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Rated M for language and sex.
To my friends:
Greetings from the Blackstar Stables. I hope that everyone had a great Christmas and New years. As usual mine was crazy. Here is the last story in the trilogy! It is set fifteen years later. It is a father - daughter story. A lot of it is based on my adventures with my father when we were out showing horses.
UPDATE: After I posted this i re-read it. I did't like some of it, so I changed some of the lines. It's still the same story, but now it's better.
Like Father, Like Daughter
Lightning headed into the last lap of the Dakota 500, neck and neck with his long-time rival, Chick Hicks. Sapphire Weathers was right on their bumper, waiting to take first place if either of them made a mistake. Lightning pressed his engine further and inched ahead of Chick. "That's it, Kiddo!" said Doc "Keep going!" "I'm trying!" Lightning panted. "Don't try, do!" Doc replied through the intercom system. Lightning revved his engine and pulled ahead of Chick. He headed into the last turn. Lightning used the corner of the track as a slingshot and accelerated heading into the last stretch of the race. He flew down the straight and finished the race ahead of Chick by two car lengths. "Yes!" Lightning shouted. "Great job, Rookie!" Doc said sounding incredibly satisfied with his performance. "That's a great way to start a new season." Lightning was tired but he laughed happily. "Thanks," he said. Lightning had just started his seventeenth season in the Piston Cup circuit. He was undefeated when it came to winning the championship for the last twelve years. After the much hated drug test, Lightning drove into victory lane and accepted his award. He smiled and thanked his thousands of fans that had traveled from near and far to watch him race. He said a few words to the audience and drove back to his pit-area where Doc was already packing up his stuff. "Good job today Rookie" Doc said "I'm proud of you." "Thanks, Doc" Lightning said, grinning. "But you can hardly call me a rookie anymore, can you?" "The name sticks, and by now it's a habit" Doc replied. "I figured as much" Lightning said. He had been trying to dissuade Doc from using the nickname for about nine years but it never worked, and it probably never would. There were no races next week so all the racecars and their crews had time to go home. Lightning and Doc was looking forward to going home. "I don't know about you Doc, but I'm ready to go home." "Not to mention wanting to see two special some ones?" Doc asked smiling over at Lightning. "You could say that" Lightning said, returning the smile. He knew Doc was referring to Sally, his wife of sixteen years, and his daughter, Rayne, who was fifteen. "I know that you want to see your wife too" Lightning remarked. "You better believe I do" Doc said. He and Sophia were married six months after Lightning and Sally. Doc and Sophia kept their wedding small. Only family and close personal friends were invited. The wedding was a sunset service on the edge of the desert. Sophia loved the colors of the desert at sunset. Kori Turbowitz did ask to cover the wedding. Doc respectfully turned down her request, saying that he wanted it to be a private event.
The town's newspaper, The Radiator Springs Gasket, was finally a success. Doc still owned it, but he let his wife run it. It took Sophia five years of hard work before it turned a profit. Doc did not care if it ever turned a profit; he wanted to see his wife happy. The day that the paper made its first dollar, Sophia was jumping up and down. Doc and Lightning were out racing when Sophia called him with the good news. Over the years the newspaper continued to grow. It now had four full time reporters along with Sophia. It wasn't a daily paper; it was published three times a week. Doc made Sophia the editor of the newspaper, something that she all ways dreamed that she wanted to be. Mack and Abby were also married about ten years ago. Radiator Springs did grow over the years, but it was still a small town of about eight hundred residents. The town had a major change in leadership. The town has a mayor now, a blue Audi by the name of Jessica Vera. When it was deiced that the town had grown enough elect a mayor. She and one other car submitted paperwork for the election. She won the election easily and Doc swore her in as the mayor. She was young, popular and owned a business in town. Jessica was accepted by all, expect Sarge. He always complains that a women's place was in the home, not running a town. Sarge was sexist, but Doc explained to everybody, that he is a product of his era. Sarge grew up with an understanding that it was the man that went out and got a job, while women stayed at home. Nobody took Sarge's complaints about women working out side the home seriously. When Sarge started complaining, as he often did, the townsfolk would say that -Sarge is being Sarge- today.
Six years ago with her business growing to the point that it was taking all of her time and attention, Sally stepped down as the town attorney, but she always kept her law license current. She recommended a dark brown Toyota Camry by the name of Hugh Clamor. While Sally did not know Hugh personally, he was worked her father's law firm. So was hot hard for her to check him out, all it took was a call to her dad. Cliff verified that Hugh was a young and outstanding attorney with a lot of potential and was sorry to see Hugh leave the firm, but he know that he was very unhappy living in L.A… Hugh was like Sally and wanted to get away from L.A., and all of 'that madness'. One afternoon, Hugh interviewed with Doc and Sally. While he was young and did not have the experience that some of the other attorneys had, he seemed willing to do all the hard work that would be asked of him. A country boy at heart, Hugh and his wife fell in love with the town from the moment they saw it. They loved it so much that it didn't matter if Hugh got the job or not, they were moving here. A few weeks later, Hugh was offered the job. Three years ago, Doc decided to retire as the town's judge. When Doc announced his retirement, a special election was held to find his replacement. To make a long story short Hugh won the election by a landslide. Sheriff Dunkin also chose to retire as this time. He passed the command of the department to his daughter Scarlett. Even Sheriff was retired; he worked with the officers almost everyday and still retained his full police powers. Red, the fire truck had help too. A young and modern structural fire truck by the name of Pulaski (AN: For of you who wanted to know what he was doing before he was promoted to Piston Peak National Park.) became Red's partner, and he was eager to learn from the veteran fire truck.
"I want to train Rayne to become a racecar." Doc suddenly said as he was putting some of his gear away. "That's not going to happen, Doc" Lightning said, also putting some of his gear in his trailer. "Why not?" Doc asked "She's got your speed and mentality. I'm not sure is the greatest thing, but she would be an amazing racer!" "Rayne would get hurt," Lightning said. "Storm is going to cause her all kinds of problems." Storm is Chick's fifteen year old son. He races dirty like his father and was already known for causing problems on and off the track. Storm had been racing in the junior league for three years and is the division champion for two of those years. "She can take care of herself," Doc said. "Rayne wants to race, Kiddo" "There's another reason I don't want her on the track" Lightning said. "It's a male dominant sport. There are some racecars and fans that will see Rayne as a sexual plaything! I don't want her to get harassed, assaulted, or worse raped!" "Lightning… you're over reacting." Doc said "Just humor me and think about it." "I have been thinking about it… a lot" Lightning sighed. "Rayne asks about it about every time I call or go home. I just don't want her to get in a bad wreck like I did." Next to Doc's, his wreck was still considered the worst wreck in racing history. "I can't promise that she won't get hurt," Doc said. "You know, a vast majority of racecars go through their whole careers without being in a serious wreck." "I know" Lightning said. "I don't think Sally wants Rayne racing either." "Just talk it over with Sally" Doc said. "I think Rayne would love it. She's already a huge racing fan." "I know Rayne would love it," Lightning sighed. "It's just the dad me that doesn't want her to." "I know, how you feel" Doc said. "Rayne will have to race in Piston Cup Junior League for a year before she can qualify for a spot on the Piston Cup circuit." "I'll think about it," Lightning said uneasily. He wanted Rayne to do what she loved, but he was nervous about what could happen to her. They finished packing their gear, and then headed home.