In the City of Canterlot, people were going about their everyday lives in spite of the Mimic threat.

But as they did, a sudden explosion filled the air and people screamed before running for their lives. Moments later, Kamen Riders Shifter and Morphic leapt out of the explosion. Shifter was in his green Pierce Form whilst Morphic was wearing his blue Blitz Armor.

The two landed and turned towards the smoke, as it slowly faded to reveal two Mimics flying in the air. One of which was Gule.

The other was a humanoid Wasp Mimic, standing at the same height as Shifter with a pair of insect wings coming out of the back. Its body was yellow and had a bunch of black stripes covering it, its head being a giant wasp's head. Its left arm was a normal human arm but its right arm, at least past the elbow, was a large limb with a stinger on the end of it.

Morphic fired his blaster at The Wasp Mimic, who responded by thrusting its stinger arm forward. Doing so caused energy bolts to fly out of the stinger and hit the blasts, stopping them as Gule charged down.

Shifter fired his own spines, but Gule was able to dodge them all as he landed before slashing at Shifter. The Kamen Rider blocked the attack with his arm and extended the spikes on his armor, forcing Gule to dodge them as he leapt back.

"You guys have the worst timing imaginable," Morphic stated. "I'm supposed to be getting ready for a date right now." He fired at Gule, but the Mimic General avoided the attack. "If I'm even a minute late, my head is gonna roll."

"Oh," Gule told him, "boo hoo. Like I care!" Shifter leapt at him, attempting to stab him with his spine blades.

"I'll make you care." The two started struggling against one another and pushed one another back, leaving Morphic to fight The Wasp on his own. He fired his weapon, but The Wasp just blocked with its own. The Rider frowned, as he took out one of his other two Mimicores.

"Time to bring out the big guns. Or...big teeth." He was about to activate it, only for a gasp to fill the air and make them all look around.

A girl had somehow wandered into the battlefield and now looked absolutely terrified, as she stood there like a fish in a barrel.

Morphic saw this and rushed over to her, whilst The Wasp began charging up its weapons. He leapt in front of her as the Mimic fired, energy spikes shooting towards him. He tried to counter with his blaster, but it was shot out of his hand by the first strike.

The second struck him in the chest, exploding and making him cry out. The third hit his shoulder with the same outcome, followed by his leg, other shoulder and finally, the last one hit him in the Driver around his waist.

This impact caused the belt to spark and made the Mimicore flash rapidly. This terrified the girl and she finally ran away, as Morphic staggered around with the Driver continuing to spark. Lightning surged out of the device and started zapping him, everyone seeing this wondering what had happened.

And before anyone could do anything, an explosion suddenly shot out of the belt and filled the battlefield.

The Wasp was closest and it was sent flying back, crashing into a building whilst Morphic was thrown away as well. He screamed, his driver still sparking as he crashed into the ground.

Gule and Shifter had managed to weather the explosion, both only getting knocked staggering back.

As Shifter regained his footing, he turned to Morphic and saw him laying there. "NO!" He ran over to him, whilst Gule rushed over to The Wasp. As he did, he looked over at the downed Morphic and watched his armor starting to melt off of him. The same happened to his suit, which evaporated the moment it was off his body.

This revealed Shining Armor to The Mimic, Gule's eyes going wide at the sight. "We're out of here." He told the injured Wasp before dragging him away. "We'll finish this later." They both took to the air, as Shifter continued to look Shining over.

"Come on." Shifter removed his Mimicore and transformed back to his civilian form, Flash looking the unconscious Shining Armor over. "Wake up!" But Shining was completely out of it.

Flash looked down at the Driver around his waist and saw it was badly damaged, eventually disappearing whilst Flash realised Shining Mimicore was gone. He checked Shining's pockets and found they were all gone, which shocked Flash. "What's going on?" He shook his head. He had to focus. "Gotta get you to a hospital."

As Flash began to lift Shining up, planning to take him somewhere else to call an ambulance, he was unaware that he was being watched.

Up on a nearby rooftop, a figure cloaked in white stared down at the area. In his hands were the three Mimicores, which he held up. "This isn't good. With The Driver damaged, who knows what'll happen. I need to keep a close eye on him." With that, he walked off and disappeared in a flash of light.

At Canterlot Hospital, Flash sat in the waiting room with a worried expression on his face.

The teen feared Shining was in a bad way. He wasn't sure what had actually happened to him, but he knew it couldn't be good. And if the doctors discovered the driver or whatever else Flash and Shining didn't know about themselves, things were going to go from bad to worse.

