"Race fans, it's that time of year again. Welcome to the Wings Around The Globe," A blue car reporter announced in TV. "Hello, I'm Brent Mustangburger, and this is the flagship event of the world's fastest sport where only the best of the best compete. Each leg brings a new challenge, testing agility, navigation and endurance. But when it's all said and done, speed is the name of the game. Our very own Colin Cowling is standing by live from JFK airport with the best seat in the house. How's the view, big guy?"
A red blimp, Colin Cowling, reported, "Brent, the scene below me is absolutely electric. As you know, we have racers from all over the world, here. But the real story should be who's coming in second to current defending champ, Ripslinger, who is seeking to become the second-time winner in the Wings Around The Globe. The racers are making their way to the runway."
At Propwash Junction., in Dusty's hangar, Skipper, Sparky, Chug, and Dottie were watching the show, and saw the racers were dragged to the runway be forklifts, except Aggie, who was only following the other racers out to the runway, trying to avoid the flash cameras hitting her eyes.
"It's Aggie!" exclaimed Dottie
Chug dragged out of Aggie merchandise, just like some with Dusty, All right, everybody, get your Aggie bobbleheads. Your oven mitts, hats, bumper stickers, and I also ordered a thousand commemorative whistles," He then asked Sparky, "Hey, you think you can help me set up a website? But Aggie's website this time."
"Does a humming plane bite?" Sparky asked.
"Well, not if you give it some honey on a humming plane feeder nicely," Chug answered as they both laughed.
In Radiator Springs, Mater was watching TV in his garage, where he watched Wing Around the Globe, and spotted Aggie there.
He gasped in excitement and drove out of his garage to call the whole town, "Hey, fellers, Aggie's in TV!"
Most of them didn't believe him as they thought he missed Aggie so much, he started seeing her in his mind.
"Mater, Aggie can't be on TV. She's in Propwash Junction." McQueen said.
"I know you missed Aggie, Mater. We all do. But we should be happy for her that she had a chance to make up with her friends in Propwash," Sally Carrera added. "Just keep watch a little TV."
Mater was quite upset that no one believed him, but he went back to his garage to watch the TV again to see Aggie.
Aggie blinked her eyes whenever the light flashed in front of her. She was quite nervous and scared at first, but she has to be brave on her first air race.
Brent continued the report "One-hundred and thirty-six nations compete. Twenty planes and one non-plane selected. Folks, a step onto this field, is a step into history."
When the racers reached outside, the runway was rained with confetti and lots of audience and fans cheered for their favorite racers.
"Holy Rabies!" Aggie exclaimed as she looked around. There are lots of vehicles cheering.
"And for the first time ever, folks, we have a human in the race," Brent added. "Not just any human. It's the famous human we've ever known. The only human with wings, Agatha Galido."
"Agatha Galido? The human?" One of the viewers gasped in disbelief.
"Well, she's gonna die." Another viewer relaxed as she sipped a mug of oil.
Back in Radiator Springs, Mater's TV was so loud, the whole town heard the news about Aggie joining the Wing Around The Globe.
"What?!"
The whole town rushed at Mater's place where they can see the TV, seeing Aggie rolled towards the runway outside.
"It's Aggie!" Luigi exclaimed.
"What is she doing there?" Ramone inquired.
"She's gonna get herself killed, man." Fillmore said.
"Oh, she's going to," Doc growled in worry. "I'm going to New York to stop her." He reversed and was about drove out of town.
"Oh, come on, Doc. Let her be." McQueen said.
"She'll crash if we don't stop her. She's the only human amongst the racers!" Argued Doc.
"Well, you crashed on the race track. I think Aggie will be fine. She knows how to fly now."
"If you're right, kid, I still want to talk to her."
At C.H.R.O.M.E., the agents, employers, and employees watched the beginning of the race on TV, where they noticed one of their allies is in the race.
Baldwin Reyes, leader of C.H.R.O.M.E., was also watched the show as he called two of his best spies via radio, "Agent McMissile, Agent, Shiftwell, would you come over here?"
