Mystery Science Theater 3001 Episode 3010: "An Old Friend" MSTed by the Placid Jack Acid In the not-too-distant future, Somewhere up overhead: Mike Nelson beats all the odds, Because he isn't dead... Pursued by a woman, whose name is Pearl, A twisted, sadistic, sort of girl, She's mad Mike's mind isn't whacked, So she decided to try a different tact! Pearl: I'LL... GET... *YOU*!!! "I'll send him lousy web posts, The worst he's ever seen! He'll have to sit and read them all, And keep his comments clean!" Now keep in mind, Mike has to read, Whatever Pearl sends; He'll try to keep his sanity, With the help of his robot friends! >> Robot Roll Call << Cambot! (For Great Justice!) Gypsy! (What you say?) Tom Servo (Someone set us up the bomb!) Crooow! (ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!) If you're wondering why Mike *has* to read, And other useless facts, Just repeat to yourself 'it's just a post, I should really just relax!' Mike: Did I mention Washu's here? Washu: Yes, Mike. Only for the last two episodes. Mike: Oh. For... Mystery Science Theater Three Thousand! (and one!) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6... A valley?!] The valley was very serene this time of year. The leaves of the trees were at their utmost green, and seemed to make endless music with the gentle breezes. The temperature was pleasantly warm, and the weather had been calm for weeks. It was mid-day, the sun not quite at solar noon. It was, in short, a good day to travel. And that's exactly what Ash Servo was doing. The dome-headed boy walked down the road, whistling happy to himself. Reaching up to adjust his trademark baseball cap with his fully functional human arms, he turned and looked back down the road he came from, expecting someone to be following him. "WASHA-SHU! C'mon, girl!" He called merrily. Over the rise of the hill bounded a super-deformed version of Washu Hakubi on all fours. "Shu!" she crooned happily, finally catching up to her master. "Washa-shu!" [Theme Song- to the tune of you know what...] Gonna be the very best! Like no one ever was! Making riffs is my real test, MSTing is my cause! I will travel across the web, Searching far and wide... I'll find a lemon or some spam, that will make me wish that I'd *died*! MST! It's you and me. MST! You know it's my destiny! MST! You're my best bud, In a world full of duds! Gotta riff 'em all! GOTTA RIFF 'EM ALL! MST! [Theme song mercifully ends] Ash and Washa-shu had just sat down to a tasty picnic lunch when Washa-shu began 'shu'-ing worriedly. Ash looked up, and saw a few strange persons come over the rise they themselves had just traveled from. "Don't worry, Wash'." Tom comforted his pet MST-mon. "It's just Crock and Gysty. I asked them to meet me here." He called out to the newcomers. "Hey, guys! Over here!" "About freakin' TIME we caught up to you!" complained Crock. He had the head of Crow, only with a spiky black wig instead of a golden net. He looked down at the pocket watch he kept on his otherwise meaty body and sighed. "Hiya, Washy!" Gysty kneeled down to greet the cute super-deformed creature. Gysty had the body of a 12 year old girl, and the head of Gypsy. She scratched underneath Washa-shu's chin, causing the little thing to purr happily. "Eh, sorry about the chase, guys, but I had something important to ask you both and I wanted to be sure we were far away from you-know-who." Ash explained. "I was thinking about going traveling again, and compete in another league!" "Well, you ALREADY won and became the Mally League Master." Crock reminded him. "You totally ran it into the ground, too, remember?" "And don't forget the Golden Humdinger Championship you ruined last year!" Gysty added cheerfully. "You laid waste to most of the stadium just by tossing out your first MST-mon ball." Ash laughed a little at the memory. "Oh I *know!* But it's totally going to be different this time! This time we'll ease up on the training and let my MST-mon soften up a little, give 'em a handicap. Maybe we'll go out, catch a few road shows, eat at the best restaurants, maybe even fall in love. What do ya say, guys?" "You mean abandon our lives and run off to far-away, dangerous places in the pursuit of the wild and being led around by the crazy dream of someone younger than we are?" Crock asked. "Going off to high adventures, meeting strange people and customs, and STILL falling into the same old routine of ever other show?" asked Gysty. "Um... yeah." Ash flushed. "Count me in! Sounds AWESOME!" Crock exclaimed. "Shoot, I'm already set to go!" Gysty quipped, shouldering her duffel bag. But she froze briefly as something occurred to her. "But... Ash... if we start traveling again, won't THEY most likely follow us?" "You mean US?" came a voice from above. "Uh oh..." Ash grimaced. He knew that voice. "To protect the web from sanitation!" came another voice. "To keep confusion in our nation!" the first voice said. "To teach the beauty of conspiracy and spam!" "And sour lemons that can kill a man!" The giant lemon-shaped balloon descended, and two strange figures (dressed in ridiculous white uniforms) hopped off and struck a dramatic pose. They continued: "Bobo!" "Brain Guy!" "Team Forrester, space out at the speed of dark!" sang the Observer. "Surrender now, or prepare... to... lark!" Bobo stammered. Pearl popped up. "Meowth! That's... AWFUL!" She swung around to glare at her two helpers. "What is WRONG with you? That timing SUCKED. And 'lark'? What the hell is THAT?!" Ash Servo coughed. "Huh!" Pearl swung around. "Oh, right. Hand over that special Washa-shu, brat!" "NEVER!" Ash screamed in defiance. He jumped back, and assumed a battle stance. He flipped his hat so the bill faced backwards. "I'll see you fry first!" He pointed at Pearl and barked a command at his faithful MST-mon. "Washa-shu! Quick riff attack!" "Shu! WASHA-SHUUUUUU!!" Washa-shu leaped up and bit Pearl on the nose. "AYIIIIIIIIIE!!!" Pearl screamed, running around in a panic. "Get it OFF get it OFF!" "Hmmmm." Tom mused. "Not exactly what I wanted, but the situation seems to be working itself out." Gysty whispered to Crock "Shouldn't we be helping or something...?" "Oh, right. Hey, Servo!" Crock called out. "Mind if I use one of MY MST-mon? Just for one attack?" Ash looked back at the fray. Washa-shu had managed to get inside Pearl's uniform, and was running amuck. Pearl danced around shrieking madly as her two useless cohorts stood gaping at the whole scene. Not seeing the harm in it, Ash called back, "Sure! Go right ahead and let one rip, friend Crock!" "Right then!" Crock leapt back and did a battle sequence of his own, making a big production of tossing out one of his MST-mon balls. "MIKE NELSON! I CHOOSE *YOU*!" A super-deformed Mike Nelson appeared on the ground where the ball landed. The little figure was wearing a tiny bandana around his forehead, and he toted a little BFG 9000 on each arm. "SSSSSSONNN!" he bellowed. "Mike Nel! MIKE NELSONNNN!!!" "Mike! BFG's akimbo on Quad damage, NOW!" Crock ordered. Servo gasped in horror and dropped out of character. "Crow, NO! Don't tell him to do thaaaa-" [Exterior shot of the Satellite of Love] Suddenly, an intense green light flared from the Satellite of Love. It dissipated from the vessel in a eerie halo before completely fading. [Holocabana] Once again, the interior of the Holocabana was completely covered with black soot. The circuit breakers had popped, having overloaded by the sheer power necessary to create the illusion of Mike's attack. All within were covered in black--save Mike Nelson, who stood in the center, his hands on his hips. "Wow, hey, Pearl's calling! Better get to the bridge... coming guys?" he called over his shoulder as he exited the Holocabana. For a minute, nothing moved. Then, one of the black lumps on the floor sat up. It was Washu. "Oh, WOW! That was GREAT!! What a neat thing! Why didn't you guys tell me about it sooner?" Another lump stirred and groaned. Tom Servo righted himself from the floor, now back in his familiar robotic form. "Gee, I wonder why." [SoL Bridge] *"Nelson! Glad I caught you!"* The real Pearl Forrester's voice crackled over the bridge speakers. *"I was afraid I'd have to talk to your voice mail or something- don't you *hate* those things?"* "Yeah, sorry about that." Mike was apologetic. "Had a really annoying amount of tele-solicitors calling up here lately, so I've been screening my calls. Anyway, what can we do for you today, ma'am?" *"Well, it all depends on your little red headed friend..."* "You mean Tom Servo?" Mike looked puzzled. *"No, no, I mean your OTHER red-headed friend. I want to see how she's been holding up after the first few experiments. And if she's still good, then it's time for me to CRANK UP THE PAIN!"* "Swell." Mike sighed. He glanced over as he noticed the rest of the SoL crew piling on the bridge. Despite still being covered in soot and generally looking like hell, Washu was very cheerful. She smiled and waved at the image of Pearl on the hex screen. *"And what the hell have YOU all been up to?"* Pearl asked warily. Washu answered, "Why, we're been playing around in the-" Tom interrupted her with a harsh whisper. "Washu! Ix-nay on the Olocabana-hay! Emember-ray?!" Pearl was unaware of the device her son once installed on the SoL in a botched attempt to make Joel Robinson long for real life. Since she would probably become very upset if she learned that Mike (and now, Washu) was having ANY sort of fun at all, the crew kept the Holocabana a secret from Mrs. Forrester. "- socks!" Washu said, trying to cover up the slip of the tongue. "Mike's socks! We were playing around in Mike's laundry while we were waiting for you to send us the movie! Heh..." Mike and the image of Pearl both shot her an awkward look as Washu began to sweat. *"Ah.... ha. Well, Habuki, you look happy enough, and that's a SURE sign it's time to bring out today's fanfic!"* Pearl settled her gaze onto Mike and the Bots. *"For the rest of you, this will be a trip down memory lane. Your fanfic today is the sequel to 'Hang on Batty', the third Rescue Ranger story of the late Darren "Saberwolf" Perlongo, starring his furry little doppelganger, Wolf! Don't thank me all at once, losers!"* "Aw, man, WOLF!?" Tom cried. "Not HIM again!" "Dare I ask, who is 'Wolf'?" Washu sighed. Mike tried to explain. "Well, you see, he's this mouse... who has these... and can fly tiny fighter... and he shoots... ah, hell, you'll find out soon enough, WE GOT FANFIC SIIIIIGN!" "Wolf, man, W-o-o-o-o-o-lf..." Crow sobbed. [6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Theater] >Darren "Sabrewolf" Perlongo Tom: Perlongo, pershorto, you decide! (They sit down. Washu is on the far left seat, next to her is Tom, Mike, and Crow) > An Old Friend > >Opening scene: It is about noon at rescue rangers HQ Mike: ... the birds are asleep and the three moons are up. > and all of the rangers are gathered on the runway to see the first >flight of one of Gadget's latest inventions, Crow: She's created the first manimal! Tom: ... maybe a new kind of hair grease... Washu: I know! A cleaner burning rocket fuel! Mike: Perhaps a substitute for Stovetop stuffing? > a fighter aircraft loaded with non-lethal weapons. Washu: Awww! Then what the hell's the point?! Mike: She loaded the bomb bay with copies of 'Artemis's Lover'... Tom: No, they're *non-lethal* weapons, Mike. > Gadget had designed it so that it was tough and flew easily so that >it would be very hard to beat when flown by an experienced pilot. Tom: Ah ha, and how exactly did Gadget build this thing? Crow: Oh, a couple of paper-clips here, rubber bands there, and a spare afterburner she had handy... you know, the usual. > Gadget had chosen Wolf to be the first to fly the jet since he was >the fighter pilot and would most likely be flying it the most. Washu: Seeing how hard it would be to find ANOTHER mouse who could fly F-14's. >Wolf had grown to trust Gadget very much over the month that he had >been on the team and he accepted the offer without hesitation. Crow: ... even though the very idea scared the spit out of him. Tom: But he took his pants-wetting like a man! > As he climbed into the cockpit he looked at Gadget for a second, > their eyes meeting for only a moment before he slid down into the >chair. Mike: ... and through the bottom of the aircraft, landing on his butt. Bots: (imitating muted trumpet) Wahh, wahh, wahhh! Washu: (as Gadget) Golly, I knew I forgot to install SOMETHING... >He proceeded to power up the plane just as Gadget had showed him >how. Mike: (as Wolf) Let's see... she said to place these wires on my tongue at the same time, and-- Everybody else: ZzzzZzzzZzzzztttt!!! > After it was ready for launch Tom: ... and a little before dinner... > he contacted Gadget who was on the other side of the runway behind >a blast shield Washu: (as Gadget, shouting) Don't worry, Wolf! In case the airplane explodes, I'll be perfectly safe! > and was wearing the radio headset he had given the team. Mike: (laughs) Oh, really. Crow: I didn't know they came in that size... but then again, this is *Wolf* we're talking about. >Wolf (into his own headset): Ok Gadget all systems go. Awaiting >clearance for rocket assisted takeoff. Washu: (as Gadget) Yeah, sure... whatever... Tom: She's been planning to kill him for about a month now, but she can wait a little longer! >Hearing these words all the other rangers scrambled behind the blast >shield with Gadget Mike: (as Chip) No sense of any of *us* getting killed along with him. Tom: (as Monty) Too right, Chipper me lad! >Gadget: Runway clear. Permission Granted Crow: Little does she know, we secretly replaced her regular brand of jet fuel with 'Jolt' cola... >Wolf: Launching in 5,4,3,2,1. All: WE GOT MOVIE SIGN! >He pushed a button on the panel in front of him All: (hum the MST3k love theme) > and the bundles of model rocket engines that were strapped to each >wing were ignited and the plane shot off down the runway located >right outside of RRHQ. Washu: ... and right *smack* into the Ranger tree. Mike: I hear they're *still* trying to put out the fire. >Wolf was instantly thrown back into his seat Tom: SSSUUUUUURRRRRGE!!! > and felt as if he were going to go right through it because the >increase of speed was so sudden, even his jets couldn't match it. >After he cleared the runway, Crow: ... cleaned it off, repaved it, painted new lines... > Foxglove the newest member of the Rescue Ranger Team, Mike: They're getting a little lax with the membership requirements. Washu: But you didn't even give Foxglove a chance! Mike: I was referring to Wolf. Washu: Oh. Well, that goes without saying. > flew after him with a headset of her own to track him and tell him >of any problems he may not be able to see. Washu: Like, say, the engines were on fire, or the wings broke off. > He jettisoned the used rockets and looked back at Foxy, who was >struggling to keep up. Tom: (as Foxglove) Ah, screw it! He's on his own! Washu: A real neat trick, a bat keeping pace with a rocket engine. >Wolf: Hey foxy, you keeping up back there? Crow: (as an angry Foxglove) That's *MS.* Glove to you, flyboy! >Foxglove: Yeah but could you slow down a little? Washu: (as Foxglove) It's not easy to fly with a giant pair of headsets on! >Wolf: Sorry but I have to push it to it's limits. Mike: (as Wolf) By the way, is it a bad thing when all the lights flash and a siren starts to wail and the panel begins to emit smoke? >Wolf then takes the aircraft into a series of complex and strenuous >maneuvers to see if it will hold up. Tom: ... it doesn't, he dies, the end. > The ride goes rather smoothly and Wolf notices no major problems. Tom: ... because he was killed when the plane exploded in mid-air, the end. > After about five minutes he landed the plane back on the runway, Tom: ... nose first, exploding into a big ball of fire, THE END!!! Washu: I'm sensing hostility here. > with Foxglove landing after him and sitting down, exhasted. Crow: (as Foxglove) Was it good for you, too? Mike: About time. I thought you were getting sick. >As he climbs out of the cockpit Gadget runs to him. Washu: (as Gadget) You're still alive! But how? HOW!? >Gadget: What do think! How did it go? Mike: (as Wolf) It go good, it did. Crow: (snicker) >Wolf puts on a very serious and disappointing look which gets Gadget >a bit worried. Washu: (as Gadget) Uh, oh! He's catching on to my attempts to kill him! >Wolf: On a one to ten scale I'd say about Tom: (as Wolf) ... say, what comes after three? >a......................................11. Mike: ... and thirty-nine dots. >Gadget(ecstatic): really! Crow: ... well, no. Tom: It sucked! >Wolf: Yep > >Wolf noticed to his ( as well as everyone else's) surprise he was >getting a bit if a sense of humor. > It worried him that he was becoming softer and that he may not be >as effective a fighter as he once was. Crow: Really? Is it possible to be even *less* than 'useless'? > His teammates however had convinced him otherwise and he began to >enjoy the new feelings he had discovered such as humor. Tom: Could have fooled me! Washu: 'Yep'... >Gadget: I sure am glad, I sure put a lot of work into it. Mike: Sure you're sure? *REALLY* sure? >Wolf: The next thing we have to test is the weapons systems. Crow: ... which consists of water balloons filled with paint! Tom: ... and rubber band missiles! Washu: ... and but for the grace of God go I. Bots: Huh? >Gadget: Thats right, will you test them as soon as I get them >loaded on, maybe tomorrow? Washu: (as Gadget) ... should give me enough time to 'fix' your oxygen mask... >Wolf: Sure All: (laugh) Mike: Parts 2: the Sabrewolf horror. Crow: Sure! >Gadget: Ok, Thanks. Washu: (as Gadget) ... for including me in your little ego trip! Crow: Sure! >Wolf nods in response and joins the rest of the rangers inside HQ. >He was thinking about a rather important issue. Tom: (as Wolf) Socks are NEAT! > On a case a few days ago he had gotten in some trouble and the >rangers put themselves at risk to rescue him. Crow: Not the first time a bunch of canon characters had to carry around a *load*. > He was grateful of course but he wanted to talk to Chip about >this. Mike: He could go for *hours and hours* talking about how grateful he is... Crow: Sure! > After everyone went off about their tasks Wolf walked over to >Chip. Tom: (as Dale) Tasks? Since when in hell do I do any *tasks*? I wanna talk to my agent immediately! >Wolf: Chip, can I talk to in private please? > >Chip: Uh..sure come on. Mike: (as Chip) I'll live to regret this, I just *know* I will... Crow: Sure! >Chip lead Wolf into his room and turned to face him. > >Chip: Ok, what is it? Washu: I don't know. Mike, was Chip's last action in the past tense, or a command, or...? Mike: Washu... Washu: Yeah, yeah... (smiles and nods) >Wolf: You remember that case a few days ago where you guys got me >out of that burning building? Crow: (as Wolf) You know, the building I flew the *last* jet into? >Chip: Yeah > >Wolf: I am grateful for that but don't do it again. Mike: (as Chip) Oh, don't worry, I wasn't going to pass up another opportunity like that. >Chip looks confused. Tom: Join the club, Chip... Washu: Its membership requirements aren't nearly quite so lax as *yours* are. >Wolf: Please don't ever put any of the team in danger for me again. > >Chip: We have to! You're a Rescue Ranger, we take care of our own. Crow: (as Chip) The medicare program sucks, but your funeral *will* be attended by at least two of us. >Wolf: I'm expandable, I am not worth the risk of the rest of the >team getting hurt or killed. Tom: He's *expandable*? Crow: He must be retaining water... Washu: That is *so* not funny! >Chip: You are not expandable! How can you even think that? Mike: (as Chip) Expendable, maybe, but definitely *not* expandable... Tom: Wolf, the Incredible Blow-Up Ranger Doll! >Wolf: Look,...The Rangers was here before I was and did great like >that, if one of you should get killed the whole team may fall apart >because you are the foundation of the group. Crow: (as Wolf) ... besides, you're copyrighted to Disney, so I can't kill you off. > I just joined up a month ago, if I get killed it won't be nearly >as bad.as if it were one of you. Tom: Hell, it might even be cause to celebrate! Washu: Hai! >Chip: We can't just leave you if you are in trouble! We save >people. > >Wolf: Chip please, swear that you won't ever put the team at risk >for me. > >Chip: b-but.. Mike: (as Chip) Well, okay! >Wolf looks Chip square in the eye. > >Wolf: I am asking you as a friend and as a teammate. Tom: (as Wolf) Also as your Secret Santa, but let's not get