Alex: Alright it's my turn for real and no one is going to say otherwise.
Luz: Okay.
Alex: Otherwise!
Luz: Okay alright go Alex.
Willow: Let's hear it.
Alex: Okay for my story it's something unlike anything you guys have ever heard. This is the thrill and adventure of a life time. Come along as we take a journey to...
The Planet of the Rodents
The scene begins in space as we meet three astronauts, Alex, Gus and Hunter. Alex was at the control deck while his colleagues were in sleeping in these high tech pods.
Alex: This captain Alex Stonefist speaking as we continue our voyage to search for life outside of Earth. We've been traveling in space for 6 months now, but because we're traveling at the speed of light, 700 years have passed according to this Earth time vs Space Time clock. The men who sent us are long dead. Now something like this may sound awful but I'm fine with hit. I'm happy to be away from Earth with how people act. Waging war and murdering one another. And that bitch that left me for my best friend. Good riddance to them. They'll be dead and when I get back, I'll be hot as ever. Welp better end this. I'm about to join my crew in hyper sleep so we don't age, or hardly.
Alex ends the recording as he goes into the pod for hyper sleep.
One year later.
The ship lands on another planet but into a lake. The pods open up as the three wake up, now sporting beards.
Alex: Rise and shine ladies.
Hunter: I'll rise, but I refuse to shine.
Gus: ( yawns) What day is it? Whoa you got a beard. I got a beard. Wait, how can we grow beards like this? We're not even 18 yet.
Alex: Because we're men Gus. And men grow beards no matter what age.
But then the alarms in the ship went off as it was sinking and water was getting in.
Alex: The ship is sinking. Let's move!
The trio got onto an inflatable raft as they watched their ship sink.
Hunter: Great now we're stranded here on this planet.
Gus: I'm sure they'll send a rescue party.
Hunter: How are they going to send a rescue party? None of the same people who sent us out here are alive anymore.
Gus: Uh, they left the new people instructions? ( panics) Oh god we're stranded on an alien planet!
Alex slaps Gus across the face.
Alex: We don't know if there are aliens yet. Let's do our mission and explore.
The three explored the planet as they tried to search for life on the planet. It was nothing but rocks and desert at first but soon they found a plant.
Alex: Guys look!
Hunter: Life on this planet.
Gus: Plant life, but there seems to be no signs of intelligent life anywhere.
Alex: Let's keep searching
The trio continued their search until they found a grassy field.
Gus: Look, more plant life.
Alex: What was that?
Hunter: What?
Alex: I just saw something run through the bushes over there.
Gus: Let's go see.
The trio looked further and to their surprise found what looked like humans but they were all dirty, hand long wild hair or beards, were wearing rags and were somewhat primitive. They were climbing trees picking fruits or in the fields eating crops.
Hunter: Are those humans?
Alex: Nah, maybe not the Earth kind but other worldly.
Gus: It's strange, these ones seem more primitive. Why is that?
That was until they saw birds flying over them as if something spooked them. The humans knew what this was and began to flee.
Alex: What's going on? Why are they running?
Hunter: I don't know but maybe we should be concerned about this too.
The trio ran with them but they were suddenly cut off by to the trio's shock, tall anthropomorphic rats in uniform with black vest, brown sleeves and pants and black boots. Their fur colors were either black, brown, white, or black and white and were riding horses.
Gus: Are those rats on horses?
Rat Soldier: Round them up!
Alex: Run!
The rats chased the humans down, catching them with a net, lassoing them and shooting them down. The astronaut trio were separated. Gus ran into the corn fields but was shot in the neck by a rat killing him. Hunter was running with a group of humans until they fell into a trap hole.
Rat Soldier 1: There he is get him!
Alex was the last one left. He was running from the rats but then got an idea to climb up a tree. He did so but then a squirrel jumped onto his face. He screamed and fell off the tree. He landed on the ground as an acorn fell into his throat, making him choke and unable to talk. He tried coughing it out but couldn't but then he was hit across the face by one of the rat guards gun.
Rat Guard 1: Got him.
Alex on the floor looked dizzy as he grabbed the foot of the other rat.
Rat Guard 2: Keep your filthy hands off me you damn diseased ridden human!
The rat kicks Alex off, knocking him unconscious.
Rat Guard 1: Hold on there, let's take him back. He'll make a great lab human.
Rat Guard 2: Oh yeah, he is so going to a lab that tests shampoo.
The two rat soldiers laughed as they dragged Alex away. The rats were piling bodies of humans and locking up the captured ones in a carriage. We see a trio of rats taking a hunting picture over the bodies. Alex is thrown into a paddy wagon with the rest of the humans as they are taken away and into Rodent City. A primitive looking city where everything was made of stone and the residents mainly consisted of mice as civilians and rats patrolling the streets. We see the paddy wagon being taken to a large building that said " Belos Labs." The paddy wagon parks at the entrance.
