She had always liked classical music. It could either be soft and calming, or loud and powerful, but still being breathtaking and beautiful. And it helped her concentrate. The soothing music of The Waltz of Snowflakes cradled the reduced space on the van, loud enough for it to be nice background music, but not too loud so it would break her friends' focus.

Twilight's eyes jumped from one screen to the other. A maze of alleys and hallways and coding was present on each of them, and six screens were black on top of the others. All of it surrounded her completely, except at the back, where the door was. Her useful, long desk and wheeled chair made her job of keeping an eye on everyone a breeze.

On one of the screens, there was a 3D map of an abandoned steel factory. And on different floors and rooms of the building, seven blinking dots moved, some a little faster than others. One dot was red, one orange, purple, pink, green, yellow and blue.

On the screen next to it, there was a similar map of the building, but there were infrared signatures all over it, indicating a person per mark. However, the six dots were replaced by female outlines of their respective colors.

And the orangish marks were awfully close to the blue one.

"Dash, they're approaching your position! Repeat! They're approaching you!"

The building was pitch black, especially where there were no windows. And there weren't a lot of windows around. So the group of men advanced guided with a light attached to their heavy machine guns. With no signs on the walls to tell them where was what, they walked aimlessly through the corridors. This made the leader feel slightly pathetic. Walking blindly meant walking right into a death trap.

"Let's split up here." He decided on the go, and his men split into three groups of four that went down different corridors. He and his three mates took the one right in front of them. A variety of doors leading to offices aligned in the walls, swallowed by the half-darkness.

His heart stuck on his throat, he advanced, slowly, in order to keep his steps as silent as possible. Who knows what (or who) may be lurking in the shadows.

"ARGH!" he heard suddenly. He turned around completely, but soon he noticed his three companions were all standing and turning as well. The sound could only have come from their earpieces.

"UGH!" they heard a second voice. "WE'RE BEING ATTAC-!"

Multiple sounds of hits and cries of pain followed.

Without a single word, all four of them got moving. However, they didn't advance half the distance they had already come through before a blur suddenly came out of the darkness and hit directly into the one standing at the rear of the team. It slammed him against the door of one of the offices before disappearing into the darkness again, before anyone had a chance to take a look at the attacker. The impact on the door was so strong he broke the door from its hinges and fell inside the office. The moonlight bathed its unconscious body, coming from a wide window.

The blur came back and hit the second man. His mates lighted him the moment the blur stopped.

They could only have a glimpse of a female body before it zoomed off again. The hit the woman had given him had not been enough to knock him out, so he quickly composed himself and pointed his machine gun to the direction the woman had left with insane speed.

"ARGH!" the third one cried, and the leader managed to turn and fire at the woman. However, she zipped out of the way, as if expecting it, and the bullet hit the wall behind her.

Before he could notice it, the leader found himself staring at a pair of female magenta eyes. The young woman kneed him in the gut and he doubled in pain. Before she could leave, he raised a hand and grabbed her blue hair, yanking her down. She groaned as she was dragged to her knees. He pulled so hard, though, it all came out.

All.

He stared for half a second to the hair on his grip before realizing it was a wig. It got snatched off his hand by a blurry hand and the woman slammed it over her head, covering loops of real hair arranged tight over the skull. Behind her, the second man approached her stealthy, but not so much for she gave him a kick at the side of his head that finally knocked him out.

She dashed off again as the two remaining men started firing their guns to her. She dodged the bullets like it was a walk in the park.

They kept firing and firing to where she disappeared, but soon they ran out of bullets. Before they could recharge, she came directly at them, punching his mate and elbowing the leader with one swift motion. The leader's head violently drew back and he lost his balance. Once on the floor, he raised his dizzy vision to see the woman knocking out his last mate.

He tried reaching for his gun, but she stepped on his hand. Hard. The leader let out a cry of pain as his fingers got crushed.

He raised his head to see the woman. She was looking at him with cold eyes, standing with an arrogant air. Her dark blue wig surrounded her face with a short bob, and her uniform was one he easily recognized. The ATIDA's special agents' uniform, with leather boots, tight pants and a bulletproof vest over a form-fitting grey shirt. Only her shirt was of a greyish sky blue.

