The white snowy plain of Russia was wrapped in silence under the night it was so quiet one could hear a pin drop or a whisper.
" I am so done with being the strongest top one done with all this shit done with everything." Someone said weakly breaking the quiet nature.
A young skinny teenager with an androgynous appearance with pale skin, moppy white hair, and red eyes. His white winter clothes were covered in red blood as he fell from his knees.
He recalled the past events of his life that led to this moment. His whole life was spent crawling through the dreaded darkness for salvation, a light at the end of the tunnel.
Now he wonders if that light he sought is actually the headlight of a train coming to hit him making him suffer more.
His throat had exceeded its limit and his raspy breaths made it sound like his throat had been scraped over with a nail file. He must have been injured internally as well because red liquid occasionally flowed out with his breaths. The tubes within his body had something sticky filling them up.
He stared at the sky emitting a strange golden light.
"Are you okay? says Misaka as Misaka asks a question."
A small female voice was heard as his visions became hazy. That sentence had been spoken by the girl who just before could not maintain consciousness and whose life could not be guaranteed. It was the voice of a girl he wanted to hear. The girl is his light at the end of the tunnel. She would no longer suffer at the hands of unreasonable violence.
One would be in disbelief if it is told that this boy bleeding and weakened to his knees is one of the most powerful people in existence the Level 5 who had once been called the strongest monster. The boy in a weakened state after fighting so many mental and physical battles stretched out his trembling hands and embraced the girl's small body that was still limp and without strength.
He embraced her tightly so as to never let her go again.
"Thank goodness"
He said out of relief and hope despite his voice trembling and not just because the inside of his body had been torn to shreds.
"Dammit. Thank goodness. Thank goodness!" He continued in joy and care.
The boy savored the moment of being in the arms of someone he truly cares for and cares back for him. Emotions one would say not befitting a monster who can take down an army without care.
The scene could be similar to that when a person about to commit suicide is told people care about them and will miss them when that person is gone. Through all that tragedy the boy has seen and been through even when the victim has become a villain, even when the world has told him there is no hope. even with the temptation to go through nihilism.
He found something.
As the boy embraced her, The small girl brought her small hands around to his back where she gently stroked him.
The boy finally found a conclusion and a reason to keep fighting the darkness of this cruel world. It was true that the world was cold, harsh, and too filled with malice to do anything about. However, there was also salvation there. If you just stretched out your own hand if you simply gritted your teeth and continued forward, there was definitely a light that would await you after you struggled and struggled and struggled. The world was not so hopeless that it even robbed you of that ray of light.
"Misaka apologizes for interrupting this emotional reunion, but it doesn't look like this god damn war is going to have a happy ending to it, " Another voice said with thorns of warning in her tone,
The older female voice who he had not realized was present commented on the situation but he chose not to respond.
He had an unpleasant feeling like something cold was piercing into him through all the skin on his body. No, perhaps it was the opposite of that. It may have been that the trembling within his body was flowing out through his skin. It did not matter which it was. At any rate, it was not coming from his usual five senses. It felt like his body's sensors and the calculative circuits in his brain were malfunctioning because he was forcibly taking in information he was not supposed to be able to take in. He could feel immense pressure coming from above.
He looked up into the heavens while still embracing the small girl. A giant fortress was floating there. The golden light filling the sky was being swallowed up by the fortress. He thought he could feel the pressure of that immense power that was concentrating in one spot.
He could feel where it was aimed. That mass of unknown power was being aimed at the Earth.
He had no idea what meaning that fortress had.
He did not understand what effect sending that power to the Earth would have.
"I doubt anything good would come of firing that." He commented inside his head. It was possible whoever was firing it was not after simple destruction. Perhaps it could produce some kind of special effect. Even so, the result would be the same. If a power that great was sent down to the earth, how far would the damage spread? And if he assumed it was something other than purely scientific energy due to the feeling in his skin, He could not use his ability to reflect it. If it made it through, everyone would die. The people in his cell phone's memory, everyone.
"Fuck that." He cursed inside his head not trying to alarm the girl in his embrace.
Immediately after he muttered those words, there was a sound like an explosion, and wings that were black like ink erupted from his back. Those black wings were the symbol of his anger. That tremendous power was full of mysteries. Whenever those wings had appeared, Accelerator had been in a state where he had pretty much completely lost his mental balance. They appeared when he simply wished to kill the enemy before his eyes even if it meant casting aside everything he believed in.
The killer intent erupting from his chest had trampled over the world in the form of those black wings. That was the kind of power it was. It was as if the wings had been squeezed from his body by the pressure from the fortress in the heavens.
It was just like when he had confronted a being unknown to him However...
"Worst." He called out to the third person present not even bothering to look in her direction
His words were as quiet as a whisper.
"I am going to stop that. Can you protect that brat?" He asked.
"From the Russians? Or from Academy City?" The girl replied.
"From everything." He responded with extreme determination. The girl may have felt uneasy at the confusing situation that was developing around her.
Her small hands grabbed onto his clothes.
