Road Rovers: The Iron Fist Episode 20: The Iron Fist By Gerhard Naudé All Road Rover names © Warner Brothers and rightful owners. Striker, Phoenix, Illanov, Elexis, Tanarus, Stalker, Wolfeye, Sky, Black, Trigger, Malcolm, Oqulus, Target, Wing, Cadwell, Tesla, GONV, Ortega, Norwood, Melanie, all related to the KH Military © Gerhard Naudé Strayers © Steven Today Nitro, Dixie, Prowler © Amanda Stephenson Huntress, Silver, Darien, Canis, Duke © Greywolf Lupous DJ, Dusty © Jake Williams Warwolf © Marc Weinstein Dawn © Dianne L. Mele © Allie Jung Maddogs, Outlaws and other Bounty Hunters, the USS Retriever and its crew © Greg Williams Spirit © Connie Smernos Shadow © Talon Saurn Alethia, Chavaleh, Ribbonracer, Beldin © Kylen Miles Cleo, Ramses, Sheba © Katalin Bakonyi Sierra © Elista Atkins Alley Afghan © Becky Pittman Mars, Venus, Jupiter © Nick Myers Star, Xander © Kathrine Gore Dervish © Casey Johnson Ricky © Ricky Galahad Indiana Dog, Clara © Daniel Morales Otto, Samantha © Robert Baer Jr. Dylan, Zudnik, Rune, Briggs, Mike, Kytec © Dylan Rinald Eldon © Eric Sharp Cobber © Michael Browner Jordyn © Jordyn Trout Marauder © Jerimy Bass Wolve, Keith © Wolve Man Karelia, Koror © Desutoroia Azelin © Luke Trickett Author's Note: To avoid confusion, the two Silvers have abbreviations next to their names to indicate which group they belong to: (S)-Strayer (M)-Maddogs Any question, comments, complaints, feedback or suggestions can be sent to gnaude_@hotmail.com. Dark Area: This is a dark area where one can only distinguish between the floor and the dark sky. Hunter is standing here and is looking around frantically. Hunter:"Colleen! Where are you?" Colleen yells back from nowhere. Colleen:"I'm here, Hunter!" Hunter:"Where's here?" Colleen:"Behind you..." Hunter turns around and sees Colleen standing a short distance from him. He begins to walk towards her, but then she gasps and her eyes roll into her head. She then falls to the floor, dead. Hunter screams in horror. Hunter:"NOOOOO!!!" Voice:"Why do you even resist, Hunter?" Hunter looks up and sees Stalker standing behind Colleen's body. He is holding a dagger in his hand with Colleen's blood on it. He grins wickedly at Hunter. Stalker:"You will die, Hunter. You will die along with your friends." He then begins to laugh sinisterly, then disappears. The dagger remains floating in the air. Suddenly a map of the globe appears behind the dagger. The dagger points its blade at the centre of the map and is thrusted into it. Colleen's blood suddenly begins to fill between the countries' borders until the entire map becomes red. The continents then melt together to form the KH Military insignia. It fades away and is replaced by a nuclear hazard symbol. A holographic image of a timer appears and it starts counting down from five seconds. Hunter realises what is going to happen next and quickly tries to run away. The timer reaches zero and the symbol explodes. Hunter's scream of one millisecond is silenced by the blast. Passenger Deck, Jumbo Rover En Route to NORAD 26 December 4:01 AM: This is just like that of a normal passenger liner. Most of the seats are occupied with sleeping Rovers, or they were sleeping. Hunter is in middle row's middle seat, squirming and screaming madly. Colleen, Exile, Bear and Cobber do their best to calm him down while the others watch in shock. Colleen:"Calm down, Huntie! Calm down!" Cobber:"Mate, he's jumping like a wallaby on steriods!" Marauder turns to Elexis. Marauder:"Do you have any KH drug that can calm him down?" Elexis:"Yes. Hold on." She walks behind Hunter's seat and quickly inserts two needles in his neck. A drug is then injected into his blood stream. She removes the needles from his neck and after a few seconds he stops squirming and wakes up. He is panting heavily and also sweating. Exile:"Bolshoi! He looks just like the time in Colombia again." Alethia:"I don't think these dreams are normal. I sense that General Stalker might be manipulating his mind." Star:"So this one would make three." Hunter:"Four actually." Everyone present looks at Hunter, confused. Bear:"Four? You mean there was a fourth one?" Hunter:"Yeah." Alethia:"When, Hunter?" Hunter:"The night after the celebration party we had for capturing the Eliminator the first time I had one of these dreams, but it wasn't so bad as the other three." Striker:"What did you see in that dream?" Hunter:"It was a bit unclear. There were only two colours: black and red. I saw a figure, I think it was Stalker, making some kind of speech. Then I saw several KH weaponry either moving, aiming or firing. It all then went completely black, then I heard a voice say:'We have returned'." Striker:"When was this party?" Hunter:"About two years ago." Realisation fills Striker's face. Striker (to himself):"It's the same." Nitro:"What's the same, Striker?" Striker stops thinking and turns to the others. Striker:"Two years ago I had the exact same dream like Hunter. I would even venture as far as to say that we may have had the dream at the exact same time." Phoenix:"As far as I could learn from the KH Military, that was about the same time they had returned from Savara." Everyone looks at Phoenix. Illanov:"Savara? Where is that, comrade Phoenix?" Phoenix:"It was the alien world the KH Military was trapped in for eighteen after Striker had unknowingly teleported them to." Everyone:"Alien world???" Phoenix:"Yes. The Crysillis Crystal you got from Malcolm's Demutation Shotgun was from Savara. They used the crystals to build their highly-advanced weaponry. While they were on Savara as far as I could learn, they served as the 'Peacekeepers' of the alien world. That is all I know." Star:"Peacekeepers, eh? It's seems they must have back-stabbed the aliens to get back home." Exile:"Why didn't you tellski us this earlier, comrade?" Before Phoenix is allowed to answer Cadwell's voice crackles over the speaker system. Cadwell:"Attention everyone. We are coming in to land at NORAD. Get into your seats and prepare for landing." Everyone goes back into their seats and strap themselves in. Colleen looks over at Hunter. Colleen:"How do you feel, Huntie?" Hunter:"I'm fine, Colleen. Really." Colleen looks ahead, unconvinced, as the Jumbo Rovers begins it's descent. Hidden Airfield State of Colorado 4:13 AM: This is a runway with some lights running along the sides. The runway ends in a tunnel that leads to the hangar under the mountain. The Jumbo Rover successfully lands on the runway and taxis into the underground hangar. The hangar door is closed and the runway lights are turned off. Mountain Hangar: This is a very large hangar with many transport and US fighter aircraft. Soldiers and security guards are walking and standing everywhere. The Jumbo Rover is taxied next to another craft and stops. The gantry is lowered and everyone climbs out. From a large steel door a large chubby US general comes into the hangar. This is General Barrows. He walks up to Major Cadwell and they shake hands. Barrows:"Welcome to NORAD, Major Cadwell. I see you've brought along some friends of yours?" Cadwell:"You can say that, General. They're the Road Rovers." Barrows:"Road Rovers. What are they doing here? Shouldn't they be doing something about that nutcase Stalker's mad plans?" Voice (from behind):"General, they've had a long night. Leave them alone." Everyone looks toward the steel door. Standing there is Mark Norwood. He walks up to the Rovers. Norwood:"Are you all right, Rovers?" Striker:"We're fine, Mark. Too bad I cannot say the same of our headquarters." Norwood:"Tanarus told me about the attack. I have to admit it worried me." Exile pats Tanarus' back. Exile:"Comrade Tanarus here got us out of butter mess." Tanarus:"Er... huh? Oh yes. I did save them." Norwood:"I'm sure they're all grateful for your help. Unfortunately General Stalker very much has Earth by the throat. Come. We have work to do." Dusty:"No sleep?" DJ:"Doesn't look like it, girl." Dusty:"This is one Christmas which I DEFINITELY will want to forget." Spirit:"I know." Hunter turns to Barrows. Hunter:"General, can you show the civilians where they can sleep?" Barrows:"Sure. I'll have someone sent to direct them to a place to sleep." Hunter:"Thanks, General." They all begin to walk to the steel door that leads to the main command complex. Command Center Iron Fist Base Antarctica At that moment: This is a large, high-tech room which many monitors, electronic war maps of the world, technicians working at control panels and a large map of the globe on a table in the center of the room. Stalker is here along with Trigger, Black, Wing, Wolfeye and Sky. He is looking at a screen showing Malcolm. Stalker:"Which way did they go?" Malcolm:"I'm guessing that they went back to Mission Control to salvage what is left, boss. I don't know where else they can be." Stalker:"Thank you, Malcolm. Go back to your company in Hong Kong and await further orders. Also, have Oqulus and Target sent here to assist in the operation." Malcolm:"Sure, boss. Malcolm out." Malcolm's face disappears from the screen. Black:"That Tanarus. Ungrateful little piece of rubbish. We should have shot him when we had the chance." Trigger:"None of us predicted that Tanarus would be the traitor. The only reasurrance I can give is that we had struck first before the Rovers could react." Wing:"Besides, what can they do now? Sure, they have weapons, but we have their vehicles here in the base's hangars. Plus we have their Master, their best scientific minds and the Transdogmafier. They cannot do a thing against us." Sky:"Yes. We have the upper hand now." Stalker:"True, but don't feel too comfortable. Those Road Rovers have proven to be persistent foes. They will attempt to stop us." Black:"How in the world are they going to do that? If they get anywhere near here the last thing they will see will be the business end of a disintegration beam." Stalker:"I admit that the chances of them succeeding in stopping our attempt at world domination is very remote, but don't rule them out. Be prepared for anything they might attempt." Trigger, Wolfeye, Black, Wing, Sky:"Yes, sir." A technician turns in his chair to the group. Techinician:"Sirs, GONV reports current military losses of the world in the last few hours is at about 6,5%." Stalker:"Thank you." The technician turns back to his console. Conference Room NORAD Command Center 4:31 AM: This is large room with a long table. Sitting here is Norwood, Hunter, Striker, Bear, Outlaw, Persia, Tanarus, Barrows and some high-ranking US officers. There are papers and coffee mugs on the table. Barrows:"So that's how the current situation stands. We are as of yet been unable to get our forces anywhere near that thing. If any of our forces get a bit too close that Iron Fist turns them to atoms." Cadwell:"What is our current defence condition, general?" Barrows:"We are holding at DEFCON two. We are hoping you Road Rovers can put an end to this mess." Striker:"We are at a loss ourselves, General." Outlaw:"Yeah. General Stalker has gotten him and his men one h***uva advantage on us." Bear:"But we'll win through. We're the heroes and in every battle the heroes win." Persia:"The KH Military has won several thus far, Bear." Tanarus:"And now they are the closest that any villain has ever been to world domination." Outlaw turns to Hunter, who has his face buried in his hands. Outlaw:"What do you say, Hunter? Hunter?" Hunter lifts his face up. He is very tired and upset. There is a moment of silence. Hunter:"God, this is a real nightmare. We don't know how we are going to stop these guys." Striker:"Don't tell me that, Hunter! I have been in almost as bad a situation as this. You may think it is all over, but I, for one, am NOT going to let Stalker and his men win without a fight." Norwood:"Striker's right. You're not dead yet, and there is always some way to win, no matter what the odds." Tanarus:"Hear! Hear!" Hunter:"But what can we do?" Persia:"That's what we are trying to find out, and you not being very helpful, Hunter." Hunter:"Sorry. It's just that I'm beat." Outlaw:"We're all tired, Hunter." Norwood:"You should get some sleep." Barrows:"What about the Iron Fist? We can't just put that aside for some sleep." Hunter:"The general's right, Norwood. We must find out how to stop this before it gets any worse." Norwood sighs. Norwood:"Very well, but if anyone falls asleep in here you will be ordered to go to bed." They all agree and continue with the meeting. NORAD Warroom 7:21 AM: This is a very large room with many computer consoles and six large screens on the wall the desks are facing. They show the world in several sections. The countries of the US and Russia are outlined in blue and red. On a wall is a DEFCON indicator which is currently at two. Technicians and officers are working on the desks. Most of them are tired from the night's activities. Suddenly on the screen showing the map of Russia a small circle appears around a square representing a missile base, which is followed by the words "LAUNCH DETECTION" on the same screen. The warroom suddenly scrambles back into action and several announcements are made over the speakers. Voice 1 (over speakers):"We have a launch detection. We have a Russian launch detection." Voice 2 (over speakers):"Missile warning shows no malfunction." More circles appear on the map. At the command desk a Colonel pushes a button and the siren goes over and the red light goes on. He picks the phone up. Colonel:"Get the general down here." Voice 3 (over speakers):"Confidence is high. I repeat, confidence is high." Barrows, Cadwell, Norwood, Hunter, Striker, Bear, Persia, Outlaw and Tanarus come into the room. Barrows:"What's going on, Colonel?" Colonel:"Sir, we are currently tracking three hundred Russian ICBM's heading towards as yet unsure targeted country." Cadwell:"Are they coming at the US?" Colonel:"As satellite shows, no." Striker:"I know what the Russians are doing. They are launching the ICBM's at the Iron Fist." Everyone gives Striker a shocked look. Bear:"You sure, Striker?" Norwood:"Of course! The Russian are scared of the Iron Fist and thus have good reason to launch their missiles." Persia:"But why so many of them?" Another Major runs up to Barrows and hangs him apiece of paper. The other Rovers also come into the warroom. Barrows reads the paper, the lowers it. Norwood:"What does it say, General?" Barrows puts the paper away and turns to the other commanders. Barrows:"Warm the ICBM's up ready to fly and get the subs in launch mode. We are at DEFCON one!" Voice 1 (over speakers):"DEFCON one." The DEFCON indicator goes from two to one. A communication officer calls the SAC commanders. Officer:"SAC, this is Crystal Palace. NORAD has declared DEFCON one. Ready all ICBM's and submarines for immediate launch." Everyone looks at Barrows. Hunter:"What are you doing, General?" Barrows:"The President and other world leaders that have nukes have order a full-scale nuclear strike on the Iron Fist." Striker:"All of them?" Barrows:"All of them." On the world screen more circles appear on Chinese, French, British, German and Swiss bases. The other Rovers walk up to the group. Warwolf:"What's up?" Nitro:"Yeah. Why all the commotion?" Bear (Pointing at screens):"Honey, see all those stripes heading to Antarctica?" Nitro looks at the screens. Nitro:"Yeah. So?" Bear:"Those are nuclear missiles heading to the Iron Fist." Nitro:"What?!" Illanov:"This is a joke, comrade. Right?" Striker:"Wrong, Alex. This is real." Sierra:"But what about the Antarctic ecosystem? It will be devastated by this attack." Xander:"Forget the ecosystem. What about the Master? Hubert? Wesley? Canis?" Barrows:"Four lives are a small price to pay to save millions more." Norwood:"I hate to agree, but we are all out of options." Circles then appear on the bases belonging to the United States. Voice 3:"American ICBM's are in the air and on their way." Tanarus:"I wonder if ANY of those missiles will reach the Iron Fist." Barrows:"What do you mean? With a strike this big the Iron Fist itself won't be able to stop it." Tanarus:"On its own, no. There is still the problem of the KH Military's Interdictor missiles." Buck:"What is an Interdictor?" Elexis:"The pride and joy of the KH Military's SDI program, the Interdictor is a special missile that can be launched from Missile Destroyers, Hurricane Submarines or special ground-based missile launchers. It flies up to the offending ICBM and into it, destroying the ICBM before it can reach it's target." Tanarus:"Precisely." Silver(S):"Well, how many Interdictors are there?" Tanarus:"My Gamma Squadron had about a fifty. I don't know about the other squadrons." Spirit:"That doesn't sound like much." Briggs:"Maybe not, but fired in conjunction with the Iron Fist they can take out most or all of the missiles. H***, none of them might not even get anywhere near the Antarctic coast." Barrows:"Well, we will just have to wait and see. There's no turning back now." Everyone looks at the center screen, showing the globe and the trajectory heading of the missiles all going straight towards the Iron Fist base. Cadwell looks at the Colonel. Cadwell:"What is the ETA?" Colonel:"T minus five minutes." Cadwell:"How many warheads?" Colonel:"2500 inbound warheads." Cadwell:"Thank you, Colonel." He turns back to the screen. Single tears roll from Amani's and Duke's eyes. Command Center Iron Fist Base 7:45 AM: Everything is still as it is except that the global map is showing the incoming ICBM missiles. Stalker and his men are standing around it. Target and Oqulus are now also here. They look at the map. Trigger:"Just as we predicted, sir. The UN have launched their missiles right at us." Stalker:"Black, are our Interdictors armed and ready?" Black:"We are awaiting your command, sir." Stalker:"Launch the missiles." He then turns to the technician who had given the commands to the GONV. Stalker:"New command to the GONV: destroy all incoming ICBMs that are threatening this base." Technician:"Yes, sir." The technician types in the new command. GONV Computer Room: On the GONV's screen appear the words "NEW TARGETS ACQUIRED. COMMENCING DEFENCE ATTACK". Antarctic Coast 7:50 AM: The scenery is beautiful and peaceful, but the peace is quickly shattered as Interdictor missiles fly out of the ocean from KH submarines and from the Iron Fist Base in the distance. The missiles all travel towards space. A beam from the Iron Fist also goes into space. High orbit Earth: The ICBMs can be clearly seen heading towards their target. The Interdictors are also in space and are heading towards the ICBMs. The beam strikes a weather satellite and is beamed at a cluster of ICBMs. The beam quickly disintegrates a large number of the missiles while the first Interdictors strike their targeted ICBMs, destroying them. Soon space is filled with hundreds of explosion as ICBMs are either destroyed or disintegrated. NORAD Warroom At that moment: Everyone is still watching the screens. The screens now show less and less ICBM missile paths as the missiles become destroyed. Voice 2 (over speakers):"Current ICBM losses are at 23 percent and rising." Otto:"In ten seconds?" Indy:"Looks like they will actually stop the missiles." More and more missiles disappear from the screens. Voice 2 (over speakers):"45 percent." The remaining missiles draw closer, their numbers rapidly diminishing. Voice 2 (over speakers):"78 percent. Estimated time till impact is one minute." Soon all but seven ICBMs are destroyed. They are now over the Antarctic continent and only seconds away from impact with the Iron Fist Base. Quickly six of the missiles are also destroyed. Voice 2 (over speakers):"Ten seconds." Barrows:"That one is going to make it." The missile draws closer and closer, but when it gets within 40 kilometres of the base it simply disappears from the map. Voice 2 (over speakers):"Contact with ICBM lost." Everyone is surprised at the announcement. Barrows:"Lost! What do you mean we lost contact with that ICBM?" Voice 2 (over speakers):"Sir, we have detected no discharge from the Iron Fist and no Interdictor launch. We don't know what happened with the ICBM." Wolve:"Perhaps it ran out of gas." Norwood:"No, it didn't run out of gas. And even if it did, it would have still been in contact with us." Otto:"Perhaps there was some kind of technical malfunction with the projectile's guidance and satellite tracking systems?" Cadwell:"Could be." Jupiter:"At any rate, we lost." Everyone has a look of defeat on their faces. Dawn:"Why can't we just pull the plug on this thing?" Upon hearing the words "pull the plug" Otto begins to think. He turns to Tanarus. Otto:"Tanarus, is the Iron Fist operated by some kind of computer system?" Tanarus:"Yes. The aiming procedure was complicated, so they stole the GONV mainframe and built a super computer to control the Iron Fist. Why do you ask?" A sly smile comes across Otto's face. Everyone looks at him. Samantha:"Do you have an idea, Honey?" Otto:"I think so." Bear:"You mean you know a way to destroy the Iron Fist?" Otto:"Not really, but I do know a way that, if it works, will shut the Iron Fist down for a long enough period for us to permanently disable it." Hunter:"How?" Otto:"We will do what Dawn just said: we pull the plug. In a way." Everyone gives a confused look, but then Striker realises what Otto means. Striker:"A computer virus." Otto:"Right. If we can upload a powerful enough virus into the GONV computer we can render it inoperable for an undisclosed period of time." Mars:"Well then, let's go!" Otto:"Unfortunately I was never trained to write viruses, and I don't that the viruses on the international network will be effective against the GONV's mainframe." Hunter turns to Nitro. Hunter:"You have knowledge of computers, Nitro. How about you?" Nitro:"Sorry, Hunter. I was taught how to hack and such, but never to plant viruses." Hunter:"DJ?" DJ:"No can do, Hunter. I'm a mechanic, not a computer expert." Hunter:"Mele?" Mele:"Sorry, cousin. Viruses are also out of my field." Hunter:"Anyone?" Everyone shakes their heads. Colleen:"Bloomin' teriffic. We should tell the Master about virus creations." Shag takes out a notebook and jots down what Colleen just said. He then puts it away. Marauder thinks for a moment, then turns to the others. Marauder:"I think I know someone who can, but you won't like who it