Unit 0047

   "Has there been any reports, yet, from our assistant?" asked Princess Luna.

   An earth-pony bowed her head and answered her goddess.

   "Yes, your majesty. We have received a letter from Mr. Larvae."

   "Proceed then."

   The mare took out a yellow parchment and cleared her voice.

"To Princess Luna,

Our investigations had led us to the imprisonment of Carmilla Ophelia, cousin of Sweetcloud Silvergaze. We believe she had been working with our run-away thief in which he had escaped at Hollow Shades. We do not know of his whereabouts or his accomplice, Ms. Silvergaze. I trust that Ms. Ophelia will cooperate and reveal valuable information to the case. Until then, we shall have our prize.

From, Swarmer Larvae."

   Luna stared out a window where the moon hung over the sleeping city of Canterlot.

   "It seems that our dear assistant is hiding something from us. Very well, we can only rely on Mare-Do-Well for now."

Slam!

   Unit locked the door behind him while Sweetcloud was heavily gasping on the couch. They were in their small apartment.

   "Sweetcloud, you maniac! We almost crashed to our death! Thank Celestia, I used a teleportation spell otherwise I'd have your wings ripped off!"

   "Well, you're welcome, Mr. Grumpy Pants! If I hadn't flew us away from the guards in the first place then we both would be stuck in some stinkin' prison!"

   "Celestia! You're persistent on making enough noise to wake up Equestria! You might as well play 10 instruments at the same time!"

   "I can't play 10 instruments at the same time because it's impossible and it's not enough noise to sustain me!"

   "Why do you even need noise to sustain you?! Does that mean you'll even make a bigger mess of things with your loud mouth!?"

   "Loud mouth?! Talk about a pessimistic jerk!"

   "Fine! If that's how you feel then I guess there shouldn't be any reason to hang around with the likes of you!"

   Unit slammed the door once more and left the building where it was starting to rain. He stumbled in disbelief of what had happened. Was he going to end it here? Would he be able to walk away just like that? Why not? He's done it before. Who cares about some dumb, old bat pony! Unit is just fine on his own! Then why is his chest still swelling?

   He passed by closed shops, wandering ponies, and Royal Guards. He no longer cared anymore but it didn't matter since they didn't notice him. Anger mixed with sadness clouded his thoughts. What just happened? Had Sweetcloud really stood up against him? Maybe he was a jerk after all if she had to do that...

   Unit stopped in the middle of a park and sat on a bench. It was dark outside and the Royal Guards were probably still looking for him and Sweetcloud.

   "Heh, so you two got into a big fight."

   Unit screamed and fell off the bench. A bat pony was sitting right next to him. But not just any bat pony...

   "Carmilla?"

   The eye-patched bat sat on the bench right next to where he was originally sitting.

   "Hey, Unit," she said casually, " Not much luck with my cousin, eh? Jeez, she must've shot you down hard. You were so lost in thought that you never recognized me sitting here!"

   Warily, he sat back down next to her and continued to sulk under the rain.

   "I don't want to talk about it. And why are you here? Did you get a bail or something? Even so, how did you find us?"

   She waved her hoof coolly.

   "Woah, woah. One question at a time. First off, how is my sister doing? Is she doing well to stay out of your crimes?"

   "Nothing really," Unit said while scratching his chin, "Other than what happened before we arrived at Fillydelphia, nothing at all and I made sure of that."

   "That's good. That's good..." she said as she trailed off, "So listen, since we're both criminals, I've done some thinking. Why don't we partner up and take on Equestria ourselves? You don't have to worry about Sweetcloud. I'm sure she'll be fine! I can send her a post-card once the Royal Guards are chasing us. Whaddaya say?"

   Unit twiddled his hooves. (Was that even possible?) He looked up at Sweetcloud and stared her right in the eye.

   "We could be a team? Just me and you? Taking on Equestria's greatest treasures..."

   There was a moment of silence as the two stared at each other. The rain pouring, the eyes waiting, the answer almost breathing.

   "No. I'll have to decline. I'm sorry but... I can't imagine leaving Sweetcloud out of the picture. Even if it meant all of the treasures in Equestria."

   He got up to leave but Carmilla knocked him in the shoulder. He lay there on the sidewalk, unconscious.

   "Sorry, Unit. But i'm afraid you won't have a second chance."

   Swarmer stood at the gates of The Manehattan Jail. Two guards was by his side waiting in the rain with him. Lightning flashed and it showed for a brief moment a shadow of a chariot in midair. The chariot then came out of the foggy rain and landed in front of them with two pegasus attached to its reins.

   Carmilla got out of the chariot, dragging a body bag with her. She threw it in front of Swarmer and he opened the zipper. Inside was Unit.

   "Dead?" he screamed over the pouring rain.

   "No! I knocked him unconscious. Now, it's time to fill in your end of the deal! Release Tomato Scar and Rainbow Song from prison and wipe our records clean from the book including my cousin! Also, take off that stupid wanted poster!"

   Swarmer nodded and ripped the files that was in his hoof.

   "I hope you won't tell anyone about this, Ms. Achoo. Or else I'll come after you! Have a nice day!"

   Lightning cracked while Sweetcloud sobbed on the couch, burying her face in a pillow.