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Chapter 12 - Chapter 12: Capacity Down, The Problem With Big Spider

Date: July 21, 2009

Okay, I don't care who these guys think they were.

Even if they were part of a gang, you don't just beat up innocent people just because you feel like you can.

This was the unfortunate scene that Misaka, myself and Kuroko happened upon when we were looking around an abandoned part of Academy City.

The reason for this?

We were looking for a gang by the name of Big Spider.

"Honestly, it is so amazing how quickly the hunter can become the hunted," Misaka said with a hint of frustration, as electricity sparked through the bangs of her hair, which drew the attention of all the gang members in the alley to the three of us.

"And to tell you the truth, it really does make me sick that you would do this to innocent people," I added matching Misaka's frustration, as electricity also sparked through the bangs of my hair.

"Time for you to face Judgment," Kuroko said.

And right after two of the thugs each threw in an insult.

Me and Misaka took the opportunity to conjure up quite a bit of electricity, and fire it at a few of the thugs present in the alley, causing them to scream, and causing them to drop, and hit the ground, hard.

Once the fight was over, with several of the thugs pinned to the alley walls by Kuroko's pin darts, me and Misaka decided to speak up.

"Honestly, why did you have to go and make it so difficult?" Misaka deadpanned.

"You all could've made it much easier if you had just not bothered fighting us in the first place," I sighed.

It was a short time later, after finally locating Big Spider's hideout, Kuroko, Misaka and I, found ourselves face to face with several more of Big Spider's thugs.

However, we were soon going to learn, that they were harboring a secret weapon, one that would render the three of us, completely unable to use our Esper abilities.

It started when the gangs leader, Wataru Kurozuma, or someone calling himself Wataru Kurozuma, came out from inside of the hideout, not quite happy that a member of Judgment had paid his gang a visit.

Even more so that Kuroko was placing him under arrest for leading the multiple attacks on the innocent espers.

However, it was as Kuroko told me and Misaka that she had things covered, that things started to fall apart.

Because at that very moment, all three of us heard a very shrill noise, causing all three of us to put our hands to our ears, and to make matters worse, none of us could think straight.

Which was bad news for us with regards to being able to use our Esper abilities.

Since we needed to properly calculate in order to properly use our abilities, and you can't do that if you can't think straight.

It really did look like the three of us were not only down, but it looked like were out for the count as well.

It really did look like this was the end of the line for me, Kuroko, and Misaka.

As all three of us found ourselves with our hands to the sides of our heads, in unimaginable pain from the shrillest noise we had ever experienced.

And to make matters even worse, we couldn't even concentrate for even a second to calculate in order for any of the three of us to use our Esper abilities.

Talk about being caught between a rock and a hard place.

However, we were soon going to finally get some reprieve, as a figure swooped in, which the three of us recognized as the guy from before who had helped us with finding Big Spider's hideout earlier in the day.

It turned out, after he had finished beating the entire Big Spider gang single-handedly, despite several of them running off, and destroying their capacity down, that he was actually Wataru Kurozama, and the person who was the current leader of Big Spider, was actually someone else entirely.

It was then revealed by Konori, that Wataru Kurozoma was actually an old acquaintance of hers.

But, despite this being a surprise to Kuroko, me, and Misaka. I was just glad that we all managed to get out of this mess without any sort of huge issue.

And after another fight with Big Spider a bit later on, in which Konori and Kurozoma took it upon themselves to dispatch the rest of what was left of Big Spider.

After telling Misaka, me, and Kuroko, to leave the fight to them.

And after I had taken it upon myself to completely destroy their capacity down system with my railgun.

Which, not surprisingly, sent enough of a statement to the gang not to mess with me or Misaka. But before the three of us had been sidelined I had decided to say something.

"Oh, I'm sorry were you planning to use that again?! Do you even realize who it is you are messing with?! You may know of Mikoto Misaka?! The Railgun and ace of Tokiwadai?! Well, I'm her sister, the name's Keiko "Lucky Strike" Misaka, and it's best that you remember it!" I said, a cocky smirk very evident on my face, as the hand and arm that I had fired my railgun from, continued to spark with electricity.

Man, that capacity down really does render you completely useless doesn't it?