Ch.9: End To Wicked Ways

"Hey what are you doing here?" asked Mater to the witch doctor.

"Mater you know this person?" said Lightning.

"Well of course I do" said Mater " she's the lady who gave me the medallion,"

The orange Zapor shot the group a wicked grin, before focusing her eyes back on Mater and glowing purple part on his hook.

" You have done well Mater" said Zapor " succeeding in where even your grandpa failed. Return the part to me,"

"But you told me to destroy it," said Mater.

"Yes" said Zapor " but it must be destroyed by the right hands. You see Mater, there's one more piece to the story that you didn't know."

"Your pappy and I were in love once, until business found a way to rate above his pleasure. An idea had entered your grandfather's head so that he could be rich, and his mind wouldn't let go of it. Our relationship fell apart."

"Day in and out, I would watch as he and Crow worked hard on the plans to develop the V-8 Cylinder, but they were having difficulties and Pappy came to me. I agreed to help him complete the project as a way to get revenge."

"When he wasn't looking, I cursed the car part with a spell to make whoever used it behave like a beast. This was the price for him dumping me for cash. Oh, if I knew the full results of the curse when I set that spell."

" When the down was destroyed, it was a disaster. I don't know exactly how Pappy finally managed to get the part out of him, but he did, and Crow took the blame, making sure your granddad wouldn't go to jail."

"Then Pappy came to me, telling me to hide the part where no one would ever find it again. I did as instructed and constructed this place to store the part, using to separate medallions as the keys. One I kept for myself, while other I hid in jewelry store, which can explain why it ended up in the hands of Crow."

"Right" Lightning McQueen thought in his mind " if another prisoner Crow knew was a thief, and had robbed that jewelry store, Crow could have stolen it from them."

"I made a map of where I hid the part" Zapor continued " but I lost it soon after it was made, and couldn't find it again. I guess fortune seekers found it, and decided it held clues to a great treasure, passing it around and spreading rumors, until a few souls remembered the V-8."

"Yes" said Finn, getting the picture " Lynn may have thought that the map may have lead to a big pile of gold, but Mange knew the real truth. That's why he wanted the map."

"Although I'm enjoying all this explanation" said Holley " this still doesn't tell us how Zapor is the Dragster."

" I always was" said Zapor " I never build a fortress without a back door. The medallions are only for unlocking the front. I can transform into the Dragster anytime I please, and no one would dare go after the part."

"Well" said Crow " I'd say it's about time to end it."

"Agreed," said Finn, and with that said, Mater rolled over to hold the part to Zapor.

Zapor took the part with great care, and then set it on the ground, calling for the cars to circle and encase it.

Drawing upon their energy, Zapor chanted the spell to destroy the curse, whimpers escaping from Lightning and the others mouths as the process went. Finally, the part shattered and cracked, leaving nothing more than a purple puff to the sky.

The curse that had plagued Mater's family legacy had finally ended. All wicked ways were done.

The End