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Chapter 1: conduits and quirks
Driving up a snow covered mountain, was an black and yellow military truck. However, it had some spray paint on the symbol of the owners of said truck. Their was four people in the truck. One was a First Nations man, one was a young woman with neon pink hair. Another was a young man with glasses with a laptop playing a game on it. But our protagonist of this story is the one riding shotgun. A young man with black hair in a military cut style, light brown skin, he has heterochromia due to his left eye being black while his right eye is storm grey. He wears jogging pants that are a tiny bit large on him so he can do parkour, a short sleeve shirt that has a blue and white bird on the front, he also wears a yellow leather jacket over the shirt. On his right arm, we can just barely see some strange tattoos, while on his left arm that is covered by the jacket, there is a small scar on his wrist. On both arms are chains wrapped around his wrists. The other three are as followed. The one driving is Delsin Rowe, the hero of Seattle. The woman goes by the name of Fetch. The other guy is Eugene something, our main man didn't remember Eugene's last name. But the protagonist's name is Nate Roberts, the stepson of the demon himself, Cole MacGrath, aka the hero of New Merais. Nate looks out of the passenger's window.
"Nate? Naaaate? Earth to Nate." Says Delsin.
"What?" Asked Nate.
"Feet off the dash please." Replies Delsin.
"Dude... This belongs to the Dups, so Fuck them and it's a rental." Replies Nate.
"You kiss your mother with that mouth of yours?" Says Delsin.
"No... I kissed yours." Replies Nate.
"Ooooo burn." Says Fetch as she high fives Nate.
Delsin then points his finger at Nate and a small smoke shot is fired from his finger. All four of these people are prime conduits, people who get extraordinary powers when exposed to ray field radiation or naturally got their powers or by absorbing it. Nate was the only one to get one of his powers unlocked by the Ray sphere, which also gave him the ability to absorb three other powers from other conduits. Nate could control electricity, water, earth, and smoke. Fetch and Eugene had their power unlocked later in life, even thou conduits should have died out when Cole used the RFI. Delsin was a leacher type of conduit. He could control smoke like Nate but that's about it, also he could control neon, video, and concrete. The Dups or the more formal name D.U.P. we're fake conduits made by the government to hunt down other conduits. Since the Seattle event, the country and possibly the world had seen what Augustine had done. These four we're on their way to the DUP's main HQ, Curdun Cay. Curdun Cay was a maximum prison for conduits, now called Bio-Terrorists by the government to install fear into the public. No matter who you are, be it age or gender or race or it anything, the DUP had the power to remove your rights and in prison you. Right now the four are heading to said maximum prison to free all of the conduits, well Nate only wanted to free two in mind. Nate had been their when Empire city fell. He was their when the Beast had appeared. For seven years he was on the run from the government for what he was, even thou he should have died the day of the RFI activation.
"So what's the plan?" Asked Nate.
"Here's the plan." Starts Delsin.
One failed plan later
Nate hits another DUP pawn and subdues him or her, they really haven't seen any female troops of the DUP. Right now Nate had absorbed some electricity from a damaged electrical box on the wall. Delsin was using his concrete powers, which weren't fully complete.
"Delsin if or when we get out of this. I'm going to kill you." Cold toned Nate says to Delsin.
"Yeah yeah. What is with you today Nate? You are usually the happy camper of the group. No offence thou." said Delsin as he takes down another super pawn.
The plan was to just walk right into the prison and wing it. Well it went down hill pretty fast after they got to outside of the walls. Apparently the military had shown up to free the conduits as well, but some of the soldiers probably didn't want to be there. This in turn lead Delsin to use a microphone that was attached to the speakers on their commandeer truck. That lead to him being sniped in the head, thank you healing factor. That then lead to Nate losing his patients and using his ionic rail gun on the gate with a baseball sized metal ball as ammo. Finally it turned into an all out fight to get just inside the main area. Right know the little group of three, Eugene had to stay outside due to his wingspan. So it was just Delsin, Fetch, and Nate. Nate was using his earth powers to help them navigate the complex. When suddenly they turn a corner and they are faced with a large group of DUP pawns and Knights.
"I thought you said this was the way to the control centre!" Says an annoyed Fetch.
"Yes it is! Do you think I wanted to go this way? No! I can't track enemy movements and lead us to the control centre at the same time!" Says an annoyed Nate.
Just as they we're about to engage the Dups, blasts of wind and fire irrupt from behind the Dups. The Dups are all blown to the sides of the hallway. In the wake of the wind and fire are two kids. One is a girl with platinum blonde hair with a single red bang, her eyes are ocean blue, he karma colour is a nice shade of green. The other kid is the same height as the girl. He has black hair with some natural grey in it, he has forest green eyes, and his wind swirling around his hands are golden in colour. The two kids look at the group of three with blank eyes. But when their eyes land on Nate, they get tears in their eyes.
The boy says in a shaky voice "Nate?"
The girl says "Dad?" In the same shaky voice.
"Laura, Ren!" Yells Nate in happiness.
The two kids burst into tears and do a dash moves in wind and fire respectful. They tackle the older conduit in a hug while crying their eyes out. For Delsin and Fetch, it was a happy reunion and a confusing one too. Happy because they see their friend/guide happy for the first time in while since coming to this place. Confused due to the girl calling Nate 'dad'. Nate rocks back and forth to calm the two crying kids.
"Sh sh. It's alright, I'm here. I'm here." Says Nate.
"We though you never come." Says a still crying Ren.
"We though you abandoned us." Says Laura.
They then stop crying and look at Nate in his eyes.
Flashback to the beginning of last year
Nate was walking in a town in California. As he walks along, he sees some DUP trucks drive by and stop at a house not far from him. He sees some pawns and two Knights get out of the trucks. Nate knows it is best to walk away, but he stops when he hears two small voices call out at the same time.
"NO! MOMMY! DADDY! PLEASE DON'T LET THEM TAKE USE!"
"Quit squirming! You Bio-Terrorists!" Yells a DUP pawn that has a tight grip on a little boy, that possible not even three.
"Those aren't are my kids!" Says a man, possibly the father in anger and disgust.
Nate walks up close to the scene. But a DUP pawn and knight stop him from getting closer.
"Please stay back sir. We dealing with some dangerous Bio-Terrorists." Says the pawn.
"They look like kids to me?" Says Nate, trying very hard not to jump in and get the kids to safety.
"Doesn't matter. A Bio-Terrorist is a Bio-Terrorist. No matter the age. Those two would have gotten drunk on their power if we let them roam around." Says the knight.
'SLAP'
A DUP pawn had hit the little girl and she was know on the ground holding her cheek. This gets Nate's blood boiling. He for one then starts to think.
"Huummmm. I should just leave and let them take the kids, it isn't my problem (evil karma). However, their just kids. With some guidance from me, just like Cole did for me, those two could be destine for greatness (good karma). I have to choose."
He then says to the pawn and knight. "I saw on the news you guys are looking for a conduit that helped bring down the beast in New Merais."
"Yes we are. If you have any information, please give it now or call our hot line. If not... Leave." Says the knight.
"Well. He's closer then you think." Says Nate.
Nate then throws some smoke grenades and the area is then covered in smoke. Nate then absorbs the electric from one of the trucks and takes down the pawns and knights. When the smoke cleared, all the DUP troops we're on the ground with their hands and legs we're bolted to the ground. None of them could contact their HQ in this town due to Nate absorbing the electricity from their com links. The two kids hug each other out of fear due to what happened. The girl then looks up and sees the guy that attacked the men that we're dragging her and her brother away. He then puts his hand down and gestures them to take it. The twins then get up and head over to their homes door, but it was slammed shut by their father.
"STAY AWAY YOU FREAKS!" Yells the father in fear and disgust.
"Dude! These are your kids for Christ sake!" Yells Nate in announce.
"WE DON'T HAVE CHILDREN!" Yells the mother from inside.
This gets the two kids to drop to their knees and start to cry. Their crying due to their own parents saying that they don't have kids and for being called freaks. Nate is shaking in rage to the point lighting is shown dancing off his arms and on his chains. He really wanted to kill the parents for calling his kind freaks, but decided against it. He then looks down at the two kids crying. He then kneels down to them.
"What are your guy's names?" Asked Nate.
'Sniff' "Laura Coven." Says the now named Lara Coven.
'Sniff' "Ren 'sniff' Coven." Says the now named Ren Coven.
Nate then looks at them and gets up. He then get the two on their feet.
"We need to leave." Says Nate.
"Why?" Asked Lara.
"Because if we don't, more of them will come and I don't think I could hold them off. Come with me and l'll teach you how to control your powers." Says Nate.
Nate then goes over to the door of the house and kicks it down. He then leads the kids to their rooms and gets some clothes for them. All the while the two former parents cower in fear in the bedroom. They leave, just as some DUP trucks show up.
