Prologue:
"RIDER KICK!" a Zecter announced as many zombies were dazed from the hyperspeed attacks of the Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle-based rider. The rider let out a shout and then did hyper-fast kicks on the zombies, destroying each one of them. As the dust cleared, the rider sighed.
"Reno's okay, for now," the rider said.
The rider had just recently learned of the riders' defeat in Los Angeles. The tragedy had encouraged the rest of the U.S. to quarantine themselves as best as they could. Much of California had already been populated by zombies, as their numbers rose by the thousands. The rider had helped created a wall between the borders of California and Nevada. Even so, the zombies were spreading.
"Hey Arashi, how is Reno?" a man asked.
"Clear, the zombies are cleared for now. They'll be back," the rider said. The rider had taken the alias Arashi Satuko to avoid suspicion and for safety reasons. Every new place he went to defend the world from the zombies, he took a new name, occasionally successfully.
"Good, we're gonna have to get a daily check on the Nevada Wall from now on, a zombie snuck through, but was killed before it got anywhere," the man said.
"I'm aware of the situation, thanks Mr. Clane," the rider said, he hung up the call.
"Hanging around in the States now huh," another rider said, the voice was familiar.
"Yaguruma," the rider said.
"Not just him," there was a third.
"Kageyama," the rider said.
"It's no use keeping an alias, we know who you are," Yaguruma said.
"I thought you two were dead already," the rider said.
"You had disappeared as well, Kabuto," Kageyama said, saying the rider's name in a dark voice.
"I knew some rider would find me. Instead of picking a fight with me, why don't you hunt down the zombies?" Kabuto asked.
"Funny story, old friend. We're never going back to the light again," Yaguruma said.
"Aniki's right, we are the darkness," Kageyama said.
"So be it then," Kabuto said. "I'm sure you're fully aware you cannot beat me."
Kageyama scoffed, and Yaguruma smirked. Kabuto heard the Hopper Zecters bouncing, and they soon made their ways towards their hands.
"Henshin," they both said, then stuck the Zecters into their slots. "HENSHIN" the Zecters announced both at once as the rider armor formed around them. "CHANGE KICKHOPPER" "CHANGE PUNCHHOPPER," the Zecters announced. An ominous silence filled the air.
The Hoppers let out a battle cry then charged at Kabuto. Kabuto simply ducked through both of their punches, and then kicked KickHopper in the back. He then did a sweep on PunchHopper, who tripped and fell. KickHopper got up, and jumped at Kabuto. Kabuto grabbed him and swung him away, not before PunchHopper hit him with a punch right at the chest with Kabuto stumbling back.
"You're getting shabbier, Kabuto," PunchHopper sneered. In reply, Kabuto again tripped PunchHopper and landed a karate chop on his chest before he hit the ground.
"I return the favor," Kabuto mumbled. KickHopper was then running towards Kabuto, and Kabuto clocked up and elbowed KickHopper from behind.
"And I thought I was just getting shabby," Kabuto said. Both riders growled and hurled punches at Kabuto, but he caught both and kicked both in the stomach.
"Okay, no more mister nice guy," PunchHopper said.
"Let's go," KickHopper said. Their hands shifted towards the side of their belt, and they pressed the pads.
"CLOCK UP" the zecters announced as the Hopper Riders began tossing Kabuto around. They finally kicked him off towards the wall of a local inn. But Kabuto looked unfazed.
"I thought your Zecters weren't designed to use clock up," Kabuto remarked.
"Save it, we had an upgrade," KickHopper said coldly.
"Shut up and fight," PunchHopper said, then rushed at Kabuto.
Kabuto sighed, and then he blocked some of PunchHopper's attacks, then got out his ZECT Kunai Gun, turned it into axe mode, and started to slash at him. KickHopper then kicked him in the knee, causing Kabuto to bend down, but Kabuto regained his composure and then blasted KickHopper several times with the Kunai Gun. Kabuto then activated clock-up and slashed at the two riders with his Kunai Gun in Kunai form.
