Author's Note: AND IT'S ALIVE! I know that I haven't updated this story for a VERY VERY long time, I have my reasons like writer's block along with the original writers having the same issues as I am right now, not to mentioned this pandemic. Though we both encourage each other to continue to write this story until we reach to it's ending.
Now that things are picking back up for them, I'll do the same here! I hope you all will be amazed by the glorious return of this fanfic. So without further a do, let's begin.
Disclaimer: I don't own MLP, Ed Edd n Eddy, Total Drama and Kamen Rider. All rights belong to their original creators along with KnightBrony in and Damnlastword.
Our attention returned to Princess Celestia, Luna, Spike, and Shining Armor all sat in the medical ward of the XVII, wallowing in their defeat and the loss of Twilight and the Kamen Riders. Shining Armor's leg had been bandaged and he now laid in one of the cots, shame and tears upon his face. Luna cradled Spike as he softly cried and clutched Twilight's helmet against his chest. She tried her best to comfort the young dragon, but his tears would not stop.
Princess Celestia hung her head down on the floor, an angry and sad look upon her face. After the silence had gone on for what felt like forever, Celestia finally spoke.
"Shining Armor..." Princess Celestia said as she gave him a cold glare.
"Yes Princess?" he said in worry as he noticed her glare.
Princess Celestia suddenly stood up and slapped Shining Armor. Luna gasped, rarely seeing her sister assault somepony else while the Royal Guard who sat there and took the hit with a shock expression.
Celestia lowered her hoof and looked at Shining Armor with disappointment "Just what in Equestria were you thinking while using that spell!?" she yelled.
Shining Armor trembled in both anger and fear "I was thinking that I could end to that monster once and for all!" he answered.
"I didn't taught you Starswirl's Glitter of Light, some of the most closely guarded spells in the world, just so you could enact your petty revenge!" Princess Celestia yelled.
Shining Armor slammed his hoof down on the table next to him "Petty revenge? PETTY REVENGE!?" He retorted "That witch used me like a puppet, imprisoned my wife, attacked Canterlot not once but twice now! And worst of all, she made Twilight cry! Nopony does that and gets away with it!" he yelled back.
But Princess Celestia was more furious "And what if Twilight's friends had caught in your spell!? Do you really think having them being vaporized would have made her feel better!?" she scolded.
"I was just trying to protect my sister!" Shining Armor argued again.
"NO! You were trying to make yourself look better than the Riders, and look at where that's gotten you now!" Celestia pointed out.
"At least I didn't stand idly by like a sitting duck! If you would have done something than my sister wouldn't have been taken hostage by a group of monsters!" Shining Armor scolded.
"STOP IT! BOTH OF YOU!" Princess Luna yelled in her Canterlot Voice. Both Celestia and Shining Armor quickly turned to look at the lunar princess, who had Spike cradled in a soundproof bubble to shield him from her voice. "The both of you are acting like foals! I know that the loss of Young Sparkle and the Riders is difficult for everypony! But arguing like this isn't going to help either! Instead of fighting each other, we should be thinking of a way to save them!" Luna said.
"I suppose that would be my cue." a voice said. Everyone looked around to see where the voice was coming from. Finally, a bright light filled the room as Discord popped into existence.
"Discord!? What are you doing here? You're supposed to be protecting Ponyville," Celestia said.
Discord waved his paw dismissively "Oh those pony folks can handle themselves just fine. Besides, I have somebody there should the need arise. Right now there appears to be a more pressing matter at hand given that you're now short one Princess and five Kamen Rider. " Discord said calmly.
The celestial princess was stunned "How did you-" she was about to ask when Discord answered her.
"Duh! Have you forgot Celestia? I'm the spirit of Chaos, I have my eyes and ears everywhere!" he said nonchalantly.
Celestia pondered this idea for a moment before she shook her head "Regardless Discord, it's no use. Chrysalis and her Kaijin army are too powerful. Even one of the most powerful spells in the world couldn't stop her. Without the Riders help, we're done for!" Celestia said in a rarely heard defeated tone.
