Disclaimer: The Japanese Kamen Rider shows belong to Toei, and KRDK belongs to Adness Entertainment and the Wang Brothers. I only own my OCs and Lynx owns her Riders, the Rider Equips.

AN: I wrote other previews for the same story in earlier chapters of 'Realms of My Mind,' so best read thpse first to clear up any confusion.

(Sage's POV)

I have no idea how long I've been in this place. Maybe a couple of minutes or hours. Whatever the time was, it didn't ease my anxiety as I sat on my bed. I wondered with worry what Arca was up to at the moment. I wondered if he could have sided with the Dark Riders. I wondered if he ever got his hands on...

My thoughts were interrupted when I heard the door to my cell opening. I looked up to see a couple of soldiers at the door, their blasters pointed at me. I noticed one of them was walking towards me with a key. That soldier unlocked my chains before quickly backing uup with his blaster pointed at me. I looked at the soldiers, confused at what they were doing. "Get up," one of them ordered.

I did as he ordered, but I asked, "What's going on?"

"The Riders want to 'talk' with you," another one replied.

I knew what he meant: They wanted to interrogate me. Well, it would make perfect sense. I am a Kamen Rider who does not use the Advent Void as a source of power nor do I require an Advent Gauntlet or Deck... that and I also wear a hat.

My first thought would be to incarcerate the soldiers in front of me, use their weapons to take out anyone else, while I went to get my saber before escaping the base. However, I didn't really a good first impression on these people, and doing that would simply make it worse. Besides, if I were to find Arca, I would need the Light Riders' help. Still, it wasn't bad to keep a backup plan, in case if anything went wrong.

I sighed. "Alright, lead the way."

I was quiet as the soldiers led me into the interrogation room, my hands cuffed together to prevent me from trying to escape. The room looked exactly like one of those rooms you would see in cop movies where the cops try to ask questions from the criminal they caught. Inside of it was a table with a chair on one end, and two more on the other. The soldier in front of me gestured his blaster towards the single chair on the end. I walked over to the chair and sat down.

Immediately when I sat down, the door to the room swung open, revealing six people standing at the entrance. There bodies were concealed by the shadows of the hall, but I could tell there were a man and a woman. "You can leave now," the woman told the soldiers in the room.

The soldiers were hesitant at first, but did as the voice told them as they left the room. Once they were gone, the two figures stepped into the interrogation room, revealing themselves to be... 'Lyra and Kit,' I thought.

In front of me were the Advent Masters of the Light Kamen Rider Equips. Kit was in his mid twenties, at least a year older than Lyra. Kit still looked the same, save for the longer hair. Lyra looked a lot like Kit with her light brown hair that went down to her shoulders and her gray-blue eyes. They both wore black jeans with simple black t-shirts and black jackets with their Rider symbols that reached down to their knees. They both have light or small scars on the faces, indicating they had been through a lot of battle.

"So this is the guy you caught Kit?" Lyra asked as she entered.

My stare turned into a glare as I brought my black visor at Kit, who nodded to his fellow Rider. "Yeah," Kit said. "It's him."

Lyra took a seat across the table. "Alright, lets make this clear, we'll be asking the questions and you'll answer them," she sternly stated. "If you're lying, at least one of us will be able to sense it. So you better tell us the truth."

I was quiet for second, thinking about what Lyra just said. If I cooperated with them, then maybe they can help me. "Fine, I'll answer your questions," I said, placing my cuffed hands on the desk. This caught the two Advent Masters by surprise.

"You will?" Kit raised an eyebrow.

I nodded before adding, "Only if you help me with something in return."

Their shocked looks left their faces for they knew their had to be some catch. "And what would that be?" Lyra inquired.

"I want you to help me track someone down," I requested. "This guy's extremely dangerous and he's out somewhere in the world. I need your help in tracking him down."

"How do we know this isn't a trap?" Kit questioned. "You could just be deceiving us for all we know!"

I snorted. "This is coming from the guy who knocked me out when I had my back turn."

The cynogriffon Rider clenched his jaw. "Touché."

I turned my attention backed to Lyra. "Look, I'll help you if you help, alright? All I'm asking is for your help."

Kit looked at Lyra, wondering what she would say. After a few moments of silence, Lyra looked at me and said, "Alright, but you first have to tell us everything."

I sighed. "Well, that's kind of a long story."

(Arca's POV)

I stood inside the main chamber of the Dark Riders' base, waiting. Alexis said wanted to meet with me here to discuss some of her plans. Yeah right! It was obvious she didn't trust me. Alexis was afraid of me because I was the only person she couldn't read. That's probably due to my armor and the fact that I'm made of pure mental energy.