"Where are you going? says Misaka as Misaka asks a question." She asked in sad desperation. Her eyes wavered as she looked up from within his arms. Most likely, she understood what the boy was about to do. And because she understood, she was trying to stop him."You're not going anywhere, right? says Misaka as Misaka checks to be sure." She pleaded.
"Don't worry. It'll all be over soon." The boy answered calmly with a pleasing voice. He did not say that he would be back or that he would be returning. The monster with the black wings gently removed the small hands from his clothes one finger at a time. It was as if he were shaking off the final bonds that kept him anchored to the surface.
"No, I want to always be with you, says Misaka as Misaka begs you, " The girl said in a small voice.
His response would mostly be in denial but after all, he had been through learning both the meaningful and the meaningless he admitted something that he tried so hard not only to hide but remove.
As his vision become fully cleared he looked at the 10-year-old girl with brown eyes and brown hair with one unusual strand of hair wearing brown winter clothes. He now saw the reason why despite all the struggles adults would protect the young.
"Yes." He answered in a playful voice
"I wanted to always be with you, too." He continued with a childlike smile on his face. With a sound like cracks spreading across the ice, the monster's wings changed color. The ink-like pitch-black changed to a snow-like pure white. Starting from the base and spreading to the tips, the outer color and the inner essence all changed in an instant. Just above his head, a small ring of the same color appeared.
It was a transformation. With that mental change, he became a source that spewed forth a unique power into the real world.
The white-haired boy put his hands on the girl's small shoulders, lightly pushed, and floated up into the sky due to the recoil like an astronaut in zero gravity. The girl's small hands stretched up into the sky towards him but she could not reach him. He was already floating a few meters up.
Convinced that he had done the right thing, His white wings flapped. One-hundred-meter wings used more than just the power of the wind. They also converted some more unknown energy into lift. He emitted no force down at the earth, but he still shot up like a bullet.
In an instant, the boy reached a point three thousand meters up and scattered the thick clouds that were hanging in the sky. At the same time, the fortress in the heavens made its move.
The mass of golden power that was being taken in from above and stored underneath was mercilessly thrown downwards. He could feel the pressure on his cheek as a stinging numbness. Just like his white wings, that power truly was not a normal power. Most likely, his reflection would not work on it. It would just pierce straight through like when he had been defeated by a being that was unknown to him.
He moved his white wings even more and his speed of ascent shot up. With no tricks up his sleeve, he headed straight for the falling golden mass. There was a slight smile on his lips.
"I see." He said as he realized something
"So this is what a fight to protect something is like."
Immediately afterward, the two massive powers clashed at an altitude of eight thousand meters.
The girl who watched him flew away muttered something she wish he could hear and responded back.
"I love you Accelerator."
A tremendous shock shook the floating giant fortress. The golden light had exploded. The great amount of energy that was fired down from the fortress was obstructed by something or someone.
That something or someone whispered as its's vision is being inhibited and its body weakened. Uncertain of what's next to come. It used up its remaining mental energy to think about something that made it use up all its energy to keep moving forward.
"I love you Last Order."
It quietly said in a weakened voice as an image he tried so hard to deny had entered his head. An image of a 10-year-old girl with brown eyes and brown hair with one unusual strand of hair wearing a blue spotted dress with a white coat and sandals in the dark sparling city smiling in joy.
Inside an unknown location from what looks like a deck, a female voice called out. On the monitors, the world map is shown. Warnings and notifications suddenly appeared on the monitor.
" Sir we have reports of an anomaly in Japan it doesn't match any of our protocols and information we have." A woman in a formal uniform of an analyst addressed her superiors as she zoomed in specifically on the country of Japan to gather more data.
" Give me a full visual and any information of the anomaly you can this instant." Her superior ordered.
After they analyzed the monitor for any information on the situation her superior came to a conclusion.
" We must first conduct an investigation and continue protocol and if the worst came to happen we will request assistance from DEM." Her superiors concluded.
His conclusion made her anxious not only about the mysterious phenomenon that happened or may happen in the future but when his superior muttered the word "DEM".
One of her colleagues anxiously yet composed sent a notification telling people to gear up with arms to the teeth but stay put until ordered to be deployed.
A notification alert has been sent to Tengu Base.
In Tengu Base a military installation. An announcement was made as a result of a notification sent from another location. People who were doing their daily routine switched to full alert and went to their designated tasks during protocols.
Inside the armory people, we're getting busy arming themselves to the teeth with tactical equipment with an otherworldly futuristic appearance that would look straight out of a generic sci-fi movie.
The armory was filled with loud sounds of voice in a rush, the announcement played on repeat, and equipment being prepared.
With the technology and determination of the people doing their tasks in a military installation, it was almost as if they were preparing to be deployed for World War Three.
In the aesthetic busy sparkling lights of Tengu City of Japan. In one of the buildings, On the rooftop
From the shadows, a young girl slowly rose up from the floor.
The girl had an uneven twin tail black hairstyle wearing a strange otherworldly dress made out of crimson and black frills, the appearance of an elegant Gothic Lolita. On her head, she wears a big crimson net bow to hold her hair and a red and black collar on her neck. She slowly rose up before coming out with a jump. She gracefully stretched her body lightly and looked up to the sky.
