[Super Hero Time]
Will: Long time no talk readers. Bossman's been working on Neo Decade and Movie War Wing lately so he's been pretty tied up. But since there's an opening, he jumped through it and is getting out Chapter 16 of Kamen Rider FANG.
Shak: So without further ado, let's jump right-
(Mysterious Orca Beast flies in)
Will: Who are you?
Orca: Did I come in too early? Sorry my bad. *leaves*
Will: What was that about?
Shak: I have a feeling that I might know. But we need to jump into chapter 16 to find out- Will?
Will: *Offstage* You coming or what?
Shak *Sighs and Flies off*
"So that's two down and one to go." Tim stated, looking at Will's pod.
"Wait, I have a question." Amy asked. "Why did Josh have the Turbo Shot Ability?"
Rodriguez cleared his throat before he responded. "CLAW System Type 09, the Blitz CLAW is the second Axillary CLAW with it's own AI Program and work in conjunction with the FANG System. I should also mention that these new CLAW Beast have a special ability."
"Which would be...?"
"That they each have Dual attributes of the first three Auxiliary CLAWs." The Sonic CLAW has the attributes of Flight and Speed CLAWs, the Blitz CLAW has the attributes of the Speed and Power CLAWs and...
"Will's has the attributes of the Power and Flight CLAWs. Right?" Yuliya asked.
Rodriguez nodded. "That's exactly right. I took such precautions just in case. All we need to do is hope that Will gets his act together, and we can be ready for this..."
Will elsewhere dodges Claw swipes from a group of Polar Bear Dreamon, activating his Final Slash Attack, ending them. He canceled his transformation, and looked around.
"Shak..." Will said.
"What's up?"
"Why is my Field of Dreams in the middle of the Arctic?"
"You really think I know the answer to that?"
"I know the answer." Warren's voice echoed across from them as they see him.
"It's because this is my territory; Enjoy you stay, that is, as long you don't freeze to death..."
"The Nexus Royal Flush Five's Leader: the JACK of Spades!" Will spoke up.
Chapter 16: Deep Sea Knight: Slash Crasher Form!
"It's been a while William." Warren said, sliding across the frozen battlefield.
"So you know what's going on right? I beat you, you give me your deck and we all just go on with our happy lives."
"On the contrary, I don't want to fight you; I already know how powerful you can be."
"So are you going to give the deck up without any problem?"
"No. Instead, I want to go and find it."
"Find it?" Will repeated
"Yep. Somewhere in this world lies the deck and your 'other prize.' I need you to find it, to prove your worthiness of a Knight."
"A knight? What the heck are you talking about?"
"A Rule of being a Hero, or a Knight in this sense is to guard the honor of a fellow warrior. After the battle with the CLAW Riders, we were all shot back into the Field of Dreams. When I returned, I lost my deck and spent days searching for it. Thus, without it, I can't fight you at my full strength. That and I also lost something just as valuable that I think you should have. So, in order to provide proof that you should become the Spade Rank of the Nexus Royal Flush Five, I want you to find my deck."
"And if I find it...?"
"Then it's yours." Warren finished. "You have roughly four hours to complete the task before the world crumbles down, so if I were you, I'd get searching."
Warren walked away, leaving Will and Shak to themselves.
"Wow, way to leave us in the dark with this one." Will said, looking around in the frozen wasteland. "This place reminds me of that snow area in the movie: Inception."
Shak stayed quiet, picking up a sonar on his readings. He turned towards the south direction as it shot forward.
"Shak, where are you going?" Will asked, noticing the Shark FANG Beast flying away from him.
"I hear something coming from this direction." he replied, not turning.
"What are you talking about, I didn't hear anything."
"It's faint but it's the sound of a baby Orca about five miles up." Shak replied, speeding up.
"A baby what?"
"Killer Whale!"
Will caught up to Shak as they began to move at the same pace. "What are you doing, heading towards the direction of a killer whale for?"
"The cries sound metallic, like it's a machine."
"A machine. Then does that mean...?"
"It could be a FANG Beast." Shak nodded.
The duo sped up, eventually stopping at a cliff. They ducked, but looked over to see a small indigo-colored Orca beast, trying it's hardest to fend off a Red and Black Polar Bear beast. The Orca was laying on the ice, circuits on it's body cut from the slash marks as the polar bear smacked it around. Accompanying the Polar Bear was a middle-aged Caucasian man, dressed in a heavy winter coat, with snow gear all over him. He had his arms crossed, chuckling with an evil pitch in it.
