The year was 1966. During the Indonesian government's war against communism, an asteroid from space fell down at Kalideres, a district located at the outskirts of Jakarta. The asteroid brought along with it a race of beings calling themselves Natives. The Natives looked like human-sized walking chrysalis, green in color. They had faces that looked like skulls being held up by green arms and with a single horn protruding from the front. The Indonesian government, wanting the existance of the Natives to remain a secret, helped the Natives to blend in within society. The Natives quickly blend in with the Indonesian society, thanks to their little yet dark secret. They could copy the genetic code of a person they came into contact with, including their memories and, in a woman's case, a pregnancy.
The Natives warned the humans about the coming of their hostile cousins, an alien race called the Worms. The Worms, having the same capabilities as the Natives, wished for the destruction of the Natives. In order to aid the Natives in combating the Worms, both Natives and humans constructed special battle systems to counteract the Worms' power. Thus, the Masked Rider System was born. But, some of the Natives had a dark agenda hidden among them.
While most Natives wished to live in peace with the humans, this small group of Natives dreamt of something much more radical – converting every human on Earth into Natives like them, thus achieving the "ideal peace." To hide their secret agenda, these Natives cooperated with the Indonesian government to create a special militaristic task force. This force was dubbed ZECT. Their main warriors would be the Riders. It took twenty-two years to get everything set for the Rider system.
And then...came 1997. Another asteroid hit Jakarta, this time right at the heart of the Indonesian capital. This is the meteor that brought the hostile Worms. Looking like the Natives but lacking the horn, these Worms sought destruction and mayhem in order to eliminate their Native counterparts. At first the Worms work silently. Then slowly, the actions of the Worms came into the attention of the Indonesian government. In the year 2005, ZECT issued that they're finally reviving the Masked Rider System. The first system, coded "MRS-001/KABUTO," was primed to release...but then this happened.
Kamen Rider Kabuto – The One and Only
OP: NEXT LEVEL– Yu-Ki
(Instruments) Three large insect wings cover the screen, with three green spots appearing on them. Shots of Kamen Rider Kabuto in his Masked Form are shown from various angles, before the insect wings are destroyed by Kabuto in one slashing attack. The scene then changes to a warehouse, where several Worms are being cornered by Kabuto in his Rider Form. Several shots of Kabuto's Rider Form are then shown from various angles, before the Rider makes a jump to the air. And then a scene that depicts Kabuto (Rider Form) riding his motorcycle, the Kabuto Extender, is shown.
(Kimi ga negau koto nara) Kabuto rides his Kabuto Extender into a warehouse area, before disappearing in a cloud of cherry blossoms.
(subete genjitsu ni naru darou) As the cherry blossoms disappeared, three people are seen walking towards opposite directions, a young man and two young women.
(Erabareshi mono naraba) The close-ups of the three people are shown, before switching into a scene where a meteorite crashes into the Tanah Abang district.
(Bousou hajimeteru) Several Worms are shown inside an abandoned warehouse, before a flash of light appears, transforming the Worms into a group of normal looking people. Afterwards a shot of the National Monument from below is shown, the sun shining brightly above it.
(sekai wo moto ni modosu ni wa mou) The Kabuto Extender speeds into an alleyway and disappears from sight, before the young man from before walks out from the alleyway, smiling at the camera.
(Jikan ga nai) A Daihatsu Gran Max and a Honda XR250 Motard are seen speeding through the same warehouse area from before; with the motorcycle overtaking the van as a holographic ZECT logo is seen next to the two vehicles.
(MOVING FAST Kokoro no) The Kabuto Extender is seen once again, this time speeding through the congested Jakarta traffic, before a close-up shot of Kabuto Masked Form riding the motorcycle is seen.
(tokei ni hashirase) Several ZECTroopers are seen firing on a group of Worms inside an abandoned building, before one of the Worms transforms itself into a spider-based evolved Worm, colored ruby and blue, which takes out the ZECTroopers with ease.
(ashita no sono saki e) The Kabuto Extender arrives to the scene, attracting the Worms' attention as Kabuto dismounts from the vehicle.
(Kimi no tonari tatakau tabi, umarekawaru) Kabuto initiates the "Cast Off" sequence, transforming into his offense-oriented Rider Form, his rhinoceros beetle horn latching into his helmet as his blue visor glowed, signaling the complete transformation.
(Na ni mieru SPEED koete 'ku MOTION) Kabuto and the Worms stared at each other, ready for combat, before Kabuto swiftly takes out three un-evolved Worms with ease thanks to his "Clock Up" function.
(Ittai jibun igai dare no tsuyosa shinjirareru!) Kabuto swiftly presses three buttons on his belt buckle as the evolved Worm tried to perform a sneak attack on him, causing blue tachyon particles to circulate from his belt into his horn, before being channeled to his right leg. He then performs a roundhouse kick with the energized leg striking the evolved Worm's skull, causing it to explode.
(Kousoku no VISION minogasu na) Kabuto poses victoriously amidst the explosion, performing his usual point-to-the-sky pose.
(Tsuite koreru nara...) Kabuto stood up stoically in a middle of a park, with the same insect wings from before covering up the screen just as the camera made a close-up shot of Kabuto. The title of the fan-fic appears in the middle of the screen.
Episode 1: The Greater Destiny
11 January 2006
ZECT Secret Facility, midnight
ZECT's secret facility, located in the outskirts of Jakarta, is the place where the organization stores it's Masked Rider System. For 39 years the organization had perfected the weapons to combat the hostile Worms in secret, disguising their facility as a normal warehouse. Guarded by hundreds of ZECT's personal task force, the ZECTroopers, this building was a literal fortress. But not for long.
A shadowy humanoid being sneaked through the building's back door as the two ZECTroopers who are guarding the door are seen too busy playing cards. The being makes it's way through the facility, avoiding detection from the patrolling ZECTroopers as well as the men and women in lab coats, the ZECT scientists. Eventually the being arrived at the heart of the facility, a transparent room with a metallic briefcase inside of it. The being approaches the room's door, before taking out a metallic can from his pocket. The being then sprayed the can's contents on the room's floor, revealing a series of laser tripwires, ready to alert the ZECTroopers of any intruders. The being silently tip-toed his way through the tripwires, before reaching the metallic suitcase. Slowly the being opened the case, revealing a metallic belt and a small red robotic looking rhinoceros beetle. The sides of the belt each had a square shaped pad while the buckle had a type of docking platform on it. It seems the beetle can place itself on the platform.
"MRS-001/KABUTO," the being said to himself as he gazed upon the items, "My father's heritage...it's mine!"
The being quickly closed the suitcase and made his hasty escape. Unfortunately he stepped on a tripwire, triggering the facility's alarm.
"INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!"
"Shit!" the being cursed as alarms blared throught the facility. The being then ran through the facility's metallic corridors, only to be barred by a platoon of ZECTroopers.
