//------------------------------// // Rider Trap // Story: The Light Beyond Despair // by Ultimate Mayhem //------------------------------// The group was eating on the roof of the school as they usually did. "So when you get your Driver?" Indigo asked Sunny. "It's not a Driver." she replied. "It's the Kabuto system. The beetle is known as the Kabuto ZECTer." "Is that why your belt doesn't compact like ours?" asked Vinyl noticing she was wearing it over her skirt. "Right. My belt has a system that was too complex to compress." "Too complex?" asked the others. "Does that have to do with how you moved so quickly?" asked Octavia." "Yes. The Clock Up system." "So when exactly did you get it?" asked Vinyl. "Yesterday, a few minutes after Sunset left. There was something of an alarm. I followed it to the elevator and then to the control room. One of the keys was flashing so I pressed it. Turns out there's a device there to teleport things. Mercy sent it to me as well as a Module for Sunset." "Then why did you wait until the Worm attacked to show us?" asked Indigo. "I like making an entrance." replied Sunny with a smile. "So are you guys just gonna keep wearing your old school's uniforms?" wondered Vinyl. "We haven't had much chance to decide on alternate outfits." said Sunny. "It's not like we ever really thought about what we'd wear outside of our time out of school. Plus, it's convenient." said Indigo. "It's understandable since your uniform was a requirement." said Octavia. "Huh. So that's why you wear such monotonous outfits." said a voice. They turned and saw the girl who had been with the Worm when Thunderbass was attacked. "You!" they all called out standing up. "Yes. Me." she replied in a childish voice. "What are you doing here?" asked Indigo as they pulled out their drivers. "Just looking around. It gets so boring having to wait for orders." she said. The girls looked at each other confused. "Who are you?" asked Lemon Zest. "My name's Pixie Pipopapo." she said with a smile. "Do you just hang here when no one's around?" asked Vinyl. "No. Just when I'm looking for someone." replied Pixie. Sunny noticed she seemed to be wearing the device she'd used as a weapon as a driver. "Are you a Rider as well?" she asked. "You noticed my Bugvisor." said Pixie with a smile. "This is actually a device we Bugsters use. Mine's just the more advanced model. The Bugvisor Zwei." she explained. "What's a Bugster?" asked Lemon Zest. "You'll see. Bye bye." she said vanishing. The girls looked at each other in concern. "We definitely gotta ask Sunset about Bugsters after school." said Indigo. "Agreed." said Sunny. The rest of the day went pretty normal though they noticed the Rainbooms would occasionally give them the stink eye, they didn't bother looking at them directly. After they headed to Sunset's place and were surprised when they saw her looking entranced with a pink aura around her which seemed to have made her hair blond and her eyes pink. "Is she okay?" wondered Vinyl as she went up to her and waved her hand in front of face. "She's fine." replied a voice. The tv turned on and they saw Mercy. "She just synchronized with her new module." "Who's module was it?" asked Sour. "Cure Heart. The leader of Sword's team." replied Mercy. "This is a very interesting reaction." "What do you mean?" asked Sunny concerned. "This is something that has never happened before. Even when she synchronized with Scarlet, Beat, and Passion the most that happened what her body reacting to their auras but nothing like this." explained Mercy. "So what should we do?" asked Indigo. "In the meantime, what do we do? We still need to ask her about that Bugster girl." said Vinyl. "Bugster?" asked Mercy. "You know about them?" asked Lemon. The others looked at her. "What?" "Bugsters are one of the threats we fight." explained Mercy. "Bugster is the name of a virus that originated in games but then expanded and infected people resulting in game character monsters appearing in the real world. If someone is infected with it the Bugster has to be defeated or else the person the Bugster broke out of will disappear." "Disappear?" asked the girls. "If the Bugster who infected the patient isn't beaten the person vanishes and the Bugster becomes...solid I guess." "Are we prepared to fight this?" asked Octavia concerned. "Well you're not. The only Riders who can are those who use Gamer Drivers. One's out on assignment. The second's in a coma and the third...died in