice stopped in his throat and he looked at the video again. «No...» he finally said with a puzzled look.
«I'll repeat my first question: what are they doing?»
«N-nothing, they're... waiting?»
All For One smiled. «Exactly.» The man then pointed to Slime. «In a normal world, at the sight of a similar monster, anyone would have run away while the bravest would have tried to help.» All For One and Midoriya met their gaze. (Even if All For One has no eyes but... whatever)
«If you listen carefully, you'll notice that as soon as a person has started naming All Might, they all forgot about the heroes already there and the fact that there was a kid taken as hostage. It's all just a show for them! They don't care what happens, they just want to see actors playing the hero part and fighting epic battles, just like kids watching action movies.»
All For One pressed another button on the remote and the camera footage changed to another one made with a hidden camera that was miraculously saved from all the attacks and which showed the fight up close, allowing you to see and hear everything the heroes said.
«Now, listen and watch what the "heroes" say and do.»
Midoriya closed his eyes to concentrate better.
«Mount Lady can't get close. She's too big.» Midoriya mumbled. «Kamui is vulnerable to fire, he can't go nearer. Backdraft is extinguishing the fire. The others can't fight.» Midoriya widened his eyes. «I'll leave the job to someone else...» he whispered in a surprised tone. That phrase was the one that all of them said.
«Six heroes. Don't you ask yourself how is it possible that six heroes were present but no one of them was even able to stop someone from the crowd from risking his life?» said All For One while Midoriya looked at the screen again, lost in his thoughts. «They all looked at the situation and said "I can't do it" without even trying to save Bakugo Katsuki, while you, alone, without powers, managed to create a sufficient opening to be able to grab your friend. If someone would've helped you, you would never be here.»
Midoriya's gaze darkened. In the video he could see Bakugo, now safe and awake after he was captured, surrounded by heroes who complimented him for the amazing and brave way he fought while the only comments addressed to Midoriya were reproaches.
All For One interrupted the video.
«Nobody chased the villain...» Midoriya said, clenching his fists. All For One saw this and he smiled again. Midoriya was beginning to understand.
«They put the news of the incident that evening. They said that the heroes did everything they could to save all the civilians, that the hostage boy was saved and that there was a little "collateral damage", the kidnapping of a quirkless someone. The police is still looking for you but only because of your mother's insistence.»
Tears fell from Midoriya's eyes but this time not for sadness... but for pure rage.
«So... they called me "a little collateral damage", uh?» he asked with a dry laugh. «They didn't even say that I was a boy of the same age as the hostage, didn't they?» another humorless chuckle. «The heroes complimented Kacchan while I was scolded even though I was no longer present.» Midoriya slammed his fist on the table as tears continued to fall on his face. «I'm tired of people who see me as a garbage just because I'm quirkless! I'm tired of seeing only disgust or pity in people's eyes. I wanted to be a hero but everyone kept saying I couldn't do it, even my own mother and All Might in person!» the last sentence surprised All For One but he said nothing, instead he stood up and he walked towards Midoriya, holding out his hand.
«I can give you revenge against this world, I can give you a reason to live and I could even give you the quirk you always wanted. If you join us, the flame that burns inside you will not be weakened but fed. So, do you accept?»
Midoriya stood up and he shook All For One's hand, careless of tears still flowing on his face.
«I accept» he said with a determination he didn't know he possessed. «Welcome, Midoriya Izuku, to the League of Villains!»
<><><><><><><><><><><><>
1284 words
12/03/19
YOU ARE READING
Family of Freaks (Eng)
Fanfiction«It's better if you give up.» said the doctor. «I'm sorry, Izuku...» said his mother. «What would a quirkless moron like you want to do?» said Kacchan. «Face reality» said All Might. Those were the words that Midoriya kept hearing during all his lif...
