Road Rovers: The Iron Fist

Episode 2: Escape from Alcatraz

By Gerhard Naudé

All Road Rover names (c) Warner Brothers and rightful owners
Striker, Malcolm and all others related to the KH Army (c) Gerhard Naudé
Alethia, Chavaleh (c) Kylen Miles
Ricky (c) Ricky Galahad
Strayers (c) Steven Today
Nitro, Dixie (c) Amanda Stephenson
Huntress (c) Greywolf Lupous

Any question, comments, complaints, feedback or suggestions can be sent to 
gnaude_@hotmail.com

Road Rover Mission Control, 17 June, 10:45 PM:

Alethia is making her way through the corridors to the briefing room.
All the other Rovers and Strayers are already seated around the table.
The main monitor is showing a map of the Western United States where a
blip can be seen over the city of San Francisco. The Master is standing 
on the balcony with Muzzle next to him. Hubert is at the main control
panel. Alethia comes in and then sits down at an empty chair.

Alethia:"What is going at the moment?"

Hunter:"We have tracked the signal to San Francisco. Hubert, when will
        we have visual from the satellite?"

Hubert:"In a minute or so."

Colleen:"I sure hope nothing has happened to him. Those wolf-sapeins 
         don't like a friendly bunch."

Bear:"We are all hoping for the best."

Hubert:"We should have visual right about....now"

The monitor swithes to a satellite image of the area around San Francisco.
But where the city should be only a large black shroud can be seen. Hunter
looks at Hubert.

Hunter:"What's wrong with our eye in the sky?"

Hubert:"Don't know. All systems are fully functional."

Exile:"Perhaps it's an insect on the scope." 

Shag leans over to Exile.

Shag:"Rhar rhar rhar rhar."

Exile:"Sorry, I forgotski. There is no bugs in space."

Hubert:"Whatever it is, the center of that shroud is directly above Alcatraz
        island."

Nitro:"It must one of their new tricks. They've been showing alot of them
       in the first few days of our meeting them." 

Amani:"But how do they do that? Such technology doesn't even excist."

Master:"Rovers, I think we may be up against a new, powerful foe. But our
        first priority is save Ricky from being killed by these terrorists.
        You must go to Alcatraz and try to him break out of the prison 
        complex."        

Chavaleh:"That will be really tough. Nobody has ever escaped from Alcatraz 
          and those bad boys are going to make sure that it stays that way."

Bear:"There's a first time for everything, you know."

Nitro:"He's right."

Hunter:"Let's hit the road, Rovers!"

The Rovers all howl together while the Strayers just look on. After that they
all head towards the hanger. Blitz is rubbing his hands together.

Blitz:"Soon it will be time for the biting of soft wolf-sapien tooshies!"

Exile looks at him in disgust.

Exile:"You need CAT-scan, weird boy!"

Alcatraz Island, United States of America, at that moment:

Searchlights sweep the entire complex from the guard towers. Everywhere there 
are wolf-sapiens in battle suits patrolling the island. Overhead some strange 
fighters are flying around the island with searchlights. The fighter is cross 
between a helicopter and a jet-fighter. On it's sides two large turbines are 
keeping it in the air while the engines propell it forward. On the complex a 
flag similiar to the one on the battlecruiser at St. Martin wavers in the wind.
On an open piece of ground a tower with what looks a tuning fork at it's top is
standing next to a power generator. On a landing pad at one end of the island a
group of soldiers is awaiting the arrival of the shuttle. One of the soldiers is
looking through a pair of binoculars for the shuttle.

Soldier 1:"There she is."

Soldier 2:"I hear they're bringing in a cano-sapien prisoner for execution."

Soldier 3:"That makes two already."

The shuttle's signal lights appear on the horizon. After a few minutes it lands 
on the pad. The soldiers walk over and open the side door. They climb in and after
a short time reappear carrying Ricky, who was still asleep. They then proceed to
walk through the complex to one of the many cells. There they open one of the 
cells and after the medic injected another serum into him throw him into it. They
then close the cell door and walk away, leaving Ricky lying on the floor. From
the back of the cell a male cocker spaniel walks over to him and proceeds to
inspect his new inmate. On his collar appears the name Striker.

Striker:"All right. Let us see who you are, shall we?"

Striker looks at Ricky's collar and then makes a face of surprise. 

Striker:"Strange."

