Everyone ready to rescue Dr. Windjammer and the Acjax?

Mike: Those Globstarians are goin' down.

Micky: You bet!

Emilio: I'm ready!

(We open onboard Sinestral's star cruiser. Mike, Micky, Emilio, Emma, and Rocco wander down the halls, carrying laser guns. Emma makes a face.)

Emma: I don't like this. It's too quiet around here.

Mike: Well, what WOULD you like? Bein' fried to death by these things? (Holds up his laser gun)

Micky: No, thanks. I'll pass on that.

Rocco: Anyone got a bleedin' map of this place?

Marlena: Well, why don't we just look around for the directory?

Emilio: Or just keep trying doors until... *Opens a door to reveal Sinestral and his crew* we find them...

(Sinestral holds Dr. Windjammer by the collar of his now-dirty lab coat.)

Sinestral: Doctor, if you don't do what I asked you to...

Hector: But sir, Acjax can't be recreated synthetically! Every scientist on Zlotnick has tried for aens!

Sinestral: They didn't have all of Globstaria's resources at their disposal.

Hector: Why do you want it so badly?

Sinestral: Our planet has been stripped of most of it's supply of Steelara, the strongest metal known to Globkind. Your Acjax has a similar chemical make-up to our Steelara.

Hector: But we need it...too! (Gasps as Sinestral applies pressure to his neck)

Sinestral: Yes, but I need to to create my fleet of super-powered Star Cruisers. Only Acjax can supply the necessary strength the Globstarians need to travel across the galaxy. We'll set up an outpost on every inhabitable planet in the universe! The natives will supply us with what we need...or they'll be turned into piles of sludge, like your leader. We'll be the only travellers going anywhere, the greatest tourists known to creature-kind.

Hector: No! That'll kill our economy!

Sinestral: Not your economy. Ours. We will rule this universe. We will be the ones who control the tourist trade, tell people how to take their families where and when.

(Suddenly, we hear a collective "Whoa!" come from the doorway. Mike, Emma, Emilio, Rocco, and Micky literally fall into the room on top of each other, Emilio with a clatter.)

Sinestral: Couldn't you enter a room a bit more quietly?

Hector: Sir! Rocco! (He struggles)

Micky: *Untangles himself* We always enter rooms like that.

Sinestral: Grand Squadron Leader Emilio. I thought I recognised you. (Narrows his eyes) I can't turn androids into sludge... (he drops Hector and lunges for Emilio) but I can rearrange their wiring.

Emilio: That's what you think! *Dodges Sinestral*

Mike: (He jumps in front of Sinestral, waving his gun) One move, scumbag, and you're gonna end up with a hole in that pretty little chest of yours.

Emma: (She and Rocco help Hector to his feet) You ok?

Hector: (Nods) Yes, I am. Thank you. (He points at a huge computer bank near the window) The Acjax sample is being analysed in that computer.

Micky: I got it! *Runs to the computer & grabs the sample*

Sinestral: Don't touch it, you little fool! (He manages to grab a walkie-talkie from the computer console behind him and bark) All men, please report to the front deck. We are being invaded. All men, please report to the front deck. This is a code red emergency. We are being invaded.

("Listen to the Band" begins as Mike lunges for him. The two go tumbling across the floor, wrestling. More men flood the area.)

Emma: (Over the music) Micky, toss it this way!

*Micky tosses it to Emma.*

Emma: Come and get me, you Glob slime! (One of the men does lunge for her. She brings up her knees between his family jewels. He doubles over, and she tosses the rock to Emilio as an android comes after her)

Rocco: Hey Emilio, watch out! Globstarians comin' right at'cha! They're aftah the rock!

Emma: Emilio, I just sent the rock to you!

Emilio: *Runs with the rock, almost like a football player* I'm going for a touchdown!

(Sinestral shoves Mike away and makes a flying leap for Emilio!)

Rocco: (Grabs Sinestral's ankles) Got 'em down! :D

(We see Emma, Micky, and several of the Zlontnickan Army cheering in the background. Mike holds a microphone)

Mike: And it looks like Fightin' Emilio the Android's gonna make the goal for the Zlotnickian Panthers as we join the game!

(Two of Sinestral's army makes a flying leap for Emilio at once!)

*Emilio dodges them. They slam into each other.*

Mike: And here comes the Globstarian Slimeballs! There's a whole row of them blockin' the the goal!

(Indeed, we do see a whole row of Globstarians in front of the door, looking mad as pitbulls and about as attractive.)

Mike: Looks like he's gonna try for the goal, folks!

(Sinestral, having pried Rocco off of him, goes after Emilio!)

