Copyright 2000 --- Robert Baer Jr. Otto & Sam -- "Caper in Cape Town" 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, Tammy, Zac and Samantha Maddog are all Robert Baer Jr's creations, copyright 1997-1998. Striker is a creation of Gerhard Naude, Jazz is a creation of Dylan Rinald. Cobber is a creation of Mike Browner. Misty Maddog is a creation of Bart Walls. Otto & Sam -- "Caper in Cape Town" The scene is aboard a large fishing boat in Cape Town, South Africa. The ship has docked, and two South African policemen walk up the gangplank with their police dogs on leashes. One is a female black and white border collie named Tammy, the other a large German Shepard Dog named Zac. The crew of the vessel nervously watch as the border collie is unleashed, she moves quickly all over the ship's deck, sniffing everywhere she walks. Suddenly, while sniffing a cargo net full of fish, Tammy lays down. The crew breathes a sigh of relief, unaware that when the young border collie lays down, it's her signal to her handlers that she's found something. CAPTAIN (laughs): Well, constables, we've passed the inspection, haven't we? OFFICER (sternly): Hakoai! Not quite! As the crew watches in disbelief, the two officers produce knives and cut the net open. They sort through the many fish and find what Tammy has detected. OFFICER (shakes head): Ai yai yai! Abalone! Now you folk KNOW that catching this much abalone is a violation of law! Three of the crewmen grab lead pipes and charge the officers, Zac is unleashed and tackles the first one, growling and biting him in the arm to make the man release the pipe. The other two crewmen, after seeing this, drop their pipes and gingerly begin to step backward in fear. OFFICER (pets Tammy): Good job, girl! You've done it again! Soon, many police vehicles arrive and take the captain and his crew into custody. Just another typical day in the life of Agent A1142, as Tammy is officially called by the Cape Town police. When Tammy and Zac arrive back at the police station, the dispatcher has a bit of disturbing news for her handler. Yet another death threat had been phoned in against Tammy. OFFICER (shakes head, pets Tammy): Aikona! Not another one! I know that she's good at her job, but who could be so cruel as to want to harm a magnificent animal like Tammy? I think it's time do call for some help. The scene shifts to Road Rover Mission Control, where we find Otto in the briefing room beneath the Master's podium doing some minor computer line repairs. Samantha Maddog stands next to her husband, handing him the tools he asked for as her goes. Jazz and Misty Maddog walk in and see Samantha. JAZZ (shouts): Hey Colleen! Have you seen Otto? SAMANTHA (turns around and grins): I'm not Colleen, Jazz, sir. JAZZ (embarrassed): Oh, sorry Sam! MISTY (smiles): Hi sis! Where's Otto? OTTO (from underneath podium): Otto is located beneath this podium! JAZZ (laughs): Oh, didn't see you! I was wondering if you had time to look at my camcorder, it's on the fritz! OTTO (from underneath podium): I believe I will have sufficent time during my duty shift to perform that requested task. MISTY (nods): I think that's a 'yes', Jazz! JAZZ (smiles, looks at Samantha): I must say, your husband sure has a way with words! SAMANTHA (nods): That is true, Mr Jazz, sir. JAZZ (smiles): Sam, you don't have to call me 'sir' all the time, ok? SAMANTHA (smiles): Alright, Jazz, sir.... oops, I did it again, sorry. JAZZ (laughs): That's ok, Sam! MISTY (looks at Jazz): Jazz, would you please tell me more about your recent trip to South Africa? JAZZ (nods): Sure! While I was there a few weeks ago, I saw on the local news a story about this special police dog the Cape Town police were using to sniff out drugs and illegal contraband items. I was so interested, I went to Cape Town to see this great border collie for myself! MISTY (excited): WOW! My brother Roger used to do that for the Atlanta police! Did you meet this dog? JAZZ (nods): I certainly did! Her name is Tammy and she's quite famous now. I presented a complete report to the Master, he was very impressed! MISTY (excited): That's GREAT! Will she become a Road Rover? JAZZ (looks at Misty): I really