The Grounding, the Devastation, and the Super Combo
Sam was holding her arm, freaking out. "Why is it like this?" she yelled out loud, by mistake. "Who's there?" Austin called, having heard. sam tried to remain quite, but felt the cold steel of a gun muzzle against her neck. "I'd start walking" Goto advised, pressing the gun closer. The two walked out, and Sam could see the confused look on Sam's face. "Alright, and we get answers now!" Ankh said, holding her arm up. "So, are you evil now, baby?" Austin asked, his voice bitter. "Well, I don't know if this would be the best time, but I think we should see other..." Sam began, before Austin's fist slammed into her nose. "Well, I'll take that as a yes then?" she quipped, as Ankh grabbed her by the neck, holding her up. He was choking Sam, and seemed to be enjoying it, as Austin and Goto were just watching. Sam stopped trying to grab Ankh, as a strange instinct took over her body, and she slammed the "infected" arm into Ankh, who promptly dropped him, holding his gut, as if in pain.
"You little bitch!" Ankh snarled, getting to his feet. "You better explain yourself Sam, before I release him again!" Austin growled, holding Ankh's arm. "I can't, I'm sorry, but we both are better off if we break up, I'm sorry" she said, wiping the blood off her face. "Oh, you will be!" Austin said, toying with his grip on Ankh. However, before they could continue this interrogation, the car began rocking again, and four yummy escaped from it. "Four? More?" Austin wondered "I thought we dealt with it already!" "This is Mezool's, she creates swarms of Yummy, all being born from a "nest", and I guess that car is the nest." Ankh said, transforming back into his Greeed form. He tossed three medals to Austin again, and he transformed.
"RAION! KAME! ZOU!" the scanner sang as the yellow, orange and grey rings docked together, creating the OOO suit. Austin quickly let loose a burst of light, blinding the fish. He then created a shockwave, knocking them all down. Ankh then shot a stream of feather missiles at them, as Austin slashed with his sword again. While this was all going on, Sam ran towards the building, only to find the door locked. "Hey, Shelby, you in there?" she yelled, banging on the door. No one seemed to take notice, as the music was drowning out the sound. No one, except for Dominic that is. He ran towards the door, unlocking it. "Hey, you're Austin's boyfriend, right?" he asked, seeing Sam. "Not anymore" she replied, pushing past the jock. "You're welcome" he said, before rushing out the door to see the crowd of Yummies. Ankh and Austin were each fighting two at once.
Dominic grabbed a shovel lying next to the door, and charged at the second one fighting Austin, planting the blade in the Yummy's skull. "Thanks" Dominic said, a little impressed. "I got this one!" he assured him, as Ankh sent another volley forward. "Man, these stupid fish sticks are way too slippery!" he cursed, as a rocket exploded into one, as Ankh turned to see Goto there, with a rocket launcher. "Need some help?" he asked. Ankh rolled his head, as Goto charged forward with double guns. This continued for a few moments, before they were ready to finish the Yummies. Dominic charged forward, spearing his Yummy through the chest, causing it to dissolve. Ankh and Goto each shot theirs point blank, destroying them. And to finish it, Austin activated the scanning charge, letting loose a light blast and charged with the shields raised, before delivering a kick to the chest, finishing them off.
Sam managed to find Shelby, who seemed to be huddled over in the corner. "Shelby, are you ok?" she asked. Shelby looked up, and her eyes widened "Why, hello there" she said, as the blue glow in her eyes faded. "Your dad sent me to protect you" she said, helping her to her feet. "Well, perhaps a little more than that" she said, stroking her face.
Outside
The four regrouped, only to see the car begin shaking again, as if it was in a level 9 earthquake. "That, cannot be good" Dominic said, as the four guys backed away "It isn't" Ankh replied, as Yummy after Yummy began erupting from the car, creating a sea of monsters. "Well, that could be a problem" Goto added, as the others turned to look at him, as if to say; "ya think?" The swarm of Swordfish Yummies was heading towards them, all brandishing their swords. "So, I guess it's combo time?" Austin asked, as Ankh nodded in agreement.. "So, which combo this time, ShaUTa? BuraKaWani?" he asked. "I think, this one instead." Ankh replied, holding up the three Green medals. "But this one may leave you a little more spent than the others" he said, pulling them away, as if in warning. "Don't really have time to think about that right now" Austin said as he grabbed them, replacing the medals. "Here goes" he said, scanning them "KUWAGATA! KAMAKIRI! BATTA!" GAATA-GATA-GATA-KIRIBA! GATAKIRIBA!" it sang, as the green armor locked together. Austin had enough time to see that his forearms now had blocky gauntlets on it, and arm length blades extending up to the shoulders, and a shockwave emanated from him as he roared with power. "Now, go!" Ankh commanded, as Austin starting running towards the Yummy Sea.
