//------------------------------// // Doubt, Photo E-mail, Saving Hand // Story: Eg Kamen Rider OOO // by Blaze-saber //------------------------------// Previously on Kamen Rider OOO: Ankh has proven to be more focused on the medals than anything else as he threatens to eliminate the CMCs. Flash on the other hand threatens to throw Os driver into the water unless he leaves them alone. When the girls went to help with the Friendship Games, the boys got a part-time job at World Palace the owner, Night Twinkle. Meanwhile, the feline Greeed known as Kazari infected Lightning Dust with a Parasite Yummy with her greed to be faster. Just when the Cheetah Yummy was out of her and OOO was about to destroy it, his Rider Kick power was brought down by Kazari when he threw pillars in his way to soften the blow. And now:. OOO jumped high in the air as three circles appeared down to the Cheetah Yummy. He then extends his legs out for a Rider Kick towards it as pillars were thrown into his path when he passed through each circle. Once he made contact and the smoke cleared, the Yummy was still alive and Ankh knew why. "Kazari... it's you, isn't it?" He called out as Kazari appeared from behind a pillar. "Long time no see, Ankh." Kazari said to him. "Sneaking around in the shadows... that's just like you." Ankh told him with a glare. "Speaking of which, aren't Yummy parasites your specialty?" While OOO and the girls were wondering about Kazari, the Cheetah Yummy made its way back to the unconscious Lightning Dust on the ground and jumped back into her. She screamed as bandages wrapped around her and she was infected by the Yummy parasite again. "Need to race more!" Lightning Dust shouted when she got up from the ground before she ran away. "Wait!" OOO called out when he and the girls saw her get controlled by the Yummy again. When they try to go after her, Kazari hold up his claws and big gust of wind and sand hit OOO and stopped the girls in their tracks. OOO took damaged from that attack and was blown back before he rolled on the ground. "Be careful! He's come to take it back." Ankh warned OOO. "One of those Care Medals is his." "Core Medals?" Twilight whisper as she stayed out of sight and listen in on them. "Core Medal?!" OOO asked before he looked at the Medals in his driver. "Then he's a member of the Greeed!" He got up from the ground and took a defensive postion. "No need to be so guarded." Kazari told them. "I do not wish to fight." "What?!" OOO and the girls asked. "Listen." Kazari spoke. "Though I'm missing Core Medals... I really don't believe you have all of them. After all, look at yourself." "So?!" Ankh asked. "Dump OOO." Kazari told Ankh. "As a fellow Greeed, why don't you join me?" OOO and the girls looked towards Ankh and worried if he will join Kazari. Twilight however heard and recorded everything she needed and left. She may not have gotten footage or saw who this "Ankh" is, but she had other things on her mind. She ran back to the spot where she thought she saw her brother but couldn't find a trace of him anywhere. "One way or another, I'm going to figure out everything and find my brother." Twilight said to herself before she continued on her way. Meanwhile, the conversation between the two Greeed continue with OOO and the girls listening in. "I'm sure you know, but OOO was originally the one who sealed us." Kazari reminded Ankh. "It's not possible for you to work with him." "Wait, OOO sealed them away?" Applejack asked as she and the others wondered the samething. "Ankh! In the past, you really stood out to me among the Greeeds." Kazari told him. "If you join me, the Medal-gathering would be more efficient." "I'm only using OOO because I have to." Ankh told Kazari. "After all...only this much of me has revived." He holds up his claw when he said it. "But...humans really are a nuisance. Maybe things would be better with you." "It's decided then." Kazari said. "OOO is no longer needed, right?" He then approach OOO. "Wait!" Ankh called out. "There are demerits to joining a Greeed, too. Give me some time to think." "Fine, but don't take too long." Kazari told Ankh. "I can't be too careful around you." He then swiped his claws and a tornado appeared before it knocked OOO back. "You're a smart guy, so I expect a good answer." Kazari's voice was heard as he was gone. "This is... the power of a Greeed like Ankh?!" OOO asked as he and the girls were wondering about it while he picked himself off the ground. OOO transformed back to Flash as Sunset and Applejack help him walked over to a wall to rest as he was a little injured from Kazari's attack. "That Kazari guy was tougher than he looked if you can barely stand." Rainbow Dash said as he was set down. "Both him and the Greeed are on a totally different level than Yummys." Sunset said with concern. "It's not just raw strength..." Flash