Birthday present

Tobi was shocked again, his father had robed him. 2 days after leaving his father had contacted the bank using his status as the parent of a minor to withdraw all of the money Tobi had been given. The only thing he left was the mech and it's parts. Tobi's fortune had been taken from him in one foul swoop. The bank told him it was completely legal, even though immoral, and there was nothing they could do. As a precaution Tobi made a new account and stored the mech and parts there, he also withdrew its schematics and operators manual.

Tobi sat on James's couch watching the news a month had passed since he had lost his money. In that time he'd been looking for work but most private mercenary groups would not accept him based on his paper grades and lack of experience, he was close to giving up all together. the news had an add break, nothing special just adds for household appliances except for one

"Are you looking for work join the E.M.C. We hire more than just pilots, engineers and repairmen." The add was short and simple. Tobi had not really considered the mech core as it didn't pay well compared to private organisations like the Jack Sixes, a famous private mech company available for hire for transport protection or other guarding jobs they even occasionally got hired by the government to hunt down fugitives. But Tobi was running out of choices so he used his C.M.D. To access there website surely enough they where hiring pilots Tobi entered his details.

As he entered the bank Tobi asked the clerk for access to the physical item storage area and was lead to his vault the clerk gave him his pin and left. Tobi stared up at the vault door.

"Happy birthday Tobi " he entered the pin the door swung open slowly revealing the mech. The specs only gave part of the picture and custom was an understatement.

What was before Tobi was a 25m tall mech covered in pristine white armour with golden highlights, it's legs where thick and strong looking, its feet where shaped with two Mildly curved claws at the front and one on the heal while still looking relatively human like. Its torso was bulky at the top yet slimed towards the waist before its hips which sat slightly out from its waist, large spherical pauldrons with a flat outer edge which sported a flat but powerful thruster covered its shoulders. its arms where also sturdy looking it's fore arms where slightly bulkier than its upper arms. Cannons where attached on the outer side of the arms with extending barrels that could go past its hands. It's hands where fairly standard except for a plasma blade controller under the plate covering the back of its hands, the fingers also sported plasma ejectors, these where capable of covering the hands in squished cone shape of plasma making a powerful close range weapon. Mounted on its back where to larger versions of to booster on either side of a large weapon container that was currently empty though capable of carrying 4 small 2 medium or 1 large weapon. the outer sides of the thigh armour also opened up to allow storage of grenades or light arms. The chest armour opened up in two places to allow access to the cockpit, which was the picture of luxury a leather seat and state of the art monitors with the same white and gold colour scheme on all of the metal components. The head was a standard humanoid head but was covered in ornately carved head pieces white armour covered the top, back and sides with gaps for vents which where highlighted gold. Gold chin armour created a solid piece that resembled a beard, another gold piece created horns which hid radio sensors and other reconnaissance equipment.

The whole mech radiated power even deactivated Tobi could do nothing but smile. He had hired a large carrier to transport the mech and its spare parts two days ago when he received his letter of acceptance from the E.M.C. He helped load the mech and its parts onto the carrier even the crewmen of the carrier where impressed by its looks. Tobi sat with the mech in its new container for the 2 and a half hour trip to the E.M.C. Headquarters on the top level of the planet.

A knock and a yell came came from outside the container Tobi exited through the door on the containers side and helped unload the giant metal bow and the two smaller ones that came with it.

"Good afternoon lieutenant Greyson I hope the transport when well" the voice came from a man in his thirties

"It went perfectly commander" he said to the commander, Samuel O'Brian was his unit leader and in direct charge of fire team Azure of which Tobi was the 5th member.

"Well lieutenant how about you fire it up it's not often I get to see a custom job" after a yes sir Tobi unlocked the container and retracted the top, front and half of the sides. The mech in this position looked like a king on its throne. Tobi scrambled up the side of the mech and unlocked the cockpit before sliding smoothly inside he grabbed the neural attachment and secured it around his C.M.D. He leans forward placing his hand on the main console, he took a deep breath and pressed the ignition.

The monitors came the life as the mechs micro reactors came to life a name appeared on the main monitor with a loading bar that said syncing

"Jötunn " Tobi said as the mech finally and truly came to life.