Sunday, February 17, 2019.
The day before the make-up exams. It had been a couple of stressful days for Sougo and Rize, but the two had managed to steadily improve. They were currently sitting in a café with Geiz and Tsukuyomi, enjoying their lunch in relative peace.
"Are you sure it's a good time to take a break?" Tsukuyomi asked Rize, who was taking a sip of his iced tea. "The test is tomorrow, shouldn't Sougo be studying?"
"It's not good to overwhelm the mind before a stressful event like exams," Rize answered, "Besides, Sougo's been studying his ass off for the past couple of days, he'll do fine."
"Thanks, Rize," Sougo said with a smile. Rize nodded in return.
Geiz and Tsukuyomi looked at each other with unsure eyes.
"Anyways, how're you going with your studying Geiz?" Rize asked.
"I should be fine."
"That's good."
The group sat in silence again. Tsukuyomi furrowed her brows with worry.
"I'm still a bit worried."
"It'll be fine Tsukuyomi," Sougo responded, "besides, I passed it before, I don't see why I shouldn't pass it now."
'That was an entirely different timeline though,' Cipher commented.
Letting out another sigh, Rize downed his drink before placing the ice-filled glass onto the tabletop.
"Alright, alright, come on, come on. We're here to relax, not voice our doubts in our friend's abilities."
"You sure it's a good time to be relaxing?" Geiz queried. "What happens if Null appears?"
"Unfortunately, that's just a possibility waiting to happen," Cipher answered as he appeared beside Rize. "On the one hand, we shouldn't lower our guard, but on the other, it's not good to get too wound up." The helmeted man snorted, and patted Rize on the shoulder. "But don't worry about it. Have some fun today, alright? If he does happen to be near, I'll let you guys know."
…
After paying for their meal, Rize, and by extension Cipher, followed the Kamen Riders in observing and participating in what they did to pass time. To the outworlders, they were, at the same time, surprised and not so surprised by their activities of choice.
Sougo's choice was for them all to go to the arcade, much to Rize's surprise, considering that the future king was not much of a gamer, considering what he remembered from the show.
Even more of a surprise to the older man, was that Sougo displayed a rather adept amount of proficiency in playing the cabinets available. Banging the drums in time in Taiko no Tatsujin, maintaining a rather high accuracy rate in Time Crisis, and winning a couple matches of Tekken.
"You know, I'm pleasantly surprised to see how good you are games," Rize said to Sougo as he took a sip of his water. "Considering what I saw during your adventures."
"No, he's still pretty bad at them," Geiz commented as he got up from a crouch and moved to the other of a claw machine. "Well, the ones that require patience at least." The dark-haired boy nodded as he gave his best friend a quick glance.
"What are you talking about?" Sougo smirked, "I'm always patient." The brunette slapped the button on the cabinet. The claw lowered down, about to grab the prize at the floor, before barely scrapping against the top of said prize.
Sougo and Geiz lowered their heads in defeat.
"Seriously?" The future king moaned, "I was so sure I was going to get it this time!"
"Another victim of the claw machine," Cipher muttered, "Not even I could get a prize every time."
"It's more of a game of chance though, isn't it?" Rize asked. "You sure you don't want to give it a try, Tsukuyomi?"
"Oh, no I'm fine," the woman said rather quickly, "I…kind of have a bad experience with these machines."
'Bad experience?' Rize's brow lifted before tilting his head to the side.
…
Tsukuyomi is seated at a claw machine, frowning that the prize was centimetres away from the hole, and had barely moved.
Letting out a sigh, the woman activated her time powers, freezing the world around her. She stood up from her seat and grabbed a hold of the claw machine. Tsukuyomi tilted the machine back slightly with her enhanced strength, causing the prize to slide over the hole.
The former royal placed the machine back down and deactivated her time stop. The world around her resumed, many of the patrons looked around strangely, wondering what had just happened. Meanwhile, Tsukuyomi calmly claimed her prize and started making her way out.
…
"Makes sense I suppose," Rize muttered.
"It's nothing like that!" Tsukuyomi smacked Rize's shoulder. "I wouldn't use my powers for something so petty!"
…
After leaving the arcade, everyone went with Geiz's suggestion and headed over to an indoor batting centre. Geiz went first and swung eight homeruns; Sougo swung six; and Tsukuyomi swung five.
