Brotherhood

**Brotherhood** is the first episode of *Kamen Rider Ace*.

## Plot

Armed soldiers surround a house as they ask for a young man, who is infected with the mutation disease, to come out of the house. The man refuses to a leave as he is in the house with his wife and child. The lead soldier asks the man to let the wife and child out. After some convincing, the man lets the wife and child out. A woman that’s with the soldiers calls someone asking where they are and the person on the other side said that they are about to arrive. The soldiers are able to get the man to come out of the house. However, when the soldiers try to restrain the man, he panics and transforms into a being called a mutant. The mutant attacks the soldiers and the soldiers proceed to fire at the mutant it continues attacking soldiers. However, the people that the woman called for arrive as two soldiers step out of a vehicle with the initials M.I.S.T. (Mutant Intel Strike Team) on it. The two soldiers transform into Kamen Riders Ace and Diamond respectively. They fight the mutant and manage to seal it in a card called a Seal Card. The two riders, Carter and Drake Francis, confront the woman who contacted them, April Yang, who yells at them for being late. The next day, the younger brother of Carter and Drake, Chase, is applying for a job as a soldier at MIST. Meanwhile, Carter meets with April and other MIST scientist on whether a cure for the mutation disease has been founded yet. April says that they tested the recent mutant they caught, and it didn’t work. Carter says that he doesn’t want any innocent people’s lives to end from the disease. April tells him to keep faith, they’ll find a cure. Elsewhere, Drake watches Chase get put through MIST soldier training as the head of MIST, Franklin Bowen, confronts Drake and asks if he feels that he brother could become a rider like him and Carter. Drake says that he doesn’t want Chase to get involved with the more dangerous job of being a rider, he’s too young and doesn’t think he has the mental maturity to be a rider. While their talking, Chase tries to focus on getting over a wall. However, he fails to do so and gives up on it. Drake sees this and shakes his head. Elsewhere in a park restroom, a man hears someone in pain in one of the stalls. He checks on the person to see if there okay. The young man comes out of the stall and stumbles to a mirror. The man notices a trail of green blood coming from the young man and the young man soon transforms into a mutant and attacks the man. Later on, someone discovers the man’s body. Meanwhile, Chase meets with his girlfriend, Julie, at a café. Chase talks about not being able to be like his brothers, but Julie tells him that it might be for the best that he wasn’t able to become a soldier. She doesn’t want him to get hurt or killed. Chase says that he just feels that he is supposed to become like his brothers. Julie tells him that he should become his own person. An ill looking man walks into the café and one of the café workers asks if he’s okay. The man attacks the worker and then transforms into a mutant. As everyone runs out of the café, Julie is nearly attacked by the mutant, but Chase saves her. The mutant runs off as Chase goes after it. Meanwhile, Carter, April, and other members of MIST investigate the restroom where the man was attacked. April says that the mutant could still be in the area, but they then get alerted of a mutant sighting near a café. Carter goes to search for it but then gets a call from Julie telling him that Chase went after the mutant. Elsewhere, Chase corners the mutant as it transforms back into a human and begins to beg for his life. Chase tries to keep him calm and tries to convince him to come with him to MIST Headquarters and they’ll find a way to cure him. The man says that he knows that there is no cure and says that they’re going to kill him. He transforms and attacks Chase. Chase is able to dodge the mutants attacks but is then overpowered by it. Carter arrives just in time and transforms into Kamen Rider Ace. Ace fights the mutant. At the end of the fight, Ace is stabbed through his armor by the mutant who then escapes. Chase goes to his mortally wounded brother tries to stop the bleed; however, Carter tells him the he’s not going to make it and gives him the Ace driver and tells him to take his place as Kamen Rider Ace. Carter dies in Chase’s arms as April, Drake, Julie, and MIST soldiers arrive. Soon after, a MIST soldier notifies the MIST CEO, Franklin Bowen, of Carter’s death. Bowen then says that he may have to assign a new rider to work with Diamond. He then tells the soldier to notify the scientists that it’s time to bring in Galore.

## Cast

* Chase Francis: Brett Ruiz
* Drake Francis: Dominic Romero
* April Yang: Vivian Lee
* Julie Price: Lillie Green

## Seal Cards

* **Cards used:**
	+ Ace:
		- Tackle, Change
	+ Diamond:
		- Drop, Fire, Change
* **Cards obtained:**
	+ Scope

## See Also

* The Indigo Warrior - Counterpart in *Kamen Rider Blade*