THE LEGACY OF CAIN
Part 44: The Night of Cold Steel
"So, these are Cybermen?" Gnol asked as he watched the monitor in the Pyramid Base's control room.
"Yep," Kineko confirmed. "Unlike the Combatroids, they are sorta like cyborgs."
"Sorta like cyborgs?" Gnol repeated. "What do you mean?"
"Yea, well, that's because the only organic thing about them are their brains which Juuyon-sama harvested from homeless bums. Besides that, the Cybermen are completely mechanical, armed with laser guns and they can generate electricity through their hands to electrocute their victims to death," Aoneko explained, clarifying the issue.
"I see. Where did he get the idea to create these Cybermen?" Gnol asked. He had to admit they were works of genius, but he was also curious as to what gave Shiro the inspiration to create them.
"His benefactor provided him with the plans since they thought Juuyon-sama needed the extra fire power," Aoneko answered.
"And where is he right now?"
"He's off attacking another seal since they will be preoccupied by the Cybermen."
Gnol grinned, "Excellent. Well, in that case, I'll just sit back and watch the show." His Bakeneko girl, who was dressed like a Geisha, served him sake which he downed in one gulp from the cup. She was beautiful, and her name was Shizuko.
A Cyberman was blasted by Alan's ring, the attack knocking it out of formation, as he stood in a circle with his friends.
"What's the plan?" Shinichi asked.
"We take them down hard, we take them down fast," Alan said.
"You heard the man!" Shinichi said to the others. "Transform, and attack! Hanyuu-chan, protect the people."
Hanyuu nodded.
NORTH-WESTERN BRANCH
The members of the North-Western branch of the Kekkain Clan were on guard like all the others around their respective sealing stones. At present, the strongest of them stood around the sealing stone in the basement. An intruder had entered and was currently killing the members of their clan upstairs but they had their orders. The members who'd died would be remembered for their sacrifice and would be mourned at a later time. However, right now, the protection of the sacred sealing stone was most imperative.
"Good evening," Shiro Juuyon greeted cheerful as he came into the basement. "Well, well, what do we have here? I guess you didn't want to join the party that was happening upstairs." Shiro was once again covered in blood as the red substance dripped from his blood-stained sword.
Their only response was to attack the intruder.
They never stood a chance.
"Delete. Delete. Delete," the Cyberman repeated as they unleashed a volley of laser blasts at the group when Alan formed a wall of green energy to deflect them. As soon as the assault ceased, Alan dropped the wall and darted forward, burying his fist into a Cyberman's chest with his immense strength. He tore out wires and the Cyberman dropped dead. The rest aimed at him.
"Hostile element identified as Alan Smith. Prepare for deletion."
"Not today," Alan retorted as a Cyberman's head was taken off its shoulders by a flying scythe. Carmen Mirage yanked back the chain and caught the scythe before she rushed to take out the Cybermen. Slasher Slayer was also on the move while armed with the Onigari no Ryuou. Sparks flew as he struck while aiming for dismemberment and decapitation as he beheaded and literally disarmed the Cybermen.
"Say hello to my little friends!" yelled Blue Beetle as he formed a Gatling gun which was equipped to his left leg and the missile launcher which was equipped to his right boot. He took aim and fired, the missiles blowing up the Cybermen as the Gatling gun riddled them with bullet hole. They may have thick armor, but they weren't invincible as the armor-piercing rounds turned them into Swiss cheese while the missiles blew them apart.
Zero was flying through the air, dodging lasers as the Cybermen fired upon the Wasp Rider. They stood in place, which was right where he wanted them as he unleashed his own volley of needles with pierced them right through their helmets. The needles glowed and exploded, blowing the heads to smithereens. He landed next to Blue Beetle who said, "I thought these guys would be tougher."
"Or maybe we're just too much for them," Zero suggested.
"That works for me," accepted Blue Beetle. "Excuse me." He constructed his foot mounted chainsaw and kicked a Cyberman in the chest, causing sparks to fly as the attack hit. Slayer finished off the Cyberman by taking off its head.
