[guncannon109]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShockerCon

Would you mind me asking how you messed up the original thread?

I accidentally attached a poll to it and didn't know how to remove. Might make a discussion thread after episode 9 or so though.

[guncannon109]

Episode 5: Fuel to the Flames

The Flame Dopant stood atop a large tower by the Ardent City water front, he tapped his fingers on the metal of the tower as he took in a deep breathe.

“What exactly are your planning,” Derek said as he appeared behind him, “Flame.”

“Ah, Commander Fury,” Flame said with a smirk, “I am simply doing as you instructed, taking care of Subject X as I see fit.”

“Last I checked, informing the target on the base properties of a memory was not as instructed,” Derek stated, “Mind telling me exactly why you did that?”

“To give him a bit of intrigue,” Flame returned, “I needed to allow him to think he has the edge, otherwise it won't be much fun at all. Call it 'baiting the trap' if you will.”

“Are you sure he'll act as you predict?” Derek asked raising an eyebrow.

“Trust me, he will,” Flame proclaimed crossing his arms and looking over the city, “Or I'll go to him.” He added as he let out a small maniacal laugh, “Prepare yourself X, your world will soon be but a smoldering ash in the pit of a roaring blaze.”

{Insert Opening Theme - Xtreme Dream}

“Alright, so let me see if I have this,” Sampson said looking over a stack of notes, “So all memories have an elemental base, is strongest against one but weakest against another sort of like a game of rock paper scissors. Is that right?” Sampson asked looking over to Alex.

“Pretty much,” Alex said from the other side of Sampson's office “That's what the Flame guy said at least. Steel is weak against fire, and that's why my sword just phased right through him.”

“Well it seems to me that the it all goes around in one big loop,” Sampson proclaimed, “if steel is the weakest against fire then all we to do is...”

“Is find a memory that has a element base that's the strongest against fire,” Marcoh stated as he walked into the room.

“Yeah, that's what I was going to say,” Sampson chuckled.

“Alright, but what would that base be?” Alex asked crossing his arms and looking towards the ceiling, “More importantly, how many different bases are there?”

“Not sure of the second part,” Marcoh began, “But the first should be obvious.”

“How do you mean?” Alex stood puzzled.

“Well, what does a fireman use to put out a fire?” Marcoh asked.

Alex thought for a second “... Water!” he snapped.

“Exactly,” Marcoh said back to him, “Do you have one?”

“Well, I don't... think so,” Alex said as he searched through his pockets.

“Hold on Alex,” Sampson said getting up from his desk, “How many memories do you have anyway?”

“Hm, let's see...” Alex thought counting his fingers, “Star, runner, blade, kicker, blast and...” Alex's eyes widened, “Diver!” Alex reached into his pocket and pulled out the diver memory and shoved it into Marcoh's face, “Water!”

Marcoh took the memory from Alex and held it in front of his face, “Well, it looks like what we need. How does it work?”

“Well... I don't know actually,” Alex said hanging his head.

Marcoh raised an eyebrow and his eyes widened, “How can you not know?”

“Well, I've never used it,” Alex explained as he pulled out Star and Runner, “Star and Runner are the ones I use the most often. With Star's skills in hand-to-hand and combat and Runner's speed it's almost like a default of sorts,” Alex placed the two memories on Sampson's desk next to Diver.

“I see,” “and what about the two you used in that fight against the previous Dopant?”

Alex pulled out Blade and Kicker, “Blade is basically just an armor and weapon attachment. Even with it's heavy armor it's still highly maneuverable in close quarters. Now although it will work with any of the three left sided memories, it seems to have a rather strong connection to Kicker specifically. It can definitely take a beating alright. Though it does have it's draw backs, what with it's maximum drive not being very efficient and all.”

“and what of Blast?” Marcoh asked.

“Blast adds a gun and armor designed for increased accuracy,” Alex explained, “Yet it does have a rather interesting feature to it.”

“How so?” Marcoh asked raising an eyebrow.

“The shots it fires seem to vary depending on the memory it's patterned with,” Alex proclaimed, “When paired with Runner it simply fires burst of some form of energy, however with Kicker it doubles as a grappling hook.”

“Then it should be that with Diver, it possibly might be a water based round or something along those lines,” Sampson said examining the Diver memory.

“That might be true, but there's still one thing that's still bothering me,” Marcoh said turning to Alex, “Why didn't you try every possible combination to figure out what all these memories did with one another?” Marcoh growled.

“It...” Alex thought for a second “uh?”

“Never occurred to you?” Marcoh retorted.

Alex simply nodded back.

“Thought so,” Marcoh sighed.

“Marcoh,” Sampson interrupted.

“Yes chief?” Marcoh returned.

“Go easy on him,” Sampson returned with his usual smirk, “It's not like he planned to lead this life.”

“Alright, I'll just run these notes by information and we'll get back to this after lunch,” Marcoh said picking up his notes and heading for the door.

“Alright then, sounds good,” Sampson said lying back in at his desk a bit, “Oh, and Marcoh.”

“Yes chief?” Marcoh looked back.

“Leave the boys name out of it,” Sampson instructed, “We wouldn't want any... unneeded attention from the higher ups.”

“Right, understood,” Marcoh said as he left the room, closing the door behind him.

“Um... unwanted attention?” Alex tilted his head.

“Oh it's nothing really,” Sampson stated, “it would just be far to complicated if the higher ups found out that we had a high school student working with us.”

“But, what about that freelancer badge you gave me?” Alex asked.

“That only covers on field work and your identity as...” Sampson sat up in his chair, “come to think of it, we haven't even decided on a name yet have we?”

“A... name?” Alex stumbled.

“Every hero needs a name,” Sampson stated.

Alex stood puzzled, “What, you mean like Batman?”

“Well, not that exactly but-” Sampson began to explain as Alex's phone began to ring.

“Uh, could you hold that thought?” Alex said answering the call.

“By all means,” Sampson gesturing in a way to signal Alex's freedom to pick up the call.

“Right, thanks,” Alex said stepping out into the hall.
Alex stepped out into the hall and closed the door to Sampson's office behind him. He then flipped open his phone and hit the pick up button.

“Hello, this Alex,” He said into the phone.

“Dude, where the hell are you?!” Cole shouted from the other end of the line.

“Uh... hi Cole,” Alex said pulling the phone away from his ear.

“Don't 'hi' me!” Cole yelled back “What time do you think it is? You just woke up didn't you? You know just because it's the weekend, that doesn't mean that you can just lie in bed all day.”

“Wait, back up a bit...” Alex said looking up at the ceiling, “what are you going on about?”

“Oh my god, you didn't actually forget did you?” Cole scowled, “Remember that movie you wanted to see, with the one night screening? Fuwella Maggie or something?”

Alex's eyes widen, “Oh crap, Madoka!”

“Yeah that, well it starts in about an hour so you better get down here,” Cole said looking around, “Seems to be selling out rather quickly though.”

Alex ran for the door of the station “Crap, we might not-”

“Don't worry, I picked up the tickets in advance,” Cole stated.

“Oh... that's a relief,” Alex said stopping in his tracks, “Thanks Cole, glad to have someone as reliable as you for a friend.”

“Hey, one of has to be,” Cole retorted.

“Oh shut up,” Alex snarked back at him.

“Alright,” Cole chuckled, “just get down here already.”

“Will do,” Alex said looking over to Sampson's office, “Just need to tie up something over here.”

Cole chuckled, “K, see ya.”

“Yeah, later,” Alex said clicking the hang up button on his phone and putting it into his pocket.

Alex walked over to Sampson's office.

“Hey, Sampson?” Alex asked as he stepped into the doorway of the office.

“Yes, Alex?” Sampson returned.

“I kind of made plans for today and... um...” Alex mumbled.

“You were wondering if you could go hang out with friends at the cinema, correct?” Sampson said completing the rest of Alex's question.

“Um... yeah,” Alex said hanging his a bit.

“Sure, go a head,” Sampson said with a grin, “We can handle the rest of the investigation from here, after all we still have another twenty hours or so until our fire friend comes looking for you. We'll have something figured out by then.”

“Okay, thanks!” Alex shouted running out the front door of the station.

Sampson shouted back to Alex as he ran out the door, “You're welcome.”

---

Alex burst through the front doors of the theater and ran down to where Cole was waiting for him. He hunched over his knees panting rapidly.

Cole rolled his eyes slightly, “About time you got here.”

“Sorry about that,” Alex said catching his breathe, “I got held up a bit.”

“I see...” Cole said handing Alex his ticket, “Now come on, the movie is going to start soon.”

“Alright, great.” Alex grabbed the ticket with a grin and ran into the cinema, “You are going to love this one.”

“This isn't another one of your weird anime shows is it?” Cole asked walking after him.

Alex stopped for a second and stared at Cole, “... no, of course not... What would give you that idea?”

“Just checking,” Cole said as the two walked into the black room of the theater.

Alex charged into the theater, “Madoka!”

{End of Part A}
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
{Star of Part B}

Alex and Cole walked out of the theater along with the huge crowd of people that saw the movie with them.

“Man, that last bit makes me cry every time,” Alex said whipping his eyes, “Well, wasn't that awesome?”

Cole stood confused for a second, “Um... well.”

“Well what?” Alex asked.

“Well... it was definitely something,” Cole returned nodding his head slowly.
“Something?” Alex asked raising an eyebrow, “Madoka Magica is perfection through and through, there's not a single wrong with it. Go a head, try.”

Cole stopped, “... Why does everyone have rainbow hair?”

Alex thought for a second, “That's just anime, it's all-”

“A what was with that creepy rat looking thing?” Cole continued, “and why didn't green hair do anything aside from being bitch? And how was black hair able to jump from one part of a room to another without moving? And-”

“Okay, I get it!” Alex exclaimed, “Although that last one did get an explaination, you really got learn to read more.”

“Oh yeah, you're one to talk aren't you,” Cole retorted, “Honestly though, why do you like this kind of stuff anyway?”

