//------------------------------// // The Owl Job // Story: Equestria Ninja Girls: Spy Racers // by AmethystMajesty25 //------------------------------// The next morning, Layla pulled right up to the Toretto gang's base just as Donnie and Casey were working on the Turtle Racer and Cisco was working with Tony to repair his car while everyone else were just chilling and doing their own thing. Cisco turned to see Layla, greeting her, “Look who it is. The rodeo champ.” “For now.” Tony reminded him while Rainbow giggled. Layla called Rainbow and Tony, “Hey, sore losers. Shashi wants to talk to you both. He’s across on the other side of town.” Rainbow asked, “Right now? Why?” Tony suggested Layla, “He could’ve at least call us.” Layla replied, “He could have, but... Where’s the fun in that?” The three stared hard, glaring daggers until Cisco stopped. “Boo-yah!” Cisco shouted. Gabby chimed in, “I’m coming, too.” Minutes later, Rainbow, Tony, and Layla raced each other with their cars in the streets again with Gabby in Tony’s car. Rainbow contacted Tony through her spy watch, “T, lets leave Layla in the dust this time.” “Agreed.” Tony replied as the trio raced through public traffic and then into a dried-up water way. Rainbow thought, “Scootaloo would’ve loved this.” Tony asked her, “Who?” Rainbow answered, “Scootaloo is a very close friend of mine. She’s like a little sister to me.” “I’ll have to meet her sometime.” Tony said before Layla jumped over the pair, leaving Tony and Rainbow upset. Tony exclaimed, “Come on!” Rainbow said, “Unbelievable!” Layla threw a peace sign and winked at them, “See ya!” “You’re going to lose again, Tony. Let me drive.” Gabby suggested, feeling desperate before her cousin stopped her. “No. This is my car and I’m the one driving it.” Tony stated while driving. Rainbow and Tony struggled to pass her, but only manage to match her speed. Layla said, “You two are going to eat my dust, again.” The three cars raced towards the finish line until Layla’s car was in the lead and she was almost towards the finish line. Tony and Rainbow exclaimed in unison, “Oh no!” “Yeah!” Layla happily shouted as her car finished first and left Tony and Rainbow tied in second place. “Woo-hoo!” Layla cheered as the trio parked their cars in front of Shashi and his car. Gabby reminded him, “I told you, primo.” Tony shot back, “Don’t remind me.” Rainbow growled. “She beat us again!” “Yeah!” Tony agreed, in equal frustration. Then he smirked, “But on plus side, now we get to annoy her!” “Oh ho ho, so looking forward to that!” Rainbow grinned before, she, Gabby and Tony stepped out of their cars. “I win, again,” Layla said, smugly. “You sure did... damsel in distress!” Rainbow quipped, loving the angered look on Layla’s face. “You’re welcome,” Tony replied. “I know you feel bad after I had to save you from that train.” Layla pounded her fists on the hood of her car. “You didn’t have to save me from squat!” “Enough!” Shashi interjected. “You three are exactly the same.” “What?!” Tony said. “They wish!” Layla denied. “I’m totally better than these two!” Rainbow stated. “Oh no, Shashi got a point,” Gabby agreed. “And how exactly are we the same?” Rainbow asked rhetorically. Gabby listed off. “Well, you’re all wild drivers, you’re all extremely competitive, you hate losing, and you three won’t admit that the other is better at something than they are.” “As if!” The three denied in unison. “I have a job for you,” Shashi said before he walked up to Tony and Gabby, showing them a photo of a Russian man with his Russian cap and necklace on his tablet. He informed the Torettos, “Meet Sudarikov, a Russian oligarch and a high-end arms dealer.” Then, Rainbow Dash got an idea after hearing a few keywords. “Would you excuse me for a bit? I have to make a phone call.” Rainbow said before she stepped out and used her phone. Gabby asked Shashi, “And you’re buying weapons from this guy?” Shashi replied, “The weapons that Sudarikov sells are a little, old-fashioned for my taste. I’m looking to buy some codes.” “Like um... Nuclear codes?” Tony asked. Layla shouted at Tony, “Would you stop asking Shashi’s stupid questions and let him finish?!” Shashi answered to them, “No. Not nukes. These codes are much more valuable than that. Which is why I know Sudarikov will never sell them to me.” “So um...” Tony was about to ask until Layla glared at him. “This is where you and your cousin come in, Tony,” Shashi continued. “You’re both doing this job with Layla.” “What?” Tony asked. “Oh no!” Gabby groaned. “Gross!” Layla said. “Heh, gross? Seriously?” Tony asked, incredulously. “Just my knee jerk reaction to workin’ with you,” Layla told him. “Spendin’ time you and bein’ generally anywhere near you!” “Believe me, southern belle,” Gabby said, glaring at her. “The feeling is mutual!” Shashi called Rainbow, “Rainbow Dash, you’re with me.” Rainbow Dash hung up her phone and asked, “Uh, why?” Shashi explained, “Well, since Layla is going to be the one getting the codes, I need someone to help me keep Sudarikov distracted. Like some random driver showing up to challenge him to a street race.” “That, I can do!” Rainbow stated. Shashi also asked, “And uh, who were you calling?” Rainbow answered, “My uncle, Rocky Steader.” “Since I'll be busy, I guess Shashi has to settle for a slower driver!” Layla quipped. Rainbow frowned at her. “Alright then,” she said, nonchalant and walked around to Layla. “Good luck on your mission.” She held out her hand. Layla took it. “I just showed you why I’m the best!” She stated. “I don’t need luck.” Rainbow grinned wickedly before she grabbed Layla’s arm and flipped her over her shoulder and onto the ground with a thud. Tony and Gabby burst out laughing. “If that was your best, I’d beg to differ!” Rainbow said. “Sneaky,” Shashi commented. Before Layla could try to kill Rainbow Dash, Shashi interjected himself to stop the fight and informed them, “Now before you ladies try to kill each other, why don’t you guys get ready. I’ll send you the