Sally was rolled into a room where she would be perfectly taken care of, and Mater had eventually asked a nurse what room Lightning was in. She kindly responded, telling him that he was in room 213 and he thanked her in return, quickly making his way there. He cautiously knocked on the thick wooden door and slowly opened it, squinting in attempt to see since the room was dimly lit for Lightning. But a few more inches into the room, he'd finally caught his best friends attention and he slightly gasped in surprise.
"M-Mater...? Is that you, buddy?" Lightning squinted his eyes a bit, knowing that it 'was' his best friend.
"Shure is! How are ya feelin'?" Mater closed the door behind him, driving up to Lightning.
"Feeling a lot better, actually...- Oh, Where's Sally?" Lightning asked him and Mater suddenly guiltily stared down at the ground, not sure how to break it to him.
"Mater. What happened?" Lightning sternly asked him, Mater taking an uneasy deep breath.
"Well, ya see...-"
After minutes of Mater finishing his explanation of what happened to Sally, Lightning was completely stunned, his mouth agape in disbelief.
"I-Is she okay?" He frantically shouted, not really meaning to but since he was in shock, he couldn't really control himself.
"She's doin' fine now. She don passed out a while ago, but I'm shure the nurses are taking purty good care of her.." Mater calmly reassured Lightning.
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The light blue Porsche had woken up in a white-drenched room with blinding bright lights.
"Wh-What's going on..?" She muttered, seeing a nurse in the room.
"Oh, your awake..! Fantastic!" The nurse exclaimed, checking Sally's vitals on the monitor.
"Am I alright..? Why did I pass out..? What...happened..?" Sally anxiously asked as the nurse unhooked her from the only two machines.
"You passed out because you overheated, but we cooled you off right on time. You're all ready to be up and driving again, since it was only a mild overheating you had, nothing severe." She easily explained to a shaken up Porsche.
Suddenly coming to mind that Lightning and Mater were probably already in his room, she hastily drove out of her room and rushed to the familiar room they were in. She swiftly opened the door and yelled a quick, "I'm.. OK!" to them as they just stared at her with wide eyes.
"Miss Sally, y'ar alright! Wahoo!" Mater hollered, nudging Sally's tire and telling her that he knew she would be ok. She half-heartedly thanked Mater and went by Lightning's side, slightly leaning up next to him. Mater decided that he wanted to give them some time alone, so he slipped out of the room and soundlessly left.
"Sally, are you alright!..? Mater told me everything, I can't believed all this just happened to you..!" Lightning began his uneasy rant as she just simply nodded.
"Those "unidentified" cars.. Why did they ask you about... me?" Lightning added, a hint of curious and fright in his voice.
Sally slowly blinked and remembered that part perfectly, bur she sighed and spoke in defeat.
"I have no idea, but I said nothing and kept my mouth shut... They even told me that I was going to be thrown in the river with the others for not speaking.." She slightly shuttered at the memory, but felt Lightning lightly touch her tire.
"Lets not worry about that right now... Let's just be glad that you're here, safe and sound.." In ease, he calmly whispered to her.
"You're right. I'm gonna take a nap, I'm really exhausted..." She stated tiredly, gently resting herself against Lightning.
"I can understand 'why' you're so exhausted. Sleep well, dear..." He gently spoke to her before he drifted off into a sound sleep along with her.
Everything seemed to be getting a little better in Lightning's eyes, and will continue to be. Or, so he thought..
A/N: Not really an author's note for this one. But, I read over the last few chapters and revised them, fixing all of the crummy spelling and bad flow.. Well... It's...fixed!
