Lucy is in her lab, typing away at her computer, as someone is approaching her from behind.
All of a sudden, Lucy spins around, an arm up in defense, when she sees it's Ray, who is holding up his hands, "Whoa, Lucy, kinda jumping?"
Lucy sighes, "What you expected? I am living in isolation and suspicious of a major technology company."
Lucy turns back to her computer and resumes typing, with Ray walking up to her.
"Fair enough," Ray says.
"So, want anything in particular?" Lucy asks.
"Just to vent my uncertainty about Albert," Ray starts, with Lucy looking at him. "I put him through a couple training simulations. And he was miserable in each of them."
"Give him a chance," Lucy turns completely to her friend. "Besides he did a pretty good job against Mantisbot and Fangbot."
"He just seemed too reluctant to fight against NG Bots, even in a simulation," Ray says.
"Where is he now?" Lucy asks, looking past Ray.
"He returned back to work at Nexus Technologies," Ray crosses his arms.
He then turns to his side, seeing a table with a device resembling a large charger unit, with a couple wires sticking out of it, and a pair of black and blue blasters sticking out of it.
"We might end up having to handle things on our own," Ray adds.
"Vulcan & Valkyrie"
In a computer lab, Albert is typing at a computer station, when Palmer, a tall man wearing glasses approaches him.
"So Mr. Reece, have you figured out the code's bug, yet?" Palmer asks, pushing his glasses up.
"I believed so," Albert stops typing and points at the screen. "It looks like the problem was the final line of code. It appeared miswritten."
Palmer leans in to take a closer look at the screen, "I see. Very good." Palmer backs away and walks away. "Keep up the good work."
"I will," Albert watches as Palmer walks away, before he pulls out of his pocket the keycard Markus had dropped.
Lucy slides the keycard through a card reader connected to her computer, with a message appears that reads, "Access Denied. No Data Found."
"That's odd," Lucy says, before holding up the keycard, looking it over. "I'm unable to read the keycard's code. I have never seen anything like it before…"
Albert takes the keycard from Lucy and looks at it, "It must access some part of Nexus Technologies, perhaps it could answer my questions about the company…"
Albert palms the keycard and gets up, before walking over to Palmer, "I'm going on my lunch break, now."
"Fine," Palmer watches as Albert walks past him. "But don't take too long."
At the docks, Ray is standing next to a railing, overlooking the area, as a ship is docked, and a couple NG Bots are walking up to the ship.
On the docks is a man, the foreman, with a tablet, looking over it, "Okay, this is a ship carrying parts from overseas that are earmarked for Nexus Technologies. So let's get moving."
The foreman looks up at the railing to see no one is there, before he turns his attention back to the ship.
Meanwhile, Ray peeks around the side of a shipping container, before ducking behind it. He then walks between a couple shipping containers, before finding one marked "Nexus Technologies" on the side. Looking left and right, Ray then opens the front of the container to find several boxes.
Ray opens the top of one box, before closing it, then opens another and closes it.
Ray then opens a third box and pulls out two circuit boards, "Just what the hacker ordered."
Ray closes the box, exits the container and closes it, before hearing someone coming. He quickly runs over to the side of the container, as Dok, a male NG Bot with light brown hair, turns the corner and starts to approach the container.
At that moment, Tye is in the shadows between two shipping containers, watching Dok, and grinning.
The keycard is swiped through a card reader next to a door, with the card reader reads "Access Denied".
Albert holds up the keycard and sighs, "One down…"
Albert swipes the keycard through another card reader, which reads "Access Denied".
The keycard swipes through a card reader, "Access Denied".
The keycard swipes through a card reader, "Access Denied".
The keycard swipes through a card reader, "Access Denied".
Albert swipes the keycard through a card reader, with it reads "Access Denied".
He then walks past the door which has a sign that says "Corporate Restroom".
Albert walks up to a flight of stairs, with one set leading up and another leading down, placing his back against the wall.
Albert sighs and looks at the keycard in his hand, "Perhaps this was just a waste of time."
"Here the monthly financial reports."
