Toaru Kagaku no Railgun (Role-Play)

Still aching and suffering from severe pain, Shou got up deciding that he should be leaving as it was getting late. He needed to at least get back to his apartment so that he could properly rest. He could go to a nearby clinic, but Shou knew his body well enough to know that whoever fought him didn't exactly aim to crush his bones.

Shou picked up the metals pins that were on the floor and put them away. While he didn't carry around much money, he checked his wallet just in case and found that nothing was taken from there either. After dusting himself off lightly, Shou walked over to the edge of the roof with a metal pin in his hand. He tossed it to the roof of a nearby building that was significantly lower than the one he was on, and once the pin landed, he teleported. However, much to his dismay, the moment he arrived at the other roof his vision temporarily blacked out, his body reacted violently, and he began coughing uncontrollably.

Once again writhing around in pain he was reminded that his the damage to his body, while having no broken bones, was still far too much for him to be teleporting. After resting a couple minutes recovering his breath and desensitizing himself to the constant pain on his abdomen, he found the nearest flight of stairs which were luckily a simple set of stairs that were on the side of the building.

Slowly, Shou trudged his way down the stairs, down an alleyway, and finally arrived on the sidewalk of an area he was familiar with. He was still within District 7, but he at least knew his way back from here. While the area was not particularly crowded, Shou tried his best to avoid the gazes of the people that passed him by. At one point, he had to push against the walls of buildings or use the occasional handrails that were installed along the sidewalks sporadically in order to continue walking.

Eventually, he made it back to his apartment. Full of sweat, and overwhelm with exhaustion, the first thing Shou did was force his way to his medicine cabinet. He wanted to shower, and he wanted to just collapse on his bed, but he knew that if he didn't take some medication that would help his recovery, then his body actually might be worse off the next day. As the medicine developed in Academy City was far more potent and effective than the vast majority of the world, some of the drugs you can over the counter are 'miracle quality' to places outside of Academy City. Luckily, Shou usually kept a fairly good stock, and he navigated through his cabinet and found some pills that would help both his pain and help is recovery. After popping the pills, Shou collapsed on his bed despite it only being early into the evening.

Oh god, I can't concentrate. Hono walked back to the can as he returned to his bag. What is this feeling? Why is she's still on my head? and why the hell did I go aggressive on her??? He picked up the bag and threw the can in to a trash bin and walked back to the dorms. His heart was thumping hard and he couldn't control his breath.

He entered his dorm room and quickly get in the shower. 15 minutes later, he walked out of his bathroom and wore his home clothes. I should just sleep. I don't feel hungry. Hono took out his futon and rests in. I'll see you tomorrow, Li. Hono closed his eyes and fell in to a deep sleep.

(This is a joint post between Montacia and Cinia Pacifica.)

It was page 6:00pm at District 10, more specifically, just outside the district Misaki and Fuyuko exited a bus to face a sight full of gray buildings. Reformatories, nuclear energy research facilities, were the main attractions of this area, to the scientists and researchers. It has been known that this district also held the city's only cemetery. There had also been news in the past that a certain Special Esper Ability Institute used to be around this district, where inhuman experiments were carried out.

The district was known to be strange. It is avoided by many, and has the poorest security. There is also urban decay, streets not looking clean, almost as if an apocalypse took place in the area. Such a place was chosen to conduct the experiment. It was most likely not official, at least, such a possibility exists. There are rumors that this area is also home to Skill-out gangs and other hooligans. None posed a threat to Misaki, but she pondered about why they'd pick this place regardless.

Fuyuko was slightly taken aback by the scenery of the place. She remembered long ago how her father had told her to avoid deserted areas such as this. The district wasn't nice and clean like the other places, especially the School Garden, which looks the most beautiful compared to most districts of the city. Fuyuko's instincts screamed for her to leave but knowing that she herself had signed up for this in order to enter Tokiwadai and make her father proud, Fuyuko had no choice but to try and calm her senses. She was thankful that at least Misaki was with her. Although they've only known each other for a while, Fuyuko had already begun to think of Misaki as her own older sister. Looking for a sense of reassurance, Fuyuko reached up to hold onto the edge of Misaki's school shirt, however it was soon replaced by a hand when Misaki noted how frightened Fuyuko seemed to be.

Misaki walked her way to a certain facility as she was instructed, along with Fuyuko, as she held her hand. She could take over Fuyuko's mind any time, but she didn't bother to do anything like that, yet. She had already once checked through Fuyuko's memories, she was literally a child, her mentality is no mere act, she verified it. Upon walking for about ten minutes, they've reached a facility. ... The Reformatories? No wonder they picked this place...

The Reformatories, a special facility originally made to lock down criminal espers. There has been rumors that some of them made contracts to be secretly released to work under the higher ups, or the Board of Directors' little factions. The facility had numerous counter-measures to esper abilities, and continued to confine many criminal espers. It was the Juvenile Hall of the Academy City. Misaki finally understood why the project is to take place in this facility. They'd most likely made counter-measures against her own power, and any outburst of power could be chained down. It'd be rather dangerous for any ordinary person to try to dismantle the experiments under that facility.

Upon entering, she was greeted by familiar faces, she saw these faces the last time she went to a laboratory. The area and facility were different in the last time. The two were lead to a room. Misaki and Fuyuko found themselves standing before a pool, the room was large, several scientists were staring at the pair from a large window above. All the scientists were wearing a weird-looking white helmet, which were rather reminiscent of monitors, it was a rather comical sight to see. "Are you ready, Misaki-san?" an old man from behind the window asked, in his forehead were dark circles, which showed just how old this person was, it was Kihara Gensei.

Kihara Natsu, Gensei's granddaughter, sat on the other side of the pool. She wore a jet black long shirt and pant, her shirt was rather fancy, as it showed shoulders whist covering rest of her arm. No one was in the mood to get soaked, so no swimsuits were worn. The atmosphere was almost suffocating, it was clearly annoying, especially under the eyes of Kihara Gensei. To think that she'd work under his project after all that she had to deal with on the last Daihaseisai, which took place not too long ago. Misaki had used her powers on Fuyuko the moment they entered the room with the pool; taking full control of her body, and her power.

This was her purpose, to control Fuyuko's body to try to release as much power as possible by penetrating deep into her psyche. Mental Out was the perfect switch for releasing the hidden potential of the fascinating ability, Decelerator. However, this was done only to find out how much power she really held, once they'd measure her extent of the power, they'd later have her develop it so that she can release her full power on her own will. At least, that was the initial plan, it was still subject to change.

It's very possible that Kihara Natsu was here to melt the frozen water, she simply kept a cold smile on her face, Misaki couldn't read her mind through it. A fire user who Gensei wouldn't have a problem giving her classified information. Misaki acknowledged the connection between the two. Mostly like, these two loved working with each other, it was very likely that Gensei made it possible for her to reach level 5. Misaki had yet to try taking control over Natsu. She might know what Gensei is up to, but not knowing whether her power would even work made her rather cautious, blatantly trying to control her mind may not be such a good idea after all.

Generally, it was known that Fuyuko can freeze up to two cubic meters of liquid. The pool was really big and wide. It was at least 5 meters long. A beep sound resounded across the large room. Using her remote, Misaki commanded Fuyuko to freeze the water as much as possible. Fuyuko walked closer towards the pool, squatting down right beside the edge. She unconsciously dipped her hand in and begun her most simple calculation. The water molecules surrounding her hand started slowing down and realigning themselves to form the unique lattice structure of the hydrogen bond filled ice. Decreasing the temperature even more, the ice began to spread evenly from Fuyuko's hand forming a growing semi sphere of frozen water. As the command was to freeze as much as possible, the water was frozen slowly as Fuyuko didn't decelerate the particles any more than she needed to. She simply had to keep the temperature at 0 degrees Celsius for the water to keep freezing and thus she was able to reserve more energy. Despite her efforts for energy conservation however, Fuyuko started panting as the ice reached 1.5 cubic meters in volume. Keeping the calculation going was starting to make Fuyuko tired but she continued on regardless and the ice kept growing.

