> Linkin Pony: Own Worst Enemy
>  by Kaciekk
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> From the Inside
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	The world changes you. The world has effects on many different ponies, giving them their life as it goes. Some positive, some negative. But even past a Catalyst, you need to keep your head high. But sometimes you are your own worst enemy.

It was a few months after the resistance gathered. Many teams were still being made. The Resistance was for good, to take down the Hybrids who stole their energy and life. The resources were finally building back up, from the pure energy helping. All of the ponies worked together to rebuild the world.  It was a rebellion against the way many ponies lived, in complete hell.
The leading team of the Resistance was made of six stallions heading it. They were a band before the Catalyst, and had made amazing music. They would always collaborate together, as a team and friends to make the music.  Still, their music helps ponies through the challenges of the world, giving them hope. 
The leader of this team was CharmingRhythm. The blue-gray Unicorn was made leader for his ability to plan out things. He was also the leader of the band before. His talent was making music of course, his cutie mark showed a microphone, for his main talent was singing and rapping. But now, he had to go in a different direction.
HyperBlitz was the Co-leader. The yellow Pegasus was able to take down Hybrids with not just pure energy, but his energy inside of him. For he was named for his excitement. His cutie mark showed a flaming music note, defiantly showing the fire inside of him. But would the fire come out in the wrong way?

Hyper trotted over to the center of the mainroom. He watched Rhythm tap on his right mechanical hoof. It was like the hoof covers everypony had to put their energy in. But Rhythm’s was a part of him, his own leg, replacing one that he lost. The blue light lit up his face and silhouetted Rhythm's beard.
“Anything to do today?” Hyper asked with anticapation.
“Not really?” Rhythm replied. “Unless you want to go out to the camp with Echo. You can help gather energy.”
Hyper grumbled. “That’s boring. I want to find some Hybrids. I haven’t seen any for more then a week. And those were really weak Hybrids.”
"If you really want something to do, go out with Echo."
At that moment  the red pony poked out from the hallway.He had a choppy brown mane, with dark red stripes. His brown eyes stared as he heard his name. 
EchoBeat stepped over. "I was planing to go to the camp, I wouldn't mind some help."
Hyper placed has hooves forward and rolled his eyes. "I guess so."
He followed the Earth-pony, and stepped into the dry air outside. The world looked a lot better then it did a few months ago. A lot of trash was picked up, and plants were placed by ponies. But the world was still pretty depressing.
Hyper's white hoof cover tapped on the hard ground. He gazed around where some ponies were. They lived at the basecamp, working side by side. Echo searched around and then waved at a purple Pegasus. Her red mane bounced as he saw them and galloped over to greet the stallions.
"Hey guys, you wanna help?"
"I need something to do, ThunderCharm." Hyper blurted out.
Thunder's aqua eyes gazed over. "You can place those boxes inside; there are supplies in them." 
Hyper sighed, and lifted his wings up. He fluttered and circled his hooves around a box. He dipped his head through the door, and placed the box down. ThunderCharm then placed another on the top of it. Hyper then looked around and saw a white filly. She had big blue eyes and red hair.
"Hey LilyMist." Hyper said. "How have you been?"
"Pretty good." She squeaked. "But Mama is still bugging me."
"You know she only wants what's best for you." He poked her
Two other ponies, smaller then LilyMist walked over. Hyper jumped. "Hey there!" The ponies shrunk down and showed fear. 
"HyperBlitz!" ThunderCharm called at him. "Those are young ponies, don't be so loud!" 
"Sorry." He whispered. "It's hard for me to be quiet." He ducked his head down. "I came here to do something. I haven't done anything productive."
"Maybe you can go out with a scout team-"
"And clean up things?!" Hyper finished. He growled. "That is so stupid!" He slammed his hooves down, and the two little ponies jumped.
"Hype, please calm down." Echo murmured.
ThunderCharm then fluttered up. "C'mon, lets go out to the fields."
"No, I'd rather just stay here, or go back to the base." Hyper left the building with his head low.
A dark stallion gazed at him. He was a large Pegasus, with a black and red mane that cover his left eye. 
"You seem quite bothered." His voice was harsh.
"Ugh, I can't do anything exciting, BlackOut." Hyper explained.
"You need to live with that. It's good that no Hybrids are anywhere. But you are talking to me, and my talent is pretty much fighting."
"ThunderCharm says that being... myself pretty much, will scare the children." Hyper said. 
"You have a different energy, not like the pure crystal energy." BlackOut replied.
Hyper only nodded, and left without doing anything else.

The Pegasus sat down on a cliff. He watched other ponies place thing to the side. They moved the trash and old wood away. Sometimes they would burn it, but it didn't look like they had fire with them.
Hyper leaped down and flashed his wings out. "Need some help?!"
All the ponies jumped. a brown colt hid from him behind some scrap metal. A yellow Unicorn scowled at him. Her blue eyes showed anger.
"Goddamn it, HyperBlitz. Are you trying to scare us!? We could of thought you were a Hybrid and attacked."
"Then why didn't you attack, SunSwirl?" He smirked.
"Becasue we know your voice." The brown colt retorted.
"Exactly." Hyper laughed,
"Shut up." SunSwirl said quietly. "Hybrids will find us if you're too loud."
"Then come get me!" Hyper yelled out into the sky. Orange magic then snapped his mouth shut.
"Just stop. You're being a nuisance. Be quiet, or leave." 
When the orange magic left, Hyper muttered. "Bitch."
"Excuse me?!"
"Nothing!" Hyper looked over as if nothing happened. "So what are we doing?"
"I'm not sure if WE, includes you.." SunSwirl said. "But we need to get rid of this trash.
"Why not burn it?" Hyper tapped on the blue orb of his hoof cover. It flashed with red.
"NO,NO!!"
Hyper placed his hoof forward, and a orange flame flashed out. The flame crashed into the wooden boards. As it exploded, the brown colt jumped with fear.
"HyperBlitz!" The unicorn yelled. "You know that's not safe with these ponies around. And of course he hates fire." SunSwirl pointed to the shivering colt.
Hyper growled at them. "FINE!"
"Anyways, there was an oil spill around this area." She added.
"I'll just leave then!" Hyper flied into the air and flipped around.
He headed in the other direction. He looked up at the gray clouds. He still had plenty of energy in him. What if he went to the clouds?  It had been a while since he had touched them.
Hyper then shot upwards, and the wind blew against his coat. He broke through the dust, and quickly placed his hooves on the fluff. The clouds were very low, and it didn't take much energy away from Hyper. They were all very ugly, like most of the world.Hyper kicked the dirty cloud, and water vapor floated up and dissipated. 
His brown eyes widened at the horizon. The sun was about to set, and above some of the dust that cover the world, colors showed. Still more clouds raised into the atmosphere, but the faint colored awed Hyper. It had been so long since he truly seen the sun. 
His red hooves came forward, but the cloud was way too thin. Suddenly, he dropped down through the barrier. His eyes shot down as he fluttered his wings madly. Hyper hit the ground, but not as hard as he could of without his wings. He raised his head up and muttered with annoyance. He really didn't care about the pain, for he always got hurt. He looked over to the base, and headed back home. 

That night, HyperBltiz had a horrible time trying to sleep. His body couldn't stay still. There was just too much energy in him, and the day didn't get it out. His mind raced, but he couldn't catch a single thought.
He sat on his back and looked up to the ceiling where a blue glow was shown. He turned to his mechanical wing. He then tapped it with his left hoof, and the orb soon faded out. Hyper still was uncomfortable. He breathed in and out to try to calm himself down, but nothing seemed to work. 

> One Step Closer
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	In the morning, HyperBlitz tried to get a hold of him mind. He barely got any sleep. As he left his bed, his joints cracked with pain. Hyper tried to study what was in front of him, but his vision was blurry. 
He placed his hooves down where gray light hit the floor. He turned over to the hallway, he glanced outside, then took his gait forward. He staggered into the mainroom, where nopony was. Everypony must have been still sleeping. It was quite early. 
Hyper passed through into the meeting room. He got some coffee that BlazingFlair usually drank. He sat at the end of the oval table. Hyper placed his head down, and didn't move. He didn't even drink his coffee, but just stayed there with his head on his forelegs. He really didn't do much, for he ached from lack of sleep. He didn't think about time either, so he sat there for a long time.
After a while, clopping of hooves entered the room. The pasted by Hyper with a mellow voice following.
"Good morning."
Hyper just mumbled, as he lifted his head. His blurry vision made out the shape of the orange pony. 
"Hey, why are you drinking my coffee?" The pony said with a little smirk.
"Why can't I?!" Hyper snapped.
"Whoa, I was just kidding. It's fine."
Hyper rubbed his forehoof on his head. "I'm sorry BlazingFlair, I didn't get much sleep last night." 
"Why not?" Blazing asked.
"I don't know. I really didn't do anything yesterday. I guess I didn't get enough energy out of me. But nopony wants me to help. And if I do help, they say I am doing something wrong!" Hyper explained.
"Hmm..." Blazing went over to the counter. "We can always use a look-out Pegasus for a scout team. I'm gonna go out today, you can come with me."
"But that is later! I don't want to wait..." Hyper grumbled.
"You are always impatient." Blazing rolled his green eyes.



Later in the day, HyperBlitz stepped out into the world.He was happy to be out now. Hyper had been a bit too anxious, bugging BlazingFlair all the time as he waited. 
Hyper stretched his wings out and lifted to the air. He raced through the sky above the scout team. ThunderCharm, who was with them, stretched her head up. She caught sight of Hyper flying in front.
"HyperBlitz! Slow down!!"
"Just..." Blazing put his golden hoof on her shoulder. "Let him be."
Hyper looked around, wondering what he could do. Was there anything out in the out-lands anymore? His eyes caught sight of something reflecting blurred light. Hyper fluttered his wings, and slowed down, then raced down towards the object. His red hooves sat down on the ground, and he gazed up with anticipation. It was an Energy Node, something that Hybrids had put up to take away any energy that was in the ground.
Then the clopping of hooves came to his side. ThunderCharm stared at the Node. "It's already disabled. No need to destroy it."
"What? Why can't we destroy it?!" Hyper yelled out.
Thunder shook her head. "That would be no use. If it had been disabled right away, you could destroy it, leaving the energy out, and making plants grow. But since it wasn't destroyed then, there's no sense in doing so now."
"Then that's why we should destroy it!" Hyper flashed his wings out. "There's no use for it, so why leave it here? We can probably use parts from it!" He started towards the Node.
"No! We have plenty of parts..." Thunder started.
"What's the big deal of having more!?" Hyper snapped.
"You don't want to waste your own energy on something like this! You can use it for better reasons!"
Hyper folded his wings down. "You could of said that to start with."
Blazing stepped aside and rolled his green eyes. "Hyper, you need to stop being so grumpy."
Hyper just muttered, and started to follow the ponies on hoof now. He watched and stood by as they looked through the fields. They searched through the rubble, and placed boxes to the side. This is usually what they did, nothing special. Hyper didn't bother to move, for he didn't want to mess anything up or make any of the ponies angry. He was always a pony to be all over the place and to get hurt. He felt useless right now. 
His eyes gazed over and watched the other ponies point to other directions. Suddenly, Hyper noticed that they were leaving. He jumped up and opened his wings. He quickly fluttered over them. The ponies seemed to be going at a slow pace, well at least it seemed to Hyper. 
"We're going back to the camp." Thunder announced.
"Already?" Hyper said.
"We've been out here for over an hour."
"How do you know?"
"Because her hoof cover has a watch on it." Blazing exclaimed.
Hyper just moaned, and kept flying above the ponies. They seemed to be going at too slow of a pace for him. The pegasus stared forward, and saw the building of the base camp. He then shot forward, leaving the other behind. His hooves slid across the ground, and he whipped his head up. Some ponies noticed, while others just kept going on with their normal duties. Soon enough, the scout team came up to Hyper's 
"Find anything?" SunSwirl trotted up and asked.
Thunder looked at the older mare. "There was an Energy Node, but it was already disabled. That's pretty much it." 
"Alright." The unicorn nodded, then as she slowly backed away, gave Hyper an annoyed glare.
Then Hyper took his stride through the camp. He eyed other ponies inside of the buildings. Most of them didn't notice him. He kept going forward, without knowing what to do. 
"Hey." A little voice came from the side.
"What?!" Hyper Snapped.
"I.. I'm sorry." LilyMist spoke, putting her head down.
"Oh.. LilyMist.... Sorry, I didn't mean to yell like that." Hyper apologized
"Its.. its just that I heard from other ponies that you need something to do. And That you want to help. I have a box of flowers I was going to give to the East camp. But I'm small, and It would take a long time to get there. And I'm sure mamma wouldn't let me go. I was wondering if you can bring the flowers. You do have wings, you'd be much faster."
Hyper looked to the side of the filly where a small box sat. "Sure. I can do that." He then placed his hooves on the box an lifted it up. "The Est camp, right?" The filly nodded, and he lifted upwards.
He left the camp, and headed towards the east. Hyper floated above the buildings that ponies were bringing back from being destroyed. He looked at the clouds, that spread across the sky in waved patterns. He clamped his hooves tighter on the box to make sure it wouldn't slip. He wondered how much a little plant could help ponies.  Could this plant help really? I guess every little bit counts. That's what I want to show ponies! I want to help just a little. 
Hyper slowly drifted down, and placed the box on the cold ground.	 He looked at the camp in front of him. It was much smaller, and had less ponies. And it wasn't as cleaned up. A young dark blue pegasus came to Hyper. He had a short wavy mane and a bright expression . His teal eyes greeted Hyper with please.
"HyperBlitz, it's been a while since I've seen you."
"It's good to see you, BlizardHat." Hyper pushed the box forward with his forehoof. "This has some flowers in it. A filly in the base camp said that you needed some."
"Oh, yes!" BlizardHat exclaimed. "Thanks!"
Hyper shook his head. "No, don't thank me, I only brought it. It was LilyMist."
"Well, then tell her we thank her." Blizard said.
Hyper looked around, wondering what else to say. He couldn't really think of anything. BlizardHat seemed a bit uneasy too.
"Well, are you doing okay?" Blizard started.
"Eh, alright." Hyper shrugged.
"Okay... Have you guys played any more music? Or will you play some more?" Blizard asked. 
"It's a possibility that we will." Hyper replied. 
The blue pegasus nodded. "Cool! If you guys do play some music, let me know. I don't want to miss anything."
Hyper and Blizard spoke for a few more moments, then Hyper lifted off to the air again. He turned around and went back towards his home.

