A/N: Reuploaded due to some bad typos. Don't rush proof your own work at 10pm folks.
Chapter 2: Operatives
"Consequences can be managed." Mr Hirata replied sharply. "Through it seems that's a skill you have failed to developed. So why don't you explain a little more about your allies before Miss Saten becomes an involved party?"
"Well it's going to be a bit long winded, but let me explain how I got the girls together..." Said Uiharu before she continued the story.
Uiharu pushed the doorbell with more than a little unease in her heart.
"Ahh Uiharu, Last Order said you were coming." Said Yomikawa of Anti-Skill as she opened the door. "Something about needing to talk to Accelerator about her gaming habits?"
"Yes." Uiharu lied. "She been playing inappropriate games. As her guardian, it's his job to make sure that doesn't happen, as a Judgement Officer it's my job to remind him of that."
Yomikawa nodded as she led Uiharu through the house. "It be good for the both of them for someone other than me to give Accelerator advice on being a better guardian. They both need to get used to dealing with people from the wider world, I'm glad one of the first is you Uiharu."
Uiharu felt a twang of guilt at deceiving the Anti-Skill Officer, but she needed to keep things simple. Eventually they reached the living room. Accelerator was lazing about on the sofa half asleep while Last Order was playing some game featuring a Italian American plumber and his epic quest for cake.
"I have a guest?" He muttered as he opened his eyes.
"This is Uiharu Kazari of Judgement." Yomikawa explained while motioning to Uiharu. "Apparently Last Order has been misbehaving. So as her guardian it's your duty to handle this matter."
Accelerator sighed and muttered.
"What's the Brat done?"
"Well she..."
"I refused to bow to the whims of the arbitrative age restriction system says Misaka as Misaka buts into the conversation to control it's flow!"
Both of them looked down at the small girl on the floor.
"Maybe it be best to talk alone about the best way to handle this?" Uiharu asked in helpful tone.
"Probably. Hey Brat.." Accelerator started, however Last Order hit pause on her game and was already moving. However rather than moving directly out of the room, she went into the corner, picked up a blanket and threw it onto Accelerator.
"We will leave you two all alone now says Misaka after Misaka threw the teddy huggable blanket on the Boy, with a mischievous wink!"
Last Order and Yomikawa then left then left the room with grins on their faces.
"Your not really here about the Brats gamings habits are you?" He asked bluntly as put the blanket to one side.
"No I'm here regarding events that came to a end last August on the 22nd"
It was a simple statement, but one that completely changed the mood in the room.
"I see." He replied coldly. "And what do plan to do in regards to events that came to end last August on the 22nd?"
"Ensure justice sees it's full course." She said in a rather neutral tone.
"What is your Esper power incidently?" he asked all too casually as his fingers played around near his collar for a few long moments.
"Oh nothing major. My power is called Thermal Hand, and in truth I'm only a Level 1 Esper anyway."
He took a good long stare at her.
"I get why you might see me as a threat. But I'm here to test hypothesis, not test my wits against a genius, with quicker wits and monstrous levels of raw power."
Accelerator then started to laugh in a rather psychotic way before saying loudly.
"So you come in here with clear knowledge of what I'm capable of, and then make it clear you know information that dangerous to me. I don't know if should think you bold or foolish Uiharu Kazari of Judgement!"
"I would prefer bold!" Uiharu replied with cheeky grin despite the fact her heart was beating like crazy.
He then laughed some more. Uiharu resisted the desire to bolt for the door. She couldn't bring justice unless she kept her nerve.
"And what hypothesis do you want to test first Uiharu?" He asked with a sadistic looking grin on his face.
"That you a victim of circumstance, abused and used by your elders to further there goals. That what you seek the most is to have no enemies and to be surrounded by a loving family."
Those words knocked the grin right off his face. Briefly Uiharu saw the emotion she had been looking for cross his face.
"You been talking to the Brat haven't you?" He responded with a annoyed tone.
Uiharu nodded. "But that's not the hypothesis you subscribe too. Yours is admittedly rather similar to Last Order's, but their some major differences isn't there?"
He didn't like those words. The glare she received in reply told Uiharu that very clearly.
"Careful what you say next." he growled.
"Am I right?"
"Lets say your hypothesis is close to reality, what then?"
"Well lets also say you can't be in her life because consequence has caught up with you. While I can't sympathise with your situation, I certainly can empathise. If you knew exactly what I was up too, you would want to start taking steps to safeguard her future with you missing now."
He nodded slightly.
