VOTED CONTINUATION: 3. BOTH scenarios (D-Structs says YES goes first)

Yay, another chapter. ("Sigh, about time, Anya… About time…")

I hope you enjoy.

D-Structs then quickly looked for Skrap-It. The look on Tool's face told him enough; he wasn't crazy about going back to that crater, but he'll follow the T-Trux whatever he decides. And D-Structs had to admit; no matter how many bad memories he had there because of Ty's group, as his former territory, he still felt a certain level of attachment to it, responsibility even.

"I… accept," he looked away from the group as he replied…

Soon they were all ready to go, they packed in silence and hardly anyone spoke during their preparations; it was their joint decision to offer this to D-Structs, but that didn't mean they suddenly all liked him.

"So, who's gonna carry who now?" Dozer asked the Pteracopters.

"Navs, what do numbers say?" Prop-Top requested some weight calculations

"Well, if we don't want to overburden ourselves, I believe Washout should be with Ty, Flapjaw can go with Skya, and I will carry Dozer and Ton-Ton. Which leaves Prop-Top with D-Structs," Navs explained.

"Very well," Prop-Top agreed as they took off so they can hook onto the Trux. She came above D-Structs and carefully attached her hooks, T-Trux wasn't very excited about flying, but it's not as if he was able to pick. When Prop-Top tried to lift him, he moved only a couple of meters up before the Copter started struggling; she never carried such a big and heavy Trux, and the fact that D-Structs's design was different than Ty's wasn't a very mitigating circumstance either. She couldn't keep him up, she knew she has to drop him. She tried not to just throw him back on the ground but put him down somewhat gently; although, she didn't exactly succeed.

"Ah," T-Trux quietly grunted as he hit the ground.

"I'm sorry, but I can't carry him. And my cables aren't thick enough for me to risk it," Prop-Top explained.

"But, Prop-Top, you're the strongest of us all. If you can't carry him, who can?" Washout exclaimed.

"Obviously not you. But I think I might be able to think of someone who could," the group heard a voice from above; it was Jett, along with Fliper beside her.

"Perfect timing as always, Jett," Prop-Top thankfully smiled.

"You're lucky we decided to follow you here. What better Copters you can ask for than the ones that already carried him around?" Jett came closer to D-Structs, "Although, he appears much bigger when he is standing," T-Trux's eyes narrowed, she just smiled mockingly.

"Jett and I can take turns on carrying him," Fliper suggested.

"Sweet! I'm first," Jett smuggled as she hooked onto him; D-Structs mumbled something like, "Fantastic". The gang was having a hard time trying not to laugh.

"Prepare for take-off," Prop-Top signalized. All the Tools were flying with their Trux and Xee was with Ty and Revvit. During the flight, she noticed Jett and D-Structs stayed behind the whole time, purposely, it seemed.

"Ty told me a thing or two about you. I hear you have a brother?" Jett asked.

"Yes?" D-Structs cautiously replied.

"Do you maybe happen to know where is he now?" Jett continued.

"Why would you want to know that?" he suspiciously asked.

"Curiosity," Jett lied.

"Ha, you're going to need a better lie than that, Copter," D-Structs smuggled.

"Very well. Your bro and I have some history, I think I deserve some info," she coldly explained.

"I don't think so," he rejected.

"Ow, don't be like that; how about a deal, I find him and dent him for you as well, you know, while I'm at it," she started negotiating as she put on a grin.

"Compelling, but I think I'll pass," D-Structs replied carelessly, Jett could clearly sense the irony in his voice.

"What? Seriously, you want to simply get over the fact he tried to shut you off?" she exclaimed, T-Trux was surprised she knew that.

"What I do and what I want is not your concern, now is it?" he was still keeping calm.

Jett just smuggled, "Don't worry, I assure you I couldn't be any less interested in you…" "… but you are interested in D-Stroy," D-Structs finished for her as his eyes narrowed.

"Wow, real quick on the uptake, aren't you," she rolled her eyes, "But yes".

"Why?" Skrap-It joined the conversation with the same question that was bugging D-Structs.

"Why not? He… seems like an interesting Trux," Jett lied.

"Speak up, Copter. What do you really want?" T-Trux became irritated by this conversation and Jett twisting the truth was just a pain.

"Where – is – D-Stroy?" she slowly repeated.

"Even if I wanted to tell you, I don't know where he is," he rejected her again.

"You two are basically sharing one mind, surely you can guess where he is?" she snapped at him.

"I cannot, and I won't help you," he coldly told her off.

"I think I'll never understand T-Trux…" Jett sighed as she commented.

"I think I agree…" D-Structs replied, showing that he heard her; his eyes remained narrowed.