details later.” “Fine then. I’ll see you around, Skittles.” Layla said as she walked off. “That’s the first and last time you’ll ever call me that.” Rainbow warned Layla before she walked away to join up with the Torettos. As Gabby entered Tony’s car, she called in Rainbow Dash on her phone and asked her, “Yo, Rainbow. Who did you call?” Rainbow replied, “Rocksteady.” Gabby questioned her, “Rocksteady? Did he tell you anything useful? Maybe a clue about the key.” Rainbow informed her, “I’ll tell you on the way.” While Tony and his friends drove back to their base, Layla felt angry and walked up to Shashi. “I can’t believe I got flipped by an amateur!” Layla grumbled. “Well, she’s like a ninja,” Shashi noted. “Catching people off guard like that is kinda what they do.” Layla exclaimed, “I’ve done a million jobs. Why do I need the Deadweight Torettos?” Shashi informed his comrade, “This one is different, a test. We need to make sure they are someone I can trust.” Back in the Ninja Racers’ base, Tony, Gabby, and Rainbow explained to their friends about Shashi’s latest plan while Ms. Nowhere was exercising. Tony explained, “And then Shashi said he wants me, Gabby, and Layla to steal from this Russian guy’s high-security suite. No one else in SH1FT3R knows about this top secret plan.” “As for me, Shashi wants me to distract the guy that Tony mentioned.” Rainbow added. Echo surprisingly said, “Whoa. That’s some crazy trust fall stuff, you guys.” Aria added, “More like, insane.” Gabby continued, “Right? And since we’re going to know Shashi’s whereabouts for the entire night, it’s the perfect opportunity to use our drone data to infiltrate his hideout.” “Gary, bring up satellite blueprints of Shashi’s house.” Ms. Nowhere instructed her agent while jogging as Gary uploaded the blueprints of Shashi’s house from his laptop to the TV monitor. Raph noticed Ms. Nowhere jogging while observing the blueprints and he asked, “You got an off switch for those feet?” “I’m 4088 steps away from hitting my daily goal, so haters, back off.” Ms. Nowhere told them while continuing to jog. Adagio commented, “Touchy.” Ms. Nowhere informed the teens while jogging around, “We tracked the drone you planted on the train car in the last race back to Shashi’s crib. Is crib still a popular term in your peer group?” “Uh... you can’t pull it off.” Echo denounced while Mikey and a few others nodded. Ms. Nowhere ignored her comment and resumed explaining, “I have a team searching for a connection between the three billionaires Shashi has robbed. We think the keys and whatever else Shashi has stolen from those tech billionaires is likely stashed in his house.” “What are those keys again?” Sunset asked. Ms. Nowhere answered while jogging, “That’s what we’re going to find out. While Tony, Rainbow, and Gabby works with Shashi and Layla, you guys...” Ms. Nowhere noticed that Frostee and Sonata were missing. “Wait, we’re missing some people here. Where’s the kid whose name sounds like an ice cream? And the other girl who’s got the love for tacos?” Meanwhile, Frostee was in the café working on his medallion as the bell rang. The woman with an afro in the kitchen called him, “Frostee!” Frostee replied, “I’m working!” “No you’re not. That's why she’s yelling.” The little girl sniffed, “That stinks. What are you making?” Frostee bluffed, “A portal into another dimension where it’s quiet, sis.” “Why are you so weird? You missed a spot.” Frostee’s little sister noticed. Frostee nodded, “Oh yeah! Thanks.” The pony-tailed waitress came by and sniffed, “What’s that smell? Wanda, have you been messing with the curry?” Wanda noticed the smoke and answered, “Uh, that’s our son stinking up the joint, Tiffany.” “I told him that he was supposed to be working but he didn’t listen.” Frostee’s little sister said. Frostee explained to his parents, “I’m trying to embed an interconnect device into my medallion so I can wirelessly access my computer! This kind of tech takes exact precision!” Wanda replied, “Uh-huh. I need you to wirelessly access these tapas over to table five.” Frostee’s sister told his big brother, “Ooh, you’re in trouble.” “Don’t worry, I got this Mrs. Benson.” Sonata said as she grabbed the order and rushed it to the table. Wanda asked her son, “This girl is fast. Where’d you say you met her again, Frostee?” Frostee answered, “She and her friends are visiting from out of town.” “Nice to see you’re making new friends, Frostee.” Wanda smiled. Frostee grabbed the plate of tapas and said, “Yeah, but if you used my new technology, you could probably cut the service time here in half.” Wanda reminded her son, “Last time I used your technology, it cut my refrigerator in half.” Frostee groaned, “That was user error!” Sonata asked, “That really happened?” Wanda answered, “Yep, took five weeks worth of allowances for him to pay it off.” Just then, the door opened and Tiffany greeted the customers, “Welcome to Salchicas.” Frostee got scared when he saw who it was while Sonata hid behind him. Ms. Nowhere entered the café and said, “I’m looking for Frostee Benson and Sonata Dusk.” Frostee stuttered, “Uh... Yeah... That’s, that’s us.” Ms. Nowhere notified Frostee’s parents, “The three of us have never met, but I have good news. We’ve reviewed both of your applications to our exclusive cybernetics science and music camp and I am here to offer both of you a spot.” Ms. Nowhere handed Tiffany a pamphlet. She gasped and hugged her son, “A science camp? Frostee, my little future Nobel Prize winner.” She turned to Sonata, “And Sonata, I know we just met today, but congratulations.” Sonata thanked Tiffany, “Thanks, Mrs. Benson.” Tiffany opened up a pamphlet and start reading, “Welcome to Kids’ Music and Science Camp. For kids. Who like music. And science.” Wanda walked by and asked Ms. Nowhere, “So how long is this camp?” Ms. Nowhere answered, “All day, every day, for the entire summer. You won’t be seeing much of them as they’ll be busy learning stuff, building their skills, and making