Disclaimer—Don't own cars…don't own nothin cept the characters I'll be listing here below :D
Dumper Don—Kind of…sort of a tribute to my daddy :D He's always had this ol' dump truck that they named Dumper Don :D So, I'm usin ol' Don for my story :D
Brick L.T.—A Tahoe based off of the one my family owns :D
Hector Drive—A Chevrolet HD 2500, my dad owns one :D yay for family cars XD
Adina (Di—pronounced "die" like a dice…okay yeah)—Pagani Zonda F, my main character, her possible pairing with an official character in this story is still undecided.
Chapter 1: Off Road
Route 66, cuts through the land to make things go faster I guess. Nothing special about it in my opinion, of course, my opinion doesn't count does it! In any case, I guess I can be thankful I was on it back then…otherwise, things wouldn't be like they are now, I kinda like it now.
Story Starts Now—15 Years Ago
A red Tahoe L.S. roamed lazily down the road, passing a sign, he pulled onto route 66 and kept close to the side of the interstate should he get tiered. He was drifting off as a large Chevy HD 2500 pulled up along side him.
"Brick, can you handle all this? We pull over if you want."
"S'alright, I can make it a few more miles, how's that gal back there doin anyway Hector?" Brick had a thick western accent, a little strange for a vehicle as himself.
"She is much better, muy bueno!" Hector smiled triumphantly, "I give her some advice as to which town was coming, that little town you said to me about!"
Hector held a heavy Mexican accent, he often confused his grammar and stumbled in his wording, but otherwise, he spoke very fluent English. Brick and him met and became best buds when Hector journeyed with his family to western Utah.
"Great Hector, she should be fine then, it's only a few miles ahead, she'll make it, and with her age, probably before we do. How about we stop up at that station ahead, we can rest and continue home in the morning."
Hector nodded, "Si mi amigo!"
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Adina drove warily down the long roadway of route 66, forcing herself to stay awake from her long drive on her way to California. She was thankful to that Chevrolet truck for helping her out, she only had a mile or so to get to that small town he had told her about. There was a race in Cali next week, but she wanted to head out early in case this happened. She'd stop off in the little town off the side road then continue her journey.
Not far behind, a group of four delinquent road hazard teens were causing trouble on 66 to every car they could. Sending some to sleep, to which after they would careen off the roadway, some in accidents, but nothing serious. The leader of the group, a high speed Mitsubishi Eclipse, went by the name of Boost. His little gang consisted of Wingo, DJ and Snot Rod; all of them were troublemakers well known around those parts. They had just got out of serving a detention period for reckless driving, but they didn't learn very well.
"Boost! I saw a big ol' Chevy Truck and a Tahoe drive by earlier; heading off for some naptime at the next stop! Think we can catch em?" Wingo sped up, coming along side Boost.
Boost grinned, eyeing the Nissan Silvia beside him. "Lets get 'em."
Boost, Wingo and DJ sped off into the darkness, Snot Rod sniffed and then let out a sneeze, activating his boosters on the sides and he sped off unsteadily after them.
Adina, unaware of the four buddies, continued her drive sleepily, but she stayed awake, seeing a green sign telling her she only had four miles to go. Picking up her pace ever so slightly on the almost empty highway, she continued on.
The delinquents continued at high speeds down the road when Boost noticed a double white line illuminated in the headlights and reflecting their colorful neon lights. Then it became clear what it was.
Grinning he spoke to his group "Change of plans, we have a nice lookin Pagani who is looking to ruin our reputation."
The group laughed and came after her.
Adina could see neon lights coming from behind her; peering back she saw four cars coming in quick from behind. Unsure of what was going on, she turned back to the road trying to ignore them.
The Scion XB pulled up along side her left side "Hey, sorry honey, but you need to leave, your messing up our image."
The Eclipse went ahead and the Silvia pulled along her right side, she was boxed in.
"Yeah, this is our turf, and we don't need a fancy foreign car cruising around, your looks are ruining us!"
She looked around at them, unsure of what to do, but they didn't have the right to treat her this way, and she was going to let them know.
"Look, I am not here to ruin your image, and I am not that much of a foreigner, I speak English just fine thank you. I just need to get to California as soon as possible, I will be gone soon, so…let me be, se voi per favore." Even though she was attempting to conceal her accent, she found herself speaking her original language.
Boost laughed, "Oh, look boys, we've got an Italian, made and bred there eh? You'll always be a foreigner, and it looks like you don't understand the rules around here."
He made a sudden brake, Adina skidded to a stop, and Boost moved out of the way just in time.
"Signore! I might have killed you!" She breathed heavily, wanting terribly to get away.
Boost laughed and nodded toward Wingo, but before anyone could do anything, Adina saw the exit she had to take, using her speed as best she could, she pulled out off the box and fled into the exit.
"Stupid foreigner! Get her!" The swerved, and followed after her.
As Boost followed in the lead, he was pleased to see the old 1949 Mercury Cruiser was not at his usual post, in fact, the town seemed rather empty. It left the girl ahead with no one to drive to. He chased her once again away from town, and down a long curving road.
