Road Rovers: The Iron Fist Episode 5: Sub Attack By Gerhard Naudé All Road Rover names (c) Warner Brothers and rightful owners. Striker, Stalker, Oqulus, Trigger, Wolfeye, Black, Malcolm and all others related to the KH Army (c) Gerhard Naudé Strayers (c) Steven Today Nitro, Dixie, Prowler (c) Amanda Stephenson Alethia (c) Kylen Miles Ricky (c) Ricky Galahad Huntress, Silver (c) Greywolf Lupous Cleo, Ramses and Sheba (c) Katalin Bakonyi Star (c) Kathrine Gore Sierra (c) Elista Atkins Any question, comments, complaints, feedback or suggestions can be sent to gnaude_@hotmail.com. Mission Control: Hunter was asleep in his bed in his quarters. He then wakes up. After taking a shower and putting on his clothes he walks out. When he walks his happy expression disappears. He sees the corridor is a mess with debris lying everywhere and the walls is riddled with bullet holes. Hunter starts walking very fast to the briefing room. Along his way he finds traces of blood. As he enters the transdogmafier room he finds it destroyed and on fire. When he enters the briefing room a shock awaits him. There he finds all the other Rovers, Strayers and agents dead. They were all shot. Hunter looks around and finds the Master, also dead. He then hears something moving near a group of bodies. He runs over and finds Colleen, lying on her back and in pain. She has several bullet wounds in her chest. Hunter:"Colleen! What happened here?" Colleen:"They came....they killed everybody...everybody." Hunter:"Who did this to you? Who?" Colleen's eyes close and her head goes limp. Hunter becomes distressed and tries to revive her, but it is too late. Hunter:"COLLEEN! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!" Voice (from behind):"Yes." Hunter gets up and turns around. In the door stands a large wolf-sapien in a golden battle suit. From the suit's wrist extends glowing blue blades. Next to him stands three other KH soldiers with similar suits, except they're made of silver. They're helmets are off, revealing their faces. They are all smiling at Hunter wickedly. The one in the golden suit walks up. On his breastplate above a string of medals, rewards and the KH insignia reads the name General Stalker. Stalker:"She's dead, along with all the others. You will soon join them." Oqulus and another wolf-sapien dressed as a scientist appear behind Hunter and grab him by the arms. Stalker turns to one of the silver wolves. Stalker:"How do you think we should kill him, General Trigger?" Trigger:"As the English would say: off with his head!" The other two silver generals, called General Wolfeye and General Black, both voice their support. Wolfeye:"Let his head roll!" Black:"Same here!" Stalker:"So be it. Bring him here!" Oqulus and the scientist drag Hunter to Stalker. Black and Wolfeye take over and tie his head to a square stone block. Malcolm appears, opens his suitcase and takes a rag out. He walks to Hunter and forces the rag into his mouth. They then gather around him as Stalker raises his blades. Stalker:"Hope you enjoy the company of your friends....in h***!" Stalker brings his blade down and Hunter screams through the rag. Sleeping Quarters, UN Head Military Camp, Colombia, 28 June, 4:00 AM: Hunter jumps up screaming in a cold sweat. The others wake up and illuminate him with their flashlights. Colleen, who had been sleeping on a bed next to Hunter, runs over to him along with Striker and Bear. Colleen:"Huntie, please! Calm down! What's wrong, luv?" Striker:"Look at him! He's as white as a sheet." Bear:"It's okay, man. You just had a bad nightmare." Hunter looks around and then turns to Colleen. He grabs her by the arms, pulls her down and hugs her. Hunter:"Colleen. You're alive." Colleen:"Of course I'm alive! What ever did you dream about me?" Hunter:"I saw you all lying dead. You were shot and you died in my arms. I was then beheaded by KH soldiers." Bear:"Well, we're all still alive. There is no KH soldier anywhere near here, so calm down." Striker:"He's right. You need to calm down and go to sleep. We have long day ahead of us." Nitro and Alethia walk up. Nitro:"Is he okay?" Bear:"He's fine. Just a little scare, that's all." Hunter:"It was so real. So horribly real. It felt like it has really happened." Striker:"Well, it didn't. Dreams and nightmares aren't real, so forget about it." Alethia:"If you say that it felt real, then it might be vision of a very awful event that might happen in the future." Striker:"Alethia, please. Dreams are dreams. Nightmares are nightmares. Nothing more. Let's all go to bed." The others walk back to their beds, leaving Alethia and Colleen standing next to Hunter. Alethia:"Hunter. You and I will need to have a meditative session. Perhaps there is more to this nightmare than meets the eye." Colleen:"So will I. I also want to see this about me dying." Alethia goes to her bed while the others turn their flashlights. Colleen stays next to Hunter, holding his hand. Hunter:"I guess that Striker is right. These visions ain't real. Though they were frightfully close to real." Colleen:"Do you need some comfort?" Hunter looks at