HyperBlitz was able to sleep a little better that night, with getting some of his energy off by flying. But still he felt guilty that he had not help as much as he could.  That's all I need to do! The ponies ask for help, and I do help, but then they say I'm doing it wrong! I don't understand. What do they need?  
	



> Let Down
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	HyperBlitz opened his  brown eyes. He still felt pretty stiff. His body seemed to be clenched up together.  He looked at the walls where dawn showed slightly.  When he put his hooves on the floor, he glanced at his wing.  Eh, I'll wait to turn it on, I don't want to waste energy.  But it was the energy inside of himself that he needed to get out. 
Hyper turned towards the mainroom. He scanned the room; EchoBeat was on the computer, in his usually position. CharmingRhythm glanced over and saw Hyper. The blue-gray unicorn nodded, as a greeting.
"So, are you going to do anything today?" Rhythm asked.
"Like what?" Hyper cocked his head. "Nopony likes the way I help."
"Just try. And don't argue. That's the big thing." Rhythm looked at the window. "It might rain later on today. So if you want to go out some time, you better get going. Do you want something to eat first?"
"Nah, I can wait." Hyper then went towards the door.
The door opened with a squeak, and Hyper slid through. He trotted along the dirt path. He stared  the dark west horizon. There was a small line of clouds, darker then the clouds that spread across the sky. It probably wouldn't rain right as they hit the area, but storm clouds can go on for many miles. Hyper would have to use his time right.
In the camp, Hyper spotted one of his companions, FeatherTune. The cream pegasus sat down with another pony. His reddish-brown eyes studied pieces of silver and white metal. He really didn't know how to build anything, why would another pony try to teach him? As Hyper passed by him, his face lifted up from under his fluffy brown mane. 
"Hey, Hype."
"Hey..." Hyper muttered, then kept striding forward.
The yellow pegasus stopped, and studied the open area in the middle of the camp. He saw ThunderCharm talking with BlackOut. A mare was glaring at Hyper from the side. He whipped his head around and met her stare. She was a red earth-pony with a pink mane.
"What?!" Hyper yelled out, even if she was only a few steps in front of himself. "What do you want, RoseTwist?"	
She just shook her head.
"What?!" Hyper called out again. "What do you have against me?! You seem to hate me! I never did anything wrong."
RoseTwist sighed. "I just don''t like you around my daughter." She was talking about LilyMist. "I don't think she would get anything good from you."
"What are you talking about?"
"Well, SunSwirl told me that you called her a b-word." 
"No I didn't!" Hyper noticed that he was now lying. He let out a breath. "You take a disliking to swearing. I know that I swear a lot.... But I try not to around young ponies! And I'm sure that your daughter is smart enough to not use such words!"
"You do not know my daughter!" RoseTwist shouted.
Hyper then took a few steps away, with an angry expression. His ears twitched as he heard some other voices.
"I think I can find it." BlackOut said to ThunderCharm.
"Find what?" Hyper asked.
"Why must you get into other's conversations?!" RoseTwist said from behind.
"This doesn't involve you either!" He snapped. "So... find what?"
Thunder replied. "A Hybrid. Some ponies said that they saw one around here. They didn't kill it becasue they didn't have enough of energy with them."
"I can kill it!" Hyper jumped.
"BlackOut said he can already go out an find it." Thunder explained. "And I don't want to be rude, but I truly believe BlackOut can do better at killing  a Hybrid than you. His talent is fighting."
RoseTwist leaned in, with a concerned face. "LilyMist is out there! She went out with SunSwirl and Iridescent to get some supplies." 
"Then I'll go find her." Hyper announced.
"What is with you and my daughter!?" RoseTwist growled. "What do you want with her?!"
Hyper flipped around and stepped in front of her face. "I had children of my own!	Now I only have a child, and he doesn't even live here! For your information, one of my daughters was named Lily. She was much younger then your daughter. But she was helpless to hybrids, and her mother had to watch her be killed!" Hyper's voice shook as he called to the red mare "I'm not gonna let that happen to your daughter."
Then after a few moments, Hyper turned around, and trotted away. RoseTwist's expression lightened, and wasn't so angry any more. Her face almost matched ThunderCharm's , who was shocked at what Hyper had said. Thunder didn't say anything, only stared at RoseTwist. Then they both looked over and saw Hyper leap into the air. But just as he did so, he fell, planking face-first into the ground.
"Hyper, you're wing isn't turned on." Thunder told him.
He leaped up off the ground. "I think I figured that out!" He groaned.
He tapped the orb on his right metal wing with his hoof. The blue glow of pure energy appeared, and he jumped back into the air. Hyper flew away from the camp, and gained his height. He didn't say anything else to the ponies. His brown eyes caught sight of BlackOut, who was going to the north of him. 
The yellow pegasus watched the rocky ground below him. He saw many small groups of ponies. Hyper knew that they should probably  go back to the base too, but it seemed like they had enough of energy with them if they got into any trouble. He also knew that BlackOut could probably hunt down any Hybrid. Still, Hyper made it his duty to find LilyMist. Even if her mother didn't want him too. HyperBlitz knew that ponies didn't like they way he helped. 
Suddenly, Hyper saw two yellow unicorns, one with a multi-colored mane, and the other with a orange mane. He saw the white filly with them too. He flew down towards them and folded his wings down. Iridescent turned her head around, and her violet eyes caught Hyper. 
"HyperBlitz?" She said softly. "What is it?"
"Some ponies said that there was a Hybrid out here. I know you're just getting supplies, but its probably not a good idea for you girls to be out here. I know that you can possible take a Hybrid down, but you never know..." Hyper explained, then looked to LilyMist. "And your mother really doesn't want you out here with Hybrids around." He then stepped back. "That's all... Oh, it's probably gonna rain."
Hyper flickered his wings out and pushed up again. Iridescent nodded giving a thanks for the information. The ponies trotted out and went back towards the camp, while Hyper stayed in the air. He decided just to go back to the base. He would have liked to give a go at the Hybrid with BlackOut, but knowing the black stallion, he wouldn't agree. He guessed it was probably a good idea to let BlackOut do what he could.
He went into the base and chose to stay there. FeatherTune should have known if it would rain or not. So he would get back to the base when ever he wanted too. But Hyper did know that Feather could be very confused at some times. Surely some ponies at that camp knew about rain. And if it did start raining... well, Feather could either stay in the camp, or fly very fast.
Hyper saw the sky darken. He decided to get something to eat, to help his hunger as he waited. But what was he really waiting for. I Hyper couldn't decide on that. He truly wasn't waiting for a pony, or the rain.



> Nobody's Listening
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Later in the day, HyperBlitz stared out the window, watching the rain come down on the ground. He sat in the mainroom as EchoBeat was on the computer. Hyper seemed to watch a single water droplet on the window, swirl down, until it was gone. 
Nopony would dare go out into the rain. Not because they would get wet, but because they would get sick. The rain was tainted from the dust clouds and debris in the sky. The waste in the rivers was also a contribute to that. But many ponies noticed that the rain and water had cleaned up some since they started the rebellion teams. But just to be sure, they used purification filters to use to water.
Hyper just sat on the hard flow and gazed at the outside world. He wondered how long it was since the Catalyst had happened. It had to defiantly been more then a year. But the Rebellion hadn't started since a few month before now. Hyper wondered what would have happened if they started the rebellion earlier. Would the world be even more cleaned up? Would it be almost normal? But what was normal. A few months ago, it was normal to be sleeping in an uncomfortable bed, with barely and water, and only food supplies that went down every day. That was why they need a new beginning. 
As Hyper sat by the window, he felt another pony come by, and sit next to him. He didn't look over though.
"What's wrong HyperBlitz?" A gentle voice asked.
He twisted his head and saw the aqua-green unicorn looking at him. Her brown eyes seemed to show concern. 
"It's nothing, HeartFelt." 
"It has the be something." She said. "You've been acting different."
Hyper sighed. "Nopony likes the way I help. I want to help, and when I do, they say I'm doing it wrong."
HeartFelt titled her head, and her brown mane shifted down. "What do you mean? Everypony needs help it seems, and we ask you-"
"But they say to stop!" Hyper interupted. "They say I'm too loud, or too... myself. I know I'm loud! Sereiously, I'm loud right now!" Hyper's vocie was actually getting louder as they spoke, "Its just that I have a lot of energy in me. No, not like pure energy, but just my own..."
HeartFelt nodded. "Maybe... just try to be more calm when you work. And listen to the other ponies."
"I do listen!" Hyper called back.
Clapping of hooves was heard across the floor behind them. "Maybe you need to stop arguing with everypony. You seem to be doing that a bunch. Not everypony like's to argue." 
Hyper didn't look back. "And I'd think that, SpinningNote."
The reddish purple unicorn just shook his head, and went towards the hallway. He didn't say anything else.
Hyper let out a breath, and placed his attention back to the window and rain. HeartFelt still sat with him. She studied the stallion, and how his posture was. It was quiet for a while, and nopony spoke. After some time, there was a tapping noise, in certain beat. Hyper twisted his head around and saw Echo tapping his hooves on the computer desk.
"Could you stop!" The pegasus said aggravated.
Echo froze his hooves and placed his head a bit lower. "Sorry." The red pony watched Hyper look back out the window with an annoyed expression. "Hyper, I always do that... Why are you bothered by it now?"
"I don't know." Hyper shrugged.
Again, it was quiet for a while. Hyper felt like the other ponies were the ones that started any arguments. He divided to get up, and lift to his hooves. He left HeartFelt and Echo in the mainroom by themselves. He trotted slowly into the hallway. Hyper passed his own bedroom and went towards the back of the hall. 
His ears twitched as he heard some noises inside the last room on the left. It seemed that SpinningNote was messing with his mixing. But it didn't seem like any song Hyper had heard. He peaked inside, and saw Spinning on his turntable, while FeatherTune was sitting to the side with his guitar. Hyper stepped inside the room.
"What are you doing?" Hyper questioned.
"Well, first of all, it's raining, so there's nothing to do. And second, I decided to go back to some music." Spinning cocked his head. 
"When will you ever use it." 
"We've played a little bit." Who says we've stop. I know that ponies like music." Spinning told him. "Anyways, I wanted to try some things. For some reason, the sounds aren't adding up right." He glanced down at the buttons on the touch-screen that would make noises. " I'm not sure if I got the right sounds programed in."
Hyper looked over at the screen. "I'd try, but I'd probably break it."
Spinning thought for a moment and shrugged. "Yeah, you would break it." He smirked.
Hyper scowled at the unicorn. "I can break it if you want me to!" Then he turned around, stepping away.
"Geez, Hyper. I was just saying-"
"I wouldn't think you'd agree. but it seems you do."
"I can say what ever I like." Spinning snapped.
HyperBlitz walked towards the door. As he went through, he paused, not looking back. He lifted up his left wing and showed his second feather. Then he kept going and closed the door.
Spinning flipped his head in shock. He turned to the side. "Feather! Did you see what he just did to me?!"
FeatherTune placed his head up from looking at the guitar. He started at the unicorn with confusion. "What? What did he do?"
Spinning rubbed his forehead with his hoof. "You didn't see that?!"
"No..." Feather mumbled. "What?"
Outside in the hall, HyperBlitz walked with heavy steps. Again, he passed the bedrooms. He turned the corner into the mainroom. Now HeartFelt was behind the chair watching EchoBeat on the computer. Before Hyper could see if the ponies turned to look at him, he placed his head forward, and went into the next room. 
He glanced into the meeting-room. He looked across the table, and saw BlazingFlair. The orange pony was wearing a saddlebag with a tool box on it. He held a tool in his mouth, then placed it back inside the box. He turned to the door on the far side of the room. Hyper trotted over towards Blazing.
"Are you going to the energy mill?" Hyper asked.
His green eyes shifted over and saw the yellow pegasus. "Yeah. Echo said that one of the energy laser's are off. I'm going to go fix it."
"Need any assistance?"  Hyper cocked his head.
"Nah, It's only broken at the ground. I think I'm good." Blazing retorted.
"Alright." Hyper said in a disappointed tone. 
He watched the earth-pony open the door, and climb down the stairs, for the energy mill was underground. The door shut, and Hyper twisted around. He decided nopony really wanted his help anymore. And if they did, he'd just make them angry.
HyperBlitz went to his bedroom, and laid on his stomach. He pressed his muzzle into the pillow. He tilted his head up a bit and glanced out the window where water droplets still came down. He sighed as he heard rain pattering on the top of the base. He had not got any energy out today. And the rain didn't give any help. Hyper just sat in his room and thought to himself. 
	God, all of these ponies... they just don't understand me! They know that the even the world needs help. If I work with them ,they it will get the world back on track faster. Well, I guess not, but everypony's contorbution counts! And I COULD help A LOT!
> Across the Line
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	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.
	
