Starlight Glimmer glared at her subordinates. Party Favor, Night Glider, Sugar Belle, and Double Diamond all stood in a row as the leader of PhoenEXE breathed steadily as a vein bulged at her neck. “Let me see if I understand this. Not one, not two, but three Gaia Memories went missing from production, and on top of all that, one of them was a gold type?!”

Double Diamond stepped forward from the group. “I apologize Starlight, this shouldn’t have happened at all…I’ll personally retrieve the Memory from the thief myself, seeing the mayhem they have already created.”

Starlight slammed her fist against the desk, making the others jump. “The point of handing out our manufactured Gaia Memories to lowlife scum, and those of the morally corrupted, is because they won’t go blabbing about how they got them, and since the Memories shatter when subjected to extreme energies like other Gaia Memories, there’s no evidence. The T2 Gaia Memories are wild cards that we have to snatch up when we can, but in the meantime we must mitigate the damage their users cause. So when I hear that some random people stole three Gaia Memories, and are not under our surveillance, it makes me VERY ANGRY!”

Starlight pointed at the white haired boy. “YOU are going to stay here and beef up the security on the GM production site, none are to leave this facility until further notice! As for the thieves…I’ll handle them myself.”

The four each went wide eyed, Starlight Glimmer had not personally gotten involved with such matters in order to protect her identity and to keep running the PhoenEXE Corporation, but now she has deemed this incident needed her personal attention.

“Heh, heh, boss lady’s finally gettin’ her hands dirty,” said Night Glider.

Starlight turned her steely glare to the midnight blue girl. “Trust me when I say, you don’t want me doing this often. And lest you forget Night Glider, I was once slumming as well, much like you were.” Starlight turned her back and looked out the window towards the city. “Leave me.”

Her four lieutenants walked out of the room, and left Starlight to ponder her next move.

And here I thought I’d only have to reveal myself when I had to face Unicorn. Guess fate likes to throw little speed bumps in my path. But that will not deter me. I know what I must do.

***____________EXE____________***

Kamen Rider Equal’s eyes glowed as she stared down both the Taboo and Spider Dopants. She could feel the fear from them, and rightly so, she was not a hero like Unicorn or her sidekick Nasca, no, she was a woman on a mission, and anyone in her way was to be crushed. The Taboo Dopant wasted little time and fired off three spheres of power towards Equal.

The crystals parts of Equal’s suit shined with a bright blue color, and as soon as the spheres got near her, they went from the size of medicine balls to becoming the size of marbles by the time they hit. When they did make contact, it was as if a small firecracker went off.

The Spider Dopant turned its attention to Equal and opened her mouth to fire a stream of spider silk to wrap around her. However, when the webbing reached her, the same thing happened, only the webbing became stringy as if becoming unraveled until it became nothing.

“Yeah, you’re not going to hurt me that easily. My Less Than creates a dampening field of energy, that saps the destructive power of anything that comes near me. So explosions, beam attacks, kinetic energy, and even that spider silk, are rendered useless.” Equal stated. “Now then…!”

Kamen Rider Equal dashed towards the Taboo Dopant, striking her right in the chest. Sparks flew off her and made the Dopant skid on her heels backwards, Taboo dropped to one knee as she clutched at her chest from the impact of Equal’s attack. But Taboo would not get time to recover as Equal was already in pursuit, taking a swipe at the Dopant with her crystal claw tipped fingers. Her swipe struck Taboo’s right cheek and once again sent the Dopant flying like a rag doll.

The Taboo Dopant finally regained her senses and shot straight up into the air, hovering out of Equal’s reach. She formed several spheres of power around herself and fired them off in quick succession. The Spider Dopant’s eyes widened and as she jumped out of the way of the barrage. Equal didn’t even move, ready to receive the attack, however, her gaze fell upon the rainbow haired girl still unconscious on the ground.

With a sigh, Equal dashed towards the girl and stood beside her as the barrage made contact. Explosions went off all around them, but within the Less Than field, the flames and force of the explosions were completely nullified. Equal looked down at the girl and scowled. Be grateful, you’re alive because you saw who that Spider Dopant was before transforming. If you’re the kind of person to meddle in others affairs, then it won’t be long until they come after you again.

Equal placed her hands before her, her right hand over her left. Starlight swiped at the air and in an instant, the light and energy gathered and formed a long staff. The shaft was colored dark violet, with a white rounded weight at the butt of the staff. At the top was a two-pronged spear, at the center that connected the prongs and spear was a Maximum Drive module keeping the spear blades and shaft connected. Once the barrage ended, Equal removed the Less Than arrow and placed it back on her left hip holster, and quickly replaced it with the one on her right hip.