battle, from what they told me." replied Mercy. "What happened?" "When we fought the Worm the first time a girl with a bug something was with it." explained Lemon. "A Bugvisor?" asked Mercy. "Yeah. That's it." said Lemon. "Something like this?" asked Mercy typing causing a similar device to appear only this one was purple and black. "Yeah but this one was like turquois and grey." said Lemon. "Interesting." "Do you have any of those Gamer Drivers?" asked Lemon. "Unfortunately no. The only three Riders with Gamer Drivers we've had said they received them in packages." explained Mercy. "Why are they called Gamer Drivers?" asked Sugarcoat. "They use objects called Gashats which, from what I've seen, are in fact games like this one." she explained as an image came up of a small dark blue object with a clear rectangle which said Bang Bang Shooting in the front and showed someone with a gun. "Wait. I think I know that game." said Lemon. "Yeah. It's in the arcade at the mall. Bang Bang Shooting's a first-person shooter where your target's an enemy commander named Revol." explained Sour. "Are there any others?" "Two others. The only Rider we have available uses a game called Taddle Quest while the Rider who was lost before Blitz and I came on used a game called Bakusou Bike." "Do you know those games as well?" asked Octavia. "Yeah. Taddle Quest is an RPG where you go on an adventure with swords and magic. Bakusou Bike is a racing game where anything's allowed to cross the finish line." replied Sour. "Who would've thought those games were Rider items." "You certainly sound like a gamer. Possibly a Genius Gamer." said Mercy. "I've been called that before." said Sour. "So any idea how long Sunset's gonna be like this?" she asked turning to Sunset. "Impossible to say." replied Mercy. Within Sunset's mind "Where am I?" asked Sunset. "We're in your mind." replied a voice. Sunset turned and saw a girl with blond hair in a pink and white outfit with neon pink eyes. "You're..." "Cure Heart. Aida Mana." said the girl. "You're just like he described you." "Who?" "Onii-chan. My Onii-san found out there would be a threat to your world so he prepared something which would give your world a fighting chance at survival." explained Heart. "Is that why we're here? So you could explain?" "No. From what I can tell you synchronized yourself with Mako-pi. Cure Sword. That means you're courageous. I'm sure you understand what I represent." "Love." "Right. We synchronized like this because your love for your friends is overflowing like mine is for mine. However, I can feel there's more. Heartbreak. Fear. Anger." Sunset looked away. "You don't have to say anything. I just wanted to warn you about something. You created something which you can't control because you're afraid." "Afraid?" "Yes. Your anger is something that is a part of you. To deny it is to deny yourself." "You don't understand. Every time I use it I lose control. I just black out." said Sunset. "There's a lot you still have to learn Sunset but I'm sure you'll figure it out." said Heart with a smile as there was a flash of light. Outside Sour got closer as the aura around Sunset suddenly flared up and vanished. "Whoa." "Well...that happened." said Sunset before noticing her friends. "When did you guys get here?" "We arrived a short while ago." replied Sunny. "Oh." "Sunset what happened?" asked Mercy. "Cure Heart wanted to talk to me." replied Sunset. The other noticed she seemed conflicted about it. "So, what's going on?" "We met the girl that was with the Worm the other day. She said she's a Bugster. She introduced herself as Pixie Pipopapo." explained Sunny. "I figured as much since she separated Next and the Worm with a blast from a Bugvisor." "Next?" asked Mercy. "We met a Rider who called himself Kamen Rider Drive Next. He had a Drive Driver but with a black and blue shift car." "I see. I'll contact Drive and Krim to see if either of them knows about him." said Mercy. "Alright. So what were you saying about the Bugster girl?" asked Sunset. "She showed up at school while we were eating. Said something about looking for someone." explained Indigo. "If she was looking we'll have to keep an eye out. Hopefully we can stop her from infecting her target." said Sunset. "Infect?" asked the others. "A Bugster can use a Bugvisor as both a melee and long-range weapon. In addition they're able to use it to infect people with the Bugster Virus." explained Sunset. "Then we have to find whoever