Chapter 1

Shit

That one word described scorponok"s day perfectly.

When Megatron send him and Blackout to eliminate the human basis, he hadn't expected this to happen.

He hadn't expected this at all ,actually.

Blackout had done an awesome job at destroying the human base. Not one of the little disgusting fleshlings had found their way out of the mayhem of fire and destruction. Not one of them , except the few he had chased down. The little worms hadn't seen him at all, what made their first reaction at seeing him only more pleasurable. He could have made an dramatic entrée , if it was not for the dumb black human who spotted him only seconds before he would have pierced the first one on his tail . They had tried to shoot at him with their annoying and inferior guns. They couldn't even give him a scratch on his armor, but hell, they were irritating. Just as always , he had relied on his favorite tactic.

Surprise attacks.

Although the surprise element wasn't really a surprise anymore, they still hadn't seen him in his full glory, and judging by their reactions to his appearance, those filthy humans certainly didn't knew what he was . In that case, they also didn't knew how to defend themselves against him. Scorponok had smiled inwardly at this, being unable to show a real smile with his jaw like appendages that was his mouth. He always liked the thrill from the hunt, driving your prey crazy , and then, when it lost all hope, kill it slowly and without mercy. His mood had lifted drastically. He had a big chance to win this. Those dumb humans couldn't do anything.

He began to crawl underground , appearing above the ground on random places , only adding more to the confusion of the humans. They were just shooting around with their sorry excuses for a gun. He could kill them easily , but were would be the fun in that ? He had all the time to 'play ' with these little scumbags. Why not give them a little surprise?

Crawling deeper than the other times, he decided to disappear underground a little bit longer. He felt the vibrations in the ground, made by the footsteps from the humans above him. Another wave of pleasure went over him when he felt how stressed and panicked they were walking around, trembling in fear for the unknown monster beneath them. He could feel their fast and fearful heartbeats, and he liked every second of it. Was there anything better than this?

But he had played enough. Time to get serious. He had waited long enough. He felt that one human was a little bit separated from the others. Sneaking to the human, he began to prepare himself for the attack. With a big push , he burst out of the ground. Wasting no time, he immediately thrusted his tail blade forward, piercing the human like butter. Scorponok went back underground , throwing away the useless body of the dead human. He was a little bit disappointed though. Killing autobots was much more fun , fighting them in a battle to the death. This earthlings were just too weak to put up an interesting fight. Still, he enjoyed every minute of his 'playtime'. He would thank Blackout later for excepting this mission.

At the same time, the humans were fleeing away, desperately trying to survive. The decepticon wasted no time, and began to follow them in an instant. He stayed underground until the humans reached a village of some sort, searching good hiding places to defend themselves. Scorponok cursed at this. Now he had no choice to fight it out in the open. Although he didn't hated fighting above the ground, he still disliked it to stop the fun one-sided 'hide and seek game ' he had been playing earlier. But he wasn't a whiner nor a cry-baby, so he jumped out of the safe earth, making a dramatic entrée on the scene. Shooting rockets and bombs on everything that moved, immediately showed how superior the mech's were . The humans didn't made a chance, they just made him angry by shooting their pathetic bullets against the plates that shielded his face. A couple of his bombs blew some humans away, making them airborne for some seconds. The panic was clear, and Scorponok liked every minute of it. The destruction, the killing, the hurting of this inferior race. He felt like a king. Now he knew how lord Megatron had to feel himself, overpowering everything that came in his way. To feel invincible.

And he liked it . He liked it very much.

But he wasn't like Megatron.

He wasn't Invincible.

And he would find out faster than he liked.

Two Fairchild republic A-10 thunderbolts came closer. Bombs and bullets rained down on Scorponok, leaving him in confusion and terror. This was turning bad for him quickly.

Very quickly.

He tried and tried, but he couldn't escape the never ending rain of projectiles. And this weren't the annoying bullets used by those stupid fleshlings here on the ground. This bullets could actually harm him. And harming they did. His panzer was pierced and ripped to shreds like butter, shooting jolt after jolt of pain through his electrical system. A red symbol appeared in his eye-sight. It meant only one thing.

Get the fuck out of here.

He was tried desperately to get away, but the grenades from the Lockheed Hercules didn't give him any breathing space. After some seconds of total panic, he let out a cry of relieve. The bombs had finally stopped. Before the smoke could go away, his claws had found the solid ground. Using his last power, he dove into the sand of the desert, leaving this miserable place and the disgusting humans behind. He had to get back fast. He was badly wounded, and to his horror , had lost his tail. Slowly , Scorponok's systems began to shut down. With one last sign of life, he succeeded in making one 'help' call to Blackout, hoping for his friend to rescue him. He couldn't keep his optics running. With one painful cry, his systems went down, and his body went into stasis.