Power surged through Equal, changing her crystals to a bright crimson color. The staff took the power of her super charge and concentrated it at the center of the prongs. Equal twirled her staff around and thrusted it forward, firing a beam of intense red light straight at the Taboo Dopant. By sheer luck Taboo managed to dodge it, but not without sparks flying off of her from the just the power aura. The damage made Taboo drop out of the sky and onto the ground, making her get up on her hands and knees as she struggled to stay conscious.

“You understand right? The difference in our power is too great. If you beg for mercy now, I might consider letting you live,” said Equal.

Taboo glared up at the dark rider. “I thought you Kamen Riders were about saving people, I’m a just a normal person inside this monster!”

“I know, because I’m the one who made those Gaia Memories. And if there’s one thing I don’t like, it’s to be stolen from.” Starlight pointed her staff at the Dopant as it charged up for another shot. “I planned on taking the Memory back, but in this case I may just need to destroy it and you. Unfortunately it’ll mean time to create a new one, those gold types are difficult to make.”

Under both of her hands, Taboo had created two orbs of power and detonated them right then and there. Dirt and gravel shot up into the air, creating a thick dust cloud that obscured Equal’s vision. A spider web strand was shot out from the top of one of the roofs, latching around Taboo’s waist and hoisting her out of the dust cloud she created. Once far enough, Taboo cut the line and began flying off with the Spider Dopant following close behind.

Equal waved her staff, creating gust of wind that blew away the dust cloud, only to growl in anger that the Dopants escaped. Starlight turned her attention back to the rainbow haired girl as she walked towards her again, she then knelt down and placed her hand Rainbow’s head. The eyes of her helmet shined as she was made aware of Rainbow’s injuries.

“Great, internal injuries, that attack did more damage than it looked like on the outside.” Equal glanced about and sighed dejectedly. “You don’t know this yet, but you owe me.”

Equal removed the Greater Than sign and placed it back on the right hip holster. Starlight took out her T2 Equal Memory and placed it into the module on her staff.

Starlight pointed the Sameness Staff at Rainbow Dash, releasing ocean blue light energy. “Return.”

The light shined over Rainbow Dash, making her groan in pain before releasing a soothing sigh. The power of Return healed her internal injuries, returning them back to what they were once before her injury. Starlight ended her Maximum Drive and found Rainbow Dash breathing normally.

***________\\\N///________***

Rainbow slowly opened her eyes, hearing the annoying, yet familiar, beep of a heart monitor. The kind of thing you’d find in a…

“Hospital…” Rainbow’s eyes fully opened, showing her that she was not in her room, but actually in a hospital room. “Wh-What the heck, why am I –?!”

Rainbow turned to her left and saw a girl sitting down and covered in a blanket. When she stood, the girl revealed that she had a business suit on, a gray jacket, with a light-blue blouse underneath, and a matching pencil skirt.

“My name’s Starlight Glimmer, I’m the one who found you,” said Starlight.

“I had my driver take me to a less developed part of town to look into new building locations, and when I saw you knocked out next to an abandoned building. I had my driver get us to the hospital and well, here we are,” said Starlight.

“I thought it was better than you waking up alone, gods know I’d find it disheartening.”

Rainbow Dash smiled at the girl. “Thanks, my name’s Rainbow Dash. Did uh…did you happen to see what happened to me?”

Starlight shook her head. “Sorry, no, whatever happened to you happened before I got there.”

“Rainbow Dash, what were you doing there? The doctors were asking me, but I had no idea. So if you’re in some kind of trouble I like to know,” said Starlight.

Rainbow raised an eyebrow at that. “Um, not for nothing, but you look too young to be a cop or a lawyer. How old are you?”

“Sixteen going on seventeen, and the owner of the biggest corporation here in Canterlot City.”

“Pfft, please, Rich Industries?” Starlight laughed heartedly at that. “They wish they banked as much as I do. Nope, I am the President and CEO of PhoenEXE Corp.”

Rainbow Dash’s mind stopped there for a second. PhoenEXE Corp. was the same company that sponsored the motocross competition, and fixed the school after the earthquake. This had to be a prank, or the girl was delusional, there was no way a girl as young as her could be the head of a multi-billion dollar corporation. A knock came at the door and a doctor entered, he had light amber colored skin, sandy brown hair, and light-blue eyes. He wore a lab coat, and had a stethoscope hanging around his neck.

“Oh Miss Dash you’re up, I was wondering if I could – Miss Glimmer?!” The Doctor exclaimed.

“Oh, my apologies, I had no idea you were here!” Doctor Horse glanced at the couch and saw the blanket. “Have you been here all night?”

“We could’ve brought something else or made room so that you can be more comfortable,” said Doctor Horse.

