The scene begins to open up with a noir theme over the entire spot, as we spot a van driving on by across the misty streets. Detective Dan was at the wheel while he kept his eyes open for anything that caught his eye. The same kinda jazzy music from before was heard in building up character motion as the story was progressing while the Detective Group was on a trip to solving a mystery case here.

“And so, the investigation begins….our first stop was Canterlot High.” Detective Dan issued forth this narration in what was going on during the drive.

The scene shifts towards Canterlot High, in where Detective Dan was looking around the pavement of where Trixie Lulamoon got kidnapped. The others watch the guy at work from the van as he was looking around to pick up a trail.

“Boris explained about some van of some suited thugs apprehend Trixie & drove off…I was searching for clues.” Detective Dan narrates off in what events went down that one student from this school got taken & the only witnesses were Boris & his boys.

We see the detective spotting tire tread marks as if a vehicle was in a rush; they were strangely imprinted with a strange pattern. Then there was a strange scent in from what the guy picked up that was an old wrapper, which it had a mix of tea….& strange fuse from the getaway vehicle.

“The trail was very cold, there was only tire trend marks, smell of some new motorized engine, & an old wrapper of some fresh material to make tea.” Detective Dan narrates off in stating what was happening in having used his magnifier to look around, scoop up samples of burn tire rubber & a plastic bag for a thrown tea baggy.

Now the scene shifts to where we find the dear detective popping around to ask some folks around if they saw any suspicious vehicles enter & leave around a certain after school time period; the answer was always the same, no one saw nothing.

“I asked if anyone saw what happened about a weird van pulled up at the school, but apparently….whoever the kidnappers were…wanted to make sure they weren’t seen.” Detective Dan responded off in stating these matters of him asking around for anyone seeing a suspicious van, only to hear no one was out during the kidnapping that took place.

We soon find the scene shifted towards where we find Detective Dan was driving off into the city in where street signs were seen. But the guy was focus on where he was going next to help some kids get off from being chased by some serious crooks.

“When I drove us to Crystal Prep, the formula was pretty much the same." Detective Dan narrates off in stating these factors of what else was gonna be the same.

The detective had long stop in front of the Crystal Prep school to look around for anything suspicious, only to find a familiar crime scene from before. Only this time, there was something else then tire tread marks & scented fuel in the air….

“Tire marks, matching the same style as the last area. But this time, I found something else. Shoe prints in the dirt of which the pattern & the letters ’S’ & ’S’ with a badge outside them.” Detective Dan narrates off the next stuff that took place on a road near the pavement path to where whoever kidnapped Twilight, drop a badge that had strange letterings that seem to stand for something.

Then we find that just as the detective was gonna enter the school, Wheelie & Brains were being carried off by a worried Sunset & Flash to get back to the detective’s van. And that was around when someone pulled the school’s fire alarm; something must have happened.

“I would have gone to talk to Twilight’s Crystal Prep pals, if some certain Mini-Cons were not trying some sneaky stunts in peaking at them from their low height to trying to sneak into their locker room.” Detective Dan’s narrative voice explained off in what was going on that suddenly the school was on high alert, no doubt caused by some rascal guys doing something that was probably considered….rude & inappropriate.

“Hey yo, it isn’t what you think! Honest…we were just….checking the competition!” Wheelie spoke off in trying to make it seem like they were on the legit of things.

“Yep, we were just minding our own business! Getting any Intel we can…uh-huh.” Brains nods off in commenting about the issue & fact matter of the topic.

“Just get in the van before you get anyone to see us!” Sunset issued off in wanting her two mechanical friend stop get out of sight.

“Right, & for the record…I can probably guess what you two were REALLY trying to pull.” Flash remotely pointed out in having a guess at what these two bots were really up to, especially involving the girl’s locker room.

“What’s that?” Nyx asked off in not following along with this.

“Um, Nyx….it’s best you don’t know…until your older.” Ben stated to say in thinking this was something the littlest & youngest member should know…after a few other years pass by.

“Attention all staff members & security force! Search the school yard, we have some hooligans that were trying to vandalize our prize students!” Spoke a female voice out in sounding frustrated to alert security of there being someone that was causing trouble to be arrested on the spot.

“I think that’s our cue to go….NOW!” Rainbow Dash issued off in looking worried in what was gonna be coming their way; the heat which is not from their killers, but Crystal Prep cops.

“So after hightailing it out of the scene before them Mini-Cons were gonna be scrape metal, I had some suspicion about the kidnappers. But for now, it was time to move on.” Detective Dan narrates off to say this as he was seen getting & started the van to drive off before the problem got too out of control to focus on other things while he has a hunch idea about the kidnappers.

“So, what now detective….all we have is very little to go by in figuring out what happened to our friends?” Ben asked off to the detective in what else could be done, they barely know who took Twilight & Trixie.

“Maybe, but for now….I got a hunch, which I’ll share after we get to a certain club. Get ready, it’s gonna be something crazy.” Detective Dan issued off to say this in knowing what they are gonna have to be doing next here & it’s going to a place unknown to the rest.

Everyone was a bit puzzled by the idea of what the detective was suggesting, but if it will help them out solve one case before the next….then they will have to trust him. The scene begins to slowly fade out here as the detective’s van was moving across the city zone to head towards another part of town….where the gang will end up in a new place to experience….something different.

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The scene shifts towards later on during the misty day in where a van pulls up to a fancy looking Italian Restaurant with a sign labeled ‘PA-JAH-MAS Cafe’ on it. It was heard playing some Italian theme music that sorta gave off a mafia or mobster atmosphere as Detective Dan lead the group to the front door to get inside, where they had to stop before a well-suited man with shades in looking at some customers for the day.

“Sir, do you have a registered table waiting?” The counter man asked off in seeing Detective Dan as if he was here to get a table reserve or something for his large group.

“Well no, but I’m here to meet your manager.” Detective Dan pointed off in telling the guy of who he is here to actually see.

“The manager is busy, he’s on a date in our theater exhibit.” The counter man exclaimed forth in mentioning this to the detective.

“Oh really, well…how’s about you let him know….that Detective Dan is in the house!” Detective Dan stated off to say this in slipping what appears to be….50 bucks for the guy to take.

“Ugh….Yes sir, I will inform him.” The counter man yelped off in surprise, before taking the money & immediately heads off now; leaving everyone stump in what just happened here.

“So tell us, who owns this Italian Restaurant?” Rainbow Dash asked off in who was running this little restaurant theme place.

“It must be someone of fine Italian lineage.” Rarity smiled off in thinking it was someone well brought up to own such a fine establishment.

“Let’s just say, in my line of work, mafia guys always have a theme in having fancy dining in restaurants with Italian style food.” Detective Dan issued off to lean his arm o the counter table to look to the gang in stating who likes to be in places that are certain criminals’ favorite dish to enjoy.

“Mafia? Why in de hay would ye bring us ta meet some mafia goons?” Applejack replied off shock that they came to meet some more crooks when they got those already after their lives.

“Uh oh! What if they look at us funny?” Dum Dum nods off in sounding scared over the thought.

“I don’t know, do we look funny to them?” Boxco replied off in being terrified for the idea.

“I barely even consider if you two were anything hilarious or not.” Boris rolled his eyes in thinking these two were getting way over their heads.

“Relax, the guy is on the down level of things that go on.” Detective Dan raised a hand to settle the worried bunch in getting worked up over nothing.

“But how can someone of a mafia family run this place & not be arrested?” Susnet asked off in being puzzled, mafias that aren’t keeping themselves well-hidden would be track & arrested if local authorities found out.

