" I don't get it. Why did they bring us here? " Chase asked his friends as they looked around the Rusteze racing center with 3 guards at the sliding glass doors, they weren't booted which they were thankful for. All the cops said was for them to wait there until another set of guards came for them.
" I say we make a break for it. They can't catch us. " Cam whispered.
" They caught us before. " Chase argued back, keeping his voice down well.
" Keep quiet you 2. " one of the guards ordered.
" Only because we were caught off guard. We thought Cruz wouldn't talk. Guess the boss will take care of her after this. " Danny whispered back after a minute.
" Hey, I said keep quiet! " the same guard ordered.
" Buzz off old man! " Cam taunted him.
The guard glared at them but didn't do anything.
" I think they're just trying to guilt trip us into talking. " Danny whispered.
" Well it ain't gonna work. I want to live to see my next manufactured day and the many more after that. " Cam replied.
" Not if we get electrocuted. We're gonna down for murder man! " Chase also replied.
" Just keep your mouth shut. Besides, they're only going by her word. They're still looking for Chuck and Mike and unless someone was videoing us killing McQueen, which I doubt, we'll be out here in no time and then we can go help the boss with killing Cruz. " Danny ordered him.
Slight time skip
" What is taking these guards so long." Chase whined as they still sat waiting.
" Are you wanting to go to the impound that badly? " Cam asked annoyed.
" No. But I do have to go take a leak. " Chase whined again.
" Well why don't you just ask the guards if you can go? " Danny asked irritated.
Chase went quiet for a moment and started rolling back and forth slightly, looking anxious.
" Hey, knock it off. " Another guard ordered this time.
" I gotta go man. " Chase replied back whining.
The guard sighed uninterestedly before rolling over to him, " Come on then. " he said escorting him down a hallway and to the bathroom.
" Hurry up. " the guard said ushering Chase into the bathroom.
" Don't rush me man! I can't go under pressure. " Chase whined as he went inside the bathroom.
" You're a race car. You race under pressure. "
" That's different when I have to take a leak! "
" Just hurry it up. "
" Ahh! That's better. " Chase sighed as he used the bathroom.
After he was finished he went to the sink, " Man this place is creepy when it's quiet. " he muttered as he rinsed off his tires. ( I'm just assuming here because in the second film we saw the bathroom and the sinks; r.i.p. Rod Redline; and the truck that was taking the sewage out of the plane. I feel sorry for both that plane and truck having to carry that. )
Just as he was going to dry his tires, the lights went off.
" Very funny dude! " Chase said to the guard, who replied, " What are talking about? Hurry it up, their waiting for us. "
Chase was starting to get nervous. If the guard was outside, then what made the lights go off? A short?
A low rumble of an engine started up then, making Chase jump and turn around, he screamed like a girl, backing up into the wall behind him at what he saw,
It was McQueen, except, he was glowing in a blue light all around him and he was glaring at him with a look that could have killed him.
" Hello Chase. Did you miss me? " McQueen asked in a creepy tone as he grinned wickedly at him.
" What are you doing here?! Your dead! I know your dead! "
" Yes. I am dead, thanks to you. " McQueen replied in the same tone, grin still in place.
" Stay back! Leave me alone! " Chase shouted, hitting the wall again.
" Well, if you hadn't killed me, I would leave you alone. Like you should've just left Cruz alone. But you wanted her gone just so you win a race. A race! Do you know how stupid that is? "
" It wasn't my idea! I swear! It was Danny's idea to kill to you in front of Cruz! Go after him! "
" Oh, I will. Right after I get my revenge on you, Cam, and the one who started all of this. " McQueen said and revved his engine,
" Ahhhhh! " Chase closed his eyes in fright and squealed his tires as he went in reverse to get away, but with the wall behind him….
" What in the hell are you doing in here?! " The guard asked.
Chase opened his eyes and saw the lights was back on and McQueen was gone even the sound of his engine was gone.
" You didn't hear that? McQueen was in here man! And he was gonna kill me! " Chase shouted in fright as he wildly looked around.
" Seriously? McQueen is dead. If you ask me, I think the guilt's getting to you. " the guard said unfalteringly with a raised eye at the kid.
" No, I'm telling you he was right there! Look I'll show you! " Chase turned the lights off and there was McQueen, still grinning wickedly at him.
" See! He's right there! " Chase shouted.
