D-Structs tried to raise his head, but it didn't move, he tried a couple more times before he realized it wasn't his probably broken parts that were stopping him, but the wires tightened over him, he tried to pull stronger, moving every inch of his body as much as wires and his injuries allowed. He desperately grunted in pain, refusing to stop trying. But after only a couple of seconds, immense pain kicked in. He was hurting himself the more he tried to break free.

"It is not very likely that you will cut through the Shockarachnid wire in your current condition," he stopped when he heard a voice near him, he hadn't even realized someone had approached him until he spotted a green and yellow Reptool, expectedly enough, he was standing on the head of a big read T-Trux.

D-Structs tried to make his growl sound somewhat less filled with pain, pushing all his anger in it instead, "Let me go".

"We would if we could," Ty looked down at him, his expression showed no emotion at all.

"What's that supposed to mean?" D-Structs was barely keeping his voice at a volume somewhat louder than a whisper.

"Let's say that other Trux in the crater aren't too happy we kept you in one piece," Ty explained, still coldly staring at him. D-Structs couldn't get himself to say anything on this, he just looked away.

But they all froze for a moment when they heard a screech coming from outside the cell, although D-Structs couldn't locate it.

But he still recognized that sound the moment he'd heard it, "D-Stroy…" he whispered to himself, but Revvit still managed to hear him. His brother was… calling him. Without the second thought, D-Structs opened his jaws, roaring back. But the sound that came out of him had nothing in common with his roar, and when he tried to change that, he'd feel a horrible stabbing pain in his throat, that must've been why D-Stroy used the higher version instead of his regular roar. He ended up simply screeching back. That way he only needed to rev his engine, instead of producing it through his throat.

Ty's wrecking ball hit the ground right in front of his head, threatening him to shut up so, he did. Since he couldn't keep doing that anyway. Two T-Trux shared a spiteful look before Ty rolled out, closing the heavy metal doors right after.

*A couple of minutes earlier*

"Ty, I know you don't think we should hand them over, but why do we have to keep them here? We could just let them go…" Skya spoke while she rolled after Ty, who headed towards D-Structs's cell.

Ty didn't even bother to look back at her as he replied: "It's too risky…" before she could ask "Why in the world would it be risky," he'd already shut the door right in front of her. She just sighed before she turned back.

…

"Well. Any luck?" Dozer asked her.

"He still won't tell why do we have to keep them locked in here," she replied, taking some ore, "Have you checked on D-Stroy yet?"

"Unfortunately…" Dozer rolled his eyes, "I don't think he stopped attempting to cut the wires ever since he woke up".

"Mm-hmm," Skya nodded, "That reminds me…" she swallowed the ore in her mouth, "… Ton-Ton, you have to bring some ore to them as well".

Ankylodump was still chewing his dinner, "Mmm… Yum, ah. Later, dude, I still didn't try these nice green chunks over there," he pointed.

"Mm. Yes, I'm with Ton-Ton, we'll eat first, and they can have whatever's left," Dozer agreed, taking some more green ore…

Except there wasn't much left when all four Trux and Tools had dined. And by the time Ton-Ton had delivered what little was left over, both brothers were already asleep…

*Morning*

D-Structs felt weak, and still just as much broken, if not more. It was easy to guess that Reptools hadn't at all tried to repair any damage he and D-Stroy had. Then he heard an all too familiar screech for who knows what time today… D-Stroy.

…

"Uugh, not again!" Dozer yelled when this woke him up, he drove towards D-Stroy's cell as fast as he could.

"What is it this time!" he yelled when he pushed the door open.

D-Stroy just smirked at him, "Nothing. I just wanted to see if you'd show up".

"Grrrr," Dozer growled, threateningly moving closer to him, "I should teach you to be quiet…" he lowered his blade.

"Oh please, if you could, you would have done that by now," D-Stroy knowingly looked up to him, yellow Trux growled on this, defeated.

"If you don't want anything, I'll just go," he spitefully concluded as he turned.

D-Stroy's eyes widened, he took a second to swallow his pride before he opened his jaws again, "Wait…"

Trux turned to him again, rolling his eyes, "What?"

"I need more ore," he asked.

"Hah!" Dozer snorted, "You just had breakfast".