Albert steps away from the wall, looks up to the sound of footsteps coming down the stairs, before he hurries down the other set of stairs and hides around the corner. He watches as Markus and Lila step off the stairs and walk down the hall.
"Very good," Markus takes a tablet from Lila, before they stop walking. "Have you made any progress in severing the connection between the N2 satellite and the Zero-1 Transbelt?"
"We are unable to sever the connection, it is a safeguard designed to prevent hacking," Lila explains.
"Of course," Markus sighs. "And my lost keycard?"
Lila hands a keycard to him, "I have programmed a new keycard and remotely deactivated the original keycard."
"At least something went right this week," Markus takes the keycard and turns to walk away. "Now, c'mon, we got a lot of work to do."
"Yes, sir," Lila starts to follow Markus.
Albert takes a couple steps up the stairs, watching, before looking at the keycard in his hand and back ahead, "Just… great…"
Dok closes a shipping container, locking it, when he turns and sees Tye standing before him.
"Hi there, my friend," Tye says.
Dok tilts his head slightly, before looking straight ahead, "You don't have credentials to be here. You must leave at once."
"Oh, but I do have credentials. Right here," Tye holds up a Viral Encoder and places it on Dok's waist, before a belt shoots out of one side and connects to the other side.
Dok's eyes glow slightly.
Tye then holds up a Virus Key, with the image of a lizard on it, and inserts it into the Viral Encoder.
"Lizard Key! Corruption!"
Dok surges with energy, with him flickering before his real NG Bot appearance is revealed, and then cables shoot out from the Viral Encoder and cover him. The cables start to retract, revealing mostly pink armor, with large blades on each shoulder.
"I am Lizbot. Ready to terminate."
"By all means," Tye steps to the side, with a hand out.
Lizbot starts to walk forward, reaching for the blades on his shoulder before removing them and holding them like swords.
A human dock worker starts to walk by, checking a clipboard, when he sees Lizbot slowly walking toward, "What in the…?"
Lizbot starts to run ahead, with the man screaming and starting to run. In the back, Tye watches, grinning.
Ray is standing in front of a large empty oil can, with a circuit board connected by wires to his smartphone, "You sure you only need the data from this thing?"
"I am," Lucy says, over the smartphone. "This circuit board is the only source for the digital transformative code that I require."
"If you say so," Ray says.
A scream is suddenly heard.
"What's that?" Lucy asks, over the phone.
Ray goes over to a railing to see people and NG Bots are running from Lizbot at the docks, when cables shoot out of him and connect to the NG Bots, causing them to surge with energy, before a faceplate falls down over their heads, turning them into Corrupbots.
"There's trouble at the docks," Ray says, as he goes to pull the wires connector from his phone. "I need to go."
"Ray, wait, it might be dangerous without…" Lucy says, before pressing her earpiece. "Ray?" Lucy sighs, before she presses a couple keys on her keyboard. "Albert. There's trouble at the docks, you better get down there."
"Okay, I'm on my way," Albert says, from the earpiece.
Lucy presses her earpiece, then looks over to the two TransBlasters.
Albert exits from a side entrance at Nexus Technologies, before looking left to right. He then holds up his Data Key to his belt buckle, which glows and extends, shifting into the Zero-1 Transbelt. Albert then holds the Data Key to the Transbelt.
"Accessing."
Albert crosses his arms and opens the Data Key, "Access Code: Zero-1!"
He inserts the Data Key into the side of the Transbelt.
"Rising Hopper."
The mechanical grasshopper lands in front of Albert, before turning into energy and flies onto Albert, transforming him into Zero-1 Rider.
Zero-1 Rider then holds up his R-Cycle, pressing a button.
"Accessing Cell Cycle."
Zero-1 Rider then jumps up and flips through the air, before landing on the Cell Cycle and rides off.
A pair of Corrupbots are finished transforming, as the cables retract back into Lizbot.
"Now, go and wreck some havoc," Lizbot instructs.
"I have a better idea," Ray flips out, several feet away from the group. "How about you all go to the scrap heap?"
"Let this be the first one to be destroyed," Lizbot says.
