Desperate times call for desperate measures. The Plantars were being held by the FBI, and Anne not wanting to completely destroy the facility to find them and rescue them, decided to be more surgical with her plan. So, she put in a call to the people she thought might not only agree to help her and the Plantars, but also people she figured could keep the secret of Amp. After texting everyone, they were instructed to meet at Terri's warehouse.
After a couple of hours, everyone began to arrive. The first was Humphrey, he was a short, elderly man, that strangely resembled Hop Pop's human disguise. Hop Pop gave up his chance at being a big movie star to the old man who was himself a struggling actor, and the two had maintained contact ever since. The next two were Ally and Jess, the I. T. Gals, who have helped more than once with Frobo's partial reconstruction, and the parade float. After them was Molly Jo, Frog-Man's fan and the same girl Anne saved from getting accidentally poisoned by her grandfather who turned into a Dopant. And lastly, were members of the "Ba Train" from the Thai temple, since they, along with a few others at the temple, knew about the Plantar's true identity.
"My, my, isn't this quite the eclectic gathering," said Humphrey as he surveyed the group.
Ally and Jess were already captivated by the elaborate setup of Terri's control station and portal machine, even if they had no idea that it was a portal machine.
Dr. Jan and Terri gathered up with Anne and her parents and began discussing what was going to happen.
"Are you sure you want to tell them?" Dr. Jan asked.
"We don't have much of a choice. If I don't, my only other option is to just drop into the base and…well…tear the place apart looking for them. I might end up hurting a lot of people, and I don't want to do that. As ticked as I am at them, they're just people following orders, they don't know any better," said Anne.
Terri nodded as they said, "Well, I applaud your reasoning. Considering we also don't know the full layout of their base; it could have an underground facility that we can't see. Being surgical with our approach is a more logical solution."
"Mom, Dad, what do you think?" Anne asked.
"Anne, we trust your judgement," said Bee.
"And we'll support your decision, whatever you decide," Oum added.
Anne smiled and nodded at her parents before walking to the gathered individuals. With her parents at her left and Dr. Jan and Terri at her left.
"Thank you all for coming on such short notice," said Anne.
"Mị̀ pĕnrị mị̀mī pạỵh̄ā (Aw, it's no problem)," said Ba Med.
"Yạng ngị reā k̆ beụ̄̀x xyū̀dī (We were bored anyway)," said Papu.
"I am a little confused as to why I'm here. You said that this has something to do with Frog-Man," said Molly Jo.
"Yeah…It does, and it concerns me and my family, too," said Anne.
Anne took a deep breath as she steeled her resolve. "Okay, here's what's going on…"
And so, Anne told them everything. The war that was to come, the battles she fought as Amp, and of course, her relationship with the Plantar family. The people she assembled had a varying degree of expressions, ranging from shocked, scared, surprised, and intrigued. When it was over, Anne took a deep breath after finishing her info dump.
"And now the Plantars are being held by the FBI in a secret government compound," Anne finished.
Ally shook her head as she tried to absorb all this information, "Wait, wait, wait. Back up. The Plantars are creatures from another world?"
"You're Kamen Rider Amp!" Jess exclaimed.
"Frog-Man was a frog?! Actually, that checks out," said Molly Jo.
"Yes. And we need your help to save them. But this is serious business. If we get caught, we'll all be in huge trouble with the feds. So, if anyone wants out, no hard feelings. I know I'm asking a lot, but I won't blame you if you want to back out," said Anne.
Ally and Jess glanced at each other and then turned back to Anne.
"You've helped out the city a lot as Amp, Anne," said Ally.
"Now it's our turn to help you out," Jess added.
"You and Frog-Man saved my life. Of course, I'm going to help!" Molly Jo exclaimed.
Papu and Ba Med nodded with determination.
"We're with ya TO THE EEEEEND!" Humphrey declared, dramatically.
"Wow. So dramatic," said Molly Jo.
"Thanks, I'm an actor."
Anne glanced over her shoulder at Dr. Jan, Terri, her mother, and her father, and all four of them were happily smiling at Anne.
"So, what's the plan?" Jess asked.
Anne smirked as she laid out her plan, "Step one: Get into the compound by bringing them something they want."
Mr. X had been a bit frustrated from his interrogation of the frog aliens. None of them said anything useful or noteworthy. Honestly it was all pretty useless stuff. He didn't know if that was just to throw him off his game, or there was the other possibility, one that he did not want to be true. That these creatures were nothing more than just lost creatures from an alien world.
"I don't know, Jenners, there's definitely something else going on here. We managed to capture them, and not long after that, Amp shows up and demands we let them go. Either she's connected to those frogs, or we're missing something big," said Mr. X.
Jenny was busy typing away at a computer, and then answered via the computer's screen. [Possibly a connection. She did take out the weapons of both our helicopters.]
"Ugh, I forgot she could do that, or at the very least I had hoped we could counter her abilities. But I wonder, what connection to does that family have to those frogs? And by extension, do they have a connection to Amp?" Mr. X asked.
[Do you believe that the girl will attempt a rescue of the aliens, sir?] Jenny asked.
"Undoubtedly, she strikes me as the stubborn type who doesn't know when to give up. Make sure our contingency is ready."
Just then, Mr. X's office phone rang. He looked at Jenny who was shrugging. Neither of them were expecting a call from their superior, but then again, it was getting late, and he probably wanted a progress report.
Mr. X picked up the phone and said, "Hello?"
{Nice to speak to you again, Mr. X.}
Mr. X's eyes narrowed when her recognized that smug sounding voice. "Mr. Keisuke. I didn't expect to receive a call from you, ever."
Jenny immediately began running a trace on the phone call.
"So, to what do I owe the pleasure of this call?"
{For certain reasons, we can no longer wait for you to fumble the ball, so to speak. I have it on good authority you have the frog aliens with you.}
"Oh, you do, do you? Maybe you'd like to tell me who little birdy is that told you that?" Mr. X asked.
{Afraid not. I'll make this simple. You've already seen that Amp will come for those creatures, and we need Amp. So, I'll make this proposal. When Amp comes, you will stand aside and let us take her. No fighting, no loss of life, just you quietly handing the creatures over so that we can take Amp. How does that sound?} Keisuke asked.
Mr. X glanced over at Jenny, she rolled her finger in the air, indicating that she needed him to keep the guy talking just a bit longer. "You know, perhaps you could tell me yourself why you need Amp so badly. Is she one of yours? A rogue agent? If this is the case, then maybe we could help each other out."
