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Chapter 32 - Ch 32 - Veteran’s Day #4: Kriegstaffebot Beatdown

(P.S. From Author, I think i'm going to introduce a fun fact at the end of chapter every once in a while. Also, I really love when you guys comment and stuff like that. so please do it more, but for now. enjoy the story}

3rd Person POV

"Whoa!" Peter yelled as she leapt to the side, barely dodging a barrage of bullets.

Firing at him was a pair of Kriegstaffebot, their arms raised and gatling guns armed.

Thwip, Thwip

With a flick of the wrist, he shot out a pair of impact webbing. Basically, a set of web pellets that expand on impact.

The impact webs struck the Kriegstaffebot's gatling gun, jamming their firing mechanisms.

"Over here!" Luke yelled as he charged at them.

He slammed into both of them, sending them flying back and skidding across the ground.

Only to watch in confusion as they stood back, seemingly unharmed. "What the?"

Out of nowhere, he was tackled into a pillar by a third Kriegstaffebot. The pillar shook, and cracked on impact.

Luke raised his elbow, and slammed it down on its back.

The Kriegstaffebot buckled, but it held on. With a grunt, Luke cupped and raised both his fists into the air. 

He slammed his fists down on its back, its back buckled as it hit the ground.

It let out a mechanical whine as it laid the ground, its back cracked open and sparking.

Peter shot out a web line toward a Kriegstaffebot, it struck its chest deadcenter.

The Kriegstaffebot just stared at the web line for a moment before it proceeded to grab and yank it.

A tingle shot through Peter's mind as he was suddenly yanked forward, and clotheslined

Peter hit the ground, dazed from the impact. A tingle shot through his head again, he opened his eyes to see The Kriegstaffebot's raised boot.

At the last moment, he rolled to the side as it slammed its foot down where his head was.

He pulled himself up with a flip, a second Kriegstaffebot swung at him.

He ducked underneath its punch and countered with an uppercut.

The first Kriegstaffebot readied to swing, only to be interrupted as Luke tackled it.

Peter shook his hand, a sharp pain left behind from punching it. 

He froze as he watched Luke raise his fist into the air and bash a Kriegstaffebot head in.

"What are you doing!?" Peter yelled in horror.

Luke grabbed its head and ripped it off. Instead of blood or bone, wires dangled in the air. "They're robots!" He yelled out.

"Huh?" Peter uttered in confusion and shock.

Due to his confusion, he failed to register his spider sense. A Kriegstaffebot struck him in the face, sending him flying.

Luke charged towards it, grabbing it by the arm before delivering a haymaker to its face. Its head flew off, it bounced across the floor before coming to a stop in front of Spider-Man.

Peter stared at the head for a moment, examining the loose wire dangling from his neck.

"Robot?" He uttered in confusion, he stood up and began to examine it

Luke walked up toward him, annoyed. "Notice something off about them." He began to explain. "They're strong, and harder to keep down. Usually, one punch is enough to take somebody down, but these things wouldn't let up. When I smashed one's back in, I noticed wires."

"Mechanical soldier?" Peter mumbled, mainly in awe.

Something like this was unheard of, sure. A few companies like Hammer and Stark have messed around with the idea. Creating robotic limbs, but those were different. Those are large and bulky, meant for factory automation.

These were different, independent movements, combat awareness, mechanisms that allowed human-like movement. He couldn't even tell they were robots, he assumed they were people in some sort of armor.

"You alright…Kid?" Luke asked, noting how long he's been staring at it in silence.

"Huh?" Peter was snapped out of his thoughts. "Yeah, sorry. Just a little shocked at this level of tech, oh. And by the way. It's Spider-Man." He told him.

"Spider-Man?" Luke asked in confusion.

"It's the name, and don't forget the hyphen." He joked,

"Right, umm." He extended his hand awkwardly "You can call me… Power Man."

"Power man?" Peter asked as he awkwardly shook his hand.

"It's what the people in my neighborhood call me, I can't really think of anything else." Luke explained

"Well I-" Peter didn't finish his sentence as his spider sense went off.

He turned in his, in the corner was a Kriegstaffebot. The same one that tackled the newly named Power Man into a pillar, it struggled to move. Its back cracked, and sparking.

It ripped off the cover of a control panel and chucked it to the side, it slid to their feet. Written on it was, Shutter System Panel.

Before either of them could react, the Kriegstaffebot jammed its hand into the panel.

The shutter system disengaged, one by one they raised into the air. 

Power Man and Spider-Man turned their heads to the main entrance.

With the shutter system lifted, they were greeted with a set of glass doors.

Through those glass doors, they saw what looked like a dozen more Kriegstaffebot.

