Katie had turned into a bird--a phoenix, to be much more precise--so she could explore Manehatten from the rooftops. Whenever she spotted a thief of mafia pony, she'd turn invisible and slowly descend upon them before it was off with their heads. She would then repeat the process over and over, occasionally stopping on a bare rooftop in order to devour a muffin and regain some magic power.

Natalie, having a white mage outfit (hoofsewn by Rarity--a white unicorn mare with blue eyes, curled up royal purple mane and three-diamond cutie mark--as a token of her gratitude) complete with a hood to conceal her face, would brandish a mythril knife and stab them in the back of their heads before they knew what hit them. Twilight Sparkle went with her to use a spell to point out thieves and mafia ponies to make it easier for the mage-gone-assassin.

Matt and Gilda teamed up and actually went peeping tom--as in the Gryphon would carry the swordsman close to window buildings and peek inside. Once they saw a thief/mafia pony and nopony else was around, they'd break in and deal a swift death blow with Annihilate. These buildings were, oddly enough, where lots of ponies outside could look up and panic--which had yet to happen. They found it strange as hell, but shrugged it off.

Lance and Anna were on rooftops picking off such ponies on the ground. One bullet or arrow to the neck often felled them. If they saw Natalie spying on a kill in a crowd of ponies, Lance would drop a flash grenade onto the crowd and let Natalie finish the job. Katie had taken into account the thieves/mafia ponies had walkie-talkies of their own, but that made it more of a challenge--making teamwork of critical importance here.

NoLegs went up to targets and meowed. As they stood their in their confusion, either an arrow, a bullet, or a knife ended them before they could turn around. When they didn't pay him or anything else any mind, a spear to the face often sufficed.

Katie had become invisible and landed on a rooftop with what looked and certainly stood like a human being. His short, jet-black hair did not waver in any breeze, his black jeans and ash-grey T-shirt more than convincing had he not wore gauntlets. She decided to go in for the kill--only for her talons to be stopped by his gauntlets. Not a sound was made by her and yet, he'd seen her.

His face turned to look at hers. Bright green eyes meet with her dark blue-grey.

"Not the first time I fought a fox." He said.

"So...you've fallen for illusions before and it won't happen again anytime soon." Katie answered sheepishly as her illusion shattered, thus exposing her in broad daylight.

Lance was seeing this whole thing from a rooftop adjacent to the one Katie had been caught red-handed on. He pulled out a walkie-talkie and held it to his mouth. "Red alert, Katie's been spotted and her illusion broke!"

Natalie held a hand to her walkie-talkie. "Where are you at, Lance?"

"I am next to her position. Meet me there, this doesn't look good." Lance answered from the other side.

"Shit. What spotted her?" Matt asked from his end.

"What looks like another human. Very much like that person on the wanted posters we've been seeing left and right." Anna replied.

"Twilight, get on my back with NoLegs. We're going up." Natalie said as she readied knife and staff.

The unicorn complied and so did the cat as the mage started stabbing the walls with her weaponry and using them to scale the building.

"So, we have to go to Lance?" Gilda asked as she started climbing above Manehatten.

"Yeah. But where is he?" Matt said bluntly.

"I dunno...oh wait, I see him. Hang tight, dweeb!" Gilda answered as she preformed a peregrine dive.

"They want me to re-obtain the Element of Generosity." Answered the green-eyed youth.

"Tch, they'd have to catch you first." Katie replied sheepishly. Her talon was still in his grasp.

"There's that." Said the youth. His gaze was unwavering as well, almost...captivating.

Shit, those eyes are prying into me! Katie thought, What should I do here?!

"That look in your eyes...you're charmed, no?" Asked the youth.

Katie's ears suddenly perked straight up. Her mouth moved, yet words failed her. She merely nodded.

"How's he keeping her immobilized?!" Lance asked as he slapped his hand onto his forehead in frustration.

Gilda and Matt landed behind the Nazi.

"Yep, this isn't good." Matt said.

"I think they're talking." Gilda replied.

Twilight, Natalie and NoLegs were standing next to Anna, whose jaw was hanging open in disbelief.

"He stopped the fox in her tracks. Twilight, what to we do?" Asked Natalie.

"We wait until a fight starts. Then we ambush him." Twilight answered as NoLegs meowed.

A breeze blew past the charmer and the charmed as their eyes were still locked in apparently a hypnosis of sorts. The youth pried into Katie's soul and got every answer about her as soon as he asked.

He then let go of her talon.

Her arm fell limp to her side as she heaved for a bit before passing out.

The youth turned her over and poured coffee into her mouth.

She immediately woke up and spat out the bitter drink.

"I HATE COFFEE! ICK!" She shrieked as her legs suddenly brought her standing.

The youth sighed.

"I never heard you say a name." Katie sighed as she walked to the edge of the building and peered down. Normal ponies, no thieves of mafia yet.

"Name's Blake."

"Welcome to the party!" Katie replied with a smile.