8 o' clock AM, 2Fort…
EqU readied themselves for another fight to remember. First, there was Saxton Hale alongside LUNA. Then the battles at DeGroot Keep. Then the Horseless Headless Horsemann with BLU. Then MONOCULUS! with RED. Then Merasmus with RED again, where both their Heavies decided to dress in drag for some reason. Not to say there weren't other memorable battles, but those were very prominent.
They were all already positioned around the base, even though the Administrator was still counting down. As it was, during what Tasic decided to call 'Realism Mode', the respawn room doors did not block them, and they will not block the enemy team from entering either as the invisible wall that did that was no longer in effect. Also, they only need to capture the enemy briefcase twice.
On the offensive, Rainbow Dash and Derpy Hooves were charging in, but the RED Heavy was alerted to their presence and he opened fire on them, forcing them to draw back. Just as they retreated, Sasha had landed one bullet on them each. The one that hit Derpy struck on a hind leg while the one on Rainbow grazed her side and nearly hit a wing. This caught them off guard for a bit since when they usually get hit, it was just a general sensation of pain all over their body. Now it's a more searing one on the spot where they were shot. And they were bleeding too.
Meanwhile, Twilight Sparkle identified the RED Sniper's position behind the now boarded-up windows and fired. Unfortunately, he got out of the way just as her bullet shot through the windows, presumably showering him in splintered wood. "I found the Sniper.", she alerted her teammates. "He's over there."
Just then, as the two pegasi tried to advance once more, this time with a little more caution, as Rainbow got closer, evading the RED Heavy's minigun, a rocket headed her way. While she managed to avoid a clean hit, it exploded right nearby and she was sent tumbling into the water.
"Wait fer me, ye idiot!", she heard the RED Demoman say before submerging.
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Spike managed to get past the RED Heavy as he entered the base. Even without a Chargin' Targe or a Splendid Screen, his skates enabled him to move quickly, certainly faster than the RED Demoman, who was currently supporting the Soldier in keeping back his teammates (and having the Eyelander), who were understandably more hesitant thanks to the effects of 'Realism Mode'. Explosions seriously hurt, especially the heat they give off. His scales warded off heat and bullets, but the impact still hurt, and this time the cards did not track 'health'. He wasn't about to test it by throwing himself in front of a Pyro's flamethrower though. He wasn't that certain.
Before he went down the corridor he found himself in, he suspected something, stopped, and launched three grenades down the turn. These promptly exploded, and the cry he heard confirmed his thoughts. There was somebody there. And when he went over and saw he got the RED Pyro, but didn't end up doing as much damage as he thought.
While that was happening, an EqU Pyro clone had also entered the base, this one having a creamy blond mane, bot-named "Ambush". Pinkie Pie decided to take care of the Scout and was staying at the Intelligence room with Rarity, seeing that the respawn rooms can be entered by the enemy. Due to the effects of 'Realism Mode', it turns out only one could be created and for some reason the RED team wasn't making any copies of themselves to balance the numbers.
As she entered the courtyard, she saw the Engineer erecting two Level 3 Sentries, decided this won't do, and elected to take them down. She managed to burn one down and its resulting explosion (along with destroying the other Sentry) slammed the Engineer against a wall. 
She ended up nearly destroying the straight stairs as she then made her way to the battlements, not realizing the Engineer wasn't dead yet and was playing possum. Normally, her AI would be smarter, but whatever had initiated 'Realism Mode' had hampered it a bit as she went for the Sniper's location.
Back where Spike was, he was struggling as the Pyro grabbed him by the neck and was pulling him up while trying to reach his axe, too weak to get up after the little bugger had delivered scratches on his legs. Just then, at the other end of the corridor Spike had planned to turn to before getting himself involved with the firebug, from the wall of fire there probably caused by "Ambush" emerged the RED Engineer, a scream escaping him as he landed badly. He nearly sank to his knees, but roused himself as he heard the Pyro cry out as Spike began to dig his claws into the arm holding him up in attempt to make him let go.
The young dragon grunted out loud as he continued in his efforts only to then hear a familiar revving noise. He turned just in time to see the Engineer bring out his Gunslinger arm, grab him by the neck and out of RED Pyro's clutches. Spike choked as he dangled in the air, helpless and unable to move as Engineer's prosthetic hand crushed his windpipe.
"I may not know if any of my weapons can pierce your scales, but I'm gonna wipe that dumb look right off your stupid face.", he said before slamming the EqU Demoman into the wall. Before he could try and let loose a fire breath, the Engineer pulled back, then slammed him into the wall again, knocking the breath out of his lungs and sending Spike away to the limbo room.
