Hello again readers of LoCG once again, sorry for the delay again. Been kinda sick and my brain's been funky. Wether it's allergens a bug or otherwise no clue, but managed to fix my funk and here we are. Review time!

Whisks:{Index really is having fun playing build-a-horror isn't sheXD. Government idiots will be government idiots. We'll see about that, but you will see how they react soon enough! Indeed… Last chapter was the Nuclear option. She's realized she's been lying to herself, but hasn't fully accepted it or what it means.}

5had0wHand:{We'll lets seee… The Allfather, a literal lovecraftian abomination… An Aztech god. Yeah I'd say she'd on some crack levels of shit. Hey can't blame her for trying, at least the 'persuasion' worked right? Oh her power's fun-factor just skyrocketed. Itsuwa's having a day… and it just won't stop! Knight Leader is gonna need a coffee after this. I mean would you believe it in their situation? Index doesn't like being compared to Othi. He likely will, but it might be too late then. I hope it works well, does it?}

VLPURN:{She did indeed, well she's admitted it before. Elizard is gonna bring a whole new form of crazy to the party. I would't hold your breath, besides I already established why Accel would be hesitant to bother her.}

Mr?:{And the main man himself is back with another review! How you doing you Toaru-fic community celebrity? I mean we're dealing with MG Index here, the scale is going to be Over the top. I had fun creating that creature, ended up listening to 'Mezame' from Mai-hime for it's appearance and battle. It works, heck the one head is partially based on the… can't pronounce it but the big alien dragon thing from that anime. Wasn't really a big fan but it had some cool music and a cool creature. Index doesn't obey the laws of physics, the laws of physics obey HER! XD.

Accelerator ain't dumb he's not gonna pick fight with beings like Index if he doesn't have to.}

DarkMatter69:{I wouldn't be too sure there, like I said and established earlier through Qliphah. Accelerator doesn't want to risk fighting Index. She despite not shattering reality by existing. Is indeed a full powered magic god. And more than that, she's eating phases. If Accelerator isn't careful he could end up just making her more dangerous by fighting her. What? It wasn't made obvious in NT1 and 6/7 that Mugino is heads over heels for him?}

Anyways remember constructive criticism is both encouraged and desired. Thanks to Dragonrails and my new beta (All Hail Lord Megatron) for their help. Go remember to support their stories, despite the flaws cause they have quite the eye for storytelling.

Now let this tale of an infinity commence once more

Chapter 43

Union of myths

Accelerator hurtled through extra-solar space as close to the speed of light as he dared.

During Accelerator's battle with the multi-armed beast he had flown directly at the creature's gray attack. By doing so at relativistic speeds he had thrown the scales more towards the supposed 'white hole' effect of temporal acceleration. Therefore for a short fraction of a single moment. Accelerator's relative time to everything else had been stretched out by several hours. Time had frozen from his perspective, and in that moment. Accelerator had cut the creature in so many pieces that each was a single dust particle.

However as soon as he began to slow down his speed he suddenly found himself in the middle of space. Fortunately for him his white wings were already active and had brought enough air for a few days. Unfortunately he was without a doubt out of range of the misaka-network and thus couldn't call upon clonoth. It was without a doubt, nonsensical pseudo-scientific bull, and it made Accelerator's head hurt.

It came to his attention through Qliphah who was still with him that he had, somehow, been thrown back a day or so. The news very nearly caused him to try and launch in a random direction in hopes of reaching earth. But he managed to hold back just long enough to calculate the correct direction.

Unfortunately again, he was more than a light-day away. Meaning even at top speeds he'd not reach earth in time to save Kamijou Touma.

It confused accelerator how he somehow went back in time. But thinking back to when he had flown directly into the gray attack. He managed to come up with a semi-understandable explanation. While it's logic was a bit loose the basic concept could be found in relativistics.

Time Dilations around a black hole were caused by Its gravity and further influenced by their spin. Theoretically if you could have two black holes orbit each other without colliding. Then take a vessel through a path between their ergospheres. You'd exit before you had entered as time would be so warped as to bend back in upon itself.

Earth was coming into view for Accelerator so he began to slow down. He was not happy however, he was running out of oxygen too. 'That damn fucking monster, it really did nothing but buy time. If.. I had been a little closer, maybe...'The idea that that tragedy not occuring screamed at him. The guilt tugged and clawed at his mind. 'Maybe then the damn hero wouldn't have to die! I could have saved him, I had to have been able to! I won't accept the idea of it being impossible'

"Master, even if you were closer you wouldn't be able to change things." the demon spoke into his ear.