Colleen. Hunter:"Yeah." Hunter pulls Colleen down onto the bed. She then crawls in under the covers and cuddles against him. He puts his arms around her while Blitz watches. Blitz:"Ooo. Hunter is a sissy. He needs some security to stop bad dreams." Bear turns to Striker's Sonic Gun and picks it up. Bear:"Can I use this?" Striker:"Be my guest. Just set it to level 1 and you're ready to go." Bear:"Thanks." Bear set the gun and aims it at Blitz, who was still teasing Hunter. The gun begins to charge up. Blitz turns to face him. Blitz:"What are you doing with that?" Bear fires a small shock blast at Blitz, which knocks him out. Bear hands the gun back to Striker. Striker:"Now we can get some sleep. Good night, all." Soon everyone except Hunter has fallen asleep. He is still awake, listening to the sounds of the jungle. The sounds of animal, birds, crickets and the occasional sounds of gunfire and explosions as yet another skirmish breaks out between KH soldiers and Ortega's troops. The last few days have been very hectic. The United Nations landed on the coast under heavy fire from both sides. Having made to a safe haven here in a village in the mountains, the UN has been trapped between the KH Military and the Drug Lord's forces. The UN camp is in desperate need of supplies since their supply trucks have been blown up by KH Mammoth Tanks in an ambush and the relief convoys are in danger of being torpedoed by either side's subs. They have to get the shore intact, or else the peacekeepers will be stranded with nowhere to go. Hunter knows that they will have to do a commando raid and destroy the subs before they sink the supply ships. He tries to fall but every time the haunting visions of the KH soldiers in Mission Control keep coming back. 7:02 AM: A UN soldier walks into the sleeping quarters. UN Soldier:"Rise and shine, everyone!" Striker gets up quickly and walks over to the soldier. They begin to talk. Meanwhile the other are waking up, yawning and stretching their arms. Hunter sits up and rubs his head. Colleen wakes up. Colleen:"Morning, Huntie. Sleep well?" Hunter:"Actually, no. Those visions kept me awake for the rest of the night. You dying in arms...that's the worst." Colleen:"Oh, Hunter. I'm glad you're concerned about me." Colleen hugs Hunter and he hugs back. Exile walks over to Blitz, who was still out cold from the sonic blast. Exile:"Wake upski, Weird Boy!" Blitz sits up, still daized. Blitz:"But mommy, I don't want to go to obedience school today..." Blitz falls back into the bed. Exile shakes his head. Exile:"He is one strange funky dogman." Striker has finished talking to the soldier and turns around. Striker:"Listen up, everyone! Major Cadwell wants to brief us on our mission in ten minutes." Soon everyone gets up and goes to the village showers. There they clean themselves and get dressed. Striker is the first to leave the men's showers. Inside Hunter was standing under a cold shower next to Ricky. Ricky looks at him. Ricky:"Who were those KH soldiers you saw in that dream?" Hunter:"Two of them were familiar. Malcolm and Oqulus. They were there. The other four were very different. Three of them were wearing silver mechanised suits. The fourth one had a golden one with glowing blue blades. His name was General Stalker. He's the one who cut my head off." Ricky:"General Stalker? How'd you know that?" Hunter:"Above a bunch of decorations was his name. Seems to me that guy in the golden suit was the Supreme General we've been hearing about." Ricky:"What you are saying is that Malcolm isn't the big boss of the KH Military. This Stalker guy is." Hunter:"It's just a dream." Ricky:"I don't think so. Alethia is right. That dream may be what will happen to us if the KH Army finds Mission Control. Striker said so himself; no installation can remain a secret from them. If this really will happen, then we might be able to prevent it from actually happening." Bear, who had been standing in the shower opposite Hunter, turns around. Bear:"Ricky's right. It is possibly a warning that our lives are in danger." Hunter remains silent for a moment, then speaks again. Hunter:"Guys, do you think I'm crazy?" Blitz:"Ya. You are mad." Several slaps and yelping from Blitz can be heard throughout the building. Ricky puts his hand on Hunter's shoulder. Ricky:"No, man. You're not crazy." Hunter:"Thanks, buddy." Hunter turns the shower off, steps out and dries himself. He then walks to the dressing room. UN Briefing Room, 7:12 AM: This is a large room in the village hall. Everywhere there are maps, papers and radio equipment on the tables. On the wall at the back there is a large map, showing Colombia and the surrounding countries. On it are markers representing the different units of each side in the conflict. The hall is busy with generals, commanders, captains and other soldiers. Up front the Rovers and Strayers are seated, listening to what Major Cadwell has to say. Cadwell:"As you all know, a relief convoy is on its way to bring supplies. With our forces being stretched out by both warring sides, we can't get any units to destroy the enemy subs before