Sweetie Belle looked at the path to the counter and shook her head. It looked too dangerous and out in the open to carry the heavy earth pony. She sighed and looked outside the mini-store again. The unicorns were still there and shooting at them if anypony poked their heads out.
Meanwhile, Scootaloo finished patching up the unicorn. It was sloppy but she did the best she could. The unicorn stallion coughed then motioned Scootaloo to a secret compartment inside the counter. There was a loaded Bearetta inside the box.
"Those bastards out there are not your average ponies. I know those masks anywhere. They come from a gang probably living in some abandoned warehouse" He shoved the pistol in the pegasus' hooves. "I hope you know how to use it"
"Why can't you?"
"I'm scared, okay? I don't know how to handle things like these" The unicorn chuckled to himself. "This store was built to withstand a firefight. I wanted it to be like that. I thought I had to guts to be a hero when the right time came but now that it's actually happening, I just realized that I can't"
Scootaloo leaves his side and moved next to Apple Bloom. The earth pony has never held a gun before, much less know much about it except squeezing the trigger causes the gun to fire while the pegasus has gotten through simple training to at least know the basics to handling a firearm. The pegasus checked the bullets inside the magazine and was surprised to see live rounds inside.
"Apple Bloom, what do we do now?"
"I don't know. Just wait for the police to arrive. They can't be far"
Unfortunately for them, this attack was not the only one happening in the city. Multiple police forces were having trouble with different raids going all over the city. It was a coordinated attack from a popular gang that resided in the rich areas of the city. Their name is feared by many. The locusts.
Needless to say...
...the trio will have to defend for far longer.