"TURBO SMASHER PUNCH"/"ROCKET PUNCH"
Both were shouted as 2 sets of flying metal fits collided with each other, creating shockwaves that destroyed everything around them and formed a large crater beneath, until they bounced back and returned to their owners.
On one side was the 23m tall robot/mech known as the Mazin of Justice, its red demonic wings radiating with Photon Power. It was more widely known as The Demon Emperor MazinKaiser and it was staring hatefully at its opponent.
On the other side, was the 25m tall robot/mech known as the Mazin of Darkness, a True Devil in every sense of the word. Its Scrander, a flying attachment that did as you'd expect by allowing the robot to fly, was in the shape of a stylized Zero. It eyed Mazinkaiser with hatred and disgust as Photon Power shone from its body in a twisted light. This was Mazinger ZERO.
The 2 Mazins were currently locked in Mortal Combat for the fate of the current universe. Kaiser, who was being piloted by one Shiro Kabuto, steeled himself as he fought against ZERO.
Once again the 2 Mazins clashed, fist hitting fist creating shockwaves.
"SCRANDER BOOMERANG " Shiro shouted, tossing Kaiser's flight pack at ZERO, its bladed wings hitting dead on before returning back to him with ZERO still standing. However, Shiro wasn't done as he got his next attack ready, "FIRE BLASTER!" Shiro Shouted as the Photon Energy around him became flames that were released from the heat sinks on Kaiser's chest. ZERO Smirked as it readied its own attack, "BREAST FIRE!" ZERO called out its attack that launched out, overtaking Shiro as the intense heat cracked open the cockpit and vaporized him. "NOOOOO." Shiro cried out in both fear and rage as he was turned to ash. Mazinkaiser was left in ruins, but ZERO wasn't going to leave it at that and for good measure began trashing it even more ensuring it was ruined beyond hope of repair.
"You were a decent fight, Mazinkaiser, so I grant you rest in eternal darkness." ZERO said as it physically ripped open a hole into the Realm of Darkness and tossed Kaiser's remains inside. "There can only be one Mazinger and that is me." ZERO declared before leaving for another world, its task completed.
Mazinger ZERO was eventually dealt with by a man known as Koji Kabuto, but Mazinkaiser sat in the realm of Darkness slowly rotting away from both neglect and the natural state of the Dark Realm.
That is… Until one day, as if by chance, something triggered one of its Seven Black Boxes, and Mazinkaiser began to repair itself and absorb the darkness around it, changing the machine from a Mazin of Light to one of Darkness. Its form taking on a more demonic appearance, and so it sits waiting for the day it shall be activated once again.
YEARS LATER
A dark corridor opened within the realm of darkness and out stepped two figures, both of whom were blonde. One was a male with dark blue eyes, a choker around his neck which holds an X shaped shuriken charm, a black shirt, a checkerboard pattern over shirt/coat, and tan khakis with white sneakers. The second one was female with long hair and bright blue eyes, a simple white dress that stopped at her thighs and showed her petite figure well, and a pair of white sandals adorning her feet. Both appeared to be around 17 to 18 years old, and both looked exhausted.
The girl looked around in confusion and a hint of worry. "Why did you bring us here, Roxas? Why not Twilight Town or Traverse Town?" She asked, concerned since there wasn't anything to like about their current environment.
The boy, now identified as Roxas, turned to his companion and sighed, "Because that's the first two places everyone is going to look for us. I wanted to get a chance to catch our breath and I don't want to risk your safety, Namine." He explained, making her blush at him caring about her.
"Oh, well, thank you, Roxas." She replied with a smile of her own, "But where are we going to go?" She asked knowing there was a limit on the places that they could hide or blend in without someone noticing them or their chasers finding them.
"I don't know yet. Somewhere we can be free, a place where we can decide for ourselves how to live, how to act, how to fight, who to fight. A place where our fates are our own to decide." Roxas explained, "How does that sound to you?" He asked and she smiled.
"I think that sounds wonderful." She said, knowing both of them had had a lot shit dumped on their lives and had no real say in anything for as long as either of them could remember.
