//------------------------------// // Hanging With Legos // Story: My Little LEGO Movie! // by Superman365 //------------------------------// When we last left the MasterBuilders, they we having quite the trouble cleaning up Bricksburg after the big fight against the Micro-Manager army of the tyrannical Lord Business and his second-in-command, Badcop, and that's when they stumble upon the surviving Piece of Resistance and the Kragle, both of which were giving off a strange blue energy, indicating that the two objects are now equipped with a special new ability. The MasterBuilders see this ability in action when the Piece of Resistance emits a blue portal that sucks up Emmet and the others, and two certain vehicles, and just about three skyscrapers worth of Lego bricks, and sends them toward an unknown destination. They end up in a massively beautiful world where it also weirded them out for two reasons: one was that the dominant species of this world are mainly ponies of three classes, unicorn ponies, pegasus ponies, and earth ponies. Ant the other reason was that the whole world wasn't made up out of Lego bricks, which is weird for them since their a group of LEGO mini-figures who come from a Lego world. Just then the MasterBuilders were about to head to the nearby town to find some kind of help, they run into a group of six female ponies, along with a baby dragon, called the Mane 6, and their leader, a purple unicorn/pegasus hybrid pony named Princess Twilight Sparkle, who seem to think of them as a threat to their home. Now Emmet must speak on behalf of his friends so that their first visit to this wonderfully beautiful world called Equestria doesn't start off with a fight. ----- As the pink earth pony named Pinkie Pie continued to stare at the MasterBuilders with joy, Princess Twilight and her friends are still looking awful serious about these guys like they're evil or something. Just when the two groups were about to start off, an equally energetic member of the MasterBuilders jumps right in front of Princess Twilight, and seemed to be just as happy as Pinkie Pie. "Hiiii!! I am Princess Unikitty of Cloud Cuckoo Land", said Unikitty happily, "And let me just say it's really such a great honor to meet another princess! But I never expected it to be in another world!" "I know!", shouted Pinkie Pie with joy, "How cool is that?! Except I never expected to meet another princess that's a unicorn and a kitten mashed into one, which is SO STINKING COOL!!" "Pinkie, that's enough!", yelled Princess Twilight, "This isn't the time to be all hyper when Equestria's being invaded!" "Better listen to her, Pinkie", said the blue pegasus pony with a rainbow mane and an attitude to match, "these chumps look like nothing but trouble!!" Nearly everyone from both groups were once again ready to make a move, until Emmet comes back out in between the two parties to settle things. "All right, everyone just calm down", said Emmet. "I'll calm down when these when these smart-mouthed pony-girls get off our backs!", yelled Indy with a strong angry tone in his voice used on the ponies who dare to challenge them. "Who are you callin' smart-mouthed, ya darn trespassers?!", shouted the peach earth pony with a cowgirl accent and hat. "That be ye!!", shouted Metalbeard, with his sword and double-barrel blaster ready, "Ye young ladies be carrying some nerve treating me mates and I with such disrespect!" "Well that is oddly well put", said the white unicorn pony with a purple mane, "considering that's coming from a giant mechanical brute such as yourself!" "NO ONE BE SPEAKING TO METALBEARD LIKE THAT AND GETS AWAY WITH IT! NO ONE!!!", yelled the fearsome pirate cyborg with great rage. "Yeah! Tell'em Rarity!", yelled the blue pegasus pony. "And if I might add...", Rarity was cut short when she looked in surprise to see Batman messing around with some rectangle-shaped device, not paying attention to a single thing she was saying to them. "Sorry I wasn't listening", said Batman, "Just been Bat-mailing on my Bat-phone, wanted to tell Alfred to cancel my 2:00 pm massage appointment for tomorrow, weird I even get a signal in another world". "I say, you have absolutely no manners whatsoever!" yelled Rarity, "It's important to ALWAYS pay attention to whom ever is speaking, not that YOU seem to care!" "You're right, I don't care at all",said Batman as he swapped his bat-phone for his trusty batarang, "considering that I usually tune out when I start to hear someone talk with a really lame fancy accent". "HOW DARE YOU!!", yelled Rarity with great displeasure. "Enough Rarity! You need to get a hold of yourself and relax!", yelled Twilight to Rarity, who in response stopped to take a deep breath. "Thank you darling", said Rarity with relief, "I really needed that, this kind of anger just isn't me". After giving Rarity a smile showing she was fine with helping her friend, Twilight got back into serious mode and turned back to the MasterBuilders, hoping to finally get some answers. "I'll ask you one more time!", demanded Twilight, "Who are you, where did you all come from, and what are your plans?!" Yet again, the MasterBuilders and the Mane 6 were ready to attack each other, and yet again, Emmet comes in to talk everyone down. "All right all right! There's no need for a fight here you guys, we just got off on the wrong hand is all", said Emmet with a smile to his friends, then turned to Twilight and her friends and says, "Look, you guys seem to be real friendly, I can tell by how you treat each with a whole lotta love and respect. And if it's answers you want, then it's answers you'll get". And just like that, everyone finally calmed down so Emmet can go on with explanations, but since nearly everyone wanted to relax, they went over to the little picnic area the Mane 6 we busy with before the MasterBuilders arrived, and as things progressed, introductions were made as well. By the time Emmet was done with the whole story, everyone was completely silent until the blue pegasus pony named Rainbow Dash started to float in mid-air