Pilot
*Somewhere else, a place unlike the studio.*
*A camera turns on, seeing a man in one of those glass cages.*
*The man can be seen banging on the glass until it suddenly open up.*
*He falls forward due to the sudden opening and falls into a portal near the cage.*
Meanwhile…
*Camera turns on*
*The camera catches Kyle, Leon, Travis, Cait, Veronica, and Connor standing around. They are wearing the outfits belonging to the main characters seen in a particular 2D shoot em up series.*
Connor: "So, did Mark say when he was going to show up?"
Kyle: "He said he would show up in the next 5 minutes.
*The door leading into the room swings open so fast, the hinges end up flying off. Mark enters in shortly afterwards.*
*Mark is wearing that outfit from yesterday. It looks to be a dark grey vest, with a green vest with same color undershirt and pants. The shoes were in the same color. But what also stood out was the broken in red gloves and red bandanna that covered the top of his head.*
MarkMartinMagma: "Nice to see that everyone showed up. So, does anyone have any questions?"
Leon: "I got one. Why are we here wearing this stuff right now?"
MarkMartinMagma: "Good one...This "meeting" I called for is actually for the formation of a new group for the studio.
Veronica: "And what is the name of this new group, by the way?"
MarkMartinMagma: "The name is "Metal Slugs".
Cait: "What kind of name is that?"
MarkMartinMagma: "The name that fits the theme of the stuff you guys are wearing right now.
Travis: "You plan on explaining what this group is supposed to do?
MarkMartinMagma: "Yes, I will. In fact, I'll start now since we have some time left for me showing 4 minutes early."
*Mark begins explaining (and lying) about why the MS group was formed. He said it was a response to Ice forming that "Kamen Rider" group of his, which was planning to boot Veronica out of the studio. Naturally, everyone else but Kyle didn't believe what Mark was saying. That was when he pulled out the (fake) evidence and let it play out.*
*After that stopped, Mark elaborated that this meeting was meant to get everyone ready in case the KR group was going to attack. He finished talking and let the words sink in.*
MarkMartinMagma: *Looks around before saying, "Make sure to be read on a moment's notice...They could be planning to attacking us right now."*
*As if on cue, a voice rings out into the room*
IceBite: "MARKMARTINMAGMA!"
MarkMartinMagma: *Smiles as he says, "Just like that actually."
*Music Track: "We Are One, Space Marines Remix (Shorter Version)" by Triarii*
*Wall explodes into the room, from the wall marches...6 Kamen Riders: IceBite as Kamen Rider Dark Kiva, armed with the Demon Imperial Sword Zanvat Sword; Emperor Mitchell as Kamen Rider Saga, armed with the Jacorder; Amaris as Kamen Rider Ghost Ore Damashii, armed with the Gan Gun Saber; Maribelle as Kamen Rider Kabuto, armed with the Kabuto Kunai Gun and a Bolganone Tome; Aria as Kamen Rider Wiseman, armed with the Hamel Cane and a Thoron Tome; and Chrom as Kamen Rider Ixa, armed with both Falchion and Ixa Calibur*
Kamen Rider Dark Kiva: "It's time to pay for your crimes, Triple-M…"
Kamen Rider Saga: "And there are plenty…"
Kamen Rider Ixa: "So, we've united to put a stop to them...ONCE AND FOR ALL! Now…"
Kamen Rider Dark Kiva: "This is my proclamation as king, rejoice!"
Kamen Rider Saga: "This is the final judgment from the king: Death!"
Kamen Rider Ghost: "I believe in myself!"
Kamen Rider Kabuto: "I am Justice!"
Kamen Rider Ixa: "Please! Return the life you took to God!"
Kamen Rider Wiseman: "..." *remains silent, but seems to occasionally look at Kyle*
*End Track*
MarkMartinMagma: *Claps his hands a few times, before dryly saying, "Well… Congratulations, "Ice Riders". You just broke a part of studio property. You know what that means? It means you gotta pay the price for it."
Leon: "So, unless you plan on fixing the wall…"
Travis: "You just got yourself into a fight…"
Cait: "That you will lose…"
Veronica: "While we have the advantage…
Connor: "So, you better surrender…
Kyle: *Stares at Wiseman with the meanest glare he could give as before finishing with, "Before the "METAL SLUGS" shut down your group for good!"
Kamen Rider Dark Kiva: "Not a chance!" *points at Triple-M* "He has a LOT to answer for: not the least of which…" *looks briefly at Wiseman then back at the Metal Slugs* "...Lying about a friend of mine, and making her miserable…" *lowers his hand* "Add onto the other conflicts and crimes, that whole throwing people thing for unreasonable reasons, or in retaliation for other peoples' retaliation… … ...It ends NOW!"
Kamen Rider Ixa: "Not to mention you attacked me with little to no provocation. Normally, I would be willing to let it slide, considering it was an intentionally-non-lethal strike...but after the other stuff you've done…You MUST pay for it…"
MarkMartinMagma: "I'm lying? Don't kid yourself, Ice. You plan on giving Veronica the boot, and you had the foolish idea of talking Aria into to convince Kyle to help out. Am I right guys?"
Veronica: "The evidence he showed us is all the proof I need."
Kyle: *Stares at Wiseman for the last time, this time saying, "Mark is right... And I'm not going to let that happen… even if it means I have to fight you, Aria."
Kamen Rider Dark Kiva: "... … ...What in Slaane-*CENSORED*-nus are you TALKING ABOUT?! I've barely ever INTERACTED with Veronica more than… … ...never. Why the ever living Sla-*CENSORED*-ck would I want to give her the boot?!"
