Hello everyone, before we start, a few warnings.
First, in this chapter we'll learn about Diaz's backstory, and fair warning it's get's pretty dark.
Second, in this chapter I will talk about some Kamen Rider stuff near the end of the chapter, so if you don't know that much about Kamen Riders, then here's your spoiler warning.
Oh and for your question ErlinighQ, Fire Emblem Awakening of Galarain Trainers has about 8, give or take one, depending on what I feel like doing.
Also you've probably noticed, I posted my newest story The White Dragon's Case: The Crimson Love Letter.
Also after posting that story, the people reviewing it gave a new idea for a new triple crossover. This Triple Crossover will involve either Trainer of Vesperia or Fire Emblem Awakening of Galarain Trainers, going into the story of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, on a mission to retrieve a dangerous relic from the forces of evil, if they witch to return home to their families.
Now I'm asking if you guys want to see and if you want characters from my Trainer of Vesperia or Fire Emblem Awakening of Galarain Trainers, to go into the story of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. So leave a review if you want to see this triple crossover, and have it mixed with either Vespera or Fire Emblem. (Fair warning, if you pick Fire Emblem you'll have to wait until Fire Emblem is over.)
Now let's start Chapter 11.
Chapter 11
Ride Off Into The Hidden Knowledge
A week has passed, and while they were able to fix the damage Diaz and Zaid, and recover from all the fighting, Luke was still out cold. But he finally started to wake from his slumber.
"…hing? Asch!" Tear's voice said, as Luke opened his eyes. But once he opened his eyes, he found himself in an old but majestic room, and he turned to a mirror and noticed he was looking at Asch, not himself. Why am I wearing Asch's clothes?' Luke asked himself in thought. That's when Tear walked in front of him. "Asch!" Tear said, putting her hands on her hips, and looking right at him.
"I'm listening. Don't shout." Asch said, but Luke couldn't see him. "Then get going, the other's are waiting for you so you all can discuss things with the mayor- my grandfather- about launching the Tartarus." Tear said to Ash, before walking away.
'What's going on?! Why is Tear looking at me but saying "Asch"?' Luke thought, getting confused. 'Can you hear me, Luke? You're over here." Asch said, his voice ringing in his head, as he turned to see himself on a bed, with Mieu, Charcadet, Teudus, Dyanna, Ingvar, Cindal, and Kansan around him, and the Pokemon giving Asch a mean look.
"You and I are perfect isofons. You're a perfect replica, right down to your fonon frequency." Asch said to Luke, in Ashc's head. "I- I'm no replica…" Luke said to Asch, in Asch head, disbelief in his voice.
"A perfect replica and its original can connect with one another via their fon slots. We adjusted your fon slots at Choral Castle so that they'd be open to me. You've heard my voice several times since then, right?" Asch asked Luke, in Asch head.
"Then, right now my voice is inside your head? Then that means I…" Luke said to Asch, in Asch head, but was interrupted by Asch. "Not just your voice. I controlled your whole body. Of course, I doubt dreck like you could pull that off." Asch said to Luke, in Asch head, crossing his arms.
"Stop making fun of me! I'll do it! Just watch!" Luke said to Asch, in Asch head. "I doubt that." Asch said to Luke, in Asch head, before walking out of the room.
A few minutes later, Asch entered a big conference room, where an old man wearing robes, and long white hair with a bald spot on the top of his head was sitting at the head of the table. Around the table was the rest of the gang with their Pokemon standing next to them.
"Look who showed up. Now we can get this meeting started. Teodoro, care to explain the plan?" Diaz said to everyone, and asked the old man.
"First off I must asked. What do you think of the Qliphoth?" Teodoro asked everyone. "It's just as I'd heard. Not very pleasant." Asch said to Teodoro, as everyone else nodded in agreement. "The miasma and Outer Lands cover the sky. The land is a liquefied crust flowering over the mantle. It's no place for human beings to live." Teodoro said to everyone.
"Then why have a city down here?" Luke asked, thinking out loud in Asch's head. "Why don't you move to the Outer Lands?" Asch asked Teodoro. "You know our role. We are the watchers. We cannot leave this land." Teodoro said to Asch. "Watchers? What are they watching?" Luke asked, thinking out loud in Asch's head.
"So I hear there may be a way to raise the Tartarus back to the Outer Lands?" Asch asked Teodoro. "We've attached a fonon activator to the Tatrtarus used by the passage rings. It should be able to stimulate Akzeriuth's Sephiroth and raise a tree one final time." Teodoro said to everyone. "Then we ride the Sephiroth Tree back up to the surface, huh?" Asch asked Teodoro.
"Exactly. But do you really need the landship that badly?" Teodoro asked Asch. "I wouldn't have asked if we didn't!" Asch said to Teodoro. "Well you can count me out." Diaz said to everyone.
"Are you still planning on staying down here and looking after Luke?" Guy asked Diaz. "I have to stay and help Luke." Diaz said to everyone.
"Diaz, you should come with us. If you want to help Luke, then you should help the real Luke on the surface." Natalia said to Diaz.
"SHUT UP!" Diaz yelled to Natalia, with a very annoyed tune in his voice. This made Natalia flinch a little.
"I'm so sick of you saying "real Luke". I never knew this "real Luke", I've only known the Luke who's in the coma. The "real Luke" to you, I've only known as Asch, a coward who only knows brute force." Diaz said to Natalia.
"What did you call me?" Asch asked Diaz. "A, co…ward." Diaz said to Asch, making Asch stand up. "Care to repeat that?" Asch asked Diaz, grabbing his sword but not pulling it out.
"A coward. That's what you are. You complained about how Luke took your life. But did you once, ever, try and get it back. Did you try and put up a fight? If you really did care about your family, your life, or Natalia, you would have fought for them. But instead you ran away like a coward." Diaz said to Asch.
"Don't act like you understand what I've been throwing." Asch said to Diaz. "You're right I don't understand. But that's because you prefer keeping everyone at an arm's distance. You may need our help, but I'm sure that when something happens to us that doesn't fit with your objective, you'll abandon us in a heartbeat. Well guess what. That's not me. I won't abandon Luke just because he is useless or an inconvenience for us.
"Diaz." Luke said with a gentle tune in his voice, thinking out loud in Asch's head.
"After everything he has done, why would you defend that idiot?" Anise asked Diaz.
"One, he's seven and a sheltered kid, it would be stranger if he wasn't confused by many things of the world. And two, I'm only defending him because he doesn't deserve all the blame. Luke was just the traeger. It was Van's plan that caused this. It was Ion that opened the door that let them do this. It was mine for not stopping Luke after I made him tell me what Van said to him. But the person I put at the top of this list of blame is Yulia herself!" Diaz said to everyone, making Teodoro, Ion, Whina, and Anise gasp very loudly.