"Why do you even try," Kabuto mused. PunchHopper growled, and then activated his Rider Jump. PunchHopper jumped high in the air, aiming a punch right at Kabuto's face. Kabuto then inputted the button sequence (3, 2, 1) and then switched the Kabuto Zecter's horn to its default position…
"Rider…Punch," Kabuto said, then he flipped the horn switch again, and the Kabuto Zecter announced "RIDER PUNCH". The energy charge surged through the Zecter, to Kabuto's horn, and then to Kabuto's fist. PunchHopper continued to fly downward until Kabuto narrowly dodged the Hopper's attack, and hit PunchHopper in the stomach, making him fly backwards into KickHopper. PunchHopper groaned in pain as his armor deformed.
"Give it up," Kabuto said.
"And I thought your Zecter couldn't do a rider punch," KickHopper said, sounding interested.
"I also had a few upgrades," Kabuto admitted.
KickHopper then ran towards Kabuto, where they exchanged several punches and kicks until KickHopper made the wrong move with his foot, Kabuto took advantage of the mistake, and thrust his Kunai Gun towards KickHopper's throat.
"I win," Kabuto said, and then blasted KickHopper with the Kunai Gun. KickHopper crashed into some fences and then his armor deformed. He chuckled as he got up.
"Strong as ever, heaven-walker, you still have more yet to come," Yaguruma said.
"I'll be ready for it," Kabuto said. Yaguruma then picked Kageyama off the ground.
"What was the point of this?" Kabuto asked.
"Preparations for your little spat with the undead," Kageyama grunted.
"Hmmph, you provided me quite a challenge. But why'd you attack me?" Kabuto asked.
"I thought we were so-called friends," Yaguruma looked up.
"I don't think much of each other as friends," Kabuto said. "Don't give up the light, you haven't lost everything."
"I did when I lost the Zecter," Yaguruma said, referring to his past as Masked Rider TheBee.
"You both did, and you should've stayed in the light," Kabuto said.
Kageyama chuckled, "No use, no use."
"Yaguruma, you should make that tofu dish for me again. I hope you hadn't lost your cooking skill," Kabuto said.
"Maybe soon, maybe never," Yaguruma mused.
"Aniki, let's just go. See you around, Kabuto," Kageyama said, sneering at the word Kabuto. As they walked away, Kabuto sighed.
"I'll never understand those two," he said, and then he walked away as well.
ZECT Main Facility
"What the hell happened out there?" Mr. Kagami asked.
"We lost," Draco said miserably.
"Casualties?" Mr. Kagami pressed.
"12," Draco said miserably again.
"I'm going to ask you again, what happened out there?" Mr. Kagami asked.
"Your nuke didn't work for shit," Draco growled.
"How?" Mr. Kagami asked.
"Some of the zombies were instantly vaporized, the others were mutated. More zombies came from other directions, some we didn't even know of. We had a full check on the city, but those zombies came in from elsewhere," Draco said.
"And where is Faisal?" Mr. Kagami asked more.
"Dead, he went insane, attacked me, and forced the rest of the riders to help him," Draco growled.
"What of Team Unicorn?" Mr. Kagami asked.
"Half of them are still okay," Draco said.
"Good, because I'm placing James Perez as leader of Unicorn," Mr. Kagami finished.
"I lost men too Mr. Kagami, you're going to shorten my command as well?" Draco demanded.
"Team Unicorn has fewer men, and we need to even out the teams," Mr. Kagami replied.
"That means the other teams have more men," Draco growled.
"A necessary step, you're dismissed," Mr. Kagami yelled.
Draco sighed, but then stomped out of Mr. Kagami's office.
"I don't get what the hell that old man is thinking," Draco thought. He came over to James and Alex, who were chatting with several Unicorns and Dragons.
"James, you're dismissed from Team Dragon. From now on, you're in command of Team Unicorn, orders of Kagami," Draco said.
"Me? Really? That's surprising!" James said.
"This isn't a joke," Draco growled. "We don't have enough time to make jokes now."
"Well, I'll take the offer," James said, shrugging.
Draco then went off, going into his dorm. He heard several Unicorns approve of Kagami's order.
"Fuck this shit," Draco said to himself, then he fell asleep.
Somewhere in the ZECT facility
Alex felt Draco's pain. She was placed in a Special Forces squadron when she had almost none experience, she was later placed in her original role, but to her squad, it wasn't much of a bad idea.
When she heard of their loss at Los Angeles, she knew there wasn't going to be a happy ending. When she tried asking Draco, he flipped her off in anger.
"I'm just trying to be helpful!" Alex had said.
