Canterlot was on a state of alert.

With the Mimic attacks continuing, everyone was finding themselves more and more worried to go outside. But many knew that fear was exactly what the Mimics were trying to get out of them. If they allowed themselves to be too scared to leave their homes, the Mimics would still be ruining their lives.

As such, the citizens of the city kept themselves busy with everyday life. But they also knew that they needed to be careful. A Mimic could show up at any moment and if it did, they had to be ready to evacuate at a moments notice.

It helped that the Kamen Riders had been doing such an amazing job, fighting against these monsters and keeping the injuries sustained to a minimum. Despite nobody knowing who they were and where they came from, they were happy to know that they had the amazing heroes protecting them.

One of those amazing heroes, was currently in class. But his mind wasn't on the subject their teacher was talking about.

Flash Sentry, was thinking about the final Mimicore that he had available to him. He and Shining only had one left each, meaning they could only acquire one new form each. The only problem was, they had no idea what animal to use the Mimicores on.

Flash was thinking about the three forms he already had access to. His Strike Form, was pretty balanced when it came to speed, agility and attack power. It was well rounded, but didn't excel in anything. His Blade Form was fast, with incredible cutting power. But it was a glass cannon that couldn't take hits very well. And his Flight Form gave him an aerial advantage, but its strength was lacking so it would take a while for him to wear the opponent down enough to use his finisher.

His forms all had strengths and weaknesses, but he knew he had to be missing something. He just had no idea what.

The bell suddenly rang, the students quickly packing their things up as they prepared to head out. The teacher gave them their homework and Flash barely heard what he said, still too focused on what to use his final Mimicore for.

He knew it would be best for him to save it until he knew for sure what to use it on. But he didn't want to risk needing it and not having the chance to use it, when the time arrived. If he could figure out what he needed before he needed it, that would be great.

He left the class and headed for his locker. He had a free period, so he could do some of his homework and maybe figure out what animal he needed to add to his skill set.

But as he arrived at his locket, he happened to spot something he did not expect to see. "Trixie, is that a hedgehog?"

Trixie Lulamoon looked around, as a hedgehog's head was sticking out of her bag. She glanced at said bag and frowned, taking it off and carefully scooping the creature out of the rucksack. "Yes. Yes, he is." Flash looked down at the little creature and smiled, thinking he was rather cute.

"Aw, hey little guy." He gave Trixie a quizzical look. "Okay, why do you have a hedgehog with you?"

"I found him," Trixie replied. "He was by the side of the road, injured and afraid. I couldn't just leave him there." Despite how self-absorbed Trixie acted like she was, she could be caring when she wanted to be. "I took him to the vets and they managed to mend him up. But I have no idea where to take him."

"Can't you just release him back into the wild?"

"And let him get hurt again?" Trixie asked. "Don't be an idiot." Flash rolled his eyes. "That's when I realised, I just needed to ask Fluttershy. She could easily talk to him and figure out where he lived. He might even have a family I can return him to."

Flash nodded. That made sense, since Fluttershy was a master at animal communication. "So you brought him to school, to talk to Fluttershy. Why not just call her?"

"I don't have her number. I figured it wouldn't be a problem. Fluttershy brings her animals to school all the time. Twilight too." Flash nodded. "But...Fluttershy's not here. Rainbow said she's home sick. So I'm having to sneak this guy around with me."

"Ouch," Flash nodded. "That sounds rough." Micro passed as he said that. "Well, I don't see any issues with you having him here. So long as he doesn't cause any problems."

Micro noticed the hedgehog and frowned. "I'd be careful, if I were you." They both turned to him. "I heard someone from the board of education is coming to inspect the school later today. Apparently, the board's been hearing rumours of weird things happening in CHS."

"What kind of weird things?" Flash asked, hoping he wasn't talking about him.

"Students growing wings and glowing. Giant plants trying to eat students. Large robots causing mass destruction."

"Weren't you the one who caused that last one?" Trixie asked, with Micro looking a little sheepish. "But I get it. The school's getting an inspection. If this guy sees me with spiny here, I might get in trouble." She glanced down at the hedgehog. "Sorry, little guy. You're gonna have to stay in my bag for the day. I promise, I'll get you something nice to eat at lunch time. Until then, just stay curled up in my bag." She zipped it up, as Micro walked off.

"Maybe you should run home and leave him there."