Accelerator whipped his head towards her "You fucking doubting me!? If It wasn't for me getting held up by those fucking shitty board members the damn hero wouldn't have died! All it would take is for me to have been seconds earlier than that bastard and-" Accelerator's voice caught as he bit back his anger

Qliphah looked guilty as she seemed unsure what to say. "Yes… but if it didn't happen, would you be thinking about those things now? And let's just say you did change things and didn't cause a paradox. What about the world you left behind? Theres no other realities master, no parallels, the universe is like a rubber band. Stretching but snapping back before it's pulled too far. The fact we're out here means we were always out here… It's a loop."

Accelerator grit his teeth, he knew she was right but he didn't want to accept it was true. "DAAAAMNNNNN IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!" Shouted the boy who was merely human as he charged forwards towards the blue planet.

He was just past Mars when he suddenly felt a chill down his spine. The eyes of a predator had found him. And out here there was only one predator, there was only one predator that could prey on the number 1.

"She's spotted us" Qliphah muttered

Accelerator glanced in the direction Qliphah was looking. He was slowing down still but in doing so he kept seeing flashes. Floating just off between the orbits of mars and earth. She stared at him, a far-cry from the nun he knew, clad in purple armor. She tilted her head as he passed her orbit but otherwise stayed passive.

"She doesn't seem interested in bothering us… does that mean?" Accelerator felt dread build in his stomach. 'Are we too late? How long had she delayed us!?'

Tatemiya and the Amakusas had made their way onto the sargasso, It was about time to prepare the spiritual Items and the ritual site. The priestess and her team had retrieved their Item and were heading back, but they'd be a bit.

After meeting up with the remaining members of GROUP. They established a perimeter and patrols. They didn't want any unwelcome surprises. Awaki had teleported from place to place. Before signifying the most stable part of the sargasso. At which point, the Amakusa began to dig.

They were setting up the center of the ritual place. Digging a large hole in the graveyard of ships was fairly difficult. But they needed to, the part they were working on was the last portion. They'd expand the circle out from it, but this was pivotal. Gleipnir would start the spell, and it would end it. It would end it, with every other part of the spell backing it and a final portion placed on the end.

The great devourer would be sealed and it's hunger stripped. The symbol of Abstinence and Liberality would be used to counter it's Gluttony and Greed. By Combining those symbols along with the Fairy spell and Gleipnir in the final act. They could fully 'bind' Index's power.

But It all hinged on every part of the spell working off eachother, so that's why they were working on the last part first. In order to link each spell together, they needed to start with the part they'd finish on first.

"So… Fiamma will be an important part of the last act?" Tsushimia asked, clearly unhappy.

"I'm not happy about it either, but he's the only one who knows or is capable of casting the 'Turn into a fairy' spell." Tatemiya shook his head as he pulled a rotting chunk of fiberglass from the ground beneath him. "I just really hope this works"

A huge chunk of the rotted ground beneath them vanished. Stepping out seemingly from the air itself. Awaki tapped her flashlight on her shoulder. "If it doesn't we did all this work for nothing. So yeah, we want it to work"

She shined her flashlight on a section of the hole. Causing another chunk to seem to slip through the air itself. It hurt Tatemiya's head as it almost looked like the object was clipping through the ground like a glitch in a videogame.

Kouyagi's shout was heard from the hole Tatemiya and multiple of the Amakusas were digging. "Hey!, some of the other's are landing, Including the Selki-chick and ITEM!"

Tatemiya ripped a set of metal doors off of the wreckage surrounding him and passed it to one the Amakusas above him. "Place this just outside of the pit here, once we build an artificial cave around it it'll act as the gates of Tartarus." He said before turning and shouting up the cave. "Great! Let's get working on some of the spiritual Items."

"Any word on Itsuwa or the Priestess?" Tsushimia shouted up before grabbing another chunk of wreckage and throwing it to a nearby waiting Amakusas.

Kouyagi shouted back from his position "Itsuwa is on the way, apparently had a little delay but she'll be here in a few minutes. The priestess and her group will be a little later, they apparently went all the way up to norway."

