Chapters Even if Spring Man knew that Metal Man's orders were law until Wily return, he decided to not go on the rooftop for the moment, but to talk with someone that made the older armies of Wily's numbers go mad in a few seconds when they met him for the first time. The name...Clown Man. However, in that moment, Clown was nowhere to be found, even if Spring knew he normally watches that show he barely remembers the name of.
'What was the name again? MLZ? Or it was PLM? Ugh,whatever,i just want to ask him a few questions before starting to pack up my stuff.' Thought the former, knowing that even saying "hello" to Clown would have brought him the biggest pain of the whole week.
While he was coming closer to the "entertaining" robot's sofa,Spring looked around himself: numerous plushies were placed on different shelves,with a few DVD's to their right. The floor was crystalline, it could have been used as a mirror. Also, the absence of Clown's trapezium was noticeable:normally,he wouldn't sell it even for becoming God,but this time it was nowhere to be found.
'Strange...even if the script says clearly that the trapezium should be here...'
And, indeed,the trapezium was there, shortly after, Spring was hit by something to the face,so hard that his head, like a spring, fell behind his body. It felt like he had been knocked to the ground, but Spring was used to it, and asked Wily to add a little button to reset his body's springs position. After fixing his head on his shoulders,Spring gave a look to what hit him... Clown's trapezium.
'Really funny, Mr. Black Slash! It's also funny the fact that you made me the only sane robot to break the wall. I had to knock myself out the first time i saw it, because i was becoming insane! It's not funny!' Thought Spring, knowing that the readers and the author could read what he was thinking, and hoped they would make the author stop for once.
"Hey, look who came to our room! It's Useless Man! Too bad Wily didn't build Spiked Wall Man before you, because it would have saved you a lot of humiliation, you know that?"
"Spiked Wall...OK, that's really the best joke you could think of,Clown Man? I mean, at least i'm still more respect than you by the internet community!"
Clown Man dropped himself from the trapezium, aiming to land right on Spring's head, planning to bounce on it before landing on the nearby sofa. Obviously,Spring Man noticed it, and moved to the left, making the entertainment park robot slam his face on the floor, making numerous cracks and ruining his plans, but leaving said robot's face undamaged.
"Ow, man! That wasn't funny!"
"It doesn't matter right now. I need you to help me something..."
"Agh! My poor nose! If you didn't want to talk,you could have just said so, Magnet!" screamed a pained Gemini Man,while holding his nose with his left hand.
Indeed, Magnet Man did kick Gemini in the face,but just because he thought that was Megaman. There were practically no lights in the warehouse, so it was easy to think someone was someone else, due to their silhouette.
"I already told you, i'm sorry! I thought you were Mega Man!" said Magnet, trying to apologize to his brother.
"it's fine Magnet, really...just,how did you thought i was Rock if our silhouettes are totally different?!" asked Gemini,still pretty confused.
"Just forget about it,Gemini. Now,before i kicked you, you said i had to go on the roof because Metal Mantold you to told me, because if we don't he is going to to pretty much throw Metal Blades everywhere in a fit of rage" asked Magnet,receiving a nod from Gemini Man
"Yeah, that's right, and even if he didn't say it, i'm also pretty sure about the Metal Blade thing." answered Gemini,making gesture of following him.
"Then let's get out of here, for good."
'Two are done,only two left...' Thought to himself Gemini while leaving the warehouse, knowing this quest for finding everyone was soon coming to an end for good.
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In the meantime,at Ponyville library,Twilight Sparkle was quite nervous. She asked Princess Celestia,her teacher and goddess of the sun, if she should let Pinkie build a fully functional cake-shaped like charriot,and she didn't receive yet the answer.
Worst of all, Pinkie had already started building the jelly interiors, and nobody knows what could happen if Pinkie had her own chariot.
"I think you should relax Twilight. i mean, yeah, we're talking about Pinkie, but we'll have to wait days until that chariot is done."
Reassured her Spike,her loyal assistant,knowing that the magenta unicorn was having one of her usual panic attacks.
"Nononono, Spike! This is far more worrying than Pinkie's chariot! i sent the letter one hour ago, and Princess Celestia hasn't answered yet! Just what is going-
At the word "going" Spike burped a letter,Princess Celestia's letter to be more exact. Twilight relaxed herself immediately when she saw said letter,and started to read.
"Dear Twilight,i'm sorry to interrupt the activities you and your friends are doing at the moment,but yours presence is requested here in Canterlot. A chariot will come to pick you and the rest of the Elements of Harmony in fifteen minutes. There is no need to pack up,you're staying at the castle just until tomorrow. By the time this letter comes,the fifteen minutes will start,so you must be quick to gather you friends.
Your teacher,Princess Celestia." read aloud Twilightcompletely ignoring Spike.
"...Twilight?" Interrupted Spike, which was looking at the unicorn and trying to understand what was wrote on the princess's letter, since the magenta unicorn had only read the last line.
"Spike, call the girls. The fastest you can. Because we are going to Canterlot."
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Back to the Skull Fortress,Gemini had found Magic in the laboratory, but the door was locked up, and Magic didn't want to come out.
"Oh, for Pete's sake...! Magic, open this door, now! Or i'll blast it down!" exclaimed an angry Gemini,which was now arguing with the robot magician.
"I am terribly sorry, Gemini Man, but i can't reveal you how i am going to pull off my trick!" Answered Magic, which found the scene extremely funny, even if he didn't laugh like a madman, a thing a gentleman like him would never do.
"Oh,come on! I know you stole Sword Man's legs and you're planning on repainting them,so you can replace Burst's legs with them!" Said Gemini,making Magic's freeze dead in his tracks.
"W-who told you?!" Asked Magic, shocked at the news that is trick has been discovered so quickly.
"Burner and Dynamo saw you on two different occasions, each time carrying something with you." Answered Gemini, knowing that from Magic nervousness, he could use this to blackmail him into going into that portal on the rooftop.
"...Fine. i will come with you. Also,when you think of blackmailing me,don't think out too loud, Gemini Man." Said Magic, who was now forced to come out of the laboratory, now able to hear Gemini curse to himself for saying such things out loud.
"Well, this wasn't that hard now, was it?" asked the smaller robot master, happier than ever that such an enigmatic figure like Magic Man had actually been easy to convict.
"At least do not annoy me while we go on the rooftop, Gemini Man."
"So, yo got everything you wanted, geeky?" Asked Clown Man, a smirk on his face.
"Yeah, i think i'm good. Thanks Clown Man!" Spring said,starting to walk away with a note book in his hands.
While he was walking,he started giving it a read: that notebook was, in fact,the script to this whole story. From its villains, to the original characters
...However,when he reached the page that should had told him how the story would had ended,he found a note written on it, with Clown's autograph next to it:
"Y U NO GRAND FINALE?!"
If there's something Gemini hated,that was finding himself on the towers of the Skull Fortress: the flying robot masters always flied over there,causing strong wings to hit the towers. Wily promised more than one-hundred times that he would fix the problem,also because it damaged the whole fortress,but never did anything. Also,the wind would turn someone's hair into a bloody mess,something that a narcisist like Gemini simply couldn't accept
However,that day the wind was kind of calm,and Gemini knew why: when Wind Man was flying around,the others just stayed in their rooms,fearing what kind of hurricane Wind could cause at full power. To say the truth,Gemini and the sixth army were the only ones to know the truth about the giant.
