Spider 22: Genesis Part 2
Regular text: Orange Arms
Talking: "Orange Arms"
Different language: "Orange Arms"
Belt, Lockseeds, and Emphasis: Orange Arms
Thoughts: Orange Arms
Thought Communication: "Orange Arms"
A/N I apologize for the long wait, but I finally finished with the chapters I've been working on. So here it is, but it may take me a while to do the next few chapters, and I apologize in advance.
Intro: Z encounters Sagara, who revives him and allows him to escape with Aqune.
Meanwhile, in the Outer World, Igneous is knocked out by Zangetsu-Shin and is subsequently saved by him when people try to abduct them. However, Hunter and Corona are not safe from this, as they are captured and Hunter awakens to find his Sengoku Driver missing and in the possession of a man named Sid. Sid has planted a Genesis Driver on Hunter, who (not knowing it's a trap) uses it to transform into Gaim-Shin!
Sometime in the Future:
A young man was strapped to a table and screamed and closed his eyes.
When he opened them back up, they were almost blood red with black pupils.
"What the heck?" Akarui began to back up. He was in a vent-like area. However, voices suddenly emanated from the vent before him.
"Text subject Black has successfully integrated with the Bujin Gaim Driver once again. Possession is complete. Blood Orange Lockseed has not been found."
"Let the subject free." A clicking noise was heard. "…Kurorui, was it? I have a job for you. That one in your squad: Akarui Fenikkusu, go fetch him."
Akarui's breath caught in his throat.
"Use any method necessary"
Begin Theme: Point of No Return By: Mahiro Takasugi (Sung By Sparkle and Lumen)
(Music) Several vines cover the screen before they are cut and fall to the ground slowly to reveal the title: "Spider Rider Gaim and Dreigon". Several Riders' armor are shown.
(Dare mo boku no koto nante) Embassy, and Z are seen facing each other, a Sengoku Driver on Z's waist and a Genesis Driver on Embassy's.
(Ridai nante shite kurenai darou) They get their Lockseeds out as silhouettes of their Rider forms and another form appear above them.
(Kanatan ni rikai sareru) Hunter is laying on the ground, covered in injuries and his destroyed Manacle in his right hand.
(Hodo boku date asahaka ja nai) A single tear falls from his eye and he tightens his grip on his Manacle as he is replaced by Gaim Orange Arms.
(Shikareta rail wo hazure) Corona is on her knees on the ground, her tears freely slipping out with her Manacle on the ground in front of her.
(Jama na target tsugi tsugi keshite) Igneous looks down at the Manacle in his hand and prepares to throw it into the ocean, but hesitates.
(Kampeki na jiyuu dake wo motometa) Sparkle and Lumen stand by themselves at a garden, digging a hole before they drop an item respectively in, their Manacles.
(Ubau no mo atareu no mo) Akarui Fennikusu runs forward towards an apparition of two people, presumably Dreigon and Kage Dreigon, but he stops and grips the space above heart in pain as red feathers start to fall around him.
(Boku ga kimeru) His skin starts to change and he transforms into his Invess form before spontaneously combusting.
(Sore koso ga tsuyosa nandarou?) Aqune walks forward, a distant look in her eyes but stops when she see the Girl In White in front of her.
(Naraba mayowazu ni tsukisusumu dake sa) The Girl In White sighs and points behind her, seeing a Rider who's main colors were violet, white, and black.
(I Miss You) Aqune reaches for the Rider when flower petals start to swirl around her, stopping her.
(Modoranai, Past the Point Of No Return) Hunter and Z stand side-by-side, facing Embassy, who holds up his Energy Lockseed while they hold up their own respective Lockseeds.
(Mou dare mo hitsuyou to shinai) They start running when all of a sudden, they change into their Rider forms in a flash of light.
(Sekai no mannaka ni tatsu) Corona, Aqune, and Igneous look between the two, not sure what to do when they change into Arrow, Baron, and a shadow of a Rider.
