The others chuckled, and Foxy decided that the group play tag. The children scattered at once, knowing what was coming. As soon as Nikki was off her shoulders, she took off after the first child she saw, running as fast as she could.
"She's gotten much faster!" Lightning exclaimed, watching her leap for Paul, then roll to the ground with him in her grasp, creating a cloud of dirt.
The two laughed, and she looked up to Lightning. "You gonna play, or what?"
"Sure, why not?" He replied with a shrug and a grin, rolling towards her.
"Good, because I'm it!" She replied with a wicked grin.
He took off down the track with her right on his tail, running on all fours so she could go faster, looking like a cheetah as she stretched out across the ground. Bus' bumper actually dropped in shock as the two sped by him. "She's fast!" He exclaimed, watching her in amazement.
"She sure is. She's the fastest one at tag, even against a car." Doc replied, watching her go.
Lightning hung a sharp left, and Foxy followed, her hands and feet churning up an even thicker ribbon of red dirt. She was closing in on him, and not because he was slowing down. If anything, he was going faster. He hung a sharp right, trying to perform evasive maneuvers. She matched him turn for turn, barely slowing.
"She has gotten faster. She never used to be able to keep up with him like that before." Doc replied, surprised.
She put on a burst of speed, weaving around the bushes and rocks, and lunged for his trunk. She landed and gripped it tightly.
He slid to a stop, both of them panting like dogs. "Good. Job. Foxy." He gasped, and she could only nod, her tongue flopping out.
"That was incredible, Foxy!" Bus replied, and Foxy nodded, too exhausted to speak as of yet.
"You need to work on your endurance a little more. Otherwise, that was pretty good." Doc told her, rolling down to meet the two.
She nodded again, still gasping for breath. With an enormous huff, she looked up, her eyes shining brightly. "Was it that good?" She asked, and they nodded.
"You were super fast, Foxy!" Nikki exclaimed, scrambling up onto her shoulder.
"I was just super fast? I wasn't super duper fast?" She teased, giving him a smile.
He giggled, then nodded. "You were super duper DUPER fast."
"I was that fast, huh?" She gave him a grin and tickled him, making him grin and start squirming. "I'm ready for another round. Anyone else?" She asked, looking around eagerly.
"Again?"
"Yeahyeahyeah." She replied eagerly, her tail wagging and her ears pricked.
"Let's see if you can keep up with me, Foxy." Was all Doc said before speeding off.
She was momentarily frozen with surprise, but took off after him quickly.
"She actually did it. She actually got him to participate for once." Lightning replied, completely floored by the situation.
"Why do you sound so surprised?" Bus asked, and Lightning glanced his way.
"He never plays tag. He thinks it's a kid's game."
Meanwhile, Doc was swerving around rocks and bushes, cutting straight through the center of the track, zigzagging back and forth. Foxy was staying a few feet behind him the entire time, not even bothered by the dirt Doc was churning up. She herself was contributing to the cloud as she turned on a dime, running as fast as she could.
To her shock, Doc stopped suddenly, sliding to a stop. Her shock quickly grew into horror, and she stuck her feet out in front of her hands, trying to use her heels as a braking system. It worked, although she came within inches of his back bumper. "Geez!"
Just like that, he was off again, laughing at his trick. She took off after him with a small growl, having too much fun to genuinely be angry. He led her up onto the wall, and jumped off it at the end. She followed suit, both of them on the well-worn track now. The two continued their game, Doc slightly ahead of Foxy. She lunged for him just as they crossed the finish line, trying to stretch her body out as much as possible. She landed on his trunk, and he braked suddenly.
"You're gettin' better, Foxy. Definitely need to be alert to everythin' that's goin' on though." He told her, and she nodded, flopping down in the dirt, kicking a small cloud up.
The dirt that the two had sent into the air was settling, and most of it was either on Foxy or Doc. The two didn't seem bothered by it in the least, Foxy just shaking her head from side to side to get rid of it. Her hair exploded, sending even more dirt raining down. Doc chuckled, then followed suit, albeit a bit more rigidly, for obvious reasons. There was dirt raining down everywhere, and Foxy shook her head even more, her dog tags chattering wildly.
When she had finished, she looked up at the others, wearing a satisfied, smug expression. "Two racers down, no more to go." The others chuckled, and she grinned. "That! That is something that I could use in my completely random stuff that spews from my mouth!"
"That sentence could also be used." Lightning replied, earning a prompt swat across the hood. "Hey! Don't beat me up!"
"I'm not beating you up, I'm trying to drive a lesson into your thick hood." She replied matter-of-factly, making Doc chuckle.
"All right you two, knock it off."
They looked over, nodded, and Foxy flopped down onto Lightning's hood, sprawled out.
"Comfy?" He asked, and she nodded.
"Yep."
He uttered a snort of laughter, grinning down at her. "Anything else you'd like to say?"
"Nope." She replied, and Doc chuckled.
Nikki scrambled onto Lightning's hood, then onto Foxy's back. He draped himself across her back with a massive, bored sigh.
The others snickered, heading back up to the town.
"All of ya were down there for a while." Flo replied with a smile, seeing the trio of goofballs.
"Yeah, Foxy decided to show us that she's one of the fastest things in the human world."
"Yep." She replied, in exactly the same tone as before, and Lightning snickered. "It was fun. I even got Doc to play tag."
