Linkin Pony - Recharge: Revamped

Chapter 7

The dull, grey light of dawn shafted into the bedroom. HyperBlitz awoke and stretched his golden wings. He did not bother putting on any armor before leaving his room. He was beginning to feel welcome in the new base, for he had been there for well over a week. The Pegasus found his way through the main room and into the meeting room. CharmingRhythm sat there looking at a map of the surrounding area.

"Rhythm," Hyper spoke to get his attention.

Rhythm glanced up just as he took a bite from an apple. He mumbled "whut" with a full mouth.

Hyper let out a huff of amusement. He collected his thoughts. "Don't you think it's about time we addressed that node?" Hyper requested.

Rhythm gave a blank stare for a moment, the gears in his brain turning. He finally said "I'm gonna be honest, I completely forgot about it. I remembered the Hybrid camp, but not the node."

"Rhythm!" Hyper called out with a grin, rubbing his forehead with a hoof.

"Hey, sorry! We've been busy. I've had my mind on other things," Rhythm justified while extending his right foreleg. "But yeah, I guess we should disable it. It's our job to get rid of Hybrid activity in this area."

"So we should all get ready to set out?" Hyper asked.

"Yeah. In about an hour," Rhythm decided.

"Is it going to actually be an hour?" Hyper kidded.

Rhythm rolled his eyes and stated, "Yes, it will be."

Hyper went straight back to his room. He began fitting his armor on, and checked if his Energy Power Device had a fully charged crystal. He slipped the boot-like weapon onto his left foreleg and clamped it tight. The rest of the stallions began readying themselves for the job.

EchoBeat was the only one hesitant to leave for the mission. He spoke to HyperBlitz. "Don't you think one of use should stay back? You know... just in case there's any Hybrids that come this way."

Hyper assured him, "Echo, we haven't had any problems with Hybrids at the base yet. I doubt they're going to show up right when we go out. But if you want to stay here, I'm sure Rhythm will let you. You can keep working on your gardening."

Echo nodded his head appreciatively.

HyperBlitz launched himself into the air and soared above the other stallions as they made their way toward the node. FeatherTune soon followed his example and took to the sky. They flew low to be sure they would not alert any Hybrids. They neared the node and took shelter behind a row of cacti. Hyper landed almost face first into the cacti. The stallions gathered around to plan their attack.

Around the node were several Hybrids, protected by crates, barrels and other scraps. Some other cacti and shrubs lined the area too.

"There's a lot more Hybrids than I remember seeing there," Feather observed.

"We'll have to fight through them first before we can get the node," Rhythm announced. "Any ideas on how we should do this?"

"I mean, aren't we just going to do what we usually do?" Hyper said. "Run in there and improvise."

Rhythm pivoted his head to him and raised a brow. "We've made plenty of plans before attacks."

"Yeah but we always end up doing something different," Hyper pointed out.

"He's right," Feather told Rhythm.

"Maybe some of us can draw them away from the node while others disable it," Spinning suggested.