Copyright 2002 --- Robert Baer Jr. Road Rover E.U.F. -- "Life Is But A Dream" DISCLAIMER Road Rover names, character, situations and the Road Rover universe are the property of Warner Bros. I, nor this script/story have any connection with Warner Bros. in any way, shape or form. This document is meant solely for not-for-profit entertainment and may not be reproduced or publized in any way, shape or form. This story in not meant to infringe on any copyrights. This story is written by Robert Baer Jr and the characters Emily, Otto Jr, Amelia, Otto, Samantha Maddog, Ben Maddog, Catherine, Rupee and Starlight are Robert Baer Jr's creations, copyright pending 1999-2001. Timothy and Robert McLaude are creations of Shawn Tigges. Dylan is a creation of Dylan Rinard. Road Rover E.U.F. -- "Life Is But A Dream" The scene is at E.U.F. Headquarters in the mountain region where Confus-us lives. Emily, who is dressed very elegantly and has just arrived from another date with Robbie, walks into her quarters only to find her sister Amelia there waiting for her. AMELIA (sternly): I see you have been out late tonight. (looks at watch): You have missed your projected return time by one hour, thirty four minutes, seventeen seconds and ... EMILY (dreamily): I don't care! I had a very wonderful time! I just can't wait to marry Robbie! (sighes, smiles): What a man! AMELIA (sternly): It is the logical course events will take if you and Robert continue your romance relationship, but hardly the cause of wild excitement EMILY (defensive): Oh? Then how do you explain your giddiness when YOU return from your dates with Tim? AMELIA (sternly): It is inappropriate to discuss one's personal life in public... EMILY (giggles): Alright, whatever you say, sis! (smiles): Being Robbie's wife will be so exciting for me! AMELIA (sternly): I am reading increases in both pulse and adrenile levels in your body, Emily. I would strongly suggest calming yourself... EMILY (smiles): I could dance with Robbie all night! Amelia stands stunned as Emily 'glides' across the room as if she were dancing with Robbie as she had on her date. AMELIA (sternly): Emily Maddog! Cease this foolish behavior at once! EMILY (stops, smiles): Oh Amelia, I don't think you'll ever understand.. AMELIA (sternly): I am a realist, dear sister. Have you imagined the possible consequences that a marrige to Robbie McLaude would bring? How your puppies will carry our bionics in their DNA and ... EMILY (opens a drawer, taking out a nightgown): You are such a worry wart! All I know is I am madly in love with Robbie and will proudly be his wife someday! Now if you'll please excuse me, I want to prepare for my nightly sleep cycle. AMELIA (sternly): Very well, Emily, pleasant dreams... When Amelia leaves the room, Emily changes into her nightgown, brushes and flosses her teeth, and then crawls into bed with a beaming grin on her face. Soon she is fast asleep, and having a very realistic dream. First, she sees herself in an elegant wedding gown with Robbie, who is dressed in a black tuxedo. Standing before a minister, they exchange their wedding vows and then share a long, passionate kiss as the gathered crowd of friends and family cheer wildly. Her mind races on to a room at the Road Rover Headquarter's medical ward where Tim, Amelia, Otto Jr, Catherine, Samantha, Otto, Ben Maddog, Rupee and Starlight sit nervously in the waiting room outside of the materity ward. AMELIA (turns to Ben): Grandfather, please cease that continuous pacing. It accomplishes nothing for you to waste your energy in such a manner. BEN (pacing): I can't help it, Amelia, it's not everyway one becomes a great grandfather. SAMANTHA (nervously): And I'm too young to be a grandmother! OTTO (sternly): Samantha, darling, age is no disqualification for becoming a grandmother. For example... SAMANTHA (interrupting): I certainly hope Emily is alright, after all having a litter of four puppies is not an easy task, even for a cano-sapien. CATHERINE (softly): Don't worry, Sam, Marauder and Kyra are the best in the business when it comes to cano medicine! STARLIGHT (nods): I concur! AMELIA (nods): Fear and worry are unneccessary... The scene shifts to the birthing room, where Emily lays on a table ready to give birth, holding Robbie's hand as her contractions continue. ROBBIE (looks up): Doctor Marauder, can't you give my wife something for the pain? MARAUDER (sternly): I have offered her some pain killers, but she refuses to take them ROBBIE (worried): Shouldn't her bionics allow her to shut off the pain? MARAUDER (nods): Yes, but for some reason she is still feeling birth pains, I cannot