Huntress and Warden

In the dead of the night, Valerie had just snuck back into the guest room of the Manson manor that Star loaned out to her. She had spent the majority of the night trying to find any ghosts that were lurking in Amity Park. Sadly, she had not seen any ghost but continued spending most of the night trying to find a ghost with no luck.

"Another quiet night," Valerie muttered as she took off her gear. "Just my luck," she added before slipping into the bed. 'I swear I will kill those Kamen Riders and all those ghosts Dad,' she thought bitterly before falling asleep.

The next day, Valerie had decided to skip school to hunt ghosts without Star knowing that she already left the manor. She decided to head to the east side of Amity Park for her hunt as she flew above the city with her flight pack. The sensors in her helmet scanned the city for any ectoplasm signatures.

As it turned out, her sensors picked up on an ectoplasm signature in the northeast. She shifted herself to the northeast and headed for the location.

Once she reached the area, Valerie spotted the ghost that she picked up on. The ghost was a massive flaming cobra and it was engaged in a battle against eight White Pseudo Riders. The false Kamen Riders were armed with their ectoplasm firing rifles and had encircled the giant ghost snake. However, the fire snake was holding its own by shooting flames at the eight men.

"This one will do," Valerie said as she drew out her rifle to join in the battle.

As she descended towards the ground, Valerie opened fire at the ghost snake. The snake attacked one of the white Riders but was hit in the back of its head, changing its attention from the man to the teen girl slowly heading down towards it.

The ghost snake lunged at the girl but Valerie dodged the snake's attack and fired at the ghost's right eye. The snake hissed in pain as it started lashing about while the eight men below it fired at it while Valerie continued weaving around the ghost while shooting at it before the giant snake fell to the ground.

The eight white Riders scattered away from the falling ghost before firing at it again as the ghost continued to hiss in agony. The eight men and Valerie continued firing at the ghost before the fire snake collapsed onto the ground allowing the men and Valerie to finish it off with a one of the men throwing a silver grenade into the fire snake's mouth.

Once the snake closed its mouth, the silver grenade detonated and caused the ghost snake's head to explode.

"Target neutralized," one of the eight men's said to the rest of the men through his communications system.

As the men walked towards the defeated ghost, Valerie lowered herself towards the one Pseudo Rider that appeared to be in charge of the group.

"Looks like you guys have this one under control," Valerie said to the man.

"Affirmative," the lead White Rider replied before turning towards the Red Huntress. "We're under orders to bring in this ghost to the labs for analysis and experimentation," he told her. "Red Scar and Mr. Masters would also like for you to contact them on the subject of upgrading your armor to a new model," he informed her.

"A new model?" Valerie wondered as she received the contact frequency from the White Rider through her helmet. "Sounds good to me," she added before taking off into the air.

Off at another part of Amity Park, Duncan was in his apartment, sitting on the couch. He had a beer can in his right hand and a couple of empty cans on the floor. The TV was on and was showing Hellraiser: Hellseeker, but Duncan wasn't really paying attention to the movie as the movie wasn't really that good.

In truth, Duncan was pretty much using the movie as a distraction while the beer was simply to numb his mind.

His mother had to return to Canada to finalize the divorce papers with his father. Kristen asked her son if he wanted to go with her to see his siblings, but Duncan didn't want to because that would also mean he would eventual come across the other remaining members of Total Drama and deal with them questioning him on what happened to the others. He avoided returning to Canada for the funeral service for those who died in the final season of Total Drama, as the deaths had severely destroyed the show and the company of the show decided to pull the plug on the show as they faced lawsuits and filed bankruptcy, putting an end to the hiatus and Total Drama.

Duncan did receive a letter from Owen, who told the second American Kamen Rider that he was doing fine and that he wished Duncan would come and visit. Duncan thought about visiting and also seeing his other friend DJ, but he didn't want to risk the media bombarding him with questions on what happened to his former cast mates, and he didn't want to see a certain goth girl who dumped him and during her time in Amity Park, accused him of harming the cast during their time in Amity Park. He had enough of the drama in Total Drama and wanted to enjoy the new life he has made for himself as Kamen Rider Edge.

