Smile for Me

Chapter 4: The Wreckage

Aizawa POV

Aizawa sighs as he waits on the jet to Shinjuku. He'd already been briefed on the situation and was told that some Heroes were already on the scene, and All Might would be there shortly. He was told be would be on the squad with the rescue team. His job was to protect the citizens that had been found in the wreckage and provide backup for the Rescue Heroes.
He liked it better in that position anyway.
He heard that the Ketsubutsu teachers were already there fighting the League of Villains, and he wondered how they were doing.
He sighs once again and glances at the TV that they had in the plane to watch the progress of the attack and the rescue.

"Here we are on the scene of the attack, where a squad of Heroes from around the area are fighting off the League of Villains, and it appears..."

"Eraserhead! You okay, man?" Present Mic shouts in his ear.

"Fine, Mic. Just getting ready."

"Well, Aizawa, I'd recommend getting ready by stretching! Not dozing off!" Toshinori says.

Because of his now limited time in Hero form, the decision was made to fly him in on a plane like the rest of the teachers, so as to preserve his strength as All Might until the last moment.

"Whatever, All Might. Just make sure you're ready. You're the one we're counting on for this."

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Joke POV

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Ms.Joke opens her blurry eyes to see darkness. She tries to get up, but almost screams in pain. Looking down, she sees that her leg is broken, along with some ribs, probably. She looks beside her and sees blood. Lots of it. Her eyes widen.

Is that mine, or someone else's?

She looks around for a moment in the darkness, then reaches into her belt for her mini flashlight. The bloodied hero scans the area, and doesn't see anyone, but calls out just to be sure.

"Hello? Is anyone there? If so, are you hurt?"

....

No answer. Well, at least it's her blood and not a civilians. She smiles faintly and thinks for a moment.

Maybe I have some bandages in my bag I can wrap my head with until help arrives.

She reaches again into her belt, and finds nothing but her small tape recorder.

Crap. Well, I guess I'll just have to hope my fellow teachers will find me sooner rather than later.

She sits in silence for a moment, the only sounds being her own breathing, the slight shifting of the debris, and distant sounding sirens.

After about 20 minuets, Emi looks down at her tape recorder in the dim light.

I don't know if they'll find me in time.
Hah. It's kinda funny, right? That my job was to provide hope until the Symbol of Peace arrives, and I'm going to die? "Hope" is dying; get it? Hah...hah...

Might as well film my last Tape...

{Watch Tape now. It's at the top}

There. Now he has 9 of them. Hopefully he can find this last one in the wreckage later....

As she fades into unconsciousness, she thinks about what she wishes she had said; the truth. She told him she liked him, but she supposed the way she said it made Aizawa always think it was another joke. Tears form in her eyes.

I should've just said it....

"Eraser... I...I l~"

In her final moments of consciousness, she sees a blur of light come through a crack in the debris, and a thin male figure walking through the crack.

"....Eraser?"

The Smile Hero fades into darkness as she feels her body being lifted off the ground and moved over someone's shoulder lazily.

Eraser wouldn't lift a victim like this...

She sees tape recorder being left behind and she smiles.

Maybe he'll find it...

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Wohoo! Here's another chapter! I'll be drawing it out still to go into more detail, don't worry. And we'll be getting a lot of Aizawa's POV for a while!! Hope you're ready!!

-Sarah