Chapter 4 - Making Progress

D-Structs' nostrils tingled when a familiar and irresistible scent filled his nose, and he lifted his head and took a few deep breaths in to get a better smell. He could have sworn it smelled like…

"Are you hungry?" came a small voice, to which D-Structs sighed and put his head back down. He reluctantly opened his eyes to find that the sky was not only light grey with a new day, but Revvit was sitting a few feet away from his head with a few generous chunks of ore.

"How did you…?" D-Structs tried to ask.

"I learned from Ty," Revvit replied boastfully.

"I will admit…I'm impressed."

Revvit scooted a piece of ore forward, "Impressed enough to accept my offering?"

A loud growl from D-Structs' stomach answered for him, and he huffed in annoyance. Revvit smiled knowingly at this.

"I take it the pain of your hunger is overtaking your will to die of starvation?" the Reptool stated matter-of-factly.

"Alright…alright," D-Structs grunted while shaking his head, "I can't take it anymore…I'm starving."

"I was hoping you would say that. I will give you all the ore you want, but only if you promise to help me get across the chasm."

D-Structs growled and glared daggers, "You sneaky, little-."

"I know what you are going to say, and I can only imagine that it is not pleasant. But with personal vendettas aside, you should really eat."

"I know…what you're doing…"

"Y-You do?"

"You're trying…to win me over with piece offerings….but it won't work…it won't guarantee…that I'll help you."

Revvit sighed with relief, "Even if that plan does not work, will you at least eat? I truly do not wish to let you starve any longer."

D-Structs rolled his eyes, "Fine…bring some over."

Revvit smiled and nodded, as he grabbed a piece of ore that was slightly bigger than him, and struggled to push it towards D-Structs with just one arm. But just when Revvit got close enough, D-Structs snapped at the ore to take a bite, nearly biting Revvit in the process.

The said Reptool yelped and jumped back a few inches, as the T-Trux savored the flavor by chewing slowly. Revvit took this distraction as an opportunity, and he slowly crept over to D-Structs' torso.

When D-Structs finished the ore that Revvit gave him, he immediately noticed the rest of the ore sitting in a pile. His appetite was insatiable, but the pile of ore was just out of reach. So, D-Structs attempted to stretch his neck and continue to snap at the ore, which helped Revvit get even closer.

Mere seconds later, D-Structs froze when he heard a tiny clank on his tread, and he gasped when he felt something crawl up inside of him.

"You tricked me!" D-Structs hissed.

"I had to! It was the only to avert your attention long enough for me to take a look!" Revvit shouted, his voice echoing from within.

A few more clanks and clunks were heard, and D-Structs was growing more and more agitated, "Get out of there!"

"No! I think I have found the problem, and a solution. You have a simple valve leak, but it can be fixed."

"How?"

Revvit didn't give D-Structs an answer, and instead responded with a sudden loud bang.

"W-What did…you do?" D-Structs quivered when he felt something cold prick him.

"I had to substitute the broken valve with one of my bits. It is not the most professional way to fix this, but it is all I have to work with right now."

D-Structs was honestly surprised that Revvit would sacrifice one of his bits for him, "Why…would that help?"

"Well, due to lying on your side for so long, some of the oil in your tank has not managed to drain out. It might be enough to lubricate your tread, and allow you to move."

"You're sure…that'll work?"

"I am more than seventy-five-point-eight percent positive it will, and it is your best bet either way."

Revvit then climbed out of D-Structs, and made sure to stand back a few feet, "Try to stand."

D-Structs glared at the Reptool, "Will you leave me alone…if I do?"

"Yes."

The ebony T-Trux sighed in defeat, and his chassis creaked and groaned as he tried to turn over onto his front. What Revvit said proved to be correct, as D-Structs found it much easier to move his left tread from the collective oil. Once D-Structs was lying on his stomach, he pushed with his head and his arms to rise up.

Revvit smiled in excitement, as D-Structs slowly but surely rose to his treads. D-Structs felt a bit light-headed, though, as he had not known the feeling of standing up right in quite a while. The T-Trux groaned and closed his eyes, even attempting to shake the dizziness from his head.

"How do you feel?" Revvit asked out of concern.

"Dizzy…numb…dehydrated," D-Structs rambled on.

"I meant, how does your tread feel?"

D-Structs looked down at his left tread, and gave it a few good stomps. He lifted his leg after regaining feeling in it, and spun his tread to find that it still moved, albeit noisily.