Still smiling, she took his hand in her own, now making him blush as they began walking, deciding to more or less explore the Realm of Darkness for a while, until they could decide what to do next. Eventually, they came across a strange sight, even by the standard that their lives had set so far. Said sight was a massive robot laying upon its back and it seemed battle worn, but also not totally in disrepair.
As they approached it, the Skull Cockpit opened up and revealed pilot seats, or what was left of them since it was clear a massive fire was in that cockpit at some point, as if it was waiting for them specifically.
Looking at each other, the two decided that they had nothing to lose and decided to take a better look at the robot. "Now, how did you end up down here?" Roxas thought aloud as he and Namine climbed into the cockpit and began looking around. However, upon touching its main control console, Namine jolted as she was slightly overwhelmed by the machine's memory flowing before her eyes.
However, the only thing she could comprehend/understand from that bombardment was a name.
Specifically, the name of the robot that they were now standing within.
"Mazinkaiser." Namine suddenly said, making Roxas blink.
"Mazin what now?" Roxas turned to her in confusion.
"Mazinkaiser. This machine is called Mazinkaiser." She explained as Kaiser's main console suddenly activated on its own. The two blondes were quickly knocked into its SKL Pilder, the control unit, trapping them inside and Kaiser activated. A massive machine reattached the long discarded Kaiser Scrander and took flight out of the realm of Darkness into worlds unknown, taking Roxas and Namine along for the ride as they blacked out from the combined effects of the shove into the cockpit, their exhaustion, and the force of Kaiser taking off.
The two soon awoke once Kaiser had stopped and landed as they found themselves in a new location. It seems to be deep underground or within a volcano as there was a pool of molten lava below them. Taking in their surroundings more, they saw that they were in some kind of forge as all around them stood titanic sized beings that were black smithing and forging away, paying them no attention and around the area were other anvils that seemed to be in disuse.
"Well this is certainly an interesting place." Roxas said to Namine as they took in their new environment until loud maniacal laughter was heard echoing all around them. The two quickly began to look around for the source before a stream of magma exploded up from the pool and on top of Kaiser revealing….. a man with circular tinted sunglasses, dressed in all black, and wearing several necklaces and rings on each of his fingers.
"All right, kiddies, open up." The man said, knocking on the cockpit windows just loud enough to be heard.
"Who are you?" Namine asked as the pilder opened and Roxas readied himself.
"Who me? Well, I'm just the Guardian of Metal." He said as he stood there, "Consider me an immortal keeper of timeless secrets; and you two have certainly stumbled upon something special here." The guardian stated as he stepped back and looked at Kaiser.
"You mean Kaiser." Roxas asked and the guardian scoffed.
"Of course I mean Kaiser, it's been a long time since I've seen a Mazin such as him. Where'd you find him, if you don't mind me asking? Last I heard he disappeared after clashing with his nemesis." The guardian asked and Roxas glanced at Namine before shrugging.
"We found him in the Realm of Darkness rusting away." Roxas explained and the guardian raised his eyebrows in surprise.
"The Realm of Darkness? Now, what the bloody hell were you two doing there?" He asked in shock.
"We were hiding to plan where to go to avoid those who would do us harm." Namine explained as the guardian hummed in acknowledgement.
"Yeah, we've been used for too long and I refuse to let others use me or Namine ever again." Roxas said passionately, making the Guardian smirked and nodded.
"Well good on ya lad, stick it to the man as the kids say while looking after that bird of yours." He said ruffling Roxas's hair only for Roxas to move his head away.
"Stop that." He said as he swiped at his hair before changing topic, "Where are we?" He asked looking around, finding it was warm here but not to the level one would think.
"You are in The Forge, refuge of the Titans of Metal." The guardian stated dramatically while pointing to the massive beings hammering away creating different weapons, tools, and even vehicles. "They're a bit of sticks in the mud, always working and no time for partying or pleasantries. So, I, the Guardian of Metal, welcome you here on their behalf." He said, giving them a bow as the lava blasted up behind him, making it even more dramatic.