The two Corrupbots charge at Ray, who blocks an arm swipe, kicks the second Corrupbot, before he spins back kicks the first Corrupbot. Ray then charges and jumpkicks one of the Corrupbots, when the other Corrupbot grabs his arm. Ray grabs his attacker's arm and spins around with him, before forcing his arm free and sidekicks it. Suddenly, Ray is kicked in the back and flipped forward onto his back. Ray turns to see the two Corrupbots approaching him.
Suddenly, Zero-1 Rider jumps onto the scene, kicking one Corrupbot into the other, and both against a wall. Zero-1 Rider then spin kicks both Corrupbots, flipping them off their feet, with their surging electricity.
Zero-1 Rider then helps Ray to his feet, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," Ray pulls his arm away from Zero-1 Rider. "I'm not used to being rescued."
"Everyone needs help sometimes," Zero-1 Rider says, with Ray looking away, before Zero-1 Rider looks to the side. "Speaking of which, I better go."
Zero-1 Rider runs off, with Ray watching him, "Everyone needs help, huh?"
Zero-1 Rider kicks at Lizbot's sword, knocking it down, before jumping and hits him with his knee. Zero-1 Rider kicks Lizbot, then performs a roundhouse kick, knocking Lizbot to the ground. Zero-1 Rider then does a low leg sweep, but Lizbot jumps up to avoid it.
"Help!"
Zero-1 Rider looks ahead to see Dok standing in front of the foreman, with a hand to the side, as Corrupbots approach them.
"Someone help us!" The foreman yells.
Zero-1 Rider then brings his legs together and jumps up, before flipping over the Corrupbots. Cables stretch from one of the NG Bots and toward Dok, but Zero-1 Rider catches it.
"No, you don't," Zero-1 Rider pulls on the cables, slamming the Corrupbots against the others, before throwing away the cables and sidekicks the Corrupbot.
Zero-1 Rider turns to Dok and the foreman, "Are you two okay?"
"I'm fine, thanks to Dok," the foreman says.
"I was following my programming," Dok responds.
"You done more than that," Zero-1 Rider says, placing a hand on Dok's shoulder, with Dok just tilting his head at him.
Meanwhile, Ray roundhouse kicks a Corrupbot.
"Ray!"
Ray turns to see Lucy approaching him, holding the two TransBlasters, "Lucy? What are you doing out? Aren't you afraid of being seen?"
"I hacked all nearby CC cameras," Lucy responds. "I'm using a program that pixelates my face from all angles."
"Oookay, and is that the reason why?" Ray asks, noticing the TransBlasters in her hands.
"The TransBlasters, they're ready," Lucy says, handing one to him.
"Great," Ray holds up the TransBlaster, looking at it. "How the testing went?"
"This is the test," Lucy says, reaching into her pockets before pulling out two Data Keys. "Here, take your Data Key."
Ray takes a Data Key with the image of a wolf on it, leaving the Data Key with the image of a cheetah on it in Lucy's hand.
Ray and Lucy then stand side by side, before holding the TransBlasters in front of their waists, with a belt shoots out of the buckles and wraps around them.
They each hold up their Data Key, press a button on the side, flipping out the keys, before inserting them into the backs of their TransBlasters.
"Accessing, Wild Wolf."
"Accessing, Rushing Cheetah."
They remove the TransBlasters from the buckles, with Ray aiming his with both hands, and Lucy standing sideways and aiming with one hand.
"Access Code: Vulcan!" Ray calls out.
"Access Code: Valkyrie!" Lucy calls out.
They pull the triggers, shooting out projectiles, Ray's shaped like a wolf and Lucy's shaped like a cheetah, before Ray and Lucy stand straight with their arms at the side. The projectiles then fly back to them, as mostly black suits form on them, before exploding into energy and fly onto their bodies, forming blue and white armor for Ray and brown and white armor for Lucy.
"Oh yeah, we should have gone with this to begin with," Vulcan Rider looks at himself.
"Just don't try to damage it too much," Valkyrie Rider tells him.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Vulcan Rider looks at her.
"I'll help Zero-1 with the Corrupbots, Lizbot's all yours," Valkyrie Rider says, before running off.