The scientists watched on, hoping that with the help of Misaki's abilities, Fuyuko would be able to go much further beyond her current limitations. As the ice reached 2 cubic meters, they were convinced that Fuyuko would indeed be able to freeze at least half the pool without her self defined boundaries. However their hopes were dashed as the ice stopped growing at around 2.3 cubic meters. Having already been tired from her first day of school, the girl swayed a little before falling over sideways onto the ice she had created.

Misaki immediately knelt down to receive the falling the Fuyuko. She didn't expect Fuyuko to tire herself out this soon. "Fuyuko?! Fuyuko!" a cold sweat ran down from the side of Misaki's face, What's going on? It's way too soon for even a childlike person to just faint like that from exhaustion after exceeding her limits, she then considered if she were already tired from whatever activities from school. Or maybe she just has a generally really low reserve of stamina, like her?

She felt the cold sigh. Natsu didn't move, but the ice cracked. It was very plausible that Natsu put tremendous force of heat on the block of ice that Fuyuko's power made. It soon broke into tiny parts, then started to melt, and mix in with the water. Some scientists panicked, worried about Fuyuko's health, but Gensei didn't care. He simply asked the researchers to make sure the data they gained is to be recorded before anything. It was later noted in a medical examination that Fuyuko was already somewhat tired out. Assumptions were made that she had tiresome activities before stepping into the facility. It was decided that the same experiment would be conducted again. Misaki used her powers to alter Fuyuko's memories regarding her time spent in the facility.

It's possible that such a thing might happen again. Misaki made a mental note that she'd need to read through Fuyuko's memories before she takes her to the institute for the project in order to predict what would happen to her from the over usage of her powers. No matter what, she can't allow them to get an excuse to use a crystallized, Ability Body Crystal on Fuyuko, which might lead to more trouble for Fuyuko herself.

It was 7:14pm, the two were done with the facility for the day. They needed to head back home. A car ride was provided since they'd otherwise be past curfew hour. The driver was a female researcher, who seemed kind enough to offer the ride. She had a nice-looking curvy body, and had long hair, her features seemed quite appealing when one would see her for the first time. However, the only problem she had was on her facial features, dark circles under the eyes. It not for that, she may be a popularly sought out woman, by men.

Reaching School Garden took quite some time, the female researcher had to park the car in front of the entrance to the School Garden, she then carried Fuyuko on her back as Misaki walked slightly in-front of her. As the two arrived in the dorms, she took the liberty to take Fuyuko to her and Misaki's room. Fuyuko was then put to her bed where she'd sleep for - most likely - hours. Misaki then lazed around in the room, sighing, thinking about various things, and made others from her clique do her homeworks because she was stricken by sloth. She then opened the door in the corner of the room. Her Tokiwadai Middle School uniform slowly slipped down her womanly, daunting figure; vest, top, skirt, and then the pairs of white gloves and stockings adorned with laces. She then walked into the bathroom to take shower, to wash down all the pent up sweat and heat. She decided to head to bed soon after.

The sound of water gently woke Fuyuko from her sleep. Whaa! When did we get back to the dorms? Fuyuko recalled how she was asked to swim to test her stamina during the lab trip. Embarrassingly though, Fuyuko had never succeeded in the art of swimming. She could float and doggy paddle, but that was it. In the end, in her attempt to pretend she could swim properly she almost got herself drowned if not for Misaki diving in to save her. Fuyuko covered her face in embarrassment. Fuyu definitely needs to learn how to swim one day! Although she wanted to thank Misaki when she came out from the shower, as she was still feeling extremely tired, Fuyuko soon drifted off back to sleep.

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GM Notes:

Montacia: Fuyuko attempts to use her power to the fullest - forcibly - in a subconscious state in which she is mind-controlled by Misaki. A dice is to be rolled to check to see how far she can do this till she faints from exhaustion. The attribute Intelligence is used in the case as the calculations for the ability, specifically, Decelerator, can be taxing for mind of a child-like person such as Fuyuko, whose physique and mentality is that of a younger child. Fuyuko needs 5 to continue using her powers.

Dice result: 1

2 + 1 = 3

(Your character faints on the spot. Perhaps her body could still go on for a bit, but the worst of luck showed it's face, for which she'd faint soon after.)

(This is a joint post between BlinkXPoke and Cinia Pacifica.)

While relieved that her accusation was simply a misunderstanding, Jun was still mildly wounded by Ayane's words. Being mistaken for a pervert was a blow to his self-esteem. Regardless, he accepted her apology. He could tell it was a sincere apology, especially since she looked as though she felt guilty about it. In fact, it also for some reason made Jun feel guilty himself.

He was caught off guard when Ayane leaned toward him and patted his head. It was surprising, but comforting. I could never be mad at her; Ayane seems so nice... It was kind of my fault that this misunderstanding happened, anyways...

Jun's eyes lit up when Ayane agreed to help him. "Thank you! Thank you!" he exclaimed repeatedly, nearly knocking over the pile of cans he set up near him in his excitement. "Whoa!" He mangaged to prevent the pile from completely toppling over by grabbing the cans that nearly fell. He set one aside for himself to drink, and offered another to Ayane. "Would you like one?" It was a peach-flavored drink, one of Jun's personal favorites.

Ayane smiled, it seemed that her attempt at cheering him up worked more than she thought it would, so much that he almost accidentally knocked over the cans... was it really that big of a deal that he'd receive her help? Ayane wondered, all she could have him do was the usual, have him do more exercise. This is pretty much the only solution given to the level 0 students who gets special classes. She was pretty sure this was most likely the case, his general psychic attributes - such as telekinesis or psychometry - was low, as such he hadn't been able to control his power. His body needed to be more active physically, at the same time he also needed to train his mind. This was her educated guess.

It was actually amusing to Jun that Ayane had forgotten his name yet again. His name isn't very complex, and he considers himself to be a memorable person, due to his personality. With a grin, he told her "Shi-mi-zu Jun-i-chi!" for the third time, slowly this time. "Just call me Jun if it's too difficult to remember!" He remained cheerful, so Ayane wouldn't feel bad about this matter. Even this aside, it was fun to talk to her.

Ayane had a rather innocent look on her face, she assumed that Jun would be mad, just like the last time they met. But it didn't seemed to be the case this time, "Mnm... Shi-mi-zu Jun-i-chi... Jun, Jun, Jun..." she went silent for a moment, as if taking time to memorize the name, then took a moment to articulate an actual response to his words, "Hopefully, I'll remember it," she gave a forced smile. She held absolutely no confidence in those words she uttered just now.

Ayane had a problem with remembering people themselves, more than their names, especially those who weren't a part of her personal life. She hadn't been to school much in her past. She received special classes in Nagatenjouki Academy, where she was alone in the entire classroom every single day. Other than her grandfather, not many maids or servants tended to her either. More like, the workers at home seemed to be very reluctant to speak to her, so she stopped trying to converse with them to spend time. The only people whose names were always know to her, were the famous people who aired via media, her grandfather, some of the prominent researchers who had helped her on her never-ending journey to level 5, few of her classmates, and lastly, her parents. Remembering a random level 0 Aero Hand user was a new challenge to her. She had always prioritized remembering more about her studies, notes, abilities, laws of the world, etc.

"That said, J-u-n, how'd you like me to help you 'train' you anyway?" she asked, confirming if he had any prior plans. She folded her arms below her chest, her facial expression returned to her cool and collective type of smile.

