Chapitre 7: Ch 7: Mirror's to the Past
The dining room all look towards ---- then to Redestro who seems to ponder what he wants to ask.
" Why did the UN decide on child soldiers? Seems to go against what they have fought for in the past." Redestro asks.
" Heh, your funny sir. The UN covers the world's eyes in rose colored glasses. They make a corrupt politician look like a saint, they went with us because of a few factors. First off they went for families with history, ones with powerful quirks who could breed good stock. I was the first child to pass the program, the others were disposed off. Not before they ripped the child's quirk from their bodies and left them to rot. Second they took the large batch of children and started to inject them with a special serum, every kid had different effect that would take place. They then let us live with eachother, they would provide food from time to time but.... it was all a massive test." ---- explains as her voice gets harsher.
" What was the test if you dont mind me asking Hydra?" Skeptic asks as he eats his food.
" It was survival of the fittest, they didn't feed us for long periods of time.... and when food was finally depleted.... I'm not proud to admit that even as a small child, I reverted back to primal instincts to keep me alive. My quirks made me the apex, I became feared in the makeshift community. Soon other kids came to me for protection, they would offer to watch my back in exchange for food. If someone attacked who I was protecting, I made sure my allies ate well that day. When they finally came to collect us and the data I came out on top, they sent me to more training and soon after I was put with a seal team and grew up with them." ---- admits.
" What the?!.... The UN did this to children?!" Trumpet asks in a horrified manner.
" I was forced to watch as they put the failures in a cremation chamber.... alive and quirkless. Failures had their quirks ripped from them, once quirkless they were disposed of.... after that they put me through the most horrendous training imaginable." ---- sighs.
A sharp pain rips through ---- head, holding where it hurts her pupils dilate and she stays motionless.
" Hydra? Hydra are you ok?" Curious asks.
A ringing sound in her ears gets louder and louder until it is deafening to her, her breathing increases as her eyes dart around the room. Gun shots can be faintly heard, looking up she sees people running around the table. No one sees them however, no one can hear what ---- hears.... its all in her head. Closing her eyes ---- opens them again and sees she is in a facility, looking around she looks down and sees in the slight reflection of the metal floor.
' Is this me?' ---- thinks to herself.
She is a child again, the peace of the moment is shattered by excruciating pain moments later however. ---- collapses and looks up to see Commander Stark.
" Get the fuck up Drakos!" He yells at her.
---- scrambles to her feet as she feels another blow to her abdomen, she stumbles up and sees another soldier approach. He is young and is part of an ROTC program, he stands in front of ---- and waits.
" C-Commander?" ---- speaks to him.
" The hell do you want brat?" He spats.
" I have been training all day, c-can I have some water?.... please sir?" ---- begs.
The Commander looks at her through narrowed eyes, he just sneers at her and looks over at the young man.
" Private Murphy, kill her." Commander Stark simply commands.
The young man attacks ---- and kicks her across the mat, ---- cries out in pain as she crawls away.
" Please! Please I don't want to hurt you stop this!" ---- cries.
" FIGHT YOU SORRY EXCUSE FOR A PILE OF FLESH!" Commander Stark yells at her.
Hearing the distinct sound of a combat knife being unsheathed she looks over and sees Private Murphy charge her with a long knife. ---- feels it....the snap in her soul, the will to survive floods her veins. Activating her quirk ---- charges the young man as he tries to stab down into her back. The knife snaps against the bone plate as she tackles him to the ground, using a bone spike she stabs down on his chest as she cries. The young man starts to gargle on his blood as she continues her assault. Soon though she stops and looks to see the young man is now deceased, ---- crawls back and begins go cry; tears clean trails of the blood on her face.
" Get the fuck up, get ready for the next fight." Commander Stark hits her as he scolds her.
---- feels pressure on her leg, the grip is reaffirming and familiar. Just then ---- looks up and she is back at the meeting, she looks over a little and sees Touya is the one quietly bringing her back.
" Are you ok ----?" Redestro asks.
" Yes sorry, I have been having a lot of unpleasant flashbacks more and more. I was silent for a moment in an effort to make sense of what I was seeing, my apologies." ---- explains.
" It is quite alright, what are these flashbacks?" Redestro asks.
" I think its my brain trying to claw out my memories that were suppose to be erased as a child. However I keep seeing more and more, I keep seeing 2 girls besides myself.... not sure who they are but they have been consistent in my memory flashes." ---- nods.
" 2 girls? What do they look like?" Shigaraki asks.
" Oddly enough, I only recognize them by their voices, their faces are still blank for me. Their voices have been the same however." ---- shrugs.
