Rescue Rangers 2025: Just Killing Time By Sam England Chip, Dale, Gadget, Zipper, Monty, Foxglove, Lahwhinie, Rat Capone, Sugar Ray, and Arnold Mouseneggar are copyrighted by Disney and are used without permission, as if anyone really cared over there anyway. Filmmaker Michael Mouse, Colonel Ellen Warren, Former General John Warbow, General Robert Jacobson, Reba Mousentyre, Carolyn Northwood, William “Magic” Northwood, Howard the caffeinated squirrel, and Monk Wallace are characters of my creation and can be used in your own fan-fics. Halo is copyright Bungie, used without permission. Fahrenheit 9/11 is copyright Dog Eat Dog studios and good portions of this fic make fun of it without permission. This is not my opinion on what Michael Moore is like, but this is based off of public opinion and my crazy mind, and no, the whole fic does not take place in Michael Mouse’s movie (*thinks of Smallpox* ick.) FILM: FAHRENHIET 1/12, SCENE 1, RANGER HEADQUARTERS-2009. We see the RR Logo being taken down by Chip and Dale. MIKE (Voice Over): Is this real? The camera pans down to a silently crying Gadget standing at a podium. MIKE (Voice Over): It’s like a dream... GADGET: As of this moment, the Rescue Rangers have officially disbanded. She cries louder now. MIKE (Voice Over): It must have been, but boy was it good! But, just 16 years later, they make another message… FILM: FAHRENHIET 1/12, SCENE 2, RANGER HEADQUARTERS-2025. This time there is a joyful Gadget standing at the podium. GADGET: The Rangers are back! MIKE (Voice Over): Omigosh, no! TITLE SCREEN FILM: FAHRENHIET 1/12, SCENE 3, STATEN ISLAND We see what is left of the yacht that Gadget, Dale, and friends attacked. MIKE (Voice Over): On the morning of January 12, the largest civilian attack on a military force began. In the end what does the government do? FILM: FAHRENHIET 1/12, SCENE 4, RSA MAIN COUNCIL COUNCIL PRESIDENT: The Rodent States of America sees the attacks on civilian vessels as an act of war and we, the council, agree to war. The RSA officially declares war as of 1:20 PM, January 17, 2025. MIKE (Voice Over): Civilian vessels? The same vessels that shipped munitions and fuel to military facilities? Of course, if they were military targets the country will still have declared war on Eurasia, but, just so happens, that it appears that the ones who really declared war were the Rescue Rangers, who you know I hate, and will hate, until my dying breath? RESCUE RANGERS HEADQUARTERS The Rangers are enjoying a nice, quiet, evening at the HQ. Chip is reading his Sureluck Jones novel, Dale is watching a SciFi movie, Monty and Zipper are preparing some cheese chowder in the kitchen, and Gadget is working on a new invention in her workshop. There is a knock at the door. CHIP: I’ll get it. He opens the door and Ellen walks in. ELLEN: Hey Chip, hear the news? CHIP: What news? ELLEN: Some guy named Michael Mouse is making a documentary that criticizes both you guys and your friends. CHIP: That’s not very nice… ELLEN: I know, I saw the preview. It’s complete nonsense; he blames us for making up everything on Reba Mousentyre’s attacks. CHIP: I think I will have a talk with him… He is about to walk out the still open door when a young female mouse runs into him. GABRIELLE: ¡Perdón, señor! ¡Mi padre ha desaparecido! ¡Ayúdeme por favor! CHIP: I don’t understand… ELLEN: I do, she says her father has disappeared. ¿Cuándo desapareció él? GABRIELLE: Sucedió esta tarde, yo fui al supermercado para algo para la cena y cuando regresé, él fue ido. ELLEN: ¿A qué hora? GABRIELLE: A las doce y media. ELLEN: ¿Y no ha sido él espalda todavía? GABRIELLE: ¡No! ELLEN: Her father disappeared when she went to the store at 12:30 this afternoon. CHIP: That sure is a long time to be gone without any explanation. Monty walks in and Gabrielle smiles happily. MONTY: Dinner will be done in five minutes. GABRIELLE: ¡El Monty Grande! ¿Hace usted ayuda