Chapter 10

Izuku, wearing a black pants and red high-cut tennis shoes, along with a black button down long sleeved shirt, of course he also wore his Full Gauntlet on its wristband mode, he was sitting on a couch in the I-Island tower's lobby while waiting for his friends to show up.

He was playing this century old app called Mobile Legends from pre-Quirk era through his phone. Aside from heroes, state of the art technology, and legal use of Quirks, one of the best thing in I-Island is the WiFi.

Even a hundred gigabytes worth of app will be downloaded within a few seconds.

'Damn, where the heck are they?' Izuku thought in annoyance, 'I can't wait to go to the party! I want to socialize! I want to dance on the dancefloor! I haven't gone dancing in awhile!'

Yeah, Izuku really liked dancing. At first he only learned how to dance due to necessity. It was an important aspect you need to have if you want to learn Capoeira. But he started to enjoy it after awhile.

Recently he was also learning how to sing and other exercises to strengthen his lungs, like that one from pre-Quirk Anime he watched; Demon Slayer.

As for why he was trying to strengthen his lungs, well he was thinking what if he used One for All there? Would he be able to scream like Present Mic? Loud enough to send people flying and shatter eardrums?

'That was a 'what if' scenario.' He shook his head, 'I should be careful about practicing that though, I could blow my lungs up.'

"You're pretty early Izuku," said Bakugo as he arrived. He was wearing a white formal attire which honestly look good on the teen to be honest.

"Hm?" Izuku raised his head and quickly waved at Bakugo, "Katsuki! I thought you don't want to attend you know. You never did like fancy parties like this."

"Meh, I changed my mind." said Bakugo as he sat down on the couch, a grin made its way to his face, "What do you say about spiking the punch?"

Izuku smirked, "I thought you'd never ask."

"Remember what happened three days ago? When Ginjo invited us to his birthday party? I was the one who spiked the punch."

Izuku snapped his head to Bakugo, his eyes widened in shock, "....Fuck. It's you?" seeing Bakugo grin caused Izuku to glare at him, "Do you have any what happened that time!"

"You got laid. Threesome too. Sakura and Inoue right?"

Izuku choked on his saliva, "Cough! Cough! That's not it! Do you know how weird it is when I woke next morning with two of them on my chest! I couldn't look at them in the eyes even after we left!"

"Don't be such a baby," Bakugo rolled his eyes, "It's not like they are asking you to take responsibility and marry them. They said it themselves, they don't want to be 'tied down', and even told you to come to them if you want to relieve some stress. Your relationship still hasn't changed dude, you three are still friends."

"Friends don't sleep with each other."

"Then you three are just really, really, really close friends with benefits. Oh don't give me that look! It's not like you have girlfriend to feel guilty about....do you?"

"What!? No! Do you?"

"...."

"O-Oh.." Izuku's eyes widened before a wide smile made its way to his face, "Katsuki! You sly dog! Who is it? Tell me! Tell me! Tell me!"

"Back off nerd!"

"Not until you tell me!"

It was at that moment that Momo and Melissa arrived at the lobby. Momo was wearing a lime green sleeveless dress and heels with her hair tied to a ponytail.

Melissa, on the other hand, wears a stunning blue dress with white skirt, her hair was also tied to a ponytail, with a red headband, her glasses were now also gone. 

"What are you two doing?" Asked Momo.

"NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS RICH GIRL!" Bakugo glared at her, his face turning red in anger hid the blush on his cheeks.

Momo frowned, "Geez, I was just asking. No need to be so rude."

Melissa turned towards Izuku, "Um, Izu, what are you two doing?"

'Izu?' Wondered Izuku, but didn't give it much thought and just smirked slyly, "Well, I'm asking him about his g—hrk!?"

Bakugo interrupted his friend by elbowing his chest.

"Cough! Cough! Fuck! Cough! That hurts!" Izuku sat back down on the couch while massaging his chest.

"Izuku!" Melissa came towards him, "Are you alright?"

"Why did you do that!" Momo came in front of Bakugo and glared at him, "Is he not your friend? Why are you hurting him!"

Bakugo rolled his eyes, "Please, as if that is enough to hurt him."

"Even so..." Momo cast a worried glance at Izuku who was smiling while massaging his chest. She blinks, and decided to ask, "Are you...okay?"

