Mega Masters

by Black Slash

10. City

Previous Chapter

The sun raised once more, and for the robot masters started te second day of a new life, the second day in Equestria.

They had settled in quite fast, even if they had a few problems. For example, when Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle had initaly met Magnet and Gemini Man, they started to question them for hours. Saying that it was an annoyance was like saying that the Airbus A380 was a plane smaller than a Cesna.

But Spring Man had the most trouble with the Cakes. When they saw him, they started to scream, then they threw everything they had in the bakery at him, and would have sent the city into havoc if Spring hadn't blocked them with his arms. Sure, Pinkie explained the owners of Sugarcube Corner who he was, but they still were a little nervous.

On the other hand, Wind Man and Gyro Man had settled in just fine. The big robot had been immediatly accepted by Fluttershy's animals due to his shy nature, while Gyro Man and Rainbow Dash had raced all the way to her home.

But right now, they had something more important on their hands. They had to meet the mayor of Ponyville, and then they would've introduced themselves to the citizens.

As Magic Man walked out of the Golden Oak Library, he met a rather tired looking Gemini Man.

"Hey Gemini, how was Carousel Boutique?" Asked the magician, earning a sigh from the other robot.

"In two words. Pure. Hell. Rarity's sister, Sweetie Belle, won't shut up five minutes. I swear, i needed to shut down my systems, but that did nothing, if not making me even more tired. What about you?"

Magic Man proceeded to explain what had happened yesterday, earning a hearthful laugh from Gemini.

"Y-you almost got your back turned to ashes by a baby dragon?! If Gyro knows this, he is going to throw it into your face everytime!"

"Actually, i'm going to make fun of YOU Gemini!"

Gemini froze in place, while Gyro landed in front of him. The green robot seemed relaxed, almost at the top of his shape.

"You got submitted by a little girl! How pathetic is that? But still, don't you think since we are starting new lives, we should find ourselves a job?"

Magic and Gemini had a puzzled look. Was Gemini Man, the very robot that would sleep a week in the warehouse just to not reorder it, telling them to get a job?

"Gyro, are you sure you don't have roboenza? i mean, you want to work?! It's the first time ever i hear something like that coming from you." Exclaimed Gemini, making Gyro facepalm.

"Well, Mr. Perfect, may i remind you we don't have any money, and that if we want to build a decent life we need some? I talked with the rainbow punk last night. Other than wanting to join the Wonderbolts-

"What are those wonderbolts you're talking about?" Asked Gemini, interrupting the green robot.

"They're like Blue Angels or something. But still, she wants to join them, but right now works at the wheater patrol."

"Wheater patrol? Like, police that controls wheater?" Asked in unison Magic Man and Gemini Man, earning a nod from Gyro Man.

"Here in Equestria, the wheater is managed by the pegasi. By the way, i need to ask your purple friend if she can give me a spell that allows me to move clouds as well, because i can't. I had to sleep while hovering in the middle of the air, and trust me, it's really painful, since you can't close your eyes." Explained the green robot, pointing at Magic Man.

However, they were soon interrupted by the arrival of Magnet Man.

"Hey Magnet, you're fine?" Asked Gemini Man, earning a nod from his brother.

"Yeah, jus' a little tired. Applejack's sister won't stop whining about her "cutie mark" or something like that. It's really starting to get on my nerves."

Most of the group gave a perplexed look at Magnet, before Magic stepped in.

"A cutie mark is what a pony earns when he discovers his special talent. You can find it on its flank."

The other robots said "oh" in unison, silently nodding. The remained quiet for a little, until everyone else arrived. Then, Twilight explained her plan.

"OK, now, since everyone is here, i'm going to tell you what i know. Ponyville's mayor wants to meet you in her office. I don't know why, but you might want to prepare yourself, she is probably going to ask you many questions. I'm going to teleport us directly into the mayor's office, so nopony will notice us. Stay near me, and nothing bad will happen."

The robot masters and the other ponies got near Twilight, except for Gyro, who just asked a question. But before he could ask, Twilight's horn started to glow of a magenta aura.

"Wait, what do you mean by teleporta-"

Before the robot could end his question, they all disappeared in a bright flash of light, leaving nothing of their passage.

When they opened once more their eyes, the were in a rather large office. with a wooden desk. Behind the desk was sitting a mare with a beige fur and gray mane.

"tion... OK, now i understand what you mean." Finished Gyro, earning an hard slap behind the head by Gemini and Magic. Everyone soon turned their attention to the beige mare.

"Guys, meet Mayor Mare. she is the mayor of Ponyville, and right now she is at her third mandate."

The robots could barely avoid to burst into laughter. They were all thinking if she had been pushed up to the power to the parents, due to her name, but avoided any stupid question.

