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Paradigm Shift - Act 1: Paradise City

Part 6

Jiro was dumbfounded. He had no idea how such a large chunk of that machine could have survived. And did he just see someone jump onto it?

It was time for action. Determined, Jiro took a step forward...and was cut off by the blacktop exploding in front of him, giving way for a massive robot...he thought it was a robot...as it climbed to the surface from underground. Black, humanoid, and huge, but small enough to fit in the robot hand’s palm if it wasn’t careful.

Cast in the name of God

Ye not guilty
Satisfied as he settled into Big O’s cockpit, Roger turned briefly to glimpse at that young man - Kikaider, Schwarzwald had said - before he walked Big O towards the target. It was much too large for any hand-to-hand combat, he knew, but long-range attacks were still game.

Keeping his distance, Roger was about to let a first shot loose, determine how much armor the giant crawling hand had. It couldn’t be all that much; upon taking a closer look, he noticed much of its’ outer ‘skin’ was being held together by mis-matched metal plates and rusted scrap, as if it had been damaged and repaired on a much lower budget.

"Okay, Big O," Roger adjusted his aim a little, "let’s see how tough this thing is."

Big O’s hands raised with palms out, Roger using them as a makeshift gunsight to center his target. He clicked the trigger.

Big O’s eyes grew bright, firing off twin beams into the target. The burning light scraping across two knuckles and further down the wrist, the robot hand twitched and seemed to grow agitated. The damage was, evidentially, superficial and anger inducing.

"What?" Roger’s jaw dropped as he watched through the viewscreen, seeing the hand suddenly accelerate from crawling to sprinting on its fingers, straight at him. He barely managed to jump Big O a good distance backward before the metal limb clenched into a fist and, using its segment of forearm for leverage, bounded up and crashed down.

Staring in shock, Roger realized what a close call he’d just had. The fist unfurled, showing the massive dent it had left in the middle of the street. It was no wonder the blacktop hadn’t collapsed into the old subway.

~~~
Still trying to comprehend what freak event had made this situation possible, Jiro was barely cognizant enough to avoid being stepped on. The giant robot was duking it out with the Armageddon Lord’s right hand.

And what was this giant robot? Something new? Komyoji’s latest work?

...how long had he been asleep, anyway? Remembering to keep his distance, Jiro watched as the hand and the robot continued trading blows, the latter using its speed advantage to duck and dodge around the giant fingers threatening to crush it.

Finally, the robot stood under the hand’s ring finger as it came whistling down, seconds from delivering a crushing hit.

The robot caught the fingertip in both of its hands, stopping it dead.

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