“No it’s fine, I fall asleep at my desk sometimes so this was actually more comfortable. How is she doing?”

Doctor Horse brought his chart and looked over the info. “Well we couldn’t find anything wrong, no internal injuries, no external, and blood work came back clean for anything and everything.”

“Well to be sure I’ll keep you over for a few more hours and run a couple of more tests, after that you’re free to go home. Is there anyone we can call to pick you up? Family? Friends?”

Rainbow Dash realized it, today was a school day, and she had been gone all night and day. Her parents were going to freak out, the girls were most likely freaking out. “Uh…yeah…I’ll actually call parents, they’re probably freaking right now.”

“Very well, I’ll have the front desk send them up straight away once they arrive, if you’ll excuse me. Miss Dash, Miss Glimmer.”

When Doctor Horse left the room, Starlight glanced to Rainbow. “You want me to stay to help explain? I don’t mind.”

“I hate to impose more than I have already, especially on your wallet, but…?”

***________\\\N///________***

A couple of hours past and Rainbow Dash found herself in the thick of both tears and angry words from her parents. They were glad she was alright, even though they knew how awesome their daughter was, they still worried about her, especially when she was gone all night. Thankfully, Starlight Glimmer was able to help smooth things over. Of course Bow and Windy freaked, as PhoenEXE Corp. was also responsible for setting up the temporary housing they were in until their house was repaired.

Needless to say that Rainbow Dash the ride home was done mostly in silence. All the while Rainbow Dash was thinking, hard. Twilight was right, she had rushed in without a solid plan, the plan she had was barely even half baked. Confront Moonlight Raven, convince her the Gaia Memory was bad, and if lucky smash it before she could use it. No transforming, and one less Dopant. Needless to say it did not go that way, just as Twilight thought, the third Dopant had been nearby and nearly killed her in the process before she even had the chance to transform.

There was also the look on her parent’s faces. There was less anger and more worry in their eyes, Rainbow Dash had never been out all night like she had been, and it was distressing, she could only imagine how worried they were. In her pursuit to be a good Kamen Rider, she almost ended up not being one anymore. Twilight wasn’t the one comparing me to Sunset…I was.

When they arrived home, Rainbow Dash took a seat in the living room, followed close behind her was father and mother. They sat across from Rainbow Dash in the opposite chair, glancing once between each other before turning their attention back to their daughter.

“Rainbow…can you tell us why you were on the other side of town?” Windy asked.

“I hope it’s not, because you really worried your mother and I. We called your friends but they didn’t know where you were. I know you’re a tough girl, Dash, the best around. But that doesn’t mean your invincible,” said Bow.

Learned that the hard way last night, Dad, Rainbow thought. “I know you’re worried, but trust me when I say it wasn’t because of anything bad that I was there…Okay scratch that, it was something bad, but I was there to try and stop it.”

“Because the police can’t handle what’s happening, only –!” Rainbow stopped herself. She was about to say that only she and Sunset could handle it, but that would reveal the secret of Kamen Rider Unicorn.

Bow rose from the sofa and sat down next to his daughter, sighing heavily. “Rainbow Dash, we love you, and we’ll always be proud of you and cheer you on no matter what. But we’re also here for you, you can talk to us.”

Windy stood as well and took a seat on the armrest on Rainbow’s left. “We promise to hear you out, so you don’t have to be afraid, honey.”

Rainbow Dash felt their words eat up her insides, she had to do it, she wasn’t Sunset, and if there was anyone who deserved to know what she was doing it was her parents. Rainbow Dash stood from the couch and walked until she was in the archway and away from the furniture. “The reason I was out late last night was because I was trying to stop those monsters, the creatures that attacked the city yesterday. The monsters are actually people who have gotten ahold of weird devices that give them power and turn them into those monsters. One of them is a girl and I tried to convince her to give up the thing, but I got blindsided by another one and was KOed.”

“Rainbow, please, you don’t have to make up a wild story like that,” said Windy.

Rainbow Dash turned around and summoned her N-Driver, appearing in her hand in a brief flash of light that surprised both Bow and Windy. The tomboy quickly placed it at her waist which made the strap release and loop around her. From her jacket, Rainbow took out the yellow Nasca Memory and pressed the button.

A field of blue light appeared around Rainbow Dash, coating her in armor and changing her into Kamen Rider Nasca right before her parents’ eyes. Windy fell over onto the couch, her mouth agape and eyes wide, matching that of her husband’s. Nasca moved closer and shrugged.

Bow’s mind was able to kick back into gear enough to ask, “You mean…you were the one who fought that red monster at the motocross competition?”

“And you were the one fighting those three monsters the day before?” Windy asked.