“Look, you may not like it…but there are even ‘certain’ advantages…of keeping certain criminals loose then arresting them. The guy here has dirt on Azure Phoenix that he rather die than have it go public, so they came to an arrangement of where the military guy kept his nose out & let the manager run a legitimate business here.” Detective Dan pointed off in saying that from what the guy that owns this place, can do other than having something that Azure Phoenix doesn’t want the public to know about.

“I’m afraid to ask, but what is it?” Jack Zen asked off in feeling uncomfy in what response they may get.

“Let’s just say it’s some photo shots of when Azure Phoenix & Principle Celestia once made music together.” Detective Dan blankly pointed this off to the teens about what two adults did.

“Oh, that sounds nice. What instrument did they play?” Pinkie Pie smiled off in randomly thinking about the subject by a musical claim.

“Who said it was a music object? They made music together, all alone, in a lover’s hotel off the coast, at night, and…” Detective Dan was pointing this off in stating piece by piece stuff in which when put together spelt something, but…

“Stop….I REALLY don’t wanna know!” Ben held up his hand in not wanting to even know WHAT his mom did with her Ex-Love before she wed to his dad Jack Silver.

“Oh but there’s more, the guy even got the stuff from Dragon Strike Force members too. And let’s just say, the only smooth business they were doing was with their partner which was not work, but…” Detective Dan was about to state off more things that was gonna leave the Rainbooms to almost hurl their lunches if someone didn’t cut in.

“Seriously? He’s even got them too….man, I guess even Shadow Dragon must know when to not dig any deeper in one’s own grave.” Goldie stated off in shock that whoever was the manager of this place had the dirt on everyone that could raise a finger to arrest whoever was pulling the strings here.

“I hear yah bro, but if this guy is smooth to keep the military off his back, it must be a shrew character.” Pinkamena nods off in thinking that someone here must be making certain, he doesn’t get arrested by certain means necessary.

“And that’s it? Azure Phoenix couldn’t do anything to touch whoever had the means to blackmail him & his group?” Flash asked off to the detective if that was what the manager of this place has done to make sure he doesn’t get put away.

“No, not quite. Turns out in return, if this guy got any juicy intel about some MAJOR groups, like say…the Dark Terrorists, or alien Decepticons, etc., then…he’s to share it with Azure Phoenix, so it’s kinda a you scratch my back, I scratch your back kinda deal.” Detective Dan pointed of to roll his left hand around in stating what it was that was gonna be a go around concept of what one person can do from a deeper shade line of work that not many others can do.

“Wow, to keep Azure Phoenix from acting, the guy must be a pretty big shot!” Pinkie Pie replied off to say this in thinking that someone who can keep the military out of a mafia business of who owns this place, must be pretty good.

“Pardon me, detective, but…the manager will see you now.” The counter man came back in informing the detective & his group of the settlement for an arranged meeting.

Soon the group was being lead to a special reserved table in where he was surrounded by some thin looking, but serious suited guys in shades. And at the table where there was a plate of spaghetti, meatballs & Italian & Garlic Bread were three people one could describe. First was a guy that look like a young man that was strangely handsome, comb black hair, brown eyes, wearing black pants, shoes, a dark gray vest shirt with a gold necklace followed up with a black leather jacket; he looked like a mafia kind of boss. Second was a tubby looking wearing black pants, shows, a dark shirt & black vest with a stripe gray tan pattern tie, & wore a fedora gangster hat; he appeared like some lackey different from the other guys in suits & shades. Lastly was a young female with violet eye color lashes with blue eyes, violet crescent moon shape earrings, puffy top red hair, dressed in a long sleeve silk shirt with black star marks, & wearing purple jean pants with heels on the feet & carrying a small blue handbag purse; she appeared to be a girl that likes to have & do things that pleases her.

“Well, well, look what came dragging through the front door.” The man replied off in looking at a certain detective.

“Yeah, look who came in through the door.” The other tubby guy near the guy eating dinner with his date replied off in a dumbfound response.

“Gang, meet Tony PA-JAH-MAS, a well-known “manager”.” Detective Dan introduced the gang to who it was that they are meeting that was the guy eating a meatball. “Over there is his trusted flunky Pauly & that dame over there be his girlfriend, Candy.” He pointed to the tubby guy that was nearby along with the only girl with this Tony guy.

“Ugh, Tony….can you wrap this up? We’re on a date, remember?” The woman named Candy replied off in a say upset tone in liking their date not to be interrupted.

“Yeah Tony, you’re on a date, remember?” The chubby guy named Pauly reminded his boss of this, only to get a whack upside his face & hat. “What was that for?” He asked off in feeling uncertain of what he did to deserve that.

“For being an idiot!” Tony remarked off in stating the idiot action of what Pauly did.

“Okay…” Pauly gave up quickly without a fight; the others were just…stump by this action.

“So ah, what’cha doing here detective, & bringing with you some teenagers….wah, you running a field trip?” Tony asked off in seeing that Detective Dan had some kids with him like they were on a field trip or something.

“Yeah, you running a field trip?” Pauly issued off to tease & taunt in what his boss was saying.

“Yo, do most of us look like students to you?” Wheelie pointed out in stating the Transformers ain’t students.

“That’s right, we’re bots, plus one dog.” Brains pointed off in stating it was them, plus a barking Spike dog.

“Ugh, I don’t think this is a field trip, Tony.” Pauly replied off in looking lost in seeing who they got aren’t on some field trip for a class.

“Oh, you think?” Tony rolled his eyes off to remark what his stooge thought as if it was genius to hear. “So start talking, what are you here for?” He asked off in wanting to know, why the detective was here.

“I’m here, cause someone is wanting to rub out these kids, plus a kidnapping went on that took two of their pals. These two’s lover gals!” Detective Dan pointed off to lean on the table and point at the gang & even Ben & Boris of where their girls Twilight & Trixie got nabbed.

“Awe, how sweet, you looking for your little girlfriends.” Candy replied off to say in being all happy to hear a lover’s devotion to help the one they love.

“Yes, so can you tell us anything?” Ben nods off to say while asking if this mafia guy can help them.

“Hey yo! Do I look like a travel guide dictionary to you?” Tony remarked off to wave a spaghetti fork to Ben in stating what he is to the boy.

“Yeah, you think he’s got all the pages you looking for?” Pauly exclaimed off to remark the same sass that Tony was dishing out as a reminder.

“Shut it, Pauly!” Tony spoke off annoyed by the repeated statement he gave.

“I’m shutting.” Pauly replied off willingly without a second thought; the guy was a real lackey alright.

“Do you always do that?” Nyx asked off in seeing Pauly just take that kind of stuff from his boss here.

“Eh, it’s a living.” Pauly shrug off to simply say this much about living with such things.

“Okay, look Mister Pajamas.” Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes in starting to talk off towards this guy here.

“PA-JAH-MAS!” Tony interrupts Rainbow in correcting the mis-pronouncement of the last name.

“He don’t like nobody mispronouncing his name!” Pauly explained that Tony here don’t like it when folks say ‘Pajamas’ when his name is clearly ‘PA-JAH-MAS’, they always get it confused.

“Whatever, can you tell us something or not?” Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes in not caring o just quickly get on with the bigger topic they wanna know.

“Well gee, maybe from your rude tone, maybe I won’t say nothing!” Tony remotely stated to curl his fork around to think before giving an answer in response to the rudeness.

“Oh, we’re sorry if we been rude.” Fluttershy apologized for the rude act that they did here.

“Look, we got this here case in which someone wants us dead fer it.” Applejack pointed off that someone is killing for the case they got carrying around.

“Wow, you must have tick off someone pretty big to which they kill you for it.” Candy stated off to have heard that while polishing her nails at this time without much a worry.

“Can you tell us anything about it?” Rarity asked off in wanting any info Tony has about who wants the case they have on them.

