Time to see what happens next, and what kind of favor Skrap-it had in mind.

In the woods, the otherwise quiet forest was interrupted by the piercing sound of rocks crashing into each other. Most had already evacuated from the area, as they believed that some kind of Trux had gone mad and were just waiting for a target. Though it wasn't quite for that reason, neither was it that far from the truth.

As a rock flew through the air and made contact, the sound of yelling from a raspy voice followed soon after.

"He shoots aaaaaaand *SKZZ* HE SCORES!" Skrap-it yelled as loud as he could, jumping around as if trying to excite a nonexistent crowd.

"Keep it down, I'm trying to concentrate." D-structs ordered, before grabbing a new rock with his tail.

After having spied on the Dinotrux and found nothing of interest, D-structs and Skrap-it had discovered a pile of rocks in a clearing that stretched fairly high up. The T-trux had used it as an opportunity to train in throwing rocks at targets. Something that he normally wouldn't even have to deal with, but with Ty and his Trux, he was on a constant search to get stronger and gain an advantage. Sometimes it proved useless, but other times he felt the difference when up against the Dinotrux. So even as demeaning as it was, he couldn't afford to let himself get sloppy.

Usually, if Skrap-it had been more of a pest than usual, he would use the Scraptool as a projectile or target. But that wasn't a very fruitful type of training, as the risk of managing to break the Tool was too high, even for D-structs. Even if he would deny it at all costs, he also couldn't afford to lose the Tool. Neither could he just replace him. It had occurred to him some time ago that compared to other Scraptools, Skrap-it was one of the less annoying or useless of his kind. A thing he couldn't quite wrap his head around, but there wasn't much he could do.

D-structs lined up a shot at a loose rock and swung his body around to build up momentum. When he felt he was going fast enough, he let go and watched as the rock shot through the air. As expected, it made contact and both of them exploded into a cloud of pebbles and dust.

"YES!" Skrap-it exclaimed, gaining a sharp glare from the T-trux.

"I mean…yes." He whispered, which seemed to satisfy D-structs well enough.

As he grabbed another rock, he got the idea of a new throwing technique. It consisted of standing still and instead making circles with his tail, trying to make his chain do the same. He hoped it would leave him less open for counter-attacks and perhaps make his throws more accurate. So as he scouted for a new target, he tried it out and started to build speed. It took a moment, but soon enough the chain started flinging around, and with the weight from the rock, the speed was only enhanced.

Meanwhile, Skrap-it was looking around and a certain rock caught his eye. At the top of the pile, it stood, almost defiantly. He could already imagine it broken into a thousand pieces and raining down on the ground below.

"Hey, D-structs, think you *SKZZ* can hit that one?!" The Scraptool asked excitingly, as he pointed up at the rock.

"Quiet! You don't tell me what to hit!" D-structs said harshly, as he looked at the rock Skrap-it was talking about.

"Aww…" Skrap-it muttered with disappointment.

D-structs continued to build momentum and tried to pick out a target. Which took him longer than anticipated. In the end, he finally let go of the rock and let it fly. It flew to the top of the pile and just happened to hit the rock that Skrap-it had pointed.

"You got it!" The Tool said with a bit of appreciation mixed with amazement.

D-structs smiled shortly for himself. But it was quickly gone as he realized the trajectory had been too high. The shot had also been too slow, and only barely managed to break the target in half. Which soured his mood.

"Of course I did! Besides, I didn't hit it because you asked me to, I decided that."

"Right, right, I don't know why I thought otherwise!" Skrap-it repeated with a nervous chuckle, trying not to anger D-structs, as he scuttled a bit away, to give the T-trux space.

He wasn't quite stupid enough to not realize that D-structs had lied. But the fact he had fulfilled his request, made Skrap-it think that the T-trux was in a good mood. Which, even though he normally didn't push his luck on purpose, gave him the determination to try and ask D-structs once again.

"You know, *SKZZ* I still wanted to ask, if you would be up for hearing out that little thing I thought about. You know, to fix my sleepwalking problem?" He asked apprehensively.

To his dismay, D-structs didn't quite seem in the mood. Instead, the T-trux let out a long and tired sigh.

"I thought I already told you, to take care of it yourself and leave me out of it!" D-structs growled at Skrap-it, who jumped back.

