Spider 23: Genesis Part 3
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 Slight note, I would like to address some issues. First off, in terms of inconsistency, I originally planned from the start to incorporate the Spiders. But as the cast grew I realized I wouldn't have the necessary space to keep them in for an extended period of time. So my decision on what to do is, regretfully, final. What happens here to one of the Spiders will just be the start. I'm sorry if you don't like the outcome of this.
Intro: Z and Aqune return to Arachna Castle but are captured upon arrival. Meanwhile, Sid and Akira lead Gaim-Shin on his way, leading for Gaim-Shin to discover and free Sparkle and Corona.
Sometime in the Future:
Embassy was on the ground, facing Steven. He was wielding the KagEnder with Steven walking towards him. His clothes were torn up, his chest and stomach visible.
Steven smiled maliciously as he held up his weapon, an upgraded Kage DragFangStaff which was broken at the middle. He clutched it tightly with his hand digging into the spikes, blood oozing down the weapon.
In the distance, Duke and Baron were both fighting against several Invess. Nearby, what appeared to be a projection of a violet Chinese dragon shot out of the ground and left a hole. Duke and Baron noticed this, turning to it in confusion.
"Who's end is it now? Embassy"
"NO!" Baron turned back and shouted.
Steven raised the Kage DragFangStaff over his head.
Embassy gripped his weapon tighter.
From the hole in the ground, Ryugen and Arrow climbed out and took notice of the situation while helping Gaim-Shin up.
The sound of a weapon hitting a body suddenly erupted from Embassy's direction.
Baron, Ryugen, Gaim-Shin, Arrow and Duke looked on in absolute shock and horror.
Begin Theme: Point of No Return By: Mahiro Takasugi (Sung By Corona and Aqune)
(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 Rider's 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 sees the Girl In White in front of her.
(Naraba mayowazu ni tsukisusumu dake sa) The Girl In White sighs and points behind her, seeing Spider Rider Unmei behind her.
(I Miss You) Aqune reaches for Unmei 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 Unmei.
(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 Time:
Z and Aqune are currently sitting at the bars of a cell.
"Not again" Z sighed.
"Well at least this time we have a chance. I do know my way around the castle"
"Aqune, knowing your way around the castle does nothing, if we are trapped in a cell that is UNDER the castle" Z replied.
Aqune gave Z a look and promptly moved to the wall and sat down.
"Where's Embassy when you need him?" Z asked.
"Z, our situation isn't that bad"
"Not that bad? Aqune, we're being executed later today for doing nothing."
"Yes, but look at it this way. It's just us, together. And… I actually want to talk to you about something"
"What's wrong?" Z moved towards Aqune.
"It's about when we were in Helheim. Before you sacrificed yourself… I want to talk to you about that kiss"
"Oh. That? I wasn't bad, was I?"
"No! That's not it at all. It was… good" the faintest hint of a smile appeared on her face but it vanished just as soon as it appeared. "I want to talk about our relationship"
"Yeah? What about it?"
"Looking back, I haven't been as accepting of my feelings of you. I just wanted us to remain as friends. But looking back, I don't want to be "just friends""
"Aqune? What are you saying?" Z asked.
Aqune stood back up. "Hold on. When you died, I realized that I didn't want you to die, not before you knew how I truly felt."
Z looked in disbelief.
Aqune looked at him and took a single step forward, now face to face with Z. She swallowed a breath. Then she kissed him. Z froze, not knowing what to do.
Aqune broke off and backed up.
"I guess I'm trying to say that I do like you in the same way Z. As more then a friend" Aqune looked down shyly. Z placed his hand on her cheek, bringing her head up to eye level.
In an instant, Z kissed Aqune. And she kissed back.
Aurora Arms: Imagination! Rainbow! Start Up!
The rays of light began changing Aorui. Her skin changed so that it was multiple colors, shifting around before beginning to change, parts jutting out and retracting.
Finally, the Crack closed as one last bit of energy made contact with her head.
What resulted was a suit that resembled her monster form. However, it was less bulky and appeared to be more feminine and colorful.
"Kamen Rider Aurora" Aurora raised her arm up.
"Another one?" Gridon said.
"Unbelievable, how many different Lockseeds are there?!" Anima cried.
Aurora got into a ready stance. Rainbow energy appeared around her right and left hands, forming a blue version of Akarui's Feather Edge and Feather Shot.
Anima got ready, wielding her Lion Fist. Gridon, missing his Donkachi, simply got into a ready stance.
Knuckle watched from behind but got ready nonetheless.
Anima ran at Aurora. She punched forward, missing as Aurora dove out of the way and slashed across her back.
Anima turned around and held the Lion Fist out. As it popped out a bit and hung by the wire, she swung her arm around. The Lion Fist swung around Aurora, who managed to move out of its path and shoot it away from her.
