Scorpion's Journey To Redemption

'Time Error 404, Rider Not Found'

Keith sat at his desk, upset that someone screwed with the timeline and erased his daughter from existence, and looked at Izu. "Why would someone erase Mari from existence? She's only a child and not a real threat to anyone." Izu was thinking a bit before coming to a realization. "I think I know why someone erased Mari from existence. It has to be the Time Jackers. They're an evil group of time travelers who mess with time to overthrow Zi-O as the Demon Time Lord. They probably erased her because of her connection to you and Tari's life." Tari walked in and sat on Keith's lap, looking him in the eyes. "Are you sure that we have a kid, Keith? Why are you and Izu the only ones who remember their existence but me, Aruto, and Yaiba don't remember them at all?" Keith nodded, kissing Tari on the head gently. "The only reason me and Izu remember Mari is that we are robots that keep our data stored on a secure server, so time manipulation can't erase that data for a few days, and then it'll affect us." Izu nodded, pulling up videos of Mari onto a computer nearby to show Tari proof that Mari was their daughter. "Watch these memories while Keith and I meet up with Zi-O and his team to bring your daughter back to both of you." Tari nodded, watching the videos that Izu put on the computer for him to watch. "Alright, Izu and Keith, I'll watch these until you two return. She's such an adorable little girl. I hope that you two can save her and restore our family." Keith drove Izu to an abandoned airfield to meet with Woz and Zi-O. "Have you ever met Zi-O or Woz before, Izu?" Izu shook her head no as she looked at Keith. "No, I haven't met those two, but I have met miss Tsukuyomi because I was investigating a shadow organization, and she helped a few other female Riders and I defeated the organization."

Keith nodded as two weird-looking machines flew into the airfield, landing near Keith's car and opened up as three young adults and an older gentleman walked out of them, looking around before heading to the car and getting in. The serious male scoffed. "Looks like the president was too lazy to come to get us, so he sent some of his robots to do it." Keith smirked a bit, looking at Geiz.  "Looks like you haven't changed much, Geiz. Are you still living with Sougo, or did you finally grow a pair and move in with Tsukuyomi after popping the question to her?" Geiz scoffed a bit as Tsukuyomi blushed, looking out the window. Sougo smiled a bit, looking over to Woz.

"Is there any reason this Time Jacker decided to erase Mefestis's kid from existence, Woz? Is she somehow connected to anyone important in the future? Also, did you contact that bounty hunter you know?" Woz looked through his book for an answer. "I'm afraid my book won't help much, my overlord. It seems Mefestis, Hopper, and Howler are not part of your history of becoming the overlord of time and space. I left him a message, but I doubt they'll appear for something like this." Keith drove back to the shop, silently thinking about what Woz had said before looking in the mirror towards Woz. "I have two questions for you, Woz. Is the bounty hunter that you mentioned named Hunter? Also, what do you mean by my husband, my daughter, and I aren't a part of Zio's ascension to becoming the ruler of time and space?" Woz was silent for a moment before answering him. "What I mean by you, your husband, and your daughter not being a part of Zi-O's reign is that you three are considered to be lost Riders in the history of Kamen Riders, so technically, none of you should even exist unless Ohma Zi-O is keeping you three around to ensure that the threat you are facing doesn't take his throne. To answer your second question, Mr. Kingston, the bounty hunter's name is Hunter, but my question is, how do you know what his name is if you've never interacted with us before."

Keith sighed softly as he pulled up to the shop. "The only reason I know about Hunter is that a year before my husband and I adopted our daughter, he showed up and shot me in the leg, saying that when the time was right, he'd come back and take our Rider abilities away before we destroyed humanity and the timeline that he was fighting to keep intact. I never knew what he meant by that until just now, Woz. We've arrived at my shop now, so go inside and wait until I return from securing the perimeter, and I'll give you all a brief rundown of the situation." Woz, Sougo, Tsukuyomi, and Geiz headed inside as Keith walked around the shop's perimeter, not noticing that the Time Jacker was watching him. Keith eventually went inside and sat by a computer with all of his Mari data. "All of the information on this computer is about mine and my husband's daughter, Mari. Maybe you can save her if you know her birth year or the year the imposter Howler was made." Tsukuyomi nodded, looking at Geiz and Sougo. "We'll look into it for you, Keith, but if Hunter decides to show up to collect the bounty on this Time Jacker, stay away, or he'll try to erase you from the timeline by taking away your powers permanently." Keith nodded as the building began to shake violently as he grabbed a key that was in a safe nearby. "Looks like we have an uninvited guest, you four. You guys look into my daughters' disappearance while I keep our enemy busy." Woz followed Keith outside, leaving Sougo, Tsukuyomi, and Geiz to look into Another Howler. "I shall accompany you, young Kingston, because you will need all the help you can get against this enemy."