Proto Monster has his foot on Zero-1 Rider Biting Shark's chest, pinning him to the ground, roars with an arm raised.
Proto Monster starts to bring down his hand, when he is blasted from opposite sides by Valkyrie Rider and Vulcan Rider Power Kong. Proto Monster is continuing to be blasted, forcing him off Zero-1 Rider, before they stop firing their TransBlasters.
Proto Monster roars, before turning and jumping away.
"Are you okay?" Vulcan Rider helps Zero-1 Rider to his feet, as Valkyrie Rider holds up a small scanner device.
"I think so," Zero-1 Rider says, before he notices Valkyrie Rider. "What are you doing?"
"Monitoring Proto Rider's energy signal," Valkyrie Rider says, as she turns a knob on the device and presses a button, before looking up at where Proto Monster went. "And it's very… interesting."
"Rampage of Proto Rider, pt. 2"
Lucy, Albert, and Ray enter the lab, with Lucy going straight to her computer.
"I'm pretty sure I can work up a Data Key that could counter Proto Rider's energy," Lucy seats down at her computer. "But it's gonna take some time."
"That's great, but we can't just let Proto Rider run around, someone could get hurt," Albert says. "I'm gonna try and find him again."
Albert turns to leave, with Ray watching, "I'm gonna go too."
"Actually, Ray, I need you to do something for me," Lucy says, with Ray turning to look at her.
Falco Rider is flying over the city, looking around.
"Come out, come out, wherever you are," Falco Rider says.
Falco Rider then looked down to see Proto Monster approaching a couple fallen NG Bots, "What is that?"
"We've done nothing wrong," one of the NG Bot says. "We are gonna be late to our workstations."
Proto Monster gives a low roar, as he comes closer.
Suddenly, Falco Rider lands in front of him, "I don't know what you are, but this is stopping."
Proto Monster swings an arm at him, with Falco Rider grabs it and holds it down.
Falco Rider looks over his shoulder, "Hurry, run."
The NG Bots get up and start to run away, as one of them says, "Thank you, very much."
Then Falco Rider is pulled aside by Proto Monster, who kicks in the side, forcing him to let go. Falco Rider rolls across the ground, before he jumps ahead. Proto Monster blocks Falco Rider's punch, then dodges an arm swipe, with Falco Rider spins around and tries another arm swipe, but Proto Monster dodges. Proto Monster then jump kicks Falco Rider, forcing him back a couple steps, before running up and strikes at Falco Rider.
Falco Rider is flipped onto his back, before seeing Proto Monster charges at him. Falco Rider returns to his feet, but Proto Monster strikes at his chest twice, before performing a powerful swipe, sending Falco Rider flying backward, as he glows.
Tye rolls across the ground, with his hood falling back, revealing his NG Bot earpiece. He looks up to see Proto Monster slowly approaching him.
Suddenly, Zero-1 Rider, on his Cell Cycle, jumps between the two and side kicks Proto Monster, forcing him back, as Zero-1 Rider, still on his Cell Cycle, lands, spins the cycle around and looks over at Proto Monster.
Proto Monster roars, turns and runs away.
Tye stands back up, "What in the world was that?!"
Zero-1 Rider dismounts the Cell Cycle and approaches him, "That isn't your concern, Tye." Tye look over to him. "But I want to know what you are up to."
"It's none of your concern, Zero-1," Tye responds.
Zero-1 Rider slightly shakes his head, before turning back to the Cell Cycle, "I don't have time to deal with your chaos."
"I'm not after chaos, but NG Bot liberation," Tye tells him.
Zero-1 Rider stops next to the Cell Cycle, barely turning his head, "Even if you have to force it on them?"
Tye is left speechless, as Zero-1 Rider mounts the Cell Cycle and drives off, with Tye watching him.
Outside a building with a sign that reads "Nexus Technologies Power Plant", Ray is hurrying alongside the building's wall, until he finds a junction box. Ray opens the junction box, before attaching a small device to it, with a light coming on on the device.
Ray holds up his smartphone, "Are you sure this is gonna work?"
Lucy is typing at her computer, "It will. This Power Plant supplied energy to all of Nexus Technologies resources. I'm just borrowing some of it. But the extra juice will allow me to combine dissimilar energy signals into a composite output."