When it was done, Aurora stood up and spun around, kicking Gridon who attempted to sneak up behind her.
She pressed the button on her brace.
Go! Aurora Squash!
Aurora slashed across Gridon multiple times with her sword and finally blasted him back with her gun.
Gridon fell to the ground. His suit faded, revealing Magma in his civilian form.
"Magma!" Knuckle ran at Aurora and punched her in the back, the Kurumi Bomber causing a burst of energy to explode and knock her forwards. Knuckle continued to try and hit Aurora, blasting her backwards further and further.
Anima watched from the sidelines as this happened.
*Guitar Riff* Kurumi Sparking!
Knuckle ran forward and punched Aurora, She blasted backwards, her suit dissolving. However, Knuckle continued on, due to momentum, unable to stop.
Igneous woke up, drowsy. He got up and stumbled forward, falling back down. Strange sounds began emanating from outside.
Managing to get to the window, he looked outside and saw Knuckle attacking Aurora.
"Slate?" Igneous reached behind him and pulled out his Sengoku Driver before putting it on.
Suddenly, Knuckle knocked Aurora back, but he kept going even though she was back in civilian form.
"Wait! Henshin!" Igneous jumped from the window.
FRESH! Banana! Lock On! Come On! FRESH! Banana Arms: Knight Of Spear!
Baron stabbed his twin BanaSpears into the ground. Energy projections that were shaped a bit like bananas shot from both of them and made contact with Knuckle, causing him to veer off course.
"Oi! Baron! What are you doing?!" Anima demanded.
"Even if they're the enemy, you don't attack while they're defenseless!" Baron shouted.
"I'm pretty sure she's not defenseless" Magma commented.
Aorui took this chance to stand up and run.
"Wait!" Knuckle shouted after her.
Baron watched as she ran and turned to Knuckle. However, his visor briefly flashed red for a moment and he tensed up. Red energy coursed over his suit and suddenly his Fresh Banana Arms dimmed, changing back into regular Banana Arms. His Fresh Banana Lockseed changed back to normal. One of the two BanaSpears dissolved.
Baron looked back up and prepared his BanaSpear before running at Knuckle.
"Oi, what are you doing?" Knuckle asked. "OI! OI! OI!" Knuckle moved back and tried to dodge all of Baron's slashes and stabs.
Knuckle blocked one slash with one of his Kurumi Bombers and punched with the other. He began to punch at Baron with both fists. Baron ducked out of the way and slashed across Knuckle's stomach. When he passed Knuckle, he spun back around and slashed at his back, sending the Kurumi Rider forward.
Baron moved after him and prepared to slash downwards. However, Anima decided to step in and used her Lion Fist to grab the BanaSpear. Breaking it into multiple pieces, she punched him in the back.
Baron actually took the time to look at the handle of the broken BanaSpear in surprise before he was repeatedly hit with the Lion Fist.
Baron shook his head, as if realizing where he was.
"Erin? Slate? What's going on? …and what happened to my BanaSpear?"
Kage Dragonfruit Energy!
Above Embassy, an Armor Parts resembling the Kage Dragonfruit formed. However, it was chrome and had wires all over it with silver covering the sides.
"Embassy, what are you doing?!" Buguese shouted. "Don't you remember? That was the Invess that human changed into!"
"He's not human anymore" was all Embassy said. He placed the Lockseed on his Genesis Driver.
Lock, On!
Embassy placed his hand on the Seaboll Compressor. He took a look at Buguese and shrugged.
He pushed the lever in.
Soda!
Kage Energy Arms!
The Energy Lockseed let out a small tune akin to that of the Kage Dreigon Sengoku Driver but with a little techno and with a loud dragon roar at the end.
The Kage Energy Armor Parts fell onto his shoulders, generating his Kage Dreigon Ride Wear. However most of the black was replaced with silver. Underneath the Kage Energy Armor Parts, the standard Kage Dreigon helmet formed but with a wing design on the sides instead of ears. The eyes were a darker red color then before. The Kage Energy Armor Parts unfolded. The sides folded backwards, slightly resembling a pair of dragon wings. The back and top of the Armor Parts folding onto his back and locked in, the wing-shaped sides twisting so they remained facing the way they were now and collapsed inwards. The front of the armor unfolded onto his chest, his Rider symbol appearing on the center of his chest.
In his right hand, the Kage DragFangStaff Lance formed, but with a noticeable addition being a dragons head on the end opposite the Kage Blade.
"Hm, Kyomibukai. I think I'll call you… the Shin Kage DragFangStaff"
"How original" Buguese dryly commented.
"And I myself? I will be called… Kamen Rider Genesis"
"Genesis?"
Genesis didn't answer; instead he held up the Shin Kage DragFangStaff and charged the Hekija Invess.
