Linkin Pony - Recharge: Revamped

Chapter 26

A bit after the race, the camp began to calm down. HyperBlitz had treated his scrapes and was now looking for something to do. His ears flicked as he heard a shout.

"HyperBlitz!" Spinning's voice sounded from across the camp. Hyper twisted his neck around to peer at him. "Meeting!"

Hyper dashed inside, trailing behind Spinning's black tail. Both of them entered the meeting room and gathered with the four other stallions.

"Alright, I brought some more supplies back from the city. Another mattress too," CharmingRhythm began. "I also have some good news."

"Aren't the supplies good news? So that would be more good news?" FeatherTune pointed out.

Rhythm sighed. "Yeah, yeah. But for real. I interviewed some ponies when I was in Los Pegasus. I recruited a few for this camp!"

"That sounds great!" Blazing responded. "How many?"

"Three at the moment. But there will be two more later down the line. They have to look after their children. A Unicorn, Pegasus and Earth Pony." Rhythm realized in his mind it was one of each species.

"Will the Earth Pony help with gardening?" EchoBeat spoke up.

"I, uh-" Rhythm hesitated. "He does construction so um... no." Rhythm replied with a smile that was almost a grimace.

"I need more help with gardening," Echo asserted. "There's plenty of Pegasi and Unicorns in camp, but I need Earth Ponies. I can't do everything on my own!"

"I understand, Echo." Rhythm dipped his head, and then shook it. "I guess I didn't think of that. I'll write that down."

For a moment, Rhythm hopped off his stool and reached for a cabinet. He levitated out a notebook from it. Returning to the table he began writing.

"Shouldn't Blazing be helping Echo?" Spinning remarked.

"I... yeah, I should be. Sorry. I haven't been doing that as much as I should," Blazing apologized, his eyes shifting over to Echo.

"Well, someone's going to have to go back to Los Pegasus to interview ponies then," Hyper pointed out.

"Hmm." Rhythm bit the tip of his pen. With a flick of his magic he pointed it at FeatherTune. "Feather. Do you think you could fly there and interview ponies?"

"Me? You'd trust me to make decisions?" Feather cautioned.

"Of course I do! But it may take a couple days since you'll have to put in a request..."

"We can put in a request from here," Spinning said confidently. "We're connected to the Resistance's system now."

"Really? That would be awesome. We'll figure that out after the meeting," Rhythm smiled.

"But, do you really want me to go alone?" Feather interjected before Rhythm could continue.

"I- well," Rhythm's mind turned once more. "Maybe Jet could go with you. I want Hyper in camp."

"Wait, why?" Hyper cocked his head.

"Just because. And since you've gotten along with the newcomers the best," Rhythm clarified.

Understanding, Hyper nodded. "Actually, there was something I wanted to report, if I could," Hyper stated.

"Yeah, of course. I was getting around to that," Rhythm smirked. "Go ahead."

"When we were racing I saw a Hybrid outpost with a node. It was a bit farther than the other nodes we have dealt with in this area. I wasn't sure if we should take it out or not."