Masked Rider The 1st

Momoko, now as "Agent HOPPER", shows up again and gets another shot at Kuriko as another member of FOX-HOUND appears and joins the fray in pinning down the semi-heroine of this fic.

And in case you didn't notice, this is round 3 of the Akatsutsumi sister fight, and see if the 10-year old can outwith her 15-year old sister as she attempts to save another hostage.

Disclaimer:

- Demashitaa! Powerpuff Girls Z is owned by Aniplex, TV Tokyo, and Toei Animation

- Metal Gear Solid is owned by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan

- Kamen Rider is owned by Ishimori Productions

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"Torturing me with some kind of drug…trying to make me admit the code for a new weapon until that was hidden in this base…but I resisted until some guy dressed in a gas mask managed to read my mind...and then another guy dressed like an octopus head took some of my blood and left. I don't know what this all mean and …UHHNN…AAHHNN…ARGH!! FKSIEGJ…FDDABGFGH…!!"

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The scene flashed repeatedly on her mind as Kuriko was crawling within the vent passage as she wondered if the drug injected into the DARPA chief was the chief cause of it. She also wondered that there is this "blood" available so if needed, she can use it to help Momoko until they get to a doctor. As she passes by a gate, she overheard two guards talking, and this tweaked her curiosity.

"…heard that this Kenneth Baker is the president of ArmsTech, and he sure has a lot of knowledge on weapons and such…in fact he knows how to insert weapons on a person's limb…"

"…a real cyborg, huh? Makes sense…where is he now?"

"…hidden somewhere within the 6th floor, and I heard he's about to be killed off…"

Kuriko sees this as an opportunity to find this Baker and hopes he holds the key in saving Momoko, but was worried on how to get threw without alerting the guards. After leaving, the guards then contacted Liquid Snake, informing them that they've seen Kuriko leaving via thermal goggles.

"Sir…target confirmed…she is heading to the upper level…why shouldn't we pursue her?"

"Because she'll just run off again…besides…once she's in the open, someone will intercept her there…now back to your rounds."

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At the conference room, Revolver Ocelot is loading his revolver pistol as he leaves for the 6th floor as he intends to meet up with Kuriko and plans on torturing her mentally, and then slowly shoot her down to make her agony painful, as he looked forward to face her in combat seeing how she managed to outwit the newly created "cybernetic soldier". Shinigami left and is heading to the armament room when one of the soldiers came and gave them his report.

"Sir...Decoy Octopus has brought with him another "subject" that you ordered."

"Ah...another guinea pig to try out on..."

Liquid Snake was very curious as to why he was intent on capturing another Japanese girl when they have most of the kidnapped victims in the storage room, and decided to ask him about it and hopefully get an answer that would make a lot of sense.

"I am curious, Shinigami...first is this Momoko Akatsutsumi...then this Miyako Gotokuji...why the interest in Japanese girls? I'm sure there are others...why them and not the other teenagers we took?"

The Japanese scientist glances at the FOX-HOUND leader as the soldier left them alone, and finally made his reply that further tweaked his curiosity. He motions him to follow and they went to his secret room and activated the monitor, and there the terrorist leader was astounded to see the footages of the Powerpuff Girls Z in action and saw Hyper Blossom and Rolling Bubbles and deduced that they resemble Momoko and Miyako.

"I've been watching them for the last three years…and the three have fascinated me and I wanted to capture them and learn how they got their powers. It became an obsession to me but sadly they lost their powers when they defeated a powerful demon and in the process they lost their powers. I was about to give up on them when I heard about this facility here and was looking for someone who could help me out and there I found you. Although the two girls in our possession no longer have their powers, but the ones we input is more than enough. And once our second guinea pig is a success, we will then mass-produce an army of super soldiers. Satisfied?"

Liquid Snake ponders at the reply and thought that it might be a good idea should Shinigami's experiments prove to be a success, and with the others are next in line they can do whatever they want and can extort money from powerful countries like the USA and Canada should they make their threats real enough to put the governments in their thrall and give in to their demands. They shook hands and left the room to meet up with the rest of his "henchmen".

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Back at the air duct, Kuriko was sweating despite the cooling atmosphere as she was thinking about what happened for the last several hours. First Momoko was abducted, and then she was turned into a brainwashed fighter in an insect-like, body-armored assassin, and then meeting with a fellow kidnapped victim who told her why she was kidnapped and now he died in front of her. Finding this Kenneth Baker is now her only chance in finding a way to save her. She has been having trouble navigating her way up for the past several hours, and her provision is starting to run out. She has to find a way to replenish them so that she can continue her search.

By the time she got to another set of passages, she chose the middle part and went up, finally saw "gate" and opened it. There she saw a white-haired man, an American and is in his mid 40's. He was startled to see a 10-year old Japanese girl coming here and deduced that she came to rescue him.

"The tarnation…you came here on your own??"

"Are you Kenneth Baker?"

"How do you know my name??"

"Overheard some goons back there…they say you hold the key in…huh? Why are you tied up in wires? And…what the…bombs??"

"They're C-4's! Touch them and we're both toasted!"

Then gunshots were shot and it nearly hit Kuriko's feet as she jumps out of the way. Turning around, she was who fired the bullets. It was Revolver Ocelot. He is wielding a pair of revolver magnum pistols and raises them both, looking forward to shoot her down. He glances at Baker while looking at the younger Akatsutsumi. He was quite full of himself and looks down at Kuriko, dismayed that a 10-year old girl managed to escape Hopper Rider's assault.

"So you survived the fall…that would explain why the wolves weren't there to eat you up…and I presume you saw the DARPA chief die in front of you?"