Kanna, with several members of the Kekkain Clan, were also fighting as they used their Shikigami to battle the Cybermen. She had conjured a gun shaped like a goldfish which fired blasts of pressurized water that sent the Cybermen flying. She also summoned forth a large stag which ran the mechanical menaces down. Her eyes, of course, momentarily glanced towards Showa. She had witnessed his transformation. To think her sempai in college was a Kamen Rider. This momentary distraction would cost her as a Cyberman aimed at her from behind. Showa, however, saw this and acted quickly as his arms became covered in metal before stretching, shooting towards the Cyberman that was about to fire at Kanna and sending it flying with a punch from two, big metal fists. Kanna was stunned as Showa undid his Great Fists before saluting her.
The Cybermen diverted their attention to the purely human Kekkain Clan members and tried to shoot them dead. However, an invisible barrier blocked the lasers and the Cybermen were soon faced with the fury of a goddess as she used her telekinesis to tear them limb from limb. The Kekkain Clan members stared at Hanyuu with awe and a bit of fear but she smiled warmly at them.
Alan's heat vision caused a Cyberman to overheat and cease functioning as he literally boiled its brain. He then drew the Kusanagi no Tsurugi. Lightning arched around the blade as he used his super speed, crossing the gap between him and the Cybermen before striking them down. They all exploded and Alan looked at their remains with a frown.
"Shoddy workmanship," said Bazel.
"Well, we are more than just mere humans," Alan responded.
"That's true. So much for deleting us, huh, Partner?"
Gnol frowned as he watched the Cybermen being destroyed one after another on the monitor. He wasn't happy to see this result. "They're losing."
"Relax, this is just part of the plan," said Akaneko, "You've worked with Juuyon-sama long enough to know that."
"Maybe so, but I am not happy about it," Gnol growled, glaring at Alan who was on screen after the Green Lantern had destroyed some of the Cybermen.
"Well, just wait and see. Juuyon-sama made sure to send something in case the Cybermen became overwhelmed," the red-haired catgirl told the demon.
"Oh, and what is it?" Gnol inquired, interested.
"Well~, let's just say it's something special just for Kyoto," she answered, smiling.
So far, the heroes were decimating the Cybermen's numbers as pieces of metal lay on the ground. Blue Beetle's left hand was in the form of a hammer as he used it to bash the Cybermen around. "Yeah, take that!" He hit one in the head, knocking it down. One tried to reach out to electrocute him only for Blue Beetle to spin around and clobber it, knocking it down. "Take that!" He then summoned his Gatling gun again before firing. "And some of this!" He was obviously enjoying himself.
Suddenly, he felt himself being carried into the air and then spun around in a tornado which caused him to scream in terror.
"Yokoshima!" Showa shouted Blue Beetle was shot out of the tornado before he slammed against the wall, dazed and dizzy from the spinning.
"Whoa...Ow…" Blue Beetle groaned.
Zero, who was in the air, was suddenly knocked out of the sky as sparks exploded from his back. His assailant was revealed to be a Beastroid that was based on a tengu. Its faceplate sported a long and pointed nose and it wielded a war fan. It had metallic, bird-like wings and its armor was red and blue with white trim.
"Juuyon-sama demands your destruction," the Tengu Beastroid commanded.
"Well, tell him that we don't entertain demands from psychotic megalomaniacs," Showa retorted.
"Then die, meat bags!" the Tengu Beastroid shouted as it swung its fan, conjuring a blast of wind. Everyone was blown away by the gale force winds, with the exception of Alan.
"He wants to play with wind, I'll show him wind," said Alan as he changed into the Sentinel.
The Tengu Beastroid was about to gloat but then cried out as a sword was buried in its stomach. He saw Sentinel holding the sword which he withdrew before knocking the Beastroid out of the air with a roundhouse kick. It smashed against the ground, kicking up dust.
Sentinel glared down, wondering if he'd damaged the Tengu Beastroid enough when a ball of wind suddenly hit him and pushed him back. It didn't hurt due to his Kryptonian physiology.
"It's going to take a lot more than this to destroy me!" the TenguBeastroid shouted while clutching the sparking wound on his stomach.
"Well, then why don't you try me!" shouted Showa as he darted towards the Tengu Beastroid. Three Cybermen suddenly ganged up on Showa, trying to keep him away from the Beastroid. However, he leapt over them and spun in mid-air, changing his arm into a sword before he landed. He swung, decapitating two while the third tried to attack with an electrified grip only for Showa to be quicker as he ran the Cyberman through its chest. He withdrew his sword and kicked shoved the defeated Cyberman to the ground.
