Tirek carried the unconscious Trixie on his shoulder to an abandoned warehouse next to a port - the same port where the Maiden threw a truck that was supposed to deliver a shipment to Umbrum Corp. in the ocean a while ago.

"Hey. Backstabber!" Tirek called. "Are you here yet?"

"You watch your mouth." Tirek looked around and saw a person wearing a thick coat, hood, gloves and boots; that person was also holding a shopping cart.

"Who are you? It doesn't matter, you made a huge mistake coming here." Tirek was about to unsheathe his machete when the mysterious person removed the hood, revealing her pink face and green hair.

"You shouldn't appear before me wearing a disguise, Backstabber." he said while letting go of the hilt of his machete. "I could have cut your stupid head off."

"You wish you were good enough to kill me." Agent Chrysalis said as she removed her fake pink countenance, revealing her real, dark grey face. "And I see you accomplished your mission. Congratulations, old man!"

"I am your senior, you should treat me with more respect, brat. Besides, I don't see your target anywhere!"

"Oh, please!" Chrysalis said as she kicked the shopping cart, making it fall over and spill all its contents, revealing the unconscious Sunset Shimmer buried under the pile of trash.

"No, please, not them!" a third voice pleaded, a voice that belonged to a woman tied to a chair, a woman known by many as Miss Cheerilee. "You can do whatever you want to me, but please, do not harm any of my students!"

"Listen here, luv." Chrysalis said as she grabbed Miss Cheerilee's chin. "Unlike that brainless pile of muscles, I only kill those I'm paid to." Tire didn't reacted to being called names because he was busy at the moment, tying the girls to the beams of the warehouse while talking on his cellphone. "I mean, what if I kill for free someone I would be paid thousands of dollars to kill a couple of years later? You already served your purpose, so sit there quietly and we will release you once everything is over, but if you don't shut your big mouth right now, grandpa over there might lose his temper and I cannot guarantee your safety."

Cheerilee closed her eyes, thinking back to when she was forced by them to lie to her boss.

"I am really sorry to hear that." Principal Celestia's voice coming from the cellphone pressed to her ear by Tirek said. "But this happened so suddenly, I don't think I know anyone available to take your place your for the week."

"Oh, that's a shame..." Cheerilee said. Her eyes widened when Chrysalis pressed the barrel of a gun to the her forehead. "Bu-But you d-don't have to worry a-about that. Y-You see, I believe I know someone who is available. H-Her name is C-C-Cadenza, we-we were g-good friends in college a-and I can assure you, she is very, very capable."

"Hm, I don't know... I mean, hiring someone I never even met before? If the superintendent--"

"I-It's only for a few days, P-Principal Celestia. J-Just give her a chance, y-you'll be surprised with what she's capable of."

"Alright, alright, I'll trust your judgement, Miss Cheerilee. But please, ask her to be in my office tomorrow at least one hour before classes start. Luna and I would like to meet her first. You understand, right?"

"P-Perfectly understandable, Principal. I-I'll call her right away."

"Hope your sister get well soon."

"Th-Thank you. Goodbye!"

"Good--" Tirek ended the call before Celestia was done talking.

"That was much easier than I anticipated." Tirek said with a smile.

"I know right?" Chrysalis said while putting the gun back into the holster. "I met many gullible people in my life, but never that gullible."

"But... But I saw your faces." Cheerilee pointed out. "Doesn't that make me a possible threat?"

"Luv, I'm a master of disguise and Tirek is wanted basically everywhere! You knowing our faces is useless information."

Miss Cheerilee was about to say something, but a moan coming from the left distracted her; Sunset Shimmer was waking up.

"Where... Where am... I...?" Sunset asked, still a little half asleep.

"Impressive!" Chrysalis said. "I injected in you enough tranquilizer to knock out an fully-developed adult for the best part of a day. For a teenage girl like you to snap out of it in a matter of hours..."

"Yes... Wait, yes, you did that!" Sunset said, now more aware of her surroundings. She then started struggling. "Let me go, you jerks!"

"Give up, miss. This ropes are too thick for someone your size!" Tirek said as he finished his call. "And Backstabber, I just talked to King Discord, he's on his way."

"King... Discord?!" Sunset asked, surprised. "Discord, the general who led his country through many successful wars until he founded his own country, Congeria, 40 years ago?"

"Well, someone's been paying attention to those history classes." Tirek said with a smile as he crossed his arms. "I don't know what you did to piss a historical figure like him off, but he's coming to get you!"

"I'm sorry, Sunset Shimmer." Miss Cheerilee said.

"Miss Cheerilee?" Sunset was surprised to see her teacher there. "So that's what happened to you..."

"If I hadn't lied to Principal Celestia about my sister, they wouldn't have--"

"Don't worry about it, Miss Cheerilee. Those guys are professionals. With or without your cooperation, they would have found a way to get me. I mean, they got Trixie, and she was probably outside already."