is." Hunter:"Who?" Marauder:"The 'Empress of all Viruses', Viri." Eldon:"You're right. I don't like who it is." Striker:"Who is Viri?" Bear:"A villainess we know all too well. She develops all kinds of deadly viruses with which to kill people." Striker:"Computer viruses too?" Bear:"Yeah. That too." Norwood:"Where is she now?" Bear:"She is being held at the Sunnyvale Maximum Security Prison." Norwood turns to Major Cadwell. Norwood:"Go and get her." Cadwell:"Yes, sir." Cadwell leaves the warroom. Bear looks at Norwood. Bear:"You're not seriously thinking about asking Viri for help?" Striker:"Mark is always serious, Bear. Besides, we can always recapture her later, but right now we need her help." Blitz:"That will make three villains we have worked with in this year. What next?" Colleen:"Don't ask, Fluffy." Blitz groans as he usually does when Colleen calls him that. Medical Ward 9:13 AM: This is a small ward with some medical equipment. The door is locked by password console. In the ward is Viri and her side- kick, Bacteria Boy (both from "Shadow Boxing"). The door is opened by a security guard. Hunter, Bear, Striker and Norwood walk into the ward and the guard stands at the door. Viri and Bacteria Boy look at the group. Viri:"Nice quarters you have here." Bacteria:"Yeah. It sure beats our cells in that prison." Hunter:"Cut the small talk, Viri. We need your help." Viri and Bacteria Boy give odd looks at the group, then burst out laughing. Viri:"Me? Help you?! Ha ha ha! That's a good one!" Bear:"Please, Viri. I know this sounds crazy, but we really need your help." Viri sees the seriousness in Bear's eyes and stops laughing. Viri:"Very well. What can I do for you?" Striker:"You know about the KH Military's super weapon, the Iron Fist?" Bacteria:"Yeah. They are making headline news around world, and in prison itself. Every villain and villainess are cheering their accomplishments, except Parvo, Ross and Eliminator. They are fuming." Viri:"Precisely. So what about it?" Bear:"The Iron Fist is controlled by a super computer, the GONV." Viri:"What does this have to do with me?" Norwood:"We need you to plant a virus in the GONV computer to shut the Iron Fist down for a while." Viri laughs again. Viri:"And let you Rovers and Strayers win? Never! We villains and villainesses have always been defeated by you. Now we bad guys are in the driving seat, and you are just targets for the KH Military's super weapon." Hunter:"Please, Viri. We are begging you to help us." Viri:"Never! This time evil will triumph over good. That is my final word." Viri lies down on the ward's bed. The group go to a corner and whisper to each other. Bear:"I told you she wouldn't help us." Norwood:"We have to convince her to help us." Striker:"I think I know how." He turns to Hunter. Striker:"Hunter, remember how you told me about that time you captured Storm and Havoc before Bear and Nitro's wedding?" Hunter:"Yeah. What about it?" Striker:"You said that they argued among themselves." Hunter:"Yeah." Striker:"Why?" Hunter thinks for a moment, then smiles. Hunter:"I think you got something here, buddy." Striker:"Go for it." They turn back to Viri. She is smiling smugly at the group. Hunter:"Viri, are you hoping that the KH Military will win?" Viri:"Everyone who has been put away by you are hoping for a huge victory." Hunter:"And you think they can take over the world?" Viri:"Yes." Hunter:"If they take over the world, what do you think will you and the other bad guys will mean to them?" Viri stops smiling. Viri:"What are you saying?" Hunter:"What I mean is that I don't think General Stalker will put any of you baddies in his new world government. Do you think Stalker will trust you all? He will just leave you all to rot in prison, or he will have you shot. Did you ever stop to think about that?" Viri thinks for a moment, then frowns. Hunter strikes again. Hunter:"Would you want to rot in prison while the KH Military rules the world?" Viri stops thinking at looks at Hunter. Viri:"No, I don't want to." Bacteria:"It would just suck." Bear:"So are you in with us, Viri?" Viri gets up. Viri:"Yes, I am. What do you want from me?" Norwood:"We need you to plant a virus into the GONV computer to shut down the Iron Fist. Can you do it?" Viri:"They don't call me 'Empress of All Viruses' for nothing. I can easily write a virus powerful enough to take down the GONV. All I need is a computer, but I also need some hackers to get into the GONV program in order for me to upload the virus." Norwood:"How long will it take?" Viri thinks for moment. Viri:"I should say, about twelve hours." Everyone but Viri, Bacteria Boy:"Twelve hours?!" Viri:"Do you want me to do this?" The group sighs. Norwood:"Very well. We will give you what you need." Striker:"But you should do anything idiotic, you will not even live long enough to regret it." Viri:"I get the picture." Striker:"Good." Norwood turns to Hunter, Bear and Striker. Norwood:"Do you have any good computer experts among your units?" Bear:"Yeah. Quite a number of them." Norwood:"Persuade them to help Viri." Hunter:"We will try." They leave the ward, followed by Viri and Bacteria Boy who are closely followed by the guard. Sleeping Quarters 9:34 AM: This is a standard sleeping quarters with extra mattresses and sleeping bags. The Rovers, Strayers, Maddogs, Outlaws, Space Rovers, Bounty Hunters and civilians are here, most of them sleeping. Hunter, Striker and Bear are talking to Nitro, Mele and Venus. Nitro:"That's outrageous!" Venus:"She'll back stab us the first chance she gets!" Mele:"I must agree. Of all persons why should we help her?" Bear:"I know she is cold and ruthless, but so was Ross and Parvo. And we worked with them." Striker:"And I'm sure that she won't back stab us. Not with the future predictions we gave her if the KH Military should win." Mele:"But why us, cousin?" Hunter:"You are our best computer hackers. Viri needs us to get into the GONV computer system so that she can upload her virus. That's why." Nitro, Venus and Mele groan. Nitro:"Very well. We'll do it, but it is under protest." Bear comes up and whispers into Nitro's ear. Bear:"When this crisis is all over you and I will go on a cruise to the Hawaiian Islands." Nitro giggles. Nitro:"I hope we don't get torpedoed again, Honey." Bear chuckles. They then kiss each other. Phoenix, who is lying awake nearby, sees them kissing. She then looks at Striker and sighs. NORAD Computer Room 10:01 AM: This is a large room with many computer generators, with several smaller rooms with windows overlooking the generators around it. On a wall is a DEFCON indicator that is on one. In one of the rooms with several smaller computer is Viri and Bacteria Boy. Viri is on one computer writing her killer virus while Bacteria Boy is on another exploring the internet for other viruses. In another room that is similar to the one Viri is in is Nitro, Mele and Venus. They are trying to hack their way into the GONV computer. In an office overlooking the generators and with a view of the two rooms is Hunter, Norwood, Outlaw, Striker, Tanarus, Barrows, Bear, Persia and Buck. Barrows:"Are you sure this will work?" Tanarus:"This is our last option, General. If this fails, then nothing will be able to stop General Stalker and his forces." Buck:"Can Viri be trusted?" Outlaw:"We've gone through this a thousand times, son. She knows what her lot will be if Stalker wins." While they are talking Cadwell appears in the computer room with two soldiers. Behind them is Azelin. They make their way to the room where Hunter, Norwood, Striker, Outlaw, Barrows, Tanarus, Bear, Buck and Persia are in. They enter the room. Cadwell:"Sir, we have a cano-sapien here who wants to see the Road Rovers." Barrows:"Who?" Azelin walks into the room. Hunter:"Azelin! What are you doing here?" Striker:"You know him?" Tanarus:"I called him here to NORAD." Barrows:"What the heck for?" Tanarus:"To save his life, General. Is there something wrong with that?" Barrows tries to answer, but is unable to. He looks at Cadwell and the two soldiers and nods. They release Azelin. He walks up to Tanarus and shakes his hand. Azelin:"I'm grateful that you saved my life. Your message came in the nick of time." Tanarus:"No problem." Hunter:"What happened to you, buddy?" Azelin:"Yesterday while I was staying in an apartment in New York I got a call from Tanarus. He told me to leave my apartment immediately. I was partly hesitant, but something in the back of my mind told me to do what he said. Thank God. Moments after I got into the street a couple of missiles from low-flying Valkyries slammed into my apartment window, completely destroying it. Tanarus then called me on a nearby payphone and told me where to go. I wanted to go to Mission Control, but Tanarus told me to come here to NORAD. So here I am." Azelin turns to Hunter. Azelin:"Did something happen at Mission Control?" Hunter:"General Stalker and his men attacked us; captured the Master, Hubert, Canis and Wesley; took the Transdogmafier and burn Mission Control own to the ground. It was only because of Tanarus that we were saved from the KH death squads." He proceeds to tell him about the Iron Fist and their plans to disable it. Whe he is finished Azelin speaks up. Azelin:"Are you sure this is going to work?" Persia:"It better. If it doesn't, we had better look for new jobs." Bear:"The only job the KH Military will give us is that of targets for their firing squads." Azelin walks up to Hunter and whispers. Azelin (Whispering):"Tell me, Hunter. Is Alethia here?" Hunter (Whispering):"Yeah. She is sleeping with the others in the NORAD sleeping quarters. Why do you ask?" Azelin:"Oh, nothing." Hunter gives Azelin a strange look. Sleeping Quarters 3:24 PM: Everyone was awake and doing something to relieve the boredom. Sierra takes out a small radio from Shag's fur and looks at everyone. Sierra:"How about some music?" Jasmine:"Yeah. That would be nice." Illanov:"Dah. It will help us keep our morale up." Sierra pushes a button on the radio and turns the volume up. A radio announcer is preparing to play the next song for the day. Announcer:"And now here we have a small song that pretty much sums up what is going out there." REM's "End of the World" begins to play. Everyone looks annoyed at Sierra. Dawn:"Oh yeah. That is definitely a morale booster." Mike:"What are you going to play for us next? A funeral march?" Phoenix:"Please turn the radio off. I think we would rather prefer the sounds of silence than THAT." Sierra:"Sorry." She turns the radio off and hands it back to Shag. Mountain Top NORAD Sector G 5:34 PM: The sun is setting in the distance over the snow-covered forests of Colorado. Hunter is sitting on rock watching the sunset. He has a downbeat look on his face. Voice (from behind):"Hey, Hunter." Hunter looks behind him. Striker is standing here. Hunter:"Oh. Hi, Striker." He looks back the sunset. Striker comes and stands next to him. He also looks at the sunset. Hunter:"This could be the last sunset we'll ever see." Striker:"Do not tell me that! There will be many more sunsets to watch after this crisis is over." Hunter:"I think I've lost faith in whether we will win the KH Military." Striker:"You think so? I once thought I lost faith, but look where I am now." Hunter:"This disaster, you mean." Striker:"No. I have a new life now with you guys. And I have to admit, I really enjoy it. The point is that you should not be so negative about this situation. I have been through Nuclear Storm and the Ion Cannon, and I will make sure that I come through the Iron Fist. And you and the others will too. Trust me." Voice (from behind):"Listen to him, Huntie." Striker and Hunter looks behind them. Colleen is walking up to them. Striker looks at Hunter. Striker:"I will leave you two to talk alone." He leaves and Colleen sits next to Hunter. They both look at the dying sunset. Colleen takes Hunter's hand. Colleen:"Striker's right, Huntie. We've also been through quite a bloomin' lot and I'm sure that we will come through this in once piece." Hunter looks at Colleen. She also looks at him. Hunter:"You think so?" Colleen smiles. Colleen:"If I didn't, do you think I would be out here with you?" Hunter smiles too. They stare lovingly at each other, then kiss each other long and passionately as the sun disappears over the horizon. NORAD Warroom 9:25 PM: Everyone except Nitro, Venus, Mele, Viri and Bacteria Boy are here. They are looking at the center screen, which is currently blank. Tanarus has a headset on. Tanarus:"Nitro, we are set here. Are you and Viri and ready?" Nitro (over speakers):"We're ready. Viri has made quite a cocktail of computer viruses here. While she was writing her killer virus Bacteria Boy downloaded all the world's computer viruses off the internet." Tanarus:"Can you get into the GONV?" Nitro (over speakers):"Only for a short time, but just long enough to get the viruses in." Tanarus:"Good. Proceed." They all turn to the blank screen. NORAD Computer Room: Nitro looks at Mele and Venus. Nitro:"Ready?" Mele, Venus:"Ready." Nitro:"Let's go." They begin to type on the computer keyboards. GONV Computer Room: On the screen of the GONV appears "UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY". NORAD Warroom: The screen shows a command line with the letters "GONV" in the background. Illanov:"They're in, comrades." A command is typed in by Venus on the command line. It says "Upload program and execute". The command is processed, then the words "COMMENCING UPLOAD" along with a progress bar appears on the screen. The bar shows a blue indicator showing the completed upload percentage. It quickly begins to move. There are faint murmurs of "Come on" and "Do it" from some of the people present. Soon it reaches "100%". Nitro (over speakers):"The viruses are in. Now let's hope the GONV executes the program." GONV Computer Room: On the GONV's screen appears "EXECUTING PROGRAM". Command Center Iron Fist Base At that moment: The technician monitoring the GONV looks at the screen and sees the messages left by the computer. Technician:"Alert! We got intruders in the GONV!" Stalker hears the technician and comes up to him. Stalker:"What is going on?" Technician:"I don't know how, sir, but someone has uploaded some kind of program into the GONV mainframe." Stalker:"What kind of program?" Technician:"I don't kn..." On the screen appears "WARNING. VIRUS DETECTED. MALFUNCTIONING...". Suddenly the screens explode and every computer in the room short circuits. Stalker, his men and the technicians dive for cover as the room is lit up by sparks and fires. Soon the room is full of smoke and several fires burn on the consoles. Stalker:"Get those fires out! I want a damage report as soon as possible!" Several troopers and technicians take fire extinguishers and begin to put the fires out while the other technicians rush back to their places and begin damage checks. NORAD Warroom: Everyone is holding his or her breath for any kind of info on the GONV. Suddenly "PROGRAM ERROR DETECTED. IRON FIST OFF-LINE". Everyone cheers. Barrows:"All right! We got 'em!" Ricky:"Thank God." On the screen appears "VIRUSES DETECTED. EXECUTING ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM". It is then followed minutes later by a timer with the words "Estimated time remaining". It begins to count down from "14:00:00". The screen then goes blank again. Nitro (over speakers):"We've been disconnected, guys." Tanarus:"Never mind. We've now got a chance to destroy the Iron Fist." Barrows:"So what are we waiting for?" Norwood:"The General is right. The time to act is now." Cadwell:"We can have a task force set up in the Falkland Islands with the British." Hunter:"All right, Rovers. Let's roll!" They rush to get their things. Command Center Iron Fist Base At that moment: A technician is giving a report to General Stalker and his men. Technician:"The GONV got a virus. It can remove in fourteen hours, but until then the Iron Fist is useless, sir." Sky:"Great! Now those Road Rovers will be able to take pot shots at us!" Stalker:"Don't be such a pessimist, Sergeant Sky. I have another line of defence for these canines." Wing:"What kind of defence, sir?" Stalker begins to tell them. Stanley Airfield Falkland Islands 27 December 8:05 AM: The airfield at the coast is a flurry of activity. The USS Retriever is holding position off shore. On the airfield are dozens of fighters and attack helicopters. Overhead the sky is filled with dozens of airborne fighters and helicopters. The Jumbo Rover is parked in a hangar. Soldiers, pilots and technicians are scurrying everywhere. At the airfield gate are dozens of news reporters reporting for various news agencies. A CNN reporter is giving her report. Reporter:"Here at Stanley Airfield UN forces prepare for a counter- offensive against the KH Military to destroy their super weapon, the Iron Fist. The assault will be lead by the Road Rovers, who will help capture the KH Military leader General Stalker and aid in the destruction of the powerful Iron Fist." On a tarmac two Hercules cargo craft are being loaded for the Rovers to use as their transports. Two unseen figures climb into a crate on the plane. Meanwhile in the Jumbo Rover's briefing room Hunter is briefing the Rovers. BJ is also here, now in Cano-sapien form. Hunter:"Listen up, everyone. This is our biggest challenge we've ever had. One that we must win. We will be leading the assault, escorted by attack helicopters and aerial fighters. While the fighters deal with the KH air force we will go into the Iron Fist base to capture Stalker and destroy the Iron Fist. Having seen the strength of the KH Military they will probably throw everything at us to prevent us from winning. So this time we must be on our best. Stalker won't hold back and will use every trick in the book on us. We will also need to rescue the Master, Hubert, Wesley and Canis and retrieve the Transdogmafier from the base's laboratories. Once we land we'll split into fourteen teams so that the KH Military will have difficulty tracking us all. Colleen, Exile, Blitz, Shag, Muzzle and I will be team ALPHA. Striker, Illanov, Phoenix, Tanarus and Elexis will be team BRAVO. Bear, Nitro, Amani, Puffball, Dixie and BJ will be team CHARLIE. Dylan, Zudnik, Rune, Mike, Briggs and Kytec will be team DELTA. Outlaw, Saphire, Beowulf, Silver and Sport will be team ECHO. Persia, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Andreas and the Space Rovers will be team FOXTROT. Alethia, Chavaleh, Ribs, Beldin, Alley and Sierra will be team GULF. Mele, Dawn, Huntress, Darien, Dandelion and Oso will be team HOTEL. Cobber, Ricky, Dervish, Marauder, DJ and Dusty will be team INDIA. Silver, Duke, Cleo, Ramses, Sheba, Stef and Eldon will be team JULIET. Xander, Star, Indy, Otto, Samantha and Warwolf will be team KILO. Karelia, Koror, Jordyn, Wolve, Keith and Spirit will be team LIMA. Buck, Jasmine, Chance and Athena will be team MIKE. And Trevor, Blade, Rosie, Azelin and Nighthawk will be team NOVEMBER. Also, whichever team finds the Master, Canis, Hubert or Wesley will have them as part of their team and will take them to the nearest LZ for evac. According to Tanarus the enemy forces we will face will consist of Battle, Flame, Covert and Medical Troopers. There is also the possibility of having Jump, Police and Assault Troopers as well as Walkers and Chaingun-Turrets. Tanarus also warns us that there is the chance of facing Stalker's deadly bodyguard Lambda Troopers, so be careful. There is a highly remote chance of facing some villains the KH Military may have hired. Should you meet them you are to capture them have them taken to the closest LZ. Once we have destroyed the Iron Fist and rounded up Stalker and his generals we'll head back here. One last thing: we must destroy the Iron Fist before the GONV removes the viruses completely by around 11:00 am. Any questions?" There is no response. Hunter:"Good. Get your and saddle up!" Everyone gets up and heads outside. Cadwell comes in and walks up to Hunter. Cadwell:"The strike force is ready. You?" Hunter:"We're ready to rock, Major." Cadwell:"Good. Norwood and I will be on the USS Retriever near the Antarctic coast." Hunter:"Thanks." He and Cadwell also leave the Jumbo Rover. Command Center Iron Fist Base 8:57 AM: A communication officer comes up to Stalker and hands him a piece of paper. He reads it, then grins. Stalker:"The stupid fools. They are flying straight into our little suprise." Wolfeye:"I can't wait to see that lot drop like flies." They all laugh. Strike Force Fortune En Route to Iron Fist Base Antarctica 9:15 AM: There are dozens of fighter craft flying in formations. It is then followed by the two Hercules transports and then by the attack helicopters. They all fly over the wind-swept plains of Antarctica. In the distance the Iron Fist can just be made out. In the two transport are the Rovers. Most of them are wearing the Rover winter uniforms and all are wearing headsets. The space is pretty much cramped. In the cockpit is Tanarus, Hunter, Bear and Striker. Tanarus is looking out the window. Bear:"Is something wrong, Tanarus?" Tanarus:"Yes. The KH air force should have been all over us by now. I don't like it." Striker:"Me neither. They're keeping too quiet. Either that... or they have something in store for us." Indeed there is. Fortune Flight Lead: The wing of F-16's are leading the flight group. Suddenly electrical bolts go through each plane. In the cockpits the pilots scream in pain as their control panels malfunction. One by one, the fighters either explode or plummet to the ground. Hercules Tranports: Hunter, Bear, Tanarus and Striker watch in horror as the plans fall or explode. Radio chatter fills the radio waves, mostly screams from the pilots, others from military personnel onboard the USS Retriever. Voice 1:"Holy s***!" Voice 2:"What the h***'s going?! We've just a... a third of the flight just they got into 40 kilometres of the base! Do we have any hostile discharge?" Voice 3:"Negative, command! We have zero radar contact, and there's no heat from the ground!" Striker:"We had better land quickly!" Hunter:"Good idea!" Hunter calls Persia, who is in the other transport. Hunter:"Persia! Land with us!" Persia (over radio):"Copy that, Hunter!" The two Hercules Transports quickly descend down to ground and land. A voice once again