grunted as Ankh walked up to them. "...it's the quality of their power." "Of course!" Ankh spoke up. "There are three others besides Kazari. Uva, Gameru, Mezuuru. If they obtain all of their Core Medals...what do you think would happen?" The girls looked at one another with concern looks before Sunset glare at him. "If I recall, you said they'd devour the world?" Sunset asked Ankh as he just smirked at her question. "Well then... thanks to Kazari's great news..." Ankh said. "That means I no longer need OOO. What'll you do? How about shutting up and just gathering the Medals?" "I can't." Flash answered Ankh. "Neither will we." Sunset said as she and the girls stood tall. "Fools!" Ankh grunted. "You saw, didn't you?! Humans are nothing more than a mass of greed. Save as many of them as you want, but there'll be no end to them." "Sometimes we lose to greed, but..." Flash told Ankh as he struggled to stand up. "...in the end, we probably..." ""Lose to greed?"" Ankh repeated. "Think that over carefully! While you all do that, I'll be studying this." He holds up the iphone he took from Shining Armor's apartment before he walks away from them. They all watched him leave before a phone rang. Flash reached into his pocket and pulled out Shining's old phone and saw it was someone called "Cadence" calling. "Cadence...?" Flash asked before he looked at the girls. "Let it go to voicemail." Sunset told him. "It'll be hard to explain if we answer it." "Why do you have that phone?" A woman's voice asked. They slowly turned to see Cadence herself with a concern look on her face while she had her phone out. "Y-You're Dean Cadence!" Rarity said nervously. "From Crystal Prep..." "That's Shining Armor's, isn't it? Why do you have it?!" Cadence asked in a worried tone. "And why does he look like he was beaten up by someone?!" She pointed towards Flash who fell to the ground due to his injuries from Kazari and lost consciousness. "What happened to him?!" "We can explain!!" All six girls shouted but they really didn't know how to explain. Meanwhile, Lightning Dust contains to run through the city with the Yummy parasite inside of her. As she ran, she either knocked down innocent bystanders, knocked over some cars as she ran bye, or tear up vending machines to chug down water while people watched with weird looks on their faces. Whenever she stops for a water break, signs of struggling trying to stop was shown. "It hurts... I don't want to run anymore!" Lightning Dust pleated as she struggled to stop herself but with no effort. "No more!" As she continued to run, the Yummy continue to make the Cell Medals from her greed. Ankh was able to sense the Yummy doing it from where he is. "Run more! Run and save up!" Ankh through as he was checking out a map app on the iphone and zoom in on a location on it. "I see. This is pretty interesting." He said with interest before he stood up from the bench he was sitting on. "With this little device, I can obtain a massive amount of data. It seems me the trouble of flying around." Little did he know that Steel was watching him from a distance on a Rider-vendor with a small camera on the side recording him. "This is unbelievable, Starlight." Crimson said as she watching the live feed from her laptop in our office. "We can't be straightforward in dealing with this Greeed named Ankh. We need to consider our future plans depending on whether he leaves OOO or not." She said as she walked over to her desk. "We have quite a few choices." Starlight said. "There's only one." Crimson said as was checking the cake that's in the small oven under her desk. "There is only one path for me to choose!" The Rainbooms carried Flash while they followed Cadence to her place to explain everything and as they do, they saw a bit of destruction that was left behind by the infected Lightning Dust. "No harm if all she does is run my foot." Applejack grumbled. "We're lucky Micro send out the hawk again to find her while we take care of Flash, and try to explain all this from the dean from arrival school." Rainbow Dash whispered before made it too Cadence's apartment and once inside, thing laid Flash down on the couch and Fluttershy already got a first aid kit to mend to his wounds. "All right, now I want some answers right now." Cadence said as she crossed her arms and gave a serious look to the Rainbooms. "Why do you have my boyfriend's phone, why does he look like he was in a fight with a hurricane made of knives, and why did the area look like part of a battle zone?" The girls looked at each other with sheepish looks as they have no idea how to explain about what she asked. "Well, Flash sort of found that phone when he was walking home from his part-time job at the museum that was being blown up." Sunset told Cadence. "As for why he looks enough... uh..." "We found him like that!" Rainbow