Awaki shouted up as well "Can you see Accelerator"? "No! No sign of the number one esper" Kouyagi shouted back. Seeing Awaki's reaction to Kouyagi. Tatemiya made a face "remind me not to let her be in a room alone with him"

Tsushimia sighed rolling her eyes "whatever, I just hope the little scuffle the priestess's group had near the airport didn't delay them too much." She grabbed a loose rudder off of one of the many broken ships making up the sargasso and handed it to another nearby Amakusas.

Tatemiya knew what she meant, if they were delayed too long… they'd be too late. They were lucky as it was that Index hadn't appeared. Any longer and she very well could, and if she did? Then their efforts would all be for nought.

...

Misaka, Uiharu, Saten, and Kuroko made their way to the sargasso carrying peculiar items. They were on an Anti-skill boat with Yomikawa who appeared to be carrying a few items herself.

Misaka looked at the item in her hand. It was a large metal rod. A lightning rod to be exact she also had a few other things as well.

"I gotta say Misaka, you kinda would look rad in a Zues-like getup holding a lightning bolt." Saten said holding a pitchfork "You even got the same kind of power!"

Misaka grimaced "Saten… you do realize that Zeus had a habit of… to women right? I'm questioning why you even got that idea" Misaka felt too uncomfortable to say the word that started with 'r' and who could blame her?

Uiharu held a two pronged grill fork while staring in confusion at Saten "I think the real question is where Saten-san knew to find a pitchfork… seriously Saten-san, why do you have one of those?" she asked.

Saten tilted her head "It was outside my dorm why?" she said it like it was a normal thing.

Kuroko's eye twitched "What was a pitchfork doing outside your dorm? Don't tell me there was a large stick with cloth next to it."

Saten stayed silent causing the three to just stare at the girl.

"You anger a mob Saten-san?" Uiharu asked, making Misaka even more worried for her friend.

Yomikawa walked in at that moment carrying a feathered crown under her arm. "What would your friend have done to anger a mob?" she smirked "Some christian mis-hear her name?" causing Uiharu to snicker "Anyways, we're reaching the sargasso now."

The four of them made sure they had everything before they ended up getting on a dinghy and landing on the Sargasso.

It was apparent that many of the others had already arrived. A dark skinned boy with black hair approached Yomikawa. He had a black knife in his pocket, Misaka felt there was something familiar about him. The familiarity furthered when he flashed a charming smile at her.

"Yomikawa-san I presume?" the boy asked the anti-skill woman.

Yomikawa nodded "Etzali, Accelerator told me what you informed him. I hope this will do?" She handed him the feathered crown along with an odd looking curved blade.

Etzali took the crown and looked them over "A bit… culturally appropriated but It should work as the headdress and blade of Huītzilōpōchtli, thank you" he gave another smile and nod to Misaka further confusing her before heading over to where a group of people were gathered.

Misaka and her friends walked over and saw a blond dude with sunglasses shouting. "No no, like I said we aren't just using the direction of the sun or regular feng-shui" He held his hand to his face. "We're using a ley-line intersection, remember?"

Standing next to him was an unpleasantly familiar face "I told you little shit that I have 0 fucking clue what that means" Mugino sighed. "Doesn't matter, not like I can help with it. I'm an esper, not a magician." she glanced behind her and saw Misaka. "Oh look if it isn't the spider girl, how's life been treating you Railgun?" the smirk on her face irritated Misaka.

Uiharu and Saten however…. "Whoaaaaahhh Is that the Number four Meltdowner!?" Uiharu said her eyes glittering. "She's got a proper Oujou aura!"

Saten's smile was a bit strained "um… yeah… definitely not a 'make a wrong move and I'll kill you' aura"

Kuroko held her hands to her thigh where she held her metal nails. "I won't allow anyone to hurt Onee-sama"

Misaka gritted her teeth but a shout from the side cut the tension.

"Are you fucking Kidding me!? We got bigger issues than the rivalry between you and Mugino, Railgun!" A seal popped out from the shore as it glared at the 5. The skin seemed to dry then open and Muireann popped out shaking off the water. The coat was hung off her like a hoodie "Now then, I've checked the underside as far as I could, there shouldn't be too many leaks unless we purposefully cause any." She walked over to the sunglassed blond. "You're meant to be Touma's friend, the hell did you not stop them from causing a scene?"

Tsuchimikado held his hands up "Hey, they just started, I would have stepped in had they got heated. But thanks for stopping them before that" the spy smiled.

