Issue #9: Be Greater
All of them, even the teachers, were scared. The evil they faced clouded their hearts with fear. But the deeper the darkness around you, the brighter the light shines when a ray of hope appears.
That ray of hope was All Might. The Symbol of Peace was here to save them.
And he was pissed.
"I couldn't shake the feeling that something had gone wrong here when Aizawa and Thirteen didn't answer my calls." All Might said as he walked forward. Ochaco was smiling and tearing up with joy, as Mina sobbed. Jiro, Tsu and Mineta were kneeling by Thirteen as the Hero trembled in pain. Kaminari had regained consciousness and was standing next to Sato, Sero, and Shoji. Watching the #1 Hero walked past them. "So I hurried over, running into Young Iida along the way. He told me of the villainy at work here."
All Might gritted his teeth in anger. Most of it at himself. He couldn't believe that all of this was happening while he was resting. All Might hated to think of how frightened the children must have been, and how hard his colleagues had to fight in order to protect them. And when he saw Wade between Nomu and Shigaraki, he knew that the Spider-Man was fighting them. The only thing that All Might could do now is reassure everyone that things will be okay.
That's his duty as the Symbol of Peace.
When he stopped at the edge of the stairs. "Have no fear, students…" After throwing aside his suit jacket, All Might grabbed his tie and ripped it off his neck. "Because I am here!"
Momo put her hands on her mouth as she looked at him with joy. "He actually came!" She said with a sob.
Wade looked at All Might was a bright smile under his mask. "Yeah…He's here!" he said, taking note of how angry he looked. Even in his weakened form, the Spider-Man had never seen the Hero he's admired to ever have a look like that.
Shigaraki turned his back to Wade and looked to All Might. "After all this waiting, the heroic piece of trash shows up."
"Holy crap. It's All Might!" One of the remaining villains said, getting scared at the sight of the Hero. "I've never seen the guy in person before."
"I didn't expect him to be so huge." Another villain said.
But one of them was cockier than the others. "Heh. This is no time to talk, you idiots. If we strike now, we can kill him—"
All Might disappeared, and before they could defend themselves, knocked the rest out of the villains. Moving like a blur, he gave them one punch to the head, and then stopped to grab Aizawa. When they all fell to the ground, unconscious, All Might picked up Aizawa, who was looking up at him with barely opened eyes. "A-All..M-ight."
All Might looked down at his colleague's injuries. He was just as bad of a shape as Thirteen. "I'm sorry, Aizawa. I should've been here." He said with sympathy and regret. He then turned towards Wade, Momo, Shigaraki, and Nomu.
In an instant, he dashed over and grabbed Wade and Momo. Jumping away, All Might knocked the hand on Shigaraki's face off in the process.
Landing a few meters away with Aizawa in one arm and the kids in the other, All Might set them down. "Everyone, back to the entrance. And take Aizawa with you! He doesn't have much time!" He ordered the students.
"Yes, sir!" Momo said and started to create a stretcher to carry the teacher. But it was going to take time, so Wade watched Shigaraki.
The blue-haired villain panted as he covered his face with his left hand. "No, no, no. It wasn't supposed to go this way." Shigaraki seethed as he got on his knees and picked up his face-hand. "He's still fast, Father. Somehow he managed to hit me." He put the hand back on his face and sighed in relief, like he was afraid of showing his face. "Of course, a government Hero relies on violence. I wasn't prepared. I couldn't even see him when he moved. But he's not as fast as I thought he would be. Not as fast as he used to be. I guess it's true, after all." He grinned in malicious intent and giggled for a short second. "All Might really is getting weaker."
Wade picked up one end of the stretcher and Momo had the other. Together, they lifted up Aizawa. However, he heard Shigaraki and wondered how he knew about All Might's depleting power. He looked to All Might and said. "All Might, wait a moment! That brain villain took a Venom Smash and I didn't destroy my arm this time, but it didn't do anything to him. I think I've found a weakness, so if we…"
"Young Walker!" All Might then turned to look at Wade with his usual smile and gave a peace sign near his left eye. "I've got this. Right now, Aizawa needs your help."
Wade stared at the Hero, before looking at Aizawa, who was panting heavily while bleeding in the stretcher. Knowing that All Might was right, he and Momo started walking to the stairs to get him to the entrance.
With the kids going up, All Might turned to the villains. Shigaraki stood up and turned to face the Hero.
Launching himself at Shigaraki, All Might held up his arms in an X. "Carolina…"
"Nomu."
"SMASH!" Nomu got in front of Shigaraki and took the full force of the Carolina Smash. But All Might saw that the attack had no effect on the monster and became confused. Nomu growled and looked at All Might. He tried to grab the Hero, but All Might quickly dodged it by bending back. "Guess he wasn't wrong when he said it had no effect on you." All Might said and punched Nomu in the stomach.
Again, it was no good against the villain. And Nomu tried to grab him again, but All Might dodged him.
"Let's try this!" the #1 Hero started punching the villain in the face, but the hits did nothing. Nomu roared and tried to grab at him. Again, All Might jumped away. "Doesn't even matter where I punch you, does it?" He asked, dragging his feet across the ground when he landed.
Nomu dashed towards him and tried to punch All Might, but the Hero dodged the attack and punched the monster in the stomach. "That's because Nomu here has Shock Absorption, All Might." Shigaraki as he watched the fight. "The only way you're going to hurt him is to slowly gouge out his flesh. Of course, I don't think he'll sit back and let you do that. You've finally met your match."
However, mental memory of that boy in the red and blue outfit with the white spider made him growl. Wade had found a weakness that not even he thought of, and it actually hurt Nomu. He'll have to deal with the boy later.
