17 Chapter 17 - A New Family Member

"What's up Clark?", Midnight asked as I met them at their apartment, "Heard bunny girl and you made quite a mess yesterday."

"Don't phrase it like that.", I sighed, "But yes we took out some Yakuza, and rescued a two year old."

"Neat.", she said, "So...she did do anything did she?"

"I wanted to talk about that, she said you and her have a disagreement.", I stated.

"Yes, over a Hero named Orion.", Midnight replied.

"She said you think she slept with him.", I stated.

"Well yes, he said she did and she apologized.", Midnight said.

'So apologizing was the nail in that coffin.', I thought, 'Go figure.'

"Well Mirko said she didn't sleep with him.", I stated.

"Why the hell did she apologize then!?", Midnight snapped.

"Sound like she did it to calm you down, but had the opposite effect.", I stated.

"Well I am not sure if I trust her.", Midnight said.

Deciding to do this the old fashion way, I called Rumi and asked her to come over. Arriving some time later I stopped both of them before they got to fighting.

"The only way this is getting resolved is if Orion tells the truth. Where can we find him?", I asked.

Telling me he worked the northern end of the prefecture, I flew us over and tracked him down. As expected he was the type of guy I would call a player. Skimming his mind, he was hooking with nearly twenty different women, mostly Sidekicks, who were hoping to get into his Agency. It would have been one thing if he actually cared for them, but this guy didn't give a rats ass. He saw them as fuck toys, and free publicity to attempt to raise his popularity rank.

'Dude is using women to try to grow his fan base. I think he must have a screw loose.', I thought.

Sharing the connection with the three of them, I showed Midnight what happened in his memories which confirmed Rumi shot him down. Not only that, he had been trashing the two women after he walked away.

"Damn that fucker!", Rumi hissed, "I was his fucking bunny girl was I!?"

"Easy!? I am fucking easy!? I take all my relationships seriously, it's the men that back out when I get serious!", Midnight huffed.

"You dated that shit head?", Mt Lady asked.

"Unlike Clark I can't read minds. Had I known he was hiding other women from me I would have kicked him to the curb.", Midnight stated, "Can you scramble his mind or something?"

"You are asking me to mess with his mind?", I asked.

"Think of it like this, you are protecting future women from this guy.", Rumi said.

"Just go kick his ass. Both of you have every right too, you don't need me to do that.", I stated.

"True...you know, wait here.", they said.

Watching them walk over to him as he was flirting with a Sidekick, Rumi grabbed him by shoulder, turned him around, and threw a knee into his gut. Groaning he fell to his knees holding his stomach.

"What the fuck was that for!?", he snapped.

"I am a fucking bunny girl that begs for you..?", Rumi asked cracking her knuckles.

"And I am an easy woman that opens her door for any man that shows interest...", Midnight said following suit.

Processing that for a moment he quickly snapped back to reality.

"Ladies, I don't know who would say that about you but I can assure you I-"

"Cut the shit Orion, you are the one that said it to all you guys friends.", they snapped.

"Who ever told you that is lying.", he refuted.

"Uh huh...and the over dozen women your currently seeing, they aren't real either.", they stated.

"What!?", he gasped.

"Over a dozen!?", the Sidekick said, "You said I was special...that I had a bright future as you partner."

"I...I can explain-"

Bringing the other women over personally, they ran over to ask what was going on. As they started trickling in his face grew paler and paler till we were twelve women in. The women he was currently courting had no idea about the others. Asking questions to get more information they started to unwind his stories till everyone was glaring at him.

"Now Clark, this is why you don't mess with women's emotions.", Yu laughed.

Trying to flee, one of the Sidekicks put a barrier up to cutoff his escape. Looking for a way out he looked back only to receive a kick to the face from Rumi. Breaking several of his teeth in the process, Midnight followed up with a swift kick to the nuts with the boot tip hitting them head on. Dropping he threw up, but that didn't stop the other women. Pulling out their weapons he shouted for help, but was quickly being pumbled into the sidewalk.

Walking back over with relief on their faces they thanked me for the push to handle it alone. Looking back at him two of the Sidekicks were getting ready to jam some stuff right up his ass.

'Oh shit...in this world women are a lot crazier because they have Quirks.', I thought.

"Let that be a warning.", the two said.

"I kind of figured.", I said flying us back.

