Road Rovers: Chaos Computer

Episode 3: Mortal Fate

By Gerhard Naudé

All Road Rover names © Warner Brothers and rightful owners.
Unit STRIKE, Shephard, GONV, Series 9, Patriot, Melanie, Cadwell,
Norwood and all others related to the KH Military © Gerhard Naudé
Alethia, Renegade, Pandora, Noelle, Cage and all others related to the 
Perris Park Institute © Kylen Miles
The Collie Squadron, Buford Lovejoy © Robert Baer Jr.
Jordyn © Jordyn Trout
Misty Maddog © Bart Walls

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

Alethia's Room
Road Rover Mission Control
2 September
3:45 AM:

Alethia is sleeping in her bed, but it isn't a peaceful sleep. She
keeps tossing and turning. Suddenly her body begins to waver with
small quakings and tremors and she grabs her pillow in a powerful
grip. She is clearly having a vision in her sleep.

Alethia's Dream:

This is the image of a large open plain. Alethia is standing here.
She then feels something cold beneath her bare feet and sees the 
ground is actually metal with electronic lights, wires and chips
in it.

Voice:"Alethia..."

Alethia looks up. In front of her stands her deceased Perris Park 
lover, Renegade. He is wearing an overcoat. Her eyes widen.

Alethia:"Renegade?"

Renegade:"Yes, my love. I'm back."

Alethia runs up to Renegade and hugs him, he hugs back. When they
stop hugging Renegade steps back.

Renegade:"I have something to show you..."

Alethia:"What's that, my love?"

Renegade takes off the coat. Alethia gasps in horror. Below 
Renegade's neck is a robotic body that shows he is a cyborg. On his
chest are the letters GONV. Alethia looks back up at Renegade.

Alethia:"Wha... What are you?"

Renegade:"Don't worry, Al. You will soon join us."

Voice (from behind):"He's right, Al. We're your friends."

Alethia turns around. Two more cyborgs with the heads of Pandora
and Noelle, her dead best friends, are walking towards her. From
out of nowhere appears more cyborgs with the heads of Alethia's
dead Perrisian friends.

Noelle:"Hey, Alethia! Long time no see."

Pandora:"How about coming along with us?"

Alethia screams and tries to run, but she is complete surrounded by
Perrisian cyborgs. Suddenly Matrix's skull appears overhead and calls
her attention.

Matrix:"You are going to be one of my new Perris Borgs, Alethia. Do
        not try to resist." 

Pandora and Noelle grab Alethia while Renegade just watches. From
amids the cyborgs appears Series 9. He is carrying a large scythe.
He walks up to Alethia.

Matrix:"Remove her head."

Series 9:"No problem."

He prepares to cut Alethia's head off.

Series 9:"Saiyonara, Spitz!"

Alethia screams as Series 9 swings the scythe at her neck.

Alethia's Room:

Alethia wakes up scream and holding her neck. She is sweating and
panting from the lack of breath. She looks frantically around. The
cyborgs, Series 9 and Matrix are no where to be seen. Suddenly
Illanov opens the door and rushes in.

Illanov:"Alethia! Are you all right?"

He runs up to her. He quickly hugs her and she hugs back. 

Alethia:"Oh, Alex! I just had the most frightening dream! I saw
         all made dead friends were robots loyal to Matrix! Series 9
         wanted to cut my head off!!"

Illanov:"It's all right! I'm here, Alethia! Take it easy and take a
         deep breath." 

She does as she is told and takes a few deep breaths. She begins to
calm down.

Kitchen
7:03 AM:

Shag is here busy preparing lunch. Several dishes are already on
the counter. No one else is here. Just then Shephard comes into the
kitchen and walks to the counter.

Shephard:"Morning, Shag! What is today's special?"

Shag hands him a plate of food that is larger than the other dishes.
On it is a large steak, mash, gravy, salad and three big sausages.
Shephard looks at the mash and gravy.

Shephard:"How's the toilet water?"

Shag:"Rit's rhage rha."

Shephard:"Grade A? I love that kind! Thanks, Shagster!"

Shag:"Rhou're rhelrhome."

Shephard goes to a table, sits down and begins to eat. Striker, 
Illanov and Alethia come into the kitchen, take their dishes and
walk to the table where Shephard is eating. They sit down and
begin to eat. Illanov looks at Alethia, who is just picking at
her food.

Illanov:"How are you feeling now?"

Alethia:"A bit better, but I couldn't sleep for the rest of the
         night."

Striker:"Did she have another vision?"

Illanov:"Afraid so, comrade."

Shephard:"Visions! Sirs, I don't believe in fotune-tellers."

Striker:"First off, Sergeant, don't deny Alethia's visions. Believe
         me. I tried to and it did not work. Second, Alethia is a
         heart-child, not a gypsy."

Shephard:"Uh... Yes, sir."

They continue eating. Phoenix, Corsair, the Road  Rovers and the Collie 
Squadron all come into the kitchen for breakfast. Hunter and Colleen and 
sitting next to each, looking at each other with loving eyes while they 
eat. Ben, Abby, Linda, Roger, Misty, Kyra, Praire Mason and Praire Rose 
are eating and chatting with each other, but Vicki keeps staring at 
Striker without even touching her food. Corsair and Phoenix are sitting 
at the same table as Striker, Illanov, Alethia and Shephard. Corsair 
notices Vicki staring at Striker.

Corsair:"Hey, Striker. Do you know that Vicki is busy staring at you
         rather hard?"

Striker:"Ja. She's been doing that ever since we went on that blind
         date a few months ago."

Corsair:"Ah. So she has the hots for you?"

Striker looks confused at Corsair.

Striker:"Hots? What are talking about?"

Corsair:"It means someone has a strong..."

Illanov slaps Corsair behind the head.

Corsair:"Ouch! Hey!"

Illanov:"Not here, Corsair! Not here. Later."

Corsair fumes. Phoenix looks at Striker, then at Vicki. She sighs.

Ben:"How's the GONV investigation going?"

Hunter:"It's a dead end, Ben. We have had no GONV activities in the last
        three months and Series 9 is unable to tell what is going on,
        despite his slight stupidity."

Mason:"What about that Eastern European thing?"

Hunter:"A dead end, too. We've checked the GONV production facilities,
        but they're as empty as Parvo's heart. Still the KH Military has
        not returned their forces to any of their abandoned bases."

Just then Jordyn walks into the kitchen and up to Shag.

Jordyn:"Morning, Shag. Do you have it ready?"

Shag:"Rha!"

Shag gives Jordyn a can of metal lubrication oil. She takes the can and
leaves the kitchen.

Roger:"How long are we going to keep that Series 9?"

Voice (from door):"Not for long, Roger."

The Master walks into the kitchen.

Master:"Once Series 9 has finished with his 'breakfast' we will send him
        to a federal prison."

Linda:"Send a robot to prison? Can't we just have that green machine's
       program changed to help us instead?"

