Chapter 28- School of Hard Frosts!

"Welcome back to the Wreckoning!"

The crowd's response cheer was enough to burst Rock's audio receptors. "From the north end on the field, if his body were any more dense, he'd have his own gravitational pull, Hard Man!" A wide, bulky robot waddled into the center of the field. "And from the south end, call him big and bad, but don't call him Jack, Frost Man!"

The arena walls suddenly shook, and a massive, hulking robot forced his way through the small gate, nearly causing the entire arena ring walls to collapse.

Blues muttered as Frost Man lumbered his way into the middle of the arena towards Hard Man. "Hard Man's in for quite a fight," he said. Then, nudging Roll in the ribs, Blues said, "I know you're cheering for Hard Man, aren't you?"

"Shut up, Blues," Roll grumbled.

Rock took a quick glance around the arena. "I guess Auto couldn't make it," he said. Shrugging, Rock declared, "Ro-battle begin!"

Frost Man deeply chuckled as he looked down at Hard Man. "I'm gonna' make you my little bitch," Frost Man sneered.

"Bitch this," Hard Man snarled, holding his fist up towards Frost Man's head.

Suddenly, Hard Man's fist shot from his hand, speeding towards Frost Man's face like a rocket. The Hard Knuckle smacked Frost Man square on his nose, and the surprised Frost Man found himself knocked onto his backside. Hard Man's launched fist quickly sped around in midair, racing bacdk to Hard Man's waiting wrist stub. With a simple click, Hard Man's hand reattached itself to his wrist.

Frost Man winced as he clumsily staggered back to his feet. "Now you're gonna' get it," Frost Man snarled.

Hard Man only lined up his fist with Frost Man's nose again. "Bring it!"

Frost Man threw his arms up, and Hard Man fired his Hard Knuckle straight into Frost Man's chest. The Knuckle simply bounced right off of Frost Man's armor as he brought his gigantic hands smashing down onto the ground. A wave of solid ice suddenly erupted from the ground, racing at Hard Man. Hard Man could barely move before the Frost Wave crashed into him, sweeping his heavy body into the air. Hard Man came crashing down off of the wave seconds later, much to the delight of Frost Man. "Huh huh, I got you good," Frost Man taunted.

Hard Man struggled back to his feet again as Frost Man lumbered towards him. Just as Hard Man regained his footing, Frost Man sent his massive shoulder smashing into Hard Man's chest. Frost Man carried Hard Man on his shoulder armor and trampled his way down to the arena walls. And with a darting lunge, Frost Man crushed Hard Man against the arena wall, demolishing a quarter of the barriers completely. After the dust and rubble had settled, Frost Man dragged his arm out of the wreckage, stepping backwards and admiring his mess.

"I don't think Hard Man's getting back up," Blues murmured after a long silence.

"No way that Hard Man could have been beaten that easily," said Rock, remembering his adventures on the mining planets.

Suddenly, the rubble shook alive. "What the hell?" Frost Mam murmured, watching the debris rumble and spill apart. And with a sudden roar, the pile of rubble exploded apart, with Hard Man charging his way out of the wreckage.

"I knew it!" Rock cheered.

"What is that guy made of?" Blues muttered in disbelief.

Raising his handless wrist, Hard Man willed his Hard Knuckle to return, reattaching neatly to his arm with another simple click. "Lucky shot," Hard Man murmured, rubbing the tiny knicks and scratches in his thick armor, "But you're not gonna' destroy me that easily, Frosty."

"Yuh want more, huh?" Frost Man snorted. "Come get some!"

With that, Hard Man lowered his armored head and charged like a wild bull at Frost Man. Frost Man easily caught Hard Man in his massive hands, and with one vicious roar, Frost Man threw Hard Man high up into the air.

Rock, Blues, and Roll had to squint to try and see Hard Man vanish up into the sky. Seconds later, Hard Man plummeted back down with a massive thud, shaking the ground as he landed. Frost Man yelped and stumbled, trying to keep his footing from the quivering floor as Hard Man pulled himself out of the crater he had punched into the middle of the arena. Rolling back to his feet, Hard Man lined up another Hard Knuckle at Frost Man's face, and fired when Frost Man had finally steadied himself. The Hard Knuckle smashed into Frost Man's nose again, driving the massive robot back on his rear with a yelp, rubbing his nose again. The first thing that Frost Man saw when he took his giant hands away from his face was Hard man charging at him once more. Frost Man never had time to defend himself before Hard Man threw his body into Frost Man's chest, driving himself like a spear through Frost Man's torso and spilling out through his back.

"Ew!" Roll winced, covering her eyes.

"Woo!" Blues cheered.

"That hurt," Frost Man weezed before falling flat on his back, spilling gears and scraps of internal metal on the arena floor.

"And here is your winner," Rock announced to the roaring crowd, "Hard Man!"

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The Asylum's note:

See? I told ya' I didn't like the MM8 RMs. Why? I don't know, but I just love the RMs from MM3. Go Hard Man! *does the Ric Flair strut* Wooo!!

-The Asylum(Chill Man)

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