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Great thanks goes to Karen 'Kat' Mollet for proofreading
and error corrections.
Scene: Gadget's workshop. Gadget and Monty currently are
inside some mechanical device of unknown purpose. Zipper is
watching them working
Gadget: Hold this lever, Monty, until I...
Monty: Okay, dear.
Gadget: I'm turning on the welding torch.
From the device appear long snap of sparks. It dies out,
and Monty and Gadget climb out, pulling off the welding masks.
Gadget: Oh, near done now. I just have to push in this
lever, and it should work. Monty, you where going?
Monty (standing in doors): Sorry, luv, I just remembered.
I had left milk on the fire in kitchen! (leaves)
Gadget: Really? Okay then. Zipper, please stay, I will
need Your help.
* * *
Scene: Landing platform outside the headquarters. Gadget
and Zipper are working on the crane, lowering on the platform
the shuttle-like device with short wings. Open doors, and Chip
and Dale come out.
Dale: Wow! What's this?
Gadget: This is my new space ship. I will name it
"Floe-2E" (See note 2)
Dale: E?
Gadget: E comes for 'Enhanced'.
Chip: Again Floe? Gadget, you promised not to build any
more time-travel machines! A meeting with the Destroyers
wasn't enough?
Gadget: Gosh, Chip, this is only a plane. Well, a very
fast plane, I need admit, but only the plane. Well, it is very
fast, and Einstein says, that if you go very very fast, that
the time then changes, but I don't think...
Dale: Can I test it?
Chip: DALE!
Gadget: Dale, wait, I...
Dale doesn't listen. He jumps into the cockpit, touches
the levers and indicators. Follow electrical excharge, snaps
of sparks and flash of light.
Dale: Ai! Ouch! Oi-oi-oi! Is it... U-u-u! ...experi-
ment.... Ouch! ...al model? Aiee!
The flashes are lighting up howling Dale, so that his
skeleton is visible for a moment.
Gadget: I have to weld and isolate most of the controls
yet...
Howling Dale is catapulted from the cockpit. He ascends,
leaving after himself a smoke trail, then falls back and lands
on the landing platform. His fur is now pitch black. He is ly-
ing on stomach paws stretched to all sides like a rug; eyes
reduced to the black dots.
Dale: O-oh...
Gadget: O, Dale, are You okay?
Dale nods and on all fours crawls a bit away from the
'Floe-2E'.
Dale: I just will better stand there, at the side.
Chip: Gadget, where's Monty?
Gadget: At kitchen. Some news, Chip?
Chip: Nothing worth our attention. However, it's strange,
I was coming straight from the kitchen, and I didn't see him.
Guess we would have missed each other.
Chip walks back in. Dale follows him, still on all fours.
* * *
Scene: landing platform, a bit later. 'Floe-2E' has all
her access hatches open, and from one of them is seen lover
half of Gadget. All around are scattered tools and details.
From inside the device is heard Gadget's voice talking to her-
self.
Doors open and enter Monty with Zipper sitting on his
shoulder, some food in his paw, chewing mightily.
Gadget's tail twists around, looking for the necessary
tools. When it touches something, Gadget loudly comments the
find and then moves the tail further.
Monty smiles and watches the scene in silence, while fi-
nishing off the food. Suddenly from the top comes some light.
Monty raises head and freezes with his mouth open. Zipper squ-
eaks in shock and closes his eyes. Light passes them and di-
sappears .
Gadget twists out from the hole and notices Monty.
Gadget: Well, since you are here, can you get me that
screwdriver. It's too far for me to reach it from here.
Monty blindly grabs in the air. Zipper opens one eye.
Monty: Gadget? You where? Why it is so dark suddenly?
Gadget: What's with you, Monty? It's only early afterno-
on...
Monty: Gadget? ... I... can't see anything... Only dark-
ness...
Monty's face twist into shock. Zipper had both eyes open,
and is into same shock.
