Notes: Hi, guys. So, as I said with the final (premature) chapter of Ghost, I'm going to do an Amazons story. Thankfully, I LOVED Kamen Rider Amazon and Amazons is, in my opinion, the best thing Rider has produced since Black. Sorry, I'm letting my Showa preference showing. But I hope you enjoy this. Also, I'm going to include music that inspired this series in the form of "opening" and "closing". I'll list them at the beginning of the chapters. A good soundtrack to listen to while reading would be the soundtrack to the Gilgamesh anime (no, this has nothing to do with FF or the Fate series).

[Ending: "Beautiful World (Plantib Acoustica Mix)" by Utada Hikaru]

Disclaimer: Kamen Rider Amazon and Kamen Rider Amazons is owned by Toei.

Kefálaio I : Tomeís aímatos Vregména

"What the fuck happened here?" Mauricio casually tossed the severed arm he was examining off to the side. The house the officers were investigating was filled with the partially eaten bodies of former family that lived there. The walls were splattered with various bodily fluids and pieces spread across the floors. His partner, Gavin, was investigating the kitchen, which also was covered in bodily fluids.

"Damn. It looks like it was their little girl's birthday." Gavin said somberly. A cake sat on the kitchen table that read 'Happy 7th Birthday, Kristina!' Mauricio shook his head and stood up.

"Whoever did this is one sick fucker." Mauricio sighed, taking off his glasses and rubbing the bridge of his nose. Gavin noticed a severed foot near the table and bent down to examine it. Upon closer inspection, the edge of the ankle appeared to be frayed and jagged.

"Are these...teeth marks?"

Come here.

Come closer.

I need you.

I need to be one with you.

I need your bLooOoD.

Eric awoke with a start. It was about 7:00 am and the sun was starting to peek into his room.

"What was that dream?" Eric rubbed his face, trying to compose himself. Down stairs, his father was reading the newspaper while his mother was making breakfast. Eric threw on some clothes. put his glasses on, and walked down stairs.

"Good morning, son. Did you sleep well?" his father asked.

"I had a weird dream. A voice was calling out to me. It was saying some strange things." Eric yawned as he sat at the table.

"Oh, like what?" his mother asked, putting some sausage links on Eric's plate.

I need your bLooOoD.

"Uhh, I don't remember too well, now." Eric lied, as he started digging into his sausage.

"And now, for the news." the TV host chimed. "Today, in Amazon, OH, a brutal scene was discovered. We're not going to show you the scene because it's too disturbing to show our audience."

"Really? A murder in Amazon?" Eric's father was watching the television intently. Eric turned to see the faces of the family that was killed and suddenly felt ill.

"Eric? You've barely touched your food?" his mother came over and patted him on the back.

"This is a pretty horrible thing on the TV. It's understandable that he would lose his appetite." his father pitched in.

"I think I'm just going to get ready for school." Eric said weakly.

"Well, let me get you some medicine so you don't feel ill all day." Eric's mother went off to the medicine cabinet and grab a bottle, handing Eric a few pills.

"Thanks, Mom." Eric smiled as he downed them.

"We love you, son." Eric's father smiled and patted him on the back.

"Oh yeah! That murder sounds crazy!" Kat exclaimed, bounding with energy as she walked with Eric and Ben to school.

"Yeah, pretty insane. I mean, this is the sticks. How the hell did something like this happen?" Ben said, adjusting his glasses.

"Well, there are probably crazy rednecks out here. I mean, how many horror movies take place in the sticks?" Kat smiled sheepishly.

"Er...Hey Eric. What do you think? You're unnaturally quite."

"Yeah. You feeling alright, hon?" Kat grabbed Eric's arm and kissed him on the cheek.

"I'm just a bit ill. But I think it's horrible. I can't believe someone would be so violent." Eric wormed his arm out of Kat's arm and put his arm around her shoulders. "I mean, there was a little girl among those victims. How could someone be so fucked up as to kill a child?" Kat rested her head on Eric's shoulder.

"Yeah. Murder is pretty fucked up no matter how you look at it. I hope they catch the guy soon." Ben said, adjusting his glasses again.

The friends walked a bit in silence as they walked up to the high school and noticed a small crowd forming.

"Hey," Kat asked a nearby student, wriggling out of Eric's arm, "what's going on?"

