"Sunset, wake up, it's an emergency!" Trixie yelled.

Sunset Shimmer sat up, rubbing her eyes. "Hey, Trixie, what are you doing yelling so early in the morning? It's sunday, we can sleep in if we want to."

"Just shut up for a second and look!" Trixie held a piece of paper in front of Sunset Shimmer's face. She rubbed her eyes once again and started to read.

"To the Mysterious Maiden Do Well..." her eyes widened, sleepiness completely leaving her body. "Wait, what?!"

"Someone knows, Sunset! Someone knows and this cannot be a good thing. Well, I mean, I'm not sure, I didn't read anything past that line, but..."

"Where did you find this?"

"In the mailbox. It wasn't delivered by mail because there is no stamp, so whoever put this there came here personally last night!"

"First let's finish reading it and see what they want." Sunset said, then started reading the paper once again.

To the Mysterious Maiden Do Well...
Yes, I know who you are, and if you don't want your secret identities to be exposed, you are going to help me. In three days, at around 10 or 11 PM, a ship will dock at the port and unload crates with the Umbrum Corp. logo on them. You must not allow those crates to be delivered, no matter what! Burn them, smash them, throw them in the ocean, do whatever you wish, but DO NOT let the Umbrum Corp. receive that shipment! If they do, Umbrum Corp. wins and many lives will be lost! Once the deed is done, meet me at the front gate of the port and I'll explain everything.

Trixie punched a wall. "Damn it all to hell!"

"What do we do now?" Sunset Shimmer said. "If we do that, we'll be breaking the law. But if we're exposed, then who knows what kind of crimes will be commited if we're out of commission?"

"Damn you too, Sunset! Why do you always have a point?"

"So, are we gonna do it?"

"I... I don't know. I don't want to raid the port, but I don't want to be exposed either..."

"By the way, what is this Umbrum Corp.? I never heard of it before!"

"Never heard of it before? Umbrum Corp. is a company-- No, the company specialized in technology. In the last few years, they developed several electronics and appliances that are quite useful and popular. The Umbrum Corp. products are all over the world, but it's especially popular here, since this is where their headquarters is located. I mean, I doubt that there are more than ten families in Canterlot Town without at least one Umbrum Corp. product in their houses, backpacks or pockets!

"Of course, Umbrum Corp. also had its share of bad publicity. There were a few speculations about them manufacturing weapons and selling them in the black market a while back, but no decisive evidence was found and the ex-employee who tried to expose them ended up killing herself. Some say the Umbrum Corp. did it to silence her forever but, again, no decisive evidence."

"Wow, that's... Do you think that person was telling the truth? Maybe the Umbrum Corp. really did worked with weapons and sold them in the black market!"

"Probably, but no one could prove it. Every time an employee tried to expose them, they would always drop all charges sooner or later, and then... 'Disappear'!"

"Sounds pretty suspicious to me..." Sunset Shimmer got up from the bed. "Alright, I'm convinced! We're doing it!"

"Wait, what?"

"In three days, at 9 PM, we're going to the port and stopping them from delivering the goods to Umbrum Corp.!"

"Sunset Shimmer, everything I just told you is nothing but gossips they talk about in tabloids and baseless conjecture! Are you sure you want to violate the law over something so inconclusive? Think of the consequences!"

"I don't care about the consequences anymore! There's something shady about this Umbrum Corp., and we're going to find out what it is!"

Trixie sighed. "You're not changing your mind, are you?"

"Nope!"

She took a deep breath, then sighed again and walked out of the room. "I'm gonna buy some smoke bombs..."

Three nights later. Port. The Maiden was lying down on top of the cabin of one of the cranes, watching every ship through her binoculars. So far, none of them seemed to be unloading crates with the Umbrum Corp. symbol: two black crystals with a red one in the middle and the letters "U" and "C" on each side.

"Any luck on your side?" Trixie's voice coming from the earpiece concealed under Sunset's mask asked.

"Nothing so far." she replied. "But keep your eyes peeled, no matter what!"

"Fine, I just-- Wait a second." a moment of silence. "Shoot, this angle isn't very good. You're higher up, Senset, check the third ship from right to left that just docked."

Sunset looked at the ship Trixie was talking about and she was right. People were using hand trucks to carry boxes out of the ship, all of them with the Umbrum Corp. symbol. "Yes! Yes, that's the one!"

"Awesome. Tell me when you're in position!"

Sunset Shimmer jumped over containers until she was on top of the closest one to the unloading area and watched as the boxes were carried out of the ship. Once the unloaders were done with their job, they opened the back doors of one of the trucks parked nearby and placed all the boxes in there. They closed the doors and banged on them, signaling to the driver that he was ready to go.

"Go for it, Trixie!"