don't know, that's up to the Master to make that .... Jazz is interrupted by his ringing cell phone. He excuses himself and takes the call. SAMANTHA (smiles): Score another one for us collies, right Misty? MISTY (high fives Samantha): Right on, Sam! JAZZ (concerned): Guys, I really need your help! SAMANTHA (concerned): What's the matter, Jazz? MISTY (holds Jazz's hand): Yeah Jazz, what's wrong? JAZZ (distressed): That was a friend of mine on the Cape Town police force, it seems that Tammy has had several death threats in the past few days. SAMANTHA (shocked): Oh NO!! JAZZ (sad): When the first death threats came, the police assigned her a bodyguard, a German Shepard named Zac, but now they really fear for her safety. I need to ask the Master if I can go back to Cape Town and investigate these threats. OTTO (emerges from under the podium): The Master is not available. He is at this moment on an outing with his family. JAZZ (sternly): We could ask Hunter! OTTO (shakes head): Hunter and many other of the Road Rovers are out on various missions. JAZZ (angry): Well then we'll have to do this on our own! MISTY (nods): I'm with you, Jazz! OTTO (sternly): Under the circumstances, this would be the logical way to approach this situation SAMANTHA (nods): Count me in also! OTTO (sternly): Agreed, we'll teleport to Cape Town immediately! MISTY (excited): Hooray! I've never been to South Africa before! OTTO (sternly): There are two others who are already in the area who we will call upon for assistance... The scene shifts to a grassy polo course just outside of Cape Town. A polo match is in progress, time has almost expired. A familiar looking cano-sapien rides a pure white horse towards the goal, swinging his mallet, he connects with the polo ball and sends it sailing into the goal. A gun sounds, indicating the end of the match amid wild cheering from the spectators in the gallery. His teammates cheer him as he rides his horse into the stable. It's Striker, and he's dismounted from the horse, who happens to be Starlight. STRIKER (whispers): Ja! Good job, Starlight! You're the best polo pony I've ever had! STARLIGHT (whispers): Thank you, Striker. This is the most fun I've had since I went to the mall last month! STRIKER (whispers): They let horses into a shopping complex? STARLIGHT (whispers): I was in my horse-sapien form at the time. Do you know how difficult it is to find proper fashions when .... Starlight stops talking when she detects several humans coming over to congradulate Striker on his game winning goal. Striker smiles, listens to all of their compliments and then returns to Starlight's side. STARLIGHT (whispering): I'm receiving communication from Otto, he and a team of Rovers are waiting for us beneath a tree in a meadow near our present location. Better not try to teleport with all of these people around, mount me and I'll take us there very casually. Striker nods and mounts Starlight, who slowly gallops out of the stable and to the meadow. There, they all meet Otto, Samantha, Jazz and Misty. OTTO (sternly): Striker, Starlight, a fellow canine in Cape Town needs our protection, we must ... STRIKER (smiles): You must mean Tammy, the police border collie, right? SAMANTHA (shocked): That's right! How did you know? STRIKER (smiles): I've seen her on the tele, so the bad guys wanna waste her, that's no surprise! OTTO (sternly): We are going to police headquarters now, will you join us? STRIKER (nods): Ja! Be glad to! I'll ride my buddy Starlight into town! MISTY (excited): Oh Starlight, may I ride also! I've never had a horseback ride before! STARLIGHT (nods): Of course, Striker can make room for you on my saddle! OTTO (sternly): Alright, we must hurry. Samantha, Jazz and I will meet you all in Cape Town! A loud BOOM!!! shakes the meadow, Otto, Samantha and Jazz have disappeared. Misty climbs into the saddle in front of Striker. STARLIGHT (shouts): You two hang on tight, I'm going to get us there lightning fast! Starlight gallops, but then activates her super speed mode, in less than a minute, the mighty white horse is standing on the sidewalk in front of the Cape Town Police Headquarters Buliding with two very amazed passengers