Episode 1: The Worms' Return

OP: NEXT LEVEL - YUKI

That night a man was being pursued by several green beings into a dead end. "Please, don't kill me!" the man pleaded. But it was all too late. The green beings mauled the man to death. The green beings, all six in total, are shaped like hunchbacked hooded man, with right arms that looked like pickaxes rather then normal arms. Their leg toes are only two, standing firm in the ground in a grotesque manner. Their shiny fangs glisten in the darkness, hiding their hideous eyes and nose in the darkness of their hoods. The beings ran across the city district, until they are stopped by a crew of 6 men.

"Worms! Surrender or be killed!" one of the men shouted. The creatures, dubbed Worms, instead grunted and clawed through the men, but were stopped by a barrage of gunfire. The men basically looked like black Shadowmoon-like soldiers with silver features, with buckles with the words ZECT inscribed on it. The men wield machineguns on their right arms. These are Proto-Riders, foot soldiers used by a mysterious organization called ZECT. This organization, formed around 4 years ago in Japan, is tasked to kill every single alien invaders called Worms in the world. For you non Kamen Rider geeks, Worms are creatures that can kill humans and assume their forms and memories in order to overrun the population. Somehow, the Worms threat had moved to Indonesia, and a branch of ZECT had to be formed there. In Japan, ZECT uses the standard ZECTroopers, while in Indonesia, ZECT uses the Proto-Riders, a more advanced form of ZECTroppers.

Now back to the story. The Proto-Riders had managed to diminish the mob into three, and the Worms are now cornered. That's until the leader of the mob starts to shake. "Fire!" commands one of the Proto-Riders. The squad fired all of their machinegun bullets on the shaking Worm, but it was too late. The green coloration rapidly turns into a rusty red color, before breaking apart, revealing a black and white spider-like creature. The being has a skull-like face, with shields covering his forearms, and four spider legs sticking out from his back. A tribal symbol is seen on the chest. This is Aracneworm Nigrita, a type of molted Worm. The creature grabs the Proto-Riders' leader, before throwing him aside. The other two started to shake and molts from their skins. One of them is colored black and gold, Aranceworm Flavus is the name of the fiend. And the final one turns into a red and blue spider type Worm, named Aracneworm Rubor. The three Aracneworms literally decimated the Proto-Riders, throwing them into a nearby wall, knocking them out. The rest tried to get up, but Aranceworm Flavus started to gain speed and rips through the pack, knocking them out in several punches. This is yet another special feature of Worms, called Clock Up. The molecular structure of the Worm became so accelerated, that the fiend could literally move in blinding speeds and kill humans easily.

The surviving Proto-Rider then takes out a communication device from his right side of his belt, which is design like a wallet which has a monitor inside. The Proto-Rider opens the communication device. "This is Team Alpha requesting Shadow Unit! Three molted Worms had killed 5 people! I repeat, three molted Worms had killed 5 people!" At the same time, Aracneworm Rubor grabbed the man's head and slams it on the pavement, killing him instantly.

The three Worms then proceed to Clock Up away from the scene, but after going for a few miles, gunfire began to penetrate their skins, which causes the trio to stop. The three saw who fired the shots. These are blue and black Shadowmoon-like soldiers, called Proto-Rider Shadow, an elite task force. And from the 8 men, emerges a 21 year old girl wearing a black and white business suit. She has a long black hair and white skin. A characteristic brown mark is visible on her left leg. "Worms, you're the scourge of this world. According to my Perfect Harmony philosophy, you must be eliminated," the girl said, lifting her right arm to the air. A bee-like robot rips through the sky and lands itself on the girl's wrist, it's stinger facing downwards. "HENSHIN!" the girl shouted. "HENSHIN," the device said (using Knight Industries Three Thousand's voice, that super car from the Knight Rider series), before creating a series of yellow honeycomb shapes on the girl's body, before finally finishing the transformation with a row of blinding yellow light rings from the right wrist. The girl had transformed into what could be described as a walking honeycomb. The visor was honeycomb shaped, colored green. The chest was also honeycomb shaped, with a slight brownish color. On the right shoulder pad there's a bee symbol with the letters ZECT breaking through the middle. This is Kamen Rider TheBee, the leader of the Proto-Rider Shadow unit.

