Author's Notes
*Camera turns on*
*The camera is still outside the studio. The surrounding area seems to be empty, void of the sounds of the battle from earlier.*
*Instead, the sound of a fishing rod's line getting reeled in removes the silence. The camera gets picked up and turned around to see a portal near a patio chair with a fishing rod tied to one of its arms.*
*Connor shows up in front of the camera before he sits down on the patio chair and removes the fishing rod from its bindings.*
*He casts the rod's hook into the portal and waits for something to happen to the fishing rod.*
*The rod starts bending forward, which gets Connor to start reeling in the line very fast. This goes on for a few seconds until he ends up making his chair fall backwards as he yanks the line towards himself.*
*Connor gets the chair to stand upright and he notices the object he fished out of the portal.*
*The object in question was an old, stained leather boot.*
*After a quick sigh, Connor detaches the boot from the hook and throws it behind him.*
Chrom: *approaches with Maribelle from behind* "Hello. What are you doing here, anyways?"
Connor: *Re-casts the line as he says, "I'm just trying to fish for whatever I can get out of this portal."
Maribelle: "What do you even expect to find?"
Connor: "Plenty of things. I don't know where the portal goes to, but I'm sure I'll find…"
*The rod bends forward and almost pulls Connor out of his chair.*
Connor: *In an excited tone, says, "Whoa! Whatever I got on the line must be heavy. That means it has to be valuable!"*
*Connor starts reeling in the line, struggling for a bit as he tries to bring back whatever he got hooked.*
Connor: *Looks at Maribelle and Chrom before saying, "Either of you want to help me bring in what I got hooked?"*
Chrom: *sighs and moves to help*
*The two try to bring the line back in with a hard pull, almost losing their balance. They try another hard pull and manage to bring back the line from the portal.*
*However, what was attracted to the hook was not another old boot.*
Connor: *Looking at what the hook landed on, "... … That's odd."
Chrom: "Wait a minute…"
Maribelle: "My word!"
? #1: "Huh? Father? Mother?"
? #2: "Ma?! Pa?!"
Chrom: "Lucina?!"
Maribelle: "Brady?!"
Connor: "Great… Now I gotta go throw the line back into the portal and try again…"
*Before Connor even moves, he gets interrupted.*
Maribelle: *holding her parasol as though ready to use it as a weapon* "And how did this happen exactly?"
Connor: *putting his hands up, "How am I supposed to know? And you better not strike me with that parasol."*
*Connor looks towards Lucina and Brady, before saying "Uh… sorry about the hook bringing you two here… but I could use some help here with "Ms. Aggressive" over here"*
*Connor feels the back of his head getting hit with a parasol.*
Connor: "OW! Did you just smack me with that parasol?"
*A few more smacks with the parasol follow from Maribelle*
Connor: "Okay, that was the last straw. You better be ready for a fight cause you just got one."
*A bright flash occurs...as some kind of belt appears on Maribelle*
Maribelle: "What is this?!"
*Connor: *To himself, Why do I get the oddest feeling I'm going to be in a world of hurt?"
*A red robotic Rhinoceros Beetle flies in, before hovering in front of Maribelle*
Kabuto Zecter: "I am the Kabuto Zecter. Attach me to the Rider Belt."
Maribelle: "Excuse me?!"
Kabuto Zecter: "Grab me, announce, 'Henshin!', and attach me to the Rider Belt."
Maribelle: "'Henshin'? You mean that quote Daniel says when he turns into Dark Kiva? Uhm...Very well…" *grabs Kabuto Zecter* "Henshin!" *Affixes the Kabuto Zecter to her new belt*
Kabuto Zecter: "Henshin!"
*A digital pattern appears over Maribelle, as a suit of silver, black, and red armor, having heavy plating like a shell, and a single blue visor and a forked horn appears over her.*
Maribelle: "Wha-what is this-"
Kabuto Zecter: "Displaying additional instructions on Heads Up Display."
Maribelle: *silent for a bit* *uneasily* "...Very well…" *Bumps horn on Kabuto Zecter*
*The heavier portions of the armor rising up, detaching from the rest of the armor*
Maribelle: "Cast off!" *pulls the Kabuto Zecter's horn completely to the left
Kabuto Zecter: "CAST OFF!"
*The heavier armor portions blast off the rest of the armor, some of them slamming into Connor.*
Connor: *Recoils in pain as he says, "You got anything else besides that…"
*The Armor is now mostly a black bodysuit with light red plating protecting the upper torso and shoulders; an extension that looks like a red Rhinoceros Beetle horn flips up and attaches to the helmet, giving the helmet a red Rhinoceros Beetle Horn separating the visor into two large, blue, insectoid eyes.*
Kabuto Zecter: "CHANGE: BEETLE!"
Kamen Rider Kabuto: "Hmmm…" *with more confidence* "Well, it appears you better be ready for a fight, because you just got one."
Connor: *With a rather smug grin as the pain goes away, "If that's the only trick you got for that costume of yours, you are still going to lose. I'm going to be nice and give you one free shot. Better make it count."
Kamen Rider Kabuto: "...Clock Up…" *takes her right hand, and swipes something on the side of the belt*
Kabuto Zecter: "CLOCK UP!"
*Maribelle/Kamen Rider Kabuto begins moving at near-light speeds, and uses that time to unleash a powerful barrage of punches and kicks, before...*
Kamen Rider Kabuto: *still in Clock Up* *Presses the 3 buttons on the top of Kabuto Zecter*
Kabuto Zecter: "*first button* ONE! *second button* TWO! *third button* THREE!"