memories. Just like the authentic brochure says.” Wanda told Ms. Nowhere, “Do keep our son from blowing up the camp.” “Mom!” Frostee shouted while Sonata laughed. Then all of a sudden, laser shots were fired. Everyone found that Frostee’s little sister was messing with Frostee‘s medallion. “Uh-oh.” She said. Frostee cheered, “Ah cool, the laser cutter works! Thanks, Sissy.” Sonata commented, “Neat!” Tiffany told Ms. Nowhere, “They can go.” Wanda added, “What she said.” A few hours later, Echo, Frostee, Cisco, Sonata, Adagio, Mikey, Donnie, Twilight, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Spike the Dog were traveling to Shashi’s house by boat. Echo informed Ms. Nowhere, “We’re on our way to Shashi’s house. Awaiting go-ahead.” “The watches are active. We can track them wherever they go. Or find the bodies afterwards.” Ms. Nowhere said before Gary reminded her the communication is still transmitting. “Just kidding.” Ms. Nowhere told them while Fluttershy whimpered after hearing that and it didn’t help ease Ms. Nowhere’s mind. Meanwhile in Los Angeles, Tony and Gabby were walking around the streets with Leo, Raph, Aria, and Applejack overseeing from the rooftops. Tony contacted their team over the com-link, “Once Shashi’s meet with the Russian starts, you can go.” “Copy that.” Echo replied. Then, the Torettos saw their partner, Layla, waiting on opposite side of the door as Sudarikov walked out. Layla informed Shsashi through the com-link, “The ushanka has landed.” Shashi drove up to him while Casey, Sunset Shimmer, and Rainbow Dash waited for the opportunity to race him from the shadows. He opened the car window to see Sudarikov and asked, “Nice ride, Mr. Dhar. Tell me, what kind of car is this?” “This is a Macallister Motors Superfin. One of a kind.” Shashi answered after he exited out of his car. Sudarikov was impressed and told him, “Ah, I love owning things and no one else can have.” Shashi called the Russian, “Sudarikov,” He tossed his car keys to Sudarikov, offering him, “Why don’t you, uh, take it for a spin. I've also arranged a couple of racers to go up against.” Sudarikov said, “Da, I haven’t raced in years. Not since my old business partner, Ivan Steranko, and I worked together.” Shashi offered him, “Trust me. In this car, they'll be in your taillights the entire time.” Sudarikov thought about Shashi’s offer until he answered, “Alright, you’ve convinced me.” He sat in the driver’s seat of Shashi’s car and drove really fast. While Shashi was distracting Sudarikov, Layla lead the way with Gabby and Tony following her. Tony contacted his friends over the com-link and he whispered, “You’re clear. Be careful, guys.” Back to Echo’s group, they were heading for Shashi's house while Ms. Nowhere and Gary were in the hauler and observed Echo’s group from their drone. She informed them, “Operation: Shake It Up is in progress. We'll launch a fake earthquake once you’re in position.” Echo’s group started climbing the cliffside as Cisco said, “I knew earthquakes were created by the government’s weather machine.” Sonata added, “Same here. Looks like I win. Five bucks, Adagio.” Adagio growled as she knew she lost the bet. Frostee said, “Did you see it? It’s a giant piston that slams into the ground creating a tremor. Echo commented, “I’ll connect one to my subwoofer.” “Might need my help with that.” Donnie told her. Echo replied, “Sure thing, D.” Back in Los Angeles, Sudarikov was racing with Casey, Rainbow Dash, and Sunset Shimmer. But he was driving like he had a death wish. Sudarikov informed Shashi, “You were right, this is extremely smooth ride and leaving opponents in dust!” “Wait until you test out the defense systems.” Shashi informed him as Sudarikov kept driving like a madman and dodged the incoming cars. Sunset asked Rainbow and Casey through their spy watches, “Does this guy have a death wish or something?” Rainbow mentioned, “Rocksteady was right. He's insane.” Casey added, “I know, right?” Back with Echo’s group, everyone got into position. Cisco asked everyone, “Ready.” Back in the hauler, Gary activated the mechanism to create the fake earthquakes while Ms. Nowhere watched. The machine worked and they can now hear heaving thumping sounds. While Sudarikov continued driving, Shashi got an alert on his phone until Sudarikov asked, “What was that?” Shashi started making a phone call. Meanwhile, the security guard, the same guy from the entrance to SH1FT3R’s underground race, was stationed at the gate to Shashi’s house and heard a heavy thump sound. He reacted, “Whoa.” The fake earthquakes caused the alarms to go off in Shashi’s house. “Welp, time to reboot the alarm.” The security guard said as he started reprogramming the alarm system from his laptop. Unbeknownst to him, Echo’s group had manage to get the backdoor open. Frostee cheered, “Wham and bam.” “Show off.” Adagio scoffed. Twilight informed her friends while using her tablet, "Alright, I’m hacking Shashi’s security system. It’ll be live in ten seconds.” While Echo’s group were busy, Shashi called his security guard on the phone and asked, “What’s going on, Rusty?” Rusty replied, “Just a run-of-the-mill earthquake, Shashi. You see, your house sets on the San Andreas fault...” “I know about the fault! When will the cameras be back up?” Shashi interrogated his security guard. Twilight informed her friends, “Security cams back on in three, two... one.” The cameras came back on, but the group wasn't on screen. Echo questioned the tech geniuses, ‘Uh... You sure they can't see us?” Fluttershy added, “Or hear us?” “Oh man, I wish I couldn’t smell you.” Frostee said as he covered his nose. “Sorry. I get gassy when I'm nervous.” Cisco apologized before he accidentally farted again. “Eww!” Everyone shouted while covering their noses and Spike whimpered after covering his nose. Back to Rusty, he continued explaining to Shashi, “Your cameras are hard-wired to...” Sudarikov asked, “Trouble, Mr. Dhar?” “...of Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre...” Rusty