"So, Twilight, you said these are the beings that Princess Celestia had sended her in Ponyville, eh? Well, i shall gather everypony in town, so they can introduce theirselves to the population. I hope they will not panic, but just in case, you six know what to do.

And so, Mayor Mare leaved her office, probably going to call her citizens to the town hall.

"Well... that was quick. Now, what do we do next?" Asked Gyro Man, who received the answer by the growling stomachs of the mares.

"If you don't mind, we'll go to Sugarcube Corner to eat breakfast. In the meantime, decide what are you going to say at the meeting."

Twilight's horn glowed again, and soon, the six friends had disappeared in a flash of light, leaving the robot masters alone once more.

"Am i the only one that noticed something?" Asked Spring Man, earning the attention of the other robots " You don't swear as much as when we were back at Skull Fortress. You seem to have... softened, to say."

The other robot masters shared looks. Spring Man was right, even after two days, they had lost a bad habit of theirs, swearing. This felt a little strange as first, feeling like they had exited a tunnel without ending.

"You're saying that... we are changing?" Asked Magic Man, earning a nod from the red robot.

"Faster than what we had ever imagined. And i'm not saying that this is a bad thing. Maybe it's just because we are with those mares, or maybe it's the colors."

Silence fell over the room, until Wind Man spoke up.

"You know Spring, to be a crazy guy you are actually quite smart."

"Said the red robot to the mad scientist, before knocking him out for making him like pink so much! Ahahahah! You were really thinking we would lose our personality? Are you so nuts?"

Everyone in the room at the moment facepalmed at the red robot's statement.

"I'm going to kill you." Exclaimed Gyro, "One of these days. I'm going to kill you."

"Good luck Gyro, you're going to need so much dakka to bring him down, that it would be easier to blow up the galaxy."Answered Gemini, which made the green robot consider other ways to hurt Spring Man

"Blow... up... the galaxy you say? Hey, that's not-"

Gyor, however, received an hard slap across the face by Magnet Man, which simply shook his head disapprovingly.

"Are you stupid or something?! Here is how things work: to blow up a huge city you need a seven foot tall robot, to blow up the moon you need a robot the size of Tokyo, and to shoot every point in the time-space continuum, you need a robot the size of the moon! You're not of these, and you aren't 'God Man'. So please, use your processors before saying anything stupid, you big moron!"

However, Gyro answered by punching Magnet Man right in the face, with such force that the red robot flew halfway across the room.

"Me, a moron?! Says the one that thinks he is one of Wily's best robots. You say i'm a moron? Well, I'm not a moron! And if i was, i would be better than you, you dumb narcisist!" Exclaimed the green robot, making Spring Man's eyes shot wide open, while Magic Man and Gemini Man traded worried looks.

The red robot got back on his feet, and grabbed from Mayor Mare's desk a bottle of water.

"Hey, Gemini told me you wanted to work with the weather patrol, uh? Well, let's see how well you react against water!"

But before Magnet Man could smash the bottle on Gyor Man's head, he was interrupted by sound of someone knocking on the door, followed by a voice.

"Mayor Mare and Miss Sparkle are waiting you. And please, be polite during the meeting."

"Well, Magnet, even if i'm sure you would've loved pulling that stunt off, your ECW moment will have to wait. Again. Come on everyone, let's go."  Exclaimed Gemini, opening the door and exiting the room. Magnet Man immediatly placed the bottle down and reached the others.

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As Twilight sat on a chair on the stage, behind a desk and with six more chairs at her sides, Magic Man was trying to count the number of ponies that were present in the hall at the moment.

"1335...1336... OK, there is a total of 1337 ponies in this room at the moment. So, please, avoid any stupid behavior. That would make us outcasts right away, and frankly, i did not accept the princesses' offer just to live in the forest."

Wind Man, however, was getting more and more nervous. And as he tried to hide his emotions, his cooling unit started to work faster and faster, making a easily noticeable noise.

"Hey, big guy, calm down, would ya?" Spring Man tried to calm down the asiatic robot, trying to use that small part of him that hadn't gone insane in the course of the years. "They will not attack us, don't worry. And don't listen to what that old timer of Magic Man is saying."

"I am sorry?" stepped in Magic Man. "May i remind you that i'm younger than most of the wily numbers, and when King stole me and reprogrammed me i was only two months old? That makes me 15 years old currently, while you are twenty years old."

"Hey, it's not my fault my game is older than the writer's Ford Thunderbird! But still, thing is, there is ABSOLUTELY nothing to worry, Wind Man. Everything is going to be fine, i promise."