Rainbow braced herself, she read enough comics to know that when parents find out their kids are moonlighting as superheroes behind their backs, it led to one outcome. The parents forbade the hero to continue doing the dangerous work, and made them give up their powers, at least until something really bad happened and then they would go back to it.

“Oh-Oh, honey, go get the camera, I want the picture of when we first discovered this! Darn, I wish Scootaloo was here, she could have taken our picture,” said Windy.

Rainbow Dash couldn’t understand what was happening. “So…wait…you’re not mad? You’re not going to tell me to give up the belt?”

“I mean…it’s cool that you’re cool with it, I guess. But aren’t you, like, worried about me getting hurt? I did just fight a monster and ended up in hospital, but that was mostly my fault.”

Rainbow Dash disengaged her Rider form and returned to normal. “Because…Okay, don’t tell anyone this, but Kamen Rider Unicorn is out on an important mission far away, and asked me to look after the city in the meantime. I wanted to be like her, and I thought that meant confronting the bad guy and not showing any fear. But…I had my butt handed to me because I looked before I leaped. Now…Now I’m wondering if getting this power was a fluke.”

Bow stood up and walked towards his daughter, he then planted both hands on either side of Rainbow Dash’s shoulders and looked her in the eye. “If there’s anything you’re mother and I know, is that when it comes to you, there’s no such thing as a ‘fluke’. That power came to you because it knows what we’ve always known.”

Windy stood beside her husband and took Rainbow’s left hand into both of hers. “That our Dashie is the best there is, that you’re going to do great things, and that you have what it takes to be the most awesome you, you can be!”

Rainbow’s eyes teared up, for years she’d found her parent’s overzealous support of her endeavors to be taxing and embarrassing, but now, she understood. It’s because of that support she was able to do all the things she could do without fear of failing, because she knew no matter what, her parents would always cheer for her. Rainbow moved forward and hugged her father, Bow opened his arms and let Windy come in for a family hug.

“I’m still grounded for not telling you guys I was out, right?” Rainbow asked.

***________\\\N///________***

Rainbow Dash wasn’t done, once school had let out for CHS, she called up the girls and had them come over to her house. Once there, Rainbow Dash announced that she had told her parents that she was Kamen Rider Nasca. Of course this was met with a round of gasps and a very freaked out Twilight, but after telling them that they were cool with it and would keep her secret, and allow her to continue as Nasca, they felt better about the situation.

Rainbow then addressed the other elephant in the room. “I’m sorry, Twi. I messed up, I know you weren’t comparing me to Sunset, but I was, and I tried to go above and beyond but in the end I was almost killed by the Dopants. Can you forgive me?”

Twilight sniffled a little and took hold of Rainbow’s hands. “No, I’m sorry, I was being too overly critical and cautious of your actions. I get the same way with Sunset, but let’s just say there’s some extra information I know that helps me to deal with that fear. Something that I’m sure she’ll tell you all in her own time. However, I’m glad you’re okay.”

Pinkie Pie giggled and clapped her hands at the reconciliation between her friends. However, Rainbow Dash’s face grew serious as she let on another piece of news. “Also, we need to rethink how the trio’s dynamic works.”

“I wasn’t KOed completely when I hit the ground. Before I blacked out, I heard the Taboo Dopant threaten to hurt Sunshine Smiles if Moonlight didn’t cooperate. I think the Taboo Dopant is threatening someone both girls care about, for Moonlight Raven it’s her sister, and for Inky Rose…”

“So those two are as much the victims here, this changes everything. We need to figure out who the Taboo Dopant is first, by finding the link between Inky Rose and Moonlight Raven. Both of them must know the Taboo Dopant from before they got the Gaia Memories.” Twilight deduced. “It’s time for an interview. We need to talk straight to Lily Lace and Sunshine Smiles.”

***________\\\N///________***

Inky Rose checked her phone, she was given an address and ordered to meet at the old steel mills. As Inky Rose continued to walk through the abandoned path, the wind echoed through the empty warehouses. Normally these kind of places would fuel Inky’s mind, already she could think of a dozen or so outfit concepts based on the musty and rusty steel buildings. However, her creative spirit was put in check, she was not here for inspiration, she was summoned, and if she didn’t heed it someone she cared about would be hurt.

It wasn’t long before Rose spotted the other person shackled to this misery. Her name was Moonlight Raven, she was quite the cute girl, outside of these circumstances they could even be friends. But right now they were just two unfortunate souls at the whim of a madwoman. Their phones brought them to a large mill, machinery of old, cauldrons, molds, conveyer belts, all rusted over from years of neglect, from an era of industrialization that had grown beyond just steel.The echoing of mice as they skittered about the floors and rafters of the warehouse, and the groan of old machinery only added to the creepiness of the location.