Rat Soldier 1: ( holding a whip) Alright out of the cart. Now! Move! Move!
The rat soldier used his whip to make the humans including Alex move. More soldiers came and put the humans in collars and leashes and pulled them into the building while using an electric baton to make them move.
Alex enters the building as he see's the inside with may stairs and rooms where rats were mistreating humans. He saw them being whipped, electrocuted with batons, hosed down. Some of them were being experimented on like one was being sprayed with perfume that caused them to form a rash. One them was given shampoo that burned their hair off, some were being tested like entering a maze trying to find the cheese, but upon finding they're electrocuted and one was taste testing a new cheese candy but upon eating choked and died from it. Alex watched in horror of what was happening as he feared the same was about to happen to him. A scientist who appeared to be a guinea pig approached them
Guinea pig scientist: Alright, lets see here. Hmmm, okay these two, perfumes. This one shampoo. Get these three to the maze. ( to Alex) And this one, hmmm what strange clothing he has. Okay send him to cosmetics.
Rat Soldier 2: Okay you heard him move it!
But Alex shoves the soldier off of him as he made a run for it.
Rat Soldier 2: Stop him!
Rat Soldier: Shoot him!
Alex is shot through the shoulder and falls to the ground.
Later.
?: Hey, hey you wake up. I said wake up!
Alex wakes up finding himself being shot by a hose of water. The water was powerful pushing him back and freezing cold. We see this is done by a rat version of Satarakura
Lilith: Satarakura please. Don't do that.
Satarakura: I was just waking him up Dr. Lilith.
Lilith: Oh good you're awake.
Alex finds himself in a cage in what looks like a medical lab. His shoulder was bandaged up and in front of him he saw a mouse version of Lilith, having some of her facial features, wearing her time skip clothes, glasses and had white fur to match her skin color and short orange hair.
Lilith: Oh you took a nasty shot in the shoulder. I swear those rats are so brutish.
Alex tried to speak to her, but he couldn't due to the acorn still stuck in his throat. All he could make was grunting sounds.
Lilith: Oh that's just cute, it's like you're trying to speak.
Satarakura: Eh you know what they say, human see, human do.
Alex pointed to his throat and grunted but she was not getting the idea.
Lilith: Don't worry you're safe here in the zoo.
Alex: Ugh?
Lilith: I convinced those rats and Dr. Belos to let me treat you and stay here. Honestly I don't approve of human testing.
Alex had a worried look on his face. The scene transitions to the zoo where Alex just held onto the bars with other humans roaming around in the large cage.
Kid mouse: Look at the silly human daddy.
The young mouse throws ice cream at Alex's face. He growled as he yelled out and reached his arms out trying to grab the kid, yet the parent took him away from the raging man.
Lilith: Oh please calm down. Go play and make some new friends. Oh Seraphina over here!
Lilith saw a mouse version of Seraphina approaching her. Like Lilith she wore the same clothes as normal and had some similar facial and body features, her fur was chocolate brown with long blue hair. The two hugged one another and kissed.
Seraphina: Lilith. You working tonight beloved?
Lilith: No. Let me show you Pheobe. ( to Alex) Pheobe this is my fiancé, Seraphina.
Seraphina: Aw, hello there.
Alex tried to speak to her but still couldn't.
Seraphina: What is he doing?
Lilith: Oh it's his trick he does. He tries speak like a rodent even though humans are incapable of speech.
Seraphina: ( chuckles) Oh it's very silly and those clothes are very unusual.
Lilith: I know, it's nothing like what the rest wear.
Alex bangs his head on the cage in annoyance. But then he looked at the dirt in the ground. He got the idea to write on it. But as he did, they are approached by rat version of Emperor Belos known as Dr. Belos. Though his uniform was very similar to what he usually wore the mask was different being rat shaped with long horns.
Lilith: Oh Dr. Belos you're here. You remember my fiancé Seraphina.
Dr. Belos: Yes, yes I remember. The young mouse with the shovel. I hear you're planning another archaeological expedition.
Seraphina: With the Academy's approval sir.
Dr. Belos: The project will require my support, of course.
Seraphina: I hope I may count on it sir.
Alex grunts to get the rodents attention but then looked down and saw another human wiping off his writing. He pushed him off as it triggered a fight between the two. But it didn't last long as two rat guards came in with electric batons and leashes. One of went for the other human while the other came at Alex giving him multiple shocks.
Lilith: Stop! You've hurt him! Take him inside!
The rat guard leashed up Alex and pulled him out of the cage and back to the medical room.
Lilith: I'm sorry Dr. Belos, I really need to check on this.
Dr. Belos: Oh yes of course go on and Seraphina I like to discuss further detail on your expedition.
Seraphina: Of course. I'll get my notes.
Once the two were gone, Dr. Belos looked down and saw what was left of Alex's writing with only his name. He stuck his cane in the cage and wiped it off.
