For the last time (not really), I do not own Big O or any of its characters. I am making no $$$ off this whatsoever. It is futile to sue me. So there.
Dan Dastun held the megaphone to his lips. "We know you're in there, Roger! We've got the building surrounded! Come out with your hands up!"
The skyscraper/mansion was silent.
"No tricks, Roger! If you're not out here in ten minutes, we're coming in!"
Big O's titanic fist tore through the side of the building like it was paper. Amidst the falling debris, the Megadeuce emerged completely, took one step over the Military Police blockade, and simply walked down the street. Dastun just stared, open-mouthed, as what had been his friend's home collapsed in on itself. Police officers scattered as the building crumpled and sank partially into the tunnels beneath it.
Dorothy felt a strange wetness in her eye as the place she called home was utterly destroyed. Again, she told herself that she was an android, and such things were not within her capabilities. She had told herself that again and again since meeting Roger Smith, but now she was beggining to doubt her own reactions. The Smith Mansion, little more than a pile of twisted girders and shattered stone, was lost to view as Big O turned a corner.
"Now I know what they meant by 'you can't go home again.' Alright, Angel, what's the fastest way out of the city?" Roger had more to worry about.
"Take a left in two blocks, then head straight until you come to the harbor. I know that thing can operate underwater; you can lose them there and come up on the far side."
"I don't know about that. Remeber who we ran into last time we went down there?" He was, of course, referring to the 'Sea Titan' incedent five months back.
"Of course I do. You remember how easily you dispatched him?" There was just a trace of bitterness in Angel's voice, remembering her pleas to spare the aged Megadeuce ignored.
"I have a better plan. Hang on, people!" Big O turned again, headed for the river. A pursuit force of Military Police vehicles swerved to follow the giant black robot. When they reached the shore, Roger just waded in. Their pursuit took up positions on the shoreline and started firing with flame-missiles.
"This ought to keep them busy." Big O turned and fired its eye lasers not at the attacking vehicles, but at the water in front of them. Instantly vaporizing, a cloud of steam blocked the line-of-sight to the Megadeuce. Big O just ducked under the bridges and continued onwards.
Soon, they left the city behind, and Big O moved out of the river. A wasteland was all that awaited them, covered in dead vegetation and coarse ground.
"Angel? Where to?"
Big Duo descended from above, landing next to its near twin. "Follow me." The red Megadeuce started walking away from the river at an angle, heading northeast. Big O followed. Roger pressed a few switches that would automatically keep the robot walking, and leaned back in his chair.
"So how long do you think we need to march? How far is it to your city?" Roger inquired of their guide and ally.
"Not far, actually. It ought to take, oh, say, five days walking." Angel also put her Megadeuce on cruise control. "Once we get far enough north, we'll turn due east. My home is on the coast as well."
"Does it by any chance have a name?"
"We don't remember what it was called before the Event, so we named it ourselves. Just like Paradigm." Angel chuckled, as if sharing a private joke. "We're headed for the City of Angels, my friends."
Roger started. "So there are more of you?"
"You'll see, Negotiator. You'll see.
Dan Dastun held the megaphone to his lips. "We know you're in there, Roger! We've got the building surrounded! Come out with your hands up!"
The skyscraper/mansion was silent.
"No tricks, Roger! If you're not out here in ten minutes, we're coming in!"
Big O's titanic fist tore through the side of the building like it was paper. Amidst the falling debris, the Megadeuce emerged completely, took one step over the Military Police blockade, and simply walked down the street. Dastun just stared, open-mouthed, as what had been his friend's home collapsed in on itself. Police officers scattered as the building crumpled and sank partially into the tunnels beneath it.
Dorothy felt a strange wetness in her eye as the place she called home was utterly destroyed. Again, she told herself that she was an android, and such things were not within her capabilities. She had told herself that again and again since meeting Roger Smith, but now she was beggining to doubt her own reactions. The Smith Mansion, little more than a pile of twisted girders and shattered stone, was lost to view as Big O turned a corner.
"Now I know what they meant by 'you can't go home again.' Alright, Angel, what's the fastest way out of the city?" Roger had more to worry about.
"Take a left in two blocks, then head straight until you come to the harbor. I know that thing can operate underwater; you can lose them there and come up on the far side."
"I don't know about that. Remeber who we ran into last time we went down there?" He was, of course, referring to the 'Sea Titan' incedent five months back.
"Of course I do. You remember how easily you dispatched him?" There was just a trace of bitterness in Angel's voice, remembering her pleas to spare the aged Megadeuce ignored.
"I have a better plan. Hang on, people!" Big O turned again, headed for the river. A pursuit force of Military Police vehicles swerved to follow the giant black robot. When they reached the shore, Roger just waded in. Their pursuit took up positions on the shoreline and started firing with flame-missiles.
"This ought to keep them busy." Big O turned and fired its eye lasers not at the attacking vehicles, but at the water in front of them. Instantly vaporizing, a cloud of steam blocked the line-of-sight to the Megadeuce. Big O just ducked under the bridges and continued onwards.
Soon, they left the city behind, and Big O moved out of the river. A wasteland was all that awaited them, covered in dead vegetation and coarse ground.
"Angel? Where to?"
Big Duo descended from above, landing next to its near twin. "Follow me." The red Megadeuce started walking away from the river at an angle, heading northeast. Big O followed. Roger pressed a few switches that would automatically keep the robot walking, and leaned back in his chair.
"So how long do you think we need to march? How far is it to your city?" Roger inquired of their guide and ally.
"Not far, actually. It ought to take, oh, say, five days walking." Angel also put her Megadeuce on cruise control. "Once we get far enough north, we'll turn due east. My home is on the coast as well."
"Does it by any chance have a name?"
"We don't remember what it was called before the Event, so we named it ourselves. Just like Paradigm." Angel chuckled, as if sharing a private joke. "We're headed for the City of Angels, my friends."
Roger started. "So there are more of you?"
"You'll see, Negotiator. You'll see.