Cowlorado Kid and The Doctor-Chapter 1
I don't by any stretch of the imagination own Wild West C.O.W.B.O.Y.S. of Moo Mesa. If I did, Marshall Moo would've found out who the Masked Bull was. He and Miss Lily would be married with five kids. But I do own Dr. Laura, her friend Mara, and Dr. Morris.
Place: San Antonio, Texas, 2011, Institute of Scientific Research...
Time: 10:00 p.m.
Doctor Laura Holt was sitting at a desk reading a report. The moon light streamed through the window near her desk shining on her bright red hair like a beacon of light. It was pulled back into a hanging pony tail.
"Hey, don't tell me you're still working?" Her friend Mara said.
"Someone's gotta burn the old midnight oil."
"Ever hear "All work and no play?" C'mon, let's do a pizza run." She replied.
"Can't. Gotta work on my theory."
"Not that stuff about the haunted mesa again." She groaned.
"I saw something moving on the mesa last night."
"Don't be silly. There's nothing out there but large rocks."
"She's right, Laura. Unless you believe we're being invaded by aliens from space!"
Dr. Laura and her friend looked to see Dr. Morris standing in the doorway. She couldn't stand the guy because he was always butting in on her work then taking the credit away from her.
"I know what I saw!" Laura exclaimed.
"Or what you thought you saw."
"Alright. We'll go to the mesa. Right now." Laura said, getting her coat off a metal coat rack near the door.
"You two go. That place gives me the creeps." Mara said, shuddering.
"You scared?" Dr. Morris teased, "You just said there isn't anything there but rocks."
"Who said you could listen in on our conversation?" The doctor said, coming to her friend's defense.
"All I'm saying is there's no such thing as ghosts." He replied.
"Then c'mon then. Call my bluff."
"Oh, I'll come, too." Mara sighed, following them.
They all got into her blue convertible. It took Dr. Laura ten minutes to drive out to the Great Plains. It was made up of a huge rock formations. The full moon shone overhead.
The three people got out of the car and looked around. Dr. Morris pulled his coat collar over his neck. Mara stuck her hands in her hoodie jacket pockets and shivered. Dr. Laura, clad in a fur collared brown coat examined the area with a magnifying glass.
"What a stupid waste of time this is! There are no..." Dr. Morris began.
Suddenly, a huge orange sphere glowed to the right of them.
"C'mon! It's this way!" Dr. Laura cried out, running towards the light. Dr. Morris ran after her followed by Mara.
There standing before them was a bright orange and swirling purple disc seemingly forming out of the air. They stood before it dumbfounded.
"What do you think it is?" Mara asked.
"It appears to be a portal of some kind." Dr. Laura replied.
"A dimensional portal? One that can take you to other dimensions?" Dr. Morris asked.
"It would appear so."
"Outstanding."
"But how did it get here?" Mara asked.
"A number of factors: disturbances in the space time continuum or some astronomical event." Dr. Laura explained.
"I need to snap a picture for my research." Dr. Morris said, whipping out his camera and approaching the portal for a better look.
"Don't!" Dr. Laura said, going to him grabbing his arm. The portal was like a giant vacuum. It began absorbing anything that got near it.
"Help! It's sucking me in!" Dr. Morris screamed.
Dr. Laura pulled him but it got too strong as it also began pulling her in.
"Laura! Dr. Morris!" Mara watched in horror as the two doctors were pulled into the portal. Then it closed up and disappeared. She sunk to her knees and blankly stared at the place where the portal had been.
Place: Moo Mesa overlooking Cowtown, Old West, Time: 9:00 p.m.
Three cowboys rode on horses along the mesa. The weirdest thing about these guys is that they literally were cows dressed in clothes of the Old West and they rode on ordinary horses. One of them was a caramel colored bull. He appeared to be the leader. The other two, a large blue bull and the other rider a black and white bull rode following along side him.
"Doggone it, Moo, We've been on patrol for two days and still no sign of Shock Holiday and his gang."the blue cow told the caramel cow.
"Not to worry, Dakota. Those three snakes are around here sometime." The caramel colored cow replied, "We'll get them."
"I don't know. All we've seen are tumbleweed. But once we arrest them, that'll surely impress Sally Holstein." The young black and white bull said.
"Kid, you'd been trying to court Miss Sally for weeks." The large bull chuckled.
"I wrote her a new song. Want to hear it?" He asked, whipping out a guitar and playing a soft, sweet melody. He had started singing.
"Hold your horses, Cowlorado." Moo said, holding up a hoof. The latter stopped playing and singing.
"What's going on, Moo?" Cowlorado asked, as the three cows saw a light off to the distance.
"Shock Holiday?" Dakota asked.
"Don't know. Could be. Let's check it out." Moo said.
...
The glowing portal opened up as Dr. Laura and Dr. Morris flew threw it.
"Uh, where are we?" Dr. Morris asked as he got up off the ground.
"It looks like the mesa but then it doesn't." Dr. Laura replied, "We better look for help."
"Oh, you two just found trouble." Said a voice.
The two doctors looked behind them to see five figures on horses approach them. Two of them looked like warthogs, one was a wolf, and the other who appeared to be the leader had his face covered. They were dressed like cowboys and were riding on horses.
The three cowboys rode to the edge of a cliff and saw the five riders approach the two figures.
"Shock Holiday alright." Moo said.
"Let's rodeo!" Dakota cried out.
"Yippee Yi Yay!" The three cowboys cried out as they rode down the hill.
"It's the Marshall!" Cried one of the warthogs.
"Don't worry, they'll get a real charge out of this!" Holiday cried out, firing a gun that shot out lightning bolt bullets.
"Cowlorado, get those people to safety. Dakota and I will handle these desperadoes!" Moo said.
"Take my hand, ma'am." Cowlorado told Dr. Laura who he noticed was quite pretty. A slight blush formed on the young bull's face.
"I'm getting out of here!" Dr. Morris cried out, turning and running away.
"Wait! Dr. Morris! Don't go!" Dr. Laura said, preparing to run after him.
She tripped over a small branch. She got up on her knees and saw her reflection in a small stream. What she saw made her eyes go wide. Staring back at her wasn't a human face but a light caramel colored cow's face!
