Copyright 1999 -- Robert Baer Jr The Ocean Rovers -- "Storm Under the Sea" 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 Computer Renegade, Masked Melitta, Computer Gila Monster, Otto, Samantha Maddog and Starlight are all my creations. Copyright 1998, the characters Delran, Kristina, Cindy, Guardian and R.O.S.E. are creations of Delran Phillips (aka Mavrik) The Ocean Rovers -- "Storm Under the Sea" The scene is the Ocean Rover, a midsize, fully equipped submarine which, at present, is some one thousand miles east of Norfolk, Virgina. Inside the main control room are Delran, (a seventeen year old Afro-American man), Cindy (a white German Shepard/Wolf Mix), Kristina (a pink Cano-Sapien of uncertain breed), Guardian (a grey Malamutt) and R.O.S.E. a robot. Each is seated at a computer console surrounded by Delran, who sits in a swivel chair in the center of the control room. CINDY (looking at radar screen): Well, it's 3 PM and all is silent in this part of the ocean! KRISTINA (yawns): This is one snoozer of a mission, isn't it, Delran? DELRAN (pushs some buttons on his armrest): Well, it's been uneventful, that's for sure! R.O.S.E. (electronic voice): All submarine systems responding within recommended parameters.. KRISTINA (sarcasticly): Thanks for reminding us, tin pants! CINDY (turns to Kristina): Hey! Stop calling R.O.S.E. that! You might hurt it's feelings! KRISTINA (shrugs shoulders): What feelings? It's a hunk of metal with wires running through it! DELRAN (interrupts): R.O.S.E. is a member of this crew, I believe you should treat it with respect! Guardian nods his head as Kristina stands up and walks towards the back hatch. KRISTINA (opens hatch): Cover for me, Guardian, I want to grab a can of soda! CINDY (smiles): I could use a soda myself! Cindy uses her elastic abilities to stretch out both of her arms through the hatch, grabs a can of soda, and returns before Kristina can take one step through the hatch. KRISTINA (angry): Hey! That was the last can of orange soda, I wanted it! CINDY (sipping can of soda): Oh, sorry about that Kris, want some? KRISTINA (shakes head): Not after you've put your doggie lips on it! YUCK!! DELRAN (turns to Kristina): Kris, lighten up, Cindy said she was sorry. Kristina growls a little and returns to her work station. Cindy sees something strange on her radar screen. CINDY (excited): I'm getting a strange ping on the sonar, it's some sort of submarine and it's on a direct course with us! DELRAN (turns to Kristina): Kris, can we get a visual on it? KRISTINA (shakes head): The object is sending out some sort of jamming signal, I can't get a fix on it! DELRAN (turns to Guardian): Evasive manuevers, Guardian! Guardian nods and pushs some buttons on his control panel, the crew can feel the 'rush' as the Ocean Rover dives straight down. CINDY (excited): The object is directly over us now..... and now heading away from us. KRISTINA (sigh of relief): R.O.S.E. any idea what that was? R.O.S.E. (electronic voice): Insufficent data..... DELRAN (shakes head): I haven't a clue, either! Is it still jamming our communications and visual recepters? KRISTINA (turns around): Object is now out of range, and we have an incoming message from the Master! DELRAN (points): Put it on the front viewer! MASTER: Greetings, Ocean Rovers! This is a priority alert! A pirate submarine has been spotted in you area. It uses a strange radio wave signal to jam all outside communications, and then orders ships to either empty their cargos, or be torpedoed. DELRAN (excited): Master, an unidentified submarine came by here less than a minute ago. The jamming signal was so strong that we couldn't even display it on our view screen! MASTER (shakes head): It is much worse than I feared. Ocean Rovers, your mission is to find that sub and stop it at all costs! DELRAN (nods): Understood, Master, we're on it! KRISTINA (turns to Delran): The first thing we need to do is find that sub's base. It has to have a cave or surface port of some sort to get supplies and the unload stolen cargo. R.O.S.E. (electronic voice): I have analyzed the ocean and surrounding land masses in this region using our satelite link. (pushs buttons on control): The two most probable locations for a submarine base are on this tiny unpopulated island near Bermuda. (switches to front viewer) As you can see from this graphic simulation, there is a single cavern located one thousand meters below sea level. There is also a smaller, shallower cave in the side of the island itself. Either location would be the most suitable for a secret submarine base. DELRAN (smiles): That's the best lead we have, thanks R.O.S.E.! (turns to Guardian): Change our course heading, we're going to that island! Guardian nods and sets the course. R.O.S.E. (looks at monitor): At our present rate of speed, we will reach our destination in approximately seven point two four minutes. DELRAN: It would be better if we could go in