Chasing Blue
Summary: Celestia is an ordinary car with a big heart. When she runs away after a fight with her mother and stumbles upon the small town of Radiator Springs, she finds a family she didn't know she had. And more importantly, her father.
Chapter 10: A Flash Transmission and A Secret Kept
Author's Note: Wowzers! I managed something I haven't done in a long time! I wrote a chapter by myself! Awesome! Well here's the reviews for previous chapter!
User: ShadowPhoenix34: Yes! I'm glad somebody noticed it! Thank you! Enjoy this new chapter!
User: Vulcran Stormblade: No, Celestia doesn't become sponsored by Dinoco. Her sponsor is still Lightyear Tires. As for Doc's death affecting her? Yeah, definitely, although it won't be for long.
User: IrmaAquaGirl: Yes, Celestia won! I'm glad you thought that the reporter thing was a nice. Well you don't have to wait any longer! Enjoy the twist at the end!
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A camera flickered to life as a red car and a green car appeared on screen.
"This is Agent Leland Turbo and Agent Sandra Quickless. We have a flash transmission for Agent Finn McMissile. Finn, our cover has been compromised. Everything's gone pear-shaped. You won't believe what we found out here."
Leland moved the camera to show a bright light of sort.
"This is bigger than anything we've ever seen, and no one knows it exists."
The bright light flashed before Sandra pulled the camera back.
"Finn, we need backup, but don't send the calvary, it could blow the entire operation. Bring your partner, and be careful. It's not safe out out here."
Voices could be heard off camera as Leland turned to the camera.
"Transmitting our grids now. Good luck."
Leland and Sandra raced away from the camera as two cars could be seen at a doorway, a bright light hiding their identities. Coordinates for their location went across the camera screen just before it went dark.
Several hours later, a crab boat named Crabby, also known as the 'Northwestern', was making his way to the coordinates. The waves were a bit choppy, but nothing the crab boat couldn't handle. He had been in rougher seas then this. As his radar dish spinned round and round, an alert on his panel notified him that he arrived at some coordinates. The same as Leland Turbo sent.
"Alright, buddies, we're here. Right where you paid me to bring you. The question is, why?"
A blue Peerless GT with silver accents and a grey and black streamlined sports car rolled out from the shadows.
"We're looking for a car," replied the Peerless.
"A car?" Crabby asked, scoffing at the notion. "Ha! Hey, pal, you can't get any further away from land then out here."
"Exactly where we want to be," the grey and black streamlined car replied.
Crabby scoffed again.
"Well, I got news for you guys. There's nobody out here but us."
A loud ship horn was heard, and the two cars quickly ducked into the shadows, narrowly avoiding a search light. A massive grey and white destroyer came alongside.
"What are you doin' out here?"
Crabby looked up at the massive destroyer.
"What does it look like, genius? I'm crabbing!"
The destroyer stopped in front of him.
"Well, turn around...and go back where you came from."
"Yeah, and who's gonna make me?" Crabby asked.
A whirring was heard as a missile turret popped out of the destroyer's deck, shining a red targeting beam onto Crabby.
"Alright, alright!" shouted Crabby. "Don't get your prop in a twist!"
Crabby turned away, heading back to port as the destroyer headed off into the distance. He called to the two cars.
"What a jerk. Sorry, guys. Looks like it's the end of the line. Guys?"
But the two cars didn't respond. Unbeknownst to the two ships, the two cars had used grappling hooks integrated into their bumperettes to hook onto the destroyer's stern, getting a essentially a free ride to the location. As they neared the location, the two cars could see flames towering high in the sky. Suddenly one of the flames closest to them grew stronger, flaming a bit higher, and a searchlight came shooting down onto the boat, forcing the cars to retreat a little ways down the stern of the destroyer.
As they continued on, the base of what seemed to be a tower began to light up as the destroyer drew near. Releasing their left hooks from the destroyer, they retracted them before firing them at a railing of the platform above, the hooks wrapping around the railing several times, before hooking on. They then released their right hooks, swinging over towards one of the supporting piers. A line of magnets deployed from underneath their well wheels, attaching to their tires. With a quiet thunk, the magnets glued themselves to the pier. After checking first that the magnets were working, the two cars retracted their grappling hooks as they drove up the pier vertically, glancing around every so often to make sure they weren't spotted.
As they drove up, a crane had begun to lift the destroyer they hitched a ride on up and out of the water A bright flash caught their attention as more towers began to light up to reveal a set of massive ocean oil platforms.
The grey car glanced over.
"Chrysler….would you look at that?"
"Cut the chatter, Saberius," replied the blue car. "We still need to meet up with Agent Turbo."
The grey car nodded.
"Sorry, Finn."
The two cars turned left on the pier to avoid the lights, winding their way around to the top. Once the two reached the top, they glanced around before they pulled up behind some boxes. Finn radioed Leland.
"Leland Turbo, Sandra Quickless, this is Finn McMissile, and Saberius Winterwheel. We're at the rally point. Over."
But only static came through. Finn glanced down to see a bunch of cars gathering in the center of the platform.
"All right, fellas," called one of the cars. "You know the drill."
Saberius tried his comm.
"Leland, Sandra, it's Saberius and Finn. Please respond. Over."
But once again only static. Saberius turned to Finn.
"I'm going to get in closer."
Saberius opened one of his headlights to reveal a camera. Zooming in, he took a photograph of two cars, randomizing their different features and inserting them into his holographic disguise emitter that was installed on his roof. The form of one of the rusted cars mixed with the other appeared over him and he shivered.
