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Chapter 9. Belive in Magic

Lightning was called to Doc's office the fastest he could get there, according to the current status, Sky was going to wake up very soon. By the time has floated, she had recovered 99 % already and it had barely been a week since Lightning's first visit.

Mater was coming too, since Lightning told Mater about Sky and she was here, he was quite eager to meet her.

And now they were in the room Sky rested, her eyes was still closed. But she made movements, the wires around her arms and leg had completely fallen off and Doc decided it was useless for her wearing the oxygen mask, she wasn't weak as she was for a couple of weeks ago.

Mater was asking Lightning all over again when she was going to wake up, since he was very eager and impatient. It was getting on the nerves, not only Lightning. Finn and especially Doc's patience. Holley was, surprising, not disturbed of Mater, she must have a large amount patience with Mater.

Maybe that happens when a British spy car is together with Mater as a couple.

"When is she gonna wake up? I wanna meet Sky gal!" (AN/ This is Mater's given nickname for Sky. Lol!)

"Mater, please! Have patience, I don't know when!" Lightning sighed frustrated, Holley giggled behind him.

"Sorry, McQueen. But I wanna meet yer friend so badly, she sound kinda funny to be with. Hey! I can learn her running backwards, 'cuz she's a human and they'll walking, we can tractor tipping and I even made up a song for her!"

"Mater, that's really good and interesting. But first she had to wake up of her own, I guess being injured of darkness is something really tough." said Lightning, still worried for his friend wouldn't wake up at all. Actually, she should be able to, mainly because she had recovered almost completely.

But what if Sky couldn't wake up? It had been too long since they talked and laughed together. Four, almost five years is too long for friends being apart, especially if they made a promise and would be there if one of them got hurt.

In this case, Sky had gotten hurt and Lightning would never fail her. Yes, they were different as friends, a human and a race car. But then again, who said that life had to be normal, safe and most important, nothing exciting?

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Darkness.

It was always the darkness, it kept following her. No matter where she was and where she was running. Darkness always found her somehow.

Only that, this time, the darkness didn't want her anymore. Maybe because she was growing used to it.

But Darkov wanted someone, someone with a mistreated past and a pure heart.

Lightning was that one.

Sky was there when she saw Lightning trying to stand up against the one who hated him.

Striker McQueen.

Sky hated him with all her heart and power.

One day at the racetrack, Striker payed Lightning, Sky and Mack a visit.

Lightning told Sky to help Mack with the delivery of tyres, fuel and other racing stuff. Sky didn't know what was going on, until Mack told her the horrible truth. Then she had sprinted back to Lightning, only to see Striker kept hitting him all over again, even if Lightning begged him to stop.

Sky decided to stand up for her friend and got between Lightning and Striker. Striker didn't have any morals and hurted Sky so badly, that she got into hospital.

Her right ankle were dislocated and her hand wrists were broken. She also got a black eye, several bruises and cuts.

But still, she smiled when Lightning visited her. She saved him, her only and first friend.

That's why she sacrificed herself to the darkness she was always trying to avoid and escape from, it was for Lightning. He had to be safe, Sky payed with her freedom and almost her life to save him from a horrible fate.

Only the Manufacturer knows what would become of her if Doc hadn't found her. She wasn't surprised to meet a car, but she never expected that the Fabulous Hudson Hornet, who had been gone for over fifty years, had somehow found her.

When she told of what happened to her and how she there, he told about what happened after his last race and she finally got the answer she had wondered, or more exactly the answer Lightning had been wondering always.

Sky decided to not tell Doc about Lightning being Hudson Hornet's biggest fan and his fanboyness (AN/ I thought if there's fangirls, then there's fanboys. Lol!), it was always kinda hard to get him shut up when he rambled about the Hudson Hornet's racing statistics.

This thought had Sky when she fell in a sleep. Sometimes she heard Doc, but mostly she managed to hear Lightning's voice. She felt so happy, so relived that he was safe.

But now, something was happening to her. Everything in her body began to hurt, the pain only increased. Her mind felt vertiginous and her sight was blurry. That feeling which made her think that she was actually floating, was quickly replaced.

She fell, that feeling that someone was jump from a high place for example Big Ben, it was just like that.

She was falling more into that darkness she always tried to avoid so desperately, now she felt a feeling grow in her heart. Fear. Yes, she was afraid and scared, to die or vanish and not be able to return ever again.

Then she saw a light right before her eyes, this couldn't mean she was dying?!

"Sky! Please, wake up!"

It was him, Lightning was calling at her. But then again, this couldn't mean that she was dying, right?

Then suddenly her heart began beat faster and louder. Power was exploding inside every cell of her body. She did what her heart was telling her, Sky shut her eyes tightly and thought about the deepest desire in her heart.

Too see Lightning again. Talk with him, laugh with him, tease him. But being with him was enough. He was her very first friend and friends was sticking together, no matter what. Now she finally understood what friendship was. An unbreakable bond.