explain it EMILY (panting): ROBBIE!!! I THINK IT'S TIME!!!! ROBBIE (excited): Ok, ok, relax, remember the breathing exercises... MARAUDER (sternly): Alright Emily, push! You can do it! As Emily screams, she nearly crushes Robbie's hand. ROBBIE (shouts): HONEY!!! THAT HURTS!!! EMILY (shouts): Oh... sorry.... MARAUDER (nods): That's it, Emily! The first puppy has been born! It's a boy! As Marauder holds the newborn puppy up to slap it's bottom, it suddenly opens it's little eyes and 'speaks' without moving it's mouth. PUPPY (sternly): First download complete! If you strike me, Doctor Marauder, it will be considered assault and battery punishable by immediate imprisonment! MARAUDER (shocked): WHAT THE.... PUPPY (sternly): I am fully functional without the customary first slap KYRA (shocked): I don't believe this! ROBBIE (shocked): Our puppy... spoke? EMILY (worried): Oh dear.... I feared this would happen.... Now the dream leaps forward in time to when Emily and Robbie are together in her hospital room after she's given birth to all four puppies. Kyra and Marauder bring them in, all wrapped in blankets and place them in Emily and Robbie's waiting arms. Soon the others who had been in the waiting room walk in to visit the happy mother and father. OTTO (sternly): The delivery was successful according to hospital computer records of the event. BEN (smiles): Aren't they cute! SAMANTHA (walks up closer): They are absolutely adorable! ALL FOUR PUPPIES (in unison, without moving their mouths): THANK YOU, GRANDMOTHER! SAMANTHA (totally shocked): OH MY!!! Starlight rushes at lightning speed to catch the fainting Samantha before she hits the floor. AMELIA (sternly): That was a surprising reaction OTTO (sternly): Perhaps I was not though enough in explaining the situation to my wife OTTO JR (sternly): That is apparrent, father EMILY (sighs): Oh dear... The dream now rushes ahead in time, when the four toddler cano-sapiens are in kindergarten. Emily's four puppies are the only canos in an all human class. As the teacher watches the other children playing with blocks, dolls, coloring books and paints, she now approaches each of the puppies, who are hard as work at their tiny desks. TEACHER (big grin): And what is our newest students doing? PUPPY 1 (sternly): I am expanding on Einstein's theory of relativity PUPPY 2 (points to crayon drawing): I have just improved the design of Daisy and Flash's prototype time travel vessel PUPPY 3 (points): This is a feasable design for a suspension bridge to connect several of the Japanese home islands. It is designed to withstand a seven point four Rictor earthquake TEACHER (rolls eyes): O..k.... (sees the fourth puppy): And what are you doing, young man.. er... puppy? PUPPY 4 (sternly): I have used my internal systems to rewrite the core software of the school's entire computer system Suddenly, the school bell rings PUPPY 4 (sternly): My efforts have been successful. That is the dismissal bell ringing TEACHER (looks at watch): But it's only ten o'clock! PUPPY 4 (smiles): According to your computer records, it is now three in the afternoon, time to depart for home Saying this, the four puppies now vanish with a loud BOOM!!! in front of the teacher, who is left speechless and stammering TEACHER (stammering): But... hey.... how did you... Now the dream races ahead to where Emily is having a conference in the teacher's office. TEACHER (sternly): Mrs. McLaude, let me be blunt. Your children... er... puppies... or... whatever have been a major disruption not only to my class but the entire school! EMILY (meekly): But... TEACHER (sternly): Last week, one of them reprogrammed the fire sprinkler system, we had to send the students home when every sprinkler in the building went off at once! EMILY (meekly): But... TEACHER (sternly): Two days ago, one of them hacked into the district's main computer and altered the food delivery system. Imagine my surprise when our chief cook informed me that all we had to serve our students for lunch was dry dog food and Milk Bone dog biscuits! EMILY (meekly): But.... TEACHER (furious): And just yesterday while all of the other students were playing outside, those four were secretly working on my new mini van! EMILY (slight smile): That wasn't so bad... was it? TEACHER (angry): They rewrote the onboard computer system's software and reprogrammed the circuitry of the fuel injectors! That gave it so much power that after school as I was attempting to back out I barely touched the gas and instantly rammed my mini van into a fire hydrant on the curb! EMILY (meekly): I am willing to pay for any damages, ma'am... TEACHER (furious): JUST GET THOSE MANGY DOGS OUT OF THIS SCHOOL!! BY ORDER OF THE PRINCIPAL, THEY ARE SUSPENDED!!!! EMILY (sighs, sadly): Oh dear... The dream rushes ahead in time once more, this time the scene is a modest looking suburban home, Emily and Robbie have just parked their car and are walking towards the front door. ROBBIE (holding her hand): See Emily? I told you not to worry about leaving the kids with a new babysister! EMILY (looks up and smiles): I guess you're right, Robbie. Maybe I worry too much and ... As she is yet speaking, the front door of the house explodes into a pile of flying splinters. Emily barely has time to activate her force field to protect her and her husband from the debris headed their way. The two confused cano parents immediately rush through the front door and are totally shocked by what they find. Every wall in the house has laser burns on them, all of the furniture in the house is either burning or 'laser chopped' into little pieces. Water is shooting out of the severed pipes in the kitchen and bathrooms and among all the destruction, hiding in what's left of a walk in closet is the frightened young babysister, so scared she can barely scream left alone speak. EMILY (shouts); CHILDREN!!! ASSEMBLE AT ONCE!!! With a loud BOOM!!! all four toddler canos stand in front of their mother and father. ROBBIE (angry): How many times have we told you? No playing with your eye lasers indoors! EMILY (upset): Our beautiful home is completely ruined! What have you four to say for yourselves? ALL FOUR PUPPIES (in unison): Concern not neccessary, watch this! All four puppies wave their tiny arms in the air. Instantly, the house magically transforms back to it's original state. All clean, tidy and sparkling clean. ROBBIE (whispers to Emily): Now that's a neat trick The young babysister now emerges from her hiding place. She looks all around and is so awestruck as frightened she slowly walks towards the back door. EMILY (shouts): Please wait, I have your payment! BABYSISTER (shaking): I have done two babysitting jobs for you Mrs McLaude, my first... and my last! The babysister darts out the door, screaming as she runs away. ROBBIE (shakes head): We lose more babysisters that way.. EMILY (sadly, lowers head): Oh dear.... (frightened, shaking): I just can't take this anymore! All I want is a normal life! (screaming) Is that too much to ask for? WHY US??? ROBBIE (touches her on the shoulder): Emily... Emily...Emily.... Now the dream is over, Robbie, Amelia, Otto Jr, Catherine and Tim are standing over the screaming Emily trying to wake her from her nightmare. ROBBIE (shaking her slightly): Emily! Emily! Wake up! It's just a dream! Instantly Emily opens her eyes, still shaking. EMILY (shouts): ROBBIE! THE KIDS DESTROYED THE HOUSE! THEY GOT KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE AND .... (looks around, calms down): Oh my... I was... only... dreaming... TIM (laughs): What a whopper of a nightmare that was! Emily now sits up in bed and grabs Robbie, hugging him tightly and crying. EMILY (crying): It was aweful... so aweful... ROBBIE (holding her): It's alright Emily, it was only a bad dream... TIM (sternly); Er.. guys. I think we should leave now and let my brother take it from here CATHERINE (nods): That's a good idea! OTTO JR (nods): I concur AMELIA (smirks): I disagree! This entire episode is quite entertaining! TIM, OTTO JR, CATHERINE (in unison, shouting): AMELIA!!!! AMELIA (sternly): Very well, I will leave also... When the others leave them alone in the room together, Emily tells Robbie all about the terrible nightmare she had just had. ROBBIE (hugging her): Oh Emily, that won't really happen. Our future children will be good hearted, kind and considerate... (looks into her eyes): Like their mother EMILY (calmer): You really think so, Robbie? ROBBIE (nods): I know so, darling! EMILY (sadly): I fear to return to the sleep cycle, Robbie, that horrible dream could return! ROBBIE (smiles): I don't think it will... EMILY (takes his hand): Please, don't leave me! I'm too scared! ROBBIE (smiles): Alright my love. I will stay here until you fall asleep. (looks up to the ceiling) There's no reason to fear the future, Emily! I just know that we'll make a great couple, and have a fine family! Otto and Samantha will be proud of us, and so will the other Road Rovers! You'll see... (looks over at her): Emily? (wide grin, hushed tone): Oh.... Emily was now fast asleep. Robbie pulled the covers up to her neck, kissed her lightly on her furry cheek and quietly tiptoed out of the room. -------------------------------------------------------------------