crackles over the speakers. Voice 1:"Dammit! Those freakin' wolves got some kind of EMP down there!" Call the flight back immediately!" Voice 2:"Flight leaders! Abort mission! I repeat: abort mission!" The other fighters and helicopters turn around and fly away. Cadwell's voice crackles over the radios. Cadwell (over radio):"Rovers. Are you there?" Hunter answers. Hunter:"Yeah, Major. We're still here." Cadwell:"Seems we ran into an unexpected problem. The KH Military has some kind of EMP defence around the Iron Fist in a radius of forty kilometres." Bear:"That explains why the KH air force hasn't engaged us and why we lost contact with that ICBM." Cadwell:"We are thinking of sending Tiger helicopters to assist you. They are hardened against EMP." Striker:"No such luck. Those Tigers would be cut to pieces by the KH air force without fighter support." Cadwell:"Then what do you suggest we do?" Tanarus:"Well, we certainly can't walk over to the base. We'd die from the cold dressed like this. Even if some of us do manage to get to the base, the KH defences will finish us off." Hunter:"So we're back to square one." They all sigh in defeated and look towards the Iron Fist, so close and yet so far. In the cargo bay there is a sudden banging at the side door. Everyone looks at it. Puffball:"Who be outside in snow?" Ramses:"I think the KH Military has come to finish us off." Outlaw:"Get your guns, guys. It's going to get hot." Everyone aims their weapons at the door while Beuwolf comes up to it. He pulls the handle on Outlaw's signal and the door swings open. The figure jumps in, then stops dead at the sight of the weapons aimed at him. He is wearing typical Antarctic clothing (goggles, scarves, gloves, boots, thick coat and pants). He raises his hands. Figure:"Don't shoot! I'm a friend!" Cleo:"Yeah, right. I believe that." Hunter, Striker, Bear and Tanarus come into the cargo bay. They see the figure. Striker:"Who is that?" Nitro:"Apparently a 'friend'." Figure:"I swear! Look!" The figure removes his goggles and scarf and takes out a badge. Silver(M) takes the badge, reads it, gives the man a confused look, then looks at the others. Saphire:"Well?' Silver(M):"This badge says he's a security guard of the United States Security Force." Everyone but Silver(M), Guard:"United States Security Force?" Guard:"Do you believe me now?" The Rovers lower their weapons. Hunter:"Yes, we do. But what are you, a security guard, doing out here?" Guard:"If you follow me my and I friends will explain." Cleo:"Follow you to where?" Guard:"Inside the Iron Fist base. There is a secret exit some ten feet away." Dixie:"Seems like we got a lucky break." Hunter turns to Bear. Hunter:"Call Persia and the others. Tell them they are to come out and follow us." Bear:"Right." Bear heads into the cockpit. Hunter turns to the others. Hunter:"Let's roll, Rovers!" Everyone gets up and follows the guard out. They begin to gather outside while the rest from the second Hercules join them. Puffball comes to the door and hesitates. Illanov is behind her. Illanov:"What are you waiting for, comrade Puffball? Climb out." Puffball:"I hate snow. Snow is wet. I not go out." Illanov:"Really, comrade?" Illanov pushes Puffball out the door and she lands on the snow. She immediately jumps into Shag's arms and looks at him. Puffball:"Carry me." Shag:"Rha!" Once everyone is outside the guard walks behind a hill, the others following him closely. Behind in the hill is what appears to be a bunker entrance. The guard opens the door and walks in, the others follow suit. Rail Station Sector Z 9:27 AM: This looks much like a subway station, complete with a sleek- looking monorail train. One end of the tunnel is a dead end, the other leads off into the darkness. The guard and the Rovers climb down the stairs to the train. Star:"What's this? An Antarctica Subway?" Guard:"This is one of the base's monorails. We use it to travel throughout the entire base." Tanarus:"Where are we now?" Guard:"We are in the farthest sector from the base, sector Z. The monorail will take us to the sector W Agricultural Labs where the rest of us are hiding. Come on." Everyone gets into the monorail passenger carriages. Spirit sticks her head out a window. Spirit:"All aboard!" The guard pushes a few buttons on the monorail's control console and the train begins to move rapidly down the tunnel. In the last compartment, which is empty, are the two mysterious figures. Agricultural Laboratories Sector W 9:30 AM: This looks like the previous station, except that nearby are two slider doors with a small console on the wall nearby. The train appears from the tunnel and stops at the stations. Everyone gets out and follows the guard to the doors. The guard pushes a few buttons on the console and the doors slide open. Suddenly three more security guards appear with shotguns. They aim it at the Rovers. S.Guard:"Halt or we'll fire!" Guard:"Take it easy. It's the Road Rovers." The shotgun guards look the Rovers over, then lower their weapons. S.Guard:"Great! Come in." The guard and the Rovers walk into the labs. They are lead to a large room with many monitors, computers, generators, weapon racks, tables, etc. Through the windows one can see the agricultural domes with many crops in them. Scientists are everywhere. When they see the Rovers they all rush up to them. Scientist 1:"It's the Road Rovers!" Scientist 2:"Thank God you're all here. We've given up all hope of being rescued." Scientist 3:"Can you help us?" One of the scientists walks up and raises his hands to get the others' attention. Scientist 4:"Calm down! Calm down! Let's just explain everything here to the Rovers and then we'll worry about the rest." The scientist turns to the Rovers. Scientist 4:"Welcome, Road Rovers, to Snow Mountain Facility. I am Doctor Andrew Burk, the chief scientist here." Cobber:"Snow Mountain Facility?" Burk:"That was the facility's original name before the KH Military took control over it and renamed it the Iron Fist Base." Tanarus:"Can you tell us what happened to this place?" Burk:"Snow Mountain was a top-secret nuclear missile base that was converted to a research facility after the Cold War ended. It was the largest research facility in the world, but one year ago the KH Military stormed the installation and took it over. The KH forces killed most of us, but the survivors have barricaded ourselves in here, living off the food we grow and the water we get from the ice. We've also managed to successfully defend ourselves from the KH Military." Bear:"If you guys have been here for a whole year, why haven't you called the US government and told them about the KH Military plans before it all hit the fan?" Burk:"We would have loved to do that, but we need a satellite uplink to get our message through. Unfortunately the satellite delivery rocket's launch was aborted by the KH Military and all attempts we made to try and launch the rocket ended in tragedy." Burk then becomes upbeat. Burk:"But now that you are here you help get us out of here as well as destroy the Iron Fist. We can give you detailed maps of the installation as well the important locations." Trevor:"What kind of locations?" Burk:"For example we know where your vehicles are kept as well as where the Iron Fist command center is, the two power stations and the EMP Generator." Azelin:"The EMP Generator?" Burk:"Yes. It's that machine that protects the base from any surface attack." Illanov:"That explains everything now." Hunter:"Do you know where they might have some of friends they captured?" Burk:"We don't know. They could be in the detention center, or they could be somewhere else we don't know about." Hunter thinks for a moment, then turns back to Burk. Hunter:"Where are the maps of the facility?" Burk signals a guard, brings a large map and hands it to Hunter. He spreads it out on table, studies it, then turns to the Rovers. Hunter:"Gather around." Everyone gathers around the table as Hunter begins to explain their plan of action. Hunter:"As you can see here there are objectives we will need to take. We have to establish an uplink, rescue our friends and the civilians, secure the hangar, shut down the EMP Generator as well as the power stations and to take control of the Iron Fist command center. Team KILO, you guys will go to the rocket silo, launch the rocket and establish contact with the USS Retriever. Team DELTA and ECHO, you guys must secure the hangar as our LZ and retake our vehicles. Team JULIET and FOXTROT will destroy the power stations while team INDIA take out the EMP Generator. Team GULF and HOTEL will stay here and provide cover for the civilians when the hangar is secured. Team APLHA, BRAVO and CHARLIE will go to the Command Center to take control of it. The rest of the teams will split up and search the facility for the Master and the others as well as the Transdogmafier. Be very careful. General Stalker will try everything in his power to stop us. Is everything clear?" Rovers:"Yes!" Hunter:"Let's roll, Rovers!" Bear holds his hand out. Bear:"Leadership!" Nitro places her hand on Bear's. Nitro:"Endurance!" Amani places her hand on Nitro's. Amani:"Intellect!" Puffball places her paw on Amani's hand. Puffball:"Courage!" They raise their hands above their heads. Bear, Nitro, Amani, Puffball:"Strength through diversity! Strayers!!!" They let go of each other. Burk looks at Striker. Burk:"Why do they shout so loud?" Striker:"One of the great mysteries of the universe, Doctor." A guard opens another slider door that leads out of the labs. All teams except Gulf and Hotel leave the labs. Once outside they split up and go into different directions, each of them carrying a map of the facility. Command Center Iron Fist Base At that moment: Stalker and his men are looking at a security screen showing an overhead 3D view of the base's interior. At the entrance the Rovers have left are several groups of red dots. They watch them move to their objectives. Stalker:"Put our men on the red alert and call the Alexander. Tell them to bring the reinforcements." Trigger:"Yes, sir!" Trigger takes out his radio and calls the Alexander. Iron Fist Base: The Alexander comes flying above the base and stops above it. Then a large number of dropships fly from the Alexander and land on a landing pad. The troopers inside climb out and head inside. Ready Room Sector D 9:45 AM: This is large room with a podium. All the KH troopers are lined up in perfect order. They consist of Battle, Flame, Covert, Medical, Police, Assault, Jump and Lambda Troopers. Stalker, Trigger, Wolfeye, Black, Sky, Wing, Target and Oqulus are on the podium. Stalker addresses the troopers. Stalker:"Listen up, troops. Our enemies have infiltrated this facility in order to stops us. You men and women will split into separate teams and will have a Lambda Trooper as leader. Some of you will have the generals and officers here as leaders. Your orders are to protect the various sites and objectives and to destroy the Road Rovers using all necessary means. If you are taking severe lossses you are ordered to fall back. Is that clear?" Troopers:"Sir! Yes, sir!" Stalker:"Good. Get ready." The troopers begin to form their assigned teams. Trigger, Wolfeye, Black, Wing, Sky, Oqulus, Target gather their teams. Stalker turns to them. Stalker:"Trigger, Black, Wolfeye. Your teams will take on teams Alpha, Bravo and Charlie. Wing, Target. You and your teams will protect the power stations from teams Juliet and Foxtrot. Oqulus. Your team will attempt to stop the satellite delivery rocket from being launched by team Kilo. And Sky, you will have the task of protecting the EMP Generator from team India. The rest of the teams will hunt down the other Rover teams. I will remain here with the rest of the Lambda Troopers. Now, let's move out!" The teams respond and leave through the various exits while Stalker and his bodyguards head through a door which has the words "TRANSPORT BAY" on it. Storage Bay C Sector V 9:59 AM: This area consists of several rooms containing crates, boxes, forklifts, cranes and two trucks. There are several entrances to this bay. Suddenly one of the doors is kicked (literally) open by Keith and Wolve. Team Lima walks into the bay. Jordyn has the teams' map. Jordyn:"According to this map there is a door on the other side of this bay." Announcer:"Unauthorized entry in Storage Bay C." Spirit:"That thing is starting to annoy me." Jordyn:"We'd better move fast before any troopers that heard that announcement arrives here." They begin to walk down a corridor towards the bay door they are supposed to go through. Suddenly the door opens, revealing a KH search and destroy(SAD) squad. They stop dead in their tracks. Spirit:"Oh... er... Hi, guys. What's new?" The squad's Lambda Trooper points at them. Lambda 1:"It's the hostiles! Get them!" Team Lima quickly scatter out of the path of the hail of bullets and lasers. The SAD squad also splits up. A group of Battle Troopers turn into a corridor and stop. Coming at them is Jordyn upon a forklift. The troopers open fire, but the bullets ricochet off the forklift. One of the troopers fires a rocket at the vehicle. Jordyn jumps off just as the rocket strikes the forklift, turning it into a moving ball of fire. It continues onward, the troopers just jumping out of the way. The vehicle then crashes into a stack of crates, causing it to topple upon the troopers. Jordyn looks at the heap and dusts herself off. Jordyn:"Strike!" Meanwhile Wolve was throwing boxes at coming troopers. The troopers keep hiding under cover, unable to retaliate. Wolve:"That should keep them pinned down." Unknown to him two Covert Troopers have gotten behind him on a stack of crates. They both aim their Canister Rifles at Wolve. Covert 1:"This should be an easy kill." Covert 2:"You said it." Suddenly a paw taps on one of the Coverts' shoulders. He stops aiming and looks behind him. Covert 1:"What is oh s***!" The paw punches the Covert so hard that he travels across the bay and into a box, trapping his head. The second Covert quickly looks behind him and sees Keith standing behind him. He quickly swings his rifle to Keith, but he grabs it and breaks it in half. Covert 2:"Hey!" Keith:"Sorry about that, but firearms are dangerous." Covert 2:"Says you!" The Covert tries to get his pistol, but Keith grabs him and throws him into a group of Flame Troopers who are trying to burn Koror. Keith smiles. Keith:"Now I know why Exile loves being a Road Rover." Koror tries to thank Keith, but several Police Troopers ambush him and grabs him. Police 1:"Got you!" Koror reels back and hits a Police on his back into a crate, knocking him out. He then fires lasers from his paws into the two other Police's feet. They let go of him and limp away. Police 2:"Medic!" The medical trooper hears the call and runs up to help, but along the way Karelia jumps in front of her. Karelia:"I think YOU are the one who will require medical attention." Karelia fires a lightning bolt at the medic, but she jumps into the air and onto a crate. Karelia keeps firing, but the medic keeps dodging her. The medic quickly looses her, but when she looks towards where the wounded Police are a box smashes into her, courtesy of Wolve. Wolve gives the thumbs up to Karelia. Wolve:"The medic is out of action." Karelia:"Thanks, Wolve." Suddenly the Lambda Troopers jumps behind, aiming his gun at her. Lambda 1:"DIE, ROVER!" This startles Karelia, and in her fright she sets off an electrical storm. Everyone, friend and foe alike, dive for cover from the lightning bolts. The Lambda Trooper, however, isn't so fortunate and is quickly killed by a lightning bolt. When the storm stops everyone comes from cover. Koror comes up to Karelia. Koror:"I wish you wouldn't do that." Karelia:"Sorry. I..." Jordyn:"LOOK OUT! BEHIND YOU!!!" Karelia and Koror look behind them and sees an Assault Trooper spooling up it's chainguns. The Rovers quickly dive for cover again just as the Assault Trooper unleashes a storm of bullets. Keith and Wolve throw boxes at it, but the boxes break on impact with the Trooper. Karelia fires a lightning bolt at the Trooper. It staggers a bit from the blast, then resumes firing. Unseen to anyone Spirit has gotten into a crane control room overlooking the bay. She pushes a few buttons and activates the crane. She manouvers it above the Trooper, then grabs the Trooper with the crane. Spirit:"Going up." She picks the Trooper up and moves it above an open crate. Spirit:"Going down." She drops the Trooper into the crate and it becomes trapped inside. Spirit:"Pack and ready to go." She climbs out and joins the others at the door they are to go through. The squad has been immobilised. Jordyn points at the door. Jordyn:"Let's go before this crowd wakes up." They all agree and team Lima leaves the bay, leaving behind an inoprable squad and a large mess of broken crates and boxes. Satellite Launch Silo Sector M 10:05 AM: This is a large silo with a typical rocket with US markings on its sides. Above the rocket are the silo doors. In the nearby silo wall is the launch control room. Various catwalks and doors are inside the silo. The door at the bottom is opened and team Kilo walks in. Xander has the map. Xander:"Here it is. The satellite delivery rocket." Star:"Isn't it big?" Indy:"Otto, are you sure you can launch this rocket?" Otto:"No problem. Just give me a couple of minutes and it will soon be flying into the heavens." Warwolf:"From there, you mean?" Warwolf points at the launch room. Xander looks at the map. Xander:"Yeah. That's w..." A bullet barely hits Xander. Team Kilo looks up. On a catwalk at the top is Oqulus and his SAD squad. A Covert has just finished loading his rifle after firing it. Star:"Uh oh. Seems like ol' one eye and his goons are here too." Xander:"Scatter!!" Everyone jumps out of the line of fire. At the top Oqulus turns to his squads' Lambda Trooper. Oqulus:"Keep the hostiles busy. I'll go to the control room." Lambda 2:"Yes, sir!" The Lambda signals the troopers while Oqulus jumps down to the catwalks and begins to run to the control room. Samantha sees Oqulus. Samantha:"Oqulus is trying to get the control room and stop the launch!" Otto:"Not if I get there first." Otto then teleports away from the group and directly into the launch control room. Announcer:"Extreme danger. All turret defence system activated. Launch Silo E." Otto walks up to the control panel and begins to prepare to launch the rocket. Unknown to him a chaingun turret has just appeared from the wall and is aiming at him. It begins to spool up. Otto quickly turns around, but just before the turret fires a laser hits the it and it explodes. Otto looks towards the doorway. Xander is standing here with a hand laser. Otto:"Thanks. I'm grateful." Xander:"Hey. This KH Military isn't a match for me." From behind Oqulus hits Xander over the head with his lightning rifle, knocking him out. Oqulus then aims his rifle at Otto and his crystal eye glows red. Oqulus:"Nice try, but I will kill you before you can send that rocket into space." He raises his rifle and fires a lightning bolt at Otto. Otto creates a force field that deflects the bolt. He grins. Otto:"Seems I will live to launch the rocket after all." Oqulus fumes, then notices something and smiles. Oqulus:"You, maybe. The launch control, no." He quickly aims his rifle at the control panel and before Otto can react he fires several bolts into it. The panel explodes with sparks, and when the smoke clears three holes with wires dangling out of them can be seen. Oqulus laughs. Oqulus:"Same. No more launch. Now it's your turn, Otto." He raises his rifle, but before he can fire a whip raps around it and pulls it away. Oqulus and Otto look towards the door. Indy and Warwolf are standing there. Indy now has Oqulus' rifle. Indy:"Sorry. Guns are dangerous. You might hurt someone with this." Warwolf:"Time for me to get back my honour... by punching the h*** out of you." Oqulus, seeing that he has nowhere to run, prepares to defend himself. Oqulus:"Very well. A fight it is." Warwolf charges down on Oqulus and they begin to fight. Otto turns to the blasted control panel and begins to fix it while Indy helps Xander up. Indy:"You okay?" Xander:"Never felt better, I think." Star comes into the room. Star:"Would you two help us out a bit here? We're being swamped by these troopers! They're everywhere!" Indy:"Hold on!" Xander turns to Otto. Xander:"Otto, can you get the rocket up and flying so that we can get out before we're all dead?" Otto:"Give me about five minutes." Indy:"We don't have five minutes! Work quickly before we are all filled with lead!" Otto works harder while Indy and Xander run out to help Star and Samantha fight off the KH troopers, who are now only about ten feet away. Samantha uses her force field to it's full potential to deflect the swarm of bullets, rockets and lasers while firing anti-gravity beams at the troopers. Some of the troopers who are hit by the beams float around for a short time, unable to fire. Indy uses his whip to disarm any trooper that comes in range, but as soon as he disarms them they quickly pick up their fallen weapons and resume firing. Xander and Star fire their hand lasers at the troopers, but the shots either miss or bounce off the troopers' suit armour. Xander runs into the control room and looks at Otto. Xander:"How far, doc?" Otto slaps close a panel and pushes a few buttons. Otto:"Ready! Come inside!" Xander runs out to the others. Xander:"Inside quickly! Otto's gonna launch the rocket!" The others respond and retreat backwards into the control room. When they inside the troopers quickly rush towards the door, but Xander and Indy quickly close the door before the troopers can get close. They try to shoot their way in, but are unsuccessful. The Lambda Trooper turns to the Coverts. Lambda 2:"Place some charges here and hurry!" Coverts:"Yes, sir!" The Coverts take out their demo packs and head to the door. In the control room Otto pushes a button in the silo the doors above the rocket opens up. Snow falls down the silo. Warwolf quickly pins Oqulus against the wall by the throat with his strong hand. Otto holds his finger above a red button with the word "LAUNCH" on it. Otto:"Shall I?" Xander:"Let the bird out of the cage, doc." Otto pushes the button. A steel plate with a thin horizontal window