Muireann tilted her head and crossed her arms. "Apologies then, I jumped to conclusions again. I'll go give my report to the others" She turned and headed off towards where it appeared some building was happening.

Kuroko rubbed her eyes and blinked, Misaka shook her head. However, Saten and Uiharu…

"Uiharu was that!" Saten shook Uiharu's shoulder excitedly.

"Ahhh A real Selkie! Saten Saten! Does that mean the fairy-tale knight in Shining armor I've always dreamed about exists too?" Uiharu turned to her friend with glittering eyes.

Mugino spat in disgust, "tch, so you didn't fall to the darkness, not that it matters." she sighed as she looked at Misaka. "How'd you do it?"

Misaka was shocked Mugino wasn't mocking her, she wasn't even challenging her. She genuinely was asking her an honest question. A moment passed before she spoke "I had someone to pick me up when I fell" Misaka responded, heat touching her cheeks.

Mugino clicked her tongue "Fucking Kamijou Touma again!?" She looked thoughtful for a moment. "I wonder if I'd have ever fallen to the darkness had I met him.." she shook her head.

Misaka shook her hands in front of her face "n-n-n-no It isn't like that I don't… Ah" realizing her mistake she went silent.

Kuroko's eyes twitched "Onee-sama…. No one suggested anything about you and that ape..." but Mugino's laughter cut her off.

"Ahahahaaah… so she too has fallen for this Kamijou Touma?" the level five asked.

"Yep Mugino, there's… too many to count that have fallen for boss" Hamazura said walking up. "Oh um, the Amakusas guys had an idea for what you guys could do." getting eyebrows raised. "While they deal with the magical stuff, we espers deal with the physical work. Diging that pit that'll be where the final part of the spell is done. And making a sort of fake cave around it." he pointed back to where the majority of the people were.

Mugino snorted "what do they think I am? An Excavator?" but shrugged "Makes sense, besides I've been wanting to try doing some duration tests with my ability."

That caught Misaka's attention as she followed Kuroko, Saten and Uiharu in tow. "What? Your ability grew?" she asked.

Mugino gave a sideways smirk "You'll see."

And so the work continued, The amakusas along with some of the other magicians worked on the spiritual Items. The Items Misaka and her friends dropped off were good enough for the spell. So she and Kuroko went to join the dig team, Saten and Uiharu decided they'd help place the dug up pieces around the pit for the 'cave'. Awaki was with them helping move pieces into place.

Seeing Awaki Kuroko frowned in disgust "So, last I checked, you were in the reformatory." She said to the shotacon teleporter.

Awaki shrugged as she moved a chunk of rubble into a separate location with her ability. "You're naive if you think the city is run and controlled by clean or even caring individuals." she grinned "The darkside is what protects naive kids like you, not Anti-skill or judgement."

Kuroko growled "excuse me?" she said.

"You heard me" Awaki said glaring

Misaka stepped in between them "hey, hey! Break it up, we are working together here. Lets not make ourselves an easy lunch for the silver sister" causing the two to back down but still glare.

"Don't slow us down judgement" Awaki mocked

"You too, move point!" Kuroko snapped back.

After parting with Awaki Misaka and Kuroko reached the hole which was being dug. Mugino was waiting as two figures crawled out.

"I gotta say, even with hooves the ground down there hurts!" Galistic said as she crawled out of the hole. "Oh, yo railgun!" She reached her hand and pulled her sister out.

Baohban's dress was heavily torn revealing the cloven hooves and deer fur on her legs. She looked close to tears and was sniffling. "That… that was my favorite dress dear sister!"

Galistic sighed "I told you that helping with the spiritual Items was a better idea. Darn it, if only Huldra was here."

Kuroko faceplanted into the ground before looking up. "A-a-a Satyr!?" Getting a death glare from both sisters.

"Satyr?" Galistic growled "Don't mix us up with a greek creature, It's bad enough that we get called Succubi and Vampires"

Baobhan Sith turned her head "we are not creatures from such a vile mythology!" Before turning and walking off to the Spell craft group.

Misaka sighed "Sorry for my idiot roommate's insensitivity. The bottom clear?" Misaka said to Galistic.

The celtic fey scratched her head and wrinkled her grey skin in annoyance. "Yeah, but It's taking waaaay too long. We are nowhere near as deep as we need to be."