Alex is dragged back to the medical lab as he's forced back into his cage by the rats while Lilith check on him with concern.
Lilith: Those rats and their weapons. I'm sorry Pheobe.
Alex looked at Lilith and saw a notebook on her pocket protector. Alex motioned her to come close to his cage.
Lilith: What's that? You want something?
Alex nodded as he waved his finger to her to come closer. She did so as he grabbed Lilith and tried to steal the notebook.
Lilith: OH! Satarakura!
Satarakura: I told you!
Alex stepped back as he quickly wrote on the notebook, but it wasn't long until Satarakura came in with a baton.
Lilith: Satarakura no! It doesn't matter!
But he didn't listen as he opened the cage and began hitting Alex with the baton. Once he was down he took pen and paper and hands it back to Lilith.
Satarakura: Natural born thieves.
But Lilith's eyes widened when she saw what was written on her notebook. It said " My name is Alex."
Lilith: Get me a collar and a leash.
Satarakura: What? But he's vicious.
Lilith: Do as I say!
Satarakura shrugs and does so as she approaches Alex.
Lilith: You wouldn't hurt me now would you Alex?
Alex smiled as he nodded finally able to get through to her.
The scene shifts to Alex in an office with Lilith and Seraphina as the former tried to tell her fiancé of what she learned. She showed her the written notes Alex made.
Seraphina: ( nods) It's a trick.
Lilith: A trick how can you say that?
Seraphina: Lilith surely you must have taught this creature how to write.
Lilith: He's only been here for two days all I did was check up and heal him.
Alex wrote another note and hands it to Seraphina as she reads it.
Seraphina: ( reading) I flew here with my friends Gus and Hunter. Gus is dead. Where is Hunter?
Lilith: I don't know. I haven't seen this Hunter.
Seraphina: Hold up. You flew? How?
Alex took a piece of paper and folded it into a paper airplane and threw it.
Seraphina: This is impossible. Flight is a scientific impossibility.
Lilith: And even if it weren't, why fly?
Alex wrote another note and hands it to Lilith.
Lilith: ( reading) I came from another planet and ended up here.
Seraphina: If that's the case where is your ship?
Alex writes another note.
Lilith: ( reading) Do you have maps?
Seraphina: Yes.
Seraphina took out some maps and unfolded them. Alex pointed the approximate area where he remembered landing.
Seraphina: I don't believe it. Are you telling me you came from the Forbidden Zone?
Lilith: The Forbidden Zone? Seraphina you had your last expedition there one year ago.
Seraphina: Yes until I was forced to stop by Dr. Belos. This is incredible this human not only possesses some intelligence, but he came from the forbidden zone. He must be missing link.
Alex writes another note.
Lilith: ( reading) I am not the missing link.
Seraphina: Well thanks for spoiling that.
The office door opens as Dr. Belos alongside a guinea pig who looks like Dr. Cushing and two rat guards enter.
Seraphina: Dr. Belos! What are you doing here?
Dr. Belos: We agreed to meet up to go into details of your next expedition.
Seraphina: Oh yes, yes of course. ( nervous chuckles) Busy, busy, busy.
Dr. Belos: Yes, you know Dr. Cushing of course, our Commissioner of Animal Affairs?
Seraphina: A pleasure to meet you again sir.
Dr. Cushing: ( points at Alex) Yes, what is that?
Lilith: Uh it's a man Dr. Cushing.
Dr. Cushing: ( sarcastically) No really? I've never seen one before. What a majestic creature.
Lilith: You're being sarcastic aren't' you.
Dr. Cushing: Of course I am. I mean what is that thing doing here?
Seraphina: Uh, uh...
Lilith: We were uh teaching him to juggle. Here Pheobe .
Lilith hands him some balls but looks at her confused.
Adriane: Well?
Lilith: Oh he's just shy. ( whispers) Just do it.
Alex threw up the balls but the came falling down on Dr. Belos and Dr. Cushing one of the balls hitting him in the eye, giving Dr. Cushing a black eye.
Lilith: Oh. I am so sorry.
Dr. Belos: Alright I've had enough. Guards get this creature back into it's cell where it belongs.
Dr. Cushing: You can't teach a beast parlor tricks. Look at him, he's nothing but dimwitted, smelly, flea infested, garbage eating creature. Plus he is just ugly.
Alex looked offended and was tempted to attack him but was tied up by the guards and given a leash. Before they took him away Dr. Belos saw the paper airplane on the floor and picks it up.
Dr. Belos: What is this?
Lilith: Oh uh...it's a toy. It can fly, try it.
Dr. Belos: Nonsense.
Dr. Belos crumbles up the paper airplane.
Later.
We see Alex in his cage as two rat guards approaching Satarakura.
Satarakura: What's up Lieutenant?
Rat guard 1: We're taking no. 4 over for surgery in five minutes. Get him ready.