"Hold it right there!" the ZECTroopers shouted in unison, aiming their machine guns at the being.
The being slowly lifts his hands, as the ZECTroopers quickly approaches the being, attempting to snatch the silver suitcase away from him. Suddenly the being reacted, unlocking the suitcase before kicking the object into the air, prompting the robotic beetle to fly away from it's case and the belt to fall out. The being quickly punches some ZECTroopers away as the belt fell into his hands, the being quickly wearing the belt around his waist. He then catches the mecha beetle with his right hand.
"Incredible..." gasped one of the ZECTroopers.
"Grandmother once said this..." the being said, taunting the ZECTroopers with the mecha beetle on his right hand as he raised his left arm into the air, his left index finger pointing upwards, "...walking the path of Heaven...I shall rule all."
"What's the meaning of that bullshit?" another ZECTrooper asked.
The being didn't respond. Instead he slid the mechanichal beetle into the docking platform on his belt buckle.
"Henshin," the being said.
"HENSHIN."
2013
Tanjung Priok Warehouse, 10am
A security guard is seen patrolling a warehouse in Tanjung Priok, when he suddenly notices a shadow moving swiftly behind several boxes. Quickly the security guard takes out his flashlight, turning it on as he aimed it at the boxes.
"Who's there?!" the security guard demanded as he looked at the boxes.
Suddenly the security guard heard a loud thud behind him. Turning around, the security guard aimed his flashlight at the shadow...which turns out to be a man that looked just like him.
"Mother of God..." the security guard gasped.
The twin smiled evilly as his body glowed green, mutating into a humanoid chrysalis with a skull-like face and thin arms with brown claws. The security guard gasped as the humanoid lifts up it's claw...
5 minutes later...
Two Humvees, one black and one silver, along with a Daihatsu Gran Max, is seen speeding towards the warehouse. The three vehicles, all of them with the ZECT logo emblazoned on the doors, quickly pulled to a halt in front of the warehouse, as several soldiers ran out from the Humvees. The soldiers black Kevlar vests with black suits, and black rubber gloves and rubber boots. Their helmets clearly resemble the head of an ant's, with silver anntenaes and black, compound eyes. The helmet color, like the rest of the soldier's uniform, was black with silver linings. Some silver lines adorn the wrists, ankles, and waists of the soldiers. The soldiers also wore silver belts with the world ZECT emblazoned on the buckle, and they are armed with state-of-the-art machine guns that double as a bayonet. The ZECTroopers had arrived to investigate the latest Worm situation.
"The Worm has been detected inside this warehouse," a female voice said from the ZECTroopers' communicators, "Please search and destroy it."
"Roger!" the ZECTroopers yelled in unison as they broke into the warehouse.
"Team Alpha, search for any signs of life. Team Beta, find any signs of Worms and destroy it. Team Delta, support Team Beta, while Team Gamma, please back up Teams Alpha, Beta, and Delta."
The ZECTroopers quickly split up into four teams and performed their respective tasks. The ZECTroopers that made up Team Alpha quickly looked around the warehouse, which was completely covered in a white, web-like substance. Soon they discovered a large, cocoon-like object hanging on the wall. One of the ZECTroopers took out his machine gun and pressed a button on the weapon, prompting a blade-like object to appear from underneath the weapon's muzzle. The ZECTrooper uses the bayonet to tore the cocoon apart, causing it's contents to drop out and fall down on the ground. As the ZECTroopers saw the contents, they all gasped in shock and disgust.
It's the building's security guards, all of them half-digested.
"Shit, the Worms must have prepared them for dinner," one of the ZECTroopers commented.
"Report to Base, there's no suvivors detected," another ZECTrooper gave out the grim report.
Teams Beta and Delta looked at the other part of the warehouse, looking for any signs of Worms. Then they saw five beings moving slowly towards them. The ZECTroopers prepared their weapons as the beings revealed themselves as the walking chrysalis that killed the security guard before...the Worms.
"Worm detected!" one of the ZECTrooper yelled, "Prepare for combat!"
The ZECTroopers quickly open fire at the creatures, which could only resist the rain of bullets. Teams Alpha then appeared and supported their comrades, showering the five Worms with bullets, while Team Gamma acted as snipers from behind the boxes, firing their guns as well.
Suddenly the windows above the ZECTroopers shatters open as more Worms dropped down to the warehouse and grabbed the Team Beta ZECTroopers who are caught off-guard. Team Alpha fires their machine guns, only to shoot their own comrades as the Worms uses them as human shields. The Wroms then throws the already dead bodies of the Team Beta ZECTroopers to the snipers, toppling the cardboard boxes the Team Gamma snipers used as cover, crushing the snipers behind the boxes to death due to the sheer weight of the boxes combined with the weight of the ZECTroopers corpses thrown at the boxes.
The remaining teams continued their all-out assault on the Worms, using either their machine guns or their retractable blades. Unfortunately for them, the Worms were still too strong for them and the body count started to rise, as the Worms one by one kills the ZECTroopers.
Meanwhile
A black and silver Honda XR250 Motard is seen speeding towards the very warehouse that the ZECTroopers had broken into. The motorcycle quickly approaches the three vehicles parked in front of it and stopped right next to the Daihatsu. The rider, clearly a brown-skinned and rather chubby 22 year old young woman, quickly jumped off from the motorcycle and took off her purple coat, revealing a brown, long sleeved overshirt as well as a white undershirt. The young woman was wearing a pair of black pants as well. The young woman quickly took out a white nametag with the name "RATIH ADELIA – ZECT AGENT" on it and pinned it into her overshirt, before taking off her helmet, revealing a beautiful face with shoulder-length black hair. The young woman quickly took out a pair of glasses as she places them on her face, before rushing over towards the waiting Daihatsu, quickly opening the door.
"Sorry I'm late!" the young woman said as she entered the vehicle, which is modified into a makeshift base. Several screens that showed the ongoing battle between the ZECTroopers and the Worms are clearly seen inside the car.
"For God's sake, Ratih, why are you late?" asked another young woman, around 23 years old of age, with rather tanned skin, an athletic build, and shoulder-length black hair. A pair of glasses is seen on the young woman's beautiful face. She was wearing the same outfit as Ratih, only black in color.
"Traffic jam at Yos Sudarso Road, Febriani, and it's not my fault," Ratih replied as she took out her ZECT-standard video camera from her pocket. Febriani could only stare daggers at her as Ratih leaped out of the car.
"Just calm down, she's just pissed that she's late," said an average-built middle-aged man, with white skin and curly but short black hair, as well as a face that indicates a Chinese descent, wearing black, formal attire. The man offered Febriani a glass of water, which the clearly infuriated young woman quickly accepting it. Febriani gulped down the contents of the glass until it was empty, before taking a deep breath, calming herself down.
At the warehouse
Ratih skillfully weaved through the colums and starts recording a thermal scan on the area from a safe place, feeding the stream towards the computer screens in the Daihatsu.
