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Chapter 5: The Mystery of Beast

(3rd POV)

A few hours have past since Philip was in the Planetary Bookshelf, only to be kicked out due to a security issue from a keyword. Shotaro explains to Brendan that this wasn't the first time it has happened to Philip, for it also happened during the time when Philip himself was slowly learning about who he was before.

Frustrated over on not getting the information he needed. Brendan walks into large room while placing one of his rings onto his right hand.

"Computer, activate dimensional underworld system on setting level two. Authorization: Sparda-Blue-Gamma-Nine-Seven-One." He said as a few places on the walls and in the floor began to hum.

"[Authorization: Granted.]" Came a voice just as the room started to change color as it turned into something darker. Brendan suddenly put the ring to his buckle.

"Dragorise, Please! Here I come, to become your master!" Came a voice from Brendan's buckle as a portal opened up from above. The WizarDragon soon appeared as flew through and landed in front of Brendan.

"WizarDragon... Obey me." Brendan said softly as he walked over to him. "I'm in need of your help my friend."

"You wouldn't have summoned me like this if you didn't." Said WizarDragon as he gave a soft chuckle. "How may I help?"

"What do you know about a Kamen Rider named Beast?" Asked Brendan.

"Beast?" Said WizarDragon, looking at Brendan until he softly shook his head. "I know nothing of the Kamen Rider you speak of."

"Damn..." Brendan scoffed, feeling his frustration rise again. "Back to another dead end."

"Not true."

Brendan looked back to WizarDragon as his eye narrowed at him. "What do you mean?"

"How easily you forget forget that I'm a part of you, for what you see is what I see." Said WizarDragon. "After all, I am your inner Phantom."

"I know. I know." Said Brendan as he went over to lean against WizarDragon's side. "I just wish I had more to go on in solving this case and find out who he is. Maybe get him onto our side and join our team..."

There was a brief pause for a moment of silence as Brendan tilted his head up and closing his eyes.

"Perhaps..." Said WizarDragon as he broke the silence, causing Brendan to look at him. "Maybe there's a phantom out there that might know something about your mysterious rider."

Brendan pondered at what his inner phantom had said, but it was only for a moment until an alarm broke out throughout N.E.S.T. Base as Brendan tapped the earpiece to his intercom. "Elita, what's going on out there?"

"We've got an intruder inside the building! There reports saying it's a Wizard of some sort warping all over the place!" Cried Elita-One from Brendan's com-link as he heard a few gun shots in the back ground. "What do you think you're doing, soldier?! Stop shooting or you'll kill someone! BAKA!" She cried again, followed by someone screaming in the background. "And Momo just fell over while in Ryotaro's body..."

"Of course he did." Said Brendan, not amused as he got off from WizarDragon to walk away from him. "Elita, stay were you are and disarm all personnel until I get there. Do not engage! I repeat, Do not engage!" Brendan soon turned to his WizarDragon as he reached the door. "Sorry about this, but we'll have to settle it another time. Computer, return to previous settings."

WizarDragon chuckled with a smile just as he was about to disappear while the room returned back to what it was before Brendan entered.

(Shawnee National Forest; Simpson, IL, USA)

Meanwhile, the phantom known as Gremlin walks about in his human form, knowing full well that he's being followed from the shadows as he walks slowly with a playful smirk on his face.

"Aren't you going to come out an...AGH!" He said, only to be attacked, pinned down to the ground on his stomach. Gremlin tried to get up in a struggle, only to have a large axe drop down in front of his face.

"What are you doing here on my turf, Traitor? You're trespassing!" Came a feminine voice that growled with a harsh, stern, and cruel tone.

"Nice to see you too... Vixen. You look beautiful as ever." Gremlin joked as he turned his head to looked up, seeing a mutated red humanoid fox in orange, and gold armor in a flame design. "Surely you wouldn't kill a fellow Phantom, would you?"

Vixen lifted up her axe, allowing it to rest on her shoulder and got off of Gremlin. "Consider yourself lucky. If you were just a mere human, I'd throw you into the deepest despair where no Phantom can be born from. Now State your business! What do you want?" She asked as there was a demanding tone in her voice this time.

"I was wondering if you'd be interested in helping out to flush out a wizard from hiding." Gremlin said as he got back up on his feet. "But if you're not, I can always go and ask Medu..." Gremlin was suddenly cut of as the blade of Vixen's axe was suddenly place near his neck.

"Don't you ever mention that name. We both follow Wiseman, but we never did like each other." Vixen hissed. "If you ever bring that up again, you'll be the first Phantom that I'll hunt down and kill. Do I make myself clear?"

"Vixen," Came a voice that was not too far. "...let him speak. I want to hear what he has to say."

Both Vixen and Gremlin slowly turned to a figure stepping out from the shadows in the trees. He was like them, a phantom that went by the name of Pheonix. His form was that of a mutated bird. Vixen slowly withdrew her axe as Pheonix approached.

"Pheonix, hey there! When did you put yourself back together?" Asked Gremlin.

