Colossus By Design: Entry 0051 - Breaking Cycle

[November 11, 2145]
[Old Corpus Christi, former American continent]

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The enormous tide of P.E.M.F.s charges in at over a dozen in size; some swim through the shallows, some take to the skies, others simply run through, though all are headed towards the defensive line of the Warmongers. This horde is lead by a particularly large variant, codenamed the Espinos Rex.


(Thomas Scott): Hold... hold.....


As the horde rushes towards them, the Warmonger units remain vigilant and unmoving.


(Thomas Scott): NOW! FORWARD! Maintain your positions, and do NOT allow any of them to move past you!


At this signal by Freedom of Justice, the machine defense charges towards the incoming horde of beasts, all together in one line; a huge clash ensues as both parties meet in close quarters combat. However, as the units engage Maw-Walker, Hellhound, Screaming Stalker, and Lumberer variants directly in the shallows, Mantid Buzzard variants fly overhead, nearly invisible save for a faint vibrating afterimage, and Binding Salamander variants swim hidden amongst the chaos behind the Warmonger line.


(Thomas Scott): Buggers and newts behind us! Sasha, Karen, Satoshi, maintain positions for the terrestrials! Arthur, Feng, on me! We gotta halt those buggers and swimmers!

(Everyone): On it!


Freedom of Justice, Royal Commando, and Blade of the People break off from the main horde to pursue the Salamanders and the Buzzards attempting to flee behind them.


(Thomas Scott): Arthur, anti-air, Feng, you and me will halt the swimmers!

(Arthur Roy): With pleasure!


Royal Commando plants himself firmly into the ground, preparing his main cannon and zooming in on the faint after-images; he takes aim and fires off several shots, grounding all of them. As he does this, Freedom of Justice and Blade of the People begin swiping and kicking into the water below, sending several Binding Salamanders out of the water. After being exposed, the Salamander variants switch tactics; they now shoot adhesive globs at the two machines that revealed them.

The two Warmongers dodge all the shots and proceed to slash them all into several pieces. However, the globs have all impacted the same general area and are forming a quick-hardening wall behind them. Whilst this is going on, Royal Commando is quickly freezing and shattering the downed Mantid Buzzards; he loses track of one, which attempts to sneak up behind him; it's swiftly blown into pieces by coordinated fire from Freedom of Justice and Blade of the People.


(Arthur Roy): Hey, where'd that wall come from?

(Thomas Scott): Dammit, those things were TRYING to separate us!


As the three try to break down the wall without success, Tzar Bomba V2, Union's Warrior, and Serizawa's Light continue to hold the horde where they are.


(Karen Marais): Satoshi, there's a wall separating us--

(Satoshi Yamane): Focus on what's here right now!


Tzar Bomba V2 continues to smash Lumberers and Maw-Walkers, Union's Warrior shields herself against coordinated acid spit from Hellhound variants, and Serizawa's Light performs a fast flurry of palm-strikes and high kicks against the Espinos Rex. However, it notices the wall of hardened spit and proceeds to back up, curl up into a wheel-shape, and begin a powerful rolling attack; Serizawa's Light dodges just in time.


(Sasha Kalashnikov): Watch out! It's going straight through!

(Karen Marais): What?


As the Espinos Rex continues rolling, the P.E.M.F.s currently engaging the other two machines clear the way; the leading beast doesn't slow up one bit. After being confused by the P.E.M.F.s backing off, Tzar Bomba V2 and Union's Warrior only just notice the rolling giant, too late to counter, and are both sent flying from the impact.

However, the creature doesn't stop at this and proceeds to continue rolling, straight through the wall with ease; this sends the other three Warmongers on the side soaring to the sides. Espinos Rex ends its rolling assault with a quick recovery back into its normal posture, leaving a destructive trail behind it.

The other P.E.M.F.s notice the dazed machines before them and are about to strike when they notice the Serizawa's Light standing before them, with his chest region opening up and a swirling energy forming within.


(Satoshi Yamane): Allies! Clear the area!


The other Warmongers are only just getting up when they see the Japanese machine charging up an attack; they dive out of the way just before it's fired off. The energy sphere grows larger as it moves, emitting a singularity effect that pulls in all the P.E.M.F.s before finally making contact with the Espinos Rex. It spins all the creatures together violently in its thrall before detonates, sending all the beasts flying in several directions, all dead.