The girl emitted mature beauty and elegance. If she were to do an introduction or a show trumpets and saxophones would be played in seductive classical jazz.
Her expressions scream with the harmony of order and chaos as her right eye is red-tinted while her left eye appears as a golden, inorganic vintage clock face.
"Well, well it looks like this has become quite the troublesome matter how was it?" She said to no one until several girls came out from the rooftop's shadows at the same time.
They are all girls with the same identical appearance as her. The same asymmetrical hairstyle and each with a clock's dial as their left eye and also have the same voice. One would think they are quadruplets or wearing costumes of a strange cult.
The first girl who appeared first on the rooftop sighed and faced the other three girls who look identical to her.
"Right even if I collect enough Spiritual Power to go back with The Twelfth Bullet, I absolutely cannot win ." She said in defeat and uncertainty.
After she said that, The identical girl stayed quiet. They were all looking at her silently."Ara?" She said in response to their silence with a giggle."What's with that face, us? Do you think I will simply accept it, just like that? Do you think I would waste all the human lives I've taken, just because of that?" She continued as she twirled around as if she was dancing, and she kicked the ground lightly to stand at an angle. She looked down into the vast town, she continued as if singing.
"We may have a slight inconvenience, me." One of the identical girls the third one said interrupting the first girl.
"What would that be may I kindly ask?" The first girl asked in a polite manner covering her slight annoyance while enjoying the view of the city below.
"An unknown being has entered the dance. The third girl in the group said as she created a small shadow near her and placed her arm inside her created shadow and started to rummage around inside it. She grabbed a manila folder with the red label Top Secret and gave it to the girl looking down.
The first girl took it and began reading the folder which made her eyes widen in surprise at the new information.
"Ara ara ara ara looks like we have a new guest to our lovely tea party." She grinned with excitement.
"Looks like we're gonna have a lot on our plate now this unknown being and now my current target her power might be too much for a direct approach—but, what about it?." She asked as she looked back at the three girls.
The four girls who look identical continued their conversation until it was interrupted by an unpleasant brain-itching siren that echoed through the whole city.
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
Following the siren, a mechanical voice that paused after each word, probably for ease of understanding rang out."—This is not, a drill. This is not, a drill. The foreshock has been observed. The occurrence, of a spacequake, is predicted. Persons in the vicinity, please move to the nearest shelter, immediately. I repeat—"
In that instant, the loud busy noises of Tengu City got louder and busier. Citizens rushed toward multiple shelters scattered around the city.
Despite the chaos, the four girls remained within warning of the upcoming disaster instead they all smiled like sadistic hunters excited to hunt.
"Ara, Looks like things are gonna get more interesting." One of the girls commented.
"Uggghhhhhh" The boy known as Accelerator down on the ground face on the floor groaned in discomfort as he slowly regains consciousness.
"What the, how the fuck am I alive!." He complained as he starts to crawl.
"Is it even a good thing that I am alive?"
Accelerator got up but got knocked down as he is still weakened by the overuse of his ability. The white wings had disappeared from his back. At the very least, he understood that he was alive like that because the great destruction had been stopped at the last second. He used an accessory on his left arm what appears a combat armor with a shield design on the left arm is actually a crutch in the middle of the accessory a long metal rod with it ends with four legs attached to its end like a microphone stand came out and struck the ground supporting him to stand.
"Where the hell am I." He looked around his surroundings while his mind was still hazy.
He noticed from where he lay a small human-sized crater it looked like it was hit by a basketball-sized meteor and turned to see around him shining lights of the city.
Something was strange the city at night looked so full of light and life is actually empty. No person was in sight however lights were still on, electronics were still on even the cars still had their lights on.
Accelerator still weak decided to continue walking to explore.
He deduced that maybe they were evacuated a war may still be ongoing as he was on a battlefield in the snowy plains of Russia.
After reading some written and digital materials lying around he was shocked.
"Tch, Goddamit fuck motherfucking fuck ughhhhhhhhh!." He cursed weakly and quietly trying to hold the rage within.
It was the year 20XX years after where he once was. Mentally he begged for this to be false so he wandered and looked around for more evidence for it to be true not some psychological warfare his enemies are using to break him.
He scanned through every material within his vicinity and proved it to be through newspapers, billboards, advertisements, hell even the technology it was far too expensive and demanding for it to be some trick maybe their using a mind-altering method to make him think that.
Processing the current situation Accelerator is conflicted as there are many factors that can disprove and approve the most logical answer which is a mind-alteration he set that aside as he explored more of the area and gather more information.
His search was interrupted as missiles of an unknown design came from all sides and struck him down.
Before the missiles struck him he sighed calmly and stay stood in the exact same spot and pose he reached for his choker-shaped electrode that was covered by his winter clothes and pressed a button activating his reflection.
The missiles hit their target after that the dust and smoke blew away revealing Accelerator unscathed from the attack.