"Is that the Orca you sensed?" Will asked.
"Yeah, that's it."
"So? What are we waiting for? Let's take them down."
"I don't think that's a good idea."
"Why not?"
"Because, it doesn't seem like the Polar Bear is doing a lot of damage to it."
"Wha- what the hell are you talking about? The thing's bleeding oil from it's wounds, which it's covered in. Why are we not helping, what makes you think that he's not doing massive damage to it?"
"Because if he was, then it'd be dead. On the way here, I picked up on another energy source."
"You mind explaining then?"
"He's talking about this, am I right?" The man asked, holding up the JACK of Spades Deck.
"He spotted us?" Shak realized.
"Great, not I don't have to hide anymore." Will stood up and slid down the cliff. "Shak, Let's go!" Will slid his katana into his brace and held his arm into the air.
"Got no choice now." Shak swam through the air, biting onto the brace.
"HENSHIN!" He called out as he landed onto the ice.
"SWORDSMAN MODE!" Was announced as the armor covered him. He slid and kicked the polar bear away, guarding the Orca where it laid.
"Who are you?" Will asked, drawing his blades.
"The new JACK of Spades." The man replied. "It's a pleasure."
"I'll ask again, who are you?"
"I told you the new JACK of Spades. This is my partner, Frostbite. And that Orca over there, is going to be my new CLAW Beast."
Will turned to the Orca, the electricity sparking from it's open wounds. It looked up at Will and closed it's eyes again.
"New CLAW beast?"
"That's right. With the JACK of Spades deck, I know have enough power to claim the Orca CLAW Beast and free myself from this world."
"I'm not letting you take it." Will said, sliding his blades against each other.
"Kid, you have no idea who you're messing with." The Polar Bear, Frostbite replied. "Let's go."
"Alright." The man replied as he picked up the Polar Bear. The polar bear bit onto the Brace as the transformation commenced instantly.
"SHIFTER MODE!" The voice announced as the Polar Bear's armor covered the man. The Armor resembled a Brute of a warrior, the armor appearing to be heavy in size, the Bear claws acting as gauntlets on his arms, while he had a Giant mace on his back waist.
"I'm known as the Frosted Dark Knight of the Yume Sekai. You have absolutely no chance defeating me."
"We'll just see wont we?" Will and the D-Shifter charged each other going neck and neck in power struggles.
In Shadow's HQ, Tyson cancels his transformation, reverting from the Phoenix D-Brid to his human form, as he takes deep breaths. He stares at the trio of FANG Riders in front of him as their transformations cancel out.
"Had enough?" James asked.
"Little Brats." Tyson snarled, clutching his side, which stained his shirt turning it red.
"That's enough for now." Hashimura said. "Come back up. Tyson, come back so we can have your wound looked at.
"I'm fine, it's just a scratch." he shot back.
Hashimura glared at Tyson, as he didn't like the venom in his voice. He sighed and walked away. "The three of you continue on your training. The rest of you, keep yourselves occupied."
"I can't stand those three!" Tyson shouted as he, Marissa and Ken sat on the roof. "Why the hell did we have to retrieve them from SADE anyway?"
"Orders are orders. We have no say in it and you know it." Marissa replied.
"Still, I'm with Tyson on this one." Ken added. "I mean, we should be able to dispose of them if needed. And yet, they gave Tyson a pretty mean slash on his ribs. How long do we have to stay like this."
"Until the time's right." Tyson replied.
"But we got what we came for. We received our inheritance, The Kaishi Decks handed down from our respected clans." Ken said, holding up his JACK of Clubs deck. "Why don't we just blow this place and go home?"
"Because Hashimura isn't dead, that's why. We need to stop him by any means necessary."
"By necessary, what do you mean?" Marissa asked, risking to take the conversation a step further."
"We gotta get more powerful." Tyson said, calming down. "We gotta upgrade; Become D-Shifters."
Marissa and Ken's hearts skipped a beat after hearing that.
"There is absolutely no way I'm becoming one of those freaks!" Marissa shot.
"Well then how do you suppose we take out Hashimura?"
"Well not turning into androids, that's an idea."
"Or why don't we use an alternative?" Ken suggested. "We become D-Shifters, but in a non-painful and more Rider-like."
"You mean like the KING of Spades right? We make our own Rider systems." Tyson replied.
