~O~

"Come now, Eri, I'll take you to a place where you can comfortably re-think your decision."

For a moment everything went black.

And the next thing Eri knew, she was surrounded by at least a hundred Nomus.

The villain brought her to the underground basement where they were keeping all the Nomus for the time being.

Now, being stared at by the enormous bio-engineered monsters, Eri stumbled to the ground, clenching her chest as her mind raced for the possibilities of what could happen next.

And as to reply her troubled expression, All For One spoke up, "Relax. They won't hurt you... Not for the time being at least. Anyways, now you have plenty of time to think about my proposal. Oh wait! Let me rephrase it for you real quick; serve me or join them."

"Wh-What...?" Eri looked at him with fearful eyes.

"You heard me. If you defy me or the League, you will be giving me all the more reasons to turn you into one of them. To turn you into a Nomu." All For One said, "And then, once you're a Nomu, you will naturally become an enemy of the society and a partner of violence! You won't be able to look at anyone for help instead of me. No one would come to your aid. The heroes would want to get rid of you for good. You'll be helpless without me. You're life will lose all it's meaning. You're only purpose will be to serve me.... So, won't it be better if you be a good girl and join me yourself?"

Eri didn't reply. The little girl only scowled at him, yet her bottom lip quivered.

"Alright then. You have a lot of time to think. I'll leave you here now." All For One slowly waved a hand, "And don't make me wait too long. You know what will happen if you do."

With that, the Symbol of Villain teleported out of the room. Leaving the girl with absolutely no clue about the exit. She wouldn't be able to escape. She didn't even know what this place was. She didn't know if the heroes would even come for her. She didn't know how much longer she had to stay there.

She was scared.

But she would act patient and still wait for someone to save her. She wouldn't give in to the villain's desires. She would never join the dark side. And those were her final decisions. Decisions she didn't want to re-think.

But right now, aside from what side she joins, the uneasy feeling never left her as one of the Nomus reached down to her and just stared at her, not doing anything. Eri, as well, froze in fear and stared at the mutated being.

Time seemed to move slower as Eri's wishes for help went on faster.

Nobody came for a seemingly long time.

~O~

The next day...

Aizawa didn't know the first thing about what was going on.

First Midoriya got taken away without any trouble. And Endeavor telling them the Commission was involved. Then the underground hero was told that the boy was killed. Next thing he saw was Mirio coming up to him, telling him Eri was missing. And now this...

Apparently, the book Endeavor got from 'The Commission' instructed that they have to form a team of Pro Heroes and raid a specific location that was hidden from the public to eliminate hundreds of troublesome Nomus.

Aizawa was okay with it till that part. No harm done. Just the Pros going on a mission.

The real problem arose when they added the fact that UA's Hero Course students would be going with them.

Like, Aizawa was done then and there. His student got killed. A child was missing. He was not going to throw another forty problem children in trouble. Especially since they were going to deal with Nomus. 

Aizawa would have done everything in his power to protest and stop the part that included the students...

He would have done if Nezu didn't already set them off.

He was their homeroom teacher. He must have the upper hand in these things. But no! The principal had to agree with this 'Mastermind' — as Endeavor called him — and his strategy.

Now, he was just stuck here with All Might and Vlad King calling the parents to inform them about the situation.

"Why are we doing this? The children are already gone anyways..." Aizawa said just after he ended his call with Mitsuki Bakugou. That woman was too chill with it, Aizawa wondered if she was even listening to what he said.

"Yeah, Nezu did make a very quick decision... Either way, the parents deserve to know." Vlad King replied as he called Kendo's parents.

"Um... Aizawa?" All Might called for the already way-too-much-done-with-this-shit™ underground hero.

"What?" Aizawa turned to the blonde who was looking down at the list of Class-1-A students' contact numbers.

"I-It's Young Midoriya's turn..."

Oh.

For a moment everything seemed to stop.

They haven't told his mother yet.

This was going to be difficult. This was going to be so very difficult.

"... Should I tell her?" All Might asked.

Aizawa didn't reply. Vlad King too stayed silent.

Should they actually tell her? Weren't they supposed to protect her son? If they had to tell her, shouldn't they have done this sooner? Would she be able to take this?

But... Wouldn't it be too cruel not to tell Inko that her son wasn't there anymore?

Then after what felt like an eternity, Aizawa nodded in approval. Signalling All Might to tell Inko the truth.

Taking in a deep breath, All Might dialed the number.

~O~

Away from all the current commotions, the third book finally reached it's destination this morning.

It took pretty long as compared to the other three. Not forgetting that it had a complex journey. From the bookstore it went to a grocery store that delivered stuff, then from there it was sent to a post office much to the left of the city, then it was sent to another post office much closer to the residential area. And finally, to the one it was for.

It took so many twists and turns just to make sure that even if someone was following the book to get to the person it was for or it's information, they won't be able to find it.

After all, Midoriya wrote every single thing in there.

He wrote all the things he didn't tell his own classmates and friends. He wrote all the things he didn't let the Pro Heroes know.

Why?

Because, Midoriya trusted this person more than anyone else.

Inko Midoriya quietly placed the book down on the table, she just finished reading a few pages.