"Diaz, you need to take that back. Yulia isn't responsible for this." Ion said to Diaz.
"I will not. I told you all that bringing Luke was a terrible idea. That he was in no way qualified for the mission. But because of that stupid 2000 year old rock that Yulia made, you brought him. So all those lives lost, the years of therapy that John will have to go through, they're because you idiots thought a rock from a dead woman was a good idea rather than common sense. So I'm going to blame Yulia, I don't care if it's blasphemy, it's the truth." Diaz said to everyone.
"Daiz you really need to stop talking like that. People are going to hate you and probably hurt you." Whina said to Diaz. "That happened to me before, and guess what I've lived through it." Diaz said to Whina, surprising Whina. "What?" Whina asked Diaz, a concerned tune in her voice. This made Diaz sigh, before he started to take off his leather jacket.
"You want to know why I don't kill my enemies? Why I don't accept your rock words as fact? Why I can't leave Luke?" Diaz asked everyone, as he started to take off his violet shirt. "It's because of one accident that changed my life forever." Diaz said to everyone, taking off his violet shirt, revealing a nasty burn scar covering his back, and faded cuts and bruises all over his chest.
This surprised everyone. "What happened to you?" Guy asked Diaz.
"What happened was me challenging the norm. When I was young, I had a loving mother and father, a cool older brother, and sweet older sister. Then one day we had a science fair, and I wanted to do more than a baking soda volcano like the other kids. So I decided to make a generator, and since I wanted it to be a surprise, I didn't tell anyone. Then on the day of the fair, I showed off the generator I made out of scrap metal, and everyone was impressed for a bit, until…" Zaid said to everyone, before going quiet.
That's when Miles placed a hand on Diaz's leg, and gave Diaz a caring look. Diaz looked at Miles, before sighing.
"Until my generator exploded. My family noticed my generator acting odd, and by the time I turned to it, it was about to blow. But before it exploded in my face, my mother, father, brother, and sister pulled me in and turned their back to my generator, shielding me from all the shrapnel that was sent flying from my generator. This caused the shrapnel to get lugged into their backs and fall to the ground right on top of me." Diaz said to everyone.
"Didn't anyone try and help you or your family?" Whina asked Diaz.
"They were too busy panicking. My generator exploding started a fire, and with all the stuff at the fair. The fire quickly spread, causing everyone to run out of the gym, leaving us. I tried to make my family get up, but they couldn't. I pleaded with them to move while crying, but they told me that it would be alright. I cried out their names, as the gym started to fall apart around us." Daiz said to everyone, before looking at his back.
"When the fire fighters finally found us, my family was gone, and I made it out with only some smoke damage and this scare. And that's why I don't kill anyone. I know the pain of losing a mother, father, brother, and sister, and would never want anyone else to feel that pain by my hands again." Zaid said, as he looked at his closed fist.
"Wait, is that what he meant when he said he made mistakes that cost him a lot?" Luke asked, thinking out loud in Asch's head.
"Back to my story, while it was deemed an accident and I wasn't punished by the law, people hated me. The rest of my mother and father's family blamed me for what happened and got rid of me. And at school, the athletes were upset that I ruined the gym, and felt like I deserved getting tormented for the mess I caused. Those were the worst days of my life. Every day I was bullied, I was always alone, and everywhere I went I got a look of disgust. And with the loss of my family, I couldn't take anymore and I tried to take a long walk off a short and high cliff." Diaz said to everyone, surprising Whina.
"Diaz, you didn't?" Whina asked Diaz, a very worried turn in her voice.
"I did. And I did walk off the edge, but I was saved at the last moment, by Miles when he was only a few weeks old, his father, and his rider, an old man named Inigo Garcia. They pulled me up and asked me why. I told them my story and he comforted me. Inigo then told me that while things may be bad now, one day they'll get better, I just have to weather the storm. And he was right, with his kindness I got better, I stood up to my bullies with logic and made them back off, I started to see the beauty in the world again with him taking me on trips, he taught me to have fun again while riding Miles, and finally he became my new father, and once I became his son, I change my name to Diaz Garcia and in time grew into the man who stands before you. One who would not let others tell me what I deserve or how to live. And even though my father Inigo passed away last year, I'm still here, living for all those who came before me, honoring them the best I can." Diaz said to everyone.
"Wait, Diaz isn't your birth name?" Guy asked Diaz.
"No. And even though I changed my name, it didn't mean my past was erased or meaningless. For a name is just something you use to call someone, it doesn't change the person, and it doesn't change our times together. For we are experiences, both good and bad, and even when we have similar faces, we all have completely different experiences, and become different people." Diaz said to Guy, before looking at Asch and Ziad.
"So if you all want to reject someone for one big mistake that only happened because of Van and Yulia, then leave. It's clear that a thug." Diaz said to everyone, before looking at Asch.
"A spoiled princess." Diaz said to everyone, before looking at Natalia.
"A fool." Diaz said to everyone, before looking at Ion.
"A gold digger." Diaz said to everyone, before looking at Anise,
"A few lackeys." Diaz said to everyone, before looking at Guy, Whina, and Qadira.
"And a man who finds our struggles to be entertaining." Diaz said to everyone, before looking at Jad.
"Clearly doesn't want to help someone work through a very hard time. So leave, you'll have my brother, Zaid, to keep you alive. But when Asch leaves you to rot, don't say I didn't warn you, and don't come running to me for help." Diaz said to everyone, as he put his violet shirt and his leather jacket back on.
"Goodbye." Diaz said to everyone, as he and Miles left the room.
Diaz's story and words made everyone think, well everyone but Asch. "Forget about him. Let's get to the Tartarus and get out of here. If he wants to waste time on that dreck then let him. We don't need him." Asch said to everyone, as he and Carlo left the room.
Everyone was confused by this, having a hard time to pick who to follow. But Natalia got over her confusion first, and went after Asch. This caused Qadira and Guy to go after her followed by their Pokemon.
Knowing that they would need him, Jade went after Asch as well, with his Pokemon following him.
And wanting to figure out what Van was up to, Ion followed Asch, making it so Whina, Anise, and their Pokemon had no choice but to follow him as well.
Seeing that everyone went after Asch, Zaid and Selim had no choice but to go after everyone as well.
Later in the Tartarus, Jade was at the helm, with Asch, Guy, and Anise at the controls, with Zaid, Whina, Natalia, Qadira, Ion, and the Pokemon standing around the deck.