MarkMartinMagma: *Pulls out the audio device, waving it around for a quick second saying, "This little thing here says otherwise, Ice."*
*Mark then pockets the device away before pulling out a small cube with a big red button on it.*
*He presses the button and the studio changes into a giant wide open field, with the sun high in the sky.*
Kamen Rider Dark Kiva: *Deadpans* "We have a guy who possesses Warhammer 40K Tech, people from no less than 2 Fantasy Worlds, people from a post-apocalyptic wasteland whose technology is so schizophrenic that it can't decide if it's MORE advanced or LESS advanced than that of our home world, AND we have not just your guys' combat gear, but no less than 4 Kamen Rider Series' Transformation Gear and/or Creatures… … ...and it doesn't cross your mind that some bastard might have spliced together multiple conversations or, I don't know, REPLICATED others' voices to be able to fake conversations?"
Ophelia: *Appears on the edge of the arena in a computer terminal* "He's right: I could do such functions in my stand-by cycle…"
MarkMartinMagma: *Deadpans as well saying, "Says the man who just added a bit more to the padding we didn't need at this point. Now, just to speed this along, this arena is under Smash Bros Rules. That means we can't kill each other in here, but we can launch each other like pinballs hitting bumpers in a pinball machine. Here, I'll demonstrate."*
*Before anyone could even react, Mark smashed Dark Kiva with a haymaker so powerful, the collision resulted in an explosion that sent a few balls of fire to fly out. The Kamen Riders near Dark Kiva dodged the fireballs as they hit the ground*
*Dark Kiva gets sent back a few feet, still standing up as the smoke clears.
MarkMartinMagma: "Let the fight begin."
Start Music Track: Metal Slug 5 OST: Final Attack
Dark Kiva brandishes the Zanvat sword, and charges, while Saga goes for Connor with the Jacorder.
Connor pulls out a rifle, pulling the trigger. A small RC car bomb lands on the ground and rockets toward Saga. Before it could reach him, Saga turned the Jacorder to Bute Mode, and uses it to pull himself out of the way.
A few more RC bombs get fired before Connor summons one of the explosive barrels and chucks it at Saga. Saga manages to dodge the bombs, but the barrel slams into him head-on.
The barrel explodes as the focus changes to a different part of the fight.
Cait is swinging her Super Sledge hammer, trying to hit Kabuto, who was having difficulty maintaining Clock Up this long, and dodging repeatedly. Cait manages to land a hit with the hammer, sending Kabuto to the ground.
With Kabuto down, Cait pulls out her rifle and aims at Ixa, who was attacking Leon as he tried to pull out his own rifle. When Cait pulls the trigger, a flashing laser beam shoots out and hits Ixa, allowing Leon to kick Ixa back a few feet.
Leon took the opportunity to get his rifle out and pull the trigger. A large quantity of machine gun bullets spray out of the gun, but Ixa recovered quick enough to roll out of the way.
As Cait lines up her rifle on Ixa again, a series of high-intensity ion beam blasts lance at her. Cait, not expecting that, ends up missing Ixa when she pulled the trigger. After recovering and focusing on the direction she was hit, Cait ends up blocking a attack from Kabuto using her rifle as a shield.
While those two were busy, a shotgun blast sends Kabuto down to the ground one more time. Cait stops to see that Travis was the one intervened. But then Cait pushed Travis out of the way as Ghost slashed Cait with the Gan Gun Saber in Naginata Mode.
Just as Ghost was going to strike one more time, a quick bash from the butt of Travis' rifle aimed at Ghost's head interrupted the attack. The hit stunned Ghost for a bit, giving Travis a moment to throw his gun down and land a solid left hook on Ghost.
The punches continued until Travis felt two sets of feet using his back as a platform. He saw Cait in the air as she punched Ghost with a strong jab as she fell to the ground.
Ghost ended up falling on her back after the hit connected. Taking advantage of that moment, Travis helped Cait get back on her feet.
The focuses changes again as it cuts to Kyle and Wiseman. Instead of fighting, they stare at each other, waiting for the other to make a move.
This goes on for a bit until Kyle barely hears the sound of someone crying. He listens in and notices that it's coming from Wiseman. The sound starts getting to him, making him shed a few tears as he accepted the fact he had to fight. Wiping the tears away, he channels his anger as he pulls out his dual machine guns.
Kyle held down the triggers and the guns start firing off. The kick of the guns actually make him slide back a bit, but he keeps himself steady as he fires.
Wiseman, unable to bring herself to fight Kyle, just did her best to avoid the shots, before briefly going for her rings...before freezing, and just going back to evading and trying to strike with the Hamel Cane.
Kyle stopped firing at Wiseman and used the kick of the guns to help dodge any of Wiseman's attacks with the cane. After dodging one attack that was aimed at one of his arms, Kyle went on the offensive by activating the knives in the front his shoes.
With the knives out, Kyle tried to land a hit on Wiseman, but due to his inexperience in using that odd weapon, Wiseman easily dodged each attack.
However, shortly after, Wiseman… … ...ran off, behind the damaged wall. Kyle followed along, stopping on the opposite side, with his guns ready to go…only to find that Wiseman...had de-henshined, and that Aria was now sitting against the damaged wall, curled up, outright sobbing into her knees.
Kyle… stood there for a bit, before... he threw the guns in his hands behind him. He also got the knives to retract. Then he sat down near Aria. Struggling to maintain his composure and failing at that regard…Kyle started sobbing as well, instead into his hands as he covered his eyes.
