"Bringing them down, huh. And just how exactly do you plan on making that happen?" Accelerator asked.
"Well, 37 has been a huge help with information on what was going on in the SAI from its opening on through to the time she escaped. We know some changes were made after she left. If you could..."
"Why should I care about closing them down, huh? What's done is done. Besides, all I want is Kihara. That place can collapse around us for all I care, but he's mine." he told the two women in front of him.
"I'm not sure what you mean with Kihara, but Anti-Skill has been gunning to shut that place down for a while. Your info on what's been going on in the last year can be what finally gets us through the doors."
Accelerator gave it some thought. "You've had 37 for the last year who has been there from the start. What more do you need to get a warrant into the place?"
"I had a feeling you'd question that. To be honest, we tried using just her testimony to get our case started. Unfortunately..." Yomikawa paused as she looked at 37, who picked up where she left off.
"As far as Academy City is concerned, I don't exist. There is no record of me at all in the city's database, and it's hard to create a legit case with just the word of someone whose existence is unknown."
"We were told that we'd need to have a corroborating story from a second subject or to find 37's records if they happen to be in the SAI. With you, Accelerator, we'd have that second witness. And since you're listed in the database, no one could question or deny your testimony. I know that place has done some horrible things to you and countless others. Help us bring it to an end." Yomikawa stepped closer to Accelerator and crouched down until she was at his eye level. "If you want to stop Kihara, we can help make that happen."
Accelerator stared at her for a moment. He planned on leveling that place to the ground himself once his number one Esper ranking was announced. He had plans for a grand debut, with Kihara's death at the hands of his student as the main attraction. These do-gooders were trying to interfere with his plans. I should tell them to get lost and keep with my plan. But if I really wanted to pull that shit off, I could have just stayed put when the explosion happened. If I left with her that easily, was I really that devoted to the destruction to begin with?
"I don't think you're fully aware of what I meant when I said that Kihara was mine. But we'll leave that alone for now. I'll tell you what you need to know to get your team through the door at the SAI. But first, I think someone has a story they need to finish," Accelerator looked at 37 as he ended his reply. She nodded in response, acknowledging that she knew what he wanted for his trouble.
"Accelerator, when I first saw you at the Institute, you were five years old, and I was nine. I'm guessing you don't remember that far back though. It's okay if you don't. I was still in the general testing group with the other kids at that time, so I was able to wander around. I happened to be near the offices that day when I saw you being registered. I heard your name, Seiji Roisin, and I know that your father was the one that left you there."
"So it was my old man that left me there? What about my mother? What else is there to know 37?" Accelerator asked, his eyes focused and full of interest as he waited for 37 to continue her story.
"Well, your mother's story isn't a very happy one. Maybe we shouldn't go there right now, okay?"
"I've waited too long 37. You're trying to what, spare my feelings by avoiding some painful truth from my past? I'm no stranger to pain and misery. We were both raised with it around us, remember? So get over that lame shit and tell me what happened to my mother!"
"Sorry, I just didn't want you to be upset. While I was listening to the adults getting you ready to join the SAI, they asked your father why he was signing his parental rights over to them. He told them that he couldn't stand having a son with such monstrous power. When pressed as to what he meant, he told them about your power of reflection and how it developed at an early age. He said that your youth and inexperience made controlling your Reflection difficult. Sudden outbursts of emotion typical of toddlers and small children would cause you to send off tremors and destroy things around you until your mother could calm you down. Shortly before you turned 5, while you were on vacation with your family, one of those outbursts happened. You were sight-seeing on a mountain trail, near an overlook when something upset you and caused you to send cracks through the ground. Your father had gotten away from the ledge, but your mother stayed to try to calm you down. She had gotten close to you when the ledge began to give way. Your mother tried to grab you to get you where it was safe, but your Reflection ability went off, and it... she..."
"DAMMIT 37, just say it! I killed her, didn't I? I killed my own mother..." Accelerator yelled.
37 continued, a much sadder tone to her voice now, "She was forced off the side of the ledge, just as you were pushed clear of it in the other direction with your ability. The tremors stopped, but the ledge had already given out and fallen. Your father was in shock, and you were laying there stunned and wondering what had happened. He blamed you for her death, and when he heard about the Institute and what it was doing, he brought you there."
Accelerator didn't like this feeling in his chest that had developed after she finished her story. I thought I could handle anything, but damn, why am I feeling this upset for people I can't even remember? 37 knew this is how I would feel, no wonder she hesitated. He tried harder to think back to the earliest memory he can recall, but there was just nothing there.
Maybe it was better that way...