All for Who?

Suddenly he could see again, a serious migraine filling his head. He locked his armor, doing so to make sure that when he moved his head he didn’t reveal that he was actually conscious. Looking around the room he could see that all the students he’d been with were in a similar position, laying on the floor and seemingly unconscious. All except for Bakugo. Instead he was separated from the others, strapped to a chair with restraints on his arms and legs and a muzzle on his face. With the blast marks around the room he could tell that Bakugo had tried to break free from their captors. “You did good, Compress. But I thought I told you all to kill those ones.” The man who spoke pointed at Midoriya and Todoroki, he was most likely the leader of these Villains. “Really, having them here makes me angry because of all the trouble they’ve caused us…” He scratched his neck violently, as if he was trying to get at something under his skin. Then he stopped. ”But I suppose that the more of their students we have, the less trust people will have in UA. It is a fair trade for the small annoyance. We got what we came for.” He had white hair, pale skin, black clothes and what looked like severed hands gripped around his parts of his body. Aurdel tried to get a good look at his face, but his current position left him unable to see it. “Twice, remove the muzzle. I want to talk with him.”

“Are you nuts?! You got it!” The way Twice spoke seemed contradictory, like there was some fracture in his mind that left him unable to help it. His outfit was a black bodysuit with a gray mask covering up the whole of his head, leaving him unidentifiable. He walked over to Bakugo, then pulled off the muzzle.

“Let go of me you assholes, or I’ll kill you all!” He snarled at them like a dog, baring his teeth with as much anger as he could muster and caused Twice to recoil back.

“See I told you it was a great idea!”

“Calm down kid, maybe you should hear what I have to offer before you get all mad about it.” The leader crouched down, looking him in the face. “See, I know you’re not like those other brats. You’re being held back just because they can’t handle your power, your strength. And because of that you hate them. So I have to ask, why bother staying with them? It doesn’t make sense for someone as strong as you to stay with a bunch of weaklings.” He raised his arms and stood up, “Why, just look at us. How strong we are! We found out where the top school for Heroes in the country was having their little vacation picnic, walked in and did all this.” He looked at the boy. “A Hero missing, a number of students injured, others gone. And what do they have to show for it? Absolutely nothing!”

“You bozos think you’re strong?!” Bakugo scoffed, visibly upsetting their leader. “If anything you’re a bunch of weaklings, the kind that even morons like Deku could crush!”

“Now listen here,” he crouched back down again, placing four fingers on Bakugo’s face. “I’m trying to give you a good deal here. After all, we took it upon ourselves to-“

“I ain’t finished moron!” Bakugo shouted, interrupting him. Aurdel wasn’t sure if this boy was supremely brave, dumb, headstrong or a combination of all three. “If you really were strong you would have come at us all head on, not act like a bunch of cowards by sneaking in! You’re all nobodies who think you’re tough shit even though you accomplished nothing!”

“Shut up!” The leader looked like he was moments away from closing his hand on the boy’s face, as if he was going to crush it. A quick thought went through his head. If one of those Villains had a power that enabled them to capture and knock out groups of people, there was no limit to what was possible. And he wasn’t about to let some kid die in front of him. Aurdel unlocked his armor and fired off his thrusterpack,flying off the ground and essentially tackling the man. But instead of following all the way through he stopped in front Bakugo, letting the Villain go flying into what looked like a bar counter. The other Villains in the room stared at him as he tore the restraints off of Bakugo and pulled out his combat knife.

The leader nursed the back of his head as he tried to stand up.“Kill him!” Then, he shouted at the top of his lungs. As if Bakugo already knew what to do he blasted off to the side, going after something else as the Villains charged him down. The first to get in range to attack was Compress, the man he’d encountered before. Now somewhat knowing his ability he sidestepped Compress, who reached out to grab him with his right hand. Aurdel grabbed his forearm and closed his hand on it with a crack, snapping the man’s radius and ulna before pulling his right shoulder of its socket. He then spun around while still holding him, using him as a bodyshield against the next attacker. This one was a young woman, presumably the one who’d tried to take blood from Uraraka and Tsuyu given the various knives and containers she had on her. She missed her first stab as she quickly avoided stabbing Compress, moving to the side to try and get a better angle. But once she had he’d already been in position. He swung his knife out as she attacked, shattering the comparatively small blade and causing her visible shock. Then he used her comrade like a weapon, throwing him against her and causing both to fall to the floor as they collided.