He then starts shaking Ricky and slapping him lightly on the face. Ricky starts 
to wake up.

Striker:"That's right. Come on. Come on."

Ricky:"Man, what happened?"

Striker:"You have become a prisoner, that's what happpend.

Ricky gets up and looks around before seeing the figure in front of him. 

Ricky:"Who are you?"

Striker:"The name is Striker. Pleased to meet you......er, Alethia."

Ricky:"Where? I don't see her."

Striker:"Who?"

Ricky:"Alethia. You just greeted her."

Striker:"Confused, né? Don't worry, Al. The serum will soon wear off."

Ricky suddenly snaps what has just happened and gets up with Striker following
suite.

Ricky:"No, my name's not Alethia, it's Ricky Gallant."

Striker:"Really, son? Your collar says otherwise."

Ricky:"Actually it's my girlfriend's collar."

Striker:"Oh! A boyfriend girlfriend thing?"

Ricky nods in response.

Striker:"I might have thought so. Well, the only thing I can say is: Welcome
         to Alcatraz. I'm your fellow inmate in this place and I hope you 
         enjoy your stay here."

Ricky:"I'm on Alcatraz?"

Striker:"Ja. Come stand here and look out the window."

Ricky walks over and looks out the window. There he sees the lights of San
Francisco, the traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge and the soldiers walking
up and down below them. Ricky then walks away and sits on one of the chairs
in the cell. Striker walks to his bed and proceeds to lie down on it.

Striker:"You see? You're now a prisoner on the Rock. The island from which no
         prisoner has ever escaped and I doubt that anyone ever will. And by 
         the way, there's your bunk."

Striker pionts at the empty bed at the one end of the room. Ricky gets up and
walks over to it. He then also lies down.

Striker:"What are you in here for, anyway?"

Ricky:"I got caught after the Cloud Rover crashed into the ship at St. Martin.
       We attacked the ship to prevent it from opening fire on Ortega's villa.
       After I got caught I was put to sleep before we left."

Striker:"You attacked a KH warship?! Ay yai yai! You're in big trouble. They
         don't like it when people, especially cano-sapiens, interfere with 
         their operations. And why did you try to help a drug lord? You should
         have left them alone."

Ricky:"The Master tolds to prevent them from killing innocent civilians during
       their attack." 

Striker:"Master. Cloud Rover. You're one of those Road Rovers, aren't you?"

Ricky:"Sort of. Yes."

Striker:"Always rushing in to save the day. And look where it got you."

Ricky:"All in a day's work, I guess."

Striker starts to chuckle a bit.

Striker:"I guess so."

Suddenly footsteps can be heard coming through the cellblock. A guard is making
his final rounds. 

Guard:"Lights out!"

Next the lights are turned off, leaving only the light that comes from searchlights
outside. Ricky looks up at the ceiling and speaks softly to himself.

Ricky:"Oh, Alethia. How I miss you."

Striker gives Ricky a funny look.

Striker:"To whom are you taking to?"

Ricky:"To my girlfriend."

Striker:"How does she look like?"

Ricky:"She's a Japanese spitz. She has those beautiful eyes and that silky white 
       coat." 
       
Striker:"Er..Ricky?"

Ricky:"Her body is so gentle. When we kiss it is like heaven. Our bodies merge 
       together and nothing can seperate us."

Striker:"Ricky!"

Ricky:"It is a love for which I thank God for every day, every hour, every breath
       I..."

Striker:"Ricky! Enough! Snap out of it!"

Inmate 1:"Hey! Will you two keep it down in there?!"

Inmate 2:"Hey, Romeo! We're trying to sleep here, you know!"

Inmate 3:"Will someone shut that love-sick ***hole up?"

Guard:"Hey! Hey! Hey! Keep it quiet in here! I don't want anymore disturbances!"

After a few moments all is quiet again. Striker looks over at Ricky and whispers.

Striker:"Nice going. You nearly got this whole place in an uproar."

Ricky:"I'm sorry."

Striker grins.

Striker:"What the h***, you're hopelessly in love and who am I to stop that? Just 
         go to sleep and we will talk more about this in the morning. Good night." 

Ricky:"Good night."

Striker and Ricky tuck into bed and soon Striker falls asleep. Ricky is still awake,
however, looking out the window at the stars. The stars form in his eyes a pattern
that resembles Alethia smiling at him. He then rests his head on the pillow and 
soon falls asleep too. The only sounds that can be heard is the fighters flying 
overhead and the talking of guards to each other. Meanwhile in the head warden's 
office a conference is taking place between the head warden, the other wardens and  
the head executioner.

