Sweetie Belle was training as she sliced a training dummy to pieces.

"She has potential, Rarity." Sly noted.

"Still, I’m worried about her." Rarity admitted.

"Can't baby her forever, Rares. Gotta let her do it herself." Sly advised as Karai showed up.

"Guys, Bentley wants to see us." Karai advised as she and the trio ran up to Bentley's work place.

"So did you find anything?" Rarity asked.

"Yeah, as I’m sure Sly will help explain it." Bentley said.

"You know the first member?" Adagio checked.

"Yeah, but we had to call in a few favors to get the goods on the Klaww Gang's local operator." Sly said as Bentley typed in the info.

"Who is it?" Rarity asked.

"Dimitri, a sort of underworld celebrity, equally home at high-class art circles and shady back-alley crimes." Sly answered.

"A double threat?" Adagio noted.

"One could say that. He was once a passionate young art student who worked hard to develop his own visionary style." Sly began.

"That's an odd, yet humble beginning." Karai admitted.

"Unfortunately, the art world wasn't quite ready for his "kinetic aesthetic". So he gave them what they wanted and started forging old masterpieces, his way of punishing those with bad taste." Sly explained.

"Wait, he copies paintings?" Sweetie Belle noticed.

"In a way, yeah. Anyway, Dimitri now runs a nightclub on the westside. The thumping music, colorful light shows, and a hint of danger lure in chic young patrons from far and wide. And it's here, hidden somewhere, where we'll find the Clockwerk Tailfeathers. What Dimitri plans to do with the Clockwerk part is beyond me, but those plans end tonight." Sly declared with a gleam from his cane as Murray pulled down his right glove and Bentley cocking his crossbow, the Cooper Gang ready to head out.

"Couldn't have said it better myself, darling." Rarity agreed, giving her kama a spin in her hands as Adagio pulled her kusanagi sword out of its sheath a bit, making it give off a gleam, while Karai put on her mask and Sweetie Belle flared her paws out with her nekode finger nail claws equipped, prepared to make their move.

"Let's get those feathers." Sly smiled as everyone left the hideout.

Soon, the group were at another hideout in the westside of Paris as Sly, Rarity and Karai headed out and onto the hideout’s roof.

"Gotta admit, I missed the sights of this world." Karai said.

"I wonder if our Paris is like this. But let’s see what’s on the agenda." Rarity giggled as the trio brought out their Binocucoms.

"I tell ya Bentley, it’s going to be a real pleasure robbing this nightclub." Sly admitted.

"And knocking down an art forger." Rarity added.

"I share your enthusiasm, but before we hit the inside we’ll need to do a little reconnaissance work." Bentley informed on the binocucoms.

"Alright, Bentley. Where's our entry point?" Karai asked.

"Yeah, what’d ya have in mind?" Sly agreed.

"I’ve installed this special antenna on the safe house to help with our first job, hacking into Dimitri’s satellite array. The coordinates for the job start beacon have been uploaded to your binocucoms. Make your way to this position and I’ll give you a full briefing on our objective." Bentley answered on the binocucoms.

"We’re on our way." Sly nodded.

"Simple enough." Rarity noted as the trio jumped across rooftops and walked across rope lights before arriving at the rendezvous and bringing their binocucoms back out.

"Guys, I need you to hack into Dimitri’s communication array so that we’ll have access to his database." Bentley briefed on the binocucoms

"Just tell us what to do, Bentley." Karai pointed out.

"Karai has a point. How are we supposed to do that?" Sly added.

"To start, you’ll need to get to the top of that tower. Then reposition the satellite dish to point at my safe house antenna. Try climbing up that pipe." Bentley explained on the binocucoms.

"Right, we’re on it." Sly nodded.

"Might be hard for me." Karai noticed.

"Well, it's not exactly close to the tower wall." Sly explained.

"We can manage. We're always doing well." Rarity said as the trio climbed up the pole before Sly pressed some buttons on the control panel, making the satellite dish lower, then started communicating with the safe house antenna.