Finn and Holley drove through the crowd of their fellow agents when they were distracted of watching TV.
"What is it, Sir?" Finn asked.
Baldwin replied, "One of our recruits just joined the Wings Around the Globe rally."
"We don't have plane recruits," Holley said.
""Not planes, a human with wings."
"What?!" Finn and Holley gasped in surprise as they turned to the TV to see Aggie with the racers.
"What is Aggie in there? Didn't she know she'll hurt herself?" Holley was worried.
Finn was worried too. It was risky for Aggie to fly around the world, even for a human. "Sir, could you excuse me and Agent Shiftwell for a moment?"
"Since you don't reserved mission, so you two can go," Baldwin nodded.
Finn left the crowd as Holley followed him.
"What is it?" she asked.
"Call Siddeley. we'll go back to Propwash Junction," Finn replied. "I'll have a word with Aggie when she at the checkpoints."
Back in New York, with lots of cheers were shouted, most of the cheers are for Ripslinger, who felt proud that he got his fame back.
When the planes settled on the runway, Aggie called El Chupacabra with a 'psst'.
"Hey, did Rip win last year?"
"Si, he did." El Chu replied.
"And he thought he's going to win again this year?" Aggie added a question.
"Since Dusty is absent for this year and thinks you're slower than him, Rip thinks he's going to win this year.
Aggie rolled her eyes, "Not if I could help it!" Then, she looked at the fans on the breaches, "Look at this crowd, huh?
"Stay focused, amiga. Don't let anything distract you." The Mexican plane instructed until he spotted a pink plane, who was his girlfriend. He can't remove his eyes from her.
"Who are you looking at?" asked Aggie, until she looked at who El Chu was looking at. "Oh, that's Rochelle! Your girlfriend, right? The Canadian rally champ?"
"She is still like an angel, sent from heaven. Like a sunrise after a lifetime of darkness."
"Like a sweet caterpillar that becomes a butterfly from a rotten apple."
El Chu didn't get Aggie's metaphor as he commented, "This is not your thing, my friend."
"You're right. It's not really my thing. I'm not good at this," Aggie admitted. "Just trying to relate your sentence here.
"All right, racers, Start your engines!"
When they heard that signal, the planes revved their engines and their started their propellers. Meanwhile, since Aggie wasn't a plane, doesn't have an engine or propeller, she pulled down her visor to protect her eyes from dust, and flapped her wings.
"Seven legs, over 31,000 kilometers, the world's highest mountains, and the deepest oceans all stand before them just waiting to be conquered by the right competitor. All the preparation. It all comes down to this moment. One of these planes is about to fly off into the pages of sports history, and become a champion."
Aggie took a deep breath and exhaled to release her fear away as she waited for the green flag to go down. She kept her shielded eyes on the green flag until…
"Go!" The flag is down.
"And we are under way!" The reporter car announced the take off.
The planes made a long roll on the runway with Aggie following, until they took off near the end of the runway.
With Aggie at the last, she felt some swirlies around her, so she kept herself balance and kept flying, trying to stay focus on the race.
"Our first stage is a whopper. A dead sprint across the North Atlantic," Brent said.
"That's right, Brent. This is how it works, folks. The winner of the leg today is the first to take off tomorrow." Colin added.
While the planes flew above the cloud, Aggie stayed below but not too close on the ocean. She didn't want to be surprise by deadly sea creatures like sharks, krakens, and other thing to stop her. When she got close to Iceland, she noticed lots of icebergs, so she flew a little more high to avoid get crushed. She was a few feet higher than Dusty, so she can make it. When she got closer, she was caught up on a blizzard. Luckily, before the race, Aggie put some protective bubble formula on her wings to protect them from getting wet or getting cold, and she brought a thick jacket with her, just in case. She wore it before she was caught in a blizzard. Aggie tried her best to fly through the blizzard, no matter how cold she felt now.