"A few weeks ago, but I'm not back to full strength yet." Said Pheonix as he groaned. "Vixen has been kind enough to let me stay until I'm strong enough and report back to Wiseman... right after I deal with that ring-bearing wizard."

Vixen scoffed as she leaned against a tree. "Whatever... What kind of help do you need... And who's the target?"

"Well..." Said Gremlin with that playful tone of his. "...It's actually two targets, and they're both wizards."

"Two wizards?" Asked both Vixen and Phoenix in unison as they were surprised.

"Where did this second wizard come from?" Asked Phoenix as he felt his blood starting to boil.

"Remember that village hidden in all that forest Wiseman destroyed two years ago?" Said Gremlin. "That's where he's from."

"I see..." Said Vixen as she pondered. "I'd like to meet him... and maybe play with him for a while before I kill them both."

"I wouldn't mind getting some payback of my own." Phoenix growled. "You can count me in."

Gremlin smirked at his fellow phantoms until they began to formulate a plan.

As for Jayden, he was riding through the streets, seeing people going about their business. His only concern was to find and kill the wizard that destroyed his village.

But as he rode, his mind drifted off thinking of Renamon, and all the times they've been together over the years. The way they kissed, the way they held one another. He often wonder where she was, but he also thought the worst of not seeing her ever again. However, he continued searching.

He soon felt his stomach growl as he got hungry, and it wasn't just him, but his Chimera phantom too.

'Yeah, I hear ya. We're both hungry! Once I get some food, I'll feed you some ghouls.' He thought, coming up to a nearby diner. 'It be even nice if there was a useless phantom as a treat from our friends in the alliance for once.'

Just after getting off his bike, he saw the front door to the diner suddenly opening up as a biker with a beard was thrown out by a middle-age man in an apron.

"And next time, Stay out, Punk! Or I'll call the cops!" He shouted to the biker as he entered back into the diner.

Jayden soon got off his bike as he softly shook his head with a scoff, looking at the biker laying on the ground. He soon walked up to the door and entered.

Back at N.E.S.T., Soldiers were falling left and right, trying to catch a figure in black robes and hood. Elita-One had every weapon confiscated from both Soldiers and Autobots alike.

The figure kept sprinting down hallways, evading every soldier from being caught. It raised up it's right hand with a spell ring on, placing it to it's buckle. "Fall, *ding* Now!" Came a voice as a portal opened in front of the figure's feet. The soldiers fell through to one level below the figure as it ran inside the base, continuously.

Brendan walked furiously down a corridor in a clam like manner in his Hurricane Dragon form, wielding his WizardSwordGun (in Sword Mode) in a back hand style. He placed a couple of fingers from his other hand to his helmet, speaking into the earpiece. "Attention all N.E.S.T. and T.K.R. personnel, cease all attempts on capturing the intruder. I'll handle this myself. Elita, I need you and Ironhide on standby to make the drop. No weapons, understand?"

"Got it. We'll be ready for your signal." Said Elita-One through the com-link.

Just as Brendan turned the corner, a spell was cast from out of nowhere. "Screw you, *Ding* Now!" Came a voice as Brendan looked down, seeing the floor braking open just below his feet. He jumped back as a hole formed in front of him. Just as he landed, the hooded figure landed in front of him as well, making the first strike with a right hook.

Brendan staggered down to the floor. The hooded figure moved over to Brendan, lifting him up by his neck, and pinned him against a nearby wall.

"I don't know... how you managed to... infiltrate this base..." Said Brendan just as he was being choked. "But if you're still... attention is to kill me... You'll have to work... harder at it... Beast...

It was then the hooded figure released Brendan from it's grip, dropping him back down to the floor. Brendan gasped, breathing to get the air back into his lungs, unaware that the figure lowered it's hood. "Who're you calling "Beast", you idiotic jerk!"

Brendan, still being in his Hurricane Dragon form, slightly twitched up from the mere mention of that phrase, but also because of the voice he heard. He slowly looked up, seeing a face that belonged to a woman that he hadn't seen in years.

"Koyomi? But I thought you were-" Said Brendan, only to have his face stomped on by Koyomi's foot to stop him from talking.

"Do you have any idea how hard it was on tracking you down?!" Said Koyomi as she was somewhat upset. "No letter? No visit since you left Japan? No Anything?"

Brendan grunted with every complaint Koyomi threw at him... that was until he spoke into his com-link. "This is Sparda, get me a security detail at my location... and have some repair crews get to work. Everywhere else, stand down and return to your duties."

Koyomi stomped her foot into Brendan's face once more. "Nice to see you too..." Brendan grunted.

Author's Notes: You already know that Phoenix was killed back in Nephilim Sparda Prime's KR Wizard: The Alian War, but just like in mythology, a phoenix can revive itself from it's own ashes.

"Screw you" is the dark version related to the "Drill" ring.

It's going to be a while for the next chapter to be up. Possibly two weeks to a month. I've got to let my creativity take a rest before hurt myself and lose focus.

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