Chapter 5: Clone Club

Inside one of the many buildings of Toku Town, a meeting was being held. A bunch of the town's inhabitants were gathered in a room with a podium. Mechagodzilla stepped up to the podium with a gavel, and hammered the podium to get the occupants' attention.

"I call this meeting of the Clone Club to order!" Mechagodzilla announced. "Our members consist of all forms of doppelgangers and counterparts both malevolent and benign, and we are all in one way or another clones of a subject we are based on. Be it actual clones, counterparts form another world, robotic doubles, or dark counterparts to your template, all clones are welcomed!"

A rousing cheer and a round of applause sounded through the entire room!

"I'm happy to see you all feel welcome!" Mechagodzilla smiled. "Now then, I'll be taking roll. MG2?"

"Here."

"Kiryu?"

"Here."

"Kamen Rider Ryuga?"

"Ereh." Ryuga replied with a chuckle. The dark counterpart of Ryuki petted his contract monster Dragblacker.

"Yes, Ryuga. You came from the Mirror World. We understand." Mechagodzilla sighed. "But your backwards talk was only funny at our first meeting."

Ryuga's only response was narrowing his eyes and crossing his arms while Dragblacker blew a raspberry at Mechagodzilla.

"Ryuga's rudeness aside, let's move on." Mechagodzilla said as he scanned the attendance list. "Next we have. . . Battra?"

"Here."

"Spacegodzilla?"

"Here."

"Kamen Rider Dark Kiva?"

"Here."

"Kamen Rider Dark Kabuto?"

"Here."

"Mechani Kong?"

"Here."

"Keizer Ghidorah?"

"Here."

"Shadow Moon?"

"Here."

"Kamen Rider Another Agito?"

"Here."

"Let's see who else. . . Huh. Well this is odd." Mechagodzilla tilted his head in confusion as he looked at the list. "Mecha King Ghidorah is among us."

"Yep! That's me!" Mecha King Ghidorah replied. The center mechanical head answering Mechagodzilla. "Just another one of the clones! Eh heh heh!"

"Hmm." Keizer Ghidorah inspected Mecha King Ghidorah with all three of his heads. "You alright? Some of your panels on your robot head look a little out of shape. And one of your tubes looks a bit bent out of shape."

"I've got it!" Mecha King Ghidorah's left head, better known as Kevin, chirped.

"KEVIN NO!" The center head, known as Ichi protested!

But it was too let. When Kevin tugged on the tube, the robotic exterior covering Ichi's head and neck clattered to the ground! The whole covering was just tin foil!

"And once again, our plans go south thanks to Kevin." The right head, known as Nii grumbled as he slapped his forehead with one of their wings. He then glared at Ichi. "What now fearless leader?"

"Fine! You want to know why I crashed your club?! I'm jealous!" Ichi snapped! "Why does Godzilla get two clones of himself, huh?! I have the word 'king' in my name! I should be king of the monsters! I should get the most clones!"

"Ghidorah. Have you ever heard of 'quality over quantity' at all?" Mechagodzilla said with an exasperated sigh. If there was anything anyone in Toku Town knew, it was that the only thing king-sized about Ghidorah was his ego.

"Doesn't matter!" Ichi huffed! "I was getting bored from your roll call anyway. But!" An evil glint appeared in Ichi's eyes. "Who is the best clone?"

". . . Keizer would you kindly escort your template out of here?" Mechagodzilla asked.

"No problem." Keizer said as he used his heads to grab King Ghidorah by the tails. Nii was grumbling and Ichi was ranting about how "He would not stand for this disgrace!" Kevin, on the other hand, just politely waved goodbye with their wing.

"Well, now with that interruption out of the way-" Mechagodzilla would have continued, but the sounds of shouting outside! "What in Tanaka's name is going on out there?!"

Mechagodzilla peeked out the window, and was surprised to see what looked like stranger mockeries of Kamen Riders outside.

"Hey, Ryuga?" Mechagodzilla called out. "These guy friends of yours?"

"Hm?" Kamen Rider Ryuga got up from his seat and went to the window. And he let out an annoyed sigh at the mockeries of riders that were gathered outside. "Oh, great. Zi-O's monsters of the week. The Another Riders. And before you ask, no. They aren't related to Another Agito. They're just a group of monsters made to resemble other riders. They've been begging me, Another Agito, Dark Kabuto, and Dark Kiva to join for a long time. But since they were just monsters-of-the-week, we really couldn't include them. Want me to sick Dragblacker on them?"

"Nah. You had to deal with them last time." Dark Kabuto patted Ryuga's back. "I'll get rid of them quickly."

Dark Kabuto used his Clock Up ability and herded the Another Riders away at super speeds. He was literally done in a matter of seconds and left the Another Riders in a pile. Their eyes spirals from being whisked away so fast.

"Maybe I should just cancel the meeting." Mechagodzilla sighed. "At this rate, the next interruption could make the place go up in flames!"

Everyone in the club room blinked at hearing this and looked around the place frantically! Hoping for nothing else to come and disrupt the meeting. When it seemed like all was clear, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay." Mechagodzilla said as he took a deep breath. "We can get on with our agenda for the-"

"WATASHI WA KAMI DA!" A voice belted out as the door to the room was kicked down! A black version of Kamen Rider Ex-Aid leaped into the room! "I AM HERE TO GRACE THIS DRAB CLUB WITH MY GODLY TALENTS!"

"Genm." Dark Kiva sighed. "Considering the last interruption we had, I don't know why I'm surprised. He does love to be in the spotlight"

"Just take a seat Genm." Mechagodzilla sighed. "I think I'll just say our agenda now. Our annual soccer match with our templates will be coming up soon. So,"

"Pssh! That's not the way to interact with our counterparts!" Kamen Rider Genm snorted! "We should hold a gaming tournament with only mirror matches! A true test to see which is superior!"

"Genm. . . that's not what this club is about." Ryuga sighed. "We're not trying to one-up our templates. We plan events to hang out with them. You'd know that if you ever attended a meeting."

"Hmph. I should've figured the company of you plebians was beneath me." Genm scoffed.

"You just want to try and beat Ex-Aid in games again, don't you?" Dark Kiva asked with crossed arms.

". . . " Genm was silent before he dashed out the room with watery eyes!

Everyone in the room blinked as they took in what just happened. Silence reigned supreme for a few seconds before Mechagodzilla cleared his throat.

"Uh . . . meeting adjourned." Mechagodzilla said shakily. "I need a bowl of nuts and bolts after this."