"I'm not leaving him all alone. He's been through a terrible ordeal. If I leave him alone, he might get scared and who knows what'll happen to him then." Flash had to admit, that was a fair point. He was about to make another suggestion, only to suddenly sense something and look away. Trixie noticed this and raised an eyebrow. "What's up?"

Flash frowned. He knew this feeling. After the last few times, he had realised it was somehow connected to the Mimics. Whenever he sensed it, a Mimic was close. "I gotta go!" Before Trixie could say anything else, he ran off and left the girl to blink.

"Huh?"

As soon as Flash was outside, he summoned his belt and took out his Mimicore.

"FLIGHT!

He double checked to make sure nobody was around and placed the Mimicore into place, striking a pose as he did so. "HENSHIN!" He slammed the Mimicore into place and the drive activated, the lights going yellow.

"MIMIC! OWL!" The slime flew out of the pipes and began to cover Flash, the cocoon forming before breaking off his body. Now suited up, Shifter stood there as the armor formed around his body and his wings grew upon his back. "Flying through the sky, seeking prey with all seeing vision!"

As soon as his armor settled, he ran forward and leapt into the air. He shot into the sky, in the direction he had sensed the Mimic. Hopefully, he could get there before something bad happened.

The screams of people filled the air, as bolts of lightning exploded out everywhere.

The source of the lightning was a ten foot tall monster. It was a bulky humanoid creature, whose skin was entirely blackish blue. Its head was that of an eel whilst it had a pair of yellow fins on its head, that both started on either side of its large nose before running down its head, the back of its neck, back, waist and along either side of its long tail before joining together at the tip. Its chest, the front of its neck and lower jaw were a lighter blue, but still pretty dark. And covering its shoulders and arms were lightning bolt patterns.

Its body sparked with energy, as it unleashed blasts of lightning in all directions.

A few cops were there and tried to shoot it, its body looking rather easy to pierce. But the bullets stopped before they could touch the creature, eventually falling to the ground as the creature picked up a car and threw it. The men screamed and ran, barely managing to avoid getting hit.

And as they ran, they spotted something in the sky and smiled. "Kamen Rider!" The owl themed hero flew onto the scene and noticed the creature, a frown on his lips as he dived down.

The Mimic spotted him and roared before unleashing a blast of lightning, Shifter barely managing to avoid it. "WOW!" He barrel-rolled out of the way and dived down, throwing a punch as he got in close.

But despite hitting it in the head, Shifter was the one who felt pain. A few hundred volts worth of pain, making him cry as the creature swung a punch at him.

"GYAH!" The impact and zap that followed, made Shifter cry out as he was thrown backwards. The Eel then unleashed another blast of lightning, which flew forward and slammed into Shifter's wing before he could counter. "AUGH!" The wing melted, as the energy flowed into him.

He fell to the ground, his wing remaining damaged and preventing him from flying. The Mimic then walked forward, but Shifter refused to give up and took out another Mimicore. "BLADE!" He quickly replaced the Mimicores, as the creature unleashed another electrical blast.

"Shape Shift!" He barely managed to leap away, as the lightning bolt struck the spot he was in.

"MIMIC! SWORDFISH!" His armor changed along with the lines and his eyes, the long blades appearing off the ends of his arms as it settled. "Slicing through the ocean, with speed and precision unmatched!"

As soon as he finished his transformation, he shot forward and slashed at the Mimic. But once again, some kind of electric barrier blocked the slashes and sent bolts of lightning into Shifter. "Gaaah!" He staggered back, but kept trying to slash at it with the same results. He slashed, tore, sliced and cut at the creature. And every time he made contact, he felt himself get zapped.

He staggered back, his body feeling numb whilst the Eel seemed perfectly fine.

The Mimic laughed, whilst Shifter glared at him. "Wise guy. Think you're untouchable. Every shield has a weakness. And I'll find yours!"

"I don't think so!" Shifter spun around and spotted something flying at him. The green insect Mimic that he had fought at the Canterlot Mall. Gule-Far-Tar flew down and slammed a foot into Shifter's chest, knocking him backwards. "Surprise!"

"You!" Shifter cried, getting ready to speed strike him. "Bring it, you oversized Christmas light!" He swung his blades towards him, but Gule dodged the attacks before taking to the air. He then unleashed a bright light, which blinded Shifter for a moment and allowed Gule to fly down.

