Puppet Master

I Trusted You...

WHY?!

Izuku hopped the fence and bolted.

I trusted him!

He didn't know where he was going. He didn't care.

I TRUSTED HIM!!!

He couldn't see straight. His blood roared in his ears, his heart pounded angrily at his ribcage his lungs screamed for air.

What went wrong?!

Izuku tripped, arms pinwheeling, but he caught himself and kept going.

"Izuku, wait!" He looked over his shoulder. Someone was following him. Chasing him. Izuku's minds-eye contorted the figure in the dark. Ominously tall and lanky, red eyes that glowed in the night, jagged teeth like a lions fangs. Izuku blinked away tears and ran faster. He took a sharp right turn at the next block.

Can't- BReaThe! Keep RUNNING! Get- Away!

The greenette zigzagged in the housing addition until he made his way to the main street. He stopped, almost getting hit by a car. Izuku looked behind him. He had lost the demon somewhere but he couldn't afford to stop now. He waited for a break.

"Wait!"

The boy whipped his head around. NO! Without thinking, Izuku bolted. "IZUKU!!!" A car clipped his foot, Izuku went sprawling. He bit his tongue to keep from crying out in pain.

*!HOOOONK!*

Izuku scrambled to his feet and threw himself to the other side, just barely dodging the next car. He tried to stand, wincing and falling back down. He looked down at his right ankle. It was crooked and bleeding. "Izuku, please!" His head snapped up. Izuku reached forward. He grabbed a couple of sticks. Izuku ripped off a piece of his pajama bottoms. He used it to tie the twigs around his leg and ankle as a makeshift brace. The demon had just started to cross the street. Izuku pushed himself up. He ripped off a piece of his arm sleeve and stuck it in his mouth, biting down on it to keep himself from crying out as he ran along the side of the street, significantly slower.

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Asa watched in horror as Izuku ran out into the street. The boy's foot got hit and he almost got hit again by the car coming in the opposite direction. He had to wait for another break but from across the street, he could see Izuku struggling to stand.

He's hurt!

His break came. "Izuku, please!" He ran across. Izuku made some sort of brace for his ankle and got up but Asa could see the pain on his son's face.

What happened? A nightmare has never been this bad before!

He crossed and continued after the greenette. Izuku had slowed down since getting hit. Asa caught up and grabbed Izuku's arm. Asa's eyes widened when he was thrown over the boy's shoulder. He hit the ground painfully, air forcefully leaving his body. He peeled open his eyes. Izuku was looking down at him. Even in the dark of night, Asa could see the fear in the emerald eyes.

"Izuku," he coughed out, rolling over to get up. The boy shook his head. He took a step back. "AH-!" the boy choked on a yelp of pain and fell on his rear. Asa held out his hands, keeping low. The string formed from Izuku's chest. "NOOOO!!!" Izuku scrambled backward.

"Asa! Izuku!" Both of their heads snapped up, Izuku's head turning over his shoulder. Yuma was running up to them with Eijiro behind them. Izuku pushed himself to his feet. Asa grabbed the boy's wrist.

"Izuku, you're hurt!" The boy shook his head. "No! Please!" He reached out for something unseen. "Izuku, plea-" Asa's voice died out when Izuku began to glow. Everyone froze. Green tendrils ran throughout the boy's body, doll-like joints and bolts formed over his normal joints, scars turning to cracks. "Izuku?"