MOMENTS EARLIER
For Blake, everything felt like it was moving in superspeed. One second he was lying on the ground by Kamen Rider OOO's feet, barely conscious, the next Blake was grabbed by Fuma and surrounded by blue pixels again. This time, however, Blake felt as if he was on a roller coaster instead of feeling empowered. As the pixels faded, Blake regained more consciousness and was surprised to find he and Fuma in a room surrounded by a group of people he was somewhat familiar with. A young man with shaggy brown hair and glasses stepped forward yelling, "What the Hell is going on down there Lauren?!" Fuma answered, "Build and this idiot decided that today would be the best day for them to rebel against the UFE" and lightly dropped Blake on the ground beside her feet. The man rolled his eyes and proceeded to help Blake up and onto a nearby gray couch. "I need you Jason", Fuma began looking at the young man, "Build is still in trouble, plus you know the rules". Blake looked up at the two people with a confused expression and asked, "Rules? What rules?" A man of Hispanic descent came forward, his black fleece containing the logo of Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, and responded, "Riders who use Game Drivers, such as Lauren and myself, have certain limitations programmed into our Rider systems". Fuma continued, "For example, when we use the Stage Select feature on our drivers we can teleport to anywhere in the world; however, the same number of people, one of them being me, must return to the area they teleported from within a six-minute time span". Blake furrowed his eyebrows, "What happens if you fail to do so?" "Their Rider systems are either permanently damaged or the users of such systems are permanently damaged", answered Jason now walking over to Fuma, "Did you get them?" Fuma responded by pointing to Blake and stated, "He has them". A smirk appeared for a moment over Jason's face before quickly turning back into a scowl. Jason turned to face a young Caucasian man in the crowd, "Christian, how fast can you get to the UFE complex?" The young man with a 5'9" frame, short black hair, and a Kamen Rider Drive logo on his fleece, who Blake presumed to be Christian, answered, "With Tridoron, I can get there in ten minutes". "Be there in five", ordered Jason, "Take Cooper with you, I'll need a bike for myself to get out of there". A man with a darker complexion standing next to Christian turned to him and gave a mischievous smile. This man, who is named Cooper, is the user of the Kamen Rider Lazer system, as shown by the Lazer logo on his fleece Jacket. Christian rolled his eyes in retaliation and the two Riders began heading out for the base. "Everyone else", Jason commanded, "remains here until further notice, no if's, and's, or but's". The remaining Riders in the room nodded in response and affirmation. Quickly, Jason held out his hand and the Kabuto Zecter flew directly into the palm of his hand as he slid the sentient device onto his belt which triggered the announcement, "HENSHIN!". Now encased in bulky grey and red armor, Kabuto grabbed onto Fuma's hand as the two transformed Kamen Riders were enveloped by blue pixels and vanished instantaneously.
PRESENT MOMENT
Build stared in awe at Kabuto and Fuma as he realized that his time on Earth was far from over. "Lauren?", Build questioned, "Where's Blake?" Kabuto, now releasing Fuma from his embrace and helping the injured Kamen Rider to his feet, faced Build and muttered, "Safe, but it appears you are far from it". "I don't know", Build joked, "I think I had everything under control". Both Fuma and Kabuto let out a chuckle in response. "Jason!", Ryuki screamed, "I hope this is you taking your opportunity to surrender to us!" In response, Kabuto pulled on the horn of the Kabuto Zecter, initiating the Cast-Off process.
CAST OFF! CHANGE BEETLE!
