Copyright 2000 --- Robert Baer Jr. Collie Squadron -- "Reunion" 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 Otto, Samantha Maddog, Ben Maddog, Abby Maddog, Vicki Maddog, Molly Maddog, Kyra, Linda Maddog, Uncle Buford, Froobie Bates, Nathan & Wanna Lovejoy and Roger Maddog are all Robert Baer Jr's creations, copyright 1997-1999. Collie Squadron -- "Reunion" The scene is the ballroom of a the Swan Hotel in Walt Disney World. Here was being held a reunion for all former NASA employees. Buford Lovejoy (aka Uncle Buford) is among those in attendance. There is a large buffet table, and almost one hundred former employees and their families there. Buford decided to invite his nephew and his wife (Nathan and Wanna Lovejoy) to come with him. They all 'mixed and mingled' with the many people in attendance, a few were former astronauts, even former Senator John Glenn was on hand to shake hands and exchange small talk. Over in a corner of the room looking out the tenth story window was a young, African-American lady whom Buford had known during his working days. He slowly walks over using his cane to say hello. BUFORD (smiling): Froobie? Froobie Bates? Is that you? FROOBIE (sudden smile): Buford Lovejoy! (hugs him) It's good to see you again, sir! BUFORD (smiles): Please, call me Uncle Buford! I can still remember your first day on the job at NASA like it was yesterday! FROOBIE (nods): Yes, I remember how nervous I was that day. First, I was asked to get coffee for a high level staff meeting. I was so scared, I tripped with the serving tray and busted all of the coffee mugs in the hallway. Things just went from bad to worse that day. BUFORD (nods): Oh yeah, like when you were running down the hallway and accidently collided with General Perkins. Boy, was he ever upset! FROOBIE (sadly): He called me every name in the book, including some very ethnic names. I just stood there and started crying when you saw me and took me aside. You told me not to give up, not to let the General rattle me. You'll never know how I needed to hear some encouragement at that moment! BUFORD (smiles): I'm glad I was there to help, Froobie! Did you and that fellow ... er ...... Phillip ever ... FROOBIE (interrupts): No, Phillip was already married, to his JOB! He retired from NASA a few years after I left. BUFORD (shocked): You left? You're no longer with NASA? FROOBIE (nods): That's right! I'm employed in the private sector now! BUFORD (motions): Hey Froobie, let me introduce you to my nephew and his wife! (Nathan and Wanna walk over) Dr Froobie Bates, meet my nephew and his wife, Nathan and Wanna Lovejoy! FROOBIE (shakes hands): Pleased to meet you! NATHAN (smiles): Pleased to meet you also! WANNA (smiles): So, you're a friend of Uncle Buford's? FROOBIE (nods): Yes, he was a real inspiration to me when I first came to NASA. BUFORD (smiles): I'm curious, Froobie, where are you working now? FROOBIE (sips coffee): I got a great job offer, I'm working in the genetics unit of Gen-Par Industries! Buford chokes on his coffee when he hears this. Nathan and Wanna's facial expressions also change. FROOBIE (surprised): Did I say something wrong? Buford, Nathan and Wanna wanted to tell Froobie all they knew about Gen-Par Inc, and it's owner: General Parvo. However, doing this might reveal Buford's involvement in the Collie Squadron, or reveal Nathan and Wanna's secret identities as the Computer Renegade and Masked Melitta. Staring at each other and unsure of what to say, Buford finally speaks. BUFORD (concerned): Froobie, I have heard a lot of rumors about Gen-Par Inc, and ... FROOBIE (smiles): Old man, you think I'm in some sort of danger, don't you? BUFORD (stutters): Well.... FROOBIE (laughs): Yeah, I heard all the stories about mutant dogs, warrior creatures, things like that. They're all just gossip started by our competitors! BUFORD (shakes head): Froobie, I have a bad feeling about this job of yours. FROOBIE (takes Buford's hand): I really respect your opinion and concerns, Mr Lovejoy, but I'll be fine. Don't worry. (looks around) There's Carol McBee, I have to say hi to her, please excuse me. As Froobie Bates walks away from Buford, Nathan and Wanna talk quietly with him. NATHAN (sadly): Uncle Buford, we heard every word. WANNA (shakes head): She's totally convinced that Gen-Par is on the level BUFORD (sadly): I just know something's gonna happen to her, I can feel it in my bones! The scene shifts to the Gen-Par Industries building, the next day. Dr Froobie Bates is at work in her lab, writing a report on her PC. She looks up from her desk, and notices