The Android Experiment – Chapter 15: Mental Out. The Girl Who Had A Charisma Of One Hundred.
Authors Note: This chapter is all over the place. But... enjoy Misaki's second side story. It's funny she's not even in the canon story and yet I'm doing side stories for her. What can I say, I just really like Jean Grey (I meant Misaki...!)
If something doesn't line up with canon remember this is just fanfiction. I'm changing peoples abilities and personalities too so...
I hope you all enjoy this chapter made by a fan of DC Comics! I love superheroes and I cant wait to introduce adult Espers!
Chapter 15: Mental Out. The Girl Who Had A Charisma Of One Hundred.
Something felt…. Something felt odd here. Everything was a blur. I couldn't see two feet in front of me without everything just mixing together and the back of my neck burned like someone was holding a burning spatula to it. I felt so heavy and the feeling of my fingers twitching uncomfortably against my will was horrifying. And… I felt a feeling I never felt before when my entire body spasmed from sensory overload - BZT! BZT!
Oh… I… know that feeling. The feeling… of electricity coursing through your body… it hurts. Humans are only supposed to have a certain amount of electricity passing through their body at any one given moment. But… what was that limit when you could control the bio-electricity of the human brain yourself?
BZT BZT!
Flash!
Crash!
Blue sparks exploded out of the electrodes coming from out my forehead… and…
Everything started burning… When an excess charge of negative and/or positive ions is present in the human body… your nerves just don't know what to do with all the extra electricity running through them that wasn't sent from the brain and just… wasn't supposed to be there in the first place. The nerves just aren't used to anything that goes over a specific charge limit. Or current.
Your nerves, they are conductors you know. The brain uses them as a biological version of copper wire. They are… kind of like real electrical wires that can transmit signals to the rest of your body…
But… they can only transmit so much energy before they… burn out…
STaTiC
…boom…
"Shokuhou! Shokuhou-chan?!"
Those words… huh… they sound like whoever said them is very worried for the person who has that name. I wish I was that person…
"The voltage was to high. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT NOUKAN?!"
Who is… Noukan…?
"It was merely an experiment."
"An experiment? A child's life… is merely an experiment?"
An… experiment…
an…
….
experiment?
"Exactly. It was merely an experiment."
exPerIMEnt?
SHOCK
ShoCk
…..static…
I felt my head fall over limply. And everything started going dark.
"Looks like this experiment was a failure. Let's go, Yuiitsu-chan. It looks like we… may have miscalculated its usefulness after all."
"Yeah, sensei. This just isn't romantic at all. Stupid Experiment-chan."
I saw the electrodes coming out from my forehead, along with my short golden hair. Huh… I guess… that was all I was at the end of the day…
An experiment.
No… I was even more then that…
An Experiment That Failed.
I… this should have been obvious…
The answer was clear, right in front of my face the whole time, and I was such a fool to not have realized it by now.
Someone… who kills every person that cares about them is… less then zero. They are a monster that's only a plague to the world.
I am…
…a monster.
"Shokuhou… Shokuhou-chan… talk to me…"
What made me think I would have any worth in even playing the role of a guinea pig?
"It's dead. Can't you see that?"
"No! It's still breathing. It's not lost yet! I've invested too much into this project for it to fail now! WAKE UP SHOKUHOU MISAKI!"
"Experiment-chan. You are soooooo lame."
Hey… god… what did I do to deserve this?
When I woke up with tubes going down my nose and into my chest, the first thing I realized was that I couldn't even feel my legs.
I… honestly wasn't even surprised at this point.
I wasn't sad.
Nor did I feel any despair.
I just felt… empty.
I was… in another situation like this before…. wasn't I?
My little brother. My own… little brother.
Why was I born?
Why?
What is the point in living if my only purpose is to cause pain and suffering to all the people I love?
The people I… used to love…
Maybe I… should just die?
The window was right there. Sun was coming through in pretty little rays of golden light. Such a beautiful light I didn't deserve. I couldn't see any trees, so I must've been high up enough for it to work.
If I wasn't high enough for the fall to kill me… maybe god wanted me to live.
If It did kill me… living was too painful anyway.
The feeling of wanting to puke came to me when I started to rip the tubes out of my throat. Blood spilled when I sat up and took out the IV needle that was in my arm. A flat lining sound rang out into the air when I took off that weird machine on my finger, and when I got up to open the window and jump out… that's when I realized the crucial, most important flaw in my plan.
I couldn't even move my legs.
"snnff….uhh… Ahhh…. Ahhhhhhhhh…." A mirage of strangled crying sounds escaped my throat as a nurse ran in with a panicked look on her face. I didn't really care. And as the tears came down my face… I could only think about how unfair everything was.
Not how my life was unfair.
How their lives were unfair that some thing like me was born just to ruin their lives.
