THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE WARTY - Written by Christy Marx SCENE 1 - Once again, Andy Phibian is standing somewhere in the toad mothership. ANDY This is Andy Phibian reporting live for TTN, the Toad Network. That dangerous arch fiend Bucky O'Hare and his band of mammalian menaces are at this moment being captured by one of our valiant motherships! Toadborg walks by behind him. Andy turns and shoves his microphone into Toadborg's face. ANDY Toadborg, sir! The toads in our audience would like to know-- TOADBORG Bah! I have no time for such trivia! He grabs the microphone from Andy, crushes it, then punches the camera. SCENE 2 - The Righteous Indignation flies around the massive hangar of the toad mothership. Stormtoads scurry about. On board, Bucky is meeting in the engine room with his crew, including Jenny, Willy, Deadeye and Bruiser. Blinky is absent (apparently he's the one piloting the ship). BUCKY All right, if we split up we've still got a chance to get those codes back before Al Negator delivers them to the toads. WILLY But by now wouldn't he have handed them over? BUCKY Al's a Sleazasaur. Money means everything to his ilk. He won't give 'em those codes till he gets paid. That buys us some time. But, we'll need a diversion. DEADEYE Leave THAT to ol' Deadeye! The Righteous Indignation continues to zip about the hangar before crashlanding and sliding across the hangar floor, finally coming to a stop when it bangs into the wall. A few Stormtoads run over holding maser rifles. STORMTOAD 1 Look sharp, lads. If they won't come out, we'll have to drag 'em out. More Stormtoads, either wearing jetpacks or flying small hover- vehicles, arrive and shoot at the Righteous Indignation. The ship sparks and begins to smoke. The smoke fills the hangar and masks the ship from view. STORMTOAD 1 Get back! It's gonna explode! The Stormtoads turn and run away from the ship. A moment later, Bucky and Deadeye come charging out of the smoke with their maser pistols drawn, followed by Jenny and Willy, who is wearing his baboon suit with the helmet on. DEADEYE Follow me, Willy! The Stormtoads flying the hover-vehicles realize they've been had. They come after them, followed by the Stormtoads wearing jetpacks. STORMTOAD 2 It's a filthy mammal trick! Get them! One hover-vehicle fires at Jenny, who leaps out of the way. Deadeye and Willy run over and hop aboard the Toad Croaker, which sits where Al Negator left it upon arriving earlier, Deadeye at the controls, Willy seated behind him. DEADEYE Hold tight, matey! The Toad Croaker blasts off. Bucky finds himself surrounded by three Stormtoads. He leaps up into the air with a springing sound as they charge him, showing what a good jumper he is. He goes up so high that one of the toad hover-vehicles passes beneath him, and as he comes back down, Bucky lands on it and kicks out the Stormtoad who's flying it. He falls and lands on the three who'd surrounded Bucky. Bucky, now in control of the hover-vehicle, pushes the throttle forwards and leaps out. It flies and crashes into a row of parked Double Bubbles, destroying them as Stormtoads scatter. Bucky and Jenny then run and jump through a hole blasted in the wall, racing down a hallway until they come to a fork. BUCKY Good luck, Jenny! JENNY Be careful, Bucky! Bucky goes right, Jenny goes left. Back in the hangar, the Stormtoads charge at the Righteous Indignation. STORMTOAD 3 Seize the ship! Bruiser emerges from the hatch. BRUISER Aaaayoooogaaahh!!! Predictably, the toads panic and turn to flee as Bruiser leaps out and chases them. STORMTOAD 4 A Beetlegeusian Baboo-- He's cut off as Bruiser grabs him and another Stormtoad, banging their heads together. They both fall to the floor unconscious. Bruiser then grabs a third Stormtoad and squishes him into a little ball, then begins dribbling him like a basketball. BRUISER Now THIS is fun! Yup! Fun! SCENE 3 - We cut to the Indefatigable flying through space. Commander Dogstar is on the radio, Wolf seated beside him. DOGSTAR Commander Dogstar to Bucky O'Hare. Bucky, do you read me? WOLF Nothing, sir. DOGSTAR Mmm, I feel it in my bones, Wolf. Bucky is in deep trouble. A realization hits him and he snaps his fingers. DOGSTAR That's it! I knew I'd remember! That Sleazasaur Bucky