Kabuto then took one hand each from Fuma and Build, placed them on his elbows, and whispered, "Hold on tight", as he slammed the Clock Up pad on his belt. The "CLOCK UP!" announcement was heard, and the three figures dashed away in a blur of red, blue, grey, and orange light. Once Build and Fuma heard the "CLOCK OVER!" sound, the three Riders took the moment to analyze their surroundings. Kabuto had not taken them far from where they once were, only to an area behind one of the buildings ten feet away. The FullBottle-using Rider turned to look at Kabuto and saw that his legs were shaking, as if they were about to buckle from holding a heavy object. "Are you alright?", Build inquired. Kabuto laid his back against the wall of the building and responded, "Fine. I'm guessing your wings are no good?" Build shook his head, "Once I finished my FULL BULLET attack, Sean managed to get on top of me and shred my wings with his tiger claws". The beetle-based Rider peaked his head over the corner of the building and witnessed Ryuki screeching in frantic anger orders to seek and destroy the renegades. Kabuto turned to Fuma and Build stating, "We don't have much time, we're going to have to keep them busy. Andrew, I need you to use your Rabbit FullBottle and fire at that group from the rooftop six feet from us. Lauren, you're sticking with me". Both Riders nodded, and Build swapped out the Taka FullBottle for the Rabbit one, eliciting the sounds, "RABBIT! ARE YOU READY?!". Unfortunately for the trio, the sounds of Build's 'Build Up' caught the attention of Kamen Riders Ghost and Specter as well as some Kurokage Troopers. It only took seconds for the rest of the UFE Riders to notice the commotion as they all began charging towards the renegades. "Alright, game time", Kabuto stated as Build leapt onto the rooftop of the building the trio was behind and began sprinting towards the 6 ft. checkpoint. However, that did not deter Ghost and Specter as they both jumped onto the shoulders of Kurokage Troopers and jumped again onto a rooftop to chase Build. "Go after Kabuto and Fuma", Specter ordered to the troopers. "I think he was talking about us", Fuma announced, standing beside Kabuto as both Riders began running forward to battle the troopers. Ten feet away, Kamen Riders Gaim, Gatack, and Zangetsu stood, watching the commotion. "I'm going to man the gated entrance to the facility, do you think you guys can handle this?" Both Riders nodded in response and began walking. Kamen Rider Gatack turned to Zangestu and stated, "I'll go for Jason, you take down Lauren". Zangetsu retorted, "No, they will be expecting that. You worry about Lauren, Jason is mine". With that, both UFE Kamen Riders began charging at the renegades; with Gatack drawing his Double Calbers and Zangetsu with her Ichigo Kunai.
On the rooftop, Kamen Rider Build found himself caught in-between Ghost and Specter as each pulled out a weapon: the Gan Gun Saber for the former and the Gan Gun Hand for the latter. Ghost began the assault by lunging forward at Build with his saber which the latter avoided by sidestepping. However, this was merely a simple trap to give Build some false confidence as Specter performed a complex yet fluid acrobatic maneuver that led Build into thinking that Specter would attack with his Gan Gun Hand in his right hand when during the flip he had switched it to his left. The impact of the rod-based weapon landed on Build's clavicle, causing him to fall onto his left knee as an involuntary response. In retaliation, Build fired a couple shots at Specter, but missed as he was distracted by an enticing jingle.
KAIGAN: MUSASHI! KETTO! ZUBATTO! CHO KENGO!
Just when Build turned to face where the jingle was emanating from, he was slashed across the face by Ghost's Gan Gun Saber in its Naginata mode; the Hawk Gatlinger retreating into his belt. Once Build fell to the ground, he was able to sit up and get a better view of his attacker. Ghost no longer possessed an orange face with large black eyes, but instead possessed a completely black face with two red swords in the middle and a red hood. Build then turned his head to face Specter, who was now putting a turquoise Eyecon into his driver.
EYE! BATCHIRIMIRO! KAIGAN: TUTANKHAMUN! PYRAMID WA SANKAKU! OKE NO SHIKAKU!
