Bucky O' Hare In Vengeance Of The Daleks By Andrew Norris SCENE ONE Genus Control Centre CORPORAL NASS is busy repairing his console, which he quickly repairs. CORPORAL NASS then returns to his work. A small light flashes, and on the screen, a picture of Toxus III appears, with a white flare crashing onto the planet. CORPORAL NASS isn't moved by this, but is nonetheless curious. NASS: (Thinks) He puts on his headphones. NASS: Calling Captain Bucky O' Hare, come in please. SCENE TWO The Righteous Indignation JENNY and BUCKY are at their seats yet again, and seem glad that things have quietened down after the ST incident. BUCKY hears the message, while JENNY continues to pilot the ship. BUCKY: Captain O' Hare here, what have you got, Nass? NASS: (On Radio) Unidentified object has crash-landed on Toxus III. Can you investigate? BUCKY: Roger that, Corporal, proceeding to Toxus III now. JENNY alters cause, and the Righteous heads towards Toxus III. WILLY enters from the hatch leading to the lower decks. WILLY: Captain, I've managed to repair the main fuel inlet valves, you won't be getting any more leaks, and I promise you that. BUCKY: Thanks, Willy. You'd better get ready; we're heading for Toxus III. WILLY: Say, Bucky, there's this one question that's really been bugging me. What exactly happened to Toxus III anyway? JENNY and BUCKY are silent for a while, but BUCKY eventually speaks up. BUCKY: For many years, the Weasels inhabited Toxus III. They developed the most advanced technology the Aniverse ever knew, but then political problems arose. JENNY: Toxus III had been divided into three communities. The Democrats who supported a Presidency, The Royalists protected the throne, and the Holy Ones who were ruled by religion. The Democrats and the Royalists sparked a war lasting up to 1500 years, with the Holy Ones getting diced in the crossfire. Some weasels escaped and sought refuge on other planets, like Frankenstoat's Grandfather. Then, in 3199, two years before I was born, the Democrats made a huge mistake. WILLY: What? BUCKY: They developed a powerful bomb in their laboratories called the G-Bomb, or Genocide Bomb. It had the ability to wipe out over 450 million people. When it was dropped on top of the Toxus Imperial Palace, the G-Bomb malfunctioned and wiped out everything on Toxus III. The planet was laid to waste, and the surviving weasels on the other planets scattered. JENNY: (Changes subject) Approaching Toxus III now. The ship slowly hovers over the planet, and eventually lands. SCENE THREE An Assault Shuttle somewhere in space. Inside the shuttle is THE DALEK PRIME, a black bodied Dalek with alternating bumps of gold and silver. His two appendages in gold, and his lights are elongated and red. He is speaking to THE EMPEROR DALEK on a small screen. The EMPEROR DALEK is the same as he was from "Invasion Of The Daleks", and is safe on Skaro, home of the Daleks. EMPEROR: (Low Monotone) What have you to report? PRIME: (Buzzing) We have located the capsule on a planet in the Toxus system, we are heading there now. EMPEROR: How many Daleks are there in your taskforce? PRIME: There are 27 Daleks on board, including the Dalek Lieutenant and myself, the Dalek Prime. EMPEROR: Excellent, have the capsule recovered, and returned to home planet, Skaro. PRIME: I obey. The screen goes blank, and THE DALEK PRIME turns to his DALEK LIEUTENANT, a red Dalek with elongated red lights, black bumps and a claw appendage in place of the usual sucker appendage. PRIME: ETA to rendezvous with capsule. LIEUTENANT: (Deep staccato) ETA, 20 minutes. PRIME: Good, inform me when we have arrived. LIEUTENANT: I obey. SCENE FOUR Toxus III Much of the damage left by the G-Bomb is still recognisable. Many buildings are crumbling and dilapidated, as if they'll collapse at any moment. There is still breathable oxygen on the planet, but the explosion of the bomb has made the atmosphere incredibly thin. The Righteous Indignation lies in a clearing away from the buildings, while the capsule, an enormous, cylinder, lies cooling a quarter of a mile off, pulsing a deep turquoise colour. JENNY, BUCKY and WILLY stand as near to the capsule as the heat will allow. They all watch as a small hatch opens up, leading to the inside. They walk in, and hear a whirring noise. BUCKY shines his torch over to one side, and they see what appears to be a Dalek. The skirt is now white, with gold bumps, while a large sphere takes up much of the space. There are no appendages, but the sphere has been opened, and inside lies what appears to be a head of crumpled brown skin, with two sunken eyes, and a sapphire-like globe grafted into the skull. Several wires are attached to the lower part of the head, as a slippery black mouth breathes heavily. JENNY: What is that? CREATURE: (Throaty) Who...are...you? BUCKY: I am Captain Bucky O' Hare of the United Animals Coalition. Who, or what, are you? CREATURE: Davros. BUCKY: Why are you here? DAVROS: I escaped from certain death years ago. My Daleks were to win the war that would've made me the ruler of the Dalek race, had it not have been for that meddlesome Doctor. JENNY: *Your* Daleks? DAVROS: Yes, I am the creator of the Daleks, a superior race of... BUCKY: (Interrupts) So it's you who has created one of the UAC'S latest foes. DAVROS: My Daleks have begun to enslave another dimension? What is the precise year? JENNY: Late 3225, early 3226. DAVROS: Fascinating! WILLY: No, it's not! The Daleks have wiped out millions of innocent lives, both Mammal and Toad. Bought about a means of creating a stalemate in the Toad Wars. DAVROS: (Shouts) Only the beginning! If my Daleks can enslave TWO universes, then they will become so invincible that they can rule every planet in existence! A small computer beeps; DAVROS twitches slightly as he is fed the information. DAVROS: He has found me! BUCKY: Who? SCENE FIVE Near the Toxus Imperial Palace The Dalek Shuttle lands outside the ruined temple, and THE DALEK PRIME disembarks with THE DALEK LIEUTENANT. PRIME: Order Attack Squad Gamma immediately. LIEUTENANT: I obey. (To shuttle) Attack Squad Gamma will advance. A set of ten DALEKS, all in the standard blue and silver livery, disembarks. They form two rows of five, and THE DALEK PRIME addresses them. PRIME: You will spread yourselves around the planet, and locate Davros. Do not exterminate him. Capture him and return him to the shuttle. DALEKS: (In unison) We obey. They scatter, whilst THE DALEK PRIME addresses THE DALEK LIEUTENANT. PRIME: You will remain here. I will search for the capsule. LIEUTENANT: I obey. THE DALEK PRIME trundles off, with THE DALEK LIEUTENANT standing outside the shuttle. SCENE SIX Back at the Capsule BUCKY, JENNY and WILLY are wheeling DAVROS out of the Capsule and towards the Righteous Indignation. Three DALEKS appear from behind the capsule, firing frenziedly at them. The trio wheel DAVROS towards the safety of a ruined city, with the DALEKS in hot pursuit. DALEK #1: Release Davros! DALEK #2: You will obey us! DALEK #3: Release Davros now! They take DAVROS up a flight of stairs, and dodge being impaled by Dalek gunfire as they sneak into a small room. The three DALEKS hover at the bottom of the stairs, while the trio inside the small storage room sit on some boxes, gasping for breath. DAVROS: Do you really think you can outmanoeuvre the Daleks? You may be safe now, but they will conquer eventually. Your ship is still unprotected. It will be in the hands of the Daleks now. BUCKY'S radio crackles, as DEADEYE begins to speak. DEADEYE: Hey, Bucky! Where are ya lad? BUCKY: Deadeye, what's happening? DEADEYE: Some Daleks be tryin' a mutiny! Me guns is shakin' 'em off, an' Bruisers' doin' 'is best to keep them doors shut, but Blinky ain't doin' so good with the shields! BUCKY: (Sighs angrily) Hold them off as long as you can! He switches to another channel on his radio. BUCKY: I hate to do this. (To Radio) This is Captain Bucky O' Hare to Space Rescue Ship XL6, come in, please. MEANWHILE, OUT IN SPACE... Fireball XL6 is gliding along at a steady pace, with ANDREW at the controls. He is clutching his head with one hand, whilst steering the ship at the same time. BUCKY: (On radio) Come in, Space Rescue Ship XL6. ANDREW: Ooh! My head! He lets go of his head, and lowers the volume of the radio. ANDREW: Space Rescue XL6. Sub-Lieutenant Norris here. BUCKY: Andy, we need you on Toxus III right away. ANDREW: What's the problem? BUCKY: We've picked up the contents of a capsule that the Daleks would be all too keen to have for themselves. Do you think you can get to Toxus III on the double? ANDREW: Our nutomic reactors can only just manage half that of hyperdrive, but I'll do my best. BUCKY: Thanks, O' Hare out. ANDREW switches the link to another channel. ANDREW: Butch, do you think the reactor can withstand full power? DOWN IN THE XL6 REACTOR PLANT... A large turbine is spinning and humming loudly, with small dynamos whirring here and there. BUTCH is dressed in protective overalls of green, with "XL6" sewn on in white on the one corner. He is also wearing two tinted goggles on his eyes, busy at work on the machinery. BUTCH: We can manage full power all right, Andrew, but on the return journey it'll be touch and go. The reactor will need time to rest the cylinders, otherwise they'll be torn apart. ANDREW: (On Radio) Thanks, Butch. Everyone hold tight, activating full power. The nutomic reactor speeds up, and the ship hurdles forward with her main booster activated. The sudden thrust knocks BUTCH to the floor, but he is able to get up and continue with his work. SCENE SEVEN The Warehouse, Toxus III Several