covers the control room window and both the launch room and the silo is lit up by red lights. A blaring siren goes off. Announcer:"Attention. Launch in thirty seconds. All personnel evacuate silo immediately." The Coverts, who are about to plant their demo packs, look at the Lambda Trooper. Covert:"Should we place the charges, sir?" Lambda 2:"Forget it! We have to get out or else we'll get fried! Abandon silo!" The troopers all quickly rush to the nearest exit and the all the silo doors close just as the last trooper leaves the silo. Pipes and catwalks attached to the rocket are removed. The rocket's engines begin to heat up. Announcer:"Launch in five... four... three... two... one... launch." The rocket's propulsion engines fire and the rocket begins to lift off, filling the silo with heat and smoke. It leaves the silo. Iron Fist Base: The rocket can be seen leaving the silo and rises up towards space. Command Center USS Retriever 250 Kilometres from the Iron Fist Base At that moment: This is a section that is on the side of the carrier. It looks much like the NORAD warroom, except the screens are smaller and there is a window looking out towards the Antarctic coast. The room in full action as the launch of the rocket has been detected. Norwood, Cadwell, Captain Bowser, Wan, Peeare, Luka and Olivia are here. Cadwell is standing next to the strike force commander. Cadwell:"Have they identified what kind of ICBM that is or where it is going?" Commander:"Nothing yet. We still need more info." An officer turns to the commander. Officer:"Sir, we've identified the ICBM, and it is not an ICBM." Commander:"Then what is it?" Officer:"According to the info we have... it's a United States satellite delivery rocket, sir." Cadwell:"A satellite delivery rocket? Why does the KH Military want with one of our rockets?" Norwood thinks, then grins. Norwood:"Not the KH Military, Major. It's the Road Rovers." Everyone looks at Norwood, surprised. Luka:"You mean they've made it?" Cadwell turns to the officer. Cadwell:"As soon as the satellite is in orbit start calling the Road Rovers." Officer:"Yes, sir." The officer turns back to his console while Norwood looks at the horizon. Norwood:"They still got a chance." He smiles. Agricultural Laboratories 10:11 AM: Team Gulf and Hotel are standing near a short-wave radio with which to communicate with the other Rover teams. Xander's voice then crackles over the radio. Xander:"This is Kilo One to Greenhouse. Can you hear me?" Beldin answers. Beldin:"Loud and clear, Kilo One. What is your current status?" Xander:"The Homing Pigeon has left its cage. You can call home base. Over and out." Beldin:"Ten four." Beldin turns to the others. Beldin:"The satellite is in orbit." Burk:"Excellent. Now we can call the UN commanders without interference from the KH Military." Suddenly a voice crackles over the radio. It is Cadwell. Cadwell:"This is the USS Retriever calling Road Rovers. Come in Road Rovers." Beldin turns back and answers. Beldin:"We read you, Major." Cadwell:"Thank goodness. We thought you've been overrun. What is going down there?" Beldin:"We've gotten into the base. It seems that the KH Military has built an EMP Generator to keep our fighters away from the Iron Fist. Our teams have gotten into the base and are busy completing their objectives." Cadwell:"Can we lend assistance?" Beldin:"Only after the EMP Generator is down and the power plants are destroyed can you send in your fighters to finish off the Iron Fist. For now we can only do this on our own." Cadwell:"Good. Inform us when we can launch the strike." Beldin:"We will, Major. Over and out." The radio goes dead. Beldin turns back to the group. Alethia:"Call Hunter and tell him we have gotten the uplink and also about the Major's support." Beldin:"Right away." Beldin turns back to the radio and calls Hunter. Hangar Bay A Sector T 10:15 AM: This is a long runway in a tunnel that ends in a door that leads to the outdoors. Stripes are everywhere that indicate taxi directions, runway and vehicle parking indicators. In a large number of those parking squares are all the Rover and Strayer vehicles the KH Military had confiscated from Mission Control, still intact. In a wall is the hangar control tower. From the one end of the hangar through two doors are teams Delta and Echo. Dylan and Outlaw have the teams' maps. Outlaw:"Bingo. Here's our rides." Briggs:"We'd better secure the hangar before any of Stalker's men shoot us out of here." Announcer:"Warning. Hostile forces detected in hangar bay A. Sector T." Zudnik's ears twitch and he becomes very alert. Zudnik:"And fast, comrades! I can hear the sounds of troopers coming this way!" Saphire looks towards the way they entered and uses her x-ray vision to see through the walls. Her eyes widen. Saphire:"Uh oh. Zudnik's right. They are coming, and by the looks of it there's a legion of troopers!" Dylan:"Let's close the doors and keep them out!" Each team goes to a door and quickly closes them just as the KH SAD squads arrive. There are the sounds of gunfire as KH troopers try to shoot their way in with no luck. Silver(M):"That should keep them out." Kytec:"But for how long? The other teams had better get rid of them before they break through." Rune:"Speaking of breaking through..." Rune points at the doors and everyone else gasp. The troopers on the other side are using blowtorches to cut the doors. Saphire:"Determined, aren't they?" Mike:"Make way. I'll keep them out." Mike fires heat beams from his hands and quickly welds the seams cut by the troopers and quickly melts the doors shut. Voice 1 (behind door):"Hey! What gives here?" Voice 2 (behind door):"The hostiles must be doing this! They've locked us out!" Voice 3 (behind door):"That means that they can't get out. Which means they're dead." Voice 4 (behind door):"Why's that, sir?" Voice 3 (behind door):"Just sit back and listen, corporal." Teams Delta and Echo look confused at each other. Mike:"What do they mean by that?" Zudnik's ears twitch again. He looks down the tunnel and gasps. Zudnik:"That, comrade!" They all look the same way Zudnik is and gasp too. Down the tunnel standing in a line is twelve Walkers that have come through a door in another part of the tunnel. Sport:"Uh oh. That's a nasty mob there." Dylan looks at Briggs. Dylan:"How do we fight this crowd, Briggs?" Briggs:"There's twelve of us and twelve of them. They have a firepower advantage and we have a mobility advantage." Mike:"Sounds like a fair fight." The Walkers break line, advance forward and open fire with their chainguns. Teams Delta and Echo scatter in and among the vehicles. Sport waits until a Walkers comes close to his hiding spot. He quickly morphs into his monster form and jumps in front of the Walker. Pilot 1:"Yike! What a monster!" The Walker stops in it's tracks and opens fire. The bullets bounce off Sport's body. He then attacks the Walker and begins to tear it apart. The pilot ejects from the Walker just before it explodes. Sport, however, is untouched by the blast and returns to normal. He watches the pilot retreat and taunts. Sport:"That's it. Run like the coward you are." Behind him another Walker has sneaked up and was aiming his chainguns at him. Pilot 2 (to himself):"Goodbye, you little big fur ball." Just as the pilot prepares to fire he grabs his ears in pain. He quickly loses control of his Walker and it falls on its back. Sport sees Beowulf come from behind cover. Beowulf:"You should be more careful, buddy." Sport:"Well... er... yeah. I could have handled him myself." Beowulf gives Sport a "Yeah, right" look. Silver(M) was running from a Walker, firing shots at it as he goes. He quickly runs behind Sylvia and notices some rope lying in the back. He picks it up and looks at the Walker who is looking around for him. Silver(M):"Time to truss this turkey." He silently creeps behind the Walker, tying the rope into a loop and swinging above his head. He takes careful aim and throws the loop just beneath the Walker's foot just as it hits the ground. He janks on the rope and the loop fastens around the Walker's leg. He then goes to Sylvia, ties the other end to the truck's hook and climbs in. He turns the key just as the Walker stops in it's tracks upon hearing Sylvia's engines. Silver(M) waves at the Walker. Silver(M):"Goodbye, you large tincan." He drives Sylvia away from the Walker and the sudden pull on the rope causes the Walker's legs to be yanked out from under it. It falls backwards, unable to get up. Silver(M) smiles. Silver(M):"Olé." Zudnik has just finished rummaging inside the Pack Rover's cargo bay for a weapon. He finds a Rover Frisbee and picks it up. Voice:"I have a clear shot at you." Zudnik looks towards the hangar and sees a Walker blocking the way and aiming its chainguns at him. Pilot 3:"Drop your weapon and put your paws in the air." Zudnik quickly throws the Frisbee at the Walker and it hits the one chaingun barrel. The Walker is twisted to the left a bit by the force of the impact. Zudnik quickly moves quickly to pick up a rocket launcher and fire it at the Walker. The pilot just turns to see the missile right on him. Next the Walker explodes into a burning wreck on legs and falls on its back. Zudnik:"Wastedski." Another Walker was walking near a darkened part of the tunnel looking for Kytec. Suddenly from a ledge in the shadows Kytec jumps onto the Walker without making too much noise. He then opens the cockpit of the Walker and looks sternly into the surprised pilot's face. Kytec:"License, please." The pilot takes out a pistol, but Kytec grabs the hand holding the pistol. They then begin to fight for the pistol, causing the Walker to walk about like a drunkard. The pilot gets control of the pistol, but Kytec takes out a chopstick and sticks it into the barrel. The pilot tries to remove it, but in the process Kytec knocks him unconscious and brings the Walker to a halt. He climbs off and looks at the out-cold pilot and the chopstick in the pistol barrel. Kytec:"Chopsticks. They never fail." Saphire flies up from behind a Walker and also opens the cockpit. Before the pilot can reach for his pistol she grabs him and floats with him up into the air. She gives the thumbs up to Outlaw, who is hiding nearby. Saphire:"All clear." Outlaw:"Thanks, Angel." He runs from cover to the now abandoned Walker, climbs in and closes the cockpit. He looks the control over. Outlaw:"Man. Does this thing come with a manual?" He looks around and doesn't find one. Outlaw:"Guess then it's just judgement then." While he fumbles at the controls the Walker who had been chasing him appears in front of him. It turns its back to Outlaw's Walker, unaware that Outlaw himself is inside. He continues fumbling at the controls. Outlaw:"Let's see what this does..." He pushes a red button and the Walker fires two missiles from its missile packs and into the one in front, destroying it. Outlaw:"Guess I'm off to a good start after all." Meanwhile the pilot was still struggling to get loose from Saphire. Pilot 4:"Put me down, you furred genie!" Saphire:"Okay. If you say so." She let's the pilot go and he falls hard on the tarmac. He moans in pain. Pilot 4:"Perhaps I should have phrased that differently." Briggs, who has remained under cover with a Rocket launcher, has been watching and waiting for his Walker to appear. He then sees his come into view. He appears from cover and fires into the Walker. The explosion caused a electronic short-curcuit that fires a stray missile to fire from the rapidly dying Walker into another Walker that had gotten Dylan into a corner, blowing it's one leg off. It falls on its side. Dylan waves at Briggs. Dylan:"Thanks. I owe you one, Thadius." Briggs:"DON'T YOU DARE CALL ME THAT, SOLDIER!!!" Dylan:"Oops! Sorry." Behind the Sonic Rover Rune was hiding with a tennisball bazooka. Her Walker was walking towards her position. Rune:"Time for some fireworks." She uses her mental power to create a spiritual flame near the Walker. This distracts the pilot as it looks towards the flame, allowing Rune to get out of cover and fire at the Walker. The projectile from her weapon shoots off one leg of the Walker and it falls onto the ground. She then rushes up to the Walker just as the pilot opens his cockpit holding a pistol. She looks straight into the pilot's eyes and hypnotises him. Rune:"Be a good wolfie and give me your gun." Pilot 5:"Yes, mistress." He gives her the gun. She then knocks him out with her tennisball launcher. Meanwhile Mike was being confronted by his Walker. Pilot 6:"Freeze!" The Walker fires two missiles at Mike, but he runs super fast out of the way and the missiles slam into the wall behind him. He quickly runs behind the Walker and then fires ice beams from his hands at it. The Walker becomes encased in ice. Mike:"No. YOU freeze." The last Walker was taking serious surpressing fire from Dylan, who is inside the Jet Rover, and the other Rovers and Maddogs. The pilot quickly radios the SAD squads, who have been busy cutting away at the doors which Mike had sealed while the Walkers kept teams Delta and Echo busy. Pilot 7:"Where are you guys? I'm the last one standing here!" The head Lambda Trooper of one of the teams answer. Lambda 3:"Hold on. We're almost through. Hold you position." Pilot 7:"Easy for you say! You're not being shot at from all directions here!" Lambda 3:"Just keep their focus on yourself before they notice that we are almost through." The radio goes dead. The pilot looks on his viewscreen. The enemy is everywhere taking shots at him. Pilot 7:"He's crazy! I'm out of here!" The Walker begins to retreat and runs towards the door they had first come through. The two teams watch him go. Mike:"Look at that thing go." Briggs:"This was a rather difficult battle." Kytec:"I think it is about to get worse! Look!" They all look the way Kytec was looking and become horrified. The two welded doors have now been fully cut, awaiting the trooper boot that will kick it in. Voices can be heard behind the door. Voice 1:"It's now cut and ready to be kicked down, sir." Voice 2:"Kick it." Voice 3:"Didn't your mothers teach you to knock before kicking in doors?" Voice 4:"S***!!! THE HOSTILES ARE BEHIND US!!!" Next follows the sounds of a very confused free-for-all. The two teams listen to the chaos on the other side. After a few minutes the sounds die down, but not before a Battle Trooper flies into one of the cut door and forces it open. The door falls on the floor, the trooper on top. The other door is kicked down, but not by a trooper. Teams Delta and Echo. Teams Kilo and Lima enter the hangar and walk up to the others. Outlaw:"Thanks for getting rid of that crowd of relatives ringing the doorbell." Xander:"Hey, not problem." Jordyn:"Is the hangar secure?" Dylan:"Looks like it. We only need to tie up the survivors and the hangar will be our new LZ." Otto:"I will go up to the control tower and get this runway in working order." Jordyn:"Meanwhile we'll call Alethia and have teams Gulf and Hotel bring the civilians here for evac. We may also need to warm our vehicles up so that we can make a speedby exit if we need to." They all proceed to carry out their duties. Announcer:"Attention. Hangar bay A under Road Rover control." Agricultural Laboratories 10:20 AM: Beldin has just relayed the message he received from Jordyn. Beldin:"The hangar is secure. We can evacuate the civilians to the new LZ." Dandelion:"Like, on foot?" Chavaleh:"Nah. We're taking the monorail. Going on foot as a crowd will make us too easy a target for the KH search and destroy squads." Alethia:"Still, don't be too comfortable. The KH SAD squads might intercept our monorail or, even worse, derail us. Right now, however, staying here is dangerous." Burk:"Indeed. The KH Military will soon discover that you are here and send a powerful enough force to destroy us all." Ribs:"So we'd best leave now, mates." Everyone agrees and begin to pick their bags up. The teams, with the help of the security guards, escort the scientists out of the labs towards the monorail train, which some guards have added more carriages to accommodate the extra passengers. They all climb aboard and the train begins to pull out. Announcer:"Warning. Hostile force inside monorail track E." Huntress:"That guy is starting to annoy me." Suddenly there are the sounds of several thumps on the roof. It is a SAD squad that consists of a few Battle, Flame, Medical, Covert, Police and Lambda Troopers. Darien:"If I'm not mistaken I think we may have hitch-hikers." The troopers quickly open the hatches in the roof of the train and climb in while overs swing down into the carraiges through the windows. A hand-to-hand battle occurs. Alley is confronted by a medic. Alley:"Medic versus medic, then?" Medic:"Sure is." They both begin to fight, but it quickly becomes apparent that the medic is more powerful than Alley and pins her down to the floor. The medic takes out her needles, which contain a lethal poison. She puts it to Alley's neck. Medic:"Goodbye, mutt." Just before the medic makes the injection Alley grabs her medical suitcase and hits it against the medic face. She reels back and Alley gets up and, while the medic is still dazed, pushes the medic back out through the smashes window. Alley waves at the medic lying next to the tracks. Alley:"Goodbye, wolfie." She then turns back to the battle. Huntress makes a running start to get up to super speed, but rams her head again. Not into a wall this time, but into the Battle Trooper who was preparing to kill Dandelion and knocks him out a window too. Huntress helps Dandelion up. Huntress:"Mom, you okay?" Dandelion fires the Puppy Blaster at a Battle Trooper who had his sights on Huntress and destroys his rifle. She looks back at Huntress. Dandelion:"Like, I'm totally gnarly. Like, but I must know: why do you keep ramming your head, y' know?" Huntress:"As big bruber says: some habits are hard to break." Dawn was confronted with two Covert Troopers, who were aiming their rifles at her. She sees an open hatch above her and jumps up. The train moves fast enough for her go up the first hatch and down another one further down the train. She lands on top of another Covert who was trying to snipe Beldin, knocking him out. She looks down at the Covert. Dawn:"Always watch your head." Beldin and Alethia were fighting five Police Troopers back to back. Beldin was struggling with four of the Police who were burying him under constant punches, while Alethia was faced with the Police leader. She tries to fight with her knife, but the Police simply shoots it out of her hand. He aims his pistol at her. Police L.:"I just signed your death warrant, spitz!" She suddenly ducks and crawls between the Police's legs. Before he can turn around she grabs his tail and twists it. The Police shouts out in pain and Alethia quickly grabs his hand for the pistol. They begin to struggle. As they struggle the pistol is fired, shooting one of the Police Troopers holding Beldin. A security guard comes up and helps remove the pistol and knock out the Police leader. Alethia takes the pistol and shoots one of the Police Troopers who is holding Beldin. With less restricted movement Beldin takes on the last Police Trooper and punches him out after a struggle. Alethia comes up to Beldin. Alethia:"Are you all right, Beldin?" Beldin:"I'm fine, sister. I'm..." A bullet hits Beldin in the arm and he falls down in pain. A Battle Trooper has just fired at both of them. Ribs comes up and they both struggle while Alley treats the wounded Beldin. Ribs and the trooper still fight, but the trooper gets the upper hand and pins him to the floor. He begins to strangle Ribs, but the security guard that the Rovers had first met shoots the trooper in the back with a stolen I-15 pistol. Ribs gets up, rubbing his neck. Ribs:"Thanks, mate." Guard:"You're welcome." Darien, Mele and some guards were having trouble fighting the lead Lambda Trooper who was constantly dodging them and firing fatal shots with his Gravatium Gun. While the LT's back is suddenly turned Darien runs up super fast to the trooper and they begin to fight next the open door between two carraiges. Mele runs up to the console next to the door, but it is smashed. She opens the panel and plugs her computer into the console. She looks at Darien.. Mele:"Get him to the door!" Darien:"You got it!" He pushes the LT into the doorframe. Mele types something in and the door, that opens sideways, traps the trooper between the door and the doorway. Chava, who is on the otherside, sees the trapped trooper and takes his gun. Chavaleh:"I'll take that, thank you." She arms herself with the Gravitium Gun and whiles at the troopers in her carriage. When they see what she has their eyes widen (though you wouldn't tell that from under their suits' helmets). Chavaleh:"Now you have to ask yourselves one question: do you all feel VERY, VERY lucky, punks?" She opens fire and the troopers do the next most honourable thing: they jump off the train. When Chavaleh stops shooting she looks the Gravatium Gun over and pets it. Chavaleh:"I have GOT to get me one of THESE!" Soon the tide had turned to the good guys' favour. Almost all the troopers have been thrown off the train. Only the Flame Troopers have survived and have assembled in the last carriage of the train. Flame 1:"What do we do now? These hostiles have overrun us." Flame 2:"Maybe, but we still have one trump card in our hands." Flame 3:"What's that, sir?" The Flame leader points down the carriages with the open doors. Flame 2:"If we all fire our flamethrowers down these carriages we can toast the whole lot in one stroke." Flame 4:"Good idea, sir!" Flame 2:"Line up!" The troopers line up, but not before Alley sees them and realises what they plan to do. Alley:"Six'o clock, guys! Those Flame Troopers want to toast us!" Alethia radios Sierra, who is at the train's controls. Alethia:"Sierra! Close the last carriage's doors!" Sierra (over radio):"It's done." She pushes a few buttons, but instead of closing the doors she stops the train instead. The Flame Troopers smile. Flame 2:"This will make our job MUCH much easier. FIRE!!!" The Flame Troopers open fire and the wall of flame begins to move up the carriages. Oso steps in front, takes a deep breath and blows hard. So hard that the flames are forced back over the troopers. Their suits protect