After completing his transformation, Kamen Rider Specter was now adorned with pharaoh-like armor that was designed as a turquoise hood with gold plating on the shoulders. Specter then took his Gan Gun Hand, switched it to sickle mode, and held the weapon by Build's neck. Ghost rested his stance slightly to reach up to the commlink near his helmet, "Dan, we apprehended Andrew. Want us to put him in a containment unit?" Build could not hear what Ryuki was ordering, but by Ghost's change in posture, he assumed the worst. "Are you sure, I-I mean I know he rebelled, but I d-don't think", Ghost stuttered and lowered his head in what Build perceives to be future regret, "Okay Dan, it will be done". Build turned his head to look past the edge of the rooftop to see Ryuki staring at him for two seconds before turning to walk towards the conflict Fuma and Kabuto were in. As Ryuki walked closer to toward the commotion he pulled out an advent card, which Build was able to read from where he was laying. The card read, "Final Vent". Knowing that Ryuki was preparing his finishing move, Build had only seconds to come up with a plan to interrupt the attack. "So…", Specter began, "what does Ryuki want us to do?" Ghost responded in a saddened tone, "To kill him". Build's head turned to face the two Riders and, with the enhanced speed the Rabbit FullBotle provided, swiped away Specter's sickle, applied pressure to the spring on his left foot, and launched into the air. Once in the air, Build summoned the Drill Crusher from his driver so that he could load it with the Rocket FullBottle. "READY, GO!", was announced by the weapon as Build pressed on the trigger, which caused the Drill Spiral Blade to detach from the hilt and fly towards Ryuki, "VORTEX BREAK!". Kamen Rider Ryuki, by that point in time, was already engulfed by Dragreder's flames as he was soaring towards Kabuto until the rocketing blade slammed the left side of his body. A sigh of relief escaped from Build's mouth as he watched Ryuki fall to the ground midway through his finisher. Build then leaped from the rooftop and landed on the ground. "Stop right there Andrew!", a voice yelled as Build turned to see Specter and Ghost falling towards him with their weapons drawn. Build quickly summoned the Hawk Gatlinger from his driver and turned the crank on the belt, "READY, GO! VORTEX ATTACK!". The FullBottle-using Kamen Rider made a large leap into the air as he pulled the trigger of the weapon, generating a large blast that hit both Riders as they fell to the ground, their armors failing them. Walking over to the unconscious Riders, Build was grateful to find they both still had pulses and remarked, "I'm sorry guys, I never wanted to hurt any of you", as he ran over to help his comrades.
The tide of battle for the conflict involving Kamen Riders Kabuto, Fuma, Gatack, and Zangetsu kept changing throughout Build's ordeal. Earlier, Kabuto and Fuma were easily overpowering their opposition; but now, Kabuto had both knees on the ground and Fuma was becoming more and more exhausted trying to balance her time fighting Gatack and the Kurokage Troopers. "What's wrong Jason?", Zangetsu began, "Am I not worthy to lose by your Clock Up?" Kabuto gave a chuckle, "Oh Rose, I thought you knew me better". Just when the beetle-based Rider was about to swipe Zangetsu's feet, something else did it for him. Looking up, Kabuto saw one of Fuma's Ninja-Players standing above them and then disappearing back into Fuma. "Lauren", Kabuto thought, "What are you doing? You lose strength the more you summon your Players". In the distance Kabuto could see Build running towards him, but he was intercepted by OOO, Birth, Zolda, and Ryuki. Looking at Fuma's predicament, Kabuto's eyes widened underneath his helmet as he saw Fuma disarmed and Gatack combining his Double Calibers so that they looked like stag beetle mandibles. "RIDER CUTTING!", sounded as Gatack ran toward Fuma, placed her within the blades, and began squeezing. Taking two deep breaths, Kabuto smacked the pad on his belt before Zangetsu managed to regain her footing.
CLOCK UP!