"Just go away," Draco had growled.
She never knew the reason why, but Faisal Dunkshovie had attacked him ferociously, as she heard from some riders. Alex had guessed the attack traumatized him, and he felt that he couldn't rely on anyone anymore.
"I feel bad for him," Alex had said to James. James had been a good friend to her, and she was beginning to like him.
Just then, a strong wind had blown her all the way to the courtyard. Alex looked around, wondering who would carry her all the way out here.
"Hey," a familiar voice said. It was Kabuto, but Alex didn't know it yet.
"Why are you here?" Alex asked harshly.
"How's the Drake Grip," Kabuto asked.
"I've never used it yet, if only you had been in the battle," Alex grumbled.
"I was busy," Kabuto mused. "Reno had zombies too."
"I forgot. But we lost," Alex growled.
"They already lost when that plan was orchestrated. If the force fields worked, it would've been even disastrous," Kabuto said, staying calm.
"How?" Alex asked.
"It all made sense. The radiation from the nuke had mutated the zombies, enhancing them. Some zombies were vaporized just because of too much radiation. If they had used the forcefields and the NK-1000, the zombies would have even more strength. They would've clawed right through the forcefield and most of the U.S. would've been infected by now. When I heard about Riku Kagami's plans, I knew he was a dumbass after all," Kabuto explained.
"So the zombies did us a small favor…" Alex realized.
"You'd be a fool thinking the zombies would help us. The chaos isn't their fault, it's the worms'," Kabuto said.
"They're the ones causing everything right?" Alex asked. Kabuto nodded.
"You were in America that time weren't you?" Kabuto asked.
"Yeah," Alex said.
"No wonder you never knew. The worm days were one of the darkest, I faced many troubles. Most of my friends already moved away to other places, even my sister moved with my friend Hiyori," Kabuto said.
"You feel like you're home now huh?" Alex asked, crossing her arms.
"Start helping out, use the Drake Zecter," Kabuto changed the subject.
"How do I know if it's ready for me," Alex asked.
"Hmmph, it's already flying above us," Kabuto said. "Just raise the damn grip already and call to the Zecter."
Alex felt anxious, but reluctantly, she raised the Drake Grip up in the air, where the Zecter soon placed itself on the top.
"Good, it has chosen you. Press the trigger," Kabuto mused.
Alex did, and the Drake Zecter announced "HENSHIN" and armor started to form around Alex. It was one of the coolest things she had ever seen happen to her. Soon the armor had fully enveloped around her, and she looked at herself in a puddle. She looked amazing.
"Welcome to the riders," Kabuto mumbled.
"Um…thanks," Alex, now Masked Rider Drake said.
"Pull the lever on the back of the Zecter," Kabuto instructed. Alex did so, and the armor felt like it was about to fall out.
"This must be what it feels like to be in Rider Form," Alex thought. Knowing what to do, she said "Cast Off" and the armor flew off of her after she pressed the trigger.
"CHANGE DRAGONFLY" the Drake Zecter announced. Alex felt proud, knowing that she was a rider and that she could start helping out combat the zombies. But she also felt clumsy and big in the armor; she knew she couldn't fight just yet in it.
"I know what you're thinking. You're thinking you couldn't fight in that thing," Kabuto said.
"How'd you know?" Drake asked.
"Forget the questions; I'll be training you for a while now and then. In the abandoned park. You'll need to test your rider abilities. I was never a great teacher, but it's time to perfect the art of teaching," Kabuto said.
"Do you know how to do everything?" Drake asked.
"Work is as sticky as natto, I know this is gonna be a long journey," Kabuto said.
"Ha, are you going to show me how to clock up?" Drake asked.
Kabuto simply pointed to the pad on the belt, they both instinctively pressed the pad at the same time, and Kabuto started to speed away.
"This feels awesome, let's try it out!" Alex exclaimed, and then ran after Kabuto.
5 Months Later
Over the past 5 months, Alex had been secretly training with Kabuto so she could use the Drake Zecter's powers perfectly. During the time period, much of America was already overwhelmed by the zombies. The riders and ZECT were allying themselves with China and America to war with the zombies.
Alex had never revealed she was a rider to the rest of "her kind" yet, she felt that doing so would shame Daisuke Kazama. One time, Alex got depressed because she and James had a big argument. Alex didn't know what to do, so she disappeared and found Kabuto resting in the park.
