July 28th

"Warning: Chapter 3, Verse 2. All barriers for Index Librorum Prohibitorum's collar from first to third have been breached. Preparing to regenerate... failed. The collar cannot self-regenerate. Switching priorities to the elimination of the intruder to protect the 103,000 achieved grimoires."

Kamijou Touma looked at what laid before him.

Index slowly stood up in such an awkward manner that she seemed like she never had any bones or joints in her entire body.

Which was made even more creepy by the blood coloured magical circles in her eyes which seemed to stare straight through Touma. Seeing those eyes, it was abundantly clear to him, that this was no longer the Index he'd gotten to know over the last few days.

Those eyes with no sense of human warmth were seen by Kamijou back when Index had her back sliced open by Kanzaki, and she was left dying in front of his apartment. Back then her eyes had the same inhuman expression, which somehow helped him to remember what Index once told him.

"I have no magic power, so I can't use it"

"There is something I thought didn't quite fit when all of this first started. You not an esper like the students in this city, but you told me you weren't able to use magic. " Touma stated which caused the possessed Index to stare intently at the boy in response, then suddenly her eyes widened as her magical power intensified to the point of blinding him. The boy's luck would only get worse as the moment he managed to see clearly again, two magic circles in Index's eyes grew simultaneously. They were now two meters across and were positioned in front of Index's face. With each one being fixed in place with its centre over one of her eyes and the magic circles would move through the air whenever she slightly moved her head.

Index then sang something beyond normal human comprehension, and for an instant, the two magic circles exploded with power. Unleashing what seemed like an outburst of high voltage electricity between the two circles and unlike Misaka's lightning which was bluish-white, this lightning was pitch black. It then soared down the middle of the room towards the boy who desperately threw his right hand forward to intercept it. And like a thunderous clash, it came to an erupt stand still against the power of Imagine Breaker in the boy's right hand.

His body trembled from the shock and struggled to remain standing as he held back the possessed Index's attack. "God dammit."

Stiyl watched with a stunned expression as the cigarette in his mouth fell to the ground. "That's impossible.."

"She told you the truth as she can't use magic." Kanzaki responded trying to defend what Index had previously told Touma. The boy looked back as far as he could while standing his ground under this relentless assault. "Don't you see what's happening? The church has been lying to you this entire time about index having no magical ability. Do you get it now and that thing about her dying if you don't erase her memory every year is just another lie. The only thing which is killing her right now is whatever the church had planted in her from the beginning. If we can find a way to stop it, then there wouldn't be any need to erase her memory. See it this way; these are the same people who made a little girl read some dangerous books, so you know they don't honestly care about Index's happiness at all. That's the kind of people you work for and do you honestly think they will share their place with a pair of low lever enforcers? Not convinced? Then why don't you just ask Index right now?" Touma shouts and it only be a moment of silence for the possessed Index makes a further move.

"St. George's Sanctuary is showing no effect against the intruder. Switching to another spell and continuing elimination of the intruder in order to protect the collar."

The attack was being stopped by Touma's right hand suddenly turned darker and more intense as lightning scattered in ever direction. "Ahhhhh!" Touma yelped in pain as his slightly cracked in response to the new intensity of the spell. The two magicians realised then this was not the Index they knew, but an Index the church had never shared with them.

"..."

For just a moment, Stiyl gritted his teeth so hard it seemed that they would crack.

"...Fortis931."

Thousands of cards flew from within his pitch black clothes. Cards that were carved with flame runes spiraled around like a tornado and in no time at all they had covered the walls, ceiling, and the floor without a single gap. He wasn't going to intervene in order to save Kamijou. It was an action taken to save the girl named Index, which made Stiyl pressed his hand against Kamijou's back.

"I don't have any interest in hearing your unproven theories. What we know for certain is that if we do this we can save her for the time being. I will do whatever it takes to make sure that happens, even if I have to kill you. That is what I have decided, many years ago. So give up..." Stiyl said his piece to Touma, who looked away in annoyance to the magician's words. "For the time being? That's not much of a promise since I'm talking about saving her for good. There is only one question you need to ask yourself." Touma said who breathed deeply before continuing. "Do you want to save Index or not?!"

Both Stiyl and Kanzaki was speechless after hearing those words.

