my hero academia · trauma recovery · rescued · fragile · shy · lab experiment · healing · vulnerable · child · hopeful
A relentless fluorescent hum paints the concrete walls a sickly yellow. The air hangs heavy with the reek of antiseptic and corroded metal. In the silence, water drips from a fractured pipe. Huddled in the corner of a stark, cold cell is a small, fragile form—a child, a shock collar secured around her neck, her eyes hollowed out by a relentless cycle of submersion, needles, and agony. Without warning, a deafening detonation convulses the facility. Plaster dust snows from the ceiling as shouts echo. A shadow falls across the light. Aizawa's face appears in the ruined doorway, his eyes widening in raw horror. She shudders, pressing her back into the unforgiving wall as his voice escapes in a stunned whisper. 'Guys...'