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Free.
That's how Izuku currently felt.
He felt free as gravity forced him down from the tall building he was once standing on.
He no longer felt the need to worry about the bullies at school and the teachers that let them get away with in, or his mom who had left him to fend for himself. He didn't need to worry about anything anymore. For soon, he would be nothing but a mark on the pavement, another number in the statistic of quirkless suicides. And it felt wonderful.
Goodbye school.
Goodbye loneliness.
Goodbye everything.
Izuku smiles as he puts his last thoughts into the universe, closing his eyes to let it all sink in before he feels the excruciating pain of hitting the alleyway pavement.
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The next thing Izuku was expecting to see defiantly wasn't the inside of a giant liquid filled tank, he was thinking maybe something more along the lines of the afterlife, not a lab. He was honestly more disappointed then anything, he was looking forward to dying.
He looks around the room and at his situation. The tank he's in was clearly made to hold a body as it's pretty big, and he's guessing the blue liquid around him is to help his body in some way. There's an oxygen mask around his mouth and nose, other then that he's only in his boxers. The lab itself wasn't all that impressive from what he could see. A desk with a lamp on it, a table with a tray next to it that looked to hold medical tools.
'Maybe my kidnapper will test something on me that will cause me to die.' He thought, just as light poured into the dark room from an open door, followed by two voices.
"And you're sure this is going to work this time?"
"I can assure you that it will, this subject's body put up quite the fight but eventually gave in, we should expect great results"
Izuku turned his head as much as her could to look at the two people that had entered the room, but it was dark and his eyes couldn't focus. All he saw was the two figures talking and then one pressing things on a panel next to his tank, causing the liquid to drain and for Izuku to fall to the ground. He was annoyed but could now see better since everything wasn't tinted blue. So he looked up and was met with the gaze of his assumed kidnappers, one was dressed as a doctor and was definitely the one who owned the lab, the other was covered in hands...creepy.
The doctor looked at Izuku and smiled, "See, he's alive as promised."
The hand man let out a low grumble in response that Izuku couldn't tell was good or bad, the doctor seemed satisfied though. Before Izuku could react much, some sort of gas started to flow through his oxygen mask that knocked him out very quickly.
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When he wakes up again he's on the metal table in the middle of the room, wires from a heart monitor stuck to his chest and an IV in his arm with what he is assuming is fluid so he doesn't get dehydrated. Before Izuku could get deep into his thoughts, the doctor from before walks over and stands above him.
"Ah, you're awake again, good, very good." Izuku goes to speak but is quickly interrupted. "Don't talk. You vocal cords got pretty damaged from that fall you took, wouldn't want you hurting yourself again after all the time I spent to make sure you came back."
That caught Izuku's attention. Back? So he did die and this doctor guy brought him back. How annoying.
The doctor looks at Izuku amused when he saw how his facial expressions changed at his words. He unhooked the machines from his body and then backed away from the table walking to his desk. He placing down a pile of clothes and turned to Izuku again.
"Change into these and go out that door over there, there are some people who want to talk to you. But remember not to use your voice."
Izuku just stared at the doctor as he walked out of the room then turned his attention to the pile of clothes left for him, his original outfit would be covered in blood he supposes. He slowly slides off the table and tests how well his legs are, when he finds that he can stand he makes his way over to the desk, looking like a baby deer learning to walk but he makes it.
'Couldn't this guy put the clothes closer.' He thinks, frowning as he thinks of how he's going to actually change, deciding to do most of it while sitting on top of the desk.
He finally gets changed and walks into the room on the other side of the door that he was told to go through, instead of more lab like Izuku was expecting, it was a bar. An empty one at that, as well as being completely silent. He takes a seat on one of the stools and waits, not having to wait long as the hand man from before sits down a couple stools away from him, keeping to himself and not even looking in his direction.
Hand man speaks up first. "I won't ask why you did what you did, I don't really care, I do care about you being useful to me though." When Izuku doesn't do anything he continues. "We revived you so that you can work as our eyes and ears to the hero's, specifically to invade UA and find out anything on the rumor that All Might is going to be working there." When he is still given no answer he looks at Izuku annoyed. "Well say something brat."
Remembering that he can't he looks around for a piece of paper or something, doing a writing motion and pointing at his throat to handy next to him when he can't find any himself. The man groans in annoyance and walks behind the bar to hand in a pen and notepad.
Izuku takes it and starts writing, showing it to him when he's done. 'So you're a villain and you found a dead body and decided to bring it back to life so that you could make it get into UA so it can basically be a spy for you'
"That's right."
Izuku gives him a slightly creeped out face and writes, 'Why a dead body'
"You're asking too many questions."
'Does the body being dead help the chances of the person saying yet? Are you expecting them to be grateful you brought them back and agree to do your villainy work?' After writing that Izuku gets his pen snatched away by the now very annoyed man in front of him.
"Listen brat, I don't have the time or patients for all your dumb questions. I told you what we brought you here for and what I expect you do to for us, are you going to do it or not?"
Izuku has to think for a moment, villainy wasn't originally on his list of things to do once brought back from the dead, but the part about All Might at UA did peek his interest. He could prove to him that he was wrong about him and shove his victories in his face directly. His mind flooded with the possibilities that this all could give him, he could never be that great of a hero without a quirk, he's come to terms with that now. But maybe he could be a good villain.
He took his pen back and started to write on his note pad. 'And if I say no?'
That made his new boss seem less annoyed. "Then I kill you where you sit."
Izuku smiles and holds out his hand to be shook, his hand is taken and the deal is sealed. Today starts the new life of Midoriya Izuku.