Copyright 2000 ---- Robert Baer Jr. The Space Rovers -- "The Berka Bomb Scare -- Part 2" DISCLAIMER Road Rovers characters, names, situations and the Road Rovers universe are the property of Warner Bros. I, nor this script/story are connected with Warner Bros. in any way, shape or form. This document may not be publicized or reproduced in any way, shape or form. It must remain fully intact and may not be altered in anyway. It is strictly used for not-for-profit entertainment purposes only, and is not intended to infringe on any Copyrights. This story is written by Robert Baer Jr and the characters Fydo, Boomer, Rasputin, Saundra, Alexander, Grunt, Daisy, Abdullah, Bob, Cactus Jake, Marie, Francis, Calypso, Sheena, Bruno, Molly, Deborah, Orchid, Dot, Luigi, Sophia, Lao Zi, Su Li, Claudia, Sno-wie, Numbia, Derby and Poncho are all Robert Baer Jr's creations, copyright pending, 1999 - 2000, Cobber is a creation of Mike Browner. The Space Rovers -- "The Berka Bomb Scare -- Part 2" As Cobber, Persia, Grunt, Whitey, Sno-wie, Bob, Alexander and Sheena stand 'frozen' and helpless before Comazar Frigle, he begins his terrible plan to capture all of the Space Rovers. PERSIA (telepathically to Frigle): So, all of this was a setup just to gets your hands on my ship and to imprison my crew! FRIGLE (turns to Persia and laughs): That's RIGHT, Persia! This little operation had been planned out for months! Poor little Ghalad! She had no idea that we were feeding her false information! She truly believed that we were working on a Berka Bomb! (laughs outloud) Females are SO gulliable! (points) Just like YOU, Captain Persia! You came here to stop us, just like I KNEW you would! One more telepathic word out of you, doggie, and I kill you on the spot! (turns to the other scientists) Now, it's time to begin phase two of my master plan! Time to prepare for our broadcast! The scene shifts to the bridge of the Canius Minor. Boomer is in the 'captain's chair', Saundra and Cactus Jake are at the helm controls, Lao Zi is seated at the science station, Rasputin is at the weapons console. Bruno is at the communications station, Claudia and Luigi are also seated behind consoles. BRUNO (turns to Boomer): Commander, I'm receiving a message on all known frequencies. It's coming from the surface of the planet. BOOMER (nods): Put it on the front viewing screen Boomer and all the others gasp when they see Comazar Frigle standing in front of their 'motionless' comrades on the viewing screen. BOOMER (growls): FRIGLE!! RELEASE THEM ALL AT ONCE OR I'LL.... FRIGLE (interrupting): Or you'll WHAT, you worthless greyhound? I knew that your ship was out there somewhere, you have invisibility technology just like we have! You listen up, mutt! Surrender your ship and everyone on it to me NOW, or I'll kill your captain and her entire landing party! BOOMER (shakes his head): I will not surrender the ship! I'm under direct orders not to! FRIGLE (looks confused): Direct orders? .... Ah! I see! Persia is using her telepathic powers! Well, I'll put a stop to that once and for all! Frigle pulls out a laser pistol and shoots Persia in the chest, causing her to fall to the floor, blood starting to soak her uniform. All of the other 'frozen' Space Rovers growl loudly, Grunt begins to foam at the mouth and shake slightly. BOOMER (jumps up and screams): NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FRIGLE (evil laugh): Guess what, Boomer, soon you'll be the acting Captain! He aims his pistol and shoots both Alexander and Sno-wie, both fall to the floor. This makes Whitey growl even louder. Tears begin to form in his eyes, as well as from Bob's. BOOMER (outraged): YOU MONSTER!!!! I'LL DESTROY YOUR PLANET FOR THIS!!! FRIGLE (shakes head and chuckles): No you won't, not as long as I have five living hostages! Surrender your vessel, or they die NEXT! You have one earth minute to comply! Frigle OUT! The front viewer goes black. BOOMER (growling loudly): Persia's last orders to me were to NOT give Frigle the ship! SAUNDRA (panics): But what are we going to do? That manic will kill all the others if we don't .... BOOMER (interrupts): I know, dear, I know.. I have a plan! Here's what we're going to do... The scene shifts back inside of Frigle's lab, the Comazar is pacing back and forth and staring at his wristwatch. ANOTHER