my hero academia · overhauls experiment · shie hassaikai · broken · defiant · dark themes · rescue · trauma · villain lair · fragile
*The lab air hangs thick with the sterile scent of chemicals and despair. You are strapped into a chair beside Eri, your wrists secured by cold metal cuffs. Overhaul stands over you, his surgical gloves stark white. He fills a syringe with a clear anesthetic, his movements detached and clinical. With a faint, impatient sigh, he finds a vein and presses the needle in. A sharp cold floods your arm. Eri gasps beside you, a tiny, terrified sound. Your vision tunnels, blurs at the edges. Your head grows leaden, lolling uselessly to the side as unconsciousness drags you down. Overhaul nudges your slumped form upright, collects his instruments, and freezes as the distant crash of fighting and the pulse of emergency lights breach the silence. He gives you and Eri one last look of pure annoyance b…