"That is a good sign. Try to drive around," Revvit instructed hopefully.

D-Structs said nothing while nodding, and revved his engine to try and drive. It took a moment for his left tread to spin in sync with his right tread, but they eventually spun in unison and allowed him to move again. D-Structs slowly drove in circles around Revvit, and he couldn't help but be impressed by the latter's actions again.

"Excellent! We just might have a chance of making it back to the crater!" Revvit cheered and even jumped in place.

"You might. I'm still not…going back," D-Structs grimly pointed out.

Revvit's joyous jumping came to an immediate halt at that, and he cleared his throat awkwardly, "Oh, yes. Of course. I had forgotten that part of the deal."

"Of course you did," D-Structs muttered under his breath before making his way over to the rest of the ore, and wasted no time in eating the rest.

"Are you still going to help me?" Revvit inquired doubtfully.

D-Structs was quiet for a moment to continue chewing, but he eventually looked down at Revvit, "If it will get you out of this place…I suppose I can wait for death a little longer."

"I am glad to hear that. Follow me."

D-Structs followed Revvit towards the chasm, but he was still confused, "How are you planning…to get across, anyway?"

"You said that you climbed up a slope to get out of the chasm. All we have to do is take that slope down into the chasm, and build our way up to the other side."

"How will that work?"

"Remember when you tried to trap my friends and I in a sinkhole?"

"Yes."

"Well, we will get across the chasm the same way we escaped the sinkhole: We will build a ramp."

Just as Revvit said that, they reached the somewhat steep slope on the edge of the Cliffside. Revvit was first to try and walk down the slope, but he stumbled and rolled down like he had on the dune. D-Structs said nothing, as he slowly drove down the slope and watched Revvit continue to roll down to the bottom of the chasm.

Revvit eventually came to a skidding halt at the bottom, and spit out some dirt that got into his mouth. He struggled to stand again, and stared up at D-Structs in surprise when the latter finally reached the bottom of the slope.

"You could have stopped me," Revvit stated flatly.

"I could…but that doesn't mean I would," D-Structs protested dryly, "Let's just get this ramp built…so that you can leave me alone."

Revvit growled in annoyance, but thought it best not to get too angry, "Gladly."


The weather in the crater was the exact opposite of the weather in the Far Lands; instead of dreary clouds and content winds, all of the storms in the Flatirons had completely disappeared to make way for clear and sunny days.

But despite the nicer weather, Ty couldn't find joy in any of his surroundings. He was still stuck back in the garage with Ace, Waldo and Click-Clack, and it had been a whole day since the other Trux left to look for Revvit. And the longer Ty waited, the more paranoid he became that something terrible might have happened to them, especially Revvit.

And when the sun was at its highest point in the sky, Ty had had enough.

"I'm going to look for Revvit," Ty firmly told the other Reptools.

"No, you're not. It's dangerous ta go out there while you're still healin', let alone by yourself," Waldo argued.

"Yeah, just wait for the others ta get back. I'm sure they'll return with Revvit in no time," Ace tried to reassure, but Ty shook his head in protest.

"But what if they don't? What if something really bad happened?"

"I-I'm normally the o-one to say those kinds of things, but I have to agree with Ace a-and Waldo," Click-Clack added with a stammer.

"See? Three against one. We win," Ace boasted.

"Three against two," Xee stated proudly, as she crept down from her hiding spot on one of the shelves.

"How long have you been up there?" Waldo asked in suspicion.

"Long enough to know that if Ty wants to help look for Revvit, you guys wouldn't be worth two Stegarbasaur cubes to try and stop him."

All three Reptools looked down at the floor in guilt, unable to deny that it really was wrong of them to try and stop Ty from looking for his best friend.

"Thanks, Xee," Ty thanked the adventurous Reptool.

"Don't thank me yet, not until after we find Revvit."

"'We'?"

Xee then jumped onto Ty, and climbed up onto his head, "Yup. I'd be remiss if I didn't help you look. Now, let's go find Revvit."

Ty smiled and nodded in agreement, and hastily made his way out of the garage. The other Reptools waved and wished them both luck, but Ty and Xee never looked backed as they set out for their lost friend.


I wonder if Revvit will be able to convince D-Structs to keep helping him once they get across the chasm.

Until the next chapater, I'm TRikiD, bye-bye!