"Yuck. See you in a bit, Finn."
The disguised spy headed down a nearby ramp and into the belly of the beast. Finn shook his hood.
"Why must the young ones get all the new toys first?"
Right after he said that an alarm went off. Finn extended his camera which was hidden in his right headlight to see what was happening as a rusted 1957 Zündapp Janus with a monocle came rolling out of a garage. The car started speaking in German before switching to English.
"Too many cars here. Out of my way."
Finn was puzzled.
"Professor Zundapp?"
Meanwhile, Saberius, disguised as one of the cars watched as Finn activated his quad harpoon gun, sliding out over the platform, before firing two more cables and lowering himself down to get a better view of what was in the case that a forklift opened just moments after he arrived at the center of the platform. Suddenly two cars called out as a crate began to lower next to them.
"Hey, Professor Z! This is one the British spies we told you about."
"Yeah," replied the other car. "This one we caught sticking his bumper where it didn't belong."
Zundapp paused smiling.
"Agent Leland Turbo."
The crate top lifted, revealing the crushed form of Agent Turbo. Finn gasped as a flame from the nearby smoke stack burned brightly, revealing his shadow on the ground.
"It's Finn McMissile!" called Zundapp.
Finn, who had deployed his guns, opened fire on the cars below, retracting his cables to gain height. Meanwhile down below, Saberius was avoiding the hail of gunfire, and bumped into two cars.
"Hey, what are you doing here? Why aren't you out chasing McMissile?"
Saberius paused rubbing his tire against the steel platform.
"Well..I just wanted to say…"
He deactivated his hologram to reveal his true colors.
"Surprise!"
He jumped into action, kicking the two cars around with karate before throwing them off the pier. Then he heard a voice.
"Saberius! You made it! What took you so long?"
It was Leland and Sandra!
"Leland! You're alive! How?!"
"I faked my death. You and Finn aren't the only experts on doing that. Come on. We need to get out of here. You bring your submarine gear?"
"Of course I did. Had to be equipped with it for this mission. Last one in the water is a rotten gas pump!"
Saberius jumped off the edge of the platform, torpedoing to the water, followed by Leland and Sandra.
As they hit the water, a muffled explosion could be heard above them as a ramp to the upper levels of the oil rig was blown up, presumably by Finn. As they activated their submarine modes, another splash was heard as Saberius could see Finn land in the water, activate his hydrofoil mode and surface, speeding away with two destroyers chasing him. One of them launched a torpedo at him, the warhead exploding just behind him. From a distance it looked like they had killed them, but as they drew closer, they saw Finn holding still, leaking oil from his oil launcher, hidden in his rear turn signal lights. The three cars watched Finn open his eyes, holding his breath as he activated his submarine mode. Shortly after, he opened his trunk, letting four spare tires float out and inflate, speeding away as they floated to the surface. As Saberius, Leland, and Sandra caught up with him, he nearly gasped in surprise to see Leland alive.
By the time they reached the shore, it was about sunrise. The four cars heaved themselves onto dry earth.
Leland sighed.
"That's it. I'm going back to London, and I'm retiring."
Sandra sighed, nearly collapsing onto her frame.
"That's fine with me, honey…"
Finn was shocked.
"Honey? You're married?"
"Yep," Leland replied. "Have been for nearly fifteen years now. Or was it twenty? I've lost track."
Just then Siddeley, another partner of Finn's who was a spy plane landed near the group.
"You alright, Sir?"
Finn dipped his hood once.
"Yeah, Sid. Come on. We got to head back to London. Report our findings."
Saberius spoke up.
"Actually, I have some business in Arizona to attend to. I'll catch up with you guys later, alright?"
"Nonsense. I'll fly you there, lad," Siddeley replied.
Saberius shrugged his wheels.
"Alright."
Soon, everyone had boarded Sid and they were off. When they arrived in Arizona, Sid dropped Saberius off in Phoenix where he rented a hotel room and went to sleep, exhausted from the mission. The next morning, feeling refreshed, he checked out, and went to see the sights. He ate lunch, and got on the road, taking in the scenery. He always did this after a mission to calm himself down from the excitement and the adrenaline that rushed through his oil line. By the time he reached Interstate 40, it was already sunset. He drove underneath the interstate, heading north into the darkness.
After crossing a set of railroad tracks and taking a left on Route 66, he saw the familiar sign.
Radiator Springs: Gateway to Ornament Valley
Saberius smiled.
"I'm home."
He entered town and quietly entered a small house, sneaking his way into the bathroom, closing the door slightly behind him. As he looked in the mirror he saw a nasty scratch mark he got sometime during the mission and hissed. It looked and felt painful.
"I'll get Ramone to fix later."
Glancing in the mirror again, he saw a blue curvy female race car sleeping in his spot. His engine swelled with happiness only to be crushed by the secret he was carrying. Saberius sighed and deactivated his hologram. Red paint began to appear after the vanishing grey and black paint. A firebird yellow colored 84 appeared on his doors while his name appeared on his roof. "Killian Wheelen." The red race car sighed as he made his way out of the bathroom, parking next to Celestia. He shut off his engine, and fell into an uneasy sleep.
Sorry for the short chapter! It was going to be a bit longer, but I figured the fact Saberius the Spy is in fact Killian the Racecar was a good place to stop. I hope you guys enjoyed! Let me know what you think, and I'll see you next time!