Back with the main baddies, Vortech was being shouted at from Hiro. \u201cWHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO?!\u201d shouted Hiro. \u201cYou just rolled up and told the Daleks about the Scale Keystone in the hopes that they would join you, let it get caught by the Vortex Riders, and you\u2019re doing NOTHING to stop them?! Vortech, you have lost your tiny little mind!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat use is the Scale Keystone to those absurd little heroes?\u201d asked Vortech. \u201cAll that Keystone can be is a plaything for children.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou seem to forget that children are trying to stop us!\u201d protested Hiro. \u201cThey have Chen\u2019s staff! A Foundation Element! Remember that you hired me to get such things so you can make universes collide?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe can retrieve it at our leisure,\u201d dismissed Vortech. \u201cIf anything, you may be doubting Igura\u2019s ability to get the Foundation Element from Dimension D-0-C-T-0-R-W-H-0.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s about time for the winning team to return,\u201d chuckled Ambassador Hell. The portal opened and revealed Igura and her Shocker Nova team stepping through. \u201cWait, where\u2019s my team?!\u201d shrieked Ambassador Hell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey had encountered a race called the Cybermen,\u201d explained Igura. \u201cThey tried to beat them but failed. A few were destroyed, most were converted. My team, on the other hand,\u201d she produced a Dalek gunstick from behind her back, \u201chad no casualties. One Foundation Element, as you requested.\u201d A small, groaning noise escaped from Vortech while Ambassador Hell slapped his face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSubarashi!\u201d (Awesome!) cheered Hiro. He turned to Vortech and Ambassador Hell. \u201cYou know the deal. Igura must choose what meal you two cook.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019d like some Nikujaga,\u201d ordered Igura. \u201cAnd the meat must be sweet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll need some time to prepare,\u201d muttered Ambassador Hell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe can wait two days, so you can get the meal right,\u201d chuckled Igura. Vortech and Ambassador Hell stormed off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, that should give him something to chew on,\u201d mused Hiro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYee?\u201d asked a Shocker Nova Combatman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell,\u201d explained Hiro, \u201cVortech\u2019s been nonchalant about the fact that the self-proclaimed \u2018Vortex Riders\u2019 have a new size changing Keystone, calling it a toy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYee!\u201d snapped the Combatman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI agree,\u201d replied Igura. \u201cThose Keystones have provided powers and they\u2019ve proven proficient with those powers. Who\u2019s to say they won\u2019t use size-changing to their advantage?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\u2019s one last Keystone,\u201d reported Hiro, \u201cand our new Ring-bearer should be able to find it soon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSpeaking of which,\u201d asked Igura, \u201cyou said that you had to bring his fortress there and put the Ring in that eye on top?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cExactly,\u201d confirmed Hiro. \u201cIf necessary, we\u2019ll have to send his forces along with him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLet\u2019s hope it works,\u201d prayed Igura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Back on Vorton, the TARDIS had arrived near the gateway. We had all explained who we are and what was going on to the Doctor. He was waving that wand of his, the sonic screwdriver, as he calls it, over Wyldstyle\u2019s scanner as we walked out. Gandalf wanted to stay and explore more, but Batman and I got him out of there. \u201cOkay,\u201d finished the Doctor as he switched of the screwdriver, \u201cI should be able to lock onto this, no problem.\u201d He tossed it back to Wyldstyle and started examining the gateway. \u201cSomeone\u2019s using this rift technology like a Gallifreyan Time Scoop. They\u2019re pulling in monsters and madmen from everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe noticed,\u201d muttered Batman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat doesn\u2019t speak well of our security,\u201d I mused. \u201cIf the enemy side can lock on to the gateway, it may know where we are.\u201d The Doctor fiddled with the electronics inside the gateway and replaced the paneling once he was done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut THAT should stop whoever\u2019s behind this tracking you from now on,\u201d assured the Doctor. \u201cNo more rift loops. Speaking of which, I should go drop Mr. Kisaragi back in his own time and rescue the rest of you from one.