"Uh thanks." Roxas stated not sure how to respond to the dramatic intro and welcome. "Say, do you think me and Namine can uh stay here at least for awhile? Until we can find a more permanent place?" He asked sheepishly, not sure how to just ask about that kind of thing.
"Yes, can we?" Naminè asked hopefully.
The guardian put his hand to his chin, "Hmm, I believe we can work something out, but only if you do something for me in return." He informed them, making them look at each other since it would be fair to do something for him, it was just the WHAT that was bothering them.
"Depends on what you want us to do." Roxas stated since he wasn't going to go on a kill spree or conquer a planet.
"Well, first of all, I'm going to have the two of you learn how to properly pilot Kaiser, cause I have a feeling he's gonna be needed in the future and I'm not about to have him looking stupid because his pilots don't know the first thing about running him. Second, you're both going to learn the history of this world so you understand what the hell you're getting into. Third, you little lady." He said before pointing to Namine, "Are going to learn how to fight, since your boyfriend can't protect you forever and you need to pull your own weight." He concluded, causing them both to blush.
"She's not my girlfriend/He's not my boyfriend." They both said at the same time averting their gaze from each other.
"Uh huh, sure." The guardian said with a smirk. "So, kiddies do we have a deal?" He asked knowing he needed an answer.
Roxas and Namine both looked at each other a moment and nodded, "We have a deal." Roxas stated as Namine nodded.
"EXCELLENT!" He shouted before clapping his hands making lava shoot upwards. "Now, let's get this party fucking started!" He shouted enthusiastically as he grinned evilly making Namine and Roxas sweatdrop.
The next few months were interesting for the two Nobodies as they were learning the ins and outs of Mazinkaiser, the world's history, and combat training since Roxas needed to keep his own skills sharp should they get into a fight and Namine had to figure out where her skills lied beyond magic.
As it turns out, interestingly enough, Naminè had a gift for guns of all things, as Kaiser's second pilot she would take control when it came to most long range combat and for that Kaiser had produced 2 pistols modeled after the ones on its chests for Namine's use. They were called the Skull Triggers, they were powered by Namine's immense mana pool and could combine into the Skull Tomahawk a Large Pole Axe that Namine would swing around with deadly grace and efficiency.
As for Roxas, he was the one physically training her, showing her proper forms and footwork (which he based off what he saw from the Organization members who used similar weapons), and being her target for her firearm training, which worked for him too as reflex training to block her bullets with his Keyblades and always be on the move.
However, that wasn't all he was learning. Kaiser's power had flown into both of them as its chosen pilots and as such Roxas had new Darkness based spells and new sword techniques which he would use both in the field and while controlling Kaiser.
As he was the main pilot, he was in charge of close combat and maneuvering while Naminè handled long range combat and scanning. Both were needed for some of Kaiser's spell and large scale abilities and attacks.
A good balance that way, both needed to work together to get the most out of Kaiser.
The problem was that the Guardian had informed them that most of Kaiser's abilities were locked away for now. Whether that was from the damage it received still being repaired, a side effect of the darkness it had absorbed, or it just wanted to make them earn those other abilities and skills was unknown. It could have been all of the above for all he knew and he warned them against trying to force it since there could be consequences and backlash from doing so.
So, for the most part when Roxas wasn't helping Namine train; they were both being taught by the Guardian about the history of the world or how to use Mazinkaiser effectively. To get practical experience and training, he would send them to a pocket world full of Giant Metal Monsters and had the duo battle them for hours on end until they and Kaiser were too exhausted to continue.
This just continued until they had Kaiser's current state mastered.
Leading to right now.
"TORNADO CRUSHER!" Roxas called as Kaiser's fists went flying into several Metal Demons punching holes into/through many of them as Naminè pointed to a status screen.
"As powerful as that attack is, it takes awhile for them to come back and we can't use any more abilities until they do. Plus they drain a portion of energy and need to recharge before they can be launched again." She explained as Kaiser dodged a few incoming attacks as Roxas nodded.