DALEKS are hovering around the bottom of the stairs, when THE DALEK PRIME meets up with them. PRIME: What is happening? Why aren't you searching for the prisoners? DALEK #1: We have located the prisoners; they are trapped inside the building. PRIME: I will instruct my Lieutenant to order Spider Daleks into position. He points his eyestalk up in the air, and a series of trilling noises begin. They last for sometime until he lowers his eyestalk and looks at the DALEKS. PRIME: I want one of you to remain here. (Looks at two Daleks) You will accompany me to the Shuttle. DALEKS #1 & #2: (In unison) We obey. They trundle off, leaving the one DALEK alone. THE DALEK looks elsewhere for the Spider Daleks, not seeing JENNY come out of the door with what appears to be a land mine. She drops it on the DALEK, and it explodes on impact. In the distance, JENNY hears Dalek gunfire, and watches as the SPIDER DALEKS approach. There are three of them, all of the same design. The heads are oddly shaped, with a crescent-moon formation going from front to back. The eyepiece is more of an eyeball, almost like that of a reptile. The body is armed with the standard gun and a scythe appendage in place of the plunger. The lower torso is shaped like a cone, with a number of purple bumps going around it. Each SPIDER DALEK is supported on eight mechanical limbs more like the legs of a spider. Each SPIDER DALEK is painted in a colour of black, with several parts a silvery colour. JENNY moves back inside to warn the others as the SPIDER DALEKS make their advance. SPIDER DALEKS: (Ringing, Metallic Voices) Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! INSIDE THE ROOM... JENNY barges in panting for breath, making DAVROS and BUCKY look up. JENNY: (In short bursts) The Daleks... are coming! BUCKY: It's OK; they can't get up here. JENNY: There are some Daleks with legs coming! Like Spiders! DAVROS: My Daleks are still can't understand anti-gravitation. Mechanical limbs! Such primitive engineering! BUCKY: Will you shut up! A small opening appears in the wall, and a frail looking WEASEL, dressed in a monk's outfit, appears in the doorway. WEASEL: (Feeble voice) Follow me, my friends; I can get you away from danger. They all follow, taking DAVROS with them. The opening shuts behind them, just as THE SPIDER DALEKS appear at the doorway. They look around the room in confusion. SPIDER DALEK #1: Objective has been removed. SPIDER DALEK #2: Surface disturbance! Humanoid footprints! They lead into that wall! SPIDER DALEK #3: All logical evidence suggests that there is an opening here. SPIDER DALEK #1: On my command, you will fire at the opening. Fire! They open fire on the opening, but the energy from their lasers are concentrated onto a panel in the wall, and ejected back onto SPIDER DALEK #3, destroying him completely. SPIDER DALEK #1: Report. SPIDER DALEK #2: Evidence suggests a Reflection Panel as defence system, concentrating all power against intruders. SPIDER DALEK #1: Where is the source of power? SPIDER DALEK #2: No power source detected. SPIDER DALEK #1: We will report to the Dalek Prime immediately. They both exit, and make their way back down the ladder. SCENE EIGHT A Small Underground Cavern THE WEASEL leads BUCKY, JENNY and WILLY down a flight of stairs. DAVROS is slowly hovering down the stairs; with a kaleidoscope of colour flowing underneath is fender. The cavern is lit by a number of small candles, making the place tolerable for seeing ahead. They come to rest at a small chamber underneath the surface of Toxus III, obviously the WEASELS quarters. He nestles on a blanket of straw, while BUCKY; JENNY and WILLY sit on his bed. DAVROS parks himself at the bottom of the stairs. WILLY: Pardon me, sir, but who exactly are you? WEASEL: I am the last of the Holy Ones, my friend. I am called Father Harley; I mean you no harm. BUCKY: Well, father, thank you for saving us. HARLEY: It is no problem my dear Captain O' Hare. I have heard many stories about you in the Chronicles. BUCKY: Chronicles? HARLEY: The written chronicles of the Great God, Drath. They are visions of those who right the wrongs in the Aniverse, and you are one of the saviours of our race. BUCKY: (Taken aback) Well, thank you. WILLY: I see, like Nostradamus. HARLEY: Ah, such an intelligent specimen, from a planet that dwells with such primitive life. It is you, William DuWitt who will be the envy of Earth scientists yet to come. And Master Jenny of Alderbarren, I foresee you upon the Alderbarren throne, with power beyond your wildest dreams. A happy life you will lead with Admiral O' Hare, and may I wish you my greatest blessing that myself can give. JENNY blushes, but DAVROS just frowns angrily. DAVROS: When you have quite finished your senseless gibbering, how do you intend to help me elude the Dalek