Just like before, we're starting exactly where we left off, although a bit differently.

This chapter is about D-Stroy, he and Knock-Itt are the most important characters in this chapter. It may not seem that way but what happens in this chapter is pretty important...

I hope you enjoy.

*D-Stroy's cave outside the crater*

D-Stroy was trying to think of a way to discover where is his brother; to be honest, he wasn't completely sure D-Structs wasn't in the crater until Ty so foolishly told him. But he couldn't hear himself thinking from all the noise Knock-Itt was making:

"Let me go! Now! I'm warning you, D-Stroy!" Knock-Itt screamed from her cage.

"Be quiet! Or I'll quiet you" D-Stroy angrily growled.

"Oh, am I bothering you? Well here's an idea, let me go and I'll be on my way," Knock-Itt continued yelling. D-Stroy furiously growled, he'd for sure stomp Knock-Itt if he didn't need her, he calmed himself down and looked away from imprisoned Tool. Knock-Itt knew D-Stroy needed her for something and that he won't end her just yet, so why wouldn't she use that and make D-Stroy pay for her service, expensively pay.

"Are you at least gonna tell me why you need me?" she asked a lot calmly.

"No," D-Stroy simply replied.

"Because you did not 'plan' that yet..?" she messed with him. D-Stroy's wish to crush Knock-Itt just grew a bit bigger.

Knock-Itt continued: "This is about your brother isn't it...what.?..are you jealous of him?.. You do have a reason to be though, I heard he's much stronger and smarter than you..." D-Stroy couldn't take this anymore, he couldn't believe he ended up being insulted by this little, annoying bug and all for his brother, always because of him. D-Stroy's rage finally reached its maximum, he turned as he loosened chain of his wrecking ball, ready to shut Knock-Itt, permanently... Knock-Itt's eyes widened in fear cause she did not expect this to happen, but then in the last minute, D-Stroy managed to control himself and smash one of cave's walls instead of caged Scraptool. He was breathing rapidly, trying to calm down and control all the anger, wrath and hatred he felt right now.

But once Knock-Itt realized she's out of danger she decided to continue with her plan: "Ow, so close," she laughed. But then they both heard the sound of scrap falling on the floor, D-Stroy looked in the direction from which sound came and noticed another Scraptool. He turned his headlights on to get a better look at it and revealed there was a ton of Scraptools standing near cave's entrance.

"Oh thank scrap you're here, now get me out!" Knock-Itt exclaimed happily and relieved.

"We don't serve you anymore, Knock-Itt," one of the Scraptools rudely replied.

"What?!" Knock-Itt was shocked.

"You said it yourself; whoever beats the leader, becomes the leader," another one agreed.

Third one continued: "Yeah, that's how you became our leader, remember. In case you do not, I..." "...Point is...we work for him now," fourth Scraptool interrupted him as he pointed at D-Stroy.

Knock-Itt was shocked, surprised, but mostly terrified, she feared what will D-Stroy do to her now when he got the entire gang of Tools working for him. Then something crazy happened, D-Stroy started, laughing..?!

"And how swiftly things change. Maybe you're not so irreplaceable after all," he evilly chuckled as he saw Knock-Itt was paralyzed in fear.

"Nothing to say?" D-Stroy evilly smiled.

"Please, I am sorry, I'll help you and I will never say anything to you, ever. Just please don't hurt me" Knock-Itt begged.

D-Stroy just smiled again and said: "That must be the smartest thing you've ever said".Then Knock-Itt realized what she just did, she showed D-Stroy how afraid she is of him actually. She gave him a way to control her and to most likely do to her the same thing Knock-Itt tried to do to him. She planned to drive D-Stroy crazy by annoying him, teasing him by making him great wish to hit her while he knew he couldn't do that. Now he wasn't just able to drive her crazy by terrifying her and threatening her, but to completely control her and make her do absolutely everything he orders cause now she was really replaceable and D-Stroy now, more than ever held her life between the drills of his tail...