Satarakura: What for? The beast's shoulder is nearly healed.
Rat Guard 2: It's not his shoulder. Vet's gonna geld him.
Alex's head rose up in alarm hearing what was happening.
Satarakura: Lilith won't like it.
Rat Guard: It's not her decision now. These orders come from Dr. Belos himself. Get him ready.
Satarakura: Alright.
The guards leave as Satarakura approaches Alex's cage.
Satarakura: If only you knew what they're about to do to you. Bahahahahaha!
But once he opened his cage, Alex pushes him off and runs out.
Satarakura: Hey stop him! Don't let him get away!
Alex runs out of the facility and into the city. He keeps running into civilians who are startled by him. They had every right since to them he's a wild animal on the loose. He then finds himself being chased by the rats. Two of them dropped a net on him which he avoided and ran into another building.
Alex was in a museum as he came across an exhibit of humans in the wild who have been taxidermy. He heard two guards coming as he posed as one of the taxidermy models to blend in. The rats pass by but don't notice him. Once they were gone he came made his move but then stumbled upon a field trip of mice and their tour guide with the kids looking excited as the tour guide panicked. Alex ran from them but then stopped and noticed Gus's taxidermy body. His body looked stiff and had soulless white eyes as Alex gazed in horror.
Rat Guard 1: There he is!
Rat Guard 2: Get back here!
Alex is chased out of the building as he came across the outdoor markets in town. The civilians began throwing fruits and vegetables at him. Alex was surrounded by both civilians and guards. Alex tried to run before he is caught by a rat guard on a horse who hits him on the back with a baton. Alex falls to the ground as he began coughing and finally coughs out the acorn. He breathed heavily but then finds a lasso around his neck. His arms also lassoed by the guards and tied down. As this is happening Lilith finds him.
Lilith: Alex! Why did you run away?
Rat Guard 1: We got him now.
Dr. Belos: ( enters scene) Good work boys. Take him away.
Lilith: What is the meaning of this Dr. Belos? I'm in charge of this man.
Dr. Belos: No longer Lilith. He is now in custody of the administery of science.
The rat guards took him by the arms but finally he was able to speak.
Alex: Keep your filthy hands off me you damn diseased ridden rat!
Rat Guard 1: ( gasps) He can talk.
Rat Guards: He can talk! He can talk! He can talk! He can talk!
Alex: I can SIIIIIING!
Music begins playing ( Dr. Zaius song from Simpsons) as the scene plays like a musical.
Rat Guards: ( singing) Dr. Belos, Dr. Belos. Dr. Belos, Dr. Belos. Dr. Belos, Dr. Belos. Oh Dr. Belos. ( One Guard) Dr. Belos, Dr. Belos.
Alex: ( singing) What's wrong with me?
Dr. Belos: ( singing) I think you're crazy.
Alex: ( singing) I want a second opinion.
Dr. Belos: ( singing) You're all so lazy.
Rat Guards: ( singing and break dancing.) Dr. Belos, Dr. Belos. Dr. Belos, Dr. Belos. Dr. Belos, Dr. Belos. Oh Dr. Belos. ( One Guard) Dr. Belos, Dr. Belos.
Alex: ( singing) Can I play the piano anymore?
Dr. Belos: ( singing) Of course you can.
Alex: ( singing) Well I couldn't before.
A piano rolls up to Alex as he was about to play a solo.
Luz: ( interrupting story) Whoa, whoa hold up.
Luz: Uh what is going on?
Alex: This the part where I show off my amazing singing voice.
Christa: Why is this suddenly a musical?
Alex: Because I always wanted to be in one.
Willow: I'm sure you have an amazing singing voice Alex but this is kind of off distracting.
Alex: Okay, okay. I mean this would be better if we somehow adapted this in the next school play.
The story continues as Alex is in a court room. Standing by Lilith and Seraphina and before them was a high podium bench for the judges those being Dr. Belos, Dr. Cushing and a guinea pig that resembled Terra Snapdragon
Terra: Alright let's get this over with. Guilty.
Lilith: What? But we haven't even start the case yet. You didn't even say what the charge is on this man.
Dr. Cushing: Exactly. He's a man, he has no rights under rodent law.
Lilith: Then why is he called the accused?
Dr. Belos: He's not being tried. He's being disposed of. It is scientific heresy that is being tried here.
Terra: Well put, Dr. Belos. Let us warn our friends that they endanger their own careers by defending this animal.
Alex: Then I'll defend myself.
Lilith: ( whispers) Alex no.
Dr. Belos: You? What could a low life ugly man have to say?
Alex: Hey I may be low life and ugly but, uh what was the last part. Look can we stop with the insults. Seriously its hurtful.
Dr. Cushing: You will be called what we call you scum!
Alex: Your honor I am not scum. I'm not even from around here.
Dr. Belos: No you're not. So where exactly do you come from?