However, one could hardly tell this girl had taken down four grown men (eight, if she hadn't already dealt with the third team). She was petite, but her tight shirt let show a toned physique. She definitely was a trained agent.

And on the left side of her vest, a single word stood out:

M.Y.T.H.S

ATIDA was known for giving flashy names to its squads.

She cracked a smirk and looked with disdain at his machine gun.

"Tch. Thought you stood a chance with that?" she asked. He was too focused on wondering how the hell that little girl could have beaten him to try to free himself. She shook her head. "You should know better than me that size doesn't matter."

And she gave him a swift kick in the head that knocked him out.

"Hey, Urania, how's that tracking going? Sounds like Calliope already was discovered."

"What tipped you off?!" Dash replied.

"The gunshots."

Twilight didn't take her eyes off what she was doing and just pressed the 'on' button of her mic.

"I'm working on that, Sunset. But there are a lot of men in the building, it's hard to locate the exact point."

"I'm not trying to tell you how to do you work, Darling," Rarity said. "but we would be more than grateful if you could hurry up. I can hear footsteps approaching."

Fluttershy finally made herself heard: "Me too."

"Me three!" Pinkie Pie was obviously way too chipper for the moment, but that's Pinkie Pie for you. At least she's mostly keeping it down, thought Twilight.

"I'm working on that, girls. Just hold up a second."

"That's easy for you to say!" Applejack sounded a bit miffed. "It is already the third time I have been this close to bein' caught."

"And that lets me know that your zone is the most protected one, so it's where I'm searching the most." Twilight chuckled. "Thank you, Applejack, for narrowing the whole building to a single floor."

"Ah, horseapples!" Applejack whispered suddenly. "They saw me!"

A flurry of bullets was shot in Applejack's direction. She hid behind a wall just in time before ending like a strainer. Taking out her own gun, which was tiny compared to the stuff these men carried, she waited until the bullets stopped and the men were obliged to recharge.

This is when she came out of her safe spot and shot two of the five men. One in the leg, one in the shoulder. These weren't lethal shots, but sure as hell would keep them down.

Applejack dodged a punch, ducked, and made her first adversary lose his balance with a swift motion of her leg. She was up in a second and delivered three hits to the second one, using her superstrength to make them as effective as possible. The man tried to fight back, but Applejack dodged or blocked each of his attacks. He managed to land a single hit, that little did against Applejack's strength. In the course of this quick fight, the other men tried attacking her but were quickly defeated with a kick.

She would be lying if she said she didn't enjoy the dread that showed itself on the man's eyes before she punched him and knocked him out.

One of the men tried to choke her from behind, but she grabbed his arm before he could get a firm grip and threw him over her back. He hit directly on this teammate and both fell in a heap to the floor, blacked out.

Applejack huffed. "Darn mercenaries..."

"That was quick." Dash commented after Applejack said she was all clear.

"That's 'cause I don't play peacock."

"Oh, shush, you."

Twilight laughed. "Once you both finish your fight, if you wouldn't mind, please head down to the first floor. I think I got it, girls. I need you all with Applejack..."

"Come on, Spike..." Fluttershy whispered and they both rushed to the next corridor. The group of men didn't notice them walking behind them, and they let out a silent sigh of relief. However, they didn't stop. They walked with quick, light steps along the corridor towards the next intersection. If they turned right there they would come to see a mezzanine and a set of stairs that would take them to the first floor. However, as they were about to turn right, Spike stopped abruptly and pushed Fluttershy back. Knowing what this meant, Fluttershy hid behind a pillar, Spike next to her.

Right on time too, because soon a group of men came from the other corridor and installed themselves on the mezzanine.

"Darn it." Spike huffed, moving his ears in anger. "Darn Ra-I mean, Calliope for letting herself getting discovered and making everyone look for us. Now they're securing the stairs."

Fluttershy perked up. "Not all the stairs..."

Spike looked at her for a second and then his canine eyes perked up with understanding. They moved quickly and crossed the intersection when the men weren't looking their way. It took them a few minutes before they found any sign of what they were looking for: the emergency stairs. Spike sniffed the door to check for anyone inside already before Fluttershy opened the door...

... And it creaked loudly.

Fluttershy and Spike both jumped and exchanged looks of alarm. The sound of quickly-approaching, heavy steps made them react and both jumped inside and slammed the door closed. Girl and dog rushed down the stairs, praying no one would figure out they were in there.

