Hello once again, everyone! SuperHeroTimeFan is back and with another new chapter! First off, I am impressed. I have had three followers and five people who favored already after the first chapter, which really touches my heart. Thank you, AbandonedRainbow, Kamen Rider Chrome, namikaze93600, KINGREADER and sorasheart210. I will continue to write A New Destiny: Omnibus: Tales of the Team, but I just sort of found a knack for this story. Since Chapter 1 was a success, here is Chapter 2, where more will be revealed. Please enjoy!
Chapter 2: First Contact
Gotham City January 2nd 910 hours
Kit Taylor led his team of Kamen Riders into a worn-out warehouse. "We'll need a place to crash, so this is where we'll hang for a while." Kit explained to his friends. Chance looked around at the place and nodded in approval. "Not bad. I could fix this place up and it will be a HQ for real." He said. Pryce chuckled dryly and nodded his head. Kase took out her cellphone and dialed a number. "Trent, we're in Gotham and made contact with a new Rider." She reported to the No-Men agent.
No-Men Base 911 hours
Trent chuckled as Master Eubulon stood next to him, listening in on the progress report. "That's good news, Kase." Trent replied back. Eubulon took the speaker and cleared his throat. "While you were gone, I managed to make contact with him." He told Kase.
Back in Gotham, Kase put the phone on speaker and bellowed her friends to come in to listen. "You really mean him?" Nolan asked anxiously. Kit raised an eyebrow as he looked to the Ventarans. "Who are we talking about?" he asked curiously. Eubulon's voice chuckled with delight. "This man is the first Kamen Rider in existence, the Rider of all things good and evil. His name is Kamen Rider Kaiser, the Rider Master." Eubulon explained. Len looked to Kit and smiled. "He's the only rider with the Advent Deck of Ultimate Power." Len said. Kit nodded. "I can't wait to meet him." He said. Chance came over and spoke. "We'll be in touch." He said. Trent sighed. "Make sure to keep a low profile. The Justice League doesn't know of our existences and we don't want to draw attention." Trent reminded the Riders. "Understood, good to know." Adam replied. Trent chuckled. "Trent and Eubulon out." He said before hanging up.
As Chance started to get the warehouse set up, Len walked over to Kit, who was looking over his cards. "Tell me more about Batman." Len asked politely. Kit sighed and placed his cards back into his deck. "He's not much of a hero, more of an assassin." Kit explained. Len tensed at this. "He has a sidekick named Robin and he's pretty much a stiff." Kit added on. Len chuckled. "We'll see more about him soon." He stated, heading towards a backdoor. Kit started to stutter after raising an eyebrow. "Where are you going?" he asked. Len turned to Kit and grinned. "To find Batman." He explained. As Len left, Kit sighed and nodded his head. "This is so way over his head." He told Pryce. The Ventaran nodded as Kit walked out the same backdoor. "I'm going to meet up with Artemis. I want to know what she's been up to over the years." He explained to Kase and the others as he left. Kase smiled. Nolan noticed this and raised an eyebrow. "What are you so happy about?" he asked the sole female Rider. Kase chuckled. "I know love when I see it." She explained happily.
Artemis ate her breakfast immediately when she came home. She was so tired from finding Batman's imposter that she had begun to get hungry. Paula looked to Artemis concernedly but happily. "Don't eat too fast, you'll choke." She reprimanded her daughter. Artemis finished up her bacon and burped a bit. "Sorry, excuse me." She apologized timidly. Paula shot her a glare. Just then, someone knocked on the door. "Oh, thank goodness." Artemis remarked. She walked to the door and opened it up. Kit was standing there, smiling as the door was swung open. "Hey, Artemis." He said to the archer. Artemis smiled and hugged him. "Come on in." She said.
As Paula was waiting for her daughter, Artemis' voice came out. "Mom, I have an old friend." She yelled. Paula smiled and rolled her wheelchair over. As she entered the living room, her smile brightened with delight. "Kit!" she exclaimed happily. Kit kneeled down and hugged her. "It's been such a long time." Paula stated. Kit looked to Artemis and both blushed. "How is Franklin?" Paula asked, referring to Kit's father. Kit chuckled. "Dad is fine." He replied coolly. Artemis looked up to him with a worried face. "I heard he went missing, and then reappeared one day." She stated. Kit sighed. "He's back and healthy; don't worry." He reassured Artemis. Artemis blushed at him. Kit chuckled and looked her in the eyes. "How have you been over the past years?" he asked. Artemis shrugged. "Okay, I guess." She responded. Artemis raised an eyebrow. "Where are your new friends?" she asked. Kit Taylor chuckled. "Don't worry, we're fine. We settled in at a hotel nearby." Kit replied. Artemis smiled.
