Summary of the previous episode.
Jyonan University is under attack by a horde of Moulds. Ken and Takeru were fighting off the creatures until the ceiling fell on them. 3 girls were trapped in a classroom. Then the sounds of thunderous explosives signal the arrival of SPORE.
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Lifeform Productions presents
Kamen Rider Kero
Opening theme: Chosen Soldier by ISSA
Episode 2- Amphibian Resurrection
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The concrete halls echoed of the sounds of man, machine and monster. There was no place for silence as SPORE troopers fought furiously against their enemies, the infectious Moulds. Rounds of ammunition were fired into the bodies of the Moulds, ending the suffering of the possessed humans who had lost their humanity and preventing more innocents from losing theirs. The place of great learning had turned into a war zone as grim and loud as the human instigated wars of previous times.
The situation at Jyonan University was worse than what SPORE originally had expected. The Moulds had quickly roped in more innocents onto their side against SPORE, killing their some of their prey in the process. Some of them even tried to escape but fortunately CPT Kato had ordered TCS personnel to cover up any possible escape routes using high voltage electricity normally used for incapacitating terrorists. Any lifeforms who came in contact with the bolts of electricity would be burnt and electrocuted.
While the combat units were fighting, their leaders were monitoring the battlefield from the truck-sized Caucasus. Warrant Amaya and CPT Kato were the battlefield tactics advisers helping the soldiers out in tight situations in battle.
"Adviser! We have encountered heavy resistance in the dormitory sector. Please advise!" Amaya's workstation buzzed with the voice of a soldier in the battlefield. He had encountered difficulties in the dormitory section of the university.
"Are there any survivors in the area?" Amaya replied and enquired about the situation.
"None! Madam! They have all been infected and have manifested. The whole building is overrun by them!" The soldier replied as he fired his weapon at the marauders and stabbing his rifle's blade into them. Amaya looked her screen showing the soldier's point of view and the situation. The entire area was filled with vile Moulds that were once humans.
"Ok! "Fall back from the area at once!! Get the TCS personnel to foam the building!!" Amaya replied and instructed the soldier.
"Yes Madam." he replied following silence over the radio for a minute.
Since Amaya was still new to her job, CPT Kato came over to see if his new assistant needed help.
"Need anything?" he asked.
"No really, the dormitory section is overrun by Mould. I instructed them to foam the building." Amaya reported the situation to her superior.
"Nice one! I suppose you are getting the hang of the job." CPT Kato commended. He had thought that his adopted sister would be having a bit of trouble adjusting to her new job.
"Well sir, I am not used to advising soldiers in the battlefield just yet. I was in the combat unit previously. " Amaya lamented.
"I supposed that Tokyo HQ decided that you have spent enough time in the trenches. So they posted you here in Shibuya to be dishing out orders instead of acting out orders." CPT Kato tried to comfort his new assistant who had been having trouble with her superiors in Tokyo HQ.
"Really? I just think that they don't like me! After all, I am the daughter of the man who started this epidemic... and are thinking of ways to give rid of me" Amaya was a bit unhappy with her former superiors, thinking that she was discriminated against.
"Please Amaya, you were born seven years before your father got infected. So you are definitely not a carrier. You don't have to mind what other people think or say." CPT Kato reminded Amaya who had self pity problems due to public misunderstanding of her birth being linked with the current Mould epidemic.
"Adviser! All personnel retreated! Containment foam deployed! No escapees!" the same soldier earlier reports over the two adviser's workstation thus cutting the conversation.
"Well done, Soldier! Secure the area! Shoot any Moulds that jump off the building." CPT Kato ordered.
"Yes! Sir!" said the obedient soldier.
While the battle raged on outside, the computer lab where 3 young ladies were imprisoned in was in a frenzy of activity. There were audible voices of desperation.
"Can't we just open the door? Masami?" the girl in shorts asked her shorted haired friend, Masami.
"Asuka-chan! We can't! If I open the door, the Mould spores are going to fill up this room and infect us all!!" Masami replied her friend in shorts whose name was Asuka.