They then heard a ringtone, and it was coming from Agent Chrysalis' cellphone. She answered it immediately.

"Yes?" she was silent as the person on the phone talked. "Understood! I'll be there." she then ended the call.

"Was it him?" Tirek asked.

She nodded. "He'll be here in a matter of minutes."

"Already?"

"You know how crazy that driver of his is." she said as she kneeled in front of the still unconscious Trixie, then tapped her face a few times - not strong enough to hurt, but strong enough for her to feel. "Hey! Wake up!"

"H-Huh? What?" Trixie said as she woke up.

"King Discord wants you awake." she stood again and walked toward the exit. "I'll go welcome our employer. You keep your eyes on them, Tirek."

"Do you think I'm some kind of amateur? I've been doing this since before you were born!"

Chrysalis chuckled as she left the warehouse. The moment she closed the door, a dark green, almost black limousine parked in front of the building. Agent Chrysalis rushed to open the door of the vehicle and a man stepped out.

Discord was a wrinkly old man with beige skin, disheveled white hair and beard, and wearing a dark cape on top of his general uniform. Due to his old age, King Discord walked hunched and with the help of a walking cane and kept his eyes mostly closed.

"Welcome, your majesty." Agent Chrysalis said with a polite bow. "Your 'guests' are waiting for you."

"Good, good. Thank you agent." he then turned to look at his driver. "This won't take long, but don't keep the engine running. Gas is too expensive in this country!"

"Aye aye, sir!" the driver - a girl with pink skin, white and purple hair, violet eyes with swirly irises and a black suit that gave her a professional look, which was completely shattered by the propeller hat she was wearing - said with a salute.

Agent Chrysalis closed the door of the limousine. The moment they turned their back, they heard a thump. Chrysalis turned around and saw the last thing she expected standing on top of the limousine:

The Mysterious Maiden Do Well.

Chrysalis facepalmed and sighed. "Tirek, you had one job! Please, go inside, your majesty. I'll handle this!"

King Discord did as he was told and slowly walked toward the warehouse with the help of his cane. He pushed the door open and entered the building. He raised and eyebrow when he looked around and saw both Trixie and Sunset still in there.

"Tirek, could you please go outside help Agent Chrysalis?" King Discord asked. "It appears that we have some unexpected company."

"Gladly!" Tirek said as he punched the palm of his hand on his way out.

"So, you're the guy, huh?" Trixie asked. "People usually say 'nice to meet you' when they meet someone for the first time, but in your case, I'll just say 'go to hell'."

"So rude, Miss Trixie." he said.

"I was kidnapped by your lackeys, I have the right to be rude!"

"What do you want with us, anyway?" Sunset Shimmer asked. "And how do you know about the Maiden?"

Discord smiled. "I believe you are acquainted with a certain man called President Sombra?" Trixie's eyes widened and Sunset glared at him. "We were what you people would call 'business partners'. Sombrero and I met years before Congeria was even a blueprint, and in the battlefield, no less.

"We were at war with a country Sombra had his eyes on for a long time. Apparently, there were rumors that the country had a very powerful artifact that Sombrero wanted, but the country had a very strong policy against outsiders, so he showed up in our camp one day with a deal I just couldn't refuse:

"I'll help you win this war. All you want in return is you to help me get in there."

"And then he showed me things that I would never believe if I hadn't seen with my own eyes. Using nothing but the items he had in his bag, Sombra could conjure fire out of thin air, destroy things without even touching them, make people accept anything he said as a fact, even if went against their ethics... There was nothing Sombrero couldn't do! And there was no way I would turn down his offer!

"No sooner said than done, our side won that war. While my subordinates were too busy celebrating, Sombra and I, together with some men I knew I could trust, went into the ruins the locals said the relic was located. Long story short, my men were killed by the many traps and I got separated from Sombra. Unfortunately, sometimes rumors are just rumors, and the relic wasn't there for probably ages. Of course, that wasn't the last time Sombra and I met. The last time was a few months ago, when Sombra visited me personally."

A memory flashed in Sunset Shimmer's head, from when Sombra had kidnapped Sonata Dusk and Aria Blaze and Adagio Dazzle was begging for their help.

"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."

"We had a deal! Sombrero was going to move the Umbrum Corp. HQ to Congeria, where he would be protected by our laws. My army would be the most powerful, and my country the most influent. That's it, until the Maiden Do Well stepped in, killed my partner and ruined my business."

"And how do you know we're the Maiden?" Trixie asked.

"My spies in Umbrum Corporation. What, do you think I'd just start an alliance without some snitches in his midst? Oh, please..." King Discord reached to his holster and pulled a revolver. "But anyway, you two ruined my plans one time, and that's one time too many. We have a saying in Congeria: 'if there's a stone in your way..." the king pressed his gun to Sunset Shimmer's forehead. "...destroy it'!"

Author's Notes:

I would have released this chapter sooner, but I got REALLY sick...