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// Chapter X: Of Robots and Pawns  
// Story: Machina 
// by Gordon Freeman_1 
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	“Alright you all! We’ve almost got Manehattan under our full control, now get to work!” Mr. Rockefeller said commanding his guards around.
 
Twilight appeared right outside the door to his office and was standing right by the entrance. He was having an important meeting with his Secretary so she knew she could get some good information off what he was about to say.
 
“Now then, Burns, come over here for a second please!” Mr. Rockefeller said as he shuffled some papers around on his desk.
 
“Yes Mr. Rockefeller? You seemed stressed,” Burns said cleaning up the papers on his desk with his magic.
 
“We might have killed a Princess Burns,” Mr. Rockefeller said. “Are intended target was only the mayor, not the Princess. Now Celestia is probably going to make us her prime target. Great, she’s going to have her whole Royal Guard on our ass for killing Princess Twilight! So yes Burns, I am stressed.”
 
“You know Mr. Rockefeller, there is a chance that she could have survived that blast,” Burns said cleaning up the papers in one organized stack.
 
“In one piece, not in a million years Burns. That bomb had ten pounds of C4 in it! The only why she would have survived it is that the blast for some reason went all around her and missed her completely!” Rockefeller said slumping back on his seat.
 
“I guess that’s a good point Mr. Rockefeller. But you still got us! And we will defend you until our bitter end!”
 
“Yeah!” all of Rockefeller’s guards said in unison.
 
“We’ll see about that,” Twilight said as she stepped in the doorway and pinned everypony in the room against the wall their backs were facing.
 
“P-Princess Twilight!” Rockefeller said trying to get a good view of her. “You, you survived the blast?!”
 
“By the skin of my teeth,” Twilight said walking over to where he was.
 
“Why are you walking only on two hooves Twilight? And why are you almost completely robot now?” Rockefeller said looking confused.
 
“Well, you see you dirty scheme. After your little bomb went off, it tore me to absolute shreds! My wings were gone, the freaking bottom half of me was also, you pretty much killed me right there and then. Thankfully a medical team was able to rescue me and took me to a hospital in Canterlot where the only way to save me was to turn me into a robot. And now look at me!” all five diamonds on Twilight’s suit were glowing like a starry night. Her staff was also just as bright as her diamonds.
 
“Look Twilight, you know you weren’t our target right?!”
 
“Oh I know Mr. Rockefeller, but you should have thought about that before you detonated the bomb!”
 
“We didn’t! It was under a timer! There was no way to stop it! Come on Twilight can the Princess of Friendship, the kindest and the most forgiving Princess in Equestria forgive us this one? You did survive the blast after all! You’re even more powerful than before!”
 
“I don’t-!” Twilight was cut herself off and thought about what Rockefeller said. “You’re right,” she said as she dropped all of them. “I am the Princess of Friendship. And robot or not I shouldn’t be treating ponies like this. It was an accident after all, dang.”
 
“Tell you what,” Rockefeller said scrambling to his hooves. “We’ll work for you! You’re now our leader! We’ll help you get rid of all the gangs in Equestria! Think of it as a ‘we’re sorry for almost killing you!’”
 
Twilight put her staff away and walked around the room for a second. “I do like what you’re offering. I like it a lot actually. Alright, I’ll accept your offer. However if you turn your back on me! Even for a second! Yours, and all your little goon’s throats will be on the outside of your necks! GOT IT?!”
 
Rockefeller stepped back intimidated by Twilight. “Got it M-Miss Sparkle! Now, do we have a deal?”
 
Twilight nodded. “Yes, we do.”
 
“Okay, good. Now then, shall we begin?”


END OF ACT 1