He sighed and cracked his neck. Took off his winter clothes to allow more movement revealing underneath his white long sleeve shirt with V patterns and gray pants. Deactivated his cane going back up.
He brushed his hair which he realized had gotten longer and concluded it must be an effect of using his ability causing his body too much stress.
"Come at me bitches just because I've gotten weaker, it doesn't mean that you're any stronger, right?" He declared with a confident and scornful smile.
The combatants ready to face Accelerator directly went closer he got a good look at them They were wearing strange metal suits that look like a powered exoskeleton flying in the sky and the weapons in their hands from their appearance were so advanced. What got most of his attention that was strange to him was that most of them are young females only wearing their armor and no clothes underneath it exposing most of their body parts except for their privates. It made him laugh a little to think that someone who thought of this is either a genius or a dumbass using feminity as psychological warfare it could work on some special cases but not in this.
The enemy split into 2 groups one group stayed and circled around and one drew melee weapons and proceed to charge at him.
The first group charged as Accelerator stood there bored and a little weakened and decided to go easy on them as his power is limited and he knew nothing of the enemy if he kills them it would lead to escalation and would be smart to not show much of his true capabilities.
His enemies slashed at a superhuman speed they all thought this would be an easy kill and they would will be no longer go to the medical bay again.
Their blades were about to strike Accelerator and he responded with a grin that looked like a hyena on the verge of ejaculation.
He deliberately changed the vector calculations to destroy their blades. The wind whipped around them and his enemies the ones who charged at him were lifted off their feet as they were thrown backward, crashing into the walls and floor nearby damaging their bones and knocking them all out unconscious.
The second group who stayed up flying were in shock and fear they all gathered themselves and aimed their futuristic weapons at him.
Usually, he would wait for them to empty their rounds at him and take them out one by one but he wanted to keep his powers as hidden as possible so he redirected the vectors of the bullets shifting their course back to the gun it came from. A return to their senders. not only that once the bullets shifted their course returning back at them would cause a small explosion of shrapnel temporarily blinding them.
He formed a white tornado redirecting it to rapidly circle around him knocking the second group all unconscious to the ground before they could react.
"Huh so boring." He sighed in the aftermath of the fight composing himself after using his remaining limited power.
He then noticed a survivor of his attack wiping her eyes struggling to stand up. He decided to knock her out by stomping on her stomach.
Slowly he walked to the last woman standing he got a full view of her appearance a young, girl with light blue eyes, and long, silvery-white hair wearing the same outfit as her allies a combat metal suit that may or may not be a powered exoskeleton and a pair of sensors are attached to her hair with armor covering her from her shoulders to her hands, as well as a part of her body and legs except for her thighs.
Before finishing her off he thought of gaining pieces of information first.
"Hey brat are you with the Russians, Japanese, or Academy City or maybe all combined which is it?"
As the girl fully got her vision and saw Accelerator's deathly glare and the remaining dust and smoke clearing she only said one word in response.
"Spi-rit" She slowly mumbled making him confused and annoyed.
"What did I knock you out real bad you started to see the light." Accelerator said with a barking laugh at the girl
Jet black darkness spread out from her body like a spider's web. The darkness swirling around her entangled her body and formed into a dark blue mourning dress and a large veil over her head and has jagged markings on her exposed torso and thighs.
Accelerator watched the whole transformation he would be lying if he didn't say it was interesting and nice to watch.
"Demon King of Salvation Satan" She mumbled confusing Accelerator not before that robotic-like wings appeared and pointed its tip towards his direction.
He knew it was realizing a unique kind of projectile.
The wings shot towards the spot where he used to be just now, pierced through the floor, and flew into the sky.
At first, he planned to reflect on it using his ability but it was too risky as it was unknown something he had not seen before. It might have a different reaction, unlike normal projectiles that usually reflect so he dodged it.
When he moved to a different spot and held out his hand to manipulate the wind twisting around his hand redirecting its vectors to form enough force to knock out a person and aimed it at the girl with the dark blue mourning dress.
The girl was unscathed and lacked expressions as she stared at Accelerator like a robot.
"What the hell are you?" Accelerator asked ironically as he himself isn't normal and also holds a unique ability.
The wings around the girl redirected their aim at him and began blasting Accelerator to which he dodged the black beams coming from the wings.
"Tch, shit." He cursed inside his head his power is getting lower than it already is from all the giant fortress then the last remaining energy spent wandering around the city to this fight he can take her down once he start to learn more about her by fighting her but its too risky as reinforcements might arrive that may be more difficult than this one so it was time for a tactical retreat.
Dodging each black beam using his ability to accelerate his speed he grabbed a pistol from one of the unconscious girls' metal holsters.
He held up his new gun and towards his own temple.
"Sorry, but I am not giving you the last laugh." He mockingly said to the expressionless girl Accelerator before unhesitatingly pulling the trigger killing him.
The girl watched his death as she saw his body drop to the ground.
She then fell to her knees powerlessly and the countless wings floating around her turned into light particles before disappearing into the atmosphere her dark blue dress decorating her body opened and she returned back to the metal suit she wore before transforming then she fully lost consciousness and drop down like Accelerator.