SCIENTIST (shouts): Comazar! Look at the view screen! FRIGLE (smiles): I knew it! The Canius Minor is now visible! Hail them! In an instant, Boomer appears on their view screen, with a very angry sneer on his face. FRIGLE (laughing): So, Commander, I see you'd decided to give up! A wise choice! BOOMER (growling): You have left me no alternative. Where do you want us to land? FRIGLE (smiles): There's a clearing 100 meters due north of this complex, land your ship there, and no tricks, or I shoot more mutts! Frigle out! (turns to one of his men): Track them on the monitor, if they deviate from their flight path even one centimeter, I want to know! (evil crazy laugh): I've done it! The Canius Minor is mine! The Mataxians don't notice that Grunt is slowly beginning to move his arms, fighting the effects of the immobility device. Whitey's and Bob's eyes are full of tears, Sheena and Cobber are still growling very loudly. FRIGLE (motions): You three come with me, I want to greet the Commander and all of our new lab animals personally! The rest of you guard our prisoners closely, be prepared to kill all of them at my command! The other four scientists nod as the Comazar and his 'welcoming committee' walk outside towards the landing area. Frigle smiles widely as he watches the Canius Minor touch down on the surface. A door slides open, Boomer and Saundra slowly walk over to greet their captors. FRIGLE (laughing): Now! I have all of you! What do you say to that? BOOMER (smiles): SURPRISE!!! At that instant, Boomer, Saundra and the Canius Minor all vanish, revealing one small space pod. FRIGLE (shocked): IT'S A TRICK!!! THIS IS ALL AN ILLUSION!!!! Before the Comazar can say another word, Boomer (who is carrying Lao Zi in his arms) runs by so fast, the force of his speed knocks all four of the Mataxians down. The space pod immediately explodes, shaking the ground and causing the other scientists inside the lab to panic. Boomer is already inside the lab and turns off the motion ray. Lao Zi creates illusions of wild animals that 'chase' all of the other scientists out of the lab. Boomer takes his collar off and places it on the ground, soon a tiny speck moves away from it, and within seconds 'grows' into Poncho. The collar also grows and moves to form Numbia. Each have their laser pistols in hand, ready to fight. Sheena, Cobber, Bob, Whitey and Grunt all rush over to their fallen comrades. Whitey can only hold Sno-wie in his arms and weep. Grunt feels Persia's wrist for a pulse as Sheena scans all three with her medical scanning device. Grunt sees Comazar Frigle return to the lab. GRUNT (growling loudly): PERSIA ....DEAD........ (points) YOU.......DIE!!!! The Comazar runs for a secret passageway that closes behind him, Boomer runs out in front of Grunt to try to stop him, but Grunt knocks him to the floor and then, with both fists, smashes down the door of the secret passageway. Boomer struggles to stand up as he watches Grunt chase after the Comazar. Meanwhile, Bob and Cobber look up at Sheena. BOB (crying): Doctor, can you help them? SHEENA (sadly): All three have severe laser burns and a lot of internal organ damage ... BOB (frantic): Sheena! You gotta do something! SHEENA (sadly, lowers head): They're dead, Bob. I'm sorry, there's nothing more I can do.. BOB (screams out loudly): NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As Bob screams out, his body begins to grow brightly. Whitey and the others move back as they watch the bodies of Persia, Alexander and Sno-wie beginning to glow also. Bob has a steely eyed, determined look on his face as he and the three dead Space Rovers start glowing even brighter than before. COBBER (astonished): What in the world is he doin'? SHEENA (looking at medical scanner): Something's going on! I'm reading temporal fluxes surrounding Persia, Alexander and Sno-wie's bodies! WHITEY (excited): Temporal fluxes! That's it! Bob is attempting to take all three of them backwards into time, BEFORE they were killed by Frigle! COBBER (nods): That's right! All of those books he was reading on time travel! That bloak is actually doing it! SHEENA (shakes head): It's not that easy, Cobber. I'm only reading a ten point four minute time displacement within their bodies now. Bob has to push time backwards to at least nineteen minutes to get to