Broken

An Unforgettable Nightmare

"The dark memories fade with light, but the pain doesn't."

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"RUN!" The young boy runs as fast as his small legs can move, tears streaming down his face as he turns to see chaos rampaging around. The whole area, as far as he could see, was on fire with ash covering the skies. People running with confusion, panic, and anxiety struck all over their faces.

The little boy soon tripped as he fell onto the floor, his face smacking into it. He looks up, his vision blurry, as he tries to get up. Pain flared as he turns to see his leg in the mouth of a hideous creature with sharp teeth. The boy tried to scream, but his tears cause his voice to choke as he tries to free his leg from the clutches of the monstrous thing.

"GET AWAY FROM HIM!!" A loud voice shouted as an older kid appeared with a pipe as he stabs it heads, and again, and again till it lays dead. He grabbed the younger boy, and he runs to somewhere safe as he stops to rips both his sleeves to stop the bleeding of the younger boy's leg. After treating it, he grabbed the boy as he dodges another monster attacking them.

As he tries to dodge, a hand punches the older boy to the floor harshly as he gets knocked out cold. The younger boy shook the older one as he tried to wake him up, with the monster getting closer and closer as the younger boy pain flaring again as he hisses in pain. He looks up to see one horrific sight.

"MOM!"

Izuku jumped from his position as he looked around to see nothing. He looks around to see that he was in his apartment. 'I'm probably going to get a noise complaint... wait the walls are soundproof. Never mind.' Izuku thought as he got up groggily as he throws himself into the cold shower, to break his morning sleep off and the awful dream he had. After finishing showering and covering himself with a towel, he looked up to see his damp hair, wet face, dull jade eyes, and one nasty scar that starts near his jawline to his collarbone, where it passes through the centre of it by a little bit.

Izuku looks at his hair. At the past, it was green hair, and now it's at a couple of shades darker. He looks at his face to see no emotion, his lips forming a straight-subtle line, and overall, he looked like he lost all hope. 'No one wants to see this sorry excuse for a damn normal face.' Izuku thought as he dries his face and hair off, and grabs a black mask. He soon puts it on, and it covered his entire face as the lens soon flashed white. It soon started to show no symbols as Izuku looks up to see his mask that wears everywhere.

The only thing that keeps everyone from knowing who he is.

It's the only thing that protects everyone from himself.

He soon realized that he was going to break the sink from his grip on it, and soon let's go as he walks to his wardrobe. He grabs his dark green coat, his teal shirt, his black vest, his black pants, his socks, and he quickly dried himself.

He changes into his usual clothing as he walks to his kitchen to see a woman cooking something. "Mommy!" A child's voice rang out as Izuku turns to see something that made his eyes lost all colour and light.

It was him.

The little Izuku ran to his mother as he shakes her leg, holding an All Might toy with one of his hand. "Hey, Izuku." A familiar voice spoke as the small Izuku, and his mother disappeared as Izuku turned to see his brother there.

Not as a ghost.

Takeo seemed to see behind the mask as he sees Izuku face pale. "Nightmare?" He said as Izuku turned away, making Takeo frown as he walks to him as the brothers began to cook breakfast. In silence, the two brothers cook, ate and walked towards the exit quietly. Only when they reached the elevator door do they exchange words. "Hey, mom and dad would be proud of you for reaching this far. So let's keep that up and do our very best." Takeo said as he put his fist up as Izuku smiles.