Duncan had finished off his sixth beer can and placed it on the coffee table and turned off the TV just as the movie ended.

"Hellraiser just isn't as fun to watch after Bloodline," Duncan complained as he started to pass out on the couch.

Several hours had pass before Duncan started hearing knocking sounds emanating from his front door. He rolled off the couch and landed on the floor before groaning due to the hangover he was experiencing. The knocking continued, which was making his throbbing head feel worse as he tried to get back up.

"I'm coming, I'm coming," Duncan said as he stumbled his way to the door. "This better be good," he muttered as he opened the door.

"Hello to you too, man," retorted the person standing in front of Duncan.

Duncan squinted his eyes as he tried to make out the blurry figure before him, until he saw that it was Danny.

"What are you doing here man?" Duncan asked.

"To check on you and to let you know that there's trouble in our fair city," Danny replied.

"Dude, we live in a town that has ghost attacks at least four times a week," Duncan told Danny. "Trouble is kind of the norm here," he added.

"Well this kind of trouble involves a ghost princess, four gems that can do things that make little sense, a possible ghost invasion, a bunch of guys in white that can turn into knock off versions of my Rider form, and some chick in red wearing a red version of the knock off suits," Danny listed off to Duncan.

Due to the alcohol in his system, Duncan's brain wasn't able to completely process everything Danny told him and responded accordingly.

"…Huh…?"

"Just how many drinks did you have?" Danny asked his drunken friend.

Duncan tried to count the number of cans he drank but couldn't remember, which was enough to tell Danny that Duncan drank a little too much.

"God damn it dude," Danny muttered as he entered Duncan's apartment and basically dragged his friend to the kitchen to get him some water. "No wonder your mom asked me to check up on you while she's at Canada," he said as he grabbed a cup and poured some water in it.

"I…don't need a babysitter," Duncan slurred as he wobbled a bit.

"I hope not," Danny replied. "Because it would look really messed up for an eighteen or nineteen-year-old to be watched over by a guys a couple of years younger than him," he added in a joking manner.

"What's…. with the water?" Duncan slurred. "I don't need any," he added.

"Oh yes, you do big guy," Danny told Duncan as he handed the cup to his friend.

Naturally, Duncan refused the cup which resulted in Danny and Duncan fighting in the apartment. While Duncan was physically the strongest of the two American Kamen Riders, Danny had the advantage as Duncan was drunk, which made him sloppy. Danny was able to grab Duncan in a headlock and drag the older boy back into the kitchen and force him to guzzle down seven cups of water.

After Danny's forceful attempt at sobering up his friend, Duncan was in the bathroom, vomiting the contents of his stomach while Danny was in the hallway waiting.

"Okay, so that didn't work," Danny said while watching Duncan continue puking.

"You think!?" Duncan retorted before resuming his vomiting.

"Well anyway, we need to be on the lookout for any more things that look out of the ordinary now that we have some guys in white wearing knock off Rider armor and any ghosts that will be looking for these four gems that are in my house right now," Danny told Duncan in order for him to know what they would have to focus on.

"Knock offs and gem hunting ghosts, got it," Duncan stated before exiting the bathroom. "Anything else I should be on the lookout for?" he asked.

"No, I think that's all we need to keep an eye out for," Danny answered before heading to the front door.

"Then maybe we should start our patrols," Duncan suggested as he followed his friend.

"Should you still be waiting for the alcohol to get out of your system?" Danny questioned Duncan.

"I've rode drunk before plenty of times," Duncan told Danny. "And I haven't crashed into anything this year," he added.

"The year has barely even started," Danny pointed out in a deadpan tone.

"Goes to show that I'm off to a good start," Duncan replied as he and Danny left the apartment.

"This is going to be a long night," Danny muttered as he watched Duncan fumble with his keys before locking the apartment and headed towards the parking garage to get their bikes.

While Danny and Duncan got started on their patrol, Valerie was inside a warehouse owned by Axiom Labs. She had received instructions to enter the warehouse and wait for her contact to arrive with her new combat suit and weapons. She was quite eager to try out the new suit and weapons on any ghost that was unfortunate enough to cross her path once she obtained the suit.