All planes arrived in Iceland, where they stayed in a hotel to keep themselves warm in the cold.
Aggie was the last one to arrive with her body covered with snow, ice, and icicles. She shivered in coldness as she slowly rolled inside to find her resting spot. Fortunately, no one laughed at her, except for Ripslinger, Ned, and Zed.
"Hey, look who's finally here! It's that low-flying human girl!" Zed chuckled.
"You do know this is a race, right?" Ripslinger teased, "You kinda reminded me of farm boy."
Ned and Zed laughed with him.
"Good one, boss," Zed complimented
Aggie ignored them and quickly tried to find a warm spot before she was going to get sick.
She finally found her warm spot as she drank a mug with hot coco with small marshmallows. Luckily, the employees of the hotel offered her a pillow and warm blanket to keep herself warm. As she drank her hot coco, she heard Chug's voice from the radio.
"This is Propwash Junction to Agatha Galido."
Aggie pushed a button and replied on the microphone, I heard you, Chug."
"So what's it like racing with the planes, Agster?" Chug asked.
"Well, my wings nearly froze solid, but the bubble protected them, I had icicles hanging on my nose, and I nearly turned into an ice by the strong blizzard," Aggie replied.
"Awesome!" The fuel truck was happy for her.
"Yeah, 'awesome' is not quite the word that I would use to describe a gruesome near-death experience, and this isn't my first near-death experience! I almost died in any way!"
"You hang in there, girl buddy. There's nothing better than dying while doing what you dream most."
Dottie sighed, "That's gonna make her feel a lot better."
"Aggie, just like when the Jolly Wrenches were up in the Aleutians, the air down close to the sea has more moisture, which is why you took on ice. You gotta try to fly higher next time," Skipper said.
"Oh, great." Aggie groaned.
Skipper continued, "The good news is tomorrow's leg goes through the Bavarian obstacle course. It's all about agility, so it's your chance to move up. And remember, it's not speed that wins races, it's skill."
"I hope you'll relax in that leg."
Aggie had her eyes widened as she recognized that voice. It's not from one of the residents of Propwash Junction, but one of the residents of Radiator Springs.
Aggie quickly spoke on the microphone, "Doc, I can explain! But first, how did you know about this?!"
"You do realize we have TV in Radiator Springs. Mater watched you and told us that you're in TV. We didn't believe him at first, until we saw you for ourselves," Doc explained.
"Alright, Doc, Let me explain…"
"No need. Skipper Riley told us everything. He trained you, and Chug and Dottie told us you pass the trials."
"You also know the agency has a TV too to know about crime news?"
Now that voice was neither from Radiator Springs nor Propwash Junction, but from C.H.R.O.M.E.
"Ugh, Finn, you too?"
"We're just concern for your safety, Aggie," Finn said.
McQueen joined the conversation, "Aggie, we're happy and proud of you right now, but this is not a race track. You're racing all over the world by flying. We just knew that you can fly now."
"I know how to fly for 12 years now," Aggie sipped another hot coco.
"We know, but we're afraid you might crash, honey," Flo said.
"Don't worry about me. I'll be safe. I promise." The human replied.
"So, are you going to be alright tomorrow, soldier?" Sarge asked.
"I'll be fine. Just like when I had these risky events when I saved you guys."
"We get it, Aggie. Just be careful out there." Holley warned.
"I will. Thanks for your concerns, you guys. I can't believe you travelled all the way to Propwash just to talk to me about this."
"Anything for our human best friend." Mater said.
"We'll stay here in Propwash Junction to keep watching you and contacting you when you get to the checkpoints," Sheriff added.
"Got it. Thanks."
Aggie released her finger from the button to hang up, and finished drinking her hot coco. Before she volunteered to take Dusty's place, she didn't tell her Radiator Springs friends about it, because she knew they became overprotective after what happened when she risked her own life to save them and all of her friends. She knew they feared she would die again in the race, but she promised that would never happen.
She just hoped she'll do well tomorrow.