Two months later
Nate is sleeping in a tent that he bot at a camping store with the money he had takin from some drug dealers a few towns back. It was a one person tent, but he had two other people of the small verify sleeping in it with him. Lara and her twin brother Ren had been keeping up with him for the past two months. Their powers we're, water for Laura and earth for Ren. The first couple of days with them we're hard at first, but these kids learned fast. It was also nice to have some company on this journey. Nate was lucky that he had absorbed water and earth powers before meeting them, at least he could give them some tips on how to defend themselves. At some points Laura had called him 'dad' which led to her brother calling him that to, but not as much. He had taught them basic hand to hand combat, street fighting, how to fight with their powers too, and some other things two. As he gets up, he checks his phone that had a ghost chip in it to stop being tracked. The time is eight thirty in the morning. He then gets up and makes some breakfast.
Near the end of October
They screwed up.
The group of three was dashing through the forest as off road DUP vehicles chased them. Nate kicked himself for slipping up like this. He should have seen the warning signs. The desk clerk seizing up as he walked into the motel check in. The small decrease of people in the building two days before the DUP trucks showed up. Even worse, Brook Augustine herself had shown up just as the trucks pulled up. Right now, Nate is using his meteor dash to clear a path for Laura and Ren. The two kids had grown on Nate, to the point Nate saw them as his son and daughter, not just his students. He taught them how to read and wright the best he could. The three we're family and Nate would gladly let himself get captured to by the two some time to get away. The three we're heading to New Merais, the only place we're the DUP didn't go. The city made it clear that they don't want the DUP there and Nate had heard of some rumours that conduits we're welcomed. But Nate couldn't think about that now. They then come upon a cliff. They see a river at the bottom of the cliff with a small beach. They hear some trees break behind them. They whip around to see Augustine break down the trees with some concrete that flouts around her.
"I finally cornered you, Demon. I have to say, your a slippery one at that. Had some close calls too. I also can't believe what I'm seeing, I merely thought it was a rumour or a joke. But call me surprised. You, the demon of the storm, have kids. Oh that's adorable. But know I'm going to have to ask you this once, surrender." Monologues Augustine.
Nate had absorbed the electricity from his phone and batteries in his pack.
"Lara. Ren. When I fire jump off the cliff into the river. Then get to shore and run. Don't look back, just run."
"But dad!" Says Laura.
"No buts young lady! Do as a I say and run. If I know that I gave you two enough time to get away, then I'll happily get captured. But that's not going to happen. I'll behind you as soon as I can." Says Nate.
Nate gets ready to fire his lighting, but a sniper shot hits him in the shoulder that makes him stumble. Then he sees a DUP bishop in case Laura and Ren's legs in concrete and it crawls its way up their legs.
"NO!" Yells Nate.
But a concrete shot knocks him off the cliff. As he falls he hears Laura and Ren call out for him.
"DON'T WORRY YOU TWO! I WILL COME FOR YOU! I PROMISE!" Mentally calls Nate as he falls.
He then hits the side of the cliff, he also absorbed the earth so he didn't get shocked by his powers. He then blacks out when he hits the water. Augustine then looks over the edge to see if Nate survived the fall, which she knew he did.
"Sir, should we send in the search team?" Asked a DUP super Pawn.
"No, we will have him come to us. MOVE OUT!" Says Augustine.
Back to the present
"As I promised. I well come for you two. What kind of father would I be then." Says Nate.
This gets him a hug again from his son and daughter. They then hear a cough behind them to get them to break it up. Delsin then says that they have a mission to finish. They then head for the command centre. As they run Nate asked Laura and Ren a question.
"So you two? How are you able to control fire and wind?" Asked Nate.
"The mean lady used a glowing thingy and hooked us up to a strange machine with another person with wind and fire. Then we black out and we're back in our cells with wind for me and fire for Ren coming out of our hands. Didn't that happen with grandpa Cole?" Says Laura.
Ren says "It was kind of tingly."
They then reach the control centre and they look inside. They see multiple DUP troops and commanders. They see multiple screens with cameras. They see Eugene's angles fighting the DUP's forces. Some of the DUP had guns with them. Nate sees Delsin throw in a smoke grenade and the room gets consumed in smoke. They hear multiple coughs and groans of discomfort. They then see Delsin dash in and subdue the DUP troops in there. They then go over to the controls. Delsin the contacts Eugene.
"Alright tech boy. What do I press?" Asked Delsin.
As they talk, Nate noticed something on one of the cameras. He sees DUP troops moving children to a large room with a strange platform and strange overhead device. He then sees the text on the bottom right of the screen to see it reads 'portal test room'. This makes Nate's blood run cold. He then checks the location of said room and meteor dashes out of the room. He didn't notice Laura and Ren fallowing him.
"Nate! What are you doing!" Calls Delsin from his phone.
"The DUP are planing something with a group of kids! Look for the screen that's has portal testing room on it." Barks Nate as he takes a sharp right turn.
"I found it D and shit are the DUP that cold hearted. Who the hell experiments on kids." Says Fetch.
Nate then blows pass some DUP troops. He then takes another right turn and up the stairs.
"I need you and Fetch to watch my kids for me as I save the other kids." Says Nate as he just barely gets through a closing door.
"One problem with that Nate." Says Delsin.
"What?" Asked Nate.
"Their not here. Let's see. Ah! Here they are. They are heading to the same place as you are. They must have fallowed you out the door." Says Fetch.
"Those two are so grounded when I get my hands on them." Said Nate as he sees the portal room up ahead.
As he gets in side the room, he sees something that makes him very proud. Laura and Ren had takin care of the few DUP troops in the room. They had also gotten the other kids out of their restrains. Nate then goes over to them and pinches their checks.
"What are you two doing here?" Asked Nate.
"OW! DAD STOP PINCHING US! WE WANTED TO HELP!" Calls out Laura and Ren.
They then hear a robotic voice. [portal test powering up.]
The door starts to close.
"EVERYONE OUT NOW!" Yells Nate as he makes a pillar to stop the door from closing.
He sees Laura and Ren help kids get to the door and get them up. Nate does the same too. As they go back to get the last three, the three stop and see the last three are holograms. They then get concrete on their legs from a DUP bishop that had been hiding. They see him smile an leave. As he leaves, he breaks the pillar that Nate made. The door closes and they see thought the window that it had, that the bishop gets takin down by a heavy shot by Delsin.
"Nate get out of there!" Says Delsin over the intercoms.
"We can't! The rooms go nothing that can give me earth or electricity! Delsin. It's been an honour. Don't go down a dark path after this, use this moment to get stronger and to be better." Says Nate.
Nate then feels two hands grab his hands and looks down. Laura and Ren have a scared look on their faces.
"Dad..." Starts Laura.
"... We're scared." Finished Ren.
"Come here you two." Says Nate as he pulls the two kids into a hug.
A flash of light later and the room is destroyed, along with the ones inside.
"NNNNOOOOOOOOO!" Screams Delsin.
Not knowing that his friend and his friend's kids are still alive.
In the MHA universe
Nate's eyes snap open. He sits up and looks around. It was sometime around dusk, due to the Suns position. He then sees that he is in a some kind of a city with giant walls. He then sees a store with Japanese writing. It says 'Grocery store', thank you Babbel (Not sponsored by Babbel). He then sees that the store is empty of, well everything. There was no people or items. In fact where is everybody. More importantly... WHERE ARE LAURA AND REN! Nate then absorbs some earth minerals from the concrete and dashes up the side of the building to the roof. What he didn't notice was that he was being watched by a woman in white and purple suit with a purple mask and horns. A man made of what looks like wood and a black body suit. And finally a man with black skin tight pants, a blue skin tight shirt with a large V cut out in the front. He also had on a strange thing above his eyes and strange gauntlets. The woman comes around the corner and looks at her companies.
"Looks like we fond disturbance." She says.
"Yes we did, call it in." Says the older looking man.
"Hold on. Didn't that boy look distressed. And it looked like he was looking for something. Call it in and tell the other hero's that there possible more then one person." Says the man made of wood.
The woman then calls it in and she then starts to grow. She then picks up her companies and puts them on her shoulders and jogs off in the direction of the boy they saw.
Before Nate, Lara, and Ren showed up
UA high school was the best school there is for bring out new hero's. But know they had called in multiple hero's in. From well know ones, to rookies to the hero jobs, and others. The reason why because a massive power surge had just happened above the school near the end of the day. There was a three trails of energy that shot out of what looked like a portal and over to training ground Beta. The principle had gathered the hero's outside. The animal, yes animal, is the principle of the school. He was a combination of animals. He could have been a mouse, dog, or bear. No one knows. He has a scar on his right eye, white fur, big paws, a mouse tail, beady black eyes. For clothing he wears a formal attire. He has on a white dress shirt, over that he wears a black vest, for pants he wear black ones, and for shoes he wear over sized yellow shoes. His name is Nezu.
"Thank you all for coming." Says Nezu.
"No problem." Says one of the hero's.
One hero looks like he is on fire. He had a black and silver uniform with lines of fire on it. He had his boots on fire, his shoulders included. He also had a flaming beard and matching moustache. He has teal coloured eyes that could pierce your soul. This man is Endeavour, the number two hero in all of Japan. The reason he was here, was because his creation was gong to be attending this school.