In unison, they all raised their arms. Their gatling gun popped out of their wrists, and they fired.

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Leo's POV

Goddammit? Fuck my life!

I ran through the hallway, The sound of gunfire vibrated through the building. Whatever is going on, it's bad.

This was not how I wanted this to go, the plan was simple. Debut Biomass as a public hero, The Spider-Man of my Persona.

Ghost was my street vigilante, like Punisher. He kills and hunts in the darkness, making the common crook too scared to act.

Creed was supposed to be my hidden assassin, killing major but protected threats. Like Kingpin, or Alexander Pierce.

Biomass was going to be my public hero, the guy who deals with Rhino, or Venom when they are rampaging through the city.

He was supposed to be mysterious, heroic, overwhelmingly powerful, basically All Might.

Heck, he's not even sure about the name Biomass. Maybe he should go with something like Prototype, then again. That make him sound like some sort of secret government weapon.

Wait, what if he called himself Mercer. Alex Mercer, like how superman tells people he's KAL-EL. Dang, that would have been way better.

Hindsight is twenty twenty, I'll figure out how to change it later.

Either way, I have two issues. One, Gwen now knows my secret identity. Even if I wanted to reveal my identity, it's still way too early in our relationship for an identity reveal.

The second issue, and more prominent one. The fact that Biomass, or Alex, is just too weak, the plan was to wait. Gain more Gacha Templates, or Abilities, find which one fits Biomass or alex's powers set, etc. Wait until he's basically an unstoppable force of good, like All Might.

As I turned the corner, I spotted a Kriegstaffebot at the end of the hallway.

Well, let's hope what I have right now is enough.

I locked my arms in an X position, and charged.

The Kriegstaffebot raised its arm, and fired. Bullets struck the armor on my forearm, chipping but holding strong.

Using my voice mimicry, I lowered the bass in my voice. "Bring it on!!!" Better safe than sorry, I don't want anybody to recognize me by my voice.

If I'm being honest, I'm kind of making myself sound like All Might.

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Third Person POV

The sound of gunfire rang throughout the building, Luke held strong as hundred of bullets struck him head on.

Peter hid behind Luke, basically using him as a human shield. In his defense, Luke is bulletproof. 

Peter on the hand, is very bulletable.

"Stay behind me!" Luke yelled out, his voice muffled by the gunfire.

"What!?" Peter yelled out, unable to hear through the gunfire.

He stuck his head out to peek, only to immediately yank it back as a bullet whizzed past his head.

There was just too much gunfire, they were trapped. Peter can't web them up without exploding himself, and Luke can't charge at them without leaving Peter exposed.

The Kriegstaffebot began to march toward them, they started to shift around as they began to surround the two.

"Ugh, What are they doing!?" Peter yelled out nervously.

A Kriegstaffebot stepped to the side, and raised its Gatling gun. It aimed through Luke's arm gap, and locked onto Peter's rib.

A sharp pain shot through Peter's mind as his Spider Sense went off, time began to slow down. His eyes widened, his breath slowed. The Kriegstaffebot's gatling gun began to whirl as it prepared to fire, but it never did.

BLAM

Leo, currently known as Biomass, burst through a door, and immediately tackled The Kriegstaffebot into the ground. He raised his hand in the air, and bashed its head in.

"HAVE NO FEAR, FOR-" Before he could finish, a trio of Kriegstaffebots aimed at him. "Ah, Screw it!" Biomass yelled as he charged toward them, using The damaged Kriegstaffebot's body as a shield.

Peter used the distraction to leap out from behind Luke, he clung to the roof and began to rapid fire impact webs.

Luke charged forward, forcing them to focus their fire on him.

Biomass flung the damaged Kriegstaffebot into the crowd, knocking one toward the ground. Before it could get back, Leo leapt into the air, and slammed back down onto its head.

At the same time, Luke charged into the crowd. He threw an uppercut that sent a Kriegstaffebot into the ceiling, and a second Kriegstaffebot charged at him. 

Only to trip as a web stuck its leg, as it stumbled to the ground. Luke raised his foot, and stomped its head in

PWHEET

A whistle rang behind, Luke turned his head. Biomass kicked a Kriegstaffebot toward Luke, as he held a second one in a headlock.

Luke clotheslined the Kriegstaffebot, it hit the ground where it was finished with a head stomp.

Biomass gripped the Kriegstaffebot by its head, and with a grunt, twisted its a full 180, spark shot out its neck as it hit the ground.

"Watch out!" Peter yelled as a Kriegstaffebot fired into Leo's back.

Peter leapt toward it, throwing a punch that went right through its chest.