She didn't have to wait long as Valerie noticed the door of the warehouse open to reveal Red Scar and Penelope Spectra walking towards her. Valerie noticed that Spectra was holding a suitcase.

"A pleasure to see you again Ms. Gray," Red Scar greeted Valerie.

"Stow it Cue ball," Valerie cut the bald man off as she eyed the suitcase. "Is my new suit in there?" she asked.

"My she's got a sharp tongue and a sharp eye," Spectra commented before opening the case to show the teen girl her new suit and a new helmet.

Spectra took out the suit for Valerie to see and from what the young African American girl could tell, it didn't look that impressive as it looked like a black and red version of her current suit but it didn't have a backpack and instead had thin gauntlets that went over the top of the hands.

"Is this some sort of a joke?" Valerie growled out in annoyance.

"Not at all," Red Scar told the girl. "This new model uses the latest technology to manipulate the Necroplasm that flows in the suit," he explained.

"Necroplasm?" Valerie repeated the word.

"Artificial ectoplasm created as an alternative fuel source for the suit and weapons system. This suit uses the Necroplasm in order for you to generate powerful weapons base on your own thoughts and allow you to engage in aerial combat without the use of a jetpack or any other support craft," Red Scar explained.

"So this suit will give me ghost like powers?" Valerie asked.

"To a degree," Red Scar replied. "You won't be able to turn invisible or phase through objects, but the helmet does have sensors that can track ectoplasm signature regardless of them being visible," he added.

"That sounds good to me," Valerie said as she took off her old suit and reach out for the new one that Spectra handed to her.

Once the suit was handed to her, Valerie began taking off her old suit so that she could try out the new one. The two adults watched as Valerie put on the new suit indifferently while the teen girl smirked before placing the helmet on. It didn't take long before the V shaped visor flashed yellow and revealed her eyes. She noticed the red lines on the suit were glowing and seemed to move throughout the suit.

Valerie looked at her right hand and saw a red line on the underside of arm and ended at the palm.

"You said that this suit can generate a weapon based on my thoughts, right?" Valerie asked Red Scar.

"That is correct Ms. Gray," Red Scar replied.

After hearing that, Valerie started to focus her mind into creating a weapon out of the Necroplasm in the suit. Valerie's eyes widened as a red glowing substance emerged from her palm before she closed her hand. The Necroplasm lengthen until it took on the form of a large single edged broadsword.

Valerie smirked at the sight of the Necroplasm weapon as she lifted it over her head and bringing it down in front of her. She opened her palm, causing the Necroplasm sword to vanish from her hand.

"As you can see, the suit's abilities are tied to your thoughts," Red Scar said to Valerie. "In short, you are capable of facing off against ghosts and the Kamen Riders on your own and on even grounds," he added.

"That's the best kind of news I could have asked for," Valerie replied as started to think of flying causing the suit to levitate.

Necroplasm wings that looked more like flames which surprised Red Scar and Spectra. Valerie smiled at the sight of the wings and flew out of the warehouse.

"This girl has no idea what she's getting into," Spectra said as she watched Valerie take to the sky.

"Of course she doesn't," Red Scar replied as he watched the girl disappear from his sight. "Teenagers, especially temperamental teenagers, never think about the possibility of being manipulated when they are given what they want," he added. "Which is what makes them perfect lab rats and pawns," he finished.

Over at the Amity Park mattress factory, Danny was on his bike, surveying the area for any ghosts or the guys in white as he decided to call them. So far he had no luck in spotting anyone suspicious.

"I still find it weird that our town has a mattress factory, and for whatever reason it's located at the docks," Danny muttered to himself before resuming his patrol.

What Danny didn't know was that inside the factory, Nocturne was hiding in the factory. He knew that Danny was outside, so Nocturne masked his own ectoplasm signature so that he wouldn't draw the young Kamen Rider's attention. Once he was sure that Danny was gone, the ghost of sleep moved towards the mattresses to begin his plan. Nocturne created a small orb of ectoplasm and was about to place it into the mattress.

Before he could place it in the mattress, Nocturne heard a tearing sound and turned around to see a portal to the Ghost Zone open before him. He saw a white figure exit the portal before it closed behind the new ghost. Nocturne's eyes widened when he noticed the skull like face the ghost had as he grinned at the ghost of sleep.