Turning his attention to the Tengu Beastroid, he said coldly, "Your move."
The Tengu Beastroid roared, "As you wish!" He struck with his war fan, sparks flying as their weapons clashes. The Tengu Beastroid then conjured vacuum blades which knocked Showa back with sparks flying off his armor. More and more vacuum blades kept coming but instead of leaping out of the way, Showa charged through, ignoring the vacuum blades cutting into his armor. He closed in on the Tengu Beastroid, his sword replaced by two large metal fists which he threw forward.
The Tengu Beastroid, however, was expecting this and once Showa was in range he leapt upwards and thrust out his fan. However, there was a flash of green as the arm wielding the fan was severed from the elbow down.
"Don't forget about me," said Sentinel before he sidestepped, allowing Showa a clear shot as his fists smashed into the Tengu Beastroid, sending it tumbling along the ground. He then grabbed the Tengu Beastroid and raised him up to look it in the eyes. Now unarmed, the Beastroid was harmless.
"It's over," Showa said as he prepared to crush the Beastroid, only to be shocked when it laughed. "What's so funny?"
"Go ahead! I've already served my purpose anyway!" the Tengu Beastroid laughed mockingly.
"What do you mean?" Showa asked. "Tell me!"
That was when Showa heard the dreadful news.
Kanna shouted upon receiving the news from one of her clansmen, "The North-Western branch was just attacked!?"
The North-Western branch had been attacked, which meant the sealing stone it guarded was now destroyed.
The Tengu Beastroid suddenly exploded, taking Showa's Great Fist with it. It didn't cause any injury to Showa, though. What shook him up was that while they were fighting here, Shiro had been pursuing his plan.
This had all just been a distraction. Shinichi's armor vanished along with the others once the danger had passed but despite defeating the horde of Cybermen, they had failed.
"Looks like you've made quite a mess," a familiar voice was heard and all eyes turned towards Shiro Juuyon who was covered in blood. "I see you've met my Cybermen."
"Teme!" Shinichi was about to charge forward only to be stopped by Alan who kept a firm grip on his shoulder. "Let me go, Alan!"
"No," said Alan. He looked at Shiro and stated, "You already did it."
"I did," Shiro answered, not denying it one bit.
"Why have you killed members of the Kekkain Clan!?" Shinichi demanded.
"You're asking me why?" Shiro snorted. "Do I need a reason to kill?"
Shinichi forced himself to calm down. "Yes, because every move you make, every action you take is all planned out and just a small step towards a greater goal," Shinichi answered. "That's exactly how you operate because that's how you're programmed. Because, that's how Gebok is and that is how he programmed you."
Shiro's smile faded, "Oh, so you think you have it all figured out then?"
"You're trying to free the Orochi's body," said Alan.
"Oh, Al, Al, Al, Al!" Shiro retorted dramatically, shaking his head. "Look at the bigger picture! Do you really think my plan truly ends with the Orochi's resurrection? If that's the case then you've already lost this game."
"Why are you killing the Kekkain Clan members?" Alan repeated Shinichi's question.
"You know who set up those stones?" Shiro asked. "Their ancestors and it's been hundreds of years since the Heian period and so the family has grown, their members spread out, but they always start here in Kyoto. It was their ancestors who trapped the Orochi's body here, it was their ancestors who split the main branch into eight different branches and set up mansions in eight different direction. The guardianship of those stones has been passed down from generation to generation, and so it is their blood that can deactivate those stone."
"Their blood…" Shinichi murmured. "You sick, twisted freak!"
"A weapon drenched in their blood is the only thing that can destroy the sealing stone," Shiro answered, drawing the Oathbreaker. Alan and Shinichi immediately closed the gap, weapons drawn, and swung, only for their swords to pass through Shiro harmlessly like he was a ghost. "Oh, and I'm long gone! Sayonara!" His image flickered and vanished.
"A hologram!" Shinichi realized angrily.
"A very realistic one too," Alan admitted as he looked at the Cyberman head which had projected the hologram. "I could barely tell the difference." He looked to his half-brother, "Shinichi, it hasn't been 24 hours yet, there's still time to revive them."
"You're right," Shinichi agreed. He clapped his hands together. "Let me work my-OW!"
"What's wrong?" Alan asked as Shinichi reached behind his neck and pulled out a dart. "Shinichi, what's that?"