"If your plotting what I think your plotting..." He stared at her rather intently a moment. "Then there is no way I'm not going to get burned too, but the Brat is a innocent party in all this. However if we just leave things to chance, then she might get caught up some new kind of darkness... "
She nodded back.
"So who do I trust to keep her safe and smiling with me gone..." He said with a distant expression. Uiharu politely gave him space to think and remained quiet.
"The first name that springs to mind is Kamijou." He stated before adding. "But the more I think about it, the less sensible it seems."
Uiharu cocked her head at that. Last Order had told her much about the brave and kind boy who had fought to save the Sisters.
"He's constantly surrounded by crazy super powerful girls trying to sleep with him and is the exactly sort of person who will drop everything and take on the world because someone said 'help me'. I don't want the Brat in that unstable war zone."
"Oh." was Uiharu only reply to that.
"Yes 'oh'. The Sisters view of him is a incomplete one. While I'm not questioning his heroic nature, there's no way in fucking hell would I trust him to raise a young child, especially a girl. He'll come running if he know she's in trouble regardless anyway. "
"So who is their that's capable of keeping her both safe and raising her properly?" Uiharu asked before adding. "Little Fremea seems to be in a similar situation and the two girls get on well..."
"Mugino a fucking Yandere." Accelerator replied roughly. "ITEM somehow came to terms with there past actions against each other, but I'm not trusting Last Order to there care with me out of the picture."
"Ok so.."
"It's fucking obvious." Accelerator said in angry tone with a frustrated expression.
"So why are you so upset?" Uiharu asked softly.
"Because she's going to fucking love the fact she got me over a barrel and gets to be the big hero for the Sisters." He ranted as he got and picked up a can of coffee from the table. "But the cold hard facts don't change because of that. She weaker than me by a long shot, but she still pretty much a demigod to most people. She loves all the Sisters to bits and I have no doubt she be more than willing to put her life on the line to protect them. For bonus points her dad the sort of person who can argue his way through and win the legal case that likely to spring up in regards to the Sisters legal status when this crap hits the fan!"
He the drunk the whole can in one go before smashing it on the table.
"Number Three, Misaka Mikoto is my best hope of insuring Last Order gets a 'happy ending'. I'm going to assume you've never met her, but she the sort of person that buys little kid mascot goods, and claims she's doing it as a 'collector'."
The was awkward silence for a a good minute or so, but Uiharu bit the bullet, it wasn't like she be able to keep it a secret for long...
"I'm actually really good friends with her. Shirai Kuroko is both my Judgement partner and her roommate, so we end up spending a lot of time with each other, ha ha ha!" She explained nervously. He glared at her in return before saying in a rather low voice.
"I can see the super cute world of sugary sweetness and flowers already. You've completed your objectives. Leave via the other door so we don't get hit by 'Brat's attempts to get me involved in romance part two' would you?"
And with that she was unceremoniously kicked out.
It was sometime latter when she was walking down the street in thought that the afternoon took a unexpected turn.
"Aww aren't you a cute little lamb?" Said a female voice as she put her arm around Uiharu. "Why don't we take a little walk and have some fun with friends!"
"Hey!" was all Uiharu could shout out as she was dragged along. Despite the other girl being of a similar size to herself, she was vastly stronger. Through it was tricky to get a proper look at her face, her style of cloths seem to be goth in style . After a good couple of minutes of being dragged through backstreets she was finally let go of, but the two of them were no longer alone.
"As you can see, this Misaka has trained up her pet kitty really well." Said a older looking girl with a rather sadistic looking expression. "she's already mastered find and retrieve!"
"I'm pretty sure Kuroyoru doesn't appreciate being treated as a pet when she is in a fact a human being, says Misaka as she holds her dear friend who she would never her Electromaster powers on, unlike the defective model would on hers." Said a girl who bore more than a passing resemblance to Misaka Mikoto. Through the cute blue heart accessory and small black cat in her arms were things she would not associate with Mikoto, and the goggles on her head along with the doll like express would have made her blink a couple of weeks ago.
"So you must be Worst and one of the standard sisters?" Uiharu asked as she started to put the pieces together. "But why do you send your friend to drag me here like some delinquent planning to shake me down?"
"It's a simple security precaution explains Misaka before adding, Academy City has many eyes we would rather avoid the attention of. To clarify Kuroyoru was merely acting out a scene the cities more secret authorities would not follow up on Misaka adds with a glum tone as she notes the authorities general apathy towards their charges suffering.
Uiharu bit her lip. Not too long ago she would have found the idea that the Academy City authorities didn't care about the student safety ridiculous, but with what she had found out recently, she found the Misaka's cold pragmatic logic sound.