But when he slammed a foot into Shifter's chest, something seemed to happen. "Huh?" Gule suddenly felt something, as Shifter was knocked back. "What was that?" He stared at the Rider, as a strangely familiar feeling washed over him. It distracted him so much, Shifter took him by surprise and slashed at him. "WOW!" He leapt back, barely avoiding having his head cut off.

Shifter followed him and brought both blades down, Gule raising his arms and blocking them. The blades cut into his arms and he flinched, Shifter pushing down on him. But before he could keep going, he was suddenly overwhelmed with a feeling. The same feeling Gule was feeling.

The two stared into each other's eyes, as a sense of familiarity washed over them.

"What?" Shifter finally asked, only for a bolt of lightning to suddenly smash into him. "AUGH!" He was knocked away and pulled his blades from Gule, as he staggered back.

The Mimic General flinched at the damage done to his arms, as the Eel Mimic built up a bunch of electrical energy. It was about to fire again, but suddenly found itself getting shot several times.

It cried out, as Shifter turned to see Morphic racing towards them on his bike.

As he pulled up, he fired several more times and the Mimic was injured each time. Shifter saw this and was suddenly struck by what he was missing. "Of course."

Gule saw what was happening and frowned before moving over to the Eel. "We're out of here!" He unleashed a blinding light and the Riders were forced to look away. And when the light faded, they looked ahead and saw that they were both gone.

"Ahh," Morphic groaned, "they got away." He turned to Shifter and saw he was thinking about something. "You okay?"

"Yeah," Shifter nodded. "I just realised what I need to use my last Mimicore for. I'm lacking a long range attack, like your Blitz Blaster. So I need to find an animal that'll give me that ability." Morphic nodded, understanding what he was getting at. But there was no telling what animal that could be. This was gonna take some thought.

Back in the Mimic base, Gule was sitting in a chair whilst The Eel Mimic applied the healing gel to its body.

As he sat there, he thought about what had just happened. His memory flashed back to when he had touched Shifter, causing him to receive a strange feeling. He couldn't quite get it. It felt familiar and somehow, different.

"What are you doing?" Gule looked around and spotted The Vulture Mimic, Frill-Nar-Ron, walking towards him. "Why are you just sitting there?" He then spotted the damage that had been done to his arms. "What on earth? How did you let that happen?" He grabbed more of the gel and applied it to Gule's arms.

"Kamen Rider Shifter," Gule replied.

"You let that Rider get the better of you?"

"Something happened. I don't know what, but I got a strange feeling when I touched him. It didn't happen the last time I fought him. And it was fuzzy. Like an image in my head, but I can't remember the details about it."

"What does that matter?" Frill stated. "We're supposed to be destroying him."

"The fight was going well," Gule stated. "Shifter couldn't do a thing against the Eel Mimic. But Morphic was another story. His energy weapon allowed him to hurt the Eel without needing to touch him."

"I was afraid of that," Frill stated. "Good thing I've been working on something." He moved over to a table, where a syringe was waiting. He picked it up and moved over to the Eel. "This should help the next time you face him." Before Gule or the Eel could ask what was going on, Frill stabbed the Mimic with the needle and injected it.

The Eel suddenly looked very uncomfortable, as its body began to melt in places and ripple. "What did you do to it?"

"A little enhancement that should help it deal with Morphic's weapons. And once he's out of the way, we'll deal with Shifter. And to make sure those two can't team up and help one another, I'll put Shifter someplace he can't escape until it's too late."

"How?" Gule asked. In that moment, Frill's body began to melt and reshape itself.

He morphed into a humanoid form, standing somewhere between Timber and Chrysalis in height. And when he finally solidified, he was a middle-aged man wearing a maroon business suit. He had gray skin and black hair, which was sleeked back to form a near ponytail. He also had a small goatee on his chin.

"Trust me. I have my ways."

Back in CHS, Flash had managed to get back to school before anyone missed him.

Currently, he was in the library. He was on the computer, trying to find an animal that might be able to help him with his current problem. The only issue was, animals weren't really known for using ranged attacks.

The best he could find was the bombardier beetle, but he had no idea where he was supposed to find one of those. He needed to find an animal that could help him attack from a distance, without touching his opponent.

As he continued to look over the many different kinds of animals, he suddenly felt something by his feet.