He had called Twilight and told her what had happened, though he had had to lie and say Shining had been in the vicinity and had saved him from the Mimic before the Kamen Riders appeared. She and her family were on their way, whilst Flash remained waiting here for some kind of development.

"Flash!" He looked around and spotted Twilight, along with two people he assumed were her parents.

They ran up to him and her mother, Twilight Velvet, spoke up. "What happened? Is Shining going to be okay?"

"The doctors are still working on him," Flash replied. "Your son saved me when I got attacked by the Mimic. But there was an explosion and he was knocked flying. I think he might have hit his head or something." They all looked worried, as another woman arrived. One Flash recognised from the Friendship Games.

"Twilight!"

"Cadance!" She rushed over to the woman and they hugged.

"Is he okay?" Cadance asked, but nobody said anything and Cadance realised they didn't know. "Oh." And so they waited, another hour passing before a doctor stepped out and moved over to them.

"How is he, doc?" Twilight's father asked.

"Physically, he's not seriously harmed. A few scratches and a light burn, but nothing that'll leave permanent damage. He even woke up a few minutes ago."

"I'm sensing a but coming," Flash stated off handedly.

"But," the doctor nodded, "he's...I think it'd be best if you saw for yourself." He gestured for them to enter the room, the family did so with Flash choosing to stay back.

As they entered the room, they saw Shining on the bed. He was awake and wearing a hospital gown. "Shining," Cadance rushed over to him, "are you okay?"

Shining stared at her, a curious look on his face. "I'm sorry...but I don't know you." Cadance's eyes widened in shock, the others looking just as horrified. "Any of you."

"Doctor?" Night Light turned to him, "what's wrong with him?"

"We're not sure," the doctor replied. "We've done several head scans, but nothing appears to be wrong with his brain. He just...can't seem to remember anything."

"Amnesia?" Velvet asked, the doctor nodded. "How long will this last?"

"It's hard to say. Until we know what caused it, we can't estimate how long his memories will be gone for. He could get his memory back in a day, a week, a month." He frowned. "Or...he might never get his memory back. Every head case is different. It all depends on the person."

The family all turned to Shining in absolute horror, as Shining looked around at them.

The doctor left and the family started trying to help Shining remember who he was. "Okay." Shining pointed at them. "You're my dad, Night Light." He nodded. "And my mom, Velvet." She nodded as well, whilst he turned to Twilight. "And you're my sister. Twilight."

"That's right," she nodded before he bag opened up. "And this is our puppy, Spike." The dog looked like he was about to say something, but Twilight stopped him. "Our perfectly normal puppy, that does nothing out of the ordinary." Spike glared at her but she just stared back.

"Okay," Shining looked a little confused. He then turned to Cadance. "And you're...my fiancee?"

"That's right," Cadance nodded. She took out her phone and started flipping through it. "See. This is us." Shining took the phone and started looking through the photos of them. There was one of them sitting on a couch, cuddled up together. Another of the two on the beach, with Shining covered in suntan lotion. And another of them at a theme park, this particular photo looking several years old due to how much younger they looked.

"I guess you are my fiancee." Shining frowned. "I'm sorry I forgot you."

Cadance placed a hand on his. "It's not your fault. You didn't forget me on purpose. And we'll find a way to bring your memories back. I promise."

Shining nodded, as the family continued to tell him about his life. The only one who doesn't say anything is Flash, who was silently having a meltdown.

'Shining doesn't remember anything, so he doesn't remember being a Kamen Rider. This is bad. Really really bad.' Flash thought about that Wasp Mimic, Gule, Maya and every other Mimics they had fought so far. Flash wouldn't stand a chance against them all on his own. 'If Shining doesn't remember anything soon, we're all gonna be in serious trouble.'

It was at this moment that Shining noticed him. "Hey. How do we know each other?" Flash turned to him, the family doing the same.

"I'm Flash. I'm a friend of Twilight's. We've met a few times and you saved me from the Mimics before you..."

"Before you got hurt and lost your memory," Twilight explained.

"What's a Mimic?" Shining asked, as everyone frowned. Not knowing what a Mimic was could be dangerous in this town. "Is it some kind of group that hurts people? You said I saved you from them." Everyone remained quiet, unsure how to explain it all to him.

The next day.

Having been cleared to leave the hospital, the family took Shining home in hopes of sparking some kind of memory for him. They kept telling him stories of his life, but nothing seemed familiar to him.

"And this is the house you grew up in," Night announced as they pulled into the drive way.

