"This is it..."
The three U.A. students arrived at the city's industrial district, where they had to jump over several fences to enter what appeared to be a warehouse/factory that had clearly seen better days, as it was quite run-down.
"That's strange..." Izuku looked around. The area seemed abandoned, but there were also tire marks on the ground, and there was still electricity lighting up the place in the dark night. There were people here, he had no doubt about that.
"..." Shiori simply walked alongside her two companions, looking for a window or something that would let them see what was inside the thick concrete walls. The doors were made of heavy metal, and it would be difficult to break them down without making noise. "..." Growing impatient, young Todoroki struck the ground with her hand, and a thick layer of ice quickly rose, lifting her and her two friends until they were right in front of a window.
"Get down!" They quickly hid when they saw that the warehouse wasn't empty as they had imagined. Inside were dozens of tanks at least four meters tall and two meters wide, filled with a strange greenish liquid in which strange creatures floated. They were Nomus that hadn't fully developed yet. That wasn't all, as there were also several guards armed with guns and some men in white coats who appeared to be scientists. They were examining something, or rather, someone.
"It's her..." Momo easily recognized XXV, who was without her armor, revealing Nana Shimura. She was sitting in a chair, with restraints around her wrists and metal panels surrounding her head.
"Any progress with the analysis of the hippocampus?" One of the scientists, an elderly man with gray hair, shone a light into the woman's cold eyes, but she remained silent.
"No, sir... I've never seen anything like this." The old man's assistant was a young Asian woman with dark hair who was examining X-rays of XXV's brain. "Her neural system is working five times faster than normal. It's been like this for almost 36 hours..."
"I need a diagnosis of the long-term memory region. If 'he' finds out that his best weapon is broken, our heads will roll," the old man warned in a grim tone as he walked away from Nana.
"Y-Yes." Tense from what she had heard, the girl continued her work, finding more and more irregularities. "It's as if someone had gotten inside her head and torn it to pieces..." she whispered to herself, catching her boss's attention.
"That's impossible." The old man pushed the girl aside and looked at the screens, where the woman's pulse and heart rate began to rise erratically.
"..." Nana's breathing began to quicken, and as she clenched her fists, the restraints holding her began to twist. "..." Whispering a few words that nobody could hear, the black-haired woman's eyes began to gain a dangerous gleam. "To... shi..."
"1,300-volt shock!"
"Aaaaah!" XXV's body convulsed as electricity surged through her body. Screaming in agony, the light in her eyes slowly faded, returning to the way it had been before.
"Call him and tell him that XXV needs immediate restoration." The gray-haired old man sighed in relief when he saw the lifeless look in his master's weapon's eyes.
"Hai-i!"
"..." Izuku clenched his fists in anger as he watched the 'villain' being electrocuted once again, the electricity lighting up the room. His mind still couldn't fully understand what was happening, but something inside him, his subconscious, was telling him that he needed to help that woman.
"Is this the place?" Breaking the silence, Shiori looked at Momo, anxiously hoping she would tell her that this was the right place.
"Yes..." Looking at her phone, the girl saw the blinking signal from Ibara's phone. It was close, very close, about twenty meters away, to be exact.
"Intruders!" The three teenagers were startled when they heard the shout of an armed guard standing on the ground below. "I repeat! Three unidentified intruders in Sector 3G!" Loading his gun, he aimed it at the teenagers, who stood frozen, but only for a few seconds, as Shiori was the first to react. Without hesitation, she fired a large burst of flames that forced the guard to retreat.
"Move!" Pushing Momo, Todoroki sent her two companions sliding down the ice until they safely reached the ground. Once their feet were on the ground, the teenage fire user fired at the ice she had left behind, creating a thick cloud of steam that helped conceal them.
"They have real guns!" Momo shrieked in panic as she ran at full speed, her heart pounding just as fast. She heard the sound of footsteps, and from one of the warehouse's corners, three guards appeared, armed with automatic weapons, and opened fire. "Get behind me!" Tearing her sweater and exposing her arms and stomach, she created a large metal plate in seconds that blocked the gunfire.
"..." With his mind working at full speed, Izuku heard the heavy footsteps of more and more armed guards approaching. The cloud of steam was beginning to disperse, and time was running out. "Think!" Silhouettes were moving around him, and the gunfire stopped.
"Come out with your hands up, or we'll open fire!" Once the steam cleared, twelve guards could be seen forming a circle around the three teenagers, who had no choice but to come out with their hands raised. "Lower your weapons! Lower your weapons!" shouted one of the guards in alarm, who appeared to be the team's captain. "They're just kids..."
"Sir?" One of his subordinates waited for his captain's orders, without lowering his gun from the frightened Momo and her companions.
"..." The leader of the group silently held his gun, unsure of what to do.
"I'm sorry, my friends and I were just walking around here." Putting on her best fake smile, Momo took a step forward. "I think we had a little too much to drink and didn't see the restricted area sign. We're really sorry. Please don't call the police. If you just let us go, we'd be very grateful." Stepping back, the black-haired girl firmly grabbed her two companions' hands and tried to pull them along, but neither of them moved.
"No one is leaving... Get inside there, quickly."
With few options left, the three teenagers were pushed into the warehouse. As they were escorted inside, they looked fearfully at the dark hallways until they finally entered the main laboratory, where all the Nomus and XXV were located. XXV was now wearing her rebuilt armor.
"..." Momo and Deku exchanged glances, and both silently nodded. A white glow appeared around Yaoyorozu's hands as she began creating a metal staff, while a green glow started surrounding Izuku.
"Agggghh!" Neither of them managed to do anything, as the guards used electric batons to shock each of the teenagers, forcing them to their knees. This did not go unnoticed by XXV, who simply remained standing as a spectator while the scientists continued examining her.
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