Scan Rider Drive & Rush
Scan 0: Countdown to Global Freeze
Disclaimer: I don't own Scan2Go or Kamen Rider Drive
A/N: I've decided to post this story today as a gift to my fellow author Kamen Rider Vega. Here you go buddy.
But besides that, this is set a couple of years into the future of the Scan2Go series and each character has different ages then in the series. They're also really OOC sometimes. Allow me to explain:
Kaz: 24
Fiona: 24
Shunsuke: 20
Run: 21
Chase: 25
Diego: 25
Myron: 23
Regular text: TYPE: SPEED
Talking: "TYPE: SPEED"
Different language: "TYPE: SPEED"
Shift Cars Activation and Emphasis: TYPE: SPEED
Thoughts, Flashbacks, and voiceovers: TYPE: SPEED
Belt-san and Throttle-kun speaking "TYPE: SPEED"
That day… that horrible, horrible day… Kaz's voice could be heard.
All around the world, everyone's time stopped… But you guys don't know the full story, do you? The full story of the apocalyptic Global Freeze that ended our world…
Well… let's start… twelve hours before this event happened…
Kaz jumped in his seat as the bus stopped. He looked around and saw that he was the only one left on the bus except for a person on the opposite window who had a plastic bag and a pair of headphones in. The person was too invested in their music to notice. Panting, Kaz noticed that his stop hadn't arrived yet.
Kaz took out his textbook and his reading glasses before opening the book and putting on his glasses.
Voiceover: Hello, everyone! My name is Kazuya Gordon. I am currently in my final year of school at university. I find it ironic really. I used to be a bit of a slacker who was obsessed with racing and such. However, I got into an argument with my friends and just left. But I eventually realized how they were right, so I got my act together and started going to school. I haven't really seen my friends since I walked out on them. I wish I knew how they are today…
Eventually, the bus stopped and both Kaz and the boy on the other side left the bus, the boy putting his headphones around his neck.
"Yosh (Alright), where's Fiona-neechan at now?" the boy said.
Kaz froze at that line but he shook it off and continued walking in the opposite direction.
What am I thinking; the chances of me seeing Fiona again are astronomically low.
The boy noticed a parked car in the distance and walked towards it.
In the car, two young women sat inside with one reading a book while the other was asleep.
Then the boy knocked on the door. The woman who was asleep, jumped up, startled by the sudden knocking.
The woman reading the book giggled at her partners antics before she rolled her window down.
"Shunsuke, what are you doing, you know we're in the middle of a stakeout" the woman closed her book.
"I know" Shunsuke held up the bag. "I brought your lunch" Shunsuke passed the bag into the car.
"Wow, thanks Shun-kun!" the woman in the passengers' seat reached into the bag and began attempting to pull out food.
"Hey! Tsubaki! Get your own!" the woman tossed her book into the back seat and tried to stop her partner.
"Come on Fiona, you know whenever I wake up from a nap I get hungry" Tsubaki whined.
Fiona grinned at her friends antics and turned back to Shunsuke.
"Okay, we got our food… you can go now"
"I want to help. I might be able to find the guy you're searching for with my… connections"
Fiona blinked. "No, now get out of here before I arrest you for harassing an officer, love you!" Fiona rolled up the window.
Shunsuke sighed and walked away from the car.
"Anyway, have those guys made their move yet?" Tsubaki asked.
"No, they're still sitting there, waiting."
Tsubaki sighed and pulled out a laptop before she opened it.
"Neo Shade. A terrorist organization that has caused dozens of explosions, resulting in several casualties. They claim it's some kind of "revolution", I say it's some kind of BS" Tsubaki said.
"Revolution. Ha, don't make me laugh. We'll get them this time" Fiona said.
Meanwhile, Shunsuke had gotten a fair distance away from the car and pulled out a newspaper. "Now that that's over, I can finally get back to what I was doing before" he looked at one article.
"Okay, the Crystal Gems of the Amethyst, Pearl, and Garnet will be on display at the Universe Museum. If I can predict it right then the museum will be empty and closed in about 12 hours. Meaning that if there are no guards around, I can get the gems. Hm, alright, nothing I can't steal. Now let's get to work."
Time Until Global Freeze:
12:05:00
Inside of a large room, nine mechanical figures all stood in front of several screens and a large projector.
"Can you hear me, my comrades lurking in the computer world?" One of them, who had the panel "001" asked.
Among the others in the room were those who had panels from "002" to "009".