Midoriya wanted to tell his mother everything so she wouldn't be worried for him pulling such dangerous stunts. The book was like full of honest letters to a mother from a son on a distant war.

She rested herself on the couch before she heard her phone ringing. She stood up to see who was calling her. All Might.

She picked up the call, "Hello?"

"Ah, sorry to disturb you so early, Mrs. Midoriya..." All Might spoke from the other end of the call.

"Oh no, it's fine..." Inko paused, knowing what was coming, "Is... Everything okay?"

"Yeah... About that..." All Might seemed to trail off, "I-I don't know how exactly to break it to you... But your son..."

All Might took a deep breath, "Young Izuku is... Dead."

The line went silent.

Inko bit her lower lip.

How should she respond to this? She already knew what's up!

"I... I see. Um," Inko hesitantly said, "I-I'll talk later..."

Before anything else could be said, Inko ended the call and flopped onto the couch picking up the book again.

God, Izuku really was a problem child.

~O~

Dabi, Toga, Twice, Muscular and Spinner were sent to a different location — Kurogiri teleported them and stayed behind — in the middle of the mountains of Kyoto to check on their currently second and last Nomu plant. Unlike the first one, All For One somehow managed to get a seal of approval from the government to legally use this place as they may. Of course, there was no talk about breeding Nomus. But the villain made sure the place was away from the reach of the heroes. Since, they already managed to bribe some of the Commission into betraying Tartarus prison security and helping All For One break out, it wasn't that difficult either.

There wasn't much to be done there honestly. They've looked around and apparently the person who creates these things with All For One wasn't there. Shigaraki was the one who suggested them going there since he felt like something was going to happen there. All For One seemed to agree with him and decided to send them there. Kurogiri was more like their family car at this point and Mr. Compress stayed behind to keep watch on Eri through security cameras.

And now, the five villains were here.

"This is boring~!! When do we head back?" Toga whined.

"Clearly not until Kurogiri picks us up." Spinner replied as he looked at the uncompleted Nomus that were secured in huge glass tubes, filled with certain chemicals.

"Well, this place looks cool though! Ew! It stinks in here! Blegh!" Twice exclaimed.

"Whatever, I thought I was gonna get some good fight." Muscular turned away from the Nomus.

"Too bad, you were completing your beauty sleep in the last one." Dabi smirked. When the last time, Endeavor attacked with the others, Muscular was going under some healing process — since his body had become a little weaker over his time in Tartarus — so he wasn't there.

"Like you were looking alive the—!" Muscular was cut off as, suddenly, Endeavor came in breaking through the ceiling and landing inside, a little far from the villains... Just like he broke in last time.

"What is up with this man destroying the ceilings?!" Twice yelled, "Yay! Superhero landing! Also, why aren't there any Supervillain landings? That's just sad..."

After Endeavor, we see some other Pro Heroes coming in like Hawks, Edgeshot, Present Mic, Cementoss, Ectoplasm and Mirko.

And then some of the students came bursting through the windows while some stayed outside, standing guard. Shinsou entered the control panel of that place that had all the security cameras' results displaying on different screens, directing everyone through the two books and the maps shown on a different screen.

"What the hell!? You know that you heroes aren't legally allowed to raid this place like this, do you!? You're putting your own careers in danger! The Commission is with us on this, you idio—!!" Before Spinner could say anything else, he was pummeled to the opposite wall with a solid kick from Mirko.

"Oh, screw the rules! Who cares about a bunch of traitors?" Mirko smirked.

Those were the three code words Midoriya opted for his big plan;

Screw the rules.

The other villains picked up their guards, ready to fight. But still a little confused about the fact that these heroes didn't care one bit about the Commission that basically controlled everything they do.

"You see, we were told by a certain Mastermind that the Commission has a few traitors that were pulling some strings to help out the villains." Hawks said, taking out two of his sharp feathers to use them as practical blades.

"And since the Commission is the one that decides who's legal and illegal, the Mastermind told us that if we can't defeat you villains by legal means," Edgeshot said, "We have to take illegal steps."

"In other words," Endeavor said, "We're gonna defeat you villains your way."

"So, let's wreak havoc everybody!!!" Present Mic exclaimed to the students with them.

Just like that the battle of pure destruction begun.

But even then, to the Pro Heroes and majority of the student body,

Nobody really knew who the Mastermind was.

~O~

Eri had been stuck here for a day and a half which felt like a whole year.

The little girl took a glance to the right and then to the left.

There were only these Nomus who can't think or move without higher orders.

But she noticed that they moved around when she made some movements. She also saw the security cameras that were in there.

Now, don't get me wrong but Eri picked up a few tricks on her own too.

She wasn't completely helpless.

Living in the hell of Shie Hassaikai she gained enough experience to tell when the person keeping watch on you was slacking off and not watching.

The girl moved around and so did the Nomus.

She stopped a few of them in front of the cameras so even if someone was watching they wouldn't be able to see what was going on.

Eri took a deep breath.

She looked down at the small device in her hands.

It was so small it fitted perfectly in the palm of her hands without raising suspicions.

And, apparently the device got in with her without All For One noticing.

She pressed the button on it.

"Screw the rules."

There was a bright flash.