Wind was thought to be a powerful robot,so powerful that when flying around,he would case strong winds and even little tornadoes when he wanted,but in reality,he was a shy guy:he didn't talk to any other Robot Masters,except for the members of his army,the one that participated to the first robot tournament. His weapon,the Wind Storm,was never used outside combat,because of its destructive power,and when it was time to be used,it was always at the last moment.
That day,Wind was sitting on a cloud,letting the smaller birds land on him...he was like a statue up in the sky,that no one wanted,or dared to be more correct,to disturb. However,Gemini needed him in that precise moment,because when Metal says,you do...he really wanted Wily o come back the faster he could.
Back to the narration,Gemini already tried to shoot his Gemini Laser in the air,but with small succes,because the laser would reach the third meter after it was shot and then disintegrate.
So,after grabbing a megaphone and reaching the rooftop,he tried to get Wind Man attention by shouting into it.
"Hey Wind! Do me a favor and come here!" screamed Gemini to the originally projected for agriculture robot,making all the birds fly away and frighting him a little.
Wind then looked down,and saw Gemini making gesture of coming to him. The chinese giant then took off from the cloud-
it was nearly impossible to hear him or his shoulder-assembled engines,you could just see the air becoming a little warmer around the zone he was flying. Wind quietly landed on the roof,and after regaining himself,he decided to greet Gemini.
"O-oh,hi Gemini. So,do you need me for something?" asked Wind to the way smaller robot. Personally,i think that Wind's voice needs special mention:due to not having a mouth,and a mask covering when his mouth would normally be,Wind sounded a little like Darth Vader,only shyer.
"Yeah,Metal told me to gather you and the others. I'm going to explain why when everybody will come,so sit down please,because it's going to take some time." answered Gemini,which now totally got Wind's attention:what could possibly be going on at the Skull Fortress?
Even trough the throne room was pretty silent,the tension could be heard in the whole city of Canterlot: Princess Celestia had to drink twenty cups of tea to calm down a little,but it was totally justified: six beings from another dimension,extremely violent,created by a madman to conquer the world...and yet,Luna had chosen them over the greatest warriors of Equestria to guard the elements of harmony. Celestia's mind was fulfilled of questions...questions that only her sister could answer,
but it looked like she didn't want to answer them.
"Her majesty?"
Celestia was torn away from her thinking when a guard stepped in.
"What is the matter,my little pony?"
"The portal will open in ten minutes. May i call princess Luna to the rendez-vous spot?" asked the guard,doing exactly what was he instructed to by Celestia herself..
"Yes,i give you the permission to call my sister from her rooms." said Celestia,with a radiant smile on her face. After earning a quick nod from the guard,and after the former leaved the throne room,Celestia began to prepare another cup of tea:the twenty-first that day.
"Twilight,darling,do you know why Princess Celestia would want the elements of harmony?" asked Rarity,interested to know what was going on. Twilight simply shook her head.
"I don't have any idea Rarity. I think that no one here as any ideas of what is going on..."
answered Twilight,pretty perplexed about her teacher request.
"Now that you said it,maybe i do." said one of the pegasus that was puling the chariot.
"Uh?"
"Maybe i know what was going on. It's a strange thing,really,but after Nightmare Moon return and the reform of Discord,nothing is strange anymore"
Answered the pegasus,gaining the six mares attention.
After checking that no one was listening,the pegasus began to recount the events of that morning
"After they send a letter in a blue envelope,i heard Princess Luna and Princess Celestia talk about six powerful warriors from another dimension. They are going to open up a portal in a few minutes,making them come into Equestria. they also said something about 'hidden elements,but i'm not too sure.."
The mention of new elements made the six mares trade confused looks,before Twilight told the pegasus to keep going.
"I mean,i only heard a part of the conversation,but i also heard more from Princess Luna.
It looks like each of this warriors has a weapon of his choice,and that they all specialize into things totally different from each others.I also heard two other things."
explained the pegasus,which now had earned the six mares attentions and got their eyes locked up on him.
"What are the other things,darling?" asked Rarity,which had her eyes wide open.
"First,there are sixty-four in total about those warriors,and second,they are called "Robot Masters". concluded the pegasus,with a smile on his face. "Now it's better that you retract into the carriage,because i don't want to be fired."
Twilight Sparkle nodded for the rest of the group,retracting into the carriage.
The six mares then started to talk about everything they learned so far about what was going on at Canterlot,each one of them with a different opinion
"THIS IS AWESOME! I mean,if there is a 'Rebot Master' that is fast,then he should also be master of speed!"
said an excited Rainbow Dash,thinking about those six warriors,and what they could do.
However,Twilight decided to cut the wings to Rainbow Dash,using her mind and thinking about negative consequences.
"Do not get too much excited Rainbow. What if they are evil? What if they already took over Canterlot?! What if they are stronger than the princesses?! It would be a tragedy!" explained her,which was starting to being took over by the panic.
"Ah don't think they are THAT bad,sugarcube. Ah mean,yep,they are powerful and everything,but ya don't think that is exaggerated,Twah?" asked Applejack,which was the only mare that keep her cool.
"I-if you say so,AJ."
"Hey girls,look! It's Canterlot!" exclaimed Pinkie,which was looking at the huge castle that the princesses residence was.
They were here.It was the moment of the truth.
One by one,every robot master and clone of Gemini Man reached the rooftop,with the formers being reabsorbed by the original one. five minutes before the portal would've opened up,every robot master which name was on the list that came with the letter were on the rooftop,ready to do what they were going to do. After clearing up his troath, Gemini started to talk,explaining what would happen.
"I'm really sorry if someone was doing important tasks,but this is going to be far more important: this morning,our Spring here recovered a blue envelope,which contained a letter and a list: the first one said that six of our robot master would had to cross a portal to another dimension. The letter was signed by a certain Princess Celestia." explained Gemini,making some of the robot masters trade worried looks at the mention of the name.
"On this list here,we have our names. It's a matter of minutes now,and the portal will open. Remember,when the portal opens,don't dash and don't attack anyone you see. If it's true that we're all going into a different dimension,then we can harm anything we see,because they aren't humans...or,to say the truth,i have no idea if we can't simply harm humans or we can't harm anything that's alive. Understood?" asked Gemini,which received nods from every robot masters on the rooftop.
"Good. We might say goodbye to everything about this world,so prepare for the worst. If we are going down,the one that will put us out of misery will go down with us. Prepare everybody... here the Wily Numbers come!"
Tension was rising on both sides: at Canterlot, Princess Celestia could eat an entire ten-levels high cake, while
at the Skull Fortress, a clone of Gemini was eating his gloves out for his real self. On the equestrian side, the tension was caused by just thinking what such powerful warriors could do, while on the robotic side, it was caused by not knowing where the portal would have lead. Of course,Spring knew so because he broke the fourth wall's nose, but do you really think they would listen somebody that hit himself with a frying pan sixty times in a row just to fall unconscious?
"I have feelings too, you merciless fat italian writer!"
Oh,shut up for good!
"Hey guys...do you know who is Spring talking with?" asked Gyro,while looking at his 'younger brother',which was talking with the air and gave the middle finger to the sky.
"Somebody that he calls 'the author'. He has been like this for a while now, talking to air and sometimes giving the finger." answered Gemini,rolling his eyes when he saw Magic making disappear Spring's hands.
