TRANSFORMERS ALIENS IN DISQUISE
                            EPISODE V "Divide And Conquer"
 
    As the next chapter of the war between good and evil begins the scene is inside a factory where weapons are being manufactured to be used against the greatest threat the world has ever known...THE MUTANT SYNDICATE EMPIRE!
 
FACTORY BOSS
    If you can use your computer skills to step up our efficiency James, Jessie, we'll be able to double-triple our weapons output.
JESSIE ROCKET
    I'll give it a try sir. <She types commands onto keyboard>
 
    Assault rifles, shotguns, smart guns (Another term for machine gun), pistols, and so forth roll through the assembly lines while workers assemble the parts and check/double-check to make sure they are in working order and no malfunctions whatsoever.  Suddenly klaxxons begin screaming warnings as incoming intruders approach at full speed!  Security guards stationed outside the plant open fire on the attackers who dive down like eagles or hawks and scatter the defenders with stink-bombs causing the guards to gag, choke, cough, cover noses & mouths and run off to avoid the foul gases.  Then the jets crash into the glass windows and morph to true form before the frightened workers...it is the mutants!
 
JAMES ROCKET
    The mutants! <Reacts with horror>
 
    As more guards close in, shooting at the enemy warriors Ninjara looks agitated, annoyed.  She has no time for games, i.e. laser-tag.
 
NINJARA
    Foolish insects. <Lets them have it with shots from her morpher>
RHEI RAT
    Hehehe, terrans run funny don't they Ninjara.
PRINCE LEON
    Uh, look out behind you.
 
    The lion rock-star vanishes then reappears behind the startled guards who flee in terror without firing their weapons.  Quickly the samauri begins issuing instructions.
 
NINJARA
    Drain this factory of its energy at once, build the energon cubes!
 
    Foxy, Kenny, She-Lion and the other 3 baddies begin following their orders to the letter.  They drain the energy from the electrical systems and machinery throughout the factory and fill the 3D cubes before piling them into neat stacks.  Looking on helplessly Team Rocket and the factory boss try to think of something to do to stop these villians.
 
FACTORY BOSS
    There's nothing we can do to stop them.
JESSIE ROCKET
    Well don't fasten down your computer chips yet sir, there may still be a few buttons we can push.
JAMES ROCKET
    Time to call in the calvary, send for General George Armstrong Custer.
 
    Meanwhile at the riverbed canyon the former site of the origional spacebridge teleportation gateway Commander Rourke, Misty, Ash, Brock & Tracy are unable to locate the portal anywhere thinking or believing it will materalize again.
 
T.J. COMBO
    Any luck Rourke?  Did you figure out where the spacebridge will show up next?
LYLE ROURKE
    I'm afraid not TJ.  I've scanned the area where the bridge first appeared but my readouts came up zero.
MISTY
    We might as well return empty-handed to Elite headquarters sir.
 
    Suddenly Lyle straightens, stiffens as though receiving an incoming transmission through cyberspace.  Lifting one arm to his ear he listens to the SOS message coming over the speakers on his morpher-wristwatch-communicator.
 
LYLE ROURKE
    Wait, a distress signal from Team Rocket at the munitions plant.
TRACY
    Team Rocket?  Why would they signal for help, are they in danger?
BROCK
    I hope not.
LYLE ROURKE <Listens some more>
    Mutants attacking...stealing energy and converting to energon cubes...
ASH KETCHUM
    Oh good grief, not again. <Groans, looks mad> Why won't those baddies learn that crime does not pay?
MISTY
    We must go help them if they are in trouble.
LYLE ROURKE <Agrees>
    Commandos! <Calls into his comlink> Transform and meet me there!
 
    He changes to his Big Rig 18-Wheeler mode as the teens hop into the cab.  At the same time Combo turns to his fellow warriors and tells them to...
 
T.J. COMBO
    You heard the chief, roll out!
 
    Then he, Brick Bazooka, Nick Nitro, Kip Killigan, Butch Meathook, Link Static and Chip Hazard converge to their vehicular forms while Professors Oaks & Ivy comment about the magic powers they witness.
 
PROFESSOR OAKS
    I don't know when I'll ever get used to that.
PROFESSOR IVY
    Wow, alien robots that morph to monster trucks, cool!
 
    While back at the munitions factory the Syndicate have completed their assignment of stocking up enough energon cubes to be shipped/delivered ASAP to their destination.
 
FOXY ROXY
    There it is sister, <Gestures proudly at stack> every last microspark of energy we could drain from the place.
NINJARA <Contacts her boss>
    Mission leader to Empire headquarters.  Acknowledge Archer.
ARCHER
    Archer here.  Report mission leader Ninjara.
NINJARA
    I have achieved success.  All the factory's energy is ours.
ARCHER
    Return with the energon cubes.  When I receive the new coordinates for the gateway we will transport them to Alpha Prime.
NINJARA <Bows & salutes>
    As you wish my master.  But surely you must commend me for my efforts, after all I was...<Hesitates> What-the?  What's that noise.
 
    She is distracted by sounds of approaching engines headed their way and turns to look in that direction.  Archer is still watching the scene on the BIG SCREEN inside his homebase and he too sees the familiar 18-Wheeler roll onto the scene like George Custer leading the 7th Calvary into battle against Chief Crazy Horse & Chief Sitting Bull of the Sioux Nation during the battle of the Little BigHorn!  Racing through the main garage doors at top speed the truck plows into the piles of cubes, scattering them like ten-pins in bowling.
 