“Because, I find it inspiring,” Alex explained, “It's stuff like Madoka that helps me remember that even when it feels like the whole world is against you, as long as you have hope things will work out in the end.”

Cole raised an eyebrow, “Modeka helps you see that?”

“It's Madoka,” Alex corrected him, “and yes. You say I've got to grow up a bit, but you're the one that needs to open their mind up a bit.”

“Uh huh,” Cole sighed, “Well, that does make sense. You're always getting strange interpretations from anything. I swear, I'll just never get you.”

“I'm not really asking you to,” Alex said taking in a deep breathe.

At that moment Alex's cell phone began to ring.

“Hm,” Alex said as he pulled out his phone and answered it, “Hello?”

“Alex,” Marcoh said from the other end of the line, “We just figured out a way to deal with Flame.”

“Oh, I see,” Alex returned.

“We're just unsure of one little thing,” Marcoh stated, “We need you to come down to the station for to verify if what we have in mind will work.

“Alright, I'll be right there,” Alex said hanging up his phone, “Uh, Cole... Something just came up so I, uh...”

“You need to take care of it?” Cole asked.

“Um, yeah,” Alex said hanging his head, “I'm sorry.”

“It's okay,” Cole said patting Alex on the shoulder, “Just don't get yourself into too much trouble, okay?”

“Alright, I won't,” Alex said brushing off Cole's hand as he began to run down the road.

“See yah,” Cole shouted down the road.

“Yeah later,” Alex shouted back.

---

Alex burst into Sampson's office where Sampson and Marcoh were waiting patiently for him to arrive.

“About time,” Marcoh stated.

“Uh... sorry,” Alex said hanging his head in shame, “I ran down here as fast as I-”

“That's not important right now,” Sampson interrupted, “After all, we still have a lot of work to do before tomorrow.”

“Right,” Alex said standing back up right.

“Now then Alex,” Marcoh began, “I'm going to need your full cooperation for this.”

---

The next day, Flame stood looking over the water front.

“So... today's the day,” He said with a smirk, “X should be arriving anytime now.”

Small footsteps filled the air.

“and there he is,” Flame said turning to face Alex who walked up behind him, “I trust you followed my advice?”

Alex simply nodded.

Flame returned with a smirk, “Good...” He pulled out a red memory and held it in front of Alex, “Now then, shall we?”

“Flame!” The memory called out as Flame hit the button.

Alex pulled out the Star and Runner memories and slammed them into his driver as Flame rammed his memory into his wrist.

“Star! Runner!” The driver called out as the respective armor formed around Alex and his opponent was engulfed in fire.

Alex leapt into the air and threw himself forward with a single punch ramming himself straight through the Flame Dopant. He then threw a round house kick towards the Dopant's face which followed with a back kick to the spine of his opponent.

“You've got moves kid,” Flame stated recovering from the blow and cracking his neck, “but this ain't a dance off.”

“Well, let's try something else then,” Alex said as he removed the Star and Runner memories from his driver and replaced them with Blade and Kicker.

“Blade! Kicker!” The driver called out as the Star Runner armour was replaced with Blade Kicker's and the Blajaliber formed in his hand.

“Will he ever learn?” Flame thought shaking his head, “I already told you that's not going to-”

Before he could finish Alex tore through Flame's blaze with a single kick, and arm fell limp.

Flame gawked at Alex in shock and then returned to his signature smirk, “Interesting, what exactly did you do to me back there?”

“Simple,” Alex said returning to his feet, “While Blade is ineffective against fire based memories, it's counter part is. After I looked into, I discovered that the best possible way to fight your blaze was to weaken it. That's where Kicker comes in, it's elemental base is wood.”

Flame chuckled at the explanation, “Wouldn't wood only feed my flame and make it stronger?”

“Yes,” Alex returned, “But it still has to dedicate it's energy in order to digest it.” Alex said as he removed the Blade and Kicker memories from his driver, “Which is where part two comes in.” He added as he pulled out Blast and Diver and slammed them into the slots.

“Blast! Diver!” The driver called out as the Blast armour formed around Alex along with teal leg armour and flippers materialized from the feet.

“Your rampage...” Alex said as he slammed the Blast memory into his blaster, “ends here,”

“Blast! Maximum Drive!” The memory called out as it began to charge.

Alex pulled back on the trigger as a big blast of water shot out of the barrel, “Diving Blast Charge!” He shouted as Flame was engulfed by the blast of water and pushed over the docks.

“Good move kid...” Flame whispered as he fell into the water and his fires went out, “You've earned my respect.”

---

Moments later, Sampson and his team had arrived on the scene and were loading Flame into the back of a patrol car.

Sampson was standing by Alex who had deactivated his driver, “Good work Alex, glad to see we can count on you.”

“Thank you sir,” Alex said bowing his head a bit. He looked around for a second “Hey, where's Marcoh?”

“Paperwork,” Sampson returned.

“For?” Alex asked raising an eyebrow.

“For why the research lab was flooded,” Sampson said with a slight chuckle.

“I see,” Alex nodded back.

“Oh, that reminds me,” Sampson said slapping Alex on the back, “I figured a name for you.”

“Oh, yeah... that,” Alex sighed, “Look sir, no offense but-”

“Hear me out, this is a good one,” Sampson said stretching his arm out to the sky, “Kamen Rider.”

“Uh... Common Rider?” Alex tilted his head, “What exactly does that-”

“It's a name given to a hero who will defend the peace and fight for justice,” Sampson interrupted, “Well, that's what she said anyway.”

“She?” Alex pondered, “Oh, you mean my mother right?”

“Yep,” Sampson said.

“Hm,” Alex thought for a second, “I like it... Kamen Rider.”

---

“So Flame was defeated?” Vainglory asked as he took in a deep breathe.

“Yes, Commander,” Derek said hanging his head.

“It seems that I have misjudged you,” Vainglory sighed while tapping his fingers along the side of his arm rest, “Although, subject X has proven himself rather capable. Spite, Fury.”

“Yes Commander?” the two said in unison.

“The two of you are to no longer engage subject X in battle,” Vainglory stated.

“But...why?” Rylee asked.

“He may prove to be far more valuable than we first thought,” Vainglory explained, “Be sure to keep a close watch on him.”

“Sir, I must advise-” Rylee mumbled before getting cut off.

“Do you doubt my judgement Spite?” Vainglory questioned.

“N-no sir,” Rylee returned.

Vainglory smirked “I thought you wouldn't.”

To Be Continued

{Insert Ending Theme - Mask}

[guncannon109]

Next time on Kamen Rider Xtreme:

Sampson and his team are on the hunt for a master thief. Alex is called in when it's uncovered that the heists were physically impossible to pull off by a normal human.

How can you defeat an enemy that you can't hit?

And how can Alex simply spend a day off by the pool during all this?

That's for me to decide and for you to find out when Kamen Rider Xtreme continues with episode 6 Waterside Panic!

[guncannon109]

Episode 6: Waterside Panic

Ardent City Museum of Art, a night guard was doing rounds shining his torch into the various rooms as he past them. He past one room with several gems and jewelry on display inside it. As his light passed over the walls and display cases, shadows began to twist towards the large case in the center of the room containing a golden necklace adorned by emeralds, sapphires and rubies with a giant round amethyst in the center.

The room was filled by a faint cackle as a ghostly figure emerged from the shadows. She wore a suit of light black armor with a white lining that split off into many vector arrows which ran up to her head and covered her eyes.

She phased her hand through the glass case surrounding the necklace and caressed it before finally picking it up from it's stand. She brought her hand out from the case along with the necklace.

“Finally,” She smirked, “the Eye of Luna is mine.”

At that second, an alarm went off and red lights filled the room she stood in and the hallway outside.

“Well, I guess this memory can't do everything can it?” She proclaimed surveying the room around her, “guess I'll have to save admiring my new beauty until after I get out of here.”

She floated over through the display case and though the back wall of the room and disappeared from sight as two guards entered the room.

“Stop, hands up where I can see 'em!” One barked pointing a stun gun into the room, “...Huh?” He added noticing the room was empty.

“Must've been tripped by something,” The another said as the first guard walked into the room and took a closer look.

“The Eye!” The first guard exclaimed noticing the empty case, “But... how?”

The second guard scratched his head, “You don't think...?”

“I was hoping I would never have to do this,” The first guard sighed, “Get the ACPD on the line, Special Operations Division .”

“Yeah, I'm on it,” The second guard stated as he ran down the hall.

“My god...” The first guard said looking at the empty case, “what is this world coming to?”

---

A photographer snapped a shot of the empty case. Marcoh and his team arrived at the scene a few hours ago and were searching the area for possible leads.

“So you were walking down the hall on your regular rounds and the artifact was in it's case, then you came back only a few seconds later and it was gone. Is that right?” Marcoh asked jotting down notes onto a pad of paper, “Hold on, I need to run this by the higher ups.”

“Alright then, I'll leave you to it,” The guard said stepping back a bit.

Marcoh stepped into the hallway and switched on his radio, “Chief?”

“Yes Marcoh, did you find any leads?” Sampson returned through the radio.

“No sir. Well, none except one,” Marcoh stated into his radio.

“and what might that be?” Sampson asked from the other end of the line.

“Do you honestly have to ask?” Marcoh said with snark to his voice, “It's clear that the culprit isn't a normal human.”

“So, it's a Dopant then is it?” Sampson asked in tone that suggested that he already knew the answer.

“It appears so,” Marcoh returned, “You going to get the kid on this?”

“Not yet, we have yet to locate the culprit,” Sampson explained, “We can't involve Alex until we have confirmation that it is a Dopant and have it cornered. Besides, he has a day off school today so let him enjoy while he can.”

“I see. Alright then, we'll proceed with the investigation on this end,” Marcoh stated.

“Gotcha, check in when you uncover any new leads,” Sampson said shutting off his radio.

