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When Gears Meet Flesh - Prologue

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Chapter 1 - Chapter 1

Angel is looking for a job to help his mother and sister at home. He then decides to leave home in search of work. He left his rural town for the big city—the city he's in is called Punk. Crime and murder are high in this city, but Angel is willing to risk his life to help his mother and sister.

After much searching, Angel finally found a job in a laboratory. And it suited him perfectly. Angel loves working with mechanical engineering and laboratories; he was living a childhood dream.

So the Doctor from that laboratory put him to make a prototype, Angel had been working on that prototype for 3 hours.

- So how's the newbie doing with the prototype?

- It's going well, Doctor.

- Great... 

- Damn it! Why did they ask me to make this prototype? Well, I'm a very smart kid, so that must be why they asked me to make this prototype. Although, I'm here for the money. I need money to buy new equipment.

While Angel was thinking, someone started approaching him. This person was Homes, who really liked Hanz, better known as the Doctor.

- Hello Angel, how is it going with the prototype?

- I'm doing well sir, I'm almost done.

- Great.

- But what did you come here to do?

- Oh, the Doctor asked me to call you. He wants to talk to you.

- Hmm? About what?

- I don't know. 

- ...

Homes and Angel make their way to the Doctor's office, as they walk down the corridor they talk to each other.

- So Homes, I want to ask you a question.

- Feel free. 

- How did you meet the Doctor?

- I met him when I was looking for a job. I was at a supermarket asking for help. No one listened to me or helped me; he was the only one who helped me. Since then, I've been very grateful to him, and thanks to him, today I can give my family a better life.

- Wow. Your story has a big twist. But here, you're married!?

- Yes, I am, I have a beautiful and wonderful wife and a daughter who is my little princess.

- That's cool, I'm happy for Homes.

- Thank you, who knows, maybe one day you'll find yours too.

- Who knows, right? (Better not, the author is struggling to write a cool shonen story, if he puts a relationship in the middle he's screwed)

So after a long conversation, the two arrive at the Doctor's office.

- Doctor, I brought him.

- That's great, thank you Homes. You can leave.

- Yes sir. 

- So Doctor, what do you want to talk to me about?

- So Angel, I saw that you are a very smart boy, so I asked you to make a prototype for me. Right?

- Right.

- So... I wanted to know if you wouldn't want to be part of my laboratory.

- Serious !? 

- Yes. Including payment and all the things here.

- Wow, Doctor! That's a really cool proposal. But... I can't accept it.

- Hey, why not?

- As much as I like all this, I don't feel happy. It feels like I'm doing all this out of obligation.

Angel felt a strange energy coming from that laboratory, so he chose to refuse the request.

- I understand... 

- Serious ?

- Yes. I was like you once, smart and skilled. But... When I had an opportunity like this, I didn't let it go.

Immediately armed men began to enter the room.

- Huh!?...

- And you, you won't let go either...

The men started shooting, so Angel jumped out the living room window and stopped in a wide-open room where the deportation goods were stored, and Angel noticed that more men were starting to arrive.

- WHAT'S THIS FOR, DOCTOR!!?

- This is to teach you to never miss an opportunity like this. Now die, I'm no longer interested in you.

- Damn, this Doctor is crazy. Just because I didn't accept his proposal, he got angry.

Angel begins to dodge the shots. And begins to hit the armed men.

- Four down. Now there are five to go.

Angel begins to fight the remaining five.

- (Should I use this now, to get this over with?).

- (No... If I use it, I could be unconscious for 2 hours. And they could end up killing me. And also, the street is on the other side of the lab.)

Angel then activates his high-pressure gloves, and finishes off the last few that remain.

While Angel is catching his breath, one of the other scientists asks the Doctor if he could release the Doctor's greatest creation.

- Sir, may I release you?

- Sim...

- Phew. I finished them all.

Angel immediately feels a rock speeding toward him. He quickly turns and breaks the rock with his high-pressure glove. Angel sees a large enemy approaching.

This enemy's name is Bruthafis. He was human, but Hanz transformed him into a hideous monster, giving him immense physical strength. However, the mutation stopped halfway; most of them still have human mentality.

- What is that?

- Hahahahah! Behold my greatest invention.

- ARRGGGHHHH!!

- Damn. How am I supposed to deal with this guy?!

Bruthafis without thinking goes towards Angel, he immediately dodges and punches Bruthafis in the face, but it has no effect. Bruthafis grabs Angel by the arm and throws him against the wall, making Angel collide with it.

- Damn, how am I going to beat this thing?

- I know!

- I'll use all the power of the pressure glove and end this.

Angel charges all the power in his pressure glove. And uses 20% of the charge in his speed boot; when his boot uses 100% of its speed, it can reach a maximum of 100 km/h.

- And now... 

Angel charges at Bruthafis head-on, to put an end to this once and for all.

- COME ON!...

Angel lands a blow to Bruthafis's chin, and the blow has no effect. Angel lands a series of blows on Bruthafis, and he finishes the sequence with a punch to the stomach, but it has no effect.

- DID YOU REALLY THINK THAT THESE SCAMS WOULD END ME?

Angel raises his head with a look of despair, thinking about how those sequences had no effect.

- YOU THOUGHT WRONG...

Bruthafis grabs Angel by the arm and throws him hard against the wall. Bruthafis charges at Angel and throws a punch that breaks the wall and sends them outside the lab, leaving them in a secluded alley.

This is the other side of the lab. Angel then begins to spit blood, due to the impact of Bruthafis's punch.

- Shit, this guy is so strong. Why do I keep fighting him? I just need to get away.

Angel then intends to run away from that situation, because he knows he can't go against that monster, but he remembers what can happen if he runs away.

- But... If I run away and let him loose, many people will be killed.

- I already know. I won't run away, I'll stay and fight him until I defeat him. It doesn't matter if I die here or not.

- I'm not a mechanical engineer for nothing. So, I'm going to use my mechanical arms.

Angel's mechanical arms are housed in a backpack he carries. These arms are Angel-sized and as wide as Bruthafis's arm.

Angel then prepares his mechanical arms to go after Bruthafis. He goes after Bruthafis, and punches him in the face, which throws him away.

While the fight is taking place, a stranger who was in the alley begins to analyze the fight.