"You think you're very smart, don't you? Then why don't you try to understand? A T-Trux attacks you when you help him, but forgives when you attack him. Now explain that logic to me!" she hissed.

"Gladly. But first, tell me, are all the Pteracopters same?" D-Structs asked.

"No, of course not, we look different, we act differently. Or are you T-Trux too narrow-minded and blind to see that?" Jett felt offended, her eyes widened when the Trux started laughing.

"What's so funny?" she asked in disbelief although she was noticeably angry.

"So, you suggest that no Trux is similar to others, but you think all the T-Trux are same?" he asked without getting the grin off his face.

Jett realized how little sense it made when you put it like that, "Uh, um, I… ugh, fine! You're right, T-Trux are different from each other, but really not that much, you come as only two types; the ones like Ty and the ones like you and D-Stroy. And you know I'm right because everyone knows that, so, deny it, D-Structs, I dare you!" she exclaimed, attacking him again.

"You are right…" he whispered.

"What?" she couldn't believe.

"You… are right," he repeated.

"I… I mean, I know I am, but… you admit it?" she was still in shock.

"It is true," D-Structs lowered his head a little, looking in the ground beneath him.

"D-Structs?" Skrap-It sounded a little bit concerned, he placed one front leg on Trux' body.

"Quiet. Both of you," he said pretty strictly, still without looking up.

"Are you alright, big guy?" even Jett sounded like she cared.

"Keep flying," he repeated kind of threateningly, "And go faster!"

"Fine," her eyes narrowed again back as she answered. But, at the very moment when she started speeding up…

"Jett," she looked up when she heard Fliper's voice, "You are quite a distance behind us, why don't you let me take over now?"

"Whatever…" she quietly replied; as soon as Fliper hooked onto the T-Trux, she quickly flew away from them.

"What happened?" Pteracopter sensed something was up.

Skrap-It wanted to reply, "She…" "… Don't," D-Structs immediately shut him up.

"Hmm… She asked about your brother?" Fliper assumed; D-Structs's eyes slightly widened, he was becoming very annoyed by this topic.

"Why are you both so obsessed with D-Stroy twitch?" Skrap-It replied instead of D-Structs.

Flip took a deep breath, "I am sorry, but perhaps you'll understand if I explain it to you. Once, we decided to help a T-Trux in need; we found D-Stroy buried in rubble in one canyon. When we helped him, he attacked Jett, and nearly scrapped her…" D-Structs's eyes widened as he spoke.

"Wait, a rubble twitch… in a canyon? Isn't that… ooh," Skrap-It shut up when he noticed a look on T-Trux's face.

"What?" Fliper was curious because Scraptool didn't finish.

"Nothing… I think you should stop talking," the Tool ended the conversation without getting his eyes off his friend. Words couldn't describe how thankful D-Structs was for Skrap-It's help with this horrible situation. He wished to get down, he already regretted his decision and they had about 5 more hours of flight before they'd reach the crater…


*Hours later*

"D-Structs, D-Structs twitch!" T-Trux heard Skrap-It calling him so he opened his eyes. He almost didn't realize he relaxed enough to let himself fall asleep during this horrid flight.

"We're almost there, Fliper told me to wake you. Are you feeling well, you slept through the entire flight?" Skrap-It asked as soon as he saw D-Structs woke up.

"Yes," he shortly answered; he looked down, seeing Ty's garage not too far ahead.

"Land. Now!" he ordered to Fliper.

Flip was confused, "Um, but we are almost there, there is no…" "… LAND! Or I will bring you down, the hard way," D-Structs interrupted him with a threatening growl.

"… At once," Copter obediently answered in fear.

"Hmm…" Jett spotted something wasn't right, "Why is he going down?" she said as she started descending as well. When she approached, something grabbed her, pulling her behind a rock, it was D-Structs.

"What…" she couldn't finish because he closed her jaw with his tail, "Ammimhn moh hamm an nmw maml mumn tme smom nnf nmm," she muttered, D-Structs let go.

"What?" he couldn't help but ask what she said.

"Ah, I said: Alright, you have a new tail, quit the show-off now," she smuggled when his eyes narrowed in irritation. She then spotted Fliper standing near the T-Trux, "What is going on?"

"It is about your 'curiosity'," D-Structs indicated.

Fliper quickly jumped in before Jett could say something that they'll both regret, "D-Structs, we are sorry we mentioned anything. If there is anything we could do…" "… There is," T-Trux didn't even let him finish.

"Erm, of course… What do you want?" Flip asked cautiously, he kind of feared to hear the answer.

"Wait, wait a second, I am not gonna volunteer in his favor!" Jett exclaimed.

"Hehehe, twitch yes you are," Skrap-It smuggled from D-Structs' tread.

