KAMEN RIDER REAPER

Episode 1: The Contract with the Devil

OPENING: ISSA – JUSTIFAIZ'S

Sam Oliver is your average American slacker. His lousy job at The Work Bench, a premier hardware store at Seattle didn't give him anything. But everything's going to change in his 21st birthday, when he finally realized his destiny.

"Mysterious fire-related assault had brought down Seattle for the tenth consecutive time this year…" the TV reporter said as a man with brown, spiky hair, around his early 20-s, and a bit tall throws himself towards the couch. He is wearing a white singlet and olive-green boxers. "Eventually the police will sort this out. Piece of crap," the man said as he flipped the channel towards a channel airing the movie "Transporter 3." Suddenly, the phone rang. The young man lifted the phone up. "Hello?" the man asked. "Sam, what are you doing? You're late for work again. Ted's gonna fire you," a rather heavy voice said in the other side of the line. "Sock? Oh, shit, thanks for reminding me," Sam said and ran off to put on his uniform. "Don't mention it, buddy," Sock said from the other side, still speaking even though Sam hanged the phone.

Ten minutes later Sam was well dressed. Well, not so. His The Work Bench apron was messed up, and his white suit is a bit red with pizza stains. The young man clumsily walked towards the garage, pulling out a red Honda DN-001 motorcycle. Sam accidentally walked on some mail. The young man picked it up. "Hey, it's my birthday. I'm 21 now," Sam said, reading the letter. "It's from Mom and Dad. I wonder how upset they are when they saw me," Sam thought to himself, as he walked towards the motorcycle. He puts on a white helmet and took off.

When he was going through the first intersection towards The Work Bench, Sam felt something hot burning behind him. But he ignores it until a hand touches his shoulder. Opening his helmet visor, he was surprised to saw a middle-aged man in his business suit sitting behind him. "Sam, I'm not a freeloader," the man said, "I'M THE DEVIL!" the man yelled to Sam. Sam shouted in shock as his motorcycle crashes towards a garbage bin, throwing Sam inside. "Damn, now Ted's gonna double kill me," Sam mutters as he got back on the wheel. But his chilling encounter with the man calling himself the Devil still shocked him.

At work, Sam was scolded by Ted for his tardiness and his dirty, garbage-tainted clothes. As he writes down inventory on toiletries, a chubby man, with a spiky blonde hair and a small hint of goatee, walked towards him. "Good thing that guy didn't fire you, Sam," the chubby man, revealed to be Sock, said. Sock, or Bert Wysocki, is also a slacker, with a hobby of eating, drinking, sleeping…etc. Basically he's a humanoid pig, with an exception of a constant hobby of going into strip clubs on Wednesdays. "I know. But how long can I stay like this? I could lose my job if this keeps up," Sam said. "Don't worry amigo. You've still got her," Sock pointed to a brunette-haired, athletic girl stacking up some boxes. "And him too," Sock pointed to a Mexican-decent man with brown skin and a hair that made him look like a human poodle behind them.

"Yeah, I know that Andi could be a great girlfriend," Sam said. "Hey, don't forget Benji too," Sock said patting Sam's back. "By the way, happy birthday," Sock said, shaking Sam's hand, before leaving Sam to write the inventory again. Sam could tell Sock about his encounter with the Devil, but he decided to keep it safe. For now, at least.

Sam walked in home when he saw the man from before inside, watching TV. "God, please not that guy again," Sam swore in his mind. But the man saw Sam, and suddenly the young man finds himself next to the man. "Sorry I've shocked you this morning," the man said. "Are you really the Devil?" Sam asked. "O yeah. No doubt about it. By the way, do you know why I'm here?" the Devil asked. Sam shook his head. The Devil laughed. "Your stupid parents sold your soul to me, that's why," the Devil said again. "My parents? You're kidding me," Sam said. But suddenly, behind them appears a rather tall man, with almost the same appearance with Sam, but he didn't have the same spiky hair. He is wearing a brown shirt with a grey sweater, and grey trousers. "I'm afraid he's right, son," the man, Sam's father, said. "Your mother and I sold your soul in order to cure your mother from cancer," he said again. "The Devil said that you will work for him when you turn 21." "That's bullshit!" Sam said. "No, it's not," The Devil said, pushing Sam's father out of the way until the man disappeared, as sudden as he appeared.