Alex: As you should know I am astronaut from the planet Earth traveling through space...
Dr. Cushing: Stop. Okay this is a joke.
Alex: No, it's not a joke. I flew here from space, my ship crashed here, my crew and I were exploring finding other life.
Dr. Belos: And you say you come from this Earth.
Alex: Yes there humans like me there. It almost like here but us humans are the ones who run the place, its less primitive and you guys are vermin and pets to us.
The judges looked down at Alex looking upset.
Alex: Uh let me rephrase that.
Terra: Never mind! Where did you say you crashed at?
Seraphina: He claimed to have landed in the Forbidden Zone your honor.
Dr. Cushing: What?
Dr. Belos: The Forbidden Zone that's preposterous! No one goes into the Forbidden Zone and comes back alive.
Alex: Well I just did.
Dr. Belos: Okay say we believe you. Where is your ship?
Alex: It's uh...at the bottom of a lake.
Dr. Belos: Alright he's lying.
Alex: No, no it's the truth. I can prove it. One of them is still alive he had to have been captured when I was.
Dr. Belos: Dr. Terra?
Terra: I'd love to see him try honestly. Alright human show us your companion.
We cut to outside as we see rat guards gathering the humans who were captured in the last hunt. Alex looked and he was able to make out Hunter with the crowd in rags.
Alex: That's him! That's Hunter.
Lilith: Which one?
Alex: That blonde one that looks like he hasn't gotten any sleep.
Dr. Belos: Do you acknowledge kinship with any of these creatures?
Alex: One of them yes. Hunter!
Alex runs up to him.
Alex: Hunter! Oh I'm saved. Hunter you have no idea how happy I am to see you. You can help me out here. We'll prove we're right and we find a way to...
But Alex touched him he saw on the right side of his head a huge surgical scar on his head.
Alex: Oh my god, he's been cut. ( to Lilith) Did you know about this?
Lilith: No, I swear I never met this man.
Alex: But how could they...
Alex looked at Dr. Belos.
Alex: You. You did this. You cut out his brain! You sewer rat!
Alex was about attack Dr. Belos but was caught by the rat guards as he's taken back to the court room.
Dr. Cushing: Dr. Belos you want to explain this?
Dr. Belos: Yes the human we saw outside he pointed out to, suffered a skull fracture in the course of the hunt. Two fine veterinary surgeons under my direction were able to save his life. But the beast could not speak, of course. Nor will he ever speak.
Alex: You didn't save his life! You took the one thing that made him! You took his memory, his identity! You did this on purpose!
Dr. Cushing: Okay we've heard enough from him, guards gag him.
Alex: This place is a mad house! A MAD HOUSE!
Alex is gagged and tied up by the guards.
Seraphina: Your honor I find the whole coming from space hard to swallow, but one thing is for sure he came from the Forbidden Zone. He's described the region to us and described it accurately for...I have been there.
Dr. Cushing: You visited the Forbidden Zone?
Seraphina: Yes, one year ago with special permission from the Academy. That was until you cancelled me Dr. Belos.
Dr. Belos: Oh Seraphina quit being such drama queen. You know you exceeded your orders.
Seraphina: But before that I did discover evidence of a culture that existed long before the Sacred Scrolls were written.
Dr. Cushing: Objection! These remarks are profane and irrelevant.
Lilith: Your honor. Our theories have a bearing on his identity.
Dr. Cushing: How so?
Lilith: Let's assume common sense dictates, that the prisoner's story is false. If he did not come from another planet, then surely he sprang from our own. As an animal psychologist I have found no physiological defect to explain why humans are mute.
Dr. Belos: Objection!
Dr. Cushing: Sustained!
Lilith: Their speech organs are adequate. The flaw lies not in anatomy but in the brain.
Dr. Belos: Objection!
Dr. Cushing: Sustained!
Lilith: Sustain all objections but face the truth!
Seraphina: Yes. Behold this marvel, this living paradox. This missing link in evolutionary chain.
Dr. Cushing: Silence! All of you! That's it, the state charges Dr Lilith and Seraphina with contempt of this tribunal, malicious mischief and scientific heresy! As for that, that...freak of a man, his fate is decided by the administry of science! Court adjourned!
Terra: Okay easy, easy Peter.
Dr. Cushing: I'm cool. I'm cool. I'm just hungry that's all.
Terra: Let's go get some cheese pizza. Your favorite topping.
Dr. Cushing: That's the only topping we have.
Lilith and Seraphina look at each other with concern and worry as Alex had a fearful look.
The scene shifts to Alex now being taken to Dr. Belos's office.
Dr. Belos: Leave us in private.
The rat guards leave the office.
Dr. Belos: Do you know why you're here Alex?
Alex: To rub it in?
Dr. Belos: The verdict is in. At the moment your friends and sponsors are free on bail. But they'll soon be brought on trial for heresy.