I killed them without a seconds thought… and now I just want to kill myself?
I don't want to live…. But I know that I should.
I don't want to feel pain.
But living hurts.
Why… was I born with this ability?
It wouldn't be until I was 7 that I would find out that I was an Esper.
Back then… Okinawa was just a small island town. After the Far Harbor bombings American soldiers were stationed here to protect Japan until we got back on our feet. I couldn't understand them, but they were always nice to me and the rest of my Ryukyu people.
I'd always play outside and explore the old shrines that nobody ever went to anymore. Those times… I miss them. I miss running along the rice fields way past my bedtime when I wasn't supposed to. I miss dad's bedtime stories. I miss living right next to the ocean. I miss mom's cooking that always tasted so good. I miss my little brother, Yuji. And most of all… I miss being a kid who didn't have to worry about anything. But Mental Out took everything away from me.
Mental Out.
I couldn't have known that it would start off simple. Because… I was just a kid that day when my ability first manifested and I told a group of puppies to go away… and they did.
They didn't go away because they were scared. They didn't go away because they were wild, because… they were all on the leash. All of the cute puppies' eyes just lost their color, and they started walking the opposite direction away from me. So much to the point where they were choking on their collars. But that didn't stop them from carrying out my demand. And they just kept going and going and going so much that our neighbor had to take them to the vet from how creepy and weird they were acting. Not… before looking at me like I was some kind of freak though.
My neighor never allowed me to see them again.
Me, Yuji, Mom, and Dad, we all thought it was just a coincidence. And a few months later we got our pet.
"Roll over! Rooooollll over! Awww gooodd boy!" Our family dog was such a cute one. Her name was Sasha Shokuhou (They actually called her by our family name when we took her to the vet once…) and she was just the best, most cutest golden retriever puppy ever.
Mom and Dad would laugh about how I was an animal whisperer, and Yuji would just get mad that Sasha would only listen to me.
"Sasha!" I scolded loudly with what was probably the biggest smile on my face. I bent down and held up an index finger sternly to her nose, my golden hair falling in front of me and dangling near the pup's face, "Bad girl!" I said, and I started laughing at my goofiness, "You have to listen to Yuji too! Ok?"
The cute puppy stiffened up when I said that. I didn't notice it at the time, my younger brother Yuji didn't either. And my parents thought that it was okay as long as it was just the family dog and other small animals my ability could affect. Were they never going to tell me? Or… maybe they just didn't want to scare me, they probably wanted to wait until I was older before telling me I was an esper.
Maybe… they just loved me that much.
Maybe…
They just wanted to hide their special little girl they didn't want to send away to Academy City for something so small as merely having a knack with animals. They wanted to protect me from the world, stow me away in the Ryukyuan culture. I wanted that too. I wanted to live there and be happy for the rest of my life too…
Did you know…
Espers actually weren't all that spectacular before Quantum Burst appeared...
At the time I was seven…
The scariest thing that can happen to someone is finding out that the child they loved so much was an Esper. There were laws put in place to force Espers all over the world to go to Academy City for the safety of the normal people. Imagine living next door to someone who could destroy your house with the flick of the finger. Your life was in their hands and anyone who wasn't an Esper felt like they were at risk of dying if their neighor so much as had a temper tantrum. The Salem Witch Trials were happening again after all. We Japanese had it lucky thanks to being so close to Academy City, but when Espers started showing up all over the world many thought it wasn't natural and that we were monsters that needed to be sent to Academy City to learn how to control ourselves because otherwise we were dangers to society.
That's why it must have been so scary for Mom and Dad to find out I was an Esper. If they just told me to hide it away, I'd never have to go to that city and spend the rest of my childhood there with people I don't even know.
My ability only affects small animals anyway… right? So what would be the harm?
"I… don't blame them… you know… none of us could have known. It was out of their control. It… It is what it is."
A tear came down Eli's cheek and he just looked up to the sky with a sad look on his face from where he sat across the table from me. He brought his hand up to cover his face, and said slowly, "It's not fair."
I know it's not fair. I know it's not fair that I was born. It wasn't fair for all the people that I hurt for some thing like me to just sit here and be alive while they– "What happened to you just isn't fair. I'm going to change this world, Misaki-sama."
It isn't fair… for me? But what about everyone else I hurt?
"Espers shouldn't have to live in fear of hurting the people they love. Academy City should be a place where Espers can feel safe. What happened to you was sad and it shouldn't have to happen to anyone else. That's why… I want to change the world."
"H-huh? But your only ten? You can't do anything." I was shellshocked when he said that so easily. How would he change the world? Kids can't do anything to adults. We're powerless and have no control over anything-
"I'm down for changing the world too, bro." Said Touma, leaning back lazily with a loud yawn.
"Not you too Touma!" These two boys are such idiots! Their abilities can't do anything and yet they sit here saying such crazy things?!