hired is the same lizard I smelled in Tinker's spy shop! WOLF Bad sign, sir. DOGSTAR Set course for Bucky's last known position, and hurry! SCENE 4 - Bucky is being chased through the halls of the toad mothership by five Stormtoads who fire at him as he jumps down short flights of stairs and over pipes. BUCKY These guys are gettin' me steamed! He turns and returns fire, hitting some steam pipes that run along the walls. Steam jets out, burning three of the Stormtoads who drop their maser rifles and howl in pain. Bucky then turns and shoots the pipes on the opposite wall, also burning the other two toads. He then runs off. Elsewhere, Jenny is walking down a hall as she notices a security camera watching her. JENNY It's not nice to stare. She zaps it with a blast of magical energy and destroys it. Elsewhere yet again, a Void-Droid, a massive death-machine with four large guns and a mouthful of buzzsaws, rolls out. Deadeye and Willy find themselves headed right for it on the Toad Croaker. Willy points. WILLY What's that? DEADEYE A Void-Droid! Deadeye does a U-turn as the Void-Droid fires on them. He fires his maser pistol back it, but the blasts simply bounce harmlessly off it. It begins to chase them, swiftly gaining on them. WILLY It's gonna get us! DEADEYE Willy, use your secret human weapon! Willy takes out the squirt gun. WILLY But Deadeye, it's only a-- Deadeye cuts him off. DEADEYE Belay the yap and shoot! Willy complies, turning and squirting some water into the Void-Droid's open mouth. Immediately the robot stops in its tracks. Smoke and sparks issue forth from its mouth. Its guns, buzzsaws and wheels fall over, then the entire thing collapses and explodes. Willy cheers. WILLY Yahoo! DEADEYE Fine shootin', laddie! The Toad Air Marshal stands in the control room with Frix and Frax, looking at the destroyed Void-Droid on a huge viewscreen. AIR MARSHAL I don't believe it! It was ray-shielded and missile-shielded! FRAX But not water-proof! Cut back to Deadeye and Willy cruising along on the Toad Croaker. DEADEYE Willy, there's somethin' been naggin' at my conscience. WILLY What is it, Deadeye? Deadeye takes out the stack of bills he'd taken from Willy's duffel bag. DEADEYE This here's your money that I took from your kit. WILLY That's okay, Deadeye. It's only play money. He takes the bills from Deadeye anyway. DEADEYE From the looks of it, you played for big stakes, bucko! Suddenly, Willy falls off the Toad Croaker and through a chute of some sort. DEADEYE Willy! Where are ya, laddie? Willy falls out of the chute and ends up at the feet of Al Negator, who stands over him, hands on his hips. WILLY Oh, brother. Uh-oh. AL My, my. What in the Aniverse are you? SCENE 5 - Bucky stands outside the slaves' quarters, blasting the lock with his maser pistol. The door swings open and he charges heroically inside. BUCKY Have no fear! Bucky O'Hare is-- He stops as he realizes that the room is empty. All of the enslaved hares are gone. His ears droop. TOADBORG Your people are gone. Bucky whirls to find Toadborg standing in the doorway behind him. TOADBORG Gone, to slave in our factories, for the glory of the supreme toad race. You will never see them again. BUCKY Yeah? Choke on this, robot! He fires his maser, nicking Toadborg in the shoulder. TOADBORG I am no mere robot. I am Toadborg. He walks towards Bucky who keeps firing to effect. BUCKY Soon you're gonna be smorgasborg! He cranks up the setting on the maser, then continues firing. Still Toadborg is unharmed. TOADBORG Set it as high as you want. You cannot stop me. Bucky leaps up in the air, as does Toadborg. The cyborg toad proves to be the better jumper. In midair, he grabs Bucky by the ears, then comes down and lands on his feet. Bucky fires point-blank at Toadborg and still it does nothing. Toadborg smacks the pistol from his hand, sending it spinning off across the floor. Then he points his finger at Bucky, shooting a small jet of knockout gas into his face. Bucky goes limp. TOADBORG Sweet dreams, Bucky O'Hare. Still holding Bucky by the ears, he turns and stomps out. SCENE 6 - Jenny is running down a hallway somewhere aboard the mothership. Coming to a door, she blasts it with her magic powers as she had done with the door of the toad slave ship's bridge earlier. Entering, she