"Am I going to Hell?" Sam asked. "No, Sam. Not now. You're going to work for me now," the Devil said. "You see, evil souls had escaped from Hell in the past month. It's probably triggered by that small meteor that hit the coast of America few months ago. Now, you're going to capture those souls and bring them back to me," the Devil explains. "These malicious souls form monsters called, well, Souls. Their monstrous form is a correspondence to their animal symbol or their past committed sin. It's just like the Dopants of Japan, only more complicated," the Devil explained even more. "How could I capture those Souls?" Sam asked. "I'll answer that tomorrow," the Devil said, picking up his umbrella and disappeared.

The next day, Sam arrived early at The Work Bench. He wouldn't be caught dead meeting the Devil when he went to work. "That's a first," Andi said, "My boyfriend coming in early." "That's because I'm doing this to meet you and save my ass, but mostly saving my butt," Sam said, kissing Andi on the cheek. "By the way," Andi said softly. "A guy sent a package to your mailbox. You should see it," she said again.

Sam went towards the mail room and opened his mailbox. Inside was a long, wooden box, with a black lock and a black symbol on the top. When Sam puts it on the table, Sock and Benji came towards the room. "Hey, Sam, what a coincidence you've got a mail," Benji said. Benjamin Gonzalez, Benji's real name, is a Mexican-American man, with the same hobby as Sam and Sock, except he's a bit more diligent then both of them. "Cool box," Sock said. "Be quiet, guys. This is mysterious package. We should investigate it," Sam said as he opened the box. White some came out of it, and as the smoke cleared, it revealed….a red stag beetle-like device with three buttons, colored red, yellow, and green on top of it. An instruction manual is on the device's left, while a file is on the device's left. On the top of the manual, is a letter. Sam opens it. "To my dear bounty hunter, Sam. This is the Reaper Transformer. Use it to bring Souls back to me. From the Devil," Sam reads it aloud. "The Devil? That must be some kind of a prank toy sent by someone," Sock said. "Yeah, maybe you're right," Sam said, as he grabbed the device. Suddenly, the device's pinchers began to open and bit Sam's right wrist, pumping some kind of black chemical into Sam's blood stream. The device then returns to its dormant state, before Sam could even pull it off.

"What just happened?" Sam asked. Both of his friends shook their heads. Suddenly, Sam could sense something. He went outside, and saw Andi serving some customers, and a malfunctioning forklift lifting a crate of cinderblocks above her. "Look out!" he shouted and as the crate fell down, he pushes the crate out of the way. The crate fell down just meters from Andi, and Sam was thrown into a pile of toilet tissues. Andi, who wasn't aware of the incident, walked off along with the customers to the next aisle. Sam stood up, his bottom is in serious pain. As he tried to regain balance, Benji and Sock approaches him. "Dude, that was awesome!" Sock said. But Sam instead shook his head. "Guys," he said, "I think that I'm the son of the Devil."

"You're what?" Sock asked. "Yes. My parents sold my soul, literally, and now I'm this guy who hunt down bad guys to send them to Hell," Sam said. "And this is your first target?" Benji said as he handed Sam the now opened file. "Christian Hemmelock. Arrested in 1987 for arson. Died in 1990 after a black inmate literally crushed his skull into pieces," Sam read the file. Suddenly, he remembered something. "Do you know about the arson attack on Seattle lately?" Sam asked. Both Benji and Sock nodded. "Could it be possible that this Hemmelock guy escaped from Hell and is responsible for all of this?" Sam asked again. "Made sense," Sock said. "How about after work we're going Soul hunting?" Sam asked. "Yeah, sure beats drinking booze all night," Benji said. "Great! Be at my house in 7 o'clock," Sam said. Benji and Sock nodded.

Meanwhile, a bald man with thick moustache and beard wearing black clothes walked into a bank. The man calmly approached the teller. "How can I help you, Sir?" the teller said. The man only smiled and his eyes turned blazing red, and in his place is a creature resembling a man wrapped in fire, his red eyes pierced through the teller's eyes like knife through butter, firing a faint red beam which literally cooked the teller's brain, killing her instantly. The creature's form is a cross between Ben 10's Heatblast, the fire monster that GoGoFive first fought, and the Magma Dopant, with flames swirling his body and a blazing, skull-like face as a head. This is the Inferno Soul, formed from Christian Hemmelock's soul infused with his arson crimes, creating a monstrous combination of man and fire. Expanding his arms to the sides, holes on the fiend's palm began to open, revealing a stream of inferno which quickly burns the bank down, cooking everyone alive, leaving the Inferno Soul walking out of the rubble, melting down resistance in the form of fire trucks and police cars.

