Midori the Queen

The High of Victory, The weight of defeat

“There they go…” Clone Karma watched the OG Karma and her merry band of thieves make their escape. Lounging back in the security chair she switches camera angles to peek in on the party. Wolfram paced the floor behind All Might, looking irritable and impatient for results. “Now what to do about you?” 

She’d tied up both David Shield and Sam and debated on how she wanted to handle things from there. She could just reboot the system and let the heroes take out Wolfram and his crew… but it seemed unnecessary since her former classmates were already on their way to do just that. She eyed the clock on the wall. The group was running up from the 140th floor… with sixty floors between them and the security box she figured she had abour 20 minutes before they arrived. It would give her just enough time to leave her mark on I-Island before the heroes went into action.

“So… let’s get up close and personal, shall we?” Standing up she grabbed both Sam and David by their shirt collars into the elevator and pressed the down button.Pulling out her throwing knife she admired the shine and her reflection. David started to stir and she glanced in his direction before crouching down smiling. “Oh you’re still conscious huh?  Guess I didn’t hit you hard enough.” 

“Why… Phoenix?” He groaned, bleeding from his temple. “Why are you doing this?” 

“You’re really in no position to be asking me that professor.” She gently rubbed the knife over his cheek. “You may be as much of a victim as the rest of the hostages, but your failure to resist temptation has led us all here. Now Karma's coming back to bite you in the ass like the true bitch that she is.” 

“That may be…” he laughed sourly. “...but if that’s the case, she’s coming back tenfold for you.” 

“Oh you poor thing…” She pat his cheek giving him a sympathetic look. “She came for me a long time ago.” She grinned at him and grabbed his face smacking his head hard against the elevator wall. He slumped over, unconscious again, and she stood up straight to enjoy the leisurely trip down the elevator.  

When the elevator doors opened she dragged them both with her and eyed the two guards watching the door. They gave her one long speculative look before opening the door and letting her in. 

Wolfram glanced up and was immediately up and strutting to her with a sneer. 

“What the hell do you think you’re doing? They’re supposed to be…” 

“They’ve fulfilled their usefulness, Wolfram. I’m just returning them.” She dragged them past his form and propped both against the stage under All Might. 

“Dave…” All Might shifted trying to look down at his friend. “What did you do to him?” 

“Nothing that he hasn’t already done to himself, trust me…” She twirled the throwing knife in her hand. “The security system will be back up and running soon. I thought you’d heroes would appreciate having the bad guys in easy access.” 

“What?” All Might’s head jerked up. “What the hell is that supposed to mean?” 

“It means we’re finished here.” She looked back at Wolfram with a smirk. The man looked both puzzled and intrigued. “...and you can thank the two losers at my feet for inviting us.” 

“Are you saying Dave was the one who-” All Might’s voice trembled with disbelief.

“Well he was just along for the ride.” She lifted up a boot pressing it against Sam. “The real villain is this guy here.”