Kamen Rider Kabuto: *presses in the Zecter's Abdomen, and flips the horn back to the right* "...Rider...Kick!" *flips the horn back to the left, causing electricity to spark from the Zecter and the belt*
Kabuto Zecter: "RIDER KICK!"
*Electricity travels up to the helmet's horn, then to the right foot, as Kamen Rider Kabuto whirls around and strikes Connor with a powerful Roundhouse Kick*
Kabuto Zecter: "CLOCK OVER!"
*Explosion occurs where Kamen Rider Kabuto struck Connor, just as (for her) time returns to normal*
*After the explosion, the only thing that could be seen is a large cloud of smoke. The wind blew it away, showing Connor on the ground face first, as he occasional fidgets due to the remaining electricity.*
Kamen Rider Kabuto: "Oh my...I believe I could get quite used to this…"
Connor: *Face still in the ground, "MAN, that hurts as bad as getting hit by a car going 100 mph head on." *Slowly picks himself up, breathing deeply a few times.*
Kamen Rider Kabuto: "Well, you DID allow me to get the first hit in...As gentlemanly as it was...you have to admit it was rather foolish, when dealing with an unknown…"
Connor: *Interrupts Maribelle by charging at her and headbutts her as hard as he can, knocking her to the ground, before responding with, "That's why I gave you the free shot, Maribelle."
Kivat the 2nd: "Gaburi!"
Sagark: "HEN-SHIN!"
Ghost Driver: "EYE! Batchiriminā! Batchiriminā! Batchiriminā! Kaigan: Ore! Let's Go! Kakugo! Gho-Gho-Gho-Ghost! GO! GO! GO! GO!"
*Above, the group can see IceBite, as Kamen Rider Dark Kiva; Amaris as Kamen Rider Ghost, and Emperor Mitchell in armor that resembled a cathedral's stained-glass artwork, with a mild snake theme, wielding an unusual-looking rapier, as well as having a blue glass-like mask with what looked like snake fangs coming off of it, and with a crown-like structure on the top of his head, thus marking him as Kamen Rider Saga.
Kamen Rider Dark Kiva: "Heard a new Kamen Rider joined the group!"
Kamen Rider Saga: "And we find the new rider getting in a fight…"
Kamen Rider Ghost: "Well...we riders have to stick together, right?"
Connor: "Kamen Rider? That's probably the dumbest name I ever heard for whatever you guys are supposed to be. *To himself, "This is going to be bad…"*
The Kamen Riders: *Stare deadpan at Connor*
*Dark Kiva inserts some kind of whistle into Kivat the 2nd's mouth, Saga inserts his Jacorder into the side of Sagark, and Ghost pulls the handle on the side of the Ghost Driver out*
Kivat the 2nd: "WAKE UP 2!"
Sagark: "WAKE UP!"
Ghost Driver: "ORE! OMEGA DRIVE!"
Kamen Rider Kabuto: *looks at the other Riders, nods, and repeats the procedure from her previous Rider Kick* "RIDER KICK!"
Kabuto Zecter: "RIDER KICK!"
Connor: *In a very scared tone, "... … ...MOMMY!"*
Chrom: *Turns to the reader* "Yeah! I don't think you want to see this!" *puts his hand over the lense of the Camera just as Saga's Jacorder stabs through Connor and Saga jumps up, lifting Connor into the air, as the other 3 Riders launch their Rider Kicks at him*
*End Author's Notes*
Chapter 10: The Silver Legend
(IceBite A/N: aka 'LET THERE BE HAM!')
At the Shepherds' Camp...
The camp was initially peaceful, or at least in the sense that there was nothing making everyone tense. That didn't last as long due to one particular set of noises coming from a certain section of the camp.
The sudden noises either scared or annoyed any Sheperd that heard said noises, which quickly resulted in a certain Tactician going out on her own to see what was going on. As Aria made her way to the Wastelanders' section of the camp, she heard the odd noises coming from at least three tents.
After deciding on which tent go into, she went into the nearest tent based on her location. The tent she entered turned out to be Kyle's, because she spotted Kyle sitting on his bed listening to the noise, which seemed to be coming from that device on his wrist.
The noise started getting quieter after Kyle noticed Aria standing around in his tent. "Oh… Hey Aria. Did you drop by to talk about something?" He said, unaware of the reason why she was there.
"Yes, actually: much of the camp was just disrupted by some noises coming from this section of the camp...What exactly is going on?" Aria asked.
"Noises? … ...Oh. You must be referring to the music I been playing. Sorry about that...I really missed the music from our world…and when I heard something familiar, I turned up the volume on my Pipboy too high." Kyle responded with a bit of nervousness.
Kyle quickly turned off his radio, thinking things would go back to being quiet. It didn't work because he heard at least two different music songs playing beyond his tent.
"Guess I wasn't the only one playing my radio music too loud... I'll go tell the others to quiet down. You want to tag along, Aria?" Kyle asked as he tried to make out the songs he was hearing.
Aria nodded in reply.
With that nod, Kyle and Aria left Kyle's tent to head to see who else was playing music. After hearing which source was louder, they went to Travis' tent. Heading inside, they saw Travis and Leon sitting down on the ground listening to music. The two didn't notice Kyle and Aria standing nearby.
