12:40 PM

Abicus jogged down a block on Diabase Street, gathering looks of confusion and laughter as he brushed past some university students.

"Tee-hee-heeee!" he chuckled. (That's my twelfth one today! Man, I'm on a spree! And that pattern! Roses... This chick must be a freak!)

As Abicus put on a creepy smile, he located his next target; a brown haired woman wearing a long sleeve white dress shirt, a dark navy blue skirt, brown stockings, and black dress shoes.

Even though she was in her late twenties, Abicus mistakenly assumed she was older due to the bags underneath her brown eyes.

The woman sighed with a bored expression. Her shirt appeared a little tight around her breasts.

(Damn girl. Dem legs. Dem tits. Dat ass. Dem… shoes.)

Abicus swung his wand in a circular motion.

"Alakhazingo…"

"Man, it's hot out," the woman said as she slowly unbuttoned her shirt. "It should be illegal for it to be this hot out. That way, the sun could be arrested and then it could just be a cool night time for a few days. Ha… But then there'd just be another ice age and we'd all be dead... As a woman of science, it's disgusting I didn't immediately consider that a possibility…"

The woman pulled her shirt apart, revealing a pink bra.

"I should get some friends to make stupid jokes that I can correct."

Abicus' jaw literally dropped to the floor. His pupils shrunk to the size of a grain of sand and blood leaked from his nose.

(T-t-those breast! Neither too big nor too small! And wrapped behind a bra like that emphasizes their perkiness while looking sexy and discreet at the same time! And it's like she doesn't even notice of lewd she is! How trained is she in the seductive arts?!)

Abicus sniffed before tears started overflowing through his squinted eyes. He clenched his right fist and faced up.

(This is the best day ever. If I died right now, that'd be alrig-)

An Anti-Skill van skidded a few feet past Abicus, stopping at the approaching corner. He jumped to the side as woman swung her head towards the vehicle. Five or so more vans swerved around the corner not necessarily in a formation but stopping in a way that surrounded Abicus and the stripperific woman on every angle.

(Oh shit, the heat!)

Several Anti-Skill soldiers appeared holding transparent riot shields in their left hands and SIG SG 551 SWATs in their right. They surrounded the two on all sides, kneeling about two meters away from him.

Yomikawa hopped out of the van holding a megaphone.

"Somebody move that woman!" she yelled over the megaphone, much to the dismay of the Anti-Skill soldiers kneeling in front of her.

One of the soldier ran toward the half naked woman and grabbed her by the right arm, pulling her away from Abicus.

"Ma'am," he said bashfully. "Please button up your shirt."

"But it's just so hot out," she replied in an exasperated tone. "I thought I might melt if I stayed like that for another second."

"...Ma'am, public indecency is a felony and flirting with an officer is just wrong."

The woman looked at the officer and said nothing for a moment. Then she puffed her cheeks and glared to the side like a child being put on time out.

"You have no sense of humor," she said as she buttoned the bottom her shirt with her free hand. She wasn't flirting with the officer but didn't want to go to court for accusal of sexual harassment. "And you didn't even compliment my breasts."

The soldier sighed.

Upon seeing that the stripperific woman moved to safety, Yomikawa put the megaphone back in front of her mouth.

"Hands in the air! I'm Yomikawa Aiho, member of Anti-Skill, and you're under arrest for several accounts theft, sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual assault of an officer, and sexual harassment of an officer and for fucking robbing me you piece of shit!"

One of the Anti-Skill soldiers kneeling in front of Yomikawa slowly turned his head to the right.

"Uh… That last one's a bit redundant."

"Who asked you?!" Yomikawa yelled, pointing her head at the soldier but being sure the keep the megaphone directed at Abicus. While the soldiers in front of her keeled over, she spoke into the megaphone once more. "Comply now and this doesn't have to get ugly. Or not. Please don't."

Abicus raised his arms in the air and scowled at the 32 soldiers pointing machine guns at him. His eyes shifted around in order to pinpoint where each of them stood.

Yomikawa squinted.

"Drop your weapon and lay on your stomach with your arms behind your back."

Abicus slowly knelt down and placed his wand on the ground in front of him before complying with Yomikawa's instructions.

"Hmph," Abicus laughed with a smirk. "You never said you were a cop."

"Never said I wasn't… Book 'im."

Two soldiers got up and jogged towards Abicus. The soldier on the right aimed his machine gun at Abicus' temple while the soldier on the left handcuffed him. A third soldier came to pick up the wand and place it a plastic.

Yomikawa dropped the arm carrying the megaphone to her side and observed the Anti-Skill soldier forcing Abicus up and grabbing him by the left arm. The soldier on the right then forcefully grabbed his right arm and the two began to walk him towards a van.

Yomikawa put her free index finger into her right ear.

"This is Yomikawa Aiho of Branch 73. We've contained the esper and will await further instructions. We thank you for your compliance with the operation."

As she is spoke into the head piece, Yomikawa looked at Abicus being forcefully walked towards an Anti-Skill van. Abicus returned her gaze before the soldier on the left yanked his arm, shaking his body and head.

"Eyes forward, douchebag," he practically spat.

"... Although... would this count fall under both Ant-Skill and Judgement protocols? Since an officer was personally attacked, should he also be prosecuted according to our stipulations as well even if he is an esper?"

Kuroko squinted as she teleported down a series of street lights. She had just received word that Abicus had been detained from Yomikawa.

(Okay, something's definitely not right here. Why wouldn't he just teleport away from the Anti-Skill forces when he had the chance? It's not like we weren't expecting a chase and we even went through the trouble of strategically placing Judgement members across certain pathways to limit the routes he could have taken. Has he truly given up?… Or does he have something else up his sleeve?)

"We'll discuss that once I arrive. I think this kind of thing is a little more open ended than who takes credit."

"Must you children make everything into a competition?" Yomikawa playfully asked.

Kuroko chuckled.

"Must you old bags be so condescending?"

Kuroko heard Yomikawa angrily grunting before she turned off her head piece. She was joking but that didn't mean she wasn't taking the situation seriously. She gazed ahead with a strong look of determination and a confident smile.

(Just you wait Mr. Magician. I'll discover the secret to your trick yet!)

*FWISH!* *FWISH!*