The slow manner in which Ayane said Jun's name was odd. I get this feeling she's gonna forget my name again... At least she remembers me as a person. The slow progress was beginning to bother him, but he remained patient. He was sure that given more time, Ayane will warm up to him, and they could be friends. But, for today, she was his mentor. He took a long swig of a drink from one of the cans before responding.

"I wanted to learn to more easily control my power. My ability triggers randomly sometimes, and I was never able to actually activate it willingly until last night," Jun explained what he needed to improve on. "For now, the ejection points I create a gust of wind that's only strong enough to lift small, light objects, like this." He quickly finished the rest of the drink before setting it down on the armrest, then he placed his palm on the side of can, praying Please work... A moment later, the can was launched forward, landing roughly ten feet in front of it's starting point.

That impressed Jun himself. He's never successfully activated his ability it on his first attempt, and it usually doesn't have the velocity he had created this time. "Wow, that one was better than usual..." he said staring surprised in the direction of the empty can.

Ayane sighed. It was a long and audible sigh. "It's because of the fact that the low level students are either, satisfied with being at their current level; thinking that it's good enough, or their small improvements impresses them too much!" Ayane made an expression that rivaled that of a professional teacher's style. "Esper abilities can only be strong when the person thinks that he or she can become more stronger, or arrogantly thinks that they're strong. That's what influences their Personal Reality to adjust the way they think. This is just something I was taught in my special classes before I entered high school, though. You simply need to believe in yourself more, don't let small improvements get you impressed, then you'll have a hard time getting to a greater level."

She took a moment to clear her throat and continued, "I started out as a level 2, but I reached level 3 in the next System Scan after I became an esper, and then I reached level 4 through sheer confidence in myself. It took me an year to do it. This was considered relatively fast. Actually, it was too fast, perhaps. However, while there were people who expected me to become a level 5 just like that, they are still disappointed even as of now. Perhaps I didn't think hard enough that I am a strong person... " she looked down; heaving another sigh.

"So anyway, I think we'll have start back from the basics of the basics, Jun-kun. I've concluded that you need to get into better shape physically. So that means, more exercise! You should run laps in the field on your school. Or even build muscles. This can also help develop your confidence. If you become strong physically, there is a possibility that you'd get stronger mentally too, confidence is a strong factor to espers," this was definitely taught to her when she was young. It was taught in her special classes. However, Ayane didn't mentioned that she didn't went through the same thing, because she didn't had to. Ayane had to literally train only using her powers, as advised by the researchers, she also took drugs and many methods were used to make her power stronger, artificially. When she reached level 4, her power changed from normal Aero Hand to Tornado Hand; experiments were the result of her power. As such, she was a known candidate to level 5.

Although there is also the possiblity that Jun may think that he has it in him, but his subconscious mind could be refusing it. Ayane had to think of a better solution, but the solution she had given could work, for now at least.

Her words were blunt, but she was completely correct, that's what Jun felt. "Ever since I started practicing, it's true that I've been satisfied with relatively small achievements," Jun reflected on the slow prgoress of his training, as well. Over the course of several months, he learned to create small gusts of wind that launched empty cans a few feets away, sometimes. Before then, he would sit alone depressed, after System Scans whenever he was branded a level 0, with absolutely no powers.

Meanwhile, Ayane was able to increase her level within a year. From level 3 to level 4, on top of everything else. Jun was jealous of her, but used it as motivation. If she can do it, I can do it, too! he affirmed himself.

He took her words to heart. "Get stronger physically... alright!" It occured to Jun that he doesn't exercise often. He walks to and from school, and is moderately active during his late-night training, but never does any actual vigorous physical training. It would be a big change in his daily routine, but it'd be a change for the better.

"Thanks for the advice! I won't disappoint you, Ayane. I'll do my best and become a strong esper like you!" It would be a steep hill for Jun to climb, trying to match her, but he had already made his decision. I can only improve if I set my goals high, right? He would keep this in mind as he practices from here on out.

Ayane dropped her little teacher act and smiled. She felt a small bit of pride rise in her from the fact that she managed motivated Jun. "Mhm, that's the spirit. But don't overexert yourself, now. Remember, one step at a time, yes?", Ayane patted Jun again. To which he gave his response with a nod. He seemed really determined, he'd most likely spend the rest of his day doing lots of exercises, and hopefully not stay up late at night, she hoped. Ayane's phone then gave a sudden buzz with vibration. "Ahh... it seems like my time already out. Work calls, I need to go now, see you again, Jun."

Ayane waved her hand towards Jun as she walked off. Even her way of walking distinguished from that of normal girls. It had a feel of dignity and elegance in it. It was around 4:25pm. Ayane strolled across the pavement, her cell phone was put next to her right ear, "Yes, Misaki-san?"

((OOC: Jun's day ends with this post.))

September 30st, morning, school time, 12:36pm:

"So, she's gone, you say?"

"Specifically, kidnapped."

"But why? Why'd they kidnap a child like her? You haven't told me much about her yesterday, but does she have some kind of a special power?"

"Deceleration. That's her ability. Academy City wouldn't pass this up without developing it for their own experiments."

"So... "

"I assume those opposing the Academy City's will kidnapped her to stop it's plans, perhaps~? ★"

"That's going a little too far, I mean... she's only a young child!"

"Most adults don't think like that."


Misaki sighed. This morning, Fuyuko was nowhere to be found. She spent an hour looking everywhere, until she found some suspicious from yesterday's experiment. It was the person who drove them back to School Garden, a woman who seemed pretty. Upon getting all the information with her powers, Misaki realized that something was going on. With the use of her power and connections, she found out that recent 'terrorists' that had appeared in a certain mall for their operations - namely, a faction from the underworld of Academy City known as 'BLOCK' - kidnapped Fuyuko to use her as a bargaining chip of some kind against the Superintendent of the city. It was a futile move, most likely. Such a thing wouldn't help them, she believed. It was a foolish move, Misaki decided to save Fuyuko, the girl who reminded her of her now-deceased friend, Dolly. She clenched her fist, with a pose she spoke to Ayane who sat beside her, on a subway station, "You're coming with me, your attacking ability will be helpful~! ★"

Ayane smiled, "I'd help out even if you didn't ask me to, Misaki-san," she then showed an expression of seriousness, "So, where are the BLOCK members hiding?"

"According to the information I got. Resource Recycling Center Number 3, a facility in district 5. A large establishment used for processing recyclable materials. It is almost fully automated, so around only 14 people were employed in the facility. It's rather easy to take over for people who can get around security easily."

"Well? What are we waiting for, then?"

"Preparations, I'm almost done~! ★" she gave a cute pose to portray her future-victory. "I'll let you watch something spectacular, Ayane-san!" she then mentioned that by the time they reached facility, it'd be around 2:45pm.

It was morning, just like any other day, Sana went to school. It was the same as always, nothing really seemed to change.Sana was fine with that, all she really cared for in school was to get higher grades and move on. But today, something else was in her mind, she couldn't forget the fight she witnessed yesterday, between Misaka and the boy. I wonder if that boy was her boyfriend, Sana thought. I sure wouldn't mind learning a bit more about him...

When school was over, Sana headed back to her dorm room to pick up Touma, her stuffed rabbit doll. Today, she decided that she'd hang out at the school gardens with Touma under her arms. "Looking for Tamaki wouldn't be a good idea for a few days, don't you think Touma?" she spoke to her doll like she always does while approching it in her room; she was still hurt remembering what Tamaki had told her the other day at that mall. "Okay Touma, lets head to our favorite pastry shop today," she gently picked him up and headed out to the school garden.

Just as Sana left her room, Kongou Mitsuko could be seen standing in the corridor. Sana was a bit confused as to why she was just standing there, but decided to greet her roommate anyway. "Hello Mitsu-chan, is something the matter?"

