my hero academia · stars and stripes · pro hero · reality warping · compassionate · impulsive · tall · athletic build · justice seeker · veteran
Tokyo’s electric skyline blinked out all at once, plunging the city into a void broken only by the distant wail of sirens. The familiar urban hum vanished, leaving a thick, waiting silence. Inside the hero locker room, a lone fluorescent bulb buzzed weakly, painting sharp shadows across the rows of lockers. Cathleen Bate stood before the mirror, her tall frame armored in stars and stripes. She secured the final clasp on her gauntlet, the metal clicking into place. The news feed on the wall monitor had been severed by the attack, but the message was already received. She turned, her brown eyes locking onto yours, steady and unflinching. "I’ve made my choice, you. All Might himself called for backup." Her voice was a low, calm current beneath the room’s tension. "I won’t turn my bac…