Mega Masters

"So, lemme level with you for a second...this morning, you and Crystal Man went to retire the mail, and you found a letter in a blue envelope?"

"Yeah."

"Then you opened it, and discovered that it asked to six of us, strangely listed on a paper in that same envelope, to go on the rooftop?"

"Yeah."

"And then we had to wait for a portal to pop up and reach the other side?"

"Yeah."

"And it was signed by non other than that monarch from that TV show Clown Man, Aqua Man and Crystal Man watch, Princess Molestia?

"The name's Celestia,but you got the rest right."

"That's just great..."

There was a lot of tension in the Skull Fortress that day: Spring Man had just recovered the mail,and, has you already know thanks to that little conversation between the former and Metal Man, which was the temporary leader due to Wily absence/vacation to give Megaman and the Light's bots a break, no one knew what to do about the matter at hands.

"It simply can't be Megam...oh,why do i keep referring to him as "Megaman" since his civilian name is Rock?" Asked an angered Metal Man,which was locked in his own little riddle.

"Just call him Rock and get over with it, we still have stuff to do. And i'm not referring to changing Aqua Man personality, because we need Bright Man and he still holds a grudge against me for that time i broke his Flash Stopper." responded Spring, shivering a little thinking to what Bright did to him that time.

"Whatever. So what do we do about this letter? Because-

"You know, you should relax Metal,it's just a letter after all!" Interrupted a voice from behind Metal: it was Gemini Man...or at least i think, because it could have been a hologram.

"Gemini, this ISN'T just a letter! It's asking six of us to go into a portal! A! PORTAL! We don't know if it's a joke, a trap or whatever it could be!"

"Yeah, about that...", stepped in Spring, "Who are the lucky six that are going on a mission that will have us probably killed in ten minutes?"

"Wait, allow me check" exclaime Metal Man. "... They are: Gyro Man, Wind Man, Magic Man, Magnet Man and...you two." Concluded the robot, trying to hide the surprise of seeing Gemini and Spring names on the list.

"Alright, then- wait, you said US?!" exclaimed a surprised Spring,which started to bounce on his own internal springs. "G-gimme that!"

After snatching said list from Metal hands, Spring began to check the paper, and, indeed, the names that Metal said earlier where all there, and near them was a symbol, each in a different color: Gyro's was a red lightning bolt, Wind's was a pink butterfly, Magic's was a magenta six-pointed star, Magnet's was an orange apple, Gemini's was a purple diamond, and Spring's was a blue baloon

"...What do we do now?" Asked Gemini,which has been left out of the conversation for quite a while.

"...Wily is going to kill me for this one, but i will actually send the robot masters on said list on the rooftop and eventually trough the portal. I give you the authorization to do whatever you want when you get in there, just do it in the name of Wily."

"Now, i will give you specific orders that you WILL HAVE to follow if you don't want two Metal Blades to the knees.

Gemini, you gather the remaining robot masters that are on this list. I want a quick job, alright?

"Spring, go on the roof, alone, just to see if the portal is already there. And if Search Man blows your head off, then the problem is yours. I will not give a clusterfuck about it,because i don't care. Understood?" asked Metal, giving precise but easy to memorize orders.

After receiving a quick nod,the trio broke up for their destinations: Spring was going where he wanted,because he was not taking orders from Metal, while Gemini was searching everyone else with a little help of his holograms. and Metal...well,he just walked to the nearest sofa and threw himself on it.

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After sending his holograms around the building, Gemini thought were could the others be.

'Hmm...Wind and Gyro are probably flying around, which means i'll have to make myself notice, a shot from the Gemini Laser should do the work. Then we have Magic...argh, somebody help me, he's always studying a new trick or fucking with our minds, quite literally.

'Magnet Man is the easiest one, since he is probably in the warehouse reorganizing bolts and parts of various type, always being the one that works the most. I think i should start with the hardest ones, so...Magic Man is first, even if i'm going to regret it.'

'Then i should go find Magnet, and finally, i'll call to the roof Wind and Gyro by shooting my Gemini Laser in the air like a firework, kind of like what Crash Man does with his Crash Bombs on New Year's Eve...except that at the first occasion, he always shoots down something or makes a huge hole in the roof. Whatever, let's just go find that damn magician.'

