Awaken the Greed

**Awaken the Greed** is the second episode of *Kamen Rider X3*.

## Plot

After witnessing Gai attach
himself to the body of the dying Kenny Diaz, Colt and Kendall demand to know
what has happened as the legion of bird-like robots known as Candroids are
activated by Kevin. Each one gathers the Coins that are the remains of the Mantis
Grimmer to Gai's dismay, bringing them to Glen Sherman to add to his
collection. Colt and Kendall follow Gai as the Greed takes several root beers
out of a vending machine by using his arm to break into it. As Gai enjoys the
root beer, he reveals how he is keeping Kenny alive as he explains that as a
Greed, he requires Cell Coins to rebuild his body, while the Core Coins give
his kind life and power. Kendall slaps Gai and says that if he’s keeping her
brother alive, how can he be healed. Gai grabs Kendall and says that he doesn’t
know, but Kendall grabs his arm and squeezes it. Gai asks Kendall why she is so
strong, she tells him not to worry about it and Colt breaks it up. He tells Gai
that they’ll help him get enough Cell Coins to get his body back, but only if
he helps Kendall heal her brother. Gai agrees and shakes Colt’s hand. Kendall
notices that she’s late for her job interview and sees that he bike is broke.
Colt offers his bike to her. Colt tells Gai that it looks like he’ll be staying
with him. Gai explains the history of the Greed to Colt. Colt later finds out
that he has been evicted from his apartment due to him destroying the wall. In
an abandoned warehouse, Niko wakes up the other Greed: Kane, Eli and Mana. Kane
asks Niko where Gai is and Niko says that Gai has betrayed them. They all look
at the statue of their leader, Ova, and says that they currently don’t have any
Core Coins to revive him. Niko says that Gai has given the three coins and the
X3 driver to a human. Kane says that Gai only had three, there are still more
out there. Kane then asks Niko how he was awoken, and Niko says that he has
been living among the humans for years now but has been powerless until
recently. Niko says that he has already been creating Grimmers by learning all
the human’s desires. Kendall makes it to her job interview at a restaurant
called Joyful Palace and gets the job. The owner turns out to be Jill Foster.
Kane finds a person and creates a Grimmer. Colt arrives at the restaurant in
order to find a job. Colt is shocked to see that his teacher is the owner and
tells her that he is currently homeless. Jill says that she has a spare room
upstairs. Kendall argues with Gai outside about her brother. Gai then senses a
Grimmer being created. He then alerts Colt who goes to find that the Grimmer is
feeding it’s desires. Colt transforms into X3 and fights the Grimmer. The
Grimmer runs off, but Kevin Barnes at the request of Glen Sherman gifts Colt a
triple cycle, Cell Coins, and the X3 Blade. Colt asks Kevin why he’s getting
these gifts and Kevin says that the CEO seems to favor him.   Colt a new coin to use and with the help of
some candroids, he defeats the Grimmer. Gai feeds off the Cell Coins left
behind. Gai and Colt return to the restaurant and it is reported on the news
the Kenny Diaz is missing. Colt says that Gai should maybe lay low for a bit,
but says that with his hair color changed, it’ll help. They keep Colt’s
identity as Kamen Rider X3 a secret from Jill and tells Kendall to promise to
keep the secret. Jill gets Gai to like her when she gives him a root beer
float.

## Notes

* As part of INTV Action, this episode aired alongside *Power Rangers Battle Code* episode 3, Red's Mission.

## See Also

* Desire, Ice Pops, and Presents - Counterpart in *Kamen Rider OOO*