with an excited look on her face. "That is SO AWESOME!!", yelled Rainbow "I know right?! That's what I've been saying!", shouted Pinkie with joy. "I'm awful sorry we treated y'all like a bunch o' no-good troublemakers,*chuckles* and to be honest, y'all seem like mighty fine folk!", said the peach earth pony named Applejack with joy and pride. "I hope I'm not interrupting, but I also like to say you guys are really great", said the yellow pegasus pony named Fluttershy who lives up to her name, and is feeling a little uncomfortable sitting next to Vitruvius, due to his facial appearance. "Um excuse me, don't mind me asking Mr. Vitruvius, but are your eyes really like that because you're blind?" "Sadly, yes", said Vitruvius, "but it's not so bad once you get used to it, there's no shame in being blind, young miss". "Mr. Vitruvius, no offense, but you're talking to a rock", said Fluttershy, and that's when there was a hint of delight and awkwardness in the air when Vitruvius uses his hand to feel what's next to him on his left was indeed a rock. "Oh, sorry about that", said Vituvius feeling embarrassed, "Anyway, like I was saying..." "Hey, don't take it personal Vitruvius", said Nightwing as he chimed in, "but I'm pretty sure she got all that". "All right", said Vitruvius, "just wanted to be sure". Just then, jumping from out of the bushes, came a trio of smaller girl ponies, one was a white unicorn pony, the second was a yellow earth pony with a bow in her mane, and the third was an orange pegasus pony. They clearly had excitement written all over their faces, even when Rarity, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash came up to them with an angry look on their own faces. "Now what in tarnation are you three doin' here?!", shouted Applejack. "We saw and heard the whole thing!", said the orange pegasus pony, "And we just REALLY wanted to meet them ourselves!" "Hey, do you three happen to know these tikes by any chance? Just saying", said Wyldstyle with curiosity as she walks up to the older three ponies. "*sighs* Yeah, they're our little sisters", said Rainbow. "Rarity's my sister, and my name's Sweetie Belle", said the white unicorn. "Applejack's mah big sis, name's AppleBloom", said the yellow earth pony. "Rainbow's my big sis, call me Scootaloo", said the orange pegasus. "And we are the Cutie Mark Crusaders!!!", shouted all three in unison. "And what is it that you three do anyway?", asked Wyldstyle. "We hang out almost everyday", said Sweetie Belle, "And when we do, we try to do all sorts of things to finally get our cutie marks, meaning that we've found out special talents in life!" "That explains the blank flanks you three are sporting", said Wyldstyle. "Wow, that sounds really awesome you three", said Emmet from the bottom of his own heart, "but I should probably tell you what I told my friends not long ago, everyone is special in their own way, even if it doesn't seem like much". "That's really nice of ya to say", said AppleBloom, "but we REALLY wanna get our cutie marks so we'll feel successful about ourselves". "Oh! Oh! Oh! I know!", said Benny with a look that shows he's got a crazy good or crazy bad idea coming up, "You three can come take a trip with me in my spaceship around the place! Maybe you three are meant to by my flying buddies! "That's an AWESOME idea!", shouted Scootaloo, "We could get our cutie marks in being pro astronauts! Let's do it!" "AH DON'T THINK SO!", yelled Applejack on behalf of herself and the other two older sisters, "Cutie marks or not, ain't no way we're lettin' our little sisters go off on a trip in some dang crazy-dangerous spaceship! Oh uh, no offense there partner". "I get it all the time", said Benny, "it's no big deal". "Come on AJ, give us a chance PLEEEASE?!?!", pleaded AppleBloom, meaning that she and the others really see it as a chance to finally earn their cutie marks, "And besides, what's the worse that could happen?" Soon enough, AppleBloom got her answer when she and the rest of the Crusaders end up in a state of terror and screaming their heads off as Benny flew them around in his spaceship at insane, breakneck speeds. They practically flew all over Equestria so fast, their hearts would have given out on them already, Benny even flew the ship all the way in space, and then flying back to the ground so fast there was just enough time for Benny to pull up before impact and made a smooth landing. Benny jumps out of the ship all pumped up with adrenaline, while the Crusader were slowly leaving the ship, so terrified that they were still shaking even after back on the ground. "Well, I-I-I've been wrong before", said AppleBloom nervously. "Y-Y-Yeah, so much for getting our cutie marks in being astronauts", said Sweetie Belle. "*sighs* Back to the drawing board for us I guess", said Scootaloo. "Did you guys see how fast we went?!", shouted Benny, feeling good about how he and the Crusaders did up in the sky, "My favorite part was when I pulled up right before we hit the ground! WHOO!! Man!, You can't get that kind of rush, not unless you're flying a SPACESHIP! SPACESHIP! SPACESHIP!!" "Anyway Emmet", said Twilight, having thought of a way to help the MasterBuilders get home, "I figure we should head to my library back in Ponyville, I'm sure there's a spell in one of the books I have that'll give you more control over those two items so you guys will be able to get back home". "Wonderful, fantastic, we really appreciate this, thanks so much", said President Business with true gratefulness. "Hold on", said the baby dragon named Spike with concern, "man, does this mean we gotta do some research?" "Come on Spike, we need to help these guys", said Twilight with a slight smile, "*giggles* And besides, research isn't so bad". "*groans* Easy for you to say Twilight", said Spike with grief, "you do research almost all the time!" Shortly, the MasterBuilders were being escorted to Ponyville by their new friends the Mane 6 and the Cutie Mark Crusaders, who were more than eager to give them the tour of the town while helping them with