Akarui fell from the vent, back into his room. Quickly, he got up, found a briefcase, a backpack, and a messenger bag and began packing his things into all three.
"Aniki! I'm… back" Aorui walked into the room and saw that he was frantically packing.
"Aorui! Help me pack! Please!"
Aorui nodded and quickly moved into the room after shutting the door. She moved to his stuff and began carefully arranging it so it fit.
"Where are you going?" she asked.
"Long story short, I followed that hole and saw that Kurorui is being brainwashed somewhere. Now he's been ordered to get me. I have to get out of here"
"It can't be that bad" she tried.
"Aorui that was not the Kurorui I knew! Usually, he's cheery and happy and flirting with you and the other girls and guys. He sounded terrified with whatever they were doing to him. And when he came to, he looked almost psychotic. And he's coming after me, so I'm gone"
"Aniki, can't you usually handle something as trivial as this?"
"THIS is different! I'm not dealing with Kurorui trying to prove he's stronger; I'm dealing with a brainwashed friend of mine who was told to do anything to catch me. And I'm still too weak to fight, keep that in mind!" Akarui rushed to shove some of his medicine into his messenger bag.
Aorui walked over and placed her hands on his shoulders, trying to calm him down.
"Aniki! We've been trying to hold peace here for years now! And we've succeeded! I doubt that it will be that bad that they tell Kurorui to get you."
The door suddenly exploded.
Through the rubble, Kurorui walked into the room.
"Come with me" his voice was gravelly and deep.
There was a brief pause.
Aorui blasted Kurorui back with a punch.
"Okay time to go" she closed all the bags, shoved the messenger bag and backpack into his hands and grabbed his available hand before running.
Z and Aqune sat together on the bed in the cell, leaning against the wall and holding hands as Aqune was asleep with her head on Z's shoulder.
Z was asleep as well, his head resting on hers.
In his head, there was something happening.
Z opened his eyes to see that he was on a shore with a large branch behind him.
"This area… it seems awfully familiar." He commented.
"It would to you, Ginga Kazuraba" a voice spoke behind him.
Z froze and turned around. There was a young man sitting on the branch. He had a red, black, and white plaid button up shirt and a pair of black jeans. He had a pair of Nike sneakers.
"It can't be" Z got out.
"Hello, Ginga. It's me, Kouta Kazuraba"
"But… okay… this is all just one weird dream" Z sighed.
"This isn't a dream, Ginga. I am actually here to talk to you. It's unfortunate that you don't know the truth, but that doesn't matter. What matters is that I need to talk to you" Kouta pointed at Z.
"Truth?"
"I know who your father is… but I can't tell you who. You know that my story has ended, but you should know that your story is going in the same way."
"What?"
"You will face many trials and tribulations. And many of your allies and enemies may pass, but you must not die before you can finish your mission."
"What are you talking about, Kouta?"
"Your friend Hunter; he's going to go through many things, and most of it will be unexpected. But you will have to get through it. Things are going to continue on the same ways that they did for my adventure, so you mustn't give up. Even if things turn out bad for you, keep going" Kouta nodded.
"Kouta… I don't understand" Z sighed.
"Liz… that mental lady… she took your Driver and Lockseeds… but not all of them" Kouta stood up.
Z froze but he nodded. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the Melon Lockseed he got from his previous dream.
"I see. So Sagara has his influence in this Sengoku Taisen as well. But… since he's given you some help… let me give you some of my own."
He walked over to Z and took the Melon Lockseed. Kouta narrowed his eyes at the Lockseed and multi-colored energy began to form over it, changing it. The silver and black base was now cyan and the Melon on the front seemed upgraded, with the code E.L.S.-04 on it.
"A Melon Energy Lockseed?"
"Take it. You'll need it" Kouta gave Z the Lockseed.
"And as for the reason you look like me…that's for you to figure out when you breached the Rider Legends"
Kouta smiled and turned around before walking away.
Z watched him walk away as the world grew brighter.
Z woke up to find himself back in the cell with Aqune. Looking down, he spotted the Melon Energy Lockseed in his hand.
"It wasn't a dream" he whispered.
"Z…" Aqune woke up and looked up at Z. "What's wrong?" she drowsily asked.
"It's nothing" Z pocketed the Lockseed. "You don't have to hide anything from me Z, we're together now, enough with the secrets" she tried.
"You seem different then before" Z commented. "I'm tired, what kind of attitude were you expecting?" she retorted before standing up. Aqune stretched and set her arms down before walking to the cell bars.
"Hey, is it possible that we can use your powers to get out of here?"
"Well, while we can use a portal to Helheim to get out, my bond with Embassy has been dwindling for some time now, meaning I can only summon vines and if I could summon a portal, it would take too long. And not to mention we can't leave without our Drivers, and they probably have guards who can hear if we do something like this" Z stood up.
