The Targeted School
[Decade 10. 0:44-0:59 (note: either edit the Smart Brain plaque or just shoot a new scene of that and put it in that scene)]
The grounds of Golden Grove were dark, lit only by a few lights around campus. A butterfly flew by the plaque. The main building stood in more light.
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A man crept on the roof, remaining low. He looked down to see a girl in a gray uniform, standing in a spot of light. There was a gray monster standing there as well.
"Well, this is interesting," he muttered.
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The gray monster stood there, growling.
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"I wouldn't do that if I were you," the girl said.
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A Rider leapt behind the monster, slashing it in the back with a shout. Red lights were lit brightly on his armor. The monster rolled and came up, growling.
The Rider shouted as he slashed at the monster with his glowing sword repeatedly.
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"So, Phi's come," the man on the roof muttered. "I figured, that pretty much confirms you're a student here too."
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Phi continued to slash the monster.
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Phi hit a button on his sword then pressed a button on his belt before closing it. His sword glowed and he shouted.
The man flipped from the rooftop.
Phi shouted as he slashed through the monster. It cried out and exploded into dust. He walked past it.
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Phi was on his bike as the man leapt from the roof. Phi drove off as he rolled.
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The man rose to his feet and sighed, "Ok then, run for now." He pointed after the bike, "I'll find your identity eventually, Phi!" He turned away and picked up his hat from the ground. He sighed and tucked it into his pocket before drawing out a card and looking at it. "I'll see just who's protecting our school, and just who's trying to harm it."
"Golden Grove," Will sighed as they stood next to the motorcycle.
"Don't say it like that," she said, "This city's never done anything to you."
"Its stolen you," he told her.
"No," she said, "The school did. Not the city."
"Same thing," he said.
"You can hate the school, but not the city. Besides, I doubt we'll even have to see the campus."
"I hope you're right," Will told her.
"Oh come on," she said, "It's not taking me away yet. Besides, don't you want to see how another school does things? Or at least another campus?"
"Not really," he said, "We're not sightseeing at schools, we're trying to meet other Riders. There's a difference," Will said, "Besides, we've never stuck around long after things were over, why should they cage now?"
"Maybe because I'd like them to?" she asked.
"Do you really want that?" he asked her.
She nodded, "I do."
Will sighed, "Ok, ok…"
"Then let's start investigating and get this Rider found," she said.
"And if the past stops have been anything to go by, we can help him or her fight," Will told her, "Let's go and investigate."
"Anders!" someone called in the hallway.
The man from the rooftop turned, "What is it Tyler?" he asked.
The young man named Tyler stopped by him. Both wore gray school uniforms, "I was wondering if you had the bio notes?"
"Yeah, sure," he said, going into his bag and pulling out a folder. He held it out, "Just get them back to me when you can. I thought you were in class all week though."
"I was," Tyler said, paging through them, "But my notes aren't as detailed as yours. And I don't have much time to study for the test."
"Why's that?" Anders questioned, folding his arms over his chest.
"Life," Tyler said. He closed the folder, "Thank you! I'll get this to you as soon as I can!"
Tyler hurried off down the hall, meeting with a girl. The two of them went off together. The man named Anders stood there, watching him. He started to walk down the hall and took a turn into an empty hall. He walked up to a door and knocked on it a few times.
The door slid open, revealing glowing eyes.
"I have information," Anders said softly, smiling a little, "I believe I can point you in Phi's direction."
"Can you really, James?" a voice hissed from within.
"I can," he said, "There was a woman at last night's attack, and I found her friend."
"Go on…"
"Why has nobody heard of a Power Rider?" Will muttered, sitting on a bench with his arms folded over his chest.
"We'll find it," Mina said as she stood behind it, facing away from Will.
"The sooner the better," he said, "We need to find him or her, I need to meet them, and then we need to move on!"
She nodded, "As bluntly as that's put, yeah, we do," she said. She walked around the bench and sat beside him, "Let's go look at the campus."
