inmywebMakoto was minding his own damn business one too hot summer evening when he got assaulted by two goons.
He knew they were goons the moment he laid eyes on him. The second question was whose goons were they and why were they attacking him. The first question was how to get out of the situation without getting himself hurt. These two had mutation quirks, were taller than him, and had bigger muscles.
"Help you gentleman?" he asked as they crowded him into an alley. He activated his quirk, weighing his options. There weren't any good ones. They alley they were backing him into was had a dead end, and it was small enough and they were built enough that they blocked the exit.
But just because they were big didn't mean they were athletic, but in one of the possible futures he could see, one of them got their shirts ripped off, and he was cut.
Mid level mobsters, but they were smart enough to box him in like this. And smart enough not to let themselves be seen until they ambushed him, his quirk only worked with the information he had, sometimes it sparked when he was in danger, but it hadn't this time.
"You've been nosing in on some of our boss' business," the one whose shirt got would get ripped off if he tried to run now said. He had a nice voice, and a nice smile that belayed a potential to create a lot of pain. "And he wants you out of it."
Who the hell had he pissed off? Maybe it was his father finally tired of paying his tuition and silence. Though if that was the case the old man had another thing coming because those photos would be released if he died. Maybe it was his wife, who was divorcing him and trying to get as much money as possible from him.
Or it could be the spoiled brat son of someone he pissed off at school. Someone who had tried to mess with him and got burned. Fifty-fifty either way.
"And he doesn't want to negotiate?" Makoto asked, raising an eyebrow. "Because hurting me will only make what's coming for him worse."
"No. He wants you out, all the way out," velvet voice said, his smile broaden to show his sharp lionlike teeth.
Makoto saw the punch before the other goon swung and had sidestepped out of the way. Keeping his quirk activated so he could see every potential problem, he saw no clean way out of this.
Dirty it was then. He let the next get in before he ducked, ramming his fist in the silent goon's groin, saw the knee coming up, took it in the chest as the man fell. Pain blossomed where the knee hit, but he put his hand down and ran for the exit, taking just a second to stomp on the goon's face, breaking his nose for sure and hopefully his jaw as he ducked out of Velvet voice's right hook and kept going.