"We were created by the humans. However, it appears that they have made us TOO powerful. The humans will learn of their incompetence. Tonight, when the sun sets… let us bless them with those words they love so much. Let us show them "destruction" and "revolution"!"
Time Until Global Freeze:
10:00:00
Kaz walked by a screen playing an advertisement.
"Space… experience it for yourself…" the screen showed an image of a small city-like area under a dome.
"Tickets on board are almost sold out, so hurry on board to System: Earth and see for yourself the wonders of space."
Kaz chuckled lightly.
"What crap. They've tried to revive this project so many times. I feel bad for the poor saps that bought their tickets and were forced aboard."
The screen suddenly changed view from the advertisement to a news feed.
"News from headquarters: According to multiple sources, there has been a bomb threat posted on the Internet by Neo Shade. The posted video shows a TV news announcer who was kidnapped a few days ago."
"There are bombs hidden all around the city." On the screen, there was a video of a young woman tied up in a chair.
"There is a demand of…" she began to break off and cry.
"Don't begin to screw up your lines" a knife appeared from off-screen and placed itself on her neck. "You're a pro, aren't you?"
"Do it again"
"T-there is one demand. 5 billion yen in cash"
Kaz took out a small tablet-like device and began typing rapidly. After a few minutes of this, he closed the tablet. "I've got it… my brain cells" he straightened his glasses and fixed his tie "are in Top Gear" Kaz turned and walked away.
In Fiona and Tsubaki's car, the two were watching the video on Tsubaki's laptop.
"A warning about their sixth terrorist bombing…" Tsubaki said.
"Forcing a hostage to declare their involvement in crimes and then post it on the net… this certainly fits Neo Shade's past activities. But something seems… off" Fiona noted.
"You noticed it too?" Tsubaki said.
"Yeah, they're a group looking for destructive revolution, despite whatever happens. Why would they just up and ask for money?"
"Wait… is that a mirror?" Fiona took Tsubaki's laptop from her and looked closely at the screen. She zoomed in at the image.
"I've got it"
"The culprit isn't Neo Shade…" Tsubaki said.
"It's an imposter! It's the Copycat Pirate." Fiona finished.
Time Until Global Freeze:
06:59:59
Inside the building with the kidnapped news reporter, the camcorder was set back up again, however it wasn't recording.
Behind the camera, a man wearing a white mask spoke. "Let's record one more time. You must praise me. The one who kidnapped you is a revolutionary; the greatest criminal king!"
Behind the man in the mask, Fiona and Tsubaki ran in, the both of them carrying guns.
"Stop right there!"
"Release the hostage!"
"Oh my, a couple of visitors." He moved behind the hostage and pointed his knife at her neck.
"How did you find me?" the Copycat Pirate asked.
"That's not important." Fiona said.
"Well it is if you want this girl to be released. Now put your guns down or else the hostage will get it"
"You're surrounded from all sides! Don't make this any harder for yourself!" Fiona shouted at him.
On the catwalk behind the Copycat Pirate, Kaz suddenly appeared, walking softly.
Fiona and Tsubaki noticed him but Tsubaki played it off while Fiona was in shock of what she was seeing.
Kaz?
Kaz made it to the ladder and began climbing down, but not all the way.
"Throw down your pistols or this cute little lass gets it"
The two didn't move, Tsubaki glaring at the Copycat Pirate while Fiona kept stealing glances at Kaz.
"Do it! You want to hear her dying screams?!"
Kaz made it to a shelf over the Copycat Pirate and got ready to jump.
Outside, one of the mechanical figures from before appeared, this one having the panel of "005" and hung out of the window, like a bat.
Kaz took a step forward and accidentally knocked over a wrench, causing it to fall off the shelf.
Taking notice, Fiona tossed her pistol to the ground, covering up the noise.
Tsubaki looked at Fiona like she was crazy. However, she sighed and threw hers to the ground as well.
"Good, just like that" the Copycat Pirate left from his position to grab the guns.
Kaz jumped from his position and kicked at the Copycat Pirate, catching him by surprise as the Pirate attempted to block. He failed and the attack landed on his chest, causing him to stumble towards Tsubaki and Fiona.
"What about you is a criminal king?" Kaz got into a horse stance (imagine the stance that Drive usually takes) and waited.
"Kaz!" Fiona shouted.
The two attempted to move forward but the Copycat pirate slashed with his knife, preventing them from moving further. He moved towards Kaz and stabbed forwards. However, the boy ducked under the attack and grabbed him by the arm, tossing him over his shoulder.