> Condemned
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

	CharmingRhythm sat on the floor and tried to look around with his left eye. HeartFelt tried to clean up his bruises with a wet cloth. The lime aura pushed the cloth against the cut on his cheek. Rhythm jolted back a bit and groaned. 
"You didn't seem to be in that much pain when you were fighting Hyper." HeartFelt told him.
Rhythm just closed his left eye and sighed.
"You shouldn't be fighting him." The mare said.
"I know..." Rhythm muttered.
BlazingFlair looked over at the unicorns. "Why has he been so angry lately."
"He told me that nopony likes how he helps." HeartFelt replied as Rhythm nodded.
"Is that it?" SpinningNote stepped forward. "It seems like there has to be something else."
"Hyper has always had a little temper." EchoBeat pointed out. "But its never been this bad."
"I just wanted to figure out why..." Rhythm muttered. "I only want to help him. But he said that he's not gonna help anypony, so I guess I can't help him." The unicorn glanced over at HyperBlitz's bedroom door that was closed.
"Somepony should go talk with him." Blazing said.
"But what if he flips out again and attacks?" Spinning exclaimed.
Blazing's eyes rolled over to Spinning. "But still... he's probably hurt too..."
"Physically and emotionally." Rhythm sighed.
Echo stepped over. "I can go talk with him." 
As the red pony walked over toward the door, HeartFelt tilted her head. "Be careful."
EchoBeat slowly placed his forehoof on the door, and slid it open. He gazed over at HyperBlitz, who laid on his bed, with his muzzle in his forelegs. Echo stepped up, as he shut the door. He tilted his head down towards the pegasus.
"Hyper?"
He only groaned, and pushed his face harder into his legs and pillow. 
"HyperBlitz, you know we only..." Echo trailed off as Hyper lifted his head and gave him a glare.
'Help?" Hyper finished his sentence. "It's not like I can help, why should I take anything from you?" His eyes burned as he watched the red pony.
"Hyper... You know we're here for you. If there is anything wrong, come to us."
"Nothings wrong!" Hyper snapped.
"It seems like there is something wrong." Echo cocked his head.
Hyper groaned and placed his head down. "Nopony listens." Hyper said, muffled. 
"What are you talking about? I'm listening right now, aren't I?" Echo told him.
"But it's not like you will understand."
"What do you-"
"Nopony wants my help, and if they do, I'll just end up messing things up." Hyper flashed up. 
There was a bit of silence for a while. Both of their eyes scanned each other. EchoBeat took a small step back. He then decided to speak a little again.
"I think for now, you should stay at the base."
"Why." Hyper's voice raised.
"So..." Echo trailed off, not wanting to say the wrong thing. "It would be the best. We don't want the other ponies seeing you beat up, and we don't want you to get into any other trouble." Just before Hyper could reply back, Echo interrupted. "And Rhythm should stay in the base too. He's more hurt then you. You shouldn't be fighting him. You shouldn't fight anypony for that matter."
Hyper's brown eyes looked down with guilt. "I know." He spoke in a softer voice now. "He was just pushing me, I guess I just snapped."
Echo sighed. "One step closer to the edge, and you broke."
Hyper just nodded.
"You should probably apologize to Rhythm. All you did was touch his forehead, and left, that wasn't much of an apology." Echo shrugged.
"It wasn't supposed to be!" The pegasus' voice strengthened again.
Echo did not reply, but anxiety filled his brown eyes. He tilted his head, then stepped backwards. "Just try to calm down, and think before you act and speak." Echo finally said as he left the room.
Hyper placed his head back down. He didn't know what to truly do. 

He stayed in his room for the rest of the day, except for when he got something to eat. HyperBlitz did not try to make any eye contact with any other the other ponies, no matter how  much he wanted to. 
The yellow pegasus gazed over as he sat in his own room. He looked around, and spotted every wall that was close to each other. It felt like the longer he stayed in his room, doing nothing, the more the walls closed in. But of course the room couldn't move, but Hyper's conscience closed in on himself.
Hyper only wanted to help other ponies. But how could he if he couldn't help himself? And other's couldn't even help, in the state he was in. Hyper didn't want to be stuck in the base, or the bedroom. He thought that it would be the opposite of what he needed. He needed to let his energy out, that was the reason of some of his anger. But his friends don't want his to go outside. Hyper was afraid that this situation would only get worse by the track it was going on.
I don't understand! But they don't understand either. It's like our connection is being torn apart. Hyper thought to himself, as the room got darker while night fell.  Being in here will not solve this problem! They think I am going to hurt more ponies, that's why. But  I won't!  He held his head with his red hooves.  I know that there is something wrong. I know that I am angered, and snapping at everypony. But why don't I stop myself? Why can't I just stop? I do need to calm down, but my mind just can't think strait. And why can't I tell them sorry? Will they accept any apologies now? 
Hyper breathed heavily, as he stared away from the floor. He glanced at his metal wing to see if the energy orb was off. He had forgotten that he turned it off earlier. Hyper knew that it was smart to save pure crystal energy, but he didn't want to save the energy in himself. He realized he was going through different stages. Sleeplessness, then being irritated, then rage, and now guilt. 
He tried to close his eyes and sleep, but his emotions and thoughts stiffened inside of himself. Hyper tried to remove the thought of earlier, when he was fighting his best friend. He had hurt CharmingRhythm, that was what Hyper disliked the most. But it didn't seem like it was earlier in the day, but so many days ago, like time past way too fast. HyperBlitz tried to think of something else, something that was happier, but it all came down to now. He wanted to think of the past, and how him and his friends toured and made music. He only wished they could do that now. Hyper's heart ached at every thought.
His breath seemed to shake, and he hummed out a tune. He didn't know why he would sing. Proabaly something to pass the time? Would it calm himself down?

"I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream 
I don't know why I instigate 
And say what I don't mean
I don't know how I got this way
I know it's not alright
So I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit..."

Hyper stopped, and didn't finish the last word.  Can I break the habit? 
His eyes looked up at the black ceiling, his hoof laid on his stomach. He felt so uncomfortable. Hyper spoke, wanting to only think, but he let out "What the fuck is wrong with me?"
He knew that he was silent enough that nopony could hear him, but it felt like the whole world had caught his words. But would they care? 


Soon enough, a few days passed. And all of those days seemed to agonize HyperBlitz. With thoughts going back and forth in his head. He didn't have much to do either. 
He went through the things in his room and also went to the instrument room to pass time. He would try to go in there when nopony else was in there. He wouldn't really play the instruments more then just feel around. Any time a pony would come in the room, Hyper would leave. It wasn't that they had a problem with him being in there, Hyper just didn't like other ponies watching him right now.
Hyper noticed that he wasn't just fighting with Rhythm in the days earlier, but he was fighting with himself. And he still was fighting with himself. All of his thoughts, actions, and emotions were conflicted.
> In My Remains
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

	HyperBlitz had been isolated from his friends, even if that was not what he wanted. But he didn't want to make his companions angry in any way. Hyper knew that they didn't want him going out the the camp. He wondered his any of the ponies had gave away that him and CharmingRhythm had fought. Hyper knew he had a bad reputation with some of the ponies there, he didn't want them to think worse.
HyperBlitz placed his hooves into the empty hallway. He creaked his door open and glanced to see if anypony was there. He then went through the mainroom with his head down. As he glared into the meeting room, FeatherTune spotted him. As Hyper went around the left of the table, Feather circled around the right, slowly moving away from him. His reddish-brown eyes stared at Hyper with fear and confusion. Hyper just sighed and went into the food storage.
At the front of the room was all of the fresh food that they had grown. There was still plenty of packaged food, but most of it was canned and salty. Hyper saw the vegetables that were in clear plastic raps. It was good that they were growing food at the base and the camp. As long as the plants didn't get any contaminated water on them. 
Hyper took a bundle of lettuce leaves and went back into the meeting room. FeatherTune was gone now and the room was empty. Hyper sat down in his usually seat. His brown eyes gazed at the empty table. Everything around him seemed to move odd. As he stared forward, it was like the table end was so far away, then slowly, the room collapsed. Hyper shook his head and looked away.
He shoved some of the lettuce into his mouth. The leaves were a bit soft but at least they were not rotten. Hyper knew that they couldn't waste any food. Eating seemed to take his mind off of his troubles. 
As Hyper ate the last leaf, he turned around, and saw that Feather was staring at him though the slightly opened door. As he saw Hyper meet his gaze, he slowly backed off and close the door. Hyper got up and trotted over to the door. He opened it and looked inside the mainroom.
Somehow Feather was on the other side of the mainroom. He sat down in a chair, his eyes swiped from Hyper and looked to EchoBeat who was on the computer. Hyper pulled his hooves forward. Echo's eyes saw the Pegasus too. Hyper didn't speak, only stared. As Hyper moved across the floor, he gave an annoyed face from how meek the ponies acted towards him. Then suddenly, Echo looked at Hyper, then to the computer, then too the door, and then to the digital clock. 
Hyper went into the hallway he wondered why Echo was acting so jumpy. He never usually looks around like that. If anything, his eyes would stay in one place at a time.
Just as he came up to his bedroom, he spotted CharmingRhythm across the hall. Hyper's heart stopped for a moment. Rhythm's eyes looked deep into Hyper. There was a long moment of silence, and the stallions were completely still. Hyper took the first move and ducked his head down going into the room.