Ken nodded. "All we need to do is use our Kaishi Decks and see what we get."
"And find out a way to sneak this pass Hashimura." Tyson shrugged.
"We'll find out somehow."
unknown to them, James stood off in the distance, hearing their entire conversation, leaving his group's training session.
"Good. Slowly giving me more reasons to kill you D-Brids."
The Swordfish hovered next to him, chuckling. "Should we kill them now?"
"Let's wait a minute. Let them get their power boost first. Then we'll strike." James left the rooftop, leaving the unsuspecting Neo Royal Flush Five to their business.
Back in the Field of Dreams, Warren in his D-Shifter form slides across the ice, finding Will's tracks in the snow beside him. The closer he gets, the louder the sound of clashing metal is heard. He gets to the edge of the cliff and sees Will at a disadvantage against the Polar Bear D-Shifter.
"Maybe I was wrong to choose him as the inheritor of my deck." Warren crossed his arms.
"So I take it your not going to help him?" The Shark Beast asked from Warren's wrist.
"Nope. I want him to become a knight. If he can't successfully defend my honor then he doesn't deserve to become the JACK of Spades."
At this point, Will lost one of his swords, and his right arm was useless. Will struggled to keep up with the D-Shifter, however with it having the added boost of the JACK of Spades Kaishi deck, Will realized that there was no chance he was going to win. The Polar Bear D-Shifter swept kicked him and caught Will by his throat.
"You know what makes us different?" he snarled, tightening his grip.
"What...'s that?" Will managed to speak, losing his voice.
"This right here." The Polar Bear D-Shifter rose it in the air. "And the fact that I'm heading to the human world to go wreak havoc."
"Over... My dead body!" Will shot back, despite the tightening of his throat.
"Exactly what I had in mind." The Polar Bear D-Shifter threw Will and slashed his chest, the system breaking down and forcing Will into the freezing cold water.
"We're done here." Warren sighed, turning his back on the battlefield as he retraced his footsteps in the snow.
The Polar Bear D-Shifter reverted to his human form, seeing Will's body drift farther down the water. He turned towards the damaged Orca CLAW Beast kicking it into the water.
"No need for damaged merchandise." He said.
"We should start heading out." Frostbite reminded.
"OK. Get the troops ready, we leave in an hour." The man replied as he walked away.
"Are you really going to leave him to die?" Warren's Shark Beast asked as he flew around him.
"Kisame." Warren spoke. "When have you known me to ever turn my back on someone."
the Shark FANG beast stared at him, suddenly picking up on the sonar coming from the ocean.
"The Dolphin D-Brids secured both Will and the Orca CLAW Beast and they're returning to base as we speak. So stop worrying."
"Even after he failed in defending your honor?" Kisame retorted.
"Just because he failed in defending mine, doesn't mean that I shouldn't defend his. He fought for the right to become the leader of the Nexus Royal Flush Five and so he demonstrated defending the honor of the Rank, rather that the holder. My honor would be tarnished if word gets out that the JACK of Spades was causing destruction. It would also erupt civil wars between the other Royal Flush Five groups against us."
"So you let him seemingly die just to throw the thief off?"
"Exactly. Now, let's pick it up. They're there already."
Will felt cold descending down into the ocean. His body growing numb from it, not being able to move his right arm due to it being sprained or broken. Despite that however, he could breathe. He felt the pressure get to him, and yet, he was able to breathe like he was in a tank of oxygen. He cracked his eyes open, not to find himself plummeting down a frozen sea, but in a warm bed located in a crystal blue room made of ice. Dolphin D-Brids tended to his wounds, as he was hooked on an IV on his left, while his right arm was being bandaged.
"He's coming to." one of the D-Brids said, noticing Will waking up.
Will sat up, Shak flying towards him, along with the repaired Orca Beast.
"Are you OK Dude?" Shak asked, examining Will, making sure that the D-Brids weren't planning anything odd.
"Yeah. I'm just fine." Will said, rubbing his arm. He winced as one of the D-Brids cautioned him not to touch the arm.
"Your arm had a pretty mean fracture." He explained, looking at the X-ray. As long as you don't use anything heavy, it'll keep from breaking."
"Where am I?"
"You at the Nexus Royal Flush Five's Castle, located in the Nightmare Realm's South District." Warren voice came from the door of the room as he walked in.
"South District?" Will asked.