Tsubaki ran past as the Pirate was getting up and quickly disarmed him. The Pirate grabbed a pipe and began swinging it wildly, catching Tsubaki across the stomach. Fiona jumped in and kicked the Pirate in the back, causing him to drop the pipe.
"You kidnapped women and children weaker then you! If anything, you're a third rate criminal!" Kaz shouted, getting back into his ready stance.
The Pirate got up and quickly ran away.
Fiona ran to the girl and began untying her.
"Tsubaki! Go after him!"
Fiona's partner nodded and began to chase after the Pirate.
Kaz was about to follow when-
"Kazuya Gordon you stay right there!"
The Pirate managed to get out the window when a sudden wave passed by him, slowing him down instantly.
"W-What?!"
Nearby, a small purple toy car was watching intently before it vanished.
The mechanical figure flew by. "I was instinctively drawn to you twisted heart."
"A Monster!" the Pirate said.
"You know, I feel some sympathy for you… Our souls are in tandem… well, whatever" the figure grabbed the Pirate's mask and pulled it off, revealing his face before it grabbed him by the neck and its arm started glowing green.
Within a second the figure changed so that it resembled the Pirate without his mask.
"From now on, I am you"
Inside a small room, a young man was sitting with a weird belt around his waist.
"Krim, are the systems ready to go?"
"Yes, the rockets are fully loaded and the flight system is currently prepared for the worst case scenario." The belt said.
"I have also set up the Drive Pit to be fully integrated with System: Earth if necessary" a third, female voice spoke up from in the shadows of the room.
"Oh, thank you Leona"
A small honking noise was heard.
The small violet car flew into the young mans hands and began honking.
The young man nodded and quickly boarded a bike before he drove out of the area.
Tsubaki jumped out the window.
"Where did he go?!" she ran in one direction, not noticing that above her, the Pirate was being held up the by his doppelganger, who changed back into the mechanical figure.
The figure flew higher into the air, planning to drop the Pirate.
"It's a nice view, isn't it?"
"L-let me down!"
"As you wish"
The figure dropped the Pirate, causing him to drop to the ground, but still in slow motion. He passed out from the shock.
Before he hit the ground, the young man from before caught him as he was falling and set him on the ground.
The mechanical figure landed and looked at the young man.
"Who are you?"
The young man reached to his belt and twisted a key on the side, activating it.
A red ring appeared in the center of the screen, spiraling in and out several times. He took out a small black car with a wiring design all over it and flipped the back around before he slid his jacket sleeve up, revealing a brace.
"Henshin" he slid the car in the brace and activated it like a lever, pushing it up then back down.
Energy covered him.
DRIVE! TYPE: SPEED!
The young man was now in a black suit with white lines on the sides. He had black armor with purple highlights and a dark object wrapped around him from his left shoulder to the right side of his stomach.
His helmet was based off a car and had white "eyes" based off of the headlights on a car. This was Kamen Rider Proto-Drive.
"Those who are about to die do not need to know my name"
Proto-Drive punched at the figure, knocking him back before he kneed him in the stomach and punched him again.
The figure punched at Proto-Drive, who ducked under it and swept his leg out before kneeing upwards, damaging the figure's back.
Proto-Drive kicked the figure into several boxes and barrels and the figure retaliated with several energy blasts. Proto-Drive dodged out of the way.
Proto-Drive dashed around the figure and began punching and kicking at him, sending him further and further away. The figure attempted to blast him again, succeeding this time and disorienting him enough so that the figure began to punch and kick at him and quickly sent him to the ground. He slammed his fist into Proto-Drive's chest, causing an explosion of sparks.
He threw Proto-Drive to the side.
"Ha! You were the one defeated!"
Proto-Drive's hand made it to his belt and he twisted the key on the side again before activating the lever function three times.
SP-SP-SPEED!
Proto-Drive rolled out of the way of several blasts and dashed towards the figure, unleashing a multitude of punches and kicks that ultimately sent him outside.
The figure attempted to fly away, resulting in Proto-Drive reaching to his belt and pressing the button on his brace and pulling the lever up and down.
HISSATSU! FULL THROTTLE: SPEED!
Proto-Drive jumped up and flew after the figure, his foot covered in purple energy before he unleashed a kick onto the figure, causing an explosion.
Proto-Drive landed back on the ground and turned around. From the explosion, a metallic red "005" flew out before it flew away.
"It's as I thought" the logo on the belt changed to a frowning face. "You are unable to destroy Cores"
A small, broken car similar to the one the young man used fell to the ground, allowing Proto-Drive to pick it up.
"But we can still get information from this" Proto-Drive left the area.
Tsubaki ran by, taking notice of the Pirate and she quickly ran to him.
