~ Part 78 ~

                                    

                                          










꧁༒☬𝓢𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓰𝓸 𝓽𝓸𝓸 𝓭𝓮𝓮𝓹, 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓰𝓸𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓷☬༒꧂

















                          
You skidded to a halt as you reached the entertainment area. Your eyes fell upon the sight of the kid standing amid smoke, in front of a frozen Shigaraki. "I've ... always admired", he growled, grinning, "All Might's triumphs". You suppressed a sigh. Good god. One normal, peaceful evening was all you asked for.
                          
"No matter what any of you jerks say", he continued, "nothing's ever gonna change that". Shigaraki stared at the hand on the floor. "Father...", he mumbled, and in that moment, you were sure that even Satan was holding his breath.
                          
Just then the Tv rang through the momentarily silent room. "We're hardly approaching this passively", a voice hummed from the screen, "currently, I am personally cooperating with the police in their ongoing investigation". The Bakugou kid glanced at the screen. "Make no mistake ... we will retrieve the student who was taken from us". 
                          
"Hah!", Bakugou scoffed, "good ol' U.A. thanks for sticking up for me". A pang of guilt shot through you again. Just a kid. He was just a kid. "Get it now, League of Scumbags?!", he growled. An angry kid; a very angry kid.
                          
"Just so you know", he started, "technically, I've still got permission to fight back". He was trying to will himself to be brave. Not only that, but you had seen how his eyes had scanned the room. He had assessed the situation, and although his chances were fairly low, they still weren't zero – and he realized that. 
                          
Magne took a step forward. "This boy ... really seems to understand his position! Clever little thing!". You absentmindedly nodded in agreement to her statement. "Can I stab him?", Toga mumbled, folding her hands to place them underneath her chin.
                          
"No...you idiot", Dabi grumbled. "If that's your attitude, then why not just pretend that we'd won your over?", Compress asked, "I don't understand". 
                          
"If I'm not feeling something, I ain't gonna lie about it", Bakugou explained, "and I'm not in the mood to hang around this boring dump for much longer". You stared at Shigaraki, who hadn't moved since. 
                          
Kurogiri had seemed to take notice as well of the dangerous stillness that was Shigaraki. "You mustn't, Tomura Shigaraki", he spoke almost frantically, stepping towards Shigaraki, "calm yourself".
                          
Shigaraki turned his stare upon Bakugou. For a moment you could see fear completely consume Bakugou, which you could relate to only too well. "Just stay back ... all of you", Shigaraki grumbled with such intensity you shook with fear, unsure if you'd be able to save the kid, "this kid...".
                          
"...Is an important pawn", he continued slowly, placing the hand back on his face, "I wish ... you would've listened". Kurogiri seemed to stare at Shigaraki in surprise – a surprise that mimicked much of yours. "I thought we might understand each other...".
                          
"Nope", Bakugou responded. "What a shame", Shigaraki's voice dripped with acid, "we all just heard about the heroes' investigation, so ... I can't waste much time trying to convince you". You swallowed. What were you going to do? How were you supposed to save this kid and yourself? How could you make it look like it wasn't any of your intention to free him? "Master', Shigaraki spoke up, "lend me your power". A nutcase. Who was he talking to now?
                          
"Master?", Bakugou mocked, "I thought you were the boss around here! Pretty disappointing". You agreed. "Kurogiri. Compress", Shigaraki called out, "let's put him to sleep again. I'm actually impressed ... by how unwilling he is to listen to reason". You had to resist snorting out loud and rolling your eyes. I wonder why.