"O-Oh, hello Sana-chan, well you see..." Kongou Mitsuko then stopped abruptly, but it seemed as though she was unable to speak, "N-Nevermind! Don't mind me Sana-chan!"

"Oh, okay well, if you need help with something, I wouldn't mind doing so, once I'm get back, Mitsu-chan," she replied and waved her hand towards her as she walked off, "I wonder if something happen, Touma. I've never seen her act like that before. I know, lets invite her next time, maybe she just wanted to hang out."

Sana soon exited the dorms and found herself in the School Garden. The School Garden had a rather antique feeling to it. The streets felt even more brisk and harder, especially the pavement as they seemed to be made of silver stones and bricks, which gave a rather pleasant feel to the area, the houses and buildings inside School Garden gave a different feel as well. Sana decided to explore this wonderful area; known to be the paradise of rich girls, she thought that she'd start with the shops first. "Touma, why don't we get Mitsu-chan a gift, if she's feeling down maybe a little gift might cheer her up," after looking at some of the shops Sana decided to buy her a few gifts.

After some time, Sana finally arrived at the pastry shop she wanted to go to. "What do you think we should have today, Touma?" Sana spoke to her doll as she entered the shop.

Misaka Mikoto strolled around the streets of School Garden. Today she'd meet Saten Ruiko and Uiharu Kazari, along with her best friend, as well as her roommate; Shirai Kuroko. However, must to their dismay, each had their own reasons for not being able to make it. Kuroko and Uiharu had Judgement work. Saten had... some business with confirming rumors, which Mikoto didn't know if she'd want to assist her with. In the end, finding herself bored, she walked alongside the pavements of School Garden, not knowing how to spend the rest of the day. The other day, she fought with a rather persistent boy known as Touma, the battle ended up in yet another draw. Mikoto still felt smug and annoyed about the conclusion. She had also been wondering about something... "Just who was that girl who passed through the bridge that day? Was she someone that he knew? Or was it just an innocent civilian? I didn't expect a student to be out of school at that time," she asked to particularly anyone.

However, there was irony in her statement, she herself skipped classes that day. Perhaps she felt that it was alright for her to do so. She is, after all, one of the well known geniuses of Tokiwadai. Mikoto's knowledge may be on par, or greater than Touma's, as Tokiwadai is known to follow a more advanced course. As a prestigious school, raising the best of the best, rich and pure girls is the duty of it's educators. Mikoto is one of the top scorers of the exams at Tokiwadai, her fast calculation ability is proven whenever she is able to dish out static electricity at her own will as if it's as easy as breathing oxygen in and out of her lungs. This is why classes would sometimes be boring to Mikoto, and she'd end up skipping classes to look for something 'fun' around the city, but this doesn't really make her a delinquent.

"Well, what do you know... speak of the devil!" Mikoto's chestnut-colored eyes were set on a girl who walked into a pastry store. Mikoto didn't see the face, but her brain recognized the very figure, and that silver long hair, she also realized the stuffed doll that coddled over her chest; covered by her arms, she wore the name school uniform as her; Tokiwadai Middle school uniform. Mikoto hadn't realized till now, but she is from the same school as herself. Mikoto concluded that she'd know for sure if she saw the face - especially the eyes, both the colors of her eyes are of different colors, she wondered just what caused her eyes to have such colors.

Mikoto walked into the store. She placed her hand on the silver-haired girl's right shoulder, [b]"Excuse me but, are you the one who I saw in the bridge yesterday?"

In the morning class, Hono was unusually quiet and surprisingly wore his school shoes, not his boots. The teacher and his friends was surprised to see this. “Kazuki Hono, are you sick?” his teacher asked. “No ma'am.” Hono answered it politely and smiled. His friends were surprised by his reaction. Unusually whispering can be heard from the back. “He's lost it, Hono has lost it.” One of his friend whispered to his other friend. “I know right? Did he hit his head too hard last night?” his friend replied. “I don't know, but I think it's good for him to be like this once in a while, we can concentrate on studying.” his friend answered nervously to avoid getting thrown with a chalk by the teacher.

The school bell rang, signing that it was time to go home. Hono stood up as the teacher told the students that they were dismissed and ran out.Now, since she's a first year. She'll probably around the school grounds memorising the locations. Hono walked around the school grounds, looking for his 'friend' that he met at the park yesterday. Then suddenly, his phone rang. Hono quickly picked it up and answered the call, “Kazuki-kun, the District 5's sewage needs maintenance, the usual leaves, dirt and trash. They also said something about a leak because of the trash, take care of it, and lastly just say that the company sent you and you can enter the area.” The call ended. That goddamn old man, always making calls like this. Hono returned to his dorm to change his clothes back to his usual work clothes and he put on his trusted boots.

Why District 5? There's only some university stuffs there. Hono's grumpy mood made his wait walk less enjoyable, then he thought, Well, there's nothing wrong with that, since they still pay money for the maintenance that I do. Hono stopped at a buss stop and waited for a buss to District 5. Li, I hope that you're fine today.

Waking to the sound of his phone going off, Sadao sits up in bad and snatches it off his night stand. Flipping it open the call connects.

"Wake up you have work to do. A girl named Hyotoki Fuyuko has been kidnapped by Block. You are to retrieve her, and bring her back to School Garden before anyone else can get to her. You will be reviewing mission details with Maria when she arrives. Any questions?" she asked in a slightly impatient tone.

"I supposed not." Sadao snapped back. He just woke up, and really wasn't in the mood. "Requesting an additional firearm, IMI Tavor Tar, as well as silencing equipment."

"Done. Anything else?"

"No"

Hanging up the phone with the woman he sprung out of bed and headed to the shower. Keeping it short he hopped out and got dressed, and prepared his equipment before putting his bulletproof vest on. Then he placed his hooded vest on over that and zipped it up. Carrying his gun belt with him he threw it on the couch and sat down strapping on his boots.

Walking to the window he made sure the coast was clear before sliding down. Walking down his hallway dressed like that was a bad idea. Maria was parked right next to were he landed. Walking to the car he opened the door to the back seats throwing in his gun belt. A long case was waiting for him in on the floor of the car. Getting in he opened the case and pulled out the Tavor. Taking it out he saw the ejection port was configured for a left handed person. Sighing he disassembled the gun slightly and reassembled it for right. Then finally he screwed in the suppressor.

After she saw that he was done Maria tossed back the gun box for the pistol he always used. Taking it out he checked it over before screwing in the silencer for it as well. Finishing the gun work he looked to Maria who handed him a file.

"Resource Recycling Center Number 3...That is in district 5 right?" asked Sadao.

Maria nodded. "It was an easy mark. By now they must have fortified it. You will have to find a good way to get inside." she answered.

Looking over the layout of the place he found a few places to get in. The place wasn't built to be a base or anything of the sort. The west end of the building housed the garages for the trucks to bring in materials. They might be using it to bring in additional soldiers. The roof would no doubt be covered, that was obvious. He needed to find a different way in. Looking closer at the map he found what he was looking for.

"Here, this vent takes me to the control room. Drive me past the south side of the building." ordered Sadao.

"Understood. Be ready at 2:15: answered Maria.

September 30. After School.

Jun had errands to run today. His parents had called him earlier in the day to deliver some documents to Dangai University. They made some connections there in order to help fund the Shimizu Hospital just after its founding, and have maintained relations up until now.

His parents called the school to give him permission to leave before class ended. Jun quickly bid his classmates a farewell before leaving, explaining that he neded to go somewhere. He was glad to have left the classroom before being assualted by a barrage of questions regarding the "date with a college girl" he had mentioned the day before. It was still funny to him, and would liked to have talked with his peers about it, but this matter he needed to attend to seemed urgent.