"Okay", Kabuto thought, "First things first, save Lauren". By moving at near-light speed, Kabuto safely made his way to Lauren and placed his hands under her arms to grab her. "Ahhh!", Kabuto screeched as he felt 120 volts pass through his body, if he were without his armor he would be dead. "Well, I figured that would happen. Looks like the only way to help Lauren is to kick him. I'm sorry Kyle", Kabuto thought to himself. The only moving Rider walked over to Gatack and began the countdown, "1, 2, 3". Kabuto then reset the horn back into its original position before the Cast Off and began charging his attack. Once finished charging, Kabuto pulled on the horn, "RIDER KICK!". The electrical and tachyon charged kick was delivered straight to Gatack's stomach which caused the Kamen Rider to begin slowly flying backwards. After delivering the kick, Kabuto noticed that time was beginning to speed up back to its original state. "No", thought Kabuto, "Not now, I still have to help Andrew". Running as fast as he could, time still catching up, Kabuto made it next to Ryuki and began the preparations for another Rider Kick. However, once Kabuto hit the first button on the Zecter that starts the sequence, a mix of electrical and tachyon energy began sparking from his armor, causing him to yell in agony and fall to one knee.
CLOCK OVER!
Ryuki was surprised to find Kabuto next to him fallen to one knee; normally he would've expected the great Kamen Rider Kabuto to not have made such a foolish error. Not missing an opportunity, Ryuki delivered a kick across Kabuto's helmet which knocked the latter onto his back. Before beginning any other attack, a loud scream was heard over by Gatack. Since the energy Gatack had charged to attack Fuma failed to deliver to her, it ran back to him; add that with the Rider Kick he received from Kabuto microseconds earlier, it is no surprise that he fell on his back without his armor. "Damn", spoke OOO. Ryuki looked towards Zangetsu, who was confused as to where her target went, and said, "Rose! Finish what Kyle started, neutralize Lauren". Zangetsu nodded and began moving towards Fuma. "Aaaahhh!", was heard as the figure of Kamen Rider Gaim in his Kachidoki arms flew over everyone's heads. "What the Hell!", yelled Ryuki as he turned to see what hit the Lockseed-using Council Member. A red car with white stripes down the middle came screeching into the compound, ran over the Kurokage Troopers, and parked near Fuma and Zangetsu. Two figures, Christian and Cooper, exited the car and attached their respective drivers. Cooper took out two Gashats from his jacket pockets and pressed the switches on their sides, "BAKUSOU BIKE! GIRI GIRI CHAMBARA!". Turning the switch on the Drive Driver, Christian began the standby music that proceeded his transformation, drew his Shift Speed Car, inserted it into the Shift Brace and pulled up on it.
GASHAT! GACHAN! LEVEL UP! BAKUSOU DOKUSOU GEKISOU BAKUSOU BIKE! A GOTCHA! GIRI-GIRI-GIRI-GIRI CHAMBARA!
DRIVE: TYPE SPEED!
Now suited and ready to battle, Kamen Rider Lazer pulled out his Gashacon Sparrow and began firing upon Ryuki, OOO, Zolda, and Birth to provide cover for Kabuto and Build to run to the red car, whilst Drive went to confront Zangetsu with his Handle-Ken. Upon arriving at the car Kabuto asked, "What the Hell was taking so long?" "What do you mean?", Drive began, "We arrived just in time". Fuma retorted, "Like Hell you did", as she regained her footing and assisted Drive in combating the white Lockseed-using Kamen Rider. Knowing that she could not defeat Drive in her exhausted state, Zangetsu began walking backwards towards Ryuki and his comrades, deflecting the laser arrows that Lazer was unloading onto her with her Ichigo Kunai. Drive turned to see Gaim standing back up, undoubtably angry with how he was hit by the red car, Tridoron. "That…hurt", Gaim stated. A nervous laugh came out of Drive's mouth, "No hard feelings?". Gaim responded by placing his hand on the cutting blade of the Sengoku Driver and sliced downward, "KACHIDOKI SQUASH!". Drive's eyes widened beneath his helmet with slight fear, "Uh oh". "Don't worry, I'll handle him", said Fuma as she removed her Hurricane Ninja Gashat from the primary slot in the Gamer Driver and placed it in the slot adjacent to the Stage Select button. "KIMEWAZA!", was announced as Kamen Rider Fuma's blades began charging with digital energy, while Gaim began running towards Fuma to land a Rider Kick on her. Pressing the finisher button once again, the Gamer Driver's announcer stated, "HURRICANE CRITICAL STRIKE!". Kamen Rider Fuma began spinning her kodachi blades, creating two tornado-like objects that flew towards Gaim. Thankfully for the ninja-based Rider, Gaim was greatly hindered by the tornados but still managed to land his toes on her chest, causing her to fly back two feet. Meanwhile, Zangetsu had prepared her finisher as well, having attached the Ichigo Lockseed to her Musou Saber and slicing her weapon in the air, which created a giant energy-based strawberry that split into multiple kunai that flew towards the renegades.