Twice jumped over the two of them, “I’ll take this guy!” In his hands was what looked like a measuring tape, the kind that was used by a tailor to take sizes. It also looked to be made out of steel cable with a sharp edge. The man tried to get behind him and used the tape as a garotte, but he was more than prepared. He grabbed the wire and used it to throw the man over his head, hitting the Villain leader at full force. This time he heard a crack as their leader slammed his head onto the corner of the bar counter, his neck having audibly snapped and blood beginning to pour from the wound on his head.

“Man, you sure that you’re not a Villain?” The last one, dressed in a dark overcoat and with skin grafts all over his body, had blue flames emerge from his hands. “Compress, get down.”

“Roger!” Compress disappeared with the female Villain into two small blue marbles, that had to be how he’d done it last time. He managed to stomp on one of the two marbles before the other rolled away, unable to strike it as a wall of fire rolled in.

But just as it did a wall of ice appeared, getting rid of the flames and pinning the Villain to the wall. “About time you extras woke up!” Bakugo shouted, “Really thought you all were just going to keep taking a nap and make us do all of the work!” Aurdel kept careful watch over the Villains as the students got up, one by one. The marbles that had appeared on the floor then opened up, one leaving more of a mess than the others. To say that it was a shock to the students would be an understatement..

“What… what happened?!” Midoriya asked, stumbling back as he spoke, “I know that you were trying to protect us, but a Hero should never do something like this!”

“I never said I was one,” he piled up the knocked out Villains, binding their hands and feet with some nearby rope. “I’m a soldier, one that was trained to do what is necessary. And besides, they were planning to kill you to begin with.” He searched the unconscious Villains, looking for any equipment. He didn’t find much aside from what he’d already seen. However, on the woman he got a closer look at the containers. “Looks like we found our missing blood.” He shoved the containers into a hardcase on his hip, “Do any of you have a way to contact your teachers?”

“N-no, we left our phones inside of the dorms before we went outside.” Damn. Aurdel opened his comms, combing the local frequencies. Eventually he managed to tap into the emergency services lines. With reports of fires and explosions, the fire department, police and medical services were all on their way. That was good, but only so long as the situation didn’t get any worse.

“These guys won’t be moving for a while. Get into the street and try to get away in the crowd, I’m sure you can find your way home wherever here is.” He put away his knife and pulled out a magnum, loading in a fresh mag. “If you need a partner then split up into groups of two at most, if these guys somehow manage to get out of here then they’ll recognize you if you all move together.” He looked at them, but most of them still looked to be frozen with fear. “I said move it! The quicker you get out of here the more distance you put between yourself and them!” His raised voice shocked them out of their state, and many of the students began to get a move on. Almost all of them went to the door, all aside from Bakugo. He blasted something with his explosions before standing up.

“Watch this trash carefully. If he wakes up he’ll teleport them all away.” Aurdel gave him a simple nod, then the boy left with the others. Walking over he found the Villain the boy had been holding down. He was more like a thing than a man though, being some apparition made up of black mist with a metal collar and a formal suit around it. And so he lifted him up, keeping a hold on the collar as he waited for the authorities to arrive.

“To think,” a new voice spoke. Its origin was a TV on the wall, one set to audio only. “That after all this time, the years of effort and resources that I spent on the grooming of my successor would be wasted because of the arrival of one man.” There was a twinge of defeat and some disappointment in the man’s voice, but also a slight emotion that caused Aurdel some amount of unnerve. Amusement. “You have killed Tomura after all, his spine was shattered and the back of the counter went through his skull. But while my hopes for him are gone, they are not lost forever.”