"Hey! Give me that back!" Shouted an angered Spring which was now chasing the robot magician around.
While someone,like Gyro and Magnet,founded this extremely funny,Gemini simply facepalmed, and made Spring trip when he came close to him, and gave him the finger back. He then pulled Spring's hands out of nowhere and gave them back to him
"Wait a second! How do you know where i hide the things for my tricks?" asked Magic,extremely irritated at the thought of Gemini spoiling yet another of his tricks.
"How many years has it been since you started to show off? Because in all these years,with a little help of my clones, i observed you from every single point of view i could find, replayed all your magic shows until i found a contradiction or an error in them and documented myself with every trick i could find about illusions and tricks, just to find your mistakes and reveal them." explained Gemini,with a victorious smirk on his face,making everyone shut their mouths closed immediately.
"Ready Luna?" asked Celestia to her younger sister,receiving shortly after a nod.
"Sis,i was born ready." said Luna,with an ego bigger than Trixie's and Discord's combined. At that declaration,Celestia rolled her eyes,which made her sister giggle a little.
"OK then. At my three. One...two...THREE!"
At the 'three' both alicorns concentrated all their magic into one point,lifting the dust that was in the area,covering the princesses visual fields. When the dust laid down,both princess could see it...the portal. A purple ring of energy surrounding a yellow doorway to the lands of Equestria. Luna gave a reassuring smile to her sister,which tried to mask her nervousness,doing a terrible job at it.
The silence of the rooftop was broke when,in a flash of light,the portal finally appeared. Gemini,with a smirk on his face (only Wily knows how many smirks on the face this guy has in a day...) made gesture of following him.
"Let's do this,guys!" exclaimed Spring Man,which charged for the portal and tripped over Gyro,which lose balance and tripped over Magnet,creating a chain of events that soon ended up in the robot master rolling into the portal. Before falling into it, however, Gyro explained Spring his personal thoughts on the vent that just happened.
"Spring,you are an ass-"
Even before letting him finish the phrase,however,the robot master all finally fell into the portal,and Gyro's thoughts weren't heard thanks to the other robots screams.
"Luna,are you sure that they are coming? Because i don't see-ARGH!" exclaimed Celestia, all the robot masters falling onto her. After moving them away with her magic,Celestia could get a better look at them,being extremely curios. While her sister checked their designs, Luna send a guard to bring the elements of harmony to the room they opened the portal.
One by one,the robot masters stood up,still shaking their head due to the inter-dimensional trip.
"Agh, my head..." said Gyro,while trying to get a better look at the room he was in: it was surely a luxurious room,because there was a lot of gold and silver. Then he redirected his sight to a...throne. Pretty weird.
"Well,here they are sis." Luna said,completely ignoring the fact that now they all stood up and were trying to recover. Gyro,however turned around,and meet eye with Princess Celestia.When he saw her,Gyro jumped back a little,and shook his head in disbelief.
"Is that...a talking alicorn i'm seeing?" asked Gyro,making everyone stop their activities in the room and starting to watch him. He looked around,a bit confused,and spoke gain.
"Where you all really expecting i would say 'horse'? I also read mythological books, assholes." explained Gyro to the other robots, making them fell embarrassed a little.
"Well...we thought you were going to say 'horse' because they look like an horse in part.." honestly answered Magnet, making Gyro facepalm and sigh a little.
"So you are those "Robot Masters" my sister was talking about?" stepped in Celestia,interrupting the current conversation.
"Why, yes, we are. But,who are you?" asked Magic,while indicating both the royal sisters. The question and the gentleness with which it was asked made the two alicorns smile.
"I'm Princess Luna,princess of the night and mover of the moon, and she is my sister, Princess Celestia, princess of the day and mover of the sun." answered Luna,leaving some of the robot masters quite perplexed.Gemini,which was the intellectual one of the group,stepped in first.
"Wait,did you just said you move the moon and the sun?"
Celestia and Luna shared a giggle,and then answered the robot's question.
"Well,yes,we do. But,before continuing, why you don't introduce yourself?"
At this point,it was the robot masters turn to share a chuckle before answering,like the royal sisters already did. This time,Magic stepped in.
"Well,i am Magic Man,the robot magician. The others are,in order of creation,Gemini Man,the only one of us that can create clones of himself,Magnet Man,which can use powerful magnetic powers, Gyro Man, the flyer of the group, Wind Man,the biggest of us and last but not least,Spring Man, the only one to have a silly design but is able to extend his limb. So,now is my turn to ask something,princesses: why did you convoluted us into yours dimension?"
The sisters looked at each other for a second,before nodding to each other,like they could talk trough telekinesis.
"Well...we would have a job for you-
"Wait,did you say-
*CRASH!*
Magnet's question was interrupted due to the unsupportable sound of glasses shattering,smoke starting to fill the room. However,when the smoke faded away,Magnet now knew they were in trouble:about fifty huge dogs that walked on two legs broke into the room,masks onto their faces and. While everyone lost their cool,including the princesses, Magic and Gemini kept calm,and calmly prepared their weapons.
"And you are...?" asked Gemini,another of his arrogant smirks on his face.
"Bwahahaha! We are the Diamond Dogs! And we're today to steal all of the most valued stuff here in Canterlot and kidnap the princesses,hedgehog head!" exclaimed one of the dogs,explaining their plans to Gemini,which was...gone. The narcissistic robot master disappeared from the room,leaving everyone surprised,except Magic and Spring,which both knew,even without the script,what was going to happen.
"Behind you,imbecile!"
Not even having the time to turn around,the dog was on the floor: Gemini successfully connected a Clothesline on the dog,knocking him out
"Come on! We fought against Rock, for God's sake, and five pairs of overgrown dogs aren't going to stop us!"
"For once you got a good plan,Gemini!" exclaimed Magnet,which was charging with the rest of the group against the dogs.
(For an atmospheric effect,listen to this .)
Gyro charged for two Diamond Dogs,sliding under one of them while decapitating the other with a Gyro Blade, turning the dog into a short-lived fountain of blood.
"Thank god the carpet is red..."
In the meantime, Magic was moving at an incredible speed,sometimes throwing his Magic Card to weaken the opponent,other times throwing his famous "Egg of Doom" to release mechanical birds that would attack the dogs,eating some parts of their skins,sometimes eating a whole limb until they reached the skeleton.
Wind blew them away with is Wind Storm,sending them trough the windows they came from,which was the easiest way to deal with them. Magnet however,was being the most badass one. Due to the fact he couldn't use the Magnet Missile on the dogs,he started doing a 'Battle Royale' of sorts with them, eliminating by not throwing out of the window,but by killing. He always aimed for the head,sometimes pulling off a Superkick onto the dogs's faces,and sometimes it would become so powerful that would kill them instantly.On another occasion,he would bring down five of them together with a Spear, breaking their ribs and killing them by blood loss.
Spring was being also one of the most unexpected ones to pull off something,but he actually did: he attacked the dogs from long distance thanks to his extensible limbs,and sometimes he would trap the dogs into his Wild Coils,making them jump all over the place for a while and then strangle them,without even moving.
In the end there were only two Diamonds Dogs left. One of them was shot trough the heart by the Gemini Laser, while another was let go to refer the dogs the following message,courtesy of Gyro:
"You better don't fuck with us,because if you do,we are sending you home into a bag for corpse.
