“Professor Shinigami… the preparations are complete… the new army is ready…” Colonel Zol murmured ominously, saluting the named Professor as he enjoyed his morning tea.

Professor Shinigami smirked into his teacup, “Excellent… tell whoever made this tea that they’ve been pulled from the front lines. Also, begin sending in the new army… I believe a good first place to attack would be the town of… Ponyville.” He sneered at the childish name, clearly dismissing it as a threat.

“At once sir! The Rider Army will move out immediately!” Colonel Zol saluted once more and raced off, cackling under his breath as he ran to unleash the army of Evil Riders.

In the pale light of early morning, not a thing stirred in Ponyville.

Except all the early risers.

That is to say, basically everyone.

Disregard the first statement. Pretty much 90% of the town was awake and moving about their morning preparations at this point.

This was not good for any of them.

It started at about eight in the morning.

At first, everything seemed to be going well. The sun was shining, children were laughing on their way to school, the adults were setting up shop for the day. All seemed well, really.

And then the first explosions rang out.

Amid the screams and confusion that pervaded the smoke filled air, three figures stood out, tall, male, and armored.

One in blue, one in red, and one in yellow. All three of them with an insect motif.

”CLOCK UP”

”CLOCK UP”

”CLOCK UP”

The three figures sped away in a haze of motion, a trail of explosions following their wake as they punched, kicked, and blasted through the various buildings and structures of Ponyville. All around Kabuto, Gatack, and TheBee were the screams of the dying and the roaring of flames.

Creaking wood and shattering glass followed the three Riders’ wake as they tore a path through Ponyville, directly to the holding cells off the side of the police station.

“Natsumi?” Haruka asked.

Natsumi nodded, “Time to go.”

“Let’s kick some ass!” Haruka cheered, punching the air and sliding her Hopper Zecter into her Rider Belt.

“You know it, sis,” Natsumi agreed, doing the same.

“Henshin!”

“Henshin!”

“CHANGE: KICK HOPPER!”

“CHANGE: PUNCH HOPPER!”

“Hm?” The leader of the three attackers, Kabuto, turned towards the police station as it exploded outwards in a blaze of power.

Gatack, turned as well, drawn by the sound. TheBee, on the other hand, continued leading in the army of kaijin that had been deployed with three Riders.

“Oi!” Natsumi shouted, pointing at Kabuto, Gatack, and TheBee. “The hell do you three assholes think you’re doing!?”

Haruka followed Natsumi as they stepped out of the ruins of the station, “You better step the fuck back or we’ll kick the shit out of you!”

All three of the evil Riders began chuckling, amused at the gall of the two females before them.

“Girl… you have a lot of nerve to stand up to the three of us…” Kabuto spoke, brandishing his Kunai Gun in its kunai form.

Gatack snorted, “You think two pathetic female Riders alone can stand up to the three of us? You must be fools.”

Natsumi and Haruka turned to look at each other, then slapped their respective Clock Up systems and dashed into lightspeed with a delayed call of, “Clock up!”

Kabuto and Gatack snorted and Clocked Up as well, meeting Natsumi and Haruka at the halfway point and launching their attacks, Kabuto throwing a straight punch and Gatack slashing with his Gatack Double Caliburs.

Natsumi caught Kabuto’s punch while Haruka slid under Gatack’s Double Caliburs, the four of them engaging into a lightspeed fistfight.

From the very beginning, Natsumi and Haruka were clearly outmatched, Gatack and Kabuto easily driving them until they were back to back with each other. Natsumi panted quietly, Haruka doing the same behind her while Kabuto and Gatack circled around them, contempt clear in their body languages.

“Don’t you underestimate us…” Haruka muttered, activating her Hopper Zecter and drawing her fist back for a punch.

“... You’ll regret it…” Natsumi finished, flipping back and directly into the path of Haruka’s straight Rider Punch, flinging her at Gatack with a mighty cry and a shout of “RIDER KICK!”

Gatack screamed as Natsumi’s boot collided with his chest, the tachyon charged kick piercing straight through his armor with an explosion of power. Natsumi stumbled to a halt and turned, rushing back at Haruka just in time to duck a punch from Kabuto and send Haruka into the air with a well timed Rider Kick.

“Gah!” Natsumi cried, the time she took to launch Haruka putting her squarely in the path of Kabuto’s own Rider Kick, throwing her to the side and through a building. “Uuuhhhh…” she groaned, de-transforming and lying in the rubble, battered and bruised.

“Natsumi!” Haruka shrieked, flipping in midair and leveling a steely glare at Kabuto, who stared back defiantly.

The smug smirk was plainly visible, even with a helmet obstructing his face.

“That’s fucking it!” Haruka snarled, cocking her fist back and flicking the legs of her Hopper Zecter. “Rider Punch!”

”RIDER PUNCH!”

”ONE TWO THREE! RIDER KICK!”

With an explosion of power, Haruka’s fist met Kabuto’s foot in an earth shattering impact. The shockwave that ensued threw up a dust cloud that obscured both figures from view even amidst both of their screams of fury and the sounds of armored fists impacting armored bodies.

When the dust cleared, Haruka was on her knees, one fist twisted painfully back in Kabuto’s grip and the other pinned under his boot. “Bastard…” she muttered hatefully, straining to no avail against the iron grip of the red Rider.

“Fool. You should have run like the worthless women you are,” Kabuto snorted derisively, lashing out and kicking Haruka back.

”CLOCK OVER!”

”CLOCK OVER!”

And so Haruka rolled to a halt, Hopper Zecter popping free as she tumbled and landing her in a heap of rubble without so much as a single piece of armor to protect her.

Kabuto advanced slowly, assured in his victory. “I admit, it was a decent distraction. Perhaps I shall take you for myself.” As Kabuto chuckled darkly and shook his head, Haruka panted quietly, desperately trying to work up the energy to do something, anything, that would let her escape with her life.

“But… loose ends and all. So you’ll have to die like that other pathetic fool.”

Kabuto savored the moment, taking his time to charge his Rider Kick.

“Die.”

”ONE TWO THREE! RIDER KICK!”

”RIDER CUTTING!”

“What!?”