"Oh, there is a super hot new transfer student." a guy swooned. The friends looked around the crowd to see a girl standing by the bench in the courtyard. She had one foot up on the bench, letting her leg show. She flipped her brunette hair and her eyes locked with Eric's and winked. A small pain shot through Eric's skull.

EAT HER.

"Oh, she's dead." Kat said, clearly seeing the wink. Eric turned his head away from Kat to hide the fact that he was blushing.

"She is quite attractive." Ben said quietly.

"Yeah." Eric muttered. Kat smacked Eric over the head. "Oww!"
"She isn't as attractive as me, though." Kat growled.

"Of course. There is no one as attractive as you, baby." Eric hugged Kat and kissed her on her forehead. The transfer girl chuckled to herself and then started to head into the school, the crowd following her. "I wonder who she is, though." Eric mused.

"Yeah, we don't get transfer students." Ben said.

"Maybe she is an anime protagonist." Eric chuckled.

"Maybe you can find out because you'll be single." Kat started to walk into the school.

"WHAT!? Wait, baby! I'm not interested in her! Don't be so angry!" Eric yelled, running after her.

"Well, it'll certainly be in interesting year." Ben shrugged and started to walk towards the school, but something caught his attention out of the corner of his eye. Ben stared at the woods and didn't see anything, but there was a rustling in the bushes. "Huh...That's strange."

Mauricio finished a drag of his cigarette and flicked it into a nearby gutter, sighing as his attention is directed back at the body hanging from a nearby tree.

"There are bite marks on this one, too, sir. The forensics team said that the marks are no way, human, though." Gavin ran up to Mauricio.

"So, if it was an animal, how did it get the body into the tree?" Mauricio rubbed the bridge of his nose.

"Uhh...We're...still working that one out."

"Gah, Gavin." Mauricio turned and shoved his index finger into Gavin's face. "There are people dying very violently. I need REAL theories. There is no way a bear could drag the body up the tree."

"Maybe...someone found the mauled body and put it there?" Mauricio smacked Gavin over the head.

"That is even dumber then your previous theory!" Mauricio started to walk away from the scene. "Is the vic identified at least?"

"About that. The vic is the daughter of Mayor Poll." Gavin moved his arms close to his chest, shrinking his size. Mauricio pulled out another cigarette and lit it, taking a long drag before turning back to Gavin, then looked back at the body.

Her body was shredded to pieces, large gashes covering back and chest with dried blood caking them. Her limbs appeared to have been eaten to various lengths and there was a large chuck of her neck missing, letting her head hang at an unnatural angle.

"Fuck." Mauricio took another drag and then walked off. "FUCK. " Mauricio raked his fingers through his hair. "FUCK!" He turned to the officers working at the scene. "FUCKING FIND ME THIS FUCKING PERP!"

"Class, let's give a warm welcome to Heather, our new transfer student." Heather smiled and did a small curtsy. Eric turned to Ben.

"Kat is going to kill me, isn't she?"

"I mean, you're classmates. I don't think she'll get mad over that. It's a circumstance you can't control." Ben said reassuredly. Eric gave a strong nod and turned to noticed that Heather had situated herself in the seat next to him.

"Hey, handsome." She said, smiling sheepishly and winking.

"I am taken!" Eric lightly tapped his desk with his fist. "I can not accept your advances." Heather chuckled to herself.

"Easy, tiger. I'm naturally flirty." She then looked past Eric and locked eyes with Ben. "'Sup." Ben coughed and adjusted his glasses. Heather leaned in slightly towards Eric and sniffed him.

"Uhhh...personal space please." Eric scooted over in his seat.

"Something about you...smells good." Heather smiled, but there was a look in her eye. Like a hungry animal ready to attack it's prey."

"Now Kat is going to kill you." Ben remarked.

"You're not helping!" A flustered Eric tried to push Heather away, who was giggling at the scene before her.

Despite this, the class went along smoothly without any further incident. The bell rang for the lunch hour and Eric and Ben started packing up their stuff.

"So, hey. I have lunch A. What lunch do you guys have?" Heather asked, her things packed fairly quickly.

"We both have A as well." Ben said. "You should totally join us. I don't think anything bad could happen." Ben couldn't finish his sentence with a straight face and started to chuckle.

"You're a monster, Ben." Eric smacked Ben on the shoulder.

"Baaaaby." Kat walked into the room and threw her arms around Eric's neck. "Ready for lunch?"