{I'm afraid that's not your concern. And you can tell your partner that she's wasting her time trying to trace this call.}
Mr. X's eyes widened and then glanced a Jenny. The computer was about to pinpoint the location, but the data suddenly blanked out, and then reappeared with dozens of locations as to where the call was coming from.
"Cleaver, very clever," said Mr. X.
{So, will you surrender the creatures?}
"Their government property now, Mr. Keisuke. If you want them, be prepared to go up against the government."
{I can assure you; it won't end how you think it will. Goodbye, Mr. X.}
The line went dead, and Mr. X slammed the phone back on the receiver. "I seriously don't like that guy."
The sun had set over the horizon, and it was time to put the plan into action. Ba Med and Papu were dropped off in a borrowed black van, and from the back wheeled out a large terrarium on a cart that had a long white cloth draped over it. Inside of the terrarium was Humphrey, dressed up and painted to look like a large Amphibian.
The two elderly Thai women walked up to the gate, where a man stood guard.
"We found another frog alien," said Papu.
Humphrey did a very impressive croak.
The guard groaned a bit as he asked, "ID?"
"Got it here somewhere," said Ba Med as she searched her pockets.
While this was going on, Molly Jo, who was hiding under the cart, slipped behind the guard and quickly entered the guard shack. Once inside, she took out Pandabot, and placed it behind the computer. The little panda robot's eyes opened and released two wires that jacked into the computer and began hacking the system. From up on the road on the cliff, Ally and Jess performing the hack and managed to get into their systems.
Not only did they insert the fake FBI IDs of the two Thai women, but they also managed to find the location of the Plantars.
{You're good to go, MJ!} Jess relayed through the walkie.
Molly Jo took Pandabot and quickly slipped back under the cart, with the guard being none the wiser. Meanwhile, Ba Med "found" her ID and handed it to the guard, and just like they planned, the hack worked and cleared the two women for entry.
While this was going on, Ally, Jess, Dr. Jan, Terri, Oum, Bee, and Anne worked their way to the back of the facility. It was here that Anne used her lightning powers, shooting a pinpoint lightning bolt at the fence, effectively cutting a hole in it and allowing them to get inside undetected. The five gathered at a door, that, thanks to the aerial shots from the Swallow Cam, was decided that this would be their point of entry into the facility itself. Anne waited a couple of minutes and then knocked on the door two times. The door opened and revealed Papu and Ba Med. The rest entered through the open door, and now the team had been assembled.
"Alright everyone, now let's find the Plantars and return these rental suits because they were not cheap!" Anne announced.
"YEAH!" everyone cheered.
"Shh!" Oum hissed.
As the group ran towards the holding area where the Plantars were, Dr. Jan and Terri came to halt in front of a door.
"Wait, Terri! Check it out!" Dr. Jan exclaimed.
Terri glanced out through the window on the door and saw a huge power generator sitting pretty and unguarded.
"That could power the portal all on its own! Should we grab it as a 'souvenir'?" Terri asked.
"Oh, heck, yes!" Dr. Jan agreed.
The two science enthusiasts chuckled deviously as they began their little theft.
Anne and the rest of the group were still on mission and heading to the room where the Plantars were. The Thai teen checked her cellphone and stopped when they spotted the door that read, "Specimens A, B, C," on it.
"This is it! This is where they're being held," said Anne.
Anne quickly threw open the door, finding that the room was dimly lit. On one side of the room were a bunch of sliding shelves with a bunch of archived files, boxes, and other documents, while on the other were some more of the same but unsorted. At the center of the room, strangely enough, there was a terrarium sitting upon an island. Anne slowly approached the terrarium, swearing that she could make out Hop Pop's silhouette.
"Hop Pop?" Anne questioned.
Suddenly, the lights turned on, and as it turned out, it was a terrarium, but the frogs inside were just the normal Earth type.
"Oh no…"
The door immediately shut behind them, as Mr. X along with a few armed agents appeared, corning the group.
"Gotcha."
It all went wrong, Anne and her group were captured and placed in holding cells. She couldn't believe this, it felt too easy, but she didn't want to think that was the case, but now, as it turns out, it was too easy after all. Her efforts to be precise and lowkey in her extraction of the Plantars only led to herself, her family, and her friends getting incarcerated.
The bars on the cell doors slammed shut behind her, locking Anne in with her parents. Molly Jo, Jess, and Ally were in a separate cell, while Humphrey, Ba Med, and Papu were in another. All of the had defeated looks upon their faces, and as if to make things worse, Mr. X was still there, smirking smugly at his victory over their ragtag group.
"Ugh! What have you done with the Plantars?! Give them back!" Anne demanded as she reached for the cell's bars.
"Nuh-uh, I wouldn't do–"
Anne grabbed the bars and was immediately shocked by them. She figured it out the moment she touched them but pretended to be hurt from the electricity so as not to raise suspicion.
"That. Bars are electrified, ladies and gentlemen, so don't get any ideas," said Mr. X.
"Just give them back!" Anne demanded, again.
"Hmm. No. Sorry, honey, but they're government property now."
Mr. X raised his fist, and one of the agents came up and gave him a fist bump.
"You can't do this! We have rights," said Anne.
"Oh, is that so? Well, let's break that down a bit, shall we? You all broke into a government facility, hacked our system to create false identities in order to gain entry into said compound, and all in an attempt to pilfer three extraterrestrials, literal foreign aliens legally captured by the US government."
Mr. X walked up to the bars and leaned over so that he was at eye level with Anne.
"Honey, with that list of offenses, you all are practically enemies of the state. I can do whatever I want. I'm a highly top specialized federal agent. And you? Ha! You're nothing but a child. Heck, you wouldn't have even gotten this far without mommy and daddy over there," Mr. X mocked.
Anne looked away from Mr. X as she tried to counter what he said, "I…That's not…"
"Face it, kid. It's time to stop playing hero before it gets you all in serious trouble. Oh, wait. You're already in serious trouble! Ahahaha!" Mr. X laughed as he walked out of the cell room. "Today is a good day!"
Anne backed away from the bars, looking crestfallen. She tried to do this carefully, and with minimal use of her powers. But it seems that she wasn't enough in the end, and now everyone was going to pay the price for it.
"Don't listen to that jerk, Anne," said Molly Jo.
"Yeah, he's just a well-dressed blowhard," Humphrey added.
"No…he's right…How am I supposed to fight The Night, defeat Andrias, and save Sasha, if I can't even bring myself to say goodbye to my parents," said Anne.