mí? MONTY: ¿Que? CHIP: You know Spanish? MONTY: I may know two or three little phrases. GABRIELLE: Mi padre ha desaparecido. MONTY: You’re father is stolen? I will help you. ELLEN: The word desaparecido means “disappeared.” MONTY: I thought she said “robado.” Gadget slides down the tire slide. GADGET: Hey guys, what’s up? CHIP: This girl’s father has disappeared. Gadget takes Gabrielle’s hand to console her. GADGET: We’ll help you find your father. GABRIELLE: Thank you. ELLEN: You speak English? GABRIELLE: Yes, you just never asked me to speak it. ELLEN: What about your mother? Gabrielle looks down and shakes her head, Ellen puts her hand on her shoulder to console her. John walks in. JOHN: Good day, mates, the RPD is getting all these reports of disappearances from all over the park. CHIP: Sounds like a case. Rescue Rangers away! Ellen walks towards John. ELLEN: John and I have to go do something… JOHN: We do? She punches him lightly in the shoulder. JOHN: Oh yeah, I forgot. ELLEN: Well, bye. The two leave. GADGET: Usually when those two are doing something together it turns out to be extremely dangerous. DALE: Just be glad we’re not going with them. FILM: FAHRENHIET 1/12, SCENE 5, Random images of Ellen’s military record. MIKE (Voice Over): One of those involved was Colonel Ellen Warren of the USRAF. I do find it strange that a military officer would help a civilian operation. I did attempt to speak with her. FILM: FAHRENHIET 1/12, SCENE 6, In the park. Michael Mouse approaches Ellen. MIKE: Hello, Ms. Warren, my name is Michael Mouse, I was wondering if you can tell me how you and the Rescue Rangers fabricated the events of 1/12? Ellen punches him straight in the nose, knocking him down and then she casually walks away. MIKE (Voice Over): At least I got to speak with someone, though. Meet Foxglove. FILM: FAHRENHIET 1/12, SCENE 6, Studio. We see Foxglove sitting in a chair across from Michael Mouse. MIKE: Nice to speak with you. Why did you help the Rescue Rangers? FOXGLOVE: Well, I really like the cute one. MIKE: Personally, I don’t think any of them are cute. SOUND GUY: What!?! Gadget is the cutest mouse on earth! Mike turns to him. MIKE: You’re fired! SOUND GUY: Fine, I’m gonna go back to working as a doorman for the Acorn Café! The sound guy leaves and Mike turns back to Foxglove. MIKE: So which one do you think is the cute one? FOXGLOVE: Why Dale is, he’s so handsome, so funny, such a… MIKE: Warmonger! FOXGLOVE: What? MIKE: He almost had our planet destroyed by aliens and he was involved in the 1/12 attack on the yacht, IF it even happened… FOXGLOVE: Hey! Leave my cutie out of this! MIKE: He’s one of THEM! FOXGLOVE: My cutie is not a bad person! MIKE: THEY’RE ALL EVIL!!! FOXGLOVE: Fine, you can keep you’re stupid book, I will not take part in this Dalebashing any longer! She leaves. MIKE: The friend of my enemy is my enemy… CAMERA GUY: Gadget is pretty cute… Just don’t fire me for saying that. MIKE: I won’t, you didn’t exaggerate it. CAMERA GUY: Thank you, Mike. RODENT RESTAURANT We see Ellen and John sitting at a table. ELLEN: This is supposed to be where he will be. JOHN: I just hope it isn’t too long. Why did you retire anyway? ELLEN: I got tired of it. All the killing… They look into your eyes with a look of betrayal when you do it too. The nightmares… I just don’t like it. JOHN: Neither do I. I quit because I didn’t like sending my boys into battle. Only half of them come back, and they would send me some rookies, and they rookies would die first. Just the looks of hatred the men gave me when I gave them their orders. ELLEN: You’re not really that bad a guy. JOHN: I only show the tough look when I want attention. ELLEN: Like in the Ranger wing back when we were investigating those ships? JOHN: Yeah, like that. ELLEN: Who did you want attention from? JOHN: I don’t know. ELLEN: Of course you do, you just don’t want to tell me. JOHN: If I told you, I don’t know