Kyle had to yell over the music as he said, "HEY! YOU GUYS NEED TO TURN DOWN THE VOLUME ON YOUR PIPBOYS, THE MUSIC IS TOO LOUD! "
Leon heard Kyle speaking over the music, responding with, "WHAT? YOU WANT ME TO DO WHAT WITH THE MUSIC?"
Kyle sighed before yelling back with, "I SAID TO TURN THE VOLUME DOWN BECAUSE IT IS TOO LOUD!"
Travis stopped paying attention to the music as he heard what Kyle yelled out. He looked at Leon, who was still confused. Travis took a second to turn off his Pipboy's radio.
"HE SAID TO TURN YOUR RADIO VOLUME DOWN, LEON!" Travis yelled at Leon.
It worked because Leon turned off the music as he looked around to see Kyle and Aria. "Sorry, I was focused on enjoying the music. Did you two need to talk to me or Travis?"
Aria sighed. She was about to say something…until another source of loud music interrupted her. Noticing which direction it seemed to be coming from, she left the tent to get it to stop. The three male Wastelanders remained silent until Kyle left to catch up with Aria. Leon and Travis decided to follow along since they were curious about what Aria was going to say.
Veronica was inside her tent listening to the song playing on the radio. It was mainly instrumental and really catchy. The song started getting into a louder segment, which made it easy for Aria to enter her tent without catching Veronica's attention.
The music continued to play, and the former scribe continued to be lost in the music as Aria slowly got a bit irate. The trio of Wastelanders eventually caught up to Aria and noticed the radio playing music.
Kyle tried to yell over the music, but his voice was drowned out by the music. Leon and Travis tried to do the same, but they had the same result. Aria sighed and muttered to herself, "This thing better work…" She then pulled out a grey-colored tome and opened it up, producing a faintly-glowing orb inside it. Then, she shouted into the orb, "HELLO?! WE NEED TO TALK!" Her voice blasted forth, as though she were shouting into a megaphone.
The trio of Wastelanders didn't expect that and had to cover their ears as the amplified voice went throughout the tent. Veronica heard that over the music and immediately turned off her radio and then noticed the people inside her tent.
With a hint of worry in her tone, she said, "Uh… Are we under attack or...is there something else going on?"
Aria replied, "The music...it's too loud. If we were in Valm, waging war, right now, the Valmese could have found us in no time...Not to mention how the suddenness of the music, combined with the volume, rattled a good portion of the Shepherds, especially those with enhanced hearing…"
"Yeah… sorry about that. I was working on the radio trying to get it to work and then I suddenly got a radio signal from our world somehow… and I got lost enjoying the music. I'll keep it down next time." Veronica said as she looked at her radio.
Aria seemed about to say something...but paused. "...Wait...what do you mean by that?"
Veronica retorted with, "I mean that I'll keep the volume on low, so the music is not heard around the camp."
"No no no! I mean the 'signal from your world' part…" Aria corrected.
"Oh… that's what you meant. Umm… Like I said earlier, I got a radio signal from our world… but… I don't know how or why my radio is getting it here… I don't remember seeing any radio towers when we were on the move." Veronica stated as she wondered what could be going on.
"Well...that is certainly interesting...at least you can get news about how your world is doing," Aria commented.
Noting what Aria said, Veronica asked, "Speaking of news, did you guys hear anything else besides music? I guess I missed something, because I think I heard two different people say someone has going missing or something."
"Me and Travis overheard the part you missed. The first person to talk about somebody missing called himself "Mr. New Vegas" and he said that it was somebody called "The Courier". Then came Three Dog, the second man who said a person called the "Lone Wanderer" went missing…And the person he was referring to is standing in this room right now." Leon responded with as Kyle spoke up saying what was on everyone's mind, which was, "Are you implying that you are the.."
"The person known as the "Lone Wanderer"? Yes, I am. So, who are you really, Kyle?" Leon said as he looked at Kyle.
"If you care to know, I'm called "The Courier" where I come from. Around that part of the Wasteland, I'm considered to be the savior of the Mojave and New Vegas." Kyle stated as he looked back at Leon.
"And what about you, Travis? You got anything to say about this "Travis William" fellow I heard about by that "Miles" guy?" Leon asked without looking at Travis.
"I do, because my last name is William. So yes, I am Travis William, General of the Commonwealth Minutemen.
"Wait a minute...you're a General back from where you come from? That rank only belong to important leaders back in the Pre-War days…" Veronica stated as she tried to wrap around her mind on what she heard.
"If you think that's hard to believe, wait till I tell you something that will blow your mind." Travis half-jokingly said.
Kyle spoke up with, "I doubt that."
Travis took a deep breath before saying in a serious tone, "I don't tell this to everyone I meet, but… I'm actually someone who witnessed the day the bombs fell. It was October 23, 2077. I was living in my home when I hear the alarms go off. I had to flee to a nearby vault to survive. Except when I got there, they had other plans."
Travis continued with, "The vault was an experiment where they cryogenically froze anyone who was not Vault-Tec staff. I ended up being frozen for 210 years before I got out. If any of you are doubting what I say, then look at this."
He removed one of the gloves he was wearing, pulling off a ring he was wearing. The ring was held in one hand as he made sure everyone can see it.
Kyle ended up saying, "And what is so special about that thing you got?"
Travis responded back with in the same tone, "It's a wedding ring, an item that is the only tie I have left to the Pre-War days and it was part of an old tradition that does not happen anymore back in the Wasteland."