For a while, HyperBlitz just laid in his bed like usual. He glanced at the things on his dresser. He had already looked though all of his thing a hundred times it seemed. There was defiantly nothing to do. Hyper usually could entertain himself, but if he did, it would be for himself and another pony. He felt so lonely right now.
Hyper's ears twitched as he heard hooves clopping outside. Of course the other ponies moved around in the base a lot. He wondered how often Rhythm left his room. Did he feel anything like Hyper did? Did he feel trapped in his room, lonely. Probably not, because he could go outside if he wanted too. He was the leader of the Rebellion team. But Hyper was the co-leader...
Hyper could hear some conversation from outside, somepony shouting out, probably FeatherTune. But Hyper couldn't make out what was going on. Then the voices got quiet, if anything, probably whispering. 
The pegasus rolled over onto his stomach. His eyes glared at the wall in front. He heard trotting in the hallway. His bedroom door opened slightly. He knew there was a pony there, but he didn't feel like looking back, he would just wait until they spoke.
"HyperBlitz?" The voice was different then any of the ponies that lived with him. But it was a familiar voice, soft and concerned. 
Hyper pushed himself up, and twisted his head. He caught sight of an earth pony. She was a tan mare with long black hair that cover over her right eye. Hyper placed his hooves on the ground and stared at the mare with confusion.
"SweetHooves? What are you doing here?"
She stepped forward to him. "EchoBeat messaged me online, he said that you weren't acting yourself."
"Echo?" Hyper tilted his head. "Wait, how did you get online?"
"Eh, public internet access." SweetHooves shrugged.
Hyper tried to gather his thoughts for a moment. "So you came here to check up on me?!"
"Of course... and I needed to get away from that city for a while." The mare replied.
"You should stay here. Well, at least in the camp, it would be better for you." Hyper informed her.
"I'd have to think about it..." SweetHooves' dark gaze studied Hyper. "Are you okay? You look a bit beat up." He sighed as she spoke. "Was it a Hybrid?"
"It was wasn't a Hybrid if I'd be damned." He called out. "There hasn't been any Hybrids around here in a while. They are probably farther out or..." Hyper trailed off.
"Then how did you get like this? Did you hurt yourself? You are very accident prone." 
"No..." Hyper stared at the ground. "It was my fault anyways. I know that I haven't been acting myself. I don't know what got into me, but Rhythm and I... we got into a fight." SweetHooves looked at him with disbelief. "He's more hurt then I am, but I didn't mean to hurt him... I just..." 
The mare stepped up and tilted her head down to find Hyper's eyes. He looked up a bit and saw her face, how her mane covered up her scared right eye. Hyper just shook his head.
"You don't seem to be acting different, maybe a bit sad, but you aren't acting irritated." SweetHooves said.
"That's because you're my wife."
"So?" The mare urged. " And they are your friends. There should be no difference in the way you act towards your wife and your best friends."
Hyper just looked downwards again. "I'm sorry SweetHooves."
"Don't tell me sorry." She retorted.
Hyper's eyes glared around as there was a bit of silence for a while. SweetHooves leaned forward and kissed Hyper. He let out a heavy breathe as she left the room. 
As the earth-pony placed her pink hooves into the hallway, she saw movement from the other room. She saw the blue-gray unicorn staring back at her.
"CharmingRhythm."	 She only said.
"SweetHooves?" He replied, failing at acting surprised. Then he spoke with honesty. "It's good to see you."
"You too." She then stepped forward, more towards his room. "Even if you are a bit beaten up...um... Hyper told me."
"Yeah, I don't know why, but Hyper has been acting so odd." Rhythm replied.
"That's why I came here."
"Mm-hmm." Rhythm nodded.
The ponies looked to each other as they shifted uncomfortably. Rhythm tried to think of something to say, something not awkward for the moment.
"Hey, maybe you can stay here." He finally spoke up. "There are plenty of nice ponies in the camp. I think it would be better for you then Los Pegasus, since you would be closer to ponies you trust. And the ponies in the camp are very trustworthy."
"Yeah, I guess. I really have nopony in Los Pegasus. And if I stay here, there really is nothing I am leaving behind. Just by the way the ponies acted as I passed by the camp seemed like it would be a better place for me, and for JumpingJolt." SweetHooves paused for a moment. "And of course I never trusted anypony in Los Pegasus.... You still trust Hyper, right?" 
"Of course." Rhythm deemed. "Why wouldn't I? Just because he's acting odd now? I will always trust him, he's just going through one of his phases."
"Maybe... But..." SweetHooves rolled her head around. "I think I will stay here... it just seems better."
Rhythm bowed his head. "It's probably the best idea."
The unicorn's head turned as he waved and watched the mare leave the hallway.  Just as he was about to go back into his own room, he saw HyperBlitz glaring at him.
"Were you listening?"
"It's possible." Hyper muttered.
"Hyper, please don't take anything in the wrong way. We all want the best for you."
"Do you really? It seems that SweetHooves doesn't even trust me anymore."
"What are you talking about?" Rhythm questioned.
"She asked you if you trusted me, and that would only say she's lost trust herself."
"What? That doesn't even make sense. She was only asking me if I did trust you. And I DO Hyper." Rhythm called out hysterically. 
"Yeah right. I told her that she should stay here, and she told me she would think about it. You tell her, and she agrees!" The pegasus rolled his eyes. "And I'm not going through one of my 'phases'! Any of my phases in the past were more like depression, not anger!"
"What's odd is that you are actually admitting that." Rhythm said.
"But why do you have to argue with me?!  Do you want to get more hurt? Because I really don't want to hurt you anymore." Hyper called out.
"You seem to be the one arguing."
"You are too!" Hyper flashed forward into Rhythm's face.
"And after so many days with not talking to me, this is how you act? You can't even say sorry? Goddamnit, you hurt me more then I hurt you, and I still can't barely see out of my right eye!"
Both of the stallions turned their heads as a voice shouted out. "Would you boys just stop!" HeartFelt yelled. "None of you should be arguing! What's wrong with the two of you!"
Hyper bared his teeth at the green mare, then flipped around into his room, slamming the door. Rhythm and HeartFelt looked to each other, more worried then ever. 
> Runaway
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

	CharmingRhythm stepped out into the mainroom with HeartFelt. They both exchanged concerned faces. They knew if they wanted to speak, they would have to be away from HyperBlitz's room. 
HeartFelt came closer to Rhythm as he sighed. "It feels like something is getting to me now. I don't like arguing with Hyper, but he just urges me..." He glared down at the gray floor. "I don't understand why he's gotten like this. He never has before."
SpinningNote watched them from the other side of the room. "I think I know what it might be."  The two other unicorns looked to him. "Midlife crisis probably."
HeartFelt and CharmingRhythm gave him annoyed looks. Even EchoBeat glanced over from the computer with a disturbed expression.
"Spinning, we're being serious." Rhythm told him.
"I know." Spinning replied.
"You may have acted like that wasn't a joke, but I know it was."
"Whatever." Spinning shrugged. He then swirled around flashing his black tail as he went into the meeting room.
Rhythm looked back to HeartFelt and shook his head. "At least some of us are acting the same."
HeartFelt nudged her head against him. "Rhythm, Everything will be okay. We just need to let Hyper figure this out for himself."
"Are you sure?"
"Of course." She said, with sincerity in her eyes. "We can't let anything slow us down."
"You're right." Rhythm looked up. "We still need to work, no matter what the work is. And I have a job of my own. Echo, you said that some of the ponies were worried because I haven't been out in a few days right?"
The red pony nodded.
"Well, I think I should go to the camp anyways. Does it matter? I am the leader of the Rebellion team, and they need my advice."
"We should go out tomorrow." HeartFelt added.
"Right." Rhythm replied, in a more positive posture. 


The next day, It was late morning when Rhythm decided to get ready to go to the camp.
"Are you sure you want to go out?" FeatherTune asked.
"We don't want the ponies there to worry just because I'm staying inside all of the time, right?"
"I guess so." Feather shrugged. "But what about you being hurt. I know you've gotten better, but somepony is bound to notice."
HeartFelt stepped up to the cream pegasus. "But it's better to tell the truth if they ask."
"Are we all going?" EchoBeat asked.
"Why not?" Rhythm replied.
"What about Hyper?" Feather mumbled.
BlazingFlair came from behind them. "I think we should give him a chance."
Just then, all of the ponies turned their heads to the right. HyperBlitz watched them from the hallway. His eyes hidden underneath glasses. 
"Would you like to come?" Blazing said.
"Should I really..." Hyper grumbled.
HeartFelt placed her line hooves forward. "I actually think it will help you Hyper."
"Alright." He shrugged.

All seven ponies went out to the camp. They decided to go to the farther part of the camp, where buildings lined up. They were there from neighborhoods before the Catalyst. The ponies were doing their job in restoring the neighborhood. Many ponies already lived in some of the building, but many buildings still needed to be fixed up.
"Hey ThunderCharm!" BlazingFlair waved his hoof towards the purple pegasus.
"Hi there!! You all came?! Awesome!" She fluttered over to the group. "We are putting some things together. We have pieces of wood, metal, stone, stuff like that, and we can use them to fix up the buildings."
FeatherTune stood up on his hindlegs. "Over there? I could get some and bring it to the other ponies."
"That would be great."
Feather then flew around the other buildings. ThunderCharm's attention came back to the other ponies.
"It's good to see you CharmingRhythm, I was starting to worry." But just as they expected, she noticed Rhythm's bruises. "What's wrong with your eye?"
"It's nothing." The unicorn put his head down. HeartFelt then nudged him with her shoulder. He flipped his head up and stared at her.
"Hyper and Rhythm got into a little fight." HeartFelt explained.
"What?!" ThunderCharm's aqua eyes widened. "But you guys are best friends!"
"It was my fault anyways." Hyper mutter from the left. 
"We can't let mistakes slow us down." Rhythm told the younger pony.
"Right." Thunder nodded, still eying Hyper. 
All of the ponies went out and chose jobs to do. They didn't scatter far from each other, they still worked in teams. But HyperBlitz only sat down against a wall of a building and stared at the ground. He tried not to look up at the ponies who worked. He didn't want to work at all, what if the ponies disapprove? 
He couldn't help but to look up. His brown eyes darted around looking to his companions. He watched Feather carry supplies to other groups of ponies that tapped things into the side of buildings. SpinningNote was helping with re-wiring a generator. Hyper looked down the dirt path that lined up the buildings, he could see the other side where more of the neighborhood was. At least there was enough of housing for new ponies to come in.
I wonder if SweetHooves got a house out here. I hope she likes it better then in Los Pegasus Hyper thought to himself. He glanced over and saw a gray colt with a green filly, playing with each other.  And there are plenty of kids here. I'm sure JumpingJolt could make some friends. But I didn't even see Jolt when Sweethooves came to talk with me. 
He watched to the right and saw CharmingRhythm breaking apart a chain-link fence. Hyper guessed that they didn't need the fence anymore, especially when it was rusting. Blue magic pulled out large screws from the fence. BlazingFlair stood next to the unicorn.
"Let me help." Blazing said.
"No, I got this." Rhythm replied.
Hyper knew that Rhythm was always a pony to do things by himself. He did not take help from other ponies, but he did got to others and help. He was always determined to do something his way if anything at all.
Just then, Hyper then saw purple hooves trot up to him. He glanced up, and saw ThunderCharm through his glasses.
"You can help too. I know you want to help us, it's okay."
The yellow pegasus pulled himself up to his hooves. He shook his head and glared down.
Spinning stepped over and turned his head from his work. "He's not gonna do anything. If he does, he'll think that he's doing something wrong, and get angry."
"Spinning..." EchoBeat mumbled, trying to stop him.
HyperBlitz raised his head. "No, he's right."
"Hype, you can help, seriously." ThunderCharm urged him.
"No, SpinningNote is right!" Hyper raised his voice. "If I try to help anypony, I'll end up messing things up! it's not that I think I am messing up, I know I am! You even say so!"
The other ponies gathered around. Blazing put his head low. "Dude, calm down-"
"NO!" Hyper snapped. " You don't like my assistance! Everything is my fault! I'm the reason why all of you get angry! I'm the reason all of the little ponies are afraid!" The colt and filly were actually scared when he spoke, for his voice came to yelling. "I'm the reason why CharmingRhythm is hurt!!!" 
The blue-gray stallion tried to go against his words. "It was a mistake Hyper."
"NO IT WASN'T! How could that been a mistake?! I did it to you, you got hurt, it's all my fault, and I couldn't stop myself!! It would be better if I wasn't here! You could get more things done, without me slowing you down!"
"That's not true!" EchoBeat called to him.
"Yes it is! Don't deny it!" HyperBlitz raged up, and jumped into the air, his wings flapping madly. "None of you need me!" He then swirled around and dashed through the air, above the buildings.
"HyperBlitz!!!!" CharmingRhythm yelled out.
All of the ponies ran up and slip across the dirt. The all stared upwards and watched their friend vanish.
"Where is he going?!" FeatherTune exclaimed.
BlazingFlair looked at the sky, then the horizon. "South-east." He said.
"Do you think he's going to Los Pegasus?" Spinning asked.
"Probably, it's the only place we've been to." Blazing replied. "But it looks like he's going strait down to the city, unlike the way we went before, around the side on the train."
"We need to follow him." EchoBeat let out. "But we should proabably go the same way he is. Even if we have to go through all of the hills, it would be better, because we might end up in the same place."
"That's true, because if we take the train, we would end up on a totally different side of town." Rhythm nodded. He turned his head to his wife. "HeartFelt, I'm afraid we have to follow him. But you should stay behind. I'm sorry, but I think the five of us will be enough, and you should have to go through the trouble."
The green mare retorted in a concerned voice. "I'll have to be here all alone... but you guys should be careful. Especial traveling.  "
SpinningNote started to trot over. "I'm going to the base to get supplies, you never know how long we'll be gone."
HeartFelt nodded and followed him. "I'll get some stuff for you too."
	
> A Place for my Head
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

	HyperBlitz raced through the sky. It was true that he was going to Los Pegasus, be he wasn't aware that his friends were following him. He glared down, eyes misty with tears, and spotted the east camp. He would pass that camp, then go more south. 
He kept a safe distance from the ground, and lifted his head up. He saw a cloud lower in the sky. A blue pegasus sat down on it. Hyper tried to make sure he wouldn't notice him, but it was too late. The blue stallion glanced over and watched Hyper fly with angst.
"Hey HyperBlitz!" BlizardHat called out, then settled down as he saw the other pegasus. His eyes were filled with confusion. "Are you okay?"
"SHUT UP!" Hyper growled as he flew by the cloud. 
BlizardHat stood up on his hooves and turned his head watching Hyper. "Where are you going?'
A few moments passed before Hyper said anything. Then farther in the distance he yelled out. "DON'T FOLLOW ME!" And then darted downwards to pick up speed. 
BlizardHat slipped off the cloud and opened his wings to fly. "But HyperBlitz!-" He called out, but it was too late, for Hyper was to far away to hear him, even if he would listen.
Hyper swooped up in the sky and tried to fly strait. He pushed his glasses up with his hoof so they wouldn't fall off. He knew that if he flew for too long, he would have to take a break. After a while of flying, it would make his shoulder ache from the metal wing. And he couldn't use too much energy up. The only pure energy he had with him was in his wing and on his hoof cover. 
His wings seemed to flap unconsciously. Hyper stared down at the world and saw the rocky, hilly terrain. he saw places were building use to hold ponies, but now were destroyed.  I wonder if there are any Hybrids out here. If anywhere, they would have to be here.  He let that go through his mind. But he really didn't care about Hybrids right now.
Why did I do that? Why did I just fly away from all of them? Maybe I do need some time away from those ponies.  He glared up and the dusty sky, a small break in the clouds showed light blue space. But that light blue would soon fade back to dull gray. Hyper looked left, then right.  Maybe the ponies in Los Pegasus would appreciate my help. I'm pretty sure that they aren't that coordinated 
Again, Hyper felt guilt and regret filling inside of his chest. But he knew he needed to get some time alone. And flying would give of some of the energy inside of him. And of course, if he helped the ponies in the city, that could get some energy out. If the energy he needed to get out was only one spark of his anger, maybe once he did do so, he could clear his mind.