"So when do we go in and eliminate the targets?" Asked Endeavour.
Some hero's glance at him and give him the stink eye. Some don't really like his attitude.
Nezu says "You are not to eliminate the targets. For all we know, it could be people that lost control of their quirks. So you find them and calmly bring them here. If need be, apply very little force."
Back with the group of three hero's
As they fallow the boy as he jumps from roof top to roof top. The woman says in a low voice.
"So what do you think he's looking for?" Asked the woman.
"I don't know Mt. Lady. But we can't let him get away." Says the man with grey hair.
"Death arms is right. We also can't over look that he is using his quirk without a license." Says the man made of wood.
"Come on Kamui woods. He's obviously distressed about something. What if he is looking for... HEY! Where he go!" Says Mt. Lady as she sees that the boy is now out of sight.
She then puts her companies down. But as she is standing back up, an explosion happens on her back.
"AHHHHH!" Yells Mt. Lady in pain as she is again bombarded by explosions.
"MT. LADY! ANY HEROES NEAR US, WE NEED BACKUP!" Yells Death arms into his com link.
Kamui woods sees something in the corner of his eye. His arm surges forth and wraps around the person responsible for attacking his comrade. It was the boy from before. Kamui woods then feels that the boy isn't in his grasp anymore. The three hero's see stones of earth fall down to the ground and reform into the boy. They see him glaring at them. They see him raise his arm and earth like plates form.
"WAIT!" Yells Kamui Woods.
This gets the boy to stop whatever he was doing and stare at the three. Mt. Lady then shrinks back down to her normal height. They see her get down onto her hands and knees from the bombardment of explosives hitting her in the back. But they see she has dirt and stones on her uniform, which was strange. They see the boy slowly back away, but he stops when Death arms looks at him.
"Don't even think about it." Says Death arms.
They get a good look at the boy. He has loose pants on, a white shirt with a strange bird symbol on it and a yellow courier jacket on. They see he has chains wrapped around his wrists, probably for weapons. They see him eye Mt. Lady as if he didn't mean to harm her that much. They also see that he's probably American.
"Who are you people?" He asked in somewhat good Japanese.
"I'm Death arms, the man to my right is Kamui Woods, and the woman you injured is Mt. Lady. We're pro heroes." Says death arms.
The boy then slowly comes towards them, but he is conscious about it. Kamui Woods bends down beside .
"You ok?" He asked her.
"No shit Sherlock, I'm not ok. How's my uniform?" Says Mt. Lady.
"It's covered in dust and small stones." Says Kamui Woods.
They then see that the boy is about arm's length away. He then bends down in front of Mt Lady and something strange happens. They see him cover his hand fine dust made of earth and it surges around Mt. Lady, which causes her to yelp in surprise. They then see him raise up and so does their allie. They then see her stand on her own two feet, not even in pain. She then pats her back and it doesn't hurt anymore. They then see the boy slowly back up and begin to walk away. But Death arms says.
"Hold it."
"Why? I didn't do anything wrong, except injure her and I healed her. So I'm going now." Says the boy.
"No your not. We we're assembled to investigate a power surge over the main building of UA high school." Says Kamui Woods.
"Wait? This is a school grounds. What kind of school gets the money to get a city built? Wait, better question, why would a school need a city?" Says the boy in utter confusion.
"Yes it is. Know if you kindly come with us, we will answer any of your questions. And we will find what you we're looking for earlier too." Says Mt. Lady in a reassuring voice.
They see the boy is thinking and he nods his head. As they are about to walk behind him to escort him to the main building, they see him teases up and back flips away. The reason why because a fire ball had almost hit him on the side. The person responsible, was none other then Endeavour. This gets the boy glaring at them, as if says 'You bastards'.
"I see you three fond the disturbance. Now step aside and watch how a real hero gets the job done." He says to the other three pro heroes.
"What the hell Endeavour! You could have killed him! You also could have hit us too! We just had a small conversation and he would have came along peaceful, until you showed up!" Says Mt. Lady.
"So what." Says Endeavour.
They would have said more if it wasn't form the sound of earth being moved. The three jump aside as the boy in cased himself in rocks and ran forward really fast for someone covered in rocks. Endeavour tried to hit him, but the boy jumped over him and then up a wall. They see him disappear over the edge of the roof.
"YOU LET HIM GET AWAY!" Endeavour yells at the three.
They then hear multiple foot steps come closer. They see the other heroes had come when they got Death arm's call. They then gather around the four heroes. Kamui Woods then explains what had happen before the rest of them showed up. Some voiced their complaints at Endeavour for loosing the boy and for nearly killing him. Endeavour just scuffs at them or he glares at them. They then hear two small voices.
"Are you sure this is the way?" Asked a small female voice.
"Yes it is. I could have sworn that I heard explosions from here." Says a small male voice to the female voice.
They then see two kids come out of an alleyway. Endeavour stomps over to them and grabs them by the back of their shirts.
"Gotcha." He says.
"PUT ME DOWN YOU MEANIE!" Screams the little girl.
"Quiet you brat." Says Endeavour with a snarl.
The snarl had scared the girl and she looked like she was going to cry.
"Look what you done. You making her cry." Says one of the other heroes.
"Does it look like I care. If the other one is near, then I'm sure he heard their calls for help." Says Endeavour.
The little boy then fires what looked like a blunt earth arrow from his hand and it hit Endeavour right in the nose. This caused the bigger man to drop them and grab his nose in pain, which was bleeding. They see the boy grab the girls hand and run towards another alleyway, but the pro heroes there surround them. This gets the boy to hold out his hand and they see an earth like material form. The girl does the same, but they see green fire form around her hand. They try to get close, but the boy shots at them with earth like rods.
"STAY BACK!" Yells the boy with fear in his voice.
"Hey, easy there kid we just want to help." Says one of the female heroes in a calm voice. Luckily she is a mother of two, so she knows how to deal with scared kids.
But as she try's to get close, the girl shoots a bolt of fire at the heroine's feet. This gets the heroine to stop and grimace. They couldn't get close. These two are to scared to trust them or listen to them too. They then see the little girl hold her hands together and then they see a green glow come from her hands. Then all the hero's present had to cover their eyes from the massive fire stream being shot by the girl into the sky. This went on for about ten seconds, until the girl falls down on to her knees then her side. They see that she looks absolutely exhausted. They then see the boy go to check the girl, but a hero with a speed quirk runs over and puts a strong hand on the boy.
"HEY! LET GO!" Yells the boy.
"Calm down son! We just want to help." Says the hero.
"NO! WE'RE NOT GOING BACK TO CURDUN CAY!" Screams the boy.
Curdun Cay? What is that? Some kind of place? From the way the boy reacted by the hero the grab him, it sounded like he was being takin back to that place, but why? From the way the boy acted, it sounded like this 'Curdun Cay' facility to him was nothing more than a prison. The ground beneath the hero then shifts and then explodes upwards. They then see the hero get a strong kick in the ribs, a small cracking sound was heard too. When the dust settles, they see the older boy had come to the young kids aid.
With Nate after he disappeared from sight
"God damn it Nate! What we're you thinking! They're obviously with the government, so why the hell did I listen to them! No matter now. I got to find Lara and Ren. Come guys give me a sign." Just as Nate finished thinking to himself, he sees a pillar of green fire erupt from where he once was.
"That's my girl." Thinks Nate as he knows Laura, who can now use fire.
He then starts to dash to the ground and then becomes the earth to stay hidden from sight. He had learned this trick from his fight with Augustine when he and Delsin confronted her in her main HQ in Seattle. He then tactically sees a hero grab Ren's shoulder and he sees Lara on the ground.
"Those bastards!" Says Nate in his mind.
Back to the present
Nate had just kicked the hero that grabbed Ren. He then glares at the heroes assembled. He sees the three that he somewhat trusted earlier and the hero that was on fire, which he sees him with a broke nose. He then stomps on the ground and a quake happens. To the hero's it was an earthquake, but they didn't expect earth pillars to spring forth from the ground. Some of the hero's present get in cased in earth, while others get earth like hands grab them if the land on their backs.
"Fall." Says the boy.
The pillars the shoot back into the ground causing more damage. The only three not harmed we're Mt. Lady, Kumai Woods, and Death Arms. The reason for that, was because Kumai Woods had grabbed the two and pulled them to safety. The three then see the older boy pick up the girl and chattel her in his arms.
"Good job Laura." Says the boy with a smile.
"Dad?" Says the girl in a sleep tone, before she passes out.
"Let's go Ren." Says the older boy.
"Coming." Says the now named Ren.
The three heroes that aren't trapped in earth, see the two boys cover themselves in earth and run away. But they see that the smaller boy is somewhat slower then the older boy. They are even confused about one thing that the girl said before passing out.
"Did that girl call the older kid 'Dad' or am I just hearing things?" Asked Mt Lady.