"We saved your life, and brought you here. If anyone here owes favors to someone, it's you!" she glared at the Trux.

"Perhaps. But you're forgetting one thing," Jett curiously tilted her head, "I am a T-Trux…" he threateningly growled as he brought his face into hers.

"And gulp, what about it?" she tried to hide the fear, "What's stopping us from simply flying away?" she sounded more confident now.

"He will…" D-Structs knowingly pointed at Fliper who seemed very confused.

The male Copter muttered, "Wh-why would I…" "… Perhaps you'll understand if you let me tell you what I need," Trux cut in.

"Fine, what do you need, 'boss'?" Jett finished sarcastically.

"I believe you are going to enjoy the task," D-Structs smuggled in return.

"I doubt," she told him, uninterested.

"I need you to find D-Stroy…" he admitted.

"WHAT!" both of them exclaimed at the same time.

"Find him, make sure he doesn't notice you, then return and inform me," D-Structs explained.

"But… why?" Jett asked, surprised by his request and deeply shocked.

"I told you that what I want is none of your business," T-Trux coldly replied.

"Well, now it is since I am the one who's supposed to track D-Stroy down!" she yelled back, "I mean where would we even start looking?"

"You were right Copter, I can guess where he is… Check the area around that cave in which you left me, he shouldn't be far from there," D-Structs explained.

"Still… What's in this for us?" Jett spoke again, "You have nothing to offer that we would accept".

D-Structs heavily sighed, "Then… I need a favor," he asked, the tone of his voice became softer.

"Jett, come for a second," Fliper called her and she approached.

"What?" she asked although she knew what he'll say.

"Jett, you don't have to believe me, but I can see he's worried, and sorry. He needs this…" he explained to her.

"Flip, I can understand that. But please forgive me for having a hard time agreeing to help the twin brother of a T-Trux who tried to scrap me, for the third time!" she sarcastically replied.

"Alright first, they are not twins," he corrected her.

"FLIPER!" she exclaimed.

"Alright, alright, sorry, now is not the time, I get it," he quickly apologized, "But really, he just wants to make sure his brother is fine. What's a couple hours of extra flying going to do to us anyway?" he tried to convince her.

"Huuh, fine, but we're watching D-Stroy from the safe distance," she made a short pause, "Actually scratch that, I'll stay on safe distance, you can go if you want," she corrected herself as she smuggled.

"Thank you, Jett…" he didn't seem as amused as she was.

"We're in," she turned to D-Structs who mildly smiled and nodded on that, he seemed relieved they accepted, "But this is the last time," she added as her eyes narrowed.

"I wouldn't accept it any other way, Copter," he replied in the same tone.

"If we're done here, I think it is time to rise up, Jett," Fliper gestured at the gang that was heading their way.

"Right, let's flee before we're forced to explain ourselves," she rose up, "We'll leave that pleasure to you, big guy," she smuggled at D-Structs before she flew away. T-Trux growled in irritation.

"D-Structs, what are you doing here, and where are Jett and Fliper going?" Ty asked, his eyes were narrowed.

"They didn't wish to stay. And I can't blame them" darker Trux carelessly replied without looking at Ty, he moved away from them, going towards his old Lair.

"We can't just let him leave!" Dozer stated.

"You are right, Dozer," Ty said before he started following D-Structs, he stopped in from of him, blocking his way.

"Move aside!" D-Structs growled.

"No. We invited you back thinking you have changed, in case we are wrong, you won't be welcome here," Ty told him.

"Noted..." bigger Trux angrily hissed as he drove past him.

Rest of the gang approached the red T-Trux once D-Structs left.

"So, what are we gonna do? Because I am not really down for trusting that guy now that I think about it," Dozer stated.

"Neither am I, he's acting as he did before. Or, at least, he's very good at making us think so..." Ty agreed.

"If only we had some way to get to him. To discover what is actually going on in his head..." Revvit was thinking aloud.

"Who ever knows what's going on in his head. Huh, even D-Stroy couldn't crack that riddle," Skya notified.

"Yeah! And how in the crater are we supposed to find someone D-Structs would talk to honestly?" Dozer yelled.

"We'll have to figure something out," Ty concluded, turning to the garage, the rest followed him...

"Hmmm..." Xee continued thinking about what Revvit said...


*Near the Lair*

"Um, D-Structs twitch, are you sure we should be gulp doing this?" Scraptool asked, constantly scanning the area around them.

"Why wouldn't I be?" T-Trux replied, irritated, he glanced at the Tool that ran behind him.

"Well, you know what happened the last time we abandoned the Lair and then..." a loud snarl interrupted him, and a group of Scraptors appeared in front of them, "... returned here!" Skrap-It fearfully screeched the rest of his sentence as he hid behind the Trux.

