Copyright 1999 --- Robert Baer Jr. The Road Rovers -- "Invasion of the Lost Pack -- Part 3" 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 all of the characters from the Space Rovers series, Otto & Sam series, Buford's Collie Squadron series, Renegade Files series and Dinosaur Journal series as well as the "Lost Pack" are all Robert Baer Jr's creations, copyright pending, 1997 - 1999, Cobber is a creation of Mike Browner. Dawn is a creation of Diane L, Dervish is a creation of Casey Johnson. Huntress is a creation of Greywolf Lupous. DJ is a creation of Jake Williams. Dylan is a creation of Dylan Rinald. Alethia is a creation of Kylen Miles, Marauder is a creation of Jeremy Bass. Hope is a creation of Angel Munoz. Morgan is a creation of Morgan Wolf. Magic is a creation of Bart "Shag" Walls. Ace is a creation of Kevin McLeod. Boomerang is a creation of Robert Page. Magic is a creation of Bart "Shag" Walls. The Road Rovers -- "Invasion of the Lost Pack -- Part 3" An omnious shadow casts itself over the city of Washington, it's Ultra's huge spacecraft. He broadcasts an announcement to the starled residents of the White House. ULTRA (on radio): Citizens of the United States, I'm your new leader! The name's Ultra, and you'll either surrender this entire nation to me and my forces or we'll destroy Washington DC in a heartbeat! To prove our superior firepower, watch what my ship does to the Washington Monument! Millions of viewers on television and thousands of eye-witnesses gasp in horror as Ultra's ship fires a single laser blast that completely pulverizes the Washington Monument. The scene switches to the White House Oval Office, where the President has been watching all the proceedings. BILL CLINTON (gasps): Oh NO! AID (sternly): Fortunately, Mr President, the Monument was closed today so no one got hurt BILL CLINTON (shocked): Well, what can we do to stop Ultra? Our finest planes were destroyed when they atttacked it. ULTRA (on TV): I hope you were watching, Mr President! My troops will be arriving shortly. Any resistance to my forces and I will destroy MORE of Washington! I demand the unconditional surrender of all United States armed forces and the immediate surrender of all members of the canine team known as the Road Rovers! See you shortly, Billy! AID (shocked): Mr President, what can we do? BILL CLINTON (shakes head): I'm afraid we have no choice but to ... Before the President can finish speaking, a loud BOOM!!!!! shakes the entire Oval Office. Standing before the President is the Masked Melitta and the Computer Renegade. At first, the Secret Service men draw their guns, but then quickly put them down when they recognized the two caped superheroes. C RENEGADE (sternly): Mr President, I urge you not to surrender yet. MELITTA (smiles): We and our Road Rover friends have a plan, you'll have to trust us, sir! BILL CLINTON (smiles): You and the Road Rovers have never let us down before, alright, let's hear what y'all have in mind! The scene shifts to the bridge of the Canius Minor, where Alexander and his officers have gathered in the Captain's ready room to discuss possible courses of action. Seated at the table are Saundra, Daisy, Flash, Molly (Molotov) and Whitey. ALEXANDER (excited): Quickly, Ultra could attack at any time! Any suggestions? DAISY (smiles): Well, y'all, sister and I have an idea! MOLOTOV (grumbles): Nyet, dees crazy hounds ...... ALEXANDER (growls, pounds fist): That's enough, Leiutenant! (turns to Daisy) Go ahead, Daisy! DAISY (smiles): Well, it's not much, but we've developed an Barium-based particle field that can render energy weapons useless.. WHITEY (sternly): Interesting, what kind of a range does it have? DAISY (sadly): That's one of the problems we're having with it, we can only make it work on a small area, say approximately five to seven city blocks.... ALEXANDER (smiles): Good girl! (turns to Flash): What about using the matter transporter on the enemy? FLASH (sadly): Commander, Ultra's ship has it's shields up, so we can't even scan it let alone use it to get our captured crew members back. ALEXANDER (turns to Whitey): What about your special 'phone call' to Graum, Whitey? WHITEY (sternly): I spoke to Ki-alla, she will be sending two ships to Earth with the special cargo that I've asked for. Let's hope we don't have to use it, sir... ALEXANDER (sadly): At this point, we have to consider all options! BRUNO (on speaker): Commander, you better return to the bridge, Ultra is starting to make his move! ALEXANDER (stands up): This is it, crew! Daisy, you and Molly return to engineering and stand by to activate your energy field machine! Flash, you get to the matter transporter, we may need to use it at a moment's notice. The rest of you, follow me! As the 'ready room' empties, Alexander walks