"Go over there quickly, they need your help. Yabo's a 1st class medium alternate-user, provide good support and you'll be able to beat it."
"Wait- wait! They're facing annihilation? What do you mean by that!? Why would they need me to help them? They've done perfectly fine without me for a long time and I barely do anything usually anyway!"
"This is a serious one, kid. They're fighting a first class medium-alternate. They're in danger and they might end up dead. I got a call from Hina just now asking for backup. Unfortunately, all the other groups are active on their own missions and I have my own work. All they have is you. Now, go!"
"Uh- Uhh- Alright...", Takeru said nervously and began running to the elevator.
"You think he'll be okay?", The masked scientist asked as he walked out of the lab.
"Probably, the kid wants to live."
Back in the basketball court of Itabashi High School, Group 4 was struggling and were on their last legs.
"Hmmm!? What happened to all of your arrogance, human? Have you realized your place?", The alternate said in a furious manner.
Yabo was struggling to even stand, groaning and breathing heavily. He was guarding Hina and Kohei who had both become heavily injured, Kohei missing his arms and Hina missing her right leg and left hand.
VZZZT!
"Don't even try it. You're too weakened now and I'll easily avoid your pathetic lasers anyway. Accept your fate and let you and your friends perish."
Yabo had a pissed off and frustrated look on his face. "Shut up, you disgusting fu-" As Yabo was talking, the alternate dashed over to him at blinding speeds, grabbed his throat and began choking him to death.
"Ahh- Le- Let me- Let me go!"
"Hmmm, why would I do that? I will kill you people and explore this world to figure out why and how you humans possess our abilities."
Just as the alternate was about to slice off Yabo with his sharpened nails, something bizarre happened. "Huh? Why has my body turned around?" His entire body had suddenly done a complete 180 degree turn and Yabo fell onto the ground unharmed.
Katsuragi Kohei's unique ability, turn back, could turn around a target's body every 5 seconds. This was an ability that mostly proved useless. The alternate turned around again to face the 3 Group 4 members on the floor, he looked over at Kohei and chuckled. "Was that your unique ability, Human? Truly pathetic."
Kohei looked back at the alternate, he was making direct eye contact. "Hey... Listen... Jus- Just, listen. I'll give you all the information you need... Just let these 2 go, trust me... They won't make trouble for any longe- longer...", He said while breathing heavily and struggling to speak.
SMACK!
The alternate punched Kohei straight in the face causing him to bleed heavily out of his nose. "Are you crazy? Why the hell would I do such a thing? I can suck out all the information I need out of you all without sparing any of your lives."
Kohei groaned in pain. "You piece of shit!", Yabo and Hina screamed while they both tried to activate their unique abilities. "Oh, don't even try. You know how that ends." Yabo and Hina went quiet, all 3 of them were losing hope.
"Now... Which one of you should I torture first to suck out information? Let's start with you, Laser ma-"
Suddenly, all 4 heard screams of a young man in the distance. He rushed through the door breathing heavily. "Hmmm? Who might you be, young man?"
"AHHHHHHHH! ITS SPEAKING!!! HOLY SHIT!!! FUCK!!!"
Yabo, Kohei and Hina were all shocked. "What the hell are you doing here!?", They screamed. The alternate got even more shocked. "Hmmm? They weren't expecting him? Just who is this gentleman? Is he like them and is a human that possesses our abilities?"
"Senpai, I ca- came t- to save you a- all...", Takeru said in a fearful voice. Even though they were in a dire situation, that made Kohei crack a smile. Hina and Yabo shouted, "Distract him while we regenerate!"
The alternate started to grin. "Interesting... I hope you'll be stronger than these folks were, young man." Takeru gulped. "Come on... you got this... You pretty much defeated that one alternate on your own by kicking its balls... He's strong but I don't have to beat him, just distract while my senpai regenerate and then provide good support... I can do this!"
"2nd form."
"Hmmm... Those some words spoken by the other 3, it must relate to how they can use our abilities."
The alternate still had that grin on his face. "Come on, then! Get over here, young man! I'm giving you a chance myself here since you interest me for some reason, I could've already killed your friends. Come and try to distract me!"
Immediately, Takeru used 2nd form on his legs to stretch them out. He tried to kick the alternate's balls from a distance but it easily avoided it by jumping. "Hmmm, you intended to hit my genitals. That is a good strategy since that is a sensitive organ. You have great battle intelligence, young man. Although, it might not be enough to save you from my wrath."
The alternate dashed directly to Takeru causing him to freak out and stay stuck in place. "Move, kid!", Kohei screamed. Then, Takeru finally moved to the side and got out of the way. The alternate dashed into the wall instead and completely destroyed it. "Come on, young man... I expected better from this.", He said as he got out of the rubble.
"Just wait a little longer, you bum! Just survive a little longer!", Yabo screamed. Takeru was heavily panicking. Now that the alternate that was able to almost wipe out all of senpai was right in front of him, he was getting cold feet. He couldn't even move, Takeru was mortified.
The alternate slowly began approaching him. "Come on, young man. You must have something under your sleeve otherwise this will have been a incredibly lousy attempt to save your friends. Are you really that pathetic?"
Takeru was too scared to speak properly, he was slowly moving back as the alternate got closer. "Yo- You- You sta- stay bac- back! Stay back!"
"So you are that pathetic. Nonetheless, I will enjoy devouring your body."
Takeru was shaking so incredibly hard in fear. In that moment, he regretted everything, coming here and not being grateful for so many things he had previously. He thought back to memories of his old life that he took for granted. He would give anything to have that life back now, he wasn't ready to die. He was just a kid, a kid that dreamed of going back to his normal life.
"WANT ME TO HELP YOU, BRAT?"