Monty (panicking): I can't see!!!
Zipper squeaks in horror.
Gadget: Monty, what happened?
Monty: Gadget... I'm blind....
Gadget: No... it can't be, how could it happen? Did you
eat something from the park? Darn, if the city is again tos-
sing poisoned food around, I'll...
Monty touches the wall behind himself and slowly sits
down, his back pressed against the wall.
Monty: No...
Gadget: Gosh. How then it could have happened?
Gadget sits down at Monty's side and puts her hand on his
shoulder.
Zipper breaks out from the shock and tries to explain,
gesticulating wildly.
Gadget: I don't understand you, Zipper...
Zipper sights sadly.
Monty: Gadget, can I touch you?
Monty holds Gadget's hands between his.
Monty: I can feel you, so I'm not dead. Only my eyes...
Gadget: Monty... (starts crying against Monty's shoulder)
Doors open, Chip comes out. Noticing the scene, he stops
and looks at it. From behind him appears Dale's head.
Chip: What happened?
Gadget: Chip... Monty, he's... He's blinded!
Dale: Monty?
Monty: All I can remember, I saw a light in the sky, and
then it went dark...
Gadget: Chip, Dale, we need to put him in the bed!
* * *
Scene: RR headquarters, main room. All rangers, except
Monty, are watching TV.
Voice from TV: "... was detected mysterious flying ob-
ject. After circling Earth once, it fell down somewhere in the
Amazonian selva. The government of Brazil..."
Zipper takes in the air and in front of TV set starts the
pantomime, repeating the story, he tried to tell Gadget earli-
er.
Gadget: Chip, it must be what Monty saw!
Chip: What said doctor?
Gadget: Nothing good. Monty is blind, they can't find any
reasons, why, and also they can't tell, if it will pass.
(starts crying) What, if it doesn't?
Zipper speeds away and returns with the handkerchief for
Gadget.
Gadget: What will happen with him now?
Gadget is crying, wiping tears away.
Dale: Poor Monty, how he is suffering...
Chip (thinking): Yes, ol' Monty hates when he is help-
less.
Gadget: I'm so sorry. Maybe there still is a chance to
save him?
Chip: Gadget, 'Floe-2E' is ready for flight?
Gadget stops crying.
Gadget: Yes, but what you have in mind?
* * *
Scene: 'Floe-2E' is flying over the forest.
Monty: Why you need that? I'm invalid, better I stay at
home.
Gadget: We are trying to restore your vision.
Monty: Hope Kiwi's magic would help? No, Gadget, I'd rat-
her die from the shame before I force onto you the endless
task of looking for the help for me. I'm no ranger anymore,
and you will have other tasks. Let's go back, while we can,
okay?
Dale: Don't be afraid, Monty, all is not lost.
Monty: Oh, sure, Dale. I still have my hands and legs to
loose too.
Dale: I'm sorry, I didn't want to offend you! Monty, I...
Monty: No, it's me who should be sorry. It's from the
stress, I think. What do you see below?
Chip and Dale look down. Into green sea stands a big
oval, where everything had burned - trees and grass and vines.
Chip: Jungle and river. Look, gadget, there had been fo-
rest fire.
Dale: And big one, look how far it stretches...
Gadget: Its not any ordinary wildfire. Wear your safety
belts, we are landing.
* * *
Scene: Inside burnt clearing. Chip, Dale and Gadget are
looking at a big ball, covered with sooth.
Dale (wondering): If this is the alien spaceship, then
where is the entrance?
Gadget touches ball.
Gadget: Its cold.
Gadget peers closer at the ball's outer skin, scratches
it.
Gadget: Dale, get me the plasma cutter from 'Floe'.
Monty is sitting into the cockpit of 'Floe'.
Monty: Zipper, what is happening outside?
Dale climbs into cockpit and starts search under the sit-
tings.
Dale: I think, we found the alien ship.