"I-I know, but, wouldn't you at least listen to what I want to say?!"

"No." Replied D-structs, before he started driving away.

"But-but-" Skrap-it muttered incoherently, but it did little to halt the T-trux.

"Aaaaaaaaaaw-*SKZZ*-shucks." He blurted out as D-structs disappeared from view, his posture in the 'You better not follow me or there will be consequences!' position.

Skrap-it looked around and realized how lonely he suddenly felt. All alone, left behind by the one Trux he cared about. He let out a long sigh, mostly meant for himself. With D-structs gone and not wanting him around for a while, there wasn't that much for him to do.

"Well, at least I tried. I might as well go to my thinking rock and feel bad about myself. It usually cheers me up." The Scraptool muttered to himself, before making his way over to his, now not so hidden, place. All the while making loud sighs so that Tool and Trux alike looked at him on the way with confusion and puzzlement.

Back at the Garage, Waldo and Ace were still discussing the bet, when Dozer came driving in, seemingly in a hurry.

"Hey, I saw Ty drive away. Did he say anything to Revvit, anything at all? Did he confess?! Please tell me if he did, I'm begging you, I need to know!"

"He didn't." Waldo dryly replied to the Dozeratop. "He just wanted to know what was up with him today."

"Oh COME ON!" Dozer exclaimed, frustrated.

"Do you have any idea how hard I tried to push him to say something?! I was all up in his business and everything, and you're still telling me he didn't crack?!"

"Maybe if you turned down the desperation a notch, he might have been more open to the idea." Skya retorted, driving in behind Dozer.

"I wasn't desperate! I just…thought it would be fine if I gave him a little push."

"A little push? You were practically interrogating him!"

"But it didn't work, so it probably wasn't so bad." He claimed though it was a little hard to believe.

It was then he finally noticed that while he had been so interested in hearing from Waldo, he hadn't seen Ace right beside him.

"Oh uhm…hey Ace…you didn't hear any of that, did you?" Dozer asked while looking at her nervously.

"Oh, you mean the part about wanting Ty to confess to Revvit?" Ace questioned half-jokingly.

"*Sigh*...yes." He replied, having already accepted he messed up.

"Sure!" She said, but Waldo was kind enough to butt in before Dozer started begging her to be quiet.

"Don't worry, she's already agreed to be a part of the bet."

"Phew, I thought that was gonna get awkward!"

"Wait, does that mean it's only Click-Clack that doesn't know about this?" Skya asked Waldo and Ace, who both looked at each other, unsure.

"Wellllllll…" Ace muttered.

"'Y-you talking about me?" Click-Clack uttered innocently, as he crawled into view, having heard the commotion, and returned at just the right moment.

Dozer looked at Click-Clack, then over to Ace, and finally at Waldo.

"You gotta be kidding-YOU TOLD CLICK-CLACK?! THAT TOOL COULDN'T KEEP A SECRET EVEN IF HIS LIFE DEPENDED ON IT! No offense." The Dozeratop yelled, before turning to the Reptool.

"A bit taken, a-and I would just like to clarify that I can keep a secret i-if I wanted to!" He declared defiantly, though no one seemed to take it very seriously.

"Sure," Waldo chimed in to say. "But that leaves only Garby and Ton-ton as the last ones who don't know about this."

"Good, I trust THEM to keep a secret even less than I trust Click-Clack," The Dozeratop commented.

"H-HEY!" Click-Clack yelled, but Dozer didn't seem to react.

"I agree, if only because this whole bet is getting out of hand. We're already four in on it now, and Ace hasn't even decided who to bet on!" Waldo exclaimed, pushing the focus over to Ace.

"Hey, it's harder than it looks, okay! On one hand, it makes sense for Ty to confess first. On the other hand, Revvit isn't always scared to take risks. It's hard to decide who would do it first!"

"Then how about I suggest you bet on Revvit since Dozer and Waldo are already betting on Ty. Besides, I could use the backup." The Craneosaur said with an inviting smile.

"Yeah, do that, but only if you want to lose," Dozer mentioned, giving her a smug look.

"Really, I don't get why you have so little faith in Revvit. I'm sure he could do it! It just takes a bit of time." The Craneosaur stated, but it only earned a chuckle from Dozer.

