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// Ch 10 (Part 3 of 4): The Kids In Black 
// Story: The New Life of Spike: Book 2 
// by Dark Matter 101 
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Chapter 10 (Part 3 of 4)
The Kids In Black


The Next morning, Spike and Comet was in the city at the docks. They were searching for the woman Comet was talking about last night. She was their last chance of helping them get the document.

"Are you sure this is the right place, Comet?" Spike asked

"This is the address she gave," Comet said holding up a paper.

They cut around a corner leading them into an alleyway. There was spray paints writing on the walls and trash cans were over filling. Spike didn't feel safe around the place, but Comet ignored the scenery and kept going.

"How do you know she'll help us?" Spike asked.

"Because that what she does, Spike, she helps people," Comet answered. "I mean, that's how the legend goes."

They stop at a steel door. It was old and rusted. Comet knocked on the door. The way he knock made a loud banging sound. There was no answer.

"Maybe she's not home," Spike said.

"What does this button do?" Comet asked. He points to a button that said Do Not Push! This Means You! right beside the door.

"I don't know if you should push that," Spike said warning him.

"Come on, what could happen," Comet pushes the button.

A red light was blinking making buzzing sounds above the door. Suddenly Spike and Comet was capture in a net underneath them. The net took them up lightning fast. As they stop they were dangling in the net. Then a secret door on the wall opens revealing someone they knew. It was Daring Do.

"Holly shit!" Comet cried out. "You're Daring Do!"

"The Daring Do?!" Spike cried out.

"The one and only," she said crossing her arms. "Now which one of you touched my button?"

Spike and Comet looked at each other. They fought and struggle so they could answer her question. Spike pulled Comet back, but Comet pulled Spike's hoodie. As they finally stop they answered her question.

"Me!" they both said.

Later they entered the building with Daring Do. Inside was a mess. Maps were hanging on the wall, trash was scattered, a computer that was old and covered with dust, and a clean desk where she writes her books. There were stacks of books beside her desk, about eighteen books. there was no windows or any other doors beside the one they entered and the one they're about to enter. They went to the other room. When Daring Do flips a switch, lights turned on and the boys saw all kind of gadgets that was in the room.

"I thought you said she doesn't have gadgets," Spike said to Comet.

"I said she doesn't use gadgets," Comet corrected him.

"Okay, boys, if you're gonna save your town then you'll need some proper equipment," Daring Do said picking out the gadgets for them.

"Question? How come you have gadgets, when you're an adventurer?" Spike asked.

"Good question," she said still picking out the tools. "I only save these for other people so they can use it incase they needed something dangerous. And you can't take gadgets on an adventure for lost cities or artifacts, it would be too silly for my books."

"Understandable," Spike said.

"Here's what you need," Daring Do placed a few equipment for the boys.

There was a small satellite dish and a box plugged in, binoculars, walkie talkies, a grappling hook, a watch, two disguise mustaches, and a belt for holding their equipment.

"Let me go over some things before you take them," Daring Do said showing what these tools can do. "This miniature satellite dish can let you hear people from far of places, phone conversations, and other things you could come up with. These binoculars can zoom in about ten miles and also night-vision. The grappling hook is just a back up but I bet you can figure something out when you need to escape. Walkie talkies are always important for when you need to talk to your partner when you two are separate. And finally this watch is for when to tell time, tells you how much time you have left, and of course it glows in the dark. And it all fits in a single belt, just make sure you two put in your suits."

"Suits?" Comet asked.

"Can't go anywhere with equipment without a fancy suit," Daring Do said.

"Thanks," Spike said as she gave them the belts.

"Do they come in any other color?" Comet asked.

"Black or pink," Daring Do said.

"We'll take black," Comet said refusing the pink belt.

"I just notice something," Spike said seeing a remote control car on the wall. "What is this for?"

"Distractions," she answered.

"Why would we need that?" Comet asked.

"You never know," Spike said.

"Whatever you say, Spike," Comet rolled his eyes as the two gets ready to put on the suits.