"Ha! Thanks for telling me how to beat him!" All Might said. He then dodged another attack, before moving around the monster and grabbing him around the torso. "All I have to do is wear him down, and then it's on to you!"
Performing a suplex, he slammed Nomu hard onto the ground. Generating a dust cloud and a shockwave that made Shigaraki braced himself.
Hearing and feeling the explosive move, Wade looked back at the battle and gasped. He and Momo were now at the beginning of the stairs and when they heard the explosion, they looked and saw the dust cloud. "He's stronger than I could have imaged!" Momo said with wide eyes.
"And yet he still has to look at his notes when teaching." Wade replied, as they heard footsteps coming down the stairs.
"Wade! Yaoyorozu!" Kaminari shouted as he, Sato, Sero, and Mineta came running towards them. "Are you guys okay?"
Momo nodded as they approached the two. "We're fine, but we'll need help getting Aizawa up the stairs."
"Are you guys seeing this!?" Mineta exclaimed, pointing to the dust cloud. "That suplex looked like a huge explosion! All Might's on a whole 'nother level!"
"Yeah! Take that bird-brain!" Sato cheered as Sero looked in amazement. "That's what you villains get for messing with us."
Even though they were cheering, Wade was more troubled than them. It's possible that thing, Nomu, was their way of killing All Might. From what he could tell, he was able to absorb any damage on his body, except to the brain. But even if that's the case, there's not really anything that they could do to help him. Wade wanted to stay and help, but knew that Aizawa had to come first. If they tried to, they'd risk getting captured, which the villains will use against All Might.
He had to put his faith in All Might, and stop worrying about the villain's plans. "We should hurry." He said. They all started walking up the stairs, with Sero and Sato helping Wade and Momo keep the stretcher level. "Where's Jiro and Tsu?"
"They're with Uraraka and Ashido." Sero said. "The girls are all staying with Thirteen. That mist guy really messed up Thirteen. But Iida was able to get out and is getting help."
"Good! I hope he won't take too long to return with some back up!" Wade smiled in relief under his mask, he knew it's just a matter of time before the nightmare is over.
"Get that guy!" Mineta yelled at All Might. "Punch him right in him right in the balls!"
"It looks like things aren't as bad as we all thought." Momo said. "Not with All Might here."
Wade kept quiet as he walked up the stairs. It may have seemed that they were okay, but Wade knew that it wasn't. On the way to school, he read the morning Hero news and saw the headlines about All Might. He then thought back to the teachers talking about how All Might used up all of his powers. He's already at a limit. Wade knew he shouldn't be using One-for-All now.
And worse, he's the only one in the class who knows the terrible wound that was inflicted on him five years back.
Wade looked at all the students with him and saw them talking about All Might saving them. But at what cost?
They're cheering him on, but they don't know that he's in real deep trouble.
Wade looked back at All Might and gasped.
All Might was starting to feel the effects of using his powers. Blood was filling his mouth, and leaking out the corner. But things were now worse, as Kurogiri opened up two portals on the ground. One where Nomu would have hit the ground and damaged his brain, and the other one right under All Might. The monster went through the first portal and had his head and arms coming out the second portal, sinking his claws onto All Might's stomach.
"Come on. What kinda cheap move was that?" All Might grunted in pain. Nomu dug his fingers into All Might's wound, making it bleed, and causing even more pain.
When the others saw what Wade was gasping about, they gasped in shock too once they looked over what's happening.
Shigaraki was pleased. "Nice. You were trying to bury him in the concrete so he couldn't move around anymore. Sorry, that won't work. Nomu's as strong as you are. You won't stop him with some old tricks." Shigaraki said, bragging like a child in excitement. He giggled happily, as Kurogiri appeared next to him. "Nice work, Kurogiri. We've got him just where we want him now."
And then, Kurogiri started to close the portals on themselves. Nomu held All Might in place, digging his finger into his wound. All Might let go of Nomu's torso and tried to get him to let go, but to his shock, Nomu's grip was incredibly strong that he cannot escape from his grasp. "If this is your best plan, you picked the wrong place to attack. You should just give up now!" He shouted at the villains, trying to hold back the pain to pretend they didn't find his old wound.
Shigaraki panted and scratched his neck. "Kurogiri."
"Normally I wouldn't want blood and viscera flooding the insides of my warp gates, but I'll make an exception for a Hero as great as you." Kurogiri said. All Might then noticed that he and Nomu were getting sucked into the portal. "Since you're too fast to see with the human eye, Nomu had to restrain you. And once he's pulled your body halfway through. I'll squeeze the gate shut. I'm going to enjoy tearing you to pieces."
"Kaminari."
The blonde looked to the Spider-Man, as Wade looked over his shoulder at the action. "What is it, man?"
"Will you take my place?" Wade asked before he let Kaminari hold up the stretcher. His lenses from his mask narrowed.
"Wade, what are you doing?" Momo asked. She had an idea when he turned around and faced the villains and All Might.
"Dude, are you serious?!" Sero exclaimed in shock.
Wade stood there for a moment in silence.
And before anyone could stop him, Wade jumped forwards heading right for the action. He could hear his friends and Momo telling him to stop and come back, but he couldn't. There's still so much Wade wanted to learn. He's not going to let him die. Not when he had the power to stop Nomu.
When he landed on the ground, he ran forward as fast as his superspeed allowed him.
All Might suddenly spotted the young spider-man approaching. 'Wade, no! What do you think you're doing?!'
Wade charged a Venom Blast in his hands and let out a battle cry.
Then his spider-senses went off, as Kurogiri appeared in front of him.
"How foolish."
He opened a warp gate in his body, and Wade reacted quickly by jumping up and over the villain.