"Hey, what's the big deal Misaki-chan? You don't want to change the world with us?"
"Haha." Eli just laughed at me and Touma before saying seriously with the biggest smile on his face as he stood up, "I'm dead serious you two. I say we start right now this second. We can take turns carrying Misaki and she'll just tell all the bad people to start being nice to everyone from now on or else."
"Yo, that's crazy." Lightbulbs went off in Touma's head from the way he jumped up too, "That's a great Idea, Eli! We are gonna be the most overpowered of all time. We can just tell all those stupid scientists to help Misaki learn to walk instead of doing all that other crazy stuff."
"And after we get Misaki back on her feet we'll need to get her one of those megaphones so everyone will listen to her even if we're far away. After we take over Japan, I say we go to America next."
"Ooooh! I've never been to America!"
"Yeah," Eli said with a smug voice, "You no-lives are gonna eat it up like chicken dinner."
"Heh heh." Touma giggled a bit and looked at me and Eli, "You guys are gonna have to translate for little ol' me, because I can't read minds and I ain't tryna learn how to speak English from this idiot. You told me 'fuck you' meant 'hi' and I believed it! Dad got so pissed off when I called and I was like 'Fuck You Dad!'. English is gonna be so hard."
I chuckled a bit in my wheel chair from where I sat, and I rolled myself over to Touma and said, "It'll be okay Touma." And I petted him like so.
"Yeah, you'll get used to the language sooner or later Touman."
"Dude, don't call me that."
"Touman."
"Urgh… you are such a jerk sometimes."
"No I'm not, right Misaki?"
"Uh…" I didn't really like being put on the spot like this. And when I was about to say no Touma interrupted me-
"Don't you dare bring Misaki into this bro, you know she'll just lie because she doesn't want to hurt your pathetic feelings."
"No. She's just kind, and she's kind to you too Touma, you just don't realize it. Right Misaki, you totally give Touman special privileges."
My cheeks went red and I blurted out with what must've made me look so stupid in Eli's eyes, "No, I love you both the same!"
…
...
Eli smiled and he couldn't help but laugh, "That's kind of creepy, Misaki. We Americans aren't into that kind of stuff- Owch!"
Eli got a plastic cup to the head for saying that, and with my face burning I picked up the burger we came to this place to get anyways.
"We… love you too… I guess…" Eli said, a blank look on his face. He looked over to Touma and said, "I don't know about this fool though. Loves spiking up that trash hair more than anything."
"Not funny man. I love Misaki too. Like a little sister."
"Same, and I'd do anything for my family." Eli said with a nod of his head. They both said those things so seriously I didn't know what to think. My eyes did water up though. "Let's finish up so we can go take over this place. I was serious guys. We can really change the world with Misaki's ability. Imagine how much people we could save. Like seriously, they should just make her Level 5 already, shes the most overpowered kid in this city. We can actually change the world, it's just a matter of when."
"I… haven't really been anywhere else. But there is always something crazy happening on the news and I wanna help if I can."
"That's the spirit Touman!"
"Yeah! And I call piggybacking Misaki-chan first!" Touma cried out.
Eli just laughed at him and he had to hold his mouth so he wouldn't choke on the bite he just took of his sandwich. I for one wasn't having any of this crap though, "No way. Nobodies carrying me. I don't know who put those stupid ideas in your heads." I was not going to be carried by these two weaklings that would just drop me probably. And I wasn't that much younger for god's sake!
"We should probably finish eating first…" Touma said, eyeing the food he didn't even touch yet.
Eli only shrugged, "Fine by me. I been started eating though, like years ago."
"I'm halfway done too," I admitted quietly.
Touma scowled with a left behind look on his face "What the-? How did you two get so far ahead of me?! Oh god!"
…
Eli and Touma were always joking around with each other back then… but… they always made sure to include me too… whether they did that on purpose or not was unkown to me. I was introverted... still am, kind of ... but around them I felt like I could be myself... My ability didn't work on Eli because his nervous system repaired itself whenever I damaged it and Touma simply had to tap himself in the head to cancel anything out. With everyone else... I was a danger...
Actually... I think they are the true danger in this case.
I really thought they were just playing around and joking when they said they wanted to change the world… I couldn't have been more wrong.
END
Author's Note: Poor Shokuhou Misaki...
Anywho... what did you all think? This was just a nice short little skit I guess. I was originally going to do Index when she first woke up in Tokyo, but since I was doing Touma and Eli's arcs I decided to make a skit relating to them instead. They held true to their word and they are out there changing the world in canon one step at a time. I wonder what happened back then... Man, this took me longer then I thought.
Well, I hope you all liked! I don't know what Misaki's personality is like in canon so I don't know if she is different or not here.
Bye everyone!
(Imagine Flash From The Flash Speeding Away And Leaving Behind A Red Streak)