"I would agree if a chunk was at least nearly enough for a T-Trux," he growled back, he started struggling to talk so arrogantly.

"Well, thanks to the certain T-Trux, it's not nearly as easy to find ore. And when we get it, rest assured that you'll get only as much as stays behind us," he explained, angrily bringing his face into D-Stroy's. He then turned and left.

After the doors closed, he shuddered, quietly squealing in pain, most of his systems weren't working properly. But he knew he couldn't request repairs he so desperately needed, but more food could at least push the mechanisms to work and give them energy. Too bad there was no way to get more ore…

His eyes narrowed again as a sharp pain pierced through his throat, he coughed a couple of times. When he opened his eyes, he saw he coughed out a liquid.

"C-coolant?" he weakly whispered, "Cough, cough…" knowing that couldn't be good.

…

Ton-Ton later came by to give D-Structs food, leaving right after. Besides to bring them those poor excuses for a meal, Trux weren't at all coming to check on the brothers. The only time one of the group' members had actually spoken to them was when Ty came to D-Structs, and even that was only once. That silence… was becoming appalling, kind of… maddening.

"Cough… cough, cough," he coughed out his own coolant' liquids… "If that ended up there then cough, cough, cough… cough…"

*Meanwhile, near Flatirons*

"Well, did any of you twitch discover something?" Skrap-It asked.

"Uuh, what were we looking for?" Skrap-It threateningly growled when Break-Itt's answered.

Lloyd hit the Scraptool before Skrap-It could do something they might regret, "We were trying to find some clues that would lead us to D-Structs and D-Stroy, scrap-head!"

"And what did you find?" Skrap-It repeated, still angrily hissing at them.

"What did we find?" Break-Itt whispered to the other two.

"Nothing, scrap-head," Lloyd replied, also whispering.

"Aaah," Break-Itt gasped before he raised his front leg euphorically, "I know! I know!"

"What?" Skrap-It was a bit confused but mostly irritated.

"We found nothing!" Break-Itt proudly exclaimed. Other two Scraptools facepalmed on this.

"Argh! You three are completely useless twitch!" Skrap-It yelled.

"Oooh… Is poor Skrap-It upset because he lost his T-Trux boss?" their eyes widened when they heard a voice nearby.

"KNOCK-ITT twitch?" Skrap-It shrieked fearfully.

"Thrilled to see me, I imagine…" she smuggled, a dozen Scraptools surrounded her.

"What are you doing here!" Skrap-It exclaimed.

"Everytool knows that when there is a fight, there's always plenty of scrap and parts to pick up," she jumped closer to four Tools, "You didn't think I'd miss out on such a feast as D-Structs's and D-Stroy's defeat, did you?"

Skrap-It glared at her.

"A lot of pretty things to pick up…" Knock-Itt commented, pulling out a piece of scrap.

Skrap-It's eyes widened on the sight, "That's… that's one of D-Structs's cylinders twitch!"

"Is it now…" Knock-Itt smuggled on his statement, "I thought it was way too shiny to be his," she mocked.

"Give that back!" Scraptool furiously yelled at her.

She started laughing, "Ha! Cute try, but finders keepers, Skrap-It," other scrap-heads behind her laughed obnoxiously on her statement.

"Give. It. Back!" he repeated, hissing at her at this point.

"Make me," she challenged.

Just as Skrap-It was about to do so, Scraptools that surrounded Knock-Itt alined before him, threateningly glaring at him. Tool backed away.

"Is there a problem? I thought you wanted this?" she raised the cylinder she held in her leg so, he could see it again for a moment, "Or maybe some other parts I found laying around?" she continued provoking him.

Skrap-It knew he couldn't get to her, "Huh," he sighed, "Just go away, Knock-Itt twitch. You can keep the stupid scrap!"

"Hmmm…" she thought for a second, figuring out what to say, "What if… I have an offer?" Skrap-It curiously raised his head, seemingly confused, "My Scraptools can sniff you out a trail. So, you can find D-Structs and D-Stroy".

"How can they sniff them, THEY FLEW AWAY!" Skrap-It exclaimed, frustrated.

"Your T-Trux friends continued to crumble on their way there. And I know where that trail of parts is," she smirked.

His eyes widened, and face lightened up, possibly a bit too much… "What are you getting out of this?" he suspiciously answered as soon as the shock wore off a little bit.