Shining looked up at the large building and whilst it looked nice, he didn't feel anything. No sense of familiarity or nostalgic fondness. As far as he was concerned, this was the first time he had ever seen this house. "Anything?" Velvet asked, but Shining shook his head.

They headed inside and took Shining to his old room, where he sat on the bed surrounded by all his childhood memories. None of which he could actually remember. "I don't feel anything," Shining frowned as he picked up an old teddy bear. "This must be important to me, but I can't remember any of it."

"Relax," Cadance told him. "I know you're frustrated. But I'm sure you'll remember it in time. You just have to be patient and not force it. Let the memories come gradually."

"I guess," Shining nodded. He put the bear down and sat on his bed. "Thanks." Cadance smiled at him, as he noticed a framed photo on his desk. It was of him and Cadance, the same photo of them at a theme park of some kind. "Is this some kind of special time for us?"

"It was our first date." Cadance sat next to him. "I used to babysit for Twilight and one day, as I was leaving, you randomly asked if I wanted to hang out with you." She smiled. "It was so cute. You were so nervous that I couldn't help saying yes. And we had so much fun at the fun fair."

"Sounds nice," Shining nodded. "I wish I could remember it." Cadance placed her head on his shoulder, the pair sitting there enjoying each other's company.

They stayed like this for a while before Velvet called them down for dinner, where they were apparently having Shining's favourite food. And Shining had to admit, it tasted absolutely delicious.

After dinner, they watched Shining's favourite film. One involving monsters that attacked people from underground. Shining loved every minute of it, but couldn't remember ever watching it. After that, he and Twilight played a board game they often spent their youth playing. Shining had fun and quickly got the rules, but soon realised Twilight was way better at it than him.

"Oh, come on. Not even losing to me seems familiar?" Shining gave his sister a deadpan glare, the two then bursting out laughing. The family continued to spend the rest of the night together until it was time to go to bed, with Shining sleeping in his childhood room.

But despite all that, he still couldn't remember anything. He went to bed frustrated, feeling like something should have come back to him by now. But nothing had. And he felt like if he didn't get his memories back soon, something terrible was going to happen.

At their base of operations, The Wasp Mimic was sitting around whilst the Generals talked.

"Shining Armor?" Maya asked, as Timber stared at his phone. "Is that someone we should know, because I have no idea who that is." She turned to Frill, "do you?"

"Never heard of him," Frill replied.

"He's the older brother that Twilight girl," Timber explained. "And it appears, he's the one under Morphic's helmet. We finally know who the second Kamen Rider is."

"I see," Frill nodded. "And he was injured during your battle with him?"

"Exactly," Timber nodded. "And according to the text Twilight's been sending me, he's suffering from memory loss." He stood up. "Don't you get it? This is our chance. Before Shining can regain his memories and remember he's a Kamen Rider, we'll attack and kill him. Then we'll only have to worry about Shifter."

"He's right," Maya nodded. "That's a good plan. Wait for the opening and attack him when he's vulnerable. Take him down fast before the other Rider shows up."

"No problem," Timber transformed into his monster form and turned to The Wasp. "You might have just won us this war." Gule patted him on the shoulder. "I don't know how you did it, but you neutralised one of our biggest threats. And once he's taken care of, this planet will be ours for the taking."

Over the last few days, Shining's family had done everything they could to help him get his memories back.

They took him to his favourite places, told him more stories about his life and showed him all the activities he enjoyed in his spare time. And whilst none of this had helped him remember anything, Shining had loved every second of it.

He had grown to truly love the strangers that were his family. His dad and him talked for hours about models they liked to build. Velvet made him feel safe and Twilight made him feel like someone worth looking up to. But the person he had grown to especially care for was Cadance.

Shining quickly realised why his former self would fall for her. She wasn't only beautiful, but smart, funny, caring and had so many other amazing attributes. He could feel himself falling for her, his heart beating faster whenever he saw her.

Currently, he and his fiancee were driving to a surprise that Cadance had arranged for them.

Shining had wondered where they were heading until they found themselves outside a large theme park called Equestria Land. "What are we doing here?"

Cadance smiled at him. "I thought that, maybe, recreating our first date might help you remember it." They got out of the car and headed for the theme part. "I can't bring the fair we went to back, but this should work just as well." She placed her hand in his. "And even if it doesn't, it'll be a fun time for us. A new memory to replace the one you lost."

Shining smiled at her. "Thank you. I know it must be hard, not having me remember anything about our past together."

