Chapter 16
The Thirteen Doctors
Reaching the top of the volcano, I looked down into the caldera only to notice that the lava had mysteriously dried up. "Weird.", I said. Feeling a strange tingling from the Ziku-Driver, I looked down only to notice that it was glowing a strange golden colour. "Huh?", I thought as it promptly returned to normal. "You're starting to awaken as Our Sovereign. Good. Keep staying the course, for only then shall you awaken as Kamen Rider Ohma Zi-O as well.", Sage said behind me. Turning around to face her, I noticed that she was also covered in a nauseously bright aura too. "How can an AI become corrupted by the Silent Core?", I asked. "Corrupted is a strong word. I prefer the term liberated instead. It shall liberate you too should you only let it.", Sage said, the aura around her growing brighter and brighter. Strangely terrified by what I was seeing, I then found myself at the base of the caldera where two dark portals had opened up. I then felt a strange sense of dread as I saw Dantes and Salieri walk through them, both Avengers covered by a nauseously bright aura as well. Steeling myself, I noticed that they were also holding Another Watches. "Don't you see? The Time Jackers were grateful to lend us Another Watches so that we may force you to awaken.", Salieri said with a vacant smile on his face. "He's right, they really are nice people when you get to know them. Still, that's neither here nor there.", Dantes said. "But why side with them at all? Why help Swartz, Heure and Ora collapse time? Even you should know when to resist their proposals.", I said. Sighing, Dantes said, "Well, I guess you're just too ignorant to be helped. But that's to be expected, given you haven't properly awakened as Ohma Zi-O yet.", before pressing a button on the top of his Another Watch, causing a distorted voice to yell out, "Fourze!". Following his lead, Salieri did the same, pressing a button on the top of his Another Watch and causing a distorted voice to yell out, "Faiz!". Much to my horror and disgust, Reader, Dantes and Salieri then shoved the Another Watches into their bodies, causing them to warp into Another Fourze and Another Faiz respectively.
As I collapsed to the ground and threw up upon watching their transformations, I then heard a voice say, "You know what you have to do, don't you? You know you to have to take the powers of the 19 Heisei Primary Riders, don't you? You know you have to ascend the throne as Ohma Zi-O, don't you? For it is your ascension and not Yuito's that shall save all of reality. Do that and you shall know pleasure and horrifying infinite freedom for the rest of your days.". "Who are you?", I asked. "That is irrelevant. What is relevant, however, is your awakening and accession as the Sovereign. Do that and you will be able to remake reality to your whims.", the voice said before disappearing. Suddenly, I felt something within me violently jerk me up and forcibly summon the Zi-O Ridewatch to my right hand. "OK, arsehole, I'll play.", I thought before I slammed the Zi-O Ridewatch into the right side of the Ziku-Driver and yelled out, "Transformation!", transforming into Kamen Rider Zi-O. Summoning the Ex-Aid Ridewatch, I then promptly slammed that into the left side of the Ziku-Driver, manifesting the Ex-Aid Armour around me. Rushing at the Another Riders, I then summoned two strange maces in my hands and launched a violent assault that Another Fourze and Another Faiz just managed to dodge. "Stop dodging!", I yelled as I then suddenly sped up tremendously, launching a violent barrage of fireballs, icicles and thunderbolts that Another Fourze dispelled. Angered, I then unleashed a giant burst of energy that caused the Ex-Aid Armour to glow golden, causing my speed to increase even further, making it look like I was outright teleporting in and out of reality. "Wonderful.", Another Fourze said as he unleashed a black flame that I easily dispelled with my literally divine speed. Taking advantage of the power I'd unleashed, I then unleashed a powerful assault that both Another Riders still just managed to keep up with. Suddenly, Another Faiz then unleashed a terrible symphony of hateful sound that caused the two maces in my hands to vanish. "What is this sound?", I said as I staggered to the ground, panicking to an absurd degree. "My Noble Phantasm, Dio Santissimo Misericordia de Mi. To get the edge over my disgusting rival Mozart, I composed this piece to quite literally bring him to despair. Of course, you're not Mozart, but you'll have to do instead.", Another Faiz said.