"That was something well that saves me some energy." Accelerator commented as he got up his plan of faking a suicide by redirecting the direction of the bullet to somewhere and altering the vectors of the wind and oxygen in the space between the bullet and his head to make it look like a gunshot occurred.
He then inspected the gun he stole from one of the enemies admiring its unique futuristic design and searched for any trademarks. He saw the words "Deus Ex Machina Industries" he never heard of it so that disproves the mind-alteration.
"Tch that settles it."
It also gave him insight into his predicament he never heard of the company before so this one proves that he is now in the future.
"But how the only logical thing I can think of is cryostasis some bastards wanted to use so they kept me preserved until something went wrong."
After some critical thinking, the most logical answer is that after using up his energy he was found by some group and for some reason placed in cryostasis where his body was deep-freezed for preservation until something wrong happened that ended up here.
Before going to any form of conclusion he needs confirmation he sought to find any electronic gadget with the Internet so he can do some research.
With determination, he confidently walked away with his cane from the battlefield.
"What if I can't see that brat anymore best not think about it for now even if it did I think it's for the best I did everything I can and with me out of the picture she can finally get the best."
He reflected on his thoughts as he explored with resiliency.
"Tsuckhhhh, shit why now." He had the urge to vomit as his body was extremely exhausted and way past its limit.
He then collapsed to the ground after his body has no longer the energy to support him.
After Accelerator's body dropped to the floor his enemy the girl with the long white hair who he fought earlier got back up again as she regained her consciousness.
"Oh no it happened again why do I keep shutting down?" The girl anxiously asked until she noticed someone running up to her. It was one of her teammates
"Origami are you okay did you black out again." She asked concerned.
"Captain I don't know I was knocked out after fighting." Origami replied to her captain a young woman in her mid-20s with glossy black hair which is tied into a ponytail with some bangs left out into three separate parts like her allies wearing the same metal suit.
The captain listened to Origami's words until he noticed Accelerator's body on the ground. Origami saw this and looked to where her captain was looking at.
"Origami did you take on this Spirit on your own one-on-one combat." Her captain asked in shock and awe.
"I think I did." Origami replied with uncertainty.
"Hold on I think it's still alive." The captain pointed as she spotted him breathing.
"Should we finish her off." Origami stated as she grabbed a rifle nearby.
"No, it may be a trap since it's only us standing let's call for reinforcements." Her captain replied.
"Understood." Origami replied and proceeded to watch over her fallen adversary in battle.
Accelerator woke up confused with a headache and his powers turned off. He tried to get up but was brought down with a number of metal thick belts wrapped around him. After struggling to get out he froze to do some thinking.
In order to regain his composure and get his brain to function, he did some mental exercises.
"My name is Accelerator my real name unknown and forgotten the first ranked among seven Level 5 espers of Academy City my name comes from my ability it can create a thin field around me, that can allow me to modify the vector values of anything I touch. My ability had undergone certain changes from powerful to weak to powerful sometimes even I don't understand it."
Accelerator's mentally said to himself to check if his brain is functioning and if it has not tampered so he continued.
"I recently fought in World War Three against Russia and Academy City to protect a person I care deeply about the last thing I did was fly to a giant floating fortress I was sure would bring destruction and tragedy from what I have seen it is somehow functioning as a nuclear bomb I knew nothing good can come from it doesn't matter which side holds it so I used my last remaining power stopping it from bringing destruction."
He recalled those moments now knowing he is kind of mentally well.
"Now I fucking ended up here somehow in the fucking future or an alternate dimension shit." He cursed as he looked around the room he is in.
He saw advanced equipment from computers to tools that belong to a laboratory.
"Tch, well it's been a while since I am in a situation like this."
The technology is nothing like he had seen before and he has seen all so he has reference being that he has one of the most powerful ranked abilities.
His train of thought was interrupted as someone entered the room. Three men one in a laboratory uniform and two security guards wearing bulletproof vests underneath black shirts and pants while their headwear consists of black shades and a black cap.
"Who are you and what is this place," Accelerator asked while restraining himself to be more threatening to lower their guards as he tried his luck to gain information even if the chances of getting it are low.
" So this is the anomaly who caused the destruction with no Reiryoku this would be interesting if I crack this code I could make many toys with it. Westcott would give me a promotion himself and the money I can make." The scientist exclaimed enthusiastically while two guards stood between the door.
"Westcott must be some big shot VIP never heard of him yeah this is not Academy City but based on the text around with both English and Japanese either this Japan or a rogue group from Academy City." Accelerator thought after being ignored so he resorted to making an escape plan.
"As long he doesn't turn off my switch I can regain my powers and escape, heh I am so smart that dumbass of a scientist probably got lucky that's why he got hired." Accelerator bragged in a low voice but loud enough to be heard.
The scientist heard it and become arrogant but was cautious. He had no knowledge of this boy and his power doesn't match what any records have.
The researcher was cautiously trying to check on the switch on his neck thinking he was using psychological tactics against him.