Before she could say anymore, she accidently knocked over her backpack. Artemis gasped and blushed in embarrassment. "Sorry!" she said. Kit kneeled over. "Let me help." He said. Both started to pick up items that fell to the ground. As Kit picked up one of Artemis' books, he narrowed his eyes at a green Advent Deck. Artemis quickly picked it up and placed it in her pocket. Where did she get that? He asked to himself. Kit shrugged it off and placed all of Artemis' books into her backpack. "It's great to hear that you're doing well." He stated. Artemis chuckled sheepishly. Just then, a strange whirring filled the air. Kit and Artemis looked around while Paula looked to them confusingly. "What's wrong?" they all asked at once. Kit looked to her. "I need to go. Thanks for talking." Kit said to the Crocks. Before he left, he placed a book onto the table. "A friend of mine wrote this. I hope you like it." He said before heading out the door. Artemis looked to Paula and shrugged. "I want to see what he's up to." She explained. Paula chuckled and rolled over to pick up the book. "While you're gone, I'll be reading." She said. Artemis smiled and ran out the door. Paula chuckled and started to read the book. "Interesting." She said to herself.
Kit reached for his cellphone and dialed a number. "Chance, it's me; Kit. Shoot." He said to the Ventaran while running. "There's a powerful surge of energy nearby. Adam is inspecting it. You should go help him." Chance explained. "I'm on it." Kit replied. Artemis ran to Kit and noticed him running out of the building. Artemis raised an eyebrow. Where is he going? She asked herself as she ran off after him.
Kit ran into an alley with an old phone booth and saw Adam. "It's Xaviax's goons." Adam reported to Kit. Kit nodded. "Let's take care of this." He proclaimed. As Artemis neared the alley, she hid behind a wall and looked to Kit and Adam. What are they doing? She asked herself. Her eyes widened as soon as she saw the two pull out what appeared to be decks of cards and place them in front of them. She continued to glare as the decks started to glow and manifest belts onto their waists. They then placed their hands holding the deck to their left side. "Kamen Rider!" they both yelled, as they slotted the decks into their belts. Artemis raised an eyebrow at what was happening, but cupped her mouth closed when she started to gasp. Orbs formed around the twins and encircled them as they spread out their arms. When the orbs subsided, Kit was a man in red and silver armor while Adam had black and silver armor. They both entered the window of the phone booth and disappeared.
Artemis looked over to her deck and thought to herself. They had the same ones. Maybe if I did the same… she thought. She walked over to the glass window of the phone booth and placed her deck in front of her. Artemis gasped as it started to glow with light green energy and form a belt around her waist. She smiled at what she had accomplished and placed her deck to her left side, the same way Kit and Adam did so. She was about to yell 'Kamen Rider' until she thought it over. "Trans-" she started out, but shook her head in disagreement. "Hen-" she tried again, but shook her head. "Act-" she said, but sighed in defeat. "Very well, the same way." She said to herself. She adjusted her left hand and grew a serious look on her face. "Kamen Rider!" she yelled. She slotted in her deck and the deck started to spin. Just as she saw Kit and Adam do it, Artemis stepped back and spread her arms out as a green orb of energy surrounded her. Once it subsided, Artemis put her arms down and gasped at what she had become. She looked at herself in the reflection and gasped again.
She was covered in green armor, the same as her suit. She had a golden breastplate and shoulder paddings. There were black coverings on her legs and arms. As she turned to see herself even more, there was a dark green quiver on her back. She looked to her left hand to see a bow, the same collapsible bow she had as Artemis. Artemis chuckled and placed an arm out in front of her. "Alright!" she exclaimed. She took a step into the mirror and found a dimension that looked like a house of shattered mirrors. She looked to a silver covered bike and stepped into it. Taking a deep breath, she started the ignition and dashed forward. As she raced forward, she saw a centaur race beside her. As the centaur looked to her, he saluted her. Artemis saluted back and continued to race forwards until she reached a portal.
