The Road Rovers meet the Computer Renegade -- Part 2
 

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infringe on any Copyrights.   This story is written by Robert Baer Jr and
the characters Otto, Samantha Maddog, Starlight, Computer Renegade, Masked
Mellita, Computer Gila Monster, Ben Maddog, Uncle Buford, Maxx and
Computer Dinosaur are all Robert Baer Jr's creations, copyright 1997-1998.
    DJ is a creation of Jake Williams, Huntress is a creation of Greywolf
Lupous.

The Road Rovers meet the Computer Renegade -- Part 2

The Road Rovers and their 'guests' prepare to leave Mission Control for
Montana to appprehend the 'Leader', the evil madman behind a rash of
nuclear waste thefts.

HUNTER:  Hey, Mr Renegade, we're all ready to go!   Go ahead and teleport
us there!

STARLIGHT:  I've been scanning the area, we have a problem....

OTTO:  Starlight is correct, Renegade, turn on your hand-held computer.
Scan the coordinates of the area in question, you'll see what we're
talking about.

HUNTER:  What's the matter, guys?  What are you three talking about?

C RENEGADE (looking at his hand held computer):  Now I see what the
trouble is.  Hunter, according to our scans, the Leader has an
energy-absorbing machine at his lair.   He ambushed me and Otto with it in
Austrailia a few months ago.

BLITZ: So what's the big deal?  So he has a fancy machine, big deal!

OTTO: You don't understand.  The energy-absorbing machine rendered all of
our black boxes useless, and it nearly killed me.

BLITZ:  Killed you?  But you're a machine!

SAMANTHA (angerly):  STOP CALLING HIM THAT!   YOU'RE NOT A VERY NICE DOG!

DJ (looking at Samantha):  You learn quick, ma'am!

OTTO:  It's alright, dear.   You see, both Starlight and I are
mechanically enhanced, but both of us had to have some of our internal
organs replaced by artifical ones.  Without energy, these organs wouldn't
function, and we would be dead in minutes.  This is why it's not wise for
us to simply 'zap' ourselves there.

HUNTER:  I see!  Some of our weaponry is also powered by electricity.   Mr
Renegade, do you have any suggestions?

C RENEGADE:  Yes, I do.  Let's travel there in one of your vehicles.
There is one advantage all of us will have.  The Leader seems to be
expecting me and my friends, he won't be expecting to encounter you Road
Rovers, this can give us the edge!

COLLEEN (excited):  That's right!   Now, it seems the first thing we must
do is knock out that machine!

DJ (rubbing his hands together):  Sounds like a mission with my name
written on it!

HUNTER:  We'll take the Cloud Rover, and discuss a attack plan on the way

SAMANTHA:  That's a good idea, Mr Hunter, sir....

STARLIGHT:  Is there room in the Cloud Rover for a horse?

EXILE:  Da!   In the cargo hold!   Don't worry, comrade, we do this sort
of thing all the time!

GILA MONSTER (muttering):  So do we, Russian dog!

MELITTA (stepping between Exile and the Gila):  Don't argue, we need to
work together!

HUNTRESS (clapping):  You GO, GIRL!!

SHAG:  Ruh ruh RUH?

HUNTER:  No Shag, we don't have time to stop for lunch.   Rovers!   To the
Cloud Rover!

Everyone enters into the Cloud Rover, Starlight and the Gila Monster enter
through the cargo bay doors, Shag wheels Muzzle inside.  The Cloud Rover
takes off and heads towards Montana.   The Rovers and the Renegade's team
discuss strategy along the way.  Meanwhile at the Leader's base, he and
his trusted aide Mr Tims oversee the transfer of barrels of radioactive
waste from small trucks into an underground shelter beneath the compound.

LEADER:  You see  Mr Tims, in spite of our bungled operation in North
Dakota today, we still have enough nuclear waste for my plan to work!

MR TIMS:  We should've suspected that the Renegade and his gang would try
to stop us sooner or later.

LEADER:  It doesn't matter now.  We have the energy-draining device up and
running, and once I issue my public announcement to the world, not even
the Renegade will try to stop me!

MR TIMS:  That you're going to hold the country hostage?

LEADER:  YES!   And if I'm not made absolute ruler of America, I'll drop
all of this nuclear waste into every major river and city in the United
States!    Think of it, Mr Tims, in a matter of months, that waste will
work it's way into the water tables!   Thousands upon millions of people
will get radiation poisoning, if those idiots in Washington won't meet my
demands!

MR TIMS:  Brilliant, sir!   Simply brilliant!

LEADER:  Even if the Renegade and his friends come,  they won't be able to
come near us!

MR TIMS (looking at a radar scope):  Leader, something unindentified
aircraft is flying towards us!