what you would think. At that time, Soyun Asesino sits at a nearby table. JOHN: Target identified, we’ll continue this conversation later. GABRIELLE’S HOUSE The Rangers look around for clues. GADGET: Door shows signs of forced entry. CHIP: I found a note. DALE: What does it say? CHIP: “Meet me at the Umpire Crate Building tomorrow at noon with $20,000 if you want to see your father alive.” Gabrielle starts crying, Gadget consoles her. GADGET: Why would he want money? CHIP: Probably the same reason Fat Cat does, power, we’ll need to check it out. We can’t do much more tonight though. GADGET: Chip, we can’t leave Gabrielle here alone… CHIP: Fine, she can spend the night at HQ. Gabrielle lightens up. GABRIELLE: Really? CHIP: Sure! GABRIELLE: Thank you, Mr. Chip! RODENT RESTAURANT Ellen and John are still watching Soyun. JOHN: What kind of name is Soyun Asesino, anyway? ELLEN: Obviously an alias, roughly translated as Iman Assassin. JOHN: Nice name, kind of like “Ima Loser” Ellen laughs and Soyun spots them and begins to run. JOHN: All right, let’s get him. They get up and begin chasing him. He jumps up onto a drainpipe and begins climbing up. SOYUN: You’ll never catch me, perdedores! John and Ellen begin climbing as well. JOHN: What does that mean? ELLEN: Losers. JOHN: That’s it; no one calls me a loser and gets away with it. Soyun knocks one of the support brackets down and it hits John, causing him to fall. ELLEN: John! John hits the ground. JOHN: I’m all right, my camera broke my fall. ELLEN: I’ll stop him. Soyun makes it to the top and starts to push the drain pipe away from the gutter. ELLEN: Oh no you won’t. She uses a grappling hook to secure the pipe to a nearby window. John gets up. JOHN: Go get him, Ellen. I just need to go and realign my back. He wobbles away as Ellen reaches the top. Soyun pulls out a sniper rifle from his trench coat. SOYUN: This is no good at close range, but it will do. ELLEN: Ooh, Mr. Magic Pockets! I just happen to have this. She pulls out a miniature version of the M8. SOYUN: Drat! Outgunned! By a girl! ELLEN: Keep your sexist comments to yourself, Spaniard! Soyun surrenders. SOYUN: I give up. Do what you will with me, but please, don’t kill me! ELLEN: That’s not my decision. John makes it to the gutter. JOHN: I feel like I’ve been run over by the Rangermobile. I see you caught him. FILM: FAHRENHIET 1/12, SCENE 7, Hudson River. MIKE (Voice Over): Several vessels were sunk on this river. The official story says it was done by the Eurasians, but I believe it was Rangers that used the weapon. FILM: FAHRENHIET 1/12, SCENE 8, 1/12 Council Report. A page of the report has a sentence highlighted, the sentence zooms in. MIKE (Voice Over): According to the report, Colonel Ellen Warren said she saw a buggy leaving the scene, but no buggy was ever found on the yacht or near the vicinity of the yacht. It is very well possible that Gadget Hackwrench and Zipper the Fly, who were left at the Ranger Headquarters, had staged the attacks. When the Rangers returned home, they found that Gadget had caught Rat Capone, Arnold Mouseneggar, and Sugar Ray Lizard, three top notch RSA citizens, and very wealthy businessmen. FILM: FAHRENHIET 1/12, SCENE 9, Studio. We see Rat Capone, Arnold Mouseneggar, and Sugar Ray sitting across from Mike. MIKE: What did Gadget do to you? CAPONE: That spunky mouse! She put us in a box and made us stay there! MIKE: Why would she do that? ARNOLD: We were… CAPONE: Shuddup! We was her mortal enemies way back when. ARNOLD: She hated us too. CAPONE: SHUDDUP! ARNOLD: Sorry! CAPONE: I guess she wanted to put us away. MIKE: So you did nothing wrong? ARNOLD: Ye… CAPONE: Shuddup! We didn’t do a thing. MIKE: There you have it, Gadget is an abductor. RANGER HEADQUARTERS Gadget and Gabrielle head to the guest room. GADGET: You can stay here. GABRIELLE: Thank you. Suddenly we hear “Blow Me Away” by Breaking Benjamin playing loudly through