"It has been a week since the acquaintance of pro-hero : Fatgum, Miss L/n Y/n, was kidnapped at this very location. So far there has not been any information regarding who took Miss L/n. If you have any information regarding her whereabouts, please don't hesitate to call the number on screen." I pressed the power button on the remote and had to keep myself from throwing the remote in anger. Aizawa had gone home after day five. He said that he felt like I could hold my own ground from there. He couldn't be more wrong. My eyes glanced over the common areas of my house. For every night Y/n was gone, there were multiple to-go containers for each night. My kitchen counters were covered in them. My mother knew nothing of what happened, and she had left for home while we were gone for our date. Several of the other pro-heroes took it amongst themselves to regularly check in on me. My guess was it was to keep tabs on me and keep me from running off to find the LOV by myself. I could hear the incessant tapping on my front door. My garbled sigh got caught in my throat as I tried to keep a front for my good friend. "Heya Fatgum! I was sent to check in on you. There's been a sighting of Shigaraki with Y/n. So we need you to come down to the agency." He slowed down as he took in my disheveled form. "Woah! What the hell happened to you?" Keigo pushed me back into the apartment and shut the door behind him. "I've been using every waking moment to find her. I haven't given myself much time for self-care, I can't give myself time like that. Knowing that they could be slowly killing her right now." Keigo frowned at me and made me sit down. "You're going to get yourself thrown off the case if you keep going like this. You will take a shower, shave, and get a fresh hero suit on. Otherwise, I won't let you into the meeting. I just slumped my head and gave a weak nod. "When the meeting is over, you need to rest up. I will make you drink Ny-Quil if you try to say you can't sleep." He scolded me. I nodded feebly and went to my room.

Keigo was right. A hot shower, a shave, and fresh clothes made me feel more energized to continue looking for Y/n. The entire meeting was about where to go from next. Y/n was recently seen being dragged unconsciously by Shigaraki. Their whereabouts were now unknown. The informant said that she looked almost dead if it weren't for her occasional twitch and she seemed to be laughing or crying. They couldn't tell since they were watching from afar. The only reasonable option was she had to be crying from pain. Hawks took an aerial view while I stuck to the ground. The hounds that were searching for her came up empty. They stopped short of a spot in the middle of an alleyway. Our conclusion was a teleportation type quirk. We called it quits when we kept coming up empty. "Tomorrow is another day." Someone had reminded me. I felt more hopeless, but I had to hold onto a tiny straw of hope that was left in me.

I woke up with my body strapped down to a medical table. But I was not in a hospital. I could hear the faint sound of voices on the other side of a familiar set of heavy metal doors. The voices quieted down as the door was slammed open. "Why if it isn't my favorite pet project. Now, what behooved you to run away, hmm?" I kept my eyes steeled to the slowly cracking cement ceiling. I couldn't look at him, if I did, it would hurt more. A sharp prick drew my attention to my left arm. One needle was poked into my arm and a eerie substance was inserted into my bloodstream. "Now Shigaraki, we already know there's something in her to prevent your quirk from activating on her. But I haven't found a quirk in her to be the reason. So I need you to be more patient with her, if you bring her back in this condition again I will be forced to take her from you." Shigaraki grumbled out a form of agreement. I could feel the restraints being undone as he slowly walked around me. Even if I could dart up and run away when they were gone, I wouldn't do it. All for one was not a force to meddle with. He had the ability to give me quirks with his quirk, but he wanted to find an alternative way to do it through medicine. He wanted there to be a way to forcefully take and give quirks even when he wasn't around. And I'm the first of many to be in his little "Pet project".

"While I am sending her back with you, do not mistake this as a chance to kill her or keep hurting her. I don't want you killing my little pet. If you bring her back here while this close to death again, I might just kill you." All for one's voice was almost the equivalent to nails scratching on a chalkboard. He put quirk dampening restraints on me before releasing me back to Shigaraki. "Now, let me know if anything new happens to her. Anything. I want to make sure that this works this time." Shigaraki nodded his head and pulled me along with him through the portal.

Shigaraki didn't even entertain the words that had fallen out of AFO's mouth. He continued to beat the living shit out of me when he got me back to the hideout. He kept me tied to that damn chair all the time. the only times I wasn't in the chair was when I was being used as his (dare I say it) plaything. Even though it's been maybe a couple of weeks since I've seen AFO I hadn't felt any changes. Though, with the quirk-restraints my guess is, is that If he managed to succeed I wouldn't know yet because of the restraints. Shigaraki had left me in the room hours ago. I just let my chin rest on my chest while my head dangled downwards. This chair was almost a safe haven now. It seemed like when I'm tied to it, Shigaraki either was leaving me alone for a while, or he was gonna beat the living shit out of me with my arms tied behind me. The click of the doorknob made me snap my head in the door's direction. I let out a short sigh at the sight of Touya. "Jesus Christ. What the fuck has he been doing to you?" His question was really just his own thoughts, not really asking me. "Oh y'know, experimenting on me and beating me... among other things," I answered nonspecifically. His bright blue eyes darkened at my last words. "Damn. I really didn't think-" I cut him off with a laugh "You thought what? That Shigaraki would go easy on me? I tried to escape after he tied me to his bed. I clearly pissed off the man-child. I honestly didn't think he had it in him to do this much to me. But hey! Life loves to keep me on my toes!" I sarcastically joked. Touya flinched back, that was a first. Touya looked nervously towards the door before stepping behind me. "I can't let you go, but I can let you stretch and get something to eat and drink." I could feel the chains and quirk restraints drop off of my body. After a few seconds, I felt so much more energized.

Touya took me into the common areas and had me sit at the breakfast table in the small dining room. He made me a few sandwiches and gave me a glass of water. I ate almost like a rabid animal. I didn't even touch the water till I had eaten all of the food. I chugged the water down and went to the sink. I turned on the cold water and just drank straight from the faucet. Meanwhile, Touya watched in mild disgust and awe. Both of us flinched at the sound of the front door being slammed open and shut again. Touya and I locked eyes for half a second before Shigaraki stormed into the room. "Why the fuck are you out of the chair? And where are your restraints?!" His voice made the room feel smaller. He came closer, ready to beat me again. I dropped to my knees and kept my hands over my head. But blows were not delivered. A soft rumbling made all three of us glance around. It stopped as quickly as it started. Shigaraki turned back to me but didn't start hitting me. "Y-Your eyes! It worked! We've finally implanted a quirk into you!" His body shook as he let out an eerie laugh and snatched me up from the floor. "What's going on? How do you know I have a quirk now?" Questions kept filling my mind as he jerked me around. He came to a stop in front of the bathroom and made me face the mirror.

He was right. I had to have some sort of quirk now. My eyes glowed a pale blue, almost the same blue as Toya's flames. I tried blinking and rubbing my eyes to get it to go away, but it wouldn't. Shigaraki laughed and laughed as I poked and prodded my face.

"Now, phase two can finally begin!"