A Second Chance

Part 35 - I'm proud of you

I ran to the location. 

"Jay, you need to be careful. He is stronger than any opponent you've faced before," Mark warned. "He is considerably more powerful than Ripper,"

"Not considerably," Mr. Parker corrected. 

Right... we decided to add him to the comms and give him access to my suit's front camera; basically, what I could see, he could see. 

"Wait, he isn't that strong?" 

"In a fight, he's much stronger than Ripper, but not that much in output,"

"So, you're saying I stand a chance?"

"No, not really. You'll see why..."

"Why?"

"Like I said, you'll see,"

Wow, so he's not telling me anything. Way to prepare someone for a fight. 

"The hotel should be to your right," Mark notified me. 

I turned right and was met with something that surprised the hell out of me. No, I'm being serious, it may not look like a lot to you, but I didn't expect to see someone so prepared. 

This guy was wearing a full on armor and was twice my size. Actually, it was some sort of suit, but a heavily armored suit. It also looked quite high tech as well, having a bunch of sensors and some other technology that I didn't know. 

This suit could be one of The Viper's new technologies. Maybe they had these the entire time, and saved these for the future. 

"Well, meet Spartan, the fighter ranked 6th in The Vipers," Mr. Parker said. "He wasn't a subject of the serum. He just has access to the highest tech there is. His suit is armored the most out of any Viper. Good luck,"

"What am I supposed to do here?" I hissed. "This guy's me with double my size and armor. Good luck won't be enough,"

"Just... do your best," Mark sighed. "I will say that you're cooked, but yeah, there's really nothing you can do. Stall time until the hostages get freed,"

So... he doesn't have any powers. He just has this giant mechanical suit. Lightning should be able to work against him, but he definitely has some sort of counter or resistance if he's facing me head-on. 

I slowly walked up to the mech. 

"So... I assume you talk?"

"..."

"No?"

"I do," Spartan said. "Now, fight me!"

I shot lightning at him. 

It simply bounced off his suit. He didn't even flinch. My lightning would have had an effect on Ripper in his second stage. At least, that's what I thought when I got my full power back. 

Going hand-to-hand with him was something I couldn't afford to do for obvious reasons. That suit of his could crush my bones pretty easily and that is something I will not be able to recover from. 

"Damn it," I muttered. 

"Are you surprised to meet your ceiling?"

"Keep talking..." I muttered. "Let's see you catch this,"

I shot lightning at his suit head, and as expected, it blasted off. H

Honestly, I don't really have anything to do here. Simple as that, I am outqualitied, if that is even a word. That's how I screwed I am. 

They waited this long to take me down when they could have done it as early as this?

Maybe they're playing some cruel game with me, so that they could crush me or something. It makes me sick if they're truly planning something like that. I get that manipulation was their thing, but it doesn't make any sense.