Copyright 2001 --- Robert Baer Jr. Inspector Zima -- "The Chase" 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 Tammy, Zac, Otto, Samantha Maddog, Starlight, Amos Doggie, Hannah and Inspector Zima are all Robert Baer Jr's creations, copyright 1997-1999. Inspector Zima -- "The Chase" The scene is the Motor Pool of Road Rover Mission Control. Professor Hubert is showing Hunter, Colleen, Exile, Blitz, Shag, Tammy and Zac his newest creation. HUBERT (standing in front of a black sportscar): Here it is, ladies and gentlemen! The new Street Rover Model Two! HUNTER (happy); WHOA!!! Looks great! ZAC (nods): Ja! COLLEEN (smiling); I can't wait to drive that car! BLITZ (looks at Colleen): I'd drive you anywhere, pretty dog girl! COLLEEN (growls): Back off, Fluffy! EXILE (looks inside): WOWSKI!!! What do all those extra buttons do? HUBERT (smiles): Glad you asked, Exile! This Street Rover is the ultimate spy car, it has many devices that'd make James Bond envious! SHAG (nods): RAUGH REE!!! TAMMY (smiles): Hokaai! What an automobile! HUBERT (smiles): This is just the prototype. The Master wants me to select one person to test drive the car later today! HUNTER (raises hand): I want to! COLLEEN (raises hand); No, ME!!! Ladies first! You gents can wait! TAMMY (raises hand); Ja! THIS lady first! BLITZ (raises hand): I vant to drive it! The entire group follows Professor Hubert out of the motor pool, all of them insisting that they be the one to test drive the car first. Meanwhile, in another part of Mission Control, Inspector Zima is walking down a corridor holding a list in her hand which she is studying. ZIMA (happy): My latest mission, since the kitchen's being fumigated for fleas, they're all sending me to the Chunky Lunky restraunt with their dinner orders. Hmmmm (reads list); 14 Super Lunky Combos, 5 Jumbo Hotdog Combos, a Caesar salad and diet cola for Colleen, and one dozen Lunky burgers with a basket of fries for Shag. Hope they gave me enough currency to pay for all this. As Zima walks into the Motor Pool, the new Street Rover Model Two catches her eye. ZIMA (rushes over to it): WOW!! Since I am retrieving everyone's dinner, who says I can't do it in style? Quickly she starts the car and takes off through the doggie door. Driving on the highway for about fifteen minutes she pulls into the drive-thru of the Chunky Lunky restraunt. As she is receiving her order, suddenly an armored truck whizzes by with several black and white police crusiers following behind it. Instinctively, Zima turns on the police band radio and hears an APB. DISPATCHER (on radio): This is an all points bulletin, all available police units assist in the pursuit of three heavy armed suspects speeding away from the First National Bank in a stolen armored vehicle. Approach with caution, again, they are heavily armed. All available police units.... ZIMA (brightens): I'm an available unit! I must help the police! (gets mike): Inspector Zima of the Road Rovers responding! I'm on their tail! DISPATCHER (on radio); Inspector who of the what??? ZIMA (shouts): Nevermind! I'm in hot pursuit! Zima speeds out of the parking lot and shoots out into traffic, in high speed chase. Meanwhile, the armored vehicle is still zig zagging through traffic, firing at any police cruisers who get too close. By the time Zima catches up with the chase, the suspects have already shot the tires of three cruisers, who are now off on the shoulder of the road. Two more cruisers are behind the suspects, who continue to exchange fire. ZIMA (looks at front panel): Let's see.... maybe one of these buttons will be a dandy weapon! Zima pushes the first button, the 'top' instantly separates from the rest of the car. ZIMA (happy); WOW!! It's a convertible! This is SO cool! I'll try another button! Zima pushes another button, which happans to be the hood release. She screams as the hood flies off and is hurled over the back of the car, ZIMA (shocked): Oh dear, I'll have to come back after that piece! I gotta stop those suspects! Zima pushes another button, which happans to be the passenger-side ejector seat. ZIMA (excited); WAY COOL!!! (startled): Wait a minute, didn't I put all the Chunky Lunky bags in that seat? (worried): Oh dear.... (looks up, laughs): It certainly is fast food now! The suspects begin shooting at Zima's car, one shot takes her hat off. ZIMA: (angry): HEY!! That was my best hat!! (takes her hand weapon from off her hip): Maybe this'll even the odds! The lupo-sapien carefully aims her weapon and fires. The weapon sends out a bubble-shaped projectile that hits the back of the armored vehicle. The projectile strikes with a 'splat', within seconds, the super acid inside eats through a good bit of the armor in the back, exposing two of the surprised suspects. Soon, they begin throwing hand grenades at the cruisers. They zig and zag to avoid them, one bounces off the hood of Zima's car and shatters the front windshield. Luckily, Zima was chasing a stray french fry under the passenger seat at the time, so she's not injured. However, when she does look up, she's very surprised. ZIMA (angry): They took out my windshield! I'll put a stop to this right now! (confused): Now, which of these buttons should I press? Zima begins pushing buttons at random, suddenly the car extends 'wings' and has taken