But Discord scoffed "Now who said we were out of Riders?" he said.
And on cue the Xtreme Memory flew into the room and floated next to Discord. It then let loose a green stream of data, which slowly formed into Philip. Celestia, Luna, Spike, and Shining Armor sat up in shock.
"Again..was it really necessary for me to wait so long to appear Discord?" Philip said, dusting himself off again.
Discord face-palmed himself at Philip's response "Don't you have any sense of dramatic flairs boy?" he said.
"I always left that sort of thing to Shotaro." Philip said flatly.
"Philip, you're back!" Celestia said as everyone but Shining Armor crowded around him.
"And that's not all! We even brought extra help!" Discord said and Philip nodded in response.
This lead everyone in the room to be confused, then Philip answered their question by reaching into his pocket and pulling out a small pill like capsule in his hand. Philip then snap the ends of the capsule before throwing the two halves of the pill on the right end of the room as it fell to the ground and makes a 'poof' sound as smoke was coming out of it.
Everyone could hear a few coughing sounds coming from the smoke where the pill was, when the smoke faded, it was revealed that the whole Arayan pony visitors from the Crystal Empire even Princess Cadence was inside the pill like capsule all along.
Duncan who coughs sightly from the smoke of the capsule "Wow, you're right Taro! That little capsule can store anything and any size in it." he said.
"Yeah, but even I didn't know that we could fit into it too." Taro remarks "Although I didn't account for the smoke it emitted." he stated.
Eddy's brother stand up and and fans the smoke away with his hooves before noticing the two Alicorn sisters "It's a pleasure to meet you, your majesties." He greeted as he stood back up.
Prince Eddward who then stand up and dusted himself before seeing The Royal Sisters right before him "Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, it is an honor to see you all again." He greeted.
"Prince Eddward!? But I thought I specifically wrote in the letter that you and your companions must stayed in the Crystal Empire for your own protection." Princess Celestia said with concern "What would your mother say when she found out that you'll be involve in this conflict?" she pointed out.
"She's right you know and that's same goes for you too Cadance!" Shining Armor said as he turn his attention to his wife "What are you even doing here!? I thought I told you, Prince Eddward and his companions to stay back at the Crystal Empire!" Shining Armor raised his voice, but he then noticed his wife's silent glare at him. Realizing that something is up, he decided to ask "Cadance...What's wrong?".
Out of the blue, Cadance raised her hoof and slaps at Shinning Armor right on the exact same spot that Celestia had made moments before. Everyone, even Celestia slightly flinch from seeing it. She knew that while it was one thing to be slapped by the main ruler of Equestria, but it was another thing to be slapped by one's own spouse.
"What's wrong?...WHAT'S WRONG!?" The princess snapped at her husband "SHINING ARMOR! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING, USING A SPELL LIKE THAT!? YOU COULD HAVE DIED AND DESTROYED TWILIGHT'S FRIENDS!" she scolded while her husband stare at her in shocked "And don't get me started with how you treated Philip and his friends! You wouldn't have gotten hurt if you just try to trust them!" she yelled.
"But...Cadance dear..." Shining said in a hurt voice.
"Princess Cadance please calm down, it's all in the past. What matters now is to save Princess Twilight, her friends and the other Riders." Prince Edward said, trying to reasoned with her.
Eddy's brother then came to Cadance's side "He's right Princess. You could take care of this matter once this is all over." he tells the Crystal Princess.
Philip then turned to Celestia and Luna "Besides, it was both mine and Discord's idea to bring them here. If there is anyone to blame, then blame me." Philip stated as he placed his left palm onto his chest before looking at Discord "And him too." he said as he jabs his thumb at the lord of chaos.
"HEY!" Discord said in annoyance.
"But Philip? Why bring them here?" Princess Luna asked, hoping that there's a reason behind it as she would rather not let more lives in danger.