It wasn’t a good idea to encourage an encounter with the enemy, let alone the ringleader. But if he had the chance to take them all down at once then he would take it. “Then step out, I’m sure you’d like to take revenge on the person who ruined your plan.”

“I won’t step out just yet, there’s something else I must do. The others will keep you occupied for now.” Others…? At first he thought he meant the other Villains, but a gray mist suddenly began engulfing the area. The mist then swallowed up the restrained Villains, even the one that he was holding. And in their stead a group of twelve Nomu walked out ready to attack. He went to switch from his magnum to his assault rifle, but he didn’t have enough time. Each one immediately charged him and began their attack, the sound of the air cracking with every punch that they gave. He dropped to the floor and tried to knock them off of their feet with a number of kicks, but they were strong. It seemed like they were just able to absorb every hit. If he couldn’t use his strength then he would just have to use theirs. Maneuvering underneath the creatures he was able to eventually get behind one of them, grabbing its arm. Twisting it out of place he was able to force it to stumble, knocking it off its feet. Then, he began to use it like a weapon. Like a club he began to meet the Nomu blow for blow, pushing them back and avoiding taking any damage. Unfortunately for him, these too were capable of regenerating. No matter how much damage he did by physically striking them, it would be outpaced. That left him with only three options. The first, shredder rounds. The problem there was that he had only enough ammo for half of them, and that he would need a decent line of fire before he could use his weapon. The second was effectively a suicidal attack, one that would destroy this building and probably the one next to it. The last one was a lot less risky or requirement intensive, but he would have to fast. With time quickly running out he made his choice.

He pulled out and struck the other flare that he was carrying with him, throwing the Nomu that he was carrying to give him a moment to act. Holding his knife in his other hand, he went for the attack. The first Nomu charged him, throwing a right hook and missing. Aurdel then attacked it from the side, climbing onto its side and stabbing the exposed brain with the knife. He then pulled out the knife and quickly shoved in the hot burning flare, cauterizing it from the inside and burning away any regenerating cells. After repeating it a number of times the beast went down, falling over with a head that now looked like swiss cheese. His theory was proven, now all he had to do was repeat it again and again. Ten seconds passed, another Nomu was dead. Twenty seconds passed, two more dead. Twenty more seconds, another three. The forearms of his armor were covered in blood and gore, having cut through the heads of seven human-like creatures. “You are a very interesting man… You have no quirk, and even though the power difference between you and the Nomu is great you managed to find a way to beat them...” the voice from the TV spoke again, “You would make a great asset.” He didn’t dare answer him. The flare in his hand went dead, too much blood and flesh had dampened the flare and prematurely put it out. Fine then, plan A. He backed away from the Nomu who he’d managed to lead to the other side of the room, then pulled out his assault rifle. But he lost his chance.

A force comparable to that of a passenger jet crashing went through the building, completely demolishing everything around him. The walls flew apart like cardboard, and he himself was sent flying. Mid-flight he turned on his thruster pack, using it to avoid the rubble and debris flying through the air. He regained his momentum, then shot forward back in the direction of the fight. Five Nomu were left and they stood there, waiting for him to attack. He’d give them their fight. He struck one right in its exposed brain with his fist, using the angled edges on his gauntlet to effectively scoop out chunks of brain matter. Then he turned, and opened fire.The first one he found had its head turned to mist by a burst of shredder rounds. He swung around to his left, two more. With the sweeping motion he effectively cut their bodies in two, reloaded, then opened fire again. Half way through the next mag he’d cut them down and so he looked down, the fourth one had recovered. He shoved the gun barrel through its mouth and squeezed the trigger, a mini fountain of blood spraying onto his visor as he annihilated the fourth one. That meant there was only one left.