"If you say so," Ray says, over Lucy's earpiece.
"Okay, the connection had been established," Lucy stops typing.
"Right," Ray closes the junction box, before he notices something.
A couple D-Corrupbots walk past the back of the building, with Ray watching them.
"Are those… Corrupbots?" Ray wonders, before starting to follow after them.
Proto Monster is sitting next to a building, resting, when he notices a grasshopper hopping through the grass. Proto Monster continues to watch as the grasshopper hops along.
Then suddenly, Proto Monster looks away, sensing something, before hurries to his feet and runs off.
Behind the Nexus Technologies Power Plant, Dodobot holds out his hands, as the D-Corrupbots stand in front of him.
"Listen to me, my D-Corrupbots, this will be the start of our invasion of Neutron City," Dodobot starts. "And of my conquest of the world."
"Someone got full of themselves."
The D-Corrupbots turn, as Dodobot looks ahead to see Ray.
"Human, I have evolved far beyond my original programming, do you really think you can beat me?" Dodobot asks.
"You might've evolved beyond your programming, but I've exceeded you, far before you were created," Ray says, before he holds up a Data Key and opens it.
Ray inserts the Data Key into his TransBlaster, "Accessing Wild Wolf."
Ray grabs the TransBlaster, aims it with both hands, "Access Code: Vulcan!"
Ray fires a wolf head projectile, which flies back at him, turns into energy and forms his armor.
Vulcan Rider continues to aim his TransBlaster, "Let's go."
Dodobot nods his head, as the D-Corrupbots charge.
Vulcan Rider fires his TransBlaster, blasting a couple D-Corrupbot, before he ducks under a D-Corrupbot's punch, grabs it by the waist and pulls it aside, before back kicking it. Vulcan Rider spins away from another D-Corrupbot's punch, then blasts the D-Corrupbot. He then jumps back, blasting two D-Corrupbots, knocking them off their feet. Vulcan Rider then roundhouse kicks another D-Corrupbot before blasting it.
Dodobot watches, "It would seem like I have to improve the programming for the next batch of D-Corrupbots." He starts to walk forward. "Until then, I will have to handle this myself."
Vulcan Rider looks ahead, holding up a Data Key, "Do not assume this will be easy."
Vulcan Rider opens the Data Key and charges.
Zero-1 Rider drives through the city on the Cell Cycle, when he presses the side of his helmet, "Please tell me you got good news, Lucy."
"I almost finished the new Data Key," Lucy's voice says through Zero-1 Rider's comm.
"That's great," Zero-1 Rider turns a corner. "Do you have any lead on Proto Monster."
"No, his energy seems to be in flux, it might be stabilizing, but it is getting harder to track," Lucy's voice responds. "But we do have other concerns."
"What is it?" Zero-1 Rider says, continuing driving.
"Dodobot is back, new and improved," Lucy's voice answers. "Ray is fighting him, but he might need some help."
"Right," Zero-1 Rider pulls on Cell Cycle's handlebars, turning it slightly. "I'm on my way."
Vulcan Rider Power Kong launches a punch, which Dodobot catches as Vulcan Rider struggles to break free before punching, with Dodobot side steps to avoid. Vulcan Rider punches, spins, punches again and then punches one more, each time Dodobot dodges by backing up. Dodobot then leans back to avoid an arm swipe.
Dodobot dodges a couple more punches, before side stepping Vulcan Rider and kicks him in the back, knocking the Rider down.
"I have already analyzed this form and its abilities," Dodobot says, before holding up a hand and closing it into a fist. "I'm done learning from you."
Dodobot charges at Vulcan Rider, as he gets on a knee, before Zero-1 Rider Flame Tiger, covered in burning energy, runs to between them.
"Perhaps I could teach you something," Zero-1 Rider, with the burning energy gone, spins around and strikes flaming slashes with the Case Saber, as Dodobot effortlessly dodges each attempt.
Zero-1 Rider then slams the Case Saber onto Dodobot's shoulder, which he grabs, followed by Zero-1 Rider shoves his free hand at Dodobot, blasting him with flaming energies, eventually pushing Dodobot back.