He pushed his chair back and looked down, only to be shocked at the sight of Trixie's hedgehog. "Hey, little guy." He picked him up, the little guy curling up. "Don't be scared. I'm not gonna hurt you." As he said that, Trixie suddenly appeared.

"There he is." She rushed over, glad to see the little guy was okay. "I turned away for a second and he ran off. Thanks for finding him."

"No problem." Flash held the hedgehog out to her. But as he did, somebody suddenly appeared behind them.

"What is going on here!" They spun around, only to see a gray skinned man in a suit standing behind them. And he wasn't the only one, as Celestia and Luna were both there with him. "Why did you bring that filthy creature into this school?"

"Hey!" Trixie held little hedgehog close to her. "He's not filthy. And I had to bring him. He's injured and needs someone to take care of."

"Then you should have taken him to a vet," he growled.

"Mr. Neighsay," Celestia spoke up. "I'm sure these two meant no harm in this. Yes, she probably should have taken the hedgehog to a vet. But she clearly had good intentions."

"Rules are rules," Neighsay stated. "These two broke those rules and must be punished."

"What rules did I break?" Flash asked, but Neighsay didn't answer. He focused on the two principals.

"I think detention should work for them. Three days." This shocked them all, the lot about to argue but Neighsay was clearly having none of it. "That's my final word on the matter." He turned to leave, Celestia and Luna looking apologetic at the pair. "And if you must carry that blasted creature around for the rest of the day, put it in a cage or something."

"Who is this guy?" Trixie asked, clearly outraged by what had just happened.

"Neighsay," Celestia sighed. "He's on the school's board of education. I'm sorry, but I can't refuse his orders. You two will have to be in detention." Both looked at her in shock. "Just for today. Neighsay works with multiple schools in the area. Once he leaves, he'll forget all about the two of you."

"Aaaaah!" Flash groaned, fearing something bad would likely happen whilst he was trapped in detention.

Trixie was just as upset, especially when she was forced to keep her new spiky friend in a cage she had gotten from somewhere. She had the carrying him around in the bulky thing, the hedgehog clearly not happy about it.

Flash also sent a message to Shining, warning him of the problem he was in. Shining assured him he would be fine on his own, especially since the Mimic was vulnerable to his attacks. For the rest of the school day, Flash continued to think about what animal he should use his last Mimicore on.

The biggest issue was even if he managed to find an animal that met the criteria he was looking for, where the heck was he gonna find one to actually scan? The Swordfish and Owl had been in areas that housed animals like that, but there was a chance the aquarium and zoo wouldn't have the animals he was looking for.

Neighsay was finally leaving the school, Celestia and Luna going to the exit with him.

"Well," Neighsay turned to them, "everything seems to be in order. I was getting worried, when I heard rumours of odd goings on in this school. But it seems everything is as it should be."

"That's good to hear," Celestia nodded. "And I promise, nothing strange is happening at this school. Everything is perfectly normal." Neighsay raised an eyebrow at this. "Well, as normal as things get in this town."

"Yes. I do hope those Kamen Riders aren't causing too many issues for your students."

"We've had a few close calls," Luna told him. "Our students have run into the monsters that have been attacking the city. But none of them have been harmed, thanks to the Kamen Riders."

"Maybe. But you never know what'll happen. If you two find anything even remotely out of the ordinary, I want you to contact the board of educators. Is that understood?" They nodded. "Good. Your records since taking over this school have been excellent. I don't want to hear you decided to ruin them, by keeping something dangerous under wraps."

"There's nothing to worry about," Celestia assured him.

"I hope so," Neighsay finally left and the principals sighed. As he walked away, Neighsay took out a phone and began calling someone. "It's done," he stated to whoever was on the other line. "Send him in. You'll have about an hour or so to make Morphic regret he ever tried to fight against us." He smiled as he hug up, leaving the area before anyone could notice him.

Back inside, Flash and Trixie were both getting out of their final class of the day.

They headed towards the classroom detention was kept in, both arriving there and finding they were the only ones in detention that day. Or, the only ones that decided to show up.

As they sat down, Luna stepped in and looked around. "Good. You're both here. Trixie, is your little friend still in his cage?" Trixie held up said cage and Luna nodded. "Good. Again, we're sorry this is happening. But it's only for today. Just use this time to do your homework. I'm sure you'll see the time fly by."

