Chapter 45

He walked us to the city centre. By now, it had gotten dark, as it was mid-evening.

As soon as we got there, something large came crashing into one of the big statues in front of us. As quick as a flash, Hawks left our side and flew towards the statue, whilst a few of his feathers left his wings to carry bystanders to safety and protect them from flying chunks of rock.

The beast lifted up his head and let out a guttural growl. 

"Is that a Nomu?" I said, shocked. It was like the monster All Might had fought at the USJ, but it looked different. 

Hawks flew straight at the Nomu with a long, sharp feather in his hand and struck the monster. He was going so fast, it had no time to react. It screamed out in pain as blood started dripping from its side. It turned towards Hawks as charged at him. Hawks changed his stance, readying himself for an escape, but just then, a sword of fire struck the Nomu. We turned and saw that there were some pros here. They jumped in and started fighting the beast from all different sides with a variety of fire quirks.

"We're from Endeavour's agency," one of them said to Hawks. "We were instructed to go around trying to fight these guys. There are more of them a couple of streets that way. We've got this one; you should go."

"Ok, thanks," he said. He flew to us. "You 2 stay here and watch the heroes. Watch them. Do not interfere unless you're given permission. Stay out of trouble, stay safe and stay here. I'll be back soon."

Before we could say anything, Hawks flew off in the direction the pro had pointed him in. I looked over at Tokoyami and saw he was watching the pros fighting the Nomu, intently.

"Hey, Tokoyami. If these guys are from Endeavour's agency, then that probably means Endeavour's here, right?"

"Yes, probably."

"Then if Endeavour's here, then that means Tokoroki's here too."

"That would be likely."

"I wonder if we'll see him around."

I looked down at the duffel bag I was carrying on my shoulder. "I have to go to the toilet."

Tokoyami looked at me like I was insane. "What?"

"I said I need to go to the toilet."

"Now?"

"Yeah. I won't be long. I'll meet you back here in 10 minutes."

"But Hawks said we should-"

"I'll be quick. He won't even know I left."

"Fine, but if you go down, I am not going down with you."

"Thanks, bye." I ran towards one of the shops and rushed towards the toilets. There were a lot of people screaming and running out of the shop. A small child tripped as she was running alongside someone who seemed to be his father. A rack of clothes fell on top of him, smothering him as he cried out in pain and fear. The Dad kept running, leaving the kid behind, and only stopped momentarily and putting his hands on my shoulders. He looked terrified and his eyes were wide. "Hero! Please save my boy." 

"Save him yourself." I was baffled. There had been no attempt to save the kid, but he cared enough to ask a 'hero' to save him. I dragged his Despite what I had said, I lifted the rack of clothes off him. I wasn't even that heavy; that man would've been able to save his kid, no sweat. 

The boy had tears rolling down his face and his eyes were red. As soon as his dad helped him up, he let go of his hand and wrapped his arms around me. "Thank you hero."

His father snatched him back and dragged him out of the shop, without even thanking me. I scoffed and continued running to the toilets.

Once I got here, I went inside a cubicle and shut the door behind me. I closed the toilet lid and dumped my bag on it. Inside, laid my vigilante costume, with the face of Lady Blade staring back at me. I picked up the mask, and put it on. 

As you've probably guessed, I didn't actually need to use the toilet. I wanted to change. By the way those pros were talking, it sounded like there were a whole bunch of those Nomu things raging around the city. It's probably incredibly stupid considering the amount of pros in the area and the fact that Lady Blade is in Hosu for some reason, but I thought it would be fun for Lady Blade to help out. I would be quick. Anyway, Blood Storm's already had her time in the spotlight, so why can't Lady Blade. You know, the more time goes by, the more I feel like this was an utterly stupid idea, but I've already gotten this far so there's really no point turning back. 

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