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At the battlements, "Ambush" looked for the RED Sniper, wandering cautiously. Just as she turned for one of the doorframes however, her target showed himself and hurled a jar of Jarate and she yelped in pain and stumbled back as splintered glass dug into her suit. Immediately, she brought up her flamethrower in front of herself, parrying his kukri, only to then get a kick to the face, sending her right into a wall and disarming her. Sniper gave a yell, shoving the kukri towards her, but she barely rolled away in time (Pinkie would've effortlessly dodged that) and retrieved her weapon in the process.
As the kukri embedded itself into the wood, another thing that wouldn't happen out of 'Realism Mode', the EqU Pyro swiftly did an airblast, disarming him and sending him flying and landing flat on his back, also ejecting his shades. "Ambush" approached him as he got up, then let loose a stream of flames. The Sniper rolled out of most of it, but was now burning. Thanks to 'Realism Mode', his skin was peeling off and his left eye was charred. As a 'bot', she didn't react to this; Pinkie most likely would've been traumatized.
The Sniper managed to get up and barrel past her. "Ambush" quickly followed him as he reached another room, which was already burning due to the flames. In spite of 'Realism Mode', her exposed hair didn't catch fire from the surrounding flames as she tried to locate the Sniper. Upon finding him, she saw him lying on his back, near-burning to death…and his rifle aimed right at her. Before she could do anything else, he pulled the trigger and eliminated her.
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At the Intelligence room, Rarity stood guard near their briefcase, boredom evident in her face. She had opted out on heading to the fight due to freaking out from how more vulnerable she was out there with 'Realism Mode' in action. The fact that RED base was flammable didn't help matters as Pinkie Pie (in her Pyro uniform as a safety precaution) played with the baby Scout.
Just then, she heard a voice through the comms system. "Hey, I got the briefcase!" It was Rainbow Dash. "I'm headed back now!"
Rarity found this as odd; Rainbow hardly ever used the comms system and was more likely to alert teammates within earshot. Also, while the two are friends, they weren't honestly too close with one another as they were with their other friends. This was probably the RED Spy, but why would he bring his team's briefcase over?
Nevertheless, Rarity quickly responded to avoid any suspicions. "Marvelous! I believe you remember where to bring it."
"Of course I remember! I'll be there in ten seconds flat!"
Once she was off the link, Pinkie, who had been listening as well, said, "That wasn't Rainbow Dash."
"I know.", replied Rarity. "I wonder why the RED Spy's bringing his team's own intelligence to us?" She then decided to ask him later as she then contacted another teammate. "Applejack, are those Sentries ready?"
"Still got two more to go, Rare.", the EqU Engineer replied. "I admit I'm feelin' a bit thrilled to be able to build more than one o' these."
"Glad to hear somepony's having fun in spite of what's happening right now."
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Meanwhile, the other ponies were being very cautious as rockets, grenades, and minigun fire kept them behind cover. Even Chronicle knew not to be too reckless after getting two rockets in the face. One had slammed into the barrier he conjured and slammed him into the wall behind him. Then the second smashed through and gave him a couple of broken bones and a bloody nose. The Dispenser set up nearby helped keep his health and ammo up.
"Oww…", he groaned. "Getting a rocket to the face is no laughing matter." He then went out and let loose another round of bullets on his RED counterpart, whose Medic had just finished patching up the RED Soldier and was now healing him up.
Outside, as Twilight hid from the two REDs' barrage, Derpy was running across the rooftop of the bridge, deftly evading her RED counterpart's rockets and countering with a few of her own. Knowing the Heavy and Medic are right below, she jumped off the roof, aimed her rocket launcher downward, and fired. She managed to see the Heavy grab the Medic and hurl him out of harm's way as the rocket struck and gibbed the big guy.
The sight disturbed more greatly than it normally would have (even when gibs happened outside 'Realism Mode' as well). And it took her a few seconds to realize that a Medi Gun was at her feet. And that it belonged to the RED Medic, who was getting up a short distance away and had a wounded shoulder. Getting back to her senses, she fired at the Medic, who fled into the base. She immediately followed him.
They ended up in the courtyard where the Engineer had been, but Derpy could not see him. She felt he was still around though, so she stopped and used her rarely-used special talent for sensing air currents (which she got her cutie mark from) to try and pinpoint his location (and if others were going to get at her from other parts of the base).