up to Bruno, who is seated in the Captian's chair. BRUNO (points to scene as he stands up): Look Commander! Ultra's ship has launched seven shuttlecraft and five fighter craft as escorts. They are all heading towards the White House lawn! ALEXANDER (growls): Whitey, can we fire on them without .... WHITEY (interrupting): Negative, Commander. Our stray shots could do more damage to Washington than Ultra's forces as well as reveal our position. ALEXANDER (sadly): Whitey, Derby, Saundra, continue to scan the entrie Washington area. Although we can do nothing now, perhaps Ultra's forces will make a mistake and give us opportunity. The scene now shifts to the White House lawn, where Ultra's shuttles and fight craft are landing. Over two hundred Cano-Mutants armed with huge laser rifles accompany Ultra and Lady as they walk towards the White House. Ultra is delighted as he sees all of the Road Rovers and hundreds of army soldiers with their weapons on the ground and their hands in the air. Standing in front of all of them is Bill and Hilliary Clinton. Ultra and Lady approach them with huge smiles on their faces. ULTRA (smiles): So, Mr President, you have decided to do the smart thing and surrender. You're not a dumb as you look! BILL CLINTON (sternly): I'm doing this to save innocent lives, now that you have what you want, let us and these Road Rovers go in peace. ULTRA (laughs): You really ARE as dumb as you look! As soon as my troops take all of the Rover's weapons, you and your lovely wife will remain my prisoners! Just a little insurance, in case anyone dares to oppose ME! (turns to Lady): Lady, have all our soldiers gather up all the weapons! BILL CLINTON (sadly): My wife and I are willing to die if neccessary ULTRA (looks at Hilliary and smiles): I don't think that has to happan, especially not to YOU, you're not bad looking, for a human! HILLIARY CLINTON (angry): That's not what I'm here for, Ultra. I stand by my husband! ULTRA (laughs): Humans! All of you are such strange creatures! (talks into wrist communicator): Ultra to King! We have secured the capital! Tell Judy and the others to begin taking Road Rover Mission Control and start searching for the Canius Minor! They may be hiding behind the moon or on the other side of Earth, get going! KING (on speaker): I obey, Lord Ultra! The huge Willian space vessel launches five fight craft and three shuttles and then assends into the sky. The scene switches to the bridge of the Canius Minor. WHITEY (sternly): Ultra is launching another attack force, and his ship is moving into the sky and away from Washington ALEXANDER (excited): That's the break we've been looking for! Saundra, take the Canius Minor to a position directly under them. Keep our ship between them and the Earth! DERBY (turns to Alexander): Commander, shall we turn off our invisibility shield now and attack? ALEXANDER (angry): NO! Not just yet. Let's let them try to find us first, let them sweat for a while, that will give us the advantage when we DO choose to attack! The scene shifts to the bridge of Ultra's ship. King is in the Captain's chair, surrounded by several Lost Pack members and Cano-Mutants. KING (angry): Where can the Canius Minor be hiding? Set course for the moon, Ultra is probably right, they may be hiding behind it. The scene shifts to a desert region of the western United States, near the place where the entrance to the underground Road Rover Headquarters is located. Judy, Dizzy, Spike and Dreadnaught are all in fighter craft, leading the other shuttles towards the entrance. JUDY (sexy voice, on radio): Dreadnaught, sugar, are you sure you know where Mission Control is located? DREADNAUGHT (on radio, defensive): Of course I do, pretty dog lady! I served with them for over a year! DIZZY (crazy laugh, on radio): That explains why they chained you up! You must've been a bad, bad doggie! DREADNAUGHT (angry, on radio): They had no right to imprison me! I will enjoy my revenge on those miserable mongrels! SPIKE (on radio): Hey, Dreadnaught, is it much farther yet? I'm dying for some action! DREADNAUGHT (excited, on radio): That's it over there! See that small cave in that rock formation? That cave leads straight down into the underground base! DIZZY (crazy laugh, on radio): What are we waiting for? Let's dive in and surprise them! JUDY (sexy voice, on radio): Wait a moment, something doesn't seem to be right. This seems to be too easy. Let's send one of the shuttles into the cave first and see what happans. As the five fighter craft hover, one of the shuttles speeds towards the cave entrance, it smacks into a rock wall and explodes. JUDY (excited, on radio): It's just as I thought! The cave entrance was a deception! Quickly, let's retreat! In a matter of seconds, the projected image of the rock formation