Chapter 27: Just One Act of Redemption

Ochako waved to the police officers as she went in. She usually dressed causally but she dressed in her hero costume this time around. She looked calm and cool on the outside, her normal happy self but inside she was a screaming mess. She had to be causal.

I can't believe I'm doing this. I can't believe this. I know I straight up said yes but Dabi was right. I should've thought about this more.

Dabi had showed up to her apartment last night after she had gotten a weird text from Deku's phone. He had another bottle of alcohol but it something like strawberry kiwi. He placed it on her coffee table giving her a smile that looked something like he was hurting.

"What's wrong?" she asked standing up.

She wasn't dressed all sexy like the last time. She was just in a sports bra and a pair of bright green, fuzzy pj's.

"Did you guys already get found out?"

"It's not that. Went and saw Dad last night."

"Deku texted and told me. I thought it all went well?"

"I guess it did, surprisingly."

Dabi stood there fidgeting. Ochako didn't really know Dabi any but if he was anything like Shouto, then this would be unusual for him to be nervous.

"Did something else happen?"

"No. Just need some down time. Someone to talk too."

Ochako arched an eyebrow, "Alright."

"I don't mean to sound sexist but I know that chicks love fruity drinks."

The hero laughed, "I do but I love hard liquor shots. I can't be hung over when I'm going to talk to Spinner in the morning."

"You're a brave little hero."

"I try to be."

"You don't think you should've thought about this more? I mean.... we are wanted criminals."

She snorted and rolled her eyes. What a strange thing to say to one of the people trying to save you.

"You act like I haven't dealt with villains before."

"Oh, are bad boys your thing or something?" Dabi asked teasing her.

Her cheeks turned bright red. He was way too comfortable teasing her.

"What did you want to talk about?"

"My childhood. I would bother Izuku but I don't want to bother him with anymore problems. He already has to deal with his child like fiance."

She walked through the doors leading to the back and the doors were locked behind her. No one would monitor Ochako since she was trusted and most of the usual prisoners liked her. She treated them the same as her like they weren't locked up because they did bad things. It always helped when someone was nice once in a while.

I wonder if that's why he came over. He was almost crying when we finished off that bottle. He's certainly more emotional than Shouto. He had barely shed a tear ever in the whole time we were at school. Dabi on the other hand.... wow.

She sighed.

I can't believe I let him crash on my couch. He said Kurogiri would keep the secret he was over there but I don't see why? Why would it be a secret. Not unless he didn't want anyone else to know but.... that doesn't make any sense.

Ochako stopped once she reached Spinner's cell. He was sitting in a corner in an orange jump suit reading a book. He looked like he made himself at home there. It was ironic he was placed in a small wing by himself to protect others since he was deemed dangerous. She stopped in front of his cell.

"Hello Spinner."

The lizard man looked up from his book. She could see the clear confusion on his face. She didn't really blame him. Ochako also couldn't believe she was there either.

"Can I help you Uravity?"

She took a deep breath.

"Yes. Come to the bars. We need to have a talk."

Spinner stared at her.

"About what? I have a few more weeks before prison. I just want to be left alone."

She sat on the floor and laid her head against the bars. She wondered if he really wanted that.

"I'm here with word from Tomura Shigaraki."

Spinner dropped the book onto the floor.

"What- are you serious?"

She nodded slowly. He walked over to the bars and sat on the floor. His pink eyes sparkled. It almost made her smile.

"Are you with us?" he whispered.

"Not exactly. Somehow Shigaraki, Dabi, Twice, Toga and Kurogiri have decided to reform into civilians using the Villain to Civilian Act."

Spinner arched an eyebrow at her.

"You're shitting me."

"Nope."

It took her ten minutes to tell him the short version of what had happened.

"They are going to perform the act and then go look for Mr. Compress. Are you in?"

Spinner nodded.

"Alright. I'll be back shortly with the paper work."

She got up and started walking away.

"Hey!"