After fully calming herself, switching to the shotgun, she bypassed a wall of boxes where she figured the Medic was…and he suddenly swung out from there and fired his syringe gun. She managed to dodge nearly all of them, the ones hitting her just at the helmet and two puncturing her right wing. In reflex (even if it was held by her mech-arm), she fired her shotgun and disarmed the Medic of his weapon.
"Whoa!", she found herself saying. "Did not see you ther—huh?"
Upon saying "not see", the Medic's expression immediately shifted into one of anger. In his panic, he had misheard "Nazi", which he hated to hear from anybody, especially his enemies. As a result, he lunged himself at her and began pummeling her with his fists.
It was a very gruesome experience. Even if fists weren't as hard as hooves, they still packed a punch. Derpy still had enough focus in her to rear her hind legs and buck the Medic in the stomach, getting him off of her, and slamming him to the wall behind him. The EqU Soldier breathed heavily, still recovering from the Medic's attack. One eye was swollen shut and blood was trickling down her face, further hampering her already impaired vision.
From what little she could now see, Derpy could see the dying Medic give off a wheezing laugh, bloody spittle dribbling down his chin. 
Making a guess, she quickly turned around…and found herself face-to-face with the RED Pyro, who unleashed a burst of fire from his flamethrower.
Unlike most other times where she caught fire, this one was truly agonizing and she let off a painful scream, making everybody else in the base freeze for an instant and the ponies a few precious seconds more. She staggered away from the now-dead Medic, writhing helplessly as fire seared through fur and melted flesh from bone. She continued to wail, ending only when the Pyro brought down his axe on her head, sending her away to the limbo room before it could fracture her skull and do permanent damage to her brain or eyes. Medi Gun rays began to fix up her clothes and body, but she had fallen unconscious from the ordeal.
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Back at the EqU-occupied BLU base…
The ponies were on the defensive as the RED Soldier and Demoman kept them back with their explosives.
"First we lose Spike, then Ambush, then Derpy.", Twilight Sparkle swore to herself as she scouted the two's positions from the battlements. "Could this battle get any worse?" She was answered when a RED grenade landed close to her position. she prepared to teleport but before she could successfully cast it, it exploded, sending her flying and stunning her for a few minutes.
Below, Chronicle was breathing heavily and leaning against the wall as blood matted his coat. The Dispenser had been destroyed by a Demoman's grenade, but Fluttershy was patching him up, the blood being pulled back into the wounds as they closed up.
"Tha' should keep 'im off his feet fer a bit, aye?", he heard the Demoman say.
"Atta boy, Cyclops!", the Soldier with him crowed.
"Is the Übercharge ready?", he asked Fluttershy. There came a ping in the EqU Medic's pack and she confirmed it. "Good. Let's go." She activated the Übercharge and they were quickly covered in protective coats of energy. Right after that, a rocket headed inside and slammed into him, sending the two of them flying for a bit, but perfectly unharmed.
The RED Soldier then charged in. "Come and get me, blondie!"
"Bring it!", he challenged as he switched to his shotgun (not having the Sandvich due to the out-of-whack Cutomizers) and returning fire. The two ponies strafed the rockets, getting in each others' path (but not aim) so that no rocket would break off their beam.
"I swear that that Medic pony is too quiet for her own good!", the Soldier swore as he sidestepped a swing of the EqU Heavy's "magic horn blade" and took out the Equalizer.
Back outside, the RED Demoman was planting stickybombs at the entryway his fellow teammate entered. Just before he could detonate them though, a multicolored blur passed the corner of his one eye, then a cyan hoof collided with his stomach, sending him flying for a bit before crashing. He crawled to his feet, fighting an urge to vomit.
Rainbow Dash stood before him, panting and soaking wet before shaking the water off of her mane, coat, and tail. "Too slow.", she taunted.
"Ye look like ye been ta hell an' back, lassie.", the Demoman replied, one hand reaching for something that wasn't there. His eye flickered to the stickybomb launcher, which he had lost when the EqU Scout attacked him and was resting in the dust.
Rainbow followed his gaze, then quickly turned around, flicking her tail at his eye, then zipped over to the launcher, picking it up with her hooves and hovering backward as the Scot climbed to his feet. "Heheh. Could never do this before." Just then, a shotgun blast forced her to duck. Another struck the tip of her right wing, forcing her to drop to the ground and let go of the stickybomb launcher, which rolled harmlessly to the ground.
