Welcome back to Prophecy of Masks! Last time, just as final wedding preparations were being made, Kamen Rider Aqua arrived, requesting Spyro and Cynder's aid in finding his missing friend, Eiji Hino, Kamen Rider OOO. After checking out OOO's campsite, his request was granted. So where is OOO? Read on to discover...
(Our story resumes in the same forest as earlier, where we specifically catch up with Spyro, Cynder, and Aqua, still on the hunt for OOO)
Spyro: So, how did you meet this Eiji person?
Aqua: It's a long story, but let's just say it involves time travel and possession. That's really call I can say without taking the whole day.
Cynder: Fair enough. (After a brief silence) Okay, this is going to drive me crazy if I don't ask. What's his deal with the whole underwear thing?
Aqua: From what I understand, it's something he picked up from his grandfather. He's always been the optimist, save a few moments in his life.
(But before Aqua can explain those moments, a rustling can be heard in the nearby bushes, catching the attention of the trio. As the group looks on, a man in a black and bronze ornately patterned shirt emerges from the bushes, a panicked look on his face, who Aqua immediately recognizes)
Aqua: Eiji?!
OOO: (In a strange voice) Michal? Thank goodness I found you!
Aqua: Where have you been?
OOO: I was running from Akira! He showed up to my campsite and tried to kill me!
Spyro: Who the heck is Akira?
Aqua: The user of the Prototype of the Birth System.
OOO: He must've attacked Shintaro before getting here, because he was using the finalized version.
(As soon as Aqua hears this, he sees that OOO is randomly looking at his shoulder, something that is apparently out of character for him, and immediately realizes something is off, as shown by how he literally pushes OOO to the ground, before backing away as he gets up, leaving both Spyro and Cynder shocked)
Cynder: What was all that about?!
Aqua: I don't know who that is, but it's not Eiji!
OOO: (Randomly glancing at his shoulder) Whatever madness got to Shintaro's gotten to you too?!
Aqua: If you want me to believe that, you'll have to prove it to me. Say what you just said again, without glancing at your shoulder.
OOO: (Still glancing at his shoulder, but trying not to) Whatever madness got to Shintaro's gotten to you too?!
Aqua: (Seeing OOO is glancing at his shoulder) Aha! I knew it! Give up this charade!
(With his cover blown, OOO starts laughing a voice that isn't his, as a violet figure with features from a Pteranodon, a Triceratops, and a Tyrannosaurus emerges from some kind of cloaking field behind OOO)
Kyoryu Greeed: (As OOO mimics him) I should've known that wouldn't fool you forever.
Aqua: (Enraged) Maki! I should have known it was you! What the hell have you done to Eiji!
Kyoryu Greeed: (As the Mark of Malefor glows upon his Pteranodon wing cape) The influence of the Purple Core Medals is stronger than you'd think, and with a little bit of assistance I'm now able to control anyone who has ever absorbed them. And your friend here was a prime candidate.
Aqua: Release him this instant!
Kyoryu Greeed: I don't think I will. But instead, I will do this.
(With a wave, OOO pulls out a belt with a black and blue device with silver accents and three slots on the front and places it on his waist before removing three medal resembling items, one red with a hawk on it, one yellow with a tiger on it, and the last green with a grasshopper on it. The mind controlled OOO then places the red and green medals into the end slots of his belt before placing the yellow one into the center slot, causing the item to become offset on a diagonal, before pulling a separate black and gold device from the side of his belt)
OOO: (In a monotone voice) Henshin.
(With his battle cry known, OOO runs the black and gold device over the three medals in his belt, causing three red lights to appear on it as images of medals start swirling around him)
OOO Driver: Taka! Tora! Batta! Ta-To-Ba! Tatoba! Ta-To-Ba!
(While this pronouncement is made, the swirling medals settle on the three OOO placed into the OOO Driver, merge into one with their emblems combined and place themselves on OOO's chest, from which black armor spreads before adding details from the three medals: a red feather patterned head with at first green eyes that later turn purple, a yellow torso with claws folded back on the arms, and green patterned legs)
Kyoryu Greeed: Destroy them.
(At his command, OOO charges but not before Aqua steps into his path)
Aqua: (Slinging a silver and blue belt resembling a turbine onto his waist) Two can play at this game. Henshin!
(With his battle cry, the turbine starts spinning, pulling water from the atmosphere and forming a nice aquamarine and silver armor with black accents, a silver mask-like piece and yellow eyes. Now in his suit, Aqua blocks a punch from OOO before the two engage in a full on fight, with Spyro and Cynder realizing they need to bypass OOO and start fighting the Kyoryu Greeed. But before long, damage dealt to the Kyoryu Greeed starts affecting OOO, which prompts the former to start laughing)
Kyoryu Greeed: You fools! That is but another blessing of Lord Malefor. Once I have a puppet in my control, I AM INVINCIBLE!
(Before long the true state of the battle becomes known. Afraid of hurting OOO by attacking the Kyoryu Greeed, Spyro, Cynder, and Aqua become stuck in a cycle of being unable to hit either of them, which ultimately leads to Aqua getting thrown into a nearby stream, landing right in front of Woz, Geiz, and Tsukuyomi, before Spyro and Cynder get tossed that way too, alerting the entire team as the Kyoryu Greeed and mind controlled OOO enter the fray.)
Woz: (Seeing everything happening here) Looks like we're needed
Tsukuyomi: Agreed.
Geiz: Then let's do this!
Woz, Tsukuyomi, and Geiz: (After initializing their individual transformation sequences) Henshin!
(With that the trio is shown in their Rider gear as they leap into battle against OOO and his controller, but just as before, they soon learn the damage based truth about the control between OOO and the Kyoryu Greeed, eventually ending up thrown into the stream themselves.)
Kyoryu Greeed: I hope this teaches you not to mess with me.
(Just as everything appears bleak, shots ring out as gray coin like objects come flying at the Kyoryu Greeed and OOO, fired by a man in a suit with a black gun like weapon with a green and clear pod on one side and what looks like a second muzzle on the bottom)
Aqua: Shintaro?!
Birth: Come with me if you want to live!
(Seeing no other option, our heroes flee the scene with Birth providing covering fire as our tale ends for today)
And that looks like a good place to hold for now. So, it looks like OOO is other the Kyoryu Greeed's control. And thank goodness for Birth showing up when he did, else things would have wrapped up on a bad note. So, what's going to happen next? How will they snap OOO out of the Kyoryu Greeed's control? Tune in next time to find out! Same time... same channel!