The robot masters and the princesses were discussing right now: after the battle, which demonstrated that they were efficient, Luna and Celestia started to talk about why they called the robot masters to Equestria.
"So, allow me to get this straight" spoke Magic,taking a second to relax, "You want us to protect the 'elements of harmony' from a dark force that is coming to Equestria, while living our lives like any other day, staying in the little city of 'Ponyville'?"
"Yes,that would be the plan. Also,if you accept,i would like that you didn't tell them the truth about this new foe...we still don't know anything about it,so revealing to them that there someone more powerful than us would be quite shocking." explained Luna,earning a slow nod of approval from Magic,which after some seconds to reflect,spoke again.
"We accept"
A chores of 'WHAT?!' came from the others robot masters,except Spring, which looked relaxed, like knowing what was going to happen. The outsiders started to talk between them, stopping after a minute or so, letting Gemini speak for the 'masses'
"Magic, we want to hear reasons that explain why we should accept." Gemini said,his now natural smirk replaced by a serious face. Magic simply shook his head,and after clearing his troath, gave to the other robots reasons.
"Just...think about it: Wily won't be able to come here,and Metal gave us the authorization to stay if we were given a job to do. We are going to be free from that madman, and we could start our lives like everyone else. Admit it, nobody really had a reason to defeat Rock, except the second army. Gemini and Magnet are even half-brothers to him." explained Magic bringing up some aspects no one considered.
"Just how me and Magnet are half-brothers to the blue pest?" asked Gemini,surprised to hear something new about Rock.
"Wily did not tell you? He build the third army while collaborating with Dr.Light, and the former wasn't able to retrieve you because Wily had escaped with everyone that time. This means that the whole third army is half a Light Number."
Gemini was shocked: his own creator...or half-creator, if what Magic said was the truth,didn't told him the truth. Heck,he didn't even bother telling his army the truth. He simply didn't knew how to feel: angered, sad, depressed, furious... there were lot of things going trough Gemini mind at the moment.
"You see,that is way we should stay here: to run away from that madman like King,Tengu Man and Astro Man did. Who is with me?" asked Magic,hoping that everybody wouldn't be that stupid to listen only to Wily,and at least that they had some free will.
The robot masters began to talk again,leaving Gemini out of it due to the fact that he was still locked up in his thoughts.
In the end, Magnet spoke for the group,replacing his brother.
"We accept, Magic. And personally i think that you're right about Wily. He was,he is,and he is always going to be a douche bag."
Princess Celestia then gave a radiant smile before telling a guard to bring in the elements. However,she was still worried about Gemini condition,because he didn't seem to recover, and having to replace him at the last moment would be pretty unfortunate...
"Princess" stepped in Magic,which looked like the group leader by now "Allow me to deal with him."
Said so,Magic cleaned his gloves a little,before slapping Gemini in the face. A slap so powerful that almost made the smaller robot lose balance.
"OW! What the hell,Magic?!" exclaimed Gemini,which was still touching his cheek.
The door then slowly opened,revealing six mares,each with different...i think they are called 'manestyle',and different colors.
However,when they saw the state of the room they were in,they froze were they where standing.
blood was all over the place,with numerous diamond dogs body lying on the ground:some of them seemed like they were just sleeping, while others where skeletons with their skins still on. A few of them had an hole trough the chest,while on a table sat a dog's decapitated head. Fluttershy fell unconscious to the floor,followed pretty soon by Rarity,which was screaming something like 'the horror' while fainting melodramatically. The other mares simply had their eyes wide open,and soon locked them on the Robot Masters. However, before things got too much out of hand,Celestia stepped in.
"My little ponies,i think you should sit down and listen to me before doing anything."
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A dark figure kept galloping fast paced in the shadows,never stopping at anything she saw. It looked like she was searching something...and then she found it:a little rock,glowing purple,which emanated skulls from it.
Pure dark energy was lying right in front of her,like if it wanted to say 'absorb me'. The figure waited no time,and absorbed it all inside herself in a few seconds,making the rock stop her unnatural glowing. She then started to gallop again,searching for more of the new, powerful essence she found.
The time was to come. Just a pair of months,and her revenge will be started and completed in one night. A night all of Equestria will remember, because there is going to be nothing but night if she succeeds.
"I'm coming,my subjects..."
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After the introductions and the explainations, the robot masters and the bearers of the elements were discussing on what they were doing in Equestria.
"So,they are going to stay into our homes for a while,at least until they don't build their own,and are here to learn the true meaning of friendship?" Twilight asked,receiving a nod from the princesses and the robot masters. "...Well,OK then. Some of us will still have to get over about the massacre that just happened,but that's secondary."
"I think i have a question" Rainbow said,while raising her hoof,then receiving a nod from and Celestia and lowered it.
"Who chooses to stay with who?"
"Now this is the million bucks question..." Magnet said,while making himself more comfortable. "I think i have an idea: we,robot masters,are going to choose who we want to stay with,and the element we choose will accept or deny."
"Hmm..." Twilight started to think, letting every single gear that composes her brain work. "I think it's reasonable,and also a good choice,so we will do his way."
Rainbow Dash immediately took off from the chair and flew until she face face to face with Gyro.
"Well,they said that you gotta choose,but...i challenge you! Let's see how good you are, Gyro punk!"
Gyro simply chuckled,accepting the challenge the cyan pegasus gave him,and wanting to teach her a lesson for good.
"You don't know how freakin' fast i am,don't you? I'm in."
Rarity,in the meantime,had already recovered,and right now was talking with Gemini,about something that both were really interested in...gems.
"Well,Gemini,darling,i think i can let you crush at Carousel Boutique for a while,if i really have to..."
"Oh Miss Rarity, you are too kind..."
Gyro wanted to be able to vomit right now, because he felt like he needed to: two narcissists, both lovers of gem and aiming to perfection, in the same building? That would be the worst thing in the world, even worse than the love triangle the Twilight saga is.
"if you want to have some fun,why the fuck don't you go into a private room? You two make me want to vomit."
Gyro said, disgusted by Gemini and Rarity's actions. Of course, the two took the insult personally,but then retired into their rooms for the upcoming night,knowing it would be useless to argue with an hothead like him.
"Well, that leaves only three, since i think i'm going to be with AJ." Magnet said,being sure of staying with the cowmare.
"Are ya sure,Magnet? Ah mean,ah own a farm,ah have a business ah gotta take care of with mah brother..."
Magnet simply chuckled a bit at that last statement,obviously regaining himself shortly after.
"Are you kidding me? Working will distract me from a lot of things, including hurting Gyro because of his laziness."
And so the two walked away,leaving only three ponies and three robot masters in the room...and when i meant three, i meant two,since Pinkie Pie and Spring had disappeared a while ago.
"Well, that leaves us..." Twilight said,trying to find the best robot that could crash at her home...before seeing Wind trying to comfort poor Fluttershy, which was still shocked by what had happened. The unicorn smiled,turning her attention to the robot magician.
"So,i think i will be the one that is going to stay with you,Twilight Sparkle?" asked Magic,receiving a nod of confirmation from the lavender unicorn.
In the end,everybody leaved the room,and found themselves sleeping a few minutes after they entered their rooms.
However, four figures, four experts of magic and tricks were still awake,and right now were walking around the castle,each of them with a particular destination settled in their minds.