--

Tattooed hooves hit the ground and Hyper was glad to rest his wings. He turned off the energy orbs on his wing and hoof cover so he didn't waste any of it. He looked forward, the city started many lengths away. Hyper trotted toward a stone path. His hoof cover seemed to weigh down his left forehoof now that he turned the energy off. But he had a better feeling on his body after the long fly. It released some of the tension that he had.
He walked around into the streets of the city, lined up with abandoned shops. But some of the shops didn't seem all that abandoned. Some ponies seem to take them back, as a place to work, or as a home. Hyper saw a few ponies in the street caring things, or speaking to one another. But it wasn't like the city so long ago before the rebellion. where the street would be almost crowded. 
Hyper glanced over and saw an older mare staring at him. She had a pale coat and weary eyes. She stepped forward and placed her hoof out. She had a hoof cover, which energy orb had no glow.
"Spare energy, sir?" She asked.
HyperBlitz glanced down at his hoof cover where he had turned off the energy. He really had noting to give to anypony, he need what he had. "Um.. no."
"No? Well, fuck you!" The mare snapped. 
Hyper jumped back as she started for him. He swirled around and started galloping away as she followed him. He had no time to turn on his wing, and he was pretty sure he could outrun that mare. He turned his head around and saw she was still running after him.  What the fuck is wrong with that mare? Is she insane?!  
He turned around the corner then slid through an open doorway. Hyper was still for a few moments, then noticed she was gone. He gave a sigh of relief. 
HyperBlitz then stepped out of the building and looked around. He started down the road again. He thought to himself  This is a different spot in the city then I was in before a few months ago. There probably is nopony that recognizes me. Wait a minute, what am I thinking! Of course somepony will have to recognize me, this is Los Pegasus! I'm sure that they know about music before. Unless they forgot or just don't care anymore. 
He looked over in the distance, and saw large buildings. Nopony would probably go there, for it would be dangerous with many things deteriorating. But what could they do? Why would they just leave the buildings there?
Many ponies eyed Hyper as he went through the town. He wasn't sure if they were staring at him because they recognized him, or he just looked odd. But was 'odd' for this city? 
Hyper glanced around, he wondered how he could help ponies here. Would they let him help, or would they be ponies like CharmingRhythm, saying they can do things for themselves? Hyper hopped that there was somepony here who would take his assistance. 
His brown eyes followed ponies that went down the dusty streets. The world was pale as ever, and the ponies in Los Pegasus didn't seem to do anything about it. They didn't seem to care for the rebellion team, and didn't join with it. Did they really think they can live a life in the condition of the world now? Maybe that's what HyperBlitz should do, tell the ponies to change their ways. 
As he walked, he heard some ponies speaking. They both sounded like mares. Hyper turned his head and say two mares, one younger then the other. The younger one was a brown pegasus with red hair, the older one was orange, with a brown and dark red mane. They seemed to be related.
"How am I going to get enegy? No pony out here gives away energy." The younger mare said.
"I'll figure it out." She picked up her hoof, looking at the hoof cover with a blue glow. The younger mare's hoof cover had no glow. "But it's dangerous for you to go too long without energy."
HyperBlitz stepped up to the mares. "You need to find energy?" He asked.
They both stared up at him. The orange mare tilted her head. "And what is it to you? We don't need any help from a stranger."
"I'm sorry... but yes it is dangerous to go without energy." Hyper stared down at her hoof cover. "Can your hoof cover not find energy itself?"
"If can do that?" The mare mumbled.
"If you have a magnet." 
HyperBltiz sat down at picked up his hoof cover. He twisted the bottom of it open with his other hoof. He slid out a thin piece of metal. He then got up, and extend his hoof to the mare. She placed her hoof with the cover forward. He then unscrewed the end of her metal hoof cover. He placed the magnet inside, and place the cap back on.
"It's not as strong as an actually energy detector, but it will help." Hyper pointed to a switch on her cover. " Those will change the settings. To the right, will draw in energy, and act like a detector. The left, will draw out energy, in case you get into any trouble. But keep it on the middle setting, that will stabilize it, and not waste anything."
The orange mare picked up her hoof and stared at it with awe. "Thank you..."
"No problem."
"You don't need the magnet yourself?"	
"I can probably get another one." Hyper explained. "But you need it if you want to find energy for your friend here."
The mare's glanced to each other. "Oh, this is my daughter." The older one said.
Hyper bowed his head. "Well, you have a beautiful daughter."
The brown mare scowled at him a bit.
"What? Can I not call anypony beautiful? I am just being polite."
"But thank you again." The orange pegasus nodded her head. "Maybe I can tell others about this magnet. I think it will help."
Hyper nodded his head too, and watched the mares trot off. He had helped some ponies, and that made him feel good. Of course he didn't have enough things to give away, but he could give them information. He only hoped that they would take his words.
	
	
> The Little Things Give You Away
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

	HyperBlitz walked through the streets again. He saw many ponies in shops speaking to each other. He noticed that the shopping area was the most populated. But none of these ponies would be here to buy things, would they? Maybe not, maybe they still bought things from one another. But what would they use to buy things? Energy probably. At the base camp, Hyper knew that ponies would either trade things, or more commonly, just give to things to ponies that needed them.
Hyper's eyes glanced around as he heard a noise. It was a familiar noise, and it was not ponies speaking. Music. It was guitar playing, and defiantly an acoustic guitar. Hyper trotted around, toward the sound, and looked around the corner. He saw a green colt with a blue mane strumming a guitar. He was a bit older, almost a stallion. A few ponies were around him, listening, while some just kept passing by.
The green earth-pony didn't notice Hyper when he walked up at first, but as he placed his hooves forward, the colt looked up. His strumming stopped as he stared into Hyper's eyes beneath the glasses. 
"You play guitar?" Hyper said softly. The colt nodded. "Do you do it for these ponies? Are you doing it to get extra energy?..."
"No energy isn't a big thing for me. My older brother usually can go around to get energy. Sometimes ponies will lay an energy crystal by me. But I like to play guitar for myself and other ponies. I like to see other ponies a little bit happy, and playing guitar takes my mind off of things." The colt explained.
Hyper nodded with agreement. "It's always good to do things for not just yourself, but other ponies."
"I like to play guitar a lot, it's my talent." Hyper saw his cutie mark, which was a guitar. "But I haven't mastered playing it. I'm still working on things. I haven't had my cutie mark for a long time."
HyperBlitz sat down by the green pony. He snapped off his hoof cover, then placed his forehooves to the colt. "Can I see it?"
"I guess so." 
The pony took the guitar strap from off his shoulder and handed over the instrument. He looked to the other ponies that watched and shrugged. Hyper placed the guitar strap on and positioned the guitar. He glaceed down and tuned it while strumming. Then he made sure he had the right note. He strummed a few more times.
"You see my talent is making music myself. I can sing, but I can play instruments too." Hyper told him.
"Can you sing for us?" A unicorn asked, who was watching.
"Of course. I was hoping I could."
Hyper then started to strum the guitar. He played a riff with two parts to it, the first part, almost every strum seemed the same, and repeated the riff again.He kept playing it over as he started to sing. Hyper sang with a high and soft voice.

"Water grey
Through the windows, up the stairs
Chilling rain
Like an ocean everywhere"

His voice then got a little bit stronger, but it was still in a high note. The ponies looked at him with awe, and other ponies started to come and stop as they passed by.

"Don't want to reach for me do you
I mean nothing to you
The little things give you away
And now there will be no mistaking
The levees are breaking"

"All you've ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you
And six feet, underwater
I do..."

He glanced at the guitar as he played the riff once before he started to sing once more. There was many more ponies watching now, and the colt looked at him with amazement glittering in his eyes.

"Hope decays
Generations disappear
Washed away
As a nation simply stares"

"Don't want to reach for me do you
I mean nothing to you
The little things give you away
And now there will be no mistaking
The levees are breaking"

Hyper started to play the guitar a little different, and a bit heavier, for if he really wanted to do this song, an electric guitar would come in on this part.

"All you've ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you
And six feet, underwater
I do..."

"All you've ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you
And six feet under ground now
I...Now I do"

Hyper then breathed out with his eyes closed, and stopped strumming. He took the guitar strap off of his shoulder and gave it back to the colt. The ponies clapped their hooves on the ground. HyperBlitz bowed his head and the colt came up onto his hooves. Hyper then took his hoof cover from the ground and snapped it back on his leg.
"Wow, you have an amazing voice! That was awesome!"
"Thank you for playing for us." Another stallion spoke.
"It's my pleasure." Hyper smiled, then stared to turn away.
Clopping of hooves came behind him. "Wait you're just going to leave?" A mare said.
"I can't stay in one place for too long.. anyways I need to get something to eat." Hyper noticed that was true, his stomach felt empty, for he hadn't ate since the beginning of the day.
Hyper took is gait a few more steps away from the small crowd of ponies. A pink unicorn seemed to stand right in from of him now, not letting him pass. She had bundled curly hair and bright magenta eyes.
"So after singing, you're just going to leave like this?" The mare spoke. 
"Please.. I" Hyper didn't know what to say. 
Another mare came to the side, she was white, with a loose curled maroon mane. Her eyes were orange and seemed to burn like fire.
The pink mare started again. " You have a beautiful voice. I haven't heard a song like that in forever."
"Well, thank you... and Thanks for listening, that's all I want from ponies." HyperBlitz retorted.
"Why wouldn't anypony want to listen to your song? Its amazing." Hyper didn't want to add on to what he really meant, but allowed her to speak. "Is that your own song?"	
"Yes it is... I wrote it." He trailed off and didn't add on that it was him and his band who wrote it. Hyper didn't want the conversation to go too far.
The pink unicorn came closer and gave a smirk. "I must say, and I am not lying, but I have not seen a stallion as handsome as you in a long time." 
Hyper pulled his head back and eyed the white mare as she came forward.
"I'm Ember, and this is my sister, Heart Throb... I'm sorry about her, she is always hitting on guys"
"Hmm, that's odd, I know a pony named HeartFelt." But Hyper spoke in a way that it wouldn't bother the mares, annd they would keep going with their own conversation.
The pink unicorn turned to her sister. "I do not hit on guys, or atleast not as much as I did before... but don't you think its a little lonely in the world? And you should be the one talking. You don't ever go after anypony, while you're more beautiful then me, and have more charisma."	Heart Throb looked at Hyper. "But what I said is true. You are hansome, and talented... what are you doing out here all alone?"
"I... nevermind that." Hyper sighed. "I just want to keep moving. I would ask you girls some things... but."
"Go ahead." Ember nodded.
"I was wondering where I can get food. And how? Do I have to pay for it in any way."
"Some ponies trade metal or energy for other suplies." Heart Throb retorted.
"Eh... I don't have that much energy to give away. All I have is in my wing and my hoof cover, and they are turned off." Hyper glanced down at his leg.
"Do you have a magnet?" Ember titled her head, with her swirled hair bouncing.
"No... I gave it to a mare who needed it. Her daughter didn't have any enegy."
"Wow, talented, handsome, and generous." Heart Throb eyed with a smirk.
"I have some food back at our home." Ember said. "You can have a little if you like."
"No, no." Hyper disagreed. "I can't take something if I haven't gave anything to you."
"What do you mean? You gave us that beautiful song." Ember exclaimed. "And for sure, we haven't heard real music in so long. I would be happy to help you."
"Alright." Hyper shrugged. "It's going to get late soon, and I really have nowhere to sleep.. I don't want to bother you, but I guess you can give me some advice.."
Heart Throb winked. "You can sleep with me."
A spark of orange magic shot on her cheek. She spun her head around and scowled at the other mare.
"Next time I'll burn your hair." Ember spoke.