"Hey! Hey! Wake Up! Hey!"
The Pirate started to struggle.
"M-Monster! M-Monster!"
"What are you going on about?" Tsubaki pulled out a pair of handcuffs and snapped them onto his wrists.
"At… 4:55, I'm arresting you for kidnapping and attempted murder"
"So, mind explaining what you're doing here?" Fiona asked Kaz, who was currently handcuffed to a chair.
"I figured out what was going on and came here to investigate. The police didn't seem to know what was going on"
"Kaz, I can arrest you right now unless you tell me why you're here"
"Fine. Let me start back when I left. The day that the five of us got into an argument and I ended up storming out. After I left, I just realized you guys were right and decided to get my act together. Several years of school later, here I am."
"Wait… you… of all people… decided to go to school."
"Yes, and I actually learned Fiona. I'm at the top of my class actually."
"Oh really? Why don't I believe you?"
"Check my bag if you don't believe me. The only side of the story I know is that I figured out what was going on. Check my tablet if you don't believe me."
Fiona reached into Kaz's bag and began pulling out textbooks. She finally pulled out Kaz's tablet and opened it, looking through the history.
"Kaz… these are very advanced subjects and these are records of the history of the trouble the police had with the Copycat Pirate"
"I know. I saw a mirror in the video and saw a figure. I didn't know what it was so I looked up cases similar to this one. Then I remembered. There have been cases of robberies, attempted murders, kidnappings, all in the course of a few months by some guy in pirate clothing. As if to show off, the guy called himself a criminal king on his posts to the internet. However, the crimes he did were all copycatting past cases. So he was given the nickname of the Copycat Pirate. I remember hearing about this from my friends in class so I kind of figured out what was going on. Especially with the Neo Shade threat, I deduced this guy was hanging out here, as it was their first place to release their bomb threats" Kaz admitted.
Fiona just stared at Kaz.
"You figured all of that out from one little picture?"
"No, I actually used data and such to collect a viable and reasonable conclusion."
"And you're wearing glasses"
"Reading glasses"
Fiona continued to stare.
"…So how's Myron and Diego? I haven't seen them since… you know"
Fiona was broken out of her trance.
"They're fine… they actually kind of want to see you again…"
"Wow, I'm surprised. Myron was the one who told me to get out so many times… well, actually Diego was the one arguing why we shouldn't be arguing, right?"
Fiona giggled. "Yeah, he was. Of course… I haven't seen Shiro since either."
"Really? Well, what now? Are you going to arrest me? I figure I'd get some rep at my university but nothing major."
Fiona looked down but looked back up at Kaz. She began to undo the handcuffs and let him free.
"What are you doing?"
"Just get out of here. Head to the Fruit Café on the West side of town. Be there in around three hours."
Kaz nodded and fixed his glasses before he left the building.
In the next instant, Tsubaki came in with the unmasked Copycat Pirate. "Hey, where did that guy go?"
"I let him go with a warning"
Tsubaki smiled teasingly at Fiona. "Oh? Did you get his number?"
Fiona was taken aback. "How exactly did you get that I was interested in him by me letting him go because he was a nuisance"
"Because, usually you catch the perverts"
"Trust me; Kaz is far from a pervert. I don't even think he knows what the difference between a man and a woman is"
"You know him? Do you think he'll be interested in me?"
"Why are we partners again?"
Proto-Drive was back in the Drive Pit and he took out the black car out of his brace before replacing it with the broken one he got from the figure.
DANGEROUS!
"The Viral Core is too damaged. We will need to fix it" the belt said.
"Are you sure? We may not have time they've been planning something for who knows how long" the female voice from the shadows said.
"There's no choice. We have to do this, it'll be easier to figure out what they're doing by this" Proto-Drive said.
Back with the mechanical figures, one stood by himself in the room when another ran up to him.
"Heart, 005's signal disappeared after he went off on his own." One of them said.
"Could this be their doing? Krim and Leona Steinbelt?" the other said.
"What? They're still alive?"
"Dunno. It doesn't matter either way. It's too late for this world."
Proto-Drive turned the key on his belt and inserted the fixed Viral Core into the Shift Brace.
He looked up, his "eyes" glowing as they projected an image.
"Can we see 005's memory now?" the belt asked.
"The awakened Roidmude's seem to be planning something big." Proto-Drive said.
"They currently number… 108" the female voice said, realization seeping into her voice.
Back in the room with the mechanical figures, one stood before the others.
"My friends! The awaited time has come! There is no one around who can stop the destruction of this world!"