"Right, worthless pests considered they could use it as a nest. I just remembered," D-Structs growled.

Scraptors snarled again before they charged at him, but unlike the last time, now there's been at least ten Scraptors he had to deal with, due to his lot longer absence.

"I… will be over there twitch. Call if you need me," Skrap-It said before he ran to hide.

D-Structs roared, two Scraptors jumped on his treads, he knocked one down with his claw and easily shook the other one off. Another scrapper launched his claws onto his tail, clinging onto it, while others jumped on him. T-Trux rolled to one wall and hit directly into it, knocking all of them off of himself, he shook his head, the impact hurt him as well.

He gasped, "I am not in a mood for this…" he commented before one of them bit him, taking one part off.

"I don't think they heard you," Skrap-It stated from a safe distance, on what Trux growled, as if he was saying, "You're not helping!"

D-Structs roared, shook his body and used his claw but each Scraptor he'd knock off would immediately be replaced with two new ones.

"These things are getting annoying," he exclaimed, he was already tired of this.

"Woo-hoo," D-Structs was shocked by what he saw next, a Tool jumped onto one of the Scraptors, riding him around as if that was a game, jumping off the creature a second before it hit the wall.

"Need some help there?" Xee smiled.

"Usually… ugh never," another Scraptor jumped on him, he shook it off, "But I could make an exception for a Reptool".

"That is all I'm asking for. Hi-yah!" she exclaimed as she jumped on another Scraptor to attract the rest of them to her. D-Structs was impressed, she skillfully jumped from one to another, she had them wrapped around her little finger. But there was still too many of them for only one Tool.

"This was a whole lot easier with vines around," Xee commented, thinking of the forest.

"How does this work for you?" she heard T-Trux's voice before she saw a claw taking down five Scraptors that surrounded here, at once.

"Acceptable," she smiled before she jumped on another Scraptor. They fought them for a couple more minutes before creatures finally realized they don't stand a chance and fled at last.

D-Structs turned away and rolled into his Lair.

"I guess he reached the limit of playing nice for today," Xee whispered before she went after him.

"Who invited you inside?" T-Trux coldly asked her, glaring at her over his shoulder.

"No one told me I couldn't come in either," she replied, Trux ignorantly looked away.

"Are you alright? That fight wasn't very naive," Xee asked.

"I see… You work with the Trux who always need their precious bolt-tightening, and now you think everyone is as soft," D-Structs told her off.

"No, but I do know that you all need it and that it feels good," Xee explained.

"What's the game, Reptool?" he suddenly asked.

"What do you mean?" she didn't understand what was he talking about.

"Why are you here? What do you want?" he questioned, lowering his head to her height.

"To help, in any way you want. And Ty doesn't know I'm here if that is what you meant," Xee answered his question, "And he doesn't have to know I was here either".

D-Structs was intrigued by this, one of Ty's Tools came to him, behind Ty's beck, offering him anything he needs… "What can you do?" he asked. On his words, Xee smiled and jumped on him, she examined his body, fixing everything that needed some adjusting, and even though he hated to admit it, she was right, tightening bolts did feel nice, especially when you were awake while Reptool was doing it.

"How does that work for you?" she asked after she finished, he rolled forward, activating some mechanisms and testing them.

"Good," he decided to rev his engine which let out a powerful and clear sound, "Very good".

"I am glad to help. But I noticed other things that would have to be repaired, but I'm afraid I don't have parts I need to do it now. Could I come tomorrow?" she asked.

D-Structs hesitated a bit, "Fine… Now get out," he told her, for a second, he thought to shake his tail and launch her out, but he stopped himself, allowing her to come down and slowly walk out.

"Why do you want that Reptool here twitch? I can do repairs too," Skrap-It complained. (Hmm… someone's jealous)

T-Trux snorted as he smiled, "Not like this…"


*Garage, the following day, late afternoon*

All Tools were busy giving their Trux tune-ups but even though Revvit noticed someone was sneaking around there…

"Xee?"

"Revvit. I just came to take some parts," she calmly explained.

"Hm, a transmission, a couple of shocks, all for T-Trux…" he notified, analyzing parts she looked at, "Why do you need this, Xee?" he then looked in her.

"There is much I still don't know, I thought it wouldn't be a problem if I took a couple of parts to examine them," she lied convincingly.

"Um, of course, I cannot see why not," green Tool agreed.

"I'll be back soon," she smiled before she ran out…

"That was kind of… weird," Skya stated.

"Mm-hmm," Waldo agreed.

"I kind of got a feeling Xee knows more about Trux and parts than us," Ace admitted while she tightened one of Ton-Ton's bolts.