Rose and Raven turned to their left and watched as a girl appeared from the shadows, and in her left hand she held the golden Taboo Memory. She was about half as tall as Inky Rose, with black shoes and black lace stockings. Her dress consisted of a lacey black skirt with whimsical patterns, a bodice that was tied in the front with laces, and straps to fasten it, leaving everything from her arms, shoulders, neck, and collar bone, and a small amount of cleavage exposed. Her hair was long, reaching down her back, and colored grass green. The girl’s skin was silky smooth, and a pale orange like that of Applejack. Her eyes were a swamp green color, and around her neck was a choker with a clover.

“Sorry we’re late Clover,” said Moonlight. “I had to shake off my sister.”

Clover hummed in contemplation. “Y’know, those two girls are sounding like a bit of a nuisance to keep around. I mean if they’re going to cut into our play time then I might just have to take care of them now.”

Clover walked up to Moonlight and in one swift motion slapped the girl hard enough to send her to ground. Inky Rose quickly dropped to the ground as well, helping Moonlight back up.

“What other reason do I need other than that it’s fun?” Clover asked with a grin that would give the Mane-iac a fright. “It’s great to release the shackles of your inhibitions and morality! To just act without consequence, especially when you have power like this.”

“And that’s why you made us attack the city, and hurt those people?!” Inky shouted.

“Yes, you can’t fight me.” Clover clenched the Memory in her left hand and suddenly her eyes shined. “You obey me.”

Moonlight and Inky’s eyes were hit with the glow of Clover’s eyes, they could feel their wills eroding as the power of the Taboo Memory brought out their worst tendencies. All the while, Clover chuckled.

“Level two of Taboo, suppressing the part of a person’s brain that deals with pesky morality, but with an added bonus of bringing you under my command. I wish you didn’t have to make me use this twice now, but it’s fine now, right?” Clover asked.

“Or maybe I can give Lily that ‘happy ending’ I’ve always wanted to give her, in more than one sense of the word,” said Inky as she licked her chops.

“Excellent,” said Clover with excitement. “Now let’s go cause some mayhem!”

***________\\\N///________***

Rainbow Dash cut class again, but this time with the help of her parents. They were able to excuse Rainbow Dash on the grounds of being ill, and thanks to her recent hospital visit that wasn’t entirely untrue. But after talking to Lily Lace and Sunshine Smiles, they were able to piece together who the culprit was. Moonlight Raven liked to write poetry, and would go to open mic readings. Sunshine would go with her and support her from the crowd, but during her last reading there was a girl who was talking to Moonlight, and that that was on or about the day everything changed.

Lily Lace was able to confirm the same thing, a girl with grass green hair was there at Inky Rose’s open fashion show. At Canterlot Arts School they were allowed to show off their works to the public in an impromptu fashion show, and it was there that Lily saw some younger girl talking to Inky and just like Moonlight, Inky began to act differently from there.

Not soon after getting this information did another Dopant attack occur, but now Rainbow Dash was armed with the knowledge that Rose and Raven were not doing this of their own free will, and from what Twilight learned of the Taboo Memory, breaking the spell would be hard and something told her Vermillion Mode would not going cut it this time. Rainbow revved her bike and took out her Nasca Memory.

A field of blue energy appeared over Rainbow Dash and her bike, transforming her into Kamen Rider Nasca, along with her. Nasca continued to speed into the city, watching as people ran screaming away from the danger, but parted when they saw Nasca, granting her a way to get to the Dopant’s causing the mayhem. Once she arrived Nasca dismounted her bike, and walked towards the three Dopants wrecking the city. The Spider, Bat, and Taboo Dopant’s all turned to Nasca, with the Taboo Dopant smiling wickedly at her.

“Look who’s back for another beating, and no Unicorn or that other Rider bitch,” said Taboo.

Rainbow raised an eyebrow at that last part, but shook her head, she needed to stay focused. “It’s over, Clover. You two, you don’t have to do what she says anymore! Let me help you and I can take her down, the ones you care about will be safe!”

The Taboo Dopant brought her hand up to her mouth and laughed in a haughty manner. “So you figured out who I am. Heh, had to happen eventually, but it doesn’t matter, they’re mine now and you can’t save them!”

Nasca took out the red Accel Memory, the Gaia Memory she obtained from defeating Lightning Dust. The Memory she had a hard time controlling during her training with Sunset. Against all three, of these Dopants, its power was needed, and when lives are on the line.

Rainbow Dash placed the Gaia Memory into the left hip port and pressed the button.

The symbol of the Accel Memory appeared behind Nasca, and in mere seconds its energy wrapped around the speedster. Rainbow Dash could feel it, the raw power of the Accel Memory was strong, almost overwhelming. It was power and speed combined into one, and Rainbow Dash could barely hold onto it.