the wall. GADGET: *Sigh* Dale and his classics. CHIP (Out of the room): DALE, WILL YOU TURN THAT DOWN!!! DALE (Out of the room): WHAT? I CAN’T HERE YOU, LET ME TURN DOWN THE MUSIC. Gadget laughs at this exchange and the music fades out. GABRIELLE: Are they always like that? GADGET: You get used to them. They’re pretty cool. GABRIELLE: So what’s it like? GADGET: What? GABRIELLE: Being so smart? GADGET: To tell you the truth, it gets really boring when you know how everything works. I guess you kind of loose your imagination. GABRIELLE: My dad said that I should be smart. GADGET: Smart yes, but you don’t have to have a mindbashingly high IQ, like mine. GABRIELLE: Will my dad be all right? GADGET: Of course he will, we have never lost a person. Ever. GABRIELLE: That’s good. Gabrielle lies down on the bed. GABRIELLE: You guys are really cool. I don’t care what that Michael Mouse says. GADGET: Michael Mouse is a liberal conspiracy theorist who has no life outside of writing things with the least amount of logic. GABRIELLE: You mean like Michael Crichton? GADGET: Yeah, actually. GABRIELLE: Well, good night. Gabrielle gets under the blanket. GADGET: Good night. Gadget gets up, turns off the light, and exits the room. RESCUE RANGER HEADQUARTERS-MAIN ROOM Gadget slides down the slide. Chip and Dale are still fighting over the music and Monty and Zipper look on. GADGET: You guys are still fighting? There is a knock at the door, Gadget opens it. GADGET: Hello? Ellen walks in. ELLEN: It’s a nice night, any leads? GADGET: We have to go to the Umpire Crate Building tomorrow to see who it is that is kidnapping everyone. Where were you? ELLEN: Just finishing something. Gadget crosses her arms. GADGET: With John? ELLEN: Ok, we went to catch Soyun Asesino. GADGET: The radar operator on Reba Mousentyre’s yacht? ELLEN: Yes. GADGET: Do you get him? ELLEN: Yes I did. GADGET: Where was John during all of this? ELLEN: He was lagging behind a little. GADGET: Why? ELLEN: He fell. Gadget uncrosses her arms. GADGET: How far? ELLEN: Oh, three feet. GADGET: Ouch, that must have hurt. ELLEN: His camera broke his fall. GADGET: Ouch some more. What did you guys do after you caught him? ELLEN: Just went to check out Ultra Flight’s new museum. GADGET: Would you consider that a date? Ellen laughs. ELLEN: No, I don’t even feel that way about him. GADGET: Yet. ELLEN: Well, I better get home before it gets too dark. GADGET: See you tomorrow. Ellen walks out and Gadget shuts the door. MONTY: What was that about Gadget luv? GADGET: Have you noticed that Ellen and John have been spending a lot more time together? CHIP: I would like to spend more time with you. GADGET: Hey, you spend the whole day with me already! ...Unless you mean you want to help out more often in the workshop. Chip thinks for a second. CHIP: I don’t know about that, but that wasn’t what I meant. FILM: FAHRENHIET 1/12, SCENE 10, Office. MIKE: Why would the Rescue Rangers orchestrate these attacks? COUNCIL PRESIDENT: If they did, which they didn’t, I would have no idea what material gain there is for them. MIKE: What about more support to convince their critics? COUNCIL PRESIDENT: Well it wasn’t that, or you wouldn’t have been here. MIKE: What about the rumor that says Reba Mousentyre is Monterey Jack’s sister? COUNCIL PRESIDENT: Completely untrue. I’ve spoke with both of his parents myself. MIKE: What about Gadget’s evil twin Lahwhinie? COUNCIL PRESIDENT: She is living in San Diego now and runs a local surfboard shack called “Board to tears” or something like that. FILM: FAHRENHIET 1/12, SCENE 11, Studio. Lahwhinie sits across from Mike. MIKE: Tell us your opinion of the Rangers. LAHWHINIE: Well, back in my wilder days I was attempting to gain control of this small tribe in Hawaii. They stopped me, perhaps for my own good. After that I realized that I am not what I thought I was. I decided to become “good,” as you could say. MIKE: So the