Mark II Mayhem
The battle lasted for hours. Ross, Crimebot, Zero Caspian and the robo-tengu exchanged a flurry of blows. Crimebot's robotic strength, Ross' cunning and Zero's skill were proving a match for the deadly cyborg killing machine that they faced, but just barely.
But then, Crimebot spotted something. He whirred to Ross to come over. Ross strafed to his left, fists flying at the tengu to keep him on the defensive. They shouted at one another over the blows. "What is it?" asked Ross, loudly.
"I have a plan, but it'll take considerable derring-do to pull it off!" Crimebot responded, yellingly.
"What is this derring-do plan my old friend?" Ross shouted inquisitively.
"Just follow my lead! And tell Zero to do the same!" Crimebot blooped with excess volume.
Crimebot then started moving to his left, towards a rocky slope that rose from the dirt floor of the arboretum car. The circle of fighters followed him, their foe trapped in between Zero and Ross and having no choice but to follow as well. Slowly but surely the four men battled, making their way up to the top of the slope. When they reached it's summit, Crimebot shouted to Zero "Make a icy path down the slope in the direction of those other rocks, there!" he said all in one quick breath, pointing at some rocks that formed a sort of ramp at the base of the hill. Zero acted quickly, using his ice magic to form a slippery path of ice that led precisely where Crimebot wanted. Crimebot then shouted "Now," and all three men knew what must be done.
Leaping into the air gracefully, the handsome Zero landed squarely in front of the tengu, arms outstretched akimbo. Sliding under the legs of the tengu came Ross, who popped up in a similar position. Then, aided by Crimebot (who was already standing in front of the tengu, try to follow along), they pushed with all their might, sending the tengu barrelling down the slope towards the rocks. He tried to grab on to a handhold, but Zero had iced over the entire route with deadly effectiveness. Sliding faster and faster, the tengu hit the bottom of the slope and slid into the rocks that lay at the end of the ice-trail. Flying in the air as if launched off a springboard, the tengu flew straight out one of the open windows in the arboretum car and went sailing 300 meters down into a chasm they happen to be passing over. A couple seconds later, our three heroes heard a loud crash followed by a massive explosion. The tengu was dead.
Our three friends decided they did not have the energy to press on after the man named Julia. After 12 hours of fighting, only Crimebot had the capicity to walk fully upright, and even he was beginning to feel the effects on his robot body. Lifting Zero and Ross up under his arms, he trudged back to their car where all three of them feel prompty asleep.
Crimebot awoke in a place he had been many times before. Surrounded by high metal walls covered in flashing lights and wires, he knew this place well indeed. Surveying his immediate surroundings, he realised something was not right. No, in fact, something was terribly wrong. Out from the shadows emerged a man. Hunched over, with a sickly complexion came at him a vaguely robotic creature wearing shambles. "A robozombie?" thought Crimebot to himself, "Surely not! Not here, not now!" he continued thinking, confused by the entire situation. Readying his lasers, he attempted to fire them, but found they did not work. His battery was too low, he figured, and so he approached the robozombie, preparing to bludgeon it to death with his titanium fists like an old-fashioned zombie puncher of yesteryear. He clobbered it, smashing its skull in and rendering it motionless. But then he heard something. Turning to face the opposite direction, he saw another three robozombie approaching. Then, another noise, and another three. Soon, there were dozens of the mechanical beasts shambling towards him. He bludgeoned a couple, but then one sank its metal jaws into his arm, severely damaging Crimebot. He reeled back, and suddenly found himself swarmed by the the inhuman beasts. With final cry before the robozombies ripped him to shreds, he screamed "Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" at the top of his lungs before his life was extinguished by the horrendous creatures that clambered all around.
Crimebot burst awake and punched Ross in the face, knocking him out for a moment. When he awoke, he asked Crimebot "What the hell?" with an astonished look on his face. Crimebot explained what he had just been dreaming, and Ross forgave him immediately. He understood bad dreams. Yes, he understood all too well, ever since the incident...
Ross patted Crimebot on the back while he nursed his jaw with his free hand. "It's ok, buddy, it's ok," he said, consolingly, "It was just a bad dream. Go back to sleep, we'll be in Omegalopolis before you know it," he finished, laying down and falling instantly into a light sleep as he was trained to do by the marines.
Crimebot sighed and lay back down, slowing slipping back into sleep. "A dream?" he asked himself using the power of internal monologue. "But robots... do not... dream..." he thought, before he drifted off into a deep slumber.
