THE 1998 TRANNIES SCRIPT #1
VECTOR GODFATHER II
By R. A. Stott - ArkNorth
Before you read on, if you haven't read Part 1, click here!
[The shot opens high over Cybertron. A figure can be seen running across the surface towards a group of buildings. The view swings down between the buildings. We see the figure closer. It is Hot Rod, voiced by celebrity guest voice, MICHAEL J. FOX.
Hot Rod is breathing hard. He is running. RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE!
He bolts through a door into a darkened room. He swings around and slams it shut. He collapses against the door, heaving, panting, trying to get some air to his processors.]
HOT ROD FOX:
Aw geez! Wha - wha - what did I do to get Optimus this steamed at me!? Geez!
VOICE FROM BEHIND: (Mumbled)
Hummm... can I help you, my son?
[Hot Rod's eyes enlarge as he stares at the door in front of him. He whirls around to see where the voice was coming from, but is confronted by a blast of light.]
HOT ROD FOX:
Aw geez! - Man! - Ah - ah - could you - ah - could you turn down the light, please?
VOICE FROM THE LIGHT: (Mumbled)
Hummm?.. Oooh, sorry... I just had a recharge of solar energy, and I'm a bit juiced! There... is that better?
HOT ROD FOX:
Aw geez!
[As the light dims, Hot Rod now sees that he has run into VECTOR GODFATHER's chamber. VECTOR GODFATHER is once again voiced by Marlin Brandow.]
HOT ROD FOX:
Aw, I mean - I really - Aw, really, I'm sorry - I mean, I didn't mean - Aw geez!
ALPHA TRION MORANIS: (Again voiced by guest voice Rick Moranis)
Do NOT stutter, stammer, or otherwise SPEAK to Vector Godfather in a spasmodic hesitation, boy!
VECTOR GODFATHER: (Mumbling through cotton swabs)
Oooh, you've been reading that dictionary I gave you for Primus Day again, haven't you Trion?
ALPHA TRION MORANIS: (Snapping to attention)
Yes, my Godfather! Thank you!
VECTOR GODFATHER:
Oooh, you're a good boy! Kiss my ring!
[Vector Godfather creates his energy arm with the Transformers Decoder Ring on its 'hand'. Alpha Trion quickly snaps over from his attention position, and plants his lip squarely on the ring. There is a flash of light, as A-3 is jettisoned across the room into the darkness. The sound of an old Autobot smashing against a wall is heard, followed by the plaintive sound of said same body sliding down said same wall to the floor below.]
VECTOR GODFATHER:
There! That should give us a little peace... Now, what can I do for you, my son? You seem a bit... tense? Yesss?
HOT ROD FOX:
Aw, geez, I don'no, Vector Godfather! I'm all confused! I mean - I - I don't know what's going on! Op - Optimus PRIME - er - Prime just tried to - *gulp* - scrap me!
(Noticing block on floor) Oh, that's - that's a nice looking - er - block you have there, my Godfather!
VECTOR GODFATHER:
Yess! It is Cybertronian Mecha-Steel! Very rare!
HOT ROD FOX:
Isn't - ah - isn't that Starscream's FACE in there?
STARSCREAM: (From inside the block)
I did it before Waspinator did it in "Coming of the Fuzors" - Part 1! Ouch!
HOT ROD FOX:
Well, geez - it's nice! He'll make a GREAT - er - doorstop! Ah - But why?
VECTOR GODFATHER:
I needed a block of Mecha-Steel for a special 'project' I am running... I asked Optimus Prime to find me another block!
HOT ROD FOX: (shaken)
Whoa - whoa - WHOA!! You mean to tell ME that when Optimus and I went on that rescue mission to the slag pits, he was - he was TRYING to slag ME!?
VECTOR GODFATHER: (Looking over Hot Rod's body)
Ummm... I don'no... pretty light on the Mecha-Steel... not like this first block here... 'looks like the best part of you is your toes!
So, what makes you think Optimus Prime was trying to slag you?
HOT ROD FOX: (Sweating bullets)
Well - geez - Prime said that someone had fallen into the block crusher in the recycling center, and - and he told ME to get him out! So - so I jumped in! The next thing I know, the crusher is running! I jumped out, and I find Prime at the controls yelling something about MOVIE RIGHTS!
VECTOR GODFATHER:
Ummm... I see! Was there anyone down in the crusher?
HOT ROD FOX:
Err - Ah - No, just this...
[Hot Rod reaches behind himself. He pulls a large box out of subspace and shows it to Vector Godfather.]
VECTOR GODFATHER:
OOOH! A Fortress Maximus in its case! Such a prize!
HOT ROD FOX: (Slightly disappointed that he's about to loose his find)
Welll, yea, but it's missing Spike and Cerebros!
VECTOR GODFATHER:
Uuuh... why do they always LOOSE those!?
[Vector Godfather creates his energy arm again. He raises it over himself. The 'hand' forms fingers. He snaps these fingers, and the arm retracts into himself again. A figure steps out of the shadows.]
