Colossus By Design: Entry 0026 - The Duel

[September 20, 2145]
[Old Oakland, former American continent]

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(Dr. Laura Reed): Sir, are you absolutely sure he'll be ready?

(Dr. Jiro Ifukube): Patience, Laura. Only time will tell if he's truly ready. He's not lacking in enthusiasm, at least.


As the hangar bay doors open, Thomas Scott as the Warmonger "Freedom of Justice" can hardly sit still due to his excitement over his very first bout in his new metal body.


(Dr. Laura Reed): Alright, Mr. Scott, the Warmonger is designed to move as if it were your own body, so if you act as though you wanted to move--

(Thomas Scott): I got it, Dr. Reed. No need to worry!


Thomas steps forward with no problem, certainly not falling over like some greenhorn, and turns around, giving the crew inside a thumbs-up before turning back and walking towards the ruined city's centre. Across the area, a few kilometres away, the P.E.M.F. "Hand-Walker" makes its way to the edge of the remnants of Oakland.

Both titans slowly make their way closer to the city centre, as though about to engage in a Western showdown. Eventually, the two colossi stop near the middle of the ruins, just short of a kilometre away; they stare each other down, each sensing and recognizing the other.

The metal soldier does the Human gesture of cracking his 'neck' and 'knuckles', whilst his challenger across from him scrapes the ground with its hand-like front feet and growls under its breath as its tail 'cracks' its own 'knuckles'.


(Thomas Scott): You remember me, don'tcha, ugly? I sure remember you. Let's just say....... I have a bone to pick with you, now.


At this, the beast roars loudly at its target, announcing its intent to smash the metal being before it for the annoyance it served before when it was only a small fleshy insect. It stomps its front limbs about and charges; its small black eyes are fueled with a passion to kill.

The metallic titan responds in kind, charging in as well and desiring to equally cause carnage to his opponent. The two behemoths soon clash right in the old city's centre, causing an intense shockwave of kinetic force as their large masses make impact that blows dust and small objects in all directions.

The two giants are locked in a power struggle, as neither seems to be leaving the other any opportunity to push back. The beast roars loudly at its opponent, angered by its inability to overpower the metal being before it.

However, the creature makes an unexpected move and sends its grabbing tail over its body, taking hold of the metal soldier's head and causing him to lose his grip on the beast's body, giving it the opportunity it was looking for. The creature quickly releases its grip on the metallic goliath's head and plunges its horns deep into the abdomen of its challenger; it pushes forward, slamming the soldier through several old buildings.

After crashing through the fifth building, the colossal soldier is sent flying back; he crashes into another building that collapses on him, burying him in rubble. The creature then pounces on top of the metal being and stabs downwards with its horns, forcing the metal soldier to move his head out of the way each time. On its fourth stab, the creature catches its opponent's head into a lock with its horns; the beast almost seems to smirks at this trapping.

Out of the blue, the metal warrior kicks his legs upwards underneath the creature, sending it flying backwards through the air and into a pile of buildings a short distance away. The colossal soldier soon gets up on his feet and makes his way to the dazed creature. Once he arrives, the creature's tail suddenly makes a whipping motion that collides with the soldier's head, knocking him over.

The beast gets up, clearly angered, and is now roaring at its quarry before charging forward. The metal colossus sits up, still dazed, and reaches out with his hand. Before the beast can close in, the metal soldier's hand begins to collapse on itself as it reveals a set of prongs and blue energy; a burst of plasma suddenly shoots out and knocks the creature over.

This action soon snaps the titan out of his daze as he looks at his hand, now replaced with a plasma cannon.


(Thomas Scott): Woah...... I didn't know I could do that. Let's try this again!


The metal soldier stands up and points his new weapon at the creature; he fires rapidly at it. The beast notices this and runs behind some buildings as the titanic warrior's plasma shots continue to fire off shots. He retracts his plasma cannon, converting it back into a hand, and moves about, looking around for where his prey has gone.

Out of a tall building ruin, the titanic creature suddenly bursts out, sending its careening horned head straight into the chest of the metal soldier, cracking the hull and revealing the pierced core. The lights over his body begin to shut down slowly.