Their prayers weren't heard, for a single man opened the door and caught a glimpse of Fluttershy's long ponytail.

"STOP!!!" his yell only made Spike and Fluttershy go faster. Behind her, bullets hit the wall loudly. Fluttershy shrieked, praying she wouldn't have to use her own gun. She had been taught how to use it and she was perfectly capable of defending herself, but that didn't mean she liked it.

Fluttershy let out a scream of pain as the man grabbed a hold of her hair, just as she had reached the third floor. Spike turned around and growled at the man, quickly jumping into action and bitting down his leg, hard. The man groaned but didn't let go of Fluttershy hair, sending piercing pain on her skull.

Fluttershy elbowed the man on the chin and he stumbled back, letting her go. Spike let the man's leg go and instead bit down his hand, making the man cry out.

Under his confused eyes, Fluttershy let out a sharp cry.

He stared at her for a few seconds, seeing no point in her scream, before flinching as loud noises came from the vent behind him. Before he could realize what was going on, dozens of mice burst out of the vent and jumped on him, and more kept coming as he struggled with the rodents. He screamed as he got bit by the mice and Fluttershy and Spike ran downstairs, completely sure the mice would do a great job restraining him.

"What was that, Fluttershy?"

"Oh, just calling some friends..."

Rarity summoned another diamond shield to protect herself from the million blisters that exploded through the air the moment her adversary crashed on top of a wooden box. She swiftly swung her arm around to guide the shield and slam it right into another man who was trying to attack her. With one out of three down, Rarity used her three shields to defend herself.

As the man she had hit with the shield stood up, Rarity was just in time to stop the bullets that the second was trying to harm her with. She used her protection to advance to the man and dropped it when she was just within range to punch him. Before her fist connected with his face, he raised his hands and grabbed her hand, trying to throw her to the floor, but Rarity summoned a large base to stop her fall. It wasn't a soft landing, but this gave her the opportunity to pull the man by the arm and slam his forehead hard against the transparent surface.

He was immediately knocked out.

"ACK!" Rarity cried out when the last man pulled the back of her vest, causing it to collide with her throat and choke her. She got dragged backward over her own platform and almost fell off the edge before she managed to elbow the man in the gut three times, which forced him to let her be. Rarity quickly twisted and materialized a diamond hammer. She hit the man on the side of the head, hard, with the hammer. His head turned awkwardly before he fell to the floor.

Rarity tried to catch her breath, still laying in the levitating diamond platform. Knowing well had she little to no time, she climbed down dusting her clothes at the same time she made the platform disappear.

A mirror materialized before her with a simple movement of her mind.

She sighed when she noticed her messy hair, her forehead pearled with a thin layer of sweat, and the pinkish mark that was starting to form on her neck.

"I would complain if I wasn't saving the world..."

Twilight cheered. "Girls, I got it! They're on the first floor, at the main entrance of the production room! Everyone, gather around Applejack. Fluttershy, just keep going forward. It's a clear way and you'll intersect with Applejack at the end of the corridor."

"I'm on my way!" Dash sounded busy. Twilight cringed at the sound of hits and punches coming from her speaker. They were faint but clear as rain.

"Spike and I had some trouble on our way..." Fluttershy's voice announced. "So we should expect some company. Sorry..."

"Taking into account all the attention Calliope dragged to us, it's not your fault at all Euterpe." one could hear the smirk on Sunset's voice.

"Hey!!! That was a mistake, alright?! I said I'm sorry!"

Twilight flinched at the sudden noise of an explosion coming from Pinkie Pie's speaker. On the main staircase leading from the third to the second floor, a small burst of heat caught her attention on the infrared map.

Twilight sighed. "Damn it! I knew Pinkie Pie was too quiet!"

The group of five ducked as the sprinkles exploded above them. Too flabbergasted at the ridiculous display, none of them tried hitting the woman with the pink glowing hands, too scared of being turn into a bomb too.

Pinkie Pie, however, wore an innocent smile that matched perfectly with her fuchsia curls. Her hands stopped glowing, and then approached the stair the men were blocking.

"Now would you be so kind of letting me through?" she asked, but just as she was finishing her question, the man ducked the closest to her jumped up and tried to attack her.