(Chikara wo te ni ireru tame nara) The three meet in the middle, clashing blades before a zipper comes the scene changes in a flash of light.
(Zen to aku no kyoukasen sae mo koete) A girl is seen with Akarui before she held up her arm, revealing a device on her wrist with a button, which she pressed.
(Modorenai, Past the Point Of No Return) Sparkle looks forward and sees her brother and Leon fighting, conflicted on who to save when the fight escalates into a Rider Battle with Lumen changing into an upgraded Zangetsu suit.
(Mou ato ni hike wa shinai to) Several silhouettes are seen, looking upon the fighting when one of them stands up, revealing himself to be Bujin Gaim.
(Wakatteita tsumori demo) Gaim, Dreigon, Arrow, Ryugen, Baron, and Zangetsu stand in a circle with their weapons before activating their Secondary Form Devices.
(Torimodoshitai mono bakkari de) Hunter and Z are back to back with a different reaction. Hunter in sadness and Z in disbelief.
(Kako to ima no kyoukaisen) In Hunter's eyes are the memories he shared with the other Spider Riders
(Samayoi tsuzuketeiru) In Z's eyes are Helheim and the Inner and Outer World, symbolizing a choice.
(Hitori bocchi de…) Both of them scream out in anguish and pain at what they've lost.
(Music) A zipper covers the screen when all of a sudden, several vines with Helheim fruits on them grow over it, and the song finishes as the fruit transforms into the Orange, Dragonfruit, Banana, Kage Dragonfruit, Budou, Marionberry, and Melon Lockseeds.
Present Day:
Aqune helped Z through the Helheim portal before the boy closed it.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Aqune asked Z.
"I'm fine, I'm just really tired"
"Just hang on for a bit, we're almost to the castle." Aqune encouraged.
Z and Aqune walked for a bit but Aqune stopped Z and quickly pushed him back.
"What's wrong?"
Aqune quickly covered his mouth to shut him up.
Two people walked by.
"Any sign of them?"
"No, and I'm questioning why Liz is making us do searches for the Spider Riders. They've already been kicked out of our world and it's not likely they're coming back."
"Even so, we shouldn't get on her nerves. She's been certified insane by now, trying to cause a war when she just took over today. And it's not a war we'd win either. The other nations would quite easily take us down before we got far. What we need is some of those Kamen/Spider Rider belts"
"Yeah, but those are only in Liz's elite guard. She won't let anyone in or out and it's always her way."
"And things used to be so peaceful before she arrived…"
By now the conversation was too far away to hear.
Aqune and Z came out of hiding.
"So Liz took control of everything when she forced us out?" Aqune summarized.
"And that's not it; thanks to some "convenient plot device" we know that she plans to start a war. And we have barely been gone a day too! But we don't know why, how, or where she is"
The two pondered for a moment before Aqune looked up.
"I'm guessing there" she pointed.
Z turned around and saw a slender pillar of light shooting into the sky from a small area just visible through the tips of the trees.
"It's just like Helheim"
He followed the light and saw it lead right to the sun, where it pierced it, cracks noticeably appearing over it as the energy traveled through the pillar downwards.
"Except this time, it could destroy something important" Aqune swallowed.
"We don't have time to lose" Z pulled out his LilyRunner LockVehicle.
"That won't work" Aqune stopped him.
"Why?"
"Because, we have to get their carefully, we can't do that on our vehicles. Portia, Spider Out!"
From Aqune's Manacle, Portia appeared.
"Hop on" Aqune got on Portia.
"Are you serious? I don't think she can travel, didn't you say she was sick?"
"Z, she's not sick, she's just unable to talk and has been for some time. We can still communicate but only for short periods at a time. Now, I'm done explaining, so hurry up"
"Oh really? Then why is it that the other Spiders can't talk either? Face it Aqune, it's not just Portia, the Spiders are affected by something, and we have to get to the bottom of it"
"Okay, but for now we have to get going, so please, just get on" Z hesitantly climbed on. When she was sure they were safe, Portia quickly sped off.