Taking off to patrol alone, Rumi and Midnight made amends before Rumi left. Agreeing to share the three women went along with Rumi's original plan for now. Taking Yu and Nemuri out on patrol with me, the Commissioner swung by my home to get a statement out from Eri.

---Night Prior---

Over the course of the night the cops had been interrogating Overhaul for information. Asking how he got Eri, and why he was experimenting with her he gave them a big grin. Telling them that it all started the day he met Eri.

While he was watching her play, she injured herself and when one of the Yakuza was tending her a drop of her blood got onto an open wound of his. It was after that the man realized that his Quirk vanished.

"It was at that point I knew I had to have her. Her Quirk was only partially awakened yet she had that amazing power!", Overhaul laughed, "Imagine being able to seal anyone's Quirk with just a drop of blood!! I could singlehandedly take out any Hero I wanted too, and utterly ruin them!!"

"So how did you get her?", the Interrogator asked.

"Well it wasn't easy, the boss is her grandfather. I told him of the potential she had, but the sentimental fool turned me down. Something about fucking moral code, we are on the verge of collapse because of the Hero Association and he wants to talk about morals!!", he said, "So I decided to force her Quirk to completely manifest early."

"That shouldn't be possible.", the Interrogator said.

"Oh it wasn't like I could buy the stuff, I had to make it myself. Hundreds of hours were spent making a drug to simulate her to manifest it.", he said, "Just as I thought about giving up hope, I had a break through thanks to some notes I bought online. Finding what I needed I drugged her, and forced her Quirk to activate. Her fool of a father tried to help her, but when her Quirk activated I watched him disappear from existence. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it, she had the ability to erase him completely without a trace."

Looking at him closely to see if he was lying the Interrogator told him to continue.

"I showed the footage to her mother, and she screamed in horror. She branded her own daughter a demon!! Haha I couldn't believe how fragile her connection was to her daughter. The look of despair on Eri's face was priceless!! Before the boss could try to mend things, I put him in a coma. I didn't have a choice by that point.", he stated.

"Why not?", the Interrogator asked.

"The same day this happened I found out we had a monster living in our midst, that fucking kid I fought!! I watched him in LA fighting that drugged up wrestler, and realized I had to prepare. A kid like that isn't normal!! No one is that strong without some drawback!!", Overhaul laughed, "Don't you see, I decided to use Eri as a weapon against him!! I was weaponizing her blood to seal his power so I could kill him!!"

'This guy is insane...if the doctor didn't tell me there would be after effects from his overdose I would have thought he was always this crazy.', the Interrogator said.

"Don't you get it, he isn't even human!", he shouted thrashing around, "Able to hear around the world, flies faster than light, stronger than any Hero on record, and nothing is able to injure him!! He has to be a weaponized human!! He is some sort of freak show that is going to be the death of us all!!"

"Now you are going off topic...", the Interrogator said, "Tell me more about this Quirk activation drug."

"Ah yes, my crowning achievement. I bought some research notes off the Black Market that contained information about an experiment they did in the USSR back in the Cold War. The scientists found that introducing certain chemicals into the body caused some children to awaken their Quirks early, but...there was a chance that it would out of control and kill them. It was a risk that I was willing to take after collecting a lot of blood from her.", Overhaul said.

'If I could kill you legally right now, I would be shooting till the clip was empty then I would impale you heart. Sick bastards like you disgust me.', the Interrogator thought.

"Anyways it took several tries, but I managed to get the dosage right. I waited till I knew she would be alone, and then drugged her.", he said, "Dear old dad saw me, and tried to help her. The whole process caused her a lot of pain before her Quirk manifest erasing him from existence."

"Alright...now we have here that you are one of the people that were spotted the other day at the battle the other day. How did you know about the shipment?", the Interrogator asked.

"Section 13 may be extra secure, but they pay their cleaning staff shit. A few thousand yen is more than enough to get them to snap pictures of plans.", he chuckled.

'Damn...so it wasn't anyone on the team.', the Interrogator thought.

The time for the truth gas one of the officers was emitting was almost up.

"Last question, what evidence do you have that makes you think that boy is a monster?", he asked.

"Haha, haven't you noticed it? Not a single time has he shown weakness, even when fighting a man leaking out literal radiation. Nothing has been able to cut him, and most of all I know he is hiding his true strength.", Overhaul said, "Whether you like to admit it or not, if he turned on you there isn't anything you have that can stop him."

"You could make the same argument for any single powerful Hero.", the Interrogator stated.