"...Sooo...what do you want us to do..?" one of the Scraptools interrupted a long minute of silence.

"Go back to the crater and keep an eye on those Trux," D-Stroy ordered.

"How do you want us to do that; get a Dinotrux eye and attach it to another Dinotrux?" Break-Itt asked. (Break-Itt, Smash-Itt and Lloyd started working for Knock-Itt after D-Bros and Skrap-It were kicked out of the crater.)

"No, scraphead, he wants us to spy on them," Lloyd replied.

"There are lots of Trux in the crater, how are we gonna know who to spy on?" Smash-Itt added. D-Stroy still couldn't believe he ended up relying on these creatures, I mean, how in the world can someone be that dumb..? But these mindless minions obeyed him and considering their size they were perfect for surveillance missions. D-Stroy knew he'll be able to sneak in Ty's crater only once, he hated to admit but unlike his newest temporary servants, Ty wasn't stupid.

D-Stroy took a deep breath before he almost kind of calmly said: "Go back to the crater and spy on Ty and his friends. How hard is that to understand..?"

"Well..." one of the Scraptools was about to say something when D-Stroy yelled: "...GET OUT!" and, on his command, but mostly in fear, all the Scraptools vanished from the cave...

This made Knock-Itt realize how to regain her previous value, or at least, how to prove her worth to D-Stroy: "You really think any of them can replace me?" she smiled confidently.

"Perhaps not..." Knock-Itt was obviously shocked by his answer, "...but all of them can. Otherwise even you wouldn't keep them around.." D-Stroy stated. Knock-Itt was surprised he so quickly put things together. She used those Tools cause they were dumb and obeyed her without questioning (at least until right now), they were incredibly useful servants as a group although completely useless individually. And D-Stroy has already realized all that, that was, more than impressive. D-Stroy was a lot smarter than Knock-Itt thought and now she truly regretted she underestimated him by thinking she'll ever be able to outsmart him; it seemed he was always at least one step ahead, but not only in this case, he was always one step ahead, of everyone...

*In the crater, one hour later*

Surprisingly, it took Ty's group quite some time to prepare for their trip; mostly because they spent every second minute asking themselves: "Why in the world are we doing this?" But, after an hour of sorting bolts, performing required repairs and tune-ups, both Trux, Tools and Copters were ready to go.

"Spare parts, bits and all other repair gear packed in the first toolbox" Xee notified.

Ace added: "Along with couple extra Superchargers" after she received a suspicious look from others she added: "What.?..it's for the Trux...mostly" she whispered the last word as she climbed on Ton-Ton.

"And do not forget my latest invention, a transferable forge in case we lack parts to perform our repairs in the field," Revvit said as he secured metal hamper to one of Washout's hooks.

"Wait...forge?! With melting hot lava, lava that melts metal?! And you're putting that on me?! I am metal!" Washout panicked.

"Aah...aaah...aah" Click-Clack screamed.

"What's up with you?" Waldo asked orange Tool.

Click-Clack was shaking as he replied: "I got scared...because of him.." he pointed at Washout.

Waldo climbed on Dozer, "Doesn't even surprise me" Click-Clack ran to Skya in order to hide there as Waldo said this.

"You do not have a single reason to worry Washout, you neither Click-Clack," Revvit added when he heard orange Tool screaming in the distance, "lava is well-secured and completely unable to harm you," he assured him.

"If you say so..." Washout tried to believe him.

"Everyone ready?" Ty finally asked.

"We are all set," Revvit replied from Ty's head as he looked around and quickly checked on everyone.

"Prepare for take-off" four Pteracopters took-off as Prop-Top said this... What none of them realized was that a bunch of Scraptools was watching them as they disappeared in clouds, while hiding behind some rocks.

"Look! It's the Trux," Smash-Itt pointed at the sky.

"Where?" Break-Itt asked as he looked everywhere around him, even, beneath himself.

"Try looking up," Lloyd suggested obvious.

"Ooh, there they are," Break-Itt finally spotted Ty's group in the distance, "We should alert D-Structs," he added.

