Missing Mater
In which Holly finds herself missing Mater, and then Mater goes missing in Radiator Springs. Can Finn and Holly help radiator springs find Mater? Their bringing a specialist, who will end up helping the whole town.
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Chapter 1
Lightning, Mater, and Mack had just gotten back from Lightnings' fifth piston cup win and Mater couldn't wait to talk to everyone about the victory. Lightning couldn't wait to see sally again, and he couldn't wait to celebrate her birthday in a week. Mater was also very excited for the celebration.
"I'm gonna find ya a good gift Miss Sally!" Mater said upon first spotting her, "It's gonna be so purty!" Sally smiled shyly, "Awww, Mater you don't need to get me anything." she tried to assure him, but Mater just bounced on his tires.
"But I wanna git ya something!" Mater insisted, "You'll see, it'll be a great gift!"
"Okay," Sally sighed," if you insist." Mater drives off excitedly while Sally rolled her eyes. Not knowing that they would all be searching for him only hours later.
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Cut to Holly and Finn heading back home from a mission, on a plane that we can clearly see is their friend Siddley
"I wonder what Mater is doing now..." Holly mused out loud, while Finn sighed exhaustedly. This wasn't the first time Holly had said that exact same thing, it was grating on his nerves. She'd wondered that, out loud, three times today and it was still a long way to home.
"I've got an idea," Sid called back to them, "Why doesn't Miss Shiftwell use my satellite to contact him in Radiator Springs, so that she can ask?" Finn and Holly glanced at each other, why hadn't they thought of that?
"I wouldn't want to be a bother..." Holly mused, "I guess I could." Siddley tried to call the salvage yard, and he got no answer. "He's not at his salvage yard."
"Well," Finn mused, "he would have just got back from that race Lightning just ran.". Holly agreed, "Perhaps you should try call someone else there." Holly suggested, "Maybe they'll know where he is and what he's doing."
"Let's see," Siddley pondered "I've got every one of the numbers of the residents. Which one should I try for first?"
"Hmmmm," Holly mused aloud "Lightning is probably out with him, so we could try calling the ear piece that he uses for his races."
Siddley responded in the affirmative, and began to hack the frequency. "Hello, Lightning?"
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"Argh!" Lightning jumped at a slightly familiar voice suddenly piping over the communicator that he uses to talk with his pit crew during races. "Who, what?"
"Sorry to have alarmed you Mr. McQueen," Siddley apologized, "But Miss Shiftwell would like to know what Mater is up to, if you wouldn't mind telling him to get to a phone?"
"Maters not with me," Lightning said, suddenly worried for his best friend, as it dawned on him that he hadn't seen him in hours. He told Siddley that he didn't know where Mater had gone off too.
"What do you mean?" Holly said confused, "When did you see him last?"
Lightning thought over it, "Last I saw him, he was looking for a gift for Sally's birthday."
Finn frowned, suddenly concerned himself," How long has he been at this?" Finn asked, as calmly as he could, as not to alarm Holly.
"It's been hours, now I'm worried..." Lightning looked towards the V8 cafe, he saw the live-in population of Radiator Springs communing for lunch. "Wait a sec, I'm going to ask to see if someone else has seen him."
"Hey Stickers," Sally greeted happily, but then she saw the worry on his face, "What's up, what's wrong?" at the sound of 'what's wrong' all eyes were on him. "Well," Lightning looked at everyone, "I've got Holly, Finn, and Siddley talking to me on my race communicator. They wanted to talk to Mater."
At first Sally just nodded, but then it dawned on her, "Huh, I don't know where he is..." Sally shifted her tires "I haven't seen him in hours!" Everyone started to swivel on their tires, obviously upset, all wondering where Mater might have gone.
"Who saw him last?" Lightning asked the group, "Let's try to figure that out..."
Sarge wheeled forward, "Last I saw him, he asked me if I had some rope he could borrow."
Sarge continued, saying that he didn't think to ask why he wanted it. A sudden screech emitted from Mack, startling him, and everyone surrounding him. "Sorry about that, we were having trouble hearing you." Explained Holly's voice over Macks' CB radio, "Sorry if we frightened you, but Siddley hacked into the frequency of the nearest radio to Lightning."
Mack sighed "That's fine," he noted that Sarge and Sheriff, whom both had radios were indeed farther from Lightning than he was.
"Hey," Ramone cut in suddenly' "I just remembered, Mater came to my shop today to get his headlights fixed."
"Did he say why he needed them fixed?" Finn asked, "The reason could help."
"I didn't ask, both of them were busted, he needs them to be street legal..." Ramone shifted uncomfortably, "I assumed that was his reason."
"Siddley," Finn said decisively, "I want you to take us to Radiator Springs, Mater might just need our help."
Siddley hesitated, "What if you get called in for another mission?" "I'm sure her majesty will understand." Finn assured, "And call in special agent Gears, he's been desperate for a low-impact mission."
"Roger that," Siddley replied then he said, "Don't worry Radiator Springs, I'm sure we'll find Mater." then he terminated the connection.
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A/N: Oh no, Mater is missing! Holly, Finn and a special Agent Gears (OC) are on the case! I don't own anything except the plot.