"Discord said that they have magical abilities and artifacts that could aid us in this battle. If having them here could give us a slight advantage over Chrysalis and Foundation X, then it's a risk worth taking." Philip stated confidently, in this situation he knows that the more help they have, the higher chance that they could win.
"Plus, we were itching to kick some monster's butt now!" Duncan said as he punch both his front hooves together.
Princess Celestia, Luna, Spike and Shining Armor looked at him confused "But still...How can we fight against her defenses without the other Riders help?" Princess Luna said.
Philip, Discord, Eddy and his brother looked at each other for a moment before the four turning to the group with devious grins like mad scientists "We have a plan." Philip, Discord, Eddy and his brother said in unison.
Note: The following is the scene after Philip, Discord, Cadence and the Colt-de-sac gang done explaining their plans.
"Hey wait! Aren't we gonna let the readers know what our plan is!?" Eddy exclaims.
"Sorry pipsqueak, but we don't want to spoil the surprised for our fans now do we?" Eddy's older brother pointed out.
"Yeah! I bet nopony's going to know what our plan is! Plus once our plan is finally revealed to the readers, I bet everyone's mind will be blown!" Discord added.
"Can we just skip the conversation and get to the next part already?!" Philip said in annoyance.
After they explained their plans.
"So that's the plan. Any questions?" Discord said with his paws and claws on his hips.
Princess Celestia put a hoof to her face as she pondered the plan while her sister is just as baffled at the four stooges plan, Spike still trying to process it and even Shining Armor is a bit skeptical about the plan since he overheard everything.
"Are you sure this plan will work? It seems very risky." Princess Luna said with uncertainty.
Eddy then approach her with a sly smile "Like my brother always said, the riskiest plans are always the best plans!" Eddy said with a smirk.
"Got that right Pipsqueak!" Eddy's brother said as he held Eddy in his left hoof and give him a nooky with his right hoof.
Philip clear his throat "However, if we want this plan to work, than we need everyone's cooperation. Are you all on board for this?" he said with seriousness.
While Cadence and the Arayan ponies have agree with the plan before leaving the Crystal Empire. Celestia, Luna, Spike and Shining Armor are pondered with the plan, despite how Discord tried to play it off, they were taking a great risk. If the plan worked, they could win this whole conflict. If it failed, they stood to lose everything.
Finally, Shining Armor spoke up "I'm in! I want to do something right this time!" he said with a look of determination.
"Me too! We're gonna stop those Foundation X jerks and their monsters." Spike said, agreeing with Shining Armor.
"We are in as well. This time Chrysalis will fall!" Luna agrees as she stand beside Spike.
Discord then turned to the Sun Princess "Well Celestia, are you in or not?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.
After a few moments, the Celestial princess nodded "I'm in. It's not like we have much of a choice." she said.
Discord smiled at this "Excellent! Now that everypony's on board, let's get the ball rolling!" he said as the spirit of chaos turned himself into a ball and started rolling away with Shining Armor, Princes Cadence, Princess Luna and Eddy's brother following him.
Princess Celestia walked over to Spike "You stay with Philip at all costs. Do you understand Spike?" she said to the baby dragon.
Spike nodded "Yes Princess." he said as the celestial princess scooped him up and gave him a hug.
"Be safe my little one." Princess Celestia said in a motherly voice as she set Spike down, kissing him softly on the forehead before turning to Philip "Good luck Philip. I pray that we all succeed." she said.
"Worry not Princess, we will win this!" Philip said reassuringly with a bow.
Princess Celestia walked up to him and gave him a hug as well. Then she whisper into Philip's ear softly "Please keep Spike safe." she said.
"I will." Philip whispered back.
Princess Celestia broke the hug and stepped away from the two before siding with Prince Eddward "Eddward, if you're mother found out about this. Then I'm afraid that I don't have any excuses for her." she said in concern.
"Don't worry Princess Celestia, this is my decision and if there are the consequences for my decisions...Then I'll gladly accept them!" The Alicorn Prince said with determination.