"The Sixteen members of the Royal Flush Five each control a part of the Nightmare Realm. The Originals, command the North: the Metropolitan City. The Neo Royal Flush Five, have the East side: the Tropical Jungles, the Nexus Royal Flush Five has the South, the Frozen Kingdom, and the last Group resides in the West: the Soaring Capital. Each area houses the different species of the Dreamon, while each group of Royal Flush Five members are diverse in species. This was made in order to keep things fair between districts, strength wise." Warren explained.
Will nodded. "So I guess, thing's have changed compared to my History teacher's stories of the Royal Flush Five. She told me that the Royal Flush Five rotate every generation, with the ranks switching for each newcomers."
"Now's not the case; now that the Kaishi Decks have been discovered and distributed."
"Um..." The Orca spoke. "Thanks for having my back back there. The name's Shinkai by the way."
"Shinkai. What are you exactly?"
"I'm a CLAW Beast created by the JACK of Spades to help you with your test." he replied.
Will turned to Warren, sighing that the Orca blew his cover.
"Yep it was me. I knew that Polar Bear took my deck, so I hand you follow the Shinkai's sonar. What I didn't expect was for that freak to try and take him. I also didn't expect for you to get damaged in the fight as well. But yeah, not much to say anymore other than he's yours. Just slide him on your belt when you about to transform, and just say: 'Kakusei Henshin.' Simple."
"Sire, a Nightmare Vortex has just popped up at a Dream point." one of the other marine Dreamon said, running up to them.
"Coordinates."
"20 degrees North by 45 degrees East ten miles from here." She replied, reading them off.
"That's where you guys fought the first time."
"Well then can I go?" Will asked.
"In your condition?"
"Don't worry, I got back up." He replied pointing to Shinkai.
"I'm going to regret this..." Warren sighed as he pointed towards the door.
Will jumped out of the bed, slid his jacket on and bolted with the two beast.
"That kid. I take it back. He'll make an excellent JACK of Spades."
Will got to the area seeing the Polar Bear Dreamon slide through the portal, Frostbite and his Human partner the last ones left.
"Hold up!" Will shouted, catching their attention.
"Humans don't know when to die, do they?" Frostbite hissed at seeing Will.
"Not all of them. Let's teach him though." he said. "HENSHIN!"
"SHIFTER MODE!"
"HENSHIN!" Will said, charging at them.
"SWORDSMAN MODE!" Will drew his blades, the stinging pain of his right arm coming back. He grunted and took a breath, not letting the pain get to him. The two Machine-like warriors fought, the Polar Bear D-shifter once again gaining the upper hand on him.
"Now, I'll make sure you die." The Polar Bear D-Shifter said, holding his claw up into the air.
"Shinkai, now!" Will called.
"Roger that!" he replied, sending out a sonar, which alerted well over a dozen Marine Dreamon to fly out of the ocean and into the D-Shifter.
"Shinkai! Let's demonstrate our new power!"
"On it!" Shinkai said, transforming into a CLAW."
"KAKUSEI HENSHIN!" Will shouted, hoping for a miracle.
"CRASHER FORM!" The voice announced, as Indigo-colored knight armor covered his armor. The armor based on a killer whale covered him, replacing his two swords, giving him a Giant Blue and Indigo hilt Zweihander Sword.
"Let's finish this in one swipe." he said, drawing his blade, sliding Shinkai on his wrist and attaching onto the Sword.
FINAL SLASH ATTACK!
The Blade began to glow a mix of indigo and cyan as it developed ice on the blade.
"Everyone out of the way!" he called, the Dreamon moving out of the way. Will Charged, the ice picking up as he ran. The Polar Bear D-Shifter held his gauntlets out, using them as a shield, however, Will sent his fist through, destroying the armor and his chest plate, which froze on impact.
"Glacier Slash!" He Said as he slashed through the frozen area. The D-Shifter toppled about, freezing afterward. Will retracted his blade, and when it docked back in place, the vibrations shattered the ice statue behind him. All was left was frozen sand and a 52 carded deck of JACK of Spades.
"Okay, now I really think I broke my arm after that." Will said, as he clutched it in pain. "At least it was worth it."
"Rule #15: Defend your comrade's honor." Warren said, walking towards the victorious rider. "Congratulations." He put his hand on Will's chest and like the others he synced with him.
"Now three of the Four members of the Nexus Royal Flush Five is complete."
"Four? Why isn't it Five?"