continued explaining until Shashi rudely hung up. Rusty tried to called Shashi on his phone, “Hello? Hello?” Shashi answered to the Russian, “Just an earthquake. Now how about those codes?” Then all of a sudden, an incoming car was heading towards them and Shashi alerted Sudarikov, “Look out!” Sudarikov dodged the incoming car and the trio noticed it from the side mirrors of their cars. Casey asked his friends, “Does this guy have any common sense?” Rainbow answered through the com-link, “Not really. He actually sold hand grenades to a high school football team, stating they were going to use them for a prank.” Sunset exclaimed, “Seriously?!” “In Russia, car has right of way,” Sudarikov noticed some buttons on the control panel and wondered, “Hey, what does this button do?” He pressed it and it launched a grappling hook from the front. While the police officer was writing a ticket, the grappling hook hit the officer’s car and Shashi’s car dragged the officer’s car with it, leaving the officer speechless before he dropped his papers. “Whoopsie.” Sudarikov apologized while continuing to drive and Shashi got nervous all of a sudden. The eyes of Casey, Rainbow, and Sunset shrunk in horror and they shouted simultaneously, “We’re dead.” Meanwhile, Layla’s team were infiltrating the building through an elevator shaft with Tony hanging on to Layla and Gabby. The trio moved carefully to the next door and they clipped their bungee cords to their ropes to get ready to jump down. Layla and the Torettos jumped down and Layla used a device to access the elevator door. Gabby entered second and Tony made it out just in time before the incoming elevator went down. Tony panted, “Whoa! I nearly got crushed!” Layla asked the Torettos, “First time infiltrating a secure floor through the elevator shaft?” Tony said, “Er... Yeah.” “Seventh for me.” Gabby answered. Layla and Tony looked at Gabby in confusion and she explained to them, “What? I had plenty of adventures with my friends. And plenty of scars.” “Impressive,” Layla commented before she turned her attention to Tony. She told him, “As for you Tony, it shows. Step it up Toretto, we don’t have a lot of time. This entire floor is occupied by Sudarikov. Shashi said the codes may be housed in some sort of USB or CPU.” Back to Shashi’s house, Echo’s team looked around for the keys without touching or breaking anything in Shashi’s house and Spike was sniffing around for clues. Frostee looked around until he got all ecstatic and saw an electronic aquarium. He cheered, “Whoa-ho-ho. A screen-quarium! Guys, check this out!” Echo and a few others rushed to what Frostee found and he continued, “Holo-fish, holo-pusses... It's a Holo-shark from the hit movie, Holo-Shark!” Donnie cheered, “Ah, I love that movie!” Twilight added, “Me too!” Frostee exclaimed, “I know!” Echo asked, “How can a hologram eat people?” “You don’t get science.” Donnie sighed as he, Frostee, and Twilight crossed their arms and glared daggers at Echo. Sonata marched upstairs with Cisco, Mikey, and Pinkie Pie. She alerted everyone, “Guys, guys! I found it!” “The keys?” Adagio asked. “Better. Boo-yah!” Cisco said and presented them a portable froyo can. “Booyakasha!” Mikey cheered before Sonata, Pinkie, and Cisco were slurping down some froyo with Mikey joining them. Pinkie told them, “It’s portable froyo, yo!” Frostee whined, “Man, rich people have the best stuff.” Echo ordered them, “Cisco, Sonata, Pinkie, Mikey, put that back.” Mikey groaned, “Oh come on. You guys are no fun.” Adagio reminded the four food lovers, “Remember, Ms. Nowhere said to leave no trace.” Echo also reminded them, “We need to focus and...” Then Echo noticed a huge painting on the wall, “What in the world?!” Adagio looked and admired the painting in awe. She reacted, “Whoa! Is that an original Ang Chen on the wall?” “Whoa!” The rest of Echo’s team said. Ms. Nowhere popped up as a hologram from their spy watches and she reminded the team, “Hey! Focus. The tectonic imaging created from our fake earthquake shows a vault hidden under the infrastructure. Go find the entrance.” Meanwhile in Sudarikov’s suite, Tony, Gabby, and Layla were scaling across the wall, preparing to disable the security cameras. Layla informed the Toretto Cousins, “Ready? Three, two... One.” Gabby and Layla disabled the security cameras while Tony dropped down slowly. Tony informed the girls, “Clear.” Then, Leo contacted Gabby and Tony through their spy watches. He told them, “Guys, are you in the room?” The Torettos looked through the windows and saw Leo with Raph, Aria, and Applejack on the rooftop across from the building. They gave Leo’s team a thumbs-up, telling them that they’re okay and in the room. “Alright. We can see you. Just making sure you guys are okay in there. Let us know if anything happens.” Leo informed them as the Toretto Cousins nodded to them. Tony and Gabby turned around and spotted a rare owl with a Russian cap and a large diamond necklace resting in its cage. “Check out the rock on that bird!” Tony said. Gabby told his cousin, “Huh. That owl reminds me of Aunt Molly's parakeet.” “Minus the bling.” Tony added. “And minus the 'Tio want a cracker',” Gabby added, imitating the said bird. “Do you two always talk this much on a job?” Layla asked, uninterested. “Not often, just in situations like this,” Gabby replied, then she chuckled to Tony. “Hey, remember our family barbecue at Aunt Molly’s?” “How could I forget,” Tony replied. “What are you talking about now?” Layla asked in annoyance. “There was this one time aunt Molly's house caught on fire,” Tony answered. “Little bit of a rib incident. The whole place went up in flames!” “Sí, totalmente en fuego!” Gabby exclaimed in Spanish. “But Dom got everyone out, even the parakeet.” “Leave no family behind, that’s the Torreto motto,” Tony stated, while looking in a potted plant. “A bird’s not family,” Layla said, searching a bookshelf. “Now a dog, that’s family.” “Twilight would say the same thing about Spike,” Gabby said. “Same