She stopped to look at him.

"Why risk everything?"

Ochako smiled, "Everyone deserves a second chance."

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"Do I really have to be here?" Endeavor asked.

It was the first time he had ever been inside of Izuku's apartment. He made it a point to stay away from All Might's little wanna be son. He only came to save his son Toya from the possibility of death row if he ever got caught. It was one of the ways he could fix things between him and his kids. Maybe even his wife.

"We need you just in case any of them get out."

"Can't you just touch them and get rid of them that way?" Enji asked looking at Tomura.

"I can do what I can but the problem is trying to open the door."

Izuku arched an eyebrow.

How odd he's acting so cool around him. I half expected to pull some attitude.

"Master might've put a trigger alarm on the door that would awaken the Nomu to attack. There's almost no guarantee that they'll listen to me either."

"Since I have never been in there, I cannot warp us inside," Kurogiri said, "I would love nothing more than to do that."

"You are to stay back with my clones. I can't have you getting hurt," Jin said kissing Himiko's forehead.

"I will baby. You sure you're ok with me going?"

"I am. I want you to be there. I know you want to be there with us."

She smiled softly, "This is it."

He nodded holding her face in his hands now. It was almost like a dream.

"Do you know what you want?"

"I want a house. A white fence like in the pictures. A dog and a cat. A tree with a tire swing and a cute sky blue house."

"I'll make sure to get us all that."

"Can we get married too?" she asked, "When I get my dress, I wanna get married on the beach."

"We can do that," Izuku said.

The couple looked over at him.

"Why don't you get married on the beach I cleaned up a few years back with my training with All Might."

"I like that."

"If you want, Mom can help you plan the whole thing and Ochako probably would too."

She smiled as her eyes became watery.

"Let's get this over with," Tomura said.

Izuku gave him a gentle shove.

"You going to be ok?" Shouto asked patting Izuku's back.

He nodded quickly.

"If you lose control, let us know."

That's the last fucking thing we need, Tomura thought, I don't know if any of us can take him down if a bunch of Nomu get out.

"Let's go," Izuku said.

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"There."

Spinner handed Ochako the paper work back through the cell bars.

"Are you sure about this? You're staking your whole hero career on this."

Ochako nodded and smiled.

"I'm a hero. My job is to save everyone that I can."

He didn't say anything.

"Do you have any whereabouts on Mr. Compress? Something I can pass along to them to make it easier?"

He scratched his chin, "I haven't heard from him in a while. We try to meet up whenever we can just to keep tabs on each other but it's been a month already since I saw him."

"Damn, that's a shame."

"You know, you're really easy to talk too."

Ochako looked at him.

"I get that a lot. Thank you."

"You think we can pull this off? To get all of us back into society?"

"I'm going to try. With All Might, Endeavor, Deku and Shouto on our side, it shouldn't be too hard."

"I would've never guessed for this to happen."

She smiled, "Me either."

X

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"That is a huge fucking building."

Shigaraki wasn't surprised. It looked like an armored fortress which meant his Master had something in there that was powerful he was trying to protect or trying to keep something in. He scratched his neck a little staring at the building. He wouldn't have normally questioned his Master but now he was.

What was he thinking this whole time? Why would he keep so many and why here of all places? Was he planning on taking this area here before?

"Are you going to decay the fucking walls ugly or what?"

Dabi broke him out of his thoughts.

"Fuck off."

"Is there a side effect of over using your quirk?" Deku asked.

"I've lost fingernails before but they grow back."

The hero grimaced.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine."

The villain leader walked up to the building pulling off his gloves. He had never felt so nervous before. He was going to do this in front of three heroes- the same people he had sworn to kill. He wondered if his Master was rolling in his grave yet.

I could vomit. I became a fucking uncertified hero.

The metal started to disappear slowly at first until Shigaraki closed his eyes and pushed himself. Within seconds the decay started climbing up the walls at an alarming rate. He looked back at Izuku who had this mystified look on his face. It wasn't fear but admiration of how powerful his quirk worked.