Princess Celestia nodded before turning to Spike, Philip and the rest of the group "Good luck," Celestia said as she and Eddward's horns glowed and the two teleported away.
Philip then turned to Spike, Eddy, Ed, Rolf, Duncan and Taro "Are you all ready?" Philip asked.
"Yeah Philip. Let's get these guys!" Spike said with determination.
Philip smiled at this as he reached behind his back and pulled something out. In his right hand is the green Cyclone Gaia Memory while in his left hand is a device looking identical to the Double Driver, the only difference that it only had one slot on the right side while the left slot is missing. This is the prototype version of the Double Driver, the Lost Driver.
"Good thing I have this for a back up." Philip said in gratitude that he brought the Lost Driver along with him in any case.
"Please pardon the son of Shepard for intruding, but how does this do-hickey you called Driver work?" Rolf asked and the rest of the Arayan ponies were also wondered the same thing.
"Yeah, you said that you and your friend's powers came from your devices called Drivers. But how exactly does it work?" Taro added.
"Oh you'll see..." Spike said with a smirk.
Philip sighs in amusement "Well then, let's get started." he said with a grin.
Meanwhile, Twilight Sparkle and the Kamen Riders are strapped onto metal slabs aboard the ship. Chrysalis, Retsu, and the corrupted former Elements looked upon them with smug looks on their faces.
"Now this is quite a sight. A Princess of Equestria defeated, the Elements of Harmony under my control, and your little champions defeated." Chrysalis said as she held Twilight's face in her hoof.
"Oh but I'm not satisfied with just that. Once my armies raze Canterlot, then I'll set my sights for Cadance and the Crystal Empire." Chrysalis said. This caused Twilight to struggle against her bonds. She tried to cast a spell but the magic inhibitor on her horn prevented her from doing so.
"Oh, what's the matter? Did you think I forgot about little oh Cadance? Oh no, I'll destroy her for good this time. And once I've done that, I'll make this whole wretched world bow to me as their new queen," Chrysalis said as she turned into her Kaijin form and gripped Twilight by her neck.
"Oh but that's not all. We have something special planned for you and the rest of your Princess friends too." Chrysalis said licking Twilight's face.
"Leave her alone you damn bug!" Kouta said as he and the other Riders struggled against their restraints. Chrysalis released Twilight and looked over the Riders.
"Ah yes, you lot. We have something special in mind for you too." Chrysalis said with an evil chuckle.
"And what would that be?" Haruto questions.
"I'm so glad you asked Rider." Retsu said as he started walking in between the different tables "I'll be rather blunt with you Riders, I've always found the Kaijin and you Riders fascinating." he said.
"Really now?" Shotaro said with a dangerous edge in his voice.
"Oh yes. Trying to figure out how your powers work, the science, technology and biology behind it all. It's a scientist's greatest dream!" Retsu said with an almost happy yet sinister look on his face.
"You...are...insane!" Shotaro said as he gritted his teeth.
"You'll find that all advancement takes a little bit of insanity. But enough of that, now to tell you what will become of all of you!" Retsu said as he walked over to the corrupted Mane 5.
"Well we're all ears...bastard!" Shotaro said in fury.
Retsu chuckled at this "It's so funny to see how you Riders consider yourselves above people like myself and the Kaijins. In fact if it weren't for the Kaijins, all of you wouldn't even have your powers now, isn't that right?" he said with a smirk.
The Kamen Riders were silent. They all had come to the revelation at one point or another that it was because of the very evil they fought that they had gained their powers for good. In fact they share similar or if not the same exact powers as their enemies.
"When I learned of this, it got me thinking. What if I could find a way to create a Kaijin/Rider hybrids? Not something as mundane as the Kamen Riders first created by Shocker." He said, referring to another evil organization from his world "But something far greater! A true blending of heroes and monsters!" Retsu further explain as he turned to the Riders with an evil smile "And you my friends will be the first in this new line of Kaijin Rider monsters!MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" he exclaims as he let out a mad laugh.