"At least we could get some thermal scans," Febriani said, now a bit calmed down as she and the man watched the thermal video from Ratih's camera and the live stream from the ZECTroopers' battle.
Things are looking bad for the ZECTroopers, as they were easily being beaten down by the Worm horde. Some of the soldiers are seen limping away from the battle field, lucky not to be dead. As three ZECTroopers began to stab one of the Worms, the fiend quickly threw them aside with it's right arm, before it's green skin began to turn red.
"My God!" Febriani gasped as she saw the thermal scan, "The temperature in that place is already 45 degrees Celcius! And the highest point of heat is that Worm!"
"Is it me or is it getting hot in here?" Ratih gasped, wiping the sweat in her forehead as she continues on recording, vapor began to build up on her glasses.
As the heat began to affect Ratih as well as the ZECTroopers, the Worm's skin began to crack.
"The skin of the Worm is starting to crack, the energy levels in that place is in an all time high! Handoyo, this guy is going to molt!" Febriani said to the man, showing him the thermal scan and the live video stream.
"Alright, ZECTroopers! Ignore the heat and don't let that son of a bitch molt!" Handoyo commanded.
The ZECTroopers regain their footing and fired their machine guns at the molting Worm. It's too late. The Worm's skin cracked apart and a huge burst of energy engulfs the ZECTroopers, knocking them aside. As the smoke cleared, a humanoid spider stood in the Worm's place, it has four spider legs jutting out from it's right shoulder, with two legs sticking out from the left shoulder. The fiend's wrists are covered in oval shields, with a clawed hand appearing from underneath the shields. The Worm's coloration is now ruby and blue, with a skull-like mark on the Worm's chest. The Worm's head clearly resembles a man with long locks of hair, only it's eyes were pale white, it has a circular mouth with four, blue markings on it, and the "hairs" were actually modified spider legs. This is Aracneworm Rubor, a spider-themed evolved Worm. The ZECTroopers, seeing that one of their opponents has evolved, slowly backed away.
Meanwhile, another Worm, who had managed to knock aside a ZECTrooper, started to molt as well, bursting out from it's green chrysalis form into a black and white version of the first Aracneworm with blue eyes, called Aracneworm Nigrita. While the Worm next to it evolved into a black and yellow Aracneworm with red eyes, Aracneworm Flavus.
Back inside the Daihatsu, both Febriani and Handoyo watched the screens as the three evolved Worms stood in front of the ZECTroopers. Quickly Handoyo grabbed his communicator, opening a link of communication with the ZECTroopers.
"Everyone, eliminate those things before they Clock Up!" Handoyo commanded.
The ZECTroopers did what their superior has commanded them, aiming their machine guns at the Aracneworms and emptying it's load. But as the bullets approaches the three Worms, the fiends quickly faded into a blur, which surprised Ratih.
"They...disappeared?" Ratih asked as she took off her glasses, wiping away the vapor from it, before putting it back on, ensuring that she hadn't seen anything out of the ordinary. But the Worms had indeed disappeared.
As the ZECTroopers re-grouped themselves, suddenly two of them are thrown into the nearby walls by an unseen force. Another ZECTrooper tried to fire his weapon, only to be knocked aside by the unseen enemy. The other ZECTroopers began to fire erratically, blasting every inch of the warehouse with their machine guns.
Both Febriani and Handoyo sighed in disappointment at the sight in front of them. They clearly knew that they have failed their mission. The enemy force was too strong for a handful of ZECTroopers to contend.
"Retreat," Handoyo said, sighing in disappointment, "Please, retreat."
"Six are wounded," Febriani began to read the amount of casualties that they had, "Twenty-two dead."
"How on Earth are we going to tell their families?" Handoyo wondered.
The ZECTroopers are now in a mess. Most of them are either dead or lying seriously injured on the ground. The remaining ZECTroopers re-grouped themselves, as another pack of ZECTroopers was thrown into the nearby stack of cardboard boxes.
"Calm down and use your gas bomb to retreat," Handoyo instructed one of the ZECTroopers.
The ZECTrooper in question nodded, as his friends are being thrown around like ragdolls, he took out a grenade launcher and fired a black metallic can right at the heart of the warehouse. Meanwhile, at the same time, a clearly shocked and terrified Ratih slowly backed away from the scene, only for a ZECTrooper to pull her arm.
"Come on! We're retreating!" the ZECTrooper commanded.
As the remaining ZECTroopers evacuated Ratih and themselves from the warehouse, the black can exploded, releasing a thick cloud of white gas that enveloped the entire warehouse.
1pm
The remaining ZECTroopers tended to their wounded comrades as they leaned weakly against their Humvees, clearly exhausted from their failed mission. As Ratih walked into the casualty zone, a young ZECTrooper collapsed in front of her. Ratih tried to help the young man, but the ZECTrooper gave a refusing gesture, being able to regain his footing by leaning himself against his Humvee. Ratih then notices Handoyo standing in front of a waterside, Febriani a few meters behind him.
A ZECTrooper approaches Handoyo, his right hand holding the mission's report.
"The Worms have been stopped," the ZECTrooper reported, "But we've failed to destroy the evolved ones."
"Casualties?" Handoyo asked.
"Wounded six...twenty-two are dead," the ZECTrooper replied.
Handoyo let out yet another sigh of disappointment as he walked away from the ZECTrooper, before a voice stopped him.
"Handoyo..." Ratih muttered, prompting Handoyo to stop as he looked blankly at the waterside...
Manggarai District, 5pm
Ratih slowly rides her motorcycle through the alleyways of Jakarta's Manggarai District, passing by several kids who are playing football on the street. As Ratih stopped in front of a white, simplistic-looking two-storey house, she turned off the engine and hop off from the Honda.
Meanwhile, behind Ratih, a suspicious-looking man, wearing a black hoodie that covered his head, approaches Ratih as she applies the bike's kickstand. And when Ratih turned her back around, the man saw his chance. He saw the young woman's wallet sticking out from her back pocket. The man quickly made his way towards Ratih and snatched the wallet away from her, before making a hasty getaway.
"Huh?" Ratih wondered as he saw the man running away from her, before realizing something, "My wallet! Hey you! Stop!"
As Ratih pursued the man, the robber tripped himself against a nearby rock, causing him to fall into the ground. Seeing her chance, Ratih tries her best to catch up with the man. In retaliation the man took out his Swiss army knife from his jacket pocket, threatening the young woman.
"Come closer and you'll die!" the robber threatened, "Seriously, I'll kill you!"
"Please calm down!" Ratih pleaded, backing away slowly, "You don't have to do this!"
"No!" the robber shouted, "Go away!"
"We can do this the easy way!" Ratih pleaded again, "Just give me my wallet and put down your knife, okay?"
"Never!" the robber shouted as he made another run for it, with Ratih chasing him.
