A Villain's Rise

Discoveries

Phoenix journal: No. 4

Entry 78:

Ochako didn't take us killing Endeavour that well. I can still feel the slap she gave me, even if it was in the dreams. I tried to argue with her, talking about all that he has done, but she is still her eternal forgiving self. She is kind, almost too kind. She almost made me feel bad for watching that monster burn. I'm just afraid what will happen when I kill Lemillion. I don't want to lose the relationship we currently have.

Entry 81:

I've discovered something that worries me. I was examining Shigaraki's and Kurogiri's DNA when I discovered some disturbing information. First disturbing realization is what was taken from Shigaraki. Stem cells. That by itself isn't that dangerous, but stem cells could be used to speed up a cloning process, or even enhance it. I didn't use that option. It was to risky and I'd rather take it slowly and safely. But someone else wanted stem cells from Shigaraki specifically and is probably using it in a process similar to my cloning.

As for Kurogiri, he is a nomu. Not one of mine, nor how I would make one, but his DNA shares remarkable similarities in its' structure. Meaning someone has been experimenting with intelligent nomus long before I even knew about the league of villains. Couple this with Shigaraki's stolen stem cells and it can only mean one thing. All for one still has allies and they are working on cloning or making something very, very dangerous. We'll have to start investigating this once Lemillion is dead.

"So Hawks, why exactly did you want to talk with me? And why at night?" Lemillion asked as he and Hawks walked through near empty streets in the middle of the night. "It's just a precaution after what happened to Endeavour. I want as few people as possible to know about this" Hawks replied. "Hey, you couldn't know that Deku knew Endeavour was with you. I don't know how he knew, but I'm sure he won't manage to pull of that again" Lemillion said. "I know, just want to be certain. As for why I wanted to see you. I don't want to be number one" Hawks said. "Why not?" Lemillion asked, slightly surprised. "It's so much work, I'm not the person you would want to lead all heroes. I would much rather be in the top 20's or 30's" Hawks replied.

"I can understand that, but why do you want to talk to me about it?" Lemillion asked. "We both know that you already was your path to become number one before Endeavour died. I was kinda hoping you would take second place during the last hero rankings, but I remained in second place and now I'm number one. That's why I want your help" Hawks explained. "I'll always help out a fellow hero" Lemillion said. "Good. You see, there has been..." Hawks said before he stopped next to an alleyway with his back turned against Lemillion.

"Did you hear some-" Lemillion asked, but was cut off when he felt something being shot into his neck. He quickly grabbed his neck and dragged out a dart. He tried to activate his quirk, but nothing happened. "What the?" Lemillion said confused as Hawks turned to face him "I'm sorry" Hawks said and injected Lemillion with something before he could react. "You killed Endea..." Lemillion hissed, but lost balance has his vision turned dark and he fell unconscious.

When Lemillion woke up again, he found himself inside a cell with not much more than a bed, toilet, sink and the chair he was tied to. He tried to remember what had happened, but was interrupted when Deku came into the cell. Lemillion tried to attack Deku, but his quirk wouldn't activate. So instead he ended up tipping his chair forwards and planted his face into the ground. "What did you do to my quirk?" Lemillion hissed. "You remember our good old friend Overhaul?" Deku asked. "You've used her to make quirk destroying drugs!" Lemillion yelled and tried to get free. "I would never hurt my own daughter" Deku said and pulled the chair back, so that Lemillion sat normally. "No, I'm just using the few bullets that are left from Overhaul's work. Sadly, they never became permanent and we only have a very limited supply of them" Deku explained as he stood behind Lemillion. "So instead we have to ration them, use them until the effect almost runs out, then give you another shot. Which would give you a few days left to live before we have to kill you" Deku said with a grin.