Suddenly, it seemed he was everywhere at once, yet still OOO. As it turned out, GataKiriBa was duplicating itself, creating around 60 clones of itself. Some of the GataKirirba's activated their arm powers, and the blades rotated, to be held underarm style. They all were controlled by Austin, as they all sliced, kicked, punched, and electrocuted the Yummy. Even though the Yummies stopped being created, the GataKiriBa clones kept appearing. Left and right, the Yummies were dropping into cell medals. They were no match for the full combo, and they knew it. The Yummy began forming together, creating another eldritch abomination. It opened its mouth, sending a huge blast of energy towards the OOO's. However, all the riders activated their finishers, as 80 or so scanners sang out "SCANNING CHARGE!" All their legs became grasshopper legs, and they jumped, flying towards the beast. They charged up their blades and feet with electricity, and collided with the monster. It exploded in a grand shower of medals, as a single GataKiriBa fell a few yards away. Ankh seemed over joyed, as he was practically swimming in cell medals!
The three raced to him, and Dominic managed to catch him as he collapsed again. "Geez, what's with this kid and fainting?" Dominic asked, holding Austin up. "Full combos contain the power of the Greeed they embody, so the power surge wipes him out." Ankh said, resuming his human form. "Nnh" Austin groaned, coming to. "Man, that thing is worse than a hangover, I-I bet" Austin added hastily. "Well, I gotta get back to Kougami's" Goto said, putting his helmet on. "Hey, thanks for helping out there!" Austin called. "Sure, no problem" he replied, taking off.
"Now, we should get out of here" Astin said, as they helped him to his feet. "Sure, but what about Sam?" Dominic asked, as Austin shot him a look "What about her?" he sniped back, his voice positively soaked with bitterness. Dominic just shrugged a look to Ankh, as they left in Dominic's jeep. As they pulled up to Austin's house, they saw that the lights were out. "Great, my parents are asleep." He said, as he and Ankh hopped out the car. "Ok, see you at school!" Dominic called as he drove off. Austin climbed up to his window, and eased it open as quietly as possible. He back into his room, as the lights suddenly sprang on. He turned to see his parents standing behind him. "I'm in trouble, aren't I?" he asked, as they both nodded their heads in a stern manner.
"You snuck out?" his mother said, slamming his window shut before Ankh could follow. "Well, I had to go to work, Mr. Kougami wanted me to run some errands for him" he tried to explain, before his father cut him off. "Then why did we track your phone to a club downtown?" "You tracked my phone?" Austin asked, accusingly. "Don't give me a tone" his father said, standing up. "I invented that feature" he actually did, for Austin's father is a technologic developer. "Austin, we're concerned about these changes in your behavior" his mother said, trying to put an arm around him, as he jumped off his bed. "What changes?" he asked, not buying a word of it. "The principal has called, and told us about how you seem to keep vanishing, and that you beat up a track runner" she explained, as Austin rolled his eyes. "That's just Shelby making stuff up. "AUSTIN" she yelled, "You leave that nice girl alone, you know what she has been through, you have no right to make up stuff about her being an evil heartless woman." "I am not making shit up about her, she is a viper!" he said "Austin! Watch your language!" his father said, glaring at him.
"Now, I don't know what kind of 'work' this Kougami person has you doing, but it obviously has been having a negative impact on you." Austin was completely lost at this point. "So...?" he asked cautiously. "We feel you should get a real job, not one that has you running off at random times, skipping class and what not" he continued, as Austin rolled his eyes. "That, just bought you two months of being grounding, on top of the two weeks we were already going to give you" his father said, yanking Scott's Sony Ps3 off the desk. "Wait, you can't be serious!" Austin protest, but they both gave him looks. "You are obviously not concentrating on your school work, with all these distraction, so we are taking all this stuff" his mother explained, as they walked out the room, locking the door.
The next morning
Austin woke up, his head still aching from GataKiriBa. He saw that while he had been sleeping, his parents had covered his TV and Computer with chains. He got dressed, and headed downstairs, holding a cell medal in his pocket as he was walking to the door. "Austin, where are you going?" his mother asked, and he saw the two of them sitting at the table. "To school, I'm going to grab a ride, from a friend" Austin explained, as his father got up. "No, I don't think so, I will be taking you to school" he said, as Austin followed him out the door. The two sat in silence, until they pulled up to the school. "Now, I expect you to be here waiting for me right after school" his father said as Austin got out of the car. Austin nodded a quick "Yes Sir" and walked to school, as Kitty appeared on his right side and Dice did the same on his left. "Hey, we didn't see you on the road today" she said "Yeah, I missed our driving time" Dice stammered. "Hey, what's wrong?" she asked, noticing his attitude. "I got grounded" he explained, as they both gasped. "People still get grounded?" Dice asked "Yeah, and it was because a Yummy attack happened to be at midnight, and at a party, my parents think I'm turning into a delinquent" he said, his head hung. "See, I told you we should have gone to that party!" Kitty said, as the two just stared at her "What? Too soon?" she asked, as the three walked to class.