"Yep. Oh, and Heather, the transfer girl, is joining us." Ben quickly said, making sure Eric couldn't say anything. Kat turned and locked eyes with Heather.

"'Sup. I guess you're Eric's girlfriend." Heather's entire mood had changed. She was acting very proper and polite, as if trying to not make the situation awkward. Kat's eyes narrowed.

"Yes I am. You better not go after him. Or there will be a problem." Kat's hug tightened.

"Apparently she thinks Eric smells good." Ben laughed, trying to cover his huge smile.

"OH!? Is that so?" Kat now looked like she was ready to start a fight.

"Honey. She said she'd back off and that she is just naturally flirty." Eric put his arms around Kat's waist. "No need to start anything." Eric kissed Kat's forehead and tightened his hug. Kat buried her face into Eric's neck for a moment and then pulled her head back.

"In her defense, you do smell good." Kat said quietly. Eric and Ben looked at each other, Ben looking rather amused while Eric just looking tired.

"Well, let's go!" Heather patted Eric on the back as she started to move past him. As soon as her hand landed on his back, a sharp pain shot through Eric's skull and he shrank to the ground.

"Baby? Baby, what's wrong?" Kat put her hands on his head and stroking his forehead with her thumbs.

"I didn't think I hit you that hard. I'm sorry." Heather started getting riled up.

EAT THEM.

"No...It's okay..." Eric steadied his breath. "My head has been hurting since I woke up. I think the pain meds my Mom gave me is wearing off."

"I got some headache pills in my locker." Ben moved to help Eric up. "Let's stop there before lunch, okay?"

"Thanks, Ben." Kat kissed Eric's cheek before quickly kissing him on the lips. "I want to walk home with you today, okay?"

"Thanks, babe." Eric nuzzled Kat. Heather rolled her eyes.

He'll be fine. He just needs to man up. Heather thought, smiling to herself and putting her hand up to her mouth to hide it.

"Well, let's get those meds and get some grub." Heather proclaimed, holding the door open for the fellows as they leave.

Heather waved at Eric, Kat, and Ben as she started to walk home.

"I'd love to walk home with you guys, but I gotta work on some stuff for the school play." Ben said, adjusting his glasses.

"Oh yeah, you're helping with making the costumes, right?" Eric reminded himself.

"Yeah. The joys of dating the daughter of a seamstress." Ben chuckled.

"Well, have fun!" Kat said, tugging on Eric's arm.

"Yeah. Oh, and thanks again for those headache pills." Eric said, waving as Ben started to walk away.

"Hey, no problem man. Get some rest. Don't work him too hard, Kat." Ben winked.

"He...Hey! We're not like that!" Kat was getting flustered.

"Thank goodness for Jesus." Eric quipped. "Saving us from the sin of the flesh."

"Though, I wouldn't mind..." Kat muttered. Eric patted Kat on the head.

"Let's head to my place. I texted my parents and they know you'll be coming by. So you'll be getting my Mom's cooking for dinner."

"Oh, yum! I can't wait!"

"The sun is setting. Looking for this guy is gonna get tougher at night." Gavin wiped his brow with his handkerchief and stuffed it back into his pocket.

"Several people said that they saw a shady figure near the abandoned house here on the outskirts. Hopefully we can find this guy."

The officers were in front of a dilapidated house on the outskirts of town. It was originally white with green shingles, but the color was almost completely gone. The windows were boarded up as well.

"I heard this was the only location where a murder had taken place in town. Well, until now." Gavin said, looking at the surrounding area.

"Yep. Makes sense that a killer would squat here. Similar minds, right?" Mauricio upholstered his gun and started moving towards the house.

"Sir, I can hear movement in the house." a rookie officer came running back towards the group from the back of the house.

"Good work. Surround the place and form two teams to go in. One in the front and one in the back."

The teams made, the officers started moving in towards the doors. After a few moments, Mauricio kicked down the front door and stormed in, pointing his gun forward. A figure stopped and turned towards Mauricio.

It had eight emerald eyes and what appeared to be mandibles hanging off of it's face. It has four arm like appendages hanging off of it's back. It's arms had black and sliver bands running down to it's clawed fingers. Mauricio was momentarily stunned at what he was seeing before regaining his composure and putting his aim on the creature.

"YOU'RE UNDER ARREST FOR SUSPICION OF MURDER. PUT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR HEAD."