their current situation. As Emmet and his friends walked through town, they were told of all the amazing things that go on all the time, they even got a look at all the cool building they had, from an arcade, to neat restaurants, an impressive sweet shop, and even a fashion boutique. But back at the spot where they had the picnic, trouble appeared in the form of two small dark purple floating masses of dark magic, and on their own, they went toward a familiar destination: Ponyville. "Man, I gotta be honest here", said Emmet with delight, "This is really awesome and big for a small town like this". "*chuckles* It gets better, trust me", said Twilight, "We'll be sure to show you guys everything else after we find the answer we need in my library". They were in viewing range of Twilight's library, which looked more like a tree-house on the outside, but was guaranteed that the MasterBuilders would find a bonafide library on the inside. Just then out of nowhere magically appears a very tall yet sinister-looking creature right in front of them. It had yellow and red eyes, and seemed like a warped Manticore, seeing as how it's entire body was made up of various animals, from different goat horns, to the body of a bird with a single set of eagle and lion arms, a single set of horse and dragon legs, and a dragon tail to add, along with a very mischievous personality to it. Despite leaving it's evil past behind, the Mane 6 still had an uncomfortable feeling around it, being that they've met it before, the Former Spirit of Chaos itself. "DISCORD!!", shouted the Mane 6 and Crusaders in unison. "HELLLLOOOO! My little friends!", shouted Discord with such joy, "I've been dying to see you all again. And what's this? New visitors, and their not even from this dimension! Oh what fun!" "What the hay are YOU even doing here?!", yelled Applejack with distaste. "Hang on", said Batman, "you guys know this punk?" "*sighs* Unfortunately", said Rarity. "I'm surprised my little friends here haven't told you newcomers about me yet", said Discord, "but no matter, all is forgiven. To make it brief, I was evil, frozen in stone by Celestia and Luna, the Royal Pony Sisters, a thousand years later I got out, did the evil thing again, the Mane 6 stopped me, Fluttershy here helped reform me, now here we are!" "Oh, it was the least I could do, really", said Fluttershy. "Yeah, that's nice and all, but I still don't get why you're even here", said Batman. "Well, I felt it my responsibility as a friend to warn you all", said Discord, "that there's some really big trouble brewing, and I may be the cause of it". "What trouble?! And how are you involved?!", yelled Twilight. "It's not like I meant for it to happen now, but you'll find out for yourselves in a few minutes", said Discord, "I could have just stopped it myself, but once it's set in motion, all I could do was warn you, but don't worry, I'll see you guys again soon enough and I'll be happy to share with you the whole story! Farewell!" "WAIT!!!", shouted everyone, but it was no use, as Discord vanished into thin air, leaving the entire group alone in Central Square of Ponyville. "I don't like the sound of what Discord told us", said Twilight with concern "Well at least he was kind enough to warn us", said Emmet happily. "That's not really helping", said Twilight. "Hey guys, something's headed our way", said Rainbow, and the others could already get a good look at what Discord was talking about. Even though it was far from the other side of town, coming the way the group entered, were two small dark purple floating masses of dark magic. "What are those supposed to be?", asked Green Lantern. "Hmm, unsure of their origin, I am", said Yoda, "But powerful evil surrounds the two masses, I sense". "OOOOO! Pretty! Let's check'em out!", shouted Pinkie. "Yeah! Maybe we'll get ice cream if we touch them!", shouted Unikitty also. Just when the "happy duo" were about to run for the two masses, Applejack was able to wrap her lasso around them and pulled them back. "WHOA THERE NELLY! What don't know what those thing can do, but what ever they are, can't be good one bit". Soon enough, the two masses were coming straight for them, but a closer look at their flight pattern by Twilight tells her they were coming straight for the Piece of Resistance and the Kragle, both of which were carried by Emmet. "Emmet, watch out!", shouted Twilight. Then President Business and Goodcop pushed Emmet out of the way just in time, but may be something those two would probably regret themselves somehow. Immediately after that, the two reformed villains were hit by each of the two masses, and as they hit the ground, there was a dark purple aura surrounding them. The group was checking to see if those two were fine, and hoping things don't doe that bad, but it's never been that easy for them. "What in the world was that?!?!", shouted Wyldstyle, as she looked upon Twilight, who might have the answer. "I...I don't know", said Twilight with regret and concern. "I'll tell you what that was...", said President Business in a menacing tone as he shot up straight fast, "A REAL PICK-ME-UP!" Just like that, President Business got right up and kicks Green Lantern down and then picks up AppleBloom and tosses her to the far side of town, only to be suspended in mid-air by Twilight's magic. "President Business! What were you thinking?!", shouted Twilight, only to look back and see that President Business is wielding the Kragle, and aiming it at the group. "You will address me as LORD Business, you disrespectful brat!", yelled the returned villain as he blasted a stream of Kragle essence in front of him, getting them to back off, "And to answer your question, I'm thinking I need to get back on track now that I have access to this world as well!" Some of the group thought he was bluffing, until he turned around and was somehow able to use the Kragle to blast open a portal, the same looking one that brought the MasterBuilders to Equstria in the first place. "Come, BADCOP, we've got a lot of work ahead of us!", shouted