"I…I dunno…" Shinichi staggered, suddenly feeling dizzy. "Hey…Alan, when…did you get…a twin?" he asked, slurred, feeling dizzy and a bit inebriated. He suddenly collapsed and passed out.
"SHINICHI!" Alan screamed.
From a nearby rooftop was one of the Bakeneko Kunoichi and she compacted her telescopic blowgun before slipping away into the shadows. From another rooftop, watching the events was a white wolf and a black wolf.
"Juuyon-sama, it has been done," reported Midoneko as she saluted. Shiro was watching his enemies' reaction on screen while sitting in his chair.
"Good, very good," said Shiro as he pulled the green-haired catgirl into his lap. He petted her head which made her purr and snuggle up against him. "I guess they got my message too."
"What was the point of giving them that kind of information?" Gnol asked.
"Oh, it was just a distraction, really," said Shiro. "They wanted info, I gave it to them, but I also babbled to take up their time and annoy them. But, the reason for the distraction was so Midoneko here could get into position to shoot this at Shinichi." He held up a duplicate of the dart which had hit Shinichi earlier.
"What is that?" Gnol.
"It's a virus, a very powerful one," said Shiro, "But it won't kill him."
"Then what's the point?" Gnol asked.
"It's no fun just killing them," Shiro told them. "That's your problem. You just go ahead and start killing things."
"You're the same way," Gnol pointed out.
"I should rephrase that then. What I mean is that I don't just go around killing things without purpose," said Shiro.
"My purpose is destruction and suffering," said Gnol, crossing his arms indignantly.
"But I'd rather go for the suffering bit first," Shiro emphasized. "The virus will knock him out first and then spread. When he wakes up, he'll realize too late that his greatest advantage has been taken away from him." His grin widened, "Oh, I can't wait to see the look on his face." He looked Midoneko in the eyes, "Can you?" He kissed her deeply, pulling her close against him as his tongue explored her oral cavity and she purred, hand rubbing up and down his chest and back as she returned the favor. The other members watched in envy as their sister was getting such loving treatment from their master. He broke the kiss and lifted Midoneko, bridal style. "Tonight, Midoneko, you will be rewarded! Let's go!" He dashed towards his bedroom, the girl clinging to him with a smile.
"He might be a machine, but he still thinks with his libido," scoffed Gnol.
"Hey, he's waking up," Michiru, while closing a medi-kit, informed as Shinichi slowly came to.
"Ugghh..." Shinichi groaned as he slowly regained consciousness. "What hit me? My head feels like I was hit by a snow plow."
"Actually, you were hit by a dart," Yokoshima answered.
"A dart? Where is it?" Shinichi asked.
"It disintegrated," Alan replied.
"Well, that's convenient," remarked Shinichi sarcastically.
"How are you feeling?" Shogo asked.
"Besides the pounding headache, I feel fine," Shinichi replied. He asked, "How long have I been out."
"About two hours," Alan answered, causing Shinichi's eyes to go wide.
"TWO HOURS!?" Shinichi shouted loudly, "WHY DIDN'T YOU WAKE ME UP!?"
"Dude, we were worried that the dart might've killed you! We needed to get you medical attention!" Yokoshima retorted.
That calmed Shinichi slightly as he apologized, "Sorry..." He then noticed something. He was in a futon and the floor was covered in tatami. "Hey, where are we? Are we back at your grandma's place, Michiru?"
"No, we're in one of the rooms in the Kekkain Clan's mansion," Michiru answered.
"They let you use this place for me to rest?" Shinichi asked. He then realized Hanyuu wasn't around and connected the dots, "Hanyuu-chan persuaded them, didn't she?"
"I'll tell ya, that girl is scary, scarier than anything I've ever seen," Yokoshima stated. The door slid open and Yokoshima gasped.
"I heard that, nano desu," said Hanyuu, frowning. She came in and sat down.
"So, what's the verdict?" Chiaki asked.
"They've accepted our assistance but they also had a condition: they want one of their members to join our team as a liaison. I had to compromise on that," Hanyuu said.
"At least they realize how much of a threat Shiro is," Michiru said.
"Well, the one called Hiba Kekkain was doing a lot of shouting about how we allowed Shiro to destroy another sealing stone," Hanyuu added.