with Applejack and her dog, Winona.” “What kind of dog do ya have?” Tony asked, looking behind a chair. “What, you stalkin’ me?” Layla asked. “Just trying to get to know you,” Tony said. “Paranoid much, Southern Belle?” “Yeah uh, in case you two haven’t noticed, but I’m a lone wolf, shadowy, criminal type,” Layla stated, pushing past them. “Not some baby who rides on his cousin’s coattails or some tough girl from New York who both can’t stop talkin’ about their stupid family! Let's move. Okay? This isn’t the room.” “Ouch!” Tony said. “Brutal much?” Gabby asked, rhetorically. “You know, family's important,” Tony noted. “You gotta have some people you can trust.” “Family slows you down and trust is for suckers,” Layla retorted. “WHAT DID SHE SAY ABOUT FAMILY?!” Applejack shouted through the com-link, making Tony and Gabby wince. “Applejack, cállate,” Gabby whispered back through the com-link. Then she told Layla. “Familia is everything and trust is important. Especially to us. If our cousin Dom ever got kidnapped, we’d chase his kidnappers all over LA to save him.” “Yeah, uh, not like that happened recently or anything,” Tony added, and Gabby elbowed him before he said too much. “Right,” Layla said, doubtfully. “Look, these codes are goin’ to be in a high security location.” Suddenly, Echo spoke from Tony’s spy watch without full warning, “Hold up.” “What?!” Tony jumped, out loud. “What?” Layla asked. "What?" Tony asked back. “Huh?” Layla replied in confusion. “Oh no!” Gabby muttered, putting her face in her hand. Echo replied back, “I wasn’t talking to you guys.” "Were you talkin’ to me?" Layla inquired. “Um,” Tony stuttered. “Uh I-I was. Did you say something?” "Are you okay?" Both Layla and Echo over the com asked. “Er... Everything's fine,” Tony assured, walking past Layla. “Let’s keep doing what we're doing.” “Uhh!” Layla turned to Gabby. “Your cousin’s a doofus.” “Hey!” Tony shot back, insulted. “My cousin is not a doofus,” Gabby said. “Thank you, Gabby,” Tony smiled. “He’s only part doofus,” Gabby corrected. “Hey!” Tony shouted, feeling insulted. Gabby ignored him and continued, “Also totally reckless, immature, and never thinks anything through.” “No wonder he lost to me,” Layla said. “You know, Gabby, your cousin is clearly not as good as he makes himself out to be.” Gabby chuckled, “Don’t we know it.” Tony exclaimed, “Hey, I am too that good.” Gabby reminded her cousin, “Uh, you talked a big game to Mitch, and then totally lost to him. By a lot.” “Ha! You’re slower than I thought!” Layla quipped and the two laughed. “Girls!” Tony huffed. Back in Shashi’s house, Echo observed the painting until she spotted a button camouflaged in there. Echo noticed, “That doesn’t belong there,” She pushed it and a secret door hidden behind the painting was revealed. “I got this.” Frostee said before he yelped and accidentally shot a laser out of his medallion and it left a laser burn on the ceiling. Rarity gasped, “Frostee, what have you done?!” “Whoops. My bad.” Frostee apologized before he used his medallion to bypass security and the door was opened, revealing a secret passageway. “Yes! We’re in.” Donnie cheered. Meanwhile in the server room, Layla was using her laptop to find the codes while Tony and Gabby observed. Tony asked Layla, “So, that thing knows if the codes are in these computers?” “I really wish we brought our tech experts,” Gabby muttered. Layla answered, “It scans the servers for unusual encryption that might be hiding the codes.” “So it knows if the codes are in these computers?” Tony asked while Layla groaned from his questions. Back to Echo’s group, they discovered Shashi’s underground vault. Inside the vault, they were in awe at the three unique cars and display cases of Shashi’s treasures in front of them. Echo cheered, “Aw, yeah.” “Sweet!” Pinkie cheered. “Mm-mm-mm. Check out the awesome cars!” Frostee said. Mikey complimented, “They look so shiny!” Donnie added, “And futuristic.” Twilight noticed, “Strange. I might not be completely interested in cars, but I’ve never seen these models.” “I’m checking them and I like what I see.” Echo notified her pals before Ms. Nowhere chimed in from their spy watches. Ms. Nowhere ordered, “Forget the cars. Find the keys.” “We don’t even know what these keys look like, ma’am.” Echo answered. “Are they big or small? Long or short? Wide or skinny...” Pinkie asked, continuously. Frostee whispered the Dazzlings and the Rainbooms, “Is your friend, always like this?” Twilight’s friends nodded and Frostee said, “At least Pinkie’s fun to be around.” Ms. Nowhere reminded Echo’s group, “Focus. Scour the place. Try to find a memory stick or external hard drive.” Meanwhile, Shashi’s party were most likely going to end being on the reality show: Cops. Casey regretted, “Aw man, if we get arrested, we’re going to be in so much trouble! And my dad is gonna kill me.” “My parents will ground me till I’m forty.” Rainbow added. Sunset asked, “What are we gonna do?” Shashi heard their griefs and started feeling guilty about dragging them into this mess. He calmed the racers down by telling them, “Guys listen, if we get arrested. Let me do the talking. I promise I’ll make sure none of you get in trouble.” Casey, Rainbow, and Sunset nodded in agreement. “Okay. We trust you, Shashi.” Sunset answered. Shashi turned his attention to Sudarikov and offered him, “Final offer. My car, for the codes.0 “I will never sell you codes.” Sudarikov answered. Shashi pleaded him, “Sudarikov, I’m risking three good drivers to be here. I thought you came here to make a deal.” Sudarikov managed to outmaneuver the police well enough to cause their police cars to crash into each other. “I’m sorry I led you on. I just wanted to drive car I heard so much about.” Sudarikov apologized before he drifted Shashi’s car to the right. However, the police we’re still onto the drivers until the traffic light turned red. Sudarikov ran the red light and caused the police car to skid off the road. Sunset asked Rainbow through her