Monty: Good work, boys. Zipper, can you straighten me
pillow - there?
Dale arrives with the device.
Gadget: Thanks, Dale.
Dale: If he were any more down, he'd be in China.
Chip: Oh, why he just so likes to bury himself alive.
Gadget steps behind the ball. The zumming of the instru-
ment. It dies out after a while, then is heard Gadget leaning
against something mightily, and then something heavy hits the
ground.
Gadget: Zipper's good nurse, we will get some time to sa-
ve Monty from melancholia.
Chip: Why do you think so?
Gadget: Look.
The look at the sphere from other side. There is a round
hole cut into it, revealing the computer screens, many blin-
king buttons and a pilot chair into centre.
Chip: There's no one inside. What do we do now?
Gadget: At least we discovered, that it was piloted...
Explosion close by.
Dale: And here comes the pilot! Gadget, run!
On the clearing steps out light brown big-eared alien the
size of rangers (see note 4). He has just pulled out a pistol
from the pouch hanging at his belt, and is aiming at the ran-
gers.
Chip: Dale, Gadget, run!
Dale: But you?
Chip: I will try to talk to him!
Gadget: No! Chip, he could kill you!
Gadget falls down, to avoid beam passing over her. Scream
of Dale. Gadget scrambles to feet, while alien is shooting at
Dale.
Chip: Hold it! We aren't enemy!
Gadget: Right, we just broke his spaceship! Excellent lo-
gic, Chip! Chip!!! He..
Gadget and Dale: CHIIP!!!
Monty is sitting into 'Floe' and listening to the scre-
ams. Zipper is into shock, as the explosions light him up,
Monty can only hear.
Monty: They are into trouble. And I sit there and can't
help them.
Monty listens. There is pause into the screaming and exp-
losions. Something clicks characterically, like loading gun,
then shooting starts again.
Monty: No. I am still alive, and I can move! You with me,
Zipper?
Monty touches around. Zipper has thought about something
and guides his paw toward the big red button.
Monty: Rescue Ranger, away!
Monty presses the button. Floe shakes violently. The mist
horn blasts out near visible sound waves from the nose of
'Floe'.
* * *
Scene: The burned clearing. All present heroes are lying
on the ground, closing ears with paws, including the alien,
who had dropped his weapon and is on knees, holding his folded
ears.
Dale: Yes! Great, Gadget!
Gadget: It's not me, Dale, it's Monty.
All gather around Floe.
Chip: How did you do that, Monty?
Monty: I don't know. Zipper guided me. I just pressed.
Alien is up and closing, but stops into respectable dis-
tance. All are looking at him suspiciously, he is looking
back. Alien lowers weapon.
Moor: I'm Moor. I'm not enemy.
Gadget: We are Rescue rangers. Sorry for breaking your
ship.
Moor: Oh, its nothing big. Don't worry.
Gadget: I'm Gadget, this is Chip, Dale, and there...
Moor: I guess, I jumped to the wrong conclusions seeing
you...
Monty's ears perk up.
Monty: What is happening out there?
Moor: I'm sorry, my name's Moor...
Monty (getting angrier and angrier): So its you I have to
thank for my blindness? Just wait 'til I get to you, then I...
Monty blindly climbs out from the cockpit and balances on
the edge, with foot touching for the ladder down that isn't
there.
Chip: Careful, Monty, there isn't a...
Monty trips and lands face-first.
Chip: ...ladder...
Gadget: Poor Monty, he was hit badly!
Monty is whimpering on the ground.
Monty: How stupid...
Dale: It's all your fault!
Gadget is bandaging Monty's head.
Moor: I'm really sorry. I will heal your friend, but I
need a help myself first. You are helping, right?
Chip: Yes, we are fighting for justice everywhere.
Alien gets sad.
Moor: My sister is dying.
Gadget: Gosh, what happened to her? (Helps Monty sit)
Monty, watch your head, there is the plane wing over.
