Devotion

Chapter 107: Threads of Hope

"Shigaraki wake up, are you really gonna let yourself get beaten so easily?!" Christina continued to try and get the villain to respond, however, he didn't budge. He simply laid there, body entirely covered in burns.

"Damn it, we're so close, it can't end here" the girl muttered to herself, letting go of Shigaraki's shoulders. Deciding her best bet was to heal him as much as possible, Christina held her hands out, hoping she could give him enough strength to get up and at least give Machia orders. But suddenly, before she could heal Shigaraki, the team felt something wrapping around her body and pulling her off of the giant villain's back. The next things she knew she was suspended in the air by what looked like some sort of fiber.

"Wait a minute, this is-" the teen thought to herself as she looked around. Christina's eyes went wide as she landed on a familiar figure dressed in all blue,

"It can't be...he's dead" the girl asked out loud as her eyes focused in on Best Jeanist standing atop a wire.

"He can't be here, he's supposed to be dead. Hawks killed him, both Dabi and I saw the body. Unless..." Christina gritted her teeth, looking frustrated,

"Hawks, didn't kill him. That body, it looked so real. But it turned out to be a fake. I guess that was part of his plan all along, that damn hero..." Christina snapped herself out of her thoughts, knowing what she had to do. Part of her wanted to break free and take down all the heros, but she knew there was something more important to worry about at the moment. Machia couldn't act without Shigaraki's orders, she had to wake him up. Withing an instant, the girl broke free from her bindings and began to fly through the air toward the still unconscious Shigaraki.

"Hey, Machia needs orders! Wake up already!" She shouted, staring at the male, hoping somethinh would happen. She began to shake him again, but it seemed that no matter what she did, he didn't react. The girl looked around, spotting four nomus flying through the air toward Best Jeanist, that's when an idea popped into he head.

"Spinner" she said, looking at the lizard villain who gave her a confused look.

"Wake Shigaraki up" she instructed him with a serious expression on her face. Without another word, she took off toward Best Jeanist.

"Hey! Where are you going!" Spinner yelled after her, but not getting an answer. It didn't take long for Christina to reach the hero, with her in front, and the Nomus coming from behind, she knew she had the advantage. The hero locked eyes with her, and it was clear that he started to panic. More strings were sent her way in an effort to restrain the girl, but without much effort at all, Christina dodged every single one of them. A smirk appeared on her face as she began plummeting downwards, not taking her eyes off of the hero.

"I'll make sure you die this time, you damn hero!" She shouted, growing more confident as the Nomu's were mere inches away from landing devistating blows on the blond man. Suddenly, someone flew through the air, kicking the Nomus away from Best Jeanist. The smirk quickly disappeared from Christina's face as she spotted who exactly it was.

"It's you" she said, catching Mirio's attention. The boy looked over at her, a look of confusion appearing on his face.

"Who are you?"

"What you don't remember me? It doesn't matter anyway, how's Eri?" She asked, a hint of sincerty in her tone. Hearing her words, Mirio finally realized who she was.

"You're that girl from before" he said, looking shocked.

"So, you do remember me, then you probably remember what I said when we first met" Christina stated,

"I told you next time we saw each other I wouldn't spare you. So you know that I can't let you interfere with our plan." She said, her voice staying calm as she looked at the hero. There was a sadistic glint in her eye.

"And I won't let you hurt anymore innocent people" Mirio responded, charging toward her. Holding out a hand, Christina created a sword, gripping the blade tightly as she waited for Mirio to get closer. Once he was withing range, she thrust the blade toward him, however, it only phased through him due to his quirk. Behind Mirio, the girl could see the Nomus getting ready to attack again, and she knew what she had to do.

"Let's see how long you can keep up" she taunted the male. Mirio was suddenly forced to dodge one of the Nomus. Christina dropped the blade, letting it fall to the ground below and pulled her arm back, flying toward Mirio at the same time as the Nomus. She would occasionally glance back at Machia, hopping he would act. And a moment later, to her relief, he was finally able to break free from his bindings and stand up.

"Does this mean Shigaraki is awake? We're so close now. All I have to do is keep Mirio distracted so he doesn't interfere." The teen thought to herself, she kept attacking. That's when she felt a powerful force hit her, knocking the wind out of her for a moment. She turned to see a blue haired girl floating in the air.

"Damn rats keep coming" she muttered to herself, that's when she decided to leave them to deal with the Nomus, she had to help the others.

"Good luck" she called, before flying toward Shigaraki and Spinner. At the same time, Machia was suddenly becoming weaker.

"What's happening? He's growing weaker?" She said, being deep in thought, the girl was suddenly wrapped in more fiber, keeping her in place. In an instant, they tightened, making it hard to breath.