Master:"We tried that, Linda, but Series 9 has some kind of GONV program
        that we cannot change or delete. Nitro nearly got killed trying
        to do that."

Shephard:"Kind of stupid to let Dixie be the Grizzly leader after Bear
          and Nitro went into semi-retirement, which is also another
          bogus idea, sir."

Colleen:"Nitro's pregnant and Bear has to look after her and their kid
         when he or she is born. And the Master had no choice left."

Shephard:"Yes, Ma'am. But I still have my doubts."

Striker:"So do I, Shephard."

They continue talking and eating.

Detention Center
7:13 AM:

Series 9 is now in the cell where Bear was during the trial. Several
armed Cano-sapien guards are here. Jordyn comes into the detention and
walks up to Series 9's cell.

Jordyn:"Here's your breakfast, Series 9."

Series 9 takes the can and begins to oil his gears, joints and other 
spots where there's metal to metal contact. Once he is done he puts 
the can down and looks at the guards.

Series 9:"What are you going to do with me, anyway?"

Jordyn:"You will be taken to a federal prison."

Series 9 gets up and walks up to his cell's force field beams.

Series 9:"You think you can get away with this? I will get out of here
          and then the GONV will teach you all a thing or two."

Guard:"How are you going to that? You got a force field that stun even 
       an elephant who touches them."

This gets Series 9 thinking. It then snaps in his electronic brain and
he looks at the bars.

Series 9:"Wait a moment! I'm a robot! These bars cannot hurt me!"

He grabs the bars and electrical shocks begin to go through him and the
cell bars. Series 9 is unaffected, but the field are beginning to glow
red.

Announcer:"Warning. Force field malfunction imminent."

Jordyn:"LET GO OF THE BARS, SERIES 9!!!"

Series 9 ignores Jordyn and continues to hold on. Jordyn and the guards
begin to rush towards the cell. Just then there is an explosion that
throws the guards back. In the kitchen everyone hears the explosion and
looks at each.

Exile:"What was thatski?"

Rose:"Sounds like one of Hubert's experiments has just blown up."

Announcer:"Warning. High energy detonation detected in detention center."

Rose:"Or that too."

Illanov:"I don't like that message, comrades!"

Master:"Rovers, go see what happened. I fear the worst.

Everyone get up and begin to run towards the detention center. In the 
center self Jordyn and the guards have gotten up and are looking at 
Series 9's cell. There is only smoke.

Jordyn:"Close in and see if he's still alive. Be careful."

Guards:"Yes, Ma'am."

They proceed caustiously towards the cell, their Petri rifles at the
ready. One guard, who is less patient than the rest, walks right up
to the cell. Suddenly Series 9 comes out of the smoke and grabs the
guard around the neck. He quickly breaks the guard's neck and removes
the rifle.

Series 9:"Now we will see how good you organics can fight!"

He sets the rifle to kill and raises it at the guards. The guards
all jump out of the way just as Series 9 opens fire. He then rushes
towards the door, but Jordyn jumps in the way and opens fire. Series 9
dodges the shot and then knocks Jordyn out with the butt of his rifle.
He quickly rushes out of the detention center into a corridor. He looks
down one way and sees the Rovers, unit STRIKE and the Collie Squadron
running down the corridor towards him. He points his rifle at them and
fires a few shots at them, they duck into other rooms along the 
corridor. Series 9 then begins to run down the other way just as
Shephard appears from cover and fires at him.

Announcer:"Attention. Series 9 has escaped. All personnel to code red."

Hunter:"Come on, Rovers! We have to catch that green robot! Split up
        and look around! He doesn't know the lay of the land!"

The others nod and split up in different groups that go through
different corridors. At the door that leads into Hubert's laboratory
the door opens and Hubert and Buford Lovejoy (the Collie Squadron's
creator) step out.

Hubert:"What's all the commotion?"

Lovejoy:"According to the announcer there was some of enegry deto..."

Series 9 appears from another corridor and runs up to the two 
scientists, his rifle aimed at them.

Series 9:"Which way to your hangar? Now!"

Hubert points to a corridor on his right side.

Hubert:"That way!"

Series 9:"Thank you."

Series 9 runs down the corridor. Hubert and Buford watch him go.

Hubert:"That robot will run straight into the briefing room by going
        the way I just showed him."

Buford:"Good idea! Just one problem..."

Hubert:"What's that, Lovejoy?"

Buford:"We came out the OTHER exit from your lab, so that means you 
        really did show him the way to the hangar."

Hubert suddenly realises his mistake, covers his face and groans. In
the meantime Series 9 has reached the hangar. He goes in, quickly
closes the door and then jams it with his rifle. He runs towards the
Sonic Rover and climbs in.

Announcer:"Fugitive detected in hangar."

The Rovers, unit STRIKE, Collie Squadron and more guards rush up to
the hangar door. Ben tries to force it open, but is unsuccessful.

Ben:"He's jammed the door!"

Suddenly they hears the sounds of the Sonic Rover's engines and the
hangar door opening.

Hunter:"Blitz, cut the door! Quickly! Series 9 is about to get away!"

Blitz looks at Hunter with a smug smile.

Blitz:"Oooh. Does Hunter, the great big Rover leader, need my help?"

Colleen:"Just open the door, Fluffy! 

Blitz:"I will if pretty girl doggie calls me by my real name."

Everyone but Blitz groans. Hunter looks at Roger.

Hunter:"Roger, force the door open before I do something nasty here."

Roger:"Okay."

Roger walks up to the door and with super strength forces the door open
while Blitz watches in shock. Everyone then rushes in just in time to
see the Sonic Rover leave the hangar. They all gasp.

Linda:"We're too late!"

Vicki:"Series 9 got away!"

Everyone then looks coldly at Blitz.

Blitz:"I did a bad thing."

Mason:"A VERY bad thing!"

Colleen:"I should kick you to pieces, Fluffy!"

Shephard:"I will break you down like an M-16!"

Hunter:"We're reporting back to the Master. He will tell us what to do
        next, then he will take care of you Blitz."

Everyone leaves the hangar.

Sonic Rover
Not far from Mission Control
At that moment:

The Sonic Rover is flying slow over the ground. Series 9 is busy at
the controls, working more by trial and error.

Series 9:"Now that I'm free let's see where the map screen button is
          so that I can see where these Road Rovers are hiding out.
          The GONV will take care of them later."

He looks the console over.

Series 9:"Perhaps this button?"

He pushes a button on the control panel. The Sonic Rover then goes into
super sonic flight.

Series 9:"Oops! Wrong button! NEGATIVE!!!"

The Sonic Rover disappears east into the distance.

Briefing Room
7:21 AM:

The Rovers, unit STRIKE, Collie Squadron and Jordyn are listening to the 
Master. He is standing on the balcony along with Buford. He is talking to 
Blitz, who has a meek look.

Master:"You are a very, very, very bad dog, Blitz. Your arrogance has
        allowed Series 9 to escape. The only good thing is that has gone
        into super sonic flight which means that he cannot establish our
        location."