Cadance could see the pain in his eyes and squeezed his hand. "It's okay. It's not your fault this happened. And even if you can't remember who you are, you're still you. The man that I love. Even if you never regain any of your memories, we'll just make new ones. Like today."

Shining couldn't help but smile at her. Every minute he was with her, he felt like he was falling more and more in love with her. "Thanks." Cadance smiled and the two headed inside, unaware that they had been followed.

Flash parked his car and got out, having kept an eye on Shining to make sure nothing happened. With the man having no memories, Flash had been worried he might accidentally turn into Morphic whilst surrounded by people. Flash had to make sure that didn't happen.

And whilst Flash headed in after them, nobody noticed a flash of light a ways away. One that signalled the arrival of two Mimics.

An hour passed and Shining was having the time of his life.

He and Cadance had gotten lucky and the number of people there was quite small today. As such, there were barely any lines and they got to enjoy the rides with barely any wait time. And even when they were in line, they didn't care. Being in each other's company was just as great as any ride.

But the rides were still awesome and Shining liked the horror rides the most, mainly due to Cadance hugging him when she got scared. Roller coasters, house of mirrors, all that stuff. They had the best time. Shining might not remember his past dates with Cadance, but he knew this one had to be in the top ten if not five.

They both laughed, as they left the area and headed towards the games booths. There, they found a bunch of games giving out prizes for anyone who could do a simply looking task. "Step right up. Step right up. Knock down the bottles, win a prize."

The two stepped up to the booth and saw a bunch of bottles a few feet away, stacked into a triangle. There were red, blue and yellow bottles, Shining determining they were about fifteen feet away.

The booth owner smiled at them. "Two tickets for three balls. Use those balls to knock down the bottles. Yellow bottles are one point, blue bottles are two points and red bottles are three points. The more points you get, the better the prize." He turned to Shining and smirked. "You look like a guy with a good arm. Wanna give it a try?"

Shining and Cadance smirked at each other and Shining handed him a ticket, the amnesiac taking the three balls and staring at the tower of bottles. He knew the best way to knock them all down was to aim low. So after getting the right angle, he threw the ball with all his might.

Said ball sailed through the air and slammed into the bottom row of bottles, knocking several out from under the stack.

This also resulted in the bottles above it falling as well, the tower now only being two thirds complete. But that didn't last long as Shining threw the next ball, which hit another part of the tower's bottom and knocked even more bottles off. Only a few remained and Shining was quick to knock them down as well, the entire tower being reduced to nothing.

"Winner!" The booth operator announced, "that's quite the throwing arm you've got." He pointed to all the prizes they had. "Go ahead and pick anything you want." Shining turned to Cadance, who looked around before noticing a large dolphin plushy.

Shining saw this and pointed to it, Cadance smiling as the booth operator handed it to him. "Thank you," she smiled as he gave it to her. "Since when have you had such good hand eye coordination?"

"What? Was I not a good shot back when I lost my memory?"

"Not really. You once bet me five bucks you could get a chocolate wrapper into a trashcan five feet away. It took you over a hundred double or nothings to finally get it in." Shining felt a little embarrassed by this, but the two laughed as they headed to another area.

They grabbed themselves some food, Shining getting a hot dog whilst Cadance got a salad. They then sat on a bench together and enjoyed their meals, both smiling at one another as they ate.

"This has been such a great day," Cadance announced. "Even if it didn't get your memory back, I'm glad we came here."

"Same," Shining nodded. "I had fun. And even if I don't remember anything about our past, I'm happy just being here with you." The pair smiled at each other, as their gaze lingered on the other. And slowly, their heads began to move closer and closer.

But before they could kiss, Shining pulled back. a sensation washed over him. A sense of dread, like something dangerous was close by. "What is it?" Cadance asked, seeing Shining pull back. He looked around, as the sensation increased. And then, it happened.

An explosion, creating a large shockwave that terrified everyone. Shining jumped up, his body almost moving on his own to run towards the source.

"What was that?" Cadance asked, as they all looked over to where the explosion came from. When they did, they saw part of a roller-coaster collapsing as something flew down in front of it. The Wasp Mimic, its stinger charged with energy, looked around and spotted Shining.

Before anyone could try and stop it, The Mimic fired several stingers in their direction.

Shining managed to grab Cadance and push her out of the way, the stinger hitting a hot dog stand behind them and blowing it up. "You okay?" He asked, Cadance nodding as they got up. As they did, Gule suddenly appeared and landed on top of a nearby fence.

