Spike sat there staring at the screen, repeatedly clicking the refresh button, just like Twilight had asked. He wasn't sure why she thought that it be in there. She wasn't even home from the job itself. Spike sighed, "This is ridiculous!" he shouted jumping down from the chair and walked toward the kitchen. He was waiting for Twilight to get home before he ate dinner, but now he was starving and cheese pizza was what's on the menu. Spike licked his lips at the thought of putting a few gemstones on his half. When he picked up the phone, however, a knock came at the door. A single knock and then a pause before a triple knock then a double and then a single.
Spike put down the phone on the kitchen table and jogged toward the door. Opening it revealed a hooded lavender unicorn mare with giddy grin. "I assume it went well." Spike asked.
Twilight's grin grew into a mile wide smile, "You don't know the half of it. I made it on time but the place was on high alert when I got there. The whole job was almost a challenge." She said with an appropriate amount of smugness.
She trotted past Spike and into their lovely abode. The (formerly) abandoned royal library never looked so good. The rows upon rows of old books always gave her joy. She made her way to the computer near one of shelves before continueing her story. "I went through the basement and found the plug-in like you said. Once I was in the system, I looped the cameras and disabled the pressure plates under statue."
"Very nice, Twi! I assume you took the statue as well?" Spike inquired
"Of course I did. What kind of a pony do you take me for?"
Spike chuckled, "Ok ok. So then what happened?"
Twilight opened a new tab on the web browser and went to the Canterlot News Network, "Well, I took the statue and went to the offices upstairs. The file was half way processed into the the computer, so I had the transfer the data to a jump drive before deleteing it and grabbed the paper files. That's when I called you." Twilight concluded.
Spike's brow wrinkled in concern, "Did you us-"
"No, I used the other one."
Spike let out a sigh of relief knowing his porn was safe. Spike looked at the screen, "What are you doing?"
"Seeing if I made the list." Twilight casually responded.
"Why, did you do something to get on the list?" Twilight remained silent, "Your kidding! Please tell me your kidding."
"Ok, I'm kidding." She said, clicking the refresh button for umpteenth.
"Why doesn't that make me feel any better?" Spike asked sarcasticly.
"Probably because it's a lie." Twilight stated flatly much to Spike's annoyance.
"Might I ask what happened?"
Twilight flinched and sank in her seat a little, "I may have had a teeny...tiny...run-in with nine to twelve guards on the way out."
Spike's jaw dropped, "What?"
Twilight kept going, "And maybe had another run-in outside with police. And maybe they chased me for quite some time which may or may not be the reason I'm a tad late."
Spike's jaw had found a rather comfortable spot on the floor. Twilight turned to look at Spike's face and had trouble trying to stifle a laugh. Spike shook his head, "Well, this is just great!" Spike exclaimed.
"Oh, come on. It's not that bad. I mean, it'll help us get recognized for jobs."
"Not to mention police."
"Well, that's a given. But hey, I might not even be on-" Twilight was cut short by the computer screen flashing and beeping. She turned her full attention to it and show what was making it go bonkers. Down the page, the Number Eight description moved down to Number Nine. Number Eight now said the following: "High profile theif, possibly purple earth pony or unicorn mare. Stole the Statue of Anin Enomis. Wanted alive. Reward: fifty thousand bits. If you have any infomation on the whereabouts of this mare, please contact the number below."
Words couldn't express the level of shock currently shared between the unicorn and dragon companion.
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Twilight paced round and round the library while Spike was in the kitchen ordering the pizza. Spike walked back in to the room, saw Twilight, and smirked, "Ok, Twi. What're thinking?"
Twilight kept pacing, "What makes you think I'm-"
"Your pacing in circles, not back and forth. You pace back and forth if there's a problem and your trying to think of a way to fix it. However, you pace in circles when your excited about something or got good news and are thinking of it's implecations and how to use it to your advantange. So, what's up?"
Twilight was surprised at Spike's observations, she always thought he wasn't able the see something like that considering just how much dirt and dust he missed when he cleaned. Twilight's pacing didn't waver, "Think about it Spike. I mean, just think about it. We're on the list. The Big Leagues. I think we could even pull IT off."
Spike raised the eyebrow of skepticism, "First off, your on the list and you got on there by accident. Second, Do you sincerely think we could off THAT job without some serious help? And where would we get it?"
Twilight stopped pacing, for the first time in the whole conversation, and pointed a hoof at the computer, "Them."
Spike looked over toward the machine, "You mean the Five, don't you?"
"Oh Spike, you know me so well."
"The Five. The top five greatest thiefs in the world."
"Oh yes, yes I do."
Spike sighed and walked over a filing cabinet on the far wall. He opened the the bottom drawer and pulled out five folders of all shapes and sizes. He slowly made his way back to the computer desk and gently sat them down before looking to Twilight, "Where do we start?"
Twilight's smile grew mile wide at those words.