into that. >Chip sighs and looks at the ground. Washu: ... since it's much more entertaining than Wolf is. >Chip: I swear it. > >Wolf: Thank you. Tom: (as Wolf) I... *love* you, man! Crow: Sure! >Wolf pats Chip on the back and goes into his room while Chip just >sits there thinking. Mike: (as Chip) Now I won't feel guilty at *all* the next time I leave him to die! This is *so* cool! > How could he swear he wouldn't save him if he were in deep trouble. >He already regretted making that promise but he never went back on >his word. Washu: (as Chip) Stupid sense of honor! >A few hours later Monty comes out into the living room in his >exercise clothes. He does a few stretching motions and then turns >to the group. Tom: (as Monty) So I'm wearing bloomin' spandex! There's no need to stare, maties... >Monty: Me and zipper are going on a afternoon jog, anyone want to >join us. > >Gadget: Sure Monty, I'll come along, just give me a minute to >change. Crow: (as Gadget) Someone's got to run alongside him and perform CPR in case his heart stops again. >Chip: Me too > >Foxy: Dale and I will come along. Washu: Uh oh, looks like someone's doing the speaking for their boy-toy! >They all go into their rooms and in a few minutes all come out in >their gym clothes. Tom: Thrill, as they JOG! Mike: Marvel, as they BREAK A LIGHT SWEAT! Washu: (giggling) Stop that! >Monty: hmm, I'll go see if Wolf wants to go along. > >He goes into Wolf's room and comes back out again followed by Wolf. >The only difference in Wolf's dress is the absence of his usual >coat, which he almost always wore. Tom: ... even when showering! Washu: (back hands Tom) Tom: Ow! Hey! What was that for, Wash?! Washu: ... mental image. > They all went outside and began jogging down the park trail. They >all had a good time talking about their cases while they were >jogging. Washu: Be dazzled, as they DEDUCE! Mike: Fall asleep, as they JOG SOME MORE! Tom: (laugh) > After about a mile Wolf stopped dead in his tracks, staring at a >mouse over by a building they were passing. > >Gadget: Wolf, what's wrong? Crow: (as Wolf) I just realized I'm not destroying anything at the moment. >Monty: What's the matter mate, you look like you've seen a ghost. > >Wolf: I may have. Tom: Casper the Friendly Cameo? >All the rangers are gathered around him and soon follow his gaze >over to the mouse at the corner. Crow: Why, it's Jonathan Brisby! Mike: (shudders) No, it's not... > After a few seconds Wolf slowly jogs over to the figure as the >Rangers follow a little distance behind him. Washu: (as Dale) Say, guys? Didn't we used to be the stars of the show? Mike: (as Chip) Hush, Dale! Or you will anger Wolf, our mighty overlord! > The mouse starts walking down the street while gently swinging his >staff along the ground. Wolf approaches the mouse and cautiously >taps him on the shoulder. Mike: (as Mike Myers) Pardon me, but do you have any Gray Poupon? Tom: (as the mouse) But, of course... > As soon as he does the he whips around and using his staff to lock >Wolf's arm he throws him against the wall face first. Crow: Well, how about that! My wish came true! Mike: And a wish well spent, I might add. > As he moves in to attack Wolf spins around and draws his katanna >and parries the blow. The rangers had rushed over when he attacked >him but were now staying back from the heated battle between the two >rodents. Tom: (as Monty) Well, I guess we shouldn't interfere with the natural order of things, mates. Shall we continue with our jog? > The stranger seems to be outfighting Wolf and about three minutes >into the fight the Rangers see something they had never seen before. Mike: ... Wolf was really a girl. Washu: (as Gadget) Golly! I feel so *used*! Tom: Damn you, Washu! *You* complain about the mental images... > The mouse in one smooth movement disarms Wolf and trips him, >causing him to fall flat on his back. > He pushes a button on his staff and a blade snicks out of the end >of it and he presses it to Wolf's throat. Tom: Hey! This isn't so bad after all! Mike: Go! Avenge the Rescue Rangers, nameless old mouse! > The rangers had never seen Wolf defeated in combat before and now >he was spread on the ground with a knife to his throat. > >Wolf: I knew it was you. Mike: (as Wolf) I thought you were Dale... >Mouse: What are you talking about? > >Wolf: We've met before. Tom: (as Wolf) ... long ago in Dallas, on a certain grassy knoll. >The mouse looks at Wolf closely for a second then a look of >disbelief comes over his face. > >Mouse: Impossible All: (start singing the theme to 'Mission: Impossible!') >Wolf: Q, it's me, Wolf All: GAHHH!!! Tom: NO! NO MORE CROSSOVERS!! >Q: Wolf's dead, I went to his funeral. Crow: *We* should be so lucky! Mike: (as Q) I danced on his grave, and then I went to go pester Captain Picard. >Wolf: That was just to get me out of Samo. > >Q: If you really are Wolf, show me the claws. Washu: Sounds like Wolverine, not Wolf... Tom: Oh, you have *no* idea, woman... >Wolf's claws snick out of his hands and Q slowly eased the knife >away from Wolf's throat and allowed him to get up. > >Q: It is you. Mike: (as Q) You're Billy Bartston, from second grade! You were always trying to beat me up back THEN, too! >Wolf: Good to see you again, its been a long time. > >They exchange a handshake. Tom: Um, with the claws still extended? Ow? >Q: You got that right, it must have been at least four years, then >you up and die on me. > >Wolf(grinning) : May I rest in peace. > >Q: How did you know it was me? Crow: (as Wolf) Your Starfleet uniform. >Wolf: Easy, you're the only person in the world who can beat me in >hand to hand combat. Mike: So... if Wolf was mistaken and it WASN'T Q, he would have beaten up a harmless, innocent old mouse? >The rest of the rangers had been afraid to move in to help Wolf >while he was pinned down because Q may have killed him. > Now seeing that the two were obviously old friends, they went up >to them. Washu: It must be a common thing, Wolf just hauling off and engaging in mortal combat with random people... >Chip: What happened? Are you ok Wolf? > >Wolf: Yeah, I'd like you to meet an old friend of mine, this is Q. > >Q: How do you do? Crow: (as Gadget) Do what? >Monty: Better then Wolf I imagine. > >Wolf: Hey Q, want to come back to HQ and catch up? Tom: (as Gadget) Catch what? Washu: Hey, I *like* Gadget! She's *not* dumb! Bots: Sorry... >Q: I'd be delighted. > >Wolf: is that ok with you guys? Mike: (as Chip) *sigh* Sure, why the hell not. I guess we'll let HIM join too, since we're on a roll. >The rest of the Rangers nod and they all jog back to RRHQ. After >they get there, they all go inside and sit down on the couch and >let Q and Wolf tell their story. Crow: Five days later... >Q: Wolf and I met when we had both been mercs for about a year, >and we joined up as partners with Wolf, me and....... Tom: (as Q) ... that other guy. >Wolf shoots Q a look that would scare a bull and Q takes the hint as >do the rest of the rangers. > >Q: Those were the days huh? Mike: Back before the Rescue Rangers got flooded by wannabes? Sure... >Wolf: Yeah, they called us the troublesome trio. > >By now the Rangers are listening very intently to the two friends. >Wolf and Q are grinning wildly as they remember their past. Washu: (as Gadget) Well, I going to go drink some turpentine. Anybody else? Crow: (as Dale) Naw, I'm gonna go take a bath with a plugged-in toaster... Mike: (as Chip) I believe I'll go swan-dive off the top of headquarters... Tom: (as Monty) And I'm headed out the freeway to step in front of a speeding car. My pal Zipper says he'll fly head-on into the windshield... Washu: Man, this is *so* depressing... >Q(laughing): It's been a long time since I heard that name. Hey remember >when we blew the coup? Mike: (as Wolf) Yeah! El Presidente was *furious*! >Wolf (laughing): Oh god, that was the funniest gig we ever got. > >Monty: What happened? Crow: Five *years* later... Washu: (laughs weakly) And the fic's not even half over yet... Tom: Are we in hell, Mike? Mike: Yes, Thomas. Yes we are. >Q( laughing hard): We were contracted by the Chickens in a egg >factory to play a practical joke on another factory because they >were tired of competing with them. > >Wolf(laughing): We set a concussion charge that completely blew the >feathers off of all 500 chickens. Tom: Oh, God of fire and vengeance... Washu: Chickens. We're listening to two rodents talk about molesting innocent *chickens*... Mike: You know, at least Oscar put a twisted sex scene here and there in *his* self-insertion fics! Crow: Yeah, we could vomit or something to keep us occupied! >Q and Wolf are now laughing hysterically. All the rangers are a >little shocked at this side of Wolf.After a few seconds the two >friends get a hold of themselves. They then get in a friendly >argument. Tom: ... and they accidentally kill each other, THE *FREAKIN'* END!!! Crow: Woah! Servo! >Wolf: Q here is the only person in the world who has ever beaten me >in hand to hand combat. > >Q: Me and my skills saved Wolf's butt one time without all those >fancy weapons of his. I prefer older weapons. Mike: (as Q) *No* one can beat me at thumb wrestling! >Wolf: I use my katanna don't I? Washu: So, tiny claws, and a tiny sword. Anything else I should know about? Tom: Oh, we haven't even begun to warm UP, kiddo. > Besides you use those explosive ninja stars you designed. Washu: Okay... little throwing stars, I can buy that... exploding ones... no. >Q: Better than those tactical nukes you got in your basement. > >Wolf: Hey, I used half of those in the Gulf War taking out some >scuds. Washu: .... wait, wait, back up. Did Q just say he had tactical nu- Crow: (interrupting) - it gets better! Watch! >Dale: You fought in the Gulf War? > >Wolf: I joined the US Small Animal Marine Corps for two years >during the war. Tom: He was a tiny jar-head! Now it all makes sense! >Dale: Zowie! > >Q: I never thought you would do that. Washu: That Thing You Do! >Wolf: I do love my country. > >Dale: What rank were you? > >Wolf: Gunnery Sargent Mike: Good, just so long as he wasn't a *sergeant*... >Monty: Not bad mate, I've known a few gunneys in my time. > >Suddenly the door burst open and both Wolf and Q snapped around on >one knee facing the door, Tom: The hell? Crow: So they're joined at the hip? > Wolf drawing a .45 and Q a ninja star. All: (laugh) Washu: My, I heard that guns were getting smaller, but... Tom: I think he packs a miniature bazooka somewhere, too. > A young female redheaded squirrel ran through the door toward the >group in panic. She was very lucky that the two fighters saw that >she was young and held their fire for a second. Washu: ... and *then* they opened fire. Mike: That's really dark, Wash'. > After she was halfway to the Rangers she found herself in the >crosshairs of two of the most deadly warriors the rodent world had >ever known. Crow: Yes, it was Chip 'n' Dale, the heroes of the show! Tom: Unfortunately, Wolf and Q were blocking her view... > She stopped dead in her tracks and looked at the deadly duo. Mike: Brave Monterey Jack, and his sidekick, Zipper. Crow: And Wolf and Q got in the way again... >Wolf: Don't even breathe. Tom: Oh, come on! She's just a little girl, ya knob! >Gadget: Don't Shoot!! It's Tammy!! > >Q: Who?? All: SHE SAID IT'S TAMMY!!! Tom: Knob! >Monty: She's a friend of the Rangers, it's Ok. > >With this said the two lowered their weapons while Tammy ran over >to Chip. > >Tammy: Chip you've got to help me!!! > >Chip: What's wrong!? Washu: (as Tammy) What's *wrong?!* Those two guys over there almost SHOT me! >Tammy: There's a bunch of guys chasing me! > >Chip gives Wolf a glance and Wolf understands it completely and motions Q >to follow him. They cautiously walk to either side of the door. > >Wolf(quietly): Use non-lethals, zero body count. Crow: (as Wolf) Just aim for their testicles, then RUN!! >Q: What about you? Crow: (as Wolf) I'll just RUN!! Mike: (laughs) >Wolf smirks and holsters his .45 and draws his sword. >Suddenly they hear footsteps on the runway and they quickly open the >door and spring out together to face the threat. Mike: ... and break down crying and screaming... Crow: ... and fill their pants. > When they get out they see about 15 mice dressed in orange ninja >uniforms. Crow: Oh, it's the Cola Cult... Tom: (laughs) Throw out the mouse with the orange hair, for she is our goddess! > About seven of the mice raise their crossbows while the other ready >their swords and spears. Washu: It's an episode of 'Beastmaster' gone HORRIBLY WRONG!! >Wolf: Not good. > >One of the mice steps forward and looks at the duo menacingly. Mike: (as Ninja) We are selling cookies. You *will* buy some! >Ninja: Hand over the girl and we will spare the rest of you. > >Wolf: If you drop you weapons and put your hands on your head, I >promise I wont kill you. Crow: (as Wolf) ... I'll still cut off all your limbs, yes, but you'll probably survive the inital bleeding. Washu: Oh sure, they're all ready to gun down a harmless child, but they're going to go *easy* on the guys who are chasing her ... >All of the ninjas look at each other and chuckle. Tom: (as the ninja) *snicker* Duh-huh! Get *him*! >Ninja: I don't think your in the position to be making threats, >we've got you cornered. Washu: Actually, considering that they are standing out in the open, and not at the junction of two non-parallel lines (that being the requirement to define a vertex), I maintain it is mathematically *impossible* that they have *anyone* cornered... Mike: I think it's meant figuratively, Washu. Washu: Oh. (smiles and nods) >Wolf: Actually, We've gotten the drop on you.........NOW Q!!!! Crow: (as Wolf) Throw all our extra punctuation at them! >At the signal, Q throws one of his ninja stars at an overhanging >branch and it explodes, slicing the branch cleanly off. Tom: Well, isn't *that* convenient. Crow: Then, branch explode. > It falls down on the thugs, knocking most of them out and trapping >the rest of them in it's twisted mass of branches. Mike: (as Q) Gee, I was aiming for their groin areas, but I guess the problem really worked itself out! >The two fighters grin at each other. > >Q: Work every time Washu: Ancient Chinese Secret! >Wolf and Q stride up to the leader of the gang and Q pulls him out >of the tangles mess by the neck and holds him up until his feet are >off the ground. Tom: (sighs) The Adventures of Wolf and Q, guest-starring the Rescue Rangers... >Wolf: Now, you have just three seconds to tell me who you are, who >you work for and what your doing here before I get to see if your >ugly carcass looks worse on the outside or on the inside. > >Ninja: Ok Ok!! I'll talk. Crow: (as Wolf) Too late, your time is up. (makes meaty, slicing sounds) >Q: Spill it!! > >Ninja: I work for a guy named Bubbles, Tom: *Bubbles?* Washu: Blossom and Buttercup were unavailable for comment. > he wanted us to get that girl because she knows the codes to a >powerful weapon, the ice gun. Mike: Uh huh. This ninja's *really* good under pressure... >While the thug had been saying who he worked for, Chip,Zipper and >Monty had gathered around them. They had noticed the look of extreme >hate and grief when Bubbles had been mentioned. Tom: Bubbles. Right. Washu: (as Bubbles) I am MOJO JOJO! > They wondered how Wolf had know about him, they hadn't told him >about Bubbles yet. > >Wolf: Chip, get SAPS over here expedite. Mike: ... the whataza wha's? Tom: The furries' fuzz, Mike. Mike: Oh, that's right. The animal police. >Chip: Got it. > >Chip runs head first down the tree to the police station where he >would find a SAPS officer. Crow: So, the leader of the Rescue Rangers has been reduced to 'errand boy'... > Wolf then looks back at the captive thug. > >Wolf: Q please assist our friend here on getting some rest. Tom: (as Wolf) Extra pillows and some warm milk! Chop chop! >At this Q nails the thug with a powerful punch to the face, knocking >him unconscious. > > He drops him and faces Wolf, because he had also seen the look on >his face and was worried about his best friend. > >Monty: Hey Wolf, do you know about Bubbles mate? Tom: I call no more 'PowerPuff Girls' jokes. Washu: Aww! >Wolf: Yeah, I had almost forgotten about him. > >Q: Where did you meet up with him? > >Wolf just shook his head at the question. Mike: (as Wolf, in an Irish accent) Ah, Q, you've done again... >Monty: We had a case against him not too long ago, but I don't >remember telling you about it. > >Wolf: You didn't tell me about it. All I know is that he is a very >cruel creature with a lust for power. Crow: Ross Perot? >Q: I haven't met up with him before. > >Wolf: Enough, If its ok with the rangers, would you like to join >us on this case? Your help would come in handy, Bubbles is a decent >fighter. > >Q: I never could turn down a request from you. Tom: (as Q) Syke! >Wolf: Is it ok with you guys? > >Chip: Sure why not. Mike: (as Chip) Hell, it can't possibly get any sillier than it already has... >Wolf: Thanks man. Crow: (as Wolf) I *love* you, man! Tom: (as Q) You still ain't getting my Bud Light. >Monty: Not that I don't trust your judgment mate, but Gadget >defeated that nucklehead pretty easily last time. > >Wolf: Gadget beat him last time?? Washu: I believe that is what he just said. Mike: Get over it! The girly mouse girl is tougher than you! >Zipper nods a yes. > >Wolf(softly to himself): Grossly Ironic Crow: ... don't 'cha think? >Monty: What's ironic? Crow: It's a song by Alanis Morissette. Washu: (giggles) >Wolf: Nothing Mike: Oh look, a character summary! >Just then Chip runs up with about five SAPS people following him. >They begin cuffing the still unconscious thugs and carry them off to >the police station. The rangers look on silently. Washu: (as Dale) Uh, guys? Why are we being so quiet? Tom: (as Chip) We're mourning the loss of our acting careers. > After they are all gone, Wolf, Q, Monty,Chip and Zipper go back >inside where Dale, Foxglove and Gadget have finally managed to calm >Tammy down. Washu: ... with a *tazer*. Mike: Washu, stop it! Crow: You're scaring us! > Wolf sits down across from her and begins to talk in a very serious >tone of voice. Tom: (as Howell Mandell) My name is Bobby... >Wolf: Are you ok? > >Tammy: Yeah I'll be fine, who are you anyway? > >Wolf: My name is Wolf Crow: (as Wolf) ... and I'm a self-inserted character... Everyone else: Hi, Wolf! >I just joined the team, but that isn't important. > >Tammy gets a slightly confused look on her face. > >Wolf: Tammy, I need you to tell me how you got your hands on the >activation codes to the ice gun, where they are and when you got >them. Mike: Sheesh, as long as you're interogating the girl, why not ask for her rank and serial number? >Tammy: Well, I was just walking in the park and I decided to take a >break behind one of the the benches. After about two minutes a mouse >ran behind the bench too, he was all out of breath, he didn't notice >me for a couple seconds. When he did he handed me a piece of paper >and told me that he didn't have time to explain but I had to keep >that paper out of the wrong hands and get it to the SAPS >station.Then he ran out and those orange guys started chasing him >and followed him into some bushes. A few seconds later I heard a >scream and I started to run but they saw me and started chasing me >so I tried to get here. Crow: Sweet Mother of Mary. Washu: The plot exposition from *Hell*... Mike: Dear Lord... Tom: (sparking sound is heard coming from head) >Wolf: Where is the paper? Tom: (gets up and starts to fly around aimlessly) Washu: Tom? Tommy? >Tammy pulls a small, folded piece of paper out of her pocket and >hands it to him. Washu: (frightened) S-servo? Tom: (deadpan) I... am... *damned*... Crow: Mike, I think he's about to start runnin' mad... Tom: (deadpan) All hail... the Crimson King... Mike: (stands up slowly) Crow, get me the gun. Crow: 'kay... (exits off screen to the left) Tom: (deadpan) ... Bon moi... CESSENT, CESSENT... Washu: (stands up quickly) Oh, Mike, NO! (starts crying) >Wolf: Have you read it? Tell me the truth. Tom: (deadpan) ... can't... handle... it... Crow: (returns, with a rifle) And here you are... Mike: (cocks and aims rifle at Tom) Washu: (sobbing uncontrollably) >Tammy: No I haven't read it. Washu: Mike, NO! Mike: (looks up) Huh? Washu: I'll try to fix him! Just don't do it! Mike: Do what? Washu: Put him out of his misery! Mike: (starts laughing in disbelief) What? >Wolf unfolds the paper and reads it carefully and then hands it to >Q, who studies it for a second and then hands it back. Crow: Wow, the non-stop inaction. > Wolf pulls out a lighter Gadget had made for him and burns it. Crow: Let me get this straight. Wolf has guns, swords, and such, but he can't even get a tiny lighter on his own? What's with *that?