SHE DID IT!!! QUEEN F**KING DID IT!!! CRY IS DOWN!!! AND NOW ONLY ONE VILLAIN'S LEFT STANDING!!! My god, that was so intense and emotional for me to write. I just get so into these characters that I feel everything they're feeling in the moment. But what a battle that was, am I right!? And, I did say that not everyone is gonna come out of these battles unscathed. And that was made VERY clear with what happened to all of the girls in the last chapter, mainly Lisa. Yeah, she actually lost a leg. Deal with it. But, i'm sure by now you'd rather want to read about the upcoming battle between Trigger Josh and Trigger Markus. Enjoy the epic final chapter of this arc!!

-POV: Josh- -Ten Minutes Earlier-

"Before we get this show on the road, how about you get little Amelia here out of the way? Wouldn't want you or to hurt her in all the collateral, right?" Markus said to me as I gave him an assuring nod. I knew this was the smart thing to do since, with both of us boosted up by the Trigger drug, our attacks could potentially harm Amelia for just being too close. So, I picked her up very carefully and carried her down a few floors until I felt she was safe. I then returned to the roof and cracked my knuckles. 

"Now, time to kick your ass...." I said as intimidatingly as possible as I took a runners position.

"You've got some real guts, Josh. I like that about you. Too bad I've gotta rip 'em out of ya." Markus said as he spread his legs a bit and brought up his fists. 

"We'll see about that, you son of a bitch!!" I shouted as I started sprinting at him full speed. The Trigger boosted everything for me to insane levels and I moved so freaking fast, probably almost the speed of sound. I reeled back my right arm in preparation to attack and when I neared, I threw a massive punch right at Markus' face. 

"Still weak." Markus said as he quickly reached up and caught my fist, bringing me to a full stop. The intense force just from his hand was insane, let alone his whole body generating his Crush quirk. 

"I am not weak!!" I shouted as I jumped up, lifted my legs and wrapped them around his arm holding my hand. I then turned myself over and flipped Markus around, slamming him on his back which actually cracked the floor of the roof. I got up first and I went to stomp down on him. 

"Nice moves, kid! Now, i'll show you some of mine!" Markus said as he grabbed my foot, then twisted it and pulled, tripping me up enough to make me fall on my back. Markus then raised up his upper body and then slammed his right elbow into my chest. A loud *CRACK* ensued, meaning Markus effortlessly broke some of my ribs like toothpicks. But the Trigger was boosting my strength so much that I could barely feel the pain at all.

"Get off of me, bastard!!" I shouted as I quickly raised up my left knee and bashed it against Markus' face, knocking him off of me as he and I rose up to our feet at the same time.

"How'd that feel, Josh? I hope it hurt. And that's just a taste at what I can do when i'm like this." Markus said, looking at himself as his body was just glowing white from his quirk. 

"Didn't feel a thing. You're gonna have to hit me way harder if you wanna do anything to me." I replied as Markus just laughed a bit. 

"Oh, I plan to. I plan to..... Now die!!" Markus shouted as he thrusted his right hand forward and fired a beam of Crush energy from it. I leaned back and the beam went right over me, blasting through a concrete barrier at the edge of the roof and blasting it apart like it was made of glass. 

"Little stronger than I thought it'd be. All the power made me a little less accurate. Oh well. Just means i'll have to take a second to aim, that's all!" Markus said as he fired at me again. This time, his shot was more dead on so I jumped out of the way to avoid being hit. 

"Gotta say, you're a lousy shot!!" I said as I rushed him, grabbing his arm and turning myself around to throw him over my shoulder. But, Markus adjusted himself so he's land just on his feet. He then pulled on my arm, making me lose balance as he rammed the back of his head into my face, making me stumble back a bit. And when I let go, Markus turned and crashed his left foot into me, sending me sliding back to the edge of the building. 

"I used to be captain in the Marine Corps. It's a lot easier to aim a gun than it is your hand, you know. But, even if you're a tough one to fire at, doesn't mean I can't beat you with my bare fists. If you think you can outmatch me in CQC, you've got another thing coming, boy." Markus said as he cracked his fingers a bit before I got up to my feet again. 