Rainbow opened her eyes and within the sphere of power a man stood before her. His back was turned, wearing red leather pants, and a leather jacket with an upside down flaming spade sewn on the back. The man slightly turned his head, only enough for his mouth to be visible.

Rainbow grinned beneath her helmet and released a roar as she used her own willpower to tame the power of Accel. The red power soon obeyed her and infused itself into her armor. After a couple of more seconds, the sphere of power shattered and revealed Kamen Rider Nasca’s first Mimetic Drive form.

Nasca’s chest plates had transformed, her stomach region had silver ridges like that of a car grill, going up it was red armor plates with flame wings etched into it. Her shoulder pauldrons had also become red armor, further extending the flame wing decoration on them as well. A line of silver armor ran down both arms, overlaid atop red armor, with the underside a deep navy blue. The line of sliver armor was also on her legs, starting from hips all the way down to her outer thighs, and once it reached the side of her calves three tailpipe vents protruded from them. Another layer of red armor covered half of her legs, and navy blue armor for the inner thighs, knees, and calves.

A silver crest ran down the middle of Nasca’s helmet and up to the top of her head where it curved into a crescent, and both eyes were a bright blue, her helmet now changed to red. Upon her back was an apparatus that had a tire fixed to two spokes that laid on her back. The helmet’s eyes shined and Nasca brought both fists together, knocking them against each other and creating a mini shockwave.

Nasca’s bike revved up and sped towards her on its own, the motorized vehicle did donuts around her before stopping in front of her. The bike glowed with red light, transforming itself yet again. Its size condensed with each passing second, when the light shattered the weapon was complete. The cross guard appeared as two side view mirrors, with the center of the guard displaying a speedometer. The blade was chrome colored, five feet long, and at the center of the blade were two wheels. The hilt appeared to be made of the handle bars, the hilt was a foot and a half long, with the last six inches having a grip as if to rev an engine.

Nasca took the sword in hand, feeling that it was light as a feather. But when she brought the tip to rest against the asphalt, it nearly cracked the street.

The Bat Dopant took flight and released its supersonic screech over the area. All the cars kicked on, their headlights donning the color of the Bat Dopant’s energy. Two pickup trucks with deer-killer bumpers drove towards Nasca, their engines roaring as the approached the masked rider. Nasca, however, did not flinch.

The Kamen Rider took hold of her sword and waited until the last minute. With a burst of speed, Nasca stepped to the side and slashed the left side of the truck, taking out both tires and peeling it open like a cheap can of tuna. Once she was done, the truck came to a halt. The second one seemed like it was going to hit its mark, but Nasca brought up her sword and slashed straight down the middle, cleaving the second truck in two as both halves fell to the sides and exploded.

Nasca placed her right hand on the lower part of the hilt and turned to twice, making the speedometer arrow fly up.

The tires in the middle of the sword began spinning at rapid speeds, and soon the chrome blade started to turn an angry orange-red color as intense heat radiated off of it. The Bat Dopant screeched and dove for the Kamen Rider in an attempt to take her down her with her own strength. That was a mistake.

Nasca swung her blade around and thrusted it forward, unleashing a blazing heat ray that struck the Bat Dopant with incredible force. The resulting explosion sent the flying rat right into a building, slamming with great force and knocking her out completely.

The Spider Dopant tried to go for a sneak attack, spinning a translucent webbing all around Nasca while she was busy with the Bat Dopant. After the attack, the Spider Dopant wrangled the webs together and began surrounding Nasca in them. Nasca noticed this and began revving up her sword again.

Once the webs had completely engulfed her prey, the Spider Dopant readied herself to set off the explosion. At the last second, a flurry of slashes, appearing as streaks of chrome colored light, slashed through the webs and turned them into little strands of nothing. The Spider Dopant fired three web streams from her wrists and mouth, but Nasca’s Speed of Sound had granted her increased speed, enough to see the streams coming and dodge them as a dust trail was all that was left.

Nasca ran up the side of the building and dragging her sword behind her. Several flashes of lights went off around the Spider Dopant, and before she knew it, a shower of sparks flew from the Dopant, and the Spider Dopant was knocked out, heading straight to the ground and smashing against the pavement. Nasca returned to the street now staring up at a very perturbed Clover.

“Last chance, Clover, give up the Taboo Memory!” Nasca warned as she pointed her sword at her.

The Taboo Dopant’s body glowed like a raging inferno as her aura flared up. “Fine then, if that’s how you want to play it, hero, I’ll just destroy this entire area and level every building in a five block radius!”

Several orbs of power appeared all over the area, like snowflakes frozen in midair. Nasca knew it was time to finish this witch. Nasca removed the Accel Memory from the left hip port and inserted into the right hip port.

