Copyright 2000 -- Robert Baer Jr. The Space Rovers -- "Q-BO -- 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, Willfong, Lao Zi, Su Li, Claudia, Sno-wie, Numbia, Hojo, Shamansta, Derby and Poncho are all Robert Baer Jr's creations, copyright pending, 1999 - 2000. The Space Rovers -- "Q-BO -- Part 2" Persia, Alexander, Boomer, Saundra, Lao Zi and Cactus Jake return to the bridge just as an urgent message is received from Garn-lid, the acting Leader of the Pronates. GARN-LID (on screen): Captain Persia! Our long range sensors have detected a massive alien vessel heading towards our home planet. Reports from all over the quadrant say that this is some sort of automated planetary destruction device. Can you help us? PERSIA (nods): Garn-lid, we already have a plan! It's a bit risky, but since conventional weapons can't stop it, we have to try it! GARN-LID (on screen): I'll send a squadron of our best warships to assist you! PERSIA (shakes head): Q-BO can't be stopped my might or force of arms. We're going to try luring it into the gravity well of a star! GARN-LID (on screen, shocked): That's dangerous! You'll all be killed! They're must be another way! PERSIA (shakes head): No, there is no other way. Besides, our plan includes a plan to escape! Stand by, Persia out. (turns to Lao Zi): Status report. LAO ZI (looks at monitor): The repairs to the engines are complete! Our weapons systems are still offline PERSIA (smiles): Good enough! We don't need weapons now anyway! What about the artificial wormhole generator? LAO ZI (nods): It is online and fully functional, Captain! PERSIA (happy): Great! Saundra, plot a course to the rendevous point Daisy had plotted! Boomer, best possible speed! SAUNDRA (nods): Course laid in! BOOMER (pushes buttons): Here we go! The Canius Minor suddenly goes to warp, meanwhile in the engine room Bob and Whitey have completed their work and are getting ready to return to the bridge. Molly, Francis, Sophia and Hojo have finished also, and are talking with Willfong about Barium reactors and power systems. MOLLY (smiles): Comrade Willfong, you are a wealth of information! WILLFONG (smiles): Well, we Terrowolves have been using Barium power for centuries. In fact, my first space travel duty was aboard a vessel almost as big as this one! HOJO (surprised): Very impressive, Willfong-son! Were you the chief engineer? WILLFONG (shakes head): No, I was his assistant! Was promoted a few days before I took my mate! FRANCIS (smiles): Misteur, you are married? WILLFONG (sadly): My wife and family were killed by Q-BO. (holding back tears): They died in the first barrage of weapons fire, instantly vaporized. (crying): I felt like dying with them, but several colony soldiers dragged me to an escape vessel..... Francis hugs Willfong, patting him on the back. That's when he notices how bad Willfong was injured. FRANCIS (sternly): You need medical attention! Hojo, escort Willfong to sick bay! WILLFONG (shakes head): No! Your crew saved my life, I must repay you! FRANCIS (shakes head): No no, Misteur! You go see Doctor Abdullah! That is an order! MOLLY (nods): Da! Get treated and then get back here! Understood? WILLFONG (smiles): Yes, ma'am! As Hojo takes Willfong to sick bay, the scene shifts back to the bridge, where the Canius Minor is speeding towards it's designated coordinates to 'set the trap' for Q-BO. PERSIA (turns to Whitey): Status, Commander! WHITEY (looks at monitor): We have arrived at the Golun sector of space. PERSIA (shouts): Boomer! All stop! BOOMER (nods): Aye Aye, Captain! ALEXANDER (looks at Persia): We are still invisible, so we're going to wait for Q-BO to pass us by and then.. PERSIA (smiles): and then we open the wormhole! CACTUS JAKE (excited): This here's gonna be the biggest rat trap in the universe! WHITEY (sternly): Let's just hope that we don't get 'caught' as well, Leiutenant! SAUNDRA (shakes head): How could the Iznomans be so cruel