The Network

**The Network** is the eighth episode of *Kamen Rider DX*. It is the first part of the World of Cyber arc.

## Plot

Miranda and Austin are separated from each other as they enter two different portals. Austin falls into a river where he is knocked unconscious as someone is watching him from behind a tree. Elsewhere, Miranda gets up from a ditch she fell in. She wonders what world she’s in now. She is then confronted by a hitchhiker who asks if she needs help. She notices the pale look of the man and leaves, but the man turns out to be a level 1 shifter. She runs through the forest and trips. The shifter prepares to kill her, but she is then saved Austin who knocks out the shifter. She thanks him and he strangely acts kind towards her by saying that he is willing to help her at any time. As they leave, it’s shown that Austin is still unconscious in the river. Austin is shown woken up by a dog licking his face and the dog’s owner stops the dog. The owner holds her weapon at Austin and asks him if he’s a shifter. Austin asks the owner what a shifter is. She tells her dog to sniff him and it lets her that he isn’t one. The owner turns out to be Karen Green and she asks him why he’s in the woods, there are Shifters everywhere. The two are then attacked by the shifter that the other Austin knocked out wakes up and attacks the two. Austin tries to transform but can’t find his DX driver. A mysterious figure destroys the shifter at a high speed. Austin wonders what it was, and Karen says that it can’t be who she thinks it is. Elsewhere, Miranda and “Austin” wonder through the city as they are attacked by shifters. Austin tries to transform but is unable to. Two black vans arrive, and soldiers lead by two people come out. The people turn out to be a blonde haired Eric Weber and Lance Bishop. The two transform into Kamen Riders Scorpion and Beetle respectively. They defeat the Shifter and then ask “Austin” and Miranda to come with them. Meanwhile, Karen takes the real Austin to her secret base where her second in command, Ash, asks her why she brought a stranger into the base. Karen says that he’s from another universe, which could mean that he was brought by the lost Hyperdriver. Austin says that he came through a portal, but Karen still believes that the Hyperdriver could have something to do with him being there. They check some computers that they have to see if there was any sign of the Hyperdriver being in use. While they’re doing that, Austin walks into a room where someone is being held on life support. Elsewhere, Miranda and “Austin” wait outside an office where they wait to meet with the head of CyberVex. “Austin” notices that he was cut, and he begins to bleed green blood. Miranda asks him what’s wrong and he says that he just got a little scratch and hides the blood from her. They go into the office and encounter the head of CyberVex, Jennifer Black, who tells the two that they have noticed that their world has had strange monsters appearing in their world. She says that she knows they’re from a different world and they believe that something has caused every world to be altered. Miranda asks her what is causing this, and Jennifer says that she doesn’t know yet. Meanwhile, Ash walks in on Austin looking at the life support patient and Ash says that he used to be their only rider to battle against the Shifters before he was nearly killed. Before Austin could ask who, he is, one of Karen’s soldiers says that there are two people outside calling for Austin. Karen tells Austin not to go, but Austin pushes her aside and goes out. The two people are Kamen Riders Night and Bloodhopper. They fight Austin but he is then saved by Kamen Rider Cyber.

## Rider Cards

* **Card Used:**
	+ Kamen Ride - DX, Mighty
	+ Attack Ride -
* **Forms:**
	+ DX, DX Mighty

## Cast

* Austin Hunt: Mark Boone
* Miranda Smith: Brittany Perkins

## See Also

* Warning: Kabuto Running Amok - Counterpart in *Kamen Rider Decade*