"Can we run a landship this size with only four people?" Asch asked Jade. "Only with the bare minimum maneuverability." Jade said to Asch. "Sephiroth are the pillars that support our Outer Lands, right? How are we going to use that to get back up?" Anise asked everyone.
"The Sephiroth are places where the planet's fonons are concentrated and memory particles spout forth. The pillars- Sephiroth Trees- Are the result of artificially strengthening those memory particle spouts." Ion said to Anise.
"Simple, please?" Zaid asked Ion. "In other words, we're going to be pushed up by memory particles." Guy said to Zaid. "Pushed up. Got it." Zaid said to Guy.
"We'll temporarily stimulate the Sephiroth and catch the memory particle spit with the Tartarus' sails." Jade said to Zaid, confusing Zaid. "I hope it works." Natalia said to everyone. (If it doesn't, then we'll all either have to leave the ship, or die in the muck.) Carlo said to everyone.
"That sounded like something that wasn't helpful." Natalia said to Carlo. "Don't worry. Begin!" Asch said to everyone, as they got to work on their plan.
Outside, lights started to grow out of the muck, catching the Tartarus' sails. Then the light turned into the massive tree that blew the Tartarus all the way to the top and back to the surface of the world.
"Looks like we made it up." Jade everyone to everyone, as they looked out the window. "I can't believe this is floating in mid-air." Natalia said to everyone. "So, where do we go now?" Guy asked everyone.
"We can get information at Fon Machine Lab 1 in Belkend. Van goes there often." Asch said to everyone. "He does?" Anise asked Asch. "I misunderstood Van's objective. We'll have to uncover his activities to find out what he's really after." Asch said to everyone.
"I want you to take Ion, Whina, and me back to Daath." Anise said to Asch. We'll take you back once we're done. I need bodies here to operate the Tartarus." Asch said to Anise. "Why not use your own men?" Guy asked Asch.
"I can't. Everything I do would be leaked to Van." Asch said to Guy. "I don't see any problem with helping Asch. We, too, need to know van's true objective." Natalia said to everyone. "Are you sure that's it or you just want to be with him?" Qadira asked Natalia. "QADIRA!" Natalia said to Qadira, getting embarrassed.
"Natalia is right. About Van anyway." Ion said to everyone. "If you say so, Ion, then I'll go along." Anise said to Ion. "I have something I want to confirm as well. I'll cooperate with Asch for a time." Jade said to everyone. "So then we're off to Belkend." Whina said to everyone. "Now that you're all done talking, head to the east, where Belkend is." Asch said to everyone, as Jade started to head to the east.
After a few hours, later Jade parked the Tartarus at a Belkend's port, but the rest of the city was still a couple miles away. While Jade took care of leaving the Tartarus here, Asch looked at the port, with Natalia walking up behind him.
"Belkend is your father's territory, isn't it? When we were young, we went together to Belkend's-" Natalia said to Asch, but was interrupted by Asch. "The city's to the south. Let's go." Asch said to everyone, as he walked away. "Asch." Natalia said, as everyone went after him.
After an hour of walking, they reached the city of Belkend, and it was a city with many machines, labs, and powerlines all over the place.
Using his states, Asch made it so everyone could enter Van's main lab, and after looking for a while, they ran into an old man, who had a bald spot, spiky gray hair around the sides of his head, and glasses over his eyes.
"Luke! No… Asch." the old man said to Asch. "Hah, so the traitor to Kimlasca, Spinoza, still lives here in his city. What a joke." Asch said to everyone. 'What do you mean, "traitor"?" Natalia asked Asch.
"This guy was involved in my kidnapping." Asch said to everyone, pointing at Spinoza, surprising Jade a little. "Don't tell me you're the one who broke the ban of fomicry!" Jade asked Spinoza. "It's just as you imagine, Jade." Asch said to Jade, surprising Spinoza.
"Jade! The Necromancer!" Spinoza said, in shock. "Applying fomicry to living creatures is forbidden." Jade said to Spinoza. "Every fomicry researcher longs to try it at least once! You're not different, jade Curtiss! Or should I say, Dr, Jade Balfour! You're the father of fomicry! You made dozens of replicas!" Spinoza said to Jade, surprising everyone but Asch and Jade.
"I won't deny it. I am the one who proposed the principles of fomicry." Jade said to Spinoza. "Then you have no right to criticize me!" Spinoza said to Jade.
"I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I'm not interested in mutual wound-licking. I have no intention of covering for someone, just because they've committed the same sin as I. I'm well aware of what I've done. That's why I forbade it. The replication of living organisms presented both technical and ethical problems. You, a fomicry researcher, should know well the fate of the first replicas of living creatures." Jade said to Spinoza.
"I-I only… All I did was help with Van's preservation project! I figured, if all we were doing was recording the replica information." Spinoza said to Jade, looking away. "Preservation project? What are you talking about?" Asch asked Spinoza, surprising Spinoza.
"You didn't know?!" Spinoza asked Asch. "Tell us!" Asch said to Spinoza, a commanding tune in his voice. (Talk worm!) Carlo said to Spinoza, pointing his swords at Spinoza, surprising Spinoza.
"I can't. I shouldn't have mentioned it at all." Spinoza said to Asch, as he tried to run away, but Carlo rushed him and forced Spinoza into the wall. Then Carlo jab his swords into the wall, crossing them in a X line in front of Spinoza's neck. (I said, TALK!) Carlo said to Spinoza, igniting the flames on his blades, terrifying Spinoza.
This caused Spinoza to pass out. (Well so much for answers?) Carlo said, as he removed his blades and let Spinoza fall face first onto the floor. "Now what?" Anise asked everyone.
"Start digging around in the computers." Asch said to everyone, as he moved to a computer and looked through its data. No one said anything, but went along with it and started to look through the data. Well everyone but Zaid and Selim, who wondered why digging a hole in a computer would help.
After digging around in the lab's data for a while, they found a lot of data of replicas. "Why is Van collecting replica data? What does he plan to do with it?" Natalia asked everyone, as they exited the lab.
"Well, I'd assume he's going to make replicas." Anise said to everyone. "She means, why have so much data? If he was just trying to make copies, a few people could be enough. But instead he's got a massive amount of this data. Which begs the question. Why this much?"
"Another question, where to next?" Whina asked everyone. "We're going to Ortion Cavern." Asch said to everyone. "The cave on the western continent of Radessia? But why?" Natalia asked Asch.