The two doubted that, but both took out their books and started working on the homework. The next few minutes crawled by, as Flash worked on his history homework whilst Trixie was doing math and keeping her little friend from causing too much of a commotion.

Flash was just about to start talking about the events that pushed America into World War One, when he suddenly sensed something and looked up. Dread filled Flash's heart, as he looked towards the city and realised what he was feeling.

The Mimic was back and Flash realised he had no way of leaving to fight it. All he could do was sit there, as the sensation continued to ring in his head. "Shining," he whispered, "I hope you can handle this on your own."

The Eel Mimic unleashed a bolt of lightning, as people screamed and ran for cover.

The creature stood still and built up as much electrical energy that it could, then sent it flying out. Doing so caused every electrical device around it to suddenly spark before exploding, whilst it let out a roar and threw another bolt of lightning towards someone.

It barely missed them and the Mimic continued to attack, as an engine noise made it look around and see Morphic racing towards it on his bike. "Back again?" The Rider asked, as he pointed his Blitz Blaster towards it. But as he opened fire, the Mimic seemed to brace itself as the energy around its body surged. And when the energy bolts struck this field, it was somehow sucked into it. "What?"

The Eel laughed and unleashed another blast of electricity, this one even stronger than the last. It slammed into the ground in front of Morphic and exploded, knocking the Rider off his bike. "GYAH!" He crashed into the ground, as his bike reverted back to its smaller form. "Ow."

The Eel charged, as it slashed at Morphic.

The Rider barely managed to dodge the swipe in time and rolled over to his bike, picking it up as he fired his Blitz Blaster. But the attacks did nothing, as the energy field around it surged again and absorbed the shots. "Seriously?"

The Eel spun around and before Morphic could react, it grabbed him around the neck and lifted him up.

"Not good!" He kicked at the monster, but all that did was cause his feet to get zapped. The only part not surging with energy was, surprisingly, the hand that was currently holding him.

But that was about to change, as the fins on its body glowed as more power surged. It then unleashed that energy straight into Morphic, making him scream as his whole body was zapped.

Fighting through the pain, he reached up and grabbed the creature's fingers. And slowly, he pried them off him and allowed the rider to pull himself free. "Gaaah!" He kicked himself away from The Eel and raised his blaster, firing several shots.

One managed to get through, but the barrier quickly formed afterwards and absorbed the others.

Morphic landed and caught on. "He can absorb energy, but he needs to focus in order to do it." He frowned, as The Eel unleashed a lightning bolt from its hand. Morphic leapt to the side, as the bolt struck a car and lifted it into the air. "There's no way I can take this guy down on my own."

As the car was thrown his way, Morphic realised he needed Shifter. But with Flash in detention, he wasn't gonna be there to help for a while. But then he realised there was a way to get Flash out of detention, though he absolutely hated himself for even considering it.

"No choice!" He fired several shots at The Eel, none of which actually hitting it. "Come and get me, you overgrown spark-plug!" He turned to run off, as The Eel gave chase. Morphic fired several more shots behind him, whilst The Mimic launched a few lightning bolts.

The two continued to trade blows with one another, neither able to hit the other, as Morphic led him through the city. He just hoped he wouldn't come to regret this decision.

Back at CHS, Flash was getting a serious headache from the feeling he was overwhelmed with. But he still had a good while before he could act on it, making him fear his head would explode.

However, as Luna finished writing something, the P.A system suddenly came online and Celestia spoke up. "This is an emergency evacuation order. Everyone is to evacuate the school, now!" Everyone wondered what that was for, only for an explosion to catch their attention.

"You heard her!" Luna cried, getting up as Flash and Trixie did the same. They all headed out of the classroom, as more rooms opened with teens evacuating their after school clubs. As soon as they joined the large group, Flash began to move away from Luna and Trixie. And once he was far enough away, he ducked into a bathroom and stood waiting.

Once the noise of teens escaping died down, he took out his Strike Mimicore and summoned his Mimic Driver. "STRIKE!"

Morphic leapt away from a blast of lightning, barely managing to avoid it.

As he landed, he considered using his Rush Form. But whilst that would make him fast enough to avoid the attacks, he would have to physically attack it to do damage. And with the electric barrier surrounding it, that would be a dumb move. "Come on. There's gotta be a way to take this thing down!"

As he said that, he noticed movement to his left and a large group of students and teachers were exiting the building.