Oum and Bee were shocked to hear that.
"I thought I could do all of this, that everything would be okay if I just fought hard and made sure no one got hurt. But I couldn't protect Marcy…I lied to you guys when I got here to try and spare you what happened to me…I…I keep acting like all of this stuff isn't weighing down on me but…it just…it is, and…now that I think about not seeing you again…"
Oum and Bee walked over to their daughter and sat down next to her, one of them on each side.
"Anne, I've said this before, but I don't think it's fair that you have to shoulder something so heavy and so dangerous on your own, and even now I still pray that someone or something will take that burden away from you so you can just have a normal life," said Oum.
Anne sniffled as she glanced up at her mother.
"But, even so, I've seen how much you've grown from all that you've done. All the hardships you've been through, have helped to shape you into the girl I always knew you could become."
Oum reached out with both her hands and cupped Anne's face as she looked into her daughter's eyes.
"I am so proud of you, Anne. Even in this moment, I am still proud of you. It's okay to admit that it's too much sometimes, not everyone can go through life without feeling the weight of something, but you are someone who can rise above and fight for what you believe in."
Bee rubbed the top of his daughter's head as he added, "You're mother is right. If there's anyone who can help to save Amphibia, it's you."
Anne looked to her father and asked, "How do you know? How do you know I won't just mess things up like now?"
"Are you kidding?! Look at all that you've accomplished! You survived for months in another world."
"Fought evil monsters and protected an entire race of people that you had no obligation to do so, but did anyway," said Oum.
"You made friends, both here, and in another world fighting alongside them to save the multiverse!" Bee stated.
Oum hugged Anne as she added, "And built me that amazing Christmas float."
"Defeated a killer robot!" Bee exclaimed.
"Two killer robots, and both using dark powers on top of that." Oum released Anne and smiled down at her. "You're not my little girl anymore Anne. You're a strong young woman. And I know you got this."
"And no matter where you go or what you're doing, we'll be with you the whole way." Bee pointed towards Anne. "I'm pointing to your heart in case you didn't get it."
Anne chuckled and hugged her father, with her mother hugging Anne as well. "I got it, Dad."
The others heard crying from across the room and noticed that one of the guards was crying.
"I wish my parents believed in me like that," he blubbered.
Just then, the power shut off. Not just to that area, but to the entire compound. The next thing that was heard were several explosions going off outside that shook the compound.
"What's happening?!" Anne asked.
Ally looked through her cell window and gasped. There were several people who looked like they were wearing white suits and had masks on their faces with a bone-like motif on it. The FBI agents were mobilized and started firing upon the intruders, but the assailants were barely even phased by this, practically shrugging off the rounds as they rushed forward and began tossing the agents around like ragdolls, or straight knocking them out with a punch. Some managed to take their weapons and began firing on the agents, forcing them to take cover.
"Holy shhhhhhiiiiii–" Ally glanced back and saw Jess giving her a scolding look, reminding her there was a child in their cell. "–iiiiiiiiitake mushrooms! It's a melee out there! A lot of people in white suits and black masks are attacking the FBI dudes! They must've killed the power!"
Anne quickly shot to her feet when she heard that. "Wait, 'white suits'?! No, Foundation X!"
"Wait, if that's true, then that means no more electric bars, and…" Jess grabbed the cell door and flung it open with ease. "No more power locks!"
Humphrey opened his cell and yelled, "FREEEEDOOOM!"
Anne threw open her cell door and headed straight for the door out of the holding room, but the two guards were still there.
"Hold it right there!" the guard ordered. "I may've been touched by your story, but I'm still gonna stop you!"
Both guards reached behind their backs and took out two stun batons. With a flick of their wrists, the batons extended and began crackling with electrical energy.
"ANNE! CATCH!" Bee shouted as he tossed a laser saber toy at Anne.
The Thai teen quickly snatched it out the air and flicked the toy so that it now fully extended. Anne didn't need her powers to deal with these guys, the first guard thrust at her with his stun baton, but Anne easily parried his thrust, smacked his wrist, and made him let it go. Anne jumped into the air and struck him in the face with a kick, knocking him against the wall and out cold.
The second guard landed a blow on her, hitting her in the back. However, despite his baton lingering on her back, Anne showed no signs of getting shocked at all. The Thai teen looked over her shoulder and smirked at the man before quickly spinning around and clocking him upside the head with the saber as hard as she could. The guard immediately fell to the ground, unconscious like his partner.
Despite knowing that Anne was Amp, it was one thing to see her as a superhero pulling off those kinds of moves, but it was another thing to see her as a young teen girl easily taking down two trained FBI agents in less than a minute. Anne looked down at one of the stun batons and picked it up. Her eyes glowed blue as she concentrated her power into the weapon. The baton's electrified rod began to generate more and more electricity until it was shrouded in blue lightning. Anne concentrated a bit more, and made the lightning form into an elongated rod, or blade depending on your perspective.
"Thanks for the assist, Dad," said Anne she tossed the toy back to her father.
Bee caught it, but then received a look from his wife.
"What? It was on sale."
"You guys wait here! I'm going to clear the way!"
Bee decided to say what they were all thinking, "Hope she doesn't kill anyone."
The room had become dark when the power went out, but the emergency lighting kicked in, bathing the hallway in an eerie red glow. The five agents were getting reports on an attack on the compound, but it was all garbled up, and hard to understand, possibly radio interference of some kind. However, that was the least of their worries as they spotted a dark silhouette at the other end of the hallway.
"Hey, who's there?!" one agent asked.
Anne smirked as she activated the baton and her powers, recreating the electric stun saber. Her blue blade and blue glowing eyes created a menacing look upon the teen, even more so in her black suit. The agents, to their credit, didn't back down and quickly broke out their own batons. Anne smirked, knowing that they had no idea about the beat down she was about to put on them. The first agent came at her head on, but twirled her stun saber around and charged for him as well. The agent swung left and right, trying to hit her. Anne found it disappointing that these agents had no real skill with a blade, because that might've saved them, might've.
The Thai teen blocked an overhead strike with her stun saber and struck the agent with an uppercut under to his chin. The blow sent the agent reeling back, allowing Anne to slash the agent across the chest. The agent convulsed as electricity ran through his body before knocking him out and putting him on the floor. The second wasn't any better as he swung wildly at her, but Anne managed to slip behind him and hit him in the back, knocking him unconscious as well.
The third agent held his baton like he would a sword and squared up with Anne. She was a little intrigued and decided to do the same as she got into a ready stance. The third agent came in with an overheard strike, which Anne blocked. He then recovered from the block and slashed from the left. Anne was impressed but still managed to block his second strike.
