You struggle, trying to free yourself to no avail as you're dragged down the mountain swiftly. The rocks were starting to rip your shirt, scraping your back. Then you hit water, being dragged down deeper, the moon illuminating the water. You look around for an escape and freeze when you catch sight of Ryuu, floating nearby motionless. 

          'No… no no no no….' Your mind starts to ramble in a panic, chest aching. Save him. Save him. Destroy the threat. Your right hand buzzes and the lake bursts. You cough for air, suddenly free, gripping your arm as it tries to burst.

          "R...Ryuu…" You gasp for air, crawling over him to check his pulse, starting to give him CPR. "Come on Ryuu, please!" You gasp giving him some air. "Come back." You tear up keeping up CPR. After giving him another breath, Ryuu coughs up water and you swiftly roll him to his head. He catches his breath and sits up coughing, pausing as you give him a tight hug.

          "_-___!” He manages, hugging you back. "Did you just? How'd you find me at the bottom of the…" He trails off looking around. "Lake… Where did the lake go?"

          "I got dragged here too, and when I saw you floating there… I just… Got rid of the lake…" You look about with a frown. "... I did this…"

          "You did this? It's all gone!" Ryuu gasps standing and pausing. "And… Filled with bodies." 

          "Shit." You swiftly get up, looking around and feeling sick to your stomach. They weren't bones either. "Let's get-" You move to step over them, glancing down and falling back covering your mouth. 

         "___? What…" He stops, following your gaze. He swiftly covers your eyes as tears spill from them and a sob leaves you. He bites his lip, looking away from the little girl, laying over some other bodies. "We need to go now ___…" He whispers. You nod, unable to move so he picks you up and carries you over the bodies, climbing up the bank. "Oh… Found everyone's phones…" He pauses, finding them piled up. You don't respond and he frowns lightly, holding you tighter as he flips over one of the phones with his foot finding the screen shattered. "Damn… Well, we need to find the others anyway." He carries you back to camp and sets you down. 

         "___, I need you to come back now." He pats your cheek making you blink back and take a deep breath.

         "Th-They just left them there…" You whisper shakily. "How could they do that Ryuu? Marie's just a baby…" You tear up. "She should've been buried." 

          "I know." He places his hands on your shoulders. "We'll fix this. But first we need to get back with the others and survive." 

          "Okay…" You sniff, wiping your eyes and nodding. 

          "Alright then… I didn't think about it before. But Akaashi did make us some thermal goggles for the ghost hunt…" He pats your shoulder before moving to Nishinoya's tent. He goes in and you stand up, getting yourself to calm down as you peer around the fog. 

          Then the sound of scissors start to echo around the camp. "... Shit." You breathe as Ryuu comes back out.

          "___!" He tosses you a pair of goggles before putting on his. "We only have two so don't let those get destroyed." He says, turning his on and stiffening. "Dodge right!" He orders and you swiftly roll to the side, feeling something nick your ear.

         "Stop running with scissors bastard!" You snap putting on the goggles and turning them on.  There were a lot of purplish shapes around. 

          "Let's run!" Ryuu says. You lift your goggles and take the lead, running for the trail you had taken with the others earlier.

          You grab Ryuu's hand and pull him over before he can run into a tree. You swiftly pause to pull the goggles down halfway, only putting a lense over one eye and looking around. "It looks like everyone got separated after I got dragged off." You say as Ryuu checks behind you before lifting his goggles.

         "Alright. Then let's split up and round everyone up." He nods.

         "Alright, be careful Ryuu and let's meet back up soon." You hold up a fist to him, he nods, hitting his knuckles to yours and pulling down his goggles halfway too. You both split up at that, running for the closest heat signature.

         You keep an eye on the blue shapes moving nearby as you dodge trees. As you get closer to the heat signature you recognize the form and relax a bit before you reach the clearing making him stiffen and look over. 

         "Hey. I'm back." You smile a bit before pausing as Kiyoomi suddenly tackle hugs you. "Whoa… You've never done that before." You whisper. He pauses and straightens up to give you a frown. 

          "I… You…" He stammers slightly before just kissing you in relief. You pause and kiss him back with a soft hum.

