Update! Sorry it took so much time! And I think this chapter is quite short, but I promise that I will upload the next one soon, it's almost finished! And I also started to read the fanfictions of some of my reviewers.

JustKaro43 – I'm glad you liked the conversation between Chick and The King :) I spent so much time thinking about it…

Buick Regal Racecar 56 – You'll find out more about Chicks brother in this chappie ;) I have to read all your stories coz I think your Thunder is a quite interesting character!

BorntothePurple – Yeah, Chick opened up, but now he also have to show that he's able to change things :)

Bovine Beauty – You're so right! Cars has taught a wonderful lesson about life and it influenced mine

And I also want to thank CaribbeanCrazyGal and NikChik-11

Chapter IV

FBI ?!

„Mum… but what are you doing here? Why didn't you tell me that you want to visit me?"

"Well, I'm your mother so I think I don't need an invite if I want to visit my first-born daughter."

"Of course not… I'm just surprised… since this is the first time you visit me here in Radiator Springs."

"You seem always so delighted when you talk about this… town, so I decided I should take a look at it since they report so much about it in the news. And Allison will arrive tomorrow. The poor girl needs vacation. She broke up with her boyfriend."

"Oh… poor Allison. Um, so that means you want to stay here?" Sally didn't seem to be very happy.

While Sally and her mother were talking Lightning wondered if he could run away before that woman would notice him. No. Sooner or later Sally would want to introduce him to her mother…

Sally's mother turned around and saw Lightning. She stared at him for some seconds than she turned to her daughter and asked: "Is this guy the page boy of your hotel? Honey, you should dismiss this man without notice!"

"Well" Sally said, looking very surprised "actually this guy is Lightning McQueen. Have you never heard about him? And he does not work here. He is… my boyfriend."

"He is what? Her mother looked like Sally had said Lightning was a drug dealer.

"Time to start talking" Lightning thought. He gulped and said. "Um, good evening. I'm Lightning McQueen. We met this afternoon and I'm sorry… I wasn't very polite…" He tried to smile.

"You know each other?" Sally asked surprised.

"Yes, indeed. I met your… boyfriend while coming to this town. It seems to me like he is not able to distinguish a street from a race track. Only because racing is the only thing one can do it doesn't mean you should do it all the time."

"No, I wasn't practicing for a race… Sorry, I just had a bad day and… well, sorry" Stop saying sorry!

Sally's mother raised an eyebrow and turned to her daughter. "Honey, I'm tired. I think I will go to my room now. Maybe you could show me your new hometown tomorrow."

"Sure Mum. Good night."

Her mother left.

"Oh, I'm so sorry Sally! I didn't know that she's your mother… if I had known I wouldn't have been so impolite to her…"

"So you are only impolite to women that are not important for you?"

"Of course not! I mean…"

"It's all right Stickers. Don't worry. I know my mother can be very…stubborn. When I told her some years ago that I want to stay forever here in Radiator Springs, she wasn't very happy. Not at all. She always wanted me to get to the top, marrying a famous guy…"

"Well but then she should like me! I'm very famous" Lightning said.

Sally laughed cheerlessly "I forgot to mention that she doesn't think that being a race car is a profession. She wants a guy who is attorney or something like that."

"Now that's just great" he murmured. "By the way, who is Allison?"

"She's my little sister. She's 20. Allison is Mum's perfect girl. But she's also very shy." Sally sighed. "I don't think the next few days will be a pleasure… but please try to get along with my mother Stickers."

"Sure. I'll try."

-

The next day Chick Hicks was hanging around lost in thought. He was still happy that he had made it up with The King, but he did regret his words a bit. He shouldn't have told him all these things about his past. It made him feel weak and now he was also thinking about these things all the time. He didn't want to think about them! Sure, now he wanted to change his life. But how?! It had been easy for McQueen. He had friends and people who had told him about important things in life.

"But I have not so good friends. How can you change if you feel so alone?" he thought sadly.

"Oh. Hello" a voice said.

Chick turned around. There was a young girl.

"Oh, hi there" Chick said. He was sure he had never seen this girl before. Nevertheless she seemed familiar to Chick. "Hey, have we met before?" he asked.

"Well I have never spoken to you before but I'm sure you know my father. James Chrome."

"Oh sure! You're his daughter? How is he doing?"

