"King of Spades and Knight of Hearts, Kamen Rider Blade!" The Yummies back up and stare at us, knowing that they have no chance.
"Pure as Gold and Benevolent as an Angel, Kamen Rider Odin!" This is why I love my friends. They don't question anything weird.
"Hardiest of All Beetles and Protector of All Light, Kamen Rider Ketaros!" The Yummies look about ready to pee themselves.
"One-Man Army and Army of One, Kamen Rider OOO!" God above, this is sweet!
"Sum of Heaven's Knowledge, Kamen Rider WiseWoman!" And now on to your previously scheduled ass whooping:
Ling, as Ketaros, gets in the first hit. Hitting a button on the side of his Zecter, the small device announces: "Clock Up!" and he speeds away in a cloud of dust. He uppercuts one of the monsters at Mach 2 and it shoots through the roof like a space shuttle.
Next, I pull out my sword and slash at one of the mummy-like creatures standing stunned and confused. I sever the top half of it from the bottom half. It falls to the floor with two limp, wet smacking noises.
Faith pulls out the Special Ring and slides it over the Hand Author on her belt. "Special, Please!" A magic circle appears in front of her, from which a jet of white-hot flame and stained glass shards issues, turning the next Yummy into a miniscule pile of fine ash.
"Up and in!" Camden screeches as he slams the fourth monster into a school trophy case. The Kaijin then falls to the floor after having left a perfect imprint of its body shape in the broken glass covering.
The Tora claws on the OOO armor pop out and onto Reeves' hands unexpectedly. He stares at them suprisedly for just a moment until a comfortable ease creeps into his stance.
"This is awesome." He says as he charges the final mummy creature. He just finishes cutting it into ribbons when the Yummy that Ling punched through the ceiling falls back to Earth.
"Wait..." I pause and take a look around the area we've been fighting in. Trash Yummies are created by a single broken Cell Medal. That's what makes them as weak as they are, but these five have been vomiting up Cell Medals by the pound since we started fighting. The truth dawns on me just as the Kaijin's forms begin to shift and wobble sickeningly:
"It's a disguise! Get back!" I yell to my friends just as a rotten yellow light begin to form around the monsters. All five of us jump back just as they explode into a blue-and-purple slime.
"How observent of you, child." A deep baritone voice says from the sludge before laughing like an echo through a wet cave.
"Okay, let me guess. Those things we just beat up without effort were just a stalling tactic by a more powerful monster?" Faith says, still in fighting stance with the rest of us.
"It seems like it." Ling says with an exhausted sigh.
"Yep. I am afraid it is." I say before sighing tiredly myself.
"Seems Kaijin cannot exist without Riders to fight them. Oh well. It's more fun for me this way." The pile of goo has formed into a roughly humanoid shape. The monster's features become more distinct until I see the monster that we've actually been fighting: The Jellyfish Undead.
"Last time I checked, the Jellyfish Undead couldn't shapeshift." I point out to the Kaijin.
"Originally, no I could not, but a new world brings new powers." He says offhandedly.
"I've got a funny feeling that there's more to it than that." Camden says accusingly.
"In any case, your defeat is inevitable, children. Give up!" The Undead assumes an aggresive stance.
"Not gonna happen and you know that, snot-for-brains." I say as I turn to my friends and nod assuringly.
"Let's do it!" Faith yells to the sky as we all charge the monster.
"Very well." The monster's liquidlike arm streches to attack Faith and grapples her by her right arm. It slams her multiple times against the tile floor.
"Faith!" Ling screams. He charges the monster headfirst with his horned helmet. The monster was too preoccupied beating the crap out of Faith to notice, so it's form stayed solid as Ling rocketed into the creature's chest, knocking it clear across the room and through a wall to the gymnasium.
"Camden, Reeves, Ling. Keep him busy while I check on Faith." The three of them sprint into the gym without a word.
"I..I'm concious..." Faith says shakily. "A little dirty, but alive..." She gets up slowly with me helping her up. "We have a Jellyfish to flatten." She says before grabbing my arm and pulling me to the gymnasium door.
Camden is bashing the monster from the left with his Guard Vent shields. Ling is hitting the monster's front as a bronze blur of motion. I'm guessing he Clocked Up again. Reeves has pinned the monster's elasticy right arm through the floorboards with the Tora Claws and is repeatedly kicking the Kaijin with the Batta Legs.
"Guys, form up!" Faith yells to them.
We all converge behind the dazed Jellyfish creature.
"Do exactly what I say when I say go. Camden, slot your Final Vent card. Ling, press the first two buttons on your Zecter and jump before your press down the third one. Faith, swipe your Kick Strike ring over the hand symbol on your belt and jump up. Reeves, take that black disc and slide it over all three of those coins in your belt again. Everyone got it?"
They all say "Yeah" almost at the time as each other.
I pull out the Drop Whale Rouze Card and hold it in front of my chest plate. "DROP" it says as it fuses to my armor. "GO!"
"Final Vent : Eternal Chaos." Goldphoenix flies out of the baseboard glass of the basketball hoop and picks up Camden in its talons.
Ling presses the first two buttons. "1,2," He jumps and presses the third. "...3, Rider Kick!"
"Faith slides her Kick Strike ring over her Hand Author. "Kick Strike, Please." She floats into the air on a halo of amber crystal.
"Taka-Tora-Batta. Scanning Charge!" Reeves bounces up on the Batta Legs.
I jump up and assume a kick pose. "RIDER..."
All four of my friends finish the phrase with me: "...KICK!"
GoldPhoenix flings Camden at the monster. Ling spins towards the monster in a corkscrew motion. Faith's dominant leg is covered in a multi-colored blaze as she assumes a kicking position. Three rings of red, yellow, and green light appear in front of Reeves as he flies toward the still confused monster. I drop like a stone in a pond towards the monster's head.
We all hit the monster, one after another. The Kaijin falls to its knees as I toss a blank Rouze Card at it. It is absorbed into the card in a burst of gray light.
I walk over and grab the Gel Jellyfish card of the floor. I slide in into my belt and power down.
My friends follow my lead and resume normal human form.
"One question, what in the name of God was that?!" Camden says before his armor even disappears completely.
"Well, I can explain that..." A deep, staticlike voice comes on over the intercom.