          "I'm glad you're okay too. Now come on, let's get the others." You breathe pulling away before swiftly checking around in time to dodge a blue shape. "Close! This way!" You grab his hand swiftly taking off for the next heat signature. They were down in a ravine nearby. 

            "I hope they didn't fall…" You murmur before sliding down the slope before hurrying for the heat signature. A shape comes into view and you pause as you reach them. A pair of intimidating glowing snake eyes lock on you. "Boss." You breathe carefully, making his eyes widen slightly. "Im back."

             "___…” He murmurs, starting to relax, some of scales that currently covered him start to disappear as you approach. "They took Mika. I can't find her." He hisses through grit teeth. "If that bastard has done something I'll…" The scales come back, seeming to darken. You shiver and grip his shoulders at that, forehead smacking into his, making him pause.

           "Pull yourself together. We'll get her back. Panicking and worrying is just going to get in the way of what we need to do to get her back." You tell him, eyes burning into his. He blink, eyes returning to normal as he slowly starts to stand, forehead not leaving yours as the scales disappear.

           "Alright. Let's go." He breathes with a small nod. You nod and carefully pull away before peering about carefully with the goggles fully on. 

           "Looks like there's some over that way." You point. 

           "Alright. But your shirt's all torn up. Take mine." Daishou says, making you pause and look back as he takes his off. 

           "Ah… Thanks." You manage looking away as you take it. He hums and takes the goggles off your head to put them on and look around.

           "Oh these are really nice. Where did you find them?" He asks as you take off your shirt and replace it with his. 

           "We had Akaashi make them for ghost hunting when we first got here. Guess now their use is keeping them from being hunted by the ghosts." You tilt your head. "Ryuu remembered them when we got back to camp."

         "You found Ryuu?" Kiyoomi huffs in surprise.

         "Yeah. When I got dragged off they took me to the lake and… Ryuu was… Kinda floating there…" You admit.

          "...What?" Daishou lifts the goggles to fix you with an alarmed gaze. "They took you there to drown you?" He frowns worriedly.

          "Yeah but… There's not a lake for them to drown anyone else now so…" You take the goggles back and look down toward the lake. "Yeah. No one's down there so let's keep moving." You focus on the next heat signature, lifting one of the lenses to move on.

           "Now there is no lake?" Daishou and Kiyoomi look at each other as they follow you.

           "Wait… ___, did you…?" Kiyoomi blinks in shock.

           "I thought Ryuu was dead. And I just… Guess I did…" You touch your fingertips together. "But we… Weren't the first ones down there…" 

           "___…” Kiyoomi touches your shoulder. You suddenly turn to them, tears returning to your eyes.

            "We find that bastard and we finish this tonight." You sniff. "Promise." They pause at that before both nodding.

            "Of course." Daishou puts a hand on your head. You nod before swiftly continuing on. This heat signature was bigger so it had to be Ushijima. Looked like there was a ghost sneaking up on him though. You speed up, trying not to leave the other two behind. You reach where Ushijima is and launch at him as the shape makes a move. You knock him down, his cheek getting nicked on the way down. You swiftly twist holding your right hand up to it and releasing a burst blast, making it disappear and retreat back into the fog.

          "That's right. Get the hell away from Wakatoshi!" You snap sitting up. There's a pause before Ushijima hugs you tightly, making your back pop. "Easy! Easy! I am fragile!" You gasp, patting his arm. 

           "I'm glad you're safe." He breathes and you pause. You smile and peer at his face, reaching up and wiping the blood off his cheek. 

           "Of course. I can't beat you if I die so easily." You hum before getting up. "Sorry if I came in too hot. I figured you wouldn't lose balance easily." You offer him a hand.

           "It's fine. You did surprise me though." He takes your hand and gets up. 

           "Heh… Alright, next one." You breathe looking about and spotting another further down the mountain. "Someone's getting dragged." You alert, taking off. They quickly follow after you, keeping up. You spot Kuroo as he struggles against the invisible force, suddenly surrounding himself with walls. But the shape seemed to get in there with him, attacking him. 