Summoning a burst of black and dark red energy, I then found myself writhing on the ground in pain. Screaming in rage, I then watched as the Ex-Aid Armour disappeared. Jerking myself up, I then focused the black and dark red energy into the form of a watch and burst it, the energy solidifying into a black and dark red Ridewatch that suddenly vanished. "Figures. It seems only Sougo was able to pave the way for the creation of the Shinobi, Quiz and Kikai Miridewatches. Shame.", Another Fourze said. "I'll show you.", I said before I was suddenly covered in a dark gold aura, much to the Another Riders' surprise. "Could it be?", Another Fourze asked. As the dark gold aura disappeared, I then saw the Fourze Ridewatch appear in my left hand. "How did you manifest that?", Another Faiz asked. Ignoring the question, I pressed the button on the top of the Fourze Ridewatch which caused a voice to yell out, "Fourze!". Slamming the Ridewatch into the left side of the Ziku-Driver, I was then covered in a multicoloured aura that dispersed to reveal the Fourze Armour. "Armour Time! 3, 2, 1, Fourze!", the Ziku-Driver announced. Noticing that my hands were covered in miniature space shuttles, I then rushed forward with a slower speed than the golden aura in the Ex-Aid Armour gave me but still fast. Unleashing a barrage of missiles, I then dodged Another Fourze's black flames and retaliated with a barrage of violent punches that easily knocked Another Fourze out. "Don't forget me!", Another Faiz roared only for me to unleash a blast of black and dark red energy that bowled him over, dispelling the Fourze Armour as well. As he jerked himself up, Another Faiz then unleashed a hateful tune that I dispelled with a red blast of electricity. As I menacingly advanced towards him, I then keeled over as a burst of dark red electricity surged forth from my body, summoning the Faiz Ridewatch. Getting up, I then pressed the button on the top of the Ridewatch, causing a voice to yell out, "Faiz!". Without missing a beat, I then slammed the Ridewatch into the left side of the Ziku-Driver, causing : me to summon the Faiz Armour. "Armour Time! Complete: Faiz!", the Ziku-Driver announced, followed up by me summoning a blinding gold aura that caused the volcano to tremble. "This is bad.", Another Fourze said. "I'll say.", Another Faiz said. Disregarding their sentiments, I then unleashed a massive array of complex equations that turned into pink pixels and missiles. As the pixels and missiles barraged Another Faiz, I then unleashed a giant explosion of dark gold energy that dispelled the Faiz Armour and forcibly detransformed Another Fourze and Another Faiz back into Dantes and Salieri, the two Another Watches shorting out and exploding. "No way. Maybe you do have the potential to awaken as Our Sovereign after all.", Dantes said. "What do you mean?", I asked before detransforming. "Damn it!", I said as Dantes and Salieri then mysteriously disappeared.
Suddenly, I then found myself in a strange white chamber with 13 pillars in front of me. Walking forward, I then heard a strange sound of machines whirring. The pillars then discharged a copious amount of steam before I saw the front of the pillars opening. "No fucking way.", I said as thirteen people walked out of the pillars- a man resembling William Hartnell, a man resembling Patrick Troughton, a man resembling Jon Pertwee, a man resembling Tom Baker, a man resembling Peter Davison, a man resembling Colin Baker, a man resembling Sylvester McCoy, a man resembling Paul McGann, a man resembling Christopher Eccleston, a man resembling David Tennant, a man resembling Matt Smith, a man resembling Peter Capaldi and a woman resembling Jodie Whittaker. "Hmm, it seems we've finally awakened.", the man resembling Tom Baker said. "Wait, are you-?", I asked before the man resembling Paul McGann said, "Yes, we are a person all known as the Doctor.". "I am the First Doctor, my boy, but you can call me One.", the man resembling William Hartnell said. "I am the Second Doctor but you can call me Two.", the man resembling Patrick Troughton said. "I am the Third Doctor but you can call me Three.", the man resembling Jon Pertwee said. "I am the Fourth Doctor but you can call me Four.", the man resembling Tom Baker said. "I am the Fifth Doctor but you can call me Five.", the man resembling Peter Davison said. "I am the Sixth Doctor but you can call me Six.", the man resembling