Hello, people of Earth! Ya'll miss me? :D Lol. Maybe, maybe not. Like I said before, I know this chapter is rated K+, but like I also said before, T is for...ya know, that stuff. :P So in this chapter one of the Lemons swears, but the vowel is replaced with a *. So I hope that's fine... Besides, T is 13+, right? Don't you have to be 13 to make a FFn account? ? ?
Well, thanks a bunch to those who care enough to review!
Mrs. McMissile: Ikr I was dying while writing the last chapter! Yes, you lazy. XD
Mere: Then... Uh... I dunno! XD That's a strange coincidence…
CarsCars2Fanatic: I know, me too! All of that! And make Mater make Finn and Holley visit while we're visiting…:)
artsy0809: Yeah, but now we (and they) know Finn cares about her. :) And, no, it's Annabel. When I was writing a comic with two of my best friends, one of the characters were named Annabel and I kept spelling her name wrong and they were always yelling at me…XD
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Chapter 9
Annabel's POV
"Come on, just get their attention by driving up to them, then speak a few words in Italian, then English asking for them to help with your grandfather." I whispered from Holley's back seat as we watched a group of black Gremlins drive into the casino.
"Annabel, would you stop it?" she whispered back.
"Hey, Finn's gonna start if you don't start moving..." I argued.
"Miss Shiftwell?" we heard Finn through Holley's coms unit.
"Told ya." I grinned. Holley groaned at me.
"Alright, alright, I'm going, I'm going!" she murmured as she began to drive forward. We could hear Ivan and the Hugos talking.
"Gremlins, man, those are some ugly cars. Look like someone stole their trunks!" the Hugo next to Ivan said, and they all laughed.
Holley drove up and said a few worlds in Italian, then English. I have no idea what she said... All I picked up was excuse me sir, the rest—I have no idea. "My grand-a father has-a broken down. If-a one of-a you would help, I would be so thankful." Well, she's doing a good job with a flirty expression. Jeez, she must be suffering… Haha, look at how that Hugo all the way on the left is staring at her... Well, actually, all of them are staring at her like she was the most beautiful car they've ever seen.
Finn, you've got a secret weapon.
"Sounds like you need some road-side assistance." Ivan said, letting his hook hang by his side.
The Hugo next to him didn't seem to like that. "She was talking to me, Ivan!"
"Oh really?" He asked, then while hitting him demanded, "Prove it!"
"No-no-no. Don't-a fight over me. Signore tow truck. Per favore?"
Ivan followed Holley around the building with the other Hugos looking envious at him. Well, except for that one on the left who probably still thought Holley was an angel.
"Holley, zap him." I frowned when Ivan's eyes started drifting. He was behind her, after all. Holley looked into her rear-view mirror, saw what he was doing, and did as I advised.
"What?" Ivan stopped, having heard me, but it was too late; he was zapped unconscious. When Holley turned and saw Mater, she was upset. "Why aren't you in disguise?!"
"I, uh..." he trailed off.
"No, there's no time! Go!" She ordered.
"Okay, okay, uh, computer, disguise." Mater commanded.
"Request acknowledged. Disguise program initiated." the computer replied, and he was transformed into Ivan. After Mater was safely on his way, Holley drove to Café Porto Corsa where Finn was waiting.
"He's in." she informed him, bringing up her screen.
I turned my attention to the race. Man…! I missed the beginning...
Francesco was in the lead, McQueen right behind him. Behind him was Carla, Shu, and the rest of the cars.
I turned my attention back to the screen and Mater beat me to saying, "Wow, this place looks like it's made outta gold!"
"That's because it is, Mater, now... Be careful what you say." Holley advised.
"Why is that?" he asked.
"Because the Hugo's might suspect you're not Ivan. So, just, don't talk to us, alright?" Holley explained.
"Whadya mean don't talk to ya?"
"I mean, don't talk to us." She reiterated. "The Hugos can hear you!"
"So, you want me to stop talkin' to ya?"
"Yes!"
"Right now?"
"Mater!"
The Hugo next to him, who Mater's computer identified as Alexander Hugo, aka Chop Shop Alex, and many other "akas", got suspicious of Mater. Mater began reading his "akas" and what countries Alex was wanted in.
"Okay, okay! You're going to make me arrested!" he exclaimed to quiet Mater, then under his breath told the other Hugos, "Don't mess with Ivan today. He's in a bad mood."
"He's so good." Finn smiled.
While the Lemons talked, I turned my attention to Finn.
"So, is the Lemon leader really coming?" I asked.
"That has got to be the strangest name I have ever heard." Finn frowned, not taking his eyes off of Holley's screen.
"I thought "Mater" was."
"Annabel, please don't distract us."
"Welcome, everyone, I wish I could be with you on this very special day, but... My clutch assembly broke. You know how it is." We heard the voice coming from the TV in the Lemons' room say.
"Well at least we know that's the guy... Clutch assembly..." I contributed.
"Descramble that voice." Finn ordered Holley.