But he punched the air. Pinkie Pie suddenly was gone, and the man blinked as he stumbled forward.

WHAP!

The world suddenly was white. At least for him, for Pinkie Pie had just smashed a paper plate of whipped cream on his face.

The other men looked at her quizzically. "Where did she...?" one muttered but didn't have the time to finish as he noticed, much to his mate's dismay that the paper plate was glowing a faint pink too.

Pinkie Pie was out of the picture in another blink. The plate exploded on the man's face, leaving him disoriented, losing his balance and falling down the stairs until he came to a stop on the second floor, completely unconscious. His teammates stared at him with wide eyes behind their ski masks, clutching to their machine guns like they were lifesavers.

One of them threw his gun to the step he was standing in and fleed the place.

Pinkie had to hold back laughter. It was always amusing how she somehow ended up with the rookies or with the ones who got easily scared. She loved taunting them a bit and they would easily give up, too scared to turn into a living bomb but clueless at the fact that cold-blooded murder was not of Pinkie's game.

"Sorry about this, guys!" she exclaimed. Before any of them had time to react, Pinkie threw the two grenades she had on her hands to them, free of the secure, and they clinked down the steps until they landed beneath their feet. All three of them looked down to them and tried to flee as they saw they were also glowing pink. The grenades exploded with much more force that they usually had, and the three men fell off the remaining steps. All of them landed roughly, groaning, and remained motionless on the floor.

Pinkie Pie climbed down the stairs with calm steps and stopped when she reached her defeated adversaries. She smirked as one of them looked up to her, dread in his eyes.

"Thank you for moving aside, that was so nice of you."

And she went on her way, a wide smile present on her face.

"Sometimes you really scare me, darling..."

"You should have seen the looks on their faces!" Pinkie paused a moment, for her teasing with the five men had attacked a lot of attention to her. She was defending herself quite good, but there were many, so multiple explosions were heard. "Hey, girls, a little bit of help here, please! Oh, hi Dashie!"

"Don't use real- Oh, forget it..." Twilight sighed. Indeed, the trackers on both Pinkie and Dash signaled that both were together, near the stairs to the first floor, and a lot of adversaries have surrounded them. However, Pinkie and Dash made a marvelous team and they could easily handle them alone. Fluttershy (and Spike), Applejack and Rarity were also together, waiting patiently for Pinkie and Dash to join them on the first floor, moving from one corridor to the other to avoid any foes.

Sunset was taking her sweet time to get to the others, so Twilight decided to ask while looking at the red dot on her screen.

"Hey, Sunset, what's taking so long? I know you were on the last floor, but it's not such a long way."

"I'm trying to be sneaky..." Sunset whispered back. "There are some groups up here and I really don't want to get myself caught in a confrontation so close to my destination. Give me some more minutes and I'll be right there."

"Seems like Pinkie and Dash have attracted a lot of attention." Twilight observed as a lot of the adversaries moved towards where Pinkie and Dash were located, a good distance away from the rest, who were slowly beginning to be in the clear. Twilight had an idea. "Let's do this! Sunset, use the emergency stairs to reunite with the other. It'll be a shorter way then and you'll see no one there."

"Understood!"

"You may want to be careful with those doors..." Fluttershy said. "They make a lot of noise."

"Thanks for that, Euterpe, I'll keep it in mind."

"Pinkie, Dash, keep up with what you're doing currently. Once Sunset's with the rest, pick up Pinkie and run to them, Rainbow. Then we'll go on with the plan."

"Okie Dokie!"

"Got it!"

"Let's do this quickly, girls..." Twilight looked back at the spot where a dozen infrared signatures were standing perfectly still, right on the main entrance of the production room. "They won't be there for much longer..."

Sunset pushed the door open with her shoulder. She came out of the emergency stairs and into the first floor indeed, surprised the moment she heard the clicking of three guns unlocking and a dog growl. She turned to see that Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy had loaded their guns and were pointing them at her, before realizing it was Sunset and lowering their arms.

"Sorry..." Fluttershy whispered, in a hushed tone.

"We thought it was an enemy." Applejack confessed.

"No problem, let's go."

The group got moving towards the production room. Indeed, just as Twilight had predicted, they didn't come across anyone, all of their problems currently occupied by Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie, who, according to Twilight were holding up just fine. And if there was something clear, it was that Dash's super speed was quite useful at tossing and moving Pinkie's bombs from one place to another without getting hurt at all.