Colin Baker said. "I am the Seventh Doctor but you can call me Seven.", the man resembling Sylvester McCoy said. "I am the Eighth Doctor but you can call me Eight.", the man resembling Paul McGann said. "I am the Ninth Doctor but you can call me Nine.", the man resembling Christopher Eccleston said. "I am the Tenth Doctor but you can call me Ten.", the man resembling David Tennant said. "I am the Eleventh Doctor but you can call me Eleven.", the man resembling Matt Smith said. "I am the Twelfth Doctor but you can call me Twelve.", the man resembling Peter Capaldi said. "And last but not least, I am the Thirteenth Doctor but you can call me Thirteen.", the woman resembling Jodie Whittaker said. "By the way, do you know where we are?", Six asked. "I don't know. Let me just check.", I said, running out of the room. Oddly, I found that I was back on the Space Colony ARK. "That's not possible.", I said. Running back into the white chamber, I said to the Doctors, "Well, we're on an abandoned space colony called the Space Colony ARK. But I didn't know this room existed; it wasn't in the blueprints I found in Kamar-Taj.". "And do you know why we were just woken up?", Two asked. "I don't know if this might be the case or not, but when the Crypters destroyed Angel Island, I took the Master Emerald with me to the colony and placed it in the shrine located in the core of the Eclipse Cannon. Maybe when I placed the emerald there, the chaos energy contained within helped activate the pillars you were trapped in and the Chaos Control I forced was the final step to waking you up.", I said. "Chaos Control?", Twelve asked. "A power that manifests when the Chaos Emeralds are used to distort space and time.", I replied. Feeling another tingling sensation from the Ziku-Driver, I looked down and noticed that it was expelling a large amount of dark silver energy. "Is it supposed to do that?", Three asked. "Maybe it's from me using the Fourze and Faiz Ridewatches in quick succession against Dantes and Salieri. Possibly the energy caused by me using two Ridewatches is causing it to glitch out.", I said.
After a brief silence, Three then asked, "Anyway, I know this is a bit out of left field, but how much do you know about the wider information of the world?". "Possibly less than I should.", I said. "Figures. Well, we'll tell you about the information you lack. Anyway, when you came to Aionios, did you notice any people with pink hair?", Nine asked. "What, like Lapis, Mash, Konoe and Shionne?", I asked. "Yeah, those.", Ten said. "Well, those people are known as Children of the Full Moon, people who can use magic without needing a catalyst. You see, when casting magic normally, people draw ambient energy from the environment, either mana or one of its offshoots in seithr, eleth, aer, astral energy, orbal energy or even ether and focus it into the form of a spell. When a spell is cast, it takes time for the caster to focus the energy which they normally do in the form of an incantation; the more powerful the mage, the less time and less energy they need to do so. To assist with gathering the energy needed, the mage can use a catalyst to help them- either a staff, a wand, a book, an orb or a crystal which can greatly speed up the time needed. Now, Children of the Full Moon have the ability to cast spells without needing a catalyst; you can tell them by their pink hair. Of course, they may also use a catalyst if they wish but they do not need to.", Eight said. "Incidentally, have you been romantically involved with one?", Five asked. "Well, maybe Julis. I don't know what really came over me.", I said. Suddenly, the Doctors promptly vanished.
Rushing out the white room, I then travelled to the core of the Eclipse Cannon. "Good, the Emeralds are still there.", I said, breathing a sigh of relief. Looking down at the Ziku-Driver, I noticed that it had returned to normal. "So what caused it to glitch out when I was talking with the Doctors?", I thought. Feeling a gust of wind behind me, I turned around to see that a magical portal had appeared. "So, are you going to go through it?", Fafnir's voice said. Nervously walking up to the portal, I caught the smell of doughnuts behind it. "Why would a magical portal be fuelled by doughnuts?", I asked. "Why don't go through it and see?", Fafnir's voice said. Steeling myself, I went through the portal, causing it to close.
The story continues in the next chapter.