...Spike woke up. He was laying in front of the Library, with a note attached to his tail, with blue ducktape. He recognized the tape on first sight. Then, memories started to come to his mind.
...Send message to Celestia.
Spike detached the note, and directly sent it to Celestia. Reply arrived almost instantly, and he readed it.
...Oh, Twilight. What evil jokes you're sending me recently. If you need more Bits, you don't need to ask it that way.
Spike face-clawed. He runned inside the library, and wrote a proper reply in the same note.
...This isn't a joke! I'm Spike, and they've been ponynapped for real! Please, help me!
Note sent. This time, no reply. Instead, Celestia herself teleported in front of Spike, and looked around, checking if it was true. Only Spike was in the library, and everything seemed to be in it's place. Everything, but Spike's face of preoccupation.
"...You're saying the truth?" Asked Celestia, looking directly into the poor dragon.
"Y... Yes, your H... Highness!" Spike managed to reply. "They were ponynapped right here, this night!"
Celestia's horn started to glow, looking for Twilight's magical print. Nothing that could say where she was, but the faint image of her in the Library, this night.
This gave her an idea. As her status of Alicorn, she knew almost every single spell, and one of them could allow her to see back in time. Probably, she could get any hint on what happened.
Spell ready, her horn started to glow, so were her eyes. Her vision started to blurry, and when it was back normal, she was standing in the middle of the library. It was midnight, and Applejack was laying in the sofa, almost asleep. Then, the window opened, and a Stallion with a clown mask went in, and jumped right over Applejack, that instantly started to scream. This attracted Twilight downstairs, that attempted to launch a blast of magic, unsucessfull. She tried again, but her horn wasn't responding anymore. Then, the vision started to blurry, and she was kicked out of the memory.
Celestia blinked a few times, back in reality. She knew one thing now. She was going to face the largest criminal organization in the whole Equestria. Strange. They splitted five years ago. Why do they act now? What did they used against my student?
...Out of theese thoughts, she had an idea. "Spike, stay here. Send me a letter if anything else happens."
Spike nodded, and Celestia teleported back to Canterlot...
"...So. Another trip to the bar?" Asked Dallas.
"Yugh!" Replied Wolf.
"Not you. Hox, what do you say?" Said Dallas, as Wolf crossed his hooves.
"Sounds good. Chainsy, we'll bring you a bottle of something. Probably a bottle of vapourized oxygen." Mocked Hoxton, while looking at Chains.
"Hah, hah. No. Bring me the friggin' best bottle of the best cider they have!" Shouted Chains, limping back to the sofa.
"Count me in, guys!" Said Twitch, jumping from the sofa, to give some site to Chains. "But the Twins will have to stay. You know, not driving drunk." She pointed at the pair of Stallions, that were sitting in a corner, with their suits still on, and their sunglasses. They didn't said a word, but they moved their heads like if they disagreed with Twitch's proposal of not letting them have some fun too.
"That's true. Screw you guys, we're going to drink till' dawn!" Said Dallas, looking through the window. "...Actually, till' the night. C'mon guys... And gal', let's go!"
Dallas, Hoxton, Twitch, and silently Wolf, left the Safehouse, heading towards the nearest Pub, Bar, or even Tavern, if there still were. Chains jumped in the sofa, and started to unpack the set of armour he recently recieved. The Twins stayed there for a long while, like if they were part of the furniture, untill they looked at each other, and trotted to the back alley. This completely creeped Chains out.
...Yeah, they're twins and that, but gesh... That mind-talking's way too much...
Somehere, in a bar at the left of the location of the Safehouse...
"Igh I wasn't a Sghtallion, I ghould have kiss'd yah..." Wolf barely muttered, looking at a chair at his right. He was already almost alcohol-poisoned, and another drink couldn't get him worse... Or at least that's what Hoxton thought. His next stop was an hospital, for sure.
Of course, Hoxton couldn't hold his laughter, and broke in his mad scientist-like laught, after four rounds of good ol' cider. Dallas was abruptly kissing Twitch, occupying three seats, while Wolf was flirting with the chair that was left over. Hoxton was having his fifth round, while his face was getting red due to the large amounts of alcohol in his veins.
This party lasted untill eight in the afternoon, when Wolf started to get off-hoof with the chair. Wolf was being carried by two Mares, both nurses, straight to the detox. department. The chair had to be bringed to the closest carpenter too. Dallas and Twitch decided to continue their run somewhere more private, and Hoxton decided to continue the party, somewhere else.