" Even with all this torture you are still faithful to your cause." Trumpet muses.
" I don't believe in how Hero society runs now, the Commission is corrupt and bloated with disgusting fucking bureaucrats who sit behind desks and give us orders.... pardon my language.... my tolerance for the current state of the Hero's and Commission has angered me more and more." ---- apologizes.
" It's quite alright, our organization thinks like you as well." Skeptic smiles.
" Holding secrets too? That is ok, until it's time to tell me I don't wish to pry." ---- giggles softly.
" Soon my dear, I have an important task I must attend to tomorrow, we all will be going but you will be by side as the intimidation, that reminds me I will also put in that you will stay with us for the week." Redestro tells her.
" I look forward to it sir." ---- nods.
" Also don't worry, we wont be using the trigger words with you on our errands this week. You seem fine without them, why they have them integrated into your psyche is beyond me." Redestro sighs.
" Remember sir, I was created for multiple skill sets but one singular purpose. If the UN ever needed me to crumble the society of a country overnight, they send me in. I know over 50 different languages and I can learn more in a stint of a day, I can hack successfully into a countries government and steal all their secrets.... I can even topple ruling bodies and the government in a single night. They put me in those trances so they can easily control me, it is something I hate but they use it as a tool to control one of the most dangerous weapons they have. Because imagine if they lost control of me, they would be terrified of whoever is pointing the gun at them." ---- explains.
" The need for such destructive human weapons.... such a tragic and disturbing notion. Weak men need power like that to keep control, such a weak veil is easy to shatter." Touya chuckles.
" Right you are Dabi, the UN will do anything to look peaceful. However their actions with the evidence of Hydra prove they are more barbaric then we initially thought." Trumpet shakes his head.
" She is their most powerful chess piece on the board, and from what they mentioned they are attempting to make more of Hydra. However from the information I was able to rip from a few files, they haven't been successful." Skeptic nods.
" Making more of me eh? Out of curiosity why have they not been able to make more copies of me?" ---- asks him.
" You naturally have duel quirks for starters, the people they failed with either were quirkless or have 1. Also the serum for an unknown reason isn't setting well with the failed copies. Its like their bodies cant handle it, that might be because of your cell manipulation." Skeptic suggests.
" That is a fair assessment, I am glad they can't make more of me however. Because if they do that is a dangerous prospect, because why in the hell do they need more of me? Sounds like a totalitarian agenda to me if I'm being honest. Put one of us in each country and see how fast the world bends knee to the whims of the UN and Commission." ---- sighs.
" That is truly a dark future if that's the case." Spinner shudders at the idea.
The room finishes their food collectively and they all look around to see they have all finished.
" I'll have Geten show you to your quarters quick, go and rest and Ill have Dabi come to you soon." Redestro tells her.
" Of course sir, thank you for the meal." ---- stands and bows.
" This way." Geten nods a direction.
The pair leave and Redestro waits for them to disappear from view, he stands and gestures for everyone present to follow him to his office. Once in everyone sits around and they wait for him to start the meeting.
" The Commission and UN are up to something with Hydra, what are your thoughts?" Redestro opens the meeting up with a question for everyone.
" It would seem the memory wipe they performed on her is fading, she mentioned 2 girls and I have a theory on that." Skeptic starts.
" If its the one I'm thinking then we are on the same page, they possibly are ---- sisters, her only blood relatives she has." Touya agrees.
" So what your saying is there are 2 others who secretly are like her?" Redestro asks them.
" It would make sense, if they are similar to her then they are ways to possibly stop ---- if she ever went rogue." Shigaraki nods.
" The question is where are they and how do we find more information on her?" Curiosity asks.
" Heh that is where the plan of mine comes into fruition." Redestro smiles.
" Oh? You have a plan already?" Trumpet asks.
" Yes, it involves Twice, Toga and Skeptic, we will infiltrate the UN's secret archives. From there we will carefully dig through every file connected to Hydra, we take it all and prepare our next move." Redestro simply states.
" Using disguise and clones to sneak in, cleaver." Trumpet smirks.
" Soon she will fight with us against her abusers, not to mention a little sweet revenge." Touya chuckles.
" Right then, we will proceed as planned. Tomorrow is the meeting with Kai of the Yakuza. He has something to show us that should be of interest to us." Redestro nods as he stands.
" So business as usual?" Toga smiles.
" Yes, now everyone go retire for the night." Redestro dismisses everyone.
Everyone gets up and they leave to their rooms within the building, Touya goes to ---- room and knocks. There is no answer.
" ----, hey you in there?" Touya calls out.