“Right, understood,” Marcoh return doing the same. He sighed “... This can't be legal.”

{Insert Opening Theme - Extreme Dream}

Alex and Cole stood outside the entrance to the Ardent City water park. It was a work day, so there weren't many people there but it was still relatively busy.

Alex looked up at a big sign that read 'fun in the sun', he let out a loud moaning sound, “So... remind me again why you dragged me out here?”

“We have the day off school today, and you don't get out very often,” Cole explained, smacking Alex on the head, “Besides, it's not like you had anything else to do anyway.”

Alex looked at Cole and blinked, “They're showing Madoka Movie Two at Cineplex.”

“No,” Cole returned.

“Oh, come on!” Alex barked.

“No way,” Cole returned, glaring at Alex, “Now come on, the others are waiting.”

“Fine,” Alex pouted as the two began to walk inside, “... You sure you don't wanna-”

“Do I have to Falcon Punch you out a window?” Cole growled.

Alex stood silent, “... I'll shut up now.”

“Thank you,” Cole sighed.

---

Madison paced around by a bench, as if she were anticipating something and was loosing her patience, “Where are they? It should take them this long... right?”

“Calm down Maddie, they'll be here,” A blacked haired girl dressed in a somewhat punkish get up stated, “Who did you invite anyway?”

“Oh... no one really Ashley,” Madison returned, “Just, a friend... and his friend.”

“Oooh?” Ash perked her head up, “So it's a guy?”

“Shut up, it's not like that at all!” Madison barked as her face turned red, “It's just... we did have five tickets, and I just thought that it would ashame to let two of them go to waste.”

“Calm down calm down, I was only kidding,” Ashley said trying to keep herself from laughing, “Though I would be interested to know who it is that has you in such a hot tizzy.”

“Ashley!” Madison exclaimed.

“Kidding!” Ash chuckled, “But seriously, who did you invite?”

“Let's see... oh there they are,” Madison stated as Cole and Alex walked into the building, “Hey Cole, over here!” She shouted waving over to the two.

Ashley blinked her eyes as she noticed Alex walking beside Cole, “Pfft HAHAHAHA!” She laughed uncontrollably as she fell of the bench, “Seriously, you invited the pathetic son of bitch?”

“Hey, that's not very nice,” Madison said in a scolding tone of voice.

“So? A loser like him deserves it,” Ash said getting back on her feet, “I can only imagine how-”

“Hey Madison, what's up?” Cole asked as he and Alex walked up to the two girls, “and who might this be?”

Madison gestured to Ash, “This is Ashle-”

“Call me Ash,” Ashley, “Cole Desmond I take it. So, tell me, how do you two know each other?”

“We're in the same art class,” Cole stated.

“Though we both kind of suck at it,” Madison said scratching the back of her head.

“Fascinating,” Ash said rolling her eyes, “and Alexis...that's your name, right?” She said glaring at Alex.

“Um... huh?” Alex tilted his head in confusion.

“Don't mind her. Guys, Ash is who I got the tickets from. I'm not sure how she could afford them, but it sure was nice of her to pick them up for us. Don't you think?”

“Oh, so this was your idea?” Alex asked, “Well thank you, they must've been expensive. Also, my name is Alex, not Alexis. Nice to meet you Ash.” He said extending his hand to Ashley.

“Yeah sure thanks whatever,” Ash said batting Alex's hand away, “Seriously, what is taking her so long?”

“Her?” Cole asked.

“Hang on!” A voice called out from behind the four.

“Wait a minute... that sounds like...” Alex thought as he turned around to see Sarah running up from behind him.

“I'm... back,” Sarah panted as she reached the group, “Sorry, there was a long line at the ticket booth.”

“Wait I thought you already had the tickets?” Cole asked.

“We did, the booth was to turn them in for these wristbands that act as our passes,” Sarah said holding up the bands to the group, “Alright so that's one for Madison, Ash...” She said as passed out the bands, “Oh, hey Cole... Wait a minute,” Her eyes widened as she looked over to Alex.

The two starred at each other in an awkward silence for a good thirty seconds or so until Alex finally broke the silence with a hardy “...Hey.”

Sarah sighed, “Crap damn it.”

“Something wrong?” Madison asked.

“No, nothing's wrong,” Sarah said with a smirk, “We're here to have fun, so I'll leave my annoyances at school, where they belong,” Sarah said taking in a deep breathe, “Just behave yourself Alex.”

“Right, yes ma'am!” He said with a salute and a hint of sarcasm.

“Kay, let's go in then,” Madison said trying to break the tension.

“Alright, sounds good,” Cole gestured as the group walked off to the changing area.

Ashley walked past the bench and went to pick up a black bag covered in silver spikes, “Here, let me get that for you,” Alex offered as grabbed the handle.

Ash grabbed Alex by the collar and pulled him in close until they stood face to face, “Listen, I'll only say this once so pay attention,” She whispered, “Stay out of my way until all this is over and no one has to get hurt... got that?”

“Yeah got it,” Alex returned unsure of how to respond.

“Good,” Ashley pushed Alex away.

“Guys, hurry up!” Sarah shouted at the two.

“Coming!” Ashley said as she ran off to catch up to the others.

Alex rubbed his collar, “Was it, something I said? Or, what if” He thought, “Nah.”

---

Back at the police station, Sampson was skimming through some case files when the phone began to ring.

“Sampson, Ardent City Police Department,” He said as he picked up the phone, “Uh huh, I see... are you sure about this?... Okay thanks, please call back if you have any more information on the matter.” He said as he hung up the phone only to pick it back up again and dial in another number.

---

Alex walked down the hall to the changing rooms as his cell phone began to ring.

“Hello?” He said as he answered the call.

“Alex, this is Sampson. We've just gotten some new information on a recent incident and we need you to confirm it,” Sampson explained from the other end of the line, “You remember that museum robbery that was reported the other night?”

“You mean the person that stole that um... Ear of Yuno?... the necklace?” Alex asked to confirm.

“Eye of Luna, yes,” Sampson corrected him, “As I was saying, we may have learned the current location of the stolen artifact.”

“Seriously, right now?” Alex asked, “I'm kind of busy at the moment.”

“Don't worry, you just so happen to be in the suspected location,” Sampson stated, “So all you have to do is keep a look for any suspisous activity.”

“Oh, I see... that's all?” Alex asked.

“Well, there is one more thing,” Sampson added, “Now this is only speculation but just keep it in mind as a possibly. It was reported that the Eye of Luna was stolen in a way that shouldn't be possible for a normal human.”

“So, you're saying that the culprit might be...” Alex said.

“I'm afraid so,” Sampson said with a slight tremble in his voice.

“Alright, I'll look into it. Thanks for letting me know,” Alex he said as he closed his phone and dropped it into his pocket, “So another one has appeared... another Dopant.”

{End of Part A}
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
{Star of Part B}

Alex lay back in a big lounge chair by the side of the pool, “ keep a look for any suspicious activity,” he sighed, “that's easier said then done, after all...” He said looking around at the large crowd taking up the area, “There's so many people here that it could be anyone.”

Alex sat up right and buried his face into the palms of his hands, “Man, just when I thought I could get a break from this...” He pressing his hands up against the sides of his head and began to press down hard on his skull, “Oh, WHY ME!”

“'Why you' what?” A voice called out from behind him.

“Huh?” Alex turned to find Madison standing above him holding two bottles of pop in her hands, “Oh, it's you... Madeline was it?”

“Madison,” She returned with a smile.

Alex turned around to face her, “Oh right, sorry.”

“Don't worry about,” Madison said take a seat in the chair beside him.

“So... who's the second one for?” Alex asked pointing to one of the pop bottles.

“I thought you might be getting thirsty,” Madison said handy one of the bottles to Alex.

Alex sat quietly for a second.

“Oh, do you not like this kind?” Madison asked lowering her arm a bit pulling the bottle away from Alex, “Sorry, I didn't-”

“No, it's fine,” Alex said grabbing the bottle from Madison's hand and cracking it open. He then downed about a third of it in a matter of seconds until stopping abruptly.

“Is something wrong?” Madison asked.

“No, I'm fine... although,” Alex began “there is one thing that's kind of bugging me.”

“And... what might that be?” Madison asked closing the distance between her and Alex a bit.

“It's just...” Alex said, looking for the right words to say, “Well, you seem sane enough, so why are you hanging around those two whack jobs?”

Madison giggled, “You're funny you know that? But honestly, I've been friends with Sarah and Ashle- I'm sorry, Ash since we were kids. Once you've been friends for that long, you don't really question why you are to begin with.”

“My god, is this girl a fricking saint or something?” Alex thought to himself.

“Yep, we're inseparable. Like in Ninja Storm, I'd be Tori, Ash would be Dustin and Sarah Shane,” Madison babbled, “That would make you and Cole the thunder brothers, though I haven't figured out which is which yet.”

Alex raised his hand and paused for a second before speaking, “Wait, what?”

“Nothing, sorry I was just babbling,” Madison said seeming to be laughing the matter off.

“Okay then...” Alex said taking another sip of his pop.

Madison sat twiddling her thumbs in silence for a few minutes before finally speaking up, “Hey, um... If you don't me asking but... uh-”

“Hey, Mad Pad!” Sarah yelled from within the walls of the pool.

“Oh, hold on a second!” Madison shouted back, “You coming in?” She asked Alex.

“Nah, I'm not much of a swimmer,” Alex replied with a small waving gesture of his hand.

“You sure?” Madison tilted her head.

“Yeah, I'm fine here,” Alex returned.

“Okay,” Madison said with a smile as she jumped to her feet. She ran towards the pool and jumped in with a cannon ball.

Alex scanned his eyes over the pool to where Cole, Sarah and Madison were.

Sarah splashed water into Madison's face and giggled a bit, Madison shouted at her a bit.

“Hey...” Alex said as if something was off, “Where is... wait, what was her name again?”

---

“AH!” Madison screamed as she tripped onto Sarah.

