Scene: Same system as last; Passenger ship comes through portal and heads towards docks; Pan across ships at docks, where a familiar ship is in a berth; Scene shifts to a street where we see two familiar binomes who duck and hide as a C.P.U. patrol car goes by; a vid-window opens suddenly on wall beside binomes...
Vid-window: WANTED! DELETED OR COMPILED! TEN THOUSAND UNIT REWARD FOR THE CAPTURE OR THE CRIMSON BINOME!... WANTED!(interrupted as one binome smacks it off-line)
Mr. Christopher: Captain? Are you all right?
Capacitor: I`m far from all right, Mr. Christopher! Nobody`ll be collecting a reward on the Crimson Binome!
Mr. Christopher: (checking his files) Maybe we should turn ourselves in... it could be our only chance to show a profit!
Capacitor: Don`t give up, M`lad! We`ll curb our losses! Now, let`s get in the cantina... inside`s a scurvy lot and we can get lost in the crowd!(goes to enter cantina from previous episode)
Scene: Interior of cantina; Matrix, AndrAIa, and Frisket are alone inside at the bar as Capacitor enters...
Matrix: (looking up from Glitch`s display as Capacitor and Mr. Christopher enter) Capacitor?
AndrAIa: (slightly confused) Capacitor? Who`s 'Capacitor'?
Matrix: (walks toward Capacitor) Captain? Capacitor, it is you!
Capacitor: (doesn`t know who this large sprite is) You`l never take me alive, you scurvy, bounty-hunting scum!(draws sword, swings at Matrix, barely missing him, making him jump back) It`ll take more than the likes of youto capture the Crimson Binome! Follow me, Mr. Christopher! (they quickly leave the cantina, followed closely by Matrix)
Scene: Just outside cantina...
AndrAIa: Is that pirate a friend of yours?
Matrix: Sort of... he did business with Dot. Frisket!(points to direction Capacitor fled) Find `em!(Frisket finds trail and begins chase)
Scene: Exterior of prison on hill; switches to interior as doors open and a sprite is escorted by C.P.U. guards into a court room...
Sprite: (as spotlight comes on him and a machine on a platform; to guards...) `Ey mate? Can you spare me some change?(nods to machine) I got me a thirst for an energy shake!( this gets him a smack in the gut with a billy, but doesn`t affect him in the slightest)
Judge-machine: (sound of gavel twice) RAY TRACER. YOU HAVE BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF UNAUTHORIZED SYSTEM TRAVEL. IN THE NAME OF THE GUARDIANS, YOU WILL BE DELETED AT OH-EIGHT-HUNDRED. HAVE A NICE DAY.
Ray: (as he`s taken away) And that`s a nice day right back at`cha!(led away)
Scene: A cell-block as the guards lead Ray and push an upright surfboard on a trolly within...
Ray: (to guards) You blokes look uptight! You should try logging-off. It relieves tension! (guard smacks surfboard which causes Ray to feel pain and pass out; they then lock the board in a locker and toss Ray into a cell, lock it and leave)
Mr. Jimmy: (from nearby cell) Awr, it`s not the Captain! But as long as he be free, there be hope!
Scene: The backstreets and alleys of the city; Capacitor and Mr. Christopher flee in an attempt to elude Matrix; Frisket chases at a distance behind, Matrix and AndrAIa a short distance behind him; suddenly Capacitor and Mr. Christopher find they`ve run into a dead-end alley...
Mr.Christopher: (hearing frisket barking in the distance, coming closer) Oh, my! They`ve set the dogs on us!
Capacitor: Let them come, then! I`ll run no more! By the code, they`ll know they face the Crimson Binome! (draws cutlass as Frisket arrives) Have at ye, hellhound!(imobilizes Frisket, but looks closely) Glory be! I know those teeth! (Matrix and AndrAIa arrive) Bail-up, y`knave, or I`ll...
Matrix: Gavin! Wait!
Capacitor: How do ye know me true name?
Matrix: I`m Matrix... Enzo Matrix!(changes icon to Guardian) Dot`s brother?
Capacitor: (looking at Matrix dubiously) Not little enzo?
Matrix: Not any longer, and call me Matrix.
Capacitor: Okay, 'Matrix', where`s me dear friend Dot? Is she with ye? By the code, I`ve missed her!
Matrix: So have I.
Capacitor: And Bob?
