It's time for a new story in the World Of Cars!
This is only the beginning of what lies ahead for Lightning and friends...
Lightning McQueen.
He'd won, won after that and then went on to win again. He seemed unstoppable. He was unstoppable. Sure, he'd had an accident here and there and one particularly nasty crash which put him and a fellow racer in the hospital, but they both survived with amazingly minimal long-term damage and went on to compete again, undaunted by the past.
He'd also managed to put Radiator Springs back on the map, bringing success to his friends there, and he'd survived an elaborate plot to kill him he hadn't even known about, although that was mostly thanks to his best friend, Mater.
Mater was on McQueen's mind today as he drove into Radiator Springs, which proudly bore a sign that read 'Home Of Lightning McQueen'. Lightning grinned as he saw a wooden sign hanging below it which read 'The best race car EVER!'. Lightning knew immediately that Mater had put that sign there. He made a mental note to thank Mater when he saw him. McQueen had recently left on a racing trip, and although his soon-to-be wife Sally (whom he had proposed to at the tear-jerking final race) had accompanied him, Mater and the rest of his friends had stayed behind.
Although they had missed McQueen, they were soon glad they had stayed when a terrible fire broke out that would have burnt the entire town to the ground if it wasn't for the efforts of every single car. Lightning had heard the news while he was away, and although Sally had flown home before him and called him to tell him that the town looked like nothing had ever happened, he was only now content seeing it for himself. He wasn't sure where Mater would be today, but he knew that Mater wouldn't be hard to find. He was Mater, after all. He was often the first familiar face Lightning saw upon returning home.
Sometimes, Mater had even came with him on his travels. Lightning decided the best way to find his friend was to simply let his friend find him. So he waited in a single spot for about 5 minutes until something caught his eye. And something really was the best description he had, until he saw- lightning. That was of course his best description, or at least his favorite one. But it wasn't lightning coming down from the sky. It was travelling along the road in the same formation that a car would. As a matter of fact, it was multiple small bolts of lightning, moving so fast that even McQueen could barely see them. So he decided to do something bold. He drove in front of the lightning.
Big mistake.
Lightning spiraled out of control, his wheels rotating over and over until finally he crashed into a brick wall, which hurt, but allowed him to regain control. Lightning looked over at what had hit him, and he saw-
He definitely saw a car.
There was no mistaking it. It was another car that had hit him, somehow driving at such a high speed that they appeared to be a bolt of energy. And multiple bolts means multiple cars. The car quickly regained their speed, but not before McQueen saw a large word emblazoned on their side.
Lightspeed.
"Lightspeed?" McQueen wondered aloud. He grinned. "Y'know, that would be a good name for my son if I ever have one. Lightspeed McQueen. He'd grow up just like his pops."
"Don't get too ahead of yourself, Stickers." Sally said, driving up to him. McQueen felt embarrassed wondering if Sally had seen him crash into a wall. "I, er, didn't notice ya there Sal." McQueen said honestly. "Did you see that?" he asked, wondering if Sally had seen the mysterious car. Sally laughed. "See what, you spiral into a wall for no apparent reason? Yeah, I saw it. You might want to get that checked out." McQueen shot her a confused look. "You didn't see it? The bolt of lightning? And I'm not talking about myself when I race." he said with a sly smile. Sally seemed to have no idea what he was talking about. "There were multiple bolts, which were actually cars, and one of them just hit me. They looked like bolts because they were so fast. I think." McQueen said with a little uncertainty.
"By the way, have you seen Mater?"
As Sally told him where she had last seen Mater, Lightning listened carefully, but there was one word taking dominance in his mind.
Lightspeed.