“No tools, no weapons. I want to see how you do against one without anything.” Aurdel raised his rifle to the man hanging in the air above the Nomu, dressed in a suit and wearing a heavy industrial mask. Black tentacle-like appendages stretched out from his hand and pierced the back of the Nomu, and it began to perform a lot more precisely. The moment he went to pull the trigger the man raised his hand and hit him with the same blast of air that he’d felt before, throwing the rifle out of his hand. “This must be a true test of your strength!” The Nomu charged him much more effectively than the others had, no doubt the man controlling the creature had actually seen combat before. Aurdel raised his elbows to block against the oncoming barrage of attacks, the punches being enough to go through his shields and actually pummel the plate of his armor. Despite feeling every blow that they dealt he stood tall. And when an opening eventually presented itself to him, he took advantage of it.

One arm had overextended and missed, giving Aurdel the chance for Aurdel to grab it by the wrist and twist it. Using the leverage he had he curled up his fist, uppercutting the creature hard in the jaw. Teeth and blood flew out of its mouth, simultaneously popping the arm out of its socket. And initially it stumbled, but it would recover. Several more arms grew from its back and were just as articulate as the rest, forcing Aurdel to take a step back as they tried to grapple with him. But every time the arms came close he was able to put up his guard, pushing them back. For a solid minute it was a game of going back and forth, with the Nomu attacking him only to be parried. Then when Aurdel struck back it was hard, but the considerable damage he did each time was discounted by its ability to heal. He wasn’t going to win like this. He had to go for disabling moves instead of killing. After all, it could regenerate wounds. But it couldn’t stop the nervous system from doing its job. The Nomu went in for one last attack, but Aurdel was the one that struck first. With surgical precision he punched approximately where it’s solar plexus would be, following up with strikes at its knee caps and every other nerve bundle on the body that he could successfully pinpoint and hit. And with the rapid fire attacks he effectively caused the Nomu to shut down, leaving it unable to move as essentially every muscle contracted in its body due to the conflicting and overloading signals sent by its nerves.

But before he could finish the fight for good the other man intervened, using the dark appendages to mince the Nomu in hundreds of smaller pieces. With its organs completely obliterated, there was no way for it to come back. “You’ll make a fine substitute!” The appendages from the man's hands again, chasing Aurdel as he began to move. Initially he was only just fast enough to avoid them while on his feet, so he fired up his thrusterpack to give himself extra maneuverability. He pulled out his magnum, aimed carefully, then fired. Three bullets struck the appendages, but nothing happened. They curved around structures, leapt over barriers, anything to get closer to him. He even kicked up a chunk of rubble into the air, sending it abruptly into its path and leaving them with no time to react. But with no time to react, it just meant that it would go straight through. Shredded rebar and concrete filled the air like shrapnel. He changed his target, firing off another burst of rounds towards the man. But each one simply plinked off of him, each one having hit but somehow not having enough force to punch through.

He put away the gun, pushing his thrusters to the limit as he kept flying around to avoid the appendages. He was running out of options, and if he didn’t come up with something…?. No, hold that thought. He had an idea. He pulled a brick out of a hardcase on his armor, kicking up more rubble as a sort of distraction for the person he was fighting. Then, once he was ready, he struck the brick to one of the pieces, throwing it in his direction. Thinking that it was likely to be just another section of concrete that Aurdel was throwing, the man had simply sidestepped the object. But he could have not been more wrong. Aurdel triggered his detonator and the brick of C-12 strapped for the rubble erupted into a massive fireball, completely engulfing the man and leveling any nearby buildings that had managed to survive up to this point. With an explosive that could be shaped in small amounts to destroy a five story building, there was no way that anyone could survive a blast like that. At least, that was what he’d thought. “A clever trick, but it’s not one you’ll be using again.” The smoke cleared, the man was missing his arms and legs. But it seemed that just like the Nomu, this man could regenerate. Brand new limbs sprouted from the stumps where the previous one had been, blood and gore coating his suit. The man’s industrial mask was also destroyed in the blast revealing his odd face. He had no eyes, no nose, no ears. Only a mouth with a displeased look. “You should stop resisting. The more time that I spend fighting you, the less power that I’ll have to fight All Might.”