Gaim-Shin carefully lifted the DaiDaiArrow experimentally before looking at the door.
Aiming it at the door, he pulled the handle back slowly and let orange energy gather in the tip.
He released it and a single energy arrow shot out and obliterated the door.
But the recoil sent him back a couple steps.
Gaim-Shin regained his balance and looked at the DaiDaiArrow before checking out the damage to the door.
"Is this what Corona has to deal with when she uses her weapon?" he asked before he tried to walk out the door. Unfortunately, the piece on his shoulder stopped him from moving any further.
"Well, this could be a problem"
"Sir, he got out of the room"
"Yes, because it was part of the plan" Akira retorted.
"Send in squad A to intercept him and lead him to his girlfriends' room"
"Yes sir"
Gaim-Shin managed to get out of the room and looked carefully around.
"Stop right there!"
A group of armed people carrying guns appeared in front of him.
"Get back in your cell or we will open fire!"
"Can someone please explain what's happening!?" Gaim-Shin demanded.
"Get back in your cell!"
"Why are you trying to get me back in my cell after you kidnapped me!"
"Open fire!"
The people opened fire on Gaim-Shin.
"Oi Oi Oi!" Gaim began to try and guard himself as the bullets flew…
…only to look immediately back up when he realized that the bullets made contact with his Ride Wear they did nothing but make contact, crumple, and clatter to the ground.
Gaim-Shin stood up normally and looked up and down from the bullets flying to the people shooting them, confused.
He raised the DaiDaiArrow up into the air and pulled the handle back. Suddenly, he raised it higher into the air, towards the ceiling and released the handle.
A single energy arrow shot out and hit the roof, causing an explosion of dust and for part of the roof to collapse and block the path.
Gaim-Shin put the DaiDaiArrow back to his side and looked at the damage.
He was surrounded by bullets and there was a wall of rubble in front of him.
He turned around.
"Guess this is the only way to go" he walked forward.
Zangetsu-Shin helped a barely conscious Igneous into the abandoned building. The others noticed this.
"Who are you? What did you do to Igneous!" Will demanded from Zangetsu-Shin.
Zangetsu-Shin sighed and closed the Energy Lockseed on his belt, causing his suit to disintegrate and leaving Lumen in his place.
"Prince Lumen?" Erin tilted her head.
"You're that guy in white?" Will demanded.
"Yeah, what about it?"
"There's nothing wrong with it, this power… will be the power that will pioneer the future"
"Have you lost your mind? What's gotten into you?" Will demanded.
"Guys!" Magma shouted. "Just leave it; it's his choice, not yours."
"Besides, we need to get to more important matters: where are Hunter and the others."
"Well, considering someone tried to kidnap Igneous and me, we can only assume that Hunter and Corona were captured. But Embassy and Buguese were with us, and I don't know what happened to them."
"Hunter and Corona… were captured? We have to go after them!"
"No, our first priority is to get Sparkle. Leon and Jane were there, but they attacked Hunter and Corona and were subsequently captured with them. Don't ask me how I know this.
"Anyways, because they were there, it makes me wonder what happened to Sparkle, because they were supposed to be watching her.
The group let this sink in.
"What if… Sparkle was captured by the same people who captured Hunter and the others?" Will asked.
"What do you mean?" Erin questioned her brother.
"I mean, Sparkle is a "Kamen Rider" like you guys, and it would make sense, I mean, why else would they capture a kid"
"He has a point" Slate pointed out.
"But what can we do? We're obviously outnumbered by them"
"But you seem to forget, most of us are Riders, and if it's any indication, I doubt any REGULAR weapons could affect us through our Ride Wear" Lumen thought out loud.
"Ride Wear?" Erin tilted her head.
"Yeah, the suit that forms when the Armor Parts lands on us? You guys didn't know it was called that?" Lumen looked around at the group, who shook their heads.