Emma: Emilio, watch out!

*Emilio zigs and zags, in an attempt to shake him.*

(Emilio runs up against Sinestral's men...literally. He runs flat into the wall of men and loses the rock! Almost everyone in the room jumps for it. Rocco crawls out of the pile - he has the rock!)

Rocco: And Rocco scores two points for Zlotnick!

(Rocco tosses the rock to Micky as the men who were in the row in front of the goal try to lunge for him.)

(Micky tosses it to Mike. Mike holds it over Sinestral's head until he punches him in the gut. Mike drops the rock right into Sinestral's hands.)

Hector: No! This is too important for Zlotnick! We need that ore! (He jumps on Sinestral, knocking the rock loose again. Emma grabs it this time.)

(Emma makes for the hallway. One of the Globstarians trips her. She goes flying, and he gets the rock. He turns around...and right into a huge fist! Marlena makes a face and grabs the rock. Ain't nice to trip anyone.)

(Five guys jump from out of nowhere, grabbing the rock from Marlena. One runs off with it...but is pounced on by two curly-haired figures who jump from out of the shadows, making "boogety-boogety" noises.)

(Two Globstarians try to land on the pair themselves, but they get out of the way in time for them to land flat on the floor.)

(Iggy grabs four guys at once who are chasing after Micky and Emilio. He tosses them all into a dark hole. We hear a "squish" and a series of "yucks" as they land.)

Mike: Throw it over here, guys!

*Micky throws it in Mike's direction.*

(Mike is about to catch it, but Sinestral tries to get it at the same time. They run into each other, bonking heads as they do. They grumble and rub their foreheads as Cunland and his men make their way into the hallway. Iggy grabs the rock and runs off with it!)

(Four guys grabs Iggy's four arms at once! He goes down. One of the Globstarians runs off with the rock.)

(Cunland and three of the Zlotnickian Army members grab at the rock at once...but the rock lands in a bag of garbage being taken down to the compactors by a robot!)

Mike: (Yells) STOP THAT GARBAGE!

(We have a montage of everyone running in-and-out of doors and across hallways Scooby Doo-style, occasionally running into each other, getting turned around, or climbing over each other.)

(Mike hands Sinestral a flower. He already has one he's eating. Sinestral sneezes. Mike walks away, still eating his flower. Sinestral hands the flower to Micky, still sneezing.)

*Micky shrugs and eats the petals.*

Marlena: (Points to the garbage robot as the song ends) I think I see it!

Mike: Emilio, can you talk to the guy? Tell him we need to search his trash, no matter how gross that sounds.

Emilio: Be right back! *Takes off to catch the garbage robot*

Iggy: (As they talk) Well, what does he say?

Rocco: It's sure an animated conversation for a pair of walkin' can openers.

Emilio: *Returns, grinning, the rock in his gloved hand* Piece of asteroid!

Mike: (Sniffs Emilio...and pulls away) That's not what I smell. What died in there?

Sinestral: Now we can discuss handing that rock over.

Emilio: After what I just went through to get it? No way!

Sinestral: (He pulls out a laser gun) Hand it over, or your pretty little android wife is going to be able to look both ways when she works on your insides.

Emilio: *Defiant* No!

(A laser beam comes out of nowhere, hitting Sinestral's hand. He screams and drops the gun. Slime oozes out of his wrist as he grabs hold of it. Cunland and several men run over to him.)

Mike: That's it, boy. Fun's over. This rock belongs to the citizens of Zlotnick.

Cunland: (He moves away, his eyes wide) I don't think you should have done that...

Sinestral: (Growls; there's an odd rumble in his voice) That rock is MINE. I MUST have METAL!

Mike: Calm down, man. You can get your metal somewhere else.

Sinestral: (He's breathing heavily) MUST....HAVE...METAL!

Rocco: What's with him? He looks like a slime-covered draopel in heat.

Cunland: (He and the other Globstarians are making for the doorways) Don't say we didn't warn you. You burned his image enhancer. We all wear them. (Shows his, a metal bracelet-like object around his right wrist)

Emma: (Watches as slime gushes out of Sinestral's body) What's happening!?

(All of a sudden, Sinestral's too-perfect skin seems to burst off his body. His hair disappears, and his now-scaly skin oozes slime from every pore. His eyes become yellowish, reptilian. His clothing disappears under the slime. He sprouts six new arms from either side of his body. One of them picks up Emilio and the rock!)

Cunland: Now you know why we were exactly eager to let you see what we really looked like.

Emilio: *Screams* Put me down!

