Number 7

Twenty-Eight: Return of Element

Akiyasu

As soon as Hizashi left me alone for a few seconds at the hospital, I bolted, knowing exactly where to go because I had listened to Hizashi's phone call when he thought I went to the guest room. On 42 hours of sleep, I was rested enough to use my quirk as much as I'd like, and I used my wind to fly to where I needed to go. It was easy to spot the mass of heroes from the sky and no one took notice of me as I weaved through the buildings and landed on the roof of where the League was keeping Aizawa and my mom. It was now or never. Just as I was going to swing into a window, there was a loud a crash and rubble erupted into my face, blinding me for a moment. When I could finally see again, I noticed All Might flying away with someone thrown over his shoulder. But who? Both my mom and Aizawa had long dark hair so it was impossible to tell from this distance who he had rescued. Of course, that means he rescued one of them. Which means I just have to get the other.

Dropping through the hole in the ceiling, I managed to keep hold of the metal roofing and crawled along the ceiling, investigating whatever I could. The room was completely empty now, which meant the villains were attempting to escape. With one of my loved ones. Dropping into the room completely and slipping through the bent bars of what used to be someone's prison cell, I ran for the next door, tugging it open and running through the hall, checking every room I passed for activity. But every room was abandoned. The building was empty.

As I found the staircase and descended to the second floor, I heard someone land on the floor above me. All Might, perhaps? Either way, I continued down the stairs until I could hear multiple voices, all arguing with and snapping at each other. Wasting no time, I busted the metal door down with one kick, scaring all the villains on the other side momentarily. Before they could recover from their fright, I moved my arms with a precise technique, making a body of air that was strong enough to send them all flying in whatever direction their body desired.

"Where are they!" I yelled at them, the violet glow of my eyes so intense that everything seemed brighter than usual.

"Oh, so now you show?" One of the villains rolled his eyes and moved to attack me, but I sunk his feet into the metal flooring, preventing him from moving any further.

"TELL ME WHERE THEY ARE!" With one full swoop, I sunk all of their feet into the flooring, making them all cry out.

"Mitsuko!" A voice hissed from behind me and I turned to see All Might. Before any one of us could make another move, the familiar warp gate opened up beside the first villain I caught in the floor and out stepped Shigaraki, Twice, Toga, and Dabi. The gate remained open continuously.

"Ah, just the two heroes I was hoping to see!" Shigaraki spoke first.

All Might stepped further into the room, but I could sense a second presence waiting outside the doorway, trying to remain unnoticed. "Aizawa is safe." He mumbled to me.

"Where is she, Shigaraki." I growled at him, moving his way threateningly. Dabi and Twice stepped forward, the younger villain's hands engulfing themselves in cobalt flames.

"If you want her back so bad, why don't you come get her?" He asked, reaching through the warp gate and pulling something through. My mom's familiar dark blue hair poked through the darkness briefly.

"It's a trap." All Might announced and I nodded.

"Stop playing games with me." Flames erupted all the way up my arm to my shoulders, the fire licking at my suspended hair. "Show her to me."

"You know," Shigaraki began, "I really wish you hadn't asked that. But you brought this on yourself." He pulled the person back through the warp gate again, this time bringing the entire body through. Holding her by all his fingers except the pinky, my mom sat at the other end, face paler than I had ever seen it before. He grinned behind his hand and dropped her body, allowing her to crumple to the ground.