three people wearing long trenchcoats waiting in the lobby area. She's seen figures like this before, and always wondered who they were. It was then as two of them turned that she saw that two of these 'men' had tails. Curious, she sneaks outside of her lab and quietly follows the three into a hidden hallway. Hiding behind a fliing cabinet, Froobie watches as the three figures remove their trenchcoats, revealing that two of them are Cano-Mutants while the third is a female with long, black hair. GROOMER (points): Ok, my pets, it's time for your gene-splicing treatments! The two huge dogmen, one a brown cocker spaniel, one a dalmation, step slowly into two huge glass booths which shut behind them. The Groomer sits behind a control panel and begins pushing many buttons and dials. White smoke fills both of the booths, the two Cano-Mutants inside appear to be in some pain. A few minutes later, the glass chambers open and the two Cano-Mutants walk out. GROOMER (smiles): Soon, my pets, very soon, you'll become the strongest, finest fighters in the world! As soon as Dr Bates finishes her research project, we'll have the final formula we need to complete your transformations! (hears a noise in the background) What was that? Froobie had accidently banged into one of the filing cabinets, she's quickly grabbed by the two Cano-Mutants. GROOMER (smiles): So, Dr Bates, you're just a bit TOO curious, aren't ya? FROOBIE (angry): I can't believe it! Buford was right about you all along! GROOMER (taps a PC keyboard): I see that you're research report is almost completed! It has all we need! Guess you're of no further use to this company! Take her and put her in one of the chambers! We'll fix her good! Dr Bates is placed in a glass chamber. Terrified, she pounds her fists against the glass violently as the chanber slowly fills with smoke. GROOMER (laughs): Never tried this gene-splicing formula on a human before, let's see what happans! As the Groomer sits back and laughs, she and the mutants don't notice a certain collie who has walked through the center wall and is slowly sneaking over to a control panel. It's Linda Maddog, and she's opening all of the security locks to let the other members of the Collie Squadron into the lab. Linda is soon discovered, the two Cano-Mutants try to grab her, but their punchs pass through her translucent body. Soon, Ben, Molly, Abby, Vicki, Roger, Samantha and Otto are running towards the Groomer and her henchmen. Groomer quickly escapes through a hidden staircase, as the others begin to fight the two Cano-Mutants. Otto sits behind the control panel and attempts to shut off the gene-splicing machine. Meahwhile, Roger is tossed against the wall by one of the mutants. Ben fires electrical bolts out of his hands that briefly stuns the mutants, but only temporarily. Molly grabs a huge roll of electrical cable, and uses her super speed to quickly 'wrap up' the two Cano-Mutants where they stood. OTTO (pushs buttons): I believe I have managed to deactive this machine. Prepare to remove Dr Bates from the chamber. The glass booth opens as Samantha and Vicki 'catch' Dr Bates as she faints into their waiting arms. BEN (looks around): We got what we came for, Collie Squadron, let's teleport out of here! With a loud BOOM!!!!! the Collie Squadron disappear and suddenly rematerialize at Collie Squadron Headquarters. UNCLE BUFORD (walks over quickly on his cane): Froobie! Otto, tell me what happened! OTTO (sternly): This human has been exposed briefly to some sort of gene splicing machine. UNCLE BUFORD (frantic): Quickly, take her to my lab! If I can't reverse the process quickly, her DNA will be altered, forever! Roger and Ben carry the unconscience woman to the lab. Kyra follows after them, grabbing masks and surgerical gloves as she passes by the nurse's station. Dr Bates is placed on a table, Uncle Buford whistles for Maxx, his robotic Great Dane, who arrives in a matter of milliseconds. UNCLE BUFORD (turns to Maxx): Maxx, scan this human female's DNA patterns, advice on a course of action! MAXX (electronic voice): Human female's DNA patterns are changing rapidly, suggest using a Barium derivative to reverse the process... KYRA (surprised) Barium? That's that power generating material the Space Rovers brought to earth with them! UNCLE BUFORD (nods): Maxx, transmit the instructions for making this derivative to Otto. He can get the Barium and make the compound faster than I can! Maxx nods and within seconds, Otto has entered the room holding a small test tube. OTTO (sternly): I have successfully created the remedy for Dr