Strings (BNHA x OC) [Rewrite]

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Hawks stirred back to consciousness as he felt an arm wrap around him. When he opened his eyes, he was met with the scarred and stapled face of none other than Dabi.

Shigaraki stood not too far away, decaying nearby rubble to clear a path. There were dozens of piles of dust around, all were once chunks of building.

"Why would you ever think of helping me?" Hawks stood up and steadied himself, pushing Dabi away. The winged man knew that the flame villain's opinion of him wasn't decent — far from probably. He had tried to kill him before by sending a nomu to attack him and Endeavor in Kyushu.

Dabi kicked away a mound of rubble with his boot. "I owe a debt to Puppet and I'm paying it back, don't think of this as anything more than that."

"Where is Puppet?" Hawks questioned. Last he knew, they were both going after Eraser Head and Present Mic as a pair.

"Get out of the building now, ask questions later," Shigaraki snapped at them.

Hawks brought all his loose feathers back to his wings and prepared to leave. His gaze fell onto Magne's magnet, which was lying a few feet away from him on the floor. He looked around, attempting to find the magnet's owner.

"Stop looking. Hikiishi's buried and dead under the rubble," Shigaraki stated bluntly. He turned and started to make his way to the semi-destroyed exit of the building. "Now let's go."

A pit of guilt formed in the winged man's stomach and he grimaced. It had been a while since he hadn't been able to save someone. Villain or not, Magne — Kenji Hikiishi — was still a person, and a part of the League. He forced the feeling away, knowing that there was nothing he could do about it.

Dabi and Hawks quickly followed behind Shigaraki, getting out of the building.

"Hey! Hey!" Twice waved to the three as they emerged from the building. They quickly walked over to join up with him along with Toga, Mr. Compress, and Kurogiri.

Kurogiri pointed to each of the group while he did a headcount. He quickly realized something. "We're missing two."

Hawks looked around, noticing Puppet's absence.

Toga looked towards the building. "Big Sis Mag?"

"Dead," Shigaraki stated bluntly.

All he heads in the group perked up in noticeable alarm.

"What?! No! No! No!" Toga yelled as Twice held her back from running to the building until she calmed down.

"Dabi." Hawks took the opportunity to ask his earlier question to the flame villain. "Where is Puppet?"

"We got separated by falling rubble," he replied blandly.

Hawks' hands shot out and curled into the collar of Dabi's jacket. "She's still in there and you didn't think to say anything?!"

The flame villain barred his teeth at the other man. "She's not my responsibility. She can take care of herself."

Hawks shoved Dabi away with a harsh, "tsk!"

The winged man's gaze darted to the partially collapsed building. His wings opened and he flew back towards it as fast as he could.

I need to get in there, he thought. She's probably fighting two-on-one right now.

He knew that with of both her opponents being heroes, there was the possibility of her losing, and because of Eraser Head, she wouldn't be able to rely on her quirk.