Linkin Pony - Recharge: Revamped

Chapter 13

EchoBeat carried a small bucket of water in his teeth over to the new garden. It was the tent that CharmingRhythm had brought back from Los Pegasus. Echo placed the water down inside and overlooked the rows. He already felt proud of the small stems that were beginning to sprout. The tent was set up on the east side of the village, just south of the base building. Echo wasn't sure this was where the gardens would stay, but it was a good start.

The red Earth Pony made his way out of the tent into the open air. Something caught his left eye. Turning, Echo glared out onto the horizon. He thought he could make out some movement. Indeed he could. At first, Echo tried to make himself believe that it could be some wild animals, and not Hybrids. Sure enough, Echo could make out the shiny metal outer bodies of pony-like figures. His heart lurched.

With maroon hooves racing against the stone path, Echo sought out one of his friends, any of them. He found FeatherTune first, who was cleaning ivy off of a roof.

"H-Hybrids!" Echo called out.

"Seriously?" Feather shot back with a raised brow.

"Yes! That way!" Echo pointed in the direction he saw them.

FeatherTune launched off of the roof and analyzed the area. Echo watched his winged friend circle around the camp and come back to him.

"I see them. I'll go tell the others. I think Rhythm is in the base. Go get him," Feather directed.

Echo nodded and dashed off. He found Rhythm inside of the main room. The Unicorn was reading something on a computer screen.

"Um, Rhythm," Echo said. Rhythm turned his attention to him. "We've got Hybrids."

Rhythm did not speak, but processed Echo's statement. Rhythm jumped off the chair and trotted towards the door. Just as he was about to turn the knob, he glanced back at EchoBeat.

"I want you to come with us this time," He ordered.

"W-what? Okay, fine," Echo huffed.

"Bring some potions with us, we don't know what we'll need," Rhythm stated before leaving the base.

Echo found his way back to his room. He equipped his armor, which was engraved with a thorny vine decal. He took his saddlebags too, and filled them with healing potions and bandages. He met up with the rest of his team where the paths converged in a circle in front of the base.

"Alright, let's look at what we're dealing with," Rhythm announced and took the lead.

The stallions moved to the last rows of houses in the village. They stood behind a small fence, halfway hidden. Echo noticed that the Hybrids had moved closer to the village. He could make out there details now. One of them caught his eye. It was heavily armored and had a large saw for a foreleg.

"What kind of Hybrid is that?" Echo uttered as he saw the massive cyborg.

"It's the one that cut off Hyper's wing," Rhythm growled, recognizing its shape.

"We've got to get revenge!" Spinning snapped.

"Obviously. But how? Don't you remember? None of our attacks affected it," Rhythm shot back.

"I've never seen that style before, or similar iterations," Echo mused aloud. "It must be a new kind of Hybrid."

"A stronger Hybrid..." Blazing guessed grimly.

"Hmm," Rhythm was stumped on what to do.

"Maybe we can lure it into an Energy well," Spinning suggested.