"As I was saying, the Ride Wear won't be affected by any weapons accept our own, so we should be fine."
"But how are we supposed to find them? We don't exactly blend in without the right outfits" Slate pointed out.
"We have the right outfits, but it's the fact that the enemy is everywhere, so we have to be cautious"
"When you put it that way… it makes me think" Erin thought.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, what if we used the people to lead us to where we have to go"
"How would we get their attention?" Will asked.
"I think I have an idea" Erin took out her Lion Lockseed and held it up.
Z and Aqune crept around the city, avoiding the view of every civilian they passed.
"Come on, how many more do we have to deal with?" Z complained.
"There are a lot of civilians looking for us and searching everywhere. We have to be extremely careful now" Aqune said.
The two turned a corner but immediately shrunk back around it.
"Why are we even traveling by ground, we can easily be spotted" Z said. Wrapping his hand around Aqune's waist and bringing her close, he held his other hand up. A vine wrapped around his wrist and lifted the two of them up. They clambered onto the roof.
"Next time, could you give a little warning?" Aqune asked.
"Are you blushing?"
"Z, be serious, why would I be blushing over something like that?"
"I don't know, but you're actually blushing right now"
"Shut up!" she turned away towards another building. "Let's just get going already" she said.
Z nodded and took out his Sengoku Driver.
"Our best bet would be to use our Drivers to go across the rooftops." He placed it on.
Aqune nodded and put her Driver on.
The two of them pulled out their Lockseeds.
"Henshin!"
Sakura!
FRESH! Dragonfruit!
Lock On! / On.
Simultaneously, they activated their Drivers.
Rise Up!
Go!
FRESH! Dragonfruit Arms: / Sakura Arms:
Awaken! Dragonic Hero! / Blossom, The Queen!
Unmei and Dreigon replaced Aqune and Z. The two Riders jumped from building to building. Finally, they reached Arachna Castle, and jumped into a window.
"Okay, we've arrived" Dreigon said.
"In hindsight, we should have come up with a plan." Unmei thought out loud.
"We're not here to kill or defeat anyone, we're just going to figure out how to get to the Outer World from here." Dreigon nodded.
Unmei shook her head. "It wouldn't have taken us long to make a plan for that"
"Let's just go"
The two of them left the room they were in and crept down the hallway. Dreigon peeked his head over a corner, seeing two guards in front of a door.
"There's someone there" he told Unmei.
"We need to knock them out and- what are you doing?!"
Unmei walked around the corner and held up her Petal Breaker. She took her Lockseed off her belt and placed it on the Lockseed slot on the Petal Breaker.
Lock Off.
Lock On.
She pointed it at the guards.
"Sakura Petal Storm" Aiming it at the ground all of a sudden, she pulled the trigger.
Sakura Power.
Spinning her arm in a circle, petals shot from the weapon and swirled around the hallway. The petals reached the guards and surrounded them, blinding them and muffling their cries. Unmei moved towards them and simply hit them in the back of the head, knocking them unconscious.
Dreigon ran to her side.
"You could have at least warned me you were doing that"
"Yeah I know" she placed the Lockseed back on her belt.
Dreigon shook his head and walked to the door at the end of the hallway and pushed it open.
There was a pitch black room.
"I think that's the cafeteria" Unmei spoke up.
The two of them walked inside.
When they got far enough in, the door shut behind them all of a sudden, the room suddenly igniting in light and blinding Unmei and Dreigon.
They were quickly tackled to the ground, someone pulling their Drivers off and pinning them to the ground as their suits dissolved.
"Like moths to a flame, you came" Liz's delighted voice spoke up.
"What do you want!" Z demanded.
"Oh I think you'll find it quite simple. Bring me their belts and lock them in the dungeon."
The guards picked Aqune and Z up, giving their belts to Liz, who smiled in ecstasy.
They dragged the two away, leaving Liz by herself, gleefully (and quite dementedly) giggling.
Anima crashed into a building before diving out of the way of an oncoming attack.