Meanwhile, nearby, a young, tan-skinned man, around 21 years of age, was walking out from a supermarket, bringing two bags of groceries with him. The young man was wearing a pair of blue jeans, a white T-shirt with the map of the local Jakarta BRT system on it, and black sneakers. The man had short spiky black hair that glistened underneath the sunlight. He was walking down the alleyway when suddenly he saw the robber running past him. At first he suspected nothing, until...
"Robber! That guy got my wallet!" Ratih shouted as she chased the robber.
Realizing what is happening, the man dropped his groceries and tackeled the robber to the ground. The two then wrestled around on the asphalt for a few seconds, before the robber pinned the man on the ground, taking out his Swiss army knife. But thinking fast, the man disarmed the robber by performing a solid uppercut on the robber's jaw, before grabbing the criminal's body and knee-jerking him repeatedly. The man then performs a judo throw on the robber, slamming the robber on the ground. Ratih's wallet fell out from the robber's pocket at the same time.
"Who...are...you?" the robber gasped as the man wiped his hands.
"My Grandmother said this," the man said, raising his right hand into the air, pointing his right index finger towards the sky, "Walking the path of Heaven, the man who will rule everything." The man then pointed his right index finger towards the Sun, "My name is...Krishna...Sadhana!"
"Krishna? Is that you?" Ratih asked as she saw her savior, as if she had recognized the young man from somewhere.
Krishna picked up Ratih's wallet before giving it to the bewildered young woman, "Excuse me, how on Earth do you know my name?" he asked.
"You don't remember me?" Ratih asked, "Ratih Adelia? Come on, how can't you remember the girl that you used to have a crush on during high school..."
Krishna, who was picking up his groceries, immediately paused, turning around towards Ratih.
"Ratih-chan?" Krishna asked, before displaying a smile on his face, "How are you doing?"
"I'm fine," Ratih said as she approaches the young man, "Can't believe we haven't seen each other in what, four years?"
"Yeah," Krishna replied, smiling sheepishly, "We haven't met each other since you've graduated!"
Manggarai Transjakarta Station, 10 minutes later
"What brings you to Manggarai?" Ratih asked as she took Krishna to the nearby BRT station.
"Shopping," Krishna replied, "Some ingredients for my cooking needs to be picked up at a specific area."
"In other words...you go all the way from your house at Kelapa Gading just for shopping groceries?" Ratih asked.
Krishna nodded, "Like I said, I need the finest ingredients for my cooking."
"I'm very grateful you have saved my wallet," Ratih said, "How about I come over to your house tomorrow?"
"Sounds like a very good idea," Krishna smiled, "Well, I'd be better on my way. See ya!"
"See you later too!" Ratih waved as Krishna entered the BRT station to buy his bus ticket.
Krishna smiled at his old friend, while at the same time his bus arrived. Ratih waved once again as Krishna entered the bus, before leaving the area.
"Wow. Four years and he has changed very much," Ratih said as Krishna's bus disappeared around the corner.
The next day
Krishna's Residence, Kelapa Gading, 9am
A colonial-style two storey house, painted in pale white, stood proudly at the heart of the Kelapa Gading district at the north side of Jakarta. Several large trees adorned the house's front yard, giving it a rather "shaded" appearance.
Inside, the house has a minimalistic interior, a sign that it was probably renovated a few years ago. Classical music echoed throughout the house, coming from a stereo on the living room. The living room was a lush one, with ferns growing from behind the sofa and orchids hanging from the room's walls.
The dining room was located just behind the living room, linked by a small set of stairs. It also has a lush feeling to it, as orchids are seen hanging from the walls of the dining room.
Krishna was currently at the kitchen, cooking something all by himself. He boiled a pan full of spaghetti as he chopped up some onions, before placing them inside a saucepan filled with white, milky sauce that had pieces of bacon floating inside. After the spaghetti had cooked, Krishna took out a sieve and drained all the water from the spaghetti, before placing them on a bowl. He then grated some cheese, before stirring the sauce and putting out the fire. After that, Krishna took a dining plate, places some spaghetti on it, poured some sauce, and places some cheese on it, before finally placing a parsley leaf as a finishing touch.
"Spaghetti Carbonara ala Krishna," Krishna said as he gazed upon his creation, "Perfect…as always."
5 minutes later…
Krishna relaxes himself at the living room, sipping a cup of chocolate milk as he reads today's morning paper. And then he heard the sound of someone going down the stairs. Smiling to himself, Krishna quickly closes his paper and places it into the coffee table in front of him. Seconds later the door to the living room opened and in come a medium built girl with rather tanned skin, around 16 years old, with shoulder-length black hair. The girl was wearing the standard uniform for an Indonesian high school – a white shirt and light blue skirt. Slung behind the girl's back was a grey Eiger backpack.
"Good morning, brother!" the girl saluted in front of Krishna.
"Morning," Krishna replied, sipping his chocolate milk, "You're breakfast's ready, Niken."
Niken immediately ran up the stairs linking the living room with the dining room, before gazing at the breakfast that Krishna had made for her…
"Spaghetti Carbonara ala Krishna?" Niken gasped, "Wow! Today's breakfast is good!"
"Hey, hey, save it after you've eaten it," Krishna said, "Tell me if you've noticed anything different from my last Spaghetti Carbonara."
Niken immediately ate her breakfast, before making a delightful smile after one bite.
"It's delicious!" Niken praised, "You've added more milk in the sauce, didn't you?"
Krishna immediately jumped out from his seat in delight, his face smiling from ear to ear.
"You've noticed!" Krishna said, "By adding more milk, the consistency of the sauce became thicker, thus adding more flavor!"
"Thanks for yet another spectacular meal," Niken gave the compliment.
"You're welcome," Krishna smiled as the door bell rang, "Better get that."
Ratih, now wearing a white T-shirt with the words "YOU ARE NOT GUILTY" printed on it, a pair of black jeans, and white Crocs, stood in front of Krishna's house, gazing at the colonial building and its shaded yard in awe. Krishna walked out of his house and saw his old friend standing outside the gates. The young man quickly pressed a button located next to his front door, which enables the gates to open automatically.
"Come in!" Krishna yelled.
A bit surprised by the fact that the front gates are opened by remote, Ratih walked into the vast front yard of Krishna's house.
"Pretty house you've got there," Ratih said as Krishna took her inside, "I've never seen the automatic gate, though."
"The thing's installed about a year ago," Krishna said as he closed the door, "Quite a nice touch, don't you think?"
"I guess," Ratih replied.
Niken was still eating her breakfast when Krishna and Ratih walked into the living room. Ratih immediately took a seat on the sofa as Krishna gave her another cup of chocolate milk.
"Hey, who's that?" Niken asked as she finished up her breakfast.
"Oh, I forgot to introduce you," Krishna said to Ratih, giving her a grin as he stood up, "Niken, this is my old friend from my high school, Ratih Adelia. Ratih, this is my sister, Niken Mega Ayuningtyas."