"I can probably help" she took his hands in hers.
Aqune closed her eyes and took a breath. A gold silhouette appeared around her and subsequently covered Z.
Z nodded, catching on quickly. He concentrated as well, the gold silhouette around them getting larger.
The ground cracked, pieces of it moving aside and vines extending into the room. The vines surrounded the two. From the ceiling, pieces of rubble began falling around the two.
In Z's pocket, the Lockseed with the Spider design on it absorbed some of the glowing energy, but stopped before all of it was absorbed into it.
All of a sudden, the door at the end of the corridor slammed open.
The glow dissipated instantly as the two jumped apart.
Two guards appeared at the cell and opened the door. The guards walked inside and quickly chained Aqune and Z before dragging them outside. A few minutes later, they were standing on a platform outside with hundreds of civilians in front of them, Liz at the front with about a dozen guards before them.
"Ladies and gentlemen… today we have a special treat! A traitor and an embassy of the Helheim forest! Today, we will serve the justice they deserve! Today! They! DIE!"
The guards clapped. The civilians were in complete silence with about one-fourth of them going along with the clapping.
Z and Aqune were both chained together, kneeling on the ground with two people next to them, wielding large axes.
Z took Aqune's hand in his for comfort. She turned to him, looking at him. Z eyed the ground then back to Aqune. Aqune looked in the direction he was looking. There was a small vine growing from the ground.
"Now, our two representatives will step forward and take the Riders powers to lead the conquest of the Outer World!" Liz shouted.
Z nodded, a light smirk on his face.
Liz walked over to a guard holding a pillow with multiple devices, their Drivers and Lockseeds.
She picked up Z's Driver and Lockseeds, to which the Dragonfruit Lockseed dulled at her contact. She passed Aqune's Driver to one of the guards. Smiling maliciously, she raised her arm into the air, about to press the Driver to her waist.
Aqune closed her eyes, waiting. There was complete silence for a moment. She opened her eyes and everything was frozen. The young woman looked around, confused.
She spotted movement in the corner of her eyes and turned to look.
"Corona? How did you get back down here?" she asked. There was a person standing there. She had on a white dress and looked remarkably like Corona, except with her hair down. In fact, if anything, she looked like both Aqune and Corona. Fitting, as they were sisters.
"Be warned" the Girl in White said. "You have continued on this path for some time. There is nothing that can be done, but escape" she began walking forward fast, but she suddenly reappeared where she was before and walked forward at a regular pace. She reached Aqune and kneeled down, pulling the yellow Lockseed with L.S.-18 on it.
"Hey! That's mine!" Aqune shouted.
The Girl in White clutched the Lockseed. A wave of multi-colored energy formed over it. "Give this to Hunter Steele when you see him again. Then leave your allies to save yourself and them."
"Corona… what are you talking about?!" Aqune demanded.
The Girl In White walked away. Time suddenly reverted back to normal.
Liz and the guard finally slapped the Drivers onto their waists. But removing their hands proved fruitless, as the Drivers fell to the ground.
"WHAT!?" Liz screamed. She picked the Driver back up and kept trying to slap it to her waist repeatedly, which didn't work.
When it dropped to the ground one last time, Liz looked to the chained captives. She pointed a shaking finger at them.
"KILL THEM!"
The two guards raised the axes above their heads.
Z gripped Aqune's hand tighter. and he narrowed his eyes, tensing up.
A bright light shone above them, causing every movement to halt. From the light, a Crack appeared, an small Elementary Invess falling from it. People panicked quite quickly. Z slammed his hand onto his pocket, a muffled noise erupting from it.
Melon Energy!
Above his head, the Melon Energy Armor Parts formed from a Crack, startling the guards. Z stood up, dragging Aqune up before using another vine to grab Liz. He tightened it around her and tossed her aside. The Dragonfruit Lockseed fell out of her grip and Z used a vine to bring it to him.
"Henshin!"
Dragonfruit!
Z managed to place it on his Driver and lock it in.
Lock On!
"Stop dragging me around!" Aqune demanded.
"Sorry!"
Rise Up! Dragonfruit Arms: Awaken! Dragonic Hero!
The Dragonfruit Armor Parts fell from the Crack and hit the Melon Energy Armor Parts, which dissolved when Dreigon relocked the Lockseed.
The second the Arms folded down Dreigon grabbed the chain and ripped it apart, separating the two from each other. "Get your Driver!" Dreigon told Aqune.
Aqune nodded and ran out of the way.
Dreigon brandished his DragFangStaff Lance and began to fight against the guards.
Aqune ran to the guard and punched him in the face, knocking him to the ground as she retrieved her Driver. She quickly placed it on and grabbed her Lockseed.
"Henshin!"
Sakura! Lock On. Go! Sakura Arms: Blossom, The Queen!