When it was Rize's turn, the Riders took a moment to commentate on their new friend's sporting abilities.
"He seems rather nervous," Sougo began.
"Well, he does seem to know how to swing at least," Geiz added on.
"I think that's mainly because, while he was watching us, he was also looking up tutorials on his phone," Tsukuyomi concluded.
The two men nodded in understanding.
…
After three misses, Rize took a moment to adjust his footing and grip on the bat.
'Rize, are you sure you don't want to use Channel to at least stop your shaking?'
'Nah, what's the point of coming out here and cracking a few balls if I need to use my powers. Besides, you said-' Rize swung and missed a fastball, '…I should keep myself on my toes right?'
'I think this might be the exact opposite of being on your toes, if you're worried about a couple of fastballs hitting you.'
'Dude, these things go at like, 90 kilometres per hour! That could kill a man!'
…
Rize had finished his session, missing every single ball. Though he let out a shaky, nervous breath, the man took the loss in stride and headed back out to the others.
"That was fun," Rize downed the rest of his water.
"Would it be wrong for me to assume, that you're not that great at sports?" Geiz asked.
"No, you'd be completely right."
"You do seem a lot calmer out here, then you were in there," Tsukuyomi commented.
"Well, in here, I don't have to worry about balls flying at me."
"Wait hold on," Cipher appeared in his ethereal form, "You're telling me that, you're completely fine getting shot at by bullets and lasers, but you have a problem with baseballs?"
"When I have to remain in a set position, sure! Also, I'm not fucking fine with getting shot at, it's because I'm able to move, dick!" The Riders looked at Rize with wide eyes at his outburst.
"…Yeah, that actually makes a lot more sense. Sorry 'bout that bro."
"Nah, it's all good, sorry for getting angry."
The Riders glanced at each other as they witness the extreme turn of events, watching Rize and Cipher hug one another.
"That resolved itself pretty quickly," Sougo noted.
"…We've been friends for so many years," Geiz began, "but even I don't think that we could resolve arguments that fast."
Tsukuyomi silently nodded in agreement.
…
After a couple more swings at the batting centre, everyone made their way to a spacious park. Sougo and Geiz went over to a nearby Takoyaki stand, while Rize and Tsukuyomi sat on a bench.
"You know, I didn't get the chance to ask this earlier, but how are you?" Rize asked.
Tsukuyomi blinked in surprise before smiling a little. "I'm fine."
"That's good to hear. Excited for graduation?"
"A little, though I am also feeling quite nervous as well."
"What about?" Rize continued to question.
Tsukuyomi took a moment before continuing. "On my career survey form, I put down that I wanted to go to university…but I haven't thought much further than that."
Rize hummed and nodded in acknowledgement, taking his time to formulate his response. "I get it. I'd say it'd be rare, if not unusual, for a high school student not to get these thoughts. For about twelve years of your life, you've got a set schedule, but once you finish, you're kind of on your own." Rize took in a deep breath. "What would you like to do? Have you got a list of things that you might be interested in?"
Tsukuyomi closed her eyes and started to think, before opening them and shrugging.
"Don't feel too bad if you can't think of anything. It's only natural. The same happened to me."
"What did you want to do, before all of this happened?" the woman asked.
"Well, I had a couple of ideas of what I wanted to do." Rize began to raise a finger for his list. "Teaching, voice acting, or film making."
"That's quite a list."
"Then I realised that I was kind of lacking something crucial for all those things."
Tsukuyomi's brows furrowed. "What?"
"Confidence."
Tsukuyomi brows continued to furrow, before relaxing, then nodded.
Rize chuckled. "I'll just tell you one more thing that everyone told me while I was in high school. Don't stress about things too much. You're young, you still have time to figure things out."
"What if I don't?"
"Believe me Tsukuyomi, you will." The smell of grilled batter wafted into the man's nose as he saw Sougo and Geiz walking over to them. "Finally, food's here."
Tsukuyomi watched as the man got up from his seat to meet with her friends.
"Sorry if he didn't really say anything substantial," Cipher appeared behind Tsukuyomi, "He likes to help, but to be honest, he doesn't really have the experience, the vocabulary, the look, nor the personality for it."
Tsukuyomi snorted and shook her head. "No, I think I got an understanding of what he said."
…
While the four were eating their Takoyaki, Null, covered in a grey cloak, arrived on top of a nearby rooftop. The man looked down and watched as the four ate and talked in the middle of the park, while Cipher walked up to them. The man chuckled.