Magic,which didn't need to sleep due to the fact he was a robot, started to walk away from his room,not caring if he did too much noise. After all,Gyro too wasn't sleeping,and was listening to his musical playlist with his headphones. The noise could easily cover Magic,which then could explore Canterlot freely, without anyone interrupting him,having the time to see the majestic city.
The magician walked along the halls of the royal sister's home, from time to time looking out of the various windows that made the light enter the palace during daytime,watching the magnificent statues that adorned the gardens. the guards weren't on duty,strangely, because from what he learned from Clown's podcasts, Canterlot is the capital of Equestria, and is usually assaulted by bandits.
However,there was one room in particular that he didn't visit. The throne room, which was also unprotected by the guards.
'Eh. Makes you wonder if they are that efficient. I am not insulting them, of course, but there is not a single guard in the whole castle. Strange.' thought Magic to himself, knowing that if he made those while being accompanied by Gyro,the former would have told him something like, 'Whoa, i didn't fucking noticed it, Captain Obvious' or 'No shit, Sherlock'.
Once he entered the room,Magic went to observe the tinted windows,and immediately noticed something. Each one of them represented at least an alicorn or an element of harmony. However, Magic thoughts were interrupted by someone else entering that same room.
Magic, preparing for the worst, turned around and unsheathed the Magic Card,only to met with a magenta unicorn's tired eyes,her glance locked up on him. Soon the two calmed down,and took time to recognize each other.
"Miss Twilight Sparkle..."
"Magic Man..."
Twilight Sparkle woke up from her sleep when she heard a rumor coming from the hall outside her door. The noise soon became a little stronger,then started a decrescendo and soon died off.
"Strange...the night guards are on vacation right now, but someone is strolling in the halls... and what if it's...
Oh Celestia, i think i should follow it."
Twilight Sparkle darted outside of her room so fast that no noise was made in the process,leaving her 'evasion' unknown to anyone. The magenta unicorn soon started to follow the noise that minutes ago woke her up. When she was able to see the source of the noise,it was quite clear that its identity couldn't be specified. There was only one factor that could help Twilight classify the creature. It walked on two legs.
"Oh my Celestia...! That could be a Diamond Dog that's seeking revenge against the masters! I gotta stop him before-
Oh no,i'm losing him!"
Twilight immediately started the chase,being the most silent she could. the creature didn't show any interest in stealing anything,and it almost looked like it was admiring the architecture. However,the unicorn raised an eyebrow when she saw the thing enter the throne room.
'The...throne room? what could he possibly want?'
The unicorn tried to open the door the more silently she could,but the old door creaked a lot,making the creature turn around and unsheathe something. Twilight met his eyes,and was immediately able to recognize him. The silk hat,the scepter,the frac,the Magic Card...
"Miss Twilight Sparkle..."
"Magic Man..."
(listen to this )
The two magician then got into an argument that interested both of them. Differences between worlds are something interesting,and when two eggheads get thrown into the same conversation about them,you can be sure something interesting will happen.
"You are actually telling me" recapped Magic,while doing some gestures in the air,probably to make what he was going to say easier to understand, "That you actually purified Princess Luna, encased, then unleashed and reformed a god of chaos only with the power of friendship?"
Twilight Sparkle gave a nod,and then started to explain to the confused magician the power the elements had.
"You see,the elements can channel a lot of magic, that can be then released under the form of what i can call the 'Rainbow of Light'. "
"However,this happens only if all of the six main elements are together, and if the ponies represents the element they are wearing. A magician like you should have something like that in his world,no?"
At that point,the magician let out an hearty laugh,before recomposing himself.
"Unluckily...no. Our world does not have any kind of magic, and now is based only on machines like us. And yes, i am a magician, but i show off,using various kind of tricks. Never heard of someone doing that?" asked Magic,making the librarian reflect for a few seconds,trying to remember if there was anyone that fell into that category.
"Well...there actually is." Twilight explained,while remembering her in all of the details,"I know an unicorn that doesn't always use magic in her acts. But...there was also another thing i wanted to ask you. It's about your-what was the name again? Ah, yes, about your...serial number."
The magician let out another hearty laugh,but this one died off pretty soon compared to the other one.
"So you noticed that too? Well,now i think i will have to explain why. Sit down please,it is going to take a while.
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In another part of the castle,the royal sisters were now arguing about the masters,and also something else.
Celestia was the more worried one after seeing what happened hours ago.
"Luna, i can't let such warriors stay with my subjects! You saw too what they've done with the Diamond Dogs. The room is still getting cleaned up!"
"Oh sis, you worry too much." Luna tried to make her sister calm down,bringing up again the three laws, "The dogs got attacked by the masters because the three laws allowed them. The dogs were threatening our security, so they protected us. As i already said,they don't attack who they want,but only people that menace living beings and their own lives."
Celestia,even if she wanted to send the dangerous robots home,had to give this point to her sister. Also,damn if they weren't efficient. Not even all the royal guards can kick an army of dogs out of Canterlot in ten minutes flat. However, Celestia had another thing in her mind at the moment
"Luna,are you going to..."
"Answer to your question,sis? No. I told you,until the time will come,i'm not answering them. If there is something else you want to talk about,please tell me now. the local DJ Vinyl Scratch invited me to her party,and i accepted her invitation."
However,there was another thing the princess of the sun wanted to talk about,something much more important.
"There actually is something else,Lulu. That...force. The guards found these strange glowing rocks around the city. When i saw them,i understood what kind of enemy this is going to be. And that was dark energy,right?"
Luna smile suddenly turned into a more serious expression,giving a nod of confirmation to her sister.
"If you really want to know,it's a long story how i discovered the darn thing. So,sit down...would you kindly."
"This is...really..."
Twilight was leaved speechless by the story Magic told her. Moments of sadness,anger,hope.joy...so many emotions for only a machine.
"This the whole story,and i am the only one who knows it."
"Really? don't you have brothers after all? Don't they know about it?"
At the mention of his brothers,however,Magic's face darkened. he lowered his hat on his eyes,and let go his staff,which didn't fell and remained straight like a tree,
(Listen to this )
"Well...the circumstances about them are...particular to say the least. Burner Man is a psycho-pyromaniac, Dynamo Man is a solitary wolf which slips away when there are too many people in the same room, Pirate is an alcoholic and Cold...went missing two years ago."
The unicorn started to feel bad,strangely. Sure,it was a particular family,but it was still family...no?
"Wily suggests us to have those 'family reunions' ,but frankly,i'm glad the only robot masters that can't be hurt by them or can hurt them. The ones that can aren't part of my family. Back to those family reunions,each time they would try to kill themselves in every occasion. I always refused to come,and i always had an excellent reason. They didn't even care about Cold... or him for the matter of facts,when they disappeared. Why? Because they care only for themselves."
Twilight couldn't believe it. In his 'family' Magic was probably the sanest one. Not having anyone to help you,or listen to a tragic story like that. Magic,however,looked like a gentleman and kept his cool attitude even in the most desperate situation.
But there was something that troubled Twilight about what Magic told her,but maybe it was just her being tired.
"Well,Magic,i'm going bed. Good night."
"Good night,Twilight Sparkle."
(Stop the music and listen to this )
When the unicorn leaved, however, Magic let any single emotion slip by. His face turned from darkened to pure sadness,like he wanted to shed tears.The robot master picked up his staff,and looked at the beautiful nocturnal sky.