Rocco: Let him go, you overgrown bog-hopper! (He grabs a chair and tries to hit him with it, but it just sinks into the slime)

Mike: Wait! All this stuff... (He grabs a metal chair) You want metal? (He tosses a chair into Sinestral's mouth) Eat this!

Rocco: Everyone, start tossin' furniture!

Iggy: This was an ugly lamp anyway. (He tosses the lamp into Sinestral's mouth. He swallows it, burps, hiccups...and appears to light up from the inside. When he hiccups again, the light goes out.)

Micky: That's a good trick.

Emma: (She tosses a table into Sinestral's mouth) We can't keep feeding him. He'll just want more!

Rocco: We need to bring this bloke down to size.

Cunland: But how can we...hey! (Sinestral picks him up) Master! I'm your second master! Your second commanding officer! Master Sinestral, listen to reason! (Sinestral sees the metal laser gun and belt buckle; his mouth seems to water.) Master Sinestral, you wouldn't eat ME! You couldn't! You... (But Sinestral DOES stuff Cunland in his mouth, even as he protests. He lets out a HUGE burp that rocks the whole ship, then groans.)

Rocco: He didn't say "excuse me."

Iggy: That was gruesome.

Marlena: Definitely not my first choice way to go.

Mike: (As Sinestral's arms flail around wildly, grabbing at anything metal) Micky, maybe we could blow him up or burn him, or something! What chemical could bring down slime?

Micky: Something acidic would work.

Mike: (Reaches into the pocket of his uniform and pulls out a mint-green bottle) Glad I brought my Maalox.

Emma: How did you fit that in there?

Mike: A magician musician never reveals his tricks, darlin'.

Emma: Tricks, my....whoa! (Sinestral is now reaching for the computer consoles. The ship lists wildly from side to side.)

Rocco: (As members of both armies are knocked from side to side) Bloke's gone bloomin' mad, he has! He's eatin' his own ship!

Mike: That's it. Micky, here you go! (He tosses it to Micky, who is closer to Sinestral, as one slimy arm grabs Mike in it's tentacles)

Marlena: (Dodging an arm) Micky, toss it here!

*Micky nods and tosses it to Marlena.*

Iggy: Marlena, I think I can reach him with my two upper arms!

Marlena: Let me give you a boost! (Iggy flutters onto Marlena's wide shoulders. He throws the bottle into Sinestral's mouth, just as Rocco throws something small, round, and gray in. The huge pile of sludge swallows both. It stops for a moment, dropping everything, including Mike, it's eyes wide and pained.)

(Suddenly, it lets out a HUGE burp, larger than the last one! The ship shakes like crazy, and everyone is blown across the room!)

Mike: If that's that sucker's bark, I'd hate to see its bite!

(Little tendrils of smoke pour out of Sinestral. Something seems to churn inside his slimy stomach. He lets out another, slightly smaller belch.)

Sinestral: (Very small voice) Excuse me. (Everyone ducks for cover as more smoke pours out of him. We see him shake harder, and then...KABOOM! Slime and white foam flies everywhere!)

Mike: (He and Emma are the first ones to peek out. Emma has a little foam on her head; Mike's head and chest are covered) Everyone ok?

Rocco: (He emerges from under a table, covered from head to toe in foam; waves a hand around his nose) Whoaaaa! I ain't even gonna ask what he had for breakfast! His breath smells like the garbage heap next door to the Sunshine Cab Company headquarters!

Emma: (Looks where Emilio and Micky ducked) Big enough explosion for you, Mick?

Micky: That was very nice, yes.

Iggy: (He brushes his feathers off; he, Micky, and Emilio are covered) What is this gunk?

Mike: (Grins; takes a lick) I think it's carbonated Maalox. Maalox with extra gas.

Hector: (He emerges from behind a computer console, with neither a scratch nor Maalox on him) Good work, Rocco! You remembered how two forms of gas react when put together.

Rocco: Noisily.

Marlena: (She's brushing the Maalox off her chest) This is great, but could we go home now? I'm never gonna get this stuff out from between my toes.

Mike: Hey Emilio, you ever drive a star cruiser?

Emma: We still have to restore Mingdar, too. They must have turned him into one of them.

Emilio: No, I haven't, actually.

Rocco: I'll drive. How different could it be from a cab?

Marlena: Have you ever driven anything this big before?

Rocco: Not really, but there's no better time to learn.

Zlotnickian Squadron Member #1: (He and the other Squadron members drag in the rest of the Globstarian army) We found these others in the ship's main lab, sir. (Hands Emilio a huge laser gun) They told us this was the object used to transform Grand Imperial Leader Mingdar into one of them, so he would be helpless to do anything about their invasion.