Blitz:"I'm sorry, Master."

Master:"Normally I would pass your punishment, but we have more pressing
        problems."

Ben:"The capture of Series 9?"

Master:"It has now become one of the objectives."

Vicki:"There were other objectives?"

Buford:"Yes, Vicki. As you all know there has been no activity of any 
        significant importance."

Master:"Nothing has happened so far in Eastern Europe, but the fact
        that the KH Military still hasn't returned to any of its
        abandoned bases is still a bit of a problem. We have had some
        of operatives monitor suspected GONV production sites, and
        this is where our problems began."

Buford:"Some of our Agents were busy monitoring a GONV site in the
        country of Montenegro, but we lost contact with them a day
        ago. We sent a team of Pouncers in to investigate, but we lost 
        contact with them too."

Master:"You are to go to Yugoslavia, find out what happened to them and
        if they are still alive, rescue them. After that you will need
        to go find the Sonic Rover and bring it back here."

Hubert enters the room holding some kind of paper. He walks up to the
Master.

Hubert:"I've tracked the Sonic Rover's signal this location: it's the
        same area as where we lost those operatives."

Colleen:"Well, that's convenient."

Master:"Almost too convenient. Rovers. You must go to Montenegro and
        find out what happened to those contacts as well as capturing
        Series and getting back the Sonic Rover."

Buford:"Be careful, everyone. I have a nasty feeling that things are
        not going to be as easy as they look."

Ben:"We will, Uncle Buford."

Hunter salutes.

Hunter:"Yes, Master! We will bring the prisoners and the Sonic Rover
        back in one piece."

Corsair:"Or in several small rubbish bags."

Everyone, in particular Illanov, gives Corsair a cold look.

Corsair:"Come on, guys! You saw what those mechanical bastards did to my
         parents." 

Phoenix:"He's right, guys. I actually doubt if any of those MIA's are
         alive, since we are fighting against a computer which hates all
         organic life on Earth."

Ben:"Still, we cannot just leave them there. We must get them out."

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

The Road Rovers all howl and leave for the hangar, followed by unit 
STRIKE and the Collie Squadron.

GONV Computer Bunker
8:00 AM:

On the screen of the GONV appears "TIME UNTIL OPERATION - 04:00:00". The
timer begins to count down.

Durmitor Peak
Montenegro
10:12 AM:

This is a mountainous part of Montenegro. Durmitor, the highest peak in
the country, stands out from the rest. On an open area near the peak is
the Jet and TurboJet Rover. The Road Rovers (along with Alethia), Unit 
STRIKE and the Collie Squadron are standing by a cliff wall. Corsair is 
busy with his laptop, which he is using to do scanning work.

Corsair:"According to the Sonic Rover's signal it should be somewhere
         inside this mountain."

Illanov:"Really, comrade? Are you sure?"

Corsair gives Illanov a cold stare.

Colleen:"Why do you two blokes keep arguing like this?"

Illanov and Corsair look at Colleen.

Illanov, Corsair:"Cold War rivalry."

Colleen:"Figures."

Mason:"Look. Can't we just carry on our jobs instead of arguing? The
       enemy will find us easily like this."

Roger, who had been standing a bit out of the group, sees something from
the corner of his eye. He calls the others.

Roger:"I think they already had."

Everyone looks to where Roger is pointing. A section of the cliff wall is
slowly opening like a door.

Hunter:"Everybody, hide!"

Blitz:"Yah. Good idea."

Shephard:"What for, sir? We have the firepower to take out the enemy 
          opposition."

Striker:"We first want to see WHO or WHAT the opposition is, Shephard.
         If we just rush in, we might get a very ugly surprise in the
         shape of an enemy that might not even be GONV."

Shephard:"Yes, sir."

They all run behind various large boulders and keep watching the door. It
fully opens, revealing another door. This time it is made of metal and it
slides open and the figure behind it walks into the light. Most of the
Rovers are confused at what they see except Alethia. She is in shock. The
figure was not a GONV robot, but Cage, one of the dead ex-Perrisian
cano-sapien and member of the Dogstar. He is wearing a camo-military
uniform with the letters GONV written on the shoulders.

Vicki:"Well, this is something new."

Alethia:"It's Cage!"

Hunter:"Yet another unexpected twist. Bummer."

Striker:"You two know that cano-sapien over there?"

Hunter:"That's Cage. He is, rather, was an ex-Perrisian who became a
        member of the Dogstar."

Ben:"The Dogstar. It is that military group that devastated Perris Park
     and then went on a rampage across America, right?"  

Alethia:"I am afraid so. He was also the one who killed the head of the
         Project, Dr. Brummel, had killed the last Perrisian prisoners
         and was the one who..."

She stops talking abruptly as the horrors of her encounter with Cage
fills her mind. Illanov notices this.

Illanov:"Alethia? Are you all right?"

Hunter:"She's just having trouble recalling what Cage did to her."

Shephard:"Either way, what that Cage there had done is good enough
          reason for me to wax him."

Shephard arms his M-249 and prepares to attack, the others notice this.

Striker:"Shephard! Wait!"

Too late. Shephard appears from cover with his M-249 aimed at Cage. He
whistles to Cage, who turns to Shephard.

Cage:"Who are you?"

Shephard:"I am your death. Kiss your life goodbye, again."

Shephard prepares to fire, but just then Alethia appears from cover and
grabs Shephard's M-249 by the muzzle. The bullets fall off target as
Alethia forces the machine gun's muzzle into a different direction.
Shephard looks at Alethia.

Shephard:"What are you doing?"

Alethia:"Don't kill him!"

Cage sees Alethia and smiles.

Cage:"Ah. Alethia. Nice to see you again."

Alethia lets go of the muzzle and turns to Cage.

Alethia:"What are you doing here, Cage?"

Cage:"Come along with me and I'll show. There are a large number of your
      friends who will be very pleased to see you again."

Alethia:"After what you did to me and those Perrisian prisoners you 
         killed I don't trust you. The letters GONV on your shoulders
         does not help, either." 

Cage shrugs and then frowns.

Cage:"Too bad, Al. Now, you DIE!!!"

Cage pulls out a pistol and aims it at Alethia, her eyes widen in horror.
Before Cage can pull the trigger Striker quickly takes out his Colt and
shoots the pistol out of Cage's hands. Cage is stunned for a second 
before Shephard aims his M-249 at Cage and pulls the trigger. A dozen
bullets slam into Cage's body. He falls backwards, then twitches for
a few moments before his movements stop. The others appear from cover.
Illanov runs up to Alethia.

Illanov:"You all right, Alethia?"

Alethia:"Yes, I am well. What about Cage?"

Misty:"Dead, I hope."

Exile runs up to the dead Cage and looks at the body.

Exile:"Bolshoi!"

Ben:"What's wrong, Exile?"

Exile:"You had better check this inski, comrades."

