Chapter two: Nightmare Recall
Ty lay facing the lake, a palm tree to his left and a giant palm leaf over his eyes; as he relaxed in the sun only partially covered by the shade of the tree.
"What's his problem?" Dozer wondered from a distance.
"Yeah, I don't think I've ever seen Ty like this before." Skya concurred.
"That scare earlier must have really gotten him bent out of shape." Waldo put in.
"I believe you are right." Revvit agreed, all of them still watching Ty. "But whatever happened to him before, must have been something he had not intended to remember. I am afraid he may be trying to forget about it all over again."
"You think it'll work?" Dozer wondered.
"I do not know." Revvit admitted, dropping his gaze sadly. "But I must say I am a bit curious." He began to head toward the resting T-trux; the others following suit.
"Uh.. Ty?" Revvit spoke up slowly, as not to startle him. Ty slowly lifted his head, so that the leaf fell from his face to the sand. "I..I was wondering.. if it is not too much to ask... but-.. could you tell us what exactly happened with you and the Razoraptors the last time you had encountered them?" The reptool asked cautiously, his eyes half begging. The red T-trux gave him a blank stared he'd never seen before, the gears of thought turning in his head; given away by his optics.
"Alright." Ty finally gave in, after a significantly long pause. "It happened when I was a younger trux, living in my old home..."
Ty stretched, a growling sigh rumbling from his throat. He gaze out at the world around him;... his home.
"Ahh, what a great day it is." He stated openly, then headed on his way.
Trux looked up and ran, as Ty rolled along through the land he called home. Entering into a tiny canyon, he began the search for breakfast... ore. Ty sniffed about, starting with the air and then dropping his nose to the ground. The familiar scent soon caught it and he dug his jaws into the ground to dig it out. Tossing the dirt in his mouth aside, he jerked up at the sound of movement. He gazed back to find nothing and, after a moment, went back to digging. The wisp of something moving fast came again and he looked up once more. This time he turned around to search for its origin. Acquiring a bad feeling, he rolled back a bit; the tip of his tread nudging something. Ty felt a jerk and maneuvered away from it to see what it was. As he rolled forward, though, a yellow and red striped rock rolled to the ground and shattered into a metal casing. Ty jumped slightly at this phenomenon, and ever so slightly came forward. The casing rattled and shook, until a little creature soon popped out of it. It rolled forward and ever so gently hit Ty's chin; his edgy nature suddenly dropped at this sight with an 'aww', as the creature began to open its eyes.
"Aw, you're a cute little guy aren't you?" Ty smiled, the little trux howled in an adorable clicking purr. Learning to stand rather quickly, it didn't take long for it to be racing about around and under him; like he was in the middle of some kind of racetrack.
"Huh, you're an interesting little thing aren't you." Ty told the tiny trux calmly. It gave him more clicking and took off towards the exit off the cave. Feeling worried about it leaving the area, he followed it.
"Hey, hey, slow down little guy." He called to it, the creature stopped to look at him curiously. "I'm not sure you should be going off on your own just yet. You're just a hatchling after all." The creature drew closer to him as he spoke and Ty leaned down to, somewhat, its level. It purred at him and nuzzled his nose lovingly.
"You know. You're a lot more interesting than I thought." He told it thoughtfully. The little creature simply eyed him innocently, looking cuter than before. Ty couldn't hide a smile; being a tough T-trux couldn't fully deter him from big being a softy at heart. That tenderness soon ended with a screeching roar and a body jumping onto him from behind! Ty thrust himself forward to knock off the creature. It tumbled back onto its feet and snarled at him, soon being joined by two more.
"Guess now I know who you belong to, little guy." Ty concluded simply. The full grown creatures were about half Ty's height and bore several spikes on their bodies; several more than the baby one did. They gave a growling cry and lunged forward with a speed he was not used to. Racing around on him like they were in hyper-speed. Ty roared and thrust them off of him. A tail flew at his face and he received a gash from it; the blow disorienting him with a horrible throbbing pain. Another slice caught his rods, then a tread then clipped his tail. Ty swung his wrecking ball blindly and managed to hit one of them; knocking them into the others. He then took this opportunity to retreat and raced away as fast as he could; which, given the injuries he'd just sustained, wasn't very fast. The creatures easily caught up to him and leaped onto him once more. Their jaws tore at the pipes on the back of his neck, and claws sliced through cooling vents. Ty's pain erupted again with a roar and he swung around to get them off of him, but they seemed to hold on. Eventually Ty, as his last resort, managed to swing his wrecking ball around hitting one of the creatures in the head. And at that moment of victory, it was abruptly cut short by and unsteady feeling. Then a feeling rushing air all around him, and watching the strange trux shrink from view into darkness...