"Kabuto…I don't know what to do. I don't know what's going to happen," Alex had cried.
All he had said was "If you wish for it, fate will always be your ally."
"You think this will turn out alright?" Alex asked.
"If you wish it to be so, luck will always be on your side," Kabuto said.
Surprisingly, she found herself liking Kabuto's Zen-like phrases; she felt she was having a teacher she never had before. Some things about Kabuto had troubled her, especially about why she never saw Kabuto in his human form. She had asked him, but he refused to do so. He had shown her his house one day, and while she was napping on a couch, he actually took his rider belt off and cooked a meal for the both of them. She found herself liking the rider a bit, but she still had some feelings for James. After that day, Kabuto never actually took off his Zecter.
"Angels descend during meals, therefore it is a sacred time," he had said.
Back to the present, he had stopped training her a few days ago, saying her training was complete, and he had other things to attend to. She decided to tell Riku Kagami of her training and her being Drake, and after he told Draco and Haku, the three decided not to tell anyone.
She and James had not reconciliated after their argument two months ago, and she didn't feel like starting now. James was mainly focused on helping the Unicorn Rider Team get back on track, and Alex had been training with Kabuto. Her training was something she could never get from anyone else.
She decided to go to her dorm and take a rest.
Riku Kagami's Office
"We're staging a mass attack on the zombies. While we know nuclear weaponry will be obsolete, we'll use our maser cannons from the sky and the ground," Riku Kagami said.
He was sitting with Haku Kamijo, Draco Stark, and Tsurugi Kamishiro, discussing battle plans against the zombies.
"It's been a long time since we staged an attack on the zombies. They already went from a thousand to a couple hundred thousand," Haku said, suddenly slouching.
"Over the time, they could've become more powerful as well, or gained new abilities to use against us," Draco said.
Draco was still very steamed over the loss of part of his team, but he got used to it and got over his trauma. Faisal Dunkshovie was history, he couldn't torment him anymore.
"Like what if they learn how to fly? Our air forces would be overwhelmed," Tsurugi pointed out.
"Our maser cannons are currently one of the most powerful artillery weapons on the planet. As I have learned from our good friend Kabuto, the radiation from our nuclear weaponry enhances them. Our maser cannons fire pure and deadly energy," Kagami rasped.
"Then maybe it's time to show who's dominant," Haku said, slamming a fist on the table.
"We must take caution. We have learned a lot from the zombies, and we don't want any repeated mistakes," Kagami said.
"We'll learn not to make'em," Tsurugi said.
"That is a hard thing to do," Kagami replied.
"What if the cannons give the zombies even more energy?" Draco asked.
"Rest assured, we've captured zombies and tested that maser cannons are the best thing to use," Kagami said.
"If somehow it doesn't work, it's going to fall on us," Haku said.
"What weaponry are the Chinese and the Americans using?" Tsurugi asked.
"Standard machine guns, basic army weaponry," Kagami said before Tsurugi finished.
"Well, that's fine," Draco said.
"On the other hand, not all zombies infect. Some just eat humans for food," Kagami said.
"So there's a slight chance some of America was just eaten?" Haku asked.
"ZECT scientists conducted tests. Lab-produced human flesh was made, the scientists tested on 20 zombies. 12 zombies simply bit into the flesh, the other 8 devoured it," Kagami explained.
"So some go for infection, others for food," Tsurugi said, counting his fingers.
"Right, and how will this information help us in the battle?" Draco asked, crossing his arms.
"I don't think it will, but it is good to know," Haku said.
"When will we take action?" Tsurugi asked.
"Tomorrow right when the sun rises. We'll be at the battlefield before, but once the sun rises, we fire and charge," Kagami said.
"What will the riders do?" Draco asked.
"I'm afraid during this assault they'll be the reserves, we can't risk any more riders in combat with the zombies," Kagami said, staring at Draco.
"There's a chance that the riders that were 'left behind' in the battle of Los Angeles were infected and would be roaming around with the zombies as well as trying to disable the maser cannons and infect our forces," Haku said, showing the group a screen of the last few moments of the battle, including Faisal attacking Draco and the group being surrounded.
It gave Draco the creeps, he never wanted to know what happened to them, and he was curious about why Faisal attacked him, or on top of that, went insane.