"No I heard it too." Says Kumai Woods.
"However, they don't look alike. We can ask him when we catch up to him." Says Death Arms.
"Actually I have a better plan." Says Mt Lady.
"What?" Asked Kumai Woods and Death Arms at the same time.
With Nate, Ren, and Laura
The three of them had found a place to hide for now. Nate had brought out a small jug of water. He then nudges Laura awake. He then has her absorb the water from the jug to get some energy back. This works, but she then falls back to sleep. Nate gets a good look at her. He sees that her hair was shorter then the last time he saw her. Her hair now only comes down to her ears. Ren's hair was a buzz cut, but he could still see some grey in Ren's hair. He sees on their necks was some numbers with some letters. Nate hopes he can get some money from taking down some drug dealers, so he could get those ID codes off his kids neck's. He then has a earth spike erupt from the ground behind him.
"If your trying to sneak up on me, they you should try not to touch the ground. To bad your conduit gene didn't give you powers that had an elemental alignment so you could hover in the air." Says Nate as he turns around to confront the heroine that had tried to sneak up on him.
He sees that it was the one called Mt Lady, which Nate thinks some people would like her for other reasons. He sees her with her hands up in a surrendering gesture, due to the spike being pointed right at her neck. He sees her trying to be calm, but he sees the look of fear in her purple eyes. He then looks at her in her eye's and tries to find something that could give him a reason to drive the spike he made right through her neck. But he doesn't.
"I just want to talk." Says Mt Lady.
"Yeah right. Just like the last time, you know when you friend nearly barbecued me. So give me a reason not to drive the spike through your neck." Says Nate in a threatening tone.
"First off, that guy isn't my friend. Seconded off, I know you won't do it." Says Mt Lady.
Nate then thinks to himself.
"I should just do it and kill her. That would give me enough time to get away with the kids (Evil Karma). However, that make me a wanted man and they would take the kids away from me when they catch me, also that would scar the kids for life seeing me kill someone and it would go against what I taught them (Good Karma)."
Mt Lady then sees the spike go back into the ground. She also sees the older boy glow a light grey for some reason, but that's a question for another time. She then says.
"Now if you calmly come with me, I can bring you to the guy in charge of this school and get the girl checked over."
"Why should I trust you?" Asked Nate.
"You can't, but the girl needs to be looked over to make sure she's okay." Says Mt Lady.
"Fine. But on three conditions." Says Nate.
"Okay shoot." Says Mt Lady.
"Condition one is that no one is to approach my kids, unless it is to make sure they are all right. That includes the police and other hero's. They can only approach them if I say so." Says Nate.
"Okay that's reasonable." Says Mt Lady.
"Condition two, is that you and your two comrades are to be there if they need to ask me questions because I'm giving you three a second chance. Also you three are the only ones to be aloud near the kids. They are also right around the corner." Says Nate.
"WHAT!" Yells Mt Lady.
She whips around to see Death arms and Kamui Woods coming around the corner, a guilty look is on Death Arm's face.
"I THOUGHT YOU GUYS TRUSTED ME!" Yells Mt Lady.
"Well your plan had some flaws in it. Sooooo yeah." Says Kamui Woods.
"Ug, ok." Says a frustrated Mt Lady.
"Condition three, is that poor excuse of a matchstick isn't to come near me or my kids. He can't come to the questioning, also he can't be in the same room as my kids. I don't care what he says, if he's in the room with me or my kids, I'll break he's arms if he as so much as threats me or my kids." Says Nate in a serious tone.
"Got it, no Endeavour." Says Death Arms.
"Let's go." says Kamui Woods.
The three heroes see the older boy pick up the girl in his arms and put her on his back. He then hold his hand out to the other boy, which they see take it. They then walk towards the main building. They pass by the area that Nate decimated with his karma bomb. Nate then releases the hero's that we're being held by the earth formations. Nate sees the hero he kicked away from Ren and goes over to him and heals him. The hero then thanks him and goes over to the other hero's on the ground to help them up. Mt Lady had told the other heroes about the conversation she had with Nate. All of them then walk back to the main building.
"Got a name kid?" Asked one of the heroes there.
Nate takes a moment to answer. While he was in Empire City and New Merais, he had always used Cole's last name, due to Cole and Zeke taking him in when he was still on the streets of Empire City during the quarantine days of the city. It was only after the DUP formed that he used his old last name to throw the DUP off his tracks, even if it only lasted for about three years.
"Nate. Nate MacGrath." Answers Nate.
Later in the main building's nurses room
Nate watches the elderly nurse check Laura over. She was short for someone her age. She had a doctors coat on that was a bit big for her so it flowed behind her like a cap. She had a hair pin like a syringe that held her hair in a bun. She wears a white and orange gown. She also has on some goggles and a cane that was made to look like a syringe. He sees her get a strange look when she sees something on Laura and then she looks at him.
"Excuse me sonny. But what are these numbers and letters on the poor girls neck?" Asked the nurse.
Nate sees the nurse has a name tag with the name 'Recovery girl' on it.
He answers "It's a ID number."
"For what?" Asked Recovery Girl.
"Curdun Cay." Says Nate.
"And what was this 'Curdun Cay' place if you don't mind explaining?" Asked Recovery Girl.
"How could you not know? It's a maximum prison in Washington DC. To hold conduits or as the government renamed them 'Bio-Terrorists'." Says Nate.
To say Recovery Girl is shocked and confused. She's in shocked due to people putting a little girl in a maximum prison for who knows whatever reason. While also confused. Why does he call people with quirks 'conduits'? She decides not to press more into it and to let the investigators ask him. She then pulls the blanket over the girl and then she does the same checkup to the two boys in the room, she does however find another prison ID on the little boy named Ren. She doesn't find a prison ID on Nate thou, these could mean that Nate never went to this prison or he was never caught. She decides to leave a note for the investigators and the principle to look into it for when they question Nate.
"The girl needs lots of rest and some food in the morning. You two are fine, but do please get some rest. Nate, the principle will have the questioning done with you tomorrow, sometime around before lunch or after. No get to bed." Says Recovery girl.
"Thank you." Says Nate.
This gets Recovery Girl to turn around and give him a smile. She also sees the one name Ren crawl into bed with Nate and fall asleep.
Tomorrow
Nate wakes up with Ren clinging to his arm. He then sees that Laura had at one point had gotten out of her bed and crawled into his. She was sleeping in the crook in between his arm and torso. He then slowly gets out of the bed, while also not waking up the kids. He then sees a note on the table by the bed.
It reads [To Nate. In the piece of paper you are reading off of, could you please write down some contacts for us to get checked over at the U.S embassy. Also please write down the fallowing things due to the hero's reports and also provide a contact to the kids parents and yours parents as well. Please and thank, from the principle. PS, the wifi password is Plu2 U1tru if you need to use your phone and we fond a bag in the training ground that might be yours, we didn't look in it thou due to us wanting it to be private. See you around Eleven thirty and Recovery Girl will be there soon at around ten thirty. Mt Lady, Kamui Woods, and Death Arms will be around at nine twenty. Have a good day.]
Nate then looks at the clock on the wall. It says it was nine fifteen and the three hero's would be coming in about five or more minutes. So he writes down the contacts of his uncle Zeke and his conduit friends. He then writes down that his parents are deceased, as well as his stepfather. He puts a down that Laura and Ren's parents kicked them to the curb, due to them being conduits and that for a year he was their guardian. He also put down why he didn't had prison ID on him due to him never being caught by the D.U.P or 'Department of Unified Protection' for the proper name. He then puts down how Cole died. He doesn't go into detail how his actual parents died, he just put down that his dad was shot, while his mother was stabbed. He then hears a knock at the door. Nate then goes to see who it was. He sees it was Death Arms and Mt Lady, but Kamui Woods wasn't with them. He also sees that the two have bags with them.
"Morning." Says Death Arms.
"Morning. Where's Woody at?" Says Nate as he lets the two hero's in.
Mt Lady chuckles a little at the nickname Nate gave Kamui Woods. She then places her bag down on the desk, while Death Arms puts his on the coffee table over by the wall.
"He got stuck in traffic on the way. I was able to get Death Arms here to get me a ride and we stopped by a take out for some breakfast." Says Mt Lady.
"Thanks." Says Nate.
He then goes over to Laura and Ren to wake them up, but they don't wake up when he pokes them. Nate then try's something that he hasn't done in a long time. He then slowly puts his hands over the two kids sides. He then starts to tickle them into submission. The two hero's present can't help but smile a little at the display. It looked like a father getting his kids up for the day. Nate then stops tickling the kids and brings them over to have some egg and sausage Mcmuffin from McDonald's. Then Kamui Woods comes in around nine fifty with his own breakfast. He says morning to the five and takes a seat. He then takes a look at the medical sheet for all three of the kids. He then noticed something odd about Nate's medical sheets, as well as Laura and Ren's medical sheet. On each one, there was a note by the blood test, but Nate's was has more notes beside his blood type. He sees that Nate's blood type was O, Laura's blood type A, while Ren's blood was type B. But the notes read that a strange genetic code was in the DNA, which was the same for each one of the kids. However, Nate's blood contained remnants of some kind of energy. Kamui raises an eyebrow at the note. He then looks at Nate. He sees a perfectly healthy boy, but, the unknown energy is a problem.