Then, out of nowhere, Bakugo came and let off an explosion in Kurogiri's side. "Get the hell out of the way, Walker!" He yelled and pinned the mist villain to the ground by his plates. Wade was surprised by Bakugo's entrance, but then he saw ice forming and heading for Nomu and All Might. It reached the monster's leg, and built up his body to his arm. Leaving him frozen. In midair, Wade looked and saw Todoroki standing a few feet away. Controlling his Quirk so that the ice stopped just before it reached All Might's body.
As Wade was now over Nomu's head, he dived down and slammed both hands onto the villain's brain. The double power of Venom Blast made Nomu scream out in total agony. That made the monster lose his grip that gave All Might a chance to grab the hand and forced it away from his wound.
With the villain paralyzed for the moment, All Might quickly got out of the grip of Nomu's other hand and jumped away. Landing near Todoroki and putting a hand on his bloodied side.
Then Kirishima appeared, jumping into the air and yelling out a battle cry as he went to attack Shigaraki. But before he could land a hit, he easily jumped away. Seeing that he didn't get him, Kirishima moved away. "Damn! That was gonna be cool!"
Wade then started firing webs at Shigaraki. The villain tried to dodge them, but then he was hit, and the Spider-Man fired enough webs to bind his arms to his body. "You're not using that Quirk anytime soon." He said dryly.
"Guess I found your body that time, huh, ya smoky bastard." Bakugo said with a cocky grin.
Wade ran over to join Todoroki and All Might. "One of your poorly trained thugs told me you're here because you think you can kill All Might." Todoroki told the leader, as he was trying to use his Quirk to get out of the webbing. "The Symbol of Peace will not be defeated by delinquents like you."
Wade glared at Shigaraki. "It's over, man. Give it up."
And then, everyone went silent. The students and All Might stared right at Shigaraki as he was bonded in Wade's webs. He then turned to Kurogiri, as he was still being pinned by Bakugo. "Kurogiri. How could you let this brat get the best of you!" He demanded. "You've gotten us into a real jam here."
Bakugo let out a short chuckle. "You got careless, you dumb villain. It wasn't hard to figure you out." He taunted Kurogiri. "Only certain parts of you turn into that smoking warp gate. You used that mist to hide your actual body, as a kind of distraction. Thinking that made you safe! That's why we missed. But if you didn't have a body, you wouldn't be wearing this neck armor, right? You're not immune to physical attacks if they're well aimed."
'Is this really the same Bakugo?' Wade looked at his bully with wide eyes. He was able to figure out the mist villain and then attacked according to his finds. And then he showed much more restraint that Wade ever saw and didn't try and kill Kurogiri.
Kurogiri tried to move, but then Bakugo made small explosions on his fingers that made him stop. "Don't move! You try anything funny, and I'll blow your ass up right up, you got it? They'll be cleanin' you up for weeks."
There we go. That's the Bakugo Wade remembered. "Wow, you're a true Hero, Bakugo. You deserve a medal." He said with sarcasm.
Shigaraki said to himself. "They escaped uninjured and captured my two strongest men. Kids these days really are amazing. They make the League of Villains like amateurs. Can't have that." The blue-haired villain turned to Nomu. "Nomu."
Todoroki gasped when Nomu started to move, as Kurogiri started to bring his upper body from the warp gate. Wade growled, and stood ready to fight. He wasn't paralyzed anymore. After Nomu got out of the portal, his arm and leg that were frozen broke apart in the ice.
"The effects of my attack are down, but he's still able to move?" Wade asked. "He's all messed up." Then things got even freakier when Nomu started to grow back his arm. First, the muscles and bones broke out of the ice and built up into an arm and a leg.
"What is this?" All Might demanded. "I thought you said his power was Shock Absorption."
"I didn't say that was his only Quirk." Shigaraki said, finally breaking out of the webbing. Nomu's skin started to return to the newly formed arm and leg. "He also has Super-Regeneration. Nomu has been modified to take you on even at 100% of your power. He's basically a highly efficient punching bag that hits back." When the regeneration was complete, Wade and the boys were on their guard. "Free, we need to free our method of escape. Get him, Nomu."
Wade's spider-senses went off again, and Nomu moved. He was faster than he thought the monster was, as Nomu pasted All Might, and went for Bakugo. And for a moment, time seemed to be slowing down.
Thinking fast, Wade moved and pulled him out of the way. He didn't have enough time to dodge attack, and put up his arms.
BAM!
Wade screamed in pain as he was hit by the massive power of Nomu and was sent flying into a concrete wall, breaking through it and landing on the ground. The attack also sent out a shock wave that almost pushed the other boys back.
"WADE!" All Might yelled to the boy. Bakugo looked around as he was sure that Nomu was going to hit him, but it didn't. When All Might called out to Wade, he looked at and saw where a dust cloud had formed on the wall.
The other boys looked at the wall in shock and horror. Fearing that Wade had died.
However, as the dust cleared, he was gone. Nobody could see if his body was buried in the debris because there's no way he would just disappear after crashing the wall, but they were more concerned that they don't know if Wade's still alive.
"Wade!" All Might called out to him, feeling worried for his prodigy when he didn't get an answer. He then turned to Shigaraki and the other villain with rage in his eyes. "They're just kids, and you didn't hold back?!"
"I didn't have much choice. He was threatening my companion. Besides, these kids are no angels." Shigaraki pointed to the destroyed wall where Wade crashed into. "The one with the spider on his chest. He tried to kill me with a maxed-out punch, and used a deadly attack on my Nomu. What kind of 'Hero' does something like that? You think you can get away with being as violent as you want if you say it's for the sake of others. Well, you know what, All Might? That pisses me off. Why do people get to decide that some violent acts are heroic and others are villainous? Casting judgment as to what's 'good' and what's 'evil.' You think you're the Symbol of Peace? Ha. You're just another government sponsored instrument of violence. And violence always breeds more violence. I'll make sure the world understands that once you're dead." He then turned to the monster. "Nomu, finish the job."
