London Race

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(EXT. LONDON - DAY Big Bentley's big hand CLICKS ahead another minute. But we're a bit farther away from it than before.)

SALLY (O.S.): We came as soon as you 2 called.

(INT. MCQUEEN AND WALLACE'S PIT - LONDON Sally, flanked by Red, Flo, Ramone, Pongo, Perdy, The 99 dalmatians puppies, some of Pongo & Perdy's friends and Thunderbolt are in front of McQueen and the rest of the team.)

MCQUEEN: We called to talk to Mater. It never occurred to me that he wouldn't be there. 

RAMONE: Sheriff is talking to Scotland Yard right now.

FLO: And Sarge is in touch with his friends in the British military.

Perdy: You 2 just need to focus on the race.

Wallace: I know, but Perdy, with everything going on I'm not sure we should---

(A HORN O.S. Someone's entering the pit. Everyone parts, revealing MILES AXLEROD.)

MCQUEEN: Sir Axlerod.

MILES AXLEROD: I'm sorry to interrupt.

Wallace: No, no, it's all right.

MILES AXLEROD: I just wanted to come down here and personally thank you 2. Because after Italy, I was finished. And then you 2 gave me one last shot.

MCQUEEN: Listen, we ---

MILES AXLEROD: And I probably shouldn't be saying this at all but... I hope you 2 win today. You Show the world that they've been wrong about Allinol.

(McQueen and Wallace takes this in. They look at Sally and the rest.)

SALLY: Mater would want you to race.

Thunderbolt: Even Lucky, Rolly and Cadpig.

MCQUEEN All right. For Mater.

Wallace: And for our friends.

(EXT. THE STARTING GRID - MOMENTS LATER TIRES SQUEAL --- MCQUEEN, WALLACE, FRANCESCO and the other racers PEEL OUT --- We PAN UP to reveal the LEMONHEADS watching from a VIP box. EXT. RACE COURSE - LONDON - DAY McQueen and Wallace leads Francesco as they approach Big Bentley... INT. BIG BENTLEY - LONDON - CONTINUOUS)

GREM: Here they come!

(Grem turns up the juice to the HIGHEST, DEATH-INDUCING LEVEL. Holley and Finn watch, helpless. Mater, The Pups and Spot closes their eyes. Grem ZAPS MCQUEEN. EXT. RACE COURSE - LONDON McQueen and Wallace SPEEDS PAST Big Bentley, unharmed. Oblivious to what was supposed to have just happened. INT. BIG BENTLEY - LONDON Zundapp suddenly SQUAWKS over the radio.)

PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP: (OVER RADIO) What happened!?

GREM: I don't know, Professor.

ACER: What did you do?

GREM: (TO ACER.) I didn't do nothin'. Shh! I'm talking to the Professor. 

(They're all talking at once and for a moment we cannot understand what is being said.)

ACER: You broke it.

GREM: Quiet! (INTO RADIO.) I understand, sir. Yes.

(Grem hangs up.)

ACER: What'd he say?

GREM: We go to the backup plan.

Lucky: Backup plan??

GREM: We snuck a bomb in McQueen and Wallace's pit!

ACER: The next time they make a stop, instead of saying "ka-chow," they're gonna go "ka-boom"!

(They LAUGH. Mater, The Pups and Spot shudders, upset.)

GREM: Don't feel bad, Guys. You all couldn't have saved them.

ACER: Oh, wait. You all could have!

(Grem and Acer laugh. As they board the elevator)

MATER: Dadgum lemons.

MATER'S COMPUTER: Request acknowledged.

(Suddenly, Mater's GATLING GUNS rotate out again - a surprise to Mater. But they SPIN IN PLACE, empty. Grem and Acer just laugh more.)

GREM: What, you didn't think we'd take your bullets?

(Mater, The Pups and Spot NOTICES SOMETHING. CLOSE ON WHAT THEY SEE: A small piece of their ropes have been shaved away by the Gatling. He carefully rotates his guns BACK IN, pretending like he's seen nothing.)

Woofster: *Whispers* It's cutting the rope.

ACER: That's right! You got nothin'.

GREM: (as the elevator descends) Who's the lemon now, huh?

They're GONE.)

FINN: Nice try, Guys.

MATER: Dadgum!

MATER'S COMPUTER: REQUEST ACK- The guns ROTATE OUT AGAIN, SPIN. Mater, The Pups and Spot watches as the spinning barrels SLICE INTO the ropes, do some damage.)

MATER, The Pups and Spot: Dadgum! Dadgum! Dadgum!

(The COMPUTER responds with each "dadgum." The barrels continue to SPIN, CUTTING THROUGH the ropes.)

MATER, The Pups and Spot: DADGUMDADGUMDADGUMDADGUM

(PING! The ropes BREAK AWAY and Mater, The Pups and Spot falls right toward the whirring machinery!)

HOLLEY: Guys!

(Mater QUICKLY WHIPS his tow cable around, hooks a pipe and tosses himself, The pups and spot to the ramp with a heavy THUD. They doesn't HESITATE)

MATER: We gotta get you all out of there!

FINN: There's no time. McQueen and Wallace needs your help, Guys.

MATER: But I can't, I'm just a tow truck.

Lucky: And We're just dogs

Spot: And i'm just a chicken.

FINN: It's up to you guys. Go to the pits and get everyone out. You can do that.

Cadpig: What about you guys?

FINN: We'll be okay.

HOLLEY: Go and get some more dents, Mater.

(EXT. BIG BENTLEY - LONDON Mater, The Pups and Spot SPEEDS out the front door)

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