"Are we talking about the same Tool? He's smart alright, he can come up with things I couldn't even imagine. But confessing his feelings? Nuh uh, not happening."

"I'm with him on that. I'm sorry Skya, but as I explained, I know that Reptool, perhaps better than anyone! And I can tell you, when it comes to most things outside of a bolt and schematic, he falls short. Not to speak of anything romantic, I think doing that would literally short-circuit him." Waldo explained to the best of his ability, but Skya was almost as stubborn as Dozer.

"YOU, might not believe in him, but I choose to have faith in the little guy. You'll see, he'll pull through in the end, you're just underestimating him."

"OR, you're just OVERESTIMATING him," Dozer replied mockingly.

"You know what? I think I'm with Skya on this." Ace said, before walking over to Skya and jumping on her. "I've got a feeling he will pull through in the end."

"Fine, but then come running to me when you lose," Waldo warned her.

"Y-you guys seriously don't see the problem with this?" Click-Clack asked with disbelief after everyone had almost forgotten about him. He couldn't understand how they could talk so lightly about something so personal to someone.

"This is our friends you're talking about, and you're making bets on their private life? Don't they deserve to keep this to themselves!"

"Hey now, it's not like we're doing this to hurt either Ty or Revvit. It's just…this is a bet, so different rules apply. That's just how it is." Dozer answered, and Click-Clack could barely formulate the words to express how wrong he thought that sounded.

He looked up at Skya, hoping that she at least would see sense. Unfortunately, she looked back at him with a slightly shameful expression.

"I'm sorry Click-Clack, but, I agree with Dozer on this."

"Hah!"

"Shut up. Click-Clack, I know it might be hard to understand, but this whole thing is done all in good faith. Friends have a bit of fun with one another, and sometimes that's in the form of taking bets on them. It's because we're friends we can do this, okay? We wouldn't just do it to someone random for a laugh!"

"I would," Dozer commented.

"You're not HELPING." She remarked with a clenched jaw. But at that point, with Click-Clack realizing he was all on his own, he could only give in and shake his head.

"Fine! Do your bet, I won't tell them." He exclaimed, defeated. "B-but I want you to know that I don't agree with this!"

"That's all we wanted!" Dozer said, having started to worry that Click-Clack would spoil their fun. "Besides, when this is all over, we will be laughing about it with them later! So it's all going to be good in the end. Come on, what's the worst that's gonna happen!"

At the rock, Skrap-it had just managed to sneak his way past a few Trux and could finally relax in peace. He found a spot where the sun's rays hit perfectly, and the rock was warm to the touch. The Tool circled it for a moment, before finding the perfect position, as he laid down.

"Ahhh…A Tool could get used to this." He muttered to himself, letting the sun warm his body.

"I could do this, all *SKZZ* day…"

He fell asleep for a short time, with no worry in the world. At least until he heard the sound of footsteps coming near him, and Skrap-it felt something block the sun in front of him.

"W-wha? Go away, can't you see I'm relaxing!" Skrap-it said, his speech slightly blurred by his drowsiness.

"We need to talk." A matter-of-fact voice said to him.

Finally tired of the disruption, he lazily opened his eyes. Only to be met by the yellow and green head of a Reptool, menacingly staring down at him.

With a shrill scream, the Scraptool jumped up, with Revvit backing away so as not to be hit.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE *SKZZ* DOING, SNEAKING UP ON A TOOL LIKE THAT?!" Skrap-it angrily yelled though Revvit didn't seem to react very much to it.

"I was not exactly, 'sneaking up' on you, as you called it."

"Oh, and what do YOU call it when someone just walks up to you, without being asked!" The Scraptool answered.

"...Approaching someone?" Revvit stated, not sure whether Skrap-it was being serious.

"Really? Huh, neat. Gotta tell D-structs that next time he says I'm sneaking up on him!" He remarked, pleased, while Revvit looked at him with a horrified expression.

"I would not suggest that you…never mind." The Reptool started saying but gave up after he realized it was Skrap-it he was talking to, and that common sense was about as effective on him as it was on Ton-ton.

"Now, mind telling me why you interrupted my *SKZZ* beauty sleep?" Skrap-it asked with a hint of judgment in his tone.

Revvit could only sigh and look away, as the embarrassment came back to him.