The monster set his sight on All Might before he charged at him. All Might grunted as he raised his fist to prepare to deliver a counterattack, only to wince in pain as he clutched his wound. That monster really made his old injury get worse. He looked up, only to see Nomu was now in front of him, raising the first to deliver another powerful punch.
"All Might!" Kirishima shouted, horrified to see the villain is going to kill the Number one Hero.
"Shit!" All Might shielded himself with his right arm.
Suddenly, Nomu reared his head before a sound of a blow rang out. To everyone's shock, the monster seemed to be stunned, like something just hit him. And before Nomu was about to recover, he was sent flying a few feet away from All Might when something punched him in the stomach.
"What the-!" Before All Might realized what just happened, he noticed the distorted outlines of a figure. And then, the body became visible, revealing the young spider-man standing in front of All Might.
"Wade!/Wade!" Everyone, including All Might, shouted in relief, but also in surprise to see Wade could still move despite the heavy blow he took.
"I'm fine!" Wade said between his pants, coughing up blood in his mask. Wade lifted it up to only expose his mouth, and wiped the blood with his arm, before putting the mask back down. His Spider-Quirk held up and protected him, but he could feel some bones were cracked. But all he needed was to activate his Camouflage for just a moment to be healed at a percentage that he could move around in. "Talk about a mean right-hook, bird-brain."
Shigaraki looked at the boy with intrigued eyes. He didn't hesitate to protect the other child, and yet didn't die. Just what kind of Quirk does this boy have?
"And you!" Shigaraki's attention was brought over to Wade, who glared at him. "You said something that the world would be better without All Might. You make it sound like your actions are noble, but in the end, you're just another common thug. Admit it, you get a bigger kick out of it than getting grabbed. Am I right, grabby?"
Shigaraki narrowed his eyes at Wade through the fingers of the face-hand. "He's got me figured out. You're really starting to become a pest."
Todoroki glared at the villains. "We've got them outnumbered."
Kirishima nodded. "And Bakugo found the mist guy's weakness. These dudes may act really tough, but we can take 'em down now with Wade and All Might's help." He hardened his arms. "Let's do this!"
"Don't attack!" All Might ordered them, as he walked over to Wade and faced Nomu and the villains. "Wade! You and the others get out of here."
"Are you crazy!" Wade yelled as he turned to All Might. "You weren't going to make it if it wasn't for us! You're in no condition to fight this guy!"
"I thank you for your assistance, but this is different! This is life or death!"
Wade yanked off his mask before gripping All Might's shirt and turned him so he could look at his glare, filled with determination burning in his eyes. "That's why I have to fight Nomu! You take care of the other two, and I'll handle the bird guy! You're bleeding and can't fight him in your condition! Besides, I'm the only one that can take him on and use his weakness against him!"
"You really think that you can beat my Nomu? You're out of your league." Shigaraki bragged. "He's the ultimate weapon against All Might."
"Yeah?" Wade turned back to the villains and grinned. "And you don't know a thing about me, punks."
All Might stared at Wade, a little surprised by the boy's eyes. He's seen that look of determination before. The night he expected to be his successor. He knew that Wade was too stubborn to just back down. But All Might hated to admit, he knew that Wade had been speaking the truth. He only had a minute left in his Hero form. His powers are declining faster than he thought it would. And then there was Wade's Quirk. He not only had One-for-All, but his Spider-Quirk gave him the advantage that was needed to beat Nomu.
"Nomu. Kurogiri. Kill the brat. Then we'll deal with All Might and the children." Shigaraki said. "Let's clear this level and go home."
All Might watched as Wade put back on his mask and stepped forward, ready to fight. This is what he's been training him for. To save lives.
To become Spider-Man: The next Symbol of Peace and Justice!
"Go, Wade!"
And with that, Wade charged at Nomu and the villains at high speeds. Nomu charged as well and punched at Wade, but the boy jumped up, dodged it, and delivered a powerful kick straight to the monster's head. It stunned Nomu for a quick moment, allowing Wade to jump off, shoot web-lines at Nomu's shoulders and then slingshot himself straight at his chest, making the creature's body ripple from the force of the impact.
"Weren't you listening? One of his powers is Shock Absorption!" Shigaraki said, seemingly unimpressed.
"Yeah?" Wade dodged several punches sent at him at rapid speeds. And then disappeared. Nomu looked around, trying to see where Wade went. He then felt something jump on his back and Wade turned off his camouflage. Riding on Nomu back, he reared his fist back with a Venom Blast Charged. "And you forgot this!" Wade punched Nomu in the head, making the creature scream in pain. Wade then jumped off, and as Nomu was paralyzed, he charged a Venom Smash into his figure and sent it on Nomu's back, causing even more pain and knocking the monster a few feet away.
Kurogiri tried to attack, but Wade sensed him and turned towards the mist villain, he then aimed another Venom Smash with his figure and let it rip. The force of the attack sent Kurogiri flying away and out of the fight.
However, it was just a distraction to allow Nomu to get behind Wade and grab him. But the monster didn't count on Wade's spider senses and reflexes, as he ducked just before Nomu almost grabbed him, and then sprung up with his hands and launched a double kick to the chin.
Nomu stumbled back, and before he recovered, Wade shot two web-lines at his shoulders and yanked forward towards the monster before kicking him in the face.
"He's actually doing it!" Kirishima cheered, and the other boys and All Might watched the fight.