"I presume he intends to investigate the replica issue. Fonimin can be gathered there. And…" Jade said to everyone, before he stopped talking. "And?" Natalia asked Jade. "Yeah, what is it?" Whina asked Jade.
"Well, you know. Radessia is Kimlascan territory. Malkuth can't interfere. Dist was originally a researcher from Malkith. It's a logical place for him to go after stealing fomicry technology." Jade said to everyone. "Enough talk. Let's get going." Asch said to everyone.
"Boooo. Do you really think we should go, Ion?" Anise said to Asch, and asked Ion. "Yes, for now, let's do what he says." Ion said to Anise. "I'm getting off here." Guy said to everyone, surprising everyone but Jade.
"Why?" Asch asked Guy. "I'm worried about Luke. I have to go back for him." Guy said to Asch. "I don't believe you! Who cares about that idiot!" Anise said to Guy. "Diaz dose. And he had a point. And I have faith that he can get past this like Diaz said." Guy said to Anise.
"Guy! You're Luke's attendant, and his friend! The real Luke is right here!" Natalia said to Guy. "Didn't you listen when Diaz yelled at you about that. It's about who's the original or not. It's about being with your friends. And my friend is that idiot." Guy said to Natalia.
"Thanks, Guy." Luke said, thinking out loud in Asch's head.
"It's up to you if you want to go back for him, but how do you intend to return to Yulia City?" Jade asked Guy. "Aramis Spring. It's a cave northwest of Daath. If the replica and his violet fool comes back to the Outer Lands, they'll pass through there." Asch said to Guy.
"Thanks, Asch." Guy said to Asch. "Humph. I knew you'd choose him." Asch said to Guy. "Did van tell you? Well… that's not the only reason." Guy said to Asch. "What are you talking about?" Natalia asked Guy. "Nothing. See you." Guy said to everyone. (Stay safe.) Lokej said to everyone, before he and Guy ran away.
"Luke! Aren't you going to stop him?!" Natalia asked Asch. "Don't call me by that name. It's no longer mine." Asch said to Natalia, worrying Natalia a little. Then Asch made everyone move, walking back to the Tatartus.
After a few hours of walking and sailing the Tatarrus stopped at a hidden cave with a tiny dock outside it. Realizing this was the spot, everyone exited the ship and found themselves in a large cave with some lab equipment scattered around the place.
"It's awfully damp in here." Natalia said to everyone, as entered the cave. "It's probably because of the sea breeze." Ion said to Natalia. "Please wait in the Tartarus, Ion!" Anise said to Ion. "But I'm interested, too." Ion said to Anise. "No! It's too dangerous!" Anise said to Ion.
"Go back, Fon Master. You'll be in our way." Asch said to Ion. "Oh, well." Ion said to Asch. "You didn't have to be rude." Whina said to Asch. "Jataayu, try and protect Ion." Whina said to Jataayu. (I'll try. Just be quick here. I would prefer that we were left out in the open at the entrance to the enemy base.) Jataayu said to Whina.
"Asch, just go ahead and take him with you!" Luke said to Asch, in Asch's head. "Are you stupid? What are we going to do with someone who can't fight?" Asch asked Luke, in his head.
"Let's go inside." Jade said to everyone, as they went into the cave, with Ion and Jataayu went back into the ship.
While walking through the place, they ran into a few small brown robots that looked like octopus floating a little above the ground, with the end of their tentacles having metal balls on them, having white visor eyes that looked a little hollow, and even had some parts that look biological in nature.
"I wonder what those are." Natalia asked, as she tried to get a closer look. "Natalia I wouldn't get close to those if I was you." Qadira said to Natalia. "Oh calm down. I can take care of myself." Natalia said to Qadira, turning her back to the robots.
But that got the attention of one of the bots, and it lunged at her, making her turn before she bent her knees and raised her arms over her head in fear.
But then Asch came rushing up, taking out one of the robots, then he rushed the rest of the bots, and took out the other robots. That's when Anise came running up, at the same time Natalia stood normally.
"Wow! Asch, that was great!" Anise said to Asch. "Are you okay?" Asch asked Natalia. "Yes… Yes, I'm fine. Thank you, Asch." Natalia said to Asch. "Jade, Do you recognize them?" Asch asked Jade.
Jade then looked at the bots. "Well, given the signs of biology and robotics, they seem to be something new that Dist made. But I have no idea what could have made Dist make something like this." Jade said to Asch. "Looks like this may not go easily. Let's go." Diaz said to everyone, before he made everyone move.
After a bit of walking, they found some kind of machine in the back, but didn't find any more of those strange robots. "What is this place?" Natalia asked everyone, as they walked up to the machine.
"A fomicry research facility. Though it appears to have been abandoned for some time." Jade said to everyone, as Asch messed with the machine's computer. "The calculator device is still running." Asch said to everyone, as everyone moved to Asch.
"Impressive. I doubt Luke could have handled this." Jade said to Asch. "This is… research regarding the effective scale of fomicry." Asch said to everyone, looking at the data.
"They were trying to create replicas of large objects by increasing the data collection area." Jade said to everyone. "Large objects? You mean like houses and stuff?" Anise asked Jade.
"Oh, larger than that. Even back when I was involved, we theoretically could have replicated a small island." Jade said to Anise. "What the hell?! Impossible!" Asch said, a shock tune in his voice.
"What's wrong?" Natalia asked Asch. "look at the maximum replica size Van's research shows!" Asch said to everyone. "Thirty million square kilometers?! That's more than a tenth of Auldrant!" Jade said to everyone.
"How could they go from a small island to a tenth of the planet?" Whina asked Jade. "It appears that we can thank Diaz and the Pokemon for that." Jade said to everyone.
"Brother bad? Partners bad?" Zaid asked Jade. "No Zaid. It appears that Diaz and the Pokemon don't have fon slots like us, but by learning how to make replicas of them it opened the door to replicate many things I had trouble replicating before I abandoned the research." Jade said to everyone.
"Still even if they succeeded in making something that size, there's be no place to put it." Natalia said to everyone. "They also have a list of previous replica data. The Malkuth military should have disposed of this." Jade said to everyone. "Did Dist smuggle it out?" Asch asked Jade.
"Most likely. It's data from the people of the destroyed island of Hod. There's no mistaking it. I was the one who had them take it at the time." Jade said to everyone, making Whina feel very nervous and scared, as well as hugging herself.
"Don't tell me they're trying to resurrect a replica Hod? Natalia asked everyone. "It wouldn't be Hod, no matter how many things they bring back, it'll never be the same." Whina said to Natalia. "In any case. Let's take this data with us." Jade said to everyone, as he and Asch started to download the data onto a disc.
