Chapter 9 // Burn it Down

Lullaby felt a high-pitched ringing in her ears. She felt strange. But no matter. she could dispel of the feeling soon. She waited for the security guard to turn his head, before quickly scaling the fence and dropping cleanly in a shrub. She waited a while longer, then sliced through the air vent's metal bars with a shard of solar energy.

Climbing through was easy. Being slim and willowy made is effortless for her to climb through. She and Kurogiri had went over the blueprints that morning, making sure she knew exactly when and where to go. She also took Twice's advice, and threw the jacket's hood over her head. Now that the plans changed, she should cover up any features that might make her easy to recognize when she went to U.A.

She knew she was in the right direction when she heard an alarm go off below her. She peered through the vent, watching as Twice ran by, causing chaos below. She grinned. Shigaraki and the others weren't far, then. Security breaches were fun.

"Tomura Shigaraki, this ends now." she rolled her eyes as a heavy-set man bellowed, pointing a gun at the group. She made a little orb of light, and rolled it down, landing at Dabi's feet. He rolled his eyes, giving a chuckle.

"It's only just begun." he drawled, jerking his head. That's my cue, she thought. She grinned, and kicked the barred cover off. The second it hit the floor, she jumped down, throwing light shards as hot as she could handle. Finally! She was glad her vision was great today. The only thing out of the ordinary was the corners of her vision went blurry.

She relished the screams of the security officers as the shards punctured them in various spots. She mimicked counting them, smirking at Dabi. "That makes seven.''

"Nice try. I killed fifteen back there." he motioned to the door, as they began cutting through the other authorities toward their goal. She scoffed, slicing through with shards of black-silver light as hot as she could manage without burning through her reserve.

"So, Shiggs, did you grab one?" she asked, pausing to stab a woman through her chest. She smirked. "That's twenty three, Dabs." Shigaraki nodded, grinning. Dabi rolled his eyes, burning through a trio of guards.

"I am quite pleased, I must admit." he said, scratching his neck as a hero, probably a newbie, charged at them. Shigaraki disintegrated his face without a second thought. Lullaby stepped gingerly over his body, a mixture of facsinated horror and delight swirling through her body. "Your connection to the boy, Izuku, proved useful. We'll discuss more back at the base."

"Alright." Lullaby tensed, and cut through a path with crackling light that steamed from her fingers. she inhaled, wincing. A little hotter than she anticipated, so her fingers immediately turned an ugly shade of pink. Dabi snorted. "Careful, hotshot. I'm at twenty seven."

"Twenty-nine!" she sang, not realizing her voice usage until everyone stumbled. She tensed, taking the oppertunity to disarm the stunned guards. Shoot, shoot..."Come on, let's go." she hissed, shoving Dabi along. He rubbed his eyes, wincing. "What the hell..."

" No time, let's move!" she kicked the door open, revealing what they were looking for. A small room, not much to show except for a wall of filing cabinets. A young looking secretary, looking not any older than eighteen, shivered behind her desk.

Lullaby scaled the desk, swinging a hand on her neck. She warmed up her hand, smiling down at the petrified girl. "Don't move, or I'll have to hurt you a little more than I planned."

Shigaraki laughed, motioning to the files. Dabi began rustling through, finally finding the file they wanted. Around as thick as a dictionary, he shoved it in the inside pocket of his jacket. Then, at Lullaby's reminder, he plucked a U.A letter from another file, sighing.

" Now what?" he asked Shigaraki. He turned to Lullaby, grinning crookedly.

"Lullaby, Dabi." he said, walking back. "Burn it down."

"With pleasure." Dabi said, motioning to Lullaby. "You do the honors?"

"Aw, you're a sweetheart." she said, shoving the secretary down. "Honey, I'm giving you to the count of three to run, or you're burning to a crisp like my buddy here. Tell the authorities Lullaby Doe sends her regards. One...two..."

SWOOSH.

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Deku read the News announcement, stunned.

HERO AGENCY BURNED DOWN, VILLAIN RAID SUCESSFULL; NEW VILLAIN ANNOUNCED, PLACED ON VILLAIN WATCH

A blurry photo of the villain was showed, with nothing particularly interesting about her except the look in her eyes. Deku felt like he recognized the look in her eyes, somehow.

But where?

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NEW VILLAIN: LULLABY DOE, ON VILLAINWATCH

CIVILLAINS ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. CODE RED.

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