Baker stared wide-eyed at this and was incensed at what Ocelot had just said. He tried to struggle but he realized that the C-4 are connected to the wires so he had to stay still and watch as the other two prepare for battle.

"I'm amazed you've gotten this far...and that would mean a big blow to our ego...I'm not letting a brat like you ruin our plans so I'll be putting you out of your misery. If Shinigami were here, he'd be interested in turning you into one of our army, but it'll be a waste since you're just a kid. Hope you have a lot of luck as you won't be able to outwit my pistols."

"Who are you? What have you done to my sister??"

"Oh...so you're her little sister...that explains it...too bad you won't be able to see her and live to tell the tale. As for who I am...I'm Revolver Ocelot, FOX-HOUND's weapon master. Let's put a stop to this chit-chat and let's play a little cat and mouse. Hope you're prepared to die. Let's fight!"

The scene shifts into an overhead view, as the area they are in is a room surrounded by steel support beams and are full of C-4 explosives and are connected to every wire and are placed in several walls. the support beams are in the center area forming a semi-circle/square area where the combatants can run around, and so the fight begins as Ocelot ran after Kuriko and opened fire, and the younger Akatsutsumi made a mad dash to outrun her assailant and dodge the bullets. This wasn't what she was hoping and expecting and she became more alert as the bullets nearly hit her neck and had to keep running.

The chase lasted for about a minute and a half, as the shooting stops and through the open space of the support beams she saw Ocelot stop running and was doing something. As she wonders what was happening, Ocelot began to go after her again and tries to shoot her down, and again she was forced to run, in which the two were running around in circles, and again after more than a minute they both paused, and a few seconds later the chase resumes, which was repeated five times, and there she notices that the shooting was quite systematically as he was shooting slowly, as if he was trying to conserve some bullets. She then had to keep running until he stopped chasing her and was doing something again. At that point, Baker shouted at Kuriko which gives her a chance to rebound.

"His pair of magnum pistols have only six slots of bullets. Once he run out of ammo, he'll stop to reload! Try to get him and not give him a chance...UHNFH!"

Baker was struck down by Ocelot, preventing him from further helping her, but Kuriko, realizing that this is the chance she needed, crawled under the support beams and saw several bolts and screws scattered and took them in her hands and she began to formulate a plan to make him waste his bullets so that she can openly retaliate without risking herself getting shot. As Ocelot began to look for her, Kuriko threw a small bolt at the far end, and he took the bait and open fired, but then he saw nothing. Seeing that the ruse works, she tried it again and threw it to the other far end, and again he wasted more bullets, but she realize that he might guess her plans so she crawled near him and when he was within her area, she tosses the small debris and appeared out in the open, and when ocelot give chase, he ran towards the bolts and nuts and slipped, in which he fell face-first, dropping and losing the pistols. There the younger Akatsutsumi began to crackle her knuckles as she begins to punch and kick her way to him.

"Now then...let's see how tough you are without your toy guns...TAKE THIS!!"

She delivered a barrage of kicks and a flurry of punches that send him slamming against the wall and she made sure he didn't get hit near Baker or the C-4 explosives, and Ocelot tried to retaliate but she was too quick for him and this hurt both his ego and pride. Baker was watching the scene and was astounded to see a young girl taking down one of the terrorists, but wondered how she can save everyone from doom knowing how many terrorists are here. Then the scene and the situation changes as someone grabbed Kuriko by her hair and threw her to the ground. It was Momoko Akatsutsumi and she was still glaring like a zombie due to the fact that she was "programmed" to do FOX-HOUND's bidding.

"About time you arrived. Keep her busy while I try to reload." Ocelot commanded, and Momoko nodded as she spins the spinning wheel on her belt and the scene zooms in on her belt's spinning wheel, and then the scene zooms out as she was in her black armor and then she puts on her helmet and pulls down the helmet's metallic mouthpiece to complete the transformation, becoming Agent HOPPER. HOPPER then began to engage in physical combat with Kuriko and slowly Kuriko is being staggered back as her possessed elder sister was now physically stronger, as her punches and kicks made dents on the steel barriers as Kuriko managed to dodge the attacks, and now the younger Akatsutsumi is in bigger trouble as Ocelot joins in, shooting her down, but in the melee he ended up hitting Hopper as Kuriko managed to dodge the bullets. Due to the Hopper armor, Ocelot's bullets didn't pose any problems for her. Realizing that she has to make an escape, Kuriko straddled onto Hopper back and took a cloth to cover her helmet, blinding her while grappling onto her long, red hair and in the Hopper's confusion and disorientation she ended up hitting Ocelot's right hand, crushing it with a strong punch while Kuriko jumps out of the way.

Incensed, Hopper took out a katana and tries to slice Kuriko to tidbits but the crafty 10-year old tricked her into slicing Ocelot's crushed, right hand, amputating it and then led her to cut the wires freeing Baker and then threw the remaining bolts at the C-4 boxes, setting off a chain of massive explosives that threaten to topple the room. Kuriko took Baker with her while Ocelot fled the room but Hopper was pinned down by the debris. After a minute of falling debris, the area was covered in dusts, and when the scene was cleared, all that's left are shattered cements, broken walls and fallen steel barriers and support beams. There are no signs of moving underneath the rubble, indicating that Momoko Akatsutsumi, who became the cybernetic soldier under the name of "Agent HOPPER", has been defeated, or so they say.

To Be Continued…

So…is this the end of our heroine? She died as a victim rather than saving the day (or night?)

Preview:

Kuriko gets to talk to Baker and learns more about who she is facing against and moves on to see if she can get help or die trying.