While everyone else was waiting, Anise noticed something and ran away from the group, confusing everyone else.
Anise then stood in front of a pair of cells with cheagles in them. "Hey, are these cheagles?" Anise asked everyone, as they ran to Anise, with Natalia running to one cheagle, as she stood in front of the other cheagle.
"Oh! How can they eat if they're trapped in a place like this?" Natalia asked everyone, as Jade and Asch walked to everyone. "Someone must be taking care of them. These two are probably a replica and its original." Asch said to everyone, as Jade gave them a quick once over.
"Yes, they both have a star-shaped mark in the same place." Jade said to everyone, as Anise kneeled down in front of her cheagle. "I wonder if these little guys breathe fire like Mieu." Anise said to everyone, before banging on its bars, making it let out a surge of fire that made Anise jump back. "Whoa!" Anise said to everyone.
"I wonder if this one's the same." Natalia said to everyone, before Anise moved to her, and she bagged on the bars. But unlike Anise's cheagle, her cheagle let out a very tiny flame.
"Hmm, this one doesn't seem as energetic." Natalia said to everyone. "It must be the replica. It's common for them to have reduced abilities." Jade said to Natalia. "But, Colonel, the identification plate says this weak one is the original." Anise said to Jade, looking at a plate on the top of the bars.
"I see. Replica data extraction can have a negative effect on the original in some cases." Jade said to Natalia. "Oh my. What sort of negative effect?" Natalia asked Jade, worried about Asch.
"In the worst case, the original dies. Though with perfect isofons, a different effect occurs." Jade said to Natalia.
"N-no way… So did making me mean that Asch is…?" Luke asked, thinking out loud in Asch's head.
"Is brother in danger?" Zaid asked Jade. "Zaid, Natalia, Asch, there's no need to worry. Symptoms will always present themselves within ten days for inorganic matter. It's even faster for living things. Seven years later, Asch is doing fine. Plus Diaz hasn't shown any signs, so there's no need to worry." Jade said to everyone.
"Thank goodness." Natalia said, sounding relieved. "Good." Zaid said, sounding happy.
"Oh, good." Luke said, thinking out loud in Asch's head, making Asch turn away from everyone. "It's pretty sad when I've got dreck like you worrying about me." Asch said to Luke, thinking out loud in his head. "What? You want to start something?!" Luke asked Asch, thinking out loud in Asch's head. "Enough! Shut up!" Asch said to Luke, thinking out loud in his head, sounding like yelling.
Inreality, Anise sighed. "Replica stuff is complicated. You came up with this technology, right?" Anise asked Jade. "Yes. Though it's a part of my past I wish I could erase." Jade said to everyone.
"So, all we learned was that the Commandant's trying to make a really big replica?" Anise asked everyone, making Asch turn to everyone. "That's plenty. Let's go." Asch said to everyone, as he started to walk away. "Go where?" Natalia asked Asch, making Asch stop and turn to her a little.
"I can do the rest alone. I'll take your back to your homeland." Asch said to Natalia, before they started to leave the cave. But that's when Zaid noticed some bar broken, like something burst out of it.
"Missing." Zaid said, getting everyone's attention. "Missing." Zaid said, pointing to the broken cell. "What could have done that?" Anise asked everyone. "Maybe it was those robots we ran into?" Natalia said to everyone.
"The data in the computer mentioned a new project Dist has started. He called the project the robotic improvement of the lesser beings by my amazing hand to make that stupid Violet Iron pay for insulting me and I will have my revenge on him and Jade Pokemon. But I just ignored that file." Jade said to everyone.
"Project, Rob-Mon?" Zaid asked jade, completely confused by what Jade said. "Yeah, let's just go with Rob-Mon. But if those were robotic octopus where this project. Then we got nothing to worry about." Anise said to everyone.
"So you say. But I have the feeling that something else did this and not those wired ocropus things." Whina said to everyone. "Forget about this Rob-Mon. We got what we came for. Let's go." Asch said to everyone, as he made everyone walk towards the exit.
But once they got near the exit, Asch stopped everyone. "Be careful. There's something here." Asch said to everyone, as he pulled out his sword and stood in front of Natalia. "What?!" Natalia asked Asch. That's when the water started to rumble, making everyone pull out their weapons and get into a battle stance.
That's when another of those robotic octopus came bursting out of the water, but this one was much larger than the others, and the metal balls at the end of it's tentacles looked more like 2 feet wide wrecking balls, it's visor was brown, and the rest of its head looked like it could open up with a large line going down the middle, with faint brown light leaking out of the line.
"What is that thing?!" Anise asked everyone, as she made her doll back up. "Rob-Mon?" Zaid asked everyone. "Most likely. This must be the one from the cell." Whina said to everyone. "But why is it different from the other ones we ran into?" Qadira asked everyone.
That's when Rob-Mon Octopus' eyes glowed white, and it fired a beam of white energy that forged one of the little robot octopus. "Looks like it made those other ones." Jade said to everyone. "Let's take him out before he can make more copies!" Asch said to everyone, as he charged at the Rob-Mon Octopus'.
(Right behind you, Bitter Blade!) Carlo said, as he followed Asch, and set his blades on fire.
Asch slashed the copy, taking it out, and Carlo slashed off one of the tentacles of the Rob-Mon Octopus, before trying to jam his sword into its head.
But that's when the Rob-Mon Octopus' eyes glowed black, and the part Carlo cut off exploded in a burst of black energy, sending Carlo flying before he could hit the Rob-Mon Octopus' head.
Then the Rob-Mon Octopus' eyes glowed brown, and the tentacle Carlo cut off regrew back in a couple of seconds. Then it bagged its metal balls together like a bell for a boxing match was ringing.
"Danger. Hold not back." Zaid said, before he spun the tire counter clockwise, making a giant scarlet crystal tire pop out of Selim's tire throat.
"TERASTALLIZING!" Zaid said, as the scarlet tire turned to him, and hit him, causing the tire to fall apart. This let out a scarlet pulse of energy, and the crystals attached to his body.
"SCARLET BEAST!" An aggressive voice said from his belt, as the crystals broke apart, revealing Zaid in his Scarlet Beast form.
The Rob-Mon Octopus' metal balls then glowed orange and it tried to smash everyone. (Protect!) Selim said, as he stepped ahead of everyone, and formed a green bubble around himself, blocking the metal balls.
Zaid then jumped over the bubble, and slammed his weapon into its head, forcing it back.
"Nice work Zaid. Inesa use Mist." Whina said to Zaid and Inesa. (On it.) Inesa said, as she let out a burst of mist that covered everyone, and made the Rob-Mon Octopus lose sight of everyone.
