Episode 5: Honeybees in Space
(Play Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie for this section.)
Bessie wakes up and puts her glasses on.
Bessie: Good morning, Space Tree! Hey Wendy! Today's my first honeybee troop meeting in the space tree! Colonel Rawls was nice enough to use one of the classrooms for our meetings! Isn't it awesome?
Wendy: Yeah. It's great.
Bessie: It's great that you think so. Anyways, I'm gonna go. See you later, roommate!
She exits the barracks.
Wendy: My god, how did I ended being stuck with her? Oh well, time to put on my Call Girl outfit.
Everything is in slow motion and Bessie is walking down the hallway, determined to earn badges in space.
Bessie: I'm so ready. (She then approached the food court, where Linda Stotch is cooking food.) Hey Mrs. Stotch, I'll have the usual waffles and bacon please.
Linda S: Okay, Bessie. Here you go.
Bessie: Thanks. (After breakfast, she enters the gift ship.) One Sony Walkman please.
Gift Shop Employee: Okay. That will be 20 Space Bucks.
Later, she exits with her new Walkman.
Bessie: Alright, now to... (She checks her watch.) Oh my god! I'm gonna be late!
(Play March of the Swivel Heads by The English Beat for this section.)
Bessie starts to run through the hallways to find the room where the troop meeting is.
Bessie: Hey Sureshot. Where is the honeybees meeting at?
Chance Sureshot: They're in room 28.
Bessie: Thanks. (She continues running as fast as she could.) I'm not being late to my first honeybee troop meeting in space! (She continues to run as fast as she could.) Gotta... make it... (She sees Card Counter) Hey Lisa. I need you to find a quicker way for me to get to my troop meeting.
Card Counter: I'd advise you to call me Card Counter.
Bessie: Okay. Card Counter, I need you to help me find a quicker way for me to get to my troop meeting.
Card Counter: Okay. I made booster skates. Put them on and you'll get to your meeting in no time.
Bessie: Thanks! (She puts them on) Oh, it's in room 28.
Card Counter: Okay. Good luck on the meeting.
Bessie: I... (And then the rockets on the skates went off.) ...will! (The skates immediately ran out of fuel and she stopped and took them off.) I'm gonna have to do it in foot! (Throughout the song, Bessie continued running to find room 28. She ran past Charlie Brown and Linus, then she ran past Toothpick Sally, and then, she ran past Spike, who was reading Tyke a children's book. She then realizes that she has 30 seconds left. She then noticed General Disarray and then jumps. She uses his head to bounce even higher in the air and everything starts to be in slow motion. She was about to make it with a few seconds to spare while General Disarray begins to fall.) Sorry! (She then lands into room 28 where the rest of her fellow troops who are in space are at.) Am I on time?!
Mary Frances: Yes. You made it with 5 seconds to spare.
Bessie: Yes!
Gwen: I thought you weren't gonna make it.
Bessie: Well, I made it. Oh and I got the Sony Walkman I wanted.
Portia: (Sarcastically) Hooray for you.
Later, they are now about to sell taffy for the first time on the space tree.
Bessie: I'm so ready to hand out taffy to everyone in the Space Tree!
Gwen: (Sarcastically) So are we.
Bessie: Wow! You guys must be really excited!
Portia: We were being sarcastic, you idiot.
Mary Frances: Alright. You have to hand out taffy to everyone in the Space Tree. Oh, and the shipments of honeybee taffy will be sent here from Earth to the Space Tree so you can give out taffy to everyone in here. Any questions before you start?
Millie (Mighty B): Aren't we in the middle of outer space?
Mary Frances: Yeah, and I am millions of miles away from the nearest nail shop on Earth. But that won't stop us. So are you ready?
Bessie: Yes we are, Mrs. Gibbons!
Mary Frances: Glad you are. Now let's sell some taffy.
Bessie: All right!
(Play Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go by Wham! for this section.)
Bessie is walking with a wagon full of taffy.
Bessie: Okay. Now to sell taffy to people in the Space Tree. (She starts selling taffy to everybody in the Space Tree. First, they delivers it to Professor Chaos, who inspects it, and after Bessie leaves, Professor Chaos smiles evilly in his barracks. She then delivers it to Schroeder while he was playing on his piano. Afterwards, she continues delivering the taffy to more people. She delivers it to Sureshot, then the Jamaican domers, then the German domers, and then she continues giving people taffy, and after all the deliveries, she was finished.) Okay. Time to report back to Mrs. Gibbons.