Head Warden:"All right, listen up. Malcolm has sent us a prisoner to execute. He 
             and his friends openly attacked KH troops and high command has agreed
             that he should be executed as soon as possible. Is the execution room 
             ready?"

Executioner:"Almost. It should be ready within three days time."

Warden 1:"This prisoner, who is he?"

Warden 2:"I can answer that. His file reads Ricky Gallant. He's one of those Road 
          Rovers, you know. Those dogs on the news. They are always fighting 
          against that General Parvo character."

Warden 3:"Isn't Parvo the CEO of Gen-Par Industries?"

Warden 2:"Yes. He's the one Malcolm has been doing busness battles for Perris Park." 

Warden 1:"Speaking of dogs what must we do with that Striker fellow?"

Head Warden:"He should be executed along with Ricky. A direct order from the Supreme
             General himself."

Outskirts of San Francisco, United States, 18 June, 6:31 AM :

The Cyclborg, the Sylvia and the Turbojet Rover appear from the clouds and land on a 
hill overlooking the city. The Rovers and Strayers get out and  look down at what's in 
front of them.

Hunter:"Here we are boys and girls. San Francisco."

Exile:"Where this Alcatraz I've heard aboutski so much?"

Huntress points at an island outside the harbour.

Huntress:"See that island there? The one with the many searchlights? That's the
          Rock."

Exile:"I know it's a rock in the water."

Hunter:"No, you don't get it. The Rock was another name for Alcatraz."

Bear takes out his binoculars and makes a quick scan of the island. 

Bear:"Oh man. That does not look good."

Nitro:"What's the problem?" 

Bear:"The problem is is that the island is swarming with wolf-sapien guards armed
      with really big guns, searchlights illuminate the entire place and there are
      some weird-looking jets flying overhead. That island is like a fortress. We
      cannot possibly fight through that defence system."

Colleen takes out a calculator and does some quick maths.

Colleen:"Let's see. The odds of us rescuing Ricky, taking into account what Bear 
         just saw and other factors, is about one in....... nine million 
         three-hundred thousand two-hundred and four."
 
Hunter:"THAT bad? Bummer."

Colleen:"But if we go by night through an unguard part of the prison the odds is
         one in seven-thousand."

Hunter:"That better. Thanks, Colleen."

Colleen:"You're welcome, Huntie Wuntie."

Hunter:"Er..don't call me that."

Chavaleh:"Go by night? It's almost sunrise."

Hunter:"Then we will just have to wait till it's dark again."

Amani takes the binoculars from Bear and looks at one of the guards.

Amani:"Whoa, those wolf-sapiens really are nasty. I've never seen such body armor
       or big guns like those before."

Bear:"I don't think anybody has."

Amani gives Bear a strange look while Puffball has a chance at the binoculars.

Puffball:"Why they have big tuning fork on island?"

The others look at Puffball.

Alethia:"What tuning fork?"

Blitz:"Let me see!"

Blitz grabs the binoculars from Puffball.

Blitz:"She's right. There is a big musical intrument on the island."

Huntress:"What do they want a tuning fork that big?"

Chavaleh:"Prehaps they are having a really hard time trying to tune their radio's."

Shag takes a radio out of his furr and begins to fiddle with it. After a short time
he puts it back.

Shag:"Rhar rhar rah."

Exile:"He says that it doesn't seem to help him tune his radio."

Nitro:"I think I know what it does. That thing must be creating that shroud we saw
       back on the image at Mission Control. It prevents spy satellites from seeing
       what is going on the island. Damn, they're good."

Dixie:"God knows how many more of these advanced weaponry those wolf-sapiens have.
       And who's their leader anyway?"

Hunter:"It's obviously Malcolm Industries' CEO, Malcolm. He's the one responible
        for all of this. Soon we will bring him to justice."

Alethia:"I just hope that it is as easy to do as to say it."

Hunter:"I guess so. All right everyone, listen up. We will stay here and wait for 
        nightfall. Until then we must plan our attack. We will need blueprints of
        the prison complex if we are to have any chance of getting in and out of   
        Alcatraz."  

Bear:"They have it in the city records building. Nitro and I will go and fetch the
      plans."