"I just came to inform you that your advice on asking for advice was not very…successful." He muttered, thinking back to his interaction earlier with the other Tools. Something that would most likely hunt him in the coming weeks.

"Oh…I'm sorry to hear that, I guess." Skrap-it replied, his voice changing from sympathetic to awkward on a whim.

"But, that's what you get when you're friends with the wrong kind of Trux and Tools! When everyone is all friendly with each other, you're just asking to be stabbed in the back and disappointed. I'm surprised it *SKZZ* came as such a shock to you." He stated completely earnestly, earning a glare from Revvit. He considered saying something against Skrap-its assumption, but in the end, decided it was useless.

"So…what are *SKZZ* you gonna do now?"

"Good question. I have absolutely…no idea." Revvit said, his voice growing smaller. "This was the one thing that might have helped me better understand my situation with Ty. And now that it has failed, rather spectacularly, I do not know what to do. Except of course what I did before, which was hoping I would come up with a solution eventually."

He let out a loud sigh and turned away from the Scraptool. He then solemnly started walking over to the stone's edge, planning to climb down.

"Well, Skrap-it, this has been, interesting, certainly. But I fear our business must conclude and I better get back to-"

"H-hey wait!" Yelled Skrap-it, not about to let the opportunity pass him again. "Where do you think you're going?!"

Revvit stopped suddenly and looked back at Skrap-it with surprise. Though not completely, as he could guess that it wouldn't be so easy to get away from the Scraptool.

"I'm going back home, as I said. Now I really must get going so-"

"But you *SKZZ* still owe me!"

"Owe you?! For what?" The Reptool asked with astonishment

"Why, I did my best to try and help you with your problem. Which I might add, I had absolutely NOTHING to do with not working, while you didn't even offer to help me with mine!" Skrap-it explained, and Revvit could already see where it was going.

"So I thought…why don't you stay with me *SKZZ* and help a fellow Tool with their very specific and personal T-trux problem! You know, make things fair between us two. You guys are all about fairness, riiiiiiiiight?" He continued, making a not-very-subtle suggestion.

Revvit could practically sense the manipulation coming from the Scraptool and wouldn't be so easily fooled. He even considered just scoffing and turning around. But to his dismay, there was something in Skrap-its words that rang true to him. Even if his advice hadn't worked, he had at least tried helping him. Which was more than Revvit honestly expected of him. While he would say that a good deed done without the assumption of getting something in return was more worthy of a reward, he couldn't deny that a fair exchange of services was logical.

So with another sigh, this time out of disbelief, Revvit decided that he might as well help Skrap-it. If only to conclude the awkward situation the two of them have been entangled in.

"Fine, I will help." He stated reluctantly, walking back to Skrap-it.

"See, I knew you Dinotrux were all talk and no-wait, really?" Skrap-it uttered in genuine surprise.

"Yes, really! Now tell me what you want help with so we can get this over with."

"Wow, I *SKZZ*...honestly don't think I thought that far ahead."

"...What? You don't even know what you want help with?!"

"Y-yes I do, I-I just thought I had more time to prepare, all right! So let me think for a moment!" The Scraptool explained, before turning around to think. As he pondered what to say, Revvit sad down with a weary expression.

"It seems I am not getting home anytime soon." He muttered to himself.

"Quiet, I'm thinking!… Okay, I think that *SKZZ* I got it." Skrap-it proclaimed, looking back at Revvit with a slightly nervous expression.

"Soooo…I have this certain problem relating to D-structs. A-And while it's not that big of a problem *SKZZ* really, it has caused, uhm *SKZZ*…tensions, yes, that's a good word, TENSIONS between us, and D-structs…isn't really in the mood to hear me out about it…"

"So…?" Revvit asked, not sure what exactly Skrap-it was asking for help with.

"So uhm…" He blabbered on, as he felt a specific feeling he had rarely experienced in his life. Embarrassment. Which made it much more hard for him to explain what he wanted.

When it became clear that Skrap-it wasn't coming with an answer anytime soon, Revvit felt justified in trying to push him along.

"Do you want my help with that certain problem of yours-"

"No, no, I'll deal with that myself!" He stated firmly. But as he did, his thoughts finally managed to connect themselves and he realized what to say.

"Wait, I got it! I want *SKZZ* you to help me make D-structs listen to me!"

"And how do we do that?" Revvit commented, with a little enthusiasm.