Eventually, the two looked at each other, still tearful. They told the other that they lost the will to fight. What followed was another set of sobbing from the both of them after they stopped talking.
Yet again, the focuses changes. Mark is blocking any attacks that come from Dark Kiva. The Bat-themed Kamen Rider pressed his attack, the Demon Imperial Sword Zanvat Sword, his weapon being used to cut through the opposition.
While Mark lost his focus to continue blocking the sword, Dark Kiva managed to land a few slashes on him, making Mark drop his rifle he was using to block. Mark responded with performing one of those leg sweeps, almost knocking Dark Kiva to the ground.
However, it only got him down on one knee. Using that as a moment to attack, Mark tried to kick Dark Kiva in the head. This didn't work as Dark Kiva grabbed Mark's leg and forced him to tumble.
Getting back on his feet, Dark Kiva was going to strike Mark with the sword. It never connected on Mark, because it instead hitted a metal gauntlet with some odd speakers on it.
A haymaker landed on Dark Kiva and as he saw Veronica, that same gauntlet hit him dead on in the torso. The impact and sonic waves coming the speakers made him fall forward after being sent back a few feet.
Mark picked up his rifle and waited for the right moment to pull the trigger. Dark Kiva recovered, this time charging at Mark with the sword. Mark pulled the trigger and a plume of pure fire shot out of the gun.
The plume of fire missed Dark Kiva, but it did not miss his sword. The heat of the fire made the sword extremely hot, causing Dark Kiva to drop it due to the pain. Mark quickly looked at Veronica and signaled her to attack with him.
The two bolted towards Dark Kiva, with Veronica hitting Dark Kiva first with the Displacer gauntlet, followed by Mark with his explosive haymaker. The combined attacks knocked Dark Kiva into the air, making him land on his back and groaning in pain.
Taking a moment to locate his sword and kicking it further away from Dark Kiva, Mark stopped to say something that was on his mind.
"Seems like we win, Ice. You plan on giving up, or do you still have a will to fight, knowing that you won't win?"
?: "Fairly presumptuous, aren't we, MarkMartinMagma?"
*A flicker and flash of psionic energy appears in the middle of the arena, and from it steps…*
Kamen Rider Dark Kiva: "Venat?!"
Venat: "You assume victory too quickly, Mark...and it will be your downfall…"
Mark: "No, I won. And to make sure it stays that way…"
*Mark pulls out his handgun and fires off many rounds at Venat.*
Venat: "Petulant child!" *swings his lower arms and creates a psionic shockwave that knocks away the bullets* "You are trying to destroy a force that may never die. A hope that can never be extinguished. After all...even if there is no God or Buddha...There IS Kamen Rider!"
*Music Track: "Kamen Rider Ryuki Final Episode OST Track 38" - 0:40-1:03 - Looping*
Venat: *pulls out a thin brown box, with the symbol of a golden bird on it; Pulls his lower pair of arms into his robes, then points the box towards a nearby mirror...and a golden belt, with a kind of slot for a buckle, appears around where his waist should be*
Kamen Rider Dark Kiva and Kamen Rider Saga: "Wait...THAT'S-"
Venat: "HEN...SHIN!" *Affixes the box into the slot, before bringing his right arm up to clench his fist and hold it over the left side of his chest, while he held his left arm out as though it were holding a staff of some kind… … ...before 3 black images appeared, merging over him, forming...a suit of gold and brown armor with a black undersuit; feather-like pauldrons, and a serious bird motif. The staff that was now clenched in his left hand also held a similar bird-like motif.*
Kamen Rider Odin: "Kamen Riders bring hope to the world...and Hope...Doesn't Ride Alone!" *lunges into the fray*
MarkMartinMagma: *dryly says, "If you are done quoting whatever reference you are making, let's get back to fighting, "Feather Rider"."
Kamen Rider Odin: *glares silently at MarkMartinMagma...before drawing a card from his Advent Deck and inserting it into the cavity exposed by the now-open wings of his staff*
Odin's V-Buckle: "ADVENT!"
*Loud screech of a large bird*
*Mark looks to the side and sees a mirror, with a large, golden, mechanical bird flying at him in it. He whirls around to face it...only to see nothing there… … ...then feeling something slam him from behind as Goldphoenix emerges from the Mirror World, coming to a stop above and behind Odin; Odin then draws a new card, this one depicting a clock, and applying it to the same cavity, once more devoid of a card*
Odin's V-Buckle: "TIME VENT!"
*Everyone notices as time seems to revert and reverse...until everyone (notably the riders) is in the same condition they were at the start of the fight, albeit with all their memories of the first round.*
Kamen Rider Dark Kiva: *smugly* "Looks like the tide has turned! ROUND 2, MOTHERFUCKER!" *lunges to recover his sword*
*End Track*
*Music Track: "Ranbu Escalation" by Gaku Sano & Yutaka Kobayashi*
The Metal Slugs start attacking again. Cait, Leon, and Travis band together to focus on one Kamen Rider at a time and pick them off before changing their focus to the next one.
They all aim their weapons at Kabuto and Cait and Leon started firing. Kabuto, recovered from earlier, was able to clock up again, but just after she dodges…
Kamen Rider Odin: "Kabuto! Make use of this! The Zecter knows how to use it!" *tosses Kabuto something that looks like a switch*
Kamen Rider Kabuto: *Catches the switch, stares at it…* "...Hyper Zecter? Uhm, very well…" *Affixes it to the left of the belt* "...Hyper Cast Off!" *flips the Hyper Zecter*
Kabuto Zecter: "HYPER CAST OFF!"
