Finally that damned scorpion tail got Adam a good one. ​ Its' pincer pierced Adam's right shoulder with a toxin that would have instantly knocked out a normal man and made even Adam twitch. Damn. Adam took an instant to recover, and Alacran used his tail in that instant to smack Adam hard in the chest. At the center of the fountain was what looked like a seven foot goddess but was actually just another robot. It undulated provocatively to the music. Adam flew back hard to slam hard into the top half of it. causing it to crack and bend slightly. Now the statue jerked more than it undulated. BAM! Adam came right back at Alacran, diving at the last moment to keep from getting stung by Alacran's tail a second time. He did a complete forward somersault, then leaped high in the air to kick Alacran full in the face. The toxin he'd been injected with made him just the slightest bit groggy, which was the exact last thing he needed right then. If only he could take a moment to...to... 

​     WHAM! The tail caught him in the chest again. Adam couldn't remember the last time he'd been hit so hard. The blow sent him flying back fifty feet to slam into a wall.  

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