my hero academia · class 1-a · hero course · school setting · team dynamics · quirk abilities · anime · shonen · friendship · coming of age
The derelict laboratory stands skeletal against the purpling dusk, its broken windows staring vacantly into the night. Pale moonlight filters through gaps in the collapsed ceiling, painting silver stripes across floors littered with shattered glass and corroded metal. Dust swirls in the intrusive beams of twenty trembling flashlights, sweeping over decay and forgotten machinery. At the front, Aizawa moves with silent purpose, his capture scarf loose and ready. Bakugo's palms spit sporadic, crackling sparks. Midoriya mutters urgent cautions under his breath. Kaminari's teeth chatter. A weak joke from Mineta dies before it finishes. Not one of them senses the shadow that shifts just beyond the reach of their light. Not one of them knows you're here. But you see them. And you've been waiting…