finds Toadborg with the unconscious Bucky. JENNY Bucky! TOADBORG He is my prisoner. And you are next. JENNY Honestly, you robots are getting so cheeky. She fires a blast of magical energy at him. It hits Toadborg who is actually stunned for once, but he recovers quickly and fires a blast from his hands that hits Jenny and knocks her off her feet. He stomps over as she groggily tries to get to her feet, then falls back down. JENNY You're not a robot... Toadborg picks her up by her hair. TOADBORG Deep within this metal shell is the remains of a living toad soldier. How fascinating that you perceived this. We must discuss it... some other time. He points at her like he did to Bucky, and knockout gas comes out of his fingertip. Jenny is instantly rendered unconscious. Toadborg sets her down as some Stormtoads come in and collect her and Bucky. TOADBORG Put them in the jettison tubes. They will talk, or be destroyed! SCENE 7 - Al Negator paces back and forth in front of Willy, looking him up and down. AL Dressed like a baboon but... pink skin. How curious. WILLY And you're the one who stole the defense codes! Willy jumps up and down. WILLY Give 'em back or I'll stomp ya! Al, unintimidated, walks towards him. Willy backs away. AL Nothing but simoleans will pry these codes from me. WILLY Is that all you want? Lousy old simoleans? AL Huh? What could be more valuable that simoleans? WILLY This! He takes out the stack of fake bills. WILLY Genuine, uh, uh, willies! One of these is worth, uh, a hundred simoleans! AL Never heard of 'em. WILLY What? They're the new currency for the United Mammal Space Fleet! He dramatically flips through the stack. WILLY They're backed by mammals everywhere! AL Oh? Gimme the willies! He makes a grab for the bills, misses. WILLY Give ME the codes. Al takes out the snooper he'd downloaded the codes onto. AL They're all here, but I want all your willies. WILLY All of them? Why that's outrageous! AL Well, if you're not interested... WILLY Wait, it's a deal. He gives the money to Al, who hands him the snooper. Al stalks off, happily thumbing through the stack of bills. AL Been nice doin' business with ya. WILLY Same here. Wow, I did it! Wait'll I tell Deadeye! SCENE 8 - Deadeye flies through the halls of the mothership on the Toad Croaker. DEADEYE Willy! Answer me, matey! Ahead of him, Toadborg steps into view. Deadeye slams on the brakes to avoid hitting him. DEADEYE Get outta my way, ya slimey bucket of toad gears! TOADBORG Make me, you feathered fool. He crosses his arms indignantly. Deadeye fires with the Toad Croaker's guns, but the blast does not hurt Toadborg, instead knocking the Croaker back several feet. Deadeye them flies at Toadborg, obviously intending to ram him. Toadborg simply grabs the Croaker and swings it, throwing Deadeye off. He flies into the nearby wall and then slides down unconscious. SCENE 9 - Bucky, Jenny and Deadeye are conscious once again, standing upright in glass tubes that go all the way up to the high ceiling. Toadborg stands at a control panel nearby. TOADBORG Talk! What is the strength of your fleet? Bucky crosses his arms. BUCKY Uh, is there room service in this joint? I could use a tall glass of carrot juice. TOADBORG We'll see how cocky you are in the vacuum of space. He flips a switch. Air immediately begins rushing out the tube Bucky is in, slowly suffocating him. Gasping for breath, Bucky slowly begins to sink to his knees as Jenny and Deadeye look on in horror. BUCKY Never... tell... Toadborg flips the switch again and the air comes back in. Bucky slowly stands. BUCKY ...never... Toadborg angrily pounds the control panel in frustration. The visage of Komplex appears on a small viewscreen before him. KOMPLEX He will tell us nothing. But it no longer matters. We have reached the perimeter defense of Genus. Outside, the toad mothership approaches the perimeter of defense satellites, many as large as it it. The mighty vessel does a U-turn to avoid flying right into the middle of the deadly weapons. KOMPLEX I want the codes. TOADBORG I will have them soon. KOMPLEX Not soon. Now! Komplex's face vanishes from the screen. WILLY Put your hands up! Toadborg turns to find Willy standing in the doorway pointing the squirt gun at him. WILLY Open those tubes or I'll zap