The 3 Metal Slugs were surprised, and reacted accordingly, getting a bad feeling...
Cait: "What is going on?
Leon: "I don't like the feeling I'm getting…"
Travis: " Why am I getting the idea that we should probably be running away right about now…"
Kamen Rider Kabuto: *Armor changes: a portion of the red turns silver, areas on the shoulder and torso bulk up, and the horn grows in size*
Kabuto Zecter: "CHANGE: HYPER BEETLE!"
Leon: "I knew it…"
Travis: "We can still win. Cait, why don't you deal with the other two. Me and Leon can take it from here."
Cait: "Fine, just make sure you back me up when you are done."
*Cait quickly pulls out her Super Sledge and bolts off to follow the order Travis gave.*
Kamen Rider Kabuto Hyper Form: "Well, what do we have here? Let us see what this can do...Hyper Clock Up!" *brushes the Hyper Zecter on her hip*
Kabuto Zecter: "HYPER CLOCK UP!"
Kamen Rider Kabuto Hyper Form: *Multiple parts of the armor open, creating stabilizer fins on the arms and legs, opening up something on the chest, and creating a set of wings made of energy extending from 2 panels on the back*
Leon: "You plan on doing something yet?"
Travis: "Or are you just going to stand there?"
Kamen Rider Kabuto Hyper Form: *disappears in a green flash of electricity and light…"
*2 seconds prior*
Kamen Rider Kabuto Hyper Form: *...Before reappearing the same way...standing next to the fallen body of a defeated Travis*
Leon: "WHAT THE…?"
Kamen Rider Kabuto Hyper Form: "Ah, so it makes me so fast, it warps Time itself… … …" *says in a slightly malevolent tone, while staring at Leon* "Fascinating…" *sword-like device teleports into her hand* "...Well, well, well...now isn't this a surprise…"
Leon: *Pushes a button on his Pipboy as he says, "Try to WARP past this!"
Leon aims his rifle at the sword, as he fires specifically at the sword.
Kamen Rider Kabuto Hyper Form: *Raises the sword and deflects the attack*
Leon continues to fire before he realizes that he ain't making any progress. He quickly turns around and bolts to catch up with Cait.
As Leon sprints away, he makes sure to keep his eyes out, looking for Cait. As he scanned the area, he got a feeling he was about to get hit by something. Following his gut, Leon quickly spun around and punched Ixa, who was just about to strike him.
Leon quickly yelled for help, hoping Cait would show up if she was nearby. Unfortunately, Cait never showed up.
However, someone else was already at work.
Kamen Rider Odin: "IXA! Take this, and unleash your full power!" *tosses what looks like a cellphone*
Kamen Rider Ixa: *catches it* "Huh? What is thi-...Ixariser? Very well...let's see…" *presses 3 buttons on the phone*
*1-9-3*
IXA System: "R-I-S-I-N-G!"
Kamen Rider Ixa: *Presses one more button...and his armor 'opens up' like Kabuto's did when about to 'Cast Off'. The armor casts off, revealing blue armor under it, with the helmet's horns changed in their positioning.*
Kamen Rider Ixa Rising Form: "What is this?!"
Leon: "Ah… great another one…Well…Now is the time to use this."
He uses his Pipboy to bring out his Shishkabob from storage, making sure the blade is on fire. He stares at Ixa, waiting for him to make the first move.
Kamen Rider Ixa Rising Form: "Hmmm?" *Looks at the Ixariser...before pressing a button*
*2*
IXA System: "B-L-I-Z-Z-A-R-D M-O-D-E!"
Kamen Rider Ixa Rising Form: *fires multiple blizzard bullets, putting out the fire on the Shishkabob and freezing it solid...as well as freezing Leon to the spot* "Hmmm...maybe there is something to these 'guns' after all…"
Cait was by herself as she continued to look out for the enemy. As she waited, she spun her Super Sledge around in her hands, making sure the jet was not facing any part of her body.
Then she heard something make some noise, just outside of her vision. Much like Leon, she went with her gut and decided to act.
However, unlike Leon, she actually threw her weapon at the direction she heard the noise come from.
Kamen Rider Ghost: "GAH!"
The fast moving Super Sledge managed to hit Ghost, but failed to do anything but bounce off the armor. Cait followed up by pulling out her rifle, aiming it straight at Ghost.
Goldphoenix: *flies past, ramming Cait, before dropping something off in Ghost's hands...a T-shaped Eyecon*
Kamen Rider Ghost: *Looks up at Cait, then at the Eyecon, then back and forth...before taking out the Ore Eyecon, activating it (revealing the symbol of Infinity in it) and putting the new one in...
Ghost Driver: "Mugen Shinka! Eye! "Bat-chi-ri-minā↓...Bat-chi-ri-minā↑! (Repeats)""
Cait didn't care about what she was hearing. She focused on Ghost, with her finger on the trigger, getting ready to fire.
Ghost Driver: "Cho Kaigan: Mugen! Keep Going! Go, Go, Go! Go, Go, Go! Go, Go, Go! Gotta! Ghost!"
*The new, white colored Parka Ghost flies around the different looking sparkling-white undersuit, circling Ghost, spreading downy feathers as it went...before finally setting on Ghost's shoulders, revealing a nearly-pure white, sparkling form, with a visor over the black mask and orange eyes (an inversion of Ore's Mask's color scheme), and a rainbow horn protruding from said visor.*
Cait's patience ended up wearing out, so she pulled the trigger and held it down as hard as she could. The laser actually changed from being small to actually getting a lot wider. This also affected Cait, as her hair started moving around due to the energy flowing out from the gun.