* Tom: (deadpan) Fire... destroyer of all... Mike: (still laughing) Washu: Why are you laughing? You're going to *kill* poor Tom! Mike: Now, why would I want to do that? These are *tranquilizer* darts! Washu: (realizing) Oh... you'd use them on a robot? Mike: Oh. Uh... >Gadget: Golly, what was on there? > >Q: The access codes to a freeze gun. The gun is a very powerful >weapon. It lowers the the tempeture of almost any substance, organic >or non organic to 100 degrees below zero. Crow: It's called the 'Jerry Springer Special'. Tom: (deadpan) Springer... he also of the damned... Mike: (looking at the screen) Gosh, and Q would know all this from...? Washu: Don't change the subject! >Monty: Crikey!! Mike: See, Washu, I've never had to use it before. Washu: What? Mike: Well, they usually use it on *me* when I go crazy. Washu: Oh. >Gadget: Golly!! Do you know what Bubbles could use that for!! Crow: It'd be great for those annoying times when you run out of ice at a party. >Wolf: That's why we have to get it back as fast as we can. Mike: I feel kinda stupid, now. Washu: Oh, don't be so hard on yourself. (grabs Tom as he wanders by) C'mon... (They exit with Washu carrying Tom under one arm) Plain Text Attachment [ Save to my Yahoo! Briefcase | Download File ] [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Bridge] Tom Servo lay in a small hospital bed that had been set up on the console of the Bridge. There was a thermometer in his beak and a cold compress on top of his dome. He moaned and turned his head back and forth in delirium. Washu came onto the bridge and towards Servo. She was dressed in her favorite nurse's uniform and clutched a clipboard in one hand. She took the thermometer and read Servo's temperature, and began flipping through the charts, clucking her tongue all the while. Mike, Crow, and Gypsy wandered in solemnly, each bearing a bouquet of flowers. Washu turned and smiled at them all sympathetically. "Washu... is he going to be okay?" Mike asked hesitantly. "I'm not sure, I haven't made a diagnosis yet." she replied. "I need to know more of the patient's medical history, first. His full name, please?" "Servo. Thomas Servo." Mike answered. "Age?" "Five-hundred ten." "Blood type?" "He, uh, doesn't have any." "Ah. That explains why the biopsy came back negative." Washu looked up and tapped her lower lip with her pen thoughtfully. Looking back at Mike, she continued. "Okay, now I need to know if anything like this has happened before." "I'll field this one, Mike." Crow cleared his voice synthesizer. "*ahem* Okay, we were watching this movie once, and it was so bad it short circuited Tom's CPU and his head exploded. He nearly died. Then we were watching 'Artemis' Lover' and it blew up AGAIN, only not so bad this time. Since then, his head has either exploded, imploded, cracked, fused, and/or smoked. It got to the point he just shrugged it off, though." "Hmmm! Okay. When was the last time his head malfunctioned?" Mike answered this time. "That would have been during 'Project Monarch'. His dome cracked and he went blind. Otherwise he was in good spirits, as I recall." Washu held up her pen with a flourish. "Ah-HA! Just as I suspected! Tom is suffering from acute fandom-itus!" Mike gasped. "Servo! NOOOOOOOOOO- ah, is it fatal?" as he interrupted himself. "Forget about *that*, man!!" put in Crow. "Is it CONTAGIOUS?!" "I think you already have a terminal case, 'CROW!'" quipped Gypsy. Washu shook her head and held up a hand indicating she wanted silence. When she had it, she continued. "No, it's not fatal. But basically, all the years of his head exploding has slowly built up his tolerance for the pain, but not the trauma of the movie itself. My guess is that Tammy's little plot exposition back there must brought back YEARS of repression, resulting in his complete nervous breakdown and consequently, this half-comatose state." "Cool!" Crow exclaimed. "Are we going to hook him up to fancy equipment and project ourselves into his deluded mind, like in 'The Cell'?" "Nothing poetic like that. I'm afraid in Servo's case, there is only one thing we can do..." she said sadly, pulling the white sheet over Servo's head. "Oh..." Crow turned away, choking on a sob. Gypsy blubbered. Mike just shook his head in disbelief. Washu suddenly brought out a giant mallet, and slammed it onto Servo's head. "BAKA!!" The form of the sheet suddenly sat up and slowly rose into the air. "AHHH! GHOST SERVO!!" Crow freaked, and jumped onto Gypsy's back. Gypsy didn't need any more encouragement, turning and fleeing the bridge in terror. "MOMMY! I mean, JOEL!!!" Mike didn't run, but instead just pulled the sheet away, revealing Servo. "Hey, Tom. Feeling better now?" "Hey, Mike!" said Tom, now back to normal. "I had this weird-ass dream, you, me, Crow, and that smart chick from Tenchi Muyo were all trapped on this satellite and being forced to watch a bad fanfic! And then this squirrel demon came down on us with a useless long-winded sub-plot." "That really happened, Servo. Her name is Tammy, for the record. Boy, Washu! Have to hand it to you, you really *are* the greatest!" Washu smiled smugly. "Yep, yep, ain't it the truth? Oh, and here's a bill for for my services rendered." She accidentally dropped the clipboard with bill, however, when the bridge lurched and the lights and sirens started going off. "Oops!" Crow rushed onto the bridge brandishing his lightsaber. "SERVO WALKS WITH THE UNDEAD- oh, wait a minute, hi Tom!" "WE GOT FANFIC SIIIIIGN!!!" [ 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Theater] (They enter and sit in the usual manner) Washu: Feeling better, Servo? Tom: So long as Tammy can keep her big mouth shut... >Chip: First things first, we have to keep Tammy safe. > >Wolf: Agreed, but we cant leave her by herself anywhere. > >Dale: Foxy and I will look after her while you guys are after Bubbles. Mike: They really should demand hazard pay for babysitting 'Little Miss Exposition', don't you think? >Chip: Good Idea, why don't we do that. > >Wolf: Ok, but you guys will have to take the ranger plane and leave the >city until this thing is over, Tom: And Wolf officially declares martial law in Metro City. Mike: (laughs) Whoa, look out Chip, there's a new mouse in charge! > but if we don't contact you within a month, you guys will have to >disappear. Crow: (as Wolf) If I'm not back within a month, kill me. >Everyone's faces fall at this last note but they all know that it made >sense. Washu: (laughs) It does, huh? Mike: (sighs) Sure, why not. >Monty: Dale mate, why don't you guys start packing your stuff. > >Wolf: Dale take this, just in case. > >He hands Dale the emergency transmitter that he had given him before. Dale >puts it in his shirt pocket. Washu: Uh, why would you do that, if already gave it to him before? Tom: (as Wolf) Quick! Give me the thing I gave you so I can give back to you again! >Wolf: Anything happens you know what to do with it. Mike: (as Wolf) Chop it up, wrap it up into a tiny zigzag, and smoke it to kill the pain. >Dale: Got it. > >Gadget: Wolf and I made a few modifications on it, now we can track you >to 100 miles. > >Foxglove: Thanks Gadget. Washu: (as Foxglove) We'll just go 101 miles away, and Wolf will never find us AGAIN! >Q: You guys need to get out of here ASAP. > >Tammy: I guess we'll start packing. Crow: So... since when does *Tammy* live at Ranger Headquarters? >Dale, Foxglove, and Tammy walk off to start packing. Mike: Tammy doesn't have anything to pack, but nevertheless, she *will* pack. Washu: Maybe she's the Rangers' equivalent to TV's Kramer? > The remaining rangers turn to each other. > >Monty: What now Wolf me lad? Tom: (as Monty) Are ye after me lucky charms, me... oh, wait, wrong accent, heh. >Wolf: Now we get ready. Q will give us air cover incase those goons >have airpower and get any dumb ideas. All: (laugh) Crow: Gadget must be freelancing, building tiny planes for *both* sides! Tom: Or the ninja rats must be tight with the Samurai Pizza Cats... Washu: (as Francine) Everybody heads up! Flying mice, to go! Mike: They had better be bats, that's all I'll say. > Gadget, are both planes ready for flight? > >Gadget: Yes, both are ready to go. > >Wolf: You guys take the ranger wing and I'll ride in the plane with the >others until we're out of the city. > >Chip: Then what? Crow: (as Wolf) We get even *farther* away from the city. Mike: (snickers) >Zipper makes fighting movements. Tom: Zipper-- he's Soopa-Doopa-Fly! >Monty: Too right Zipper, then we go trash those goons! > >Q: You got it. > >Wolf: Ok, lets go get ready. Crow: Poopie suits on, gentlemen! To the poopie suits! >He walks over to the floor where the elevator is and brings it up and they >all go down into his base. Washu: My, all within a month's time! Tom: ... no, if you saw "Hang On, Batty!" you'd know it only took Wolf a *day* to install his base. Complete with cranes! Washu: ... right. Mike: Hey, you'd only been here 72 hours and you'd already set up that lab, remember? Washu: (blushing) Yeah, but... when I do it, it's *cute*! > When they get into the armory Wolf starts looking through his gear. Crow: (as Wolf) ... rocket launcher, lightning gun, flasks of holy water... yup, it's all here! >He takes out his usual arment: a M-16 with 40mm grenade launcher on it, >his .45s and ammo. Mike: Sadly, he couldn't even lift one of the bullets. >Wolf: Hey Q what do you want? > >Q: Well I'll be using my normal weapons for the most part, but give me a >MP-5 for backup. Tom: (as Q) That Darn Cat is goin' DOWN!! >Wolf pulls out a MP-5 and ammo for it and hands them to Q. > >Wolf: They had crossbows when we fought them today. > >Chip: Why don't we get some body armor? Washu: Maybe because it's twenty times too big for you to wear? >Q: Kevlar wont protect us from crossbows. > >Monty: Why not? > >Q: The crossbow bolts just slip between the fibers. Crow: (snickers) No they won't, c'mon! >Wolf: You're right, body armor wont do us much good. I guess we're ready. >What kind of plane to you want Q? > >Gadget: Golly, I didn't know you were a pilot too. Tom: (as Q) Oh, I'm not a pilot... >Q: I'm not that good compared to some of these guys but I can fly, I >guess I'll take a F-18. **thump** (sound of a forehead head falling onto a keyboard) (a figure wanders in from the left side of the screen) Crow: Hey, who's that? Jack: (takes off his hat and bows) At your service! Mike: Oh, hi, Jack. Washu, this is our MSTer, the Placid Jack Acid. Tom: What are *you* doing here, Acid? Jack: Honestly? I fell asleep at my keyboard. Washu: Have a seat, Jack? Jack: Thanks! (sits down left of Washu) Oh, and I'm a big fan of Tenchi... Washu: Hai? >Wolf: Ok, you've used this stuff before right? > >Q: Yeah > >Wolf: Ok, get airborne. Mike: (singing) Off we go, into the CRAPPY blue yonder... off we go, into the CRAP! >Q heads out to the hanger as the rest of the rangers go back upstairs and meet >Dale, Foxy and Tammy. Jack: Being none too thrilled at the prospect of hearing Tammy speak again. >Gadget: You guys ready to go? Tom: *Hell* yeah. >Tammy: Yeah Crow: The squirrel's on our side! Yea! >Monty: Don't worry Tammy luv, you'll be fine, lets get you outta here. Washu: Monty has a rather unpredictable accent, ne? Jack: (snickers) I've noticed that... >Chip: Lets go team. Mike: (as Chip) But not *you*, Wolf... >All the rangers pile into their respective aircraft, Wolf being in with Dale >and the others. > > They take off and proceed under the air cover of Q. Crow: Oh, they're in *good* hands now... > Everything is going smoothly until they are about three fourths of the way >out of the city, when Q's urgent voice is heard over the radio. All: (as Q) MOMMY! WAAAAHHHH! Jack: (as Q) They called me names, and then, and then they broke my jet! Tom: (as Q) ... and they said I was a big fat phony, *sob*! >Q (over radio): Bandits! Bandits! Ten O'clock low! Mike: Oh good, they have plenty of time then. >They all look in the direction the bandits are and see two rodent type planes >heading toward them. Jack: ... in a couple of tiny stealth bombers! Washu: Prepare the miniature atomic warheads! TAKE NO CHANCES!! > They both have Bubbles henchmen in them. They shoot a few bottle rocket >missiles at them. The rockets miss by far but they still concern Wolf. Tom: So close, and yet so far... Mike: And yet, Lenny Bruce is not afraid. >Wolf: Climb! Climb goddamn it! Q get them off our back! Tom: (as Wolf) Damn you, Red Baron! Damn you to *hell!* >Both the ranger planes climb as fast as they can and the villains follow. Crow: Quick! Check your anti-freeze! >They get up to about 7000 feet when the thugs start shooting crossbows at >them. Washu: (laughs) Desperate, boys? Tom: (as Ninja #1) Damn! I sure wish we had some more missiles! Crow: (as Ninja #2) Where does he get those blasted miniature firearms!? > Q attempts to destroy them but he soon encounter problems. Jack: He just *now* realizes he doesn't know how to fly a plane!? >He takes a pass with guns and misses by quite a bit. Bots: (make machine gun noises) RATA-TATA-TATA-TATA-TAT!!! >Q (over radio): I cant hit them, they're too slow, I keep over shooting. > >Wolf (into radio): Slow down and get a low angle of attack! Bots: BA-BOOM, BA-BOOM!!! RATA-TATA-TATA-TATA-TAT!!! >Just then one of the arrows hit the ranger plane and stuck through the wing. >Although it didn't cause any problems as Gadget's aircraft were very rugged, >it pissed Wolf off. Jack: Well, better to be pissed off than pissed on. Mike: How true... Bots: KA-CHING!! RATA-TATA-TATA-TATA-TAT!!! KA-CHING, KA-CHING!! >Wolf: That's it. > >He undos his harness and hops into the back seat where Tammy and Foxglove are. > >Wolf: Get up front! Washu: Oh, the back seat must be a lot safer, then. Tom: BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP! BA-BOOM! BA-BOOM! >The two girls undo their harnesses and climb into the front seat. Now that he >has the space, he locks and loads his M-16 and aims at one of the planes. Tom: RUCKA-TUCKA-TUCKA-TUCKA-TUCK!! KA-CHING! RUCKA-TUCKA-TUCKA-TUCKA-TUCK!! Crow: (snickering) Okay, Tom, you can stop now... Tom: Hee, hee! I *love* it! >Wolf (shouting at thugs): You like shooting at me!? Well get a load of this!! Mike: (as the Joker) Wait until they get a load of *me*! >He lets off a spray of automatic rounds that literally shred the ninjas and >their plane to pieces. The look of enjoyment on his face as he destroyed the >aircraft scared Tammy. Jack: Must be the old A1 model... M-16's haven't been fully automatic for quite some time. Mike: Oh, so you know all about them, Jack? Jack: Yes, actually! I like to be accurate when it comes to my weapons! Mike: Uh huh. And when was the last time you came across a full-functioning, mouse-sized M-16, again? Jack: (blinks) ... your point is well taken. >By now however, the other plane had gotten between the two ranger planes and >was close to both of them. > > The goons started taking shots at both planes. Tom: They start firing arrows, sling-shooting rocks, empty beer bottles... Mike: (laughs) Tom: ... old road maps, trash from McDonald's drive-thru, a small ninja... > The wind up at this altitude threw most of the arrows off but the thugs soon >started to get more accurate. Crow: More like 'slightly less inept'... > Suddenly, one of their arrows hit the ranger wing very close to it's engine. >Gadget gets a very concerned look on her face. > >Gadget: I've got to get that arrow out or in a few seconds we'll lose the >engine. Tom: Oh, good! A *happy* ending... Mike: Wow, I didn't know that arrows could be *that* effective in high-speed air combat. >Chip: Gadget don't go out there, its too dangerous. Mike: Thank you, Mr. Indiana Jones wannabe... Jack: Hey! Mike: I meant *Chip*... >Ignoring him she unbuckles and starts crawling out on the wing while Chip >takes control of the plane. > Wolf, seeing Gadget out on the wing tries to give her cover but he sees >that he can't fire without risking hitting her. Mike: Gee, that didn't bother him when he was aiming at *Tammy*... Crow: Well, he didn't *like* Tammy as much. > Just then he sees Q coming around on an extra long approach so he could hit >the target. Jack: In a surprise twist, that target turns out to be *Wolf*. Everyone else: Yay! >Q ( over radio): Coming in, I think I have the AOA down. Tom: That's what they get for going with 'Always Off Line'... Washu: *AOA*, not AOL, Tom... 'Angle of Attack'. Tom: Jeeze! I knew that! I was trying to make a funny! Washu: Try harder, then! >Wolf: Go get'em Q ball!! All: (laugh) Crow: Go get'em, 8-Track! Mike: Go get'em, Quik-E-Mart! Tom: Go, go, Power Rangers! Washu: Go, go, gadget copter! Jack: Go-bots! Mighty Vehicles, Mighty Robots! >Q: Roger that, locking on with sidewinder. All: (laugh some more) Washu: (shakes her head) Wow... Mike: Still, using missiles to solve the problem makes more sense than the solutions they come up with in any *other* episode. Crow: Yeah, they could of settled Fat Cat's hash within the first season! Tom: Ba-doom, BA-DOOM!! Take that, ya commie bastards! >Suddenly Wolf realized that at this range, the blast could knock Gadget off >the wing. Jack: Oh *no*! Not one of the *likeable* characters! Tom: That reminds me, 'Crispy Critters'. Anyone remember that cereal? >He desperately tried to warn Q. > >Wolf: Q Hold your fire! Hold your fire! Gadgets on th...... > >Too late. > >In the strange slow motion of a crisis, Jack: ... unlike the *normal* slow motion of this fanfic... >Wolf saw the missile ignite and slide off it's rails and head toward the >enemy's plane. Washu: I'll never understand how a society of rodents that can develop jet propulsion can *still* get caught in mousetraps... Tom: In retaliation, the mice develop a better *Mantrap*! Mike: Tom, shut up. > He saw it as it vectored in on its target and when it hit it completely >destroyed the aircraft. Crow: ... spraying little bits of ninja mice everywhere, in a flash of gore! Jack: I can hear Walt Disney spinning in his cryonetic chamber. > The blast however shook both of the ranger planes violently. Gadget was >flung off the wing, barely missing the spinning props. All: NOOOOOOOOO!!! Mike: They killed off Gadget! Washu: (starts sobbing) B-bastards! Tom: Don't get so emotional, Wash'. She's just a cartoon character! Washu: So am I, dammit! *sob* > It also threw Tammy, who had forgotten to put her harness back on when she >moved, out of the plane also and knocked Foxglove and Dale unconscious. > Wolf in a split second reached forward and flipped on autopilot Mike: (reaches up and flips imaginary autopilot switch) >and jumped off the plane. > > Now he had to make a huge decision, Crow: ... Regular, or Extra Crispy? >save Gadget or Tammy? Crow: Oh, in that case, Greasy or Extra Flaky. Washu: Hey! Be nice... > What made it worse was that he only had a few moments to make the choice, >save a innocent victim, Jack: In this case, the Rescue Ranger's respectiblity. > or his teammate and who was also the girl he.......no, he didnt....love >her.....did he? > Then he made his decision. Tom: ... he didn't save *either* of them! > He knew that Gadget would want him to save Tammy first. Washu: (as Gadget, plummeting) What do *you* knoooooooow?! *splat!