Matrix: He`s in the Web!
Capacitor: (shocked)The Web!?! He be done for!
Matrix: No! I know he would have found a way to survive!
Capacitor: (noticing AndrAIa, takes off hat like a true gentleman) And you be...?
AndrAIa: AndrAIa.
Capacitor: Matrix has exquisit taste, me lovely lady!(kisses back of her hand)
AndrAIa: You`re a charming rogue, Gavin!
Capacitor: Thank you, Mam`selle! (notices Frisket`s predicament...) Begging your pardon, Frisket! (releases him, whereby Frisket growls at him in indignant menace)
Matrix: Easy, boy!(Frisket whines, but obeys him)
Capacitor: (at this display) Shiver me templates! It really is Enzo! I`ve had me doubts, lad, but that settles it! (indicating Matrix`s size) But how...?
Matrix: Game hopping! You compile faster! We were lost in the `Net and did it to survive! (looks at AndrAIa) No regrets. (AndrAIa shares this feeling and nods slightly to him) Captain? We need your ship!
Capacitor: (regretfully) Then you`d best look elsewhere! The Guardian`s lapdogs have seized me ship and taken me crew prisoner!
Scene: The same alley, as a floating notice-board goes slowly by overhead...
Announcement: ...the Crimson Binome! WANTED! DELETED OR COMPILED! TEN THOUSAND UNIT REWARD FOR THE CAPTURE OF THE CRIMSON BINOME! WANTED...
Capacitor: (very angry) Filthy Blackguards!(pronounced like 'blaggards')
Matrix: (suprised) Ten thousand units? What`cha do?
Mr. Christopher: Well, when Mainframe closed down, we tried to open honest trade-routes with other systems. For some reason, the Guardians took exception to that. we`ve been on the run ever since!(dejectedly)
AndrAIa: Captain, we need your help to find a way into the Web!
Capacitor: I would be glad to try, for Dot`s sake. But why the Web?
Matrix: I told you, that`s where Bob is. We have to find him! He`s our only way back into Mainframe!
Capacitor: Well... I can`t do it without me crew! They`re being held in yonder prison!(points to fortress on hill above city)
Mr. Christopher: And there`s no way of breaking them out!
AndrAIa: Ah! But now you have a secret weapon, something they aren`t expecting... something that can`t be stopped!
Capacitor: And that would be...?
Matrix: (menacingly) Me.
Scene: Interior control room of prison; C.P.U. officers monitor the prison cells on vid-screens; AndrAIa appears at the room`s entrance...
AndrAIa: (clears throat) Excuse me... can you help me?
Binome in Charge: I`m sorry, Ma`am, this is a restricted area. I`m gonna have to ask you to leave!
AndrAIa: (plaintively) But my dog... he`s missing! (pauses) Have any of you seen him? (general noises about not having seen him; suddenly barking begins from distance outside of room) Oh, there he is! Frisket! C`mere boy!
B.in C.: (flustered) N...Now see here! Y`can`t bring a dog into the prison! (AndrAIa merely strikes a seductive pose and whistles to Frisket... to the appreciative delight of guards, who sigh at this; suddenly, chaos erupts as Frisket bursts in, bowling over and intimidating some of the guards; AndrAIa takes the star from her hair and throws it at the control panel, tearing a deep groove through them; B. in C. finally gets a hold of himself and pushes the alarm button)
AndrAIA: C`mon, Frisket! Let`s go! (they leave)
B. in C.: Stop them!
Scene: Outside the prison wall; Matrix, Capacitor, and Mr. Christopher as the alarm sounds...
Matrix: That`s our cue!
Capacitor: Wait here, Mr. Christopher. (moves to Matrix, near wall) But lad, we`ve no way to get over the wall!
Martix: (mysteriously) Oh, we`re not going 'over'!(draws gun and fires at wall, blasting large hole through the thick wall)
Capacitor: (astonished) By Gar!
Scene: outside prison building(within wall perimeter), AndrAIa and Frisket flee from inside along a fenced walkway, pursued by guards... until they run into a closed gateway; AndrAIa looks at gate...