“First, show me the case…then we’ll talk.” Tony issued off to say this in wanting to see what’s in the case to know what’s what here.

“Alright, but no funny business…we got our eyes on you.” Ben stated to say that they don’t want any sneaky stuff from this mafia guy in what he’s about to see.

“Tch, like I’m afraid of a threat like that.” Tony replied off as if finding that funny, some high school kid is threatening him; that’s rich.

“Yeah, like he be afraid of something like that.” Pauly remarked off in seeing his boss wouldn’t be so scared so easily.

Soon Rarity brings up the case, before opening it to reveal its contents. Alien tech of launchers & grenades to even a strange key, this was enough to shock Tony & his boys in almost yelping to drop everything while Candy was not paying any mind to what was going on as she’s still busy with her nails.

“Haaaaugh…Aaaaaugh!” Pauly gasped at what he saw before he fainted to lean a bit over Candy suddenly.

“Ugh, Pauly, do you mind…I’m doing my nails.” Candy remarked off in annoyance of what Pauly was doing.

“Oh, sorry.” Pauly suddenly got up to fix himself from where he fainted in having upset Candy.

“Woah….now this here, is scary! Where’d you pick up this stuff, do you have any idea what its worth on the black market?” Tony asked off in being stump shock that some kids got their hands of something this worth wide if sold on the black market.

“Oh, we do! And you seem to know about it!” Detective Dan nods off in seeing that the mafia guy knows what’s the deal here.

“Who wouldn’t, word on the street is that someone, I ain’t saying…is making a KILLING, merchandising off Mini Seed versions to help turn organic stuff to metal.” Tony issued off that the little Seed things are a fast money making product made & done by someone.

“Yeah, these things are so bad, one time, I was feeding some birds, when they flew off….they took one & well…they became metal figures in my grandma’s garden.” Pauly explained what happened when a bird got one of them mini Seeds, it became metallic & became a part of a garden for his grandma.

“Which is weird, considering she’s HUGE & barely works out.” Tony exclaimed off in stating how big Pauly’s grandmother is to even move around in a garden or workout too.

“Can we just get to the point, what is so important about these things?” Flash asked off in returning to the subject they are currently trying to follow through.

“Well, the launchers look like they be great for firing off these mini grenade versions of the Seed.” Pauly pointed off in noticing the alien tech launchers that are useful in firing them Seed version grenades.

“Exactly, but they’re small potatoes in which just about anyone can get their grubby hands on.” Tony issued off to rub his two fingers together in knowing that anyone can get their hands on such tech now.

“Wait, you mean….someone is actually making those horrible Seed things?” Fluttershy gasped off in having heard this; that sounded horrible.

“Some research guys from KSI been paid secretly to make these things & sell them off. But they work enough to cover a basic area of a normal grenade explosive.” Tony pointed off that someone from the old KSI was making such things, but their effect is about as effective as the usual grenade action when it blows.

“Yep, 12 of these babies would be enough to turn even my grandma’s garden into a metal frame of art.” Pauly nods off in stating this factor of how much metal they get from using all of these Seed Grenades.

“They’re about right on the widen spread logic.” Wheelie pointed off in knowing that the number logic is not faulty.

“Yeah, these things aren’t as dangerous as the real thing.” Brains nods off in knowing that these things would only do so much unlike the original Seed itself.

“But that can’t be everything. What about the kidnappers, what are the connections between them & this?” Boris asked off in demand to know more about what they wanna know.

“Hey! I’m talking’ here!” Tony snapped off in seeing who’s dispersing the guy.

“He’s talking’ here!” Pauly repeated off to remind those that Tony’s still talking now.

“So anyway, the only thing I can tell you is that the single important piece from this case….is that thing in the middle.” Tony pointed off in the middle of the case, in which all eyes are on…a silver key object.

“The silver key? But why…?” Rarity asked off puzzled, why would one key be more important than the weapons, it makes no sense.

“Maybe it’s to open up their special fridge where they keep their sandwiches?” Pauly guessed, but Tony hits him once more. “What was that for?”

“For being an idiot!” Tony pointed off the guy’s idiotic act just now.

“Okay.” Pauly gave up to simply say this without arguing back; as usual.

“So then, it was the key they were after?” Goldie asked in slowly following what the enemy was gunning for this entire time.

“I had an itchy feeling this key was important.” Pinkamena replied off in seeing what was going on, but what a twist to learn it was true.

“I see, so tell us….who was probably the buyer that wants this key so bad?” Detective Dan asked off in leaning on a chair to ask the next big question; who order the case & wants to kill some high school teens to get the case with its valuables.

“Look, I ain’t saying’ nothin’ kay? I don’t want the heat dropping all over my bizz!” Tony proclaimed forth in not wanting to get anything to come down on him if he talks.

“Yeah, he don’t want any of that!” Pauly issued off to say this that his boss doesn’t wanna tell the gang nothing.

“But we need to know who wants this key. Why won’t you say?” Jack Zen asked off that they need answer, why can’t Tony just tell them?

“Tony, when’s the show supposed to start, I need some cheering up here?” Candy asked off annoyed by the long conversation, as she wants to see a show to be all cheered up.

“Yo, wha’s taking so long for the show?” Tony wiggle a finger to his goon to ask what’s going on, only to be whispered back a response. “What do you mean he called in sick? Hey! I promised my girl a show & I say, the show must go on!” He protest off in not allowing this, he wants a show for his girl & he is gonna make it happen.

“How’s about this, I’ll perform a show, if you promise to tell us who was wanting this key & where he is hiding out!” Detective Dan offers his service to put on a show, in return, Tony tells them what they wanna know about the silver key & who the buyer is.

“You think I sucker up to that? Do you know who you’re dealing with, I’m the guy that keeps the knowhow of what goes around, so that nobody interrupts my business.” Tony stated this off in not being the least bit intimidated by this stuff to even ask help from a detective to keep his girl happy.

“Tony….you promised me a show, I’m getting into a mood here!” Candy complained off in wanting a show before she loses her temper.

“She’s getting in her mood, Tony!” Pauly stated this off that his boss’ girl is getting upset here.

“Okay, fine, fine…tell’s you wha, I’ll make you a deal. Put on a show that will bring tears to Candy’s eyes & I’ll tell you what I know.” Tony held up his arms in stating this in offering some mutual deal if the detective’s little group makes his girl happy, he’ll start telling them stuff.

“You promise?” Pinkie Pie asked off in wanting to make sure the guy will keep his word.

“Yeah, yeah, I promise…if it’s for my girl, I promise her the moon if she wanted.” Tony waved off to say this in simply saying what he needs to say about the case of making Candy happy.

“Aww, you spoil me too much!” Candy smiled off in being overjoy to hear that.

“Apparently.” Sunset rolled her eyes to say this in having heard such flattery. “So what’s the play?” She asked off in what the play for the theater is about.

“Right here!” Tony issued off to say this, as he snap a finger for Pauly to respond, only for the guy to snap his finger back with a goofy smile? Course as Tony kept snapping, Pauly was doing the same thing, this was going on as they were making snappy sounds as if it was a game. “Bro, would you give them the stinky script already?” Tony finally snapped off that broke the ice in seeing this was getting them nowhere.

“Why didn’t you say so?” Pauly asked off in what was getting his boss so upset that he couldn’t have just told him so than just doing a snap finger sign before he got a whack up to the face. “What was that for?” He asked off in what he did wrong that time.

“For being an idiot!” Tony issued off that the guy was being an idiot during the entire matter.

“Okay…” Pauly held up his arms in willingly agreeing on the topic.

Now Pauly hands over what was a paper folder that had a script to which the detective was reading the lines to know what it was about.