"You could at least tune it down a bit!" she shouted at Gridon, who was standing where she just was, Knuckle standing nearby in a boxing stance.
"This was your plan. Live up to it!" Gridon said.
With a roar, Knuckle charged.
Anima blocked one of the Kurumi Bombers with her Lion Fist but was subject to a punch from the other one.
As she fell to the ground, she cried out.
"Haven't you ever heard of not hitting girls!"
"Yes. But you told us to hit you"
"I meant carefully enough so that it seems real but actually isn't!"
"Still, this was your plan"
Anima stood up and gripped her weapon tighter. Holding it out, it seemed to come loose and she swung her arm around. The lion head extended, hanging off a wire as it struck Knuckle and Gridon.
Gridon tried to hit it as it came back around, but the mouth opened and bit down, breaking the Donkachi into multiple pieces.
Knuckle attempted to punch forward, and the attack impacted the Lion fist, causing a blast that knocked him back and sent the Lion Fist retracting.
Anima entered a ready stance and charged.
Punching Gridon, she hit him across the chest and swung her arm around, striking him across the helmet.
"What happened to the plan!"
"This is the plan! We knock each other around, scare a few civilians and when we get captured, Zangetsu-Shin tails us!" she continued to punch him while saying this.
Knuckle stood up and tried to rush her. She wove out of the way of the attack and kicked him in the back.
"How are you so good at this?" Gridon jumped in.
"Never make me mad!" Anima smashed him upside the head with her Lion Fist. Then she kicked him in the groin and pushed him aside.
"OW! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!"
"You act like you wouldn't have done the same thing a few moments ago!"
Knuckle attempted to sneak up on her from behind.
However, a blue figure jumped behind him and struck him, sending him into a building.
The blue figure landed gracefully and turned around, looking at Anima and Gridon.
"Who are you?"
"Me? Well, I prefer to be called Aorui. And you people… you're some of the few who messed with my Aniki!" The figure snapped her fingers.
Instantly, she changed into a fairly attractive (human) young woman.
Knuckle moved to look at his new opponent.
However, he froze and stood up.
"Wh-who are you?" he stuttered.
Aorui turned around and kicked him in the head before continuing, facing Anima and Gridon. She showed a brace just under her claw. Taking out a multi-colored Lock, she held it up to show it off.
"A Lockseed?" Gridon said.
"Henshin!" she shouted, clicking the Lockseed open.
Aurora!
She placed the Lockseed on the brace and locked it in before pressing a button.
Lock on! Go!
A Crack opened above her head. But instead of an Armor Parts, multiple rays of light shot down and began to cover her.
Aurora Arms:
Gaim-Shin walked down the hallway, wielding the DaiDaiArrow and carefully looking into the cells.
"Corona?... Corona?... Corona?..." he did this with every cell he visited.
Finally…
"Coro-Sparkle!?" he stopped.
"Who are you?" the girl asked, standing up and backing away from the window.
"Sparkle, it's me: Hunter. What are you doing here?" he asked.
"Hunter? What's with the new suit?"
"I can explain later, but just step away from the door."
Sparkle nodded and backed up.
Gaim-Shin stepped in front of the door and held the DaiDaiArrow up. Pulling the handle back, he released it and the energy arrow shot out to strike the door, exploding it.
When it settled, Sparkle walked out of the room.
"Are you okay?" Gaim-Shin asked.
Sparkle nodded. "What are you doing here?" she asked.
"I was captured and I think they didn't notice that I had this Driver. I'm looking for Corona."
"Can I help you look?"
"I don't think there's another option in the matter" Gaim-Shin spoke in a deadpan tone.
Footsteps could be heard running towards them.
Turning the way he came, Gaim-Shin saw that there was another crowd carrying guns coming towards them.
"Get back in the cell!" one of them ordered.
"Hey! Watch where you're pointing those things!" Gain-Shin stepped in front of Sparkle, guarding her.
"We will open fire if you do not cease and desist!"
Lock Off.
