Me: Time to respond to some reviews:
Guest: Every character plays their role when the time comes, but I don't see a reason to defend something as subjective as why my "OC" exists
BlueJack22: A dark core huh? I wonder...
"Come at me." Accelerator told Etrig, who was standing in front of him in fighting position. "I've been wanting to put you in your place since I met you, you little brat."
"All right then." Etrig dashed towards Accelerator, appearing right in his face in an instant, then throwing a punch. Etrig's hand nearly hit Accelerator, but due to Accelerator's reflection being active, Etrig's hand moved back towards him, bending in a unnatural position.
"Ow!" Etrig jumped back to recover and shook his hand as it slowly regained its natural shape. "I guess I can't just attack you with your Vector Reflection up, now can I?" Etrig scratched his head, trying to think of ways to bypass Accelerator's reflection.
"Of course you can't, any attack you throw at me will automatically be reflected right back. And trust me, a lot worst things can happen to you then just your hand being bent out of shape." Accelerator spoke, saying the last part with a evil smirk slipping onto his face.
"Hmm... then let's try this." Etrig punched the ground, opening up a crack that went from his to Accelerator's feet, then explosions started popping out of it, an extremely large one blowing at Accelerator's feet, the explosion so large it cause smoke to rise between Accelerator and Etrig.
*Cough* *Cough*, "I wonder how that fared." Etrig pondered. As the smoke cleared Etrig could make out the figure of Accelerator, and when the smoke cleared completely, Etrig could see him standing there, completely unharmed.
Accelerator scratched his chin. "Now I wonder, why is it that people always come to the conclusion that my reflection might not work on attacks aimed at the bottom of my feet? I mean, sure, it's not that bad an idea, but think about it. I can reflect vectors away from any part of myself, including the soles of my feet." Accelerator lectured.
Etrig smirked. "Heh."
"What's so funny?"
"Just that you seriously think I don't know your weakness." Etrig replied.
"What weakness? Now that I can use my esper ability for a nearly unlimited quantity of time, I don't have any weaknesses!" Accelerator declared.
"Really? Cool!" Etrig shouted in admiration. "Now then, let's see if that's really true." Etrig walked towards Accelerator and stopped right in front of him. Etrig reared back a punch with his right hand and threw it at Accelerator's face. Accelerator smirked as the punch neared his face, only to suddenly feel a sharp pain in his stomach.
"Wh-what?" Accelerator looked down to see Etrig's left fist in his stomach. Accelerator's face shifted to one of shock. "H-how did you... that darn Kihara!" Accelerator shouted in realization of what happened.
"So you figured it out. What will you do now?" Etrig asked.
"Heh. What will I do now? You're such a pain in the butt, I think I might just kill you." Accelerator answered. Accelerator threw his hand towards Etrig's shoulder. "All I have to do is touch you and I can reverse the blood flow of your body and make it all come rushing out of you." Right before Accelerator's hand touched Etrig's shoulder, Etrig backflipped away. Accelerator continued using his ability to boost himself towards Etrig and make a grab at him, and Etrig continued dodging.
'The kid's too fast. I won't be able to catch him like this. In that case...' Accelerator stomped on the sand below him, causing a pillar of sand to spurt up, blocking his and Etrig's vision of each other.
"Huh? Where'd he go?" Etrig looked from side to side for Accelerator, but was unable to find him. Accelerator, in the meanwhile, boosted at Etrig from the side and was about to grab him.
"There you are!" Etrig shouted, jumping back in the opposite direction from where Accelerator was coming while underhand tossing a yellow ball of energy at Accelerator, which bounced off him right back towards Etrig, who narrowly ducked away from it. Accelerator continued boosting and grabbed at Etrig. Etrig put two fingers to his forehead and disappeared, reappearing behind Accelerator and shooting a pink blast at him from his hand. The blast repelled off Accelerator's back, hitting Etrig and sending him flying backwards.
"Did you really think that if I was focused on attacking I wouldn't be able to use my reflection?" Accelerator asked as Etrig got up.
"Heh. Guess it won't be that easy to stand up to the top dog. Still, this isn't just about learning to use vector manipulation anymore. This is about pride."
"Pride?"
"Yeah. There's no way I'm going to lose, whether it's to you, Misaka, Kamijo or anyone else!" With that declaration, Etrig put his open hands together and pulled them behind him. "Ka...me...ha...me...Haaaaaaaaaa!" Etrig thrust his hands forward, a large blue beam of light leaving them and speeding towards Accelerator.
Accelerator smirked as the beam neared him. After all, it didn't matter how big an attack was, it would simply bounce off him. All of a sudden Accelerator's eyes widened.
*Boom*
There was a huge explosion as the beam detonated, causing a massive amount of smoke to blanket the park.
"I wonder if I got him this time." Etrig pondered after recovering from a coughing fit. The smoke finally cleared and Etrig could see...
...Accelerator walking towards him coughing. *Cough* *Cough* Taking a closer look at him, one could see that Accelerator's sleeves had ripped. "That was one heck of a close one there. I can't believe you bent that stupid laser of yours. If I hadn't accelerated the vectors of momentum underneath my feet and pushed myself backwards, that attack would've bent back and my reflection would've redirected that whole thing back into my face."