The Eel saw this and began charging up power, as it turned towards the students. "NO!" Morphic leapt in front of the crowd, as the Mimic unleashed an electric blast. "GYAH!" He cried, getting zapped by the energy and feeling like a million needles were stabbing into him.

The crowd saw this and knew they had to get away, so the Rider didn't have to worry about them. And as they began to move, the electrical attack came to an end Morphic fell to the ground. He panted, as the beast began to charge up again.

"CLIMATIC STRIKE!"

Spinning around, it saw Shifter flying towards it with his glowing foot thrust forwards. The energy flew towards the Mimic and slammed into it, hitting it too fast for the creature to absorb the energy. It was then blasted away, Shifter flipping back and landing next to Morphic.

"You okay?"

"Yeah," Morphic pushed itself up. "Be careful. This thing's gotten stronger. He can absorb energy now."

"Really? Great." He sighed, as the monster pushed itself up. As it did, it built up a ton of energy before unleashing it in a powerful wave.

The Riders wanted to dodge, but there were still people trying to escape. As such, the pair were forced to take the blast and get zapped. Both cried out, but kept pushing forwards through the wave.

When the energy subsided, Shifter ran forward. "If I'm fast enough, maybe I can hit it before it charges up!" He managed to get in close and deal several kicks and punches to the beast, who cried out as Morphic ran forward to do the same. But by the time he reached them, the Eel was charged back up.

It roared, as it unleashed a blast of energy from its body.

That energy slammed into the pair and twin arcs of lightning pushed them both into the air, making them cry out as they fell to the ground. As Shifter landed, something happened to go flying out of his possession. The blank Mimicore, which slid along the ground and stopped close to where people were evacuating.

As this was happening, Trixie was amongst the group leaving the building. The hedgehog was in her hands, the loud explosions causing it to panic and curl up. "Don't worry," she told it. "You'll be okay. I'll keep you safe."

At that moment, the Eel charged up a blast that it prepared to launch at the group. But at the last moment, Morphic fired his Blitz Blaster and hit it in the chest. This knocked it back and caused its lightning attack to go flying, hitting the ground near the group.

Trixie screamed, as the blast knocked her off her feet along with several others.

She hit the ground with a cry, the hedgehog flying from her grasp and rolling along the ground. As it did, it happened to come close to the Mimicore and stopped right next to it. Trixie groaned and picked herself up, as the hedgehog uncurled itself and began to move.

"Wait!" She cried, seeing it climb onto the Mimicore.

Shifter was recovering at this moment and raised his head, allowing him to see the hedgehog and what was happening. The Mimicore was starting to glow, as the light moved over the spiky creature. "NO!" He cried, pushing himself up as Trixie ran over. But as she picked the little guy up, the scan completed.

Shifter picked the Mimicore up and looked it over, seeing the device beginning to transform. Letters appeared upon the side, as the dots glowed green and started showing images of a hedgehog in different poses.

Trixie saw this and panicked. "I'm sorry," she bowed. "Please tell me I didn't ruin whatever that is?"

"Ahh," Shifter frowned under his mask. He looked at the word on the side of the core, wondering how literal they could be. And as he heard an explosion and Morphic's cry, he realised he had two options. Try to beat the Mimic as he was now, or take a gamble and see what this new core could do. "Might as well see what this thing can do." He hit the button and as he did, it lit up with green dots forming the shifting images of a hedgehog in different poses.

"PIERCE!"

Shifter quickly opened his belt and replaced his Mimicore with the new one. "Shape shift!" He cried, slamming the draw shut as he did so.

"MIMIC! HEDGEHOG!" The armour around his body began to melt once again before changing to a transparent green colour, then began reshaping itself before hardening to reveal Flash's new form. Every part of his armour was covered in spikes, from his chest, to his shoulders, to his back, to his boots and arms. Even his mask was covered in spikes, though his eyes remained uncovered. The armour around his wrists had an extra long spike pointing forwards along the backs of his hands. Finally, the lines on his suit turned green whilst his eyes changed to orange.

As the armor settled, the lights on his belt turned green whilst his yelled out. "Defending all with a shield of spines, impaling all that try to do harm!"

The transformation surprised Trixie, whilst also catching Morphic and the Eel's attention. The two looked towards Shifter, as he looked himself over. "Wow." He stared at the spikes on the back of his arms and as he did, one suddenly shot off him and shot forward. "YAH!" He staggered back, as the spike impaled a nearby wall.