After he said that, the tent remained silent. His words were hard to accept, but… it made sense to his fellow Wastelanders.
Kyle and Veronica knew all too well about the fact that there was technology that extended someone's lifespan beyond what was normal. The man known as Mr. House, was the perfect case of that… until a change in management happened...
Leon, on the other hand, in his travels experienced plenty of odd people. It definitely got up there in terms of ridiculousness when he got abducted by aliens. That experience indirectly taught him one thing, which was that the process of cryostasis can work on humans...
Not to mention, they all knew what terrible events went on in the vaults around the wasteland. The one that Travis spoke of clearly fitted the quota expected from Vault-Tec.
However, there was one person who lacked those tidbits of information… She just remained silent, taking note to make sure to talk to the other Wastelanders besides Kyle. Especially Travis, since he seems to have quite an interesting past… much like everyone else in the room.
The discussion left everyone to be silent, which prompted Veronica to follow up with a question she was going to ask earlier.
"So…Besides that…You guys can pick up radio signals on your Pipboys, which means we can establish a radio channel for longer distance communication in case we need that. Hmmm… I wonder if it has to do with the way we got here…?" Veronica mused as she thought about the day they showed up in this world.
That caught Aria's attention. "Wait...These radios...they can be used to communicate...both ways?" Her eyes widened at that revelation.
"Yeah, that is what they were used for besides playing music all day. If I can get this channel setup, I could send a message to either of these guys from miles away and they would be able to respond back quickly without having to be near me." Veronica explained to Aria.
Aria thought a moment, before realizing something. "Wait...if you can use these things to communicate...and you're receiving signals from your home… … ...couldn't you just communicate with your home with them?"
Veronica sighed before responding with, "There's a problem with that. I... can't pinpoint where the signal is coming from. It keeps jumping around, but it does stick around long enough to let us get the signal. And for why its jumping around, I can't answer that… because there's no scientific reasoning to explain it."
"Oh…" Aria replied simply, "However...being able to communicate amongst ourselves could still give us an advantage...if you can make it so you're able to message each other, this could give us a HUGE tactical advantage over...well, anyone from our world we may come across: Bandits, the Risen, the Valmese, the Plegians (if they decide to turn against us before or after Valm is defeated), I don't think ANY of them have something like this available to them…"
Kyle interjected after Aria finished speaking, responding with, "Well... guess that means you should get to working on that, Veronica."
Veronica smiled back saying, "Yeah… I really should." She immediately started checking her notes, but stopped to say, "Uh…I can't work with everyone staring at me while I work... So, you mind leaving?"
Kyle, Aria, Travis, and Leon quickly left Veronica's tent after that and they splitted off to head back to their own tents.
From that moment onward, the sound of music coming from the Wastelanders' section of camp stopped for a bit. It came back after some time, but this time it was much quieter than before, much to the relief of some Shepherds.
A few days later...
The next stop on the search for the future children brought the group to a hamlet far to the south of their previous location. The hamlet was really small, given that it only consisted of three somewhat big houses near each other from what they could see. The surrounding area and hamlet was covered in green grass, along with trees and a few fences.
Just as the group got nearby the small village, they saw a rather large band of brigands littered around. A lot of them were trying to break into the houses which were barricaded at their entrances with whatever was available. The remaining brigands were surrounding a woman, demanding that she talk about something about treasure.
Naturally, things got a bit worse as the leader of the brigands demanded that the woman should be slain for being "useless" in their hunt for treasure. Then came the unnatural event that followed.
A young man in a peculiar outfit, armed with a steel sword bolted from the north and got the attention of the brigands. He started giving off this ridiculous speech with a bombastic tone, which confused everyone listening to him.
Eventually, one of the brigands suggested that he would shut the young man up and got slashed with the steel sword the young man was carrying. The young man went back to talking, this time expelling something about justice… or love… or something like that. His confusing speech kinda got cleared up after he yelled out who he was.
The name he yelled out was Owain. His speech after that became confusing again, which allowed the woman being held hostage a moment to escape, which she did. The brigands decided to focus back on ransacking the village for treasure after the leader insulted Owain by saying something about rocks in his head.
That gave a cue for Aria to organize the group around to deal with the brigands after factoring in the location they were in. The pairs were Kyle and Aria, Travis and Cait, Leon and Veronica, with Dogmeat being by himself.
The massive fight started soon after that, with Travis and Cait running ahead to provide backup for the bombastic young man, who was fighting one of the brigands.
He seemed to be doing well until the sword he was carrying got knocked out of his hands by the brigand. The brigand was carrying one of those books that had a deep purple color and some odd circular symbol on it. But before the brigand could use it, he felt two painful sensations in his legs.
The pain got the brigand to the ground before he looked up to see Cait bashing his head with her shotgun. The brigand was done for after that.
Travis made sure to reload his silenced pistol and holster it as he tried talking to the young man saying, "Owain… Is it? Uh… are you alright?"
"Indeed, it is I, Owain, one who comes from a damned future to save his time from such an awful fate! And who might you be?" the young man replied.
"I'm Travis William. I'm from… the Commonwealth… and this is my partner, Cait." Travis said while also bringing Cait into the conversation.
Cait quickly whispered to Travis, "I hope he gets the idea to stop overacting or whatever he is doing…"
Travis noted her words, and decided to focus his attention back to Owain saying, "So… is there a reason why you are here?"