Hunter:"Thanks, buddy. Now all we can do is to climb back into our vechiles and 
        wait."
        
The others acknowledge and climb back into the vechiles. Bear and Nitro climb onto 
the Cyclborg and speed off towards the city. Meanwhile the sun appears over the 
horizon to tell that a new day has broken. On Alcatraz in their cell Striker has 
just woken up and cleaned himself off. Ricky was still sleeping. Striker comes over
and whispers in his ear.

Striker:"Sleeping beauty. Time to wake up."

There is no reaction from Ricky. Striker then raises the volume of his voice.

Striker:"RIZE AND SHINE!"

This wakes Ricky up really fast as he gets up quickly and looks around.

Ricky:"What? What happened?"

Striker:"You were still asleep. Come on, it's time you got out of bed. You really
         miss Alethia, don't you?"

Ricky:"Yes. Why do you ask?"

Striker:"Because during the night you called her name out several times. You're 
         lucky that no one else except me heard that."

Ricky:"Oh."

Ricky gets up and walks over to the washing baisen. He splashes water over his 
face to make him fully alert and awake. He wipes his face with a towel while
Striker ties his boots. Suddenly a loud whistle can be heard thoughout the block.

Ricky:"What's going on?"

Striker:"Don't worry. They're just letting us outside for a while. Hurry up and
         get ready." 

Ricky quickly gets his boots on. After that the cell doors are opened with guards
making sure that no one makes any false moves. Ricky, Striker and the other inmates
make their way to the courtyard. For the first time in three days Ricky sees 
sunlight again. He grips the cross around his neck tightly and says a quick prayer.
Striker watches carefully at what he is doing. When Ricky is finished Striker walks
up to him.

Striker:"You seem to truly believe in God."

Ricky:"He can give you the strength and hope to survive."

Striker:"I hate to say this but even that won't get us out of this prison. There
         is no possibility we will ever be free."  

Ricky:"Miracles can happen, you know."

Striker:"I hope you're correct about this. Do your Road Rover friends know you're alive
         and on Alcatraz?"

Ricky:"Yes. During my flight I managed to wake up and send a distress call of sorts
       to them. They can find me easily."

Striker:"Right. But even if they do know you're here how will they free you? The 
        island is covered with KH soldiers, searchlights, and Orcas." 
 
Ricky:"How come you know so much about these wolf-sapiens?"

Striker:"Let's just say that I faced them before in the past."

A group of inmates approach the two. The inmate with a scar on his face walks up
to Ricky.

Striker:"What do you want, Scar?"

Scar:"Me and my friends here have come to check old Romeo out."

Ricky looks at Striker.

Ricky:"Who is he?"

Striker:"This is Scar, leader of this gang of thugs. He's a very bad character and
         you would do best to ignore him." 

Scar:"Come on, boys. Let's teach this guy about trying to keeping us awake at night." 

Striker:"See here, Scar. Leave him alone. He just misses his loved-ones."

Scar:"That's no excuse. Grab him!"

Before Ricky could react Scar and his mob was upon him. They then begin to bring
blow after blow down on him. Striker tries to fight off the inmates and soon a 
large number had joined in the fight. The guards then rushed in and very quickly
broke up the fight. One of the wardens comes into the courtyard and begins to ask
questions.

Warden:"Who started this fight? Come on!"

Scar:"It this dog, Ricky! He hit me for no good reason, ain't that right?"

The other members of the gang are quick to agree with Scar. Striker then walks up
next to Ricky.

Striker:"He is lying! Ricky didn't hit Scar. Rather it was the other way around!"

Another inmate walks up behind Striker.

Inmate:"Damn right! I saw it, too!"

Soon the courtyard was divided in half, the one side backing Scar and the other
backing Ricky. The warden then gets very angry and his voice rises above the 
others.

Warden:"SILENCE!!!! Since I see that one side acuses the other, both Scar and
        Ricky will go to....the dark room!"

All the other inmates back off hearing this. Ricky looks at Striker.

Ricky:"What's the dark room?"

Striker:"Believe me: you will find that h***-hole very unpleasant." 

Warden:"Take them away!"

The guards grab Ricky and Scar and take them back into the complex while Striker 
and the others look on. On the hill outside San Francisco the Rovers and Strayers
had been watching the fight from the TurboJet Rover with binoculars.  

Colleen:"That's just great. They're punishing him for a fight he didn't even start."