"Well, what do you," the skull faced ghost said. "I'm here in the mortal world for not even five seconds, and already I've found one of the deserters," he added.

"Walker…" Nocturne whispered in fear.

"Nice to see you too Nocturne," Walker said to the other ghost. "Lord Pariah isn't happy with how you and the others left his domain and fooled around in the human world," he added. "And you know that's against the rules," he continued before firing a blue beam of ectoplasm at Nocturne.

The beam hit Nocturne in his chest and caused the ghost to be flung towards the wall. Nocturne was about to strike back, but Walker had fired three blue ectoplasm rings that latched onto his wrists and neck, pinning him to the wall.

"Release me Walker," Nocturne demanded. "I am one of Pariah's most powerful generals," he told the skull faced ghost.

"Not anymore," Walker told Nocturne as he walked closer to the pinned ghost. "Like I told you, you are now a deserter," he added as he turned his right hand into a spike.

Once he got close, Walker thrust the spike into Nocturne's left shoulder. The ghost of sleep yelled out in pain while Walker leaned in closer.

"Which means 'General,' you are no longer in a position of authority," Walker told Nocturne as he dug the spike deeper into his prisoner's shoulder.

Before Walker could do anything else, he was hit by a barrage of ectoplasm beams. This caused Walker to pull his spike out of Nocturne and the two ghosts turned towards the source of the beams. Standing in front of an open door stood Kamen Rider Phantom in his Artillery Mode.

"I don't know what's going on, but I'm going to guess that it isn't a chat between friends," Danny said as he kept his Gatling arm aimed at Walker.

"I don't know who you think you are punk, but attacking an officer of the law is a serious offense," Walker said as he turned his attention towards Danny.

"Hate to break it to ya Skull-face, but you ain't no cop," Danny retorted. "Besides, I still got a bone to pick with this guy," he added before the Gatling barrel arm started to spin again.

"Interesting," Walker said before reforming his right hand. "But he's coming with me, along with any of the other ghosts Lord Pariah wants me to capture," he added.

'Pariah,' Danny said in his mind. 'I better watch what I say around this guy,' he mentally added.

While Danny found himself up against a ghost who apparent has a connection to the Ghost King, Duncan was up against a different ghost in the northern part of Amity Park. The ghost he was up against was the demonic Ember, who was terrorizing a couple that were out for a hike in the woods. Ember knocked the young man, grabbed the young woman, and was about to make a meal out of her.

Luckily for the couple, Duncan appeared in his Rider form and sped towards them on his bike. Once he grabbed the woman, Duncan immediately turned intangible to phase through the demonic Ember. After phasing through her, Duncan placed the woman on the ground and got off his bike to face off against Ember.

"You've got to be kidding me," Ember complained as she turned to glare at Kamen Rider Edge. "I can't go anywhere without one of the wannabe ghosts pestering me," she continued before lunging at Duncan.

Ember stretched out her elongated arms to strike at Kamen Rider Edge, but the red gloved Rider formed two ectoplasm machetes and cut her arms off at the elbows. The flame haired demonic ghost screamed in pain before Duncan formed an ectoplasm spike out of his forehead and rammed his head at her screaming mouth.

The spike pierced the back of Ember's skull but Ember wasn't going to give up as she enlarged her mouth so she could chomp down on Duncan's head. However, the red gloved Rider flung the ghost off his head and into a tree as the ectoplasm spike vanished from his forehead. Duncan turned his attention towards the young woman behind him.

"You should grab your boyfriend and get the Hell out of here," Duncan told the woman. "I'll take care of this bitch," he added.

The young woman nodded her head before rushing towards her boyfriend, who was regaining consciousness.

While that was going on, Ember managed to remove herself from the tree and glared at Duncan.

"You and that dipshit think you're so special!" Ember screamed as she charged at Duncan. "You think that just because you can use our powers, you can fight us," she continued as her flame hair grew and took on the form of arms.

Ember lashed out at Duncan with her flame arms while the red gloved Rider tried to dodge her attacks. During one of her strikes, Duncan turned intangible so he could pull out the Hunter Blade and switched the Edge Blade with it.