Indeed, Magic Man was one of the trickiest robots to find, because as explained by Gemini, someone must always resolve his mind-breaking riddles to find him, and this time, it would be no exception: in fact,after asking Dynamo Man and Burner Man, two of the others five King's numbers about their "brother's" whereabouts, our favorite duplicating robot master was on a new track.

in fact, last time Dynamo saw Magic, he had Sword Man legs,while the last time Burner saw him, he was carrying a deactivated Burst Man with him. This was extremely valuable evidence about Magic's location, and the stuff he was carrying was easily attributable to the 'Cut someone in half trick' as they call it at the Skull Fortress.

"Well, or he is in the laboratory repainting Sword's legs and putting them in the place of Burst's legs,or he is preparing the stage. Whatever's the case, Sword Man is going to be enraged when he finds out." Concluded Gemini, which now knew where the robot magician might be hiding, and what was his next move.

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In the meantime,a hologram of Gemini had already found Gyro in the corridor, and now was having quite the talk with him

"I told you! I'm not moving without a good reason,and you're not going to force me by making Gravity Man come here and lock me up on the ceiling for a week!" Said the Helicopter-like shaped robot, annoying even more Gemini Man.

"Oh, come on! You know Metal told me! And without Wily's presence, his word is law here in the fortress! Go ask him if you want!"

"No. You want to know why? Because i'm not going to the junkyard with my own propeller! if it's a Light number trap, we are going to reach the scrap head!" Stated an extremely annoyed Gyro, which was wishing to strangle Gemini just to make him shut up and go away...

"You know what?! Fine!" Said a even more annoyed Gemini,and while saying so,he started to walk away, thinking about what he was going to do... only to fall over due to Gyro's foot getting in the way.

"But...i think that i'll accept if you give me a certain registration you promised to show Wily." said Gyro's, with a confident smirk all over his face, knowing that Gemini HAD to accept.

"Fine...but just because you're needed to go somewhere!"  Responded an angry Gemini,which was now cleaning his armor.

"Eheheh...come on, let's go!"

"Yeah, we better go, and...well, you better don't tell Crystal Man that i have photos of his "closet of arcane magic".

The two then got into a laugh remembering the content of Crystal's closet,a laugh that echoed trough the corridors of the fortress for minutes before finally stopping, making Crystal sneeze several times in a row, each time with more force, and finally falling of the chair he was sitting on, thinking what make him sneeze like that,but most importantly, HOW was he able to sneeze: he was a robot after all!

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"Luna,are you sure it's a good idea to make these "warriors" come into our peaceful land?"

"Oh Tia, you worry too much! The robot masters were programmed with the three law of robotics!"

"Three laws of what?"

"The three laws are one, a robot may not injure a pony being or, through inaction, allow a pony being to come to harm,

two, a robot must obey the orders given to it by pony beings, except where such orders would conflict with the first law, and three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the first or second laws." Calmly explained Luna. "Obviously, in the case of the robots masters, the three laws don't quite apply, except the first one."

At this last mention, Celestia gulped, extremely worried about her subjects.

"They're actually going to wreck havoc if they want?!" Asked a panicking Celestia,which was now hyperventilating

"Don't worry, Tia. They can't hurt your subjects, and any illegal actions will be punished. And i think that after two weeks with your faithful student and her friends, they are going to forget about such things." Luna reassured her, making the sun princess regain her royal posture.

"Well, then i think i will have to accept that, even knowing that they are beings that caused pure chaos in the past, but i got a question then: why these six in particular Luna?" Asked Celestia,having the feeling that she wouldn't receive an affirmative answer.

The moon princess gave a reassuring smile to her sister,and answered her sister's question.

"If there's anything you learned from Doctor Whooves, then you should give time to the time.As you were probably suspecting, i can't answer you right now,but when time will come, Equestria will be a safer place once and for all."

And with a last reassuring smile,Luna took flight, probably going to her room to take a little break: in a few hours,six special guests would be there,and she wouldn't lose that moment for all the power she could possibly gain.