[A large shadow flies over the Red Base]
TTucker
Hey, Caboose, you might wanna get out of the tank like right now!
I can't figure out how to GET THIS THING OPEN!
TTucker
Rookie! Get out now!
[Line of explosions approach the tank as Caboose is talking]
(desperate) Ok... open the... ok... uh, Sheila will you please open the door?
Driver canopy open. Thank you for using the M808V Main Battle T-
[Caboose escapes as Sheila is hit by an air strike, blasting her upside down]
Oh crap, oh crap, oh crap!! Running, running, running! Man... That was close.
TTucker
Look at your tank though.
[in a fading voice, referencing 2001: A Space Odyssey] I'm scared Dave. Will I dream? Daaaivvvvy... Daaaivvvvvy...
(screaming) SHEEEEIIIIIILLLLLLLAAAAAAA!!!! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
TTucker
What? No! Sheila! Sheila! Wait, who's Sheila?
(devastated) Shiela's the lady in the tank. She was my friend.
TTucker
Oh, dude! I knew you could pick up chicks in a tank!
[Church tells about Sidewinder via flashback]
Alright, well... one day when I was there, everything was just like normal. I remember I was out on patrol with my partner Jimmy. That Jimmy was a real good kid. Everybody liked him.
TTucker
Do you think I was a good kid, Church?
Tucker, don't get jealous, man. Just listen to the story, okay? Like I said, guys were hanging around, waitin' for some action, bitchin' about the cold...
SSoldier
Man, it's fuckin' cold. I hope we get some action.
Anyway, Jimmy was in the middle of telling me all about this girlfriend he had back home.
JJimmy
Yep, soon as I get back, I'm gonna get down on one knee and ask her to marry me.
And that's when Tex showed up. Private Mickey was the first to go. He was halfway across the base when all of a sudden, he just started screaming bloody murder.
MMickey
Bloody murder! Bloody murder!
The whole thing was over before it even started. Poor Jimmy was the last one to go. Tex walked up to him, pulled Jimmy's skull right out of his head and beat him to death with it.
TTucker
Wait a second... how do you beat someone to death with their own skull? That doesn't seem physically possible.
That's exactly what Jimmy kept screaming.
JJimmy
This doesn't seem physically possible! Hurrk... Blehhh
[End of flashback]
Bottom line is: these freelancers, they're bad news. And Tex is one of the worst.
If he's such a badass, why didn't he kill you?
To tell you, I don't know why I'm not dead. Could have killed me at any point. But maybe it's because Tex and I have run into eachother once before.
You, uh... You remember that girl I told you about back home? Well, let's just say that Tex is the real reason why we never got married. [starts to fade away] Guys, I'm fading fast and I don't know when I'll be back. Just listen to my warning. Don't let Tex get involved here.
I mean it, Tucker. No fighting, no scouting, nothing! You'll regret it. [fades away completely]
TTucker
So! Tex and Church were after the same girl.
I told you his girlfriend was a slut!
[Camera pans and Tex appears]
Grif: ...and then I thought, you know, we could sneak around the side while they were hiding behind the rock but uh... that's when the tank showed up and uh... shit just started blowing up, I don't know.
[sighs] Grif, do you have any godly idea how much this piece of equipment costs?
I... I don't know... Like ten... Ten-twenty? Twenty-five bucks? ... You're gonna kill me now, aren't you?
Tell you what, Grif. I'm a fair man. I'll give you a 10 second head-start before I let Lopez do anything he wants to you.
Guys, I just want you to know, I'm really, really sorry about-
5 mississippi, 6 mississippi.
Okay, I guess I'd better get going.
[Sarge and Lopez look at each other, then start shooting at Grif]
Hey guys! Not funny, somebody could get hurt here!
[Tucker is standing with Tex, while Tex fires at a target off screen]
TTucker
That's basically it sir. They have five guys over there and a big jeep.
[Speaks through a voice filter] And your flag. [reloads gun]
TTucker
...Right. That too.
TTucker
Hey, Tex? I don't know what it's been like at your other bases, but we try to not use other soldiers as target practice here.
[Caboose is standing in front of a rock full of bullet blasts]
TTucker
[talking to Tex but Tex is not listening] So you've got the special forces black armor I see... Were you in the special forces at some point? [Tex reloads some more] Yeah, I used to have black armour too. It was black because I got this stuff all over it from th- [Tex leaves] Okay, you gotta go? I'll see you later.