This leaded him straight into one of Pinkie's completely random parties. Of course, Hox came prepared, bringing in his own reserves of extra-strong cider.
Things there escalated quickly.
...The next morning, the whole crew (Excluding the Twins and Chains), were suffering a considerable migraine. Dallas did what couldn't be mentioned with Twitch, so did Hoxton, with the first Mare he could get his hooves on, in the party last night. Wolf was still in the hospital, as the nurses were extracting wood chips from his privates.
As usual, the crew met up back in the Safehouse.
"Sup Dallas. How did your night went? Had some fun last night?" Mocked Chains, looking at Dallas put a bag of ice in his head.
"Shut... The buck up... Chains..." Replied the Stallion.
"And you, Hox?"
"...Could have gone better." He simply replied, while drinking a cup of coffe. He was somehow inmune to alcohol poisoning. He probably got that inmunity during his endless parties back at Las Pegasus.
"No details?" Said Chains, pocking him in the arm.
"Not for you, or your right hoof."
"Pfff, fine... Where's Wolf, by the way?"
"Hospital."
"Anything I should be aware of?"
"Nope. Well, probably chair-humping, but nothing else."
Chains inmediatly broke to laught.
"Chains, shut up... Or I'll throw you this freaking bag at your face, right now!" Shouted Dallas, as Chain's laughter was making his brain bump inside his head.
"Okay, okay, fine... Heh, that Wolf... He's going to end killing himself..." Muttered Chains, while heading back to the basement. Twitch entered the Safehouse from the back door, as usual, and headed straight for Dallas.
"Morning. Feeling better?"
"No." Replied Dallas, pulling another bag of ice for his head.
"Aw. Like if what happened yesterday was something dangerous or anything."
"What happened yesterday stays in your bedroom, and nothing else, Twitch."
Hoxton inmediatly left out a smile. "Heh. You love birds' trying to make an egg or somethin'?"
"Hox, you're going to get your nuts cracked by a damned Cloaker if you don't shut up, right now."
"Okay, okay... Fine... Well, I'll see what Bain wants us to do today..." Hoxton rushed to the basement, leaving the two love birds alone. This was completely intentional by him...
"...Any news?" Asked Celestia, looking at one of her commanders.
"Not yet, your highness. We're doing our best to find Twilight."
"...Carry on, then." The commander bowed, and left the throne room in a hurry.
Luna came in, when the royal pony opened the door. He stood back, to let Luna walk in.
"Tia, another of your troop training?" Asked Luna.
"No. This time, it's serious, Luna. Have you ever heard of CrimeNet?"
"...No. Why do you ask?"
...CrimeNet...
"Because they ponynapped Twilight. I recognized one of their members in the scene..." Celestia looked down, remembering Dallas' mask. She never really understood the why of the United Equestria's emblem on it's forehead. "And that's where you hop in. They're always acting at night."
"...And?"
"...And, that's when you come in. I want you, my dear sister, to catch them during their operation. Tonight, we'll drop two bags with twenty-thousand Bits in the Sugarcube Corner. They'll come then, and that's when you jump in, to stop them."
"This sounds dangerous, Tia..."
"It is, but remember what you are. The Princess of the Moon, and the Night."
"...You're right... I'll be ready for tonight."
"Good. You will meet my commanders in the meeting room. They will fill you with the details."
Luna nodded, and headed out of the throne room.
...CrimeNet... I can't believe they're showing now, when I payed them to stay in the shadows for a while... I'll have a talk with Bain after this, that's for sure...
"...Bain? You there?" Asked Hoxton, pressing the send button in the radio inside the basement. "Baaain?"
"Bain here. What do you want, Hoxton?" Replied the voice in the radio.
"Two things. First, how did you got there so fast? Isn't Bile's hot air balloon too slow?"
"Not anymore. Welcome to the Zeppelin era, my friend. Anything else?"
"Great. Second, when?"
"If you're asking for the Operation Dumpster Dive, cancel it. You're heading straight to Canterlot tonight."
"How so?" Asked Hoxton, scratching his mane.
"Let's say, Iv'e got word that they're sending every single avaliable Royal to Ponyville. They've got our message, so just get your struff ready for tonight. Oh, and one last thing. Bring the Princess with you, just in case."
"...What about the other one?"
"The Element of Honesty? Meh, just release her. She ain't going to do good to the Operation Castle Crusher."
"...Bain, From where the buck you get thoose names?"
