The Imprisoned Hero

Chapter 3

"Those new heroes were something," I said.

"Boss, where do you want us to attack next?"

"I'll be over in a second." I looked at the bulletin board and the pictures that were on it. They were the newly licensed heroes that had come out of U.A. The majority was from U.A. while a small handful was from some other type of hero training school. "They were something alright."

I walked away from the bulletin board and towards my other team members. They were all sitting around a fire from a trash can. I sighed and warmed up as I walked towards the fire.

"Where do you want us to attack next?"

"I'll get to that in a minute," I said.

"What do you want to discuss, sir?" 

I scratched my neck and sighed, "These new heroes were something, were they not?"

"Especially the hero who had the two quirks."

"He was strong, yes, but about the girl that was there?"

"The one who can manipulate light?"

"Yes," I said.

"Pretty impressive, but her attacks get repetitive since all she does is blind us."

"I can agree with that, but the manipulation of light allows her to do much more than just blind us. For instance," I said and pulled back my sleeve. There was a puncture wound and there was a burn around out. "She made a spear from the light and stabbed me. From the light, it disintegrated and burned me. Somewhat powerful. What about the other one? The one with the green hair?"

"I've never seen him before."

"I will tell you this much from what I gathered. He is fast, but there is something about him that seems familiar."

"How so?"

"His strength."

"You don't think?"

"It is possible for one to be able to transfer quirks, but if the body is not prepared for that amount of power, the cost will be detrimental. While he is not the next All Might for sure, but a quirk with that kind of power, who knows what we'd be able to do if we had that quirk under our hands. Or out of our hands."

"What are you getting at, boss?"

"If there can be only one holder, then the passing onto that quirk will be slower than people getting their quirk through genetics. If we were to strip him of One For All, that quirk would be lost to the world. Only the people who knew All Might, this hero, and the other heroes that had it will be the only ones to remember the name One For All."

"Are we going to continue with the mission, boss?"

I nodded my head, "Our goal is to complete the drug that gets rid of quirks. We're going to continue to do so."

I woke up in the middle of the night with a splitting headache. I sighed and got up from my bed. I walked over to the bathroom and opened the cabinet that was over the sink. I grabbed some medicine and put a small tablet in the palm of my hand. I poured a glass of water and put the tablet in my mouth. I took a swig of the water and swallowed. I poured out the rest of the water and headed back to my bed. I grabbed my laptop and opened it up. I read through my emails that I received earlier that night. It was nothing but agencies reaching out to try and work for them. I decided to not work for an agency right now since I did not want to be bound by their rules. I just wanted to be a pro hero with no rules and no one to hold one hand behind my back. 

I closed my laptop and walked over to the kitchen. Since I'm up, I might as well stay up, even if it was four in the morning. I walked over to the TV and turned on the news.

"In later news, there was an incident today in Hosu. The newly rising villain known as Overhaul was spotted today. Thankfully, there were new heroes trying to fend off Overhaul until Endeavor arrived to take control of the incident. Here are some words from Endeavor himself."

"This new villain will be dealt with. Since we know he can rip things apart, we need to be careful when fighting him. That goes for any hero that tries to fight him. You need to be smart and tactful about what you do. Just rushing in and not thinking is not the best way to deal with a villain like Overhaul. Or any villain at that matter. Since we're still learning about his quirk, we're taking cautious measures to see his downfall."

"It is true that Overhaul can disassemble anything he touches. He sounds like Shigaraki, but Overhaul can do more damage just by ripping off a limb of yours. While we had no deaths this time, there was still a pro hero that was injured due to Overhaul. His arm was ripped from his body and is currently in the hospital. The doctors are doing their best to restore the hero's arm in hopes he can continue his career as a hero. The reason he had his arm ripped off was because he was defending Endeavor so that he wouldn't be the one in the hospital."

I flipped the station and watched something else. I didn't want to watch the news if it was constant coverage about the fight between Endeavor and Overhaul. I decided to watch some reruns of cartoons that were playing. Who is crazy enough to be up at four in the morning to watch cartoons? Apparently, I am. I laid down on the couch and watched. As I was watching, I dozed off and fell asleep on the couch. I woke up about two hours later to hear my phone going off. I quickly got up and ran over to it. I grabbed it and answered.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Y/N, we need you."

"Really? What for?"

"Overhaul."