Chapter 10

My chemical quadrant

As Cerrul pulled his head out of the window pain he had been holding, he put his hands on his helmet, and used it to loosen the joints in his neck. He turned around, and was immediately met by a robot with a large pointy head. "Identify: You are Kamen Rider riptide." "{]- ( uh, there's no one here by that name!" "Analysis: Subject is attempting to subvert unit's suspicions by lying. Suggested course of action: Terminate!" "|]- i Brilliant…" Riptide reached into the deck, and pulled out a card labeled, "stealth vent," and swiftly inserted the card into his croc visor. The visor immediately said, "stealth vent," as Riptide and his shadow slowly dissolved.

The robot looked around and said, "analysis: Opponent is attempting to hide from this unit. Engaging infrared scan." The robot's head spun in a circle before the robot said, "Analysis: Opponent is hiding… there." A small chamber in the robot's chest spun with a hushed whir, before the robot lifted it's left arm, releasing a torrent of pink foam that covered a large portion of the left half of the room. It also left a suspiciously Kamen rider-shaped silhouette on the wall, as well as a suspiciously kamen rider shaped statue covered in pink foam standing in front of it. "{]- ^ well that's a new one!" The robot immediately rushed Riptide, ramming him through the concrete wall into the next room over.

This was immediately followed by a massive black sphere made of a heavy, resin-like material hitting Riptide right in the crotch. This also sent him crashing through the remaining 4 walls in the building, and out into the courtyard, where a fifth wall managed to stop his wanton physics-defying ride on the ball. Shortly after the impact with the fifth wall, Kamen rider riptide groaned, and said, "X- E Oh, god…! My grandkids are probably gonna feel that that one! Better call Shellshock for backup!" Riptide reached into the advent deck, and retrieved a card labeled, "signal vent." He inserted the card into the Croc Visor, and held his hand out in front of him as the visor yelled, "signal vent," and summoned a flare gun that he raised above his head, and fired. A swamp green ball of fire flew into the air, and exploded into a swamp green smoke cloud shaped like a crocodile. "|]- { I just hope someone saw that, or my ass is as good as dead."

The black ball was suddenly thrown aside, as the robot said, "Analysis: target has managed to survive. Redoubling efforts to terminate." Riptide reached back into the deck, and pulled out a card, and rapidly placed it into his visor, causing it to say, "guard vent." A massive shield appeared in his hands, blocking another barrage of chemical foam that was probably harmful. Riptide proceeded to pull another card from the deck called, "rolling vent." After placing it inside the visor, Cerrul curled himself up into a ball and began to roll at the robot with incredible and nauseating speed. The robot aimed at Cerrul and said, "nuh-uh, girlfriend!" before spraying more foam onto Cerrul. This foam in particular seemed to be a powerful adhesive, as Cerrul stopped rolling forward and just sat their, stuck to the ground.

The robot drew closer to Cerrul and said, "Any last wishes?" "{]- | Yeah, just one; what's your name?" "My name is Chemogoblin." "| ]- ) oh, I get it! It's pronounced like hemoglobin, but with a c instead of an H, very clever! As a connoisseur of bad puns, I approve!" "DDon't EEven GGet MMe started, Cerrul!" "What the Sulphur Hydrogen Iodine Technetium was that?!" Chemogoblin was suddenly hit in the face by an orange Kamen rider's shield. "{]- D Zander! Boy, am I glad to see you!" "DDamn RRight you AAre! I MMean, it's kinda hard to MMiss AA GGiant AAlligator shaped EExplosion!" "|]- \ We've been over this before, it is a crocodile, not an alligator!" "Whatever. Let's just vent this creep so I can GGet on with MMy life!" Cerrul nodded, and pulled out a card with the symbol of his advent beast-razordile-and inserted it into his visor. Zander pulled out a card with the symbol of his advent beast-Tortugagigas-and followed suit. The two advent beasts appeared, and Tortugagigas' shell opened, and it's limbs retracted into the shell, firing jets to lift it into the air to become a massive hoverboard that Zander mounted. Razordile opened it's jaws, and Cerrul climbed inside, before being ejected at Chemogoblin. He performed his rider kick at the same time as Zander and Tortugagigas rammed straight through the robot.

Shortly there after, Cerrul poked his head through the mirror in the bathroom as Poppie was preparing to take a bath. He unceremoniously tossed Chemogoblin into the bathroom and said, "|]- [ here, merry 12th perigee's eve!" He immediately ducked back into the portal, leaving Poppie confused, and oddly intrigued.