"Then it's time to get up close and personal." Roxas replied as Kaiser's fists returned. Roxas then called their massive serrated blade called the Ganzantou from Kaiser's back and proceeded to cut several of the demons down with one swing. He then slammed the sword into the ground causing a shockwave knocking most of them down and away from them.
"Alright Roxas, you've had your fun, now it's my turn." Namine stated, a thrill in her voice being clearly heard.
"No problem, beautiful." He said with a grin as he and Namine's pilot positions swapped with Namine in the front.
Kaiser stabbed the Ganzantou into the ground before bringing out its Skull Triggers as Namine smirked, "Now feel Kaiser's wrath." She said with a grin as she unleashed a flurry of mana bullets, shooting all-round and in front of her hitting several demons causing them to explode or roar in pain. She then used the blades on the guns to slice into her prey that managed to evade the bullet storm.
"All right kiddies, that's enough for today." The Guardian said, releasing them and Kaiser from the pocket world after Namine cut down several scores of enemies. "I'm impressed, you two, you've certainly gotten the hang of this bad boy." He said tapping Kaiser's metal body which had been upgraded and repaired bit by bit over time thanks to the titans.
"Well, it's all thanks to your training, oh Immortal Keeper of Timeless Secrets." Namine said, stepping out of Kaiser and giving an overdramatic bow, her outfit looking a bit different, a bit more Goth, if that was the right word.
"You're damn right, and don't you forget it luv." He said grinning as Roxas hopped out next. "I think you two have earned a reward." He added before tossing Roxas a set of keys.
"What are these for?" He asked in confusion as he looked at Namine, who only shrugged since she didn't know either.
"Those are keys for your new ride." He said, motioning for one of the Titans to come forward. In its hands was a motorcycle that was demonic looking, thus was totally badass.
Roxas was shocked at the sight, "This is for me?" He asked as he looked at the bike.
"Of course kid." Guardian said as he patted him on the shoulder, "Now to reenter the Forge, just point your Keyblade at the monument surrounded by Devil thorns and your magic will do the rest." He said as Roxas nodded before he and Namine hopped on the bike; Roxas at the front and Namine behind holding on to his waist.
"Thanks Guardian." Roxas said, starting it up enjoying the roar of the engine and the feel of Namine against him.
"You're welcome, NOW GO HAVE FUN AND GO FUCKING CRAZY!" He shouted as Roxas sped away leaving the Forge as he and Namine at last entered the World of METAL.
As the two Nobodies began exploring the World of METAL; Riding through BladeHenge, the wind blowing in their faces, the chopper's engine roaring loudly startling many of the Metal Beasts; elsewhere a revolution against the cruel and evil forces of the world was beginning.
MEANWHILE
Inside an area known as the Crushing Pit, the beginnings of revolution were being ignited by one man. He was wearing a black leather vest, blue jeans, a black shirt with some writing on it, and black and white sneakers. He accessorized with a spiked armband and had a black goatee and long black hair. In his hand was an Ax known as the Separator and on his back was a Flying V guitar/ax called Clementine. This man was known as Eddie Riggs; aka the world's greatest roadie; and currently he was focusing on liberating the various prisoners/slaves/workers of the Pit.
"Time to sound the BattleCry." Eddie said as he swapped to his guitar played Clementine; its glorious music echoing throughout the mine catching the attention of the Miners, who were all rather thick necked and large headed people.
"What is that sound?" One asked as he stopped smashing his head into the rock wall to listen.
"It's a Devil screaming!" Said another as he looked around.
"It's an Angel singing!" A third chimed in with a grin.
"No man, it's the pounding of Creation's Hammer upon The Anvil of Time!" The second one argued.
"I don't care what it is. It's fucking awesome!" The first one said with pure joy as the others all cheered in agreement.
"It's called... Heavy Metal." Eddie declared with pride drawing their attention, "And, it's the real reason you should be banging your heads, not for that guy!" He added, pointing at a statue of General Lionwhyte, while feeling a strong desire to smash his face in just looking at it.
"Yeah! Screw this place!" One shouted with his buddies cheering, all of them ready to ditch the mines.