Rangers helped you become normal? LAHWHINIE: Pretty much. MIKE: Get out of my studio! LAHWHINIE: Fine, you can keep your stupid book. Lahwhinie leaves. MIKE: Why doesn’t anyone like my book? CAMERA MAN: Because you wrote it. MIKE: Hey, that might be it. Maybe I should use one of those pseudo names, aliases, or whatever they are called. UMPIRE CRATE BUILDING-NEXT DAY The Rangers hide amongst the buildings lighting, air duct, and air conditioning equipment. A lone rat walks onto the roof. CHIP: That must be him. OK, Gadget! Gadget shoots him with a net attached to her patented plunger harpoon gun, and catches him. The Rangers run over to him. RAT: What is this? CHIP: Do you work for the person who took Gabrielle’s father? RAT: So what if I am? CHIP: Who do you work for? RAT: I don’t know his name, if I did I probably wouldn’t tell you. Gabrielle runs over from the Ranger Wing and grabs the rat. GABRIELLE (crying): Where’s my daddy! Where! RAT: I don’t know kid! Come on! The guy I work for is smarter than to tell me where his hideout is! Gabrielle falls to the roof crying. RAT: I just go and pick up packages for him, as in money. CHIP: So you don’t know? RAT: No, I’m just the middle rat. GADGET: What does your boss look like? RAT: He’s a mouse, overweight, facial hair, and he wears a baseball cap. The Rangers look at Monty. MONTY: Hey, don’t look at me! I don’t wear baseball caps! RAT: It ain’t him. CHIP: Great so we’ve gotten nowhere. PARK John and Ellen walk down the sidewalk. ELLEN: So where exactly are we going? JOHN: Just down there, near the reservoir. ELLEN: Gadget is beginning to think there’s something between us. John lets out a light laugh. JOHN: Is there? ELLEN: I don’t know. Wait! Who’s attention were you trying to get in the Ranger Wing? JOHN: Now you remember. OK, I’ll tell you. I was trying to get your attention. Ellen smiles at this. ELLEN: Why? JOHN: Because, um, I like you. ELLEN: That wasn’t so hard, was it? JOHN: No, not really. ELLEN: So after we’re done with what we’re doing, do you want to go and do something else? JOHN: Like what? ELLEN: Hang out, play video games. I hear they finally miniaturized Halo. JOHN: I wouldn’t really expect you to like run and gun shooters. ELLEN: I don’t care if it is run and gun, it’s fun. JOHN: There’s our destination. He points at a tree. ELLEN: What is that? JOHN: The secret lair of our friend, Howard. Upon hearing his name, Howard leaps through the door. HOWARD: YEEEEAAAAAAGGHH! THAT’S ME!!!! ELLEN: Weren’t you running for Council President? HOWARD: YEEEEAAAAAAGGHH! THE CAFFIENE KILLED MY CAMPAIGN!!!! ELLEN: So stop drinking it! HOWARD: NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! JOHN: So Howard, I hear you have some inside information on the current status of the Eurasian military. HOWARD: YEEEEAAAAAAGGHH! THE SUBMARINE “THE EYE OF RA” IS PREPARING FOR ATTACK PLAN 17-L FOR NEXT MONTH AND ALL AIRCRAFT ARE ON STANDBY STATUS! JOHN: Will you stop yelling? HOWARD: I CAN’T!!! He sips some Coocoo Cola. HOWARD: WWWWWOOOOOOOOWWWWW!!!!!! THAT’S GOOD STUFF!!! RANGER HEADQUARTERS The Rangers sit around silently, waiting for John and Ellen to report. There is a knock at the door and Chip opens it. John and Ellen walk in. CHIP: What did you find out? ELLEN: Just some strategic intel on enemy troop movement. JOHN: How about you? CHIP: Nothing, actually. ELLEN: Well, that’s not good. GADGET: It took the two of you? ELLEN: I’m the one doing freelance, he just knew the informer and wanted to talk to him. GADGET: Uh huh. Well, what are you guys going to do now? JOHN: Halo tournament. DALE: Cool, can I go? ELLEN: Sure. GADGET: Wait, you’re going to go and play Halo? JOHN: Yes, it was Ellen’s idea. DALE: Wowie Zowie! Halo! I always wanted to play it! *starts doing air guitar of the main theme* ELLEN: What are you doing? DALE: Air guitar of Halo 2’s Mojolnir Mix! What does it look like I’m doing? CHIP: Impersonating Iron