Mike: (He looks the gun over) Looks like there's a reverse button on this thing, too. Why don't we go home and turn Mingdar back into something resemblin' himself?

Micky: It's worth a try.

Rocco: Oh good. (He jumps behind the controls as the other Squadron members take the remaining Globstarians to the brig) Let's see if I can get us started...

Iggy: What about this one? (He points to a big red button)

Rocco: This one? (He pushes the button...and all of a sudden, everything becomes one big blur as the star cruiser flashes through space!)

(The bright light overwhelms the screen. As it fades, it reveals another bright light...but this one is greenish. Lauren and Beth scan the skies, waiting for the others to return. Beth holds a bucket.)

Lauren: *Eyes widen* Uh, I think they're coming!

Beth: *Looks where Lauren's looking* Take cover! *The girls run off to the side.*

(The ship suddenly blurs out of the green sky. It comes to a bumpy, screeching stop on the same landing pad the group left from. Smoke comes out of the back of the cruiser. The hatch pops open. Rocco comes out first, now slightly less covered in Maalox.)

Rocco: (Looks around and grins) Well, that could have been worse.

Marlena: You are never going to get your Cruiser Class License.

Iggy: (As the squadron members stream out behind them, many looking more than a little green) That was the most awesome landing I've seen in ages.

Juniper: (He joins the others) I am glad to see you home. Do you have the rock?

Hector: (He comes out holding the sample) Yes, we do! We can figure out if there really is more Acjax in the mines, or if this is just an isolated bit.

Mike: (He and Emma come out with the laser gun, followed by Micky and Emilio) And we have the gun that'll change Ming back!

Juniper: What happened to Master Sinestral and his crew?

Emma: To make a long story short, Sinestral turned into a slimy monster and ate Cunland and anything else he could get his tentacles on.

Rocco: That was ugly, that was.

Mike: (As Beth pours Mingdar out of the bucket, Mike hands Emilio the laser gun) I think this honor should go to you, Great Head Squadron Leader.

Emilio: Thanks. *Aims the laser gun and fires*

(A green beam hits Mingdar. When it subsides, Mingdar is himself again, looking more-or-less the same as he did in the end of "Planet of the Monkees.")

Mingdar: Oh, thank you! (He hugs Emilio) You did well, Grand Squadron Leader!

Hector: And I'm going to get to work studying this. What this planet needs is a way to find other means of fuel and of building besides Acjax.

Mike: (Nods) We're workin' on that at our planet, too. Like my buddy Peter keeps tryin' to tell anyone who'll listen, stuff like rocks that become metal don't last forever. You gotta find other ways to build your buildin's and fuel your ships.

Emma: (Nods) You have to take care of your natural resources. This planet is the only one you have.

Mingdar: (Nods) I'm going to allot more money for finding other ways to build besides Acjax. Maybe we could reuse the old Acjax from demolished buildings, or find other metals.

Rocco: An' we're all willin' to help.

Juniper: My planet has run on the juice from our many forms of plant life for many, many decans. We could share our knowledge with you.

Marlena: It's pretty damn hot where I come from. The sun and the wind are all the fuel we need.

Mike: That's the spirit! (Turns to Emilio) And it's gettin' REAL late. I think it's time we went home.

Emilio: *Nods* Yeah. I'll drop ya off.

Mingdar: Thanks again for everything!

Rocco: Yeah, drop in again. You know how to reach the Sunshine Cab Company. Just whistle.

Mingdar: And maybe when you return, this planet will run on a lot more than just one piece of metal.

Emma: (As they hug each other) We'll miss you!

Mike: Ok, Emilio. How are we gonna get outta here? Your ship ain't even here!

Emilio: It can be. *Whistles, and the ship appears* See?

Mike: Damn. That's good.

Emma: I'm impressed.

Emilio: Shall we?

Mike: All aboard for Earth! (Emilio presses a button on the tiny ship. It flashes a light...and we see five little lights fly into the ship. The ship takes off into the sky, as the camera pulls away from Mingdar, Beth, the remaining squadron members, and the cabbies waving and cheering.)

(Cut to the same alley in LA they left out of. There's a beam of light. Mike, Emma, Micky, and Lauren reappear.)

Mike: I ain't never gonna get used to that "Star Trek" stuff.

Emma: We seem to all be here.

Mike: (Looks at his watch) And it's exactly one minute after we left.

Emma: (Grins) Shall we go home and tell our children about the exciting adventure we had this evening?

Micky: Definitely.

Mike: (Takes Emma's arm) Ain't no place better n' home, darlin'.

(The four stroll off into the waning Calfornia evening, as we catch a glimpse of a tiny spaceship flitting across the LA cityscape as we fade out....)