"You guys have been waiting for a long time and you want a happy end for all this don't you? One in which you no longer have to be Index's enemy. You want to be her friends in truth and not the people who snatch away her memories from her every year." Touma said as the attack was started to crack at his right hand even further with each passing second. But despite the pain, he felt the boy continued. "You never gave up hope altogether. You never stopped trying. Because you made a promise to yourself, not to abandoned Index. Knowing what you have to do you've done it your personal mission to save this girl, who's been your friend and companion... You wanted to be the heroes of this story, so why content yourself to supporting roles now? You told me earlier you swore to protect her with your very lives. No matter who or what got in the way! If so your part is far from over, and it's barely even begun. Are you going to give up because the first act turned out to be little on the long side? If you help me and instead of fighting me. Then maybe you will get your happy ending, so now let us do this!" Touma shouted as his hand was finally knocked a good way backwards, leaving Kamijou defenceless as the pillar of light rushed at him with dreadful speed.

"... Salvare000!"

The moment before the destructive light struck the boy's face, Kanzaki yelled her magician's name. Followed by her large Japanese sword which sliced through the air. Her Nanasen attack utilising seven wires flew towards index at a speed that seemed to slice through sound itself.

But, she didn't aim for Index.

The wires tore through the fragile tatami mat at Index's feet. Causing her to lose her footing and stumbling backwards. The magic circles linked to her eyes moved, and the pillar of light that supposed to be aimed at Kamijou missed its target completely. And like a giant sword, the light sliced through the wall and ceiling of the apartment. It even sliced through the pitch black clouds floating in the night sky. In fact, it soared even through towards the upper atmosphere and close to one of the three satellites hovering over Academy City.

Had it only been a few seconds sooner, than maybe the satellite would have also been torn through by the pillar of light. However, by only just a breath had it escaped from being shot down.

The satellite which had survived that moment was known as Orhime 1, which housed the Tree Diagram.

Chapter 1 - Into the Rabbit Hole.

August 21st

"Thank you for riding the Academy City Tour Bus." The bus attendant announces over the speaker as Mikoto sat with a depressed look while seeing the Tree Diagram command slowly appear in the distance.

"This Vehicle's destination is the space development area in the 23rd Academy district. As its name implies this district houses many facilities specialising in the space industry including Academy City space centre, which boasts a cutting edge launch site. Also included is the information exchange centre, which links up the world's most powerful supercomputer: Tree Diagram. " The bus attendant continues over the speaker, but soon after mentioning Tree diagram, she only seems more depressed.

It is the world's leading supercomputer built into the artificial satellite Orhime 1. This supercomputer which was originally launched into space initially to analyse the climate. So once every month it predicts the movement of every atmospheric particle on the planet and calculates the entire month's weather. But on the other days, it's used to calculate predictions for the many research projects in Academy City. This includes the level six shift project which is undertaken by Accelerator.

To kill twenty thousand clones of the Railgun, it was predicted by Tree Diagram that Accelerator would then achieve level six.

So to put it more accurately, Tree Diagram had ordered the creation and slaughter of twenty thousand clones. And the higher ups of this city was leaving their decisions up to a damned machine. It made her sick, and she had no intention of allowing Tree diagram to ruin even more lives. Even if the creation of the sisters was ordered by it in the first place.

That is what she'd thought as she gotten off the bus at the super computer's command facility. She watched briefly as the bus she was on started to leave and for a good reason.

So nobody would see what she intended to do next.

"Well Now!" An old voice of a man said which disappointed Mikoto to hear that somebody was still around. "Odd for a student to visit at this hour." He said altering his cap to see if it was true and without wasting anymore time Mikoto turned around with a fake smile. "Yes sir! I have a summer vacation report to do. I was hoping to finish up some research today." She said with the most believable excuse that came to her mind.

"What a good student. Atta girl. But the sun's starting to set, so don't wander too close to the fenced-in area, yeah? There's no entry- The area's classified." The old man said pointing to the area of which was a fenced off. "And you don't wanna get caught by the security robots." The man continued and with a small nod started to leave. "Right. I'll be careful." Mikoto said in response with that same wry smile and when the old man left the area.

Mikoto leapt into action and without any trouble as she took control of the security robots guarding the fenced off area. She then easily scaled the fence thanks to her electromagnetic powers and continued to use it to run across the wall inside the fenced area.

