80 Chapter Seventy Nine

"Hm." Katsuki stirred, taking in a deep breath through his nose. Instantly he coughed, the damp musty odor opened his eyes. His head dancing along to his heartbeat as he slowly drank in his surroundings. Muffled voices filled with fear brushed his ears, the sounds of crying sparked his memory.

He snapped his head upward; the dusty metal bars blocked his view of the dimly lit room. Katsuki saw dozens of cages littering the space. The bars he leaned against caused his muscles to ache in pain...wait...where were you!?

Katsuki instantly moved to spring up, but his pinned arms above his head stopped him, he looked up seeing he was chained. His hands were encased in a silver metal contraption.

"What kind of kinky bullshit is this!?" He growled, trying to break free from the man-made restraint. He turned to his right, seeing another cage resting beside him. His body moved on its own, wishing to be closer to you but once again he was halted by the restraints.

"Bakugo!?" Katsuki looked through the bars, hearing his classmates.

"Kacchan!?" Midoriya breathed feeling instantly relieved.

"Deku?" Katsuki focused his eyes forward, seeing Midoriya lying on his back.

"What the hell happened!?" Katsuki shouted, using every drop of strength he had to break the chain but failed.

"We don't know!" Someone answered, the mixed voices all blended, hurting his head. Katsuki turned; you were more important than them.

"(y/n)!" Katsuki yelled over the crying classmates.

You laid motionless on your back like Midoriya. Katsuki scanned you, his eyes sharpened seeing the pieces of metal on your neck, arms and legs pinning you against the metal bottom of the cage. Katsuki assumed Midoriya was in the same situation as you.

"Bakugo!" Mina's faint voice reached him.

"Everyone-!" Katsuki yelled, "-shut the hell up!"

Slowly the voices all silenced, everyone understood panicking was not going to get them anywhere. They needed to focus and come up with a plan on how to gain their freedom back.

"Is (y/n) alive?" Mina's dreaded voice questioned, her heart threading panic through her body as tears filled her eyes.

"Alive?" Katsuki furrowed his brows turning to you.

Why wouldn't you be alive!?

"What the hell does that mean!?" Kaminari yelled out, he sounded close. Katsuki looked up, realizing there were people above him.

"I think whoever did this attacked her."

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"I heard them hit...something." Mina shook her head; she was restrained in the same manor Katsuki was. "I-I don't know if it was her, but it sounded like it."

"Yeah-" Katsuki called after a second noticing your chest raising, "-she is breathing."

"Oh, thank God." Mina gasped, sitting across the room in a single cage with others around her.

"Bakugo-!" Kirishima called, sounding like he was behind Katsuki, "-does (y/n) look alright?" Kirishima's concern for you annoyed Katsuki.

"Yeah." The blond grunted, slowly moving trying to figure out what the fuck happened.

"Is everyone alright?" Ida called, sitting behind Katsuki.

"Yeah!" The class nodded. One by one each explained how they were tied down and couldn't move.

"Mina, can't you melt these-?" Jiro who sat adjacent to her in a single cage.

"No." Mina shook her head, "None of us can use our quirks."

"What!?" Katsuki snapped towards the direction of the pink girl, he tried to ignite the sweat he felt in his palm but when he did a shock from his neck radiated through his body, feeling like someone was drilling into his very nerves. "What-What the fuck-!?"

"We all have these weird collars on-" Kirishima explained, "-we think that is what's preventing us from using our quirks."

"Great." Katsuki growled, "Did anyone figure anything else out!?"

"Like?" Mineta blinked, sitting in the cell across from you.

"Oh, I don't know-!" Katsuki bit, "-who did this, why they might have done this!?"

"How are we going to get out?" Mineta wondered, tears poured from his face as he sat in the middle of his cage, the only restraint is a black zip tie around his wrists.

"We will find a way-" Midoriya breathes, struggling against the metal pieces keeping him melted to the bottom of the cage.

"Deku!?" Ochaco woke up, laying on the top level of the set of four cages beside the one you were being held in.

"Are you ok Ochaco!?" Momo questioned, sitting on the bottom of her cage.

"Y-Yeah-!" Ochaco rubbed her head, simple chains held her. "-I-I am ok."

"Good." Tokoyami nodded sitting beside Momo in a cell, "It seems we are all alive, with minimum injuries."

Your brows furrowed together, it felt like the room was spinning as you gained consciousness. You sucked in deeper breaths, signaling to Katsuki you were coming too.

"(y/n)!" Katsuki struggled against the restraints. "Are you-!?"

"Ugh-" You groaned in pain; your head felt like it was splitting open. "-what the-?" You were greeted with the dark grey metal from the top of your cage. "-is this a joke?" You gasped trying to move but failed.