           'These things are really starting to piss me off.' You think diving at the wall, right arm going through, hand grasping for the blue shape and clutching at nothing but still making it disappear. 'I want to destroy all of them…'  You pause as you're suddenly pulled into the little dome. Kuroo cups your cheek blinking at you before smiling warmly.

          "About time you got back." He teases softly, seeming relieved. You blush lightly, blinking up at him. 

          "You got cuts all over you." You frown heavily, cupping his face. He freezes and pulls away blushing heavily as the walls lower so he can escape.

          "Ah… I-Its nothing really." He manages before pausing and looking at the other three.

          "Oi oi. What do you think you're doing pulling my partner into a small space like that?" Daishou huffs. "Don't try anything perverted with ___ I'll kick your ass."

          "Huuh? Where's your shirt? If anyone's being a pervert here it's you." Kuroo retorts.

          "I lent my shirt to ___. I'm just being a good and caring boss." Daishou says slyly. You just put on your goggles and search around for the next heat signature.

          "You were sounding possessive to me." Kiyoomi comments.

          "I don't know what you mean." Daishou glances at him. 

          "I don't see any more… Looks like Ryuu is up the mountain with some others but… There were more of us…" You frown heavily.

          '___!' Marie's voice sounds beside you and you jump as an icy touch grasps your hand. 'You gotta hurry! He's taking your friends into the mountain! They're gonna get hurt!' She says hurriedly as you look at the cold spot.

          "Take us there." You and Daishou say together. She hurries off and you swiftly follow her with the others close behind. Ryuu and his group meet up with yours as Marie leads you.

          "Marie found the villain and the others in the mountain. We're going now." You tell Ryuu, lifting your goggles slightly.

          "Alright. Sounds like we'll be running into darkness." He comments.

          "There should be a night vision on those goggles too." Akaashi reaches over, clicking a little switch.

           "Akaashi, you're seriously the best. These goggles have been saving our asses since we got separated." You huff. 

           "I'm glad to hear that." Akaashi breathes.

           "I owe you. So name your price when this is over." You tell him.

           "... Alright." 

           'Over here!' Marie calls and you look to the mouth of the cave. 

           "Marie. You're a little hero." You gasp pulling on the goggles as she giggles. 

           'I'm a little hero…' She whispers, taking your hand as you lead everyone into the mountain. The tunnels were cold, felt like you were in a fridge. 

           "You okay boss?" You ask, reaching back and touching his arm before huddling up to him.

           "Yeah. I'll be fine…" He answers lightly but his breathing was too shallow. "Let's get Mika back." He grips you slightly. 

           "Right." You nod moving forward quickly. The tunnel opens up to a dimly lit cave with a few torches here and there. You lift the goggles as the frail, half dead looking man straightens in surprise.

            "The damn child brought them here!?" He whispers. He pauses before laughing to himself. "Ah well, you can't save them in time." He holds up his arms toward the ceiling where the others were hanging.

           "Mika!" Daishou shouts.

           "Bokuto!" Kuroo calls. It felt like something ripped when you looked up. Like something really bad was about to take over your senses. 

           "Get ready to catch them." You order, trying to focus as you lock on the villain, moving forward. 

          "You can't stop me. You're going to join them and be my puppets forever! After I kill all of you of course." He laughs, an army of ghosts appearing before him.

          "I'll stop you. For them too." You breathe, right arm raising. The grip on your hand seems to warm and you look over at Marie as she smiles up at you.

          'Thank you for playing with me ___.’ She says before moving in front of you. She opens her arms to the ghosts as they rush forward. 'I'm a little hero. So I'm going to save you now everyone!' She beams, a bright glow radiating off of her before she leaps at the group. A flash of light blinds everyone then and you feel tears rush to your eyes.

           "Marie!" You call out finding them gone when the flash fades away. 

           "That little brat… I hate kids…" He growls before laughing. "I really do hate kids. Ah well, I got more puppets nearby." He snickers and more appear. Your chest hurt, tears were leaving your eyes as you glare at the man. A buzzing feeling takes over your right arm. 

           'I'm going to kill you.' You think, swinging your arm out. He stiffens and the ghosts move to shield him, the ones hanging from the ceiling suddenly fall as the darkness is lifted with the particles of the mountain. 