Kamen Rider Ghost Mugen Damashii: *Tanked the laser without so much as a scratch*
Cait's grin started getting more and more angry, unaware that the laser was not doing anything. Eventually, the gun stopped firing and Cait threw the rifle at Ghost.
Kamen Rider Ghost Mugen Damashii: *Wasn't affected, beyond curiously looking down at her hands* "This form… … ...it's...tough…"
Cait, still in anger, quickly boasted, "If it takes wearing that armor to be tough, then you don't know how tough I AM!"
Kamen Rider Ghost Mugen Damashii: "Then let's see how tough you REALLY are!" *summons the Gan Gun Saber in Naginata Form from the Ghost Driver* "Human Potential...is Infinite!" *pulls the handle on the Ghost Driver, causing the Gan Gun Saber to light up*
Ghost Driver: "Inochi Dai Kaigan: Yorokobi Stream!"
Kamen Rider Ghost Mugen Damashii: *Swings the Gan Gun Saber, creating a massive, bright beam of gold energy that sweeps across the field between Ghost Mugen and Cait, slamming into her, sending her to the ground (and briefly leaving the image of the symbol of infinity in its wake before fading); looks down at her defeated foe...before turning towards Saga fighting Connor…*
Meanwhile…
Veronica: *attempts to get back to Mark, but Odin gets in her way*
Kamen Rider Odin: "Your battle is with me…"
Veronica: *Snarls and attempts to punch him with her Displacer Glove*
Kamen Rider Odin: *Pulls out a card with some kind of shield and places it in his staff*
Odin's V-Buckle: "GUARD VENT!" *A shield flashes into existence, fully protecting from Veronica's attack*
Kamen Rider Odin: *Inserts another card, this one with a clawed hand, into the staff*
Odin's V-Buckle: "STEAL VENT!" *Veronica's Displacer Glove disappears from her hand...and reappears in Odin's*
Kamen Rider Odin: "It is time I ended this fight…" *Draws ANOTHER card, this one with crossed swords on it, and inserts it into the staff*
Odin's V-Buckle: "SWORD VENT!" *Swords flash into existence and come into his hands, while he levitates stiffly up, flipping upside down and then tilting his front up*
Veronica: *Shocked by the sheer ludicrousness of the physics-defying bullshit this attack allowed him to do...not noticing that Odin's swords were going to hit her…*
Kamen Rider Odin: *...Until they did, knocking Veronica to the ground, and out of the fight* *Sighs* "Two more to go…"
Meanwhile, with Connor and Saga...
*Connor's and Saga's fight repeats like it did before: Connor sending RC Bombs at Saga, and Saga evading...only for Connor to finally pick up a barrel, and chuck it quickly, too fast for Saga to evade… … ...only for a shot to ring out, destroying the barrel right in front of Connor, distracting him enough to allow Saga to strike him a few times before backing off. Both turn to see who intervened…*
Kamen Rider Saga: "Ghost, you made it! And Mugen Damashii...it looks good on you…"
Kamen Rider Ghost Mugen Damashii: "Uhm...well...thank you…"
Connor: "We're fighting: no flirting!" *throws another barrel*
Kamen Rider Ghost Mugen Damashii: *counters with Gan Gun Saber in Gun Mode* "Then we'll finish you!" *Gan Gun Saber turns to Nitouryu Mode; Pulls the handle on the Ghost Driver*
Ghost Driver: "Inochi Dai-Kaigan: Ikari Slash!"
Kamen Rider Ghost Mugen Damashii: *charges at Connor, before repeated slashing him with the dual blades as they charged up energy, before pressing the trigger on the main blade's handle, cutting and expelling the charge with that last direct hit, knocking Connor out of the fight*
Kamen Rider Saga: "...Wow…"
Kamen Rider Ghost Mugen Damashii: "Let's keep moving: no time to lose!"
Kamen Rider Saga: *shakes his head clear, before nodding* "Right!"
*End Track*
Meanwhile…
Kyle and Aria finally left the ruined wall, making their way across the arena. They stopped as they saw Mark fighting off Dark Kiva. The attack Dark Kiva landed on Mark sent him skidding across the ground, as he stops near Kyle and Aria.
Mark got back up, before turning his attention to Kyle and Aria, seeing that they ain't fighting each other.
MarkMartinMagma: "She's not on our team and you ain't on hers, so unless you plan on waiting for me to do it for you, I suggest you go back to work."
Kyle: "No, I'm not doing that. I told you before I didn't want to fight her. And she felt the same way. So, I say it again… I'm not fighting her!"
MarkMartinMagma: "Then maybe hearing this again will change your mind."
He throws the audio device towards Kyle, letting it play again.
The device plays its audio again… except Kyle made sure to let the entire thing playout. What they heard after the part where Aria and Ice are done talking, they hear Mark's voice.
"Note to self. Make sure to stop the audio before this point here to make sure the lie works. If this fails, make sure to create another fake recording that does a better job. Okay, end note."
*Music Track: "Missing Piece" by Kamen Rider Girls*
Kyle… just… … took a very deep breath. He tried to remain calm… but his face was showing that it wasn't working. Aria actually started backing away a bit as his fists started shaking out of control.
Mark turned back to see Kyle acting that way, initially saying, "Good, now channel that anger and use to strike your enemy."