"You mean D-Stroy?" Smash-Itt corrected him.

"What?" Break-Itt asked.

"His name is D-Stroy," Smash-Itt explained.

"No, it's not!" - Break-Itt.

"Yes, it is!" - Smash-Itt.

"No, it's not!" - Break-Itt; then they started fighting.

"Yes, it is!" - Smash-Itt.

"Enough you too! We have to alert D-Stroy," Lloyd interrupted them.

"Who?" Break-Itt and Smash-Itt both asked as they stopped fighting.

"Our new boss, scrapheads," Lloyd said as he left.

"I told you it's D-Stroy," Smash-Itt said as they both started following Lloyd.

"No, you didn't!" - Break-Itt.

"Yes, I did!" - Smash-Itt.

"No, you didn't!" - Break-Itt.

"Yes, I did!" - Smash-Itt.

Break-Itt forgot what they were arguing about: "Um, you did what now?" on what Lloyd gasped pretty irritated.

*In the sky*

"Dudes, I forgot how awesome flying is," Ton-Ton enjoyed.

"You just flew this morning," Dozer reminded him.

"Has it been that long?" Ton-Ton said.

"What do you think, Xee?" Revvit shouted from Ty's head.

"It's a lot windier than traveling with a flying machine, but it's nice," Xee shouted back from Ton-Ton's head.

"Are you kidding; this is the best way to travel!" Ace said as she jumped off Ton-Ton's head, but, instead of falling, winds carried her and she landed in Ton-Ton's bed: "Woo-hoo!"

"Well, at least someone is having fun," Dozer already sounded a bit sick.

Waldo wasn't doing much better than him: "That would be a surprise if that someone wasn't Ace.."

"You're just jealous I can make everything fun," Ace smiled.

"Huh, even a Scraptor attack..?" Waldo confidently asked.

"Alright, almost everything. Is that what you wanted to hear, Waldo?" Ace had to admit he's got a point.

"I think I'll celebrate it when we're back on the ground," Waldo got sick again.

"Getting back on safe, solid ground is not enough for you!?" Dozer asked, also feeling sick.

"All right, why don't we all just calm down and try to enjoy," Ty suggested.

Dozer immediately replied: "Can't see how words enjoy and flying go together," on what Ty gave him an angry look, indicating him to stop complaining. On this Dozer had no choice but to stay quiet from now on.

*D-Stroy's cave*

D-Stroy's finally had his plan fully planned out, all that was left was to find D-Structs and make his revenge happen. He actually had a good feeling about this idea of using Scraptools for surveillance... Since, for a change, Knock-Itt was quiet, D-Stroy could clearly hear footsteps near his cave, even before Scraptools entered.

"Well...did you find them?!" D-Stroy eagerly asked.

"Of course we did... Um, who were we looking for, again?" Break-Itt said, on what D-Stroy angrily growled as he came threatening close to the Tools.

"Ty's Trux flew away with some big flying things..!" Lloyd said before D-Stroy could do anything to them.

"Hmm, Pteracopters..?" D-Stroy pensively said as he lifted his head up and moved away from the Scraptools.

"Exactly, that's what I called them too," Smash-Itt tried to get on D-Stroy's good side, that is, if he possessed one.

"No, it's not!" - Break-Itt.

"Yes, it is!" - Smash-Itt; they'd hit each other every time one of them would set their argument.

"No, it's not!" - Break-Itt.

"Silence!" D-Stroy interrupted them at last and then he looked back at Lloyd, expecting to hear what else they learned.

"They went to the desert, somewhere on the south," Lloyd explained.

"Hmm, what are you up to now, Ty?" D-Stroy was thinking aloud.

"He does know Ty's not here, right?" Smash-Itt whispered.

"Unfortunately...he does," Knock-Itt replied from her cage.

"Have you learned anything else?" D-Stroy asked cause he couldn't figure this out; it seemed he didn't hear them talking, luckily..

Lloyd had nothing more to say, but lucky for all of them, Smash-Itt had: "No, but Revvit mentioned they need parts for repairs".

