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<chapter>
<label>chapter0</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[ORIGIN OF EXO-FORCE!]]></scene><scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter1</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[FOLLOWING A FIERCE BATTLE WITH A SONIC PHANTOM, HIKARU SPOTS A STRANGE OBJECT HURTLING THROUGH THE SKY IN HIS DIRECTION]]></scene><scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[WHAT'S THAT? ANOTHER SONIC PHANTOM?]]></scene>
</chapter>


<chapter>
<label>chapter2</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[NO! IT'S THE GRAND TITAN, WITH TAKESHI STILL INSIDE – AND IT'S HEADED RIGHT FOR SENTAI FORTRESS!]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter3</label><scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[IF THE GRAND TITAN HITS THE FORTRESS AT THAT SPEED, TAKESHI IS DOOMED! I HAVE TO CATCH HIM]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter4</label><scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[THINK THIS THROUGH – YOUR FRIEND'S LIFE DEPENDS ON IT. IF I USE SILENT STRIKE TO GRAB THE TITAN AT THE WRONG TIME, MY BATTLE MACHINE'S ARMS WILL GET TORN OFF AND WE'LL BOTH CRASH.]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter5</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[I HAVE TO MATCH THE GRAND TITAN'S SPEED FIRST – EVEN IF I HAVE TO BURN OUT EVERY CIRCUIT TO DO IT!]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter6</label><scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[DID IT! NOW I USE THE BATTLE MACHINE TO GRAB THE GRAND TITAN –]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter7</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[AND LOOP AROUND TO SLOW HIS MOMENTUM.]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter8</label><scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[THERE! WE’RE DOWN SAFE!]]></scene><scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[WHAT HAPPENED?]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter9</label><scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[I DON'T KNOW. HIS BATTLE MACHINE IS DEAD – NO POWER – BUT TAKESHI'S ALIVE, THAT'S WHAT MATTERS.]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter10</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[LET'S GET HIM OUT OF THERE AND GET HIM TO SICKBAY.]]></scene>
</chapter>


<chapter>
<label>chapter11</label><scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[WILL HE BE ALL RIGHT?]]></scene><scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[I THINK SO. LET HIM SLEEP, AND HOPE HE HAS GOOD DREAMS. WITH STRIKING VENOM CLOSING IN ON US, THERE'S ENOUGH NIGHTMARE TO GO AROUND.]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter12</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[BUT TAKESHI'S DREAMS ARE NOT HAPPY ONES – INSTEAD, THEY ARE MEMORIES OF THE PAST.]]></scene>
</chapter>


<chapter>
<label>chapter13</label><scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[THE DAYS, NOT SO LONG AGO, WHEN HUMANS AND ROBOTS WORKED SIDE BY SIDE IN THE SENTAI MOUNTAIN MINES.]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter14</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[HUMANS AND THE ROBOT SERVANTS THEY CREATED WERE AT PEACE.]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter15</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[THE ROBOTS WERE SUPERVISED BY THE FIRST OF THEIR KIND, THE GOLDEN ROBOT NAMED MECA ONE ]]></scene><scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[TRY TO WORK FASTER. THE HUMANS NEED THIS NEW TUNNEL!]]></scene>

</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter16</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[THEN, ONE DAY, SOMETHING ABOUT MECA ONE … CHANGED.]]></scene><scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[HUMANS BUILT ME, BUT I AM SMARTER AND STRONGER THAN THEM. I AND MY ROBOT BROTHERS SHOULD NOT BE SERVING THEM – THEY SHOULD BE SERVING US!]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter17</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[LED BY MECA ONE, THE ROBOTS REBELLED!]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter18</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[FIGHTS RAGED ALL OVER SENTAI MOUNTAIN, GROWING MORE AND MORE DESTRUCTIVE.]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter19</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[FINALLY, ENERGIES WERE UNLEASHED THAT SPLIT SENTAI MOUNTAIN IN TWO!]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter20</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[DEFEATED, THE ROBOT REBELS FELL INTO THE CHASM THAT SEPARATED THE TWO HALVES OF THE MOUNTAIN. MOST HUMANS THOUGHT THE DANGER WAS OVER.]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter21</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[WORK BEGAN ON BRIDGES TO LINK THE TWO SIDES OF THE NOW SPLIT MOUNTAIN.]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter22</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[BUT SOME, LIKE SENSEI KEIKEN, FEARED THE ROBOTS MIGHT COME BACK SOMEDAY. THEY BEGAN BUILDING ARMORED BATTLE MACHINES FOR DEFENSE.]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter23</label><scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[AND TRAINING A SMALL GROUP OF PILOTS TO MAN THOSE MACHINES.]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter24</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[BEFORE THE HUMANS' PREPARATIONS WERE COMPLETE, THE ROBOTS ROSE UP AND ATTACK AGAIN!]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter25</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[THE ROBOT LEGIONS CAUGHT THE HUMANS BY SURPRISE AND TOOK OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE MOUNTAIN]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter26</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[THE SENSEI HURRIEDLY RECRUITED NEW PILOTS LIKE TAKESHI, HIKARU, AND HA-YA-TO.]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter27</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[WHILE RYO AND HIS TEAM BUILT MORE BATTLE MACHINES.]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter28</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[AND EXO-FORCE WAS BORN!]]></scene>

</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter29</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[EXO-FORCE BATTLED THE ROBOT REBELS ON THE BRIDGES, WINNING MANY VICTORIES!]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter30</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[UNTIL THE ROBOTS LAUNCHED THEIR LARGEST ATTACK EVER, LED BY MECA ONE IN THE STRIKING VENOM!]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter31</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[STRIKING VENOM...STRIKING VENOM...]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter32</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[STRIKING VENOM! HAVE TO STOP IT!]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter33</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[TAKE IT EASY, TAKESHI. YOU'RE SAFE IN SENTAI FORTRESS.]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter34</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA["THE REST OF THE TEAM IS DEALING WITH THE ROBOTS."]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter35</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[AND WHAT DID YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING? YOU COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED INVADING THE ROBOT SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN BY YOURSELF!]]></scene>

</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter36</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[HIKARU, YOU’D BETTER GET BACK OUT THERE! SONIC PHANTOMS ARE TARGETING THE CENTRAL COMMAND CENTER OF THE FORTRESS.]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter37</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[I HAVE TO HELP!]]></scene><scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[YOU NEED TO REST, TAKESHI!]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter38</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND! I THINK I KNOW HOW TO BEAT THE STRIKING VENOM!]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter39</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[WHAT??]]></scene>
</chapter>

<chapter>
<label>chapter40</label>
<scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[YOU HEARD ME – WE CAN TAKE THAT MONSTER DOWN. BUT I NEED YOUR HELP TO DO IT!]]></scene><scene><state>1</state><![CDATA[TO BE CONTINUED...]]></scene>
</chapter>


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