private Need for Heroes!

[Literally Snails 2,307]

"The others are probably off resting, as I'm sure they should be doing. It's been days since I've seen them, and I would not have expected them to sleep much on duty while I was out. And Jack... Who knows where he is..?"

He looked around. His tired eyes gazing over the crowd.

"I need some rest myself. And that's where I'm going. Sapphire, go ahead and start training Speedy. Maven, you're welcome to stay here and help Wits."

 

"Jack isn't coming." The unicorn with the head wraps said, "I will go in his place. Karasu will not mind this. He probably wants to see me. That means we're only missing three. Do you know who and where they are? Karasu can be unpredictable. he may not give us much time to prepare."

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

"Den and Cherry Blossom are at their house, sleeping," Sapphire says, beginning to feel better. She got to her hooves and motioned to Speedy to follow her, leaving the room. Maven watched them go, then resumed looking at Nightfall, unsure what she was looking for.

[Nightfall 3,950]

"Jack isn't coming." The unicorn with the head wraps said, "I will go in his place. Karasu will not mind this. He probably wants to see me. That means we're only missing three. Do you know who and where they are? Karasu can be unpredictable. he may not give us much time to prepare."

 

"Three..? Den, Cherry Blossom... Who else..? Ugh, I need to rest. I'm sorry if you insist I cannot, but my mind is growing blank quickly. I am forgetting things I should know. It has been days since I last slept, and that is taking its toll. I bid you farewell for now."

He turned and faced Maven for a moment, nodding a bit, then moved on to the resting rooms.

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

Maven watched him leave, sighing. He grows more and more serious every day. All of this, it's aged him so much, and he doesn't want to do it anymore. But if he doesn't, what will happn to the rest of us? And what will happen to him? This job, this is all I really know of him, and he's ready to give it all up...

[Nightfall 3,950]

Maven watched him leave, sighing. He grows more and more serious every day. All of this, it's aged him so much, and he doesn't want to do it anymore. But if he doesn't, what will happn to the rest of us? And what will happen to him? This job, this is all I really know of him, and he's ready to give it all up...

 

It seemed like Nightfall had only blinked, and he was at the resting rooms. This job had been wearing him down severely, and he hadn't realized it until now. But he couldn't leave. He felt like he was still needed to oversee many things. He got into a bed and lied down. It seemed only seconds before he was asleep.

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

"So, Speedy, what would you like to do now? Most days I do lots and lots of paperwork, but I don't think you like that, do you? Because if you do, we can do that more. We could go out on the streets, but if we do that, you're going to half to promise not to do anything illegal, or else I have to arrest you again, and you don't get your licence." She said that last bit like, "I have to haul you in again and then the world will end."

[Nightfall 3,950]

"Uh, well... Is there a shooting range around? I mean, I'm good with a gun, but getting better would rock. Especially being good with big guns. And then there's the question of which guns i would be liscenced to use."

She seemed a bit curious, and to a slight degree excited.

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

"Well, right now your authorized for a pistol," Sapphire says, levitating a revolver over to the mare. What she didn't tell her was that she was authorized for whatever Sapphire deammed her to be, with the exception of rocket launchers and sniper rifles.

[Nightfall 3,950]

"Well, right now your authorized for a pistol," Sapphire says, levitating a revolver over to the mare. What she didn't tell her was that she was authorized for whatever Sapphire deammed her to be, with the exception of rocket launchers and sniper rifles.

 

She looked at it. She had an almost disgusted look on her face.

"I guess- I guess it will do for now.."

She grabbed it, and checked to see if rounds were in the cartridge.

"So I have the gun and a mentor. Where is this gun range?"

She looked back at Sapphire, looking her up and down again.

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

Sapphire giggled at her look, "You realize that is .45 millimeter, right? I only use .10 millimeter, and that's sometimes. You're kinda holding a hoofcannon. Shooting range ist this way," she said, the last bit coming up an octave in a sing-song voice. She skipped to the door that said 'Shooting Range.' "I took the liberty of labling everything when this place was under construction. Even the bathrooms." (On stall doors, it literally said, "Stall, Stall, Stall." On the wall above urinals...)

[Nightfall 3,950]

Sapphire giggled at her look, "You realize that is .45 millimeter, right? I only use .10 millimeter, and that's sometimes. You're kinda holding a hoofcannon. Shooting range ist this way," she said, the last bit coming up an octave in a sing-song voice. She skipped to the door that said 'Shooting Range.' "I took the liberty of labling everything when this place was under construction. Even the bathrooms." (On stall doors, it literally said, "Stall, Stall, Stall." On the wall above urinals...)

 

She was a bit surprised, but was still expecting maybe getting a machine gun or something like that. She followed Sapphire. She always seemed happy... And the way she was skipping took her child-like innocence and cuteness to a whole new level. Speedy only smiled and put on a pair of googles and earmuffs.

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

Sapphire magically put on goggles and earmuffs, taking out her gun, and turning on the range. The lights turned on and the targets flipped up. She walked up to the place she was supposed to shoot from. Her demeanor changed, and she frowned with concentration. She shot of three rounds, the first hitting the target square in the head, the second in the neck, and the last in the heart.

[Nightfall 3,950]

Sapphire magically put on goggles and earmuffs, taking out her gun, and turning on the range. The lights turned on and the targets flipped up. She walked up to the place she was supposed to shoot from. Her demeanor changed, and she frowned with concentration. She shot of three rounds, the first hitting the target square in the head, the second in the neck, and the last in the heart.

 

Speedy raised her eyebrows. Sapphire it turns out was quite a good shot. She raised her own gun and fired two shots, both piercing the head. She want and shot one more in the heart. She wasn't really trying to make it a competition, but she would still try hard to show Sapphire she could handle this gun.

