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hugsandchaos · 6 months

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WARNING: Contains graphic descriptions/depictions of death, including one character death. Please don’t read it you don’t like this. Those who do read this, I really hope this isn’t rushed or sloppy. With that out of the way; Happy Halloween!

Ton-Ton smiled at the fifth s’more placed in front of him and chomped down at it, getting the whole thing into his mouth with that one bite.“This is fun!” He said with his mouth full. Dozer cringed inwardly at this action, but simply looked away to try to ignore it.”We should definitely do this more often!” Ton-Ton added before finally swallowing his food.

Skya nodded in agreement.”Yeah, it’s nice spending a bit of time away from the garage.” She said. Above them, the clouds that seemed to be ever-present in the dark forest blocked what could’ve been a beautiful view of the night sky, but at least the slightly increased darkness made the lightning bitbugs’ glow nicer to look at. The dark forest was also eerily quiet beyond the sounds of the lightning bitbugs and the group—

SNAP

Everyone turned around, some of them scared while others calmer, and were very surprised to see D-structs standing there. A broken twig laid in front of his right tread, which Revvit believed could suggest that it was on purpose to get their attention instead of it being an accident. After all, they hadn’t noticed him until it snapped, and they should’ve heard his treads or something. Still, it was understandably hard to believe that an entire t-trux, and a scraptool, managed to sneak up on them. For some weird reason, D-structs was carrying Skrap-It by biting his back. He looked around the camp and found a branch near his own height, and reached over to place Skrap-It on it.

They snapped out of the surprise they felt, except Click-Clack, who screamed and sprinted into one of the bins of spare bits.“What is it now? Here to ruin our camping trip?” Skya asked sarcastically. Dozer lowered his blades and got ready to charge, but luckily spotted Ty raising one of his tiny arms to signal him to chill.”Relax, we’re just here having a good time.” He said.

“I’m not here to fight either.” D-structs replied. The group went quiet. The dark t-trux sounded almost nothing like himself. It was obviously his voice, but certainly not his usual tone. He sounded... a little scared. It was assertive in a way, like he was calm and serious, but also paranoid. Hearing that kind of voice from D-structs of all trux made the group wonder what could be going on that would make him worried about them. They glanced at each other, confused and a little scared, until Ton-Ton spoke up.”Uh, dude, what are you talking about? And why do you sound like that?” He asked, sounding pretty scared himself at the end.”It’s creeping me out.” He added with a quiet tone.

“I’m trying to be nice, so listen up, scrap heads. You really shouldn’t be here. You got extremely lucky last time you went in, but maybe not this time.” D-structs said. He glanced up at the sky, and when he saw nothing but the clouds, he looked back down at them.”Stay in this group, and we’re all going to leave right now.” He instructed. No one knew what exactly do to. They felt compelled to listen because of how out of character this was for him, but they didn’t exactly trust him. For pretty obvious reasons. The air was more tense than chilly, until Ty unexpectedly let out an irritated groan.“Is this about the monster trux? It’s just an old story!” He said exasperatedly. He knew that it had been around for long enough to get good roots in the minds of the crater’s inhabitants, but he was honestly tired of trux believing the silly old tale. D-structs ignored him at first and placed the lanterns in Ton-Ton’s bed.“You’re right. The monster trux is a story I made up.” He said.

“WHAT?!?” The entire group shouted. Even Ty. He still didn’t believe it, but he was just as confused as to why D-structs would make something like that up. D-structs’ eyes widened and he looked around in alarm, hoping there was a chance their collective shouting wouldn’t alert... whatever he was paranoid over — of their whereabouts. Most of the group didn’t notice his sudden anxiety and glanced over at Ty with confused looks.”I thought you didn’t believe in the monster trux, Ty.” Dozer said with a hint of sarcasm.

Ty shook his head and ignored the tone.“I don’t, but what?! And why?!” He asked. Revvit nodded, he agreed that the question really needed an answer.“Because of what’s actually here. Telling the truth wouldn’t have worked.” D-structs replied.

