Copyright 2000 --- Robert Baer Jr. Otto & Sam -- "The Horsenappers -- Part 1" 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, Samantha Maddog, Molly Maddog, Computer Renegade, Masked Melitta, Princess, Kyra, Starlight, Uncle Buford and the Computer Gila Monster are all Robert Baer Jr's creations, copyright 1997-1998. DJ is a creation of Jake Williams. Otto & Sam -- "The Horsenappers -- Part 1" The scene is the country home of Nathan and Wanna Lovejoy (aka The Computer Renegade & The Masked Melitta). It is the early afternoon when a strange-looking van parks off the side of the main road. There are two figures sitting in the front seats, each holding up binoculars and watching the area of Starlight's stable. FIGURE 1 (smiling): This is PERFECT! No one is home, and that single white horse is completely alone! FIGURE 2 (nods): Yes, the other horse farms we've staked out are too well guarded and out in the open! We can grab that horse and be out of here before anyone notices us! FIGURE 1 (smiling): Tell unit two to stand by, load the tranquillizer dart and make the first shot count! FIGURE 2 (nods): Yes sir! The shadowy figure load a dart into a rifle. She aims it with her long range scope to aim it. Meanwhile in the stable, Starlight, the bionicly enhanced white horse, is at her trough for some water. STARLIGHT (to herself): This is odd, my internal senors are picking up an unregistered mini van parked five hundred and twenty two feet for my stable. Maybe some tourists. We rarely get any traffic this far out in the country. Nathan and Wanna are at work, Otto and Samantha are at Road Rover Headquarters, so I wonder.... Before she could ponder the point any longer, she felt a sudden pain in her side. STARLIGHT (shocked): Scanning.... a tranquillizer dart ..... powerful ..... sleeping ......... potion......... Within seconds, the mighty white horse has fallen over. FIGURE 1 (looking through binoculars): Perfect shot! That horse is down! Call for the others to pick it up! Meanwhile, at Road Rover Mission Control, Otto is busy working in the briefing room with Samantha and Princess. He's running a new set of wires into the Master's podium. OTTO (attaching wires to open control panel): Ok, ladies, we're almost ready to test this new control panel! Otto fires a few laser shots from his eyes to finish fusing the wiring together, and then closes the panel. OTTO (shouts down): Alright, Princess, turn on the electrical current! Princess, who is standing next to a huge fuse box, sets the circuit switch on. Otto watches as the new control panel's lights begin blinking. He pushes a few buttons and watches the front view screen. OTTO (nods): Excellent! The new control panel is functioning within acceptable parameters! PRINCESS (turns to Samantha): Huh? SAMANTHA (smiles): He's saying that it works, Miss Princess, ma'am... PRINCESS (turns to Otto): Oh OTTO (closes tool box): I must return this toolbox to DJ in the motor pool area. SAMANTHA (smiles): May Princess and I come with you? OTTO (nods): Of course, by all means, accompany me! As the three walk out of the briefing room, they see Exile and Blitz agruing in the hallway. EXILE (angry): It's mine, wierd boy! BLITZ (angry): HEY! I saw it first, snowball! EXILE (growls): Let go! It's mine! BLITZ (growls): You let go, or I'll bite your toochsie! OTTO (stands bewteen them): Gentlemen, is there some sort of dispute? EXILE (sternly): DA! Weird boy is trying to steal my bone! BLITZ (defensive): I saw it first! Shag was using in to flavor some chicken soup! EXILE (growls): I saw it first! OTTO (sternly): So the object of this quarrel is a single chicken bone? EXILE (nods): DA! MY CHICKEN BONE! BLITZ (angry): You mean MY CHICKEN BONE! OTTO (sternly): I believe I can help you settle this dilema. May I have the disputed chicken bone? Blitz and Exile look at each and shrug their shoulders. Then they hand Otto the large chicken bone. OTTO (looking at it): So, this is the item in dispute, correct? EXILE (nods): DA! BLITZ (nods): YA-VOLL! OTTO (sternly): So, it would stand to reason, if the disputed object was eliminated, then the quarreling will cease. This leaves one viable solution... As Blitz and Exile watch in bewilderment, Otto tosses the chicken bone into his mouth and chews it rapidly with his powerful jaws. EXILE (angry): HEY! BLITZ (growls): WHAT!!! OTTO (sternly): There, the item has been eliminated. Your agrument is now over! SAMANTHA (shakes head): Darling, I really don't think you should've done that OTTO (defensive): Why not? It was a matter of applying simple logic EXILE (angry): Comrade Otto! You owe ME A BONE!! BLITZ (furious): I'm going to bite your tooschie SO