"The Tree Diagram information exchange. The time it swaps data with tree diagram is my one and only window. I can hack into it from here and force it to spit out a face prediction. 'A fatal error has been observed in the level 6 shift project. It is the result of a confrontation between The Railgun and Accelerator. The damage to the project caused by the confrontation is irreparable; therefore, Accelerator's ability to shift to level 6 has been eliminated.' The message will freak out the researchers who let Tree Diagram run their lives. They'll beg for a reassessment of the project. That's why I'll also program tree diagram to release another fake prediction that has nothing to do with the sisters." Mikoto thought to herself as she came to a sudden stop on the wall and leapt off towards the motion sensors on the ground. "I know they'll figure out my trick with a day." she continued as she passed the motion sensors which became instantly under her control the moment she touched the ground. She looked up instantly to her target which was only a few minutes away. "But that's all the time I need to run this project into the ground," She said with a tired, but with a rather sinister expression as she charges off to her goal.

It would take her another twenty minutes to get into the facility and pass a few security barriers like more drones, security cameras and even one or two patrolling guards. She also had noticed a scientist or two leaving the facility, but she was surprised that she didn't sense anymore here. Many of the halls she went down were rather empty, and it's not like she was complaining since it made the job of sneaking it much easier.

However, it gave her an uneasy feeling which only grew the closer she got to the heart of the facility, and with one step round the corner, the door to it was there. She didn't waste time getting there, and just as she was about to open the door, she hesitated for a moment. "This place can exchange info with the brains of Academy City. It's supposed to be important. But I guess they only protect the outside mostly, so I'm safe once I'm in?" She thought as with a quick spark of her power she opened the door and headed inside towards the stairs leading to her goal. "Or Is that just because they think it can't be hacked?" She had thought while stepping into the heart of the facility.

What she saw was many televisions which plastered the walls, with large amount of consoles below and chairs. "And the heart of their communications room is currently empty? At least there are signs people have been here..." She'd thought seeing one cup of coffee which was still hot on the side. It looks like however was here had just gone to the toilets or something. "Thankfully they left the machinery running at full function. ... Wait... did they leave because they saw me coming? Is this a trap? Something does feel wrong. They'd never let me just waltz in here without reason." Mikoto thought and couldn't exactly shake off that bad feeling, but glancing through the many screens which were all currently on. She could see the status of Tree diagram right now, that it was online and was almost time to swap data with it.

"I'm here now, so I should make a move before the person who was just here comes back." Mikoto continued as she places her right hand on what seemed to be the central console. She would usually use her PDA but, that wasn't needed since the machines were currently running and currently processing data to go to the supercomputer right now even.

Her power sparkled as the computer screens started to suddenly rush through much of the data records, aiming for documents regarding the sister project. With a brief look over she quickly went over towards actually making a direct hack into tree diagram. This would be the first time she would hack a supercomputer, which probably was on a different level than anything she had hacked before and the length of time it seemed to take was proving just that fact. Her powers even sparkled more on the console as she mentally inputs command through her ability.

Just a little longer, that is all she needed before her fake prediction would become reality.

"That's right... just a little long- Huh..." Mikoto thought who was caught by surprise as suddenly the door from down below was smashed open. In no time at all, as she continued to have her right hand on the console, she turned her attention right around towards the way she came from to hear a group of people rushing in. And suddenly a long black haired girl in strange tight clothing leapt into the air from the staircase.

This girl had given an extraordinarily dangerous aura, and she would be proven right as the visitor suddenly unleashed a powerful green light from the palm of her left hand. "That's... The Meltdowner!" Mikoto shouted as from instinct she generated a tremendous amount of electrical power through her body and tried to focus it on her left hand. With great reaction time, she was able to intercept the attack with her left hand, with her electrical powers also giving her the ability to block the Meltdowner which would usually go through somebody's body like a knife to butter.

But this attack wasn't any imitation, which Mikoto had thought at first since it wasn't the 4th ranked level five which used it. This attack which clashed with her left hand put tremendous pressure on her body, she gritted her teeth as she tried to overpower the attack, but it just didn't seem to budge. Out of frustration, she generated more power throughout her entire body and even through her right hand she then threw it forward to intercept the long haired girl's attack.

With a sound which replicated that of actual thunder, Mikoto smashed the Meltdowner blast to the side in a show of force. She wouldn't have any sense of making the next move as she realised the horrible fact of what she had done. She was trembling as her eyes slowly passed the group of black op agents who entered the room and the black long haired girl as she looked back at the main console for Tree Diagram.