After Nomu recovered, he turned and tried to smash Wade with his fists, but the Walker boy jumped back. He continued to dodge attacks from Nomu. Know that if he was going to get hit, it'll lead to trouble.
However, each time he dodged and got a clear shot, he disappeared and repeated what he did. Blasting the brain with his electricity and then hitting him with Venom Blasts. "His power is Shock Absorption, not nullification!" He dodged Nomu trying to rapidly grab him, before he slingshot himself again at Nomu, hitting him in the stomach.
This made Nomu groan in pain and take a few steps back.
"Meaning there's a limit to what you can take, right, big boy!?" Wade yelled, jumping up and slammed a Venom Blast into Nomu's brain. But just as he hit him, Nomu brought his fist up and punched Wade in the torso.
He grunted in pain, as he was set flying up into the air. Wade ignored the pain of his broken ribs and shot a web at Nomu. He then gave him a yank, pulling a paralyzed Nomu off his feet, before coming down and kicking Nomu into the ground. He jumped off and as Nomu was starting to get up, Wade started to shoot him with webs.
Each one was slowing the monster down as it charged, but it wasn't enough. Landing back on the ground, Wade grabbed one of his web filters and bent it just a little. He dodged Nomu by jumping over him.
Nomu seemed to have been getting smarter and covered his brain.
"Nice try, chicken shit!" Wade yelled and threw the broken filter at Nomu's back. Like a bomb, the webbing exploded from the filter, trapping the monster's arms, back, and legs. Nomu roared as he struggled to break free.
Wade then shot a web-line at the back of the monster. "RRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" And using all his strength, he pulled Nomu off the ground and started swinging him around and sent the monster crashing into another concrete wall. Everyone was stunned by the boy's strength, who knows how many tons he could carry.
As he noticed the monster was still trapped in the web, he shot another web-line at a large piece of broken concrete and swung it around before letting go to crash and break all over Nomu. He panted for a moment, gritting his teeth under the mask as he realized that all his attacks weren't doing it to take him out of the fight. Nomu was starting to break free webbing.
"Alright, Tweety, it's time to go beyond the limit!" Wade said, and charged a Venom Smash in his right arm. He then charged another Venom Smash in his left arm.
"What's he doing?" Todoroki asked with everyone looking at him with wide, shocked eyes. Wade's electricity could be seen from his arms. But now the bolts of electricity were larger than before. Like he was charging for a final attack.
"He's going beyond 100%!" All Might yelled with his grin big and wide. Wade stood in a slight crouched pose, both arms ready with Venom Smashes. "GO WALKER! SHOW THESE VILLAINS THAT A HERO WILL ALWAYS FIND A WAY FOR JUSTICE TO BE SERVED!"
Wade struggle to keep it together, as he grinned. "Go beyond…." Nomu broke free from his webbing and charged at Wade. The Spider-Man rushed at him too. The adversaries charged at superspeed. With his fist clenched tightly, Wade punched both fists straight into Nomu's body, with bolts of electricity flying everywhere from the impact. As Wade bones in his arms and shoulder were getting broken and destroyed, Nomu's body was hit with the full force of two Venom Smashes at full power, but his brain in the process was overloaded with electricity as it traveled to the open weak point. Causing it to shutdown.
"PLUS ULTRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
As the ground shattered under Wade's feet, Nomu was sent soaring up into the air, leaving the Spider-Man standing where he was with two destroyed arms. Nomu was sent flying at such a fast speed and with the force of the attacks, that he smashed right through the roof, destroying the lights and electronics in a massive explosion that rocked the dome. Everyone in the USJ could feel it, while Nomu's body continued to soar into the sky, and disappeared into the vast blue heavens.
Everyone who saw the attack, looked with amazement. They thought that it was All Might. But as for Bakugo, Kirishima, and Todoroki, they looked in astonishment at Wade Walker. Not even moving an inch as they witnessed the incredible fight.
"That was like a video game boss fight!" Kirishima exclaimed in excitement. "Shocking that Shock Absorption right out of him. I knew that Wade was strong, but…"
Todoroki was silent as he stared at the back of Wade's body. But then he narrowed his eyes. How could a Spider-Quirk give that amount of power?
Bakugo was also left in total shock, as the boy he saw as a bug demonstrated his total powers. His mind then flashed back to after their fight in the training exercise.
"I didn't use my powers at the maximum because despite my durability, my body would've gotten messed up from the backlash. Plus, could've killed you."
And now he was seeing what he was talking about. Wade's arms were messed up really badly as they fell to his sides like they were dead weight. Unable to hold them up due to the pain, they hung limply, while disgustingly disfigured. However, he was still standing tall and proud. His fighting spirit never dying, even against a battle he may not have been able to win. I guess you can say it's a trait that runs in his family.
As for All Might, he smiled proudly at Wade. He's really come a long way from being a Quirkless boy. He's quickly seeing him as the ultimate underdog. But soon, when he fully masters One-for-All, the boy will be able to take out villains like Nomu with 5 hits.
For now, Wade has saved him enough time to stay in this form.
Panting from pain and exhaustion, Wade turned towards Shigaraki and Kurogiri. They were the only ones left. Shigaraki was shaking. Trembling in rage.
"Is that all you've got?" The Spider-Man asked cockily.
"You've been bested, villains!" All Might said, facing the villains with confidence. "Surrender. We all want to get this over with quickly."
"That…That's not fair! He cheated!" Shigaraki growled, after slowly bringing his hand up to his neck and started to scratch. "Oh, come on! What's going on here? This wasn't what was supposed to happen! The child was supposed to die! But he broke my Nomu! How is this possible?! He shouldn't be on the same level as All Might!"
"Hey!" Shigaraki gasped when Wade shouted at him. "What's the matter? Don't tell me you're all talk and no play. Well, come on! I've still got two legs that aren't broken!"