LEADER:  Ignore it!   It's probably just a crop duster.  I know the way
the Renegade thinks!   He and his animal friends will use their black
boxes to sneak in here, but since my energy-absorbing device is already
on, it'll be a ONE WAY TRIP!!!   HA HA HA !!!!

Meanwhile the Cloud Rover lands a half mile away from the Leader's base.

HUNTER:  Do you think this plan of yours will work?

C RENEGADE:  Sure it will!    DJ, are you sure you want to go through with
this?

DJ (smiling): We have to take out that machine first, don't we?   I know
it'll be dangerous, but I'm willing to take that chance!

C RENEGADE:  Ok, Otto, you know what to do!

OTTO:  Yes sir, Renegade!   Are you ready, DJ?

DJ (holding his toolbox):  Go for it, Otto!

Otto fires a purple ray at DJ, making him invisible.

OTTO:  Remember DJ, that will keep you invisible for ten minutes, that's
how long you have to disable the machine when I teleport you into the
compound, OK?

DJ:  I understand!

Otto sends DJ inside the Leader's lair with a loud BOOM!!

HUNTER:  Alright Rovers, let's roll!

Starlight teleports Hunter, Huntress, Colleen, Blitz and Exile to the
front gate of the Leader's base with a loud BOOM!!!   All of them run
towards the main building at normal speed, and then 'pretend'  to run out
of energy and 'fall' to the ground about fifty feet away from where the
Leader and Mr Tims are standing.

LEADER (laughing):  I don't believe it!   These robots of Buford's really
look stupid!   Human bodies with dog heads!  HA HA HA!!   Like I told you,
Mr Tims, all of these metal creations have been rendered harmless by my
machine!    I'm unbeatable!

MR TIMS:  That's what you said in Austrailia, remember?   This could be a
trap!   Better have someone check those things and make sure they're
really robots!

LEADER (walking over to Hunter):  Mr Tims, the Computer Renegade isn't
dumb enough to try to same trick TWICE!   (He taps Hunter's Road Rover
armor with his hand)  You see!   This one's make of metal!   I'll bet that
Buford thought he had a way to insolate these robots against the effects
of my machine, but he's FAILED!!!   VICTORY IS MINE!!!!

The compound is shaken by a loud explosion in the rear of the main
building.  It's the sound of the energy-absorbing machine blowing up!

LEADER (stunned):  MY MACHINE!!!   BUT, HOW???

DJ (becoming visible):  I did it, you moron!   Some of my best work yet!
 

MR TIMS (pointing at DJ):  Get him!

HUNTER (shouting): NOW!!   LET'S GET THEM, ROVERS!!!!

BLITZ (jumping to his feet):   Now let the biting begin!

MR TIMS (screaming):  It WAS a trick!   Everyone attack!

Another loud BOOM!!  shakes the compound, it's Otto, Samantha, Starlight,
Renegade, Melitta, Shag, Muzzle and the Gila Monster arriving on the scene.

C RENEGADE:  Ok, people, let's take'm out!

Hunter and Huntress run swifty and snatch dozens of laser rifles out of
the hands of the Leader's henchmen.

HUNTER (tossing them on the ground):  Hey, you bad guys lose something?

HUNTRESS (tossing hers on the pile):  I think we left them speechless,
brother!

Blitz chases many of the henchmen all around the compound, Exile freezes
several of them in their tracks.   Otto and Starlight fire laser beams out
of their eyes and melts the pile of collected weapons.   Colleen and the
Gila Monster attack the henchmen, in the confusion, the Leader and a few
of his men run inside the building, and emerge on the top floor balconey,
the Leader holding a bullhorn in his hand.

LEADER (yelling down):  Renegade!  Listen to me!   Call off the attack NOW
or I'll blow up this base with you on it!

The Rovers and the others stop fighting and look up towards the balconey.

C RENEGADE (yelling):  You're bluffing, Leader!   You'd never do something
that idiotic!

LEADER (yelling down):  I don't care!   You've defeated me for the last
time, I'm taking all of you with me this time!

Otto sees a remote control unit in the Leader's other hand.  With a
perfectly targeted laser shot, he melts it instantly!  The Leader grabs
his hand and screams out in pain.

STARLIGHT:  Time for me to shake things up around here!!

Starlight runs up to the side of the building and with a powerful 'mule
kick' shakes the entire building hard enough to cause the Leader and all
of his men to fall from the balcony.   Otto fires a blue ray from his eyes
to make all of them float upwards, except the Leader, who is 'caught' by
the smiling Gila Monster.

GILA MONSTER (smiling):  Well, lookee what I found!   The King of the
Twerps!    Now I'm gonna clobber you good this time!

LEADER (begging):  Please have mercy on me!

GILA MONSTER (dropping him on the ground): You don't know the meaning of
that word, dingle-doof!

OTTO:  We have trouble here, everyone!   Some of those barrels of nuclear
waste are leaking, radiation levels here are climbing, we have to do
something about it FAST!

