| The Metal Man saw his foe and saluted. Indeed, his crazy grin indicated he knew very well what must be going through the Joker's mind.
"Unlike the other foes, whom I have oblitered, you have been smart enough to realize that my power lies in my defense. Very good."
He took a fighting stance.
"Now I can fight a real opponent. I have hungered for such for almost five years, destroying many who did not realize the true nature of my being. Additionally those whom I haven't fought correctly..."
He took out a burnt capacitor.
"...Were due to a broken anger inhibitor. Instead of inhibiting my anger it allowed it to ruin my fighting style. But enough exposition. The new question is: Can you defend, or will you blend?"
He chuckled to himself as he turned to walk towards Joker, his clunky steps making thick tracks in the beach and churning the seawater he went through. This was round 2, for all intents and purposes, so he had to make a good impression.
He leapt up, with an uppercut. He zoomed over the Joker's head! That was clearly not meant to hit. He landed behind Joker and did an erratic shin-kick--but it, too, would miss by an inch. Then he would suddenly stand, and, back facing Joker... ...slide backwards, standing, with his back flying at Joker as if to collide. This was strange, but upon seeing the manuevering jets on his knees, it would become obvious: He had 360 degree mobility!
If that hit, it'd probably make a mark, but it was the beginning. Metal Man would stop and then put his arms out, now spinning like a top. He would float up some, his spinning filling the air with the smell of burning jet fuel and motor coil. The sound was a rhythmic whirr as he abruptly flew to Joker's right and then strafed diagonally from behind Joker to his right side, tilted so that his arms hit the ground and hurled a mess of rocks, sand, and debris in the air and at Joker's face. It would be like being sandblasted.
Under cover of the sandstorm, Metal Man would float out a bit to sea, and then...
...He did a Cannonball.
The big SPLOOSH would be heard, and suddenly the air would smell especially salty. The Joker's vision would clear just in time for him to see a 30 foot wave about to crash on him... ...and the Metal Man's shiny silhouette inside that wave, fist aimed to hit the Joker the moment the wave crashed! |