“The plot is a story of a gangster that tries to go straight, but he keeps getting pulled back to a life of crime. Put on a good show for my girl & I’ll give you what you want in return.” Tony explained what was needing to be done, if someone can put on a good show with a certain theme that the mafia bunch enjoy, then if Candy likes it, he’ll help the detective’s little group out.

“Well, looks like my star on the stage is about to be set!” Detective Dan exclaimed forth in seeing that it’s time that he shine on stage now.

“Oh my, I’ll help get you into the right costume!” Rarity smiled forth in having the most wondrous moment of what to do.

“Well this’ll be something. Our chance to nail who wants us dead is gonna depend on a stage performance.” Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes in seeing what was gonna happen if they can pull this off or not.

“Well, let’s just hope this works. I don’t even know what Trixie is going through right now.” Boris stated to say this in having concerns about Trixie’s wellbeing.

“Yeah, especially Twilight, hope we can solve this thing in time.” Ben nods off in agreement on the manner of worrying about Twilight as well.

Minutes later, after much preparation in setting the stage to look like a mafia theme office, we find Detective Dan wearing his usual tread cloths, only more black, a fedora, & carrying some machine gun prop. The Rainbooms have each helped out in parts to get the show ready to help make a performance for Tony’s girl Candy, to feel emotionally touch; let’s hope this works.

“Alright darling, have you remembered your lines?” Rarity asked the nice detective if he has gotten to know what his lines for the show’s play is about.

“Like the back of my hand…” Detective Dan exclaimed forth in stating this case matter in showing his hand. “Oops, I’m left handed or am I right?” He yelped in being unsure about which hand he was thinking about that he is?

“Well just, hurry up & start the show.” Flash stated off in wanting this guy to quickly get underway of putting on a play performance.

“And now, ladies & gentlemen, mafia members & all, here’s tonight show…Gangster’s Life Struggles!” Nyx stands before the front of the stage in announcing this to all the customers & Tony’s crew in what they are about to see.

Soon everything began to hit off in a jazzy tune as everything became silent in what was about to go off. Everyone took their seats in about to watch the theater magic happen…& it was gonna be something.

“When I was a young school girl in Polly.” Detective Dan spoke off this stuff with a straight tough, but smiling face in announcing these things; which sounded random. “Frolicking through the fields with my pet goat in the summer sun! THOSE…were my happiest of days!” As the guy continues to act out his role, many that were watching this felt like the theme of the play was…slightly stranger than it should be, especially a gangster’s lines that sounded so….senile old lady style.

“Ugh, I may not be too smart, but…” Dum Dum replied off in having something to say about this play.

“Yeah, does the theme seem kinda off,” Boxco nods off in agreement in seeing there was something off about this.

“Pauly, did you check envelope script before labeling them?” Tony asked the guy in pondering if he check the content before labeling them.

“I thought you did Tony, it was right around I had this with me.” Pauly replied off to say this while showing another content folder.

“Let me see that.” Rainbow Dash snatched the folder from Pauly to open it, then read through the script of this thing. “An Old Lady’s Fawn Memories? And the script is…actually more gangster style.” She raised an eyebrow in being puzzled in seeing that the title was different from what’s written on paper.

“Dan’s reading & enacting the WRONG play theme!” Ben held his head in realizing what was going on, they were having the detective perform a script meant for something else.

“Goodness Gracious! Then the outfit he’s wearing & the stage sets are not fitting the theme of what he’s playing out as!” Rarity gasped forth in finding this to be a horrible matter of mixing the wrong clothess for the wrong theme to act out.

“Oh brother, this can get very confusing.” Wheelie rolled his eyes in stating this is gonna be confusing to watch.

“Yep, the theater is probably gonna come down.” Brains nods off in thinking what’s gonna happen next here.

Later on during a closing of the show, the events of Detective Dan’s acting of using the wrong script didn’t stop the guy from being pretty committed in his role. As the final scene shows him looking down at his desk, machine gun down & looking at….an old criminal file.

“I lived a good, LONG life.” Detective Dan issued off to say this in feeling so depressed over the manner of knowing his time was coming. “I loved, I laughed.” As he spoke these out, he closed his criminal file as if knowing the end was coming & this was the end of the line for him in this criminal world. “But what I miss MOST of all…is my sweet little goat.” He then clutch his hand in feeling the agony of missing something special in his life, something that made him….complete. “Showpa. Oh Bwahahaha….Bwahahahah….” Detective Dan looked up to say this before looking down to pout in making….sad little sheep noises.

“Bwahahah….Bwahahah….” Candy responded off those words in feeling strange for a moment, as if this was getting to her in how sad it was before…she started to sniff from a runny nose and…then covered her eyes to start to cry her little tears out.

Then in a nutshell, nearly everyone else was shown expressing their emotional sides while having tissues to wipe away the tears. Even the guys took tissues to blow their noises from their eyes leaking like crazy. Somehow, this play act was so touching that it was heartbreaking to move one’s soul, it was too much even for the toughest of crooks not to get emotional, even for Tony Pa-Jah-Mas.

“Ohhhh…oh…that is so beautiful!” Pinkie was crying out tears in being so overwhelmed by this scene.

“It’s so touching….I feel so moved.” Fluttershy wiped some tears from her eyes in having felt something in the eye.

“Oh man, I suddenly feeling like oil is gonna slip out of my eyeballs.” Wheelie stated off in feeling what was going on here, even for a mechanical alien to feel.

“Yep, this here is pretty much too much for a bot not to withstand from.” Brains nods off in feeling that just seeing this was making even bots like them get all teary eye.

“That was such a beautiful thing. I loved this story.” Pauly wiped out the tears in his eyes in feeling so moved by the story.

“Okay…okay, enough….please….it’s too much for us.” Tony wiped his eyes from feeling something, as he was trying to end the motion to keep some dignity. “Hugh, I admit my loss & for helping my girl feel so touch.” He sighs in admitting that the group has done it & so now, he’ll keep his promise.

“Then you’ll tell us who wants this case with the key?” Sunset asked off in seeing they can finally learn about the silver key object.

“Yo, it ain’t some guy, it’s THE guy! A guy who’s on top of an organization running from the shadows.” Tony remarked off in stating this with a very serious tone in who they are talking about is someone much bigger than even Tony Pa-Jah-Mas is. “It’s none other than Mob Boss Smaug, leader of the Apocalypse Order.” He stated off in stating who the guy that purchase the case the gang got & now he’s making moves for the kill to obtain it back.

“I knew it!” Detective Dan exclaimed forth out loudly that made the rest yelp, as the guy seem higher up somehow. “Next to the Dark Terrorists, Smaug & his secret organization are the other biggest competitors of crime. But when the Decepticons came & allied with Dark Curse, Smaug had to play his cards right to keep in favor.” He explained that Smaug & his organization had to keep themselves on the right step when alien threats came to town & followed Dark Curse’s lead in befriending the evil villain types.

“Me, Twilight & Nyx heard about Smaug, but he’s been keeping his actions clear of any crimes to catch the military’s attention.” Ben rubbed his chin in having recalled having heard about Smaug, but with the matters of the Dark Terrorist to the Deception alien threat, Smaug’s little activity has not made them feel concern…until now recently.

“But why would Smaug be after us & for this key?” Nyx asked off in not knowing why a big time Mob Boss wants to get his hands on some high tech looking key.

“Something big is about to go down, Smaug has had some insider at KSI in developing an object of a special Transformium, in which they call it The Vector Key.” Tony explained off in what Smaug was doing, developing this silver key with a special material in which it could make it as it is.

“They say it holds some wicked ability that’s very unstable.” Pauly stated off to say this in what the key here can be capable of doing.

