In the morning, HyperBlitz felt worse then he had a few days ago. His body ached even more, and his metal wing seemed to weigh him down. His eyes were heavy with no sleep. But how could he be tired? He needed to get energy out. How could that contradict?
Hyper sat at his seat in the meeting-room. He slugged down in his chair and looked over at the window. The world seemed a bit damp from the rain of the day before. The rain just made it humid, for it was always hot where the ponies lived. It felt humid, even inside the base.
Hyper tried to shake his head, to get the sleeplessness off of himself. He shuttered his shoulders and moved around a bit. He knew if he did this, it would spark the energy inside of him. Was that really what he wanted now? But he decided getting his energy back would feel better then the lag of being tired.
He heard another pony come into the room. Hyper tilted his head over and saw dark brown eyes meet his gaze. CharmingRhythm looked at him with concern.
"Hey Hype, you okay?"
"Yeah.... why wouldn't I be?" Hyper mumbled.
"Well, it's just that you haven't been acting like yourself."
"What are you talking about!?" Hyper called out.
"That." Rhythm sighed. "You've been very grumpy lately."
Hyper just grumbled a bit. "Nopony wants me to help, and if they do, I mess everything up! So I guess I wouln't help anymore."
"You can't say that." The unicorn replied. "You need to give us your ideas, and help. We will always need you. You're a big part of the team."
"It's not much of you guys, but the ponies in the camp. They don't like how I do things anymore. I can't believe I just realized that. And I guess it's coming down to you guys now too. Since it seems like all of you don't want my help."
Rhythm shook his head. "Ah, Hyper..."
He placed his blue hoof on Hyper's shoulder. Hyper glanced over at his left foreleg, then smacked it with his right wing. Rhythm shot his leg back and held it up.
"Ow! Goddamnit Hyper! You know your wing is made of metal!" Rhythm snapped at him.
Hyper just glared at him annoyed. Then he stepped off his chair and turned around. He slammed the door behind himself. Hyper paced through the mainroom. BlazingFlair was at the computer, While EchoBeat was in the chair at the side. Blazing's ears flickered and eyes shot over when Hyper passed through.
"Hey, Hyper, can you-"
"NO!" Hyper growled, and just slipped into the hallway.
Rhythm entered the mainroom now. His gazed met Blazing. They both looked to each other, confused and worried. Echo glanced over at Rhythm too.
"What's the matter with him?" Echo asked.
"That's what I gotta figure out."
Suddenly, FeatherTune popped out from behind the generator. "He has been acting odd."
Rhythm nodded, then glanced ahead into the hallway. He looked through the hall and came up to the first door on the left. He pushed the door open and glanced inside.
"HyperBlitz?"
"What?!" The pegasus grumbled, with his hooves over his head as he laid on the bed. He lifted his head up, the jumped off the bed. "What do you want?!" He said in Rhythm's face.
"I want to know why you've been acting so... bitchy."
"What?!" Hyper snapped. "Bitchy?"
"Yeah, you've sorta been a bitch lately, yelling at every pony." Rhythm shrugged.
"Now it seems you want to argue!" Hyper called.
"What are-"
Hyper interrupted. "Everypony says I'm the one arguing, but everypony else starts the argument."
"God, Hyper..." The unicorn stepped back, and turned into the hall. "I just don't understand."
"Of course you don't!" Hyper leaped into the hall, after him. "Nopony wants to listen, so they can't understand! If they don't want me to help, fine! I'm done with helping."
"And you keep saying that!" Rhythm's raised his voice as he shouted back to Hyper. "You've defiantly changed! You're so angry all the time!"
Echo, Feather and Blazing sat at the start of the hallway, staring at the ponies. On the other end of the hall, HeartFelt stepped up, and SpinningNote came out of his bedroom.
"You guys need to stop arguing." Blazing exclaimed.
But Hyper didn't hear him. "I'm angry because of you ponies! You are the reason for my anger!"
"So now you're blaming all of the ponies?!" Rhythm yelled.
"YES! It's all of you that do this to me!"
HeartFelt called out to both of them. "You two need to calm down!"
"It's Hyper who needs to calm down!" Rhythm snapped at the mare.
Spinning titled his head at HeartFelt, showing to go to the other ponies on the side of the hall. The both slipped around Hyper and Rhythm. HeartFelt glanced at the stallions at her side. She wondered why they didn't do anything to stop them.
"Don't tell me to calm down!" Hyper then lifted up and pushed Rhythm back with his hooves.
Rhythm slowly put his head up, and gazed at the pegasus with annoyance. With a flash of anger, Rhythm took his left hoof and slapped it across Hyper's cheek.
Hyper's brown gazed looked to the floor. And suddenly, there was a spark of rage in his eyes. Hyperblitz rammed forward, pushing Rhythm to the ground, and cuffed his forehooves around Rhythm's neck. Hyper hovered about the ground with his wings, and grabbed hold of the unicorn and choked him. The blue-gray pony struggled to get free, then he flipped over, pushing his hind-legs up, making Hyper leave his grip and fly upwards.
Hyper fell to the ground, but rage filled his again as he was about to get up. The other ponies stared with fear. HeartFelt tried to push forward.
"You guys need to stop!" She cried.
But then Blazing placed his left forehoof in front of her step. The mare gazed down, then glanced at the earth-pony. Their eyes matched each other, and Blazing gave an expression to say "don't even try." He didn't want her to get caught up in between them.
Hyper leaped up, and flashed his metal wing out. Flipped over and took his wing to Rhythm's left cheek. Crimson flew as the wing slipped through. Rhythm glanced up in pity as his cheek was bleeding.
He took his mechanical leg and shoved to forward into Hyper's chest. A flash of blue lit up on the orb, and heat drained out. A shock sparked as Rhythm jolted his hoof back from hyper as he screamed. The pegasus glared down and saw a burn on his chest, cover with red.
Hyper then took his left hoof, and swung it upwards. He flew it into Rhythm's face, hitting his left eye. Both of the ponies paused of a moment. Rhythm tried to gasp for air, and looked around with his right eye, for his left eye was hurt. Hyper breathed heavily too.
All of the ponies stared in anticipation. The stallions had worried expressions while HeartFelt stepped forward once more.
"STOP!" She yelled out.
Just then, Hyper raged once more. HeartFelt slipped down, and covered her head with her lime hooves as the Pegasus leaped over her, and crashed onto Rhythm.
Their gazes burned at each other. Hyper held down Rhythm, as he seemed to be helpless now. Rhythm shook as Hyper's red hooves pushed into his sides. CharimgRhythm closed his eyes, and thought very hard. An aura of light blue swirled around his horn. A glow filled the area, and shinned on all of their faces. And in a burst of blinding light, it shot Hyperblitz black, slamming onto the ground. Rhythm seemed to float up as he used magic, then fell to the ground, exhausted.
Both of the stallions were worn out, and sat on the ground. All that was heard was their breathes. The other ponies moved a bit. HeartFelt came up to her husband. She lifted up Rhythm's head with her hoof. His right eye gazed over, and he coughed in pain.
FeatherTune walked over toward the other part of the hallway, and glanced down at HyperBlitz. He was careful not to be to fast, so he wouldn't be hurt. EchoBeat tried to help Hyper stand up.
The pegasus slowly paced forward. His eyes saw Rhythm again. All of the ponies froze, hoping that they wouldn't start fighting again. But Hyper gently placed his forehead down and touched the ridge of Rhythm's muzzle. He lifted his head up, and without saying anything, walked into this bedroom, slamming the door.
All of the ponies were in shock for a few moments. The HeartFelt came over to Rhythm again, tying to help him.