Goose. DALE: Hey that was a good band! CHIP: Oh yeah? DALE: Yeah! MONTY: Break it up you two. ELLEN: Let’s go Dale. DALE: Zowie! They leave. MONTY: No more conspiracy theories about Ellen and John, time to go and have dinner. FILM: FAHRENHIET 1/12, SCENE 12, Studio Mike sits alone. MIKE (Voice Over): Could it be possible? I ran out of witnesses? MIKE: This can’t be. CAMERA GUY: It is. MIKE: Might as well lock up for the night. CAMERA GUY: Yeah. MIKE: See you tomorrow. RANGER HEADQUARTERS-Later that night. A shadowy figure approaches the door and vandalizes the security input device, disabling the security. The figure heads upstairs and into one of the bedrooms. We hear someone struggle and then the figure returns with a limp figure over it’s shoulder and it leaves the HQ. HALO TOURNAMENT We see several persons attending the event. MAGIC: Come on. Where were you? ELLEN: Wouldn’t you like to know. HEY! Who did that? DALE: Ha ha ha! JOHN: Bye Dale. DALE: Nooo! HOWARD: YEEEEAAAAGGGHHHH! CAROLYN: Not fair! MAGIC: Bye Howard. HOWARD: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! JOHN: Ha ha! ELLEN: Hey! Are you following me? JOHN: Say hello to Halo’s revenge engine. HEY! ELLEN: I think I like it. DALE: HEY! Who’s SeeyaL8R? MAGIC: Ha ha HA! MONK: I got him. MAGIC: Argh! JOHN: Congrats on your first kill. HEY! DALE: Ha ha! HALO VOICE: GAME OVER!!! MAGIC: How did you win? ELLEN: Skill. JOHN: Ha! Skill! This is your first game of Halo! ELLEN: OK, maybe it was luck, but don’t tell Gadget I said that. MAGIC: Well, it’s pretty late. We should shut down. See you for our all-nighter next week? ELLEN: Sure! JOHN: OK. RANGER HEADQUARTERS-NEXT MORNING Monty is cooking and Dale walks in. DALE: Have you seen Gadget? MONTY: She wasn’t in ‘er workshop? DALE: No. MONTY: She’s probably out salvaging again. Gabrielle runs in. GABRIELLE: Look at this! She hands Dale a note, Chip follows shortly thereafter. DALE: “Quit following this case or Gadget… *gulps* dies…” CHIP: Omigosh! DALE: I don’t want Gadget to die! She’s the cute one! No group lasts long without a cute one! Zipper flies in. ZIPPER (squeaked): I just got back from my vacation, did I miss anything? FILM: FAHRENHIET 1/12, SCENE 13, Break room. We see the Camera Guy sitting on a table. CAMERA GUY: I feel like I’m a red shirt on Star Trek. I don’t know what to do, keep going or quit. MIKE (Off screen): Quit and die! FILM: FAHRENHIET 1/12, SCENE 14, Studio Mike is still alone, looking very worried. MIKE: The camera guy has just been killed. I… I am sorry, I didn’t mean to say that he would die, but, with strange coincidence, he did. Really! RANGER HEADQUARTERS The Rangers ponder their next move and Ellen walks through the open door. ELLEN: Airing this place out? There’s something going on at Rat Eat Rat Studios. CHIP: Gadget’s been mousenapped. ELLEN: This case may be related, somehow. We have to get over there. DARK ROOM Gadget looks around the room, still somewhat dizzy due to the tranquilizers. GADGET: Ooh, look at the pretty colors! Where am I? She sees the shadowy figure. FIGURE: That is none of your concern. Gadget attempts to move but finds she has been tied to the table. FIGURE: I was going to be a doctor, but my mother thought that was stupid. GADGET: Usually it’s the other way around. The shadowy figure picks up a scalpel. GADGET: I hate it when the bad guy is conveniently hidden by the shadows. FIGURE: What shall I remove first? Your ears? Her eyes go wide. FIGURE: Your nose? Your scalp? Gadget frees one of her hands and punches the figure, knocking him down. She hastily unties herself and runs out the door. The shadowy figure grabs a carving knife from a conveniently placed knife set. FIGURE: I love conveniences. EXT. RAT EAT RAT STUDIOS The studios are in the basement of an abandoned building. ELLEN: Chip and I will take the emergency exit, John and Dale, you’ll take the main door, Monty and Zipper take the entrance