"Yes… Perhaps I should go after her, to make sure everything is… alright," Revvit concluded.


*Near the Lair*

"Where is she?" green Reptool whispered to himself before he heard grunting nearby, it was Xee, she was dragging those parts somewhere, "Or maybe the better question is… Where is she going?"

D-Structs opened his eyes once he heard footsteps near him, "You are here," he notified.

"Yes, and I brought all the parts you need," she explained, he nodded, indicating her to climb on, she obeyed.

"What?" Revvit whispered in shock.

"I still don't understand why are you insisting on doing this," D-Structs broke the silence at one point.

"I felt bad we couldn't perform most of the repairs you needed earlier," she explained, still working on his transmission.

"Pfft, yeah right, more like repairs you refused to make…" he hissed through gritted jaws.

"True enough," he was stunned by the honesty that her answer contained, "We feared how would you use your strength if we got you into the perfect shape".

"Then why are you doing this now?" he asked, he was hiding how much he appreciated her honesty.

"I felt I should finish what I started and perhaps a couple of other motives," she admitted.

"Such as?" he kept questioning.

"I try to look at you from a different angle, and see why you do things you do, rather than what you have done," she calmly explained, D-Structs didn't know what to say on this, again she was speaking honestly, and that continued leaving him speechless… And her words really got to him, she was actually trying to… understand him?

"It is not safe to stay here, I'll have to confront Xee about this tomorrow," Revvit concluded before he left, angrily glancing at the T-Trux before he went out of sight.

"Are you done already?" he impatiently asked after a while.

"No, I fear. Take some rest if you want, this will take a while," she suggested.

"No," he replied, engaging his tail to take her off, "It's enough," unless Xee's ears were faulty, he sounded kind of panicked.

She avoided his tail and jumped down on her own. When she reached the ground, Xee looked up to him, D-Structs moved his arms and head, as if he was… stretching? That made her remember, he did stand and act tensely while she worked, no wonder he wanted her to quit, for now. His parts must've been seriously stiff by now.

"You could've told me you weren't feeling comfortable," she barely managed to hold back the laugh.

D-Structs turned away from her, "Get out," he coldly told her.

Xee decided she should leave him. When she reached the opening, she heard lightning struck outside, she looked at the Trux again, he was trying to reach his neck with his hand, it was probably still itchy.

"Could I maybe, stay here?" she then asked, D-Structs's eyes widened.

"Why?" he suspiciously turned to her.

"Well, it's pretty messy outside, it would be a shame if some of the parts got damaged," she stated, knowing he will accept, she had a feeling he liked having her around, and by saying this, she also gave him a good excuse to agree to her suggestion…

"Fine," he replied, not knowing that Xee knew exactly what went through his mind before he answered. As she walked deeper into the cave, her eye caught that he moved again.

She sighed as she rolled her eyes, "Let me try". Before he could react, she's already climbed on him again, Xee came to his arm, loosened a part of it and then carefully pressed parts of it, one by one; it felt great. When she finished, she tightened the bolts again before she moved to his other arm and later, to his neck. D-Structs wasn't trying to stop her, as this went on, he even rolled over to one wall and leaned on it, soon, he allowed his eyes to close.

Xee continued massaging his parts and relaxing his body. He let himself fall asleep, knowing very well that she was still on him, but he allowed that, for the first time. Tool smiled when she realized his engine steadied, indicating he surely was asleep. She was glad, she actually managed to get to him, and it didn't take nearly as much time as she thought it would. For a while now, she had a feeling there is something he's hiding beneath that mask of T-Trux who only wants others to fear him, perhaps another side of himself, but she had no idea it could be this close to the surface. All it took was proving herself to him, and he let her be near him. But now, she has to see if he can actually trust her enough… to talk to her.


*Morning*

D-Structs woke up pretty late, and he actually slept very well, which was something that rarely happened to him, especially latterly. He noticed Xee left, but he didn't give it much thought, he somehow had a feeling she'll be back…

Sneaking around wasn't hard for Xee, she could go wherever she wanted considering that she wasn't living with the Flatirons gang, she just visited them from time to time, otherwise, her newest task would be much more complicated. She felt a bit uneasy, she had to go back to the garage because of the parts she took…

"Hello Revv…" before she could finish, he pulled her out of sight so they were alone.

"Xee," his eyes narrowed, "Have you lost your mind!"

"What are you talking about?" she asked, confused.

"You know very well. How could you go to D-Structs's Lair without informing any of us?" he almost yelled at her.

"I did what had to be done," she strictly replied, turning away from him.

"You will not go there anymore," he ran in front of her.

"You said it yourself, we need a way to get to him. I can do that," she concluded decisively.

"It is too dangerous. We can find another way," Revvit refused to give up.