"Hello there," he stated. "Sorry about ruining your little date, but we have some business to attend to." Shining wondered what he meant by this, as the Mimic leapt down. "Don't make this difficult. Just let us end you and we'll be on our way."

"What do you want with us?" Cadance asked, as Shining's head started throbbing.

Staring at this monster, he was suddenly reminded of something. But he couldn't, for the life of himself, remember what that something was. And as Gule was about to say something, someone else leapt into the fray.

"HYAH!" Kamen Rider Shifter, in his Flight Form, flew down and dealt a kick towards Gule's chest. The Mimic managed to dodge it and leap back, as Shifter landed and turned to the other two. "Get out of here!" They nodded and ran off, as The Wasp and Gule tried to chase after them. "Oh no you don't!" He spread his wings and started to unleash a powerful wind in their direction.

The two braced themselves, as the wind slammed into them. Both fought to keep from being blown away, Gule turning to The Wasp. "Go after them. I'll deal with this guy!" He suddenly leapt up and allowed the wind to blow him backwards, only to hit a lamp.

Using it as a spring board, he flew forward and fought through the wind.

He grabbed Shifter and pulled him into the air, allowing The Wasp to go after Shining and Cadance. "What do you want with those two?" Shifter asked, though he had a feeling he knew.

"I'm taking a Kamen Rider down before he can remember he is one. With him gone, you won't stand a chance against us." Shifter panicked, realising Gule had learned Morphic's identity.

"I won't let you touch them." He threw a punch into Gule's face. "You and your wasp are going down." The two fought against one another, Gule using the lights on his body to blind Shifter on occasion. As they struggled to overpower each other, The Wasp flew off after Shining.

The Mimic spotted the two fleeing towards the exit and unleashed several blasts from its sting, the explosions that followed sending the pair flying across the park.

They crashed into the ground and whilst Shining was in pain, he quickly rolled over to shield Cadance from its attacks. "Why are they attacking us?" Cadance cried, Shining feeling like he should know the answer to her question.

As The Wasp charged up another attack, Shining pulled Cadance up and they ran for safety. But The Wasp managed to fire a blast and this one struck right behind where they were standing. The explosion that followed sent the both flying and once again crashed into the ground. But this time, Cadance's head slammed into the ground and she was knocked out.

Shining groaned and as he pushed himself up, he looked over and saw Cadance with a bleeding head.

"CADANCE!" He crawled over to her and saw she was still bleeding, but seeing her in such a state caused Shining's blood to boil. He turned to The Wasp, who was preparing to fire again. "DAMN YOU!" He pushed himself to his feet. "I'LL MAKE YOU PAY FOR THIS!" As he said that, a light appeared around his waist. "What?" Looking down, he saw a strange belt appear around him and that looked damaged. "What is this?"

The Wasp saw this and prepared to fire again. But before it could, something shot up and hit it. A blast of some kind, which knocked the insectoid back. As it was thrown back, Shining looked around and saw someone moving towards him. Someone in a white cloak.

"Who are you?" The figure said nothing for a moment, as he took out a remote-like device with a screen on the top. "What is that?" The device beeped for a moment before something appeared on the screen.

"I see." The figure looked up at him, Shining feeling a little worried. "I was afraid you would awaken. But I didn't expect you not to remember who you are. What you are." Shining tilted his head at this. "Time to put things right." Suddenly, he pulled a strange looking gun from under his cloak.

Shining staggered back, as he saw it looked like some kind of sci-fi ray gun. Instead of a normal barrel, then end had a short tube with a ball on the end of it. "What are you doing?"

"Sending you back where you belong, so the one I need can return." With that, the gun unleashed a green beam that flew towards Shining and slammed into the belt.

Shining suddenly found his entire body seizing up, the man unable to move as the beam continued to strike the belt. And as it did, the belt began to repair itself. The cracks disappeared. The missing pieces were replaced and the lights were fixed.

Shining continued to wonder what was going on, only to suddenly find images flashing before his eyes. But these weren't just any images. They were memories. His memories. Memories from the day he was born to...that day. "I remember." The figure tilted his head at this. "I remember who I am. What...I am."

"Not good," the figure stated. "Have to regain control." He fiddled with the gun and as he did, Shining's gaze happened to shift over to Cadance's body.

As the woman remained unconscious, Shining's recent memories also appeared. His time spent with his family and Cadance, getting to know them once again. And getting to grow close to Cadance and gain feelings for her.

He looked down at his hands, remembering how Cadance held them. As he did, he realised something. "I'm not the one she loves." Suddenly, his head exploded with pain and he flinched before closing his eyes.