The Proto-Rider Shadows takes on Aracneworms Rubor and Nigrita, as TheBee takes on Flavus. The Worm easily succumbs to the Rider's punches, an energy gauge filling up on the Rider's HUD every time the Rider performs a punch, a kick, a chop, or even concede an attack on the chest. TheBee then throws Flavus to the ground, before stomping on the creature several times. But Nigrita performs a sneak attack on the Rider, strangling her as the fiend drags her away from her comrade. Meanwhile, the Shadow unit manages to blast Rubor with their specialized M4 machineguns, before proceeding to stab the Worm with their switch-knives on their left wrists. The combined attack caused the rather weak Rubor to explode. The way Worms are destroyed is rather unique, their color of explosion corresponds to their dominant color. And since Rubor is predominantly blue, he goes out in a blue inferno.

Seeing their friend destroyed, Nigrita reacts quick by bringing down all 8 Shadow unit members using Clock Up. Seeing this, TheBee quickly pushes Flavus back, before flipping the wings on her bee-like device like a switch. Instantly the joints on the armor opens up. "CAST OFF!" she exclaimed. As TheBee spins the device, the device said "CAST OFF." The result is the yellow and silver armor being blown towards both Flavus and Nigrita, knocking them back. "CHANGE WASP!" the device said as TheBee's eyes lit up, a sign that she had accessed Rider Form. Sleeker and faster, TheBee is able to take on both Flavus and Nigrita at the same time, using some karate kicks and chops to blow down the creatures' resistance. Cornered, Flavus and Nigrita decided to Clock Up. "So that's your game plan, huh?" TheBee said, slapping the button on her left side of her belt. "CLOCK UP!" the device exclaimed. Outside the Clock Up universe, the buildings began to be damaged, and garbage cans began to fly. Inside the Clock Up universe, TheBee uses her fast moves and agile chops to avoid both Flavus and Nigrita's slashes, before landing a strong kick on Flavus' abdomen, knocking him out of the Clock Up universe. Annoyed and obviously frightened, Flavus transforms into the man that he mauls earlier, and walked away.

"It's you and me, pretty boy," TheBee said, and punches Nigrita's head, before tripping him to the ground. TheBee wasn't finished there yet. She proceeds to lift Nigrita and sends a punishing punch through the fiend's chest. "Let's finish this, shall we?" TheBee said, and presses the device on her right wrist. "RIDER STING!" the device said. Nigrita rushes forward, only for TheBee to land her Rider Punch called the Rider Sting, which involves stabbing the energized bee device's stinger towards Nigrita's skull, blowing him into white particles instantly. "CLOCK OVER!" the device exclaimed as TheBee gathers her troops. "We have won the battle today," TheBee said, "thanks to my Kanzen Chowa philosophy, we will triumph in every battle!" The Proto-Rider Shadows cheered on hearing their captain's words.