"I am doing this for you, brother. I am going to restart,to leave Wily and the others behind. I got a few robots with me,and things will turn out well. I promise you brother. I promise you...Ground."
And with that,the robot master went back to his room,knowing that the sunrise was now upcoming,and that the guards would be back anytime soon. Giving his goodbye to the moon,Magic walked away,with only an happy thought in his head.
He knew he was always watching him,from above.
Gyro was the first to wake up, even if he immediately regretted it, as an unbearable pain moved trough his electronical brain. The flying robot then asked to himself why Wily made them so that they could feel pain. Then he cursed himself when he remembered what happened last night.
' Argh... you know what, i'll give Gemini the fact that sometimes i'm really and idiot. I mean, i go on YouTube, read a comment and pick up a guy's challenge that consists in listening to that goddamn song with headphones. I mean, i even like that song, i knew that it would cause a titanic headache, but looks like that Wily gave me an ego bigger than Air Man's.'
Gyro then tried to stand up,but the headache he caused to himself last night made him fall on the floor,making him scream in pain.
"Well, fuck. I'm going to need a wheelchair to get out of here without falling from a window. But i prefer to wait here on the floor, because i'm not showing weakness caused by a damn song to that multicolor pegasus!"
"Don't worry," called out Gemini from the other room "I got it on camera!"
"Oh, go fuck yourself,Gemini!"
Gemini burst into an uncontrollable laughter,before making Gyro's face turn red by answering to his insult
"Well, at least i can, but if you would have to do it, you would need to ask to somebody, or better,somepony..."
Gyro,at that point,was blowing steam out of his robotic ears,even if he didn't insult Gemini yet. The two closed their little conversation,thanks to Gyro and his teachings
"When you want to make someone shut up,tell them what i always say,which are two simple words. FUCK. And YOU."
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The robot masters,one after another,soon found themselves at the chariot's runway,where they took off and landed
each and every single day. Every guard that was on duty at the moment simply kept track of the robots movements,and were ready to attack if it was necessary.
A few minutes later,Princess Celestia joined the Wily numbers, and told the guards to leave the area. Sure,some of them protested, but in the end all of them had to leave the runway.
"So..." stepped in Magnet "what are we going to do when we reach that small town? I mean, i think that some people are going to be terrified by us."
Celestia gave an eyebrow to the red robot, not knowing why the ponies should be scared of them.
"If i may," stepped in Magic "i think i know why they would be scared by us. We are cold-calculating,emotionless machines that were built only to cause chaos."
However,Celestia didn't accept what Magic said,and simply shook her head.
"I don't think so. As you already showed to me and my sister,you weren't built only to cause chaos. You protected us yesterday. And i don't think you are emotionless, you only need a key to unlock what is hidden behind your cold heart.
I think that's enough evidence to show that you aren't only machines."
The robot masters shared looks within them. they perfectly understood what Celestia said, but they didn't understood what she meant. Soon they were joined by the holders of the elements,and each one of them moved herself alongside their robot partner, even if a few pairings showed nervousness. Gyro and Rainbow didn't even look at each other, while Fluttershy hided behind Wind.
Soon,a large chariot was brought out of a small hangar, leaving Gemini quite perplexed about how such an huge chariot can fit into such a small hangar. The pegasi prepared themselves for the upcoming flight,while the chariot was already in position on the runway. The robot masters and the holders of the elements all entered into the chariot,except for Wind which had to stay on the top. The chariot took off,and everyone gave their goodbyes to the royal sisters.
Some of the robot masters were still reflecting about what Celestia's words meant,but soon Gemini brought them back on track with an unexpected question.
"So, where is everyone staying at? I know it may sound like a stupid question,but Wind is pretty large, after all."
"W-well,i got a lot of room around my house. I hope my animals aren't going to be scared by Mr. Wind..." stepped in Fluttershy,receiving a nod of approval from Gemini.
"Well," stepped in Twilight, "Why each of our 'counterparts doesn't stay to our homes? It would be logic, right?"
The robot masters shared looks once more, then nodded,accepting the purple unicorn's plan.
"Then it's settled,uh? Well, i hope we aren't going to cause you troubles. Also,thank you of letting us stay in your homes for a while." spoke Magnet, making each of the six mares share a little giggle.
"Oh,it's nothing,really. We just hope we aren't going to be a problem for you."
Gyro then looked out of the chariot's window,and noticed an huge mass of clouds with a city sitting on it.
"HOLY- IS THAT A FLYING CITY?!"
Magic simply facepalmed,while the mares burst into an huge laughter.
'This is going to be a really long journey,i can already feel it...'
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After an hour or so, the chariot landed near Fluttershy's house. Everyone on board descended,and the chariot took off for Canterlot.
"Oh well," spoke Magic,gaining everyone attention, " I think we should get ourselves comfortable in our newfound friends's houses. Then tomorrow we will take a tour of the city and meet everyone else. Who agrees with this plan?"
Hooves and hands were raised,which made the magician happier. Soon, a plan was being formed by the small group, and in a matter of minutes everyone knew what they were going to do.
"So,allow me to recap," spoke gain Magic,receiving the nods of approval from everyone, "Wind is staying outside Fluttershy house, while i'll go to the library. Magnet will stay at Sweet Apple Acres, and will help if he wants,while Spring is going to be downtown at Sugarcube Corner, right?"
"Yep!" said Pinkie which was now bouncing all over the place defying any law of physics,which made Gemini even more perplexed. So perplexed,in fact,that you could see smoke coming out of his forehead.
"In the end,Gemini will stay at Carousel Boutique with Rarity while Gyro stay with Dash at her place. Anyone objects to that? No? Then i declare this plan, approved."
At that point everyone started to part their ways. Twilight Sparkle and Magic Man started to walk to the library, having already calculated how much time they would need to reach said place. While on their way,Magic asked the magenta unicorn some questions.
"Twilight, i have a question for you. Since you run a library,do you have any books about Equestria? Don't worry if they are in a different writing style, i think i can decipher it."
"Of course i do! When we get there,i'll ask to my assistant to find them."
Magic raised an nonexistent eyebrow to the unicorn last statement.
"Assistant? Another pony, maybe?"
"Oh no. He's a dragon."
At the word 'dragon', Magic gulped hard,remembering every time the Mecha Dragon attacked him. He obviously didn't wanted to revive such painful moments.
"...Oh joy."
In the meantime,Magnet and Applejack were already half the way to the apple orchard,and were calmly talking about the Apple family and Sweet Apple Acres in general.
"So, you have a brother, a sister and... your 'Granny Smith', even if i'm not sure if she's your grandma or your grand-grandma.
Still,what happened to your parents? If it's personal,then, you don't have to tell me,AJ..."
Applejack,however,simply chuckled,and started to explain to red robot the facts.
"Don't worry,ah'm made of tough stuff. To tell tah truth,ah don't know what happened to them." explained AJ,surprising Magnet. "Heck,ah don't even remember them! Granny was tah one that raised us all for the facts."
Magnet gave a small laugh,and after thinking for some instants,spoke again.
"Well, she sure is indestructible. I mean,she raised all of you, she cared for the whole orchard for years, and she still keeps going. I mean, talking about badass grandmas, they can eat their heart out compared to Granny."
The two then shared a long laugh, until the orchard finally came into view. Magnet stopped and almost 'bit his tongue' and AJ gave him a worried look,not knowing what happened to paralyze the red robot like that.