on her back. STRIKER (shocked): Ai yai yai! That was one tremendous ride, Starlight! MISTY (excited): WOW! That was fun! Can we do it again? STARLIGHT (smiles): Maybe another time, Misty, I believe you two are expected inside. STRIKER (dismounts): But what about you? STARLIGHT (shakes head): I'm too large to fit inside that building, I'll wait out here. Striker gently lifts Misty down from Starlight's sadlle. MISTY (sadly): That's sad, want me to stay here with you and keep you company? STARLIGHT (smiles): Thanks Misty, but I'll be alright, you two better go in now! Misty and Striker wave to Starlight and run inside the building, soon they find the room where Otto, Samantha and Jazz are already discussing the situation with the police chief. CHIEF (sternly): We've done all we can do to protect Agent A11412 from danger. She has a bodyguard, what more can we do? JAZZ (sternly): You could take her off the streets for a while, till things cool down. CHIEF (shakes head): Nee, we need Tammy's nose! I don't know why Officer Perkins called you, we are aware of the situation and ... At that moment, the dispatcher rushes into the room with sad news. DISPATCH (panicked): Chief! We've lost contact with Tammy's team! Tammy's handler was calling in and suddenly the line went dead! SAMANTHA (shocked): OH NO!!!! MISTY (shocked): TAMMY!!! OTTO (sternly): Processing ....I have the exact location of their previous transmission STRIKER (concerned): Not a moment to lose! Meanwhile, in a warehouse on the warf in the south side of Cape Town, the police officers and their dogs are in peril. A dozen tough looking longshoremen have surrounded them and are pointing guns at them. OFFICER (angry): Aikona! We should've know this was a trap! ONE OF THE MEN (angry): Ja! You and your mutts have bothered US for the last time! One of the men points their pistol directly at Tammy, Zac immediately pounces on the man and attacks, the gun goes off and the man throws the wounded German Shepard to the floor in front of Tammy and her handler. OFFICER (shouting): Ai yai yai! ZAC!!! You shot him! ONE OF THE MEN (furious): One down, three to go! Tammy runs over and sees Zac bleeding, she growls and stands over him in a defensive stance. ONE OF THE MEN (points, laughs): Well well, looks like Tammy's standing up for her fellow canine. How touching! (shouts): NOW! KILL THEM ALL!!! As that moment, a loud BOOM!!! shakes the warehouse, Otto, Samantha, Striker, Jazz, Misty and Starlight appear beside of Tammy and the other officers. The mob's gunshots bounce away as Otto's force field is activated. As Misty and Samantha kneel over Zac and give him first aid, Striker and Jazz return fire on the now confused mob. The longshoremen run for cover as Otto and Starlight systematicly use their eye lasers to melt their rifles in their hands. A few manage to continue shooting from behind warehouse crates. STRIKER (shouting as he shoots): We're not out of the woods yet! (points) Five of them are firing at us from behind those crates! STARLIGHT (nods): Leave it to me! Starlight gallops towards the gunmen, their shots bouncing off of Starlight's force field. She then turns and 'mule kicks' the stacked crates with her hind legs, sending all of the gunmen and the crates flying into the air and unto the floor. STRIKER (shouting); Ja! Well done, Starlight! Otto uses his super speed to handcuff all of the longshoremen in a matter of seconds. OTTO (sternly): I have contacted the police chief, they will be arriving shortly. Tammy watches and whines as Misty and Samantha continue to try to stop Zac's bleeding. SAMANTHA (frightened): OH NO!! We can't stop the bleeding! The wound is too deep in his chest! MISTY (crying): We can't let him die! We have to do something! STARLIGHT (excited): I have an idea! We need to get Zac to a transdogmafier. In my data files, I have record of a Road Rover named Saundra who had received a bullet to her skull as a puppy, and the transdogmafier somehow healed her wound when it changed her to a cano-sapien! OTTO (nods): I have teleported the bullet out of Zac's chest cavity, we must hurry! (turns to the officers): You two will remain here to keep an eye on the