Everyone runs up to Exile and surround Cage's body. They look at the body.
Through the bullet holes one can see that there is a thin organic that
covers the actual body: one made of wires and metal, not flesh and blood.

Molly:"What we got here is a smashed up kind of robot."

Corsair:"This reminds me of one of those Terminator movies, only this time
         we got dogs instead of humans."

Blitz:"Yah, me too. I love Arnold Swartzinegger. The way he kicks the
       bad guys butts."

Exile:"Control yourself, Weird Boy."

Alethia:"Oh my. It's the same."

Illanov:"Is it the same, Alethia?"

Alethia:"I'm afraid so."

Striker:"Mind informing us what is that you two know about this?"

Illanov looks at the others.

Illanov:"Comrade, Alethia has been getting these odd dreams in which she
         came under attack by some cyborgs who had the heads of her dead
         Perrisian comrades, including Renegade."

Hunter:"So that means this whole business is some kind of GONV military
        project. And I think these... um... Perris cyborgs are the ones
        responsible for the disappearance of those MIA's. And if those
        visions are true, and they been proven so far, there are more
        of these cyborgs."

Striker:"Numbers?"

Hunter:"If I can remember correctly, there were about 200 Perrisians, 
        both of the Perris Park and the Dogstar."

Shephard:"More targets to wax."

Ben:"I think we should investigate this. I don't like the GONV's idea of
     resurrecting the Perris Park project." 

Hunter:"Good idea, Ben. Let's go, Rovers. And be careful. I bet all the
        cyborgs are hostile."

Striker:"So do I."

Alethia:"Perhaps there is one or two who isn't dangerous."

Striker looks at Alethia.

Striker:"Alethia, you face reality here. The GONV's involvement will 
         ensure that every cyborg, including the one of Renegade, is
         going to be hostile."

Alethia hangs her head in defeated. Illanov comforts her and they go
through the entrance in the cliff wall.

Hidden GONV Facility
10:23 AM:

The Rovers are making their way through the dark corridors. Light from
Abby's body illuminates the way. They continue walking until they reach
an observation deck that overlooks a large hall. Both areas are high-
tech, but only the observation deck is empty. The Rovers walk in and
look into the hall. Below are dozens of Perrisian Cyborgs standing or
sitting and talking. Above at the same level is a podium that overlooks
the hall. Alethia is both amazed and shocked at the sight of all the 
cyborgs that look like the dead Perrisians.

Alethia:"This reminds of my first days in Perris Park."

Rose:"There sure are a large number of them."

Colleen:"And you can bet your booties that they are all hostile."

Illanov:"See anyone you know, uh, knew well, Alethia?"

Alethia looks around, then turns to Illanov.

Alethia:"Most of the faces I remember, Alex, but I don't see Noelle, 
         Pandora or Renegade anywhere."

Blitz:"What about them?"

Everyone looks to where Blitz is pointing. He is pointing at the podium.
Standing there is Renegade and Patriot. Patriot is a 7 foot robot wearing 
a US camo-uniform, military boots and a helmet. His robot face design 
gives the impression of great authority, which are further enhanced by 
the glowing red eyes. Written on his shirt pocket is the letters GONV. 
When Alethia sees Renegade and the others she walks up to the observation 
window and stares at Renegade. Neither Renegade nor Patriot have seen the 
Rovers.

Alethia:"Renegade."

Illanov:"So that is Renegade."

Shephard then sees Patriot.

Shephard:"Patriot? What's that robot doing here?"

Everyone looks at Shephard.

Ben:"You know that robot over there?"

Shephard:"Yes, sir. That robot is Patriot. He was part of the Pentagon's
          future warfare program. Patriot was to be the ultimate combat
          soldier. But in the 1990's the program suffered from the
          Pentagon's funding cuts and it was scrapped. Patriot was taken,
          or so I think, deep into the lower levels of the Pentagon. How
          he ended up here, sir, I do not know."

Abby:"One thing's for sure: he's not on our side."

Molly:"How are we going to beat these 'Perris Borgs'?"

Voice (from behind):"Correction. YOU are the ones who are going to take a
      beating."

Everyone turns around. Standing behind them is Pandora, Noelle and a 
number of Perrisians holding rifles. Alethia's eyes widen.

Alethia:"Pandora! Noelle!"

Noelle:"She remembers us, Pandora."

Pandora:"That is so nice of you to remember us, Al. We missed a lot."

Alethia:"I missed you too, up until now. I do not like the idea of you
         working for the GONV computer."

Noelle:"Perhaps if we take you and your Rover friends here to Renegade
        and Patriot you will change your mind, Al."

Pandora:"Yeah. Renegade will be very happy to see his love again. But 
         first, throw all your weapons in a pile before you. And don't
         try to hide one. We have scanners."

Hunter:"Bummer."

Colleen:"You can say that again, Huntie."

Hunter:"Bummer."

Colleen rolls her eyes. Shag whimpers and jumps into Linda's arms. She
collapses under his weight and disappears into his fur. Shag digs around
in his fur and digs out Linda, who proceeds to cough out hairballs. The
others proceed to throw down their weapons in a pile before them. Once
they are done Noelle signals a few Perrisians, half of which pick up the
weapons and the other half scanning the Rovers. When they are done they
nod at Pandora and Noelle.

Pandora:"Okay, Rovers. Move!"

The Rovers are escorted out of the observation deck through the facilty
to a detention center. More Perrisians are here acting as guards. Pandora
and Noelle then order the other Perrisians to put the Rovers into the 
cells. Once they are done Pandora and Noelle walk up to them.

Noelle:"You just sit tight while we get Renegade and Patriot. They will
        like meeting you all." 

Pandora and Noelle leave the detention center. The Rovers watch them go.

Corsair:"Well, we are now officially screwed."

Linda:"You can sa..."

Colleen clamps Linda's muzzle shut.

Colleen:"Oh no. I'm not having that joke repeated again."

Linda nods and Colleen lets go of her muzzle. Ben, Hunter and Striker
hold a small meeting in the corner.

Ben:"We must escape from this cell."

Hunter:"Good idea, but first let's meet Renegade and Patriot. They, as
        villains normally do, will tell us what they are up to. Then
        can we get out of this cell and begin to kick butt."

Striker:"Hunter is right, Ben. We must find out why the GONV resurrected
         all these Perrisians and what it plans to use them for. Judging
         by what the GONV has done so far, I can tell you now it will
         not be good news."

Ben:"Talking of the devil..."

Ben points at the door and everyone looks towards it. Pandora and Noelle
have returned with Renegade and Patriot. They walk up to the cells.
Alethia stiffens as Renegade sees her and smiles.

Renegade:"Alethia! You're alive! I missed you."

Alethia does not respond and huddles up against Illanov, who puts his
arms around her and looks at Renegade.

Illanov:"Sorry, comrade. Alethia is not willing to talk a weak-kneed
         cyborg immitation like you."

Renegade gives a hurt look. Patriot looks at Illanov.