Prime?! HARLEY: (Sternly) Had you not have tampered with the G-Bomb's circuitry when you were still flesh and blood, Davros, I might have helped you, yet you tried to see if you could control the Aniverse's most dangerous explosive! BUCKY: (Shocked) What? HARLEY: It is so, Captain. It was Davros who caused the malfunction in the Genocide Bomb in a foolish attempt to make it more devastatingly powerful than it already was. DAVROS: The result did not kill me, but it did give me severe skin morbidities. I was soon transferred onto a mobile life-support system, so I could start work on my Daleks. If the G-Bomb couldn't stop the Thal race, then I had to find a new strategy. HARLEY: You destroyed my people! You killed 548 million innocent lives for your own selfish ends! A small blue electricity beam from DAVROS' sapphire impales FATHER HARLEY and he crashes to the floor, breathing heavily. BUCKY pulls out his maser pistol and points it at DAVROS' head. BUCKY: Don't make me do it, Davros! DAVROS: You wouldn't, Captain. You haven't got the stomach to kill. If you kill me, then I cannot be brought to a trial against genocide. It is your choice. SCENE NINE The Surface, Toxus III Several SPIDER DALEKS and DALEKS are searching for the prisoners again. THE DALEK LIEUTENANT and TWO DALEKS are moving a large brown box over to one side with their plungers and claw slowly placing them down on the floor. LIEUTENANT: The Dalek Prime and I will return to Skaro to report to the Emperor Dalek. If you find Davros, you will accompany him into this Transmat unit; another Dalek will guard it. DALEK #1: What about his accomplices? LIEUTENANT: Captain Bucky O' Hare is an enemy of the Daleks. You will exterminate him and the cat-girl. Do not harm the boy; he will be of use to us. You will capture the boy and place him in the transmat. DALEKS #1 & #2: We obey. THE DALEK LIEUTENANT returns to the Shuttle, where THE DALEK PRIME is waiting for him. LIEUTENANT: The transmat is ready. PRIME: Good, we will leave for Skaro. They enter the ship, and the doors close. The shuttle takes off and flies away into space. From behind one of the moons, Fireball XL6 comes into view, out of range for the Shuttle's sensors. She slowly makes her approach. INSIDE FIREBALL XL6 NAVIGATION BAY... HANNAH is swirling her chair around to follow her rotating table. The table eventually stops and HANNAH watches her screen. An image of the Transmat and a single DALEK are on the screen. She writes down some quick calculations on her pad and clicks on the radio. HANNAH: Andrew. ANDREW: (On radio) Yeah? HANNAH: The Transmat appears to rely on molecular decomposition. If we were to bombard it with a single missile, the chain reaction would cause a huge explosion, consuming most of the Daleks in the area. ANDREW: Right, let's hope Bucky is clear. Missile One ready. He fires one of the tritomic missiles that are carried aboard XL6. Not only does the explosion destroy the transmat, but also the chain reaction consumes every Dalek within the area. Within minutes, the planet is purged of Dalek activity. The resulting explosion also makes the cavern open to daylight, exposing the small group. FATHER HARLEY is awakened by the noise, and begins to pray loudly. HARLEY: The end is nigh! The great Drath is displeased, and he has sent a disaster to express his anger! BUCKY: It's all right, Father. This isn't the work of a god. HARLEY: This cataclysm is not the work of our one divine ruler? BUCKY: No, that was the work of the United Animals Coalition Rescue Team, and every Dalek on the surface has been wiped out. HARLEY: Bucky, you have saved my planet once again, how can I ever repay thee? JENNY: How about you come back with us to Genus and explain your story? HARLEY: You mean, leave the planet? BUCKY: Well, there's really not much left for you here, is there? If you come to Genus, then you can live a normal life again. HARLEY: I guess so. After the Dalek Invasion, I doubt that I can restore Toxus III by myself, although it was possible when the Toads searched through the ruins of our home for the Matter Transmutor. Very well, Captain, I accept. WILLY: Err, guys. Where's Davros? They look around, noticing that DAVROS has disappeared. A loud rumbling is heard from across the planet, as DAVROS' capsule launches again, out into space. XL6 fires a few shots at the capsule, to no avail. BUCKY then switches on his radio. BUCKY: Hold your fire, Andy. He'll be back, and we'll be waiting for him. ANDREW: (On radio) Roger, anybody hurt? BUCKY: Negative, we're all shaken up, but we'll be fine. ANDREW: Roger, I'm coming down. BUCKY: What for? The Righteous is still in one piece. ANDREW: The nutomic reactor has conked out; it needs time to rest. WILLY: Like we don't? They laugh at the small pun as XL6 slowly comes in to land. THE END.