"You know that is not true, and you knew it all along, just like I did," Xee turned to him, fixing his eyes with hers.

"But how," he asked, "How are you going to do this?"

"You'll have to believe in me, and in D-Structs," she concluded, "I'm sure he has it in him".

"I am sorry, Xee… But I cannot be," he whispered when she left.


*Following day, dusk*

Xee has finally installed the last part D-Structs needed so, she jumped off him, in relief.

"Everything fine?" she asked, knowing it wasn't really necessary, his answer was always positive.

"N-n. No… Uh, what… nngh, have you done?" he asked, bending in pain.

"N-nothing. Let me see what has gone wrong," she suggested, ready to jump back on.

"No! Aaah. You've uh done enough…" he turned back.

"D-Structs, let me fix it. You are not well," she tried to explain.

"I'm fine. Just cough get cough cough out," he barely chocked the words out.

"But…" before she could finish, he used his tail to force her out, she didn't have enough time to move aside, so she was launched out.

"But… but… I don't understand… What has gone wrong?" she asked, worried and guilty.

She took a deep breath to calm herself down, "Maybe I can't do this alone after all," she said as she started running in the opposite direction.

*Meanwhile, in the Lair*

"Cough cough cough umnnnn…" D-Structs was having trouble doing everything right now, he rolled over to the wall, leaning on it.

"I told you not to trust that traitorous Reptool twitch! If she can turn on Ty, why couldn't she do that to you?" Skrap-It screeched.

"Uuhhhh… Shut up, will you? Anngh, you're starting to sound like cough D-Stroy," D-Structs whispered, his eyes closed, he seemed half-aware of his surroundings at the moment.

"I am?" Tool's eyes widened Trux's words, D-Structs definitely wasn't on his right mind, otherwise, he'd never let a comment like that slip out.

"What is wrong?" Skrap-It asked, more concerned now.

"I have a-ahhhh no idea. Cough, I can't… breathe," T-Trux was barely voicing his words.

"She probably messed up your respiration mechanism twitch, uh, let me take a look," Scraptool suggested as he climbed on him, D-Structs couldn't get himself to complain or react in any way.

"Uum, could you twitch, you know…" on this, T-Trux opened his mouth, but just as much as to let his tiny friend slip in. Skrap-It turned his headlights on.

"Hmm, this smells sniff sniff… fresh and ooh scrappy twitch… Nice," he commented, petting and rubbing his head against the walls of D-Structs's throat. This irritated the T-Trux, he tried to control it but he couldn't, he coughed again, launching the Scraptool out of himself…

"Uhh-huh, well, what did you find cough out?" he asked, ignoring what just happened.

"Well… I might've got… a little bit… carried away, and… heh he…" he nervously smiled as he explained.

D-Structs furiously glared at him, he opened his mouth, lowering his head, "*ROAR*Aaaaaaah! Cough cough cough cough cough, ahnnnNnnn," he quietly groaned and panted in pain.

"Alright, even I could've told you that wasn't a good idea," Skrap-It stated. T-Trux was leaning on the wall again, he glared at him and growled as if he was saying, "You are not helping…"

"Maybe I could try again?" Skrap-It suggested, the concern was noticeable in his voice.

"No! I'd prefer you'd stay away from my jaws," D-Structs replied, looking at him skeptically, "And never mention it…" he thought but didn't voice this, the fact that Skrap-It had literally entered him seemed more than weird and embarrassing to D-Structs.


*Flatirons*

"Waldo, Ace," Xee whispered when she finally reached the garage.

"Mmm, yawn… Xee?" Ace groggily asked, not sure who she saw.

"What in the crater are you doing here in the middle of the night?" Waldo joined sleepy as well.

Xee took a deep breath, "I'm here because I…"

"… Need help?"

Three Reptools turned to discover whose voice had interrupted them.

"Revvit? What are you doing here?" Ace was the first to ask.

"Xee. Is something wrong?" green Tool ignored her question and turned to Xee, his tone was giving away he knew something.

"Yes, something weird happened. And I can't manage to understand why," she admitted.

"What happened to him?" Revvit repeated.

"Wait, hold on. Who are you two talking about?" Waldo asked them.

"I guess there is no use of lying anymore…" Xee whispered to herself, "It's about D-Structs".

"Xee was sneaking out and going in his Lair to repair him for the last couple of days," Revvit explained…

"And I thought the Trux were crazy. You just beat them all, Xee!" Waldo exclaimed in shock.

"It's not as crazy as it may sound, I promise. But something went wrong when I was replacing his respiration system," Xee explained.

"Hm, was there anything else you replaced?" Revvit asked suspiciously.