Lord Business as he entered the portal. Then everyone turned back to Badcop sitting up straight, still with his happy face, thinking it was a joke, until they were proven wrong. It's nothing I'm proud of, Goodcop plays nicely!", said his good-cop face, then switching to his bad-cop face and says, "But Badcop means business!" Then Badcop jumps up and pulls out his blaster and starts shooting up Central Square, forcing the group to take cover so they wouldn't follow the two through the portal. "Badcop! Stop fooling around and come on!", yelled Lord Business when coming back for a brief moment to keep his second-in-command from messing up, then leaves again. "Understood Lord Business! I'm on my way!", shouted Badcop as he makes a break for the portal, but stopping to make a point and says, "We're not finished...yet", and so with that, he steps through the portal, which closes shortly afterward, leaving the group alone in Central Square with absolute stunned silence. "What. The heck. Was that?", asks Batman, breaking the silence. Shortly, Lord Business and Badcop were back on the streets of Bricksburg, still a mess even with the people doing their best to clean up what's left. "Badcop!, I have a special task for you!", yelled Lord Business. "Name it sir, and I'll see to it the job gets done!", said the double-faced police officer. "I need you to reassemble and prepare your Robo-SWAT forces, then I need you to put out a special call, to a special number of individuals and tell them to meet me at Octan tower, I have a proposal in mind for them", said Lord Business. "Right away sir!", shouts Badcop, putting out a signal to his robot police forces, telling them to gear up and await further orders, then asking, "Forgive me sir, but I need to ask who are these 'special individuals' I'm calling". "Let's just say that I intend on taking over Equestria first, then coming back here to finish what I started, but to do this, I'll need to bring together a group of my own, NOW DO IT!!" And so with that menacing demand, Badcop carried out the tyrant's orders and sent out a call meant for these "special individuals" to come to Octan tower to hear what Lord Business has to offer. An hour later, at the top floor of the Octan tower, was a refurbished board room that seemed much, much bigger than it should be, for good reason, so that there's room for Lord Business in his tyrant outfit, which was featuring giant robot leg stilts to make him the height of a flagpole, a fancy, bulky black collar with a tie painted on the front, a cape that reached down to the floor but looked an awful lot like a real necktie, a giant helmet with a glowing center, and two horns that looked like coffee mugs, which spat out fire. And then Badcop comes in with some news for his master. "Sir, they've arrived", said Badcop as he opened the door for the tyrant's guests, and standing before him, were some of the greatest villains in the Lego universe. "Ah! Lex Luthor, The Joker, Darth Maul and Darth Vader, Sheriff Not-a-Robot and Deputron, Sinestro, Man-Bat, General Zod, Bane, it's a pleasure to have you all here! Welcome to Octan tower!", shouted Lord Business. "Save your breath Business and tell us why you summoned us here", said Lex Luthor, "Because as I recall, it was YOUR downfall that forced us to go into hiding in the first place!" "It just so happens, that thanks to a special new power left within the Piece of Resistance and the Kragle, I was in another world, being a goodie-two shoes along with Badcop, alongside those MasterBuilders and these ponies called the Mane 6 and Cutie Mark Crusaders!", yelled Lord Business with disgust, "Then out of nowhere, came these two masses of dark magic that hit me and Badcop, and BOOM! We're back to our old selves!" "That is all very interesting Lord Business, I'm sure those girly ponies gave you a rough time", said Bane, "but spare us the theatrics el stupido and get to the point!" "YOU ARE MY INVITED GUEST, BANE! YOU WILL DO WELL TO RESPECT ME!! AND THAT GOES FOR THE REST OF YOU AS WELL!!!", yelled Lord Business with great force, "My point is that the dark magic that brought back the other side of me and Badcop, has presented me with some helpfulness and information, such as that the source of this magic must be kept from the MasterBuilders and the Mane 6 at all costs! Along with giving me the power to control the new ability within the Kragle and travel between our world and that of Equestria at will, along with amplifying the Kragle's original power times a hundred as well!" "OOOO! Nifty!", said The Joker, getting a real kick out of what's going on so far, "That's one fancy toy you got there Busny! I'm just curious about what's it got to do with us". "That's LORD BUSINESS to you, Joker!", yelled the tyrant once again, "And that's where you all come in, my friends. You see, I have plans on taking over Equestria first, then returning here to finish the job I started here long ago. But to do this, seeing as how the MasterBuilders and the Mane 6 will no doubt work together to defend that world to the last man, or pony, I'm going to need a group of my own, to help me accomplish this goal of mine, starting with pooling all our resources to bring back my massive Micro-Manager army and triple it, along with adding in a few new improvements to really spice things up, in exchange for your services, I'll offer to you, my fellow warlords, dominion over whatever territory you seek to claim as much as you can! So...what do you think?" The villains got together and discussed things in secret, while Lord Business and Badcop were standing on the other side of the board room, impatiently waiting for an answer. Then, Lex Luthor came up to Lord Business and spoke the answer he and his cohorts in evil thought of. "We're in", said Luthor with an evil smirk on his face. Meanwhile, back in Ponyville, the whole group was stationed in Twilight's library, searching every book for whatever was behind the dark magic that brought back Lord Business and Badcop, which also gave them control over the new power that lied