she wants to infect." said Twilight. "Easier said than done." said Sunny. "Canterlot High alone has several staff members and many more students." "Then there's the possibility that the one she seeks to infect may not actually be from the school. It could just as easily be someone who happens to go by the school en route to someplace else." added Sugarcoat. "Then we're looking for a needle in a haystack." said Indigo. "Unfortunately." said Sunset. "Nee-san, is there anything we can do to find whoever she's searching for?" "I'm afraid not. We also have to consider the possibility that she may be trying trick you to get you to lower your guard." said Mercy. "In any case be careful. I'll be out of contact for a while. I have to go in and help our dear brother with a plan of his." Sunset chuckled. "Just don't blow anything up." she said. The other figured she was kidding. "You know I can't make any promises about that." replied Mercy as the tv turned off. The others looked at Sunset in shock. "What?" she asked. "Was she serious about that?" asked Octavia. "Yeah. We actually went on a mission where the two of them had to fight a creature inside a warehouse and it exploded." explained Sunset. "It took all of us to take it down but within our squad they're actually the strongest." "Seriously?" asked Sour. "Yeah. Thing is I don't think anyone's ever seen them fight in their Final Forms." replied Sunset. "Final Forms?" asked the others. "Kamen Riders are..." began Sunset trying to think of a way to explain in a way they'd understand. "...able to evolve, so to speak. We can gain alternate forms which are stronger than the standard forms." "Like your modules?" asked Octavia. "No. My modules are like Vinyl's Lockseeds or Sugarcoat's Eyecons. Different forms which have their own strengths and weaknesses." she replied. "The best example I can think of would be Fourze. He uses these devices call Astro Switches in his Driver and a few of them let him change forms into what he calls different States. From what he told me he's able to use Electric State, Fire State, and Magnetic State. His final form on the other hand combines the power of all forty Switches and he enters Cosmic State. A form which draws power from not only all the Astro Switches but from his bond to all his friends." "Have you ever seen it?" asked Sunny. "Once. Its power was so intense it would've eclipse my power when I became a demon or even the Dazzlings at full power." said Sunset. "It was what gave me hope that I could find true friends because when I saw it I could feel my friendship to him as if my soul was burning with the power of a supernova." "Do we have final forms?" asked Vinyl. "I don't know. None of the files I read said anything about it. Only about alternate forms and the occasional super form." "What's the difference between a super form and a final form?" asked Sour. "A super form is much stronger than any of the alternate forms but the final forms are borderline invincible." replied Sunset. "Are there any other Riders who can go into a final form?" asked Sunny. "As far as I know only three others. Blade's King Form, Ryuki's Survive Form, and Double's Extreme form." replied Sunset. "To be honest I don't actually know if Nee-san and Nii-san have ones of their own. It's just speculation on my part." "That would be so cool!" said Indigo. "Maybe we'll be able to get them." Sunset smiled before her communicator starting going off. "Yeah?" she asked answering it. "Are you certain? Damn. Alright. If they contact you make sure to forward me the message." After she put down her communicator and sighed. "Is something wrong?" asked Sunny. "One of the other Riders told me to contact a pair of twins named Harmony and Havoc. They've been helping me by keeping track of things out in the streets." explained Sunset. "One of their friends just called me saying that some guy's been talking to some of the kids around Canterlot Middle School about some locks that can summon monsters." "Is that possible?" asked Octavia. "I'm afraid so." replied Sunset. "Lockseeds are able to summon creatures called Inves to this realm via tears in space called Cracks. They're like the rifts that open when Vinyl transforms." "Wait. Doesn't me transforming make it worse?" asked Vinyl. "No. The Sengoku Driver makes it possible to open Cracks with no risk of weakening the dimensional barrier between this world and Helheim." replied Sunset. The others were a bit confused but understood