The creature screeched and shoot a ball of something from it's mouth at Mauricio. Mauricio managed to duck out of the way, but the ball hit one of the rookies, who was immediately plastered to the wall.

"You okay!?" one of the other officers called out.

"Yeah, just stuck. Wait. What the fuck!?" Gavin turned and looked at the officer, who was being covered by tiny spiders. "They're biting me! Oh God, it hurts so bad!"

"I'll get you down!" Gavin screamed, rushing over to help his fellow. Mauricio turned to the creature, who was now slowly moving towards the officers. The team who were in charge of the back of the house barged in and pointed at the creature.

"Sir, your orders!?"

"SHOOT THE DAMN THING! AND DON'T HIT US!"

The officers began opening fire at the creature, who didn't even flinch. It simply turned around, screeched at them, and charged them. Some of the officers got out of the way, but one poor officer couldn't move in time and was trapped by the creature. The four appendages on it's back rustled and then shot around it's body, skewering the officer. The creature leaned in and a large crunch was heard, followed by more crunches. It didn't take a genius to guess what was happening. Mauricio pointed his gun and unloaded his clip into the creature. To his horror, the creature didn't even seem to notice Mauricio was there, continuing to devour his fellow.

"Gavin! How's saving the rookie coming along?" Mauricio called, not taking his eyes off the creature.

"He's gone into shock. I honestly don't think I can save him. Some of the spiders have dug into him. What in the world is happening, sir?" Gavin's voice had gotten weak.

"I have no idea." Mauricio responded, his voice low as the creature turned to lock eyes with him, blood dripping from his mandibles.

Eric and Kat were in his room. His parents wouldn't be home for a bit and they were snuggled on his bed.

"How is your head?" Kat asked, kissing his forehead.

"It's a lot better now. Just relaxing with you helps." He kissed her on the lips and brushed her hair behind her ear. She kissed him again, this time with more passion then before, stroking his face with her thumb and moving her leg between his.

"I love you." She whispered before kissing him again.

"I love you, too." he whispered back. Her hands shot down and attempted to undo his belt and fly.

Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through Eric's skull again. He wrenched back and grasped his head, the pain stronger then before.

"Baby!? Baby, what's wrong?" Kat put a hand on his back and tried to keep him from rolling off the bed. "Where are your pain meds? I'll go get some." Eric screamed in agony and swatted her away, clinching his eyes.

"Eric!? What's wrong!?" Eric's parents had arrived and their hurried steps could be heard storming to his room.

"Kat, what's wrong?" Eric's dad exclaimed.

"I'm not sure. Baby? Baby, look at me. You're going to be okay." Kat grabbed Eric's head and positioned his face in front of hers. "Baby, can you look at me?"

DEVOUR HER. DRINK HER BLOOD.

Eric opened his eyes and started back at Kat with his blood red eyes and growled.

"EVERYONE. OUT OF THE HOUSE."

The officers started to poor out of the house in an attempt to regroup. The creature shambled out after them and spat out a few more balls of web, missing all of it's targets. Mauricio and Gavin pointed their weapons at it and formed a position for the rest of the officers to move around. Suddenly, the creature seemed to chuckle.

"Heh. Silly humans. Your weapons can't harm me." The officers stood in shock.

"What...What are you?" Mauricio asked.

"I am the Spider Beastman. An experiment by Geddon. And you are all my food."

"Geddon." Gavin muttered. "What is Geddon?"

"That's something I'd like to know, too." Mauricio muttered.

"I think we've chatted for long enough. It's time to die, humans!" the Spider Beastman leaped off of the porch of the house to get at the officers.

Just then, a motorbike leapt into the air and struck the Spider Beastman, knocking him away from the officers. It landed and wheeled around, it's rider facing the scene.

"Good thing I ate those eggs." the rider said, their voice muffled by their helmet.

"Who the fuck are you?" Mauricio demanded.

"Little 'ol me?" the rider responded, taking off her helmet and letting her brunette hair fall down. "Why, I'm the gal who'll be saving your asses." She smirked and tossed her helmet to the side, dismounting her bike.

"Who the hell do you think you are?" the Spider Beastman got up and growled at the mysterious girl.

"Oh. You don't recognize me? You should. You did make me after all." the girl said, putting on a strange belt with handles coming off the front.

"No. You can't be!?" the Spider Beastman started to shrink back after getting a look at the belt.