"Why now?" he asked.
"We have no leads, so why not?"
He sighed, "Ok, sure." He rose to his feet, "The sooner we do that, the better."
The two walked on campus, students all around them in gray uniforms. "I feel out of place," Will said.
"Underdressed?" she asked.
"Too brightly dressed is more like it," he told her.
She smiled a little, "Well, it's an elite school, they have uniforms."
"But such a bland gray?" he asked, "Why not a nice maroon?"
"Stop finding fault in the smallest details," she said, "It's not becoming of you."
"And this school isn't becoming of you," he told her.
"Oh, so I'm above the school?" she asked, stopping and looking at him.
"I'd think so," he said, "Especially because I know you so well."
"I'll take the compliment, but disregard it as a foolish comment," she said, walking on, "This school has helped birth the careers of many famous scientists, authors, politicians, lawyers…"
"And what is it you'd do with your degree from here?" he asked, "I mean, writing can only get you so far, even from such an elite school."
"It's also thanks in part to the teaching of actual published authors," she said, "They know how things work. And the name on my resume is important too."
"Do you even use a resume when you try to get writing published?" he asked.
She sighed, "You know what I mean."
"Do you two need directions?" a student asked as he walked towards them from the side.
They looked at the man. Mina shook her head, "No thanks, we're just looking around."
"Yeah," Will said.
"Are you two attending here next semester or something?" he asked.
"I plan to attend soon," Mina said, "I've been accepted."
"And him?" the man asked, directing to Will.
"I'm quite happy where I am," he told the man.
"And where is that?" he asked.
"Harper's Coast. Well…before the invasion," he muttered.
"Coast? Isn't that just a two year college?"
"It is…"
"Sorry, doesn't sound that great."
"Hey!" Will shouted at him, "It's my home! I don't care if it isn't some elite school like this one, it's important to me!"
"Sorry, sorry," the man said, "I can respect a man who's so dedicated to the thought of his home. I feel the same about mine."
"I'm sorry; I'm Mina Crock," Mina said, "He's Will Scheffer."
"James Anders," the man introduced, "I'm a law student."
"Nice to meet you, James," Mina told him.
"And you as well," James said. He looked at his watch, "I have a class. If you're still around later, I can be of service." He hurried off.
"I don't like him," Will said.
"You won't like anyone here, on merit of them being Grove students alone," Mina told him.
"To be fair…well…," Will stuttered.
"I'm right," she said, walking onwards.
Tyler sat under a tree, flipping through the notes that James had lent to him. A girl walked up and sat at his side, "Long night then?" she joked.
"You were there," Tyler said. "When are you going to stop putting yourself in that danger?"
"When you stop needing someone to lure out the Grays," she told him.
He sighed, "Look, Jessica…"
"No," she told him, "I won't stop. You need help, and you know it. If you were walking around, waiting for a Gray attack, they'd find out your identity. By having a student walking around, it's different."
"I destroy them all the same," he said, "It doesn't matter if one sees me, I destroy it."
"And if there are others?" she questioned.
"Well, anyone observing should realize that you're always there, then they see your long list of friends…," he gestured to himself, "And it's obvious."
"I have more friends than just you!" she told him.
"Oh, really?" he asked with a smile.
"Ok, I did," she said, putting emphasis on 'did', "After everything with you, it's gotten too hard to maintain all of them."
"Keep blowing people off to help me?" he asked, "That makes me feel good, knowing you care so much."
She shook her head, "Shouldn't you be studying?"
"You started it, to be fair," he told her.
She smiled and got up, "Oh come on, you're at Golden Grove, one of the best colleges in the country. You should be able to work through the distraction."
He shook his head, "Clearly I can't," he said, "Now please, go."
She smiled, "Yeah, I'll go."
"They remind me of us," Mina said as she and Will watched two people under a tree, the boy clearly trying to study, the girl annoying him.
"What, me with my somewhat poor studying skills, and you on top of it all, giving me a hard time?" he asked.