"Yes, but name another Hero that can survive in a vacuum and survive a fall from outer orbit.", Overhaul said, "No Hero has ever done that, nor has anyone come close."

Soon after that the gas wore off, and Overhaul receded back into his mind. Leaving the room with the officer, the Interrogator went into the next room. Sighing he looked at Overhaul through the one way mirror.

"What ever intelligence he had is long gone, the fusion of all those bodies and the overdose fried his brain. Right now he is the type of person you throw in a psych ward, and never let out.", the Interrogator said.

"Still though...the fact he got intelligence from the former USSR is troubling. I am starting to wonder why the hell the government was paying Section 13, this is their mess!", the Commissioner snapped, "Ugh...alright in the mean time I need all of you go through that base with a fine tooth comb, and find his research notes on that formula. Last thing I want is that shit hitting the open market!"

"On it!", they said leaving to organize the search party.

---Wayne Mansion Current Time---

"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Wayne.", the Commissioner said, "It's a pleasure to meet you."

"A pleasure.", Thomas said, "What can we do for you this evening?"

"I came to hopefully get some information from little Eri.", the Commissioner said.

"Officer I am sure you realize that the child has gone through an awful lot.", Martha said.

"I understand ma'am, but it's crucial in my case to get her side of the story.", the Commissioner said, "At this point we might not be able to take her captor to trial as he is mentally insane. If I can get some information from her I may be able to get him locked in a psych ward for life."

"I...I understand.", Martha said going to fetch Eri who was busy playing with the girls.

Asking Eri if she was comfortable answering some questions, Eri said she wouldn't do it without me present. After watching me beat up Overhaul, Eri saw me as her protector and as a result had slept on my bed the night prior. Informing the Commissioner he said he could wait for Clark to return.

Returning home from patrol a few hours later, my parents asked me to sit with Eri while she answered the Commissioners questions. Doing as they asked, I sat with Eri while she talked. The Commissioner did his best not to be too rough in his questioning, but he needed the information.

"Did Overhaul hurt you?", he asked.

"Yes, he...he cut me, and poked me.", she said.

"How long have you been under his care?", he asked.

"I don't know.", she said.

"Was it a while?", he asked.

"I don't know...", she said holding my hand, "You are gonna send me back...are you?"

Cutting off the Commissioner I knelt down in front of her.

"You don't have to worry about that. You are a part of our family here, I won't let anyone hurt you like him again.", I said firmly.

Giving me a smile she relaxed a bit more.

'I feel bad for the boy that dates her in the future...', the Commissioner thought, 'Clark will put the screws to the boy.'

Once she was calm, he continued asking questions. After ten more questions, he decided to call it there. Leaving our home he was about to go home when he received a call from the station. Answering it he expected to be called out to a crime scene, but that wasn't the case.

"Chief we have bad news, several prisoners have up and vanished.", the Interrogator said.

"What!? You mean we had a jailbreak?", he asked.

"No, like they were there one second then gone the next. Literally a second between them there and being gone.", he said, "We haven't a clue where they are, their trackers are still in their cells."

"Damn it!!", the Commissioner snapped, "I want all of the available men we have looking for them!!"

"Understood!", the Interrogator replied.

'Fucking damn it...now that psycho is on the loose.', he thought, 'Fuck!! The team at the crime scene!!'

Calling the team, he got no response. Rushing back into the house the Commissioner said there was an emergency, and he needed my assistance. Since it looked serious my dad gave me permission to go. Explaining he needed to go to where I fought Overhaul, I got us there in less than a second. Running over to the hole he almost puked at the site inside. Several men were compressed into spheres while even more were turned inside out.

"What the fucking hell!?", he snapped.

"Commissioner I am taking you back to the station then going home. If this has something to do with Overhaul, Eri is in danger.", I stated.

Telling me to leave him he called in several Heroes and got the police down there. Getting back home in a hurry, I found Eri singing with the girls in my room. Sighing I looked at my parents with a serious look.

"Overhaul apparently is missing along with several other villains.", I stated.

"That means Eri is-"

"Don't worry about her, I was serious when I said no one would hurt her.", I stated, "I just wanted you to know is all."

"Alright.", Martha said.

"Son, are you going to make something for her?", Thomas asked.

"Absolutely, I will take her to my lab tomorrow. I already have a design in my head to use.", I stated.

---Next Day---

With several dangerous villains missing, the local schools had to be put on hold for reconstruction. Taking the chance to make Eri's protection, I took her and the girls to the lab. Sitting Eri on the table she looked at me with a nervous look.