Little that he knew that's what he wanted.
The instant the researcher's fingertips pressed against the switch, Accelerator swung his head to the side while still strapped in by the belts. As a result, the finger held against the switch ended up sliding the switch to the maximum. His power returned. The black belts binding his body was blown away in an instant. The man in was blown away in the direction of the guards directly knocking all of them out.
"Sorry, this monster does not come with a remote control."
The King of the monsters known as Accelerator announced to the knocked-out people and the cameras that may or not be watching the room.
He was correct as the observer decided to play a small level threat alarm calling for only 5 fully armed guards to sedate him.
It's not like it's gonna get worse and worse.
It definitely can get worse as shadows with a color mix of red and black began to materialize at the heavy steel gate. Shadows in a human shape crawled out levitating. The shadows then morphed into girls that look identical with the same features and clothing all with uneven twin tail black hairstyles wearing a strange otherworldly dress made out of crimson and black frills, the appearance of an elegant Gothic Lolita. On her head, she wears a big crimson net bow to hold her hair and a red and black collar on her neck. They were all smiling creepily and although their mouths were not moving they were giggling in a creepy unsettling manner.
"Hihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihi."
The whole facility was on full high alert
"It's Nightmare shoot them." One of the guards shouted in desperation as the guards began firing at the girls who they collectively addressed as Nightmare.
"Where the fuck are the Wizards." One guard said as he reloads anxiously.
Meanwhile, Accelerator was watching the situation hidden by the walls as the whole building was overrun by enemies he decided to use this opportunity to explore and gather data.
He pressed the switch on his choker to accelerate his speed and sprinted away from the fight.
He entered a room near to where he was locked in and dressed in his winter clothes, his modern crutch, and took a handgun lying around so he can fight while not using too much of his power.
After sprinting away as the fight went closer to his vicinity he found an office that looked like it belonged to someone in a high position. He locked and barricaded the door and used the unattended computer with still open tabs on it to begin some research. Spotting a USB lying around as the gunshots and screams got louder in a rush he randomly placed files in the USB that doesn't have the same name and sounded important.
Accelerator decided to search some terms on the web while waiting for files to load. He typed Academy City. The results were not what he thought as what came up are terms for fictional and practical terms, not the place he was from.
He was so surprised that he forgot about the sound of gunfire happening. Academy City is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within Western Tokyo. A city of several schools and institutions of higher learning that learn side-by-side along with the scientists who research psychic powers and higher technology, The most advanced city in the world, and its technology is said to be 20 or 30 years ahead of the world.
His prediction of the state of the world where he now is that Academy City became annexed or controlled by Japan and it is not feasible and possible to hide this knowledge or in fact unnecessary to hide this. It could either be a cover-up or revisionism but it seemed so illogical.
Next, he typed World War Three and the results were the same not as he expected as what came out were possibilities of it breaking out. In his time World War Three was a global war between Russia and Academy City. It is impossible to cover an even this big it is possible unless it happened at least two centuries ago but not something recent and based on the year it is now it's not that long.
Several explosions occurred and Accelerator who still wanted to do some more research began to get moving before shooting the computer and the furniture around making it look like a firefight occurred.
Finally founding the exit with a design of a hanger he found himself looking at an abnormal scene. Soldiers all in black combat armor and others wearing a strange futuristic mechanical suit similar to the enemies he fought at the city previously each soldier with a different design and weapon all fighting what seems to be girls they keep calling Nightmare. They seem to be guarding something.
The girls wore the same gothic lolita dress and have the same appearance they were floating in the air around the soldiers desperately fighting like goldfishes running away from a human arm trying to grab them. The girls attacked them by dragging them to the shadows on the floors and walls.
Accelerator hid by the walls and tried to think tactically he had three options one is to look for an exit but could take longer and may reach into obstacles he may not know how to deal with. The second one is to wait for the fight to end and escape once no one is present but he could get found out and forced to join the fight. The last one is to dash to the opening the problem is he could get pursued or get tracked by some unknown advanced technology he has no knowledge of.
"Arondight." Someone announced in the middle of the fight.
The girls who all look identical that Accelerator thought would either be clones, something similar to dark matter, or maybe an effect of mental alteration methods began to fall as large amounts of blood gushed out from their chests. With the assistance of the soldiers, they were gaining the upper hand against the girls known collectively as Nightmare.
Accelerator watched the scene as warfare improved seeing the soldiers' mechanical armor and weapons consisting of guns and blades and their opponent a girl with an ability following a different set of laws his ability used. In the firefight, as they were all busy trying to fight each other he took the opportunity to escape
He reached out for his choker using his regained energy and mental calculations. A smile appeared on his face.
He slammed the foot of his crutch into the ground.
The firm ground shook as though being pressed from underneath. Accelerator crouched. Cracks stretched out on the floor, each with him at its origin. The walls creaked, and all the glass windows, unable to withstand the change in the structure, shattered, scattering shards of glass everywhere.
The two groups fighting noticed the change but still continued with their fight.