He was wasting his time, huh? Well, then he’d waste as much as he possibly could. Aurdel planted his feet firmly on the ground as the man brought up his hand once more, hitting him with another air blast. This time he was able to stand his ground, powering through the attack and then charging forward the second it stopped. The man’s right arm then suddenly grew in size, strength and muscle. Embedded were protruding rivet and spear-like growths, ones that likely could not penetrate through his armor but were likely to cause some damage to his undersuit if he wasn’t careful. He raised his arms, using them to block the punch that came his way. His shields, that had since regenerated, shattered once again. Just one punch from this guy had a ridiculous amount of power behind it. A sonic boom could be heard from the impact, wind blowing past him. A second strike came, this time followed up with another blast from the air cannon. This time it was enough to send him flying back, slamming him into the hood of a car that had managed to find itself in the path of destruction. He looked around, searching for something to use. Then he had an idea. He lifted the car into the air and threw it at the Villain, using it as a distraction for the man to destroy.. Then, while he was occupied, he ran over to a fallen electric pole and ripped a panel off of the transformer. The little trick he was going to perform was one he’d done on Reach during the defense of the groundside generators. Cycling his recharging shields, he was able to match the frequency of the electric current passing through the power grid. And by doing so he could essentially overcharge his shields to a dramatic amount, surpassing the usual safe limits that were assigned to the armor. Sure it would cause major electrical outages for some distance away, but he had bigger fish to fry. Aurdel turned towards the Villain, his shields now almost looking a bright solid white. “You could give up now, and this would become a lot less difficult for both of us.”

“No,” was all said in a defiant response. The next moment he charged straight at him, poised to strike. He’d raised his massive arm to protect against the attack but it had done little to stop him, as the rivets sprouting out of his arm acted like a conductor and shocked him from the inside out. Seizing the opportunity he moved to disable the man by forcing his body to seize up, just like he’d done with the Nomu.

“Shock Inversion!” Then out of nowhere, the force of all his attacks was reversed back upon him. He slightly reeled back from effectively being hit by his own blows, but was able to take the hits. This guy had more up his sleeve than he’d thought, this needed to end now..

“Stop your fighting!” A loud voice shouted from somewhere behind him. “You two have caused immense damage to the ward, and now you face a great many Heroes. Surrender now or you will be crushed by the fist of the number two Hero!” Aurdel ignored the man speaking, instead still focusing on the fight and continuing to grapple with the Villain. But when he heard a low chuckle come from his opponent, he knew that something was about to happen..

“Endeavor, did All Might really think that facing me was such a lowly task that he sent you? Truly, he belittles you.”

“I came here of my own accord, and I will not be insulted by a Villain!”

“The way you live is an insult unto itself. After all, who can be such a grand failure except for you?” There was a smugness to his voice, one that didn’t fade even as Aurdel tried to push forward. He’d even managed to get one blow to his face, but it did nothing to help put this guy down. “Even after all you have done to surpass All Might, you still lay in his shadow. And what have you gained from it? Oh, I know. It was the death of your eldest son, the one that you discarded as a failure. Or perhaps it was the wife that you took and drove to madness with your abuse and fury, the one that scarred your prized son Shoto with boiling water.” His speech practically grew maniacal as he continued, a smile growing on his face as he knew that he was striking at the man’s core. “Perhaps when I am done here I should make his face symmetrical again, it will be a greater kindness than you have ever shown him!”

“Your bastard!” Endeavor shouted.

“Endeavor, don’t! Edgeshot is-!” A female voice shouted out, but it was too late. A wave of fire slammed into the two of them from behind, revealing a third person that had appeared out of thin air. They’d been as thin as a line of fishing wire and were trying to sneak up on them, but the fire had forced him out of hiding. The air cannon blasted again, hitting Aurdel directly and forcing him to release his attack for just enough time to reach out for the other man. With the appendages he’d seen before he’d pierced the man, looking to drain the life out of his body before tossing him to the side. The Villain gave a wild grin and disappeared, transforming into that same thin wire like the other man had. Aurdel charged out to try and stop him.