* >He maneuvered his way over to her falling form. > After a few seconds of precise maneuvering he latched on to her and secured >the rescue belt he kept on his jump rig to Tammy and pulled the ripcord. Mike: (as Tammy) Wow! This is just as exciting like the time I was walking through the park and I was taking a break behind some benches when a guy came up and he was all out of- Tom: -just stop right there before you hurt somebody, Nelson. > The chute deployed and decelerated them until they were floating toward the >earth. Crow: ... and what about our dear Gadget? Jack: Pavement pancake, is my guess. Washu: Well, you win some, you lose some. > All this had taken place in about seven seconds and when Wolf looked down >he could see that Gadget was at about 3000 feet and still falling. Mike: At half a mile up wouldn't the air be too thin for mice? Tom: And how the hell can a battery operated prop plane get up that high? Mike: There are times where smiling and nodding just simply aren't enough! > Wolf was looking down at Gadget when she deployed the chute she always wore >and he let out a sigh of relief, he had forgotten about that. Washu: (as Gadget) Golly! And I thought it would never come in handy! > She seemed to be doing ok for a few seconds when her harness snapped and >she began falling again. Mike: Apparently, no one ever told Gadget that she was supposed to be connected *to* the parachute. Jack: (laughs) Oh, well... >Wolf(yelling): Gadget no!!! Crow: (as Wolf, yelling) We never got to do the rubbing thing yet! >Wolf hit the release button on his harness and he went into freefall, Mike: (singing) Freefalling... Bots: (singing backup) Free-fallin'... Yes I'm... Free-fallin'... > leaving Tammy in the parachute. Jack: See? Gadget's taking Wolf out with her, so it's not *all* bad. Washu: Yes, I feel *much* better. > Chip pulled the ranger wing under Tammy and recovered her and then they all >looked down at their fellow rangers who were falling down to earth. > >Monty: I sure hope Wolf has a spare chute. Tom: (as Monty) For Gadget's sake, ya understand... >Chip: He doesn't, he told me that two chutes are too bulky to wear all the >time. > >Monty: Then why did he cut away if he didn't have a chute? Tom: ... because he's a knob, that's why! >Zipper puts his hands over his eyes, he didn't want to see this. Crow: Ooh, ooh! We do, *we* do! >Wolf had made a decision, he was going to save Gadget at what ever the cost >or die trying. >He streamlined himself and dove after her. Tom: He *what*? Washu: (sighs) He cut down on the total wind resistance on his body, so he would fall at an overall faster rate of speed... Tom: You mean, like a cannonball? Washu: More like a jackknife, or in Wolf's case, a belly 'flop'. > He caught up with her when they were at about 1000 feet. Crow: (as Wolf) Gadget, could you be a sport and cushion my landing? > He grabbed her and used the same tactic he had back in Nimnul's lab when >they had rescued all the bats, Mike: ... cry a lot and fudge his jumpsuit! > he flipped himself All: Eww! Jack: Neither the time nor the place for that, Wolf! >over so he was on the bottom. All: EWWWW!!! Crow: A whole new twist on the Mile High club! Mike and Washu: Shut up, shut UP, SHUT UP!!! > This time however, she was facing him and she saw his the look of extreme >pain on his face the second they hit the ground before everything went >black. Jack: Fade to Black... Mike: He died as he lived, absolutely two dimensional. Washu: Oh, Gadget, we almost feel sorry for you... Crow: Yep. No more fanfic for her! >Chip had dove after them but couldn't catch up. Tom: This is a brave, but very stupid rodent we have here. Jack: I think he means Chip dove the *plane* down... Tom: Whatever. >When they saw them hit the ground they were all shocked.Zipper started >crying uncontrollably. Jack: Zipper's disappointed, because by the time he gets down there the other flies will have already gotten to the choice parts. Mike: Still, you can't beat that yummy asphalt taste! >Monty: I think we've lost them mates. No one could survive a fall like >that. Tom: Apparently, they never read 'Oscar Toon' before... Crow: (shudders) Lucky bastards! >Chip(softly): Not Gadget. No! She can't be dead,lets go get them!! Mike: So! Violence, gore, death, all things you can expect from a children's cartoon, basically. >Monty: Hold on Gadget luv, we're coming!! Mike: And we're going. (picks up Tom) See you, Jack... Jack: Yeah, it's time for me to wake up anyway... (Mike, the Bots, and Washu leave the theater) (Jack Acid exits to left side of the theater, but wanders back in) Jack: Uh, guys? I can't seem to wake myself up... guys? [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Bridge] Crow, Tom, and Mike Nelson stood silently on the bridge in a rare moment of meditation. After a few minutes, Gypsy wandered by and noticed the three. Curious as she could be, she approached them. "Uh, are you guys okay?" she asked, hesitantly. "Hmmmm?" Mike was jogged out of his deep thinking. "Oh, hiya Gyps. Yeah, we're okay. We were just wondering about the nature of today's fanfic." "I usually hate myself for asking, but what do you mean?" Gypsy asked. A strangely dressed gentleman with an odd fedora wandered onto the rear of the bridge, unnoticed by the crew. Tom piped up. "Well, it's just that we were pondering the pros and cons of self-insertion into fan fiction, Gypsy! It's certainly common enough in the genre. I say, if some little scamp wants to write a fic and put himself in, let'em go right ahead! It's a free Internet." "And I for one say that is where you are WRONG." Crow began. "See, that kind of mentality leads to bad fanfics, bad fanfics lead to flames, flames lead to suffering, and suffering means I wanna put my FOOT up someone's ASS!" The strange man, obviously confused with his surroundings, looked around took off his hat, and scratched the back of his head. Mike cleared his throat. "See, I think that not ALL self-insertion makes for a bad fanfic. I mean, some authors who practice it use it subtly to enhance a fanfic, rather than be the focus of it. Quiet, gentle. Not the kinda 'in your face' action you'd get with Wolf here, or if you really want to go there, Oscar." "We didn't, Mike, thanks." Tom complained. Crow wasn't buying it, however. "What the hell are you talking about, Mike? I mean, you put yourself into a story, BLAM! That's just ASKING for an ass-kicking." "I don't think so! Hey, let's ask Gypsy!" Mike and the other two robots turned to give Gypsy the soapbox. "All I know is that there's an intruder on the ship, and that I must have a machoistic streak to stand around and listen to *you* guys!" Gypsy wheeled off, shaking her odd shaped head in disbelief. "Man, what's with *her*?" Crow asked as they watched her exit. The strange man wandered into the front of the bridge, approaching the crew. "Bridge looks a lot different from this end." was all he simply said. Mike noticed the newcomer. "You still here, Jack?" Jack Acid laughed, and put one arm behind his head. "I cry pardon, it seems I have a case of insomnia... only in reverse." Washu walked onto the bridge. "What's going on here, boys?" Mike jerked a thumb in Jack's direction. "Cowboy here can't seem to get back to where he belongs." "Oh, dear. Well, I think Nurse Washu's got the cure!" she said cheerfully, turning around. "Lemme just go change into my uniform-" "NO!" everyone, including Jack, yelled. "Okay, okay, sheesh." she grumbled, turning back. "I guess we can go with a 'quickie' scientific cure. Observe." Washu produced a balloon and quickly proceeded to inflate it and tie it closed. She gently tossed the balloon in the air, and as it was coming down, popped it with a pin. >>*BAM!*<< The Placid Jack Acid winked out of existence. Washu put her hands on her hips and laughed. "Well, whadda know, it actually worked!" Mike shook his head. "You call *that* 'scientific'? Whoa, hey, WE GOT FANFIC SIIIIGN!!" Plain Text Attachment [ Save to my Yahoo! Briefcase | Download File ] [ 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Theater] Mike: When we last left our heroes... Crow: ... we were very satisfied of the turn of events! (they take their usual places) >Before they could get to them however, Tom: ... the unholy specter of Walt Disney appeared and smited them all into dust. The end! Washu: (laughs) Go, Walt! > they saw a bunch of ninjas pick up Wolf and Gadget and disappear into a >nearby building, Mike: Well, they're tidy ninjas, at least there's that... > leaving a couple behind to stand guard. Crow: Fifteen of the dickweeds couldn't stop the rangers before. What good are only two? Tom: No conveniently placed overhead tree branches *this* time. > When the rangers tried to land, they opened fire and forced them to retreat. Washu: So much for the 'kinder, gentler' Rescue Rangers... Crow: Yeah, amazing what a little creative gunplay will do! Tom: Guys, the *Rangers* were forced to retreat because the *ninjas* opened fire... Crow: Ah, I liked it better the other way around... > They flew back up to the ranger plane, which was still hovering in >autopilot and managed to awaken its still unconscious occupants. > > Sadly,they all headed back to HQ to decide what they should do. All: (singing) Cel...a...bra...te good times, come on! > The flight back home was made in dead silence. After everyone was in the >living room Chip spoke up. Mike: (as Chip) Up! Up, I say! Washu: (groan) >Chip: We've got to get Gadget and Wolf back. > >Monty: Too right mate. Mike: ... don't make a wrong mate! Tom: *Damn* you, Nelson. >Zipper buzzes in agreement. Washu: Actually, he was asking if they could send out for pizza, but... >Q(gravely): And if they're dead? > >Dale: Then we'll make them pay for what they did. Crow: ... and they're not accepting American Express, ladies and gentlemen! Tom: Whoo-hoo! Ass-smiting time! >Tammy (almost crying): Two people died trying to keep me safe. > >Foxglove hugs Tammy to try to make her feel better. > >Foxy: Now Tammy, we don't know if they're dead. Washu: (as Foxglove) They're probably still alive and being horribly tortured even as we speak. Feel better? >Monty: Well, lets go get them back mates! Mike: They'll match our set of *front* mates! Tom: Arrrgggghhh!!! >Q: One problem > >Everyone looks at him. > >Q: We don't know where they are. > >Chip thinks on this for a moment. Crow: (as Chip) Maybe Donald Duck remembers Dale and me... *he* could get us a decent job! >Chip: Lets go try the CooCoo Cola plant, > > that's where his last hide out was. Washu: ... right next to the *Koo-ka* Cola bottling plant! >Q: Ok, its better then nothing. Mike: Better than Wolf's IQ? >Zipper buzzes something to Monty. > >Monty: Your right Zipper, we cant take Tammy along. Tom: Yeah, she might draw gunfire, and we wouldn't want *that*... >Q: Ok we'll put her in Wolf's base, no one can get to her in there. > >Dale: I thought only Wolf could get in there. Washu: He *lied* to you, get over it already! Crow: His 'top-of-the-line' security system consists of a rusty screen door and a couple of cinderblocks! You've been had! >Q: Only two other people can besides him can get in there. I'm one of them. > >Monty: Who's the other person mate? Crow: (as Q) His mommy. >Q: Don't ask, Wolf will kill me if I tell anyone, Drop it. Mike: And another sad attempt at a plot twist fails miseribly yet *again*. >Q walks over to where the elevator is. Tom: MAN! THE AWESOME, NAIL-BITING MADNESS THAT *IS* THIS FANFIC!!! Washu: Servo! Relax! >Q: Access, Q Bravo Alpha Lima Lima Washu: Huh? Oh, I get it, Q-B-A-L-L. Cute. Crow: Bravo Victor Charlie! Pull UP, fanfic! Pull UP!! >The elevator pops out of the floor and he leads Tammy and Foxglove down into >the base. About ten minutes later he comes back up, alone. Mike: ... and the entire base is empty, the Rangers having fled the country. Crow: Man, they didn't even leave the little light bulb inside the refrigerator! >Q: Ok, the two of them are safe, Foxy is looking after Tammy. Washu: (as Q) Okay, now that they're both dead, what's next? Tom: Y'know, not to be a gloomy gus, again, but is locking them up in a warehouse *full* of high-tech weaponry and explosives *really* a good idea? Mike: I'd be more concerned if Q remembered to turn on the water, heat, and air intake down there... >Monty: Ok mates, lets go show Bubbles a thing or two about fighting. > >Chip: Rescue Rangers Away! > >They all get into the Ranger wing and head off to the CooCoo plant. Mike: Did they fly over any kind of nests, by chance? >Both Gadget and Wolf came to at about the same time and found themselves lying >on the floor, hands and feet bound. After they were both awake and sitting up, >Wolf looked around. Tom: (imitates the sound of a rusty gate door) Irrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrk! > They were in a very dark room and he couldn't see anything with his normal >vision so he switched to his inferred. All: (laugh) Washu: He's sort of a Swiss Army Soldier-of-Fortune, isn't he? Crow: All-Purpose Cultural Mouse Man, Wolf! > He saw about five guards and a large burly mouse he recognized as Bubbles >standing about a foot from them. Tom: So, they're just standing there, in the dark, doing *nuthin'*... Mike: (as Bubbles) Uh, line? > After a few seconds the lights turned on and Bubbles came forward and >started to speak. Crow: (as Bubbles) So, we meet again, Bond-- I mean, Gadget! >Bubbles: Well,Well Miss Gadget, it seems you are still helpless without your >toys. > >Gadget: Bubbles! The other rangers are going to get you! Washu: ... and your little dog, too! >Bubbles: Yes yes I'm sure but not before I get my revenge on you. Crow: (as Bubbles) I'm gonna give you split ends! BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! >Wolf: What's the matter Bubbles, still cant fight someone who can't fight >back? > >This angered Bubbles who stepped over and kicked Wolf several times in the >face and abdomen. Mike and Tom: (singing) Dis-ney... Af-ter-noon! Crow: And the purpose of that is...to prove that he *could* fight someone who couldn't fight back? >Gadget: Stop it! Washu: (as Gadget) At least do me a favor and aim for his groin! >Bubbles then walked over and grabbed Gadget by the back of her collar and >picked her off the ground and put a knife to her throat. Mike: ... and? Tom: He and Wolf must go shopping in the same stores... >Bubbles: Now Mr.Wolf, you will tell me the access codes to my ice gun or >I'm going to cut Miss Toymaker's throat. Washu: (as Gadget) It's Miss Hackwrench, actually. Toymaker's a distant cousin of mine. >Wolf: What makes you think I know them? > >Bubbles: I took the liberty of listening in on you guys today and heard >that squirrel give you the codes. Tom: Uh, how? Crow: The fly. It *has* to be the fly! Damn him to *hell* for his turncoat ways! >Wolf thought about it for a few seconds and let out a sigh of defeat. Mike: And suddenly, a laser beam emitted from his nose. Washu: Ha! Wasn't expecting *that*, *were* you, Bubbles?! >Wolf: 2 9 6 delta tango. Crow: And that is today's winning lotto number! Congratulations! >Bubbles grinned and dropped Gadget. Mike: ... like a bad habit. > Luckily, the guards had not known about Wolf's claws and had tied his hands >in a way so that he could slice the ropes. Washu: ... but ended up slicing off his other hand, instead. >After he had his hands free he discreetly freed his legs also. Crow: Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Gypsy Rose Wolf! > When Bubbles turned around to get something from one of the guards, Wolf >sprang up and lunged at him, claws first. Tom: Mike, did I fall asleep or is this really an action scene? Mike: No, (laughs) uh, I believe this actually *is* an action scene! >Wolf's claws had managed to slice slightly into Bubbles arms when Wolf was >hit in the right shoulder with a crossbow bolt. Tom: It sucks, Mike. The action scene sucks on toast. Mike: I know, Servo, I know. > The force of the bolt drove him back and the arrow impaled his shoulder >right into the wall, hanging him so his feet were off the ground. Gadget let >out a scream. Washu: (as Gadget) Squeeeeeak! Everyone else: (groans) > Bubbles, enraged further by his injuries, pulled Wolf off the wall and >started kicking him extremely hard all over. > >All Gadget could do was close her eyes and ignore Wolf's grunts of pain. Washu: (as Gadget) Does he really have to keep squealing like a pig? >Bubbles stopped after about three minutes of this and amazingly, Wolf was >still awake. > >Bubbles turned to Gadget. Tom: (imitates the sound of a rusty gate door) Irrrrrrrrrrrrrk... >Bubbles: Now then, I can finally get my revenge on you. Crow: (as Bubbles) I'm gonna make you watch a 'Full House' marathon! Washu: (as Gadget) Nooooooo!!! >Bubbles snapped his fingers and the guards picked her and Wolf up and >carried them into a room. They threw them into a glass box suspended above >large tank of water. Bubbles loomed over them on the platform above. > >Bubbles: Now, my revenge will be knowing you had a long slow death. Washu: My Goddess, he's going to make them read this fanfic all over again! Mike: That's *sick*! > I am going to close this box and lower you into my little swimming pool and >use the ice gun to freeze all the water around you. Tom: Sweet Mother of Gandhi! JUST *SHOOT* THEM, NOW!! Crow: (as Bubbles) Yes, I figure this will do you in, provided that your friends don't rescue you like they usually do from *all* the *other* similar deathtraps... > You should freeze to death in about an hour and even if someone finds you >they will never be able to get through all that ice in time. (chuckles) I >invite you to try and get out. > >With that he tosses in all of Wolf's weaponry. Washu: ... and his favorite squeaky toy. >Bubbles: Any last words? Crow: (as Wolf) Sure! Tom: (as Wolf) Ummmmm... duh? Mike: (as Wolf) MOMMY!! WAAAAAAAAH!! >When neither say anything he shuts the box and lowers them into the pool. Washu: (as Gadget) Wait! Come back! I just thought of something meaningful to say!! > Then one of the guards hands him an odd looking gun and he fires at the >pool. When the sky blue beam hits the water, it instantly freezes. Washu: Boy, that brings me back... Tom: Okay, stop the fanfic! Washu: Tom? Tom: All right, let's review the story so far. Apparently, mice have developed the technology to fly tiny jet aircraft at supersonic speeds, build miniature firearms, and use small lighters to burn things, right? Mike: According to the author, yes. Tom: So... WHERE THE HELL DID THE FREAKING TINY ICE GUN COME FROM? The mice, RIGHT!? I mean, why would humans build something that size they couldn't even USE it?! Do you know what this means?! My GOD, the mice may invade at any time, and WE'RE STILL SITTING HERE!! TO ARMS, I SAY, *TO ARMS*!!! (hops out of seat and rushes for theater exit) (silence for a moment) Washu: (coughs) Crow: Well! Moving right along... >Gadget feels the drop in tempature immediately but Wolf is still barely >conscious. They see him laugh and walk away, his ninjas following him. Washu: Wolf's outside the box, with the ninjas? Crow: Whoa! Gadget's been had! Mike: (singing) I've seen them turn their heads and quickly walk away... > Gadget looks over at Wolf who looks absolutely terrible. Mike: ... and pretty beat up, too. Washu: (laughs) > He is propped up on his right arm to keep the arrow from hitting the floor >and moving inside his shoulder. Crow: Still, this guy has nothing on Boromir of Gondor, though. Mike: So true. > His clothes are all torn up and she can see his jet black fur marred with >crimson streaks coming from several deep cuts. One of his eyes is swollen >shut and his mouth is coated with blood. Washu: And Wolf's experiment in using flesh-eating bacteria for after-shave came to a close. > His breathing seems to be labored and he winces with every breath. Crow: He's not wincing! He's simply trying to remember how to breathe! > She gets up and sat down next to him. Mike: Present and past tense together do not a sentence make... > She takes out a rag and begins to try and stop the bleeding and wipe some of >the blood off his face and chest. Wolf looks around slowly and then he looks >up at her. Crow: (singing) The girl with Kaleidoscope eyes! >Wolf ( gasping breath, bearly audible): Gadget....syrenge.....coat..... > >Gadget: You want me to get a syringe out of your coat. > >Wolf forces a painful nod and she starts rummaging through his coat. Washu: (as Gadget) Wallet... where's his stupid wallet!? >After a minute she finds a medium sized syringe that already has been filled >with something. She takes the cover off the needle and injects the contents >into Wolf's arm. Crow: You know, this is a lousy remake of 'The Basketball Diaries'. Tom: (from the floor) Uh, guys? I... can't get past the air grate. Mike: I know, Servo. (stands up, picks Tom off the floor, and places him back in his seat) Tom: Thanks, Mike. Mike: Sure. Anytime. > After about two minutes his breathing becomes stronger and he can now talk >clearly. Washu: A true first! >Wolf: Thanks, I needed that. > >Gadget: Golly, your doing a lot better, what was in that? Crow: (as Wolf) Viagra. Mike: (imitates a rim shot) Ba bum-bum, CHING! >Wolf: A mixture of adrenaline, painkillers, and stimulants. Comes in handy >but it doesn't last forever. Mike: I suddenly have the urge to play 'Doom'... Tom: Me too! I wonder why? >Gadget: Bubbles froze us in here and its getting colder by the second. I >don't think we have too long before we freeze. > >Wolf looks around and then at himself. Crow: (as Wolf, trying to think) What would *I* do in a situation like this? Washu: Try dying! >Wolf: I'm too messed up to be of any use, can you think of anything. > >Gadget: Maybe we could use your weapons and explosives to get out. Mike: Hell, use the damn lighter she gave you! Tom: Knob! >Wolf: That wont work,I