to send out one of these... killing machines in the first place? PERSIA (shakes head): I'd love to ask those over-sized cats in person! BRUNO (sternly): They probably were angry when we stopped them on Graum! CACTUS JAKE (smiles): Yessir! Good ol' Fydo really put the berries to them, didn't he? WHITEY (looks at monitor): Q-BO is nearing our present position, it is traveling just under warp factor one BOOMER (motions with hands): Come to papa, baby! PERSIA (sternly): Have Bob, Daisy and Flash standing by the artificial wormhole device! Tell Molly to get ready for maximum warp on my command! BRUNO (nods): Aye aye, Captain! WHITEY (looks at monitor): Q-BO is in visual range! PERSIA (turns to Cactus Jake): Cactus, set the wormhole coordinates, stand by to initiate start up sequence! CACTUS JAKE (salutes): You got it, little missy! .. er.... I mean, Captain! WHITEY (looks at monitor): Q-BO will be directly above us in thirty seconds! PERSIA (shouting): Stand by.... this is it....... WHITEY (looks at monitor): Q-BO has not detected our presence, it is passing over us now! PERSIA (shouts) NOW JAKE!!! HIT THE WORMHOLE GENERATOR!!! CACTUS JAKE (pushing buttons): Here we go! PERSIA (turns to Bruno): I want visual contact! BRUNO (pushing buttons): On front viewscreen! The bridge crew watches as a wormhole begins to form directly in front of Q-BO. The huge machine stops for a moment to scan the phenomonon, then reserves itself to avoid it. PERSIA (shouts): Slowly move us away from the wormhole.... BOOMER (nods): Aye aye, Captain! The invisible Canius Minor manages to fly ahead of the retreating Q-BO. WHITEY (looks at monitor): Wormhole at fifty percent of opening, gravity from the star beginning to take hold of Q-BO! PERSIA (shouts): NOW, WARP SPEED BOOMER!! As Boomer reaches for the controls, the Canius Minor shakes violently. Boomer, Saundra, Whitey and Bruno are shaken out of their seats. Grunt manages to stay standing, but barely. PERSIA (shouts): Status report! What was that??? WHITEY (crawls back into his chair): The star's gravity well sent a shovewave through the wormhole! It has shaken the Q-BO, but it has also damaged our systems once more! PERSIA (shouts): BOOMER, GET US OUT OF HERE!! BOOMER (climbs back into seat): Warp drive is now offline! PERSIA (turns to Bruno): Call your wife! We need warp drive NOW!!! The scene shifts to the engine room, black smoke is filling the air as Molly and the others try to repair damaged control panels and stray electrical shorts. BRUNO (on speaker): Molly! We need warp drive now, or we are all doomed! MOLLY (shouts back): I know! I know! SOPHIA (points): There's a short in the Barium chamber! It'sa filling with radiation! FRANCIS (pushing buttons): We have to get that short repaired! Without it, no warp drive! MOLLY (sternly, grabs tool kit): Stand by to fire up the warp engines! Before anyone can stop her, Molly 'passes through' the glass containment casing of the Barium chamber, opens her tool box and begins to repair it. SOPHIA (horrified): NO!!! MOLLY!!!!! GET OUT OF THERE!!! FRANCIS (shouting): THE RADIATION WILL KILL YOU!!! HOJO (screaming): MOLLY!!!!!!!! The scene switches back to the bridge. PERSIA (shouting): FULL THRUSTERS!! BOOMER (pushing buttons): Aye aye, Captain! WHITEY (looks at monitor): We are getting caught in the star's gravity well, if we don't break free in twenty seconds, we never will! PERSIA (shouting): BRUNO!!! TELL MOLLY WE NEED WARP DRIVE RIGHT NOW!! WHITEY (looks at monitor): Q-BO has already been sucked inside the wormhole! ALEXANDER (growling): At least we won't be dying in vain! BOOMER (looks at console): WARP DRIVE IS ONLINE!! PERSIA (screaming): HIT IT!!!! Instantly, the Canius Minor streaks away from the wormhole's opening. WHITEY (looks at monitor): We have cleared the star's gravity well! PERSIA (shouts): YES!!! MOLLY AND HER CREW DID IT!!! GRUNT (shouts): GRRRRRRRRRRRR GROWL!!!!!!!!!!!!! CACTUS