The Villain went straight for attacking the group that had just arrived, and in that form he was too quick to catch up to. “He’s coming for you!” Aurdel shouted to warn them, just barely managing to do so. He was less then twenty feet away when the Villain reappeared and went to attack, going for the man clothed in fire who he presumed to be Endeavor. The only reason that he wasn’t struck was that at the last second someone had pulled him out of the way, dragging him by what looked like the fibers of his clothes. That one wouldn’t be as lucky though, and when the second swing came around it struck the man at full force. Without any armor he was essentially ragdolled down the street, slamming into a light pole.

“Flashfire Fist!” Endeavor tried to attack again, this time directly at the Villain in front of him.

“How annoying.” He raised his hand, another air blast blew the attack straight back at him. Aurdel then jumped in the way of some of the excess flames as they pushed off to the side, protecting someone. The Villain then grabbed Endeavor by the head, using the same tendrils he’d used before on him. He was stealing their powers. Aurdel tried to charge in to stop it, but it was too late. Endeavor's flames disappeared and soon flames shot from the man’s hands. An ear piercing noise then filled the air as someone who looked like an anthropomorphic Orca let out some kind of sonic attack, trying to disorient the Villain. Simultaneously the woman had grown to extreme size, lifting her leg and driving it down to try and crush the Villain into the dirt. She slammed into the ground with all she could, but it didn’t work. He’d disappeared again, slithering in the wire form up along her leg before striking her in the midsection with another air cannon blast. She was sent reeling backwards to the ground, simultaneously shrinking as it seemed that her power was stolen to.”

The Orca was attacked next, as the Villain used the power to grow even more and slam his fist into him. He was sent careening away, flying through a concrete building. Damnit, this was going to be a slaughter. “Get the injured out of here and get as far away from here as you can!” He shouted at the man made of wood, who quickly nodded. Stretching out his limbs he was able to pull away those who’d previously fallen, quickly moving away from the battlefield. It would only be him and the Villain now.

“You know you’re much stronger than all of them, physically and mentally. It is a talent that shouldn’t be wasted.” Aurdel fired up his thrusters and flew into the air as the appendages came again, chasing after him as he buzzed around the Villain. He avoided any attack that came his way, taking the chance to pull out one of the rivet growths. And once he had the rivet he flew around to behind the Villain, stabbing it into the back of the man’s neck. Then he forcibly discharged the energy he’d kept built up in his shields, using the river as a channel to send as much electricity as he could through this guy. And it looked like it worked. Every muscle in the Villain’s body seized up simultaneously, and he seemed to lose control of the power that made him giant as he began to shrink back down in size. Aurdel continued to pummel him down as the two of them fell, resulting in a dust cloud filling the air the moment the two hit the ground. He prepared to deal a finishing blow when he looked down.

Shit! It had been a trick, he’d managed to regain control and used that other power to become thin again. Now he was nowhere to be seen, forcing Aurdel to begin viciously scanning the area for any sign of him. And he looked, but found nothing. Nothing was appearing on his motion sensor either until- No, there! A thin line showed up on his suit's sensors and Aurdel spun around to face it, finding nothing. But he trusted his gut and reached out his hand, then clenched his fist and felt the sensation of crushing something. His intuition was proven right, but a problem revealed itself when he found that he hadn’t damaged anything vital. Only his legs. The Villain came out swinging with a right hook, leaving Aurdel no time to react as he was struck upside the head, hitting hard enough to stun him for a moment. The next strikes came repeatedly, pummeling him over and over. Aurdel could literally feel as the ground gave way beneath him, pushing him through a layer of solid concrete and eventually into dirt. He tried to budge from his position, but was literally embedded into the ground. He was then hit with a point blank air blast, pushing him through that last layer of dirt and through a series of underground pipes. Water sprayed into the air as the pipes burst open, Aurdel could barely move. The punishment he’d dealt out and been dealt out was too severe. Hell, blood was beginning to pool in his mouth. The Villain stood above him, a mixture of frustration, exhaustion and anger on his face. “This… Could have been so much easier… If you’d just cooperated.”