they destroy the convoy. You will need to conduct a surgical strike to destroy the sub fleets that are in range of the convoy. Ortega's subs are stationed at the harbour in the town of Cartagena, while the KH sub fleet is at one of the captured naval bases near the convoy drop-off point near Turbo. You will need to destroy or cripple the subs before they set sail. You will need to leave in half-an-hour. Dismiss." The Rovers and Strayers get up and leave the hall. Alethia walks up to Hunter. Alethia:"This might be a good time to do that meditative session, Hunter." Hunter:"Guess so. Coming, Colleen?" Colleen:"Sure." Bear walks up. Bear:"Can Nitro and I join in too?" Alethia:"Sure. The more the better." Huntress:"What about me? Can I?" Alethia:"As long as you don't start giggling again." Cleo:"What about the rest of us? Can we come into this?" Alethia looks around and then asks a question. Alethia:"Let us try this: if you want to be part of this session please raise your hand." Everyone raises his or her hand except Striker. They all look at him. Ramses:"Don't you want to come?" Striker:"No, thank you. I'd rather stick to reality than go to some stupid session about a dream that means nothing." Silver:"Come on, Striker! You never take part in any social event among us! Why won't you join in?" Striker:"Look, you guys may be a bit strange and also oblivious to the what the KH Military can do, but you guys are really going overboard on this meditative session about what Hunter dreamt last night." Dixie:"But you saw how looked like when he woke up. He was scared silly." Striker:"Everyone has a bad dream now and then. I don't go about having a session about every dream or nightmare I have, do I?. So you guys can go and play, but I got other, more important, things to do. See you in a half-hour's time." Striker walks off and goes to a building next to the hall. The others watch as he leaves. Star:"Sheez. What a grump. He really has a serious attitude problem." Amani:"What is wrong with him? Why is he acting like this?" Ramses:"He hurts inside. I can see that." Ricky:"Alethia, why don't you get him to do a meditative session with you so that we can see what bothers him?" Alethia:"I'm afraid I tried to do that already, Ricky, but he's extremely stubborn. No matter what I said I couldn't make him change his mind." Nitro:"Seems to me he doesn't want to let on about his past. It must have been a painful one." Exile:"Dah. He said that he was forty-two, but he doesn't lookski that way." Bear:"Perhaps we might one day find out what he's hiding, but for now he isn't talking much." They all head back to their sleeping quarters. Sleeping Quarters, 7:23 AM: Everyone was sitting on a mat, Indian style, in a circle. Alethia was seated next to Hunter, followed by Colleen, Huntress, Blitz, Shag, Silver, Exile, Cleo, Ramses, Nitro, Bear, Star, Dixie, Amani, Puffball, Sierra and Ricky. They all closed their eyes. Alethia:"All right, Hunter. Try to recall that dream you had this morning." Soon Hunter goes into the same dream again. Again he wakes, goes into the corridor, and finds the transdogmafier destroyed. When he enters the briefing room he finds all the others dead. Ricky:"Oh my God..." Hunter looks around and finds Bear and Nitro, hugging each other, dead. They both had a deep wound through their hearts. Bear:"No, it can't be..." Nitro:"Is this what happened to us?" When Hunter runs over to the dying Colleen, she gasps. Colleen:"Blimey! Is that me?" When Stalker appears Hunter is again captured and tied to the chopping block. Stalker raises his blades and brings it down. This wakes Hunter and the others. Hunter was shaking and sweating heavily. Colleen calms him down. The others, who were also scared, looked at each other. Exile:"You were right, comrade Hunter. That is way too realski." Bear:"I agree. That nightmare was horrible." Sierra:"Look!" Sierra points to the centre of the circle. Everyone looks in shock as a piece of paper appears out of thin air in front of them. When it is done Sierra quickly picks it up. Blitz:"What does it say?" Sierra (reading):"Stay out of our operations, Rovers. Or else this nightmare will come true. Its signed Stalker." Hunter:"He's the guy who was in that golden battle suit!" Star:"They just don't cease to amaze us." Alethia:"This dream was a warning to us. If we continue to defy the KH Army they will come and destroy us." Colleen:"Don't worry. Now that we know this is real we can prepare to defend Mission if they show up." Striker runs in. Striker:"Guys. I just had a call from the US Justice Department. Prowler has escaped. The prison van he was being transported in was ambushed by a KH commando team. They got away completely." Bear:"That's just great. It was a good thing that you asked to blindfold him when we took him to see the Master. He might have told his superiors and Mission Control would have been at the mercy of the KH Military." Striker:"I told you he would backstab us if he got the chance. By the way, it's time that we begin our mission. We will need to split into two groups to strike at both bases