…and they raced against time…

As she raced against time she knew that her minutes were numbered. Let me help you he exclaimed, but being a scorpion it was in her nature so she accepted his help.

Yes, yes help me she screamed back with a smirk in her eyes. With all his strength Picard grabbed her claw trying to pull her from the raging river down came her poisonous dart into him.

Why! He screamed as he could feel the poison pumping through his veins… She looked into his dying eyes and told him it was who she was, and as much hope as he had he could never change the fact that she was a scorpion.

I forgive you he mumbled silently as death came to claim him.

-The End