Time Until Global Freeze:
1:20:00
"The Roidmudes are already hiding in every major town around the world…" Proto-Drive started.
"…and they're planning a synchronous attack" the belt finished.
"I see. However, the preparations I've made are complete. Leona, start the system to integrate the Drive Pit into System: Earth, and make it so that the ships are designed to go off when the limit of people aboard has been reached."
"Hai!" the female voice said.
All of a sudden, tracks started to form around them, the tracks carrying small toy-like cars of all kinds. The cars jumped off the tracks and landed at Proto-Drive's feet.
"Wreak havoc to your heart's content! Humanity's time will end today" back in the dark room, the mechanical figures were watching as one (Heart) spoke so them.
"We shall destroy them, and take their place as the overlords!" Heart said.
"Brain, begin the nuclear detonation program" Heart ordered.
Brain nodded and went over to a computer, placing his hand out as wires shot out from his hand and connected to the screen. Instantly, the screen changed to that of dozens of images.
"Hacking complete! Setting the launch for one hour and thirty minutes!"
Heart nodded. "Now go my friends! Spread fear among the humans and quickly escape to the rockets before the nuclear bombs go off!"
"Go forth, comrades! Warn the humans and send them off to System: Earth!" the cars started to honk as they drove off again.
Shunsuke carefully crept down a vent, eventually reaching his destination.
He placed his bag down next to him and opened the vent before he jumped down.
The area around him was full of gems and crystals. He looked around the room. "What? There's more gems as well?" he looked at the labels. "Ruby, Sapphire, Opal, Lapis Lazuli… you've got to be kidding me!"
Shunsuke went to one container and looked around it for anything. "How do I get you open?" he said aloud.
He reached into his bag and pulled out a screwdriver and a small bag before unscrewing the screws before he pulled the glass case off carefully. He placed the glass case on the ground before he carefully plucked the gem off the stand, instantly replacing it with the small bag. Shunsuke put the glass case back on and began screwing it back on.
He looked at the gem. It was the Amethyst. "Okay, one down, several more to go" He repeated the process with the Garnet and Pearl case, getting the gems and replacing them with more small bags. However, when he reached the Lapis Lazuli case, a light shined on him.
"Hey! What are you doing?!" a security guard asked.
"Are you serious?! I'm stealing the Crystal Gems, what does it look like I'm doing?!" Shunsuke shouted before he began running away.
"Hey! Stop!" the guard began to chase after Shunsuke.
Time Until Global Freeze:
00:30:00
Fiona sat with two other people at a table outside of a café. The other people with her were around her age; however, one was shorter while the other was larger.
Fiona looked around, as if expecting someone.
"Come on Fiona, stop this. If he's not coming, he's not coming" the shorter one said.
"Don't be such a downer Myron, Kaz may be one thing but he does care enough about his friends. I'm sure he'll show up" the larger one said.
"Diego, come on, he walked out on us all those years ago" Myron said.
Fiona ignored them before she spotted someone in the distance.
"There he is. Kaz! Over here!" she called out.
Kaz noticed her and waved, walking towards the group.
"Oh… you were serious" Myron said.
"Kaz! You came!" Fiona got up and hugged him, surprising the boy.
"Well, I have about an hour before I have to finish writing my paper so I thought I'd come and see you"
Fiona led Kaz to the table as it began raining.
"Hey Myron, Diego" Kaz shook Myron's hand when Diego suddenly wrapped Kaz in a bone-crushing hug.
"Kaz I'm so glad you're back!"
"I… can't… breathe…" Kaz got out.
Time Until Global Freeze:
00:10:00
00:09:59
00:09:58
Shunsuke dove over a cart before he turned and ran down an alleyway. The security guards were replaced by cops.
It began raining hard onto the three as Shunsuke climbed over a fence and ran down the street.
"Stop!" one of the cops called.
"Wasn't planning on it!" Shunsuke called back.
Time Until Global Freeze:
00:05:43
"So Kaz, what exactly do you do now?" Myron asked.
"Well, currently I go to school at the university nearby. I'm majoring in engineering while my minor is in law"
"Really? I never thought you'd go into something as hard as law Kaz" Fiona said.
"I had spare money from the Scan2Go Championships so I decided to see which career would best suit me. You could say Jack rubbed off on me" he smiled.
"Wow, you've changed a lot Kaz!" Diego replied.
Time Until Global Freeze:
00:01:00
Shunsuke ran down the street, headed towards a small crowded area. "Get out of the way!" he shoved a few civilians out of the way as the cops got closer.
