Wanting to be Free (Hawks x Reader)

Ch. 2

No one's pov

All there was, was darkness. Through the silence, screams and cries began to croak, muffled by the sound of small explosions and roaring flames. Figures of humans running for their lives only to stop to see someone watching in silence. A shadow grabs the arm of the said viewer, pulling them towards the other shadows who began to laugh. They started chanting for them to die because they were useless and a monster, soon all the shadows joined in.

Streaking loudly out of panic, the small girl frantically sits up. Cold air brushing any bare skin, sending chills down her spine as the sheets fall to her lap. "Hey, hey!!" A voice calls out to her, "you're alright, everything's fine. Calm down." A pair of hands gently clutch the girl's shoulders to comfort her. Only after feeling the pressure to her shoulders did she realize she was somewhere she didn't recognize. A small dark room lightened by two lamps and a small fixture on the ceiling. Decorated with two bunk beds, a desk, a low coffee table, and a single window with bars plastered on it to keep people in or out of the room. There were three doors; one open to reveal a small bathroom, one cracked open which was most likely a closet, and a door with scratches on it that was likely the main door to the room.

A boy with red hair stood beside the girl's bed with worry leaking in his expression as he looked down at her. Suddenly the main door shot open, slamming against the inner wall. The familiar blonde with red wings stood there slightly shaking until a man wearing a lab coat pushed him to the floor in the room. The man began to yell at the boy, then moving on to yell at the other only to see the girl sitting up. "You! You're finally awake!" He points to the hall and commands her to get out into the hall.

"She's badly injured! You can't just make her hurt herself more than she already is! She has a broken rib and a twisted ankle! Who knows what el-," the red head attempted to protest only to be cut short by the man shouting and kick the blonde. The boy on the floor squeaked in pain, making the other freeze. Within seconds, without even thinking, the girl threw the covers off of herself and rushed to stand. She tripped at least twice getting to the doorway. As soon as she got there, she looked back to see the mans food still on the boy's head. The foot soon moved on its own and the man's body is thrown into the hallway. Reaching for the doorknob, the girl glances over her shoulder to see the two boys. The red head had rushed over to the blonde, the both of them eyeing the girl. She looked so pained to see them suffer...she turned, and the door soon closed behind her. Leaving the two boys to wonder what's to come next.

In the hallway, a large hand jerks on the arms of the injured girl, dragging her down the hall while muttering not so innocent words under his breath. People in the halls would stop and hug the walls as the man and the girl passed them. Minutes pass, and they reach an iron door. The man gripping the child knocks on the door only to receive a mess of jumbled words telling them to enter the room.

Once the door is opened, the girl is tossed onto the floor like a box of junk to be hauled off to a trash dump. "Oh my!" An old man behind a desk gasped, "you're awake! And much smaller than I had imagined small child." The elder stands from his chair to walk around his desk. Kneeling down beside the girl, he explains what had happened, why and where she was where she was.

"You know, not many people could destroy an entire city block as quickly as you had...let alone fix it, not even some pro heroes. Even though you destroyed part of the city, you protected the lives of anyone and everyone, including the two boys that attempted to save you. No matter their age. That is why we brought you here to this top government official hero training facility! You'll be put through tough trading to control that power of yours, but also through some strict educational studies as well. You'll become a great hero, and no hero can do well if they don't have any education tied to them, right?! The two boys you've met will be your roommates, meaning the three of you will be living together, which also means you're responsible for each other!" The elder stands up after patting her head. And gestures to the man in the lab coat, "this is agent Eleven, other known as Yukki. He'll be taking you back to your room now, you must rest." He helps the girl to her feet. "Oh and Eleven! Be sure to stop by the food court to get her some dinner, she seems low on energy." The elder patted the girl's head once more before ushering her out the door with the other man.

Yukki shuts the door and starts walking only to have the girl struggle to keep up due to her injuries. They ended up at the cafeteria, where he carried the food she had gotten from a lunch lady. Tense silence ate at the girl until they finally reached the familiar room that was now hers. Eleven opened the door, then soon kicked the girl through the doorway, "you're SO god damn slow!" He rants at her as he shoved the tray into her arms. "When you're done eating put it out in the hall for someone to pick up later! You boys lost your dinner privileges for running off! No one leaves this room, GOT IT!" He grabs the doorknob and looks back at the girl, "don't get the wrong idea, I don't hate 'you' I hate all children, especially those who think they can do what they want!" Eleven faces the hallway again, "training starts at four in the morning, don't you three dare be late!!" And with that, the door was slammed shut. Leaving the three kids sitting in silence.

After a moment of the painful silence, the girl places the tray on the coffee table, sliding it closer to the two boys. The boys share a look and both sigh. "Sorry but this is YOUR dinner, we lost our food by running away only to be saved by you." The red head spoke out, pushing the tray back towards her, "name's Touya, Touya Todoroki! But just call me Touya, please. Since you're here, that means you're our new roommate, yea?!" He looks at her excitedly. She just merely nods to his question. "That's great!! Oh my quirk is blue flames, though I'm not too sure that's what it's actually called.." he looked to the side a bit embarrassed, then to the winged boy next to him.

"K-Kei-Keigo, Keigo Takami." The blonde kid stuttered. "Quirk, my wings...I can control each individual feather." He looks down at his hands grasping together. Touya scoots closet to the girl, "So what's your name then?!"

Looking a bit startle the girl looks down and rubs the back of her neck, "ah-uhm...I" she then looks down. "I do-don't have one." She looks up to see both Touya and Keigo staring at her confused. Keigo scoots closer, "then what...about your family?" He asked really wanting the answer. Touya added onto the question, "what'd they call you then?" The girl scratched her cheek with a finger, feeling kind of down, "don't have one, either." Silence filled the air, no one said anything.

"We'll think of something..." Keigo pushes the tray across the table to the girl, "but for now you eat!" He said as if 'no' wasn't an answer. Touya chuckles to himself combing his hair with his fingers, "greats, two Keigos!"

The tray is picked up and placed on the ground between the boys. Before either of them could say something, the girl grabs the apple off the tray, making her way back to the bed she had woken up on earlier to sit on. Keigo and Touya glance at the girl then the tray, both giving a small smile to themselves as they Belgian to dig into the food.

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