Biomass let out a grunt as his body pushed out the bullet, he let out a roar as he charged into a Kriegstaffebot and ripped both its arms.

It stumbled back, arm sparking as Biomass punched it hard enough to send it flying.

Peter shot out two web lines, they struck the heads of two Kriegstaffebot.

 With a powerful yank, Peter slammed their head into each other. They slumped to the ground, head sparking.

Luke and Biomass charged at the same Kriegstaffebot, in an instant. They smashed its head in between their first, turning it into a flat disc.

Peter shot a webline toward the last two, and yanked them toward Luke and Biomass. They each clothesline one, sending it to the ground where they finish it off with a head stomp.

"I- I think- that's all of- them." Peter spoke between breaths, tired from their battle.

Biomass let out a groan as he stretched his back, a bullet popping out in the process.

"You okay?" Luke asked.

"Yeah, I'm okay. I have high level regeneration." He extended his hand. "I would introduce myself, but I'm in between names." 

"Power Man." Luke introduced himself.

"I'm Spider-Man." Peter chimed in, feeling left out for some reason.

Biomass examined the area, it was an absolute mess. Bullet casing everywhere, damaged Kriegstaffebots, and a bunch of random webbing.

"Today was…strange." Biomass spoke out loud.

"You can say that again." Luke added.

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Leo's/Biomass's/Alex's? POV

"Are you sure okay? You got shot, like a lot." Peter asked me.

"Right as rain." I answered as I began to examine the damaged Kriegstaffebot.

The tech is actually pretty unique, according to the Scooby-Doo lore. They were built around World War 2, designed to resemble Nazi Soldiers. Yet, they are advanced enough for actual combat situations. With hardware capable of advanced movement, to the point it's pretty easy to mistake them for people wearing armor.

"What are these things?" Luke asked, glancing down at one of the destroyed Kriegstaffebot.

"Maybe some sort of combat robot, a rogue combat drone?" Peter chimed in, picking up and examining one of the Kriegstaffebot's heads.

"Kriegstaffebot." I chimed in.

"Huh?" Peter and Luke spoke in unison.

"You know what these things are?" Luke asked.

"In a way." I began.

Since it's 2007, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated hasn't come out yet. So like always, I'm about to bullshit.

"Kriegstaffebot, Nazi mechanical soldiers. Meant to be an enforcer, only to be deemed useless before even being deployed. They were put in storage, and left to collect dust. I've been trying to locate and destroy them, but from the look of it. Somebody around found them." I explained.

The plan was simple: reveal their connection to the Nazi party. So later, when I reveal Hydra. I can connect the Kriegstaffebot to them, sure. It's a lie, but it's not like anybody's going to believe Hydra.

"You got to be kidding me." Luke spoke in an annoyed teen, clearly not believing me.

"How are these useless?" Peter asked as he examined its inner circuitry with great interest, probably going to loot it like the dumpster diver he is.

"My guess, they realized a super soldier was better than a bunch of robots," I explained.

"Well, wherever they come from. Let's hope this is the last of them." Luke added.

"Doubt it." Mainly because I haven't received a completed quest notification yet.

Not like it matters, with both Luke and Peter by my side. They don't stand a chance, The Gacha is pretty much giving me free XP.

[Think again Host.]

"Huh?" Did The Gacha just call me out?

The gacha screen quickly shifted, fortunately I'm the only one that can see it.

[Due to Host's current allies, the Gacha Event will undergo a difficult spike. It will also come with an added reward.]

What kind of bullshit is this, did I just piss it off because I called it easy. Okay, so there's somebody definitely behind the gacha, and they're petty as hell apparently.

The sound of heavy footsteps could be heard in the distance, getting closer and louder.

"Anybody hear that?" Peter asked.

Stepping through the shattered glass doors, was a trio of very large Kriegstaffebot. Around 7 feet tall, bulky, more armored. On both sides were two regular Kriegstaffebot, but with a single large cannon arm each.

They began to approach, Luke cracked their knuckles. "Look like the fight ain't over."

"Well, then let's finish the job." I threw a punch.

In an instant, it caught my fist. It began to twist my arm with ease, an awkward silence filled the room as it overpowered me.

"Well…fuck."

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(Fun Fact: I went through many different idea for Leo's love interest. Original it was going to be a Gacha summon, but that got weird quick. Then I considered Squirrel Girl, cause I felt like she could match Leo's chaotic energy. Eventually I landed on Gwen, I felt like her more calm, and down to earth personality would ground Leo. Making him a more stable person, instead of massive troll he is now....or maybe not?) 

(P.S. can you guess who the first love interest was supposed to be? here's a hint, she was a Nanny, than a medical assistant, and eventually, she became french)

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