"No idea!" Skrap-it nearly proudly declared, taking out a good chunk of Revvit's newborn enthusiasm.

But he had dealt with far more complex problems than making someone listen. Though he usually didn't have such a problem. Ty's help was more than enough to get the others' attention. Still, Revvit could guess that the problem itself wasn't that D-structs wasn't listening, and more than he didn't WANT to hear what Skrap-it had to say. Which was much more difficult to deal with. Frankly, after Skrap-it revealed his feelings for the dreadful T-trux, Revvit had completely lost any idea of the dynamic there was between the two of them. But even with his less than versatile skillset when it came to the social aspects of life, he could come up with a relative guess of what to do.

"We could…make D-structs think more highly of you?" The Reptool said, mostly as a suggestion.

"Well, I wouldn't say *SKZZ* that he thinks badly about me or anything, but…that might be a little hard to pull off," Skrap-it answered, with a relative amount of self-awareness.

"Hm, that makes it trickier," Revvit muttered, as he spun his bits trying to think of something else.

"Wha-what are doing with your bit things? its…MESMERIZING." The Scraptool asked as his eyes followed the rotation of his bits in a hypnotic pattern, but Revvit just ignored him.

"What about we make a temporary adjustment of his affinity toward you, through perhaps some kind of glamorous object that could alleviate any adverse feelings he might have for you?" He explained though he had already long since lost Skrap-it. Which was clear to see by the confused look the Tool was giving him.

"*Sigh* You give him a gift." He said, for once in words the Scraptool could understand.

"Ah, a gift! That might actually *SKZZ* work." Skrap-it stated with a hopeful tone. "But, what kind of gift would it be?"

"I think you would be the one to know that."

"Dang it, *SKZZ* I knew this wasn't going to be easy!" He exclaimed, earning a judgeful glare from the Reptool that he made sure to ignore.

"Oh, got Ore!"

"Green…Ore?" Revvit asked curiously.

"Yes, it's D-structs' favorite. Which might explain his cranky mood, since it's been a while since he last had some."

"I am sure that is the reason." The Reptool replied slightly sarcastically.

"Yeah, it's such a hassle to steal from those annoying *SKZZ* Gluphosaurs without getting your parts all covered in glue. But with you as an excellent distraction, I'm sure I could sneak in and get some, eh?" Skrap-it explained while nudging Revvit suggestively, who moved a step away.

"While I am sure your plan would be…intriguing, I do believe that won't be necessary."

"Huh?" Uttered Skrap-it, confused.

"I am actually quite a friend to our local Gluphosaour pack here in the Crater, especially a rather friendly young Gluphosaur, named Stix. With him as a negotiator, a simple trade for some of their Ore should not be impossible."

"Well, that does make it less complicated…and less dangerous. I would have liked to try and not be the*SKZZ* the bait for once, but you can't have everything." Said Skrap-it, with only a mild amount of disappointment.

"But, doesn't trading require us to, oh I don't know, have something to trade?"

"Do not worry, that will be on me," Revvit stated.

"Really *SKZZ*!" The Scraptool exclaimed with excitement, with Revvit not having the heart to tell him it was because he wanted this whole mess to be over as soon as possible.

"Wow, you Dinotrux really deliver on that whole deal about 'sharing' and 'generosity'. Seriously, I can't believe you even have anything left to give."

"We manage." The Tool answered with a smug expression. "Now, let us get going, so we can finish this before sundown."

Skrap-it nodded and together they climbed down the stones to the ground. As they started making their way to the Gluphosaur nest, Revvit couldn't help but look over at Skrap-it and wonder how he exactly ended up in such a position. Helping anyone who needed it was their motto, but D-structs and Skrap-it were quite far down on that list. Perhaps it was Skrap-its overall pitifulness or his close ties to what Revvit was going through, but he did feel sympathetic for the Scraptool. If only at that moment. There were quite a lot of things he had to forget to work with him. And none of it had yet to be forgiven. Still, he was there, and he might as well finish it. Hopefully sooner rather than later. He usually didn't stay away from the Garage and Ty for so long, but their little venture might take some time.

Having been lost in his own thoughts, Revvit only realized too late that Skrap-it had noticed that he was looking at him. Luckily, instead of asking Revvit what he was doing, it seemed to remind Skrap-it of something else.