the basic part of the explanation. "So what did whoever called say?" asked Lemon. "The twins talked the guy into letting them become Lockseed dealers so he'd take them to his supplier." explained Sunset. "What?! Why?!" asked Lemon concerned. "Don't worry. I don't know them very well but I've learned those two are more dangerous than they appear." said Sunset. "As for why...When Leangle was here he gave them a device that send a signal to us." "Then their intent is to send the signal once they meet who would be supplying the Lockseeds." said Sunny. "More than likely." said Sunset. "Is there anything we can do to help them?" asked Lemon. "As much as I'd like to help them right now we have to trust they can handle themselves." replied Sunset. "Lemon I don't like waiting any more than you do but right now there's nothing we can do until they signal us." "Couldn't you have at least told them to contact you before they do anything dangerous?" asked Lemon. "It would've been pointless. The twins have agreed to help us but they won't take orders from anyone. We can call them to see if they have any knew information but that's about it." "And you can't call them right now?" asked Lemon. "They left their phones with the friend of theirs who called me." replied Sunset. "Lemon for now we'll have to trust them." "I-It's just..." began Lemon. "You have a soft spot for children, that's pretty obvious but like it or not we've got no way of finding them so just wait." said Sunset. "There is a way we could get some information though." "What? How?" asked the others. "The twins and their friends hang out at a few different places. We could head out to their known hang outs to see if they might've told any of the others something." replied Sunset. "It could be a possibility." said Sugarcoat. "Do we know where we could start?" "If we're going to do this the five of us who can transform should head out. The rest of you should keep an eye down in the control room." suggested Sunset. "Alright. Let's go." said Lemon. The group got in the elevator and headed down but as they did an alarm went off. As soon as the doors opened they ran into the control room and Twilight jumped into the control seat and began typing. A map came up taking up all the screens which showed a dark red dot and a green dot. "That's them alright." said Sunset. "That must be where the supplier is." said Indigo. "There's something that seems odd about the location." said Octavia. "We don't have time." said Vinyl urgently running back to the elevator. The others quickly followed. It wasn't long after they rode out. Twilight tracked them and the others watched though Octavia was still bothered by the location which made her wonder. They saw the others were only a few blocks from their destination when a transmission came in. Twilight answered revealing a guy about their age with who had black and violet streaked hair who had a dark yellow, almost orangish, skin tone. "Who's there?" he asked. "My name's Twilight Sparkle." "I'm guessing you're assisting Sunset Shimmer. Can you call her over?" asked the guy. "She already left." replied Twilight. "Who are you?" "Name's Sting." he replied. "Mercy asked me to keep an eye on things here in case something happened and something just happened. From the readings I'm getting there's a Crack in an abandoned place." "That might explain it." said Twilight. "Would that be an issue?" asked Octavia. "Possibly. According to my information the place used to be a greenhouse." said Sting. "That's why it seemed so familiar!" yelled out Octavia surprising everyone. "That greenhouse used to be public but some sort of parasite caused everything to die in it and they were forced to shut it down. I went there as a child." "This is weird." said Sting. "Your name's Twilight, right?" She nodded. "We're connected right now so I need you to pulled up any camera feed from in or around the greenhouse." "Let me see what I can find." said Twilight as she began typing. "That's weird. Octavia, how long ago did the greenhouse close down?" "Around eight years ago, why?" "From the looks of things there's a new security system in it." explained Twilight as she pulled up the security feed. They became surprised when they saw a Worms with a few odd looking creatures. "So there are Inves there." said Sting. "Should we be worried?" asked Lemon. "Hard to tell but this could work to your advantage." replied Sting. "How so?" asked Octavia. "One of the Riders has