Hi! Hyena King here! This is the next part in The mission, but you already knew that. So, without further ado, here's chapter 9!
Rarity turned out to be a huge help in this endeavor. The plan was to infiltrate the ballroom and see what they could do about stealing the Clockwerk wings. The white unicorn ended up fashioning a tuxedo with some things she got from a nearby store for Sly, and even made identical tuxedos for Thunder and Lightning. She also ended up making dresses for herself and the rest of the mane six.
Their cover story was that Sly, Thunder and Lightning were rich entrepreneurs, gratefully accepting their invitations to the ball Rajan was throwing. Twilight and Rainbow would play Thunder and Lightning's dates, (This was arranged by Sly with a wink at the stallions that they didn't get at all.) Applejack would be a apple company mogul from Texas, Rarity a huge fashion designer from Paris, Pinkie a holder of several nightclubs, and Fluttershy...She was a tough one, but they finally settled on the head of an animal rights charity group.
Sly had explained to them before hand that two other members of the Klaww gang, Jean Bison and Appriego, had made an appearance, as well as the warden, head of the biggest prison Interpol had, Carmelita Fox, and her partner Constable Neyla. Sly then told them that he had a plan to deal with all these guys and get the Clockwerk wings; they just had to keep their different personas up until they could execute it.
As of now, they walked through the door leading into the ballroom, Sly in the lead, the ponies following.
"Those disguises are working perfectly! Nobody's going to recognize you in those outfits." Bentley commented.
"We still seem to be drawing a lot of attention, though." Thunder pointed out, looking at the stares the ponies were getting.
"That's because they're not used to seeing guys like you on four legs." Bentley told him, before moving back to the topic at hand. "Sly, you'll need to dance with Carmelita to keep both her, and the crowd, distracted. Trouble is, she's picky about dance partners, so you'll have to impress her first."
"Alright, I know just the girl for the job." Sly said, taking note of Neyla on the dance floor. He left his pony friends where they were, which left Bentley to send them on their assignments.
"As for the rest of you...Mingle. Enjoy the party, but keep a close eye on everybody we mentioned to be on watch for."
"Right. Like that's supposed to be easy." Applejack commented after Bentley signed off.
"C'mon girls," Twilight said. "Let's just try to look normal."
"Yeah, let's do this!" Pinkie said, wandering off to the other side of the room. "Let's party!"
While Pinkie was raising hell over there, Rarity and Applejack left, taking Fluttershy with them, to another part of the ballroom, leaving Thunder, Lightning, Twilight and Rainbow alone together. Lightning wasn't happy in the least, let me tell you, and neither was Thunder. Twilight and Rainbow just gave each other awkward looks.
You see, while Sly had been kind enough to pick up on Thunder and Lightning's little crushes, he had gotten the whole thing backwards. Instead of Twilight being with Thunder and Lightning being with Rainbow, Sly made it so Lightning was with Twilight and Rainbow was with Thunder. Sly was going to pay for this, each of the brothers vowed silently.
Speaking of the raccoon thief, he was currently dancing with Neyla, saying on the dance floor. While this was obviously a ploy to get at Carmelita, it did nothing to help the intense rage the brothers felt for him at that moment. Rainbow suddenly went over to Lightning and dragged him towards the dance floor.
"C'mon, let's dance!" she said as they hit the dance floor beside Sly and Neyla. Lightning didn't have time to stammer a response as they faced each other. While their style of dance looked a lot more awkward then they way the people in this world did it, they still danced with a fiery passion. Unlike Sly and Neyla, who were dancing like elegant rich folk, Lightning and Rainbow were dancing like they were having a competition, swaying to the beat in a fiery passion, especially once Lightning got the hang of it.
Twilight and Thunder watched this with awe as the dancers continued to do their thing. Thunder suddenly held out his hoof to Twilight. "Care to dance?" Twilight simply blushed and nodded, then they made their way out onto the dance floor. They danced the traditional dance they had back in Canterlot, swaying with a type of elegance only ponies can have. Sly, who had been surprised by the ponies sudden appearance, smiled to himself as he remained committed to his ploy and continued to dance despite the other two couples present.
When the dance was over, Twilight and Thunder looked deeply in each other's eyes, smiles lighting their faces. Lightning and Rainbow simply laughed as they collapsed exhausted to the floor. Sly simply had a few words with Carmelita before he slipped away to carry on with the heist. Twilight looked deeply into the eyes of Thunder.
"Thunder..."
"Yeah?"
Before Twilight could say anything, the room exploded with a sudden burst of light. When the light cleared, and everybody got their vision back, it was to the sight of Sasha, who was accompanied by what looked to be a beautiful Mexican tango dancer, and a Japanese shrine maiden. Twilight was the first to say something.
"Sasha! What are you doing here?! And who are those girls behind you!?"
"That's not important." Sasha replied, being serious. "Where's Thunder and Lightning?"
Said ponies walked up to the goddess. "What's going on?" Lightning asked, not taking Sasha's sudden seriousness as a good thing.
"You guys are in grave danger."
"They're in danger, alright."
They all turned to see the owner of the unknown voice, which was a black unicorn with violet eyes.
"Hello." Shade said.
"Goodbye" Devitra, who was right next to her sister, said.
Their horns suddenly glowed as they blasted rays of energy straight at Thunder and Lightning.
There you go. How do you feel for cliffhangers? If you don't like them, you'll have to wait like everybody else. R&R please!