"(Y/n)!" Katsuki called your name, "Take a breath!" He saw you panicking, flashbacks of your past years of sitting inside a cell littered your mind. "I am here."

"Katsuki?" You asked, your eyes desperately searched for him, but you couldn't crane your neck far enough.

"I'm right here." Katsuki's voice soothed you, you wanted to feel him. You closed your eyes tightly fighting back the fresh flow of tears ready and waiting to go. Every cell in your body ached for his fingers to brush over your skin, calming you to your core.

"(y/n)-!" Mina called out, "-are you awake!?"

"Mina?" You breathed as your head spun, she sounded so far...

"Are you ok!?" Mina fiddled with the restraint on her, "I-I could have sworn I heard you...I-I don't even know what I heard."

"I think I got punched." You answered slowly trying to recall your last moments awake. Your memory was blurry, but you recall a figure knocking you out, is that why your head throbbed like it did?

"Why would they punch you?" Midoriya breathed, "No one else was hit?"

"Maybe it was because...I took too long to pass out?" You guessed, knowing everyone else had dropped before you. "I-I don't know what I saw." You shook your thoughts, maybe you were just trying to come up with an explanation of what was happening.

A low growl ripped through Katsuki, who still struggled to break the restraints, he swore he was going to kill whoever did this!

"Man-!" Kaminari nervously laughed; "-we could really use your quirks right about now (y/n). That would get us out of this mess."

"What-?" You didn't follow.

"None of us can use our quirks!" Toru cried sitting in a single cage beside Mina.

"What if we lost them!?" Jiro gasped, what if they were wrong and it wasn't the collars on their neck, it could easily be a GPS tracking system.

"No-" You shook your head, feeling the familiar sting on your neck when you tried to use your ice quirk. "-you didn't lose anything."

"What?"

"How do you know!?" Toru cried.

"It's the collars we all have on."

"I-I don't have one on!" Mineta cried.

Your class decided to remain silent.

"How do you know it's the collars (y/n)?" Tokoyami questioned, you laughed, you couldn't stop the sound from spilling past your lips.

"Why are you laughing at a time like this!?" Ida lectured.

"You-You-" You continued to chuckle, "-you really think I just willingly sat in a cell all my life and just didn't think to use my quirks to escape!?" You laughed harder; tears pricked your eyes.

"(y/n) has lost it." Mineta commented.

"You have had these devices on you before?" Shoto frowned.

"Everyday." You breathed the feeling of the past frost you over.

"Hey-!" Katsuki called, pulling you back to him. "-do you know how to get these things off!?"

"No." You answered.

"How did you get yours off then?" Shoji wondered.

"I was thrown inside a machine." You replied,

"O-Oh." Shoji stuttered.

"We need to figure something out!" Midoriya called, feeling his arms and legs bruising from the struggle.

"We need to get out of these cages." Shoto commented, "Then we can worry about these collars."

You laid in silence while your class plotted their way to freedom. Your jaw clenched feeling the sting of the collar filling every bone in your body.

"We should remain here." Ida shook his head, "We don't know how long we have been here, but the teachers should know by now we are missing."

"We don't know if we have that kind of time." Shoto countered. "This could be the league of villains trying to ruin UA's reputation."

"The teachers could be on their way to rescue us!" Mineta agreed with Ida.

"Or they have no idea where we are." Sato replied. Your hands stung from the frost coating your skin.

"Fighting isn't going to solve anything!" Kirishima stated, "We need to work together here!"

"Todoroki could be right-" Momo breathed; "-we might be on our own here."

"I think the first thing we need to do is get out of these cages." Asui noted.

"Then we can find a way out of wherever we are." Sero added, sitting in a single cell adjacent to you.

"Is there even a way to get out of this room?" Jiro wondered.

"Uh..." Class 1-A searches the room, no windows, no vents.

"A door!" Sato pointed, Sero turned around seeing he was the closest.

"What is that weird looking computer thing next to it?" Sero wondered.

"That could be what is controlling these restraints!" Jiro felt hope bubble inside her chest, "Or it could possibly open these cages!"

"Sero, can you hit it with your tape?" Sato asked.

"I-If I could use my quirk-" Sero grunted trying to use his tape despite the pain racking through his body, it felt like his arms were being sawed off. "-aah-!" Sero collapsed to the bottom of the cage. "-I-I am sorry guys...I-I can't-"

"Sero, are you ok!?"

"Y-Yeah, I just...I can't use my tape."

"We need to get out of these cages." Momo nodded, that was the first step. "Then we get out of this place, get back to UA and then worry about these collars."