It was the RED Engineer, who was aiming his shotgun at her head as he stalked across the bridge.
Back inside, a pair proved to be better than a solo, especially since the pair's Übercharge lasted for more than eight seconds. The RED Soldier had lost all feeling in one arm and his blood was pumping down the front of his fatigues. Fluttershy was already getting traumatized and Chronicle knew he had to finish this. He quickly took out his shotgun as the Soldier lay against a wall.
"I'm ending this. Now.", the EqU Heavy declared as he aimed at the crazed rocket man, and then noticed that he had ripped a grenade off of his bandolier.
"Yes, I am.", the Soldier agreed as he pulled the pin with his teeth.
His eyes shrinking in shock, he yelled, "FLUTTERSHY! HE'S GONNA BLOW!" Without looking to see if she got out of the way, he 'grabbed' the grenade from the Soldier's hand and hurled it out of the entryway, where it landed in the water. What happened next was something he didn't see coming. The entryway exploded into a million pieces at the same time as the grenade, trapping him under the rubble and blowing Rainbow Dash, and the RED Engineer and Demoman, the latter having retrieved his launcher and detonated the stickybombs.
The Demoman was on his feet in an instant after that, staring slack-jawed at what had been the main entrance to the (EqU-occupied) BLU base, now just a pile of concrete. "Sol, ye magnificent bastard! I'm toasting to yer health tonight!" He started to turn away, to the Engineer hauling the protesting EqU Scout against the wall with his prosthetic arm, when a familiar voice stopped him in his tracks.
"T-that's what I l-like to he-ea-hear, DeGroot!" A badly bleeding RED Soldier had somehow pulled himself out of the pile of rubble.
The Demoman spun around with an enormous grin. Engineer froze, and Rainbow stared in shock. "How are you still alive?!", she gasped.
"Grit determination, American pride, and a helluva lot of red meat, private." The Soldier whipped off his helmet, wiping a line of sweat from his brow with his right arm, his left dangling off of him. He replaced the helmet as the Demoman grabbed him by the shoulders in order to support him. "Now, where is—"
A sniper rifle bullet whizzed through the air and made its mark on the Soldier's head, who had enough time to see the blood dribble down his forehead before crumpling to the ground.
Atop the battlements, Twilight limped into view, a medium-sized open wound scarring her right flank and side and staining her clothes. She had her scope aimed at the Engineer as she punctuated her next words between heavy breaths. "Let. Go. Of Rainbow Dash. Now."
The Texan complied, one hand going smoothly to his shotgun as the EqU Scout flew over to her rescuer as best as she could, ignoring the pain on her wing. The Demoman came around beside the Engineer, launcher at the ready. And the Pyro walked across the bridge, ax covered in gore.
"Three 'gainst two.", the black man growled, "And neither of ye are lookin' to put up much o' a fight—"
"I got sentries along every corridor, and then some.", Applejack declared as she went over and pushed a Level 1 Dispenser—not being able to do so normally outside 'Realism Mode' outside hauling—towards her friends, its beam already working on fixing up Twilight's wounds. "Your Scout's safe. And as hard as it is to believe, we care for his safety just as much as you do, if not more."
"It would be best for the both of us if you just surrender so we can give him back and be over with all this.", the EqU Sniper advised.
The Engineer's voice went deeper as the Pyro took his place beside him. "Girl, I think you underestimate just how much we care for the boy."
"We may be crazed killers, but we look out fer one another!", said the Demoman as he aimed at the three mares. "An' we will stop at nothin' te bring 'im back, no matter what!"
"Y'all are going to be sorry," the Engineer continued. "Because in about ten minutes y'all are gonna taste the wrath of several pissed-off, not-so-dead REDs."
The three ponies gulped at this implication. These REDs were really serious in retrieving their teammate.
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The RED Spy, disguised as Rainbow Dash, made his way to the Intelligence room, entering via the side entrance. Upon making his way there, he saw the EqU Spy turning to face him as well as the original EqU Pyro, who was sitting on her haunches, doing quite a good job of keeping the baby Scout from crying.
He set down the briefcase on the table and next to EqU's, which was colored white and bore a symbol depicting a shining sun with eight wavy rays. As his eyes gazed past his EqU counterpart, which he recalled her name was Rarity, he noticed the boy he was about to rescue was looking at him and nearly about to cry. Before he could figure out why, a revolver was pressed to his back. "Be a dear and drop the disguise, would you?", he heard her say. "It turns out the BLU Spy was right about your Scout; rainbows do make him cry." The Spy conceded with a sigh and disabled his Rainbow Dash disguise, reverting to his tall, scarlet appearance.
