Ishiro Serizawa was scrutinizing the list of people who had joined Monarch's ranks with slightly narrowed eyes. Just then, a knock on his door alerted him.

"Come in."

The door creaked open and a stocky-built, African-American man entered his room, "Doctor Serizawa, the new recruits are here," he told him, "wanna go meet the new blood?"

"Officer Barnes," Serizawa said, "I wanted to speak to you about that. I've currently been going over the list of names of our new recruits and, well, you might want to take a look at ones that stick out to me."

The Japanese man passed the list of the new recruits down to the leader of G-Team who read through them... or at least the ones who stood out the most.

Midoriya Izuku

Uraraka Ochako

Asui Tsuyu

Iida Tenya

Bakugo Katsuki

Todoroki Shoto

Yaoyorozu Momo

Kirishima Eijiro

Tokoyami Fumikage

Ashido Mina

Right next to each of their names were the letters "Q.U." which meant "Quirk-User". Barnes tilted his head in puzzlement, "Doc, when are Quirk Users a bad thing? If anything, we kinda need the extra punch against the Titans."

"They were recommended to us." Serizawa replied.

Barnes quickly ran over the list of Quirk User recruit. He then brought up one profile in particular of Bakugo and was greeted with a mugshot of the recruit in question. He looked like a Japanese boy with spiky, blond hair, red eyes, and an intense scowl that would make even the most hardened and vicious drill sergeant wet his pants and rethink his life choices. He looked over his profile and noted he was at least nineteen-years-old, he (and the other recruits) had recently graduated from U.A. High. His Quirk was labeled under "Explosion" so he was basically a walking hand-grenade both figuratively and literally.

Great, Barnes thought, I have to keep a living, breathing C-4 explosive under control.

"Doc, quick question," Barnes said, "who exactly recommended these guys, specifically the one who is more or less a friggin' bomb?"

"They were recommended by All-Might."

Barnes' heart nearly skipped a beat. Did Dr. Serizawa just say that?

"Wait, wait, wait," the Chief Warrant Officer stammered, "The All-Might? As in, the Pro-Hero to end all Pro-Heroes All-Might? As in, Number One Hero All-Might? That All-Might?"

Serizawa cast the man a bemused smile, "Oh, so you're interested?

"Interested!?" Barnes could barely contain his excitement, "These guys were hand-selected to join our ranks by the Pro-Hero I looked up to when I was a kid. 'Course, I'm gonna be interested. Still don't know why he'd put a hot-head up for recommendation, but still."

Ishiro turned around and smiled, "Then I think it's time we met them."

Bakugo was bored. As in, really bored. As in, ready to blow something up bored. He and his fellow U.A. graduates had been standing around waiting for their soon-to-be commanding officers for what felt like hours and if something didn't happen right now, he was going to entertain himself... which was not going to end well for the others.

"Guys," he heard Pinky whisper, "he's got that look again."

"Which look?" Tsukuyomi asked, "The one he always has on his face? Ashido, I think you've forgotten who you're talking about here."

"Hey!" Bakugo barked.

"Lower your voice, Katsuki," Freezerburn told him, not even bothering to look him straight in the eye, "you might want to show a bit more dignity right now, especially in a military output."

"Oh, excuse me, Mr. Half-and-Half," Bakugo hissed, "it's not like we've been waiting for eleven hours for someone ta show up!"

"Actually," Deku interjected, "it's only been twenty minutes."

"Cork it, Deku!" the explosive Hero snapped at his old punching bag.

"Bakugo, try to control yourself," Creati told him, "for all we know, they're getting their stuff together. Remember, we're doing this for All-Might."

Bakugo huffed but didn't say anything else.

This is it, Izuku thought to himself, there's no turning back. I've gotta do this for All-Might. Even if it means getting stomped into the ground. Or incinerated. Or eaten. Or- why didn't All-Might recommend Godzillo to Monarch instead? His Quirk is being Godzilla, that alone gives him an advantage!

"Deku?"

I'm gonna die out there! I-I'm not ready to take on Godzilla, or Rodan, I don't think I can handle one of the lesser Titans!

"Deku?"

What about Mom? I don't think I can handle her being alone with the grief her son died at the hands of a Titan!

"Izuku."

The young Hero was snapped out of his thoughts at the sound of Uraraka's voice. He turned to look at his fellow graduate/girlfriend who was looking at him in concern.

"You okay?" she asked.

Izuku just nodded, "Ye-yeah, Ochako, I'm fine."