Monty: Thanks, luv.
Moor: She's plumquering...
Moor cries with green tears.
Chip: Wha-at?
Moor: I'm afraid, I couldn't explain so easily...
Gadget with compassion is looking at the sad Moor.
Gadget (strong voice): Chip, we definitely need to help
him.
Chip: Are you sure... He tried to kill us just a moment
ago...
Monty (angry and sadly at the same time): Of course, who
now need a poor blind Monty... Just toss him out with the ot-
her trash, and go on...
Gadget catches Monty's hand and paws it softly.
Gadget (talks like accusing a small child - soft): Monty,
you are unfair. Moor is crying, even if you can't see that. He
too is having bad times.
Moor: I'm sorry. I'm really sorry for you, Monty. I will
see to you regaining eyesight, I promise.
Moor gets other Monty's paw and copies Gadget's move-
ments. Gadget turns away to hide her laughing.
Monty: Gadget? Where are you? Is that you?
Moor: It is my hand. Believe, we are need to each other.
* * *
Scene: Deep space. 'Floe' is going somewhere on a full
speed, engines blazing. The black ball is tied to her. On it's
side can be seen trail where Gadget had cut it open, but now
it is closed.
Chip: What happened with you?
Moor: Not only with me. We are living on the Moon. I was
a crown prince on our home planet, but Zano - princess. Howe-
ver, after our father departed to the higher worlds, the ty-
rant Zoorl wanted... well, you call that 'kill'. He wanted to
kill us, so we ran away. While travelling, we found your pla-
net.
Gadget: But why are you living on the Moon?
Moor: Well, there is quiet and lonely, just like at our
home. We lived fine, until once someone broke into our home,
while we were out walking. After that Zano started to plumque-
r...
Chip: What that means?
Moor: Out bodies dry up, voice disappears, the hairs fall
out, at the end the plumquering one doesn't want to do anyt-
hing at all, even eating and breathing...
Dale: Exactly like our Monty!
Monty: Forgive me Moor. I didn't know that. Even if I
won't ever see again, I will try to help save your sister. Li-
ve is worth more that eyesight and your sadness greater that
mine.
Moor: Thank you. Gadget, how you work with this radio?
* * *
Scene: On the Moon. 'Floe' is 'mooned'. All Rangers, in
spacesuits, are climbing out from it. Moor jumps down first,
then at the doors start a silent jamming - both Chip and Dale
try to get out first. After some time Gadget has enough of
this, and leans to the Monty, patiently waiting. Next moment
both chipmunks are launched out from the 'Floe' like from the
catapult, but still land quite 'soft' - and at same time. They
immediately renew their silent shouting about who had touched
Moon first. Guided by Gadget and Zipper, Monty catches them by
the collars of costumes and gives both a good shake - it's now
too late to solve this question. Chipmunks calm down. Then
they all start walking (better say - moving with big jumps)
behind the small hill.
Moon panorama. Into far are visible few spherical domes,
joined by low walkways.
Moor: This is our home.
Chip: How did you arrive there?
Moor: We have spaceship that once belonged to our father.
Chip: Is it that?
Not far from the domes is standing a vertical rocket, li-
ke a few cigars tied together. Near it stand few smaller
ships.
Moor: No... It's ship from our planet! We are too late!
Dale: Why?
Moor: If this is ship from my planet, it means that the
enemies are there.
Monty: Your enemies are our enemies, Moor!
Moor: We are too weak, Monty. Your sound-blaster is piti-
ful against the neutrino torpedoes they carry. We should creep
closer to that hill, so we can see what is going on there..
Monty: Gadget, Zipper and I are returning to the 'Floe'.
Gadget: You will get there alone, Monty?
Monty: Sure, Gadget. I still can move by touch!
* * *
Scene: moon panorama. The domes are now much closer. Also
heavy movement is now visible between the ships and the domes.