spy watch, “Rainbow, did Rocksteady say why he ended his business deals with Sudarikov?” Rainbow answered, “He told me that the guy had no common sense, self-preservation, or restraint.” Casey commented, “That’d be putting it mildly.” Sudarikov got away with the police by pulling a parallel parking right by his hotel. “Whoo! It’s beautiful, da?” Sudarikov sighed. “But now, I must check Sova. This tête-à-tête is finito.” Sudarikov exited his vehicle and walked straight towards his hotel. Before Sudarikov was about to head inside, Shashi stopped him and hollered, “I have to ask you something,” He pointed his finger at Sudarikov’s Russian cap, “Isn’t that thing hot?” “Eh. It’s signature look. Sudarikov is slave to fashion.” Sudarikov pointed his finger at his Russian cap before he went back to his hotel. Back to Echo’s group, Frostee wondered, “What if it’s not a USB or a hard drive? Hm.” Donnie informed Tony over the comms, “Yeah, you can store a crazy amount of data in crystals now.” Back in the server room, Tony blurted out to Gabby and Layla, “Data crystals, that’s it! Genius!” Layla asked him, “Who are you talking to?” “It was me. I was talking to him. In fact, I know where the codes are,” Gabby answered for his cousin. “But we'll need this.” Gabby said before she grabbed Layla’s earrings. Layla exclaimed, “Hey! What are you two talking about?” Tony informed the girls, “Remember the bling on the owl? The codes could be stored in there.” “Makes sense to hide it in plain sight.” Gabby said. “We got to go back there and get it.” Tony suggested. Then, Shashi informed the group over the com-link, “Layla, Tony, Gabby, abort the mission. Sudarikov is heading your way.” After Shashi called, Layla retorted, “You two don’t even know if the data’s in the crystal.” Tony inofrmed Layla, “We can get in and out before Sudarikov returns.” Gabby added, “Relax Layla, I’ve done crazier stuff with my friends than this.” Layla rejected their idea and questioned them, “What’s this ‘we’ business? You heard Shashi. I’m out of here.” “Fine. I don’t need you. I’m gonna do what Torettos do best: Go back for the bird.” Tony stated before Layla walked away from the Torettos. Gabby walked up to Tony and retracted her cousin’s statement, “Don’t you mean, ‘we’ Tony? And I feel pretty bad we’re leaving Layla behind.” After their argument, Sudarikov was occupied on checking and looking at himself in the mirror first. As for Tony and Gabby, they rushed into Sudarikov’s suite and started replacing the crystals, but the owl shrieked and started to defend his necklace and attack the Torettos. Gabby reluctantly replaced the crystal on the necklace and closed the cage. “Got it.” Gabby said. After that, Tony and Gabby disappeared just in time before Sudarikov entered his suite. While Sudarikov was checking on his pet owl, Tony and Gabby hid behind the window curtains. Tony reached for the door handle and tried to open the door, but it was locked. The Torettos were feeling nervous and completely stuck inside Sudarikov’s suite with him and his pet owl. “Great job, Tony. Some escape plan you got there.” Gabby thought in her mind. Back to Echo’s group, everyone looked around and searched for the keys in Shashi’s lair. Cisco shivered, “It’s creepy down here.” “You’re right. Maybe we should leave.” Sonata suggested while shaking with fear. Echo retorted, “We haven't found the keys yet.” Adagio started getting a bad feeling and said, “Sonata, stay close to me or Cisco.” Cisco asked, “Now you trust me?” Adagio answered, “You have more to fear from Aria than me.” “It’s true.” Aria answered from the comms. Cisco doubted, “But what if Shashi comes back?” “I was wondering about that too. What if Shashi finds out that we infiltrated his house?” Fluttershy asked. Twilight told them, “Quit sweating, you guys. The Torettos will tell us if that happens. Right, Spike?” “Woof!” Spike barked happily. Later in the evening, Shashi drove his car straight back to his house. As for the Torettos, they were trying to figure out a way to sneak past Sudarikov without making a single peep. Sova landed on Sudaikov’s arm and he said, “Preeyét, Sova.” Sudarikov then noticed that his owl, Sova, was looking at the window. “You want to see the city view, eh?” As Sudarikov made his to the balcony, Gabby and Tony made themselves scarce. Sudarikov took a deep breath and said, “Take it in, Sova. Someday, this will all be ours.” Unbeknownst to him, The Toretto Cousins were hanging dangerously on the ledge. Leo and his team gasped and saw the Torettos hanging on to the ledge. “C’mon guys, let’s go rescue our friends!” Leo ordered as they rushed quickly to rescue their friends. Few minutes later, Leo’s team and Layla were using some spy gadgets to scale on the building. Layla whispered to the Torettos, “Let go.” Gabby whispered to Tony, “Tony, do it.” Tony whispered back, “What? No.” While Sova kept squawking, Tony’s right hand slipped, leaving only his left hand grasping on the edge. Hanging on to dear life, Layla ensured Tony, “I’ll catch you. Trust me.” “And us.” Applejack added. Sudarikov noticed Sova flapping his wings. He asked, “Do you have to go number dvah, Sova? Yes, you do.” “I’m jumping.” Gabby said. Sova started dumping his bird poop in front of Tony’s face, causing him to fall. Gabby gasped and jumped off to save her cousin. Layla and Leo’s team caught the Torettos from falling and used their spy gadgets. After that, the gang landed safely on the ground. Tony thanked his team, “Thanks for keeping us safe from splattering on the ground.” Leo nodded, “No problem, T.” Layla retorted, “If you’d fallen to your death, the crystal might have broken. And since I didn’t know which one of you had it, I wasn’t going to take that gamble.” “Seriously?” Gabby asked. Tony asked Layla, “Say uh, where’s Shashi?” “In the car heading home. Why?” Layla answered. Tony contacted Echo’s team quietly through the spy watch’s com-link and notified everyone, “Get out. Now.” Minutes later, some of Echo’s teammates