"Huh, you know how to fight with a sword?" Anne asked.
"LARP on weekends! No one beats me at swordplay!" he stated.
"I'm sure, but that's fantasy swordplay. I was taught the real thing!" Anne countered.
Anne ducked down and swept the man's legs, making him fall to the floor. Once down, Anne raised her stun saber and stabbed it downwards until she made contact with his stomach. The man convulsed before stopping and blacking out. The fourth agent tried to get her with a surprise attack, but Anne switched the position of the stun saber, going with a reverse grip style, and sped past him, holding out her weapon. She appeared a few feet behind him, where the agent fell straight to the floor.
Anne twirled her stun saber around until it was back in the original position. "And then there was one."
The fifth and final agent did not want any of that, threw down his baton, and banged on the door begging for someone to let him out of there.
"LET ME OUT! LET ME OUT!" he glanced over his shoulder and saw Anne casually just walking towards him. "PLEASE! PLEASE LET ME OUT!"
Anne walked up behind him and lightly tapped the agent, electrifying him and knocking him out. After he was out, she inspected the door to see why he couldn't get out, and then deadpanned.
"Uh, it said, 'pull', dude." With the hall cleared, Anne rushed back to the holding room door and informed her team, "The coast is clear! Let's go save some frogs and get the heck outta here!"
Mr. X was currently running to the aid of his fellow FBI agents. He heard the reports of people in white suits and black masks attacking the compound, he never imagined that Keisuke would be so bold as to attack them head-on like this, but he wished he had. Because now his men were getting beaten down or killed out there.
As Mr. X ran through the halls, he found himself coming face to face with a couple of the masked soldiers. They glared at him for a moment before both of them charged straight towards him. Mr. X narrowed his gaze and pointed his left arm at them, his wristwatch fired a laser and struck the first one in the chest, causing sparks to fly upon impact as that masked soldier was sent to the ground. The second masked soldier paused when he saw that, he wasn't expecting for Mr. X to have a weapon that could cause them damage, but now he was more cautious.
"What's the matter? Not feeling strong now that you know I have something that can at least put you on your ass?" Mr. X asked.
The masked soldier seemed to get angry by his assumption and dashed for him again. Mr. X narrowly dodged a punch from the solider, but then the soldier attacked with a knee strike. Mr. X put both his hands together and caught the knee strike, unfortunately, he only managed to dull the strike as it forced his hands to hit into his gut. The special agent wheezed a bit from the impact but had him where he wanted. Mr. X punched the soldier with his left fist, right into his stomach, unfortunately, the masked solider wasn't fazed in the slightest, and even gave him a look that said, "Really?"
"I think you forgot something," said Mr. X.
The soldier realized too late as Mr. X's wristwatch laser fired at point blank range. The masked soldier was pushed back some as Mr. X continued raising his fist in an uppercut, slashing the masked soldier with the laser and causing more sparks to fly from his body. The first one was about to get up, but Mr. X fired it again, throwing him back to the ground. Taking advantage of the staggered second masked soldier, Mr. X reached into his jacket and pulled out a stun baton, or what looked like one. When he flicked it, the baton extended, and elongated until it was less a baton and more a whip.
The electrified whip crackled as he raised it and lashed it towards the second soldier, wrapping it around his neck. Mr. X turned up the voltage on the whip, since he was clearly not dealing with normal human beings, he figured they could take a few extra amps of power. As soon as he did, the electricity surged all over the masked soldier causing multiple spark explosions over their body. Mr. X flicked the whip to the right, slamming that masked solider into the wall, and then again to the left side of the wall. When the masked solider stopped fighting he released him and let the solider fall to the ground.
"Okay, that was a bit difficult, but you guys don't seem all that invincible," said Mr. X.
Suddenly, a larger explosion rocked the facility, and unfortunately, it was close to Mr. X. Part of the hallway was obliterated as he was sent flying backwards and landed on his back. After shaking off the daze from the explosion, Mr. X looked back to see what happened, and saw that the other end of the hallway was shrouded in smoke, right about where the two soldiers were. From the smoke, two glowing eyes could be seen glaring right at him. Mr. X quickly got up and readied to fight as he heard heavy footsteps approaching him, however, there was a flash from inside the smoke, and those heavy footfalls were less heavy and clacked like a shoe hitting the floor. From the smoke emerged the man himself, Keisuke, with a strange belt wrapped around his torso, and, what looked like, a USB thumb drive in his right hand.
"I know I gave you the option of making this painless, but you seem to want to keep doing this the hard way, Mr. X," said Keisuke.
"Wow, so you really don't care about making an enemy of the entire US military?" Mr. X asked.
"Dear sir, I could give a rat's ass about the military. Compared to what's coming, it's insignificant. I've come here to collect, and once I've gotten it, I'll be on my way. You can make this easier on yourself and your men if you tell me where she is," said Keisuke in a no-nonsense tone.
"She? She who? You're not here for the frogs, so you must mean Amp, but she's not here!" Mr. X stated.
Keisuke shook his head back and forth in disappointment. "Mr. X, for a highly skilled and smart individual as yourself, you're really quite ignorant of the real prize you have sitting right under your nose."
Keep talking…
Mr. X quickly lashed out with the whip, but as the whip approached him, Keisuke's eyes glowed bright orange. When the whip got within five feet of him, it bounced against something. Mr. X lashed the whip again and again, but each time it bounced off against something, an invisible barrier of some kind. The special agent switched to his laser wristwatch and fired a single shot towards Keisuke. However, that same barrier that stopped his whip also bent the laser, making it cut into the ceiling and walls. Mr. X stopped the laser, unsure of what to make of this.
"A little ability that I managed to develop thanks to my usage of my Gaia Memory. Comes in handy in these kinds of situations, plus I do hate dirtying my suit," said Keisuke as he flicked some dust off himself. "But I've wasted enough time on you, Mr. X. If you're not going to tell me where my prize is located, then I'll just have to continue tearing through this base, one part at a time."
Keisuke raised the Gaia Memory up and pressed the button on the side of it.
DYSTOPIA!
Mr. X was starting to sweat a bit, he didn't like where this was about to go. As Keisuke was about to place the Dystopia Memory into the belt, he paused.
"Cassandra, I'm in the middle of…Yes…Yes…Excuse me, WHAT?! You are a very lucky man, Mr. X. Seems fortune smiles on your life," said Keisuke.
