They kept checking for the security machines as they continued their ascendance. But upon reaching the 138th floor, they were greeted with an army of those.
" They were inactive so Jiro-san didn't hear them." Yuu presumed.
As they attempted to fight back, Melissa stopped them.
" If the servers here are damaged, they would affect the security system, too."
" So we can't fight recklessly here." The ghost clicked his tongue at that.
More bots fell from above, gleaning and approaching them threateningly. " Midoriya-san, you take Melissa-san and go on!" Yuu shouted.
" Seijin-kun..."
" There is no more time to lose."
" We'll stop the security machines here." Joined in Yaoyorozu as she crouched down, creating something large and long. Iida let Kaminari down too, ready to embark on a fight himself.
Midoriya wasted no second as he turned back. " Ochaco-san, Sora-san, come with us!"
" But!" Sora looked worriedly at her friend.
" Don't you worry about me." Yuu's eyes shone brightly as he powered his spirit fox. Kyubi's fires enlarged and brightened. " Save everyone, Sora!"
Sora frowned deeply, she gave a single nod and left with Melissa and Uraraka.
" Be careful soldiers! Keep away from the servers!" Whisper reminded. " Oh, and there's Kaminari too..."
"Yay!" The boy held two thumbs up at them.
" I don't need to be told twice. Fire Fox Inferno!"
" Recipro-Burst!" Iida and Kyubi started the attack while Yaoyoruzu, Jiro and Mineta backed them up with slime bombs and sticky balls.
" Sora... it's in your hands." Yuu muttered to himself before turning to Whisper, making a rather unbelievable request.
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As the four of them scurried down the hallway, Sora tried her best to block the tremors and loud explosions echoing behind her from her mind. She kept running, so long as her body moved, her worries and thoughts wouldn't catch up.
" Deku-kun, you can't stop!" Uraraka shouted seeing Midoriya halt for a moment, promoting him to continue onward. " If we get caught here, then there was no point in Iida and the others staying behind!"
" Ochaco-chan is right! Midoriya, let's not waste the precious time they gave us!" Sora agreed with her. She would never forgive herself if Yuu ended up getting hurt for nothing. " You can depend on me, Yuu!"
By the time Sora and the rest climbed ten floors worth of stairs, their friends were still putting a fight. However, their performance was receding. Yuu clicked his tongue as he realized his friends had already reached their limit and were keeping up by willpower. He was no different from them, his mind was becoming blanker by the moment and he was hardly keeping his eyes open.
It wasn't before long that Iida's engine stalled and he was surrounded. " Kyubi!" A stream of blue fire sent the bots flying away from him.
" Thank you Seijin-kun! Seijin-kun!?" Iida turned to his classmate only to realize the state he was in.
" Sorry... Iida-san... I think I've reached my limit..." And he flopped forward only for Iida to grab him before he fell on the ground. Kyubi disappeared in a flash of blue fire. Yaoyoruzu and Mineta were unable to continue their attacks as well and the robots ended up catching all of them in their weirs.
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" That door!" Melissa pointed before Midoriya smashed it open, only for a ghast of wind to lash at them. It's leading to the outside?
The first thing that came into sight was a giant pillar supporting rows and rows of large propellers. " Th-This is..." Midoriya questioned as he surveyed the place.
" The wind power generator system," Melissa answered.
" Why here?"
" Are we going to attempt to reach the top floor from here?" Asked Sora, her wings already out and ready to flap.
" Yeah. If we go through the tower, the security machines are probably waiting to ambush us. So we'll go up to the top all at once from here." She stopped and pointed at the top of the pillar. " If we can just get to that emergency exit... "They looked up to see a metal bridge leading to a small door above the highest row of the propellers.
" I don't think it will be a problem for me." Said Sora craning her neck to look at the door.
" If we have Ochaco's Quirk that lets everything she touches weightless, then we can do it."
She is quivering. Sora knew the other two realized that as well. It was expected, after all, Melissa was experiencing hero work herself for the first time. It was their duty to assure her and make her feel safe. All three of them exchanged nods before the brunette nodded. " Right. Leave it to me."
Time was a key there. And as their teacher said, it didn't grow on trees. So it was decided that Sora will be escorting only Melissa and Midoriya for Uraraka would get nauseous if she used her Quirk on herself and if Sora was to haul her then she would slow her down.
" You guys hold on tight," Sora told them the moment she felt Uraraka's Quirk activated and she hit the air with her wings, lifting them both.
The girl winced as she was hit by a strong gale and flapped her wings harder to maintain her balance. Flying at that attitude was hard and the wind was relentless, advancing up was an arduous feat. It was a good thing she kept her weight or the three of them would have been blown.
No sooner than they got a few letters away from Uraraka than the doors flung open, leading in countless of bots, all of which ready to capture her.
" Uraraka-san!" Shouted Midoriya realizing the danged looming over their friend.
" Release your Quirk and run away!"
" I will keep them up!" Added Sora.
" I can't! If I do that, then we can't save everyone!"
" Ochaco-san!" Seeing her friend's resolution, Sora knew there was only one way to get it over with. Faster! I must get them to the bridge faster!
She flapped her wings feverishly, trying to reach the door as soon as possible. Only for the bridge to be taken over by bots. " No way!" Sora shouted as she halted a few meters away from her destination.
An explosion caught their attention and they looked down to see Bakugo, Kirishima and Todoroki defending Uraraka. Sora's eyes widened at the ghost wrapped around Todoroki's shoulders. " Whisper!"
" Yuu told me to get back up for you guys!" Whisper held a thumb up at the trio flying overhead.
" We owe you for making the journey quick, Whisper. We're going to stop these guys right here!" Ice shards shot before him and pressed upon the security machines.
" Don't tell me... what to do!" Shouted Bakugo through his explosions.
" But you guys are a good team!" Remarked Kirishima who was smacking their enemies with his hardened hands.
" As if!"
Heaving a breath of relief, Sora began wondering about their next move. The door was no more an option for them and her two passengers needed to get inside. She looked around for any other possible entrance before an idea struck her. " Midoriya, get ready to smash!" She said thrusting him to the side. " Todoroki! Correct their trajectory!"
" Got it! Bakugo! Aim the propeller at Midoriya!"
" I said don't tell me what to do!" Though he protested, the blond tipped one of the giant fans to the side with an explosion. Todoroki used his fire to generate an air current which kept them from blowing away and boosted their speed. Midoriya then used his gauntlet to punch a hole into the wall and both he and Melissa fell down inside the building when Uraraka released her Quirk.
She was terrified upon realizing a villain was waiting for them inside, and once Midoriya was pushed out, hanging by the ledge, she almost flew over to them. However, Midoriya managed to handle him and proceed on.
When she was assured about their friends' safety, Sora swept down to join the fight with the bots. " What about Yuu?" She asked hauling one of the robots up and dropping it down with all her might at the others, knocking them down the building side.
" It seems he had passed out! I've been using my energy for a while now!" Whisper stated.
Hearing that, the girl clicked her tongue, worried about what might become of her friends. Midoriya... please, save them...