"Oh hey, just a random, totally not related to anything, question *SKZZ* but…how's Tonton doing?"

"Um, fine, I believe. Why do you ask?"

"OH UHM *SKZZ*, NO REASON *SKZZ*!"

The Dinotrux were busy taking their lunch from the Ore Station when Ty looked around with a slightly worried expression.

"Hey, has anyone seen Rev? Shouldn't he be back by now?" He asked, causing quite a few of the others to choke on their food.

"Why, are you-*ahem*, thinking, about him?" Dozer said, with a very bad attempt at sounding subtle. Something that Skya's glare made more than obvious to him.

"What?!" He exclaimed, earning a frustrated groan from the Craneosaur.

Ty had been too distracted looking off into the distance to hear them probably and thought it was their usual banter.

"It's been a while, don't you think?"

"He doesn't usually stay away for so long," Waldo remarked. "Maybe he got caught up in something on the way."

"You think he might be in danger?!" Ty suddenly turned and asked, making Waldo regret saying anything.

"No, no, you know Revvit, he's probably just…distracted by something. It happens." The Tool explained, but it did little to soothe the T-Trux, who kept looking away, hoping to see his friend.

"...I don't know." He muttered, the worry still weighing heavily on his words.

"Maybe this is actually good!" Dozer said, earning a confused look from Ty and an apprehensive one from Skya.

"You two are almost always together, maybe it's healthy for you two to have some space away from each other. You know…to think, reflect, and, oh I don't know, reconsidertherelationshipbetweenyoutwo." The Dozeratop quickly muttered, so fast that Ty barely heard him.

"Wait, what was that last part?"

"All I'm saying is that you could spend the time thinking about something to say to Revvit when he comes back! Or better yet, come up with something that you can't wait to tell him and go looking for him!"

Before Dozer had time to continue, Skya had already figured out the game he was playing and she wasn't about to give him a head start.

"Or MAYBE you could just wait here for Revvit to return, as I'm SURE he has something important to tell you when he comes back."

Dozer instantly knew what she was doing and glared angrily at her, which she returned. As the two stared daggers at each other, Ty looked from one to the other, his worry replaced with confusion.

"Ok, wait, what are you two talking about?"

"Uhm, ya dudes, I haven't really got a clue what's going on. More than usual even." Tonton stated, sharing the same confusion with the T-trux.

"I just thought it would be nice for Ty to tell Revvit how much he APPRECIATED HIM!" Dozer aggressively explained, driving threateningly up to Skya.

"And I think he should let Revvit GET THE FIRST WORD IN, and really consider WHAT HE HAS TO SAY!" She replied, accepting his challenge and driving right in front of him as they butted heads.

As Tonton and Ty looked at the strange scene, while poor Click-clack couldn't contain himself any longer.

"I c-can't take this! I'm sorry, but I have to tell him! Ty, TY!" He started yelling as he started walking over to the T-Trux. Unfortunately, he didn't make it very far.

"No, you don't!" Ace exclaimed, quickly running over to Click-clack and jumping on him, tackling him to the ground and stopping him in his tracks. As he tried to yell she covered his mouth and dragged him behind a stone.

"I'm sorry Clack, but I put my month's supply of Ore-balls on Revvit, and I can't have you ruining my chances." She whispered apologetically, followed by the muffled screams from Click-clack who tried to free himself to no avail.

Meanwhile, Waldo was looking at the two Tools struggling and back at the chaos the Trux were causing.

"Welp, this is starting to go too far." He said with a disappointed tone.

"Uo fink?!" Click-clack managed to mutter.

"MAYBE IF YOU JUST LET REVVIT DO HIS THING, THINGS WOULD DEVELOP ON THEIR OWN!" Skya was full-on yelling at Dozer, the two dangerously close to starting a proper brawl.

"AND MAYBE IF YOU ACCEPTED REALITY, YOU WOULD REALIZE THAT IT'S TY THAT NEEDS TO MAKE A MOVE!" Dozer screamed right back at her.

"Alright, ENOUGH!" Ty yelled, soon followed by a roar that silenced everyone present.

With dumbfounded faces, they looked at the frustrated T-trux, as it started to dawn on them that things mayhaps had escalated a bit. But they didn't have time to get a word in before Ty started talking.