"That's not gonna work." You grunted out, Katsuki turned his attention from fiddling with his restraints, something about your voice felt off. Your face glistened with a fresh layer of sweat.

"Are you trying to use your quirk!?" Katsuki barked, "You can't-!"

"Whoever put these things on us-" You ignored Katsuki. "-can turn them on at any time."

"Wait-" Momo furrowed her brows, "-they're not already on!?"

"Ha-" You smirked, "-not even close."

"Well-" Midoriya frowned, "-how do you know they are on?"

"You'll be brought to your ass." You replied.

"Stop trying to use your fucking quirk!" Katsuki yelled, seeing the pain on your face.

"(y/n)-" Shoto joined as well as Mina, "-you're going to injure yourself-"

After two minutes of your classmates jumping down your throat, their nagging felt like they were choking you, they all went silent hearing the shattering echo around the room. Slowly you sat up coughing holding your neck, the collar stung burning your flesh.

"H-How-!?"

"I've had a lot of practice." You breathed through the pain, strands of your hair from your braid fell into your face.

"We need to remain here-!" Ida called out, worried you were going to try some half assed plan and get yourself killed.

"Yeah, you do that." You spat.

"(y/n)-!"

"I don't know about you all-" You breathed, your head spinning as your stomach rolled around in your gut. "-but I have had my fill of cages, and I'm not fucking interested in sitting around waiting to be saved, I did that, and it didn't get me far."

"(y/n) this isn't the same case-"

"I am no fucking damsel in distress." You spat, placing your hands against the bars, after a moment you fell back against the wall of bars that divided you and Katsuki.

"Are you ok!?"

"The bars are different than the restraints." You panted, feeling exhausted. "They won't freeze."

"What about melting them?" Midoriya wondered, "Can you do that?"

"No." You shook your head.

"Why?"

"Because I can't use just any quirk with this damn thing on my neck!" You snapped,

"You can't use your wind or fire quirks?"

"No." You shook your head, "I could barely use ice."

"Shoto, do you think-?"

"No." You leaned your head against the bars. "I highly doubt any of you will be able to override these things...I spent years trying to and I still can't..."

"Well-" Momo thought, "-we have you free, we could use that-"

You slowly slumped to your side.

"(y/n)!" Katsuki called, his chest filled with cold cubes of anxiety mixed in fear, you laid unmoving. "God damnit!" He pulled against his restraints not caring about the pain or blood trickling down his arm.

"What happened!?"

"Is she dead!?" Mineta cried.

"WHAT!?"

"She passed out!" Katsuki corrected, "Shut the fuck up you damn idiot!"

"Bakugo, you have to make sure she is-!"

"I know-!" Katsuki cursed, "-aargh!" He locked his jaw, his feet placed against the bars pulling so hard it felt like his arms might pop out of their sockets. Your smile flashed through his mind, the last kiss he shared with you fueled his determination.

The metal groaned until it gave out, the chains broke apart, releasing the contraption around Katsuki's hands. Taking deep breaths he spun around, reaching through the conjoining bars. Katsuki had to crouch down; the cages weren't tall enough to stand in.

His slipped his bruised hands through the bars pulling on you until you slid onto your back.

"Hey..." Katsuki breathed, cupping your face. "...(y/n) ..."

"Mmm..." You stirred at the sensation.

"Hey!" A smile spreading across Katsuki's face watching your eyes flutter open.

"Is she ok!?" Mina called; eyes wide as the moon outside.

"Yeah." Katsuki nod, not caring Mina couldn't see it. His hands traveled under your chin, rubbing his thumb over your soft neck above the collar. "Fucking princess." Katsuki cursed you, making him feel that way...

"(y/n)?" Midoriya called out blindly, "Are you good?"

"Yeah." You nod, lifting your heavy arm you placed it over Katsuki's hand on your neck, the feel of him sparked life inside your tired body. You licked your lips slowly sitting up against Katsuki's complaining. "How long was I out?"

"Not long-" Kaminari commented laying on his back with his arms behind his head. "-we are still locked up if you were wondering, plenty of time to randomly pass out and scare the shit out of us."

You smirked, leaning against the bars you felt Katsuki's hands. You melted into his touch, pieces of you didn't even care you were in a cage again, if you had those hands touching you...you didn't give a damn about anything...

"That won't work!" Someone argued back.

You opened your eyes hearing your classmates bickering back and forth.

You realized they knew no one could do anything; you could hear the fear in their voices. You looked around the dimly lit room that felt oddly familiar. You couldn't even get out of your last cage you were in, how the hell were you expected to get out with twenty other people?