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

Sapphire concentrated harder, everypony always seemed to forget about her cutiemark; how could she be good at killing ponies when she was so happy and inocent all the time. She unloaded a clip, and not a signal missed. It almost sounded like an automatic, if it hadn't only been twelve rounds. There were now 4 nice litle diamond-like shapes in the leathal areas.

[Nightfall 3,950]

Sapphire concentrated harder, everypony always seemed to forget about her cutiemark; how could she be good at killing ponies when she was so happy and inocent all the time. She unloaded a clip, and not a signal missed. It almost sounded like an automatic, if it hadn't only been twelve rounds. There were now 4 nice litle diamond-like shapes in the leathal areas.

 

Speedy tried hard, getting the target in not only lethal areas, but if somehow the target would have survived, ways that would make it bleed out quickly. Her six shots, however, we're no match for Sapphire shots. She looked at Sapphire. She seemed to be hiding something...

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

Sapphire sighed and put her gun away, walking over two Speedy, "Your shots are to reflexivew, and you're holding your breath." She put her arms around her and held her hooves up. Breathing in, she aimed. Breathing out, the bullet hit the forehead, "You said you liked big guns? Well, now you're going to learn how to shoot a big gun the right way."

[Nightfall 3,950]

Sapphire sighed and put her gun away, walking over two Speedy, "Your shots are to reflexivew, and you're holding your breath." She put her arms around her and held her hooves up. Breathing in, she aimed. Breathing out, the bullet hit the forehead, "You said you liked big guns? Well, now you're going to learn how to shoot a big gun the right way."

 

"I used to have a machine gun and could shoot that just fine. I purposefully hit where I wanted to. The hot on the leg would immobilize the target in case we were just going in for an arrest."

She looked at Sapphire. She blushed a bit when she put her arms around her.

"Also, it's useful because without proper medical attention, they would bleed out quickly..."

[Cherry Blossom 864]

Cherry Blossom woke and flew out of the bedroom as she rubbed her eyes. She went downstairs to get a cup of water, but she also decided to splash her face with water. "Well I should start heading back to the police station. I'd probably need some weapons training," she said to herself as she went back upstairs.

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

Den rolled off the bed when she re-entered the room. When he hit the floor, he jumped straight up, awake, "I'm awake, I'm awa- I rolled off the bed, didn't I?" he sighed heavily.

 

Sapphire shook her head, "You don't breath right. Trust me, I can hear it; it makes it so that in stress situations the best you can hope for is spray-and-pray, which, with big weapons like these, is extremely dangerous. All of those except for the legs are kill shots, that's not the problem. The problem is that, in an aclicable situation, I need to be able to trust you won't shoot me in the back because you don't know the basics," she said it like it was no big deal, like it was actually kind of fun, "Remember, in to aim, out for shouts."

[Cherry Blossom 864]

Cherry Blossom stopped for a moment when Den rolled off the bed, but she started putting on the police gear and uniform back. "Well why don't we get some coffee and head back to the station?" she started to walk towards him slowly, but in an attractive fashion.

[Nightfall 3,950]

Den rolled off the bed when she re-entered the room. When he hit the floor, he jumped straight up, awake, "I'm awake, I'm awa- I rolled off the bed, didn't I?" he sighed heavily.

 

Sapphire shook her head, "You don't breath right. Trust me, I can hear it; it makes it so that in stress situations the best you can hope for is spray-and-pray, which, with big weapons like these, is extremely dangerous. All of those except for the legs are kill shots, that's not the problem. The problem is that, in an aclicable situation, I need to be able to trust you won't shoot me in the back because you don't know the basics," she said it like it was no big deal, like it was actually kind of fun, "Remember, in to aim, out for shouts."

 

"All right. The only problem: I'm out of shots."

She laughed.

"I'm going to need more, and I assume they're in the armory. And the big guns are there as well..."

She laughed again. It seemed Sapphire's happiness was infecting her. She was saying what she was simply because even though she knew what to do, she didn't want to make Sapphire mad; she had once before and she didn't like the result.

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

He watched her, and with a playful glint, said, "Or we could stick around, have some private time," he grinned an easy smile and winked. That nap, that nap made a world of difference. This mare? She makes my day, every day, just by staying alive. Sometimes I wonder if she needs glasses, because anypony could see that I should be about 3 levles under her in about any scale. How did I get so lucky?

[Cherry Blossom 864]

Cherry Blossom stopped putting on the police gear and dropped them all back on the ground. She stared into his eyes seductively and walked into his forelegs. "You're right, we really should have some private time once in a while." she smiled and just hugged Den.

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

Sapphire smiled, "Okay." She bunny hopped out towards the armory, digging through everything until she found the ammunition. Then she levitated the ammo, plus a rather heavy assualt rifle, and it's ammo, and bunny hoped back. Givving her the pistol ammo, she turned back to her range with the assualt rifle. Right now, her cutiemark was perfectly visible; a knife over the comedy dram mask. She fired three-round bursts into select areas on the target*

[Nightfall 3,950]

Sapphire smiled, "Okay." She bunny hopped out towards the armory, digging through everything until she found the ammunition. Then she levitated the ammo, plus a rather heavy assualt rifle, and it's ammo, and bunny hoped back. Givving her the pistol ammo, she turned back to her range with the assualt rifle. Right now, her cutiemark was perfectly visible; a knife over the comedy dram mask. She fired three-round bursts into select areas on the target*

 

Speedy loaded the shots in, and got back to her post. She breathed in, aimed for the head, a d fired three rounds when she was breathing out. The result was a single hole in the forehead.

"Hang on... One hole..? But I didn't miss a shot... Does that mean..?"

She waited for Sapphire to be done so she could inspect the target.