The open a worn out wardrobe seeing all black suits in different sizes. They two the small ones and put it one. They put on their shoes, their ties, their watches, their belts, and for the finishing touches, black sunglasses. They walked outside following Daring Do beginning their own adventure.

"Alright, the town and neighborhood is counting on you," Daring Do said to them. "Good luck, boys."

Daring Do leans in giving Comet kiss on the cheek. Comet jumps and fainted smiling. Spike and Daring Do was surprised by what just happen.

"Comet?" Spike said to him making sure he was okay.

Later they were walking in the city heading to the bus stop. They were walking together at the same time like they were working with the FBI. They stop at the bus stop seeing the bus come by. As it stop, the doors open and without warning, Twilight bumped into them. They all fell down and was surprised to see her in the city.

"Twilight? What are you doing here?" Spike asked as he got up.

"I was taking a walk in the city," she answered.

"Really? And why?" Comet asked.

"Because I wanted to take one last look of the place," she answered again. "By the way, why are you two wearing suits at a time like this?"

"Saving the town, sis," Spike said putting his sunglasses back on.

"Let's roll, Spike," Comet said as they got on the bus.

"Hang on, you two," Twilight stops them. "If you want my advise, lose the sunglasses."

She left and continued walking down the streets. The two took their sunglasses off. The bus took off and was heading to the next stop. Spike took the paper out with the address Mare Do Well gave them. It wasn't long but they found the address.

"This is the place, Comet," Spike said.

They saw the address and Mr. Changeling walking out of the building. They lean against the window, they knew it was him. Spike pulled the lever above them so Cranky Doodle could stop the bus, but he didn't. Spike rushes over to him telling him to stop.

"Cranky Doodle, can you open the door?" Spike asked. "We need to get out really bad!"

"We gotta follow that guy!" Comet begged. "He's got a key!"

"The bus stops about five more miles," Cranky Doodle said ignoring them.

The two watches Mr. Changeling heading to the opposite direction. He almost disappeared when Spike pulled the handle opening the door.

"Hey!" Cranky cried out seeing the two jump out. He sighed and kept on driving. "Pesky kids."

The two saw Mr. Changeling about a mile away. Spike took out his binoculars and zooms in where Mr. Changeling was heading. He entered a bar, Spike could see what building he entered. Him and Comet ran to the bar and notice a sign on it. It read NO ONE UNDER 21.

"Uh, Spike, we're way under twenty-one," Comet said.

"Maybe we can get around back," Spike said.

They head to the back alley and put on their fake mustaches. Comet gave him a dirty look.

"What?" Spike asked.

"Nobody is going to fall for this, Spike," Comet said.

"There has to be some clothes we can put on inside," Spike said. "Other wise they'll think we're midgets."

Inside was Mr. Changeling in a table with a woman. Also, there was smokers, drinkers, and a small band playing jazzy music. Spike and Comet came in with waiter suits on and fake mustaches. Comet's hair was comb back making him look fancy. The two walked over to an empty table pretending to clean up. They watch Mr. Changeling talking, but couldn't hear what he was saying.

They quickly got under the table and began setting up gadgets. They unbuckle their belts, Spike took out the satellite dish and Comet took out the small box plugging the satellite in. He then put on headphones and Spike points the satellite out of the table. Comet could hear static.

"Got it!" he whispered hearing their conversation.

"What are they saying?" Spike asked.

At the other table, Mr. Changeling was talking to his woman.

"So, is the key safe?" she asked.

"Course it is, sweetheart," Mr. Changeling said as he took a drink of his beer. He then took the key out of his suit wearing it as a necklace. "I got it right here."

"Well, that's good," she said smoking. "We don't want it to fall into the wrong hands."

"A key! Their talking about a key!" Comet whispered to Spike.

"Maybe its the key Mare Do Well was talking about," Spike asked.

Comet accidentally drops the box and it switched to transmit. Mr. Changeling voice was echoing loudly into the speakers.

"Don't worry about the key," he said in the speakers.

Mr. Changeling and the other folks stopped what they were doing and asked themselves about a key.

"The hell is going on!" Mr. Changeling cried out still speaking into the speakers.

"What happen?" Spike asked Comet.

