Oh, my God! It's been a long time, but this is getting updated again.

Just a quick explanation. From now on, I think how this is working is the two authors working on this (PinkCookie11 and Cars Crazy Fudge) are each taking turns to write chapters. So, if there's any inconsistencies in the writing style, that's why (after all, every author has their own style). This chapter was written by Cars Crazy Fudge. Unless it sucks. Then PinkCookie11 wrote it. XD.

To answer some comments and questions from the reviews for the previous chapter, the dialogue and actions from the movie are gonna be written in italics to avoid confusion and make it easier to read. And the reason we're skipping parts is because we don't want to write everything from the movie. That would take too long. We're just going through parts where they might have comments and/or questions. I hope this clears things up.

So, let's get back into it!

Chapter 2: Life is a Highway

"All right, we're back!" Cookie announced as she and Fudge made their way through the crowded group of cars.

"Excuse me, coming through!" Fudge added.

"Hey!" Lightning exclaimed. "Watch it, Cookie!"

"I can't", she replied simply.

"Oh. Right. Sorry."

"Did y'all git ice cream?" Mater questioned.

"Yeah, we did", Fudge answered, spooning a mouthful of chocolate ice cream.

"Kin I have some?"

There was a pause.

"It's pistachio", both humans lied to him in unison.

"All right", he accepted that easily. He looked back at the others. "I still can't eat pistachio ice cream", he explained.

"Why not?" Doc asked, confused.

"No spoilers!" Fudge cut in before Mater could say anything. "That's next week!"

"Hey! Come on!" Chick snapped. "Are we watching the movie or not?! I ain't got all night!"

"All right!" Fudge cried defensively, reaching for the remote. "I'm getting there!"

"We're here in Victory Lane, awaiting the race results!" the Kori Turbowitz on the screen announced. "McQueen, that was quite a risky move not taking tyres-"

"Tell me about it!" one of the pitties put in.

"Are you sorry you didn't have a crew chief out there?" Kori continued.

"You need to take the tyres!" Luigi commented.

"Well, I know that now!" Lightning insisted. "Besides, I still don't have to waste time getting them done. I got the fastest guy right here." He gestured to Guido.

Guido smiled. "Pit stop!"

"Am I sorry I don't have a crew chief?" Lightning on the screen echoed. "No. I'm not. Because I'm a one-man show."

Then it was...

"Yo, Chuck!" he called to the pitty changing his tyre. "Chuck, what are you doing?! You're blocking the camera! Everyone wants to see the bolt. Now, back away!"

Not Chuck grunted and threw down his tool in frustration. "That's it! Come on, guys!" He stormed off with the rest of the crew following.

"Whoa, team! Where you going?" Lighting wondered.

"Coffee break", Cookie responded sarcastically.

"We quit, Mr. One-Man-Show!" Not Chuck shouted at him.

"Okay, leave, fine", Lightning told him. "Adios, Chuck!"

"AND MY NAME IS NOT CHUCK!" he hollered back.

"Oh, whatever."

"I wonder whatever happened to old Not Chuck", Fudge mused.

"I don't know", Lightning replied. "I haven't seen him since then."

"Hey, Lightning! Yo! McQueen!" Chick called out. He was surrounded by his pit crew. "Seriously, That was some pretty darn nice racing out there. BY ME!"

"Finally!" Chick cried. "We're at the good part!"

"I wouldn't say that!" Fudge disagreed.

"Why not?"

"You're pretty much the antagonist of this film", Cookie explained.

"WHAT?!" Chick exploded. "How could I be the antagonist? I am such a great, friendly, awesome guy!"

"You deliberately cause crashes all the time", Lightning deadpanned.

"You knocked me off the track!" The King added.

"Spoilers!" Fudge and Cookie cried in unison.

"OH, SHUT UP!" Chick barked at them. "This was over ten years ago! Everyone knows what happens!" He looked back at The King. "And that was an accident."

"You blackmailed Fudge into stealing for you", Luigi reminded the mean green race car. "Was that an accident too?"

Chick stuttered over his words for a couple of seconds before pointing a tyre directly at Fudge. "I saved her life! Does anyone remember that?!"