"These foul brigands seek to plunder this hamlet, so I made the decision to stand in their way and defend it!" Owain replied.
"This place? There's nothing around for miles and they decided to attack here...Either these morons are looking for something worthwhile or just attacking it to be cruel…" Cait commented.
"These brigands believe there to be a great treasure that rests in this village. Treasure or not, by the might of my Sword Hand, I will ensure they do not harm anyone here!" Owain declared theatrically.
"Oh Great… here he goes again. Hey Trav, mind telling... Oh… I know that look… you better not do what I think you'll do…" Cait whispered to Travis as she noticed the grin he had on his face.
Travis took a deep breath before saying in a deliberately hammy tone, "IT SEEMS THAT YOU WILL NEED SOME HELP. THANKFULLY, THE SILVER SHROUD HAS ARRIVED! THESE UNKEMPT EVILDOERS SHALL KNOW THE MIGHT OF JUSTICE!"
"You know what, I'm going to let you be with "Mr. Theatrical" over here since I can't stand two blokes like you." Cait said before she ran off to get away from the two.
"So, my fellow bringer of justice! Let us show these brigands the error of their ways!" Owain declared.
"WE SHALL!" Travis said as he noticed two brigands attacking the house south of their position. "THE EVILDOERS STRIKE TO THE SOUTH! QUICK, WE MUST STOP THEM FROM COMMITTING MORE VILLAINOUS ACTS!"
"AND WE SHALL! BY MY TWITCHING SWORD HAND, LET THEM KNOW JUSTICE!" Owain shouted as he charged.
Travis charged as well, except he made sure to equip the odd-looking sword he had with him.
The two "Bringers of Justice" worked together to fight off the brigands that were attacking the home. After dealing with them, more came out from around various directions, but they ended up the same as their comrades.
Meanwhile…
On the northern side, away from those two were the Tactician and Courier. Kyle was equipped with a sword instead of the guns he normally used. His reasoning was that his guns need a bit of a tune up, which was partly true. He really just wanted to use the sword he was carrying along.
The sword he was carrying was a Katana, which Aria mistook for something else.
"So, a Killing Edge then…" Aria commented.
"Uh… are you referring to this sword? Because that's not the name I know it as…" Kyle responded back with.
"Really? What're they called in your world?" Aria asked.
"They call them "Katanas" back where I come from. Apparently, the swords come from a country called… "Japan" I think. They were used by in combat a very long time ago before my time." Kyle retorted as he tried to recall the information he found in a old pre-war book.
"It sounds like this sword came from someone famous...that's what I gathered at least…" Aria replied, curious.
"From what I recall from the vendor selling it to me, it belong to some guy in the past who worked in some company or business called "Vimtando" in Japan. He worked in the United States and had the sword brought to his home. Then it was stored away and it was never seen again till the merchant found it under the rubble that used to be the guy's house. Since then, they held onto it, never finding someone to buy it till I came by. Or that's what he told me to get me to buy it…" Kyle stated.
"I see…" Aria replied, thoughtfully, "...Maybe we should get back to the fight…"
"Yeah… I think I see a few brigands heading for us." Kyle noted as he got ready to strike back if he had to.
The brigands spotted the two and two of the four charged Kyle, while the rest stayed back to attack Aria with their tomes.
The charging brigands tried to slash Kyle with a sword and ax, but they ended up missing. Taking advantage of that, Kyle pushed a button on his Pipboy and attacked back. The brigand with the sword went down first after Kyle slashed his torso with one attack. The ax-carrying brigand was next, but instead of getting slashed at his torso, he was hit elsewhere...
His head hit the ground first before his body caught up with him. With that taken care of, Kyle turned his attention back to Aria.
Taking to the air, Aria began firing off spells from a modified Thunder Tome at the enemies, occasionally switching to her more powerful Thoron Tome for more powerful enemies that saw their allies being picked off.
This continued on for a bit till the northern part of the battlefield was cleared of brigands.
Meanwhile…
Leon and Veronica were heading towards the middle part of the battlefield initially. They stopped in their tracks as they saw Cait heading towards them by herself.
Leon decided to ask the question on his mind, which was, "Is Travis all right, or does he need backup?"
"No, he doesn't need backup. I just ditched him because he was doing something really annoying voice that I couldn't stand." Cait said with a hint of anger seeping through.
Veronica retorted, "He's still alone, meaning he could be in trouble, especially with all these brigands around..."
Cait responded back with, "He'll be fine… That theatrical goofball we saw before the big fight started is with him as we speak."
Leon sighed quickly before turning to Veronica saying, "Do me a favor and tag along with Cait for the time being. I'll head off to find Travis and provide some back up for him."
Veronica just nodded back and Leon ran off to find Travis.
"Was it really that annoying?" Veronica asked Cait.
"If you want to know for sure, hang around him for a while later and then tell me if you find it annoying." Cait answered back.
The two Wastelanders stopped talking and focused on looking out for the enemy, which they spotted and charged at them.
Meanwhile…
Several brigands were in front of the barricade, trying to smash down the furniture blocking the entrance to the south west house in the area. They were getting close to breaking the barricade until the two ax brigands doing the brunt of the work stopped when they heard something.
They turned around to see the five comrades with them all dead on the ground with Leon standing not too far away. The ax wielding men charged Leon, unaware of the firepower he had in his hands. It was a plasma rifle, which was already ready to be fired.