Ventara 943 hours
In an underground parking lot, Kit and Adam fought back at the white minions of Xaviax. "These guys are tougher than ever!" Kit exclaimed. Adam grunted as he kicked back one of the monsters. "We've dealt with them before, so it shouldn't be much of a problem." He replied. Back. As Kit and Adam regrouped, Kase and Pryce raced forwards to help them as Kamen Riders Siren and Strike. "There's too many." Kit said to Kase. "I'd say blades may help in this type of situation." Pryce suggested. Adam nodded. He turned to Dragon Knight. "Kit, can you fight with two swords at once?" he asked. Kit nodded and gave Adam a thumbs-up. "Can you shoot with two Strike Vents?" he asked. Adam grinned under his mask. "Sure I can." He replied. Pryce looked over to Kase and craned his neck upwards. "I may need to use your sword for this." He said. Kamen Rider Siren lowered her neck towards him. "How will you do that?" she asked. Pryce shrugged. "I found a Copy Vent in my deck, and I can use two swords with my normal one." He explained. Kit nodded. "Alright, let's go!" he yelled.
The monsters prepared to attack once Kit and Adam slotted their visors with the same cards. SWORD VENT! With that, a sword fell into Kit and Adam's hands. Adam threw Kit his sword and nodded. They both took out another card and slotted them. STRIKE VENT! Two dragonhead gauntlets fell out of the sky. As Adam placed his gauntlet onto his left hand, he jumped into the air to arm himself with Kit's red one. Kase slotted in a card into her Blanc Visor and closed the slot. SWORD VENT! The visor said in a loud voice. Pryce slotted the Copy Vent card into his Veno Visor. COPY VENT! A golden naginata fell out of the sky and into Kamen Rider Siren's hands, as the same happened with Kamen Rider Strike. Strike slotted another card into his Veno Visor. SWORD VENT! It yelled out. A large tail of a cobra in the shape of a sword fell into Pryce's hands. The four riders charged into the latter and started to attack.
Kit used the two swords with very swift motions and slashed at every one of the minions. As he came across one of the minions, he crossed his blades at the monster and sent it back, disintegrating immediately. Adam shot back and forth, everywhere he could until each white minion was down. As a minion neared him, he sent a double-punch at it in the chest and sent it back in a fiery inferno. Kase sent swirling slashes at each monster before kicking them away while Pryce used the two blades he had to strike at every minion.
As the team regrouped to catch their breath, more minions arrived. "These guys never catch a break!" Strike complained. Just then, an Advent Cycle pulled up from a mirror. "Did anyone call for backup?" Dragon Knight asked. Pryce shrugged. "I don't know." He honestly said. As the Advent Cycle opened up, the riders gasped to see another new Kamen Rider. The rider looked feminine and had green armor. There was a green quiver on her back and she had a bow in her hands. "Okay… where am I?" she asked curiously. Siren looked to the other riders and patted them on the shoulder. "It's a new rider! And it's a girl!" she exclaimed happily like a pregnant mother realizing she had babies.
Artemis looked to the group and craned her neck to the side. She then looked to the white minions and awed. "I get the gist of it." She stated, pulling out an arrow. It started to glow green and Artemis took a deep breath. She released the arrow and it collided with seven minions. The red-armored man looked impressed. "Nice job!" he complimented the archer. Artemis chuckled. "Watch and learn, Kit." She told Dragon Knight. "What?" he yelled. Artemis ignored this and unsheathed three more arrows. Placing them onto her Secret Visor, she shot them into the air at a forty-five degree angle. They fell to the ground and exploded. As she walked up to the minions, she took a card out of her deck. She opened up a slot on her bow rest and slotted the card. SWORD VENT! The visor said. Artemis looked over to her Advent Beast, Secretariat, who shot a sword at her. Artemis now held a long black sword with a golden-bladed edge and a silver curved edge at the end of the hilt, the sword resembling a large arrow. She slashed at every monster until she came to another large horde of white minions and Gelnewts. She sheathed the sword and took out another card and slotted it. SHOOT VENT! Two emerald crossbows fell into her hands as she shot at the minions, explosions all occurring at once. Kit and the other three came over to see what was going on. "She's good, I'll give her that." Pryce remarked. Kit continued to look on. How does she know my name? Just who is she? He thought to himself before focusing back onto the battle.
Artemis shot the minions once again before taking out another card to slot. TRICK VENT! Illusions of Artemis came about and multiplied into an army the size of the minions. All of the clones attacked the minions at once and destroyed them. Artemis then took out another card and slotted it in. FINAL VENT! The visor announced. Artemis took out an arrow and placed it onto her bow. She then back flipped into the air and looked down to her Secretariat. The humanoid part of him formed into armor and Artemis jumped into a hole made in the top of the horse. The armor formed around her as she shot arrows at each minion. Pulling back a last arrow, Artemis shot at the window that was spitting out all the mirror monsters and it exploded on impact.