them from the flames, but not from the sudden blast of wind that knocks them all out the back of the carriage and off the train. Everyone pats Oso's shoulders. Huntress:"You give 'being full of wind' a new meaning." Oso:"Thank you. I have been practising." Alethia calls Sierra again. Alethia:"Sierra, get this train moving and make sure you push the right buttons this time." Sierra (over radio):"Roger." The train moves forward towards the hangar's monorail station. Corridor Sector O At that moment: It is a particular badly lit part of the facility. The corridor has only partially visible. The two mysterious figures move down the corridor, one of them carrying something, and disappear into the darkness. Announcer:"Warning. Hostile forces detected in sector L and O." Biodome Research Laboratories Sector K 10:25 AM: This is a large section of the facility that is divided into five parts: the biodomes themselves that sit on each corner and the laboratories in the center, giving the biodome a circular form. The domes each contain an artificial environment with plants, rocks, trees and the occasional pool or river, but lacks animal life. Observation windows on the outer and inner circles of the biodome look from the outer corridors and inner observation labs into these areas. Between each dome is a corridor that leads to the central laboratories. At the top in the ceiling of each dome are artificial sun lights and some kind of round red lights. Large containment doors connect each dome. Teams Mike and November enter the biodome into the outer corridors. Announcer:"Warning. Unauthorised entry detected in biodome corridor B. Chance:"Boy. That thing's starting to get on my nerves." Blade:"No kidding. He's telling the entire KH Military where we all are." Buck:"That is why we have to keep moving. Come on." Athena points into the dome. Athena:"Look there. A secret entrance." They all look into the direction Athena is pointing. In the wall of the rocky outcropping a piece of it has been opened to reveal an entrance to the central labs. Rosie:"Make way, people." They all get out of the way as Rosie points her machine gun at the observation window. She fires at it, but the bullets don't do a thing. She stops shooting. Rosie:"Great. They're bullet-proof." Nighthawk:"No surprise. They keep, or rather kept, the critters inside." Jasmine:"Allow me." She walks up to the window and blows her freeze breath over the glass. When she stops the glass is completely frozen. Blade then fires her pistol at the glass. It shatters into a thousand pieces. Jasmine:"Much easier." Buck:"In we go..." They all climb into the dome down a rock outcropping that is against the wall under the spot where the window is broken. When they are all on the ground they walk towards the open lab entrance. Just as they get halfway across the door suddenly closes. Tesla's voice crackles over the speakers. Tesla (over speakers):"You walked perfectly into our neat little trap." They all look up towards one of the central labs' observation windows. Standing there is Tesla, Professor Atwater (from "Still a Few Bugs In The System"), Jeffery Otitus (from "Reigning Cats And Dogs"), several scientists and Police Troopers. Both Atwater and Jeffery are no longer insane and Jeffery has gotten all his hair back. Both are holding handheld computers while some of the scientists carry clipboards to write down their observations. Tesla looks at Atwater and Jeffery. Tesla:"Release them." Jeffery:"Sure, boss." Atwater:"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Jeffery:"We've gone through this a thousand times, Atwater. We just let the creatures in and it's all over." Tesla:"And if you don't want to return to the correctional institution at Sunnyvale, you had better do as you are ordered, Professor Atwater." Atwater sighs. Atwater:"Very well." He pushes a button on his console and the red lights then illuminate the biodomes. Jeffery pushes a button and the containment doors are opened. Azelin:"Uh oh." Standing at the one door is Flea, Mange and Tick (all from "Still A Few Bugs In The System") and the Werewolves (from "A Hair Of A Dog That Bit You") at the other. Chance:"Oh. So that's where all the wildlife was." Athena:"I would say they are hostilelife." Trevor:"I think we'd better get out of this dome, lads." Buck:"Good idea. RUN!!!" They quickly run back to the broken window as the Werewolves and the Insects charge down on the two teams. Trevor, Rosie, Blade and Nighthawk manage to climb out, but before the rest could get out Mange comes up and melts the rock outcropping. Azelin:"Now we are REALLY in trouble." Buck, Jasmine, Athena, Chance and Azelin scatter. Mange and Flea go after Buck and Jasmine while the Werewolves go after Athena, Chance and Azelin. Tick stays behind and sticks its claws through the opening in the windows to catch the Bounty Hunters. They quickly run down the corridor, Tick's claws right behind them. Nighthawk and Trevor fire their pistols at the claw, but the bullets bounce off the insect's chitin armour. They come to a door that leads to the central labs and is operated with a control panel. Blade tries to unlock the door while the others fight off Tick's claws. She is unsuccessful, but thanks to Tick, who tries to claw the Bounty Hunters but grabs the door instead and pulls it apart, the Bounty Hunters enter the corridor. Announcer:"Warning. Containment breach in corridor C. Biodome." In the biodomes Buck, Jasmine, Athena, Chance and Azelin were fighting off the hostile wildlife. Athena fights off the Werewolves with her Kung Fu fighting techniques and sends them flying through the air. One Werewolf comes from behind and jumps her. It scratches her arm and infects her with the curse of the Werewolf. She begins to foam at the mouth and transforms into a Werewolf the same way Colleen did. Once she has turned into a Werewolf she helps the other Werewolves to fight team Mike. Chance hides behind a rock and begins to use his Mind Control ability on Flea. He takes control of Flea and uses him to attack the other insects and the Werewolves. But while in the state of Mind Controlling a Werewolf jumps him and, like Athena, also turns him into a Werewolf. This also allows Flea to regain control of his mind and resume the attacks. Jasmine freezes any Werewolf that comes too close and fires heat beams at the insects. She is partly successful, but soon the number of attackers increase to an overwhelming opposing force. She tries to fall back, but she becomes surrounded. She turns to Buck, who has less opposition. Jasmine:"Buck! I need some help here!" Buck turns just in time to see the Werewolves overrun Jasmine and turn her into a Werewolf. Buck:"Sis!" His shout catches the attention of the Werewolves and insects and they storm down on Buck. He quickly dives out of sight and shapeshifts into Atwater. He appears from cover, to the surprise of the insects, but the Werewolves are unchanged. Buck (Atwater):"Stop! It's me! Your father!" Flea:"Father?" The Werewolves attack, but the insects keep them away from Buck (Atwater). They give menacing looks at each other. Tick:"You no harm father!" From the central labs Tesla sees what Buck is doing and turns to Atwater. Tesla:"Professor, your insect pets are being fooled by that Buck. Tell them that you are the real Atwater while I take care of Buck." Atwater takes the microphone while Tesla leaves the lab carrying his Tesla Cannon. Atwater calls the insects. Atwater:"Flea! Tick! Mange! That impostor down is not your father! I am!" The insects look up and see Atwater, then look back at Buck. They become terribly confused. Mange:"So who is real father?" Atwater, Buck(Atwater):"I am!" The insects become more confused as the two Atwaters argue back and forth that each one is the real Atwater. Meanwhile Tesla opens one of the observation windows below the main one and aims his Tesla Cannon at Buck. Tesla:"Time for this bounty hunter to shift his shape." He fires a lightning bolt at Buck and gives him a powerful jolt of energy that not only throws his against a corner, but also caused his brain to unconsciously turn him back to the normal Buck. When the insects and Werewolves see this they attack. Buck also suffers the same fate as his comrades and becomes a Werewolf. They go into pursuit of Azelin who is the last one standing. Tesla goes back inside. Meanwhile the Bounty Hunters have gotten to a door that has the words "CENTRAL LAB E" written above it. They open the door and enter. Inside is the Master, Hubert, Canis and Wesley as well as the Transdogmafier and some scientists. The scientists, upon seeing the Bounty Hunters, quickly get out of the lab. Welsey:"Hey! Trevor! Nighthawk! Dixie! Rosie! Man, you guys are a sight for sore eyes." Trevor:"We've come to get you all out of here." Master:"Where are the other Rovers?" Nighthawk:"Busy kicking the KH Military's butt. We've gotten control of the hangar and Hunter has told us to take you all there for evac." Canis:"Thank goodness. These scientists were starting to annoy me." Voice:"And now you are the ones annoying us." They quickly look around. At the two doors stands Jeffery and several Police Troopers. They all aim their pistols at them and Jeffery walks up to the Master. Jeffery:"Sit back and enjoy the coming fireworks, Shepherd. This will make you think twice about selling the Transdogmafier." Master:"I don't think so, Otitus." The Master quicly throws some burning liquid in a beaker into Jeffery's eyes. He screams and the Police Troopers look towards the commotion. The others quickly react and soon the room is filled with fighting bodies. Canis picks up a pistol after knocking it out of a Police Trooper's hands with a crowbar. She quickly proves that she is a good shot and shoots down some of the Troopers. Hubert, remarkably, fights the troopers off with a great hand-to-hand skill. The Master and Jeffery continue to fight until the Master gets the upper hand and disarms Jeffery. The surviving troopers quickly retreat as their situation deteriorates. They quickly assemble and Blade ties Jeffery up. Master:"We must capture Atwater as well. I also know how to turn his insects and the Werewolves back to normal." Canis:"And what about the Transdogmafier?" The Master looks at the Transdogmafier and sighs. Master:"We simply cannot carry it out before reinforcements can arrive to secure it. It must destroyed before the KH Military can utilise it." Rosie takes out a demolition pack and places it next to the Transdogmafier. She activates the timer. Rosie:"There. Three minutes before it goes." Trevor:"Now let's get Atwater and help our friends." They leave the lab and soon enter the main observation lab where Atwater is. The scientists also flee, knowing it is better to run than fight. Atwater tries to run, but Blade stops him. Blade:"Hold on, Honey. You need to help us." Hubert looks out the observation window and sees Azelin fighting off the werewolves and insects hand-to-hand, but doesn't see the other members of team Mike, who are now Werewolves. Hubert:"Azelin is in trouble! But... where are the others?" Atwater:"They've been turned into Werewolves too. I'm sorry." Canis:"Then tell us how to turn them back." Atwater points through the window at the red lights. Atwater:"Those lights transmutates my pets and Werewolves. If they are not on then they will change back to their God-given forms." Master:"So how do we shut it down?" Atwater:"I don't know. Only Tesla and the KH scientists know how to shut them down." Nighthawk walks up to the window and tries to shoot the glass, but his shots just bounce off. Nighthawk:"This glass is also bullet-proof! What do we do now?" The Master grabs the microphone and calls Azelin. Master:"Azelin, this is the Master. Destroy the red lights in the ceiling above you. It controls the mutations." Azelin hears the Master and, using his telekinesis, picks a boulder up and tries to throw it at the light. Unfortunately a Werewolf jumps him and curses him also. The boulder flies through the air and into a palm tree. The tree bends backwards and ,like a slingshot, hurls the boulder up into the air and into the light. The light explodes, and this causes a chain reaction that takes out all the lights in the biodomes. With the lights out the insects return back to their normal sizes and the Werewolves transform back to Buck, Jasmine, Azelin, Chance, Athena and other human security guards and scientists. Scientist:"We're back to normal!" The humans cheer. The Master calls team Mike. Master:"Buck. Help these civilians out through the doors I'm opening now." He pushes a button and the secret doors open. Team Mike begins to herd the civilians out of the biodome. Jasmine picks up Flea, Tick and Mange and puts them in a glass bottle. Jasmine:"Thank yourselves lucky you got someone like Atwater, otherwise I would have stepped on you." She also leaves the biodomes. Team Mike is rejoined by team November, who now have the Master, Wesley, Hubert, Canis and the two prisoners, Atwater and Jeffery, with them. Wesley hot-wires the corridor doors and allows them to leave the biodome. Just seconds later the demo pack explodes, destroying the central labs as well the Transdogmafier and all the papers the KH scientists have made on it. Tesla sees this from the other end. Tesla:"Dammit! The Supreme General is not going to be pleased." He also leaves the biodome through a different exit along with the fleeing KH scientists and Police Troopers. Announcer:"Warning. Detonation detected in biodome central laboratories." GONV Computer Room 10:30 AM: On the screen of the GONV appears "TIME REMAINING 30:00". It continues counting down. Power Station B Sector R 10:31 AM: This is a large area with turbines on the left and right side of the main catwalk that runs in the center. On the one end is the entrance and on the other end is a solar receiver reactor. There are several catwalks that go to several control panels and exits. A force field surrounds the reactor. KH technicians are working here to keep the station functional. However, at the sight of seeing team Foxtrot entering the power station, they quickly abandon their posts and flee through the nearest available exit. Jupiter:"These technicians are such cowards." Andreas:"Maybe. But they will alert any KH Military forces that they meet." Announcer:"Warning. Hostile force detected in power station B. Sector R." Andreas:"Then again, why bother when this stupid announcer keeps giving us away." Persia:"We must move quickly. KH troopers will soon be here and we destroy the reactor before they can trap us." However, it is already too late. Wing and SAD squad rush into the power station and spot team Foxtrot. Wing points at them while looking at his troopers. Wing:"It's the bloomin' hostiles! Fire at will!" The troopers respond by shooting at the Rovers, who quickly dive for the nearest cover available. For some of the Space Rovers, however there is no cover and are gunned down. The troopers spread out while Wing sneaks down a catwalk that leads to the reactor control room. Andreas, who is with Persia, looks at her. Andreas:"They got the high ground! We have to take it away from them!" Persia:"We need a diversion so that Venus can get into the reactor control room and overload the reactor!" Andreas:"Allow me, Captain!" He looks towards Jupiter and Mars, who are hiding behind a crane cockpit. Andreas:"Give me cover!" Jupiter and Mars nod and signal the other Space Rovers. They begin their own barrage of fire that forces the troopers to go behind some kind of cover. Meanwhile Andreas continues up a flight of stairs that leads up to the catwalk on which the troopers are. They return fire on the Space Rovers, who immediately dive for cover. Two Battle Troopers, who are the closest to Andreas, notice his movement from the corner of their helmets' visors and turn to aim at him. They are too late. Andreas quickly punches them out and picks both their Gauss Rifles. Then other troopers see him aiming the rifles at them. Trooper:"Alert! The hostile has our weapons!" Andreas does an Arnold Swartzenhegger impersonation. Andreas:"Asta la vista, babies." He opens fire and the troopers dive for cover by jumping out through the power stations exits. This allows Venus to come out of cover and go up into the reactor control room, unaware that Wing is in here with her. As Venus begins to type the overload command to the reactor Wing comes up from behind, grabs her around the neck and pulls her away from the control panel. Wing:"Sorry, Venus. You don't have authorisation to shut the reactor down." Voice (from behind):"Let her go, Wing!" Wing turns around and holds his rifle against Venus. He sees Andreas standing in the doorway. Wing:"Hello. It's the famous Strayer instructor, Sergeant Andreas. You know, you should have died in that canyon along with those recruits you were training." Andreas:"They died at your hands!" Wing:"Ha! For a sergeant you don't know much about where the command is in the KH Military. They died at Field- Marshall Prowler's hands, not mine." While they are talking Persia walks to a position where she can see through the control room window at the three inside. She the begins to mind control Wing, who quickly lets go of Venus and grabs his head. Andreas comes up and punches Wing until he falls to the floor unconscious. Venus goes to the control panel and types in the overload command to the reactor. When she finishes the reactor's monotonous humming becomes a low rumbling noise. Announcer:"Warning. Reactor B overloading. Meltdown imminent." Behind the force field the reactor begins to glow red. Next it overloads. Sparks and pieces of metal fly in all directions as the reactor explodes. It continues for about a few seconds before the rumbling noise dies down and all the lights in the plant go dead. A few of the lights go back on from the plants backup generators. Persia signals everyone. Persia:"Objective complete. The reactor is shut down. Now, let's get to the hangar." Everyone begins to leave the plant. Some of the Space Rover crew carry their wounded comrades with them. Power Station A Sector I 10:33 AM: This is similar to the second power station. The only difference is that instead of technicians there are now troopers everywhere. They are Target's SAD squad. Target himself is with the commanding Lambda Trooper in the reactor control room. The Lambda Trooper smiles. Lambda 4:"Seems like we beat the Rovers to the punch, sir." Target:"DON'T BE TOO SMUG, TROOPER! THEY MIGHT STILL TRY SOMETHING TO DESTROY THE REACTOR!" Sure enough. Announcer:"Unauthorized biological form detected in ventilation system. Sector I." Lambda 4:"Biological form? Isn't it supposed to be a hostile entity?" Target signals to a Battle Trooper who is near a vent grate. Target:"CHECK THE VENT, SOLDIER!" Trooper 1:"Yes, sir!" The trooper forces the grate off. When he looks into the vent he utters a yell of startlement as Sheba flies right by him and lands on an empty catwalk. The troopers all aim their weapons at her. Trooper 2:"It's just an overgrown golden canary." Suddenly Sheba transforms into the UTAHRAPTOR and roars proudly. The troopers' eyes widen. Trooper 3:"Oh my God! Your golden canary has now become a grotesque carnivore!" Target:"FIRE AT WILL!!!" The troopers open fire, but their bullets bounce off Sheba's skin. She then charges down on the nearest group of troopers, who are still firing but are retreating at the same time. Lambda 4:"The bullets are no good! Throw grenades at it!" One trooper responds and throws his thermal grenade in front of Sheba. The explosion doesn't harm her, but does throw her off the catwalk and she falls down onto the catwalk below the first one. A couple of troopers stand nearby, holding power cables they have cut. Trooper 4:"Let's see how this critter responds to a jolt of live wire!" They rush up to Sheba just as she gets up and throw the cables at her. The result is that Sheba gets severely electrocuted by the live wires. When the wires let go of Sheba she falls to the floor, unconscious. The troopers all cheer. Trooper 1:"All right! We got that sucker." Suddenly there is the sounds of lightning being fired and when the SAD squads looks towards the source, they see team Juliet. Three troopers are lying unconscious on the floor, having been hit by Silver(S)'s electrical bolts. Eldon waves at the SAD squad. Eldon:"Howdy, everybody! How's things?" Target points at team Juliet. Target:"IT'S THE HOSTILES!!! OPEN FIRE!!!" The trooper let loose their hail of bullets, but not before team Juliet get under cover. Ramses turns to Cleo. Ramses:"Cleo. See if you can find Sheba." Cleo:"I'll try." She peeks around for Sheba and sees her lying on the catwalk opposite of where they are. She turns back to Ramses. Cleo:"She on the other side. She looks like she's been knocked out." Ramses:"What? We have to save her." Duke:"But we have to worry about not getting killed first and then shutting down that reactor and getting rid of the SAD squad before we can get to her." Stef:"And I know just the way." Stef takes out a bag full of gasbones. Stef:"These should give us the cover." Eldon:"Good idea. Grab while you can!" They each grab some gasbones. Meanwhile the troopers have stopped shooting, but were still aiming at the spot where team Juliet was hiding. Target calls to them. Target:"SURRENDER, ROVERS! YOU ARE TRAPPED!" There is no response. Target turns to his squad. Target:"FIRE IN THE HOLE!!!" The troopers nod and take out their thermal grenades. Just as they are about to arm them the gasbones come flying. The bones all land on the catwalks and release their gas, blinding the troopers. Trooper 2:"The view stinks!" Trooper 3:"Where are you guys?" Target:"OPEN FIRE!" Lambda 4:"At what, sir? We can't see a damn thing through all this gas!" While the troopers struggle to see where their adversaries are, team Juliet comes from cover and begins to spread out. Ramses and Cleo head for Sheba, while the rest try to get the control room. Ramses and Cleo run into some Covert Troopers. They both look at each other. Ramses:"Shall we divide them up?" Cleo:"Fifty fifty." They rush towards the Coverts before they can fire and begin to fight with them. Cleo grabs a Covert's rifle, but he refused to let go. Covert 1:"Let go, you moth-eaten Egyptian