ENDGAME CHAPTER PART 3: TROJAN HORSE

"PSYCHE!" Shinichi shouted and then he went on the attack. The unsuspecting guards were suddenly knocked out by Shinichi.

His friends were shocked at the sudden turn of events and his mother uttered, "Shinji?"

"Come on, let's get you out of here," he said as he began pulling everyone from their chairs and towards one of the room's exits.

"Shin-kun?" Rena questioned, confused.

"OK, what's the trick here?" Mion demanded.

"I'll explain later!" said Shinichi. "Right now, you guys gotta get out of here!"

"How do we know this isn't some trick?" Keiichi asked. Shinichi simply ripped the badge off his uniform and tossed it to the ground. All blinked.

"That thing was too ugly for me anyway, in my honest opinion," Shinichi said jokingly. "Now, hurry! I've contacted ARMOR HQ!"

One of the guards, who was still alive and conscious, crawled over to the wall and slammed his hand on the alarm button.

The alarms blared.

"Crap!" Shinichi grimaced. "Come on, hurry!"

Shinichi ran towards a door and used the ChronoLiner pass on it. The door opened, leading into the ChronoLiner and they all entered one by one. "Hurry up!" The door shut and the ChronoLiner flew into the Sands of Time and into safety.

Inside the ChronoLiner, Warren was in the dining car with a cup of coffee to his lips.

Shinichi, after dusting off his clothes, saluted, "Mission accomplished, sir!"

Everyone was confused. They all looked back and forth at Warren and Shinichi, wanting to know what was going on.

"OK! OK!" Mion stood up, an angry look on her face. "Just what is going on here!"

"Oh, Mion," said Warren, smiling. "So glad to see all of you safe."

"Don't give me that!" Mion snapped, "I want to know what's going on here!"

"I think I speak for everyone when I say that we all want an explanation as well," added Shion gently.

"I told you that Shinichi had to go on a top secret assignment, right?" Warren questioned, reminding them. The light bulbs lit up on their heads as looks of realization crossed their faces.

"You mean joining GIN-SHOCKER was your top secret assignment?" asked Keiichi.

"Yup," answered Shinichi. "I was working undercover."

"It all started two weeks ago when we conducted another examination on Shinichi," Warren began. "That was when we made a startling discovery."

Takada and Dr. Magi were looking over the data as Shinichi sat upon an examination table. He had wires taped to his head. "OK, Docs, what's the verdict?"

"Gebok really doesn't do half-assed work," said Dr. Magi. "It seems he installed a Sleeper Program in you."

"A Sleeper Program?" Shinichi blinked.

Takada explained, "It's a program that's deep inside your mind. When it activates it will completely rewrite your personality, turning you into what GIN-SHOCKER intended you to be."

Shinichi gaped and asked, "Is there any way to get rid of it?"

"No," said Dr. Magi sadly with a shake of his head, "If we try to delete it you might turn into a vegetable."

"That's bad," Shinichi frowned.

"However, it can be rewritten," said Takada. "The Sleeper Program here is called…BLACK 13."

"BLACK 13?" Shinichi frowned in thought. "Wait, could this sleeper program manifest itself as a separate entity in my mind?"

"It could," shrugged Dr. Magi. "Why?"

"Because BLACK 13 and I have talked about it. I think he may have rewritten his own programming," Shinichi stated.

"That's ridiculous!" Dr. Magi remarked.

"Hey, I've seen weird stuff. Dr. Magi," said Takada, "Maybe what we have here is a bona fide miracle."

Rika scrutinized Shinichi, "You've been talking to BLACK 13?"

"He prefers to be called 'Kuro Juusan', but yes I have," Shinichi confirmed. "He's not such a bad guy, really. He hates GIN-SHOCKER as much as I do."

"So we decided to use this to our advantage," Warren continued, "We decided to plant a double agent and who better than their own BLACK 13?" He eyed Shinichi, "However, there were a few…difficulties."

"ARE YOU CRAZY IN THE HEAD!" Shinichi's voice echoed across ARMOR.

"Now, Shinichi. I realize what I propose is…unorthodox, but this is the best way to get into GIN-SHOCKER's infrastructures," Warren said while sitting comfortably in his office, facing an irate Shinichi.

"But asides from Gebok, all of GIN-SHOCKER wants to kill me!" Shinichi retorted.

"True but you also killed Nagazawa, and if there's anything the Great Leader respects it is power and so far you're a powerhouse in your world," Warren said

Shinichi felt like he was fighting a losing battle. He still demanded, nonetheless, "But why couldn't the others do it?"

