A man sat on a park bench leisurely, his gaze upturned towards the canopy of branches and leaves. You approach cautiously. This is your favorite reading spot, and you're not gonna let this creep keep you out! You take your seat, content to ignore this man, but he speaks anyway. You do your best to tune him out.
"blahblahblahblah" he just won't stop talking! Even your ability of ignoring is failing you in the presence of this formidable foe!
"-as this whole big fiasco, and It was actually really sad but when you read the papers it makes me out to be some kind of hero for-" What is he talking about? Sad? Hero?
"What are you talking about?" You halfheartedly shove your bookmark in your book and turn towards him more.
He smiles, "Didn't you hear me? My name is Finn McMissle."
Realization washes over you like a shock of cold water, "Finn! McMissle! Oh wow it's such an honor! You were so heroic-"
He lets out a snort and turns away from you, "Of course..." He mutters under his breath, clearly aggravated.
You blink, taken aback by his rude behavior, "What?" You ask sharply.
"You're just like the rest! Here I am, a normal person, and your praising me for- for what!? Killing someone!?" He huffs, attempting to get his breathing under control.
Your wide-eyed, "You saved everyone."
he stared at his hands for a long moment, "I couldn't save him."
Finn stands to leave and you reach out, touching his wrist and he stills.
"Why was he so important?" Your voice is quiet, barely audible in the echoing silence.
"It's..." He lets out a frustrated huff, "It's a long story."
You look around at the stillness of the clearing and observe the trees, reaching up for sunlight and burrowing down for life. Do you really want to know? Do you really want to take the time to learn the story of a broken hero? Do you want to know what causes the bags beneath his eyes, and the subtle shakes to his hands? What if you said no? He'd leave this clearing and go god knows where, and you' finally be able to finish your book. Then you'd do what you always do, you'd get up and walk home. Stop at that little restaurant at the end of the street for take out and head up to your apartment where you'll watch some mind-numbing TV show until you pass out only to wake up, get dressed, go to work and wonder about Finn McMissle.
"I've got all the time in the world."
He sits back down slowly while trying to find a starting point. He stares at open air for a while, opening and closing his mouth like a fish, confusion clouding his eyes.
You wait patiently.
Finally his eyes light up and he looks you straight in the eye, "Before I tell you this story, I want you to understand something. This is very crucial piece of information, okay?" You nod, "The villain of this story isn't bad. He may be sick and hurting, but he wasn't -isn't- a bad person."
He swallows thickly and runs his hand through his hair, "I guess you could say it started the way most things in Radiator Springs started- with Mater."
Hello everyone! Here I am with another story! This one will be more Finn centered than Fanatic, and some things mentioned here might be from my one shot 30 seconds, but you don't need to read that to understand this!
There will be a major character death at the end, I'm sorry! On the other hand, can you guys figure out the villain of this story? And No! It's not Mater.