simultaneously. Suggestions?" Hunter:"Right. Colleen, Blitz, Shag, Exile, Huntress, the Grizzlies, Striker and I will take out the KH subs while the rest of you tackle Ortega's subs. Let's hit the Road!" Cartagena, Northern Colombian Coastline, 8:45 AM: The TurboJet Rover and the Cloud Rover was parked near the outskirts of the town. Cleo was doing a reckon on the harbour. She is on ladder leaning against a building. The others we're keeping guard down below in the alley. Silver is reading a brochure about the town. Silver:"This brochure says that this walled town was an important harbour for the Spanish ships to transport gold from this country." Ramses:"Well, now the only importance this town has is to harbour torpedo-totting subs." Ricky looks up at Cleo. Ricky:"What do you see?" Cleo:"I see about fifteen nuclear submarines. There are about five soldiers for each sub. It's going to rather tough to take them out without being seen." Cleo climbs down. Ricky starts looking around. Ricky:"I can hear some soldiers coming towards us! Let's go!" As start running some soldiers appear at the one end of the alley. Soldier:"Halt! Don't move!" They continue to run but then Ricky stops in his track. Ricky:"There are more soldiers coming to this end!" Sure enough, soldiers appear at the other end. They aim their AK-47's at the Rovers. Star:"Crud! We're trapped!" Suddenly a secret door in the wall opens. A young boy appears from behind it. Boy:"In here, senyors!" They quickly run just as the soldiers open fire. Both groups are shot dead by the other's gunfire. Inside the building the boy guides the Rovers. Boy:"This way, senyors." Alethia grabs him by the arm. Alethia:"Look, we are grateful for your help but we don't who you are and why you risked your life to save us." Cindino:"My name's Cindino. Just follow me and keep silent. The patrols might hear us." Cindino goes to a trapdoor and opens it. He climbs down, followed closely by the Rovers. They come into a sewer tunnel. They then walk to a door. Cindino knocks and someone on the other end answers. Voice:"Give the password." Cindino:"The fire burns the villa of Ortega." Voice:"Who is it?" Cindino:"It's me, Alfonso. I have the talking dogs with me." Alfonso opens the door and lets them in. Inside they find a number of people. They are all armed and some of them are busy training. When the Rovers walk in they all stop what they are doing and run over to them. Member 1:"It's true! They really are talking dogs!" Cindino:"Told you so." Member 2:"Have you come to help us fight against Ortega?" Voice:"Silence, please! Everyone just calm down." A man in his thirties wearing what looks a mayor's suit walks up to the Rovers. Man:"Allow me to introduce ourselves. I'm the mayor of Cartagena and leader of this resistance movement." Sierra:"Resistance movement?" Mayor:"Yes. We been fighting against Francisco Ortega ever since he took control of Cartagena. He has been driving us into poverty. His troops force the townsfolk to farm his drug fields and greenhouses in the outlying areas. He has also taken the harbour as a sub pen. We want Cartagena free of the Drug Lord's grip. Can you help us?" Silver:"What can we do?" Mayor:"I've been forced from my position by one of Ortega's cousins. He controls every activity in these areas. If you can get rid of him we will be very grateful." Ramses:"What do you guys think?" Ricky:"I think we should help these people. They can't stay under this rule of a drug lord any longer." Star:"But what about the mission? We must destroy the subs before they leave." Mayor:"I can give you some information that might be most helpful. This cousin lives in the villa on the hill overlooking the harbour. Near his villa is a large naval gun. If you can get that gun you can easily destroy the submarines. Do we have an agreement?" The Rovers quickly discusses this and finally comes to an agreement. Ricky extends his out to the mayor. Ricky:"Yes, we will help you out." The Mayor shakes his hand. Mayor:"Thank you, senyor...err..." Ricky:"Ricky. Ricky Gallant." The other resistance members come up and shake the Rovers' hands. Coastline, near the town of Turbo, at that moment: The Cloud Rover, the Cyclborg, the Sylvia and the Rhino is heading towards the KH-controlled sub base. As they make their way down the coast they come across a group of people standing around a beached whale. Huntress:"Look at that poor whale, stranded on the beach." Colleen:"Poor fella. We should help it." Striker:"That whale is probably dead by now. Let's continue onward." Colleen pushes a few buttons on the control panel. The computer begins to scan the whale. Colleen:"No, it's still alive. Let's go and help it." Striker:"What? And risk having the KH subs sneak away while we try to rescue a whale stuck on the beach?" Hunter:"Come on, Striker. Satellite shows that the subs aren't yet ready to go. We have time." Striker:"Oh, really? And who else thinks we should try to rescue a whale at the expense of failing the mission?" Everyone else:"I do!" Striker:"Ten to one. All right then, you win, but don't blame me if the convoy ends up