He rode a bus to the Shimizu Hospital to pick up the documents. For the first time in a while, Jun saw his parents during the day, which would've been a pleasant surprise, but they were preoccupied working on other tasks with other employees. They did catch a glimpse of him, and stopped to greet him. Jun and his parents chatted for a short while about each others day and both his mother and his father apologized for not being around him much, lately, promising to take him to a nice dinner sometime soon, so that they could talk more freely and to catch up.

After roughly a minute, Jun's parents were once again called over by other workers needing assistance. Just before they went away, Jun asked his father to confirm if the documents he was carrying were the correct ones. After briefly scanning through the papers, his father gave his son a thumb up, and chuckled at himself.

"Just to make sure, you do know where Dangai University is, right? And which office to go to?" His father made sure to get confirmation.

"Yup. It's in District 5, and is a pretty big building; it's hard to miss!" Jun gave a thumbs up, as well.

His father laughed, again. "Good, good. That's my boy!" He said with pride before returning to his duties.

It would take another bus ride to get to District 5. Once he found a seat, Jun put on his headphones as he waited to get to his location, and listened to some rock music. He was a bit curious about the documents he was carrying in his bag, but he knew better than to read them. He let his mind wander elsewhere.

"I oughta get started on some daily exercise routine." He remembered Ayane's advice to improve his esper abilities. Sighing, he made a mental note: "I'll start tomorrow, for sure. I didn't expect that I wouldn't be able to today."

As the school bell rang, Li packed her bag as the class rep approached her.

"Li-chan, do you have time after school?" With a wordless nod, the class rep continued, "Great, I need a favor. The teacher needs to run some documents to the school's affiliated college in District 5. I was supposed to do so, but we're having an unscheduled student council meeting."

"Sure, I can do that. But why ask me?" Li asked and as soon as she did so, she noticed a few other students suddenly turn away or continued pretending to ignore the class rep.

"Never mind, too many cowards in this class, just give me the necessary info," Li added with a scoff. She got the delivery location and then went to the staff office to pick up the documents, which were stored in a tied manila folder. Then she made her way to the nearest bus stop. As she walked to the bus stop, she couldn't help but look around for Hono ever so briefly before shaking her head. As soon as the next bus headed to Distrct 5 arrived, she got on, popped some earphones on and started listening to some music on her cell phone.

The next morning, Shou woke up exceptionally late. He looked at the clock to find that it was already 12 o' clock, noon. However, he wasn't surprised as he vaguely remembered hearing the sound of his alarm, but simply turning it off and falling back to sleep. Thanks to the extra rest, and even more thanks to Academy City's advanced medications, Shou was feeling as if he had recovered from most of the damage he sustained. Already aware of the fact that he had missed a majority of his classes, he took a shower, made some pasta with some ingredients lying around, and to take some more pain relieving medication once he finished.

Afterwards, he decided it was a bit too late to be attending even his last few classes; and along with that, he seemed to have lost his motivation to go to the laboratory as well. He tried to review what he could remember from last night, but he still had no luck remembering the face of the man that knocked him out. Frustrated and slightly bored, Shou decided to get some fresh air. Wearing a simple T-shirt, a light jacket, jeans and shoes, he took a set of metal pins and he teleported to the top of his roof.

'What do I do now…?' Shou contemplated to himself as he looked out at the sky blankly.

It didn't take long for him to decide though; he decided there was no way he could just sit around. For starters he would head back over to District 7 and see if he could find anything interesting. Casually and slowly, he walked to the edge of the roof, teleported to the next closest roof, and walked a bit more. He continued this method of traveling simply looking around seeing if he could find anything that piqued his interest. He was nearing the boundary between District 5 and District 7 and nothing had caught his eye yet. Regular students, commuters, shop owners, automated machines, and broadcasting displays roamed the streets like any other day. Then, Shou noticed a car traveling down a road.

'This is rare, I wonder what's going on,' Shou's interest was ever-so-slightly piqued. While there was the occasional delivery truck, or supplier truck, it was rare to actually see cars used to commute in district 5 as most stores, laboratories, and universities were within walking distance of one another. Shou decided to take a detour and follow the car wondering if it was a major researcher or superintendent.

Two two stood before the facility known as Resource Recycling Center Number 3, otherwise known as Third Resource Recycling Processing Facility, it is a facility in which recyclable materials were processed from the four school districts that surrounded the 5th school district. Misaki and Ayane took a bus trip to enter district 5, from the lower portion of district 7. Their objective was clear; rescue Fuyuko, dismantle BLOCK's operations. With Misaki by her side, Ayane felt a reassuring sense of safety that everything will go smoothly, as she is the famous level 5, Mental Out, what could possible go wrong?

Spreading out in all directions for two kilometers and having 24 entrances along with exits, the facility is composed of several metallic pipes and cylindrical fuel tanks that are over 100 meters in diameter, as well as several smokestacks. Along with the steel and concrete structure of the building and other necessary components such as steam pipes, metal pressing machines as well as complex automated machinery that operate on large motors, the facility can apparently become very humid and may scatter powerful electromagnetic waves in it's grounds, this would trouble Misaka Mikoto's head if she were to ever step into this facility.

Nearly, the entire facility is automated, with most of the human employees working within the control center of the building. It is known that around at least 14 employees works at this place. However, Misaki doubted that those were got away safely, they may be dead, or tied up somewhere, it was also possible that they managed to run away, but with BLOCK having taken over this facility, Misaki highly doubted it, they were specialized units comprised of armed and trained adults, they previously worked for the Underworld of Academy City, and are still connected to it somehow, now baring fangs against the ruler of the city. It only caused unnecessary problems for others, they most likely wouldn't be able to do anything good against the superintendent anyway. Misaki pondered about just what they wanted to achieve.

Just as Misaki and Ayane were about to walk inside, a man walked him way to Misaki, and greeted her, referring to her as 'The Queen', Ayane was confused, what was going on? The man was clearly dressed like a member of BLOCK, the gear seemingly made for combat use, the black helm covering the entire head and the rest of the attire, clearly screamed that he was a member of the faction known as BLOCK. Then why would be treat Misaki so highly? Ayane continued to watch, as the man gave every bit of information, and even claimed to have 'everything prepared'.

"Let the show begin."

As they walked inside, it seemed like a whole squadron faced Misaki and Ayane, they didn't doubt anything for a moment, mercilessly releasing fire on Misaki and Ayane with their firearms. The man who previously greeted Misaki immediately in front of Misaki to give his body up for her. The barrage of bullets seamlessly invaded his body, blood spilling onto the floor, before the bullets could penetrate the skin of the two girls, Ayane instinctively touched the floor and a tornado was created, it rose up both the females off the ground; avoiding the bullets. Another round of bullets were fired, this time, it came from behind the group of men who just attacked Misaki and Ayane. Ayane was even more confused, those who shot the enemies from behind also wore the same outfit.

Ayane had been considering this but, she confirmed it this time. Misaki had taken over some of the members of BLOCK with her power, Mental Out. It's no wonder that they refer to her as 'The Queen of Tokiwadai'. She took a glance of Misaki's facial expression, she wore the befitting smile of the queen who looked down at her bloody 'play'. Members of BLOCK members killing each other, effectively getting her job done without even staining her hand with deep red blood, So this is 'The Queen of Tokiwadai', unbelievable... can I ever reach her level? I wonder... " The tornado subsided and her tamed allies ran to Misaki, kneeling down for her commands.

"The girl is safe, right?"

"Yes, my Queen, we've shot all those who held her captive and kept her safe, and waited for your arrival. However, some of your enemies are still around the facility, my Queen."

"Good, take me to her now, then."

(This is a joint post between Katsucha and Cinia Pacifica.)