"I hope he isn't our liaison," Shinichi grimaced.
"Actually, it's someone you know," said Hanyuu. She said to the door, "You can come in now."
The door slid open to reveal Kanna standing in the doorway.
"Oh, it's you, Kanna-chan," Shinichi greeted awkwardly. She entered and sat down.
"Banabara-sempai, what are you?" Kanna asked. She looked at the others, "What are you people?"
"We're cyborgs," Michiru answered bluntly.
"Cyborgs? Like in science fiction?"
"Only this is science fact," Shogo added. "We've got mechanical parts inside of us. Alan's here the only one who isn't a cyborg."
"Hiba-san has been calling you very unkind things," Kanna informed.
"That guy either needs to get laid or to get that stick shoved up his butt taken out," suggested Yokoshima, "Or have a real stick shoved right in, deep."
"So, Hanyuu-chan here told me that you all reached an agreement," said Shinichi.
"Why do you call Hainiryun-sama that?" Kanna asked. Ancestors should be treated with respect.
"Why shouldn't I call my little sister that?" Shinichi returned her question with his own, along with a smile.
"Little sister?" Kanna repeated, shocked and confused. "How...?"
"Don't question it," Alan interrupted.
"I might be older than I look, but in this form I'm still pretty much a child and children need their parents. Shinichi's mother adopted me and while she's aware of what I am, she can't help but treat me as her daughter," Hanyuu answered fondly.
"She must be a wonderful lady," Kanna smiled.
"That she is," Hanyuu smiled back. "I'm glad she came into our lives."
"Well, I'm all rested up," said Shinichi. "It's time to revive some people from the dead."
"What?" Kanna gawked at Shinichi.
"Just take me to the branch estate that was attacked and I'll show you," said Shinichi.
"Alright, Gary, how does the new body feel?" Shiro asked.
"It is within acceptable parameters," Gary reported.
"Well, that's good," nodded Shiro. He then turned to address a lone Cyberman. This one was different from the rest as it sported a black faceplate, red eyes with a see-through dome that left the brain visible. "Cyber Leader, report," Shiro ordered.
"Our numbers were decimated. In older to replace fallen Cybermen we would require to perform immediate upgrades and assimilation on humans," the Cyber Leader answered.
"Well, then get to it then! Grab some more homeless people off the street. Heck, break into prisons and steal the inmates. Do whatever you can to help me make more Cybermen," Shiro ordered.
The Cyber Leader put his fist against his chest as a salute and did an about face before marching for the teleporter.
Shiro put his hands to his hips. Cybermen were the perfect soldiers but against the Riders they were still pretty much cannon fodder. He then grinned, "I better check up on Shinichi. He must be completely devastated when he learns the truth!" He couldn't wait to see the look on Shinichi's face when he discovered what had been done to him.
"Wow...he really went all out," Yokoshima grimaced at the sight before them. The bodies had all been collected and moved to the dojo, covered in sheets that were soaked in their blood. Nobody who got in Shiro's way was spared. The estate was worse for wear itself as there were deep cuts on the wall and floor caused by a sword.
"How horrible," murmured Kanna. The bodies would soon be prepared for burial. "So many of them died."
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry," Alan apologized as he gave his condolences.
"You didn't do this," Kanna said. "It was that man, that Shiro Juuyon, who did this."
"But don't worry, Kanna-chan," Michiru smiled, "Shinichi will take care of everything."
"How?" Kanna asked.
"He can reverse time, undoing everything that has happened within 24 hours," Shogo explained. "You'll see your clansmen alive soon enough."
Kanna was stunned and she looked at her sempai. 'Reverse time?' she though. But that was impossible, right.
"OK, everyone, stand back and let me work my magic," said Shinichi. He looked to see Kanna staring at him. "I know this might sound crazy to you, but trust me, Kanna-chan. You're going to see a miracle at work." He focused, concentrating as he called forth his power. However, unlike many times before he seemed to be struggling harder, much harder, and nothing was happening. By now something was supposed to happen.
"Shinichi, what's wrong?" Alan asked as Shinichi began to tremble.
"I...I can't do it," Shinichi answered, looking at Alan. A look of horror was painted on his face.
"Huh, what do you mean?" Alan questioned but he had a sinking feeling in his gut that this was bad news.
"I can't turn back time!" Shinichi shouted.