"So why have you set up this meeting, I assume you desire to discus something sensitive?"
The clone girl nodded.
"We have been watching you for sometime, and believe you have the skills and mindset to help us achieving our goals, Misaka explains in a conspiratorial like tone to sound mysterious."
"I have a goal already." Uiharu explained. "My plan has a few holes in it still, but I will figure out how to make it work."
"Yes we've noticed you've been spending a lot of time with the Child Errors, asking quiet questions after earning trust, we assume you seek to find Child Errors in the grasp of darkness and save them Misaka asks after she relays reconnaissance."
Uiharu smiled slightly, and then explained the plan in full detail.
Kuroyoru stared at her for a moment before asking "You've -really- have thought about this in detail haven't you?"
"Course I have, the injustice of what I merely know about is intolerable. Also if I mess up I'm either dead or worse."
Kuroyoru nodded.
"Probably worse. Academy City loves it when they got you over a barrel and can tear your humanity off you piece by piece as they poison your world and everything you love."
"This Misaka was birthed into a world of pain and suffering." Said Worst. "So don't think they merely hurt those who have pissed them off. This Misaka is going to wreck them for thinking that was ever fine."
"Your basic plan seem pretty solid anyway." Kuroyoru stated. "I think that last bit hole could be filled if we had someone like Birdway on the team, but after everything that happened in Hawaii, it's not like I can just phone her up and ask for help... she would probably back stab us at the last junction anyway."
"The Network will make finding someone suitable a priority task explains Misaka as she relays the sub mission to her sisters."
"On the first part this Misaka methods have made considerably more headway than the Judgement Girl's fondness for tea and biscuits with small children. Partly in thanks to the help of her pet kitty we are pretty close to locating one of their latests projects geographical location."
Kuroyoru snickered at that. Uiharu was pretty sure said methods didn't include polite questions.
"And now our plans has someone 'respectable' to those who walk in the light. Illegal clones and delinquent Child Errors don't tend to get taken too seriously, but cute spotless clean Judgement Girls do, much to this Misaka's annoyance."
"Anyway find that location." Uiharu asked politely. "I'm going to need plenty of time to do the ground work if we are going to pull this off, and I can't do that till we have solid target to locate in cyberspace. Anyway contact me if we make any progress."
The other girls nodded and with that Uiharu left.
"So the powerful Electromaster that's been causing us trouble isn't the Railgun herself but the Third Season clone 20002, most commonly known as Worst?" asked one of the female board members.
"That is correct Mrs...?"
"Kobayashi."
"Well you see Mrs Kobayashi, Worst has very similar set of powers to Misaka Mikoto. Between the fact we were acting covertly and her power set being a Level 4 version of Misaka Mikotos, it be easy to see the effects of her actions and assume it was the Railgun herself holding back a bit to keep her profile lower."
Mrs Kobayashi tutted.
"I kept trying to persuade the Chairman to get rid of it before it caused trouble!" Mrs Kobayashi exclaimed before ranting. "But he kept arguing the defective weapon was critical to keeping the Accelerator under control... but I thought that was what the the mostly defenceless unit 20001 is for! Leaving such a dangerous piece on the board was a mistake. I mean Level 4s are big enough handful at the best of times, but we literately taught it advance military tactics and combat skills to boot!"
Uiharu resisted the urge to show disgust at all the 'it's' in those words. She just had to play storyteller a little bit longer...
"Yes Worst was a real asset to my plans. Without Kuroyoru and her help, I would have struggled to deal with the physical threats to my plans for sure."
And would that be Kuroyoru Umidori of the Dark May Project?" Asked another female board member with a sigh.
"Indeed Mrs..?"
"Yamamoto."
In contrast to Mrs Kobayashi she was far calmer, if somewhat low in spirit.
"So how many more security threats have we created by not cleaning up properly after ourself?" Mrs Yamamoto said with a sigh while looking towards Mr Hirata. "Did someone create a few clone of Mental Out and teach them how to create home-made bombs while they were at it, then just send them to some random Middle Schools for the giggles?"
"We will deal with this matter and then review security Mrs Yamamoto." Mr Hirata said in a frustrated tone. "I agree with your general concerns through. Some of these brats have far too much power to be left unshackled. I suggested it before, but we really need to push more aggressively forwards on getting some solid blackmail material on the parents of students from places like Tokiwadai Middle School so we can keep all these Level 4s under firm control."
There was a general mummer of agreement amongst the board members on that subject.
"Now where was we Miss Uiharu?"