When they finally reached the corridor of the main entrance, the group came to a halt right before turning the corner, for thanks to Spike they had detected on time two men guarding the doors. The group stood still and let Sunset handle the situation.

Crunching down so what she was about to do wouldn't affect her friends, Sunset emptied her mind and let her magic flow. Countless hours of training with her magic had led her to discover a lot of useful tricks she could do with it. She just had to focus...

Sweet, sweet, sweet dreams.

As expected, her fuchsia magic made itself present on the form of smoke, smoke which crawled low on the floor towards the guards. She had to be very careful when guiding it. She had to focus hard on it and only on it to guide her snake of magic and be careful not to breathe, or her trick could turn against her.

The smoke reached the feet of the guards. Sunset quickly lifted her hand to her head level and the magic obeyed to her order, raising as well. The guards jumped out of surprise when they found themselves completely wrapped on a fuchsia cloud, but before they had any time to react, the smoke made them dizzy and they fell to the ground, sound asleep.

Sunset opened wide her hands and pulled them away from each other, and the smoke dissipated in a few seconds.

"All done, Urania," she said, a satisfied smile on her lips as she stood up.

"You heard that, girls."

"Coming!" Dash announced. A few more hits were heard before the communication was cut. Seconds later, the girls got their hairs on their face as Dash left a blast of wind on her wake. She halted right next to Sunset Shimmer, dropping Pinkie Pie, who she was carrying on her arms bridal-style. The bubbly girl giggled as she was put back down on the floor.

"It's always so much fun!"

"Alright girls, let's get serious." Sunset faced the rest of the team. As usual, she acted as the leader, and none of them actually complained about that. Sunset really was fit for the role. She pointed to the door. "I don't need to repeat the plan, do I?"

"No, ma'am!"

"Then let's do this, Myths!"

The Myths and Spike walked to the doors in front of which the two guards were unconscious. Applejack carried them without a problem and rested them against the wall, their necks bending in awkward positions due to gravity.

The group braced themselves as Pinkie touched the hinges of the doors, making them glow pink. The hinges exploded and sent the doors flying inside the production room, allowing them to enter, and also hitting two men standing a bit to close to them. Armed men reacted to their sudden apparition and the two suited men, carrying suitcases, flinched hard.

Then all hell broke loose.

The men with suitcases ran out of the picture, a bodyguard following each. That left another eight men behind, already approaching the Myths, trying to hold them back from their target. Before any of them had the chance to fire their bullets to the girls and Spike, Dash ran after one of the men fleeing and its bodyguard. As soon as she was out of range, Pinkie threw a grenade to the enemies at the same time Rarity popped up a wall of her shields to protect them from the explosions. The eight men tried to run away, but the explosion made them stumble and fall to the floor a few steps away from it.

As soon as Rarity's shield was down, Applejack gave chase to the other man and his bodyguard.

Sunset, Rarity, Pinkie, and Fluttershy engaged the eight men on the floor. Spike leaped at one of the men and bit down his leg, making the man cry out in pain. He bent over and grabbed Spike's snout, hitting him on the nose. Spike whimpered and let go.

Fluttershy snapped.

"HOW DARE YOU!?" she boomed, startling the other seven men as they tried to get back on their feet. The one who had hit Spike actually looked terrified. He scooted backward with dread on his eyes, trying to get away from the fuming girl who was actually much shorter than he was and looked way weaker than him.

Pinkie Pie blinked twice. "Do you think we should help?"

Sunset snorted. "Nah, Euterpe will handle it."

"I didn't mean her, I meant the man. Do you think we should help him?"

"We have bigger problems right now, darling..." Rarity claimed. Indeed, the remaining seven turned to them and fired a flurry of bullets towards the girls. Rarity acted instantly and put up a shield and all three of them ran towards them as the men tried to no avail to break through solid diamond with their bullets. Sunset grabbed Pinkie's shoulders and Pinkie put her hands as support for Sunset's foot. Rarity dropped the shield the moment they recharged.

Sunset used Pinkie as support and her flawless agility to jump high and wrap her legs around the neck of one of the men. Rarity rammed her shoulder into the chest of another, making him stumble, and Pinkie kicked a third on the gut.