Mr. X watched as the man in the white suit walked towards the smoke and disappeared. The special agent released a tension filled sigh, understanding that he was very close to meeting his maker.
"Still, it's Amp that he's after, and not the frogs, the only other people I have here are…" Mr. X quickly raised his wristwatch. "Jenny! I need a status report on the prisoners!"
The watch had the words, [The prisoners have escaped, along with the aliens. And there's something else you should know…]
(A Few Minutes Earlier…)
Hop Pop, Sprig, and Polly were being held in a different part of the compound, and while they were strapped to folding tables, they could hear various explosions going off around the entire facility. The man who was monitoring them had left, hearing something about an attack on the compound.
"What the heck is going on out there?" Sprig asked.
"You don't think Anne's going full on berserker mode on this place, do you?" Polly asked.
"Ah don't think Anne would resort to that drastic a move. These humans don't seem to be with those Foundation X fellas and aren't usin' those memory stick things. Anne goin' Rider would be overkill if ya ask me," Hop Pop remarked.
"Well, let's not wait around here! If it is Anne, then let's get out of here and go find her! Now that that guard's gone, this is our chance!"
Sprig grunted and growled as he tried to break free of the restraints, to the point that it looked as if he was about to pop a vain. After about a minute of futile struggling, the pink frog child began to pant and stopped his struggling.
"Don't hurt yourself, Sprig," said Polly in a deadpan tone.
Just then the Plantars heard a commotion from overhead. All three Amphibians looked up and watched as the grate on the airduct above them fell off.
"Hey guys!"
"ANNE!" the Plantars exclaimed in joy.
The Thai teen dropped down from the airduct and landed right in the middle of the room. "You ready to bust out of this joint?"
Anne quickly untied the Plantars and went to the cage where RC Frobo was being kept and freed him as well.
"Anne, what's goin' on out there?" Hop Pop asked.
"Yeah, it sounded like you were wrecking the place," said Polly.
"Yeah, no, that's not me. It's Foundation X!" Anne stated.
"What?! They're here?!" Sprig exclaimed.
"Yeah, and it's chaos out there. But as ticked as I am at them, I can't just let these FBI guys get mowed down by them. I'll fight them, but first I need to get you guys out of here," said Anne.
As if on cue, the wall to Anne's right was smashed in, kicking up a cloud of dust into the air. Anne raised her fists and channeled her powers, getting ready to fight whoever it was that burst through that wall. However, her fears were allayed when she saw a black FBI van, and in the back of said van, was her parents along with the rest of her friends, and a rather large generator for some reason.
"Surprise!" Mrs. Boonchuy exclaimed.
"Need a lift?!" Terri asked.
"Heck yeah," said Anne as they piled in.
Once they were inside, Sprig immediately saw someone he didn't think he'd see since that Dopant incident.
"Molly Jo?!"
"What up, Frog-Man?!" Molly Jo greeted as she high fived the frog boy.
Hop Pop was surprised by the appearance of an old friend as well.
"Humphrey! You helped save us?" Hop Pop asked.
Humphrey shrugged as he remarked, "We actors have to stick together."
Polly was amazed to see Ally and Jess were among the group that came to their rescue, "Ally! Jess!"
"Polly!" the two girls exclaimed as Polly jumped into Jess's arms.
Ally looked down and saw that Frobo was now an RC car now, "You fixed Frobo!" Then Frobo threw up oil and a couple of DVDs. "Sorta."
Several more explosions went off around them, causing Dr. Jan to get antsy.
"Uh, hate to cut our reunion short, but there's total bedlam going on out here! We need to go," said Dr. Jan.
Anne headed to the front of the van and saw how several of the FBI agents were getting completely destroyed by the masked people. The Thai teen furrowed her brow and said, "You guys head back to the warehouse and get the portal ready. I'm going to take down these Foundation X guys and meet up with you there."
"What?!" Terri exclaimed. "Anne, you can't! Aren't these the same guys who want to capture you?!"
"Yeah, you'll be giving them what they want!" Molly Jo stated.
"Even still…those FBI dudes didn't sign up to deal with monsters, and I'm the only other monster buster around," said Anne as she headed out of the van.
"You do realize that those feds are probably going to try and capture you, too, even if you rescue them, right?" Polly asked.
"Yeah, well, no one said being a superhero was an easy gig," said Anne as she smiled at her friends and family.
Anne jumped out of the back of the van and summoned her MetamorphRing Driver. "Henshin!" Upon pressing the two hip devices, Anne was shrouded in a dome of blue lightning. The dome shattered after a moment and revealed Kamen Rider Amp. Once she had transformed, the doors to the van shut and Dr. Jan floored it as she sped out of the building. Anne began running alongside the van before stopping in the middle of the compound. Several of the white suited, black masked Foundation X goons stopped their fighting with the FBI agents and turned in her direction.
"HEY YOU GUYS! I'M THE ONE YOU'RE AFTER! C'MERE AND I'LL GIVE YOU A REAL FIGHT!" Amp yelled.
Amp glanced over her shoulder as she watched the van break through the gate, watching as the van grew smaller and smaller the further away it got. Once she confirmed that, Amp got into her fighting stance and readied to take on the large number of Dopant soldiers. However, before the small army could fight, they all parted and allowed their leader to come walking towards them. The man in white slowly clapped as he walked until he was at the head of the army and smiled at Amp.
"Nice to see you in person, Kamen Rider Amp," said the man. "Do you happen know who I am by chance?"
"I was warned about you, you're Keisuke. A director at Foundation X!" Amp stated.
"Very good, I see the twins have you well informed. But now let's get down to business, shall we?"
"I don't have anything to say to you! All you've done is try and capture me and hurt a lot of people in the process!"
Keisuke nodded. "All true, it's no secret that we want you alive to study your powers and replicate them for our weapons programs. However, circumstances have changed recently, and I'm afraid we need you to come with us sooner rather than later. We have a mutual goal, you and I."
Amp scoffed at this. "Please, what 'mutual goal' do we possibly share?!"
"I have it on good authority that a war is coming to our world," said Keisuke.
Amp's eyes widened and her stance faltered when she heard that. How…How does he know about the invasion?!
Keisuke smirked and remarked, "I see you understand what I'm talking about. You should worry less about how I know this information and be more concerned with how the human race is going to survive the coming assault."
"Why would you care? All you guys do is make weapons to kill people with, all you really care about is the money you make from those weapons!" Amp accused.
The man in the white suit nodded, not denying this in the slightest.