Ochako frowned, "Deku, you know you're a bad liar. What's wrong?"

"It's just- well... I... umm...," Izuku sighed, "Ochako, be honest with me, aren't you, y'know, scared?"

Ochako sighed, "Of course I'm scared, Izuku, but, that's okay, fear should be seen as less of an obstacle and more of a motivator. All-Might himself said that."

Izuku cast his girlfriend a playful raising of the eyebrow, "I don't recall him saying that."

Ochako shrugged, "I read it in a book he wrote one time."

Izuku chuckled at the image of his mentor and idol sitting down at a desk and typing a book whilst still in his heroic visage, muscles, antennae hair, gleaming smile, and all.

"Atten-TION!"

That one single word was all that was needed for the U.A. High graduates to fall in line as an African American man garbed in camo-gear and a Japanese man in his sixties wearing glasses walked out onto the rafter. The African American's gaze scanned the Quirk Users.

Barnes looked at the gathered recruits. Some of them looked relatively normal with a few defining traits like a young man with spiky, green hair, a girl with shoulder length, brown hair who always looked like she was blushing, the Bakugo kid, another girl clad in a rather skimpy red outfit and long, black hair tied into a spiked ponytail, a boy with crystal-blue eyes, a burn scar on the left side of his face, and hair that was red on one side and white on the other, and a boy with spiked, red hair. Others had some more unusual traits to them such as a young man with glasses and what looked like engine exhaust ports starting to poke out of his ankles, a girl with long, green hair who looked like she was part frog. Then there were those who looked just bizarre such as a young man with a crow-like head and a girl who had purplish-pink skin, short, fluffy hair that was a darker tinge of pink than her skin, yellow, hooked horns, and black sclera eyes with golden pupils.

"At ease, y'all," he told them, "my name is Chief Warrant Officer Henry Barnes, leader of G-Team which you will be assigned into. I have been told by Doctor Serizawa that you were handpicked by All-Might himself. Now, that tells me, he sees some genuine potential in ya'll or he thinks you're the best of the best of the best OF. THE. BEST."

Bakugo smirked, "Well, I don't know about that, but-"

"Hey, Sparky!" Barnes interrupted, "if you haven't noticed, I was still talkin'! So shut it!"

Bakugo growled at being called out, not helped by Kirishima's snickering.

"That goes for you too, Red!"

Instantly, Kirishima shut up as well, causing Bakugo to smirk.

"As I was saying," Barnes continued, "All-Might sees somethin' in y'all, so I have been told. But frankly, if two of you lack the maturity to not speak until spoken to, I'd hate to see what you're like goin' up against a Titan. Now, just so we're clear, I'm gonna say this once. Think about all the Villains or rogue Quirk Users y'all gone up against, think about everything they've thrown at ya. Once you've gotten that into your minds, roll it into a ball and toss it out the window of the tallest building on the top of your heads. The Titans are beyond anything ya'll can imagine. What would take a Villain days to plan and destroy, a single Titan can carry it out in an hour without even thinking. As members of G-Team, you'll have to go into the frontline to deal with the likes of these."

Just then, the room went dark as holographic screens appeared in front of them, each with footage of a different Titan laying siege to parts of the world. In Texas, a gargantuan spider crab-like beast with a tentacled head skittered across an oil field all the while its tendrils snatched up any unfortunate soul who just so happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. In Munich, a massive bovine/reptilian Titan that seemed to have rock and plant material embedded into its skin lumbered through the countryside while ignoring the people it was crushing underfoot and the barrage of weapons fired upon it by human and Ctarl-Ctarl forces. In Mexico, the winged form of Rodan flew overhead while her sonic boom swept thousands of fleeing masses and buildings into the air. In Siberia, a massive ape-like beast with elephant-like tusks was embroiled in a fight with the armored, ankylosaurus-like Anguirus all the while people rushed for shelter. Finally, footage in Tokyo revealed the chilling visage of Godzilla, surrounded in flames, the light reflecting off his dark-gray skin as he roared into the sky. While the footage was mute, the graduates could still hear his echoing roar in their minds. Of all the Titans, Godzilla filled them with the most fear and awe.

Once it was over, the screens flickered out and Barnes took the stage again. "Now that we've shown you what you're going up against, if any ya'll wanna leave, well, door's still open."

To his surprise, none of the gathered recruits so much as took a step away. That was enough to tell him their minds were made up. Barnes smirked at their moxxy.

"Welcome to Monarch, recruits." Barnes told them.