Sunset grabbed hold of the man's head and her fingertips glowed fuchsia. The man collapsed as she forced him into magic-induced sleep, and Sunset got off him right before he slammed to the floor, landing perfectly in front of the knocked out man. Another one tried to punch her, but Sunset ducked and delivered a punch to his stomach. The man grunted and tried to knee her, but Sunset moved just in time and pulled his leg to make him fall. However, he grabbed her arm and brought her down with him. They struggled on the floor, exchanging punches and hits before Sunset had an opening and sent him to sleep too.

Meanwhile, Rarity had dealt with the first man she had attacked but was struggling with a second, bigger and stronger than the first. He had grabbed her hair and was pulling her along the floor as she winced and whimpered because of the pain on her skull. Seeing no other option, Rarity freed a hand and materialized a dagger of diamonds, stabbing him right on the hamstring. She struck the right nerve, so he suddenly found himself falling to one knee. Rarity freed herself and stood up immediately, making an American fist appear on her knuckles and punched him three times. She topped it with an uppercut and the giant fell with a loud thud.

As long as Pinkie was concerned, she always had a... pretty interesting fighting style. Especially since she like distracting her opponents with pranks and whipped cream to the face, before knocking them out. In fact, she had used her trick of the explosive plate of whipped cream already, thus knocking out two out three. The third, however, proved to be a resilient and forward-thinking opponent, for when she tried the same thing with him, he grabbed the plate and threw it back at Pinkie. She yelped and ducked as her own weapon was used against her, the plate exploding right over her crunched form, where her face previously was.

"Well, you're no fun!" Pinkie pouted, stood up and engaged in a fight with him.

Rainbow Dash groaned in frustration and kicked the suitcase away. Hundreds of Equestrian dollars flew out of it, swirling all around her. She was frustrated because she had pursued, fought the bodyguard, and struggled the suitcase out of the hands of the man only to find it was full of money.

Which obviously wasn't what the team was looking for.

The production room looked like a maze of machines. The other two men and Applejack could be anywhere right now. In fact, combing down the place would probably take her seconds, but looking for something on the move was always harder.

But she didn't have to look for something whose location she didn't know. She just had to look for her teammate.

With a quick glance at her screen, she saw Applejack's tracker, a bit farther from her.

Before Rainbow Dash had a chance to run to Applejack, a gunshot was heard, and a searing pain located on her arm. Dash grunted and fell to her knees, looking at her left arm. A bullet had grazed her arm. It hadn't logged itself there, but it sure as hell hurt.

The suited man approached and pointed the gun to her head.

"Rainbow Dash!?" Twilight's voice asked with worry. She must have heard the gunshot and the grunt and put two and two together.

"I thought you were out cold," Dash told her attacker, not acknowledging Twilight at all. He scoffed.

"You little b*tch. You'll pay for my money,"

"I highly doubt it." Dash raised her bloody hand and grabbed the man's wrist to guide the gun to his own foot right at the moment he pulled the trigger. He screamed in pain and grabbed his injured foot, the gun falling down to the floor. Dash ran away but didn't use her super speed not to risk her arm. The man tried to grab the gun from the canon but burnt himself with the searing iron.

Rooky.

Once around the corner, Dash leaned against the machine behind her and examined her injury. It wasn't that bad, so she just wrapped it with gauze she kept on her belt. Once done, she secured the bandage and speed off to Applejack.

"Rainbow Dash, are you alright?!" Dash cringed when she heard Twilight.

"I'm fine. It was just a graze, no big deal."

"Oh, thank goodness..."

"Got it!" Applejack's voice pipped in. Das slowed down and found herself in front of Applejack, who held the other suitcase open and staring at its contents. She acknowledged Dash and went back to talking to Twilight. "I got the objective. Calliope is with me. We'll be goin' back with the others."

"Then I'll send the police right away to take our friends away. Good job girls."

"As always!" Pinkie squeaked.

Dash looked around Applejack. Both the bodyguard and the suited man were on the floor, twitching in pain. Dash noticed the bodyguard had a huge bruise on his face, one that already was turning all shades of purple.

"I bet they were nice," Dash smirked. Applejack chuckled.

"They came in my way. However, look at this:" She turned the suitcase and showed it to Rainbow Dash. Dash noticed a glass case, inside of which a grey stone with pretty familiar runes was cautiously placed.