within the Kragle, just like the Piece of Resistance, and what did it have to do with Discord, who claims to be responsible for it. "Come on! Come on! There's gotta be something about that dark magic around here somewhere!", said Twilight with frustration and worry. "Sorry Twilight", said Green Lantern, "but we've probably looked in all these books by now, we would've found something already". "Keep looking, there's bound to be something here", said Wonder Woman. "I agree, we can't give up just yet, there has to be something around here that can tell us what that dark magic was, and where it came from", said Twilight. "The way I SEE things, get it? Because I'm blind?", said Vitruvius, trying to help lighten the mood. "I doubt that's any helpful, Vitruvius", said Rarity un-amused by his joke, "just tell us what is your thought on this". "Fine then", said Vitruvius, "If we're going to get any answers behind that dark magic, we should search for Discord, he said it himself: that he's responsible for this somehow, so he may have the solution for this mess". "Only one problem, Discord said he won't show up anytime soon", said Twilight, "I think he'll be waiting for us to go somewhere before he shows up again, and I have no idea where we have to go". "There must be an idea as to where we need to go, we need to know more about dark magic Discord claims to have something to do with it", said Vitruvius. "Mates, I fear there be a bigger storm brewin' over yonder", said Metalbeard with concern. "This ain't the time for yer dang pirate talk partner!", yelled Applejack, "What's going on out there?!" Emmet decides to check things out for himself and steps outside, and is stunned that, when the others come out themselves, they follow his example as they look at what lies in Central Square of Ponyville, a giant blue portal, reaching the height of the buildings around and just barely touching the ground. "Oh man", said Emmet once again in a simple and slow manner. Before anyone could react, dozens and dozens of Micro-Managers and Robo-SWAT officers were swarming right out of the portal, and coming out of the portal in his own flying squad-car, Badcop makes a brief and obvious announcement. "DA DA DA!! The bad guys are here!", shouts Badcop. Then the last ones exiting the portal before it vanished, were Lord Business and his newly formed alliance he calls, the Syndicate of Doom, each on their own little armed hovercraft, while the head tyrant rode one especially made for his tyrant outfit. "*laughs* Round up all the ponies! Destroy any who try to fight us!", shouts Lord Business at his forces, "And bring me...the MasterBuilders and Mane 6, NOW!!! Badcop! Vader! Joker! Sinestro! Not-a-Robot! Come with me! We're leading our own forces to seize Canterlot, the most powerful kingdom in Equestria, and bring down the Royal Pony Sisters! Luthor! You're in charge of your own forces! I want Ponyville under our control by the time I'm finished with Canterlot! NOW MOVE IT!!" "It'll be my pleasure!", shouts Luthor with again an evil smirk on his face. "HA HA HA HA!!!", Joker goes, then says, "Storming a kingdom and taking down royal pony sisters while spreading terror and destruction on these helpless ponies! Perfect! My kind of party!!" As Lord Business and his forces make their way to Canterlot, Luthor and his own forces including Bane, Zod, Man-Bat, Darth Maul, and Deputron were carrying out their master's orders to take over Ponyville as soon as possible, capturing many stray ponies and trying to vaporize any who tried to resist. While the group was trying to figure a way out of this. "It's hard to imagine, Lord Business brought together a group of his own, and their just as dangerous as he is", said Superman. "Hold up, you're saying you guys know these evil chumps?", asked Rainbow. "Yeah, some of us like Supes and me fought these guys before", said Batman, "total losers if you ask me". "Except these guys don't seem to be acting like losers now, and Lord Business said he's gonna take over Canterlot AND Ponyville, we've gotta do something!", shouted Wyldstyle, then Vitruvius chimed in. "I agree, true we may seem outnumbered and outmatched, but let's just see what we can do about this invasion!", said Vitruvius with some oomph in his voice. "So what are we waiting for?", demanded Rainbow, "Let's show these guys they'e messing with the wrong friends!!" And so with that, the MasterBuilders and Mane 6 stormed for Central Square, where the action was at it's peak, even the Crusaders came along to join the fight, against their older sisters' intentions for them. As the whole group fought their way to Luthor, seeing as how he's in charge of taking over Ponyville, they were blocked off by a line of Robo-SWAT officers in their own dropships, and that's when Luthor finally noticed them. "Well well!", said Luthor, "You all must be that lot of pests who stand in our way! But it's nice to see you anyway, especially you, Superman". "The feeling isn't mutual, Lex, now call off your attack and tell Lord Business to leave Canterlot alone as well!", demanded Superman as he flew up to his arch-enemy. "I'd hate to say that's not really an option, seeing as how you and you're friends are in NO position to make demands of us whatsoever!", shouted Luthor, then leaving his hovercraft and taking control of his own giant mech-suit and says, "That reminds me, you remember Zod don't you? Because he remembers you all too well". Out of nowhere, Zod comes flying in behind Superman and knocking him into Luthor's mech-suit, who then in turn swats Superman into the ground with a left backhand. Zod thens lands on the ground in front of Superman, with an enraged look on his face that clearly showed he held a strong grudge against the Man of Steel. "Zod ALWAYS wins, Superman!", said Zod with pride, "Now it's time you payed for banishing me to the Phantom Zone all those years ago!" "It wasn't my fault you had it coming, Zod", said Superman finally recovered, "You know what they say: Don't do the crime if you can't do the time", then Superman