The impact had caused it to dig into the wall, showing it had incredible power behind it. Once that happened, it melted away and Shifter found a new spike growing out of his arm.

"Wait. Did this just give me the power I was looking for?" He turned to the Eel, who was charging itself up. Shifter then rushed forward and thrust both arms forward, the spikes on his arms flew off of him and shot towards the Mimic.

The creature put up its electric barrier, but the spines shot right through and stabbed into him. It roared in pain and Shifter cheered, having gotten exactly what he was looking for.

He turned back to Trixie and the others, "go!" They nodded and ran off, as Shifter raced towards the Eel. As it was recovering and charging itself up, Shifter got in close and fired several spines right at it. The beast tried to dodge, but the spikes were too fast and it was stabbed several times.

Shifter finally got within striking distance and the Eel swung its claws around, but the Kamen Rider ducked under them before the spikes on his leg grew larger. This allowed him to throw a kick and stab it several times, without his leg touching the barrier around it.

Morphic took this moment to fire at it. The Mimic was so distracted by Shifter, it couldn't focus on him and absorb his attacks. This meant the blasts burnt its body, making it roar and unleash a blast of lightning.

This wave struck both Riders and knocked them down, as the Mimic charged forward. Shifter was on his hands and knees, as the Mimic prepared another attack. But before it could land, the spines on Shifter's back extended and once again stabbed its body. It roared in pain, staggering back as Shifter picked himself up.

"I am loving this new form!" He laughed, as the Eel staggered back. "I hope you're ready. Because the winds of victory have shifted." With that, he unleashed a barrage of spikes on the beast, firing as many as he could produce.

The Eel roared as the spines impacted its body, stabbing into it again and again. At the same time, Morphic shot it from behind and the energy blasts damaged its body. Eventually, the Eel unleashed another wave of electricity that shot towards them both.

Morphic was able to jump up over it, with nobody behind him to worry about. Meanwhile, Shifter slammed both fists together and the gauntlets melted and merged. They swirled together and grew to form a human-sized shield, covered in spikes.

It solidified and blocked the electric wave, Shifter not feeling a thing as it dissipated.

The Eel growled, as the shield began to shrink. But before it could attack again, it heard a voice coming from above.

"CLIMATIC BLITZ!"

It spun around and saw Morphic, firing a bolt of energy from his blaster that he then kicked in its direction. It moved fast and the Eel couldn't prepare itself to absorb it, so unleashed a blast of energy. This stopped the attack, but distracted it as Shifter finished his preparations and slammed his hand into the side of his belt.

"CLIMATIC PIECE!"

His right gauntlet turned to slime and covered his entire hand and arm, solidifying into a giant spike. As it did, he thrust his left arm forward and sent out a barrage of spikes. These projectiles slammed into the Eel and kept it from putting up a defence, as Shifter then charged forward with incredible speed before thrusting his right arm forwards.

In the blink of an eye, Shifter stood behind the Mimic as the creature now had a giant hole in his chest. As the large spike on his arm returned to normal, the Mimic sparked before falling to the ground and exploding.

Shifter slowly turned towards the fireball, as it faded away to reveal the monster was gone. He smiled at this, as Morphic stepped over to him. "Nice!" He gave Shifter a playful punch, only to flinch in pain. "Ouch!" He had pricked himself on one of the spines, Shifter laughing as he looked over to where the students and teachers had evacuated.

The students were beginning to return to the building, Shifter moving over when he saw Trixie and her hedgehog friend. "Thank you. I know it was an accident, but you and your little friend helped me save the day."

Trixie smiled at this, as Shifter gave the hedgehog a gentle scratch on the head.

Morphic stepped over to Celestia and Luna. "I'm sorry I put your school in danger. If I had been able to beat that thing sooner, the fight wouldn't have moved to this area."

"Don't be sorry," Celestia told him. "You did what you could to stop it. Thank you for keeping our school safe. You Kamen Riders are a god send." Morphic nodded before taking out his bike and making it grow larger, Shifter doing the same.

The two Riders got on their bikes and raced off, the school and its residents all watching in amazement as the pair disappeared down the road. Once they were gone, Celestia turned to the rest of her staff. "Alright, everyone. I want to make sure we didn't lose track of everyone in the panic. Let's get a head count of everyone who was in the school when the alarm went off."

