The next few months were a mixture of relaxation, settling down and busy lives. The wild summer is gone, it's actually late autumn already. Things have changed. Everyone involved left the Level 6 incidents to the back of their heads. All the researchers were silent but busy, no research programs were further shared so to the outside world. There seemed to be no change at all even though something has to be going on. Misaka still occasionally thought back to John. The guy who met her at the right time. Their time together makes a solid piece of memory, but John just evaporated. Now Academy City has completely forgotten about the two Level Sixes. No, they weren't forgotten, they are still subject to research.
It's just a Saturday, the weather started getting cold. Late October. Misaka Mikoto took a break from all that busy events. She sat silently at the same diner, sipping her drink. Her friends all got different things to do, including her certain roommate who had Judgement business. A figure about the same image of her stopped in front of her table. The usual school uniform and hair. Misaka 19998, her little sister.
"Hey sis…" She said, with a casual expression.
"Morning." It's been almost four months since the Sisters were able experience emotions, they had a lot to learn, and they did. Very fast.
"How's life?" Asked Misaka.
"Pretty good, doctors checking up on me, but I'm fine adapting."
Misaka nodded. "You won't come to me just to say hi will you?"
"It's Saturday, we just wanted to talk to you. I mean, our brains are all connected remember? Only one of us needs to meet someone or know something." She said, showing sibling affection. "You seem alone, friends busy?" She added.
"Yeah, well you're always welcome to join me." Misaka told her. "So, just curious, how do you plan on spending your day?"
"I don't know, not busy… by the way, I'm just asking, is anything bothering you? I'm always here to talk to." Said her sister. No answer. "Lemme guess, that guy?"
"Nope, I've only met him for like months. It's just random."
"You're lying." Concluded her sister. "Come on, he's not that easy to forget. His powers, I thought he was Accelerator."
"He basically is." Added Misaka.
"People change. Like Accelerator." Said the clone.
"Not us, at least, we can't change too fast. " Signed Misaka.
"Aww… you seem negative. Change, why is that necessarily a bad thing? I don't want people to forget us."
"I'm not negative. I'm only saying, if you are this way you just live your life. Don't deny yourself. For me, I won't change, I will protect what matters, and what I love, this city, this world everybody. No one will take that away from us, not Accelerator, not…"
"John?" 19998 suggested. "And what are you willing to do?" The clone asked. Misaka completely paused for a while.
"Lets go." Said Misaka.
"Where are we going?"
"To show you what I meant."
Kuroko:
"Stop! Judgement!" Four bandits busted open the doors of a bank as the alarms started screaming. A bank was robbed at the small rural areas of the outside districts. The bandits hopped onto their getaway van.
"Just go! Leave the kid alone." Said one of the bandits.
"She's a Level Four dumbass! I'll take care of her, we will meet up at the drop point." The bandit hopped off and opened the trunk."
"We found them! Recent heists were all linked to this group." Said Mii. "Watch out for the gun in his…" Bullets flew at them before the rapid firing can be heard, forcing them to hide behind a car. Tires exploded, glass shattered and the doors shot through like a hole puncher on a single sheet of paper. They retreated further as the bandit fired bursts while side stepping between covers from bigger vehicles, or trees.
"Shots fired! Suspects armed, we can't go in! Antiskill business now." Said Mii through the gunfire. Kuroko leaped out of cover to teleport her metal sticks, as she was about to do it a shot knocked the metal stick right off it's course before it teleported. He shot with superior accuracy and reaction speed.
"Improved senses, and much faster reflexes should do it. That's my powers." Guantes the bandit. Smoke grenades covered his escape. He ran, expecting his comrades to pick him up. He kept running, when gunshots can be heard. He kept running. He saw to his horror, the wreck of their getaway van, crashed into a tree, all dented and out of shape. The hood took the most damage and was on fire. It's tires had been popped. All the other bandits lay on the ground stunned, electrical burn marks can be observed.
"Oh shit, can it be…" He fell head first to the ground after a loud bzzzzz, smoke rolled from his shirt.
"Lets go sis, we are done." Misaka's voice can be heard.
A while later:
Antiskill members guarded the entrance to a room in a hospital, all the bank robbers lay on the bed only gaining consciousness right now, they were getting treatment.
"This is not good…" Observed Heaven Canceller, he was monitoring their brain. "They shouldn't faint for so long. They've somehow altered their bodies by force, let's see here. Improved reflexes, strength for this one, and improved senses." Kiyama Harumi was in an office of that hospital, researching, and trying to track down the scientists who gave that lecture. Boy they did have an influence on the path the Esper researches and technology is progressing. Within three days all the research facilities went through rapid changes, and the old power curriculum program was reflected upon, and improved.
"Alright this is it." Muttered Kiyama. She hacked into someplace. What was she looking at? She seemed shocked.
"This is bad, they used something similar to the Ability Body Crystal." Heaven Canceller said as the patients suffered from temporary paralysis.
"I'd better tell the doctor about this." Said Kiyama, her eyebags seemed to deepen, empty cans of energy drinks lay scattered on the table, she clearly spent the night researching.
"Or maybe I should take a nap first. By the way the air conditioning broke, and it's getting way too hot in here."