"Shit, sorry," Comet said as he quickly figure out what happen.

"Hey, who's doing that?!" Mr. Changeling stood out pushing the chair back. He accidentally spilled his bear on the table.

As soon as Spike and Comet turned off the box, they quickly got out under the table. They walk towards the kitchen calmly like nothing happen, trying not to get much attention.

"You were suppose to hang on to it," Spike whispered to him.

"It slipped," Comet whispered back.

"Hey! Get a bus boy over her!" Mr. Changeling cried out. He then notice Spike and Comet thinking that they were waiters. "You two! Get over here and clean up the mess!"

Spike and Comet stopped just before they entered the kitchen. They looked at each other and slowly turned to Mr. Changeling.

"You two deaf? Get this cleaned up!" he demanded. "And while you're at it, get us a couple of more drinks."

The two slowly walks up to him with fear on their faces. They were breathless to get too close to him. The good part was he thought they work here. They started to clean the table.

"Make sure you clean it good or I got something else for you to clean up," Mr. Changeling threaten them.

Spike got a glimpse of the key around his neck.

"Look, there's the key," Spike said to Comet quietly as they kept cleaning. "It's around his neck."

"And get us two cold drinks this time, no ice in it, or lipstick," Mr. Change;ing demanded to them.

He then notice Spike's mustaches came off dangling. Spike jumps and quickly fixes it. Mr. Changeling thought he was seeing things when he notice what Chrysalis said to him.

"We'll, uh, we'll get you those drinks right away sir," Comet said to him in a deep voice.

As they got done cleaning they quickly walk off. Mr. Changeling was thinking what Chrysalis said to him.

"A kid who's aggressive and easily distracted and a..." Mr. Changeling eyes popped up and stood up out of the table. "A spikey green hair kid!"

As he cried out, he quickly looks around the place looking for the waiters he yelled at. He saw the kitchen doors swinging. He rushes into the kitchen and saw that the back door wasn't closed. He burst through the door and looked around the place. He didn't saw them anywhere. He went back inside but kept his eyes peeled. Spike and Comet was in the garbage cans slowly lifting the lids off. They saw him how aggressively he was looking for them.

"That was too close," Comet said getting out of the can.

"But now we know where he keeps his key," Spike said getting out of the can. He notice a banana peel was on is head. He got it off of him.

"But How are we gonna steal it though?" Comet asked.

"Like Mare Do Well said, we follow him and see what we can do about it. Till then, he'll give us further instructions."

"Right, let's go."


14 Hours
Until
Construction Begins


In town, Night Light, Shining Armor, Big Mac, and Mr. Cake was gathered in the living room discussing how to stop the bulldozers.

"All right, listen up," Night Light said. "My son and his friend are risking their lives with their crazy plan to find a rare historical document from Chrysalis and they don't stand a chance. We need to find a backup scheme incase their plan fail. Think of a plan: We gotta be smart, logical, and think like my son and daughter."

"What if we paint the town with vanishing cream?" Mr. Cake suggested. "Then be invisible to them."

"That is the stupidest idea I have ever heard," Shining Armor shook his head.

"I agree with my son," Night Light said.

"Yeah, I mean... what if it rains," Shining Armor continued. "It will wash the vanish cream off and everyone will see."

Night Light slaps his head. No one was taking this seriously.

"What we need to do is to build a dummy town on one mile from her," Shining Armor suggested. "That will pull confuse Chrysalis and her goons."

"You have the stupidest ideas," Big Mac said to him. "That will never work."

"Well I don't see you coming up with any bright ideas!" Shining Armor said to him. "All you ever think about is one little word, and that 'Yup!', can you think of something besides that?"

"Nope!" Big Mac said.

Shining Armor tackled him as the two fought each other.

"What's the use, Night Light," Mr. Cake spoke. "Might as well live in the sewers."

"Sewers? That's it!" Night Light cried out. "The secret tunnels!"

"What secret tunnels?" Big Mac asked when he stops fighting Shining Armor.



"Holy shit!" Shining Armor cried out.