"What's going on tah make ya stop in mid-laugh and freeze yarself like that?"
However, Magnet didn't answer,eyes glued to the trees that were decameters away from him, The he turned his attention to AJ,even if he still was pointing to the orchard.
"THAT is your family's orchard?"
Applejack gave a nod of confirm, successfully making Magnet's jaw hit the floor. The former took a few minutes to regain himself.
"...How. Do you even. Harvest. All. Those. Apples."
AJ then burst into a laugh and fell to the road,rolling herself for the laughter and crying for how funny the scene was. After recomposing herself and putting her hat back on her head,the cowgirl answered.
"Well,ah told ya ah have ah big brother,no? But when ah said 'big' ah meant it. His name is Big Macintosh-
Now it was Magnet's turn to fall on the road and roll himself in laughter when he heard the name. Obviously,the robot master immediately recomposed himself,and explained why the sudden outburst,
"Well,you see AJ, in my world the name 'Big Mac' is given to an hamburger,an ensemble of cheese,vegetable,sauces and meat."
AJ then giggled a little when she heard what the name 'Big Mac' meant to Magnet,but immediately stopped when she noticed something about the red robot's statement.
"Wait,ya said 'meat'?"
"Oh,sorry, i forgot to mention that humans are omnivores. Don't worry for me, i don't need anything."
The duo then kept walking,and soon arrived at Sweet Apple Acres. Magnet noticed that the windows were open,which meant the 'Apples' had to be home. Magnet and AJ then entered from the gates, getting closer to the habitation.
But before being able to open it, Magnet got hit to the face, so hard that a piece of his helmet flew off, revealing some internal circuits. Magnet has been stunned too by the hit. So stunned, in fact ,that he couldn't see that well. He only saw a big, red stain and an orange stain,which was probably AJ. However, Magnet was still able to hear their conversation.
"Stop, Big Mac! That's no way you treat guests!"
"Guests? Ya call this monster guest?!"
"Monster?! He was sent here by Princess Celestia herself,and it's only staying here at Sweet Apple Acres!"
"Pr-Prin-Princess Celestia?!
"...Yep."
When Magnet's vision came back,he saw AJ near a huge, red stallion. Magnet shook his head,and raised himself from the ground,checking for eventual damage on his armor and dusting it off in the process.
"So, lemme guess,you are Big Mac?"
Big Mac simply gave a nod of confirmation to the red robot,making him raise his nonexistent eyebrow,looking to AJ,which simply shook her head, AJ looked behind Magnet, and saw the piece of helmet that flew off when Mac hit him in the face.
"Magnet, your helmet..."
However,Magnet already noticed the piece way before Applejack,and right now was putting it back to his place. When he placed the broken piece on the zone it was supposed to be,it stayed there,like it was glued when it came to contact with the rest of the helmet.
"Oh,don't worry with me. I work with metal,after all."
Mac raised his eyebrow to AJ, which simply shook her head again,like she wanted to say ' I'll tell you later '.
The three then entered the house, Magnet noticed that the house,to be ranch-like,had some really nice fabrics,and the furnishings were not only good,but they were in a vintage stile,maintained perfectly.
However,his thoughts about the house were interrupted when a spoon came into contact with his torso. And then a fork. And then about thirty kinds of knives between machetes, fish's knives and regular knives.
Luckily for him,they all hit his torso flatly,making no damage.
"AJ, you may want to cover anything else that is made of metal or iron. Until that piece doesn't glue back,i can't turn off my 'powers' and so i'll attract everything in the house. Also, what in hell are all those knives doing here?"
AJ,in a rush,had already removed all of the knives from Magnet's torso,and putted them into a chest. Mac raised another eyebrow,which was followed by the same gestures AJ made before. However, before she could say anything,Applejack noticed the absence of her smaller sister or Granny Smith.
"Hey Mac, do ya know where anyone is? Ah mean,it's almost midday..."
"Ah,don't worry sis,they're out." explained Mac,making her sister raise an eyebrow "Apple Bloom is with the her friends,while Granny is at the market. However...ya haven't introduced us to our guest,sis."
At this point,Magnet stepped in by himself,not needing Applejack's help. If Mac was going to kick him in the face,he was going to duck and then reply with a punch.
"I'm Magnet Man,pleasure to meet ya,Big Mac."
the two shared an 'hand-to-hoofshake' which leaved both of them impressed. Big Mac had a strong grip that surprised Magnet,and the former was stronger than Mac's expectations,which leaved him too surprised.
'Duh,that's normal for a stallion of his size. And even if i don't want to offend,i wonder how big he was when his mother was pregnant.'
"So,Magnet," spoke Applejack, " ah think there is a free room on the second plan if you need to stay. Don't worry,if there's something ya need, call me."
Magnet,however,chuckled a little and simply shook his head,knowing where AJ was going and wanting to stop her.
"Nah, don't worry,I can perfectly handle myself. Also, don't worry,i can perfectly get up and take something by myself, really."
The three then parted ways. Applejack was checking the condition of Magnet's room,while Mac went somewhere we really don't know. Magnet then simply sit on a chair in the kitchen, relaxing for a while and trying to process everything that happened in the past minutes.
' So,i got hit by AJ's brother,which by the way remembers me of Rock that time i had a crush on Roll. Still,the kick was so strong that it made a piece of my helmet fly off. Then we entered here and few metallic objects flew to my torso, thank God that i received no damage.'
' I then introduced myself to Mac and now i'm sitting on a wooden chair in the kitchen while the mare i'm supposed to guard is checking my room's condtion. Woah. Now this is what you can perfectly call a good start. '
However,his thoughts were once again interrupted when the door opened,revealing an old,green mare with a grayish mane.
"Oh, hi there sonny. Ya must be that guest Applejack talked about." she spoke.
"Oh yes-wait, AJ said that?"
The old mare nodded,then proceeded to explain.
"Ah meet her at the acres's gates. She said something about a guest and also about going to tell her lil' sis about ya.
Still, ya look familiar...but maybe it's just me."
Magnet was quite puzzled about the last things the mare said. 'Ya look familiar...'. How could he look familiar,when he is a being from a complete different dimension?
"So...you must be Granny Smith,right? I'm Magnet Man, pleasure to meet ya."
At the mention of his name,Granny seemed to flinch a little,but Magnet cursed his eyes for starting to let him down just because he got kicked in the face by some huge red stallion.
"Well,Magnet, ah hope Sweet Apple Acres will be of your acceptance until ya stay here."
Said so,Grammy went upstairs,leaving Magnet alone once more. However,the former now was still thinking and rethinking about what the older mare said. 'Ya look familiar...'. That statement bounced all over his internal memory. Again,how could he look familiar to her?
This was the perfect time for taking a walk around the huge apple orchard. After leaving a note,the red robot exited from the house and started to walk around the huge orchard,hoping to not get lost like he already was in his thoughts.
Even the greatest can fall. However,when a dark force resurrects them and gives them more power,no one can guess what is going to happen.
People call him a mad doctor now, even if in the past he was a great scientist. His mind helped him serve his master, but when he died,came back to life and became the master of his own army, no one would've dared try to stop him.
Doors, locks and windows to the past are going to be opened. And only when every single piece of the puzzle will fall into place, HE will eventually show up. It's a pure matter...of time.