Unmei swung her Sakura Blade around, beginning to fight alongside Dreigon.
Dreigon spun the DragFangStaff around himself and rolled forward, grabbing his Lockseeds and pocketing them. Stabbing his weapon into the ground, he got up and kicked at a guard before grabbing Unmei by the hand.
"What are you going?"
"Come on, just trust me!" he pulled Unmei along with him.
Behind them, Liz glared after them.
"Guards… unleash the monsters"
Several guards nodded and dropped their weapons. Reaching into a pouch at their waists, they each pulled out Lockseeds of their own and opened them.
Genesis slashed at the Hekija Invess, striking him across the chest multiple times.
The Hekija Invess fell back from each strike, before it suddenly roared. Several Cracks formed and Invess jumped from them. Buguese watched the scene and he slapped his Driver to his waist.
"Henshin!"
Lemon Energy! Lock, On! Soda! Lemon Energy Arms! FIGHT POWER, FIGHT POWER, FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FI-FI-FI-FI-FIGHT!
Duke pointed his Sonic Arrow at the Invess and charged. Duke slashed across each of the Invess and fired several arrows at them. "Embassy! Can't you fix him?!"
"What are you talking about?" Genesis demanded.
"You still have the powers of Helheim! Can't you use that power to give him a human form?!"
"Doing that would unleash a monster that we can not fix!"
"But it's better then nothing!" Duke shouted back, slicing at the throat of a Shika Invess.
"No! I won't do it!" Genesis slashed at the Hekija Invess and immediately turned to stab an Elementary Invess in the stomach.
Gaim-Shin, Arrow, and Ryugen stood in the center of an intersection of two hallways.
"How big is this place?" Gaim-Shin spoke aloud.
"Are we ever going to get out of here?" Arrow said.
Ryugen dropped to the ground behind them, sighing. "I'm getting tired" she complained.
"Hang on, I'm sure we're almost out by now." Gaim-Shin reassured her.
"But… what if we don't?" Arrow slowly realized.
"Corona… what are you talking about?" Gaim-Shin asked. Behind them, Ryugen fell backwards onto her back lazily.
"Hunter, I'm saying that we may never get out of here" Arrow told Gaim-Shin, looking him where his eyes would be through his visor. Ryugen looked over her Budou Ryuhou in the background.
"Don't say that, we can get out of here… eventually."
"Eventually!? Hunter, I don't want to be stuck in here the rest of my life!"
"Corona! Stop talking crazy!" Gaim-Shin grabbed Arrow by her shoulders.
By now, Ryugen was sitting up and looking at the back of her Budou Ryuhou, an idea coming to her.
"I promise you that I'm going to get us out of here! Please! Just calm down!" Gaim-Shin demanded.
Ryugen stood up and looked at the back of her Budou Ryuhou before pulling the green handle on the back. The emitted a noise that Gaim-Shin and Arrow ignored.
"Hunter, these past few weeks, I'm not even sure that I know who you are anymore!" Arrow ripped Gaim-Shin's hands from her shoulders. "And I sure don't know what it is that changed in you!"
"Corona…"
Hai! Budou Au Lait!
The two Riders turned around and saw Ryugen pointing her Budou Ryuhou at the ceiling with one hand. The barrel was currently being charged with purple energy.
"Sparkle? What are you-"
Gaim-Shin's question was interrupted when Ryugen pulled the trigger, causing a projection of a violet Chinese dragon shot out of the gun and hit the ceiling, beginning to drill through it continually.
Ryugen turned to Gaim-Shin and Arrow. "Will this work as an escape route?"
Handclapping could be head. The three turned to the source.
From a small distance away, a pair of hands were clapping through the bars of a cell.
"As entertaining as this all is…" Leon's exasperated voice could be heard from inside the cell "… could you notice us so you could get us out of this cell!"
Dreigon and Unmei both ran through Arachna Castle.
"Where are we going?" Unmei said.
Dreigon burst through one of the doors and entered a room. It was his room. He looked through all of his stuff, tossing everything to the ground around him.
"Z, what are you doing?"
"It has to be here! It has to!" Dreigon finally threw his mattress from his bed. Underneath was dozens of papers and blueprints.
"Yes!" Quickly, Dreigon pulled out a briefcase and packed the documents into it before closing and locking it.
"Okay! I got it! Let's go!" The two Riders rushed out the door and down the hallway.
They didn't get far.
When they reached the cafeteria, the area was littered with Invess of all kinds. And they were spotted.
"Wrong way!" Unmei grabbed Dreigon by the hand and the two of them ran the way they came, a lot of the Invess following them.
Running back into Z's room, they jumped out the window. And turned around, aiming their weapons at the crowd that followed and shooting them.
Unmei turned to the ground. "Portia! Spider Out!" Portia appeared under Dreigon and Unmei, catching them and quickly shooting a web before taking them away.