Coming close behind, heflanked her. Adina feared forwhat would happen, she didn't want tobesent careening off the edge by them,and swerved into the next lane, Boost took the opportunity and rammed into her, sending the young car off the road and smashing into a tree. She didn't move after that.
The group of delinquents began to laugh, they went back toward the town, and were surprised to see the sheriff patrolling the streets. Grumbling in frustration, Boost led his little passé silently away from the sheriff, they ended up back on the road to route 66 where they laughed in triumph.
"Hey Boost, your paint job man, it's scratched of on your right side!" Wingo pointed the destroyed paint.
Boost was ready to scowl angrily, but then he grinned, "Hey, it'll give her something to remember me by eh?"
Adina's body was racked with pain, her vision was gone, and she could feel several things were wrong. But the most pain she noticed was from her cracked windshield. Feeling the cool breeze soothed her slightly, but she eventually passed out completely.
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Sheriff quickly returned to his post to see the four delinquents he set free recently speed off laughing with delight. He scowled, angry he didn't catch them in their act, whatever they had done. He didn't see any cars around, no one was hurt that he could see; the other denizens of Radiator Springs were off watching another fun race between Doc Hudson and Lightning McQueen, as they once in awhile did. He sighed and pulled into his station where he fell into a light sleep.
Early the next morning, Mater chugged up the street toward the interstate, he had to find Sheriff and tell him about his find. He came upon the old station to find Sheriff asleep near the edge of the road.
Pulling up along side him, he nudged him "S'cuse me Sheriff sir!"
Sheriff blinked his eyes, his vision cleared and he was staring into the grinning face of Mater.
"Mater! Good morning, how are you today."
"Well mighty fine sir! I found a lil sumthin I thought I oughta show to ya."
"Alright, I'll have to get Sally to watch the post for me."
Mater nodded and led Sheriff toward town, where he then proceeded off the road that led up to the old hotel.
"What did you find Mater."
Mater pulled of to the side of the road by a group of trees a few seconds later.
"S' in there sir." Mater gestured with a wheel toward the trees."
Sheriff couldn't believe what he saw, the morning sun reflected off of the sleek black surface of the Pagani Zonda, she was smashed sideways into the tree, and her windshield was partially broken along with the right side window. A side mirror was ripped partially off of the roof support. If all of that wasn't enough, her headlights were broken and her face was beaten with scratches, and her front hood wasn't fitting so well onto her crushed front side.
Sheriff was wondering how this happened or who would have done it; his thoughts were then answered by the metallic purple paint streaked across the double white lines on her side.
"Those stupid kids! Mater, you better take her over to Doc, if…she can even be fixed."
The old Tow-truck nodded, flinging his towline like a fishing rod, he hooked up under her bumper and pulled her toward town.
The residents of Radiator Springs, moseyed around town, it was a quiet day with few visitors. Of course, many had already passed through on their way to California for a small race of a group of younger newbie cars. Not much was happening, Doc sat at the front of his clinic talking with Ramone when they heard Sheriff calling for people to stay out of the way.
"Doc! Doc." Doc Hudson looked toward the end of the road where he could see Sheriff and Mater coming toward them.
Ramone came up closer, "What's going on man?"
Mater moved forward, revealing the nearly totaled car behind him.
Doc stared at the beaten car "What happened."
Sheriff glared up toward Route 66, "That band of delinquents did this, must've rammed her off the side of the road up near the Hotel."
Doc looked her over and nodded to Mater to take her in "I'll see what I can do."
Sheriff nodded and headed back to his post, sending Sally back to town.
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Adina awoke the next morning; she felt pain in every portion of her body as she tried to move. Unable to open her eyes she moaned painfully.
"Danneggia…" she muttered.
"Ah, so she's awake. You were right Guido, she's definitely an Italian model." A lower voice that she vaguely recognized from her dream earlier…was it a dream?
She attempted to open her eyes, but she couldn't see, what was going on.
"Where am I?"
"You speak English too? Excellent, that'll make this easier." She heard tires rolling toward her.
"Who's there?" she retreated back a little only to be backed into a concrete wall.
"Don't worry, I'm Doc Hudson, I just saved your life."
"La mia vita?"
The voice sighed "Luigi, Guido, could you translate for me."
"Oh naturalmente! She said 'My Life' sir!" A voice with a thick Italian accent like her own piped in.
"Thank you Luigi, now, may we please ask your name?"
She hesitated for a moment "My name is Adina…but I go by Di."
"Well Di, you took on some very bad injuries, you will take awhile to heal and won't be able to see for a few days, our windshealed is broken and it greatly harmed your eyes. But your very lucky, if Mater hadn't found you, I couldn't have saved you."
Di sunk on her wheels, relieved but had to take breaths to relax "Thank you sir."
"It was no problem, you'll be fine."
"Yeah, especially since Doc is da best around."
"Thank you Ramone, maybe you could fix up her paint job later."
Though she couldn't see it, Ramone looked thrilled, he loved to paint more than anything…well, except his wife.
"It would be my pleasure!"
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