"Eww.... I would hate to imagine Hikari-chan as a Mould" Asuka remarked sarcastically, refering to her friend with the tree frog shirt, Hikari.
"What are you implying, Asuka? And besides Masami, there's a bigger danger; if we stay here we all are going to suffocate once the power goes out!" Hikari reminded Masami. Suddenly, the lights flickered for while before turning slightly dim.
"Great!" Masami slumped down on the floor in despair. The three girls' moods served to make the dim classroom an even more suitable a place for hopelessness.
Suddenly, there was a loud growling sound at the door accompanied by banging and drumming.
"Get the tables! Quick!!" Masami quickly asked Asuka, to use her phone to call the authorities while Masami and Hikari pushed desks and heavy objects towards the door.
The Mould relentlessly bashed the door with its clawed fist, growling in anger. Behind the doors, the girls took up anything with weight to hold up against the Mould's battering, from desks to computer monitors and CPUs. For now, the door and the bulky items were able to hold up against the invader's persistent assault. The door could only take so much force but the constant shifting of focused forces from one small area to another only served to make it more and more fragile by the minute. And even if the door could hold up, a hole on the door would expose the 3 girls to air heavily polluted by Mould spores.
Unexpectedly, the clawed hand of a Mould punched through the door. It stuck its roots into Masami's right flank. But then after a second it retracted for some reason, leaving a unconscious Masami.
"Masami-chan!" Asuka called for her friend, wanting to come to her aid. But strong arms held her back. Hikari was pulling her friend back.
"Don't touch her! She could be infected!!" Hikari reminded her friend of the dire situation but her face showed concern that she could not give for her friend who had come in contact with an infectious creature. Masami lay on the floor unconscious and bleeding.
Outside, the Mould was screaming and prancing around like a child who had eaten something horribly bitter. Suddenly a tadpole shaped mechanical device swam through the air like a sardine and bashed itself against the hamstring of the Mould. This caused it to lose its footing. Enraged, the Mould roared at the strange moving non-living object and tried to catch it. But since the creature was already in pain from the earlier "meal", he could not catch up with the tadpole. The mechanical device flew around the air for moment before spun rapidly and started drilling into the rubble.
After a second of drilling came a moment of silence, following a broken silence. A burst of green light peered through the cracks and crevices of the rubble and an explosive force sent the rocks and rubble into the air at random directions and breakneck speeds. It looked as if a bomb just exploded.
A dark figure clad in armor and helmet rose from its rocky hideout. It slowly turned its head towards the Mould. And at once, the fins on the figure's helmet opened up like the gills of a tadpole and his visors flushed bright crimson, striking fear into the heart of his opponent, the Mould. The audible heavy breathing emphasized the anger of the armored warrior as he flashed out a curved blade.
"Mother Nature-sama is very angry!" the warrior proclaimed before he swung his blade around skillfully and killed the Mould, decorating the wall with its blood. The masked warrior wiped the greenish monster blood off his blade and shrugged shoulder in a awkward way, making joint cracking sounds. After warming up his joints and muscles a little, he heard shrieking monstrous growling sounds behind him. The warrior turned around as quickly as a sparrow would turn its head and pressed the side of his mask. At once, his visors faded from red to violet. Through his visors, he saw several fast moving fluorescent green apparitions; Moulds charging towards him with animal-like ferocity. The warrior raised his blade at his opponents and simultaneously took out an odd looking revolver with parts of even odder proportions.
"Come and get me! You son of a mushroom! " the warrior taunted his opponents. Using his revolver, he took out the Moulds that tried to close their distance to him while quickly using his short sword to dispatch any Mould that managed to get close to him. The commotion echoed through the corridors and green blood was spilled. Like a well trained soldier, he quickly responded to any situation that the Moulds put him through. During the fight he drops his knife and revolver, but he responded by driving the sharp blades of his scalloped gauntlets, shin and knee armor at his opponents' face, chest and groin, inflicting fatal damage and pain.