"YOU ASSHOLE!" Shotaro cursed out loud as he lashed out at Retsu, despite the restraints holding him back he glared at the mad scientist with fire in his eyes.
But Retsu merely smirks at the detective "And once those Princesses sees how you all become my new league of Kaijin Rider soldiers, they will surely lose all hopes of stopping us and will have no choice but to hand over the Elements of Harmony to us! This will be like killing two birds with one stone! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Retsu revealed his end game as he let out an even more insane laugh.
This time all the Riders except Eiji follow Shotaro's example as Gentaro, Haruto and Kouta both lash out at Retsu and roared at him, wanting nothing more than a solid punch at the mad Foundation X scientist's face.
"YOU'RE INSANE! YOU'RE EVEN WORST THAN THOSE BASTARDS AT YGGDRASIL!" Kouta yelled as he struggles from his restraints.
"I've found that insanity merely helps one see things from a wider point of view." Retsu said with a sinister smirk.
Chrysalis turned back into her normal form and walked towards the door.
"Come now Retsu, Let's leave the Riders and little Twilight to stew in their misery for a while longer." Chrysalis said in a smug tone.
"Agreed Chrysalis. Besides, I need to begin the preparations for the experiment." Retsu said as he, Chrysalis, and the corrupted Mane 5 left the room.
Once they were gone, tears began streaming down Twilight's face as she whimpered.
"Twilight...don't cry, we'll find a way out of this." Shotaro said trying to comfort the weeping Princess.
"What's...what's the point? There's no way we can beat Chrysalis and her Kaijins now. Besides, I can't bring myself to fight my...my..." Twilight said as her tears started coming down in a torrent.
Gentaro struggled against his restraints, shaking the table he was strapped to "UNFORGIVABLE! I'LL TURN ALL OF THOSE BASTARDS INTO A PULP! NOBODY MAKES A GIRL CRY WHILE GENTARO KISARAGI IS AROUND!" he growled.
"Gentaro, calm down! There's no use wasting your anger struggling." Eiji said, the nomad's words made Gentaro calm down somewhat, although he's still struggling against his bonds.
Then Eiji turned his attention to the other Riders "Everyone look! I know we're in a tight spot right now, but have faith. I'm sure someone will come rescue us." he said. The Riders were silent for a few moments, letting Eiji's words sink in.
"Eiji is right." Haruto said, craning his head to try and look at everyone "We can't give up on hope now. If we do give up hope, then they'll win. Besides, we still have our trump card," Haruto said.
"That's right. Philip's out there somewhere. And if I know him well enough, he'll definitely come up with a plan to bust us out of here." Shotaro said.
Suddenly, alarms started to blare around the ship. Everyone looked around in confusion.
"What's was that?" said the started Kouta.
"If I had to guess...it's probably Philip's plan." Shotaro guested, and he knows how right he is.
Outside of Foundation X's ship, Chrysalis flew out of the ship and walked onto the deck. Floating in the air in front of the ship was none other than Princess Celestia, with no armor or her royal attire. Chrysalis smiled from seeing the Solar Princess.
"Well well well, what brings the great and powerful Celestia to my humble ship." Chrysalis said in a snarky tone.
"Oh nothing, just for you to surrender." Celestia said with confidence. Seconds later, Chrysalis begins to burst out laughing at this, unable to hold it in. After a few moments, she calmed down and looked right at Celestia's eyes.
"Oh how funny Celestia, but you're the one who should be surrendering! I have your precious student Twilight Sparkle in my grasp, turn her friends into my personal slaves, imprisoning your Rider friends and burn down Canterlot." Chrysalis listed her accomplishments "You didn't even brought your army with you, so how could you possibly-" She was about to said until something struck her hard into the air. Before she could respond, she was send higher into the air before slamming back down on the ship.