Magic Man and Twilight Sparkle were quietly heading to the former's library for the night. The two of them opted for a secondary and less used path by the ponies,so they wouldn't panic at the sight of the robot. However,our two favorite intellectuals had different thoughts in their mind. Magic was wondering about Twilight's 'assistant' and how big, or dangerous could it be,while Twilight herself was thinking how she was going to explain to Spike the current situation with the magician at her side.
Both of them came back into reality when the library came into sight,leaving Magic kind of surprised.
"Twilight...is that a library a tree, that is also an house?
Twilight giggled a little at the robot's question,and then answered.
"Why,yes it is. Surprised?"
Magic chuckled a little,before recomposing himself and his cool attitude,which was still a mystery for the magenta unicorn.
"Just a little. Napalm Man, one of Gyro's brothers,had a weapon warehouse,which was at the same time a weapon factory, weapon museum, cave, mine and weapon research facility at the same time. Want to know something funny about it? No one except us robot masters and Wily knew. Because it was underground. it was also the same dimension of Sweet Apple Acres. Surprised?"
However,just at the mention of the first three purposes of the building,Twilight's jaw had already hit the ground,and if it could dig to drop deeper in the ground,it would have reached the planet's core.
"How...works...that...duh..."
Magic still keep his cool,but even for a gentleman like him it was becoming hard to suppress the laughter that scene caused. It was really funny,and Twilight's reaction was the best one,with the silver medal going to no other than Concrete and Guts Man. Oh boy, was it funny to see these reactions.
Twilight shortly recomposed herself,and made gesture to following her. After picking up the library's key, hidden under a fake patch of grass, Twilight opened the door,and stepped in. Magic followed her quickly, but was soon greeted by green flamesl. The magician quickly reacted, by crouching just in time so that the fire wouldn't hit him,and prepared the Magic Card.
However,when the creature that tried to attack the robot master became visible,Magic immediately disarmed his weapon,and tried to suppress once more an incredibly powerful laughter. the creature was small,and had a green and purple coloration. It had a tail and had two small fangs. Magic could only sigh in relief,as the description matched the one of a dragon.
"Spike!" Twilight shouted to her small assistant, "Why did you attack him?!"
It looked like the small dragon wasn't going to cooperate, but in the end he talked anyway.
"Because it was holding you prisoner! And by the way,what are you?!"
The magician simply gave a minuscule chuckle,and answered right away.
"If you really want to know, Mr.Spike, i am a robot master. My name is Magic Man,even if friends call me Magic."
Spike raised an eyebrow at how the magician introduced himself,but soon that eyebrow disappeared,and was soon replaced by a look of annoyance.
"Twilight,let's just go upstairs so you can tell me what is going on,alright?"
However, Magic stepped in,and moved in front of Twilight,not letting her move.
"Then i have only one simple question for you," explained Magic,making Spike sigh a little, "why did you attack me?"
Spike hesitated for some moments,moments that seemed like hours,before picking up a nearby glass of water,drinking it all and putting it back on the table he was standing nearby.
"Fine,but i'll only give you that."
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Spike was sitting on the couch,eating some gems and relaxing. Sure,Twilight and the rest of her friends were now at Canterlot, talking with the princesses about something that maybe was so important it would've decided Equestria's destiny, but it couldn't be that bad.
However, his eyes went wide went he saw Twilight approaching the library. she was already back!
His expression turned into one of horror, however,when he saw her being escorted by a strange creature. It wore a silk hat, which was the only thing Spike could see from so far away.
That when he decided.
He would have hided behind something big enough,so when the creature would have entered,Spike would have attacked hit with his flames. He only had do wait,and the unicorn that he considered a sister to him would have been safe again
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Silence fell over the library,even if everyone minds were full of activity. Magic's was trying to suppress any laughter, and in case of emergency to turn off the speakers, while Twilight would have facehoofed. Really hard.
"...That is it? Or are you hiding something?" Magic asked,making the dragon jerk on place. However,before things could get bad, Twilight stepped in.
"I'm going to talk about it with Spike." explained the unicorn, "In the meantime, i think it would be best if you stayed here and searched for some books."
After receiving a nod from the magician Twilight quickly went upstairs with Spike, leaving Magic alone.
'Finally, some calm after the storm...'
Magic looked around the room, searching for a book that had the equestrian alphabet in it, and soon found the book he needed
"Equestrian writing and grammar? Well, Twilight will not mind if i check the book."
Magic grabbed it and opened it, and he soon noticed something. it was written in the Serif font, a font commonly used back on Earth. That did not really matter, as he soon finded what he needed. A comparison between the normal alphabet and the equestrian one. He soon proceeded to write the data onto his memory, and in a matter of a few seconds, Magic had learned equestrian.
And so, he began to read. Usually, the bigger the book, the better it was, but smaller books of minimum 100 pages were OK.
"Interesting... Equestria really is a completely different place. So many species, so many spells... this is going to be a long journey indeed."
He was interrupted, however, by Spike. the small, purple dragon had walked downstairs, where the robot magician was.
Silence filled the air for a few moments, before Spike finally talked.
"...Look, i'm sorry for what happened. But Twilight to me is my whole family. My mother, my sister... everything."
Magic, however, gave him a reassuring look.
"I know how you feel. I had six brothers, and only two of them were sane enough. Funny, how both of them disappeared and now i have four idiots as brothers."
"Wait, really?" Asked Spike, earning a nod from the magician.
"If you want details, go ask Twilight, she knows the story."
And so, the purple dragon ran back upstairs, going to ask Twilight many questions. Magic resumed to read, before stopping on a certain part of the book.
"Changelings... horrible creatures that can take the form of any pony. Their only nutriment are emotions, especially love. Strange, i though that it would be more detailed, like the chapter about the griffins. Maybe it's something that i should remember to show Twilight, who knows what she might know."
The magician put down the book, and looked at the clock on the wall. it was starting to get late, and the sun would have started to go down, replaced by the moon. Time really flew away for Magic, and he didn't even store into his memory ten books.
He then noticed an owl, sitting on his perch. magic decided to walk closer to the bird. The owl however, opened his eyes when Magic got close enough, and started right into his robotic eyes.
' Let me see if this owl is Twilight's. If it is, then he should be smarter than normal animals."
"Hi, my name is Magic Man."
"Who." Replied the owl.
"Magic Man. Twilight's guest."
"Who." repeated the owl, starting to annoy Magic Man. However, the robot soon turned around when he heard someone giggle behind him. It was Twilight.
"You fell victim to him, uh? It's not the first time it happened. Normally, only Fluttershy speaks to Owlowiscious. And yes, it is a really hard name to pronounce, but aleast it keeps me trained."
Magic would have almost had a reboot of the system when he heard the owl's name. But he had one question for the lavender unicorn.
"Twilight, last night you asked me about my serial number. But now, i ask you what is that mark on your flank."
"Oh, that? It's called a cutie mark. A pony earns it when he finds his special talent. Mine, for example, shows that i'm good at magic, while Fluttershy's shows that she can communicate with animals."
Magic seemed really interested by the argument, but Twilight's yawning made him notice how late it was.
"Well, if you wish to talk about it, we will talk about it tomorrow. Oh, and by the way, the mayor wants to meet you, so she can announce you to the other ponies, ok? Goodnight, Magic."
Well, atleast he knew what was he going to do for the morning.
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?"
"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.
