After passing the dark corridor which lead at the Maretropolli’s Streets, Humdrum and his machine has a huge obstacle to overcome, they must be at the Museum the quickest as possible. But for a colt running over the city wouldn’t be easy.
"Master, I suggest you use your rotating gauntlets to move faster." DRAGON looked at the little colt who was thinking while looking around.
"I was thinking on using it DRAGON, but I don’t have guaranties which will works. The only thing I can do is hoping it will work." Hum Drum close his eyes while used his right hoof to aim at the building, using the rotating gauntlet his body received a pull which made him go incredible faster while his body was leaving the floor. Launching him at an incredible height.
"AHHHHHHH.” Humdrum didn’t calculate the speed he was flying, but after using his other hoof launched another grapple line to another building which made him swing in a front direction. “Well, it works, now I need to practice. I have to learn while I’m swinging at the museum."
He used the rotating gauntlet until his body was used by the speed. The ponies who walked over the streets gasped from the sigh of a foal using a kind of power to jump of a building to another building using grappling lines. Just 2 or 3 ponies recognized it was one of Power Ponies doing that.
Humdrum after swinging from many buildings he made a little mistake, he launched a grapple line at the edge of the building, which the grapple hook failed to stuck the building, and while in the air Humdrum was unable to launch the same grapple hook for a few seconds.
"Oh no" That was the last words before he fall in the sky. He used all the air of his longs to scream for is imminent fall, while Dragon approached him to give a little suggestion.
"Sir, you know you still have time to use the other grapple line right?" DRAGON whispered in his ears remembering him about his third hook.
"Oh right, sorry." Hum Drum blushed while smiled sheepishly, then he pressed the button on his belt near his belly and another grapple line launched from the back of his belt.
The third grapple line went directly to the near building next to him and using all the pull force was capable to make him launched at the wall of the building. The impact was harsh, but it was enough to make him sigh in relief.
After waiting a few seconds to recover his breath, he shook his head and managed to jump from his place.
"We don’t have time to waste DRAGON, let's go." Hum Drum launched another grapple line in the other skyscraper going more height than before.
"Yes sir." DRAGON followed Hum Drum by flying and following his master.
After a few minutes swinging over the buildings, Humdrum finally has a basic management over his gauntlets, and that was enough for him on that day. He didn’t know what kind of plan he has at the moment but it will be needed for the rest of the day. He needs to stay ahead of his friends and even ahead against Mane-iac. He already defeated not once, or twice, but at least he managed always to defeat her when he uses the only thing she doesn’t has. The imagination of a Foal.
“The view of the Maretropollys was beyond amazing when you see from above the buildings, maybe that’s why Zapp loves to fly all the time.” Humdrum admitted he found the view speechless, and had some kind of envy over Zapp to has a kind of an awesome super power, and him. Had to work many nights to has a good view of what she see. At least his prototype is a success.
After landing above Museum’s roof. Humdrum and Dragon decided to discuss their plan.
“Alright, If I remember correctly from the reports you showed me. The museum has been closed for painting on this week. So maybe there is a chance of we get inside of Museum easily. But why would Mane-iac would try to rob a museum?” Humdrum asked to Dragon whose eyes glowed before showing an holographic picture. “Wow, it seems the holographic projector is really working and it’s awesome.”
“It seems the crystal of radioactive spray energy is deep inside of this museum, for some reason they choose this place because the elegance and beauty of the crystal was enough to be treated an historic masterpiece. And it was already robbed once.” After showing the picture of the crystal, Humdrum let out a groan.
“I can’t believe it. Zapp was right all the long. She will be on the ears of the girls during all the week full of herself because of that. Thankfully I didn’t say anything, I would be angry if Zapp would boast herself in my ear during hours.” Humdrum sighed while his little machine remained in silence. Humdrum felt a bit awkward from not having another pony to interact, but that wasn’t time for that. “Dragon, how much time do we have before the invasion starts?”
“According to the villain social Media, MyVillain.com, she post a threat saying her plans will start at 10 p.m.” Dragon replying made Humdrum snicker from his place.