mutt!" Cleo:"Moth-eaten?!" Cleo thrusts the rifle right into the Covert's stomach and knocks the wind of him. She then removes his helmet and punches him like mad. Cleo:"I - AM - NOT - MOTH-EATEN!!!" The Covert falls to floor, bruised and minus a few teeth. She then goes to another Covert and begins to fight with him. The Covert who was trying to hit Ramses with his rifle, was becoming very tired and irritated at Ramses' dodges. Covert 2:"Will... you... stand... still!!" Ramses, seeing that the Covert is tiring, stops dodging. Ramses:"Your wish is my command." Ramses then begins to punch the trooper until he falls to the floor. Ramses cleans his hands. Ramses:"These troopers are so tiring." He then turns his attention to getting to Sheba. Meanwhile Duke, Eldon and Stef were making their way to the control room. They run into a blockade of Flame Troopers and Stef quickly jump out of the way just the troopers fire their flame-throwers. The flames pass over Eldon and Duke, but when the flames clear Duke and Eldon are unscorched. The Flame Troopers look surprised at them. Flame 1:"Hoi! What's going on? You should be burnt to a crisp!" Eldon:"Another fine showing of immortality, eh Duke?" Duke:"You said it." The sounds of pistols begins armed can be hear behind them. Two Police Troopers have their pistols at Eldon's and Duke's heads. Police 1:"Let's see if you two are immortal to having your brains shot out." Police 2:"Aye." Stef uses her Petri Rifle to knock one Police Trooper's legs out from under him. He yells in pain and distracts his partner. Duke and Eldon turn around and begin to struggle with the two the Police Troopers. The Flame Troopers rush towards the maul to help fight, but Stef takes out a tennisball pistol (see "Still a Few Bugs In The System") and shoots part of the catwalk apart. The Flame Troopers falls on top of the Lambda Trooper who was confronting Silver(S). They all end up in a big heap on the floor and Silver(S) frowns. Silver(S):"Great. I was just about to kick the butt of my first Lambda Trooper." With the catwalk out Eldon and Duke cup their hands and help Stef jump over the missing section and onto the other side. She heads for the control room. Upon entering she looks in horror at the control panel, which has been shot to pieces. Target comes from behind and hits Stef with the butt of his pistol. She falls to the floor and Target janks her head up by her hair. Stef:"Ouch! That's very delicate, you know!" Target:"IT'S TIME TO KISS YOUR LIFE GOODBYE!" Target puts the pistol against Stef's head, but then Duke comes from behind and hits Target with a steel pipe on the head. He falls to the floor while Duke helps Stef up. Duke:"You okay?" Stef:"Yeah. I'm fine, but the reactor control panel is not." She points at the panel and Duke sighs. Duke:"They just don't give up." Duke goes outside, where the rest of team Juliet have taken care of the SAD squad. Silver(S) calls them. Silver(S):"Can you shut the reactor down?" Duke:"No such luck. Target blew the crap out of the panel. We cannot shut it down." Eldon:"If we could just get past that forcefield we can take the reactor in no time." Cleo thinks for a moment, then turns to Ramses. Cleo:"Ramses, find a KH grenade. I have a plan." Ramses:"You do?" Cleo points at her amulet. Cleo:"Yes, I do." Ramses smiles and begins to search for a thermal grenade. He has no trouble in finding one quickly. Both Cleo and Ramses walk up to the reactor just a metre away from the forcefield. Cleo holds ahead her amulet, says a few odd words and the amulet fires a beam at the forcefield. The beam creates a hole in the field. Cleo:"Toss the grenade in! Hurry!" Ramses arms the grenade and throws it through the hole next to the reactor. Cleo closes the hole just as the grenade explodes. There is a blinding light as the explosion engulfs the reactor, but doesn't expand beyond the forcefield. After the explosion the same thing happens with the plant like the first one. The lights go out, soon replaced by the back-up generators. Cleo:"That's it. Power down." Announcer:"Warning. Reactor A destroyed. Power loss throughout base." Silver(S):"Mission accomplished. Now let's get out of here." They all nod and leave. Ramses carries the still unconscious Sheba (now back in normal form). EMP Generator Room Sector G 10:38 AM: This is a large rectangular building inside a huge space inside the facility. Several dishes and antennas send out the electro magnetic pulse through a dome that covers the generator. Catwalks lead into the generator. There are technicians working here and troopers guarding the generator. Clearly, Sky's SAD squad has gotten here before team India. Sky himself is standing with the squad's Lambda Trooper on a catwalk overlooking the generator. Lambda 5:"Seems to me we beat the hostiles to the generator, sir. We have all the entrances heavily guarded and the ADAS will give us early warning if they should be foolish enough to try and get in here." Sky:"Good. I want to make sure that not even a fly can get in here." The flies, however, have found a hole that Sky and his men had failed to notice. Under the room are the maintenance tunnels. On a wall the ADAS control box was hanging on the wall, smashed up by DJ and his monkey-wrench. Team India walk down the tunnel towards the EMP Generator. Cobber has the map. Cobber:"Right, mates. We are almost just under the EMP Generator. Once we get in those KH troopers will pack that place tighter than a Joey in wallaby's pouch. DJ, you will make sure that they stay outside the generator until you can blow this big box up. The rest of us will provide cover for you, mate." They continue walking until they come to a ladder that leads up to the generator. Cobber turns to Ricky. Cobber:"Ricky. Climb up and check if there are any of those nasty troopers up there." Ricky:"Sure." He begins to climb up the ladder until he comes to the manhole cover. He puts his ear against it and listens for a few moments, then looks back down at the others. Ricky:"All clear. There's nobody inside, yet." Cobber:"Let's go, mates." They begins to climb the ladder while Ricky removes the cover and climbs out of the manhole. They others join him. They are inside a large room in which are the power pods that keep the generator running. Cobber turns to Dusty. Cobber:"Dusty, you stay here and cover our escape." Dusty:"O-okay." Cobber:"Something wrong, mate?" Dusty:"No. Nothing." The others begin to creep their way past technicians and the few troopers inside the generator itself. They eventually come to the generator control room. They are two technicians who are running operations while a Battle Trooper keeps guard. A window looks outside. Using his staff Ricky knocks the guard down while Dervish and Marauder quickly grab the two technicians before they can raise the alarm. Once they are all secured DJ walks up to the control panel and looks it over. DJ:"Hmm. Very complicated. This might take a few minutes." Outside a trooper suddenly spots the Rovers through the window and yells. Trooper 1:"ALERT!!! WE GOT HOSTILES INSIDE THE GENERATOR CONTROL ROOM!!!" Soon the alarm is raised and the troopers begin to scurry towards the generator. Ricky hears their movement. Ricky:"They're coming!" Cobber:"DJ, shut the doors!" DJ:"It will take a minute! Keep them at bay!" Cobber, Dervish, Ricky and Marauder quickly go to each of the four entrances. Dervish sees a large barrel and rolls it down the catwalk towards the troopers that are rushing up towards him. They quickly stop dead and run or jump off the catwalk. Marauder takes out his bazooka and quickly fires a rocket at the intersection of the catwalk that leads to his door. It blows up, leaving a dozen troopers stranded and taking pot shots at Marauder, who just dives behind cover. At Cobber's door he uses his sword to cut the catwalk away from the generator. The weight of the troopers rushing towards him causes the catwalk to bend downward, dropping the troopers onto the floor. Ricky combines his staff with his martial arts skills to successfully kick out any troopers that gets near his door. DJ then succeeds in closing all the doors. He then calls the others, who quickly rush up to him. DJ:"I just found out. There are four black boxes that help control the power pods. They need to be smashed so that I can overload the pods." Dervish:"We're on it, buddy." They head into the power room while DJ goes back to working on the control panel. Meanwhile a trooper was running towards the command center when he spots Dusty and stops dead in his tracks. Dusty is very nervous being alone. The trooper aims his rifle at her and fires. Dusty, upon hearing the first shots miss her, quickly dives behind cover, takes out her Laser Pistol and begins to shoot back. The trooper also takes cover and then takes out a grenade. Trooper 2:"Time to fire in the hole." Just as he is about to arm the grenade it flies out of his hands and lands at the feet of Cobber, who is standing a few feet away from the trooper. Trooper 2:"Why you...!" The trooper raises his rifle, but before he can fire Cobber cuts the rifle in half with his sword. He then stabs the sword into the trooper, killing him. Cobber takes his sword out and calls Dusty. Cobber:"Dusty! Are you okay, mate?" Dusty comes from behind cover and waves at Cobber. Dusty:"I'm fine." Cobber nods and then heads to the first black box of the power pods. He cuts the box into several pieces with his sword. Cobber:"That's it. One down." Dervish heads onward to the second black box, then sees it is on a wall by a catwalk on the other side of the room. He looks around and sees a pipe hanging halfway between the two catwalks. He throws his whip at it. It wraps around the pipe. He then swings across, just in time to kick two troopers, who are just about to fire at him, in the chests and knock them out. He then picks up a KH-50 and prepares to fire at the box. He then suddenly turns around and hits a trooper, who was sneaking up on him, in the face. Dervish:"They never learn." He turns his attention back at the box and fires a few shots from the KH-50 in the box, destroying it. Dervish:"There goes number two." Meanwhile Ricky has smashed the third black box, but is under heavy fire from three troopers shooting at him from all sides. One bullet ricochets in such a way that it hits him in the leg. He screams in pain. Marauder, who has just blown up the last box, hears his scream. Marauder:"Uh oh. Sounds like Ricky needs medical attention." He quickly runs to the spot where one trooper is still firing at Ricky. He hits him on the head with his bazooka, knocking him out. Dervish kicks the second trooper in the face, who has also come to help Ricky. He then uses his whip to disarm the third trooper. The third trooper ducks behind cover and takes out a grenade. Just as he is about to arm it Cobber uses his sword to knock the grenade out of the trooper's hand. He then kicks him in the face. Marauder runs up to Ricky and begins to treat his wounds. Cobber calls DJ. Cobber:"All the black boxes are out." DJ:"Thanks. I'll now blow this joint." In the control DJ was making the final adjustments when suddenly he grabs his head and falls to his knees. He becomes clearly distressed. DJ:"No. What is this?" Outside through the windows on the catwalk stood Sky, who was using his heart-child powers on DJ. Sky:"No escape for you now. Open the doors for us, DJ." DJ, under the influence of Sky, begins to push the buttons to open the door. Cobber comes in and sees what DJ is doing. Cobber:"DJ! Have you gone bananas? You'll let the KH troopers in!" He then sees Sky and then realises what is going on. Cobber:"Two can play at this game, mate... with different rules, of course." He then uses his psionic powers to bend the catwalk downward, which becomes a great strain on his mind, but it successfully dumps Sky onto the floor and makes him loose control over DJ. DJ rubs his head and son does Cobber. DJ:"What happened? My mind. Something wasn't okay." Cobber:"No kidding, mate. Just get this thing to blow up." DJ:"Right away." He continues working until he pushes the final button. A siren goes off as the generator begins to vibrate. DJ:"That's it! It's gonna go!" Cobber calls the others. Cobber:"Let's get out of here, mates!" They all begin to run towards the exit manhole, Dervish and Marauder help the wounded Ricky onward and down the hole. Sky, seeing the generator is about to go, also calls the SAD squad and technicians. Sky:"Evacuate the area! NOW!!!" Every trooper and technician alive run out of the nearest exit. After a few moment the EMP Generator explodes, filling the room with a blue blast. The explosion also blasts open the dome so that the explosion can be seen on the surface. Down in the tunnel team India quickly run down the tunnel, closely followed by a wall of blue fire. They all dive into a deep pool which shields them from the blast. Once the blast clears they climb out of the water. DJ:"That's it. The EMP Generator is history." Cobber:"Our job is done, mates. Let's go back to the hangar. Dusty. Tell Hunter the EMP Generator is off-line." Dusty:"Okay." They continue walking down the tunnel while Dusty calls Hunter on a radio. Command Center Entrance Sector B 10:41 AM: There are three corridors running up towards closed metal doors. In the middle corridor is team Alpha, on the left is team Bravo and on the right is team Charlie. They are walking up towards the doors, keeping contact with each other via headsets. Announcer:"Warning. Hostile forces detected in sector B." Hunter:"Okay, guys. We'll have Exile have a look see what, or who, is on the other side." Bear:"Roger, Alpha One." Striker:"Copy that, Alpha One." They come up to the doors and Hunter turns to Exile. Hunter:"Okay, Exile. Have a look." Exile:"Dokey okey." He then uses his x-ray vision to look into the room on the other side. It is a thick corridor that runs horizontal across. The other end of the wall has a wall of sandbags blocking the hallway with a door next to it. A ventilation grate is on both sides of the sandbags. In the room is packed with large groups of KH troopers, among them General Black, General Wolfeye and three Lambda Troopers. Black is covering the door behind which is team Bravo, the Lambda Troopers the door with team Alpha and General Wolfeye the door with team Charlie. Exile stops looking and turns to Hunter. Hunter:"Well?" Exile:"Baddest guys Black, Wolfeye and his men have the room packed as tight like a meeting of KGB commandos." Hunter:"Guess there's only one thing to do." Everyone give sadistic smiles. Muzzle jumps up to the door with great excitement while Colleen prepares to kick the door down. Blitz has his hand on Muzzle's muzzle and nods at Hunter. Hunter then signals Colleen. She quickly prepares to kick the door. Colleen:"Harrison Ford!" She kicks the door down and Blitz removes Muzzle's muzzle. Blitz:"Muzzle them!" Muzzle jumps out of his straightjacket and at the still dazed KH Lambda Troopers. They try to get their weapons aimed at Muzzle, but it is too late. Again is the same scene of Muzzle Madness. Team Alpha looks away. Colleen:"Eew. Gross." Hunter:"That is double gross." Striker (over headset):"Sounds like fun on the other side, né?" Bear (over headset):"The growling. The screams of pain from the KH troopers. The very disgusting noises." Suddenly there is a thump, quickly followed by a yelp from Muzzle. Two voices can be heard out of sight. Voice 1:"Got you, you little s***!" Voice 2:"Great. Now there's only you and me. The rest of our men are out because of this mad cow." Voice 1:"More for us, then." Voice 2:"Guess so." Hunter calls the others. Hunter:"Let's roll!" Phoenix melts the first door down with her hands while Puffball pushes the third door down. The three rush in. Trooper are lying about on the floor. Only Black and Wolfeye remain standing by the unconscious Muzzle. They both look towards the two teams. Black:"Looky here. The Road Rovers in person." Wolfeye:"Well, Nitro. Guess you made the right decision to come here to be executed." Nitro:"You really do hate me for being the ancestor of your sons who betrayed you, don't you?" Wolfeye:"Indeed I do." Black:"Enough chit-chat. Time to go to work." Wolfeye:"Right you are." They turn to attack, Black readying his Concoss Flame Thrower while Wolfeye arms his TOW launcher. Black lets loose a wall of flame, but Phoenix creates her own flame wall and halts Black's attack. Black sees this and prepares to fire, but Blitz comes up and bites Black's tail. Black jolts from the pain, then aims his weapon at Blitz. Black:"You are really annoying me!" Before he can fire Tanarus and Elexis run up and kick Black in the chest, knocking him back into the wall. Tanarus then opens Black's helmet and punches him out. Tanarus gives a sarcastic smile. Tanarus:"Sorry about that, sir." Exile uses his freeze beam on Wolfeye, but once he is encased in ice be quickly breaks out again. Before he can aim again, however, Bear runs up to him and tries to punch him. He fails and Wolfeye gets one hand around his neck while he fires a rocket at Nitro. BJ fires a bolt of energy from his hand and blows the rocket up. Dixie and Nitro run up to Wolfeye, who is busy strangling Bear. Dixie, Nitro:"I'll save you, Bear!" They both stop and look at each other. Nitro:"No! I'll save him! He's my husband!" Dixie:"No, you won't! He would want me to save him!" Nitro:"You couldn't save money, much less Bear!" Dixie:"Oh yeah?" Nitro:"Yeah!" They continue arguing back and forth while Wolfeye continues strangling Bear and simultaneously kicking away anyone else who tries to help. Amani sighs and looks at Puffball. Amani:"Come on! Let's help Bear!" Puffball:"Yes, mistress." They both rush to Bear's aid. Wolfeye tries to kick Puffball away, but she grabs his kicking leg. Wolfeye:"Let go of my leg!" Puffball:"Let go of Bear dog!" Wolfeye:"Very funny, you overrated fleabag!" While Wolfeye tries to get Puffball to let go of his leg, Amani comes up to him, pulls off his helmet and fires her Petri Pistol at his exposed head. He is instantly petrified and Puffball opens his hand around Bear's neck. Bear rubs his neck and looks at Puffball. Bear:"Thanks, Puffball. You saved my skin..." He gives a cold look at Nitro and Dixie, who have stopped arguing. Bear:"...unlike SOME members of this unit." Nitro and Dixie walk up to Bear. Dixie:"I'm sorry, Bear." Nitro:"I didn't mean to let you die, Honey." Nitro, Dixie:"Can you forgive me?" Bear smiles. Bear:"That's okay. But next time I won't be able to forgive because I will be dead while you two argue." Striker:"Why don't we keep moving instead?" Hunter:"He's right. Co..." Suddenly there is the sound of machine gun fire and the three teams then see that an opening has been created in the sandbag wall and a machine gun was firing from it. They all press against the wall the machine gun wasn't facing, protecting them from it. BJ:"Well, that was refreshing." Blitz:"Why don't we just throw a grenade in there, yah?" Illanov:"Good idea, comrade. Just one problem." Blitz:"What's that?" Illanov:"You just said it loud enough not only for us to hear, but also for the troopers inside that nest." Everyone gives Blitz an annoyed look while chuckles can be heard from inside the nest. Announcer:"Warning. Unauthorised biological forms detected in ventilation system. Sector B." Suddenly there is the sounds of two metal objects falling on the floor inside the nest, followed by a set of voices, some of them familiar. Voice 1:"You feel smug here, no?" Voice 2:"Hey! Where did you three come from?!" Voice 3:"Party time!" Voice 4:"Quick! Open fi..." Next follows the sounds of punching and kicking, followed by the shots of Petri Pistols. After the noise dies down the sandbag wall is pushed down. The three look surprised at who was behind the sandbags. It was Amanda, Natalie and Lydia, who had climb into the nest via the two vents on both sides of the machine gun. Bear:"Natalie? Amanda? Lydia? What you three doing here?" Lydia:"We do have a right to a bit of fun, no?" Natalie:"I did have a grudge against the KH Military for trashing my clinic, and since Lydia and Amanda wanted to go along I decided to join them." Amanda:"You said you needed all the manpower to combat these guys, and since I'm a Strayer-in-training..." Bear:"Strayer-in-training? Since when?" Amanda realises that she has told Bear her secret and tries to deny it, but before she can do that Bear looks sternly at Nitro. She gives an "I'm innocent" look. Bear:"Did you sign her on as a Strayer?" Nitro:"Well... er... I think so... um..." Phoenix:"Guys, please. We're running out of time." Hunter:"She's right. Exile. Cut the door." Exile:"You betski." Exile walks up to the now cleared door and begins to cut a door into the door. When he finishes he kicks the door down and everyone rushes into the next room. The room contains crates and containers, big and small, with a hangar door in the roof and a large containment door on the other end. But the three teams eyes are immediately fixed at what is right in front of them. A Colossus Tank is standing in the middle of the room, it's turret's double barrels aimed directly at the three teams. The barrels are lowered a bit to get the teams into full view, but not in time to stop Nitro from unleashing her Banshee Howl upon the Colossus Tank. The tank begins to vibrate and the tank crew immediately climb out of it. They take cover just as the tank explodes. Hunter:"Now's our chance!" BJ, Amanda:"LET'S ROCK!!!" Announcer:"Extreme danger. All turret defence systems activated. Sector B." The three teams rush in as the KH troopers inside the room recover and ready for combat. Team Bravo gets behind a crate in the left corner of the room, but a chaingun turret appears from the ceiling and spools up. Phoenix throws a fireball at it and destroys it. With team Charlie in the right corner a chaingun turret also appears to attack the Strayers, but Natalie takes out her pistol and fires at it. The bullet goes right into the one barrel that was first to fire and jams the turret. Colleen graciously jumps over the crates into a gaggle of Battle Troopers. Before they know that she is among them she begins to kick them silly. Colleen:"Angela Lansbury! Princess Diana! Larry King! Thabo Mbeki!" Quickly the group of Battle Troopers are out cold. Elexis