As he did, all the noise around him vanished along with the pain. And when he opened his eyes, Shining found himself in a white void. Said void had nothing within it, except some kind of large floating screen. On said screen, he could see everything he was looking at before he came here.

The figure was pointing the gun at the screen and finally stopped firing, instead staring at him as if judging something. Then, he began to walk away.

Shining then looked around and saw something, laying on the ground behind him. Another Shining Armor.

This Shining Armor appeared unconscious and as the first knelt down, he shook the man. "Come on. You need to wake up. Cadance needs you. The real you." As he said that, the other Shining began to respond.

He let out a moan as he started moving, his eyes slowly beginning to open. As he does, the first Shining smiles and stands up.

But before he could say anything, something shot out of nowhere. A long string of orange blown slime, which slammed into the first Shining's arm. "Augh!" He was suddenly pulled away from the waking Shining, as a second slime string hit his other arm. He couldn't fight back, as he was pulled away and stared at his twin. "Keep her safe. Protect her and everything else on this planet." Finally, he was pulled far away and disappeared into the void.

The other Shining was finally starting to come around, slowly standing up and staggering around. And when he happened to place his hand on the screen, the void around him completely vanished.

Shining opened his eyes and looked around, wondering where he was.

"What?" When he figured out his location, he frowned. "What am I doing here?" It was then that he noticed something on the ground and gasped. "Cadance!" He rushed over to her, seeing she was just unconscious. "What's going on?" He suddenly heard an explosion and turned to see The Wasp Mimic, making his way towards him.

He then noticed his Driver was on his waist and before he could attempt to grab his Mimicores, a clattering sound made him look down and see the three screen devices had been thrown to his feet. He looked around and saw no sign of who had thrown them, but knew he couldn't focus on that.

He quickly grabbed his cores and activated one, opening his Driver at the same time.

BLITZ

He quickly placed the Mimicore into the Driver and as The Wasp prepared to attack, he struck a pose. "HENSHIN!" He slammed the Driver shut, the lights flashing blue as it spoke up.

"MIMIC! HERCULES BEETLE! The pipes unleashed the slime and as The Wasp fired its stinger, the cocoon formed around him and blocked the attacks. Then, it shattered to reveal the Kamen Rider as the armor formed around him. "Power that shatters everything, contained in a mighty horn!"

Morphic was back and as The Wasp charged up another attack, he summoned his Blitz Blaster and fired it.

The stingers also fired and the attacks collided in the air, cancelling each other out. The Wasp then leapt up and aimed its stinger towards Cadance, Morphic seeing this and leaping in front of her before firing his own blaster. But The Wasp fired more stingers than he did and one got through his barrage, hitting the rider in the shoulder.

"AUGH!" He clutched it, but ignored the damage and glared at The Mimic. It was then he remembered something and he quickly took out his new Mimicore. Pressing it, purple dots appeared on the screen to show a crocodile in different poses.

"TOUGH!"

He quickly opened his belt and replaced the Mimicores, as the Wasp prepared for battle. "Mega Morph!" With that, he slammed his belt shut and the lights changed to purple.

"MIMIC! CROCODILE!" The armor around his body began to melt and change from blue to a more purple colour, with the armour around his arms growing thicker and forming weapons. His right gained a blade similar to Shifter's Blade form, only it resembled a crocodile tail.

Meanwhile, his left arm morphed into a crocodile head with his hand at the back of the mouth. The armour around his chest, back, arms and legs became scaly, resembling a crocodile's hide, whilst his helmet changed to mimic the head of a crocodile. His yellow eyes were inside the mouth, with teeth covering parts of them, whilst the snout went down the middle between them and stopped above his mouth guard. Finally, the lines around his body turned purple.

Transformation complete, the belt began to speak. "Vice-like fangs and an impenetrable hide, crushing anything in its way."

The Mimic stared at this new form, clearly shocked by the sudden transformation. And as it watched him, Morphic pointed at the monster. "Prepare to feel the full force of my justice." With that, Morphic rushed forward and the Mimic began to panic.

It thrust its stinger towards him, launching a bunch of energy spines at the Rider. But Morphic responded by raising his left arm.

The stingers bounced off his iron tough armor and didn't even leave a scratch, shocking the Mimic before Morphic charged forward. Before the Wasp could come up with a plan, the Rider swung his tail blade around. As he did, the spikes on the side started moving. This transformed the blade into a large chainsaw, which Morphic used to cut into the insect.