Dash quickly said as Fluttershy was done patching up Flash. "And we have no idea how that area got that way." "No..." Flash said as Fluttershy was mending to his wounds. "She has the right to know..." The girls looked at each other and knew he was right. They then told Cadence the truth about Shining Armor and how he is now possessed by Ankh and if they're separated for ten minutes Shining would die. They even told her about Greeed and OOO, they told her everything from start to finish. Cadence didn't say a word as she just walked over to a fringe and got out a few soda cans. She then handed each one to them as Fluttershy was done with Flash. "Here, some refreshments to help." Cadence said in a sincere tone. "Thank you." Flash said as he sat up and took the can. "Sorry to make you do this." Cadence shook her head in response before she sat down in a chair. "More importantly..." Cadence said before she looked at them with a sad look. "Is that story about Shining Armor true? An arm monster has taken Shining?" They all thought for a moment before they gave a nod in response. "Sorry about the fake e-mail to his sister. We couldn't think of anything else." Fluttershy said in a sorry tone. "Why Shining?" Cadence said in a sad tone. "Why the one I love and the big brother of the one who used to babysit? How can we save him? Call the police? Take him to a hospital?" Each of them shook their heads no in response. "To be honest, we have no idea how to separate them and keep Shining Armor alive." Sunset told her. "None of us know how many casualties there will be." Flash told Cadence. "Ankh has no problem with dumping Shining's body. He's different. Even if the surface looks the same...the inside is completely different. Right now, he's not Shining Armor, Cadence." Meanwhile, Ankh continue to look at the map on the iphone before he heard a two kids with popsicles talking to each on another bench. Ankh is more interested in the popsicles they have than what they're talking about. Ankh detached himself from Shining Armor and let his body lay on the bench. An old man saw Shining lay on the bench and walked over to him to see if he's all right. "You okay? Hey! Hey!" The old man shouted as he shook Shining's body. Meanwhile, Ankh was sneaking his way behind the two kids with the popsicles as they were playing a little video game. As the two kids, Button Mash and Rumble were playing a game, Ankh floated behind them over and to Button's popsicle. He then quickly absorbed the popsicle through the palm before either one of them could notice him. "Hey! My ice cream is gone!" Button shouted when he saw just the stick. Rumble saw this before he was about to take a bit of his, only to find his was gone too. "Eh?! So is mine!" Rumble shouted. "What happened?!" They looked around them as they were thinking about what happened to them. Ankh made his way back to Shining Armor as the old man continue to shake his body. Once reattached, Ankh grabbed the old man's arm and sat up. The baffled old man just walked away as Ankh continue to look at the map on the iPhone while Button Mash and Rumble were still confused as to what happened to their popsicles. He started to look on a web page saying that someone saw an accident. Back at Cadence's apartment, she had a sad look on her face as she was worried she would never see her loved again. "But I haven't given up." Flash told her with confidence. "Someday I'll save Shining Armor." He said as he stood up. "Till then, staying away from him. Okay?" "He's right." Sunset spoke. "When his sister and her friends came around, he thought about destroying them because he didn't want them to get in the way. And if you could, please keep this a secret." "Okay, I will keep this to myself." Cadence told them. "Let's just hope this won't affect the Friendship Games. Principal Cinch would not like it if monsters will get in the way." "And just for the record, Canterlot High is so going to be Crystal Prep this year!" Rainbow Dash declared before they made their way to the door. "Just who can I trust? You?" Cadence asked him before they could walk out. They turned to look at her as she had a worried look on her face. "I want to believe you... but you're all just a bunch of kids. It's not like you're all Shining Armor's friends, right?" She then looked at Flash. "Despite that... why are you...? Even the nicest guy wouldn't do that..." The girls looked at Flash as he a look on his face that says he's thinking it over. Flash then smiled and looked at Cadence. "It's not because I'm nice." Flash told her. "That's why I can't tell you to trust us. It's not like we can save everyone, right? But if I don't reach out my hand when I can, the regret would make me wish I were dead. I reach out my hand because I don't want that. That's all." He then turned to leave and when he left, Cadence