Buick Regal Racecar 86 - I couldn't kill Thunder, I need him for an important part in the sequel...
Sarah - that's cool (begins to write Subaru a get well soon card) well, the Lightning Susie part was a dream, I got stuck for ideas and why does Death want a Porsche? Read on!
SuperLobsterBoy - yes, it was a dream... hmm... you'll treasure it forever? Do I sense a hint of sarcasm?
whitewolf2192 - read on... read on... read on...
"Lightning?" Susannah repeated, rolling closer toward him.
He smiled slightly in recognition, before long she began to sob hysterically; she nudged his fender with her own to make sure that she wasn't seeing things.
"Susie," he said back softly.
She began to cry even more as she nuzzled his fender, "I'm sorry, Lightning, I didn't mean to hurt you badly, I didn't mean to attack you or Duncan…"
"Susie," Lightning whispered quietly, "it was for the best; I was in a lot of pain."
Death growled, "I haven't got time for this!" He exclaimed.
Susannah ignored this and was oblivious of the black stream of thick smoke that had suddenly appeared from Death, the only thing that made her aware of it was when Sally drove in front of her with all her speed screaming, "Susie! No!"
"Sal!" Lightning yelled pushing Susannah aside. It was too late Mercury was back – and was slowly waking – but no one could tell where Death had vanished to. Well, Honey Sue knew, she just kept staring at Sally.
A small groan came from Mercury, "Merc!" Argon exclaimed ecstatically nuzzling his fender lovingly.
"Stickers?" Sally asked trying to get her chassis from off the floor, "I don't feel right…"
Susannah frowned at this. That was the last thing she said before her breathing stopped, "Sal," she began as she drove to her sister, "stay with us!"
Susannah was about to repeat this as she noticed Sally did not respond Susannah moved forward slightly before Sally quickly turned briskly turned to face her, a look in her eyes did not meet well with Susannah.
"Sal?" She asked, her voice revealing hope, panic and worry.
Sally just drove closer toward her growling furiously, "yes?" She snarled.
Susannah backed away at her angry voice, "Are you okay?" She asked her voice shaking.
Sally chuckled, "I could be better…" She lunged herself toward her sister, Susannah just backed away as Mater got between the two. "What's the matter Rusty? Trying to save your daughter?"
Mater frowned, "Miss Salleh, Susie's muh wife, ya know that."
Sally chuckled, going round to Susannah, "let me tell you a little secret…" She whispered, a dark sneer in her voice slipping through Susannah's body. Honey Sue's eyes widened as she saw the spot of black that had appeared upon her side.
Susannah waited for a moment for her to finish her sentence; she waited for a long time before she suddenly yelled, "my prey!"
"Go!" Honey Sue yelled Lightning, Mater, Adene and Honey Sue didn't hesitate but to leave the group only Susannah stayed in her place. She struggled to go and let out a quiet scream. Her attempts were futile, her tires felt glued to the ground.
Sally chuckled, somewhat, coldly as she nudged Susannah's side. She grunted in pain and let her chassis come in contact with the floor. Little did she know that this wouldn't only affect herself.
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Mia looked around unsurely as she looked for Duncan; this game was much harder than Thunder had made out. "Mia!" Chick yelled at the top of his voice jumping in her path.
Scared she turned around, but in front of her was Thunder, his bumper held a scowl, one of which she had never seen, she screamed and squeezed her eyes shut.
"Hey Mimi," Thunder said soothing, delicately nuzzling her fender as she began to shake frenziedly, "Sorry for scaring you."
She managed to muster the courage to open one eye, "wh- where's Duncan?" She asked, still recovering from shock and fear.
"I'm here, Mimi," Duncan said from behind her, a slight hint of amusement in his voice.
Mia turned to face her twin brother, then, out of no where, a strange feeling overcame her. A cold scowl took hold of her usual friendly smile.
Duncan backed away staring at his sister, the look in her eyes and her dark scowl: it was familiar. It was the exact same look of when Susannah had attacked him, "Mimi?" He asked, his voice shaking "are you okay?"
"I don't know," she answered, urging toward him slightly, "am I?"
Duncan shivered, her voice was the same as well. Tears began to form in his eyes. Tears of fear. Tears of fear for the well-being of his sister. Blinking them away he said with a voice that was shaking, "Mimi, please, stop, you're scaring me."
"I can be scary," she snarled.
Thunder got between the twins, "okay Mimi, it's gone on quite long enough."
Mia's reply was – in some respect – startling for Chick and Thunder but just made Duncan's tears stream freely down his hood:
"Oh no, I've only just begun."
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"Where is she!?" Mater cried with despair, "I've only jus' got 'er back! I don' wanna loser 'er again!" He stopped pacing the junkyard and whimpered slightly as the tears escaped his eyes, "I can't."
"You won't lose her," Honey Sue said, entering the junkyard, "nor will you, Lightning."
"Why was Sally acting so… weird?" Lightning asked.
She sighed, "Death. I got on the wrong side of him; he swore vengeance on my daughters. The only thing he knew was that they were Porsches. Now that Sally's been affected, all Porsches related to her will also become affected sooner or later."
"That means Susie n' Mia!" Mater exclaimed, crying even more.
"I want both of you to be careful," Honey Sue continued, "those who are infected are better known as 'Deaths Slaves', their lives consist of two things, killing and keeping the slaves alive. If she wants a kid, don't give. They're only pregnant for one day, they don't feel pain, it just makes them stronger. It doesn't matter how young or old they are, it doesn't matter if they're relative is the father of their children, their main priority in life is to keep Deaths Slaves alive. If we don't do anything about it, we're not talking about one or two; we're talking about a whole new species."
"We can help 'em?" Mater asked anticipation filled his voice, "how?"
Honey Sue sighed, "it's hard, but if we sort one out, we can wipe the whole species clean, if we get rid of both, we can wipe out Death…"
Lightning was rather confused about this, "but then that'll mean that no one dies…"
Honey Sue laughed at this, "no, Lightning, it's just a nickname. Anyway, I need to give Susannah a bit of Mater's oil and Sally a bit of Lightning's oil. Here's the catch, they can usually look quite calm and like they usually would, but when they sense oil around they turn into scavenging killers."
"Mater?" A weary voice asked, everyone noticed it, it belonged to Susannah.
"Susie?" He asked turning around, he smiled at the sight of his wife, nuzzling her fender.
"Oh, Rusty," she breathed, "I'm sorry if I scared you…"
As Susannah continued to talk about how she loved him, all the while he was staring at the spot of black that had appeared on her side.
Sorry for the abrupt ending... I was writing this chapter on a train and listening to Rascal Flatts, so that explains why it's so weird... I had a good idea for an ending of the chapter but then we had to get off :-( I forgot what I was gonna do...