Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger

3.3 Ground Swimmer

What greeted the Vessels were burning buses when they arrived at the bus station near the border of that town. Several people were frantically running just to escape from the fire. The police and several firefighters were doing their best to settle the situation. But what those people didn't expect was the arrival of a bunch of skeleton-like creatures led by what appeared to be a water-type creature.

"Great! Why do we have to deal with a creature related to water again?" Eichirou whined when he finally saw the full form of the Triske Monster.

"Seriously, Eichirou-san. Do you still have the right to say that?" Misae retorted rather incredulously. "I know your power is related to water but doesn't give you the right to complain about the monsters we have to fight."

"They just appear whenever they want to. I guess the broken Tarean Seal was really big enough for these troublemakers to come out," Shuichi said distraught.

"Let's go. We'll discuss this later," Itsuki said that the others agreed on.

Placing their Heaven's Medallions on the slots of each of their Celestial Shifters, they recited their transformation call.

"Spirit Shift, Start!"

A few seconds later, the Seitengers donned their suits and weapons and started fighting off the Gargonemas led by the Triske Monster who never said anything even after he saw them. SeitenEarth soon found that a little weird.

"Onii-chan, what's wrong?" SeitenLight asked while trying to fend off the Gargonema on her end. She noticed that her brother was paying attention to the Triske Monster instead of the Gargonemas going after them.

"I'll let you guys deal with this," was the only thing SeitenEarth said before he charged after the Triske Monster that was just standing on one part of the burning bus station looking at the scene.

'Wait... Just looking?' That was when the green warrior decided to use his inclination with the power of the earth to detect any other disturbances besides the ones that his comrades were dealing with at the moment. He closed his eyes to concentrate.

It didn't take him long to figure things out. But before he could even do anything to attack, the Triske Monster was already in front of him and punched him hard, sending him flying.

The others soon noticed this and were surprised to see SeitenEarth getting thrown off and then hitting the building. Due to the impact of the attack, the green warrior collapsed to the ground, but was still trying to fight off his dizziness so he wouldn't lose consciousness.

"Itsuki!'' The three older Seitengers yelled in worry and faced the Triske Monster.

"Onii-chan!" SeitenLight exclaimed before rashly turning her attention to the Triske Monster whom they don't even know the name of. Come to think of it, this monster hadn't even said any word since they arrived. Could it be that her brother already noticed this? "What did you do to my brother?"

"Just this!"

SeitenLight only heard those words before she found herself also flying and eventually feeling her body hitting on something hard. As soon as she dropped to the ground, her transformation disintegrated and she was struggling to even move because of the impact.

"Erika! Are you okay?!" SeitenEarth could only shout as he tried to stand up despite the searing pain hitting him. He managed to do so and approached the struggling Erika.

"Onii-chan..." Erika could only say in pain. "What happened? That monster..."

"Yeah, I know," SeitenEarth replied along with a nod and turned his attention towards the Triske Monster still standing. "That Triske Monster standing there is just a trick. A double."