Leon saw the two brigands charging at him and fired two shots at their heads. When the plasma projectiles hit their targets dead on, their bodies turned a bright green goo. The goo spread across the ground as their equipment lay above it.
With that small group of brigands defeated, Leon continued to search for Travis.
However, the search didn't take very long due to the fact that as Leon turned around, thinking a brigand was sneaking up behind him, it was actually Travis. Speaking of which, that "theatrical goofball" Cait was referring to was with him as well.
"Travis, I don't know what you are doing, but it better be something else besides hanging around here." Leon stated as he kept his eyes out for the enemy.
"WORRY NOT LEON! WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED HAS BROUGHT A NEW TOOL IN BRINGING JUSTICE TO THE EVIL THAT POISON THESE LANDS." Travis said in the most outrageously hammy tone.
"Indeed! With the might of Mysteltainn added to us, we shall purge the evil that infests these lands!" Travis' companion added.
"Can I see what this "Mysteltainn" is? It sounds like a really unique weapon to me...I know a thing or two about what makes a weapon special." Leon said as he looked at the duo.
"Of course!" Owain announced, before showing off the sword.
Leon quickly scanned the sword, noting the small details on the sword. The first thing that stood out was the color of the sword, which mainly was black, except for the hilt. The hilt had this white material on it. Other than that, Leon saw there was a name inscribed on the sword. It read "Missiletainn", which Leon made sure to say something about.
"So, uh…you...what's your name?" Leon deliberately said to Travis' companion to get him to say his name, since he didn't really know it at that moment.
"Ah, I am Owain! And you?!"
"Leon Scott… a friend of your partner in crime over there." Leon said in a somewhat dry tone.
"Owain, I hate to ask this, but how do you spell "Mysteltainn"?" Leon carefully asked.
Owain then...literally...spelled it out for him.
"Okay, Owain. I'm not trying to be a buzzkill, but this isn't "Mysteltainn". The sword has a name called "Missiletainn" with the "ystel" part being replaced with "issile". Also, besides some cosmetic differences, this SEEMS to just be a decorated steel sword." Leon carefully noted as he pointed out what he was talking about.
Leon quickly followed up, "Mind you, That's what someone would say if they based the quality of stuff by appearance. I don't know if it's just me, but I get this vibe coming from the sword. The vibe is telling me that, while this is not the sword you think it is, this sword is greater than any steel sword out there in the lands. In fact, it may be the greatest steel sword ever made.", as he said that in a inspiring tone.
"So you mean...my weapon be not a weapon of legend...but a new weapon awaiting its legend? THEN LET IT BE A LEGEND WORTH REMEMBERING!" Owain announced.
Soon after that, the trio heard a voice coming from nearby, one that sounded it like belong to the leader of the brigands. They tracked down the voice to find the leader giving orders to a few of his cronies, which Leon responded with by shooting the men with his silenced pistol.
That spooked the brigand leader and made him look around to see who just slain his underlings. He spotted Leon, Travis, and Owain and started firing with the bow he was carrying. The arrows almost ended up hitting the trio, but they dodged the projectiles as they flew by.
Leon reloaded his pistol quickly before he aimed his next shot at the bow. The bullet hit the bow and the shrapnel continued onward to force the man to drop the bow. The bow-less leader pulled out a steel sword he had on his back and started charging to attack.
This allowed Travis to do the same and when they were in striking distance, the two men managed to get their swords to block each other. Travis followed up with a quick punch to the brigand leader's face and then he went further and slashed the arm holding his opponent's sword.
The pain quickly caught up as the leader fell down, without any weapon he could use nearby. He was still alive, but it wasn't going to last for long.
"YOU HAVE MET YOUR MATCH, CRIMINAL! DO YOU HAVE ANY LAST WORDS BEFORE JUSTICE DELIVERS HER VERDICT?" Travis bombastically said as he started the man down.
"I...do… LEARN TO SHUT UP ALREADY!" The man said as he got up quickly to try to punch Travis in his face.
Unfortunately for the brigand leader, his fist just stopped short of hitting Travis. He felt something inside him and that was when he noticed the black-colored sword in his gut. Then he noticed the young man that was the owner of said sword.
"At last, you face Justice, Brigand!" Owain declared.
Then the sword was pulled out of the Brigand's gut, causing the vile man to fall on his back. The damage done made his eyes close for the last time.
The battle died out after that and the looting of the battlefield began. Travis told Owain to head east of where they were to go met up with the Shepherds by himself. Owain questioned why and Travis just said that he needed to stick around with Leon to see if they can find anything worthwhile on the brigands.
Owain looked a bit confused, but he eventually left to do as Travis asked. Some time passed, and the Wastelanders, besides Kyle, met up before catching up with the Shepherds.
Kyle and Aria were talking about how the battle went, which was well given the fact no one got injured, when the band of Wastelanders showed up with the equipment they gathered. But before they could even speak, a troublesome situation interrupted them.
The sound of Lissa screaming got everyone to stop and notice that they may have celebrated a bit too early. As they located where the scream came from, they spotted Lissa being threatened by a brigand to give up all the money she had on her. Thankfully, Owain intervened and struck the brigand down.
What followed was a conversation between the two, which end up getting a bit awkward due to Owain's theatrical acting. Of course, that didn't stop the fact that they heard Owain call Lissa his mother, which cemented the fact that the group found another person from the future.