being blown full of nasty holes." Bear:"Don't worry. This won't take long." They change course to the beached whale. When they get there they throw down some ropes to the people below. The people, understanding what the plan is, tie the rope around the whale's tail. Once done the vechiles begin to pull the whale back to the sea. When it gets to deeper water Blitz jumps in and uses his claws to cut the ropes from the whale's tail. The whale swims out, waves with it's tail at the Rovers and Grizzlies and then disappears. The people on the beach cheer while Blitz climbs back into the Cloud Rover. Hunter:"You see, Striker? Bear was right; it didn't take long." Striker:"Oh all right. Let's just carry on with our mission." They then resume their normal flight plan. Cartagena, 9:00 AM: The Rovers and the resistance movement is walking through a sewage tunnel that runs near the villa. Soon they stop at a ladder that leads upwards. Mayor:"This ladder leads up to a man-hole in the driveway. We go will a little further a stage a diversion to draw away the guards. This will allow you to go into the villa with minimal resistance. However, the bodyguards will stay inside so you will have to get past them before you can get to Ortega's cousin. Good luck." Ramses:"Good luck to you too, Mayor." The Mayor then turns to the resistance. Mayor:"Right. Let's go!" The resistance members begin to run further down the tunnel and soon disappear out of sight. Ricky climbs up to the manhole cover and lifts it slightly to hear the signal. Naval Base, south of Turbo, at that moment: The Rovers and Strayers landed behind some hills near the base. Amani is busy scanning the subs with her binoculars. The KH submarines are larger than their human counterparts. The conning towers lean backwards, giving it a sleek appearance. In the tower there is a large window, and on the decks there are several domes that house laser cannons. Amani:"There are about twenty of those subs. And... Uh oh. This is not good. The subs are floodlit, there are soldiers everywhere and the guard towers are scanning the area around the base." Nitro:"Any weak spots?" Amani:"Sorry, but these guys know how keep a base defended. There is none." Hunter:"Bummer." Colleen:"Same here, luv." Bear raises his hand. Bear:"Quiet! I hear something." They listen for a moment. Exile:"Sounds like music." Hunter:"Come on. Let's go check it out." As they make their way to the source of the sound it becomes louder. When they come to a clearing they could hardly believe their eyes. Several female wolf-sapiens are dancing to a strip tease music while the male wolf-sapiens cheer them on. The females are wearing exotic clothing while the males are dressed in formal clothing. Nitro covers Bear's eyes, Colleen covers Hunter's, Huntress Blitz's and Puffball Shag's. Bear:"What's the idea?" Nitro:"Just a precaution." Striker:"Actually, this is a good thing." Dixie:"If you're a male of course." Striker:"No. No. No. I don't care about them being dressed like that. Shag, hand me some gas tennis balls." Shag digs around in his fur and comes up with some. He holds his hands out, but not Striker. Striker comes up, takes the tennis balls and throws them at the group in the clearing. They all land in the dancing arena. One soldier picks a tennis ball up. Soldier:"What's this?" The tennis balls explode, releasing sleeping gas. Soon the entire group falls asleep. Striker:"Good. Now let's all tie them." Colleen:"No, not all of us. Amani. Striker. Dixie. Exile. You tie the girls up first, out of sight, then we will come and help." Exile:"Doki oki!" They run down, quickly take the girls out of sight and tie them up. Nitro, Colleen, Puffball and Huntress remove their hands from the males' eyes. Colleen:"Now you can go and help tie the rest of them up." Blitz:"What a shame." Soon the soldiers were also tied up. They all regroup. Dixie:"Now what?" Striker points to the mech suits standing nearby. Striker:"Now we can go into the base without being detected. The men will take the battle suits while the women take the medical suits." Amani:"Hang on! Why do the guys get the good stuff while we get to be medics?" Striker:"Because the suits were designed that way. The womens' only jobs in the KH Army are to be medics; shuttle, dropship and transport handlers and Valkyrie Bomber Pilots. And, as you just saw, morale boosters." Dixie:"That's not fair!" Striker:"They don't see it that way." Hunter:"Let's just get into the suits and continue with the mission. And no complaints." They walk over to the suits and get in. Bear looks at Nitro in the medical suit, the helmet not yet on. Bear:"Nitro." Nitro:"Yes, my love?" Bear:"You look really good in that suit." Nitro giggles and Striker becomes disgusted. Striker:"Hang on! Save that for later." Shag steps into his suit, but it struggles to close because Shag is too big. Shag:"Rharha rhar." Striker:"I can see that. Do you have a pail of water?" Shag hands one to him. Striker then throws the water on Shag. The wet fur sticks to his skin, making him thinner and allowing the suit to close, barely. Soon everyone