"That's true, he did", Lightning recalled.

"That's right", Luigi added.

"I saw that", Finn chimed in.

"He did save my life", Fudge confirmed,

Everyone left Chick alone after that. For now, anyway.

"I'm Mia!" a red Mazda Miata sporting the number 95 exclaimed.

"I'm Tia!" an identical car added.

"We're, like, your biggest fans!" they proclaimed in unison. "Ka-chow!" And with that, they flashed their headlights at him.

Just about every female there cringed. Especially when the Lightning on the screen declared, "I love being me!"

"Oh, my God!" Sally exclaimed, disgusted.

"That was when I was young and stupid!" Lightning justified. "You're the only one I'd let get away with that now!"

Fudge pretended to cry.

"Get a room, you two!" Chick shouted at them.

"Maybe we will", Sally replied.

Fudge's fake cries grew louder. "Stop talking. Stop talking now!"

"Yes", Sarge agreed. "All of you, stop talking now! Some of us are trying to watch the movie!"

"Hey, buddy", The King greeted Lightning, approaching him. "You are one gutsy racer. You got more talent in one lug nut than a lot of cars have got in their whole body."

"Really?" Lightning was flattered. "Oh, that-"

"But you're stupid", The King cut in bluntly.

"Ohhh!" Fudge exclaimed.

"That's hurtful!" Lightning cried, sounding pretty hurt.

"It's truthful", Doc informed him.

"Get over yourself, Lightning Victory Careful Danger Speed McQueen!" Chick retorted.

"This ain't a one-man deal, kid", The King explained. "You need to wise up and get yourself a good crew chief and a good team. You ain't gonna win unless you got good folks behind you and you let them do their job like they should..." His voice got more and more faded as Lightning tuned out, staring dreamily at the Dinoco tent.

"A good team... Yeah..."

"You weren't even listening to me?!" The King cried, insulted.

Lightning smiled sheepishly. "No. Sorry."

The King shrugged. "Eh. That's okay. I knew you weren't."

The results came in soon enough.

"Ladies and gentlemen", Bob Cutlass announced over the loudspeakers, "for the first time in Piston Cup history..."

"A rookie has won the Piston Cup", an overconfident Lightning finished for himself.

He tore through the paper and was on the winner's podium. "YES!" he cheered.

But then Bob finished his sentence. "We have a three-way tie!"

"Nice!" Fudge giggled.

"That's what you get for being too overconfident, rookie!" Doc commented with a smile.

"Not my best moment, I'll admit", Lightning agreed.

"It seems like you've got a lot to learn", Sally remarked.

"Yeah. And you were the one to teach it all to me."

"What did you do with my trailer?" Lightning quizzed Mack.

"I parked it over your sponsor's tent", Mack replied.

Lightning couldn't believe it. "WHAT?!"

"You gotta make your personal appearance", Mack explained.

"No! No! No, no, no, no!" Lightning cried.

When he arrived at the Rust-Eze tent, he groaned. "I hate rusty cars! This is not good for my image!"

"What about me?" Mater questioned, sounding hurt.

"Guess he doesn't care about his image anymore", Mack commented.

"We hope so!" Rusty piped up. "Otherwise, he wouldn't have put up with us for so long!"

He and his brother, Dusty, laughed and laughed.

"Mack? Rusty? Dusty? What are you guys doing here?" Lightning wondered.

"Cookie invited us", they all replied simultaneously.

"Haven't you seen the Tweet?" Dusty added.

"Cookie!" Lightning cried in disbelief.

Cookie shrugged. "They're your friends!"

"Well, Chick isn't and your Tweet got him here!"

"I SAVED YOUR CHEERLEADER'S LIFE!" he reminded him.

"California, here we come!" Mack announced as they started up.

Lightning grinned. "Dinoco, here we come."

The song "Life is a Highway" was heard from the screen.

"Oh, I love this song!" Fudge exclaimed, bopping her head.

"Well, it's true", Lightning commented. "Life is a highway. It's about the journey, not the destination."

"That's what you learned from this movie", Cookie remarked.

"Yeah", Lightning admitted. "Yeah, I did."

"Just stopping off for a quick breather, kid", Mack reported as the sun set on their first full day on the road came to an end. "Old Mack needs a rest."

