The kick certainly took metal-legs by surprise. She went over like a sack of potatoes, sliding across the floor until she crashed into a lathe.

Viktor didn't look terribly surprised, though. He stood up and dodged aside as the robot came down on his chair, utterly destroying it. In the same motion, he stuck some kind of device he had palmed while they were talking onto Sparks' chest. It stuck there promptly, and Sparks' power levels started dropping.