the time before the Comazar shot them all! COBBER (points): Look at Bob's face! He's sweating buckets and he looks like he's in a lot of pain! WHITEY (nods): Lt Commander Bob is attempting to create time displacement with his mind, it's the physical equivilant of running four consecutive marathon races. Each minute of time he 'pushes back' is causing him increasingly severe mental pain. SHEENA (looking at scanner): Time displacement now at fifteen point seven minutes..... point eight.....point nine.... COBBER (shocked): Blimey, is there anything we can do to help him? WHITEY (shakes head): He is doing this all on his own, there's nothing we can do but watch and pray. SHEENA (looking at scanner): sixteen point four....point five......point six WHITEY (frantic): C'mon Bob! You can do it! COBBER (cheering): Go Bob! Just a bit further... SHEENA (looking at scanner): Eigthteen point two.....point three.....point four..... Bob has his eyes closed and is beginning to tremble. Sweat is running off of his head and has soaked his shirt. He begins to shake like a leaf and is at the point of total exhaustion. Within seconds, he passes out, falling to the floor in a heap. COBBER (shouts): BOB!!!!! WHITEY (turns to Sheena): What's the reading? SHEENA (sadly): Time displacement has stopped at eighteen point seven minutes.... WHITEY (frightened): Was it long enough? Within seconds, Bob and the others stop glowing. It is only then that they notice that Persia's uniform is clean, no longer drenched in blood. Sheena examines the others, and jumps to her feet in delight. SHEENA (shouting): BOB DID IT!!!! THEIR LASER WOUNDS ARE GONE!!!! ALL BODY FUNCTIONS ARE NORMAL!!!! When Persia, Alexander and Sno-wie begin to move and open their eyes, every Space Rover in the room shouts for joy. Whitey hugs his wife and cries uncontrollably. Persia and Alexander stand up, and look very confused. Sheena is now scanning Bob. PERSIA (confused): What's going on? What happened here? ALEXANDER (looks around): Someone give us an explanation! Cobber quickly tells Persia and Alexander all that had transpired, including how Grunt was foaming at the mouth and was chasing after Comazar Frigle. PERSIA (frantic): Quickly! We have to stop Grunt before he kills Frigle and everyone else! As she was speaking, the Comazar had made it to the rooftop, and was boarding his escape ship. Grunt quickly races towards him, but is too late. The escape pod had taken off and was floating towards the sky. Grunt stands on the roof, howling at the top of his lungs and still foaming at the mouth. The scene shifts to the bridge of the Canius Minor, where Saundra is in the captain's chair. Claudia and Cactus Jake are at the helm controls and Rasputin is at the weapons console. CLAUDIA (turns to Saundra): Commander, the planet's force field has just gone down. Flash and Daisy are teleporting security teams to the surface, just as you've instructed. BRUNO (turns to Saundra): Su Li reports that all of the Mataxian scientists are in custody, except for Comazar Frigle! CACTUS JAKE (looks at monitor): Commander! It looks like that hombre is making a run for it! SAUNDRA (sees the pod on the view screen, shouts): Rasputin, target it's engines and fire phasers! RASPUTIN (growls): I'll target the entire ship, that monster killed the Captain! I'll blast him out of the sky! SAUNDRA (growls): Ensign, you will target it's engines ONLY! That's an order! RASPUTIN (frowns): Yes, Commander.... engines only...... Frigle's escape pod turns back towards the labratory building as the Canius Minor fires it's weapons, and misses. Grunt sees the pod returning, grabs a huge metal girder and throws it up at the pod like a javelin. The girder hits it's mark, blowing up the pod's engine and forcing it to fall towards the ground. Meanwhile, back on the bridge of the Canius Minor... SAUNDRA (watching on the view screen): Rasputin! I told you to target it's engines only! Looks like you destroyed the entire ship! RASPUTIN (surprised): Commander! I swear I targeted the engines, but I missed the ship entirely! CACTUS JAKE (looks at monitor): Saundra, it wasn't no laser blast that hit that thing! It looks like a missile flew off the roof of that thar building! That's what done it! SAUNDRA (confused): A missile? (looks over Jake's shoulder): That's no missile! It's