"It's because they don't have a hidden personality inside them. For all GIN-SHOCKER knows you and BLACK 13 are still separate entities in the same body. They have no idea you and he have reached an understanding. All you have to do is convince them that BLACK 13 has won and hopefully they'll let you back in with open arms."

"Grr... fine, but I won't like it," Shinichi said, crossing his arms.

"Fine by me, but to make it up to you, have this," Warren said giving him a sheet of paper.

"What this?" Shinichi said

"A paper done by a student of my wife it has an interesting story on it," Warren said.

Shinichi read the paper and agreed, "OK…I accept this mission."

"Right, now let's get 'Operation: Trojan Horse' started!"

"Operation: Trojan Horse?" Satoko asked.

"It's in Greek Mythology," said Warren. "Basically, it's how an army was able to sneak their soldiers behind enemy lines by disguising it as something like a gift."

"I was ARMOR's Trojan Horse," Shinichi finished.

"So, he was missing for two weeks because of this assignment?" Satoshi asked.

"Satoshi, Shinichi was to go undercover into GIN-SHOCKER alone. It was a solo mission. We needed time to prepare Shinichi for the plan," Warren answered. "He needed to be able to act like he was on GIN-SHOCKER's side or else he would've been killed since they may suspect something."

"Which accounted for my acting," said Shinichi.

"And in order for him to finish his training without delay or distraction, we forbade him from communicating with anyone on the outside."

Everyone looked towards Shinichi who rubbed his right arm nervously as he evaded their gazes. He knew they were mad at him for this deception, but he had a good reason for it. Turning to face them, he decided to just let it out sincerely.

"Sorry, guys," Shinichi apologized, "And sorry to you too, Kaa-chan. I'm sorry about the way I acted and the things I said, but I had to make it look good."

"So, why did you have us captured?" Satoshi asked.

"They would've captured you all eventually to be used as leverage against me. I had to order you all to be captured instead so that you being in GIN-SHOCKER would be on my terms," he answered. He rubbed the back of his head and apologized, again, "Again, I'm really sorry for all this and for scaring you all like that."

"Bakayarou!" Mion yelled, thwacking him. Shinichi yelped as a large bump appeared on his head. He instinctively tried his teary-eyed look for sympathy, but Mion was having none of it."I nearly had a heart attack because of you!"

"Gomen, Mion," Shinichi apologized but suddenly blinked as Rena rushed forward and hugged him.

"Thank goodness, I knew Shin-kun wasn't evil!" Rena squealed happily, so very overjoyed at finding out that her boyfriend hadn't turned evil and was in fact the same person she fell in love with. He had only been pretending to be evil.

"Glad to hear that it was all an act," said Keiichi, relieved. "I didn't want to turn into a Cyborg Mutant."

Shinichi stated jokingly, "It was tempting, though. When I joined up they offered to make me clones of Rena, Mion and Shion to be my harem of love slaves."

"Ah, now that is what you should've used when you tried to persuade me," Keiichi said jokingly, earning him a slight glare from Mion and Rena pinching her boyfriend's cheek. "But you made sure to say no, right?"

"Of course!" Shinichi said, sweating. A little pervert he may be, but he knew what not to say in front of his girlfriend. However, giving up a harem of Mions, Shions, and Renas was pretty darn hard. Not that he would have accepted. Really. One Rena was all he needed.

"Shinji..." Shiori said happily she should've known better. Her son would never join warmongers like GIN-SHOCKER. All the hurt she felt at her son's words in that horrible base was quickly withering away in the light of how it was an act. A painful one, but an act nonetheless, and easily forgotten when the danger had passed.

"I'm happy you're back to normal, nipah," Rika said happily.

"I really am sorry for worrying you guys," Shinichi said, gently rubbing Hanyuu's head as she bawled into his side, so relieved to hear that he wasn't a bad guy and wasn't going to do bad things to anyone but bad guys.

"Don't ever do that again," Satoko warned, huffing cutely as if Shinichi had just been doing something dumb rather than betraying them all to GIN-SHOCKER.

"Now, now Satoko-chan. He only did what he did to find out more about GIN-SHOCKER," Satoshi said.

"Yeah," Shion responded a little peevishly, but then grinned as she said "Well there's one way you can make it up to us."

"What?" Shinichi said.

"A punishment game!" Mion and Shion declared. Shinichi paled. Seeing both Mion and Shion so animated about a punishment game meant that it was going to be a doozy. One that he probably won't be able to live down for quite some time.