"WHAT!?" the cyborgs in the group shouted.
"How!? You can't just lose your powers like that!" Yokoshima yelled.
"This has happened before. When Kaa-chan was in an accident my powers were blocked," Shinichi said. "Hanyuu-chan, can you help?"
"I'm sorry, but I've lost my ability to reverse time a long time ago," Hanyuu apologized. She looked to Kanna, "I'm so sorry."
Shinichi fell to his knees. This was possibly the worst thing that could possible happen to him. He'd just lost his trump card.
"I'm so glad I didn't miss this." All heads spun towards the voice to see Shiro Juuyon, looking quite smug.
"WHITE 14," Alan identified. "What are you doing here?"
"I've come to gloat, and kill you, but mostly to gloat," Shiro answered.
"That dart did something to him, didn't it?"
"Yes, yes it did," Shiro replied. "You see, Shinichi has always relied on his ability to reverse time to undo tragedy. It made him less responsible with human lives since he can just bring them back. So, I decided to take away his greatest advantage to even the playing field." He grinned once he finished his sentence.
"You're sick and twisted," Hanyuu accused, eyes glowing red.
"Me? Sick? I'm not some meat bag," Shiro retorted. "Now, it's time for me to go on with killing you."
"You and what army?" Yokoshima questioned.
Shiro's response was to take out a rectangular device that had the shape of a cell phone with a glowing screen. The device also sported sharp 'teeth' framing the screen and 'horns' on the top and bottom corners.
"ALPHA-01," began Shiro, stunning Shinichi. "Unload my soldiers from hyper space, please."
"Hai!" the device responded in a child's voice. It was Shinichi's voice as a child, only distorted. "Unload!"
From the device, light burst forth from it and turned into humanoid figures. When the light cleared, twenty-five Cybermen now stood behind Shiro.
Yokoshima gaped as he just witnessed the appearance of the Cybermen. Shogo palmed his face and spoke, "Yokoshima, don't ever, ever say 'you and what army' ever again. That's just tempting fate."
"14!" Shinichi shouted as he stood up. "How did you get the ALPHA-01 AI!?"
"Oh, this?" Shiro responded, twirling the device in his hand. "Where do you think? Think about it, really think about it. Where would Gebok hide such a treasure?"
Shinichi's eyes widened in realization but it was Alan who answered, "He hid it in Alice."
"Correct-a-mundo!" laughed Shiro. "And he had it hidden under piles and piles of code so that it wouldn't be discovered!"
"That's why you broke into the prison and went into Gebok's cell," concluded Shinichi. "You were getting the information from him."
"I was surprised myself, but it all just made sense. Who would think a bio-android in the form of a child would have the most powerful smart AI in the entire world?" Shiro gave a salute by tapping his device against his forehead. "Ja ne!" The Cybermen parted, giving him a path as he turned and fled. The Cybermen, in response, marched at the heroes.
"Hostile elements will be deleted."
"Alan, go after Shiro!" Shinichi shouted. "We'll handle things here!"
Alan nodded and took off after the bio-android.
"Hostile elements will be deleted."
"Oh, I couldn't agree more," Shinichi growled as his eyes narrowed. He wasn't talking about the Riders. He was talking about the Cybermen.
Alan finally caught up with Shiro who stopped running. The bio-android didn't look all that worried. "Coming to arrest me, Alan Smith? Or are you here to destroy me like that last time?"
"I'm tempted on the latter, but I want to know, how did you learn how to build the Cybermen?" Alan questioned.
"You're from another world, right?" Shiro asked.
"Of course, you know that," answered Alan, curious as to why Shiro would ask that but at the same time cautious as to what other tricks the evil android was going to pull out of his sleeve. He watched as Shiro took out the device he'd used to summon the Cybermen earlier.
"Alan, be ready for anything," warned Bazel. "Lately, this guy has been able to pull anything out of his pocket."
"Yeah, I know," Alan agreed.
"I sure hope you recognize these guys, because I want to remember the look on your face!" Shiro called as the screen glowed. Bursts of light surged from the screen, splitting into several beams which then reformed into tangible shapes. Alan's eyes widened as he recognized the shapes. But it couldn't be, could it? It was impossible. How could they be here?
"EX-TER-MIN-ATE!"