Rainbow’s entire body glowed as she morphed. The back apparatus moved forward and over her head, becoming a front wheel, Nasca’s legs came to together as a wheel of pure fiery energy appeared, along with the tailpipes elongating, and lastly, the sword positioned itself right up over Nasca’s head, becoming a makeshift javelin. The morphed Nasca’s tires screeched as the tailpipes bellowed flames, and Nasca was off. The fiery-electric wings of Nasca unfurled and soon her bike form was airborne and heading straight for The Taboo Dopant.

The Nasca bike form was completely surrounded in blazing red energy as the sword focused the energy into a blade at the front of the bike form. Taboo tried to lob several of the orbs of power at the hero, but all just exploded against her intense aura, not even coming close to damaging her. Taboo could only watch as the fast coming Kamen Rider slammed straight into her, creating a giant explosion of power that obscured both Nasca and the Taboo Dopant.

From the explosion, Nasca appeared in bike form, coming to a screeching halt once she landed back on the asphalt. The Taboo Dopant fell to the ground as well in a heap, her body sparking as she tried to hold onto the Dopant form for as long as possible. The Spider and Bat Dopants finally regained consciousness and saw that that Clover was on the ground. Both walked over to her and watched as Nasca transformed back into her humanoid form and walked towards them.

The Bat and Spider glared down at Taboo, and raised their hands in preparation to strike the final blow.

“Why?! If we don’t she’ll just hurt the people we care about!” Spider shouted.

“Yeah, which is why she’s going to be in jail, look at her.” Both Dopants looked down and saw as the Taboo form of Clover was fading quickly. “She’ll be exposed as the attacker, but you two will be just as bad as her if you go through with that.”

Bat looked at her claws as tears ran down her eyes. “She made us hurt people, how can we live ourselves?!”

“Hey, you got people who can help you, and you have us Kamen Riders around.” Nasca walked up to both Dopants and placed her hands on their shoulders. “You guys are stronger than this crazy bitch down here.”

Spider and Bat, or rather Raven and Rose, looked to each other and nodded. Nasca unfurled her wings and gave a mighty flap, creating a dust cloud around them. Raven and Rose renounced their Gaia Memories and handed them to Nasca.

Both girls hurriedly ran away into a building and slipped through the alleyways of the city. Another flap of Nasca’s wings blew away the dust cloud. Nasca looked down at Clover as she still trying to cling onto her Taboo form, all the while laughing.

“Heh…you think they’ll get off scot free?! I’ll tell the cops who they are, they won’t be so forgiving to someone who killed cops!” Clover threatened.

Nasca watched as the SCU was closing in on them and smirked. “See, the thing is, I held back just enough to make you change back slow. Twilight gave me an idea of how much power to use. So in about a couple of seconds the SCU is going watch you change back and watch me crush these Gaia Memories, and without any hard evidence, it’s going to be your word against there’s. Good luck with that.”

Just as Rainbow said, the SCU arrived, all armed with their advanced weaponry pointed at the Taboo Dopant. Shining Armor led the team and watched as the Taboo Dopant’s body finally evaporated and as the Gaia Memory rose out of her body and fell to the ground. When Shining Armor bent down to pick it up, but the Memory shattered into pieces.

Shining Armored looked at Nasca Full Throttle and asked, “Where are the other two?”

“This girl was using that device to control her partners, and made them use devices like those. They’re just as much victims as everyone here.” Nasca opened her hand and revealed the Bat and Spider Memories. “They’ve given up their devices, all they want is to be normal again.”

“We’ll be taking those as evidence, they can be key to verifying who they were,” said Shining Armor.

Rainbow furrowed her brow. “They’re innocent, they didn’t want to fight! After you’ve seen what these things can do, you can’t rule out mind control!”

“I can’t rule out anything, we need to know how they got them and let’s not forget the lives lost and destruction from a couple of days ago,” said Shining Armor. “Now please hand them over.”

Rainbow Dash knew better, if she handed them over they’d more than likely be able to pull enough evidence from them to take in Inky Rose and Moonlight Raven. With a smirk, Nasca tossed them into air, she then revved up her sword twice.

The winged Rider took them and tossed them into the air, where she slashed through both of them in one swing, shattering them to pieces. The flames from Speed of Heat scorched the remnants to where only the S and B of the Memories were left. Shining Armor looked up at Nasca with an annoyed glare.

“What? You never said how you wanted them, besides their too dangerous to leave as is. Don’t want someone accidently turning into a spider or bat monster now,” said Nasca.

Nasca turned her back and unfurled her wings. “No, that’s making sure innocent people aren’t punished for something they had no control over.”