"Now Susus use Quick Attack." Jade said to the Susus. (We're on it) the Susu said, as they glowed white and burst out of the mist and started to do hit and run attacks on the Rob-Mon Octopus, making small dents appear on its body.
Then Jade casted a lighting spell at it as the Susus moved away from it from inside the mist. The lighting hit the Rob-Mon Octopus, but this made it's eyes turn black, and it let out a burst of black energy, blowing the mist away and making everyone slide back a little bit.
Then the Rob-Mon Octopus' eyes glowed brown, and it fixed all the dents. Then Rob-Mon Octopus' eyes glowed white, and it fired a beam of white energy that forged one of the little robot octopus. And he did this multiple times, many a few copies.
Then the Rob-Mon Octopus' metal balls, and its copies glowed orange and it charged at everyone.
"Plata use Tackle." Natalia said to Plata, as she fired a few arrows at the copies, taking out one of them. (If you say so.) Plata said, as they charged at one of the copies, smashing through it, taking it out.
Then one of the copies charged at Natalia at high speed, making Natalia flinch. But that's when Asch moved in front of Natalia, and slashed at the copy, forcing it back. (Flame Charge!) Carlo said, as he came rushing out of nowhere, encased in flames, and smashing through the copy. This made Natalia look at Asch in wonder.
Meanwhile, Zaid dropped his weapon and charged at the Rob-Mon Octopus, dodging it's metal balls, and grabbing it's tentacles, and with stomping of his right foot and flexing his muscles, allowing him to start spinning in a circle, causing the Rob-Mon Octopus to float into the air as Zaid made it move in a circle.
Zaid then let go of the Rob-Mon Octopus, sending it flying into the wall, but Anise was in between the Rob-Mon Octopus and the wall. (Gust!) Fie said, as he fired a gust of wind at Anise, blowing Anise out of the way of the Rob-Mon Octopus, saving Anise and making the Rob-Mon Octopus crash into the wall, plus making Anise get off her doll.
"Hey, watch it!" Anise said to Zaid, as she got back onto her doll. "Sorry." Zaid said to Anise, as the Rob-Mon Octopus recovered from the crash and charged Qadira, with its metal balls then glowed orange.
But that's when Whina ran up and used her shield to block the metal balls. But with all the metal balls banging against her shield, she was sent flying. "Whina!" Qadira said, as she watched Whina crash into the ground a few feet away from her.
"You're going to pay for that!" Qadira said to the Rob-Mon Octopus, as she slashed off its tentacles. But that's when the Rob-Mon Octopus' eyes glowed black, and the tentacles stared to glow black.
"Oh, right. Forgot about that." Qadira said, as stood still. (Don't just stand their Move! Brutal Swing!) Babila said to Qadira, as her hammer glowed black, and she slammed it into Qadira right side, knocking her out of the mess she was in, with Babila jumping away at the last second before the tentacles let out a burst of black energy.
Then the Rob-Mon Octopus' eyes glowed brown, and the tentacle Qadira cut off regrew back in a couple of seconds.
"Stay. Me and Selim finish it." Zaid said to everyone, as he pulled out his Great Tusk Ignition Key, with the brown side facing him.
"FIGHTING!" An aggressive voice said from his belt, as Zaid ripped it out of the slot with enough force to not only break the crystal off it, but making the tire on his belt spin counter clockwise, and glowed brown.
This made Cyclizar's tire sack glow black, and a giant brown crystal tire popped out of Cyclizar's throat, with the tire heading towards the Rob-Mon Octopus, forcing it back before rolling towards Zaid.
"TERASTALLIZING!" Zaid said, as the brown tire hit him, causing the tire to fall apart. This let out a brown pulse of energy, and the crystals attached to his body.
"GREAT TUSK!" An aggressive voice said from his belt, as the crystals broke apart, revealing Scarlet in his Great Tusk form. Then Zaid bangged his tusk together, making the Rob-Mon Octopus do the same thing as its metal balls glowed orange.
That's when the two of them got into a boxing match, with Zaid ripping off a tentacle every few punches, making it explode with black energy before regrowing, not that Zaid was affected that much.
While fighting, Selim moved behind the Rob-Mon Octopus. (Iron Tail!) Selim said, as his tail turned silver, and he jumped into the air. Selim did a 360 spin in the air, and slammed his tail into the head of the Rob-Mon Octopus, smashing its head in.
Then as Selim jumped back, dents started to appear on the head, like something was punching it from the inside, making Zaid move back in confusion. A few seconds later, the Rob-Mon Octopus' head burst open, and a brown light came out of it.
The light faded revealing a 2 foot tall white octopus, with orange spots on it's large head, with a orange mark that looked like and mask over it's blue eyes with a black line in it, six tiny tentacles with the inside being black, with two tentacle on the sides being much bigger looking like boxing gloves with two orange bumps on the tentacle and the end of the tentacles being black.
(Finally freedom. It's good to be out of that piece of scrap.) The octopus said, with a very young sounding male voice, as the Rob-Mon Octopus started to power down.
(A Cloppous? What were you doing in that thing?) Fie asked the octopus. (I'll explain after you smash that thing!) Cloppus said to Fie, as he pointed to the Rob-Mon Octopus. (Zaid, ahead you.) Selim said to Cloppus, as Zaid spun his tire counter-clockwise.
This caused Zaid's tusk to glow light brown. Then Zaid slammed his tusk into the Rob-Mon Octopus, making it explode into a million pieces.
(That's right you pieces of trash!) Cloppous said, as he ran around, and started to smash the pieces, acting like a kid throwing a tantrum. (This is what you get for not only trapping me inside you, but twisting my moves to give you those crazy powers.) Cloppous said to the pieces, as he kept swinging his arms around.
(Are we all like little one, when small?) Selim asked Carlo. (Just his kind. Clobbopus are known for throwing tantrums, in fact it's because of that they are called the Tantrum Pokemon.) Carlo said to Selim, as Zaid turned back into his normal form, and picked up Cloppous.
(Hey, put me down! Put me down! Put me down!) Cloppous said to Zaid, as he tried to shake out of Zaid's hands. But Zaid just pulled Cloppous into his chest. "Zaid will protect you. You Otto, and Zaid keeps Otto safe. Metal, not going to hurt. " Zaid said to Cloppous.
(What are you talking about?! I don't need protection. And don't call me Otto.) Cloppous said to Zaid. (Just go with it Otto, Zaid and Selim are too dense. Neither of them will understand what you're saying.) Carlo said to Otto.
