Copyright 2000 --- Robert Baer Jr. The Renegade Files -- "The Computer Renegade Meets Superman" DISCLAIMER Superman characters, names, situations and the Superman universe are the property of Warner Bros and DC Comics. I, nor this script/story are connected with Warner Bros or DC Comics . 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, Computer Renegade, Masked Melitta, Starlight and the Computer Gila Monster are all Robert Baer Jr's creations, copyright 1997-1998. This story is PURE FICTION, it DIDN'T REALLY HAPPEN. The Renegade Files -- "The Computer Renegade Meets Superman" On a street in Metropolis, we find Nathan and Wanna Lovejoy with their dogs Otto and Samantha on leaches. The massive buildings and busy traffic are a big change from the small town life of home. "Isn't the big city wonderful?" Wanna says as she turns to her husband. "It's a bit too much for me, I'm afraid," Nathan answers,"I just want to land this new account and go back to my nice, boring little office back home." "I agree, we really couldn't live here," Wanna conceeds,"unless we could keep our dogs and my horse in our apartment with us!" Hearing this, Samantha begins to laugh. "Honey, please stop, we cannot let these city humans hear us speaking," Otto whispers to his mate. "Oh sorry" Samantha whispers back, realizing that her husband is correct. The four walk towards an outdoor cafe. "This looks like a splendid place to have lunch!" Wanna says with a smile. "I agree!" Nathan replies,"and we can keep Otto and Sam with us!" Nathan and Wanna sit down at a table, with Otto and Samantha laying down under it. "This is degrading," Samantha whispers to Otto,"back home we're allowed to eat at the table, not just sit on the floor like common canines!" "Do not fret," Otto whispers back,"we can't let anyone suspect our master's secret identities and ..." Otto suddenly stops whispering as his ears perk up and he gets a worried look on his face. "Honey..:" Samantha asks,"what's wrong?" "I detect a huge meteor approaching the earth's atmosphere", Otto whispers,"at it's present rate of desent and speed, it will hit the heart of Metropolis within ten minutes." At another table, quietly having a sandwich and reading a newspaper is Clark Kent, reporter for the Daily Planet. His super hearing picks up Otto and Samantha's conversation and begin to wonder. "Talking dogs?" Clark thinks to himself,"I wonder if that German Shepard is right." Looking upward, using his super vision, Clark quickly finds the meteor in the sky. "The dog was right, but how could he know this?" Clark thinks to himself,"that's not important now, this is a job for Superman." Clark quickly pays for his meal and dashes off. Otto watches him leave and turns the corner. Now the meteor is in plain view in the sky above, even Wanna and Nathan see it. Panic ensues as it comes closer and closer to the city. "Darling, we have to do something!" Wanna urged. "We've never faced anything like this before!" Nathan answered, "but you're right, dear, let's go!" Wanna, Natha, Otto and Samantha sneek away in the confusion. Meanwhile Superman is fast approaching the meteor. "Time to break this thing into a million pieces!" Superman shouts as he nears it, but soon he begins to feel funny. He punches the meteor, but it only breaks in half. Superman begins to fall as the two meteor fragments "Kryptonite!" he shouts,"that meteor has traces of Krytonite in it!" A loud "BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!" is heard beneath him. A masked man pulls out a black box and shoots a green ray at the falling Man of Steel, causing his descent to decrease until he lands softly on the ground. When Superman looks around, he sees the Computer Renegade (man in a Zorro suit), the Masked Melitta (a masked woman in white), Samantha Maddog (a collie dog), Otto (a bionic German Shepard), the Gila Monster (a lizard man dressed like Fonzie) and Starlight (a pure white female bionic Arabian horse). "Are you alright, Mr Superman, sir?" Samantha politely asks. "Well, I've been worse and .... HEY! You're one of those talking dogs I saw at the restraunt!" Superman exclaims. "Oh dear..." Samantha says,"you saw us there?" "Wow! That was a nasty fall, mister!" the Gila Monster said with a grin. "Nevermind," Superman says,"I have to stop those two meteor fragments!" "There is no need for excitement," Otto says sternly,"one piece is headed into a part of the ocean void of ships, the other is projected to land in a place near a town called Smallville.." "SMALLVILLE?" Superman shouts,"I