Three Days Later

Twilight and company walked out of the motel they were staying at. They didn't bother beginning their quest until morning so they could avoid suspicion and any trouble they might have. Once outside, Twilight realized how hard this would be. She had never been to Los Pegasus and the sheer volume of it was daunting.

"Alright, we should split up into three groups. Applejack and Rarity, you'll search the strip and casinos." Twilight said.

"You got it sugarcube."

"Rainbow, you and Pinkie search the downtown area."

"Why us? I want to search the strip." Rainbow Dash complained.

"Sorry Rainbow, but I want you to search the more dangerous areas." Twilight explained.

Hearing only a groan in return, Twilight continued. " Fluttershy, you and me are going to keep an eye on the traffic entering the city. That way if they're not here yet, we can catch them."

There were no objections so they set of to work.

Trixie looked over to Scootaloo. "Hey, we're going to be in Los Pegasus soon. Trixie doesn't want you to leave her side."

Scootaloo looked up at her and gave her those eyes that could spread diabetes, if diabetes existed. "Why do I have to?"

Trixie was unfazed by the eyes and said. "Los Pegasus is a dangerous place for a filly. Trixie knows this very well. That is why Trixie wants you near her."

Scootaloo was going to say something, but one of the foalnappers came out of the caravan and walked up to Trixie. "How much longer will this take. Some of us are getting restless."

Trixie didn't look at her but she said. "Within the hour."

Scootaloo glared at the bounty hunter. This was first contact with them and she wasn't about to be all smiles and sunshine to them.

The amethyst-eyed assassin didn't even glance her way. Instead she walked silently back to the caravan.

I wonder if Trixie knows anything about them. Scootaloo thought.

"Hey Trixie, who is that?"

Trixie looked at the filly and said. "Trixie doesn't have a clue. But her and her friends are strange. Trixie doesn't like them."

"I don't like them either." Scootaloo agreed.

They continued the rest of the voyage in silence.

"Hello and welcome to Caesars Palace. How might I be of assistance." The greeter said.

Applejack was about to say something, but Rarity said something first. "Yes, we are looking for a friend of ours. Unicorn stallion, above average height, pretty good build. Have you seen him?"

The greeter thought about it for a while before saying. "I'm sorry, there are at least a dozen stallions that match that description. Can you give me more details?"

Rarity nodded and continued "He has a navy blue and silver mane and tail. Both are scruffy. He has a lot of scars and his eyes are a bright red."

The greeter didn't need to think this time but asked suspiciously. "Is his cutie mark a weird cross between the letter 'E' and a 3?"

Applejack spoke up. "Yes have you seen him?"

But before the greeter answered, a unicorn acompanied walked up to the greeter. "Is there a problem?"

The greeter whispered something in his ear that made the susposed supervisor very mad.

He turned to the duo and spoke in a very harsh voice. "Get out of this establishment, we don't serve your kind here. Why don't you go to the Gomorrah where you degenerates belong."

Rarity huffed "Well then, if you won't be civil about this then I'll take my leave." She proceeded to walk out of Caesars Palace with her head held high. Applejack followed, but she muttered some very nasty things under her breath.

Rainbow and Pinkie had a great amount of luck in their search. Sigma was a legend to the ponies who lived in poverty. He was an icon to them and they were all extremely helpful. Of course it took a while before they would talk about him. They were eventually pointed in the direction of a pony that they all called Katar.

Rainbow and Pinkie approached a broken down pony who was on the last leg of the race known as life.

"Do you think thats him Pinkie?" Rainbow asked.

"Only one way to find out." Pinkie said happly and hopped over to him and asked "Are you Katar?"

The old pony didn't have the strength to look up but said. "No, Katar is my son. I am Synagogue." His voice was dry and raspy.

"Well where is he?" Rainbow asked.

Synagogue didn't answer but instead decided to start coughing up blood.

This worried Pinkie to no end. "Whats wrong with him. Rainbow, please fix it." Pinkie pleaded.

Rainbow was to stunned by this to do anything productive. Instead, a dull grey earth pony ran up to him and started doing stuff. From what Rainbow could tell, he appeared to be giving the old stallion water and some kind of medicine. After a good thirty seconds of watching, the old pony was sleeping.

This didn't let the stallion rest. Instead, it made him cry. This in turn made Pinkie's hair deflate and cry as well. It then donned on Rainbow that he wasn't asleep, but dead.

They all cried for a couple of minutes before the stallion looked at them and asked "Why have you come?" There was no happiness in his voice.

Rainbow answered. "We came looking for a pony named Katar. Have you seen him?"

"Your look at what's left of him."

Rainbow knew that she needed information and this guy had the answers, but he just lost his father. Rainbow spoke softly "We are looking for a stallion named Sigma. Have you seen him?"

Katar thought for a second before saying "Why are you looking for him?"

Pinkie said "Because he might be in trouble and we need to help him."

Katar laughed. "Sigma doesn't need help."

Rainbow said. "I know, but he might have a filly with him and he was captured by some ponies. He also had some sort of burnout with his magic."

Katar stopped laughing instantly. "Then we have no time to lose."

Pinkie was the first to respond. "Should you mourn the loss you have?"

Katar shook his head. "Yes, but there is a time and place for everything. I will mourn, but I don't want to lose my father and my best friend in the same day."

And with that, he took off. Leaving Rainbow and Pinkie behind.

"Lets go Pinkie, he might need our help."

Twilight and Fluttershy were bored. Fluttershy kept worrying about her animals and Sigma, Twilight was nervous about what they might find. There was a good chance that this would end badly.

Twilight was gazing lazily at the incoming caravans as those were the only ones that would matter. This continued on for two hours before something happened. And it wasn't Twilight who spotted her.

"Umm Twilight, isn't that Trixie?" Fluttershy asked.

Twilight looked to where Fluttershy was pointing and saw that it was indeed Trixie...and Scootaloo.

Twilight immediately went into action "Fluttershy, get the others and come back here."

Fluttershy let out something that past for okay and hurried off.

Twilight then ran straight at Trixie, catching her off guard. "Trixie, how could you do that?"

Trixie recognized Twilight and retorted. "Trixie has done nothing to offend you, now get out of Trixie's face!"

Twilight wouldn't budge. "Don't lie to me Trixie, I know that you foalnapped Scootaloo and Sigma."

Trixie's face got extremely angry. "How do you know that name?" Her voice was monotone and represented the element of being uber pissed.

Twilight yelled. "Because Sigma is a friend of mine. I know that he would never be seen in public with you."

Trixie started laughing, pissing the shit out of Twilight. "You ignorant foal, I've known Sigma since I was a filly. How dare you accuse me of abducting my best friend and this little filly I found in the middle of the road."

Scootaloo screamed "ENOUGH! Trixie, I lied to you. I didn't run away, I was following the ponies who foalnapped Sigma. The three in back are the ones that did it."

That shut up both Trixe and Twilight. The screaming left Scootaloo out of breath.

"Time to tie up loose ends." said a fourth voice.

Before Trixie and Twilight could react, a pony jumped on top of Twilight. Unable to do anything, Twilight started to struggle. While Trixie was distracted, she was hit with a knock-out spell. With Trixie out of the fight, the second assailent's attention turned to Twilight. The pony on top of Twilight started to choke her. After a good twenty seconds, Twilight passed out. Scootaloo was scared and in a corner. A third one came out of the shadows and bucked her in the head, knocking her out.

Amethyst looked at the others and said "We will bring all of them as a gift. Me and the kid will load them up, you will pull the caravan."

Crimson groaned. "Fine, but we better get extra for this."

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