Mugino's laugh came from the side "Ahaha! I'll take care of that bit, Oi you Railgun! You wanted to know if my Ability had developed more?"

Misaka tilted her head but then her eyes widened as Mugino walked off the edge of the hole.

And continued to the center of the pit in empty air.

"H...How!?" Misaka asked.

Mugino grinned "Light, and the uncertainty principle, My ability allows me to control photons and electrons, remember?" 20 separate spheres of energy appeared around Mugino and began spinning around her. "Light has mass, very little mass but it has mass. By manipulating it, I can make it into solid foot-holds." After she mentioned it, Misaka noticed the pale light emanating below her feet

Mugino then frowned. "Can't exactly move down though." The 20 spheres were orbiting Mugino so fast they looked like a single ring. Before Mugino allowed them to fire, all 20 launched their beams downward but they filled the entire space of the hole.

Misaka leapt back creating an electric barrier in front of her to avoid the heat.

Mugino continued her lecture "Of course making each photon vibrates close enough together to be solid takes a lot of energy you know? But with the Uncertainty principle every electron I have control over holds every possible outcome." She smiled. "Thus one photon is all I need to create the footholds as they'll be in every state and position I need them to be." She squinted downward. "Apparently It took fighting some literal lovecraftian abominations to get me to figure that out." she shook her head "Should have understood it when I learned about the double slit experiment."

The beams slowed down and faded and mugino shuffled, yes… shuffled. Back to the edge and landed. "What?" she glared at Misaka "I told you I can't go down, Lifting my foot would just get me stuck higher up. I haven't figured out how to overcome that shitty one-way flight."

Misaka shook her head "That's… not what I'm staring at..." she looked down the hole. "I'm Impressed… I never would have thought of that.."

Mugino became shocked herself "Huh… I gotta say, you admitting defeat was not as satisfying as I thought I'd be."

Misaka glared at Mugino "I did not admit defeat!"

"Oh pl-" Mugino began before someone shouted.

"HOLY FUCK Is that Queen Elizard!?"

Lessar was a simple girl, she liked serving her homeland of britain. She liked food, and she liked looking at boys while they took showers or baths. She definitely wasn't banned from multiple gyms and public facilities for peeping.

And most recently, she loved a certain highschool boy. Sure she at first wanted to get him to screw her just to guilt him into joining her cabal. But at some point she wanted him for more than that.

But by the time she realized it, it was too late, the girl named Othinus had already taken him. Even she could tell, just from the way they looked at eachother, and the way they spoke to the other. They had a connection no one else could have. And that even she, Lessar could never replace.

So when she heard that not only was Touma captured by an out of control Index. But that, he had lost his little fairy god. Which was definitely exactly precisely how it was reported. And not how Lessar imagined it should have been. Lessar knew she had to make her move, sure it was wrong. Sure it was selfish, but she absolutely needed to make him fall for her.

She'd save him from the evil clutches of the great Devourer, who absolutely wants to eat him in more ways than one. Lessar started to daydream the scene. She'd sweep him off his feet Like a knight in shining armor rescuing a ragged princess who had been forced to do manual labor by her evil captor! And take her to the safety of her castle, where she'd thank her and fall for her right then and there! Bing Bang Boom, she'd have both bagged herself a great ally for britain. And more importantly she'd have caught the greatest prize any girl could want. And she could brag to Birdway about it!

Lessar giggled as she fantasized the scene of princess Kamijou Touma trapped in the devourer's tower. But then paused in her daydream, when had Kamijou Touma turned into a damsel in distress? Well it didn't matter he was feminine enough for the role. And It didn't change what Lessar planned to do.

So she took the liberty of boarding an Academy City jet. She knew they'd want as many magicians that handled norse mythology as possible. After all, if Fenrir was the base that it branched from. Then everything else is merely being linked through it.

So imagine her surprise when none other than Queen Regnant Elizard had the exact same idea?... well, the boarding the plane bit. Kidnap… Ahem.. Rescuing and courting the Imagine Breaker was Purely Lessar's personal plan.

A bit of negotiations with a certain spear wielding Amakusas member later. And she was at the Sargasso. Having given a few suggestions for the spell and even offering her Spiritual item to aid in the process.

"HOLY FUCK Is that Queen Elizard!?" Agnese shouted in shock as she stood with a few Amakusas members.