Alex: What about me?
Dr. Belos: Ha, your case was preordained. In a way you did the state a service because you made it possible for us to expose Lilith and Seraphina. Now the tribunal has placed you in my custody for final disposition. Do you realize what that means?
Alex: You're going to fix me?
Dr. Belos: Yes and you will be sent to the labs where you will be a lab human as we test new shampoos. But, I'm going to be nice and not do any of that to you. All you have to do is tell me who and what you are and where you came from and no vet will lay a finger on you.
Alex: I told you already in the courtroom, I come from another planet.
Dr. Belos: You know that was funny the first time, but I don't have time for jokes now.
Alex: But it's true.
Dr. Belos: You lie! Where is your tribe?
Alex: My tribe? My tribe is on another planet!
Dr. Belos: Even in your lies, some truth slips through. This is your last chance. Tell me where your tribe is or else I will not only fix and have you experimented but I'll cut out your brain just like your friend.
Alex: Ah ha! I knew it! You did cut out Hunter's brain out!
Dr. Belos: Of course I did. If rodents saw more talking humans like you, it would cause a panic.
Alex jumps onto Belos and tried to strangle him
Alex: You old bastard! I'd ought feed you to my cat if I had one. No wait a snake would be worse for you. You'd be slowly digested whole!
Dr. Belos: Guards! Guards!
Rat guards enter room and pull Alex off of him and beat him with a baton as Belos got up breathing heavily
Dr. Belos: Take the prisoner back to his cell! He is to be taken the vet first thing in the morning and don't sedate him. I want him to feel all of it.
Alex: ( being taken away) You know something about this! You're afraid of me!
Later.
Alex is in his cell shaking the bars like wild animal.
Alex: AAAAAH! Help me!
Alex is shot down with the hose by Satarakura
Satarakura: ( groans) Would you shut up already you freak!
Lilith enters the facility.
Alex: Lilith! Lilith help me out here.
Satarakura: Shut up! Lilith what are you doing here? You know he's not yours anymore.
Lilith: A letter from Dr. Belos. It says to call off the procedure and have the human transferred to the zoo.
Satarakura: Why is it written on a leaf?
Lilith didn't know what to say as she pulled out a frying pan and hits Satarakura across the face knocking him out. She took the keys and opened Alex's cell.
Lilith: Come on let's go.
Alex: What are you doing?
Lilith: Busting you out of here, what else?
Lilith and Alex made it outside where they met up with Seraphina alongside a few horses.
Seraphina: Come on hurry before the guards come.
They got onto the horses and rode off. Sometime later they got as far from the city as possible and stopped to set up camp.
Alex: Thanks for getting me out, but why? Aren't you going to get in trouble for this?
Lilith: We've been in trouble since we met you.
Seraphina: We may have been indicted for heresy but if we can prove our theories we may have that lifted.
Alex: You have any weapons?
Lilith: ( points to a bag with two rifles) Well we have our rifles there, but we won't need them I'm sure.
But Alex takes one of and straps it around him.
Alex: You won't, but I will. So you're going back to the Forbidden Zone?
Seraphina: To my old diggings one year ago. It's a three day ride across the desert and near the place you landed. You're welcome to join us.
Alex: I'll show you where I was and anything is better than loosing my nuts.
Some time passes during the journey as they soon came across the river.
Alex: Wait this is it! This is where I landed.
Lilith: Here?
Seraphina: And your ship is...
Alex: At the bottom unfortunately. Where does this river lead to?
Seraphina: It flows into the sea some miles from here. That's where we'll find our diggings?
Alex: Hey so why do they call it the Forbidden Zone?
Seraphina: Because it's forbidden.
Alex: Yeah I know that. I mean why is it called that.
Seraphina: Because it's forbidden!
Alex groans as he covers his face.
Seraphina: I'm just messing with you. But with all seriousness no one knows. It's an ancient taboo set forth in the Sacred Scrolls. The Lawgiver pronounced this whole area deadly.
Alex: Lawgiver? You mean Belos.
Lilith: No, he was known as the first rodent that spoke. He made our laws and lead our people in the early days.
They continued following the river and made it to a beach and there was a cave.
Seraphina: This is it? This was my old digging site.
Alex: So what's in that cave there?
Seraphina: I'll show you right now.
But then they heard neighing from another horse. They looked behind as Dr. Belos arrives with an army of rats.
Dr. Belos: I should have known you'd come back here.
Lilith: How did they find us?
Dr. Belos: You left cheese crumbs all over.
Seraphina: Oh Lilith. I told you not to eat during the rides
Dr. Belos: You are all under arrest.
Alex took the rifle and fired at a rat guard who was aiming at them from up a cliff and then pointed the gun at Dr. Belos.
Alex: If there's any more shooting Dr. Belos you will be the first to go. You can count on it.
Dr. Belos gave him a stern look but motioned the guards to lower their weapons.