"Hold on, kids," said Warren. "We have important business to discuss here first. Then you can have your punishment game."

"Excuse me, Warren-san," said Shiori seriously. "May I have a word with you?"

"Of course," nodded Warren, knowing what this was about. As they moved away from the youngsters who were discussing how to punish Shinichi, Shiori glared at Warren.

"How could you send my son into the heart of the enemy organization?" asked Shiori. Due to the risks involved in Shinichi's assignment, she wanted to know how Warren could send a child, especially her child, into something like that. She was upset about Shinichi's behaviour in GIN-SHOCKER, despite it all being a clever ruse. Things he had said were very painful and made Shiori question her abilities as a parent much like how her mother-in-law would time after time again. She didn't blame her son, knowing he had no choice. However, she did blame Warren for putting her baby in such a position to make him act that way.

"I did it because he was the perfect candidate," explained Warren. "We took their Sleeper Program and turned it against them."

"It still doesn't excuse what you put my family through."

Shinichi, overhearing, decided to add in his two cents as well as he approached them.

"Kaa-chan, Gebok made me into an infiltration unit. It was the only way we could get anymore info out of GIN-SHOCKER. Sure, ARMOR can send spies but only someone in my position can get 100 percent clearance to all their plans. Warren-san did what he had to do and I did what I had to do in order to save the world," added Shinichi.

Shiori glared at Warren, still not accepting the answer. "Tell me Warren-san, do you know what it's like to lose a child?"

Warren was silent for a moment. "Shiori…I know exactly what it's like to lose a child. The only difference is yours came back. Mine won't."

Shinichi, figuring it was best to change the subject, decided to inform Warren of something important, "Warren-san, I managed to acquire the data from GIN-SHOCKER's computers."

"Good work, Shinichi," said Warren. Warren's cell phone started to ring and he picked it up. "Hello?"

"Warren." It was Ryuki. "I mean Director-san, we have a situation. Put me on speaker so I can tell Shinichi."

"OK," said Warren as he put his cell phone on speaker. "Talk to me."

"We've just received reports that GIN-SHOCKER's entire army is headed to Hinamizawa through the old abandoned quarry behind the mountains."

The Hinamizawans gasped. In years past, there indeed was a quarry near Hinamizawa which carved out blocks of stone used for buildings, art, and other projects. However, the stone which made the quarry so lucrative dried up and the company which ran the quarry went bankrupt as it vainly tried to find more. They couldn't even take away the equipment which had been left to rust. Some kids from nearby towns liked to go there at night and try to scare each other or do other things teenagers liked to do.

"We've sent the NEO-NUMBERS but I doubt they'll be there on time," Ryuki informed him.

"Send me, Warren-san!" Shinichi pleaded. "Let me stall them!"

"No!" Shiori protested. Shinichi stared at his mother. She looked frightened, despite her eyes being narrowed and her eyebrows furrowed. "Shinji, you can't!"

"I have to," said Shinichi. "If I don't then the village and everyone in it will be destroyed." He said to Warren, "Get me down there. I'll stall them until reinforcements arrive."

"OK, just don't die," Warren said to Shinichi.

"Hey, who do you think I am?" Shinichi said with a cocky grin. He turned to his mother and gave her a hug. She didn't want to let him go, however. "Don't worry, Kaa-chan. I'll be fine."

"Hey, Shin-chan," said Mion, "You better come back. You have a punishment game to perform."

"I got it, Mion," said Shinichi. Rena grabbed him by the front of his shirt and pressed their mouths together in a passionate kiss. She broke the kiss, looking him dead in the eye.

"Please, come back to Rena," she pleaded.

"I will, Rena-chan," he promised.

"Shinji, be careful," Shiori said to her son.

"I will, Kaa-chan," he said with a nod.

The dining car door opened as the ChronoLiner flew over Hinamizawa. They were really high up. They were now over the quarry and Shinichi could see the GIN-SHOCKER army marching towards the village, prepared to raze it to the ground.

Shinichi formed his belt and he jumped out of the ChronoLiner, freefalling straight down to the quarry. "HENSHIN!" he called out loudly and his armor formed on him, completing the change once his eyes flashed. "LET'S RIDE: SHOWA!"

Kamen Rider Chrome: Soon, the final battle between Showa and GIN-SHOCKER. The battle is gonna be huge. Let me tell you this much: ALL RIDERS VS GIN-SHOCKER!