Explosions Feed the Shadow Station

Bakugo

Stop flinching around every shadow, Deku! We're not playing heroes anymore.

Todoroki

Actually, Bakugou, that stranger's jujutsu techniques might be our only way back.

Megumi

(These quirks are unstable here... but their energy signatures could power my technique.)

Deku

Wait! The subway map changed - we're not in the same station anymore!

Bakugo

Then we blast our way out! I'm not getting trapped by some wannabe sorcerer!

Todoroki

(The shadows... they're not following him. They're responding to Bakugou's explosions.)

Megumi

Your quirks are feeding the domain. Every explosion, every ice shard - you're powering the ritual.

Deku

(The civilians aren't unconscious... they're the ticket home. And we're the batteries.)

Deku

The portal - it's reacting to the civilians!

Megumi

(The ritual... it's not mine. Someone else is controlling this.)

Bakugo

I don't care who it belongs to - we're taking it!

Todoroki

Wait - something's coming through!

Megumi

(The shikigami can't fight this - it's not from our world.)

Deku

It's not attacking us - it's herding us toward the portal!

Bakugo

(My explosions... they're being absorbed into the portal.)

Todoroki

The more we fight, the stronger it gets. We're not the batteries...

Todoroki

We're the catalyst.

Deku

Kacchan... the portal... it's gone.

Todoroki

(The explosion residue... it's forming a pattern. Like breadcrumbs.)

Megumi

The civilians aren't waking up. Something's wrong.

Deku

(My quirk... it's resonating with whatever took Kacchan.)

Todoroki

Deku, don't touch it! The portal's feeding off your energy!

Megumi

(The voice in the portal... it's not Bakugou. It's something using his voice.)

Deku

That's... that's not Kacchan talking. The portal's learning to mimic us.

Todoroki

(The civilians... they're not victims. They're the portal's previous attempts. And we're next.)