Alex: Now tell them to pull back around the rocks. Out of range.
Dr. Belos: Withdraw!
The rats do as he says and leaves the area. Dr. Belos is now alone with the three.
Dr. Belos: I am very disappointed in you two. I ask you to reconsider coarse of action. If you're convicted of heresy, the most you'll get is two years. But if you continue pointing a gun at me than you'll be hanged for high treason.
Seraphina: We're sorry, but that cave there has fabulous treasure of fossils and artifacts.
Dr. Belos: I've seen some of your fossils and artifacts. They're worth...
Alex: There's your Minister of Science, honor-bound to expand the frontiers of knowledge.
Lilith: Alex please!
Alex: Except that he's also Chief Defender of the Faith.
Dr. Belos: There is no contradiction between faith and science. True science
Alex: Are you willing to put that statement to the test?
Seraphina: Alex I would much rather...
Alex: Take it easy Sera. You saved me from this fanatic. Maybe I can return the favor.
Dr. Belos: Really? What do you have in mind?
Alex: When were those Sacred Scrolls written.
Dr. Belos: 1,200 years ago.
Alex: Alright. Now if they can prove those scrolls don't tell the whole truth of your history, if they can find some real evidence of another culture from some remote past, will you let them off.
Dr. Belos: ( nods) Yes.
Alex: Then let's take a look in that cave.
They enter the cave as there were remains of archaeological diggings.
Dr. Belos: Well, present your evidence Seraphina.
Seraphina: It was at this level I discovered traces of an early creature. A stage of primitive barbarism dating back some 20,000 years roughly. It was at this level I discovered artifacts like these.
Seraphina pointed out on the ground what looked liked human bones, near it was an old broken smart phone, a skateboard and a worn out pistol.
Seraphina: Just look at this. We have nothing like this now. This ancient culture was more advanced. Now many of these objects are unidentified but they were designed by beings of higher intelligence.
Dr. Belos: Please this doesn't prove anything. Your methods of dating the past are crude, to say the least. There are geologists on my staff who'd laugh at your speculations.
Lilith: But there's the doll?
Dr. Belos: What doll?
Seraphina: Right there.
Seraphina pointed at what looks like an old cowboy doll. Belos picks it up
Dr. Belos: So, my nephew plays with human dolls.
Seraphina: It was found beside a jawbone of a man and no trace of rodent fossil has been found in this deposit.
Dr. Belos: Your conclusion is premature. ( to Alex) And what do you think your doing?
Dr. Belos looked at Alex who was gazing at the human bones.
Alex: Reconstructing a past life. You say these findings were found at the same level as the doll.
Seraphina: Yeah.
Alex: Whoever owned him must have been in bad shape. Has false teeth, eye glasses and a failing heart. Towards the end he had this prefabricated valve put in it. I should know. This is not a man I know but I knew someone who had these conditions where I'm from. He was a weak and fragile animal. But he was here before you and he was better than you.
Dr. Belos: ( scoffs) You're crazy. I can offer alternate descriptions of every one of those articles which is just as ingenious as yours. But it'd be conjecture, not proof.
Alex: Okay fine, but did you notice that pull string on the back of the doll.
Dr. Belos turned the doll over and see's the pull string.
Alex: Why not give it a pull?
Dr. Belos looked hesitant.
Alex: Go on. Unless you know I'm right.
Dr. Belos reluctantly pulled the string on the doll as it spoke.
Cowboy doll: Reach for the sky.
Everyone had a surprised look hearing that as Alex formed a big grin on his face.
Alex: Okay then answer this Dr. Belos, would a rodent a make a human doll that talks?
Dr. Belos: Well uh...
Alex: HA! I got you there. We're right, he's wrong and he knows it.
Dr. Belos: Okay so maybe there a few things that we don't know about but...shoot him!
Dr. Belos ducks as Alex turned around and see's two rat guards firing at him. He jumped down to the ground and hid in one of the lower levels as Lilith and Seraphina also took cover. He shot one of them as the second guard jumped down aiming his gun at him. Alex kicks the gun off his hands as the two began fighting. The rat guard punches Alex a few times but Alex bops him on the nose making him let go. He reached for the gun and shot the other guard. Dr. Belos got up and tried to make a run for it until Alex blocked him and hits across the face with the gun. Belo's mask breaks revealing his face to be a hairless, rat with a scar across his face and long blonde hair.
Alex: I'd ought to kill you right here, right now! Come on!
Alex dragged him outside gun point. Outside was the rat army.
Alex: ( talks like a gangster) Alright anybody try anything funny or the fat lady gets it see. Yeah see. Ha, I've always wanted to do that. No seriously one wrong move and shoot the old man!
Dr. Belos: Stop you fools! Cease fire!
Alex: Alright listen up! I want a horse, food and water enough for a week and 50 rounds of ammunition. Otherwise, you know what happens to him.