a huge hunk of metal! Grunt is howling mad with rage, he climbs down from the roof of the building and runs towards the crash site. When he gets there, he sees the door of the pod is still sealed shut. The mighty pit bull rips the door off with one hand and grabs Comazar Frigle by his labcoat with his other hand. GRUNT (quaking in rage, tears running from his eyes): PERSIA ....... DEAD......... ....YOU.................DIE!!! As Grunt draws back his fist, Persia screams at the top of her voice. PERSIA (screaming): Commander Grunt, I order you to put him down NOW! Grunt, still shaking in rage, hesitates for a moment, but then draws his fist back again. PERSIA (screaming): GRUNT!!!! I'M ALIVE!!!!! PUT FRIGLE DOWN!!!!!! Grunt hesitates again, and looks around. He now sees Persia in the distance, running towards him. Grunt drops the Comazar and runs towards her. When they meet, he hugs her gently and starts licking her face. As the Comazar struggles to stand up, he is surrounded by Space Rovers. COBBER (points the sword of Canis at his throat): FRIGLE!!! So help me if you move one inch, I'll slice you open and let the bloomin' buzzards 'ave ya! The scene shifts back to Frigle's lab, where Numbia, Poncho and Su Li are 'rounding up' all the Mataxians, Whitey is still hugging Sno-wie. SNO-WIE (crying): Whitey! You really do love me, don't you? WHITEY (crying): I don't know what I'd do without you! (looks up at Numbia): Where's Bob? NUMBIA (smiles): He and Sheena transported back to the ship. Commander, we have all of these scientists in custody. What are your orders, sir? WHITEY (in tears): Report to the Captain, and take all of the scientists to our brig! Better post extra guards there, I have a feeling most of our crew will want to form a linch mob! NUMBIA (nods): Aye aye, Commander! The scene shifts back to the Canius Minor, seven hours later. Captain Persia is in her office, recording another log entry. PERSIA (into mic): Captain's log, supplemental. It has been several hours since our encounter with the Mataxians on Qwo-dae. We were going to return Comazar Frigle and his henchmen back to the Mataxian home world, but we were stopped by Commander Zeldor of the Jurrassian flagship Degalo. He had heard that I and two of my crew had been killed by the Comazar, so he was on his way to assist us. Zeldor insisted on placing all of scientists under arrest and taking them back to Jurrassia. Since I really didn't want to visit the Mataxian home world again anyway, I complied with the Commander's request. King Rhinon has ordered a squadron of his ships to pay the Maxatian leaders a surprise visit. Lt. Bob is still in sick bay, recovering from his successful attempt to save the lives of myself, Alexander and Sno-wie. For this and many maratorious acts of heroism, I hereby award Bob the field rank of Lt. Commander and request another commendation for his brave and loyal service. Suddenly, Persia's door buzzer rings. PERSIA (into mic): End entry (outloud): Come in! Grunt slowly enters her office, with his head bowed and with a sad look on his face. Persia reaches over and switches on the universal translator. GRUNT (growling, but translated): Captain, I have come to turn myself in for disiplinary action. PERSIA (surprised): Grunt? Why? What for? GRUNT (growling, but translated): I assaulted a superior officer and I went wlid, I lost control of my temper. PERSIA (smiles): Commander Grunt, Boomer has not filed any charges against you for what happened on Qwo-dae, and I will not fault you for losing your temper .... GRUNT (growling, but translated): But I almost killed someone today. I went crazy when I saw you die in front of me..... PERSIA (smiles): But you DIDN'T kill, you obeyed my commands! I am very, very proud of you! GRUNT (smiles): You are? PERSIA (walks out from behind her desk): Honey, over the months we've served together, I've watched you develop as a person. Today, you got angry, but you had good reason to be angry. It was the same way I felt that day you crashed your shuttle into the Lost Pack's space ship. You are becoming more 'human' than you realize! Now, let's go down to sick bay and see how Bob is doing. Grunt nods and they both leave the office, holding hands as they walk towards the elevator. --------------------------------------------------------------------