“What is it?” Skya asked. She was just as nervous as she was curious and excited about what could be really lurking through the trees.“You wouldn’t believe me even if I told you, and there isn’t enough time. Let’s just go.” D-structs said, still surveying the area instead of looking at them. It was clear that something was bothering him enough to get him paranoid, but Ty wasn’t going to give up just yet. He wasn’t sure if he trusted him anyways.“Alright, alright, you’ve convinced me. We’ll go.” Ty agreed. The rest of the group turned to him in slight disbelief until they noticed the smile on his face.“If you can catch me!” He said before speeding off. D-structs’ eyes widened as Ty left the camp, but before he went after him, he briefly glanced at Skrap-It and gave him a quiet growl that oddly sounded a lot like clicking. Soon after they had both left, Skrap-It stayed on the branch and Ton-Ton looked up at him.”Dude, why’d he growl at you?” He asked. Skrap-It turned to look at him and shook his head.“Oh, no. He *skrrch* just said “wait here”. He has many *skrrch* different roars and growls that mean different *skrrch* things.” He replied.

“Ah, that’s cool.” Ton-Ton said.

D-structs wanted to shout for Ty to stop and come back, but he knew that would make things worse. One of Them would target them, if they hadn’t already. D-structs hoped with every circuit he had that they either had another target or weren’t in the mood for a fight. Although remembering his last encounter with them, he unfortunately knew that the second one wasn’t very likely. The only shouting he could do was in his mind. Meanwhile, Ty was completely oblivious to the danger, and while D-structs felt a bit jealous about the fact that he didn’t feel the same dread and helplessness he felt, it was always infuriating when he was ignored or not listened to.

“Hey, what’s that?” Ty asked. He quickly made a turn towards what D-structs knew was a small opening. D-structs lunged forward in an attempt to grab his tail with his jaws, but he missed and froze in knowing horror when he saw what Ty was referring to. He was too late. Ty rolled over to the stegarbasaur laying on their side with a look of confusion, which soon changed to shock once he got close enough.

There was some kind of glowing yellow liquid that slowly dissolved what remained of their left back tread and on their side, making the wound worse. Their eyes appeared open, but not awake. Not even alive.

The stegarbasaur was dead.

Upon this realization, Ty’s mind went blank and wild at the same time. What happened? What was the liquid? Was it some kind of acid? How? He hasn’t seen any acid pools outside of the Acid Baths, which was on the other side of the crater, and no acid he’s seen glows. Taking another look at the damage this poor trux died feeling, one question stood out from the rest, which was followed by another question that felt slightly less important, but still a very urgent matter.

What had done this? And was it still here?

D-stucts finally rolled out into the small clearing and saw the same thing, but wasn’t focused on that anymore. Instead, he was focused on getting him out of there and back to the others. D-structs bit Ty’s tail, which he could barely process through his mind trying to deal with the gruesome sight in front of him, and began heading back. Just as they re-entered the tree line and Ty was just about ready to move on his own again, they both heard some kind of sound. It could only be described as a metallic flap and a powerful wind, not quite like a scrapadactyl’s wing flap. It was quieter, yet also sounded stronger. Like the wings were bigger. D-structs briefly froze before continuing to drag the shocked red t-trux back to the others, but at a much slower pace. He somehow became much quieter and managed to avoid multiple pieces of debris from the treetop. Like he was trying to go by undetected, and he was doing a great job.

The sound grew closer and D-structs pulled into a particularly dense cluster of trees. He stopped pulling and lowered his head before releasing Ty’s wrecking ball, then moved in front of him. Ty snapped out of his terrified daze seeing D-structs conceal what caused it in the first place, just enough to understand what he would say.“Stay quiet.” He instructed. Ty couldn’t do anything but nod, but D-structs could tell he took in and understood every word.”Turn your beams off.” He added, turning off his own light. Ty listened and D-structs moved to hide himself in the cluster. He nearly looked as if he had vanished completely, like Ty wouldn’t have known he was there unless he had watched him go there.

The sound flew over them, followed by a strong breeze, and over the small clearing. Something dropped down from above with a small thud. A creature. Not quite like a trux, tool, or scraper of any kind. Not to Ty’s knowledge, at least.

The creature stood on two legs and had two rather long arms, each with three long claws at least half as long as the arms themselves. The claws were more straight than a scraptor’s, but still slightly curved, and it was kind of hard to see the hand they were attached to. Their head was small and not exactly round, but it seemed kind of like that.

