Phantom Knight exited Mirror World and arrived in Tucker's room. He went over to the drawer he earlier saw Tucker keep his scroll in and opened it. There was a note attached to the scroll.

Dear Danny, the note began. If you are reading this, then it means I'm dead and you're taking my scroll because you need it more than I do. There are a few things I need to confess to you. First off, you may have only wanted to go after Dash for disaster prevention but for me, it was a 50/50 mix of that and good old-fashioned revenge.

Secondly and more importantly, I only wanted to help you (and Jon before that) stop the rider war because I was in over my head and needed a way out. I know it seems bad that I was only helping you with your noble goal because of how it would benefit me, but keep in mind that I did try to talk you out of getting into the war. The reason I did that was because I didn't want you getting into the same f#^ked up situation I was in. And then you dived right in anyway. I figured that if we worked together, we could reach an outcome where neither of us got killed. But if you're reading this, it means that didn't work out for me.

In closing, I'm sorry for lying to you to make myself look way better than I was and you hope you are able to stop the rider War.

With much regret,

Tucker

"Damn it," Phantom Knight muttered as he processed this new information about his former ally. "I forgive you, Tucker."

Phantom Knight decided to open the scroll and see what it had to say about Tucker and Dash's deaths. The entry for Spear had Tucker's face next to it and an entry regarding the circumstances of his death.

Tucker Foley. Killed by Kamen Rider Thrust. Foley and Kamen Rider Phantom Knight attacked Thrust out of a personal vendetta the two shared against him. Thrust fought back and vanquished Foley.

"That is super creepy," Phantom Knight said aloud in regards to how whoever made these entries regarding the circumstances of a rider's falling apparently knew about his and Tucker's motives.

Phantom Knight looked at the entry for Thrust and saw Dash's face next to it. He then read the entry.

Dash Baxter. Killed by Kamen Rider Phantom Knight in retaliation for Spear's death.

Phantom Knight took the scroll and left through Mirror World. As saddened as he was over Tucker's death, he had no intention to give up on trying to stop the rider war and was going to enact a new plan to help him reach that goal.

Danny was about to confront Valerie Gray about her joining him in stopping the war. He was scared about how this could go. Tucker briefly mentioned earlier that she might be a dirty cop as to why she wasn't already trying to stop the war. If that was the case and Danny revealed his identity, his life could get very complicated very quickly. Fortunately, Danny was in a desperate set of mind after Tucker's death and was willing to take this risk.

Phantom Knight exited Mirror World through an empty men's room in Amity Park mall. He took out his advent deck and a black ring on energy removed his armor. Danny went to the security office for the mall and said he needed to speak with Valerie Gray. A few minutes later, Danny and Valerie were by themselves in one of the mall's holding areas.

"Hello," Valerie greeted Danny. "What is this about?"

"What would you do," Danny began, "if I told you that there was a death match going on you and you could stop it?"

"You're a rider, aren't you?" Valerie asked.

"Yes," Danny said as he showed her his advent deck. Valerie saw the symbol on the deck and recognized it as the one for Kamen Rider Phantom Knight.

"You're Tucker's friend."

"Yes."

"Just what is this about?"

"It's simple: Tucker and I were trying to stop the war and I want you to help me."

Valerie thought about her answer for a moment. "Okay," she answered.

"Just like that?" Danny asked with obvious bewilderment. "I wasn't expecting you to come around so quickly. Tucker told me about the time he tried to talk to you about stopping the war and you were….. resistant to the idea."

"About that," Valerie said awkwardly as she scratched the back of her head. "I became a cop because I wanted to put the beat down on bad guys. Unfortunately, it turns out that real police work is nothing like what you see in movies and my bosses punished me for my misplaced enthusiasm by assigning me to mall duty. This is even worse than being a meter maid: at least then I'd be on the streets and have a chance of running across a purse snatcher or some punk laying down graffiti."

"I'm not seeing what this has to do with the rider war," Danny said.

"I'm getting to that," Valerie snapped. "So one day, I find what looks like a plastic box with some cards in it in my apartment along with a note explaining all about the rider war and Mirror World. And I already knew who one of the other riders was. Have you ever heard of Penelope Spectra…. it just occurred to me to that I don't know what your name is."

"Danny," he said and remembered what he heard about Spectra from his encounter with Kamen Rider Siren. "And I do know about Penelope Spectra. Let me guess: you figured her mysterious escape from prison was explained by her being recruited into the rider war and escaping through Mirror World."

"I don't think: I know," Valerie replied. "I did come to that conclusion, so I asked some of my friends on the force about Spectra's escape. I came across a detail from Spectra's cell mate that the higher ups kept out of the papers."

(Begin flashback)

Two women were in a prison cell. One of them had medium length red hair and green eyes. This was the convicted serial killer Penelope Spectra.

The two female prisoners were interrupted by a Gelnewt appearing out of the cell's toilet. They started screaming their heads off as the red creature went towards Spectra, grabbed her and retreated through the same disgusting fixture it had entered through.

(End flashback)

Danny started giggling when Valerie finished her recounting.

"What part of a serial killer being released do you think is funny?" Valerie asked angrily.

"The part where she got kidnapped by a monster that came out of toilet," Danny answered.

"Oh yeah," Valerie said. "I can see how that would be funny."

"Anyway," Valerie continued, "since I knew that Spectra was a rider, I believed that every rider except me was a criminal sociopath of her level. I could finally kill criminal scumbags without regulations or pissy superiors getting in the way, not to mention hunt down the monsters that'd been killing random people throughout the town. This was exactly the kind of excitement I'd been waiting for."

"So when I met Tucker, without knowing who he was, I thought his talk of wanting to stop the war was a rouse to get me to drop my guard. Then I later checked my scroll and saw that Tucker was Spear. Since it seemed unlikely that he was a murderer, I realized that he was sincere about wanting to stop the war and that if I hadn't been so trigger-happy and sided with him, he'd still be alive."

Valerie stopped for a second as she slumped her head and held her forehead.

"But there's one thing I don't get," Valerie said. "If you and Tucker were trying to stop the rider war, then why did you try to kill this Baxter kid?"

"We weren't setting out to kill him," Danny said. "At least, I wasn't."

Danny then explained the motives he and Tucker had for going after Dash and then went over the fight up till the part where Danny hit Dash with his Final Vent.

"And when I saw Dash on the ground," Danny continued with a vindictive scowl, "begging me to show him the kind of mercy he refused to show Tucker, I no longer felt like I had to save him."

Valerie thought about Danny's words. Legally, Dash was justified in killing Tucker in self-defense and Danny's killing of him in retaliation was less so. She decided that this didn't matter: mostly because the murder happened in Mirror World, which was outside of anyone's jurisdiction due to being another dimension. Also, she didn't really have the right to look down on Danny after exercising such poor judgment.

"Do you have a clear plan to stop the war?" Valerie asked.

"Yes," Danny answered. "Although right now, I was focused on trying to talk you into helping me."

"Well, you succeeded with that," Valerie said. "I think for now, we should try to get that power-up by going after wild mirror monsters and I know where we can start with that. I heard about a cruise ship that came in today and half the passengers had been killed or just disappeared. Survivors mentioned three monsters kill some of the passengers before mysteriously disappearing as well. We should start looking for them at the Mirror World version of where the cruise ship is docked. But we'll have to wait till my shift's over."

"Sounds like a plan," Danny said, immensely pleased that he now had a new ally.