"Right," Vulcan Rider nods his head and then runs off.
At that moment, Zero-1 Rider is holding up the Case Saber, using it to block blaster fire from a couple Corrupbots.
"I shouldn't have brought a sword to a blaster fight," Zero-1 Rider says, as the blaster fire continues.
Suddenly, Valkyrie Rider jumps off Zero-1 Rider's shoulder and fires her TransBlaster down at the Corrupbots several times, blasting them, before kicking a Corrupbot to the side as she lands.
"Huh?" Zero-1 Rider lowers the Case Saber, looking ahead, before approaching Valkyrie Rider. "Who are you?"
"Who do you think?" Valkyrie Rider responds, as she looks over the TransBlaster.
"Lucy?" Zero-1 Rider realizes.
Valkyrie Rider looks over to him, "You are new to the whole concept of a secret identity, are you?"
"Oh, right, sorry, hum…" Zero-1 Rider says.
"Call me Valkyrie Rider, now, we need to take care of these Corrupbots, while Vulcan Rider handles Lizbot," she says, before running off.
"Who? Oh, right, Ray," Zero-1 Rider says, before he covers his mouth and then runs off.
Vulcan Rider runs between storage containers, firing his TransBlaster, with Lizbot rolling out of the way. Lizbot returns to his feet, tries to knock away the TransBlaster, with both spinning away. Lizbot then kicks him, but Vulcan Rider blocks it and tries his own kick, with Lizbot rolls under it. Vulcan Rider then aims his TransBlaster, but Lizbot grabs his arm, with the two spin around before Vulcan Rider throws Lizbot free and Lizbot spins around the side of a storage container.
Lizbot then kicks the charging Vulcan Rider twice, with Vulcan Rider spins around, back elbows Lizbot, then blasts him in the chest.
Valkyrie Rider jumps off the side of a shipping container, blasting a Corrupbot, before grabbing a Corrupbot and forcing it to the ground. She then leg sweeps another Corrupbot, and blasts one more Corrupbot.
Zero-1 Rider slides across the ground, before striking at two Corrupbots with the Case Saber. He then sidekicks a Corrupbot, using it to jump, spins in midair, and then spin kicks another Corrupbot. He then performs an upward diagonal strike, sending a Corrupbot flying.
Vulcan Rider, standing on a shipping container, dodges one of Lizbot's swords, before blocking it twice with his arm, grabs the sword and holds it down, then blasts Lizbot in the chest, knocking him down. Lizbot then, on a knee, throws his two swords, with Vulcan Rider dodges them by rolling to the side and off the shipping container and onto another container. He, lying on his back, then fires at Lizbot, who flips to the side, dodging the blasts, as the swords spin around through the air.
One of the swords spin over Vuclan Rider as he gets onto his knees, with the sword spinning back, cutting the side of a shipping container.
"This starts to feel like a three on one fight," Vulcan Rider tries to blast the spinning swords but misses them, then stands up.
"My kind of a fight," Lizbot stands up and looks down as Vulcan Rider flips over a spinning sword.
Vulcan Rider turns and fires his TransBlaster again. He ducks under a spinning sword, before watching as the other spinning sword flies pass him.
"This is getting old," Vulcan Rider then notices Lizbot jumping at him, with both swords in hands and one raised above his head.
"Then let's end it," Lizbot continues to fall toward Vulcan Rider, as he aims his TransBlaster.
The sun is descending over the horizon, as Zero-1 Rider and Valkyrie Rider stand back to back, before Zero-1 Rider delivers an energy slash and Valkyrie Rider fires hers TransBlaster repeatedly.
"Rider Slash!"
"Rider Rapid Fire!"
The energy slash hits a couple Corrupbots and the repeated blasts hit several Corrupbots, before they all are consumed in large explosions.
Lizbot falls onto the top of a shipping container, as Vulcan Rider, standing on the ground, lowers a leg.
"You right, let's end this," Vulcan Rider holds up his TransBlaster, before placing its barrel onto his other hand and uses his now free hand to press the back of the inserted Data Key.
"Accessing Wild Wolf."
