Subi: Yes... another dreaded short chapter... >O I blame you lot by a lack of inspiring reviews!
4.
Scorponok
They stared at the black, green, blue, orange and gold scorpion as it pulled itself out of the crack in the ground. It hissed faintly before sighing, "That was an interesting way out..."
"Scorponok!" Inferno called, running between the triple-changer's pincers and hugging the giant terrorcon's cockpit. "Get off me," The scorpion growled. Inferno let go with a sheepish grin.
"Where you been, Scorponok?"
"Stuck underground, what'd it look like?" Scorponok snapped, and transformed into his robot mode, towering over everyone except Blazestorm.
"Whoa..." Scourge said, taking a step backwards as he looked up at the scorpion-bot in shock. Inferno shook his head.
"Then you sure found a good way to come out then..." He glanced around at the cracked stone. "Well... Maybe not the best way, but a good place to find us at..."
"Indeed, if you include scaring the living daylights out of most of us," Leobreaker noted. Scorponok stepped a little further away and looked up at where the Alpha Star had been less than an hour before. ...Alpha Que... He thought quietly, staring up into the dark sky. "Unicron did this..."
"Huh?" Startled, Scorponok turned at the puzzled voice and found the other mechs staring at him. He quickly realized what he'd said.
"Unicron destroyed the Alpha Star, didn't he?" He asked. Inferno hung his head and Leobreaker took a step forward.
"He did; And I'm guessing you know what that planet-eating monstrosity can do." Scorponok nodded in response.
"Velocitron... The spark said something about helping Velocitron first..."
"What spark?" Snarl asked. Scorponok hesitated before starting to tell them how he'd gotten free...
Energon distribution systems online. Running repair programs. Armor
power 65 and rising. Weaponry systems at 47 and rising. Scanning
transformation systems... All systems intact. Activating visual and
audio functions... I activated my optics and slowly looked around
at the dark chamber I was in.
"Where am I?" I asked quietly, sitting up slowly.
"You're approximately 500 sectors below the surface of Jungle Planet, Scorponok," a quiet voice said. I turned towards it and froze in surprise. Floating not far away from me was a spark that was mostly red in color with a few streaks of blue that shifted around as it glowed. Occasionally a purple bit of electricity would dance around the spark itself in a random path.
"Who're you?"
"Who I am is unimportant. Velocitron will soon be under attack by Unicron, and you're the only one left that might still be able to turn some of the Terrorcons sent by him around to help the other Autobots and Decepticons fight him." The spark swept over to a small crack in the wall opposite of myself. "This is the weakest point in the wall. You must hurry."
"Alright, but before I go will you tell me your name so I know my rescuer?"
"I am the Sword-Seer," It responded as it faded away. "Save Velocitron's people..." the spark whispered before it vanished completely. I hesitated before transforming into my scorpion-mode and began to claw my way out of my earthen prison...
"... And that's how I got out here," Scorponock finished. Inferno stared at him in shock while Leobreaker, Snarl, and Scourge looked at each other. Blazestorm got to her feet.
"Then what are we waiting around here for? We need to get to Velocitron before it's too late to help anyone there!" She growled. The rest of them nodded in agreement.
"Thank Primus for spacebridges," Scourge noted as Scorponok activated one. Leobreaker and Snarl snickered faintly and grinned at each other from something they remembered from the Cyberkey Wars.
"Suuure," Leo said, transforming and leaping through the spacebridge, Snarl and Inferno right behind him. Scorponok transformed into his airship mode before following them. Blazestorm shrugged at Scourge faintly, then turned and jumped after them.
"Show some respect to a three-headed dragon!" Scourge roared, racing after the others, not wanting to be left behind...
Subi: I know its short... but only one review for the last two chapters? ;-; Seriously... not even feedback or critisizim... That's really depressing guys...