"Yeah, let's get out of here!" Another shouted in excitement.
"Metal!!!" A few shouted happily holding their fists in the air as they headbanged.
They walked over to Eddie before two other Headbangers walked over dressed in more Glam Rock attire and even had shiny blonde hair.
"Now, hold on guys, I know we're all struggling but I'm telling ya it's all gonna pay off." One wearing pink stated while the one wearing shiny white nodded.
"Yeah! Our manager says that if we just work hard and produce high quality, we'll be able to move up to more cushy jobs at the general's pleasure tower!" Shiny White stated with a grin.
"Yeah man, there's gonna be loads of chicks and booze and stuff, we just gotta keep working here for a long while." Pinky said excitedly with a matching grin.
The Headbangers turned to look at Eddie, who shrugged and gave them a look that said it was up to them. "We're with him." One said as they joined up with Eddie, giving them the finger as they walked passed, pissing off their Glam Metal counterparts.
"Hey man, sorry but– we gotta sweet gig here and we're not about to let you grease bags ruin it." Shiny White said as they ran off to report them to the Manager.
"Guard! Guard! Walk out!" Pinky said as the gate opened up, revealing a large man in a bouncer's uniform, and a black mask over his face. However, the most noticeable thing about him was his massive fucking hands as they were at least as big as Eddie was.
The man growled as the Hairbangers informed him of the situation, "I hear those guys over there are organizing a union." Shiny White said and the bouncer couldn't allow that and charged at the Eddie and the group while the Hairbangers stayed there.
"We'll go sound the alarm." Pinky said as they ran off like the snitches they were.
Eddie immediately took charge, " OK dudes, don't worry I have a plan." He said as he charged, the Headbangers followed and proceeded to assault the Bouncer; smashing their thick skulls against his body, while Eddie slashed him with his Ax.
Soon, the Bouncer could take no more and fell down to the floor dead. The Headbangers took it well, "WOOO, I've wanted to do that forever." One said, pumping his chest as the others nodded.
"That's for killing Charlie, you bastard!" Said another kicking the Bouncer in the head as he fistbumped another.
"Woah, heh heh heh, okay." Eddie said impressed as he looked at the Bouncer's body. "See how much ass you guys kick when you band together like that? That's Awesome!" The Headbangers nodded in agreement, "And with just a little bit of practice, I bet I can turn you boys into a well oiled machine of Headbanging Death. You into it?" Eddie asked excitedly making the Headbangers look at each other.
They mumbled amongst themselves before turning back to Eddie and agreed to it, he at least was giving them the option of saying no and asking their opinion, which put him leagues above their last boss. So, for the next 20 minutes Eddie trained the Headbangers how to charge and destroy, defend a post, and to form up around him when he called.
By the end of it, they were all hyped up and ready to fight and took out their anger on the nearby statues of Lionwhyte, "I hate Lionwhyte!"
"Death to Lionwhyte!"
"I hate statues!" They each shouted after they finished destroying Lionwhytes self aggrandizing statues.
"Well done, I'm proud of you boys." Eddie said, impressed with them, and they all grinned at the recognition and positive reinforcement. "But to take on the real Lionwhyte and his Glamrockers, we're gonna need a lot more dudes. We gotta bust your fellow Headbangers out of these stupid mines, whaddaya say? Are you with me?" Eddie asked, getting them to bob their heads.
"YEAH!" They shouted as Eddie led them deeper into the mines, fully intending to free their brothers and friends. "No headbanger left behind!" They called out as they charged through the wimps in their way.
As they moved in deeper, a loud voice echoed out on the Mine loudspeaker, "Faster! Keep Moving! Hey! No Fainting on The Gyre!" The angry voice shouted at the enslaved Headbangers as they pushed the massive gyre along above a pit of molten magma while dozens of others were smashing their heads into the walls.
"This guy's a dick." Eddie said after hearing him making the Headbangers with him nod in agreement. Not wanting to waste more time, Eddie pulled out Clementine before playing the BattleCry once again, its Glorious sound echoing across the area while the Headbangers with him raised their fists into the air as they banged their heads.
