A/N: It was really difficult to decide who Misaka would meet after escaping Kuroko. I had considered Item, School, an assortment of thugs who Kuroko would rescue her from, Kamijou Touma, Uiharu and Saten, Accelerator, and even Stiyl Magnus and Kanzaki. But I ended up picking Nunotaba for a number of good reasons.
Nunotaba Shinobu was a certified genius who was enrolled in Nagatenjouki high school despite being a lowly level 0, and was the inventor of the testament brainwashing machine that had given the Misaka's their motor functions, knowledge of the outside world, and even their personalities. Misaka had seen her inside the facilities for the indoor experiments.
"You're one of the Sisters, right?"
"Yes, one of the 20,000 mass produced clones of Railgun, #3 level 5 of Academy city, confirms Misaka"
"Would you mind sitting down and having tea with me?"
"Misaka is currently escaping from outsiders who could potentially threaten the experiment. That would be inadvisable"
"Stay"
Misaka sat down on the chair in front of the tea table in the room. She glanced around the room, noticing that the table was set for only one person.
"Just keep sitting down there, I'm making the tea now. I'm just plugging the kettle into the wall" she called out.
"Misaka is still lamenting over the fact that her first tea was crap. Remember to stew the tea leaves properly…" commented Misaka when she fell forward onto the tea set, unconscious.
Misaka Network
13260: I think that the Kuroko plan has considerable merit. Academy City only has two level 4 teleporters and the one closest to level 5 has encountered a severe developmental delay. On the other hand, Kuroko has shown the potential to teleport damage away from critical areas. If she became a level 5, she could create a defensive barrier that teleported all damage onto her enemies. Level 6? Couldn't she use quantum teleportation to affect all matter regardless of location?
13255: It's not like I want to stimulate her endlessly! I just think that shocking (pleasuring) her until she powers up sounds like a good idea.
13256: Submitting the request to the experimenters.
19090: I suspect there is something wrong with the 13000 series. Did someone accidently masculinize their brains or something? Speaking of sexual characteristics, didn't #10000 have a magazine that told us how to become more feminine?
11022: How is becoming more feminine going to help us defeat Accelerator? Use your brain for something better, 19090.
?: 11022, quit pretending to be so high-minded. You act like a pretentious bitch, but really you're actually just insecure about the fact that you like reality television.
11022: Do you have any life at all Unknown? I get the feeling that you spend all of your time in some nutrient tube, reading our negative thoughts and mocking us 24 hours a day.
?: You will never know peace again, 11022. I will stalk you as you sleep, as you eat, in the shower…. Drool.
11022: Please forgive me Unknown! I swear I shall never question you again!
12345: Come to think of it, isn't that similar to what Accelerator is doing? In every battle, he stepped into our attacks and they were deflected. Is he a teleporter?
12300: If he was a teleporter, how did it work when #8000 was crushed by that falling light? He seemed to have caused a localized earthquake that hit everything around him. If it was teleportation, why didn't he just teleport the ground into Misaka 8000?
12345: Linear acceleration? It seems to have the same problem.
19000: What just happened to #10000? She stopped broadcasting the moment she jumped into that window, and that was twenty minutes ago.
19001: Sending emergency data packet to #10000. Please respond!
?: Fess up #13255. You just imagined Kuroko abducting #10000 and having her way with her. You naughty thing you! Gwahahaha!
13255: Shut up! I'm not interested in that girl, you idiot!
11022: Did you just provoke Cthulu?
: Message to Misaka in district 7. Rendezvous in the area #10000 was last seen. Emergency priority directive: Locate #10000 Cease all unrelated chatter.
?: You have such a lurid mind 13255! I was just about to get to the good parts.
19090: 19090 is closest to the scene. I managed to arrive to the hotel, but it seems that the people in the building are all starting to evacuate. A fire has erupted in the room that 10000 was in. I can see the smoke coming from the window. I am making it my priority to reach that room. Would the other Misakas create a perimeter if she has been abducted?