Blitz:"I'll bite their tooshies very hard for this."

Exile:"There you go again."

The sound of the Cyclborg can be heard approaching the TurboJet Rover. Bear and  
Nitro get off and climb onboard. They then go to the control cabin with a roll
of paper. 

Hunter:"What did you find?"

Bear:"The city officials gave us the blueprints of Alcatraz. Apparently they're
      frustrated with what's going on the island."

Hunter:"Why?"

Bear:"Alcatraz was an important tourist attraction for the city. The sale of the
      island has given the economy a big blow and the activities on the island
      is causing concern amongst the population."

Bear unrolls the plans on a table and the others gather around to study it. After
a while they make their plan of attack.

Hunter:"Listen up. According to these plans the only way in that may not be guarded
        is through the sewage tunnel here. We will take the TurboJet Rover in sub
        mode to the tunnel entrance. We will dive to the tunnel since surfacing
        could give us away. We then make our way into the prison and begin our 
        search for where Ricky is being held prisoner. We break him out, get back
        to the TurboJet Rover. Colleen, Shag, Blitz, Exile, Muzzle and I will go in.
        The rest of you will have to stay behind and guard our escape."

Huntress:"Why must I stay behind? It's because I'm too young, am I?"

Amani:"Yeah, I want to know too!"

Bear:"Because if we all go in we will be easily spotted and besides, those guards
      might see the TurboJet Rover and blow it up, leaving us no chance of escaping."

Alethia:"Bear is right. We are Ricky's only chance of escape. We cannot risk going
         in all at once."

Huntress:"Must we? We used to all go in together against Parvo."

Colleen:"Well, these guys are a lot smarter and more dangerous than Parvo's cano-
         mutants."

Hunter:"All right now. All we have to do is wait for nightfall. Then we can move
        out."

Alethia walks back to the window and looks out towards the island.

Alethia:"Hold on, Ricky. By tonight we will be together again."

Colleen:"We all hope so, Alethia."

Meanwhile Ricky is taken to a block and thrown into a cell with no windows. They
close the door, leaving Ricky in the dark, damp and stinking room. He also hears
the scurry of cockroaches and the squeaking of rats. He then sits in a corner and
sings one of his love songs he made for Alethia. The guards outside listen carefully
at what he's singing.

Guard 1:"Not bad. What do you think?"

Guard 2:"Sounds okay. But he will soon sing a different tune when we execute him 
         and Striker tomorrow. That of his death march."

Guard 1:"How long will Scar stay in here?"

Guard 2:"For about three days. That'll teach him to behave himself."

Guard 1:"Good. How about a game of cards?"

Guard 2:"Sounds good."

The guards sit down at their table and begin to play cards while Ricky sings on.

Somewhere near Alcatraz, 18 June 1998, 8:56 PM:

The TurboJet Rover, now in sub mode, is making its way to the island. In one of
the ships' airlocks Hunter, Colleen, Shag, Exile, Blitz and Muzzle are busy putting
on their diving suits while Bear is bringing the ship closer to the sewage tunnel.
As they approach the tunnel he slows the TurboJet Rover down until it stops in 
front of it. Nitro then turns the ships internal lights off to avoid detection.
Chavaleh and Alethia are operating the airlock controls. Chavaleh speaks into an
intercom to the Rovers.

Chavaleh:"How do you guys feel in your suits?"

Hunter:"Fits like a second skins. We're almost ready. We just have to put on our
        helmets then we can go."

Hunter and the others then put their diving helmets. Shag helps put a helmet on 
Muzzle's head. After they are done Hunter gives the thumbs-up. Alethia then opens
the airlock to let the water in. Soon the chamber is flooded with water. Hunter
tests his com-system.

Hunter:"Testing. One. Two. Three. Did you get that?"

Chavaleh:"Loud and clear. You're in the green and ready to go."

Alethia:"Good luck and God bless."

Hunter:"Thanks."

The Rovers swim out into the open sea and head for the tunnel entrance. They enter
the tunnel and soon they break the surface in a pumping room. They then take their
helmets off and proceed to make their through the corridor of tunnels into the 
complex. Light is coming through the grills above them. They can heard the sound of
taking guards and walking feet. Finally they come to a ladder that leads to a room
above. They climb up with Blitz up front. He takes the man-hole cover off and pops
his head into the open. He looks around.

Blitz:"No tooshies to bite. What a shame."

