Octavia's POV
The next day

It is a strange feeling to wake up in the morning knowing someone so important to your life is missing. It was the same as a normal feeling for the morning except the day felt empty, I felt empty. There was something missing in the air, and it was something I soon identified as excitement. Vinyl being missing was just dreadful to me. I wanted to crawl up into a ball and wait for Vinyl, but life always moves on without us being able to control it. Life, sadly, tried to drag me with it and I was on the threshold of giving in to the idea that I might have to move on without Vinyl. I almost lost all hope, almost, and that little bit of hope kept me waiting for her. No matter what state I find Vinyl in, I will help her move on, with me. I won't leave, after all she didn't leave me all those years ago.

Vinyl's POV

This pain... It's too much. I want to die from this pain, but he won't let me. It's unbearable, but it could be worse. It could be sexual. He hasn't touched me in that way, but has left scars that are much deeper. I want to give up, but my body doesn't. I smiled to myself. Tavi always told me I was stubborn. Didn't know it would save my life, without my consent.

As I thought this I heard the door creak open, but no one came forward from the darkness. No one broke the the silence either. Then as quickly as the door opened I heard it close. That could've been someone here to help me, or not, but if they were hostile they would likely kill me. I contemplated the situation and decided that help or death would be better than this hell, so I screamed out in my way. Seconds raced by and nothing happened. Well, that was a bust. He must be toying with me now. I started to silently cry. I wish would someone stop this suffering. I wished this and hoped someone would answer, but life isn't a farie tale.

I sobbed alone in the darkness...

Octavia's POV
After school in the Rainboom's practice room

"Heya, Octavia! Have they found Vinyl, yet" Pinkie Pie said in her usual spunk, while waving to me.

"If they found her, she would've been here!" I said in angry tone. I regretted it immediately afterword. "Sorry."

Pinkie shrugged it off. "It's okay, I know You're mad about Vinyl being gone."

"I'm not mad about the 'disappearance,' I'm mad the cops think Vinyl ran away. I know her better than anyone, maybe even herself! She was taken, I know it."

"Did you tell the cops that?"

"Yes, but they said they didn't have enough evidence to say that!"

"Relax. Breathe in, breathe out and bring your arm in and out with your breaths." I did as told.

"Wow, that really works. Where did you learn that?" I asked my pink friend.

"Dean Cadence. She taught them to Twilight as well. Now that your calm, I'm gonna read the newspaper."

"You read the paper, Pinkie?" Twilight said as she walked up to us.

"Well, duh. How else would I know stuff? " Pinkie explained.

"Yeah, but after school?" Twilight raised her eyebrow.

"I didn't have time in the morning, okay? Gummy needed attention." Pinkie said, rather defensively. Twilight shrugged and accepted it.

No use fighting Pinkie's logic. I thought.

I looked over at the newspaper and saw the headline. "ESCAPED CONVICT ON THE LOOSE!" I looked at Pinkie and said, "Can I see that for a second?" Pinkie nodded vigorously and handed it to me and started talking to Twilight. I saw the picture and my blood ran cold. Twilight and Pinkie's conversation faded away and I whispered shouts. "I...It...It's... him." In that moment the puzzle pieces connected. "This can't be a coincidence."

Pinkie and Twilight turned to me and said. "Huh?"

"I know who took Vinyl."

"Wow, who new The Plot Convenience (that's the name of the newspaper and yes I just did that) helped people think!" Pinkie said. I decided to ignore her.

Sombra's Desk
3rd Person

"Do we have a location for shady yet?" Sombra asked. He was in the Visiting Room. There were three goons with him, one fat and short, one tall and muscular, and the last one was a skinny, slightly below average height dude.

The fat one, who's nickname was Meatball said in a deep voice. "Yeah we do. Turns out Chrysalis gave him a place to go." The skinny one, nicknamed Awkward Silence, nodded.

"What!? Chrysalis, that two-timing who-" Sombra uttered these words before he was cut off by the tall goon, Who was nicknamed The Brick Skyscraper.

"She put him in a warehouse outside Canterlot City. Here's the address." He had a voice that showed he liked the company of men, but no one ever pointed it out. (I wonder why?)

"Good, but don't ever interrupt me again. Got it?" Sombra was near shouting and Skyscraper nodded nervously.

Sombra was pleased with the information The Mole provided him. No one ever got past Sombra and he started forming a devious plan to help the Police capture the escaped convict. "This is gonna be good." Sombra smiled maliciously to himself and whispered to his goons what he wanted them to do.

Octavia's POV
1 Hour later at Canterlot PD

"What do you mean you can't put these two events together?!" I asked Shinning Armor.

"We don't have enough evidence to do that." Shinning Armor shrugged. "I think it's possible, but my superiors wont think highly of me if I treat this case like a kidnapping without enough evidence to do so. Sorry." I got mad and stomped my way out. I reached the front desk when I heard these men talking.

"So, the escaped convict is at 3159 Equine Dr. That's the address address on the paper, right?" A short man said to his friend, who paused, looked at a paper, then nodded. This got my interest and I wrote the address on the Notes App on my phone.

I walked out and met with the girls. For some reason Discord was there too. "What are you doing here?" I pointed at Discord.

"The well being of my patients is my top interest." Discord replied. I shrugged and silently thanked the world for more help. "Did you find anything out?"

"Well..." I explained the business with the convict and told him the address. "...and that's all I know."

"I know that place. It's in the Warehouse District. It's funny because the 'Warehouse District' only has three Warehouses." Discord chuckled to himself. "I can take us there. Although..." Discord raised his finger. "We wont all fit in my car."

"We can take mah truck, too" Applejack said.

"Then It's settled, we go back for AJ's truck and then head to Vinyl!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

"I don't know. Can't we let the cops deal with it?" Fluttershy meekly whispered.

"I would like to, but we need to help our friend, Darling." Rarity explained. This made Fluttershy agree and they went off."

3rd Person
Back at Sombra's cell
30 minutes prior

"Now with those two gone I need to make a call." Sombra was lead to the phone by one of his crooked guards and dialed a number. "Hello there my good friend. Yes, I need your services. Usual price? Okay then. Make it look like shady did it to himself. Thank you, bye. Now the plan is in play." He gave a signal to his guard and he was walked back to his cell. He kicked back and said.

"All shall bow to the king. If they don't, then they'll get what's coming to them..."

Author's Note

Finally out! It's been forever, but I'm back now. As usual constructive criticism is appreciated and also guess who Sombra was talking to. The starting was me showing you what the main characters thought of the situation. Lastly, I heard this song and decided it was perfect for Sombra's moment at the end. I'm going to be putting up songs that remind me of moments, characters, or the story itself in the author's notes near the endings of my stories. Listen to it if you want. The title of this song says it all.