"Spoi!" Scout cried out in relief, all tears gone as Pinkie was about to let him go.
"Scout, stay there," the Spy ordered, eyes on Rarity as he turned around and she 'pulled' the revolver away.
"No—"
"Scout, stay."
Rarity raised an eyebrow as the child sat down with wide eyes. "Wow, I didn't know you had a handle on children.", she said.
"There are many things you don't know about us, my dear lady. How did you know it was me?"
"Rainbow Dash is more likely to holler than use our communication system. And she's more likely to just drop the case, then take off again."
"So…you're going to shoot me in front of the child?" While that was happening, said child was struggling to break free from Pinkie's grip.
Rarity gasped in genuine shock. "However did you come up with such a horrible idea?! I thought you all knew by now that we are far from being killers like you."
"So, simply because you're more suited to a normal life you think you can just take him from us?" He then drew his revolver as well and aimed at his EqU counterpart.
"It was always our plan to return him after the fight! It's in the letter in case you forgot."
"Oh, I remember. I memorized every single word, every single one of them I took to heart." The baby Scout managed to break free from the EqU Pyro's hold and was walking toward the two Spies.
"Tell me. Why did you bring your own intelligence to us? Judging from the fact that you're fighting us, you don't intend to throw the battle, do you? Because if you brought over the case just to justify Rainbow Dash arriving here, from what little I know of you, you're supposed to be better than this."
"Rarity!", Pinkie suddenly cried out. Before she could finish her warning, the baby Scout bit down on the unicorn's right flank, right on the cutie mark. She yelped in pain, 'dropping' her revolver, screaming and running around the room in an attempt to try to shake Scout off.
The RED Spy reacted instantly, dealing a headshot at Pinkie, sending her away with one hit thanks to 'Realism Mode', then whipped Rarity with his revolver as she passed by, clotheslining her. 
The baby Scout had let go upon that hit and was sent flying right into the Spy's free arm.
"Isa bad horsie!", said the baby Scout.
"Good job, Scout.", the Spy breathed, scooping the little boy up and shifting him around in order to give him a piggyback ride. "Now." He flipped his revolver around, pointing the barrel at the slowly recovering Rarity. "Close your eyes."
"Intruder Alert! Intruder Alert!", came the Administrator's voice. "A RED Spy is in the base!"
This alert quickly roused the EqU Spy, who opened her eyes to see a revolver aimed at her general direction. Before and as he ran, he let loose an entire clip on her.
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Back outside, the remainder of EqU that has yet to be sent away was holding off the other REDs.
Applejack just finished knocking down the RED Engineer. The wrench which she had decided to hold in the mouth was bloody from its use as a weapon. Her hooves were in no better shape either. And then they heard the Administrator's alert. "Of course!", she bellowed. "The RED Spy!" She then darted off to the secondary entrance of the base, Twilight following. However, they were cut off by a burst of flames from the RED Pyro, who forced them back again with another blast of heat. Applejack spat out her wrench as it heated up quickly. Twilight managed to retain her 'grip' on her rifle as it hurt less when levitating an item with her aura than when holding it physically.
As the RED Demoman went for them, the Pyro was conked from behind by the flat of Fluttershy's bonesaw. She had emerged from the entrance her friends were trying to get to. Upon seeing her friends in serious danger, she knew she had to step up as Rainbow helped in the battle.
Meanwhile, the RED Engineer staggered to his feet, woozy from blood loss, then whispered through his team's communication system as he put a finger on an earpiece he wore. All the mercenaries (both RED and BLU) had one, the Scouts' being their headsets, though they had small earpieces like the rest when not wearing those. "Spah, d'you have Scout?"
"Oui. I can get 'im out—" On the other end, Engineer heard Spy roaring something in his native language, a child's squealing, and a faint explosion. "Sentries."
"Applejack sure wasn't kiddin'." Engineer muttered, using the name of his EqU counterpart. "We'll keep 'em busy for as long as we can. I haven't seen their Spy or Pyro apart from that blond clone of theirs. Did you take care of 'em?"
"I shot 'em—"
"In fronta Scout?!"
"It's not like I 'ad much of a choice! They disappear in a flash of light anyway. The pink one I sent off in one hit, but I'm not sure of the white one."
"We'll buy y'all some time. No promises though."
"Time is all I need, mon ami." Just as the Engineer finished his conversation, he caught a multicolored blur headed straight for him.