Hunter Mode

With a flash, two red rings appeared and washed over Duncan's body, changing his default Rider form with the Predator-styled Hunter form. He drew out his Heat Scimitars and was ready to take Ember on once again. Duncan swung the Heat Scimitars sideways but Ember used the flame arms from the top of her head to block the attacks.

"Without those stupid belts of yours, you and the dipshit would be nothing but normal, boring losers," Ember told Duncan as she moved closer to Duncan. "It's pathetic!" she yelled.

"Better than some trampy, no name, punk-rock wannabe that nobody care about after she kicked the bucket," Duncan taunted before slamming his left foot into Ember's chest.

Ember was knocked away by the kick, allowing Duncan time to launch two Heat Darts into her head. The demonic fire ghost screamed while her flame hair shrank due to the Heat Darts draining the heat of the flames.

Duncan leapt into the air before diving down at Ember to do a dropkick her face. His feet struck the Heat Darts, which dug deeper into Ember's head while Duncan flipped backwards and landed on the ground. Not wanting to stop the flow of the fight, Duncan charged up the Heat Scimitars before lunging at Ember.

"Rider Slash: Part Two Dash!" Duncan yelled as he performed a dual slash attack.

The two blades cut through Ember's body, creating two parallel horizontal slashes that sliced her into three pieces. Within the three pieces, small portals appeared and sucked Ember back into the Ghost Zone as she screamed.

Duncan stood there for a moment before placing the Heat Scimitars back on his back. He looked around for a bit to see if the couple were still in the area, only to see that they were not.

Duncan was about to deactivate his Rider form, but he stopped himself when a red beam landed at his feet. The red Kamen Rider jumped back and got himself ready for another shot.

"I've finally found one of you damn Kamen Riders," a female voice said above Duncan's head.

Duncan looked up to see a black and red female figure with red flame wings hovering above him.

"The Hell…?" Duncan wondered for a second before he noticed the black and red female dive down towards him with red energy glowing from her right hand.

"You're going to pay for what you've done!" the attacker yelled as she struck out her glowing hand once she got close to Duncan.

Duncan jumped back to avoid the girl and saw her hand hit the ground, creating a crater as the red energy vaporize the ground.

"Holy shit," Duncan cursed as he watched as this girl stood up.

"That was just a taste of what I can do now," the attacker said as she glared at the red Kamen Rider.

"Who the Hell are you?" Duncan said to the attacker.

"Of course you wouldn't know, Kamen Rider," the attacker spat out as if the words Kamen Rider were venomous. "I'm Valerie Gray, and I'm here to make you and the other one pay for what you two did to my Dad!" she yelled as she charged at Duncan while forming a large Necroplasm sword.

Just as Valerie reached him, Duncan blocked the attack with the arm mounted crossbow. However, Duncan cried out in pain as the Necroplasm sword seemed to be burning him despite blocking said attack. When Valerie heard Duncan scream, she smiled underneath her helmet before trying to push her foe back.

"How does it feel to be overpowered by someone like me?" Valerie asked in a mocking tone. "Being beaten by someone whose life you ruined," she added.

Rather than replying verbally, Duncan responded by shooting a heat dart into Valerie's stomach.

Valerie screamed in pain once she felt the tip of the dart punctured her stomach before kicking Duncan away from her. She grabbed the heat dart and ripped it out of her stomach.

"You'll pay for that, you son of a bitch!" Valerie screamed before she threw the dart at Duncan and then charged at him again while turning the Necroplasm sword into glowing energy in her right hand.

Duncan dodged the flying heat dart by side stepping to the left which allowed him to also dodge Valerie's charge attack. He quickly pulled out the Hunter Blade and swapped it with the Edge Blade.

Edge Mode

Out of the corner of Valerie's right eye, she noticed a flash of red before turning around to see Kamen Rider Edge in his default form. Once she saw him, Valerie formed a large handheld mini-gun and fired at Duncan.

"Are you fucking serious!?" Duncan yelled before turning intangible while jumping away on instinct.

