hello! This is an idea I cooked up about a week ago that I decided to write about. It does have quite a bit of violence and foul language, so be prepared. Tell me what you think, who should make an appearance, and if its good! Thats about all.

Oh, and no, I am not the original owner of any of the Transformers series, or concepts. Just so we're clear on that.

"We have a flat! A fucking flat tire!" Scorponok kicked the side of his very expensive and usually well equipped car.

Katie sighed and leaned back against the hood "Well, this is what you get for going 108 and not watching the road."

Scorponok growled and lit another cigarette, muttering something under his breath Katie couldn't quite make out but she imagined it involved her and she was too stressed out for that.

She knocked the cigarette out of his hand "are you trying to send yourself into an early grave, as a matter of fact are you trying to put me there? That one marks the hundredth cancer stick you've popped in your mouth since we started driving two hours ago!" She stomped it out, "Thats like a cigarette every fucking minute! Where do you keep pulling them out of? I'd like a moment of fresh air to think about how we're getting out of this!" She snapped, motioning to the tire that was beyond repair.

Scorponok gave her a look that would scorch a normal person on the spot. She, however, was not as intimidated.

He growled "Fine, you know what, I'll go smoke over there," He motioned to a pasture on their left "And while I'm at it, I'll call us a tow truck so your Highness doesn't have to sit on the side of the road for the rest of the day." He hissed at her.

"Fine!" She crossed her arms and sat back on the hood.

"Fine!" Scorponok walked over to the grassy pasture pulling out yet another smoke as he did. Screw her.

Katie flinched and bit her lip when he walked off. She hadn't meant to make him that angry, she was just stressed out and tired of breathing in that damnable nuclear fog that he emits every second of the day. Katie rolled her eyes when she saw him taking a drag on another one, calling their tow truck. Wait a minute, Katie looked again, did his eyes just flash red? No. No way. Trick of the light. She swallowed nervously and looked up to the sky where rain clouds were gathering. What light? She shivered. This trip was going bad, fast.

One of the worst parts of dealing with humans was their tendency to overreact. It was one of their qualities that made them less than endearing to him. Scorponok quickly pulled out the phone he had been issued by his teammate and hit speed dial as he lit up again. They answered on the second ring. Unfortunately, it was not who he wanted to hear from at the moment.

"Yes?" Devastator barked out at him from the other end of the line.

"Ah, Devastator my old friend, thank you for asking how the trip is going. Lovely, just lovely. And how are you?" Scorponok said dryly, blowing out smoke.

A growl rumbled over the phone "Cut the shit Scorpnok, I don't want to hear it. You know this is an emergency line, why are you calling?"

His lips twitched up into a grin, "Because I love hearing your voice?"

Silence.

Scorponok paused, took another drag and flicked it to the ground. "Theres a problem with the delivery."

"What do you mean, a problem with the delivery?" Devastator growled. There was a shuffling sound and Scorponok heard other voices in the background "Hold on, I'm passing you over to Bonecrusher."

Great. Bonecrusher. Only a link down from Devastator, the both of them were missing some critical wiring and acted as the equivalent of the human movie Iron Giant without the urge to do good. Or the logic.

"Little One, what have you done wrong now?" Scorponok could hear the sneer in Bonecrusher's voice.

"Nothing really, probably just botched your entire operation, thats all." He said calmly, toeing the crushed remains of his cigarette with his boot.

"Foolish sparkling, you'll die if you have." Bonecrusher spat.

"Ah, well then I guess it's a good thing it's only a flat tire, isn't it?"

Dry rusty laughter traveled over the phone "A flat tire, that is all? Foolish sparkling. We will send an escort immediately."

"Wait, whoa, who am I getting?" He asked, but the line had already gone dead. Scorponok's eyes flashed briefly, revealing their true color. He truly loathed them.

"What took you so long?" Katie asked, crossing her arms over her chest in response to the cold that was setting in.

"Tow Service didn't answer," He lied "I called a friend to come pick us up."

"Well, they better get here soon, it looks like the storms gonna be pretty bad."

"Yeah."

There was silence between them, and Scorponok caught Katie staring at him out of the corner of his eye "Why are you looking at me like that?"

She didn't answer, instead she was suddenly interested in the dead bugs on the windshield.

"Well?"

"Your eyes." She blurted out suddenly, still staring at the windshield "I thought I saw you with red eyes."

Scorponok cracked a grin at that "Did you now? Well then, if thats all." He held open the passenger door for her as the first drop hit the ground.

"An Escort you say?" Megatron glanced distractedly over at Bonecrusher and Devastator "Very well then, send one."

"Yes Lord," they chorused as one "But who?"

"Why, Barricade of course, who else would I send?"

"But--"

"You question me?" He snapped at them.

"No Lord. Never." They both bowed until their heads hit the floor

"Good, then make the necessary adjustments and send him on his way. I trust you both know the coordinates." He flicked his hand in dismissal.

"Of course Lord, immediately." One more ground scraping bow and the pair went on their way.

Ooh, will Katie recognize her robot knight? Find out, in the next chapter! R&R please, it is so very much appreciated.