"Watch out!" Dodge said as Mater lifted the automatic gun, firing it rapidly as the three disbanded. The bullets tore through the wall behind them, letting the sunlight into the room. Holly said "we've got to make him snap out of it!"

Axelrod and the Zundapps climbed to the higher platform to watch the fight, as Mater continued firing uncontrollably. Aileen drove to his side, grabbing the gun and twisting the nozzle apart. Mater suddenly grabbed her, lifting her into the air as she was thrown against the wall.

"Aileen!" Dodge called, before picking up Mater and hoisting him up. Mater kicked and struggled to escape as Dodge pinned him against the ceiling platform, as Holly said "be careful! Don't hurt him!"

"What?" Dodge called, having not heard Holly's words. This distracted him long enough for Mater to drive across the ceiling and down the wall, throwing Dodge towards the window.

Mater aimed his spare gun at Dodge's head, before a small metal spike hit his side bumper. ZAP! Mater groaned as Holly shocked him with her repaired taser, saying to him "come on, Mater! You can fight it!"

"He cannot fight." Adolf said. "His mind is completely compromised."

Mater kicked Holly back against the wall, Holly groaning as her tyre was trapped under some rubble. Adolf continued, saying "after he has killed the three of you, he's going to set off a missile strike on the small Route 66 town of Radiator Springs."

"NO!" Dodge said as he hoisted Mater back, the latter flipping him upside down with his tow cable. Adolf continued "he will spend the rest of days knowing that he wiped out every friend he has ever known in the span of one day."

"You can't do this!" Holly shouted to them, before seeing Mater loading a pistol with a single shot. Aileen and Dodge were both unconscious on the floor as Holly struggled to get out.

"Oh, we can." Emilia said. "And we will. TM4TR cannot escape his past. And now, he never will."

Holly scowled at them, a deathly glint in her eyes as she looked up. "That's not his name."

She turned to Mater, who slowly moved towards her with the gun on his side. She sighed, saying "Mater... Mater, please. You know me. It's Holly."

Mater didn't respond, coldly pinning her down with the gun to her face. "Please... you won't do it. I know you won't."

The gun rose slightly, passing her lips and stopping at her forehead, with the barrel pointed directly between her eyes.

"I have faith in you." Holly said finally as she pressed her head to the barrel. She closed her eyes, waiting for the silence to be broken by the bullet's discharge. After an eternity of blackness, the silence was finally broken.

"H... Holly?" a familiar voice said. She opened her eyes, hearing the gun clatter onto the ground and seeing the familiar eyes of the truck.

"Mater? Is it you?"

"Well yeah. Who else would it be?" Mater grinned. A large grin crossed Holly's face as she shot out of the rubble, grabbing him and holding him in a tight embrace. Holly panted heavily, saying "oh thank God. Mater, I love you so much. Please, don't ever do it again. Oh I love you!"

"I love y'too, Holly. What happened?" Mater asked, still confused.

"Oh never mind that. You're back. You fought and you won and you're back! Oh, I'm so proud of you, Mater!" Holly wept as she held him close.

"IMPOSSIBLE!" Emilia shouted as she aimed her gun. Mater held Holly back to protect her, as Adolf said "how did you fight it?! You were under our control! How did you escape?!"

BANG! Zundapp gasped as a bullet shot up through him, piercing the book straight through his bumper and tearing straight through his forehead. "ADOLF!" Emilia shouted as her brother hit the ground dead. The singed pages of the red book scattered across the ground as she held his corpse.

Holly and Mater looked down to Aileen, who lowered her pistol as she said "sorry, he was getting on my nerves!"

"Bastarde Zerstörerischen Narren!" Emilia said as she turned to the Lemon henchmen, saying "töte sie! Zerstöre sie! Zerreiße sie!"

"You heard the girl!" Axelrod said. "Turn the lot of 'em into Swiss Cheese!"

"Come on!" Dodge said as Aileen opened fire on the Lemons. "We've overstayed our welcome here!"

In the communications office, Alonzo and Mitsu finished broadcasting the message to offshore receivers. "We gotta get to out to as many people as we can!" Mitsu said. "Lexus cannot leave this building!"

"Not yet." a voice said as the CLICK! CLICK! of a gun sounded. Mitsu and Alonzo turned to Lexus, who was standing at the door with the rifle at his side. "So, you took their money, I guess." Mitsu said as Alonzo backed out nervously.

"I took their respect." Lexus said. "First I've had in years to begin with. Of course, the wired 200 million wasn't bad either."

Alonzo turned to Mitsu nervously, not knowing what to do. Lexus continued "it's a shame, really. If you'd not sent out your little expos'e McMissile would be the only one who had to die. Well, aside from the rest of that junk heap your friends call a town."

"What? The Springs?"

"Yep. TM4TR's on his way to set off the missile right now, and I'm gonna blow your head in once it happens." Lexus said smugly. "Didn't like any of the tail-pipes I killed, but I Bishi seemed like a nice kid."

"You killed Bishi?"

"No witnesses, Mitsu." Lexus said. "Besides, I don't think he could, how do you say it, walk away from what he did to Little Italy last year. Ha ha ha."

Lexus aimed the gun, suddenly... CLICK! CLICK! he turned to see a large barrel pointed to his head. "Put down the gun, you treacherous scum."

"Dr Ansari?" Mitsu said as Lexus put down the weapon. Lexus scoffed, saying "put down the gun, doc. You're just a psychiatrist."

"On the contrary. Former Lieutenant Omar Ansari at your service. Stationed in Afghanistan back in 2008. Honorably discharged from Platoon 7 in 2012." Ansari explained. Alonzo's eyes widened at the mention of Afghanistan, saying "wait a minute. Omar? Omar Ansari? Platoon 7? Amigo!"

"Well, well, well." Omar said as he lowered the gun slightly. "Lonnie Ramirez! Ha ha ha! Long time, no see, eh? How are you, mate?"

"I'm doing great. Well, actually, much better since you've just rescued us from death too."

Suddenly, Lexus' radio went off. It was Emilia's voice, which said "Lexus! TM4TR has overcome his programming! We're going to plan B!"

"What's Plan B?" Mitsu said as Omar aimed the gun at Lexus head.