HUNTER: Why not just teleport them all to a safe place?

STARLIGHT (sadly): We can't do that, the radiation is interfering with our
targeting circuits, we can't get a 'lock' on them for transport.

C RENEGADE (looking at one of his black boxes):  She's right, I can't get
a fix on any of those barrels.

EXILE:  Bolshoi!  What do we do, comrades?

SAMANTHA (smiling) :  I think I know someone who can help us!   I'll use
my collar to call them now!

LEADER (looking confused, pointing at Otto and Samantha):  Wait, you two
look familiar!   It CAN'T be!   You're Otto and that's Samantha!   You're
human!   How can this be?

GILA MONSTER (picking the Leader up off the ground):  That's none of your
business, twerp!   One more word out of you, and I'll let my buddy Muzzle
take care of you!   In fact, I've LOVE to see him do it!

Muzzle jumps up and down on his genry with excitement.

SAMANTHA:  I got a message through, he'll be here any minute!

Suddenly, with a loud BOOM!!  a large white pickup truck appears, stepping
out of it is Uncle Buford and his robot Great Dane Maxx.

UNCLE BUFORD (smiling):  Samantha, I came as soon as I could, and I have a
solution to your problem!

BLITZ (sarcasticly):  Hey, who's the old geezer with a cane?

HUNTRESS:  Darling, must you always be so rude?

BLITZ (shrugs shoulders):  What?

COLLEEN:  Are you the Uncle Buford that we've been hearing about?

UNCLE BUFORD:  I am indeed!   You must be the famous Road Rovers!  It is
indeed an honor and pleasure to meet all of you!

HUNTER:  Yet another unexpected twist!   COOL!!!

UNCLE BUFORD:  Renegade, it's true that you can't teleport that nuclear
waste anywhere, but you and the rest of your team can use your
anti-gravity rays to load them into this truck!   I've equipped it with a
special containment force field in the bed to keep those leaking barrels
from spreading any more radiation.   I've also contacted the US base in
Nevada, they're ready to accept these containers and prepare them for long
range disposal.   Any volunteers to drive?

DJ (lifting hand in the air):  ME!!!   ME!!!!   I can do it!  I've been a
truck driving dog all my life!

UNCLE BUFORD (laughing):  Ok, my eager young friend!   But I must tell
you, this truck has a robot brain and many high tech features, it
practically drives itself, isn't that right, truck?

TRUCK (in cold robotic voice):  That is correct, Uncle Buford!

DJ (excited):  WOW!!!   A talking truck!    Normally, I don't care too
much for computers, but I'll make an exception in this case!

UNCLE BUFORD:  Well, what are you waiting for?   Starlight, Otto and
Samantha can begin using their anti-gravs on the barrels inside the
shelter, Renegade, you and Melitta get your black boxes ready, I'll help
you with my anti-grav box, we have to hurry and get this done!

GILA MONSTER:  Mr Buford, why can't we just carry them out by hand?

UNCLE BUFORD:  Maxx is reading very high radiation levels, anyone
attempting to carry them could get very sick.

EXILE:  Comrade Buford, I can freeze all the barrels so they won't leak so
bad, right?

UNCLE BUFORD:  That's a good idea, Exile, but that may cause the metal
barrels to rupture, we can't take that chance

HUNTER:  Can we do anything to help, sir?

UNCLE BUFORD:  You Rovers can tie up the bad guys, gift wrap them for the
authorities!

HUNTER (saluting):  Consider it done, sir!

UNCLE BUFORD:  Please, just call me Uncle Buford, OK?   Let's get those
barrels loaded!

Otto, Samantha, Renegade, Melitta, Starlight and Buford form a "line" and
begin "passing" all the barrels towards the truck, like a high tech "water
bucket brigade" using their anti-gravity rays as "hands."    In a matter
of minutes, all the barrels of nuclear waste are loaded and the
containment field is turned on.  DJ enters the truck and turns the key.

UNCLE BUFORD (hands a map to DJ):  Here's a map to the goverment facility,
if you get lost, just ask the truck for directions, the route has been
programmed in!   Maxx will ride with you, just in case there's any
trouble, OK?

DJ (smiling)  Sure!   Hop in, Maxx!

Maxx teleports himself into the passenger side seat.

DJ (surprised):  WOW!!   A high-tech dog!   This will be a great drive!

UNCLE BUFORD:  Have a good trip, my friends!    Maxx, take good care of
DJ!

DJ drives off in the white truck as the police arrive to arrest the Leader
and his followers.

UNCLE BUFORD:  Well, time for me to leave, everyone!

HUNTER:  Wait a minute, the Master said he wanted to meet you!   Come with
us back the Road Rover Headquarters!

UNCLE BUFORD (surprised): The Master wants to meet me?   I'm flattered!
Yes!  Of course I'll come!