She nodded, "What else?"
"You know, it looks like we're eavesdropping or spying," he said.
"We're only watching, we can't hear," she said, "Different enough."
"Still creepy."
She smiled and looked at him, "So, you still hate the campus?"
"I do," he said.
"I love it," she said, "I never got a chance to visit it after I was accepted. I didn't have the money to come out here to look around. We agreed that I'd get a look at it on move-in day for the semester. I was disappointed, but then I realized something."
"Oh?"
"It meant I got more time with you," she told Will. "I could have left for a few days, spent time here, and I was devastated when I heard I couldn't. But then I realized that I only had the rest of the semester to spend with you. If I'd left for even three days to visit, that was three days less to spend with you. I needed that time."
"You know that, even if you come here," he started.
"When," she said.
"Right. When you come here, that we'll still be friends. We'll still talk, video chat, I'll visit when I can…"
"On that motorcycle that seems to require no gas?" she asked.
"If I get to keep it when it's all over, yeah," he said.
"I know," she said, "But you and I both know it won't be the same."
He sighed, "And…and as much as I hate to admit it, this is the best for you. For you to be here, where you can thrive, where your future can be secured better than it ever could be at home. I love Harper's Coast more than you'll ever understand, but…but I realize that it's holding you back.
"You have so much potential, Mina. You are the greatest person I've ever met. You're smart, you have a path, you…well, I don't even need to go on. You get it," he told her, "This is where you belong. It hurts me to admit that, but it's the truth."
She smiled and leaned against him to give him a quick hug, "That means a lot to hear you say."
He smiled weakly, "Well, don't expect to hear it again. I don't know if I have it in me to say a second time."
She shook her head and laughed a little, "Don't worry, one's all I need."
She rose to her feet, "I'm going to keep looking around, you can go if you want. I'll find you later."
He nodded, "Have fun," he said, "I won't hold you back with my attitude."
She smiled and walked off.
He leaned back in the bench and sighed, "Now what?" he muttered. His drift gazed over to Tyler, who sat under the tree across the walkway from him. He sighed and looked up at the sky.
Mina stood and watched some students playing tennis at a fenced court. She heard someone walk up behind her and turned, "You're transferring or something, I take it?" the girl asked.
"I am," Mina replied, "I've been accepted, now I just need to wait for next semester. Mina," she said, offering her hand.
"Jessica," the girl said.
"Right," she said, "I saw you earlier."
"Yeah, I saw you with a boy too," Jessica said.
"He's my best friend," Mina told her, "He's not happy about me transferring, but he came with me anyway to see the campus. Mostly against his will."
Jessica nodded, "I can see how that might be hard. I don't know what I'd do if my best friend left. He was the boy I was with earlier, when we saw each other."
"Ah," Mina said, giving her a nod.
"I'm just glad he's here with me. It makes things a lot easier," Jessica told Mina, "I'm sorry that your friend isn't going to be here."
Mina nodded, "He doesn't have the grades, even if he wanted to," she said.
"That's not good," Jessica said.
"I'm making the most of the last of our time together though," Mina told her.
"Always good." She walked up and looked at the courts, "Do you like tennis?"
"I enjoy watching it," she said.
"Do you want to play?" Jessica asked.
"Um…sure," Mina said, "I guess so."
Jessica motioned for her to follow and started to head around the fence, "There should be some extra clothes if you want to change," she said.
"Thanks, I'll take it," Mina replied.
As they went into a storage building, Mina looked at some of the rackets before picking one up. She looked to Jessica, "Oh, have you heard rumors of…well…a Power Rider?" she asked.
Jessica stiffened for a moment, then relaxed and turned to her, "A what?"
"Power Rider," Mina said, "You know what I'm talking about, I saw you react to it."
"I didn't," Jessica said, "I have no idea what that is."
"Please," Mina said, putting her racket aside. "Please tell me what you know. You know something, and please, we need to know!"