"Oh yeah? Well come get some, then." I taunted him as he marched over. But as he got within 10ft of me, I leaped off the ground and went right above him. I then went into a flip motion and extended out one of my legs, attempting to land an axe kick to the top of his head. 

"You're too straight forward and predictable!! You'll never beat me!!" Markus roared as he reached up ad grabbed my foot as I swung it down at him. He held me there in the air before he swung me down, smashing me against the concrete floor. I let out a quick grunt as I felt a bit of pain, but Markus acted again as he reached down and grabbed me by my neck, hoisting me up to meet him at eye level. He then held me over the edge of the building as far as he could. 

"You know, as weak as you are, Josh, I do have to commend you on your bravery. Not just anyone can push me to this point. The only other ones who did was Queen and Cry, but they both lost in the end as well. And now, you share the same fate. But unlike those two, you will be dying. I'll see ya, kid. Have a nice fall..." Markus said as he let go of me. 

"If I go, then i'm taking you with me!!" I shouted as I reached out as fast as I could and grabbed the collar of his jacket, pulling it hard and pulling Markus over the edge with me. The two of us now fell together, over 35 stories all the way to the ground. We threw punch after punch at one another all the way down, landing blows everywhere from out faces, to our chest, to our knees. 

"You little persistent prick!! Don't think some fall is gonna kill me!!" Markus shouted as he headbutted me like before in the face, knocking me back a bit as he reached over and turned me, making me fall first below him. But I turned myself over again, trying to get him to stop holding me as we were nearing the ground. 

"I'm not dying today..... And I.... AM NOT WEAK!!!" I roared in his face as I spit blood into his eyes, blinding him for a moment as he went to wipe it off of him. This gave me my chance to retaliate so I reeled back my right leg and swung it as hard as I could right into his crotch. Markus let out a very loud grunt as I then pulled him and turned him over. He was now below me as we came down to the ground, smashing into it with so much force we cratered the concrete very deeply. 

"Now you tell me how that feels, asshole...." I said to him as I came out of the crater relatively okay. The impact didn't hurt as much as I thought it would, most likely because of the Trigger. 

"Sure thing, Josh..... DIDN'T HURT A BIT!!" Markus suddenly howled as a powerful force suddenly erupted from the bottom of the crater, blasting into me and sending me flying down the street and into the side of a taxi.

"You have got to be kidding me...." I said as I pried myself out of the side of the taxi and brushed off some glass from my clothes as I watched Markus come out of the crater. 

"I've already told you, nothing you do can hurt me!! I am invincible!!" Markus boasted as I was just tired of all his banter at this point. 

"A great woman once said, "No one is unbeatable. There's always someone better than you in this world." And that woman taught me and all my friends how to be amazing heroes. I may be weak..... but I know you're weaker." I said as I then rammed my left arm through the taxi and picked it up. I threw it at Markus as hard as I could and rushed him at the same time. 

"Queen's full of hot air is she's made you think you can beat me!! And i'll prove it by killing you here and now!!" Markus shouted as he threw a punch at the taxi, blowing it to pieces in one shot, creating a small explosion. However, I came leaping through the smoke delivered a powerful dropkick to his chest, knocking him back into a lightpole. 

"Little shit!" Markus said as he fired a Crush beam at me, but I dodged it thanks to his inaccuracy. 

"Wrath Queen is never wrong!! You are!! What makes you think it's right to do all of this!? To kill innocent people!! To steal away someone's future and turn them against everything they believed!! How can you believe that any of this is right for anyone!?" I said as I dug my hands into the concrete and tore out a massive chunk, tossing it at Markus. 

"I'm not just doing this for me!! I'm doing this for everyone who shares the same pain!! I'm doing this so we can become people again!! Something you will never understand!!!" Markus replied as he blew apart the concrete like he did the taxi. 