The riders stood impressed at Artemis' neat work. As Artemis got down from Secretariat, she looked to the four riders. "Nice job!" Kamen Rider Siren congratulated the archer. Artemis chuckled and walked over to Kit. "You never told me you were my knight in shining armor, Kit Taylor." She quipped to him. Dragon Knight stood back and held his hands up in surrender. "Who are you?" he asked. Artemis laughed and beckoned him to follow her out the window. The rest of the riders looked to Artemis and followed her.
Gotham City 1006 hours
As Artemis exited the window of the phone booth, the other riders followed. Artemis turned to Kit and chuckled childishly. Kit looked to her confusingly. Artemis spread out her arms and canceled her transformation, showing them who she really was. "We have some explaining to do." She told Dragon Knight. Artemis looked to Kamen Rider Onyx. "Same for you, Adam." She chided the Ventaran Rider. Both Kit and Adam spread out their arms and turned back into human. "Artemis, how did you know?" Kit asked, placing his arm out. Artemis chuckled. "It wasn't difficult to find you after you mysteriously vanished from my house." She explained. Kase looked over to Pryce, who nodded. They both spread their arms out and turned back to human as well. Artemis smiled at the identity of Kamen Rider Siren. "Kase!" she exclaimed, before running up and hugging her. Kase accepted the hug and hugged back. Pryce and Adam looked at Artemis and examined her closely.
"How did you get that Advent Deck?" Adam asked. Artemis shrugged. "It just came out of my window this morning and I began to hear strange noises." She explained. Kit sighed. "I assume you saw us transform and followed us?" he asked. Artemis smiled before jumping ahead to her next question. "So, what are you?" she asked. Kit smiled. "We are called Kamen Riders. Now, you are one too." He explained. Artemis giggled. "Sounds great, I'm so excited!" she exclaimed.
Just then, Artemis' cellphone rang. Artemis held up a finger and said, "Hold that thought." She placed the cellphone up to her ear and sighed. "Who is it?" she asked. "Artemis? It's me, Robin. We finally tracked down Batman's imposter. He's on the top of Wayne Manor and the Team is in hot pursuit of him. Batman's with us, by the way." He stated. Artemis smiled. "Finally, thanks, Rob!" she thanked the Boy Wonder before hanging up. As she was about to leave, Kit caught her. "What's wrong, Kit? I can keep a secret." She asked. Kit placed a finger on her lip. "We're cool with you keeping a secret, but this is about another problem." He explained. Artemis released his grasp on her and stepped back. "What is it?" she asked. Kit looked to her concernedly. "The impersonator of Batman… is our friend, Len." He explained. Artemis' eyes widened with shock. "Len is the Batman imposter?" she asked, in which Adam nodded. "We need to get to Wayne Manor as soon as we can." Pryce said. Artemis groaned. "It will take us at least an hour to get there!" she complained. Kase nodded in disagreement. "Not if we travel through Ventara." She said. Artemis looked over to Kit. "Is that the place we were in?" she asked. Kit nodded. "It will take some getting used to." He explained. Artemis awed, and nodded. "Let's go." Kit ordered his friends. The four riders nodded and walked through the window once again to get through Ventara to get to Wayne Manor.
Wing Knight stood on the edge of Gotham Manor with his cape flowing through the wind. He looked down to many fallen criminals he had beaten to get Batman's attention. As he continued to look down at the city, he heard a thump from behind him. "Batman." He identified the stranger. Len turned around to see the Dark Knight glaring at him. "Why are you taking my name, and why are you in my city?" he asked angrily. Len craned his neck upwards to see seven figures land on the roof of the building. Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash, Superboy, Miss Martian, Zatanna and Rocket all stood ready to attack. Wing Knight scoffed. "Using your name was the only way I could get your attention, Dark Knight." He replied coolly and nonchalantly. Robin stepped up. "You only did this to get our attention?" he asked furiously. Len nodded. "Shall we get down to business?" he asked, unsheathing a card. He placed it into his Black Visor and slotted it. The Team's eyes widened with surprise as Wing Knight closed the rapier. SWORD VENT! The visor said. Kid Flash yelled as a giant bat came from behind him. "He really is a Batman!" Superboy exclaimed as Wing Knight caught the sword. He took out another card and slotted it. TRICK VENT! The visor announced. Multiple clones of Wing Knight emerged as they all fought the Team. The Team tried to fend for themselves, but the Rider was stronger. Wing Knight looked to Batman. "You may be one of those people who just like to fight and not talk." He stated. Batman threw two batarangs at Len. Wing Knight scoffed unimpressively and knocked them aside. "Here's something to get you to listen." He quipped as he took out another card. NASTY VENT! The visor announced. The Blackwing appeared once again and screeched at the Dark Knight. Batman fell to the ground and moaned in pain.
