“The snow glows white on the mountain tonight
Not a footprint to be seen
And it looks like I'm the queen”
Endeavor tried to change the channel, but every channel he tried played the same song, that stupid Ice Queen song from that pre-quirk Disney movie. Giving up, he just turned off the television in his office. As soon as the television was off, it turned itself back on and continued to play.
Getting up from his desk, careful not to lose his temper while in his agency, he left the office to try to get work done in a different room.
As soon as he walked out of his office, every television, radio, and cellphone in the new room started the song right where his television had left off.
“The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside
Couldn't keep it in, heaven knows I've tried
Don't let them in, don't let them see
Be the good girl you always have to be
Conceal, don't feel, don't let them know
“Datastream,” he growled out, knowing full well that this had to be the product of that infuriating two-bit hack! “I know you can hear me, what do you want with me?”
Can't hold it back anymore
Turn away and slam the door
I don't care what they're going to say
The cold never bothered me anyway”
Endeavor didn’t get an answer from the elusive hacker, but the song kept playing on repeat, no matter where he was, all day. While out on patrol, any television he passed would start to show Elsa singing in the snow as she created her ice castle, civilian phones would all start playing the song, any radio would start to play it as well.
“It's funny how some distance makes everything seem small
And the fears that once controlled me can't get to me at all
It's time to see what I can do
To test the limits and break through
No right, no wrong, no rules for me
Within a few hours, everyone in the city knew that the song meant that Endeavor was near, civilians would look up in anticipation of seeing the Flame Hero, while criminals and villains alike would instantly stop what they were doing and run for cover, knowing that they were likely to die a fiery death if they were spotted today.
I am one with the wind and sky
Here I stand and here I stay
Meanwhile, at the Todoroki Estate, Natsuo and Shouto were enraptured by the news coverage of this beautiful event. Shouto knew instantly that it had to be the work of Datastream, and while he had no idea as to why he enjoyed tormenting his father, he was quickly becoming this person’s biggest fan.
Shouto was working on his homework, and he heard his phone start playing the song, and two minutes later the front door opened and Endeavor came home.
“My power flurries through the air into the ground
My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around
And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast
I'm never going back, the past is in the past”
In another part of the country, a man with burns covering most of his body was watching the news and came across the story of the song that followed Endeavor all day and decided that he had a new hero. Whoever had managed to do this was a god among men.
When I'll rise like the break of dawn
That perfect girl is gone
Here I stand in the light of day
The cold never bothered me anyway”
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