The train chugged along the tracks morosely. Omegalopolis was just a couple hours away. Little did Crimebot, Ross and Zero realise that their troubles on the train were just a precursor to what dangers awaited them in the massive omnistadt that was Omegalopolis...
But then, Crimebot spotted something. He whirred to Ross to come over. Ross strafed to his left, fists flying at the tengu to keep him on the defensive. They shouted at one another over the blows. "What is it?" asked Ross, loudly.
"I have a plan, but it'll take considerable derring-do to pull it off!" Crimebot responded, yellingly.
"What is this derring-do plan my old friend?" Ross shouted inquisitively.
"Just follow my lead! And tell Zero to do the same!" Crimebot blooped with excess volume.
Crimebot then started moving to his left, towards a rocky slope that rose from the dirt floor of the arboretum car. The circle of fighters followed him, their foe trapped in between Zero and Ross and having no choice but to follow as well. Slowly but surely the four men battled, making their way up to the top of the slope. When they reached it's summit, Crimebot shouted to Zero "Make a icy path down the slope in the direction of those other rocks, there!" he said all in one quick breath, pointing at some rocks that formed a sort of ramp at the base of the hill. Zero acted quickly, using his ice magic to form a slippery path of ice that led precisely where Crimebot wanted. Crimebot then shouted "Now," and all three men knew what must be done.
Leaping into the air gracefully, the handsome Zero landed squarely in front of the tengu, arms outstretched akimbo. Sliding under the legs of the tengu came Ross, who popped up in a similar position. Then, aided by Crimebot (who was already standing in front of the tengu, try to follow along), they pushed with all their might, sending the tengu barrelling down the slope towards the rocks. He tried to grab on to a handhold, but Zero had iced over the entire route with deadly effectiveness. Sliding faster and faster, the tengu hit the bottom of the slope and slid into the rocks that lay at the end of the ice-trail. Flying in the air as if launched off a springboard, the tengu flew straight out one of the open windows in the arboretum car and went sailing 300 meters down into a chasm they happen to be passing over. A couple seconds later, our three heroes heard a loud crash followed by a massive explosion. The tengu was dead.
Our three friends decided they did not have the energy to press on after the man named Julia. After 12 hours of fighting, only Crimebot had the capicity to walk fully upright, and even he was beginning to feel the effects on his robot body. Lifting Zero and Ross up under his arms, he trudged back to their car where all three of them feel prompty asleep.
Crimebot awoke in a place he had been many times before. Surrounded by high metal walls covered in flashing lights and wires, he knew this place well indeed. Surveying his immediate surroundings, he realised something was not right. No, in fact, something was terribly wrong. Out from the shadows emerged a man. Hunched over, with a sickly complexion came at him a vaguely robotic creature wearing shambles. "A robozombie?" thought Crimebot to himself, "Surely not! Not here, not now!" he continued thinking, confused by the entire situation. Readying his lasers, he attempted to fire them, but found they did not work. His battery was too low, he figured, and so he approached the robozombie, preparing to bludgeon it to death with his titanium fists like an old-fashioned zombie puncher of yesteryear. He clobbered it, smashing its skull in and rendering it motionless. But then he heard something. Turning to face the opposite direction, he saw another three robozombie approaching. Then, another noise, and another three. Soon, there were dozens of the mechanical beasts shambling towards him. He bludgeoned a couple, but then one sank its metal jaws into his arm, severely damaging Crimebot. He reeled back, and suddenly found himself swarmed by the the inhuman beasts. With final cry before the robozombies ripped him to shreds, he screamed "Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" at the top of his lungs before his life was extinguished by the horrendous creatures that clambered all around.
Crimebot burst awake and punched Ross in the face, knocking him out for a moment. When he awoke, he asked Crimebot "What the hell?" with an astonished look on his face. Crimebot explained what he had just been dreaming, and Ross forgave him immediately. He understood bad dreams. Yes, he understood all too well, ever since the incident...
Ross patted Crimebot on the back while he nursed his jaw with his free hand. "It's ok, buddy, it's ok," he said, consolingly, "It was just a bad dream. Go back to sleep, we'll be in Omegalopolis before you know it," he finished, laying down and falling instantly into a light sleep as he was trained to do by the marines.
Crimebot sighed and lay back down, slowing slipping back into sleep. "A dream?" he asked himself using the power of internal monologue. "But robots... do not... dream..." he thought, before he drifted off into a deep slumber.
The train chugged along the tracks morosely. Omegalopolis was just a couple hours away. Little did Crimebot, Ross and Zero realise that their troubles on the train were just a precursor to what dangers awaited them in the massive omnistadt that was Omegalopolis...
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