Tyler moved and sat on the bench, "A tree's not the best back support," Tyler said as Will looked at him.
"Oh trust me, I know," Will said, "I used to study under trees. I thought it looked cool or something, but then it started to hurt."
Tyler laughed a bit, "Yeah, I know what you mean. It's kind of a college cliché, isn't it?"
"It's one that has a good image though," Will told him, "Who doesn't want to be the lone student, studying under a tree, looking all cool?" he joked.
Tyler laughed a little, "Yeah, I know what you mean." He held his hand out, "Tyler Moss."
"Will Scheffer," Will responded, shaking Tyler's hand.
"Are you transferring?" Tyler asked, "Visiting?"
"My friend is transferring; I brought her," he said, "That's all."
"Ah," Tyler said. He pulled the notes onto his lap, "Well, I'm sure your friend will love it here."
"I think she already does," he said, looking at the notes, "I'll leave you to your studying."
As Will started to rise, Tyler looked at him, "You can stay," he said, "Especially if you know anything about biology."
"Sorry, not my subject," Will told him. He gave a small smile, "Now, if you'd said chemistry, I could help. But bio? No."
"Ah, too bad," Tyler said, "I won't do chem until next year."
"Well, I won't be here next year to help," Will said.
"I guess I'll suffer through it without you," Tyler joked.
Will held up a finger to say to give him a minute. He pulled his phone from his pocket, "Mina?" he asked. He remained silent, "Ok, I'm coming!" He looked at Tyler, "Sorry, got to go!" He ran off as he pocketed his phone.
"Wait!" Tyler called after him, "I…can help," he said, instead of yelled. He sighed, "Oh well, hope he finds his way around campus…"
Jessica and Mina backed away on the tennis courts. Will came running and pushed past them, drawing his buckle out.
"That was fast," Mina told him.
"When you're in danger, I'll be fast," he told her as he lowered it to his waist and drew out a card. "Power Ride!" The belt flashed red in the center and then a magenta shine came around Will's body, molding into armor around him. Projections came up, then the cards came down, on him.
[Decade 10. 13:18-14:25 (note: edit girl out of background at about 13:57)]
Will's transformation completed. Two gray bodied monsters stood on the tennis court, one stated, "He's not Phi…"
"So, this is the home of Phi," Will said.
"Phi or not, we're going to destroy you, Rider!" one of the two monsters shouted as both ran for Will.
They jumped the net and engaged Will, who threw strikes back and did his best to fight them, taking blows in the process. He was kicked and rolled, coming up and opening his belt.
"Try this!" Will shouted as he held up a card.
"Power Ride! Spade!"
He ran through the card projection to appear as Spade, then used his blade against the monsters, but was forced back. He shouted and swiped a card.
"Metal"
His body turned to steel, causing the monster's attacks to fail.
He slashed the closest monster and drew another card.
"Speed"
He dashed forward, hammering one with his sword, throwing it back.
"So much power!" the monster shouted as it rose.
Will opened his belt as he spoke, "I'm just getting started!" He held up a new card and swiped it.
"Lightning Kick"
He came down, destroying one of the monsters in his kick before reverting back to Legacy.
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Jessica looked at her phone. "Tyler?" she muttered, "Come on…"
Mina was looking out ahead, Jessica noticed. She started to type another text as quickly as she could.
"Huh, well done," a voice growled.
"What?" Will muttered, turning his head.
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A new monster walked past the blue flaming body of the destroyed monster. The other one walked behind him.
The new monster extended tendrils from his hand with a shout, causing them to go over the destroyed monster, raising him back from a burning mess to full form again. "Our power," he said simply.
The revived monster roared.
"How can you do that?" Will shouted.
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"A fourth one?" Mina shouted as a feminine figure walked forward, body gray, like the others.
"No," Will muttered.
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Now a fourth monster stood with them, "Not good," Will muttered.
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"Tyler, this isn't a good time to focus on your studies…," Jessica muttered.