[whispers] I don't think he likes you.
[Watching Tex through a sniper rifle] Man, he's really kicking their asses.
TTucker
How come I never get the fucking sniper rifle?
I'm really glad Tex is on our team and not theirs.
TTucker
Sure makes things a lot easier on us.
Yeah... I think switching Tex for Church was a good trade.
TTucker
It definitely seems like your killing Church is working out for us.
You think so, I was gonna say something but uh, but you know.
TTucker
Did Tex get into the base?
[Tex enters the reds base]
TTucker
What the?! Who said that?
[clears voice] Sorry that was me. I uh, I guess I had something stuck in my throat. Your flag is back by the way.
Yeah, its me, hey Caboose.
Hey Church, what are you up to?
Caboose, hehe, I'm not really hear to make small talk, ok, how did you guys manage to get your flag back?
TTucker
W-What, oh, that flag? We've always had that.
Tucker, who do think your trying to fool...hey wait a second, where's Tex?
TTucker
Um, I'm not really sure he said was going to the store, uh something about elbow grease.
Oh great, this is so typical! What was the one thing I told you guys the last time I appeared?
argh, what was the other one thing I told you.
TTucker
Not to let him get involved?
Right, and what did you do?
TTucker
We let him get involved.
And not just a little involved, how involved?
[Lopez enters base]
You really better hope the first one knocks me out.
[Sarge knocks out Tex]
Ow, what the? Frickin head, Jesus.
He's hurt Grif, but he'll make, but we'll need to get him some help, fast.
Yeah, yeah, hold on a second, what happened here? First Donuts head exploded and then you fainted, and then some black thing showed up-
[Simmons interrupts Grif] Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait, I did not faint, something knocked me out.
Ok fine, just keep lying to yourself, whatever helps you sleep at night.
Man, just go find Sarge, we need to get Donut out of here.
[Sarcastically] Yeah sure, oh and uh, I'm fine by the way, thanks for asking.
Whatever no one likes you anyway.
[Caboose watches Grif go into the base]
Yep, he's definitely captured....We're dead......Captured or dead [sigh]....Or captured and dead!
Well, that's just perfect!
TTucker
What?! What is your problem?! Why do you even care if he's captured, I thought you hated that guy for stealing your girlfriend?
I never said I hated Tex. I just said she was the reason we never got married.
Sarge, we need to get Donut airlifted outta here.
Can you put that in a memo and title it, "SHIT I ALREADY KNOW", get on the horn command! Well, look who's up, rise and shine buttercup!
[Voice filter broken] Oh great, you broke my voice filter, you cockbitting-fucktards!
Ah ha! I knew it, only a chick could give me a headache this big!
TTucker
Let me get this straight... you're telling me that the guy that showed up here, scared the living shit out of us, shot at Caboose and beat the hell out of the reds wasn't a guy at all? That he was a chick? And on top of that, she was your ex-girlfriend?
In a nutshell, yes. That's an excellent summary.
I should have known... She didn't like me... Girls, never, like me.
TTucker
Caboose, I don't think anybody likes you.
(Dejectedly) I like me...
TTucker
I don't think I've ever seen a girl that mean before . . . are you sure she's a chick? And not a guy? Or like part guy, part shark?
I'm pretty sure I would know if Tex was a guy. And I'd definitely know if she was part shark.
But you can't blame her for being so aggressive. It's not entirely her fault to begin with.
TTucker
Right, you should blame God. First he makes hangovers, and now half-women, half-sharks that won't even sleep with me. Thanks for nothing, God!
Will you shut up with that? She got recruited in to some kind of weird experimental program back during basic where they infused her armor with this really aggressive A.I. I'm not really sure how it all works, but all I know is it made her meaner and tougher than hell.
A.I. What's the A stand for?
(Interrupting Caboose) Intelligence
Ohhhhhh, what was the A again?
TTucker
So, the military put this program in her head, and that program made her a killer. But underneath it all she's really just a sweet, down-home girl?
Oh hell no. She's always been a rotten bitch, it's just now she's a rotten bitch with cybernetic enhancements.
TTucker
Wow. Sounds like you really won the lottery with that one. Good catch there buddy, she's a keeper.
So how're you doing, Caboose? Are you following any of this whatsoever?
I think so... That guy Tex is really a robot, and you're his boyfriend. So that makes you... a gay robot.