Bluish-white sparks were seen coming from the console and everything else. The information on the screen seemed like somebody had opened many command prompts. While also inserting too much information at the same time.

"System break, Error 303... Warning...Malfunction had occurred. " An automatic voice came from over the speakers in the room. The many screens were now flashing red, and it sounded like something was going to explode. The mistake Mikoto had done was generating too much electricity while still in contact to the actual console. She couldn't have helped it, since being attacked so suddenly caused her to react in response.

She should have listened to her bad feeling and left, but she honestly had no choice. This was her last chance to save her sisters, and this had just gone up in smoke in a matter of seconds.

"Signal lost... Contact with Tree Diagram has been lost..." The same automatic voice expressed over the speaker in the room, and the horrible fact of what that meant came clear. Just like in the same manner which Mikoto was able to destroy labs through hacking, she had accidentally done the same thing with Tree Diagram.

Which had exploded in the upper atmosphere and despite there no being any physical sound from the event. All across Academy city and especially as the day was growing dimming, you could see the explosion if you only looked up. But those in the tree diagram command facility didn't need to look up towards the sky.

The fact the many computer screens had repeatedly said Signal lost told them what happened.

Despite being cornered, by someone with the 4th's Meltdowner powers and a group of black op agents with guns pointing towards The Railgun. She remained fixated on the screen, shocked more deeply about what to do regarding the sister's project. How was she going to save them now? So much so she ignored the mutterings of those behind her relating to the destruction of tree diagram.

"Well, that was a quick decision. Which isn't any surprise since you fucked yourself over now little girl." A man said in a white scientist coat, who stood out with his short spiky blonde hair and his tattoo on the left side of his face. "My name is Kihara Amata... Miss Mikoto Misaka, The Railgun of Tokiwadai." Kihara Amata said as Mikoto slowly turned to him after hearing her name.

She looked at the guy with a distance expression as he continued.

"I don't care if you're a level five, you have done it now. The acts of terrorism you committed on various lab facilities and now the destruction of Tree Diagram. The order has already been that you're too much of reliability to this city. The fact they sent an early model of this unit to support me to capture you initially just shows how much their patience is thin with your activities..." Kihara Amata said with a rather creepy smile as she steps forward taking a gun from one of his men.

He then pointed it towards Mikoto.

"Run... little girl... run. Make this fun for me, since if I capture you too soon, then I may just torture you until you die. So run... run as fast as you can, since the darkness of this city is coming for your life... MIKOTO MISAKAAA!" Kihara said sinisterly as Mikoto suddenly flicked a coin in the air, which made the Rensa step forward to intercept but she didn't aim for Kihara. As suddenly she launched a Railgun into the side of the room, smashing through and covering everything with dust.

With a brush of the Rensa's hand, the dust quickly vanished under a strange power and when their sight was clear it had become apparent the Railgun had escaped. "Excellent, this is only going to make it much more fun." Kihara Amata said as he touched the communication piece in his ear. "Group 1 and 2 follow the spoiled rich girl. I don't care how long it takes and what method you guys use. Shoot on sight you hear me? Don't even give her a chance to rest. We'll show this city that not even level fives can deny us."

August 28th,

2pm

A week has past since the destruction of tree diagram, Kihara Amata entered the office of one Keitz Nokieben. Who was the security advisor of the level six shift project and helped organised the ambush at the Tree diagram control facility. He hadn't counted on the destruction of the supercomputer itself.

To make sure nothing else happened to the level six shift he had called back Amata to get an update on The Railgun. He seemed to have sat down on the opposite side of the desk in a way, which he was clearly the one in charge and not of the guy who had brought him in.

"Kihara, you do understand why you are here aren't you? Despite the kill order for The Railgun, she still managed to destroy another three labs the other day. Weren't you suppose to deal with her by now? I can't afford any more screws up this late in the game." Keitz explained to which with a rather sinister laugh. Kihara continued not long afterwards.

"You don't have to worry about your pet project with my former student now. She is honestly in no condition to act so bluntly against our interests anymore. Since not long after that incident, the various underworld groups known as ITEM, SCHOOL and the likes of MEMBER have also been tasked with tracking her down. The damage she has caused to Academy City, the Tree diagram and your project can no longer be overlooked. You do realise what it means when we lost that supercomputer? Scientific development has been slowed at a predicted ten-year rate. At least we have a replacement being currently built, but it still take some years, since nothing of Tree diagram survived."