As Wind Man relaxed thanks to Spring Man's words, the cooling unit started to slow down, becoming barely audible. In the meantime, Twilight was already halfway trough her speech.

"Princess Celestia herself has sent them here in Ponyville, so they could finally understand this kind of magic. now-"

"Lies! All blatant lies!"

Twilight was interrupted by a stallion's screaming. It was Mr. Cake.

"Those monsters brainwashed the elements of harmony, and are now trying to take over Equestria!"

At first there was silence, but in a matter of second that turned into screams of panic. As almost everyone in the room rushed to the doors, they discovered to their orror, that they were locked by a spell. And while Ponyville's most gifted unicorns tried to break the spell, Magic Man decided to take the matter into his hands.

the robot magician, to the surprise of everyone in the room, removed his hat, and bringed out of hit what looked like a Tommy Gun. except, it was an actual one.

As the magician walked on the stage, he started firing in the air, while yelling at the out of control crowd

"Everyone, calm down, please!"

The exact moment where the bullets that were already stored in the gun ended, the crowd of ponies stopped doing whatever activity they were doing before, and looked at the stage.

Magic Man placed the gun back in his hat, and bowed to the ponies that were looking at him.

"Sorry for my behavior. Miss Sparkle, you may continue."

The ponies' attention immediatly shifted to the lavander unicorn, who was right now sweating from the fatigue of keeping the spell on the doors completely functional. Princess Celestia's personal student immediantly recomposed herself, and recovered her speech.

"Now, could Magnet Man, Wind Man, Spring Man, Gemini Man and Gyro Man take a seat please?"

The robot masters all came out of the backstage, and all took a seat. Incredibly, Wind's chair did not collapse under his weight.

"Now, before you ask any questions, here is how it works." explained Magic Man, earning the crowd's attention. "You will state clearly your name, and if you work for a journal, you will state the former's name as well. One question at the time, because we can't understand what you're asking if seven other people are talkng in the meantime, OK? Now, you can begin."

Immediatly, the journalists got high on their heels, and started making any kind of questions.

"Last News, for the Fillydelphia Daily. How do we know you will not try to attack us ponies at any time?"

"You see, Mr. Last News, it's quite hard to explain. I will just say that there are three laws which don't allow us to attack living beings, even if they are not valid under certain circumstances."

"Flash Click, for the Moon 24 Hours. May we know under which circumstances those laws do not apply?"

Magic Man nodded his head, before resuming his explenation.

"If a being attacks another being, we are allowed to intervene. Other questions?"

A white hoof rose from the rest of the crowd.

"Actually, yes. Noble Rose,  i work for Princess Blueblood's personal journal. He would like to know if you are of any nobility, or just a waste of space on the prince's personal journal."

Many ponies booed at the Canterlot pony question, but under the masks, the robot masters all had a huge grin.

"Magic Man, if you allow me, i will answer to this one. Twilight, could you come here please?" Stepped in Magic Man, earning a perplexed look from the magician.

As Twilight approached him, Magnet Man whispered something in the mare's ears. She blushed, and immediatly answered back. Magnet Man was now ready to answer the arrogant stallion's question.

"Well, to start things off, i don't know who this Blueblood guy is, so i can't really answer your question. However, since you asked me if we were a waste of time, then tell me, while would the mayor call every pony living in this small town here this morning?"

Magnet Man jumped on top of the table, and continued to 'answer' the question.

"Why would we stay with the bearers of the elements? Why would we be called from a completely different universe than yours just to learn this new kind of magic?! If this Blueblood idiot thinks we're a waste of time, then everyone, take a picture right now and sent it to him, because that's my exact answer!"

And then Magnet Man dropped the bomb. He proceeded to give the bird to Blueblood's personal journalist, while everyone took pictures of the moment. The crowd was clapping their hooves as fast and as loudly they could, while Blueblood's journalist fell back into his seat, his eyes completely shot open while on his face was the expressionn of pure shock. As the meeting was over and everyone leaved the town hall, the six mares and the six robot masters were chatting in the backstage.

"You know Magnet Man, darling, while i hate Blueblood as well, maybe you over reacted a little too much." Tried to explain Rarity, while Magnet Man was still trying to get that journalist's face off his mind.

"Rarity, no offense, but we're the hottest topic at the moment, and if that moron thinks we're a waste of his time, then he can go straight to hell, i don't care. Being that arrogant pisses me off. Alot. And while i got used to Gemini's narcisism, walking into a meeting just to ask that kind of question is just too much." Explained Magnet Man, earning a nod from everyone in the backstage at the moment.

"Let's just hope that this doesn't backfire..." said a worried Twilight Sparkle, while Magnet Man tried to reassure her.

"Oh, come on Twilight! What could possibly go wrong?"