a Sengoku Driver, right?" "Yes. Sunset referred to Vinyl as Gaim." replied Octavia. "Helheim fruits are extremely dangerous because it'll mutate anything that eats it. That's how Inves are created. The plus side is that if someone wearing a Sengoku Driver grabs a fruit it'll become a Lockseed." "Hold on. What about the Inves? If the fruit turned them is there a way to change them back?" asked Twilight. "I'm afraid not. Once they eat Helheim's fruit they become Inves and will eat only that. We've seen that they'll reject any food that isn't Helheim fruit. They can become sentient but it takes a lot of time for that to happen. Long enough for them to threaten the native species of any world Helheim invades." explained Sting. "Hang on." he said noticing something. "Alright. I think I can send you some help." With the Riders The group rode to through the streets until they arrived at the greenhouse but as soon as they got off their bikes the group was caught off guard when they were thrown around. "Damn it." said Seikō. "I'll take care of the Worms." said Kabuto. "Clock up!" she yelled out before speeding off. "Alright let's go." said Seikō. Unknown to them there were other observers. Pixie stood next to Amaya who wore a monkey mask. "You don't wanna stay for the show?" asked Amaya. "I suppose this plan of yours give us both what we want. Time to find my target." said Pixie. "Take care of things sister." she said vanishing. "More fun for me." said Amaya with a shrug before vanishing. The other Riders looked around in the greenhouse and saw plants everywhere. "That's odd." they heard Twilight say. "Octavia said the place died a few years ago." "Oh yeah. That's why this place seemed familiar." said Gaim. "Tavi told me about this place." "Everyone watch yourselves." said Seikō before they entered. "Necrom have you practiced with the Gan Gun Catcher?" "A bit. I think I can fight with it now." said Necrom as a weapon flew out of her Mega Ulorder which resembled a rifle with a partially closed hand at the end of it. "Wait. You've had a weapon this whole time?" asked Gaim surprised. "Yes." replied Necrom simply. "I've never use a weapon before so I had an acquaintance of mine teach me some of the basics to avoid injuring one of you during battle." "Oh. I guess that makes sense." said Gaim holding both her weapons. Seikō summoned her weapon in sword form as they walked in and were instantly greeted by several Inves. They got ready to fight until the Inves separated, opening a path for them. The five were confused by this but walked to the open Crack which was all the way in the back. The four remained cautious when they went through the crack and found themselves in a forest. As they walked around Seikō noticed Necrom and Meteor seemed to look at the oddly shaped fruit. "Don't eat the fruit." she warned. "Vinyl try to see if you get something." "What do you mean?" asked Gaim. "Sengoku Drivers have the power to turn Helheim fruit into Lockseeds." explained Seikō. "Really? Sweet." said Gaim as she went and grabbed a fruit. It glowed for a moment before changing shape and becoming a Lockseed but with what looked like a grey watermelon on it. "Wonder what kind of weapon I'll get from this." "You won't." replied Seikō. "What do you mean?" asked Gaim. "This is a low level Lockseed. Basically, the ones you've used are class A. Lockseeds under that class don't work to transform though they do work for nourishment." explained Seikō. "Nourishment?" asked Gaim. "So if I wear one of these I don't have to eat?" "In essence." replied Seikō. Gaim grabbed a few more, most of which were like the first one though one did turn into a banana Lockseed. "So you finally arrive." said a voice. The group looked towards the higher part of a tree and saw a man smirking at them. "Who are you?" asked Seikō. His smirk widened as he released a wave of energy which suddenly made them feel like they were moving in slow-motion while their conscious minds were still going at their normal speed. This lasted for a few moments before the four were able to regain themselves. "What the hell was that?" asked Meteor. "Density Shift." said Seikō. "Then you're..." "Name's Zeal and I think you've got something of mine little lady." "Sunset." said Gaim. "I'll take him. The rest of you clear out the Inves but don't let them eat any Lockseeds." ordered Seikō. "Wait? What?" asked Meteor. "What do you mean?" asked Gaim. "If an Inves eats a class A Lockseed they'll...evolve. Take