The Changeling Queen slowly got back up "What in Equestria was that!?" she yelled while looking around. Only to see Celestia still on the same spot in mid air. She charged right at the Alicorn Princess, only to flew right past her, stunned by the act, Chrysalis turned back to see the image of Celestia fading.
"How!?" Chrysalis exclaims in surprised.
"That would be my doing." a voice said.
Chrysalis looked down at the deck to see that it was another Alicorn, only this one is a stallion instead of a mare, he had black mane, light tanned coat with a black beanie hat covering his horn and he appears to look like a normal unicorn pony if it weren't for his wings.
"And who do you think you are?" Chrysalis questions the Alicorn prince.
"The name is Prince Eddward of the Arayan Kingdom!" the prince announced himself "And we are here to put an end to your tyranny Chrysalis!" He declared as he points his Hawkman's cane at Chrysalis.
"The Arayan Kingdom!?" Chrysalis said in surprised "But that Kingdom is far from here!" she said, baffled of how a resident of the said Kingdom was here.
"And it was a lot of effort for him to be here!" Celestia voice said out as she bucks right at Chrysalis's back, sending her right back down on the deck of the Foundation X's ship.
The Solar Princess flew back down and land right next to Eddward "That after image spell was quite impressive Eddward." she praised the prince "How did you learned it though?" she asked.
"What can I say. I have a pretty good teacher." Eddward answered with a smirk.
Chrysalis however stand right back up with anger began to fill her "ENOUGH!" She yells as she point her right hoof at the two "GET THEM!" she ordered as a hoard of Changelings and several Kaijin's emerged from the ship and begins to surround them.
Eddward looked around the ship fuel with Changelings and other monstrous creatures "Celestia, you weren't exaggerating when you said that these monsters were unpleasant." he stated.
Celestia then pulled out the metallic Exodus necklace, given to by Eddy's brother during their discussion of their plan. "I hope this will work." She said to herself as she puts it on and her entire body was engulf in a bright white light that blinded almost everyone on board. The light then die down, revealing her to be now in a full on white pristine battle armor, covering the majority of her and even her wings, but much to her surprise this armor is much lighter than a regular armor that she wore from before, almost as light as paper.
"What in the!?" Chrysalis said in utter shocked "What kind of magic is this?" she questions the two.
Celestia looked at herself, amazed at the given power she now has "Incredible..." she said before looking back at Chrysalis "And to answer your question, this magic is a gift from our friends of the Arayan Kingdom!" she answers the Changeling Queen.
Eddward nodded in approval "I guess Eddy's brother knows what he's doing after all." he said as he turned back to Chrysalis and her army.
Chrysalis was stunned for a moment, but her cocky demeanor returns "Huh! Doesn't matter. Even with that ridiculous armor! It cannot compared to what I have now!" She said as her body begins to envelope in a green sickly aura which morphs herself into her Kaijin form.
The two Alicorn then heighten their stance, preparing themselves "Okay I take it back from before, now that is unpleasant." Eddward said with a hint of disgust while referring to Chrysalis Kaijin form.
Celestia looked over to Eddward and realize something "Eddward, aren't you going to tap into the Hawkman's cane full potential?" she asked.
Eddward however shook his head "No, I think it would be better if I only use it as a last resort. If I use it now then I would be wasting my magic before things could turn South for us." He stated before walking close to Celestia's ear "Besides, we're only meant to distract her and her army so that the others could get into the ship." he whispers to Celestia's ear to prevent Chrysalis from knowing their plan.
Celestia nodded, understanding his decision "If that's what you decide Eddward." she replied to him.
"Are you two done with your chatting?" Chrysalis said, gaining the two's attention as she points her staff at them "Because I don't got all day with whatever you're pulling." she threatens them.
The two Alicorns looked at each other and both nodded in unison as they charged straight right at Chrysalis and her army.
Underneath the X's ship, the Xtreme Memory burst through a small air vent and made it's way into the lower levels of the ship. When it was sure that it was alone, the Xtreme Memory let loose a stream of data which formed into Philip. Philip looked around for a moment before pulling out the same small pill like capsule from before, he snaps it into two halves and throws them on the ground again as it poofs and emits smoke. Before long six of the beings inside the pill like capsule emerges as Spike, Eddy, Duncan, Ed, Rolf and Taro.