vanishes, revealing many Road Rovers with their laser rifles and missle launchers in hand and opening fire. DJ (points rifle): Shoot the fight craft first! Shoot the engines on the shuttles! DJ aims his rifle and hits Judy's and Spike's fighters, causing the two Lost Pack members to bail out and parachute to the ground. Abby 'flames on' and sends fire balls towards the other three fighter craft, blowing all three of them up and causing their pilots to bail out. Dylan, Dervish and Boomerang aim their missle launchers at remaining shuttle's engines, scoring direct hits. The powerless shuttles begin to desend and land on the dusty desert floor, one of them manages to escape the initial barrage of missles and flys away. DYLAN (points): Crud! One of them is getting away! UNCLE BUFORD (smiles): They won't get far! Starlight, stop that shuttlecraft! Starlight, the mighty bionic white horse, nods and uses her super speed to catch up to the fleeing space vehicle. Firing two laser beams out of her eyes, she manages to disable it's engines and watches it glide helplessly towards the ground. DYLAN (pats Uncle Buford on the back): Uncle Buford, your plan was brilliant! Imagine, using Starlight's image protector to make the Lost Pack attack the wrong target, and to hide all of us for the perfect ambush! UNCLE BUFORD (shakes head): It's not over yet, my eager young friend! We have shot their flying ships down, but now we must capture or stun every one of their soldiers! DERVISH (shouts): Uncle Buford's right, we can't let any of them escape! As the Road Rovers continue to attack, the scene shifts to the bridge of Ultra's ship, where Magic has been tried to a chair. Soon, two Cano-Mutants walk over, holding Fydo by the arms and plops him down in a chair beside of Magic. He is very weak, dazed and really 'out of it.' The two Cano-Mutants approach King and hands him a computerized message pad. KING (smiles): At last! Here's all the Road Rover's secrets! (scans the small viewing screen): Let's see. Greta doesn't like liver, Antonie is always pulling Bernadette's hair, Deng and Peng always hand in their homework on time, Calypso takes the class on swimming lessons every Thursday, WHAT'S ALL THIS? King takes the message pad and throws it against the wall. KING (smiles): Oh, I get it now! Fydo's mind must've been so well trained that he purposely fed our machine all of that jiberish! Very well (turns to Magic): We'll put YOU in our mind reading machine next, I'm betting your mind is not as strong as Fydo's! Just look at you! You don't even look like a soldier with that silly looking flower in your hair! MAGIC (confused): What flower? KING (growls as he turns away): Enough! I have to get back to the comm. Take her away! As the two Cano-Mutants reach to grab Magic, the 'flower' in her hair transforms in an instant into Numbia, a 'bug' hops out of her hair and grows in size until it becomes Poncho. The two stunned Cano-Mutants are quickly tied up by the tall airdale lady dog and the short chihuahua male. PONCHO (unties Magic): Senorita, are you alright? MAGIC (relieved): Yes, I'm fine. Who are you two? NUMBIA (whispers): There's no time, we have to find a way to sabatoge this ship! The lives of everyone on earth is depending on it! MAGIC (shakes head): I don't know a thing about this vessel, maybe Fydo knows something! Fydo stands up but is very wobbly. He walks around as if he's in a daze, as he falls over, his hands reach out for the wall. His fingers touch several control panel buttons at once, causing an alarm to go off and a loud warning to sound all over the ship. King looks all around, terrified as he hears a message repeat in Willian: "Wall-dee, en-call, moo-dal" "Wall-dee, en-call, moo-dal" KING (looks back at Numbia, Magic, Poncho and Fydo): Intruders! What have you done! King frantically examines a monitor and is scared stiff. KING (scared): You have set the ship's automatic destruct sequence! NUMBIA (looks at Fydo): Good job, Ensign! FYDO (still dazed): Huh? What? MAGIC (smiles): You really are a smart dog! KING (shouts): Guards, seize the Road Rovers! Somebody find a way to shut that thing off! Numbia transforms into a huge black grizzley bear and fights off all of King's troopers. King doesn't notice, he's too busy trying to shut down the auto destruct. KING (frightened): I can't shut it down! (shouts out): ALL HANDS ABANDON SHIP! ALL HANDS ABANDON SHIP!!! Hearing this, all of the Cano-Mutants and Lost Pack members run for the escape pods, even the ones attacking Numbia flee. Numbia transforms into a huge python and quickly wraps around King as he tries to leave. KING (struggles): Let me go, you fools! Can't you see we must all escape? PONCHO (sits at a workstation, looks at monitor): If I'm reading this correctly, this ship will explode