"Would someone mind explaining what is going on?" Mauricio asked, his gaze flicking between the girl and the Spider Beastman.

"Just know that I'm saving you." the girl twisted one of the handles.

ALPHA

The girl smirked. "Amazon."

Suddenly she burst into red flames, the shockwave knocking the officers back. When the smoke cleared, the girl was gone, a red figure standing where she stood. It had black fins coming off of it's arms and back and had large green eyes. There also appeared to be an antenna coming out of it's forehead. It cracked it's knuckles, took a few casual steps forward, and then motioned for the Spider Beastman to come at it with it's index finger.

"Ha! You think I'm dumb enough to take you on!?" the Spider Beastman laughed. Despite it's bravado, it's legs were shaking before the new red creature.

"Yes. Yes I do." the red creature said, it's voice clearly feminine.

"No way. The girl is that thing?" Gavin whispered, covering his mouth to hide his shock.

"Now come on. I don't have all day." the mysterious girl said, charging at the Spider Beastman. The Spider Beastman swung at the girl with it's claw, but the girl blocked the attack and grabbed it's forearm. "This is gonna hurt." she said and proceeded to tear off it's arm, green blood spraying the side of the house and the ground. The Spider Beastman howled in pain and grabbed it's open arm socket with it's other hand, faltering backwards. The girl spun and smacked the Spider Beastman in the face with his own arm before casually tossing it to the side.

"Why did YOU have to show up!?" the Spider Beastman exclaimed, trying to find a way to escape.

"Heh. You wanna know what? The other one is here, too. I think he is awakening right now."

"Noooo. Noooo, fuck nooooo." The Spider Beastman moaned. It turned around and it's back appendages shot towards the girl. She simply dodged and wrapped her arms around them, getting two appendages under each arm. She then put her foot on the small of it's back and pulled, tearing them clean off, more blood spraying everywhere. The Spider Beastman screamed again and wheeled around, shooting a ball of webbing at the girl. She casually raised her arm in a slicing motion and cut the ball in half, managing to not get hit by any of the spiders inside. She then rushed forward and thrusted her arm through the Spider Beastman's chest. Her arm came out the other side, it's heart in her hand.

"Aww, you're giving me your heart?" she joked before crushing the heart in her hand, blood spraying everywhere. "You shouldn't have." She pulled her arm back as the Spider Beastman's body fell to the grown, dissolving into black goo. She tried to shake some of the blood off of her hand, but to no avail. "Oh well. Guess I'll just wash up at home." She turned and was greeted by the officers pointing their guns at her. "Really? I saved your lives and this is how you thank me?"

"You're coming with us and explaining what the fuck is going on." Mauricio said, remaining staunch in his stance. The girl scratched a scar on her chest, still remaining in her creature form.

"Is that so?"

Eric started to come to, but his vision was blurred.

"Kat..." he said weakly. "Kaattt..." He rubbed his eyes and noticed that there was something on his hands and that his glasses were off. "What the..." As his sight returned, he noticed that his hands were covered in something red. At this, Eric started to get upset. "Kat!" he yelled. "Where are you!?" He started to feel around on the ground, patting the floor as he moved so he didn't accidently crush his glasses. He noticed that the floor was damp, but his vision wasn't clear enough for him to really see why. "KAT!"

His hand tapped something warm. He felt around it and realized it was a face. "Kat, did I hurt you? Kat?" Eric's vision finally adjusted. Just in time for him to see Kat's severed head staring back at him. "KAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!" Eric screamed. He grabbed her head and started brushing her hair, unable to fully process what was going on. "No. No, no, no, no, no, no. What is going on?" He looked around to notice bits of her body scattered throughout the living room. "Weren't we in my room? What is happening?" As he looked, he noticed more body parts and noticed pieces of bodies with the clothes his parents were wearing that morning. "No. What the fuck?" Eric could feel something dripping from his mouth and raised his hand to wipe it off. To his horror, it was blood. He felt around his mouth and chin, and then realized that there was blood all over him. He started to rock himself back and forth, holding Kat's head tightly against his stomach. "What is happening?" he whispered. Then, he felt himself sob uncontrollably and screamed at the top of his lungs.

"What is going on?"

"Ben, I need your help..."

"What are these Beastmen?"

"You're family and girlfriend? They're the first. The hunger won't stop until you've killed everyone you know."

VIOLENT SLASH

Next Time: Kideía tou Trómou

"Welcome to being a monster.