“This is the place I think” Nico said; the 3 of us looked on the marked building “MP and Vinyl”; MP sounded familiar but I couldn’t put a name on it.

“Alright so we need a way to get past the bouncer” Tyler said pointing towards a burly looking stallion guarding the entrance.

“Let’s just walk in” Nico said; I was kind of relieved knowing we were going on a mission in a club, not a pony favela or a slum; just an innocent looking night club.

“Okay guys follow my lead” I said; the 3 of us walked into the line, trying our best to blend in with the crowd of other party goers. We waited anxiously for a good 10 minutes before it was our turn to go up. I scurried by the giant guard; but he waved a giant hoof blocking Tyler from going on.

“Sorry” He said “You got to be a pegasus or a unicorn to enter” He said; good thing I got Boris to change my appearance.

“Well that is pretty gay” Tyler said “You’re not even a pegasus or unicorn!”

“That is why I’m outside bud; now scram” He said pushing Tyler back some. Tyler looked like he was about to shit bricks but I managed to whisper to him “Try the back” without the guard hearing (Somehow).

By the time we were in the doorway we could hear that loud hard style that we all knew and loved.

“I love dubstep” Nico said with a chuckle

“This isn’t dubstep though” I began “It is Italian Hard style” I said

“It is obviously dubstep” Nico said “You can hear the DJ dropping the bass the entire time!”

“Exactly” I began “Dubstep still has some lyrics and semblance of a song; Italian Hard style is just 100% bass drop” I knew a lot about Italian Hard style; the only type of music known to man to keep some pony energized and pumped.

“So what do we actually have to do?” I asked; Nico hadn’t given me a lot of additional details; all he gave me was the bare essentials.

“We need to get in the private part of the club; but first we should unlock the back door for Tyler”

I sighed “I think he’ll find a way in; besides if any pony knows we brought in an Earth Pony we will get kicked out.”

Nico nodded “You’re right let’s get into the private section now; if I remember correctly it is on the 2nd floor.

I eyed the stairwell on the opposite side of the room; I had to admit the place looked nice. There were 2 bars, 1 on either side of the dance floor (Which was packed with unicorns and pegasus… no Earth ponies). On one side in a small room were the DJ and her equipment. It didn’t hit me off the bat but I realized it was Vinyl Scratch! If Vinyl was here Mike was probably around too!

“Hey Nico we should go find Mike he might be able to help us” I said

“Great idea where do you think he is?” Nico asked sardonically; I had to admit if he was somewhere on the dance floor it would be near impossible to find him in the middle of the pony mass.  

We walked down the stairs from the entrance warily checking every pony for Mike; at first we couldn’t find Mike but Nico found something better.

“Hey Vespi, isn’t that Twilight Sparkle?” Nico asked; I looked out by the bar; there were several tables and booths were ponies could sit. In one of them were Twilight Sparkle and her friends Rainbow Dash and Applejack. I didn’t want to be nosy but since we were at a near dead end we chose to just listen to them for a minute.

“What are y’all so scared of?” AJ asked Twilight “it’s not like it hurts or nothing”

“I know that I’m just” Twilight said looking down at the wooden table near them, trying to form some sort of an excuse.

“Yea come on Twilight it’s not bad” Rainbow Dash said joining in “Just find some pony you like and dance near them”

“Ehh I’m not really a club mare” Twilight said shyly

“Come on you promised us you’d try” Applejack said

“Why is this even so important to you mares anyways?” Twilight asked “Were only 18”

Nico gave me a nudge “Weren’t Twilight and Mike… you know” He asked quietly trying to not draw attention to himself.

“I don’t know, I can’t trust anything Mike says” I said “Let’s just listen a little bit more”

Just like a charm Mike came up in their talk

“Hey didn’t y’all love Mike before y’all broke up?” Applejack asked

“No” Twilight said “He accidentally talked about Vinyl when we met in the maze; I realized he was lying… as usual” Twilight said

Rainbow Dash gave a haughty laugh “Wait so you’re a virgin!?”

Twilight just frowned “I think I’m just going to go home” She got up looking dejected and began trotting towards the staircase; last thing I wanted to do was being caught eavesdropping.

Luckily AJ was a kind pony “Wait Twilight sorry about giving y’all a hard time; can’t you just have a drink with us then?” She asked with a slapdash smile

“I don’t drink” Twilight said with yet another shy expression.

“Then we’ll drink water!” AJ said quickly. Twilight nodded and they headed back to their booth.

“That was a close one” I said

“Yea” Nico said “So Twilight is a virgin eh?” He gave a cackle

“Wait what are you guys doing?” Some pony asked; sadly whoever this pony was didn’t understand animal instincts. I turned around and bitch hoofed him in the face; not because he was dangerous or annoying, just unexpected.

“OW what the hell was that for!?” He asked; I turned around to see a white unicorn with orange hair covered by a backwards baseball cap. He wore big Vinyl Scratch like glasses but had red lenses instead. I knew those glasses like the back of my hoof; they were the glasses Vinyl gave to Mike as a present. I just slapped Mike!

“Sorry Mike you scared me” I said with a giggle “How’s it going?”