takes out her Widowmaker Boomerang and throws it at a group of sniping Covert Troopers hiding behind a crate. They duck down, but leave their rifles pointing upwards in plain sight. The Widowmaker cuts the rifles in half and flies back into Elexis' hands. Nitro and Amani move stealthly towards a group of Battle Troopers, who are firing at the rest of team Charlie. They get behind them and carefully aim their Petri Pistols at the troopers exposed tails. They quickly open fire and freeze most of the troopers. Nitro and Amani then jump the two remaining troopers and begin to fight them. While they battle they get the troopers next to each other. Nitro and Amani nod at each other, then knock the troopers' heads against one another, knocking them both out. Exile uses his heat beam to cut a circle in the hangar door in the roof. The piece comes looses and falls on a group of troopers. Tanarus uses his chaingun to mow down KH troopers that come into his view. Meanwhile Bear and Dixie were being held down by a couple of Covert Troopers. He looks at Dixie. Bear:"Dixie, you creep up to those guys and try to distract them." Dixie:"Anything for you, Bearie." She gets up and begins to creep towards the Coverts while Bear fires his Petri Pistol at them to distract their attention. Dixie soon comes behind them and strikes a very sexy pose. Dixie:"Hey there, big boys." The two Coverts turn around and look at Dixie. Dixie:"Want to spend the night with me?" The Coverts ignore her and raise their rifles. Bear comes from behind, petrifies one Covert and grabs another around the neck. This action causes the Covert to fire his rifle and the bullet hits Dixie in the side. She yells in pain and falls to the ground. Bear quickly knocks out the Covert and runs up to Dixie. Bear:"Dixie! Are you okay?" Dixie groans in pain as Bear puts his hand on her wound. He calls for help. Bear:"MEDIC!!!" A Mecidal Trooper, thinking that it is one of their troopers, runs towards them. When she sees the two she quickly picks up one of the Covert's rifles and aims it at them. Just then Elexis comes from behind and battles the medic. Elexis soon gets the upper hand and injects a serum into the medic's neck, knocking her out. She then runs up to Dixie and heals her wounds. Elexis:"There. Good as new." Bear:"How are you feeling?" Dixie:"Like someone who has just been shot." Bear:"You were shot." Dixie:"Whatever." After a few moments all the troopers are lying about, either dead or unconscious. The three teams come up to the containment door. Hunter turns to Exile. Hunter:"Your turn again, Exile." Exile:"Dokey okey." However, the need for Exile's skill quickly disappears as the door is opened from the other side. On the other side is something at makes the three teams dive for cover again. A bunker filled with Battle Troopers stands in the middle of a square room, flanked on each side by a chaingun turret. Behind the bunker in the hallway leading to the command center is General Trigger. Hunter:"I would not have predicted this." Amanda peeps around the corner at the bunker, but immediately pulls her head back behind cover as the troopers fire at her. Amanda:"Okay. That thing isn't going to let us pass, with or without a ticket." Shag takes out some tickets and tears them up. Hunter looks at him. Hunter:"Shag, get out your missile launcher and quickly fire a shot at that bunker." Shag whimpers. Hunter:"Don't worry, Shag. They won't shoot you because I will be moving fast enough to distract their attention without getting hit." Shag:"Rhokay." Shag takes out his missile launcher and prepares to fire while Hunter prepares to run. Puffball:"Do not forget to shoot right way." Shag:"Rha!" Shag (for the first time) aims the launcher the right way. Hunter:"NOW!!!" Hunter gets out of cover and runs past the bunker, the troopers inside taking pot-shots at him. Shag comes from cover and fires the missile at the bunker. The missile flies into the bunker, out the other end, past Trigger and into the door that leads to the command center. Shag ducks behind cover, but Trigger trips Hunter and grabs him. Trigger:"I will kill you myself, Hunter." Hunter:"No way!" Hunter tries to fight back, but Trigger holds firm and punches back. Meanwhile Puffball has again changed back to a normal cat. She stares at the bunker, then begins to run to it. Amani yells at Puffball. Amani:"PUFFBALL!!! NO!!!" Amani tries to help, but Bear and BJ hold her back. Puffball runs up to the bunker and jumps in through the firing hole. The troopers look at Puffball. Trooper:"Look. A cat." Suddenly the is a glow from inside the bunker that lasts for a few seconds. The troopers now see that Puffball has turned back to a Felo-mutant. Troopers:"Uh oh." Next follows the sounds of an angry Puffball and screams from the troopers inside the bunker. After a few moments the sounds die down and Puffball uses a KH-50 to shoot out the two chaingun turrets. She climbs out of the bunker and the three teams run up to her. Amani walks up to Puffball. Amani:"You could have been killed." Puffball:"Sorry. mistress." Phoenix:"Give her some credit, Amani. She did take out that bunker for us." Amani thinks for a moment, then hugs Puffball. Amani:"Thanks, Puffball. Just don't do that again." Puffball:"Yes, mistress." Tanarus:"Now let's help Hunter." Trigger had gotten Hunter against a wall and is holding his chaingun at Hunter's stomach. Trigger:"Goodbye, mutt." A whistle gains his attention. He then sees what is happening. Phoenix has just let Muzzle go again and he was jumping right at him. Before he can punch away Muzzle he is upon him. He lets go of Hunter, who runs back to the others (looking away from the scene of carnage). Lydia:"Oo la la! That must hurt, no?" Natalie:"No kidding!" Trigger:"AAAAAAAAAARG!!!" Once Muzzle is done Trigger limps away, his suit now torn at certain points. He runs down another hallway away from the command center. Muzzle is put back into his cart and the three teams run towards the command center. Command Center Sector A 10:45 AM: The command center is now abandoned. The three teams run in and look around. Nitro:"Looks like this place is ours." Hunter:"All we can do now is watch how the Stallion Flight from the carriers blasts the Iron Fist into pieces. Come on." They all walk towards the window. Announcer:"Message from Supreme General to all KH Military personnel: Evacuate Iron Fist Base immediately." BJ:"All right! They're pulling out!" Stallion Flight 10 Kilometres from the Iron Fist At that moment: The flight consists of fighter planes from the USS Retriever and the USS George Washington. In the distance is the Iron Fist Base with Alexander holding perimeter. Dozens of dropships carrying the evacuating KH forces are entering the ship's hangars. When the last one is in the Alexander turns around and flies away. Maverick, Sidewinder and Durandal lead the flight. Maverick:"Arm harpoon missiles." Sidewinder:"Stallion flight reports they have good locks on Iron Fist." Durandal:"Command says we're in the green." The other pilots arm their missiles. Maverick:"Stallion one! Fox one!" Sidewinder:"Stallion two! Fox one!" Durandal:"Stallion three! Fox one!" All the fighters fire their missiles. The stream of missiles make their way towards the Iron Fist. From the command center the three teams watch in anticipation. The missiles come ever closer to their target. Suddenly before the missiles can hit the Iron Fist a shield stops them dead in their tracks. They explode on impact with the shield. The flight watches as their missiles hit the shield. Maverick:"Ah damn. Command, we have negative impact. This thing has some kind shield protecting it." Command Center: The three watch in annoyance at the Iron Fist. Illanov:"They just don't give up, do they comrades?" Bear:"Seems General Stalker still wants to hold out." Nitro looks at her watch. Nitro:"He doesn't have to hold out much longer! We only got fourteen minutes to destroy the Iron Fist." Blitz then notices something through the window. Blitz:"Look! There!" Everyone looks to where Blitz is pointing. Tunnels that look like the RRMC quick tunnels (except thicker) run from the base to the Iron Fist. A shuttle is moving through one of the tunnels towards the Iron Fist. Natalie:"That must the way in." Hunter turns to Tanarus. Hunter:"Is it possible for Stalker to control that thing from there?" Tanarus:"Most probably, yes. It may also have it's own power supply." Hunter:"So I guess we must destroy the Iron Fist from the inside." Colleen then sees the door leading to the transport bay. Colleen:"That must be where the shuttles leave from." Hunter:"Come on." They all run through the door towards the bay. Transport Bay Sector C 10:47 AM: This is a long corridor with tracks that lead into the tunnels. All but one of the shuttles have been destroyed. The shuttles themselves can only carry four occupants. The teams see this. Hunter:"Bummer. Only four of us can go inside." Dixie:"And who's the lucky ones?" Hunter:"Bear, Striker, Tanarus and I will go in and try to stop Stalker and destroy the Iron Fist." Striker:"I don't think you should go, Hunter." Hunter:"Why not?" Tanarus:"He's right. Stalker has been giving you bad vision, and he will use this to his advantage to destroy you." Hunter:"That's ridicules. Come on." Bear, Tanarus and Striker climb into the shuttle while Hunter turns to the others. Hunter:"The rest of you head to the hangar and evacuate to the Retriever." They all and leave. Colleen stops and looks at Hunter. Colleen:"Be careful, Huntie." Hunter:"I will, Colleen." She blows him a kiss and leaves. Hunter then climbs into the shuttle and Tanarus activates it. The shuttle then goes into a tunnel and heads for the confrontation with General Stalker in the Iron Fist. The Iron Fist 10:52 AM: The base of the Iron Fist is enormous. In the center of the base is a huge and highly advanced machine that runs from the ground up to the dish. Four large power bars run on the machine upwards. On the floor surrounding the machine is a large number of generators. Dozens of catwalks and stairways criss-cross from control rooms to generators. Thick power pipes run through the walls into the machine. Only one catwalk runs to the control computers of the machine. On the catwalks are various control boxes and medical stations. Down below is the shuttle bay. One shuttle is already in dock. Soon another shuttle docks in bay and the occupants climb out, but is not the Rovers. It is two humans. The female stands at 5 foot 3, has brunet hair, brown eyes and wears denim jeans, short- sleeved shirt and sneakers. She also has a holster for her cellphone and Glock pistol. She has a microphone in her hand and an identification tag on her. Her tag has her photo, with the words "MELANIE MALLOY, FREELANCE REPORTER" followed by "CURRENT EMPLOYER: CNN". The male is carrying camera equipment and a tag. On his tag with his photo is "SAMUEL KNOWELS, CNN CAMERAMAN". Melanie and Sam look around. Melanie:"We're inside." Samuel:"Man, this place looks like something from Star Wars. Are you sure we should be here?" Melanie:"Come on! This is the story of the century and we're the only reporters on site. No one else can have this story and we'll be paid tons of cash for this scoop." Samuel:"Or we'll end up going home in coffins. This is a risky chance we're taking, Mel." Melanie:"Famous people like Columbus and MacArthur became famous by taking risks, Sam." Samuel:"Yeah, but they weren't in a place like this." Melanie:"Okay, enough chat. Let's get to a spot with a good view and being broadcasting live." Samuel nods and follows Melanie up a set of stairs to a vantage point. After a minute the shuttle carrying Hunter, Striker, Bear and Tanarus arrive and stop at the bay. They climb out; Hunter has his Tennisball Shooter; Striker his Sonic Rifle; Bear his Petri Rifle and Tanarus his suit's chainguns. They look around. Striker:"Ai yai yai. This place reminds me of the Ion Cannon's interior." Bear:"And I thought I've seen everything." Hunter:"Where should we go, Tanarus?" Tanarus points at the control computers. Tanarus:"Up there. If we can destroy those computers the Iron Fist will be rendered useless." Hunter:"Okay. Come on." They begin to climb up to the control computers. Meanwhile Melanie and Samuel have gotten to a good spot to begin their broadcast. Samuel readies the camera while Melanie gets herself ready to report. Samuel:"On the air in... five... four... three... two... one! You're on!" Command Center USS Retriever At that moment: It just the way it was, except the Rovers teams are all here as well. Just then the communication officer turns to them. Officer:"Excuse me, sirs, but I think you should see this." He pushes a button and on the main screen appears Melanie, behind her the Iron Fist interior. Melanie:"We are report live from within the KH Military's powerful superweapon, the Iron Fist. As of current a major is about to begin as these four Road Rovers..." The camera zooms in on Hunter, Striker, Bear and Tanarus, who are climbing up the stairways. The camera turns back to Melanie. Melanie:"...and the KH Supreme General, Stalker. As if current Stalker is not in our view yet, but we should see in a few moments. Let's see what is going to happen next." The camera turns back to Hunter, Striker, Bear and Tanarus, who have now gotten on the catwalk that leads to the control computers. Striker aims his Sonic Rifle at it. Striker:"Time to put this thing out of order." He fires a sonic blast, but the blast strikes a force field that surrounds the computers. Bear and Hunter walk up halfway to it. Bear's ears twitch while Hunter sniffs the air. Bear:"I hear some kind of noise that is not coming from this thing, Hunter." Hunter:"And I have strong scent of Stalker, but I just don't where he is." Suddenly Stalker comes flying through the air from above and kicks Hunter and Bear in the chest so that they travel through the air and land next to Tanarus and Striker, who help them up. They all look at Stalker, who's suit's wings and rocket system has now been deactivated and pulled back in. He now his golden helmet on. Stalker:"So. This is the final battle, isn't it?" Hunter gets up. Hunter:"Give it up, General. It's over." Stalker:"Not really. You see, you only have about six minutes left before the GONV finishes removing the viruses and the only way you can deactivate the force field surround the control computers... is if you kill me. Let the battle begin. You may have the first shot." Striker:"No problem." The Rovers aim their weapons at Stalker and open fire, but their shots do absolutely nothing against Stalker's suit. After a few moments they stop shooting. Stalker:"My turn." He suddenly creates a tennis ball in his one hand by magic and shows it to Hunter. Stalker:"Want to play fetch, boy?" Hunter drops his weapon, wags his tail and barks happily. The others look shocked at him. Bear:"Hunter! Don't do it!" Striker:"Ai yai yai! Dogs. Go figure." Tanarus:"Hunter! Snap out of it!" Stalker then throws the ball very hard so that it travels a long way and looks at Hunter. Stalker:"Go fetch!" Hunter runs off super fast after the ball. Stalker laughs and then turns to Striker, Bear and Tanarus. Stalker:"I will take care of you three first before I destroy Hunter." He raises his hands, his fingers pointed at the three. Suddenly lightning bolts travel from his fingers into Striker, Tanarus and Bear, knocking them off the catwalk. They fall on a catwalk on a lower level. Stalker runs up to edge of the catwalk readies his energy blades and jumps down to Tanarus. Tanarus starts firing at Stalker, with no effect. Stalker then jumps him, grabs him by the neck and begins to cut Tanarus' suit apart. Stalker:"You betrayed us, Tanarus. I am very disappointed with your actions." He continues cutting up the suit until it falls off Tanarus. He then begins to rip the medals and decorations off Tanarus' clothes. Stalker:"A disgrace to the uniform. You will never be part of the KH Military, Tanarus." Tanarus:"I have no intention of returning, Stalker." Tanarus kicks Stalker, but he doesn't budge. Stalker then throws him against a wall and, with the use of some magic, bends a piece of metal around Tanarus' neck so that he becomes trapped against the wall. Stalker:"I will kill you later." Bear comes from behind and grabs Stalker around the neck. He tossed Bear off and readies his Zinca Chaingun. He begins firing at Bear. Bear ducks behind cover, grabs a metal bars and reappears from cover. He hits Stalker with the bar, but Stalker remains standing. He then kicks Bear into a medical unit and then uses the metal bar to trap Bear in the same manner as Tanarus. Stalker:"Now for Striker..." Striker had retreated quite some distance behind a control panel. He fires the most powerful sonic blast at Stalker. The blast causes Stalker to loose his balance a bit, but doesn't not harm him. Instead it allows him to see where Striker was hiding. He then fires three lasers, one at Striker and two at a catwalk above Striker. Striker dodges the first laser, but the other two lasers cut the catwalk and it falls. Before Striker can react the catwalk falls on him. He lies lifeless under the immense weight of the piece of metal. Stalker grins. Stalker:"So long, Striker. Now for Hunter." Hunter, in the meantime, has just picked up the ball when he realises he's been tricked. He drops the ball and runs back to get his weapon. He picks it up and begins to look for Stalker. He quickly sees him below and begins firing at him. This gains Stalker's attention and he stares at Hunter. Hunter suddenly grabs his head. Hunter:"No! Colleen!" Stalker fires a magical red ball at Hunter. It strikes him, but does not do any damage. Stalker then fires at the catwalk, it breaks loose and it, along with Hunter, falls to a much lower level. Stalker then begins to fly up to Hunter. Hunter has just finished recovering when he sees Stalker standing over him, his blades ready to strike down on Hunter. Hunter rolls super fast out of the way just as Stalker brings the blades down onto the spot where he was. He then gets up and runs away super fast. Stalker goes into pursuit, running almost as fast as Hunter. Hunter keeps running until he suddenly stops, panting heavily. Hunter:"What's... up? Why... am... I... so... tired?" Stalker comes behind Hunter. Stalker:"I cast a fatigue spell on you. Anything you do now will make you more tired than it normally would." Hunter quickly jumps down a flight of stairs, barely avoiding getting hit by Zinca lasers fired by Stalker. Hunter then runs away super fast. Stalker just stands there, staring at Hunter. Stalker:"Time to put an end to you, Hunter." After a few seconds Hunter again stops in his tracks and grabs his head. His mind is no filled with horrible images of all his friends' heads impaled on sticks arround him. He screams in horror and falls to his knees while Stalker starts running to him. From a high points Samuel was picking up the scene with his camera. Melanie:"Are you getting this, Sam?" Samuel:"You asked me that five seconds ago, Mel!" Command Center USS Retriever: Everyone is watching in horror as Stalker closes in on Hunter. Colleen:"Huntie! Wake up! Please!" Ricky:"Oh God, no!" Norwood:"Oh no!" The Iron Fist: Hunter manages to recover from the visions and turns around. Stalker, who is right next to him, then impales his blade into Hunter's side and lifts him into the air. He screams in pain and Stalker aims his other hand's Zinca Chaingun at his head. Stalker:"So long, Hunter." Voice:"Drop him, General!" Stalker looks behind and sees Striker standing a short distance away. He is cut badly and bleeding. His lift arm looks like it's been broken, but his right hand has his Colt Revolver. Stalker drops Hunter on the floor, pulls the blade out and turns to face Striker. Stalker:"You seem to have an incredible amount of willpower to be able to get yourself into such a position under such conditions. I admire that." Striker:"Having one's family slaughtered can have an incredible influence on one, especially having one's family hurt before one's eyes." Stalker:"You mean Hunter?" Striker:"Ja." Stalker:"Six months you criticised them for their methods, but now you regard them as family?" Striker:"Ja. They have become an important of my life." Stalker:"Speaking of which your life it isn't much long now, and also there is now less than two minutes left before the GONV comes back online and destroys the USS Retriever and everyone onboard." Striker:"Not if I can help it..." Striker raises his revolver and aims it at Stalker. Stalker:"You expect to kill me with that?" Striker:"God will help me defeated you, General Stalker." Stalker:"God? That is the first time I heard you say that. Seems to me the Road Rovers have had a great influence on you." Striker grins. Striker:"Ja." He fires the revolver, and the bullet ricochet on a metal beam behind Stalker. Everyone but Striker and Stalker give a shocked look. Hunter:" I... can't b-believe it.... You missed." Stalker:"Wait. Striker never misses... unless..." The bullet cuts some wires holding a very large piece of equipment in the air and it swings down towards Stalker. He sees it coming into his view. Stalker:"I was right." Before he can react the piece of equipment hits Stalker and sends him flying through the air. When he lands his weight causes the catwalk to give in. He then falls through levels of catwalks, power pipes and control panels. He continues like that until he hits the floor so hard that his body creates a dent in it. The falling pieces of metal then follow suit, burying Stalker under a mountain of debris. Samuel and Melanie sees this fall. Melanie:"Man, what a fall." Samuel:"I think we should perhaps help them out." Melanie:"Yeah. You go help the two trapped against the wall while I go help those two down there. Just remember: keep the camera rolling." They then go down to help out. Striker puts his revolver away and goes to Hunter's side. He takes out a rag and puts it on Hunter's wound. Striker:"How are you feeling?" Hunter:"It hurts a bit.... Thanks, buddy.... You saved my life." Striker:"My pleasure... buddy." Melanie comes up to them. Striker and Hunter look at her. Striker:"Who are you?" Melanie:"Melanie Malloy. Freelance reporter for CNN. My cameraman, Sam