BLITZ (mad):  I didn't get to bite enough bad guy toochies!!

EXILE:  Don't be a weird boy!

HUNTRESS (smiling):  This time, I have to agree with you, Exile!

Soon the others take the Cloud Rover and fly back to Road Rover
Headquarters.  DJ completes his "run" to Nevada and lets Maxx teleport
them back to HQ.  The Master takes the Renegade and all of his friends
aside in the control room.

MASTER:  It is a pleasure to finally meet you, Buford!   I must say, I'm
very impressed with all of your inventions and the way your bionic surgery
has made Otto and Starlight very powerful crime fighters!

UNCLE BUFORD:  Please, call me Uncle Buford, and I must say that you're
pretty high-tech yourself!   You've changed Otto and Samantha into
Cano-Sapiens!    You will change them back into dogs again, won't you?

MASTER:  Of course, but I have something to ask of you, Computer Renegade
and Masked Melitta.   I realize that Otto and Samantha are your dogs, and
I don't want to change that.   However, they would be a welcome addition
to my Road Rovers.   I'd like for them to join us, as associate members,
of course.   I know they're a valuable help to you both, but when they're
not helping you fight crime, will you allow me to call on them to help us?

C RENEGADE:  My wife and I are in agreement on this, Master, it's up to
Otto and Samantha to make that decision.  What do you say, you two?

OTTO (smiling): Well, honey, what do you think?

SAMANTHA (smiling):  Well, if it's alright with our masters, I'd like to
join the Road Rovers!

OTTO (hugging Samantha): I totally agree!   Strange, this hugging really
does work better as Cano-Sapiens!

MASTER:  Thank you. ALL of you, for your help and for joining our cause!

STARLIGHT (looking around):  Hey, where's the Gila Monster?

The Gila Monster has found Colleen, and strikes up a conversation.

GILA MONSTER (smiling):  WOW!  Colleen, you are quite a fighter!   I LOVE
the way you bash bad guys!

COLLEEN (smiling):  Why, thank you, GIla, you're not so bad yourself!

GILA MONSTER (shyly):  I ain't no good at speakin', but I'd like to know,
can I takes you out on a date?

COLLEEN (in shock):  A DATE?   YOU BLOOMIN' JOKIN' RIGHT?

GILA MONSTER:  No ma'am, you're the kind of woman I can fall in love with!
  Think of it, just you and me, we can go beat up some bad guys, go to the
swamp and eat ants together, maybe even watch some gator racing!  What do
you say?

BLITZ (running up to Colleen)  HA HA, Colleen has a new boyfriend!   HA
HA, Hunter's going to be replaced by a big green goon!  HA HA!

COLLEEN (looking at Gila)  Shall we, governor?

GILA MONSTER (looking at Colleen):  I think I knows what you're thinking!

Colleen kicks Blitz in the mouth as the Gila Monster whacks him in the
head with his 2 x 4.   Blitz falls to the floor.

COLLEEN (sadly):  Don't get me wrong, Gila, you're a nice eh.......guy,
but I'm kinda going steady with Hunter right now.

GILA MONSTER (sadly):  I understand, and I ain't here to break any couple
up!   Oh well, maybe I can talk one of Samantha's sisters into dating me!
I LOVE violent females and all four of them are SINGLE!

COLLEEN (happy):  There you are, you big green bloak!  Someday you'll find
that eh... special someone!

The Master calls all the Rovers to the briefing room to tell them the good
news.

MASTER:  Rovers, I've asked Otto and Samantha to join us, and they've
agreed!

DJ (walking up and shaking hands):  Congraduations, you two!  Welcome to
the team!

HUNTER (shaking hands):  Cool!   You two will be a big help to us!

HUNTRESS (shaking hands):  Welcome to the Rovers!

EXILE (gives both a big bear hug):  I LOVE meeting new Road Rovers!

SHAG (shakes hands):  Ruh ruh ruh!  ruh ruh ruh?

SAMANTHA:  Thank you, Shag, and yes, I will share some of my family
recipes with you!

BLITZ (shakes hands):  Well, I must admit that you two are good fighters,
welcome to the team!

SAMANTHA (smiling):  Thank you, and your name is?

BLITZ (shocked):  What?

SAMANTHA (giggling):  Just kidding, Blitz, but no more remarks about my
husband, OK?

BLITZ:  Alright, Samantha, I'm sorry I upset you.

OTTO (shakes Blitz's hand):  No hard feelings, friend!

HUNTER:  But there's one thing I'd like to ask you, Otto

OTTO:  What's that, Hunter?

HUNTER:  How DO you talk like John Wayne?

OTTO:  It's my computer generated voice, Hunter, sorry....

HUNTER:  Lucky dog!

MASTER:   Road Rovers, you're all good, good dogs!

All the Rovers howl in unison.

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