Lilith: Alex you wouldn't.
Dr. Belos: Oh he would. He's a natural born killer. Do as he says!
The rats do as he says as they go gather Alex his supplies while he ties Dr. Belos up to a log.
Alex: Well Dr. Belos, Seraphina was right. Man was here first. You owe her your science, your culture, whatever civilization you got.
Dr. Belos: Oh really. Then tell me if man was first why didn't he survive?
Alex: Great catastrophe, meteor shower who knows. From the looks of some parts of this planet, I'd say that was a fair bet.
Lilith: But we can't be sure.
Alex: He is. He knew the whole time. Long before you, your cave he knew. Defender of the Faith my ass.
Dr. Belos: What I know of man was written long ago, set down by the greatest rodent of all, our Lawgiver. Seraphina reach into my pocket. Read to him the 29th Scroll, sixth verse.
Seraphina does so as she reads out loud the verse.
Seraphina: " Beware the beast man, for he is the devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport or lust, or greed. He will murder his brother to possess his brother's land. He will take your money and claims to pay you back but never will. He will steal your spouse. He claims to be honest and good but hides his true evil nature. He robs, rapes and kills for his own pleasure. He will destroy everything he touches. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him. Drive him back into his jungle lair, for he is the harbinger of death."
Dr. Belos: I found nothing in the cave to alter that conception of man and I still live by the injunction.
The rats have his horse and supplies ready as they make their trade.
Dr. Belos: There, your horse and supplies are ready.
Alex: ( to Lilith and Seraphina) Well I guess this is goodbye.
Lilith: But where will you go?
Alex: Anywhere but here. But to start I'll follow the shoreline.
Lilith: But supposed you find nothing but a wasteland. How will you survive?
Dr. Belos: He won't survive?
Alex: Maybe, maybe not. Why don't you two come along?
Lilith: We can't.
Alex: It's better than going to jail for heresy.
Seraphina: Oh they can't convict us of heresy anymore. Thanks to you, you proved our innocence. Besides, his culture is our culture.
Alex: Well, good luck then.
Seraphina: ( shakes his hand) Same with you.
Alex: Lilith, I'd like a kiss goodbye.
Lilith: Oh alright, but you're so damn ugly.
Lilith gives him a kiss on the cheek. As he leaves, he takes one last look at Dr. Belos.
Alex: Don't try to follow me. I'm pretty handy with this.
Dr. Belos: I'm sure you are. But you're right I've always known about man. I know of what man has done. I warn you, you may not like what you find.
Alex: Yeah not listening, see ya!
Alex rides off to the shore.
Dr. Belos: Well don't just stand there untie me.
One of the rat guards unties Dr. Belos setting him free.
Rat Guard: Should we follow?
Dr. Belos: No let him go.
Lilith: What will he find Dr. Belos?
Dr. Belos: His destiny.
We cut back to Alex riding on the beach shore.
Alex: ( mocking Dr. Belos) You may not find what you like. Pffft, what does he know. I'm a man. I'm better than him. Always has been. Always will be.
Alex soon found a tunnel.
Alex: Wonder where this leads to.
Alex enters the tunnel. He made it to the other side as his face turned to horror of what he saw. He was now in what looked like the ruins of modern day city on Earth. He looked around at the familiar surroundings.
Alex: This can't be. All this time I've been...no that's not right. This can't be right!
But then he stopped and got off the horse of what he stumbled across, it was the remains of the Statue of Liberty. He looked in disbelief and fell to his knees. It was right there he realized he was never on an alien planet, he was on a post apocalyptic Earth in the future.
Alex: Oh my god, they really did. They blew it up!
But next to the Statue of Liberty was another one just like it except it was an ape.
Alex: And then the apes blew up there society too. How could this happen!? ( looks another statue next to it) And then the birds took over and ruined their society. And then the cows, the rabbits, the deer, the sloths, the cockroaches, the coyotes, the dolphins, the lions, the tigers, the bears oh my! The elephants, the giraffes, the sloths again, the ants and I don't know, is that slug maybe? You maniacs! You blew it up! Damn you! Damn you all to Hell! ( sobs)
Alex: The End. What do you think, twisty huh?
Christa: Oh wow! I didn't see that coming.
Hunter: Did you really? I kinda saw it coming.
Alex: Yeah how so?
Gus: Well you mentioned earlier about a time theory and the slaves were humans.
Alex: So we watched many episodes of Cosmic Frontier and we see inhabitants from other planets that look like us.
Amity: It was still kind of predictable.
Gus: And kind of boring too.
Alex: Boring? It's supposed to be a slow sci fi thriller adventure. It's all about story not action.
Willow: If it makes you feel better, I liked it Alex.
Alex: I knew you would Sprouts.
Luz: Great job Alex. Okay Vee. You're the last one.
Vee: Me? Well...
To be continued...