"The last thing I remember was that I hurt so bad from my fall that I couldn't move." Ty explained solemnly. "Some how I recovered but... all I remember was this voice. It was talking to me.. but- I couldn't always hear him. And I could feel something poking around on me. And all of it being beyond excruciating, I couldn't even fight back or protest. One day I just woke up and I didn't hurt anymore. At least, not as bad I did before."
"I am so sorry, Ty!" Revvit sighed, his heart breaking instantly. "I am so sorry that happened to you. But I am sure that that Razoraptor baby is perfectly safe and happy with its parents by now. So you do not have to worry about it anymore."
"Who said I was worried." Ty returned dryly.
"Now, now, Ty." Revvit scolded. "I understand you have had problems with them before, but we have taken care of it. So you can relax now."
"Revvit? Is that you?" A voice asked. The yellow and green reptool turned around to find a Rotilion reptool, with a reversed paint job to his own, standing there.
"Hector?" Revvit gasped in surprise.
"So it is you, you old lug nut!" The reptool chimed happily. "How ya been?" The two reptools came together for a hug, then stepped back.
"I am fine. How about you?" Revvit said.
"Eh, you know me." The reptool replied loosely.
"Hector?" Revvit questioned strongly, giving him a distasteful look.
"Ok ok, I've been doing fine." The reptool surrendered, putting a foot up to him.
"Hey Rev. Who's your little friend." Ty asked, rolling slightly forward. Ty had expected the reptool scream, run away and/or cower in fear; but the look that came over his face was like nothing he'd ever seen.
"Hey, I know you." The strange reptool realized stepping forward.
"Uhh, you do?" Ty asked, a bit confused now.
"What? But how is that possible?" Revvit gasped, coming around to look him in the optics again.
"I just do." The tool responded with a shrug. "You know him too?" He pointed to Revvit.
"Yes, this is Ty." Revvit said, gesturing to the red T-trux. "And with us is Ton-Ton, Dozer, Skya, Ace, Waldo, and Click-Clack."
"I remember your tools friends." The new tool recalled thoughtfully. "But- you're the crazy reptool, who's friends with a T-trux; that T-trux."
"Yes." Revvit nodded. "But what I want to know is how you know Ty."
"I was kinda thinking the same thing." Ty concurred, leaning down to the two tools. "I don't ever remember meeting a tool like you. And until I met Revvit no trux or tools ever wanted to come anywhere near me."
"I'm not surprised." The tool told him. "You were barely alive when I found you."
"Found me?" Ty echoed curiously.
"I was minding my own business when all of a sudden.. you came crashing down into the deep ravin I was exploring." The stranger explained. "The landing must have knocked you out cold, cause you didn't even seem to notice I was there. And didn't even react when I began assessing your injuries."
"Wait. You were actually... helping me?" Ty realized in astonishment.
"Ty, meet Hector..." Revvit said, placing a foot on the reptool beside him. "My twin brother."
"What?" They all gasped.
"Woah." Ton-Ton mused. "I did not see that coming."
"I think we've all met before." Waldo said, scurrying up to them with Ace and Click-Clack.
"Yup. Long time ago." Hector confirmed.
"So you were helping Ty? Long before he met Revvit?" Ace asked, intrigued by this claim.
"I guess so." Hector responded, shrugging simply. "I mean, knowing my brother, he would be all over a problem like the ones he had." He scurried over to hop up onto Ty, not even afraid to; like most tools Ty had encountered. Hector didn't hesitate to take a look at nearly everything. He started by climb up Ty's front and examining him internal systems from his chest. Then proceeded to his back and up his head. At first Ty was surprised by this strange tool knocking around on him; but soon relaxed, as Revvit didn't seem worried. Appearing on his head, Hector examined his nose carefully.
"You've healed up pretty nicely." Hector commented finally. "If I do say so myself." Revvit rolled his eyes and went over to climb up Ty to join him.
"Hector." He said, as he finished his ascension. "Where exactly did you find Ty and- how did you managed to fix him without him even knowing who you were?"
"It's pretty obvious." Hector stated, beginning his side of the story. "The Razoraptors got him, and then he fell off a cliff before they couldn't finish him off. He had to of fallen like a hundred feet!..."
The rest of story shall be revealed!!... In the next chapter, kinda funny how everything is falling in to place here though isn't it? Where's it gonna go next? Guess you'll find out! Thx!!!