Devlin opened up his locker only to be once again harassed by his newest "houseguest".

"Young man, listen! Your father sent me-!" Fangula was unable to finish as Devlin slammed the locker door in his face. "Ouch…"

Devlin sighed and felt someone tapping his shoulder. He turned to see that it was his girlfriend, Danielle. "Hey, Dev," she greeted.

"Hello, Danielle," he said to her, sighing a bit. Danielle appeared puzzled.

"OK, what's wrong?" Danielle asked. Devlin opened up his locker and pointed inside. Danielle peered inside to see, flapping its wings on the inside, a robotic looking black and gold bat with red eyes and sharp fangs. "What is that?"

"My dear," the bat said, clearly offended. "I am now a what, I am a who. I am the great Count Fangula the 3rd!"

Devlin added, "He claims to be a great vampire bound into this vessel against his will. My father sent him to me with that new violin you saw."

"He's kinda cute," Danielle admitted. Fangula facefaulted. Devlin chuckled. "Anyway, don't be late for class."

"I won't," Devlin smiled before closing the locker again but was stopped when Fangula got his head out.

"You are not locking me in here, boy!" Fangula cried out angrily.

"Watch me," Devlin hissed but Fangula was quicker as he flapped his wings and flew off. Devlin closed the locker and leaned against it. Why in the world would his father send him an annoying little vampire bat-thing?

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Devlin was roughly slammed into a wall before he was forced to change out of his Orphenoch form. He was dazed but the demon in front of him was what he was worried about more.

It was a Fangire.

Fangires were vampires who had renounced nearly all of their humanity, able to assume monstrous half-animal forms. They feed off the life force of humans and this one had been doing it for quite some time now. It had several features resembling a large spider as it tried to scurry away from its last victim's abode. However, Devlin had seen it and went to engage it, changing into the Bat Orphenoch.

Even his Orphenoch Form was proving ineffective against this new foe. He'd always thought the Fangires were a myth amongst his kind. That was the last time he'd question those stories.

"Boy!" someone yelled and Devlin hissed. Now what?

Fangula flapped down and asked, "Are you alright?"

"Do I look alright?" Devlin shot back in a cynical tone. "Now, go away. I'm fighting here!" He was ready to change again but then he hissed. Changing again hurt.

"Lister, boy!" Fangula cried out, face to face. "Your father sent me to you for a reason!"

"Why would my father send a scrawny looking bat to me for?" Fangula didn't answer and immediately bit down on Devlin's arm. "Ow! Hey, get off!" However, the dhampir froze as he felt a sort of rush enter him. It felt like chains running into his body through where Fnngula was biting. The chains then wrapped themselves around his waist before they melded together into a strange blood red belt. Fangula removed himself from Devlin. "What is this?" Devlin asked, looking down on the belt.

"Just watch!" Fangula said as Devlin stood up. The small vampire flew at the belt before attaching himself to it, hanging upside down. "Wake Up!"

Devlin once again felt the rush as his body began to change again. It was unlike his change into an Orphenoch or when he turned into his vampire form.

The Fangire turned to regard the changing Fangire and watched as the transformation unfolded.

In Devlin's place was a tall and muscular armored man. Clad in a full black bodysuit, his torso armor was blood-red and appeared to mimic muscles. It had a high collar and skull shaped shoulder guards. The gauntlets were black, trimmed with red and had spiked bracelets. The fingers were covered in blood red armor, ending with claws. The left boot was black with red trim but the right boot was silver and surrounded by chains, as if binding something. The head was covered by a black helmet with a visor resembling the shape of a bat. The visor housed a pair of sharp red eyes.

Presenting…champion of darkness…Masked Rider Fang!

Awaken to Break the Chains of Destiny!