The Experiment Begins

**The Experiment Begins** is the second episode of *Kamen Rider Warriors*. It features the debut of Samurai Pine Armor and Kamen Rider Exo.

## Plot

In the forest of Vine Beasts called the Vine Forest, workers of the Healthy Rain company are collecting the plants called Lock Plants that can turn into Fruitlocks. Suddenly, Vine Beast come from out of nowhere and attack them. A mysterious Masked fighter destroys the Vine Beasts.

Elsewhere, Travis tries to call his brother, but he doesn’t answer. He looks at the Orange Fruitlock and begins to wonder what he can do with. Travis begins to do transformations in different poses. Travis hears a knock on the door and finds it to be Myra. They sit and chat, Myra asking if he’s heard from Jessie. Travis says no and begins to think that the Vine Beast might have killed him. Myra tells Travis not to think like that and says that she remembers when they were little, he was always optimistic. Travis then gets a text from Jessie saying that he will be gone for a while and tells Travis to take care of stuff while he’s gone. Travis and Myra are suspicious about the text but are relieved that Jessie is ok. Myra gets a call from her brother to come to a Team Warrior meeting. The two get to the meeting, but Team Gallant is there as well.

Before the two go in, Jared asks Andre why Team Warrior didn’t show up to the battle. Andre says that they don’t have a leader and Jared says that since Jessie didn’t show, he is willing to do an alternative. One of them battles him in a Vine Beast battle with the same wager, plus he’ll put his Class A Fruitlock on the line. Andre says that they don’t have any other Fruitlocks. Travis and Myra arrive and accepts Jared’s challenge. Colin asks if they even have a Fruitlock and Travis shows off the strawberry Fruitlock he found in the forest. At the Performance Center, using his Strawberry Fruitlock to summon a Class A Vine Beast, Travis defeats Jared's three Vine Beast. However, Nick decides to cheat, much to Jared's dismay, knocking Travis’s Fruitlock away from the battle area, causing the Vine Beast to manifest in reality. Travis realizes that protecting people from the summoned Vine Beast is the best way to use his power, and he transforms to fight the Vine Beast.

However, the Vine Beast ingests the Strawberry Fruitlock and evolve into a higher form to overwhelm the orange samurai. When the Vine Beast prepares to attack Jared, Travis uses the Orange Sparking ability to protect his rival, but he asks Jared for the Pine Fruitlock. He uses the other Fruitlock to Armor Change into Pine Armor, using the pineapple-shaped Pine Iron weapon to destroy the Vine Beast. Jared is left speechless at what he has just witnessed, and everyone begins to cheer for Travis. Since his suit looks like a Samurai, everyone calls him Masked Rider Samurai and decides to unofficially call Team Warrior, Team Samurai to the dismay of Myra.

Elsewhere, at the Healthy Rain Corporation's headquarters, administrator Randall Clarke is informed of the appearance of the Masked Rider Samurai. Randall asks if it’s known who has the driver. The informant says that it’s their candidate’s brother. Randall then says that hopefully Travis won’t be a disappointing replacement.

## Cast

* Frankie Griffith: Travis Collier
* Jared Young: Donnie Graves
* Andre Clarke: Kenneth Hill
* Myra Clarke: Kiera Terri
* Randall Clarke: Jay Walker

## Fruitlocks

* **Lock Used:**
	+ Samurai:
		- Orange, Pine
	+ Exo:
		- Melon
* **Armor Change:**
	+ Orange Armor, Pine Armor
	+ Exo:
		- Melon Armor
* **Lock Lost:**
	+ Gaim:
		- Strawberry (eaten)

## See Also

* Certain Kill! Pine Kick! - Counterpart in *Kamen Rider Gaim*