Disclaimer: I don't own Cars, Pixar owns them and I doubt I will ever own this except for my OCs Sky and Darkov! Enjoy!

Chapter 10. Past, Present and Future

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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..."

Sky growled and sent the wielder of darkness one of her darkest and most hateful glares. Darkov just shrugged it off and looked around at her car friends.

'So he's the one who responsible for the girl's suffering and threatened Lightning's life? Ugh, only to see him and hear his voice make me sick!" thought Doc and returned the glare Darkov was sending him. Then he remembered that Darkov wants Lightning dead and drove in front of the rookie and blocked any sight of him.

Lightning felt fear, whenever this guy was staring at him, he felt scared and helpless. This only reminded him of his childhood life, which he didn't wanted to think of again.

"What do you want?!" Sky snapped and she looked ready to attack Darkov, to their surprise, he was still smirking.

"Now, now. This is just a little warning, people. Your friend here, Sky, have somehow survived my powerful dark magic. Congrats! But, there's worse things going to happen. You are aware that s few murderous lemons, especially a certain professor Z, had escaped with my help. And not only that, a former abusive race-car. I belive that he had a likeness to strike!"

Holley and Mater looked shocked and could barely found words, Finn looked angry, but Doc had at first frowned, then his glare became furious. Sky's skin was already pale, but her eyes was burning of hatred. Lightning was frozen, then he realized that he didn't show fear for Darkov. It was fear of the certain ex-race-car he was talking about.

Striker.

"Get lost, Darkov!" snapped Sky and her fists was shaking of anger, it was a wonder that she haven't jumped and beating Darkov senseless. Darkov just smirked.

"Huh, was going to anyway. I don't want to stay in this dirty hillbilly hell anyway. Before I leave for this time, think about this; There's a certain red race-car that grew up in a abusive and violent home, is worthless because that one doesn't have a family that can truly love him. He'll never get away from the past, because a fate is waiting for him. A fate that your human friend payed her freedom to prevent. Until next time, bye suckers!"

Then he was gone, he just disappeared in a dust of dark magic. It was quiet for a long moment, no one wanted to say something. Doc didn't, mainly because he knew what was going to happen of a matter of one second or two.

Suddenly Sky let out a ragerous yell and was swearing the most ugliest and worst curses and tried to looked around herself, obviously searching for something to break.

Doc noticed there where a bunch of old and unimportant newspapers, he called at the human girl who almost gone amok.

"Here, girl. Rip off them to take out your anger." he said calmed and backed off, he didn't felt like dying today, knowing that lies much strong powers inside her. Sky ran to the old papers and started to rip off them in rage and she was screaming worse than before.

Doc sighed and turned to the others who was backing off the angry human girl.

"Just let her be, she needs to take her anger out of something and I don't want to see her destroying the town. Each one of you can go back to your business, I'll bring this up in a couple of days. I'm pretty sure that we're safe for now."

The residents let out a sigh of relief and turned to their places. Flo and Ramone drove back to the V8 Café, Sally to the Cozy Cone motel, Mater was going with Holley, Guido and Luigi was outside their tyre store was talking fast in italian about the delivering of whitewall tyres, Lizzy took a nap outside her shop and Red was watering the flowers everywhere. Finn and Sheriff stayed at the café and was small chating about London.

"Rookie, come with me. I want to talk with you." said Doc and turned to face the young red race-car. Lightning looked confused at first, but then he frowned and was feeling nervous.

"Um, Doc. I think I have kinda some things. To tell you. About myself." he replied unsure and was looking around, as if he thought that someone was going to come and get him.

"At my office, no one disturbs. Come on now, kid." he said and they drove to Doc's medical clinic where they could be alone for a couple of hours.

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Mater was driving in Ornament Valley with Holley, he suddenly felt they needed to be in private. This was really strange things that happened, he had thought after that spy adventure during World Grand Prix, life would be normal and peaceful.

It was now he realized that he was so wrong, he should know that life wasn't that easy. Still, he had hard to belive it. All these things going on.

"Mater, I think we must postpone our date. If the lemons really escaped from a high security impound, then serious things is going to happen. This Darkov, I have a feeling that he's extreme dangerous and Sky having a hard time with herself." said Holley, Mater just nodded thoughtful.

"I guess tha' yur right, Holley. This Darkov fella seems bad as Professer Z an' Grem an' Acer. But I wonderin' who's Striker is?" said Mater and stared at the waterfall they were passing through at the bridge, on their way to the Wheel Well Resturant.

"I really don't know, Mater. He said 'a certain red race-car' and it can only mean Lightning. Have he never told him about his cgild life with you?" asked Holley her tow truck boyfriend.

"Uh, no. He didn't, but I guess tha' wasn't good. Maybe he hittin' McQueen an' he's afraid for him?"

"Even if he did, we don't have any proof. But if he really does that if he's coming for Lightning, I'm sure Finn, Hudson and Sheriff can put an end to that. We can also help, Mater."

"Yep. Doc looks at Lightnin' as his own son an' he would let this ugly Striker fella stay in jail until he's roots. An' besides, tha' what best friends is for."

"I hope you're right, Mater" said Holley when they arrived to the Wheel Well Resturant.

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"He abused me."

Lightning said those horrible words and Dco felt his heart stop, aching for the hot-shot race-car and it was painful. Much painful as loosing Alice, his dead wife.

"I don't understand why he did it, I mean. But why adopt me and then just beating as I wasn't supposed to exist. It made me feel like I didn't deserve any happiness..."

"Lightning, stop that!"

Lightning stared back in wonder and disbelief, Doc who hardly called him anything than "rookie" or "kid", had just called his given name. He felt happy, more happy than anything.

"If someone else told me this, I wouldn't belived it. But I couldn't imagine that something so despicable like "child buse" could happens to you and personally it disgusts me. But I can personally ensure you if that lousy no-good piece of junk comes for, I'll sentence him life sentence in a underground impoundment and makes him never see the daylight ever again."

Lightning felt touched of his mentor's words, no adult had ever bee kind to him during his child life and this made him wish more than ever that Doc would be his father.

Doc just smiled to him and pulled him into a hug (AN/ How exactly does cars hug? I dunno ^^;).

"Lightning, I'll promise that I will be here and protect you. I'm here for you now and I won't leave your side. As much, that I see you as...my own son."

For the first time since he was little, Lightning cried. He felt so happy and safe with Doc, it made him that he could be loved and these words touched his heart so much that he could cry tears of joy and happiness.

That is what Doc was for him, something he never had in his entire life.

A father.

Hello! This chapter is the really 10th chapter! Dadgum!

Well, things is getting serious and exciting! Darkov is here and allied with Zündapp, Acer, Grem and Lightning's fosterdad Striker McQueen.

Well if you read my one-shot "My Heart Would Know", you already know that both Doc and Striker were hardcore rivals. If not, then go ahead and read it. Just don't forget to review, okay?

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.

Okay, warning alert for Writer's block!

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