The appendages struggled to come out of his hands, probably due to how tired he was, but they would make their way towards him. Unable to move he watched as they traveled across his body, probably looking for some point of entry. Then, they found it. They managed to wiggle their way in between the place where his helmet and the undersuit met, the tendrils traveling down his neck and stabbing into his back. The pain that he felt was hard to describe, it was almost like he was undergoing every single one of the augmentation procedures again and all at the same time. It creeped further down through his body, before eventually reaching his chest. And once it had stopped it felt like it had left something there, before the tendrils quickly left and returned to his hand. “But it is done now,” he cleared his throat with a cough, “There is only one thing left to do…”

“All For One!” A man’s voice shouted from above the two of them, anger heavy in his voice. He moved like a blur and slammed into the Villain standing above him, forcing the Villain back some distance away from Aurdel.

“You took your time All Might, you really have gotten slow!” The two of them grappled with each other directly in front of him, powerful brutes of winds spraying out from their hands as the air between their hands was violently compressed. All For One used his air cannon, temporarily breaking the grip the All Might had on him. “To think that this was the fist that brought down all of my comrades and stood upon their sacrifices, it’s unthinkable! Just while you were taking your sweet time to get here I slaughtered the Heroes that came for me!” Aurdel managed to pull himself out of the ground, the paint on the back of his armor having been completely worn down to reveal the gray of titanium plating.

“You will pay for the injustices you’ve committed here today!” All Might shouted, bringing his fist back against All For One. But the same shock inversion ability he’d seen earlier was now used against him, hitting him back with tremendous force. With one hand on the ledge Aurdel managed to pull himself out of the hole, catching his breath as he stared at the two men fighting

“Will I now?!” The Villain laughed and said, “All Might, I expect some effort to be put behind threats like that! At this rate you’re just next on the list of Heroes to fall, then once you fall I will take One For All from your pathetic successor Midoriya Izuku!”

“You will not lay a hand on him!” All Might shouted, grabbing one of All For One’s arms and pushing it to the side while crushing it. Then with his left fist he dealt a heavy hitting punch to the man’s jaw. Smoke came from All Might, and it looked like he was deflating physically in front of his very eyes. But it had not been a finishing blow.

“I expect strength behind threats like that!” All Might’s eyes widened as the man raised his arm, being blown back again in the direction of a news chopper. Aurdel watched as All Might was caught by an old man in a white and yellow costume, before sprinting back into action. Adrenaline pumped through his veins, and charged at All For One in a blur of motion. “How can you-?!” He didn’t have time to finish his question or get an answer. Aurdel tackled him by the legs, grabbing him and lifting him into the air before slamming him back down onto the ground. Then he switched off the safeties on his thrusterpack.

The regeneration that had saved him before wouldn’t save him, Aurdel would ensure that. In one hand he held the thrusterpack with the jets facing All For One, and in his other hand he grabbed his knife. He then went to town on All For One, stabbing him repeatedly across the chest and burning the wounds to force the regeneration to stop. “I. WILL. NOT. DIE!” The man stubbornly shouted into his face, repeatedly bashing him with his fist. But Aurdel remained resolute, noticing that the coup de grace was coming. Putting his equipment back he once more lifted All For One, knowing what was coming.

“UNITED.” Aurdel heard the sound of the air crack with a sonic boom as he approached. He kept All For One held down so he couldn’t avoid the blow that was to come. “STATES.” Any nearby glass that had survived now shattered, and a number of car alarms went off as he got closer. “OF.” A whirlwind kicked up in his wake, the ground shook as he wound up his right arm. “SMAAAAAASH!” Aurdel braced himself as he witnessed possibly the most powerful right hook known to man. A sonic boom went off right in front of his face and a miniature tornado formed from the air pressure of All Might slamming into All For One, sending Aurdel flying with a number of chunks of debris. He eventually managed to land, slamming back through a wall before landing on solid ground. Tired he pulled off his helmet and spewed out a mix of vomit and blood, before putting it back on. Then, he passed out.