Fun Fact: The reason All for One joined up with Terugo was out of fear that Terugo could kill him
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Cipher was able to get away, and Burnin stayed back to help Endeavor. Cupid and Eros revealed their backstory in the circus as Acrobats. Explaining their insane amount of stamina. They also made the reveal their second quirk.
They called it Somnambulist, but wasn't that a hero's quirk? Midnight? Cipher couldn't worry about that now. She had to catch up with Shinjuku.
She did as they planned and continued to follow the stickers Poltergeist left behind. At this point, she'd be able to get there in about five minutes. She'd make something to get there quickly, but this was going to be a very difficult battle, so she didn't want to waste energy.
Thud
Cipher held back a scream and hid behind the wall. Kai was crying, saying how sorry he was. Poltergeist was writing something down on a piece of paper with an energy drink in his pocket. Terugo was laughing so hard he was crying.
And Phantom Arrow, her fiancee, was dead on the ground.
Once Terugo finally stopped laughing, he told Poltergeist to grab Kai and start heading for the limo again. 'He has a limo too? Just how rich is this guy?'
Poltergeist put the note and Phantom Arrow's body with the energy drink. 'Yeah, I'm comin'. Come on Kai.' He offered Chisaki his hand, the child took it and stood up.
'I'm sorry for not coming sooner.' Kai muttered.
Terugo just laughed and tapped his fingertips together. 'Well, you were under the false hope that pathetic hero gave you so I suppose I can't get mad at you! Just don't let it happen again alright?'
Kai nodded, 'Yes father.'
Cipher waited for a few minutes so she could get to her love's body safely without drawing too much attention. She picked up the paper, it was in Chinese. If Terugo saw the paper he wouldn't be able to read it. She created a pair of glasses that she had made when she was eight when her family went to America so she could read any language. Just to be safe.
She called them her Language Readers.
She put them on and read the note. 'Use your quirk and save him, take this.' It read.
Save who? Her future husband or Kai? 'If I use my quirk to catch up with Chisaki and Poltergeist, I can use the energy drink to keep fighting and potentially save him. But that's a pretty big if. Even if I have the power to take on Terugo can I really defeat someone as powerful as Poltergeist? But if I use my power to heal Shinjuku I risk losing track of them. Poltergeist can't have too many stickers left. What do I do?'
She hesitated, saving Kai was what Shinjuku would do. But she couldn't just let Takahashi die. But what would she make? If she made a serum... But could she even make liquids? She's never tried. And he'd need time to replenish his strength before being able to fight again. What was she going to do?
She took a deep breath and held out her hands. If she left and he died, she wouldn't be much of a hero. She had to save him.
She created a bouncy ball. Something she could throw in case she needed it again. She called it Bouncy Healer. It would bring anyone it touched back to life and heal any injury. Even chopped-off limbs or a decapitated head.
She held it in her hand. This was her chance to be useful. She was never all that helpful unless she was acting as a shield. Now, this was her chance to really help someone. She clenched her jaw as she tapped him with it. The cut on his neck began to heal immediately. She could even see the muscles Poltergeist cut healing.
She could hear crackling. She gasped and created a sheet of insulation and threw it over them both. Zeus woke up.