"Hey Nate?" Says a cautious Kamui Woods.
"Yeah?" Replies Nate.
"Your medical sheet has your blood test on it. But, it's the note beside your blood type has me worried." Says Kamui Woods.
"What about it?" Asked Nate.
"Yeah, what about Woody." Says Mt Lady using the nickname Nate gave Kamui woods.
Kamui Woods in a low voice "Woody?".
Death Arms takes Nate's medical sheet and looks at Nate's blood test results. He too raises an eyebrow. Death Arms then hands the sheet to Mt Lady, who is looking over Laura and Ren's medical sheets.
"It says your blood, as well as Laura and Ren's blood, has some unknown genetic code in it. But your blood has remnants of some kind of foreign energy. If you could, can you please tell us what it is." Says Kamui Woods.
"Oh that's just the remnants of the Ray Sphere explosion. You know, the one in Empire City seven years ago." Says Nate.
This gets the three heroes to look at each other. They had never heard of the Ray Sphere or a place called Empire City. They then take the conversation off of the topic to not get too deep into Nate's past. After awhile, Recovery Girl comes in at around ten thirty. She does so more tests on Nate. She then sees on his right arm has tattoos, which she scolds him for it, due to him not setting an example for Laura and Ren. Nate just explains that the tattoos appeared when his conduit gene activated. He then explains that the tattoos and the bird symbol on his shirt represent his karma state. This gets the heroes in the room to have some questions that they will ask the investigators ask Nate. She then asked about the scar on Nate's left wrist. Which Nate says he got shot at by a standard police pistol when his healing factor was being overloaded from the damage he was taking by other gunman. This gets the heroes's eyes to widen. They didn't think Nate would have ever been shot at, but they didn't expect him to be so forward about it or be so casual about it too. At around eleven twenty five, a police officer comes and asked everyone but Nate to leave the room. Before everyone left the room, Nate gave Laura and Ren something from the bag he had. They see it was two Nintendo DS, possible 3D ones too. They see the younger kids hug Nate and say 'thank you'. They also see Nate give them two games each, which we're Pokemon games, but they didn't see the title. Soon it is just Nate and the police officer. Then an detective comes in. He is a tall man with black short hair, and toned skin. He wears a tanned trench coat, a matching hat, a green tie is seen underneath the caller of the coat.
"Greetings. My name is Naomasa Tsukauchi." Says the now named Tsukauchi.
"Sup. Names Nate MacGrath." Say Nate.
"Not the formal type are MacGrath-San?" Asked the police officer.
"Nope. Also, call me Nate. None of San or Kun at the end of my name please." Says Nate.
The detective then brings out a note book and opens it. Nate earlier absorbed some electricity. He does a radar pulse and sees that detective Tsukauchi has the strange conduit gene (disclaimer; I don't really know other ways that people can fine out about other people that have quirks. If the upgraded radar pulse can see if a person has the conduit gene, then why not a DNA code for quirks too, sue me). He then gets a tiny bit on edge, due to him not knowing the detectives conduit abilities. So he just goes along with the questions.
"I'm going to ask you some simple questions and some questions that the heroes asked me to ask you. The device here will record our conversation, for future reference of course. Anything asked in here, will stay between us, the ones who handle the recorder, and anyone that you want to know. Is that alright with you?" Says Tsukauchi."
"Yes and fire away." Says Nate.
"Alright. Let's start with your name." Says Tsukauchi.
"Nate Roberts, but now my last name is MacGrath due to me taking my stepfather's last name." Says Nate.
"Next question. When we're you born?" Asked Tsukauchi.
"May seventh, two thousand three." Says Nate.
"If possible, could you explain what a 'conduit gene' is?" Asked Tsukauchi.
"The conduit gene is a rare mutation in a person and several types of animals, just don't quote me on that due to me not really listening to the dead drop aka a small USB that contains a small amount of dialogue. It's a naturally occurring. The person won't even know if they have the conduit gene." Explains Nate.
"What are the ways for a person to activate this 'Conduit gene' or does it happen naturally." Asked the other police officer.
"One way is to use a Ray Sphere. It's a metal ball about the size of a basketball and it can be pushed together to get the person or people with the conduit gene to be activated. But and I mean a very big but. Is that it takes the neuro-electric energy from a group of people and concentrates it into the person holding the RS." Says Nate.
"How is that bad?" Asked Tsukauchi.
"It also kills the catalysts, the people. Worse, it creates a catastrophic explosion of energy. Any conduit caught in the explosion will get their conduit genes activated, like me. But I'm not as powerful as the guy that was in the centre of the blast. Me and the other guy didn't volunteer for the Ray Sphere, it was set up like a bomb, the other guy was just your average joe and delivered it to it's destined location. It also creates a plague that was made from excess Ray Sphere Radiation. Anyone that gets it ether dies a few days later or dies the day they get the symptoms. But those with the conduit gene are immune to this plague." Says Nate.
This gets the two men in the room to go wide eyed. A quirk activated by killing a group people was terrifying. Also the other two things to happen after the blast was also terrifying as well. A plague hat kills you in a day or in a few days. They then continue with the questions. They asked Nate if their was a cure for the plague. Which Nate explain that the RFI wipes out the plague, but, it also kills ever conduit in the blast radius. But somehow he and others survived the RFI blast. They asked what the RFI's range was. To which Nate replies, that the range was the entire world. Nate also explains the other two ways to activates the conduit gene. Some more questions go by and some answers. They then asked a question that Nate didn't want to hear.
"How did your parents die?" Asked Tsukauchi.
Nate replies with "My old man was shot in the head and chest. While my mother was stabbed in the gut and neck."
"I need you to answer truthfully Nate. You see my quirk makes me a human lie detector. So I'll asked again, but I can tell that this is a difficult thing to talk about. So if you can answer the question please." Says Tsukauchi.
"Your right. It is hard for me to talk about it because I was there to see it with my own eyes. So please next question." Replies Nate.
"I think we have enough answers for now. So just wait here and we'll be back." Says Tsukauchi.
"How it with the embassy?" Asked Nate.
"It's slower as we thought, but be patient the results will be here sooner or later." Says Tsukauchi.
Outside of the room
Tsukauchi and the other officer come out of the room. They see the three heroes watching the two kids playing on the gaming devices that Nate gave them. Luckily they had headphones on, so they could talk to each other with out the kids hearing them. The officer beside him looks at the short form of the answers that Nate provided.
"You think he's telling the truth about the things he said... You know what don't answer. You always now when people are telling the truth." Says the other police officer.
"It may sound far fetch. But, not once when he was telling the answers to our questions. I didn't sense that he was lying to us. The embassy has given us the results right?" Says Tsukauchi.
"Yes they have. Every contact on their doesn't show up. They doubled checked them two. Also, there is no 'Empire City', New Merais, Ray Sphere explosion, same for the RFI explosion, no plague, no D.U.P, and nothing on this Curdun Cay prison. They said that they came through a surge of power that was in a shape of a portal. Don't we know of anyone that can read his mind." Says the officer.
"Yes I do. I'll give him a call. If he's free, he might be able to come sometime today or in the morning. Have the heroes bring them to cafeteria for some lunch." Says Tsukauchi.
"Alright." Says the other officer.
The next half hour was just them eating and some questions asked by Nate about the heroes's conduit genes. This gets the heroes in question to give Nate a weird look.
"What?" Asked Nate as he eats his lunch.
"You mean quirk right? I have a mutation type quirk, as you can see my skin is made of wood which I can freely control." Says Kamui Woods.
"My quirk is a transformation type. I can grow in size, as you have seen." Says Mt Lady.
"Mines just a simple increase in strength." Says Death Arms.
"Did your guy's quirks get activated through a Power Transfer Device or naturally through your live. And I hope not a Ray Sphere blast." Says an now concerned Nate.
"Naturally. Quirks usually surface at the age of four or five." Says Death Arms.
"What about the people in New Maris and Empire City before it was blown up?" Says Nate as he takes a drink of his water.
"Never heard of them. What about you two? Have you ever heard of those places?" My Lady asked her two companies.
"Nope." Says Death Arms
"Never heard of those city's in the US." Says Kamui Woods.
This gets Nate to almost choke on his drink. He then coughs. He then starts to get a little bit worried. How on earth did this guys not know of Empire and New Maris. He then asks another.
"What about the beast?" Asked Nate.
"Nope not ring any bells." Says Mt Lady.
The other two nod their heads yes for agreeing with Mt Lady.
"The plague that swiped across the east coast of America?" Asked a now panicked Nate.