They had a pair of wings with odd, curved pieces of metal on the forelimb and what looked like spikes from the elbow joint to where it connected to their back. The tail was just as odd. It was thin and black, which would’ve made it pretty hard to see if it wasn’t for the light of the small propellers at the joint of the wings shining on it and the glowing part of it at the end. The glowing stuff swished around like a liquid and illuminated what looked like a clear container and hook connected to the tail.

The liquid in the tail barely lit up the area around it unless something was very close, so when it moved around the rest of the creature’s body, Ty noticed that part of it was dark and... bigger. It almost appeared to be covering its actual body, shielding its back, neck, and upper part of its legs from view. It almost looked like it had no neck, especially with that weird, flowy clump of stuff on its head and dangling over the shoulders by a few inches. The creature leaned over its side and used its claws to stab into the poor trux and tear open the wound further. It lowered its head, getting closer to the open injury, and closed the gap between its head and the stegarbasaur. It began drinking the oil leaking from the wound.

Ty felt like he stopped breathing for a moment until he remembered to take a breath in to avoid passing out. He had the urge to keep his breathing as silent as possible and only took in slow, deep breaths. After a few seconds, D-structs silently came out of his hiding spot and grabbed Ty by the tail again, dragging him slowly away from the thing. The creature heard them move and whirled their head around so fast that Ty thought it was going to fall off, then he saw its face and any worry he felt about its wellbeing disappeared.

Most of its face — from the top of its head to where the nose would be — was pitch black, almost as if it’s not there, and yet it also looked as if it was there. Those moments where little bits of light would reflect onto a piece of glass were what gave the impression that the part they couldn’t see very well was simply very dark, or maybe it’s face was made of glass. It didn’t seem to have eyes, either, but instead had a sideways or stretched out X symbol piercing through the darkness. The glowing symbol made Ty feel more watched than ever before, like a cold glare through his very soul. Another indicator that it was there was that the weird white stuff on its head didn’t move underneath the head when it would move backwards.

Speaking of the weird white stuff, it looked... well, it was very tough to describe. It looked slightly clumped and moved a bit when the wind blew. Kind of like leaves or weird plants growing out of the top of its head, but not exactly plant-like. The lower part of their face was practically the opposite of the glass. It kind of curved across its face, starting up right by where the audio receptors probably were, going down a bit, then back up around the middle. Its mouth was stretched in a terrifying grin, which looked to be unnaturally wide. Knowing that whatever this creature was knew that he was there filled Ty with an unfamiliar feeling of dread. Every bit of this thing felt too different to be part of this world, from the flat feet planted on the ground up to its sadistic smile. It watched them leave for only a short while and soon began to ignore them in favor of its fresh meal.

Once they were back with the others, Ty still didn’t say a word. On the way back, he had been able to snap out of it enough to start driving on his own, but D-structs had to occasionally push him on the way back so he didn’t hit something that would’ve made more noise than he was already making. Now, they were following him in a single line, with the exception of Click-Clack, Ace, and Waldo riding in Ton-Ton’s bed, Revvit on Ty’s head, and D-structs once again carrying Skrap-It with his jaws. It was slightly irritating with everyone trying not to bump into each other or roll over each other’s treads, but none of them argued much when they saw the state Ty was in when they returned.

“Dude, are you okay? You look like you just saw a ghost.” Ton-Ton asked. Then he gasped.“Or the monster trux! Or the ghost of the monster trux!” He continued.

“Calm down, Ton-Ton. Panicking yourself never helps someone who is panicking.” Skya chimed in. She turned to Ty.”But he does have a point. What’s gotten into you?” She asked. Ty blinked and shook his head. He glanced over at D-structs, who was looking like he was ready to leave. Honestly, Ty couldn’t blame him.“What was that?” He asked.

D-structs lowered his head to place Skrap-It on the platform over his left tread so he could talk.“I don’t know. As far as I know, there are only three.” He replied. The group looked between the two, wondering what they were talking about and starting to get frustrated about not knowing. Except for Click-Clack, he seemed happy with not knowing.“There’s three of them?” Ty asked quietly, his voice shaking a bit. The fear in his voice was almost nothing compared to the terror he felt imagining three of those things rushing at him. Then Ty realized something. He briefly forgot all about the fear and looked at D-structs with a look of shock on his face.“That’s why you want us out.” He said. The older t-trux didn’t reply to him or glance at him, he just surveyed the area around them as they moved.