“Goodness, villains has a social Media? Why would they use that to publish their schemes?” Humdrum chuckled after finding how silly that was. Maybe Mane-iac was despaired for being popular among the villains? Who knows? Then Humdrum gave a fake cough to make him to stay focus.“Anyway, we have a few hours. The museum is free from everypony since the painters always paints over the morning and stops at the afternoon. Dragon hologram of the main how of the museum.”
From the simple order. The hologram of the Museum was amplified to show an hologram of the main rooms of the museum, like a blueprint in 3D.
“While I don’t understand much about this. Dragon give me a report of the museum.” Humdrum cannot lie, while the hologram looks really cool and awesome, he cannot understand it. So he must rely on the only partner he has now, his creation.
“Sir, we have 6 principal halls, one will lead to the prehistory hall, the aquarium hall, the medieval hall, the Egyptian hall, the Neighponese hall and the modern art hall.” The dragon robot explained in words the little colt could understand while he was nodding at the report.
“Alright, first thing first, to confuse Mane-iac, let’s change the names of the halls, and make one A, other B, and other C.. and from now on, and make them try their luck to split themselves, that way I can try to reach every mare and find a way to make them come back to their selves.” Humdrum gave the instructions while some questions remained in his mind. “Dragon. Can you hack the systems and make them close and open whenever I want?”
“I’m already hacking the museum system Sir. I will have all the museum system over my own command, you just need to give me the order.”
Humdrum smiled after hearing Dragon already was 2 steps of him, making easier to him to plan some traps.
“Alright, each hall will have traps. If I guess correctly which girl will be, that will make it easier to me to deal with every mare… Wait.” Humdrum was smiling but them he started to frown when a suddenly thought appeared in his mind. “That will not be enough if she already knew the place where was the artifact, I need to take the artifact and hide, and them make her lose her cool.”
“I suggest some trash talking Sir.” Dragon opened his mechanic mouth and a paper was being print over his mouth. Humdrum watched fascinated from his creation, then he took the paper and started read.
“Wow, Mane-iac will be peeved if she hears that. It might work. But, just for being sure. Dragon, tell me the probability of success.” Humdrum was smiling that would be so easy to deal with Mane-iac, nothing could make him lose…
“20% of success and 80% of failure.” Until dragon dropped a bomb like that, making Humdrum scream in shock.
“WHAT? But everything was planned like it was going to work. How that wouldn’t be possible?” Humdrum couldn’t believe it.
“Many terrible factors would compromise the plan and would make high chance of failure.” Dragon with his emotionless robotic voice made Humdrum sigh trying to figure out what to do. “Unless you have in mind some sacrifices would be made Sir. That would make possible to make not just the plan work, but it would make 99,9% work. If you not hesitate, that would make 100%.”
“What do you mean dragon? What does I have to sacrifice? What are you talking about?” Humdrum was trying to figure out what his little machine was explaining to him.
“Sir, I believe great victories require some sacrifices and resources, and if your strategy would work, that would be needed to achieve your victory.” Dragon explained again with a little mystery on his voice. “That way you would be able to defeat Mane-iac and save the Power Ponies.”
Humdrum tried to understand what Dragon meant, and suddenly thought passed on his mind.
“Are you crazy?” Humdrum questioned his little robot. “You are not thinking.”
“Sir, I would say there is an occasion where that would be necessary, however, if the plan went over 99,9% to work that meant probably there is a way you wouldn’t need to sacrifice it… However sir, just to be sure, please give the codes and passwords.” The robot dragon remained still in the air, while Humdrum used his hoof to scratch his foreleg thinking about what to do.
“Okay, let’s focus on the codes, and then starts the traps, later we will discuss about these possibilities of happening, but I want to be clear Dragon, you are not going to do it unless it would be the last case, and if… IF, I don’t have another option.” Humdrum stomped his hoof over the floor making it sure, to his dragon listen to his commands.
“I understand Sir.” Dragon remained in silence, while Humdrum decided to open the air vent over the roof of the museum.
He prayed so much the plan of 20% would work.