Kyle made a quick comment out loud, which was, "I'm starting to see a trend forming... And I think it's just going to get more "interesting" as time goes on…"
End Chapter 10
Author's Notes
*Chrom removes his hand covering the lense on the camera*
Chrom: *shocked* "...Did he…?!"
Lucina: "But how...?!"
Brady: "How'd he…?!"
*The camera catches Connor in the process of getting back up, despite what just happened to him.*
Connor: *Looks at the Kamen Riders in front of him, "I got to admit, that really hurts. If I was a normal man, I would probably not be here anymore." *His tone changes to something more sinister as he says, "Too bad for you guys… cause I'm no normal man."*
*Connor starts forming a fireball in one of his hands and it gets rather large...*
Connor: *With the same tone, "MY TURN!"
*But before Connor could launch the giant fireball towards the Kamen Riders, a familiar face runs up in front of Connor.*
*It was MarkMartinMagma.*
MarkMartinMagma *Flicks the fireball with one of his fingers, launching it away into the distance, causing it to break up.*
Connor: "What are you doing? I'm…"
MarkMartinMagma: *Interjects with, "Going on a express flight right about now." *Grabs Connor by his legs and starts spinning him round and round.*
*Mark continues to spin faster and faster until he lets go of Connor, sending him flying past the Kamen Riders.
MarkMartinMagma: "Note to self; implement some rules about getting into fights…" *Notices the Kamen Riders* "Oh hey, how are you guys doing?"
*They remain silent*
MarkMartinMagma: "Ice, you mind explain what was going on?"
Kamen Rider Dark Kiva: "Huh? Oh, right! Well, when myself, Emp, and Amaris got here, we found out that Maribelle became Kamen Rider Kabuto, and had gotten into a fight with Connor…we don't know why, but we decided to jump into help her out… … ...and the sonuvabitch took 3 RIDER KICKS, AND Kamen Rider Saga's Snaking Death-break, yet still kept trying to fight…"
MarkMartinMagma: "Until I came by and took care of him." *He looked confused as he said, " Uh… Which one of you is Maribelle?"
Kamen Rider Kabuto: "That would be me…" *de-Henshins*
MarkMartinMagma: "Be honest with me. Did you start the fight with Connor?"
Maribelle: "He somehow fished mine and Chrom's children out of a portal, which got me suspicious. I showed my parasol, hoping it'd give some incentive to explain himself...instead he insulted me, so...I may have hit him with it once… … ...or twice, after he shouted at me…".
MarkMartinMagma: "I assume after that, you got that rider form you were in during the fight."
Maribelle: "Only after he claimed that we were fighting at that point...my strikes were purely disciplinary in nature…At that point, I needed to defend myself."
MarkMartinMagma: " I am repeating myself, but just to be sure, you hit him first, not the other way around, right?"
Maribelle: "I was already on edge, and that insult set me over it...so yes, but only after provocation…"
MarkMartinMagma: "Well… you really should have tried to talk it out instead of duking it out."
Aria: *walks in* "Well, when her annoyance levels reach beyond a certain point, Maribelle's way of solving problems tends to be at the end of her parasol." *chuckling*
Maribelle: *eye twitches*
MarkMartinMagma: *Notices the eye twitches* "Well… Maribelle, I hope you work on resolving things better in the future… As for now, you got to face the consequences of your actions."
Maribelle: "And...what would that be?"
MarkMartinMagma: "This" *Pulls out a Tranq pistol and fires a Tranq round at Maribelle, hitting her in the head and knocking her out.*
Chrom: "What the-"
*Chrom gets Tranqed as well.*
MarkMartinMagma: *Awkwardly laughs before saying to Brady and Lucina, "Uh… I'm sorry about knocking out your parents… I only met to do that to Maribelle, but I panicked and my reflexes got the better of me..."
*Lucina just about advances, but Brady stops her*
Brady: "However they WILL wake up...right?" *asks with eyes narrowed*
MarkMartinMagma: "They will wake up… the tranquilizers inside them should wear out in a few minutes and they will be FINE after they wake up…"
Brady: *turns back to Lucina* "There, ya see, they'll be fine…"
Lucina: *calms down...if only a bit* "...Very well…"
*The remaining Kamen Riders de-Henshin*
IceBite: "Maybe we should...take these two elsewhere, so they're not in the middle of the floor?"
MarkMartinMagma: "Yeah, that sound like a good idea. Hey Amaris, how about you help Lucina and Brady here get their parents move their parents somewhere else?"
Amaris: "Alright…" *Helps the kids get their parents out*
MarkMartinMagma: *Looks at Ice and Emperor Mitchell* "So, one of you decided to call the Inquisition on me. I'm betting both of you are thinking what happened since I charged off to fight them, right?"
IceBite: "Yeah. I thought you'd be...I don't know...more beat up…"
MarkMartinMagma: "They put up a fight, but I ended up winning initially. And no, I didn't kill any of them."
IceBite: "Then...where were you?"
MarkMartinMagma: "I thought they surrendered after I beat them. The moment I turned my back on them, they jumped me and decided to interrogate me aboard one of the ships.
IceBite: "What'd they do? And how'd you get out? And which Ordo was it anyways that took you?"
MarkMartinMagma: "They tried to do something they called the "Nine Actions". They went through each one by one, but I think whoever was in charge was doing a terrible job. At the end, everyone in the room besides me was going nuts. They let me go after that, saying that they will never bug me again because It was not worth the resources they wasted dealing with me."
IceBite: *silent shock*
Emperor Mitchell: "Lucky as hell we're on Terra~..."