Meanwhile outside, the fight between SPORE and Moulds intensified to its climax. The humans appeared to be on the road to victory as more and more Moulds fell to the superior weapons of the SPORE troopers. But SPORE also lost a few of its troopers too in the process. Out of fear of bullets, the remaining unconfined Moulds fled for their lives and started congregating into a large group.
"Advisor! The Moulds are coming together in a group!" one of the soldiers reported to Amaya and CPT Kato.
"Odd..." CPT Kato remarked while he observing the frenzy of activity through the never lying digital eyes of the soldier's helmet. The infectious creatures were coming together like a herd of buffalos protecting its young.
"Take them out with a grenade!!" CPT Kato ordered the soldiers in the field. He and Amaya continued to monitor the situation through the screen.
"Just what are they doing this time?" Amaya talked herself aloud.
"I think we cornered them to desperation this time! We're winning!!" CPT Kato replied triumphantly as he watched the flashes of the grenades and shrapnel tore the cornered Moulds into bits and pieces. At any moment, SPORE could celebrate yet another victory against an old enemy. After the massive fireworks display, the soldiers on the scene scanned diligently for any signs of life from the dead Moulds. Any live Moulds were taken out immediately with extreme prejudice. The ground was littered with Mould and human body parts tossed all around the place.
"Amaya, after this you…want to come back home for dinner? Dad missed you a lot." CPT Kato asks his adopted sister.
"We'll talk about it after this, Okay?" Amaya replied and looked at her adoptive brother. He nodded in agreement. Her serious face softening into forlornness, thinking about her times with her adoptive family. Images of her past came back to Amaya with familiar faces of the only people who did not fall prey to the temptations of evil gossips and opened their hearts to show care and concern to her.
"Advisor! The area is secure! We are coming home!" announced one of the soldiers on the scene. Amaya awoke from her trance and got back to observing the monitors. The SPORE troopers heaved a sigh of relief, it had been a long agonizing fight against the creatures and they had prevailed. But this moment of triumph had something in stall for SPORE. With the human slightly blinded by the smoke and perhaps a moment of pride, something grabbed the opportunity to attack the SPORE troopers!
"We got company! Argghhhh!!!" screamed one the soldiers who was slain by the ruthless creature.
"Someone give me eyes down there!" CPT Kato shouted over the communication link. The moment of triumph earlier had now become a distant memory. Through the shaky helmet cameras of the troopers at the scene, the two advisors saw the unbelievable. There was a Mould single-handedly demolishing the SPORE troopers one by one. The brave troopers continued pumping lead into the creature but only to be hit and killed by the same bullets they fired. This particular Mould's skin was so strong it was able to deflect bullets! With most of the SPORE troopers in the area incapacitated, the Mould suddenly let out a horrible roar of pain just as its skin began crack and split like a crumbling dry leaf. Hair-raising fungal threads grew out through the areas of cracked skin along with pinkish and white fruiting bodies of fungi.
"I don't believe it!" Amaya muttered and looked on in disbelief.
"Shit! It's moulted!" CPT Kato gasped in horror as he looked at his new opponent.
After a few minutes of agonizing skin splitting, the creature ripped off its outer skin like loose clothing, revealing its new body. The Mould gazed upon its newly developed malformed hands narcissistically; admiring its new found power. The monster roared in ecstasy like a human being receiving a blessing from Heaven.
"Sergeant Class! Fungal Species: Enokitake fungus!" One of the operators on the Caucasus announced the Mould's new form and the fungus species it was mimicking. Through the screens on the two advisors' computer, Amaya and CPT Kato watched on as the newly moulted creature continued its rampage.
"Damn! I hate it when Moulds spoil my appetite for steamboat!!" Even when battle was upon him, CPT Kato never failed to make a sarcastic comment on the situation to calm himself. But remarks aside, the advisor then responded quickly to the situation to avoid further casualties.
