Chapter 26: The Backup Plan

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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."

MATER

"Backup plan?"

NICK

"What Backup plan?"

GREM

"We snuck a bomb in McQueen's pit!"

JUDY

"What!?"

ACER

"The next time he makes a stop, instead of saying "ka-chow," he's gonna go "ka-boom"!"

They LAUGH. Mater & Kenji shudders, upset.

KENJI

"I shouldn't know you Pesky little Jerks!"

GREM

"Don't feel bad, tow truck. You couldn't have saved him."

ACER

"Oh, wait. What was it? You 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 & Judy NOTICES SOMETHING.

CLOSE ON WHAT MATER SEES: A small piece of his ropes have been shaved away by the Gatling.

He carefully rotates his guns BACK IN, pretending like he's seen nothing.

ACER

"That's right! You got nothin'."

(LAUGHS)

GREM

(As the elevator descends)

"Who's the lemon now, huh?"

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