has gotten into a suit. Hunter:"Cool suit. I love them." Colleen:"I like the boots. They're really made for stompin'." Amani:"The helmet is a bit loose with me." Dixie:"That's because you're human. The helmet were designed for wolf-sapiens." Hunter:"Okay, cut the chatter and let's go." Just as they begin to walk Exile stops them. Exile:"Hold it, comrades!" Hunter:"What's up?" Exile:"Our tails!" Colleen:"What about them?" Exile:"Look for yourself." Everyone looks behind them and then realise their problem. The colour of their tails doesn't match those of the wolf-sapiens. Exile:"Our tails would give us away. Only comrade Bear's and comrade Nitro's tails are wolf-sapien. The rest of us have either golden, brown, black, white tails or none at allski." Shag opens his suit and digs around in his still wet fur and comes up with two buckets and some plastic wolf tails. Exile:"Good ideaski, comrade." Striker:"What's in the buckets?" Shag:"Rhack Rye." Striker:"Black dye? Smart idea." Soon Hunter, Colleen, Puffball, Exile and Huntress had their tails dyed to make them look like those of the KH soldiers while Striker, Amani, Dixie, Shag and Blitz had attached the false tails to the appropriate area. They all turn around to show their new tails to Bear and Nitro. Hunter:"How's it looking?" Bear and Nitro:"Perfect." Hunter:"Cool. Let's roll!" Cartagena, at that moment: Ricky is still listening for the signal. Suddenly he hears the sounds of gunfire coming from somewhere and guards running towards it. Ricky:"This is it! Let's go!" The Rovers climb out into the now empty driveway. They then run towards the villa and enter it. At the front door they split into two groups. Ricky, Alethia, Sierra and Star head left while Ramses, Cleo, Sheba and Silver head right. As a door opens Ramses trips the guard running out. He falls and bumps his head against a pillar, knocking him out. In the interior pools Ricky and his group run into three bodyguards. The guard aim their guns at the Rovers at point-blank range. Ricky ducks down and quickly kicks the guards in the legs. They fall backwards into the pool but quickly begin to get out. When stand up they are facing Alethia, Star and Sierra. They kick them in the groin and then punch them in the face back into the pool. Ramses and his group come into a long hallway. At the other some guards appear. Sheba flies over and destracts the guards while Ramses and Cleo grab the end of the carpet the guards were standing on. They give it a quick jerk and pulls the carpet out from under the guards' feet, knocking them over. After some fighting the two group meet up at a door leading to the cousin's door. On the front reads "LORD ZORRINO". Ricky's ears twitches. Ricky:"I can hear the sound of a helicopter! He's trying to escape!" They run into the room, now empty. They then see a helicopter sitting on the patio. Inside are Zorrino and two of his bodyguards. They begin to take off. The Rovers run outside just as the helicopter gets airborne. Alethia takes out some shurikens and throws some at the main rotor. They hit the rotor, jamming it. The helicopter falls back to earth with a loud thud. The Rovers run up, punch out the bodyguards and bring Zorrino out. Zorrino is trembling in fear. Zorrino:"Don't kill me!" Ramses:"If you tell your guards to surrender to the resistance we won't." Zorrino:"Guards! Hold your fire and drop your weapons!" The guards respond and drop their weapons. Everywhere resistance members appear from the bushes, pick up the guns and tie up the guards. Soon the police arrive too. The Mayor comes up to the Rovers. Mayor:"Thank you, senyors! How can we repay you?" Cleo, who was busy looking at the harbour, runs up. Cleo:"Guys! The subs are getting ready to leave!" Ricky:"Mayor! Quick! Where's that naval gun?" Mayor:"Follow me!" They quickly run to another part of the estate. On hill overlooking the harbour they find a large artillery cannon. Mayor:"This gun is able to destroy the subs." Ricky:"Sierra, you operate the firing mechanism. Cleo, you aim." Mayor:"My men will help aim the gun and reload it." Soon everyone has taken his or her position. Cleo takes a look at the harbour and takes aim. Cleo:"FIRE!" Sierra pulls the level. The gun fires its first shell. The shell travels to the harbour and hit a sub, destroying it. This triggers the alarm and the subs begin to leave. On the hill the gun has been reload quickly. Cleo targets another sub. Cleo:"FIRE!" Again a shell travels and destroys a sub. In a matter of minutes all but one of the subs were sunk. Cleo takes aim. Cleo:"FIRE!" Nothing happens. The sub begins to exit the harbour. Cleo:"I said FIRE!" Mayor:"Sorry, senyores Cleo. There are no more shells left." Silver:"You sure about that?" Mayor:"It's true senyor." Everyone looks out in defeat. Suddenly Cindino runs up carrying a laser-guided rocket propelled grenade (RPG) launcher. Cindino:"Senyor! Senyor! Use this!" Cindino hands the launcher to Ricky. He hands it to Star. Ricky:"You do it. I'm uncomfortable with this." Star:"Okay." Star takes aim on the sub. It is busy submerging. Star fires the rocket