Meanwhile, on the center of Equestria, Canterlot

"How is he?"

"Stable for now, Captain..." The doctor passed by the files. "He's on a coma again. It was indeed magic induced amnesia."

"Any progress?" Shining rearranged his guarded sword by the waist.

"Being magic, the effect should wear off sooner. It's taking a long time than expected..."

"The sooner the better. Princess Celestia's magic would be too much for his head."

"Exactly, we can't overdo a cure for It. The magic used is too strong, but we can't take risks. It's been almost half month."

A magic aura could be felt in the hospital's hall. And by the door, Princess Celestia showed up along with her sister Princess Luna.
The doctor and nurses bowed down in signal of respect in the presence of the royalty and Shining Armor a salute. They stood up and kept working on their tasks.

"Anything new?" Asked Celestia concerned.

"Not much, princess... Dr. Fumes fell on a coma again this morning. But the effect should wear off sooner."

"Who could have done this?" Her sister asked.

"I might have a clue who..." Shining Armor scratched his chin thinking. "Somepony with the interest in the weapons."

"But who and for what?"

"I'm not sure. Information?"

"Then why put Fumes with an amnesia?" Celestia asked.

"It's simple." The Captain pointed at the room where the patient was. "The suspect took the information, and made him forget so he couldn't tell us. And I think... he didn't kill him because he would need him in the future."

"MANE SHAKER!!!" Fumes screamed from his room in his old voice.

They all froze and looked at room. Everypony rushed in the room to see Dr. Fumes sitting on the bed, breathing heavily and eyes wide open, with tubes in his body connected to his veins and machinery to keep track of his health status.

"What did you say?!" Asked Shining Armor without believe.

"Captain!" Fumes pointed at him with a trembling finger. "It was Mane Shaker himself! He sneaked in my house by the middle of the night, after that day!"

"Why Mane?" Demanded Princess Celestia.

Princess Luna stepped outside without their notice, leaving her older sister and Shining Armor with Dr. Fumes who just came back to reality.

"So that's how Mane got the info... Smart move, but now everything may go to the bottom of the pit. Luna walked back and forth on the corridor. "I can't interfere directly or Celestia may suspect, giving away she's not stupid. I hope Mane didn't refer me in his plan to Fumes... she knows of my mutual relation with him even more after that crisis on the Midnight Gala..."

She stayed on the hall looking outside at the hospital's garden, thinking how she could help in the situation. And her sister Celestia showed up next to her, and leered at her by the corner of the eye.

"Do you have anything to do with this..?" She asked seriously.

"What do you mean, sister?" Luna faked a tone that she had nothing related to the case.

"Luna, spare my patience. Since I caught you with Mane on bed during the Midnight Gala, I'm sure you are his "inside agent" in the palace."

"Celestia! We didn't reached to the point!" Luna turned for her with a shocked expression. "I'm the second princess of the Equestria!"

"Then WHY?"

"You know... you had Twilight Sparkle, and I had him." The Night Princess kept thinking in her words. " He was my protected one during those years... I couldn't resist in seeing him after all those years without knowing of him!"

"Why in bed then?"

"It was... you know..."

"Foreplay?" Celestia teased with a provocative smile.

"NO! It was... to remember the times I used to play with him, when he was a little foal! He never had a mother... can't you see that in your heart, 'Tia?!"

Celestia looked outside and saw the mother of a foal bandaged on a leg, walking with him by the garden while pushing his wheelchair. Laughing and talking together, and his father showed up, dressing a white smock like the doctors. The Sun Princess closed her eyes and meditated on her sisters words.

"I understand..." Celestia putted her hand on Luna's face with a caressing touch. "I'm sorry..."

"Glad you understand..." Luna smiled.

"But don't let that cover your vision... Mane became rogue with the years, interfering on the Royal Army's business in the worst ways he could think of."

"But... he's doing It for the good of Equestria!"

"Luna, sister... everypony deserves a chance and a judgement."

"How many escaped from prison to live another day and keep doing their actions?"

"You're right, but Shining Armor as been improving the security even more with the help of the Royal Laboratories."

"I want to see that in the future..."

Right after Princess Luna finished her sentence, Captain Shining Armor walked out the room, allowing the nurses to take care of Fumes. He went straight forward to the princesses and stopped with a salute.

"Our Highnesses, I have the full report." He said in his command voice.

"What is going on then?" Asked Celestia. "Tell us everything you know."

"Mane Shaker got the info of the weapons and some of the new ones. Apparently for unknown reasons he told Dr. Fumes of his plan..."

Luna gave a dry gulp, hoping in no hearing her name, reminding herself she helped Mane and Pinkamena in getting inside the train undetected.

"...he said that the weapon production got out of control as well the export for our allies in Equestria. And somehow, Mane himself knew most of them got robbed and are being smuggled across Equestrian territory for unknown buyers."

"That's chaotic!" Celestia gasped in fear in what could happen in the crime rates. "What else?"

"Mane and his unusual partner Pinkamena Diane Pie, nicknamed "Cupcake Killer", they traveled to the Crystal Empire to try stop the source of this incident."

"Pinkamena... that assassin is the complete opposite of Pinkie Pie, the element of Laughter Itself... I wonder if they are related. She tried to commit homicide during the Midnight Gala." Celestia stopped to think.

"Exactly. The same mare is with him, and we don't know the factors. Nopony knows!"

"Partners in crime?" Asked Luna surprised.

"It's the best option." Shining Armor agreed. "But let's not sidetrack the topic. Some days ago, we got a report from our ambassador in the Crystal Empire of some disturbance. Apparently, seems those weapons already caused one death. It's the first one in Equestria, and according to the files, the victim was a mess!"

"Spare the details, please..." Celestia begged with a nauseous face. "This is clearly a high alert crisis. Get your troops ready, you must depart in two days by the morning! And in the mean time, inform them of Mane, he slipped from our grasp enough times!"

"Yes, our Highness!" Shining saluted. "My troops have been training with the muskets all these days, they should be fit for this case!"

"Good. Don't loose anytime. Get the supplies ready and give the speech to them. Don't lose any time! Dismissed!"

Shining Armor saluted again and ran off to the Royal Army Headquarters in the palace.
Luna stood in silence the whole time, relieved for not hearing her name in the report.

"We should go back." Said Celestia in a tired voice. "I must write a message to our ambassador."

"Okay" Whispered the sister.

"I must tell them about this..."