Moor: My poor sister. What a terrible fate awaits her at
the home...
Chip: Hey! What is going there?
Moor: Better for us to not know. We can expect the worst
from these criminals...
Gadget (lowering binocle): Moor, what is that mark on the
side of that car?
Moor: Let me see... (stretches for the binocle) It can't
be...
Into binocle is visible tank-like ground vehicle circling
the dome.
Moor: Gods, how supporting you are to us!
Moor falls down into the dust, face first. Other's look
at him, not understanding.
Gadget (worried): Are you all right?
Moor: They are our allies! Faster!
* * *
Scene: The hall under big dome. Through the see-thru cei-
ling is visible Earth and stars. All are without the space
costumes.
Chip: She will life?
Around and into background are visible few cheburash-
ka-like aliens. One of them - all covered with the various mo-
narchist regales - is standing near Moor. Moor is wearing
crown-like headwear.
Omaii (one with regales): Yes. The gods are shining for-
tunes for You, Your Majesty. You sent the distress signal in
time, but our receivers didn't believe at first, that is co-
ming not from the planet, but from satellite. Moreover, we
just intercepted another ship from our planet. He too caught
Your distress signal, but we arrived before he corrected his
mistake, Your Highness. Just look what we found onboard!
The soldiers - with the equipment any soldier need -
bring in another alien into the bright uniform.
Moor: Well, well, well, Zoorl personally. What did you
want there, monster?
Zoorl: I wanted to finish you off, you worthless piece...
(one of soldiers elbows him, cutting off the curse)... For
sheer luck I fell on your trail on the moon of this barbaric
planet...
Monty: Hey! Watch your tongue!
Zoorl: ... I really hoped that you both will get ill and
die, but alas... Only she got infected... Then I came to deal
with you, but you managed to slip past me... If not your watc-
hdogs, no savages from the planet would have helped you aga-
inst my wrath, you worthless...
Omaii (in anger): SHUT UP! We are sure, he flew to kill
You, Your Majesty. He is into Your hands now.
Zoorl: Too bad I didn't kill you on the same day my sol-
diers 'tornilled' that old fool, your dad.
Moor: You are a traitor and a murderer. You can be killed
on the spot for treachery. Nevertheless, I will save your li-
fe. You will get a trial in from of my people. Lock him away.
Zoorl is taken away.
Monty: Congratulations with your victory. And forgive me
for getting angry with you.
Moor: No, it's I who needs to thank you, Monty. I caused
great pain to you, but you and your friends still helped me.
Monty: Your doctors are wonderful, Moor. I didn't even
feel anything. And I see again! I swear to the oldest roll of
French cheese, you sure came with good intentions!
Moor: Rangers, if not you...
Gadget: Listen, Moor. Let's get it clear - we did nearly
nothing. However, you sure helped us.
Moor: No, Gadget. If not your 'Floe', Zoorl would have
tracked me earlier, and the help would have come too late for
me. I came to Earth into a hopeless chances of finding help.
And I get it from you.
Chip: You were afraid to call from help from the Moon?
Moor: I knew, that if the Zoorls spies got the signal,
they would trace it back to me. Alone I had no chances.
Omaii: Your Highness, princess Gadget, if not the radio
of 'Floe', the tyrant wouldn't have left out planet personal-
ly, but he flew away, and gave the people chance to get free
and restore the rightful monarchy. All thanks to You and Your
rangers.
Monty: Well, if someone asks me, that maybe all this hap-
pened due me becoming blind? If not that, this big-ear tyrant
would have still tyrannised his people for god knows how lon-
ger. Thanks to you, Gadget, Moor now can return to his home
not fearing for his life.
Omaii: And crown.
Gadget: But Duke Omaii, we did so little...
Omaii: It was enough for His Highness and His sister to
stay alive. You saved Them and returned to Their people.
