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Four sets of eyes landed on Kenji as stepped back into the tunnel and let his robes dissolve.
"So what's the situation?" Bakugo asked demandingly.
"You were right Tsu," Kenji said ignoring Bakugo's question, "This is way above our heads."
"What the hell did you see?" Bakugo insisted as he stepped in front of Kenji and glared at him.
Rolling his eyes Kenji turned to address the entire group, "I think this place is only a small part of a larger facility which was created to experiment on the ants we've been fighting."
Tetsutetsu scratched his head in confusion, "How the hell did you come to that conclusion?"
"I looked inside the vats," Kenji replied as he pointed over his shoulder, "There's a dead mutated ant inside each one, though clearly the bastards behind this couldn't get it right."
Momo shook her head in disbelief, her cheeks somewhat gaunt from overusing her quirk, "Experimenting with live Dread Beasts is a serious felony, what could they possibly gain from genetically engineering ants?"
"I don't know, but we can figure it out after we're back on the surface and not stuck in some evil science facility." Honenuki suggested to which the rest of the group nodded.
"There was a door, it's heavily armored, but we can use Honenuki's quirk to-" Kenji was cut off as between one second and the next a plate sized hole appeared in the tunnel roof letting the sun far overhead shine down on them. For a moment no one was taken completely by surprise, the hundred foot long hole had simply appeared out of thin air as if it had always been there.
Then before anyone could react a portable radio was thrown down the hole connected to a long rope that ended just before it could hit the ground.
"Kenji, Asui, Tetsutetsu, Bakugo, Yaoyorozu, Honenuki, can you hear me?"
Tetsutetsu hand shot out and he grabbed the radio as Aizawa's voice came through the device, "We can hear you Aizawa-Sensei!"
"Good, what's your current situation? Is anyone in need of medical attention?"
"Negative Sensei, but we found something that needs your immediate attention." Tetsutetsu replied urgently, "By some miracle we discovered a hidden laboratory that we believe has been experimenting on Dread Beasts."
Aizawa fell silent and worried glances were shared around the group as they waited on the response, "Are you positive of this?"
Tetsutetsu glanced over at Kenji who gestured for the radio and Tetsutetsu quickly handed it over, "Sensei this is Kenji and yes, I saw it with my own two eyes. The ants are dead but they have obviously been mutated in unnatural ways. There are about a hundred vats each labeled with a serial number."
Aizawa grunted clearly upset, "This is going to be a shit show, all of you stay put and don't touch a thing. We're getting you the hell out of there."
After that the radio call dropped and Kenji wondered how everyone was supposed to get out when a cheerful face with bright blue eyes phased through the stone followed by the rest of a body, "Hey there, heard you guys might need some help."
Kenji jumped back so badly startled that his void armor spread across his body on reflex. And he wasn't the only one Tetsutetsu shifted into his metallic form, Honenuki was buried up to his waist in the floor while Bakugo raised his fist ready to burn the man to a crisp and Tsu disappeared from view turning invisible.
The only one who didn't flinch was Momo who stared at the man as recognition glimmered in her eyes, "You're Mirio Togata! One of the Top Hero Candidates at the academy!"
Togata grinned as he fully phased out of the wall and stood on the ground and struck a pose, "Yep that's me, but is everyone okay?"
"We were until you decided to nearly scare all of us to death," Bakugo spat as he lowered his hands.
Togata rubbed the back of his head and let out a nervous chuckle, "Sorry about that."
"How about you pay us back by getting us the hell out of here," Tetsutetsu suggested as his skin returned normal and Tsu reappeared still in the same spot.
Togata's million watt smile returned at full force and he gave Tetsutetsu a thumbs up, "You got it, I just need everyone to link up then I can get you out of here in jiffy!"
Bakugo rolled his eyes while the rest of the group formed a chain by holding hands with Kenji extending his for Togata to take, "Alright then, now whatever you do don't let go. You'll probably be okay but no need to take an unnecessary risk."
"Risk of what?" Honenuki asked as Togata reached up with his free hand and phased through the tunnel roof sinking up to his elbow.
"Don't worry about it, trust me!" Togata shouted and before anyone could object the eccentric hero was pulled up through the stone taking Kenji and everyone else with him.
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Aizawa looked over as Togata launched out of the ground with his screaming students in tow. Though he couldn't blame them, experiencing Togata's quirk was a confusing and terrifying sensation as all your senses shut off at once and all you could feel was the vague sensation of moving through space.
The moment they were back on solid ground the rescued students were swarmed by paramedics but with a glance Aizawa didn't see any blood by some miracle and he almost breathed out a sigh of relief until he saw that Kenji was still kneeling on the ground unmoving.
And as the paramedics reached out to check on him a inky black robe covered Kenji's frame that pulsed with a malevolent purple light. Taking a step back the paramedics stared at Kenji who looked back at them with fractured glowing eyes while his lips moved but no words came out.
"You have to be kidding me," Aizawa grumbled to himself, "How is he evolving again?"