Patriot:"Shut up, dirtbag! You Rovers will not speak until spoken to!"

Illanov just gives Patriot a cold look. He ignores Illanov and looks at
the rest of the Rovers.

Patriot:"Now this a fine kettle of fish! You Rover dirtbags have come
         here to get back your puny little Sonic Rover, right?"

Corsair:"That 'puny' Sonic Rover will kick the tar out of your fighters!"

Patriot:"Are you talking to me, dirtbag?! You'd better square yourself
         away, maggot!"

He resumes his speech.

Patriot:"Well, I can assure you, ladies, that you will not succeed! What
         are seeing around here, are the products of Project Perris!"

Alethia:"Project Perris?"

Patriot:"You heard me, maggot! This project's goal was to recreate the
         dead Perrisians that had been killed! As you can see, we have 
         succeeded! These cyborgs' minds boasts a special EMP-hardened
         CPU that acts as a brain! The program written into the CPU
         resembles the mind of the dead Perrisian that it is inplanted
         to, with one difference: the useless sections such as love,
         happiness and kindess and all that s*** is being removed! So
         far some have been completed..."

He points at Pandora and Noelle, who grin.

Patriot:"... but there a few that are being more resistant, such as
         Captain Renegade here! But even he will become fully loyal to
         the GONV and in the ultimate goal: destruction of all organic
         life on this stinkin' excuse for a piece of space garbage!"

Striker:"And what are is the GONV planning to use the Perrisian cyborgs
         for?"

Patriot laughs, then gives Striker an angry look.

Patriot:"Can I be in charge around here? Well, thank you very much! If
         you think I'm going to gloat about the GONV's plans then you
         are greatly mistaken, maggot! I have been programmed to avoid 
         falling for that old joke! Besides, what good is it going to do
         for you if you are to be gassed with sarin soon?"

Blitz's eyes widen.

Blitz:"Gassed? You mean, we are to be executed?"

Patriot:"On the mark, maggot! I have no use for you Rovers dirtbags!"

Blitz runs up to the bars, falls to his knees and begins to beg.

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

Illanov and Exile roll their eyes while Patriot laughs.

Patriot:"Give me a reason why I shouldn't, dirtbag! And it better be
         a damn good one!"

Blitz:"Because... because... um... I am still a virgin!"

The Rovers all give Blitz an odd look. Patriot rubs his metal chin.

Patriot:"Hmmm! That's a good one! The last lot before you couldn't think
         up a reason that was anywhere near to the one you just gave me!"

Blitz stops begging and looks hopefully at Patriot.

Blitz:"Does that mean you will let me live?"

Patriot:"No, it just means you will be the last one to be executed!"

Blitz begins to cry on Exile's chest. He is very disgusted.

Exile:"Control yourself, Weird Boy!"

He shoves Blitz off him. Patriot resumes talking.

Patriot:"I've said enough now! I don't want to waste my power talking to
         useless trash! You will be executed soon! I've got other things
         to attend to!"
 
Renegade taps Patriot on the shoulder and gains his attention.

Renegade:"Requesting permission to stay behind, sir. I still have a word
          or two to say to the Rovers."

Patriot:"Very well, Captain! But don't take too long! We have a scedule
         to keep!"

Renegade:"Yes, sir."

Patriot leaves the detention center, followed by Pandora, Noelle and some
of the Perrisians. Renegade walks back up to the cell bars and looks at
Alethia, who is still hugging Illanov.

Renegade:"Alethia? Please talk to me."

Illanov opens his mouth to say something, but Alethia shakes her head. He
looks confused at her, but closes his mouth. She then gets up and walks
up to the bars. She looks at Renegade.

Alethia:"What do you want?"

Renegade:"Alethia, I know you think that I'm now a loyal cyborg to the
          GONV computer but I want to let you know that I still love 
          you with all my heart."

Alethia looks at Renegade, unsure whether to believe him or not. Illanov
walks up between Renegade and Alethia.

Illanov:"Why should she believe you? You are a robot."

Renegade:"Yes, but..."

Corsair:"The Russian is right for once. A cyborg, expecially one built by 
         the GONV, does not have any emotions or feelings. That's the 
         basic rule in real-life." 

Hunter:"Yeah, so forget those movie clichés in which a robot develops 
        feelings."

Renegade:"You must trust me."

Everyone but Renegade laugh, then give him a cold look.

Striker:"Sure. I believe that. I have heard that from every other 
         criminal on the street."

Mason:"You are lying to us. The only thing you want to do with Alethia
       is to kill her."

Rose:"As well as the rest of us. Then you and your Perrisian cyborgs
      will help the GONV fight all organic live on Earth."

Alethia:"I'm sorry, Renegade, but they are right. I cannot trust you or
         love you."

Renegade is hurt more, but then he becomes confident.

Renegade:"Trust me: by the end of the day you will be thank me."

Renegade turns and leaves the prison, leaving two Perrisians to guard the
prisoners. The Rovers begin to talk among themselves how to escape.

Ben:"Now to escape."

Striker:"That will be risky from my point of view. Though we have our 
         super powers, those two cyborgs there will prove a problem."

Shephard:"So let's shoot them, sirs."

Hunter:"If we do that we'll alert every Perrisian within this compound
        and we won't be able to fight them all."

Shephard:"Crud."

They continue talking to each other. Alethia hugs Illanov, looking at
the door Renegade went through.

Power Substation
10:44 AM:

This is a small room with a small power relay box attached to the wall
below a sign that says GONV. Renegade walks into the room holding a 
small round device. He looks at the relay box.

Renegade:"This High-Energe grenade should should turn the power off
          throughout the facility. Then I can rescue the Rovers and
          perhaps gain Alethia's trust again."

Voice (from behind):"Well! Well! Well!"

Renegade quickly turns and sees another Perrisian standing in the doorway
of the room. He is a male bulldog who has brown fur and is very muscular.
This is Gundam.

Gundam:"I always knew you were a scumbag."

Renegade:"And I always knew that you, the leader of the Dogstar, hated
          me and that you ordered my previous execution."

Gundam:"And now I will execute you again! You're not turning against
        us or the GONV computer!" 

Gundam lounges at Renegade with a knife, but Renegade jumps out of his
way. Gundam takes a swipe at Renegade. He succeeds in cutting Renegade's
left arm open, revealing beneath the skin his robot parts. Renegade
grabs Gundam's arm which has the knife in it. There is a vicious struggle
and Gundam pins Renegade to the floor. He gets ready for the kill.

Gundam:"So long, Renegade!"

Renegade then sees another knife in Gundam's pockets and grabs it. Before
Gundam can react Renegade sticks the knife between Gundam's eyes. 
Electrical fly off him before he falls to the floor, dead. Renegade gets
up.

Renegade:"Same to you, Gundam."

He picks up the HE grenade, arms it and puts it in the power relay box. 
He then runs out of the room.