Zero-1 Rider turns to his friend, waving at him, "Let's end this quickly, Vulcan."
Zero-1 Rider turns back and runs at Dodobot.
"Right," Vulcan Rider says, before he looks to the side. "Oh you gotta be kidding me."
Proto Monster turns a corner and roars.
"This is what we don't need right now," Vulcan Rider says, before he charges ahead, slamming into Dodobot, pushing him away from Zero-1 Rider.
"Vulcan?" Zero-1 Rider asks.
"This is my playmate," Vulcan Rider says, as he continues to push Dodobot, before Dodobot backs away from him. "Proto Rider is yours."
Zero-1 Rider looks to the side and then ahead, "Right. You can count on me."
"Yeah, sure," Vulcan Rider says, before looking at Dodobot.
"Do you actually think you can beat me now, all of a sudden?" Dodobot asks.
"You better believe it," Vulcan Rider says, before he charges ahead.
Zero-1 Rider runs up in front of Proto Monster, "Listen, I don't want to hurt you."
Proto Monster roars again before running ahead.
"Not that I think I can," Zero-1 Rider says to himself.
Zero-1 Rider swings the Case Saber, which Proto Monster catches, forcefully holds it down, before striking Zero-1 Rider across the chest. Proto Monster then pushes the Case Saber to the side, forcing Zero-1 Rider to roll across the ground. Zero-1 Rider spins and strikes with the Case Saber, but Proto Monster swings an arm, knocking the weapon out of Zero-1 Rider's hand.
Proto Monster then strikes Zero-1 Rider's chest a couple times, before delivering a powerful strike, sending Zero-1 Rider flying backward, as his body glows.
Zero-1 Rider lands hard on the ground, in his base Rising Hopper form. He then looks up to see Proto Monster slowly approaching him. Zero-1 Rider tries to get up.
Suddenly, Proto Monster is blasted a couple times, as Valkyrie Rider walks over to Zero-1 Rider, with her TransBlaster aimed.
"Back off," Valkyrie Rider says.
"Valkyrie…" Zero-1 Rider stands up and looks over to her.
"Here," Valkyrie Rider hands a Data Key over to her friend.
"The new Data Key," Zero-1 Rider takes it from her.
"I never got a chance to run it in a battle simulation, but it should work," Valkyrie Rider says.
"I'm sure it will," Zero-1 Rider says, as he holds up the Data Key.
Valkyrie Rider walks away from Zero-1 Rider, as Proto Monster roars.
Zero-1 Rider presses the button on the new Data Key, before holding it in front of his Transbelt, "Accessing…"
The N2 satellite shoots a beam down to Earth.
Zero-1 Rider holds the Data Key to the side, opening it, before holding it straight up, as the beam from the satellite hits it, creating a massive lock-like object from light. The Data Key surges with electricity, as Zero-1 Rider turns it. The lock opens, with an outline of a grasshopper appears. The lock explodes and turns into a giant, glowing grasshopper, with a smaller grasshopper on its back.
Zero-1 Rider turns to the side, "Time to see what this Data Key can do."
Zero-1 Rider inserts the Data Key into his Transbelt, "Shining Hopper."
The giant, glowing grasshopper jumps back, as a giant glowing net emerges from Zero-1 Rider. The glowing grasshopper hops, with the glowing net catches it, then flies over to Zero-1 Rider and surrounds him with glowing energy. The energy blows away, leaving Zero-1 Rider in his black bodysuit, without any armor. The chest part of the suit flexes, before glowing yellow lines around his body, with large legs-like appendages appear from his chest and head, then retracting over his body and helmet.
Zero-1 Rider points at Proto Monster and himself, "I still don't want to hurt you, but I won't let you hurt anyone, humans or NG Bots."
Proto Monster runs ahead at Zero-1 Rider watches him. Proto Monster swipes an arm at Zero-1 Rider, when he steps back to dodge the attack. Zero-1 Rider continues to dodge, as Proto Monster tries another arm strike, spins, and launches another strike.
Zero-1 Rider catches the arm, "Now it's my turn."