gave a warm smile. "He's a nice guy." Sunset told Cadence before she and the others left. "I think Twilight would like that boy." Cadence said to herself before she followed them. Meanwhile a bunch of people were gathered by running track as Lightning Dust was running around it. The look on her face was a sign that she was struggling to stop but the Yummy inside of her was too strong for her. Even with the water she drank, she looked dehydrated and can't take anymore. As she ran, the robo hawk that Micro sent found her and once Micro saw her on his laptop he got out his phone and send a text to the others. Flash and the Rainbooms walked outside before Flash heard his phone rang. Once he got his phone, he saw the text from Micro and saw what he sent. "Lighting Dust is at the track and he's says she's not looking good." Flash told the girls before they started to go to where Lightning Dust is. Cadence overheard him and decided to follow after them. "Flash, wait!" Sunset shouted as they stopped. "Are you really going to face that Yummy again? You're still hurt from Kazari." "I'm fine. I'm fine. I got you girls by my side, after all." Flash told her. "I have spare compresses..." Fluttershy spoke up as she pull a few out. "Plus, Lightning Dust won't last much longer." Rainbow Dash reminded before they ran off. Meanwhile, a couple of paramedics arrived at the track as Lightning Dust was on her knees but was crawling. "Are you all right miss?" One of them asked. "Stop it! You'll kill if I don't stop!" Lightning Dust wheezed to Yummy inside her. As one of the paramedics reached out to her, the Yummy in her made her knocked him back with her own hand. "Please stop!" As many more Cell Medals were being made, Ankh continue to look through the phone till he saw a post about Lighting Dust someone posted. Seeing the picture of her dehydrated made him smirk. "Looks like she's ripe." Ankh said when he saw the picture before he stood up and went to where Lightning Dust is. Meanwhile, Flash and the girls run down a street before they spotted three Rider-Vendors up ahead. They went up to it as Flash took out a few Cell Medals and gave each of the girls one. They then put the medals into the vendors and pressed the big black button on them before they stepped aside as the vendors transformed into motorcycles. Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie ride behind Rainbow Dash, Rarity ride behind Applejack, and Sunset ride behind Flash as they ride to where Lightning Dust is. As Lightning Dust was at her last lap, Flash and the girls arrived to the track. They park the bikes and got off just when Ankh appeared infront of them. "Ankh!" Flash said when they saw him. "Do you have your answer, Flash?" Ankh asked. "I've completely mastered using this." He told them as he holds up the iphone. "The answer is the same. We will not be your tools." Flash told him with a stern look. "Damn it!" Ankh grunted. "Then... Ankh's answer is decided." Kazari's voice was heard as he stepped out of the shadows and the group eyes widened. "You will abandon OOO. And join me." "Looks like it." Ankh said. "You seven will die here." Kazari told the group as Fluttershy hid behind Rainbow Dash. Flash quickly went over to the and draw out the Medajaribur. The girls then went to go help Lightning Dust as Flash took a battle stands with the sword. Tension fill the air as Flash prepared himself for when the two Greeed infront of him will attack him. Kazari scratched his head a little before he charged right at Flash. Before he could reach Flash, Ankh's claw appeared on his arm and struck Kazari, causing a few Medals to fall out of him. Flash was surprised by his action as Kazari rolled on the ground. "Ankh! You...!" "In the past you were always distrustful. Looks like you're the same even after reviving." Ankh told Kazari. "You were following Flash, those girls, and me around sniffing things out, weren't you?" Kazari growled as Ankh figured him out. "This is the current human tool." Ankh told him as he hold up the phone. "You can gather information even without saying anything. All of your actions were seen... by humans." All this time, Ankh has seen posts about Kazari being seen around town as he was looking at the phone. "It can't be!" Kazari said as he stood up. "Humans can do that?!" "They've changed... while we were sealed." Ankh told him. "A distrustful Greeed will betray you someday because of that distrust. And he'll take your Medals. Humans may be stupid and a nuisance... but there's still preferable." "You...!" Kazari growled before he charged at Ankh. Ankh quickly used his claw and pushed him back again, causing more medals to fall out of him. "Flash!" Ankh shouted as he tossed him the hawk, tiger, and grasshopper Core Medals. Flash quickly put on the O's driver before he quickly grabbed the three medals. He