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// Unarmed and Unsafe 
// Story: Metal Menace In Equestria 
// by BronyGuy2014 
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Sniper glared at the floating weapons parts, ignoring the question. This was the last straw. Sniper just wished that-- Wait a second! It didn't seem that any of his rifle's parts had been taken. Sniper checked his precious gun and found a bullet shoved in backwards, as if that'd do anything. Sniper simply reloaded and he was ready for action.

As he took aim at the lavender unicorn's head a cyan blur crashed into him, sending his shot wide and hitting a tree trunk.

"Don't shoot her!" cried a familiar voice,

"They attacked us first. Kinda...." Scout replied for Sniper,

"Yeah but she's Princess Celestia's personal protégée," Dash pointed out,

"Oh....,"

BANG!

*Splutter - Gurgle* *Thud*

Pyro fell to the ground, blood seeping out of a hole in his (Or her) neck.

"You mumble - mouth freak!" rang out a robotic voice as a  metal Spy uncloaked behind the dying RED mercenary.

"Piss!" Sniper muttered as he levelled his Sniper Rifle at the Spy and pulled the trigger, blowing it's chest open and spraying shrapnel out behind the machine.
Medic was at Pyro's side in an instant, checking for a pulse. After a few long moments he closed his eyes and shook his head mournfully. Sniper removed his hat and took a moment to remember and respect his fallen friend.
Engineer sat back down with his head in his hands and Sniper knew to give him some room as Pyro had been his closest friend.

"Stupid, bloody spies....," Sniper murmured under his breath.

The gathered ponies seemed to understand the gravity of the situation and gave the team some space.







"Twilight, why!?" Rainbow Dash whispered angrily towards her magically skilled purple friend, "You got one of them killed!!"

"We didn't know if they were hostile or not, but they sounded like they were!" Twilight Sparkle hissed back, "And they looked like those robots that appeared today too!"

"They saved Scoots from a pair of them,"

"We didn't--"

"See the machines destroyed on the floor? You need to stop jumping to conclusions Twi!"

"What do you mean by: "Robots that appeared today"?" Sniper interrupted,

"Some human - shaped robots that look like you appeared at midday, today," Twilight reported,

"Ah.... good thing Engineer fixed up our guns then 'cause it looks like Grey Mann wants to conquer this place too,"

"Grey Mann?" Dash asked,

"The one we've been fighting against for a couple of years," he told them in his Australian accent.

"If that's the case I'll get a letter sent to Princess Celestia right away," Twilight said while getting ready to dash off into the forest.

"Wait!" Sniper called, "It's too dangerous to go alone, Engie and I will go with you,"

"Yeah," Engie walked up to them and backed him up.

"I'm sure I'll be fine, I'm one of the most magical unicorns in Equestria,"

"Nope," announced a metallic voice, making Rainbow Dash almost jump out of her skin.

She spun around and saw at least 12 bots staring at them, the one at the front was an engineer bot. Everypony jumped up and grabbed their weapons, ready to fight for their lives.