Lock, On!
"Do you even know what the phrase means? I'm pretty sure you don't!" Gain-Shin shouted, holding the DaiDaiArrow in front of him with the Orange Energy Lockseed attached to the Lockseed slot.
"Put down your weapon!"
"WHY ARE YOU PEOPLE SO TRIGGER HAPPY!?"
"OPEN FIRE!"
The people began to shoot Gaim-Shin and Sparkle.
Gaim-Shin released hold of the handle on the DaiDaiArrow.
Orange Energy!
An orange energy arrow fired off, and zoomed towards the soldiers.
Gaim-Shin spread his arms, the bullets flying towards him and clattering off of his suit once again.
The energy arrow somehow changed course in the middle of its flight, hitting the roof again and causing a minor explosion.
Rubble fell from the roof. Most of the soldiers moved out of the way, but one got caught under all of the rubble, getting trapped.
"Oi!" Gaim-Shin ran over and began to lift the rubble off of the soldier, trying to save him. "Are you okay?"
"Stay away from me! Don't hurt me!"
"No, I'm not going to hurt you!"
"Monster! You tried to kill me!"
"Look, just tell me if you happen to have a blond-haired captive and where the Sengoku Drivers are!"
"Why would I do that?! You'll never get it out of me!" Gaim-Shin pointed the DaiDaiArrow at him but didn't place his hand on the handle.
"Okay! Okay! She's down the hall; go right, she's in one of the cells on the right. The Drivers are at the end of the hall! Don't hurt me!"
"Wasn't going to" Gaim-Shin put his arm down and walked away.
"Hunter… aren't you going to help him?" Sparkle asked him.
"Why? There's nothing we can do. He will be found by the other forces. If we take him then we'll be imprisoned again. Let's go" Gaim-Shin walked down the hall.
Sparkle hesitantly began to walk after him.
Gaim-Shin followed the man's directions and looked through the jail cells. "Corona! Are you there?"
"Hunter? Hunter!" he heard someone calling his name.
Gaim-Shin moved to the source of the voice, finding a cell where Corona was standing at the bars.
"Hunter!"
"Corona, you might want to move away from the door" Gaim-Shin told her.
Corona nodded and moved from the door. Gaim-Shin pulled on the DaiDaiArrow and shot the door to bits. Corona ran out of the room and instantly wrapped her arms around Gaim-Shin.
"I knew you would come"
"Why do you sound surprised?" Gaim-Shin wrapped his arms around her.
"This looks a bit creepy" Sparkle commented.
Corona separated from Gaim and looked at Sparkle.
"Sparkle? You found her?" Corona asked.
"Yeah." Gaim-Shin nodded. "I'm glad too. We need as much help as we can to get out of here"
"What now? How are we getting out of here?" Corona asked.
"Our Drivers should be over in that room"
Gaim-Shin and the other two walked to the door. Gaim-Shin knocked the door down. Inside was a room with only a table inside. On the table was a tub which contained their Sengoku Drivers and their Lockseeds. Also inside was Jane's and Leon's.
Corona and Sparkle ran over to grab their Drivers and Lockseeds.
They placed them on and passed Gaim his Driver and Lockseeds. "What do we do about these?" Sparkle asked about the other Drivers.
"We don't have time, we have to get going"
"We can't just leave them behind! Please guys!" Sparkle pleaded.
"Fine, if we find them along the way then we can save them." Gaim-Shin nodded.
The trio left. As they did, Corona and Sparkle opened their Lockseeds.
"Henshin!"
Marionberry! / Budou!
Lock On!
Come On! / Hai!
Marionberry Arms: Arrow Of Light! / Budou Arms: Ryu, Hou, Ha-Ha-Ha!
"Sir, they found their Drivers" one of the people told Sid.
"What?" Sid's eyes widened.
"Didn't you pay attention to the cameras? Johnson snitched when the Rider held up his weapon. Let this be a lesson to hire better people" Akira snapped.