“What, what's wrong?” Sarah asked trying to regain her balance.

“Something just rubbed up against my leg,” Madison explained.

“It was probably a little kid that bumped into by accident,” Sarah proclaimed pushing Madison off of her.

“No, it was kind of... slithery and scaly,” Madison stumbled, trying to find the right words.

“Uh, guys...” Cole said grabbing the girl's attention.
“What?” Sarah barked.

Cole pointed over to a cluster of bubbles that quickly formed into a whirlpool that began to grow at an alarming rate until it consumed nearly half of the pool area. The sound of whistles filled the air as swarms of people fled from the area.

As the patrons evacuated the park, the water began to shift into the form of a giant serpent and rise out of the pool. Out of all the people, it fixed it's gaze directly on Alex.

“My god,” Alex thought to himself as the serpent hist at him.

In one fell swoop, the serpent dove down to the floor and plowed through the crowd and swiped Alex of his feet.

“Damn it, I did not plan on, being eaten, today,” He said as the X Driver formed around his waist and pulled out the Blast and Diver memories out of his sweater pocket. He quickly placed the two memories into the appropriate slots on the device and split the slots apart.

“Blast! Diver!” The driver called out as the Blast Diver armor form around Alex. He began to swim to the front of the serpent that held him hostage. As he reached the head, he looked out the mouth to see that the image of a brick wall drawing closer.

“Oh crap,” Alex said as he and the beast rammed right through the wall and into a dimly lit hall on the other side.

“Ow... okay that hurt,” Alex grunted as he fell onto the ground as the serpent dispersed back into regular water.

“Well duh, that was point dumb ass,” A voice cackled as the water reformed into a black armored figured covered in vectors from head to tow.

“Yeah... I got that,” Alex stated as he forced himself to his feet, “You're that phantom thief dopant, I take it?”

“Glad to hear the news is getting around,” the figure flaunted, “Rather glad to see my method of figuring you out worked.”

“Wait, you knew who I was when you grabbed me?” Alex puzzled.

“Well, more or less,” the dopant stated, “I figured that the famous Kamen Rider wouldn't run from danger. So I decided to make a little danger to pick you out from the crowd. I was honestly surprised to find out you were a sad piece of shit, but that doesn't matter to me.”

Alex fired off a single shot into the air, “You know, I really don't appreciate those who do nothing but insult me,” he said as he aimed his blaster towards the dopant, “especially when it's loathsome creatures like you.”

---

Cole, Sarah and Madison took cover behind a foot high wall not far from the pool side.

Madison panted and surveyed the chaos, “Hey... where are Ash and Alex?”

“They probably took shelter somewhere, I'm sure they're fine,” Cole stated.

Sarah balled her fists tight and gritted her teeth, “Come on... where are you?” She thought to herself.

“Sarah!” Cole exclaimed.

“What!” She barked. Cole and Madison blinked at her for a moment, “Uh... I mean... What is it?”

“I just wanted to check to see you were okay,” Cole stated.

“Oh, yeah... I'm fine,” Sarah said awkwardly, trying to laugh the matter off.

---

Alex fired off multiple shots from his blaster at the dopant, it seeming to smiply be obsorbing everyone of them.

“You really are an idiot aren't you?” The dopant cackled, “No matter how many shots you fire, its never going to work.”

“Alright then,” Alex said pulling out the Blast and Diver memories from his driver and replacing them with Blade and Kicker.

“Blade! Kicker!” The driver called out as the Blast Diver armour was swapped out for Blade Kicker and Alex's blaster reformed into his sword.

“How about we try this the old fashioned way!” Alex exclaimed as he charged at the dopant whilst swinging his blade at it.

His blade clashed with the dopants chest causing it to fly backwards.

“KYAH!” Alex shouted as he threw a jump kick at the dopant. The dopant just barely evaded the kick as the grieves on Alex's boots rammed into the wall behind the dopant.

“I'll admit, you've got skills boy,” the dopant smirked, “but you still ain't got enough.” At that moment the dopant flipped Alex off of his feet and hurled out the hole in the wall.

Alex plumetted to the ground below and smacked into the ground, his armor breaking on impact.

“Hey, there he is!” Madison exclaimed running out from behind the wall, Cole not far behind her.

Cole and Madison knelt over Alex “Hey, you alright?... Come on, say something anything!” Cole exclaimed shaking Alex to see if he was okay.

Alex coughed as his eyes opened, “Snakes... why did it have to be snakes, I hate snakes.”

Cole fell back with a sigh of relief, “Oh thank god. You had me scarred half to death you idiot.”

“Sorry about that,” Alex said sitting up right, “I'm fine though now,”

“Okay, great now lets get out of here,” Sarah demanded finally reaching the three.

“Wait, what about Ashley?” Madison asked.

“She's probably already outside by now, so let's go!” Sarah said grabbing Madison by the arm and pulling her towards the exit.

“We should go too,” Cole stated.

Alex looked back to Cole, “Yeah, got it.”

---

The four made their way out of the park as the sound of sirens filled the air.

“Nine one one is already here?” Alex asked raising an eyebrow, “That was fast.”

“Darwin, can I speak with you for a second,” A voice called out as

Alex turned to face the source of the voice to find Marcoh standing not far from the four “Officer Marcoh?... Alright sure, what is it.”

“Wait, you now a police officer?” Madison asked.

“Yeah, he's kind of my guardian,” Alex explained, “Excuse me for a moment, I'll be right back.”

“This won't take too long,” Marcoh stated as he walked off with Alex.

“So this was caused by a dopant... is that correct?” Marcoh asked.

“Yeah, problem I couldn't figure out who it was,” Alex said hanging his head, “Sorry.”

“That's alright, what matters is that you and your friends are safe,” Marcoh explained.

“I did manage to find out one thing though,” Alex proclaimed, “The culprit seemed to have a rather high voice, and they weren't that much taller they me.”

“So you're saying that its a young woman, around your age I take it?” Marcoh asked.

“That's the just of it, yeah,” Alex returned.

“Alright, that's all I needed. We should be able to take it from here, you can go now kid,” Marcoh said jotting down the information he was just given on a note pad, “Oh... and I'd get changed before you catch a cold.”

“Oh... right,” Alex said realizing that he was still in his wet swim clothes.

---

Cole, Sarah and Madison stood shivering by the side of the parking lot.

“Wish we could've grabbed our stuff, I'm freezing,” Madison exclaimed.

“Here you go Mad Pad,” Ashley said as she seemingly popped out of nowhere, “I managed to grabbed our stuff in the panic,” She explained handing Sarah and Madison their street clothes, “Even got you and the Darwin's stuff too.” She added handing Cole the rest of the bundle.

“Really? That's awesome!” Madison exclaimed.

“Come on, there's a spot behind the building where you two can get changed,” She said leading Sarah and Madison behind the complex.

---

Alex turned the corner a few minutes later to see Cole leaning against the wall already changed into his normal clothes.

“Oh, there you are,” Alex said in relief.

“How did things go with that police officer?” Cole asked.

“Alright I guess... Where are the girls?” Alex asked in return.

Cole tilted his head to the left, “changing.”

“Oh, kay,” Alex returned, “You know this whole ordeal could've been avoided if we went to see Madoka instead.”

“Oh shut up,” Cole said shaking his head with a smirk.

“No, I'm not shutting up. Madoka is awesome!” Alex shouted at the top of his lunges.

“Did you just say Madoka?... as in Madoka Magica?” Madison asked popping her head up from around the corner.

“Um... yeah?” Alex returned.

“Awesome!...Uh hold on a second,” Madison exclaimed in a panic. She went back behind the wall for about a minute and then charged up to Alex like a bull at out of the gate, “Another Madoka fan? That's awesome! Who'syourfavoritecharacter?What'syourfavoritesepisodeorepisodes?Arethereanycharactersthatyouhate? IloveKyoukoandSayaka'sstorymademecry, IthinkHitomiisabitofbitchbutIguessithadapoint. AnywayI-”

“Madison!” Alex shouted at her grabbing her by the shoulders to get her to shut up.

“Yes?” Madison asked blinking her eyes.

“Calm down,” Alex said calmly, “To answer your barrage of questions... For me it's Homura for my favorite character, episode ten is my favorite episode and yeah, Hitomi is a bitch.”

“Just out of curiosity, what made you bring up Madoka in the first place?” Madison asked.

“Well, I kind of got tickets to see the second movie tonight, but Cole doesn't want to go,” Alex explained, “I guess he's to traumatized from the first one.”

“Wait, you have tickets for Eien no Monogatari?” Madison asked

“Well... yeah,” Alex said.

“and Cole doesn't want his?” Madison asked again.

“Yeah,” Alex confirmed.

“I see... so uh, could I... have the other one?” Madison asked as her face turned a bright red.

“Sure, might as well not let it go to waste,” Alex returned.

“AWESOME!” Madison shouted hugging Alex tight, “thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!” Madison said repeatedly giggling like an idiot as a few drops of water dripped onto her arm.

She immediately broke off from Alex, “Um... you should get changed first.”

Alex chuckled, “Right.”

To Be Continued

{Insert Ending Theme Mask}

[guncannon109]

Next time on Kamen Rider Xtreme:

Great, the new enemy can phase through anything, and she's a shape shifter?

Well, at least Alex finally gets to see his precious Madoka on the big screen with someone who actually wants to see it with him.

But one things still remains, how will Alex defeat this new Dopant? and what is Ashley's deal anyway?

That's for me to decide and for you to find out when Kamen Rider Xtreme continues with Episode 7: Shifting Tides!

[XW1n5t0nX]

Very nice episode there man.

[guncannon109]

Episode 7: Shifting Tides

Ashley walked up the front steps to a small two story house, she stood at the door for a moment before pushing the door open and walking into the dimly light hall, the door slamming behind her.