" Son, I don't see anything but darkness. Now let's go. " the guard said, turning the lights back on.
" How can you not see him! He's right there! " Chase argued turning the lights off again and this time, McQueen was right in Chase's face, glaring with cold dead blue eyes,
" I'm going to get you! " He said in a sing song voice that was anything but cheery.
" Ahhhhh! " Chase screamed again and took off out of the bathroom.
" Man, your good. I nearly leaked myself. " the guard whispered to him before he took off after Chase.
" I'm just getting started. " McQueen chuckled darkly.
" Hey! Hey! Where do you think your going? " A new guard asked Chase as he sped out into the main room of the center, blocking his way.
" Get me outta here! Please! Take me to the impound! Take me to prison! I don't care just get me out of this building! " Chase screamed, his entire frame shaking from fear, his eyes darting around wildly like he was looking for something.
" What the hell did you ingest before we got here? " Danny asked sarcastically with a raised eye at him.
" I didn't take anything! Just please get me out of here! " Chase shouted panicked.
" What's he on about? " the new guard asked the one that had taken him to the bathroom as he sped into the room.
The guard just chuckled and said, " He thinks he saw McQueen in the bathroom with him. "
Hearing this, everyone there laughed.
" That's not possible kid. He's dead remember? Or do you need to see the picture to proof it? " one officer asked.
" I'm telling you I saw him, and he was glowing! He said he was going to get me and then he was going after Danny and Cam and our boss! "
" Chase! " Danny and Cam hissed at him.
" Your boss huh? Come on, we have someone that wants to talk to you 3. And you had better be nice to her. " the same officer said as four others surrounded the 3 racers and escorted them up the ramp to the upper level of the center.
" Yeah, wouldn't want McQueen's ghost to haunt you if you don't. " an officer joked, and the others laughed along with him.
" I told you to keep your mouth shut. " Danny growled to Chase as they went down a hallway.
" I'm sorry. " Chase muttered, still spooked.
" Your going to be. " Danny muttered back as they stopped in front of an office door.
The officer in front of them opened the door and they were ushered inside.
Inside the room was a long table and at the end, a baby blue Porsche. The 3 racers knew her, she was McQueen's lady. She was looking out the bay windows at the beach, watching the sunset.
" Here they are Ms. Carrera. " the front officer said solemnly to her.
She looked at them from the reflection of the glass then back at the setting sun.
" Aren't you going to say anything? " Danny asked before a guard bumped him in the side.
" Quiet. " he growled to Danny.
" So, these are the ones accused of killing my Stickers is it? " Sally said after another minute of quiet, the sun now just a little dot in the horizon.
Cam snorted, only to be smacked in the side by the guard next to him. Cam glared at him before turning his attention back to Sally, who still hadn't looked at them.
" Yes ma'am. " the first officer said in the same tone as before when he had addressed her.
Sally finally turned away from the window to the guards, the officer, and the 3 racers, her face and eyes were incomprehensible as she looked at them. She rolled over to the racers and stared at them for several long minutes, making Chase squirm under her gaze, Cam uneasy, and Danny uncomfortable.
" Do you boys know how long me, and Stickers were together? " she finally said to them, making them jump a little before looking at each other than back at her. They were expecting her to scream at them or even hit them as she screamed at them.
When they didn't answer she answered her question for them, " 12 years. " she began, " 12 long happy years. Me, Mater, Flo, Ramone, Sarge, Filmore, Lizzie, and now Cruz, was the only family that Stickers had in this world. And we loved him. Just as much as he loved us. And you boys took him from us. From me. For what? A stupid race? Because you got tired of losing? All it is a race. It shouldn't matter if you win or lose. It should matter when you have fun, make friends, be a family, help each other. But I guess that didn't matter to you 3. All you 3 seem to care about is winning and getting more money. Stickers was like that too when he was a rookie. Until he changed and became a better car. "
" Cruz believed you boys to be harmless. " she continued when they didn't say anything after a few minutes. And saw Chase flinch, " You called her sister and protected her from Storm's harsh words and others that would give her a hard time. Tell me, was that before or after you started caring about winning? " She saw Cam flinch now. And she glared at him, " You have some nerve to flinch Cam. You defended her during that live interview about that rumor about her sleeping around with the other racers. Because of you and Chase, she doesn't think that she can trust the other racers that she calls brothers or friends. "
" All she is, is our competition. " Danny said, interrupting her.
