“And that’s a why we gots to nail your testicles into the blackjack table” The one generic Italian American pony said, revealing a bag of nails, his friend pulled out a bag of nails. Everyone began backing away, only the 5 of us remained. The 3 pony hitman slowly walking towards us, out of the corner of my eye I saw another group of 3 watching from a balcony. I turned my head again to see a group of 4 ponies making eye contact with the 3 on the balcony. It was 2:1 odds, 10 versus 5.

“Who sent you”

“Whiskey”

“Joe?” Nico asked

“No Whiskey Peshi WHO DA FUCKS DO YA THINKS IT WAS!?”

I guess you’re not sure what the hell happened? We’ll let me rewind this shit storm for you.

(1 Hour Earlier)***(1 Hour Earlier)

“Alright you guys ready or what?” I said, calling from the limo. Mike and Dan hurried into the limo. In a second we were off, headed to the most fancy casino in Las Pegas.

“So who want to make a bet?” Mike said, taking a sip from the Limos wine selection, I had a feeling Mike had more than a buzz.

“What do you mean?” Nico asked

“I don’t know, I bet like 50 bits that Dan is going to lose” Mike said

“Shut up Mike, I bet 100 bits that you’re going to lose” Dan said

“Guys I bet 1000 bits BOTH of you lose” Tyler said, I then noticed Tyler had the cup holder in one of those booster seats. Tyler really loved that thing.

“Shut up Tyler get friends” Mike said

“Mike go home” Tyler said

“Guys relax” I said “We haven’t even gotten to the casino yet”

“Yea shut up Tyler” Mike shouted

“Come at me bro!” Tyler said

O god -_-

***

“SAY UNCLE FAGGOT!” Mike screamed, Tyler slammed Mikes head into the window

“uncle uncle uncle uncle” Mike whimpered

“Exactly” Tyler said “That’s why you don’t come at me bro”

“Okay guys let’s just relax” Dan said

“Yea seriously hug it out” Nico said…no don’t hug it out.

“Whatever were here, so let’s just get going so you can lose Tyler” Mike said.

“Your losing Mike” Tyler said “This just got personal”

The limo came to a stop; we looked out the window to see the most expensive casino in Equestria “Ponini's”; a massive building with a massive courtyard that also acted like a lobby and an even more massive selection of food and gambling.

“Wow this looks sick” Dan said. I smiled, I already had the advantage in our little game. Everyone had showered and bought some fine clothes to look presentable Everyone was wearing tuxedos, me on the other hand had a tuxedo and a hat. It is said (From what the internet told me) that a girl is most likely to figure out if she’s going to sleep with you during the first FIVE seconds that you meet. Considering everyone is wearing a suit, I’m the only one wearing a hat, more specifically a fedora, thus I am standing out thus I am going to win. Or so in theory

“Okay let’s cash these chips in” Mike said “I guess we are all going to stay together if we want to play slots or whatever”

“Fine” Everyone responded in unison

The cash was then traded in for chips.

“Okay let’s go guys” Mike said “I already got to plan”

We walked around a little bit, we weren’t exactly sure what to play since we have never gambled before, Dan and I finally began to persuade everyone to play a couple games of roulette. When we got to the area for blackjack and roulette, we noticed that this would be the perfect arena for our game.

There were several tables, all around a massive fountain. On one side was a place to cache your chips, next to a bar. Most of the tables weren’t just jam-packed with players, but spectators chanting and chit-chatting while the players put their money on the line. On one side was the blackjack tables, on the other side was the roulette tables.

Fortunately there was one Blackjack table completely empty.

“Guys want to play Blackjack?” I asked

We divided the chips into 5ths and we all took a share, we headed to the table and all sat down. We all waged a small portion of our chips, so we didn’t run out of things to do in one game.

“What are we playing, monopoly?” Tyler asked

“No Blackjack” I said, sitting down at the table. The pony tossed out 2 cards to each person.

“Hit me” I said, Tyler looked at me like I was insane. I had a 7, a 4, and a….second 4.

“Hit me” Dan, Nico, and Mike all said

“…Don’t hit me?” Tyler said

The dealer threw out another 4 cards.

“Stand” Nico had 20

“Hit me” I said, 7+4+4= 15+10=25. Bust.

“Hit me” Dan said, 10+2+10=22. Bust

“Stand” Mike had 19.

“I win?” Nico asked

“Wait u go to 21 right?” Tyler asked

“Yea” I said

“Whats an Ace?” He asked

“1 or 11” I said

“O, I think I won” He said, we all turned to see a 10 and an ace…Tyler won.

“Dude what?” I asked, I didn’t expect that to happen.

“Guys want to play again?” Tyler asked with a grin

***

Okay, it’s obvious, Tyler was hustling us. We played 33 games and Tyler won every single one of them! EVERY ONE OF THEM! After 26 I just gave up, took my few remaining chips and returned them into coins. Just enough for a couple drinks.

Meanwhile Tyler had a mountain load of chips, the mound 6 feet high at the top.