The three slackers were on a lunch break when they saw the news. "The Commonwealth Bank of Seattle had been burnt down, another victim in the recent chain of arson," the news reporter said. Sam then began to think. What will be Christian's next target? He then looked at the file as Benji and Sock chat about girls. Suddenly, he remembers something. "Guys, do you remember whose houses which Christian burns down?" Sam asked. Benji and Sock began to take interest in Sam. "The victims of the arsons had all survived and now, they're working in the institutions that the Soul burns down!" Sam said. "So, after some tracing, I've tracked down that the next victim, is him," Sam shows his friends a photo of an old man with glasses. "Mr. Spiegel my former Math tutor?" Benji asked. "Yes. Apparently he somehow pissed Christian in 1987 and he burnt down his house," Sam said. "I heard that Mr. Spiegel had opened a math tutor school at Aberdeen Street. Maybe we should plan a stakeout there," Benji said. "That's a great idea! But first, we must suit up," Sam said, and runs off, with Benji and Sock following.

That night, at Sam's house…"Are you ready, guys?" Sam asked. Benji and Sock nodded. They then put on red and yellow uniforms, with leather belts and mini-communicators. Sock even installed a lamp on his chest. "What was that for?" Sam asked. "That'll alert the bad guy on who's he's messin' with," Sock said, laughing. In a few minutes, the three are ready for some Soul hunting. Just as the two are about to left, Sam picked up a phone. After a few moment of conversation, Sam came towards his two friends. "Who are you calling?" Sock asked. "Andi. I'm arranging a date with her after our stakeout," Sam said.

"There he is!" Benji said quietly as they saw a bald man walking towards Mr. Spiegel's house. It was Christian. "Okay. You stay here as we take on the Soul," Sam said. Benji nodded. Sam and Sock left the car, and immediately tackles Christian. "Gotcha!" Sam said. Christian was brought down to the ground, but he manages to push of both men. "Who dares to interrupt my mission?" Christian asked in pure rage. He then saw Sam. "You," Christian said, "The Devil must have sent you to bring me back. Well, I ain't coming back!" Christian formed two fireballs with his fists and fired it towards Sam and Sock. Sock plugs his water hose to a fire hydrant and open fire, but even after being soaked with liters of waters, Christian wouldn't stop his rampage. "Ah, damn it," Sock said as the water on the hydrant ran out. Christian fired a stream of flames from his mouth, which blew up the fire hydrant. Luckily, Sock manages to dodge in time. Sam tried to punch Christian, but was thrown, before Christian plunges his fist to the ground. A chain of fire appears and attack Sam, but thanks to his devilish powers, Sam manages to escape.

"Do you bring the manual?" Sam asked Sock. "Yes!" Sock said, taking out the device and manual, before throwing the device towards Sam. "Find something on how to use this thing!" Sam shouted as he dodges Christian's now fire-charged punches. "Ah! Chapter 1. How to use the Reaper Transformer," Sock said. "Hurry!" Sam said as he was pinned to a wall by Christian's fireballs. "Step one, place the Transformer on your waist like a belt," Sock said. Sam throws the device to the air, before the Reaper Transformer flew like a normal beetle and places itself on Sam's waist, forming a belt. "Step two, tap all three buttons and yell 'Henshin!'" Sock yelled. "Why Henshin? That's Japanese, right?" Sam asked. "I don't know! It seems that this thing only understands Japanese!" Sock said. Sam tapped all three buttons with his right hand, before yelling, "HENSHIN!" Christian is about to fire a stream of flames, when suddenly Sam's body is wrapped in a series of hexagon-shaped light, which materialized into a suit of armor. The light was so bright, it blinded Christian. This suit of armor is red colored, with some silver features on the chest. Some black pipes were visible on the armor. The eyes were red, and were wrapped in a V-shaped visor. Two antennas appear from the head. The arms and legs were bulky and very heavy. On the right arm, at the wrist, three tube-like pipes appear. And, on the right shoulder, a symbol of a red, blazing trident is visible on the black background of the shoulder pad. This is a Kamen Rider, a hero previously famous in Japan. And it's name….KAMEN RIDER REAPER.

"Oh my God, that was awesome!" Sock said. "Yeah!" Sam said, in a rather monotone voice. Christian, very angry by Sam's transformation, began to morph into the Inferno Soul. Now the real battle could begin!

(Insert Song: Eyes Glazing Over/Kamen Rider Faiz 1st ending)

Reaper moved forward and punched the Inferno Soul on the face several times, before the Soul could react by sending a flurry of fire-charged punches. But Reaper's tough armor just repels the attack, before a heavy kick was sent into the Soul's gut. Enraged, the Inferno Soul pounces, before being caught in the leg by Reaper, and was thrown to the ground. Reaper proceeds to step on the Soul several times, using his immense weight as an advantage, before the Inferno Soul fired a blast of flames from his head, which sends Reaper back.