Detention Center:

It is still the same. The Rovers continue their meeting while the 
Perrisians keep watch. Suddenly there is a loud roar, followed by a 
rumble that shakes the room. Everyone is confused.

Corsair:"What was that? An earthquake?"

Linda:"Perhaps it was a volcano?"

Molly:"No way. The geography of Montenegro isn't right for such events."

Phoenix:"What was it then?"

Just then Renegade runs into the room and up to the Perrisians. He has
an urgent look on his face.

Renegade:"Intruders have just blown up of the relay boxes! We need help
          over there, now!"

The Perrisians run out of the room. Renegade watches them go, then
walks up to the cell bars. He opens them via a console. The Rovers look
surprised at them.

Renegade:"Come on! We have to leave!"

Hunter:"You mean you are...?"

Renegade:"Defecting to your side, yes."

Alethia smiles, gets up and runs up to Renegade. She hugs him and she 
hugs him.

Alethia:"Thank you, Renegade! You still care for me!"

Renegade:"And so do you, Alethia."

Striker:"We must not stay around here. Those Perrisians cyborgs will be
         back and shooting at us."

Hunter:"You're right. We must get out of here, but first we must get the
        Sonic Rover and get rid of these Perris Borgs."

Renegade stops hugging Alethia and looks at Hunter.

Renegade:"I know how you can do that. I can show you the way to the main
          fusion reactor of this facility. If we can get it to overload
          the resulting explosion will destroy this facility. I also 
          know where the hangar is of the Sonic Rover."

Hunter:"Thanks. Striker. You and your unit will follow Renegade to the 
        reactor. Ben. You take your squad back to the Jet and TurboJet
        and prepare for evac. Also make sure that you cover us from
        GONV fighters. The rest of us will go for the Sonic Rover. Let's
        roll!"

The Rovers leave the detention center. The Road Rovers, Unit STRIKE 
(along with Renegade and Alethia) and the Collie Squadron then split up 
and go into different directions.

Command Room
At that moment:

This is a very high-tech command room with many computer screens and
consoles. Patriot, Pandora, Noelle and a dozen Perrisians are here.

Patriot:"So that explosion was not caused by intruders?"

Pandora:"Yes, sir. Our scanners haven't found any trace of any kind of
         intruder."

Patriot:"So we have a traitor in our midst!"

Noelle then notices unit STRIKE on a security screen. She points at it.

Noelle:"It's Renegade! He let the Road Rovers go!"

Everyone else looks at the screen.

Pandora:"Son of a bit..."

Patriot:"I'LL KILL YOU, RENEGADE!!!"

Pandora:"Shall we go after him, sir?"

Patriot:"No! You have that other, more important mission to do! You must
         take off now and deliver that packages ASAP! Hurry! The GONV
         needs at least one of the packages to reach it's destination!"

Pandora, Noelle and the other Perrisians salute Patriot and leave the
room. Patriot watches them go, then leaves as well.

Cliff clearing
10:51 AM:

It is much the same except that there is now a large group of Perris
Borgs standing around the Jet and TurboJet Rover. The Collie Squadron
then rush out of the corridor, unaware of the Perrisians. They stop
when they see them. The Perrisians, all carrying laser rifles, turn
to the Collies and aim their weapons at them.

Lead Perrisian:"Halt! Surrender, Rovers!"

Ben:"No chance. Collies, let's show these GONV Perrisians how organic
     creatures can fight."

The others nod. Mason makes ten duplicates of himself, Rose grows into
a 50 foot tall giant and Ben charges himself up with electricity. He
fires a powerful bolt at the lead Perrisian. The cyborg explodes upon
impact and the others return fire. All the Collies duck behind cover
except Molly and Vicki. Vicki takes off and flies above the cyborgs. 
They shoot at her, unable to hit her. Molly then begins to run super
fast towards the cyborgs. She takes all the laser rifles. Following
this, Roger picks up a boulder and throws it at the cyborgs, 
demolishing a number of them. Mason, his duplicates and Rose then
wade into the cyborgs, followed by Abby, Linda and Roger. A cyborg
chased Linda. She runs towards a wall, the cyborg follows. She passes
right through the wall, but the cyborg runs at full speed into it and
explodes. Linda comes out of the wall and looks at the smashed cyborg.

Linda:"Got one! Let's see if I can sucker another."

Misty sneaks behind a cyborg and taps its shoulder. It turns and looks
at her face. She looks into its eyes, trying to mind control it. She
struggles greatly, since it is more difficult for her to control a CPU
than a brain. Just before the cyborg attacks she succeeds. It falls 
under her control. Misty points at the maul.

Misty:"Go smash your friends."

P. Borg:"Affirmative, master."

The cyborg charges into the group, attacking it's surprised friends. With
Abby she sneaks up on a cyborg, grabs its uniform and sets it on fire.
The cyborg begins to burn like a torch, which causes its sensitive 
wires to melt. The cyborg falls to the ground, its organic skin and
wires now burnt.

Abby:"Toasted."

After a few moments the fight dies down. The Perrisians are lying every-
where, either smashed, broken or destroyed. Ben gathers the others.

Ben:"Right. Let's get airborne and prepare to cover the others."

They all agree and run towards the Jet and TurboJet Rover.

Foot of Durmitor 
At that moment:

This is a heavily forested area at the foot of the mountain with a lake.
Suddenly the "lake" begins to slide open like some kind of door. When
it is opened one can see a hangar below the ground. Just then four
G-19 Bombers hover from the hangar upwards into the open air. G-19's
are sleek, high-tech craft with an arrow-shaped head, a large body,
two inward-curved wings attached to the sides along with several side
thrusters and a large thruster on the rear. On the wings are the letters
GONV. They then begin to fly off into different directions.

Fusion Reactor Room
10:56 AM:

This is a large cicular room with a high ceiling. Around the walls are 
catwalks which lead to the control rooms (who's windows are in the 
walls). It the center of the room in a large tub of water is the fusion
reactor with cooling rods in it. In one of the control rooms appear unit
STRIKE. Their weapons are at the ready, with Alethia and Renegade having
both Petri pistols they got from Corsair's backpack. Striker and Renegade
walk up to the control panel.

Striker:"Right, Renegade. If you want to earn my trust, then tell us how
         we can cause this fusion reactor to explode."

Renegade:"You have to type in the command to withdraw the cooling rods,
          which will cause the reactor to overheat. Unfortunately, you
          need a special code to use this panel."

Corsair walks up, opens part of the panel, takes out his laptop and plugs
it into the control panel. He smiles smugly at the others.

Corsair:"So I'll make a special code."

Renegade:"Can you really do that?"

Corsair:"I'm a hacker, buddy. Let me do my job and I'll get you guys in
         in no time."

Voice (from behind):"Not so fast, dirtbags!"

Everyone looks behind them to see Patriot and several cyborgs standing
in the doorway.

Patriot:"I'm going to smoke you like a Cuban cigar!"

Phoenix:"Well, you are going to find out we are of a different brand!"