“Yea guys I think I’m doing pretty good for a newbie” Tyler said, after winning game 35

(30 Minutes Later)***(30 Minutes Later)

“TYLER! TYLER! TYLER!” Everyone had taken notice of Tyler and his little “gift”. The entire table was now crowded with spectators who watched eagerly as Tyler won and won again and again. Eventually he had so many chips we had to get a wheelbarrow and shovel most of the chips in.

“Wow look at that pile” Have you ever watched that movie Casino? With the guys in that Casino? Well he sounded just like the Nicky Santoro, I turned around to see what you’d expect from a casino floor manager, grey suit, imposing statue, and smoking in a clear non-smoking zone.

“Guys you might need another wheelbarrow, I think I might need it” Tyler said, winning game 79.

Watching Tyler win was getting a little monotonous, most of the spectators must feel it was just some undeniable storm of luck, I had the feeling Tyler had learned how to count cards or something. I met up with Dan and Mike at the bar.

“Is he still winning?” Dan asked

“Yup” I said, ordering another scotch…I just like scotch okay?

“So want to bang?” Mike said, I only heard a bitchslap then the mare walked away.

“yea that doesn’t really work” Mike said

“How many times did u try that?” Dan asked with a smile

“26 times” Mike said “I got slapped like 20 of the times”

“Nice Mike” I joked. I checked my pocket where I kept my chips, I had just enough for a couple games of something.

“Yo guys want to play some blackjack?” I asked, getting up.

“Fine” Dan said, inishing his drink and following me to cache our chips. Mike followed quickly behind us.

It was easy to find a table, half the casino was at the next table watching Tyler win it all. I saw someone bring out a third wheel barrow.

We all threw in a couple chips and lazily played. I turned my head to see that floor manager talking with a couple guys in black suits and other generic mob attire. My eyes widened. Were they here to end Tyler’s winning spree?

My fears flared up when I saw the 3 of them walk towards Tyler and his table. Then something strange happened, they didn’t stop there. They moved past the crowd of spectators and walked right up to our table. I pretended not to notice and went back to our game, but then the leader tapped me on the shoulder.

“Heyz there”

Yup they were in the mob alright

“Your names Vespi right? How do you pronounce that? Ves-pie? Ves-pi? Ves what now?”

“Like Ves-pe” I said, trying to calm myself.

“Questo e il tipo” He murmured to his friend. I wasn’t articulate in Italian but I’ve used Google translate enough to know that means “This is the guy”

“Can we help you?” I asked, now turning around to look at this thug face to face.

“Yea, a little bird told me that you and some guy has been having some problems? Am I right?” he said

“Depends who were talking about” I said. Who sent these guys? It felt like we were on everyones shit list. The Flim Flam Brothers, the Gryphons, Sugar Blosom and her cronies, Patrick Lott…

“Well it seems you stole this persons daughter’s innocence”

O thunder cunt

“That was Nico” I quickly said, Dan and Mike turned around and began to pay closer attention.

“Really? Well he says it was youz, and he paid us to find youz” The man said “And that’s a why we gots to nail your testicles into the blackjack table”

…..THUNDERCUNT

The entire group of spectators from the other table heard that and turned towards us,the majority of them turned and began to back away, feeling the tension in the air. Only my closest 4 friends remained.

“CUP HOLDER ACTIVATE!” I saw a plastic blur whiz by my ear, Tyler hit the guy in the face with the cup holder.

Dan and mike were up in an instant and pushed the other two ponies back.

The pony smiled “I love a challenge” he whistled

I noticed there was a group of 3, and a group of 4 who didn’t really fall back with the rest of the spectators, they came forward. 10 versus 5…well its 2:1, we still have a fighting chance.

“Wheres the rest of them?” The leader said, he whistled louder. A group of 5 rushed from one of the doors and joined the grup. 15 versus 5…well its 3:1, we still have a small chance.

The pony whistled again, 15 more ponies poured through the exits and joined them. They were armed with brass knuckles, knives, and baseball bats. 30 versus 5…well 6:1 were fucked.

“HEY DON’T TOUCH EM ASSHOLE!” someone shouted, I saw a gang of other ponies, all wearing ghetto clothing, big chains, hoodies and the entire wardrobe head towards us “The Flim Flam brothers told us to kill this bitch” There were another 30 of them. 60 versus 5…. 12:1 were double fucked.

Then someone threw a bottle from above, another mini-army of ponies appeared, they were all Gryphons…

“WE GOT THIS GUY, FUCK OFF, WE GONNA BEAT HIS PONY ASS!” One screamed. 90 versus 5. 18: 1…were triple fucked.

“No this is our job you amateur thugs” The mafia pony shouted

“Like hell it is punk! We got this!” the Crip pony said

“IN SOVIET GRYPHON LANDS, WE GOT THIS!” The Gryphon said.

Actually…

30 versus 30 versus 30 versus 5.

5:5:5:1

Still a fighting chance

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