Zero-1 Rider pushes up the arm, kicks Proto Monster in the chest twice, and then roundhouse kicks Proto Monster, forcing it to slide backward. Zero-1 Rider then speeds ahead, kicks Proto Monster a couple times, speeds back to avoid an arm swipe, speeds to Proto Monster to kick him again and then speeds to dodge another arm swipe.
Valkyrie Rider continues to watch, "Shining Hopper had increased his reaction time. Not only that, it also increased his ability to predict the best possible solution in a combat situation."
Zero-1 Rider speeds up to Proto Monster, grabs his arms, and brings him around. Zero-1 Rider pushes up his arms, punches him in the chest, forcing him back a couple steps, and then kicks him, sending Proto Monster sliding far back.
"This is your last chance, you need to calm down," Zero-1 Rider says.
Proto Monster roars and charges.
"Very well," Zero-1 Rider presses the side of his Transbelt.
Zero-1 Rider then speeds ahead and delivers a kick at Proto Monster's chest, "Rider Shining Kick!"
Proto Monster is sent flying backward and against an empty building, causing a large explosion.
Zero-1 Rider watches as the smoke clears and sees a large hole in the side of the building.
Valkyrie Rider walks over, with a hand to the side of her helmet, "I no longer detect his energy signal."
"Did I… Did I destroy him," Zero-1 Rider looks down, unaware that inside the building is the unconscious Proto Monster, before his hand shifts into a human-looking one, wearing a brown robe.
Dodobot pushes away Vulcan Rider's arm, before crossing his arms and spreads them as the missiles on his shoulders start to fire, "Missile Blast!"
Vulcan Rider is knocked far back, as his body glows, before Ray lands hard on the ground.
"Vulcan!" Zero-1 Rider runs over, before looking over to Dodobot. "If this form can beat Proto Rider, then it can handle you."
"Begin analysis," Dodobot says.
Valkyrie Rider helps Ray to his feet, "I rushed the new Data Key's development." She takes a step forward. "I just hope its output can handle a second battle."
Zero-1 Rider runs up to Dodobot, with afterimages behind him, punching Dodobot in the chest, forcing him back. Zero-1 Rider then sidekicks Dodobot.
Dodobot is forced back several steps, "Scanning for battle ability."
Several images of Zero-1 Rider in different attack positions appear around Dodobot, as Zero-1 Rider appears next to him and kicks him in the side, knocking Dodobot down.
Dodobot rolls away before standing up, "Continue scanning." Dodobot ses several images of Zero-1 Rider in different attacking positions. "Analysing."
Zero-1 Rider kicks Dodobot, who fails to block it, and is forced to the side.
Several more images of Zero-1 Rider appear around Dodobot, as he looks ahead and his eyes glow, "Finish analysis."
Zero-1 Rider appears in front of Dodobot and throws a punch, but Dodobot catches it.
"Battle capability had been analyzed," Dodobot continues to hold Zero-1 Rider's fist. "Beginning counterattack."
Dodobot releases Zero-1 Rider's fist and arm swipes him to the side. Zero-1 Rider is forced ahead and stops to turn at Dodobot.
"Even now, I continue to evolve beyond human ability," Dodobot says.
Dodobot runs ahead, punches, which Zero-1 Rider blocks before Dodobot punches him in the chest. Zero-1 Rider then tries to block three more punches, before Dodobot kicks him, knocking Zero-1 Rider back.
"This isn't good," Ray says.
"His battle capability had been analyzed…" Valkyrie Rider looks to the side.
Dodobot holds up his arms, "Missile Blast!"
Missiles fly from Dodobot's shoulders, blasting around Zero-1 Rider, who is knocked to the ground, as his body glows and the armor dissolves back to Albert.
"Albert!" Ray calls out, as Valkyrie Rider looks ahead.
"This isn't a threat," Dodobot starts to turn. "I must replenish my forces."
Ray helps Albert to his feet, while watching as Dodobot walks away, "Look like he's done with us..."
Valkyrie Rider looks at the Zero-1 Transbelt, and the Data Key still inside of it, "Is this Shining Hopper's full potential?"
At the same time, Tye is standing on a nearby rooftop, watching the scene, "Can anything stop Dodobot… Or have we made a huge mistake?"