All Might stopped him by going up to him and placing a hand on his shoulder. "I can handle the rest, Young Walker." He said, before turning back to the villains. "He's not the one you've come to kill." All Might narrowed his shining blue eyes. "Well, come and get me if you dare."
Shigaraki backed away, startled by the #1 Hero's words. There was no way that he was going to be able to beat All Might at his full power.
"Walker." said Todoroki. Wade looked at him and the other boys as they stared at him. "There's no reason for us to fight now. He'll handle this."
"Come on, Wade. Let's get you to someone that can fix you or something." Kirishima said with a look of concern. "The last thing we want to do is to get taken hostage or get in his way."
Wade nodded and started walking towards them but as he was approaching the others, he felt something wasn't right. Like his senses were alarming him to something. He looked back and gasped. All Might was starting to let off steam. That's not good. If he revered into his weakened form, then he'll be unable to beat them. The steam coming off his body was small, but Wade could still see them.
Despite fighting Nomu and giving All Might more time, it's not going to be enough. He's almost out of time.
Shigaraki panted and he scratched himself some more. "…Fine, but before I go…Kurogiri!"
Wade's spider-senses went off as a warp gate opened right in front of him. From it Shigaraki came out, reaching for his face with palm open.
"Time to get rid of you, bug!" Shigaraki cackle maniacally, but Wade reacted quickly and moved back, staying out of the reach of the hand. Shigaraki glared hatefully at the Spider-Man, and before All Might could move to take down the leader…
BANG!
A gunshot later and there was a bloody hole in Shigaraki's hand.
Wade and the others gasped, before turning their heads towards the sound of the bang. Everyone looked at the entrance. All Might grinned with relief. "T-They're here!"
And by them, he meant the Pros.
More shots were fired from the Gun-Hero, Snipe. Using his Quirk, Homing, he controlled the trajectory of his bullets and with perfect precision, hit more villains that were attacking the remaining students. Each hit wasn't lethal, and only hit the arms and legs.
"Sorry everyone. I know we're a bit late." Principle Nezu said, riding on someone's shoulder as the Pro Heroes entered the building. Those at the entrance looked at them with wide smiles and even tears of joy. "But I got the teachers over here as fast as I could."
And with them was Iida. "Your Class Rep. has returned! I've fulfilled my duty and I've brought reinforcements!" He yelled to the other students, standing with all the Heroes teaching at UA. All of them ready for battle.
The villains in the plaza started to charge and shoot at them. But then Present Mic stepped forwards and used his Voice-Quirk, a power that increased the volume of his voice, giving him the ability to create loud, high-pitched sounds strong enough to incapacitate people. "YEEEEAAAAH!"
All the villains on the stairs and in the plaza were hit by the sound and it overloaded their eardrums so much that they fell unconscious.
And then Ectoplasm was up next. Vomiting what appears to be a glowing fluid, this however turned into thirty Clones. These clones rushed in and took out all the remaining villains on stairs.
"Our priority is to protect all of our students!" Nezu said from on top of Vlad King.
"Yes, sir!" The teacher said and got to work going out into the USJ as taking out the villains and saving the students that were still remaining. Wade and the others watched as explosions could be seen going off behind the tree line.
"Aw, man. The Pros are here." Shigaraki said frustratingly. After getting his injured hand out of the warp gate, he backed away to Kurogiri. "It's game over, for real. Let's go home and try this when we can—" He was interrupted by a few more shots from Snipe. Hitting him in the arm and in both legs.
Kurogiri quickly covered him, taking the bullets into his mist. When the Hero saw that his bullets weren't doing anything to the villain, he said. "We need someone who can capture 'em from a distance."
"I-I'm on it!" Said a familiar, weakened voice.
"Let's go." Kurogiri was about to warp Shigaraki and himself out of the dome, but then felt himself being pulled by a familiar force. "This is…Black Hole!?"
And it was true. Thirteen gathered whatever strength was left and used the Quirk to suck up Kurogiri.
The mist villain yelled as he struggled against Thirteen, with Shigaraki in his body. "I may have failed to you this time! But your days are numbered!" The blue-haired villain yelled at All Might with a crazed look in his eyes. All Might coughed up some blood. "All Might! Symbol of Peace! I am going to kill you!"
And with that, the villains vanished into the warp gate. It was all over, as Thirteen stopped the Black Hole. The rest of the teachers and students at the entrance looked at where All Might and Wade were standing. In the other rescue zones, the students and the teachers that were saving them stopped, as the fighting came to a halt.
Finally, the nightmare was over. It felt like the classmates were waking up to a revelation. One they weren't prepared for, but they survived.
Wade, with the last amount of strength left in his body, walked over to All Might. "Are you…okay?" He asked, panting.
Then a large amount of steam expelled from All Might's body, and the Spider-Man feared that he was going to go back to his weak form. However, when it cleared, he saw that All Might was still holding up his hero-form. "Yeah, and it's all thanks to you, Wade. You bought a few valuable seconds. If I'd fought, I'd be unable to fight the next battle and I'd be dead by now." He said, as the sunlight shined on them from the hole Nomu was punched through. "You've saved me again, Young Walker."
Wade smiled under his mask. "I'm just…glad you're…" He couldn't finish his sentence, before suddenly collapsing to the ground. All Might quickly caught him, laying the boy on his back, before gently removing his mask.
"Get some rest, kid. You earned it." All Might with a smile. Wade lay on his back, with each breath bringing his chest up and then down. And there was a smile on his face.
Up at the entrance, Snipe looked around the destruction of the dome. His costume had the appearance of a stereotypical western cowboy, with an old-school tan gas mask shaped a little like a horse's muzzle covering his face. "Well, my, my, my." He said with a tip of his hat.
