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// A hardcore chase 
// Story: Equestrian empires 
// by Astra sky 
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Spike and Shankist were going to poison a group of three guards with poisoned knives, but one saw a blade and yelled, "LOOK OUT!" It startled the stalkers and they stopped. They looked up, and the guards had swords, ready to go.

"Damn! Run, Spike!" Spike turned and sprinted down the street, and Shankist went the other way. He knew, that if he got stopped, he would die, no question.

Behind him he heard, "YOU TWO GO THAT WAY, I'LL GO THIS WAY!" He looked, and two were on him. It's not like they were right behind him. He still gave it his hardest. He turned down an alley to his left, jumped a fence, and ran to the other side.

Into the street, he turned left. He realized he had a pistol in his jacket, but if he dropped it while he was running, he was screwed. He looked up, and there was a guard with a crossbow jumping from roof to roof while shooting at Spike, nearly hitting him.

Spike just kept running, and he saw a crowd of ponies ahead. He disappeared into them, and the guard scanned for him. Finally, a loud bang raised out of the crowd, and the guard's chest busted open with blood flying every where. He tried to keep standing, but he fell off the roof. He was out of breath, and couldn't yell in horror.

When he hit the ground, dark blood was smeared all over the street. The gunshot made a circle around Spike, and some guards came in. "HERE HE IS! DON'T LET HIM GET AWAY!" They yelled it while they chased him.

He had no time to reload, and he couldn't fight against swords with a knife. He ran down the right turn, another, and he was back to where he started. He ran up a stack of boxes, jumped to the ground, and then sprinted toward another team of the black armored enemies.

A sword went for him, and he dodged around the pony that swung it. A persueing guard's face leaked blood with a scream and a fall. "OH CRAP, I'M SO SORRY! HE WENT AROUND ME-"

"HE'S DEAD!"

"I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO IT!" They argued long enough for Spike to slip into a crowd and disappear. He succesfully escaped.