at the sub. Unfortunately she doesn't know the rocket is following the laser sight and as she put the RPG down the rocket flies upward away from the sub. Ricky quickly picks it up and aims it at the sub. The rocket flies back down and just the sub becomes totally submerged it goes into the water, followed by large explosion that sends a plume of water flying into the air. Ricky:"Oh my God! What have I done?" Star:"You sank a sub, that's what." Cleo:"Wait. I see something." Ricky:"What?" At the harbour the sub has resurfaced, its propeller damaged. Cleo:"You crippled the sub. You didn't kill anyone." Ricky:"Phew. Thank goodness." Some policemen bring Zorrino to the Mayor. Mayor:"Now then, Zorrino. You will hand over everything you took from us." Zorrino:"Never!" The Rovers come up to him and growl. He begins to tremble again. Zorrino:"I surrender! You win!" Mayor:"Wise choice. Take him away!" The policemen take Zorrino away. The resistance has won. They begin to cheer the Rovers. Resistance:"Road Rovers! Road Rovers! Road Rovers!" Alethia radios UN command. Alethia:"Hello, command?....Ah, Major....Yes. Mission Accomplished. Ortega's subs have been destroyed and the town of Cartagena has returned to civilian control...thank you, sir." Alethia signs off while the resistance keep cheering them. The Mayor raises his hands to make a speech. Mayor:"The people of Cartagena will never forget your help. We will celebrate the liberation of our town. Would you care to join us, senyors and senyores?" Ramses:"Thanks, but we can't. He have to carry on our fight against Ortega and Malcolm." Mayor:"I completely understand. We wish you good luck and Godspeed. Thank you, Road Rovers." Ricky:"No problem." The resistance cheer the Road Rovers. From down below the townsfolk also cheer the Rovers on. They begin to walk back to their vechiles to return to headquarters. Naval Base, 9:15 AM: The Rovers and Strayers were approaching the main gate. They walk up to the gate and the guard there opens it. They then go through. The base is full of activity; soldiers marching here and there; tanks and trucks going back and forth and engineers working on the machinery. They spot the subs in the harbour. Hunter:"Right then. Now we can..." Hunter is interrupted by the sound of a loud voice calling them. Voice:"Hey! You lot there!" They turn around to face a large soldier. By the looks of him he appears to be a sergeant. Sergeant:"You thought I wouldn't notice you coming in, eh?" The Rovers and Strayers gulp, fearing that their bluff has been discovered. Sergeant:"As punishment for leaving camp without proper authorisation you get those brooms there and sweep out the Colonel's office. AND BE QUICK ABOUT IT!" Rovers and Strayers:"Yes, sir!" They run over, grab the brooms and head into the Colonel's office. Soon they begin to sweep the floor of the office. Inside there are several personel items: pictures of the Colonel, decorations, rewards and also some plans on the table. The Colonel then walks in. Colonel:"What are you doing in here?" Bear:"We...err...were sent to sweep out your office as a punishment, sir." Colonel:"Well then, stand to attention! Single file in front of my desk!" They quickly get in line, after a bit of effort. Colonel:"I'll let you go free this..." The phone on the desk rings and the Colonel answers. Colonel:"Yes?...Oh, Malcolm. It's you...Yes...Of course. The gun components are on their way...in two days...Thanks. Good day." The Colonel puts the phone down. Just as he begins to speak the phone rings again and he answers. Colonel:"What?...Come again?...You sure?...Okay, I got it." He puts the phone down. Colonel:"I'll speak to you later. Dismiss!" The Rovers and Strayers put their brooms away and leave. The Colonel picks up the phone. Colonel:"Hello? Security?" The Rovers and Strayers exit the building. Outside, to their surprise, they can't see any soldiers. Colleen:"Hello. Where did everybody go?" Suddenly the alarm goes off. From behind every article of cover soldiers appear and aim their guns at them. From one of the towers a voice calls through the speakers. Voice:"HALT! Don't move!" Hunter:"I would not have predicted this." Voice:"Remove your helmets!" They respond and take their helmets off. The Colonel walks up to them. Colonel:"Well now! Road Rovers and Strayers. This is a good catch. The Supreme General will reward me well for this. Take them away!" Some soldiers run towards them. Bear turns and sees that they are close to the subs. Bear:"Nitro! Your Banshee Howl! Quick!" Nitro:"Right!" Nitro turns to face the subs. She takes a deep breath and screams a perching scream in the direction of the subs. The Rovers, Strayers and soldiers cover their ears. The sounds of glass breaking follow. When the howl reaches the subs they begin to vibrate. Suddenly the subs begin to explode as the shock blast hits each sub. Soon as the howl passes there are only five subs that didn't get caught. Nitro is completely exhausted. Everywhere soldiers and medics run over to the harbour to aid the wounded. The Colonel turns back to Nitro. Colonel:"Nice going. You