Niken quickly places her empty plate at the kitchen sink before coming down to the living room.
"Nice to meet you," Niken said as she shook Ratih's hand.
"You too," Ratih smiled.
"Bye, brother, I'm going to school," Niken said, patting Krishna's shoulder before she ran out of the house. Quickly she picked up her bike and rides off to her school.
After Niken left, both Krishna and Ratih sat down on the living room's sofa again, drinking their chocolate milks.
"Your sister…" Ratih said, "She's in an afternoon school, right?"
"Yeah," Krishna replied.
"No wonder at this hour she's still at home…" Ratih said, "By the way, you two didn't look alike. Is she adopted?"
Krishna nodded, "Her parents died in a car crash at the Jagorawi Freeway five years ago. Her father is a close friend of my father so I was given custody to take care of her."
"I see," Ratih said, sipping her milk, "Sorry to hear about that. I believe you'll make a good brother to her."
"Thanks," Krishna blushed.
"Shouldn't you attend college as well, Krishna?" Ratih asked, "Or at least get a job?"
Krishna suddenly stood up, much to Ratih's surprise, before making his trademark "point-to-the-sky" pose.
"Grandmother said this…if you're destined for something greater, you should chase that destiny, do not get distracted by anything else," Krishna said.
"Okay…" Ratih said, "What is this 'greater destiny' that you're chasing anyway?"
"It's a secret," Krishna smiled as he takes out a watering can from behind the sofa, before proceeding to water the ferns inside the room, "But I'm sure….that time will come soon."
"I don't get it," Ratih said, scratching her head, "Have to admit, during our high school times you're quite childish, chasing for my affection at every corner…but now…you've all grown up. You're a mature person now."
"All thanks to my grandmother," Krishna said, "She guided me back to the path that I'm destined for. Unfortunately she died a year ago…"
"I'm sorry for your loss," Ratih said.
"That's okay," Krishna replied as he continues on watering the orchids, "Her inspiration lives on with me anyway."
Suddenly Ratih's cell phone rang. Quickly Ratih took out her Sony Ericsson Xperia and answered it.
"Yes, hello? What? Okay. You're heading towards Kelapa Gading, right? Okay. Meet you at Mall of Indonesia in 30 minutes," Ratih hanged up her phone before placing it into her pocket, "Sorry about that, Kris, work stuff."
"That's alright," Krishna replied, finishing up with his watering.
"I gotta go, okay? Urgent work stuff," Ratih said as she stood up, finishing up her milk, "Thanks for the chat anyway."
"You're welcome," Krishna said, putting down his watering can as he took Ratih outside.
"Some time later I'll visit you again, okay?" Ratih said, walking through the automatic gates.
"Yeah, thanks for the company!" Krishna waved as he closed the gates, with Ratih waving back. Krishna then entered his house again, cracking his fists. "Right, it's training time!"
10 minutes later
Krishna, now wearing his grey hoodie and grey boxers, is now busy with physical training at his garage, doing sit-ups, pull-ups, and push-ups, before doing it out with his punching bag. He performed several punches and kicks, before knee-jerking the said bag and finishing it off with a roundhouse kick. Dust flew from the punching bag due to the force of the kick, the bag itself was swiveling back and forth. Krishna gasped, his entire body sweating. Then he notices a metallic suitcase located at a nearby drawer. The suitcase had the ZECT logo emblazoned on it. The young man smiled at the sight of the suitcase, before resuming his training.
Mall of Indonesia Carpark, 11.30am
Ratih quickly ran through the empty carpark of Mall of Indonesia, before noticing the Daihatsu Gran Max from before parked there. Smiling, she quickly approaches the car and enters it.
"You're not followed, right?" Febriani asked as Ratih closes the car's door, while Handoyo is still busy tinkering with the monitors. The monitors are displaying images of a metallic belt and a small, mechanical red rhinoceros beetle. The words "MRS-001/KABUTO" are seen underneath the images.
"What important information is Handoyo going to tell me?" Ratih asked, wiping away the sweatdrops on her forehead, "And yeah, I wasn't followed."
"Seven years ago, the first Masked Rider System is stolen from us," Handoyo explained, "It's our most effective weapon against the Worms."
"Stolen?" Ratih asked.
"Yeah," Handoyo nodded, "Codenamed MRS-001/KABUTO, the device was stolen from our top secret facility by a mysterious being. Since then it's whereabouts is unknown. Despite the subsequent development of the Masked Rider System, the loss of the first MRS still bothered the upper rankings of ZECT."
"So what does it have to do with me?" Ratih asked again.
"A few hours ago energy signatures of MRS-001/KABUTO were picked up here, at Kelapa Gading," Febriani continued, "Since you're the most active ZECT agent at the area, the higher ups has assigned you to search and retrieve the stolen Masked Rider System."
"Me?" Ratih pointed herself, before realizing something, "Owh, I worked at the Kelapa Gading area..."
"And that's why we need you to search for that stolen MRS," Handoyo said, "It could be one of the customers of your workplace."
"And the energy signature hasn't moved yet," Febriani added, "So we've manage to confine the theif to the Kelapa Gading area."
"Okay," Ratih said, "But if I retrieve it, can I use it?"
"You're not qualified enough to use it!" Febriani said, "Only an experienced ZECT agent can utilize the power of the Masked Rider System."
Ratih nodded in disappointment.
Krishna's Garage, at the same time
A very tired Krishna walked towards a covered motorcycle, before opening the motorcycle's cover, revealing a bright red Honda CBR1000RR. It was still brand new, haven't been used yet, waiting the right moment. Krishna then took the metallic suitcase from the drawer and places it on the motorcycle's seat, before opening the suitcase...revealing a metallic belt and a red mechanical rhinoceros beetle...the stolen MRS-001/KABUTO.
"How long...do you plan to make me wait?" Krishna wondered as he gazed upon the MRS.
5 minutes later
Krishna, now wearing a purple batik shirt, a pair of blue jeans and black sneakers, walked into his garage again, carrying a duffle bag. He then places the MRS suitcase inside the said bag before strapping it into the back of his motorcycle.
"Let's take this baby for a spin, shall we?" Krishna said as he took out a white SHOEI helmet, securing it on his head.
After adding a grey scarf around his neck, Krishna hops on into his motorcycle, revving it before driving away from the garage.
Kelapa Gading Jogging Park, 11.45am
A slightly-tanned and medium built young woman aged around 18 years old is seen pushing her blue fixie bicycle into the Kelapa Gading Jogging Park. The young woman had shoulder-length black hair that was tucked nicely underneath a red hijab and was now wearing a blue cotton sweater over a white T-shirt, a pair of blue jeans, and white Crocs slippers. The young woman's bicycle had nothing in special, with the exception of a "BISTRO LA SALLE" sticker located at the front handlebar.
