Holly drove outside the shack, seeing Mater sitting alone in the dry field. "Mater?"
"I don't wanna talk about it."
"Mater..."
"Just stop, Holly!" Mater snapped. Holly sighed as she drove next to him. Mater said "we never should have left Radiator Springs. Now look what's happened..."
"Mater, I know it looks bad, but you need to have hope."
"But why should I? Where's that gotten us? Where's that ever got us, Holly? Hope's brought nothin' but trouble for the past year! I'm sick of hope! Hope's done nothin' but hurt everybody else!"
Oh, Father, tell me...
"Mater, you listen to me. No matter what happens, you better not blame yourself for it." Holly snapped. "Because it's not your fault. None of this was your fault and it never has been."
Do we get what we deserve?
"Then why did I cause all of it?" Mater asked.
Oh, we get what we deserve...
"Guys! Come back in here!" Alonzo snapped. "What is it?"
And way down we go...
"Your friends from the ADEL have shown up." Alonzo said, panicking.
And way down we go...
"Mater, come on!" Holly said. Mater sighed, saying "what's the point, Holly. We can't fix me! They might as well have me!"
And way down we go...
"Mater, don't you dare think that!" Holly said, before Mater answered "maybe if I turn myself in, they'll let you guys go."
Way down we go...
Suddenly, a large spotlight shone over Mater, as a helicopter's voice said "TOW MATER. STAND DOWN! WE HAVE YOU COMPLETELY SURROUNDED!"
You let your feet run wild...
The cars watched as Lexus lowered himself from the helicopter. He removed his sunglasses, revealing his heavily cindered face. Half of the paint had melted away, replaced by black rust.
Time has come as we all fall down...
"Hello, everyone. Hard to believe Scotland was only yesterday, huh?" Lexus snarked. Holly answered "I see it's made it's mark on you finely enough, traitor."
Yeah, but for the fall, oooh, my...
"Traitor's a strong word, Miss Shiftwell. And let's face it." Lexus said as he looked at Mater. "When you've spent years of your life busting your caps and getting nothing back while inbred hillbillies like you get knighthoods, you'd have done the same."
Do you dare to look her right in the eyes? Yeah?
As the vans tried to cuff them, Dodge drove up to Lexus and struck his across the face, causing him to stumble back. "You piece of trash! I should clean my wheels with your face!"
'Cause they will run you down, down til the dark...
"That'll be hard to do when there's a bullet in your head." Lexus grinned as the vans aimed their guns at the group.
And they will run you down, down til you fall...
"Wait, no!" Mater said. "It's me you want! Just take me and let everybody else go!"
And they will run you down, down til you crawl...
"Mater, don't!" Finn said, as Lexus silently cuffed Mater's tyres. Holly said quietly "no... don't do this..."
Yes, you can't crawl no more...
"Thank you, for your cooperation." Lexus said, before grinning as he said "what are you guys waiting for, huh? Shoot all of 'em!"
And way down we go!
"NO!" Mater shouted as the vans aimed their guns. Finn said "everybody down!" as he leaped up, knocking over three vans at once. Lexus sighed, saying "really, McMissile? Alright-y then."
And way down we go!
"Holly! Get everyone to the border!" Finn said as he knocked out a few more cars. "But Finn, what about you..."
Cause they will run you down, down til you crawl!
"GO!" Finn shouted. Holly sighed, shouting "this way!" as she and the others drove away. Lexus groaned as he saw them leave.
Oh, way down we go!
The cars drove forward through the sand, Lexus trailing them at his highest speed. BANG! BANG! BANG! went the bullets in Lexus' gun, the cars zipping in and out to avoid the shots. Dodge said "keep going! Come on!"
One of the shots hit Tia's rudder, causing her to limp slightly behind the others. "TIA!" Mia said, her sister answering "leave me, I'm okay!"
Francesco and Mia grabbed Tia from either side, driving forward as they caught up to the others. Lexus continued firing. BANG! BANG! BANG!
"I thought guns only had six!" Mia said, jumping up to avoid getting hit. Dodge shouted "ADEL tech! Special model!"
"The border's right up ahead!" Alonzo said as he saw the opened wire gate. Lexus saw this, saying "oh come on!" as he said to the border guard "close that gate!"
The guard wasn't listening, as Lexus said "I gotta do EVERYTHING myself, don't I!"
Mater turned himself, still driving backwards as he saw Lexus. "He's still catchin' up to us!"
