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Ch. 24: Awakening the Beast

"Has she been like this the whole time?" Nezu questioned.

"I didn't check to see what she was like before I grabbed her, I just grabbed her and ran, yo." Mic explained. "She blinks and breaths, but there's no getting through to her. She's like a puppet..."

"That's exactly what they want," Shouta spoke up. "Whatever is around her neck is voice-activated which means she either has to break free of the control or wait till she's given a command."

"That could very well be," Nezu agreed, he sat upon the edge of the couch observing the device clinging to her neck. "It's almost as if it has become one with her skin. It appears she's even tried tearing it off herself." He gently tilted her chin back.

"I remember when she did that. Dabi commanded her to kill me, she couldn't bring herself to do it, so in return, the collar shocked her, and by how hard she clawed it seemed like it hurt." Eraser sat down in a chair near her.

"From what I can tell, she seems to be healthy, there's a few injuries, bruises, but they seem to be taking care of her at the league, so it's time to worry." Nezu jumped down and sat on the couch.

"Time to worry?" Mic gripped Tigris's hand.

"They're preparing her, and she knows it. That's why she told you to kill her. Her quirk is very powerful, we also don't know the full effect of that serum on her either which means it could have doubled...this poor girl..." He shook his head. "We can only hide her and pull her out of this purgatory wait."

Hizashi waved his hand in front of her face, "Come on Nature, wake up."

"There may be a way to trigger her." Nezu rubbed his chin. "Something familiar. If she's not being commanded, free will won't shock her, at least that's my hypothesis."

Shouta began taking off his scarf weapon, "Tigris used to always come to my house as a cat just to hang out. She'd always find my scarf and play with it. I know animals have a strong sense of smell too, hear," He tossed the bundle of rope at Mic, "Put this up to her face."

Mic gathered the rope and held it up to her face.

"I came as soon as I could!" Toshi, in his full form, busted through the door. "Oh, shit..."

The door fell off its hinges and All Might frantically tried to place it back only setting it against the frame.

"I'll pay for that, but I am here now! I came as soon as I could! Where is she?"

"On the couch," Shouta spoke, "We're trying to bring her out of this — idle mode."

"We're giving her things to remember, and I guess Sho's scarf isn't helping." Mic placed the scarf over her head onto her neck just in case. "I have an idea though."

Mic pulled out his phone and went onto Youtube searching for a specific song. They all waited patiently till a song started playing over his speaker.

I'd sacrifice anything come what might

For the sake of having you near

In spite of a warning voice that comes in the night

And repeats repeats in my ear

Don't you know little fool

You never can win

Use your mentality, wake up to reality

But each time I do just the thought of you

Makes me stop before I begin

Because I've got you under my skin