Striker:"Everyone, cover Corsair! Don't let them get him!"

Patriot and the cyborgs attack. Patriot flings himself at Striker while
one grabs Shephard's M-247 by the muzzle. They begin to struggle. Alethia
sees two of the cyborgs coming towards her and fires her Petri rifle at
them. One of them is frozen, but the other flings himself upon Alethia,
wraps his arms around her and begins to squeeze the life out of her. She
calls for Renegade and Illanov, who have just shot up two more cyborgs.

Alethia (gasping):"Renegade... Illanov... help... me!"

Illanov and Renegade hear Alethia's call for help and rush up to her.
They force the cyborg off her, then shoot it apart. The two males then
help Alethia up.

Illanov, Renegade:"Are you all right, Alethia?"

Alethia:"I'm fine now, my l..."

She stops and looks back and forth between Renegade and Illanov.

Alethia:"... guys."

With Shephard and the other cyborg holding his rifle Shephard continues
talking to it.

Shephard:"Let go!"

Cyborg:"No!"

Shephard:"NOW!!!"

Cyborg:"NO!!!"

Shephard:"You asked for it!"

Shephard uses one free hand to pull out his sidearm, a Desert Eagle. He
points it at the cyborg and fires several bullets into it. The cyborg
falls to ground, letting go of Shephard's rifle.

Shephard:"Some people, or robots, will never listen."

Meanwhile Patriot and Striker were having a vicious punching match.
Striker is already bleeding from his nose and mouth, but Patriot is
doing well. 

Patriot:"You are one lousy meatsack, maggot!"

Striker:"You remind me of one of my old EDF training instructors: full
         of hot air."

Striker takes another swipe at Patriot. Just as Striker's fist hits
Patriot's face, Patriot quickly clamps his large robot hands around
Striker's neck and begins to squeese. Striker tries to pry Patriot's
hands off his neck, but the robot is too strong. Striker gasps, then
begins to slip in unconciousness.

Patriot:"Now, DIE!!!"

Phoenix, who had just set fire to one of the cyborgs, turns to see
Striker's body become limp. She gasps.

Phoenix:"No! STRIKER!!!"

She furiously throws a fireball at Patriot. He looks up just in time
to see the fireball right upon him. The fireball strikes Patriot so
hard that he is thrown out through the window and falls to the reactor
floor. Phoenix runs up to Striker, who is taking deep breaths.

Phoenix:"Are you okay, my Love?"

Striker looks up at Phoenix, still a bit dazed.

Striker:"Thanks, my Love."

Phoenix smiles widely when she hears this and helps Striker up. Corsair
finishes typing, then unplugs his laptop and puts it away. He turns to
the others and points at the reactor.

Corsair:"Watch."

Everyone watches as the cooling rods are withdrawn from the reactor.

EFV:"Warning. Reactor cooling rods withdrawn. Core meltdown in five
     minutes."
 
Corsair:"Voila!"

Illanov:"Five minutes, Corsair?"

Corsair:"Can you do better, Illanov?"

Striker:"Stop arguing and let's get to the hangar immediately! We must
         be out of this installation before the reactor explodes!"

Everyone runs out of the reactor room.

Hangar
10:59 AM:

This is a large, high-tech hangar with the door above in the ceiling.
Several GONV fighters are here, but the Sonic Rover stands out from the
lot. Hunter, Colleen, Exile and Blitz watch as Muzzle once again does
his thing with the cyborgs.

Exile:"My crumbling cookies are starting to come up."

Blitz:"I'm feeling a tad queezy myself."

Once Muzzle is done all that is left of the cyborgs is a pile of scrap
metal. Just then unit STRIKE runs into the hangar and towards the
Sonic Rover.

Hunter:"Striker! Did you get the reactor?"

Striker:"One minute before it explodes! Get into the Sonic Rover! Fast!"

Colleen:"I would say that is a yes, Huntie."

Hunter:"Cool."

The Rovers quickly climb into the Sonic Rover. Shag, who is flying,
activates a rocket launcher on the roof of the Sonic Rover and blows
open the hangar door. Immediately after that the Sonic Rover flies out
into the open air.

EFV:"Warning. Reactor overheated."

Durmitor
11:00 AM:

The Sonic, Jet and TurboJet are orbiting a distance from Durmitor. 
Suddenly several blasts come from the various exits of the installation
and the ground rumbles from the explosion. The GONV's Perrisian cyborgs
have been destroyed.

Molly:"All right! We got them all!"

Corsair:"Score! Rovers 1. Killer cyborgs and one pissed off robot 0."

Everyone cheers and smiles, except Renegade. Alethia notices this.

Alethia:"What's wrong, Renegade?"

Renegade:"I'm afraid that our problems, and Earth's, are only just
          beginning."

Everyone stops cheering.

Hunter:"Why's that, Renegade?"

Renegade:"Did you pick up four GONV aircraft take off from the base a
          few minutes ago?"

Ben:"Yes. We saw them fly off into different directions, but we thought
     they just cowardly Perrisians." 

Renegade groans.

Renegade:"You should have stopped them!"

Striker:"Why?"

Renegade:"Those were GONV bombers, flown by Pandora, Noelle and several
          other Perrisians, are flying towards four key European cities
          to deliver their packages."

Hunter:"What are those packages?"

There is a slight pause.

Renegade:"Nuclear bombs."

Everyone gasps.

Hunter:"Bummer! What are the cities that are going to be hit?"

Renegade:"Berlin, Athens, Rome and Warsaw. After that... all h***
          is going to break loose." 

Mason:"We'd better stop those bombers! And fast!"

Hunter:"Let's go, Rovers!"

Ben:"Hold on! There are four bombers and three of our craft. How are
     we going to get them all?"

Hunter:"Ben, you take out the one going for Rome. Mason, shoot the
        one down that is heading for Warsaw. We'll go and take down
        the one going for Berlin, then we'll go into sonic mode and
        catch the last one before it hits Athens! Let's roll!"

They all begin to fly into different directions in an attempt to catch
the bombers.

Over Mediterranian Sea
Near the Italian Coast
10:12 AM:

The coast of Italy can be seen some distance over the ocean. One of the
G-19 Bombers is flying low over the water towards the coast. Suddenly the 
Jet Rover appears and fires a couple of missiles at it. The G-19 tries
to dodge them, but both missiles hit home and the G-19 falls a burning
wreck into the ocean. Ben and the Collie Squadron smiles. He calls hunter.

Ben:"Ben Maddog to Hunter. Roman bogie is down."

Hunter replies over the radio.

Hunter:"Copy that, Ben. Good work. Head back home."

Ben:"Roger."

The Jet Rovers begins to fly towards Mission Control.

Polish Coutryside
10 Kilometres from Warsaw
10:17

The countryside is littered with small towns, farmland and roads. Another
G-19 is flying low towards Warsaw. The city itself is far in the distant
horizon. The TurboJet then appears behind it and begins to fire at it.
The G-19 dodges the shots, but in the process the Perrisian pilot lets
the G-19 fly too low. The G-19 then flies into a power pylon's wires,
gets tangled in it and explodes from the electrical discharge. Mason
radios Hunter.