"Transmission. And I made a lot of changes on his coolant system as well," Xee admitted, "But when I finished the respiration he started coughing and twisting in pain".

"Huh, no wonder. Considering what you did to him," Waldo joined.

"But. I just repaired a couple of things?" she couldn't understand.

Revvit started: "That is the thing, you replaced them, Xee. There is a difference. His systems can function properly only with parts that are compatible with his engine's design…" "… And there is only so much replacing systems can take," Ace continued.

"If you take too much out and do not replace it with identical parts, his systems are very likely to reject them," Revvit concluded.

"No... No! What have I done?" Xee exclaimed, collapsing on the ground.

"Xee..." Revvit started, "... You didn't know".

"He trusted me. And I failed. I said I could do this... I was wrong," she concluded, desperation filling each word with fragments of endless guilt she felt.

"Well, maybe it wouldn't happen if you asked one of us," Waldo stated, Ace pushed him, indicating him to shut up.

"No, Ace. Waldo is right. This is all my fault. If only I had asked..." she continued.

"That does not matter now. What matters is finding a solution to our problem. Together," Revvit smiled, offering to Xee his front leg so she can get up.

"No, you don't need my help. I did enough…" Xee looked away.

"W-We all mess up sometimes. And hurt someone, but you didn't d-do it on purpose. No matter what, you can always try to make up for what you did," they heard a quiet whisper nearby, it made them freeze in place.

"Click-Clack?" Ace guessed, searching for him in the darkness.

"How long have you been standing there and listening?" Waldo asked when he realized where the Tool was.

"Ever since Xee walked in here. But I didn't want to interrupt you," he admitted, a bit embarrassed.

"But how can I fix this?" Xee questioned again.

"We are going to modify Ty's parts so, they can work for D-Structs as well. It is as easy as that," Revvit assured her.

"Uh, are you sure that's gonna be easy, Rev? How are we supposed to adjust all the T-Trux' parts we have?" Ace tilted her head in disbelief.

"We do not have to change them all, but only the most important ones, simply put, we will work only on the ones that can affect him," green Reptool explained.

"You can do that without me. I could mess something up again…" Xee notified as she turned to the exit, intending to leave.

"But we need your help, Xee," Revvit called her.

She turned back to him, "Why? What do I know that you already don't?" she almost yelled before she started walking away again.

"You are the only one who has seen D-Structs's engine and knows its design, as well as its mark. And we need all that information to work," he smiled as he pointed out the facts.

"Huh…" Xee sighed, "Fine".

"Alright then, let's Tool it up!" Waldo exclaimed.

"So, how old is he?" "How strong is his engine?" "Which model does he have?" Xee was attacked by hundreds of questions within only a couple of seconds.

"Al-alright. One by one! According to what I saw, he is four and a half seasons old," she started.

"Got it," Ace replied, adjusting something right away.

"Engine' strength is 4000…" Xee continued.

Revvit was shocked by this, he started thinking aloud, "Wow! 4000? That is remarkably stronger than Ty's is. I have always assumed D-Structs possessed the incredible power, but that is beyond impressive. It does make me wonder what combination assured such strength…" "… Maybe you could ask him about his parents after we finish the parts he needs to function properly again," Waldo interrupted him, criticizing.

"Right. My apologies. Please, go on, Xee," green Reptool excused himself.

"I am not too sure about the model actually. It was… weird. I've never seen anything like that," she admitted.

"Hmm, it could be that it does not exactly match up with his age. It might have something to do with the fact he has a close relative such as D-Stroy," Revvit stated.

"Why would that have anything to do with that? They look nothing like they're the same age, D-Stroy even called him 'little brother'!" Waldo reminded him.

Revvit proceeded to explain, "True. But I was referring to their parents. When there are two T-Trux of a close age that have the same parents, in most cases, they come to develop a very close relationship…" "… Yeah right, 'very close'," the red Tool sarcastically interrupted him.

"Still, what does that have to do with an unusual engine model, Rev?" this time Ace asked.

"The only somewhat reasonable guess I can make is that he started developing one kind of engine, but managed to develop the kind his brother had as well. So, he ended up with some kind of weird but powerful combination of engine models," Revvit finished, seemingly a bit confused himself.

"Yes, but how can that happen?" much like everyone else, Xee couldn't understand this.

"It is incredibly rare. But the only thing that can force engine modifications at such a young age is… being born with faulty mechanisms," Revvit made a pause, "In that case, systems reach for the closest solution available in the transferred genes, giving modifications as a result, in the rare cases when those changes do not just push the Trux into a quicker end by shutting the engine down, that is. It is likely that D-Structs's systems picked a combination that took part in creating D-Stroy's model. And saved his life…"

"Woah," Tools quietly gasped.

