Ch.2: Breaking Down

"I can't believe my done luck," Cobra berated himself.

Finally, he had found the famous Route 66 and was on his way to Radiator Springs when all of a sudden his alternator goes out bringing him to a stall. It wasn't uncommon for these things to happen to younger cars, but if Cobra broke down now he'd never complete his and give Serena that much needed operation.

"I can't let down my sister" thought Cobra to himself " there has to be someway,"

Suddenly, a fiery blast sped past the stalled car, making him jump in fright. He quickly looked up and down the road to see whatever the flash was, but it was gone. Then a few seconds later, it appeared again, and seemed to be heading straight for him.

"No" said Cobra " stay away!"

The fireball passed again to which he gave a huge sigh of relief, then he let out a gasp in horror as suddenly felt his front bumper being pulled after the fast moving object. Which turned out, when he dared to open his eyes, an old, rusty tow truck.

"What?" thought Cobra in shock " where in heck does a tow truck get rocket blasters?"

His own curiousity was immediately replaced by shock, and he yelled for Mater to slow down to which the tow truck greatfully complied. They were about five miles away from Radiator Springs anyhow.

"Thank you," Cobra sighed in relief.

"Eh, no problem buddy" said Mater " I guess some cars just aren't ready for Tow Mater's super fast towing service, although it is a faster ride,"

"Fast is right" said Cobra, then something pricked in his brain " wait, did you say your name was Mater?"

"Yep" said Mater " the one and only,"

"So" Cobra thought " this is the tow truck I have been sent to kill. But he looks so innocent and fun, why would fury want me to kill him. Oh right, Z. I gotta remember this tow truck was once a spy, and a pretty lucky one by the look's of it,"

" I heard you were a spy once" said Cobra to Mater " rewarded for capturing the infamous Professor Z,"

"Naw" said Mater " Finn and Holley caught Professor Z. I exposed Axelrod. See, it all started...,"

And with that said Mater began explianing his whole tale to Cobra, and even joined him at Ramone's so he continued the story. The sun started to set outside and when Mater was almost done telling his tale, Lightning McQueen rushed in looking for Mater.

"Mater I've been looking everywhere for you" said Lightning " your date with Holley is in ten minutes!"

"Oh no!" shouted Mater, then turned to Cobra " See you later Cob, I gotta go. Been nice meeting ya!"

"Is he always like this?" said Cobra, looking at Lightning and Ramone as Mater dashed off.

"Pretty much," replied both cars, before Lightning sped off to join Mater.

While Mater was busy on his date, Cobra booked a room at the Cozy Cone Hotel and prepared to spend the night, millions of ideas roaming around in his mind. A major oppurtunity had opened itself to him. What if he could somehow convince Mater to join his side.

Reveal that he's a spy and start teaching Mater all his tricks of the trade, building up a debt the tow truck could not escape.

"Yes" thought Cobra " it's the perfect plan. I'll inact it tomorrow,"

Early the next morning, Mater awoke to greet the dawn, and was surprised to see the black and gold cobra he had towed yesterday was approaching his ranshack house. Everyone else in Radiator Springs was still asleep, so this was the perfect time for Cobra and Mater to talk.

"Well good morning" said Mater to Cobra " looks like your alternator's all better,"

"Yeah" said Cobra " thanks for the tow. How much do I owe you?"

"Ah, ain't no charge for a good deed" said Mater " consider it a freebee, on the house,"

"Aw, that's to bad" said Cobra " I was hoping I could offer something in return, like spy training maybe,"

"Your a spy too?" asked Mater surprised. To prove this fact, Cobra activated his hover feature and floated in the air.

"Wow! Cool!" said Mater.

"So" said Cobra, landing back on the ground and extending his wheel to Mater " shall we begin?"

Mater didn't waste a second thought and shook wheels with Cobra. Sporting a sly grin, Cobra led Mater away from Radiator Springs, ready to give Mater a taste of the dark side.