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Applejack opened her eyes. She was in a room with three concrete walls and a concrete floor. The fourth wall was made up of metal bars crisscrossed that made the room look like a jail cell. Seeing the stallion outside the room with keys on his belt made her realize this was a jail cell. She stood up and saw a table outside the cell, which was few feet away from the guard, that her hat and hair bands were on.

"Where in tarnation ahm I?!" she yelled at the guard.

He chuckled. "Telling you would only get you killed." was all that he said.

"Ah don't care! Now where ahm I?!" she repeated.

"Your at the STFU." came the voice of the mare from Rarity's watch.

"What?!" she shouted angrily. The guard chuckled again, but was silenced by a glance from a mare that just appeared by the table.

"The Secret Task Force Unit. Where mare's find a job that gets them what they deserve." she stated. She still wore the sunshades and costume, but it didn't hid her identity now that she could see the colors.

"What the hay is that?" she asked.

"We gather the weak and make them strong, and we gather the useless and make them useful." she stated.

Applejack snorted furiously. "Are you callin' me weak and useless?!".

"Since you were caught so easily, yes, I am."

Applejack fought to control herself. "Why ahm I here?"

"We need more ponies to help us, and agent Belle tells me that you would make me a great recruit."

"Even though she would be my last choice." Rarity said as she walked into the room. "You could make a really good agent."

"It's settled then. Your are now a member of the STFU."

"Nothin's settled!" she shouted. "None o' y'all are explainin' anythin'!"

The mare was opening her mouth when Rarity cut in front of her and raised her voice in a commanding tone. "We don't have much time for explanations." The mare weaved past her, and Rarity took this as a signal to stay silent.

"The main reason for SFTU's existence is to take over Equestria. We've learned that from the studies of our best agents that all the dangers our current leaders have face have only wielded magic. We have strength and weapons, enough to take down hundreds, but not enough to stop alicorns. But we can stop-"

"In other words," Rarity cut in. "Celestia is immortal, but her magic weakens the older she gets, and all of her past enemies used magic against her, so she wont be able to defend herself when we attack with a few tanks!"

"And with agent Sparkle on our side, then there's no doubt we'll succeed." the mare finished.

Applejack's eyes widened with shock. "You mean Twilight is helpin' y'all?!"

"Yes." Rarity replied smugly.

Applejack stared at them like they were idiots. "So instead of just letting Twilight kill her, you made up this complex plan?"

The mare could see cold eyes through the mares sunglasses. "Instead of just killing Celestia like that, we need to make sure the ponies of Equestria know who their leader is. Celestia is weak and frail. Half of us don't wield magic, yet even young agent Snips could take her down."

Applejack's only expression was bewilderment. "What asylum did y'all escape from!?" she shouted. "Y'all really think you could take down Celestia!? And for what reason?!" She was losing her temper. "Ya know what, just get me outta here right now before I-"

"Our business is our business, agent or no agent!" Rarity snapped. "And you are not disobeying orders from us or harm will come to your friends and family!"

They stood in silence as those words soaked into Applejack. They must have know she would give in, for they bore evil grins on their faces before she nodded.