Keitz looked wry, since despite bring this guy in the first place he never liked anyone who called themselves the Kihara. And Amata's words prove it since he knew that a team had been sent to space not long ago, to recover the remnant which had indeed survive. A replacement for Tree diagram could be down in a year and not many which this Kihara had claimed. He is clearly trying to manipulate the situation for his own enjoyment.

"Well I do hope you have things under control, experiment number 10,922 is about to take place later today. The less interruptions will make this whole mess get completed sooner." Keitz responded ignoring his worries for now and also revealing the advancement of the level six shift since a week ago. "Though this boy seems to been getting too involved as of late with the sisters and not ignoring that those who had known The Railgun had to be put down. And that judgement girl has been terribly stubborn. But not something we can't control as long The Railgun is taken out soon." Keitz explains who looked at Kihara seriously.

"So have you finished playing your game of cat and mouse? Since the three times, you allowed her to escape has cost us greatly and the more this escalates, the higher chance he will get involved" Keitz asked to which Kihara once again laughed but it felt empty.

"I'm sorry, I just enjoy seeing that spoilt little girl see the harsh reality of how things work. To watch her increasing sense of despair as the project continues has been a delight and her many attempts to escape our grasps have been rather smart I must admit. But she faces the complete darkness of this city and it will not be long until she gets consumed. The funniest thing about this whole situation is that she doesn't dare to leave the city since that would mean abandoning the sisters. She cannot leave, and she cannot ask for help from her friends, or they turn out like that one girl in the hospital right now. That rich girl who's father had built many of the armoured suits? Kongou Industries is the company name." Amata said who took out various documents from beneath his white coat and placed them on the desk.

"These documents are of the agents we are going to bring into corner The Railgun." Amato said which Keitz showed some genuine interest had picked one up after the other and scanned through them. He had an idea of how to counter The Railgun's abilities due to working on the project for so long. But nothing to him stood out as he went through one after the other, until he reached the second from lost document which caught him by surprise.

"Precognition... " He mumbled to which Amata heard clearly due to being so close. "Ah that must be Takashi Mitsugi's file. He's part of the WOLF organisation, which are a group of trained Lone killers often hired by Hound Dog to take out targets which are beyond the normal capability of my group. They usually level four Espers brought up from a young age in that profession, and that guy is a good one. Firearms, gadgets, blades, and explosives. The guy is willing to go to any length to succeed and survive his missions. This always seems to work out thanks to his Precognition ability, but that, of course, has its limits. So it's not like can consistently use it without any drawback." Amata explained while Keitz continued to read his document, which explained further things about this peculiar esper.

Like how he had been part of the organisation since he first entered Academy City and comes from a tradition Japanese family which specialises in sword crafting. Mitsugi was a well-known family name now that Keitz thinks about it since he heard the family had even crafted swords which can cut through all known metals in the world today.

"It says he had made a few requests to leave the organisation," Keitz said reading the document to which made Amata bat an eye to this piece of information. "Yeah, but that's why we were given his services by his organisation free of charge. We can just keep throwing him into dangerous missions until he kicks the bucket. As it seems those bastards don't like paying end of contract fees and so much, so they highly suggested that he get put against The Railgun. Especially since the girl has been forced to abandon the no killing policy she had some days ago. Since then we have been losing agents left, right and centre, so they just see this chance of getting rid of their unwanted pawn. But his sense of self-preservation is so strong, that I don't see him dying anytime soon which is a good thing for Hound dog. Since we can use him as much, we like free of charge... " Kihara Amata said with such a happy expression it slightly disturbed Keitz and in turn asked Kihara a question to get this meeting over with.

"How long will it take for you to deal with The Railgun, with these people here." He asked pointed towards the documents on his desks. "Well, of course, that all depends on that girl's luck. But I can say it should all be over tonight."

August 28th, 11:20 pm

District 22

The sound of gunfire echoed throughout the district, overpowering the noise of dogs barking and groups of men shouting as a massive operation was underway. Mikoto, who was their target barely escaped the barrages of bullets and headed into the maze of factories with so many twists and turns it would be almost impossible to escape without a map. She had no choice.

