Vocantem Ventis

Chapter Three Hell And Highwater

D-Structs was jolted awake as the volcano gave off another tremendous rumble and he felt the ground shake beneath his treads as he saw the fiery mountain spew out more and more thick black smoke from the crater at its top. It had been three days since the crater had been evacuated with all the trux and tools living in it leaving. Well apart from him, Skrap-It, Lloyd, Smash-It and Break-It as the five of them had been living up on the cliffs where they had made camp to wait out the volcano's eruption. Which hadn't happened in the time he had expected but he had grown to live with it having its occasional smoke now and then but it was only adding to his anxiety which was something he never thought would happen especially to him but appearently it was. What happened next took him completely by surprise as the whole ground and the earth seemed to roar as it started to shake and then he noticed that a crack had appeared in the ground nearby.

The scraptools had jumped awake at the sudden vibration with Skrap-It screaming "EARTHQUAKE!" sending them scurrying in all directions seeking cover eventually hiding behind their master and they all watched in awe and fear as a wave of larva leapt over the top of the volcano. The ground beneath them was shaking more violently than before and the crack was growing bigger and bigger until D-Structs roared louder than he had ever roared before "MOVE NOW!" and with the scraptools scurrying along behind him the group raced down from the cliffs, which they had been standing on a few moments earlier, just as they split open like a cracking egg. Chunks of rock flew in all directions and D-Structs had to swerve this way and that to avoid getting hit by them. The scraptools had all jumped onto his back and whether it was the severity of the situation or because he was more intent on getting out alive he didn't try and shake them off as he raced on and on.

Suddenly one of the rocks hurtling from above smote him heavily on his head with such force that the scraptools barely had enough time to jump clear before he was rolling across the ground before finally stopping after slamming into a large rock and did not move for a long time afterwards. "D-STRUCTS!" Skrap-It rushed forward and began pushing against the massive metal frame of the now unconscious t-trux in a vain attempt to wake him up even when Lloyd, Smash-It and Break-It tried to help. "We have to get help!" said Smash-It "How can do that scraphead!" Lloyd yelled "There's no other trux or tools in the crater except us!" "That doesn't mean we should try" said Break-It "I don't kkkkkt think we have much of a kkkt choice" said Skrap-It stepping forward.

"I'll take a look kkkt around and try and find someone" he said starting forward before stopping to give the other three a hard glare "And if I come and find you scrapping him. You'll be sorry" and then with a final "kkt" Skrap-It darted off leaving his 'companions' to watch D-Structs and after considering that Skrap-It would be glad of an excuse to take them apart kept their distance from their master.

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Skrap-It was soon was tired, dusty and hot as he struggled on through the destruction of the crater, rocks were strewn everywhere, the dust and smoke made it hard to breath and the heat was slowly becoming unbearable but something, something drove him on even though he knew it would be for nothing. Every trux and tool had left the crater except himself, D-Structs and the other three. Ever since he been takien on as the t-trux's right hand claw he had felt a bond grow between them and, even though he would never it, he felt a strange connection between them and it felt right for some reason like the friendship between Ty and Revvit.