She looked over to a small dent in the door before removing her jacket and hanging it on one of the hooks mounted to the one. Ashley surveyed the hooks until her eyes reached a gap in the row of hooks. She took in a deep breathe then exhaled slowly.

“Dad... I'm back,” She called out as she slid off her shoes and proceeding down the hall.

She walked down the hallway until she reached a door that was left ajar.

She peered into the room. The room appeared to be a standard office, with countless sheets of paper scattered about the room and a few books laid out on the desk. An middle age man, looking to be around his early fifties, sat at the desk typing away at on a laptop.

“Hey dad,” Ashley said slowly walking into the room.

“Hello Ashley... how did school go?” The man asked turning slightly to face her but not interrupting his work flow.

“Actually, I got the day off today,” Ashley explained, “So I went to the water park with a few friends. Madison bought a ticket for me so-”

“Sorry Ashley, I don't have time to chat at the moment,” Ashley's father said apologetically.

“Still looking for a job huh?” Ashley sighed, “Alright... I'll talk to you later then.” She sighed as she began to exit the room.

“Oh that reminds,” Ashley's father said quickly, “Ashley dinner will be here shortly so how about you tell me then, alright?”

“Take out again?” Ashley grunted looking back at her father, “Alright... I guess I can live with that” She said closing the door behind her.

“Love you,” Her father shouted from the other side of the door.

Ashley curled her hand up into a fist and smacked it into the door frame, “Yeah... you keep saying that.”

She proceeded up a small flight of stairs not far from the doorway. Once at the top, she walked over to a door at the end of the hall. She walked through the door which led to her bedroom, upon entering the room she through her bag onto a desk in the corner of the room and collapsed onto a single twin sized bed and buried her head into a pillow.

At the moment, a small beeping noise filled the dry air of the room. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a cell phone.

“What?” She said into the phone, “Oh... I see... yeah, I got...” She said looking over to the bag on her desk, “yeah, I'll bring it over soon... kay bye,” She hung up the phone and tucked it under her pillow.

She turned over onto her back and starred up at the ceiling, “... this sucks.”

{Insert Opening Theme - Extreme Dream}

Alex and Madison walked down a long empty sidewalk in the dead of night. Madison looked onward twirling her hair a bit while alex starred up to the star filled sky.

“So um... good movie huh?” Madison asked attempting to break the silence.

“Uhuh,” Alex returned bluntly.

“I find it odd though,” Madison began, “I know that the third movie in the series is going to be an original story, but why did shaft have to condense the entire series into two movies?”

“So more people can see it I guess,” Alex stated, “Though there are some people that still won't get it. Take Cole for instance, he can't stand it.”

“Has he seen it?” Madison asked.

“As in actually seen and not just look at the screen wishing he was doing something else?” Alex snarked

“Actually seen it,” Madison clarified.

“I'm not quite sure really, he changes the subject every time I ask him,” Alex chuckled.

“I mean sure it's not perfect but that ending man. Just... the feels,” Madison proclaimed tightening her hands and holding them in front of herself.

“Yes, that is definitely a good ending. One of the best I've seen in an anime, or any work of fiction for that matter,” Alex proclaimed, “I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to top it myself.”

“You a writer or something?” Madison asked.

“Well, I've tried a couple of times... but nothing I'd show to people,” Alex said coming to a halt, “Not to mention the world seems to hate me at the moment.”

Madison turned to face Alex, she grabbed hold of his hand with her right and place her left over top of it, “I don't hate you,” she said with a smile.

“Uh...” Alex stood confused.

“Hey, remember. If someone ever tells you its a mistake to have hope, just tell them that they're wrong, and that you'll keep telling them until they believe,” Madison said with an even wider smile than before, “no matter how many times it takes.”

“... thank you... for that,” Alex said scratching the back of his neck, “Where did you get that from?”

“It's from the movie,” Madison giggled, “and you say Cole doesn't pay attention. Anyway...” Madison looked around the corner of the block the two stood at, “My house isn't too far from here, I can make it the rest of the way on my own.”

“Okay, you sure?” Alex asked.

“Yeah, I'll see you at school,” Madison said as she walked off down the street.

“Alright, see ya,” Alex said waving to Madison.

“Later,” Madison returned as she disappeared into the night.

Alex stood in the dim glow of the street lights smiling like an idiot in a daze.

After a good five minutes or so he slapped himself hard across the face, “Focus Alex, you've got a job to do! This isn't the time to get all sappy,” He exclaimed as he stormed off down the road towards his apartment.

With in no time at all he came to a tall bridge that led across an old train line. He proceeded up the steps of the bridge until he came to a halt at the top and looked over the city taking in a deep breathe.

“Sure looks peacful,” Alex thought to himself as a wave of cool air rushed over him, “But she's out there... somewhere.”

As Alex looked over the edge of the bridge, a few drops of water hit is arm. The few drops quickly turned into a major downpour.

“Oh you've got to be kidding me,” Alex grunted as he whipped the hood of his sweater over his head and ran to the other end of the bridge.

---

Ashley marched down the flight of stairs that connected the second and first floors with her bag in hand. As she reached the first floor her phone began to ring. Ashley pulled her phone out of her pocket.

“What?” she answered as she proceeded directly to the front door of the house, “Yeah, I'm on my way now... Yeah I've got it.... You're not going to back out of your end again right?... Alright alright, I'll be there in a bit ” She said closing her phone and shoving it into her pocket.

“I'm going out for a bit!” She called out as she grabbed her coat from the hook. She placed her hand on the handle of the door, pausing for a second as she looked over her shoulder to the door down the hall, “Never mind,” She sighed as she walked out the door slamming it a bit behind her.

---

Alex walked through the front door of his apartment, closing it behind him. He switched on the light to see Cole standing right in front of him. Alex stood in silence for a second.

“AH!” Alex exclaimed as he jumped back, scrapping against the wooden surface of the door behind him, “What the hell dude!”

“So... how did your big first date go?” Cole said with a smirk.

“It wasn't a date,” Alex barked back.

“Sure it wasn't,” Cole said rolling his eyes.

“Look Madison and I are just friends that share a common interest,” Alex explained.

“More like a common obsession,” Cole snarked, “Anyway, you plant one on her?”

“I barely even know her!” Alex barked.

“So what, she's hot,” Cole retorted.

“So what? Have you talked to her?” Alex returned, “She might share the same fandom as me but other than that her personality is completely whack.”

“See, you're perfect for each other,” Cole stated as Alex opened the door and shoved Cole out into the hall.

“Get out!” Alex exclaimed as he slammed the door in Cole's face.

Cole stood puzzled, “... geez, can't he ever take a joke?”

“Man,” Alex sighed as he slid to the floor against the other side of the door and buried his face into the palms of his hands, “I don't have time for this.”

At that instant his cell phone began to ring from his pocket. Alex then dug into his pocket to fish out his phone from a bundle of pocket debris.

“Hello?” He said into the receiver.

“Darwin? It's Marcoh. You aren't busy right now are you?” Marcoh asked from the other end of the line.

“No, I can talk,” Alex returned.

“Good, because we just got a major lead on the current case,” Marcoh explained.

“The one involving the phantom thief right?” Alex asked.

“The very same,” Marcoh verified, “Anyway, we were looking over today's security footage from the water park and we may have uncovered the identity of the culprit.

“Oh, really?” Alex said enthusiastically, “Well tell me who it say I can hurry up and take 'em down for you.”

“Well, it isn't that simple really,” Marcoh said, “You see, the suspect is...” at that moment, a loud crash of thunder roared just outside the window as Alex's eyes widened in shock.

“... and... you're sure about this?” Alex asked.

“Positive,” Marcoh verified, “We've been tracking the suspect for a while now and their location has been uploaded to the X Cyclone's computer.”

“Alright... I-I'll get right on it,” Alex said shacking a bit.

“Good luck, Kamen Rider,” Marcoh said as he disconnected from the line.

Alex closed the phone and let his arm drop down to the floor, “Of the people it could have been...” he sighed, “I hoped it wouldn't be her.”

{End of Part A}

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

{Star of Part B}

Ashley walked down a dark alleyway, her grip tight around the umbrella she held in her hand and the handle of her bag in the other. She proceeded down the long constricting ally until she reached the face of a large brick wall aligned with several rusty trash cans.

She ran her hand across the surface of one of the cans, proceeding to raise her hand and bang on the lid three times with a short pause in between.

“Were you followed?” A voice called out from behind her.

“No Glave,” She said turning to face the source of the voice to see a man clad in black with his hood up standing under a stair way to get out of the rain. He seemed to be about the same age as Ashley, maybe even a little older, though not by much.

“Good,” The man stated, “You have it with you I take it?”

“Yeah, it's right here,” Ashley returned handing her bag to the man in black.

“Excellent,” Glave smirked taking the bag rather roughly. Ashley stood holding her hand out as if expecting to receive something.

“What?” Asked Glave.

“The deal,” Ashley stated, “I trust that you haven't forgotten.”

“Of course I haven't doll face,” Glave explained, “But of course, I all but have the money at the moment so you'll have to wait until then.”

Ashley grunted, “That wasn't the agreement!”

“Well, I did have the dough earlier but something came up,” Glave stated.

“One of your boys need bail money again?” Ashley asked raising an eyebrow.

“Eh, don't go stickin your nose where it don't belong,” Glave barked, “We wouldn't want another accident now... would we?” He added wrapping his hand around Ashley's neck.

Ashley simply stood in place and said nothing.

“As I thought,” Glave said with a smirk, “Now, I just need you to do a couple more jobs for me and then we'll be all set.”

“Oh really?” Alex called out as he turned the corner of the ally, “And what exactly might those be?”

“The fuck are you?” Glave barked, “Ash, you know this guy?”

Ash leaned over to whisper something into Glave's ear.

“Oh... I see,” He chuckled, “So you're the famous Kamen Rider are you?”

Alex stood in the rain shaking a tad.

“Ash, you take care of him,” Glave instructed as he pushed Ashley towards Alex and proceeded to jump up to a ladder and scale the wall of the alleyway.