"Troops! Pull back immediately! Lure him to the Caucasus!" CPT Kato quickly instructs his troops.
"Sir!? " Amaya was puzzled by her superior's actions to retreat; a seemingly cowardly action to take in a war.
"The Caucasus has a Maser gun that can fry a Sergeant Class to ashes! Kari, get the Mazer online ASAP! Amaya keep an eye on the situation!" CPT Kato explained while instructing the crew of the Caucasus in preparation for the firing of one of SPORE's deadliest weapons in their huge arsenal, a powerful Maser gun that can vaporize anything into ashes, including Sergeant Class.
Outside, the surviving SPORE troopers quickly retreated to their instructed position while firing at the Enokitake Mould, slowing down the creature's footsteps in order to cover the soldiers' escape. During the process of stopping and shooting, a few soldiers got sacrificed to the creature's liquivorous diet. The rest of the troopers continued to retreat and fire, abandoning brotherhood over objective, to make sure that the creature would submissively follow them to the kill zone in front of the Caucasus.
Meanwhile inside the computer lab, the four walls seemed to be the only thing shielding the 3 gals from the furor outside. With Masami being seemingly infected by a Mould, the other two gals huddled in one corner like timid little rabbits. Now they are in extreme danger from the creatures outside and also their best friend who could turn on them at a moment's notice.
"Hikari-chan? Can we go outside now?" Asuka whispered fearfully to Hikari. But she did not answer a word to her shivering friend. Then suddenly, there was a banging sound on the door. The two girls looked at each other in astonishment but with fear overpowering them. The banging on the door got more and more intense before coming to a swift halt.
Unexpectedly, there was a soft but eerily audible clicking sound of a reloading firearm. The girls quickly booted out of the way as a ball of heat, flame and smoke demolished the door in a single blast. Splinters of burnt wood and dust rained down upon the girls.
A shadowy figure with red glowing eyes strolled into the classroom. The girls' eyes widen with astonishment and fear as they recognized the shadowy figure.
"Oh my God! It's him! The serial killer in the news!!" Hikari blurted out in whispers.
If the Moulds outside weren't enough, a perverted serial killer had to drop in for a visit. The fate of Hikari, Asuka and perhaps Masami rested in the hands of a mentally deranged murderer. The masked warrior's breathing and increasing loud footsteps were a terror for the five senses as he inched slowly towards his prey. He lifted up his short sword just as the two girls shut their eyes to shield themselves from the pain of being stabbed.
But then unexpectedly, the warrior just put his weapon back into its scabbard, much to the surprise of the girls. His reflective but expressionless eyes glared at them as he prepared to leave the classroom. Then just as he was about to take another step out of the classroom, the sight of an unconscious Masami caught his eye.
"What's happened to her?" the killer asked.
The girls were too stunned by his appearance to talk. They were shivering in fright.
"I'm talkin' to you two! WHAT'S HAPPENED TO HER?!" he asked again with a fiery tone. The murderer was now like a bottle of nitroglycerin ready to blow up at the slightest trigger.
"She... got ..... bitten by a Mould." Asuka stuttered dreadfully at the killer.
"How much time has passed since she got touched by a Mould??" the masked killer asked his prey.
"20 mins!!?" Hikari answered.
"Strange...." thought the killer. Usually people who had been infected by Moulds would turn into one in less than 5 minutes after getting impaled by one. However, Masami had not changed despite being stabbed by one.
"What's he doing?" Asuka whispered to Hikari's ear, looking at the killer. He was staring Masami's body as a pathologist would analyze a corpse for clues. But Masami was far from dead; she was just unconscious. Then the killer lifted her blouse to take a look at her wound on her flank.
"What the heck is he doing to Masami?!" Asuka screamed quietly to Hikari who seemed too stunned for words. On the surface, the masked killer looked like he was about to violate his prey's chastity, but then he seized a first aid box from the shelf nearby and quickly bandaged her bleeding wound. The killer had now become a savior.