> Crawl Back In
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

	HyperBlitz was thankful for meeting the mares. Ember had given him some vegtables, and a saddlebag so he could bring some with him. The white mare had also given him a blanket, so he could sleep. But was there any good place to sleep? Hyper was sure many ponies didn't have a home, and he was also sure that many buildings were abandoned. 
The pegasus sat down on a rusted bench. He glanced at the sky as it got darker between the alley. Hyper opened the saddlebag, it really wasnt much of a saddlebag, but more of a pouch with a loose strap tided to it. Hyper pulled his glasses off of his face and put them in the bag. Then he put the strap around his waist and sat up. He placed all of his hooves down on the ground and glaced around. 
Many ponies were out of the street now. They probably were getting ready for the night. Hyper had to do the same too. He felt a bit weary, but he guessed that was good. He needed some rest, but he probably couldn't get a good night's sleep out here. 
Hyper took his gait down the alley and felt  a cool breeze on his coat. He scanned the area, and noticed an older stallion shifting around. He placed things to the side, and moved up pieces of wood. He was dark gray with black and violet hair. He seemed to be setting things around a tent, which was held together by a thin sheet, wooden boards, and scrap metal.
Hyper stepped up towards the pony and spoke. "Do you live here?"
"What is it to you!" The stallion snapped.
"Nothing, nothing!" Hyper trembled. He quickly turned the other way.He didn't know why anypony needed to be so rude. Hyper had asked in a nice way also. 
He strided away, and was in search for a place to stay. In the growing darkness he spotted a doorway. It led into one of the abandoned shops. He pushed his shoulder against the wooded door and went in.
Hyper couldn't see anything. He wasn't sure what was inside the shop, but there seemed to bee shelves and bins lined up. He didn't want to move anything. His ears flickered as something came from his left. He swirled his neck to the side and saw a blue glow light up a pony's silhouette. 
"Who are you?" A mare's voice exclaimed.
"I-I'm sorry." Hyper said softly.
He was unable to make out much details of the pony, but it seemed to be a young bright colored pegasus mare who wore glasses.
"I'm sorry to bother you, but I don't really have anywhere to stay." Hyper spoke.
"And you want to sleep here?" The mare questioned.
"I'm not going to mess with anything, I was just going to put my blanket down and sleep over there."
"Um, alright. But don't knock over anything. This place is the only thing I can look forward too in life." The mare replied.
Hyper wasn't sure what she meant by that, but he guessed he would find out in the morning when it was light. He grabbed his blanket and stretched it out over the floor. He folded an end of it to make a resting place for his head.
The pegasus scrambled his legs around to get comfortable, though the floor was hard and cold. It wasn't the first time he had slept on the floor. Hyper remembered that his bed felt hard when they had first got to the base. He preferred having that instead of what he had now. It took him a while to just calm his mind down, for he kept regretting leaving his friends.

HyperBlitz awoke and strained his eyes open to the light. He lifted his head with pain. He scanned the room as his fuzzy vision faded. He saw the mare sleeping in the opposite cornor. She seemed to be more comfortable the Hyper for she had more blankets. She had a red-orange coat, and a dark brown mane.
Hyper turned to fold up his cover, and saw the shelves around him. Many things seemed to be missing, for they were broken. Some of the broken pieces laid in a corner, while some still on the shelves or floor. But he also noticed a few things in tact. They were in small square,  flat cases. They sat inside slots in the shelves and bins. CDs. 
He was awed to see so many where still here. Hyper know guessed this was what the mare was talking about, for music was special in this world now. He still didn't want to mess with anything, so he just decided to stuff his blanket back into his ragged saddlebag. Just before he did, he pulled his glasses out and placed them on the ridge of his muzzle.
Hyper took his gait slowly forward, but the mare arose. Her brown gaze met with Hyper's. He slugged down as she got to her hooves.
"I was just leaving." He said.
"Leaving so soon? I really don't mind if you stay, sometimes it's lonely here."
Hyper eyed the content of the room. "So you watch over this place?" The pony nodded. "Ah, I would too, this stuff is special. You gotta save what music you got left."
"Mm-hmm." She agreed. "I just couldn't let these things be. Music means so much to me, music is my life."
"No it's not." Hyper retorted as she gazed confused. "Music is something special that anypony, and everypony can relate to. It's not your life unless you make music." Hyper placed his hooves towards the shelves. "Music was my life."
"You made music?" Hyper only nodded slowly. "Hmm, it does seem like you're familiar, but I just can't remember."
Hyper didn't say anything else, he just passed by the lists of music. He noticed some where collected together just as they would be before the Catalyst.
"Would you like me to get you something to eat? Some water?" The orange pony offered.
Hyper didn't want to bother by getting food from her, for he had his own. He swallowed and noticed how dry his throat felt. "Some water would be nice."
The young pegasus turned and went towards a back room. Hyper just sat down on the floor and studied the selections. He read off many names of bands that he remembered of from the past.  Cold Pony, Fall Out Pony, Green Neigh, Imagine Stallions,  and there was one he was very fond of,  Stone Temple Pegasi . 
Hyper noticed that the genre was all sort of the same, rock, alternitive rock. He dared to look any further through the names of this section, but his eyes deceived his as the caught sight of the name. He didn't want to go for it, but his red hoove slid the gray case out of the slot. His eyes registered on the painting of the cover. A dark red pony figure, with moth like wings, standing up, holding a flag. The title read with sketchy letters, and the 'N's backwards, "Linkin Pony' and the botton,'Hybrid Theory'.
Hyper remembered how young he was when he and his friends had created that album. It was their first album, defining who they were, introducing their music to the world. Hyper had heartache, really wanting this life back again. He knew that CharmingRhythm use to always write music, no matter what. He would write music, non-stop sometimes. So what happened? Why couldn't Rhythm do that now? Why couldn't any of them do that.
Again, his actions denied his mind, for he opened the CD case. He saw that the bright red disc was perfect, no cracks at all. Hyper placed the case with the disc down and pulled out the little booklet. He scanned over the lyrics, but didn't really read them. He saw the section where each member of the band gave a shoutout and thanks. He read over some of them, and felt even more sorrow. Hyper studied EchoBeat's thanks, and where he said 'Rhythm, Hyper, and all of my friends who have been there for me throughout the years.'
Hyper placed the booklet down as his eyes fogged up. He held his breath heavily as a tear rolled down his cheek. 
Clopping of hooves stopped at Hyper, but he didn't noticed the mare until she spoke. "Are you crying?"
She placed a glass of water by Hyper's left side, and tilted her head down. He glared up through his glasses, and he tried to steady his breath. But no words could come out, he didn't think of anything to say. He only turned his head back down.
The mare's orange hoof pulled over the case. She flipped it over and looked at the picture on the back. "Is this you? It looks like you, yellow pegasus, same tattoos, but then it looks a little different, and you don't have blonde hair."
"It was dyed." Hyper coughed, from his thoat being dry, and clenching up from sadness. He pulled over the glass and took a few drinks.
"Linkin Pony? I knew you seemed familiar. I love the music, and they used to be my favorite band. Are these guys your friends?"
"They're my best friends... well add one." Hyper said, and was talking about BlazingFlair, for he wasn't on that album. "And I ran away from them..."
"Why?"
"I don't know. I'm just not thinking strait. I really should go back,,," Hyper gagged a bit. "Their my friends, my family." He got to his hooves and took a few deep breathes. He tried to shake it off of himself, and changed the subject. "I was going to leave real soon, but you've been so nice to me. Is there any way I can help you?"
"No not really." She said. "Nothing I can think of."
"Are you sure? I can help you organize these CDs, and clean up." Hyper was just about to go towards the shelves, but the orange pegasus stopped him.
"No, no, I'm fine. If there is any way I want them organized I can do it myself."
"Are you sure? I want to help ponies. I can! If anything, I can-"
"No, really you're okay. No need to go to the trouble." 
"But it's not any trouble..." Hyper trailed off. "I'll just go then." He picked up his bag and strapped it tightly.
As he walked out the door way the young pony called out behind him. "Wait, you don't have to go!" But Hyper just kept trotting with his head down low.
	 
> Out of Time
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

	HyperBlitz took his stride out of the ally. He stared around the dull city. Ponies were awake now, and tending to themselves and their own needs. Hyper knew he would have to eat some of his vegtables soon, but he had no urge to eat anything. He glared at the walls of apartments. Many ponies must have took the rooms inside already.
He watched a white unicorn tap his hooves on a outside air-conditioning unite. He pulled his pink and purple hair away with his hooves to get a better look at the machine. Hyper knew that it could get hot in Los Pegasus, and very humid, even with the sun blocked out by dust clouds. 
The unicorn's magic lifted tools to the box, and opened up the small metal door. He probably had to fix it, then run it on pure energy. He snapped some of the wires out, and looked carefully at the plugs. Hyper didn't know much about fix-it stuff, but he wanted to show the ponies his hooves were willing to assist them.
"Would you like any help?" Hyper asked.
"What? Huh, no, no I'm fine." The white pony muttered.
"Are you sure? Do you have energy around? I can always give you parts and tools-"
"I have magic for that! But I guess that not being a unicorn, you wouldn't understand how magic works." The unicorn grumbled.
"Well... alright. Is there any ponies you know that would need help? Even with cleaning up? Or just organizing? I might not be a unicorn, but I have wings; I can carry things." Hyper spoke,
"Dude, I don't know. I don't ever talk to anypony." The pony's lavender eyes only glanced at Hyper momentarily
"Fine!" Hyper waved his right forehoof. "Nopony seems to take my help." He started to trot away slowly. "But this is small stuff. I don't need to work with small things. I can show that I can be a BIG help, and that I can change things for you ponies." But he seemed to only be talking with himself, though he meant for some other to find his words.
He glanced over again, and spotted a young orange colt. He had a spotted back, and a brown mane. He struggled while pulling a wagon, with a rope in his mouth. He backed up, and passed by Hyper. 
Hyper watched him, and when his blue eye opened, Hyper spoke. "Hey there, need some help carrying that?"
"N-no.." The colt looked up with fear, dropping the rope. He then quickly bit it again,l and backed up, even faster.
"Wait." Hyper called out, a bit louder the he meant to. As the colt scrambled to get away, Hyper snatched the rope from his mouth. "You shouldn't be holding this in mouth, that's not good. Here, Tie it to your leg or something."
After Hyper swirled the rope around the young ponies back leg, he stood up, and stared with huge eyes. He spun around and walked forward now. Hyper sighed, and slugged down.
"You're welcome." He muttered, his voice again raised. "Like you don't care. Like any pony cares. Nopony cares for anypony in this world now."
"Are you sure of that?" A brown mare muttered,"Lots of ponies still have familes to care for."
"I wasn't talking to you!" Hyper snapped, but then loosened. "I.. I know, it's just that I try to help, but no one takes anything from me. And no pony listens. Also, I've seen so many ponies alone, by themselves."
"Ah, I see. But you seem to be so bothered."
HyperBlitz shook his head. "In the end, it doesn't even matter." He took steps away from the mare, and staring in another direction.
"I thought that voice was familiar."
Hyper spun around and saw a pegasus come around the corner. He was a sandy colored stallion with a short dark brown and orange mane. His eyes seemed to be weary of stress and struggles.
"SharpSound?" Hyper gagged.
"I didn't expect to see you any time soon, HyperBlitz." The stallion nodded.
"And I'm surprised to see you!" He replied. "Have you been here since... that start?"
"Eh, I've been going all around the place, but I don't go too far." SharpSound shrugged.
Hyper watched his eyes, and how they seemed to almost be lifeless. "'Its good to still see you're here, not getting to the Hybrids. Have you been doing good?"
SharpSound gazed toward the ground and spoke slowly. "My brother was killed."
Hyper's heart sank with sorrow. "I... I'm sorry." He took a deep breath. "I guess you really can't be Stone Temple Pegasi with one Pegasus."
"Not unless you want to come back with us." SharpSound mumbled.
"No... I'm staying with my boys. Its just we've been through so much."
The other pegasus raised his head to Hyper. "How are all of them? And where are you guys at?"
"Thankfully we are all still together. We have a place just north of Los Pegasus, in a base camp. We actually set up that building before the total change. We knew that things were going downhill, and we couldn't stop it." HyperBlitz explained.
"But I hear that there are plenty of Rebellion Teams working to bring the world back with pure energy. I also heard that there is a heading team, many ponies say that they are a group of really smart stallions, who use to make music. I was think 'What about the Linkin Ponies' but I really didn't want to exagerate."
"Actually, yes I am a part of the heading team. CharmingRhythm is the main leader." Hyper retorted.
"Really? Thats amazing. Do you do a lot of work?" SharpSound seemed to be brightened up a bit.
"Sometimes... but lately, there's been nothing. That's why I came here, to see if anypony wanted my help." Hyper trailed off a bit, he didn't know if he should had told the whole story. 
He noticed that the stallion was studying his metal wing. "Oh, this... My wing was ripped off from a Hybrid. But I had a new one made. It has energy in it." SharpSound extended his hoof towards the wing and Hyper shot backwards and growled . "Hey, no touching! I want to save my energy." 
"I... I'm sorry." 
"No... I shouldn't have yelled." Hyper's brown gaze stared towards the ground. He was silent for a while, and the sandy pegasus scanned him.
"Is everything alright. You don't seem yourself... well, I guess nopony is their self anymore after the change."
"Its nothing SharpSound." Hyper replied. He looked over to some of the ponies that worked their ways through the street. "Is there any pony you know that needs some help? Anything, really, I can help."
"No... not really. I haven't spoke to any pony in so long, not since..." His pale eyes became lifeless again, consumed by bad memories.
"Its alright." Hyper placed his tattooed hoof on SharpSound's left shoulder. "I just came here... really to find somepony I could help. No pony wants my help anymore, and they don't listen."
"At least you have your friends together. And you have plenty of ponies to trust, and they trust you."
Hyper gave out a sigh. "Yeah..." He thought a little bit more, trying to change the subject as always. "Have you seen any Hybrids out here?"
"Not many. If any, they are more towards the outer parts of the city. I think I heard of a Hybrid attack the other day at a park... I'm not sure. Why do you ask?"
"Eh, just wondering. That was one of the ways I could help, take down some Hybrids, disable Energy Nodes..."  Hyper took a few steps backwards. "But never mind."
There was a few moments of silence, SharpSound still seemed to be in deep thought. But many ponies were in this world now, thinking of the past. 
The stallion spoke to Hyper. "I bet if you keep looking, somepony will take your help."
"I guess so." HyperBlitz nodded. "All I ever want to do is make sure others are happy, to make sure they are doing fine. I don't like when ponies are... like how you are."
"There's nothing you can do... But I can't find any happiness in the world now, its just changed too much.
Hyper tilted his head. "But remember, happiness is overrated, joy is infinite."
SharpSound gave a little smirk and nodded. 
	 