"You noticed." Etrig spoke bitterly.
"Oh. What's wrong? Have you finally realized you're no match for me?" Accelerator taunted. 'Still, that was too close. I guess I can't get overconfident even with most of my power back.'
There were a few moments of silence, until finally, "You know why I restored your ability?" Etrig asked.
"So you could try to blackmail me into doing your bidding. Right?" Accelerator answered knowingly.
"Correct. That was the main reason, but there were much easier ways I could've chosen to go about doing that. So, why do you think I chose this path?"
"Beats me. And honestly, I don't really care. This fight was just getting interesting, and I was looking forward to continuing."
"The reason I helped fix your ability was because you can't protect Last Order without it."
"No way." Accelerator said disbelievingly. "You have some sort of plans involving her?! I won't let you, you know."
"No, no. You're mistaking me for a horrible person. Last Order is the control tower of the entire SISTERS network, serial number 20001. And because of that, she's bound to have lots of people after her. Right now, you and Kamijo may just be the only people she can count on to defend her. And Kamijo's got his plate full already. And besides, I'd say that you and Last Order's relationship is a mutually beneficial one, wouldn't you say?"
"How so?" Accelerator questioned.
"Don't you think that meeting Last Order has helped you become a better person?" Accelerator didn't answer. "Whatever. Honestly, I'm itching to fight you at full strength, so I'm going to wrap this up. If I win, that means you're too weak to protect Last Order. So instead of you teaching me your ability, if I win, I'll take away your esper ability all over again, and then I'll take Last Order into our custody."
"What?! So you've been lying this entire time. You did have something in mind for Last Order! I'll kill you before I let that happen."
"You'll have to kill me if you really want to stop me." Etrig ran quickly towards Accelerator. "I'm tired of idle chit chat!" Etrig threw a punch towards Accelerator's stomach, pulling it back at the last second so that Accelerator's reflection caused it to quickly reverse direction into Accelerator's stomach.
"Agh." Accelerator grunted as Etrig's punch hit him in the stomach.
Etrig next used his knee to hit Accelerator, taking advantage of the fact that Accelerator's reflection was still active. Then he shot a fireball out of the palm of his hand. Accelerator turned off his reflection right as the fireball got close to him.
'There. He's probably betting on my reflection being on, so he's likely going to try to redirect that attack.' But instead of the fireball bouncing back away from Accelerator, the fireball kept going and hit Accelerator, burning a small bit of his shirt. 'Urgh. This isn't good. I can't predict how he's going to attack and I can't risk guessing. Fine. I'll just focus on offense for now.'
Accelerator recovered and searched the sand for something. 'Perfect.' Accelerator stomped his foot on the sand, causing a cluster of sharp pebbles to rise and shoot towards Etrig. Etrig raised his hand, causing a circular portal that was red on the outside, blue in the middle and white on the inside to appear. The pebbles flew through the portal and then disappeared, along with the portal itself.
While Etrig was doing that, Accelerator boosted towards Etrig, and was grabbed his face. 'There!' Accelerator used his ability to make all the blood explode out of Etrig's body, leaving a bloody mess on the scene.
"There. That takes care of that." Accelerator said, wiping his hands on his pants. Then, the Etrig on the ground vanished, as did the blood. "Huh?"
"Sorry, you got a fake." Etrig spoke up from behind Accelerator.
Accelerator did some calculations in his head and then turned around, using his ability to assault Etrig with a huge wind.
"Whoa!" Etrig exclaimed as the windstorm nearly blew him off his feet. "Urgh..." Etrig continued trying to stand his ground. "I've got it. I just have to add a new variable to his calculations." Etrig stuck one hand forward, and from that hand came a huge gust of wind that dissipated Accelerator's attack. "You can try that again if you want. But... I'll just do the same thing again."
"You're persistent, I'll give you that." Four tornados appeared behind Accelerator's back, propelling him into the air. "Let's see how well you dodge me when I'm up here." Etrig quickly prepared to create another gust of wind from his hand, but was too slow and before he could, Accelerator rushed in front of him. Etrig applied an explosive force to the ground with his hands to launch himself backwards.
"Hmm... now who left these here?" Accelerator gestured to a cluster of soda cans around his feet as he landed. Accelerator then picked each one up individually and crushed them. "Perfect. Now I've got some compact projectiles. Why don't you help me out with some target practice?" Accelerator gently tapped one of the soda cans with his foot, causing it to shoot towards Etrig faster than a bullet. Etrig immediately used his arms to create a green barrier around himself. The can bounced off the barrier, falling to the ground harmlessly, but the barrier was slightly punctured.
'Good. He won't be able to use that to protect himself from all of these attacks.' Accelerator kicked three more cans, one after the other, each one moving faster than the one before. Each can bounced off Etrig's barrier in the exact same spot, but each hit opened a wider and wider hole, the hole being just a little too small for a can to fit through.
Etrig's barrier dissipated, and Etrig quickly shot a barrage of fireballs out of his hands, each of the fireballs bouncing off Accelerator and back at Etrig, who just barely managed to avoid them.