There is no response which worries him, he tries the door and sees it is unlocked. He opens it slightly and sees her silhouette in the dark, she is rocking slightly back and forth as she stares at a wall and doesn't seem to notice him. Touya walks in and closes the door, he carefully approaches and sees her pupils are again fully dilated. He says nothing as he sits next to her and holds one of her hands. Closing his eyes he waits for her to come out of her trance, after some time passes he hears her breathing return to normal. She gives his hand a slight squeeze and looks up and over towards Touya.
" H-Hey, sorry.... I keep seeing the number 3 for some reason.... and I remember one kind woman.... her name was Grace. When I was a child in the custody of the UN she would help clean me up and secretly feed me when they were trying to punish me.... she made up this story that I vaguely remember she use to tell me every night." ---- tells him.
" Oh yah? What was the story?" Touya asks.
" It's a little fuzzy but.... There was once 3 princesses, they protected their kingdom from evil forces. Each one had something special that made them unique. One princess could protect everyone and heal, another had abilities of the mind, and the last princess was incredibly strong. One day the strongest princess lost her sisters and wept, she could not find them. Until a great evil came and the strongest went alone, she fought and fought until finally.... her sisters returned. They united once again and fought off the evil for good, and everyone lived happily ever after." ---- tells him.
" It's a nice story, you should get undressed and get some sleep for tomorrow." Touya tells her.
" Yah.... do you think you could stay with me tonight?" ---- asks.
" Don't have to tell me twice." Touya grins.
---- is helped up and she removes her suit, Touya removes his jacket and clothing down to his boxers. Looking over he sees ---- already curled up in the bed, he slips in behind her and wraps his arms around her torso.
" This is the best." Touya sighs out in contentment.
" It's the only time my mind stills." ---- yawns.
" I'm glad I can be your sanctuary then babe, we have a long day tomorrow but as always.... I will be here when you wake up." Touya hums.
---- shuffles around a bit and turns around to face him, she lays her head against his chest and listens to his heartbeat. Wrapping an arm around him she molds herself to his frame and takes a deep breath.
" If only I could stay like this for eternity.... that would be true paradise." ---- giggles softly.
" I wouldn't have it any other way baby." Touya smiles.
Rubbing her back he feels her breathing change, she is finally asleep which lets him drift off as well.
The next morning ---- wakes up to Touya already awake, he is still holding onto her which makes her heart swell.
" Good morning Dollface." Touya hums as he kisses her nose.
" Best way to wake up ever." ---- smiles as she cups his cheek.
" Got a text an hour ago asking where I was and I just told them Im busy. Not gonna miss a second with my baby." Touya chuckles.
" You're the best babe." ---- yawns.
The pair get up and get ready for the day, they walk side by side as they quietly hold hands. So far their relationship is a secret for now, both Touya and ---- don't mind for now. They arrive at the dining hall and seperate their hands, walking in they smell breakfast and join everyone at their spots.
" Good morning you two, ---- are you ready for today?" Redestro asks.
" I am excited to be working for you sir, it is nice to work with people who hold values similar to mine." ---- nods.
" Excellent, today we will be meeting with a young man named Kai Chisaki, he runs the Shie Hassaikai and he has something he wishes to show me." Redestro tells everyone.
" Shie Hassaikai.... branch of the Yakuza lead by a mysterious Boss who fell ill a few years ago, Kai Chisaki took the reigns and is now the Boss to restore the Yakuza to its former glory." ---- speaks.
" Yes actually, did you get a mission report?" Skeptic asks.
" No I remember learning about him a few years back, the UN and military made me learn about potential threats." ---- eats her eggs.
" Wonder if we are on that list." Curiosity giggles.
" Nope, they don't suspect you which is a good thing, to be fair they are all rather stupid so there is that." ---- jests.
" Well since you know what is going on finish your food and we will head out to our meeting." Redestro tells her.
" Just finished, thank you for the meal. Im all suited up and ready." ---- nods.
" Excellent let us proceed." Redestro finishes his food and gets up.
The small grouping take a limo towards the Shie Hassaikai base where the meeting will take place. ---- watches intently and activates her armor, her faceplate covers her face and her armor bulks out a little more until she is completely covered. The limo stops and the first to get out is ----, she scans the area first and sees just Kai and his henchmen. Moving forward Redestro and the others follow ---- and they follow her to where Kai is.
" Well well Redestro, when you mentioned you were beefing up security, getting your hands on Hydra is certainly an upgrade." Kai greets him.
" She is the best, I wouldn't have my protection served any other way. Between Hydra, Dabi and Geten alone, Shigaraki and I are well protected." Redestro smiles.