"I DO KNOW!!! FOR 10 YEARS OF MY LIFE, I WASN'T A PERSON!! I HAD NO FAMILY, NO HOME, NOTHING!!! I WAS ABANDONED THE DAY I WAS BORN!!! BUT I DID EVERYTHING TO FIND MY PLACE!! AND ONE DAY, IT CAME TRUE!! I WAS FOUND BY A FAMILY WHO TOOK ME IN!!! SO WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT BEING FORGOTTEN!? MAYBE IF YOU JUST DIDN'T QUIT ON EVERYONE ELSE, THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED!!!" I roared as the two of us charged each other, reeling back our right arms to pummel each other. But, as we neared, Markus' body stopped glowing. 

"Forget the Trigger!!! I'll kill you as my quirk is!!" He shouted as we threw our punches, colliding with such force that we blew apart every window around us in a 50ft radius. But, Markus looked surprised at the result of our clash. 

"Wait, what!? But I was stronger than you when we started on the rooftop! Why didn't I blow you away now!?" He questioned as I threw another punch at him. But he jumped back and avoided it as I laughed a bit. 

"Because the Trigger's still coursing through me..." I told him as he just looked confused. 

"That shouldn't be possible! You took it before I did and it only lasts for 10 minutes! How can it still be in effect past that time limit!?" Markus questioned in a rage. 

"The secret's in my quirk. My Muscle Memory makes it so whenever I reach a maximum, whether it be strength, speed, or anything else related, my muscles memorize that set amount and then it becomes my limit. So, the Trigger you gave me boosted my muscles, and now they're constantly boosted. So, thanks for the permanent Trigger!!" I shouted as I charged him. Markus started using his Crush on his hands, making them glow as we clashed, locking fists as I slowly began pushing him back. I knew his quirk was insanely strong, but to still barely match my own at this point was simply incredible.

"Maybe now you'll be a real challenge!!" Markus said as he headbutted me, knocking me back for a moment before he grabbed my left wrist. He threw me past him and into the side of a small building. 

"Dodge this, kid!!" Markus shouted as he came up on me quick and threw a monstrous Crush filled punch right at me. He struck me dead center in the chest and blew me through the wall, then another, and another, until I crashed through one last wall on the other side of the building. 

"Ow...." I said with much pain as I got up and coughed a bit, taking a few steps back to catch my breath. He'd literally knocked me all the way through this building with just one shot of his normal quirk, it was unreal.

"AND DO YOU REALLY THINK BECAUSE YOU WERE ABANDONED THAT YOU WERE FORGOTTEN!? YOU WERE FOUND, AND NOW YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN EVERYTHING!! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO CLAIM THAT YOU WERE FORGOTTEN LIKE ME!!!" Markus shouted as he walked through the building and out the other end I was at. We both walked into a shipyard, keeping our fists clenched for either of us to make the next move.

"I HAD EVERYTHING TAKEN AWAY FROM ME IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE!! MY JOB AS A PROTECTOR THIS COUNTRY!! MY FIRST SON OVER 15 YEARS AGO!! AND MY WIFE MURDERED AS SHE CARRIED MY SECOND BABY BOY!!! AND WHERE WERE YOU HEROES THEN!? WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I NEEDED HELP!? A HERO IS SOMEONE WHO'S MEANT TO HELP THOSE IN NEED RIGHT!? SO TELL ME, JOSH, WHERE WERE YOU!?" Markus roared as tears poured down his eyes. He charged me as I prepared to meet his attack but he wasn't using his quirk on his hands anymore. He came at me with just a normal punch. 

"Where were you......?" Markus said as he threw a light punch at me which I easily caught in my right hand. Markus fell to his knees in front of me as I let go of him. He had broken down into tears and was wailing so loudly. I.... I actually felt his pain. His loss....

"I'm sorry..... I truly am sorry that I couldn't be there for you..... but.... maybe there's still a way..... to return to the world. You can still right your wrongs, Markus...." I said as I sat down next to him. 

"No..... I can't. Not with everything I've done. I can't go back anymore. None of us can...." Markus said as he lowered his head in shame as I gently patted his back. 

"It's a hero's job to fix what is wrong in our world. Let me help you, Markus..." I said to him but he just kept his head down. 

"Josh..... tell me about your family..... are they proud of what you've become....?" Markus asked me as I was a little taken back at the question. 

"Well, uh.... I guess they are. When I was adopted at 10, my parents poured their heart and souls into making my dream a reality. And, I feel I've made them proud from all that I've done." I answered as Markus just let out a heavy sigh before raising his head up to the sky, watching the rain fall. 

