After telling Barb about being in the Mafia, Spike was able to just walk out and walk back into the house when going on jobs instead of the usual sneaking out or going out early as he did for 5 weeks. One day he even introduced Rainbow and Applejack to her. She took a liking to both mares but in her mind was nervousness, since The Solaris Family are killers just like any other mob family, but unlike Sombra, The Sisters were doing it for a reason.

Spike and Barb heard about how Sombra does his misdeeds around Manticore, thanks to AJ and RD. He also has a bit of a temper when anypony does something to him, even if it was by complete accident.

[Flashback] Somewhere In The City (2 Days Before Protection Money)

two members of The Sombra tribe were driving their Don to a new restaurant in town. The Don heard about what happened at his bar a few days ago, he was in a very bad mood because of that. Sombra was The Don of the family, he wore a black 2 piece suit with a gray dress shirt and a black tie that goes well with his dark gray fur and red devilish eyes with purple mist.

One unlucky female griffin accidentally hit Sombra's black limo with her car while near a red traffic light. Sombra looked at the car behind them and he got out along with his two henchmen. The griffin came out of her car and saw that the car she hit was Don Sombra's car.

"You fucking bitch!" Sombra yelled in a dark voice. "Do you know how much this car cost me?!"

The griffin was shaking in her shoes. "I-I'm s-sorry Mr. Sombra...sir. I wasn't looking where I was going...I was driving slow...sir."

Sombra took it the wrong way. "Wait hold on...are you saying that I? I crashed into your car?"

The griffin shook her head fast. "No, No, No I didn't say that please."

Sombra growled and took out a Mark XIX (.44 Magnum) Desert Eagle from his suit jacket and fired at the griffin, hitting her in the leg. She screamed and dropped to the floor, holding her bloody leg.

A nearby Solar Guard looked in the direction of the gunshot, but when he saw who it was, he looked away. Pretending not to see what's happening.

Sombra then slowly walked up to the griffin and spoke to her one word at a time as he shot her in different places.

"No." He shot her in the other leg.
"One." He shot her in the right arm.
"Gets." He shot her in the left arm.
"In." He shot her in the right shoulder.
"My." He shot her in the left shoulder.
He then put his foot on her chest and aims at her forehead.
"FUCKING WAY!" He fires the gun right in her head, splattering blood and brains all over the road.

He spits on her corpse and gets back into the car, having his members drive away with him in the back.

[End of Flashback]

Needless to say, Sombra got his power with manipulation and fear from everypony, even his employees.

[A Month Later] Sugarcube Café

Spike was sitting down at a booth with Celestia, both of them having a late-night drink. The mare had a bit of a concerned look on her face.

"Spike, I'm sure you're aware of the big car race that happens once a year?" She asked.

Spike nodded. "Yeah, AJ and RD told me all about it when I visited them. Saying that all of the richest creatures are gonna be there to bet on racers to get more cash as well as everyone else who manages to shows up."

"That's right and just so you know, Luna and I helped a certain somepony with his career. His name is Cloudy Flash."

Spike perked up. "Wait...THE Cloudy Flash?! He's the most famous racer in all of Manticore! You helped with his career?!"

Celestia nodded with a motherly smile. "Yes, Luna and I are also big fans of him despite us helping him get to the top. He's been a personal favorite of ours since he won his first race."

"That's so cool!" Spike said. "So what's the deal with the race?"

"Oh right. Listen, Spike, Everyone bet that Cloudy is gonna win tomorrow because we recommended him." Celestia explained. "But then I just received word from Flash Sentry that a female cat from upstate came to Manticore to race and has an even faster car than Cloudy. And just by looking at it, Flash knows that her car will win 100%."

"And I believe him too, Spike," Celestia added. "Flash knows a lot about cars, but other than that he's a bit of a moron."

The alicorn looked straight into Spike's reptilian eyes and crossed her arms under her breasts. "What, he couldn't tell me BEFORE I bet on the kid?! Spike, this is serious, everypony's dough is riding on this. If Cloudy loses, then everyone will lose their bits. And since Luna and I are the ones who recommended him to be bet on, we'll be the laughing stock of the entire city! Everypony will hate us!"

The white alicorn un-crossed her arms and placed them on the table. "Spike, I can't let that happen."

"So you want me to pop her?" asked Spike, with a raised eyebrow.

"No, God, No!" Celestia shut that option straight down. “No popping anyone, Spike. If you kill her, then I won't enjoy my winnings at all...I want the race to be won fairly while also a bit on the cheating side. Plus we've seen enough dead bodies for a while. Flash has come up with a good plan, so I want you to see him."

Spike nodded. "OK, got it."

Spike walked up to Flash who was fixing up a blue Compact car, as soon as he heard footsteps, Flash placed his wrench down and wiped his sweaty forehead with his arm.

