Copyright 1999 -- Robert Baer Jr. Otto & Sam -- "Happy Birthday, Sam?" 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 Otto, Starlight, Samantha Maddog, Ben Maddog, Abby Maddog, Vicki Maddog, Molly Maddog, Linda Maddog, and Roger Maddog are all Robert Baer Jr's creations, copyright 1997-1998. DJ is a creation of Jake Williams, Alethia is a creation of Kylen Miles, Dawn is a creation of Dianne L, Derv is a creation of Dervish. Otto & Sam -- "Happy Birthday, Sam?" The scene is Road Rover Headquarters and there is a feeling of sadness all around. The Master, Derv, Hunter, DJ and many other Rovers surround Otto, who is sitting on a chair, with his head in his hands, crying his eyes out. Today was to be his wife's Samantha's birthday, he had a lot of special plans for it. He was going to take her out to dinner, then have a nice, leisurely walk in the woods. It was going to be a time that neither would never forget, but now it was all gone. Otto continues to replay the scene in his mind, the events of yesterday, the day that Samantha Maddog died. It was early in the morning back at his master's house, about six, and Otto was just waking up beside of his lovely collie bride. There was an emergency call for him and his master, the Computer Renegade, so rather than wake her up, he left with his master to Moscow where a jewel heist had been reported. Little did he know that that would be the last time he'd ever see her alive. While he was away with the Renegade, Samantha received a call from Road Rover Mission Control, and soon she went off on a mission with DJ, Dawn, Derv, Exile and Alethia, a mission that was her last. Otto was beside himself in anger, frustration and sadness. He had just returned from Samantha's funeral, the other members of Samantha's family could not console him, so he teleported to Mission Control, where the other Rovers are trying their best to help their friend. DJ (putting hand on Otto's shoulder): I'm so sorry, man, I miss her already.... DAWN (in tears): She died a hero, Otto, she sacrified herself for all of us.... DERV (sadly): Otto, I only met her today, but I gotta tell you, she's was the bravest Road Rover I've ever worked with! EXILE (sadly): Don't blame yourself, comrade, it wasn't your fault.. Otto couldn't take it anymore, and with blazing speed, he ran into his room and slammed the door shut. ALETHIA (calmly): Look, everyone, Otto just needs some time alone. We better just give him some space. DJ (sadly): I know you're right, Alethia, but I got the feeling he's about to 'lose it.' He really loved Samantha with all of his heart. There was a loud BOOM!!!!!! behind them, it was Molly Maddog, one of Samantha's sisters, and she ran over to where DJ was standing. MOLLY (panicked): Have any of you seen Otto, he was with Dad and the rest of us and then just disappeared! DJ (gently hugging Molly): It's alright, Molly, he's here, he's up in his room alone. MOLLY (crying): Why did he leave? What is wrong with him? ALETHIA (patting Molly on the back): Molly, he just needs a little time alone, don't worry, we'll all keep an eye on him EXILE (angry): I will not let my doggie comrade face this alone! I will go to his room now! DAWN (standing in front of him): Exile, are you sure this is the right thing to do? DERV (putting hand on Exile's shoulder): Maybe you better leave him alone for the moment. EXILE (angry, turning away): NYET!!! I am going! Otto needs me! Exile runs down the hallway and knocks on Otto's door. At first, Otto yells out 'GO AWAY' but when Exile continues to knock and plead, he finally opens the door and let's him in. EXILE (sadly): Comrade, is there anything at all that I can do for you? Name it, just name it! OTTO (wicked grin): Alright, Exile, stand still and look into my eyes! Otto's request confuses Exile, but he turns and faces him, staring him in the eyes. Otto fires a green ray out of his eyes, the ray creates a mind link between Exile and Otto. OTTO (coldly): Data link established, now I will KNOW exactly what happened yesterday to my wife! Otto quickly reads Exile's mind, and in a matter of seconds, he understands what took place that afternoon: The Rovers were investigating reports of Cano-Mutants sightings at the Weirton Steel Mill in northern West Virginia. Looking through a set of bionoculars, Derv was the first to spot them inside the plant. It looked like Parvo's men had chased away all of the workers, and was having his 'troops' operating the machinery. Exile and the others decided to rush the building, all of the Cano-Mutants appeared to be occupied with making steel. Samantha used her collar to make all of the Rovers invisible so they could surprise them. Slowly and carefully, Alethia, DJ, Exile, Dawn, Derv and Samantha crept into the back entrance of the building, only to be caught in a huge net that had been strung along the doorway. Exile used his heat ray eyes to burn the ropes and they all fell to the floor as the Cano-Mutants ran towards them, holding their rifles and firing laser shots at them. Samantha, not realizing that they were all visible now, quickly stood up and attempted to activate her force field device on her collar, but for some reason, it didn't function, and as the other Rovers watched in horror, Samantha Maddog's body shook and fell with the force of all of the laser blasts. Exile quickly froze some of the mutants with his eyes, and DJ, Derv and Dawn produced bazookas and fired at the remaining Cano-Mutants, forcing them to turn and run! Parvo and the others escaped, as Alethia tried in vain to revive the fatally injured collie. Otto couldn't take it anymore, he turned off his 'mental link' to Exile's mind, giving him a subliminal command to leave the room and forget about what had just happened. Exile had a blank look on his face as he turned away from Otto and slowly walked out the door. Otto was livid, he now had witnessed his wife's last moments on earth, the image burned in his brain, Otto grabbed his bed and flung it against the wall, smashing it into small wooden pieces. He picked up his dresser, and tore it in half with his bare