"You're right, of course. That is our objective. But it does not benefit us if the world gets destroyed. We have contingencies in place to insure our weapons don't completely destroy the world. There's no point in selling weapons if our clients are all dead, on both sides. That's why it's imperative that you come with us. Your enemy seems to fear your power, or at the very least is weary of it. And if that's the case, if you come with us, then we can potentially replicate that power and create an army of Rider powered soldiers with the same capabilities as you. One of you alone may be a threat, but an army of you will be unstoppable, you can help save the world my dear girl."
Amp furrowed her brow and retorted, "And then what? When it's all over, you sell my replicated powers to warlords and anyone else who wants them? Fat chance. If you really do care about the human race not getting wiped out, then you'll let me go back to that world and stop the war before it begins!"
Keisuke shook his head as he said, "I'm afraid the looming threat is too dangerous for us to place our bets on you alone. An army stands in your way, and not only that, but there's an enemy there that seeks you out."
Amp scoffed. "I know about him. I beat his ass into the ground once, and I'll do it again."
Keisuke raised an eyebrow. "Sorry, did you say 'he'?"
"Yeah, why?" Amp asked.
Keisuke smile faltered a little. "Huh, I see. You don't know about the other then. That's not good. I was possibly considering letting you give it a shot, but it seems you're unaware of the other enemy you face."
"What?! What 'other enemy'?! Who are you talking about?!"
The man in the white suit took out his Gaia Memory and pressed on the button.
DYSTOPIA!
"Since you seem to lack the information on your other enemy, that means you're at a disadvantage. Even more reason to capture you now," said Keisuke.
Amp reassumed her fighting stance, preparing to do battle with Keisuke and his army of Dopants. However, as Keisuke was about to insert the Dystopia Memory into his belt, he stopped. Amp turned around when she heard the sound of motorcycle heading their way. The blue Rider looked closely and couldn't believe her eyes.
"No way!"
GUNSLINGER-SHOOTINGSTAR!
Several streaking beams of light shot from the motorcycle as the Dopant army around Keisuke was bombarded, each shot landing against one of the masked men and exploding, with some of the explosions causing splash damage and hitting the others next to them. The downed Dopant soldiers glowed and revealed themselves to be just ordinary grunts in suits, several of them had Gaia Memories rise out of their bodies before shattering to pieces next to them. Keisuke had thrown up a barrier, protecting himself from the explosions, but looked angered by their appearance. The motorcycle pulled up next to Amp and revealed Kamen Rider Gemini in their Gunslinger-ShootingStar combination.
"Mabel! Dipper!" Amp exclaimed.
"Geez, Anne, you started the party without us," said Dipper.
"Not cool, girl," said Mabel.
"How did you even know we needed help to begin with?" Amp asked.
"We saw social media blowing up with images of you standing up against some FBI agents, and then attacking a couple of helicopters," said Mabel.
"We knew that you wouldn't have done that without a good reason, so I used the Gaia Library to find out what was happening. Sorry it took us so long, we had to come all the way down from Piedmont," Dipper informed.
"Curse you two meddling twins!" Keisuke growled.
Gemini took out the Gunslinger Memory and replaced it with the Hero Memory.
HERO!
HERO-SHOOTINGSTAR!
Gemini's right side shined blue until it shifted back into its default Hero-ShootingStar form.
"Anne, we know about the portal, head there now, we'll take care of these guys and meet up with you when we're done," Gemini spoke in unison.
"Wait, I can help you out," said Amp.
"Trust us, it's better this way. Keisuke's Dystopia Memory is a nasty piece of work, and we'll need to concentrate to beat him. Plus, you have a mission of your own. You need to go back to Amphibia and stop the invasion. Take Machine Zwei and get back there! That's your Rider Journey," said Gemini.
Amp furrowed her brow and nodded in understanding. The blue Rider mounted Machine Zwei and revved the engine. Her electrical energy began surging through the Rider Machine, giving it a super charge. Amp turned the vehicle around and twisted the throttle, sending her and Machine Zwei blasting off down the road with a streak of blue lightning behind her.
"Now it's just us, Keisuke," said Gemini.
"You really think you stand a chance against me?" Keisuke asked.
"A chance? Yeah," said Dipper.
"But stalling you is just as good," said Mabel.
Suddenly the sound of screeching a falcon came from the sky. When the remaining masked soldiers looked up, they saw a white "U" shaped device hover over Gemini's position. Gemini opened their driver, and both the Hero and ShootingStar Memories fired twin beams into the air. The floating device was hit with the beams and locked onto them, turning on its side so that it was facing up. Once it did this, the new Gaia Memory floated down towards the Gemini Driver and locked itself in place.
"Ready for this Keisuke?" Gemini asked.
"I hope you are," he replied.
\\\ UNITED! /
DYSTOPIA!
It took a bit of time, but eventually, Anne managed to catch up with her family and friends, and together they headed off to the warehouse. Unfortunately, there wasn't enough time to drop off Humphrey, Molly Jo, Ba Med, or Papu, but they all agreed that they were not about to abandon Anne and the Plantars, they wanted to see this all through, right up to the end. After arriving at the warehouse, everyone hit the ground running. Ally and Jess helped get the generator set up, with Dr. Jan overseeing the controls and setting the coordinates for Amphibia, Papu and Ba Med hurriedly took large bags of ice over to the other generators to keep them from overheating. Molly Jo and Humphrey stood off to the side watching the others work, and keeping out of the way for the time being while Terri was overseeing the operation.
Anne had excused herself to go and change out of her rental suit, heading to the bathroom. When she got in there, she remembered something, part of her wanted to wear her uniform, but since she didn't know what they might be facing coming into Amphibia, Anne decided to go with her parting gift from the Alt Demon Realm. When she emerged, Anne was dressed in her WAT's rebellion outfit, and for added flare, she placed her old breastplate over it.
"Wow, now that's a hardcore look, Anne," said Molly Jo.
"Thanks," said Anne.
"Get everything into position everyone, we're only going to get once shot at this!" Terri exclaimed.
Anne glanced over her shoulder and walked over to parents to say her goodbyes, however, when she did, her mother brought her hands from behind her back and revealed Anne's backpack.
"Here. For your trip," said Oum.
Anne looked inside and saw a various items inside, a canister of tennis balls, a cat stuffed animal, some chips, cookies in a plastic baggie, a photo of their family, Marcy's journal, extra shoes, her SJMS uniform, and some assorted clothing at the bottom.
Anne gratefully took the backpack and said, "Guys, this is amazing."
