Stallion's mind raced with rage as he stamped out onto the battlefield. He couldn't tell why Sverre would do something like this, nor could he forgive him for the atrocity. The wastelander decided to question his schoolmate's motives later and focus on the battle. Stallion was absolutely certain that he would open up with a freezing shout like he did with Lenz, the only difference would be that Stallion would be prepared.

"Stepping up to the plate now is the strategist master Stallion Guardian! And his opponent will be the Vocalist of death! Sverre Stone!" Sverre rightfully received booing from the crowd as he stepped onto the concrete platform. Now without further adue, BEGIN!"

Just as the courier had suspected Sverre opened up with a big ice attack.

"Lis! Slen! Nus!" he shouted. The concrete cracked in places and frost appeared in an instant on the battlefield. A thick cloud of snow obscured the audience's vision for a few seconds.

"I can't see what's going on down there!" Present Mic said in annoyance. The man began to speak but was cut off in shock.

Two glowing blue eyes pierced through the snowy cloud, creating an ominous silhouette of Stallion's masterpiece. Hydraulic systems whirred and hissed as the beast of a suit began to step forward. The crowd was dead silent as Stallion stepped out of the cloud of crystallized water. The courier now wore the sole suit of EX-01 power armour in existence across the world he heralded from and this one. He had kept the signature gas mask style from the T-60b model but other than that the armour was unrecognisable, plates of titanium custom fitted for the machine gave way to blue glowing wires snaking along the undersuit of the armour which all led to a small laser gatling gun mounted on the right gauntlet of the suit.

"I feel like I should say something poetic but at the moment... I just feel like beating you into the concrete" Stallion said through the speaker in the armour.

"Look's like we're in for the fight of our lives here folks! Guardian has summoned a suit of advanced armour!" Present Mic exclaimed, obviously still geeking out over the fashion in which Stallion unveiled his creation. The teenager clenched his fist and almost immediately a modified military Ripper unsheathed from his left forearm. Sverre looked stunned before regaining his composure and readying himself for another shout. Taking advantage of his new armour's increased agility Stallion began running across the field towards his opponent, spinning his chainsaw sword in preparation for a downward slash.

"Mul Qah Diiv!" Sverre exclaimed as he narrowly dodged a strike from Stallion's ripper. Unlike his other shouts the energy released appeared to cycle itself back into Sverre's body and around it. The white-blue energy snaked around the Nord's entire body, forming detailed symbols and patterns. Without hesitation the boy grabbed Stallion's suit by the arm and flung it across the field like a dog toy. The wastelander barely landed on the field, he stopped himself by digging his sword into the ground, creating a large cut in the concrete. Stallion looked up to see Sverre already standing over him, the boy tried to block but his opponent was too swift and delivered an axe kick to the wastelanders helmet. Stallion gritted his teeth as pain shot through his body.

In his new model of power armour Stallion had taken advantage of the technology of this world and upgraded his HUD system. Instead of geiger counters and pressure gauges put right where he could see them with a screen in front to open the Pip-Boy, the HUD was now a crisp full colour image with several opaque displays indicating fusion core life, radiation levels, body condition as well as the time and a full smartphone rerouted back into the visor, allowing him to see text messages and look up valuable data on the fly. At the moment his visor was telling him that there was massive damage to the back of the suit where Sverre had hit. Thinking fast the courier activated the laser gatling, using the thrust created he quickly spun himself around and kicked Sverre square in the chest. The boy flew backwards, giving the young inventor time to regain his composure. Sverre quickly regained his balance and began running towards Stallion at an alarming rate, bracing himself Stallion retracted his Ripper and caught Sverre's assault head on. The two high schoolers traded blows back and forth until Sverre's glowing patterns began to fade. Taking the opportunity Stallion grabbed Sverre by the arm and spun around, using the momentum to throw his opponent through the air. Sverre hit the ground and rolled before gaining his footing and grabbing a nearby rock to use as a weapon.

"Tiid! Klo! Ul!" Sverre shouted. In an instant time slowed down to a snail's pace, all except for Sverre. Stallion was used to this but usually he wasn't on the receiving end of the time shenanigans. Sverre easily made his way around Stallion to behind the armour. Stallion had a sinking feeling when he realised what his opponent was doing. The wastelander tried to warn his fellow hero-in-training but his lips wouldn't obey his commands.

Clang! The rock collided with the fusion core.