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"I guess I'll destroy you until you stop coming back," Will said.
"We are stronger than you could ever imagine," the one that revived the destroyed monster growled, "You can't stop us!"
He rushed forward, fighting with Will, smashing him around easily. Will shouted and continued to take a beating until he was thrown back, rolling.
[End Decade footage]
Will shouted as he lay there on the ground in his human form.
Mina crouched by him, "Will!" She looked up and threw her hand forward with a shout.
The monsters recoiled back, growling in pain.
"Retreat," the clawed monster growled, "He's not Phi anyway!" The four fled.
"Why did they run?" Jessica questioned.
"Psychic powers," Mina said, "I think I hurt them more than they expected and decided to run."
"It's…it's because destroying me isn't their goal," Will growled, "Well, and your pain too."
"They want Phi," Mina said.
"Power Rider Phi," Will said.
Mina looked at Jessica, "I need an answer now."
"He's here, on this campus," she said, "He protects people from those Grays. We've never seen ones this strong before though."
"You said 'we'," Mina said, "You know Phi?"
She nodded once, "Tyler."
"Cause a panic," the lead Gray growled, walking away with one of the others. The fourth and the slim Grays remained and walked out into the campus.
People screamed and ran away. The two monsters looked around, laughing.
"Ok, now we have to find that Tyler guy," the slim one said.
The other one nodded, "We remove Phi, then things get easier," it said in a female voice.
As Tyler sat on the bench, he saw people running and screaming. He pulled out his phone, "Oh no," he muttered as he read the texts. He put his phone away and drew another one out of his bag. He ran towards the two monsters as they came into view.
"There you are," the female one growled.
Tyler stopped and pressed a button on his phone, forming the belt on his waist. "I'll put you two down! I'll protect the school!" he shouted.
The two monsters laughed.
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Tyler dialed on the phone before flipping it closed.
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"Power Ride!" Tyler shouted.
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He loaded it into his belt and tilted it down.
[End Decade footage]
Red lines formed over his body and then flashed brightly.
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The Grays lowered their arms and growled.
Phi shouted as he ran for them.
[End Decade footage]
"Your friend is Phi," Will said, "I was just talking to him before I came here."
"I was texting him, telling him to come," she said, "I don't know if there's something wrong or not though…"
"We need to find him," Mina said, "Will?"
"Come on!" he said, running off with the two girls in tow.
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Tyler shouted as he punched at the woman, who wielded a blade. He was kicked back by the other one and shouted before taking a whip attack and being knocked back.
He shouted as he tried to fight back, but kept taking hits.
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He was taken back by both of them and tried to keep fighting, but failed.
[End Decade footage]
Tyler hit the ground and rolled, his belt falling off. He groaned as he lay there in his human form after a red flash.
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The male monster crouched picking up the belt, "And Phi has finally fallen. This school is ours."
[End Decade footage]
"No…it'll never be yours!" Tyler shouted.
The three others arrived and ran towards Tyler. Jessica broke off and crouched by him, "Are you ok?"
"More or less," he groaned.
Will moved in front of them with his belt in hand, "I'll handle them," he said.
"You're a Rider too?" Tyler groaned.
"Small world," Will told him.
The belt was knocked from Will's hand and he shouted. The revived horned Gray had arrived as well, walking towards them.
"You're out of belts," the lead one growled.
"They may be, but I'm not!"
The Grays growled and turned to look at a set of stairs where James Anders stood in his uniform, a belt on his waist.
"You're our informant," the female growled, "And now you put on a belt as a threat to us?"
"I do," he said, "I knew I couldn't just come right out for you, so I had to get you out here. Exposing Phi was the easiest way. Sorry Tyler," he said.
"Anders…," Tyler muttered.
James lifted a card, "Power Ride," he said simply, lowering the card and swiping it over the front of his belt. It flashed cyan for a moment, then his belt glowed, covering his body in a cyan light.