Thanks for this; Your names with golden letters will be writ-
ten into out Great Tome of Heavenly... (See note 5)
Moor: Don't shock them too much, Omaii. Rangers, I want
to thank you in name of all my people. Accept from me this
small present.
Moor points at the near dome, into the centre of what,
filling nearly all of it, stands something that resembles
stack of flying saucers on three thin legs.
Gadget (not believing her eyes): Gosh, the ship?
Chip: But could we steer it, Gadget?
Gadget: This is my department then. Moor, for us this
isn't little, it's a great present.
Moor: Not only that. My main present is this.
Moor makes wide circle with paw. Rangers exchange looks.
Dale: Excuse, where?
Moor: Around us.
Silent scene.
Suddenly ranger faces all lit up - except Chip, who turns
a shade of grey. Gadget with loud: "Goosh!" takes off from the
place, already pulling out some instrument. She is carried
through the wide corridor toward the ship.
Dale: Hurrah!
Dale jumps up and hangs from the ceiling, making movement
motion with legs.
Chip: Dale, get down and stop goofing!
Dale (still in air): Hurrah! We will have moon base! And
humans won't! We will have moon base, and humans won't! We
will have moon base...
Chip: Thank you for so great present, but how could we
live here?
Moor: Don't worry, Chip, our engineers will quickly adapt
it to your needs. You will need the spaceport for your space
ship, won't you?
Dale continues jumping up to the ceiling and yelling abo-
ut the moon base.
Gadget's lower half is visible from the open hatch into
the side of spaceship, from time to time she is exclaiming
about something happily.
Monty and zipper are making a dance steps, unbelievable
but available thanks to the low gravity.
Chip is sitting on the floor, watching all this with a
worried face.
Chip (to Moor): Your crew by chance doesn't include a
psychiatrist?
Gadget (voice barely heard from the hangar): Chip, I will
call it 'Floe 3'! Wow! It even has the space-time distortion
generator!
Chip (getting ever paler): What? Time? Gadget, no!
Chip launches toward the hangar, but failing to take in
account the local laws of mass and inertia relations miss the
entrance. He ricochets from the activated ship's defensive
shield and is launched back, past frame and out. Offscreen is
heard loud impact, followed by shattering pottery. Into the
silence, somewhere on the floor with prolonged annoying vibra-
ting descents a tin-made pot.
Look at the pile of junk, from what peers out Chip's legs
and Dale's head. Dale stands up and pulls Chip out.
Chip (annoyed): Dale, have you nothing better to do?
From some survived shell on Chip's head lands the part of
local flora. Sound like hitting empty bucket. Chip is having
stars dancing around his head for a while.
Rangers have gathered around Chip.
Gadget (compassionate): Chip, you are hurt?
Chip sneezes. Rangers are thrown one way, Chip like a
rocket flies other way. Sound of shattering glass. Into frame
remains only the empty room.
Chips voice offscreen.
Chip: O-o-ohh-hhh...
Iris out.
Translator's notes.
1. I found, that Lawainee's method of describing the
things with long descriptions works quite fine. ;-) Due lack
of some words into my vocabularies, I had to use that tricks a
few times.
2. Into original, it was "u - usovershenstvovannij", mea-
ning "R - revised". I opted for "E - enhanced", making a pun
on Dale.
4. Into original, it was 'cheburashka-like alien'. Chebu-
rashka is a famous hero of Russian animation films. Imagine
flattened pooh-bear body, short paws and legs, big head near
same size as body, big round eyes, small nose and very big ro-
und ears like drawn for Mickey silhouette. All that and a very
big heart of gold and childlike innocence into the look. Anyo-
ne from old SU after hearing word 'cheburashka' would have no
trouble imagining it, but for others, I had better to find a
photo or two. ;-) Well, there is also an easier way to do
that, as suggested by one of my friends. "Just imagine Master
Yoda in youth." ;-)
5. Omaai was interrupted, it was meant to be "Tome of He-
avenly People", or something like that.
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