AndrAIa: (to Frisket) Chow time! (Frisket bites one of the gates, tearing it off and flinging it at guards, pinning them underneath; C.P.U. forces come flying and firing towards them, but over shoot their mark, forcing themto stop and come back at them) Frisket! Go to the docks! Help them free the ship! (Frisket whines and shakes head, not wanting to leave her alone) I`ll lose these guys and meet you there! Go on! (Frisket barks and reluctantly leaves)
Scene: Interior of prison, the room before the cell-block...
Capacitor: They`re in here! (tries to unlock blast-doors) Gar-blasted lock-up codes!
Matrix: My turn! (draws and blasts lock, causing doors to open slightly)
Scene: Walkway outside prison, AndrAIa taunts C.P.U.s as they pass by...
AndrAIa: Hey bits for brains! How many C.P.U.s does it take to catch one sprite? (the C.P.U.s whip around and begin firing at her, but she merely uses her trident to vault over prison wall, escaping!)
Scene: Interior of prison, the partially opened blast-doors to the cell-block as Matrix tries to force them open with his bare hands...
Capacitor: (as Matrix grunts with effort, moving doors slightly) By the code, lad, HEAVE! (giving it hias all, Matrix succeeds in opening them, panting with exertion as Capacitor enters cell-block)
Mr. Jimmy: Captain! We knew you wouldn`t fail us! (looks to Matrix) But who`s that?
Capacitor: Don`t tell me you`ve forgotten the young Matrix boy? (Mr. Jimmy is very suprised; Matrix draws gun) Now stand back! (Matrix fires, knocking door off, freeing the crew, who cheer their freedom)
Princess Bula: (to Matrix as she passes him) You cute! (Matrix only chuckles in embarassment)
Capacitor: Mr. Jimmy, break out our weapons! (they open the locker containing their weapons, knocking it into the side of the next locker containing the Surfer`s board, waking Ray in his cell)
Ray: (seeing Matrix, Capacitor, and crew leaving) Hey, hey wait! These Guardian boot-lickers want me deleted too!
Matrix: (looking over his shoulder at Ray; scornfully) You`re no use to me!
Capacitor: (looking up at Matrix in disapproval) Enzo Matrix! You`ve changed more than I thought! What would Dot, fine woman that she be, think of her brother acting in such a churlish manner? (Matrix squirms at this reprimand, draws gun and shoots door off Ray`s cell, barely missing him)
Ray: (walking from cell) Thanks, mate! Any time I can...
Matrix: (interrupting) Save it! (Ray raises eyebrow at this and merely walks by, heading for the lockers, but finds the one with his board locked)
Ray: Matrix! One more shot! Over here! (Matrix in anger, aims at Ray, but a look from Capacitor makes him shoot the lock instead... again barely missing Ray)
Matrix: Next time, it`s your head!
Ray: (hopping on his floating board) Well, good day to you all! I`m riding the grid-waves out of here! If you want my advice, head straight to the Edge of Beyond... they`ll never catch you there! (leaves)
Matrix: Told you he was useless! Move out! (they all do)
Scene: the docks; the berth containing 'the Saucy Mare'; techs monitor the machinery holding ship in dock; the sound of growling is suddenly heard...
Tech: Wh... what...what was that? (a savagely snarling Frisket enters dock, causing tech-binomes to run for their lives)
Scene: A city street, as Ray flies by an alley containing a C.P.Unit... which gives chase...
C.P.U. Binome: Felon! Surrender or we will shoot!
Ray: Tough choice, but you`re in my space, now! (accelerates, going down streets, alleys, under cross-over bridges... making it extremely difficult for the C.P.Units to follow undamaged)
Scene: The berth contining the'`Mare'; the crew cheers as the restraints holding the ship are broken, and board ship...
Capacitor: Prepare to cast-off! Mr. Andrew! Get those engines on-line on the double!
Matrix: Good work, Frisket... but where`s AndrAIa? (Frisket whines, looking towards prison)
Mr. Christopher: (points out to sea) Sir! Look! (Capacitorlooks through spyglass, seeing two modern-looking warships moving in towards harbour)
Capacitor: Man the guns! Mr. Andrew! Get those engines on-line!
Matrix: (as ship`s guns take aim out to sea; low-voiced) C`mon, AndrAIa! Where areyou?
Scene: The city, as AndrAIa runs down back-alleys, pursued by C.P.Units, until a mis-turn sends her into a dead-end alley; theC.P.Units surround the open end...
AndrAIa: Uh-oh, the welcoming committee! (sarcastically) I feel so special!