Card projections flew up, then came crashing down on him, forming detail on his armor.
[Decade 10. 19:59-20:09]
Detail shots.
"I'm afraid I lack an official name, but a name's not important, is it?"
He shouted and hurried forward.
[End Decade footage]
"Another Rider…like me…," Will muttered.
"Anders was a Rider?" Tyler groaned.
Will ran for his belt, but the Gray ran to intercept him.
[Decade 10. 20:14-20:48 (note: edit Takumi out of the stairs the two times he briefly appears. Also, edit in lasers)]
James shouted as he leapt from the top of the stairs and rolled under an attack. The Gray and Will struggled in the back.
James shouted as he fired on the two monsters at close range, then sped around them, beating them with melee attacks. He shouted and lifted his gun, shooting at them. They stumbled back.
"If you can't take me, how will you last this?" he asked as he held up and loaded a card into his blaster.
"Power Summon! Claw!"
He held up another card and loaded it into his blaster.
"Power Summon! Horn!"
He fired his blaster, sending projections forward which came together, forming into two Riders.
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"He can summon other Power Riders?" Mina shouted.
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Both Riders ran forward.
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Mina threw her hand out, causing the monster to scream and stop. "Will!" she shouted.
"Right!" He picked up his belt and loaded it to his waist. "Power Ride!" He kicked the monster back, "Thanks Mina!"
"No problem!" she called back.
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Will continued to exchange blows with the monster until he locked his arms around the monster's arm. He glanced to Jessica, "Get them and run!"
[End Decade footage]
"We're not running!" Jessica shouted, "This is our school! Tyler's fought for it all this time!"
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Everyone continued to fight. James stood, watching.
[Decade 10. 21:18-22:03]
Claw and Horn forced their enemies back, and then James shot the belt-holder.
"Give that belt to me, now!" James shouted.
"Traitors will get nothing from us!" the monster shouted.
"I'm no traitor. I was never yours!" he shouted, firing on the monster again.
The monster was knocked back. James loaded a new card into his blaster.
"Gate Blast"
Will looked over as he kicked his enemy back, then it returned.
The two summons were sucked into a vortex of cards. James shouted and fired, creating a powerful blast which slammed into the monster with the belt, destroying him in an explosion of blue fire.
[Decade 10. 22:09-22:12]
James lowered his blaster.
[End Decade footage]
Will kicked his foe back and then leapt forward to kick him again. He turned, "You destroyed one…" He drew his sword out.
"Watch it," James told him.
Tyler was helped to his feet by Jessica, and the two ran, leaving Mina alone.
The two ran towards a fountain, but stopped when the final monster appeared.
"You don't have your belt. What can you possibly hope to do?" it growled.
Tyler stood in front of Jessica, "I need to try something."
"You'll be hurt without your belt!" she told him.
"I need to do something!" he told her.
There was a roar and something new jumped in, striking the monster back with a punch. Tyler and Jessica stumbled back as the new Gray stood before them, growling.
"It's a wolf…," Tyler stuttered.
[Decade 10. 22:51-23:17 (note: edit bike out of background at 23:12)]
The monster punched at Will, who blocked, "Watch yourself!" the monster roared, but was slashed back.
Will turned to look, seeing Jessica on the ground with the other Gray before her, and a new one in front of her.
"What is that?" Will questioned. He looked down and picked up the Phi belt.
James walked behind him, "Maybe you should give that belt to me, Will," he said, hand out.
"For some reason I don't trust you to give it back," Will said, lowering the belt and lifting a card instead.
"Oh, fine," James said, producing his own with a sigh, "Let's do this then…" He loaded a card into his blaster.
"Blast Attack" rang out twice as they fired rapidly on each other.
Will thrust his weapon forward with a shout, James moved to the side.
[End Decade footage]
Mina looked back and forth, "Will!" she shouted, "This isn't the time!" She turned, "Jessica!" She ran the other way, away from Will and James, towards Jessica and Tyler.
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