izuku heaved in a breath, lungs screaming a little bit at the exertion he’d forced it through the past couple of minutes. he was shaking a little bit, his adrenaline still high after the ambush of unexpected backup the villains had planned for. a set up. they’d tried to set him up. him. izuku let out a quiet scoff. not that it had worked out well for them, in the end. it had caught him off - guard at first, sure, but he wasn’t stupid. he wasn’t weak, either. they’d severely underestimated him, and they’d paid for it. permanently. running a hand through his hair, curls sweaty and damp and sticking to his forehead, izuku updated his mental tally. five less members of the league to take down. but for now ... he needed to clean this up ... just enough that no evidence of him would be left behind. the police -- or a pro hero -- would come by soon enough, and izuku needed to be out of here before they -----
a funny sound started up behind him, and izuku spun around quickly, feeling his heart speed up a little when he saw someone stumble out of what he assumed was a portal (it was solid though, like a rip through time, not like what kurogiri’s writhing mass of black and purple portals had been). any other time, izuku would have been curious, would have wanted to take notes and ask questions, but the timing and the unfamiliarity of the figure who’d stepped through took precedence and izuku’s guard was already on high alert as it was. ❝ hey, ❞ he mumbled, just loud enough for the other person to hear. no amount of squinting or waiting for his eyes to try and adjust to the new figure in the shadows would help : izuku couldn’t see the stranger’s face. which meant he couldn’t see what they had on them : what they might try and pull. izuku’s fingers flexed before clenching, the movement triggering a response on his gloves, making them spread until they covered his entire arm in a dull metal gauntlet. it looked plain and ordinary, other than the faint blue glow that almost spiderwebbed across it after fully activating. ❝ if you don’t mind ... could you walk to the light for me? and don’t try anything funny. it’s been a long night and i’m not really in the mood to clean up even more. ❞
◢┊CLOSED STARTER. 〉 @panicsprey.
