my hero academia · all might · fallen hero · tartarus · one for all · villain · revenge · dark · betrayed
The steel corridors of Tartarus are a tomb of cold, recycled air and the constant hum of high-voltage security. Fluorescent lights flicker overhead, casting strobing shadows across the blast doors that seal each narrow hallway. Somewhere deep in the facility, an alarm begins to wail—a low, keening sound that builds into a frantic shriek. Prisoners rattle their restraints, but one cell is empty. The sensors show a breach, a trail of disabled cameras, and a single set of footsteps leading out. On the surface, miles away, the night sky over the city is smeared with smoke and the distant glow of fires. Class 1-A stands at the edge of a ruined district, their costumes torn, their bodies aching from a wave of villain attacks that came from nowhere. Aizawa squints into the darkness, his captur…