"That's not what I meant. I mean, tell me about your real family. Do you think they'd be proud of you....?" Markus asked me as I hesitated for a moment. 

"I.... don't know.... I never knew them.... It's like I told you before, they..... they just abandoned me the day I was born..... because I was..... abnormal..." I said as I now lowered my head, remembering back to the day when I was told all this for the first time by my adoptive parents. 

"You're 16 now, right?" Markus asked me as I gave him a nod.

"And where were you born...?" He asked me.

"Illinois. And I stayed there until I was 10. Then my new family adopted me and we moved here, to Philadelphia." I told him as he sighed again. 

"Back before all this.... Back when I was a marine, me and my wife had only just gotten married. We both shared many of the same thoughts. And, the one at the top of our list was to have a family. It wasn't easy, it took lots of time and patience, but.... one day, our dream became a reality. My wife came back positive. We were going to have our first child. A baby boy...." Markus began explaining as he kept on crying. 

"And, after a few more months of waiting, the big day finally came. I rushed my wife to the hospital and.... she gave birth. Our baby boy was born. But...." Markus said as he suddenly stopped and buried his face into the palms of his hands. 

"Markus, it's okay. I'm here for you. You can tell me." I softly said to him as he took in an unsteady deep breath and continued. 

"But when he was born, his quirk had prematurely awakened. His body was malformed. His breathing was low, and he barely had a pulse... We were told he wouldn't make it to the end of the day....." Markus told me as I began to cry at this truly saddening story. 

"We.... had no choice..... we left the boy in the doctor's care.... and said our first and final hello and goodbye." Markus told me as I just remained silent and listened to everything. 

"That was in Illinois..... 16 years ago....." Markus said as he looked to me with a small smile on his face. 

"All we could do for our son was give him his name..... and do you know.... what we decided to name him....?" Markus cried as I knew what he was about to say. 

"Josh...... we named him..... Josh......" He said to me as I was struggling to form any words. The shock was just so unreal. 

"I.... I am..... your..... son.....?" I questioned as he gave me a slow nod. 

"Yes..... you're my....... no..... our son..... our first born...... I knew it was you.... when you said you were abandoned over 15 years ago..... But how..... how can you be here now....? The doctor's told us.... That you wouldn't last.... 'til the end of the day you were born...." My father questioned as I took in a few deep breaths, still trying to comprehend all of this utterly shocking news. 

"Because my quirk awakened when I was born, it caused my muscles to grow at an abnormal rate. That's why I looked so malformed when you first saw me. And.... after you left.... my quirk began to, I guess, repair my body. My muscles were enhancing everything, but in small ways. My breathing became steady after a few days, my body grew until I could literally fit into it. But..... by the time all that happened..... you were gone.... It took almost a month for me to become normal.... but it was too late for us to meet again...." I explained to Markus as he chuckled a bit before crying some more. 

"Josh..... please know.... your mother and I did not abandon you..... We did what we had to do because..... because we thought there was no hope. Our gift to you was your name. And we.... we left you..... we did..... and a few weeks later.... I was ordered to relocate to Philadelphia by my superiors. Me and your mother moved away. Had to change all our information, our contact info, all of it. Guess...... I guess that explains why we never heard anything from the doctor's about you...." Markus said as he reached over and gently took my left hand with his right. 

"I.... am so sorry..... for everything..... But.... despite everything I have done.... all the wrong doings I have committed..... my one and only act..... as your father..... is to say that...... I am proud of you, son...." Markus said as we leaned in and hugged each other, crying into one anothers shoulders before bringing each other back. 

"Dad..... I'm speaking to you now as your son..... please..... let me help you.... I and everyone else I have met can help fix all that you've done. We can..... we can be a real family.... you and I..... Please....." I said as my father took his hand away from my own and then stood up and walked away a few meters. 

"Josh..... I just can't anymore.... I'm too far gone for help. There's just some people that..... that a hero can't save..... I have to do this..... not just for me.... for everyone I belong to. I do it for them. For everyone in the world who has shared our pain. And..... I won't stop until everything is set right once more..... for everyone...." My father said as he turned around and wiped away his tears as I rose to my feet. 