there undetected. R.O.S.E., can the Ocean Rover somehow mimic the jamming signal that was used on us earlier? R.O.S.E. (walks over to Kristina's station): By reseting our transreceivers, we could duplicate the jamming signal. DELRAN (sternly): Do it! We don't want the enemy to pick us up on their sonar. (turns to the others): When we arrive, Guardian and Cindy, I want you two to explore the sea cave. Kristina and I will go to surface and search for any signs of the sub base. R.O.S.E, you'll stay here and coordinate the operation, OK? CINDY (nods): Good plan, Delran! KRISTINA (nods): I agree! Guardian nods his head in approval. Soon, the Ocean Rovers are dressed in their auqa suits and leave their submarine through the airlock. Guardian and Cindy swim into the underwater cave while Kristina and Delran slowly move towards the surface. Their scuba masks each have communcation circuitry in them. DELRAN (to Kristina): I wish we had a faster way of getting to the surface! KRISTINA (to Delran): I have an idea, hold onto me tightly! As Delran puts his arms around Kristina's waist, she uses her powers to change her body structure into a lighter element, like driftwood, which causes her and Delran to immediately float upwards at a fast rate of speed. When they reach the surface, they swim to shore and remove their auqa gear. DELRAN (shaking): Kris, you could've given me some warning first! That was like riding a roller coaster upside down! KRISTINA (smiles): Sorry about that, Del. Let's have a look around. As Delran and Kristina begin their search on the island's surface, Guardian and Cindy swim into the undersea cave. Seeing lights above, they both swim towards the light and find a huge port-like facility. Carefully they step out of the water and remove their auqa suits. They observe that the cavern is huge, and loaded with crates of stolen goods. CINDY (whispers to Guardian): Looks like we found it, time to contact the others Then they both hear the eerie sounds of many rifles being 'cocked', they turn around and see that they are surrounded by angry soldiers. CINDY (sighs): Then again, maybe it's not. Cindy and Guardian drop their weapons and raise their hands, the soldiers take then into a dimly lit room surrounded on all sides by thick metal plating. In the room, they are reunited with Delran and Kristina. DELRAN (sadly): You guys got caught too? CINDY (almost in tears): Sorry, Del, weve failed you. DELRAN (pets Cindy on the head): No, no, don't think that! Kris and I were captured also! KRISTINA (grumbles): But you don't hear ME whining about it, do you? DELRAN (angry): That's enough, we need to get out of here and warn R.O.S.E. VOICE (on speakers): You won't be going anywhere, Ocean Rovers! CINDY (ears perk up): That voice sounds familiar... CAPT STORM (on speaker): It should, you worthless bunch of mongrels! It is I, Captain Zachary Storm, king of the seven seas! KRISTINA (growls): King, huh? C'mon in here and I'll crown you! CAPT STORM (on speaker): Silence! Since you four have stumbled onto my little operation, I can't let you leave here alive! Even as I speak, the room you are in is being filled with a colorless, odorless nerve gas. In less than one minute, all of you will be dead dogs! KRISTINA (angry): And what about the human, won't you spare him? CAPT STORM (on speaker): Since he's with you dogs, he dies too! Bye bye! Soon the four Ocean Rovers begin to feel the affects of the nerve gas, they struggle to breathe. Guardian tries in vain to open a hole in the metal plated walls. All of a sudden, they hear a loud booming noise and are instantly on the other side of the huge metal door. Looking all around, the Ocean Rovers see a man in a Zorro suit, a lady in a white costume and cape, a large white horse, a green reptile-looking person dressed in a black leather jacket and jeans, and two dogs, a German Shepard and a Collie. DELRAN (confused): What happaned? Who are you guys? C RENEGADE (smiles): I'm called the Computer Renegade, this is my wife, the Masked Melitta. The horse's name is Starlight and .... KRISTINA (points): And that green guy's the Computer Gila Monster, and your dog's are Otto and Samantha! Now I know who you people are! OTTO (smiles): And you four are the Ocean Rovers, it's a good thing we found you! MELITTA: Are you guys alright? CINDY (coughs): We've been better! GILA MONSTER (waving his 2 x 4 over his head): Where's the goons that did this to y'all, I'll make'm pay! DELRAN (points): Here comes some of them now, right behind you! GILA MONSTER (turns, grins): IT'S CLOBBERING TIME!!!! The Gila Monster and Guardian run towards the oncoming soldiers, who have their laser rifles pointed at them. OTTO (turns to Starlight): Starlight, let's help them out, shall we? STARLIGHT (nods): Gotcha, Otto! Otto and Starlight fire laser beams out of their eyes, quickly melting the barrels of all of the soldier's rifles. Guardian and the Gila Monster tackle the