Open on Bender, Leela, Dr. Zoidberg, and Professor Farnsworth gathered at the meeting table.

Professor: Good news, everyone!

Hermes: Wait a second, Fry is missing..... Great fields of sugar cane, the fourth severe pay-cut I`ve given him for being late in the morning this month!

Leela: But it`s May 2nd.

Professor: Oh, well. He probably died a terrible terrible death.

Fry walks in.

Fry: I`m here, and stop saying that!

FUTURAMA THEME

Back at the table, a camera angle from the ceiling swoops down to normal angle as the usual background music plays.

Professor: Today you`ll be making a delivery of freeze-dried dandy lions to Snifflex 4, the allergy planet.

Fry: That dosen`t sound too bad.

Professor: Oh-what-sure, sure. On a completely different subject, Fry, do you have both of your kidneys?

Cut to the ship zooming through space, cut to the inside in the cargo bay. Fry sits on the package-to-be-delivered eating a sandwich, Bender relaxes on a nearby bean bag chair, and the ever-active and take charge Leela is practicing her Kung-Fu on the punching bag hanging from the ceiling. She winds up for a good kick.

Bender: Missit!

Leela stops, almost falling, and turns to Bender and give him a stern look. Bender looks innocent and she focuses on her target again. In the background, some ketchup drips from Fry`s sandwich on the package and Fry panics a little, looking over to see the nobody saw him. Leela winds up again to kick the punching bag.

Bender: Missit!

Leela stumbles this time and Bender tries to put on his honest look. but can`t help laughing a little. In the background, Fry tries to wipe the ketchup off the package but just rubs in in further. He runs about and only sees a futuristic water-generating hose nozzle (a music like from the old Wiley Coyote cartoons plays as he picks it up). Fry walks over to the package and tries to turn on the hose, but has trouble, finally he looks down the nozzle and receives a blast to the face, spraying it everywhere except on Bender and Leela. He turns around and jumps a couple inches in the air when he sees the package TOTALLY SOAKED. Fry looks around nervously. Leela tries to roundhouse kick the punching bag for the third time.

Bender: Missit! Hey, captain-captain-captain!

Leela stumbles and falls to the floor. She gets up trying not to look embarrassed and walks to Bender who is laughing hysterically. In the background, Fry looks around for something to dry the package with. Finding a very large hair dryer, he picks it up, plugs it in, and blasts the package. The chord happens to be in a puddle of water and Fry is electrocuted as he screams in pain. Again, he glances around to see that nobody noticed. Leela begins to lecture Bender.

Leela: Look, Bender, I`m actually doing that is helpful to our missions.....

Close in on Bender as Leela`s voice fades into the background. Bender mocks her and then joins in, making it more inaudible.

Bender: Well, you`re doing all this and you`re not even good at all......

In the background while the two argue, Fry gets up looking "toasted" and searches again for something to dry the package with. He notices a box of matches and lights one, trying to wave the heat over the package. His clothes catch on fire and he starts to run about the ship screaming. Leela and Bender continue to argue (you can`t hear what they`re saying very well).

Leela: Not good?! I`ll show you "not good"!

Leela gives a good kick which hits Fry at just the right moment while he runs by, he falls in a puddle of water on the floor and the water smothers the fire. Fry lays knocked out on the floor and the camera backs up to show the room totally trashed as Bender and Leela argue on without noticing. Leela and Bender suddenly come to a stop and Leela glances to her back.

Leela: What?!

Before she can deal with the package and mess, a red warning light flashes.

Computer voice: Warning! Unidentified ship docking in cargo bay! Warning! Unidentified ship docking in cargo bay!

Leela: Fry, I told you to lock the bay before we left....... Fry?

Fry(waking up): Wus-what?

A sliding door opens and three mysterious figures walk in.

Guy1(With southern accent): Reach for the sky!

Guy2(with southern accent): We`re the space cowboys and we control these here parts!

The three, holding lazers, quickly tie up Bender, Fry, and Leela.

Leela: Wait a second, if you`re space _cowboys_, then why is that guy wearing a pirate hat?

Guy3(tearfully with pirate-ish accent): Hey, nobody`s perfect, matey.

Guy3 begins to cry like a girl.

Guy1: Allright, just for that you get to die three seconds earlier. [to the others] Loot the ship!

Bender: Hey, can I come along? I know where they keep all the good stuff!

Leela: Ben-der!

Guy2: Boss, there`s nothing good here.

Guy1: [sigh] Let`s move out.

Guy3(from another room): Uh, boss, I dropped my contact.

Guy1: This might take a while. [To Fry, Bender, and Leela] You stay there!

Leela: So, what should we do while we wait to die?

Fry: We could tell stories! I`ve got one--

Bender: That was great, now it`s time for lovable Bender! Once upon a time in a magical world...

The screen goes black and the letters "Hours Later" show up.

Bender:.....and I rode the unicorn to the magical castle! And then the princess said, "Bender, you can be king of the elves!" and everybody lived happily ever after! The end! Everybody loved it!

Bender smiles and giddily laughs. Fry and Leela give each other, "What the hell is this guy on?!" looks.

Leela: Hmmm. I`ve got a story!

To be continued....

I`m going to be honest with you guys. I might not continue this for a while ;)