Chapter 6 : Poking the Sleeping Tiger

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[In an dark alley somewhere]

Eraserhead : "You have got to be kidding me..."

The eerie assailants began to descend upon Eraserhead, dropping into the alleyway.

A car with bright lights passed by, illuminating the alleyway partly. The lighting revealed the metallic body of the humanoid figures glistening in the rain.

Eraserhead : "Robots!?!"

Automaton #1 : "Roger, Roger."

Automaton #2 +22 more : "Roger, roger, roger, roger."

Eraserhead gathered what was left of his scarf in his hands. The robots launched themselves at Eraserhead all at once. He darted towards one, leapt in the air, and used it's head as a stepping stone to keep them from swarming him. Still in the air, Eraserhead used his scarf to loop over the head of another robot. As Eraserhead landed he flipped the robot over his shoulder into a couple more. The went down like bowling pins.

Eraserhead ducked to avoid a robot's spin kick that he sensed behind him. Eraserhead dodged a metal fist as he pivoted around another robot before getting it in a chokehold from behind. He twisted its head, trying to rip it off or break it's 'neck'.

The head spun smoothly on its torso to face Eraserhead.

Automaton #13 : "Roger."

Eraserhead : " Well *BEEP*."

The robot wrapped its arms around Eraserhead and threw him backward (forward?) towards the other robots. The other robots backed away as Eraserhead landed and rolled to his feet, keeping his momentum, and kicked another robot in the chest. The robot flew backwards into a bunch of garbage bags as two more robots leapt into the fray to replace it. Another two robots snuck up on Eraserhead from behind and attempted to restrain him, but were beaten back with a flurry of kicks and punches. Another robot had managed to hit Eraserhead in the head. His vision went blurry again and he lost his balance.

The robots saw their chance. Two of them grabbed Eraserhead by the arms and two more held him down by the shoulders. They forced him to his knees as the other robots crowded around, cutting off any chance of escape. Then, the crowd split down the middle to let one robot through. It approached Eraserhead, grabbed him by the scarf, and socked him in the jaw.

Hard.

Eraserhead tried to get away, but the robots kept him in their cold embrace. The robot gave him another punch, but this time in the gut. Eraserhead coughed blood a little. He looked up and saw the robot winding up for a final blow.

*SMASH!*

Suddenly, there was a white blur accompanied by a gust of wind. And the robot? The only thing left of its head was a fountain of sparks.

Eraserhead and the robots looked around for signs of the assailant.

??? : "Hope you don't mind me crashing your party."

Eraserhead looked up to see a woman in civilian clothes on a rooftop. She tossed the head of the robot to the ground. It rolled till it bumped against the leg of one of the remaining robots. The robot picked it up and looked at the young woman.

Automaton #14 : "Roger!?!"

??? : "Yes. You're next!"

The woman's leg muscled bulged and increased in thickness as she jumped forward towards the robots crowding around Eraserhead. Mid air, she tucked in her limbs and begun summersaulting. As she approached the robots she let one leg out of her legs for a downward kick. It connected, smashing the robot and breaking the asphalt. The woman shouted.

??? : "LUNA ARC!"

The rest of the robots scattered, dropping Eraserhead. The woman hopped over to Eraserhead and picked him up with one arm by the shirt, setting him on his feet.

??? : "Looks like I came just in time. I could smell your blood a mile away. And hear you getting your **s handed to ya."

Eraserhead steadied himself, rubbing his bleeding temple. He put his hand on the woman's shoulder.

Eraserhead : "Thanks for the assist, Mirko."

Mirko : "No problem."

[Rumi Usagiyama - Quirk : Rabbit

Hero Name : Mirko

Her quirk gives her the characteristics of a rabbit. She has heightened senses as well as powerful muscles in her limbs. Especially her legs.

She is a battle maniac and loves to fight.

]

Eraserhead and Rumi faced the machines, who's eyes seemed to lock solely on the rabbit hero.

Eraserhead : "Can I trust you with this? I really need to be somewhere, urgently. "

Mirko smirked, her teeth glinting from the shine of the automatons's glowing eyes.

Mirko : "You can leave it to me! I was just warming up anyways."

Eraserhead grunted and dashed out of the alley, leaving Mirko to her...victims?...toys?...practice test dummies?...

The robots shuffled around a bit. Catching Mirko's attention.

Mirko : "Now then. Who's ready to go back to the scrap yard? COME AT ME!!! THERE'S NO TOMORROW FOR YOU!!!"

Automaton #13 : "Roger, roger."

The robots, seeing a new and powerful foe instead of their original prey, began to take precautions. Their plates on their arms began to mechanically shift and change with audible clicks and whirrs. Now, instead of the standard plain armor plating they sported spikes as when as sharp claws. A few even transformed one of their arm's into some sort of gun, removing the hand. Their height increased and their foot falls seemed to get heavier. Their eyes glowed even brighter.

Automatons : "Roger."

Mirko grinned wildly, baring her teeth.

Mirko : "Now that's more like it!"