mob, Guardian with his superior martial arts skills, the Gila Monster uses his 2 x 4 to attack them. GILA MONSTER (glances over at Guardian): Hey, you're a great fighter! Will ya shows me how to do all that sometime? Guardian nods as he flattens yet another bad guys with two karate chops. CINDY (giggles): That green guy can really fight! DELRAN (looks around): But where's Storm? OTTO (sternly): There is a submarine preparing to launch down that corridor DELRAN (excited): He's getting away! C RENEGADE (excited): Not yet he hasn't! Starlight, Otto, stop that sub! With lightning speed, Otto and Starlight run to the edge of the water, just as Storm's submarine is submerging. OTTO (shouts): Starlight! Let's fire our anti-gravity rays on the sub! STARLIGHT (nods): You got it! Otto and Samantha fire green beams out of their eyes at the sub, causing it to slowly float upward. Delran and the others arrive on the scene. DELRAN (surprised): That's great, now, allow me to give that sub somewhere to land! Delran points his power ring at a large empty section of the floor and uses it to make a huge brace large enough to hold the submarine. Otto and Starlight slowly move the sub over to it and drop it "in place" DELRAN (smiles): There, so much for the pirate sub! CAPT STORM (on speakers): You Rovers think you've beaten me, well have I got a surprise for you! You may have gotten my submarine out of the water, but it's still operational! Put us back in the water or I'll fire torpedoes and blow up this entire island, with YOU on it! SAMANTHA (distressed): OH NO! What will we do now? DELRAN (smiles): Leave it to me, Sam! Delran points his power ring at the sub's torpedo tube, and using his ring, he seals them tight. CINDY (shakes fist at submarine): There, Storm, beat that! DELRAN (turns to Otto): Just to make sure that Storm doesn't get away.... OTTO (smiles): I read you loud and clear, Delran! Otto and Starlight fire laser beams out of their eyes, sealing all of the escapes hatches on the submarine. MELITTA (smiles): Looks like you've wrapped this case up! We already sent for the Navy, they'll arrive soon to escort Storm and his men back to prison. DELRAN (turns to the Renegade): One thing I don't understand. How did you know he needed help? C RENEGADE (smiles): R.O.S.E. contacted us, and gave us exact locations to teleport to. KRISTINA (shocked): R.O.S.E. did that? CINDY (smirks): Guess it's not just a bucket of bolts, is it Kristina? KRISTINA (sadly): Yes, I can see that now. An ordinary robot wouldn't have sent a distress call CINDY (looks at Kristina): NOW will you apologize to R.O.S.E. for all the bad things you called hm? KRISTINA (nods): Ok, ok, you win! DELRAN (points to the water): Looks like you'll soon have your chance! The Ocean Rover surfaces inside the cavern. The upper hatch opens and R.O.S.E. climbs out and jumps over to where the others are standing. R.O.S.E. (electronic voice): Are all of you fully functional? Guardian nods his head and smiles. DELRAN (smiles): We're all fine, thanks to you! CINDY (elbows Kristina): R.O.S.E., Kris has something to say to you! R.O.S.E. (electronic voice): Kristina, I'm listening... KRISTINA (stutters): Well....it's just that..... well.......ok, I'm sorry for calling you tin pants earlier, will you please forgive me? R.O.S.E. (electronic voice): Apology unneccassary, but appreciated, Kristina.... KRISTINA (smiles): Thanks, R.O.S.E., and thanks for calling for help! We'd been goners if you hadn't sent that distress call! DELRAN (turns to ROSE): R.O.S.E, I know the Ocean Rover's scanning equipment could not have penetrated these metal walls and the island's jamming fields, how did you know we were in danger? R.O.S.E. (electronic voice): When I was unable to contact any of you, I had a gut instinct that something was wrong, so ... DELRAN (interrupting): A gut instinct? Did you say a gut instinct? R.O.S.E. (electronic voice): That is correct, Delran C RENEGADE (smiles): Looks like your mechanical friend there may be more than just a robot! OTTO (smiles): Believe me, I know that feeling. Just because Starlight and I have lots of bionic and computer components in us doesn't mean we're just robots. It appears that R.O.S.E. is more than just a robotic drone, too! KRISTINA (smiles): R.O.S.E., for now on I'll treat you with more respect, OK? R.O.S.E. (electronic voice): Affirmative, cutey! DELRAN (surprised): Cutey? CINDY (laughs): CUTEY!!! KRISTINA (angry): R.O.S.E.!!!! Guardian laughs, and so do all of the others. GILA MONSTER (puts arms around Cindy and Kristina): Y'now, that metal guy is right, you sure are cute! Wanna go to the movies with me? CINDY (shakes head): No thank you KRISTINA (angry): I'd rather date R.O.S.E.!!! GILA MONSTER (disappointed): I just can't get a break! DELRAN (smiles): Excellent mission, everyone! TO THE POWER OF THE PACK! All of the Rovers howl in unison. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------