then place each medal in the three slots in the driver and when it tilted sideways, Flash took the scanner and scanned each medal. "Henshin!" Flash shouted as he transformed into OOO. Taka, Tora, Batta! Ta,To,Ba! TaToBa! TaToBa! Kazari charged and leap towards OOO when is transformation was complete and tackled him to the ground. As they got up, Kazari continue to swipe his claws at the rider as he was being backed up into the streets. Kazari struck his claws and struck OOO before he struck him a few more times. After another strike, OOO rolled on the ground and quickly ducked under another slash from Kazari but he was struck a few more times by him and wasn't doing so well. "Try this!" Ankh called out as he tossed the mantis medal to OOO. OOO quickly caught it before he replaced the tiger medal with the mantis medal and after Kazari struck him back, he took the scanner and then scanned the medals. Taka Kamakiri Batta Once the center of the armor changed, OOO ready the mantis blades and charged at Kazari. The two clashed blades and claws before OOO spin around and struck Kazari a few times. He then backed up as Kazari swung his claws at him before he got struck again. OOO used the blades to clashed with his claws before he kicked Kazari back then struck him with the blades. Kazari jumped back from that attack and slide his claws along each other before he created a sand twister at the rider and knocked him back. "You will return my Core Medal." Kazari told OOO as he slowly walked over to him while OOO was on the ground. As OOO got up as he was getting close. "Flash, don't let him take it even if it kills you!" Ankh told him. "I'm not going to die." OOO told Ankh as he ready the blades and jumped in the air as Kazari did as well. The two leap towards each other before they struck each other but the damage OOO took caused the mantis medal to fly out of the driver as he was sent flying back. Ankh saw the medal fly in the air and detached himself from Shining to fly at it. Just as OOO transformed back to Flash, Kazari grabbed the medal before Ankh could. "Uva's Core?" Kazari asked when he looked at the medal. "Maybe choosing the human was a mistake..." Ankh complained. "Retune my Medal too..." Kazari demanded before his chestplat armor burst into Cell Medals. "What?!" As Kazari fell to the ground, Flash picked himself up from the ground and in his hand are three of Kazari's Core Medals, another Tiger Medal and two Cheetah Medals. "My..." Kazari realized that when they leap towards each other and struck one another, he reached into him and took his medals. "My Core..." "Guess it was a coincidence." Flash said with a smug look on his face as Ankh took the medals. "Good job." He told Flash as Kazari struggle to stand up. "Ankh... you will regret this someday." Kazari told him as he walked away. Flash then stand up before the girls came around the corner while holding on to Lightning Dust tight. Ankh reattached himself back to Shining Armor as they holds her tight. "Save me!" Lightning Dust pleaded as the girls hold her. "Just a bit longer, just hang in there!" Rainbow Dash told her. "Looks like she's at the limit of the infection." Ankh said as he saw what's happening to her. "Time to harvest the Medals. Lightning Dust then screamed in pain as her whole body was being covered by Cell Medals. She then transformed into the Cheetah Yummy from before and knocked the girls off her. "S-She's in the cheetah!" Fluttershy said with so much fear at the figure in front of them. "Finally, I'm complete!" The Cheetah Yummy shouted. "Now for my master's medal!" You look towards Flash and Ankh as she looked ready to fight. "You can say the greed consumed her." Ankh told the others. "That ugliness is the true nature of man. Is that really worth saving?" He asked Flash. He looked at Ankh before he stepped forward. "It's not for me to decide other people's worth." Flash told Ankh, make him chuckle. "Well, I will." Ankh told him. "The moment you are worthless to me, I will abandon you." "I'll find an opening in you and save Shining Armor." Flash back talked Ankh before he turned to him. "Even if that means defeating you." "I'd be impressed if you did." Ankh told him before he tossed the Hawk, Tiger, and Grasshopper medals in the air and Flash caught them. Flash then puts on the driver before placing each metal in each slot of the driver. He then took the scanner and scanned each metal after tilting the belt sideways. "Henshin!" Flash shouted as medals circled him and he transformed well he charged at the Cheetah Yummy. Taka, Tora, Batta! Ta,To,Ba! TaToBa! TaToBa! As he charged at the Yummy, OOO ready his sword and try to strike her, only for her to quickly grab it with our claws and push them back. After he stumbled back a bit, he tried again only to have the same result. "Uh Flash, you already tried that