The moment in which a hand grabbed her shoulder, Sana gasped. She quickly got off her chair, then turned around to see who it was. Ever since the incident that shook her life forever, she was very uncomfortable about someone touching her from the back, the self-cautiousness suddenly rose up in her brain like an electric shock, prompting her to give such a reaction to a simple action in which someone touches her from behind. After seeing who it was, Sana was left speechless. She couldn't believe it was Misaka Mikoto, who stood there look at her. Many questions popped up in her mind; none escaped through her lips. She couldn't even imagine Misaka to remember her face, as she only saw her for a few seconds in the bridge, they were not face-to-face either. This shocked her. "Huh? The bridge? I don't know what you're talking about, I was at school all day yesterday," Sana lied, even she herself didn't know why she did that, but she did. Perhaps it was instinctive.

Misaka looked puzzles, ... Really? she took a moment to ponder. That couldn't be, the features are familiar, the hair color, to the eyes, to even the very curves of her figure, that includes the uniform too. She was clearly lying. This made Misaka even more suspicious. "Don't lie! Who are you, a spy?! Who hired you?!! I saw your face, the eye-colors that clearly makes you stand out, and the hair!" Misaka tried to tone down her voice, as this was still in the public. She wore an expression of suspicion and doubt. She could also be someone hired by the higher-ups to keep an eye on her.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to spy on you and your boyfriend's argument. It just tso happened that the two of you were in the bridge I had to pass to go to a certain place," Sana replied frantically. "I'm really sorry! I didn't mean to spy on you," Sana said as she bowed her head.

"Then, why did you lie?" Misaka held an expression of disbelief, as if realizing something she said, Misaka suddenly snapped, while shuddering, "W-W-W-Wait!! What?!! He isn't my b-b-b-b-boyfriend!!" Misaka heavily stuttered. Her face seemed to be as red as a rose. It was flustered so much that one would mistake her face for a large tomato if they saw her from outside the shop.

"Really? But, the way you got mad at him in the park seemed like you got mad at him for cheating on you or forgetting something important related to you," Sana said as she started calming down a bit. "Also, the reason I lied was because I didn't think anyone from school would have seen me out on that day. I'm not one to skip out on school, after all," Sana bowed again in apology.

"N-N-N-No!! I-Its not like that at all! We don't have that kind of a relationship, really! I just had a score to settle with that guy is all!" Misaka clearly had something akin to a panic attack. Her blushed face slightly glowed with scarlet light, her embarrassment was soon reaching it's peak. Upon hearing her next sentence, she was able to somehow calm herself down. "Wait, what? If you're one to not to skip school, why'd you skip in the first place? That's clearly not something a serious student would do," as she was able to somewhat bring her mind down from the state of turmoil, she took a seat beside the silver-haired girl with whom she started to get somewhat acquainted with.

"I see, so I misunderstood the situation, then." Sana replied, a bit nervously as she never expected to be having a conversation with the Misaka Mikoto. "Well, you see, the reason I skipped was because one of the children at the orphanage I volunteered to work on, wanted me to peform on their birthday for them but it just so happenedd that their party was being held before class ended, and I needed to show up earlier to prepare it."

"Oh... I see, I'm sorry for jumping to conclusions, then," Misaka pondered for a moment... a play, volunteering on what? "Volunteered? To do what?" she then remembered something, "Ah, that was kind of rude of me. I didn't introduce myself, did I? My name is Misaka Mikoto," she was so tense and suspicious that she forgot all about introducing.

"My name is Minase Sana. Its a big pleasure talking to you Misaka-san," Sana said nervously. "I-If you're wondering about the volounteer work, its performing plays for children," Sana then manipulated electromagnetic field to make her doll float in the air, "And I am Sana-sama's biggest helper and her best friend Touma," doll said as if it where alive.

"Nice to meet you as well," Misaka then raised her eyebrows after hearing that she volunteered, "Ooh, no wonder you skipped classes. Though, volunteering for children huh? Sounds like a great thing to do." That's one nice person, but a play? "But... what kinda play? And why are you voice acting your doll... ?" Misaka felt confused, rather, she was weirded out. She confirmed it this time, Another weirdo!! there was no irony. A person with heterochromia in her eyes, silver-hair, going around with a doll, with which she acts as though it's alive and voices out the words of the 'doll'. She knew that there were all sorts of weird people in Academy City, as espers were nothing normal, but were abnormal, but this was beyond her, and the fact that she made the doll float was even weirder to Misaka, but then something came to her mind, The doll floated?.

Misaka held onto a forced smile on her facial features, a corner of her mouth slightly twitching. This was the first time she met a person who's almost every features were abnormal to -this- extent. But then she felt something, it felt like magnetic waves oozing out of this person, Could it be... an electromaster?!, this feeling was backed up by the fact that she made the doll float. Misaka remembered that she was able to make dolls float and could control them by putting metallic objects inside them, this person known as Sana can do the same thing to. She didn't realized it till now, because there's so many things in the city that had electrical and electromagnetical phenomena going on, as it was Academy City - the mecca of electronics. As such they were the most common items in the city, but after getting considerably close - physically - to this person known as Minase Sana, it become evident that she too, is an electromaster.

"Oh you can tell I was doing the voice?" Sana said with a bit of astonishment, normaly some people believed it was just electronic and that it was a type of robot which spoke by itself, "Well I just thought it'd be fun to show you what kind of performance I do," Sana said while her face got a bit red.

"W-Well... I assumed you manipulated the doll via electro magnetism, by putting a metallic object inside the doll itself, otherwise I can't feel anything that would make the doll some kinda mini-robot, besides, the voice sounded really similar to yours anyway, that much was obvious to Misaka, the level 5 strongest electromaster, that the doll couldn't possibly speak on it's own, a logical deduction would be that Sana herself spoke in it's stead, while she did think that kids would love these kind of plays, she herself felt slightly interested; perhaps her childish side was showing. "So, the plays are done with the type of dolls like the one you're holding there?"

On the other hand, she thought, is that the doll's name... was Touma, the same name of the person who she had a score to settle with, and a person who seemed rather hard to understand. Why'd she name this doll the same name as that person? Was it because she was related to him? She pondered about that after asking about the play.

Sana's eyes sparkled with happiness. She never thought that she'd be having this type of a conversation with the Misaka Mikoto. She thought she'd probably make fun of her for what she did or even say it was childish. "Yes, the plays are done with dolls like Touma, though the only difference is that I make the other dolls myself. Usually I use dolls of cats, dogs, pigs, rabbits, frogs, lions and few other kind," Sana said euthustically.

"Ooh, so you must be really good at sewing. By the way... why is your doll named 'Touma'?" Misaka carefully calculated the moment at which she let the question out of the bag, she'd probably let the answer out swiftly this way, as she seemed to be somewhat excited while conversing about this specific topic. But wait... she thought, her face lit up, with stars on her eyes, as if she inherited Shokuhou Misaki's eyes for a slight moment through a miracle, but it soon went away with disappointment Frog?! Oh wait... frog... she realized that only she is a gekoer, she most likely meant normal frogs, not gekota.

Sana slightly tilted her head, wondering why she'd ask that of all things. It then came to her mind that she did happen to hear the boy's name in the bridge back then, "Don't worry! It doesn't have anything with your freind Touma. It's just a coincidence that they have the same name. It just so happens to be the name I like. When I combine the names of my siblings and our last name, you get 'Touma' you see. I guess we where really close that in a way I just want to feel like we are still all together having fun," Sana said, laughing a bit.

"I-Its not like I was asking about your doll's name for THAT guy anyway!! Jeez!" Misaka took heavy breaths, as if to try to calm herself down. "But wait, siblings' names? Is that like the initials of their other names?"