Laura and Ren didn't know what to do. So they just sat there and ate their lunch. Once again the three heroes's said no to Nate. Nate then starts to hyperventilate. What's going on? That kind of information should be well known by everyone in the world. So why didn't these three know about it. Come to think about it, the officers asking him questions, even they didn't know about the things that Nate said to them.
"What is going on? How could they..."
"My God please no..."
"Hey Nate? You alright?" Asked a worried Mt Lady as she sees the look in Nate's eyes.
"I'm just fine. Excuses me for a moment, I just need so air." Says Nate as he just realized something that made him very panicked.
The five see Nate turn into a ball of lightning and literally bolt for an opened window. The three heroes had shot up when they saw Nate 'bolt' outside.
"Nate! Wait! You two watch the kids, I'll go look for Nate. He seems to trust me the most, no offence guys." Says Mt Lady.
They see her run off and out of the cafeteria to go look for Nate. Laura and Ren had a confused look on their faces. They had never seen Nate looked so panicked before, they've always seen him calm and collected. Laura then asks Death Arms.
"Mr Death Arms. Why did dad 'bolt' away when you three said no to his questions?"
"I don't know kid. Come on let's head back... Oh on." Says Death Arms.
"What's... Oh." Says Kamui Woods as he sees why his coworker said what he said.
There in the door way to the cafeteria was none other then Endeavour. They see that Endeavour isn't happy (when is Endeavour even happy anyway).
"Where's the boy?" Asked Endeavour.
Laura and Ren get behind the two heroes to try and hide form the scary man.
With Mt Lady
She wasn't having a hard time finding Nate. No, she was having the worst time even finding him. She look at the main gate, the nurses room, the washrooms, and the other more closer places in the school grounds. She then hears someone talking.
"This can't be happening. It isn't possible. It shouldn't be possible. I'm just dreaming all of this. Yeah. I'm going to be waking up soon to fine out myself and Laura, along with Ren we're just knocked out when the portal activated." Says the voice.
She goes over to the corner and peers around the corner. She sees Nate pacing back and forth by a fountain. She then sees him grab his head and rub his hands vigorously through his hair. She then hears him says.
"Oh am I kidding. I'm possible in a coma or something!?" Says an panicked Nate.
She then sees Nate go over to the fountain and look at his hands.
"Might as well try." She hears him talk to himself.
She then see him plunge his arms into the water. But much to her shock, she sees Nate get electrocuted. She sees him grit his teeth to stop himself from screaming in absolute pain. She sees him drop to his knee and keep his arms in the water. Mt Lady having had enough of seeing Nate hurting himself. She runs over to him and pulls him out of the water. She sees him in extreme pain and his arms are red, with the possibility that they are burned.
"WHAT WE'RE YOU DOING!?" Screams Mt Lady.
"YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND!" Snaps Nate.
He then gets out of Mt Lady's grip and walks away before collapsing to his knees. Mt Lady rushes to him to help him, but she gets a electric shock when she touched him.
"Leave. Me. Alone." Says Nate in a dangerous tone, even thou he is in great pain.
Mt Lady for one is shocked. Nate had never shown this kind hostility towards her or the others. She sees him still on his knees, but she sees him try to get up. But she sees him fail. Nate himself may look like he isn't in much pain, but you would be wrong. Nate is in massive amounts of pain. He had never been in water at all for when he uses his electricity powers. So he hadn't built up a pain intolerance like Cole. He then feels Mt Lady's hand on his shoulder and he feels her trying to help him up.
"I told you to leave me alone." Says Nate as he tries to keep his emotions in check.
"I know you told me to leave, but I'm not leaving. Let me help you." Says an concerned Mt Lady.
"How can you. The only way to help me is to understand why I'm like this. But your quirk doesn't let you read minds. So unless you can read my mind. Then leave." Nate says, which the mental dam he made was starting to break.
Nate would never emit it to anyone, but when it comes to him voicing his problems or emotions, he could never really get them into words. That's why he never let his emotions out, if only for a short moment. Nate then feels a pair of arms in close him. Mt Lady had gotten on her knees and had somewhat pulled Nate into a hug.
"It's a good thing detective Tsukauchi knows someone that can read minds. Just let me help you to the nurses office to get you healed up. Ok?" Says Mt Lady.
"Fine." Says Nate.
Mt Lady then gets Nate up on his feet and they begin to walk back in side. When they get inside, they see Kamui Woods run towards them. They see him stop in front of them and take some small breaths.
"What happened to you Woody?" Asked Nate.
"One. Stop calling me that. Second he's here." Says Kamui Woods.
"Who's... Oh no." Says Mt Lady, who starts to get a tingling sensation on her neck from Nate's arm.
"Who is here?" Asked Nate.
"Oh.. Ah.. No one important. Let's just get you to the nurses office." Says Mt Lady, who tries to keep Nate from getting the memo of the situation.
Nate not convinced does a radar pulse and gets a small outline of a person on fire. Nate's arms start to twitch in rage. The two heroes then hear something in the distance, but they could identify it. Mt Lady then yelps in surprise when Nate bolts out of her grasp and into the direction of the nurses office, thank goodness he didn't turn into lightning.
"Nate!" Calls out Mt Lady in worry.
"What's with Nate's arms? They look burned and might need medical attention." Asked Kamui Woods as he runs with his coworker.
"Nate plunged both his arms into a fountain on school grounds. I didn't see how deep, but once his arms we're in the water. It looked like he was getting electrocuted. Like when someone drops a toaster into the bathtub." Says Mt Lady.
Nate was ignoring the pain in his arms and running full speed toward the nurses office.
At the nurses office
Death Arms was standing in the way of the number two hero. Said hero was in the door way of the nurses office. Laura and Ren we're hiding behind the bed with the blanket pulled over them. Recovery Girl was trying and failing to calm them down. Endeavour had come to the school for a surprise visit. The reason for that, was to get Laura and Ren away from Nate and into foster care. Apparently he didn't get the memo, he wasn't aloud near Nate or the kids, per Nate's request.
"Move it." Endeavour says in a dangerous tone.
"Make me." Shots back Death Arms.
"Endeavour! Did you not get the memo! You aren't aloud near the kids or their parental figure. So you need to leave... Now!" Orders Recovery Girl.
Recovery Girl had contacted the principle about this and he was on his way down to the school.
"I don't care. Those two are coming with me or do I have to..." Endeavour didn't finish due to a lights flickering on and off.
The lights then shoot out lightning and the Lightning forms a humanoid figure. The figure reveals himself as Nate and he isn't happy. They also see the electricity that has dancing around him was of a dull grey colour. However, they see it flicker from grey to black.
"Boy." Snarls Endeavour.
"Matchstick, how's the face." Says Nate the same snarl.
My Lady and Kamui Woods then come into the room. They see the electricity dancing around Nate violently and threatening to lash out at Endeavour at any moment. Kamui Woods gets ready to restrain Nate if possible or even get Endeavour out of the line of sight so Nate would calm down. They then hear a distant booming sound again and it was getting closer. A small flash of light is seen out of the window.
"One..." Starts Ren.
'BOOOM!'
They hear a massive booming sound of thunder. Recovery Girl looks outside and she sees a lightning storm had formed. The most odd thing about the storm, was the colour of the lightning, which was shifting from grey and black. Another thing was that the storm appeared out of nowhere. She then puts two and two together. She then looks over at Nate.
"Nate... Are you causing this storm?" Asked a caucuses Recovery Girl.
"So what if I am?" Says Nate in a low voice.
The heroes in the room are shocked (pun intended). This boy could make lightning storms appear out of thin air. Now what they don't know is that Nate could do it any time he wanted. But, if he gets angered enough, this power he has would flare up as a showing of his raising anger. Nate had to train himself to keep his anger in check, so he wouldn't subconsciously activate this power he had. If they don't calm him down soon, they could have the school billing them for damage to the building. Even worse, Endeavour might set Nate off and Nate could lash out at the number two hero. A tense stare down goes on for about five minutes, the thunder and lightning hadn't decrease ether during this stare down. The stare down would have gone on longer, if it wasn't for Endeavour's fires marks and bead going out. Along with a load voice to be heard.
"I THINK YOU SHOULD CALM DOWN YOUNG MAN. ENDEAVOUR YOU NEED TO LEAVE. OR DO I HAVE TO FORCE YOU TO LEAVE." Says the voice's owner.
"ALL MIGHT." Says Endeavour.
A tall man appears in a plain white t-shirt, he has on dull green cargo pants, and black shoes on. He's very muscular, given the look of his clothes looking like they might burst at any moment. He has tanned skin, his hair is slicked back with two noticeable bangs that stick up, his eyes are covered in a shadow, but they could see bright blue eyes, and he had a huge smile on his face. This was the number one hero, All Might. He was also known as the 'Symbol Of Peace'. Next to him was a scruffy looking man. The man had unkept black hair, some stubble on his chin, and bags underneath his eyes. He wore a simple black shirt, with matching pants/shoes, and he had a white scarf wrapped around his neck. Right know his hair is standing up on end and his eyes we're glowing red. This was Shota Aizawa or commonly known as Eraserhead.