in thirty seconds! MAGIC (shouts): We have to get it further away from Earth! NUMBIA (still wrapped around King): Poncho, can you set this thing on a course towards deep space? PONCHO (tapping some buttons): I think so.... there, it's done! MAGIC (looking at another monitor): Twenty seconds to self destruct! All of the ship's escape pods are gone! KING (laughs): We're all going to die! Even you, snake woman! The scene shifts back to the bridge of the Canius Minor where Alexander and the others watch Ultra's ship pick up speed and fly off towards deep space. WHITEY (looks at monitor): Commander, Ultra's shields have just dropped. There are numerous small escape pods heading towards Earth. The ship's on a self destruct sequence and there's only five life signs registering on board! ALEXANDER (on mic): Flash! Lock unto those life signs and use the matter transporter to bring them here! FLASH (on speakers): Aye Aye, Commander! WHITEY (turns to Alexander): That ship could explode at any second! ALEXANDER (shouts): Saundra! All power to our shields! At that moment, the Willian vessel explodes. Shockwaves from the explosion shake the Canius Minor, knocking Alexander, Bruno and Derby to the floor. ALEXANDER (struggles to stand up): Flash! Did you get them? FLASH (on speaker): Yes, I have them Commander! It's Ensign Fydo, Magic, Poncho and a large dog man with a python wrapped around him! ALEXANDER (shouts): Security to Flash's lab! (helps Derby off the floor): Are you alright? DERBY (nods): That was quite a jolt, Commander! ALEXANDER (turns to Bruno): Damage report! BRUNO (struggles to stand up): Our shields saved us from major damage. The ship has some minor damage to the outer hull and a few power overloads. Doctor Abdullah reports several crew members have minor injuries, he's treating them as we speak. ALEXANDER (smiles): Good! Saundra, get us back to Earth, best possible speed! SAUNDRA (nods): Aye aye, Commander! The scene shifts to the White House front lawn, Ultra and Lady are in their moment of triumph until they see an explosion in the sky. ULTRA (surprised): What was that? LADY (scared): Looks like a spaceship's explosion! ULTRA (angry): No! It can't be! (adjusts wrist communicator): King, this is Ultra, come in! King, this is Ultra, respond! LADY (confused): The Canius Minor must've destroyed them! ULTRA (furious): They'll all pay for this! (turns to Lady): Give the order, kill all the Road Rovers! I'll kill the President and his wife myself! As Lady shouts out the orders, instantly all of the Road Rovers as well as Mr and Mrs Clinton vanish. HUNTER (from behind the bushes): Road Rovers, OPEN FIRE!!! The Road Rovers fire at the stunned Cano-Mutants. Ultra and Lady are so shocked they're nearly speechless! ULTRA (scared): I don't believe this! It was all an illusion! LADY (points): And they're shooting all of our soldiers from all sides! ULTRA (growls): We have to escape! Quickly, to our fighters! As Ultra and Lady run towards their fighters, they hear a loud ROAR!!!!! It's Bob, transformed into his huge brontosaurus mode, walking towards the stunned Lost Pack members. BOB (booming voice): Going somewhere? I don't think so! Bob uses his huge brontosaurus feet to crush every shuttle and fighter. Lady and Ultra run in the other direction, only to see Otto, Hunter, Huntress, Boomer, the Computer Renegade and the Masked Melitta standing in front of them. The Renegade and Melitta push buttons on their black boxes that fire electronic 'handcuffs' that quickly wrap around Ultra and Lady's feet and bring them crashing down to the ground. Otto and Hunter quickly tie their hands behind their backs. HUNTER (shouts out): To the power of the the Pack!! All of the Road Rovers howl in unison. The scene shifts back to the desert, where Judy and her raiding party are still locked in a fierce laser battle with the Road Rovers. DYLAN (points): We're at a standstill here! DJ (nods): We took out their vehicles, but they all still have laser rifles! If we could only fight them hand to hand, I know we could take them! BOOMERANG (shooting): Yeah, what can we do? HANNAH (ears perk up): Su Li, your ship is trying to call you, activate your wrist communicator! SU LI (laughs): How could you know .... (turns it on) You're right! ALEXANDER (on speaker): Alexander to landing party, come in! SU LI (on mic): This is Cadet Su Li, we're in a laser firefight down here! It's a standoff! ALEXANDER (on speaker): We can help you! Daisy has a machine that can dampen all energy weapons and .. DYLAN (grabs Su Li's wrist): Then use it, man, and hurry! ALEXANDER (on speaker): Cadet, your voice has changed.... DYLAN (shouts into mic): This is Dylan! Hurry up and use it already! ALEXANDER (on speaker): Stand by! Initiating dampening field NOW!! A strange green light