Colossus By Design: Entry 0027 - You're Special

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

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The Warmonger "Freedom of Justice", headed by the Canadian soldier Thomas Scott, lies limp as his core rests pierced by the P.E.M.F. "Hand-Walker" and its horns. Hand-Walker pulls its head back and watches the unmoving machine fall to the ground, apparently lifeless. At this, it roars to the sky, claiming its victory.


(Dr. Laura Reed): Sir, I'm sorry, but..... Mr. Scott has been terminated.

(Dr. Jiro Ifukube): Are you sure?

(Dr. Laura Reed): No signs of vitals, and the Warmonger's power core has been pierced too deeply. There's no way he survived.

(Dr. Jiro Ifukube): Alright then. Evacuate the base. That P.E.M.F. will be coming here next.

(Dr. Laura Reed): Yes sir.


At the command of her superior, Dr. Laura Reed flips a switch, sending sirens blaring all over the hangar bay; the workers all panic and quickly move about, shutting down gear, gathering up supplies, and trying to get aboard the escape vehicles.

The Hand-Walker notices the commotion going on a few kilometres away and slowly makes its way there, with no other goal in mind.

As the workers and researchers evacuate, the hangar doors are closed, and the first few VTOLs fly out of the back entrance as everyone continues to rush towards the other vehicles. Amongst the chaos, Dr. Jiro Ifukube and Dr. Reed slowly and calmly walk towards the escape vessels; a knocking at the main hangar doors gets their attention, as well as that of all the others.

Pounding is heard against the door, and large dents pushed through, one by one. At last, the doors fly out from the banging and are sent crashing into some of the inner framework, causing parts of the ceiling to collapse. The Hand-Walker pokes its head through and looks around. Once it spots the little fleshy bugs, it roars and begins to walk through the entrance.

However, before its jaws can reach the people below, it suddenly stops just in front of Dr. Ifukube and Dr. Reed. It lunges again, but is stopped once more, almost as if being pulled back. The Humans stop in their tracks and look back at the equally confused creature. The beast, now extremely frustrated, lunges again, but it's suddenly pulled back with extreme force, straight out of the hangar.

The sun shines through again, briefly blinding the workers and researchers. As their eyes adjust, they all spot the most impossible sight.

Outside the hangar, Thomas Scott stands. As he grips the mighty tail of the beast, he suddenly moves his arms to the sides, whilst still grasping the creature's tail, and lets go as he turns, sending it crashing several hundred metres away.


(Dr. Laura Reed): Sir, how could this be? We all saw his core pierced, there's no way that--

(Dr. Jiro Ifukube): Laura..... look.


As Dr. Ifukube points at the metal soldier, an odd observation is made. The damage from earlier is still present, but the core remains active, only glowing a bright red and acting up quite violently from what can be observed. As well, the normally yellow lights and visor of the Warmonger glow a deep red, and vapours of red energy emanate from all over his body.

The metal warrior slowly walks to the beast as it gets back up to its feet and shakes its head. Noticing the metal being approaching, it quickly turns around and charges forward, intending to gore the soldier once more.

However, as its horns are about to reach his body, Freedom of Justice grabs a hold of them and turns its body, slamming the Hand-Walker into several buildings. He then raises his foot and plants it onto the creature's face, pushing forward with extreme force and sending the Hand-Walker flying hundreds of metres away, its horns still in the hands of the metal soldier.

After discarding the horns, the Freedom of Justice moves forward, arriving at the beast while it's still lying in the rubble. As it tries to get back on its feet, the metal titan slams his foot down on its head and continues pushing it into the ground with every attempt it makes of getting up.

As he continues to keep the Hand-Walker from getting back up, the creature thrusts its tail at its assailant. At this, the metal soldier quickly grabs the tail; the grasping end is desperately trying to get at the metal soldier. The Freedom of Justice then collapses his right hand into a plasma cannon and blasts at the tail's base, blowing it off completely in 3 bursts.

The Hand-Walker attempts to roar out in pain, but is silenced by its face being stomped in by the metal warrior above it. After this, the Freedom of Justice then repeatedly slams his foot into the creature's head, still going even after having already killed it a few minutes earlier with the first few stomps, smashing its head into more and more fleshy pieces.

Finally, he stops and moves his foot away. Soon, all hiss lights begin to shut down, and the metal warrior collapses to the ground, unmoving next to the Hand-Walker beside it.