“Hey, I’m the one talking here, not yos!” Tony snapped off to scold Pauly in having stolen his lines in the explanation.

“Oh boy, things are really starting to turn now.” Pinkie Pie stated off in how things are starting to develop here.

“So then, what does this key do?” Fluttershy asked in still not knowing what the silver tech key can do.

“No one knows, but Smaug is gathering up any mafia, gangster, mob, & family members to join under his command if one wants to survive the coming of…Project End.” Tony exclaimed off to mention this that whatever is going to happen, Smaug is wanting a large gathering of any that will work directly with him if they wanna survive the coming to a certain project.

“Project End, wasn’t that something connected to ending humanity that Dark Curse & Galvatron were striving for?” Sunset exclaimed to say this in having heard this to become shock by the news.

“Now as you can tell, we’re gonna have to play by Smaug’s rule to survive if he’s gonna do something big. No offensive, I had to not squeal, but….a deal’s a deal.” Tony pointed off in what he had to do in which when it comes to surviving, it’s best to not get on a major villain’s bad side when they want you to play along.

“Thanks, now where’s this going down?” Detective Dan replied off in thanking the mafia guy for the aid while asking for one more thing.

“It’s all happening by the docks around the other side of town.” Tony pointed off in where this was gonna be going down at a certain place.

“Yeah, which just happens to be where there’s a carnival setup.” Pauly pointed off in explaining further deal about what dock they are referring to of what else was there.

“Someone there might tell you where Smaug’s base of operation is, but my advice, you might wanna keep away if you wanna live.” Tony stated off to say this much while giving his own offered advice over the matter if this bunch wants to even survive.

“Why…?” Fluttershy asked off lost by the thought.

“Well…” Tony was about to say something here, and….

Then without warning, sounds of fights were breaking out that many of Tony’s men were getting knocked across or shot at as some strange figures were seen entering the picture that looked….like some criminal types.

“Holy Apple Craze! It’s a gathering of the most wanted crooks!” Detective Dan yelps out in noticing what was coming

“Crooks? What do you mean?” Rainbow Dash exclaimed in having heard this all of a sudden now.

“It’s as I said, those well-known criminals. Reaperdeath, the unstoppable military officer. Deadblast, Sharp Shooter. Devil Destroyer, the Demon Warrior. Skycrush, the Daughter of the Demon, AKA Devil Destroyer’s daughter. The Enforcers that consisted of Warrior: Black Tiger, Brain: DJ Red, Muscle: Clumsy Rat, & Cool: Shades. Frost, the Ice Witch. Boomerang, the Boomerang Specialist & Hunter. Black Spider, the Stealth Assassin. And Harley Witch, the insane clown lady who is Psychopath Joke's girl. I’ve been on many cases in putting these guys away.” Detective Dan issued off in explaining who was causing a ruckus & it was the unpleasant company of sorts.

“Well, this is a surprise.” DJ Red stated off in seeing who else was here.

“It’s Detective Dan!” Shades pointed out in recognizing the detective.

“Yeah, what’s he doing here?” Clumsy Rat asked off in what the guy was here for.

“Stand back fellas, this could get ugly!” Detective Dan issued off to his company in knowing this was gonna be dangerous.

“Black Tiger Strikes Like Fury!” Black Tiger launched himself to strike the detective, but the guy bend down to avoid a punch in the wall while he delivered a taser shock to the guy.

“Weee!” Harley Witch cheered forth in swinging a large hammer out of nowhere at Rarity.

“Aaahhh!” Rarity screamed in terror to dodge that attack.

“Brother, just when we got our Intel, these jokers come in,” Applejack rolled her eyes in grabbing a nearby chair to defend themselves from these jokers.

“You want jokes, ask Harley, me…I’m good at giving one the cold shoulder.” Frost exclaimed to say this as Applejack thrown a chair at her, only to freeze on contact from her hand touching it to shatter.

“Ohhh, that’s cold!” Pinkie Pie spoke off in seeing what was done there.

“Boys! Let’s get them!” Boris issued off as he, Dum Dum & Boxco suddenly underwent their mutation transformations to get bigger & more stronger to start to attack a target nearby.

“You may have mutant strength, but none can be a match against Devil Destroyer!” Devil Destroyer issued forth to say this in wielding his halberd in about to take on the mutant fools.

“Father, on your right!” Skycrush spoke out in seeing Ben toss a nearby pipe off to distract the guy.

“I got this one!” Boomerang exclaimed to say in throwing two boomerangs that knock the attack & another went for Ben.

“Woah!” Ben yelps to duck down, that other boomerang almost got him.

“Hiyaaah!” Pinkamena then tackles into Black Spider to which they are wrestling on the ground.

Pretty much conflict was going around that the gang had to take cover to start food fighting all over to keep the place. Everything was gonna be going up in a chaotic wave for the motion this was playing out. Everything starts to zoom & fade out in what’s happening to change the scene a bit.

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Meanwhile outside in a certain van, it was not Detective Dan’s, it was more of a mobile van with cameras & other spy stuff. We find Twilight was by the front in operating the equipment to watch around the surroundings if someone suspicious was gonna appear. She was trying to keep some tabs on blinking dots of Task Force X as they entered the building, apparently the shock impulses Firmtact put in came with trackers she can use to keep an eye on the convicts she’s working with. But Trixie came back into the van from being in a hurry as if there was an emergency that was happening that she had to report in.

“Twilight, we seem to have a problem!” Trixie stated off to approach Twilight in stating that there is a problem.

“What is it?” Twilight asked off in not knowing what’s happening, things seem clear from the streets.

“Well…” Trixie was about to say, but then load noises of gun fire & crash sounds are heard outside the van but inside the restaurant.

“Don’t tell me that they started fighting! I thought we were meeting someone!” Twilight raised an eyebrow in learning what was going on from Task Force X, what are they doing in there?

“They were, but apparently someone else is there, &…it just got complicated.” Trixie shrug off to say this about what happened that things turn out this way.

“Ugh, trying to keep this lot under control is about as easy as teaching Spike tricks.” Twilight held her head in feeling that trying to lead convicts to do something without causing riots seem harder to do than she thought.

“Well if we don’t do something, they won’t be stopping anytime soon!” Trixie stated that they need to do something if they are gonna stop what’s happening inside.

“We’ll have to go in to see them.” Twilight stated in what they will have to do instead here.

“But what about you, if whoever is there is dangerous, then….” Trixie started off to ay in knowing that Twilight is not to be put in danger because if she dies, then…

“Like being captive prisoners to work with convicts forced from the government working behind the scenes isn’t dangerous enough?” Twilight exclaimed off in knowing that what was being force onto them isn’t as pleasant to be in as well.

“I…see your point.” Trixie slowly nods off in seeing that fair debated point that was made.

“Come on, we have to finish the mission so we can see everyone again!” Twilight issued off that they need to quickly get going to wrap this up so they can get their normal lives back.

Soon Twilight & Trixie leave the van to quickly rush on into the restaurant to find out what is going on. And back in the Italian Restaurant, we see that everyone was still having their motion of surviving against either defending or attacking. Right now, most of the convicts that were being reshuffle in attacking some kids & the detective, others had to watch out against those that could fight back. And even those either hiding or watching this play out were observing everything that was happening.

“Tony, this might be as terrible as coming across the Al Denti Brothers!” Pauly stated to say this in fearing this was as scary as their encounters with the Al Denti Brothers, they always use food objects as weaponry.

“Hey yo, can you mind taking your tussle outside, I’m eating here! Sheesh, the nerve of rudeness!” Tony cuts in to complain in seeing some folks wreck around as if they can do whatever they like.