"Good point, I'll change the battle plan, having the riders simply DEFEND the maser cannons, nothing more. Standard ZECTroopers are going to be using machine-blade guns and flamethrowers," Kagami said.
"Understood," the three riders said.
Unknown Area
Faisal Dunkshovie was alive.
How? He never knew, but the only thing he knew was that his rider belt was gone. He couldn't call to the Unicorn Zecter to retrieve his belt, the Zecter was out of his control as well.
For five months, he hid underground. He found survival gear, as well as some weaponry and armor. He had been fending for himself.
He wasn't even in the battle.
Before the battle began, he remembered getting his rider belt from the camp room. Then he got knocked out. Before he went unconscious, a man looking strangely like him took his rider belt and left. The last thing he knew was that his body was dragged off into somewhere in the city.
He was lucky he was immune to the zombies' bites. They had already bit him twice, for a long time nothing happened, and the wounds healed.
As he walked towards his run-down TV, he sat on a broken couch. He knew on the news what his imposter did. He attacked his comrade, Draco and rallied as many riders as he could to their deaths. His imposter killed those riders.
Faisal immediately knew who the imposter was during that time, it was a worm impersonating him. And worms were immune to the zombies.
"Why are the worms still here?" he had thought.
Faisal was lucky he had found a rider belt and even the Zecter had responded to him. Faisal wasn't the proud leader of Team Unicorn anymore, just a rogue rider living underground away from his comrades, who think he is a traitor. He felt happy the Zecter chosen him.
It was the Leopard Zecter. He immediately knew that Sylvester Lynns had fallen in combat, probably by the imposter. Faisal was the 2nd Masked Rider Leopardo.
He didn't like the idea of being Faisal Dunkshovie anymore, as the imposter had made evil of him. He cut his hair and he became almost bald, which would've been a good look on him, if it weren't for all the dirt and the beard.
He felt bad for the loss of respect, Sylvester had been a good team member, a very good friend, and Faisal felt shamed for inheriting the Zecter.
"If only I'd been more careful…" Faisal thought.
Faisal could only think what would happen now, but as he listened closely, he heard a ship in the sky.
Aboard ZECT Aircraft
"Where are the cruisers? Sun is rising in a few minutes," Kagami asked over the phone.
"They're almost at the right locations," Draco said.
"Los Angeles cruiser, in position," a pilot on Draco's ship grumbled.
"Oregon-Washington cruiser, in position," another said.
"Nevada-Idaho-Utah cruiser, in position," a third said.
Each cruiser was soon in position, with transport ships carrying the trucks and soldiers.
Draco felt that the world didn't have much time, ZECT was launching their largest mass attack ever with the rest of the world defenseless. All their main forces were in America. Only the New England states were safe. A giant forcefield network was built protecting the very few states remaining. Draco didn't feel very confident, as in the last battle they lost heavily when winning was a great chance. Draco felt that ZECT was going to fail. But he was in no place to object to his superiors, and he just hoped for the best.
"The sun is rising…" Draco said to himself.
"Cheer up dude, we're going to win," Haku said.
"I dunno, Haku. Last time we all thought that, and we lost. I have a feeling that the world's in store for more surprises, bad surprises," Draco said softly.
"If we can't protect the Earth the zombies can be damn sure we'll avenge it," Haku growled. "The riders, us, are Earth's hope. If we can't defend humanity's hope, then what can we do?"
Draco didn't answer, and Haku walked away.
Draco had a dream, a vision depicting humanity's fate. It showed the upcoming battle, and the humans had lost. A voice had said, "Humanity deserves this fate. Your forces will vanquish, the world will slowly crumble, until humanity cease to exist. It doesn't matter how long it takes, the world will fall!"
For once, Draco had seemed to lose hope, but he couldn't show this lack of confidence towards ZECT. He had to try.
"We're going in," Draco said, and then he went down towards the teleporter where he landed on a maser cannon truck. About 200 trucks and dozens of ZECTrooper squadrons were having their guns ready. The rest of the battalions would be in position.
"Sun's rising on our side, attack is commencing," a rider said on the comlink.
"Firing at will," another rider shouted.
"The sun will be rising, Draco," Haku said. They both took out their Zecters. Draco stuck it on his staff, Haku inserted it on his utility belt. They became Masked Rider Drago and Bat respectively. Bat got out some batarangs, Drago pressed "2" on his staff.