"I'm trying... Ugh, it's too sophisticated!" Holley complained.
I had stopped listening to the voice. Something really bad happened really soon... I can't remember what it is! Something happens with the race... And Finn, and—and McQueen...! Ugh!
"Today, my friends, that, all, ends!" The voice preached with a sinister finish as the race appeared on the TV. We all watched in horror as the green racer—Carla? I dunno—blew an engine.
"There's smoke! On the casino bridge!"
"Oh no!"
"It's Carla Veloso, the Brazilian racecar!"
"What just happened?!" Finn demanded, his voice full of shock.
"I'm working on it." Holley reassured, busy on her screen.
Oh no—the other green racer—hold on, are they just targeting green racers at this point? Holy crap, he crashed, too!
"It's number nine! Nigel Gearsly!"
"Embrace your inner Lemon. Let it drive you." The Lemon leader continued.
"Holley!" Finn pressed, impatient for an explanation.
"I'm detecting an extremely strong electromagnetic pulse." she briefed. After more work on her screen, she realized, "Finn... It's the camera!"
"Where?" He urged.
"On the tower!" she told him.
He sped away once he spotted the tower Grem and Acer were on.
"Finn!" I called.
"Annabel, let him go." Holley told me.
"But..." I started.
"'But' what?"
"I-I don't remember the rest of the movie, I know that. But... You have to listen to me, I know that something really bad happens at this part!" I tried to warn. "I knew something bad was going to happen with the race, and look! And I know something bad is going to happen to Finn!"
"Annabel, he'll be alright..." she told me, but now didn't sound so sure herself.
"And I know something bad's going to happen to us, and McQueen, and—and Mater!"
The Lemon leader was explaining how after today everybody would hate alternative fuel and they would become rich owning the world's largest untapped oil reserve. The screen showed a picture of the oil reserve. That place seemed like a lifetime away, now...
"Holley, please!" I begged.
"Annabel!" Holley protested as more crashes happened. We both watched with horrified expressions as the Japanese racer got hit by the ray, followed by the yellow racer—Miguel Comino?—and a black car I couldn't remember the name of. Raoul and Rip crashed into them, and Jeff and Lewis stopped just in time.
Holley and I looked down at the injured racecars. I heard her gasp. "Finn?" she sounded scared.
I looked around until my eyes settled up in the air and my heart nearly stopped. "Finn!" I shouted. "Augh! I knew that would happen! Why didn't I remember in time?! Holy crap—Finn…!" I whimpered.
"Annabel, you need to be quiet before someone hears you!" Holley warned, driving from the café as fast as she could. I could feel myself tearing up. I knew we were going to be caught next. Then Mater. Then that horrible thing would happen to McQueen...
"Mater, abort the mission." Holley ordered through her coms. "They've got Finn. Get out of there—get out of there right now." She screeched to a stop when she turned a corner where a blockade of Hugos was waiting for her. She gasped.
"How is your grandfather?" asked a voice behind us. We both looked and saw Ivan, a sinister smile across his grill.
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No POV
Ivan and the Hugos led Holley underneath some abandoned bleachers. Professor Z and more lemons were there, along with Finn, as well.
"Holley!" Finn's eyes lit up, seeing she was unharmed. He had a bunch of Lemons holding him back. "Where's...!?" he began to ask, but didn't want the Lemons to think there was another working with them.
Holley nodded as to tell him she had Annabel.
Professor Z spat an order at few Gremlins near him to search the younger spy.
"We didn't find anything on McMissile, why would we find anything on her?" a Gremlin complained.
"You never know." Professor Z insisted. Finn, Holley, and Annabel all held their breath, until one of the Gremlins opened Holley's door.
"What the hell is that!?" he exclaimed.
"What?" one asked and drove over. "What the—!?"
"Zündapp! C'mere!" another called. Professor Z drove over to see Annabel backed up against the door opposite the one they opened. Another Gremlin opened said door and Annabel fell out.
"Finn!" she exclaimed when she saw him.
"Annabel, run!"
"So, you know this creature, McMissile?" Professor Z asked.
Annabel ran over to Finn and clung to him. "Finn, you promised!"
"I have no intention of breaking that promise." he assured her.
"Finn, don't let them take me!" Annabel begged, starting to cry. The Lemons behind her restrained Holley.
"Finn..."
"Annabel, run, please." Finn quietly urged.
Lemons began driving toward Annabel.
"Finn!" she sobbed as they grabbed her.
"Annabel! No, don't take her away!" Finn cried.
"Toss her in my trunk. We'll take her to the boss." Zündapp ordered.
"Zündapp, don't hurt her—please, she's just a child!" Finn pleaded.
"Finn!" Annabel wailed one last time before they knocked her unconscious and slammed Zündapp's trunk closed.
"No!" Finn yelled.
"Annabel!" Holley cried.
"What are you waiting for!? Knock them out, as well!" Professor Z barked. Lemons advanced on Finn and Holley, and before they could react, the two spies were hit on the hoods and everything faded to black.
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