\u201d Batman took out one of the grapple guns he had and tossed it to the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019ll need this,\u201d he called. The Doctor looked uneasy as he held it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI usually take the stairs, but thanks,\u201d muttered the Time Lord. \u201cI\u2019ll go finish up with the Daleks and their pals after I drop Gentar\u014d off in his universe and time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd we\u2019ll deal with the rest,\u201d assured Batman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGood,\u201d confirmed the Doctor. He turned to Rusty and the Brigadier. \u201cAre you sure you want to stay?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThese people need additional technical support!\u201d answered Rusty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRusty\u2019s right,\u201d supported the Brigadier. \u201cHaving a witch work machinery doesn\u2019t inspire confidence. It\u2019s all taken care of. UNIT\u2019s been notified.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThen see you lot later,\u201d called the Doctor to us. \u201cOr earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBefore you drop my past off in the Cyber-base with the rest of these guys,\u201d stopped Gentar\u014d, \u201cgive me this.\u201d He handed the Fourze driver to the Doctor. \u201cI don\u2019t know where it came from as I destroyed it a while ago. Heinlein fans call it the bootstrap paradox, time travel theorists call it a causal loop, the Greeks call it begging the question, I call it a headache.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou googled the bootstrap paradox?\u201d asked the Doctor as the space themed Kamen Rider stepped in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo, we all had a lecture by Michael,\u201d explained Gentar\u014d as the TARDIS started dematerializing. \u201cAnd don\u2019t listen to Kengo when he says I touch everything! That\u2019s not true!\u201d The TARDIS was gone, and so was its madman pilot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat an odd fellow,\u201d mused Gandalf. He took out the Keystone to let it fly towards the gateway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Scale Keystone!\u201d cheered the voice \u201cI\u2019ll handle that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
+GATEWAY 80% STABILIZED+ announced my belt<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBefore you go, Mr. Gateway Guardian, we want answers!\u201d I shouted to the sky. \u201cWhy is the enemy trying to get random objects? Why are our parents being held hostage? Why did the belts choose us to fight? And why are people from our fiction helping us?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd can the enemy be beaten?\u201d asked Joshua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOnly if Kamen Riders Apocalypse and Vortex can be found,\u201d answered the voice. \u201cKamen Rider Apocalypse is supposed to be trained by all four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSounds like a team of Sauron\u2019s forces,\u201d gulped Gandalf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNah, they\u2019re nice Anthropomorphic personifications,\u201d assured the voice. \u201cThey\u2019re just really good at their jobs, especially Death. She\u2019s actually very sociable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cReally?\u201d I asked. I hadn\u2019t expected the Grim Reaper to be friendly towards mortals. Then again, we all have an appointment with Death, so being friendly would ease their souls after Death makes a visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd with Kamen Rider Vortex around,\u201d continues the voice, \u201cmore dimensions can be visited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWho\u2019s Vortex?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA Kamen Rider that can freely pass between dimensions,\u201d explained the voice. \u201cNo need for a gateway. That Rider can even summon others to help from across the multiverse. It\u2019s said that those with large amounts of imagination from a dimension where nothing super-powered exists can find this Rider. 16 fragments of a map were made and forged into belts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur Vortex Drivers,\u201d guessed Joshua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou guys chose us because we were the most imaginative in our dimension?\u201d asked Tanisha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
+CORRECT+ confirmed my belt. +ANIMATIONS, LIVE-ACTION MOVIES, FANFICS, FANARTS, AND COSPLAYS SHOW THAT YOU ARE THE ONES DETERMINED TO KEEP YOUR MYTHOLOGY ALIVE+<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut Batman\u2019s real in his universe,\u201d protested Xiomara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
+BUT NOT IN YOURS+ countered my belt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo, nerds are prized in the multiverse,\u201d I mused. \u201cWe actually care about the fandoms we love. Whenever a change comes to a fandom and it changes the fandom for the worse, we try like Hell to protect the fandom\u2019s integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLike Sonic the Hedgehog<\/em> and its changes,\u201d supplied Emily. \u201cThat franchise became flawed during its run and fans try their best to get Sega to improve their mascot so the characters don\u2019t fade in the background.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re chosen,\u201d I guessed, \u201cbecause, deep down, we\u2019re fierce when it comes to our fandoms that we will fight to protect them, and the enemy just wants to slap us down, even going so far as to kidnap those that support us! They want us to just put our heads down like nerds were forced to do in the 80\u2019s!