> Easier to Run
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	HyperBlitz kicked up his hooves as he trotted with a bounce. It was now midday. Hyper looked left and right. He knew that he should try to go to ponies that he wanted to help. But was there any ponies that asked for help themselves?
Hyper turned his head and saw some ponies going into a shop. They seemed to be attracted by something. He placed himself forward and poked though the ponies. He stared at the pony how stood at the counter. He was a green unicorn with a brown mane. He had bright brown eyes that glared though glasses. 
"What's  going on?" Hyper asked, not even looking at the pony next to him.
"This guy said that he made bread."
"Bread?"
Hyper knew that bread was one of the foods that they couldn't keep, and it would go bad very quickly. It was so long since he had ate some. What is really true?"
"Yes!" The pony at the top spoke up. " Anypony who gives me the most scrap metal at three-o-clock will get this loaf of bread." He raised up the idem with his magic.It really was bread! 
HyperBlitz had already eaten his vegetables he had got from the mares the last day. But he would do anything for something as rare as this. He glared down at his hoof cover. He needed to turn his energy on if he wanted to keep time. As he walked out of the shop, he clicked the orb on his hoof cover and on his wing. 


Hyper flew through the sky with a steady pace. He didn't want to use is energy up, but he was being a bit to bashful about it. He scanned the area below. He wasn't very fond of the place. He saw a park, the could possibly be scrap metal in it. he took his flight downwards and set his hooves down
Wary of his surroundings, Hyper walked down a rugged path. He glared around. He saw a old bench. The legs were made of metal. Could he take them and use them? Or would it be too hard for him to take them off? Hyper knew what ever metal he got, it would be very heavy. 
Hyper watched another ponies pass along the ground from a distance. That pony might have been looking for scrap metal too. But Hyper need to find some for himself.
His brown eyes stared around as his legs pulled him along almost aimlessly. He saw a collection of materials that ponies would place to 'get them out of the way'. He stopped and raised his head over to see the materials. There was many planks of wood and wire. He stretched his fore-hoof out to move some of the rotting wood.
Hyper spotted a silver strip where the blue light of his hoof cover and wing reflected. The pegasus felt the ease of satisfaction as he found the pieces. It seemed as they were part of an old air conditioning unit .
Hyper crouched down and lifted the metal sheets over his head and on his back. He remembered he had the pouch that acted as a saddlebag. He then placed the metal under the loose rope, to give them a little more support. 
He then started to walk stiffly. It was a bit uncomfortable with the sheets on his back. They chapped against his coat as if they would remove the fur. 
Would it count if I got more, but less dense metal? Probably not. I didn't stay long to see if there was any exceptions for that unicorn. But I just really would like that bread. But I couldn't keep it for myself. What about the guys?  Hyper shook his head at the thought of the ponies he ran away from.
The yellow pony started to walk again. For some reason, his attention was off. Hyper tried to concentrate. He studied the park to see if there was any other piles. He did find another. He pushed away a broken barrel and plastic jugs.  He saw a metal rod on the other side.
Hyper tried to come forward, but just as he did, a figure dropped from above. Hyper caught sight of a tall, skinny black pegasus who had a sharp cut red mane. His eyes flashed with rivalry as he curled his forehooves around the metal rod, and dashed into the air.
"HEY!" Hyper yelled out, coming forward crushing a plastic container with his hoof.
Hyper scowled as he kicked the plastic to the side. He started his pace again with his head down.  I guess that's fair game. But what is?... That pony did remind me a bit of BlackOut 
He looked forward and saw the pony about 20 yards away. He snooped around a stone wall that held dirt and a dead tree. But something was moving behind the garden island. It was a dark blue creature, standing as an earth-pony, but metal features were built around it. The face was covered with an iron plate and it's eyes glowed red. 
Hyper ran forward and tried to fix his hoof cover to shoot out energy, but he forgot that he didn't have a magnet. 	
"Shit.." He muttered.
"HEY! Get away from there!" Hyper screamed
The black stallion glanced at Hyper, then noticed the Hybrid. He flinched with fear and dropped the metal rod. The pony flipped away, not even using his wings.
Hyper reared up and threw the metal off of his back. He bounded forward toward the Hybrid and picked up the metal pole. He swung it around and hit the creature in the shoulder, denting some of the armor. The Hybrid yelled and flipped it's leg to the side. The metal hoof had a blade on it, cutting into Hyper's right top foreleg. 
Hyper ignored the blood running from his leg. He then swung around the other way, and bashed the rod into the Hybrid's eye, cracking it, losing it's red glow.
The enemy screeched as Hyper jumped back. He turned his head and saw the black pony staring with horror. "Hey do you have energy?!" 
The pegasus galloped up to Hyper's. He raised his right hoof that had a cover on it, and a blue glow shot out and blasted the enemy. The Hybrid lagged, weak from pure energy, and lifted to it's rear legs. Hyper took his left armored forehoof and slammed it into the creature's belly with all the force he could. The Hybrid smashed down into the ground on its back. 
Hyper glared around as he breathed heavily. His eyes looked at the other pegasus.
"Tha..Thank you." The pony stuttered. "You saved me."	
"No.. I just..."
"No, really, you did. I don't think If you at least warned me, that Hybrid would have got me. You.. you should take that metal rod, I did sorta take it from you."	
"You didn't take it from me, I was too slow. You keep it. I have my own." Hyper trotted over towards where he dropped his metal sheets. "Wait... where's my glasses? I was wearing glasses."  
"There." The black pony pointed to the ground next to the metal.
Hyper picked up the eyeglasses and placed them back on his muzzle. He then took the metal sheets. Hyper also noticed that his pouch's rope had snapped when he was running, and it fell on the ground.
"Really, you should take my metal, you saved me."
"No, keep it. I can find more metal myself." Hyper started to walk away from the scene.


HyperBlitz walked his way back towards the shop, for he knew his time was coming short. He had the metal sheets and he found some pieces of a old fence, and flat round iron part that he wasn't sure what it went too. He had to walk very steadily to keep it all on his back. He lifted up the blades of his wings to balance the parts in between them.	
As he came closer to the shop, he saw a mare with metal of her own, in a small box that she drug around.She was a rusty color with a pale yellow mane. Her eyes were weary and and walked with a stuttered pace.
A gold colt look up to her with worried eyes. "Mommy, do you think that is enough for that bread?"
"I don't know sweety, I hope."
Hyper stepped a bit towards the couple. "You are getting the bread for your colt?"
The mare idled a bit before replying. "Yes. I.. I just want the best for my son. We are both so skinny. But there is no reason for you too care."
Hyper did see how scrawny the little pony looked. In no way he could protect himself from any enemy. Hyper's heart ached a bit from mercy. He didn't ever want to see ponies like this.
"Take my metal."
"What?"
"Here." HyperBlitz pulled his left wing over, and pulled the top pieces off of his back into the mare's box. He then slid the metal sheets off with his hoof.
"I... You don't have to do that."
"No, I understand. I have a colt of my own. But he's in much better shape then yours. You need that bread more then I."
"I.. I don't know what to say. Thank you so much. How kind of you." The mare's eyes seemed to sparkle now.
"That should be plenty of metal to get that bread. And if for some reason not, it will be enough to do something else with it."
"Just... thank you. I don't think I've met a pony as generous as you in so long."	
"It's my pleasure." Hyper bowed. 
He then pulled his hooves away from the shop. Though he really would have liked to taste the grainy food, he felt better to help a pony. He had a confident feeling in his chest. 
> Wretches and Kings
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

	The day was dim like any other day. Humid air stuck to HyperBltiz's yellow coat. He searched around as he did for the past two days. He really wasn't sure how long he wanted to be here. He had helped a few ponies, even saving one from a Hybrid. But why did he deny that he did when he spoke?
Hyper eyed the sky above as something flashed by. It was a green figure that flew close to the ground. It circled around and landed behind Hyper.
"HyperBlitz!" He heard a deep female voice.
He turned and saw a young lime green pegasus who wore glasses, and had a short blonde mane. Hyper stepped forward to her. "DawnShy? What are you doing here?"
"You know I come to Los Pegasus at least once a month. And I had to come find you after you flew off. Well, and my sister told me to go look, you know how ThunderCharm is."
"I'm sorry.... I just need some time to think." Hyper mumbled, really not sure of what to say.
"That's okay, I get it, I've gone through tough times. The guys followed you here. I think SpinningNote was spying on you." DawnShy said.
Hyper growled. "I can't believe they followed me here..... wait... yes I can, I understand that... but I can't believe Spinning would spy on me... wait, how do you know that, were you spying too?"
DawnShy eased away. "It's possible..."
Hyper shook his head. "Do you know where they are now?"
"I don't know." The green pegasus looked over Hyper's shoulder.
Hyper turned his head in the same direction. They both silenced themselves to hear the commotion coming from the other area. It sounded as if there was arguing. A deep voice called over others. Hyper stepped towards that way, he did see other ponies walking that way. He looked at DawnShy, and tilted his head, summoning her to go with him.
The two ponies walked around the corner and saw a crowd of ponies. They all watched another pony by a shop. It was a large gray earth-pony with short brown hair. His shoulders had metal plates covering them, with metal going down the back of his forelegs. Hyper wasn't sure if the metal was a part of him, or just armor. The gray pony glared down at a much smaller pony. He was a green colt with blue hair, the pony that Hyper saw playing a guitar.
"I'm sorry, I never meant to bother you." The colt feared as the large stallion gazed down on him.
"Sorry isn't enough. Your guitar playing distracts me from my work. It is so annoying, and it attracts all of these worthless ponies." As he said that, some of the ponies in the crowd shouted out. "And your music is useless, not that you are just a novice, but nopony needs music anymore! There is no time for such silly matter."
Hyper filled with rage as the stallion spoke. He slipped his glasses off his muzzle and handed them to DawnShy. Hyper wanted to shove himself through the crowd to get to him, but before he could another voice called out.  
"Hey! You can't talk like that. Music helps ponies." It was a very familiar voice. A orange stallion placed himself to the angered pony. "Why do you have to be such a grump!" It was BlazingFlair who was the defender.
"And who are you to speak!" A smaller  tan pony came towards them. "Everyone around here knows not to mess with SwitchGear. He knows the best of it all. And I agree that music is worthless now."
"Probably because you wouldn't listen to music much. And that colt is probably just trying to give some joy to others." Blazing replied.
"Joy?"  The pony who was named as 'SwitchGear' snapped. " It annoys me and all of my allies. And he has been stealling plants from my brothers garden. He doesn't pay with anything. He is a theift."
"You can't say that we have all stolen something at least once!" BlazingFlair angsted.
Blazing was the bulkiest of Hyper's friends, but the other pony was still much larger then him, and the armor on his shoulders would make him much stronger. 
Irritated, SwitchGear pushed BlazingFlair back with his metal hooves. Hyper then flashed with anger. He was annoyed by such actions, and slammed his way through the crowd, even if they yelled back to him. HyperBlitz hit his hoof on the ground by the stallions.
"No one pushes my friends around!" He growled.
The gray pony turned to him. "Oh really? Haven't you heard my brother, no pony messes with me. Including that colt, this ignorant carrot, and you!"
"He is NOT ignorant." Hyper sneered, pushing his muzzled up to the enemy.
"HyperBlitz..." BlazingFlair murmured.
"And the colt only wants to help others. He doesn't do anything for himself. He probably steals things so he can stay alive! I can relate to him.... not much of the stealing part, but helping ponies."
SwitchGear turned to the colt that shivered down. "He shouldn't even have a guitar."
"My father gave me that guitar before...." Hyper saw the colt's eyes fill with sadness. "If you really don't want me here, I can go play somewhere else."
"And bother other ponies?" 
"No!" Hyper shouted out to the green colt. "You need to stand up for yourself."
The colt got to his hooves. "I won't bother others! Some ponies out there might believe me! You think you can boss others around. I've seen you yell at all of these ponies."
SwitchGear gave a little smirk. "Because I can boss others around. They all no that." He eyed the crowd and saw DawnShy. "And that mare there had stolen stuff from my brothers garden too." 
DawnShy backed away and the crowd rioted up.
"Stop it!! Stop picking on ponies." The colt shookhis head. "And I bet all of these ponies would rather hear me play guitar then hear your ugly voice."
"Really." The older stallion pushed his way to see the acoustic guitar laying on the ground. He took his right covered hoof and crashed it into the neck of the guitar, breaking it in half.
"NO!" The colt yelled out with tears springing from his eyes. "No, no!" He hit his hooves repeatedly on the stallions chest. 
SwitchGear took his hoof under and hit the the colt on the belly and throwing him in the air.	The whole crowd  the fired up. All of the ponies shouted.  
"That's it!" Hyper broke. He took his hoof and smacked it across the pony's face. "First you push my friend around, then destroy an instrument, now hurt a colt. You are going to feel the pain!"
Though HyperBlitz yelled, he could barely hear himself over the roar of the crowd. Hyper hovered above, and kicked SwitchGear's chin with his back hooves. The gray pony's eyes flashed and he circled his forelegs around Hyper's back leg, and pulled him down from his flight, into the hard ground. The pegasus watched his mouth move, but he could hear no words. Hyper slid downwards, onto his left side. He pushed his mechanical wing upwards and cut into the opponent's belly. 
He got hit to the side of the concrete as the warm blood hit his shoulder. SwitchGear bared his teeth like a stray animal, and shouted, though all of the ponies voices over spoke him. As Hyper was pinned down, he turned his head upside down, scanning the crowd. Some ponies went toward the colt, other yelled and the brother of SwitchGear, and some even shouted to each other. Hyper took his knee to the left the pushed the gray fiend away. 
Hyper's head spun and he saw many ponies even calling to him and his fighter. "Shut up!" He growled. His eyes did catch sight of BlazingFlair, and some of his other friends, like CharmingRhythm and EchoBeat.
"Shut up!" He repeated. Nopony  listened.
A burning feeling raged in Hyper's chest, and raised to his throat. "SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
And the ponies slowly came to silence. The all glance at him. 
"Just stop! Everyone, now. The world does not need this. We should help each other. I see only a few helping the poor colt. No pony is helping me!" He spun toward the gray stallion. "If you are such a hater, stop making more problems. Take your hate, and your fucking fat ass somewhere else." 
As he said that a pony in the crowd murmured. "Ohhh, buuurnn."
Other ponies came up to SwitchGear pulling him away. HyperBlitz walked to the green colt, and watched his miserable eyes. He sat down next to him and placed his hoof on him. The colt still held his hooves to his stomach.
"Are you okay?"
"That was my... dad's guitar." A tear fell from his face. 
Hyper took his red hoof and wiped away his tear. "I think we can fix it."
The green child looked up to Hyper with his lip still quivering. He then looked to he side.
Hyper saw a shadow come over his shoulder. His brown eyes watched a cream pony staring at him. EchoBeat then stepped up to the side of FeatherTune. Hyper saw all of his friends watch him. They looked at him, almost thankful to see him, and see him comforting a pony, a stranger to all of them. They then understood how much he just wanted to help.
> Somewhere I Belong
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

