“Why didn’t you teleport out of the way like before?” she asked.

“If you must know, I can’t. The man I was working for took the device he gave me that let me teleport.” he said as he slowly rose from the ground.

“Why?” she asked, folding her arms in front of her.

“You’re awfully curious.” he told her.

Hariot landed behind Jemima as she answered the man, “I meant why don’t you work for him anymore?” she asked.

Dementia’s Knight shrugged, “He was wrong about your friend, and I couldn’t work for a man that would attempt to kill an innocent.” he said.

Jemima and Hariot nodded in unison. “Well, that’s very noble.” Hariot said and put a hand to Jemima’s shoulder, “Come on, I think we’ve done enough here.” she said. Jemima turned and the pair started to depart.

“Wait!” they heard Dementia’s Knight call from behind them, making them turn around.

“Yes?” Jemima asked.

“Well, I was wondering if maybe we could pool our powers together, and combat the Clockwork in the area.” he said.

“And why would we want to do that?” Jemima asked.

“The man that hired me has some connection with the Clockwork, I overheard him talking about some sort of plan to overtake the city.” he told the two women.

“And so you thought that you’d pound on the Clockwork one by one until they were all gone?” Hariot asked.

Dementia’s Knight shook his head, “No, I thought that maybe we could raid the Clockwork King’s hideout and stop the attack before it starts.” he said with a sigh.

“Wait, lemme get this straight, you were gonna take the Clockwork King on by yourself, and who knows how many of his minions if and when you happened to find his hideout?” Hariot asked, placing her hands on her hips.

“Pretty much, yeah.” he told her, placing his hands on his hips as if to mimic Hariot.

“Even with our help that’s a retarded plan.” Hariot said. “The Clockwork King is way more powerful than even the three of us combined.” she informed him.

“Fine, I’ll go myself.” he said and walked away.

Jemima turned and looked at Hariot, “He’s probably going to die, y’know?” she said.

Hariot shrugged and began to hover off the ground, “Better him than us.” she said and picked Jemima up and took off to the air.

The long row of roll-up doors that stood on the outside of the large warehouse that resided at the outskirts of the city began to open revealing armies of Clockwork standing at attention within the abandoned building.

The sound of their metal feet clanking on the concrete as they began to file out was deafening. Hundreds of Clockwork poured out of the building and began their march on Paragon City.

Both of their communicators went off simultaneously, signaling a full alert.

“Heroes of Paragon City, you are needed now more than ever.” came the Mayor’s voice from the wrist units. “The Clockwork King has deployed an army of Clockwork into the city, and they are leaving a trail of death and destruction in their path, I implore you to confront them in large groups and bring them down quickly.” he said.

Hariot turned around and began to fly back toward the center of the city as fast as she could.

The streets of the city became a war zone as heroes battled the massing Clockwork. Energy blasts ripped into buildings and vehicles, Clockwork and heroes alike lay beaten on the ground as the war around them carried on.

As the heroes fought back the Clockwork minions, they seemed to be winning the battle, then the rumbling started.

The twenty foot tall behemoth came crashing down the street, mowing down hero and Clockwork alike as it chugged forward like a runaway freight train.

“All will kneel to the will of the Clockwork King!” the giant bellowed in a cold mechanical voice.