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWell,\u201d swore Hiroki, \u201call they\u2019ve invited was defeat! If we\u2019re the ones who\u2019ve been asked to travel the multiverse to defeat our enemy, then we will!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat leaves those objects the enemy\u2019s getting,\u201d rasped Batman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey\u2019re called Foundation Elements,\u201d replied the voice. \u201cThey\u2019re objects made to keep the multiverse stable.\u201d It showed a set of images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWait a minute, that\u2019s kryptonite!\u201d called Batman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat\u2019s MetalBeard\u2019s treasure!\u201d yelped Wyldstyle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat\u2019s Ichimonji\u2019s Typhoon!\u201d observed Hongo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat\u2019s Mom\u2019s necklace!\u201d called Hiroki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThose are Dorothy\u2019s ruby slippers!\u201d shouted Emily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat\u2019s the nuclear rod from Springfield Nuclear Power Plant!\u201d called Richard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat\u2019s Chen\u2019s staff!\u201d observed Michael.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat\u2019s a Dalek gun!\u201d I yelped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMore exist across the multiverse to keep each universe stable,\u201d continued the voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI don\u2019t see the Ring,\u201d realized Gandalf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n +SAURON\u2019S ONE RING IS NOT A FOUNDATION ELEMENT+ answered my belt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe have to find the keystones and Kamen Rider Vortex,\u201d I said. \u201cIf we\u2019re the ones to stop the enemy, we\u2019ll stop the enemy! Who\u2019s with me!?!\u201d We all gave a battle cry to show our unity, even the Brigadier and Rusty. Elphaba came up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat\u2019s all that shouting?!\u201d she snapped. \u201cI\u2019m trying to take a nap!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCome on, Elphaba,\u201d I teased. \u201cHaven\u2019t you given a battle cry to give yourself energy to deal with a threat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI never had many threats to my power,\u201d responded Elphaba, \u201cso, no, I haven\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019re just shouting our cause to eliminate a long-term threat,\u201d answered Emmanuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere is an immediate threat that needs dealing with!\u201d screeched Rusty. \u201cThe threat of gratitude! A reward will be dispensed on all of you so it can be neutralized!\u201d Rusty opened his casing and, dear lord, Michael was not exaggerating on the gooey pilot inside the Dalek casing! Rusty\u2019s innards were a tentacled blob of greenish, brown flesh with a single yellow eye, no visible mouth, and a smaller visible brain than the Emperor Dalek. It was practically strapped in with wires sticking into it. A longer tentacle hidden from the skirt section pulled a drawstring bag out and handed it to me. It was dripping with goo. I accepted it gingerly and opened it. More studs were inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat\u2019s the total number of studs we have now?\u201d I asked my belt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n +STUDS IN BAG TOTAL 220,000+ replied my belt. +CURRENT CUMULATIVE STUD TOTAL IS NOW 600,000+<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThank you,\u201d I said to Rusty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou\u2019re welcome!\u201d responded Rusty as he closed his casing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMichael, why don\u2019t you and Rusty tell me about the Daleks, in case we encounter them again,\u201d suggested Batman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cVery well!\u201d replied Rusty. \u201cThe Daleks originally came from the planet, Skaro. We were once a race of humanoids called the Kaleds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey were in a thousand-year nuclear war with the Thals,\u201d continued Michael, \u201canother race of humanoids that look a lot like Emmanuel, just without the dress and makeup.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey were tall and blonde?\u201d asked Emmanuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYes,\u201d confirmed Michael. \u201cThe resulting mutations from the fallout were accelerated by a disfigured Kaled scientist named Davros.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat he bred,\u201d continued Rusty, \u201che placed into a travel machine designed for combat! He had removed all emotions and morals, except hatred!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd you\u2019re one of the exceptions?\u201d I asked Rusty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOnly when the Doctor repaired me and linked my mind to his!\u201d elaborated Rusty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWell now,\u201d I mused, \u201cinteresting history of the Daleks.\u201d My stomach growled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat was that?\u201d yelped Rusty. \u201cWas it a Dalek threat?