She gasped, "The Craneosaur that works with that other T-Trux turned the most fearful Trux I know into a rebellious troublemaker. If they stay here, they could affect others as well. And if they do so, no Trux will fear us. And we need them to fear us to get scrap!" other Tools supported her with cries.

"Understandable…" Skrap-It commented under his breath, "Fine then".

Knock-Itt smiled before pointing at one Scraptool…

*A little while later, secret base*

"They're still screeching?" Dozer grumpily muttered.

"Mm-hmm," Waldo nodded, covering his ears.

"Remind me why didn't we tie their jaws as well?" Dozer growled.

"Because we agreed we'd have to untie them each time they're supposed to eat. And that it would be too much of an effort," Skya reminded him.

"Just let them…" Ty carelessly commented before he took some ore and started chewing it slowly.

Skya turned to him, "Wha-what? But Ty, don't you think that's a little bit-"

"Reckless? Crazy?! They're dangerous!" Dozer yelled, "Who knows what they're screeching about!"

…

"Are you sure you can't tell, Ty?" Skya asked.

"I told you, they are the only ones who understand that. But I think I could recognize a couple of words…" red T-Trux admitted.

"Well, what are they saying?" Dozer tried not to yell even though this really called for it.

"They're mostly calling each other munch, but they never really… talk," Ty explained while he ate.

"What do you mean, dude?" Ton-Ton didn't understand.

"They don't respond when another one is calling," T-Trux finished.

"Ooh. That's kind of weird…" Ankylodump stated.

"Yeah," Skya agreed.

"Ugh, fine I'll go check," Dozer rolled his eyes before he left.

…

He charged into D-Stroy's cell and he was surprised by the sight he rolled upon; T-Trux's eyes were barely open and his completely numb stare was empty, he breathed heavily.

"What's up with you," Trux tilted his head.

"N-no-nothing…" D-Stroy mumbled, he looked… distant.

"Mmm-hmmm," Dozer suspiciously nodded before he left. After this, he knew he doesn't have to bother checking on D-Structs.

…

"Hey, Revvit".

"What is it, Dozer?" Reptool asked when Trux had returned.

"I think one of you Tools should check on them after all," Dozeratops told him.

"Hah. Where did that come from?" Skya sniggered as she looked at the yellow Trux.

"D-Stroy seemed a bit… weird," he explained.

"You'll have to be more specific. Those two are always weird," Craneosaur answered back.

"Fine, he… looked bad," Dozer corrected himself.

"Uh, he's pretty much always bad, dude," Ton-Ton replied this time.

"I meant bad in the other way, Ton-Ton!" he yelled.

"Ooh. Then why didn't you say so?" Dump gasped before he took more food in his mouth. Dozer angrily growled on this.

"Do you think you should check, Rev?" Ty turned to the Tool.

"Hmmh. I believe we will have to…" Revvit concluded.

"I can do it".

They all turned upon hearing another voice.

"Really, Xee? Are you sure you want to do it alone?" green Reptool turned to her, surprised.

"Why not? What can they do to me?" she smiled confidently, "If everything turns out to be alright with them, they're still tied up. And harmless".

"Maybe. But this is still D-Structs and D-Stroy we are talking about. You should be careful," he repeated.

"Of course. I'll do it tomorrow and take them their meals," she concluded.

"Feel free. I'm not crazy about having to serve them all the time," Dozer commented.

"Nobody is," Skya agreed with him.

"I'm going to sleep. It's pretty late," Ty notified.

"Goodnight, Ty".

"Night".

*Morning*

Xee woke up early and decided to go to D-Structs first.

When she walked in, he was still asleep, "Breakfast," she announced, but he didn't move.

She cautiously approached him, "D-Structs?"

He slowly opened his eyes with a groan, "What do you want this early?"

"I came to bring you food," she gestured behind, revealing a whole lot of ore, D-Structs didn't remember getting that much in a couple of days, getting it for one meal made this seem unreal. He was starving, but since he was barely managing to eat meals he was getting, he knew he couldn't get himself to eat any of this. So, he just turned away and shook his head.

"Get out".

"Hm, open your mouth," she suddenly ordered.