"Let's roll," Drago said reluctantly. The sun then rose, the ZECTroopers yelled "Victory", the trucks accelerated forward, and the zombies then ran slowly towards the ZECT forces.
The trucks then fired their cannons. The zombies had managed to form ranks, but the front line of zombies vaporized. Riku Kagami was right, the maser cannons worked. But there were countless zombies behind them. Drago fired at zombies in the head with his staff, with Bat throwing batarangs at their heads and exploding or frying them next to him.
"Watch out!" Bat shouted as two zombies leapt at Drago, with hands aimed at his head, but a spray of bullets had blown their heads off. Drago and Bat looked behind, it was Drake.
"Alex! I thought we told you to stay out of this!" Bat exclaimed.
"Can't keep a good soldier down," Alex retorted, who fired at more zombies.
Drago didn't mind, but he was worried about her being infected.
"Stay close to the two of us," Drago said.
"Gotcha," Alex said.
The maser cannons had almost decimated the zombies at Los Angeles, and they were covering good distance. In the air were several fighters that also fired at the zombies. Drago wondered how things were going at the other places.
Suddenly, he saw some weird looking zombies far away, like they had new features of some sort. Behind them he also saw some giant ones, and Drago was trying to figure out how that happened.
"Fighters, take out the giants in the back," Drago commanded. The fighters flew overhead and fired at the giants, but the maser cannons did no apparent damage, and rocks flew right out of the giants' hands, destroying the fighters. "How the fuck did the zombies turn giant? Did they evolve?" Bat asked.
"I don't know but we have to keep fighting!" Drago shouted, he suddenly had an adrenaline rush, and he felt more confident all of a sudden. More giants appeared as the basic zombies were nearly vanquished.
"The zombies are darn smart, they know formations and shit," Drake said, who fired several "Rider Shooting" bolts at a giant, one stumbled and fell on another.
"The maser cannons are doing less damage on the big guys, and the weird ones are rampaging, it looks like they have varied special powers," Drago said.
Drago was right, some blasted rocks like giants, others acidic slime, and another one took his bone out and knocked a ZECTrooper unconscious.
Two trucks exploded beside them, and another in front of them. More ZECTroopers fell beneath the zombies and what was left of them were pieces of fabric, helmet, and flesh. Still, the battle went on with maser cannons firing and zombies rushing.
"It seems hopeless," Alex said, as three more trucks exploded. "We should fall back, the other forces aren't doing much better."
"We need to keep fighting. We can't give up!" Bat growled, as he threw a small grenade at some zombies. Another fighter exploded above them, the three riders shielded themselves from debris.
"Come on!" Drago said, he jumped on a giant's neck, then pressed "4" and slashed at its neck. The giant groaned and went down. The maser cannon operators followed his example and started aiming the cannons at the giants' necks, they went down after a few hits, and Los Angeles was clear. The ZECT forces cheered
"Hey! Now's not the time to cheer in victory, we have plenty of distance left!" Bat announced, and the ZECTroopers marched along with the trucks towards another location.
Just as they were walking out of Los Angeles, a series of distress calls were heard.
"We're being defeated at Michigan!" a voice shouted.
"ZECT Trucks being trampled at Phoenix!" another cried.
"Giant zombies destroying the carriers, we need immediate backup!" a third screamed.
"We're getting pounded, what are we gonna do?" Bat asked.
"I have a plan. ZECT can no longer fight the zombies, but we can still survive for another day. A carrier with the trucks will go and fight on, trying to stop the assault. Meanwhile, the rest of us go back to main base, and we will try to defend the rest of the world," Drago said.
"All our forces are in America," Drake said.
"Many riders are probably infected or killed," Bat said.
"We gotta evacuate, hide, wait for some miracle," Drago said.
"We're giving up? What kind of warrior gives up?" Bat asked.
"We don't have a fucking choice, unless you wanna turn into a zombie and make us kill you," Drago growled.
"We, will, fight," Bat growled murderously.
"You're like Faisal, nothing held back, you wanna become like him?" Drago asked.
"No, I just…." Bat lowered his voice, but there was darkness in it.
"A noble warrior would know what to do, and as a noble rider, I suggest we retreat. There's nothing we can do," Drago said.