"I can't believe we let them escape, after everything they did here." Midnight said, as the Blood Hero: Vlad King, came over and grabbed Nezu off his shoulder, and placed him on the ground.
"They did catch us completely by surprise." The little animal said. "For now, we need to make sure all the students are okay."
Just then, Momo started running past the Heroes and going down the stairs.
"Yaoyorozu, where are you going?!" Ochaco asked, running after her with Mina, as the teachers watched them.
"Wade went after All Might to help him!" Momo said, still running towards the direction Wade ran off towards. "We've got to make sure he's okay!"
Midnight looked a little confused. "Who're they talking about? Helping All Might?"
"Ah, I think I remember." Nezu said, already knowing full well who the boy was. "He was the second-place student in the Entrance Exam; Wade Walker."
Midnight looked at Nezu with wide eyes. Did he say what she thought he said? She looked in the direction the girls were heading, as her mind flashbacks to happier times in her life. The vixen placed a hand between her breasts.
She knew that name because it was Daniel's son.
"We need security improvements." The Principle said, bringing the woman back to the topic at hand. "Perhaps an entire system overhaul."
Snipe nodded. "Agreed."
"Warp Quirks are very rare." Midnight said, after seeing Kurogiri disappear like that. What some many find interesting is that despite flirtatious personality, she was actually pretty intelligent. "They can completely change the course of a battle. It's frightening to know that a villain has such a power."
"If all the Pro teachers are gathered here, it must mean the rest of the school is safe." Todoroki said, rubbing the back of his neck. "The villains attacked this facility, but not the rest of the campus."
"Wade, hey!" Kirishima yelled, running towards Wade with a concerned expression. "Is he okay?"
'Ah, Kirishima. I'm glad to see that he's looking out for his friends.' All Might thought, before a large cloud of steam expelled from his body and he was back to his true form. Luckily the steam was hiding him, but All Might started to panic. If Kirishima came over here, he's going to learn his secret.
However, just at the last second before the steam appeared, the floor rose up and a wall formed between him and the Symbol of Peace. Blocking his view of All Might and Wade. This was the work of Cementoss, the humanoid block of cement with black eyes and gray hair tied into a short ponytail.
After using his Cement-Quirk to manipulate the cement-based ground to form the wall, Cementoss turned to Kirishima and said, "For your safety, please stay back young man. Join your classmates at the front gate. Leave the injured to us, we can take care of them."
"Oh, gotcha. I'm on it!" Kirishima said, before running over to where Todoroki and Bakugo were standing. Ahead of them were Momo, Mina, and Ochaco running over to the boys. "Hey! He said for all of us to head to the entrance!"
Momo and the girls stopped and asked with a concerned look. "What about Wade? Where is he?"
"He's got injured pretty badly fighting that bird villain." The redhead said, making the girls gasp in horror. "But you should have seen him! It was amazing! He was like a…"
All Might could barely hear Kirishima talking to the girls with excitement and sighed in relief. "We should sneak you out of here and get you both to the nurse's office." Cementoss said, before looking at injured Wade. "Seriously, All Might. That could have ended really bad."
"Young Walker was the only one that was able to beat him, and he gave me more time. If things were different, I'd be dead now." The blonde Hero said, picking up Wade in his arms gently. His face showed grimness. "Just goes to show how strong those villains were."
Police sirens blared outside of the USJ. After they got word of the attack, they rushed all available units and officers to the dome, with several squad cars and a few ambulances for the injured. The villains that were captured were rounded up and taken to armored buses that were waiting to take them to jail. The students of Class 1-A, with the exception of Wade, were standing in front of Naomasa Tsukauchi, a police detective from the Police Force.
"16, 17, 18, 19…" The detective counted the students to make sure that everyone was there. Naomasa was a tall man with short black hair and somewhat rectangular black eyes. As a member of the police force, he wore a tan overcoat and matching hat, a black suit, which he wore underneath, a green tie at his neck, with matching slacks, and dress shoes. He looked down at the list of student names and then back at the class. "Everyone seems to be unharmed except for that boy whose arms were all messed up."
Hagakure placed her hand on Ojiro's shoulder. "Ojiro. I heard you were a really good fighter. I had no idea you were so strong!"
"I didn't know I was the only one on my own." He said with a sheepish expression. "I survived using hit-and-run tactics. So where did you end up fighting, Hagakure?"
"The Landslide Zone!" Hagakura's glove pointed to Todoroki's back. "You wouldn't believe how strong Todoroki was. He's amazing!"
"You don't say! Well, I'm just glad you didn't get hurt."
Truth was, Todoroki didn't even know that she was there. He could've frozen her. Good thing she wasn't near him.
"Aren't you wondering about moi?" Ayama asked, posing elegantly. "Where was my sparkling light?" But the group he was looking at ignored him.
"Interesting." Tokoyami said to Kirishima, who was standing with Kaminari and Koda. "So, the people you fought were also low-level thugs."
Kirishima punched his fist in his palm. "Yeah, they messed with the wrong kids, huh?"
Ayama tried again with another group. "Did you miss me?"
But once again, Sato, Sero, and Shoji didn't give him the attention he wanted. "Wait, so Wade put that hole in the dome after all? I thought it was All Might." Sero said in disbelief.
"Apparently that's what I heard from Kirishima." Sato said.
"It's crazy." Shoji nodded. "We already know that boy could be stronger, but never imagined he would take on that villain."
Ayama placed a hand on Tsu's shoulder. "Where do you think I was?"
"Um, where," She asked.
"It's a secret!" He declared.
"Let's go ahead and get these students back to the main campus." Detective Tsukauchi told another officer. "They've been through a lot. We don't need to question them right away."