" Hmm it would seem so, well come on in I have a wonderful invention I have worked on." Kai waves them in.
The group walk into a meeting room and sit down in front of where Kai is sitting.
" Take a look at this, this little dart has the capability to control someone's mind. I have been working with an investment for a few months now and thanks to her she helped create this." Kai shows him.
" Impressive, such technology can be useful in the future for extracting information from those who wish us harm." Redestro nods.
" If I may speak." ---- asks first.
" Of course, what is your question?" Kai asks.
" You mentioned her, I assume this dart came from someone's quirk." ---- asks.
" I can't go off showing you all anyone yet, but for now I wish to show you a few tests with it in our lab." Kai tells her.
" Understood, Boss?" ---- calls to him.
" Yes let us go then, I would love to see this in action." Redestro nods.
They all leave to the lab and sit outside a test chamber, Kai sits with them while one of his henchmen go into the chamber.
" Test number 113." He states.
They shoot the dart at the test subject, the man becomes frantic and screams but soon falls silent. They watch his body totally relax and sit up straight, Kai chuckles slightly.
" Subject 103C, take that piece of paper and fold it 3 times, orientation doesn't matter." The henchmen tells him.
The man under mind control grabs the blank paper on the table and folds it 3 times and waits.
" Good, now you see that prisoner in the corner? Kill him with this bat." The henchmen orders.
Without question the man under control nods and grabs the bat. Walking over to the prisoner the man ruthlessly beats the prisoner to death. Redestro, ----, Touya and the others glare slightly at the situation. Redestro and Touya notice ---- move around and crack her back, Touya knows she is preparing a weapon just in case.
" The serum is perfect, all we got to do is refine it a little and imagine this for the ultimate defense against the strongest quirk users." Kai tells them.
" It certainly is powerful, its a power that could be abused if we aren't careful with it." Redestro mentions.
" Well there is more to show but that can wait, let's head back to the meeting room." Kai nods them out.
Heading back to the meeting room the hairs on the back of ---- neck prick at her. She moves her eyes around and sees Kai's henchmen keep looking around. In a sudden move one in a black cloak pulls a syringe out and attacks Redestro. Before anyone can react they see ---- spring into action, when things calm down they see a bone tail coming from ----. The scorpion like tail holds the man with the syringe still as she uses her body to block access to her team. Another shoots a dart at her exposed flesh and it hits her, Kai chuckles and looks at them.
" Hydra, drop my henchmen." Kai asks.
---- just looks at him and glares, with a quick snap of her tail in one direction his neck snaps. Looking at the other with the dart gun she grabs him by the head and slams it into the wall, creating a bloody mess as she crushes his skull.
" Hydra, at ease." Redestro tells her.
---- relaxes and her bones absorb back into her body, she still keeps her battle stance and waits.
" Now why and go do such a thing like that?" Redestro asks.
" Relax it was just an experiment nothing more, clearly on more powerful quirk users it doesn't work." Kai shrugs.
" I will keep in touch, when your formulas are stronger we will invest even more." Redestro tells him.
" That would be optimal, I'll have my men get you out." Kai nods and walks away.
The henchmen get ---- and her group out, they get in the limo and head back to his headquarters. The drive back is silent as they see ---- once again deep in thought.
" ---- when we get back you are released for the time being, go back to the dorms and rest." Redestro tells her.
" Yes sir." She snaps her attention back to them.
They arrive back at Detnerat and Touya brings ---- home, as he returns he goes to them and sees they are in a meeting.
" Here, these are the identities you will go as, if my suspicions are correct then an even bigger problem is at play here." Redestro tells them.
" What do you have in mind sir?" Curiosity asks.
" Theories for now, until I know for certain I'm keeping it quiet for now. Toga, Twice, Skeptic, you have your orders, go and see what you can find." Redestro tells them.
" Right, see you later Boss." Skeptic nods.
Everyone but Touya leaves, he waits a moment as Redestro looks at him and smiles.
" What can I do for ya Dabi?" He asks.
" What can you tell me about what you are thinking?" He asks him.
" Hmmm, I shouldn't be surprised you seem closer to her then anyone else, do not let this get out to the others yet." Redestro looks at him with a serious expression.
" You know I don't talk to the others." Touya tells him.
" Good, it is possible ---- has siblings." Redestro comments.
Touya's eyes widen which catches his attention right away, he remembers the fairy tale ---- was told as a child by one of her caretakers.
" So that story she was told as a child may mean something after all." Touya hums.
" Story? What story?" Redestro asks with curiosity.
" Something about 3 princesses, one had mending or healing abilities, one had some sort of mind ability and the last princess was the strongest." Touya tells him.