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[All Might's POV]

I have never slept this good, but the dream was a odd addition. I was being carried on the back of a giant robotic spider that had restrained me with its threads. It carried me on a dirt path through a forest, till we came to a clearing. After that, it set me down on the grass. It took a pair of scissors and cut my restraints.

Robo-Spider : "Wakey wakey eggs and bakey."

All Might : "...What?..."

I woke up to feel a cold breeze on my face. The sun was peeking over the tops of trees as the morning dawned. In front of me was a well dressed man with a top hat. The most noticeable thing other than the hat was his mask. A mask with no facial features or any other features of any kind except a large red exclamation point painted on it.

??? : "Hey, you. You're finally awake."

All Might : "Robo-spider?"

??? : "What?"

All Might : "Er. Sorry. Was having a dream."

??? : "..."

For a moment, we just awkwardly stared at each other. Then I remembered. Not long ago I was just in my penthouse... until...

I slapped my forehead.

All Might : "HAHAHAHA! Have I been kidnapped!?!"

??? : "Yes, Skinny Might."

All Might : "Skinn-?"

Then I realized I had been conversing without being in my Prime form. I quickly buffed up and faced the stranger whom I presumed to be a sort of villain.

All Might : "Now then, tell me. Who are you? Why have you kidnapped me? Why have you brought me here? And where are we?"

??? : "Who am I? That's a good question. I have been trying to figure that out, but for now I am known as Spoiler!"

I got into a stance.

Spoiler : "As for why I kidnapped you. I needed a way to get famous, or more accurately, infamous. And what better way to get infamous than to take on the world's greatest hero. All Might!!! Once I defeat you, I will reveal your powerless form to the world! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!!!!!!"

Continued laughing, then stopped abruptly. The air seemed to tense as he spread his arms wide, leaving himself open to an attack. A clear sign of arrogance.

Spoiler : "Or...I could just kill you."

Suddenly, Spoiler released a killing intent so strong that it was as if the sun had never risen. I was paralyzed. It increased even more as I started to hear what sounded like a drum.

*Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.

Spoiler : "What's wrong All Might? Not gonna take your first shot?"

He was dangerous.

All Might : "How...How many people have you killed?"

Spoiler brought his hands forward and started counting off his fingers. He gradually got faster...and faster. Eventually his fingers started moving so fast that he started to generate his own wind as miniature sonic booms filled the air. He suddenly stopped on his pinky.

Spoiler : "Hmm...I don't know. Heheheh."

Scratch that. He was extremely dangerous. A monster. Could I beat him?

I smiled.

I decided to find out. I launched myself at him, pushing off the ground as hard I could and readying my fist. I threw a heavy punch.

All Might : "DETROIT SMASH!!!!"

*BAM!!!!*

There was a shockwave as we connected. As the smoke cleared, Spoiler was still in front of me. I could see some sort of aura glowing around him, as if he was steaming. I then noticed that he  stopped me with...

One.

Fricking.

Finger.

Spoiler : "Impressive. You made me use 10% of my power. But now, its my turn."

Here it comes.

I leapt back. Every single muscle like a taunt spring, ready for any moves he would make. I watched him stand there for a few moments. He put his fingers to the sides of his head and did a little giggle. Then, he disappeared.

Where did he go?!

I looked left and right for him. Then I sensed a presence behind me. I turned to find him mid air with his right arm pulled back for a blow aimed at my head. I tried to dodge, but I couldn't. It was if I was rooted somehow in place, paralyzed. Suddenly, my vision went dark and a red word (Japanese character) appeared. "Death", it read. A fist several times larger than me materialized as the word faded.

*Woosh!*

*BOOM!!!*

The fist stopped inches from my face, and all of the force from it created a huge rush of air that somehow travelled around my head. I could hear it's power decimate everything behind me.

Spoiler pulled his fist away and took a few steps back. I was still stunned by the...whatever it was. I could have really died in that moment had he not pulled back? Speaking of which.

All Might : "Why did you stop?"

Spoiler placed a hand on his chin, then shrugged.

Spoiler : "It would spoil the fun if you died right now. I prefer to drag this out and pummel you till you can no longer keep your form up. Till then, get ready for the fight of your life! MWAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

I shook myself and readied for the next attack.

Spoiler : "MACHINE GUN BLOWS!"

The villain through a barrage of punches towards me. I brough up my arms while stepping backwards to minimize the damage, but Spoiler continued to push foreword. I countered with a side kick and somehow caught him in his right leg, which knocked him off balance. I took the chance and followed with a right hook. A direct to his face. He spun around, his arms limp. He then got he with a surprise attack as his left hand approached my face and struck me across the jaw. It knocked me off my feet. I quickly recovered and gained some distance between us, moving towards the tree line of the nearby forest. I decided to stall him.

All Might : "That's is some impressive strength you showed back there. How did you get so strong? Is it your quirk?"

Spoiler stopped as he was about to come towards me.

Spoiler : "No. My quirk isn't super strength. How I got this power...heheheheheheheheheh..."

