Fatgum
"We better get her out of here before someone sees us," I told my partner, Ryukyu. She was on the other side of the young girl. Two of her fingers were placed on the young skin.
She looked up at me and nodded before giving me a worried look. Taking her fingers off, she got up and rushed to the door to stand guard.
I gently picked up the young girl. As I got up, some of her black hair fell and swung a little as I turned towards the door.
Poor girl, she felt so cold. Her skin looked like it was turning into silver. It was sort of a... silver-blue pigment. And her legs never moved, like they were part of a statue. She was barely breathing, and she felt way too light for a girl her age.
As I walked out of the gray door, I looked at her closed eyelids. "I don't know what the hell they did to you, little lady... But I promise that I'll protect you no matter what," I whispered.
After that, I remember running. Ryukyu was right behind me in case anyone tried something from behind.
The hallways were gray, cement gray to be exact. And these walls seemed so endless.
With test subjects dead or no longer human on every corner... I was just surprised that there was one that could talk. Let alone function.
Ryukyu had only been a pro hero for a year. As for me, I've been a pro for 11 years now. I've done plenty of search and rescue missions, but none like this before.
When we were first called upon this mission, I was expecting it to be some sort of drug dealing gang that took several people hostage.
But the moment I saw All Might there... I knew it was something more than just a simple in-and-out mission. Especially since he was going to be used as a distraction against someone who was even more powerful himself.
I gave myself chills when I thought about it. The fact that we have so many people on this mission right now is insane. I didn't want to think about All Might getting beaten up by this guy. That villain is a pretty strong man, but everyone has a weak point.
We were almost out of the building before we stopped in our tracks. "Do you think that you could just walk in here and take what's mine, All Might? Have your share of a fair battle?"
The voice was dark and menacing, sending chills and fear down my spine. After a few seconds, I shook my head to snap out of it and ran out the door.
Turns out it led to two most powerful beings in Japan about to finish off a fight. ...
And All For One was winning.
All Might was gushing blood from his left side as he was on the floor trying to catch his breath.
Ryukyu gasped, immediately putting a hand over her mouth.
All For One turned his head to the side, his eyes looking at the three of us. "And it appears that brought some of your friends. What a shame that they had to get into this mess," the man with white hair said.
"Leave them out of this, All For One," All Might croaked. He looked up at us... then at the girl in my arms. And back to All For One.
"Who do you think you are, testing and torturing this little girl," his voice didn't sound weak anymore, but instead, filled with anger.
All For One looked back at him and said something to him that made All Might look at the girl again but with wide eyes this time. "You can't be serious," All Might's voice said.
I was so busy trying to toon in on what was going on that I didn't notice that the young girl was waking up in my arms.
She groaned, which startled me. I looked down at her eyes. The most beautiful sapphire eyes I've ever seen. And her skin didn't look silver-blue anymore. It looked as if she regained some of her colors.
But that moment of relief didn't last long.
I saw a black rope come towards her out of the corner of my eye. I tried blocking the hit, but it cut right through my arm... and into her.
She screamed and as sharp edge entered her neck. Liquid fluids pouring into her. She finally jumped off me and fell on the floor, her screams stopped and whatever jabbed into her, pulled out. She rose to her feet, her eyes glowing and her face seemed emotionless.
The little girl got up to her feet. "Toshinori, meet your new and improved daughter. Aiko Yagi." All For One looked over his shoulder at the frozen girl, "My metal dear, why don't you say hi."
But it seemed as the girl couldn't hear him. Like she no longer had control over her body. She starred at All Might and looked back up to All For One.
Her hands outstretched with her palms open as she walked over to her master. She put her arms forward and liquid metal started gushing out of her fingertips... Then it started to develop into something. Almost like a large spear.
At first, it was directed towards All Might... But at the last minute, the metal spear and liquid that continued to come out of her hands changed directions and punctured All For One. And the liquid trapped him in position.
All Might was able to get up and make his final blow on him.
The battle was won, and the girl named Aiko slipped into unconsciousness. I didn't know what to do, and was frozen and so was Ryukyu.
A Few Weeks Later
Aiko
"All Might, what do you think you're doing? How did you even get in here?" A hushed male voice spoke, but I didn't recognize who it was.
The clacking of shoes came closer and stopped a few feet away from me.
"Just... Checking on her," the male voice that I instantly remembered from TV said. Though, All Might's voice sounded as though he was in pain.
"I told you that she was stable."
"Just because she is stable doesn't mean that she is alright," All Might said.
"All Might, you can't just be walking around the halls to check up on someone. You are gravely injured and what happens if you fall or no one is around to help you." The other male voice said worriedly.
There was a chilling cold silence in the room. Like the other guy said something to make All Might boil underneath. The tension in the room was making my chest hurt. "That someone is my-"
"Please don't fight..." I croaked as I opened my eyes. I glanced over the right side of my bed. I saw a man in a black and white tuxedo with green and golden stripes on his head. He wore green glasses. We looked back at each other and he pushed his glasses up using his index finger.
I then saw what would've been All Might, but a beat-up, bandaged version of him. His hair wasn't straight as it used to be, it was frizzled. His bunny looking bangs were bent at angles, one was dropping over the side of his face and the other was trying it's best to stay upright. His face even looked worn down and morphed.
My eyes watered, "All Might?"
He starred at me in shock, and then put a small smile on his face. "You're awake." He reached over and grabbed my hand. Mine is a million times smaller than his.
Tears were streaming down my face. "I'm sorry," I whimpered.
He reached over with his other hand and rubbed my forehead with his thumb. "What are you apologizing for, young one?"
I hiccuped before answering, "It's my fault that your hurt. The whole reason why you and your friends were there was because of me right?" At that point, I could no longer see through my tears.
I felt my hand being squeezed before hearing a grunt and shuffling. The hand that was on my head let go, and I felt as though I was lifted from behind. All Might's other hand let go of mine as he embraced me in a hug.
"Young one, none of this was your fault. I let that monster get me by getting wrapping up in my emotions." He pulled away just enough to look me in the eyes. "If anything you saved me... And the world."
I stopped sobbing for a second. "How?"
All Might smiled as he raised an eyebrow, "You don't remember? You used your quirk to attack All For One. Some of your liquid metal got on him and made him immobile. Giving me the perfect opportunity to finish him off."
"Wait... What?" I was more confused than ever. There was no way I would have the balls to up against that monster... So how? "I'm sorry All Might, but I don't know what you're talking about."
All Might stood there for a second. And gently placed me back down on the bed. He seemed confused as well as he plopped back into his seat with a painful grunt.
"Well, what is the last thing you remember?" All Might asked me.
"The last thing I remember was feeling pain all over my body. And then seeing nothing but darkness," I said, trying to recall the memory even though I had just woken up.
All Might starred at the ground for what seemed like forever. Finally, he said, "Interesting." And started mumbling to himself.
The male with the green and gold hair cleared his throat. All Might jumped at the sound, "Oh right." He fixed himself on his chair and pointed at the man. "Young Yagi, this is Sir Nighteye."
The man named Sir Nighteye bowed slightly. "Pleasure to meet you, Akio Yagi."
I nodded, "Nice to meet you too." At the time I had no clue what I was saying. If anything I was terrified of meeting new people. I was scared that this guy was going to rat me out to that monster.
After that, the nurse came in.
"Oh my," she said as she dropped her clipboard to the floor.