A hologram of the griffin Viceroy, appeared in front of a group of griffin shaped crystal battle droids outside the conference room.
"They should be dead by now. Destroy, what's left of them." The hologram said before disappearing as a one of the battle droids, cautiously opened the door.
A deadly green cloud billowed from the room and the battle droids held there crystal weapons at the ready as a figure stumbled out of the smoke. PC-14 , carrying the tray of drinks.
"Oh, excuse me." PC-14 said walking past them, carrying a tray of drinks.
"Check it out Corporal. We'll cover you." The lead battle droid said looking over at another one.
"Roger, roger." The other droid said taking a step forward as two crystal swords suddenly flew out of the deadly fog.
"Uh-oh!" The lead battle droid said as the two Knights started cutting them down.
The droids tried to fire magic bolts from their crystal weapons at them but they were deflected back when they made contact with the Knights Crystal Sabers.
"What is going on down there?" The Viceroy asked as the large viewing crystal he was watching the battle from went dark and alarms started blaring.
"We've lost the transmission, sir." A pink pegasus said looking a control panel.
"Have you ever encountered a Crystal Knight before, sir?" A black griffin asked walking over to the Viceroy.
"Well, no, but, uh... Seal off the bridge!" The Viceroy said panicking a bit.
"That won't be enough, sir." The black griffin said as the bridge began to close.
"I want unicorn droids up here at once!!!" He ordered as more battle droids moved to guard the bridge door.
"We will not survive this." The black griffin said as the door to the bridge slammed shut.
Meanwhile Star Swirl and Clover had made their way through the hallways cutting down several battle droids in half, creating a shower of sparks and metal parts as they finally arrived at the bridge door. Seeing more droids coming, Clover ignited her horn sending them crashing into a wall while Star Swirl went to the bridge door and started to cut through it.
The airships crew start to get very nervous as they watch the Knights on the viewing crystal.
"This is impossible!!" The griffin Viceroy exclaimed seeing Star Swirls blade cuts through the door like a hot knife through butter.
"Where are those Unicorn Droids?!" The black griffin asked looking over at the pink pegasus.
Star Swirl was halfway done cutting a hole in the door when two unicorn shaped droids ran down the hallway at full speed, stopping just before get to the bridge area.
"Master, destroyers!" Clover said knowing she wouldn't be able to handle them alone.
Star Swirl pulled his Crystal Saber out of the door and turned to fight off the destroyer droids with Clover as the droids start to shoot bolts of magic out of their horns, and an invisible shield surrounded them.
"They have shield crystals!" The older unicon remarked as he deflected a bolt back at them and it dispersed a long one of their shields revealing it. "It's a standoff! Let's go!" He said deflecting a bolt into a power outlet casing sparks to fly.
The two Knights retracted their blades as they ran down the hallway as the two droids followed them continuing to shoot at them.
"They're no match for unicorn droids." The black griffin said as they watched the the two droids chase the Knights around a corner on the viewing crystal.
"Sir, they've gone up a maintenance shaft." The pink pegasus reported knowing the droids wouldn't be able to follow them nor could they track them.
Star Swirl and Clover exited the maintenance shaft into a large hangar bay. Quickly hiding behind a large stack of crates, they watched as hundreds of battle droids were loaded onto landing craft.
"Battle droids?" Star Swirl said confused at the large number of them.
"It's an invasion army." Clover said shocked.
"This is an odd play for the Trade Federation." The older unicorn noted as a battle droid passed by. "We've got to warn the Neighboo and contact The princesses. Let's split up. Stow aboard separate landing craft and meet down on the island."
"You were right about one thing, Master. The negotiations were short." Clover said before they split up.
Meanwhile back on the bridge the Griffin Viceroy was making final preparations for the invasion.
"Sir, a transmission from the island." The pink pegasus reported as the viewing crystal displayed a young dark red earth pony wearing a golden crown with different coloured jewels.
"It's King Emissarius himself." The black griffin noted.
"At last we're getting results." The griffin Viceroy said walking over to the viewing crystal. "Again you come before us, your highness."
"You will not be pleased when you hear what I have to say, Viceroy ... Your trade boycott of our country has ended." The young king said.
"I was not aware of such a failure." The Viceroy said confused.
"I'm aware that the Princess's Ambassadors are with you now, and that you have been commanded to reach a settlement." Emissarius explained.
"I know nothing of any Ambassadors." He lied "...you must be mistaken."
Surprised at his reaction, the King studied him carefully before responding.
"Beware, Viceroy....the Federation has gone too far this time."
"We would never do anything without the approval of the Equestrian Senate. You assume too much." The brown and white griffin said in a reassuring tone.
"We will see." Neighboo's King said terminating the transmission, and the viewing crystal went black.
"He's right." The black griffin said walking up to the Viceroy. "The Senate will never..."
"It's too late now!" The griffin Viceroy said interrupting his comrade.
"Do you think he suspects an attack?" The other griffin asked with a sigh.
"I don't know, but we must move quickly to disrupt all communications down there." The Viceroy said turning to lookout the large window at the island country below.