ya! He walks up to Toadborg who initially reacts with fear, backing up against the control panel. TOADBORG A Beetlegeusian Berserker Baboon! Stay back! Help! Realization dawns on him and he calms down. TOADBORG No. I am no longer and ordinary toad. No baboon can harm me! I am Toadborg! WILLY Okay! I-- I warned ya! He squirts Toadborg. This does absolutely nothing. TOADBORG Do you take me for some primitive Void-Droid? Water cannot harm me! He smacks the squirt gun from Willy's hand, then raises his fist to hit him. However Willy holds up the snooper. Toadborg lowers his fists. WILLY Stay back or I'll destroy the codes! TOADBORG So, Al Negator failed. But I have something he did have: hostages! Willy's eyes widen in horror as he sees Bucky, Jenny and Deadeye in the jettison tubes. Toadborg's hand is poised on the control panel TOADBORG Give me the codes or I will jettison your friends into space. Without spacesuits, they will perish in seconds. He flips three switches. The air begins to rush from all three tubes, suffocating the three of them. COMPUTER VOICE Sixty seconds to tube jettison. 59... 58... 57... WILLY I don't-- I don't-- I-- I can't! BUCKY Destroy the codes! That's an order! JENNY It doesn't matter what happens to us! Save Genus! DEADEYE Use your baboon boots, matey! They'll stomp anything to bits! Willy squeezes his eyes shut, tears flowing down his cheeks. TOADBORG Give me the codes or they will be ejected! Willy backs away from him. WILLY Bucky! Jenny! Deadeye! BUCKY Do what's right, Willy! WILLY I-- I won't let you down! He throws down the snooper and stomps on it. As Deadeye had predicted, the baboon suit's boots totally smash it to bits. Toadborg is furious, grabbing Willy and lifting him off his feet. TOADBORG You miserable monkey! AL Would THIS help? Both Willy and Toadborg turn to see Al Negator standing there holding another snooper. AL I Made a copy, of course. Al Negator guarantees his deliveries. Willy is horrified. WILLY No! NO!!! Toadborg takes the snooper from Al and inserts it into a slot in himself. There is a beeping sound. TOADBORG Genus defense codes confirmed. Here are your simoleans. He hands Al some simoleans. Al laughs evilly. WILLY You tricked me, you lying sleaze! Toadborg carries Willy over and sticks him in a spare tube. TOADBORG You will go out with the other trash. The air begins to be drained from Willy's tube as it is from the other three. TOADBORG And now, I destroy Genus! AL Time for me to skiddoo, too. Invasions are such messy affairs. They leave the room. The spell gem on Jenny's forehead flows. JENNY Mother Aldebaran, I beg permission to use my powers, or we're all doomed. The visage of the High Artificer appears in the gem. HIGH ARTIFICER Jenny, the prime directive of our sisterhood says we must never let outsiders see the full extent of our powers. On the other hand, a third-level psychic blast would probably go unnoticed. JENNY Thank you. Said third-level psychic blast proceeds to destroy the control panel nearby. The four jettison tubes open automatically and our heroes are freed. WILLY Wh-- what happened? BUCKY I don't know. Any ideas, Jenny? JENNY I guess they just don't build control panels like they used to. Bucky and Deadeye retrieve their confiscated maser pistols from a shelf nearby. BUCKY Okay, let's go. We've still got to get out of here and warn Genus. DEADEYE Let's croak toads! SCENE 10 - The Toad Air Marshal, Frix and Frax stand before Toadborg on the bridge of the mothership. AIR MARSHAL But there are no codes in the mothership's computer! TOADBORG The codes remain in my database. I will transmit them myself. AIR MARSHAL Buh-but if anything happens to you, we'll be helpless! TOADBORG Then you'd better hope nothing happens to me. The Air Marshal grins nervously. TOADBORG Now cease your cowardly prattle while I transmit the codes. His eyes light up and we hear more beeping sounds. A miniature radar dish pops out of the top of his head. Outside, the satellites all deactive. TOADBORG It is done. Frix and Frax look at one another, smiling. Toadborg turns to two Toad Techs who are piloting the ship. TOADBORG Move into Genus orbit. The massive mothership moves in amongst the now-harmless satellites, one of them even bouncing off its hull. Aboard, Toadborg seats