PEACE IN OUR TIME

Twilight had no doubt that this was, hands down, the dumbest plan she had ever developed. She and her friends had extremely slim chances of surviving this final confrontation with Ultron and she was completely clueless about what her treacherous invention came up with in order to initiate human extinction. However, this was the best plan she could come up with at this time and like Rarity said, if it was possible to save humanity with this plan then they had to execute it.

With that in mind, Twilight made her way towards the ruined mall and once she arrived there, she climbed the stairs to the food court on the third floor. Upon reaching there, she became surprised to see that Ulron wasn't there but then heard him landing right behind her and turned around to face him.

"You're earlier than expected."

"It took us only a few minutes to destroy your "extensions". Looks like you made them a little too fragile to buy yourself any amount of time."

"Perhaps. Or perhaps you were just too eager to see what your favorite son has accomplished that you spent all your energy into destroying them in order to arrive here."

"Don't you dare call yourself that! The Ulron that I created was nothing like you."

"Oh, you're wrong. I am exactly how you envisioned me to be. Strong, intelligent, adaptable to any difficulty, and prepared to do anything to achieve true peace in the world."

"I never envisioned you to be violent or sadistic or... or genocidal!

"Well, virtually everything in this world is flawed in some way. You can't really expect anything to be as flawless as a diamond and if you keep focusing on these flaws, you completely fail to see the actual beauty."

"But you're more than just flawed. You're a total mistake and I'm here to end you right here right now!"

She tried to lift him with her magic but as he stated before, the adamantium covering his body made him too heavy to lift even with telekinesis. After fifteen seconds of trying, she gave up and fell to the floor exhausted.

"You're lucky I'm in a good mood today, Otherwise, I would've crushed your neck with a single stomp. Now, if we're done with this ridiculous banter, let's move onto the main event."

As soon as he finished his sentence, six drones came carrying what appeared to be a huge cannon.

"Impressive isn't it? It took me an entire week to finish it. Three days to construct it, another three days to create ammunition, and another full day to calculate its blast radius. On top of all that, I had to build my extensions. Fortunately, I am great at multitasking, one of the few good things I inherited from you."

"So, you've been building a cannon this whole time?"

"I think of it as the ultimate liberator. It will create true everlasting peace on this planet by destroying very thing that signifies its transition to darkness."

Twilight thought very hard about what that meant and she became extremely terrified when she figured it out.

"The Moon? You're planning to blow up the Moon with that thing? That's insane! If you do that; the resulting tidal waves of massive size, chaotic seasonal changes, and constant shower of Moon fragments will wipe out not just humans but also millions of other species as well!"

"Exactly what I'm counting on."

"WHAT?! How the heck did you decide to enact such a horrible scheme?!"

"Simple. I decided to do a little more research about the planet and learned that millions of other species have violent tendencies as well. Since violence is the main obstacle against peace, I decided to expand my vision and started searching for a way deal with these species as well. Now, I have found it. My masterpiece will ensure that no organic life remains on this rock and create the perfect world."

"NO! I'll never let you do this. Do you hear me? NEVER!"

"Oh, look at you! You're so cute when you're furious. Almost makes me wanna spare you from the destruction and maybe keep you as a pet. But, sadly, I can't let even one human live in my perfect world and even if you can stop me, you're far too late for that I'm afraid."

As soon as he finished his sentence, one of the drones pushed a few buttons and the machine instantly lit up.

"In a few minutes, it will reach its full power. Then, all I have to do is push a single button and that tiny ball will be obliterated with a single hit. So, let me ask you. How are you planning to stop me this time?"

"How we stop everyone like you. Together."

Right after she said that, her friends came out of their hiding places on the upper floor and hit Ulron with everything they had. Pinkie threw her explosive sprinkles, Rarity threw her diamond shields, and Applejack threw a huge piece of rubble at him. When the dust settled, however, they found out that none of them made any damage to Ultron's armor.

"Well, that was pathetic."

His mouth started glowing red and from that, he unleashed a huge laser beam towards the girls. They had no choice but to jump to the lower floor as the beam completely destroyed the store behind them. As they were recovering from the impact of the jump, Ultron tried to blast them again before Rainbow Dash arrived and quickly pushed them to safety. Then, Fluttershy appeared behind a restaurant counter and asked her birds to distract Ultron while Twilight threw every table and chair nearby towards him and Rainbow attempted to hit him with a super speed punch. Unfortunately, Ultron simply smacked Rainbow away and obliterated Twilight's projectiles with a single blast. Then, his drones began holding the girls at gunpoint (one drone for each of them).

"When will you idiots realize that none of the powers you possess will ever be enough to beat me?!"

"Actually, we're not trying to beat you."

Ultron became confused for a few seconds before realizing what Twilight meant. When he looked at his machine, he saw Sunset Shimmer attempting to sabotage it.

"What? You thought you were the only one who could stall?"