Bank of Equestria: Canterlot Branch

Bank of Equestria: Canterlot Branch

Chapter One: Robbery

By: TheCrazyAsian A.K.A. Feasttalon

For some reason I felt like writing something violent for a change instead of something all fluffy.

It was a cool autumn morning, a few days before Princess Celestia would declare the start of winter. But this wouldn't be any ordinary day, at least not in Canterlot. It had taken months but a group of professional bank robbers known as the Black Hoof had planned the impossible, a robbery of the Canterlot Branch of the Bank of Equestria. The member of the group are: Short Fuse, Rapid Fire, Long Shot, and Broken Glass.

Now the Canterlot Branch wasn't like most banks, sure they had security systems, vaults, and such, but the Canterlot Branch was the bank for the rich and powerful so saying that there was extra security was an understatement. At anytime there would be approximately 15 guards in the front of the bank and another 15 in the back, there were direct video uplinks to the Canterlot Police that would be triggered by: explosions, gunfire, and hidden alarms, and state of the art security systems. Because of that no one had every even dared to try and rob the bank. Plus even if you did manage to get pass security you'd still have to somehow get the 10" thick steel vault door open.

The gang chose today to rob the bank as it was a Sunday and the number of security guards in total was reduced by 10. They exited their safehouse at the edge of Canterlot and began their journey downtown, it would take about 15 minutes. They were all wearing suits and carrying attache cases with their weapons and ski masks hidden inside.

The first one to get out of the house was Short Fuse, a brown colored earth pony with a dynamite stick cutie mark. Next was Rapid Fire, a grey unicorn with an SMG cutie mark. Then Long Shot and Broken, pegasus and earth pony respectively with crosshairs and a broken bottle cutie marks.

"Okay, we're headed to the Canterlot Branch fo the Bank of Equestria." Long Shot commanded.

"Why don't you stop treating us like dumb-asses, we all know where we're going." Glass commented.

"Just shut up Glass!", Long Shot retorted.

" Now remember the plan, Short Fuse and I will manage the employees, while you two handle the civilians." said Rapid Fire. He pointed at the pony every time he said their name. By now all of the members had memorized the plan so this was just a last minute review.

"Just remember if anypony tries to pull anything funny you put them down, hard." added Glass.

"I don't think that you really need to go that far,", said Long Shot, "You can just shoot them in the hoof or something." Long Shot was always the one who wanted to avoid killing anypony else, at least when it was up close and personal.

"Does it matter, just shoot them and let the paramedics worry about if they die.", Short Fuse said.

"Just stop arguing, what is important is that we can blow open the fucking vault door", Long Shot chimed in, "Fuse, are you sure you can do it because I don't want to go through all this shit without getting any money."

"I got enough Composition B 1 to get us into anything they throw at us.", Fuse said.

"B 1, what the hell is that." Glass asked.

"It's some dumb-ass name he picked up for Semtex." Shot said.

"It doesn't matter, what I can say is that what I have here will get us through the vault door without blowing everything in the vault sky-high." Fuse said.

"Okay, so once we get this situation under control upstairs you two go downstairs on take care of the rest of the guards and blow open the vault.", Long Shot instructed.

"Then say hello to your early retirement. I don't know about the rest of you, but I can't wait to see Celestia's face plastered on those 100 bit notes." Fuse interrupted.

"Long Shot what are you gonna with your cut?", Rapid Fire asked.

"I think I'm going to get a nice house in Cloudsdale, settle down 'cause I'm getting to old for this shit.", Long Shot replied.

"Glass, what are you going to do?" Fuse asked.

"I'm going to Las Pegasus!" Glass said.

"That's just like you Glass, drinking and gambling all of your bits away." Rapid Fire added.

"Okay Mr. High and Mighty, what are you doing with your money?" Glass retorted.

"I think I'm going to buy a house in Celestopolis next to my cousin, I think his name's Burn Out." Rapid Fire replied.

"Hey, dumb-asses, we're here." Long Shot said and pointed at the bank. There, at the entrance, were 5 security guards standing outside next to a double door leading into the bank. Above all of that was a large red sign that said Bank of Equestria. They then walked past the bank into an alley next to it where they donned their maks and readied their weapons.

"Remember we go in and get out within 10 minutes, don't fool around and taunt the civilians or the employees, don't waste time doing stupid shit, and try not to get killed." Long Shot instructed. The others in the group nodded their heads and began walking towards the front entrance on the bank.