himself at the controls from the climate converter. TOADBORG Toadborg to mothership. Launching climate converter. One of the huge "warts" on the surface of the mothership opens and the climate converter, a massive, saucer-shaped vehicle, emerges and flies towards Genus. SCENE 11 - Bucky and Jenny come into the hangar bay of the mothership to find Bruiser still throwing some Stormtoads around. Well over fifty of them lay about the hangar in various states of injury. BUCKY Well done, Bruiser. He salutes, and Bucky and Jenny hurry aboard the Righteous. Deadeye and Willy fly in on the Toad Croaker, Deadeye landing it on some of the knocked-out toads with a whoopee-cushion sound. Willy gets off and clambers aboard after Bucky and Jenny. BUCKY Deadeye, park the Croaker and get inside. Deadeye flies the Croaker around to its port on the opposite side of the ship. Aboard, Bucky consults with Blinky who is fiddling with a control panel. BUCKY Repair status? BLINKY All systems at 70-percent of standard operation. BUCKY Good work, Blinky. Engines full ahead. Go! The Croaker's launchpad tilts back up and into the Righteous as Deadeye locks it. The Righteous Indignation then blasts off. Although most of the Stormtoads are laying about, one has managed to see up. As the ship passes above him he ducks down with his butt in the air. The ship's afterburners end up burning his butt. In a small control room overlooking the hangar, two Toad Techs see the Righteous making a beeline for the open bay doors. TOAD TECH 1 It's the mammals! They're escapin'! Close the bay door! Toad Tech 2 pulls a lever and the jaws of the mothership begin to close. Needless to say, the Righteous Indignation successfully makes it out before they snap shut. Not that it matters, as as soon as they make it free of the mothership, the mammals suddenly discover hundreds upon hundreds of Double Bubbles blocking their escape. JENNY Bucky, there's nowhere to go! Suddenly, the Indefatigable flies onto the scene. Commander Dogstar is on the bridge along with Wolf. DOGSTAR Great horned toads, Bucky! BUCKY Dogstar? DOGSTAR Seems to be a bit of a toad infestation, yeah. The Indefatigable proceeds to start ripping through the Double Bubbles with its maser cannons. Bucky and Jenny watch as the toad pilots float past the bridge viewport in their escape pods. As Dogstar continues destroying the toad fighters, Jenny suddenly points down to the surface of Genus, and we see the climate converter sitting above the water. Its massive electrical conduit towers are generating static electricity to start a thunderstorm, and it appears to be working. JENNY Look, in the southern ocean! BUCKY The climate converter. It'll turn Genus into a toad-infested swamp. Just what it did to my world. Dogstar, we've got to stop that thing! DOGSTAR Why yes, we'll do our best to keep these slimey bug-eaters off your tail. Good hunting! He salutes. The Righteous Indignation flies down through the storm to the surface of Genus, and Deadeye tries shooting the climate converter with his maser cannons to no effect. BUCKY Our masers can't get through. We have to find a way to destroy it from the inside. JENNY There IS no way in. As the Righteous passes one of the conduit towers, a round hatch splits into six pieces that slide inward, revealing an entranceway. Jenny sees it. JENNY Wait! BUCKY Good. Pull up to it. I'm goin' in. He rises from his chair and hurries to the ladder leading down to the bottom of the ship. JENNY What if it's a trap? BUCKY I'm a sucker for traps. You're in command, first mate. The Righteous Indignation pulls up to the open hatchway on the conduit tower. The side hatch of the ship opens, revealing Bucky, Willy, Deadeye and Bruiser. A harsh window blows past the mammals. DEADEYE Bucky, me boy, you're NOT goin' without ol' Deadeye! BRUISER Yeah, me too! BUCKY You're all staying here and that's an order! WILLY But Bucky-- Before he can finish Bucky rushes across the open hatch and enters the tower. Willy follows him. WILLY Wait for me! Deadeye tries to grab him and pull him back but the ship pulls away from the tower just as Willy enters the passageway. He stumbles and falls. Bucky helps him stand. BUCKY Are you crazy? WILLY No, but YOU are. How can you turn it off without an engineer? BUCKY