Everyone in the room looks for the dart, and we spot it sticking right in the chest of the unconscious guard that Dash dove behind. She steps away from her human shield, brushing the dirt off her sides before looking up at the shooter and baring her teeth. “There’s your one bullet.” She trots towards the guard slowly, cracking her neck in the process. “Nice thing about hooves… they don’t need reloading.”
The guard turns white as a sheet and bolts for the door, only making it about half a step before Dash takes off and slams into him with her shoulder. Pinned to the ground, he cries out, “Get off of me, you fucking animal!”
Dash backhands his head with a hoof, “We can do this the easy way or the hard way. WHERE ARE THE KEYS?”
The guard scoffs, “Yeah, like I’d tell you.”
CRACK
I wince as I see Dash’s hoof slam into the floor just an inch away from his face, breaking the solid wooden floorboard cleanly in two. She bares her teeth, “Don’t fuck with ponies, dude. The next hoof is going to land on your face, so let’s try this again: Where are the fucking keys?”
Chapter 22 art for the book release of Five Score, Divided by Four. Info here: https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/868820/, https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/884957/