The Headbangers that had yet to join, stood up straight and quickly moved, dropping everything to join Eddie's cause, and to hear more of that awesome shit he played.
"If your hearts are not palpitating now, call your doctor cause you're dead." Eddie said with glee as more and more Headbangers joined them. Destroying all of obstacles in their path, whether wooden, stone, metal, or assholes that wanted to stop them.
"Good job boys." Eddie said as they reached the gyre catching the attention of the Head Bouncer, who glared and growled.
"What's this?" He asked as he lumbered forward.
"Uh oh." Eddie said awkwardly, knowing this was going to get nasty real quick.
"Trustees, crush the intruder and his decentors. Pound them into a thick paste!" The Head ordered as several Hairbangers came charging in to put an end to Eddie's Revolution… which Eddie's Headbangers made short work of real quick under Eddie's guidance.
Eddie looked up and shouted, "That all you got, mittens?" He called with a smirk as the Head Bouncer growled louder.
"Traitors! Animals! I'll see you all dead before I see you free." He shouted back over the loudspeaker making a few wince at the voice level. The man was getting angrier and angrier by the second and it was clearly showing. "CRIPPLE THE GRINDING GYRE, BURN THE UNGRATEFUL MAN COGS to ash!" He shouted, shocking the Headbangers still moving the damn thing as well as Eddie's group.
"Protect the supports!" Eddie ordered as he split up the Headbangers into three groups, one to protect each Gyre support from Hairbangers and Bouncers with Eddie assisting each one as he could. Calling forth Fire and Lightning from Clementine and chopping some of them to bits with his Ax while invigorating his troops with his music.
"ENOUGH!" Called the Head Bouncer as he turned around to see Eddie standing across from him the Gyre, Smoking a cigarette staring at him with a smug expression on his face as all of the lackeys and cronies laid dead. "You think you killed them all, don't you? Well you forgot my favorite employees, my Managers! The ones who keep all the other workers in line, while I shout at people!" Heexplained while Eddie had the same expression on his face. "The only two I can count on: Fear ..and Pain" He said referring to his massive fists that were actually labeled.
Eddie responded by flicking his cigarette at him, not giving a shit or feeling intimidated by the asshole. "Let's go, Mittens " Eddie said, bringing up his Ax as he grinned.
Eddie charged at him, but the Bouncer blocked his blows with his massive hand negating any damage sent his way, even though his ax was leaving cuts in the massive gloves, and Eddie ended up getting a punch to the face, sending him a few feet away. Eddie rolled his jaw before spitting to the side and drawing Clementine, "Shocker Supreme!" He said, playing Clementine and causing the Bouncer to get shocked with its lightning before using the Earthshaker Powerslam. Doing so caused some of the hot coal to be knocked loose from their mining buckets hitting the Bouncer on the head, disorienting him. Eddie quickly capitalized on it and struck the Bouncer several times with his ax before delivering a shoulder tackle that sent the Bouncer back.
Looking at where he was, Eddie grinned and kept going. Pushing the Bouncer closer and closer to the edge of the gyre before he gave a loud yell and kicked the Bouncer causing him to fall over on to one of the lower levels. The Bouncer got up slowly as he groaned, holding his head, "Guards.. all guards, code red! Re…peat… code…" He never got the chance to finish his sentence as one of the gyre poles knocked him over into lava killing him.
"Whoo! Well, that's done." Eddie said as he dusted his hands off before one for the HeadBangers called out to him.
"Uh… Eddie, we're gonna need more guys." He said as several Bouncers came rushing out of the guards room and break room ready to kill them all.
Eddie frowned before he noticed the Head Bouncer's headSet and got an idea. He cranked the volume of it up and drew Clementine from his back before he proceeded to play the BattleCry over the loudspeakers and its righteous liberatoring music echoed through the entire mine, causing the Hairbangers to cover their ears and the Bouncers to pause as they weren't sure what they were hearing.