think that's why Bubbles threw that stuff in here. >If we try to use it it'll kill us. If the explosion doesn't the blast gases >will. > >Gadget (grimly): Then I guess we're trapped. > >Wolf: Yeah, I'm sorry theres just nothing I can think of. Crow: (as Wolf) Besides socks. I like socks! Aren't they NEAT? >Gadget just nods in response. Wolf drags himself to a corner and lays back >on it but when he does, the arrow is jabbed, causing him to grunt. > > He reaches back and breaks the tip of the arrow off on both sides. All: (laugh) Mike: Well, at least he can put a shirt on, now... > Then he lays back and begins to check himself out. Crow: (as Wolf) Wow, I am *so* sexy... > He takes off his coat and shirt and uses his knife to cut his shirt up and >he uses them to bandage his wounds and clean the blood off of him. Mike: First time he took off his coat since Operation Desert Storm. Can you imagine the grease built up on him? Washu: Bloodstains? Try Era plus. > By now the tempeture has dropped to about twenty degrees and Wolf quickly >puts his coat back on. Gadget comes over and huddles next to him. Tom: My, how I long for his death... Washu: Bitter, Servo? Tom: Damn tootin'! >He notices how much she is shivering and he opens his coat and wraps the >side of it around her to help keep her warm. She quickly cuddles against his >body to keep warm. Mike: So, the *greater* of the two evils, then... Crow: Yeah, if the cold doesn't kill her, the smell probably will. >Wolf: I just hope Q and the rest of the rangers will get here in time. > >Gadget: Do you think they will be able to get us out? > >Wolf: They'll figure something out, don't worry. Mike: Dick Tracy. James Bond. Flash Gordon. *Wolf*. Washu: (laughs) >Now the tempeture is around zero and the two trapped mice start to feel >themselves slowly slip into unconsciousness. Gadget then remembered >something. > >Gadget: How did you know about Bubbles? Have you met up with him before? Crow: (as Wolf) Yes, I remember Mr. Bubbles. We met in a bathtub long, long ago... >Wolf's face fell at the question. He didn't want to tell her but she did >have the right to know if she didn't know already. He looked at the floor as >he began to explain. Tom: (as Wolf) Hello again, floor. It's me, Wolf... >Wolf: Gadget, do you know how your father died? > >This question brought many sad feelings and memories back into Gadgets mind. > >Gadget: No, They just showed up at the door and told me he had been killed. Washu: (as Gadget) Then they said there *wasn't* a Santa Claus! WAAAAH!!! >Wolf: They didn't tell you how. > >Gadget: No, I asked but they said they didn't know. Tom: ... they said it was too dicey to explain in a Disney Cartoon. >Wolf let out a long sigh as he now had to tell her something that could hurt >her. Crow: (as Wolf, as Darth Vader) *I* am your father, Gadget... >Wolf: Did you know that your father was on a mission to fly with several >other planes to bring in medical supplies and food to a village that >had been burned down? > >Gadget: Yes Mike: Incoming flashback! Washu: Are we to infer this village is in one of those third world loser nations? >Wolf: I was hired by the relief organization along with several other >mercs, to protect the supply planes. All: We... are... THE SKY KINGS! > This was shortly after I acquired my claws and all so I was still getting >used to them. Crow: (as Wolf) Even *I* couldn't explain the reason why I had them. > We were about halfway across the jungle we had to cross when they came at >us with at least ten fighters. Mike: Hot Shots! Tom: Father Goose! Washu: Gundum Wing! > I didn't have my jet with me so I was flying in a Ultraflight >fighter, it was a good plane but their sheer numbers made it a >no win fight for us. Crow and Washu: (hum theme to 'Black Sheep Squadron') Mike: Of course with Wolf, it was a no-win no matter what, but this way he looks noble. Tom: Rata-rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-ta!!! KaPING!! > I lost some good friends that day. Washu: (as Wolf) Shot most of them down myself, come to think of it... Tom: Pa-pow-pow-pow-pow-pow-pow-pow-pow-pow-pow-pow-pow!!!! > They shot all the planes down and we crash landed. Tom: Eeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnnooooooooooooowwwwwwww!!! BABOOOM! Fwish! Mike: (imitating a muted trumpet) Wahh, wahh, wahhh... Crow: ... and then, the only sound in the jungle was Wolf, wetting his pants. Washu: (laughs) > I managed to escape capture by playing dead Washu: (laughs) Well, easy enough for Wolf... Tom: ... he just acts natural, only he doesn't talk as much! > but all the relief people who had survived, including your father were >captured. I followed them to their camp and snuck in at night and talked to >Geegaw. Crow: Much to Geegaw's utter dismay. Tom: (as Geegaw) Go away! I don't *like* you!! > We planned an escape, it was risky but we had no other choice. Mike: Odd, I thought self-inserted characters could do anything they damn well wanted. Washu: What a refreshing idea! >Listening to this story was making Gadget Tom: ... fall fast asleep. > tremble, Wolf had actually known her father. Crow: ... and worse, her mother. Washu: (shocked) You don't mean... Are you implying...? Tom: Too late, we did already! Wake up, Wash'!! >Wolf: Anyway, we opened the cell where they were being kept and I was >leading them to safety when we were spotted. Mike: Wolf strikes me as the kind of guy that thinks he's hiding simply by covering his eyes. Tom: (snickering) I see him in the middle of the camp, out in the open... Crow: ... giggling hysterically, thinking that there's *no* way they could find him... Tom: ... and meanwhile, the guards leave him alone, mostly out of pity. Washu: (giggling) We are *so* mean to this guy! > Geegaw made a run right back into the camp to stall the guards while I got >the rest of them out. After about five hours, when they were safe, I went >back to the camp to try to rescue your father. > >Gadget began to cry, for she knew what was coming next. Washu: (as Gadget, sobbing) HE'S GONNA TALK SOME MORE!! WAHHHH!!! >Wolf: By the time I got there though, they had tied him to a stake and then >I saw him. Their leader Bubbles, was screaming how he had ruined his plans >and how he was going to make him pay. Tom: Then Bubbles ate a bulb of garlic, and *breathed* Geehaw to death! Crow: Evil, cunning bastard! > He took a cross bow from one of his men and shot your father. He died >saving the rest of us, if he hadn't stalled them, none of us would have >gotten away. Crow: In effect, Gadget's dad is responsible for this entire fanfic. >I managed to recover his body and return home with it so he could have a >proper buriel.Your father was a very brave man. Mike: (as Wolf) Stupid, but brave. Tom: Buriel ... wasn't that one of the angels in Evangelion? >Gadget was now sobbing uncontrollably Washu: (as Gadget) Oh gods, shut up, shut UP, SHUT UP!!! >Gadget(sobbing): Thank you for telling me, I never knew. > >Gadget had used all her remaining strength listening to the story. She began >to black out and go limp. Washu: Wow, she knows our pain, guys! >Wolf's strength had been used up telling the story and now the medications >were fading and he too blacked out. The last thought on his mind before >everything went dark was, Crow: (as Wolf) Duuuuuuh... > Q don't let us down. Tom: (as Wolf) Let us *up* for a change! > Chip set the ranger wing down on the roof of the CooCoo cola plant. Mike: ... in a flaming heap of wreckage. Washu: Yup, just set 'er down anywhere, Chip! > Q hopped out and secured the area. > > After Q didn't see anything, all the rangers entered the plant and began >searching for their lost comrades. Tom: The United Soviet Socialist Rangers. Crow: Nyet! > After ten minutes of searching they found a terrible sight, Mike: ... for Wolf had somehow managed to survive. Tom: *Damn* it all! Is there NOTHING that can kill him?! > Wolf and Gadget frozen in a glass box in a block of ice about four feet >thick on each side. To top it off, both of them were stone still. > >Chip: Gadget!! Crow: (as Chip) ... oh, and Wolf, too, I guess. Washu: It took them ten minutes to find a giant eight-foot ice block that was sitting on the middle of the floor? >Dale: We've got to get them out of there! > >Monty: Blimy!! How are we going to get through all that ice? Tom: Quick! Get a giant glass of Canadian Dry Gingerale! >Q: Stand Back! > >He pulled out one his ninja stars and threw it at the block of ice. Washu: The low budget Ninja Gadien, Q. Mike: 'Q' as in, 'Quirky'... > It exploded and threw ice everywhere but when the smoke cleared it had >only penetrated about and inch. Crow: Well, shoot, if they're all the size of mice, an inch is a lot, isn't it? >Q: This ain't going to work, I don't have enough stars. > >Zipper buzzes franticly. Tom: (as Zipper) I can't find 'the little fly room', and I *really* gotta go! >Monty: I don't know how we're going to get them out Zip. > >Chip looked around to find something to free his friends. He had looked >everywhere and was starting to get desperate when he looked up he saw the >giant crane that the plant used to move the huge tanks of ingredients. > >Chip: Come on! we'll use that crane. Washu: (as Chip) Over there, by the plot contrivance section! >They all followed him up to the control panel and working together, managed >to grab and lift the ice about fifteen feet in the air. > >Monty: Now what Chip me lad? > >Chip: Now we drop them, it should shatter the ice. Mike: (as Chip) ... and kill them and possibly us in process. Ready? >He jumps on the release button and the block falls and shatters with a load >bang. In the center of all the fragments lay Wolf and Gadget, still trapped >in the box. They all scramble back down to the box but when they try to open >the lid, it wont budge. > >Q: We don't have time for this. Crow: I agree. (gets up to leave) Mike: (laughs) Sit down, Crow... >He took his MP-5 and fired a long spray down the length of the side, >shattering it. Tom: ... spraying the interior with *really* sharp glass. Washu: Now I know why Q and Wolf understand each other so well. >When they went inside, the sight that they saw stunned them. Mike: (as Chip) Hey, Batman's in there! We must have come across the wrong deathtrap, guys! > Wolf was slumped against the wall with Gadget huddled against him. Crow: She's getting ready to hollow him out and crawl inside to keep warm. > Wolf was covered with makeshift bandages that were soaked with blood. He >had a arrow shaft sticking through his shoulder and his eye was very >swollen. Washu: But, didn't he shove the arrow in, and break off the ends? Tom: What, you expect *continuity* this far along in the fanfic? > Monty and Chip rushed up and took Gadget out of the box and checked her >over. > >Monty: She'll be ok mate, she just needs to be warmed up. Crow: Quick! Everybody take off your clothes and rub against her! Mike: Crow... Washu: Well, actually that *would* generate enough heat to... oh Crow, yuck! >Then Q and Dale carried Wolf out and Monty looked over him. His face was >grim when he finished. Tom: But what I want to know is, (singing) Will the Wolf survive? >Monty: He's alive, but just barely, his pulse is irregular, and he has lost >a lot of blood. I don't know if he's going to make it mates. We need to get >him and Gadget to the Hospital and fast. Crow: ... and a hilarious 'getting them to the hospital and fast' scene plays out. >The Chip and Monty carried Gadget to the ranger wing while Q and Dale took >Wolf. Washu: The Chip. Is that anything like 'The Fonz'? Tom: (as Chip as the Fonz) Rescue Rangers! 'eeeeeeeeey! > Zipper scouted ahead to make sure there wasn't an ambush. After they >were all in the ranger wing, they flew straight to the hospital. Mike: They flew straight *into* the hospital, in fact. Washu: Probably shouldn't have let Wolf fly when he's unconscious. Crow: I *thought* he was flying better than usual! > When they got there, they picked up there injured friends and as they >rushed to the doors Chip was carrying Gadget while Dale and Monty took Wolf. >They burst into the ER. Tom: Chicago-munk *Hope*... Crow: (snickers) Hey, I think I see George Clooney over there! Mike: No, that's Batman! Washu: (laughs) >Chip: Get us a doctor over here! Mike: (as Chip) But take your time! Please, don't hurry on *our* account! >Doctor Smith happened to be on duty and he rushed over to them. He looked >over Gadget and turned to several waiting nurses. > >Smith: Get her in to a hypothermia treatment room quickly. Tom: Are you implying that Gadget's a little frigid? Washu: (shakes head, sighing) Lame. >The nurses take Gadget into a nearby room. > > Then Smith takes one look at Wolf. Crow: ... and loses his lunch. >Smith: My god what happened to him? Nurse, get him into surgery stat and >get a trauma team down here!! Washu: ... the surgery's for Wolf, and I'm guessing the trauma team must be for the Rangers. Mike: Oh, I already *know* this fanfic's gonna leave some lasting scars on *me*... >As several nurses came with a gurney to wheel him to the OR, the rangers >helped load him onto it. Tom: They helped the nurses load the *load*. Crow: (chuckles) >They followed him into the OR and Smith didn't have the heart to make them >leave. Mike: (as Smith) Look, all I'm having him do is fill out paperwork! Go sit down over there! > He knew Wolf had a good chance of dying even with his healing factor. >He went to work on trying to save him. Washu: ... with, oddly enough, mayonnaise. > After about half and hour of frantic working he managed to stabilize him >somewhat and he went over to the rangers to tell them what he knew about >their friend's condition. Crow: (as Smith) He's totally brain-dead. Mike: (as Chip) Yeah, so what *else* is new... >Smith: I don't know if he is going to make it, he is in very bad shape. > >Dale: What's wrong with him. All: (laugh) Mike: Oh, *this* may take awhile... Tom: (as Smith) Should I start from the beginning? His records only go back twenty years... >Smith: He's lost a lot of blood, internal bleeding, his organs are >damaged, he has a severe concussion, major trauma to the abdomen and head. >It is amazing he is even alive now. Washu: (as Chip) See? I *am* cursed... >Suddenly a high pitched tone is heard and the heart monitor reads a flat >line. Crow: To the Rangers' ears, it was the sound of music. Mike: (as Chip) YEEEEESSSS! I'M IN CHARGE AGAIN! I'M IN CHARGE AGAIN!! > Smith ran over and begins CPR while the nurses ready the heart starting >equipment. Tom: Is that anything like a defibrillator? >They put the electrodes on his chest. > >Smith: Clear! Mike: (as Dr. Smith) ...thebeansihadforluncharemakingacomebacksoCLEAR!! >Wolf's body shakes from the electricity. Nothing changes on the monitor. >They try several times unsuccessfully. All the rangers watch silently. Washu: (quiet, like an announcer) Hole 16, three yards to the hole, the crowd is hushed as he prepares to make this putt... > Finally, they get a stable heartbeat after many tries. Crow: And legions upon legions of Chip & Dale fans wept bitterly. >Smith: I thought we lost him. Tom: Damn, we were THIS close! >Smith leads the rangers out of the OR and into the lobby. > >Smith: All we can do now is wait for his wounds to heal. Mike: (as Smith) And for the smell to die down in there. I hadn't expected his bowels to spontaniously evactuate like that when I used the paddles on him, sorry. >Chip: Do you think he'll be ok? > >Smith: I don't know, he heals very quickly but I don't know. He may >have severe brain damage from the concussion or organ damage. Washu: In the former case, we'll really never know for sure. >If his skeleton wasn't metal to protect his lungs and heart, he would >be dead. Crow: Stupid alloys! I *hate* all alloys from this day forward! Mike: Crow, you're *made* out of alloys! Crow: I know that! You know how torn I am inside?! >Monty: I'm sure he'll be ok mates. > >Dale: Lets go see if Gadgets ok. > >Chip: Good Idea Dale. Mike: (as Chip) Hot damn! Feels good to be in charge again! >They all walk into Gadgets room to find her awake and waiting for them. Tom: (as Gadget) Hiya, stud-muffins... ready to dip into some batter? Washu: Gross, AND crude! Damn fine work, Tommy! Mike: (sighs) Now I've got THREE of them... >Gadget: How is he? Washu: (as Chip) Big and dumb as usual. You? >Monty: He's in real bad shape luv, his heart stopped and they barely >managed to save him. > >Gadget: Golly. Crow: Power of understatement. Washu: (as Gadget) Gosh! Um, they didn't find the strangle marks around his neck, did they? >Q: I'm sure he'll pull through, he's been through worse. > >Monty: What could be possibly worse then what happened to him now? > >Q: I saw him catch a four second machine gun burst once. Mike: (as Q) I should know, I was the guy firing at him! >Chip: Do you think Bubbles will come after them? > >Dale: Does he know they're alive, we didn't see them on the way out of >the plant. Crow: Dale's a bit OOC doing all this deductive reasoning, isn't he? Tom: At this point, the entire Ranger continuity is jacked up beyond recognition, and you're worried about Dale being a LITTLE OUT OF CHARACTER?! Crow: Yeah, well, I'm still trying to put up a feeble effort of caring... Tom: Ah. Carry on. >Chip: We better find him before he does find out. > >Gadget: I want to come along. I'm not hurt, I can still help you guys >get him. > >Q: We will need all the help we can get. All: Shut *UP*, Q... >Monty: Ok luv, come on. > >They check Gadget out of the hospital and go ask the receptionist >where Wolf is. Washu: And she tells them he's out back, in the dumpster. Mike: (as a nurse) He looked like all the other sacks of medical waste! My bad! > She tells them what room and when they get in there they see Wolf, >heavily bandaged, sleeping on the bed. > >Gadget: He looks terrible. Crow: (as Gadget) I mean, like, more so than usual! >Q: Don't worry buddy, we'll get some payback. Nobody messes with us and >gets away with it. > >Wolf: No you wont. Tom: (as a nagging mother) You're not going ANYWHERE tonight with those hoodlum friends of yours, mister! >Gadget: Golly! You're awake. > >Wolf: Yeah, (winces) kinda wish I wasn't though. Mike: Yeah, us too. >Monty: We thought we lost ya mate. Mike: Yeah, us too. Washu: (giggles) >Wolf: Q I'm disappointed in you. > >Everyone looks at him and Q looks confused. > >Wolf grins. Tom: (imitates the sound of a rusty gate opening) Irrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrk! >Wolf: You should know I'm too stubborn to die. > >Q smiles and pats him on the shoulder that didn't have a bandage on it. Washu: (as Q) I love you, poorly-acted mouse-guy! >Chip: We need to go get Bubbles before he comes after you guys or does >anything with that new gun of his. Mike: (as Chip, meekly) ... if that's okay with you, Wolf, sir? Crow: (as Wolf) Like hell, bitch! Who gave you permission to talk?! >Wolf: I'll be better in a day, that guy really screwed me up. But then >I'm going to make him pay for what he did. ( he glances over at Gadget) Tom: (as Wayne from 'Wayne's World') She will be mine, Garth. Oh yes, she WILL be mine... >Dale: What if he tries something before then? > >Wolf: Just get me my gear and stay at HQ, Q will keep an eye out. > >Zipper buzzes something. Crow: (as Zipper) Guys! A dog just pooped outside, can I go?! >Monty: Good question Zipper, just how are you better already mate. Washu: One of the perks of being a nigh invincible self-inserted character haven't you been paying attention?! >Wolf: Smith said Gadget told him what was in my recovery syringe and >he tried it. Seems to have worked. > >Q: (chuckles) Those have helped me many a time. Mike: Ah, yes, better living through unchecked drug use. Crow: That's so totally Disney! >Dale: Well we had better be getting back home. > >Gadget: Would you like me to stay with you Wolf? Bots: (singing) Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me! >Wolf: No thanks Gadget, you need your rest, I should be over there >tomorrow morning. > >Chip: Ok team, lets go, bye Wolf. > >They all say goodbye and fly back home. Mike: (picks up Tom) Tom: (as Q) Damn, I locked my keys inside my Tomcat again! Shit! (They all exit the Theater) [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Bridge] Washu sat at the table, her expression that of total concentration. Unconsciously, she stuck her tongue slightly as she brought her graceful hands slowly closer to the haphazard tower of wooden blocks. Mike sat across from her, his arms folded and his head tilted to one side, watching as Washu made her next move. "Jenga..." Washu touched one