care of things." said Seikō pulling out the Furia module. Zeal moved deeper with Seikō following. "Alright. Let's get to work." said Meteor. The three got ready but were caught off guard when most of the Inves charged at Gaim. The others reacted in time counter but Gaim was caught off guard by an Inves who struck her from behind causing her to be thrown and her new Lockseeds to fly. One of the Inves caught the banana Lockseed only to place it near what looked like its mouth. The Inves absorbed it and it began to mutate changing into a bat like form which had wings. "Oh crap." said Gaim. "Well...this got more complicated." said Meteor. "It doesn't matter." said Necrom pulling out her Grimm Eyecon. "We know what we have to do." she said changing forms. "Fighting Pen!" Meanwhile Seikō chased Zeal down until she got tired of it and switched her weapon to rifle mode, firing enough shots to destroy several trees ahead of him forcing him to land on the ground. "Now I'll avenge my friend." said Seikō pressing the button on the Furia module. "Furia!" Seikō inserted the module and her body was overcome by the blood red aura only this time her mind stayed clear enough to keep herself from going berserk like before. The other difference was that now the back of her suit seemed to have grown what looked like three tails with metal blades at the end of each which resembled claws giving her a very wild appearance as she roared. "This should be very fun." said Amaya from a tree as she watched Seikō and Zeal. Zeal was surrounded by a strange silver substance which upon dissipating revealed him as a humanoid creature with something which resembled a caped who had a cage looking helmet with a scythe. Seikō let out a roar and charged towards Zeal who held out a hand causing three ribbon like cables to extend. She responded by jumping with her arms cross in front of her and her body hunched in the air extending the tails to collide with the cables. She then vanished from the air forcing Zeal to looked for her but was caught by surprise when two of Seikō's tail claws grabbed his wrists threw him into other trees. She wasted no time and followed on all fours as though she were a lion chasing its prey. Zeal fired several shots out of the blade of his scythe which hit Seikō but didn't stop her. He tried to jump back but was caught by her tail claws and slammed down repeatedly. The others were able to destroy a most of the weaker Inves but the one with wings had been using a hit and run tactic. They found it was much fast than they realized making it impossible for Necrom to react fast enough to pull it down by becoming goo and she didn't have any luck with the extended pens on the Grimm's shoulders. Meteor tried using Saturn's rings to land a few hits but her attack couldn't go high enough. Gaim considered changing to Ichigo Arms but considering how they were being hit she was afraid the Inves would take the Strawberry Lockseed to become stronger so she focused on firing with the few shots the gun half of her Musou Saber gave her. The Inves knocked Necrom and Meteor back only to grab Gaim. Once the air it flew at her and struck to several times keeping her in the air before launching her into a tree. The Inves looked straight at her Lockseed as it flew straight for her until a motorcycle came out of what looked like a flower bud and crashed into it knocking it back before landing on the ground. Gaim pulled herself out of the tree and fell landing behind her savior. She looked up and became surprised. "Tavi?" Octavia smiled and pulled out a Sengoku Driver which she placed at her waist extending the belt and causing an image of a different samurai like helmet which was white to appear on the same part it had appeared on Gaim's. She then held out a Lockseed which looked like a green melon and had the code L.S-04. The lock opened, opening a crack above her with a large metal melon descending from it, and she place in her Driver before closing it. "Lock on!" "Henshin!" she called out slicing the Lockseed. "Soiya! Melon Arms: Tenka Gomen!" called out her Sengoku Driver as the melon descended on her forming a white suit as her helmet formed under the metal fruit. After it unfolded locking it on the chest, back, and shoulders of her suit which materialized a melon looking shield in her left hand and had a Musou Saber at her left side. "Vinyl I'll take over from here." "Alright. Just watch yourself Tavi." "Don't worry about me." said