The shards were raining down from the roof. They were covering too wide an area. An explosion rang out creating smoke. Accelerator stomped on the broken floor again and blasted off into the sky like a rocket with superhuman speed. Behind him, there were four powerful, white translucent whirlwind-like bursts of air connected to him. It made him look like an angel ascending into heaven.
The two groups noticed him and stopped their fighting to look at the commotion only to be blocked by smoke.
Accelerator finally got out of the building he turned back to see the whole location. It was a grand-scale laboratory facility on a small remote island which made him groan in annoyance as it will be a pain to fly back to Japan.
Annoyed he looked around for methods to get him out of the island until he found an airstrip with multiple aircraft. He flew towards it hoping to hijack one of it.
Landing in an area he won't be spotted he sneakily looked for any pilots nearby. It looks like he won the jackpot as he spotted a helicopter about to take off so he sprinted to it.
The moment he opened the door he was greeted with hostility.
"Who the hell are you and what are you doing here." The male pilot running through a systems check asked in caution.
"I have orders to come with you," Accelerator said hoping for an easy option.
"From who I received nothing." The pilot rebutted.
"Didn't you hear the explosions it's a fucking war down there do you really think they would have time for a fucking red carpet." Accelerator answered back with hostility and irritation hoping to get the pilot to buy it.
"Alright but once we get there your helping me out of whatever trouble I receive." The pilot bought it as he gave him a helmet.
Accelerator received it and made himself comfortable on the helicopter seat behind the pilot.
The helicopter rose up and began to fly away. Accelerator looked out the window to see the warzone still happening confused about what was going on.
"So what are you gonna do at the Japan branch?" The pilot asked him to start a conversation.
"Classified and I am going to sleep this is an urgent matter so don't tell anyone you're carrying me." Accelerator explained as he starts to sleep.
"Roger that." The pilot replied.
One long painful helicopter ride later they arrived back in Tengu City Japan.
The time was midnight.
"We're here back to Japan wake up kid." The pilot said as Accelerator woke up with annoying jetlag.
He looked out the window and saw the whole city from above it was so different from the Japan he is used to as the prefecture had turned into a circle of scorched Earth as if an eraser had been applied to it. This is where he ended up since Russia now he is back. He wanted to ask questions but refrained as it would have been too suspicious.
The pilot landed on a tall building. Accelerator waited for the right time to leave.
"Alright time to get off." The pilot said with a breath of relief. Both of them got off. Accelerator took this chance to leave.
With the pilot on his back using his phone.
Accelerator flicked his switch and dropped himself off the rooftop.
"Alright, so who's gonna go in first?" The pilot asked as he turned to find no one there.
"Well, it's classified damn kids these days." The pilot commented as he returns to his job.
He didn't realize Accelerator was behind him flying away. He remembered this isn't Academy City anymore he can't do what he wants anymore so he had to be discreet. He landed in a spot where no one was looking.
The city was back to normal with citizens around like nothing happened. When he was around it was like a ghost town like everyone vanished of a sudden now it was a busy city. They must have been evacuated from the warzone.
Wandering around Accelerator found himself on a park bench resting.
"What the fuck am I going to do now." Accelerator screamed on the inside after dropping his body on the bench to rest.
Not knowing where to go next a part of him wanted to fly to the location where Academy City is from the Japan he knows but it would be pointless and waste. He thought as a last resort if there is no place to go he would be a pawn for the Japanese Military but as last resort.
"I saved countless lives and this is what I get the world fucking sucks." Accelerator chuckles as he looks to the sky.
"But at least Last Order is safe and something good happened with me out of the picture Last Order, Yoshikawa, and Yomikawa are safe there is no reason for those bastards to take her now that I am gone even if some dumbass did their the goddamn hero and the third-ranked so she would probably be fine." He continued talking to himself.
Unknown what to believe that either he is in the future awakening from cryostasis or transported to an alternate universe as there many factors conflicting with it. There is one thing that is the most important thing Academy City is gone.
It would take a long time for Accelerator fully process and accept this. Again he needed some more information then he can fully accept the situation and proceed with what's next to do.
"Ahhhh please help me, anyone." A female voice crying for help called out gaining Accelerator's attention.
"It's true I have no real reason to save her, but that's no reason to just let her die. I'm not even sure which path I should walk down from now but I guess I can still interfere in someone's life" Accelerator told himself with a determined smile as he readies his gun that he stole from the facility.
He flicked his switch to go to the source of the voice at rapid speed like a motorcycle accelerating.
The noise came from a small old fashioned brick apartment building. Accelerator arrived and saw a knocked-out security guard and people hiding.
He entered a room whose door was opened and saw a man wearing all black clothing a ski mask and clothes. The thief was holding a baby and pointing a gun at it presumably to take a hostage as the victim a female in his 20s possibly the baby's mother is opening her safe in fear and a hurry. They were so focused on each other that they didn't even notice Accelerator's presence.
Accelerator used his power and launched himself between the robber and the woman knocking both the thief at his neck cartilage and for safety measures the gun he is holding away. As the thief dropped Accelerator gently held the baby and gave it to the distressed mother. The mother with a huge sigh of relief bowed with gratitude to Accelerator.