"You're getting desperate." Accelerator told Etrig. "Guess I'll do you a favor and end this now." Accelerator picked up the two remaining cans and used his ability to adjust them so they were the shape of very crude knives, more then sharp enough to cut skin. Accelerator boosted towards Etrig, holding a makeshift knife in each hand. Etrig gasped, then quickly jumped back to avoid Accelerator's attack.
As Etrig jumped away from the boosting Accelerator, a can-knife shot out of each of Accelerator's hands, the one in his right hand cutting Etrig's left cheek and the one in his left hand cutting Etrig's right rib.
"Urgh." Etrig fell to the ground, keeping up on one knee. Accelerator walked to him nonchalantly. Accelerator put his hand over Etrig's forehead, prepared to land the finishing blow.
"Well congrats, you won." Etrig congratulated Accelerator. "Now finish me. Isn't that what you said you'd do?" Etrig asked.
"Yeah." Accelerator smirked. "It is." Accelerator lowered his hand towards Etrig's head. At that moment, his mind flashbacked to when he first met Etrig. The stupid promise he'd made. How he said he would protect Last Order without killing. Ridiculous, as if he'd ever be able to do that. And even if he did, he was beyond redemption anyways. '"You can't protect Last Order forever, unless you follow her to heaven." That's what he said isn't it? Maybe... maybe I should listen a little closer.' "Hmph.
"Aaaaaaaaah!" Accelerator screamed suddenly as black, formless wings grew from his back and lifted him into the air.
"What?!" Etrig exclaimed, opening his eyes and jumping off the ground. "Why now?! Argh... this was unexpected. Now I have to make sure Accelerator doesn't destroy this entire place, along with us!" Blades of wind flew from Accelerator's wings, just narrowly missing Etrig and leaving deep cuts in the ground. More blades of wind continuously shot towards Etrig, and instead of dodging them, Etrig blocked them with his arms, the attacks dissipating as they hit him. Several of the blades bypassed Etrig's arms, however, and hit him in the ribs.
"Aah!" Etrig exclaimed as blood spilled from his side. Etrig jumped up towards Accelerator and reared back his right arm to throw a punch, but as he neared Accelerator, the shapeless wings around Accelerator's back pushed Etrig into the ground, causing him to groan in pain. "Let's try this!" Etrig exclaimed as he stood up. Chunks of ice appeared suspended in the air around Etrig, before flying towards Accelerator.
As the ice approached Accelerator, his wings stretched from his back and destroyed all the ice shards coming near him.
'Urgh! How do I save him like this?!' Etrig pondered. 'Wait! That might work!' "I hate to do this! Arrrrgh!" Etrig's entire body began to radiate a golden light.
"* #%^&*!" Accelerator hollered incoherent sounds that sounded like the word kill as a large black beam shot out of his wings towards Etrig. Etrig flew through the beam, getting pushed back as he penetrated it.
"Wake up!" Etrig shouted as he reached Accelerator. "What would Last Order think?!" Etrig roared as he punched Accelerator in the face. Accelerator's wings disappeared immediately after Etrig's punch hit home and there was a large explosion of gold and black light.
'Last Order. That's right. There's no point in gaining any amount of strength anymore if I forget about her.' These were Accelerator's last thoughts as he drifted into unconsciousness.
Accelerator awoke to find himself in a hospital room. "Huh?"
"Oh. You're awake." A doctor with a face that was oddly similar to a frog spoke from the side of Accelerator's bed.
"What am I doing here?" Accelerator asked.
"That kid brought you here. Even though the only real injury you had was some slight burns and a bruise on your left cheek, and he was close to dying of blood loss from his cheek and abdomen combined with complete lack of energy, he still somehow carried you here and asked me to make sure you were okay. Honestly. I'm not sure if he would've even asked for treatment if I hadn't insisted that he stay for it."
"Oh really? Is that what happened?"
"Just look beside you." Accelerator looked to the bed next to his to see Etrig sleeping, breathing heavily.
"Is he-
"He'll be fine. After some simple treatment, the only actual issue is that he's somehow spent all of his energy. You wouldn't happen to know anything about that would you? That, and a local park being destroyed in some kind of mysterious explosion."
"Hmph. I know nothing about that."
"...Well, if that's all your questions, then I'll be taking my leave." The doctor turned away momentarily before turning back towards Accelerator. "Oh yeah, Last Order is in the waiting area worried sick about you two." The frog-faced doctor exited the room, leaving Accelerator and Etrig alone in the room.
Accelerator looked at Etrig again. 'That liar. He didn't have any intention to take Last Order at all.' "Moron. I didn't need your help.
"Maybe... just maybe... I'll teach you my ability after all, kid."
Kamijo: An abduction occurs, and rumors of Academy City going to war are circling again
Kamijo: Etrig hopes to increase his esper level, and I hope to improve my financial situation
Kamijo: Me and Index are enjoying a nice day on the town, until she interrupts
Kamijo: Next time, "Abduction (Bad Move)", when Science and Magic cross paths, a story is born