LOCK ON! 1, 10, 100: ICHIGO CHARGE!
TIRE KOUKAN: DREAM VEGAS
Having seen other Lockseed-Riders use that attack before, Kamen Rider Drive knew the best way to defend against it in the renegades' current conundrum. Utilizing the Drum Shields of the Shift Dream Vegas Car and the speed of his Type Speed form, Drive was able to deflect a majority of the kunai flying towards him and his comrades; some had hit Lazer but he only suffered minor scratches to his armor. "Hey Jason", Drive remarked, "I think it's time to scram". Kabuto responded, "I think your right", and turned to Build, "Do you have a way out of here? I know your Solstall Wings from the Taka FullBottle are damaged". Build pulled out a phone-like object and inserted the Lion Fullbottle inside of it, causing the announcement "BUILD CHANGE!" and the phone to transform into a motorcycle. "Excellent", Kabuto stated, "Lauren, you ride with Christian in Tridoron. I'll go with Cooper. And Andrew, you just try to catch up". Build laughed from the remakr as the rest of his new comrades followed Kabuto's orders. Kamen Rider Lazer had went from his Level 3 form that utilized the Giri Giri Chambara Gashat to his Level 2 form that transformed him into a motorcycle which Kabuto sat on and prepared to drive. One by one, the renegades left the compound, moving at full speed as they raced toward the hideout.
At the UFE compound, the wreckage of the battle was clear. There now existed multiple holes in buildings and many Riders and Kurokage Troopers in the infirmary. Still in their armored forms helping the wounded get into the infirmary, Zolda approached Ryuki and questioned, "They might not have gotten far, do you want me to go out with Snipe, Delta, and some Riotroopers to search for them?" Ryuki shook his head, "No need. The tracker that we placed on PunchHopper is still active, so we just need to regroup and select a better team. For now, you need to worry about wearing your ceremonial garments". Zolda lowered his head, "Dan, I respect you 110%; but, I stand by what I said in the meeting, I think it is too soon". Ryuki placed his hand on Zolda's shoulder, "I am grateful that you still respect me, I can tell that I am losing some trust here. Maybe they're right. Maybe I am turning my feelings of sadness and loss from Annie's death into anger and hatred". "I think maybe you should talk to someone about it", Zolda carefully suggested, "After all, you did order us to kill them a few times". Ryuki nodded, "I'll keep that in mind". Just then, both Riders heard a sound they had grown accustomed to, the sound of someone or something jumping from the Mirror World to the "real" world. Turning to face the sound, Ryuki was surprised to see Steven come out of a reflective window. "What brings you here?", inquired Ryuki. Steven answered, "The other Advent Riders and I are wondering if the ceremony is still going to continue as scheduled or if you would like us to go search for Jason and the rest of the traitors". Nodding the affirmative, Ryuki replied, "The ceremony is still a go. Also, I'm going to need to you later tonight, the UFE has contracted the private company FAUST to help develop more systems for us to utilize since we are understaffed". Steven bowed his head, "Yes sir", and walked back into the Mirror World through the window.