"I think we're safe for now" Unmei breathed.
From underneath them:
"FIRE!"
Out of nowhere, a large attack hit Portia, and the two Riders fell off, the Spider falling to the ground with the web breaking.
Dreigon grabbed hold of Unmei as they fell towards the ground. The two fell into some (conveniently placed) boxes, which broke upon contact. Their suits vanished, leaving a writhing Z and Aqune.
Aqune got up. "Are you okay?" she asked Z.
Then she looked up.
"Portia!" Aqune ran to her Partner Spider. Portia was on the ground, a large wound on her abdomen. The Spiders body was twisted due to the impact to the ground. "Aqune" Portia weakly said.
Z sat up and looked over at the scene in horror. He turned his head slightly to see Liz and several guards. They were next to several Invess, one of which was being petted by Liz, as if it was a pet.
Z got up angrily. Without hesitation, he pulled the Rider Indicator off his Driver. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the Genesis Core before placing it onto the Driver.
He pulled out his Dragonfruit Lockseed and the Melon Energy Lockseed.
"Henshin"
Dragonfruit!
Melon Energy!
Above his head, two Cracks appeared with the Melon Energy and Dragonfruit Armor Parts floating down.
Z placed the Melon Energy Lockseed in the Genesis Core and the Dragonfruit in it's regular slot before he locked both Lockseeds in.
Lock On!
The two Armor Parts merged to become bulkier and more rectangle like. Z hit the Cutting Blade on his belt.
Rise Up! Mix!
The Armor Parts landed on his head and unfolded, the back and front unfolding the same way while the arms rotated around a point like regularly. The front part had two flaps that unfolded and revealed the design of a green background with several melon slices on there for… some reason.
Dragonfruit Arms: Awaken! Dragonic Hero!
When it finished, it was revealed his helmet was normal, except for the fact that the back had turned silver and his eyes were gold.
Jinba Melon! (Melon Raiment!) Ha-Ha!
In his right hand, a Sonic Arrow appeared. Dreigon roared and charged the group.
Baron looked at his BanaSpear curiously when he heard shouting.
"What's that noise?" Anima asked.
"No idea, I'll go check it out" Baron jogged towards it.
Anima nodded. "Okay you two" she spoke to Knuckle and Magma "you're going to help me find Prince Lumen."
Baron continued to jog until he came across the sight of Duke and Genesis fighting against the Invess.
"More Spider Riders?" Baron brought out another Lockseed and clicked it open.
Mango! Lock On! Come On! Mango Arms: Fight Of Hammer!
In Mango Arms, Baron swung the Mango Punisher around before running at the crowd and smashing an Invess across the side.
He kicked another one in the gut before slamming the edge of the Mango Punisher into a Komori Invess and bashing it away.
"Igneous?" Duke questioned as Baron got near.
"Wait, Buguese?" Baron paused, dropping the Mango Punisher's end to the ground.
"What are you doing here?" the two asked simultaneously.
"Less talking, more fighting!" Genesis demanded from where he was.
"Embassy? What in the world is going on?!" Baron said.
"Long story short, that monster Embassy is facing is Steven, AKA Kurokage."
"What!" Baron shouted. He then turned around and slammed his Mango Punisher into an Invess. "You can fix him, right?" Baron asked.
"I'm not going to do it!" Genesis shouted back.
"He's still human! You can save him!"
"Stop trying to coerce me!" Genesis hit the Hekija Invess back and turned to the two Riders. "I can but I'm not going to do it! Don't you remember what Z said! He's nothing more then the Walking Dead now!"
Duke blocked an attack with his Sonic Arrow before reciprocating with an attack of his own.
"Whatever happened to fighting for others as a Spider Rider! You are Spider Rider Genesis after all!"
Genesis angrily smashed a rushing Invess in the head with his weapon, the force of the attack breaking the Shin Kage DragFangStaff in half.
"I'm not going to stoop the level of you humans! I am not a Spider Rider nor will I ever be! I am Kamen Rider Genesis, upgraded version of Kamen Rider Kage Dreigon and Rider form of the Wyvern OverLord! Now shut your mouths and let me do my job!" Genesis yelled at Baron and Duke, kicked one half of his broken weapon away and turning to the Hekija Invess. Raising the half of the Shin Kage DragFangStaff into the air, he charged with a roar.
However, mid-run, a green light spread from the center of his chest, and instantly, Genesis was replaced by the Wyvern OverLord, who wielded the KagEnder. The Wyvern OverLord slashed at the Hekija Invess with the dark edge of the KagEnder before switching and hitting him with the light edge.
"Embassy!" Duke shouted.
"Oi! Invess! You're Steven right? You're still human on the inside, right? Well fight back!" Baron shouted.