Trixie, who was hidden behind a pile of empty wooden crates, threw several smoke bombs at the workers. Sunset Shimmer acted as quickly as possible: she jumped down and ran toward the truck. The driver had the window open, so he was easily overwhelmed by the smoke - he had his eyes closed and was coughing, making Sunset's task even easier. She grabbed him by the collar and pulled him out of the truck. She jumped in, engaged first gear and drove away while Trixie threw more smoke bombs, just to make sure the workers wouldn't recover just yet.

Sunset turned the truck and engaged fifth gear, driving toward the ocean. She opened the door and jumped out at the last second; she didn't fell in the water, but the same couldn't be said about the truck, which fell with a loud "splash". Sunset Shimmer quickly got up and ran.

"Time to leave, Trixie!" she said.

"Got it!" her voice coming from the earpiece replied. She threw her last smoke bomb before running.

The girls met halfway through their sprint toward the front gate. They ran side by side until they reached their destination. Sunset helped Trixie jump over it, then climbed the gate after her.

"That was... Crazy!" Trixie said while panting.

"Yeah, you said it." Sunset said while looking around. "Now, where could our 'client' be?"

"Pssst." they heard someone whisper. "Over here!"

A person wearing a hoodie was standing in front of the open door of a warehouse, pointing inside before going in. The Maidens followed the person in, who shut the door as soon as they were there.

"Alright, we did it!" Trixie said with her arms crossed. "Now you better keep your mouth shut about our secret identities, or else..."

"Please, forgive me." the hooded person said. "I never had the intention to reveal your secret identities, but I couldn't think of any other way to make you come do what you did tonight, and I simply had no time to ponder my options!"

"Why did you want those crates gone?" Sunset asked. "We want answers!"

"I'll answer each and every question truthfully." the person removed her hood, revealing her face; she had a pale yellow skin, magenta eyes and a giant, orange curly hair with blonde highlights. Sunset and Trixie gasped.

"You're that siren from the Battle of the Bands!" Sunset Shimmer pointed out.

"But you can call me Adagio." she said. "And as promised, I'll answer everything you ask me. But before that, I have one final request!"

"Another?" Trixie nearly yelled. "We just commited a crime for you and you still want more?"

But Adagio didn't listen. She immediately fell to her knees and bowed before the two heroines, her forehead almost touching the floor.

"Please! Help me, I beg you!"

Trixie's glare turned into a look of confusion and she turned to look at Sunset, who looked just as confused as she was. Sunset Shimmer shrugged and looked at Adagio again.

"Uh... And what do you need our help with?"

"It's Sonata and Aria, they... They were kidnapped!"

"K-Kidnapped?!" Susnet covered her mouth in shock.

"By who?" Trixie asked.

"By my boss, President Sombra!"

"President Sombra?!" Trixie was shocked. "You don't mean that President Sombra, do you?"

"Current CEO of Umbrum Corporation?" Adaio looked up at her. "I'm afraid so!"

"When? How? Why?" Sunset had so many questions in her head that she didn't even knew how to start.

Adagio straightened her back; she no longer had her face inches from the floor, but she was still kneeling. The siren then looked left and right before talking. "Can we move this conversation to somewhere safer? I don't think this place is the best choice..."

"Well, my apartment is the closest." Sunset said. "We can talk more more privately there."

"Are you sure it's a good idea to trust her?" Trixie asked. "I mean, she is the girl who brainwashed the whole school."

"So am I, and look where I am right now!" she pointed out. "Besides, we destroyed their necklaces. She is harmless now!"

Trixie looked at Adagio and pondered for a moment. She sighed again and helped Adagio up. "I'm doing what I think it's right, so don't make me regret this decision!"

"Thank you!" Adagio said. "I won't!"

Sunset Shimmer's apartment. They tried to be as quiet as possible to not alert Sunset's neighbors of her nightly escapades. Once they were inside, Trixie and Sunset removed their outfits and Adagio removed her hoodie, revealing the sleeveless white T-shirt she was wearing underneath. She sat down on the couch, soon joined by Trixie and Sunset, who were both wearing Sunset Shimmer's strong pink pajamas - Trixie sat to the her right and Sunset sat to her left.

"First, tell us how you discovered our secret identities." Trixie demanded.

"It was an accident, really." Adagio began to explain. "Earlier this week, on my way back home after work, I saw the Maiden. I don't know which one of you I saw, but I decided to follow her. I don't know why, I just... Wanted to!"

"Well, if you could catch up to her, then it was probably Trixie." Sunset chuckled, but stopped as soon as she saw her partner glaring at her.

"I followed her until she entered an alley, where another Maiden was waiting. I had no idea that there were two Maidens, and that caught my attention, so I kind of eavesdropped."

