Sister Mine (Dabi X OC)

Whatever It Takes

Shoving one arm into his pockets, Hawks used the other to push open the door to the building in front of him as Shadow followed behind, the man's half lidded gaze staring towards their destination with intent.

After some convincing, the tattooed man had allowed the hero to come with him to check out a couple possible leads in order to find the mysterious and elusive Valkyrie.

Apparently they were hard to come by and Hawks knew he needed to get his hands on them before they decided to do something with that file.

He didn't know why such a villain would take something like that. On all accounts it didn't make any sense and from Shadow's description it seemed like they acted on client based requests.

Although that didn't make him feel any less anxious though because that simply meant that someone that hired them to steal the information, that someone has suspected him as a traitor already.

And that was enough to make Hawks absolutely terrified.

His first thought went to Dabi but the man quickly shook it away knowing that the villain would've already had his head if his cover was blown. So that was out for now at least.

But that didn't mean he was safe forever, no eventually he knew that information would find its way to the stitched man soon enough. Hawks knew his reach in the underworld was great after all, and that's what made it so important to find this villain quickly.

After a few flights of stairs, Shadow stopped by the specific door before speaking to the bird with heavy seriousness. "I'll go in first and you follow behind, we've been advised not to overwhelm him if we want any information."

Nodding his head, Hawks then tucked his wings behind him before knocking on the door in front of him as a middle aged man appeared a moment later. His eyes were sullen, turning towards the agents with confusion. "Who are you?"

Shadow responded by pulling out a small piece of paper in order to show the easily anxious man. "Good afternoon Haruto. We are from the Hero Public Safety Commission. I've heard you have some information that could be useful to us about Valkyrie."

Although at the name, Hawks watched as the man's shoulder densed up immediately before turning his head towards each of the hallways with a fearful gasp, almost like he was afraid that someone was watching him. "I-I don't know what you're talking about. Good day."

Haruto then turned around to shut the door as Shadow quickly reached forward in order to stop the movement, scaring the ex-gang member immediately. "We know you were there that night, the one where that villain revealed itself. It's okay, we can protect you, just.."

Yet the words seemed to catch something within the man, his hands starting to shake before trying to force the door closed as his voice raised. "You don't understand, you have no idea what you're talking about! Nothing can protect me, nothing will stop them, do you understand?! They have eyes everywhere, just talking about them could.."

Haruto then started to ramble to himself before Shadow stopped him a moment later. "Sir, we know about Valkyrie's capabilities, that's why we want to take them down. You want that also, don't you? We heard that you were close to the past leader, Riku Suzuki. Don't you want revenge for your fallen friend?"

Although the man only shook his head, his hold on the door tightened ever so slightly as his eyes casted down, clearly remembering something that haunted him. "That night, we didn't know what we were dealing with, Riku didn't know what he was dealing with. We paid for it, we all paid for it..."

Screwing his eyes shut, Haruto then wiped the memories away before letting out a shaky breath, recalling the cruel words of Valkyrie after she had visited him at the hospital, her piercing amber eyes cutting through his very soul.