He side-stepped the blur, shooting his Gunslinger out as he did so, clotheslining Rainbow, who landed on her back, the wind knocked out of her. She opened her eyes in time to see the Engineer plant a heavy boot on her stomach, pinning her to the ground. The Pyro's fire reflected off of his goggles, and combined with his wicked grin he looked truly terrifying.
"Girl, d'you know why I call this lil' beauty the Gunslinger?", he said as he admired his mechanical arm. Before he could use it on the EqU Scout, he lifted it to grab the bonesaw held by the EqU Medic, who gave off a furious glare as he turned to face her. This gave Rainbow enough time to get her mech-arm to aim her pistol at the Engineer and shoot at his prosthetic arm, forcing him to get off of her.
As he completely regained his bearings, the Engineer found himself flanked by the two remaining pegasi still in action.
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Most individuals would've considered themselves lucky after surviving two shots that nearly hit them. Not so for Rarity. As it was, the RED Spy's gunshots not only hit the tip of her horn (which was painful in and of itself, but thankfully didn't interfere much in her use of magic), but also grazed two of her legs, and somehow sheared off a good portion of her mane.
She was going to find him, and she was going to make him pay for ruining her hair this badly.
After moving the RED briefcase to theirs and thus claiming a point for her team, she went after the Spy, limping a bit in her step. For some reason, their weapons didn't glow to mark their being able to land critical hits, which usually happened after capturing the Intelligence. As it was, 'Realism Mode' disabled that possibility. And the briefcases don't return to their bases when left alone for too long either.
She found herself outside where everybody else was fighting. Knife ready, she found a target in the form of the RED Pyro's exposed back.
"Pyro, look out—the EqU Spy—", the RED Engineer warned, but she delivered the killing blow, then the toymaker was hit in the arm by a couple of syringes from Fluttershy.
Somehow knowing the RED Spy didn't come this way, she 'retrieved' her knife, then went back in. As she did, somepony contacted her.
"Rare!", she was saying. It was Applejack. "My sentries are bein' sapped!" 
Even with 'Realism Mode' in effect, both Engineers still knew when their buildings were being sapped. As it was, their goggles didn't dim vision. Instead, they had a heads-up display in them that would tell them their supplies and the status of their buildings. For EqU (and LUNA), health and ammunition was already covered by the cards they used to don their mercenary gear, though they weren't doing so now.
"The RED Spy…"
"Must be. From what I could tell, I think he's headed to the sewers! Whoa!" From what Rarity could tell, her friend had just dodged a blow from the enemy.
"Stop 'im before he puts the Scout in danger!"
"On it, dear!"
She continued until she found a(n unsapped) Dispenser and waited there for a few seconds. Once her legs were healed enough (sadly, it didn't fix up her mane even if it did clothes), she burst into a gallop, finding and following a trail of dead Sentries the RED Spy had left in his wake.
As she continued down the trail, she suddenly felt the barrel of a revolver at the back of her head. "…Where's the Scout?"
"Where you can't find him.", answered the RED Spy.
"I beg you. Don't do this. I can't guarantee his safety if you continue." She then shoved her hind leg into the Spy's foot, then followed it up by flipping it and the other one upward, kicking him in the face. As both her hind legs reached the air, she used her forelegs to flip herself around so that she now faced him upon landing, quickly 'drawing' her revolver in time for the RED Spy to recover and do the same.
"Didn't expect to see martial arts from a pony.", said the Spy as he spat out some blood from his mouth.
"There's more to us than meets the eye."
"We long since figured that out since our first loss to you at Dustbowl."
The tell-tale crack of a gunshot fired through the air, followed by a cry of pain.
Both Spies tensed, both of them fine, then gasped in horror on realizing where it came from. The RED Spy fired, only for the EqU one to take off, and so he only managed to shear off some of her mane once again. He then headed for the sewers and it turns out she was headed there as well. They ran together, differences set aside for the moment as they shared one thought that overrode all others; the concern for the baby Scout's safety.
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And that's it for now.
"Wow. This is much longer than the Saxton Hale and Medieval Mode chapters."
No, it isn't. Not since I decided to break this off in parts. And speaking of parts, yes, I'm ripping off some from ChaosAndMayhem's "Eight Mercenaries and a Toddler". Thankfully, she granted me permission to use the idea. Still, it's kinda hard to find a very good reason why EqU is doing this. After all, the Administrator didn't—whoops! Spoilers on that story. See ya on Third!