Nasca took off into the air and flew off into the sky and out of sight. All the while, on a nearby rooftop, having watched the entire spectacle from down below, Kamen Rider Equal chuckled. “Humph, well at least she’s not completely incompetent. Now then…” Equal turned her gaze back down to Clover who was getting arrested by the police. “To tie up loose ends.”

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Case Report: Taboo, Spider, Bat Dopants

I won’t lie, this case had me more worried than usual. Maybe because Sunset was gone, or the fact that there were three Dopants, or because Rainbow was still new to being a Kamen Rider. I guess after watching Sunset Shimmer fight I forget that despite her origins, and her prowess, she’s not a veteran of supernatural combat. I was comparing Rainbow Dash too much to Sunset, and it was my folly not to take that into account.

However, despite the stumbling, we managed to close the case. We were able to help clear up some things between Sunshine Smiles and her sister, Moonlight Raven. It was quite tearful to watch as Moonlight confessed about why she was acting the way she was and what she had done, but Sunshine didn’t seem to care, all she cared about was that her sister was back and that it was over. The same could be said of Inky Rose and Lily Lace, who in a surprising twist, Rose confessed more than what she did when she was being blackmailed by Clover. Apparently she was harboring a crush on Lily, a crush that Lily reciprocated and added “Well it’s about time you said something”.

I am a little concerned about what Rainbow Dash did to the Bat and Spider Memories after my brother wanted Rainbow to hand them over. However, I know that despite Clover being the culprit behind it all, no doubt Rose and Raven would be taken in for what they did as Dopants, even though they were being controlled. I have to agree with Rainbow Dash in her judgement, but I hate to think Shining Armor wouldn’t consider them innocent. Somehow I feel that this will only strain our relations with the police force despite the public’s approval of Unicorn and Nasca’s efforts. Nonetheless, we have to continue fighting to keep Canterlot City and the people safe, even it means the police not liking them too much.

So far Clover has not given any information as to how she obtained three Gaia Memories, but I have a feeling that that secret won’t remain one forever.

I’m actually quite proud of how Rainbow Dash handled this case, given our rocky start, I believe she’s on the right path to becoming a great Kamen Rider.

Twilight finished her report, glancing about her friends as they all waited around the Wondercolt statue. It was now Sunday, the last day of Sunset’s time in Equestria and her return back to their world. Many of them still had a few worries. Did Sunset miss home so much that she might decide to stay? Did she get thrown into a dungeon by Equestria’s Celestia? Did Sunset marry Princess Twilight? That last one may or may not have been on the mind of a certain bespectacled girl.

After a moment, the slab of marble rippled like water and gave a faint glow. The girls rose up and stood back to allow room for reentry. The portal began to ripple more and more until Sunset exited, skidding to a halt from the jettisoning effect of the portal. The fiery haired girl held her head as she tried to stop the world from spinning. Once she had, Sunset brought her focus on her six friends, all with bright smiles.

Pinkie Pie was the first to break off from the group and tackle-hug Sunset straight to the ground. The former unicorn didn’t seem to mind though as she was dragged back up by the same girl and resumed the hug. The others eventually joined in for a big group hug. Sunset sighed in content, she loved Equestria, but she missed her friends a lot, and this hug made her remember just how much she cared for them all, and them her.

“Darling you look wonderful, I trust you had a good time back home,” said Rarity.

“Or did you have a good time with Princess Twilight?” Rainbow asked, her innuendo not at all subtle.

At this Twilight gulped, but Sunset just shook her head as she smiled. “Some things don’t change even when you cross into a parallel world.”

“Your pony double asked me the same thing. She also wanted you to come to Equestria sometime, wanted to ‘get to know herself’ better,” said Sunset with a coy grin.

Rainbow Dash visibly blushed as she caught onto the double meaning. “S-S-She really did ask that, right?!”

Sunset shrugged and let Rainbow Dash stew on that for a bit. “So, anything happen while I was away?”

As the girls began their walk Twilight walked next to Sunset and gently bumped her shoulder against Sunset’s. “I’m really glad you’re back home – well not home-home – but back here, with us I mean.”

“I’m glad too Twi, and to answer the question from earlier, no, I did not do anything of the sort with Princess Twilight,” said Sunset.

Twilight blushed a little and fiddled with a strand of her hair, but gave a small smile, one that Sunset found adorkable.

“Well…that’s a story…” Sunset glanced down into her satchel, and within it was a Gaia Memory, not Unicorn, no, this one had an “S” with a shimmering, almost holographic effect. The S was like a sun, with rays coming out of it. “…quite the story.”

Kamen Rider Unicorn

by Michael_Ravencroft

I: Initiation / Ignite! Nasca Full Throttle!