The sun was out, but the nearby trees made for a canopy that blocked the sun. Scorp-
ion didn't mind. He really didn't like the sun or too many other sources of light, save
fire. The foliage was wet, like he came at the end of a long rain. A light breeze pushed
the water from the tips of the leaves back on to Scorpion's outfit, but he didn't really
care.
Scorpion's ears were bombarded with a number of sounds from all around him. The wil-
dlife had a way of creating as much noise as possible, and it was getting on his nerves. St-
anding out from the noise of the animals, though, was the sound of steps. Heavy, loud, rapid
steps, pushing forth in Scorpion's direction.
"Before you come any closer," Scorpion said, followed by the silence of the footste-
ps, "you'd best know that I already have you figured out. There's four of you, minions of
Reptile, and none of you are strong enough. You'd best back away."
"Are you sure?" one of the four said. Scorpion didn't respond. In stead, he focused
his burning red eyes to their position, ready for an attack. "Maybe no single one of us is
strong enough, but remember, it's four against one. You don't have a chance."
Scorpion didn't say anything until he heard them get into position. They put themse-
lves up against trees so they could have a good push-off. Once they were finished, he final-
ly spoke again: "Let's fight." The four pushed off the trees and began to ran at Scorpion
at full speed. Scorpion had his sword drawn by the time they could reach him and was ready
to swing. Three of the minions slowed down as the first went ahead to get the first shot.
It was a well-planned strategy, but it wasn't near good enough. The minion swung at
Scorpion. Scorpion moved to the left and grabbed the minion's fist and skewered him with the
sword in the matter of a couple seconds. He let go of the minion's first and pushed him bac-
kwards, in order to get the body off his new sword.
The next minion dropped in from directly above Scorpion, but landed on the ground in
lieu of his target. With a swift swipe of his blade, Scorpion sliced the minion diagnonally,
cutting him in half. The third target tried to upper-cut him, but got his forearm cut off
for his efforts. He dropped to his knees with his other hand below the cut, trying to stop
the bleeding. The minion was too distracted to notice a ball of fire forming in Scorpion's
empty hand, and noticed it only as it collided with his chest.
Scorpion waited a few moments for the last of the minions before speaking up. "Not
coming?"
Out from the shadows stepped Reptile, who was orally cleaning off his fingers. He
was dressed in green and black, like always. Though darker in the shade, Scorpion could see
his dark green scales and his acid-green eyes were fixated on his target. "The coward-- I
caught him running away after you slayed the first. He served a much better purpose as my
meal than he did as your victim." Scorpion let out a sharp breath, as if disappointed he
didn't get to take out the entire group.
"Unlike mammal beasts, reptiles like myself are cold-blooded. When you mongrels are
around a source of heat around your own, you don't sense it. But I... I could sense your
heat the moment you got here. You're disturbing my rain forest, mongrel, and you'll be my
next meal because of it!"
ion didn't mind. He really didn't like the sun or too many other sources of light, save
fire. The foliage was wet, like he came at the end of a long rain. A light breeze pushed
the water from the tips of the leaves back on to Scorpion's outfit, but he didn't really
care.
Scorpion's ears were bombarded with a number of sounds from all around him. The wil-
dlife had a way of creating as much noise as possible, and it was getting on his nerves. St-
anding out from the noise of the animals, though, was the sound of steps. Heavy, loud, rapid
steps, pushing forth in Scorpion's direction.
"Before you come any closer," Scorpion said, followed by the silence of the footste-
ps, "you'd best know that I already have you figured out. There's four of you, minions of
Reptile, and none of you are strong enough. You'd best back away."
"Are you sure?" one of the four said. Scorpion didn't respond. In stead, he focused
his burning red eyes to their position, ready for an attack. "Maybe no single one of us is
strong enough, but remember, it's four against one. You don't have a chance."
Scorpion didn't say anything until he heard them get into position. They put themse-
lves up against trees so they could have a good push-off. Once they were finished, he final-
ly spoke again: "Let's fight." The four pushed off the trees and began to ran at Scorpion
at full speed. Scorpion had his sword drawn by the time they could reach him and was ready
to swing. Three of the minions slowed down as the first went ahead to get the first shot.
It was a well-planned strategy, but it wasn't near good enough. The minion swung at
Scorpion. Scorpion moved to the left and grabbed the minion's fist and skewered him with the
sword in the matter of a couple seconds. He let go of the minion's first and pushed him bac-
kwards, in order to get the body off his new sword.
The next minion dropped in from directly above Scorpion, but landed on the ground in
lieu of his target. With a swift swipe of his blade, Scorpion sliced the minion diagnonally,
cutting him in half. The third target tried to upper-cut him, but got his forearm cut off
for his efforts. He dropped to his knees with his other hand below the cut, trying to stop
the bleeding. The minion was too distracted to notice a ball of fire forming in Scorpion's
empty hand, and noticed it only as it collided with his chest.
Scorpion waited a few moments for the last of the minions before speaking up. "Not
coming?"
Out from the shadows stepped Reptile, who was orally cleaning off his fingers. He
was dressed in green and black, like always. Though darker in the shade, Scorpion could see
his dark green scales and his acid-green eyes were fixated on his target. "The coward-- I
caught him running away after you slayed the first. He served a much better purpose as my
meal than he did as your victim." Scorpion let out a sharp breath, as if disappointed he
didn't get to take out the entire group.
"Unlike mammal beasts, reptiles like myself are cold-blooded. When you mongrels are
around a source of heat around your own, you don't sense it. But I... I could sense your
heat the moment you got here. You're disturbing my rain forest, mongrel, and you'll be my
next meal because of it!"
