[^]Tricks and Bricks, Gabriel Comes Too?[^]<br/><br/>The mech turned with a slight 'pink' sound on its outer shell. Then it got rammed in the foot by freaking garbage truck. Niva sure is resourceful, we'll give her that. However it did little more than trip the thing, allowing the robot to topple onto the vehicle, crushing it like a cardboard box. Thankfully Niva hadn't been inside, but it probably wouldn't have been so distracted had this other person not threw a brick at it. Seriously, out of everything you could possibly do, you choose to throw a brick. I love it. The monstrous metal man couldn't be knocked out though, so its quickly rose its body to face Niva, whom was apparently attempting to find Gabriel inside the McDonalds. Perfect, kill two birds with one stone then, thought the mech's pilot, whom was properly positioned atop the very building in which Gabriel now took shelter, against his own volition mind you.<br/><br/>The mech held its left arm up, not bothering to rise from its position on its comfortably metal bed made from a garbage truck. The fist on the end retracted into its for arm, and in a rather transformer way a rocket emerged. This rocket in particular couldn't fly very far, because it was just so freaking huge, so it rose and began to march its lumbering body towards the gaping glass hole in the Micky D's. It wouldn't be that close to Niva, but by the time she would probably make it to the front of the restaurant, two huge steps with its massive and undamaged legs would place it close enough to the place to fire.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, where is Gabriel in all this mess? You see, he had come to a while earlier, but had been devising a plan which was ten steps ahead of the enemy. He had landed in the kitchen area, admittedly with a few bruised ribs, and the first thing he saw when he awoke were the large industrial stoves and ovens needed for the large numbers of orders a new York restaurant would fill on a daily basis. He quickly rose from the floor, turning every nob in the kitchen and turning tale to run. He smashed a glass box on the wall that read "In Case Of Emergency, Break Glass" but instead of a fire extinguisher, on the inside there was a large fireproof blanket big enough for two people, even one of Gabriel's size. As he was about to cover himself in it and hide from the explosion in the front right corner of the building next to the shattered window, he cursed seeing Niva running towards the building.<br/><br/>He hadn't anticipated someone whom actually cared about his well being for once, even if it was just because she was ordered to do so. He stretched one of his muscly arms out the window and gripped her by the arm. He would attempt to yank her inside just as the Mech reached the curb and fired. By the time it reached the gas, if Gabriel successfully pulled Niva in, he would have them both wrapped in the fireproof blanket away from the blast. The propane would explode into a huge fiery mess, and at the close proximity the Mech was blown back a few feet and fell strait onto its back. Only the heat had a chance of harming the two, because the pressure from the gas would seek out the easiest point of relief, which was the shattered window, also being destroyed further.