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine." Izuku stood up with a grin, "I just found out something interesting."

"Is that...so?"

Izuku nodded, "Yep! Now onward to the party! I can't wait to shake my body on the dance floor! Nothing can ruin this night!"

Suddenly, metal door after metal door slammed down over the regular doors and red lights began to flash.

[Emergency Lockdown: Engaged]

'..Damn it.'

Bakugo looked at the metal doors before giving Izuku an unimpressed gaze, "Really nerd? Murphy's Law remember? I thought you're smarter than that."

[Warning: Explosives Found on site. All citizens, please stay indoors until told otherwise. All citizens found outside after 10 minutes will be detained]

Melissa scrunched up her face in confusion. "That's not the protocol for explosives."

Izuku walked towards the elevator and keeps repeatedly pressing the elevator buttons, "The elevators are down."

Bakugo took out his phone and raised it up and moved it around. "I don't have any signal either."

Momo checked her phone as well, and found that she also had no signal. "Me neither. Just what is happening?"

Melissa bit her thumbnail, as her brows furrowed in frustration, "Something is definitely wrong. None of this are part of any emergency protocols."

Izuku took a deep breath, "Alright let's calm down first." he rubbed his chin in thought, "If something did happened, then we should probably head to the second floor, in reception hall where the party is being held. All Might is there, he can help us."

"All Might?" Momo looked at Izuku nad thought, 'That's...to be expected. David Shield is after all, All Might's partner when he was in America.'

Izuku turned towards the blonde inventor, "Melissa, is there any way to the reception hall from here?"

Melissa shook her head, "Not really," she then pointed at the door near the elevator, "But we can use the emergency stairs over there, it directly leads to the third floor. The reception hall has a glass ceiling over we can look down through."

"Alright, let's go then." Izuku quickly rushed through the door and run upstairs. Momo, Melissa and Bakugo followed after him.

Momo glanced at Bakugo, who noticed this and sent her an annoyed look, "What do you want rich girl?"

"Nothing." She shook her head, "I was just wondering why you are so quiet. From what I've observed, I expected you to angrily yell at Izuku for...taking command."

Bakugo scoffed, "The nerd's a better strategist than I am. I know my strengths and weaknesses, and I know he's better than me at this. So I usually follow his words."

"Usually huh."

"Shut up or I'll blast you pieces!"

After a few minutes, the group finally reached the third floor, they followed Melissa as she led them to the place where they can overlook the second floor.

After arriving, the teens looked down over the railing into the reception hall. Their eyes widened in shock and horror.

The entire crowd was being held hostage by a multitude of armed gunmen. All Might was being constrained on the stage.

Momo couldn't help but tremble in fear and worry when she saw her mother at the crowd, along with several other people crouching on the floor with their hands on their head.

Melissa frantically looked around the room, "I don't see my Papa down there. You don't think they took him, do you?"

Izuku pursed his lips, "He's the head scientist on the island. It's likely that whatever they're here for, they would need him. I don't see that assistant from earlier either."

Melissa's expression went from worried to panicked and scared in an instant.

Izuku searched his pocket and took out his phone, "I'll try and get All Might's attention, then we can ask about the situation."

"How?" Asked Momo. "I mean, we don't even have any means of communication."

"It's fine," Izuku smiled as he started turning the flashlight of his phone on and off, 'I just knew that learning sign language would come in handy!'

As for why Izuku learned sign language years ago. Without a Quirk, he knew that he'll definitely have a hard time being a Pro Hero, so he thought about going underground like Eraser Head.

He learned sign language because he thought it would be helpful to him when he's out on a patrol at night.

After awhile, All Might finally noticed him. Izuku then started moving his hands, 'What. Is. The. Situation.'

"You know sign language?" Asked Melissa.

"How would you even know that All Might knows sign language?" Asked Momo.

"I don't." Izuku smirked as he watched All Might doing some signs using his hands. Bakugo leaned to watch too. Izuku once taught him the basics so he can understand a bit.

'Villains have taken over the tower, and have control over the security system. Even the Pro Heroes are being held hostage, which means the entire island is held captive. You all need to get out of here. It's far too dangerous.'

Izuku and Bakugo stared at each other in shock.

"This is bad." Said Izuku as the girls turned towards him, "This is so bad."