"Hey, Spy," Flash said, closing the trunk and walking to the dragon. "What's up?"

"Hey, Flash. Celestia told me that you have details about some car race?"

"Oh yeah, so I came up with a plan on what to do with taking care of that cat's fast car, we can sabotage it!"

"So you want me to sabotage a car?"

"No, not you...no offense, but if you sabotage it then everyone will notice. We need to sabotage it discreetly by taking it out on the insides. Luckily I already have a guy you’re gonna take it to. Listen, for this to happen we need that car, luckily I know the guy working as a night guard at The Race Track Garages. His name is Sharp Twist. I talked to him about the job and he said he'll help cuz he owes me a favor."

"What did you do?"

"I helped him get some bastards off of his back. They were beating him up and I saved his life."

Spike nodded. "That was nice of you."

"Heh, thanks, man," Flash replied with a smile. "Anyway, all you have to do is tell him I sent ya and he'll take you to the car. Once you got it, bring it to a garage on Chase Point near The Pony Borough Bridge, the guy there will take care of the car. Once that's done just take it back to the race garage and you're done."

Spike nodded again. "OK, seems easy enough..."

"Don't get so sure of yourself, my scaly friend, it's not gonna be that easy," Flash added. "First of all, The Race Track has a guard change system. So you must get the car and then get it back before Sharp's shift ends at 2:30 AM, also you have to drive it carefully not a single scratch should be found in that car, otherwise, we're fucked. Got it?"

Spike looked at his watch and saw the time was 12:01 AM. This job will be the most difficult one not to mention will have the most pressure. After thinking, he nodded. "Alright, Got it, so how will I get there?"

"With this, of course." Flash walked over to the car he was working on. "I just got this baby fixed up for ya. It's not that fast, but you'll go about 75 miles per hour when you put your foot down very hard."

"Cool," Spike replied, getting into the car after Flash showed him how to open it. "Thanks, Flash."

"No prob, now hurry!" Flash said, hitting the car's trunk two times with the palm of his hand.

And with that Spike drove into the night, racing as fast as he could to get to the race car.

[12:39] The Race Track

Spike pulled up at The Race Gate, looking to his right he saw a white unicorn with a black mane and glasses, along with a security uniform look at him, while pointing a flashlight. "Hey, what are you doing here? We're closed."

"Uh...Sharp Twist?" asked Spike. "Flash Sentry sent me."

"Oh! You're Flash's friend? Sorry, just doing my job. I'll take you to the car." Sharp said he pressed a button inside his booth and the gates swung open.

Spike lets Sharp drive his car to the racing car. Which was inside a garage near a bunch of others holding other race cars.

Sharp’s horn sparkled, making one of the garage doors open. And there it was...

The race car was a red Koenigsegg Agera R mid-engine sports car.

The pony and dragon got out of Spike’s car and walked over to the beautiful sports machine as Sharp gave Spike intrusions.

“Alright buddy, you have to get it to Flash’s friend’s garage then back here in one piece, you hear me?”

Spike nodded.

“Good, just know that not a single tiny scratch must be found on the car...but you also should hurry up cuz my shift ends soon.” The white unicorn added, he walked over to a wooded workbench and he threw Spike the keys to the ride.

After Spike got in and turned on the car, Sharp Twist spoke up, putting his hand on the top of the car and looking at Spike in the window. “Also another fair warning kid: This car goes FAST. It might even be the fastest car in the world or something...but just make sure you’re easy on the ‘Go’ pedal...cuz one push too hard on that thing will send this car to the fuckin moon.”

“Alright, got it,” Spike replied, he then slowly drove the car into the night to the garage, but not before looking at his watch and saw it was already 12:50.

Spike drove as slow as he could with the car, so he won’t smack into anything when it’s at full speed.

“So I guess this is what I do now...” Spike said to himself. “Steal things and kill ponies for The Sisters’ amusement...but at least they make it up with the money. I just hope no one I know is in this business too...”

Spike screeched to a stop in front of the garage Flash told him it would be. But something clicked in Spike’s mind...he knew this place.

The purple drake got out of the car and walked into the garage. Seeing a familiar changeling inside, fixing a car.

Spike does know this place...this is Thorax’s Garage!

The changeling looked up from his work and saw the purple drake. “Oh...hey Spike, why you here so late?”

Spike stayed silent, still a bit shocked at the newfound discovery. Thorax looked behind Spike and saw the red sports car, making him realize why Spike was here, making the bug pony return the shock at him.

Spike finally broke the silence after a few seconds of staring. “Thorax....you’re working for the Mafia?!”

Author's Note

In case you haven’t seen the very recent edit of the story...I switched Raze for Thorax. It makes a little more sense to me. So re-read The Car Repairs chapter to get used to the new big edit.