CHAPTER 11: THE FACTORY SHOWDOWN
INT. MACHINE FACTORY - NIGHT
Bender and Catherine flee into a vast, dark factory, slamming and locking a heavy steel door behind them. Thudding and punching sounds come from the door as the endoskeleton tries to break through.
BENDER (Flipping a giant power switch) Time to make some noise!
He starts turning on all the factory machinery. Massive presses, conveyor belts, and robotic arms roar to life.
CATHERINE FRY What are you doing?! Are you trying to get us killed in a different way?!
BENDER I'm creating a distraction! It's a classic tactic! The noise and movement will confuse its primitive sensors! Or, you know, it'll just make it harder for it to hear us screaming. It's a 50/50 shot.
The TM-101 endoskeleton kicks the door off its hinges and enters, its red eyes scanning the chaotic factory floor. Bender and Catherine sneak away. They round a corner and come face-to-face with the endoskeleton.
BENDER Run! And try not to get impaled on anything!
Bender charges, and the two machines fight. Metal fists clang against metal. Bender gets thrown across the room. The endoskeleton gets kicked into a pile of gears. Finally, the TM-101 lands a devastating punch to Bender's torso, and he flies apart into pieces—arms, legs, head, and body clattering to the floor.
BENDER'S HEAD (Lying on the ground) Welp, we're boned. Tell my friends I died robbing a convenience store. It's more on-brand.
The endoskeleton ignores him and turns its attention to Catherine. She backs away in terror, stumbling backwards. Her hand touches a control panel. She looks up and sees she's standing in front of a massive hydraulic press.
She scrambles out of the way as the endoskeleton stalks into the press's crushing zone. Catherine looks at the machine, then at the "ACTIVATE" button.
CATHERINE FRY (Yelling over the machinery) Pardon my language but... YOU'RE TERMINATED, YOU BITCH!
She slams her hand down on the button. With a powerful hiss, the hydraulic press descends, crushing the TM-101 flat into a mangled wreck of chrome and wires. A single red eye flickers and goes dark.
It's over. The factory falls silent.
BENDER'S HEAD Uh... a little help here? My ass is feeling a draft.
Catherine, shaking, gathers up Bender's parts and painstakingly puts him back together.
CATHERINE FRY Thank you Bender...for saving my life...
BENDER (Standing up, brushing himself off) Oh, shucks. I wasn't afraid of that machine. I'm pretty brave once you get past my macho exterior. Well, Cathy, I must return to the future and tell your son the good news! And to collect my reward, which I assume is substantial.
He kisses her on the cheek.
BENDER That's for being a good sport.
He activates the time portal device in his chest. A swirling vortex opens.
BENDER See ya in a thousand years! Don't do anything I wouldn't do!
He steps into the portal and vanishes.
