TRANSFORMERS ALIENS IN
DISQUISE
More Than Meets The Eye
Part 6
As the battle rages between
Elite & Syndicate forces trading potshots at each other as if playing a
dangerous version of Laser Tag/Q-Zar Professor Oaks & Ivy run into the plant
to lead the frightened hostages to safety. At the same time atop a catwalk
high above the main floor Archer prepares to exit to freedom but Rourke
confronts him. Without warning the gorgonyte warrior strikes first with a
double-fisted punch that knocks the commander off the catwalk but at the last
second he grabs onto the support struts beneath. There he dangles helpless
staring up at a sneering Archer who leers down at him.
ARCHER
Any last
words?
LYLE ROURKE
None you'd want to hear
Archer.
ARCHER
Nothing can stop me now, not
even you!
Simultanously Ninjara
gets ready to launch her assault upon the Commandos with a portable slingshot
she carries with her and now aims a spitball or deadly projectile at the
soldiers.
NINJARA
So long sore losers.
Here's one super spitball special for you.
But as she shoots the
spitball at the soldiers they dive for cover just in time to avoid being
hit. The projectile slams into a computer terminal that explodes on
contact. Staggering off-balance from the blast or shockwaves Archer shouts
down at his so-called 2nd in Command for being stupid.
ARCHER
You fool! Help save
the energon cubes, get them out of here.
Suddenly Lyle flips
back onto the walkway and rushes his enemy with head lowered like a charging
bull attacking a matador! Colliding into his adversary he forces him
outside, through the door and onto the dam itself where they continue to brawl
away with each other, trading punches & kicks.
LYLE ROURKE
You destroy everything you
touch Archer.
ARCHER
Oh yeah? <Smirks
evilly> Because everything I touch is food for my hunger, my hunger for
power.
LYLE ROURKE
No! I'm going to end
your hunger once and for all. <Clotheslines him>
ARCHER <Jumps back up>
Almost commander, but almost
dosen't get the job done. You can't stop me.
LYLE ROURKE
You're old Archer,
yesterday's model ready for the scrapheap.
ARCHER
We'll see whose ready for
the scrapheap. <Advances on him>
LYLE ROURKE <Mocks him>
Junk, that's what you
are...junk.
ARCHER
Silence! <Bodyslams
him> Heheheahaha, when I get through with you Lyle there won't be anything
left that will serve my cause.
While they continue
their bar-room/back-alley brawl down below near the riverbank Ash, Misty, Tracy
& Brock await the TombRaider surfacing again but no sign of Lara Croft
yet!
MISTY
Lara, Lara! You all
right down there?
Croft throws Ivan
against the far bank but as she closes in to finish him off the mutant grizzly
kicks back and sends Lara crashing into the opposite bank where a mudslide caves
in, pinning her helplessly! Ivan swims back to the surface only to come
face to face with suprised teens.
TRACY
Hey, where's
Lara?
IVAN
Butt out terran.
<Backhands him hard>
TRACY <Hits ground>
Offmph!
ASH KETCHUM
No one does that to my
friend!
BROCK
Yeah! I teach you
lessons of hurting our friend.
MISTY
Go get him boys, let him
have it!
Ash & Brock
gang-tackle Ivan but the mutant easily overpowers them both and takes them
out. Misty yells for help and her cries are heard by Rourke who turns in
the direction of the pleas but as he does so Archer strikes back with a
roundhouse kick propelling the leader of the Elite off the top of the dam and
into the waters below. Calling down to the struggling commander the
gorgonyte warrior shouts.
ARCHER
Whose the scrap-metal now
Rourke? You'll never stop me, heheheahahahaah!
He flies away into the
horizon with his fellow mutants carrying their stolen loot in the process.
Meanwhile Rourke is in a death-fight to stay alive while being swept downstream
by the rapids until Sinclair sees her boss in danger.
HELGA SINCLAIR
Commander! Use this
for an emergency brake. <Shoots cable & hook across to the far
bank>
Lyle reaches out to
snag the cable and hangs tightly onto the hook as Helga reels him in safely as
if she caught the BIG ONE. At the same time Ash, Brock awaken while Misty
goes to check on them with Tracy.
TRACY
You guys
OK?
BROCK
I think so, oooh my head.
<Groans> Feels like I've been hit with a bat.
ASH KETCHUM
Me too, ugh. <Looks
around> Where's Lara?
TRACY
She still has not surfaced
yet. <Panics>
MISTY
She's going to
drown!
ASH KETCHUM
TombRaider! You still
down there? <Then he dives into water>
BROCK-MISTY-TRACY
ASH!!! <Fear on their
faces>
Swimming down to the
bottom Ketchum locates Lara struggling to break free from the mudslide that pins
her against the bank. Quickly the pokemon grand master scoops away at the
mud & debris freeing the archaeologist then grabs his throat and gestures
upwards meaning "I cannot hold my breath longer" to which Lara grabs him around
the waist and swims to the surface. Once back on shore TombRaider
administers CPR to Ash until he revives again.
LARA CROFT
Easy Ash. You almost
flooded your engines.
BROCK
At least he did not drown
trying to rescue you.
LARA CROFT
I noticed...he risked his
life to save another.
ASH KETCHUM <Wakes up>
Thanks Lara, you saved
my...
LARA CROFT
Leave it, OK? You
saved my life, I owe you one.
MISTY
Good grief. <Rolls
eyes>
TRACY
Wowsers. <Quotes
Inspector Gadget>
ASH KETCHUM
Ok! <Agrees with
Croft> Deal.
At the same time
beneath the base of the dam next to the powerplant the Elite listen as their
leader debriefs them on the success or failure of their mission.
BUTCH MEATHOOK
Maybe we should repair our
ship, go back to Alpha Prime and forget about the Syndicate.
LYLE ROURKE
We can't do that
Lieutenant. If Archer succeeds here, he'll be impossible to beat on Alpha
Prime.
CHIP HAZARD
But sir, we are not fighters
like they are.
LYLE ROURKE
We must have courage
Major. We cannot ignore the danger, we must conquer it or else we will
never win this war.
BRICK BAZOOKA
In that case, I agree with
you commander.
LYLE ROURKE
Thank you Sergant.
Alright troops, fall back to headquarters pronto!
And with that the Elite
morph to their vehicular modes and return to HQ to await the next strike of the
Empire mutants and Archer.
END
OF PART VI