" Well then, we know which one she is, it's coming together and makes sense. Kai just so happens to have a serum that can control people?" Redestro cocks his eyebrow.
" So you're saying Kai may have one of her siblings if she has them?" Touya asks.
" It is a great possibility now that I'm hearing this, is there more to the story?" He asks him.
" Yah, the strongest princess lost her sisters and wept, a great evil emerges and when all seems bleak the sisters return and they reunite to stop a great calamity." Touya tells him.
" A great evil, a calamity.... she doesn't seem to remember any sisters however." Redestro comments.
" Most likely from what I have heard they wiped most of her memories clean as a child. The effects like you mentioned don't seem permanent and that is why ---- zones out from time to time. She is trying to make sense of these foreign memories that she isn't sure about yet." Touya explains.
" Shit.... this poor girl has been through so much, her memories are fractured and she is confused about everything. Trying to keep such a brave face daily must be exhausting." Redestro muses.
" So far when she does fun activities she seems to enjoy the freedom, even though things seem bad she is making the most of it all." Touya mentions.
" That is a good thing, soon she will choose her side and we will help her deprogram that horrible program in her mind, she deserves to be free from the shackles the UN and military have put upon her." Redestro nods.
" I'll keep tabs on her, if you need me Boss you know where I'll be." Touya tells him as he walks away.
Touya walks out and sees a text from ----, he opens it and sees a simple heart. He smiles and looks at it fondly before typing up a message of his own.
' Hey babe love you too, need something?' He texts her.
He sends the reply and it doesn't take long to get a reply, he looks down and sees the dots pop up.
' I'm ok, are you doing ok from earlier?' She asks.
' Yah of course, you did very well babe.' Touya replies back.
' That's good, I have an assignment tonight with Red Riot and Real Steel apparently so if you need me I'll message back as soon as possible.' ---- tells him.
' Heh more work eh? No worries Dollface I'll message you tonight, love you babe.' Touya smiles as he replies.
' Love you too! <3' she replies with a heart.
Meanwhile ---- yawns and stretches as she prepares to patrol with Kirishima and Tetsutetsu.
" Yo ---- you ready?" Kirishima asks.
" As ready as I can be." ---- nods and smiles.
" Let's go before Fourth Kind gets on our asses." Tetsutetsu waves them over.
" Yah yah let's go." Kirishima nods.
The trio head out and are soon flocked by civilians wanting autographs and pictures.
" Man this never gets old eh Hydra?" Tetsutetsu grins.
" Hm? Oh yah sure." ---- nods and continues to look around.
" Man you never take breaks do you?" Kirishima asks.
" Not often, I am always vigilant." ---- shakes her head.
" Lighten up its calm today." Kirishima grins.
" I'll relax later." ---- tella them.
They sigh at her reluctance to relax and they just continue to please the civilians who come up to them. ---- looks up a hill of a main road and hears a faint yell. She stops and listens carefully which gets Kirishima's and Tetsutetsu's attention.
" What's up Hydra?" Kirishima asks.
" That's what I would like to know, Real Steel, Red Riot stay vigilant." ---- tells them.
Both prepare with Hydra, quickly they see a truck that is out of control. ---- rushes and gets the civilians in the way to safety, quickly Red Riot and Real Steel grab the trucks front end as it is sliding down hill. Digging into the road they attempt to slow it down but it does little to slow down the fully loaded semi truck.
" Shit we need to stop this now!" Red Riot yells.
" I heard you need an extra pair of hands!" A voice is heard.
Looking up they sees Hawks with Hydra and they grin, carefully ---- gets down with them and using a massive bone spike she slows herself. Hawks uses his feathers on the trio and assists in slowing them down. The fully loaded truck finally comes to a halt with no injuries to any civilians. People come out from hiding and cheer for the Hero's, Hydra once again sticks to the shadows and lets the others enjoy the glory, ---- walks away and continues her patrol but Hawks catches up with her.
" Hey Hero!" Hawks smiles and greets.
" Oh hey Hawks, what can I do for you?" ---- asks.
" Oh nothing really, great job saving those people with Red Riot and Real Steel." Hawks tells her.
" Oh thanks I guess, thank you for the assistance back there." ---- nods.
" You seem distracted, you doin ok?" Hawks asks.
" Yah of course, just lots to do. I have an important call to make but we can catch up later ok?" ---- waves him off.
Hawks watches ---- disappear around the corner, pulling his protective shades up he ponders for a moment.
" Heh, looks just like her." He chuckles to himself.
---- goes back to her team and they smile at a job well done, they continue the rest of the patrol while the city comes to life at night.
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