"The first thought I get when I'm drunk. Oh, and the Internet."
"...Internet?"
"It's not released yet, but you'll see. Well then, tell the rest of the crew the plan. Oh, you're heading to Canterlot via air. All the tracks and train stations are locked untill new advice, for your last gunfight there."
"You're making me blush, Bain." Moked Hoxton.
"...Well then, I'm going. I'll be back tonight. Oh, and say 'Hi' to Luna, if you ever see her."
"At your command. Well then, see you... Never?" Hoxton thought for a moment. He has never seen Bain's face, excluding his white beard. Either did any other member of the crew, but Twitch.
...I'll ask her later.
The radio comunication cutted, as Hoxton pressed the off button, and headed to the table where his mask was laying on, as he wore it. He also applied the blue ducktape to his cutiemarks, but without the suit. Then, he entered in Twilight's torture room. She was awake, and pretty scared. But, since she was tied up, and mouth covered, there's nothing she could actually do.
"...Madame, you're coming with us. Don't mind that we killed your friends to get you here, eh?" Hoxton's mask made this commentary look both, completely ridiculous, and creepy. "You'll cooperate, or we'll just have to slaughter everypony here. Got it?"
Twilight's eyes tried to find Hoxton's ones, that were perfectly hidden in his mask. She limited herself to nod.
"...Good. Now, have a nice, little sleep, my dear Alicorn!" Hoxton injected her another syringe with the same blue liquid as the last time, and Twilight felt uncontious even faster than yesterday.
Then, Hoxton headed for Applejack's temporal jail. Last night, she actually broke out, and almost freed Twilight. But, thanks to Chains, and his ability to jump on somepony, and almust crush it to death, they managed to put down Applejack. This time, they needed even more methods, so they locked her inside a safe, with only one hole, for air.
Hoxton knocked on the top of the safe, as he heard Appleack's voice inside.
"...You motherbuckers! Y'all see when ah'm free!" The entire safe bounced. Even through Applejack had few space to move and make strenght, she still had enought to actually move the safe.
"Shut the buck up! If you keep giving troubles, Twilight's a dead pony!"
The bouncing in the safe stopped. "...Y... You wouldn't..."
"You know that I will. Why do you think there's so much blood splattered in the room? Why do you think there's purple scales scattered all around"
A moment of silene.
"...That's your lovely baby dragon. Spike, was it called?"
...This time, sobbing. Hoxton started to maniacally laught, as he trotted away, and closed the door behind him. He took out his mask, and stopped laughting. His face was actually the one of seriousness. Chains trotted in, wearing his brand-new full body armour. This model weighted less, but protected twice as the last one.
"Holy, Hox. Your laught goes through walls, you know?" Said chains, placing another piece of cover in his neck.
"That's because I'm such a good actor. C'mon, get ready for tonight, we're heading straight to Canterlot. Bile's coming to pick us up."
"Heh, Iv'e been waiting till' I saw Bile's old face again."
They both trotted upstairs, and told the rest of the crew the plans...
Ugh. This is not good. Why are they heading to Canterlot?
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If you saw Twilight's torture, you'll know why!
3823205 Oh. I don't like this 1 bit. Things are going to get hard.
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...Of course!
3823233 I knew it.
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...!
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3823250
(This is me right now)
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...Plotting...
3823255 What ever it is, it's not good news. And second why they have to bring Princess Twilight along?
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Hostages can do the job, my friend. Hostages can do the job.
(Overall at Gunpoint, of course! )
3823261 Oh boy. Hostages. That's 1 thing that my Oc Geoffrey will not stand for.
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Overkill Crew will be waiting for him...
...In a dark corner, with a Carriage waiting...
...Heheheheh...
...No mind if I randomly add him hier? I'm in need of more hostages!
3823280 Fine. I don't mind that. But I have to warn you this. Geoffrey is the Fleet Admiral of the U.S.S Pacific. fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/245/4/4/uss_pacific_by_thunderthecheetah-d5dbjss.jpg
3823261 funny thing about hostages. they only work if you have the ability to escape if you perform the threat. if you are stuck and you are given the choiceo f surrending and giving the hostage back, or dying in ways only a dark magic wielding alicorn can manage, you will probably surrender.
escaping alicorns would be like escaping velociraptors on foot........ with lasers.
and if applejack can escape her bondage how could she not throw off someone jumping on her back?
it is especially bad if the one threatening you can actually show you how it will happen.......... and make you know they intended evyer word.
yeah I actually think luna and celestia are capable of that. though only on the most heinous of foes.
so celestia bribed them?....... so was it bribe or death by searing sunbeam?