"Fine, but we need to help Mr. Kagami," Bat said.
"Finally you fucking understand what the fuck's happening. The zombies are probably already out of the U.S. In time, they'll go to the rest of the world, and Earth is doomed to despair. ZECT will survive, if we retreat," Drago said.
"How about the riders?" Drake asked.
"Even we can't do anything. The zombies track our Clock Up movements, there are too many zombies even if we're powerful enough to take down a hundred giants," Drago growled.
"Enough riders are dead, we can't risk anymore riders gone," Drake remarked.
"Enough are infected," Bat said.
"You're right," Drago replied.
"Which means they have the means to find us right now," Drake stammered.
"Good thing the carrier had left," Bat sighed.
Just then the three riders were hit by a series of fast slashes, they were brought down to the ground. Five infected riders appeared out of nowhere.
"Infected," Drake said, getting up.
"We gotta fight them," Drago growled, pressing "1" on his staff. Bat activated his arm blades.
The three charged. Drago took two on with his staff. He knocked one in the head with a butt of his staff, but another dodged his slash, Drago found himself going on the defensive when a rider had gotten out two pincer-like weapons and started to swipe at him.
"A crab rider…it must've been Pincer," Drago thought. Pincer raised both blades and brought them down, but Drago had rolled out of the way. Drago hit him in the back with his staff, then blasted him with his "2" laser, but Pincer kept walking like nothing happened.
In the meantime, Bat snapped a zombie's neck, making it dance around. He threw an exploding batarang at one, but the zombie only stepped back a few feet. The zombie whose neck he had snapped then bit his armor, and Bat grunted and ripped the rider zombie's head off.
Drake repeatedly blasted the zombie rider with bullets, but the rider's tough turtle shell was in the way.
"Come on you fucking turtle!" Drake shouted. The two riders ran toward a clearing and they started to clash, exchanging punches and kicks. The zombie repeatedly tried to bite her, but Drake's training with Kabuto had taught her a lot of methods to dodge the zombie bites. Drake folded up the Drake Zecter's wings into its scope mode, and targeted the zombie. Drake pulled the throttle, beginning the power charge. Once the charge was complete, Drake pulled the trigger, and shot a giant energy ball at the zombie, but before the ball hit its target, Drake clocked up. He did pulled the throttle and shot at the zombie 10 more times. The zombie rider was nothing but dust.
Bat and Drago defeated their opponents as well, and rushed over to Drake.
"Kabuto taught you well," Bat said.
"But we must go," Drago said.
The three riders then ran off to the nearest air station. They found a plane and flew back to ZECT…
2 Years Later, Underground Los Angeles
ZECT had lost, and much of the world was overtaken. The only continents left uninfected were Australia and Asia, but Faisal knew soon, that those places would be gone. Many cities that still thrived quarantined themselves very strictly, with many rules and defenses to help drive out zombies. Everyone knew that the war was lost, and what was left of humanity had to survive. Faisal knew that few riders were alive, among the ones who showed their faces on television, he recognized Drake, TheBee, Bat, Drago, and a few others.
It was literally on the headlines. "Earth Doomed To Fall From Zombie Apocalypse! The Danger Is Real". Faisal survived and thrived underground miraculously for a long time, but was almost killed by a zombie rider who managed to get past all of his booby traps. It was Kabuto that had saved him, but now he had left.
Kabuto trained him extensively, helping him with strategies and tactics he had never heard of. Kabuto had also helped him get rid of his fear of heights and let him get used to the surface again. But then, Kabuto never showed his identity, he seemed to always keep the rider armor on him.
"Must be a phobia of some sort," Faisal had thought.
After a short bout with some stray zombie rider, Kabuto had suddenly left. When he got back underground, Kabuto had left a letter saying "the one who walks the path of heaven goes elsewhere".
Faisal walked out back the makeshift door he made to the surface, and looked outside at the ruins of Los Angeles. He pulled out a cigarette and smoked it.
"There might be zombies everywhere, but it's good to enjoy the moment," Faisal said.
He had secretly hoped that somewhere out there, someone would save humanity.
A/N:
The Hunger Games/ Batman Story has been postponed and it will be released next year. Stay tuned?
Sorry for the late release of the next chapter, some personal issues came up. I'll have it released a bit later along with the first chapter of the Caped Crusader Trilogy.