rushes toward Zod with a left hook, which was blocked, then knocks Zod across town with a solid uppercut. "Really? I was hoping you would come up with something less cliche than that Superman", said Luthor. "Well it's true!", yelled Superman, then turns to the others as he flew up to Luthor in his mech-suit, "I'll deal with Lex and Zod, the rest of you can see what you can do about the rest of the town!" "That's where you're wrong Superman, I don't intend on letting them do anything to ruin our plans!", yelled Luthor, "Maul! Man-Bat! Lead your own squadrons and capture those annoying heroes, immediately!!" "Of course, my master", said Maul in a deep yet menacing tone, "Man-Bat! Troops! Attack!!" And now, the group was on the run as they were being chased by two big squads of walking Micro-Managers and Robo-SWATs each being lead bu Darth Maul and Man-Bat. As Superman continued his fight with Zod and Luthor, Luthor fired a rocket at Superman, only for it to get knocked aside, and that's when the runaway rocket comes flying in and front of the group, separating some of them from the others. Applejack, the Crusaders, Yoda, and Metalbeard were still pursued by Maul and his forces, while Twilight, Rarity, Spike, Emmet, and Wyldstyle were being chased by Man-Bat and his forces. Maul runs ahead of his own forces to deal with the strays himself, starting off with a short lightsaber duel between himself and Yoda, then Yoda makes a break for it, with Maul in pursuit, as if he were winning, but unknown to Maul, the first set of strays from the group had a trap ready for him. As Yoda makes a right turn with Maul right behind him there, hidden in an alleyway, was Applejack ready with one end of a long rope, while the Crusaders were in the opposite alleyway holding the other end. Yoda runs past the trap, and shortly afterward, Applejack and the Crusaders pulled each of their own end fast, causing a fast running Maul to trip and flies toward the end of the street, only to get plucked out of the air by Metalbeard, who was hiding in a corridor, and then dangled Maul in front of his blaster and shot him across town. "I WILL END YOU FOR THIS!!!", yelled Maul was he was flying across town. "Better luck next time mate!!!", shouts Metalbeard. "Yeah! that chump never saw it coming!!", shouts Scootaloo, but their victory over Maul was short-lived now that the rest of the first wave of strays from the group have to put up with Maul's forces. At that time, the second wave of strays were still being chased by Man-Bat and his forces, and tired of Man-Bat having the advantage of speed on his side, Wyldstyle gets enough Lego bricks from the carrier, which they're fortunate ended up with them, to build a small station wagon/military truck, and everyone hopped on. Even with speed no longer an issue, the second wave of strays were still taking heavy fire from Man-Bat and a few flying Micro-Managers. "I just can't shake these guys! Emmet, Twilight, I could use some covering fire right about now!", shouted Wyldstyle while driving. "We're on it!" shouted Emmet and Twilight in unison. Twilight then turns to the sky and starts blasting away with magic beams from her horn while taking flight herself, while Emmet uses some more Lego pieces to build a crank-gun, aims it at the enemy from above, and starts blasting as he kept cranking that thing. With Emmet and Twilight shooting at the enemy forces from above, and Wyldstyle trying to drive, Rarity and Spike did their best knocking off any Robo-SWAT trying to climb onto the truck as they drove by. Then one got a hold of Rarity by the leg and tried to pull her off, but Spike took notice and pulled Rarity back onto the truck. "Oh Spikey-Wikey! You're my hero!", shouted Rarity as she fiercely hugged her little yet brave rescuer. "Oh, it was nothing really", said Spike as he blushed from his hug. Emmet's trusty crank-gun helped him finish off the rest of the flying Micro-Managers, leaving Man-Bat alone with Twilight. "You think I'm scared of a flying pony? Come on!!", yelled Man-Bat. "I think you should be!", shouted Twilight with a smirk on her face. The two flying combatants were blasting away at each other, and it seemed like Man-Bat was winning, until Twilight said something he wouldn't forget. "Never underestimate a pony like me!", shouts Twilight right before Man-Bat's next strike was interrupted by a few laser shots by Emmet and his crank-gun, throwing him off guard long enough for Twilight to blast him with her magic and send him straight to the ground hard. "Especially when a pony like me has friends I can always count on!", shouted Twilight, who then turns to Emmet with a smile, thanking him for the backup. "What can I say? That was Awesome!!", shouted Emmet with joy. Eventually, the entire group was able to reunite in Central Square, they all put up a good fight, but despite their best efforts, it seems as though they barely made a dent in their numbers, and even Superman had a rough time with General Zod and Luthor, just like how they tried to bring down the other villains under Luthor's command. Wishing they didn't have to do this, but with being outnumbered and heavily outmatched, and it being that sometimes running away is the smart thing to do, the group had to fall back on the one option they had left. "RETREAT!!!", yells Emmet", We have to get out of here now!", and just like that, Batman tossed a few heavy smoke bombs around the group to cover up their escape, and during the commotion, Emmet, Wyldstyle, Batman, Indy and Nightwing worked together using some plenty more Lego pieces from the little carrier to build a large, heavy duty getaway truck and everyone got inside while Batman took the wheel and drove them out of town, by the time the smoke cleared, Luthor caught a glimpse of the getaway truck that no doubt carried the heroes that stood in their way and glared hard in their direction. "Ha! That's right! run away like the cowards you are!", yelled Man-Bat, "That's the last time we'll have to put up with those losers ever again! Especially since we own this