The cloud of smoke finally dissipated completely. The three girls were so surprised by the scene they just witnessed that they didn't even knew how to react.

"What... What just happened?" Adagio asked as she looked around, trying to spot the large man and their comrade.

"I think Trixie just got kidnapped." Sonata said as she scratched her arm.

Aria punched her own palm. "Well, whoever that guy was, he just dug his own grave. No one messes with any of my partners!"

"Aria, let's scout around, they couldn't have gone far." Adagio ordered. "Sonata, go find Sunset Shimmer. Tell her what happened, then you two scout around as well!"

Sonata saluted her and dashed toward Canterlot High. Aria and Adagio nodded at each other then ran in different directions. Inside the school, Sonata went straight to the classroom, but it was empty. She searched throughout the whole school; the cafeteria, the library, the dressing room, the toilets, but no Sunset Shimmer was found.

"Maybe she already went home." Sonata pondered as she left the school building. "That's weird, though. Why would she leave without talking to us first?"

The sun was about to set when they reunited in front of Sunset Shimmer's apartment, Sonata being the last to arrive.

"Where's Sunset?" Adagio asked while looking left and right.

"She's gone!" Sonata said. "I looked everywhere, not only in school, but everywhere I could. Sugarcube Corner, the houses of her other friends, but nothing."

"Do you think that guy got her too?" Aria asked.

"It's a possibility." Adagio said as she rubbed her chin.

"So, is this a job for The Mysterious Maiden Do Well?" Sonata asked with a smile.

Adagio used the spare key to Sunset Shimmer's apartment she was given for safekeeping and unlocked the door - they went straight to the bedroom. Adagio opened the wardrobe and grabbed two cardboard boxes, one with Sonata's name and the other with Aria's. She threw the boxes at the girls, who grabbed and opened them; there was a Maiden Do Well outfit inside each box.

While the two girls changed their clothes, Adagio sat down on the chair in front of the computer with three monitors and turned it on.

"You're not coming with us?" Sonata asked as she put the mask on.

"You two go ahead, I'll catch up with you later." Adagio said as she pressed the keys with inhuman speed. "I'll hack into the security system of Canterlot Town and check if any of the cameras picked up something unusual!"

"Got it!" Aria said with a deeper voice due to the small voice-changing device they all had in their masks. "Meanwhile, we'll scout different parts of town. Sonata, you go north, I'll go south!"

Sonata let out a very low-pitched giggle. "Your voice is funny!"

Aria sighed and facepalmed. "You're still the worst, Sonata. Let's just go!"

Adagio grabbed the headset and put it on. "I'll keep you two informed. Keep your earpieces on!"

Sonata and Aria nodded and turned their earpieces on before opening the window, checking if there was no one outside and jumping out. Adagio stretched her arms, popped the joints of her fingers and went back to typing at the impressive speed of over 200 WPM.

Over the years she's been stranded in the human world, the continuously advancing technology surrounding the Dazzlings piqued her interest. Her ability to learn basically anything with ease, combined with an experience with machines that most people of that generation did not have, made Adagio a computer expert and a very capable hacker, an ability she now used to help her friends from behind the curtains every time they were working on a case that required more than a simple scouting mission to be solved.

"I'm in!" Adagio mumbled to herself as several windows popped up on all three screens, each window containing the recording of a different camera from several parts of town. "Time to work."

"I got him!" Adagio said. "Girls, he's in the port. Went inside Warehouse No.13 not even five minutes ago! He was carrying Trixie on his shoulder, and the possibility of Sunset being in there as well is high."

"I'm close to the port!" Aria's voice, which sounded normal through the communicator, said. "Meet you there, Sonata."

"Okie dokie!" Sonata answered.

"I'm going as well. I'll be there in two shakes!" Adagio placed the headset on the table, removed her everyday clothes and put on her Maiden outfit before jumping out of the window.

Meanwhile, right outside Warehouse No.13, Aria Blaze watched from behind a container as a dark green limousine parked in front of the warehouse. A woman wearing a black outfit with a design similar to the Maiden's, but without the cape, mask and hat, opened the door of the vehicle, allowing an old man to step out.

"It's now or never!" Aria took a deep breath and ran toward the scene. When she was close enough, Aria jumped, landing on top of the limousine.

The woman with green hair facepalmed and sighed. "Tirek, you had one job! Please, go inside, your majesty. I'll handle this!"

The old man did as he was told and slowly walked toward the warehouse with the help of his cane.

"Alright, which one of you is under that mask, the one Tirek brought or the one I knocked out?" the woman in black asked. "Either way, you're going back to sleep." Aria tried to kick her, but the woman dodged with ease. "Not as fast. I guess you're not the one I fought, then. Figures! That old man can't do anything right!"