Yeah... that's right... I'm a gay robot.
TTucker
So since you're helping us, I guess you're not so mean after all.
I wouldn't say I'm mean, I just get paid to do mean things.
TTucker
Yeah but you like it.
Well, I think it's important to enjoy what you do.
TTucker
So let's say I paid you to kill Caboose. [Caboose was told to watch "the base" in case the Reds see them, but he is watching Blue base.] You would still do it, right? Even though you're supposed to be helping us?
Is this a hypothetical discussion, or should we start talking numbers?
TTucker
Yeah, I don't wanna talk about this any more.
[Around Church's dead body, which was never buried]
Tucker, the first chance we get, you are going to bury my body.
TTucker
Quit your bitching, nothing's going to happen to it.
It's a freaking indignity! My body fought hard for this army, and it deserves to be laid to rest.
TTucker
Get over it, you're already dead. What's the worst that could happen now?
Hey Church, Look! Birds! ...Why are they flying around in circles?
[Caboose spies Donut through the rifle scope and believes that he is a girl]
TTucker
Aw man, how come they get a girl?!
[from ground level] Uh, you guys realize that I'm a chick, right? And that I'm standin'... right here?
TTucker
Yeah Tex, but when we say a girl, we mean a girl girl.
And what the hell does that mean?
CTCaboose and Tucker
...Nothing! [both quickly back up from the ledge]
TTucker
Oh Crap! Caboose, she's almost done fixing Sheila. I'd better radio Church and tell him what's going on.
Oh! Oh! Oh! Tucker, please! Please! Tucker! Tucker! Tucker! Tucker! Please!
TTucker
Yes... You can be the one who radios Church.
Thanks man. [Activating radio] Calling Church. Come in Church. This is your close personal friend, Private O'Malley.
TTucker
O'Malley? You said your name was Caboose!
I never said that! You guys did!
TTucker
Why didn't you correct us?
Because I didn't want to be difficult. [Radios Church] Come in, Private Church. Do you copy? Soldier unit Tex almost has the armour vehicle situation rectified. Okay. We require verification of your... mission...ness. [clears throat] How is your progression?
CLChurch/Lopez
¡Caboose! ¡Nadie aquí está escuchándome! ¡No mas Puedo hablar español! [Translated as: Caboose! No one here is listening to me! I can only speak Spanish for some reason!]
[Turns to Tucker] ... He says he wants to talk to you.
TTucker
Hey Church, we have a problem.
I am not your mother, so don't come tattling to me every time one of you does something that the other one doesn't like!
TTucker
I'm telling you, he's crazy. He keeps threatening me and talking in a scary voice.
TTucker
Oh, so you're saying you didn't threaten to cut off my head and give it to Church as a birthday present?
You know, I think you're taking my words a little out of context.
TTucker
What, what context?!
Listen guys, this competition thing has got to stop, okay ? I thought we'd established by now-
Hey pal, one second, okay? I'm in the middle of something here. Look, I thought we'd established by now- I don’t like either of you, okay? So competing for my attention is not gonna do you any good.
Okay. Yes. Hello. Who are you?
[Scary Voice] Don’t. Ever. Be. Alone.
TTucker
...he’s doing that thing again!
My name is... DuFresne. Are you Private Tucker?
No I'm not Private Tucker, my name is Church. [Turning towards Tucker] This is Private Tucker.
And our friend over there in regulation blue, that's Caboose. Or... O'Malley or whatever the hell he's calling himself.
Why does he always introduce me second?
TTucker
Because he hates you.
I received your call for a medic.
Medic? That was like three months ago...
Yeah what'd you do? Crawl all the way here?
I came here as quickly as I could. Where is the patient?
Well, about fifty yards behind you, and six feet straight down.
Oh... I'm sorry about your loss...
What? Oh yeah. Yeah... Thanks man... That was tough but what anybody can do...
We didn't like her very much... [Whispering] She was mean to other people.
And who's in the other grave.
That's eh... That's me! I'm in that grave.
See, uh, he got killed by this, uh... crazy runaway tank-
TTucker
[Interrupting] Or by the idiot driving it.
Oh yeah, and then he became, uh, this really mean ghost, and uh, took over a Mexican robot's body. Oh, and then we had to (that's right) spray-paint him (to make him blue), and now he is alive again, and he is a bionic man. Who... is blue.