from the inside of the building. MONTY: Righto! Come on Zip. Zipper squeaks. DARK HALLWAY Gadget hides in an alcove waiting. The figure passes and she jumps on it. The figure stabs her in the stomach and she falls. The figure grabs her left leg, but she kicks it away, it leaves deep scratches in her leg and Gadget grabs a pipe and hits the figure with it. She stands up, holding her wounded stomach, and she runs towards the exit. EXT. RAT EAT RAT STUDIOS ELLEN: All right Chip, get ready. She opens the door and Gadget runs into her. ELLEN: That was easy. CHIP: Gadget? What’s wrong. Gadget winces in pain as she rolls onto her back. Chip notices the wound. Ellen examines it. CHIP: How deep is it? ELLEN: Deep enough. You stay here, protect me flank… and her. CHIP: Right. Ellen runs in, holding her tranq rifle. DARK HALLWAY Ellen walks for a while and soon realizes that someone is behind her, his knife pointing at her spine. Not knowing what to do, Ellen jumps up and holds onto a pipe in the ceiling, and she swings herself into a more combat ready position. FIGURE: You’re not a Ranger, but you will do. ELLEN: Who are you? FIGURE: You would like to know. Ellen points her tranq rifle at him. FIGURE: You won’t stop me, not with that toy. He takes a sword from the wall and with one swift swing, cuts the front of her rifle off. ELLEN: Darn it! He swings at Ellen’s head, but she stops it with her hands. ELLEN: Chain mail gloves. FIGURE: You do plan well. ELLEN: I try. She flips him over her head with his sword, sending him onto the floor. He throws a crate at Ellen, knocking her onto the floor. He stands over her. CHIP: Hey! The figure turns to him and Ellen kicks his legs out from under him, and she puts her knee on his chest. She pulls out her sidearm and points it at his head. ELLEN: Drop it. His arm, which was behind her back, drops to the ground and he loosens his grip on the knife. John walks in with an expression of fear. JOHN: We just found the camera guy. You caught him. I always miss the fun parts. Ellen picks him up by the collar. ELLEN: John, Gadget’s outside and needs to be taken to a hospital. JOHN: I’ll gladly do it. CHIP: I’ll go with him They leave. ELLEN: Let’s see who you are. She takes a flashlight out of her pocket and turns it on, and she is shocked at what she sees. ELLEN: Michael Mouse? MIKE: Kill me, please! I beg you! I killed all of those missing fellow rodents! Including Gabrielle's dad! MIKE (Split personality): Yes, please kill me, so those who believe in Mike will believe that the Rangers killed the crew. MIKE: If you’re not going to kill me, just tranq me, now! ELLEN: You got it. She stabs him with one of the tranq rifle’s darts. RANGER HEADQUARTERS-TWO WEEKS LATER John and Ellen come through the door. ELLEN: You need to fix the security system. Gadget limps in from the other room. GADGET: I know, but first I’ve got to fix that sink. It’s been dripping since New Years. CHIP: You should rest. ELLEN: Let her work. Besides she’d go insane if she didn’t work. JOHN: So you wanted us to see something. GADGET: Yes, just in the workshop. John, Ellen, and Gadget go to the workshop. GADGET: I would like to thank you be giving you these. She picks up a couple of devices off of the bench. GADGET: New tranq rifles. The clip now holds 40 darts, it now has a laser sight, and a built in flashlight. JOHN: Nice. ELLEN: Pretty good. Nice craftmouseship. JOHN: Ellen and I were planning on going to see the new Halo movie. Want to come. GADGET: No, I don’t like violence that much. She sees that John and Ellen are holding hands. GADGET: Have a nice day you two. They laugh when they realize they’re holding hands and they kiss Gadget looks on smiling. Be sure to come back for Rescue Rangers 2025: Finding Fate. A research expedition disappears while looking for the wreck of the Fate of Apophis and a submarine is spotted in the river. Meanwhile, Magic has a very bad day.