Knowles, is helping your other friends." Hunter:"Striker... the control computers...." Striker:"I know. I'll..." Announcer:"Warning. Power system failure. High energy detonation in five minutes. All personnel evacuate area immediately." Red lights go on in the Iron Fist and a blaring siren can be heard throughout the base. Tanarus, Bear (who have both been freed) and Samuel run up to the three. Bear:"Did you hear what that announcer said?" Melanie:"Yeah. Doesn't too good." Striker:"Tanarus, what did he mean by a high energy detonation?" Tanarus:"It means almost the exact same as a Hiroshima bomb going off." Hunter:"I...would not have...predicted this!" Samuel:"I think we'd better get outta here! And fast!" Bear and Tanarus help Hunter up. Tanarus:"I think I saw where Stalker's escape shuttle might be! We must get there and get out before this whole thing blows!" Striker:"Let's go!" Lead by Tanarus' guidance, the group makes its way to a hangar in the base's wall nearby. Inside is Stalker's shuttle, ready for take-off. The hangar doors looks out over the Antarctic wastelands. They all climb in. Bear and Tanarus take the controls while Samuel and Melanie go to a window. Melanie once again faces the camera. Melanie:"We are now ready to evacuate the Iron Fist. We'll now see what is going to happen next." The shuttle roars into life and leaves the hangar. Iron Fist Base: The shuttle is joined by the Stallion flight and they begin to afterburn away from the Iron Fist base. They all take one look back just in time for them, and the world watching on TV, what happens next. A massive blue explosion rips apart every corner of the Iron Fist. The blast then expands, the shock waves ripping the ground apart as if it was tissue paper and destroying the entire base. The flight watch as the blue-coloured blast stops expanding and creating a mushroom cloud of death. The sky is lit up by the explosion. Maverick:"Command, this is Stallion one. The Iron Fist has been destroyed!" Command Center USS Retriever: Everyone except Colleen are cheering, hugging and kissing. Colleen has a sad look on her face. Elexis notices this and comforts her. Elexis:"Don't worry. Once they land I'll have Hunter healed and ready to walk." Colleen smiles when she hears this and hugs Elexis. Colleen:"Thanks, mate." Elexis smiles too. Elexis:"You're welcome." They join in the celebrations. Warroom NORAD Command Center: Everyone here is cheering and celebrating too. General Barrows just sits back in his command chair, takes out a cigar and smiles. Barrows:"Thank God this whole business is over." He lights the cigar and begins to smoke it while the personnel shake his hands. Warroom KHA Alexander 40 kilometers from the Iron Fist Base: Trigger, Wolfeye, Black, Wing, Sky, Target, Oqulus, Tesla and other senior KH officers and commanders stare in disbelief at the screen showing the mushroom cloud. Wolfeye turns to Trigger. Wolfeye:"What do we do now, sir?" Trigger stares for a few moments more, then turns to Wolfeye. Trigger:"Get us out of here, but keep an eye out for any beacon from the Supreme General's suit." Everyone nods and leaves while Trigger resumes staring at the screen. USS Retriever and George Washington En route to Falkland Islands 11:12 AM: The two carriers are making their back to the Falkland Islands. The Stallion fighters begin to land on the decks. The shuttle lands on the deck where the others are waiting. Tanarus and Bear help Hunter down, followed by Striker, Melanie and Samuel. Elexis runs up to Hunter and heals his wounds. She then heals Striker. Tanarus comes up and hugs her, she hugs back. Elexis:"Thank goodness you're still alive." Tanarus:"So are you, my Love. And I thank God for that." Colleen runs up and hugs Hunter. Colleen:"Oh Huntie Wuntie. I was so worried for you. Are you okay, Love?" Hunter hugs back. Hunter:"Yeah. I'm fine now." The others come up and begin to congratulate them. Afterwards Captain Bowser calls everyone's attention. Bowser:"Attention, everyone. Viking has made a special victory banquet for this occasion in the mess hall, so let's all go down below." They all agree cheerfully and head into the Retriever's decks. Banquet (Mess) Hall USS Retriever: 11:24 AM: The mess hall has been transformed to a banquet hall. Thanks to Viking and Peeare Booswa there is dozens of delicious treats and drinks on the table. Everyone is sitting around the table enjoying themselves. Mark Norwood gets up and calls everyone's attention. Norwood:"Today has been a historical event in our modern day times. For you, the Road Rovers, have saved Earth from the clutches of KH Military and have against incredible odds battled the forces of General Stalker from St. Martin in June to Antarctica today. You have helped bring a more peaceful end to the war in Colombia, have stopped a large number of KH terrorist actions and have defended yourselves against Stalker's fury. We, the rest of humanity, thank you." Everyone applauds. The Master the gets up. Master:"I have a special announcement to make. As you know, Tanarus and Elexis have turned against the KH Military and have helped us triumph over General Stalker. Just a few minutes ago Tanarus proposed to Elexis and she agreed to marry him." Every congratulates Tanarus and Elexis. Hunter:"Congratulations, buddy!" Bear:"I'm sure you two will be happy together." Striker:"Well done, Tanarus." Tanarus turns to Pastor Wan. Tanarus:"Will you...?" Wan:"My boy, there's nothing I like better. I would love to." Tanarus and Wan shake hands. Tanarus:"Thank you." The Master sits down and Striker gets up. Striker:"I myself also have an announcement to make. Mark, the Master and I had a small discussing a few days ago which concerns me, Alex, Phoenix, Tanarus and Elexis. As such we came to an agreement to from a new unit." Striker takes out three medals. They look like the Road Rover insignia except that the circle around the dog head has been replaced by a star. Illanov and Phoenix also get up and they both take one. Striker:"Welcome to unit STRIKE, Alexander Illanov and Phoenix." The three shake hands. Striker then turns to Tanarus and Elexis. Striker:"Tanarus and Elexis will form a husband-wife duel who work in conjunction with unit STRIKE. I think that it is a wise choice." Striker shakes their hands and everyone applauds. They then sit down. Keith:"There just one snag..." Everyone looks at Keith, confused. Keith:"Where are we going to go now? General Stalker and his men trashed Mission Control. And I bet that after this defeat his followers will be pretty pissed off and they will tell every baddie we put away where we are." Realisation suddenly fills everyone and they all hang their heads. Hunter:"That is true. What a bummer." Voice:"Not really, guys." Everyone looks towards one of the doorways. Prowler is standing there. Dixie:"Prowler?" Prowler:"Hi guys. I just wanted to say my say on this happy day." Master:"What's that, Prowler." Prowler:"I wanted to make up for what I had done, and the big guy up there allowed me to rebuild Mission Control. Everything is now good as new. Also, I erased all secrets of the Road Rovers from the KH Military's computers, files and memories. They won't remember a thing." Bear:"That's great! Let's give Prowler a round of applause." Everyone gets up and claps their hands. When they stops Prowler speaks again. Prowler:"One last thing..." He points his finger at the center of the table (which is empty). Suddenly a Christmas tree with presents underneath materialises out of nothing. Prowler:"There's the tree and your presents Stalker had burnt. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year." Everyone turns back to applaud Prowler, but he quickly disappears like a ghost. Amani:"I guess he wasn't as bad as he was." Star:"Speaking of which, how about we open our presents before the new year?" Everyone agrees happily and begin handing out and opening presents. Striker hands Illanov a bottle Vodka with a bow around the neck and gives Phoenix a golden ring. Striker:"Here you go, my friends." Illanov:"Thank you, comrade." Phoenix:"Thanks, Love. It's so beautiful." Illanov then winks at Phoenix and she nods. She then gives Striker a book-shaped present. Phoenix:"This is from me and Alex." Striker opens the present. It is the Bible. A tear rolls down his cheek. Striker:"Thank you, guys. I really mean it." They give a group hug. Illanov gives Striker and Phoenix a Russian bear hug. Bones can be heard cracking. Striker:"Alex! Easy there!" Phoenix:"We do want to live for new years eve!" Illanov lets go. Illanov:"Sorry, comrades. It's just that you two are my family." Striker and Phoenix smile. Striker:"And you two are my family." Phoenix:"Same here." They join in the festivities. Males' Bathroom USS Retriever 11:37 AM: This is typical men's bathroom. Bear is alone here cleaning his face at the sink. Voice (from vent):"Hello, Bear." Bear turns around and looks at the ventilation grate in the wall. Shadow's face outline can just be made out in the dark. Bear:"What do you want, Shadow?" Shadow:"I just want to say I'm sorry for betraying you, but I had no other option. Stalker would have had me killed if I didn't agree to help them." Bear smiles. Bear:"It's okay, Shadow. You didn't tell them everything, and for that I'm willing to forgive you, period." Shadow smiles. Shadow:"And for that I won't call you little ant, period. Goodbye, Bear." Bear:"Goodbye, Shadow. See you later." Shadow disappears into the darkness while Bear leaves the bathroom. Flight Deck USS Retriever 11:50 AM: Hunter is sitting at the edge of the flight deck along with Colleen. They look towards the direction of the Falkland Islands. Colleen:"Do you think it's the last we'll see of Stalker, Huntie?" Hunter:"I hope so, Colleen. But I wonder..." Colleen:"You're worried about the rest of the KH Military, right?" Hunter:"Well...yeah. I guess so." Colleen:"Don't worry a thing about them, guv. With us, the Road Rovers, around the bad guys will always be second best." Hunter smiles and looks lovingly at Colleen. Hunter:"Yeah. You're right." They kiss each other passionately. In the background behind them lies the distant shores of Antarctica, with the blue smoke cloud rising above the remains of THE IRON FIST. Epilogue: Aftermath CNN News Center Atlanta United States of America 1 January 8:02 AM: The CNN Anchor is giving a special report. On the screen next to him is a picture of the Road Rovers being paraded through the streets of New York towards the UN building. Thousands of people are cheering our heroes. Anchor:"At the United Nations in New York Secretary-General Mark Norwood awarded the Road Rovers the Order Of The UN, the highest award in the world, for their efforts in defeating the KH Military in the Iron Fist crisis. Millions of people around the world held celebrations in honour of the canine heroes for saving Earth from the KH Military and their heroic efforts in combating them." The picture then changes to show a courthouse in Den Hague. Malcolm is walking down the steps, surrounded by his bodyguards, lawyers and a crowd of news reporters. Anchor:"The CEO of Malcolm Industries, Malcolm, was found not guilty at the UN courthouse in Den Hague for his alleged involvement with the KH Military due to a lack of evidence. Malcolm, who was believed to be the financial backer, said that he is a business wolf and that he had nothing to do with the KH Military. Malcolm then left Den Hague for a business meeting in Jerusalem." The picture then shows the countries of Esneria, Ovitznia and Katzenstok. Esneria and Katzenstok are again united, but Ovitznia now has a KH insignia on it. Anchor:"In related news the country of Ovitznia has fallen under control of KH Military forces following the expulsion of the rebel forces of Colonel Gustav Havoc. Havoc was believed to have been involved with the war in Colombia six months by aiding the KH Military and as such have helped KH forces to gain control of Ovitznia. The UN security council will meet later today to discuss this latest development." The picture then shows Colombia with the UN insignia on it. Anchor:"The country of Colombia is now well on its way to recovery after the recent war that was thought there between the KH Epsilon Squadron, UN Peacekeepers and the private army of the Drug Lord Francisco Ortega. Experts say that the war had also seriously damaged the illegal international drug trade and will help bring the figures involved to justice." The picture then shows Melanie and Samuel each receiving rewards. Anchor:"Freelance reporter Melanie Malloy and CNN cameraman Samuel Knowels today received the 'Reporter and Cameraman of the Year' award for their brave effort in capturing dramatic footage from within the Iron Fist. The duel each received a hundred-thousand dollars for the footage." The picture disappears. Anchor:"In other news two wartime criminals, Zorrino Vazques and Carlos Peru, both escaped from prison following..." He continues reading the news. Computer Bunker Unknown location: This is a large, high-tech bunker somewhere in a forest. Inside the bunker is the GONV computer. On the GONV screen appears the words "UPLOAD COMPLETE. EXECUTING PROGRAM 'MATRIX'". Guerrilla Camp Afganhistan: This is a tent camp filled with people who are dressed as Arabs and carrying all kinds of weapons. By a fire sits a figure with a red/blue cloak talking to the leader. Upon closer look the figure... is Francisco Ortega. Ruins of the Iron Fist Antarctica: There is now a large crater filled with debris of the Iron Fist. Suddenly there is movement under a pile of debris. Next, Stalker's arm breaks the surface, his suit scarred but otherwise fine. He balls his fist. THE END... ....or is it? (The soundtrack "Iron Fist" begins to play) VOICE CAST (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE): Vladimir ILLA VOLOKH Boris DAVID VADIM Josef ANDREW DIVOFF Janis ELYA BASKIN Hunter/Destroyer JESS HARNELL Colleen/Colosso/Col-Lee TRES MACNIELE Exile/Frosty KEVIN M. RICHARDSON Alethia MIA FARROW Ricky RICKY GALAHAD Cafeteria Waiter CHUCK COOPER Local Trader DAVID CHAPPELLE Malcolm DENIS LEARY Huntress JENNIFER HALE Shag FRANK WELKER Chavaleh KYLEN MILES Blitz/Cutter JEFF GLEN BENNET Bear/Steven/Rabid STEVEN TODAY Nitro ALICIA SYLVERSTONE Dixie LONNIE ANDERSON Amani APRIL WITCHELL The Master JOSEPH CAMPANELLA Battlecruiser Captain MICHAEL RAY MILLER First Mate JOHN RUBINOW Battlecrusier Sailor DUKE MIGLIN Marine #1 MARIO ROBERTS Marine #2 KEITH WOULARD Marine #3 BRUCE HOLMAN Ship Medic ELIZABETH LAMERS Professor Hubert DAVID DOYLE Alcatraz Soldier #1 GORDON MICHAELS Alcatraz Soldier #2 ROBERT PETERS Alcatraz Soldier #3 KRISTIAN SORENSEN Striker CASPER VAN DIEM Cell Block Guard BRIAN LIBBY Dark Room Guard #1 THOM BARRY Dark Room Guard #2 ALLAN KOLMAN Inmate #1 MARSHALL BELL Inmate #2 TIM KELLENER Inmate #3 SCOTT N. STEVENS Puffball MICHELLE PHEIFER Head Warden GARY OLDMAN Executioner ED GILBERT Warden #1 DAVID PERMENTER Warden #2 CHRISTOPHER WARD Warden #3 ROBERT KEVIN MILLER Scar MAURICE LAMARCHE Muzzle ROB PAULSON Star PAULA POUNDSTONE Silver(Strayers) GREYWOLF LUPOUS Sierra ELISTA ADKINS The Groomer SHEENA EASTON General Parvo JIM CUMMINGS Digit COLM MEANEY Dalmat NICK CHINLUND Fluffy BILL CUSACK Oqulus JOHN TRAVOLTA Private STEVEN FURST CNN Newscaster MICHAEL HOMES AF1 Pilot RICHARD DOYLE AF1 Co-Pilot CARL WEINTRAUB Agent #1 J. MARK DONALDSON Bill Clinton HIMSELF Agent #2 DAVID PERMENTER Boris Yeltsin HIMSELF Passenger BRIAN WILLEMS Vice President Albright HERSELF Prowler TOM CRUISE Cyc TREY TACKETT Hostage MATTHEW SUSSMAN Major Cadwell WILLIAM H. MACY Supreme General Stalker SEAN CONNERY General Trigger TOMMY LEE JONES Wolfeye Migatua NICHOLAS CAGE General Black VING RHAMES UN Soldier MARTIN NIKODYM Cleo WHOOPI GOLDBERG Ramses DUSTON HOFFMAN Alley Soldier TOMMY ROSALES Cindino ALEXANDER DE BONT Alfonso SCOTT McCOY Resistance Member #1 MARCO KYRIS Resistance Member #2 EDDIE PEREZ Cartagena Mayor ENDRE HULES Zorrino DANNY TREJO Naval Base Sergeant NED BELLAMY Submarine Colonel M.C. GAINEY Tower Guard DAN BELL Submarine Sailor DYLAN HAGGERTY Controller CARL N. CIAFALIO Convoy Commander STEVE EASTON CNN Reporter - New York MIKE HAMBRICK General Tanarus PIERCE BROSMAN Com Officer WILLIAM PUGH Tracker #1 ROBERT STEPHENSON Tracker #2 TYLER PATTON Tracker #3 CRAIG A. 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CINABRO Flight Commander Turbulance DAVID FREDERICKS Missile Room Technician Jocky TOM WOOD Missile Room Technician Rocky DON HERION Missile Room Technician Stocky LEN BAJENSKI Commander Santiago FAMKE JANSSEN Commander Chucky RICHARD PICKREN Commander Firebird TREAT WILLIAMS Pilot Maverick SEBASTIAN SPENCE Pilot Sidewinder LORENZO CLEMONS Pilot Durandal CHUCK NORRIS Captain Slide CHILTON CRANE Navigator Tracker JONATHON YOUNG Minisub Pilot Electric AMMAR DARAISEN Peeare Booswa JEAN RENO Valador WILLIAM FORSYTHE Dimitri Vladimir VLADIMIR KULICH Hangar Pouncer #1 VAMEN BLACK Hangar Pouncer #2 ROBERT KURCZ Hangar Pouncer #3 YASEN PEYANKOV Detention Pouncer #1 MARK MORETTINI Detention Pouncer #2 PETER BURNS Detention Pouncer #3 ROY HYTOWER Detention Pouncer #4 TRACY LETTS Armoury Pouncer #1 IAN BANFORD Armoury Pouncer #2 PETER BURNS Charles Stoner TOM McBEATH Military Personnel LENNOX BROWN Isabel LAUREN HOLLY Alexander JOHN STAMOS Cathrine TYRA BANKS Dusty GLORIA ESTEFAN Otto JOHN WAYNE Samantha BARBARA BACH Mike LEONARDO DICAPRIO Marauder JERIMY BASS Olivia ELIZABETH LAMERS Amanda KATALIN BAKONYI BJ ERIC SHARP Xander NICHOLAS BRENDON Wing JONATHAN PRYCE Target CHRIS ROCK Prison Transport Police Trooper DOUG WEAVER RRMC Patrol Leader DANA LEE Search Trooper #1 TIM CLOONEY Search Trooper #2 RICK HOFFMAN Muzzled Execution Trooper DAN WYNANDS Wolve HULK HOGAN Keith BRUCE WILLIS Karelia MEGUMI ODAKA Koror ISAO TOYOHARA Buck NICK STABILE Jasmine RENE RUSSO Athena JESSE JACKSON Chance WILL SMITH Natalie MARIAH CAREY Trevor Mason JOHN CLEESE Dixie Blade PAMELA ANDERSON Jack Nighthawk RICHARD MARX Rosie DONNA LEWIS Kytec YOSHIO BE Alexander Com Officer JOE PESCI Valley Trooper GARY HAND General Barrows BILL COSBY GONV Technician PHILIP TEN NORAD Colonel LUKE TRICKETT NORAD Com Officer BILL HENDERSON Viri VICTORIA PRINCIPAL Bacteria Boy BEN ADAMS Azelin LAWRENCE FISHBOURN CNN Reporter - Stanley Airfield JENE ROGERS USSF Guard in Snow RICKY MARTIN Shotgun USSF Guard NICK MYERS Scientist #1 BILL YOUNG Scientist #2 JAMES W. GAVIN Scientist #3 TIM GILBERT Doctor Andrew Burk LARRY KING Lambda Trooper #1 MATTHEW BRODERICK Sector V Covert Trooper #1 HENRY KING Sector V Covert Trooper #2 HENRY KING JR. Sector V Police Trooper #1 CHARLIE BRWER Sector V Police Trooper #2 JEFF EVANS Lambda Trooper #2 CLAY FONTENOT Sector M Covert Trooper HARRY HAUSS Retriever Officer ETHAN JENSEN Retriever Commander MYKE SCHWARTZ Sector T Walker Pilot #1 LARRY RIPPENROEGER Sector T Walker Pilot #2 HUBIE KERNS Sector T Walker Pilot #3 DAREEN PEEL Sector T Walker Pilot #4 MONTY COX Sector T Walker Pilot #5 TROY GILBERT Sector T Walker Pilot #6 TANNER GILL Sector T Walker Pilot #7 BILLY MORTS Lambda Trooper #3 MEL GIBSON Monorail Medical Trooper DIANNE LAUREANO Police Trooper Leader DANNY CLOVER Monorail Flame Trooper #1 MICKEY GIACOMAZZI Monorail Flame Trooper #2 JASON ROBERTS Monorail Flame Trooper #3 ZACK MILAN Monorail Flame Trooper #4 JOPHERY BROWN Jeffery Otitus MICHAEL McKEAN Eugene Atwater STEVEN FRANKEN Flea JAMES QUIVER Mange ERIC HOLBROOK Tick CASEY JOHNSON Normalized Scientist JIM STEPHAN Sector R Battle Trooper JEFF HABBERSTAD Lambda Trooper #4 ROBBIE WILLIAMS Sector I Battle Trooper #1 ROBERT "BOBBY Z" ZAJONG Sector I Battle Trooper #2 GREGG SMIRZ Sector I Battle Trooper #3 SPIKE SILVER Sector I Battle Trooper #4 PAUL SHORT Sector I Covert Trooper #1 BEN SCOTT Sector I Covert Trooper #2 BOB HERSON Sector I Flame Trooper DANNY EPPER Sector I Police Trooper #1 TALIA BOTONE Sector I Police Trooper #2 ERIC ARMAQ Lambda Trooper #5 WILL WHEATON Sector G Battle Trooper #1 DAN BARRINGER Sector G Battle Trooper #2 IAN BRYCE Bunker Trooper SHANE CONRAD Melanie Malloy GILLIAN ANDERSON Samuel Knowels STACY KEACH MURPHY'S COMBAT LAWS: 1. You are not a superman. 2. If it's stupid but works, it isn't stupid. 3. Don't look conspicuous - it draws fire. 4. When in doubt, empty your magazine. 5. Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you are. 6. Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder. 7. If your attack is going really well, it's ambush. 8. No plan survives the first contact intact. 9. All 5 seconds grenade fuses burn down in 3 seconds. 10. Try to look unimportant because the bad guys may be low on ammo. 11. If you are forward of your position the artillery will fall short. 12. The enemy diversion you are ignoring is the main attack. 13. The important things are always simple. 14. The simple things are always hard. 15. The easy way is always mined. 16. If you are short of everything except enemy, you are in combat. 17. When you have secured an area, don't forget to tell the enemy. 18. Incoming fire has right of way. 19. Friendly fire isn't. 20. If the enemy's in range - SO ARE YOU! 21. No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection. 22. Things that must be together to work, usually can't be shipped together. 23. Radio's will fail as soon as you need fire support desperately. 24. Anything you do can get you shot - including doing nothing. 25. Tracers work both ways. 26. The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire. 27. Make it tough for the enemy to get in and you can't get out. 28. If you take more than your fair share of objectives, you will have more than your fair share of objectives to take. 29. When both sides are convinced they are about to lose, they are both right. 30. Professional soldiers are predictable, but the world is full of amateurs. 31. Murphy was a grunt. The Author would like to thank the following (no particular order): -Warner Brothers -Greg Williams -Steven Today -Kylen Miles -Jake Williams -Michael Browner -Robert Baer Jr. -Greywolf Lupous -Ricky Galahad -Dylan Rinalds -Daniel Morales -Kathrine Gore -Dianne Laureano -Elista Atkins -Allie Jung -Connie Smernos -Amanda Stephenson -Becky Pittman -Katalin Bakonyi -Luke Trickett -Desutoroia -Wolve Man -Jerimy Bass -Casey Johnson -Nick Myers -Eric Sharp -Jordyn Trout -Talon Saurn -Marc Weinstein -Jordyn Trout