Copyright 2000 --- Robert Baer Jr. The Space Rovers -- "Deep Space Mystic -- Part 1" 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, Hojo, Shamansta, Derby and Poncho are all Robert Baer Jr's creations, copyright pending, 1999 - 2000, Cobber is a creation of Mike Browner. Mystic McLab is a creation of Bart Walls The Space Rovers -- "Deep Space Mystic -- Part 1" The scene is the surface of the planet Pulsac seven, a lush, green world filled with blue grass and purple trees. The Canius Minor has landed on the surface, many of the Space Rovers are outside, holding portable scanners in their hands. The camera focuses on Persia, her last log entry plays in the background as she, Grunt, Bob and Saundra move out together as a group. PERSIA (recorded voiceover): Captain's log, entry #2032. Our current mission is to investigate the rumors of large deposits of Barium Ore on a planet called Pulsac Seven, which is on the outmost frontier of Jurrassian Alliance space. The planet's strange graviation and magnetic fields have made in impossible to use our ship's sensors to scan the surface. These conditions also make it difficult to use the ship's matter transporter to beam anyone down. I and my senior officers have decided to land the Canius Minor on the surface and send small teams of Space Rovers out to find the rumored Barium deposits. Lt Commander Bob knows very little about this remote planet, so in a sense we are truly facing the unknown this time. That's why only the four science teams will be out of the ship, all other personnel will remain at their posts. I have left Commander Alexander in charge of the ship and am heading one of the search teams myself. I hope this is not a wild space goose chase. End entry. Persia, Grunt, Bob and Saundra walk towards a grove of purple trees. SAUNDRA (holding scanner): Captain! I am getting a very strong reading directly up ahead! BOB (holding scanner, nods): Me too! (points): Right over there! GRUNT (holding scanner, nods): GRRRRRRRRRRRR GROWL!!! PERSIA (smiles): Looks like it's unanimous! (taps wrist communicator): Persia to Alexander, come in, old man! ALEXANDER (voice on speaker): Go ahead, Captain... PERSIA (into mic): Old Man, my team has picked up a strong Barium reading due south of the ship at... ALEXANDER (on speaker): Due South of the ship? That's strange... PERSIA (confused, into mic): Strange? Why? ALEXANDER (on speaker): Because the other three teams have already reported back to me. All of them are tracking the same exact readings, due south of the ship! PERSIA (into mic): Looks like we've found our Barium! ALEXANDER (on speaker): I'll have Commander Boomer contact the other three teams and have them rondevous with your team... Alexander out.. The second team consisting of Fydo, Claudia, Molly and Bruno is tracking the strong Barium readings. MOLLY (nods, points): Da! My scanners say the Barium is dat way, comrades! CLAUDIA (nods): Mine says that also, Molly! BRUNO (looks around): So far, no alien life forms... FYDO (nods): Nothing but this weird blue grass and purple trees... MOLLY (gruffly, motions forward): Well, the Barium won't be coming to us! We go to it, now! BRUNO (smiles); I love it when you're forceful, dear! The third team consisting of Cactus Jake, Whitey, Numbia and Poncho is also tracking the strong Barium readings and moving forward. CACTUS JAKE (looking at scanner): EWWW WEEEE! My scanner's going plumb loco! There must be a big mess of this stuff on this planet! WHITEY (sternly): Define the quantity called 'mess'. CACTUS JAKE (smiles): That means there's a whole lot of Barium around these parts! WHITEY (sternly): Define 'a whole lot'. NUMBIA (taps Whitey on the shoulder): Commander, I read the quantity as almost twenty metric tons! PONCHO (smiles): Eye chiwhawha! That's a lot of Barium ore! WHITEY (looks at Poncho): Define 'a lot' CACTUS JAKE (shakes head): Talk about your one track minds.. WHITEY (turns to Jake): What was that, Leutenant? CACTUS JAKE (grins): Oh...nothing, Commander! NUMBIA (whispers to Poncho): Whitey sure is tense, I wonder why? PONCHO (whispers to Numbia): Maybe he didn't get his proper ration of dog buscuits this morning.. The fourth team consisting of Lao Zi, Sheena, Hans and Derby are circling a lake while tracking down their set of Barium readings DERBY (grumbling): I don't bloody well know why I'm on this mission! I'm a cook, not a bloomin' scientist! LAO ZI (sternly): You were chosen because you majored in mineral studies at the Acedemy, you're knowledge is essential to the success of our mission HANS (confused): Whoa! Derby, you majored in mineral studies? SHEENA (confused): Blimey, then why are you a ... DEBRY (interrupting): A cook? I'll tell you why! Cause I acted like a bloomin' idiot at the Academy! The Master nearly booted me out for all of my shananagins! Lucky for me I'm also an excellent chef, or I'd never left with the Space Rovers in the first place! HANS (shakes head): Sorry, Derby, I never knew about that. SHEENA (sadly): So sorry I brought it up, mate! DERBY (smiles): Think nothing of it, gave me more time to perfect me cookin' skills! LAO ZI (points): Up ahead, that's where Boomer said we were to meet the Captain and the others! Lao Zi, Derby, Sheena and Hans are the last team to arrive at the rondevous point. Persia, Grunt, Bob, Saundra, Molly, Bruno, Claudia, Fydo, Cactus Jake, Whitey, Numbia and Poncho are all there waiting for them. The area is a densely wooded area with very tall trees surrounding them. CACTUS JAKE (turns to Lao Zi): Hey, what took you buckaroos so long? LAO ZI (sternly): We 'buckaroos' had to walk around a large lake CACTUS JAKE (smiles): Hey, easy there, I wasn't givin' y'all a hard time.. PERSIA (looks all around): This is odd, my scanner tells me that this is the area of highest Barium concentrations, but this can't be! Mineral deposits are not normally found in forests WHITEY (nods): This is indeed unusual (looks at scanner): Captain! I've lost the Barium readings! SAUNDRA (shouts): I've lost them too! LAO ZI (shouts): I am no longer reading any Barium deposits in this entire area! CACTUS JAKE (slap scanner on it's side): It's like the stuff went vamous! PERSIA (looks at her scanner): It is just not possible! Suddenly, branches from the trees reach out and grab each Space Rover and wraps them tightly to their trunks. Sheena, Claudia, Fydo and Derby scream the loudest as now all sixteen members of the search teams are 'tied' to the strange purple trees. PERSIA (strugling) Can anyone break free? Molly and Bruno 'pass through' the tree limbs and run over to Persia. MOLLY (nods): Da! We are free! PERSIA (sternly): Contact the ship, tell Boomer to .... Before Persia can finish her sentence, she is horrified when she sees Molly and Bruno turn to stone right before her eyes. VOICE FROM THE DISTANCE (giggles): Naughty naughty, no cheating! I captured all of you fair and square! PERSIA (angry): Who are you? Release my crew and restore Molly and Bruno back to normal! VOICE FROM THE DISTANCE (angry): You are in no position to demand ANYTHING, Captain Persia! PERSIA (shocked): How do you know who I am? VOICE FROM THE DISTANCE (thunders): Because we've met before! Or have you forgotten.... Soon, a shadowy figure walks out into the light. She is a black labrador wearing forest green gloves, a red T-shirt under a black tank top, green pants and black knee high boots. PERSIA (growls): Mystic McLab! So you're the one who trapped us here! MYSTIC (evil laugh): Looks like we have a winner, give the lady a prize! (angry): Now I have you, your crew and your ship and all I had to do was lure you here with false Barium ore rumors! This was just too easy! Mystic and the others hear the sounds of the Canius Minor firing up it's engines. MYSTIC (angry): So Persia, you sent a telepathic message to that speedy greyhound of yours! Nice try, but NO ONE is leaving this planet! Mystic snaps her fingers and the engines of the Canius Minor immediately shut down. Mystic suddenly appears on the front viewing screen of the bridge. MYSTIC (on front viewer, laughing): So, Boomer! You thought you could escape Mystic McLab! Guess again, greyhound! ALEXANDER (furious): What have you done to the Captain and our search teams? What have you done to our engines? MYSTIC (evil grin, on screen): Better question, old mutt, what am I going to do with YOU and your crew? Well, I think I'll kill a few, torture a few and turn the rest into zombie slaves of mine! Oh, and just so you don't get anymore bright ideas, Commander, behold! Mystic forms a huge glass dome around the entire ship. BOOMER (looks into monitor): Commander, there's a huge force field surrounding the ship. It's too strong for our weapons to affect it, and too concentrated for our matter transporter to penetrate it. MYSTIC (on screen, laughing): Naughty naughty, you old mongrel! Your vessel is going nowhere! But just for fun, I'm going to allow all of you to watch me in action on your view screens! All of you will be witnesses to my reign of terror! Behold! Mystic waves her arms, causing every terminal and view screen aboard the ship to see Mystic's face. MYSTIC (motions with finger): And now, follow me as all of you will view my final revenge! Alexander, Boomer and the other Space Rovers aboard the Canius Minor stare at the image of Mystic McLab as she walks up to Grunt, who is