“Crap damn it,” Alex said pulling out the Blast and Kicker memories as his driver materialized around his waist and he slammed the memories into the corresponding slots.

“Blast! Kicker!” His driver called out as the blue armor of Blast and deep green armor of Kicker formed around him and his blaster materialized in his hand.

“Get back here!” Alex demanded as he shot out a grappling hook from his blaster. As the hook was about to latch onto Glave, Alex found himself being knocked to ground by a single kick to the face. Alex looked over to see Ashley with eyes a blaze in anger.

“Did you not hear me the first time or something?” Ashley growled as she pulled out a pale blue gaia memory from her back pocket.

“Shift!” The memory called out as Ashley hit the button below the label as a black bar code formed on her wrist.

“Back off!” Ashley exclaimed as she jammed the memory into the bar code on her wrist as the it dissolved into her arm as she took the appearance of the Dopant that attacked the water park.

“She used a memory without a driver?” Alex thought to himself, “Ashley, stop I don't want to fight you!”

“Shut it!” Ashley exclaimed as two whips of water leapt from the ground and struck Alex across the chest.

“I didn't want to have to do this,” Alex said as he removed the Blast memory from his driver and replaced it with Blade, “But you leave me no choice.”

“Blade! Kicker!” His driver called out as the blue armor of Blast was replaced by the green armor of Blade and his blaster reformed into his sword.

“Just try it!” Ashley roared as she formed the water around her into three large serpents and proceeded to throw each at Alex one at a time.

Alex sliced his way through each of the snakes as they connected with the edge of his blade. With in moments, they were returned to mere drops of water. Alex then proceeded to charge at Ashley and rammed her into the brick wall only a few feet behind. Ashley grabbed Alex by the arm as the two phased through the wall.

Ashley fell to the floor as Alex regained his footing.

“I would give up if I were you Ash,” Alex suggested, “You've got nowhere to run and no water to manipulate.”

“I'll... never,” Ashley grunted as she got back on her feet.

“Fine, have it your way,” Alex sighed, “Don't say I didn't warn you.”

Alex removed the Blade memory from his driver and placed it into the hilt of his sword.

“Blade! Maximum Drive!” The memory called out as Alex began to charge towards Ashley.

As he went to deliver the finishing swing, Ashley flexed her right hand slightly as Alex came to a sudden halt.

“What? I... can't move!” Alex thought to himself.

“There is water here,” Ashley said with a smirk. With a simple gesture of her hand, Alex's body contorted in many ways that would naturally be impossible, “and I can manipulate it just as easily.” She threw her arm up into the air as Alex propelled through the air and slammed into the wall behind him.

“AHH!” Alex screamed as he fell to the ground, Ashley quickly restricted Alex's movements.

“So, any last words?” Ashley asked, “Perhaps something along the lines of how the world hates you.”

“That's where... you're wrong,” Alex grunted as he slowly pulled out the Blade memory from it's slot on his driver.

“How so?” Ashley cackled, “You're pathetic, worthless even.”

“Because I know that not all of the world hates me,” Alex proclaimed as he replaced the Blade memory with Blast, “and even if there is only one person that doesn't, I know for a fact that my life is worth something... to someone.”

In one quick motion he forced his hand down on his driver instantly resetting it, "Blast! Kicker!" His driver shouted as his Blade memory's armor was replaced with Blast and the Bla-Jalibur was switched with the Corona Blaster.

Alex then pulled back on the trigger causing a grappling hook to fire out of the barrel. The hook hurled through the air hitting Ashley in her the hand she was using to keep Alex restrained causing her to release her hold on him.

Alex severed the hook's connector line to his blaster and proceeded to fire out another one, this one wrapping around Ashley's wrist before Alex grabbed on to the rope and pulled Ashley to the ground.

"and so long as I'm worth something to someone,," Alex proclaimed as he replaced his Kicker memory with Runner and reset his driver, "I will never give up!"

"Blast! Runner!" Alex's driver shouted as his Kicker armor was replaced with Runner.

“Bull crap!” Ashley shouted, tightly clenching her fist her right hand with her left, “What kind of moron would base their value on how they effect the lives of others? It's stupid! I don't need anyone to know what I'm worth.”

Alex sighed “I think I get it,” he said, loosening his grip on his blaster, “You've been neglected for so long that began to reject the kindness of others and deemed it below you... Haven't you?”

“Shut up, what would a mamma's boy like you know anyway!” Ashley barked.

“I can't answer, because you see... both my parents are gone,” Alex returned, “But even so, I still have people that care about me and... so do you.”

“How would you know that?” Ashley demanded.

“You know, Madison has a lot more insight than I gave her credit for. And Sarah isn't half bad either once you get to know her,” Alex chuckled a bit, “Now please Ashley, stop all this... for their sake?” He added raising his blaster to her. "Otherwise... Otherwise I'll have no choice but to shoot you."

Ashley reached for her wrist and pulled out her gaia memory, causing her to revert to her human appearance. She held her memory in the palm of her hand for a second. She took in a deep breath then cracked it, the memory turning to dust in her hand. Ashley then opened her hand as the fragmented memory fell to the floor.

Alex lowered his blaster and knelt down in front of Ashley, “Thank you,” He said placing his hand on her shoulder.

Ashley starred at the ground for a moment until looking Alex dead in the eye, “What exactly should I do now?”

“That's for you to decide,” Alex stated, “Although, I'm sure there a few people that can help you with that decision... all you need to do is ask them, and listen.”

“I guess that's true,” Ashley said quietly.

Alex sighed as he removed his two memories from his driver with his right hand and let it fall down to his side causing him to revert back into his civilian form, “Now come on," he said with a grin, "lets get out of here.”

The two walked out of the front entrance of the building to see a squad of patrol cars lined outside.

“Ashley Haze,” Marcoh called out placing his hand on Ashley's shoulder, “Under the law of Ardent City, you are here by being placed under arrest.”

Alex gasped in shocked, “But, Marcoh isn't there-”

Ashley placed her hand in front of him, “It's fine... I'll be alright.”

“You sure?” Alex asked.

“Yeah,” Ashley nodded, “It is my decision remember.”

“Alright, take care of yourself,” Alex said as Ashley was placed into the backseat of one of the patrol cars.
“I will... and thank you,” Ashley said as the car door slammed in her face.

“She'll be alright... right?” Alex asked to Marcoh.

“The way I see it, she'll only be facing a couple mouths or so,” Marcoh explained, “Hopefully that will allow her father to get his financial issues in order.”

“Wait, what?” Alex asked.

“After digging around a bit more, we discovered that the two had been living in poverty after her mother left,” Marcoh stated, “Her father had been denied welfare due his poor credit rating and he has been looking for employment ever since.”

“Can't we do something about that at all?” Alex asked.

“Wish we could, but unfortunately that's not how the world works,” Marcoh proclaimed opening the door to the patrol car behind him, “All we can do is hope for the best.

“I see...” Alex returned, “One more thing. She was meeting up with someone in the alleyway, so-”

“Don't worry. He's been detained and the Eye of Luna is being returned to the museum as we speak,” Marcoh explained as he got into the front seat of the patrol car, “Good work as always kid, your mother would be proud.”

“Oh, that reminds me. Where has Sampson been? I haven't seen him in a while,” Alex asked.

“Looking through old case files to make sure they're all up to date,” Marcoh stated, “I think he was around the ones from March Third of o' three last I checked.”

“March Third huh?” Alex asked with a slight tremble in his voice.

“Yeah, that sounds about right,” Marcoh as the patrol car started up, “Anyway, have a safe trip home kid.”

“Yeah, you too,” Alex waved as the car pulled away from the curb and drove off down the street.

“March Third. how could I forget?” Alex thought as he took in a deep breathe and then slowly exhaled, “I still remember it clearly... that night.”

To Be Continued

{Insert Ending Theme - Mask}

[guncannon109]

Next time on Kamen Rider Xtreme:

A serial killer is set on the loose as the truth about Alex's past is finally revealed.

What connection does Alex and the killer share?

That's for me to decide and for you to find out when Kamen Rider Xtreme continues with Episode 8: Shredder.

[guncannon109]

Episode 8: Shredder

Ardent City: February 29th, 2003 - 9:47 PM

A man clad in ragged cloths dashes into a darkened building, he pants uncontrollably as he leans against a wall.

“I hope you know that running won't get rid of me,” A voice called out from the shadows.

“Huh?” The man jumped as a armored feminine figured barring a mask that resembled a butterfly appeared only inches behind him. He whipped out a gun from his back pocket and turned around quickly firing off a few shots at the wall.

Before he knew what was happening, his arm began to twist upwards and behind his back, forcing him to drop his weapon.

“Yeah, that won't work either,” Stated the figure in the butterfly mask with a grin.

In a few short seconds, the armored figure brought the man in rags to his knees with little effort.

“What... what the hell are you?” He grunted.

“The name is Fata, Kamen Rider Fata,” She declared as she lifted the man off his knees and threw him into a wall, “and I know every move you make before you make it. Take him away boys.” She added with a snap of her fingers.

In that instant two police men came into the building and picked up the assailant, dragging him off by the arms.

Fata walked out of the building where squads of police cars were awaiting her. She took a few steps away from the scene as she pulled out a remote from a pouched on her hip and hit a big red button near the top of it.

“Fata!” An officer called as he ran up to the masked figure.

“Hello Gordon,” Fata returned, “To what do I owe the honor?”

“I'd just like to say that you did great work out there tonight,” The officer said in a chipper mood.

“It was only a petty thief, nothing to get worked up over. Though I am glad to help out when ever I'm needed.” Fata said with a chuckle as a black motorcycle came up to her side. She hopped on the bike before speaking up again “ Just make sure its a dopant next time okay?” She smirked.

“Yeah, we'll work on that,” Gordon sighed.

“Oh and Sampson,” Fate added.