JAKE (shouts): YYYYEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAA HHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWW! WHITEY (happy): I echo your sediment, Jake! SOPHIA (on speakers): Sophia to bridge! Tell Bruno to get down here... (sadly).... It's Molly..... Bruno immediately jumps out of his chair and into the elevator. The scene shifts back to Engineering, where Sophia, Francis, Marie, Hojo, Shamansta, Bob and Abdullah can only stare at into the glass Barium chamber where Molly is. Her facial expression reveals that she is in great pain, her body beginning to glow. As Bruno, Persia and Grunt enter, Molly falls forward, her body passing through the glass chamber and falling to the floor motionless. BRUNO (terrified): MOLLY!!! As he rushes over to his wife, Abdullah tackles him to the floor. BRUNO (furious): WHAT ARE YOU DOING??? MY WIFE IS DYING!!! ABDULLAH (shouts): She's full of Barium radiation! Anyone going near her will die too! BRUNO (growls): I DON'T CARE!!! RELEASE ME!!! MOLLY (shouts, coughing): NYET!!! Stay away, my love! Yuri and Tanya need their father! Bruno stops struggling and slowly stands up. MOLLY (coughing); Is true! Bruno, my darlink! I am already dead! Stay alive for our children! BRUNO (falls to his knees crying): MOLLY!!!!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MOLLY (looks up): Are we.... (coughs)...... are we..... PERSIA (shouts): Yes! The ship is safe, thanks to you, Leiutentant! SHEENA (holding medical scanner): Molly's vital signs are failing, there's no hope for .... PERSIA (turns to Bob): Bob, use your time shifting techniques to save her! BOB (crying): I already tried, Captain. The Barium radiation interferes with temporal fields, making it impossible for me to take her body back in time.... (hugs Persia): I'm so sorry... MOLLY (struggles to speak): Tell duh children.... I..... love them...... I......love.....you......Bruno...... Suddenly, Willfong runs into the engine room and sees Molly, her body now giving off a constant green glow. He tries to move forward, but Grunt grabs him and shakes his head. SOPHIA (crying): It's too late, Molly is dying! WILLFONG (struggles): No she won't! I can save her! Let me go! Grunt's grip on Willfong gets tighter as he struggles, he steps on Grunt's foot causing him to release his grip. Before anyone can stop him, Willfong is laying hands on Molly's glowing body and howls loudly. Suddenly, he and Molly are enveloped in a glowing blue light. PERSIA (shocked): WHAT??? GRUNT (shocked): GRRRRRRRRRRRR GROWL??? SHEENA (looks at her scanner): This bloody thing's gone bonkers! Barium radiation levels in Lt. Molotov's body are dropping! The burns and internal organ damage is ... is..... GONE!!! SOPHIA (shocked): Moma mia! ABDULLAH (shakes head, takes scanner from Sheena's hands): This cannot be! (looks at scanner): Incredible! I don't believe my eyes! Soon, the blue light disapates, Willfong staggers a bit as he stands up. Bruno rushes over to Molly and takes her by the hand. BRUNO (excited): MOLLY!!! MOLLY!! Molly slowly opens her eyes, she looks up at Bruno. MOLLY (confused): I feel no more pain... is this the afterlife? BRUNO (overjoyed): MOLLY!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU'RE ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!! Bruno hugs his wife tightly, Abdullah aims the medical scanner at Molly. ABDULLAH (shocked): She's fully healed! No sign of radiation poisoning! All of the crew in the engine room cheer as Persia grabs Willfong by the shoulders and looks him in the eye. PERSIA (happy): WILLFONG!!! HOW DID YOU DO THIS??? WILLFONG (exhausted): One out of every thousand Terrowolves is born with healing powers. I'm very pleased that my healing abilities worked on Lt. Molly. ABDULLAH (scans Willfong): You are in need of rest! Somehow your physical body is near complete exhaustion! WILLFONG (shakes head): I'm fine, really! He takes one step forward