“I looked to P-21 and the still trembling Glory. Both alright… No. Not alright. None of us were alright. But we were alive.
 
And so was Mini.
 
Slowly, I made my way towards where she was still breathing shallow little gulps. I floated out Cupcake’s revolver. “Mini…” I said quietly, though with the ringing in my ears everything felt quiet. I was numb from horn to hoof.
 
“Hey.” She gave a shaky smile. “It’s the Security pony…” she said quietly as she hung there. “Where’re Gem and Taurus? She had to go…”
 
I looked over at one of the rubble heaps and the motionless green head poking out of it. “They… they left. They got away.” Please, if there is any goddess in all of Equestria, let her believe me. “They’re both… just fine…”
 
“That’s good. Gem does silly things without me,” she said quietly as she looked at me, red eyes just like my own, crying just like my own, as her lips trembled. I wasn’t that good a liar. Were it not for the mane, I might have been looking into a mirror as she asked, “Are… are you going to finish it?”
 
I couldn’t say it. I could only nod as my eyes blurred with tears.
 
Her lips smiled as she whispered, “Thank you.”
 
I wrapped my hooves around her, hugging her as I levitated the gun up under her chin.
 
‘Pull the trigger. Pull the trigger. Pull the Goddesses-damned trigger. Damn it, you bony son of a bitch, let me be able to do this!’ I sobbed as I held her, shaking as I poured everything I could into this. Five pounds of pressure was all I needed. ‘Pull the motherfucking trigger, Blackjack. Do it! Do it! Please, for the love of Celestia, do it!’ I begged myself.
 
“I’m sorry.” I sobbed, gritting my teeth together. Clenching my eyes closed. Wishing it was my head that the gun was pressed against.
 
Mini just laughed softly. “You’re a good pony, Miss Blackjack.” I felt a second unicorn’s magic on the gun.
 
One last gunshot sounded out across Flank.”
 
Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons
 
By Somber  
Chapter 16: Walk the Hard Road