"So..... despite everything that happened just now..... you still won't turn your back on all that you've done....?" I asked him as he gave me a stern nod. 

"With you being my son..... I do promise that I won't kill you..... But.... just because you're my boy.... it doesn't mean I can stop any of this..... Josh, please.... listen to me.... I love you, more than anything in this world. But you must understand..... what I do now, I do for the good of all mankind...." My dad said as I clenched my fists tightly. 

"Then.... you leave me with no choice, dad..... as a hero.... it is my sworn duty.... to stop you here and now....." I said with determination as I raised up my fists to battle. 

"You won't win..... As strong as you may be, you're still weak. You don't have the kind of guts to arrest your old man. And look around you. You're all alone. Just you and me, no one to come and help you. I will walk away from all this, I can promise you that, Josh...." Markus said as we suddenly heard some footsteps going through some puddles nearby.

"Then it's a good thing he's not alone...." A familiar voice said as me and my father looked towards the water. 

"Sorry we're late, Josh. But now that we're here, we're ready to take this asshole down..." Harper said as she and Phobos came walking off a floating barge at the waterside. 

"You guys.... you're here!! Holy shit, Harper, you safe!" I said with absolute joy as they both gave me some nods. 

"Well, i'll be damned. Looks like Daina couldn't pull it off. Nice to see you by the way, Harper. How're you doing?" My father asked her as she shot a death glare at him. 

"Good enough to kick your sorry ass." She replied as my dad just laughed at her. 

"And Phobos, it's good to see you too. That looks like a nasty leg wound though...." My dad said as I looked down and saw Phobos did have a wound on one of his legs. 

"Compliments of Daina. Don't worry, I repaid the favor. She got away, but she's not quite looking the same as she used to. Did a nice job to her face." Phobos said as the two of them joined me in my standoff. 

"Is that so? Well now, perhaps I should get even with you for harming my friend so much." My father said. 

"We heard enough of your conversation before, Josh. Hard to believe Markus is your.... you know..." Harper said as I stopped her. 

"I know.... I know..... but right now, that doesn't matter. We've already come to the conclusion that despite being family, it doesn't change a thing. My father is the villain, and we are the heroes who must top him. Now.... are you with me?" I asked them as I held my hands out, which they both took them. 

"Of course we are, buddy." Phobos said as Harper also said it. 

"Cute. Real cute. But don't think just because there's more of you that you're gonna beat me. I don't care if you're on a permanent Trigger boost, Josh. Or that you were strong enough to beat Cry and win the sports festival, Phobos. The three of you are simply not strong enough to beat me and my quirk." My dad said as he cracked his knuckles and began generating his quirk on his hands. 

"Wanna bet?" Harper said as she suddenly began to grow in size. She kept on getting bigger and bigger until she was easily 100ft tall. 

"What about now?" She said as she smashed her fists together, it sounding like thunder. 

"Huh..... well now, you certainly made things interesting, little Harper. Or, I guess big Harper is more accurate. Now, are we gonna continue chatting, or are we gonna fight?" My dad said as I raised up my fists, as Phobos ignited his arms. 

"Let's take him down once and for all!!" Phobos shouted as he raised up his flaming arms and took aim. 

"Then let's begin, shall we!?" My father said as he looked to his right. Next to him was a large chunk of a boat hull and he reached over and bashed it with his left hand. He sent it flying at us but Harper crouched down and guarded us with one of her giant hands. 

"Phobos, now!!" Harper shouted as she removed her hand and allowed Phobos to unleash his flames. He fired two huge streams of his black flames right at my dad. 

"Not good enough!!" He shouted as he then created his Crush force around him, shielding himself from the flames as they came at him.

"Is this the best you've got!? Come on, step up your game!!" My father shouted as the flames stopped, allowing me to leap through them and catch my father off guard. I had begun to run when Phobos started using his fire, and I used their cover to close the distance. My strength was strong enough to resist the force around him, allowing me to land a strong punch to my dad's face, making him stumble back a bit. But I wasn't done yet. 