VECTOR GODFATHER:
I think I can help you... But I'll need a little help from you in return!
HOT ROD FOX: (Excited)
Any - Anything! Y - Yes, my Godfather! YES! Y - You name it!
VECTOR GODFATHER:
Such a nice boy!
I want you to find Spike and Cerebros for this Fort Max!
HOT ROD FOX:
Sure! Great! That'll be easy! Get a Spike and Cerebros! Sure!
FIGURE IN SHADOWS:
Ooh, it won't be THAT easy, Marty!
VECTOR GODFATHER:
Ummm.. Perceptor here should be able to help you... Go with him...
DR. PERCEPTOR BROWN: (Voiced by Extra Special Guest Voice Christopher Lloyd)
Now Marty, to accomplish Vector Godfather's request, you will need to venture into the deepest, darkest, most VILE place that human kind has inflicted upon us Cybertronians!
HOT ROD FOX:
Ah - the name's Hot Rod! Wha - what place? Doc, isn't this a simple search for a lost Headmaster's head?
DR. PERCEPTOR BROWN: (Getting a bit wild)
Simple?! SIMPLE!? There's NOTHING SIMPLE ABOUT IT! We're talking about the HARDEST SINGLE PAIR OF PARTS to FIND in ALL of the TRANSFORMERS UNIVERSE! - Next to finding a complete set of armor for Jetfire, and that little black clip he uses for holding his gun... Follow me Marty!
HOT ROD FOX:
That's Hot Rod!
DR. PERCEPTOR BROWN:
Marty - Hot Rod - Whatever! Why don't I just call you Mike?
HOT ROD FOX: (Picking up the Fort Max box)
I think I prefer Marty!
[They both leave the room behind Vector Godfather. Just then, Optimus enters the room through the main door.]
OPTIMUS PRIME:
Blast! He's not here! Vector Godfather, have you seen Hot Rod?
ALPHA TRION MORANIS: (Staggering to his feet)
DOOoooOOo NoT wisdom the QuEsTiOn fathre Godor Vecthe!
OPTIMUS PRIME:
You had him kiss your ring again, didn't you?
VECTOR GODFATHER:
Uhhh, it's hard to get good help these days!
Yes, I've seen young Hot Rod! He exited the door you now stand in!
OPTIMUS PRIME: (Leaving)
Blast! He must have doubled back!
STARSCREAM: (From inside the block)
Happy hunting, Prime! - Ooch!
(To V G) Why did lie to him? - Ow!
VECTOR GODFATHER:
The chase will do him good! That, and he may find a better source for the Mecha-Steel I need. Hot Rod has too much plastic!
Besides, what good is a Fort Max without its head?
ALPHA TRION MORANIS: (Sparking)
Father GODtor questNOT domWIS tion the of!
VECTOR GODFATHER:
Uhhh... Kiss my ring Trion!
[ZAPP!! CRASH!! THUDD!!]
[Perceptor and Hot Rod enter Perceptor's lab. There is equipment strewn everywhere - pieces of experiments in the works - pieces of experiments that have gone wrong - pieces of experiments that have just gone - pieces of experiments that have walked away - and a few that have walked into walls - in one corner is a machine that opens tins full of nuts and bolts - it is attached to an atomic clock - The machine has been opening tins and dumping them into a bowl that reads "SPARKS" on its sides.]
HOT ROD FOX: (looking at the mess in Spark's Bowl)
Eww! Geez! What a mess! Why do I know that name?
Okay Doc! Just where do I have to go to find these parts for this Fort Max?
DR. PERCEPTOR BROWN:
I don't know, Marty! Are you SURE you want to do this? I wasn't kidding when I said this was humanity's plague on us - worst, to the Junkions!
HOT ROD FOX:
But I - I don't get it! - Ah - We're allies with the humans! What did they inflict on us?
DR. PERCEPTOR BROWN:
Well, it's more SELF inflicted than something they DIRECTLY inflicted on us! It's called............
[Perceptor looks around. He leans over and whispers into Hot Rod's audio receptors.]
...the internet!
HOT ROD FOX: (The color leaves his face)
No! Doc, say it ain't SO! NO DOC! NO!
DR. PERCEPTOR BROWN:
I'm afraid so, Marty! I have a secured server over here! It has a link to the one place you may be able to find these head parts...
[The screen flickers. A strange roman lettered word appears on the screen.]
HOT ROD FOX: (Squinting)
ebay?
DR. PERCEPTOR BROWN:
No no, Marty! It's eBay! A strange way to spell it, but the lawyers want it that way! (Slaps Hot Rod on the shoulder) Good luck, Marty! I'll always remember you!
HOT ROD FOX:
It's Hot Rod! Oh never - - - mind... Oh, geez!
Can Hot Rod find the missing head parts for Fort Max before Optimus finds him? What will Vector Godfather do with a complete Fort Max? And will we ever know what he need that Mecha-Steel for? Send me your ideas! E-mail me at...
stott@pil.net
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