Amaretto paused and looked out the mouth of the alley. What she saw next caused her to be slightly curious. A tall man, easily over six feet in stature, walked around the end of the lane and began walking forward at a rather stiff gait. This puzzled Amaretto until she saw the reason why. The man's boots were made of what appeared to be corrugated steel plates that had been bolted together.
From the man's back, there appeared to be a large lump that went up his spine, in a cylindrical fashion. The collar of the man's coat had been turned up as well, but from behind him seemed to rise a thin plume of smoke.
Amaretto stared in fascination at what was known as an Iron man. It looked like it was an atomoton from a strange movie, like that one about the killer robot from the future, only this one was lower budget and had less of a killing instinct, or at least she hoped so.