"He won't be for long." Holly said as she saw the switch to the gate. When they passed it, she hit the button, saying to the others "hurry! It's closing!"
Mater, Dodge and Francesco entered, Francesco carrying Tia on his back. Holly said "where's Mia?"
"Here! Don't close it!" Mia shouted as she drove across the ground, Lexus trailing not far behind. BANG! BANG! BANG! went Lexus' gun, hitting Mia's rear-view mirror as she yelped. "Come on Mia! You can make it!" Mater said.
Lexus reached for Mia, grabbing the car and hoisting her back. "NO!" Holly said, Dodge grabbing her and saying "if you go out there, neither of you are coming back!"
"Let go of me, you cindered creep!" Mia groaned as she thumped Lexus with her tyre, as Lexus aimed the gun at her face saying "oh, you're gonna regret that, y'little brat!"
"RRRAAAGGGHHH!" Finn said as he jumped up, tackling Lexus and shoving his face in the sand. He picked up Mia, throwing her with all his strength to the fence.
"AAHHH!" Mia screamed as she flew through the closing fence, Dodge catching her and placing her on the ground. BAM! the gate slammed shut, splitting Finn from the others.
"McMissile!" Dodge shouted as he, Holly and Mater ran to the fence. Finn said to them "you need to go! Now!"
"No! Not without you!" Holly said, Mater saying "yeah Finn! Come on!"
"My mission is over, Mater. It's up to you now."
"Finn, don't talk like that. Come on, I'll get you out!" Holly said as she turned on her tazer, which fizzed and switched off from it's damages. "No! No no no."
"Holly." Finn said softly. "You'll be alright. I promise."
"Really?" Holly said, before BANG! BANG! Lexus fired two shots, oil leaking from Finn's undercarriage as he slumped to the ground. "NO!" the group said as Lexus loaded his last bullet, firing it at the agent's head.
They will run you down, down til you crawl...
"FINN!" Mater yelled as they looked at the body.
Oh way down we go...
Holly rammed against the fence, saying to Lexus "you son of a Buick! I'll rip you apart! I'll tear you limb from limb!"
"Too late for that." Lexus groaned as he pulled out another round to load into his pistol. ZZZZAAAPPP! went a tazer as it shocked Lexus, causing him to drop his gun as he collapsed unconscious. Mater looked down where the tazer, which loaded itself back into it's compartment on Finn's hood.
"M... M... Mater..." Finn said weakly, wheezing as he ran short of breath. "What is it, Finn.."
"I know it looks bad, but... but you need to have hope."
Everyone in the group had tears in their eyes as Finn slumped down, saying "there's still time. There's always time..." as he closed his eyes.
Holly gasped as this happened, saying "no... no, Finn. Don't do this. Finn. Oh for the love of Chrysler. What have we done..."
The group continued driving silently across the desert, no one talking to anyone else. Holly led the group, sighing lightly as she thought about Finn, while Mater drove at the back.
As the night fell around them, the group sat to rest. Mater looked out over Carburretor Canyon. It was a few miles from Radiator Springs. From his friends. From his home. He sighed as he slumped down on the rock.
Alonzo finally broke the silence, as he said "so... what do we do now?"
"We should run." Francesco said. "There's no hope now. They'll catch us." Mia said. Holly said "for the first time in my life, I have no idea what to do. No backup plan. No scheme. Nothing."
Dodge said "meanwhile, ADEL's got a traitor growing in it who won't stop until we're dead and is helping whatever the Zundapp siblings are up to."
"Mr The Ram is right." Mater said as he drove over. "Finn wouldn't want us to give up. We're gonna stop Mr Lexus and clear our names. We gotta go back."
"Back? To Radiator Springs?" Holly said. "Mater. I don't know. You know how much Sally hates us. They'll never want us to show our faces there again."
BOOM! Suddenly, a bright spotlight shone over them. "It's ADEL!" Dodge said as the light shone down, before a familiar voice said "gentlemen, it appears you're in need of help!"
"Siddeley? What are you doing here?" Holly shouted up to him, before the plane landed and turned on his other lights. Siddelely's back door opened as Agent Mitsu drove out.
"Hello, everybody. DJ. Shiftwell." Mitsu said. Holly said "we've given up. You've already got Finn. And Daddy. And Mummy. Just kill the rest of us and be done with it."
Mitsu laughed for a moment, before saying "yeah. I don't think so. You guys have a business appointment in Radiator Springs. I'd hate for you to miss it. So come with me."