(A/N: Okay, I know that I told you guys to let me know if you had a problem with the dates I have set. Well, I've recently seen the movie again and I noticed a little discontinuity in it where time is concerned, which only means one thing: time was not a concern of Brad Bird when he made the movie. Since I can't count on the movie for accurate dates and times, I'm just going to stick with the dates I've already set. Therefore, I don't want to hear any more guff about time, okay? Okay, on with the story.)
Dateline: Thursday, April 23, 1981, 10:03 AM, Pacific Daylight Time.
Python dramatically emerged from the ladies' changing room, in full costume. She then walked to the curb outside the Black and White department store, and she waited. In about 5 seconds, her brother Rocket appeared.
"Took you long enough," Python retorted.
She quickly leapt into the air, projecting a force field around herself and Rocket. With a few quick steps, Rocket started up the Power Ball and the duo was off.
"Okay," said Rocket, "this villain is in the Sapphire Village. Which road do I take?"
"Incredible Boulevard," answered Python.
"No, that can't be it; it leads to the theatrical district, doesn't it?" Rocket saw a sign on the side of the road that read "Traction Ave." "We take Traction, don't we?" He was preparing to exit when…
"Don't take Traction!" Python screamed.
Rocket quickly steered the Power Ball out of the exit lane and kept going.
"Great, we missed it! Are you happy now?"
"Don't you remember? Traction leads to the financial district. I'm telling you, Incredible Blvd. leads to Sapphire Village."
"No, it leads to the theatrical district!"
Python noticed a sign pointing down Incredible Blvd. "It's coming up, get in the exit lane!"
"All right, but if the city gets destroyed because we got lost, I'm blaming you!"
Rocket took off down Incredible Blvd. Within 30 minutes, Alpha Force was on Lumber Lane, staring down the new super villain. He had with him a large cannon, which he was aiming at one of those cracker box houses that seemed to be so popular. The super heroes could see that he had already destroyed several such houses.
"BEHOLD THE POWER OF HERR CANNON!" he bellowed. He tapped the end of his weapon with a fiery torch, and it discharged. Python quickly covered her ears, but Rocket, who couldn't cover his own ears, due to his helmet, was dazed. The cannonball destroyed half the house, throwing dirt and wood and other debris every which way. Herr Cannon repositioned his weapon so he could destroy the other half of the house with his next shot. Meanwhile, Rocket had temporarily removed his helmet so he could stuff his ears with dirt to block out the sound of the blast.
Herr Cannon laughed menacingly as he poured gunpowder into his cannon. He reloaded the barrel with another shot and was just about to fire once again when Python stepped in between the fiend and his target.
"Stop, in the name of Alpha Force!" she exclaimed.
"Well, well, well," said Herr Cannon. "If it isn't Python, the new super with the power of invisibility. Well, Herr Cannon is about to make you disappear…forever!"
And with that, he fired his weapon. Python quickly put up a force field to protect herself and the remainder of the house from the blast. However, when the shot hit the shield, she felt it in the pit of her stomach. She passed out and collapsed on the pavement.
"Mwhahahahahahahahahahaha!" laughed Herr Cannon. "You thought you could defeat the mighty Herr Cannon? Well, look at you now! You are collapsed, on the floor, unable to help anyone, including yourself."
Rocket quickly realized that Herr Cannon was monologuing! Now was the best time to put a stop to his dastardly scheme.
"All I must do now," Herr Cannon continued, "is find your idiot brother and destroy him too! Once I have finished off Alpha Force, no one will be able to stop me from completing my master plan and conquering the world with my cannon!"
"Oh, really?" Rocket asked. "Your cannon and what gunpowder?"
"Huh?" Herr Cannon looked around. Sure enough, all of the gunpowder was missing. He grabbed Rocket by the shoulders of his suit. "All right, you overgrown firework! Where is it?"
"At the bottom of the river," remarked Rocket, with a sly grin on his face. "It's about eight miles that-a-way," he said pointing. "You're welcome to fish it out if you want to!"
Herr Cannon let go of Rocket and went into hysterics. "You fool! If that gunpowder gets wet, I won't be able to use it!" He started to leave, but he was still raving. "This isn't over! I'll get more gunpowder, and more cannonballs! And I'll be back! I won't go down without a fight! I'll get you for this, Alpha Force!"
Rocket knelt down by his fallen sister. There was a tear in his voice. "Come on, Python, wake up," he said while shaking her body. She woke up.
"Did we win? Did we beat him?" she asked.
"Yeah," Rocket answered, looking out on the city, "but he said he'd be back."
"Oh, man!" Python exclaimed as she sat upright, "I've got to get back to work!"
Alpha Force found a secluded area nearby and changed back into street clothes. Dash made a trademark run for Metroville High School. Violet, however, needed a little more help.
"TAXI!"
(A/N: Hey, now we know who the villain is! You can expect to see a lot more of Herr Cannon in future chapters. But Herr Cannon is not going to be the only arch-foe of Alpha Force! On the contrary, I have another mega diabolical bad guy in the works. And if you think I'm going to spill the beans now, well, you have another thing coming! Chapter 7 is currently in production. See you all next time!)