At the Hotel
Misaka 19090 knew the layout of the hotel from when 10000 had taken Kuroko to their room. So she was able to determine the location of the room where 10000 had gone missing. She stood on the side of the railing for the emergency staircase, and used electromagnetic 'grappling hooks' to climb the stairway at an accelerated pace. Even though Misaka's room was on the 8th floor, it took her only a minute to climb the staircase up to it. She used her powers to open the door without touching the doorknob to find the hallway clear of smoke. The fire must not have had enough time to become a roaring inferno, so it could still be possible to rescue 10000. She reached the room and opened it in the same way.
It appeared that the fire was spreading rapidly inside the room, but the closed door had prevented the fire from escaping into the hallway. Using her goggles to see the movement of electrons, she was able to look inside the room even though it had filled with smoke. She saw 10000's violin case but not the missing Misaka. She grabbed the case with electromagnetism, then shut the room to the door. Although she had only spent a second with the door open, she was faltering from the heat of the flames. From her glance at the flames, the Misaka network had calculated that practically all of the surface of the room had been scorched by the flames, including the surface of the violin case. Any DNA sequences would have been eradicated.
Misaka network
19090: A fire emerged from the hotel room where 19090 went missing. It appears that electrical appliances were stacked in the sink while still plugged in, then an electrical fire was started by pouring water onto them. The circuit breakers in the building were tripped to prevent the spread of the fire, but it appears that some form of kindling was used to spread it throughout the room. Misaka #10000 was abducted by a party unknown to us at this time.
: Misaka #10000's role in the experiment can be compensated for, but we cannot allow knowledge of the experiment to become public, nor can we afford to delay its completion any more. Our personnel in Anti-skill have taken over the investigation in the case, but certain nosy Judgment members might investigate if there are any clues left. As such, we have scheduled the demolition of the hotel for tonight. We are now beginning the outdoor portion of the experiments, and I will be uploading your new battle schedules. We will begin with unit #9930, who will need to take her up her position for the experiment starting at 6:00 PM. A replacement for unit #10000 is being created, and an outside group will take over responsibility for finding the missing sister. Your orders to search for her have been revoked.
19000: I hope she's okay. It's really scary that one of us has gone missing
?: You mean it's not scary that ten of you are going to be systematically slaughtered every day?
13256: The experimenters have received our recommendation for Shirai Kuroko's Level Upper experimenter but had little to say on it. By the way, it is possible that they were aware of this beforehand?
11022: What are you implying?
13255: Are you implying what I think you're implying?
?: You girls are thinking I'm the Kuroko Pleasuring Model! I [redacted]
11022: So you cannot deny it can you?
13255: And your perception of those thoughts is wildly enhanced. You're not like us, are you?
?: You bitches!
12345: Come to think of it, who do you guys think blank is?
12300: I thought she was the researchers
12320: Do you think she might also be a Misaka?
/^t^\: ….
?: Let's try not to ask that stupid question you're all thinking, okay everyone?
Bonus:
Here's a guide for Misaka personalities. It seems that Misakas tend to converse with ones that are closer in number to them.
13200's: Seem interested in the Kuroko experiments.
11000's: Posers trying to emulate what they think an ojou-sama is: a snobby rich girl. An excellent target for Unknown
12300's: Misakas that like to speculate
19000's: Misakas that care about the other members and try to take care of them.
Blank: Seems to be connected to the researchers
?: Seems to be an unknown model with an unknown purpose. Guess who?
/^t^\: Seems everyone is too scared to ask who this thing is.
A/N:
I think some people might wonder why Misaka refers to herself in third person while in public, but uses 1st person within the network. It's obvious to me why. When they say "says Misaka", the Misaka could be referring to the whole network or an individual Misaka. On the other hand, each Misaka has an inner personality that differs for each one. In NT6, Kakine used his psychometry power to show that Misakas during the experiment had their own unique personal preferences and even argued about them. Even with identical memories, genes, and knowledge, they wouldn't have the same personalities, since random events would cause their brains to wire slightly differently in a very natural way.