Tsu then frog hopped to him. "Detective. What about Mr. Aizawa?"
Tsukauchi pulled out a phone and called the doctor that was taking care of Aizawa. After asking to tell the students his condition, the detective put the phone on speaker. "The bones in his arms are splintering and he's got facial fracturing." The doctor explained. "Fortunately, there doesn't seem to be any serious brain damage. But his orbital floor has been almost completely destroyed. We have no way of knowing if his eyesight will be impaired once he's healed up."
After the grim news was delivered, Tsukauchi said to the students. "Well, you heard the man."
"Um, sir?" Mina approached the man with Jiro and Momo beside her. All three with worried expressions. "What about Thirteen?"
"There's no need to worry there. Despite some pretty bad lacerations to the back, Thirteen is gonna pull through, good as new." This brought the girls comfort, as they sighed in relief. "And All Might is also without any serious injuries. He's in the nurse's office right now. Recovery Girl's power should be all the treatment he needs."
"What about Wade?!" Ochaco exclaimed worriedly. Momo and Mina looked at her with wide eyes. That's right. How could they have forgotten about him?
"How's Walker?" Iida also asked in concern.
"Wade Walker, right?" Detective Tsukauchi asked before giving them a smile. "Recovery Girl is taking care of him too. From what I was told, his arms and shoulders were almost destroyed, but they're healing on their own at a slow rate. Recovery Girl's going to accelerate the process. He's fine."
The students breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh, thank goodness." Ochaco said.
"Now, let's get you back to class."
"Okay."
Tsukauchi turned to his colleague, Sansa Tamakawa. He was a lean young man with large yellow eyes and the head of a ginger tabby cat. He wore a pale blue shirt with a protective vest over the top, and is dressed like most Police Force members, just with a golden bell at his neck. "Sansa. I still have some business in the nurse's office. I'll leave this to you, 'kay?"
"Yes, sir!" Sansa saluted. Mina looked at him in bewilderment, because he was a cat, and Ochaco thought he was cute with his bell.
Meanwhile, Bakugo stared up at the USJ. His mind couldn't stop thinking about Wade's fight with Nomu. The way he dodged and struck the villain that was supposed to kill All Might and then the double Venom Smash that set the monster flying away. It pissed him off.
"C'mon, man, we're going back to class now." Kirishima called to him.
"Yeah, yeah, I heard you, ya idiot." The blonde responded and started walking towards the bus.
As he walked to his car, Tsukauchi was stopped by another policeman. "Someone thought to be involved in this attack was just apprehended in a wooded area nearby."
Tsukauchi gasped and turned to the officer. "Report."
"He has no apparent injuries, but there are signs of electric burns on his exposed brain. It appeared that his brain had shut down, and it's unclear how long it'll take for him to regain consciousness."
Tsukauchi then noticed Nezu, Midnight, and Snipe walking out of the USJ. "Principle!" He approached them and took his hat off. "I'd like to investigate every inch of the school, just to be safe."
"Of course, please do!" The Principle said with arms up. "You'll have full access to the campus. We definitely need your assistance on this matter. I don't care who makes a fuss. You have my blessing."
Later on in the day, Wade let out a groggy groan as he woke up. He opened his eyes and looked around. He was in the nurse's office, lying on a medical bed. All Might was sitting on the bed next to him with bandages around his bare chest, and Recovery Girl was looking at them. "Ah, good. You're awake." The old lady said before turning to All Might. "Well, I guess I won't scold the two of you for him being here since it wasn't your fault."
"I can't be sure yet, but I think I shortened my time limit again when Nomu grabbed my wound." All Might said. "I hope I can at least still hold this form for an hour."
"I'm sure you will." Wade said. "Besides, you're not the one that had to fight a freakin' monster."
"Well, no use worrying." All Might said, leaning his head back. "How're you feeling, kid?"
"Eh. Could've been worse." Wade joked, looking at his arms. They were both wrapped in bandages. He clenched his fist, but found it painful to do.
Just then, the door opened. "Excuse me." Tsukauchi said as he stood at the doorway and took off his hat. "Hi, All Might. Been a while."
"What the hell?! I didn't know that you were investigating."
Wade quickly sat up with wide eyes. "Wait, All Might! Your form!" He shouted in a panic.
"Oh, yeah, it's fine. This guy's all right." All Might said with a chuckle. "Naomasa Tsukauchi, my best friend on the Police Force. He's legit. I trust him."
The detective chuckled as he approached All Might's bed. "That's quite an introduction." He turned at the young boy. "And you must be Wade Walker, pleasure to meet you." Then he turned back to All Might. "Sorry to cut to the chase, but we could really use any information you might have."
"Hold on. Before all that." All Might quickly interrupted him. "Tell me all the students are okay. And Aizawa—er, Eraser Head, and Thirteen."
"Not counting this boy, the only students' injuries were scrapes. And both of the teachers are in stable condition right now. You can relax." All Might and Wade sighed in relief. That was good to hear. "If you Heroes hadn't risked your lives, the students would never have made it. You three saved that entire class of today."
"You're not seein' the whole picture, Tsukauchi. Wade, and the other students risked their lives as well. They fought as hard as us." Wade smiled at his Hero as All Might continued with his speech. "I don't think there's ever been a group of first-years who experienced a real fight like this so early in their training. They not only survived, they learned what it means to be a Pro. Those villains made a mistake attacking them. This class is strong. They're filled with courage and drive. Mark my words; They'll become great Heroes. And together, they'll avenge the wrongs caused by all these villains."
And so, one chapter ends, and another begins. They've won the day and became greater for it. However, the story isn't over yet.
For the Heroes of Tomorrow, their story has only just begun.