piece, then changed her mind and her fingers went to the one below it. Careful, now... She absently licked her lips as a tiny bead of sweat appeared at her brow. Committed to a course of action, she wiggled the block ever so gently, trying to work it free without knocking everything over. Her body became tense, so focused it was on success. Just before she was about remove the block from the Tower, Tom Servo popped up behind her. "Hey, guys!" "GAH!" Washu jumped, her hands jerking in surprise, spilling the tower over and causing blocks to fly everywhere. "YES! Ha! I win!" Mike stomped his feet on the floor and his hands on the table in gleeful victory. "That's... that's not fair! AUUUGHH, I WAS WINNING!" cried Washu, as she launched into a small temper-tantrum. "Uh.... did I come at a bad time?" asked Tom, hesitantly. "I just wanted to show you guys something!" "Not at all, Thomas!" Mike beamed, completely ignoring Washu as she began to kick at the blocks that had fallen to the floor. "What have ya got there?" Tom looked back at the small wagon he had been pulling behind him. On it was a huge piece of poster board that was covered by a drape cloth. "Well, I was bored, so I thought it might be fun to draw up a diagram on what the Ranger tree might be like, now that Wolf's joined up with the Rescue Rangers!" Tom wheeled the wagon closer. Crow wandered over. "Yeah, I helped him with it!" Crow said proudly. "What?! You sat around, eating my paste and teasing me!" "I was getting you motivated!" "Guys..." Mike chided the two bots, as he removed the drop cloth. Underneath was a very complex diagram that looked more like the plans for a particle accelerator than a place where chipmunk detectives might live. Washu, having calmed down from throwing her fit, wiped the tears out of her eyes and studied the picture intently. "Hey, that's pretty detailed, you two! Um, are you sure it's the *Ranger* tree?" "Isn't it obvious?" Tom said, annoyed. "Here, maybe I should explain it to you piece by piece..." "Please do!" Mike pointed towards the upper portion of the board. "Like, what's all this up there?" "Well, that obviously is the runway and take-off preparation area. And you can see, the runway runs mostly underground, with a well-camouflaged exit to keep it hidden from the outside world. Please note the cranes and ammo-elevator back in the preparation area- these are key." "Uh huh..." Mike muttered, bemused. "And below that?" "That would be the ammo bunker, where Wolf keeps his standard weapons, the M-16's, the AK-47's, the grenade launchers, spare rockets, sidewinders, and of course, the tiny suits of Kevlar. Next to it is the control room, the nerve center to the whole operation, automating 85% of the reloading procedures and completely maintaining most of the more mundane tasks around the base." Mike nodded. "And below that?" "That," Tom explained, "is the miniature reactor plant to power the base, using only the finest in radioactive fuels. And over there are the slaves' quarters, for Wolf's unseen staff of maintenance crew that keeps everything running smoothly in Wolf's absence. When they're not doing that, they keep busy working the salt mines, which you can find in the lower left corner of the map." Washu pointed. "What's the big room near the bottom?" "Ah, you found the fallout shelter. Equipped with the best in survivalist technology, the shelter also has a complete stock of air purifiers, potable waters, and crate upon crate of tiny MRE's. That's Meals, Ready to Eat to you civilians. Right next to it is the gift shop (complete with Wolf memorabilia) and the Post Exchange, with a service elevator to Main Street. Tourists, you know." Mike rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "And what's the little weed-like thing at the very top, at the surface?" "Oh! That's the original Ranger tree before expansion! I forgot to mention I drew all this to scale." "Neat! Oh, ho, hold the phone, WE GOT FANFIC SIIIIIIIGN!!" Plain Text Attachment [ Save to my Yahoo! Briefcase | Download File ] [ 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Theater] (the crew enter and take their usual seats) > The next morning the rangers heard a knock on the door and Q answered it >with his MP-5 ready. Crow: (as Q) I already TOLD those damn Girl Scouts, I DON'T WANT ANY FRIGGIN' COOKIES!! Washu: If Charleson Heston was a mouse. > He wasn't too surprised to see that it was Wolf. Q called the rangers >and they all sat down for breakfast. > >Wolf: Q, I think I have found one of my weaknesses. > >Q: What? Mike: (as Wolf) I'm really, really dumb. Crow: (snickers) >Wolf: That stuff the hospital calls food, if that doesn't kill you >I don't know what will. Tom: Hehehe... someone *kill* him! >Everybody laughed at his joke, glad to have the tension broken for a >few moments. Monty serves everyone a bunch of his cheese flapjacks and >cream of cheese. Washu: But Q proves to be lactose-intolerant, and hilarity ensues. Mike: Aha! Big honking hunka tense change right there. > It was obvious that he was having to fight quite hard to resist eating >all of it. Crow: FEED *ME*, SEYMOUR!! >Gadget: So how are you feeling? > >Wolf: I've been better but I'm ok now. Doc says I may have some problems >but I don't think so. > >Foxy: I'm going to go see what's happing around the city. Mike: (as Foxglove) Maybe I'll go drop an application or two at McDonald's again... >Tammy: Be careful Foxy. > >Foxy: I always am. Washu: (as Foxglove) Except for that one time I got sucked into the intake to one of Wolf's jet engines, I've been the epitome of safe! >Wolf: Take your radio in case something comes up. > >Foxglove goes into her room and gets her radio before flying away. Mike: The one fanfic that leaves NOTHING to the assumption of its audience! Tom: What audience? Mike: True, true. >Wolf: Any intel on Bubbles come up last night? > >Monty: Nope sorry mate. > >Chip: I guess all we can do is wait for him to do something. > >Dale: I bet that's going to be a party for you. Crow: (laughs) Wha...? Tom: Someone must of run the fanfic through 'Babelfish', I dunno... >Chip bops him on the head. > >Chip: Shut up! > >The rest of them laugh at this. Mike: (as Bull Shannon from 'Night Court') Ooooooookay... Crow: Um, fanfic? Can you please back up? You left us back there at the station! >Wolf: You know what? I'm going to take after Foxy and get some air >time, it'll help me relax a bit. Great meal Monty. > >He gets up and goes into his room and reappears about five minutes later >in his flight gear. Gadget looks over at him. Tom: (imitates the sound of a rusty gate door) Irrrr-- Washu: (reaches over and shuts Tom's beak) That will certainly be enough of *that*, thank you. >Gadget: Would you mind if I came along, I need some more practice >in a jet. > >Wolf: Sure, go get suited up, I'll wait for you. Crow: (as Wolf) ... just outside by the keyhole, just don't mind me... heh... >This makes Chip more than a little jealous. Gadget goes into her room >and returns a few minutes later with her flight gear. Chip thinks she >looks a lot better in her purple coveralls then in the olive drab flight >suit. Mike: Chip really needs to get a life for Chip. Washu: Talk about co-dependant chipmunks... >The two of them go down into the base and go into the hanger. > >Wolf: So what plane do you want? > >Gadget: How about the one we used last time. > >Wolf: Ok. Tom: (as Wolf) Shit, let's take *two* jets, I have like dozens extra! >He pushes a button and the giant crane places a F-15 on the runway. Washu: (shakes head) A mouse-sized F-15. No matter HOW many times I see it, it still amazes me. > The duo get into the cockpit and strap in when Q enters. > >Q: Mind if I join you? > >Wolf grins. > >Wolf: Hey Gadget, up for a little air combat training? Mike: He's pretty cocky for someone who just had a brush with death. Crow: (as Wolf) ... and by the way, we'll be flying through rush hour traffic with blindfolds on. Game? >Gadget: Jeepers! Do you think I'm ready for that yet. > >Wolf: Theres only one way to find out. Ok Qball get a jet and meet us >up at 15,000 feet. > >Q: Ok Ill meet you in a min. Crow: (as Q) I just have to figure out what all them there little buttons and doodads on the panel are for. >Wolf closes the canopy and launches them out into the crisp morning air. >He takes the two of them up to 15,000 feet and levels off. Washu: (laughing) Wolf- every air traffic controllers *worst nightmare*! Tom: (as an ATC) Guys! That *really, really* tiny blip's back on the radar! Come see!! >Wolf: Nervous about your first dogfight? > >Gadget: Yeah, but how do we know who won? Mike: Typically, the plane that *hasn't* been reduced to a flaming heap of wreckage is considered the 'winner'. Tom: (snickers) >Wolf: I switched the plane into practice mode, It'll tell you when your >hit. > >Gadget: Oh ok. > >Wolf: Just remember everything I taught you and use some of that creative >thinking of yours and you'll do fine. Ok, I'm switching control over to you. Crow: ... and he immediately bails out of the plane. Washu: Better safe than sorry! >He flips a few switches and puts the plane into Gadget's control. >Suddenly a F-16 shoots by them on their left side extremely fast and >very close. Tom: ... the contrail of which causes them to plummet out of control, hurtling them into the ground at full throttle, the end. Mike: You're really keen on having a nice, quick, violent end to this fic, aren't you? Tom: Aren't *you*? >Q: Ok you lovebirds, its time to see what your made of. > >Q's statement shocked both of them, did they really look like that? >They both shrugged it off and got ready. All: (singing) .... ready for some foot-baaaaaaaaaall! >Wolf: Hey Qball, Gadget here is going to whip your sorry little butt. > >Q: Bring it on hotshot. Crow: (British accent) Ha, HA, well met, my friend! This battle of wits is over! >Wolf: Ok Gadget put your oxygen mask and go to nine hundred knots and >lets engage. > >Gadget: Roger. > >They both put on their masks and Gadget throttles up and chases after Q. Washu: (as Gadget) Say... this isn't air... >Wolf: Ok, he's at 12 O'clock high. Crow: (as Wolf) I repeat, he's at 12 o'clock completely stoned off his gourd! Tom: Shanghai Noon! Yeeeeeehaaaaa! >Gadget maneuvers after him and a vicious dogfight ensues. Q is >surprised at how well Gadget is fighting. > >Q(to himself): Damn this kid is Good. Mike: (as Q) ... I don't usually get my ass whupped until a good *twenty* seconds into the fight! >Then Gadget gets a missile lock. She pulls the trigger and Q hears the >alarm tone. > >Q: Damn it! Tom: (as Q) This is worse than the time I tried to seduce Lwxanna Troi! >Wolf: All Right!! Way to go Gadget!!! > >Chip and the rest of the rangers who had been listening to the fight >over the radio at HQ joined in. > >Dale(over radio): Good going Gadget! Washu: (as Dale) Now FINISH HIM OFF!! >Monty: That was some right good flying Gadget luv, your father would >be proud. > >Chip: Great flying Gadget! Mike: (singing) Goodness, gracious, GREAT BALLS O' FIRE! >Gadget blushed under the air mask. > >Gadget: Golly, thanks guys. Crow: You have to admit, she's come a long way from flying around that milk-jug blimp of theirs. Tom: Yeah, true. >Q: Good going kid. > >Wolf: Based on my experience in the United States Small Animal Marine >Corps 3'rd Air Wing's aircraft instructor program, I now see that >Gadget Hackwrench is now qualified to fly jet aircraft into combat >missions, congratulations Gadget. Mike: (as Wolf) And by the power invested in me by the queen, I dub thee 'Top Mouse'. >Gadget: Golly, thanks Wolf. > >Everyone is cheering over the radio and congratulating Gadget. Tom: ... as she dives nose-first into the runway. Crow: (as Gadget) Nobody told me how to LAND a jet! C'mon! >Wolf: Ok Gadget, take us home. > >Gadget: Got it. Washu: Wow, what a great fanfic! G'night everybody! (gets up) Mike: Oh, no you don't... (pushes Washu back down) Washu: Awww... Mike! >She banks the plane around and heads back to HQ with Q right alongside >her. When they are halfway back home Q spots something. > >Q: Wolf what is that over at 9 O'clock on that building? > >Wolf and Gadget look over and see a bunch of rodents on top of the >protective clothing factory. Mike: ... where they make, oddly enough, protective clothing. Crow: Yeah, but that could be anything from potholders to condoms! >Wolf: Don't know, lets check it out. Bank left. > >Gadget banks left and the two planes close in on the building when >they get in visual range they see Bubbles and his henchmen stealing >some clothing. All: (laugh) Tom: Attention, K-mart shoppers... >Wolf: Hey Chip, get down here we've got Bubbles sighted, he's at the >protective clothing factory. Crow: (as Chip) Um, pretend I don't know where that is? Mike: Yeah, how about an address or something, Wolf? Tom: (as Wolf) It's right across the street from the old abandoned, haunted amusement park that's run by the suspicious old caretaker. >Chip: We're on our way. > >Gadget: Hey what's that? > >They all look to see Bubbles ninjas taking out a human sized 12 gauge >shotgun and pointing it at the incoming jets. Mike: (laughs) In a complete 180, the Cola Cult reverts back to more believable weapons! Crow: Right, tiny M-16's we can handle, but miniature shotguns? Too much! Washu: Shouldn't a group of small mice carrying a 12 gauge up to a rooftop be, well, suspicious? >Wolf: Q we have trouble, repeat AAA is on us! Evasive maneuvers!! Tom: Triple A is getting so *tough* with their members nowadays! Crow: Yeah, and when did the American Automotive Association branch out to include fighter planes? >The two planes split apart and flying in evasive patterns. The thugs >get the gun propped up on an air vent with a powerful magnet to keep >the recoil down and begin taking shots a them. Mike: Them little ninjas think to bring *everything!* > Q and Gadget evade the blasts until Gadget makes a small error and >some of the shot clips the tip of her wing. > >Wolf: We're hit! Switching control to me. Washu: Right, can't have a helpless ol' female save the day, can we? >He takes control and keeps them airborne. Q strafes the ninjas with >gunfire, slicing two of them clean in half. Washu: (winces) Owie. Tom: This just in, Disney assumes an 'anything goes' stance on everything it previously held dear. Mike: Thousands of expendable toon extras to protest in Washington DC! Crow: (as Disney CEO) Ah, screw the masses! > Bubbles then gets angry and pulls out his ice gun. > >Wolf: Oh crap. Tom: (as Wolf) Oh, *right!* I forgot he had that! Duh! >Bubbles fires at Wolf's plane and misses. Bubbles fires again and Wolf >does a roll loop around the beam. The villain takes one more shot and >it connects with the back of the plane. > >Wolf: Oh crap! Q our engines and controls are frozen!! Crow: That's what happens when you don't CHECK YOUR ANTIFREEZE!! Mike: (laugh) I'd pay good money for the Deadly Mantis to show up now and settle Wolf's hash once and for all... >Gadget: We're headed right for that building!! Washu: (singing) Watch out for that-- Mike and the Bots: AHHHHHHHHAAAAAHHHHAAAAAAAHHH!!! Washu: (singing) -- treeeeeeee! >Wolf looks ahead and sees that Gadget is right, they are only about >twenty-five feet away from the brick wall, and they can't change >direction! > >Wolf: Q We're going to punch out! Tom: ... it's Miller Time! Crow: Yay! >Q: Good luck buddy. > >Wolf: Eject! Eject! Eject! Mike: (as Wolf) Fast forward! Frame advance! Tracking, doesn't ANYTHING work on this damn thing? >He pulls the ejection handle and the canopy is blasted off. Then Wolf >and Gadget's Seats are rocket launched out of the plane. Their parachutes >deploy and they both watch as their plane crashes into the wall and >explodes violently. Crow: Hot damn! Just think, that could have been *WOLF* in that plane! Washu: I *know*, I *know*... (weeps bitterly) >Q, who is very pissed mind you, drops two cluster bombs on the roof totally >devastating it. Tom: ... and killing all the innocent humans who worked within. > Bubbles and his gang however had already gotten away. Wolf and Gadget >float float down to earth and the other rangers get there and pick them up. Mike: What exactly does it mean, 'float float' down? Crow: Maybe they came down twice? Dunno. >Monty: Glad you two could drop in. > >Wolf grins at the pun. > >Gadget: Don't you just love ejection seats? Sorry about letting them >hit us. Washu: (as Gadget) I freely admit I was trying to get you killed. >Wolf: No problem Gadget, I've been shot down more times then I can >count, AAA isn't fun. > >Chip: What was he doing stealing protective gear? Crow: Yeah, how protective can it be if someone can STEAL it, really? >Dale: Well what does that stuff protect you from? > >Gadget: Well, it will protect you from chemicals, biohazards, and >radi...at..ion.. Tom: Aw, someone forgot to wind up Gadget! >They all look at each other. > >All: The power plant!! Washu: Of course! It's so obvious- huh? >Monty: Crikey!! Do you know how much damage he could do!! > >Foxy: Do you think he would do such a thing. > >Wolf: Yep, Chip get us back to HQ expedite, Q and I need to pick up >some gear. Mike: (as Wolf) Yeeeha! Time to bring out the tiny Howitzer! >Chip banks the plane towards the park and throttles up to full power. Crow: (as Chip) Heh, dude, this is *SO* much better than that crappy plane powered by Duracells! Washu: (as Gadget) Hey! >When they get there Wolf and Q run into Wolf's room and open his gun vault. >Wolf gets out his normal combat gear and Q takes out the automatic combat >shotgun Wolf kept in there. They run back out and head for the city's >nuclear power plant. Tom: The 'Running in and out of HQ' scene in "An Old Friend", folks. > When they get there they rush inside to the animal control room. The power >plant produces power for both humans and animals so a few highly trained >mice work there to keep things that humans have a hard time reaching in >working order. Washu: In other words, they were SLAVES!! Crow: (as Mr. Burns) Release the mice, Smithers! Excellent... > The rangers run over to the head technician his name tag reading "John". Mike: So, "John the Mouse"... >Chip: Hey John, we think you are about to be sabotaged. > >John: Oh my! Are you serious? Crow: (as Chip) Not since I met claw-boy over there, no. >Almost as if in answer to the question, load alarms start blaring. Tom: (laugh) Uh, the 'load' alarms? Washu: (snicker) Yup, they picked up on Wolf right away! >John(calling over to other techs): What's wrong!? Mike: (as a tech) World just blew up again, sir! Tom: Whoop, whoop! All hands bend over and KISS YOUR ASS GOODBYE! >Tech: The main water coolant valve is shut! The reactor core tempeture >is rising rapidly, estimated time to meltdown- five minutes. > >John: My god. Millions of people will die if the core melts down and >explodes. Washu: Not very excited about it, is he? Crow: (monotone) That is absolutely fascinating.... >Gadget: That's why we have to stop it, where is the water inlet located? > >John: Right by the reactor. Its in the radiation danger area, we'll need >protective suits. Lets go! Tom: Oh, now I suppose *HE* wants to be in charge of the Rescue Rangers, too. >John, the rangers, and several techs follow them down to the airlock into >the reactor. When they get there they open the closet to get the suits but >they find none. Crow: (imitate a muted trumpet) Wah, wah, waaahhh... Mike: (as Chip) Damn! We should of scavenged one of those huge ones from the burned out wreckage of the factory when we had the *chance!* >John: Whoever did this must've taken the suits!! > >Chip: To keep anyone from stopping him. All: (groan) Washu: But if there *were already suits there...