The young woman pushes her bicycle into the park via the bike trail, following the trail until she found two, middle-aged men talking to each other. Next to the men are carts that sell accessories for young women. The young woman stopped her bike in front of the two men.
"Did Persija won yesterday?" the first man asked.
"Nope," the second man replied, "Persiwa was too strong for them...they got massacred 4-1."
"What a shame," the first man spoke again, unaware that the young woman is standing in front of him and the second man, "Persija's quite good this season."
"How about we'll talk about this over lunch," said the second man, also unaware of the young woman's presence in front of him, "I know a good restaurant."
At the same time, Krishna was having a stroll nearby when he notices the two street vendors talking to each other instead of serving the young woman. Shaking his head in disappointment, Krishna quickly approached the street vendors and the young woman.
"You two are unworthy to be street vendors," Krishna said as he approaches them, gaining the attention of the vendors as well as the young woman, "This young woman here is waiting all this time for you two to finish talking. Serve her like a proper customer that she is!"
After saying those words, much to the bewilderment of the street vendors, Krishna left in a rush, which attracts the young woman's attention.
After the street vendors had served her, the young woman, now sporting a cute-looking black bow on her head, pushes her bike around the park again as she notices Krishna going towards his parked motorcycle. Still curious about the young man, the young woman quickly approaches Krishna.
"Thanks," the young woman said as Krishna takes out his helmet from under his seat, "If it wasn't for you, those guys would have ignored me longer."
"Grandmother said this," Krishna smiled, "Girls are the universe's most precious treasure. It's a duty of us boys to treat them well."
The young woman smiled as Krishna closes his motorcycle seat, his helmet on his right hand.
"Febrika Meylani Irwanda Putri," the young woman said, smiling, "But you can call me Febrika."
"Oh," Krishna gave out a rather awkward smile as he places his helmet on his motorcycle's handlebar, "Grandmother said this, walking the path of Heaven, the man who will rule everything. My name is Krishna Sadhana."
Both Febrika and Krishna shook their hands, before Krishna picked up his helmet and wore it around his head.
"Come by to Bistro La Salle someday," Febrika said as Krishna hops on his motorcycle, "It's a few blocks away at Gading Food Boulevard."
"I'll keep that in mind," Krishna gave the reply.
At the same time, Ratih's motorcycle came to the scene, pulling itself to a halt right next to Krishna's motorcycle.
"Hey, Krishna," Ratih opened her helmet's visor, noticing the young man's brand new looking motorcycle, "Nice bike there."
"Thanks," Krishna opened his own visor as well, "Just bought it a few months ago."
"You bought that a few months ago and you ride it for the first time now?" a confused and astonished Ratih asked.
"The baby's waiting for the right moment," Krishna reply.
"Yeah...your 'greater destiny,' huh..." Ratih said.
"Inside my duffle bag here," Krishna pointed to the duffle bag strapped at the back of the motorcycle, "Is my 'greater destiny,' the one who will protect humanity."
"That's your 'greater destiny'?" Ratih asked, her hands reaching for Krishna's duffle bag, "Can I see it?"
"No!" Krishna shrieked as Ratih tried to open the duffle bag, grabbing the young woman's hands and pulling them away from the bag, "The bag musn't be opened until the right moment!"
"Sheesh, you can just tell me it's a secret," Ratih gave out a childish pout, before turning her attention towards Febrika, "And you, you're going to the restaurant, right? I'll give you a ride."
"What do you think my bike is for, genius?" Febrika responded, "I'm going there with my bike. It's enough for me."
"I'll leave you ladies to your conversation," Krishna said as he revved his bike, before riding away, blending himself with the busy Kelapa Gading traffic.
Both Ratih and Febrika looked towards Krishna's direction for a moment, before proceeding to exchange looks with one another.
500 meters from Kelapa Gading Jogging Park, 12.00pm
The security guard from the warehouse that had been killed yesterday suddenly appeared at Pelepah Raya Road, walking confidently at the quiet road. He was now wearing his civilian outfit, a brown vest over a brown T-shirt, brown pants, and brown sneakers.
An unmarked Ford Falcon police car watched the security guard from a distance, the two policemen inside feeling suspicious of his activity.
"Isn't that the security guard that was killed the other day?" a young, rookie policeman asked, "Should we surround him?"
"That's ZECT's job!" the policeman's senior partner replied, "We policeman can only watch."
"So what are we going to do?" the young policeman asked.
"We call ZECT," the senior replied, taking out his Motorola cell phone. He then speed-dialed ZECT, only to recieve a loud, high-pitched noise at the other end. Gritting his teeth due to the pain on his ear, the senior policeman looked at his phone, only to discover that the display on his phone has become distorted and mixed with static.
"What is going on?" the young policeman asked as he and his partner looked around...only to find the dead security guard smiling evilly at the back seat.
"How the hell did he came here?!" the senior policeman gasped.
The dead security guard smiled, his right hand reaching out towards the young policeman. A tentacle shot out from the guard's palm, piercing through the young policeman's head, killing the man instantly. The senior policeman gasped in terror as he jumped out of the car, his dead partner's body falling out behind him. Grabbing his gun from his pocket, the senior policeman looked around for any signs of the dead security guard...unaware that the zombified man is behind him. The senior policeman turned around only to recieve the biggest terror of his life.
"You!" the policeman gasped, "But you're inside the car...how come you got out that quickly?!"
The security guard's body began to glow as he mutated into his true form...a Worm. The senior policeman backed away in terror as the Worm grabbed his head with it's right hand, before stabbing through the man's body with it's left arm. Throwing the dead policeman aside the Worm's body glowed once again...assuming the form of the senior policeman it had killed. The policeman walked towards the car, opening it's door. Then he looked behind and saw a terrified Febrika, who had arrived there a few moments ago. The scared young woman slowly backed away from the scene.
A few moments later
Febriani and Handoyo's Daihatsu Gran Max drove along Kelapa Gading's main road as Febriani's cell phone began to rang.
"Hello?" Febriani picked up the phone.
"A Worm has appeared at Kelapa Gading Jogging Park," a male voice said from the other side of the line, "The ZECTroopers has been already dispatched there. Please catch up with them."
"Alright," Febriani replied.
"This time for sure, we're going to kill that bastard," the male voice said again.
"Roger," Febriani replied again, hanging up her phone.
"A Worm? At Kelapa Gading Jogging Park?" Ratih asked in disbelief. She's currently on the phone with Febriani.
"Yes, bring your ZECT Thermal Camera there," Febriani's voice responded from the other side of the line, "Guess your mission's canceled...for now."
"Roger that!" Ratih said, hanging up her phone as she hops on her motorcycle again, "You've gotta be kidding me, a few minutes ago I was there! That means...Febrika!"
