Lucas enters the massive penthouse on the top floor. It is furnished with smaller offices and columns lining the walls. Stryker enters the penthouse from the opposite end and the two circle each other.
"So Stryker, you know McIver ain't on your side, right? He'll throw you under the bus first chance he gets. Just like he did with the rest of your gang."
"Maybe. I'll deal with that later. Right now, I'll gladly kill you for `im," Stryker unlocks the chambers on his gauntlets and raises his forearms, unleashing both coils.
"It's funny you're so cocky right now, wearing that stupid suit. It almost makes me take you seriously."
Stryker puts his helmet in place, "So... Ready for another ass-whupp'n?"
"Sure... by the way, I never got a chance to ask, how's the leg?"
Stryker whips his right coil around but Cage ducks, raising his hand and allowing the coil to wrap itself around his palm. Cage clenches his fist and yanks Stryker across the room and slams his fist into his chestplate, throwing him back the way he came. Stryker grinds his boots across the floor, kicking up the tiles. He sends his left coil to wrap around Cage's ankle and quickly flicks his wrist, reeling the coil back in which pulls Cage off his feet and slides him across the floor. Stryker turns and as the coil releases him, it sends Cage into the air where he slams through a wall, into an office. Cage sits up amidst dust and debris, only for a coil to enter through the hole and wrap around his throat. He is pulled back into the penthouse, taking out a chunk of granite along the way as he passes awardly through the hole. Stryker spins around as he carries him across the room. The mid-part of the coil is pressed against a coulmn and Cage is wrapped around it where he is eventually pinned, facing him. Stryker wraps the second coil around the pillar, making it also wrap around Cage's throat. He reels the coils back in, choking Cage in the process as he is forced against the column. Cage gurgles, trying his best to loosen the coils' grip but they become increasingly tighter as Stryker reels them in with a sadistic grin. Cage slams his fists against the sides of the pillar, breaking off two large chunks. The coils get tighter as his face begins to turn red. He hits the pillar again, breaking it in half. With the damage done, Stryker's coils end up snapping off the second part of the pillar, sending Cage into the air toward him. Cage drop kicks Stryker across the penthouse where he is slammed through another wall.
He hops through the hole just as Stryker picks himself off the office floor. Stryker hits him with a right cross and then tries a left jab but it is blocked just before Cage punches and staggers him. The two men grapple and the momentum carries them across the room where they smash through the window, falling onto the outside ledge where they nearly roll off the side, facing a drop of several stories. As Cage stands up, he recieves a knee to the face. He is almost pushed off the edge but quickly regains his balance and throws himself back, slamming Stryker into the side of the building. Stryker presses his back against the wall and kicks with both feet, which forces Cage to stumble back and fall off the side. He catches himself with one hand, dangling over the streets below. Stryker smirks and stomps on his hand in an attempt to force him to let go. Cage snatches him by the ankle with his free hand and pulls him over the side. Stryker falls but uses his whip to snag a stone gargoyle. He swings off the statue, launching himself into the air where he hits the slopped roof. He slams his fists and boots into the side of the building, sliding down, taking out large chunks as he goes, eventually coming to a stop. Meanwhile, Cage climbs back onto the ledge and rises to his feet. Stryker drops down from above but he is caught in mid-air, spun around, and thrown back through what's left of the window.
Stryker breaks through the office wall, bounces off the floor of the penthouse, and lands on his feet. Moments later, Cage reenters the penthouse and stands ready. Stryker attacks with both whips but they are caught in vice grips. Cage swings him around, slamming him into a pillar. He then swings Stryker over his head where he lands, face down. Cage lunges forward, grabbing the back of the exo-skeleton and lifts him to his feet. He runs across the room, carrying a panicing Stryker until he slams his head through the wall. He pulls him back out, dropping a broken faceplate in the process, then hurls him back across the room like a sack of potatos where he lands face down once again.
McIver pokes his head out of his office and sees Cage approaching a prone Willis Stryker. He slams the door shut, a worried look crossing his face. Then he notices the canister of nanobots still on his desk.
Stryker tries his best to get back up but his exoskeleton grinds and clicks as parts of it stick out in broken pieces. Cage rolls him onto his back, giving him a look as Stryker clings onto consciousness.
McIver takes a closer look at the canister, eventually feeling around until he finds the button that releases one of the tubes. He takes it out, examining it in the light before taking a deep breath. He pops open the top and quickly brings the tube up to his mouth, downing the gold substance in one gulp. Then he waits for something to happen.
Meanwhile, just outside his office, Cage takes Stryker's coils in each hand, then presses his foot against a damaged chest piece. He pulls tightly as the coils begin to break. Finally, something snaps and he stumbles back, ripping out the metal whips and taking half of Stryker's gauntlets along with them.
Mc Iver is still waiting. Something turns inside him and he lurches forward, dropping the glass tube on the floor where it shatters. He throws his head back and raises his arm, his eyes going wide as he feels the effects of his body changing. His arms and legs bulge along with his chest and shoulders. Next, parts of his suit bursts open as his body expands more. He stares up at the ceiling as his skin turns into a metallic, copper color. He begins to scream but the sound is cut off almost immediately.
Cage snatches Stryker's chest plate and pulls, which destroys the center piece of the exo-skeleton and tosses it aside. Stryker looks up at him with disdain. "Just to let you know, Stryker," Cage tells him, "None of this would have been possible without you." He takes his leave and Stryker finally puts his head down and passes out.
Cage walks slowly to McIver's office, gradually opening the door. Everything is silent as pokes his head in, quickly spotting a figure in the center of the room. He comes in, witnessing McIver from behind. His body stands still, arms and head still raised. Meanwhile, the rips in his suit reveal a buldging, yet metallic body. Cage approahes slowly, and gets a look at him from the front. McIver's head is still titlted back with a frozen expression of pain and terror. His face is a bronze, metal mask stuck in place with terrified eyes darting back and forth. Cage takes a look at the canister and the missing tube, then back at the frozen McIver. "You should've paid attention to Burstein's lectures more," Cage tells him, "The nanos go in but they have to come back out. Now you see why it was too dangerous to let you have it."
He quietly takes the canister and exits the office, leaving McIver now trapped in an immovable body.