* Crow: Hey, maybe Bubbles just wanted a really, really big rubber suit, okay?! >Wolf: How many airlocks are there? > >John: Two but the other one is on the other side of the reactor, and >we've only got three minutes before it explodes. Tom: (as John) Well, two and a half, sorry about my speech impediment. >Wolf: Ok, I'm going in. > >All but Wolf: What!? > >John: The radiation will kill you! All: YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! Mike: Go for it, be a hero! Tom: Go out with guns ablazing! All: (chanting) WOLF! WOLF! WOLF! WOLF! >Gadget: You'll never survive! Washu: We *know*, we KNOW! All: (chanting) WOLF! WOLF! WOLF! WOLF! >Wolf: If I don't millions of people are going to die, I have to do it. It's >been a pleasure working with you rangers. > >All the rangers look at him sadly. All: WOLF! WOLF! WOLF! Mike: Y'know, the chances that this'll be just another brush with death are *pretty strong*, people. Crow: WOLF! WO- ah, you &^$#-ing spoilsport. > Suddenly John's radio comes to life. Tom: ... AND RAVAGES DOWNTOWN TOKYO! >Radio: John we managed to get a little water into the core, we bought you >about two minutes more, you have five minutes to fix it. Crow: (as the Radio) This receiver will self-destruct in six seconds! Washu: (as John) Thank you, Rick the Lackey! >Wolf: Well gotta go. > >He shakes Q's hand. Mike: (as Q) Ick! Cooties! >Wolf: See you around buddy. > >Then he shakes Chips hand and whispers into his ear. Tom: (as Wolf, softly) Rosebud... >Wolf(whispering into Chip's ear): Take care of Gadget for me. > >Chip is slightly shocked by this request. Crow: (as Chip) Didn't you know I was gay? Mike: Do you really have to keep re-living "9 and 1/2 Chipmunks", Crow? Washu: What? Oooh. Never mind. Don't wanna *know*. > Wolf kisses Gadget lightly on the cheek. Then he opens the outer door to >the airlock and steps in and the door shuts behind him. The other rangers >rush to the observation windows to watch their friend. Tom: Anyone else reminded by the final scene from "Star Trek- Wraith of Khan"? Crow: Yeah, but if that were the case, Wolf would of nerve-pinched them all on his way inside... Mike: At any rate, are long lingering good-byes REALLY a good idea with the clock tickin' down to nuclear winter? > Wolf takes a deep breath knowing once he opens the inner door he will be >exposed to a fatal dose of radiation. Washu: (gleefully) Anticipation.... > He pushes the button and walks in, gun ready. As he heads to the water pipe >he spots some of Bubble's henchmen wearing radiation suits. He snicks out >his claws and sneaks up behind them. He jumps on them and with a brief >struggle, kills both of them with vicious slices to the neck. Mike: Ah, good old-fashioned, graphic, violent death! Tom: (as a ninja) Wait, we give! We surr- erk! *gasp, gurgle* Washu: (as Wolf) Now, to take their spines as trophies of WAR! > He continues on his way to the valve and when he gets there he sees Bubbles >speaking to his men. > >Bubbles: Ok guys, we have a few minutes to get out of here before it >blows. Lets go. > >As they all turn to leave, Wolf steps out. Crow: Uh oh, whoop-ass delivery boy is here. Mike: (as the Tick) Time for a heaping helping of hot, creamy JUSTICE! >Wolf: You're not going anywhere Bubbles. > >Bubbles spins around and is shocked at who he sees. > >Bubbles: YOU!! You should be an ice cube! Tom: I got news for you, he was ALREADY a freakin' ice cube. Washu: ... had all the acting power of one, anyway. >Wolf: The key word being "should be", now you're going to pay for what >you've done Gadget and her family. > >Then Bubbles notices something. Crow: (as Bubbles) Wolf, where in hell are your pants? >Bubbles: You're not wearing a suit! You're going to die anyway. (laughs) > >Wolf: Yep, But I promise you one thing. > >Bubbles: And what is that? Mike: (as Wolf) ... that no matter what, boobie, I'll always love your sweet ass. Everyone else: MIKE!! Washu: That's just... WRONG! *shudder* Mike: Ah heh heh heh... >The rangers above who are watching and listening through the intercom system >see Wolf's face change. Tom: "Sugar" to "shit" in six seconds flat! > Monty could swear that look would scare Satan himself. > >Wolf: You're coming with me. Crow: ... to super sale-out days at MAYNARDS! >Wolf screams his terrifying war cry and leaps on the thugs, M-16 blazing. >When he lands all but two of the thugs and Bubbles lie at his feat. When >the other two try to run away he shoots them so they don't die but are >simply knocked out. Washu: ... and die horribly from radiation burns. Mike: So, the lives of all the ninja he just mowed down weren't *worth* as much, or...? > Then he throws his 16 and his .45s to the side and draws his sword. Bubbles >grins and draws his razor sharp bottle opener. Then they jump on each other. Tom and Washu: (start singing the old "Batman" song) Mike: You gotta admit this is ALMOST as exciting as, say, a church rummage sale. Crow: Best part is no matter who dies, we all come out on top! Yay! > The other rangers are watching the furious battle through the foot thick >lead glass window when John returns with several radiation suits. > >John: Come on, we've got to fix that valve, and your friend seems to have >distracted the saboteur. Tom: (as Chip) Oh, right, the count down to Doomsday, duuh! Mike: John the Mouse's moment of truth. >Gadget: He's got to be getting weak from the radiation by now. > >Q: No kidding, lets go. > >They all put on their radiation suits and head into the reactor. When they >get to the valve, John sees that it is frozen with ice. Crow: Hey, the ice gun really *did* figure into the master plan! Tom: Yeah, but where the hell did the John squeeze up the extra suits? Washu: (as John) There was a heap of them just laying in the middle of the floor! Oh, and ignore the bullet holes. >John: I'm going to need some help getting this open. > >Monty: Dale, Q, Zipper and I will handle it, the rest of you guys go help >Wolf. Mike: Zipper being the heavyweight that he is... Crow: Heh. Fly's got back! >Chip: Lets go guys! > >As Chip and Gadget run towardsWolf they hear Q clearing the ice off the >valve with his shotgun. Gadget hands Chip one of the two plunger pistols >she had been carrying. Washu: (as Gadget) Just for laughs, let's use these *non-fatal* weapons. Tom: (as Chip) Damn, *these* bring me back! > When they get there they see that Wolf is doing badly because he is >so weak from the radiation. Crow: ... that pesky third arm he just grew keeps gettin' in the way! >Chip: Hold it right there Bubbles. > >Bubbles turns and is enraged when he sees the female ranger. He raises >and angry finger at her. Tom: ... 'and angrily fingered her?' The hell? Mike: Ah, nothing says it all like an extended middle digit. >Bubbles: I thought I would be rid of you. Now I will Be!!! > >He charges at Gadget and Chip puts himself between them to protect Gadget >but Bubbles just slaps him aside, dazing Chip badly. Washu: (as Chip) Damn it, DAMN IT! I used to be such an effective, empowered hero, too! > Gadget fires her plunger right at Bubbles face and it sticks. Bubbles >starts screaming in pain as Gadget had coated the inside of the dart with >powdered tear agent Wolf had given her. Mike: ... and hundreds upon hundreds of tiny razor blades just for good measure! Washu: (as Gadget, singing) I am strong! I am invincible! I am oooooooooone... > This made it work like mace. Bubbles pulls the dart off his face and >charges Gadget again. This time he he caught her and she hit his head with >her dart gun. Bots: BUTT STROKE TO DA HEAD! BUTT STROKE TO DA HEAD!! Washu: Whoa! Easy, guys! Mike: Looks like Gadget's gettin' ready to 'fix bayonets'! > This only angered him more and he threw Gadget over by the extremely weak >Wolf, dazing her badly. He picks up his bottle opener and walks over to >them. > >Bubbles: Now I will have my REVENGE!!! Crow: He should have started with his Mom and Dad for naming him 'Bubbles'. >He raises the weapon over his head to deliver the killing blow. Gadget >closes her eyes. Suddenly three shots rang out. Tom: Sweet Christ, a gas attack warning at a time like *this?* > Both rangers look up. They see Bubbles with a look of pure surprise on his >face as he falls down, reveling Chip with Wolf's smoking pistol. Bots: YEAH! GUNSLINGER!! Mike: Well, now, why didn't they do that in the *first* place! Washu: You mean, shoot Bubbles from the get-go? Mike: No, put Chip in charge. Washu: Ouch. > Chip looks down at the gun and stares at it with a look of confusion on >his face. He drops to his knees and just stares at the gun. Crow: (as Chip) Shoot, that felt freakin' GREAT! > Gadget manages to help Wolf to his feet and walk over to Chip. By now >the rest of the rangers run back in. > >Dale: Hey guess what? We fixed the...pipe... Tom: Great! Now Dale's batteries are running low, too. Washu: Gee, Dale, don't you think we *know* that? Seeing how you're not at ground zero of a nuclear holocaust and all... >They all looked at Bubbles body and then at Chip and they put two and two >together. Mike: Obviously, Chip's invisible friend 'Mr. Moogles' had taken up his old homicidal ways. >Monty: Me poor little pally. > >Wolf slowly takes the gun from Chip and puts a hand on his shoulder. About >ten seconds later all the rangers gasp when Wolf falls limply to the floor. Washu: Jeeze! that makes *three* rangers clonking out in the last fifteen minutes! Crow: Underscoring the importance of preventive maintenance! > Monty rushes to him and checks his pulse. Tom: (as Dr. McCoy) He's DEAD, Jim! Crow: Yeah, wishful thinking. Mike: (as Monty as Steve Irwin) Blimey, what beaut *this* one is! Let's try sticking me thumb up his bum and see what he does! >Monty: How do you do it mate? He's alive but only a spark of it's left, >I can barely feel his pulse. > >John: No one has ever survived this much radiation before. Washu: (as John) Except for those mutant turtles, but I'm not at liberty to discuss that. >Q: There's a first time for everything, lets go! > >Everyone, including Chip, help to carry him out and put him in the plane. >The Ranger Wing takes off and flies top speed to the hospital. Tom: .... however, the plane isn't nearly as fast as the jets, Wolf is DOA, the end. Mike: *sigh* The fanfic is almost over, do you really need to keep doing that? Tom: *Hell* yes. > >Wolf slowly opens his eyes and sees all the rangers gathered around him. >His vision is slightly dark and he cant feel most of his body. > >Monty: He's coming around mates. Crow: Ewwww... "coming around mates?" Tom: Well, why not? They're married. Mike and Washu: (groan) >Smith: Amazing, I still cant believe he's alive. > >Wolf: Whe-Where am I-I? Mike: Wolf *IS* Max Headrom! Crow: How many scenes can a fanfic *have* of someone regaining consciousness? >Monty: The hospital mate Washu: Amazing Nurse Nanako? How does SHE figure into this? >Smith: Your lucky to be alive. > >Q grins. All: (imitate sound of rusty gate opening) Irrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrk! >Q: He always is. > >Wolf: H-how l-long? > >Gadget: You've been in a coma for about a month. Tom: And *what* a month it's been! Crow: (as Gadget) By the way, we had to sell all your stuff to pay for the doctor bills... there's really a surprising market out there for mouse-sized AK-47's nowadays! >Suddenly Wolf feels a lot better and awake. He looks over to see Smith >injecting something into his IV. > >Smith: Hows that? Washu: (as Smith) You were a quart low. >Wolf: Much better thank you. Mike: ... we've secretly replaced Wolf's regular IV with paint thinner-- let's see if he notices! >Dale: Well you've been glowing in the dark all the times we've been >here. > >Everyone laughs at his joke, including Wolf. Crow: (laughing) Oh, radiation sickness, you crack me up! Tom: Yeah, Dale had 'em in stitches over at the burn unit. >Suddenly Wolf remembers what happened. Tom: (as Wolf) I dreamed I was in a Hollywood movie... and *I* was the *star* of the movie! Washu: This fic really blows my mind. >Wolf: Are you all right Chip? > >Chip: Yeah, I guess. Crow: (as Chip) What am I saying, can you IMAGINE the 'pity sex' I've been getting from Gadget all month?! Mike: Crow... >Wolf: You did what you had too. Thanks. > >Chip nods in response. It had taken quite a bit of convincing by Monty and >the rest of the rangers that what he had done was necessary Mike: ... although shooting the crippled Wolf when he had the chance would have certainly been *way* above and beyond the call of duty. >Smith: I'm afraid I have some bad news. > >The all look at him. Washu: (as Dr. Smith) Wolf, you're pregnant. Mike: (laughs) >Smith: I just got your latest biochemistry analysis back and it seems >you have lost a great deal of your healing ability because of the radiation. Crow: Or in Everquest terms, Wolf has been 'nerfed'. Tom: Yeah, this is one 'Spirit of Wolf' I *wouldn't* want cast on me! >Wolf: Great. Mike: (as Wolf) Can I still shoot fireballs outta me ass? >Smith: You still have it mind you, Your recovery time will still be >extremely fast, but I doubt it will keep you from dying from your wounds >from now on. Tom: (as Dr. Smith) To save me time, I'm going to just put you into the full body cast right now! >Wolf shrugs. > >Wolf: I always am careful. Washu: (as Wolf) A bit homicidal, maybe, but *careful*! >Everyone looks at him sarcastically. > >Wolf: Hey its just coincidence. > >Q: Whatever. Crow: (as Q) Yeah, can we wrap this up? I have a dinner date with Mrs. Brisby at six... >Wolf: How long till I can go home doc? > >Smith: Whenever you want to. Mike: (as Smith) Why not? You'll be back in here again soon enough, given *your* track record. Washu: (as Smith) If you get your card punched five times, your sixth hospital stay's on us! >Monty: I'm sure he'll want to go now, right mate? > >Wolf nods. Tom: (as Wolf) ... up, down, up, down, take a breath... >Smith: Ok, I'll go check you out. But I want to to take it real easy >for the next couple of weeks. Crow: Why would Dr. Smith take it easy? I'd think it'd be *Wolf* who'd be needing the rest! Washu: (as Smith) Incidentally, your bill this time alone will be funding my next trip to Vegas... Mike: When you think about it, it's the HMO's that separate us from the animals. >He walks out of the room and the rest of the rangers look back at their >wounded teammate. > >Chip: So how do you feel? All: (singing) ... to be on your own... >Wolf: Like I just set a world record for surviving the most radiation. > >John: You did you know. Mike: (laughs) Well, hell-lo, John, where did *you* come from? Tom: So, John's been hanging out with the Rangers for the last month? >Wolf justs smiles. > >Wolf: I don't plan on trying to break it. > >A nurse walks in with a wheelchair. Washu: (as the nurse) Time for that enema, you animal-- oh, Mr. Wolf! You have company! >Monty: Thank you Miss, we'll take it from here. > >The nurse smiles and walks out. > >Gadget: You're pretty weak, let us help you into that chair. Tom: Damn, for a minute I thought she was gonna smother him with a pillow... Crow: Then break a window and run away? That *would* be a pretty cool ending. >Wolf: Darn right I'm weak, now get me out of here before they finish >me off with their food. > >Everyone bursts into laughter and helps him into the chair. They thank >Smith for his help and Walk out to the ranger wing. All: (singing) WALK this way! WALK this waaaaay! >Chip: Hey John, want a lift back to the power plant? > >John: No thanks, I thought I'd go home and rest a while. Mike: (as John) Waiting up in a hospital room for a month at a stretch really takes it out of me! >Chip: Ok, Thanks for all your help. > >John: Anytime. Washu: Ladies and gentlemen... John the Mouse! Wasn't he terrific!? Crow: I get the feeling John is the mouse-equivalent to a Mike Nelson or Joel Robinson. Tom: Yeah, sort of every man's every man sort of quality... Mike: Why, thank you! Tom: ... if every man was a *dork*. Mike: Hey! >The Rangers all pile into the plane and take off, headed for home. When >they get there they all settle in for the night. The next morning everyone >wakes up and heads to the table. > >Wolf: Well Monty, what's for breakfast? > >Monty: Don't know mate, what do ya want? Crow: (as Wolf, as a gunslinger) Mah gut aches fer *vengeance*... >Gadget: Say, why don't we let Wolf do breakfast? > >Zipper nods in agreement. Tom: (as Zipper) Shit-cakes for me! Mmmmmm! >Dale: Great Idea Gadget. > >Wolf: Do you mind Monty? > >Monty(hesitantly): Well, ok. > >Wolf: Ok, I'll see what I can dish up. Mike: (as Wolf) Let's see, need a cookbook... Ah! The Tao of Cooking by Akane Tendo! *Here* we go! >He walks into the kitchen and starts cooking. When Chip and Dale go up >to the door and open it slightly to see what he's cooking, the blade of >Wolf's Marine Combat knife suddenly sticks all the way through the door, >well out of harms way but the two chipmunks take the hint and sit down. Washu: Back, varmints! Crow: Say... am I mistaken, or did the fanfic take a sorta anti-climatic turn back there? Mike: A novel approach, let your fanfic slowly coast to a conclusion. >Dale: I guess you're not the only one who doesn't like being spied on >while your cooking Monty. Tom: (as Dale) Sheesh, how hard is it to get a little peeping done around here?! >About ten minutes later Wolf walks out of the kitchen with a large platter. >As he walks closer, all the rangers' mouths begin to water. In front of every >ranger he places a diffrent meal. Washu: ... each made from a different yummy part of hacked up, mutilated ninja! Crow: Ah, well, waste not want not. > In front of Chip he puts a plate of Acorn-Walnut pancakes with maple >syrup. In front of Dale he puts caramel covered cinnamon rolls. Mike: ... with extra Ritalin, just the way Dale likes 'em. > For Gadget he puts down a fruit platter with a special sauce. In front of >Zipper he puts a cherry seasoned with sugar and honey. Tom: (as Zipper) Hey! Where's my side of road-kill? > He hands Monty a plate of cheese covered french toast. After he is done he >puts the large platter aside and sits down. All the rangers are rather stunned >at Wolf's gourmet cooking. Crow: ... stunned that the tree wasn't on fire. > They all start digging in, enjoying their meal very much. Q however >looks down at the empty spot in front of himself and Wolf. > >Q: Are we eating buddy? Mike: (as Q) I'm so starved I ate my comma! >All the rangers look up at them. Wolf just grins and reaches into his coat >pocket. He pulls out a MRE and tosses it over to Q. Washu: (as Wolf) Here, have some tasty plastic packaging... > Q looks down at the MRE which says- "Omelet with Ham" . He grins and >rips it open. > >Q: Hey man that's my favorite. Tom: The cardboard-flavored omelet or the omelet-flavored cardboard? >Wolf nods and pulls out his own MRE-" Corned Beef" and rips it open and >begins eating. Crow: Um, you might want to remove the plastic first, Wolf... Washu: Let the man have his roughage. >All the rangers look at the two. > >Chip: Why didn't you cook something for your self? > >Wolf: Nothing beats a MRE. Mike: Except, perhaps, real food. >The rangers just shrug and resume eating. About half an hour later they >all finish. > >Monty: That was some mighty fine cooking bucko. Tom: (as a pirate) Now lead me to yer buried treasure, arrr! >Chip: Delicious. > >Dale: That was the Best! > >Gadget: Very good Wolf. Washu: (as Gadget) But still no treat! >Wolf does a mock bow and takes up everyone's dishes and takes them into >the kitchen, off handedly pulling the knife out of the door as he passes >by it. He then rejoins the rangers. Q looks at his watch. Crow: (as Q) Aw, man, I've been here about a month! My mom's gonna *kill* me!! >Q: Well I guess its time I be going. > >Wolf: I guess so, how you getting back to base? Mike: One would hope in a black and gold body bag... Washu: (as Q) I have a base? I thought I lived behind a 7-11-- wait! You mean the *base*... heh, *wink* >Q: Don't know, I'll find my way there. > >Wolf: Want a jet, I've got plenty. > >Q: Sure. All: (laugh) Crow: Sure! >Chip: You're going to give him a jet? > >Wolf: Yeah, Come on. Tom: (as Wolf) Hell, jets is cheap. It's my frequent trips to the *ER* that are breaking me... >They all follow him down into the hanger. > >Wolf: What kind of jet do ya want? Mike: (as Q) The kind that fly, if you have any! >Q: I guess I'll take an F-16. > >Wolf pushes a button and a F-16 is placed on the runway. Washu: This is just... (throws up hands) ahhhhhh! Mike: There there, almost over. > Q goes over and changes into a flight suit. When he's done he goes back >over to the rangers. All of them say their goodbyes and shake his hand. >Then he turns back to Wolf. Crow: ... and punches him squarely in the mouth. >Wolf: You know where to get rearmed and all don't you? > >Q: Yeah, I'll see you around. > >Wolf: Yeah. Mike: Man, the dialogue of this fanfic, it just really makes you stop and *think*... >Q climbs up into his plane and straps himself in. > >Q: By the way, I'll tell Jim you're still alive. Tom: (as Q) Mr. Morrison would want to know that. >Wolf: You do that. > >Q: See ya man. Washu: I understand that the bond between two tiny attack jet pilots is very strong. Not especially articulate, but strong. >He hits a button and the canopy starts closing. > >Wolf: See Ya. Semper Fi! > >Q: Semper Fi. All: (start chanting in Latin) >The canopy closes and Q gives him a thumbs up which Wolf returns. Then >Q powers up the engines and releases the catapult, driving him down the >runway. All the rangers stare after him and then a huge sonic boom >signals his departure. Tom: No, wait, that was just a gigantic fireball. Crow: (as Wolf) Aw.... shoot! I forgot to open the hanger doors! > Wolf turns and leads the rangers back up to HQ. The rangers could see >that Wolf was a bit depressed by his friend's departure. > >Gadget: What's the matter Wolf? Mike: He just realized if he were Lenny Smalls, he'd probably end up petting himself to death. Tom: (snicker) >Wolf (sadly): In the merc business, you're always depressed when a good >friend leaves because you know that there is a good chance you wont see >him again. > >Monty: That's understandable mate. Washu: (as Monty) I always wish the same thing whenever *I* see *you*. >Wolf: Oh well, he's a good fighter, he'll be ok. > >Monty: That's the spirit! > >Dale: Hey there's a good sci fi movie on, lets go watch it. Crow: (as Dale) It's about rodents who take over the world with tiny automatic weapons! Pretty farfetched, huh? >Foxglove: Sure cutie. > >They all go sit down on the big couch and begin watching the movie. Mike: So, we're watching them, watching a movie. Great. > After a little while Wolf gets bored of the movie and leaves the rangers >and heads to his room. A few minutes later he comes back out with his >explosives gear. > >Wolf: I'm going to go blow something up. > >Chip: Why? Washu: (as Wolf) Because we haven't done any rampant killing in the past, say, seven minutes... >Wolf: I don't know, cause I'm bored. > >Dale: Oh boy, can we watch? > >Wolf: Don't see why not. Mike: Ah, I love the smell of roasted chipmunk in the morning... Tom: Damn it, fanfic! You are *OVER!