Since he was intangible, Duncan sunk into the ground while a hail of Necroplasm bolts flew over his head as Valerie continued firing for a couple of seconds before stopping.

"Fuck!" Valerie yelled out in frustration as she starting shooting the ground.

The Necroplasm bolts tore through the ground as Valerie continued firing at where Duncan was before phasing through the earth. However, her rage blinded her to Duncan's fist appearing below her as the red gloved Kamen Rider phased out of the ground and delivered a powerful uppercut to her jaw. The force behind the punch knocked Valerie off her feet, allowing Duncan to follow up with a spinning back kick to her gut. Duncan landed on the ground while Valerie crashed onto her back and knocking her out.

"Got to remember to thank Danny for teaching me that," Duncan said to himself as he headed for his bike.

As Duncan sped out of the woods, back with Danny, the other American Kamen Rider was in his default form and dodging Walker's attacks. The white ghost shot a blue beam at Danny's chest, but he turned intangible to dodge the attack before rushing towards his foe.

'The fool,' Walker smirked as he fired another ectoplasm beam at Danny.

However, Danny ducked under the beam and closed in on Walker. Danny was about to throw an uppercut at Walker, but the skull faced ghost turned intangible to avoid the attack. After Danny's arm past through Walker, he turned tangible once again in order to grab Danny.

Blizzard Mode

Walker had to cover his eyes as flashing ice blue rings appeared as Danny switched into his ice wielding Blizzard mode. Once the flash of light vanished, Walker uncovered his eyes to see Danny's hand pointed at him palms out and a spray of ice covered him in a couple of seconds. Danny landed on the ground and backed away from his foe as Walker broke himself free from his ice tomb.

"Kid, you are starting to get on my nerves," Walker told Danny.

"But the boy does provide a great distraction," Nocturne said as he appeared before the two combatants. "Now I would like to bid you goodbye Walker," he added before he vanished from their sights.

"NO!" Walker yelled as Nocturne escaped him. Walker turned to face Danny. "I lost my prisoner thanks to you," he growled.

Before Danny knew what was going on, Walker fired a powerful ectoplasm blast at him.

Danny hit the wall behind him and was about to slid off it but Walker appeared before him and grabbed him by his neck. Walker pinned Danny to the wall with one hand and charged up his free hand.

"For the crime of assisting a wanted criminal, I hereby sentence you to ten thousand years in my prison," Walker declared as decided to change his attention to Danny. "You have stepped in it now punk," he added as he created a portal behind them.

Danny struggled to break free from Walker's grip, but the ghost was much stronger than Danny thought.

"Stop your struggling punk," Walker told Danny before delivering a powerful punch to Danny's gut.

Danny lost consciousness as the Phantom Driver deactivated and revealed his human body to the skull faced ghost.

"That's a surprise," Walker commented. "But it makes no difference," he added as he entered the portal with Danny in hand.

Author's note: I think this is where I'll stop the chapter as it went off in a completely different direction. Originally, I wanted the chapter to introduce Valerie's new suit and show Walker doing his job, but as you can see it ended with him taking Danny into the Ghost Zone. This is ironic as I wanted Danny and Duncan to enter the Ghost Zone in a different manner and for Walker and Duncan to become enemies. I can still pull that off, but now I'm thinking of how this unexpected development could bring in a different direction for the story to go.

Even as I type this, new ideas are pouring into my mind on who Danny will meet, how he and Pariah will meet, and how Danny will break out of Walker's prison. So many ideas to explore and write.

As for Valerie's new suit, as many of you can expect, she got an upgrade and to be honest it was a very fast upgrade. But given how much tougher things will be for everyone, it makes sense for Vlad and Red Scar's guinea pig to get a new suit to try out. Ironically enough, Valerie's suit was inspired by the Destiny Gundam from Gundam Seed Destiny in terms of abilities with its flame wings, palm attack, and big ass sword being based off the Destiny Gundam's Wings of Light, palm beam cannon, and anti-ship sword. The Gatling gun was just added on and replaced the large beam cannon. Design wise, Valerie's suit is no different from the one she got from Technus in the original series. In terms of performance, the suit is roughly equal to Danny and Duncan's normal forms, but isn't capable of enduring as much damage as theirs.