Kyle did as he said, except instead of attacking Aria, he directing his fist straight into Mark's face. The pain made Mark retaliate by kicking Kyle hard in the gut, forcing him to end up on his knees in pain.
Mark changed his attention to Aria saying, "I'll be back to take care of you after I handle Ice. Make sure you are ready, cause it's going to hurt."
Mark quickly charged towards Dark Kiva, leaving Aria and Kyle by themselves. Aria actually made sure to check on Kyle. He coughed a bit before the pain flared up. His voice was a bit weak, but he still managed to talk.
Kyle: "Aria...I need you to do me… a favor."
Aria: "What is it?"
Kyle: "I want… you… to go teach… Mark a lesson… for me and you. That… lying son of a gun… tricked me into joining his group… and expected I… would fight you and win..." He collapsed, ending his words before he could finish.
Aria: *clenches fist* *teary-eyed* "...I will…"
*One of Aria's tears falls onto her clenched fist...resulting in it turning into a glowing light...before fading to reveal a new Ring: a diamond-looking one with the form of a helmet of some kind… … ...The Infinity Style Ring, modified to fit Wiseman…*
Aria: *looks at the ring with wide eyes...before activating her Driver-*
White Wizard Driver: "DRIVER ON, NOW!"
Aria: *...And she sets up the Driver…*
White Wizard Driver: "SHABADOOBIE, TOUCH TO HENSHIN! SHABADOOBIE, TOUCH TO HENSHIN!" (Repeats)
Aria: "...HENSHIN!" *Scans the new ring*
White Wizard Driver: "ALMIGHTY, NOW! HIKARI! YAMI! KIBŌ! ZETSUBŌ! FAINARUAWĀ!"
A/N-ception: ALMIGHTY, NOW! LIGHT! DARKNESS! HOPE! DESPAIR! FINAL HOUR!
(Missing Piece - 0:58)
*A sparkling white magic circle rises up out of the ground, with a similarly-colored image of the Carbuncle Phantom floats around Aria, the magic circle covering Aria with crystal as it goes...however, this crystal soon explodes, revealing Aria's new armor. The new armor resembles her original suit, but now possesses a gemstone cuirass and pauldrons seemingly made of diamond (but MUCH tougher); her mask is now the same color and has 2 stubby horns in the front, much like the crown of them in Wizard's Infinity Style; the Carbuncle Phantom Image flies into her hand, turning into a weapon: the Excalinata, a weapon much like Gan Gun Saber when it's in Naginata mode*
Kamen Rider Wiseman Almighty Style: "I have risen above despair...it is time for me to fight back!" *scans the Explosion Ring*
White Wizard Driver: "EXPLOSION! NOW!"
*An explosion blasts Mark in the face, knocking him backwards.*
Kamen Rider Wiseman Almighty Style: *Scans the Gravity Ring*
White Wizard Driver: "YES! GRAVITY, UNDERSTAND?!"
MarkMartinMagma: *Gets trapped in a gravity well and lifted up into the air...before being thrown aside*
Kamen Rider Wiseman Almighty Style: *scans repeatedly*
White Wizard Driver: "EXPLOSION! NOW! EXPLOSION! NOW! EXPLOSION! NOW! EXPLOSION! NOW! EXPLOSION! NOW! YES! THUNDER, UNDERSTAND?!"
*Mark gets caught in a series of explosions, before a bolt of Thunder strikes him*
MarkMartinMagma: "Gah!...I knew...I should have...attacked you...sooner...still...Is that the...best...you've got?!"
Kamen Rider Wiseman Almighty Style: "I'm just getting started!" *scans another ring*
White Wizard Driver: "FLEXIBLE, NOW!"
Kamen Rider Wiseman Almighty Style: *Sticks fingers in the resulting Magic Circle...resulting in 5 tentacles coming from the other end, whipping and battering Triple-M repeatedly; soon ends the barrage and adds a new ring, which she scans*
White Wizard Driver: "DUPE, NOW!"
Kamen Rider Wiseman Almighty Style: *4 clones of her are made, who all surround MarkMartinMagma, before repeatedly scanning rings*
White Wizard Driver (x5): "EXPLOSION! NOW! EXPLOSION! NOW! EXPLOSION! NOW! EXPLOSION! NOW! EXPLOSION! NOW! YES! THUNDER, UNDERSTAND?! YES! SPECIAL, UNDERSTAND?!"
*The same scenario as before occurs, only with 5x as much carnage, and fire added in*
*Once the explosion, thunder, and fire clears, the Riders all close in on Triple-M, surrounding him.*
MarkMartinMagma: *Get's up, shakily. Looks around to see every rider surround him, except he seems to be sporting a smug grin, despite his situation.*
Kamen Rider Dark Kiva: "So what was that about 'I have lost'?"
MarkMartinMagma: "You...really...think...it's...over? I...am...still...here!"
Kamen Rider Odin: "But you are weak! Riders! This is our chance! We must hit him NOW!"
Other Kamen Riders: "RIGHT!"
*As this occurs, 3 more figures enter the battlefield, approaching Kabuto Hyper: a dragonfly-like, wasp-like, and scorpion-like (the former 2, through flying, the last one, by burrowing into the arena). These were the remaining Zecters, and while no one had their transformation gear, they DID serve a purpose…as they attached to the Perfect Zecter in Kabuto Hyper's hands*
Sagark: *Blows the Wake Up Fuestle before the Jacorder is inserted* "WAKE UP!"