She leaves with the wagon.
Meanwhile...
Tom is chasing Jerry around the space tree. He begins to corner him. And then Jerry notices a hammer and uses his to hit Tom on the foot and the cat screams while the mouse runs away. They ran past Sally, who spins around and gets dizzy, and then gags and vomits in a trash can. The chase continues near the entrance of the Space Tree. Ben was walking near the entrance and Jerry stops in front of the button open the door. Tom jumps to catch Jerry, but he ends up hitting the button, opening the door and the air begins to suck Ben into space.
Ben: Aah! Oh no! Someone help me!
Tom and Jerry panic as they start to press the button.
Bessie is walking down the hallway when she heard Ben screaming.
Bessie: That sounds like Ben!
She ran towards to the entrance as Ben grabs an oxygen helmet and gets sucked into space.
Ben: BESSIE!!!
Bessie: BEN!!! (She noticed Tom and Jerry.) What happened?! (Tom and Jerry were doing charades to explain to Bessie on how her brother was sucked into space.) So you were trying to kill each other and it resulted in my brother being sucked into space?! (They both nod yes.) How could you?!
She ran off with tears in her eyes.
In Room 28...
Millie (Mighty B): What?! Ben was sucked into space?!
Bessie: Yes! I need to go out there and save him!
Mary Frances: I understand that you're worried, but Colonel Rawls and his soldiers will get him back.
Rawls enters.
Colonel Rawls: Actually... I think I made something to help you get your brother back.
Bessie: Really? What is it?
Colonel Rawls: You'll see when we get to the entrance.
Bessie: Okay. I do wonder what it could be tho.
They are at the entrance and Bessie puts on rocket shoes and an oxygen space helmet.
Colonel Rawls: These helmets have an invisible shield that can protect your body while you're out in space, so you don't have to worry about your body freezing in space.
Bessie: Okay, Colonel.
Hilary: Bessie, please bring Ben back.
Bessie: I will, Mom.
She then pulls out her Walkman and plays a song.
(Play Break My Stride by Matthew Wilder for the rest of this section.)
Colonel Rawls: Go out there and rescue your brother.
Millie (Mighty B): We're counting on you.
Bessie: Will do. I'm coming, Ben.
She opens the gate and jumps into space and the rocket shoes activate. She does a Superman flying pose while flying. Throughout the song, Bessie was searching through asteroids, the domes they are outside the space tree and some space rocks. She continues searching for Ben.
Colonel Rawls: (Through coms) Have you found him yet?
Bessie: Not yet. And I'm getting really worried.
Colonel Rawls: (Through coms) Don't worry. You'll be able to find him in no time flat. Now continue your mission. That's an order!
Bessie: Yes, Sir!
She continues to make it through the outer limits of space until she finally found Ben.
Ben: Bessie?
Bessie: Ben!
The siblings share a hug.
Ben: I'm glad you came to help me.
Bessie: Me too. Now let's get you back to the Space Tree.
At the end of the song, Bessie was carrying Ben back to the Space Tree. Ben held on tight as his sister continued to fly them back to the space station. And after a few moments, they finally made it back and the song ends.
Hilary: Ben!
She hugs Ben.
Ben: Mom! I was so scared! I thought I was never gonna see you again.
Hilary: Bessie, thanks for saving your brother.
Bessie: You're welcome, Mom. I would always help my family when they're in danger.
Colonel Rawls: You! Cat! Drop and give me 100! (Tom starts doing push-ups while Jerry laughs at him.) And you! Drop and give me 200 because I hate mice! Oh, and you're both on toilet duty for two weeks!
Jerry starts doing push-ups as well while the rest walk away.
Bessie: I'm glad you're safe.
Ben: Thanks for saving me, Sis.
Bessie: You're welcome. And who knows what challenges space will give us.
Ben: You're right. I just hope we have normal space adventures soon.
Bessie: Me too, Ben. Me too.
Later...
Tom and Jerry are currently cleaning the toiletsin frustration.
Patty: You guys too? (Tom and Jerry both nod yesangrily and they both start fighting with plungers.) Oh good grief.
Stay tuned for episode 6.