Lizbot returns to his feet before throwing his swords.
Vulcan Rider aims his TransBlaster, with its nozzle glowing with blue energy, before firing, shooting four wolf-shaped projectiles, which knocks away the spinning swords. Lizbot turns and starts to jump toward more shipping containers as the wolf-shaped projectiles chase him and then two projectiles grab him by the arms and carry him away.
Lizbot is slammed against a large shipping container, as the projectiles disperates.
Vulcan Rider spreads out his arms and then brings them together, aiming his TransBlaster, as it glows with blue energy.
"Rider Blast!" Vulcan Rider fires a large blast, causing him to slide back a couple feet, as the blast blows through a couple shipping containers, before finally reaching Lizbot, who is consumed in a large explosion.
Zero-1 Rider and Valkyrie Rider approach Vulcan Rider, who is looking over the TransBlaster.
"Whoa, that was incredible, Ra-, I mean, Vulcan Rider," Zero-1 Rider tells him.
"Yeah, the TransBlasters work out better than I thought," Vulcan Rider says, looking over to his friends.
Valkyrie Rider nods her head, "The data from the Zero-1 Transbelt certainly helped."
"Excuse me," the foreman walks over to the three, alongside Dok. "I just want to thank you all for protecting us."
"It was our pleasure," Zero-1 Rider walks up to the foreman, and then places a hand to his chest. "And I promise you, we will always be there to protect Neutron City."
Vulcan Rider places a hand on his hip and motions his head to the side, "You're making us sound like the Power Rangers."
"Excuse me," Dok starts. "I'm still processing what you said earlier."
"What I said…?" Zero-1 Rider asks.
"'You done more than that.' You said that in response to me following my programming," Dok explains. "I don't understand it."
"Oh that?" Zero-1 Rider realizes. "I just meant that it's true you were following your programming but it takes something more than that to stand against evil, and that's what you were doing."
"Something more, huh?" the foreman smiles at Dok.
"I still don't understand," Dok says.
"How do I explain? It's kinda like something under your programming, deep down, that allows you to do something you otherwise might not be able to do," Zero-1 Rider says.
"Oh bother," Vulcan Rider looks to the side, as Valkyrie Rider looks over to him.
"After today, I think I'll believe that," the foreman wraps an arm around Dok's shoulder.
Zero-1 Rider nods his head, "Deep down… Wait, that's it!"
The foreman and Dok look at each other, before looking back at the Riders.
At Lucy's lab, Albert is typing at the computer, with Lucy and Ray behind him.
"Okay, this was the programming bug that I was working on at work," Albert says.
"Okay…" Lucy says, crossing her arms.
"I wasn't sure what's wrong at first, before I noticed the last line of code, here," Albert highlights the last line of code on the screen. "I almost missed it because it was figuratively buried under other lines of code."
"Nothing unexpected about that," Lucy says, as Ray yawns.
"So, I was thinking," Albert turns in the chair to face them and holds up the keycard. "Perhaps the keycard gives access to something literally buried."
Lucy takes the keycard from Albert and looks at it.
"What do you think?" Ray asks.
Lucy keeps on watching the keycard, "Could Nexus Technologies really have underground floors?"
Tye stands in front of the computer, with his arms crossed, "The plan to create an army from the enslaved workers at the docks didn't work."
"It was a setback, not a defeat, my friend," the computerized voice says, Tye's partner, says from the computer. "And it wasn't a complete failure either. During the battle I detected a quite clever hack in the local CC camera's programmings. And I have just finished reverting the hack, exposing the new Valkyrie Rider and Vulcan Rider's identities."
"That's marvelous, let's see them," Tye says, excited.
"I think not," the partner says.
"What? Why not?" Tye asks.
"You have a part to play, Tye, and I promise you, if you play your part with the utmost skill and focus, we won't fail," the partner says. "Now, why don't you see if you can find some more NG Bots to liberate."
"Very well," Tye says, before he turns to leave.
As soon as Tye left the room, the computer screen showed paused camera footage of Ray and Lucy, while holding up their TransBlasters, "Long time, no see, Lucy."