MarkMartinMagma: *Looks around to see that Aria was still around before turning his attention back to the two Daniels*
MarkMartinMagma: "So, who wants gets sent flying first?"
IceBite: "Huh?"
Emperor Mitchell: "What're you talking about?"
MarkMartinMagma: "I'm going to send you guys flying because of the things you did to me or my associates. For you Ice, it's for sending a Inquisition after me for trying to make you to experience some thrills."
IceBite: "THROWING ME IN A SHOPPING CART ATTACHED TO A JET ENGINE WAS 'TRYING TO MAKE ME EXPERIENCE SOME THRILLS'?!"
MarkMartinMagma: *Shakes his head saying, "You have to admit it was somehow a bit fun.", before grabbing iceBite and repeating what he did with Connor.*
MarkMartinMagma: "Okay, you're next, Emperor Mitchell.
Emperor Mitchell: "And why me?" *asked as he transformed into his Great Beast Form*
MarkMartinMagma: "You terrified Connor when you chased down in that dragon from of yours."
Emperor Mitchell: "Hey! If you heard what he said, you'd agree it sounded like he badmouthed the lot of us!"
MarkMartinMagma: "True, but he didn't intend to badmouth you. I told him to remain silent about himself and what he was here for till I met up with him."
Emperor Mitchell: "And I was supposed to know this at the time HOW?!"
MarkMartinMagma: *shrugs before replying, "Look… the point I'm trying to make is… that... you messed up the introduction I was going to give for the guy and you got to pay the price for that… even if seems stupid beyond all reason."
MarkMartinMagma: *Grabs Emperor Mitchell (somehow) and spins him round and round until Mark throws in the same direction he threw IceBite.
Emperor Mitchell: *As he soars away, "I WILL MAKE YOU PAY FOR THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS!"*
*MarkMartinMagma leaves shortly after that, leaving Aria to be the only person around.*
*Kyle wanders in, seeing Aria by herself.*
Kyle: "Everything all right, Aria?"
Aria: "Oh, yeah...just...a LOT of strange stuff...not to mention we should expect Emperor Mitchell to pull something drastic in payback against Triple-M…"
Kyle: "Triple-M? Oh…you mean MarkMartinMagma."
Aria: "Basically...just watch your head for a bit around here, ok?"
Kyle: "I'll keep that in mind… Did anything else happen?"
Aria: "Well...Lucina and Brady arrived…Connor fished them out of a portal, apparently...and one thing led to another, and Maribelle's now a Kamen Rider, and all the resident Kamen Riders quadruple-teamed Connor…He was ultimately beaten by Triple-M, though...then, due to her technically starting the fight, he tranqued Maribelle...before reflexively tranquing Chrom when he reacted. Amaris, Lucina, and Brady then carried the two out of here… … ...come to think of it, Amaris is the only one of the known Kamen Riders to not either be tranquilized or thrown off into the sky..."
Kyle: *Struggles to come up with anything to say about what he heard. He ends up saying, "Man, it seems a lot of people around here these days are going to be Kamen Riders or something else. *
Aria: *sheepishly* "Well...guess you should add another Kamen Rider to the mix…" *pulls a portion of her cloak aside, revealing a strange belt with a hand-shaped buckle*
Kyle: "So…Did you find that on your own or did IceBite give that to you?"
Aria: "I found it...but it was actually Venat that told me how it worked…" *She pulled out a ring with a design similar to the hand-shaped buckled, and placed it on her right hand, before placing it in front of the buckle*
? Driver: "DRIVER ON, NOW!"
*The belt suddenly has silver and black components surround the buckle, the belt thickening*
Aria: *She flips a switch on the Driver.*
? Driver: "SHABADOOBI! TOUCH TO HENSHIN! SHABADOOBI! TOUCH TO HENSHIN!"
Aria: *She places another ring, this one with an orange gem on it, with strange designs on it, on her left hand; she flips what looks like some kind of visor over the gem* "Henshin…" *she places the gemstone ring in front of the Driver*
? Driver: "CHANGE, NOW!"
*A magic circle appeared in front of Aria, and crept towards her, washing over her, until she was clad in white robes, over a white suit with gold trim. She had a white hooded mantle with gold trim on her shoulders, and an orange gem-like mask, in the same shape and design as the ring, the rest of the helmet hidden by the hood. There were also a pair of straps on her chest, holding other Wizard Rings.*
Kamen Rider Wiseman: "So...what do you think?"
Kyle: "I'm...not sure what to say. I...still don't get this whole "Kamen Rider" thing… And I keep forgetting the names…"
Kamen Rider Wiseman: "Uhm...well, I find it easy to keep track of them...really, we mainly just need to keep track of the ones we actually have in our group: I'm Wiseman, Maribelle is supposedly Kabuto, Amaris is Ghost, Emperor Mitchell is Saga, and IceBite is Dark Kiva…"
Kyle: "I'll probably have to write down those names… Well… except for yours, Aria. The name fits you well...I think."
Kamen Rider Wiseman: "Oh, uhm, thank you…"
?: "GREETINGS! WOULD YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WHERE EMPEROR MITCHELL IS?!"
*Kamen Rider Wiseman and Kyle turn around, and see a towering, power armored figure*
Kamen Rider Wiseman: "... … ...This is going to take a while…" *Turns towards the camera* "We'll...see you next time in...whichever story gets updated…" *Turns off the Camera*
End Author's Notes
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