Flavus in his human form ran away from the scene, until a man wearing a blue Chelsea FC jersey with the name LAMPARD on the backside stops him. It's a tall, brown-skinned man with spiky black hair, around 21 years old, roughly the same age as the girl. He instantly slaps on a silver belt of sorts around his waist, and a rhinoceros beetle-like robot flies to his right hand. "You're a Worm, I assume?" the man asked. Feeling challenged, the man transforms into Flavus. "My hunch exactly," the man said, "My name is Max Power…" the man said again, (insert Full Force – RIDER CHIPS) introducing himself as he places the rhinoceros beetle on the belt buckle. "HENSHIN!" Max shouted. "HENSHIN," the device said, and Max was soon being enveloped within a series of blue hexagon shapes, before a series of blinding blue light appears from his body, revealing a silver pupa-like warrior with a blue visor and red features. On his right shoulder pad, a rhinoceros beetle shape is seen with the letters ZECT through it. "…and I'm the man who walks the path of heaven," Max continues his sentence. "KISAMA!" Flavus speaks for the first time ever, "Who the hell are you?" "Kamen Rider Kabuto," Max/Kabuto said, lifting his right hand up to the sky, the moon's light creates a shining ray of light on Kabuto's pointer finger tip. Flavus ran forward, but Kabuto uses his ZECT Kunai Gun Axe Mode to chop the fiend, causing him to fall back. Kabuto kicked the Worm's gut, before performing a series of punches, and finishing off the combo with several blasts from his ZECT Kunai Gun in Gun Mode. Kabuto proceeds to ran towards his foe and gives him a rush attack, before kicking Flavus' head several times, and finishing off with a slice from his ZECT Kunai Gun in Kunai Mode. At the same time the gauge on Kabuto's HUD lit up. Max knows what he must do. Kabuto flips the rhinoceros beetle's horn. His armor began to crack up. "CAST OFF," Max said, and places the horn in the right side of his belt, opening the device's middle section and releases an energy which bursts Kabuto's armor open. At the same time, Kabuto's horn lifts up and places itself on Kabuto's face. "CHANGE BEETLE!" the device shouted as the horn manages to dock on Kabuto's visor. Flavus immediately activates Clock Up, and beats Kabuto with lightning fast moves, before trapping Kabuto within the fiend's web, which he emits from his mouth. As Flavus sees his trapped foe, Kabuto quickly presses his left belt button. "CLOCK UP!" Max shouted. "CLOCK UP!" the device exclaims. Kabuto broke free from the webbings and uses his ZECT Kunai Gun in all three modes to literally break through Flavus's shield and brought him to his knees. Knowing that the Worm had been weakened, Kabuto presses the three buttons on his rhinoceros beetle device. "ONE, TWO, THREE," the device said. Kabuto then returns the horn to it's initial position before Cast Off. "RIDER KICK," Max said, opening the horn again. "RIDER KICK!" the device exclaims as energy surges from the device into Kabuto's horn, before being channeled towards the Rider's right kick. "HA!" Max shouted as he performed the fatal roundhouse kick towards Flavus' head. The creature staggers back, before exploding within a yellow cloud of smoke. "CLOCK OVER!" the device said as Kabuto walked away from the battle, putting on his usual "right pointer finger to the sky" pose. (end insert song)

Kabuto changes back into Max and walked towards home. "Another mission accomplished, Kabuto Zecter," Max said to his rhinoceros beetle robot. The Kabuto Zecter nodded and flew away. 5 minutes later, Max was home. "Tadaima! I'm home!" Max said. Soon the door opens and a girl, around 16 years old, also brown skinned and has short black hair, ran and hugged Max. Her height is about a few centimeters below Max, around 172 cm, while Max is 178 cm. "Max-kun! You're home!" the girl exclaimed. "Of course. Boy, I'm tired. Evanie, is Grandmother home yet?" Max asked the girl, apparently his sister. "No, not yet. Can I make you some milk?" Evanie asked his older brother. "Nah, I could make it myself, Sis," Max said. At the same time a Golden Retriever appears, happy because his master was home. "Aah, Bono, you're waiting for me all this time?" Max asked. Bono barked in agreement. "You must be hungry. I'll drink my milk first, and then I'll give you your dinner!" Max said. The camera pans away from the house seeing the silhouettes of Max, Evanie, and Bono as they apparently created a bit of chaos on the dining table.