The Wyvern OverLord slammed the edge of the KagEnder of the Hekija Invess and dragged down harshly, causing an explosion of sparks. "Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! You worthless human! Why are you so insistent on ruining everything!? He was supposed to die in peace! In mercy! Why won't you let me do this!?" The Wyvern OverLord demanded.
He gripped the KagEnder tighter and, in a split-second decision, threw his left hand into the chest of the Hekija Invess. Gold energy trailed across his arm and entered the Invess. The Wyvern Overlord tossed the Invess aside and reverted back to Embassy.
"There, happy?" Embassy turned away and began to walk.
The Hekija Invess squirmed on the ground, in pain. All of a sudden, a gold light appeared in his chest and spread, changing the Hekija Invess.
The form of the Invess became smaller. Within a few seconds, Steven laid in the place of the Invess.
The boy looked over himself. He began to laugh in glee and excitement.
Tentatively, he stood up and looked over himself.
However, he saw Embassy. "Perfect" he said.
The boy ran towards Embassy. As he did, he picked up the broken half of the Shin Kage DragFangStaff.
Embassy, hearing footsteps, turned around and saw Steven running at him with his own weapon. Steven swung the weapon around like a sword, his hand digging into the spikes.
Embassy blocked with the KagEnder and retaliated with a few strikes of his own.
The two clashed weapons.
"Oi! What are you doing?" Baron shouted at Steven.
"Embassy just saved your life! Why are you attacking him?!" Duke demanded.
"A monster is still a monster." Steven smirked. He slashed with his weapon, catching Embassy across the chest and tearing a large gash in his shirt.
He continually slashed again and again, Embassy just dodging so only his clothes got cut up.
Finally Embassy slashed with his weapon. Instantly, Steven raised his left hand to block, revealing it had changed into a claw.
The weapon caught itself on the claw. "Omae!... (You!...)" Embassy was in complete shock when Steven shoved the KagEnder away from himself and kicked forward, sending Embassy to the ground.
Steven smiled maliciously as he held up his weapon. He clutched it tightly with his hand digging into the spikes, more blood oozing down the weapon.
In the distance, Duke and Baron were both fighting against several Invess. Nearby, what appeared to be a projection of a violet Chinese dragon shot out of the ground and left a hole. Duke and Baron noticed this, turning to it in confusion.
"Who's end is it now? Embassy"
"NO!" Baron turned back and shouted.
Steven raised the Kage DragFangStaff over his head.
Embassy gripped his weapon tighter.
"Okay! Freedom!" Arrow announced as she appeared from the hole.
Ryugen kneeled down and helped Gaim-Shin.
"Help me!"
"Sorry!" Arrow helped.
"Hey, what's going on over there?" Ryugen pointed out.
Steven began roaring as he reared his arm back further and prepared to swing..
All of a sudden, Embassy's hand ran over a portion of the KagEnder, pressing a hidden button. The blade suddenly extended, revealing the KagEnder could function as a lance. Steven, seeing the threat, attempted to move out of the way. However, he couldn't move far enough, and the spiked edge of the KagEnder cut through a large portion of his neck, opening a large wound through which blood flowed through. Almost immediately, Steven moved aside. Blood flowed from the open wound and Steven held his hands to it, attempting to stifle the bleeding and just getting blood all over his hands and clothing. He began to pant and search for a breath.
Baron, Ryugen, Gaim-Shin, Arrow and Duke looked on in absolute shock and horror.
Steven moved away immediately, collapsing to the ground as blood continued to spurt from the wound.
The light reappeared at his chest and changed him back into the Hekija Invess, which ran, the cut still visible in its neck.
Gaim-Shin instantly began to run after it. The others were still too in shock, minus Embassy.
Embassy looked down at his weapon and back at the Hekija Invess.
"I forgot it could do that" he looked back down at the KagEnder in surprise.
The Hekija Invess continued to run, getting weaker and weaker as it did. It finally collapsed to its knees.
It just began to attempt to crawl forward…
"That's far enough. I doubt you can move any further as it is" a figure walked in front of him.
The Invess was surprised at who he saw.
"Hello Steven" Sid grinned as he faced the Hekija Invess, which was still clutching its neck. "I see that you've become a monster yourself. Well, I'm sorry, but it's my job to take care of you now" Sid pulled out a Genesis Driver, much to the Hekija Invess's shock. Gaim-Shin arrived on the scene, and he spotted the confrontation.
"I knew it was a good idea to confiscate the two of these from that Gaim kid. Too bad I had to plant the other on him, what a waste of good technology."
Sid placed the Genesis Driver on his waist, a silver strap wrapping around him. He held up the Lockseed he got from Sagara, and he tipped his hat forward.
"Henshin"
Cherry Energy!
The Lockseed rung out with a short tune. Above Sid's head, the signature Crack formed. From it, there was a silver, green, and red set of cherry-shaped armor. Sid placed the Lockseed on his belt and locked it in.