gotta stop it!" But when he tries to stand up, Superman falls back to the ground. "Better take it easy, Superman," Melitta says as she helps him to stand up,"we'll take care of that other fragment." "But Smallville is hundreds of miles from here!" Superman says sadly,"we'll never make it!" "I wouldn't say that!" the Renegade says as he produces a small black box from under his cape. He pushs a few buttons and with a loud BOOM!!!!!!!!! all seven of them are now standing in the middle of a farm outside of Smallville. An elderly couple rush over to see what all the excitement is about. Although they are shocked at the sight of the Renegade and his team, they see Superman being held up by the Masked Melitta and rush over to him. "Clark!" the elderly lady shouts as she and her husband approach him. "Do you know Superman?" the Masked Melitta asks them. Before they can answer, the approaching meteor fragment can be seen. "Quickly!" the Renegade shouts,"everyone use your anti-gravity beams!" The Renegade, Masked Melitta and the Gila Monster produce their black boxes, aim, and shoot green rays out of them. Otto and Starlight fire green rays out of their eyes, Samantha uses her collar to add yet another anti-gravity ray. The combined effect of the six green rays causes the huge fragment to slow and then land in a cornfield with a gentle thud. "We did it! We stopped the meteor!" Samantha barked happily. "A talking dog?" Mrs Kent asks. "Actually, two talking canines, ma'am." Otto adds. "And a talking horse too!" the Gila Monster says with a toothy grin. "We must get this meteor away from Superman!" Starlight sternly announces,"it has elements of Krytonite in it which are harming his body!" Otto nods and with a loud BOOM!!!!!!!!! the huge meteor disappears. "AMAZING!" Mr Kent shouts,"how did you do this?" "No time to explain," Melitta says,"we'd better tend to Superman." The Gila Monster picks up the Man of Steel and takes him inside to the living room couch. "He will be fine since he is away from the Krytonite," Otto says. "Who are you people?" Mrs Kent asks,"are you friends of Superman?" "Well, we only just met him actually," the Renegade answers,"but we're on the same side, the side of justice!" "That's right!" Melitta adds. "We are crime fighters too, ma'am," Samantha timidly states. "Yeah! I likes to beat bad guys with my 2 x 4!" the Gila Monster shouts as he swings it. "Careful with that in the house, Gila," Melitta says. "Oh, sorry about that!" the Gila says just as he knocks a picture off of a shelf. He picks it up, looks at it, and then looks at Superman. "WOW!" the Gila says with excitement,"y'all actually got to pose with Superman when he was graduatiing high school! That's so cool!" "Give me that!" Mr Kent shouts as he grabs the picture from the Gila's hands. "Hey, what'd I say?" the confused Gila Monster asks. "Mr & Mrs Kent, you are the adopted parents of Clark Kent," Otto says sternly. "Yes.." Mrs Kent says,"but how did you know that?" "I've downloaded your biographical data based on the title deed of this parcel of land as well as ...." "Listen mutt, how could you possibly know all of this?" "I have a computer enhanced mind, Mr Kent. That is how I've also determined that Clark Kent is actually Superman." The Kents stare at the German Shepard in total shock. Before they can reply, Superman awakens. "Mom? Dad?" Superman says,"what happened?" Then he sees the Renegade, Melitta, Otto, Samantha and the Gila Monster standing in the living room with them. "Alright," Superman says sternly,"Who are you people? Some sort of alien beings?" "Please relax, Mr Superman, sir!" Samantha urged. "We are on the same side!" the Renegade begins to explain,"I'm the Computer Renegade, this lovely lady is my wife, the Masked Melitta. This tall fellow here is the Gila Monster, and our dogs Otto and Samantha. Our horse Starlight is outside. We fight crime and help mankind, just like you do!" "Well, I'm sure you people mean well," Superman says with a sarcastic grin,"but you really should leave crime fighting to the professionals, like me!" "Clark," Mrs Kent says to her son,"these people not only saved your life but saved Smallville from being hit by that huge meteor!" "Son," Mr Kent adds,"perhaps you shouldn't be so quick to judge..." "Wait!" Superman says in shock,"you all know my secret identity?" "I'm afraid that's my fault, Superman', Otto says sadly,"with my advanced ..." "I can't believe this!" Superman shouts in anger,"you bush league would be heroes now know who I really am?" "Please don't