"Repairs..? In the desert...they're most likely playing heroes for some Trux in trouble again," D-Stroy guessed.

"Great, and what does that have to do with anything..?" Knock-Itt suddenly interrupted his thoughts, "I thought you're after your brother, not those annoying Trux..."

"Except if someone convinced them to try to give D-Structs another chance and they're going to see him...but what are the chances for that, right," Break-Itt said. Everyone just stared at him, with completely unreadable looks on their faces.

Knock-Itt was the first of them to say something: "You, know, in my experience I've learned they are not smart enough to come up with something as complicated as this...Which means, somehow, this might be true. But even if it isn't, you can still kick Ty's tail. I bet there's still a part of you that wants that," she talked to D-Stroy. He was surprised she gave him answers on every dilemma he currently had cause of Break-Itt's unexpected statement. And, of course, there was a part of him that wanted to kick Ty's tail. Truth was, D-Stroy did know Ty only for a short period of time and he did hate him mostly just because his brother hated him, but, in the end, that annoying T-Trux and his friends cowards defeated him, kicked him out of the crater and intended to bury him beneath the rubble; as his brother did once... Of course, D-Structs didn't really plan that but he was completely alright with leaving his brother buried alive, but just because D-Stroy desperately wanted to take revenge on D-Structs didn't mean he didn't want the same for Ty...

On Knock-Itt's words, D-Stroy instinctively left the cave without saying a single word. There was something about Knock-Itt that really intrigued to D-Stroy. She quickly learned she has to obey him, she learned how to understand him, read him and somehow guess what was going on with him, in his head. And he didn't like that, at all, the last thing he needed is someone other than him having access to his head and knowing what they shouldn't. The last time someone could read his inner thoughts like this, he ended up hurt, betrayed, beaten up, embarrassed and almost buried alive...his brother was the only one who could ever read him like this, and he betrayed him, again... D-Stroy won't allow anything like that to happen, ever again..! Knock-Itt will serve him only and explicitly as a tool, some thing he requires to succeed, and she will never, ever know anything about him, he won't allow it, to anyone, ever again...

D-Stroy could hear propeller noise above him, he looked up and saw four Pteracopters carrying four different Trux as they flew over him. As he was watching them Knock-Itt rolled next to him in her cage since it was shaped like a ball; other Scraptools followed behind her.

"There is absolutely no way you can catch up with those things. I once saw them outfly a whole flock of Scrapadactyls," Knock-Itt coldly and fearlessly told D-Stroy, but it also sounded like she was challenging him at the same time.

"And how fast are they while carrying Dinotrux, Knock-Itt..?" D-Stroy simply and calmly replied as he moved his head really close to Knock-Itt while watching her directly in eyes. Knock-Itt was mad he outsmarted her again, but yet, she thought she already decided to stop playing this game with D-Stroy, this made no sense to her. When D-Stroy noticed her anger he lifted his head up and smiled, he won this round, but, why did this matter to him all of a sudden, were him and Knock-Itt unavarely playing some crazy nonsense of a game called dominance, cause he already undoubtedly had it. Why in the world was he doing this, just as Knock-Itt's ability to read them he couldn't at all understand his inner thoughts at the moment... D-Stroy finally managed to snap himself out of these thoughts after a few minutes, he remembered he doesn't have time to waste.

"There is one way to follow them," he finally said and then looked in Knock-Itt again. She didn't have to ask anything, the second D-Stroy glanced at her, she simply saw the plan in his eyes, somehow, she understood him. Knock-Itt quickly nodded when she realized D-Stroy was looking at her, almost as he was waiting for her reaction of some kind.