"Great, the first one's in position. There's two more, as I've uploaded the next satellite dish location into your binocucoms." Bentley informed on the comms.

"Girls, let's split up and cover more ground." Sly suggested.

"What about you?" Rarity asked.

"Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on this one." Sly assured.

"Let's go, Rarity." Karai declared.

"Very well." Rarity nodded as the duo headed out, moving across rooftops before soon finding another satellite dish. "I got it." Rarity said while activating her Grapple Bracelt, firing it into the computer, hacking it as the satellite dish aimed and transmitted to the safe house antenna.

"Okay, only one more to go. Remember, the view is always better from the rooftop." Bentley added on the comms.

"Easy climb." Karai noted.

"Good luck." Rarity said before Karai headed out as she jumped across rooftops before soon reaching the satellite dish.

"And without legs." Karai quipped as she pressed some buttons, hacking the computer and aiming the satellite at the antenna before all three powered it up with the antenna gaining information from the nightclub's antenna. "Getting stuff, Bentley?" Karai asked while putting on her binocucom as she could tell Sly and Rarity put theirs on too.

"Nice work guys… I’m downloading from Dimitri’s mainframe as we speak!" Bentley confirmed on the binocucoms.

"All in a night’s work." Sly shrugged on the binocucoms.

"Need anything else?" Rarity asked on the binocucoms.

"Your next job is to break into the Nightclub and take some reconnaissance photos of the Clockwerk Tailfeathers." Bentley answered on the binocucoms.

"That sounds easy." Karai responded.

"To get inside you’ll have to sneak through an old wine cellar beneath town." Bentley explained on the binocucoms.

"Okay, we’ll head out for the cellar." Sly assured on the binocucoms.

"See if there's any Sake in there." Adagio requested on the binocucoms.

"Funny you should mention that." Bentley noted on the binocucoms.

"Huh?" Adagio asked in confusion on the binocucoms as Karai took off her binocucom before making her way to the cellar entrance door, meeting up with Sly and Rarity.

"Through here." Sly said.

"What? Did you forget to invite me?" A familiar voice quipped.

"Visamo." Sly smiled as the trio turned around, indeed seeing Visamo.

"It's been a while, guys." Visamo noted.

"Hey, Visamo." Karai greeted.

"Glad to see my friends are doing well." Visamo said.

"Come along, Darling. We have work to do." Rarity replied as the four went inside, soon meeting up with Murray and Adagio.

"Good to see you little buddies. I guess the way through the wine cellar is guarded by those rats. Bentley thought you might like some help clearing ‘em out." Murray explained.

"So just leave it to the two of us." Adagio said, confidently.

"Actually, this sounds like fun. All of us, back to back…" Sly noticed.

"Totally! Outnumbered… fighting impossible odds… it’s perfect!" Murray agreed.

"I missed you, Murray." Karai chuckled.

"I can understand that." Adagio giggled.

"Alright everyone, let’s get to it." Sly said as everyone followed him inside.

"Fear the Murray!" Murray declared as a brawl then started before a big group of rats charged at them.

"Come on, boys!" Adagio taunted in her fighting stance before she slashed a trio of rats coming at her, knocking them unconscious.

"Save some for me!" Murray said as he punched some rats, knocking them down and out.

"Come on, ladies." Sly responded as he sweeped two rats with his cane, then sliced down two more with his sais, knocking them out cold.

"Wanna try me, boys?" Karai quipped as she gave a whiplash with her tail, knocking a duo of rats back.

"Darlings, we got an important job to do." Rarity pointed out as she summoned her shields before some rats crashed into them before she cut them with her kama, beating them.

"Bentley has the easy job." Visamo noted as the he spat venom at a rat, making him cover his eyes in pain before the samar cobra attacked the rat, making him fall unconscious. Soon all the enemies were beaten.

"Glad you ladies weren't slacking off." Sly smiled.