"I think it's been long enough," the man turned to face another figure walking up to him. "You're free to get started whenever you're ready."
With heavy steps, a muscular creature of white and magenta, covered in edged black lines, with green eyes and sharp, yellow teeth, wearing a silver belt with teeth covering the white and red-orbed buckle, stood beside the cloaked man. On the monster's right pectoral, the words 'DECADE 2019' was embedded in bold white letters.
Letting out a low, guttural growl, the monster thrust out its right hand out.
…
After inhaling his snack, a shiver ran down Rize's spine.
'Rize.'
'I know.' "Hey, you guys finished?"
"Yeah, what's up?" Sougo asked.
"He's here."
Far behind Rize, a large milky grey wall appeared, an Aurora Curtain, a dimensional doorway, causing everyone else in the area to run away.
The Riders quickly readied their Drivers, while Rize turned around, seeing the magenta and white monster and cloaked man walk through the Aurora Curtain.
"Swartz?/Another Decade?/Brother?" Sougo, Geiz and Tsukuyomi gasped simultaneously.
While Another Decade remained in his spot, Null walked forward.
"It's been a while, hasn't it Cipher?" the man called out. "I see a lot of things have changed since we last met."
"That it has…Null." Cipher responded, remaining in his ethereal form.
Null turned his head and locked eyes with Rize. "Mind introducing me to our new friend here?"
"Name's Rize."
"Pleased to meet you-"
Null leaned his head to the side as plastic boxes and toothpicks bulleted past him. The cloaked man then swiftly caught Rize's fist, before putting the latter into an armlock.
"That's not very sporting of you."
"Like you're one to talk," Rize retorted, revealing a pistol, and firing a couple of potshots at Null.
The cloaked man evaded the shots and continued to do so while Rize fired off more rounds from his pistol. When the clip emptied, Rize activated his Channel and summoned a submachine gun, spraying bullets at Null.
…
"Rize!" Sougo cried out, before rolling to the side as Another Decade swiped at him.
The monstrous being continued to attack the Kamen Riders, forcing the trio to back away. The Riders then inserted their Ridewatches into their drivers and transformed.
"HENSHIN!"
Kamen Riders Zi-O, Geiz and Tsukuyomi defended themselves against Another Decade, while trying to make their way to stop Rize from getting even more reckless.
…
When the submachine gun ran empty, Rize summoned a dagger and closed the distance between Null and himself.
'Rize! Stop!'
Rize ignored his level-headed mentor and started swinging at Null. The latter evaded the blade with ease, swivelling his torso as he avoided stabs, stepping back and to the side from horizontal and vertical swings, respectively.
Though he was red with rage, Rize still maintained enough self-awareness to wait for the right moment. As Null quickly hopped back from his swing, Rize activated his Channel around his feet, causing him to close in on the cloaked man and stab at him.
However, as though he saw the action coming, Null leaned to the side, causing Rize to fly past and fall flat onto the grass.
Noticing the massive gash in his cloak, Null let out a sigh. "Ah, I was hoping to keep this on for just a bit longer. But I guess it'd be sooner or later that I'd reveal myself."
With a tight grip, Null ripped the cloak off his body. Rize's eyes widened as he finally took his first clear look at Null.
"Holy shit…Cipher, he looks just like you…"
Standing opposite Rize was a helmeted man in white, dressed the same as Cipher.
Null chuckled as he made a beckoning gesture at Rize.
"Come on, let's see what Cipher's been teaching you."
…
Zi-O and Tsukuyomi fired their guns at Another Decade, causing the monster to stumble back slightly before powering through and swiping at the two.
The Riders managed to dodge out of the way, while Geiz snuck up on the magenta creature and hacked away at it with his axe.
Sparks flew as from Another Decade's back, as the creature spun around and blocked Geiz's axe with its forearm. Knocking the red weapon away, Another Decade kicked Geiz's chest, knocking the red Rider a good couple of metres away.
"Geiz, you okay!?" Zi-O called out as he helped his friend up.
"I'm fine. But it seems like Swartz has gotten a lot stronger as well."
"I don't think that's him," Tsukuyomi stated, causing her fellow Riders to look at her.
"You think someone else is under there?" Zi-O asked.
"No matter who it is," Geiz forced himself back up, "We need to stop them."
