Pantomath

Chapter 35:

The room had descended into chaos the moment they received Jin's call; he had the location of the League's base. Of course, very few people trusted his word. He was an unknown; they knew he had a history with Deku, but Deku was hardly a name which they were just going to trust even with past interactions and his enrollment in UA. In fact, it was an open secret amongst heroes that he hadn't been enrolled willingly, he could have joined the League to escape in return for assisting them. In short there were questions no matter how they looked at it. So they did the only thing they reasonably could do with so many students' lives on the line; they acted on the information, but took precautions in case it did end up being a trap.

Jin sat, perched on the roof not far from the location, Sare and Suzie beside him. "You think he's going to be alright?"

        "Of course the boss is going to be alright?" Even over the coms Katsuo sounded indignant about Suzie's accusation. He and Cogitatio had stayed with Aire to make sure she didn't worry and was safe during Deku's absence. ""There's no way he's just going to sit there, he'll be out in no time."

       Suzie glared, "And with the heroes again no doubt..."

      "I'm worried."  Everyone turned to Sare, "You guys noticed it too, with the heroes, he was giving up... I've never seen him like that before."

      "And?" Katsuo's voice raising in agression as he snapped, "He'll be fine!"

      "I'm not saying he won't be, I have every confidence in him, I'm saying he's been so listless the past few times I've caught a glimpse of him. They've trapped him up there." 

      "N-" The growl was cut off by a yelp, "What was that for!?"

      "Aire." Cogitatio spoke up now.

      "Oh... right, sorry, could I... come on Co, this is- ow! Right, right, got it, sorry Aire, I'm just worried for your big bro." 

       "There!" Suzie leaned forward suddenly as she caught sight of the familiar green haired boy exiting the building, being lead by his arm by someone they didn't recognize. "But who's the guy he's with?"

      Jin leaned forward to see more clearly as well, freezing for a few seconds as he watched them, his voice was dark when he next spoke. "That's not Dekiru."

     "Wha'd'ya mean, that's him, they look exactly the sa... oh. That thing he's doing, with you know," they made a gesture with their hand, "and the expressions all wrong too, I mean not completely- but the freckles!  They forgot two freckles, and added an extra, you know, r... wait, if that's not him then..."

       "Woolf, that bloody-"

        "Watch your Language." Cogitatio cut Jin off and then again when he moved to speak again, "Aire can hear you."

         The Johnson sisters' clenched their fists, Sare raising her hand, "How about I just bring him up... ask a few questions on how Nero's doing...?"

         "No." Jin spoke through bared teeth, "Not until we know Dekiru is safe, something's definitely wrong here, he would have said something especially if he expected Woolf would be here because..." Their tone was guarded when they next spoke, "If the heroes don't act in the next three minutes we're going in."

        "Why?"

"Woolf might be soft for Dekiru, but the people he teams with... most aren't as neutral for him and Woolf won't interfere. That one right there, I'm pretty sure that's Sabbath. He'd kill Dekiru the moment he got so much a hint of him. His whole career went up in flames he was so focused on trying to kill Dekiru a few years ago."