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  At first, she didn't know that it was All for One. Actually, no one knew what he looked like, so honestly, she just assumed it was some other guy with a warp quirk as well. Until he pulled his 2 other quirks right out of his ass. Literally, what the hell was this guy doing here? Wasn't he supposed to like, give orders? Not actually check up on people? And when Shigiraki called him father, that was the worst part of it all. She was pretty sure that he wasn't his biological child, but wouldn't be surprised if he was. He sure was messed up enough to be his child.

  Bakugo looked at me, his tough act still on. But in his eyes, I could see his vulnerabilities. He was exposed to me, not in that kind of way. I scrutinized him further, fear evident in his eyes. It looked like I wasn't the only one who figured out that it was All for One, just by watching him use 3 quirks in action. Suddenly, All for One, with what looked like a Darth Vader mask, turned around and looked at me. I shifted uncomfortably under his gaze. I could practically feel Shigiraki soaking up all my defenselessness right now.

  If I was in a movie, I would be the least favorite one. I'd probably be cut from all the scenes as well, because of how much they would hate me. Instead of being all hero-like, I was just mentally dying under his gaze. Literally, I was squirming in my chair. Who the hell wouldn't? It was All for One! That guy from the myths who could literally steal people's quirks. If he felt bored, he could practically just suck out my quirk from me. I didn't mind the idea of being quirkless, but being kicked out of U.A. halfway just because I lost my quirk wouldn't look too good on my record. Plus, I practically couldn't live without my quirk. I had become so heavily dependant on it in my everyday life, if it were stripped away from me, all my self-esteem would be scraped away from me too. So being the coward I was, I shrunk. Because this guy would leave me worse than whatever torture methods Shigiraki could even think of. He was the real deal.

  Bakugo scoffed, his fear tucked away in a corner of him. I turned around and glanced in his direction, signaling for him to shut up. I didn't expect him to actually listen, but his mouth clamped shut, relief washing over me. We weren't going to die today. And I was going to make sure of that. Sadly, Bakugo would live to see another day if I could do anything about it.

  Just as the man came, he disappeared. I squinted my eyes again. Did he just disappear? Most likely, with that warp quirk he inherited. Maybe, for my nonexistent sanity, he was never there to begin with. Yet, Shigiraki's grin told me otherwise. Just go check, I turned to Bakugo.

"I wasn't just hallucinating, was I? All for One was just in front of us?" I asked, startled at his sudden disappearance.

"No shit he was in front of us, " he said scornfully.

  I rolled my eyes at his unchanging attitude. At least he still had spunk, even when he was being kidnapped. Suddenly, I felt guilty. Our friends... If they even cared about us at all, they would be worried sick. Then, I thought back to Izuku, who tried his best to reach the portal, and Shoto, who tried to catch us, but we were just out of his reach. This was probably not as bad as the hell they were going through right now. I stressed. I hoped they didn't do anything stupid like try to save us. Suddenly, I felt a power surging in my veins. I was right, my quirk hadn't disappeared. I heaved a short sigh of relief. I tried to teleport the same whiskey glass again, and this time, there was a black smoke around it. I mentally cheered. If I could teleport, my best bet was to get out of here as fast as I could. I teleported, well, tried to at least, but I couldn't get any further than the poor excuse of the chair. It seemed like my power hadn't fully come back yet.

  Panicking, the League of Villains suddenly turned to me, all of them threatening me with their quirks. For a second, we all awkwardly stared at each other, before I gave a nervous chuckle. Bakugo glared at me to escape, but I glared back, signifying that I physically couldn't.

"Uhm, please don't attack me, that was an accident. Can you chain me back into the seat or something again?"

  I quickly sat down in my cement chair, pulling the chains around me and trying to get it to go back. Oh boy, I really screwed the pooch big time. A blonde girl, who Dabi referred to as Toga, skipped over and tightened the restraints. To be honest, this was kind of kinky-

"You're cute, you know? I love your hair, I just want to chop it all off and keep it for myself. I would love to see your blood spill, " she whispered flirtatiously.

  I did not know how to respond to that. Should I thank her? Visibly cringe in disgust? Accept her feelings and flirt back? Bakugo was still glaring, by the way, but now his glare was on the floor. Kurogiri came over and injected me with some syringe, which made the power that was running in my veins null. Yay, how fun. I absolutely loved being stuck with villains in a tiny bar inn. How long had it been? It felt like it had been years, but in reality, I knew it had barely been a couple hours. Listening to Shigiraki try to get us to join the Dark Side was absolute torture.

Pure torture.