D-Stroy felt unable to do or say anything until he received Knock-Itt's reaction; why did he wait? Why did he care if she understood or agreed? It's not like she had a choice; he couldn't understand this at all..."Release her!" he ordered the Scraptools as he entered the cave. By the time Tools got Knock-Itt out of her cage D-Stroy returned, carrying Supercharger cage in his jaws. He dropped it in front of Knock-Itt and turned around so his wrecking ball was right above her. D-Stroy was about to order her to take one Supercharger, climb on him and install it when he felt tiny steps on his left tread feet and later on his back and near his engine; Knock-Itt didn't need an order. D-Stroy wasn't only surprised by her gesture but also very intrigued by the fact she's completely stopped complaining and rebelling; she actually obeyed him, willingly...

D-Stroy couldn't help it but feel uneasy about having Knock-Itt tampering with his engine. She was the first Tool he's ever allowed to climb on him, to work on him, even Skrap-It could never do so and that Tool was already fixing his brother... He fixed his eyes on Knock-Itt, carefully watching exactly what was she doing, analyzing her every move...

Knock-Itt grabbed one of the Superchargers, closed the cage and climbed on D-Stroy, she could feel his body slightly twitching every time she'd make a move. It was weird, surprising and kind of silly seeing him act like this; of course, no one is fearless, but D-Stroy seemed really close to that definition, until now. But Knock-Itt understood, he was afraid of new, unknown, afraid of changes, afraid of trusting someone...

Thinking about D-Stroy helped her to resist the strong urge to knock some scrap that surrounded her off D-Stroy. When she opened the doors of his engine compartment that wish grew at least thousand times bigger. The beautiful engine showed right in front of her, simply begging her to take it apart, Knock-Itt could swear she heard voices in her head telling her to do so; shiny, shiny scrap, never before touched, shimmering parts... Knock-Itt slowly reached for one of D-Stroy's cylinders as she lowered her horns, ready to take it out.

"Knock-Itt!.. What are you doing..?" D-Stroy yelled, causing her to freeze in place; Supercharger was still in her tail. She shook her head and took Supercharger with one of her legs, "What's it looking like?.. I am putting this in," she hoped she'll fool him.

"For your sake, it had better not be what it looked like," D-Stroy angrily growled. Knock-Itt tried to contain herself from rudely answering D-Stroy back, but she couldn't: "Understood..." she sarcastically whispered, but obviously wishing D-Stroy to hear it. He set his drills in motion again as he angrily growled at Knock-Itt, indicating her to watch her words.

"You know, after so many times, that stops being scary," Knock-Itt said without even paying attention to D-Stroy and his tail, she simply continued with working on Supercharger installation. D-Stroy furious stopped his drills, irritated he can't surprise her anymore, he can't scare her anymore...but, he'll think of something, he always does.

"There...That should do it," Knock-Itt said as she closed the doors of D-Stroy's engine compartment and returned on the ground, "Considering you know how to use it," she added as she evilly smiled at him. D-Stroy simply used his tail to force Knock-Itt back in her cage; Scraptools locked her right away.

D-Stroy revved his engine and strong blue light filled the cave, all of his ventilation hatches were now glowing (Supercharged D-Stroy looks like Supercharged D-Structs, with following differences:) Thin blue line appeared on both of his horns, the line continued to his eyes, framing them. A few markers on his arms also started glowing, even top of his tail was giving away some blue light. D-Stroy loudly roared due to this sudden and powerful burst of energy, the ground started shaking as it was an earthquake going on.

"Wow!" impressed and idolizing sigh escaped Knock-Itt. D-Stroy needed a couple of seconds to get used to this newest state, but naturally, it didn't take him long to get used to being this powerful.

D-Stroy evilly smiled: "Let's hunt Trux," first he grabbed the Supercharger cage and placed it on his right tread and then Knock-Itt's cage, which he placed on his left tread feet. He rolled out of the cave at very very high speed...

That's it for now, I know it's not long but I didn't have time to write more. Next chapter will be either like this one, just with D-Structs's inner thoughts (the ones he didn't reveal to Skrap-It) or it'll be a longer one, including Ty's gang and what comes next...

IMPORTANT NOTE: This does NOT mean Knock-Itt is D-Stroy's best friend or something!!!

I hope you liked it,leave a review and let me know what you think. :)