Exile just shakes his head and then one for one they climb out. The room they are 
in contains several power switches and transistors. Shag walks over to one of them.
Tired, he tries lean on one of the switches and turns it off. In the cell block 
where Striker is they power suddenly goes down and the cell doors open. Immediately
the prisoners run out while the guards try to stop them. Striker manages to sneak
past them while the guards force the prisoners back into their cells. Down in
power room Hunter quickly flipped the switch back on. 

Hunter:"Be careful, Shag. Don't lean on any switches."

Shag:"Rhar."

With the power on the guards managed to get all the prisoners back into their cells.
After the doors close they give a sigh of relief. The head warden walks in.

Head Warden:"Is everything under control?"

Guard:"Yes, sir. All the prisoners are back in their cells as far as we know."

The head warden then sees Striker's empty cell.

Head Warden:"Where is Striker?"

The guards look around and then suddenly realises that Striker has given them the slip.
One of the guards runs over to a button that had alarm written on it. Elsewhere the
Rovers are making their way to the cells.

Hunter:"Ricky must be in one of the cell. We will interrogate a guard and force him
        to tell us where he is. Luckily we have the element of surprise."

Suddenly an alarm goes off and soon all the guards are on the hunt for Striker. Colleen
looks at Hunter. 

Colleen:"So much for that."

A voice on the overhead speakers tells everyone what is going on.

Voice:"All squads! Prisoner Striker has escaped! Capture him and bring him back. Use
       force if nescessary."

Meanwhile Striker has managed to make his way to the dark room. He grabs a wooden
plank and knocks the guard there out. He then opens the door of the cell Ricky is
in. Ricky then comes out and then sees Striker.

Ricky:"What's going on?"

Striker:"There was a power cut that opened my cell. Come on! We have to leave this
         place! Every guard is on my tail and soon your's as well." 

Ricky:"How do we get out?"

Striker:"I know an exit through the sewage tunnel. There is an man-hole in the power
        room. We can get out that way."

Striker then picks up the guards' rifle and Ricky takes a thick metal pipe. They then
begin to make their to the power room while the Rovers go to the cell blocks. In 
the security room a guard and the head warden have been tracking Striker and Ricky.
The guard then notices the Rovers on another screen.

Guard:"What the? Who are they?"

Head Warden:"Great. Just we need now."

He then speaks into the intercom.

Head Warden:"Squards! Red Alert! We got hostiles! Sector 3D! Exterminate immediately!"

Striker, Ricky and the Rovers hear the annoucement on the speakers. 

Striker:"Sector 3D? That's near the power room."

Hunter:"Grab your guns. Thing are going to get hot really fast."

The Rovers arm themselves to prepare for the onslaught of guards. Striker and Ricky 
continue to make their way to the power room, avoiding guards. The Rovers then see a
door at the end of the hallway and begin to run to it. On the other side, however, a
mob of soldiers have gathered to ambush the Rovers. Striker and Ricky sees the guards
from a dark corner.

Striker:"Good heavens! They will be slaughtered if those intruders walk through that
         door."  

Ricky:"How do you know that?"

Striker:"That door is the only entrance to the power room. They are monitoring their
         movement. And ours."

Ricky:"Wait. I've got a plan. Can you shoot those propane tanks next to them?"

Striker:"Easily. Watch."

Striker aims the rifle at the tanks when a guard hears from security where they are.
He turns to look just as Striker fires a rocket from the rifles' other barrel. The
rocket then slams into the propane tanks which is followed by an explosion that
engulfs the soldiers. From the other side Rovers sees the explosion blow the door
open. 

Hunter:"Look out! They've found us!"

The Rovers aim their guns at the entrance. Outside Ricky and Striker quickly run 
through the flames to the entrance. Just as they get through Exile fires a ice
beam at them. The beam catches Ricky and is quickly encased in ice. Colleen runs
up to him.

Colleen:"Blimey! We've just frozen Ricky!"

Striker appears from behind Ricky and points his gun at Colleen. Colleen stops dead
in her tracks.

Striker:"Back off! Now! I'm good shot!"

Colleen backs off while Striker picks up the pipe Ricky dropped. He then hits the ice
with such force that it breaks open. Ricky falls to the floor, dizzy. 

Striker:"Are you all right?"

Ricky:"I'm okay. What happened?"

Striker:"Seems like our intruder friends turned out to be hostile."