Elizard laughed "Child! Language! And honestly Do you think 'I' The Elizard would be left out of a party such as this?!" She smiled as they approached. Honestly, Lessar actually liked the queen, she wasn't all stuck up like the princesses. She was loose and casual "And besides, Index is a member of the Anglican church, and an English Citizen, It is my Duty to help resolve this."

Lessar saw a girl with a flower crown drop what she was holding and stare at Elizard. It looked like all of her dreams had come crashing down in a single moment. The black haired girl next to her seemed to have trouble not laughing.

A red-head with long pigtails to the side stared eyes twitching. Tsuchimikado was next to her merely grinning as a dark-skinned boy raised an eyebrow.

Itsuwa stomped over to Tatemiya and slammed a note in front of him. Before joining the construction of the artificial cave.

"Q-Queen Elizard!" Misaka said as she dropped a piece of melted shipwreck from the hole.

The queen Smiled "Ah, yes if it isn't one of the Imagine Breaker's companions. I wouldn't forget you, especially not since it was during Coronzon's attack."

Tatemiya cleared his throat "Um.. it's an honor to have you Queen Elizard, um you have any ideas?"

The Queen's shoulders sagged "So formal… I hate it, just call me Elizard" causing sighes to echo through the sargasso. "And as for Idea's… I thought You'd want this"

Elizard pulled out a sword from her dress, gasps rang through the surroundings. Jaws dropped and shock faces plastered everyone.

And who could blame them.

In Elizard's hand wasn't just any sword. When one thought of Britain's myths, this was the weapon they thought of.

It was Unmistakable

It's name was know throughout the whole world.

It's appearance was so familiar that even those who didn't know it's story knew its name

It was used in many works of media including video games

It was said to have belonged to the first king of Britain.

It was more myth than reality much like Ragnar Lothbrok

It was a sword That even Ainmire had tried to replicate.

It was, Excalibur

Elizard looked at it in disappointment "I must say It was fairly disappointing that I just had to look in the museum's archives for it. I thought I'd have to go on a grand quest and pull it out of a stone or anvil." She seemed to feel let down despite the fact she was holding a legendary blade.

Even Lessar felt her eyes twitching as her spiritual item tail stood straight. There were times that people could be too casual. Worst part was Lessar could easily see Elizard attempting death defying jumps over casams with spikes and magma at the bottom to get that sword. Just for the thrill of the adventure.

Tatemiya caught his breath and managed to speak. "It… It would do perfectly.. Um.. right Baobhan Sith?"

That name caught Lessar's attention and she turned to the person Tatemiya spoke to.

The Familiar face of the fey whom Lessar had met a little after the attack on London by Crowley spoke with awe in her voice. "I..I must say, It definitely will, while the myths of Arthur are generally agreed to be fiction. They were heavily based in both christian and celtic folklore. And if Excalibur is real its connection to Caladbolg is equally real. And with that connection, it can be linked to Hodrr the sword of Heimdall guardian of the bifrost due to Caladbolg's supposed capability to create rainbow arcs. And rainbows are known as the bifrost in Norway"

Elizard Nodded "Indeed, the fact that the myths of Arthur were commonly known as fictional. Made it so we always assumed that the 'Excalibur' in the museum was just a representation." she shrugged "But I decided what harm could there be in checking it. Low and behold, I pick it up and the power held within it filled me. It's a wonder none of us noticed it with that level of magic inside of it." She sighed "Either way, let's not dilly dally!" As soon as she finished, the work continued, as a light twinkled in the sky, descending to earth.

Lessar kept her eye on it as she walked over to Baohban Sith. "Yo, didn't think I'd see you two again." Lessar said making note of Galistic.

Galistic dropped the chunk of hull she was dragging to Hamazura and blinked. "Shit! Lessar? I didn't know you were coming."

Baobhan Sith shook her head "I'm not so surprised, what other boy could she have been referring to as 'Loverboy'. Right dear sister?"

Galistic sighed "That guy gets around and he doesn't even try to, he really needs to make a commitment." her grey skin grew a tinge redder after she spoke. "Well anyways, ya seen our sisters?"

Lessar tilted her head, Carmilia and Huldra had gone searching for those two. But when Lessar found them, they were locked in a basement with no clue who did it or how. However "Yeah, they thought you two were dead actually and have been staying in England. I think they frequented the bar that you guys first saw there."

Two sigh's came from the sisters "Ainmire didn't get to them… thank Nuada" Baobhan held her chest.