“Yes?” Gordon asked.

“Hey Sampson!” Fata repeated as her voiced changed to a deeper tone, “Sampson wake up!”

“What!” Sampson exclaimed as his eyes widened and his surroundings change from the city street to his office at the police station. He looked across his desk to see Marcoh standing a few feet away from him.

“You alright?” Marcoh asked.

“Yeah, I'm fine,” Sampson returned looking down at the files spread out across his desk, “Just a little tired is all.”

“You shouldn't over work yourself you know,” Marcoh stated, “I mean, what would Alice think if she saw you like this?”

“True...” Sampson sighed, “Wait, what did you say?”

“I said, 'what would Alex think if he saw you like this?'” Marcoh repeated, “You should add listening to the things you need to work on too.”

“Oh, I guess you have a point there,” Sampson said trying to laugh the matter off, “Anyway, how did the case go?”

“Both the dopant and her partner are in custody and the Eye of Luna has been returned to the museum,” Marcoh explained, “The kid showed to be rather impressive out there too.”

“How so?” Sampson asked raising an eyebrow.

“By the looks of things he managed to convince the culprit to turn herself in without a fight,” Marcoh stated, “I'm not sure how he did it but he definitely has proven that he's up to the job.”

“Well, that's good to hear,” Sampson returned.

“How about you, find anything useful in those old case files?” Marcoh asked.

“No, not yet. However with the information you just gave I'm sure to find something soon,” Sampson proclaimed.

“If you say so,” Marcoh sighed as his watched beep a couple times, “Well, I'll be heading home then.”

“Alright, take care,” Sampson said as Marcoh went for the door.

“You too,” Marcoh returned as he exited the room.

Sampson leaned back in his chair and looked out the window of his office, “I bet you're rather proud of him right now aren't you...” He smiled, “Alice.”

{Insert Opening Theme - Extreme Dream}

Ardent City: Present Day - 7:15 AM

Alex slowly walked out to the field at the back of the school building. As he passed the fence that separated the field from the rest of the building he noticed a tall muscular man by the track tapping his foot rapidly.

The man turned to Alex as he walked towards the track, “Darwin, you're late!”

“Sorry sir,” Alex grunted.

“That's 'Sorry Mr. Merde' to you Darwin,” The man growled back.

Alex's voice cracked for a split second as if trying to hold back laughter.

“What's so funny?” Mr. Merde asked twitching an eyebrow.

“Nothing,” Alex said jumping back into line.

“Nothing... what?” Mr. Merde returned.

“Sir, nothing sir!” Alex said with a salute.

“Good,” Mr. Merde barked, “Now then, you've been absolutely sucking in my class for the last couple of weeks and that is something that I will not allow to go unpunished. So starting today you shall spend your time before school starts running laps around the track.”

“What? You... you can't do that!” Alex exclaimed.

“Well you don't seem to have much of an option,” Merde sneered, “because the way I see it is that if you don't you won't have a sliver of a chance of passing.”

Alex sighed, “Crap.” He said hanging his head.

“Well, crap is right,” Mr. Merde said as he began to make his way to the gate dividing the field from the rest of the school, “Anyway, get busy.”

“Wait, where are you going?” Alex asked.

“Teacher's lounge, I need some coffee in my system before the bell rings,” Mr. Merde stated.

“So... you're not going to stay and watch?” Alex asked.

“Nope, that's what Gardner is for,” Merde returned.

“Wait...” Alex's eyes widened, “you mean-”

“Yo,” Sarah called out as she seemed to magically appear beside Alex.

“GAH!” Alex shouted nearly jumping out of his skin, “W-where did you come from?”

“I've been standing here the whole time,” Sarah sighed, “Moron.”

“Are you just evil or something?” Alex asked avoiding eye contact with her.

“Don't blame me, I don't like this idea either,” Sarah exclaimed elbowing Alex in his side, “But if it will get you to shape up a bit, I guess it will have to do.”

“Why do you care so much about my grades anyway?” Alex asked shaking off the blow to his side.

“Well someone has to,” Sarah snarked, “Now, we've less than an hour so... GET MOVING!” She exclaimed pushing Alex down the track.

“Alright alright!” Alex shouted recovering from the push and proceeding down the track.

Sarah inhaled and then quickly exhaled, “AND NO SLOUCHING!”

---

Alex limped out of the boy's locker room back in his normal attire.

“That girl is going to kill me,” Alex sighed in relief as the door closed behind him.

“Hey, Alex!” He heard as he turned to see Madison running up to him.

“Oh... hey,” Alex waved loosely.

“You okay?” Madison asked.

“Yeah, never better,” Alex said as he noticed a silver chain around Madison's neck is a small pendant with a red gem in the center looped around it, “... Is that a Kyoko Soul Gem replica?”

“Sure is! Also got the ring too!” Madison exclaimed showing off the ring around her finger, “Oh, that reminds me!” She snapped as reached into her bag and grabbing a small black box, “Here you go!” She said handing the box to Alex.

“What is this for?” Alex asked.

“Well I remember you saying that Homura was your favorite character, and I had doubles,” Madison explained twirling her long red hair.

“Oh,” Alex said opening the lid of the box revealing a pendant and ring similar to Madison's only with a purple gem instead of red, “Well, thank you... Madison.”

“No problem,” Madison said with a smirk before running off down the hall, “Oh, before I forget,” She said running in place, “Have you see Ashley anywhere?”

“I uh... haven't seen her all day,” Alex returned.

“Oh, okay then. See you later then,” Madison waved as she ran down the hall disappearing around the corner.

Alex raised his hand a slammed it against the wall beside him, “Idiot.”

---

Alex slumped up to the library on the third floor of the building. He walked through the door and opened the front pocket of his backpack. He then reached into it and pulled out two books, one titled “Tsubasa Reservior Chronicle Volume 7” and one larger one that seemed to be four times the thickness of the other one titled “Azumanga Daioh”.

He walked past the front desk of the library and dropped the two books into the drop off slot before proceeding to the graphic novel section of the library.

“Let's see here,” He said skimming the shelves, “Chobits... Excel Saga... Pani Poni Dash... no, no, no... Naruto? Hell no. Guess I'll stick to Tsubasa... again.” He said pulling out a thin book titled “Tsubasa Reservior Chronicle Volume 8”. He then fell back on a couch only a few feet behind him, “Not sure how they're going to top Oto but... should be interesting.”

The librarian at the front desk yawned and turned up the volume on the mini tv that rested on the front desk. She turned the channel to local news and leaned back in her chair.

“It is still unknown how exactly the culprit pulled off the heist but we can assure the public that they has been detained,” A reported said over the static of the speakers, “In other news, Craig Walker a man put on trail over ten years ago has been released from detainment today due to lack of evidence to support his conviction. He has been placed under strict supervision by the authorities but citizens are advised to use caution when approaching him.”

At that moment Alex dropped the book he was reading and let it plummet to the ground. He turned over to the TV to catch a glimpse of the man's face and sat as if he were frozen in time.

He tightened his fists and pressed his teeth together, “...”

---

“You let him out!” Alex exclaimed slamming his hands down on Sampson's desk.

“Alex, it wasn't my decision,” Sampson explained, “If it were up to-”

“Well you should have still had a say in the matter!” Alex barked, “Why the hell is a man like that still alive any-”

At that instant, Marcoh slapped Alex quickly across his face.

“Didn't I already tell you that the world doesn't work like that?” Marcoh asked, “I refrained from saying this earlier, but things don't always turn out the way they do in TV shows and movies.”

“Marcoh!” Sampson called out trying to grab Marcoh's attention but ultimately failing.

“Well I don't see you doing anything,” Alex barked back, “I've been putting my life on the line trying to clean up the mess you let get away. I see why that... guy is back on the streets after all this time.”

“Sorry, but there are guidelines in place to prevent reckless actions,” Marcoh explained.

Alex raised his hand to Marcoh as he prepared a response, but after a few seconds he let his arm fall to his side and hung his head, “Fine, I see your point.”

“As you should,” Marcoh sighed.

“Could you at least tell me his location so I could... keep an eye on him?” Alex asked.

“Did you even hear a single word I just said?” Marcoh barked.

“Marcoh!” Sampson shouted grabbing Alex and Marcoh's attention, “Alex, I understand how you feel, and if it were up to me Walker would be sent straight back to the hole he climbed out of. But you can't let your emotions get the best of you.”

Alex blinked his eyes before responding, “But-”

“We'll think of something, but as of now there isn't anything we can do,” Sampson stated, “Besides, with the security around him, he won't be going anywhere anytime soon.”

“I guess that's true,” Alex sighed.

“Now then,” Sampson said clearing his throat, “Not like it's any of my business, but don't you have class soon?”

Alex stood silent, “GAH! Holy crap, I forgot!” He exclaimed grabbing his bag off the ground and charging to the door.

“Alex?” Sampson asked as Alex pushed the door open.

“Yeah?” Alex returned.

“Don't worry okay?” Sampson said with a grin, “Everything will work out.”

Alex smiled back, “Thank you, for that.” He said as he walked through the door and closed it behind him.

“You shouldn't encourage him like that you know?” Marcoh asked somewhat sarcastically.

Marcoh leaned back in his chair with a grin, “and you shouldn't doubt him.”

{End of Part A}
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
{Star of Part B}

It was now lunch time and Sarah and Madison were sitting under a tree enjoying the sunny sky and cool breeze of spring.

“So how was that movie you saw last night?” Sarah asked while taking a bite her sandwich.

“Pretty good, though I found the editing to be a little wonky,” Madison returned.

“How so?” Sarah asked giving the illusion of interest.

“Well, let's just say that when a television series gets compressed into a movie, there a bound to be a few issues here and there,” Madison explained.

“Such as?” Sarah asked trying to keep the small talk going.

“Well, you see in the TV version there were a couple of instances where the opening and ending credit sequences would play and in the movie version... well let's just say it doesn't transition well. Hey, that's not even counting the- AH!” Madison gasped as she covered her mouth with both her hands.