She looked him in the eyes. "Haven't you heard about him in the news?"

Chick frowned. He had been so busy the last few days because of the whole accident thing. He had heard people talking about James Chrome. But he didn't know why.

"Not exactly. Why?"

"He died some days ago"

"He's dead?! Jesus! I'm sorry for you!"

"It's all right. After his death my mother and I moved to Radiator Springs. Don't know why. By the way, my name is Lara. Who are you?"

"You don't know who I am? I thought after the last Piston Cup Race everyone knows me…"

"Normally I don't watch these races. I was never interested in racing. My parents wanted me to race when I was younger. But I never did. Too dangerous and too much hectic atmosphere."

"Yeah, it can be very dangerous…" Chick murmured. "And my name is Chick. Chick Hicks."

"Chick Hicks?" She seemed surprised.

"You see, I told you must have heard about me."

"Yeah, but not because of some race… some hours ago I met a strange guy who asked me if I know where Chick Hicks is and that he must be in this town. He claimed to be an FBI agent."

"What?! The FBI is looking for me?" Chick asked dismayed. "Are you joking?"

"No, I'm serious." She gave him a sharp glance "Have you done anything bad?"

"No!" Chick said. Well you attacked a car during a race. But why should the FBI care about that? Or maybe some crazy fans of The King decided to let me pay for the accident…

"But I'm not sure if you can trust him." Lara continued. "When I asked him to take a look at his pass he just snickered and left. And for some odd reason he was wearing a hat so I could hardly see his face."

"What did he look like?" Chick asked nervous. If this guy was one muscular wrestler Chick decided he should hire a bodyguard.

"He was rather small and thin. And turquoise. He didn't seem to be dangerous."

"Was he… wait! Turquoise you say?! Oh…I can't believe… oh wait, I'll get you!!"

"What?" Lara was confused.

But Chick gave no answer and drove off.

"There are really odd people in this town" Lara thought.

"Hello" another voice said to Lara. It belonged to a red car. "What did Chick want from you?" he asked.

"Nothing" Lara replied. "We were just talking. And who are you?"

"My Name is Dale Earnhardt Junior. You can call me Junior. We met when you and your mother greeted the residents of Radiator Springs. I haven't seen you since this meeting."

Lara sighed. "Yeah, my mother does not want me to talk too much with the people here… I wonder why she insisted to move to this town if she doesn't like these cars…"

"Well actually I'm not a resident, I'm a race car."

"Another race car? Seems like there are plenty of race cars here… . Are you a friend of Chick Hicks?"

"Um, not really! I'm not sure you can trust that guy… so be careful."

Junior left.

Really odd people!

-

Meanwhile Lightning had told Strip Weathers and Mater about his encounter with Sally's mother.

"That's not funny!" Lightning moaned when Strip and Mater laughed. "I wanted to show Sally how nice I can be and now her mother hates me! And Sally wants me to have dinner with her and her mother this evening!"

"Maybe you can show her that you are actually a great guy" Mater said.

"Hey pals" a voice said. "How is it going?" A turquoise car was standing there, wearing a hat.

"Who are you?" Lightning asked.

"Hey I met this guy before" Mater murmured. "He's looking for this Chick boy." Loudly he said: "Now what are you doing here? Why do you act so mysterious all the time?"

"Well" the stranger smiled. "It's much more fun with mystery."

"What do you want from Chick anyway?"

"I-"

He couldn't finish the sentence. Chick Hicks suddenly appeared.

"Hey, stay where you are" the turquoise guy said to him. "I'm armed!"

Lightning, Strip and Mater looked shocked. "Now things are heating up" Lightning murmured.

But Chick didn't seem to be scared.

"No, you are not armed" he spat.

"Yeah but I wish I was" the stranger laughed and removed his hat.

Chick sighed angrily and said to the other three race cars: "Let me introduce you to the most annoying person on this planet: My little brother Kyle!"


Will Lightning be able to impress Sally's mother? And Chick's brother is here! He doesn't seem to be very happy about his presence. So seems like Chick don't have to be afraid of the FBI but that don't mean everything is all right.

Hehe the idea a car wearing a hat seems still odd to me... .Please review. I'll finish the next chapter soon and it will be longer than this one here.

Hell, I almost forgot the Disclaimer: I don't own Cars so please don't sue me!