The security guard who was knocked out finally arrived at the scene. Accelerator then pointed at the thief who was on the ground unconscious.
"That's the bad guy please take him away." He said to which the guard responded by picking up the dropped gun and carrying the body out.
"Thank you so much mister I really had a rough week." The mother still thanking him.
"Free of charge." He replied until he remembered his situation.
"Well sorry to be selfish but I am kind of desperate if you can that is ?" He asked the mother.
"Anything just ask anything that I can," She answered.
"I got lost and pickpocketed can I stay at the place for the night I'll just sleep on the couch if it's alright with you." He asked the mother desperately.
"Oh sure sure sure think of it as my thanks for helping me and my baby boy." She replied with a hospitable smile.
"Thanks, I also had a rough time." After saying that Accelerator instantly dropped on the couch resting from the remaining jetlag, power usage, and wandering around.
The mother who was not able to say a word watched him instantly fall asleep on the couch. With nothing to do and say she started cleaning up.
Accelerator woke up from a powerful and relaxing sleep he had since Russia or maybe the time he was captured on a laboratory bed. He got up, grabbed his cane, and saw the mother he saved cooking food.
"Oh, you're awake come to eat it looked like you had it rougher than me here." The woman gave Accelerator hospitality and it reminded him of someone but decided to get it off as he was extremely hungry.
He saw on the table noodles prepared for him. Out of hunger, he started to dig in, picked up the chopsticks and soup spoon, and began eating.
Eating the noodles reminded him of the so-called family he had an unusual annoying family who decided to adopt a monster in human form.
Wanting to ignore the thought he turned to the Television that was on playing drama. The time that was displayed was twelve-thirty he was asleep for a long time.
He was interrupted as the woman came to the table and placed a basket full of onigiri.
Accelerator grabbed one to go with the noodles. As he was eating he noticed the mother staring at her with joy and fascination it made him feel like an animal at a zoo being fed for people's amazement.
"Oh no don't mind me and eat as many as you want it's my thanks for saving my life." The woman who is holding a baby said to Accelerator who continued eating.
After finishing his meal he stood up and turned to the mother and baby he recently saved.
"Thanks for the hospitality I'll get out of your hair now." Accelerator said as he began to leave until he felt a tug on his winter jacket.
"Wait before you leave." The woman began to get something out of a box.
"Take this you were robbed right, so here is a token of my gratitude you don't know how much you saved me." The woman gave Accelerator some pocket money.
Accelerator wanted to deny it as he is kind of wealthy but that's from another place and time as he received it he looked at the eyes of the baby he saved. It was so moving and innocent it was the hope adults that accepted him fought to protect so he accepted it with gratitude.
"Thanks for the hospitality." He said as he left.
The woman and child watched their savior leave he may not look grateful as he looked like he was so busy and cautious like something or someone was out to get him but she saw the appreciation in his eyes.
Walking away from the small apartment Accelerator with a cane in his hand was back to objective number one aside from survival.
"Again, what the fuck am I going to do now." He cursed and the idea of turning himself to the military came to him as a last resort he could start a normal life but that would be really difficult as his ability needs maintenance for calculations for the heavy uses.
He stumbled upon an Internet Cafe that offer the use of computers with high bandwidth Internet access with the payment of a fee and found an opportunity to learn more about this new world he found himself in.
"Welcome to a brave new world huh." He said quietly to himself entering the cafe.
After paying the cashier for the usage of two hours he finally got to do some research that isn't in a firefight.
He stretched his fingers and began typing. First was world history the difference between this Japan and the Japan he came from. There is one event that caught his eye. Thirty years ago a disaster occurred in the middle of Eurasia the region that had contained countries such as the Soviet Union, China, and Mongolia, causing them to have disappeared in a single night. The name of the disaster referred as a "space earthquake" referred to the phenomenon of the shaking of a wide area. It was the generic term given to explosions, quakes, vanishings, and such things that happen for unknown reasons at random times and places. Like the whims of a large monster, destroying a street for the sake of it, these were extremely unreasonable phenomena.
Accelerator wouldn't be surprised if this so-called space earthquake was manmade as the difference between natural and manmade is that it had the intent to destroy. He continued reading.
Five years ago, starting with a corner of the redeveloped Tengu City, these mysterious phenomena started popping up here and there again. Moreover, most of them happened in— those twenty-five years in between. Starting thirty years ago with the areas that had finished redevelopment, underground shelters had spread at an explosive rate. Together with the fact that it had become possible to observe precursors to spacequakes, a certified Japan Self-Defense Force disaster response team had been put together. Their purpose was to travel to disaster areas and rebuild the destroyed facilities and roads, but their work can only be described as magic. After all, completely destroyed streets could, in an insanely short amount of time, be restored to how they used to be. Their work was classified as top secret and so no information was available to the public, but when one would a collapsed building restored in a single night, one can't help but feel like seeing a magic trick.
Accelerator took all this information in as part of him didn't want to believe but logically it would be impossible to falsify all this.