They nodded and the students began grouping themselves up, based on the activities they were doing before the insanity began.

Trixie looked around for Flash, but couldn't see him anywhere. And when Luna arrived, she too had no idea where Flash might be. They both looked worried and just as Luna was about to raise an alarm, a voice spoke up.

"There you are." They looked around and spotted Flash, walking towards them with a smile on his lips. "Sorry about that. I got overtaken by the crowd and pushed somewhere."

"Are you okay?" Luna asked, with Flash nodding. "Good. Then we don't have to worry. And I think you both have been through enough. Let's say your detention is over." The pair smirked at this and high-fived, whilst everyone else continued to work on making sure nobody had been left behind.

It took a while, but the head counts confirmed everyone was where they needed to be.

Up on a nearby roof, Neighsay glared down at the group that had escaped his brilliant plan. These Riders were getting more and more annoying by the day. He had to find a way to get rid of them once and for all. But how?

The next day.

Despite the crazy events that had occurred the previous day, the next school day was just like any other. There had been no damage to the school, so there had been no reason to have the place closed. As such, lessons were going on as normal.

Flash had just arrived and stepped over to his locker, looking around as he spotted Trixie off to the side. And she wasn't alone. Fluttershy was feeling much better, so she had come to school as well.

"Oh," Fluttershy held the spiky erinaceidae. "Aren't you cute." The hedgehog made some noise and Fluttershy laughed, "that's true. So, can you tell us where your family is?" The hedgehog explained and she nodded. "I see. Oh. Oh, my. That must have been terrifying. But I think I know the place you're describing."

"So you know where he lives?" Trixie asked, as Flash took his books out of his locker.

"Yes. But it's not a very safe place for hedgehogs to live. If a wild fox or badger doesn't get to them, the traffic will."

"Then we need to find them a safer place to live," Trixie announced. "Any ideas?" Fluttershy was clearly thinking about it, as she handed the hedgehog back to her.

"I think I might know a place. I've seen other hedgehogs living there and they seem perfectly happy." Trixie nodded, as Flash closed his locker. But then, he noticed Luna walking towards them and panicked. He tried to get the girl's attention, Trixie finally noticing him and catching on to what he was doing.

"Oh." She grabbed the hedgehog and tried to stuff it back into her bag.

But Luna arrived before she could finish and noticed the little guy, Trixie and Fluttershy sharing a nervous laugh as she stared at them. Flash took a step back, not wanting to risk getting more detention. But as he did, he heard Luna speak up. "I don't see anything. Especially not a creature that helped the Kamen Riders protect our school."

They were all shocked by this, as Luna continued down the hallway. As she left, they sighed in relief. "That was close," Trixie stated. "Sorry little guy, but I can't bring you to school anymore. I don't wanna stretch how much Vice-Principal Luna is willing to overlook this whole thing."

"Don't worry," Fluttershy assured her. "After today, you won't have to. We'll go find his family, then take them to a safe new home away from danger." Trixie smiled at this, as the bell rang and the girls walked off.

Flash smiled as well, as he headed to his own class.

As he did, he took out his four Mimicores and smiled. Despite the last one being an accident, he was glad he had it. Now he felt like he was really ready for everything. Strike, close range hand to hand combat. Blade, high speed slicing attacks. Flight, aerial combat and manoeuvrability. And Pierce, long range fire power and some pretty impressive strength in close quarters.

As far as he could figure, these four forms would give him everything he needed to fight any opponent.

He put them away, whilst thinking about Shining. He still hadn't chosen his new form and Flash couldn't help but wonder what Shining would pick. He already had a ranged attack and his Rush Form gave him speed. So what animal would he choose for his final Mimicore and what abilities would it give him?

At the Canterlot zoo, Shining was searching the place for a new creature to scan.

He had a vague idea of what traits he was after, but wasn't sure which animal to use. "Elephant?" He shook his head, "no. Maybe a rhino." He stared at the creature, but it didn't feel right. Then, he heard splashing and moved over to another enclosure. When he looked inside, he spotted a creature thrashing around and smiled. He had found what he was looking for. "Perfect."

Author's Note

And thus, we have Flash's four core forms. I'm pretty sure these four forms will give him a way to handle any situation where he's not outright overpowered. He might not be W, but I think he's got things covered. Let me know what you think of the new form and what you imagine Shining chose.