“Hey boss, look at that girl’s mouth! She has big teeth, like my granny’s dentures!” Pauly pointed off in seeing Fluttershy’s teeth that seem a little odd.

“What the….” Tony looked at what Pauly pointed out, only to see them sharp crescent fangs. “Sweet Lasagna! Are you some kinda vampire?” Tony yelps out in asking in surprise to think Fluttershy’s some vampire.

“Um, not fully….I just took some from….my uncle Terrorcreep.” Fluttershy meekly spoke off from her hiding spot while revealing most about slowly transforming into a real vampire.

“Terrorcreep! Yo, Dan! You didn’t say nothing about bringing in a relative pally of that vampire dude who ruined an old business associate’s of mine during business in where he owned me money!” Tony protest out to the detective in hearing about Terrorcreep being involved from when that vampire did something to an associate of his sometime back.

“Kinda busy here!” Detective Dan replied off to say this in having to watch sword play from Skycrush.

“Tony, didn’t that guy you associated with say this Terrorcreep, whatever, attacked to ruin a business of selling black market weapons to some robbers?” Candy exclaimed off to mention this about Tony complaining when the guy that got attacked was running some black market operation.

“Who cares about that, the guy owned me 700 Grand to run that operation & never paired a cent back.” Tony remarked off in stating his own business about the matter about being own money which he can’t get back thanks to some vampire ruining things.

“Yeah, not a cent back!” Pauly pointed off in mentioning that his boss didn’t get one penny back from his associate he loan money to for the black market thing.

“Everyone, cease this act at once!” Spoke a voice as many turn to see a familiar blue skin girl appearing while wearing some cape & magician’s hat as it was…

“Trixie?” Boris, Boxco & Dm Dum replied off in seeing who was here.

“Boris?” Trixie replied off in being surprised to see who else was here.

“What’s happening here?” Then appearing at the same moment while wearing some long light gray cloak & hood, this girl was easily recognized as…

“Twilight?” The Rainbooms gang respond off in seeing who else was here while Spike barked off in response.

“Ben….Nyx…Spike….everyone?” Twilight replied off in seeing who else was before Spike ran & she picked up her dog in being surprised.

“What are you doing here?” They all asked off at the same time in why someone they least expected to see, was here of all places.

“Okay….this just got awkward real fast.” Jack Zen raised an eyebrow in seeing how things got stranger now.

“I know, we heard they got kidnapped, so why are they here with…well….these guys?” Goldie replied off to say that Twilight & Trixie were kidnapped, but why are they here, okay, & look like they are hanging with criminals.

“Stand down, all of you….apparently, we don’t want something to go wrong that’ll be bad for business in where we’re at…especially when we came to seek out Smaug’s whereabouts.” Deadblast called out to get his own group to standout, as they don’t want trouble, just some info & facts.

“Right, so this was the guy Firmtact said we could get contact about Smaug’s operation? This Pajamas guy?” Reaperdeath remarked off to say this in not being so sure if they can get much help from a guy that complains in where folks call him ‘Pajamas’ from not saying the name right.

“Oh brother, what is it with folks like you wanting to make trouble with Smaug, look, I said my peace to these guys, so am-scray!” Tony held up his arms in protest & defense in not wanting to say no more & for this next group to get out of here.

“Yeah, am-scray!” Pauly pointed his thumb backwards in telling the lot to get out of here.

“You don’t wanna get on bad terms here, especially since Firmtact knows what you’re keeping on hold, & wouldn’t care if you got shot if you turn us away. Believe me, she seems more pressuring than Azure Phoenix is.” Black Spider stated off to tell Tony about how bad Firmtact can be if something is not done will be bad business.

Hearing this made Tony start to think now, Firmtact was a more hardboiled case that took the words ‘extreme’ measurements to new heights & cut loses without batting an eye. At least with his dealings with Azure Phoenix to keep his military & Dragon Strike Force on a friendly term base, but some don’t see eye to eye from others that go the distance.

“Ugh, fine…tell you what, tell your boss to just work with this lot & get moving around the cover of darkness, trust me…it’ll be less easy for someone to shoot you.” Tony sighs off to simply say this much for the criminal lot under government control to work with Detective Dan’s little party while offering advice. “But keep your parties out of my business, you understand. I got an arrangement of being useful that if I’m off the streets, you can kiss any Intel on the Dark Terrorists & Decepticons goodbye!” He issued off that he don’t want nobody’s problems or troubles having drop into his business as he wants to be igloo & not be losing his ways with criminal underworld guys in which the government need him for the words he hears from crime gossip.

“Glad to see that you could do business, even if we’re now stuck babysitting more kids than what we got!” Maskdevil exclaimed to say this while looking around in seeing whether get out of this.

“Hey, we’re tough enough then you think!” Pinkamena protest in having been called weaklings by these crooks.

“Easy Pinkamena, right now…they seem like they are not in a wanting to kill us motion.” Sunset held her friend back from almost about to do something when seeing this lot was not doing anything criminal…yet?

“Oh that’s easy, cause we’re taking orders from Twilight.” Harley Witch exclaimed off with a cheeky smile in stating who they follow orders from.

“From Twilight?” The rest responded off in hearing this, Twilight is commanding these crooks?

“Since when was it that you gave orders to criminals, darling?” Rarity raised an eyebrow in liking to know when Twilight had such a hold on such folks.

“It’s a long…hugh, & not so enjoyable experience, believe you me.” Twilight signs off to say this in knowing that what she has to say is gonna take her a long thing to explain.

“Well let’s talk while we’re leaving…and I got my eye on you lot!” Detective Dan issued off that they take the conversation on out of here while the guy is watching the criminals carefully to make sure….there are no tricks.

Soon at this moment, a very awkward scene shows that everyone was turning to leave the restaurant. Detective Dan’s group was follow the dubbed Task Force X while the Rainbooms & the rest wanted to know how Twilight & Trixie got involved with such a group. As they left, Tony Pa-Jah-Mas sighs to look at the wreckage of his place while Pauly was eating a sub sandwich & Candy was checking am mirror to curl her eyelashes. And pretty much, the scene goes dark here in seeing a lot of things went down, & they are about to go down even more from another action about to take off…

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The scene begins to open up at a familiar dock location in where it looks like there was step ups of where a carnival would be seen being active. Next up to be seen while everything was dark with a full moon in the air, two different vehicles are seen in motion here. As they are pulled up, Detective Dan & the Rainbooms gang get out, while Task Force X gets out of their ride with Twilight & Trixie coming out. Everyone knew what they were looking for, someone to help them find where Smaug is hiding out in. The docks were a big place, somehow it was gonna be tricky to find anyone with some stands that seem pretty good for hiding folks.

“Look, there’s someone over there by the docks!” Pinkie Pie stated off in seeing someone was there on the docks.

“Hugh, from this angle, they look almost like…” Nyx stated to say something in seeing that whoever was there looked like…

“Wait, it can’t be….that’s…” Twilight gasped in realizing who was over there, those they know.

As everyone was approaching the spot while hiding from being seen, it was not just one person moving out from the middle of the path, it was a group. And upon seeing who & what they were, some of those hiding behind the stands came out to see…some old friends.

“Shadow Dragon!” Ben exclaimed off surprise in seeing who was here, a guy from Canterlot High who was once their detention instructor.

“And the rest of his Dragon Strike Force!” Sunset exclaimed to say this in not believing this, everyone that was a staff at their school was here, why was this group here to begin with?

“Hugh….Ben…everyone, what are you doing here?” Shadow Dragon looked to his surprise along with his team, of who was here as well.

“We can ask you the same question.” Flash pointed off in making the comment about the case.

“Except for the fact that your here and…” Tailtech pointed off in seeing that the gang from school was here in the middle of the night for some reason when they shouldn’t be.