"The JOKER Deck isn't represented by a Card Suit. It is deemed as a Universal Title and serves as a member of each Group as it's fifth member."
"I see." Will said. So the trials are over then huh?"
"Not yet. You still have to kill off those Polar Bear Dreamon." Warren reminded. The Field of Dreams, collapsed afterward...
Will woke up, as the pod door latched off. He sat up, his arm healed as if never injured. He looked around the empty room, seeing only the CLAW Riders minus Jessie. Josh and Amy were gone."
"Welcome back Will." Rodriguez said, as he inserted the AI Chip into Shinkai, and handing it to Will.
"Where's Josh and Amy?"
"There was a Dreamon attack downtown, so they're out testing their new powers. You don't have to worry."
"Dreamon exterminated, returning to base." Amy's voice came through like static.
"Roger that." Rodriguez replied. "So have fun inside your head?"
Will hesitated. "I learned how to be a knight." he replied, smirking a little.
Jessie and Jezebel sat on the roof once again, Jessie pulling out a small Gold locket from her shirt collar. She opened it, revealing her as a little girl and an older boy, maybe a year or two. He had dirty blonde hair in green eyes, compared to Jessie's blue eyes. Other than that, it was obvious that they were blood related.
"That's your brother I'm assuming?" Jezebel asked.
"Yeah. He died in the Tokyo plane crash a few months ago. His body never found. He was studying in Tokyo University, coming back for the summer break that they had. A Plane crashed into the airport because the landing gear failed, killing almost 130 people that day. But we know the reason why that happened." She uttered, remembering the experience where she learned the truth about her brother not too long ago...
FLASHBACK
At Ground Zero, Casey trotted around the awaiting battlefield, looking up and seeing the army of Bird Dreamon he was able to round up flying around. Jessie woke up in what seemed to be a driver's seat of a bulldozer. She looked out the window, seeing the gasoline barrels surrounding the machine, as she tried to open the doors.
"No use, the doors are locked." Casey said, turning to his victim.
Jessie's look on her face became more pale as she look at the face of her captor. "Case... Why are you doing this Casey?"
"Sorry again, your friend's dead. Only I'm here."
"That voice..." Jessie dreaded.
"Long time no see, QUEEN of Hearts." Casey said as he transformed into ACE.
"How are you...?"
"Alive? Well it's quite simple really." ACE hopped on one of the beams of the construction project as he took a seat.
"You see, when JOKER was destroyed, someone collected my remains, and reconstructed it using my powers as the ACE of Clubs, and a combination of Human and Dreamon Technology. This took one year to complete and was complete recently. Your friend Casey here, was part of the plane crash with your brother. Fact of the matter is, that I was one that created the accident. I took over Casey's body and made him my new host."
"Why... Why would you do such a thing?" Jessie asked, tears building up, looking at her brother's murderer.
"To test out my new powers. I've been infused with Machinery in my body, gaining powers rivaling the KING of Spades, the strongest among the Royal Flush Five!"
"No way..."
"And speaking of which, Your friends are going to give me such power to guarantee your safety!"
END FLASHBACK
"Your not the only one who lost family due to traitors. JOKER killed my entire family before he began to hunt me down." Jezebel explained, reverting to her D-Brid form, stretching her wings out.
"So then I guess we're in the same boat?"
"Yeah... Yeah we are."
"Hey there you guys are!" Nolan's voice called behind them.
The duo looked and saw the entire gang crowd around them, getting ready to celebrate the introduction of the Nexus Royal Flush Five members. Jezebel disappeared as Jessie joined the group.
"At least we have them. They're family enough." Jezebel's voice said, causing Jessie to smile to herself.
Unknown to them, two teens standing on a building a few yards of them look at the group from the binoculars on their faces.
"So, those are the targets? The ones who killed Master Darren?" the female girl asked.
The boy teenager looked on, skimming through each member before replying. "Yep, each have SADE uniforms and Rider Beast with them."
"So when do we attack?" she asked.
"Patience. A good bounty hunter always knows patience. When the time is right, then we'll strike. For now, we just need to blend in a bit. Isn't that right, Savage?"
The familiar Saber tooth FANG Beast roared, it's eyes glued on the group. "A Predator waits for it's prey to let it's guard down. Soon, very soon we'll strike...
[END]
Will: So Ends Chapter 16 and the Awakening Arc I think we called it. Anyway, Tune in for Chapter 17, for a review of what's going on and what's going to happen. Good Night!