prisoners, we'll take good care of your canines! With a loud BOOM!!! all of the dogs and Starlight are now in the transdogmafier room of Mission Control. Otto, Jazz and Striker quickly put Zac in one of the chambers and watches as the white smoke rises. Tammy is barking wildly, but went she sees Zac turning into a cano-sapien, she jumps into one of the chambers herself. Zac, now standing seven foot tall and clad in a silvery Road Rover uniform, falls forward to the floor. Tammy, now also a cano-sapien, rushes to his side. TAMMY (frantic): ZAC!! ZAC!! Speak to me! You can't die on me! As Tammy hugs Zac's neck and begins to cry, Zac is slowly opening his eyes. ZAC (confused): Er....er.... what..... what... where am I? TAMMY (happy): ZAC!! You're alive! She once more enbraces Zac, weeping even more. OTTO (sternly): Scanning...... as predicted by Starlight, the transdogmafication process has healed all of Zac's internal injuries. MISTY (happy): HOORAY!! We did it! JAZZ (happy): ALRIGHT!!! STRIKER (happy): JA!! Way to go! SAMANTHA (happy): We saved his life! Amid all of the commotion, the Master runs into the room. MASTER (shocked): What in the world is going on here? Otto and Starlight explain everything to the Master, who then smiles and walks over to Tammy and Zac. MASTER (smiling): Tammy, Zac, I am called the Master, the leader of the Road Rovers. ZAC (confused): Master? What has just happened to me and Tammy, we've been changed somehow MASTER (smiles): I'll explain it to you later, Zac. Both of you exhibit great strengths and abilities. I realize that the Cape Town police need your services, but would you two consider becoming part-time Road Rover agents? TAMMY (proudly): JA! Your Rovers saved Zac's life, I'll gladly join your organization! ZAC (looks at Tammy): JA! I'm Tammy's bodyguard, where she goes, I go! MASTER (happy): Excellent! I'll let Otto and Samantha brief you on Road Rover procedures and orientation, but for now, welcome aboard! The scene shifts to the dining room area, one hour later. Otto, Samantha, Striker, Misty, Jazz, Zac and Tammy begin eating supper. Striker looks around and notices that he is the only one at the table without a female companion. STRIKER (smiles): I seem a bit out of place here folks, I don't have a date for dinner! MISTY (points): I wouldn't say that, Striker! Walking towards their table with a dinner tray in her hands is Starlight in her horse sapien form. She stands next to Striker. STARLIGHT (smiles): Excuse me, is this seat taken? STRIKER (happy): Nee! By all means, sit down! STARLIGHT (sits down): Thank you, Striker! STRIKER (smiles): If I may say so, Miss Starlight, you make a very stunning horse-sapien! STARLIGHT (smiles): Why, thank you very much! STRIKER (giggles): I've never had a meal with my polo pony before! STARLIGHT (picks up coffee cup): At least we're not having hay and oats for dinner! All of the Rovers laugh as Striker and Starlight clink their coffee cups together as a salute. Tammy and Zac ask to be excused from the table and walk into the hallway together. TAMMY (looks up at Zac): You were very brave today, well, you've always been brave, protecting me from harm... ZAC (looks into Tammy's eyes): It's my job to be your bodyguard, but even if it wasn't, I'd still protect you.. Tammy and Zac simutaneously reach out to hold each other's hand. They look up at each other and smile widely. TAMMY (smiles): Oh Zac, you took a bullet for me! ZAC (smiles): And you stood over me after I got shot, you are a very brave dog yourself! TAMMY (looks deeply into Zac's eyes): Zac, I'm in love with you.... ZAC (smiles): I've always had kind of a crush on you, Tammy ... Tammy and Zac kiss each other passionately and then look into each other's eyes again. TAMMY (happy): Hey, I think I'm going to like being a Road Rover! ZAC (happy): JA! I must admit, this human style hugging and kissing sure is great! TAMMY (smiles): I love you, Zac! ZAC (hugs her tightly): And I love you, Tammy! They once more kiss each other passionately. The Master sees them from a distance and smiles. MASTER (smiling): Tammy and Zac are good, good dogs! ----------------------------------------------------------------------