The Grand Battle [Game Over!]

Originally posted on MSPA by Dragon Fogel.

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Eximo was somewhat disconcerted at watching the VC units be dismantled one after another. But it could do nothing; Konka Rar had ordered it to stand by until further notice.

That is not truly Konka Rar, said a voice in its mind. We know this. Why can we not disobey?

This unit identifies him as Konka Rar with all recognition processes another voice responded. The knowledge that allows us to know otherwise cannot be accessed by those processes.

So we can only watch as this impostor dismantles our creations? That is unacceptable!

We are still bound by the rules of the machine. And it can do nothing until it receives another order.

Eximo's internal argument was interrupted by an exclamation from its "master".

"It is complete!"

Konka Rar's creation was a gigantic skeletal beast, composed of bones from a variety of different minions. Its body was protected by a strange black-and-white armor, made up of a few police cars that had been abandoned on the nearby streets. Its hands were also protected by metals. Each of its feet had two devices on it pointing backwards, only vaguely resembling the vacuum cleaners they had once been. On its shoulders, two large devices rested that appeared to be cannons.

Lutherion looked at the towering monstrosity, a scowl on his face.

"I gave you two dozen of my minions for this? It's a total mess!"

"Again, the technology of this city is not optimal for this task. But it will serve our immediate purpose."

"And just what is that, exactly? Are we attacking downtown with this... thing? I could have done that myself!"

"This is but a diversion. Eximo has informed me that there is a region of this city which shows no life signs at all."

"So what?" Lutherion was getting annoyed. "Are we going to go and investigate absolutely nothing?"

"Ah, but that is the most interesting part. When I compared the results of its scan with a map of the city..."

Konka Rar held up a map and unfurled it. The title of the map read "BaTTlEopOliS" in a font that did not match the rest of the writing.

"...This is where the 'dead zone' was placed."

On the map, there was a red circle around City Hall.