" She was yours. " Cam said hitting him in the side.
" Oh really? " Danny taunted, glaring at him.
" Quiet you 2. " a guard ordered them, smacking them in the back.
" All I want to know is why. " Sally said after they had settled down.
" We couldn't tell you because we didn't do it. " Danny said defiantly.
" Cruz wouldn't lie about something like this. She's like Stickers on that. " Sally said with a condemning tone, glaring at them.
" Well then I guess she really is a daddy's girl, oh wait, was a daddy's girl. " Danny laughed as Sally gasped.
" Cruz is right. "
" About what? " Danny asked with a raised eye and smirk.
" You 3 are monsters. You and whoever it is your protecting. Because let me assure you, that whoever it is more of a coward than you because he will throw the 3 of you under the bus as soon as his caught. That or kill you just to shut you up so that he won't get caught. "
The lights went out again and a voice said, " I couldn't agree more Sal. "
" See! I told you! " Chase shouted in fear as the glowing form of McQueen showed up beside Sally, who was looking confused at Chase and the other 2 as they were sitting there wide eyed as the other cars and Sally turned their headlights on.
" Are you talking about your boss? Has he threatened you already? Is that why you won't tell me why you did it? " she asked him.
" What? No! I'm talking about McQueen! He's right there beside you! How can you not see him?! You guys seem him, don't you? " Chase asked his friends as they still stared at McQueen in shock.
They saw her look at him, but she didn't react. " What are you talking about? "
" He's glowing bright blue! How can you miss that! " Chase kept shouting in his fear.
" You are seeing this right? " Cam asked Danny who kept starring at McQueen, who was starring at them the same way he had done with Chase, scarring the oil out of them…literally.
" Is it storming outside or something? " a guard asked while looking outside.
" I don't think so. Why? " another asked.
" Because my tires are wet. Is there a leak in the pipes? " he replied shining his lights down to see where the wetness was coming from, he saw that it was oil and it was coming from Cam and Danny.
" Geez you 2, control yourselves, will you?! " he exclaimed pulling away from the oil.
McQueen rolled over to the 3 racers with Chase hiding behind Cam, " I saw you and Danny kicking me around. That hurt when you kicked me into the wall and pissed me off. And for you to kick me under Cruz and leave me there for Sal to see me like that? That just added more fuel to the fire. And don't even get me started when you beat the oil out of me. I'm going to enjoy torturing you 3 while you're in jail. One by one. " he told them in the same creepy sing song voice as earlier with a wicked smile and cold dead blue eyes. " Because like I told Chase, I would have left you alone while I was still alive, but now that I'm dead, you can't get rid of me as easily as before. " he continued menacingly revving his engine and scaring the boys so badly that they took off out of the room.
They waited a moment before they started laughing, " Man you are really good. I even almost leaked my oil. " the last guard said in a deep voice.
" Thanks. Now, let's see who will spill the beans first. " McQueen replied grinning his usual smile.
" Chase is the weak link. " Sally said, rubbing against him lovingly, still making sure he was alive.
" I know. But Danny is the one I'm going after first. "
" Then we'll round up the other 2. " the officer said.
" If it's alright with you Jim, I'd like to go after all 3 of them. Maybe this will teach them something. "
" Along as you don't lay a tire on them. "
" No promises if they attack me first. "
" Than use this. It's set to knock them out. " Jim said popping a taser tire out of his trunk and rolling it over to him, Guido came in from a side door and quickly changed the tires out and hit it with the glow paint.
" Thank you, Guido. Now all the exits blocked and covered? "
" Yep. "
" Alright then, let's give 'em a scare, shall we? " McQueen asked a gleam in his eyes.
" Don't get too carried away. " Jim cautioned him, a little worriedly.
" Oh, don't worry, I promise I'll only scare them and use the taser if they attack me. Or try to anyway. " he replied back with a smile and went to go and get a little payback at the 3 racers.
Scene change
The 3 racers had split when they ran out of the office and were now trying to find a way out of the racing center. But every door they tried was all blocked by something that they couldn't budge and when they would go to the windows to bust through them, images of McQueen would line the glass from end to the other with him grinning wickedly at them with his engine revving, scarring them back into the building.
Danny was heading back to the office, maybe if he was near McQueen's girl he wouldn't hurt him in front of her even though she and the cops and feds didn't seem to see him like he, Chase, and Cam could.