Kamen Rider Saga: "Your end has come! SNAKING DEATH-BREAK!" *Jacorder generates a Red Kiva Symbol overhead; Lashes out with his Jacorder in Bute Form. He wraps the Bute around Triple-M before jumping and backflipping through the Kiva Symbol, while lifting Triple-M into the air. As the other Riders struck the target, he brought his fingers down on the Jacorder, swiping them along the weapon…*
Odin's V-Buckle: *Scans Final Vent Card* "FINAL VENT!"
Kamen Rider Odin: "Time to end this folly! ENDLESS CHAOS!" *Goldphoenix picks up Odin, and lifts him into the air, before throwing him at Triple-M, Odin dropping into a Drop Kick stance*
Kivat the 2nd: *Blows the Dark Wake Up Fuestle* "WAKE UP TWO!"
Kamen Rider Dark Kiva: "Your sentence will be carried out! KING'S BURST END!" *He drops into a pose, bowing slightly, arms out to the sides, before slowly crossing them in front of him, raising his head when they were in front of him. Then, with a tap of his foot, he leapt into the air, towards a green Kiva Symbol. Once he reached it, green energy blades formed on his feet and he fell into a Drop Kick stances, falling towards Triple-M.*
White Wizard Driver: *Scans Kick Strike Wizard Ring* "YES! KICK STRIKE! UNDERSTAND?!"
Kamen Rider Wiseman Almighty Style: "THERE IS NO HOPE FOR YOU! ALMIGHTY STRIKE!" *She dropped into a stance, before running forward, leaping, and unleashing a Flying Front Kick at Triple-M.*
Perfect Zecter: *Buttons pressed in sequence* "KABUTO POWER, THEBEE POWER, DRAKE POWER, SASWORD POWER! ALL ZECTER COMBINE: MAXIMUM HYPER TYPHOON!"
Kamen Rider Kabuto Hyper Form: "IT IS TIME YOU LEARNED YOUR PLACE! MAXIMUM HYPER TYPHOON!" *The blade
of the Perfect Zecter seems to grow due to the energy on it, as Kabuto Hyper closes on Triple-M and swings*
IXA System: "I-X-A R-I-S-E-R: R-I-S-E U-P!"
Kamen Rider Ixa Rising Form: "YOUR END HAS COME! FINAL RISING BLAST!" *The IXA Riser begins charging up...before firing a massive overcharged beam at Triple-M, which knocks him backwards with the recoil, but he rights himself and launches himself off a wall to launch a flying kick at Triple-M…*
Ghost Driver: "CHO! DAI KAIGAN! MUGEN! GOD OMEGA DRIVE!"
Kamen Rider Ghost Mugen Damashii: "HUMAN POTENTIAL...IS INFINITE! GOD OMEGA DRIVE!" *Raises into the air, with a sparkling barrier surrounding her...before launching a Flying Side Kick at Triple-M*
Mark hung there, still with that grin of his. The attacks that were going to hit him were going to make that smug smile go away.
The attacks collided, with Triple-M at the Epicenter of the following explosion...
*End Track*
*Off to the side*
Henry: *sitting in a lawn chair, eating popcorn* "This is SO MUCH better than that 'cable' stuff!"
Lucina: "Once you get past our friends and family almost losing, then I guess it was…"
Brady: "You gonna share some of that?"
Henry: *laughs before pouring some popcorn into another bowl and passing it to Brady*
Lucina: "... … …" *pouts* "Could I have some too?"
*Back with the fighters*
Time passed quickly after that. The remaining members of the Metal Slugs slowly made their way to the middle of the arena. Travis was carrying Leon, who was still shivering, due to his time being in a block of ice. Cait was doing the same with Veronica and the two pairs eventually met up.
They continued onward until they all saw Connor helping Kyle to his feet ahead of them. Kyle spotted his comrades and looked at all of them...Everyone was exhausted and their will to fight was basically non-existent at this point.
The Kamen Riders showed up and when the Metal Slugs saw them, the Slugs immediately spoke up saying that they were surrendering. With that taken care of, everyone moved to see what happened to Triple-M.
Shortly after locating the man in question, who was at the bottom of a decent sized crater, Kyle spoke up, saying what was on everyone's minds.
"Well...You did it. You got the fight to end… but not before getting your punishment from all of the bad karma you accumulate leading to this point. When I saw Aria… finishing up whatever she was doing when she was beating you to a pulp… I was glad I woke up to see it. Then came the finale that left you down there in that crater. So, after all the pain and manipulation you caused on all of us and yourself… Do you feel like it was worth it?"
Mark just breathed for a while until he gave his response.
"No, it wasn't worth it… Because it's not over...I still have the drive to fight."
Despite everything that happened to him, he slowly picked himself off the ground and stood up. The man just took one more breath and cracked his knuckles.
Then out of the blue… a portal opens up above in the air near the group and a man falls out of the portal.
The guy falls for a bit before his upper half of the body ends up embedded into the ground when he landed.
His voice was able to heard despite being underground, except no one could tell if it belong to someone they knew due how muffled it was.
?: "HEY! I NEED SOME HELP! I CAN'T GET MYSELF OUT, SO SOMEBODY HELP!"
Connor decided to be the one to help. He let Travis be the one to keep Kyle on his feet, before he yanked the fellow asking for help out of the ground.
When the guy dusted himself off and stood up to thank Connor, everyone noticed who he was… and it just baffled them.
"Seriously, thanks for helping me out, Connor… Why are you staring at me like that?" The guy turned around to see everyone else doing the same thing.