HARD!! OTTO (shakes head): That would be unadvisable, Blitz. My 'tooschie' as you call it has several inplants connected with high voltage electrical wiring running through it. Biting it would likely cause massive electrical burns as well as instantaneous electricution EXILE (laughs): GO ahead, Blitz, bite his tooschie! We Russians LOVE fireworks! BLITZ (furious): Shut up! SAMANTHA (timidly): Please stop fighting! (looks at Blitz and Exile): I'll teleport myself back to my master's house and bring each of you a large chicken bone, will that make you happy? EXILE (nods): Dat works for me! BLITZ (nods): OK pretty she dog! SAMANTHA (smiles): Please excuse me, I won't be long! With a loud BOOM!!!!! Samantha finds herself standing in the kitchen of the Lovejoy house. She quickly rummages through the garbage pail and finds two large chicken bones. SAMANTHA (washes them in the sink): It's a good thing we all had fried chicken last night for supper. (looks outside): I think I'll say HI to Starlight while I'm here! I know she gets lonely sometimes during the day when all of us are away. Samantha carefully peeks out the front door to make sure no one is watching and then runs over to Starlight's stable. She calls out her name several times, and panics when there's no sign of her horse friend in her stable. SAMANTHA (worried): Oh NO! Starlight is gone! I can't even pick up her signal with my collar! Samantha immediately returns to Mission Control with a loud BOOM!!!! BLITZ (looks at Samantha): I want my bone! SAMANTHA (frightened): Listen everyone! Starlight is missing! OTTO (startled): Starlight is gone? She shound be in her stable... SAMANTHA (in tears): But she's NOT! I can't even find her signal with my collar! EXILE (surprised): Comrade Starlight is gone? But she's got computer parts in her like you do, Otto! OTTO (sternly): That is correct, Exile. Scannning..... I am also unable to trace Starlight's presence! BLITZ (shouts): I WANT MY BONE! SAMANTHA (turns to Blitz): Mr Blitz, sir, haven't you been listening to what I've been saying? BLITZ (nods): Ya, some stupid horse ran away, big deal, now give me the bone you promised me! SAMANTHA (sadly): Here you are, Blitz (hands chicken bone to him) EXILE (growls): Blitz! Can't you see that you hurt Comrade Sam's feelings? BLITZ (chews on chicken bone): Oh ya, sorry about you horse friend PRINCESS (sarcastic): You're all heart, Blitz! OTTO (sternly): We must return home and investigate her disappearance immediately! DJ, Molly and the Gila Monster come running down the hallway towards the others. GILA MONSTER (angry): Did I hear right? Starlight is missing? SAMANTHA (nods): That is correct, Mr Gila Monster, sir! GILA MONSTER (swings 2 x 4): If some dumb human harms her in any way, I'll part their hair with my trusty 2 x 4! MOLLY (shocked): Starlight's gone? We have to find her! DJ (nods): I'll help you! EXILE (nods): Da, count me in tooski! OTTO (sternly): We must make haste! (turns to Blitz): Will you be coming with us? BLITZ (still chewing): Hey, I'm a Road Rover, not a Horse Rover! Who cares? Before anyone can stop him, the Gila Monster smacks Blitz in the head with his 2 x 4. GILA MONSTER (furious): I cares! You crazy German idgit! BLITZ (dizzy): I can see...your point...... OTTO (sternly): There is no time to lose! Activating teleportation circuitry.... With a loud BOOM!!! Otto, Sam, DJ, Molly, Blitz, Exile, Princess and the Gila Monster are standing in Starlight's stable. OTTO (looks around): Scanning... I'm still not receiving any signal from Starlight SAMANTHA (scared): Oh NO! Does that mean she's.... OTTO (shakes head): Perhaps her communaction circuitry is damaged or malfunctioning. We cannot simply jump to conclusions without proper evidence. EXILE (shouts at Blitz): Hey Blitz! Watch your step! BLITZ (walking in back part of stable): What? PRINCESS (laughs and points): Too late! GILA MONSTER (laughs): You're gonna need new boots! BLITZ (confused): Huh? (looks down): OH NO!!! SAMANTHA (turns head): Ewwwww! GROSS!!!!! DJ (giggles): That's really putting your foot in it, Blitz! BLITZ (angry): Stop laughing at me! Dis is all your fault, Otto! OTTO (looks down): Wait! Look at the way this grass is compressed! It would appear that Starlight fell down on the ground here EXILE (looks down): That's rightski! OTTO (points): And see, over there. Those marks on the ground could only have been created by someone dragging Starlight's hooves.... SAMANTHA (frightened): OH NO!!! SHE WAS HORSENAPPED!!! OTTO (sternly): The most probable theory would be that she was shot at long range with some sort of fast acting sleep inducing drug. Then the horse theives promptly loaded her