"We have had your care package prepared for awhile, waiting for this very moment," Oum explained.
Anne hugged her parents tight, feeling her heart swell from how much they believed in her.
"We are so proud of you," said Bee as they broke the hug. "No go kick some bad guy butt and bring Sasha back home. We'll be waiting for you."
Once Anne backed away, Sprig and Polly tearfully hopped up and hugged Oum and Bee. Even though their time together wasn't as long as it was with Anne, they felt a genuine connection to the Boonchuys, and practically regarded them as their stepparents.
"Thanks, Mr. and Mrs. B. For everything," said Sprig.
"We'll miss you," Polly added.
"We'll miss you guys, too," said Bee.
"And don't worry, we'll keep an eye on Anne," Hop Pop assured.
"Thank you, Hop Pop," Oum replied.
Once the goodbyes were said, the Plantars joined Anne at the foot of the portal with RC Frobo rolling up next to them.
"Everyone ready? Got everything?" Terri asked.
"We're ready," said Anne.
"Ah'm set." Hop Pop reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out an avocado. "Ah've got one avocado left to seed my avocado dynasty!"
"Alright. Here we go!"
Terri initiated the activation sequence for the portal. The computers showed how the power output was now double the amount that was used before, and all systems were a go. The generators hummed loudly, working overtime as they powered the portal platform. Four beams of light struck the center of the platform, coalescing into a sphere of blue light that released a bright flash within the room. However, much to everyone's dismay, the portal had not gotten any bigger, even with the industrial high-powered generator they stole from the FBI.
Anne stared at the small opening and whispered, "Oh no…"
"It doesn't look any bigger," Hop Pop commented.
"We still can't fit through!" Sprig exclaimed.
"Guys, what can we do?!" Anne asked, desperately.
"All those generators weren't enough," said Dr. Jan.
Terri looked over all her data and gritted her teeth as she came to a conclusion. "That was twice the power we estimated the portal would need…"
"There has to be something else?" Humphrey asked.
"What about hooking it up to a…a…power station or something?" Molly Jo suggested.
"We're generating enough power to light up a city block, it would probably take the entire power grid just to make it big enough to pass through, and even then, that's a long shot…I…I honestly don't think there's a power source strong enough, I'm afraid this is the best we can do…I'm sorry," said Terri.
Unfortunately, the bad news didn't end there. The windows to the warehouse were suddenly smashed in as several FBI agents in tactical gear repelled inside. Some were armed with rifles, and others were armed with stun batons. Within a minute, the entire warehouse was surrounded, both inside and out. The front door was quickly kicked in, revealing Jenny, directing more of the agents around the room to ensure that their targets were completely cut off from any possible exit, with another group surrounding Anne and the Plantars, isolating them from their friends and family.
"No! We were so close," Anne lamented.
Slow clapping could be heard as Mr. X entered the warehouse, despite what happened at the compound, he looked okay.
"Not bad, Anne. Not bad. A lot of things happened today," said Mr. X.
"How did you guys even find us?!" Anne asked.
Mr. X raised his wrist watch and showed a blinking light on what appeared to be a map on his watch. "You do know that all government issued vehicles have a GPS homing device secretly attached to them, right? I mean, they show it off enough times in the movies. Should've been more genre savvy, kid."
"Look, you don't understand what's happening–!" Anne began.
"I know, and it' frustrating. I did underestimate you; I must admit. Somehow, I feel as if you have a connection with Amp as well, which seems about right considering that she tried to save these aliens from us, how could she know that they were just kidnapped unless someone tipped her off? Well, doesn't matter now. 'Cause it looks like whatever you had planned here just flopped."
Mr. X rolled up in front of Anne and smirked down at her.
"Because no matter what you do, you're still just a kid," Mr. X mocked as he pointed at her in a condescending fashion.
The Thai teen smirked and then slapped Mr. X's hand out of her face. "You're right, X. I am just a kid. But today reminded that with the right people by my side…" Blue lightning started to surge across Anne's body, "I can do ANYTHING!"
"WHAT THE?!" Mr. X yelled in shock.
Anne's eyes started to glow blue as the lightning changed and became pure blue light. A ring of that light surrounded Anne's waist and materialized the MetamorphRing TRI. "Henshin!" Anne pressed down on both hip devices as blue light completely wrapped around her body, creating a dome that obscured her from view.
\\\~~~/
Within that dome of light, Anne saw something, or rather, someone she hadn't seen for a while. The silhouette of the Blue Spirit.
"Y-You, I haven't seen you since Ribbitvale," said Anne.
"Indeed. I have been silent, and watching you ever since then. And I must say…I am impressed by your abilities, Anne. I sense a change in your heart, a strong change. Do you as well?"
Anne placed her right hand over heart and nodded. "I do. I don't feel anger…not in the sense that I want to defeat someone, but…in the sense that I want to protect those I love."
"A righteous fury, a fury born not of anger or wanting to defeat one's enemy. But a fury birthed from one's love for others and a willingness to protect those you love. That is the essence of your power, Anne. It took you a bit to finally understand, but I'm glad you have at last. Now, I have no need to keep watch over you anymore."
"Where are you going?" Anne asked.
"To the place where one of my comrades is waiting for me. I'm glad I could see that our mistakes of the past will finally be rectified. The future of Amphibia, and your world are in your hands. Good luck, Anne Boonchuy…"
Anne watched as the Blue Spirit faded away. While she did feel sad that he wouldn't be there to guide her if needed, she also felt happy. To her, it sounded as if the Blue Spirit had been waiting for this day for a long, long time, and now he could finally rest in peace.
"I won't let you down."
\\\~~~/
The blue dome shattered apart in a sprinkling of blue lotus petals that floated around the room for a few moments before dissolving into sparkling particles. What was revealed to the group was none other than Kamen Rider Amp Raging Heart: Justice Mode, her Final Form.
"Anne went into Final Form just like that?!" Sprig exclaimed in shock.
"SHE'S KAMEN RIDER AMP?!" Mr. X exclaimed, also in shock.
Amp raised her right foot and stomped it onto the floor. Upon doing so, a blue shockwave erupted from the impact and knocked every agent down on their backs.
"Whoo-hoo! That's my daughter!" Bee exclaimed with pride.
"Anne, look! The portal!" Sprig stated as he pointed towards the portal.
Amp glanced over her shoulder and saw that the portal was reacting, reacting to her power. It was steadily growing bigger but stopped after a bit. Amp smirked under her helmet and walked up to the portal. She coated her right hand in her power and focused it on the portal itself. Her aura raged around her as a surge of power coursed through Amp and into the portal itself. Within seconds the portal went from a medium sized whole that they could fit through, to a huge portal big enough to drive a moving van through.
