The next night you and Aizawa headed to the meeting. You were filled with anxiety and determination. You wanted to find Maltheal and stop him before he could take anyone else from you. Class 1-A begged you to let them come but you had promised them that you'd update all of them tomorrow morning.

You walk into the conference room and look around seeing every hero in the city. "Let's get started," FatGum says.

"So, what do we know?" Via asks.

"We have discovered that he has been sending Nomus out into the city with his followers as bodyguards. If we can get a tracker on one of these Nomus without the handler suspecting, it can lead us right to Maltheal," FatGum says.

You all stand around the conference table, trying to think of a plan. One of you would have to fight a massive Nomu in order to get the tracker onto it to find Maltheal. Of course, you wouldn't be able to do it as a team since it would cause too much attention, and the handler would get suspicious. You'd have to go alone, meaning no one would come to back you up.

"I'll do it..." Via shrugs.

"No way," you say quickly.

"We can think of a plan that no one would be put in that sort of danger...these things are massive," Aizawa says.

"I agree. We don't need to put anyone in unnecessary danger," Hawks says.

"This is the only way we are going to find this asshole. I'll do it," Snipe says.

"No! We will find another way," you say.

"There is no other way. We have been searching for a way to get to him for months," Via says.

All of the heroes start to argue with one another. You look around the room, trying to calm everyone down. Keigo's wings twitch, and he looks around the room, confused. A loud ding goes off, and the room falls dead silent.

"What was that?" Midnight asks.

"The tracker...it's on..." Via says, pointing to the screen.

Everyone stares at the map on the screen, a blue dot popping up and flashing. "How the hell is that possible? It's right..." Aizawa stares at the center of the table.

The tracker is gone, replaced with Keigo's feather.

"Arlis!" You shout.

Keigo runs out of the room, sprinting out of the building and taking off into the sky. You all quickly follow the blue dot, going to the last known location. You get to a small two-lane bridge leading to a dense part of the city. Your heart sinks to your stomach when you see blood on the bridge, mixed with purple and pink feathers.

"Oh god, find her!" you scream. You all frantically start to look for any sign of her.

"Get a team down to the river; she may have fallen in!" Snipe shouts.

FatGum, Mirio, and Tamaki run down, searching the banks of the river. Your body shakes with fear as the sunsets, turning the warm orange and yellow sky into cold darkness. Search and rescue teams surveyed the entire river, and a few heroes continued to track the Nomu with no luck. There were floodlights set up everywhere, desperately searching for a sign of life. You, Via, Aizawa, and Keigo began to search the river as well, hoping to find any proof that Griffin was alive. You turned around, hearing sloshing in the water, and your body froze.

FatGum was carrying Griffin's body, wrapped in Mirio's bright red cape.

"NO!" you screamed. Everyone was frozen.

"Arlis!" Via screamed as she ran to her.

"She's alive, but barely! She needs a hospital now!" FatGum says.

You run to her, stroking her ear. She nuzzles into your hand and winces. Her wings are gone, ripped from her back, and her tail has bite marks all over it. There is green and black venom dripping down his chin to her chest. "Why!? What were you thinking!?" You sob.

"Needed... to... protect you... needed to protect... your family..." she groans.

Keigo lands and runs up the FatGum. He takes her in his arms and takes off into the sky. "Keep your fucking eyes open!" He shouts.

"Kei... M'sorry..." she whispers.

"Don't fucking start! Keep your god damn eyes open, Arlis!" He screams as he soars through the sky.

"I got my hug...from FatGum... he's really squishy..." she smiles a little.

"You need to stay awake! I need to tell you something, and you need to fucking be awake! I need to tell you, and you have to be awake, okay!?" He chokes on a sob. He lands outside of the hospital and runs inside. Nurses and doctors swarm her and take her from him. He holds her hand and strokes her cheek as they wheel her through the hall.

"Kei..." she whimpers, squeezing his hand tightly.

"I'm right here, Arlis... I'm right here, baby," he whispers, stroking her cheek.

"Her injuries are massive; we need to get her to surgery now," a doctor says. Keigo lets her hand go as they wheel her past thick white double doors.

A loud explosion sounds off in the dorms, shaking the building as the sun rises. Everyone runs to Bakugou's room, making sure he was ok. "Kacchan?" Izuku asked softly.

Bakugou stares at the hole in the wall where his window used to be, his chest moving up and down quickly, his hand still out, smoking slightly as debris fell onto the ground. Mina gasps as she glances at Bakugou's laptop on his desk open to a news report.

"I want them dead...all of them..." Bakugou sniffles, his face wet with tears.

Kiri walks up to him, hugging him quickly. "She'll be okay... she's a fighter... And we'll get 'em...I promise," he whispers.

"Suit up," Tokoyami snaps. Everyone turns to look at him, confused. "We are going to find these assholes today with or without hero permission," Tokoyami says angrily.

A high pitch scream comes from downstairs. "ERI!" Izuku shouts.

The students run downstairs and stop. Shoto is panting heavily, standing in the main room. The whole front of the dorms was burned and covered in ice. There are villains encased in ice, not moving. Hitoshi pokes his head up from behind the couch, holding Eri tightly.

Shoto turns and looks at his classmates, his eyes ablaze with anger. "We need to go...we don't have time to warn anyone...Maltheal is coming for her now."