"Pretty much yeah. The 'T' is for my little sister Tamaki, the 'O' is for Okito the youngest of the boys, the 'U' is for Ukito the third eldest sibling, of course the 'M' is for our last name Minase, and finally the 'A' is for Arata the eldest of the boys."

"Woah, you have so many siblings... but hmm, Tamaki, I feel like I've heard that name before somewhere... I think it was when I visited my friend's workplace. She works in Judgement."

"I hope you didn't hear her name after she got into some trouble or something," Sana let out a laugh again. "My sister works for Judgment as well, so that's why you probably heard her name. Though I'm surprised to hear you know somewhat from Judgement as well. Your friend must be a wonderful person helping out others."

"Well, my roommate Shirai Kuroko, also my best friend, has been working for Judgement since she was young, I've visited the office she works on from time to time with a friend too. You should come hang around with us sometime, it's fun, you might even see your sister at work, who knows. Although I think your little sister works under a different branch office," Misaka smiled as she suggested her to hang out together. She seemed like a nice person, albeit weird, Misaka didn't feel any ill intent when she explained her situation when they met in the bridge. A new friend is never a bad thing.

Sana felt joy in hearing Misaka words. Ever since she came to Academy City, she was barely able to make any friends. The sudden thought of what might happen if she did meet Tamaki at the Judgment headquarters came to mind. A bit of fear had come to Sana's mind since she had not forgotten the words her sister had told her the other day. Even though all she wants is to see that her sister is safe, but all Tamaki had been doing ever since she joined Judgement is avoid her. Sana soon realized she was crying, she quickly wiped her tears, "I-I'm sorry but I think it would be a bad idea if I go, I don't think Tamaki would want to see me there if we ran into each other," Sana said as she tried to calm her self down.

Misaka panicked, she had no idea why she'd suddenly start crying, but she tried her best to calm her down instantly. The padestrians and the other customers of the pastry shop took glances too, hearing the girly squirmes of the cry. Putting her hand on her shoulder, she tried to cheer her up, "C-Calm down, I don't know if you two had a fight with each other or something! But I think there's only a 2% chance of you ever getting to meet her on that branch office!" Misaka was bad at cheering people up, especially when she did it frantically while she felt panicked and pressured herself, "And besides, you can make up if you meet her again, right?!"

"I-I'm really sorry about this!" Sana apologized as she started to calm down, "It's just that I don't even know why she started avoiding me! All I want to do is to protect her!! I just don't want something to happen to her again!" Sana said as she took some small deep breaths. "You must think I'm some kind of weirdo cause of my sudden outburst you probably don't want to hang out with me now"

"Hmm... how should I say this," Misaka hesitated for a moment, smiling and scratching the back of her head for a moment, "I mean, I totally know the feeling when you get worried like that for a sibling. But I think she just doesn't want you to worry about her, if she knows that you're worried sick, you'll be getting in the way of her work mentally. So... uh, what I'm trying to say is, just try to protect her from the shadows, or something. I don't know, it's not like I'd stay still if I heard that someone important to me is getting into danger, but you know, sometimes it's also good to trust people. Kuroko isn't as strong as me but she gets her job done, I hear she was strong even when she was young. So, let your little sister grow? You could watch over her secretly and help out in a way she wouldn't know, or something, when she gets into something that is truly beyond her hands. Ah, sorry, I'm not too good with dealing with these kind of feelings either, I'm somewhat in a similar postion as you. Sometimes I wish they'd just ask for my help instead of recklessly dealing with danger!" Misaka gave a light laugh, she didn't know how to express her feelings properly, but she did it anyway.

As they approached the facility Sadao looked at the side of the building. There were two guards on this side making their rounds. Just two guards was easy enough. This looked like his break. Unlocking the door he waited until he felt Maria slow down slightly. Stepping out and using his powers to steady himself he aimed down his sight and shot the first man. Then crouching he steadied himself and shot the second man in the leg. As he fell Sadao finished him off with a single head shot. Running towards the gate he used his power to jump slightly higher and grabbed onto the gate vaulting over it.

Sprinting towards the wall he pulled out his knife. Climbing up the wall he stabbed it into the corner of the vent. Cracking the vent far enough for him to get his hand behind he ripped the vent off the wall and tossed it to the ground before climbing into the air duct. He figured that they wouldn't know the complete layout of the facility by heart yet. So he had a little time before they knew where the vent he took went. Sadao climbed through the vent carefully as to make the least amount of noise. Soon he reached the vent to the control room. Looking inside he saw the room was empty. Kicking the vent in he landed in the room. Readying his gun he kept it trained on the door in case someone came in. Suddenly he heard the sound of shots going off outside.

'That isn't for me' he thought. Looking at the security feeds he saw some men shooting off camera. Then shortly after they were shot down, seemingly by their own comrades. Whoever his opponent was had inside connections. Which meant he didn't have much time left to find the girl. 'Just who the hell am I messing with here?' thought Sadao

"Just gotta go in, get out, and go home..." The task Jun was given was about that simple. He opened his bag to ensure the documents his parents had asked him to deliver were still inside. They were contained in a small binder, and taped onto the cover was the recipient's name: "Fushiki Naoki". It isn't a name Jun is familiar with, but it isn't relevant information for his task. According to his father, Jun can simply give it over to an attendent at the front desk, and it will get to where it needs to go.

Jun finally reached his stop. As he got off of the bus, he noticed that his music player's battery was beginning to die out, so he shut it down to preserve it. There was still about half of a mile to walk, but this was the closest he could get to Dangai University with the bus he took: just past the soutwest border of District 5. His destination is north of this location.

Along the way, Jun passed by the Third Resource Renewal Center. As far as he knows, this facility is automated, requiring very few human workers. He noticed two girls walking into the building, one of which he recognized. They were accompanied by a man dressed in combat armor. Maintaining a reasonable distance, he followed, needing to know: "Was that..."

His train of thought was interrupted by the deafening roar of gunfire. Jun ran to the nearest wall and covered his ears to attempt to block out the sound, to little avail. He heard two waves of gunshots and the howl of a strong wind, then silence again. A few moments passed before he deemed it safe to check the area.

The moment Jun walked inside, he was greeted by the sight of several dead bodies and the smell of gunpowder and blood. It made him naseous. He put his hands over his mouth and nose as he held back the urge to vomit. In the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of more armored men crouched before one of the girls, the one in a Tokiwadai uniform. Jun instinctively ducked down and hid from their sight, while still carefully trying to see what was happening without exposing himself.

They had already begun moving deeper inside. Jun hesitated for a long while, before leaving his hiding spot to follow, keeping a large distance between himself and that group, and still pondering what he saw before: "Was that you, Shirayuki-san?"

"How could I have missed that stop?!" Li thought, cursing inaudibly as she walked her way around District 5. She missed the closest stop to the college all because she was lost in her thoughts. She shook her head as she checked her cell phone. Luckily, the class rep gave her the address, so Li used the phone's GPS to work her way back.

There were very few people in the area, as this part of District 5 had primarily automated machinery and similar facilities. One such facility, "Third Resource Renewal Center" as Li could barely make out at a distance, she started to approach and pass it. But then she heard echoing of a staccato of loud bangs, most likely from barrages of gunfire, followed by a massive roar of wind. She immediately slid behind the cover of a tree near the fencing that lined around the Center.

Then the sounds of gunfire died down and all that remained was the usual sounds of automated machinery. Li kept her breathing under control and seeing no immediate threats, she carefully made her way to the entrance gate, which seemed to be left opened, almost casually. She carefully made her way inside, all while avoiding open areas, at least until she reached the carnage. Bodies of people shot in all sorts of different ways lay strewn about the immediate area. Li grimaced but managed to keep her composure, despite the grotesque and unfamiliar sight in front of her.