Revvit looked down at Ty’s face from his spot on top of his head.”Ty, we need to know what you saw. You’re really worrying us here.” He said. Ty didn’t respond for a few moments. He glanced over at D-structs as if expecting something from him, but then spoke when he didn’t.”There was this... this thing. I don’t know what it was. There was also a dead stegarbasaur with these weird claw marks and glowing yellow acid stuff on it, and it... I think the creature was responsible.” Ty said. The entire group went dead quiet, aside from the sound of their treads. They glanced between each other, then at Ty.“It was drinking its oil.” He added.

“Stop!! I can’t take it anymore!!” Click-Clack shrieked. D-structs spun his head around and glared right at him.“Quiet!” He snapped at him with a whisper. Click-Clack flinched from his tone and Waldo quickly pulled him back into his panic room to try to de-escalate things.

After a few minutes, Revvit spoke up again. He got the message that they needed to be quiet, so he whispered his next words.“What did it look like?” He asked. Ty opened his mouth to explain, but he was stumped. He wasn’t sure where to start, or even describe it at all. Ty tried to think of how to answer Revvit’s question, but luckily for him, there was an irritated sigh from D-structs and he began explaining.“Bipedal, straight posture, a pair of wings bigger than its body, long stinger tail, flat face mostly made up of a screen, usually has three claws on the end of each arm, but it can change them and switch for something else. I’ve seen them use chainsaws, weird long blades, four numbed claws, and something that can be launched and explodes upon contact with its target.” He explained.

Revvit turned to face him and took a few steps forward on Ty’s head, leaning slightly upwards to the other t-trux.“You’ve faced them before?” He asked. It was probably an obvious question, but he just wanted to make sure before he assumed anything.“Unfortunately.” D-structs replied.

Despite it not being his center of attention, Revvit couldn’t help but notice Skrap-It looking up at D-structs and D-structs occasionally glancing back at him. There was something off about their expressions, and not in a bad way. It was simply a way he hadn’t exactly seen before. D-structs shrugged and Skrap-It put a clamp up against his side, which got his attention again. Skrap-It smiled and D-structs seemed to think about something before giving him a subtle nod.

While Revvit was very curious about what they were doing, he had more important matters to talk about.“Then you’re our best bet at beating them. Please, tell us what you know.” He said.

D-structs shook his head.”There is no beating them. There is no killing them, either. They reattach their limbs, and if they can’t, they’ll regrow them.” He said. Behind him, Revvit heard an irritated groan that was undoubtedly from Dozer.“What I want to know is how anyone even started believing him.” Dozer said. He raised a good point. D-structs wasn’t exactly the trustworthy type. They didn’t believe him themselves until Ty came back looking horrified and following D-structs. So how did he convince the entire crater of something so well that they took it as fact?

D-structs rolled around a tar pit and the others followed as he briefly shone his lights into the pit to let them know it was there.”They appeared pretty soon after I decided this crater would be my new territory. They’re nocturnal, hunt for oil, and one trux, around the size of a dozerstops, is usually enough to keep them from killing another for a few days, I think. I tried warning others, but that didn’t work, so I came up with a new plan.” D-structs started. Everyone glanced at each other shocked as he continued.“Next time my brother visited, I told him about it and we went out to areas where trux gather the most to talk about it again, but this time, we talked about a made up legend about the forest so others would overhear it. At first, it only made the stupid ones braver, but when entire groups of explorers never returned and attempted rescues failed, the crater began to accept it as a fact. I hoped that everyone would stay away long enough for them to leave in whatever way they came.” He finished.

At first, Revvit thought that wouldn’t answer his next question, but then he realized that it didn’t take a genius to understand why he came in after them. He had basically stated the reason in his story.“And if they get us, that would give them more food and more of a reason to stay!” He said. Dozer grunted when Ton-Ton accidentally hit his back tread again.”But we’re a group of five dinotrux and four tools. They wouldn’t stand a chance!” Dozer argued. His hotheadedness was starting to show a bit. D-structs briefly turned around to glare at him, like he was scolding him.“They would, and they have in the past. Multiple trux would go in at once, more than five, and they always met the same fate. They’re more than you think.” He said.