started panicking. “Oh, no! Shashi’s coming, what do we do?” Cisco freaked out while Sonata hid behind him. “Quick, hide!” Frostee shouted while Spike ducked back into Twilight’s bag. Echo informed everyone, “It’s not a surprise party!” “Did you say surprise party? Where?” Pinkie asked while looking around in different directions. Ms. Nowhere ordered Echo’s team, “Get out of there. Stat!” While Shashi continued driving up to his house, Tony called him on phone to stall for time. Shashi greeted him, “Hey Tony.” Tony greeted Shashi by phone, “Yeah, it’s Tony. Is this Shashi?” “Um, you called me.” Shashi answered, curiously. Tony responded, “Oh! Oh, yeah! Where are you?” “Hold on, Tony.” Shashi said as he saw his guard, Rusty, right up the gate. Shashi asked his security guard, “Rusty. Anything happen while I was gone?” Rusty answered in a sad tone, “No sir, Mr. Dhar.” Tony chimed in on the conversation, “Hey, who's Rusty? Sounds like a fun guy.” “You're calling me Mr. Dhar? Is there something wrong?” Shashi asked, raising his eyebrow at Rusty. “Don’t matter,” Rusty frowned. Tony asked again, “What’s up with Rusty?” “I said hang on, Tony!” Shashi ordered before he put his phone down. Echo’s group exited Shashi’s vault without making a mess and Cisco shouted, “Frostee, hurry up, man!” Frostee groaned out of annoyance, “Argh! We have to reset it everything just right or Shashi will know it was tampered with!” Back outside of Shashi’s house, Shashi apologized to Rusty, “I’m sorry I hung up on you earlier.” “It’s okay. I know you’re... busy.” Rusty said. Shashi retracted, “Now, that was rude. You were saying about the first camera?” Rusty remembered, “Ah... Oh, it’s not important. We can talk about the discoveries of Louis Jacque Daguerre another time.” “Promise?” Shashi asked. Rusty smiled, “Yes sir, I guarantee. I guarantee you that. Have a good night, Shashi.” Shashi arrived at his house and exited out of his car, resuming his conversation with Tony on the phone. He apologized, “Sorry about that, Tony.” Tony replied, “No problem. Are you at home?” Shashi answered, “Just walking in. Why?” Tony informed Shashi, “The three of us had a crazy mission, and you might want to celebrate with us!” “So, you got the codes?” Shashi asked, feeling excited. Tony laughed, “No spoilers! Come out and meet us.” Back in LA, Tony, Gabby, Layla, Leo, Raph, Applejack, and Aria were walking on the sidewalk as Tony continued, “You’ll never guess what happened. Go ahead, guess.” “Just tell him.” Layla told him. “No, no, Southern Belle. We want him to guess!” Gabby explained as Leo’s team giggled. “Did you get the codes or not?” Shashi questioned them. With the jewel embedding the codes on Layla’s phone, Layla answered, “We got ‘em, Shashi.” Shashi cheered over the comms, “Yes!” Tony informed him, “It was all Layla. She’s a genius.” Shashi notified them, “I have to handle some arrangements, we’ll celebrate later. Great job, Layla. Those codes are going to get us into our next race. And Torettos, don’t worry about Dash, Sunset, and Jones, they’re okay. A little shocked, but okay.” The Torettos and Leo’s team sighed in relief after hearing that. Layla turned around and asked Tony, “Why give me the credit?” Tony answered, “We’d still be being pooped on if not for you.” Gabby added, “Not to mention a stain on the sidewalk.” “Without the crystal, we wouldn’t have the codes.” Layla nodded. Tony suggested her, “Maybe we make a pretty good team.” Layla replied, “Maybe you should shower.” “She’s got a point. After all, your face got pooped by an owl, primo.” Gabby mentioned. After hearing that, Leo’s team reacted, “Oooooh.” Layla also told the Torettos, “By the way, you two owe me a new diamond earring.” Tony answered, “No sweat, we’ll get you one tomorrow.” Gabby said, “C’mon guys, we gotta get back to our crew.” Before the Torettos were going to leave, Layla called them, “Hey, Tony! Gabby!” The Torettos got Layla’s attention as she continued, “My dog was a Lab. Her name was Derby. She loved birds.” Tony chuckled, “Thanks for trusting us with that, Lone Wolf.” Layla groaned, “Argh. You ruined it.” Before Layla could leave, Gabby called out, “Hey, Layla!” “What?” Layla asked. “I was wondering,” Gabby said. “You beat Tony and Rainbow Dash pretty good today.” “Of course I did, I’m the best,” Layla replied, smugly. “Yeah, but how well do you think you'd do against... me!” Gabby pointed at herself. Tony and Leo’s team said, “Oooooh.” “Are you challenging me, to a race?” Layla inquired, in amusement. “Depends,” Gabby replied. “You up for it?” Layla asked her, “Can you drive?” “Absolutamente,” Gabby said. “Tony here, taught me how.” “It’s true,” Tony confirmed. “I taught her everything she knows.” Layla laughed, “If you were taught by Toretto, then beatin’ you’s gonna be twice as easy, Latina.” “Then you won't mind humoring me then, Southern Belle?” Gabby said, with a smirk. “Alright,” Layla agreed. “Tomorrow. Same place I beat those two and the same time. And get ready to lose like they did.” And with that Layla walked off, but Gabby didn’t look worried. “Gabby, you sure that was a good idea?” Tony asked his cousin. “As Applejack's brother Big Mac would say, ‘Eeyup’,” Gabby assured him, walking off in the other direction. Applejack chuckled and patted Gabby on her shoulder, “Good one, Gabby.” Tony sighed and contacted Echo’s team. “You guys okay?” He asked. As for Echo’s group, they were dangling in a very uncomfortable manner. Echo told Tony, “We’re fine. Just hanging out.” “Can we head back to the garage now? Please?” Sonata begged. Layla called in Shashi while droving her car. Shashi asked, “So, tell me about those Toretto Twins. Do you trust them?” “They don’t seem that smart but they risked their lives for the mission. I trust them.” Layla answered. Shashi asked again, “You sure?” Layla honestly responded, “Yeah. They’re solid.” “Okay. Good job today.” Shashi confirmed. Layla drove in her car and she head back home. Wherever her home is. Back in the Ninja Racers’ hideout, everyone gathered around for a meeting. Tony said, “The codes aren’t the keys. Shashi said they’re for the next race.” Ms. Nowhere interrogated, “None of you found anything in Shashi’s crib?” Everyone except Twilight, who was reviewing some analyzations, gave a negative response. Tony answered, “We got nothing.” Ms. Nowhere informed everyone, “Well, not nothing. Stealing the data crystal from Sudarikov meant, he was unable to trade the codes for weapons of mass destruction.” Gabby suggested, “And we can safely rule out nukes. Thankfully.” “So, we did good?” Tony asked Ms. Nowhere. Ms. Nowhere answered, “I suppose, just this one time, you did not completely mess up the mission.” After Ms. Nowhere and Gary left their base, everyone decided to celebrate and take it as a victory. Back in Shashi’s house, Shashi sighed and relaxed for a moment until he noticed a laser burn on the roof, realizing that someone has been in his house. Spotting the security cameras in the room, Shashi got up and asked his security guard, “Rusty! Get me today’s surveillance footage!” “You got it. It’s a good thing we got digital images, not the old daguerreotypes.” Rusty said before accessing the footage and sending it to him. The next day, the Ninjas and Tony’s Crew stood by the hangout, waiting for Layla. “Dude,” Echo said to Tony. “I can’t believe your cousin’s gonna challenge Layla to a race?!” “Neither can I,” Tony replied. “Man, your prima’s got some guts, dawg,” Cisco said. “I’ll say she has!” Sonata added. “This here’s gonna be an interesting race,” Applejack stated. Inside, April spoke to Gabby, “Are you sure about this, Gabby?” “Sí, totally sure,” Gabby nodded. “Besides, someone’s gotta knock Miss ‘I’m The Best’, down a peg.” Soon, Layla’s car pulled up as the girl got out. “I’m here. So, where’s your cousin, Torreto?” Then, the garage door opened and Gabby pulled out, driving the Turtle racer. “Hola. We doing this or what?” Layla then caught sight of the Turtle Racer. “What’s that?” She asked. “Gabby’s friends call it, the ‘Turtle Racer’,” Tony explained. “It looks like a hunk of junk.” Layla commented. “Hey!” Donnie said, as he and Casey stormed over. “We built that hunk of junk!” “Yeah!” Casey huffed. Layla chuckled, “Well, that makes sense. Do you really expect to beat me in that hunk of junk?” “It’s not a hunk of junk!” Casey and Donnie snapped again. “Sí, Sí lo hago,” Gabby replied in Spanish. “You know it!” “Oh, this is gonna be fun,” Layla grinned. Later, the two were lined up in their rides as Frostee and Twilight were about to start the race. “Come on, Gabby,” Rainbow said. “If we couldn’t beat Layla, what makes you think you can?” “I’m not, you two,” Gabby stated. “Alright, on your marks...” Frostee began. “Get set,” Twilight chimed in. “Before we say ‘go’, I would just like to say... are you nuts, Gabby!” Frostee exclaimed. “You’ll never beat Layla! She’s too awesome!” "Yah got that right," Layla chimed in. Gabby just rolled her eyes in amusement, “Can we get this race started, por favor?” She requested. “GO!” The two tech geniuses shouted. Gabby and Layla stepped on the gas and drove off at full speed. “And they’re off!” Pinkie called. Then everyone got in their rides and drove off to where the finished line was. “I knew she was slower than dead weight Toretto!” Layla said to herself, when Gabby suddenly appeared driving right next her. “Hola!” Gabby said. “What?! Layla looked at her in surprise. “Where’d you come from?!” “New York, chica!” Gabby answered, before giving her the same peace sign that she gave Tony. “Adios!” And Gabby pulled ahead. Layla growled, shifted the clutch, pounded her foot on the gas, and sped after her. As the others where watching from their cars, they were just as surprised. “Whoa!” Tony gasped. “How did Gabby do that?” “She is full of surprises!” Adagio complemented. As the two were speeding through the dried up water way, they were neck and neck approaching the finish line. “Gotta give you props, Latina,” Layla called to Gabby. “You’re lasting as long as Toretto and Dash did. And you’re gonna lose like they did!” “That’s what you think!” Gabby shouted, as she activated the Turtle Racer’s energy boost and shot past her. “Rrrr!” Layla growled and activated her car's jet boosters. Then she knocked into the Turtle Racer, sending it spinning out of control. “Noooo!” Gabby cried. “See ya, Gabby!” Layla laughed. “Enjoy second place!” Then Gabby suddenly pulled up in front of her racer, driving backwards. Gabby smirked at her. “Yes, you will, perezoso!” Layla turned left and right to try and pass her, but Gabby did the same, and kept blocking her. “Get out of my way!” Layla snapped. “Oh, are you enfadada?” Gabby asked. “I ain’t angry!” Layla growled. “Now get out of my way!” She rammed into the Turtle Racer, pushing it forward. “Gracias, Layla!” Gabby called, as she spun the Turtle Racer around and floored the gas, speeding ahead of Layla and across the finish line. “What?!” Layla exclaimed in disbelief. “No way!” Tony and Rainbow said, shocked. “She beat Layla?!” Frostee shouted. “Yeah, Gabby!” Casey cheered. “Goongala!” “Booyahkasha!” Mikey, Pinkie, and Sonata exclaimed. Echo nudged Tony. “Told ya you should’ve used that car.” The two pulled to a stop and Layla stepped out. “I don’t believe it!” She said. “That’s the first time anyone has ever beaten me in a LONG time! How did you do that!” “It's simple,” Gabby replied. “One: I had the right vehicle. Two: I didn’t underestimate you.” Then she turned to Tony and Rainbow. “Like you guys did. And three: If I can’t be faster than the awesome Layla Gray, I’d be smarter then her.” “Ha! In your face!” Casey laughed at Layla. “You just got beat by our hunk of junk!” “Yeah! Eat it, Layla Gray!” Donnie said. “Eat, it!” The two laughed until Layla grabbed Casey’s hockey stick and whacked them both down in one smack. Everyone cringed at that until she went back to her car and drove off in defeat. As for everyone else, they celebrated and went back to their hideout.