It's a wonder I never tried this on any of them. I could have easily killed all of them but I hadn't. How odd.

The doors fell onto the ground as the decay continued. He looked down to see his finger nails were turning black.

Shit.... I pushed way too much but there was so much material to this building.

He let go to see blood dripping from his finger nails.

"Dabi," he whispered.

"Of course."

Dabi looked back at his father and brother. All those years of being abused and pushed to become his pawn.... He ended up with scars because his own body couldn't handle the flame for too long. How weird it was for them to be there like this.

All he really needed was to set the building on fire and let it go. Everything would be turned to ash.

Good thing I got all that shit out of my system at Uravity's apartment.

He slid his hands across the remnants of the walls from Tomura's quirk. Blue fire ignited and spread quickly. Himiko stood by with three Twice surrounding her. Izuku walked over to his fiance's side and took his hands. He made sure to fold his thumb back as the hero examined his hands.

"Does it hurt?"

"A little bit but it's fine."

Izuku placed a hand on Tenko's cheek and smiled.

"You did great...."

"Please don't be fucking cheesy right now," he groaned.

Shouto snickered and Enji rolled his eyes.

"Can I get some ice for my hand?" Dabi asked.

Shouto nodded and froze his hand in a thin layer of ice.

"I guess the diary didn't mention what was inside?" Shigaraki asked.

Kurogiri shook his head.

"Of course."

The blue flames began engulfing what was left of the structure now.

"Did you want to look?" the mist man asked but Tenko shook his head.

"No, it's better this way."

The man said nothing. They stood around for a while making sure everything was destroyed like it was supposed to be. Darkness had started to fall.

"Spinner signed the papers," Izuku announced looking up from his phone.

Jin grinned, "I'm glad."

"So we just gotta look for Mr. Compress now?" Dabi asked stretching.

Endeavor said nothing as he watched them all.

"Ochako said Spinner meets with him to just check on each other but there hasn't been any contact for a month. Maybe he felt threatened and is in hiding?"

"He's not the type to piss people off," Jin said scratching his head, "He's quite chill and cooperative."

"Maybe you guys can look for him," Izuku said, "Do it on a night I'm off just in case you need help."

"We can look for him for a week but after that.... we don't look anymore," Tomura said, "The best we can do is put word on the street we are looking for him."

"I can always send my clones out if you want."

"I think that would be a good idea," Kurogiri said.

"It is but what if heroes spot them? Are they ok on their own?" Izuku asked.

"You sound like a villain," Endeavor said interrupting their planning, "Are you sure you're still a hero?"

Tomura gave him a weird look but his eyes were flaming red with fury.

"This may be our only chance and I want to get them altogether. If this goes down in flames, at least we tried."

"If it does, what will you do?" the hero asked, "They're high class villains."

"I suppose you'll only have one son and a daughter left," Shouto answered, "This whole thing will discredit you too. You've thought about that before, haven't you?"

Enji said nothing.

"Ochako said she can ask around with some of the street thugs that know her."

Dabi grinned, "I like her more already. You sure she's not some underground hero like Eraserhead?"

"She's something like that," Izuku said, "But she's the type to want to help others. She told us before an agency dedicated to villain rehab and saving people would be something the world needs. Aizawa was impressed with her ideas too."

Shouto walked closer to the wreckage and sent out ice to snuff the flames out. Tomura watched curiously. He could tell something was up with the dual user's demeanor. He looked like he was shaking and his face was kind of pale.

"Are you ok?" Tenko asked.

Shouto glanced back at him.

"Why would you ask?"

"You look sick."

Shouto got quiet.

"Or is it because you're around your abuser that makes you look like that?"

"What would you know?" he hissed lowly so his best friend didn't hear him.

The ground at his feet started to frost.

"I know more than you think. I know that look more than anyone. It used to be on my face too."

Shouto looked away.

Why would he know anything about that?

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