NINJARA <Startled>
    Rangers!  Argh! <Snarls in rage>
JESSIE ROCKET
    I knew the Rangers would not let me down.
JAMES ROCKET
    Commander Rourke to the rescue.
 
    Ash, Misty, Tracy & Brock dive out the driver & passenger doors of the Big Rig as it screeches to a stop before the shocked mutants.
 
NINJARA
    Lyle Rourke?!
LYLE ROURKE
    The one and only samauri. <Morphs>
ARCHER <Watching the action>
    You outnumber Rourke 6-to-1.  Take him and destroy him.
NINJARA
    With pleasure!
 
    She shoots as Rourke charges her, the laserbullets impact the Commander throwing him backwards into the far wall and he slumps into a sitting position.
 
SHE-LION
    Time to assist, help out the vixen.
RHEI RAT
    I'm with you.
PRINCE LEON
    Let's rock dudes!
 
    One by one the mutants levitate into the air using the power of their morpher rings.  Ash and his friends hurry to Rourke's side afraid he may be hurt.
 
TRACY
    Commander, you all right?
LYLE ROURKE
    Affirmative.  But keep back! <Cautions them to keep their distance>
 
    Now the Syndicate prepare to launch their assault from above so to speak.
 
KENDO COYOTE
    You would rather bash Rourke 1-on-1...but when Archer wants it done right, Kenny's got him!
 
    Ken fires a burst from his pulse laser gun but Lyle ducks the shots and they fly harmlessly past.  Now the other mutants take their aim.
 
FOXY ROXY
    Heh-heh, you blew it brother, but i won't. <She launches a missile>
LYLE ROURKE <Dodges the warhead>
    Wrong as usual Roxy.
JAMES ROCKET
    Lyle watch out!
JESSIE ROCKET
    That's a heat-seeking missile!
 
    The Commander hits the floor in a prone position as the missile flashes overhead and deflects the warhead aimed at him with his morpher creating an invisible shield to protect him.  Knocked off its trajectory the missile crashes through a skylight dome and explodes harmlessly.  Angered, snarling in fury Ninjara hurls herself straight at Rourke and tackles him to the floor, they begin wrestling with each other but in the process Lyle's pulse pistol misfires sending laserbullets slamming into computer terminals which begin to overload, short circuit.
 
ASH KETCHUM
    Rourke!  The computers!
 
    Lyle dropkicks Ninjara off him and springs back to his feet again.  Quickly he runs towards the disaster about to develop.
 
FACTORY BOSS
    It's going to blow! <Alarmed>
LYLE ROURKE
    I will shield you.
 
    He throws himself against the consoles just as they EXPLODE!  The force of the blast creates crackling-sparking electricity arcs that form around his body and he stumbles backwards a step or two.  Seeing this the samauri turns to her allies and orders them to takedown the Commander now while they still have the chance.
 
NINJARA
    Now!  Hit him with everything.
 
    And as one they combine their firepower opening up with a barrage of laserbullets that slam into Lyle's body spinning him off balance like a top as he cries out in pain from the shock of the blows then topples facefirst to the floor unconscious before the terrified eyes of Jessie, James, Ash, Brock Misty & Tracy!  Simultanously vehicles begin racing towards the muntions plant full speed.
 
SHE-LION
    Uh-oh, we got company! <Scared look> Vehicles approaching!
NINJARA
    Rangers!  Not more of those idiot fools, ooooooooh! <Growls>
ARCHER
    Ninjara, do not fight them.  Escape with the energon cubes.
 
    Immediately the mutants obey their leader and scoop up all the cubes they can carry each and morph to jet planes and streak away into the skies at the same instant the monster trucks and cars-trucks pull up on the scene, skid to screeching stops and morph to humanoid forms only to watch the enemy depart the premesis.
 
CHIP HAZARD
    The mutants, always get away before we arrive, nuts!
T.J. COMBO
    We'll run them into the ground!
MISTY
    You can't TJ! <Gets his attention> You got to help Rourke.
TRACY
    He's been shot, wounded bad.
BROCK
    Those cowardly idiots shot him all at the same time.
 
    Nitro, Meathook, Bazooka, Static, Killigan, Hazard & Combo hurry to their fallen leader's side and stare in shock & disbelief.
 
LINK STATIC
    Wow, what happened to you sir?
LYLE ROURKE
    Badly damaged, losing energy fast. <Grabs Nick by the arm> Nitro, can you repair me?
NICK NITRO <Worried>
    I hope so, but not here.  Can you still morph?
LYLE ROURKE
    I'll try...
 
    Although in pain he manages to converge to 18-Wheeler mode but unable to return home under his own power so he gets a FREE TOW by one of the Rangers while the others protect his flank & side from anymore sneak attacks.
 
JESSIE ROCKET <Worried>
    He's got to make it.
ASH KETCHUM <Also worried>
    I dunno, he got hit bad.
JAMES ROCKET
    I hope he does not die.
BRICK BAZOOKA
    Hey lighten up you guys.  Lyle's gonna pull through, he-he's got to.
 
                                        END OF PART I