before!" Pinkie Pie reminded. "Oh right." OOO said with realization. "Looks like it's grown in speed again." Ankh then as he was watching from a railing up high. "Flash, move faster and cut deeper!" "But if I cut too deeply, Lightning Dust inside..." OOO said before the Cheetah Yummy moved so fast and struck him a few times to cause him to roll on the ground. After getting back up, he blocked a couple of attacks from her before he tried striking her again only this time he was able to get a cut out of her with a few strikes. As a few Cell Medals fell out from the cut, he and the girls could see Lightning Dust through the piles of metals inside before the cut closed up. "I see! If I can push aside the Cells..." The Yummy knocked him back before he could finish. "You might be able to free Lightning Dust!" Sunset finish his sentence. "I see." Ankh said as OOO was doing his best to try and avoid the attacks. "Flash, try using the Medal you just got." He then tossed him the Cheetah Medal and after OOO struck the Yummy, he caught it. He then straightened the belt and took out the Grasshopper Medal and replaced it with the new one. After he stepped aside when the Yummy tried to attack him, he took the scanner and scanned the medals. Taka, Tora, Cheetah! After the medals circled around him, then combined and the bottom part of his armor switched to yellow and had cheetah boots. The Cheetah Yummy charged at OOO but he seem to be faster as he run out of the way at super speed. He then stopped and was impressed by what happened. "Oh, I see! I can do it with these legs." He said before the Yummy charged at him again and the cheetah part of the armor glow down to the boots and he charged at full speed at her. She was shocked that he was faster before he leaped onto her and used the tiger claws of the armor to slash at her multiple times. He used the cheetah boots to even be down on her by running on her while holding on to her. As he continued to be down on the Yummy, the Cell Medals were falling off it and Lightning Dust was slowly rising up from them. Once enough was gone, he reach in to grab her as she reached out for him. "Help me!" Lightning Dust pleaded before the medals covered her again. "I'll save you! I swear it!" OOO told her as he reach deeper into the Yummy. Cadence was watching all that was happening from afar and was both shocked and amazed by what she has seen. "I will always reach out to help!" Both reached out and grabbed each other's hands. Once he had a stronghold, he pulled with all this might and yanked her out of the Yummy. Rainbow Dash and Applejack quickly ran over and caught her when he pulled her out. Once she was out, OOO jumped off the Yummy and inserted three Cell Medals into the sword before pushing the lever forward. He then took the scanner and scanned the sword with the medals in it. Triple Scanning Charge The blade of the sword load bright as OOO prepared to strike. He then slashed the sword and struck the Cheetah Yummy, causing two lines to be appeared between her head, center, and legs. It was only seconds before the Yummy exploded into many medals. Once everything was said and done, paramedics took Lightning Dust to the hospital to help her. A news crew of come to report on this little event. Flash and the girls overheard the news reporter calling OOO a Kamen Rider for she had done researched and learned about it's origins has come from Japan. "I had a little talk with Lightning Dust and she said she's done competing with me and will take things so for a bit." Rainbow Dash told the others. "See." Flash said to Ankh. "Even if they lose their greed, humans can recover. After going through all that, she should be fine. "Let's hope so." Fluttershy said. "I can't imagine when she went through." "Although, she did say she will beat me in soccer when she gets out of the hospital." Rainbow Dash said. The others were a little surprised by this while Ankh had a smile on his face about it. "That's how it is." Ankh told them. "Humans can't control their greed. It's just as I said. I win." He then walked away with Flash and the girls chasing after him. They walked until they came across a black limo in front of their path. Someone opened the door and came out of the limo. It was Starlight Glimmer coming out of the driver seat before she opened the passenger seat door to pick up a monitor and hold it up in front of them. The screen turned on and they can see Crimson working on a new cake. "Yo, Flash Sentry, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Sunset Shimmer, Rarity, Applejack. And the Greeed, Ankh, right?" Crimson said when she sold them. All of them wondered who she is and how she knows their names. "First let us celebrate our meeting." She took out a party popper and popped out some confetti. "The meaning of people is a portent to an upcoming birth."