           "Y-Y-You… Monster! Bahahaha! You made the mountain disappear!" The man cackles in amazement. "Oh… Looks like you're disappearing with it." He pauses chuckling as one of your legs turn to particles and you fall over.

           'No. I'm not done yet. He's still alive.' You shakily move your left hand to repair but a pair of scissors stab your hand pinning it. "Shit…" You grit your teeth.

           "___!" Everyone cries out as your head starts to unravel. For a moment time stills before reversing, putting you back to right before your leg unravels. You instinctively touch your leg and side, pulling yourself back together.

          'Midnight…' You blink before nodding as the man staggers back in shock.

          "You! How did you do tha-"

          "For the lives you have taken and for the ones you've attempted to steal. I sentence you to the infinite." You move forward calmly. 

          "N-No! Stay away! Kill them!" He shrieks to the ghosts and you rush forward, flipping over the ghosts and pulling back your right hand.

          "Don't rest in peace." You breathe as your eyes lock with his, right hand meeting his chest and bursting him and the ground beneath him, sending up a cloud of particles. You land and straighten up, pausing and looking about before looking up.

         "___!" Kiyoomi peers into the hole worriedly.

         "I really dug myself a hole huh?" You joke lightly.

         "You just stay right there, senpai got you." Kuroo says with a thumbs up.

         "So… how much trouble do you think I'm going to get into for wiping out a mountain?" You ask casually as the earth lifts up beneath you.

         "Well I think you'll be fine, it looks like you uncovered a lot of diamonds and gems in the process. So. Maybe we can pay this off." Daishou answers. Mika leans over the side as you reach their level, your noses touching and making you both stiffen. You blush and she grins suddenly hugging you and kissing you, shocking everyone.

          "Thank you for coming to save us." She giggles blushing.

          "B-Boss helped too." You manage.

          "Yeah. I kissed him too." She beams. 

          "I want to thank ___ too!" Bokuto gasps. Mika chuckles and releases you so Bokuto can hug and kiss you too. 

          "O-Oi." Daishou pulls him away with a frown. 

          "I want one too." Oikawa and the twins say together before starting to bicker. You chuckle and smile a bit, looking over as Kiyoomi comes to your side, kissing your cheek before you both look over as the horizon starts to light up with the sunrise. 

         Kuroo and a few others go to the tower and signal for help. The police arrive and you all explain everything. Then the ones in suits come.

         "You will not speak of this to anyone." The leader warns.

         "That's fine. But you will give those people a proper burial." You point toward the lake area. "Do not leave them like they didn't matter." You snarl.

         "Watch how you speak to your elders." He breathes.

         "I will once you respect the dead properly." You respond. Daishou and Kiyoomi move to either side.

         "Surely that wouldn't be a problem for the powerful up top right?" Kiyoomi breathes.

          "You want us to keep quiet about your weaknesses, then you better clean up this mess you left." Daishou hisses. 

          "What a bunch of brats-"

          "You mean a bunch of good kids. Inspector." A familiar voice rumbles and you look over at Hibarida as he places a hand on your head. "I came as soon as I heard. And I brought the owners of the park." He peers back at the familiar couple. "Why don't you go say hi." He adds before turning to the inspector. You swallow and go to the couple as they blink at you in confusion.

           "... My name is ___. I'm a hero trainee from Raizu. And last night I met Marie…. Well… WE met Marie." You glance back as the others join you, Mika hugging your arm and starting to tear up. "She said this purse was yours and hers. And I took this picture from the information center." You hand them the items and the mother hugs the purse starting to cry. You bite your lip, tears coming to your eyes, but you pull them back as Kiyoomi takes your hand.

            "Your daughter saved us last night. So I want to thank you for raising such a sweet little girl." You tell them before giving a bow, everyone joining you. The parents hug each other crying with smiles. 

            "Thank you for setting her free…" 

            Soon after that, Takeda arrives with the bus, rushing out to check on everyone before everyone starts to board. You stop, looking back at the camp and lake. 

            "Thanks for playing with me Marie."