Krishna was silently driving at the Kelapa Gading main boulevard when suddenly a buzzing noise was heard from behind him. The young man immediately pulled over and opened his duffle bag. He then took out the MRS suitcase and opened it. The red mechanical rhinoceros beetle was vibrating frantically inside it's slot.
"I know, partner," Krishna said, taking out the mecha beetle and releasing it into the sky, "You've finally awoken...it's time."
As the robotic beetle disappeared, Krishna wraps the belt around his waist before placing the MRS suitcase back inside the duffle bag. The young man then revs up his motorcycle again and turned around, heading towards Kelapa Gading Jogging Park.
Kelapa Gading Jogging Park, 12.10pm
Febrika frantically guided her bike into the park's bike trail, trying to run away from the zombified policeman that was chasing her. Then suddenly, she felt something strong grabbing her bike, throwing her off the vehicle. She looked up and saw the zombified policeman, showing no emotions on his face as he throws the bike aside. As the policeman approached her, Febrika slowly backed away, regaining her footing, before making a run for it. The policeman let out a loud growl, his body glowing as he reverted back into a Worm. As the Worm went after Febrika, the Humvees that brought the ZECTroopers pulled into the scene.
A scared Febrika ran through the quiet park, as the Worm is now hot on her trail. The young woman eventually hid herself at a playground, hiding behind the slides, while at the same time, Febriani and Handoyo's Gran Max arrived on the scene. Ratih's motorcycle also arrived at the same time.
"Team Alpha, formation A," a ZECTrooper gave out the commands as Ratih dismounted from her motorcycle, taking off her helmet and jacket before grabbing her camera, "Target 3-2-4."
The Worm had arrived at the playground where Febrika hides herself, the alien being trying to find the young girl behind the slides. Immediately the ZECTroopers arrived there, firing their machine guns at the hostile creature. Ratih arrived at the playground a few moments later, when she suddenly saw Febrika trying to crawl out of the crossfire.
"Febrika!" Ratih screamed as she ran towards the nearest ZECTrooper, attempting to disarm the soldier, "Please stop firing, my friend's in there!"
"Friend? As far as we concern there's a Worm that need to be destroyed!" the ZECTrooper said, pushing Ratih aside before joining his comrades in attacking the Worm.
"Hey!" Ratih yelled as she ran after the ZECTroopers. While at the same time, the Worm's green skin began to glow red...
"It's molting!" Febriani announced as she and Handoyo looked at the monitors.
The Worm's skin cracked open, revealing Aracneworm Rubor in it's place.
"Aim at the target!" a ZECTrooper commanded as the soldiers aimed their weapons at the newly evolved Worm.
Ratih could only watch as the ZECTroopers fired their weapons at Aracneworm Rubor, only to have their efforts fail. A few more ZECTrooper tried the close-combat option, swinging their bayonets around as they tried to land a hit on the evolved Worm. But Aracneworm Rubor was too strong for them, as it manages to knock out several ZECTroopers with it's bare hands, before lifting two of the soldiers and throwing them away like a pair of ragdolls.
"At this rate, they're going to lose!" Ratih muttered.
Aracneworm Rubor landed several hits at a ZECTrooper, before tossing away another and knocking out several more of them.
"This is going to end bad..." Ratih muttered again.
Krishna arrived at the Kelapa Gading Jogging Park, noticing a commotion at the playground area.
"There it is..." Krishna said confidently as he walked into the park complex, "Today, I will fulfill my 'great destiny'!"
Ratih walked around the playground area, desperately searching for Febrika as several ZECTroopers lay motionless around her. Panic could be clearly seen on the young woman's face as she search around the area. Ratih had searched the majority of the playground, only to find nothing but dead or injured ZECTroopers.
"Where is she?" Ratih muttered as she looked around.
Meanwhile, at the same time, Krishna was running towards the playground area, when he notices Aracneworm Rubor roaring in victory, punching away the last of the ZECTroopers.
"That bastard..." Krishna cursed as he made his way to the playground, before noticing Ratih at the area as well. "Ratih-chan?"
Ratih, who was still looking for Febrika around the playground, also notices Krishna running towards her.
"Krishna?" Ratih asked as Krishna stopped next to her, "What are you doing here?"
"And what are you doing here either?" Krishna asked back.
"Okay, you answer my question first!" Ratih said.
"You know the 'greater destiny' I'm talking about?" Krishna said, "Well it's time for you to find out."
And with that, Krishna lifted a portion of his shirt, revealing the metallic belt around his waist. Immediately Ratih's mind jolted when she saw the belt, remembering the images that Handoyo showed her earlier that day.
"MRS-001/KABUTO..." Ratih muttered, "It can't be! Krishna..."
Krishna lifted his right arm to the sky, his right hand reaching towards it. A bluish portal appeared on the sky and the red mechanical rhinoceros beetle flew out from it. The portal disappeared as Krishna grabbed the mechanical rhinoceros beetle.
"This is my 'greater destiny,'" Krishna said as he gazed upon the mecha beetle, "Today...I will create the future with my hands...I have waited 7 years for this...no...I was born for this moment!"
"Krishna..." Ratih muttered as she saw her friend with the stolen Masked Rider System.
"Now, Ratih, it's time for me to reach my 'greater destiny,'" Krishna smiled as he saw the shocked expression of his friend, "Henshin!"
Krishna slid the mecha beetle into the docking platform on his belt, the mecha beetle let out several glows of red and green from it's body.
"HENSHIN," the mecha beetle announced in a semi-robotic voice.
A series of blue hexagonal nanotech discs flowed out from Krishna's belt, covering his entire body. A few seconds later, Krishna's body was covered in a strange black body suit that had a strange pattern on them, making him look somewhat like a soldier. Over his body suit was silver and red armor. He wore black boots with silver metal plating on them going towards his ankles. The outer side of his lower legs had silver metal plates on them and his ankles had three to four silver bands wrapped around them. He also had silver knee pads above his knees. On the sides of his thighs were metal plates. His shoulders were covered in bulky metal armor that had rounded ends. The under side of the shoulder armor was red while the rest of it was silver. The front and back of the shoulder armor each had a silver metal orb that acted like a joint. Emblazoned on his left shoulder orb was a strange symbol that looked like a rhinoceros beetle and had the word ZECT written within it. His arms were covered in silver segmented armor and his forearms were bound with silver jointed gauntlets. He wore a silver chest plate that had a red upper piece that wrapped around his neck. The helmet of Krishna's new armor was silver in color, with a silver antenna on the front of his head and a small forward facing horn on top of his helmet. He had a single blue visor set under the silver armor of his helmet, the edges around the visor trimmed in red. He also seemed to have a silver mouth plate. Finishing the look was the metallic belt with square shaped pads on each side, along with the red mechanical rhinoceros beetle. Blue waves of energy began to radiate from the armor as the visor glowed blue, signalling the completion of the transformation.
"Krishna...is that you?" Ratih gasped in awe as she saw her friend transforming into an armored warrior right before her eyes.