They were in the sewers where there was no water streaming down. There was stone walls, pipes, lights hanging from the ceiling, and different tunnels leading every town under the streets.

"Pretty impressive, huh," Night Light said laughing. "This place leads to every block there is in this town."

"I hate it, it's really creepy down here," Mr. Cake said shaking.

"Yup! Can we go back?" Big Mac said agreeing with Mr. Cake.

"Wait a minute, one of these tunnels leads to a certain street where the bulldozers come in," Night Light said. "If we wire it with explosives, will blow a hole in a street causing the bulldozers to fall right into it and they can't cross."

"But where are you going to get the explosives though, Dad?" Shining Armor asked.

"From you of course," Night Light patted his back. "All you have to do is go into the police station and when no one is looking grab a couple of dynamite and other explosives."

"That's the craziest thing I ever heard!" Shining Armor cried out. "Specially, considering, I already got explosives under my bed and closet."

Night Light gave him a dirty look.

"If we do save the town, your grounded till college," Night Light said to him.

"Aw, man," Shining Armor sighed.

At the police station, Granny Smith was laying in bed waiting till Flash turned off the lights. When he did, Granny Smith immediately got out of bed. She walks over to the poster quietly and removes it. There was a small tunnel leading to the other side. She quickly entered and began crawling out to freedom.

In the city nighttime came, Mr. Changeling was walking down the streets heading back home. Spike and Comet was following him. When they reach to his address, he enter the building. Spike and Comet saw a ladder heading straight up to the roof of the building in the alleyway. They climb up hoping they could find a way in. As they reached to the top, they saw a ceiling window. They peek over it seeing Mr. Changeling taking of the suit. He put on worn out jeans and a dirty T-shirt with stains on it. He sat in a recliner watching TV.

"Finally," Comet said.

"Now all we have to do is wait till he's ready for bed," Spike said to him. "He should be, it's midnight. As soon as he falls asleep, we can get the key off of him."


(1 hour and 30 minutes later)


"As soon as he falls asleep, huh?" Comet said yawning. "He's been watching TV for hours."

"Maybe there's nothing good on," Spike said.

They heard a phone ring inside. Mr. Changeling answered the phone talking into it.

"Someone's calling him, quick," Spike took out the satellite.

"Oh no," Comet st the satellite down for him. "last time we nearly got killed with that thing."

"Come on, Comet," Spike handed him the box. "We need to know who's calling, it might be a clue."

Comet sighed and grabs the box. H puts his headphones in and gasps.

"What is it?" Spike asked.

"It's Rainbow Dash's dad," Comet answered.

Inside, Mr. Changeling was talking to Mr. Dash on the phone arguing.

"Yeah, Mr. Dash, you get your share," Mr. Changeling said. "Will you go back to bed?... You got a problem with the contract? Oh for the love of- Quit screwing around with the contract and get some rest!"

He hung up the phone on him and continued watching TV.

"Stinking pain in the-"



"Why that no good Bastard!" Mr. Dash hung up the phone. He was in his room reading the contract. "Let's see... I get my share, he gets his... Chrysalis builds my shop, blah, blah, bla- wait a minute... What the hell!"



Finally, Mr. Changeling was sleeping in his chair. Spike uses his binoculars seeing if he was asleep.

"I think he's finally asleep, Comet... Comet?" Spike looks over to Comet seeing him asleep. "Comet?"

"HUH! Hand over that key!" Comet woke up putting up his fists. He then notice he was awake. "I was just resting my eyes."

"Come on, Comet," Spike took the grappling hook out. "It's time to go in."

"Why the grappling hook?" Comet asked.

"There's nothing else for me to hang on to," Spike answered.

"Wait, you're going to dangle over Mr. Changeling to get the key?"

"Not unless you want to."

"I don't think it's my size."

Soon they open the window. Comet grabs ahold of the rope wearing gloves so he would get a tight grip. Spike was dangling on the hook attached to his pants, enough to hold him. He wishes that instead of a grappling hook there was a miniature rope inside the belt he could hang on too. Comet slowly lowers him down slipping the rope on his hands. Spike was nearly there till Comet heard beeping noises on his watch. He took a look to see what time it was letting go of the rope. Spike fell straight down towards Mr. Changeling. Just in time Comet quickly grabs the rope. Spike stopped falling almost falling on top of Mr. Changeling. He saw that he was still sleeping. Spike looked at Comet with an angry look.