Galistic blinked as she looked at the sky, "Tir-nall… Is that… Accelerator? Where the the name of Nuada has he been!?"

Lessar realized that multiple people were looking up and pointing at the sky. Heck… she heard a roaring whine that seemed to lower.

A thunderous roar was heard as the light slammed into the nearby ocean and caused a wave. Multiple magicians jumped to stop the mini-tsunami from hitting them. But didn't need to as the wave got split by two jets of white energy. Accelerator burst from the water and crashed into the shore of the Sargasso. Bits of ship wood, fiberglass and more were thrown into the air. He didn't stop until he had cut to the opposite side causing Misaka and a few others to leap out of the way as he slowed down.

The speed and friction of his impact had created enough heat to melt the bottom of the tench. As he got up water poured down the trench like a river, through the construction sight, but a little ways before the pit Running South to North.

They now had The River of the Nile/Styx.

"Fuck! Im late" Accelerator shouted

Qliphah popped out of some of the wreckage and floated beside him. "We need to warn them master!"

The number one held his head and shook it. "Right" before looking up "We're out of time!"

Almost on Cue, Itsuwa's phone rang. She picked it up and answered but all that came out was.

"Itsuwa! She's Here! A-" before it got cut off.

The devourer had made her move.

...

Stiyl looked at the box he held as their jet took off. It held Gleipnir, the most important part of their spell. He thought back to what Seachel told them about it before they left.

"I can't tell you exactly how we made it, the Deverger girl asked me to keep it a secret. But I can say we looked into the myth and took the ingredients metaphorically. Along with some Damascus steel and some gold It's the closest to the true Gleipnir we'll ever have."

Stiyl frowned, the girl whom Seachel worked with. Sounded an awful lot like Marian Slynginer, an actual Deverger. Making the ribbonlike gold chain in the box before him no replica.

It wasn't just a spiritual Item that mimicked Gleipnir.

It was Gleipnir, reforged.

Just as he had that thought, a thud resounded through the jet's hull catching his attention.

"Shit!" Brunhild spat "Oi Kanzaki!" who nodded and took out her phone.

The crack of Thunder was heard and Stiyl saw purple energy curling around the plane. He knew what was going on, Index was back and she wanted his life.

"Itsuwa! She's here A-" Kanzaki began, but before she could finish.

THROOMCRACKLL

The Plane Exploded, Stiyl found himself falling as Silvia caught Ollerus, Birdway casted a quick spell to support herself. Kanzaki adjusted herself mid-fall, and Brunhild did the same.

The box was thrown from Stiyl's hands and left open, A long supple gold chain flew from it. One end was a spike as if meant to be driven into the ground. The other was a hook meant to be latched to the chain itself.

It fell alongside Stiyl, the most important piece of the spell to save Index's soul.

'If.. Index's spell's base was fenrir….. Then' Stiyl began to think but a roar cut him off.

"STIIIIIIYYYYLLLLLLL MAAAAGNUUUUSSSSSS!" Index roared as she charged down at him. "I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU PAY FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO TOUMAAAAA!"

She was already about to reach him and Stiyl glanced at Gleipnir besides him.

Index threw her arm forward intent to cut Stiyl's arm and pierce his shoulder. She would not make this short; she would make him suffer before she ate him.

And then.

"STIYL!"

"Stiyl!"

"Flame Magician!"

"Witch Hunter!"

Cries of horror turned to gasps of shock that could not be heard in free-fall.

Instead of carving through Stiyl's arm and shoulder. Index's armored hand was stopped just before it.

Almost by instinct Stiyl had grabbed Gleipnir and pulled it infront of him.

The footsteps of a cat

And the beard of a woman

And the roots of a rock

And the sinews of a bear

And the Breath of a fish

And the Spit of a Bird.

These are the things that made the chain Gleipnir, the chain that bound Fenrir.

Any spell that's origins were based in Fenrir would be nothing to it.

Index's eyes Widened as she threw herself off Stiyl and hovered in the air holding her hand which had been caught by Gleipnir. She growled and snarled like a beast, a far cry from the gentle nun she used to be.

Kanzaki grabbed one of the ends and pulled, catching Stiyl before they crashed, saving him from dying.

Silvia, Fiamma, Birdway, and Brunhild all landed at the same time. They were in the middle of Russia so their landing kicked up a ton of snow.