"Yes, it is me," Krishna responded.
"You're...Kamen Rider Kabuto..." Ratih gasped again.
Krishna smirked underneath his helmet, "If that's the name of the armored warrior, I'll accept that."
Aracneworm Rubor gave out a roar as it notices Kabuto, before making it's first move. The Worm tried to tackle Kabuto, only for the warrior to use a punch to knock the fiend into the ground. As Aracneworm Rubor got up, Kabuto approached it, delivering a series of punches into the alien's chest as Ratih watched on in amazement. Aracneworm Rubor tried a punch, but Kabuto parries it and delivered more punches into the evolved Worm's torso, before a jab to the rib knocked Aracneworm Rubor down.
Kabuto then took out a strange-looking gun, which looked like it had an axe blade as a trigger and handle with three small barrels extending out from the visor, the ZECT logo emblazoned on the axe blade. Kabuto pressed on the trigger, firing several red blasts of ionic energy at Aracneworm Rubor, knocking the evolved Worm away from the playground area and into a nearby carpark building. As Aracneworm Rubor's body smashed itself against a pile of metal boxes, Kabuto walked into the building, firing three thin laser beams from the gun's barrels. Aracneworm Rubor recovered itself, only to have it's face being shined with the lasers. Kabuto then fired his gun again, blasting Aracneworm Rubor right on the face, the lasers apparently acting as a targeting system.
Ratih entered the carpark building as Kabuto showered more ionic blasts on Aracneworm Rubor. Feeling that it had enough, Aracneworm Rubor assumed a crouching position, before vanishing away from sight.
"It Clocked Up..." Ratih said.
A surprised Kabuto was caught off-guard by the fast moving Aracneworm Rubor, and as a result, the Worm manage to grab Kabuto and lift him off his feet, throwing the armored warrior into a nearby stack of boxes as Aracneworm Rubor stood in front of box pile, giving out a grunt.
"Krishna!" Ratih yelled, "Use your..."
"I know," Krishna interrupted as he stood up, gently flicking the horn of his mecha beetle with his right hand.
This in turn caused a reaction as Kabuto's armor became surrounded in blue electricity as the outer bulky armor on his body began to quickly pop up as if become undone, the sound of power being charged can be heard from the armor.
"Cast Off!" Krishna exclaimed, grabbing the lifted mecha beetle horn and pulling it all the way to the right.
"CAST OFF," the mecha beetle announced.
The outer armor on Kabuto's body then literally "exploded," pieces of it flying everywhere from Kabuto's body. Some of the pieces showered Aracneworm Rubor, while Ratih had to duck in order to avoid the other pieces. A rhinoceros beetle horn, attached to the chin part of Kabuto's helmet, slowly rose up and inserted itself into a slot above his blue visor, transforming the singular visor into a two-part visor. A clicking sound was heard, a sign that the horn has been locked. A small red light on Kabuto's horn, along with the blue visor, glowed for a moment, a sign that the "Cast Off" process has been completed.
"CHANGE BEETLE," the mecha beetle announced again.
Ratih once again gasped in awe as Kamen Rider Kabuto switched from his defense-oriented Masked Form into a more offensive Rider Form. Kabuto still had his black body suit but most of the bulky armor was gone. Now his armored body was much sleeker. His thighs and lower legs still had the side armor platting and his feet still had the armored boots but the extra out armor was gone. He still had his silver knee pads too. Nearly all of the segmented armor on his arms were gone as well. His upper arms now only had a single silver plate covering the sides as did his forearms. His forearm armor plates connected to silver wrist bands which also connect to a black hand guard trimmed in silver on each hand. His shoulder armor was also less bulky. The top parts were a shiny red color while being trimmed in silver. The outer sides of the shoulder armor were flat yet slightly rounded. Kabuto's helmet and chest plate had undergone the biggest change. His chest plate was now more pronounced, looking like body armor. Nearly completely crimson red in color, only the lower sides around his ribs and parts of his back were trimmed in silver. A black track line separated the chest armor, giving it the appearance of two solid pectoral plates and two solid ab plates. The top of Kabuto's helmet was mostly red in color while the bottom half of the helmet was silver and trimmed in black. The black linings also seemed to separate some of the silver area, giving it a distinguished look, really like that of a rhinoceros beetle. The black part of his helmet also trimmed around his silver mouth plate and his blue visor. On the top of his helmet was a small forward facing silver horn. The long red horn from before went right up the middle of his helmet and slightly spread out to the sides at the tip of the horn.
"Now, let's dance," Krishna said, taunting Aracneworm Rubor with his ZECT Kunai Gun (the name of the unique axe-gun weapon) in it's Gun Mode.
Aracneworm Rubor charged for the offensive once more, but this time Kabuto fired his ZECT Kunai Gun, blasting the Worm once again on the chest. Quickly Kabuto throws his ZECT Kunai Gun into the air, now grabbing the weapon by the gun barrel, transforming the weapon into Axe Mode. Kabuto avoided swipes from the Aracneworm, before bashing his own weapon on Aracneworm Rubor's torso, causing large sparks to fly off from it. Several slashes and a kick later, and Aracneworm Rubor was down once again.
Kabuto calmfully walked up towards the Worm, taunting Aracneworm Rubor to land more hits on him. The evolved Worm roared in anger, preparing to use his blurring speed once again. But this time Kabuto was vigilent. Grabbing his ZECT Kunai Gun in Axe Mode, he throws the said weapon as Aracneworm Rubor was about to activate it's super speed.
"Avalanche Break!" Krishna exclaims as Kabuto throws the ZECT Kunai Gun at the Worm in front of him.
Just as Aracneworm Rubor was about to activate it's super speed, the ZECT Kunai Gun's axe blade struck right in the middle of the Worm's skull! Aracneworm Rubor roared in pain the axe blade embedded itself on the fiend's skull, before Aracneworm Rubor went out in a blue explosion. The explosion was so powerful, it knocked Ratih off her feet!
"Damn it!" Ratih yelled as she hits the ground, "Thank God it didn't broke my glasses."
As the smoke from the explosion cleared away, Kabuto walked towards the spot where Aracneworm Rubor exploded, picking up the ZECT Kunai Gun.
"A job well done," Krishna muttered as he stood up.
Ratih slowly dusts herself off as she stood up, looking at her transformed friend.
"Krishna..." Ratih whispered.
At the same time, Febrika walked into the carpark building, obviously bewildered by her crimson red savior.
"Wow..." Febrika gasped in awe.
Suddenly several loud footsteps were heard. Kabuto turned around towards the source of the noise, only to see a platoon of ZECTroopers coming towards him, completely surrounding the warrior as the soldiers aimed their machine guns at Kabuto. Both Handoyo and Febriani emerged from the platoon, their eyes fixed on Kabuto. Kabuto also looked at the ones who surrounded him with his blue visor...
TO BE CONTINUED