Aria jumped down from the roof of the car and kept attacking, but the woman just dodged; she didn't even try to block, because Aria's punches and kicks were too slow for her to cause her any problems. The lack of response from her opponent made Aria angrier, which made her blows stronger, but even slower. Chrysalis smirked and, after dodging one more move, she hit Aria in the stomach with her knee.

Aria got the wind knocked out of her, but she tried to retaliate anyway. Unfortunately, she had no time to recover and got kicked in the stomach, followed by punches to the face and an oppercut. Aria fell to the ground. Chrysalis chuckled as she pulled a switchblade from her belt.

"Now, are you going to surrender or do I have to remove fingers until you do?"

Chrysalis suddenly crouched, just in time to avoid being kicked from behind. She quickly spinned with her blade, but her assailant was quicker than the one on the ground. Chrysalis raised an eyebrow when she saw a second Maiden standing there, ready to fight.

"Another? But I thought--" Aria successfully tripped her with a sweep kick, but as the other Maiden was about to punch her, Chrysalis backflipped and she punched the empty space where the agent used to be.

"I can handle this, go and save them!" the second Maiden said. Chrysalis only heard a low-pitched voice, but Aria heard her real voice in her earpiece; that Maiden was definitely Sonata.

Aria nodded, got up and ran toward the warehouse. She was about to go inside when a large, muscular body blocked her path. Aria stopped before she slammed her face on his pectorals.

"How many of you bugs am I going to have to squash today?" he said before trying to punch Aria; she bent back just in time to avoid the blow.

"Hang in there, gramps, I'll help you as soon as I'm done over here." Chrysalis said as she tried to cut Sonata several times with her switchblade, but her target avoided all of the slashes flawlessly. "Try not to die before-- Stop twirling around like a goddamn ballerina!"

"I can handle one measly teenage girl, thank you very--" Tirek clutched his nose and groaned in pain after Aria spin-kicked his face. Aria groaned as well, but in annoyance because she didn't knocked him out with a single hit. "What is that boot made of? Lead?" Aria tried to punch him in the stomach, but Tirek grabbed her forearm, stopping her attack. "You're going down, little girl!" he tried to punch her face again, but she countered his attack by punching his fist with her free hand. They both felt the impact all the way up to their shoulders, which forced Tirek to let go of her and squeeze his shoulder in pain.

"How did you do that?" Tirek asked, genuinely surprised. "To counter a punch of mine like that... How strong are you?"

Aria didn't answered, she just looked up. "Anytime now."

Tirek looked up as well, just in time to see the soles of the boots of a third Maiden Do Well, who landed on his face, backflipped and ran inside the warehouse.

"You tricky little..." Tirek said as he rubbed his face. He shook his head, then unsheathed his machete. "Anyway, where were we?"

We have a saying in Congeria: 'if there's a stone in your way..." the old man said as he pressed a gun to Sunset Shimmer's forehead. "...destroy it'!"

Adagio grabbed King Discord's wrist and forced him to point his gun up. "I won't go easy on you just because you're old. Especially when you threaten my friends like that!" She elbowed his ribs. The old monarch let go of the gun, yelled in pain and fell to the ground.

"Cold as ever, I see!" Sunset Shimmer said with a smirk.

"Oh, you're not fooling anybody. Stop trying to act tough, I know for a fact you almost pissed yourself!" Adagio said as she moved to the back of the beam and tried to untie the ropes. "What kind of stupid rope is this? It's as thick as my forearm!"

While Adagio struggled to untie the rope, Discord grabbed his walking cane lying beside him. He removed the handle of the cane and pushed a button concealed underneath it, detaching the part of the cane that served as a sheath for the hidden blade.

"WATCH OUT!" Trixie and Cheerilee yelled at the same time. Adagio ducked immediately, which caused King Discord to miss the attack and get his sword stuck in the wooden beam.

"I guess you'll have to hang in there a little longer." Adagio said while grabbing a rusty pipe that was lying on the ground as Discord pulled his sword out of the wood, now standing straight, no longer having to pretend he was just a hunched, frail old man. "I have to deal with this guy first!"

"You shouldn't underestimate me just because I'm old either!" Discord said as he tapped the medals he had. "I didn't won these medals by sitting behind a desk in some dusty old office. Friendly advice: you should yield, or you're gonna die!"

"And let you kill my friends? Over my dead body!"

"If that's your wish..."

King Discord didn't wasted another second and immediately started swinging his sword. Adagio was straining a bit to block all of his attacks with the lead pipe, but she could handle it.

For a while.

Back outside, Tirek finally managed to imobilize Aria from behind, pressing his machete to her throat.

"There's no escape now!"