into a vehicle and drove away. DJ (looking down, points): There! Look at these tire tracks! We can follow them ... GILA MONSTER (growls): And then beat the living crap out of them horse theives! MOLLY (motions): C'mon! There's no time to lose! Molly and Otto use their super speed and leave the others in a cloud of dust. Seconds later, they return. DJ (curious): Well, what did you two find? MOLLY (sadly): The tracks ended where the thieves left the horse trailer OTTO (sternly): It appears that the perpetrators abandoned their stolen vehicles and fled using some other form of transportation. From the brunt grass marks we saw, the theives left in some sort of jet propelled flying aircraft. DJ (angry): Must be Parvo! OTTO (nods): That is a logical conclusion! SAMANTHA (frightened): Oh NO! What if they discover who she really is? Then Parvo and Groomer would discover our master's true identities, and ours also! OTTO (sternly): You are correct, my love. I'm contacting Nathan and Wanna now, it is imperetive that we find Starlight at all costs! Seconds later, a loud BOOM!!! shakes the area, followed by another loud BOOM!!!! It is the Computer Renegade and the Masked Melitta. C RENEGADE (turns to Otto): Otto, have you found Starlight yet? MELITTA (in tears): Where's my horse? OTTO (points): This is where the apparent horsenappers left their vehicles and fled away. C RENEGADE (nods): Bet these were stolen, correct? OTTO (nods): I have already ran a computer trace on the license plates MELITTA (looks down at the ground): What's this? (pulls bit of fur from a thorn vine): Looks like some type of animal fur! OTTO (looks at it): Analyizing.... this is fur coming from a dalmation.... with slightly irregular DNA strands DJ (nods): That settles it! Cano-Mutants! And where you find Cano-Mutants.... MOLLY (sadly): You find Parvo SAMANTHA (shouting): Oh NO! What are we going to do? C RENEGADE (turns to Samantha): We're going to find Starlight! We must! Too much is at stake here! The scene switches to an old abandoned prison complex in northern Kansas. Inside on the ground floor is a dimly lit, damp and musty area where a lone figure huddled beneath a large grey horse blanket lays. Soon, there is slight moment beneath the blanket, the figure slowly pushes the blanket away and stands up. It is Starlight, but she's not quite herself. STARLIGHT (dizzy): Where am I? What is this place? I feel very strange..... I'm inside some sort of cage... looks more like a jail cell...... (sees a mirror on the wall and walks over to it)..... why do I feel .... (looks into mirror and screams) What's going on? Why am I colored brown? Even my mane is dark brown! (looks down at herself): And I have.... hands? Feet? And clothing? (shocked): OH NO! SOMEONE HAS TURNED ME INTO A HORSE-SAPIEN!! How could this have happaned to me? As Starlight begins to cry, she hears a heavy iron door creaking open. In walk Parvo, Groomer and several Cano-Mutants. Starlight quickly hides herself beneath the horse blanket. PARVO (laughing, pointing): Look, Groomer, our test animal is still unconscience! GROOMER (sadly): It would seem that horses don't have the same stamana as dogs! PARVO (angry): Well, we'll let the creature rest for now. It's strange, before we loaded it into the Cano-Mutator, that white horse looked very familiar to me, like I've seen it before somewhere! GROOMER (shakes head): No, my General, all horses look the same! PARVO (nods): I suppose you're right, Groomer. Wake the creature up in a half hour, I want to see what kind of soldier it will make! GROOMER (salutes): Yes, my General! The Groomer, Parvo and all of the Cano-Mutants walk out and close the heavy iron door behind them. Still hiding beneath the blanket, Starlight begins to think to herself. STARLIGHT (to herself): Let's see, my main computer core is intact. My bodily functions are normal, but my communications circuitry, teleportation circuitry and weapons systems are all off-line. Maybe they were damaged when I was in the Mutator. It looks like they haven't really examined me closely, or they'd know about all of my computerized implants and bionic parts. My sensor array is still working, but only at close range. Wait a minute, all Cano-Mutants are evil and blindly loyal to Parvo... hmmmmm. Maybe my shielded computer core memory has protected my mind from those side affects! But somehow, the mutator has changed my fur and mane colors. And it's sure lucky for me that Parvo doesn't know who I really am. Somehow, I must find a way to contact my friends, but how? Without my weapons and internal transmitter, I'm helpless.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- to be continued.....