C.P.U. Binome: You are trapped! There is no way out! Surrender or be deleted!
AndrAIa: Gee, tough choice! (brings out and extends trident, defiently) Bring it on!
Scene: Switches to Ray`s point of view as he and his C.P.Unit pursuers fly over roof-tops; Ray notices AndrAIa`s predicament in alley below...
Ray: Well well... whadda we have here? (stops suddenly, causing pursuers to zoom past him) A lovely damsel... outnumbered... definately in distress! (steps off board, falls calmly as board zooms down towards AndrAIa)
C.P.U. Binome: you have three nanoseconds to surrender! Three!... Two!... (suddenly, Ray`s board flies by C.P.Units... cutting off their gun barrels; AndrAIa gasps in suprise at this and the non-chalantly falling Ray as his board zooms back under his feet and he picks her up onto his board in passing)
Ray: It looks to me like you could use a lift!
AndrAIa: I take it that`s you favourite pick-up line?
Ray: Without a doubt! Allow me to introduce myself... I`m Ray, Ray Tracer... a Web surfer!
AndrAIa: AndrAIa... and thank you.
Ray: B`lieve me, lovely lady, the pleasure`s all mine!
C.P.Units: Felons! Surrender or die!
Ray and AndrAIa: (simultaneously)Wow! Tough choice!
Ray: Hang on! (accelerates ahead of C.P.Units, opening the gap) I`m... ah catchin` the next system-wave outta here... care to join me?
AndrAIa: Sorry, but I have some friends waiting for me! Dock 66... goin` my way?
Ray: For you? Anything!
Scene: The dock as warships get closer; on the 'Saucy Mare'...
Mr. Andrew: Engines on-line,Sir!
Capacitor: Forward on my command! Gunners prepare to fire!
Matrix: We`re not leavin` without AndrAIa! (Frisket barks excitedly towards city as AndrAIa and Ray fly into view chased by C.PCUnits)
AndrAIa: (as she and Ray arrive on board[no pun intended - Scribe]) Sorry I`m late... but if it wasn`t for ray, I wouldn`t have...
Matrix: (interupts abruptly) We`ve met.
Ray: ('real' glad) Yeah, nice to see you again, too! (one warship opens fire, hitting water near the ship)
Capacitor: Engines on full!
Matrix: Gunners! Fire at will! (the gunners trade shots with warships, taking few hits, but managing to sink one; the C.P.Units begin shooting at the 'Mare'; AndrAIa, Ray, and the rest of the crew fire hand weapons at them, knocking some from skies; Matrix concentrates his fire on remaining warship, but his two shots miss,; he turns to see AndrAIa and Ray working weel together... his eye-target glows red with jealous anger)
Capacitor: Full sail! (as sails appear) Set course for the Edge of Beyond! (once all sails are out, the 'Mare' speeds towards portal, entering it and leaving the system behind; the crew celebrate their escape; Matrix stalks over to where AndrAIa and Ray stand)
Matrix: I thought you had somewhere else to be!
Ray: Everybody has ta be somewhere! I like it here!
Matrix: (infuriated) Maybe I didn`t make myself clear... GET LOST!
AndrAIa: (exasperated) Enzo, I want you to stop this! He saved my life!
Matrix: (angry) We don`t need him!
AndrAIa: We need all the help we can get!
Matrix: (walks closer to Ray) You! Stay out of my way. (walks away)
Ray: Hmp... pleasant chap! Does he ever smile?
AndrAIa: If he does, run... very fast! (Frisket walks between them, growling menacingly at ray as he passes) Now don`t you start! (suddenly, ship lurches to an abrupt halt... throwing everybody off their feet)
Capacitor: Mr. Andrew, Mr. Phil! What is the meaning of this?
Mr. Andrew: Sir! The warship hit our portal generator! It`s a goner!
Capacitor: (shocked) Blow me down! Without the portal generator, we can`t escape this system!
Matrix: We must reach the Web!
Ray: Y`know, I do some of my best surfin` in the Web!
Capacitor: Are you saying that you can open the way to the Web?
Ray: It`s a... little talent of mine!
AndrAIa: (to Matrix) I told you he wasn`t such a bad guy! (Matrix walks away, angering her) Ray? Will you help us get into the Web?
Ray: For you, pretty lady? Anything! (Matrix looks back towards Ray with his target-eye blazing red)
