Vocantem Ventis

Chapter Two A Rescue And A Voice

That night the group made camp in a small dell under Rose's suggestion since she and Blue Diamond knew the area much better than the trux. Ty, Dozer and Ton-Ton were looking for ore but Ty and Ton-Ton could tell that something was up with Dozer for he was being much quieter than usual and he was rolling to and fro as if he had something on his mind which Ty decided to ask about. "Hey Dozer you okay. Come on lighten up we'll find a new home" "I don't know what's wrong me" replied Dozer "I can't eat, I can't sleep. Maybe I'm coming down with something." "Ho ho ho. Oh I know what you've got" said Ty grinning "The 'L' word" "Yeah the 'L' word" said Ton-Ton "Err what 'L' word" "Guess" "Leperosy?" "No Ton-Ton no it's four letters starts with l ends with e" "Uh 'lice'" he suggested. "No it's not that either" "Then what?!" Ton-Ton asked desperate for an answer.




"Dozer, my friend, is in love" "Oh yeah. Love" said Ton-Ton coyly "You mean with Blue Diamond" said Dozer looking at them like they were crazy "No". "Ah Blue Diamond's revving your engine come on admit it" said Ton-Ton slyly. "A more rugged dozeratops like you" said Ty "And a more rugged dozeratops like her ha ha ha" "No, No, NO! You guys are dead wrong!" Dozer protested hotly and turned away from them. The second he did the pair burst out laughing "Ha ha! Denial of the clincher! Your're in love Dozer!" "Dozer and Blue Diamond parked beneath a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" "Real funny guys, real funny" said Dozer shortly and he rolled off back to the camp.

Ty and Ton-Ton continued to laugh as they collected the ore they had found before they followed Dozer back to the rest of the group. He said nothing as he placed himself on the opposite side from Blue Diamond. "What's so funny?" asked Skya. Ton-Ton was about to reply when he recieved a look from Dozer that read. "Tell them and your parts!" "Nothin'" said Ton-Ton before chowing down on some of the ore the three had gathered. "Well can't we all share it" said Waldo dryly "I wish I could find something to laugh it" "You will but I think it's time we got some sleep" said Rose. Ty yawned "She's right. Good night guys" and he rolled back into the shelter of some rocks. The others did the same thing making themselves as comfortable as they could and soon they were all fast asleep.




Revvit was up first the next morning and as he woke nothing seemed amiss. That was when he smelt the smoke. His eyes widened and he looked quickly round to see that thick black smoke was rising from the trees behind them. "Fire! Everyone up quick!" the trux and tools were awake in an instant as the heard the crackling of the flames as they got closer and closer. "Let's roll everyone we have to get out of here!" said Ty and almost instantly the group were speeding through the forest pushing aside or knocking down anything that got in their way. "Keep moving it is getting closer" Revvit called out as they sped on "Now's not the time Revvit!" Click Clack answered from his position in Ton-Ton's bed with Waldo and Ace.




Just then they heard a voice call out to them "Over here!" they looked and saw a trux they had never seen before but the fact that he or she was trying to help them was obvious and they quickly sped over. "Are you all okay?" she asked "We're fine but who and what are you?" Skya asked "My names's Rain and I'm a Hydrodon" "Fascinating I have only heard of Hydrodons but have never seen one until now" "Introductions later Rev right now we've got a forest fire to deal with" "Too right kid" said another voice as a second Hydrodon rolled onto the scene looking grim.




"There you are Flynt I was starting to get worried" said Rain and Flynt scoffed "Worried shmurried and we need to get out of here the fire's spreading round the sides of the clearing if we don't move now we'll be trapped!" "But Flynt we can't just run" Rain protested "You can't always fight your problems and besides better outside the forest then in it I say" and with that he took off towards a gap in the trees. Rain rolled her eyes before racing after him with the trux following behind deciding that they would be better off with two trux who knew how to handle fire. Suddenly the was a loud creaking sound and just as Flynt passed under a tree it crashed down on him knocking him out. "Flynt no!" cried Rain as the flames lapped the tree trunk. Ty was quick to respond by chargin forward and smashing the flame ridden tree off of the male Hydrodon but he didn't move.