"We have to finish this!" Xee exclaimed after a couple of minutes of that by shock caused silence.


*Lair*

Skrap-It stopped trying to assume how much time he'd spent listening to the soft whimper and sounds that suggested trembling, quivering… it was coming from D-Structs…

"D-D-Structs?" he whispered, trying for at least twentieth time to get a word out of the Trux. He decided to come to him. The sight before him was…

D-Structs's body was continuously trembling, and not just a little, every single metal plate seemed to be shaking. His mouth wasn't closed nor open so, his jaws were scratching against one another, chattering from cold. They were making soft and quiet clinging sounds, but in the dead silence that was covering the cave, that could've been heard as clearly as a thunder hitting without a storm. He was still coughing periodically, but not nearly as much as he was before since he'd stopped attempting to speak long ago. But that constant quivering was what intrigued Skrap-It, he had to ask.

"D-Structs, why are you trembling twitch?" as expected, he received no answer so, he decided to climb on him and find an answer to his question. He'd assumed the Trux was cold, so he touched the metal near his engine to check its temperature. The immense heat of it burnt him instantly, he practically jumped away from it.

"AAAH!" he exclaimed, holding his burnt leg with another one, "How in the world can you be cold when you're boiling hot twitch?!" D-Structs's eyes closed again, just to open almost a minute later, it was like an extremely slow blinking, as far as Skrap-It could tell. T-Trux didn't reply so, Scraptool went to examine the rest of his body. He climbed higher, closer to his neck where coolant system was. Before he even touched it, he felt that part was giving out plenty of cold air. When Skrap-It placed his burnt front leg on it, he discovered it was as cold as ice, if not colder.

"Burrr! How…" he started quietly before becoming louder, "… How can the engine be hot while coolant is working this hard?" Tool felt a shiver went through Trux's body since he shook again.

"Wait… Your systems twitch. They aren't synchronized! They are working against each other instead of working together!" the Tool wasn't sure who was he telling this to since D-Structs obviously wasn't listening. Hell, he was barely mentally present, "Connections between them must've broken. Or your systems aren't… recognizing them…" his eyes widened, "Of course! How didn't I see it earlier twitch? That Reptool used Ty's parts! His system is rejecting them…"

"Sk-Skrap-… It," D-Structs whimpered weakly.

"D-Structs?" Scraptool replied, looking at him, seemingly concerned.

"I cough cough, can't last… longer," he tried to form a sentence.

"Wha-WHAT! No, D-Structs twitch! You-you'll be fine. It's just a little temperature issue. Right?" Skrap-It panicked, yelling at him.

"N-no. Cough, my systems are… stopping…" he barely managed to explain.

"NO! No, D-Structs!" he jumped in front of him, looking directly into his eyes, "No. You won't… stop functioning!"

T-Trux softly snorted out, smiling at his Tool friend while his eyes were slowly closing, "Thank you, Skrap-It… for… everything," he whispered before he let his eyes close, placing his head on the ground. Waiting…

Huh, finally done! God, I hate this thing! It's been torturing me, smirking from the folder for two months, as if it was saying, "Heeeh, you didn't finish me. People want to read more. Gaah, it's your fault…" etc.

However, there you go!

IMPORTANT! About all the facts I pointed out here:

It absolutely makes sense that Prop-Top wasn't able to lift D-Structs, in the episode "Cliffhanger" we saw what happened when Dozer fell and Washout had to carry both him and Ty, (if we consider the game Dinotrux: Trux it up is canon) the game says that Ty weights 200 tons while Dozer weights 183 tons. This weight was too much for Washout, and he started heading down, meaning a Pteracopter can't carry something that weights 383 tons. Game says that D-Structs weights 300 tons, and considering T-Trux' body build, it only makes sense that he is too much for a regular Pteracopter.

D-Structs's age & engine strength – age is assumed according to my headcanon, and four and a half seasons equals 22 years and 6 months when transferred into human years. And engine strength/power is also from the game, equals 4000 horsepower, but I couldn't use hp in Dinotrux world.

Engine modification is something I thought of while I was writing. There is not much left to say since I gave all I got to help Revvit explain that.

I'd like to know what do you think of:

Jett' and Fliper's appearance

Conversations between D-Structs and the Darcopters

D-Structs's behavior at the beginning

Xee's behavior

How's the relationship between Xee and D-Structs developing

The way she messed up

Also, sorry, I know that Revvit and especially Xee jumped out of their character at one point. Xee was out of it for quite a while. But that's all I could think of. So, sorry…

Btw, during the Scraptor fight, I forgot I switched D-Structs's tail, and I called it "claw". I guess it's a good thing his new tail is 50% claw. Otherwise, I never would have got used to that… ^^;

I hope you enjoyed!