Zi-O nodded as he and Geiz pulled out two distinctive looking Ridewatches.
The future Overlord held an oval shaped, black Ridewatch with gold engravings, and a silver dial on the right side. At the centre was a silver bezel with an image of his faceplate, his pink visor glowing.
In the Saviour's hand was a navy blue, hourglass Ridewatch with light blue beads inside. On the top side of the hourglass was an image of his faceplate with a blue hourglass in between his yellow visor, which have increased in size.
[ZI-O II!]
Zi-O turned the dial on his Ridewatch, the bezel slid to the right, while a gold engraving of Zi-O II was revealed on the left. The black Kamen Rider split the Ridewatch into two and inserted them into both sides of his belt.
[ZI-O!]
[GEIZREVIVE SHIPPU!]
Geiz slid the Ridewatch into the left side of his belt.
The two then spun their drivers around, before they locked back into place.
[RIDER TIME!]
[KAMEN RIDER~! (RIDER~!) ZI-O! (ZI-O!) ZI-O~! II!]
Behind Zi-O were projections of two clear clock faces, and surrounding him were holographic watch straps. The clock faces merged as pink katakana flew out and slammed onto his face, while the watch straps wrapped around his body.
Once the sequence finished, Zi-O upgraded into his new form, Zi-O II. While still wearing his black bodysuit, the vibrant magenta pink lines on his body became more saturated and vibrant. On his torso was armour with shoulder pauldrons, lined with gold at the edges. His helmet had two silver watchstraps running parallel over his face, which continued down to his lower body, and four clock hands, the hour hands pointing at nine and three, while the minute hands pointed at twelve.
[REVI-REVI-REVI! REVI-REVI-REVI! REVI-I-VE SHI-PPU! SHIPPU!]
Behind Geiz was a projection of a digital display with a translucent hourglass in the middle. Around the hourglass was an azure blue edge that spread open as his yellow visor appeared on the display, shooting out and slamming onto his helmet. While this happened, silver gears revolved around the Rider before exploding into nothingness as his new suit formed.
Standing there was GeizRevive Shippu, the formerly crimson red Kamen Rider now wore an all-black suit with plated white gloves and shoes. On his torso was a blue chest piece with an hourglass in the centre, with cubic wings protruding out from his shoulders. Geiz's helmet also had a blue hourglass on the centre of his faceplate, and his yellow visor protruded further outwards.
With Zi-O and Geiz powered up, they and Tsukuyomi charged at Another Decade once again.
…
Null parried Rize's punch and countered by kicking the latter away.
The man flew away and crashed onto his back, his Channel helping him to regain the air that was blown out of him. Rize forced himself back onto his feet and steadied himself, trying his best to stop the shaking.
'Fuck. I'm way out of my depth here,' the man thought to himself. 'There's no way out of this, is there?'
'…I'm afraid not Rize.'
'Damnit. Why do I constantly have to do shit like this? Why do I always have to do the first dumb thing on my mind!?'
'Rize, calm down!' Cipher sighed. 'Don't beat yourself up alright? I understand, but right now, your priority should be trying to get out of here alive, and not dwelling on past mistakes, okay?'
Rize swallowed his saliva and let out a sigh. 'Okay. What's the plan?'
'Don't rush in. Focus on defending and countering. Null's taking it easy on you.'
'How can you tell?'
'He would've killed you after you threw those boxes at him.'
Rize sighed, readying himself as Null started advancing towards him.
…
Zi-O started going hand to hand against Another Decade, swiftly evading the strikes and seamlessly countering.
After getting kicked back, Another Decade's hands began to glow as it prepared to fire an energy blast. However, the monster's attack was interrupted as Geiz blurred past him and caused sparks to erupt.
Skidding to a halt, Geiz spun on his heels and raised the new weapon in his hand.
[SPEED CLAW!]
The Zikan Jaclaw, a knuckle weapon with a rectangular black hand and pointing out were a pair of blue, twin claw blades.
Geiz leapt forward once again, zooming past Another Decade while also slashing at him with his claws. The barrage continued without pause, as Another Decade started rag dolling side to side.
Aggravated by the speeding Rider, Another Decade summoned an Aurora Curtain within Geiz's path. Geiz, unable to stop in time, flew through the wall, reappearing a distance away as he rolled onto the floor.
The magenta monster held its hand to the side as it caught the shots fired from Tsukuyomi's blaster and absorbed the energy.