For the Headbangers though…
"Whoo fuck yeah!" They shouted as they broke their chains and stopped pushing the cranks, gears, and gyres as they all jumped down and joined the fight, proceeding to kill all the remaining Bouncers while cheering and hollering causing the Hairbangers to flee in fear.
The Headbangers were ecstatic with their newfound freedom, fistbumping and drinking beer stolen from the guards break room as they cheered.
"Alright listen up." Eddie called out, getting them to immediately freeze and pay attention to him, "In honor of you guys, we're calling this new army… Ironheade!" He said pointing at his forehead after pausing for dramatic effect, "With an E at the end to let them know we mean business." Eddie added wanting to be clear that this was serious and still fucking awesome.
"Ironheade." One said with pride as he grinned and high-fived another.
"I like it!" Said another as he jumped up and smashed his head into a wall causing it to crack.
"Right on,.. I don't get it." Said one of the more simple minded ones, but he still cheered and partied.
"So let's get back to BladeHenge and gets this army started!" Eddie shouted holding his hand up making them all cheer.
"IRONHEADE." The headbangers Shouted as they all ran out of the Mines kicking and stepping on their dead enemies as they went.
"Look at 'em, run, so happy, so free." He thought with a smirk as he walked out of the mines and noticed it was now raining and the sun was setting. "Ok. Time to head back to Bladehenge and see what's next for the army." He thought before noticing a monument that looked like a Car Engine submerged in the ground and surrounded by those Devil Thorn flowers. Deciding it couldn't hurt, he played the Relic Raiser rift revealing an epic Skull Garage Door that opened up.
"Now that's interesting… and awesome!" He said before calling forth the Druid Plow. His badass fucking Hotrod and drove inside following the path deep underground and into the Forge, not really noticing or caring about the heat, where he noticed two things.
The 1st were the massive Titans in the background blacksmithing and the 2nd was a Massive fucking Epic Robot standing tall on its own special platform connected to the road he was on and the backdrop of the lava casting shadows over it just made it more fucking awesome. Next to it seemed to be a small little house of sorts.
However, before he could focus on that, a loud maniacal laughter could be head echoing around him
Suddenly, a stream of lava came up and slammed into the ground before stopping, revealing the Guardian of Metal. "Well, it's about fucking time someone showed up." He said before he walked up and began looking over Eddie's Car. "Hmm. Not bad. Looks like you figured out the instructions okay, a bit of demon flesh in your bumper but that's how the world is today, I'm afraid. Could do with some more guns though." Guardian said casually, confusing the Hell out of Eddie as some robed dude just jumped out of lava and was now inspecting his ride.
"Uh… who are you exactly?" Eddie asked, not wanting to be rude but not wanting to beat around the bush either.
"Who me? I'm nobody… I'm just the FUCKING GUARDIAN OF METAL MATE!" Guardian introduced as roaring flames shot up and lava exploded at his exclamation.
"Oh… uh, great. So… you wanna help fight demons, glam rockers, and stuff?" Eddie asked, not sure how to react to what he just saw and heard.
"Oh, sorry mate, I'm not really the fighting type, I'm more of the keeper of Timeless secrets, sharer of colossal wisdom, improver of the awesome." Guardian said, moving his hands around in dramatic flares. "Prove yourself worthy, and maybe I'll share some things with you." He added as he looked at Eddie through his tinted glasses. "For instance, did you know that this world was once ruled by an ancient race of Titans, now they were something to see and the shit they created? Oooh baby, just thinking about it makes me shiver." He continued with a grin, "They took every part of that old firebeast; they took his blood, his fire, his steel flesh, they even took his scream and his shit." He said before getting in Eddie's face and pointing at the DruidPlow," THAT car is one of theirs and millions of other things like it, and the music… oooooh, the fucking beautiful music, man." He said almost coming to tears.
"And when most of those awesome dudes rose to the heavens and became gods, while the ones behind me wanted to keep metal crafting alive, they left instructions behind. How to make cars, choppers, weapons, awesome shit, music, the whole deal you need for an awesome day and performance. And do you think anyone noticed? …Pfft NAH. Bunch of wankers, no one figured out any of it or even tried to understand it… until my students and you …whoever you are." Guardian stated, more like ranted, as he looked back at Eddie's car.