Spike resumes on what he was doing. He slowly reaches for the key, but Mr. Changeling turn to the side mumbling in his sleep. Spike gulped as he tried again, but he did the same thing.

"Come on, Spike, you're right there," Comet whispered.

Spike started to sweat. Finally grabs the key lifting it up half way off of Mr. Changeling's neck. Without noticing, Spike's sweat dripped onto his head waking him up. Spike threw his hands up freezing. Mr. Changeling opens his eyes half way seeing Spike dangling above him. He started to smile.

"Ah, it's an angel," he said as he went back to sleep.

Spike sighed wiping the sweat off of him. He tried again and was successful. Spike has the key in his hand. He told Comet to pull him back up. As Spike made it, he shows Comet the key and went to the ladder. They climb down and ran into the streets running as far away as possible. As they stopped they heard a phone ring in a phonebooth. Spike went inside the booth answering the phone.

"Hello?" he answered.

"Good job, you two," it was Mare Do Well.

"Wait, Mare Do Well, where are you?" Spike asked.

"Don't worry about that, right now I'm watching every movements you take. I am everywhere and I am nowhere," Mare Do Well said.

"Come on, Do Well, cut the speech already," Comet said to him.

"Yeah, why do you have to be mysterious?" Spike asked

"You two seem confused of who's calling the shots here, I am," Mare Do Well said. "Without me you'll never find the document, you'll never save your town nor your neighborhood. Chrysalis keeps the document in her safe deposit box, you may need to search behind her desk."

"We have to go back into her office?" Spike asked.

"Yes, only this time, don't get caught. You got to find a way to distract the security from the main entrance. Now it's exactly 2:00 a.m., the bulldozers rolls at 7:00... what are you waiting for?"

Mare Do Well hung up on them. Spike and Comet saw a bus coming in by the bus stop.

"Man, that Mare Do Well is a pain in the ass," Comet said.

"Come on," Spike ran to the bus.

As they were about to enter the bus, they saw Rarity exiting out of it.

"Rarity?" Spike said to her.

She turned to Spike and Comet and gasp.

"Spike, Comet, what are you two doing her?" she asked. "Isn't it past your bedtime?"

"We could ask you the same question," Comet said to her.

"What are you doing out so late at night?" Spike said.

"I forgot to run a couple of errands yesterday," Rarity answered. "So I came to get a few things before me and Sweetie Belle move away. Now that I ask my questions, what are you two doing so late at night?"

"Saving the town," Spike answered.

"And we're getting close to it," Comet said.

"How cute of you two," Rarity said, thinking that this was a game to them. "And I'm guessing that you two are pretending to be spies I'm guessing."

"Exactly," Spike said. "Let's go, Comet."

"Right," Comet said as the two entered the bus.

"You two have fun while it last," Rarity said to them waving goodbye. "Make sure you come back before the town is gone."

The two got in the bus and saw Cranky Doodle at first sight.

"Hey, Cranky Doodle," Spike said.

"It's us again," Comet said.

"If it isn't the boys who busted my door," Cranky Doodle said. "Thinking that you can make up your own rules and come and go as you please."

"Sorry about that," Spike said.

"But we're kinda in a hurry, Cranky Doodle," Comet said.

"Don't talk to the driver while the vehicle is in motion, Cranky said as he drove. He flips the radio on but the knob broke off. "Stinking bus is falling apart."

Spike notice that the bus was driving a little slow. He couldn't wait for this long to go to Chrysalis's university.

"I know that we're not suppose to talk to you while the bus is in motion," Spike spoke to him. "But couldn't you drive a little faster?"

"I drive twenty-five miles per hour no exceptions no discussions," Cranky said.

"So you're scared you might hit a speed bump?" Comet asked.

"Hey, you would be scared to if you hit a speed bump," Cranky said keeping his eyes on the road. "Beside, it couldn't be much worser than you girlfriend kicking you out, her name is Matilda."