"Absolutely not", Lightning insisted. "We're driving straight through all night till we get to California. We agreed to it!"

"Did you agree to it?" Doc wondered.

"Yeah..." Lightning answered. It was obvious that he was lying.

Doc just rolled his eyes. "Right..."

Mack stared longingly at the rest stop they were passing. "All those sleeping trucks... Hey, kid. I don't know if I can make it."

"Oh, sure you can, Mack! Look, it'll be easy!" Lightning assured him. "I'll stay up with you."

"All night?"

"All night long."

But in the next shot, Lightning was fast asleep in his trailer.

"Well... that lasted", Fudge commented.

Lightning made a face. "Shut up!"

The Delinquent Road Hazards lured Mack to sleep and knocked him from side to side, resulting in the trailer door being opened.

"So, that's how it happened!" Lightning exclaimed.

"How scary would that be?" Fudge remarked, gesturing to the screen where Lightning was horrified to wake up and discover that he was in the middle of the road.

"It was very scary!" Lightning confirmed.

"Baby!" Chick scoffed.

"Chick, you're also selfish and obsessed with winning", Lightning pointed out. "Something like this could've easily happened to you."

"Imagine if it did happen to Chick instead of you", Fudge mused.

Everyone fell silent. Either thinking about that or simply trying to watch the movie.

"Oh no!" Lightning groaned as he heard the sound of Sheriff's sirens. Then he brightened. "Oh! Maybe he can help me!" But then he heard a series of loud bangs behind him. "He's shooting at me! Why's he shooting at me?!"

Only it's revealed to be Sheriff backfiring.

Everyone stared at Sheriff. The old police car looked away awkwardly, hoping to avoid anybody's gaze.

"Wait!" Fudge exclaimed when they got the first shots of Radiator Springs. She sounded outraged. "Where am I?"

"You're not in this movie", Cookie explained.

"Why not?!" Fudge demanded, "I was there!"

"This movie's called Cars, not Humans or Cars and Humans", Chick reasoned.

"Oh, what?!" Fudge groaned. She flopped back in disappointment.

"It's true. That's what the movie's called." Chick held up the DVD cover. Nobody knew if he was kidding or if he was just that stupid. It was hard to tell sometimes.

"Looking forward to your big movie moment, were you, Fudge?" Lightning teased.

"Yes!" she answered seriously. "It's not fair! I was in the events of Cars and Cars 2. And I'm gonna be in Cars 3 as soon as Cars Crazy Fudge figures out how to write-"

"Fudge, what did I tell you about breaking the fourth wall?!" Sheriff scolded.

"To not to", she mumbled.

"Is there even a fourth wall here?" Cookie wondered. "I mean, if you guys are watching you own movie?"

Nobody knew how to answer that.

On the screen, Lightning was practically flying through the sleepy little town, knocking everything in his path.

"Oh, noes!" Fudge cried. "He's terrorising the village!"

He started dragging the Stanley statue down Main Street, tearing the road.

"Oh, good job, McQueen!" Chick proclaimed sarcastically.

"What?" Lightning asked innocently.

"Look at what you're doing!" He indicated to the screen.

"Hey! I was scared and stupid!" Lightning insisted.

"That's your excuse?" Sheriff asked.

Lightning was hanging helplessly from some telephone wire as Sheriff approached.

"Boy", Sheriff declared, "you're in a heap of trouble."

Lightning just passed out.

"That's how I feel right now with all this abuse you guys are giving me!" Lightning mumbled.

"And that's how I feel, trying to listen to the movie!" Sarge added.

"Well, we need to talk!" Fudge pointed out. "If we don't, how else are Cars Crazy Fudge and PinkCookie11 supposed to write What the Cars Think of Cars?"

"Fudge!" Sheriff barked. "Stop breaking the fourth wall!"

I'm so glad I got that done. I've been meaning to get it done for ages and now, with very few ideas on other stories, I finally kicked myself to get it done. So, I hope you enjoyed it!

If you wanna know what happened with Fudge and Chick, read Cars Crazy Fudge's stories, Vacation Crashers and Tales From Radiator Springs.