Chapter 18

Nico:

I was checking in on Eliza when I discovered she was gone. I opened the door to her room and found her bed empty. It was a mess as if she had left in a hurry. Her clothes were thrown on the floor when usually she was very careful with them. I noticed her hero suit was gone although she wasn't supposed to leave campus for the next three days. I ran back to the living room and found Jenny sitting on the couch.

"We need to go!" I said "Eliza's gone."

"Calm down. I'm sure she's around here somewhere."

"I've already searched everywhere. Her room is a mess, there's clothes all over the floor, and her hero suit is gone."

"Fine, throw on your suit but this better be true."

"Come on, you know I wouldn't lie to you."

Jenny ran off and I hurried into my hero suit. We ran to the office and quickly signed out before hopping in her car.

"Do you even know where we're going?" Jenny asked

"No, just drive around. We'll search for any sign of her."

"I can't believe you dragged me into this."

"Come on." I grabbed her face and kissed her "She's our roommate."

"Fine." Jenny said blushing

Me and her had been dating secretly for about a month now and she still hadn't gotten used to my random kisses. She started driving and soon I spotted smoke. I pointed it out to her and she drove towards it. We found villain Dabi and former pro hero Hawks causing chaos. Jenny climbed out of the car and put out a blue flame Dabi had started.

"Come on, I was just having a little fun!" he yelled turning towards us

Jenny froze him in place but he melted the ice quickly. He turned to Hawks and suddenly an army of feathers shot towards her. A few pierced the car and one nearly stabbed my eye.

"What did you do to Violet Skull!?" I yelled from inside the car

"Oh nothing. Heatwave adores her." Dabi said

I exited the car and started a storm around him and Hawks. A tornado picked them up and lightly found them against a wall nearby. Hawks grabbed Dabi and started flying away. We chased after him and ended up at a shed. We hung outside while they headed in. I didn't hear anything except Hawks and Dabi talking inside. Me and Jenny walked in slowly and saw them sitting near Hitoshi and Denki from school. Denki was laying on Hitoshi's shoulder and Hitoshi's head was resting on Denki's. They both seemed to be breathing but both had been muffled and tied together. Dabi was holding out a flame as if to burn them and I had no doubt he would. I charged forward and pushed him. That's when handcuffs clicked around my wrists. My powers were gone and I was dragged to the corner near Hitoshi and Denki although I wasn't muffled. I glanced around for Jenny but she was nowhere to be seen.

"Where'd your friend go?" Dabi asked

"She headed home." I answered

"So she abandoned you here to die. That's nice of her."

He reached towards me and I yanked my arm away.

"She's a feisty one. Hey Himiko!" He called "Come look who we found!"

The well known villain Toga appeared. As she walked forward Denki and Hitoshi scooted back further into the corner. I could see the horror in their eyes as she transformed into Eliza.

"Ooh, another girl. Weather would be cool." She said as she looked me up and down

I felt myself lift off the ground and float towards her. Although she looked like Eliza her eyes glowed faintly red up close. She grabbed my arm and slit it with a dagger. It hurt but soon it was over and she bandaged it. I was pushed back over to the corner and noticed Denki and Hitoshi had similar bandages around their arms. I could only assume she had drained their blood as well. She closed a bottle of blood and added it to a small pouch. When she opened I could see many jars filled to the brim and a few empty ones. One labeled Eliza had a small amount gone and I could only assume she drank it for this transformation in front of me.

"I'll call Zuri down." She said as she packed my blood away

She floated away and Dabi continued to stand near us. Suddenly someone jumped out of the shadows and tied him, freeing me, Denki, and Hitoshi from our ropes. We stood and I saw Jenny standing in front of me. She motioned for us to follow and grabbed hold of Dabi. She muffled him and pulled him out of the building and to a car out front.

"Hop in. We'll bring him back for interrogation."

Denki and Hitoshi had to sit in the back with Dabi in the middle and Jenny drove us back to school. We managed to get Dabi outside the office where he collapsed and refused to get up. Hitoshi asked him questions trying to get him to talk but failed. Denki shocked him and I placed a rain cloud over his head. Even Jenny tried and failed to move him. His bindings suddenly caught fire and he reached towards me. I jumped back and he hit the school setting it ablaze. Jenny summoned a huge wave putting out the fire but nearly flooding the school. Dabi took his chance and ran. I tried to tackle him and failed. I couldn't grab him in time and he escaped.