Sid slapped Akira. "You watch your tongue around your betters' young man!" Sid snapped.
Akira jumped at Sid.
The two were broken up by several of the workers.
"Takashi! If you would get over your superiority complex, you'd see that you can't win this fight!"
"Oh, can't I? After all, I'm the one who holds the cards and controls this game! NOT! YOU!" Sid punched Akira.
Sid left the room.
Hinata ran into the arcade. She panted when someone came up to her.
"Is something wrong miss?" Tommy asked.
"Sorry it's just that someone's chasing me"
"Okay, then let me help you" he smirked, taking out his Driver, much to her shock.
"No, not you too!" she stared in horror. She backed up and crashed into one of the machines.
"What's wrong? If there's anyone following you, I can help. Just leave it to me, then you can pay your hero back later" Tommy grinned at her, giving her an indeterminable look.
Hinata's hand felt around the machine, searching for a way out. She reached the end of the machine and followed it, running through the corridor of the machines.
"Hey! What's wrong?" Tommy followed.
Hinata found the door and attempted to make a break for it. However, a figure burst through the door and stumbled towards her.
She moved aside as Steven fell to the ground before her.
"No! NO! STAY AWAY FROM ME YOU MONSTER!" Hinata screamed, backing away in horror.
"Steven? What did I tell you about your flirting? You're not supposed to make the girl fear you" Tommy shook his head.
Steven didn't pay him any attention. He stumbled towards Hinata. She dove out of the way. Steven kept walking and reached the snack stand. He grabbed several packs of food and ripped open the package before beginning to scarf them down.
"Hey! Steven! I'm not paying for those again!" Tommy tried to grab him by his shoulder.
Steven knocked him backwards and turned to face Hinata and Steven. There was a small crowd gathering. Steven began screaming. A green light emerged from his chest and vines spread from it, covering him.
"What in the world? It's just like that Embassy guy" Tommy looked in horror.
The vines faded away. In Steven's place was the Hekija Invess.
The Invess swung its clawed arm around.
The crowd that had gathered ran for it, running out the door.
Hinata began backing up again. She eventually made it to the door and ran.
"St-Steven, what happened to you!?" Tommy swallowed a breath.
The Hekija Invess began to run at Tommy.
Tommy dove out of the way and put his Driver on.
"Henshin!"
Donguri! Lock On! Come On! Donguri Arms: Never Give Up!
Gridon Trooper swung his Donkachi at the Hekija Invess, which ducked under the attack and smashed his fist into his stomach. Gridon Trooper was pushed back when he was slashed several times across his armor with his claw.
Gridon Trooper fell back against one of the arcade games, smashing it.
The Hekija Invess smashed its fist onto Gridon Trooper, pushing him further into the machine. Gridon Trooper moved out of the way and was punched back again and again, hitting through most of the machines. He swung his Donkachi at the Invess, missing and burying it hilt-deep in one of the machines.
"No! No! No!" he shouted, trying to tug it out.
The Hekija Invess took this chance to punch him back.
"No choice!"
Come On! Donguri Squash!
Gridon Trooper punched forward and knocked the Invess back, causing it to crash into a pipe which suddenly bent from the pressure. A gas began to leak from it.
Gridon Trooper ran forward and let his right arm gather energy.
He punched forward. The image of the Hekija Invess was replaced with Steven.
Instantly, Gridon Trooper changed the course of the attack. It hit the wall beside the Hekija Invess. In the course of a second, the Hekija Invess slashed with its claw across Gridon Troopers belt.
Gridon Trooper was knocked backwards by the attack. He landed next to one of the machines, his broken Driver and Lockseed landing beside him.
The Hekija Invess began walking towards him when he heard a hissing noise. He turned and spotted the broken pipe. Quickly, the Invess made a run for it.
Tommy noticed it as well.
"Crap!" he got up and made a run for it.
Embassy and Buguese both appeared before a large crowd. At the head of the crowd, there was a police squad covering the entrance to an arcade.