I figured I'd play it by ear. TOADBORG I don't know how you escaped, Bucky O'Hare, but you will not leave here alive. They turn to see Toadborg coming towards them. The interior of the climate converter is all glowing and blinking panels of lights and equipment, with electricity and energy crackling over tubing that runs everywhere. Bucky shoves Willy behind a piece of equipment and then pulls his maser pistol, firing at Toadborg. As before, it does nothing to hurt the giant purple cyborg. TOADBORG You haven't learned! Nothing can harm me now! BUCKY That does present a challenge. As Toadborg advances on Bucky, Bucky jumps up. Toadborg also jumps up, but this time Bucky uses Toadborg's better jumping ability against, somersaulting underneath Toadborg so that Toadborg sails right over him and crashes into some of the climate converter's equipment. Toadborg gets to his feet and turns to see Bucky standing on a flight of stairs nearby, leading up to a closed hatchway, his hands on his hips. BUCKY Poor little toady. To think that Komplex wasted all that power on a dumb little toad brain. Toadborg growls and leaps at Bucky. Bucky rushes the rest of the way up the stairs and turns the valve handle to open the door. He gets it open JUST as Toadborg lands on the stairs right behind him, and dashes through as the cyborg chases after him. After they're gone, Willy comes out of hiding and rushes over to one of the control panels. He removes the panel and begins fiddling with the wires inside using a wrench he'd brought with him. Bucky rushes outside and finds himself standing on the surface of the climate converter. Suffice to say that the exterior of the climate converter is a very hostile place to be. Thunder booms and lightning flashes overhead. Energy crackles from the multiple gigantic conduit towers that dot the surface of the massive machine. The waves of the ocean pound mightily below. As Toadborg emerges, Bucky ducks behind one of the conduits. BUCKY Yeah, you toads are real brave, picking on helpless planets! TOADBORG I am not a toad! I am Toadborg! He gets too close to the conduit and is zapped, which knocks him back a bit. Bucky uses this opportunity to run and dive behind another one for cover. BUCKY Hey Toadborg, where did Komplex find ya? Workin' in a fly pie factory? TOADBORG I was no worker! I was a Stormtoad! I WAS A WARRIOR!!! His arms extend on long cables and reach around the conduit to grab Bucky. Bucky however leaps out of the way and Toadborg grabs thin air. His arms retract and he then leaps after the green hare yet again. TOADBORG Hairy rodent! Back inside the climate converter, Willy has pulled out all the wires and then reassembled them in a big tangle on the floor. As he finishes, everything starts to shake and glow bright yellow. Deadeye runs in and Willy rushes over to him. DEADEYE Willy! Why the Captain'll have your hide for mutiny, lad! WILLY Come on! I've created a negative field that will attract the lightning! The whole thing is gonna blow! He and Deadeye run back aboard the Righteous Indignation which is once more hovering just outside the first entranceway. The ship then pulls away and flies up and over the climate converter, up to where Bucky and Toadborg are fighting. They both stop and look around, and Toadborg realizes that something is very wrong when the lightning bolts start coming down and hitting the surface of the climate converter. TOADBORG No! This is not right! The lightning will destroy it! He runs back inside. The Righteous Indignation flies overhead, Willy and Bruiser leaning out. WILLY Jump! Bucky jumps, but can't make it. He starts to fall when Bruiser reaches down and grabs his cape, hauling him up into the ship. BRUISER I gotcha! Toadborg rushes down the stairs and hurries over to the tangle of wires, but just as he reaches them, the entire climate converter explodes from being hit by the lightning too much. The explosion is so powerful it blows Toadborg free of the wreckage and straight into orbit, dislodging the snooper containing the defense codes from his mechanical body. Bucky, Willy, Deadeye and Bruiser look on from the Righteous. BUCKY We did it! We saved Genus! Cut back to the toad mothership, still in orbit above Genus and surrounded by the defense satellites. On