The white-robed Kamen Rider charged at her enemy, letting out quick strikes and kicks while Another Decade evaded and blocked her attacks.
Once Another Decade caught Tsukuyomi off guard, the monster prepared to strike down the Rider with its energised claws.
However, just as Tsukuyomi was about to activate her powers, she noticed Another Decade beginning to hesitate, its claws just a couple of centimetres away from her.
In the end, the magenta being dispelled the energy around its hands and backhanded the Rider.
Behind Another Decade, Zi-O leapt at the monster and slashed at its back. In the Rider's hand were two swords, the Zikan Girade and the Saikyo Girade, a longsword resembling a minute hand with a crystal tip, and Zi-O's base form's faceplate as the cross guard.
The future king continued to slash at Another Decade, unrelenting with his speed and precision, until the latter grabbed a hold on the blades.
While the two struggled, Another Decade started to growl, causing Zi-O to almost lessen his strength.
"S-S-"Another Decade forced itself to speak with a young boy's voice, "S-ou-go…"
"That voice!" Zi-O's surprise forced him to lose his grip on his blades.
Another Decade let out a guttural growl, as it forced the person it was possessing back down, before taking advantage of the Kamen Rider's surprise. The monster pushed Zi-O back before punching the latter in the face.
…
Rize was running on fumes as he forced himself to guard against Null's fists. The quick succession of jabs and hooks caused Rize's arms to grow numb.
As he continued to sweat and grow fatigued, Rize forced himself to wait. It was only until Null pulled back his fists and let out a kick, that Rize took the chance to attack.
Parrying the kick, Rize used whatever little amount of energy he had to activate his Channel. He then let out a short combo of punches, briefly covered in frost and flames, ignoring the consequences, before coating his foot in electricity and roundhouse kicking Null's head.
Once the helmeted man in white was down, Rize forced down his urge to collapse onto the ground.
'Alright Rize, you're doing good, now-RIZE!'
Before he could react, loud gunshots rang throughout the park as Rize felt sharp, burning pain in his stomach.
The Kamen Riders looked to see what was going on, noticing Rize stumbling back, hacking up large amounts of blood before dropping onto his knees.
"You know, you were right," Null began as he got off the ground, holding a revolver with a smoking barrel, "I am one to talk." The man in white snorted as he watched Rize writhe in pain. "Cipher has chosen well, considering how green you are. You held yourself pretty well, even though I was going easy on you. Plus, you heeded his advice, when most people would've gone for killing blows."
Null cocked back the hammer on his gun and aimed it at Rize's head.
"It's a shame that this'll be our last meeting. It was nice meeting you Rize…and Goodbye…Cipher."
Just as he was about to pull the trigger, a sudden burst of heaviness crashed down onto the area, causing Null and Another Decade to stop moving.
The Kamen Riders looked around in shock as they noticed that they were still moving.
A lengthy grey cloth wrapped itself around Rize, pulling the man to the sidelines. The Riders looked towards the direction Rize was pulled to and saw Woz hastily hoisting Rize's arm over his shoulders, while a man wearing a dark-violet coat with a one-sided shroud, helped the prophet in carrying the critically injured man. Standing by them was a young woman wearing a silver dress and black thigh-high boots.
"Swartz! Hora!" Zi-O gasped.
"Everyone! This way!" Swartz cried out.
Without hesitation, the trio followed Woz and the Time Jackers and left the battlefield.
Once they all had left, time resumed as Null immediately lowered his gun and Another Decade seized up and collapsed onto the grass. Null sighed as he picked Another Decade up, the latter creating an Aurora Curtain the two passed through.
…
After they made their retreat, Cipher instructed everyone to make their way to a back alley, where a rusty metal door opened suddenly.
Once they entered the door, the Riders, Woz, and the Time Jackers found themselves in Rize and Cipher's house. With the door slamming shut, Cipher leapt out from Rize's body and gently took his friend from Woz and Swartz's shoulders.
"Make yourselves comfortable, this'll only take a bit," Cipher grunted as he carried Rize back to his room.
Half an hour had gone by as everyone sat around in the living room. The tense air evaporated as they heard Rize's bedroom door open and close before Cipher stepped out.
"Alright," the helmeted man sighed, "he's stabilised, but he's gonna need to stay here in order to fully heal." Cipher glanced over to Swartz and Hora. "It's nice to meet you two. A shame that it had to be under such extreme circumstances."