Suddenly, he stopped.

Ty stopped to, and that caused a small chain reaction of the group bumping into each other and getting mad about it.

“Ow, watch it, Skya!”

“Well, I didn’t expect us to suddenly stop! I can see far, but not into the future!”

“Ton-Ton, I think you scratched something!”

“Sorry, Dozer-dude!”

“Guys, be — *skrrch* — quiet!”

Everyone looked ahead to glare at Skrap-It, but he didn’t notice. He was busy looking through the trees for whatever D-structs was staring at. He growled angrily at something, and that something finally revealed itself.

Jumping down from a branch and slowly walking towards them was an odd bipedal creature, yet it wasn’t the one Ty saw earlier. This one had much thinner legs that were covered halfway up with black and yellow warning stripes. Their upper legs were halfway covered down with black, followed by another, thinner stripe of warning stripes. They had a black thing on them very similar to the first one, except it was only covering their upper body and their upper arms. The second creature walked in a slow, tense manner, like it was stalking them. D-structs kept his eyes on it as it stalked to the left and looked at them. No doubt, it was sizing up its opponents. Its tail swished around and slashed against a trunk, leaving what looked like the same yellow acid Ty saw earlier. The tree made a sizzling sound and barely dissolved, but other than that, it didn’t seem to do much damage.

Maybe it takes a lot to leave lasting damage, or maybe it’s slow. Or maybe it doesn’t work on organic matter like trees?

The creature had only been sidestepping the whole time, it didn’t come any closer than it already was and stuck close to the trees and foliage incase it needed to run. It took a step towards Ton-Ton and D-structs snapped — literally. He rushed towards the creature and snapped his jaws at It, but missed as It jumped back and leapt on top of his head. It immediately dug Its long claws into his head, making him roar and thrash his head around to try to shake It off.

Ty was the first to try to help.”Hold still!” He said. Surprisingly, D-structs stopped moving to let Ty grab It with his jaws. When Ty yanked the creature off and tossed It back into the forest, It tore some of his plating off, too. Skya saw It grab onto a tree as It collided with it and look back at them, still with that unsettling, teeth bearing smile. It crouched down and two large wings came from its back, as if from nowhere, and flapped them to propel itself forward. Skya barely had enough time to wrap her hook around It and tugged on It to prevent It from reaching Ty, but It still managed to graze the side of his face. She swung It onto the ground, where Dozer was waiting to charge at It.

He hit the creature with a good amount of force to send it tumbling into a tree. Unexpectedly, D-structs was still in the game as he grabbed It with his claw. In a swift motion, he turned around and threw It. Because of how dark it was, they couldn’t see where It ended up. In Ton-Ton’s bed, Waldo and Ace turned around upon hearing one of the bins open. Click-Clack peeked out ever so slightly.”I-Is it over?” He asked in a hushed tone.”Yes, Click-Clack, it’s over.” Ace replied.

“For now.” Waldo chimed in. Click-Clack yelped and the lid promptly closed again.

Skrap-It climbed up to see the damage done to the top of D-structs head. He made a sound of disgust and shock when he saw it and looked down at the pieces of metal that fell onto the ground.”That’s gonna leave more *skrrch* than a mark.” He said. Revvit, who was also observing what happened, nodded in agreement.”I think you’re going to need some help with that when we get out of here.” He added. Before either could respond, asking what exactly they meant by that, Skya wrapped her hook around the fallen metal and lifted it up to put it in Ton-Ton’s bed. Skrap-It and D-structs glanced at each other before D-structs turned back and continued moving.”I don’t think *skrrch* they’re going to change their mind.” Skrap-It mentioned quietly.

The group continued on, now more alert after seeing that thing for themselves. They understood why Ty looked the way he did when they came back after seeing one. Looking at that thing gave them a feeling of unfamiliar dread and... Well, the other one was hard to describe, but knowing that thing was nearby made them want to speed off. Like fighting It would be useless, even though there was only one at the time and It was only around Dozer’s height. Even worse, they didn’t know It was there until D-structs growled at It to get It to come out.