Then she tried to open her eyes, but the light was too strong and almost blinded her. Everything hurted, her legs, her head and even her lungs. She was breathing hard and fighted for consciousness.

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Lightning, Mater, Doc, Holley and Finn waited for Sky to wake up. Mater was excited to meet Lightning's human friend and couldn't be still for a moment, he was driving everywhere, which annoyed Doc, played Twenty Questions with Lightning, remarked Finn should get a girlfriend and at last Holley kissed Mater to calm him down.

"Mater, I'll warn you! If you're not stopping goofing around, I'll get Sheriff to put you in the Impound Lot in four weeks and you're not going on any dates during that time plus a week!" warned Doc dangerously, Mater stopped and frowned.

"But I'm very excited to meet Sky Gal an' I dunno wha' to do. This is no fun!" complained Mater and pouted, Doc chuckled because Mater looked funny when he was pouting.

But before Doc could answer that, a new voice was talking. A weak, female and obviously irritated voice.

"Cut..it...out! I...get...dizzy..!"

Lightning sped over to Sky's bed faster than anyone could say "Piston Cup". He was thrilled and overjoyed to see his long time friend after so many years. Sky was seen struggled to not lose consciousness, but she was sitting up now.

"Sky! How are you? You remember me, right?"

Sky gained full consciousness and blinked one or two times, then she broke out into a real grin.

"Ha! How can anyone forget you, Lightning? The greatest annoying red race car I'll had ever met!"

"Hey! Thanks for that! I'm not the one who had been gone for over four years and slept cozily!" exclaimed Lightning and pretending being offended, which caused the other cars a little laugh at that.

It was a few seconds of silence and then...

"I'M ALIVE! LIFE'S WONDERFUL!" she yelled, jumped of the bed and was dancing a crazy dance. Lightning broke into a serious laugh attack, he almost couldn't breathe. Sky's pain however, was gone.

"Wee-hoo! Nice ta meet ya!" Mater said when the human girl had stopped dancing and drove to her, grinning his usual goofy smile.

"Nice to meet you too, name's Sky!" she said happily.

"Mah name is Mater! Like Tuh-Mater, but without the 'tuh'!"

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Later, after Sky's quick check-up, Doc wanted to be sure she hadn't suffered any more injuries, everyone was gathered at Flo's V8-Cafe, which Sky found the place very glamorous and friendly.

All of the town residents gave her a warm welcome and Mater was of course the one who asked her a million questions about humans until Holley started to bring the plans of their first date.

Sky liked all of the residents, every one of the townfolks of Radiator Springs was really special. But she caught herself being interested of Red, maybe because she hadn't heard him say a word and Mater told her that the red firetruck never talks.

Right now, Mater was telling them the spy story, which didn't amuse Doc very much and Finn looked uncomfortable. But they still found it interesting.

"..an' then two nasty lemon's was comin' right toward us and they wus loaded wit' guns an' everythin'! McQueen wus hangin' fer dear life! I dunno how it happened, but then a purdy spy car came and whooshing the lemons righ' into a bar! Guess they weren't far too happy wit' that!" Mater told a very excited Sky and paused for dramatic effect.

"Come on, Mater! What happened then?!" exclaimed Sky with widened eyes and she had a hard time to sit still. Mater grinned and continued.

"Well, shoot! I stopped an' Holley said tha' we gotta get thu' bomb of me an' Finn came back on thu' perfect timing! The' evil prefessor Z wus captured an' we wus tryin' to disarm tha' bomb!"

"Wow...and then?" asked Sky and leaned toward in excitement.

Mater opened his mouth to tell more, but he was interrupted of an another voice.

"Well well, that could I answer on!"

Sky hopped up and looked around, Doc, Holley and Finn looked suspicious. Lightning was confused, this gave a very bad feeling. For some reason, he was feeling afraid, nervous and uneasy.

A feeling he haven't felt since he moved away from his home years ago.

Suddenly the shadows was moving at the ground to one place, right in front of the café. Mater was shaking, probably also feeling afraid. Sky ran past her new friends and stood in front of the gathering shadows with an angry look on her face.

"Darkov..." she said with gritted teeth and glared at a man who came out of the shadows. No, he wasn't human, but he had only the appearance like a human. His true form could be something more worse.

A man with long and thorny black hair and red eyes, dressed in a long dark cape with thorns at the shoulders, came and stood in front of the blue-eyed human girl. He smirked viciously and glared back at the girl, which sent shivers down to her neck.

"Long time to no see...Sky..."

Hello! This chapter is a birthday present for MereMcQueen314! Happy Birthday!

Ha! There's the cliffhanger we were missing! I just wanted the 10th chapter end with style!

(Well, this is actually number nine, but including the prolouge, it's ten chapters! Dadgum!)

For the next chapter! Darkov's warning causes everyone to think about this event, Finn and Holley decides to stay longer than planned, knowing that horrible things is going to happen. I meanwhile Lightning found himself in a real dilemma and questions his true meaning in life.

I think I'll need more ideas! Would you do the honors to help me?

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