(My skin, not that hard.) Selim said to Carlo. (See what I mean?) Carlo asked Otto. (Fine. I'm not happy about this, but I guess going with him is better than getting caught and stuffed back into another machine again.) Otto said to Carlo. (You're a Cloppous, your kind is rarely happy.) Carlo said to Otto.
"I wish Mieu was here to translate for us. I have no idea what they're talking about." Anise said to everyone, as they put their weapons away. "It doesn't matter. We've wasted enough time here." Asch said to everyone, as he turned away from everyone.
"Asch… thank you… for protecting me." Natalia said to Asch, holding her fingers over her mouth in embracement. "Let's get moving." Asch said to everyone, before he made everyone move towards the exit.
Once they reached the exit, with Otto on Zaid's shoulder, Ion and Jataayu came running out of the Tartarus. "Welcome ba-." Ion said to everyone, but was interrupted by the whole place shaking. "And earthquake?!" Anise said to everyone, as Natalia started to fall, but was caught by Asch.
"Uh… Um… thank you…" Natalia said to Asch, looking at him with a faint blush on her face. "I remember the last time I caught you like that." Asch said to Natalia, closing his eyes.
"Yes! I wanted to sneak out of the castle, so I jumped from a window." Natalia said to Asch, before Asch started to walk away. "That earthquake may have been southern Rugnica falling." Asch said to everyone. "What?! Why?!" Anise asked Asch, in shock.
"Because Luke destroyed the Sephiroth Tree supporting southern Rugnica. It was barely hanging on by the Sephiroth from other areas. It's about time it fell." Asch said to everyone, sounding normal, and turning away from everyone. "Could you please sound like this is something serious?!" Whina asked Asch.
"What effect will that have on other regions?" Jade asked everyone. "Did you forget that we'd been having the Fon Master Open the doors to the Sephiroth?" Asch asked jade, turning his head to him a little. "Even with the doors opened, the passage rings are protected with Yulian seals. No one can use them." Ion said to Asch.
"Van can!" Asch said to Ion, turning to everyone. "In other words, Van is able to control the Sephiroth. Then… is his objective the further destruction of the Outer Lands?" Jade asked Asch.
"That's what it looks like. From what I heard, the next to fall will be the area around st. Binah." Asch said to everyone.
"I don't have time to play with you anymore. Goodbye!" Asch said to Luke, thinking out loud in his head, before forcing Luke out of his mind.
TWISTED REALM.
But Luke didn't go back to his body after being forced out of Asch's mind, instead Luke found himself in the Twisted Realm, sitting at a table, and his body was just a pink energy version of himself.
"Where am I?" Luke asked, as he looked around. "You're in my territory and a guest." A voice said to Luke, making him turn to see the cloak figure walking up to the table, and taking the set at the other end of the table.
"Who are you?" Luke asked the cloak figure. "Who I am is of no importance. What is important is my offer." The cloak figure said to Luke. "Offer?" Luke asked the cloak figure, confused.
"Yes my boy. You see I know of you. And I know that you're a free piece in this little game of ours." The cloak figure said to Luke. "Game?" Luke asked the cloak figure, confused. "Yes, your world is nothing but a game to the masters, and you've completed your rules in the game. And yet you're still alive, so I wanted to make you a devil." The cloak figure said to Luke.
"What are you talking about?" Luke asked the cloak figure. "You see there are three forces pulling singers in this little game that is your world. First, me, and you've met my two main pieces, Violet Iron and Scarlet Beast. The next. Yulia's Score, a script of lies made to be a punishment for your world's sins. And lastly Van, the foolish savior, who thinks he is some great man, that will bring a bright future, when in fact he's just another sad little man unable to break free from his chains of Hatred." The cloak figure said to Luke.
"What are you talking about?" Luke asked the cloak figure again. "I'm talking about who you were made to be a sacrificial lamb. Yulia's Score mentioned that you, rather Asch, would go to Akzeriuth and cause its destruction. For Van's plans, to trick the Score, he made you, and had you play the part of the lamb. In both cases Akzeriuth was going to die once one of you two entered the city. And Akzeriuth's destruction was a very good thing." The cloak figure said to Luke.
"How could all of those lives lost be something good?!" Luke asked The cloak figure, getting mad. "Because the church believes that this is the divine plan, while Van views this as his chance to save the world. For over 2000 years, the church has caused or let many tragedies happen that could have been avoided, all because it was a part of the trap that is Yulia's Score. And the church will never think Van has done the plan, not knowing that his plan goes through death.." The cloak figure said to Luke.
"Through death?" Luke asked the cloak figure. "He and his lackeys want to save the world, but don't think its people are worth saving. But you'll learn more about that later. For now let's talk about making you a devil." The cloak figure said to Luke.
"Why? Because of what happened at Akzeriuth. I keep telling everyone that it wasn't my fault." Luke said to the cloak figure, standing up and giving the cloak figure a mean look.
"If I blame you for Akzeriuth. You won't be talking to me. You'd be food for my daemons. No, you just played your part in the other plan. But you didn't die like they wanted to. This means, I can turn you into something powerful." The cloak figure said to Luke.
Luke scoffed. "Haven't you heard, I'm just an idiot." Luke said to Zane. "You'd be surprised how useful idiots can be. Plus, I see in you, the potential to be a devil that becomes a hero." The cloak figure said to Luke.
"How can a devil become a hero?" Luke asked the cloak figure. "To explain that. Let me tell you about this special maelstrom on the outskirts of my territory." The cloak figure said to Luke. "A maelstrom?" Luke asked the cloak figure.
"You might know a maelstrom as a powerful whirlpool in the sea or a river. But here, in my territory, a maelstrom is a massive pool of ragging Dragon Type energy, warping time and space on any plant that got unlucky and was formed in it, making it so many different versions of those worlds. And in one of these maelstrom, lives the worlds of the Kamen Riders." The cloak figure said to Luke.
"Kamen Riders?" Luke asked the cloak figure. "Heroes that wear masks, and ride things called motorcycles, which you have never heard of, and I'm not going to explain. And the very first Kamen Rider was kinda like you." The cloak figure said to Luke.
"Like me?" Luke asked the cloak figure. "Yes. His name is Kamen Rider or Kamen Rider Ichigo depending on who you ask. You were made for an evil purpose, but he was kidnapped and turned into a living weapon for the forces of evil. But unlike you, he broke free of the evil plan they had planned for him, and turned the power they gave him into the power to crush the villains." The cloak figure said to Luke.