They hadn’t exactly been paying attention to where they were going as they were more focused on keeping an eye out, so they were a little confused when D-structs began leading them into a cave. As if sending their confusion, he briefly turned around.”Those things hate enclosed spaces, and they’re definitely coming back with friends, so our best bet is probably to wait in here until sunrise.” He said. The others followed inside and Skya had to duck her head really low, lower than she’d like, so she could get inside. When she lifted her head, she was even more irritated to find that she could only lift her neck a foot higher than the entrance.”Ow! And how long do you think it’ll be until morning?” She asked.

Even when everyone was inside, D-structs still stood guard at the side of the entrance from the inside, likely preparing to lunge at whatever comes in after them. He stared at the sky for a few seconds before answering.”I’d say around 6 to 8 hours.” He said. Skrap-It looked up at him from his spot back on one of his tread platforms.”That *skrrch* gives me enough time to fix your head!” He said, jumping down and running over to Ton-Ton to fetch the pieces. Waldo and Ace helped him get the pieces out of his bed and even bring it over to D-structs, who lowered his head when they got closer. Waldo and Ace dropped their sides and backed up a little, and Skrap-It did the same, except he was confident in his steps and didn’t drop his jaw when D-structs lifted the pieces onto his left tread platform. Skrap-It climbed onto it while D-structs kept his head still in front of the platform.

Without a word from either of them, Skrap-It got to work on repairing him. Revvit climbed down from Ty’s head and began approaching them to help, and nearly stopped when D-structs glared at him. He still continued to get closer and climbed onto D-structs to help Skrap-It.”Let’s see what we’re working with here.” He said. Skrap-It stepped to the side and let him have a look.

Luckily, the extra covering on his brain systems were barely damaged. Skrap-It had already fixed a few knocked out wires by wielding them together. Surprisingly, it looked like the only problem was getting the plating back on. Before Revvit said anything on how to do that, Skrap-It already had a task for him in mind.”I need you to hold the plating still.” He said. Revvit wasn’t happy about his thoughts being interrupted, but how was Skrap-It to know when and where his thoughts are going? Besides, he must already have an idea in mind, so he did just that, starting with the one placed the closest.

He pulled one onto his head and carefully stood on the systems, trying his best not to cause more discomfort than he had to. Once it was in place, Skrap-It turned on the weird thing on his head and lowered it. The reptool couldn’t quite see what exactly it was, but he had an idea judging by the blue sparks.“What are you doing?” Revvit asked.

“Wielding it *skrrch* together.” Skrap-It replied, stepping to the side very slowly.

“But doesn’t that hurt?” Revvit asked, glancing over to where D-structs eyes are. He expected an answer from the dark t-trux, but Skrap-It spoke for him instead.“He doesn’t *skrrch* talk when I’m repairing anything on his head. Yes, it does *skrrch* hurt, but he’s pretty tolerant if you ask me.” He explained. Revvit tilted his head slightly in confusion.”What about bolts for some of the edges? We have some spares, and we grabbed some of the ones that fell.” He suggested. Skrap-It stopped and looked up at him.”Wait, really?” He asked.

About ten minutes later, Skrap-It and Revvit had tightened in that last bolt and weirded the last crack. They both climbed down from the platform and D-structs lifted his head back up as both tools back up to give him room.”How does it feel?” Revvit asked. D-structs stared at them quietly, but it wasn’t a glare. He gave them both a small nod and Skrap-It smiled.”Glad to hear *skrrch* it!” He said. D-structs turned back to the entrance of the cave to check for anything.

Revvit turned to Skrap-It with a confused expression.”He didn’t say anything.” He said. Skrap-It briefly closed his eyes and raised a small claw.“Actions *skrrch* speak louder than words.” He said.

“Hey, guys! Come check this out!” Ty called out from deeper inside the cave. While they were repairing D-structs, the others were trying to think of ways to not fall asleep. Skya and Dozer decided to have an argument while Ty opted to explore with Ton-Ton to keep themselves awake. Both tools turned to the tunnel and started walking to see what he was talking about. However, Skrap-It paused and looked over at D-structs.”You coming? *skrrch*” He asked. D-structs took one more look at the area outside before turning around and rolling towards them. Skrap-It hopped onto his platform and looked down at Revvit.”Come on!” He said. Revvit glanced up at D-structs, whose only response was to roll his eyes. He hesitantly climbed up incase he was suddenly told to get off and held onto one of the railings as D-structs continued deeper into the cave.

