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[b][i]~~~~~~Hollow Bastion / Storehouse District~~~~~~[/i][/b]

Each stab from the machine’s three spider like legs seemed to be easily dealt with by Ace, his reactions to the attacks making it look like the easiest thing in the world. Yet it was the large eye that seemed to be speeding up, not the actual appendages themselves, the weird pupil watching every step the young man took and as the battle went on grew fast enough that even its own movements were learning to catch up with Ace.

The large blast of fire struck the back of the metal case that surrounded the eye, and as the flames quickly coiled and almost immediately dowsed its form, the legs were soon the first to go, the entire machine collapsing to the ground as a pile of incredibly heated metal. Chunks of pipe were soon flying through the air between Shizuka and the floating eye, its large claw easily cleaving through the small pieces of debris solid enough to damage it as well as rocks and bricks left behind from the storehouse itself, yet everything that was thrown was either battered away, pulverised or just simply dodged. 

The collapse of the Tripod seemed to stop Shizuka’s machine for a few moments, its eye scanning the heap of metal in sync with the third floating Eyebot in the sky before both turned to look at one another, a small series of beeps rapidly sounding back to each other as if they were speaking. Quickly swinging back towards Shizuka, it was the spinning drill heading right for the woman that was the last thing the Eyebot managed to do, the hunk of steel combined with Shizuka’s own strengthened arms slamming straight into the side of the machine, the sheer force of which cracking open the metal skin like a box and causing some of the small dark gears inside to spill onto the ground, the mess soon followed by the lifeless husk of the machine itself. 

Solely watching the wreckage below, the remaining machine continued to float high above everything, its pupil zooming in to watch the newer arrivals, especially that of the white haired older man. With pupils that had started off as blue and soon changed to purple at the start of this fight, the last machine seemed to take on a new colour than that of the others, the bright red appearing to react with sparks and crackles of electricity that escaped from the spreading sections of its case, a very clear sign to its increasing mass. 

Swooping down and past the others, the sparks of static left a trail of blue as the machine suddenly stopped and turned back towards everyone once a fair distance between its two fallen clones. The electricity seemed to only get worse as the floating bot shook and its casing spread wider, revealing for the few brief moments the now rapidly spinning gears that made up its insides, all of which moved around a central larger version. 

Creaking against the ground, it was the mangled pile of metal from the scorched machine that Lin and Ace dealt with that reacted first. Its own casing, tripod legs and all, soon skidded along the dust covered ground as if to meet up with the electric spewing eye, an action that seemed to be shared by the cracked machine that Shizuka had apparently dealt with.

The dark gears that spewed up out of the broken machines soon joined the collection within the remaining Eyebot, two equally large gears being of important notice as it linked up in the centre and seemed to immediately cause the smaller versions to react by spinning even faster and wilder. It was at this point the now lifeless cases fell to pieces, the parts quickly latching onto the floating machine all along its body and increasing its size and monstrous form by the second. 

The machine’s large tripod legs were much larger and sturdier than its clone had before, pieces of metal that laid harmlessly in the dirt quickly piggybacking along with the cases when attracted to the floating eye, and now like the rest joined to make a weird amalgamation. Still looking down at the group with its still normal sized pupil, it now looked out of place with the massive casing that encircled it, the metal clearly much thicker and heavier than before and so in need of the reinforced legs and extra appendages that slowly rotated on grooves along the frame. 

Taking a few extra stomps towards the group, the single eye seemed intently focused on the newest arrival to the scene, the screech of loud distorted beeps and sparks of electricity signalling its unhappiness, just before its three legs suddenly gave way underneath it, causing its massive form to slam into the ground with a small quake. With apparently no harm done, the large boulder shaped machine simply waited as the legs stretched out like spears before locking in place around its body, it was then that it started to spin, soon picking up speed as it began to move towards the group themselves like a monstrous spinning top. 

[b][i]~~~~~~Hollow Bastion / Sewers~~~~~~[/i][/b]

The splashing throughout the sewers soon grew to a deafening sound as the scraps of metal and now even shadows of some shambling creatures slowly came closer from around a corner, one which Trisean and Asuka would have most likely passed on their way through the labyrinth styled tunnels. It was the lead wolfs long snout and face that came into view, a sight which seemed to fit with some kind of giant alligator beast than any kind of common wolf. 

The bright lights fitted along the skull, like eyes, were clearly mismatched as they swerved and soon settled on the tiny forms of Trisean and Asuka themselves further ahead down the main sewer tunnel. The deep growl from the monster seemed to echo deeply throughout the sewer, its hulking form slowly crawling into view as the large metal ridges on its back scrapped against the sides of its tight tunnel, and which once fully free, its long tail swinging through the air, allowing the newer sight of the smaller but still quite deadly looking Werewolf machines that slowly came into view. 

Leaping over the large chains that were attached to the much larger beast, the Metalwolves howled as they charged towards the two ahead of them, the closer they got the sight of scorch marks and scratches soon becoming clearer on their metal hides, yet all the damage didn’t seem to hinder their deadliness. With a long drawn out howl, the great beast soon started to move again, the chains it had soon pulling out from the tunnel the large sealed cases, sliding half submerged in the water itself, yet not halting to correct anything as it soon began to disappear down another similarly sized tunnel with its large amount of cargo.