Hi! Hyena king here! This is the big heist, the moment you've all been waiting for. So, without further ado, here's chapter 12!

Fluttershy and Rarity had gotten the jewels needed to make the saw that would slice through the wings welded into the statue from the chandelier. How this was accomplished was simple. Sly and Lightning tried to beat the jewels off of Rajan's prized elephant's heads with cane and hoof, but after some initial struggling, Fluttershy simply calmed them down and asked to take the jewels from them, which they gladly gave the nice yellow Pegasus.

Some sneaking, fighting and explosions later, Sly, Thunder, Lightning, Fluttershy and Rarity were back in the ballroom, waiting for everybody else to be in position. Rajan suddenly spoke up, loud enough to be heard by Sly, Thunder and Lightning from where they stood.

"The bridge is destroyed. Take your men and see what's going on." The rhino guard who was listening bowed, then went to carry out the order. Sly grinned.

"You in position, Murray?"

"Check."

The Hippo was now positioned above the statue, hanging by a rope. Frankly, it was a wonder nobody saw him yet.

"Looks like Bentley's distraction did the trick. Initiate phase two, I'll take care of Carmelita and the crowd. You handle the heavy lifting." Sly then turned to Thunder and Lightning. "You guys make sure everything's going to plan." The pegasi nodded and Sly went to do his job. Not a few seconds later, Sasha appeared right next to the boys.

"I need to talk to you."

"Same here." Thunder replied. "What the hay was with the light show?"

"Granted, it was fun to watch, but what were those two unicorns going to do to us?' Lightning asked.

"Kill you." Sasha answered almost nonchalantly. Thunder and Lightning looked at her.

"Nice of you to show concern." Lightning said finally.

"They're Devitra and Shade." Sasha explained, ignoring Lightning entirely. "They were imprisoned in Tartarus back on your world."

"For what?" Thunder asked, not really wanting to know the answer.

"When they were younger, they cursed blank flanks to wet their beds."

Thunder considered this for a moment. Then he said, rather skeptically. "That doesn't sound like something they'd go to Tartarus for."

Sasha continued. "Then after they grew up, they terrorized what is today Manehatten and Cloudsdale, causing eternal darkness, burning down houses, and cursing adult ponies who got in their way with bed-wetting problems."

"OK, that sounds a lot more reasonable." Thunder admitted.

"What's with them and bed-wetting?"Lightning couldn't help but ask.

"They were finally caught in Manehatten. My sisters were on vacation in your world and saw them trying to burn down an Orphanage. They got in the way, and the unicorns cursed them."

"Wait, those other girls are your sisters!?" Lightning all but screamed.

"Cursed with what?" Thunder asked, getting back on track. Sasha gave him a glare. "What do you think?"

Thunder thought for a moment, and then nodded. Lightning looked up just in time to see Murray almost drop the wings, which he had succeeded in dislodging from the statue. Lightning flew up, miraculously without being seen, and grabbed onto the wings, putting them back in Murray's firm grip.

As Lightning continued to help Murray, Thunder kept talking to Sasha.

"OK, one, how did they escape, two, why do they want to kill me and Lightning?"

"The reason is simple enough." Sasha replied. "That weird demon thing you fought the first time you were here? His name's lord Malice. He released them and given them a thousand years off their sentence, providing that they kill you."

"What did we ever do to that guy?" Thunder asked, curiosity clear on his face.

"Think about it. Remember the story of the Guardian?"

Before Thunder could reply, Rajan suddenly shouted. "The wings! Where are the Clockwerk wings!?"

"What, how? But..." Carmelita stammered, and then noticed the rose in her hand, which bore the insignia of the raccoon thief himself.

"Cooper!"

Thunder didn't say anything else to Sasha. Just shot out of there like a bat out of hell and went to collect the mares.

There you go. This might have been short again, but I hope you enjoyed this chapter nevertheless. R&R please!