Kamen Rider Dark Kiva: "What...the ever-living...SLA-*CENSORED*-NUS IS GOING ON?!"
The guy responded with, "A impostor got into the studio. He's currently trying to be MarkMartinMagma...But it's over…The real "M3" is back."
The real Mark asked Veronica for her rifle, which after a bit of hesitation, she did. He took the rifle and quickly move closer to the crater and aim it the imposter.
M3 just said, "Hi. Your agent called and told me to tell you are scheduled to take a trip on a rocket. HERE'S THE ROCKET!"
The trigger was pulled and instead of a normal missile warhead that M3 expected, something else came out. It was a lawn chair that had a rocket engine attached to it and it flew towards the fake Triple-M and exploded as it hit him.
When the smoke cleared, the impostor was twitching until a robotic voice came out of him saying, "Deactivating Camo Mode."
The imposter changed into two small robots, with one of them standing on top of the other. The robots themselves look like they came out of a old Sci-fi movie and their design was to be as square as possible.
The one on top fell and took the other one down as well. They both said something which was, "Unit Repair Start. Access to Removal Setup Granted. Please Enter Code."
Before anyone could even do anything, Connor immediately blurted out, "Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Select, Start."
And then the robots woke up, but before they did anything, the two suddenly rocketed up into the sky, going higher and higher until no one could see them.
M3 turned around and said, "So, what did I miss while I was gone?" as he saw the Kamen Riders and Metal Slugs staring at him, unaware of what they went through.
Kamen Rider Dark Kiva: "Short answer: Kamen Rider/Metal Slug War…"
M3: "And was the impostor the main factor in making it happen?"
All Kamen Riders (except Odin): "YUP!"
Kamen Rider Odin: "Indeed."
M3: "Hmm… ... … Oh. I forgot to explain what happened to me. You guys want to know?"
Kamen Rider Dark Kiva: *shrugs* "Might as well…"
M3: "Okay…This is going to take some time, but I'll explain as much as I can…"
M3 explained that when he and Connor ran into Rootmars in space, they crashed into his ship. As it turns out, they both got captured. M3 was thrown into a glass cell, while Connor had his memory manipulated to forget that M3 was in a cage. The two robots, which were in the room as well, took M3's place as they disguised themselves as him. After that, M3 was stuck in there until the cage opened and he fell into the portal that took him back to the studio.
When he got done, everyone remained silent.
Kamen Rider Dark Kiva: *sighs* "...So now I can never call the Inquisition on you since Fake-You did something to label you an 'avoid at all costs' target…"
M3: "Good for me I guess… I was worried about them when I was stuck in that cage. You know... I learned something important after getting through this situation I was in..."
Kamen Rider Dark Kiva: "And that would be…"
M3: "That I need to install every anti A.I defense weapon I can buy and place it around the studio...
Ophelia: "HEY! WHAT ABOUT ME?!" *displays a frowny face on the nearby terminal*
M3: *Laughs for a second before getting serious as he says, "No need to worry, Ophelia. I'm just joking. No… what I really learned is that I need to stop with all of the dumb hijinks I do. Speaking of which… Ice. I'm really sorry about that joyride with the jet engine… I promise I won't do something like that ever again."
Kamen Rider Dark Kiva: "...I'll hold you to that...because I got more frightening things to call upon than the Inquisition if you DO…"
M3: "They will be sent directly to me and I'll have to deal with WHATEVER happens. But like I said, I will avoid doing stuff like that."
Kamen Rider Dark Kiva: "And like I said, I will hold you to that…"
Kamen Rider Wiseman Almighty Style: "By the way… … ...I just realized something...for the last...I don't know, month or so, we've kinda been doing our own thing… … …"
Kyle: "Yeah, we really have. Why did you bring it up?
Kamen Rider Wiseman Almighty Style: "Well...I was thinking… … ...weren't we supposed to be here to talk to the readers about the chapters for the stories?"
Everyone Else: ? ... … … …! "HOLY SHIT!" *everyone (except Wiseman Almighty and Kyle) starts panicking*
Kamen Rider Wiseman Almighty Style: *sighs and shakes her head* "It's a sad day when the amnesiac is one of the level-headed ones…"
Kyle: "Especially when the two guys in charge should be focusing on acting like that instead… of forming groups based on characters from different series and making references that they know, while the audience has no idea what they are talking about."
Kamen Rider Wiseman Almighty Style: "Indeed…"
Kyle: "Uh… Aria, you… are still in "Karma Rider" form. You may want to change back to normal…"
Kamen Rider Wiseman Almighty Style: "Huh? OH, RIGHT! SORRY!" *immediately de-henshins*
Aria: *looks to the audience* "Sorry about all that, hopefully we'll be back on track by next chapter...and maybe those two…" *points towards IceBite and MarkMartinMagma* "...Will put all this stuff in a separate story for those interested in what we do when we're not talking about the story chapters...See you around…" *turns off Camera*
*Another camera activates; in strange pocket dimension reminiscent of the Ghost Zone from Danny Phantom or Hell from Doom 3*
An ethereal girl with black hair and amber eyes, wearing a black cloak over a black shirt, black-(You know what? Screw it: she wears a LOT of black, ok?!), looks at a TV screen, depicting what was going on in the Studio.
?: "Finally, they fixed things...maybe now they can get back on course… … ...besides...I still have more people to send them, before I go join them myself…" *scene freezes, with the girl's mouth exposed, showing a smirk*
*STAY TUNED FOR: A/N-Verse Chronicles*