Clang! Protective plastic over the miniature nuclear reactor began to crack

Clang! The fusion core began to overheat. Causing the metal surrounding it to slowly turn red hot. Time began to flow as normal again as Stallion activated his failsafe. Booster jets emerged from all over the suit, propelling it upwards. Stallion gritted his teeth as the searing pain of the metal began to burn into his back. Quickly he exited out the back of the armour, he fell several metres before the fusion core exploded in a small nuclear blast. Stallion felt the flames and radiation surround him before everything went black.

The beeping of a heart monitor was the first thing Stallion heard when he woke. "I'm in a hospital" he thought.

He forced his eyelids open to look around the room. He was indeed in a hospital bed, a vase with a bouquet of flowers on it sat on a coffee table to his right and an IV machine was on his left. Sitting in a chair at the foot of the bed was Mrs. Lee who was reading a book off of her E-reader. Stallion looked down in horror as he realised that he was completely covered in bandages. Thinking back he remembered the fight and the explosion.

"I spent an entire week with barely any sleep on that thing and it gets blown up on the first match I use it. Great" Stallion thought sarcastically to himself.

Flexing his arm he was pleased to see that his augmentations had managed to help sustain most of his muscle mass. Mrs. Lee looked up in surprise to see Stallion sitting up in bed.

"Stallion! You're awake!" she exclaimed as she jumped out of her seat and pulled Stallion into a bear hug. He winced from the pain of the burns.

"I'll go get the nurse!" she exclaimed, running out of the room. Looking down Stallion peeled off one of the bandages on his arm. Underneath his skin was a nice radiation burnt dark brown. To most people this is the point where someone would start contemplating suicide from how hideous they must've looked. Stallion simply peeled back the bandage over his Pip-Boy, which he assumed they bandaged because they thought it was part of him (which it technically was) and produced a Radaway. He proceeded to inject the liquid into his arm, instantly erasing the radiation. Stallion sent away the empty plastic bag and pulled out a super-Stimpack. Securing the needle over his arm he pushed the syringe into his arm. A brief stinging feeling shot through his body that was quickly replaced by a warm tingling sensation. Stallion decided to begin testing to see how ok he was and began performing fairly regular actions, starting with exercising his hands all the way up to twirling a plasma lance in the air. he glanced down at his hands and sighed, while the radaway and super-stimpack had healed him mostly, his skin remained scarred and wrinkled in places. The main draw was the radiation burn that ran along one side of the boy's face. Stallion had grown used to hiding scars, however one covering half his face was a bit of a new experience.

Several minutes leader a doctor and a small army of nurses rushed into the room and stopped short of their eyes popping out of their heads. They looked Stallion up and down in shock at seeing a fully healed teen where they expected a bandaged mummy.

"B-but-" The doctor stuttered out.

"Part of my quirk, I can heal from almost any injury with the help of the device on my wrist. I just need to be awake to do it" Stallion lied. All but a few nurses and the doctor left the room. After that they went through basic tests such as seeing if Stallion could walk and checking his reflexes.

After the doctor was convinced that Stallion was healed he was discharged from the hospital. Arriving at the Lee's house Stallion stepped out of the car to greet a mob of happy children.

"Stallion! You're okay!" Tina exclaimed.

The wastelander smiled and gave the little girl a thumbs up.

"What you think I'd be out of the game that easy?"

The little girl embraced his leg in a hug. He glanced to his other step-siblings who were smiling in relief at the news of their adopted brother's quick recovery. In celebration the Lee's had at Stallion's request, old fashioned american burgers and glass Coca-Cola. Stallion flopped down in his bed and began to allow himself to think about the tournament. His one suit of power armour that came with him was now a pile of scrap and from what he had been told Sverre had simply disappeared after the tournament, not showing up to class on top of disappearing off of the grid. Out of frustration he began doing what he usually did when he was bored or mad, invent. To him there was no such thing as "perfection" every tool that he made could be improved in some way. He began adjusting frequencies and energy outputs on his energy weapons before moving onto how to make his Railroad Grappling Hook work better. Before Stallion could even think about it, it was already one in the morning. Letting himself lose to exhaustion, the teenager collapsed onto his bed. Falling asleep to thoughts of what would happen next.

Authors note: I'm still alive! After doing some considerations of the chapters I'm going to rewrite parts of the story to get rid of the random amounts of characters from other franchises. So by the time i'm done it will just be Fallout and My Hero Academia, don't worry if you like Emma or Sverre they'll stay, but just as original characters from My Hero Academia. Really though, my apologies for leaving you hanging for so long. High School has hit me like a speeding train and I'm only now getting back to finding time to write. But have no fear! I am determined to finish this story.

Sincerely, Fabkitty