"Take her with you and get your asses out of here!" the masked killer ordered Hikari and Asuka to take their injured friend.
"Be quick about it! More mushrooms will be here soon!" he reminded.
"Okay! Okay! " Replied the two girls as they proceeded to carry their injured friend out of this living hell.
"In case your friend turns on you, inject this into her! Now leave!" The masked killer passed a syringe of oddly-colored chemicals to Hikari. In their hearts, the two girls were thankful to the strange man but a shadow of doubt was still cast upon him. After all, the girls had seen articles of the killer's brutality on the local papers. It's no wonder that most would fail to see or even bother about the killer's gentle side of his otherwise mentally disturbed psyche.
"If he's a serial killer, why is he helping us?" Asuka asked Hikari while carrying Masami out of the classroom and down the stairs.
"Never mind! He is letting us live! So let's get outta here before this lunatic decides to rape and kill us!!" Hikari was apparently still frightened of the masked killer despite the fact that he helped Masami. The two girls took their injured friend quickly out of the university.
Behind the backs of the 3 girls, the strange masked warrior took out another syringe and took a sample of Masami's blood on the floor.
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Outside, the chase continued between the heroic SPORE troopers and the Enokitake Mould. After several minutes of playing tag with the creature, they finally managed to lure the beast into the firing range of the Caucasus Mazer.
"Okay! Steady… Steady!" CPT Kato guided his team as their target advanced into range. In just a minute or two, the Enokitake Mould was about to enter a favorable position to eliminated by scorching microwaves.
"Captain Kato! Target is within the firing range!" One of the soldiers that the scene notified the crew of the Caucasus.
"Ok…Steady….!!!" Captain Kato guided his team of brave men and women as they controlled their anxiety as their prey slowly inched its way into the firing range of the mechanical beast; the Caucasus.
"Now!" Captain Kato ordered. At once skin scorching microwaves were released and focused on the foul beast. The Enokitake Mould screamed as his skin began to darken and shrivel, worse than a badly barbequed animal. Smoke and glowing areas of burnt flesh began to make their mark on the creature's body.
"MAXIMUM POWER!" CPT Kato ordered his crew who obediently increased the power of the Caucasus's mazer. It seemed like the creature had only one way to go; die in the heat of the mazer. Or so it seemed.
Suddenly, the Enotitake Mould suddenly reared up his hands and rested them on his head, releasing an invisible, scientifically immeasurable and undetectable force; a force that transcends the powers of nuclear weapons or the mere muscle.
" Keep going at it men, Men!" CPT Kato ordered his crew respective crew to continue to fire microwaves at the creature. While the men were firing microwaves at the creature, the monster itself was up to no good.
As one of the men in the Caucasus was monitoring the status of the situation as usual, he felt something strange. There was a chill running down his spine. The otherwise tense atmosphere of the vehicle interior was missing. Instead there was an eerie feeling. Then suddenly, that very same man went hysterical and screamed like as though something frightening was in the Caucasus.
The rest of his colleagues tried to hold their screaming colleague down! It turned out that he was hallucinating.
"Hold him down! Hold him down!" CPT Kato ordered. This was the climax of the mission, and he did not want any disruptions
But then tragedy came in twos, the other crews members gradually began reacting in fear as well! Soon the crews of the Caucasus were all behaving like a frantic crowd out of control. Seeing the commotion, CPT Kato tried to restrain his men but each of his team members always managed to wrestle out of his grip or attack him without any respect for superior authority. Then one of them even managed to grab a chair to hit CPT Kato, injuring his head! With the crew and soldiers outside the vehicle distracted and disorientated, the Caucasus's microwaves like a candle flame in the wind began to fade to oblivion. The barbequed Mould limped away from its previous position and back into the university building.
As blood trickled down CPT Kato's forehead, he could amidst his dizziness see his hallucinating comrade taking up an object he could not make out and was about to chuck it down on him. Another blow to his already vulnerable head would be fatal indeed!
Then, a petite hand strikes the hallucinating crew member, knocking him out.