It cried, staggering back in pain. It quickly realised it couldn't win this fight and spread its wings.

But as it leapt into the air, the crocodile head on Morphic's arm glowed before he thrust it forward. Doing so caused the light to fly off before it morphed into an energy construct, mimicking the crocodile's head. This construct was connected to Morphic's armor by an energy chain and as the construct reached The Wasp, it bit onto the creature's leg.

The Mimic screamed, as the real crocodile head closed and held the chain.

"You're not going anywhere!" Morphic used all his strength to pull the Mimic down and the creature cried out, being pulled back towards Morphic as the Rider's arm blade began to move again and he slashed at The Wasp.

As the Mimic fell to the ground, Morphic continued fighting against it. He kept slashing at the creature, whilst occasionally kicking it with his iron hard boots. The Wasp didn't like this and tried to stab him with its stinger. But he used the crocodile head to bite on the stinger and with a single twist, snapped the weapon off it.

The Wasp cried, its precious stinger being destroyed.

Back with Shifter, he continued to fly around trying to fight off Gule.

The green insect Mimic flew after him and attacked with his claws, Shifter pulling himself back from getting slashed. But when he tried to deal a kick to Gule's face, the Mimic General dodged the attack and unleashed a blinding light. "Augh!" This forced Shifter back, as he landed on a roller coaster track. "Ahhh!" He blinked, his eyes still a little fuzzy from the bright light. "I really need a way to deal serious damage in this form."

Gule dived down, attempting to slash at Shifter. But at the last moment, Shifter leapt into the air.

He dove down and as he did, he pulled out another Mimicore and activated it. "STRIKE!" He landed and replaced the Mimicores, Gule flying down towards him.

"Shape Shift!" He slammed the draw shut, his armor beginning to melt as Gule attacked.

"MIMIC! LIGHTNING BUG!" As Gule got in close, the armor reshaped and solidified. Shifter then acted fast, unleashing a blast of light of his own. "Illuminate the light, striking through the darkness!" The light blinded Gule, allowing Shifter to run up and start fighting against him.

He managed to deal several hits to Gule's chest before he staggered back, both fighters unleashing blinding light from the bulbs on their body. This light made it impossible for them to see each other too well, so barely any of their attacks landed.

At one point, Gule landed a strike on his body. But in doing so, he and Shifter felt an overwhelming sense of familiarity again. "What are you?" Gule asked, wanting to know why he kept thinking he knew him.

"I want to ask you the same thing," Flash groaned. He grabbed Gule's arm and hit the side of his belt.

"CLIMATIC STRIKE!

Before Gule could pull himself away, energy flew into Shifter's leg and he swung it up with all his strength. With a single powerful stomp, he slammed his foot into Gule's chest and sent him flying back with a cry of pain.

He crashed through part of the roller coaster, crying out as parts began to fall on him.

Shifter panted as he stared at the pile of wood and metal, which was quickly thrown away as Gule pulled himself out. The Mimic's body was covered in burns and cuts, making Shifter smirk. "You'll pay for this," Gule growled. "I don't know what you are, but it won't stop me from destroying you." With that, he leapt into the air and flew away.

Shifter prepared to chase after him, but then remembered Shining. "Hang on!" He told his partner, as he ran through the theme park. But as he did, he heard several explosions coming from that direction. "What's going on?"

Back with Morphic, The Wasp's destroyed stinger meant it couldn't do a thing against him.

"Raaah!" Morphic performed a triple slash at the Mimic, damaging it and causing the beast to stagger back. He then thrust his crocodile head forwards and the energy construct shot out, biting upon the Mimic before Morphic pulled on the chain.

The Mimic was thrown upwards into the air, Morphic then pulling down on the chain and causing it to go flying over him before crashing into the ground. Doing caused several small explosions to occur on the Mimic, causing it to scream in pain.

As The Wasp was recovering, Morphic stepped forward and slammed the side of his Driver.

CLIMATIC TOUGH!

The weapons on Morphic's arms began to glow, as Morphic pulled his left arm back. Then, as the Wasp picked itself up, Morphic thrust the arm forward and the light went flying off it. Said light then morphed into the giant end of a crocodile, its mouth wide open as it scooped the monster into it.

The Wasp roared in pain, as every bite from the beast sent energy flowing into its body and caused mini explosions to rock its form.

Eventually, the energy crocodile threw the Wasp up out of its mouth. And as it did, Morphic leapt up and flew through the construct. Doing so caused him to absorb the light into his armor and it all flowed into his tail saw, which started moving again. And as the Wasp began to fall towards him, he swung the sword around and slashed at the Mimic.