Mason:"Scratch the Warsaw package. It just got a shocking rejection."

Hunter:"Good work, Mason. Head back home."

Mason:"Copy that."

The TurboJet heads for home.

Greek Countryside
23 Kilometres from Athens
10:33 AM:

It is much the same as the Polish countryside, except Athens is in the
distance. Another G-19 is flying low to the ground. In the cockpit is
Pandora and Noelle. Pandora is flying while Noelle is her co-pilot.

Pandora:"Where should we go to now that our original base is destroyed?"

Noelle:"I think we should go to the nearest GONV base."

Pandora:"Which way?"

Noelle points through the cockpit, then gasps as a rover missile slams
into their cockpit. In the Sonic Rover the Rovers watch as the G-19
explodes into a massive fireball. The fragmented pieces begin to fall
towards the ground.

Renegade:"That one was being flown by Pandora and Noelle."

Alethia:"May the Lord have mercy on them."

Hunter:"Amen."

Corsair:"At least we got them!"

Everyone smiles and congratulates, except Striker.

Exile:"And the one over Germanski mountains went down just as easily."

Illanov:"Perhaps they didn't count on having us attack their base and
         Renegade's defection, comrades."

Blitz:"Yah! We kicked puny GONV tooshie."

Shephard:"We tagged them and bagged them."

Striker:"Guys. There is something wrong here."

Everyone looks at Striker.

Phoenix:"What is that?"

Striker:"Well, we all saw our missile strike that bomber right at the
         cockpit, right?"

Hunter:"Yeah."

Striker:"And their cockpit was facing ours, right?"

Renegade:"Yes."

Striker:"Then why are WE facing towards Athens?"

Realization and horror then fill everyone's eyes. They all look towards
Athens. Suddenly a white flash causes them to cover their eyes for a
few moments. After the light subdues a bit they look back into the
direction of Athens and gasp. Hanging over where Athens was... is the
nuclear mushroom blast.

Phoenix:"Oh my God!"

Striker:"Ai ya yai!"

Exile, Illanov:"Mother Russia!"

Blitz:"Actung Lieber!"

Corsair, Shephard:"Holy s***!"

Hunter:"I would not have predicted this!"

Colleen:"Blimey! We were too late!"

Corsair:"The Master is going to have a triple mega fit when he finds this
         out." 

Hunter:"We'd better head back to Mission Control and contact the UN. The
        Greeks are going to need every bit of aid with this mess."

The Sonic Rover begins to fly towards Mission Control at super sonic
speed.

Installation exit
Durmitor
At that moment:

The exit has been blasted widen and burning debris are everywhere. Just
then Patriot walks out from the installation into the open. He is in
remarkable good shape.

Patriot:"Thank my lucky electrons for my personal shield belt!"

He looks at the devastation.

Patriot:"I'll get you, Rover dirtbags! This war is only beginning!"

He begins to walk into the forest.

GONV Computer Bunker
12:00 AM:

On the screen of the GONV appears "TIME UNTIL OPERATION - 00:00:00". It
is then replaced by "EXECUTING OPERATION GLOBOTERM".

Streets Of Budapest
Hungary
12:10 AM:

This is a normal street through an old part of the city. A group of 
young student protestors are busy throwing bottles at some police APC's
and officers. Suddenly a MK-I walks between the two groups. The two
groups look at the mech. It turns to the police and opens fire. The
officers are gunned down and the APC's are blown up. The protestors
cheer the mech, but then it turns to the protestors opens fire on them.
Panic ensues as students are mown down. More mechs and drones appear
in the streets. In the skies over the city are dozens of GONV aircraft
flying over the city while smoke clouds rise from various parts of the
city as fighting breaks out everywhere.

Military Base
Near Poznan
Poland
At that moment:

This very large base is under heavy attack from GONV ground forces. In 
the air a massive dogfight is in progress between Polish and GONV jet
fighters.

Varna
Bulgaria
At that moment:

The city is on fire as GONV Dreadnaughts bombard the harbour with 
massive missiles. Dreadnaughts are large high-tech ships with a flat
deck like that of a carrier and the bridge on the rear. On the sides
of the ship are large laser cannons and on the decks massive missile
launchers. On the sides are the letters GONV. They continue bombarding 
the city while GONV aircraft fly overhead.

Warroom
Road Rover Mission Control
2:21 PM:

The Road Rovers, Unit STRIKE, the Collie Squadron, the Master, Buford,
Jordyn and Hubert are here along with the images of Norwood and Cadwell 
on two of the screens watching CNN on a third screen. Melanie Malloy
is in the ruins of Athens wearing a radiation suit.

Melanie:"As GONV military forces begin to launch attacks all over
         Eastern Europe the questions arises: will the UN respond to
         humanity's greatest nightmare: a war fought between humans
         and the robotic forces of the GONV computer? This is Melanie
         Malloy reporting for CNN in the ruins of Athens."

The screen goes black.

Cadwell:"This is a disaster. We got reports of GONV forces blowing the
         h*** out of all our bases throughout Europe and as far away as
         Israel and Bermuda."

Master:"What about you, Norwood."

Norwood:"The UN security counsil meeting ended a few minutes and we all
         agreed that a taskforce of 10 million UN armed forces should be 
         sent in to stop this before things really get out of hand."

Master:"Need any help from our side?"

Norwood:"Gather up as many of your units as possible. We need all the
         dog-, cat-, man- and wolf-power you got to help us beat these
         robotic hordes." 

Master:"Consider it done."

Cadwell:"I will talk to the President and help him rally our forces to
         combat the GONV."

Cadwell's screen goes black. Striker looks at Norwood.

Striker:"Mark, who is going to lead the UN taskforce?"

Norwood:"I am."

Everyone but Striker is shocked.

Buford:"What! You cannot do that, sir! We don't want to send you in
        harm's way."

Master:"He's right, Norwood. We don't want to risk losing you."

Striker:"Don't worry, Master. I know Mark well. He is much better
         in field than behind a desk."

Norwood:"Right again, Striker. Now, excuse me. I have a lot of work for
         the moment. See you all in Europe."
  
Norwood's screen goes black. The Master turns to the Rovers.

Master:"We also have a lot of work too. Rovers, this is probably the
        worst situation we ever had. Call every operative and unit you
        can find. Grizzlies, Wild Kats, Maddogs, Pouncers, everyone."

Rovers:"Yes, sir!"

Everyone begins to call the other Rover units and operatives.  The Perris
cyborgs have been destroyed and Renegade is back with Alethia and the
Rovers. Unfortunately The GONV's true plans have been unveiled and now the 
Rovers face a war that threatens all life on Earth. Can the Rovers stop
the mad plans of the GONV Computer? Or will Earth fall before the evil
Artificial Intelligense, Matrix?

THE END