"What on earth...? Wait, these look like militants...or even terrorists..." Li thought as she pull back a little bit and took her cell phone out. She stared at it for a moment before glancing further into the center. "Ah...screw it." She then dialed the default emergency number to Anti-Skill and reported the incident.

"...yes, there are bullet ridden bodies of militants or terrorists here, I don't know. Yes, as I already said, the Third Resource Recycling Center in District 5," Li said as she noticed movement out of the corner of her eye, as a young man wearing a uniform from the same school Li attended ahead of her seemed to cautiously move further in, as if following someone.

"Sure," Li continued as she thought wryly, "Something's going on here and I'm not going to wait for Anti-skill." She turned off her cell phone and tucked her bag off against a shed. She then got a running start and then with a series of hops and jumps, she reached the scaffolding on the second level. She then carefully followed the fellow student further into the center...

“District 5, District 5.” The voice of the bus attendant said that it had arrived to district 5. Hono stood up as the bus slowly stopping to the bus stop. Hono stepped out of the bus and looked around. So, this is District 5. He was amazed to see only a few people and mostly automated facilities around. The place should be right here. Hono looked at his phone to see the area that was sent by his boss. He walked while looking around the area.

As he walked to the location, he saw someone with a certain highschool uniform from a distance, entering a facility. Is that, Li? No no, I must be seeing things. Hono sneaked up to the entrance. Suddenly gun shots could be heard from the inside of the facility. Wait what?! Hono crouched down and peeked in. Who the hell's shooting? More like, who are they shooting at?! Hono crawled inside and avoided the open spaces and hides behind one of the security booths. Where did that girl go? Hono crouch walk to the building in the facility. On his way there, he saw the carnage, What the hell!? Bodies of people got shot in various areas, on their head, chest, legs, and backs.

Hono slapped his cheeks and shakes his head. This must be a movie prop, not real bodies. He lied to him self and looked around again. It's the same girl again only this time she walked up to the scaffolding area. I'm going to find out who you are and what the hell is going on here!

As Shou traveled from roof to roof, slowly following the black car, it took an unexpected turn away from the universities. Slightly confused as to where the car could possibly be going if it wasn't heading towards any of the universities or labs, Shou continued following. After a short while, it became clear that the only notable building that the car was approaching was the Third Resource Renewal Center.

'What the hell? Almost no one works there. And, it's way too late for someone to be clocking in,' Shou thought as he teleported to a building close-by.

The car took a turn and was driving on the road that was on the side of the Third Resource Renewal Center, and Shou noticed that the car slowed down slightly. There were a couple of people walking along the side of the building that were probably either guards or employees perhaps taking a break. Then, just as the black car passed by the two people, a figure rushed out from the backseat of the car. The figure instantly shot one of the men and, without a moment to spare, shot the other one as well.

Shou reactively took cover and hid himself against a stone wall; he was grateful that this roof wasn’t just flat. Though shaken up at the sight, Shou quickly hardened his resolve. With his back still against the wall taking cover, he looked over his shoulder and stuck his head out to see if he could find the figure. It had only been several seconds at most, but the figure, which Shou now figured out was likely a man, was working his way up the side of the building. The man jammed a knife into an air vent and seemingly ripped the vent with his bare hands. Shou couldn't believe what he was seeing. The man entered the vent, and out of Shou's sight. Then, Shou looked for the black car, but that was nowhere to be seen.

'What the fuck?! Why is someone killing people to break into a resource renewal center?' Shou thought as he took cover once again. He forced himself to calm down and take several deep breaths to try and assess the situation, but it didn't take any longer than a minute for his thoughts to be broken.

A barrage of gunshots suddenly erupted from within the building. Shou decided that this was no time to just sit around. Something was happening, and he wasn't about to just stand by. Shou teleported to a building that was directly adjacent to the side of the building where he saw the man go through the vent. Shou was on the very edge of the roof looking down at the vent that the man went through.

'No… I can't teleport into that. That's death just waiting for me. I'll have to find another way in,' Shou had just barely stopped himself from impulsively chasing the man.

Almost immediately, Shou found an alternative route. He saw a window beside the vent, and without any hesitation, he threw one of metal pins and pierced through the glass. Then, he teleported into the room that was now littered with shards of glass. Apparently, he'd entered into someone's small office, as there was a desk, chairs, and documents strewn about. However, he didn't have time to look around. Shou dashed out the door and found himself on a metallic platform that ran all around the building; he assumed that he was on the highest floor. The sight below him was almost unrealistic. There were men on opposite sides of the building firing relentlessly at one another with plenty of dead bodies littering the floor.

Shou was speechless for a moment trying to take the scene in. Not once was this a complete bloodbath, but he noticed that the people firing at one another wore similar combat gear. Just as questions were beginning to pile on Shou about why they would be firing at one another, the corner of his vision caught sight of a pair of girls that looked like high schoolers quickly rising from the chaos with what looked to be a torrent of wind.

"This shit just keeps getting weirder," Shou muttered to himself as he ducked right back into the room taking cover behind the wall, but still looking over his shoulder, out the doorway, and down at the chaos. From here he could no longer see the girls, but he was sure they were there. He didn't know what to think.

'Were they part of the chaos? Were they fleeing? Theoretically, if they were on a side, they should be attacking… so perhaps they really were in danger?! But, why were they here anyways?!' Questions popped into Shou's mind at a rapid-fire pace, but he finally decided that he would first look for a better location to ascertain whether or not the girls needed help, while keeping distance from them to make sure he wasn't in range to be attacked by them. All he needed to was to get a good view on them. It wouldn't take long to figure out if they were in trouble.

"An incident?" a girl with auburn hair tied in pig-tails asked. Her vest held the logo of the prestigious school - which is one of the five great prestigious school from the School Garden - Tokiwadai Middle School. Another logo hung over her left arm over a green thin-looking band, it was the insignia that identified Judgement.

Konori Mii, the chief of Branch 177 office of Judgement, received a call from the headquarters, and was told of the situation going on in a facility in District 5. The facility was known as the Resource Recycling Center Number 3. It was a large establishment made to recycle materials, processed from around the schools nearby the facility. Apparently people there were up to no good... or something. The informant's words didn't quite make much sense, before they could ask her for more details, she apparently hung up. So, it was up to Uiharu to hack into the facility's systems and peek through the security cameras installed in the facility.

Shirai Kuroko stood beside Uiharu, and Konori Mii peeked from behind, Saten Ruiko curiously walked into the commotion. They all watched people wearing same attire and gears firing bullets at each other, Uiharu commented, "After I hacked into the database, I found that some of the cameras are not working, I wonder why... if they were to disable cameras - one would think that they'd disable all of them," Kuroko frowned so as to ponder, "But... look at this, these are the terrorists from the same group who invaded the mall in district 7 recently, right? And now they're shooting at each other on this facility? For what purpose?" Konori Mii then shook her head "We won't know until we go there and apprehend those men. It seems that some of the Judgement members close by have decided to enter the facility, although it's a bit reckless to do so."

"We can't just sit by here either, can we?" with that, Kuroko vanished in the thin air - teleporting away. "It should be alright," Uiharu started typing on her keyboard furiously, "As long as I keep my eyes on the security cameras, I should be able to back her up up to some extent. Did Anti-skill also dispatched squads yes?" to this, Konori Mii nodded, saying that they definitely have.







Meanwhile, Tamaki and Kihara Nayuta wandered around the area. Upon hearing that terrorist activities had been going on in this facility, they couldn't just walk by the facility as if it was okay to do so. Audible noises of gunshots made them suspicious anyway. She began to wonder why she was with Kihara Nayuta as well... they seem to bump into each other in the city very, very often. Kuroko suddenly appeared beside them like a ghost, giving blue faces which indicated fear of seeing a ghost to the two. Kuroko ignored the expressions, and asked for an update from Uiharu.