"It's alright Eri, I am not going to do anything to you.", I said with a smile, "I want to make you a present, and wanted to know which stuffed animal you wanted."

Showing her a variety of them her eyes lit up with excitement.

"I can have any of them!!", she squealed with a smile.

"Absolutely, tell me which one is your favorite.", I said.

"I like the stripped kitty.", she said pointing at the tiger.

"Alright, I will make you a Tiger then.", I said telling her what it was.

"Tiger kitty.", she laughed.

'She is such a sweet girl.', I thought patting her head, 'If that bastard shows up I punch him so hard that will find parts of him all over Japan. No one is going to take her smile from her.'

Having the girls entertain her I got to work. Making the tiger extra fluffy for her, I started integrating tech in it. Lining the inside with a nanotube battery, I installed shield generators in the unit that would activate if her heart rate increased. Including a tracker, two way speaker, and most importantly a defensive weapon I took it into the testing room for a trial run. Using a sound generator the stuffed animal could easily blow out someone's eardrum out if they were in front of the Tiger's mouth. Once the testing was done I gave a satisfied nod.

'With this I can rest a bit easier knowing she can have some protection. The fucker that makes her use it is a Deadman walking.', I thought, 'The moment I show up I will be their executioner.'

Giving her the Tiger, she held it tightly with the biggest smile I had seen on her. Rubbing her face into the Tiger she looked like any normal two year old should. Taking her with us to get some ice cream, I had to make sure she didn't over stuff her mouth.

"Big Brother my head is cold!!", Eri said experiencing her first brain freeze.

"It's alright, here drink some...did you call me big brother?", I asked.

"Can I not?", she asked giving me a pouty face.

'Damn it girl even burly bikers and truckers would find it hard to say no to that face.', I thought.

"Of course you can call me that.", I said softly.

Giving her a sip of my water, I wiped her mouth before she started eating more. The girls looked at her excited smiles.

"We will have a sister-in-law!!", Nejire said.

"Shh!!!", the others said shushing her.

'I think we need to cut back on the number of dramas Nejire watches...', I thought.

---Undisclosed Location in the Baltic Sea---

Overhaul and the mercs he originally hired awoke in a dark, dimly lit room. Feeling like his head was in a press, Overhaul was trying to remember what had happened. Last thing he remembered was injecting himself with his test batch of drugs.

'What the fuck happened, why am I so bulky.', he thought.

"The prisoners are awake.", a woman said peering in at them.

'Prisoners, am I in jail?', he thought.

A few minutes later several women came in to grab them. Trying to use his Quirk, he found that it wasn't activating.

"Don't try anything.", the jailer said staring him down, "You would be dead if not for the Mistress's kind heart. We don't need you alive to get what we want."

Chaining them up, the women pulled the men along. Finding themselves in a massive prison, there were hundreds of people in cells like theirs all of whom looked very old. Leading them to a throne room, a woman in her early twenties sat on the throne with dozens of women around her watching them closely. Forcing the men to kneel before their leader the men were already getting a bad feeling.

"You are the one they call Overhaul?", the woman in the chair asked with a German accent.

"I am.", Overhaul replied, "Who are you?"

"My name is of little concern to you. I have use of your talents, and want to see if we can make a deal.", she said.

"What sort of deal?", he asked.

"I had my girls fix your brain that was scrambled by the Quirk Boosting Drug you made. You see, the organization I am a part of was the one that sold you the information.", she said, "My Intelligence Officer tells me you made many incredible discoveries with the materials you purchased."

"Stop buttering me up...what do you want?", he asked.

Pinning him to the floor without touching him, one of the woman's bodyguards looked at him with disgust.

"That's enough Gravi, he is just curious is all.", the woman in the chair said telling her to stand down, "I want you to work under me as one of my scientists. You will have all the materials you need, and I will ensure that all of your needs are seen too."

"The jailer said you didn't need me so why offer?", he asked.

"She did?", the woman said turning to the jailer who turned pale.

"Debbie...I have told you time and time again to keep your mouth shut.", the woman said snapping her fingers.

Dragging the jailer forward, the woman in the chair place a hand on her face.

"This was the last time I was giving you.", she said in a cold tone.

Overhaul watched the once young woman quickly shrivel up into a mummy. Dropping to the floor the woman turned to dust in front of him.

'Oh shit...this isn't how I want to die...', he thought.