"No," he simply replied, closing his eyes. But she refused to give up, she moved to the one chunk and pushed it over to his jaws. He looked at it, the smell of it was torturing him. Weak as he was, he was still starving above all. He swallowed heavily before he ate the ore. He could feel immense pain in his jaws as he was chewing the food. It hurt too much for him to keep eating.

"May I take a look?" Xee asked after she noticed his struggle. He didn't reply, which she took "yes".

"It's still sore. It should've healed by now," she mumbled to herself, examining him, "Maybe the problem is in resurrection systems beneath". She crawled between his hydraulics, but she had to move some of his parts out of the way to reach her destination so, she pushed them.

"AAAHHH!" D-Structs screamed louder than he ever roared, he couldn't help himself, it hurt so much even he couldn't bear it, he even teared up because of the immense pain. Xee jumped out of him, staring at him, very very concerned.

"So, how bad is it, Reptool," he sarcastically hissed, glaring at her. Less than a moment later, despite his will, he started coughing and hasn't stopped until he coughed out a puddle of coolant.

"Do not eat, or drink, or move in any way. I'll be back as soon as I can," she concluded, charging out.

"As if I could do any of that," he mumbled to himself, "Cough cough".

"And don't talk!" he heard her from outside.

"Bossy much," he groaned before he closed his eyes…

Xee ran into D-Stroy's cell, only to face the worse situation if anything, he wasn't even conscious, and it didn't look like he was asleep.

"Wake up immediately, D-Stroy!" she ordered, too afraid to touch him.

"Nh. What d-do cough, you w-want-nt?" he barely spoke, his eyes were half opened.

"Can you eat?" she asked. He just shook his head, managing to smile mildly.

"G-go and h-h-help D-Structs," he whispered, closing his eyes again.

Xee understood perfectly what he meant by that, "I'm sorry to spoil your plans, but you two are my responsibility now. And if you shut off, it means I failed. And I do not fail," she replied with a growl.

"T-that's sweet. Now g-go and fix a T-t-trux you actually c-can save," he replied, his eyes were still closed.

She took one good look at him, his damage was indeed a lot more serious than D-Structs's, but D-Stroy was also by far a lot more durable and stronger than his brother. Although judging by their damage, both were equally big drama queens.

"Be right back," she greeted him before she stormed out.

"REVVIT! TY!" she screamed.

"Is there a problem, Xee?" Revvit asked, riding on red Trux's head.

"Yes, two big, wrecked problems that will go off if we don't do something," she informed him.

"D-brothers?" Ty tilted his head.

"Yes. And as we discussed, when isolated, their damage isn't big or non-fixable. But-"

"A lot of not deadly damages all over their bodies can result in a complete system break-down," Revvit finished for her, "How could I let that slip my mind?"

"Don't blame yourself, Rev. We all were careless and rude towards them. And in that condition, even they didn't deserve it," Ty lowered his head.

"That is why we are going to fix this. What is the major damage, Xee?" he jumped off Ty, approaching her.

"They both have damaged coolant' compartments," she started.

"How in the world did you manage to check that. Those are all the way down their throats," he looked at her, impressed.

"They were coughing it out," she explained.

"Oh. Well, I guess that explains it," Reptool nodded, etching this information on a rock, along with the images of a few parts, "What else?"

"Serious internal damage. They're in a ton of pain," she stated.

"WHAT twitch!" Skrap-It exclaimed in disbelief, he and a group of Scraptool were eavesdropping.

"She said D-Structs and D-Stroy have iteranal damage, I think, and some cooling thingies damage," Break-Itt tried to repeat it for him.

"I know what she said!" Skrap-It angrily hit him.

"You have fun with your T-Trux. We'll go raid this place for parts," Knock-Itt triumphantly notified.

"Just remember to stick to the deal twitch," he glared at her.

"Yeah, yeah, 'don't touch the brothers', got it," she rolled her eyes before she and her group ran out of their sight.

"Exactly…" Skrap-It threateningly hissed after her before sprinting in the direction cells were.

Well, I'd say this is getting interesting. Who would've thought being beaten by so many Trux can be deadly by a long shot? (Ahem, me)

Also, did you like Knock-Itt and Skrap-It in this situation?

Don't forget to comment about brothers and state your opinion on gang's behavior towards them. :)

I hope you enjoyed.