The Wasp roared, as Morphic flew past it and fell back towards the ground. As he landed, the Wasp exploded in midair and Morphic stood with his back towards the monster.

As the flames disappeared, Shifter arrived and spotted his fellow Rider. "Shining?" Morphic turned to him, as they saw the Wasp monster was gone. "You...you transformed."

"Flash." Morphic looked around and after seeing nobody was around, he removed the Mimicore from the Driver. "What's going on?" He asked, changing back to human. "The last thing I remember, we were fighting in the middle of town. Now...I'm here and Cadance-CADANCE!" He rushed over to her, Shifter changing back to human as well.

He knelt beside her and held her close. "Shining. You really don't remember the last few days?"

"No," Shining shook his head, "why?"

"You had amnesia. You couldn't remember anything. Who you were, who your loved ones were and even that you were a Kamen Rider." Shining looked shocked by this. "Cadance brought you here to try and get your memory back. I guess it worked."

"Maybe. I just remember waking up here and getting attacked." They heard a moan and looked down, Cadance appearing to be coming around. "You'd better get out of here. Don't want her asking questions about you."

Flash nodded and was about to run off. But before he did, he remembered something. "Listen. Your family thinks you got injured rescuing me from the Mimics. So if they ask you what the last thing you remember is, tell them it's saving me from the Wasp and hearing a loud explosion." Shining nodded and Flash ran off, whilst Cadance opened her eyes.

She looked around and found Shining, staring down at her with a big smile. "Hey, sleeping beauty." Cadance stared up at him, the name he called her being something she knew all too well.

"I never told you that was a nickname you gave me."

Shining smiled before looking serious. "Cadance. What are we doing here?" Cadance gave him a curious look. "The last thing I remember, I was saving a kid from The Mimics before some loud boom filled the air." Cadance's eyes went wide. "The next thing I know, I'm in the middle of a theme park and you're on the ground."

"You...you remember?" Shining nodded, as Cadance gasped. She pulled him in for a hug and Shining held her, the woman sounding like she was about to cry. "Thank goodness. I was worried you might never remember."

"I don't remember," Shining replied. "Like I said, the last thing I remember is helping that kid. Then, I'm suddenly here and getting attacked by the same Mimic. Morphic showed up and saved us, but I'm still drawing a blank about what's going on."

Cadance pulled away from him. "So you don't remember anything about the last few days?"

"Last few days?" Shining asked. "How long was I out?"

"Not out. You lost your memories. But now you've got them back."

"But I lost my memory of losing my memory," Shining frowned. "This is really confusing." As he said that, they both heard sirens and Shining helped Cadance to her feet. "Come on. We should make sure you didn't get too hurt from...whatever the heck happened." Cadance nodded and they began to make their way out of the theme park, holding one another rightly as they did so.

Cadance smiled at him. "I'm really glad you're back."

"Glad to be back. Just wish I could remember what the heck happened the last few days."

"We did have a lot of fun," Cadance smiled. "We did everything you loved. Your favourite foods, favourite movies, favourite places. All of it."

"Are you trying to make me jealous?"

"Just trying to give you a reason to remember," Cadance laughed. They continued to hug one another, happy to be in each other's presence. All the while, wondering what had happened. How had Shining regained his memories and why did it make him lose his more recent ones. There had to be a reason.

In the Mimic's base, Gule was once again getting healed up.

Maya and Frill frowned, as they had learned Morphic had returned. "It seems he got his memory back. And now, he's stronger than ever." Maya turned to Gule, "you should have taken him out before he remembered who he was.

"I tried. But Shifter got in the way. I'm guessing he was keeping an eye on his partner, in case we did something like that."

"We may have failed to destroy Morphic," Frill stated. "But we now know who he and Shifter are. And that means we have the advantage." He turned to his cohorts. "We should change tactics. Instead of trying to destroy the Riders physically, we should destroy them mentally and emotionally."

"How?" Gule asked.

"How else? The Riders have people they care about. Friends and family. They will be our way in. Take away their emotional support and eventually, they won't be able to find the will to keep fighting. That's when we dive in for the attack." Maya and Gule smiled, liking this plan. They would find the Rider's weaknesses and use them against them. And when they did, the Kamen Riders would regret ever messing with them.

Author's Note

Well that was an interesting Chapter. Shining lost his memories, got them back, met the cloaked guy again and showed off his last new form. Where will things go from here? I can't wait to find out.