? Benevolence ?

Parents' Day (p.2)

He's cut off as Bakugou snarls viciously. "So you put on that stupid black cape just to throw a little tantrum, you dumbass?"

"Kaachan!"

"I'm already bored. Let's blow this guy to kingdom come!" He lets off a series of explosions in his hands before taking off towards the pit.

"Slow down. Or have you already forgotten about the hostages?"

The man pulls the nearest woman towards him. I notice it's Bakugou's mom. The ashy blond skids to a stop and the look on his face is terribly similar to how he looked when we were taken by the League.

He clicks his tongue angrily. "Great job getting yourself caught, hag!"

His mom fires back with just as much vigor. "I've told you a million times not to call me 'hag', you little punk!"

There's a shocked silence at the outburst and someone mumbles something about family resemblance. In the cage, a woman who must be Midoriya's mom speaks up timidly.

"Mrs. Bakugou, please, we're hostages, remember...?"

"Oh, right."

"Pipe down." She's released and shoved aside by the man.

Midoriya takes a step forward and I watch him nervously. "What are you after, here?"

"What am I after? Only one thing- the utter destruction of you golden children and your bright futures. And slaughtering your parents is just the way to do it."

Ojiro speaks up, voice quivering slightly. "All this, just to get to us?"

I'm startled when Kirishima pushed past me to shout loudly at the man. "You got beef with us? Then bring it! But leave our folks outta this!"

The man chuckles darkly. "Oh, but it isn't your bodies I aim to destroy. No. It will be much more painful when your parents suffer and you would-be heroes have nobody but yourselves to blame."

"If you truly walked the path of the hero once, then stop this foolishness!" Yaoyorozu can't contain herself, yelling angrily.

Mina is quick to follow her lead. "Exactly! And you're headed for the slammer when all's said and done!"

"Oh, I have no intention of escaping. After all, I have nothing left to lose. So for my final act, I might as well savor your decent into agony as you watch your parents perish. Now, who to start with...?"

The villain moves towards the parents who all shrink away, fearful. I find myself getting increasingly concerned at the situation at hand. I distantly wonder if he already got rid of my mother... Or perhaps I've lucked out. Maybe she's safe at the hospital.

As everyone struggles for a plan, Midoriya suddenly turns to me. "Can you get into the cage and maybe get them out while we distract him?"

I start to nod in agreement when the villain speaks up again.

"Don't bother sending your little [Y/n] in here or someone will be dead before he can even touch anyone. A single pop and it's over. Funny though... his mother appears to be absent. I wonder why..." He trails off and I'm almost certain a sick grin is under that mask.

My breath hitches quietly and I try to stay focused. Some of the others start a distraction and Todoroki turns to us.

"Midoriya- Our only chance is a sneak attack with you."

"You think?"

The stoic teen nods. "You're good at that. Smashing the unsmashable, and all that."

Midoriya quickly works up a plan with Hagakure floating towards the villain with a stungun and I take a step back, feeling useless. The green haired boy turns to me.

"Once he's pinned, get up there and teleport as many people out as you can, alright?"

I nod, turning my focus to the villain. He seems to be getting fed up with the distractions, pacing angrily. "I said, silence. Do not make me repeat myself!"

Hagakure almost as him when he suddenly kicks the stungun from her hands, growling. "It seems an invisible pest has wormed it's way over here!"

He slams the cage door open, stepping out, and draws a lighter from his cape.

"I had hoped to serve up individual doses of suffering, but no matter. We will all dine in hell together!"

My heart drops suddenly as he drops the lighter into the pit, transforming it into a raging inferno. A choking wave of stifling heat rolls over us and I'm frozen in place.

Oh god...

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Part of me wonders if you all will end up disappointed or let down with what happens but I've had this particular idea in mind since I wrote the USJ chapters.

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