I stare at the coordinates on my phone and the building in front of me. I furrow my eyebrows, feeling a bit confused. The building looks a bit worn down and unkempt. I walk around the outside of the building searching for an entrance. My eyes slowly drift around, trying to find any sort of way in.
BZZZ BZZZ
I look down at my phone, which is vibrating in my hand. It's the unknown number. I put the phone up to my ear, answering it.
"Hello?" I softly say.
"Violet... I assume you have arrived."
"Where am I?" I ask, my eyes panning around still.
"I want you to use your quirk..."
"Huh?"
"Try to find the strongest source of power... or energy in the building and make your way to it... when you do, call me." He says.
"What are-" the phone hangs up. I pull the phone away from my face and frown at it. I look up towards the building and continue forward, still searching for an entrance.
"Use my quirk to find a source of power? What does he mean by that...?" I say to myself. I rub my eyes and yawn.
I walk around the building for another five minutes when I realized there was a small broken window at the level of my feet. I kneel, examining the window.
"Okay... so... how will I get in... without making a mess...?" I softly say to myself. I rub my eyes again and look around to see if I can find anything hard enough to break the rest of the glass.
I crawl around on the overgrown grass that's surrounding the building. I move my hand around, touching the ground for anything hard I can use. I stop when I feel a rock. I pick up the rock and slowly make my way to the window. I sit down and begin to smash at the bits of the window that're poking out.
Once I finish breaking it, I climb through. I drop down onto the concrete floor, slowly brushing myself as I stand up fully. The room is dark, and it smells like sour musk.... I scrunch up my face and continue looking around.
I still don't understand what he's asking me to do... I think to myself. I continue forward, holding my hands out a bit to feel my surroundings. I stumble into a surface, causing me to quietly gasp. I pause as I place my hand on the surface, then I begin to slide my hands all over it.
My hand bumps into a door know and I gently grab and twist it open. I squint my eyes a bit, still trying to adjust to the darkness... There's a dark staircase in front of me. I slowly look up the stairs to see where it ends. They don't go that far up, but at the top of the stairs, it's also dark. I slowly make my way up the stairs, holding onto the railing as I do. Once I make it to the top, I peek out from the doorway and down a hall. The hallway stretches out for a while.
I slowly walk out into the hallway, and I slowly make my way down it. I hold one of my hands against the wall and guide myself down the hall. I rub my eyes again and yawn.
Why am I yawning so much?
Creak...
My eyes widen when I feel something behind me. I quickly turn but I was too slow. Something pricks me in the neck, causing me to stumble forward. I flinch and grab at it, quickly pulling it out. When I look at it, it looks like a porky pine pin...
"What the f-" My eyes flutter. I try to stay upright, but I couldn't. I fall down on to my side and lie flat on the ground. I try to keep my eyes open but my eyelids feel heavy. A shadowy figure slowly approaches me. My eyes close shut, and I black out.
"Where did you find this one?" A deep and raspy voice asks.
"I-I heard glass b-break... and this g-girl appeared from the stairs..." A squeaky and strange voice answers.
"She broke in...?"
I slowly open my eyes. My body feels restricted. I can't move, and I can barely see. Is there something covering my face?
I feel a person stop in front of me and lean down towards me. They take a deep breath, releasing their hot breath into my face. I try to move away from the person breathing into my face.
"You're awake." The person says.
"Who are you...? And why do you have me tied up?" I ask, gritting my teeth.
"I should be asking you that... you were the one who walked into my place." The guy grumbles.
"This place is abandoned... and is owned by no one- you don't own shit." I rasp.
"This bitch has got some bite." The guy laughs.
"She m-might n-not have a good q-quirk..." The person with the squeaky voice says.
"Probably not." The guy grabs me by the jaw and squeezes it hard.
"What should we do with her?" A gruff voice asks. I can't tell how many people are around me, but this situation makes me extremely uncomfortable. Why did All for One even send me here...? Does he know these people? And do they know he sent me here?
"Why are you here... kid?" The guy asks.
"Stop interrogating me like you are some cop." I rasp.
"Eh?"
SLAM
I gasp in pain after he kicked me hard into a wall. I scrunch my face in pain. I feel the pain radiating across my chest. I squeeze my eyes, trying to endure the pain.
"Don't lump me up with those fucks." He huffs.
I feel something wet drip down my face. I think I'm bleeding. I try to push myself up by using my head. The guy steps closer to me and pulls me up. My eyes widen when I see something radiating around him.