As Wing Knight went in to finish off Batman, an arrow caught him by surprise. The Team was caught by surprise by the same arrows. A green, female Kamen Rider appeared from the top window and pointed it to Wing Knight while Dragon Knight and Onyx emerged with swords in hand. ATTACK VENT! A visor said. Kamen Rider Strike came from the air with the Evildiver, Kamen Rider Sting's Advent Beast. Kamen Rider Torque appeared from another window and pointed his shoulder-mounted cannons and his bazooka at the Team. Kamen Riders Siren and Wrath emerged from the air as well. Batman sent a glare to each Kamen Rider, but they all stood unfazed. The new rider spread out her arms and turned back to human. Wally gasped when he saw that the female warrior was Artemis. "Artemis!" Kid Flash yelled.
Just then, the window spat out a man in black armor. He had golden linings on him and he had a gauntlet on his right arm. This was Master Eubulon's Rider Form. "That's enough." He told the Riders. They all nodded and sheathed their weapons. The Team watched with wonder as they turned back to human. Eubulon did the same and looked to Batman. "Forgive my Riders for the trouble; we needed to get your attention due to an important matter, one involving the fate of Earth." The Advent Master explained, extending a hand to help Batman up. Batman accepted the hand and pulled himself up. The Dark Knight was surprised to see this new group of heroes. "We are Kamen Riders of Ventara, formerly of Karsh." Eubulon explained. M'gann gasped in surprise. "I thought Karsh was destroyed. The Martians haven't heard from them since their Civil War." She exclaimed. Eubulon smiled at M'gann. "A Martian, a Green Martian." He exclaimed surprisingly. M'gann nodded. "I'm a White Martian, actually." She explained. Eubulon nodded in disagreement. "That doesn't matter right now." He stated. Batman glared at the Advent Master. "Follow us." He ordered. The Riders looked to one another and followed the Dark Knight. Artemis looked to her Advent Deck and put it away. Eubulon took notice of this and walked up to her. "The Advent Deck now recognized you as Kamen Rider Sage." He explained. Artemis nodded. "I can live with that." She replied.
As the group neared a Zeta Tube, Batman looked to the Advent Master. "You won't be able to follow us." He told Eubulon. Master Eubulon chuckled. "No matter, we can find another way in." He assured the Team. The Advent Master gestured to his riders to follow him through the reflective screen of the Batcave. Batman scoffed and walked through the Zeta Tube with the Team in tow.
Mount Justice 1026 hours
As the Team entered the Cave, Robin turned around and grinned. "They can't follow us now!" he exclaimed happily. Artemis nodded in disagreement. "I beg to differ." She quipped. The Team turned around and gasped in surprise to see the Riders come out of light bulbs. Eubulon fixed up his suit and looked to the Team. "Now that we're here, let me introduce you to the Great Master." He said, gesturing his hands to the Zeta Tubes. Out of the reflective surfaces of the teleportation devices came two riders: One violet and one blue.
The violet rider had a white book-looking object at his side with a horizontal black stripe covering its center. There was also a black line going down the center of the rider himself. Across his chest was a white X, and his armor looked like it had barcodes on it. The blue rider had a similar appearance, except he was blue and had a vest full of barcodes. He held a blue gun at his side and his linings were silver.
The Advent Master gestured his hands towards the two Kamen Riders. "This is Kamen Rider Kaiser." He said, introducing the violet rider to the Team and Kit. Kamen Rider Kaiser stepped up. "This is my lieutenant, Kamen Rider Brigade." Kaiser introduced the gunman. Brigade gave a salute and a finger gun to the Team and Riders. Kamen Rider Kaiser cleared his throat. "Now that we're all here, we have some important business to attend to." The Rider Master explained. The Team and Riders started to listen in on what the situation was.
Wow, guys! This was a great chapter, right? Decade and DiEnd appear, and the Riders are now with the Team. Artemis is now Rider, but will she learn to master her newfound powers? I hope you all liked this chapter. It took me some time to get it done. I'll still do my partnership story, A New Destiny: Omnibus: Tales of the Team, with Logan GC, but this story is only just starting to get good. The next chapters will be great as well! Please feel free to review and rate, as well as get the chance to talk with me about anything. By the way, Logan GC's new chapter of A New Destiny should be out tonight. It's going to be great, I promise. For now, this is SuperHeroTimeFan signing off! Have a great week!