"Show time ladies!" Short Fuse said. They then rushed out of the alley and began their heist. All but one of the security guards guarding the door were immediately cut down in a barrage of fire from Rapid Fire. The one remaining guard drew his pistol but was quickly dispatched, with a shot to the forehead from Long Shot.

The group then burst into the bank and Long Shot yelled, "Get down on the fucking floor!" All of the civilians complied and dropped down on their stomachs, and so did a few of the guards. The guards that didn't were again mowed down by Rapid Fire, who's SMG sent pieces of hot lead ripping through their bodies, tearing through organs, bones and tendons. Splattering the walls and floor behind them with blood and pieces of tissue.

Now that the guards were dead "Change of plans, Glass and Rapid you stay up here and handle crowd control, me and Fuse will go to the vault", Long Shot commanded.

"You pieces of shit better not try anything or I'll fucking kill you. Understood?", Glass yelled. In his eyes was pure rage, as if he was ready to kill everyone in the bank at that very moment. That's what made him so good at controlling people, he made you feel like if you didn't do what he said he'd murder you.

At this point Long Shot and Fuse made their way to the front of the room, threatening the tellers until one of them opened the door. Then the pair walked into the room and Fuse told all the employees, "Stand up and walk out of this room to the lobby, anyone who resists will be shot!". All the bank employees immediately complied and walked out of the room. After that they opened the door and ran down the staircase leading to the vault area. When they got to the bottom of the staircase it was obvious that the remaining guards had barricaded themselves inside the hallway leading to the vault.

This was evident due to the spray of gunfire that almost killed Long Shot, who thank to his reflexes was able to back up when he saw the guards. "Fuse stay back", he shouted. While hiding behind the thick concrete he started taking blind shots at the guards while screaming, "Just put your guns down and no one needs to get hurt!" Though they didn't stop shooting at the duo so he had no choice but to try and kill them. Miraculously he was able to kill the guard closest to them with 12 gauge slug to the face, rendering him unrecognizable, bits of brain and bone splattered all around him. Long Shot then ran forwards to take cover behind a concrete column in the middle of the hallway.

At this point Fuse took Long Shot's old spot and starting firing down the hallway. Then another guard, farther down the hall, stuck his head up to try and shoot Fuse but was shot twice, once in the let eye and once on his cheek, while Fuse was shouting, "Die mother fuckers, die!" Once he fell to the floor his head was sticking out and you could see blood pouring out of his mangled eye socket, it formed a nice little pool under his head.

Their next victim was a guard hiding behind a concrete pillar, they didn't even need to wait for him to pop out, they just blasted the concrete with enough bullets to make it crumble, exposing the coward hiding behind it. He took a full blast from Fuse's SMG, he collapsed on the floor, splattering it with specks of blood.

Now there were only four more guards left, and they were all hiding behind a stack of safety deposit boxes that had been turned on it side into a makeshift barricade, occasionally sticking their guns up and blind-firing. Most of the duo's gunfire either missed or was absorbed by the steel boxes. "Shit Fuse you got anything to take care of this?"

"Yes, Yes I do." he replied. He then took out a rather sizable chunk of an off-white substance, presumably some sort of explosive. On it were some wires, a timer with 0:10 on it and below that a red button.

"Are you sure that isn't overkill, doesn't it seem excessive for four guards?" Long Shot asked.

"Just trust me." Fuse replied.

"The last time I did that I lost the hearing in my right ear!" Long Shot shouted, "You don't exactly inspire confidence!"

"Just shut up and let me do what I'm good at!" Fuse retorted. Fuse then pressed the red button and waited for 6 seconds before throwing the deadly package down the hall and towards the guards.

"What the buck are you doing you incompetent buffoon?", Long Shot yelled in shock. But it was too late, the improvised grenade landed right behind the guards, and before any of them had time to run it exploded, sending pieces of ripped flesh going all over the place. The end of the hall was now coated with blood and guts. It colored walls and floor as it some one had blown up a bucket of red paint.

Long Shot had a look of surprise on his face, as he was expecting half of the room to be blown up along with the security guards. "Nice one Fuse", Long Shot said," Now why don't you go blow up that vault door". The pair now slowly trotted down the hall, admiring their work. Fuse wanted to take picture of the scene, and frame it up on his wall, something that he would show to all of his friends.

Meanwhile upstairs, Rapid Fire was going from teller window to teller window, emptying their drawers of all the money they had. Then he heard a bang, not one of gunfire from downstairs or an explosion, but the sound of a gunshot from the lobby. He turned around and ran out of the door and saw Glass on the floor bleeding from his chest.

End Chapter One