"Kid power down." Says Aizawa.
"Only when he leaves and is out of my sight." Says Nate.
"Alright then. Endeavour I'm going to have to ask you to leave the school and please don't come back, as per Nate's request." Says a small voice.
"I'm not..." Starts Endeavour.
"WE'RE ONLY SAYING THIS ONCE ENDEAVOUR. PLAESE LEAVE. MAYBE NEXT TIME LOOK AT YOUR EMAIL FOR A MAIL THAT HAS THE REQUESTS OF YOUNG MACGRATH HERE. I THINK YOU KNOW THE WAY OLD FRIEND. WE DID GO TO THIS SCHOOL TOGETHER ALL THOSE YEARS AGO." Says All Might.
"I'll be back." Says Endeavour.
Once they see that Endeavour is gone. They see and hear the lightning storm quickly disappear, just like it wasn't there. They also see Nate drop to into a kneeing position. Mt Lady goes to him and helps him up, then over to a bed. Laura and Ren had also come out of their hiding spot. They stay there when they see the new heroes in the room. The adults also see the condition of Nate's arms. Recovery Girl goes over to him to use her quirk on him, but Nate declines. They see him hold out his hands towards an electrical socket. Then suddenly, electricity surges out of the socket and into Nate. They then see that Nate's arms are all healed up.
"My, what an interesting way to heal yourself." Says the small voice again.
Nate looks down and does a double take. There in front of him, was a well dressed animal. Nate even blinks and rubs his eyes to make sure that he isn't seeing things.
"Who or what are you?" Says a confused Nate.
"I could be a mouse, a bear, a dog, or another animal. But more importantly... I'm the principle!" Says the principle in a happy tone.
They all see Nate clap his hands together and bring them up to his mouth like he's preying. They then see him take a deep breath. He then breaths out and points his hands at the principle.
"What?" Says Nate.
"Sorry we're late. I had to go to the station to pick up an old friend." Says Tsukauchi.
He then sees everyone in the room.
"What did we miss?" Asked the other man with Tsukauchi.
Later
After they had calmed down Nate enough, they then proceed to have Nate lay down on one of the beds. Tsukauchi friend is name Peter Quinn. Tsukauchi then explains Peter's quirk. Peter is able to show people memories of another person he has hand contact with. He needs to wear a special type of glasses to properly show the memories. He is also able to show memories with sound too if he had his mouth opened or he had a speaker wire in his mouth. Nate had requested that Laura and Ren be out side of the room. Recovery Girl had volunteered to watch them, along with Aizawa. Nate had suspicions about Aizawa, but some convincing from Nezu. Aizawa was aloud to watch the kids with Recovery Girl. Before they started Nate says something.
"I better not wake up in a prison cell."
"Don't worry. Just relax." Says Mt Lady.
They then see Nate close his eyes and relax. Peter's looks at the white screen and then his glasses glow. A image of Nate is shown in the third person view looking forward and turning in the direction of Nate's head. They see Nate walking down a street when he runs up to a man in a courier jacket.
"Sup Cole." Says Nate.
"Yo. Aren't you suppose to be in school Nate? I heard from the guys at the parkour park that you've been there more often." Says the man named Cole.
"School got vandalism on it from druggies and some of the school was trashed. They're still fixing the place and repainting the place. So what are you delivering?" Says Nate.
They see Cole bring out a package from his bag. They hear him say it was for someone in the historical district. They hear Nate say he was heading there, since he lived there. The two guys parkour up a wall onto the roof tops and run towards a bridge, which they could assume lead to this historical district. They then see Nate bing out his phone when they get close to the drop off point. They see him walk way and telling Cole that he needs to get home. The two guys part ways. They see Nate walk some more. Along the way they see him say hello to other adults or teens. When suddenly they hear an explosion. They see Nate's view shift behind him, but the memory goes white and then black. The next thing they see is a ruined city scape. They then see Nate slowly get up and they see a massive crater with a raised middle. They then hear someone call for help and Nate goes to them. They see a person under some rubble with smoke coming out of the rubble.
"You alright Jim!" Says a worried Nate.
"Nate! I.. I.. I.. I.. I can't feel my legs man. Dear god. I think a fires starting! Help me!" Says a panicked Jim.
They see Nate grab the rubble and slowly but surely lift it off Jim. But they don't think Nate would be able to lift that piece of rubble that size. They then see that there wasn't a fire, but the smoke was coming from Jim's legs! They then see Nate grab Jim's arm and a surge of smoke goes from Jim and into Nate. They then see both boys fall to their knees. When suddenly, Nate surges to the left in the form of a smoke blast.
"What the?" Says Nate.
He then does a random dash that is over by a ledge of some rubble. They see him almost lose his balance. Smoke starts to form around him, which could indicate he was about to do a random dash again.
"No no no no. No! Got. To. Keep. It. Together!" Says a strained Nate.
The boy Jim then does a dash as well and rams into Nate. They both fall onto the ground and roll. They stop at street level. A cop car then stops in front of the two.
"Nate!" Yells the cop.
"Ug.. Hey dad. How's work going?" Asked Nate.
"Hey Mr Roberts." Says Jim.
"Ok you two. In the car. Now!" Says Nate's dad.
Nate then helps his friend into the car. They all see that Jim's legs are still smoking a little.
They then hear Nate talking.
"After the blast, all hell broke loose. In a matter of days the city was quarantined. While the outside world thrived, the Empire city became hell. We we're stuck inside with all the psychos. The cops we're no help ether. Ether dead or to afraid to come out. Then there was the assaults, rape, gun outs, murder, and all of that was in the name of survival or to forget that our world just got turned up side down. Few weeks later, a plague struck. Killing anyone that got it. Some dropped like flies by the end of the day. While others died in a few days. My friends in the historical district went silent, probably ether dead or to busy to care. My mom became an assistant at a local medical centre. My dad on the other hand... Let's just say he usually out a lot. For me, well... Where do I begin. After I got my powers, I would go out and do some scavenging in reaper territory or in some small time gangs area. I was in and out. Never taking a life. I would always have to watch my back. I somewhat became a local legend. 'The smoke devil'. Fitting name for me, if you ask someone else. But now I'm out and about most of the time, gathering food. For myself and my family."
All the while they see a comic book style play-by-play when Nate was talking and then it goes back to a Nate's view. The scene is him in the living room. He then looks and sees his dad leave. Then the door closes, they see him get up and over into the kitchen. But he then hits his toe on the corner of the island.
"MOTHERF*ER!" Curses Nate as he holds his foot.
"Nate is that you?" Calls out his mother.
"Yes, pardon my French." Nate sarcastically says.
They then see Nate look at the island and noticed something. A panel had somewhat fallen off. They see Nate bend down and pull off the panel. But he slams it back into place. He then slowly gets back up.
"Mom!?" Calls Nate.
"Yes?" Asked Nate's mother.
"I think fond something." Says Nate.
"What is it? You don't have drugs do you?" Asked his mother.
"What! No! You guys raised me right! But one time I saw dad with a small package when I got home from scavenging. I didn't see where he put it, but I fond it."
Nate then takes the panel off and pulls the package out. But he immediately throws it across the room. A look of disgust and disappoint is on his face. His mother gets a knife and makes a small cut. The package then splits open. A white powder comes out of the package.
"Drugs." Says Nate mother.
"Not just drugs. There's a phone in here too. With three contacts. What the f*k! These are all girls! Specifically girls that... You know. Why would... Dad why?" Says Nate.
"Ouch, that's got to be ruff." Whispers Mt Lady to Death Arms.
"No kidding." Whisper back Death Arms.
In the video if you call it that. Nate's mother gets a pained look and a look of betrayal on her face. They see her tear up a bit and then hug Nate out of nowhere. Nate pats her back to calm her down. They see her get her phone and looks like she is going to call Nate's father, but she then drops to her knees. They see her groan in discomfort. Nate helps her over to a chair in the living room.
"Nate?" Asked the mother.
"Yes?" Replies Nate.
"I know you do some jobs, for so unsettling people. But I know you do them for us. Since your father doesn't have a job or well ever get one. You've always done so much for us. But, now I have a job for you. I need to copy the contacts in the phone and find out which one your father uses the most. But you should just be able to fallow your father from the roof tops. Just go now. Call me when you find out about something. If your father looks like he is coming home wait outside on the fire escape." Says Nate's mother.
Nate then kiss his mother on the cheek and takes the phone. They see him copy the contacts. He then leaves and they see him fallow his father from the roof tops. He then gets a call.
"Yes? Who is it?" Asked Nate as he goes through a vent and then up into the air and hovers over to another roof top.
"It's me." Says the voice.
"Oh hey. What do you need?" Says Nate as he hides from sight when his father looks around.
"I need a favour. A guy I bot from, gave me a electric battery. He didn't tell me that it explodes when I plug it in. So I need you go to his little roof top base and steal the plans for the generators. I'll drive him out of business. You do this for me and I oh you not one favour but two. Deal?" Says the voice.