be upset with us, Mr Superman, sir!" Samantha begs,"we won't tell anyone!" "We'd never betray a friend!" Melitta adds. "That's right!" the Gila Monster shouts,"I fights bad guys, not good ones!" Suddenly, Superman and Otto stop speaking, Otto's ears perk up. "Oh great!" Superman grumbles. "Confirmed," Otto states coldly,"your arch enemy Brainiac is attempting to take over Metropolis with an army of android soldiers!" "I must go there right away!" Superman shouts. "We will help you," the Renegade says,"with our combine strength we can ..." "You guys just stay here," Superman says as he shakes his head,"you don't know what you're dealing with, I'll handle Brainiac alone!" As his parents try to stop him, Superman walks outside and takes off. "Mr and Mrs Kent," Otto says,"your son is still suffering from his exposure to Krytonite. In his weakened state, he could be vunerable to any of Brainiac's devices." "Please, Mr Renegade," Mrs Kent pleads,"go to Metropolis, help our son stop Brainiac!" "Of course we will help!" Melitta says with a smile,"won't we, dear?" "That's right!" the Renegade says with a nod,"we'll leave immediately!" Otto, Samantha, the Renegade, Melitta and the Gila Monster all gather around Starlight, with a loud BOOM!!!!! they disappear. Approaching Metropolis, the flying Superman's super hearing picks up the sounds of the battle being waged downtown. Using his telescopic vision, he can see the police vehicles and army tanks are no match for Brainiac's mechanized troops. Soon, he lands on the ground and attempts to smash the oncoming armada of androids. Punch after super punch disables some of them, but he can see that he's not as strong as he normally is. "The Kryptonite in the meteor!" Superman shouts,"I'm still feeling the affects of it!" Soon, some of the androids overpower him and take him to Brainiac, who is seated on top of a huge futuristic looking tank vehcle. Bound by strange green metalic 'ropes', Superman is helpless before his arch enemy. "So, Kal-El, we meet again!" Brainiac says coldly,"at last, I have defeated you! Don't bother struggling, those are Kryptonite alloy ropes that you are bound with!" "Don't be too sure of that, computer brain!" Superman shouts as he fires laser beams out of his eyes at Brainiac, the beams bounce off of Brainiac's metalic skin. "You see, Kal-El, I have perfectly antipated your every move!" Brainiac says,"my android soldiers are programmed to counter every one of your attacks! There is no possible way you can win! Now, I will blast you with a highly concentrated pulse of pure Krytonite energy that will instantly kill you. Farewell, Kal-el!" Before he can aim his beam, he turns his head as the sounds of banging and crashing metal can be heard. "This is not possible," Brainiac states coldly,"there are other earth beings attacking my android forces. Analysis, new programming is needed immediately to combat this threat." Superman turns his head and using his super vision, he can now see what Brainiac is talking about. The Gila Monster, riding on the back of the lightning fast Starlight, is using his 2 x 4 to trip and beat android soldiers to pieces. Starlight fires quick blasts of anti-gravity rays out of her eyes which causes many androids to float, making it easier for the Gila to bash them. The Renegade and Masked Melitta use their portable image projectors to display hundreds of holographic images of Superman and themselves all around the confused androids. Many systematically attack and punch each other until they fall in piles of electrofied metal and wires. As the androids are being destroyed, Superman looks up at Brainiac. "Looks like my friends came to help me," he shouts,"even after I told them to stay away." "Objective changed," Brainiac coldly states,"in spite of this outside interference, I will destroy you now!" Brainiac shoots the Krytonite beam at Superman, but to his amazement, the beam bounces off. "A force field?" Brainiac states,"this does not compute." Soon, Otto and Samantha becomes visible, he is standing over Superman, using his bionic jaws to quickly bite through the metal ropes. Samantha stares at the menacing Brainiac and growls. "Analysis, cyberneticly enhanced canine and normal canine wearing a force field generating collar," Brainiac coldly states,"interesting." "Sam, teleport Superman out of here!" Otto barks,"just like we planned!" Samantha nods and with a loud BOOM!!!! she and Superman are teleported to a high cliff overlooking Metropolis. They both look on as Brainiac's long metalic tenticles