"Empress of Light?" repeated Mio.
"It's a long story, but yes, there is an empress of the Rainbow Line." answered Conductor.
"How's it that possible though?" questioned Tokatti as he adjusted his glasses "How can there be an empress and president?" At that, the others nodded their heads in agreement.
"Again, it's a long story that will have to be explained later. We must hurry to go find her before she gets into any trouble!"
"Trouble?" asked Right. Suddenly, another warning flashed on the monitor of a Shadow monster detected nearby.
"Hurry everyone! We must not let the Shadow Line take notice of the Empress!" commanded Conductor.
Meanwhile, Akira was already at the town searching for spare parts to help modify his train. However, he had a habit of spending too much time in the local pet shops. If it weren't for his orange hard hat and belt of tools, people would have mistaken him for an employee. Of course, he seemed to really enjoy playing with the kittens that no one had the heart to ask him to leave. It wasn't until he heard the faint call of someone in need that he rushed out of the shop.
"Help! Can someone please help me!"
Prepared to face a Shadow monster, Akira quickly pulled out his Applichanger. It wasn't until mid-swipe of his ToQ change did he realize that the one calling for help was a small boy who had gotten a kite stuck in a tree. With a small sigh of relief that there was no real threat, he began to walk towards the boy.
"Do you need help with that?"
Pausing in his tracks, Akira looked up to see that a girl was already assisting the boy. Reaching up on her tiptoes, the girl carefully maneuvered the multi-colored kite out of the tree and handed it to the awaiting hands of the child.
"Thank you so much!" cheered the boy.
Yet, before he could run off, a loud blast erupted nearby that soon followed with the deafening screams of civilians. Glancing back at the the girl and boy, Akira saw that she had shielded the boy with her body.
"Hurry! Get to somewhere safe!" shouted Akira.
Of course, the boy obediently followed orders, but the girl still stayed in her spot by the tree facing the direction of the blast.
"I thought I said-"
"Zaram!" shouted the Shadow monster.
"Electric Shadow" whispered Akira as he faced his opponent.
"You will not be escaping alive this time!" With that, Electric Shadow released an explosion of sparks flying in all directions.
Realizing the girl had not left, Akira quickly ran over to shield her from the attack. Injured, he fell to his knees.
"What are you doing?" asked the girl "I can handle-"
"Akira!"
Both Akira and the girl turned to see a group of people in brightly colored suits arrive to the scene.
"Stay back." whispered Akira before he turned to stand back up.
Before she could go and explain to him that she didn't need protecting, her eyes were immediately drawn to the Applichanger and orange ressha in his hand. Nodding in understanding, she moved to an area where it was safe to watch to watch the fight.
"ToQgers, huh? Well guess what, you all will be defeated by me today!" mocked the Shadow monster.
"We'll see about that!" Right retorted as he shot the monster with the ToQ blaster, causing him to stumble back.
For awhile the girl observed a fairly even match against the monster and heroes. The ToQgers, the monster verified them as, seemed to work very well with each other that she questioned how long they've been training and fighting Shadow monsters. Although she was even more confused as to why a Shadow monster was fighting with the heroes. However, she didn't have much to dwell on this as she noticed Electric Shadow had gained the upper hand.
Sending a wave of electric currents, the ToQgers were forced out of their transformation. Seeing that they struggled to get back up, the monster slowly made his way towards them to deliver the finishing blow.
Charging the blue currents of electricity that flashed around his translucent form, Electric Shadow took pleasure in the fear of the heroes. He sneered at them saying "What ToQgers, tired out already? Is this all the power you have? Don't worry, I'll make your deaths quick!"
After releasing his blast of electricity, all they could do was helplessly shield themselves with their arms. Yet after a moment passed with no indication of pain did the ToQgers dare to open their eyes. Shocked, the first thing they saw was a clear shield surrounding them all that shined iridescently against the electric currents that reflected off of it. What surprised Akira even more was that the girl he saw earlier was now standing in front of them, seemingly controlling the shield.
"What?!" yelled the Shadow as he saw his attack did no damage "Who are you?!" he demanded as he pointed his finger at the girl.
Opening her eyes, Electric Shadow flinched at the intensity within them. Calmly with a clear and loud voice she answered…
"I am Arya. Empress of Light."