Octavia as she drew her Musou Saber and pulled the back before firing a few shots at the Inves forcing it to fly upwards. She recharged and fired more shots making mental notes of how it moved. As she kept continually recharging and firing, not giving it the chance to attack. After a few minutes she stopped firing. The Inves saw an opening and headed straight for her but Octavia used her shield deflect its attack. "Its movements are too wild to direct it through my shots so my best chance would likely be to immobilize it." she said to herself. "Vinyl I've got an idea but you need to use your strawberry armor." "Got it." said Gaim changing her locks as Octavia made sure to shield her from the Inves. "Ichigo Arms: Shushutto Spark!" "I think I can predict its attack pattern. I'll give you an opening to use the Ichigo Charge." explained Octavia. "Got it." said Gaim. When it got close enough Octavia jumped, grabbing onto it, as Gaim placed her Lockseed on her Musou Saber. Octavia took her's and slashed at its back stunning it enough for Gaim to launch her Ichigo Charge, striking it with several exploding blades when Octavia jumped high above it as she resliced her lockseek once. "Melon Squash!" it called out as her Musou Saber's blade began glowing in her descent allowing her to slash it causing it to explode before she landed. "Nice going." said Gaim. "Now's not the time!" said Octavia. "We have to go now. This whole thing was a distraction!" "What?" asked the others surprised. "Sunset should be here soon. Sunny and Next went to get her." said Octavia. Seikō Furia had been wildly attacking Zeal who had been doing nothing more than take most of her attacks to keep her attacking. Both Kabuto and Next arrived and called out causing her to turn. "Sunset we have to go this whole thing was a trap!" yelled Sunny. "A trap?" asked Seikō. "This whole thing was set up so Pixie could find and infect Principal Celestia!" explained Kabuto. "So, you found us out." said Zeal. "You're too late anyway." Seikō ejected the Furia module, returning to her default form but fell to her knees panting heavily. "Sunset Principal Celestia should be finishing up for the day. You've all gotta head to CHS." said Twilight. "Sunny I don't have the energy to make it there on my own." said Seikō. "Understood. I'll get you to the entrance." said Kabuto who then turned to Next. "What about you?" "I'll clear out any other Inves around here." replied Next. Kabuto nodded and Clocked up with Seikō back to the entrance where they met up with the others. From there they went off with Sunset, who had changed back, riding with Kabuto. A few minutes later they arrived at the CHS faculty parking lot and they spotted Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna heading toward the vehicle they had carpooled in. By the time they got there all the Riders had changed back. They called out to the two surprising them. Celestia and Luna turned to them as Pixie appeared behind them with her Bugvisor aimed at Celestia. "Look out!" The two turned as Pixie sprayed an orange mist at Celestia and then vanished causing the older woman to hold her throat as she fell to her knees. Parts of her body started glitching as Luna ran up to her sister moments before she lost consciousness. "What's happening?" asked Luna. Sunset tried to run towards the woman who reminded her to her teacher but fell to her knees. "Sunset?" she asked surprised as Sunny and Indigo help her up. "Call an ambulance." Sunset instructed. "Do you know what's happened?" asked Luna. "She's been infected with the Bugster Virus. We need to get her to a hospital in the meantime." explained Sunset. "I'll make sure they have something ready for you as well." said Luna as she pulled out her phone. "Don't. I'll be fine. I'm just exhausted." replied Sunset. "We'll head back to my place. I have to call the base. Hopefully Brave's back from his mission." she explained pulling out her communicator. She slid her thumb on part of it causing Luna's phone to beep. "I've sent you a way to contact me directly." "Very well. I'll contact you once we get to the hospital." replied Luna. Sunset nodded. "Sugarcoat, Vinyl, Octavia. Go with them in case they go after them." instructed Sunset. The three nodded before they helped Sunset onto Sunny's bike and they took off followed by Indigo. 'Hopefully he's back.' In a dream "Who are you?" "My name's Hojo Emu but a lot of people know me as Genius Gamer M. You will need to operate."