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JOHN

pulls the tail lights fuses with one hand while driving with the other. The plasma bounces off the tail lights.

ANOTHER LIGHT POLE

PUNCTURES an overpass. It plummets diagonally, piercing the blacktop in front of the Neon. The front left side of the Neon STRIKES the pole and flips sideways onto its roof.

SARAH AND JOHN

are bounced around inside the Neon while it skids on its roof. The Neon skids toward the center cement divider of the freeway. Metal SCRAPES, sparks fly. Incredibly, the IMPACT flips the car right side up again.

Sarah takes the wheel from John. She turns off the 405 freeway onto La Cienega Blvd.

EXT. LA CIENEGA BLVD. - - INGLEWOOD -- DAY

Sarah drives the Neon up La Cienega toward Centinela Ave. The Quantum plasma jumps from the 405 to power lines along La Cienega Blvd. The Terminator attempts to pass the Neon while PLOWING a moving van out of the way.

Sarah floors the accelerator. She aims the Neon straight toward a Flatbed Semi loaded with metal I-beams.

JOHN
Jesus Christ, Mom! You got a death wish?!

SARAH
Yeah, I wish death wouldn't come. Strap in!!

John and Sarah snap their buckles. The driver in the truck jumps out as he sees the approaching plasma and semi.

Sarah swerves the Neon onto Centinelia Ave. At the same time, the T- 2000 FLOWS into the traffic lights and arcs toward Sarah's SCREECHING car.

THE TANKER

driven by the Terminator SMASHES into the oncoming metal-hauling Semi. The T-2000 plasma shoots into the grille of the Flatbed Semi.

The TANKER EXPLODES. I-Beams punch through the Flatbed truck's cab and into the tanker. Plasma energy dissipates throughout the metal. The I- Beams CLATTER on the cement.

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