"The portal opened?" Dr. Jan spoke in awe.
"H-How is that even possible?!" Terri exclaimed.
"She's powering it like some sort of, of," Ally's words were failing her in this awestruck moment.
"Human battery," Jess finished.
Mr. X couldn't believe his eyes. On top of getting attacked at their compound, Kamen Riders, a shadow organization, now he was staring at a huge hole in spacetime and peering into another world. "What is that place and – Whoa! Is that a giant praying mantis?!"
Sure enough, the portal opened to the same location where it had before, and the same red mantis from earlier was grazing about the area, they knew it was the same one since it was missing its right arm.
"Okay, seriously don't know what's going on, but you're not going anywhere! Men! Arrest them! Now!" Mr. X ordered.
Amp knew she could easily wipe the floor with everyone here and it wouldn't take her but a few seconds to do it, but they had bigger fish to fry.
"Everyone! Grab onto me!"
Hop Pop and Sprig climbed onto Amp, with Amp using her energy scarf and wrapping it around Polly, who grabbed RC Frobo and held on tight to him. The mantis seemed to have notice the huge hole in space and saw many things there that looked like food.
"Anne! Take care!" Oum shouted.
"We love you!" Bee yelled as he pointed at his heart.
Amp glanced over her shoulder, turned to face them, and repeated the gesture of her father. The huge creature decided to charge in and was now blocking the portal.
"Bad move," said Amp.
She wasn't planning on going around the mantis; she went through it. The sound of thunder was the only indication that Amp had moved at all, because when next they blinked, the mantis had exploded into pieces from Amp's sudden acceleration. And now without the power source to continue fueling the portal, the machine immediately powered down as a surge went through it and fried the machine itself, along with the computers hooked up to it. Everyone was stunned from what they just witnessed, aside from the Boonchuys and their friends who were not as stunned, but still surprised by how all that went down.
Mr. X furiously growled and then marched up to the older Thai man and woman and said, "YOU! I hope you're ready to explain yourselves!"
Bee furrowed his brow and slapped Mr. X's hand out of his face as he countered, "And WE hope you're ready to listen!"
"We got A LOT to talk about," said Oum in a stern tone.
Mr. X gulped when he saw how serious the two adults were, despite being in the situation they were in, they did not seem fazed in the slightest, which worried him a bit.
"Oh…goody."
Anne felt as if she had been thrown upside down, into a blender, and then forced onto the world's most chaotic rollercoaster ride. At some point, she lost consciousness, and was slowly coming to. The first thing she was able to sense was touch, it was rough, and felt like dirt. Anne could start smelling something, like the air was foul, which was strange. The Thai teen's vision started to come back too, and Anne was able to confirm that she was indeed lying in the dirt. There was a ringing in her ears, but after a few seconds, the ringing finally stopped and Anne was able to hear the correct sounds around her.
Anne gasped excitedly as she realized they had done it; they had made it back. "We made it! I can't believe it! This is so–!" Anne turned her head from side to side, trying to find the Plantars, but when she looked behind her, she saw the Plantars and RC Frobo all staring into the distance. "Guys?"
Anne got up and rushed to her second family as she asked, "Hey, what's going…on…?"
The Thai teen became shocked at what she saw. She knew Amphibia had probably changed with Andrias restarting their thousand year overdue campaign, but she never expected this. The skies of Amphibia were darkened by thick clouds of smoke pouring from big, industrial factories scattered across the land. The land itself looked ravaged, with many trees having been cut down, and the ground dug up roughly. Ash rained down from the sky as the sun, which was glowing blood red due to the smoke, was silhouetted behind Andrias' flying castle and with the additions of other floating ships.
"What…What happened here…?"
It took many long hours, and many cups of coffee, but eventually, Mr. X got the full story. For the time being, he had released Humphrey, Molly Jo, and the elderly Thai women, believing them not to be a threat, but did warn them that they were not to speak a word about anything that happened this afternoon or tonight. So long as they abided by that condition, he wasn't going to arrest them, it was a good deal and one that the Boonchuy's encouraged they take.
On the other hand, Ally, Jess, Terri, Dr. Jan, and of course the Boonchuy's themselves were not exempt from this. Mostly due to how involved they were. Terri was the one who made the portal device, Dr. Jan also had a hand in it, Ally and Jess hacked the computer systems of their compound, and of course Oum and Bee were the parents of Anne, who Mr. X found out, in dramatic fashion, was Kamen Rider Amp.
And now that all the cards were laid out on the table, the puzzle had finally been solved, and Mr. X had a clearer picture of what was going on around Los Angles lately, as well as the looming threat that was just a world away, practically next door dimensionally speaking. Now, here they were, in his office, still continuing their talk about the situation.
"Well, now you know. Anne isn't a threat to anyone," said Oum.
"The real threat is coming to us, but Anne's going to take care of it," said Bee.
Mr. X hummed as he interlocked his fingers and said, "After what I saw, I don't doubt your confidence in your child, she definitely has powers beyond what any human is capable of. But I am a little testy about your withholding of this Gemini's identity."
"Sorry, but their secret is not ours to tell," said Bee.
"If you want to talk to Gemini, it'll be on their terms. But just know that they are on our side and want to help," said Oum.
"Okay, okay. One thing at a time then." Mr. X got up from his seat and paced the room back and forth. "How long do you think we have until this invasion begins?"
"If we're lucky, it doesn't happen at all," Oum replied.
"But IF she's unable to, do you have a timeline?" he asked.
"Not really. Anne and the Plantars have been cut off from Amphibia this whole time, so we have no idea how far along or behind that evil king is with his robot army," said Bee.
Mr. X hummed again as he walked to his desk and took out a folder, "Ever since these 'Kamen Riders' and monsters showed up, I've been thinking on something. A way to fight against the monsters should we ever find ourselves without a Kamen Rider for whatever reason, or just in case said Riders decide to turn on us. And since you two seem to not only possess knowledge of what we're up against, aaaaand – despite first appearances – you do seem to be able to hold your own in a fight if needed. Aaaaaand to possibly keep you from facing any criminal charges, might I suggest a partnership?"
Mr. X placed the folder on the desk, Oum and Bee looked at the folder and read it.
PROJECT GENERATION NEXT ARMOR
A/N: I'm sure you know where I'm going with that last bit, All In is going to be a real..."family" affair.