town now!" "You're muy estupido for a fearsome man-bat creature", said Bane "Bane is correct. They're escaping, but they'll no doubt try harder to beat us", said Luthor with frustration and concern, "This matter will be solved as soon as we can figure out where exactly they're headed". "Boss! I got the answer fer ya!", shouted Deputron as he walked up to Luthor's mech-suit with The Mayor of Ponyville in tow. "Well well, this must be our lucky day! You must be the Mayor, I don't want to waste anymore of your time, so I'll make this quick: Tell me exactly where you suppose those 'heroes' of yours are going, and I won't have to vaporize you on the spot", said Luthor with menace as he pointed his mech-suit's right blaster right at the Mayor, leaving a terrified look on her face. Meanwhile, in the throne room of the Canterlot Castle, in their own thrones were the two grand rulers of Equestria, Princesses Celestia and Luna, also known as the Royal Pony Sisters, who also happen to be Alicorns like Twilight. Right away came a pair of badly-wounded guards with a warning as they closed the throne-room doors behind them hard. "Your Majesties! You must flee! It isn't safe here!", shouted one of the guards, "The enemy has nearly seized control of Canterlot, and their leader is approaching the throne room!". But there was no time to run, for shortly afterward, the massive doors were kicked wide-open knocking the two guards aside and half of the room was filled with smoke. The other set of royal guards who were in the room standing at opposite sides of the small stairway were prepared to protect their leaders with their life, until a couple of laser shots came from the smoke and knocked out the two guards as well. And as soon as the smoke cleared, standing just past the doors was Lord Business with Badcop and Darth Vader by his side. "HA! HA! Princess Celestia and Princess Luna! We meet at last! And I must say it's really such an honor to meet some big-shots such as yourselves!", shouted Lord Business. "The feeling isn't mutual, Lord Business", said Celestia with an angry tone. "*laughs* Wow, news really travels fast in this world! Considering we've never really met until now!", shouts Lord Business with slight surprise. "We are the proud and selfless rulers of Equestria, who will protect our subjects no matter what threat may arise!", shouts Celestia with pride. "And when events even of the strangest variety occur, we now about it right away!", added Luna. Just then, an explosion occurs outside the castle that caught Celestia and Luna by surprise, but was no concern for Lord Business. "Oh don't bother paying attention to what's happening outside, you two should worry more about yourselves right now", said Lord Business, "Now to make it simple, surrender yourselves to me right now or I'll have to force you to, I'm fine either way!" "The way we see it, we'd curse ourselves before we allow Equestria to fall into your clutches!", shouts Luna. "I believe YOU should be the ones to surrender, or you will be met with dire consequences!", shouts Celestia. "Oh man, that's all very moving. And I'd actually be touched if it weren't for the fact that YOU TWO ARE IN NO POSITION TO MAKE DEMANDS WHATSOEVER!!", yelled Lord Business Unmoved by his temper, Celestia and Luna were prepared to attack. "You have just made a grave mistake", said Celestia. Badcop readies his blaster and Darth Vader his lightsaber, ready to take on the Royal Pony Sisters who dare to threaten their master, until Lord Business steps in with a request. "Stand down you two", said Lord Business, "I'll deal with these unruly sisters". "Lord Business", asks Badcop, "are you sure that's wise? "YOU WILL DO WELL THAN TO QUESTION YOUR SUPERIOR WHEN HE MAKES A DECISION!!", shouts Lord Business with great force. "Of course Sir! Understood!", shouts Badcop as he and Vader stepped back to watch their leader deal some damage on these two powerful pony sisters. The battle starts off with the pony sisters taking flight and rush toward Lord Business, but then the tyrant starts to fire a powerful laser from the glowing center of his giant helmet, that's when the two sisters take evasive action as they blast back with their magic. the tyrant and the sister seemed to make very little progress, so Lord Business decides to up the anti by using the dual flame-throwers on the top of his helmet, then fires a small set of missiles from each of his stilt-legs. Part of the throne room was wrecked, and neither side was making any real progress, until Celestia fired a magic blast at his feet, causing Lord Business to shortly lose balance and happens to swing his right stilt-leg at Luna, who was trying to attack from behind, and knocks her against the wall hard, then falling on the floor. "LUNA!", shouts Celestia in shock. "Just so we're clear, I TOTALLY MEANT TO DO THAT", said Lord Business as he regained his balance. Celestia lands back on the ground and was about to head over and tend to her little sister, until she was halted by Badcop and Vader, pointing their blaster and lightsaber at her. Lord Business then walks over to an injured Luna and uses this to his advantage. "Unless you want me to make an example out of your sister, I suggest you STAND DOWN AND GIVE UP!!", yelled Lord Business as he pointed his fully charged helmet laser right at Luna, who was too badly hurt to defend herself with her magic. "Sister, don't worry of me! Stop this tyrant before he causes any more harm!", shouts Luna in agony. "As much as I want to put an end to this madness, I already lost you once, Luna, I can't stand losing you again", said Celestia with grief, then looks at Lord Business happily waiting for an answer, "Very well Lord Business, I surrender". "Excellent! You see how things go smoothly when you just give up? Makes me glad I don't have any siblings, HA!", said Lord Business as he kicks Luna over to Celestia for her to tend to her injured sister, indicating to Badcop and Vader that they can lower their weapons. As Celestia helped Luna to stand up, they both looked up at