He ran towards the Fruit Café.
Kaz noticed the commotion.
"What's going on?" he got up and walked out to the street to see Shunsuke running from the cops.
00:00:45
Kaz ran in front of Shunsuke, blocking his path and causing the two to tumble over.
Shunsuke attempted to get up but Kaz stopped him, grabbing him from behind to halt his movement. Shunsuke stomped on Kaz's foot, stunning him before he shoved him back. Shunsuke kicked outwards, to which Kaz blocked and retaliated with a punch of his own.
00:00:30
The cops finally reached the two and attempted to separate them. However, Shunsuke slipped out of their grip and kicked at them, knocking them away before he drop-kicked Kaz, knocking the boy back further. Kaz got back up and got into his ready stance as Shunsuke got ready as well, his arms in front of him as if he were about to box.
00:00:20
The two charged at each other, punching as they did. Kaz ducked under Shunsuke's punch and grabbed his arm, throwing him over his shoulder. Kaz held Shunsuke like that as the boy struggled to break free.
Fiona, Myron, and Diego finally ran up, the fight having ended.
"What's going on?" Fiona said.
"I don't know, this guy was running from the police"
00:00:10
"Well who is he?" Fiona pulled out her handcuffs and walked towards the duo. "Why do you care? He's just some common criminal" Myron added in his two cents.
00:00:05
She turned the boy over and saw his face.
00:00:04
"Shunsuke?" Fiona said in surprise.
00:00:03
"You know him?!" Kaz replied.
00:00:02
"Yeah, Shunsuke is…"
00:00:01
"…My adopted younger brother"
00:00:00
Global Freeze Starts
All of a sudden, a wave of energy passed by all of them, causing them to suddenly stumble as their movements slowed down.
"I can't move!" Fiona shouted.
An explosion happened nearby.
Down the road, several mechanical figures began walking towards the group. They started shooting towards the group.
"No!" Kaz shouted, trying to move but failing.
SP-SP-SPEED!
A black blur appeared and kicked the balls of energy away. He turned around and planted a toy-like car into Kaz's hands.
All of a sudden, a few more toy cars flew into the hands of the others. They suddenly sped up, Myron falling to the ground at having suddenly regained motion.
"Get running, there's a hiding place in the subways down that way!" Proto-Drive pointed down the road.
Kaz nodded.
"Come on!" the group ran towards the subways.
Proto-Drive turned towards the mechanical figures.
"I may not be able to defeat you… but I will not take this sitting down!" Proto-Drive ran towards the mechanical figures.
The group ran into the subway, the area being dark and dimly lit.
"He said the safe area was around here" Diego said.
Fiona turned to Shunsuke and instantly grabbed his arm before twisting it behind his arm. "Now Shunsuke, what was that about? Why were you running from the cops?" she spoke in a murderous tone.
"I don't know! They just started chasing me a while back!" he denied.
"Oh really?" Fiona reached into his bag and pulled out the Amethyst.
"What is this? Why is this gem in your bag!?" Fiona demanded.
"I don't know!" Shunsuke denied again.
Myron however…
"Hey, that's the Amethyst of the Crystal Gems" he reached into Shunsuke's bag and pulled out the Pearl and Garnet. "These are the Crystal Gems that were going to be on display at the museum for the next two weeks!"
Fiona's eyes widened and she shoved Shunsuke away before pulling out her phone and turning it on. "I don't believe this! I've been getting calls from Tsubaki all night about a break-in at the museum! Shunsuke, did you break into the museum and steal those gems!?"
Shunsuke patted himself down and walked further into the subway. "So what if I did? It's not like you care! You're not my real sister!"
"Shunsuke! Don't say that!" Fiona got angry and began to storm towards her adopted brother before Diego grabbed her by the shoulder.
"Calm down Fiona. With all that's happening out there we need to stay clam" he said.
Kaz however was looking over the toy-like car in his hand. It was blue, black, and yellow and designed like a Formula One car. "What kind of car is this?"
Kaz continued to look over the car and suddenly his attention was caught by something in the dark. He walked towards the object when it suddenly lit up due to him being close, catching him by surprise.
The object was revealed to be a small vehicle that was shaped cylindrical with red paint all over it.
Kaz walked into it, the others noticing and following as well. Fiona actually was restraining Shunsuke as she dragged him along.
The group boarded the ship. Inside, it was mainly white with seats aligned alongside the walls with a screen in the back wall while the front had a cockpit look to it.
"Wait, isn't this… the ship we used to travel the universe a couple of years back?" Myron asked.