"Since the ruse is up, I will be blunt.", she said changing her sweet attitude for a domineering one, "I can have your formula replicated, but keeping you alive means you can continue produce results for me."

"What do you want from me?", he asked.

"I want you to work with the other scientists I have here on making a serum that allows the user to activate an Ancestor's Quirk in their bloodline.", she said, "My parents had power Quirks, and I want to access them directly."

"That should be impossible though...", Overhaul said, "Activating a second or third Quirk would be very bad for your health."

"Don't you worry about that, I understand the risk.", she said, "You will either work as a scientist and receive my blessing, or you will become sustenance for my body. I am not a patient woman, I suggest you make your decision quickly."

"I accept!", Overhaul said choosing to be a scientist than a dead man.

"Great, I will assign you a maid who will also be your personal guard. Try anything, and you won't make it out of here. Do a good job, and I will make life easier for you. Booze, women, and even maybe some revenge on the Hero that put you down.", she said.

"Yes...ma'am.", he said bowing his head not wanting to look at her.

"Send him to a normal room, Number 13 will be his guard.", she ordered.

Sending him off she sucked the life out the mercs, and shivered with delight. Sweeping the mess away, the maids made the room spotless.

"Lady Succulus, are you sure it's wise to let him live?", Gravi asked.

"He is necessary for the time being.", Succulus said, "If he acts out, kill him."

"Ma'am was it really wise to use our network to secure him?", one of these commanders asked.

"Yes, though I specifically told them to keep it quiet. Killing those cops was an unnecessary action. If someone looks closely they will be able to track the attackers, and they will most likely sell us out.", Succulus said, "Dora and Ur, I want you both to snuff those people out. This will be your first mission so don't fail me...or it will be your last."

"Yes ma'am!", the women said running off.

'Once I get the serum I will finally be able to force those old men to recognize me as a full member of the group.', Succulus thought, 'Relegating me to a measly associate member, I still couldn't get in after Mind Breaker was taken out. I owe that kid for removing an obstacle for me though, I am one step closer to take the place that my mother held. Maybe I should attempt to make contact and see if he can remove more of them for me.'

Moving their underwater base after the two members left, the group of villains continue on with business as usual blissfully unaware that they had been double crossed before they even got operatives in Japan.

---Mountains In Romania---

Sitting in his study a well built older gentleman was reading an ancient book of unknown origin. Knock at this door his trusted butler announced that the assassins he paid had returned. Kneeling before their employer the assassins handed over a vial of serum they had stolen from Overhaul's lab.

"Good work, are we sure that this does work?", their employer asked.

"Sir, the creator admitted that it does the police.", they stated.

"Good", he stated, "Norm get this to my daughter at once, and have her start reverse engineering it. I want her to come up with a method for using it on Quirkless people to awaken any dormant Quirks they may house in their genetics."

"Of course My Lord.", the butler said.

"No need, I came as soon as I sensed that they were here.", a young girl in a widow's black dress said, "I can take that vial and begin immediately."

"Good girl, I don't expect it will be an easy road to develop but do your best.", he said.

"Yes Father.", she said.

One of the assassins looked back at her, and quickly regretted it. Almost like his soul left his body the assassin died without a word.

"Hehe, I don't recommend looking at me unless you are willing to lose your life mongrels.", she hissed.

Feeling the cold aura of death pour of their shoulders the assassins broke out in a cold sweat. Keeping their heads down they didn't say a word till she was gone.

"That's my girl, tough as steel with an unwavering dedication to her craft.", her father said, "Alright then on to the next bit of business...as I am sure you were aware, you are a liability to me with the information you know."

"We pride ourselves on never having leaked information about any of our clients!", they stated.

"That is very commendable, but there is always a first.", he growled, "Norm, please deal with them."

"By your orders My Lord.", Norm replied.

Before the assassins could attempt an escape, they found themselves sucked into darkness only to be crushed within. Several miles away a young girl heard the line for her parents go dead. She had been raised in this craft, and with her ability to speak with the dead she was a born to be assassin. Unfortunately now she had nothing left...with he parents gone she had no one left to train her. If their group found her she would likely be killed for fear she'd want revenge on the man that killed her parents.

Knowing that there was nothing here for her now, she made the decision to go to the one person she felt had the potential to kill him. Securing a flight to Japan, she used every penny she had to her name to flee and seek shelter under a boy her age that had shown feats deemed impossible by anyone.