Bates. It will absorb into her body more rapidly if it is administered as a mist. UNCLE BUFORD (frantic): Then DO IT, OTTO! HURRY! OTTO (places test tube in his hands): No need to get overemotional, sir. Everyone stand back as I heat the formula. Otto's hands begin to glow as a green mist desends from the test tube and upon Dr Bates. Otto moves all around her to insure that the mist will penetrate every cell of her body. UNCLE BUFORD (turns to Maxx): Maxx, analysis! MAXX (electronic voice): The treatment of Barium derivative is reversing the subject's DNA pattern alterations. Within a matter of seven point two one minutes, the subject's DNA patterns will be fully restored... KYRA (happy): You did it, Uncle Buford! You saved Dr Bates! UNCLE BUFORD (turns to Maxx): When will she regain conscienceness, Maxx? MAXX (electronic voice): Approximately six point seven four minutes... UNCLE BUFORD (smiles): This will give me time to make a full report to the Master. Ten minutes later in the medical ward, Dr Froobie Bates awakens to find herself in a hospital bed with a collie looking down at her. DR BATES (screams): HELP ME! IT'S A MONSTER! KYRA (smiles): Please don't shout, ma'am. My name is Kyra and I'm a Road Rover. You were exposed to a gene-splicing mist at Gen-Par Inc and we brought you here for treatment DR BATES (looks around): Where exactly is 'here?' KYRA (smiles): Collie Squadron Headquarters! Uncle Buford and I worked together to ... DR BATES (shocked): Uncle Buford? You mean, Buford Lovejoy is a part of all of this? KYRA (nods): He's coming this way, I'll let him explain it to you. Uncle Buford takes a chair and sits beside of Dr Bates' bed. He explains the entire story of how he and the Master formed the Collie Squadron. DR BATES (smiles): Buford, why didn't you tell me this at the reunion? UNCLE BUFORD (smiles): This is a very secret operation.... DR BATES (nods): You know you can trust me, Buford! UNCLE BUFORD (smiles): Please, call me Uncle Buford, and I know you are trustworthy, and so does the Master! DR BATES (confused): Come again? UNCLE BUFORD (smiles): I think you realize that you can't return to Gen-Par Industries, and that Parvo and Groomer will be looking for you. That's why the Master would like for you to accept his invitation to join the Road Rovers! DR BATES (shakes head): But I'm not a dog! UNCLE BUFORD (laughs): Don't worry, neither am I! He would like for you to accept a teaching position at Shepard University. It's a educational training center for new Road Rover recruits. DR BATES (surprised): Me? A teacher? OTTO (sternly): Dr Bates, you minored in Eduacation as a undergraduate student, and with your advanced knowledge in the sciences, you are well suited for the position. DR BATES (smiles): That dog sounds like John Wayne! UNCLE BUFORD (nods): His name is Otto, one of my greatest creations! DR BATES (smiles): Buford Lovejoy, you never cease to amaze me! UNCLE BUFORD (smiles): Thank you, Froobie. Will you accept the job? DR BATES (nods): Sure, why not! I owe you and your canine friends my life! Besides, it'd beat being unemployed! UNCLE BUFORD (laughs): Now THAT'S the spirit! DR BATES (concerned): But wait a minute! My research! Parvo and Groomer still have all of my reports and data on gene splicing! OTTO (smiles): I took the liberty of erasing the entire memory of the Gen-Par Industries central computer system during your rescue. DR BATES (frantic): But what about the back-up tapes? OTTO (pulls three minidisks out of his pocket): You mean, these? DR BATES (turns to Buford): You did program him well, didn't you? UNCLE BUFORD (smiles): He kinda programmed himself, actually... The scene switches to Ben Maddog's mansion, one day later. Ben and his entire family are in their canine forms as they say goodbye to Dr Bates. SAMANTHA (shouts): Dr Bates, ma'am, are you sure you don't want us to teleport you to the school? DR BATES (smiles): I'm sure. Besides, I have to stop by my apartment and pack first. They're even giving me free room and board, too! UNCLE BUFORD (sadly): I will miss you, my dear friend DR BATES (gently hugs Buford): Hey, this isn't goodbye forever, y'know! I'll come back to visit! And all of you are always free to visit me at the university! UNCLE BUFORD (smiles): Goodbye, Dr Bates! All of the Collie Squadron waves their paws and bark as Dr Bates drives away BEN (looks up at Buford): I believe Dr Bates will make a fine addition to the Road Rovers! UNCLE BUFORD (nods): Yes, it sure was a good thing I attended that reunion! -----------------------------------------------------------------