All of a sudden, the doors shut and the ship started, lifting off the ground before it suddenly flew forward, flying through the subway tunnels before it crashed into the ceiling, causing everyone on board to fall to the ground. The ship managed to break through and it flew into the sky, taking the five humans with it.
The ship eventually broke through the earth's atmosphere, allowing the five to get up off the floor.
"What just happened?" Shunsuke demanded.
"We just took off, but why?" Kaz asked.
Diego looked out the window, seeing they were in space. He noticed something. "Hey guys, come look at this! There are other ships flying into space as well!"
The others looked out the other windows. Diego was right, there were other ships flying into space as well.
"What's going on?" Myron asked.
"Well, sorry guys but we were given specific orders to take you to space." The group jumped at the sudden intrusion.
At the cockpit, there was a small spherical object that spoke to them.
"P.E.L.?" Fiona said.
"Yep! It's your old pal!"
"What are you doing? What's going on here?!" Shunsuke demanded.
"Several ships were ordered to take humans to System: Earth due to the attack that's happening on Earth"
"Do you know what is happening down there?" Kaz asked.
"Look for yourself" Was all P.E.L. said.
The group looked back out the windows, gasping in shock at what they saw. Back on Earth, there were large explosions happening all over.
Back on Earth, a young man was currently trying to run away from several mechanical figures with his friend, despite the fact that they were slower than usual.
"Come on! It's not much longer!" the young man said to his friend.
"Stop trying" one of the figures said before it blasted a ball of energy at his friend.
"Casey!" the young man shouted as the ball of energy hit his friend and caused him to fall forward, not moving.
The young man attempted to stop and check on his friend, forgetting the figures were walking towards him.
"Casey! Casey! Hang on!" the young man shouted.
"You're next" the same mechanical figure attempted to fire another ball of energy at him.
"Signal Bikes!" as the ball of energy flew towards the young man, several objects with trails of light behind them flew towards the young man, intercepting the ball of energy and knocking it away. One of the objects with a white trail flew into the young mans hand, speeding him up. The object was revealed to be a white toy-like bike with red lines on it and a black sticker on the back wheel with a stylized R on it.
The young man pulled out a black and blue object that had a silver part on the front before he placed it on his waist, a strap wrapping around him.
He opened a slot on it and slid the bike into it before he closed it.
"Let's… Henshin!"
SIGNAL BIKE! RIDER: MAHHA! (MACH)
Within seconds, the young man was replaced with a white and black figure wielding a white and black object that resembled a gun with a wheel on it. There was a round pad on the right side of his chest and shoulder. The figure blasted several mechanical figures before he pressed a button on his belt four times.
ZUTTO! MAHHA!
The figure ran towards the robots at a fast speed, swinging his weapon at them and knocking them out of the way.
Two more "Signal Bikes" flew towards them and he caught the one with a green trail before he activated it in his belt.
SIGNAL BIKE! SIGNAL KOUKAN (CHANGE)! MAGARL (CURVE)!
The pad on his shoulder changed. The young man grabbed the other Signal Bike and inserted it into his gun before spinning the wheel.
HISSATSU! FULL THROTTLE!
He fired his gun into the air, the single shot suddenly shooting outwards into multiple that flew towards the robots. The figure pressed the button on his belt down again.
MAGARL!
The shots suddenly curved and hit the robots. The figure turned around and lifted up his friend off the ground before he ran off in one direction.
"Heart, the missiles are about to launch" Brain told Heart.
"Good." He moved to a screen and held his hand out, wires attaching to the screen as the images change.
"My friends, I have to warn you, the nuclear missiles are prepared to launch. Get to the shuttles as soon as you can" and with that, Heart disconnected from the screen before he and Brain left.
The group continued to watch as explosions happened all over world, horrified. "All those people…" Diego said.
"What were those things?" Kaz wondered aloud.
P.E.L. interrupted them. "Guys, I suggest you sit down and buckle up, something's going on down there!"
The five complied, sitting down in chairs as set belts formed around them.
"Okay I'm getting a transmission… it's talking about how there are missiles beginning to be prepped for launch…"
"They're going to get rid of these things?" Shunsuke asked in a hopeful voice.
"No… these missiles aren't being launched willingly. It's saying that nuclear missiles all over the world are being prepared for launch!"
"Nuclear missiles? Could it be because of those robots?" Myron asked.
"Ah! The missiles are launching! Several nuclear missiles are launching!"
The screen at the back of the ship turned on, revealing the earth as it currently was. Silence went on for what felt like forever.
