The Great Belt Heist [YGGDRASIL STAFF AND PERSONNEL]

"I need Centuri Riders now!" Takaiwa radioed in. "Security systems can't hold up forever! I care not if you're watching some VIP guest; let surveillance take care of th-"

The comm channel began to get fuzzy followed by barely audible growls. Takaiwa then radioed in. "More Inves, hold up."

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Kota keenly looked at the Centuri Riders. No doubt something fishy was going on judging by the muffled radio-ins they were doing.

Kota looked at the door that locked behind the Centuri guards. He sighed and looked around. For a sickbay, it was unusually empty, save for a few doctors preoccupied with some other patients; they were far too busy to concern themselves with Kota.

The street dancer sighed and he began to wander around, since no one really bothered to care. Now how was he going to get out of this one since the doors to the exit were locked. He looked around and spotted some glass windows, which would've been a viable option to escape from...if he was transformed. Looking away, he looked for any other doors that might've been left unlocked.

During his pointless search, he stumbled across the corner of the sickbay and looked up, spotting a vent; it looked loose judging by a ladder and some work tools around the location presumably left behind by some Yggdrasil custodian who would be bound to return soon. Now this made more sense and Kota's curiosity got the better of him. "Guess it's my ticket out of here."

The Beat Rider climbed the ladder and opened the vent, pushing the lid inside so it wouldn't fall and make a ruckus compared to if he dropped it on the floor instead. Kota climbed into the vent and began to crawl his way out.

Kota continued to crawl for some time, until he found an exiting vent, which he immediately broke open. He immediately crawled out of the vent passageway and into the hallway below him. Surprisingly, it was empty save for some security cameras the Beat Rider didn't bother to notice or care anyway at this point.

He came across a map layout of the building and looked at it. The main exit would be at the first floor and Kota was thinking of simply taking the stairs and exiting the building through running, but he had remembered that Centuri Riders were still in the building and that outrunning those guys wouldn't be an option.

He wondered what to do when he remembered the CEO guy mentioning a 'Genesis Driver'. Muttering to himself, Kota assured. "There's got to be a stash somewhere containing the belts." And the place Kota would assume be best to look for was none other than the laboratories in the upper floors. That's where he'll head.

He went to one of the elevators and entered. Now he had to get there as fast as possible.

Minutes later...

After a few shenanigans and close calls with Yggdrasil employees, Kota eventually made his way through yet another air vent and now stumbled across what seemed to be a dark room filled with scientific tools, microscopes, computers, plants, and everything one would expect from a research room. This must be one of the laboratories.

Kota looked around and came across a table filled with tons of paperwork and monitors. On it was also a name labelled Kota read 'Paul Herbert'. He ignored it and the computer screen that was still on and displaying videos of experiments; he was here for something else and he needed to find it now.

He rummaged around the room, opening drawers and ransacking through papers and tools for what he wanted. He came across several Sengoku Drivers but that wasn't what Kota wanted and he fiercely looked around. It was only when he pulled a filing cabinet apart did he find it: the Genesis Driver.

Kota immediately opened the glass box concealing the Driver and seized it, placing on his waist and smiling as he did so. "Finally, I'm back in action!" and he decided to look for some Lockseeds. He gazed over to a structure with metal shelves nearby, spotting various lockseeds lined up on them. The Beat Rider walked over and began to pick them off. He found his favorite Orange Energy, but out of his own minor greed, he also took two other Energy Lockseeds with him - Lime, Budou, and Lemon were the ones that caught his eye and he took them.

Having all the things he needed, he turned to head back to the vent, when suddenly...

Kota froze and placed his hands in the air; the Lemon Energy Lockseed was still in his hands. He recognized the ominous beeping of the weapon Kota himself has used before - the Sonic Arrow.

'Armored Rider...' Kota thought in his head before he settled on one thing. 'Transform now, Kota!'

He quickly turned around and shoved off the bow to throw off the aim before shouting. "Henshin!" and unlocking the Energy Lockseed in his hand.

'Lemon Energy' ♮♮♮

He got a visible glimpse at his opponent, a yellow-and-blue Armored Rider was ironically also using the Lemon Energy Lockseed.

_{(I'm pretty sure Herbert wouldn't like someone else using Lemon Energy instead of so feel free to interrupt the henshin =/)}

Kota's hand was barely out of range when the arrow hit the lockseed, shooting it from his grip. Yet, the impact left Kota's hand midly burnt.

"Gah..." Kota gritted in pain as he looked at the Armored Rider.