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I was expecting you, my good sire.
Let's continue...
...Magic Inhibitor... Wings tied together... A little ring in her horn that blocks her magic... I think Twilight's pretty much screwed.
...Applejack. Hm. Chain's a big guy. Bigger than Big Mac himself. And he goes around with a shotgun, too. That's why they got her inside a safe, and she's still trying to break free.
...The two Princesses. Welcome to the Teather Game, my friend. I'll just tell you that in the next chapter, I'm going to get them killed! Surprice!
(Let's see if you get that, eh?)
...And nope. This image should clear your memory:
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...Bring. It. ON!
(Overall when Ponyville's so deep in the continent FTW! )
3823337 I was talking about the thousand year old alicorns, not twilight.... wouldn't celestia be aware of the stolen object by now? she has to wonder how they subdued twilight.
........ you are joking right? killing them, really? and don't just kill them to troll me because I am asking if you are joking.
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Course I'm joking with you. I'm doing to you what they're doing in the story. They're sending a message of another thing, bringing attention somewhere else.
Ah, my dearest Celestia. I've got big plans for you...
3823341 Hmm. Geoffrey is a calm Stallion he won't attack unless he was provoked.
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...Exellent. He won't see it coming, then... !!!
3823378 will see if I can buy it at all. though this is celestia we are talking about. she has been in this game a lot longer than them. and would probably have plans set in place if anything ever incompacitated her. esepcailyl after Chrysalis's lucky hit on her. probably something very unpleasant too...............
also wouldn't she already be aware of the device missing? more than likely a magic that can deter other magics would be something she would be behind and would suspect something like that since twilight was subdued without signs of someone blowing holes through her library.
also yes, it would have to be magic. magic generated by a device, but magic......... also wondering if they COULD surpress the magic of an alicorn. problem with those fields you know. they can only hold back so much, especially mere prototypes.
......they still have a secret weapon though. something they can never defeat........ something dark, dangerous, and likely very angry that her friends are in danger and scared. something that can find them even in the deepest depths of Tartarus.
dramatic horror music and lightning falshes
3823378 twilight does not count as she is a young alicorn.
3823395 You sure?
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No worries, I'll make it have the most sence as possible, just or you!
Yeah, Celestia's side is also quite evil-based too, so expect countermeasures from Tia.
Ah, the lovely Magic Inhibitor. That's one of my best creations. No, it wasn't stolen, overall because it was made by a technology branch, away from the Goverment. Innovations Incorporated works like that. Expect another surprice from them too!
..Ah, Tartarus. Good ol' memories from when Hoxton got busted. They freed him, in the exchange of 52 ponies they held inside a mall, at gunpoint, when CrimeNet was much more stronger.
...Sure, Twi's a joung, yet unexperienced Alicorn, but still counts, at least for me.
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If you think getting shot with a tranquilizer from the darkness, with a silencer attached to the pistol, depends!
3823485 Oh. Look just don't kill Geoffrey please.
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Okay!
Disclaimer: Near-Death experiences are to happen. Torture may be used. Death of loved ones too.
3823559 Ok and thank you
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Anytime. Oh, I just wonder to know when this story will reach the 100 Comments... Wich probably 40+ are mine!
3823605 Really?
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Comment Nº 100! And it's mine! Heh. Of course, I'm used to reply to everythin' I get my hooves on, so...
3823668 Whoa. I didn't see that coming.
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Me neither, but numbers seems to fit whenever I go!
...That's something I don't understand, but it amuses me!
3823482 we ared also talking about lifetimes of experience as well. you don't live a millenium without picking some tricks.
celestia would still be cautious. they somehow subdued twilight without her at least managing to kill one of them nor damaging her home.
.........where did i g et this note from. opens it up................ now i gotta go warn luna that a certain pony needs to be kept out of harms way, and when i mean harms way i mean not ending up in jail for sixteen years.
3823709 Ok
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Sure go ahead.. Luna's working with you... She is... Really...
*Aherm* , If we go to recent stuff, Celestia's appreciation for Luna's considerable enought, and I'm pretty sure that Luna still holds something against Tia... Let me use that tiny part at my favour!