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo, just the threat of hunger,\u201d I assured. \u201cWho wants dinner?\u201d Everyone, even Rusty and the Brigadier, said yes. \u201cWait, how can you guys eat?\u201d I said to Rusty and the Brigadier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI can convert the food into an acceptable nutrient for Daleks!\u201d replied Rusty. \u201cHuman food tastes better than the standard nutrients Daleks are given!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd Cybermen can eat when a recharge is insufficient,\u201d continued the Brigadier, \u201cbut it requires the removal of the helmet and that can disrupt communication with other Cybermen. Now, I\u2019m not going to be broken up about it, since I\u2019m free.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLet\u2019s get some grub then,\u201d I suggested. We departed for the cafeteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n War gasped for breath as she held her wound closed. \u201cNever, in all of my existence,\u201d she snarled as Death got bandages, \u201chas a mortal ever beaten me!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDon\u2019t talk,\u201d whispered Death harshly as she started treating the wound. \u201cThe Daleks don\u2019t exactly care that you\u2019re immortal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBut the whole idea of an ant like him beating me!\u201d roared War, angry as all Hell. \u201cIt\u2019s infuriating! I didn\u2019t spend my entire existence in battle just to be defeated by some idiot scientist who reverse engineered a transformation belt! A technology we entrusted to the Vortonians! I knew we should have kept it out of their reach! They should never have had that power! But no! No one listens to War, since she\u2019s only a brute! Never mind the fact that she\u2019s the most skilled in tactics and\u2026!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cShut up!\u201d hissed Death. \u201cIn case you forgot, I was in that fight too! The Vortonian military needed a final weapon to use so they could help the Tarlaxians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHalf of which are enslaved again!\u201d snarled War. \u201cLook at Turretorg! He was a very outspoken advocate for independence!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019re not interrupting, are we?\u201d wheezed a voice. War and Death turned to see a woman in full green plague doctor gear and a thin, yellow haired woman in baggy clothes constantly eating, but never gaining enough body mass to look healthy. They were Pestilence and Famine. All four horsemen had gathered. Pestilence knelt down to War\u2019s wound. \u201cDear Lord, Death,\u201d she wheezed. \u201cYou could have cleaned her wound! She may be immortal, but War isn\u2019t immune to all diseases!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhy did you summon us?\u201d mumbled Famine as she ate the candy bars she pulled out of her pockets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe need Kamen Rider Apocalypse NOW,\u201d whispered Death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd you believe that to be Lacey?\u201d grunted War. \u201cShe\u2019s not from a null dimension like the Vortex Riders are! Who\u2019s to say the Apocalypse Driver would accept her?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDoubtless, it could reject her if she\u2019s untrained,\u201d replied Famine as she swallowed, \u201cbut if we get her to the academy, it might help her in the long run.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI must agree with Famine,\u201d wheezed Pestilence as she applied disinfectant to the wound. War tired her best not to wince from the disinfectant\u2019s sting and Pestilence\u2019s response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDon\u2019t tell me you agree with Death!\u201d she grunted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOnly through the combined power of the Keystones and the two Savior Riders, Apocalypse and Vortex, will we finish Vortech!\u201d argued Pestilence. \u201cLacey has proven herself to be open and understanding of us. She may be the best candidate for the mantle of Kamen Rider Apocalypse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBesides,\u201d mumbled Famine as she started scarfing down chicken nuggets, \u201cshe needs a better life. Her dad isn\u2019t exactly supportive. You saw how he tried to destroy her death metal collection!\u201d War considered for a moment as Pestilence wrapped her wound in gauze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cVery well,\u201d she finally grunted. \u201cI\u2019ll get her to our shared dimension.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo, you\u2019re injured and need to rest,\u201d whispered Death with a tone of finality. \u201cPestilence, you take War to the Healer. Famine, pick up Lacey. Take her to the academy, you have the necessary connections to get her registered.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat about the Vortex Riders?\u201d asked War. \u201cA shared dream haunts them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLeave that to me,\u201d answered Death. She mounted her horse. \u201cGiddyap!\u201d she said. The horse went through a portal she had made. Pestilence had War slung over her own horse as she rode while War\u2019s horse ran after his rider. 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