Sock tries to help by using a shovel to hit the Soul's head, but it was being melted by the immense heat. The chubby man staggers back, a bit terrified. The Inferno Soul got up, and fired a stream of flames towards Sock, before Reaper got from behind and tackles the Inferno Soul, holding his charging right arm and aiming it towards the left arm. The Inferno Soul fires his flames, which blew off his left arm! The fiend screamed in pain, as Reaper releases him. Angered, the Soul fired a ball of fire, but Reaper held it in the air, and throws it towards the Inferno Soul, causing a huge hole on the gut.

Yelling in pain, the Inferno Soul fired bullets from his eyes, but Reaper is just like a hard-boiled egg, hard to penetrate as the bullets just bounce off him. A simple side kick from the Rider sends the Inferno Soul to a nearby car. The car's alarm began to sound. "Oops, sorry," Sam said. The Rider crept forward and grabbed the Inferno Soul by the neck, before slamming him to the ground and punches him mercilessly. "Now you're gonna go back to Hell, whenever you want to or not!" Sam said as he punches the Inferno Soul.

The Soul fired a stream of flames, but the visor instead lit up and absorbed the flames, which is one of Sam's demonic powers, able to absorb attacks from Souls. Reaper throws the Inferno Soul to the ground again, and the fiend's body began to ripple, a sign that he's going to die. "Sock, how could I finish this?" Sam asked. "Use your Reaper Punch," Sock said, after looking through the manual. "And how do I perform that move?" Sam asked. "Those three buttons on your device, those are part of a USB-like device. Try plugging it out and place it on the three tubes on your right wrist," Sock instructed as he read the manual aloud. "Doesn't hurt to try," Sam said as Reaper pulls out the USB device from the stag beetle device with his right hand, before switching it to his left hand and plugs the USB inside a port behind the three tubes on his right wrist. "REAPER PUNCH SET UP! PHASE ONE IMMINENT," the stag beetle device exclaimed as the red light on the USB device light up. The tubes began to light up, as Reaper ran towards the weakened Inferno Soul and punches the fiend's gut with his right arm. As the fist lands on the Soul's body, the tubes began to expel hellish flames, which knock the Inferno Soul on the ground. "PHASE TWO IMMINENT," the stag beetle device said again as the yellow light on the USB light up. "So I must do this two times?" Sam mutters to himself as Reaper performs the punch again, this time to the creature's chest. Another stream of flames appears, and the creature was knocked down to the ground again. This time the green light lit and the device yelled, "PHASE THREE IMMINENT." "Great, a third," Sam said to himself. Reaper ran forward and places his right fist at the Inferno Soul's head. The tubes began charging up energy, and a powerful blast of flames, more powerful then the previous two, literally disintegrates the Inferno Soul's head, causing him to turn into a fiery smoke, which enters the stag beetle device. The device's eyes lit up for a moment. Finally, the Inferno Soul was contained, ending his threat. Reaper places the USB back at the stag beetle, before his armor disintegrates as he pulls out the stag beetle device.

(End Insert Song)

"Explain why do I must punch that guy three times?" Sam asked, a bit angry. "I don't know, seriously! It has something to do with your Save Mode," Sock said. "Save Mode?" Sam asked, this time less angry. "Hey, hold your horses. I didn't know about these Hell stuff," Sock said as the two walked towards Benji's car.

"Three cheers for Sam Oliver!" Sock said as the men drink beer to their heart's content. Sam was about to drink his beer, when Andi came to him and kisses him. "I don't know why the boys are cheering for you, but I like it," Andi said. "Well, thanks. Here, I'll get you a margarita," Sam said as he walked towards the bar. Suddenly he saw the Devil sitting on the bar. "First mission accomplished," the Devil said. "Yeah, thanks. I'm kinda like being a bounty hunter at all, with the armor and stuff. But, why did I must perform the finishing move three times?" Sam asked. "That first mode you've came into is the Save Mode. It's power is limited to a third of the real Reaper's power. So, in a finishing attack, you must do it three times to succeed. You'll get the hang of it eventually. One more thing, tomorrow morning you must take the Reaper Transformer to the DMV. There's a friend of mine working there who sent fallen Souls back to Hell through a portal. You'll gonna like her. I also going to send a teacher to teach you how to use your Reaper armor," the Devil said. "I wish you good luck," the Devil said before he disappears, leaving Sam dumbfounded.

Next Episode: Cast Off! The True Power of Reaper Revealed!