Rain hurriedly drove up to him. "He's out cold" she replied "Skya" said Ty "Already on it" she replied and she hooked Flynt as best she could while Dozer lowered his blade and pushed him along as best he could. Finally the group reached the edge of the forest and in the shelter of some rocks stopped and the reptools swarmed over Flynt checking him over. "How bad is he Rev?" Ty asked and the reptool looked up at him before replying "He is mostly suffering from the force of the tree hitting him but other than that he doesn't seem to be too badly damaged." Rain pulled up alongside Ty "I'll keep watch if you like" she said and he smiled "Good idea" "I think it is best we stay here for the time being until he recovers" said Revvit hopping onto Ty's right tread and the red t-trux rolled away leaving Rain watching over their fallen friend. After a short while she noticed him raise his head slightly and look at her through half closed eyes "Don't talk save you strength" she said kindly and he lay his head down on the ground before replying "Thanks just not used to being helped so much" "Well here's to firsts" said Rain smiling kindly as Flynt smiled back at her.






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Dozer was sitting by himself on top of the cliff near to where the group had made camp. All the while he was there his mind was focused on one thing: Blue Diamond. Ever since he had laid eyes one her he just couldn't get the sky blue colored female dozeratops out of his mind. His mind was swirling with thoughts as he tried to straighten them out. While he was doing this he didn't notice that he was being watched. From down below hidden by a large rock a dark figure was watching the yellow dozeratops closely with narrowed eyes. Dozer sighed glumly when a voice drew him out of his thoughts. "Dozer are you okay?" Blue Diamond had appeared behind him and her optics held a look of concern for him. "I just miss the crater I guess" he said slowly and she drew up alongside him and smiled comfortingly "Your home may be gone but you've still got you friends and they'll always take care of you" she said kindly to which he smiled. "Thanks that means a lot really". The pair smiled at each other before Blue Diamond asked him something that took him completely off guard.




"Why did you give Ton-Ton that look back in the forest you looked as if you could've scrapped him there and then?" she asked and Dozer stumbled in finding a reply "Well it's uh well you see it's um um um it it's" "Yes" she prompted. The yellow male took a deep breath before speaking his voice level "It's because well promise you'll consider this okay" she nodded so he continued "Well ever since we met I've well began to look at you as more than a friend" said Dozer slowly and she nodded again "so in other words I" he broke off abruptly as there came a loud crash from nearby "Who's there!" there was no reply "We better find the others and fast because something tells me we're not alone out here!" said Blue Diamond and the pair quickly race back to the camp.




Meanwhile Ty was out on his own night ramble deciding that he needed some time to himself. Revvit had been worried but he had told the reptool that he would be fine and would come straight back to the group if anything bad happened. He was also taking the opportunity to have a midnight snack so he put his nose to the ground and started sniffing for ore. While he was doing this he heard a noise from behind him and turned around. There was no one there but yet. He peered hard into the darkness trying to see if anyone was there. "Hello anyone there" there was no reply and Ty shrugged thinking it must have been a loose piece of rock that had been disloged by the wind. He turned around and nearly jumped out of his metal for standing in front of him was a pair of eyes staring at him from a patch of darkness in front of him. 




Regaining himself Ty boldly faced the eyes which stared at him blinking now and then. "Whoever you are I'm not afraid of you" there was no reply for a moment than a voice spoke to him "I have warning for you Ty". Ty was shocked "How do you know my name?!" he asked both amazed and shocked at the same time. The voice ignored him and the eyes drifted further into the darkness surrounding them "You must leave here at once there are dangers you in these lands you don't know of. Leave as soon as possible and quickly" with that the eyes disappeared into the night leaving a stunned Ty lost for words before he turned and rapidly headed back to camp.