"I don't know what you two are going on about, but I'm already having a hard time with Revvit acting weird! I don't need you two fighting over…whatever it is you're talking about?! It seems to me, that you're not really taking this thing seriously, but I am! I've been worried about Rev ever since he started leaving, ever since he stopped talking to me about his problems, and now, he's still not back, and I…"

His tirade came to an end as he looked back at the others, a worried expression now on their faces. His first instinct was to apologize for lashing out, but he still couldn't get Revvit out of his mind. He started to realize that the whole thing was bothering him more than he thought. And his mind was still on the fact that Revvit hadn't returned.

He looked behind him, across the Flatirons, and as expected, saw nothing. With a weary sigh, he turned back to his friend with a determined look.

"You know what? I'm going to look for him." He explained before unceremoniously turning around.

"Wait, Ty, let's all go look together." The Craneosaur quickly said.

"No." The T-trux stated firmly. "You guys are clearly occupied by something else, and…I need some time alone, okay?"

Leaving the stunned Dinotrux and Tools behind, he drove forward, toward the forest. Then it was only the others left, who stood quietly, as silence descended on the group. In the end, Tonton was the first to speak.

"Alright, I'm not AT ALL sure what's going on, except that Skya and Dozer have been acting weird. But…you managed to make Ty mad. TY! That dude is up there with George when it comes to being chill! So even if I have no idea what this is about, I know that if you've made him mad, you really messed up."

"Yes, thank you Tonton, don't you think I know that!" Dozer exclaimed, quickly followed by a solemn look. "We messed up, didn't we?"

"Yep," Skya replied with a gloomy tone.

It was then that Click-Clack finally managed to free himself and took a deep breath in.

"I TOLD YOU!" He then said once he had gotten his fill. "WHY DOESN'T ANYONE LISTEN TO ME?!"

With that, he jumped away from Ace and started walking toward the Garage.

"Where are you going?" Waldo asked him.

"Back to the Garage. T-this is your m-mess! Y-you can deal with it!" Click-Clack before looking away with a scoff.

"Wow, can't believe I actually managed to say that." He muttered quietly to himself as he left, with a hint of amazement.

"Yeah, I'm with the little dude on this. YOU messed up, you have to fix this. BUT, if you ask for help, I'll help. CAUSE THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR. In the meantime, I'm gonna go jump off some ramps to clear my mind of all these bad vibes." Tonton said, almost disappointed, before also going away to the nearest ramp in the distance.

"Great, even Tonton thinks we've screwed up. That's a new low." The Dozeratop stated to no one in particular.

"You don't think this bet might have been…a bad idea?" Ace asked, looking around at the others with regret.

"If this guilt we're all feeling is anything to go by, then I think we can be pretty sure that it was," Waldo remarked with a disheartened voice.

"Yeah, probably. But, Ty doesn't usually react like this, even at our worst...which usually is pretty bad." Skya said as she started remembering all the times it had fallen on Ty to be the mediator for the group.

"This whole thing with Rev may have him more worked up than we thought," Ace mentioned, which seemed to strike a core with most of them.

"And here we were, making a game out of it for our own entertainment." The red Wrenchtool dryly lamented.

"Hey, I'm already feeling bad about this, I don't need you to make it out this was all some cruel joke!" Dozer said, with everyone's attention turning on him. Luckily for him, he wasn't quite finished.

"We all KNOW that there is something between Revvit and Ty. That's why we even made this bet to begin with! And yet for all this time, neither of them has made a SINGLE, MOVE! THAT'S WHY, we need to give them a little push, because otherwise nothing is going to happen. Probably never, if anything up till now is to go by. SO WHAT if we have a little fun while trying to push them toward a heartfelt confession against their will which we have placed bets on? That doesn't make us bad!"

Once Dozer was done, the looks he got in return, quickly deflated the confidence he had.

"Okay, it sounds a little bad now that I say it out loud."

"You think?" Skya replied though it lacked much of the smugness with which she would usually deliver such a line. "I just hope we haven't messed up to bad…"

There you have it and who could have guessed making bets on your friends would end badly? Let's hope they can resolve it in time. See you next chapter, as Revvit tries his best to broker a deal for some Green Ore. Though it may be a bit hard, considering Skrap-it's reputation. Have a good day!