"Why would they even need a piece of the Memory Stone?" Dash scoffed. "It's useless."

"They need all the pieces for it not to be useless anymore."

"Like we'll let them get them. And why such a big suitcase? Like, really, One could have carried it on the pocket." Dash grabbed the glass case and Applejack threw the suitcase. Applejack took the glass case and put it inside the bag that hung from her back. "Anyway, let's get back with the others." Dash bent down and waited for Applejack to climb to her back. After thirty seconds of silence, Dash turned to see Applejack standing still. "Well, what are you waiting for?"

"Ya are darn crazy if ya think I'll climb to yer back. I'd rather walk."

"Pfft, whatever."

Twilight flinched as she heard someone trying to open her door. Tensed up, she reached for the gun under the table, and pointed it at the door, her heart beating a mile per hour. She tried to open the slide that had the camera out of the car, but she couldn't reach the key with her right hand.

The door opened, and Twilight relaxed when she saw it only was her friends.

Pinkie frowned. "Gee, calm down, Twilie."

" Sorry, guys..." Twilight apologized, putting the gun back where it belonged. "Thought it was the bad guys."

"Nah, they're all out cold in there," Dash claimed and climbed into the van and sat down on one of the four seats in there. "And if any of them are conscious, I doubt they'll make it out in time."

Fluttershy jumped into the van last, right after Spike, who nestled himself at Twilight's feet. Twilight crouched down to pet his head. He no longer was a puppy, but a big labrador that came in handy for Fluttershy as her K-9 agent.

Pinkie put Applejack's bag in the middle as Rarity closed the door behind them.

"And Jackie got us a goodie!" Pinkie took out the glass case of the part of the Memory Stone.

"That ain't a goodie, Pinkie." Applejack spoke from the tiny window connecting with the pilot cabin. Sunset had just climbed in the passenger seat. "And sit down, yall. We're leaving'."

Rarity obeyed and strapped on her seat belt. Fluttershy was already sitting next to Dash, and Pinkie took a seat next to Rarity. Twilight attached her wheeled chair to the wall between Rarity's seat and the table. Twilight eyed the bruise on Rarity's neck. It was starting to shade slightly purple. She looked back at Rainbow Dash as the car got moving. She was resting her head against her seat. The bandage on her arm, slightly tinted red was what caught Twilight's attention.

"How's your arm, Dash?" Twilight asked. Dash opened her eyes and looked at her arm.

"Hurts a bit, but it's not big deal. I'll probably need a few stitches, though." she shrugged. "I'm still alive and kicking, right?"

"And braggin'!" Applejack replied from the front. Dash huffed but didn't reply.

Twilight laughed and looked back at Rarity. "What about you, Rarity?"

"Well..." Her voice sounded slightly rasp, instead of her usual proper voice. "It hurts, and it'll surely hurt more tomorrow." Rarity smiled. "But it's part of the job, Darling."

Part of the job.

Twilight lowered her gaze.

Yeah, part of the job. Getting hurt and risking their lives was part of the job. A very important job, but also a risky one. They hadn't suffered big injuries yet, but how long would their good luck last?

She was terrified of losing her life. But she was even more terrified of losing any of her friends. Sure, they had a job to get done, a job no one else could do, but still...

Twilight sighed.

Sure, part of the job...

Author's Note

Took a long time But it's finally here, and I hope you've liked it!

Yes, the girls' squad is called Myths. I hope the title has a bit more sense now? It is inspired by the Muses of Greek Mythology, who also are who the girls are code-named after.

CODE NAMES:
- Sunset Shimmer: Clio, Greek Muse of History.
-Twilight Sparkle: Urania, Greek Muse of Astronomy.
-Rainbow Dash: Calliope, Greek Muse of Epic Poetry.
-Fluttershy: Euterpe, Greek Muse of Music, Song and Lyric Poetry.
-Rarity: Erato, Greek Muse of Love Poetry.
-Applejack: Polyhymnia, Greek Muse of Hymns (also referred to as an agricultural goddess).
-Pinkie Pie: Thalia, Greek Muse of Comedy.
(Yeah, I'm very aware there are Nine Muses, but there are only seven girls)

Until next time!
~Midday Giggle