"Sorry dad, but we're about to kick your ass!! Guys, do it!!" I shouted as I reached out, grabbed the collar of my dad's jacket and threw him over my shoulder over to my friends. 

"Let's light him up!!" Phobos shouted as he fired one giant burst of flames with both of his hands, engulfing my dad as Harper also reeled back her right arm and rammed it down, striking my father and smashing him into the hard concrete floor. The two then stopped as Phobos stopped his flames and Harper raised up her hand a bit. But a huge burst of energy gave us our answer that my dad was not done yet. He unleashed a shockwave from his body that knocked me and Phobos back a bit and made Harper take a step backward. 

"DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA STOP ME!!" My father roared as he picked up a large chunk of concrete and hurled it at Harper. He struck her in the face but it didn't phase her for very long. 

"Now it's my turn!!" Harper shouted as she raised up her left foot and made it come crashing down overtop of my dad. 

"You're weak, just like the rest!!" He shouted as he raised up his Crush filled hands and stopped her foot from squashing him. Although, he was struggling a bit as he was bending his legs. 

"I won't be stopped..... not now.... not ever..... not until I am finished!!" My father shouted as, with one mighty push, he shoved Harper's foot right off him, making her lose balance and causing her to fall backwards onto the deck of an oil tanker.

"Harper!!!" Phobos shouted to her, hoping she was okay. 

"Don't worry, she'll be alright! Just focus on my dad!!" I said as Phobos gave me a nod. I then rushed my father  as he saw me coming at him. 

"Bring it on, son! Show me all that crap that hero school taught you!!" Markus shouted as he readied himself for me, reeling back his right arm. 

"I'll show you that and so much more!!! We're taking you down!!" I shouted as I reeled back my left arm to strike, nearing my father. But as he began to throw his punch, I faked him out with mine as I ducked underneath his fist and went behind him. I then wrapped my arms underneath his shoulders and held his arms in place, keeping him there for the time being. But his strength and his struggling meant I couldn't keep him here long. 

"Phobos, do it, NOW!!!" I screamed as he raised both of his flaming arms above his head. 

"I hope you know what you're doing!! This is gonna hurt, A LOT!!!" Phobos shouted as his flames began to converge above him, taking the shape of a gigantic fireball.

"GET OFF OF ME!!!" My father roared as he kept on struggling, but I tried my absolute hardest to ensure he didn't escape my grasp. And, when Phobos' flames were all absorbed into the fireball, everything was ready. 

"Here we go!!! Gigaton Wildfire!!!" Phobos howled as he launched the fireball at us.

"LET GO OF ME, JOSH!!! YOU KNOW WHAT'LL HAPPEN WHEN THAT THINGS HITS US!!!" My father shouted but I kept my grip tight on him. 

"Yeah, I know!! But, if it means you go down, then i'll gladly take that kind of damage!!" I shouted as the fireball neared. However, right before it struck, I pushed my father forward and then jumped out of the way, watching him become engulfed in a huge explosion which its shockwave sent me crashing into the side of a small fishing boat.

"You alright, Josh!?" Phobos shouted as he ran over to me just as Harper was beginning to get back up.

"Yeah.... i'm good....." I said as he helped me up. 

"Think that got him...?" Phobos questioned as my father suddenly blew away the flames with his Crush force, although his skin was a bit charged in several sections, and his jacket was just gone. He tore off his shirt too, and looked over to all of us. 

"Playtime is over!! I'm ending this right here and now!!!" Markus shouted as both of his arms now glowed from his quirk, the amount of energy he was producing become insane with us feeling it from where we stood. 

"Both of you, get on, right now!!" Harper said as she lowered both of her hands. Me and Phobos both jumped on one, my taking her right and him taking her left. She then raised us up and stopped when we were eye level with her, holding us in her flat palms. 

"He's going all out, which means we gotta match and surpass him! I'm too slow like this, but I can assist you two still!! Just get ready, and his him as hard as you freakin' can!!!" Harper said as she reeled back both of her arms, preparing to launch us. 

"Maximum Output: MOUNTAIN CRUSHER!!!!" My father roared as an extreme force now came from his body, breaking up the ground around him as he was charging up an attack of epic proportions.