"He really used the power the villains gave him to crush them? But you can't use evil power for good. Master Van told me that all the time while we were training." Luke said to the cloak figure.
"First, your master is crazy, so forget what he's taught you. And second, power is power. It's up to the people who use it that makes it good or evil. Kamen Rider W and Kamen Rider OOO are proof of that. With Kamen Rider W using a refined version of the same power that turned many of the people of their city into monsters that made the people of the city cry. And Kamen Rider OOO's powers came from the very cores of bosses of the monster he fights themselves. Both used the monster's power, but they didn't use it for their darkest desires like other people did, they used it to help people." The cloak figure said to Luke.
"Good for them. But you can't tell me everyone that was named Kamen Rider were such good people." Luke said to the cloak figure.
"Kamen Rider Ryuki's time would prove that point. You see during his time, anyone could have been a rider, didn't matter what you thought or believed in. The only thing that mattered was your willingness to fight. Those who did not fight, or were too weak were food for the monsters that gave those riders their powers." The cloak figure said to Luke.
"Their powers ate them? That's crazy!" Luke said to the cloak figure.
"You want crazy, let me tell you about Kamen Rider Den-O, he was a normal guy, with extremely bad luck. And he gained his power when monsters from the distant future came to his time, and lost their physical form in the travel, and need people of the present to regain their bodies, with Den-O lending his body to four of these monsters so they can stop the bad ones. Unfortunately this led to Den-O having basically having five personalities, with four of them fighting all the time, and his main personality being kind of a pushover." The cloak figure said to Luke.
"Aren't any of these guys normal?" Luke asked the cloak figure.
"Being normal isn't the destiny for many of these guys, Kamen Rider Gaim is an example of this. He started as a normal guy trying to find his place in the world, but then he found his driver and put it on. And once it was on, it led him down a path that would face evil schemes, power hungry fools, a forest that grew to consume his world, and in the end after surviving everything that was thrown at him, he claimed that forbidden fruit and became a god of the very forest taking over his world. Then he took the forest off his world and went somewhere else, to this day, he's still ruling the forest, waiting for another to brave the forest and clam the forbidden fruit." The cloak figure said to Luke.
"How do you know so much about these people?" Luke asked the cloak figure.
"You can thank Kamen Rider Zi-O, more accurately Kamen Rider Ohma Zi-O. One day the Kamen Rider Maelstrom started to fall apart, getting my attention. When I got there, I found him, Ohma Zi-O. ignorant of his powers, I thought I could take him in a fight easily, so we battled, but I was wrong. His power was nothing like I had ever seen, neither of us could deal a finishing blow, after what felt like an eternity, I abandoned the fight. But during the fight, I learned how he was all the riders, and found his weak spot, a rider not of his time. So I started working out ideas to stop him, but before I could actually set anything in motion, people from the future meddled with his young self, and changed events that ended Ohma Zi-O's threat. But inspired by all that I learned of them, I decided to continue work on my Abyss Riders." The cloak figure said to Luke.
"That's what Diaz and Zaid are called." Luke said to the cloak figure. "Yes. And I hope you'll take that title as well." The cloak figure said to Luke, before snapping his fingers, making a box that looked like it was a festival lantern appear on the table.
Luke looked at the box with wonder, and reached out his hands, but stopped before he touched it. "But what if I just make things worse with this power?" Luke asked the cloak figure, pulling his hands back.
"Then you try and fix it. Let me tell you about Kamen Rider Fourze. He's a complete idiot. He blew himself up, he fell out of the sky a handful of times, and sometimes he hurt himself whenever he got a new power. But he never let any of that stop him from being himself, a man who wanted nothing more than to befriend everyone he could see, even when they hated him or wanted nothing to do with him. And facing things head on, no matter how dangerous it was. He even had the heart to forgive someone who not only betrayed him but killed him without a second thought after coming back to life. He's proof that even if things are bad, so long as you don't give up and have friends by your side, you can overcome everything, even the biggest of mistakes." The cloak figure said to Luke.
Luke said nothing but reached for the box again, only when he touched it, a hole opened under Luke, and Luke fell straight down it, clinging to his chair as he screamed. A few seconds later, Luke crashed into the bottom of the large pit he was now in. After shaking off the crash, Luke looked up to see the cloak figure sitting at the edge of the pit.
"What the heck is this?!" Luke asked the cloak figure. "I may want you on my team. But I can't ignore that you're a brat, and that you still haven't accepted your sins. So I'm putting you to the test. You see why I picked Diaz to be an Abyss Rider is because he was drowning in the abyss, but he was able to climb out of it, and become who he is now. And Zaid had climbed out of the abyss of ignorance and servitude that he was made in. For you I want you to climb out of the abyss of guilt you feel for what happened to Akzeriuth." The cloak figure said to Luke, snapping his fingers, making skulls appear and cover the walls of the abyss, with each skull saying things like guilty, your fault, murder, monsters, and many other insults.
"But if you can't climb up here and gain this new power, then you're free to use the exit down there." The cloak figure said to Luke, before snapping his fingers, making the broken chair turn into a door frame on the wall, with a black door appearing with a red "exit" sign on it.
"So Luke, what will you choose? Climb up here and claim a power that can change your life if not the world? Walk out the exit and go back to your body like none of this ever happened? Or do you choose to stay here and rot in guilt until you die?" The cloak figure asked Luke.
"This is crazy. You can't make me do this." Luke said to the cloak figure. "I'm not making you do anything, you're free to do what you like. I'm just asking you to perform one simple task for me, if you want a new power that is." The cloak figure said to Luke.
"Climbing out of a place like this, is your idea of simple. You really are crazy." Luke said to the cloak figure.
"Oh absolutely. But compared to Kamen Rider Wizard and Kamen Rider Ghost, you have it easy. I mean Kamen Rider Wizard gained his Rider powers after barely surviving a dark magic ritual that took the lives of a massive amount of regular people. And Kamen Rider Ghost had to die in order to take the first step to unlock his power. So don't complain. Make your choice, climb, leave, or rot. What will you do?" The cloak figure asked Luke, as Luke looked around, trying to figure out what to do.
Hello everyone please like, follow, or review if you like this story.
Oh and to explain the Rob-Mon Octopus a little more, their powers are a twist on moves they know. For Otto the Clobbopus, the copies he made came from his Substitute move, the metal balls glowing orange was because of his Brick Break move, the regeneration of parts was from his Bulk Up move, and the tentacle exploding with dark energy and dark energy burst was from his Payback move.
Also, at the moment, I'm not planning to make any more Rob-Mon join the team like Otto, we'll just have to see how I feel about it later before I set anything in stone.