	The stallions walked together away from the crowd of ponies. They seemed to comfort Hyperblitz  now. They all seemed to want to speak to him, and get as much information as possible.
"I can't believe you did that. You really went against that dude." FeatherTune said.
"Well, a pony like him can't have any mercy. He was pushing Blazing around, and he hurt that colt. And destroyed the guitar, that's a crime to me!" Hyper replied.
"We're sorry that we followed you here, but-" SpinningNote started to speak but Hyper stopped him.
"It's alright. I'm not mad, I can't be." Hyper stopped his pace and the ponies stopped with him. He eyed CharmingRhythm who was to the left side of him. "Rhythm, I know it's long overdue, but... I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you, I just, snapped."
The blue unicorn did not reply as a stared for a few moments. Then he spoke with a smile. "I accept your apology."
Hyper came forward and hugged his friend. Rhythm placed his blue hooves around the pegasus. 
"Now that's better. You two getting along." BlazingFlair tilted his head.
"And getting along with all of you." Hyper stepped over. "I'm also sorry for arguing with all of you. I realized that all I needed was to get this energy inside of me out. Not pure energy, but my own energy. But it was all of you telling me not to be so loud, and to not be so eccentric. That just made my energy build up to rage. I can't believe it took me this long to realize that."
"Well, I think we can let you do your own thing, as long as you come back with us." CharmingRhythm said with a nod of the head.
"Of course I'll come back."
Another pony flutter by them and came towards Hyper. It was DawnShy. The green pegasus extended her yellow hoof forward. "Don't forget these." She placed his eyeglasses on the ridge of his muzzle.
"But do we really want to go now? It's getting late." EchoBeat informed. "I know it might not take that long, but I think after all of that, we need to rest."
Rhythm nodded to the red pony. "That's true. And I think Hyper might need more pure energy for his wing before we go back. Unless you don't want to fly."
"I don't have to fly. Though doing that will help me get my own energy out." 
"We have to think of ways you can get rid of it. Fighting isn't an option... unless it's a Hybrid."
"I already got my hooves on a Hybrid while I was here." Hyper showed the cut on his right foreleg.
"A Hybrid was here?! It attacked you?" FeatherTune said in angst.
"I was just saving a guy from certain pain and possibly death." Hyper shrugged.
"It's good to see that you are helping ponies." Rhythm said. "It was a bit odd seeing you going from raging and fighting that stallion to caring and having sympathy for that colt."
"Well, my energy of that moment seemed to drain out." Hyper said. 
EchoBeat stepped forward. "I think I know a good way you can let out your own energy. Like you did before, with performing songs."
The yellow ponies eyes brightened up. "Yeah! And it wouldn't just please myself, but I can do it for other ponies. It's a win-win. And I'd love to do it with you guys. I don't know if we could, or it's too early, but, could we play some songs when we get back? Possibly later in the evening tomorrow."
"Wouldn't we want to get a crowd?" SpinningNote asked.
"Yeah." Hyper looked over to DawnShy. " I think we can inform enough of ponies to come by. DawnShy, while you're here you should tell as my ponies as possible!.... Dang, If I only knew where SharpSound was, I could tell him too."
"I saw him before, I could find him." DawnShy replied.
"Alright, tell-" Hyper then paused and eyed the green mare. Her eyes darted back and forth know exactly what he was thinking. "Well, tell him to tell other ponies about coming up towards our camp, and the ponies there can tell them where to go!" Just before she flew off, Hyper added one more thing. "Oh, and before you come back to the camp, go to the East camp and tell BlizardHat."
"Yes sir!" She took her yellow hoof and placed it to her forehead, but bounced off of her face a bit. She spun around and flew into the sky.
"Well, I think we got somethings taken care of." Rhythm nodded.
"Why don't we find a place to stay for tonight, then we can head back home." EchoBeat announced.
Hyper smiled. "I think that would be good.


The stallions had found a place to sleep, and got up early to go back to the camp. The did walk through the hilly terrain, but they still managed it. It didn't take as long as they realized. It was still pretty early when they had reached the camp. FeatherTune had flown ahead to find ThunderCharm and inform her on some of their plans.
HyperBlitz had barely used his wings for traveling. He didn't want to be in the air, but by the side of his friends. They slowed their pace as they came closer into the small neighborhood by the camp. ThunderCharm and FeatherTune met up with them in one of the paths between the buildings.
"It's good to see you guys are okay! And Hyper's back." Thunder squeaked
Hyper nodded. "DawnShy stayed back, she was going to tell other ponies about us playing."
"Yeah, Feather told me about that. You really think you can get things together?"
"Of course we can!" BlazingFlair retorted. "You think you can get some ponies to tell others around in other camps. And maybe get some ponies to set up some sort of stage. It doesn't have to be anything special. and you can-"
"Hey, hey, don't put to many things on her wings at once." Hyper nudged him.
"It's alright." Thunder smiled. "We can get all the help you guys need. We are a rebellion team. It's not like we are against each other, but we all work together as a team!" 
Hyper glanced over and saw SweetHooves. The tan mare came up to Hyper and kissed him with a surprised. He pulled back and stared for a moment. Then he placed his lips to hers with a less surprising kiss. He looked to her and used his hoof to push her hair down to cover her scar all the way.
"I can't believe you ran off just as I got here." SweetHooves said.
Hyper closed his eyes tight with a uncomfortable smile and pushed his ears back. He then glazed to the right and saw a orange colt staring at him.
"JumpingJolt!" He kneeled down and patted his head. "I'm sorry I didn't see you before."
"Are you going to sing for us daddy?"
"Yeah, I will!" Hyper's brown eyes looked over to his friends. "We got to get things together.
"And choose what songs to play. I'd think with how you are, some heavy songs would do well." CharmingRhythm told Hyper.
The pegasus smiled. "Yeah. But I'd liked to do more then just one song." He thought for a moment. "But what song would be good?"
BlazingFlair tilted his head. "I have an idea. One that we haven't played before... well, it's been a really long time since we've played the full song."
"It's been a long time since you've played any songs really!" ThunderCharm exclaimed.
"True." Rhythm nodded. "I think we need to get to work if we want this to happen!"


It was late in the evening. It was dark, but the ponies had set up pure energy filled lights. The stage wasn't much of a stage, but it was pretty good for a quick job done by ponies with no experience in the field. Hyper had seen BlizardHat before setting his things up, and the blue pony seemed very excited. 
"So, are we gonna do this?" FeatherTune spoke with a guitar held in his hooves.
"Yeah." CharmingRhythm nodded. "There seems to be a pretty good amount of ponies. It's not like what we've seen before of course."
"But it's not tiny like the first shows we did." SpinningNote added.
"When I wasn't even a part of the band?" Hyper tilted his head.
"Because we really did need you, we see that now." Rhythm smiled. "This first song I have some raps to do, but I think you'll get something out of this. 
The pony got to the stage, and introduced themselves to the crowd. HyperBlitz turned on the microphone and stared out to the ponies below.
"We're glad to see all of you here! I know that some of you know I haven't been acting myself, but I wanna give something back to you. I hope all of you enjoy some music." As Hyper spoke, he squinted his eyes as a spot light lit his face. "Hey, can you get this light out of my eye!" He growled, and the ponies pulled it away, almost fearing him. Then he spoke gently into the mic. "Uh... thanks."
Some of the ponies in the crowd seem to laugh a bit at how Hyper changed from raging, to being so gentle. He looked to them confused a bit, then smiled. He took his spot on the floor.

FeatherTune played the guitar and BlazingFlair played the bass with a heavy tune. Hyper noticed ThunderCharm looking up at them with huge eyes, knowing the exact song. 
HyperBltiz gave a deep scream into the microphone. He then moved along with the beat and dark strums of the guitar. CharmingRhythm held another mic, and raised his hoof up.

"I didn't think that I had a debt to pay
'Til they came to take what I had left away
You said you wouldn't put me to the test today
But I remember you saying that yesterday

There was a time when your mind wasn't out of control
Every memory and confession pouring out of your soul
Like a pill you couldn't swallow so it swallowed you whole
Another lie hard to follow, it followed you home
And like that"

HyperBlitz then sang aggressively in a deep tone, an when he scram, it was in a deeper pitch.


"Broken down
A victim of your-
LIES!
You hide behind LIES!
You don't know WHY!
you crossed the line, 
WRAPPED UP INSIDE your LIES!
You hide behind LIES!
You're lost inside that cold disguise 
BEHIND YOUR LIES!"

The pegasus took the mic away and placed his head down as Rhythm started his emcees again.

"I don't know what I thought I might say
Seems like we never would talk the right way
Every other minute I fought for my place
And drop what I made thought you might say so

I'm guessing that you probably know
When your inside's hollow and you want to be cold
Like a pill I couldn't swallow and it swallow me whole
Another lie hard to follow, it followed you home"

HyperBlitz then leaped into the air, slamming his hooves down. 

"Broken down
A victim of your-
LIES!
You hide behind LIES!
You don't know WHY!
you crossed the line, 
WRAPPED UP INSIDE your LIES!
You hide behind LIES!
You're lost inside that cold disguise 
BEHIND YOUR LIES!"


The yellow pony took a breath, as an inhaled scream.  Then hee started to sing very fast, almost impossible to understand what he was saying.

"You're faking, you're mistaken
If you think that you could climb out of this hole
Forsaken, what would take me?
Analyzing by the power of your soul
Broken down, a victim of your LIES"

Rhythm sang, whispering into the microphone, and Hyper sang the same way too, in sync.

"You hide behind,Lies
You don't know,Why
You hide behind,Lies
You don't know,Why
You hide behind,Lies
You don't know,Why
You hide behind-"

"WRAPPED UP INSIDE YOUR LIES!"
You hide behind LIES!
You don't know WHY!
you crossed the line, 
WRAPPED UP INSIDE your LIES!
You hide behind LIES!
You're lost inside that cold disguise 
BEHIND YOUR LIES!"

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Hyper breathed a bit and raised his tattooed hoof into the air. CharmingRhythm came to his side. "Wanna do some more song?"
"Fuck yeah!"
Rhythm nodded and smiled.

Hyper was glad to be back with his friends. He was also happy that he found a way to release his energy that wouldn't affect ponies in a genitive way, but positive. He had always loved to perform for others, and music did help ponies get though tough times.
The band played together like they did before. They did play some heavy songs, but Hyper didn't want all of it too seem so... mean. So they played some of their normal songs. Though they couldn't play music too much, they still had to work with the Rebellion Team. They knew the world still needed to be brought back together. And of anything got in their way, the Linkin Ponies would stand together.