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Gilda looked over from her cloud, noticing that a waiter and several of the patrons were acting odd, exchanging surreptitious glances and nods.  She tensed for a moment, then reached behind herself, drawing her rifle...


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A waiter finaly approached the two of them "Sorry about the delay, busy and all, anyway, what can I get you two tonight?"

"I'll just have some hay fries myself, and a hay shake" Sweetie Belle spoke as Dawn nodded as well "And so will she"

"Very good" the waiter answered back as he turned and headed off.

Sweetie Belle just looked at Dawn, whom was acting a bit distant, to which Sweetie Belle arched an eyebrow slightly "What's on your mind this time? And please, do tell me this time....I just don't like it when you don't tell me anything"

"It's nothing, nothing's on my mind" Dawn replied back with a sigh "Trust me, if there was, I would tell you about it"

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The young griffon, known as Serenity, had approached the zepplin overhead and crashed right through the glass window of it, eyes narrowed at the pilot of said zepplin.

"Oh bugger..." was all the pilot had said as he gulped, stepping backwards "What is it that you want? I'm telling you, we haven't done anything wrong this time"

Serentiy's eyes shifted to the door behind the pilot, then to the pilot again.

"Oh that? That's uh, nothing....just....nothing" the pilot hessitated a bit as his eyes did shift a bit suspiciously.


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Anne turned around to leave when she saw the two toned curly mane of Sweetie Belle next to a table.

The powerful motors in her suit whirred as she trotted up to Sweetie Belle and Dawn.

"Hey, Sweetie Belle, Rarity's been looking for ya," she said.

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"I know, I already spoke to her" Sweetie Belle replied back "The Ravens saved me, with Dawn as well" she added in as she looked to Dawn, giving her a smile.

Dawn on the other hand, didn't really say anything back herself just yet as she looked to Anne as well.  Though she was still silent at first, she then decided to speak up "Yeah, if you don't mind, we're on a date here"


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Gilda watched cautiously from over the side of the cloud as Haru slid out from a nearby alleyway.  The two kept close eyes on the new arrivals, in case they were planning to do anything...


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Above the city, Serenity pushed the pilot of the zepplin aside and entered the bigger area of the zepplin, glancing around before her eyes set upon a rather large cannon of sorts as her eyes widened.  Her eyes gazed towards the pilot again as she finally spoke up "What is that?"

The pilot just shook his head a little bit "Nothing you need to be concerned about" he spoke as he motioned for another pony in the vicinity to take control of the cannon "Since stopping it is impossible for a simple griffon like you" he smirked, stepping back as the top of the zepplin opened up and the cannon rose up and in turn, started to power up.

Serenity just looked at it before looking at the pilot again "Why?"

"You need not worry about that" the pilot smirked back as the cannon fired a beam of energy from it and into a nearby building before it started to power up again.

Serenity's eyes narrowed as she took off towards the cannon, as if she was about to try to destroy it, only for the cannon to aim at her and fire another beam of energy, to which the young griffon dodged just barely, the beam ripping across part of the zepplin before another beam of energy was fired at her, trying to keep her back.


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As Serenity dodged around the blasts, there was a commotion from inside the ship.  A lone Earth pony had somehow managed to breach the inside of the ship, and was sliding between the armed guards, effortlessly punching his way through them.  He wore nothing more than an elaborate tuxedo, and seemed extremely out of place, but his fighting skills were noting short of incredible...


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Serenity had to pull back for now as she kept her distance from the cannon.  It was near impossible to get near it right now as the focus of the cannon moved back upon the city once again as the griffons eyes glanced around rather quickly. Her eyes fell upon the pony on the cannon before her eyes shifted to where the cockpit of the zepplin was as she got an idea and rushed forward.

The cannon turned to Serenity again and powered up yet again before it fired a shot, to which the griffon stopped to allow it for proper aim until at the last moment, she dropped down, the beam piercing through the zepplin and into the cockpit, destroying the control pannel in question.

The zepplin started to then veer down towards the city, heading towards a skyscraper in particular as Serenity's eyes widened at it.  But as she was distracted, she was struck the the cannon again, being blasted out of the sky and started to fall towards the ground, hitting it rather hard with a gasp.

She just lay there, unmoving as she was unable to do so right now, a bit too injured as her eyes just watched the zepplin fall still about to crash.


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From the werckage of the blimp, the pony stepped out, nonchalantly brushing some of the dust off his tuxedo.
"Excellent...it's all going as planned.  The pieces are falling into place..."
He muttered...


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Serenity soon, did push herself up and cracked her back with a bit of a gasp as she looked at the ground, breathing heavily before her gaze shifted to the pony stepping out of the flaming wreck of the blimp.  Eyes narrowed at the figure slightly before she shook her head a bit and attempted to extend her wings, only for them to snap back again in pain.

She had sprained her wings and therefore, just couldn't fly for the time being, but instead, walked towards the flaming wreckage, ignoring the pony in the tuxedo as her concern lay towards the zepplin at the moment.


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"Fine," Anne replied as she returned to Silver.