“What, what's wrong?” Sarah said nearly choking on her food.

“Nothing, I just nearly spoiled one of the best parts of the series,” Madison said scratching the back of head.

“You do know I'm never going to watch this show and that I don't care if you do right?” Sarah explained as she grabbed a bottle of pop out of her bag.

“Yeah, but I thought I'd be extra careful just in case someone who hadn't finished the series was listening in on this conversation,” Madison said surveying their surroundings.

“Well, anyone who is is a total creeper so what should you care?” Sarah proclaimed as she cracked open her bottle of pop then proceeding to drink a bit of it.

“I guess that's true,” Madison said leaning back on the tree behind her, “Speaking of... You know Alex right?”

“Oh yeah, he saw that movie with you didn't he?” Sarah asked not looking at Madison, “I must say that it was rather nice of him to invite you. Also, yeah what about it?”

“What exactly do you think of him?” Madison asked.

“Don't even get me started on that guy,” Sarah began, “First of all he's a complete moron who can't stay focused for more then five damn seconds without someone there to slap him on the back, he grades completely suck and he's late for class like everyday. I'm mean sure, he never gets mad at anyone who picks on him and pretty much avoids conflict like the plague but other than that there are pretty much no redeeming qualities about him. Not to mention the fact that he's a whack job otaku, and I mean come on, what kind of guy can't run ten laps early in the morning?”

“I see... so, not very much I take it?” Madison asked softly.

“What else can I say, he's a train wreck!” Sarah said taking another sip of her pop.

“Then I guess you wouldn't mind if I asked him out on a date then would you?” Madison asked with a smirk.

At that second Sarah spat out all the pop that she had consumed up until that point. She sat for a second starring at Madison in a state of shock.

“Are... Are you serious?” Sarah asked.

“Dead,” Madison quickly returned.

“Well, if you want to then you don't have to ask for my permission,” Sarah stated.

“Seriously, you're okay with it?” Madison asked for clarification.

“Go for it,” Sarah said with encouragement, “Besides, while Darwin isn't perfect he wouldn't be the worst guy you've dated.”

“Oh shut up,” Madison pouted.

At that moment a bell sounded over the campus signalling the end of lunch.

“Well, talk about perfect timing,” Sarah proclaimed, “You can ask him out during forth period.”

“Huh!” Madison stampered, “Put, that's too sudden! The mood has to be right, I can't just pring it up out of no where! Esbecially not in the middle of class!”

“Aww, you're so cute when you get nervous and replace Bs with Ps,” Sarah said patting Madison on the head, “Listen, I'll handle the details. You just act all cute and innocent and I'll real him in for you.” She said with a devilish smirk.

“Who are you and what have you done with Sarah?” Madison asked pulling away from Sarah a bit.

“Do you want me to help you or not?” Sarah frowned.

“Yeah sorry,” Madison said dropping her head down.

Sarah switched back to her devilish smirk, “Great!”

---

Sarah walked through the door of her math class and sat down in her seat by the door. As the bell rang and the room began to fill up she surveyed the room to find the two empty seats by the window.

She rolled her eyes, “Running late again I take it.”

“Hey Sarah?” A voice called out from behind her.

“Yeah, wha...” She turned around to see Cole standing behind her, “Uh, Cole?... Where's Darwin, isn't he with you?”

“That's what I was going to ask you, I haven't seen him all day,” Cole stated.

“He wasn't in PE this morning?” Sarah asked.

Cole shook his head, “Wasn't home when I went to wake him up either.”

“Alright class, settle down already,” Ms. Foster called out as she entered the room.

“We'll take about this later,” Cole whispered as he took his seat on the other side of the room.

“Yeah... okay,” Sarah said clenching the top of her desk, “Damn it Darwin, the one time I need you to be here and bail on me,” She thought to herself, “I swear, if you don't get here by forth I am going to kill you!”

---

“Oh man, Sarah is going to kill me,” Alex said to himself walking down the side of the street, “Oh well, it's not like I'm missing anything important.”

He reached a stop light and took a moment to stretch. As cars passed by, his eyes became fixed on a man dressed in rags crossing on the other side of the street. He balled his hands up into fists and dashed across the street in the same direction.

Alex snuck behind the man until he went into an alleyway.

“Now you're cornered,” Alex whispered before following the man down the alleyway.

The man proceeded down the ally until he eventually came to a halt, “I know you're there, you can come out now,” He chuckled as Alex emerged from behind a dumpster.

“Craig Walker,” He said.

The man raised an eyebrow, “Alright kid, who are you?”

“Does the name Alice Darwin ring any bells?” Alex asked.

“Kid, I've heard many different names over the years. You can't expect me to remember one of the top of my head,” Walker returned, “Could you describe her? Maybe that could jog my memory.”

“It's the woman you murdered ten years ago you bastard!” Alex shouted.

Walker chuckled, “Listen kid, you might not have noticed this but I'm not exactly of the highest class in the city. When I need money I kill, when I need food I kill. With all those victims you can't expect me to remember the name of one single woman.” He said reaching into his back pocket, “However, it's against my policy to let any witnesses live!”

He whipped out a gun and fired six shots at Alex, only to realize that he had since moved.

“Sneaky little bastard aren't you?” Walker asked looking around the ally.

“Star! Runner!” An electronic voice called out as Alex jumped out from the side and landed a kick in Walker's face sending him flying into the wall to the side of him.

Alex landed on the ground and put his fists and widened his stance.

Walker got back on his feet and cracked his neck back into place. “Oh... know I get it. Hey kid, what you say your name was again?”

“I didn't,” Alex returned.

“Well, would you mind telling it to me?” Walker asked with a deep chuckle.

“My name is Darwin, Alex Darwin!” He shouted.

“Oh, so your Fata's kid then,” Walker laughed, “Mommy fails to kill me so sonny comes to finish the job, how touching. Actually, this worked out rather perfectly,” He gloated as he pulled a memory from his pocket, “As it means that I don't have to hold back!”

“SHREDDER!” The memory called out as Walker hit the button below the label and jammed it into his neck.

“A Dopant?” Alex thought to himself as Walker's body became engulfed in sharp steal with jagged shards of metal protruding from his shoulders and three large serrated blades at the ends of both of his arms.

“Now, have at me boy!” Walker growled scrapping his arm blades against each other.

“Crap, better switch to plan b,” Alex though to himself as he replaced the Star and Runner memories with Blade and Kicker.

“Blade! Kicker!” His driver called out as his Star Runner armor was replaced by Blade Kicker and the Bla-Jalibur materialized in his hand.

“Haven't seen a trick like that before,” Walker cackled, “But let's see if it's more than cosmetic,” He growled as he charged towards Alex and their blades clashed together, Alex just barely able to hold his opponent back.

“Let's do a little experiment,” Walker hissed, “I call it, 'How high can I throw you?'”

“Huh?” Alex gasped as he was picked by Walker's free hand and thrown into the air. He soared over a building and fell to the ground on the road on the other side, his armor shattering upon impact.

“Time to check the results!” Walker yelled as he leapt over the two story building and slammed on to the roof of a car on the road, “Analyses, not as high as your dearly departed mother,” He cackled as he approached Alex on the ground.

Walker kicked Alex over onto back and pressed down on his chest with his foot.

“GAH!” Alex cried out in agony.

“Pathetic,” Walker proclaimed taking his foot off of Alex's chest, “and here I though this would be fun, but you're not even worth killing.”

Walker jumped off the ground and landed on the same building he threw Alex over and proceeded to hop from roof to roof until he disappeared into the cityscape.

“Hey, get back here!” Alex shouted as he began to chase after Walker.

“Sir, stand down,” An officer called out from behind him.

“No, it's not me the guy is over there!” He exclaimed pointing over to where Walker ran away to.

“We'll go after him later, but it was both of you that caused this damage so we're taking you in too,” The officer stated.

“No, you see I'm... um, crap where is it” Alex rambled as he rummaged through his pockets to find the badge that Sampson gave him.

“You're what?” The officer asked.

“I'm a freelance agent of the ACPD, Special Operations Division,” Alex explained.

“Prove it,” The officer returned as he drew closer to Alex.

“I... I can't find my badge at the moment, but...” Alex stumbled trying to think of something to say, “Oh, Sampson, call Chief Gordon Sampson, he'll vouch for me.”

“Yeah, well he can vouch for you downtown,” The officer said whipping out a pair of handcuffs, “Now turn around and place your hands behind your back.”

---
Madison and Sarah walked down the hill to the street below the campus. The school day had ended, and the two were rather bummed out. Well, Madison was bummed, Sarah was pissed.

“I can't believe that guy! He shows up when you don't want him, and the one time you need him he's nowhere to be found! God damn it I can't stand him!” Sarah exclaimed kicked over a trash can.

“Hey, isn't that Cole?” Madison asked pointing down the hill to a male student on his cellphone.

Sarah looked to who Madison was pointing to “Oh, yeah it is,” She confirmed, “Maybe he can tell us where Darwin disappeared to.”

The two ran down the hill to catch up to Cole.

“Hey Cole, have you... seen... Alex... anywhere?” Madison panted.

Cole gestured to the two in a way to say 'one second' without interrupted his conversation on the phone, “Okay I'll be right there.” He closed his phone and turned to face the Sarah and Madison, “... He's in jail.”

The two girls stood in silence before responding in unison, “... HUH!”

To Be Continued

{Insert Ending Theme - Mask}

[guncannon109]

Next time on Kamen Rider Xtreme:

Alex is taken in by the police and confronted by Sampson as the truth of what happened on the night of March 3rd of ten years ago is finally revealed.

Will Alex be able to overcome the wrath of the Shredder Dopant and avenge his mother's death?

How will Cole, Sarah and Madison react when they arrive at the police station?

All will be decided when Kamen Rider Xtreme Act 1 concludes in Episode 9: Wings of Fate.