"Matilda?" Comet asked.

Cranky drove pass the drawbridge heading out of the city.

"Me and her love each other very much till she kicked me out," Cranky continued his story. "I told her that I have another job, which is this one I'm doing right now."

"So you stop working as a janitor because they're going to tear down the school?" Spike asked.

"Yeah, when I told her I'm a bus driver, she asked me about my other job," Cranky continued. "I told her that since the town is going down, might as well start a new job. She said that I should do something about it, telling me to fight against Chrysalis."

"And this is the part where she kicked you out, isn't it?" Comet guessed.

"I told her that it was no use fighting against them, Chrysalis has the power while we have a peaceful home," Cranky said. "I didn't want to fight against them because they were just focusing on destroying the town, we live out of town about three miles away from it. She hated me for it because that school is where we first met and fell in love with each other. Now its all coming down to this."

"That's a touching story, Cranky Doodle," Comet said as he lean against Spike's ear whispering. "Spike, are you sure there isn't another bus we can take."

Later they arrived at CYS University. The two got out and headed to the doors. They quietly enter the front entrance hiding behind the wall. Spike took a peek seeing two security guards behind the desk watching the security cameras around the place.

"Now how are we suppose to get through?" Comet asked when he saw Spike taking out a remote control car. "Spike, this is no time for playing."

"I'm not playing, Comet," Spike said to him setting down the toy car. "The security cameras are highly sensor. If I can get the car to a camera they'll get distracted."

Spike turned on the controller and controlled the car. He steers it to the hallway without letting the guards know. The car ran passed one of the cameras as it started to quietly beep. The security guards heard the beep on their table seeing what it was. They quickly headed to the direction the car headed. Spike and Comet quickly entered outside and headed to Chrysalis office. As they made it to her office without being notice, they started to search the place.

"Mare Do Well said that the deposit box should be behind her desk," Spike said.

Thy looked behind Chrysalis desk searching for clues and such. Comet walks over to the bookcase behind the desk and notice a certain book. Dress For Success it read. Comet pulled the book to look at when the bookshelf turns around to another room. Spike looks behind and saw that Comet was gone.

"Comet?" Spike called out quietly when the bookshelf turns again revealing Comet.

"What are you waiting for?" Comet said to him pulling him in with him.

He grabs the same book again and the shelf shifted again. As it stops, Spike fell forward making a rough oof sound. Spike got up and realize that Comet found a secret room. He also saw deposit boxes, there was about five-hundred boxes on the wall. Spike pulled out the key and moaned.

"It would've been nice if Mare Do Well told us which box it is," Comet said.

"If we do this fast, we might have a chance of finding it," Spike said as he squats down started with box number one. "You count and I'll try to find which box the key will open, let's do this as fast as we can."

"Got it," Comet said as him and Spike began at the speed of light. "One?!"
"Nope!"
"Two?!"
"Nope!"
"Three?!"
"Nope!"
"Four?!"
"Nope!"

As for the others in town, Night Light and the gang was carrying boxes explosives and dynamite out of the house and into the sewers. They gave it to Shining Armor making him carefully place them where they needed to go.

"Come on boys!" Night Light cried out. "We don't have much time left!"

Granny Smith was still crawling through the tunnel she dug and was almost reaching to her destination. When she made it out, she was still inside the building but found a huge pipe line below her. She climbs down and grabs a brick smashing the pipe. When she broke through, she looks left and right seeing where the it lead. It lead to the sewers. She went in and headed to where the stream was heading.

And as for Mr. Dash, he was out of town running towards the city without braking a sweat. He was very angry and very aggressive looking. When he read the contract, he was heading to Mr. Changeling to pay him a visit.

"I'M GONNA KILL THAT SON OF A BITCH!" he cried out leaving a dust trail behind.

Spike and Comet one step closer of finding the document, Night Light finding some other way stopping the bulldozer, Granny Smith almost to freedom, and Mr. Dash in a frenzy. What will happen next? Will they make it in time to save the town?


1 hour
Until
Construction Begins