As soon as a hundred Ultron drones started firing on them the girls desperately tried to take cover. Thankfully, Rarity immediately conjured up a giant shield made of diamonds to protect both herself and her friends.

"Is everyone okay?"

"Yeah, I think we're good."

"Hosh darn a minute! Where the hay is Rainbow?"

"I don't know. She was right beside me when the drones were preparing to fire."

"There! I see her!"

They looked at where Pinkie was pointing at and saw Rainbow using her super speed to quickly take out several drones.

"She's distracting them away from us!"

"Good, because I don't know how much longer I can hold this!"

Rainbow also noticed that the shield is starting to break, so she cranked her speed up and started taking out an even larger number of drones. A few seconds later, all the remaining ones were shooting at her. At that point, Rarity made the shield disappear and, along with the rest of her friends, started attacking the drones to help Rainbow.

The battle completely tipped to the girls' favor after that. They were all using their magical abilities to their full extent in order to destroy as many drones as possible. Rainbow was still running fast to take them out, Fluttershy was ordering birds and bats to distract those firing at Rainbow, Twilight was lifting and crushing them against each other, Applejack was ripping them apart limb from limb with her bare hands, Pinkie and Rarity were throwing explosive sprinkles and diamond shields at them, and Sunset was helping people who were trapped in the rubble. After less than five minutes, the battle was over. All the drones were destroyed, and everyone was safe. The girls could finally take a moment to rest and catch their breaths.

"Well, that was easy."

"Easy?! You call taking out an army of robots with laser cannons for arms easy?! I feel like I just ran fifty something miles!"

"I'm just sayin' these robots were a little too easy to destroy. I only had to throw one punch to take out one of them. If Ultron wants to destroy us, then why would he send such a weak army after us?"

"Good point, Applejack. Besides, Ultron knows everything about the limits of our powers. Why he didn't design his army according to those facts, I'll never know."

"Because he doesn't want to destroy us with this army. Like I said, this was all just a diversion to keep us occupied until he completes his real plan. Whatever that is, it's what he'll use to wipe us out along with the rest of humanity!"

"Then there's no time to lose! We gotta find that ugly trashcan and scrap it for good!"

"Calm down, Rainbow! We don't even know where that brute flew off to."

"Actually, we do."

"What do ya mean?"

" Just before Ultron flew off, I put a tracking device on his leg with my telekinesis. I just have to recalibrate my sensor a bit and then, we'll know exactly where he is."

She took out her sensor and started the recalibration.

"Okay, I'm getting a signal. It looks like he's in... The mall? Why would he be here?"

"Maybe he's building his doomsday machine or whatever under the mall."

"I don't think so, Sunset. The signal is coming from the center of the food court on the third floor. There's no way he's been building a device like that this whole time."

"What does that mean?"

"It means he found out about the tracking device. We'd be like a bunch of apples waiting to be squeezed and turned into cider if we go to that mall."

"Not exactly."

"What are you talking about now?"

"I have a plan to stop Ultron but you may not like it."

"Darling, we're fighting to save not just our lives but also the lives of everyone in the entire world from that monster's wrath. I'm sure whatever you've got planned is worth executing if it's going to accomplish all that. Right, girls?"

They all nodded in agreement and Twilight let out a sigh.

"Then, listen carefully. I have to enter that mall alone and I need you guys to test out a new invention of mine."

All of their mouths were left hanging open.

Author's Note

Feel free to listen to the main theme of the movie Avengers: Age of Ultron during the battle scenes.