Ricky looks up and sees the Rovers, their guns aimed at Striker.

Ricky:"Guys. You came."

Striker:"You know them?"

Ricky:"Yes. They're the Road Rovers."

Striker:"Well, they sure have a strange way of greeting you."

The Rovers run over to Ricky. 

Hunter:"Hey, buddy! We thought you were dead."

Colleen:"Alethia misses you."

Ricky:"Were is she?"

Colleen:"She's on the TurboJet Rover and waiting for you."

Exile:"Comrade, it is goodski to see you alive."

Striker walks up to the Rovers.

Striker:"Excuse me, but we better leave this island. Our KH friends cannot be far
         behind." 

Ricky:"Guys, meet Striker. Striker, this is....."

Striker:"Ricky, I would love to greet them but now isn't the time to...."

The sound of a shot can be and the Rovers turn around. In the corridor a large
number of soldiers can be seen with their guns on the Rovers. Among them was the
head warden. 

Head Warden:"I'm giving one last chance to surrender or else we will open fire."

Blitz:"Please! I don't want to die!"

Hunter:"We won't. We will have to use you-know-who."

Muzzle comes up in front of them.

Shag:"Rhar rha rhar rhar rha."

Hunter:"Okay, Shag. You can have a chance to Muzzle 'em."

Striker:"Muzzle them? I don't that will work."

Colleen:"Just pay close attention, guv."

Shag takes Muzzles' muzzle off.

Shag:"Rha rhar! (Muzzle them!)"

Muzzle jump out of his straitjacket and heads for the group of soldier.

Head Warden:"Oh s***."

What happens next it too horrible to be written down. Only the sound of Muzzle
and the yelling of the soldiers can be heard. The Rover don't dare look at what
is happening.

Blitz:"Ooooh. The horror."

Ricky:"Man, I'm feeling sick."

Hunter:"Me too."

Striker is watching, however.

Striker:"Now that is what I call excellent! Sa, boy! Sa! Get those soldiers!"

After a sort time the head warden, now bitten, bruised and minus several teeth,
signals the retreat.

Head Warden:"Thall back! Thall back! Got to get more unitth here!"

The head warden and the other soldiers run out, leaving Muzzle cleaning his teeth.
The others come and put the muzzle back on. Striker rubs his head.

Striker:"That's was a good show!"

Colleen:"You enjoyed that?!"

Striker:"Yes, I did."

Exile:"And I thought Blitz was weird."

Hunter:"All right, guys! Back to the TurboJet Rover!"

The Rovers make their way back to the pumping room. Just as they were about to
pick up their helmets the sounds of oncoming soldiers can be heard.

Striker:"There's no time to put on diving helmets! Just take a deep breath."

Hunter:"Good idea."

They all jump back into the water and swim away just as bullets pass them. They
swim to the TurboJet Rover's airlock. Once they're all inside Alethia drains the
water. Chavaleh open the door to the chamber and they rush in to help. Alethia
runs to Ricky.

Alethia:"Oh, Ricky! Are you all right?"

Ricky:"I'm all right, my love."

Alethia:"I thought I lost you."

Ricky:"I'm still here. We are together again."

Alethia and Ricky kiss while Chavaleh comes and helps the others.

Chavaleh:"What happened? Are you all okay?"

Chavaleh then sees Striker.

Chavaleh:"Who's he?"

Hunter:"I'll explain later. Right now tell Bear to get us outta here!"

Soon the TurboJet Rover leaves the water in air mode. It is then joined by
Sylvia. They quickly leave the area under heavy fire from the AAA's on the
island. 

Hunter:"Mission accomplised. Good work." 

Ricky:"Thanks for coming in to rescue me."

Alethia:"We didn't want to leave you on that island."

Exile:"How are you feeling, comrade? I'm sorry I froze you. I thought you were
       one of those baddest guys."

Ricky:"It's okay, Exile. I'm fine."

Ricky looks over at Striker who is busy drying himself.

Ricky:"Though I should really thank you, Striker. You helped me a great deal. I
       owe you one."

Striker:"That's all right. I didn't do much."

Ricky:"Not much? You should have seen him, Alethia. He saved me from that Scar
       fellow, the dark room and the guards. He also prevent the guys from 
       being killed."

Alethia:"Thank you. Thank you. A thousand blessings upon you."

Hunter:"Great work, Striker! You really are a hero."

Bear:"Thanks, man! We owe you alot."