"What's happening here?" Embassy tilted his head in confusion.
"It appears there's some kind of incident inside. Should we go check it out?" Buguese (human form) asked.
All of a sudden, an Invess burst through the door.
The crowd screamed.
Embassy nodded
Before they could place their Drivers on, the building exploded, debris flying everywhere.
The two covered their faces from the debris before checking again. The Invess was nowhere to be seen and the building was burning.
"I don't think there survivors of that" Embassy said.
"No… No!" a girl screamed nearby them.
"What's wrong?" Embassy asked.
The girl turned towards them. It was Hinata.
"No! No! Just leave me alone!" she screamed. Backing up, she heard growling.
She turned around and instantly ran. The Hekija Invess was following her.
"Oh? This guy again?" Embassy put on his Genesis Driver.
"Henshin!"
Kage Dragonfruit Energy!
Akarui climbed through the vent. He'd passed by the rooms of several of his friends and allies. Then he came across Kirui and Midorui's rooms. He left while they were in the middle of… something.
"What is this place?" he said to himself.
Eventually, he reached the vent of a room. He would have passed by, but something stopped him.
In the view of the vent, there was a table. Strapped to it was a squirming young man wearing all black as opposed to Akarui's all red.
"Kurorui?" he tilted his head.
"Let me go! Let me go!" Kurorui screamed.
Someone walked over and placed an object on his waist. It was a Sengoku Driver but the Rider Indicator on the side looked exactly like Gaim's.
Electricity arched across his body. The Driver emitted a belt that wrapped around his waist.
Kurorui screamed and closed his eyes.
When he opened them back up, they were almost blood red with black pupils.
"What the heck?" Akarui began to back up. However, voices suddenly emanated from the vent.
"Text subject Black has successfully integrated with the Bujin Gaim Driver once again. Possession is complete. Blood Orange Lockseed has not been found."
"Let the subject free." A clicking noise was heard. "…Kurorui, was it? I have a job for you. That one in your squad: Akarui Fenikkusu, go fetch him."
Akarui's breath caught in his throat.
"Use any method necessary"
Sid sat down in the Dark Room, looking over the cameras.
"What can I do now? It's too boring." Sid idly commented. While skipping past some of the views he suddenly caught one of a person running from a small group, all of them wielding guns. He felt something deep down. Sadness, perhaps? "Hm, I do need entertainment. But it would not be long before you're caught. I'll call the coroner"
He picked up his phone and began punching in the numbers.
"Hello? Hey, Phil, there's another case on the street just south of that chicken place… okay, thank you" he hung up and prepared to switch the view again.
"How interesting" another voice appeared behind him.
Sid spun around and grabbed a gun from the desk, pointing it at an older man wearing a weird outfit.
"Who are you and how did you get in here?" Sid demanded.
"My name is Sagara. I've been tasked with looking for… interesting people, such as yourself."
"Excuse me?"
"I have a mission of course. But currently, readers want me to do something important."
"Readers?"
"Oh, right. I'm probably the only one in this world true awareness of this world. But I believe that you can win this little battle royale." Sagara smiled.
Sid stared at him before he put his gun down.
"Well I do like winning" he admitted.
Sagara reached into his outfit and pulled out a white and red Energy Lockseed with the code E.L.S.-02. "When you get a Genesis Driver, I believe you know what you will need to do next" Sagara tossed him the Lockseed.
Sid caught and looked down at it. When he looked back up, Sagara was gone.
A Crack appeared over the screen, showing off Gaim-Shin and Dreigon's Lockseeds. Gaim's was on right with Dreigon's on the left. Gaim-Shin's Lockseeds included the Orange Energy, Fresh Orange, Ichigo, Pine, Suika, the Wizard Legend Rider Lockseed, and the Sakura Hurricane. Dreigon's side had the Fresh Dragonfruit, Zakuro, Mikan, Grapefruit, the Decade Legend Rider Lockseed, and the LilyRunner LockVehicle.