" Besides, she's probably alone and unprotected, seeing as the feds and cops are out here trying to find us. " Danny reasoned with a devious smirk, unaware that he was being followed and that that car had heard him and didn't like what he was implying with that tone of his.
' that's what you think Danny-boy. '
A low rumble behind him made Danny jump and turn around, he called out in fright, seeing McQueen. And he seemed to be glowing more brightly and he looked more livid than when he had glared at them earlier.
" So, you think I won't hurt you if your near Sal. Huh? Seems that running scared has got you not thinking clearly. Sal. knows what you did Danny. Cruz told her. And if you think she'll keep you safe from me after what you and your friends did to me, you can think again. Because if she could see me now, she would gladly roll you over to me and wouldn't think twice about it. And even though she can't see me, doesn't mean that I'm just going to stand here and let you anywhere near her. I thought about letting you off easy, you know haunt you until you die or finally give up who your boss is. "
" Why would I tell you the name of our boss? "
" Oh, my apologizes, I guess you do want to be haunted by me until you die and since you and the others are younger than me, that's going to be a very long time. Do you think you can handle that long with me hanging over your cab? And with that tone of yours concerning my Sal., well I guess I'll stay. " though he spoke calmly, his blue eyes were cold and spoke of promise with every word he said, unless Danny gave him the boss' name, which is what McQueen wanted so that he could go and haunt him instead.
That's what it seemed that he wanted and if it meant that he would leave him alone for the rest of his days….
Scene change
Cruz and Storm were up above the training room, watching as McQueen chased, well Chase around the floor, laughing evilly as Chase panicked and screamed, trying to get away, but McQueen was right with him.
They were trying their best to not laugh as he leaked oil all over the place in his fright, while screaming, ' I'm sorry! ' over and over again.
" You know, the Champ can be pretty scary when he wants to be. " Storm remarked as he watched Chase hit one of the lift poles, nearly t-boning himself. He began to shake as McQueen got closer, revving his engine louder and louder with every roll of his tires.
" Well, they did mess with the wrong family. " Cruz replied as it looked like Chase finally gave up whoever the boss was to McQueen, who then left to go after Cam and the feds and cops came and took Chase away just as McQueen left.
" All that's left is Cam. " Cruz said.
" No. Their boss is left, and it won't take long to bring their hauler's in. " Storm replied. " And you still can't remember where you heard his voice from? " He asked after awhile when they were quiet.
" I know I've heard it from somewhere. But I can't remember if it was a racer or not. " she answered dismayed.
" What about at the gatherings or parties you were invited to after a race? It's not just racers that get invited, it's the press, the photographers, fans who won a contest to be there, the sponsors, the racers families… "
" I know that! And do you know how many that is? I do good to remember just one fan's name! Maybe when Mr. McQueen gives us their boss' name I'll remember. "
" You know, I've noticed that you like to flirt with the guys, maybe one of them took it the wrong way? " Storm said again after another bout of quiet.
" What do you mean? " she asked confused.
" You seriously don't see that you are being coquette? " he asked back with a raised eye and frown.
" I know what your saying and yes I do know that I can be like that a little. What I'm asking is why would they take it the wrong way? I ain't that pretty. "
Storm looked at her in disbelief with his mouth hung open slightly. " For someone whose supposed to be smart, you sure are stupid. And must be blind in one eye or both. "
Cruz flinched at his words, " Gee, thanks. " she muttered, moving her front tire side to side.
" You have to be. Because every male, or female who has eyes and a brain sees it differently. " he continued, looking at her expression, ' why is she so insecure of herself? And yet be confident about everything else? Someone must've told her otherwise. Whoever it was I'll throw him off a cliff, just for being an idiot. '
" Really? " she asked, looking back up at him.
" Whoever's doing this ain't because he thought you were an ugly lemon car. He's doing this because a beautiful car had either turned him down when he tried to ask her out or because he felt like a fool when said beautiful car had to explain to him that she hadn't meant anything by her flirting with him and that that they could still be friends. Does this help at all? "
" Not really. " she replied as she finished processing what he just said and frowned as she thought more on it.
" Why? "
" Because there's at least 3 cars I remember I had to tell that to. "
" Do you at least remember their names? "
" Don't go there. And yes, I do for your information! One is Conrad Camber, the second is Herb Curbler, and the last one is… "
" Aaron Clocker. " A voice said behind them.
Here's ch 10! Hope ya'll like it!
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