They walked past the parking lot, as Austin saw something that worsened his mood. Shelby was getting out of her car, which was being driven by...Sam. He felt his blood boiling as she kissed her on the cheek, before heading into the building, as she followed her. "This won't end well" Kitty said, shooting a worried look to Dice who added "Nope, not for anyone"
The entire day, Austin was unfortunately forced to see Sam, as she seemed to be everywhere Shelby was. It was really bad, as Kitty and Dice knew it was only a matter of time until he exploded. Gym glass finally came and the three were sitting under their normal tree, as a red feather fell from the tree. "Are you molting or something?" Kitty asked Ankh, as he jumped down onto the bleachers. "No, I just like dropping feathers, you should see the front lawn, I think the bird club is having a field day out there" he said, munching on a Popsicle. "We have a bird club?" Kitty asked, and Dice nodded silently. "Well, not sure if you guys noticed, but Sam seems to on campus" Ankh said "We know" the three of them answered. Ankh was about to ask more, but Kitty and Dice both shot him looks, and he shrugged, before taking off again.
Then, to make matters worse, Shelby walked onto the field, as Sam was behind her, holding an umbrella over her. Austin's grip tightened on the stick he was holding, until it was snapped in half. Unfortunately, Shelby heard the sound. "Oh, hi Austin and all the rest" she sneered. Sam was trying very hard to avoid eye contact. "Do you know Samantha Lioyd?" she asked, as Austin's jaw tightened. "Nope, I don't know her at all" he said, getting to his feet. "Now if you excuse me, I have to go throw up now." He said, walking off with disgust.
At Kougami's office
The same scientist walked in, holding a briefcase. "Is it finished?" Kougami asked. "Yes sir, the first model is done and ready" he said, opening the case. "We made it to your exact specifications" he said. Kougami walked from behind his desk, spread his arms and said "SUBARASHII Now, we need Satonaka's part, and it will be complete!" He said, a boyish smile on his face
At the Mayor's office
Kazari was walking out in front of the building he had been defeated in a few days ago. The building crew was still at work cleaning up the mess. "Humans are so lazy" Kazari thought, as he stepped over the "Keep Out" tape. He had returned because during that fight, he had sensed something. He wasn't entirely sure as to what it was. It seemed similar to a Medal signature, but it seemed different, more powerful, more savage. He walked through the halls, tracking the energy. No one was paying attention to him, as they were all concerned with the repairs. He had a few close calls with the cops, but as long as he kept walking like he had authority, they left him alone. He soon found himself in front of two large oak doors, feeling the energy inside. He went inside, and found himself in a very large room, that had an ominous feel to it. He saw a safe on the wall, and found himself being drawn to it. "Curiosity killed the cat you know" a voice said, and Kazari whipped around to see a man standing at the door. He was wearing an expensive suit, had purple tented glasses, and slicked back hair. "I'm sorry sir, I was lost" Kazari tried. "Nice try, Kazari" he said, and the Greeed's eyes widened. "How..." he began "How did I know it's you?" the man said, walking to his desk. He typed a few things on his computer, and turned the screen to face Kazari.
On the screen was the security camera footage from the other day. It showed Kazari and Uva enter, and promptly transform into their true forms. "So, you know who I am, you're just a human, I could take you out in one strike!" Kazari said, transforming his right hand and extending his claws. "Funny, I know that trick too" he said, as his own right arm shimmered, and became light grey, with dark purple claws on the end. He struck Kazari in the chest, and a chunk of medals flew out, including a bright yellow one. Kazari tried to grab it, but it shattered. "You, what, how?" he stammered, not understanding how a medal of his could be destroyed. "You don't remember?" he asked, as the man walked to the safe, and opened it. Kazari just stood in shock. "Maybe this will jog your memory" he said, holding up one of the pterodactyl medals. Kazari stared at it for a few moments, before his eyes widened in understanding. "Giru..." he whispered, "When did you break free" he asked backing into a corner, terror on his face. "Oh no, I'm not Giru" the man said, as the medal port opened on his forehead, and he inserted the medal. He glowed purple for a second, before his other arm transformed as well. "Who are you?" Kazari asked, horrified. "I, am Ivan Harper, your new master" he said, staring Kazari down.
Count the Medals:
Taka X2, Kujaku, Kondoru X2
Kuwagata, Kamakiri, Batta X2
Raion, Tora
Gorira, Zou
Shachi, Unagi, Tako
Kobura, Kame, Wani