Trixie sighed in annoyance, but motioned for her to keep talking.

"You were calling each other by name all the time and I recognized your voices, so it wasn't hard to figure out who you were!"

"See? I told you we should choose some codenames but noooooo, you said that this was not necessary." Trixie said.

Sunset blushed, scratching the back of her head. "Y-Yeah, my bad..."

"We should probably buy voice-changing devices, too. But we'll discuss that later! Second question, Adagio: how can you be so sure that President Sombra is the one who kidnapped your friends?"

"Because he did it right in front of me!" she said.

"Say what?"

"Two months after the Battle of the Bands, a girl approached us. At first we thought she was Princess Twilight, because she looked exactly like her! She asked us to follow her and the next thing we knew, we were blindfolded and tied up on the backseat of a van."

"She looked exactly like her, huh?" Sunset said. "Maybe she was Twilight's counterpart from this world?"

"We were taken to President Sombra's office. Apparently, that other Twilight had discovered that we're not real humans and told him everything. He said that he wanted to study us and use us in experiments. We tried to escape, but you can't really 'escape' from the 50th floor of a building. We struggled, kicked, ran and caused a lot of chaos up there, but it was all fruitless. When we were finally caught, Aria and Sonata said something that I still can't believe..."

"And what was it?"

"They said that... They would go willingly and never try to escape again as long as... As long as President Sombra didn't take me as well!"

"They really did that?"

Adagio nodded.

"Why? Why are you two doing this for me?" Adagio asked.

"Because we owe you that much, Adagio." Sonata said with a smile.

"Even if we're disagreeing all the time, you always looked after us, putting our needs in front of your own." Aria added, smiling as well.

"You always cared for us like we were a real family."

"So, in the end, let us care for you. Just this once!"

Adagio could no longer hold back her tears. "Y-You guys..."

Adagio was hugging her legs, trying her best not to cry in front of Sunset and Trixie. "A-And they looked so happy, too! My goodness, I will never forget those faces, those smiles..."

Sunset offered her a box of tissues. She gladly accepted it and used it to blow her nose and wipe the tears forming in the corner of her eyes.

"Th-Thanks! Anyways, President Sombra took that offer and they were taken away. I wanted to leave and get help as soon as I could, but President Sombra wasn't about to let me go just yet."

"But I thought you said he promised he would let you go." Trixie said

"Yes, he got me there, too. He actually promised me that he wouldn't take me with them! He immediately turned to his secretary and fired her, just so he could hire me as his new secretary!"

"Why would he do that?"

"To keep me close to him, of course! He knew that if he let me go I would immediately seek help, so he made me his new secretary under the threat that, if I refused, he would... Hurt Aria and Sonata!"

"What a scumbag!"

"That's how President Sombra works." Adagio explained. "He uses fear to make people do what he want! No matter how hard a person tries to hide it, he always finds out what their biggest fear is! It's like he can see inside our souls or something."

"But you said that Sombra likes to keep you close, right?" Sunset asked, and Adagio nodded. "Then how come you're here right now, talking to us?"

"He went on a business trip! He usually has people to do this kind of job for him, but I heard him say that he is particularly interested in forming a partnership with that country, so he went in person this time. I knew that this was my chance, so I had to act as quickly as possible! Hence why I had to threat to expose your identity. I am really sorry, but I couldn't take any chances!"

"Then why didn't you just asked us in the first place?"

"Because we weren't exactly in good terms last time we met..."

"Final question!" Trixie said. "What were in those crates that we got rid of?"

"Some chemicals he imported from overseas. I found some documents that said he planned on using them in the secret laboratory."

"What kind of experiments?" Sunset asked.

"I don't know! Even though I'm President Sombra's secretary, I don't have permission to enter most of the rooms! But I did managed to take a peek a while ago. I lured the guard out of the security room and looked for Aria and Sonata in the cameras. The guard returned sooner than I expected, so I had to leave before I could find them, but I did see a room with many people strapped to surgical tables. It looked like something that you would only see in a horror movie, but it was the real deal! Just thinking that those two could be among those people, I... I..."

"Say no more, Adagio!" Sunset Shimmer said, placing a hand on her shoulder. She looked at Trixie, who nodded. "We will help you save your sisters!"

"For... For real? Are you serious? Please, tell me you're serious!"

"Of course we are!" Trixie said. "After all, we are the Mysterious Maiden Do Well! Helping people is what we do."

Adagio Dazzle couldn't hold back any longer; she pulled the two girls into a hug, crying tears of joy.

Author's Notes:

For all the readers of "The L.R.E. Organization" here, I'm putting it on hold while I write this. I'm sorry, but my brain keeps geving me ideas for this one and completely shut that one off.