Lock, On!
Sid took his hat off and placed it on the ground before pushing in the Seaboll Compressor.
Soda!
The Cherry Energy Armor Parts landed on his head. A silver and black Ride Wear formed. It resembled that of a Viking with fur armor on his forearms and shins. Underneath the Armor Parts, a Viking like helmet formed with a piece going into back. The piece created a red eye effect and formed a Viking helmet look despite the fact that it seemed to be designed after a cherry stem.
Cherry Energy Arms!
The front and back folded onto where they customarily were, but the right side folded around by the stalk with the left moving onto his shoulder. The right side folded onto the left, forming a bulkier plate. His chest plate had a cherry design with a Viking-like Rider Symbol on the right.
The sound that emitted from the Lockseed sounded techno, with a bit of hip-hop mixed in as the extended version of the short tune when the Lockseed was unlocked. (This is just my opinion)
In his hand was a Sonic Arrow.
Gaim-Shin watched in fascination but he gripped his head in pain as images came to him.
Gaim and the Rider are seen fighting and saying things unintelligible.
The image changes so that it is now a young man watching in horror as the Rider attacks another Hekija Invess.
Cherry Energy!
Gaim suddenly came back to reality when an energy burst hit him in the chest. Subsequently, two explosions happened near his arms and sent him away. He landed in a nearby fountain. The second he landed, his suit dissolved, changing him back to Hunter and his Driver fell off of his waist. Hunter emerged from the water on his knees soaked to the bone with his eyes a mysterious blue color.
A name came to Hunter through the images.
"Sigurd"
"Oh? Sigurd? How interesting. Well, Kamen Rider Sigurd it is!" Sigurd raised his weapon at the Hekija Invess and charged.
"Wait!" Hunter tried to stand up.
Sigurd slashed across the Hekija Invess, the Invess falling onto its back and stumbling backwards. The Invess weakly managed to turn around and tried to crawl away. Sigurd grabbed him by his neck from behind and lifting him into the air.
"Stop!" Hunter got to his knees.
Sigurd slashed the Hekija across the back. When the Invess hit the ground, his form changed again so he was back in human form. Steven tried to crawl away frantically, collapsing more and more as blood continued to fall.
"Please! I'm just a human! Like you Sid!"
Sigurd began to chuckle, and it slowly began to increase, eventually resulting in Sigurd laughing madly. He finally stopped and mimicked wiping a tear from his eyes. "This is too good!"
Steven was now on the ground, weakly panting, unable to move.
"It's a shame you didn't last long, I would have thought your new monster form would increase your life span more. How disappointing" Sigurd raised his Sonic Arrow up and took his Lockseed off his belt before placing it on the slot.
Lock Off.
Lock, On!
Sigurd held out his Sonic Arrow towards the Steven and pulled the handle back.
"Besides, monsters don't deserve mercy" he shrugged.
Hunter managed to stand up.
"YAMERO! (STOP!)" He shouted.
Sigurd released his grip on the handle.
Cherry Energy!
From the tip of the weapon, a projection of an arrow with two cherries (stems and all) shot towards Steven. It impacted him in the back, causing him to scream in pain when the two cherries moved closer towards his body and exploded.
Hunter gasped and collapsed to his knees.
"Well this has been interesting." Sigurd turned towards Hunter and closed his Lockseed, changing back to Sid.
"Why… why did you kill him!?" Hunter demanded.
Sid picked up his hat from the ground.
"Why? It's a hero's job to kill the monster, is it not? And why do you care? The way I see it, he was that way long before he turned into that."
He put it on his head and tipped it.
"Call it a favor, that's one less monster you have to fight."
Hunter got out of the fountain and ran at Sid. Just as he tried to punch him, Sid grabbed him by his wrist and twisted it before kicking him in the gut.
Hunter fell to the ground.
"I guess it's time for me to take my leave. After all, I've won this Game" Sid walked away.
Hunter panted and turned onto his stomach. Instantly, he clutched his arm in pain.
"Hunter!" from a distance, Arrow, Ryugen, and Baron were running towards him.
"Are you okay?" Baron and Arrow checked on him. Hunter's eyes were fixated on something.
"Uh… guys?" Ryugen spoke up, complete horror in her voice.
"What is it Sparkle?" Baron asked. The girl pointed in the same direction Hunter was staring. Baron and Arrow looked and saw the burned and bloody corpse of Steven.
Hunter looked away, but he noticed that his Manacle was cracked, along with the gem.
"You okay Hunter?" He heard Shadow ask, though it seemed a bit muffled and distant.
"Depends, are you?"
A Crack appeared over the screen, showing Sigurd's Rider symbol and Lockseed. The Cherry Energy Lockseed sat alone in the middle-left of the screen.