Spike coughs up some smoke "Well that was certainly a new experience." he said while dusting himself off.
"I just hope we don't have to do this again." Duncan said with a dizzy mind.
Taro begins to steady himself back up "Guys, we'll worry about that later. Right now we have to focus on finding Princess Twilight and the other Riders." he pointed out.
"He's right, we need to get a move on." Philip said as he, Spike, Eddy, Duncan, Ed, Rolf, Taro and the Xtreme Memory headed towards a door. They slowly opened the door, making sure no Kaijin or Foundation X members were around. When they were sure it was clear, they made their way down the hallway.
"Hey Philip, you think this plan gonna work?" Big Ed ask, hopping that there's an easy answer for it.
Philip sighs "Absolutely not. But, this is our only option so we'll have to make it work." he told the tall Earth Pony as the ship then rocked to the side, likely from an explosion.
"I imagine that would be Celestia and Eddward." Philip said. Spike looked towards what he guessed was the front of the ship with a worried expression with Eddy and his gang appears to be concern for Eddward as well.
Philip placed a hand on the dragon's shoulder "Everyone, I know you're all worried about them, but we must press on." Philip said. Spike hesitated for a moment before nodding along side with the five stallions. As the group crept through the hallways, they peered into the open doorways of the various rooms they passed. Many of the rooms and hallways were empty.
"Hey, where is everyone?" Spike said, noticing that the hallway is quite empty.
"Mostly likely being occupied by Celestia and Eddward." Philip answer as the group ran through a hallway and pass by a room with an open door, but Big Ed suddenly stops as he took noticed of the things in the room.
"Whoa! Guys, check this out!" Ed called out to the others. Philip, Spike, Eddy, Duncan, Rolf and Taro all came to Big Eds side to see what he saw, upon seeing it they were all amazed of what's in the room.
The room was filled with all sorts of scientific equipment's along with several objects in display. The group all walk into the room and began to stare at these bizarre equipment's. Philip recognized most of it as tome of these objects are used to turn people into monsters, from corrupt Gaia Memories, Cell Medals, Zodiarts Switch, a magic stone and even a few Helheim fruits in jars and containment tubes.
"Whoa...what is this place?" Eddy exclaimed in surprised, seeing the whole array of strange objects.
"It's look like something out of a science fiction movie." Duncan commented as he looked at a Helheim plant growing in a quartz glass tube.
"This must be where they study our powers." Philip said as he observes a diagram for the different transformation items. Each has a description of the abilities of each item, the different Kaijin that are associate with them and ways to manufacture one.
"Gotta say, these guys put a lot of dedication to all of this." Taro commented as he points at a diagram. Philip looked over it and saw that it's a diagram of the human anatomy along with several equine anatomies of both earth ponies, pegasus and unicorns side by side on display.
"It seems that they're beginning to do research on the inhabitants of this world too." Philip said along with seeing more diagrams and manuals of other objects "They really have done their research." he said in amazement as he looked over diagrams for Core Medals and illustrations for magic circles.
"Philip look!" Spike called out as Philip looked over him to see that they have found the Rider belts along with the Transformation Items on a table. Philip quickly came over to reclaim the Double Driver.
"Rolf have never seen such bizarre doohickeys before." Rolf said as he stares at the other four Drivers and the Rider Items that go along with them.
"They are quite unique alright." Philip stated as he somewhat agrees that some of the items do look strange to others.
"I think it would be better if we keep them in here until we can return them to your buddies." Eddy said to Philip as he pulls out a bag and use his horn to levitate the four other Drivers and the Rider Items into the bag.
"Good work everyone, now we need to find Twilight and the others quick." Philip said as he looked over to Spike and Eddy's gang "You guys think you have anyway to track them?" he asked.