"I'll do it and I'll cash in a favour now. I need some of your boys to fallow my dad. Fucker has three new girls he's been seeing and he was hiding some drugs in our apartment. Give your men my contact to keep me posted and tell them to let me know when he heading home. Deal?" Says Nate.
"Deal and the usual spot for the exchange. Text me when you get the plans." Say the voice and the call cuts.
Nate then sees some men fallow his dad and look up at him. One of the guys gives him a two finger salute. Nate then runs off to the location of the roof top base. When he gets there, it had became close to night. Nate slowly climbs up the side of the building. When he gets to the ledge, he peers over edge. They all see a couch with a guy on it, a mattress with a guy with his arm around a young woman, the areas perimeter had chain link fences, some mannikins with some hats or clothes on them, a small tv area with some TV's, and a small kitchen area. They see Nate slowly make his way to a small work shop area. Two pieces of paper are seen. But with the poor lighting, they couldn't see the writing. They see Nate have some smoke form around his finger. It makes a small light appear. They then see the papers writings. One was for the generator. While the other was for the generator that explodes. Nate takes the one that explodes and takes a picture of the other one. The lights then come on.
"Don't move as*le." Says a gravely voice.
The sound of a gun hammer is heard and the crackle of electricity. Nate puts his arms up, not before he puts the plans in his trench coat. They then see Nate turn around to face the two men and the woman. The one man had a revolver pointed at him. The other on had his hand opened and electricity was dancing off his arm. The woman was behind them.
"S*t. It's the smoke devil or what ever his name is. Hey! What are you doing here!" Says the chubby man.
"The hell! It's a kid! Zeke! Put the gun down!" Say the woman in a shocked tone.
Nate just shrugs his shoulders before he throws a smoke grenade. A large load of smoke is made and the two men start to cough and wiz to try to get breath able air into their lungs. The woman backs away and holds her hands to her mouth. Nate then dashes over to the chubby man and slams him into the ground. A spiralling smoke cloud is then formed around the man to pin him down.
"What in damn blazes!" Says the man.
The other guy grabs Nate's shoulder and spins him around. Nate then grabs the guys hand and a surprising thing happened. Electricity surges from the guy into Nate and both guys then collapsed to the ground.
"Déjà vu much." Says Kamui Woods.
They then see Nate dash to the right in the form of ball lightning. A groan is then heard from the other guy as he gets up off the ground. Nate the dashes at him and tackles him to the ground. He then forms electric 'bolts' on the wrists and ankles.
"The hell!" Says the guy now 'bolted' to the ground in a shocked tone.
Nate then runs over to the side and jumps off. They thought he would go splat on the ground. But, they see him hit the ground, do a roll and continue to run.
"Uh? Who would have guest that I come get another power by grabbing someone. Got to train when I'm done with the job." Says Nate out load.
They then watch as Nate goes to the roof tops and does a dash across a gape. They then see him try to absorb smoke, but he recoils when his hand touches the smoke.
"The f*k? No smoke! Oh come on!" Says a frustrated Nate.
Then Nate gets to the location to exchange the plans. A random guy walks up to the dumpster and leans on it. The guy brings out a cigarette.
"Got a light." He asked, even thou he looked like a teenager.
Nate holds his hand up and a stream of electricity flows between his fingers. The other boy leans down and lights his cigarette. A mumbled 'thanks' was heard. The teen the blows out a small cloud of smoke. Before the smoke cloud could dissipate, the teen absorbs the smoke into his hand.
"Got the plans?" Asked the teen.
"Got both. I sent the picture to you and I got the plans to make the ones that explodes too." Says Nate as he hands the plans to the other teen.
"Pleasure doing business with you Nate. See you around." Says the teen.
"Don't get in trouble Jim." Says Nate.
The two part ways. Nate then gets a text from one of Jim's men and he starts to run back home. He then calls his mother.
"Mom. Dad is on his way home. He uses the top contact the most. I should be home by the time you confront him. He also went to the reapers for some drugs and a gun. So please be careful." Says Nate.
"I will Nate. Just come through the building rather then the fire escape. Ok?" Says Nate's mother.
"Got it." Replies Nate.
Nate then gets to his apartment building. A few woman say hi or ignore him. So teenage boys nod their heads at him. As Nate then walks down the silent hallway. Until the silence is broken by a blood curtailing scream cutting through the air. Nate then runs towards his home.
"Oh no. Please no." Says Nate in the video and Mt Lady who whispered it.
They see Nate slowly open the door. He walks in and sees a small pool of blood forming. A weak voice calls out to him. But it was cut short as the sound of a knife stabbing the voices owner. A gurgling sound is then heard.
"N.. At... E." Said the voice.
A thump is heard and a small laugh is then heard. The laugh then goes full blown psycho. Nate sees his father standing over his mother. Multiple stab wounds are on her, some of them are in the gut region. One was on her neck. Her eyes we're staring back at Nate. Nate for one is shaking in rage and in sadness. Nate then launches a pulse of energy at his father, which made the man go into the wall. Nate sees a small package of drugs fall to the ground. He runs up to it and takes. He then runs out to the fire escape and goes to the roof.
"HEY! THAT'S MINE BOY! GIVE IT BACK AND I PROMISE I'LL KILL YOU QUICKLY!" Screams the man in rage.
When Nate gets to the roof. He put the drug brick on a crate. He then goes over to another crate and opens it. In it was food and other things. He puts most of it into his back pack. He then sees his father come up onto the roof. They see the father had a red winter hoodie on with the hood down. He then coughs up a black tar substance. He then sees the drug and goes to pick them up. But Nate shots a bolt of lightning from his hand and sets the crate ablaze. The father screams bloody murder when the drugs we're burnt to ashes. Nate then goes over to the ledge. But a gun shot is then heard. Nate then stumbles. He then turns around and his father shots him more. All the shots then force him to the edge of the roof. Nate's vision is all blurry and grey. The colours then come back. Just in time for Nate's father to unload a whole new clip into him. He then falls off the roof and then falls on to a cars roofs, damaging it. They see his father laugh with utter glee and walk way from the ledge. Nate then blacks out and the video stops. They put the lights back on and look at Nate. They see the teen get up and walk to the door. Some reach out to him. But he just turns into electricity and goes through a electrical outlet and disappears.
"I think I have enough to make a statement." Says Tsukauchi.
"I'll go check on Nate, if I can find him." Says Mt Lady.
"Try the roof." Says All Might not in his usual tone of voice and he wasn't smiling ether.
On the roof
Nate is seen leaning on the railing of one the roofs of UA high school. The one thing they forget to mention about the whole show memory thing, was that Nate had to relive the events that led up to the point they wanted to see. Now Nate cut the show short due to him not being able to handle the waves of emotions crashing into him. He didn't need to see his mother die again or his father turning into a reaper. He then hears a voice call out to him.
"There you are Nate. We we're worried about you. Including Laura and Ren." Says Mt Lady.
"I'm just outside. Why would you guys be worried? Also, if your here to get me to do the show memory thing again. Forget it. I'm not having the emotions that come with the memories coming back full force." Says Nate in a bitter tone.
Mt lady then goes to Nate's side. She then pulls him into a one armed hug, which she feels him not pull away. They then stay there for awhile. Mt Lady had then convinced Nate to come back to the room to do one last show. She also added that Nate could choose the memory to show them. They then walk back down into the building.
Back in the room
Nate had relaxed and decided the memory to show the adults. The memory on how him and the kids got to this place. When the adults see Nate break into the prison, they are angered and disgusted. Angered due to the DUP's stubbornness on not letting the people free. Disgusted due to the experiments done to the people, even the children weren't safe from the experiments. They then see Nate and the kids saving a group of children from a machine that makes portals. The last three kids we're hologram and they get trapped by a DUP officer that is smiling. They then see the officer get blown back when the door closes. The scene then goes black and they then see the Beta training ground of UA. They then cut the show to get a plan for Nate and the kids homes.
"We could put Laura and..." Starts the officer.
"Go. To. Hell." Says Nate through grit teeth.
"Or you could keep them and the three of you stay at a hero's house. The hero will be your guardian too. But who should we..." Says Tsukauchi until he was cut off.
"I'll do it." Says Mt Lady.
"Are you sure?" Asked Kamui Woods.
"Sure I'm sure. Nate can help me." Says Mt Lady.
"Well set up some documents for you to sign and to get Nate, along with the twins into schools." Says Nezu.
The world of UA and Japan better prepare. Because the demon of the storm is coming. And he will set an example on how to be a hero who walks on the thin line of good and evil.
To be continued
Thanks for tuning in. I'm a huge fan of the Infamous series. I decided to make this fanfic, basted on the premise of quirks and the conduit gene. They somewhat similar in some ways. Due to conduit's being feared and imprisoned, how would they react to the world of MHA, where quirk user's are seen as hero's. In the comments, please give me feedback on how to make this story better and what quirk or conduit power would you have. That's all for now. Have a great rest of your day.

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