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"Woah there, sorry. Did my wing hit you?" Hawks asked as you picked yourself up from the ground.
You didn't expect his wings to be so powerful that a simple flap would knock you off your feet. You dusted yourself off and turned your gaze to him. He waited for an answer as he looked you up and down, analyzing you and your mood.
"It's fine. It was my mistake to get so close to them in the first place." You admitted, getting ready to head to where you were going.
Hawks let you pass, but not before questioning what had happened. Normally, he would have picked up the vibrations and moved before his wings would have hit you. However, he didn't sense a thing. Was he sick? Were his feathers alright? He didn't know. He decided to write it off as spacing out and went on with his day. A few villains and helping the common folk was what his day was filled with. That is, until he got a call from a certain flame user. He went to their normal meeting spot and waited for Dabi to arrive.
A few mintues go by, and Hawks goes to call Dabi, wondering where he was, only for a ringtone to go off behind him, making him jump. He clutched his hesrt as he turned towards Dabi, who stared at him bewildered.
"How long have you been there?!" Hawks exclaimed, trying to calm down from the near heart attack he almost experienced
"I've been here, waiting. Didn't you pick up on me walking behind you?" Dabi questioned the hero, clearly confused.
"I..." There was no way for Hawks to lie and make an excuse, so he decided to just tell the truth.
"I haven't been able to sense anything with my feathers as of late. Haven't been able to pick up on anything. I'm worried it may affect my work and efficiency."
Dabi raised a brow, clearly unamused.
"Let me test something then." Dabi went to grab a feather and plucked it from Hawks' wing. He didn't sense Dabi going to grab it, and watched seeing what he may do next.
"Tell me if you feel anything." Dabi stated as he set the feather ablaze.
Hawks didn't feel a single thing, which terrified him. Usually he would pick up on his feather being burnt, the pain equal to that of a pinch. However, he didn't feel anything at all, as if the feather wasn't even a part of him. As if it wasn't apart of him...
"Anything?" Dabi asked
"Nothing..." Hawks muttered.
"Send a feather my way, yeah?" Dabi suggested.
Right. He couldn't sense vibrations, that was all. Right? Hawks tried to send a feather at Dabi, only for nothing to happen. His wings didn't even move. This caused fear to shoot through Hawks' spine, and the feathers on his wings puffed up. He turned his head, wide eyed as he looked at his wings.
"That's not supposed to happen." Hawks admitted, as he tried to flatten his feathers.
He couldn't, the panic he felt was too great, causing his wings to stay the way they were.
"Are you okay?" Dabi asked, getting sort of freaked out by the display in front of him.
"I don't know, I d- OW!" Hawks removed his gloves as he looked at his hands, more specifically, his nails.
His nails, once trimmed and filed, now long and sharp, darkening as they grew. He watched as his hands changed, his fingertips now thickly padded and the back becoming layered in scaley thick skin. He kneeled over in pain as he felt feathers begin to grow on his back and neck, some on his shoulders, face, ears and even his arms. The feeling overwhelming as he turned to Dabi in desperation. The villain, taling a step back as he watched Hawks transform before his very eyes.
Hawks felt his eyes dialate as his surroundings became more clear. His throat burned as if his vocal cords were on fire, a deep throated, high pitched shriek coming from him instead of his usual scream. He could feel his muscles contract and relax as his whole body transformed into something, not even he could comprehend.
"Da-bi... wh.. what is happen- ing to m-me...?" Hawks groaned, his voice hoarse and dry.
Dabi readied himself, arms in flames as he watched from a distance, waiting to see if Hawks would attack. After another minute of pain and agony, Hawks ended up passing out from exhaustion, his body reformed. Dabi wasn't sure what to do, but he did know one thing. If Hawks was to be spotted, then his plans of using the hero, would go down the drain. So he stayed, and waited, and watched. He waited for the hero to wake up, maybe then he would get some answers as to what the fuck just happened.