The last update, I have classes tomorrow but I will be back to working on Riders Emerge soon enough!

Kamen Rider W
A to Z / Riders Emerge
Chapter 35 – Agenda of T / Underhanded Tactics

"So Philip, we need to organize everything, from the top if you don't mind." Said Shotaro at his typewriter.

Philip stopped eating and Akiko pointed her fork at Shotaro "After we finish eating!"

"OK Shotaro, we have defeated or discovered riders using these memories, in alphabetical order: Altair, Blaster, Chill, Echo, Flash, Gravity, Hero, Jack, King, Laser, Mortar, Nitrous, Overdrive, Pressure, Queen, Random, Saber, Undersea and Voltage. That is 19 RiderMemories, the other 7 that are missing are the letters D, I, T, W, X, Y and Z."

Shotaro finished typing and looked up "Those last letters...W, X, Y and Z worry me...I don't know why."

Philip nodded "Me too...in addition, out of these nine riders are dead, all of the Prime Alpha, three of NEXT's four members and Dan..."

Shotaro stopped typing "Dan...and in jail there is Tomoyuki of NEXT, Koichiro of the Royal Class and Masaki of the Tatoba Elite."

Philip held up the Queen memory "Shion of the Royal Class has surrendered her memory and pulled out of this whole issue, Jin's Random RiderMemory was destroyed and he has disappeared and lastly, Seizo with the Hero Memory is our ally."

They turned to Seizo who was sleeping and snoring loudly.

"We hold the reformed Queen and Pressure memories and the seized Chill, Flash, Nitrous, and Overdrive memories...is that all?" Shotaro asked.

Philip nodded "Take out Seiji and Yamamoto that leaves five more RiderMemories out there that we have no idea whose hands they are in."

"This Mr. Master...whoever he is, created all the memories to locate and obtain the pieces to the puzzle of the ultimate power. Mr. Master holds the one Kikkawa of NEXT retrieved and Yamamoto holds the one that Fumihiko stole from us...wait...what is the status on Fumihiko? He isn't dead so...where is he?" Shotaro asked

Philip shrugged "The Burning Queen Attack was immensely powerful but I doubt it could disintegrate a human. I think he is hiding out just like Jin...put him on the missing list for the record's sake."

Shotaro nodded and as he finished writing, his phone rang. "Hello? Terui...you got it?"

Several minutes later, Shotaro was at the site where the treasure was being held "What is it."

Terui picked it up and showed it to the detective who raised an eyebrow "An old green...lock?"

Terui nodded "A lock...either Yamamoto or this Mr. Master is holding the key...and the other should be holding whatever it is this lock must be attached to."

"Then you use the key to open it and...the power is inside...what could it be?" Shotaro scratched his head and took the lock as Terui turned and told his forces to wrap up and pull out.

"We have what we want which means that the Tatoba Corporation will be out to get us...we won't fall to them now...all this experience in fighting these false riders...in addition to help from Seizo has made our job much easier."

Shotaro nodded and thought "But if we take out Seiji and Yamamoto and take their piece...what will be left to do...there is no reason as to why we should seek out the other riders...we could just go for Mr. Master, right?"

Terui nodded "I'm going to go back to devoting my time to locating him. We will strike at the Tatoba Corporation later."

With that the officer took the lock from Shotaro and departed.

Shotaro turned to look at the sky "I can't believe this is almost over..."

At her new home, Shion sat back, glad to be free from the trouble of being a Kamen Rider. She thought about how she conspired with Zennosuke...but after hearing that Nagi was freed...she just lost interest in 'the ultimate power'. There was a knock at her door, as she approached it was broken open and she was grabbed by Seiji of Tatoba "Don't worry, no harm will come to you once we get what Double, Accel and Hero took from us!"

Back at the Narumi Detective Agency, Shotaro used to free time to help a few people around with minute tasks. "Getting a cat out of a tree doesn't pay much...but 20 cats..." Seizo burst into the room "Shotaro! Philip! I need your help!"

They turned to him "What happened?"

He walked towards them and placed a piece of paper on Shotaro's desk "I went to see Shion and found her place broken into...someone called her home phone and I answered it, this is what they said."

Shotaro looked at the note "If you desire to keep this innocent woman safe, bring the artifact you dug up to the Tatoba Corporation Fuuto Branch and hand it to Seiji. We will return the woman upon verifying the authenticity of the artifact."

"Yamamoto." Philip said lowly.

"Looks like they are using underhanded tactics to pull us back into the fight...we have no choice, we will not allow the Tatoba Corporation to get away with this! We are going!"

Seizo and Shotaro left the agency quickly and drove off towards the Tatoba building, where the entire conflict with the corporation first began.

Philip ran past Akiko "I'll call Terui for help!"

She looked back and forth and stomped on the ground "I didn't hear anything about this!" she screamed.

Yamamoto sat in his chair grinning, looking out the window over all of Fuuto, he saw the detective Hidari Shotaro and the Hero Seizo turn a corner and head for the building he was in.

"Seiji, get down to the fifth floor...resolve this matter personally...they are not to leave the building alive..."

Seiji bowed "Yes, sir."

On a nearby roof, Mr. Master watched Shotaro and Seizo drive past him, he turned as Nagasawa Shingo approached and held out his hand.

Mr. Master gave him the Planet Memory Key "Terui Ryu is in possession of the Planet Memory lock and Yamamoto, the president of the Tatoba Corporation is holding the safe. Everything is going as planned."

Shingo nodded "We need a power source...get the information out to the Omega Sigma, tell them to locate me a well that feeds directly into the Planet's Memory...not the one beneath Museum though...I don't need any of Sonozaki's help or interference."

Mr. Master turned and prepared to leave before looking back at Shingo "The Omega Sigma eh? Your personally chosen superior Kamen Rider Guard...I could just call one."

"No, we have underestimated Shotaro, Philip and Terui far too much...and now they have Seizo on their side...get everyone off their asses and into action. This battle will not drag on..." Shingo vanished and Mr. Master nodded one last time.

"Yes sir."

A short plot summary and advancement chapter, I realized after giving the lock to the good guys that I was running out of reason to even include the Omega Sigma, until I remembered a little plot detail I forgot

The Omega Sigma includes 4 more riders who serve Nagasawa Shingo and Mr. Master personally, they will turn Fuuto upside down just like NEVER did in the A to Z / Gaia Memories of Fate movie.

I've drawn out the rest of the story and it will end somewhere between 54 and 56 chapters, if you stick with me to the end, you are as determined to not give up as Shotaro, Philip, Seizo and Terui will be in the next chapter!

Till then, hasta