The Ridewatch Hero (Kamen Rider Zi-o x My Hero Academia)

Ch. 57 - Suffering

"Ah!"

Ryou jolted upwards in his bed, gasping for air.

He was in his dorm room, and it was night, so it was pretty much silent.

"Geez...what the heck.  I just...woke up suddenly.  Was that a nightmare?"

As far as he could remember, he went to bed after talking with Midoriya and Sunny, and he just got into bed and was out like a light.  As for what he was dreaming, he was dreaming normally...but he felt a cold shock go over him...like something wasn't right.

"That's weird.  Really weird."

Ryou got out of bed, and slipped on his slippers and opened the door.

As expected, nobody was around.  He wasn't even sure what time it was, but it definitely was some early time in the morning.

He looked over at his clock, which read 2 in the morning.

"That answers that question."

Ryou made his way out to the lounge couch, and plopped down on it, rubbing his head.

So many things were running through his head.  Why could he suddenly transfer his Quirk to others?  And what was the deal with that woman Rider and Silver?  Something didn't feel right.

To Ryou's surprise, he was shocked to see Aizawa running towards the dorm building in his pyjamas.  He looked like he was in a hurry.

Ryou jumped up and met him at the door. "Aizawa?  What's going on?"

"I was just about to wake you and Sunny up.  We need to go to the police station, right now."

"What, why?  Did we do something wrong?"

"No.  It's Silver.  He's turned himself in."

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The doors to the police station burst open, and Aizawa, Sunny, and Ryou ran in.

"Ryou!" The police chief called out. "Good you're here, we gave word to Aizawa as soon as we could to get you two."

Sunny gulped. "So, who's this Silver?  Aizawa and Ryou told me he's a Rider."

"Well...come with me."

The police chief led the three down a line of cells, and finally stopped at a cell with a particularly stronger properties than the others.

A huddled boy was sitting in the corner in a straight jacket, not crying or even angry.  Just...shaking violently with a normal look on his face.

"What the...what's happened to him?  He looks completely different than when I saw him before."

"He was in rough shape when we found him.  He looked like he escaped from a firefight.  But that isn't the worst of it.  We called a doctor and she did a quick assessment.  He's suffering from PTSD."

"PTSD?  As in...Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?"

"Yes." The police chief nodded.

"This guy?  The one who tried to kill me?"

Ryou shook his head. "That's bullshit.  This has got to be an act."

"I wish it was, Ryou.  But he isn't faking.  His vitals are off the charts and his emotions are just bursting inside him.  So much stress is going off inside him that it feels like he could burst at any moment."

Ryou turned back to Silver, whos hair was a mess, and started muttering to himself.

"She's going to kill me... she's going to kill me...I'm going to be beaten...I'm going to die..."