The sound of thunder caught the mercenary off guard, and that was exactly the opening Aria needed. She used all the strenght she could muster to headbutt his chin, making him loose his grip on her. He tried to cut her before she escaped, but the only damage he managed to cause was a little cut on her right arm.

Aria didn't gave him a chance to recover and immediately grabbed his wrist as tightly as she possibly could - which was extremely tight. The pain was too much for Tirek to bear and he dropped his machete. Aria grabbed his wrist with both her hands and threw him against the wall of the warehouse, making a huge crack on it even though it was made of concrete. The impact was so powerful that the mercenary lost his consciouness.

The fourth Maiden looked at Sonata, who was still dodging each and every one of Chrysalis' attacks. She was about to go and help her when she felt her clothes getting wet. That's when Aria finally noticed it had started raining. She chuckled and crossed her arms as she watched them.

"That old hag doesn't stand a chance now!"

"Stop it so I can gut you like a Cornish game hen!" Chrysalis said.

Sonata had noticed the rain a while ago, so she had her eyes closed, focusing on her hearing, paying attention to the sound of every raindrop falling on the woman in front of her. It was like time had slowed down; after all, Sonata's hearing was much better than her eyesight.

The sound of water was guiding her moves now. Instead of dodging the next slash, which was all she could do while relying on her vision alone, this time she grabbed Agent Chrysalis' arm and altered its route, forcing Chrysalis to miss. The agent was surprised for a moment, but she kept attacking. Sonata, on the other hand, kept forcing her to miss over and over again, all while paying close attention to the rhythm of Chrysalis' breathing:

Breathe in, breath out, in, out, in, out, iiiiiin...

Sonata smirked. That slightly longer inhalation meant that her opponent was getting tired, and it was the signal she needed to strike back. She grabbed Chrysalis' arm one more time, but this time she kicked her in the ribs, making her assailant gasp in pain. Sonata then unleashed a barrage of punches, all of them hitting her target.

"METEOR OF PEGASUS!" Sonata yelled as she kept punching Agent Chrysalis. She tried to protect herself, but the Maiden was too fast for her, so Chrysalis wasn't able to block more than one hit.

Sonata finally stopped, breathing heavily. Chrysalis stood still for exactly five seconds before falling to her knees, still conscious, but just barely.

"The correct name is 'Pegasus Ryūsei Ken'." Aria corrected, approaching her partner with her arms crossed.

"But I liked the dubbed version!" Sonata said.

Aria huffed. "You are the worst, Sonata."

"H... H... How?" Agent Chrysalis asked.

Aria chuckled. "You want to know? Sure, why not? It all happened back when a guy called President Sombra kidnapped us. Before he dropped us in tanks like we were his goldfishes, he did some tests with us, exposing our bodies to all kinds of liquids, fumes and magical artifacts that eventually awakened some of our dormant Siren genes. That's what we are, by the way! Anyway, the gal who just whooped your sorry butt here got her hypersensitive hearing back while me, on the other hand..." Aria punched the confused Agent Chrysalis in the face, throwing her a few feet back and finally knocking her unconscious. "...got my muscles back!"

"Woohoo, we rock!" Sonata said while raising her hand. Aria complied and gave her friend a high five.

"Adagio sure is taking her sweet time." Aria pointed out while looking at the warehouse. "Do you think she's in trouble?"

"Dagi? In trouble? You know she's better than that!"

"I think we should check. Y'know, just to make sure!"

Sonata shrugged and both walked toward the building.

Adagio payed a lot of attention to King Discord, until she noticed a pattern: he would always swing left and right once, then after five swings with a pattern that changed every time, he would fake an attack from above just so he could attack from below. She decided to use this to her advantage.

Left-right, then up-left-left-down-right.

Just as King Discord was about to fake an attack from above, Adagio swinged the pipe and hit his hand. The pain made the king drop his sword. The Siren then kicked him in the chest and Discord fell down. She grabbed the sword and pointed it at him.

"You lose!" she said.

"Everything under control here?" Aria asked as she and Sonata walked in. Adagio looked at them, which gave King Discord the perfect opportunity to retrieve a golden ring from his pocket and wear it. Discord got up as soon as the red gem on the ring started to glow.

He then started to laugh.

Author's Notes:

Not gonna lie, this chapter took longer to be released because I just couldn't come up with a good way for the Dazzlings to locate the villains' hideout without sounding "too good to be true"; after all, they're the Dazzlings, they don't have a Pinkie Sense to rely on.
Well, Sonata has super hearing, but that doesn't mean she can hear a needle falling on a rug thousands of miles away!

By the way, does King Discord remind you of someone?
Well, he should!

Did I mentioned that I'm a huge Ace Attorney fan?

Anyway, stay tuned for the epic conclusion!
I warned you it was going to be short.