"It tends to be like that when life is surrounded by danger," Swartz commented, causing Cipher to snort and nod in response.
"Oh right, before I forget," Cipher bowed his head, "thank you for coming in and saving my partner's life."
"While I appreciate the gratitude, if there's anyone you should be thanking, it's Woz," Swartz responded, 'if he hadn't found us, who knows what could've happened to your friend."
"Why were you looking for them, Woz?" Geiz asked. Though they were no longer enemies, the boy couldn't help but remain on edge.
"Considering that enemies of past Kamen Riders have been popping up for the last couple of months, I decided to check to see who could've been responsible for them. I considered Daiki Kaitou at first but considering that Tsukasa Kadoya had passed since your last fight against Oma Zi-O, he was out of the picture. Plus, to quote him, he had 'bigger fish to fry'." Woz paused as he gestured to Swartz. "Which led me, to suspect our Time Jacker friend here, considering that his Ridewatch allowed him summon Riders and villains from other worlds."
"And I don't blame you for considering that," Swartz smirked before growing a frown, "however, I do not have Another Decade's Ridewatch on me."
"Null took it from you," Tsukuyomi concluded.
Swartz nodded solemnly.
While she had been very silent, Hora couldn't help but silently click her tongue at the mention of the man in white.
"What could've happened to lead you two to meet him?" Sougo questioned.
The Time Jackers kept their mouths shut, grimacing on their first meeting with Null.
"Heure." Hora answered. The Riders perked a little from the mention of their other friend. "We had received a message that he had found Heure."
"Even though we took every precaution, knowing that it would be a trap…" Swartz trailed off and sighed, "he still managed take my Ridewatch."
Hora's fist clenched, her nails threatening to pierce her palm.
The Riders and Woz took that moment to process what they had heard.
"I'm sorry to hear that," Cipher spoke up, "and, while it's no consolation, I wouldn't beat myself over it. He had you two between a rock and a hard place. Either ignore the message and prolong how long it would take for Null to go after you, or risk it and see if your friend was alright…was Heure there?"
No response.
"I see."
"That bastard," Hora cursed, "getting my hopes up, only to lie to my face."
"I don't think he was lying," Sougo retorted.
"What do you mean?"
"Even if he wasn't there…it doesn't mean that he lied about finding Heure."
"How do you know this, Sougo?" Hora asked her friend and former classmate.
…
Back inside the abandoned building that Null resided in for the time being, Another Decade writhed in agony as electricity crackled over its muscular body. The magenta being began to flicker before seizing up as the Ridewatch popped out of its body and the monster faded away, revealing a young dark-haired boy wearing a loose, baggy navy-blue jacket and knee-length shorts.
The boy was drenched in sweat as he fell onto the ground, falling into deep unconsciousness.
Null walked up to the prone boy, staring at him for a moment before picking up the Another Decade Ridewatch. As he held the Ridewatch, Null began to focus as a crimson red aura appeared over his arms.
As Null focused his Channel on the Ridewatch, five seconds passed before he deactivated his power.
'I see,' Null thought to himself. 'So that's how it works.'
Pocketing the Ridewatch, Null then gently carried Heure and placed him onto an old leather couch. Taking a seat on the coffee table opposite the couch, the man let out a sigh before taking out the Ridewatch.
'Sorry Heure.' Null activated the Ridewatch, the trinket calling out in a deep monstrous voice-
[DECADE!]
Null then poured his Channel into the trinket, before placing it onto the boy's chest. The latter's eyes snapped open as he started to let out pained grunts and cries.
'Just a couple more days…before we're done here…'
…
Rize's eyes fluttered open as he felt the sunshine onto his face. Habitually, he was about to sit up, only to wince as a sharp pain stabbed at his stomach. He lied back down, only just noticing the bandages wrapped around his stomach.
Immediately, his mind warped back to his fight against Null, and remembering the latter firing a gun into his stomach.
The man let out a sigh, placing his hands over his face.
"…fuck me…" he groaned.
"If that's what you're asking for, you're not getting it from me," a somewhat bored, yet cocky voice replied.
Removing his hands, Rize turned his head and saw a very familiar brunette wearing a black jacket and pants, magenta shirt, and a Blackbird Fly 135 Twin-lens Reflex Camera hanging off his neck.
"Holy shit!"