Is that his quirk?
"Now... Imma ask again- why are you here?"
"..." I stay quiet, fixated on the aura radiating around him. All of a sudden, everything sounds louder. I can hear someone breathing, someone tapping their foot, the grass outside blowing in the wind, and...
...someone's upstairs. My eyes slowly look up towards the sound. A huge circle of aura glows above me.
What even is that?
There are four people here. The one holding onto me and two behind him... but there is also another one above... what's happening? Why do I feel so weird?
"I thought the building was abandoned... I wanted to explore it so I did... I didn't think people resided in it." I slowly say, still fixated by the aura radiating above.
"... yeah? I don't believe you one bit, kid..." the man grumbles into my ear. I slowly turn my head towards the sound of his voice. My body feels tense. I want to move away, but I can't. The man let go of me, dropping me to the ground and pushing his foot into my side. I squeeze my eyes in pain.
"W-what we going t-to do with her boss...?" the squeaky voice guy asks.
"I don't know... I'm thinking about it..." The guy replies.
"We should give her a beating-" A gruff voice says.
"A b-beating?"
"Yeah... get the bitch to talk." The gruff voice responds. I shut my eyes, trying to think of a way to get myself out of this situation. I use my head to push myself up, again but the guy pushes me back down with his foot.
"Leave me alone, you fucking weirdos-" I rasp. The guy grabs me aggressively by the collar, squeezing me tight. The cloth covering my face slowly falls enough so that I can see them with one eye.
The guy holding me by the collar has yellow cat-like eyes and black hair. I slowly look towards the other two behind him. One has a hunch back and a tail; he looks almost like a lizard. And the one beside him is skinny and scuffed-looking. I glare at the guy in front of me.
"Ah... your blindfold came off." The guy smiles and tilts his head. His pupils are getting narrow, and his smile shows sharp canine teeth.
"Let go of me." I huff.
"Nah..." He smiles. "I won't do that... but since you know what I look like, I don't have to hold back."
"Tch. I'm a minor, you weird fuck- do you always pick on minors?"
"... I like them young-" he softly responds. My face scrunches up in disgust.
"Let go of me, perv..."
"She said to let her go... did you not hear her?" A raspy voice says from behind the guy. My eyes widened when I realized who spoke.
"Eh?" The guy slowly turns his head. A hand grabs and squeezes his arm. The guy's eyes narrowed more, and then suddenly he was no longer in front of you, but rather on the ground in dust. The other guys were turned into dust too.
I stare off in front of me, not knowing how to respond to what just happened.
"Get up."
I slowly look up to see Shigaraki glaring down at me.
"Tomura..."
"Stop calling me that." He huffs. He removes the ropes that bound me and stands up, waiting for me to get up.
"How did you know I was here?" I ask. I stare at him, waiting for a response, but he doesn't respond.
"Get up, we are leaving." He replies. I squint my eyes and slowly stand up.
"I was supposed to come here alone... did you follow me?" I ask. He turns around when he sees me standing up. I clench my hands in irritation; he's completely ignoring me. He continues forward, and I slowly follow him, but then I stop walking when I remember the aura above me.
I slowly look up towards it. Where is it coming from? I question. Is that why All for One sent me here? He mentioned something about my quirk and using it... Is this what my quirk does? Am I able to see the living? But- The others didn't have an aura as big as the one upstairs.
"Let's go." Shigaraki sighs.
"No."
"Eh?"
"I'm old enough to do things on my own, you know-" I say, slowly looking back towards Shigaraki. He's glaring at me. "I want to see what's going on upstairs."
"There are people upstairs..." He replies.
"I know, but I want to go anyway."
"You couldn't defend yourself when fighting against those guys, what makes you believe you can do the same with the ones upstairs?"
"I will be more discreet this time."
"You are weak... you can't go up there alone." He rasps in irritation.
"... Don't boss me around." I huff. I turn around, walking away from him and towards a staircase.
"It seems that she has walked away." Kurogiri says.
"Tch... why do I always have to follow around this idiot... always getting into problems she can't get out of... so annoying... so annoying." Shigaraki starts scratching his neck constantly.
"Should we go after her?" Kurogiri asks.
"Why should we? She wants to do it alone..." Shigaraki replies.
"All for One told her to come here... I'm pretty sure he's trying to get her to use her quirk."
"..." Shigaraki stops scratching. "Tch... so annoying..." He rasps as his arm drops down to his side.