It was finally broken with Shunsuke's words of: "that's it? Nothing? How r-"
He was interrupted by a large explosion on one part of the world. Then another. And another. Each blast affected a different part of the world and each blast spread across the world, a few merging together.
The feelings of silence and pure horror that spread throughout the ship could have been cut with a knife. The group watched in shock and horror as the blasts faded away, revealing the remains of what once was their world.
"H-how?" Fiona croaked.
"Our entire world… gone just like that" Myron said.
"Was that even possible? A blast like that had to have been caused by more then just the nukes, right?" Diego said.
Shunsuke simply stared at the screen before he dumped the contents of his bag onto the floor. He threw up into the now empty bag.
Kaz looked at the remains of Earth.
That day… Proto-Drive fought for our lives but failed to save us as the world was destroyed by weapons that we created ourselves.
However, we managed to save ourselves and now we are among the last remaining humans alive. And six months later… the robot came back.
But this time around is different. Us humans have nothing to lose. And this time, I'm fighting, but I'm not fighting alone. Together with me and my partner, we are the Scan Riders: Drive and Rush!
Begin Theme: SURPRISE-DRIVE by Mitsuru Matsuoka EARNEST DRIVE (Sung by Kaz Gordon)
(Music) Tridoron and Rusheron both drive by the screen as parts of Drive and Rush's respective armors are shown. The two activate their respective Shift Cars on their Shift Braces when the look up at the screen, their "eyes" lighting up. The logo "Scan Rider Drive and Rush" is seen appearing on the screen.
(Ameagari Break Cloud sukima-kara) Tridoron and Rusheron drive down a road side-by-side as the view changes so that it's now inside Tridoron, looking out the window as it's cleaned off by Kaz.
(Aozora ga temaneki shiteru) Kaz dumps water over Tridoron, dropping the bucket on the ground and stretching. He takes out a packet of milk balls and looks at it as Fiona appears behind him.
(Alright sorosoro ikou ka) Fiona chases Kaz around Tridoron. A laughing Shunsuke can be seen eating a donut while sitting on the hood of Rusheron, a silver belt around his waist. The screen on the belt has a look of happiness while inside Tridoron, on the dashboard, there's another belt that looks between Kaz and Fiona and puts on a blank expression.
(Dare ka ga iu Logic shinji nai) Fiona looks at her police badge in sadness when the view changes to the Special Crimes Unit room, where Jack, Fiona, Antares, Dradd, Diego, Kaz, and Shunsuke are seen together.
(Chokkan wa shinjite itai) Items are falling when a Density Shift occurs, causing them to slow their descent. In the Drive Pit, the Shift Cars fly off from the desk and suddenly appear in the Special Crimes Unit room, driving by (and surprising) Diego, Jack, Antares, and Dradd, the last one who is unfazed.
(High Time hajimari wo sagashite) The four main Roidmude leaders, Brain, Heart, and Chase, and Run are all seen standing together before the each of them change into their Roidmude forms.
(Fire Up, Ignition) Shots of the Tridoron and Rusheron are seen.
(Heavy-na Pressure bukkowashite Accel fumikome) The path in front of the two cars light up and they start moving.
(Surprise sekai-chu ga Drive!) Inside the Driver's seat of Tridoron and Rusheron (in a split screen effect), Kaz and Shunsuke both activate the Type Speed and Type Accel Shift Cars respectively.
[It's faster then ever!] A tire shot off from both cars and suddenly attached to Drive and Rush, who sped around before running at an unseen enemy.
(Feelin' High mezameru you na)In a six-split-screen effect, the two Riders have their three signature Tire Koukans activate and show off their abilities.
[Drivin' Show Me!] Drive: Speed Flare and Rush: Accel Vegas attack a couple of Roidmudes before they vanished behind a crate and reappeared, now Drive: Speed Spike and Rush: Accel Monster.
(Hajimaru unmei ni wa) The two vanished behind another crate, changing into Drive: Speed Shadow and Rush: Accel Mixer
[Keep Chasin' Forever!] They charged a large crowd of Roidmudes.
(Back Gear wa nai) The crowd of Roidmudes approaches the screen, Heart and Brain at the front.
(All We Need is "DRIVE"!) Drive and Rush prepare their attacks and jump up, bouncing around on two circles formed by Tridoron and Rusheron before they flew towards the screen, kicking outwards.
(Music) Fiona, Kaz, and Shunsuke are seen one after the other. Fiona salutes the screen with a serious face while Kaz fixes his tie and Shunsuke brushes a few bangs of his hair out of his eyes.
Roidmudes Left: 108