“Pretty good; I finally got a break, Vinyl is working as DJ.” He said; I was stunned to say this but he looked exactly like his old self

“Hey Mike can you get us into the VIP section where the boss is?” Nico asked; so much for being stealthy.

“Sure why not I was heading over there for break myself tag along.” Mike said

So we followed him; we went past the dance floor and onto the staircase on the other side of the room; we then headed into a narrow hallway which leads to a door; in front was another bouncer and lots of anxious ponies trying to get in.

“Okay assholes out of my way!” Mike said pushing every pony out of the way; the bouncer didn’t even bother to look a 2nd time and just opened the door for the 3 of us.

I had to admit the VIP section really sowed Mike alright. There were a couple couches a TV in the corner, a small kitchen in the other (Even though Mike never cooked) and maybe 20 ponies in the room besides us; most were fillies.

“So what brings you to the club? Did you get divorced yet Vespi?” he asked; frankly I doubted I would get divorced… ever.

“No I’m still happily married” I said “How are things with you and Vinyl”

Mike shrugged “Pretty good I guess; at first both of us as DJ lead to some competition but it all ended up as sexy fun in the end” Mike said “If you’re married why are you here then Vespi?” He said suspiciously

“Well we need your help Mike” Nico said; was he really going to tell Mike our entire plan?

“Yea what?” Mike asked

“Do you know about The Family?” Nico asked; shit!

Mike just cupped Nico’s mouth before he could finish.

“We can’t talk about them here follow me” Mike waved us over to what seemed to be his private room; inside was Tyler sitting on a couch.

“I knew you guys were up to something when I found Tyler scratching at the back door” Mike said

“Yea what the hell was that guys?” Tyler asked livid “Were you seriously going to let me die out there?”

“No” we both said in unison

“So what do you guys need to know about The Family?” Mike asked

“Isn’t their leader here or something?” I asked

“Yea Achille is down there in the club right now” Mike said “Bastard is trying to hustle me and Vinyl out of money. If you guys are going to take him down count me in.”

“Good that is what we are going to do” I said “Show us him and one of us will kill him; but who should do it?” I looked around the room; all three of my friends had their hooves on their noses.

“God dammit seriously guys” I asked; they didn’t move “Fine I’ll do it”

We headed back outside; this time though I was carrying a small concealed silenced pistol; any pony that “accidentally” looked at me wouldn’t even see it.

“See him? He is over there” Mike said; he pointed to a Earth pony in a suit and fedora talking to 2 similar clothed ponies.

“Let’s get him” I said

“I’m going to go up at the mixing table for the moment.” Mike said “Call me a pussy but if they found out I shot him they’d burn this place down!”

Mike was being a pussy, a smart pussy

“Good idea” I said “Tyler, Nico are you going to stay behind me?”

They both looked at each other and slowly nodded.

Our trio made its way slowly towards this pony, Achille. We tried our best to stay away from his line of site; but not completely trying to avoid his gaze.

“Sup there” I said; the three of us walked right over to his table, they were eating spaghetti with marinara sauce.

“Who the hell are you?” One of the guards barked

“I have a question first” Tyler asked stepping forward “How do Earth ponies like you get inside this establishment?”

“Who the hell wants to know?” The guard barked again; the other guard stood up in his seat

I whipped out the gun “SAXTON HALLLLLLLLLLEE!” I wasn’t very good with guns but at this range it would be impossible to miss. The first shot was delivered right to Achille himself; he dropped right into his meal of pasta. The 2nd and 3rd bullets went to the barking guard who flew back into his seat. The 4th bullet somehow missed but the 5th, 6th, and 7th bullets hit the last guard in the chest.

I expected every pony to all scream at once and charge for the exits, but not a single pony even looked our way.

“God bless silencers” I said with a chuckle “Now you put the bodies under the table and we can get out of here.”

“Wait why do we have to do that?” Tyler protested “Can’t you?"

“I shoot them you hide them” I said with a smile; the 2 grumbled as they pushed the 3 corpses under the table. Luckily the club was very dark which aided us; also we were blessed that no pony would want to sit at a table that already had some pony possibly sitting there (Or at a table with spaghetti con brains).

We headed back to Mike as quickly as possible; when he saw us near the mix table he came down, I guess he didn’t want Vinyl to hear him.

“Is he dead?” Mike asked

“Yup” I said “I think the Princess will want to see you”

“Fine” Mike said; he walked over to Vinyl and tapped her on the shoulder

“What is it?” She asked

“Vespi assassinated the head of the Family got to go talk to the princess now, love you.”

“Good to hear love you too.” She said giving him a sloppy kiss on the cheek

“Okay we can go now”

The 4 of us headed out of the club before I finally worked up the courage to ask mike a question

“Hey Mike didn’t you say you did it with Twilight in Discord’s maze?” I asked

“Ehh I lied” He said “I was going to but I accidentally talked about Vinyl for a quick second and Twilight found out.

“Poor virgin” Nico chuckled

Mike’s eyes became 2 giant saucers in an instant ‘Wait she’s a virgin?”

“Yuhuh” I said; before long all 3 of us couldn’t help but laugh.

“I don’t get it…” Tyler said

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