Silver telekinetically swiped his cash card on a tablet that the waiter left on the table to pay for his meal. He levitated the reciept into a "pocket" on those side of his exoskeleton. "You find Sweetie Belle?"

Anne nodded. "She's on a date."

"Well, I paid for everything, so let's go!"

Anne turned to the mysterious ponies who helped her. A bag of bits levitated out of her many armored pockets and floated up to them. "Thank you for helping us find Sweetie Belle."

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The first of the two ponies simply shook his head.
"There's no need ta thank us.  We simply help for the sake of helpin'.  Unlike those money gougin' Ravens.  There's no need fer yer bits.  Keep em."
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Sweetie Belle looked over at Silver and Anne leaving, then to Dawn again "That was a bit harsh if you ask me, I know you want to stay on our date and all, but you didn't have to say it like that"

Dawn didn't really say anything back to Sweetie Belle as she was told off like that as she too just glanced to Silver and Anne, then to Sweetie Belle again as their food was bought over.  She in turn, just started to eat her hay fries and still not saying a word, just feeling a bit guilty about it all.

Sweetie Belle just sighed at Dawn's silence "I'll be back, I just want to go and talk to them, explain things more clearly" she spoke as she left the table and trotted over to Silver and Anne "Hey, sorry about Dawn, it's just that she was looking forward to our date and did sort of snap by mistake about it and all.  Didn't mean to go and push you two away like that either"

Dawn still stayed silent as she just slowly ate her hay fries still, glancing at Sweetie Belle every so often, still feeling guilty all the while "I'm sorry alright Sweetie Belle?" she whispered to herself, still finding it hard to actually say sorry to anypony else.


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Anne accepted the bits back and stashed them away. "Well, see ya back at the complex tonight. She's gonna have a casual dinner with her friends and the important ponies of Ponyville."

Silver snorted; he didn't care for get-togethers. To be honest, he thought little of Rarity's taste for high fashion and culture. "We'll leave you two on your date," he said as he exited the bar.

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"Actually, I'll be heading back to the Ravens again with Dawn....spend the night together and all you know, but Rarity does know that I'll be there, and even if she doesn't, I can always get in contact with her again" Sweetie Belle told the two of them before she smiled and turned, heading back to where Dawn was again.

Though Dawn still refused to say a word to Sweetie Belle right now as she just looked at her dinner, not really having touched it all that much.

Sweetie Belle again, just sighed "Dawn, what's wrong?"

"It's...nothing" Dawn replied as she pushed the plate away from herself a bit and just sighed herself.


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"Sure," Anne said.

"So where are we going now?" Silver asked.

"How about Pinkamena's Cafe?"

"Sure. Not like I got anything better to do."

The two ponies then headed out. By this time, rain was starting to fall thanks to the excess clouds produced by the Cloudsdale Weather Corporation. They simply donned their helmets and continued back to the "normal" part of Ponyville.

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Gilda tapped her com system.
"Hey...Haru, can you keep an eye out for those two?  I just...can't anymore."
She said softly, taking off, though one of her feathers drifted down towards Dawn and Sweetie Belle as she did so...
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(Underground manufacturing plant)
A single pony sat at a large, elaborate desk, overlooking the factory below himself with a bored look, finally standing up and heading out to the elevator that would lead him to the surface of the Undercity...


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The duo made it to Pinkamena's Cafe without any interruptions - save for a panhandler who was quickly discouraged by the display of Silver's flank mounted laser borers.

"So what do you plan to order?" Silver asked.

"Gonna get some alcohol," Anne replied.

"Table for two," Silver said to a server-pony as they entered the cafe. Pounding industrial rock came from the rear of the cafe.

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Sweetie Belle just looked at Dawn still, seeing that she wasn't exactly looking at her anymore as she moved from her seat and walked up to Dawn instead and nuzzled her a little bit "Listen, if you want, we could just go...."

Dawn shook her head a little "No, I said that we would be on a date and this is it-"

"Look, something's on your mind and I'm fine if you just want to go....so come on" Sweetie Belle nuzzled Dawn a little more before she turned around and headed for the exit.

Dawn sighed herself and left as well, missing Gilda's feather drop by a single second as she in turn, walked beside Sweetie Belle as she just looked at the ground instead whilst walking.  Yet, Sweetie Belle stopped after a few moments as she felt the rain on her face as she looked to Dawn "What's with all the sadness lately?"

"I told you, it's nothing....really..." Dawn sighed again as she stopped and in turn, looked up at Sweetie Belle, stopped just inches from her face "Really, it's....it's...." but then, she just trailed off "I just didn't mean to snap at your friends, all I wanted was just a perfect date was all and I guess I just felt guilty about it all"

Sweetie Belle just looked at Dawn "Is that? All this pouting just because you feel guilty?" she smiled at Dawn contently and nuzzled her "That's no reason to pout, kinda a stupid reason isn't it?" she teased to her.


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Inside Pinkamena's Cafe, Jin looked up as Silver and Anne entered.
"Hmm...those two are back again.  Hope they found whoever it was they were looking for."
He said off-hoofedly...
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As an elevator gate opened up, the pony from within the factory stepped out, heading towards his favorite cafe.  Pinkamena's Cafe...