Why wasn't she running? Didn't she know how urgent it was? If she stayed here any longer it would no doubt be over for the both of them. Sumi needed to go and she needed to go now. Through tearful eyes she looked at the bat Sumi had conjured out of her smoke. ''Sumi...'' She sniffled, looking up at her best friend distraught as Sumi rushed in to fight the very monster she was trying to flee from. ''Wait no!! It's too dangerous!'' Adrenaline pumped through her veins as she grabbed the bat and used the wall to support herself back up to her feet.

To David, Sumi was a nobody with money. A hero support student with a set of skills that were non-combat focused and a sum of money he could only dream of getting his hands on. Freja, Elias, whoever they were now could be dangerous, but was still just a quirkless. Yet somehow he hadn't expected Sumi to put up much of a fight at all. Maybe that was why he was so surprised to find her charging at him, no quirk, no weapon, ready to sacrifice everything in a moment of rage. Moments after Sumi's first hit Debt Collector came for her hand, stealing it the same way it had stolen Freja's foot. However, as David's quirk was nearing its capacity there was no way he could keep up with the amount of attacks that were coming in. ''Let go of me!'' He demanded, punching her back and crying out in pain as she bit into him, causing him to drop the syringe he had been holding. ''You're crazy! Do you know who you're making an enemy out of?!''

Hopping into the room, Freja stepped on the syringe, breaking it so that the liquid could seep out onto the floor and go to waste. Freja didn't say anything, but she locked eyes with David for a moment before lifting her smoke bat. With the aid of Sumi holding him in place she swung for his head. Then again, and again, she lost count of the swings but blood coated the smoke weapon until it looked nothing like one of Sumi's constructs anymore. Panting, she lifted the bat again, but hesitated to take another swing as David had stopped moving. Soon all their stolen limbs returned to them. She stood there for a moment, completely shocked at what she was looking at. If it wasn't for Sumi she could have been dead now.

Without really thinking about it she offered Sumi her hand. ''We're getting out of here, now!''

Breaking the window in David's office she took off her coat and laid it on the broken glass so that neither of them would get hurt leaping out in a desperate attempt to reach freedom. Freja's survival instincts had kicked in big time and even as the gang members surrounded them she didn't keep track of how many she knocked out. It was all a blur, a blur to save Sumi. What she had said earlier, Freja barely had any time to process it in the moment but her heart mirrored the sentiment completely.

Once they broke out she would keep holding onto Sumi's hand as they ran, ran for what felt like hours. Finally as they reached one of the less frequented parts of the canals Freja let go of the bat. It was quiet, serene, safe. Falling to her knees, she started sobbing by the water. ''S-Sumi... Are you okay?'' She felt so shameful she couldn't even look at her.

Sumi Okita

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Last time one of these parties were hosted she had been driven out here, but this time she was present from the start. She was just fixing up her hair when she felt Sumi put a hand on her shoulder. ''I'm ready! I'm a bit nervous.'' She took Sumi's hand and held it for a moment. She was wearing an almost identical witch costume, with some notable color swaps. ''I just followed your lead.'' She giggled, squeezing Sumi's hand. ''You look great. The witch vibe really suits you.''

Sumi was so impressive not only hosting, but running the preparations for the party. Staff were running around all over and yet every time Sumi was asked a question she was quick to answer and direct people. If it was her in Sumi's position she would probably have collapsed from the stress by now. She wanted to help out too, but she had a feeling that she would just get in the way, so she grabbed a drink for her and Sumi each as she waited for the first guests to arrive. When the cars pulled in she handed Sumi her drink and stood next to her, ready to greet whoever had decided to accept the invitation. ''Welcome aboard, you're probably the first guest here besides me!'' She waved at him. She didn't know who he was, but she did remember seeing him during the Armor Wars event. He was in a different arena from her. ''I like the spooky costume.'' Was it just her or did he not actually have a face? Maybe he was wearing a balloon mask and had taped an additional Phantom of the Opera style mask over it... But why? ''Uh, I'm Freja, Freja Helt. Second year student on the hero course.'' She fumbled through her introduction because she got lost in thought. ''This is Sumi...'' She trailed off, gesturing to Sumi and giving her the space to introduce herself.