sunk three-quarters of my sub fleet with that howl of yours. Too bad you missed some, but you and your friends will definitely pay. Take them to the subs! We leave at once!" The soldiers take the Rovers and Grizzlies into one of the subs. There they have their suits removed put into cells onboard the sub. Soon they leave. Somewhere near UN convoy, 10:01 AM: The Rovers and Strayers have just been taken to the Colonel in the control cabin. The cabin is large and spacious, with sailors monitoring and controlling the sub via the control panels on the walls. The front has a large window looking into the blue ocean. They are then tied to some chairs. The Colonel approaches them. Colonel:"Before you die I want you to witness the destruction of the UN convoy." Sailor:"The convoy is within torpedo range, sir." The Colonel walks to the periscope and takes aim. Colonel:"Steady on course. Order the others subs to lock on a target." Sailor:"Aye, sir." Underwater the subs get ready to attack. Colonel:"Ready. Bearing one six zero...fire one!" Just as the torpedoes begin to leave the tubes something knocks the subs so that their noses point slightly downward. The torpedoes travel and collide with the ocean floor. The Colonel turns to one of the controllers. Colonel:"What was that? I want answers now!" A marine taps the Colonel on the shoulder and points at the window. Everyone could hardly believe their eyes. Outside the whale they rescued and some of his friends were attacking the subs. Huntress:"It's that whale we rescued!" Striker:"Well, I'll be damned." Colonel:"Evasive manoeuvres! Now!" The subs try to attack the whales but they just keep banging the subs with their heads and tails. One of the whales hits a sub so hard that it smashes it open. It then begins to sink and after a few seconds strikes the ocean floor and explodes. The other subs begin to suffer severe damage. The Colonel calls the other subs. Colonel:"Rise! Rise! Get away from these creatures!" The subs respond and begin to head to the surface, forced on by the whales. On the convoy ships the soldiers call the commander, who looks out to sea. The subs break the surface. The escorting destroyers aim their guns at the subs. The commander radios the subs. Commander:"This is the United Nations. Stop your engines, come up to the decks and surrender immediately or we will open fire." Soon the sailors and marines appear and surrender. UN soldiers then climb onboard the Colonel's sub. There they find the Rovers and Strayers tied up. Amani:"The calvary has arrived!" Dixie:"About time. These chairs are terrible to sit on." The Colonel has made it to his escape mini-sub. He gets in and evacuates the area. On the deck the Rovers and Strayers are thanking the whales. Hunter:"Thanks, buddies!" Exile:"See, comrade Striker? It was goodski idea to rescue whale." Striker:"I guess so." He then walks up to one of the whales. Striker:"Err...thank you, I think." The whale raises its tail and brings it down, making a big splash that sends water over Striker. The others laugh. Striker:"Go on. Laugh yourselves silly. Soon I will get even with you guys." The whales begin to swim off. The Rovers and Strayers wave at them while Striker calls UN command. Striker:"Hello? Command?....Major, the KH sub attack has been stopped. Mission accomplished...Both sides now destroyed? Good...Okay. See you later, Mayor." Striker signs off. Hunter:"To the power of the pack!" The Rovers all howl while the Strayers cover their ears. Puffball:"Why do they have to howl so loudly?" Bear:"Tradition, I guess." Briefing Room, UN Head Military Camp, 11:03 AM: The Rovers and Strayers have finished debriefing and are heading outside. They are exchanging stories about their missions. Blitz:"Hey, Ricky. We got help from a group of whales that defeated the KH subs. Who helped you out?" Ricky:"The Cartagena Resistance Movement helped us out, Blitz. We actually helped them liberate the town." Star looks at the tails of Hunter, Colleen, Exile, Puffball and Huntress. Star:"What's up with your tails?" Huntress:"Oh! We dyed our tails to match the colours of the KH wolf-sapiens." Hunter:"We should go and wash them off." Colleen walks up to Hunter and whispers in his ear. Colleen:"How about you and I go and wash our tails together, Huntie?" Hunter grins. Hunter:"Cool." Hunter and Colleen walk off to wash the dye together. Open Ocean, Northern Colombian Coast, 6:49 PM: The whales are swimming off into the sunset. Town Square, Cartagena, 8:31 PM: The townsfolk are celebrating throughout the town. In the Town Square the Mayor has just unveiled a stone carving of the Road Rover Insignia on a pedestal. The people are cheering happily. Cindino:"Good luck, senyors. And thanks." Today the Rovers and Strayers have done three great deeds. They destroyed the enemy submarines, saved a whale from certain dead and liberated the town of Cartagena from the hands of Ortega. Yet there is still questions in Hunter's head that bothers him: is the dream he had a vision of the future or just a hallucination? And who is this Stalker, the apparent Supreme General? THE END