“Wait, aren’t those people wanted criminals?” Saber Dragoon asked off in noticing that with the group were some known criminals they have tangled against in the past.

“What’s it to yah if we’re wanted or not?” Frost coldly remarked off towards the one asking the dumb questions.

“What are you doing with these children?” Aqua asked off in demand of why such wanted people are with those that go to Canterlot High.

“Wait a second, isn’t that…Detective Dan?” Laxtinct asked off in noticing who else was here, a detective that they have heard about.

“The one & only! And you’re probably wondering what the hey is going on, right?” Detective Dan replied off to simply say this while knowing that Dragon Strike Force has some questions concerning this matter.

“It would be best if we were filled in about what’s happening!” Shorty exclaimed to say that being informed about what’s going on would speed things up a little.

Soon at this moment, explanations were starting to go from one direction to the next. Where the Rainbooms got mix up with someone wanting to kill them, then about Twilight & Trixie got kidnapped by government men to be placed in Task Force X, & it all leads up to where they are after Smaug. But as for Dragon Strike Force, they explained that they had finished their difficult mission that kept them busy & exhorted much of their resources & stamina to complete. Shadow Dragon’s team was about to come back in hoping to get a little rest, but then a call from Iris Crystal informed the team about Ben & the others were missing for two days that made them feel concern to investigate up to where they started to search the docks for clues if it’s related to any Smaug activity.

“Ah gotta say, that is one bizarre tale ta have been told!” Flare Tiger exclaimed off in having heard this piece of news that surprised them.

“So you guys are somehow mix in with Smaug’s operation when you picked up a case containing alien weapons & a strange key? And that Firmtact has insisted Twilight & Trixie to be some assistant aids for Task Force X that’s made up of convicts?” Tailtech asked off in having put together the pieces to know what the story was about & how it all turn out to be.

“Yep, it’s the story of our lives.” Harley Witch nods off with a straight little smile in stating this true factor.

“Hmmm…Fluttershy, is something wrong?” Terrorcreep asked off to look at the girl who seem to be keeping a distance.

“Um…nothing.” Fluttershy meekly replied out in hiding behind her friends to conceal most of herself.

“Really, cause you look like your distancing yourself from him like your scared.” Boomerang remarked off

“Can it Boomerang!” Reaperdeath issued off for the guy to not go & upset a vampire who can suck his blood without a moment’s hesitation.

“Fluttershy, what’s wrong?” Pinkamena whispered off to her friend in wondering if the girl was alright.

“I’m afraid….he’ll know.” Fluttershy nervously whispered to the others in being near Terrorcreep, because the guy she thinks as an uncle will find out ‘WHAT’ she’s done to herself.

“About the whole you took a blood sample of his to inject & he’ll be mad at you for that?” Dum Dum pointed out in having heard about what Fluttershy did to herself beforehand.

“Oh man, I wouldn’t wanna be ticking the guy off if he learns what you did to yourself.” Boxco stated off in fearing that Terrorcreep when he gets mad about something, it’s scary to see.

“Gets worse, I think there’s only 24 hours or so left before the effect may become permanent. You better take the cure now before he realizes it.” Flash stated off silently to Fluttershy of how long the girl has if she doesn’t undo the slow transformation, she’ll become a full vampire & never be normal again.

“Besides that, you’re lucky its dark out or he notice your skin becoming more dark & gray.” Jack Zen stated out this matter in which shock Fluttershy, not only did she have fangs & her hair was slightly a mess to look less colorful, but her skin was changing too.

“Just keep her from doing anything weird, you told us what she did, & she may almost feel the need for blood soon.” Boris hushed off to say this forcefully that the last thing they need right now is Fluttershy going all wild vampire crazy to attack anyone, including those on the same side.

As this quiet discussion was going on, Terrorcreep felt like there was something he was being kept out of; especially with Fluttershy keeping a distance from him, why?

“Terrorcreep, did something happen between you two that Fluttershy is…behaving strangely?” Blazefist asked the guy if something happened that Fluttershy was not being more up front with Terrorcreep.

“No….but I am detecting a strange scent in the air.” Terrorcreep shook his head in not having done anything bad, but he is distracted by…some weird scent in the air.

“Must be the dead fish or animal meat they got by stored away for when the carnival is active.” Blazefist pointed out in where they are, the scent of such things that may still have blood would attract a vampire.

“I’m not sure…it could be that, or…something else. I wonder.” Terrorcreep stated off to say in being completely unsure what he smelled, the scent was odd…very odd, but almost…familiar.

“For any reason, we need to find this person you’re looking for that can help us lead to where Smaug is hiding out. Shorty, Tailtech, figure out what that key does that our friends were nearly killed because they had it.” Shadow Dragon pointed this off to issue the matter of what to be focus on, finding Smaug, learning about the silver key, & stopping whatever is going to happen.

“Oh, so that’s who was snooping around. Luckily, he’s been put to a good long rest.” Spoke out a voce belonging to some male that was not among the group here.

Then someone came out from the darkness & into a nearby street lamp in where everyone saw who he was; but he did give off an unpleasant feeling about himself. He looks like a young man with dark blue skin, messy upwards hair with blood red color, and his eyes are blood red. Other than from his physical muscle portion in being a young man at an age near 26, he is seen wearing an eye patch over his right eye, wears a black cape with stars on it, black pants & a gray vest shirt with long black sleeves, even wears black shoes & black gloves. He’s seen wearing a strange pendant with a symbol image that looks like a snake that goes through a skull, which to some felt it was better kept hidden from view by the cape, was less scary to see that way. Everyone was concern in seeing this character, by the sounds of it, he took care of the guy they were gonna meet to learn where Smaug is, but one person reacted differently in knowing who this guy was…& it was…

“Hugh…Merluck!” Trixie gasped off in seeing who this was, someone she knows that she didn’t expect to run into.

“Ye know dis fella, Trixie?” Applejack raised an eyebrow in hearing Trixie knows the guy.

“Don’t matter if it’s an ally or an enemy, all will fall to my might!” Devil Destroyer declared forth in not about to be unprepared if this guy was gonna make the first move against them.

“My, my, this is quite a large gathering.” Merluck stated off in noticing that there was a lot of people around here.

“Oh you better believe it, buster!” Wheelie issued off in sounding like they are big shots here.

“Uh-huh! It’s us against you!” Brains nods off in stating the guy better watch out now.

“Who said I was even….alone?” Merluck smiled off with a sneaky grin; like he was not ‘ALL’ alone as everyone thought.

“Powfruvhmm…Clackvhmm…” Then without warning, something was fired that ended up being a rope line that tangled around…Trixie. “Fruvhmmmm…./Waaaaughhh!” Then in an instant, Trixie was yanked across into the air faster than a blink of an eye as everyone was watching what happened; but couldn’t stop it.

“Trixie!” Boris called out in seeing the girl he loves got taken, but by who no one knew.

“Frusuvhhmmm….Stompfruvhmmm….” Then someone was seen flying in the air, then lands on the ground in stomping such heavy boot-wear on the ground while letting go of a tied up Trixie by Merluck; as everyone soon sees…a big, tall, musclebound heavy player that has entered the area. He appeared like a muscular man with apparently back-straight spike helmet style and eye color was unknown. He wears a dark blue & dark gray suit mix, mouth covered by mask, a dark tan blue vest to keep things, dark blue wrist bands of steel, ankle jewel bands around his ankles with blue gems, and his eyes are from a spec. sunglasses of a red color for the mask to allow him to see. This guy didn’t look like no pushover, in fact, many who saw this threatening type of guy began to show…concerns of who he was.