suddenly flashes all around the Road Rovers and Lost Pack members. Confusion reigns as every single laser rifle has been rendered useless. DYLAN (shouts out): Road Rovers, Space Rovers, let's take'm! All of the Rovers converge on the confused Lost Pack Members and Cano-Mutants. The Gila Monster swings his 2 x 4 over his head and smashs several Cano-Mutants with it. Boomerang, Ace, Dylan, Dervish and DJ use their fists to 'deck' many more. Molly grabs a long metal rod and runs at super speed, 'clothes lining' many of the enemy in the blink of an eye. Abby 'flames on' and flys toward the crashed shuttles, forming huge circles of flame all around all the fleeing Cano-Mutants. Judy, Dizzy and Spike attempt to sneak away through a narrow passageway in the rocks, only to have Kyra throw herself on all of them like a huge 'plastic blanket'. Dreadnaught is hiding underneath one of the disabled fighters, hoping no one will notice him. He sees Starlight and hops on her back. DREADNAUGHT (excited): Gidday up, horsy! Gidday up! STARLIGHT (laughs): You can't even say it right, you creep! Starlight 'bucks' Dreadnaught into the air and uses her back legs to 'kick' him into a nearby pile of rocks. DREADNAUGHT (slowly lifting his head up): Is the ride over? DYLAN (laughs): It's over for YOU, pal! The scene shifts back to the Nevada army base, five hours later. Cobber, Hunter, Colleen, Grunt, Bob, the Gila Monster and Persia are among the Road Rovers in attendance as their Lost Pack and Cano-Mutant prisoners have been gathered together, looking on. HUNTER (notices several covered baskets around them): Persia, what are in these baskets and why do we all have to wear these gas masks? PERSIA (smiles): In these baskets are silver orbs that my Willian friends brought to us from Filios 7. We're going to use them to put a stop to the Lost Pack and their allies once and for all! COBBER (confused): Excuse me, ma'am, but I don't see how ..... PERSIA (looks at Cobber): Get your gas mask on! ULTRA (shouting): So, Captain Persia, how will your human masters punish us? Throw us all in jail? Put us all on trial? Humans are far, far too gentle to have us destroyed! DREADNAUGHT (falls to knees, begging): OH PLEASE DON'T LOCK ME UP!!! I HATE BEING CONFINED!!! I WANT A LAWYER!!! SAMANTHA (growls): Don't look at me, Mr Dreadnaught, sir! PERSIA (looks at Bob and the Gila Monster): Bob, Gila Monster, if you'll do the honors.... Bob and the Gila Monster nod as they take many silvery orbs out of the baskets and throw them at their prisoners. They continue tossing them until a huge silver cloud covers them all. When the 'smoke' clears, all of them have been transformed back into their canine forms. HUNTER (surprised): Whoa! Those are some smoke bombs, Persia! PERSIA (smiles): Now all of these dogs can be returned to their masters! COBBER (points): What about all of those Lost Pack bloaks? They 'ave no masters! HUNTER (smiles): We'll take them to the local animal shelter, I'm sure they can find good homes for them all. PERSIA (looks at Hunter): It's a good thing Whitey thought of these things, I'm glad we didnt have to use them in battle. BLITZ (laughing): Me too! I don't want to be a puppy boy! I want to bite toochies! EXILE (shakes head): Once a weird boy, always a weird boy! PERSIA (smiles): At last! The Lost Pack is no more! The scene shifts to Road Rover Headquarters, one hour later. All of the Road Rovers as well as many Space Rovers are gathered in the briefing room in front of the Master. MASTER (standing before all of them): Road Rovers, Space Rovers, Collie Squadron, all of you are good, good dogs! Your performance during this last crisis has proven to the world that you are all, indeed, mankind's best friends! There were many heroes this day, but I want to personally salute the biggest hero! Captain Persia, will you and Ensign Fydo join me on the platform? The Rovers all cheer and chat Fydo's name as he and Persia walk towards the Master. Joining them are Magic, Numbia, Poncho and Claudia. Fydo looks very confused. MASTER (smiles): Here is the one Rover who singlehandedly destroyed the Lost Pack's spaceship! Ensign Fydo! FYDO (confused): Who? Me? MAGIC (hugs Fydo): Yes, I saw him do it! He saved us all! NUMBIA (nods): He punched in the self-destruct sequence himself! PONCHO (nods): Si, Fydo is a true hero! FYDO (still confused): I don't know what to say! PERSIA (walks up to Fydo): I know what to say, Leiutenant Fydo! FYDO (confused): Leiutenant? CLAUDIA (smiles): What a man! Claudia hugs and kisses Fydo as the other Rovers cheer and shout his name. MAGIC (looks at Fydo and Claudia): Too bad he's already taken... What a dog! HUNTER (steps forward): To the power of the PACK!!! All of the Rovers howl in unison. -------------------------------------------------------