Hello Everyone. Here is chapter 36 and I hope that you will enjoy it. Also, Guest, I haven't forgotten about Tracy and her abusive father since they will appear during and at the end of the final Piston Cup race of the season although she will be mentioned in this chapter.
Lightning and I were at Fillmore's tent where we were trying out his organic fuel which tasted good since it was nice to try an different type of fuel for a change as we kept on drinking the fuel much to Fillmore's happiness.
I was still drinking the fuel when my mind flashed back to the young girl Tracy, who I knew needed a role model and a father figure in her life since her abusive father seemed to hate her dreams of becoming a race-car.
Lightning noticed that I was worried and he gave me a gentle nudge to let me know that he was there if I needed someone to talk about my problems which I responded with a smile knowing that I can always count on Lightning.
"Wow!, this organic fuel is great!" said Lightning who was impressed with the fuel. "Why haven't I heard about it before?".
"It's a conspiracy, man!" shouted Fillmore in a panicking tone. "The oil companies got a grip on the government!, They're feeding us a bunch of lies, man".
"Ok, we will take a case" said Lightning before he looked at me. "Right, Enzo?".
"I agree, Lightning" I said since it was clear that Fillmore needed help. "Let's solve this case".
We left Fillmore's tent and we drove to Sarge's hut since he would be the most likely suspect in this mysterious in case which proved to be true when we entered his hut and put on night-vision goggles before we started to search the hut until we eventually caught him trying to sneak out with what seemed to be a gun.
Lightning and I took off our goggles in time for Sarge to recognize us before he gave us an approving nod much to mine and Lightning's happiness knowing that we succeeded in catching Sarge in the act of carrying an illegal weapon which I personally hope was a fake.
We drove away from Sarge's hut and we drove to Lizzie's home where she showed us, her snow globe of her home, before she showed us all of the stickers for her to put on our bumpers which we soon regretted when she violently slapped the stickers onto our bumpers.
Next, we went to Ramone's store where we were to be painted by Ramone who was holding a spray paint after putting protective wrapping around mine and Lightning's tires before he got to work which involved Lightning saying his famous catchphrase.
Soon enough, we were done and the sun was about to set when everyone, except Sally, got to Ramone's store where they kept an eye out for Sally since we wanted to surprise her with the new paint job and they soon saw a familiar light blue Porsche heading our way.
"Here she comes!" said Mater in a worrying tone. "She's coming!".
"Places, everybody" said Lightning in a rushing tone. "Hurry!, act natural".
"That's good, everyone" I said in quiet tone. "Just act as natural as you can".
Lightning and I watched as Sally approached in front of us as well as the rest of the residents of Radiator Springs, while having no idea why they were all parked in front of Ramone's store although she eventually became suspicious.
We listened as the residents of Radiator Springs said their hellos to Sally who only became even more Suspicious when she noticed that me and Lightning were nowhere to be seen and she eventually spoke out her suspicions.
"All right, what's going on?" asked Sally as she stopped in front of Mater and the others. "Where are Enzo and Lightning?".
"Ladies and gentlecars" said Mater in a announcer-type tone much to Sally's confusion. "Please welcome the new Lightning McQueen and Enzo the Ferrari!".
At that very moment, me and Lightning drove out from Ramone's store where we eventually drove in front of Sally who was surprised at the new paint job that Ramone did for me and Lightning just for this very moment.
Lightning had a paint job which he still has the Lightning bold although it was smaller and it was in front of a white background on his side and he even had all of his Piston Cup stickers removed which surprised me but I can tell that he has matured.
I had a paint job that was very similar to Lightning's although I had a big Ferrari sign on my side while I also had the words "Radiator Springs" on my hood as well as the photo of Willy's Butte on my rear bumper.
"Pow, what do you think?" asked Lightning to Sally. "Radiator Springs looks pretty good on me".
"Hi, Sally, Glad to see you" I said with a smile on my face. "Did you like mine and Lightning's surprise?".
"I'll say, Ka-chow" said Sally as me and Lightning drove round her. "You're gonna fit right in, in California, oh my goodness, it looks like you helped everybody in town".
"I agree to that" I said since I knew that Sally was definitely right. "We sure helped nearly everyone in this awesome town".
"Yeah, everybody except one" said Lightning before he looked at Red and Lizzie. "Hey, is it, getting dark out?".
"What?, what did he say?" asked Lizzie who was confused by what Lightning was saying. "Did the Ferrari guy say something too?".
"Let me, say that again" said Lightning as he briefly looked at Sally before turning back to Red and Lizzie. "Is it getting dark out?".
"Now, what was I suppose to do after that" said Lizzie before Red had hit the play button on the radio. "Oh, yeah, that".
The song called "Sh-Boom" began to play much to my happiness since I knew that the lid on the surprise that me and Lightning had planned for Sally had finally came off and the entire song was heard throughout the town.