Ch.5: Old Foes, New Leads
One long flight later, Finn and Holley found themselves busting in to British Intellegence Headquarters with thier eyes narrowed in anger. However, Commander Raptor barely gave the former spies even a glance.
"What are you two doing here?" said Raptor, calmly.
"Where's Mater?" demanded Holley.
"Your boyfriend?" said Raptor " why he's safely locked away where a thief like him belongs,"
" Except he's not the thief!" said Finn.
"Any proof?" asked Raptor, still not intimidated by the angry spies.
"A whole town of witnesses saying that Mater was with them and not in London" said Finn " even a spy like yourself could see past that simple clue,"
"True" said Raptor " but maybe he was an accomplice. An underling someone could pass the diamond to until the heat ran off here in London. Sorry McMissle, but I believe your friend Mater stays behind bars,"
Finn so wanted to rip apart his new director right now. The jerk was obivously accussing an innocent tow truck of a major crime without any support evidence at all! If only he hadn't been fired, Finn could ask the top dog to fire Raptor on the spot. But there was no way of doing that now.
"I want to see Mater," said Holley.
"Yes" said Raptor, pushing a button to open a door " it's only fair you get to say your final goodbyes,"
Forcing himself not to return that statement, Finn followed Holley into the cell block, where row upon row of cells could be seen. Most of the cells contianed the evil Lemon cars that tried to cause chaos at the World Grand Prix, and they gave Finn and Holley a glare as the two spies drove down.
Mater's cell was located near the back, where Axelrod's, Professor Z, Grem, and Acer were kept. Ignoring the other criminal cars, Finn and Holley drove right up to Mater. The poor tow truck was looking sad and depressed. When he saw Finn and Holley he tried to cheer up, but his face was still set in a frown.
"Hi guys," said Mater softly.
"Oh Mater" said Holley " I was so worried about you,"
"What happened to you before we got here?" asked Finn.
"I don't know" said Mater " one minute I'm presenting my gift to Miss Holley, next thing I know, bunch of spies come out of nowhere and take me off to jail. They think I stole something, but it ain't true!"
"We know" said Finn " Mater where did you find that diamond?"
"In my driveway" said Mater " which is funny because that's the first time I've seen something sparkling there,"
"Sounds like a plant," said Holley.
"Yes" said Finn " which means the real thief must have followed us to Radiator Springs, and planted the diamond to frame Mater,"
"Gear?" said Holley " but I don't understand. Why did he go to all this trouble?"
"Gear always had a thing for playing games" said Finn " he probably knew about the World Grand Prix case and that Mater helped us solve it. He's probably nothing more than a pawn for this game,"
"Well what can we do?" said Holley " we're jobless, and the commander won't release Mater without conclusive proof,"
"We'll check out Gear's old hideout for clues" said Finn, then turned to Mater " Mater, you'll have to hold tough until we get back,"
"Okay," said Mater depressed.
"Don't worry Mater" said Holley, delivering her boyfriend a quick kiss " we'll get you out of there,"
And as the spy cars drove off to clear his name, for the first time since he got thrown in prison Mater smiled.
"So where is Gear's old hideout?" asked Holley, as she and Finn left headquarters.
"Underground in the ancient catacombs" said Finn, still driving " there's a secret chamber down there where I busted Gear last night, performing some unspeakable games on some cars that he captured,"
"What kind of games?" asked Holley nervously.
"He totured them" said Finn coming to a sudden stop, shooting a look towards his partner " to death,"
Evening soon fell upon England as a dark blanket glittering with diamonds spread out across the heavens. The work day had passed for many British Intellegence agents, and while some went home, some were stuck at the office to deal with the leftover paperwork.
The prisoners had all since went to sleep. Mater was snoring quite loud which was making Professor Z nuts. But before the small car could even yell at the tow truck, the door to the room swished open, allowing an agent to come inside.
For as long as he's been imprisoned Professor Z had seen many agents as they took to thier turns to present the daily oil rations, but he never layed his eyes on an agent like this.
The car was as black as the shadows it creeped in, his red eyes scanning each and every prisoner as he went down the row. Fear instantly went up Professor Z's frame as the eerie car edged closer to the end of the cellblock.
The intense look in this mysterious car's eyes said it all, he was not a nice person. Finally, the car's red gaze landed on Mater's cell, staring at the rusty tow truck in his slumber.
Without a word, he opened the cell and slipped inside, latching a grapple on the sleeping Mater's tow cable. Mater jolted around a little at the feeling of being touched, but soon fell right back to sleep as Gear slowly started to pull him out of the British Intellegence Agency.
"Yes" said Gear, as soon as he and Mater got outside " quite a useful pawn indeed,"
Just as Gear left with his prize, one of the night guards of British Intellegence was doing his final security check on the cells when he saw one of the cells were wide open. Instantly he went into into a panic and started driving around to warn the remaining agents.
"Escape! Escape!" he shouted "Prisoner 0913 has escaped!"
"Call Commander Raptor!" shouted another agent " Alert the Bobbies! There's a criminal on the loose!"
That night, all of England was sent into a panic, and when Commander Raptor arrived to review the crime, he immediately asked for a copy of the servalince tape to review. What he found on it was atonishing! Finn and Holley were shown breaking Mater out of jail!
Hearing the news through the cellblock, Professor Z gasped as well. How could the servallince tape been so wrong? There was only one car who came in last night, not two!
"Go! Capture them!" shouted Raptor to fellow agents " find the fugitives and bring them back to me immediately! Dead or Alive!"
With that said the agent cars dashed off to hunt for Finn, Holley, and Mater while Raptor stayed behind grinning evilly.
"Tata McMissle," said Raptor, and with a laugh he drove back inside.