Spoiler paused for effect.

Spoiler : "One hundred push ups! One hundred sit-ups! And a 10 kilometer run! Every day!"

I grunted.

All Might : "That doesn't seem to really explain your power."

Spoiler : "Of course not! You also have to turn of your heater during the winter and your AC during the summer! And banana in the morning pre-work out. You can't quit no matter what! Even when your arms start making weird clicking noises! Train till your hair falls out! I trained for three years to get to this level of strength!"

I could feel the numbness in my arms start to go away.

All Might : "Ok then. So tell me. What's your quirk then if it's not super strength?"

Spoiler : "My quirk? Hahahaha!... Take a guess."

Spoiler then put out both of his arms so that the wrists were touching, and the hands clenched into fists. His arms opened up, transforming into some type of multi barreled cannon. He was pointed towards my direction. My instincts screamed at me to move, and I did.

Spoiler : "Incinerate."

Spoiler unleashed a powerful flame based attack that incinerated the place where I once was, destroying a large part of the forest and setting the rest of it on fire. Even the ground seemed to have turned molten. From what I saw, this meant the villain was some sort of robot/cyborg...or...

All Might : "Do you...have more than one quirk?"

Spoiler froze, letting his arms return to normal. When he spoke, something in his voice gave me the chills.

Spoiler : "Now that's an interesting idea. But in order for something like that to be plausible, you would have to assume that I was in league with Mr. Potato Head."

I frowned.

All Might : " Mr. Potato Head?"

Spoiler chuckled and threw his hands open.

Spoiler : "Yes. That's what I like to call him. But don't tell him I said that. He might just decide to kill me."

All Might : "So who is he?"

Spoiler : "That's really funny actually. You know, you actually know him. He is your nemisis."

All Might : "You would have to be more specific. I have a lot of people who would call me their nemesis."

Spoiler : "Shigaraki. Or All for One, as he likes to call himself. And yes, he's still alive. The doc patched him up. But he is laying low at the moment. Planning, planting seeds, and preparing for various nefarious plots."

I was stunned. All For One? Alive? But how? I had killed him during our last fight. And even if he was alive, who would have the medical capability to heal what had essentially been a man with his skull crushed. But who could do such a thing. I had to know more if there was even an ounce of truth to what he was claiming.

All Might : "So who is this doctor you mentioned. Sounds like he is someone who is quite skilled."

Spoiler : "Oh, you have no idea. I hear he's making zombies for Mr. Potato Head. Zombies with multiple quirks. They call them Nomus. What they do Is they take a person who died recently, preferably someone with a strong quirk like a hero, and they turn them into a mindless monster with multiple quirks. And I heard they are making an army of them."

All Might : "It seems you're well informed."

The villain gave another creepy giggle and struck a pose.

Spoiler : "Ah, well. Spoilers. AAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!!!!"

If what he said was true, then this is really bad. Zombies? With Quirks? Sounds like a nightmare. And using corpses of civilians and heroes? Sounds ghastly. I had to learn more about this.

All Might : "Sounds like something the police should know about. Why don't you give yourself up? You may even get a lighter sentence. Especially if you kindly tell us all you know about All For One."

The villain stood stock still.

Spoiler : "Turn myself in? Not for me. And why are you so interested in All For One? I'm the villain you should be worrying about. Let me help you. You want to know how I know some secrets? Secrets about All For One? Well it actually happened by accident. You see, I'm a bit fascinated with you. I guess you could say that I'm a huge fan. Your heroics, that smile, the poses, and the ultimate moves. I study them all. I know all about your rivalry with your nemesis, All For One. It was during one of my "operations" of All Might fan-boy fascination that I happened to encounter another fan of yours."

The villain then took a folded piece of paper out of his breast pocket. He tossed towards me, spinning it with such a finesse that it flew like a frisbee. I caught it and unfolded it. On it was a familiar cartoonish Crayola drawing of one figure pummeling another that was clearly was to be me.

All Might : "So...you met the kid. And I assume you also know where might be."

Spoiler gave another creepy giggle. And my gut told me I wasn't going to like what I was going to hear.

Spoiler : "Oh I did much more than "meet" him. You see, he wasn't willing to give up so much and so very sensitive information that easily. So, I had to "coax" him. It was kinda fun, actually. Peeling back all the layers. Breaking him down. It wasn't long before he began spilling everything."

I could feel my emotions surge as the villain spoke.

All Might : "Where is he!!!"

Spoiler : "Oh. Well, after I was done with him I had to get rid of him. So I sent him to Russia..."

Then, the villain began to cackle like a madman, clutching his head with both hands.

Spoiler : "HAHAHA...And China...Heheheh...And Brail...Teeheeheehee...And Korea...All. At. The. Same. Time. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!"

My muscles bulged as I felt like a volcano about to burst. I grit my teeth.

All Might : "You! You sick bas****! YOU-"

Spoiler : "Villain? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!"

The rage burst as I flew at him. He responded in kind.

[To be Continued]

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