and passes out, Grunt quickly rushes over to catch him before he hits the floor. ABDULLAH (smiles at Willfong): Would you like a second opinion? The scene now shifts to sick bay, where Willfong is in a ward room and Bruno, Molly, Yuri and Tanya have gathered around his bed. Persia is walking down the corridor towards sick bay, as she enters, her last log entry plays in the background. PERSIA (recorded entry, voiceover): Captain's log, supplemental. Our mission was successful, the Iznoman destructive robot known as Q-BO has been destroyed in the corona of a nearby star. Commendation and promotion are recommended for Lt Molotov ... er.... Molly as she prefers to be called. Her selfless actions saved the lives of the entire crew. Commendation also recommended for Willfong, a Terrowolf who used his powers to save Molly's life. I am going to sick bay now, too see him and to ask him an important question. End entry. Deborah walks into the wardroom with Persia. Molly is hugging Willfong and weeping. Yuri and Tanya hop on the bed and hug him tightly. MOLLY (crying): You saved me life! Thank you, Comrade! WILLFONG (smiles): You're welcome.... but your cutting off my circulation.... DEBORAH (holding clipboard): Please take it easy on our patient! He needs bedrest for another twelve hours! (smiles): But I do share Molly's feeling, thank you, Willfong! WILLFONG (nods): You are all too kind! It was you Space Rovers that rescued me from my doomed ship first! I owe all of you MY life! PERSIA (smiles): Willfong, may I ask you a question? WILLFONG (nods): Of course, Captain! PERSIA (concerned): What will you do now? Rejoin your fellow Terrowolves on a new colony, perhaps? WILLFONG (sadly): I really don't know. My wife and family are gone, returning to a colony would only remind me of my loss. PERSIA (smiles, sits on bed): I have an idea, would you like to join my crew? WILLFONG (surprised): Me? Stay here? PERSIA (nods): Your advanced knowledge of Barium reactor systems would really help us! MOLLY (nods): Da! Even I must admit dis! PERSIA (smiles): Think about it, my friend. I'm offering you a new beginning, if you want it. WILLFONG (excited): What's to think about? I have nothing to return to with the Terrowolves! I accept! PERSIA (stands up): I hereby appoint you, Willfong, to the field commission of Ensign and assign you to the engineering section of the ship. Your immediate supervisor will be Lt COMMANDER Molotov! BRUNO (surprised): Lt Commander Molotov? MOLLY (shocked): What? PERSIA (smiles): I hereby promote you, Molly, to the rank of Lt Commander! Your service on the Canius Minor has been exceptional, and this last act of pure bravery proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that you are worthy of promotion! Congradulations! MOLLY (hugs Persia): Thank you, Captain! PERSIA (smiles): No, THANK YOU, Molly! You saved the lives of every member of this crew! Calypso and Dot have thrown together a celebration party in the lounge, will you join us there? MOLLY (nods): DA! YOU BETSKI!!! BRUNO (hugs Willfong): Thank you, for saving my wife! WILLFONG (smiles): You're welcome! YURI (smiles): May we call you, Uncle Willfong? TANYA (smiles): Can we? Can we? WILLFONG (smiles): Sure! Why not! DEBORAH (sternly): Ok everyone, visiting hours are over! Sorry, but all of you must leave now. MOLLY (kisses Willfong on the forehead): See you at work tommorrow, Ensign! BRUNO (smiles): We'll save you a piece of party cake, Willfong! PERSIA (shakes his hand): Welcome to the Space Rovers, Ensign Willfong! I'll check in on you in the morning! Persia, Molly, Bruno, Tanya and Yuri leave the ward room. DEBORAH (turns to Willfong): Is there anything I can get you, sir? WILLFONG (smiles): Not a thing, Deborah, not a thing.... Deborah turns out the lights as she leaves Willfong's room, the mighty Terrowolf nods off to sleep -------------------------------------------------------------------------