The Grid

by Valuable Ashes

Pew pew...

The unicorn was counting down slowly. Every second feeling like a vice slowly crushing the heart of the trio. The two Crusaders behind the unicorn laid still, relying on Sweetie Belle to make her move.

"3... 2..."

Sweetie Belle hoping for the best, stood up from cover and fired in the unicorn's direction. The first blank round hit the barrel of the hostage earth pony. It seemed to break him out of his trance and he let out a grunt of pain. The second blank hit the foreleg of the hostage then the third hit the unicorn in the eye.

"Augh! My eye"

The blank hit his eye with a force that he toppled over. The other two Crusaders moved in to help the Earth pony and the downed unicorn. It was a gnarly sight and Scootaloo did his best to remove the blank then covering the entire eye up.

Sweetie Belle couldn't bear to look at them and curdled up under the counter. She didn't want to kill ponies, she wanted to save them but if this was the price she doesn't know if she could handle it. With the white unicorn in a catatonic state, the orange pegasus and yellow earth pony tied up the gang members in duct tape.

Scootaloo had to make sure the injured unicorn was still alive and not dying from blood loss. While Apple Bloom looked after her distressed friend. When the police and ambulances arrived Sweetie Belle finally stopped crying. Instead, she has adapted a mile long stare . The bleeding unicorn was brought to an ambulance while the rest were taken into custody.

The Crusaders were questioned but were let go when the surviving ponies vouched for them that they saved them all. When the trio left the store, Sweetie Belle couldn't bear the feeling of doing that again but with careful convincing words she gained a little more resolve in the militia.

She doesn't have to carry all the burden after all. The three were best friends forever.

The trio continued to fight for justice and order but she left the militia months later when Sweetie Belle decided to work in the fashion industry like her sister. With one pony short, the Crusaders were less efficient and disbanded months later after Scootaloo became gravely injured due to an accident involving her scooter, a ramp, and a destroyed bridge.

It would appear that the engineer that built the bridge was cutting corners even though he was given a generous budget of half a million bits.

At least that was a sick stunt she pulled.

DI-STRESSED ENDING
(Yes, that was a Poly Bridge reference. Shut up)
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