At the same time, sailing across the sea from Madura was the ferry ship named "Joko Tingkir," it's destination was Surabaya. The ferry brought the participants of East Java's first Paranormal Convention from Bangkalan, which are mostly from Malang. Accompanying them are four Police boats. On board, an athletic girl, with white skin and long black hair, came out from her cabin towards her neighbor's cabin, knocking on the door. "Hello, is Dr. Shella Dewi Sugianto there?" the girl asked, "This is Josephine Susilowati, my roommate told me to see you." No response. Josephine then kicked the door open, and saws a young woman wearing glasses lying almost unconscious on the ground, clearly badly bleeding and dying. "Dr. Shella! What's wrong?" Josephine asked. "I don't know….there's this black thing that went through the door and do this to me….he has a giant trident and stabbed me several times…." Dr. Shella said, using the last of her breath. She then grabs something, an orb of light from inside her chest and gives it to Josephine. "Use this to fight for our survival, Josephine," Dr. Shella said, before giving out a heavy sigh and dies. Josephine then cries on the doctor's body, but not for long, because the black being that Dr. Shella described suddenly went through the walls again. The being was a man with a shark for a head, and he was armed with a trident, shaped like as shark's fin. An image of a shark's jaw is clearly seen on the man's torso. The elbows and knees were armed with shark fin-like sickles. And on the back, two wing like protrusions are clearly seen, each sprouting at the base of the creature's dorsal fin. "Give me the Agito Seed, girl," the being said. "Who are you?" Josephine asked as she crept outside. "I'm the Shark Lord, Cacharnodon Terrebilis, but you can call me the El of the Sea," the being said, "the OverLord of Darkness is looking for the Agito Seed, so give it to me or die like your pathetic friend!"

Suddenly like magic, the Agito Seed inserts itself into Josephine's body, which causes a chain reaction beyond scientific explanation, and a belt suddenly manifests itself on Josephine's waist. The belt was a yellow orb encircled by a dragon's claw, with two buttons on the left and right. Josephine also suddenly hears a voice inside her head, "Transform…transform into Agito…." And, controlled by the voice's will, Josephine performs a series of elaborate arm movements, started by placing her left hand on her right hand and stretches it front wards and retracting it, before slowly pushing the left arm forward. "HENSHIN!" Josephine shouted as she crosses her arms in the air and presses the buttons on the sides of the belt. A sound that sounds like a motorcycle racing down a track is heard and a blinding light appears, and instantly Josephine is transformed into a Kamen Rider, with red eyes, golden horns, chest, knee pads, gauntlets and greaves, as well as white features on the shoulders, and a black tablet on the centre of her chest. The Rider is actually wearing a black bodysuit with the features installed on it, resembling Kamen Rider Kuuga, only more mystical looking. This is the legendary Kamen Rider Agito.

"DIE!" the El of the Sea shouted and attacked Agito with his trident. Agito tried her best using her punches and kicks, but alas, due to inexperience, Agito was easily blasted to the sea by an energy blast from the El's chest mouth. Agito slowly drowns into the sea as the El laughed in victory. On a nearby Police boat, a man hears the El's laugh, and hears the loud splash. Instantly, the muscular, brown haired white man jumped into the water and swam towards the Jaka Tingkir, climbing it's ladder and punches the El of the Sea from behind. "Who are you?" the El asked. "Name's Lockie Brayshaw, mate, and as the Marine Police of Surabaya, I here arrest you for violence," the Australian-Asian man said. The passengers of the boat, attracted by the Agito-El fight before, looked in awe as Lockie punches the El of the Sea, dodging his energy blasts and trident swaps, before with a side kick sends the fiend into the sea. He then quickly jumped back to his Police boat and guided the "Jaka Tingkir" to the Tanjung Perak Harbor as soon as possible. Little does he know, the El of the Sea came to the boat in order to harvest the Agito Seeds that the passengers have, and he didn't realized that the paranormals from Malang in this boat, maybe in mortal danger….

The next day, a group of girls from a Malang junior high school is having a picnic on Kenjeran Beach. The two girls are busy collecting seashells when suddenly they saw a body on the beach. Curious, they called the lifeguard and investigate. In a close lookup, the body was….Josephine Susilowati……(The scene closes in a series of insect wings, Kabuto style)