* Give it UP already!! >Monty: This will be interesting. > >Chip: I don't know... > >Wolf: Don't worry Chip, we'll have a blast. (whereupon our heroes in the theater launch to a jovial bout of laughter) Crow: (British accent) By Jove! Wolf is the toast of the party! Tom: (British accent) Yes, his quick wit makes him beloved by all! >They all follow him out and start heading towards the woods when they >hear a cry for help coming from a frantic female mouse. Washu: Ah, Rescue Rangers, meet the REAL 'Rescuers'! Mike: (as Miss Bianca) Darlinks! Bee-nard just got eaten by another snake! Help me, won't you? > They rush over to her and when they get there they see that a small mouse >child is trapped under the collapsed marble slab of one of the parks older >benches. Crow: (laughs) They don't make marble like they used to. >Mouse: You've got to save my baby!!! > >Chip: Calm down Miss, we'll get him out. Washu: (evilly) ... one piece at a time. Tom: Mike! Make Washu stop being so dark! Mike: Do we need a time out, young lady? Washu: Eh, I'll be good. >Monty: One side mates! > >He walks up to the slab and tries to lift it. After several seconds of >trying with all his might, he couldn't even budge it. Mike: Ack! He'll get a tiny hernia! >Gadget: We need to get him out quick, he's starting to have trouble >breathing. Crow: Shoot, I've had trouble breathing just watching this fic putter along. Tom: (gasping) Hard to... think! Can't... Mike: Wait a minute, neither you HAVE to breathe. Tom: (recovering) Hey! Thanks, Mike! >Chip: Let's all try. All: (singing) All together now! >They all position themselves around the black and pull with all their >strength. When he sees they arnt making any progress, Zipper flies up >and begins pulling as hard as he can on the back of Monty's collar. Washu: (giggles) Yeah, right. Crow: (as Boris Karloff) And some say that the Fly's heart grew *three* sizes that day... > After about a minute they give up. By now the boy's mother is in a >state of near panic. > >Wolf: I have my explosives with me we could blast him out. > >Monty: Have you gone bonkers! Mike: (as Monty) He isn't even IN this Disney Cartoon! >Chip: Explosives will kill him! Tom: (as Chip) ... and knowing Wolf, probably us too. Washu: (snickers) >Wolf: Not if I use shaped charges and place them correctly. > >Mother: Do you know how to do it? > >Wolf: I've been using explosives for years ma'am. Mike: 12 Bravo lead the way, hooah. Everyone else: (look at Mike) Washu: (passes her hand over her head) Whoosh! Right past me! Mike: (muttering) Sorry... >Mother: If it will save him, but be very careful. > >Wolf nods and begins to set the charges. Washu: (as the mother) Um, why are you splashing gasoline all over the place? Tom: (as Wolf) Damn it, woman, I *know* what I'm doing! > He uses his C-4 to do this job because of its ease of use. Crow: ... and he likes to 'build things' out of it. > He places several cutting charge strips in strategic areas and small >charges in other areas. After he finishes placing all the charges he >very carefully puts in the detonators and hooks them up. Washu: ARRRUGH! You insert the detonators BEFORE you place charges! And I should know my explosives better than *anyone!* >Wolf: We'll need something to protect his eyes and ears. > >Monty takes off his flight goggles and straps them onto the child. >Gadget takes her earplugs out of her pocket and puts them in the boy's >ears. Mike: You know, we make fun of Wolf for it, but we miss a very significant detail... where the hell do Gadget and Monty get *their* tiny equipment? Crow: Office Max, remember? Mike: Oh, that's right. >Wolf: Ok, everyone get back. > >They all retreat about two feet back and Wolf rolls out the wires to his >electrical detonator control. Tom: Hooboy... Shouldn't they be a touch farther away, oh like, *fifty* feet?! Washu: Not that there's a chance for shrapnel or anything... > After he hooks everything up he calls out his warning. > >Wolf: Fire in the hole!! > >He hits the detonate button and all the charges explode leaving a huge >cloud of marble dust. Mike: ... and a fine red mist, for the Rangers had been vaporized. Crow: (as Fat Cat) YES! Crime wave, whoo hoo! > After the dust clears they see the child laying on the ground like >nothing had happened yet while the slab that had imprisoned him now lay >several inches from him in four neatly cut pieces. Tom: (singing) Gimmie a break, gimmie a break! Break me off a piece o' that KIT KAT BAR!! > Besides being covered with dust the child was completely unharmed. >The boy's mother ran up to him and hugged him. then she walked over to >Wolf. Washu: ... and proceeded to slap him senseless. >Mother: Thank you so much Mister. > >Wolf: No problem at all ma'am. Crow: (as Wolf) And here is your bill. I don't take American Express. Mike: (as Wolf) Payment due *NOW* or I repossess your teeth. >Child: Thank you mister. > >Wolf: Your welcome. Tom: DAMN IT! END ALREADY!!! Washu: Whoa, Tom! Easy... >The mother smiled at him and picked up her child and headed home. All >the rangers gathered around Wolf. They noticed he was smiling widely. > >Chip: What is it? Mike: (as Wolf) Nothing, it's just gas. Tom: (makes belching sound) Mike: (as Wolf) Ahhh! >Wolf: I don't know, I just....really helped someone. That's one of >the best feelings I've ever had. Crow: (as Wolf) ... besides all the times I touch myself in the shower. Mike: CROW!! Crow: What? It needed to be said! >Gadget smiles and hugs Wolf. > >Gadget: Now you know what being a Rescue Ranger is all about. > >Wolf: Yeah, I guess so. Mike: (as Wolf) ... rampant mayhem. > THE END **ZOOM** Washu: Well, that's great! Look-- (Washu is alone in the theater. Small dust clouds are where everyone else were just sitting) Washu: (sighs and walks out of the theater) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Bridge] "Well, that was the very, very last Wolf story, if memory serves me right." Mike said, stroking his chin thoughtfully. "And my ONLY Wolf story, if my luck holds out!" Washu added merrily, her hands on her hips and a big smile on her face. "Say... where did Crow and Tom get off to?" "Oh, they ran off below decks with Gypsy as soon as we got out of the theater. They were muttering something about costumes." Mike shrugged. "Brace yourself for anything." "Swell. *This* ought to be good. Oh, here they come now." Washu pointed. Gypsy and Tom entered the bridge first. Gypsy had an orange wig that had Gadget Hackwrench's hairstyle, and a pair of blue goggles to round out the costume. Tom had a snappy fedora and a leather jacket. "Well, my dear, we're finally alone." began Tom/Chip, managing to sound more like Clark Gable than a chipmunk. "Yes, I know, Chip" said Gypsy, doing a passable Gadget. "But there's something I must tell you... there... there's someone else." "No!" Tom/Chip was shocked. "Who is it? Damn it, it's that Ashley Wilk- I mean, Dale, *isn't* it? Well, frankly Gadget, I don't give a damn." "It's not Dale!" said Gypsy/Gadget. "He's... oh! Here he comes now!" Crow came into the scene. He was dressed in a flight jacket- a black bomber. There was a big red "R" and a "L" sewn onto the respective shoulders. Something in Crow's eyes made it apparent that there wasn't much going on in there. "Daaah, I am Wolf!" Crow sang in halting English. "I am... flyboy member of Rescue Rangers! Sure!" "Uh..." Mike began, but the playlet continued. Tom/Chip seemed outraged. "How DARE you prefer this simpleton to myself!" "But I LOVE HIM!" cried Gypsy/Gadget. "He's really very sweet, and so strong, and bounces right back when I accidentally blow him up in one of my airplanes! And he *does* have a bigger... gun... than you." "Daaaah, yeah!" Crow/Wolf assented, nodding his head like a moron. "Guys..." Mike again tried to interrupt, but they didn't pay him any heed. "My good GOD, woman! Can't you see he just wants you for your body?!" Tom/Chip thundered. "I don't care! And you can't stop us now!" Gypsy/Gadget tossed her head back dramatically. "For you see, I'm carrying his 'love mouse'" "Okay, okay, that's enough, fellas." Mike said as he clamped the mouths of Tom and Crow shut with each hand. "Making fun of Wolf like this is just a tad unfair, don't you think?" Washu, who had relieved Gypsy of her wig and was now idly trying it on, nodded in agreement. "Aw, Mike! It's all in good fun..." Tom whined, back to himself again. "Yeah, Mike!" Crow added. "Besides, it's not like there's a REAL Wolf out there who could enact bloody revenge or anything! Lighten up!" On cue, the SoL was suddenly rocked with an explosion. Being the first to pick herself off the deck, Washu quickly sprang into action. The orange wig falling askew on her head, she cried, "Cambot! Gimme Rocket Number Nine!" [Rocket Number Nine] A little F-14 shaped spacecraft screamed in from the distance. As it made another pass by the SoL, it released a cluster of tiny homing missiles. The Satellite was pelted by the miniature bombardment. Sensing a com-link open, Cambot switched over for a view inside the cockpit of the enemy vessel. There was a silhouette of something eerily familiar, and as the head turned to look into the camera a sharp-toothed grin flashed by the light of the cockpit panels. It reached over and flicked a switch, cutting off the com-link. [SoL Bridge] "No frickin' way..." said Crow. Tom broke the general shock. "It's HIM! Come back to KILL US ALL!! AAYIIIEEE!!!" whereas he began to run around in blind panic. His little fedora fell off. "Heavy damage to outer hull, Mike!" Gypsy reported. "We canna take much more o'... I mean, we're in trouble!" "Okay, Nelson..." Mike said mostly to himself. "Situation is getting intense, and times like this I have to ask the quintessential question-- what would Han Solo do?" Mike suddenly punched a fist into one hand. "Of course! Launch little red and green laser beams at the problem!" "Take it easy there, 'Han'!" Washu said as she rolled her eyes. She casually reached over and ripped a panel open at the side of the bridge, and after a few seconds of rewiring in a blur, turned at said: "We now have limited phaser banks to at least return his fire. A shield would be useless with the projectile weapons he's using. I'd like to know where the hell he got that technology!" Mike nodded at Washu. "Alright, then! Washu, target that explosion and FIRE!" "Heh hee, *now* yer talkin'!" Washu giggled evilly as she waggled her fingers over a nearby keyboard. [Rocket Number Nine] Cheesy looking light beams emitted from the SoL at the attacking 'jet', but the other craft artfully dodged them, even taking an opportunity to unload yet another salvo onto the SoL's beleaguered hull. [SoL Bridge] Everything looked like it was coated with a layer of ceiling tiles by now. "One more hit and we're all done, Nelson!" Gypsy hissed. "What happened?" Mike groaned. "Somebody hit us with all those freaking bombs, that's what!" Washu yelled, her control panel flashing all of its warning lights at once. "Hey! We're getting a signal!" Mike swung around to look at Crow. "What? Put it on the Hexscreen!" [Cockpit of the Jet] The camera once again showed the shadowy figure. It leaned forward to reveal a heavily scarred rat in a torn black flight jacket. It's teeth gleamed at it sneered at the SoL's crew. "How are you folks today?" came from it in a raspy, almost pained voice. *"It's YOU!"* Mike exclaimed, more with rage than with surprise. The rat chuckled, a horrid sound. "Yes. All your asses are mine, now. I'm here for a little payback." *"What?!"* Washu stepped into view of Cambot, so the rat could see her. *"We never did anything to you!"* The rat shook his head. "I'm going to kill you all, now. If you folks got something to pray to, I'd make peace with it very quickly." Laughing hysterically, the rat flipped the same switch as before, and the link went dead. [SoL Bridge] Mike Nelson blinked. He leaned his back up against the bulkhead and pondered this strange twist in fate. "Ohhhh, this is it. Greatest mind in the Universe, annihilated by a rodent! Sasami, Tenchi... little Taro... hmmm, I bet even Ryoko will wonder what became of little Washu." She took in a deep breath and smiled. "Ah, well, it was a good ride." Crow simulated a cough. "Dunno about you guys, but if I'm going to be consumed by fiery death, I want to be fairly intoxicated at the time. Tommy boy, you with me?" Crow looked around. "Hey, where'd Tom go?" [Rocket Number Nine - Strike up 'Wing Zero' BG Music] One small bulbous shaped space fighter appeared over the hull of the SoL and fired a laser beam at the hostile spacecraft. The 'jet' pulled away from the blast, away from the SoL, and the newcomer was in close pursuit. *"Yeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaa! Eat hot gobs of DEATH, non-believer!"* came a familiar voice over the speakers. [SoL Bridge] Mike and Washu's attention was snapped up at the sound of this voice. "What the..." An odd kind of hope surged up inside of Mike. "Is that?" Washu was overjoyed. "That's a Z-one-G Gizmonic Mining Drone! One designed by yours truly!" she squealed. "They laughed when I added death-beams and tungsen shielding to the spec sheet!" Washu clapped her hands together. "Well, who's laughing NOW!?" "You mean... we have a chance!" Mike stood up. "Let's throw every Z1G we got at 'im! Gypsy, you know what you gotta do! Make it happen!" "We only have one Z1G drone left, Nelson." Gypsy replied. "It seems someone turned the other six into Jell-O molds while we were disembodied energy at the edge of the universe..." she added dryly, glaring at Crow with her one yellow eye. Crow laughed nervously. Mike shook his head. "Okay. We'll make do with what we got. Cambot, patch me thru to Tommy!" "Already on it, Mike!" Washu chirped. This was quite entertaining for her. "Servo, come in, Servo! Over!" *"This is the Red Baron, little lady, over!"* Washu chuckled. "You're our only hope! Be careful out there! And take out the bad guy, you hear me? Over!" *"Roger, exterminate target for great justice, over!"* [Rocket Number Nine] And so Tom Servo met with the greatest foe he had faced so far. Not since his days as a smuggler had he come across such a ruthless and cunning opponent, but if Servo had one advantage, it was literally inside of his soul. Joel Robinson had built the Bots out of parts of the SoL he had salvaged, and among them he installed several circuit boards of the Satellite's sensory systems-- which included a portion of the tracking computer. Within an instant, Tom was able to calculate a weakness in his opponent's flight path. The small red robot bided his time, however, baiting the other ship farther away from the SoL. After dodging several 'close-calls', Tom went on the offensive, swinging beneath the belly of the jet and tagging it where he guessed it would be the most critical- the thrust controllers. These were blown off the 'jet' completely. The 'jet', robbed of its control but not of its thrust, arced down towards the Earth's atmosphere, helpless to avoid its fate. Tom thrusted his Z1G backwards and watched as his foe shot down, growing smaller and smaller, until, when it appeared the size of a speck, it exploded in a bright flash. Tom chuckled, and opened the link to the SoL. [SoL Bridge] *"... a winner is ME!"* Tom's voice was triumphant. "Way to go, Tommy!" Washu cheered. "I do so love it when my genius comes back to bail my ass out!" "Not a bad bit of shooting, buddy! Oh, Pearl's calling..." Mike tapped the red transceiver button. Crow wandered off. "You know, I think I'm going to try to get plastered anyway. See you all later!" [Castle Forrester] "This has been a weird day, Nelson. First the Brain guy keeps snickering and muttering something cryptic about Pokemon and me, so I'm torturing him and all of a sudden, this freaky cowboy guy wanders by and shoots the place up. But I see that you and the Japanese chick are still sane, which figures." Pearl shook her head in disgust, not noticing the small rat parachuting down from above. It landed on a table next to the evil mad woman. Pearl continued her rant. "But that doesn't discourage me, oh no. Even if you can handle a fanfic as lame as this one, doesn't mean I won't hit you with one that will make even YOUR brain melt, Habuki. And it makes finding the one that *does* all that much sweeter." She noticed the rat looking at her curiously from the table, and without thinking, she grabbed it and picked it up. "What the hell, we got clothed vermin in the castle, terrific..." [Fade to Black] (slicey, meaty sounds) Pearl: OW! Jack Acid writes: That ends the re-release of the original MST 3001 series. With the exception of 'Diamond Butterfly' in Episode 3006, and all of Episode 3008, I started everything you've seen prior to this point in 1997-1998. It seems appropriate to end the original run with the creator's final Wolf story (there were three to my knowledge). Contrary what you might think, I don't hate Wolf, nor his deceased author, Darren. On the contrary, in dissecting 'Hang on Batty' and this fanfic, I became quite fond of Wolf (who wouldn't?). As with Hang on Batty, this MSTing is dedicated to the memory of Darren Perlongo. Incidentally, the sequence in the middle is based on a real incident- I actually fell asleep at the keyboard one long night while in the course of riffing this fic. Special Thanks to: Megane 6.7, for getting me on this MSTing kick, and teaching me all I needed to know about MSTing. His webpage and mine: http://www.nabiki.com/mst Zoogz, my webmaster and all-around swell guy, who also has his MSTings at the above address. But if you found THIS MSTing already, you've already found his and Megane's, right? ^_- Himitsu, for her always valued C&C. Ping courtesy of www.megatokyo.com - Ph33r Largo's l33t n3kk1d sk1llz. The good folk at #EcchiFanGirls, found at http://www.geocities.com/ecchifangirls/, who are the source of some of my inspiration. Even if they *are* perverts! Haloflux, who is the best kitty-girl-shade-thief-mage-vampire I know! Website #9's guidelines to Usenet MSTings. It came in handy... Hitoshi Okuda, the creator of Washu and Tenchi Muyo!, my favorite manga of all time. All rights reserved. Best Brains, for screwing up my childhood (but in a good way) from age eleven up to today, at twenty one. All rights reserved. May the way of the Hero lead to the Triforce. >Tammy: Well, I was just walking in the park and I decided to take a >break behind one of the the benches. After about two minutes a mouse >ran behind the bench too, he was all out of breath, he didn't notice >me for a couple seconds. When he did he handed me a piece of paper >and told me that he didn't have time to explain but I had to keep >that paper out of the wrong hands and get it to the SAPS >station.Then he ran out and those orange guys started chasing him >and followed him into some bushes. A few seconds later I heard a >scream and I started to run but they saw me and started chasing me >so I tried to get here.