Sumi Okita
Samaritan

''D-Devil?!'' She had imagined the devil would be a lot more evil-looking. She winced when he diverted her grappling hook, quickly reeling it in as soon as she had missed. Still, the fact that he had time to laugh and strike poses while they were fighting was a bit intimidating. If he was fast enough to counter her grapple shots despite her having the element of surprise would she even be able to beat him? She couldn't help but be confused when he closed the gap, having expected that someone like him with a construct quirk would keep his distance rather than come up close. Maybe he was a formidable CQC fighter too? Or he simply didn't know anything about her.

Maybe that worked in her favor.

Still playing it carefully, she avoided a couple of his wild swings until she realized she had never fought a fighting style like this before, or he was simply swinging wildly. With a trained precision, she brought her bat up to deflect one of the swings and try to counterattack, swinging for his midsection in an attempt to knock him off balance. ''An axe?! Are you trying to kill me?'' Her voice trembled a bit, the fact that Jouma was holding back entirely lost on her in the heat of the moment due to his choice of weapon. Although maybe she had spoken too soon, her weapon wasn't exactly harmless either. ''Oop-'' Right after swinging her bat at him, hit or miss, she felt her foot slip from a small error, which didn't quite send her falling, but it did make her stagger.

Jouma Joukou

Another one of the gang gave Sumi the side eye, but didn't have any reason to stop her from smoking, or suspect that she was up to something. As far as the gang members were aware Sumi was just some rich girl that Freja had befriended. Besides, it's not like there were any public showings of Sumi being a combatant or anything. Why suspect that support students could do anything else than the niche they had been developing?

When the lizard quirk user sent her flying the gang members were on her in seconds, armed and ready to follow-up on their leader's attack. ''What the hell is that?!'' One guy dropped his lead pipe and started coughing as he tried to swat the smoke away with his hands. ''It's gotta be her quirk!'' Another one shouted through their coughing fit. ''Don't let her get away!''

Back in David's office, Freja's eyes were wide with panic as her once best friend and crush loomed over her with his quirk activated. Debt Collector, as far as she was aware, was a self-defense quirk that attacked people who tried to inflict harm, or had bad intentions against its user. Normally, she would have been able to run away, but seeing as he had locked her in she had no choice but to try and fight. Two cages were floating by the puppet quirk. Her tongue and one of her arms. If she could just get past him and get to them somehow. ''Don't make it harder for yourself.'' as David stepped closer she kicked him in the shin, causing him to fall over and Debt Collector to take her right foot away. When she heard Sumi she opened her mouth to shout back, but couldn't form any words. Hobbling up on one leg she shoulder slammed the door, hoping to create enough noise that Sumi knew where to go. However, just as she was about to slam into it again David grabbed her hair from behind and threw her onto the floor.

Before she could start hitting back he kicked her several times in the midsection, knocking all the air out of her. ''We're lucky you came along when you did.'' The look in David's eyes was so cold, so distant, like she had never known him before, like he was just another villain out to hurt her. ''Have you heard? There's this new thing hitting the black market, apparently you can transfer quirks through syringes.'' David reached into the inner pocket of his trench coat and took out a syringe with some kind of blue liquid inside of it. ''The only downside is it erases your original quirk when you use it. Talk about a gamble.'' He laughed, grabbing her wrist firmly. ''Sounds too good to be true, doesn't it? I didn't want to use it on my own guys, but then you came along and I have to wonder. What would happen to you, Elias? You were reborn in your sister's body, doesn't that mean you're just the product of a quirk? Don't you think we should find out? It must eat away at you to know that you're a freak of nature and nothing more.'' Yanking on her arm, she pulled it free and immediately punched David in the face. Debt Collector was holding onto three parts of her, so it wasn't going to take anymore. She was weakened, but by putting some space between them she could make a mad dash for her cages. Reaching out and touching both the tongue and arm cage, she got two parts of herself back. ''Sumi I'm here!!'' She was determined to make it out of here alive, but she couldn't mask the fear in her voice.

''I hear her! She went this way!'' Footsteps followed closely behind Sumi as she moved further into the base. If she didn't act fast the gang members would soon have her surrounded again.

Sumi Okita