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// Rootie-tootie-aim-and-shootie... 
// Story: The Grid 
// by Valuable Ashes 
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"One of them might have a gun out. When I say the word, you shoot at one of them. You got it?" Apple Bloom whispered at Scootaloo. The pegasus' held the pistol with a hoof and another on the trigger.

The two gang members stepped into the store, pulling the broken glass door out of their way. Their hooves made contact with the shattered glass creating cracking sounds. Behind the metal shelf, Sweetie Belle ducked beside the shocked earth pony. Making sure that she wouldn't be seen.

Apple Bloom kept waiting patiently under the counter until she saw her chance. One of the gang members looked directly at her and was not fast enough to deflect a hoof to the face. The other unicorn saw her but was swiftly shot by a pegasus.

The loud bang that reverberated the store walls disoriented the ponies inside but shook off the confusion resulting with the remaining unicorn fighting two ponies at the same time.

Sweetie Belle looked at her two best friends fighting the disarmed unicorn. Sometimes, the other two ponies outside would shoot at them. Sweetie Belle quickly decided that she would cover them for now. Despite being blank rounds, a shot to the face would hurt somepony. However, she was heavily suppressed from continuous gun fire that forced her to hide and could not cover her friends in any way possible.

Apple Bloom and Scootaloo continued fighting the unicorn. It was clear who was going to win but with no more cover from the other Crusader they would need to take down the unicorn immediately.

Apple Bloom could make it quick and buck him hard in the face. That would stop his attacks but would most certainly kill him. Alternatively, the duo could try to hit him harder until he faints but the constant gunfire on their position might kill one of them.

Dodging the bullets whizzing by her, Apple Bloom...
...bucks him in the face.
...continues to fight the unicorn.