Eddy scratches his head with his hoof "I do have a device that could detect magic, but we don't want to detect a Kaijin's magic instead of theirs by accident." he pointed out.
"I'll try to see if I could pick up their scent" Spike said as he walk to Eddy and open the bags to take in the Rider's scent from their Drivers, he then sniffs the air to see if he could track the Rider's scent from their belts and items "Yeah, it's a bit faint. But I can find them." he said.
Philip nodded "Good, now let's get going." he said.
"Not gonna happen Rider scum." a voice said.
The whole group turn around to see a two Foundation X members along with a few minor Kaijin foot soldiers behind them.
"Well...this is awkward." Duncan said out flatly.
"Surrender Rider, we know you can't beat us without your other half." one of the Foundation X member said.
Philip then looked at Spike and the Colt-de-sac gang "Guys, when I give the word. Run." He said.
"But what about you Philip?" Big Ed said with some concern for him.
"Don't worry about me. Just focus on finding the others." Philip said as he reached behind his back.
"Surrender now." The other Foundation X member said.
Philip responded by placing the Lost Driver on his abdomen as the belt strap wraps around his waist "Surrendering isn't really my style." He said as he then pull out his green Cyclone Gaia Memory from his pocket and press the button on it.
CYCLONE!
Philip then inserts the Memory into the Lost Driver as it emits green energy waves, he then place his left hand in front of his face with digital circuitry like veins appear on his face while his left arm is a V shape "Henshin!" He said as he push the right half of the Lost Driver over to activate his transformation.
CYCLONE!
Then green energy swirling wind formed around with small debris like fragments covered him up to form into his Rider Form. His appearance is identical to Kamen Rider W, with the only difference being that he is entirely green instead with no silver line that splits him from his head to his crotch, and the silver scarf is now a few inch longer. Philip is now Kamen Rider Cyclone.
Eddy, Ed, Rolf, Duncan and Taro all had their eyes bulged nearly out of their skulls and their jaws dropped to the ground "EEEHHHHH!?" They all yelled in surprised.
While Spike looked at the five stallions in amusement "I know, pretty cool right?" He said with a cocky smile.
In response, one of the X members pull out a corrupted Gaia Memory and activates it.
ANOMALOCARIS!
The man then inserts the Memory into his neck with a USB port like tattoo on it, causing his body to morph into a Kaijin. It had several features resembled the prehistoric Anomalocaris, due to being the Anomalocaris Dopant.
The second member pulls out a black Astroswitch with a red button on it. He presses it as his body covered in dark mist with stars around it to form a constellation before turning into a Chameleon Zodiart.
The two members turned to Kaijins are about to attack, but Cyclone thrust his right hand out, sending a huge gust of green wind, catching the two Kaijins and their grunts of guard and sending them flying into the air before hitting the wall.
"Woah! He can use wind just like you Eddy." Big Ed said with excitement.
Eddy however shrugs at it "Eh, it's not half bad." He stated.
Cyclone then turned to Spike and Eddy's gang "GO NOW!" he said, the group nodded as they ran passed the Kaijins and their grunts.
The two Kaijin's were about to chase after the dragon and the Colt-de-sac gang, but they met another gust of green wind from Cyclone where they were send back further away from the six.
"Hey! Don't forget about me now." Cyclone called out as he kick at one of the grunts right at the head, knocking it out. The two Kaijin's looked back at their opponent "Now, count up your crimes!" The green Rider announced as he pounced at the Chameleon Zodiart and throws a punch at it.
Author's note: WHOO HOO! Of Eds and Riders is back baby! I hope this part is enough to satisfy you all, because this story is now very close to it's climax! Just a couple of more chapters before we reach to the conclusion. So be prepare for that.
Sorry if the writing for this fanfic is half baked, my memories for this story got a bit rusty over the time. But I hope I got things right here and I am confident now that this fanfic will be ending soon, even with a few sequels and specials that will be made after this. But until that comes, just read, wait and enjoy!