That loud, high-pitched, electronically distorted voice shouted out as a line of five mechanical creatures now stood between Alan and Shiro. Standing at five feet in height, they were shaped like saltshakers with the lower half of their bodies covered in hemispheres. They had domed shaped heads sitting atop necks covered in three metal rings. They had protrusions on the sides of their heads which resembles light bulbs that lit up with each syllable and long metal eye stalks. Mounted on their midsections were their appendages that were pointed forward. They each had a plunger-like apparatus on the right and an egg whisk-shaped gun on the left. They wore a uniform color of bronze.
"Death & Annihilation Laser Extermination Killbots," Shiro named them. "Also known as…"
"Daleks," Alan finished. He knew about these creatures. Daleks were the mutated descendants of the Kaleds from the planet Skarro. However, the once humanoid beings had mutated into cephalopod-like creatures with a single eye that were housed in mobile, tank-like robotic shells like the ones Alan was looking at. They were the most feared and hated race in the entire universe, with their only purpose being to kill anything that was not a Dalek.
Alan used his X-Ray vision to scan these Daleks and found out that instead of an organic creature piloting the robotic shells, they were completely mechanical. They were just imitations.
"So, what do you think?" asked Shiro. A blast of green energy from Alan's ring blew up one of the DALEKs.
"I think you really should improve the design, because these guys are just cheap imitations," Alan responded.
In response, the DALEK units all cried out, "EX-TER-MIN-ATE A-LAN SMITH! EX-TER-MIN-ATE! EX-TER-MIN-ATE! EX-TER-MIN-ATE!" as they fired their death rays at Alan.
A green shield surrounded Alan before he muttered, "I figured as much."
"Keep him busy, my pets," said Shiro as he activated his teleportation system to vanish before Alan's eyes.
Alan thought, 'The death rays might be the same, but these guys aren't made of Dalekanium, so…' He constructed a massive hammer of green hammer before flattening one of the DALEK units. 'They're much easier to break.' Alan had met Daleks before, the real Daleks, back when he was a little boy. They had appeared as suddenly as a strange man in a big, blue box.
In the Pyramid Base, a DALEK unit rolled out from the shadows. Unlike the bronze DALEK units Shiro had released earlier, this unit was colored mostly black with the hemispheres on the lower half of its body colored silver. Under the base of the eye stalk was the symbol for gamma (Γ).
"Welcome back, sir," the DALEK unit spoke.
"Good to be back, Gary," Shiro smiled. "I feel great. I so love messing with people's heads."
"Knock, knock," Gary began.
"Who's there?" Shiro asked.
"You."
"You who?"
"You are the greatest genius of this world," Gary praised as he spun around in place, his head spinning in the opposite direction.
"That I am, Gary. That I am."
KAMEN RIDER CHROME: Again, I'd like to give my thanks to deadly84, snake screamer, Warlord-Xana and Iron-Mantis. This time. Now, I've recently become hooked on "Doctor Who" and decided to use two of the series classic monsters as part of Shiro's army. They are the Cybermen and Daleks.
D.A.L.E.K. stands for Death & Annihilation Laser Extermination Killbot. These tank-like robots resemble the robotic shells which house the Dalek mutants. However, they are simply mechanical imitations programmed with one simple purpose: to exterminate anything with human DNA. While they are not made of Dalekanium, the alloy which makes up their armor is quite durable. However, strong enough blows can break the armor. Like the Daleks they are based on, the DALEK units' main weakness is their eye stalk. Unfortunately, the Dalek units are surrounded by a force field that can melt bullets. While they seem funny in appearance, they are no laughing matter. They are killing machines and anything that has been equipped to their bodies is made to kill. The suction cup arms which resemble toilet plungers have powerful suction power, enough to either suffocate or crush skulls. Their energy blasters fire death rays which instantly kill anything they hit. However, against someone like Alan, they are just reduced to trashcans. Crushed, trashcans.
Cybermen, whose model I based on their latest incarnation, are mostly mechanical and house a live human brain to animate them. They are completely emotionless with only two goals: to upgrade humans into their very image, or delete them if they resist. Against the Riders, they are cannon fodder, but in very large numbers they could become a decent threat. Shiro created the Cybermen, like the DALEK units based on plans he received from his benefactor. The Cybermen in his army were converted from homeless people that would not be missed or reported missing. Basically, he claims to be recycling garbage.