"Did they make that thing too?" Eddie asked, pointing to the mech in the background.
"Oh, Mazinkaiser SKL(Skull)? NAH! They didn't make him, but we upgraded him with The Fire beast flesh, so it is as if they did, plus it's got some of that Metal Fire in its core now too." The guardian stated while grinning at the sight of Kaiser.
"Mazinkaiser SKL? That's… a REALLY badass name!" Eddie stated with excitement as he looked at the super cool robot.
For some reason he could picture himself having one with his hotrod being the pilot area with it having loads of weapons and flame patterns on it.
"Oh, you better believe it mate, my students thought it up." Guardian explained making Eddie look at him in surprise.
"Students? You have students?" Eddie asked and the Guardian nodded.
"Yeah, students, I'm teaching them the way of Metal, mate. Right now, I think they're off on a joyride with the chopper I gifted them for training and practicing so hard." He explained, "But back on track, you seem to be someone worthy of the titans' favor I suppose. So listen, if you do something that pleases the them and the gods, they might reward you with a fire tribute." He said having taken Eddie's lighter and holding it in the air causing several metal and zombified hands to burst out of the lava holding lighters as well causing Eddie to jump as the Guardian laughed and gave the lighter back.
"When they've paid you enough tributes, come see and I'll share more Metal secrets with you and show you how to turn that beast you got there into a real monster." He added, pointing at the DruidPlow making Eddie grin.
"I like the sound of that." He said before he noticed he had a few fire tributes on him already, "Think you can upgrade my Ax?" He asked, holding it out to him causing the Guardian to snort.
"Of course, pain comes in many flavors after all." The Guardian said before he waved his hands making the tributes flow into the ax, enchanting it with Fire and handing the now Flaming Ax back to him.
"Niiiiiiiice, thanks Guardian of Metal!" Eddie stated as he twirled the axe easily.
"No problem. Now if you see two blonde teenagers on a Chopper out there, I suggest you recruit them to your cause if you want to win. Tell them I said to join you and they should at least consider it." Guardian stated knowing that Roxas and Namine would help turn the tide when the fighting really started.
"Sure no problem, see you later Guardian of Metal." Eddie said as he drove out of the Forge.
"Don't be a stranger." Guardian called before he turned to the Titans behind him and became deadly serious. "The time of Darkness is arriving soon. Kaiser's power will be unleashed and shake the very foundations of the world." He said as he could sense a great Darkness would soon awaken and possibly destroy the world, luckily his little grand-kiddies showed up and would help stop that.
OUTSIDE: LATER
Roxas and Namine were simply cruising around on the SkullRider taking in the view and noticing a few things. One of them was the Headbangers running around now and getting into fights with Lionwhyte's followers and the second thing was a Hotrod coming up behind them and the driver hitting his horn before he motioned them to pull over.
Roxas frowned before he decided to stop and pulled off away from the razor beasts as the hotrod drove up and stopped before Eddie hopped out. "Hiya. Nice bike, kid, totally awesome." Eddie said as he walked up as the two looked at him.
"Thanks, nice car, do you need something?" Roxas asked apprehensively since he was still a bit tense with trusting people.
"So, us, my name's Eddie and uh… The Guardian of Metal told me to recruit you to our cause so we'd have a better chance of pulling this whole, revolution thing off." He said before explaining the situation to the two teens as they looked at each other for a moment.
"What do you think, Namine?" Roxas asked wanting her opinion since she was the more level headed of the two.
"I say we give it a shot." She said with a smile, "After all, this Lionwhyte guy sounds like a massive tool and asshole." She added as Roxas snorted.
"No arguments there." Roxas commented before turning to Eddie, "Alright Eddie, consider us part of Ironheade." Roxas said, shaking Eddie's Hand as said roadie grinned.
"Awesome! Now, let's go and I'll introduce you to Lars" Eddie said as he and Roxas drove off towards Bladehenge, racing each other along the way and laughing.