| Atomic Robo | |
| Flight of the Terror Birds | |
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| Flight of the Terror Birds | |
| Date Published | Thursday, August 12, 2010 |
| Previous Comic | The Lizard Man |
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The Action Scientists have gone chicken-hunting in the rainforest.
Cast Appearing[]
Setting[]
- Camp spot near rainforest
- Unnamed rainforest
Script[]
| Benjamin | What do you mean I lost him? |
| Lang | Well, I sure didn't. |
| Benjamin | You lost him as much as I did. |
| Benjamin | He just disappeared. I'm not taking the heat for that. |
| Three minutes earlier | |
| A large bird's beak plucks Robo up by his head. | |
| Robo | Hrk! |
| Lang | Maybe he just went to scout ahead a little. |
| Benjamin | Without this? |
| He examines Robo's minigun, which was on the ground. | |
| Tesladyne HQ | |
| 20 Hours earlier | |
| Benjamin | Whoa! We're looking for giant extinct rainforest chickens that might not be extinct. You're packing for an invasion. |
| Robo | (lugging around a minigun) All of human civilization is only the byproduct of our endless war against the insects. |
| Robo | Rainforests are enemy territory, Benjamin. We will be surrounded. Alone. |
| Robo | So, excuse me while I bring the biggest ordinance to the party. |
| Robo tosses a long canister at Lang | |
| Lang | I hear ya! |
| She is enticed by whatever is inside... | |
| Benjamin | Robo, have you ever taken the Tesladyne psych exam? |
| Benjamin | He'd never go out there without it. |
| Lang | Yeah, what was he going to do with that anyway? You can't exactly shoot mosquitoes. Even huge rainforesty ones. |
| Lang | He can't have gotten far. |
| Benjamin | Robo! |
| Meanwhile, quite far... | |
| Robo is dropped to the ground. | |
| Robo | Mrf! |
| Benjamin | Robo! Where could he be? |
| Lang | Ben, c'mere! |
| She sees a large bird footprint...and what looks like Robo's face imprinted on the ground. | |
| Lang | I think we got something. |
| Cut to a cliff with a broken aircraft shell on top | |
| Flight of the Terror Birds | |
| The large avis is carrying Robo by his shoulder. | |
| Terror Bird | Werk. |
| Robo | You gonna put me down soon, or...? |
| It drops Robo inside with a WHUD | |
| Robo | Look, just because you're nearly extinct doesn't mean you can treat people like-- |
| Terror Bird | (angrily) Wark! |
| Robo | (angrily) Yer not the boss of me. |
| Terror Bird | Sqonk? |
| Robo | What do you-- |
| He sees a bird's nest. It has a hole in it. | |
| Robo | Okay, so there's a hole in your nest. What of it? |
| Terror Bird | (angrily) SKWAAARK! |
| Robo | (offscene) Hey, leggo! What're you--! |
| Robo is used to plug the hole. | |
| Robo | Oh, this is good. This is what I need in my life. |
| Terror Bird | Werk. |
| Robo | This is not the life I chose. I'm relatively sure Einstein spent zero time as part of a giant angry chicken's nest. Heh. Relatively. |
| An hour later | |
| Robo | This is not a standard model of Bohr's daily life! This would be outside the field of Maxwell's experience! |
| Several hours later | |
| Robo | Uh. Black holes suck. Just like Hawking. Um. Heisenberg, something, something, uncertain. |
| So much later | |
| Robo | Ugh. If there was a kind and merciful god, he'd kill me right now. |
| Benjamin | Robo, hang tight. |
| Robo | Or that's good too. |
| Benjamin | We're gonna get you outta here. |
| Robo | Wait, you gotta get the bird first. |
| Benjamin | (Pulling Robo out by his head) Lang's on bird duty. |
| Robo | Careful, ow, ow! |
| Terror Bird | (catches the two) Squirnk? |
| Benjamin | Oh. Oh, I see. |
| Robo | What? What's happening? |
| Lang | (firing her rifle) Can't take you boys anywhere. |
| The tranquilizers launch towards the Terror Bird... | |
| Benjamin | (pulling Robo out) Hrrg! |
| Terror Bird | Werk? |
| The tranquilizers latch onto the bird's beak and neck. | |
| Terror Bird | Wonk! |
| Benjamin | There! |
| Terror Bird | (displeased) Gronnnk. |
| Lang | Uh, guys? That should've knocked out a rhino. |
| Robo | (socking the bird on the beak) This'll do it. |
| Ten seconds later | |
| The three Action Scientists are running away... | |
| Robo | Punching only makes them angrier! |
| Lang | These are the least extinct birds I've ever met! |
| Benjamin | They've got a real attitude problem too! |
| Terror Bird 1 | Werk. |
| Terror Bird 2 | Skwonk! |
| Terror Bird 3 | Wark. |
| Robo | Keep going, I'll stall them! |
| Robo punches one on the beak. | |
| Terror Bird | Wonk! |
| Benjamin | Robo, hurry! We can't risk getting separated again. |
| Lang | Over here! |
| One hour later | |
| The three are on top of a thumb-like cliff. They are cornered by five Terror Birds. | |
| Benjamin | Well, thank God for opposable thumbs, but now what? |
| Robo | Now we wait for our satellite hook-up to be in range so we can call for help. |
| Terror Bird 1 | Wonk |
| Terror Bird 2 | Werk |
| Terror Bird 3 | Squernk |
| Terror Bird 4 | Guwonk |
| Terror Bird 5 | Wark |
| Benjamin | How long'll that take? |
| Robo | About six hours. |
| Lang | Maybe they'll get tired and go away? |
| The scenery gradually pans out to see more Terror Birds squawking at them. Then it pans out to the entire rainforest. | |
| Benjamin | Man. I gotta go. |
| End | |