Index narrowed her eyes at Stiyl as she merely drifted down. "What did you do? Thats Gleipnir… not a spiritual Item of it either…. That's a true Gleipnir… WHAT DID YOU DO!?"

Kanzaki stood in front of Stiyl protectively "Index… stop please we don't want to have to hurt you."

"Why are you protecting him Kaori? Don't you know that mortal hurt Touma?" Stiyl's eyes widened when he heard how Index referred to him. Index was sounding like-

"Your beginning to sound like One-Eyed Othinus… Index" Ollerus smirked from where he was.

Index twitched and whipped around at Ollerus. "Don't you dare compare me to that God of Betrayal! She could never love anyone, she could never trust anyone, she could never understand anyone! She could Never protect Touma!" the sky rumbled and grew darker overhead as Index's anger grew.

Ollerus sighed "Me and her may have despised each other, but even I could tell she was lonely." He looked Index in the eyes "And even I saw she had changed after she had met Kamijou Touma. Words need not be spoken between them. Their bond was something few could ever achieve."

Index's eyes became shadowed as she lowered her head. Thunder cracked and split the sky as she spoke. "I wasn't gonna harm you Ollerus, you were good to Touma. You had helped him when we went to face Othinus. You even came to stop her risking your own life at the sargasso."

She turned to Kanzaki "Kaori, I thought you'd understand what I'm doing. You love Touma too, don't you? I know it! The way you look at him, when he speaks to you and you become embarrassed. Even that outfit you wore for him" Kazaki froze and stepped back, uncertain blushing slightly at the mention of that outfit. Index's eyes narrowed "I see…..".

Her eyes then went to Birdway "You too Leivinia, I know how you felt about Touma. You looked up to him. And when your sister was in need you went to him for help instead of your cabal!" she shook as she filled with anger. "He was your ideal older brother wasn't he? That's why you and I went to stop him in denmark. We couldn't bare to see him be betrayed of lose him like that"

She finally turned to Fiamma "Fiamma, I hate you but, even you were saved by Touma. And you aided him after seeing the errors of your ways. I wasn't going to hurt you either."

Tears welled up in Index's eyes as she shouted "But I you all are going to stand in my way of protecting Touma! My Human!" her shoulders shook as she looked to the sky. "I'll need to get rid of all of you… Even you Kaori"

The sky shuddered and began to twist, Index may have reacted to Gleipnir, but her ascension was not purely rooted in Fenrir merly started using it. Gleipnir alone wouldn't be enough to restrain something outside of any one religion. Only delay her But Stiyl had to try, they'd lose everything if he didn't.

The sky began to collapse and Stiyl felt like he was being lifted into the air as Index begun to approach him. Kanzaki shouted and swung her blade but missed. Silvia attempted to cast a spell as Ollerus clung to her but her whip-lasso would not create the correct symbols due to the wind. Fiamma tried to slow her down but his attack merely was caught and consumed. Brunhild tried to move forward but being in the air meant she had no footholds to kick off of.

Gleipnir floated above Stiyl just out of reach, he had to do something, try something! He attempted to cast a spell to knock Gleipnir to anyone. Even if he couldn't survive, it needed to. But His spell merely fizzled out as Index consumed the mana in the area.

Stiyl looked at Index, fear filled him, but he couldn't bring himself to fear her. Just fear for her 'Is that all I'm worth?' he asked himself 'I spent my life trying to protect her, and in the end I'm not even acknowledged by her as she eats me!?' tears threatened to fill his eyes. As tough as he acted, he was without a doubt, a 14 year old boy. But he kept the tears back. 'All of my efforts, wasted because I tried to kill Kamijou Touma.' Index was merely a few steps away from him now. 'All because I foolishly decided that my envy was more important than her happiness!' Stiyl closed his eyes and lowered his head. 'Ah, that's it, I really… was jealous of him, and it cost her herself. At least.. There are better ways to go, but please Kamijou Touma' Stiyl grit his teeth as he made a single plea… a wish to a highschool boy. A boy who had every right to ignore him, but Stiyl gave his selfish request anyways. 'Please save Index one more time for me!'

shhhhhhhrreeEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Stiyl instantly fell to the ground and fell to the side eyes wide open looking at Index.

The familiar sound of glass being shattered was heard thousands of times over. Index had stopped right before him arched backwards, eyes wide in shock.

Light poured from her stomach and the crackling of something was heard as.

A right hand burst from Index