Burst! Issue #1 - the day the town vanished
"i gotta get home!" sento thought, running as fast as he can, he knew if he slowed down they'd get him, "what the hell is wrong with those things!?" he stumbled, behind him, an android, designed for manual labor, now full on attacking people, the robot turned to him, his blazing red eyes staring into his soul. "humans....must...eradicate" he said in a metallic voice, lifting a large metal pipe, sento knew he was done for, all he could do is close his eyes.
BANG!
he heard a loud crash, as he opened his eyes he saw a man standing over him, his hair black and styled to the side, a small piercing in his left ear, black leather jacket and a baseball bat , the robot was on the ground, completely destroyed, of course raito would save him, he's a super after all.
"you okay Q?" he said, his words were kind and warm
"yeah, i'm fine"
"aww c'mon! what's with the cold shoulder? I did just save your life!" he said with a big smirk on his face, helping sento up.
"thanks"
"no problem, what is even going on?"
"no idea, maybe the hiden bots got corrupted? shoddy work at best on the security"
"always the ZAIA fanboy huh?"
"hey they make good products!"
"ThEy MaKe GoOd PrOdUcTs!" raito said jokingly, they always made fun of sento with his obsession with ZAIA
"well, guess you could say it runs in the family, speaking of which, let's head to my place, we can meet izu there, than get the hell out of here"
"good call"
they ran through the wrecked streets of what used to be hiden town, one of the prefectures of tokyo, a city meant to test integrating AI into society, run by HIDEN INTELLIGENCE, the biggest tech company in japan, with ZAIA a close second. raito bashing every robot in sight with a pipe.
"hey! be careful with that thing!"
"you wanna live or not?!"
they got to the house, finding Izu right in front, a short, thin girl, black straight hair styled in a ponytail, wearing a school uniform, of course the speedster would be there first.
"psst guys!" she whispered "there's someone inside!"
"yeah my dad's supposed to be home" sento said, his dad worked for zaia, but they mostly let him research from home
"no, not him, there's someone else, never seen him before"
sento peeked through the window, he saw his dad, jun, arguing with a man, late 20's, wearing a tactical vest.
"maybe an extraction team?"
"wouldn't they be wearing zaia gear? this is underground stuff" said izu "it's high grade military equipment, not some gadget"
"In any case, looks like dad's not happy about this, wanna go in and give him a hand?"
"are you insane?! we'll die! no, we need a plan on how we get in and out as silently as possible''
"hmm, well you could try going from the back, i'll distract him"
"sounds good, raito will knock him out, i'll make sure no one else shows up"
"great, let's go"
sento opened the door
"dad, i'm home, let's pack up and get out of town"
"oh, sento, you're here." he said, he looked nervous, like he didn't want him to be here. "go upstairs, your mother's looking for you"
his mother? They've been divorced for years, she's in America for all he knows, somethings wrong...
"uhh sure, i'll go see her"
"great, she's in her sewing room"
mom's old sewing room? that's odd, it's been his dad's study for years, why not call it that? Why involve mom in the first place? something's definitely wrong
"okay, i'll go say hello"
he went upstairs and entered the study, there were always machines and computers doing various things, but they were all silent, on the table was a box labeled "sento-emergency"
he opened the box
inside was a belt buckle,adorned with an atman in the center, a letter, and a small mechanical device, the burst key, he had heard about it from his dad, a key able to unlock incredible powers, but he didn't know how, he opened the letter:
"sento, if you're reading this, then zaia is here for me, they've taken control of the robots in the city, and they're not taking any hostages, they want the key, and they're not gonna give up until they have it, use it, defeat zaia, and save us all.
you're a kamen rider son
kamen rider burst
love
dad
ps. you remember how v3 transforms right?"
he took the belt out, it was heavy, he put it on, the strap locking it in place
"let's do this dad"
he pressed the key
"BURST!" a voice announced
he placed it on his belt
"authorised, beginning transformation sequence"
all of the sudden, tiny metallic particles shot out of the belt arranging around him in a cloud of metal.
it's time
"HENSHIN!" he yelled, and inserted the key into the belt
the particles latched onto him, building up layer by layer, until he was fully covered
"progrise! gen 4! full burst!"
the armor was silver, yellow lines coursed through it with energy, he was finally a hero, on par with raito and izu, on par with the legendary iron-sun, nearly invincible
he smashed the floor, falling into the kitchen, the agent was surprised, but quickly regained composure "we've got a 10-6 in here, requesting backup" he said in a russian accent, than aimed his gun at his dad "one more step, and they all get it" sento looked behind him, izu and raito got captured, held as hostages "you want this? come and get it!" sento said and raised his hands up to fight, he's not losing them or the key
BAM!
the man punched him, not letting go of his hostage, and smacking him back, he was strong, inhumanly strong.
"now, boy" he said condescending voice "hand over the belt, and nobody gets hurt"
"not a chance" sento said, he could feel he system responding to him, shifting, it was almost alive, a message appeared on his HUD "executing:protocol alvir"
the yellow lines turned red, the suit was drawing power from the atman.
BAM!
his fist shot up uncontrollably, hitting the man in the face, sento got up.
"system, get us out of here"
the suit responded, quickly knocking the soldiers down, regular humans never stood a chance. he picked up his dad, raito and izu, and took off soaring
flying through the sky, he felt like a true hero, he saved everyone, he was on top of the world, he was so excited, he didn't see the missile heading their way, it was too late, and they crashed into a building.his driver was broken, nearly beyond repair, his dad, raito and izu were lying on the ground, motionless
"take them, and search for the asshole" he heard a russian voice say, he quickly hid under the rubble, seeing ZAIA take his friends and dad
"anansi sir!, no sign of the last one"
"keep searching you idiots! ZAIA want's that damn key and the atman, no one leaves until you find that goddamn kid!" he seemed pissed off.
"hey!"
sento heard a voice in his head
"hey buddy! in here!"
"what? who are you?"
"name's dartz, seem like we're in quite a bind, here, let me help"
a message appeared on on HUD "engage active camouflage"
Suddenly, the metal shifted, forming a complex matrix of mirrors.. He was not quite invisible, but this could work, he got up quietly, moving behind the ruins and vehicles.
"hey boss, there's a call for you"
"crap" said the man taking his phone
"yes sir, yes, no, still looking, i understand, no sir, right we'll pack up right away"
he hung up and sighed "raiders! pack up, the boss wants us in london!"
they quickly packed up, giving sento the opportunity to escape"
"london huh? let's get going"




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