“Uh oh….” Harley Witch yelped in seeing who it was that they got all of a sudden.

“Oh, you gotta be blooming’ kidding’ me!” Boomerang issued off to complain in not liking what they are suddenly stuck in having to deal with.

“Great pickles on sour-notes….it’s Shiv Katall!” Detective Dan exclaimed off to say this in seeing who it was that was helping Merluck out.

“Who’s that?” Flash asked off in not liking the way it sounded of who this Shiv Katall character is.

“Ye mean ye don’t know? Even I heard of him, more ways than one!” Flare Tiger stated in shock that this young group never heard of this guy, she knows because of ‘another’ place in question she comes from.

“A guy known as the greatest bounty hunter around, an also a hired hit-man. One bounty hunter to another, you don’t wanna mess with him. Believe me, I did & it wasn’t pretty.” Reaperdeath exclaimed to say this in knowing full well how bad this situation seem, messing with Shiv Katall is never a good thing.

“He’s a mystery that not even the military have figured him out, all we have is that he hunts as a bounty hunter, but he’s not cheap as he’s expensive for only the most wealthy ones to hire his services. Where he lives, what he does, no one knows & only way to find him is if one has connections of the criminal underworld if they wanna request him.” Tailtech explained the details that surround Shiv Katall; that he’s a hired guy who is very expensive for one to ask for his services, but that’s only so that folks pay if they wanted TOP Quality bounty hunter skills to hunt down targets.

“Well if he’s such a big shot, why didn’t Firmtact nab & force him like some of us into this Task Force X?” Frost asked off a bigger question of why a guy like him never was caught & force into service like they were.

“Because unlike the rest, I’m better than you rookies.” Shiv Katall spoke in a deep, dark voice mix from his mouth vizor, which freak some out while it tick off others in hearing how high & mighty the guy was to call even wanted criminals that commented such crimes; mere rookies. “There was someone that tried to catch me off guard, government folks, but if they aren’t negating for business, then let’s just say they know not to get in the way of my business again.” He explained off that someone tried to get him, but since their business was over, he finished off whoever was not taking no for an answer.

“Well there’s your answer, Firmtact could only get those of us that she could, this guy…is no slacker or amateur…he’s a walking tank.” Deadblast exclaimed to say this in a focus serious tone i seeing how dangerous this guy was that if Firmtact couldn’t apprehend the guy to be under her thumb, then he’s more harder to get through then even those of Task Force X that were caught & made to serve under Firmtact’s rule of obedience.

“Then let us end him!” Skycrush issued forth in seeing what they will just have to do here.

“Don’t bother, your all done.” Shiv Katall issued off to say this in holding some strange stick remote in hand, before pressing it.

“Trriizziizvhvmmm…./Gwaaaaaughhhh!” Suddenly without warning, hidden devices all over the dock went off in delivering shock voltage to all of the group that were caught in an electric dome as their yelping cries & screams are heard. Trixie closed her eyes to avoid watching this horror show until it was finally over. The electric dome was gone, everyone was seen on the ground, out cold & unconscious in having fallen into a trap played out by Shiv Katall, to which Merluck nods in finding this easy handling, satisfying.

“Task Force X, respond! I lost contact with your signals, what’s happening?” A voice of Firmtact was heard from Trixie’s com-device in her ear, she was going to reply, but it got taken out by…Merluck in having heard a tiny radio voice too.

“Sorry, the number you have reached can’t take your call now. Better luck next time; goodbye.” Merluck issue doff to say this to the com-link in preparing to hang up.

“Wait, what!?” Before Firmtact could say another word, Merluck shut off the com device that Trixie had. Then at this moment, many suited thugs were appearing out of nowhere to stand near Merluck as if awaiting further orders.

“Alright, put a few Anti-Power Collars on those with unnatural powers, be it mutant or vampire, & place those scrap metals on a super magnet to keep them immobilized.” Merluck issued the order in apprehending those that may cause trouble for them, the Dragon Strike Force, Task Force X, even the Mini-Cons.

“Roger, Mr. Merluck!” One thug nods off in having heard the order, as he & the others quickly got to work at this time. Many of the thugs carefully approached Dragon Strike Force to collar their abilities to prevent any trouble, Task Force X only had some with powers like Frost to be collars while the rest were tied up in diamond bended chains to be immobilized. There was even a guy that used a big disc magnet that attracted Wheelie & Brains, keeping their bodies pin to the surface, unable to move if they wanted to. Trixie felt bad that this happened, but not as bad as it’s about to get next…which now involves her involvement in this.

“Well Trixie, care to explain how you got tangle in all of this?” Merluck look to the capture girl in liking a little talk about this.

“Merluck…I….this is…” Trixie was having a hard moment in how to explain this when….

“Don’t worry, I can tell this was a force measure by the government, & if someone’s picking on you, you know I look out for you, right?” Merluck smiled off to easily say this to the girl as if speaking in terms of a guy that look out for someone that needs looking out for.

“Hmmm.” Trixie looked away in feeling uncertain about responding to that, even though Merluck seem to be looking out for her. “What are you gonna do about them?” Trixie asked off in sounding concern in what was gonna happen to the others.

“Dragon Strike Force & those convicts are gonna be placed in reinforce prison cells, chained up to be kept quiet, but believe me….father is gonna be pleased to see we captured them & some Transformer Mini-Cons to take them apart.” Merluck issued off to say this in knowing what they will do with those that stuck their noises where it doesn’t belong, but their capture will make someone very happy.

“What are you gonna do with them teenagers, their pooch, & that detective. They hardly look like government units?” Shiv Katall asked off to the guy in knowing the others hardly seem like they could even do much; they’re not military or dangerous criminals.

“Bring them along, after all…I think it’s time they return something that belongs to the family & meet with the intended buyer of a certain ‘key’ object, don’t you agree Trixie?” Merluck stated to say this in thinking those that got involved in holding a case that holds something that belongs to them, they should meet with the new owner, the BOSS of the group; he smiled to Trixie to see if she liked the idea.

Trixie was silent in having heard this as she was picked up to be untied by the thug lacks. To which Trixie looked at the situation, between Merluck & Shiv Katall here, the trickster girl does not stand a chance in fighting them on her own without supportive help. The scene begins to darken as Merluck was bringing their new ‘captives’ to a location that they were wanting to go to all along, while also taking with them a brief case of important objects with one ‘key’ item of major importance. What will happen to those gonna be held as prisoners & worse, what will happen to those that will meet the boss? All that is a mystery to be found out…later on…

Author's Notes:

Tony Pa-Jah-Mas is a character well known as he & others with him are related to being seen from the Amanda Show.

Human Smaug's organization will be known as 'The Apocalypse Order' as a different version from the Apocalypse Ponies from Equestria Prime's Universe.

Shiv Katall's Human Version is almost like seeing him in person from Buzz Lightyear if Star Command TV Series. As he's playing a role much like a seen OC Pony Version made by VISION-KING.

Man, this one had a lot of stuff going down, but nothing could prepare us for what happened next! And speaking of which, in the next chapter, having been captured, the Rainbooms & Detective Dan meet the Mob Boss, Smaug, a guy who doesn’t like nosy snoops that dig into things where they don’t belong. Wanting answers, the Mob Boss states that since the gang aren’t going anywhere, they are gonna know just what his organization is doing in making weapons, but not just any…Alien Weapons salvage & reverse-engineered to make one side of humanity invincible; his & anyone in the criminal society. And his greatest weapon, is but a single silver key that will change the world to kneel under the might of Smaug. While the gang are later thrown in cells, someone comes to approach & helps set them free, & it’s…Trixie Lulamoon? What’s she doing here if not captured or will it be time to reveal a dark truth of her connection to Smaug?