The Hero's Stand

31: The Hero Killer

Todoroki's POV

I watched a massive column of fire erupt from the centre of the city. Typical of my old man to get involved with something like that. He always liked showing off.

We were on patrol looking for the hero killer when those Nomu had attacked. We had split up because he wanted to fight the creatures instead of save the civilians in the wreckage.

I pulled the child out from under some rubble, he only looked about six. I used some ice as leverage on the rocks and pulled him out. He seemed unharmed.

At least, he did. When I put him down on the ground he immediately collapsed. I noticed the tears in his eyes and his clenched fists and sighed.

"Where are your parents kid?"

He pointed to the rubble, where it took me only a few seconds to see a bloodied hand sticking out.

"I see. They're dead. Come on, let's get out of here."

He shook his head.

"What do you mean no? Kid we've gotta-"

"The monster attacked us. It's still here."

He must mean the Nomus. If one of them was here then that could cause problems. Where is it? It can't be far if he's still scared.

Then the rubble to our side burst open and a Nomu shot out into the sky, dripping with the blood of this kid's parents.

"Get behind me kid!"

I fired an icicle into the air at the thing. It was fast enough to avoid it though.

"Damn. He's fast. No wonder dad has barely killed any. I wish Midoriya was here."

I used my ice to skate around behind the creature, trying to shoot it. I never landed a hit but I was able to keep it on the ropes.

It wasn't working though. Eventually this thing would change strategy. I have to get that kid out of here. Then I can do an AoE attack and knock it down.

I slid down to the kid and scooped him up, creating an ice bridge for us to slide away on.

"Tell me kid! Is it following us?"

"Yes! It's getting closer!"

Damn. What do I do? This is as fast as we can go. I have to protect the kid.

I could hear the wing flaps of the Nomu now. It must be right up our ass.

"Mister! It's here!" Shouted the kid

"I know! I'm trying to fix that!"

An idea occurred to me. I leaned us as low down to the ground as I could and flicked the ice bridge up. We were flung  up and the Nomu sailed past us. It had to slow down to turn around, only to meet my outstretched hand.

"Lights out"

I fired an icicle shot from my hand, nailing it in the chest. It fell from the sky. I collapsed from exhaustion, shivering from the side effects of my quirk. The kid shook my side.

"Mister are you okay? Please don't die Mister."

"I'm fine kid." I said, struggling to my feet. "Let's get you somewhere safe."

I picked up the kid and started walking slowly towards the city centre where the heroes were gathered.

"Mister! It's back! The monster is back!"

"Shit. Get to the roof kid."

I lifted us onto a rooftop and put the kid down. Then I stood up, ready to fight the Nomu even with frost all over my body.