Exile:"Let me give you a Russian bear hug, comrade Striker."

Exile gives Striker a big hug which squeeses the air out him. After Exile is done
Shag comes up and takes a medal out of his furr. He pins it to Striker's shirt. The
medal is a gold Road Rover insignia. The others come up give him a round of applause.
 
Colleen:"Great job, guv! The Master will be pleased to hear about you."

Blitz:"I am pleased that you saved my friend."

Striker:"I.."

Amani's voice can heard over the overhead.

Amani:"Guys, we've got three bogies on our tail!"

Striker:"Orcas!"

Hunter:"What?" 

Striker:"You obviously saw those fighters around the island. Those are Orcas. They
         are armed with a twin laser cannons and ME-10 missles." 

Hunter goes over to the controls.

Hunter:"Action stations!"

Everyone quickly strap themselves in. The TurboJet Rover and Sylvia begin evasive
manouvers as the Orcas open fire with their laser cannons. The TurboJet and Sylvia 
dive down ground-level while the lasers hit the ground exploding. The Orcas are 
right behind them, firing their deadly projectiles at their targets. Inside the
TurboJet Shag and Blitz are cowering in their seats. Hunter remains calm.

Hunter:"Striker. Is there a way to beat these flying nightmares?"

Striker:"Is there an anti-aircraft gun on this plane?"

Shag takes the Anti-Aircraft Laser (from "Storm over the Pacific") out of his furr
and hands it to Striker.

Striker:"Now this will do nicely. Just give me a clear shot at these Orcas and you
         will have three down enemy aircraft."

Chavaleh and Exile take Striker to one of the cargo doors and open it. Striker ties
himself with some rope to a metal bar and climbs onto the cargo door which is now
hanging horizontal outside. Striker gets out and readies the AAL. He quickly takes 
aim on the first Orca, fires and destroys it. As soon as the next appears he knocks
it out too. The third Orca goes the same way. All this happened in just ten seconds.
Striker climbs back in with Exile and Chavaleh giving him a look of surprise.

Exile:"Mother Russia! I've never seen such a good shooter!"

Chavaleh:"You brought them really quick! How'd you do that?"

Striker:"Just my marksmanship."

Exile closes the cargo door. They then get to the control cabin.

Hunter:"Whoa, man! You made them drop like flies. Can you teach me to do that?"

Striker:"Sorry. It is a "super power" you might say."

Hunter:"Lucky dog. Right then, let's head home!"

Road Rover Mission Control, 19 June, 7:41 AM:

Back in MC's briefing room the Master was congratulating the Rovers and Grizzlies
for the success of their rescue mission.

Master:"You did well, Rovers. You're good, good dogs."

Striker appears from the dark corridor and Ricky walks over to him.

Ricky:"Master. This is Striekr. He's the one we mentioned."

Master:"Striker, you've done very well. We are all grateful for your help."

Striker:"Thanks, I think."

Chavaleh:"But we didn't get to that villa and ask were Francisco Ortega is."

Striker takes out a map from his shirt pocket.

Striker:"Don't worry. This map shows where Ortega's fortress is. I stole
         from the head warden's office."

Hunter:"Great work! Man, you are incredible."

Striker:"With it was plans. Plans for a full-scale offensive by the KH Army under
         the leadership of Malcolm againts Ortega's private army. They plan to attack 
         within a week."

Colleen:"Why?"

Striker:"Ortega stole money from them and now they want to punish him by destroying 
         his drug empire." 

Master:"Striker, you have proven yourself useful and as a reward I will make you a
        Road Rover. What do you think?"

Striker thinks for a moment and then answers.

Striker:"I accept. I definitely will join in the fight. I have an old debt to settle
        with the KH Army." 

Master:"Then consider yourself now a Road Rover."

The others gather around Striker, shaking his hands. Striker looks at Ricky.

Ricky:"Looks like we were the first prisoners to ever have escaped from Alcatraz."

Striker:"And they say that it would never happen."

Alethia walks up to Striker.

Alethia:"Thank you so much."

Alethia gives him a kiss which makes him go red under his furr.

Striker:"Well...I....um....God, I'm embarresed."

Hunter:"To the power of the pack!"

The Rovers howl and Striker decides to howl as well. For now they have stood up
against the KH Army. Soon they will take them on again to stop their military 
action against Ortega and to bring Malcolm to justice.

THE END, for now.