Down with Ty and Ton-Ton, they had reached presumably the end of the cave and found what looked like an old scraptor nest. There were dead and dismantled trux and scrap everywhere. It was horrifying, and maybe Ty shouldn’t have called the others down here. He couldn’t change his mind, though, since D-structs pulled up next to them.”What do you want?” He asked, accidentally startling the two since they hadn’t heard him coming and his beams were low-light.”Dude, that was scary. I mean, you appeared out of nowhere! Do it again!” Ton-Ton said. D-structs let out a low, irritated growl and Revvit jumped from his platform onto Ty’s. Once he made himself comfortable on his head, he looked around.

“This looks like an old scraptor nest.” He said, coming to the same conclusion as Ty.“That’s what I was thinking.” He said. He rolled over to look at the rest of the large cavern and inwardly cringed at the new dead trux he saw. Both of them were glad that the scraptors who did this weren’t there. Then they found something that made their systems stop cold.

There was a t-trux down here, laying on his side. One of his spikes was broken and his lower jaw was torn apart. His tail was severed and one of his treads was bent the wrong way. The t-trux looked a lot like...

”Uh, D-structs? You know who this is?” Ty asked. Surprisingly, D-structs rolled over to investigate. Upon seeing the stranger, his jaw dropped and his eyes went wide. When Skrap-It saw the same thing, he put a clamp over his mouth. He slowly glanced up at his friend.”Is he...?” He trailed off, clearly not wanting to finish the question even if he could. D-structs slowly nodded. Skrap-It’s expression changed to one of sorrow and he put his clamp up against D-structs.

Whatever sentimental moment they were having was short lived because D-structs suddenly shot his head up and looked at the other.”We need to get out of here, now.” He said with an authority tone.

“Why? Aren’t we safe here?” Ton-Ton asked. That probably wasn’t the response D-structs wanted because he grabbed him by the tail and pulled him to the tunnel they came in from.

“No, now get moving!” D-structs replied. He began pushing Ty towards the tunnel as well. Ty grunted and turned around to glare at him. He didn’t exactly appreciate what he was doing right now.“If there’s something wrong, just say it already!” He shouted. He didn’t get why they suddenly had to leave. D-structs stopped and shot him a glare, either for shouting at him or being loud at all, but obliged to his request.“As you saw, those things have wings, ones that might be difficult to use in caves and tunnels. From what I know, they hate spaces like that. This place could be dangerous for them...” D-structs trailed off. The group wondered what he was going to say next, but Revvit quickly realized what he was hinting at and gasped in horror.“But it’s also dangerous for us!” He exclaimed. The rest of the group, aside from D-structs and Revvit, gasped.

“They were betting on us coming here!” Ty said. He began moving on his own again and looked at Ton-Ton to get him to follow, but stopped. His eyes went wide in terror and the group turned to see what he was looking at.

One of those things was already in there with them.

The creature laughed, but it wasn’t exactly a happy or evil one. It was a laugh coming from the depths of insanity. The creature opened its mouth with a sadistic grin and a deep, male voice, similar to D-structs’, came out.

“I’m over here, brother.”

It didn’t move its mouth as it spoke, as if it was its voice alone. Or perhaps not its own voice at all. After those words, all hell broke loose. D-structs let out the loudest roar they’ve ever heard from him and charged at the creature. Skrap-It cried out and held onto the railings as best as he could.”D-structs, wait!!!” He shouted. The t-trux ignored him and swung his claw around to smash the creature, but it was faster than him. It swiftly moved to the right and lunged forward to slash him. It managed to leave deep claw marks, deep enough to tear the plating and expose a few systems, and luckily, it missed Skrap-It.

D-structs grunted and swiftly spun around to growl at it as it readied itself to charge at him again, but Ty reacted quick enough to swing his own wrecking ball and smash it against the wall. D-structs rolled over to get in front of It, exposing his left side to It, but also using himself as a barrier between It and Skrap-It, who was still on the platform of his right tread. He was also a couple feet in front of the group, so in a way, he was also protecting them. The creature hissed at them, baring all of Its small, but sharp teeth. It glanced between all of them like It was trying to figure out what to do. Then It did something confusing and unbelievable.