"GET READY, GUYS!!! THIS MIGHT BE OUR ONE SHOT, SO HIT HIM WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT!!!" Harper said as me and Phobos began charging up our own strongest attacks. 

"More flames..... more, MORE!!! EVERYTHING I'VE GOT LEFT INTO ONE SHOT!!!! BLACK WRATH!!!" Phobos shouted as the entire right side of his body, minus his head ignited with his quirk, two black fiery wings sprouting from his back. 

"Stronger than every before..... strong enough to break any limits I face!! This is my ultimate move!!! OLYMPIC CRASH!!!!" I roared as my left arm was bulking up so much that steam began to come out of my skin.

"NOW GO!!! BEAT HIM!!!" Harper screamed as she threw us both forward at the same time, the two of us reeling back our arms to end this. 

"YOU'RE ALL NOTHING BUT WEAKLINGS FOR ME TO CRUSH!!! THERE'S NO LIVING CREATURE ON THIS EARTH THAT CAN STAND UP TO ME AND MY QUIRK!! NOW FALL SO THAT I CAN FULFILL OUR TRUE REALITY!!!" Markus roared as he reeled back his right arm as we neared. 

"To overcome the crisis in front of you.... by giving it everything you've got!!" I shouted. 

"And save everyone, no matter the cost!!!" Phobos shouted as we threw our mighty blows. 

"That's what it means to be a hero!!! GO BEYOND!!! PLUS..... ULTRAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!" We roared as all three of us collided with monumental force. We shook the earth upon impact, greatly cratering the ground as wind and rubble was blown everywhere. But, neither side was pushing each other back. We were in a stalemate with my father. 

"I..... WON'T...... LOSE!!!!!" Markus roared as he gave one last push to try and blow us back. 

"NEITHER... WILL.... WE!!!! HEROES..... NEVER..... QUIT!!!!!" Me and Phobos roared as we pushed back one last time as well. Something, anything had to give! And, after we all gave our last pushes, something did. 

With one loud *CRACK* Markus' right arm became dislocated from the force we were delivering, making it drop as me and Phobos smashed our fists into his face, forcing them down as we crashed Markus into the solid concrete beneath our feet. A gargantuan explosion of wind and fire erupted all around us from the impact, blowing away anything that wasn't a ship or giant Harper. And when everything came to a stop, silence came over the area. Only the rain and thunder above made any noise, but even that came to a stop when light began to shine through  the dark clouds. We stood over my father who laid smoking in the crater, two heavily indented fist marks on his cheeks. He was barely breathing, but he was still conscious. 

"Well....... shit......." He said as he let out a heavy sigh before resting his head back against the ground. Me and Phobos both collapsed onto the ground, Harper running over and shrinking down in the process to her normal size. 

"Dad...... Say it...." I said to him as seriously as I could as my father just began to laugh and cough a bit. 

"There it is...... What I've been waiting to hear.... Guess I should..... give you.... what you've been waiting for too....." Markus said as he coughed a bit more before clearing his throat. 

"Harper..... Phobos...... Josh........... You..... win........ i'm beat....." He said as all three of us grew some smiles. 

"We did it!!! WOOHOO!!!" Harper cheered as we joined in. My father just continued to laugh as I scooched myself over to sit next to him. 

"That wasn't what I wanted to hear from you, you know...." I told him as he nodded his head. 

"I know...... because..... I want you..... to be the only one..... to hear it....." Markus said as I picked his upper body up and leaned him against me. He then began to talk into my ear. 

"You're....... well..... you're not weak, son..... I've never once..... thought you were..... I.... I only said all that..... to give you the push....." My father said to me as I patted his back a few times. 

"Thanks dad...... thanks......" I said to him. 

Everything had finally come to an end. What started as the most difficult fight of my life turned into the most revolutionary moment of my entire life. Markus, the man who tried to kill me when we first met, the man who waged war against hero society, the man who began all this chaos, is my father. It's a strange feeling, knowing a man like this could be your parent. But.... after what me and my friends just went through..... I don't care anymore. I'm happy to have found my real family, whether it be my friends or even with Markus. Both sides..... 

They've helped me become a real hero this day.....