Lord Business with distaste while he made another announcement. "Now there's just one more thing I need to do that almost slipped my mind", said Lord Business, "and that's THIS!!", immediately, the tyrant pulled out the Kragle and covered Celestia and Luna with it's essence, completely immobilizing them, they were lucky they could still move their eyes and mouths, but the essence even kept them from using their magic. "A little bit of Kragle never hurt anyone, sometimes, but that's to make sure you two aren't a real problem for me, since I got bigger plans in mind!", said Lord Business just before the sound of Navy ship horn went off outside, "And that's the sound of me finally seizing control of Canterlot! YESSS!" "Master, I have received communication from the one known as Lex Luthor", said Vader, "he and his forces have seized control of Ponyville". "*gasps* Twilight", said Celestia sharing a worried look with Luna. "Well that sounds wonderful! I had my doubts but I knew someone like Luthor wouldn't mess this up", said Lord Business. "Unfortunately, he also reports that the MasterBuilders and Mane 6 you spoke of have escaped, but has learned of a location which is their most likely destination: A third kingdom known as the Crystal Empire", said Vader with regret, "And that the rulers of this particular empire are known as Princess Cadence and Prince Shining Armor, both are which the sister-in-law and older brother of Alicorn Princess Twilight Sparkle, the leader of the Mane 6 of which escaped with the MasterBuilders". "Well then, It's time we introduced ourselves to the fine ponies of this Crystal Empire!", shouts Lord Business. "I will go and personally crush them and claim this empire in your name, my master. Then, I'll finally show Darth Maul who's the most fearsome Sith Lord in the galaxy!", shouts Vader with pride as he exits the throne room and walks to his right once reaching the end of the hallway. A minute later he's back in view and shouts, "That was a closet!", as he walks off to the left, finally leaving the castle. "Badcop, I want you and The Joker to take your own forces and make sure Vader doesn't mess this up for me!! Claim the Crystal Empire for your master!", shouts Lord Business. "Right away Sir, I'll round up Joker along with our personal forces and see to it the Crystal Empire is in your control in no time!", shouts Badcop as he exits the throne room. "You will fail at this invasion of yours!", shouts Celestia. "Princess Twilight and her friends will protect the Crystal Empire to the fullest!",also shouts Luna. "Yeah, I don't think so. My invasion forces being there under the command of Badcop, Vader, and The Joker say otherwise, we WILL conquer the Crystal Empire no matter what happens, just like we did to Ponyville and Canterlot!", shouted the tyrant. "NEVER!!", shouts the Royal Pony Sisters in unison. "It's nothing personal after all, IT'S JUST BUSINESS!!" yelled Lord Business followed by a maniacal laugh. On the outskirts of Ponyville, was the parked getaway truck with the group trying to process what just happened: that they lost Ponyville to Lord Business. "Well, it can't any worse I guess", said Wyldstyle in a gloomy way. "If you're trying to make things feel better, that's not exactly helping", said Rarity with an angry tone "Well it's not like things went okay back there!", shouted Wyldstyle. "You don't need to remind me!", shouted Rarity as she and Wyldstyle were right in front of each other with an angry look, "Considering that we just lost Ponyville! Our home! You are twice as rude as Batman!" "I'm right here", said Batman with a scary kind of angry look that told Rarity and Wyldstyle to cool it. "Oh, sorry about what, I'm just on edge right now", said Rarity. "So are we, Rarity, so are we", said Emmet. Then Nightwing comes up to Batman with a look that meant he had some news, but not the good kind. "Hey Bats! Got some news, I intercepted a communication that went between Lord Business and Luthor: That psycho-tyrant and his own forces took over Canterlot, and even incapacitated Princesses Celestia and Luna", said Nightwing. "*gasps* Celestia and Luna! No!", said Twilight with concern, with Emmet and the MasterBuilders being told the Mane 6 and Crusaders were friends with the Royal Pony Sisters. "That's not all, Luthor told Lord Business about this third kingdom called the Crystal Empire and knows that can be a hiding place for us", Nightwing continued, "and that the place is ruled by Twilight's sister-in-law Princess Cadence and her older brother Prince Shining Armor. Not to mention that Business already sent a big enough invasion force led by Badcop, Darth Vader, and The Joker to take over the place". "Well Twilight, their your sister-in-law and brother, it's your call right now", said Emmet with confidence and a smile, "Whatever you decide, we'll back you up all the way". Looking at how her all her friends, the ones she's known for much longer and the ones who didn't even belong in that world, were ready to support her with her choice no matter what, gave Twilight the confidence and courage she needed to see this through. "Batman, take the wheel! And start driving!", shouted Twilight, as the Dark Knight gave her a smirk and got back behind the wheel as everyone got back inside the truck. Shortly after, they were on the road again. "Just tell me where to go, and I'll get us there", said Batman. "Just keep driving straight until we see some train-tracks, we turn right and follow those tracks. We need to get to the Crystal Empire as soon as possible, Cadence and Shining Armor are gonna need help keeping the empire safe from Lord Business," said Twilight, "And I'm sure Discord is going to meet us there, and we'll be glad to see him again". "How come?", asked Green Lantern. "Because he said it himself: he's somehow responsible for all of this", said Twilight, "So it's time to get some answers". And with that said, the getaway truck filled with the last hope Equestria and the Lego world have make their way to their next destination: The Crystal Empire.