One of Its hands retracted into the arm and was replaced by something very odd. It looked denser than the claws and had a weird point at the other end, like it was some kind of cone. No one knew how to describe it at all, but D-structs seemed to know what it was. He gasped in horror as It aimed the odd new hand at the ceiling and turned to the others.”Everyone out!!” He shouted. No one argued and began to hightail it out of there with D-structs at the back, having waited for Ty and Ton-Ton else to start leaving to go himself.

As they rushed to get out as he instructed, D-structs anticipated hearing the explosion, which would be followed by possibly the entire cave system collapsing. He didn’t know for sure if that would really happen, but he wasn’t going to take any chances. He couldn’t keep letting those things live, and the entire group dying would feed them for probably a year. Once they got up to the entrance, Dozer and Skya were already waiting for them to come back since they heard the shouting.”Go, go, go!!” Ty yelled. The two listened and were the first out, followed by Ton-Ton, Ty, and then D-structs. Even when everyone got out, D-structs kept going. Without a second thought, Ty followed him, along with the rest of the group. Behind them, they could hear some kind of rapid thumping, like something running. They all knew what it was and tried going faster without bumping into each other.

They kept going and going, anticipating an ambush every time they heard a thump until they finally breached the tree line and turned around to see the creatures. Not one, but four of them. None of them left the edge of the trees to attack, despite it still being night time. Instead, they started to leave one by one.

Once the last one was gone, the group looked at each other. The whole thing felt like it ended just as quickly as it started, even though it probably last for over an hour. They felt like they could finally breathe again, and that’s what they did.”Everyone okay?” Ty asked. He got positive confirmation from his friends, and even Skrap-It.”That was terrifying!” He said. He glanced up at D-structs.”I don’t *skrrch* think I’ll be able to sleep until *skrrch* morning.” He said. D-structs rolled his eyes and turned to leave.”Wait!” Ty said. D-structs knew what he was going to say and growled.“I still want you out of my crater.” He said. He continued his way back to his cave to finally get some sleep and ignored Ty’s second attempt to talk to him.

The stroll back was rather peaceful, especially compared to what happened. They avoided the places trux usually slept at and enjoyed the silence for a while.“Let’s *skrrch* never do that again.” Skrap-It purposed. D-structs nodded in silent agreement and looked ahead, but Skrap-It could tell he was actually looking out into the distance. He was doing that thing where he only moved to avoid obstacles when they got close enough instead of moving around a yard away from it.“There’s something you need *skrrch* to talk about, is there?” Skrap-It asked.

“Yes.” D-structs replied.

“Is it *skrrch* going to give me nightmares?” Skrap-It asked.

“Most likely.” His intimidating friend said with a light shrug. Skrap-It let out a sigh, the type that let D-structs know that Skrap-It knew whatever that was coming was going to be bad, and he wasn’t going to like it, but he was still more than willing to tough it out for him.“Alright, what’s bugging ya? *skrrch*” He asked.

The cave soon came into view, which brought them both a sense of safety, especially Skrap-It. D-structs was the type to expect being attacked in his own home.“There were smaller bite marks on my brother’s body than the ones we encountered could’ve made, and the one in the cave didn’t follow through on its threat to destroy the cave despite being able to. That wasn’t an old scraptor nest, either.” He said. Skrap-It tilted his head in confusion and thought about what he said. They reached the ramp and Skrap-It waited until they were at the top to hop off.“What does that— Ooooh! Oh, *skrrch* no. Oh, no!” He realized what that meant and ducked down despite no threat being there at the moment.“Please don’t tell me you think they have children?!” He exclaimed. D-structs didn’t answer. After all, he asked him not to and he said please. He didn’t have to, though.

“I’m so not going to sleep well.” He repeated before going inside.

D-structs made himself comfortable in one of the corners of the cave, where his back would be facing the wall and it’d be harder for him to be attacked from either side. At least without him noticing.“They overheat very easily. They might’ve gone into that other cave, but it was cool and damp. This one is hot and dry.” He said, watching Skrap-It climb onto a nearby rock and curl up.“*skrrch* Oh, thank goodness.” Skrap-It said. Despite his earlier claims that he wouldn’t sleep well, he fell asleep pretty quickly. D-structs on the other hand needed to wait around an hour before he finally managed to fall asleep.

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