The Imprisoned Hero

Chapter 24

I opened the door to see Eri was sitting at a table with Mr. Aizawa. She was coloring while he was watching her. She looked up and smiled when she saw me. That smile soon faded as she saw Overhaul. She jumped from her chair and ran over to Mr. Aizawa.

"I need to go now, Eri. Y/N will take care of you," he said and got up. Mr. Aizawa walked out of the room and Eri ran up to me when I greeted her. She hid behind me as she stared at Overhaul.

I knelt down to her and rested my hand on her shoulder, "He's not going to hurt you anymore."

Overhaul put his mask on a shelf and sat down. He did his best to look as non-threatening as he could. But when he had done so many bad things to Eri, I would understand if it took her a long time to fully trust him.

"Hi, Eri. I'm not going to hurt you," he said and reached his hand out. 

She clung onto me as she looked at Overhaul. He looked around the room and saw there was something broken in the corner. He got up and reassembled it. It was a small lamp that was probably broken due to her training with Aizawa. He walked over to the bedside table and set it down. He plugged it into the wall and turned it on. He turned to look over at Eri.

"See. I'm not going to hurt you."

She poked her head out from behind me and walked over to Overhaul. He looked down at her arms and saw the multiple puncture and cut wounds. He sat down and held out his hand.

"Can I take a look at your arm?"

She slowly reached out her arm for him. He slowly unwrapped her arm and looked at all of them.

"Eri, I am going to heal these for you so you don't have to look at them anymore."

"Why?" Eri asked.

"It is something for both me and you. So that I can rest easy and you can forget what happened."

She looked down at her arms and slowly nodded her head.

"It's only going to hurt for a second."

He quickly disassembled her arm and quickly reassembled it. He did the same to her other arm and both of her legs. She looked down at her arms and legs. She had a small smile on her face. Overhaul gave a small smile back to her. 

"I'm glad I did that for you."

"What do you say, Eri?" I asked.

"Thank you," she said.

"Eri, you may know him as Overhaul, but his real name is Kai Chisaki."

"That's right," Overhaul said. "There is no reason for you to be scared of me. I am no longer a villain and I am now a hero. I will keep you safe. I will keep both of you safe."

Aizawa opened the door around six at night. I was watching as Overhaul was doing stuff with Eri. Despite what he had done to her, she seemed to open up to him. He was doing well with her.

"Thank you for watching after her," Aizawa said.

"Mr. Aizawa, do you think there is a chance she could stay with us?" I asked.

He looked a bit surprised. He shook his head, "I'm not saying no because Overhaul is with you. I understand he's a hero now, but her quirk is so strong that she needs the proper care and she needs someone who can educate her with her quirk. And stop her if she gets too strong. I think with a little bit more time here, she will be able to better control her quirk."

"Understood," I said.

"Goodbye, Eri," I said to her. She stopped what she was doing with Overhaul and came up to me. I knelt down onto the ground and she hugged me.

"It was nice seeing you again," she said.

"It's always nice seeing you, Eri," I smiled. "Can you say goodbye to Chisaki?"

She walked over to him and smiled, "Goodbye, Chisaki."

"Bye, Eri," he smiled. He stood up and grabbed his mask from the shelf. We said goodbye to Aizawa and headed out the building. We walked back to the apartment to see there were news cars surrounding the front.

"We better take the back way in," I said and led Overhaul down an alley. I pulled out my keys and unlocked the back door. "Since my mother knew the owner, he allowed me to have access to the back door."

"What happened to your mother?"

I was silent for a moment, "I'll tell you later."

I pulled open the door and made Overhaul go in first since I needed to lock the door. I closed it and locked it. I led him down a few hallways before we made it into the lobby. There were news reporters there who were asking the woman at the counter too many questions. I could tell she was getting a bit nervous with answering so many questions.

"Is there any way we can help her?" Overhaul asked. "And a way we can get past them without getting noticed?"

"Hey," I called over to the woman. She looked over at me. "On the count of three, run over here as fast as you can."

She nodded her head and I gave her the countdown. I put my hands together and gestured towards the crowd of people. The lights went out and the woman ran over to where we were. Overhaul and I ran around the crowd and to the staircase. We made it and Overhaul shut the door behind him. We ran up to my room and walked out.

"That was crazy," I said.

"I wonder what they're here for," he said.

"They're here for both of you," Momo said.

She walked over to where we were. 

"Why is that?"

"They saw what happened with Chrono and heard the news of Overhaul being a new hero who was once a villain," she said.

"That's why there is so many news reporters?" I asked.

She nodded her head, "Yes. They're trying to get a news cover worthy story for multiple newspapers and magazine companies. A lot of people are trying to wrap their heads around Overhaul being a hero now."

"What should we do?" Overhaul asked.

I sat there for a moment, "Everyone deserves the truth."