"Hold on guys... *Heads towards something* I'll lower the bars for ya. *Lifts that something, lowering an upper gate* There you go. To get over this thing you'll have to help each other. *Pushes that something fully up, completely lowering the upper gate* Looks like you guys are on your own from here." Murray said.

"Ah, we're used to it. Thanks for the help." Sly responded in gratitude.

"I'll stay with Murray in case more Rats come." Adagio volunteered.

"Are you certain?" Rarity asked.

"Of course." Adagio nodded.

"Well, thanks for helping us out." Karai said.

"Yeah, really appreciate it." Visamo agreed.

"Anytime buddies." Murray replied as the four helped each other get over the lowered gate.

"Chili Dogs?" Adagio challenged.

"Extra Cheese?" Murray added.

"You're on." Adagio smirked.

The four got past a gate of lasers before encountering a seemingly impenetrable one.

"Guys, in order to get past these lasers, you need to crawl under that table." Bentley informed on the comms.

"That's not a problem for me." Karai said as she slithered past under the table, getting past the laser gate. "Not even a challenge."

"I hear that." Visamo agreed, having slithered under the table too.

"Focus on the job. It's too important." Rarity said.

"They know." Sly pointed out while crawling under the table.

"Why would Dimitri needs the the Tail feathers specifically?" Rarity asked before she crawled under the table, meeting up with the others.

"We’ll find out soon enough." Sly assured as the group crawled under another table, getting past another laser gate as they soon saw a big guard with a big firearm and flashlight.

"These flashlight guards are too tough to fight head-on. Crawl under the tables to sneak around him." Bentley explained on the comms.

"Alright, I guess stealth is needed here." Karai noted as the four crawled under the table one at a time, getting past the guard before finding another one, moving the flashlight left and right. "Time for my venom." Karai said as she avoided the flashlight while getting under the table and she turned her head towards the big guard. "Surprise." Karai quipped as she spat venom, blinding the guard’s eyes while allowing her and the others to get past him before reaching an open vent.

"This air vent leads into Dimitri’s Nightclub." Bentley informed on the comms.

"Disgusting." Rarity gagged.

"Come on, it’s not that hard." Sly said as he crawled into the air vent easily.

"Hard, I believe. Sanitary, definitely not." Rarity argued.

"Hey, you don’t have time to be picky at times like this." Karai pointed out as she slithered into into air vent, following Sly. Rarity then jumped in, hoping not to run into vermin. "Let’s go." Karai urged, letting Rarity pass her before following the snow leopard as everyone got out the other end of the vent, seeing a yellow laser gate protected by another warthog guard.

"In order to shut down those yellow lasers, you’ll need to take down that guard. Sneak up behind him and knock him into the air, then slam and knock him out." Bentley explained on the comms before Sly got the idea as he snuck up behind the guard.

"Go for it." Rarity nodded as Sly knocked the guard up into the air then slammed him on the ground with his cane, knocking the enemy out cold.

"Nice one." Karai smiled as the yellow lasers deactivated.

"Thank goodness." Rarity said in relief.

"Let's keep going." Karai said as the group moved forward while slipping past a laser gate.

" That sneak attack slam move only works on guards who haven't seen any of you. Wait until this guy turns his back, and then let him have it!" Bentley advised on the comms.

"Wish we had room for my Spiderweb Trick." Rarity sighed.

"I got this one." Visamo volunteered.

"After you." Sly replied while the guard turned around as Visamo sneaked up behind him before sweeping him into the air with his tail before before grabbing him with said tail and slammed into the ground, knocking the enemy out.

"Come on." Visamo called out as the group entered a room, seeing a few rat guards.

"If you get in a fight with those rats, the sneak attack won't work. It's purely a stealth move." Bentley warned on the comms.

"I know, Bentley." Sly said.

"So how do we take care of this?" Karai asked.

"Like we always do." Sly answered as the four faded into the shadows, ready to take out the rat guards one by one.

"Excuse me, boys." Rarity called out, coming out in changed clothes.

