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// Avenging... 
// Story: The Grid 
// by Valuable Ashes 
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"If you want us to not shoot her, you must come here and surrender your weapon to us"

The unicorn stallion outside looked like he was having an internal debate with himself before agreeing. He removed the magazine in the SMG and walked to the store. When he reached the store, Apple Bloom tackled him with a roll of duct tape.

"I'm sorry but we don't know if you're going to attack us or not. Stay still so I could-" The yellow earth pony couldn't continue on before a bullet pierced her belly. The SMG, while missing its magazine, had a bullet left in the chamber.

The two Crusaders gasped before Scootaloo unloaded the pistol mags onto the stallion. Then there was silence. The unicorn stallion the Scootaloo shot was lying on the floor, undisturbed.

Scootaloo grabbed the first aid kit and ran to Apple Bloom's side, quickly administering aid to her wound. The two Crusaders worked hard on keeping Apple Bloom alive. Sweetie Belle got work on removing the bullet then Scootaloo wrapped a bandage on her. After minutes, it looked as if the earth pony would still live.

The police and ambulances came. When the duo were questioned, they were let go after four civilians told them enough evidence that they were not the reason for the commotion and saved the day.

The duo looked at the stallion and mare. As the events that happened today started to dawn on them, they can't help but feel sympathy for them. One of the Crusaders was placed in an ambulance to further heal up.

The two Crusaders walked down the road back to their homes and yet they can't help but talk about what happened. Even though Scootaloo killed two of the gang members, the police let it slide saying that "now there are two less of them".

This didn't comfort her in the slightest. She killed a pony whether from self defense or not. Yet, after the other Crusader convincing her that "there was no other option" or "he could have killed more ponies like us" made her feel a bit better.

After Apple Bloom was discharged from the hospital, the trio continued to fight for what's right and being extra cautious around surrendering ponies. The Crusaders were later disbanded months after when Apple Bloom broke down in the middle of a fire fight thus making her vulnerable to enemy attacks.

The militia disbanded after Apple Bloom was sent to the hospital where she was found with multiple bullet wounds. She survived it once more, but left the city to do family work.


AN EYE FOR AN EYE ENDING


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