TRANSFORMERS ALIENS IN DISQUISE
                            Divide And Conquer Part 2
 
    Inside Syndicate headquarters deep beneath the ocean surface the mutants return safely with their stolen prize...the energon cubes to transport to Alpha Prime and success of striking down Lyle Rourke.  Ninjara and her allies address Archer on their assignment.
 
ARCHER
    What is the condition of Rourke?
NINJARA
    He has been permantly deactivated, we saw him fall.
ARCHER
    Fall yes, but can you guarantee his laser core was extinquished?  I must be certain...MewTwo, activate Laserbeak.
MEWTWO
    Laserbeak transform.
 
    The macaw parrot flies into view and perches on the gorgonyte's shoulders.
 
ARCHER
    Fly to Ranger headquarters and learn the true condition of Lyle Rourke.
 
    Unfortunately the Terminator reacts to this request with alarm and he screeches in terror & fear.
 
IVAN <Cracks bad joke>
    I think Laserbeak's chicken.
ARCHER <Boiling mad>
    He'll have more to fear if he refuses to obey me.
 
    Reluctantly the parrot zooms away to carry out his orders to the letter.  Archer thinks this is his lucky day after all.
 
ARCHER
    If Rourke's lasercore was in fact extinquished, we shall destroy the cursed Commandos and none shall stand between us and our conquest of the universe.
 
    Finally the T-800 arrives on-site at Elite headquarters.  Swooping inside undetected and unseen he lands atop a support beam holding up the ceiling archway and peers down into the emergency operation room where all the Rangers stand around their helpless leader who lies on the table being examined by Joshua Sweet and company.
 
PROFESSOR OAKS
    I dunno fellas, <Grim> it looks bad.
ARCHER <Likes what he sees>
    Excellent, hehehahahahaah...
NINA WILLIAMS
    What's your diagnosys Sweet?
JOSHUA SWEET
    It's a miracle that his hydraulic systems are still online.
LYLE ROURKE <Dying>
    Weaker...electro-magnetic pulse fading...
CHIP HAZARD
    He's doomed, I know it.  I can feel it in my databanks.
ASH KETCHUM
    There's got to be something we can do, <Looks sad> isn't there mom?
MRS. KETCHUM
    I dunno son.
ARCHER
    Now Laserbeak, finish him!
 
    Screeching a battle-cry the macaw dives down startling everybody in the room at the same time.
 
MRS. KETCHUM <Startled>
    What-the?!
ORCHID
    It's Laserbeak!
JAGO
    Stop him!
 
    Too late as the Terminator scores a hit on the midsection of Rourke's body with laser bolts shot from its eye sensors.  Then the machine parrot zooms away quickly to avoid the catastrophe that's about to happen.
 
JAMES ROCKET
    He started some kind of chain reaction inside Lyle Rourke!
JESSIE ROCKET
    Ohmygod! <Horror>
HELGA SINCLAIR
    Stand back everyone, he's going to explode!
 
    A huge blast erupts from Rourke's body releasing a fireball & black smoke into the air.  Coughing, choking, hacking from the fumes everyone staggers back to their feet once again.
 
PROFESSOR OAKS
    Is everyone OK?
ASH KETCHUM
    We're fine professor.
TEAM ROCKET
    WHAT ABOUT ROURKE? <Worried>
LYLE ROURKE
    Uh, functional...but energy draining fast...
MRS. KETCHUM
    They sure don't build them like that anymore.
LARA CROFT
    Doc, how much time do we have before Lyle's energy drain is complete?
JOSHUA SWEET
    Not long, unless I can replace this. <And he holds up a damaged circuit box>
NICK NITRO <Recognizes it>
    A cosmotron.  I have an extra one of those, not here.
PAUL PHOENIX <Excited>
    Hey talk to me, talk to me.  Point me in the right direction.
NICK NITRO
    It's not that simple Phoenix.  The cosmotron I'm talking about is in my old workshop on Alpha Prime.
ASH/JESSIE/JAMES <Together>
    ALPHA PRIME???
NICK NITRO
    Correct, and to make matters worse the mutants installed a boobytrap self-destruct mechanism on the front door.
CHIP HAZARD
    I knew it was hopeless, I just kn...
 
    Suddenly he is interuppted or cut off by Combo's hand over his mouth as the pro boxer offers an opinion.
 
T.J. COMBO
    We got ourselves two computer wizards who might be able to get some of us through that door.
JESSIE ROCKET <Blushes>
    Sounds like I've just volunteered to pick a lock.  Well what are we waiting for?
JAMES ROCKET
    I always wanted to visit another planet.
 
    While back at Syndicate headquarters...the situation is still the same as always.
 
ARCHER
    Without Rourke leading them the Rangers will be helpless.
NINJARA
    Then why don't we attack them now leader, it's usually good stragety.
ARCHER
    We attack when I so order Ninjara! <Changes subject> Come in Dahli, acknowledge. <Activates BIG SCREEN>
DAHLI LLAMA
    Hail my apprentice. <Salutes him>
ARCHER
    When can the spacebridge materalize?
DAHLI LLAMA
    Within 72-billion astroseconds at these coordinates.
ARCHER <Receives the information>
    Excellent my master, thank you.
DAHLI LLAMA
    Oh my pleasure, you're welcome.
 
    Simultanously the situation at Elite headquarters could be nothing more than just routine so to speak.
 
T.J. COMBO
    But how are we going to get to Alpha Prime in time Team Rocket?  Even Rourke couldn't figure out a clue to the whereabouts of the next gateway.
JAMES ROCKET
    That may be true...but Lyle Rourke didn't use the greatest detective on Earth, Teletran 1.
 
    As he types a series of commands into the database Jessie explains...
 
JESSIE ROCKET
    By feeding Teletran 1 all the data we have about the spacebridge's last appearence I might get it to predict where the bridge will appear next.
ASH KETCHUM
    Hey, just like Sherlock Holmes with CDs.
T.J. COMBO <Worried>
    Come on Teletran, Rourke's running out of time.
 
    Sure enough the Commander is struggling to stay alive while Sweet continues his efforts to stabalize him, keep him online.
 
                                        END OF PART II