"Huh?" The rat guards noticed in confusion.

"Could you help a delicate flower like me out?" Rarity requested, revealing to be in a beautiful dress, getting the rat guards smitten with her straight away. "I'm trying to find the wash room but I seem to have gotten lost." Rarity said, really getting the rats’ attention as they were more than happy to help while Sly and the others got ready for Rarity's signals while she took her compact mirror out. "Oh dear, my mascara is running." Rarity feigned worry before she started heading out as the rats followed her. Sly waited before one passed by him and nabbed the rat guard, causing another rat guard turned around, thinking he heard something, but saw nothing as he shrugged and went back to following Rarity.

"Any of you boys have a hairbursh?" Rarity asked, making the rats worry as they searched their pockets before Karai threw one close to her hiding spot and a rat guard saw it. Said rat guard went over to the hairbrush and picked up as a shadow passed over him, only for the rat guard to have vanished with the hairbrush on the floor. "Never mind, I found mine in my bag." Rarity shrugged as she kept going before purposely dropping a lipstick roll away in secret. "My lipstick!" Rarity gasped as a rat guard noticed and went after it.

"That's right." Visamo smirked as the rat guard was about to pick the lipstick up, he heard that before he was dragged into the shadows.

"What was that?!" The rat guard gasped.

"What was what, darling?" Rarity asked, feigning confusion as she switched her compact mirror to knock out gas.

"Is something wrong?" The rat guard checked.

"Nighty-night." Rarity quipped as she walked away while pressing the button on a device and dropping it, making the device release the gas. "Sleep tight." Rarity finished as the remaining rat guards fell asleep from the gas. "All clear." Rarity called out as Sly, Karai and Visamo came out of the shadows as Rarity changed back into her normal outfit.

"Why did you get the easy job?" Karai asked.

"Because I'm beautiful." Rarity answered.

"Are you saying that because I'm a snake?" Karai deadpanned.

"No, because I have legs." Rarity responded.

"Sounds like you're mocking me." Karai hissed.

"Girls, focus. And if we were mock you, Karai, we'd bring up you needing to cling to Murray in cold weather." Sly pointed out smugly as Karai blushed in embarrassment at that before he went onto the stage and broke an air vent's grates.

"Aha! Another air vent! Judging by that angle, it should lead to the printing press room." Bentley calculated on the comms.

"I'll go in." Karai volunteered.

"You sure?" Visamo checked.

"Absolutely." Karai confirmed.

"Well, don't get caught." Sly advised.

"You're talking to a kunoichi." Karai giggled as she slithered into the vents and soon came out, falling into a bigger vent. "So far, so good."

"Jackpot! The heart of Dimitri's operation. Head for those windows and take some reconnaissance photos." Bentley requested on the comm.

"I'm on it, Bentley." Karai replied as she brought out her binocucom and looked around the place through the windows, seeing plenty of stuff before noticing Dimitri and took a picture of him.

"That's our target, Dimitri, professional lounge lizard and international forger." Bentley confirmed on the comm.

"Yuck! And he's a smoker." Karai gagged before she noticed a warning label on something and took a picture of it.

"That generator seems to be powering the security systems down here." Bentley noticed.

"Useful information." Karai said as she then saw the Clockwerk Tailfeathers having double-barreled dollar signs on one side of them while being used as part of a money printer and took a picture of the parts and the machine.

"Ingenious! Dimitri is using the Clockwerk Tailfeathers as printing plates. Given their rare alloy, they'll never wear out. Unlimited forged money!" Bentley explained on the comm.

"That explains the reasons why the Tailfeathers specifically." Karai noted.

"That should do it, Karai. Get the others, head back to the warehouse and we'll cook up a plan of attack." Bentley said on the comm.

"I'm on it." Karai nodded as she then slithered away, heading back to the others.

Author's Note

Next Time on Equestria Ninja Girls...

Bug Dimitri's Office/Follow Dimitri