flight. ZIMA (scared): GOOD GRIEF!!! What have I done? I better get this thing back down! Zima continues to press buttons, the car speeds up and is now hovering over the armored car. One of the suspects takes out a missile launcher, but before he can fire, Zima's floating car knocks the device out of his hands. Zima's shakey steering causes the missile launcher to 'bounce' off the bottom of her car and back into the armored vehicle. A police helicopter following closeby shoots a canister of tear gas at the suspect's car. It lands in the back seat of Zima's car. ZIMA (picks up canister); HEY!! I didn't order this! (tosses it over the side): Oh well.... The tear gas lands in the armored vehicle below, causing the driver to hit the brakes and try to stop. Zima doesn't respond in time, her car is now heading towards a big tree. Zima screams and pushes a button, this time, it's the driver side ejector seat, which allows her to escape in time as the wonderful spy car smashes into the tree. Zima's jet powered ejector seat lands safely near the area where the armored car has stopped. OFFICER JONES (shocked): Lady, I've never seen driving like that in all my life! ZIMA (smiles): Neither have I... OFFICER JONES (shakes hand); I'm Officer Jones! It's a pleasure to shake your hand... miss...miss... ZIMA (big grin): Inspector Zima of the Road Rovers! OFFICER JONES (excited): That was really brave the way you attacked the suspects from the air like that, I thought we'd never catch them! This gang nearly killed a dozen fellow officers and endangered this entire interstate highway, but thanks to you, we have the stolen gold and the suspects! Suddenly, a loud BOOM!!!! shakes the area as Otto, Starlight, Hunter, Colleen, Shag, Blitz and Professor Hubert appear. OTTO (nods): Our tracking scanners were correct, here is your car, Professor! HUBERT (screaming); MY CAR!!! (points): THAT'S MY CAR????? Otto and Starlight use their bionic strength to take what's left of the car out of the tree and sets it down on the pavement. HUNTER (grabs Zima): ZIMA!!!! WE SENT YOU OUT TO GET OUR SUPPER!!! ZIMA (points at the car); And I did get it! Honest I did! BLITZ (looks around): Vell, vhere is it? ZIMA (looking up): Floating around somewhere between Phoenix and Santa Fe... COLLEEN (shakes head); Blimey! ZIMA (holds a small plastic container): I did find your salad, Colleen! BLITZ (angry): You stupid dog girl! You wrecked our new car and destroyed ourfood! SHAG (nods): REH!!!! BLITZ (furious): I'm gonna bite your tooschie SO hard! OFFICER JONES (pulls out nightstick): No you're not! Inspector Zima almost singlehandedly captured three dangerous suspects with her brave and skillful driving! She's a hero! HUBERT (near tears): My... car......my.....beautiful..... car........ STARLIGHT (puts hand on Hubert's shoulder): This automobile can be repaired... OTTO (sternly): Although it would require entirely new parts and several days of labor .... HUNTER (smiles); Guess I never thought about it that way. Inspector Zima is a Road Rover now, it was her duty to help out... HUBERT (still in shock): BUT MY CAR!!!!! BLITZ (angry): AND I'M STARVING!!!! OTTO (sternly); Perhaps there's a way we can solve both problems.... The scene switches to the lounge area of Mission Control, a hour later. Amos Doggie is wearing a chef's hat and serving up bowl after bowl of his famous crawdad bisque to the other Rovers. Hannah walks in and finds Professor Hubert. TAMMY (happy): Now THIS is good American cuisine! ZAC (nods): Ja! We have nothing like this in South Africa! HANNAH (smiles): Professor, I have a surprise for you! HUBERT (shakes head): Please Hannah, I've had too many surprises already today! HANNAH (takes him by the arm): Come with me, sir! Hannah takes Hubert to the motor pool, he can't believe his eyes when he sees... HUBERT (shocked): MY CAR!!! I MUST BE DREAMING!!! HANNAH (smiles): It's no dream, Professor, I used my magic to restore it just like new! HUBERT (happy): I...I don't know what to say! HANNAH (smiles): Just take my advice, keep Inspector Zima away from it! Hubert hugs Hannah as the scene switches back to the dining room. AMOS (shouting): I has plenty more bisque for everyone! It be very tasty, I guarantee! HUNTER (smiles): I would not have predicted this! COLLEEN (confused): That Hannah was able to put Hubert's car back together? HUNTER (points): No, that Shag could eat fifteen bowls of Amos's soup! SHAG (licking bowl): RICKSTEEN!!!! HUNTER (nods): Oh, sixteen! I stand corrected! BLITZ (upset): I still vanted my Chunky Lunky burger and fries! (points): It's all your fault, Zima! EXILE (shakes head): Nyet! Stop yelling at comrade Zima! AMOS (walks over): What be dee problem, Blitz? BLITZ (furious): I VANT A HAMBURGER AND FRIES!!! AMOS (nods); Ol' Amos can do dat! Amos waves his hands, and instantly a baby pig appears on Blitz's plate with dozens of flies circling him. The pig runs to the end of the table and into the hallway. BLITZ (shouts); YOU DUMBKOFF!!!! (swings at the flies): Get avay, you bother me! AMOS (disappointed): Looks like ol' Amos be goofing again.... COLLEEN (laughs): I don't know, I think you did well! All of the other Rovers laugh as Blitz is still swatting at the circling flies. --------------------------------------------------------------------------