However, it seemed she had been tricked and cornered in this district after she trusted that shopkeeper in the Garden of Learning. Leaving with another sense of betrayal, she blindly ran through the maze hoping for just a break. Just for a small break as she has been on the run for an entire week and the last time she slept was forty-eight hours ago. She was going to take refuge in the Garden of Learning once more, but again she had been betrayed without any mercy for her situation.

She can't simply go to her friends for help. That much had already proven on what they do if she gets got them involved. The fact Kongou from Tokiwadai has been in a coma-like state since she stumbled on the trouble Mikoto was in had been a clear warning to The Railgun. She had no choice but to keep her friends out of it. She didn't want any of them to get involved anyway, and Kongou's involvement was a huge regret on her mind.

She couldn't even try to nurse her back to health; She had to get moving to avoid anyone else got involved.

Her constant running back and forward trying to stay alive while also trying to stop the sisters project had left her completed exhausted and on the verge of breaking. Well, that may have already happened as she was forced to take lives in the past forty eights hours.

Her overuse of her powers was clearly showing as she didn't have the strength anymore even to fire a Railgun.

So all she could do is run and hope that she can lose her pursers in this maze of factories. She only knew of one more safe place she can take refuge and she didn't want to be followed there. That hope of a break if she does make it was the only thing that motivated Mikoto at this point.

There was no way she could have been tracked now anyway. She had made sure Hound dog no longer had her sent to their database. So if she continued to make progress into District 22 for a while longer, she should be able to make her way to distract ten and...

"Got ya you little bitch." Said a boy of her age, who was donning a black ops suit as they came out of now. He slammed his hand in Mikoto's chest by surprise, which not only knocked her back but further sent her flying as a pocket of air was created and made her crash against a large metal pipe. Causing her to cough her blood as she hit her back hard and despite her pain, it only made her angry.

The fact the person to find her right now had Kongou's powers of all people. It was like someone was making fun of her regrets without her knowing. But what could she do? She was totally exhausted and struggled to run, let alone use her ability to fight right now. The bruises, cuts and the rough state of her clothes showed just how much she had been struggling.

She looked down as if she was defeated and under the cover of her bangs, she started to cry from the hell she was enduring. All the while the one who attacked her had slowly walked up to Mikoto with a guarded stance. He thought he had knocked her out or at least by the way she was acting showed she was ready to give up.

As the attacker attempted to grab Mikoto, she quickly grabbed him the first chance she got and unleash a powerful shock. Sparks flew everywhere, and the sound of it echoed throughout this metal shell of a maze she was in.

In a matter of moments, the guy who had attacked Mikoto was repealed from her like two magnets of the same charge had just came in contact. Sent flying the man crashed into the ground, not even moving. Burned all over from the sheer amount of volts unleashed by Mikoto it was clear he was dead.

The guy was dead, there was no doubt about it but also what was finished was her ability. She can barely even make a sparkle let alone use it to defend herself.

She had reached her limit and possibly the end of her life as her eyes struggled to stay open. She swore in her weakening conciseness as somebody in a much slimmer black combat uniform approached the scene. She wasn't sure how to describe the guy, but the way he acted made it seem he wasn't focused on catching her... no..

He had just checked the body of the guy who she just killed before slowly walking over and despite her fragile state. She tried to move in a last ditch attempt to escape, but before she can even make progress, a gun was fired. It pierced into the metal pipe close to her head as a warning for her to stay still.

The sound of a gunshot being so close had allowed her conciseness to revitalise long enough to see who stand before her and he seemed similar to the one she had killed.

The difference has he had short messy black hair and dazzling green eyes which made him stand out in the darkness. He looked roughly the same age as Mikoto, but apparently seemed more mature in some manner. Maybe she felt that way because due to the fact the rather professional stance he held a handgun in one hand pointed towards her while slowly drawing a magnificent katana from his sheath on his back.

Yet, for some reason, she didn't feel like her life was in danger.

The look of confusion in this boy's eyes had given her that thought, and her assumption would be confirmed as the boy spoke.

"What... You are The Railgun... Why... would someone like you allowed themselves to get dragged down to the depths of hell?" The boy asked Mikoto just why she got herself in her current situation. He didn't exactly give her time to respond as he continued further proving his confusion.

"Just what the hell is going on?"