grab Otto and pull him closer and closer to him. "Further analysis shows you have a computerized brain, Otto," Brainiac coldly states,"I will download all of your knowledge before I permanently disassemble you!" "I have to stop Brainiac!" Superman shouts,"he's going to kill that brave dog!" "WAIT SUPERMAN!!!" Samantha shouts as she watches the Man of Steel fly back towards Brainiac's battle tank. Otto struggles in the grip of Brainiac's tenticles as another tenticle removes a panel from Otto's canine body and 'plugs' itself in. "Soon, you cybernetic mutt, all of your knowledge will be mine!" Brainiac states coldly. "I'm counting on it," Otto says under his breath as Superman flys towards him but then bounces off of Brainiac's powerful force field. "Oh no, Kal-el," Brainiac says,"you won't take me by surprise this time! I will destory you ... after I take out the garbage and rearrange the furniture in my apartment!" "What in the name of Kryton?" Superman shouts in amazement as Brainiac drops Otto and begins to move all over the top of his battle tank. "MALFUNCTION, MALFUNCTION, FORIEGN PROGRAM DESTROYING ALL PRIMARY FUNCTIONS" Brainiac bleeps out as he falls from the top of his tank and shakes on the street below. Starlight quickly teleports Otto to safety as Brainiac explodes with a earth shaking kaboom! They are all now gathered together around Otto, who is damaged but still alive. "OTTO! OTTO MY LOVE!" Samantha barks,"are you alright?" "I don't understand," Superman says to the Renegade,"you mean, your dog allowed himself to be captured by Brainiac?" "That's right," the Renegade answers,"we knew that sheer brute force alone could not stop this super computer, so it was agreed that Otto would act as 'bait' and infect Brainiac with a super virus that he had in core memory. It's the equivilent of a spy swallowing a syninide capsule when captured." "Does that mean Otto will die?" Superman asks. "Of course not," Melitta answers as she points to Starlight,"Starlight has transmitted the virus cure program into Otto's systems. He will recover shortly. "You mean, Starlight is cybernetic too?" a bewildered Superman asks. "Starlight and Otto are our friends, Superman," the Gila Monster sternly states,"I'd give my life for any of them in a second!" "Looks like your plan worked to perfection!" Superman says with a smile,"Brainiac has been destroyed!" "Not bad for BUSH LEAGUE superheroes, huh!" the Gila Monster sarcastically snears. "GILA MONSTER!" Samantha barks,"that's not a very polite thing to say!" "It's alright, Sam," Superman says as he bows his head."I deserve it. I really underestimated your abilities, I owe you a huge apology. You saved my life and Metropolis too!" "Anytime, Superman!" the Renegade says with a smile, "after all, we are on the same side!" The Renegade and Superman shake hands. Later in the evening, Superman and the others return to Smallville, Mr and Mrs Kent fix a grand barbeque dinner for all of Clark Kent's new friends. "I must admit," Clark says to Samantha,"you have better table manners than many humans I know!" "Thank you, Mr Kent, sir!" Samantha answers back. "If only the Gila Monster had those kind of manners," Melitta says as all eyes turn towards the Gila Monster, who displays all the table manners of a hog eating slop. "HEY! " the Gila shouts,"what is yous guys lookin at?" "That's a loaded question!" the Renegade giggles. "You have a very gentle horse, Miss Melitta!" Mrs Kent says. "Why thank you!" Melitta answers. "I must confess, I've never rode on a talking horse before!" Mrs Kent says, petting Starlight's head. "We'll have to visit again sometime!" Starlight says with a smile. "I would enjoy that very much," Mr Kent states with a nod,"you are your animal friends are welcome on my farm anytime!" "Fair is fair, Clark!" the Renegade says as he removes his mask,"my real name is Nathan Lovejoy, and this is my real wife, Wanna Lovejoy. Now we're even in the secret identity department!" "If you ever need our help again, please call on us!" Melitta adds. "I will probably be taking you up on that!" Clark says with a smile. "HEY! Y'all gots any more chicken?" the Gila Monster shouts,"beating up all them metal dingledorks made me hungry!" "Mr Gila Monster, sir, you are a mess!" Samantha barks. "Well, you have to eat chicken with your hands!" the Gila Monster says defensively,"I can't jist let it sit on my plate and expect it to jump into my mouth, now can I?" Everyone at the picnic table laughs. --------------------------------------------------------------------