OMAKE 4

Shinichi found himself right between Rena and Keiichi as they were about to start their showdown. Keiichi was armed with his signature weapon, a baseball bat, while Rena held her cleaver tightly. They had frozen in their tracks when Shinichi suddenly appeared on the roof with them. Surrounding the school were the police and the students Rena had taken hostage. There were also some spectators.

"OK, this isn't good," muttered Shinichi.

"I knew it!" declared Rena, pointing at Shinichi. "The aliens have come!" Shinichi looked into her eyes and they were not filled with the warmth and kindness of his Rena.

"I don't know who you are and how you got here," said Keiichi carefully. "But you better get away before—no, Rena! Stop!"

Rena was already charging at Shinichi, swinging at him with her cleaver. Before the blade could connect with him and cause a bloody mess, he caught it deftly in his hand. He clutched it tightly as she tried to pry it from his grip. "Let go!" she demanded as he tried to pull, but it wouldn't budge. "Let go! I have to stop the aliens!"

Shinichi's eyes narrowed. She was infected, by the looks of it. That meant the Darkloid was nearby. He looked over to Keiichi and said, "I'll leave her to you, Keiichi." He then pushed Rena backwards and summoned his belt. "Henshin! Let's Ride: Showa!" In a flash of light the puzzle pieces bonded to his form, creating his black and white armor.

Rena screamed again, "ALIEN!" Everyone gasped at Showa's appearance. He leapt off the roof and went in search of the Darkloid. It had to be close, hidden, and feeding on Rena's negative emotions.

He snapped his fingers. The storage shed! He darted towards the store and went inside. The darkness hid the demonic entity well but the 3 red eyes that were staring back at Showa confirmed that it was there…and ugly too. It crawled towards him, revealing it to be a three-eyed giant maggot with sharp teeth. It lunged towards Showa and the Rider jumped to the side. The monster crashed through the wall of the storage shed.

People screamed at the appearance of the monster and the police acted quickly, aiming their guns at it. They were also eyeing Showa in suspicion. Attention was now split between the Keiichi VS Rena fight on the roof and the Showa VS Maggot Darkloid that was on ground level.

Showa kept dodging as the Maggot Darkloid lunged at him, attempting to take a bite out of him. It then spat a viscous fluid at Showa. It hit him on the chest and sizzled. Acid! It was eating through his armor!

The police opened fire on the Maggot Darkloid. It turned its attention towards the police force and opened its mouth to spit its corrosive fluid at them.

"NO!" Showa shouted as he jumped on the creature's back. Now the Maggot Darkloid was bucking about, trying to toss him off. Showa's grip tightened. He had to subdue it now!

"RIDER BOMB!" Showa called out as he summoned a ball of bio-energy and slammed it down on the creature's head, causing an explosion. The Maggot Darkloid screeched and then tossed Showa off. Showa landed on his feet and glared at the monster as it began to roll itself into a ball. Instantly, a cocoon formed over its body and in a matter of seconds the cocoon broke, releasing a huge fly. The fly buzzed and flew into the night sky.

"You're not getting away! Let's Ride: Skyrider!" His armor changed into that of the sole flying Kamen Rider and he took off after the newly evolved Fly Darkloid.

The Fly Darkloid made a turn and fired a stream of acid at Showa. The Rider avoided the stream and picked up speed.

"SKYRIDER KICK!" Showa roared as he flipped his body around and aimed his right leg at the Darkloid, his left leg tucked in.

SMASH!

His kick collided with the Darkloid and he went right through, making a hole in its body. The Darkloid exploded.

Showa looked down upon the roof and saw Keiichi and Rena hugging. He was relieved. He then flew off, hoping to find a way out of this world and back to the world where his Rena was waiting for him.

"It happened again, didn't it?" Rika asked Shinichi.

"Bingo," nodded Shinichi.

"What was it this time?" asked Hanyuu.

"The one where Rena-chan went nuts and took the school hostage because she believed aliens were coming," Shinichi answered.

"Another Darkloid?" asked Rika.

"Yeah. It was hiding in the shed near the school. It was sucking up Rena's paranoia like an all you can eat buffet," Shinichi grimaced. "Didn't help that the stupid thing looked like a maggot."

"Ew!" Hanyuu gagged.

"This does continue to prove that the Darloids are the source of the syndrome though," Rika nodded. "What happened after you defeated it?"

"I saw Rena hugging Keiichi," Shinichi answered. "I was too far away to see al the details so either she collapsed suddenly or she snapped out of it."

"I hope no one was mad at her, au," Hanyuu mumbled.

"After all that she'd have to be taken in," said Shinichi, frowning sadly. "Plus she killed two people already. I just wished I could've stopped her then."

"It's pointless to dwell on things that have happened," said Rika seriously. "The best you can do is move on. However, if the opportunity to stop such incidents is presented to you, take advantage of it."