He shook his hood, obviously denying it. "That wasn't tag, Foxy. That was trainin'."
"Call it what you want, it was tag to me." She replied with a grin, and the others snickered. She yawned widely, and went to get up. Nikki tumbled off her back, and onto the pavement.
"Heeeyyy…" He whined, pouting and wrinkling his hood in slight anger. The others laughed, including Foxy.
"I'm sorry, I don't believe I signed up to be anyone's bed." She retorted, and the others laughed again.
He frowned and began to sulk, at least until she picked him up and gave him a squeeze.
"Ohh, don't be like that. You know you love me." She told him, and he smiled before hugging her tightly.
"Yeah, I do."
"Awww." Lightning replied, grinning wickedly.
"I've got a child here. Don't make me use it." She threatened, and he pointed at her with a tire.
"There's another one!"
She covered her eyes with a hand, clearly giving up. Lightning's grin never faded; if anything, it grew.
"I'm going to bed and I'm posting my guard child outside."
"There's another one!" Lightning yelled to her retreating back.
In a flash, she had whirled around and leaped at him, showing her teeth. He squealed and took off, making the others laugh. "He sounded like a mouse!" She exclaimed, and the others agreed. He watched her from a distance, looking like a dog trying to stay away from a cat. She darted towards him, and he shot off towards his cone. A smug smile appeared on her face as she went over to Fillmore's, and nothing could take it away.
"He's the only one actually afraid of her." Sally replied, rolling her eyes with a sigh.
"That's 'cause he done knows her power." Mater replied matter-of-factly, and the others laughed.
"I heard that!" Came Foxy's shout, making the others laugh even more.
It wasn't long before Lightning crept into Fillmore's dome. Seconds after, there was a loud honking, and a piercing scream. "Lightning, I'm going to rip your tires off!" Came her shout, and he sped out of the dome, laughing wildly. Not far behind was Foxy, as always. "Get back here! When I'm finished with you-ohm!" She didn't get the chance to get another word out because Sheriff had deftly pinned her down and covered her mouth when she had gone past him. She struggled, but to no avail. He wouldn't let her go, or even speak. "Mhmmhmhmhmhmm." She laid her ears back, giving Sheriff an irritated look. When he didn't remove his tire, she opened her mouth and let her tongue flop out. His tire shot away from her like lightning, and she grinned evilly.
"She licked me!" He replied, making the others laugh.
"Yummm, tastes like rubber." Was all she had to say, her grin growing wider. The others laughed, and Sheriff rolled his eyes.
"Go to bed Foxy." He grumbled, and she nodded.
"I tried, but this giggling idiot decided that I'm not ready for bed yet." She pointed over her shoulder at Lightning with her thumb, and he grinned.
"Go get 'im then."
"You don't have to tell me twice!" She replied, then took off after Lightning again.
"I don't even have to go down to the track with 'im any more. I'll just let her chase him or the other way around." Doc replied with satisfaction and a chuckle to match. The others watched with interest as Lightning and Foxy flew by the cafe, first one way, then the other, then back again.
They did this for a good half an hour, at least until Lightning slowed and Foxy playfully chomped down on his tailfin. The ones who could see it cringed.
"That's gonna hurt in the mornin'." Sheriff replied, listening to Lightning's pained shriek.
"Foxy, let go!" He exclaimed frantically, trying to get her to loosen her death grip on his tailfin.
She mumbled something indiscernible, but didn't let go. She fixed her grip, and he shrieked again.
"All right, all right, I'm sorry! Please, let go!"
Just like that, she opened her mouth and dropped off his tailfin. "I got an apology and a please in one sitting? That's incredible!" She replied, and sent a warning look in Lightning's direction before heading back to Fillmore's dome.
Lightning waited, then crept back towards it.
"Don't you learn?" Sally asked him, not believing that he would be dumb enough to try it again.
He just waved a tire before entering.
There was silence for a few seconds, then an animal-like noise, followed by a shriek and Lightning speeding out of the dome.
"This time, I'm going to mean this. You really are a moron, Stickers." Sally replied, and Lightning rolled his eyes, snuggling into her side.
"What did she do this time?"
"She just snarled at me. Again." Lightning replied, looking down at his hood, refusing to look at Doc.
"Sally's right, kid. Don't ya ever learn?"
"Hey!"
Foxy uttered a loud growl, and Lightning stiffened before zooming into his cone, then closing the door.
Unfortunately, this is the end of Finding Bus, my dear readers, I'm sad to say. However! There will be more stories, and I shall upload one right after this, to make up for my lack of uploading on Saturday! :)
So, a more detailed description on Bus: He's I'm thinking the size of a regular city bus, the double windshields(which are black) He's got brown eyes, if you remember. He's roughly... twenty two, twenty three, so he can legally drink. He's got that kind of scruffy beard that doesn't get longer, it just gets coarse, and he's also got a pinstripe that forms three towers, and at the highest one is a crown, the coloring's red and black(not from Ramone) He's got wide black stripes running the length of his sides, I'd say about a foot wide, if that helps put it in perspective. He's also got a large AC/DC logo on his roof, white lettering with the lightning bolt for the slash. His bumper stickers read, 'I don't stop for stupid', and 'I don't brake for idiots'.
Just to give you guys a better picture of what he looks like, and how Foxy sees him, I'm sorry it's at the end. XD I thought I had placed one at the beginning, but I went and looked and realized that there isn't. XDXD