growling loudly and struggling to get free. MYSTIC (mocking Grunt): GRRRRRRRRRRRRR GROWL!!!! (laughs): You ruined my plans last time we met, so I'll deal with you first! I know how to get to you, you lousy pit bull! I know the one thing in this world you fear the most! Behold! Mystic makes a large 'window' appear before Grunt. In this window, Grunt sees an image of of the past, when they were all captured by Comazar Frigle. Grunt watches in horror as the Comazar shoots Persia in the chest with his laser. Grunt growls and struggles harder as the image is repeated over and over again in front of him. PERSIA (telepathically to Grunt): Grunt! It isn't real! It's all an illusion! Don't watch! Grunt is soon foaming at the mouth and struggling so fiercely that the tree he's tied to begins to sway back and forth. Mystic is laugh so hard she nearly falls down. MYSTIC (laughing): This is SO much fun! PERSIA (furious): STOP IT MYSTIC, YOU'RE DRIVING HIM INSANE!!! MYSTIC (huge grin): That's the whole idea, El Captian! (looks over at Sheena): And now, for the doggie doctor from down under. Bet you want to see what your boyfriend is doing right now, don't you? (Mystic waves her arm): BEHOLD!!! A 'window' forms in front of Sheena, see smiles when she sees an image of Cobber inside of it. SHEENA (happy): That's him! That's my Cobbie! MYSTIC (smirks): But he's not alone, deary.... watch! Sheena is horrified when she sees Colleen walk up to Cobber and kiss him passionately. SHEENA (shakes head): NO! I don't believe it! This isn't real! MYSTIC (smiles): Really? Why not listen to their conversation! COLLEEN (laughs): I'm so glad you finally wised up, Cobbie-Wobbie! Who needs that tailless Aussie Shepard when you have ME? COBBER (laughs): Y'know, you're right, Colleen! Sheena is light years away! Who needs her? COLLEEN (smiles): We'll bloomin get married, while little miss Doctor Quinn is out in space! COBBER (nods): Sounds go to me! As she watches the two share a long kiss, Sheena breaks down into tears. PERSIA (telepathically to Sheena): Sheena! It's all an illusion, it's not real! You know that Cobber truly loves you! Fight it, Sheena, don't believe what you're seeing! MYSTIC (evil laugh): Truth hurts, doesn't it, Doctor Sheena! Oh well, that's life! ALEXANDER (watching on view screen): That witch! She's using fear tatics on our crew! MYSTIC (on view screen, turns and grins): I heard that, old fool! BOOMER (angry): You better leave the others alone! MYSTIC (on view screen, cruel grin): Ah, that's right! Your wife is out here! I almost forgot about that! I have something special for her to see! Behold! A 'window' appears before Saundra, she sees a very aweful image from her past. She sees her first owner, pointing a gun to her young head and pulling the trigger. Saundra is shaking in fear as Mystic continuously repeats the terrifying memory through that 'window'. BOOMER (furious): STOP IT! STOP IT!! Take me instead! Let her go, and I'll take her place! MYSTIC (on view screen, big smile): Oh, how noble! The dashing hero wants to rescue his lady fair... (smirks) Y'know, that gives me a great idea! (turns to Fydo): So, here's we have the mighty Fydo! (laughs) You sure don't look much like a hero! Well....maybe looks are deceiving. PERSIA (angry): Stop torturing my crew! You want revenge on me, not them! CLAUDIA (struggling): Leave my boyfriend alone! MYSTIC (happy): Y'know, I've got an even BETTER idea than before! (waves her arms in the air): BEHOLD!!!!! Mystic makes a grassy field form before them. She instantly teleports Persia and Claudia into it, dressed in medevil gowns and tied securely to two large wooden poles. On the other end of the field, Fydo appears, wearing a full suit of medevil armor and carrying a huge sword. CLAUDIA (struggling): Captain, is this another illusion? PERSIA (shakes head): No Claudia, I've read Mystic's mind, this time it's real! CLAUDIA (sees Fydo in the distance): There's Fydo! What is he doing in that getup? MYSTIC (laughs): I'll tell you what he's doing, you worthless waterdog! It's his job to save you two damsels from the huge, fire breathing dragon! PERSIA (looks around): What dragon? MYSTIC (waving her arms): This one! A huge green dragon appears in front of Persia and Claudia, Fydo sees it at a distance. FYDO (eyes grow huge): Oh no! MYSTIC (on view screen, looks at Alexander): Just to show you that's I'm not such a bad girl, I'll make a deal with you! If Fydo defeats my dragon, I'll let all of you go! If he fails, then all of you will instantly perish! (she makes a director's chair appear, and then sits down in it): Let the fun begin! --------------------------------------------------------------