3823751 even better reason why to make sure pinkie pie does not chop up those guys with a meat cleaver...... how the hell did she even get a meat cleaver in a land full of herbivoers is beyond me.
runs through the woods in pursuit of righteously mudererous earth ponies.
have it hard to believe that luna would kinda pull that but we will see. especialyl considering in comparison, she suffered far worse than luna. luna was trapped in isolation for a millenium. celestia had to live amongst beings who were far less enduring than herself...... the number of tombstones that she has raised and mourn before may be far too many to number.
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...Lel, Pinkie runinng with a knife, pursuing guys with rifles, shotguns, ETC, ETC...
*Aherm*, Don't you think that during that millenia, she would spend it all thinknig on how to kill Celestia? -I would personally do that. Damn you for banning me to the moon!
3823783 well YEAH she would, but that would not be HER thinking that. that would ben ightmare moon, you know, the dmeon that possessed her?
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...I can only say that I completely forgot that Luna was possesed.
3823855 well that is kinda an important detail don't you think? nightmare moon was the worse part of luna amplified and given will. luna herself was surpresssed.......... shrugs, maybe she would still feel vindictive over whatever sent her over the edge in the first place, but i am not sure if she owuld go that far.
also, this is pinkie pi we are talking about. never underestimate pinkie pie............ never.
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You're right on that. I'll keep that in mind... This gal, in fact-->
3823883 you got me rather confused now. i get that luna is somehow behind some of this (though how if she has only been back for two years i am not sure).though not sure if you literally mean for celestia to get killed or not, which would make little sense considering, well, if it was that easy.........
either way luna would probably not want to risk the lives of the ponies that made her not possessed by a demon born of her very own jealousy and madness evne if she has some vendetta agaisnt celestia.
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If I bring anything up right now, I would just be blowing the whole plot in one comment, so...
WAIT!
3823942 ............ also having a hard time buying that celestia would send all of her soldiers out of the castle. she is not stupid and would not risk making it too vulnerable in case someone else is taking notes of the current events. if the castle empties it might tempt any other antagonistic party into trying to attack. maybe changelings, some violent gryphon tribe, tax collectors.
luna.............. could see her 'using' criminal elements. emphasis on the use part and maybe making alliances to creatures of the night. against celestia........ shrugs. more likely to dispose of agents than work.
have no idea what they re planning.......... strting the question that whole antimagic device. seems more than slightly forced, not to mention supression devices only work to a certain limit. that limit bypassed, it beraks............ alicorns have a lot of power, especialyl celestia and luna.
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... , Good one.
No worries, It all will make sence... Somehow. Just wait, my dear information supplier...
3827638 not an information supplier when the information reveals that there is absolute futility in the attempts. cause there could well be a lot of futility in trying to outsmart a being a thousand years your superior. still, we will see.
also if they did not have guns they would have lsot a long time ago.............. and guns cannot be wielded by Equine to begin with. unless it is kinds like in Starlight over Detrot but those fuckers are not excatly what i would call easy use, which is reasonable considering an equine would have to really get complicated to use a fire arm....................... also the guns have a magical origin so they actually FIT into the world better............ and has psychic ladybugs with add, crazy kinky bondage ninja zebras, insane petite gryphon hens, a transvestite brothel owner, and a earth pon mare who drives a taxi and could probably cripple your entire criminal team before they could blink.
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Yup, you're my information supplier! You tell me everything I need to beat before making my next move!
...Futilty? B- please. Innovations Inc. has something to say to that.
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...This also includes CrimeNet and Overkill!
...Magic guns. I like the idea. Screw Railguns, theese are more lethal!!
3827937 unfortunately all of that comes from the fanfic Starlight in Detrot.......... which should have at least a thousand thumbs up and much mroe views i might add. it is awesome.
and unfortunately there is nothing that can defeat those mares and the gryphon............ nothing. not even those add riddles psychic bugs can keep up with the zebra, she can literally disappear by the time you blink. the gryphon is so batshit and quick that even a room full of armed thugs got overpowered. and the pony............ well those techniques have the nasty habit of looking exactly like Relaxation. there is no way to tell whether or not she is about to poke you and make your heart stop for ten seconds. or if she is trying to paraluze or cripple you. and worse yet, i shall give you not description. for when i tried getting that information i woke up three weeks later........... shutters.
also i doubt crime net owuld actually function in Detrot. something else is in charge there, and it will not tolerate competition. that and you have to be able to outsmart a very crime savvey transvetite.......... let us just say a sniper rifle would probably would about as well as a bb gun in that scenario.