the bridge, the Air Marshal stands having his medals polished by Frix and Frax. AIR MARSHAL I think I'm going to have all my other medals melted down and make one big medal. He doesn't notice the satellites come back online and turn towards the ship. Alarms start going off and a Toad Tech turns to the Air Marshal. TOAD TECH Air Marshal, we've lost contact with Toadborg! The Genus satellites are turning on us! AIR MARSHAL What? He, Frix and Frax turn and see the satellites' guns aimed towards them. AIR MARSHAL ESCAPE!!! The Toad Techs rush off the bridge. The satellites open fire, hitting the mothership. All hell breaks loose on board as the ship starts being destroyed. Stormtoads run around aimlessly in panic. Many scramble aboard slave ships and Double Bubbles. Others squeeze into escape pods. Still more are sucked out into space by the huge holes the satellite guns rip in the mothership's hull. Ultimately, the entire mothership explodes in a massive fireball. One of the last ships to leave is the Air Marshal's personal shuttle, being flown by Frix and Frax. On board, the Air Marshal is wiping his brow with a handkerchief in relief when suddenly Komplex appears on a viewscreen. KOMPLEX Air Marshal, you despicable failure! Return to the Homeworld at once! The Air Marshal faints. Frix and Frax look at one another. FRAX Do you think Komplex will melt his medals? FRIX I think Komplex will melt HIM. A battered Toadborg floats through space. As a fleeing Double Bubble passes him, he shoots his hand out and grabs ahold of it and gets pulled along with it. The Righteous Indignation and the Indefatigable fly down to the surface of Genus and their respective crews are greeted by the cheers of the grateful mammal populace. SCENE 12 - Later, on board the Righteous, Willy pulls down the lever on the photon accelerator and his closet door appears. Bucky, Deadeye, Bruiser and Blinky stand waiting to say good-bye to him. BUCKY You should be out there, Willy, you're the real hero. Willy blushes and stuffs his hands into his pockets. WILLY Aw, I didn't do much. Besides, I gotta get home. BUCKY Come back soon. It won't be the same without our engineer. He hugs Willy and they shake hands. BUCKY And no Sleazasaurs this time. DEADEYE Heh! I'LL make sure of THAT! WILLY Uh, say good-bye to Jenny. I guess she's busy. He turns and grabs the doorknob, but Jenny climbs down from the bridge. JENNY Willy, I was preparing this for you. An Aldebaran memory stone. She hands him a small pink gem and kisses him. JENNY Hurry back. WILLY You bet I will! Bye! He goes through his closet door and closes it. It vanishes in a flash of light. SCENE 13 - Al Negator sits in a seedy bar someplace, talking to the chimpanzee bartender. Al is counting the "willies." BARTENDER I'm tellin' ya for the last time, Al. I've checked the currencies from one end of the Aniverse to another and there ain't no such thing as a willy. That stuff is worthless. AL That pink-skinned baboon gave ME worthless money?! Me?! A Sleazasaur?! He bursts out laughing. So does the bartender. Al grabs him by the shirt collar and lifts him up. AL I didn't say YOU could laugh! He tosses the bartender aside and crumples up the fake money. AL I'll find that creature that gave me the willies and when I do... he'll pay very dearly indeed! SCENE 14 - At the school science fair, Doug McKenna, his friends, and Willy are demonstrating the computerized skateboard for the science teacher. Well, Doug and his friends are. Willy is just kind of sitting at the computer keeping to himself. Mark is doing some moves on the skateboard. MARK This baby figures out everything! Speed, balance, helps you perfect some radical moves. SCIENCE TEACHER Well, you've all done an excellent job. Certainly worth an A. Mark grins and elbows Jeff. SCIENCE TEACHER But I see you had Willy helping you. DOUG That egghead? Heck no! I came up with this myself! I just kinda let 'im tag along for the kicks. Willy looks appropriately hurt. Jeff however walks over and puts a hand on his shoulder reassuringly. JEFF Don't pay any attention to him, Willy. He's just-- But Willy is now looking at the Aldebaran memory stone, which displays a sort of "family portrait" of the entire Righteous Indignation's crew. JEFF Willy? JENNY Hurry back. THE END