Despite that, the base itself wasn't that bad. Alexis gave me my sleeping quarters, which wasn't so bad. It wasn't better than the room I got in Lock's base, but it wasn't worse, so I had little to complain. I haven't met anyone else other than Alexis and James, so I'm assuming the other Riders are elsewhere in the world, fighting their enemies...

"Who are you!"

… or right here.

I turned around to know who said that only to see the other Dark Riders at the entrance. There were Danny (former Axe), Albert (former Spear), Drew (former Torque), and James' little brother, Drake. Drake looked at lot like James, the blue eyes and the short brown hair, but was taller. They all wore uniforms similar to what the Ventaran Riders wore in the show, except it had they own symbols and it was gray instead of black.

"Ah, you're the other Dark Riders," I gladly stated. "I didn't see you guys in the base. I was wondering if you here at all."

"Forget that, who are you!" Drew demanded.

I waddled my finger in front of my face. "Temper, temper, Drew," I told them. "Didn't your parents ever taught you how to treat a guest?"

I obviously hit a nerve as Drew ran up to me, stopping right in front of my face. I didn't flinch one inch. "You better take that back," he growled, "or I'm going to rip you apart!"

"Make me," I challenged.

"Enough!"

Both Drew and I turned to see Alexis walking inside of the chamber, her jacket flapping in the air. "What's going on here!" she shouted as she walked in.

"Nothing," I innocently stated. "Drew and I were just having a nice discussion. No harm done."

We both looked at each other for a second. Drew's anger still lingered, but he kept it in, not wanting to make Alexis mad. She was obviously more powerful and threatening than him, so he didn't want to cross any lines. "Drew, you and the others go back to your dorms and rest," Alexis ordered. "Report to me in an hour."

I turned to see Drew and the other Dark Riders nodding before they left through the entrance Alexis came out of. I happened to notice out of the corner of my eye that Drake was still glaring at me as he left. After Drew's form was gone from my sight, I turned to Alexis, who was walking towards me. "Why did you try to start a fight with Drew?" she demanded as she walked up to me.

"He was being rude to his guest," I simply replied.

"That's still no excuse!" Alexis snapped.

Unlike the others who would cower at Alexis' wrath, I simply stood there. "Very well, it was rude of me. I'm sorry," I apologized.

Whether Alexis believed it or not didn't matter to her as she sighed, "Fine then."

"So what about those plans you wanted to show me?" I mentioned.

"I've been busy. The Axis leaders tell me they're running out of supplies," Alexis explained as she rubbed her temples. She looked at me. "Maybe we can discuss it some other time."

I shrugged. "Alright."

Alexis was about to leave, but I saw her froze in her spot before turning back around to face me. Curiously, I calmly asked, "Is there something wrong?"

"Why are you still in your armor?" Alexis questioned. "You don't have to wear it all the time."

"Armor?" I repeated, offended by her question. "This is my body."

That seemed to pique Alexis' interest as she raised an eyebrow. "You don't have a human form?"

I shook my head. "Nope. I don't," I stated before thinking, 'I am the representation of the kid's unconscious, after all.'

That seemed to interest Alexis even more. "I believe we have a lot to learn from each other," Alexis smirked.

Once she said that, a sudden thought came into my head. It was crazy, but it just might work. "Maybe we can learn from each other over dinner?" I offered.

As to be expected with any psycho girl who wanted to destroy the world, Alexis was taken aback by this, but she tried to keep a calm manner. "You're asking me out on a date?" she asked.

"Maybe I am," I playfully stated, grinning underneath my helmet.

Alexis pondered my offer for a while before looking up at me. "I still have to work on my plans."

"Plans can wait," I told her as I walked up to her. "Listen, making plans takes about a couple of hours. It's right now 10:00 AM. You can done with yours plans at 7:00 We can have dinner, then, which should last for about an hour or so, giving you time to a good night's rest."

Alexis blinked at me for a second. "You're crazy, you know that."

"Well, so are you," I told her.

There was a moment of silence before Alexis said, "Fine. We'll have dinner in my room."

I grinned like an insane idiot. "That'll be great. See ya then!" I said before I turned around to leave. I had lot to prepare for tonight.

AN: And that's all I have as of now. I hope you enjoyed it, but please leave a review to let me know what you thought, and if you have any criticism, please let it be constructive. Also, this story is NOT up for adoption.

Raika out!