hands. When he looked around for something else to throw, he saw his wife's picture hanging near the front door. Slowly, he reached up to touch it, and broke out into tears again, his body collasping to the floor. He lay there for a minute, and then quickly jumped up to his feet, smiling and laughing. OTTO (beaming): THAT'S IT!!! I'VE GOT IT!! I GOTTA FIND STARLIGHT! With a loud BOOM!!! Otto was standing in Starlight's stable, the mighty white horse was sadly staring upwards at the stary sky. OTTO (running up to Starlight excitedly): STARLIGHT, I NEED YOUR HELP, PLEASE HELP ME!!! STARLIGHT (shocked): Otto? Where have you been? Nathan and Wanna have been worried sick ....... OTTO (excited): There's no time for this, my friend! I need your help! STARLIGHT (noticing for the first time): Otto, you're in Cano-Sapien form, what ....... OTTO (yelling out): PLEASE STARLIGHT, WE HAVE TO SAVE SAMANTHA!!! STARLIGHT (scared): What are you talking about, you know that she's dead, my friend OTTO (screaming): NO!! YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND! Please listen to me, we can go back in time,. like me and the Computer Dinosaur did a few months ago ..... STARLIGHT (shaking her head): That was an accident, Otto, remember? You were wired up to that machine that Uncle Buford invented, it produced an accidental discharge of energy that sent you and the big guy back in time. OTTO (screaming): Please, just download my file labeled 'Time Travel', according to my calculations, you and I can reproduce this 'accident' and go back in time! If I'm right, we can arrive hours before Samantha was killed and stop it from happening in the first place! STARLIGHT (bewildered): Downloading.....calculating..... confirmed, you are correct, between the two of us, we can produce a low density time warp, but there's no way to estimate the exact time of arrival in the past, even if you could find the exact area.... OTTO (excitedly): I'VE DONE THAT ALREADY!!! Download my file marked 'Exile923'. STARLIGHT (confused): OTTO!!! I don't believe it, you read his mind to get this, didn't you? I'm surprised at your erratic behavior! OTTO (excitedly): Never mind about that, we both now know the exact location we need to be, let's go there now, and then set our circuitry for time travel. STARLIGHT (worried): This is dangerous, Otto, if this doesn't work, the sheer force of all that expended energy could destroy all of our inplants and could even kill us both! OTTO (on his knees): I've begging you, Starlight, please help me! I can't live without Samantha, and we have a chance to stop her from dying! STARLIGHT (sadly): But we could change history, we could alter the timeline, and what's worse, we may not be able to return to the present! OTTO (crying, grabbing her front leg): PLEASE???? I can't do this without you! STARLIGHT (in tears): Alright, my friend, we'll do it! You're too emotional to teleport us to the Steel Mill, so I'll do it! With a loud BOOM!!!!! Otto and Starlight were standing just yards away from where his wife had fallen yesterday. Otto explained that the reason Samantha's collar malfunctioned was because it had been damaged when they all fell from the net, so if they could return to that moment in time, they could stop the ambush before it started. Starlight and Otto had reset their internal computer systems, and were ready to attempt time travel. Otto shouted 'LET'S DO IT!" and each activated their circuitry. With a huge flash of blinding light and a strange shooshing sound, the two were standing behind a set of crates, and watching a familiar scene: Samantha was standing up in from of her fellow Rovers and ready to activate her force field, just like it happened that day. OTTO (angry): Our time re-entry was off! I gotta act fast! Using his super speed, he quickly stood behind his wife and activated his force field. The Cano-Mutant's laser shots bounced away from Samantha, giving the other Rovers time to reach for their bazookas and fire them! Otto quickly returned to Starlight's side and watched Samantha and the others chase the Cano-Mutants and Parvo throuigh the steel mill. Otto had been so fast, that none of the Rovers realized that he'd been there! STARLIGHT (scared): Otto, the temporal force that brought us here is reversing itself! We're being sucked into a time warp! Grab onto me, NOW! Otto grabbed Starlight's front legs as the twisting time vortex quckly drew them into it and disappeared. The sudden force of the warp's backlash knocked each of them unconscience. When they awoke, both of them were in the lounge area of Road Rover Headquarters! Confused and dazed, netiher one of them knew how they got there, let alone what day it was. Derv walked into the lounge and put his hands on his hips. DERV (laughing): Just what are you two doing in here? The party's out here! OTTO (bewildered): Party? DERV (giggling): I don't believe this! You didn't even remember your wife's birthday? STARLIGHT (shocked): You mean Samantha is here? DERV (laughing): Now where else would she be? Silly horse! Otto was so happy, he ran with super speed to Samantha and embraced her warmly, bursting into tears. OTTO (sobbing): I LOVE YOU, SAM, I LOVE YOU!!! SAMANTHA (shocked): Honey, what brought all of this on? Now, please let go of me, everyone is staring at us! OTTO (sobbing): I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU!! All the other Rovers didn't understand why Otto was so extremely happy to see his wife, only he and Starlight knew the entire story. OTTO (sobbing): THIS IS THE HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT I'VE EVER GOTTEN!!! SAMANTHA (dumbfounded): Otto? Are you feeling alright? OTTO (crying): Yes, my lovely wife, I'm fine now! Better get Uncle Buford to repair your collar, it's not working right! SAMANTHA (bewlidered): How did you know that? OTTO (hugging Samantha again): Let's just say that I've been given a second chance, and I'm not wasting a minute of it! Otto gives Samantha a long, passionate kiss as the others sing Happy Birthday. ----------------------------------------------------------------------