potternutter - Lightning was dead, all will be explained next chapter (or two)
moviemanic122893 - Bah... read on...
It'sSalsaTime - will be explained...
Buick Regal Racecar 86 - I'm blaming Rascal Flatts:-P
whitewolf2192 - (sigh) or will be explained...
SuperLobsterBoy - Well this story is slightly supernatural...
Sarah - Maybe I should write on trains more often then, huh?
Winds of Change - o... :-P
Driving from the junkyard to Flo's V8 Café, Mater looked around at all his friends, a guilty expression about him. Lightning picked up on this immediately, "what did you do?" He asked.
Mater jumped slightly at this, "nothin'," he answered hastily.
Lightning frowned at him doubtfully, "Where's Susie?" He asked.
"Back at the junkyard," Mater answered, his voice had now begun to shake.
"You didn't…" Honey Sue began, rolling slightly toward him, "did you?"
Mater looked down at the ground, scuffing the ground with a tire he answered, "she was gonna kill me."
"You know what Honey Sue said!" Lightning exclaimed.
Mater flinched at his angry voice, "I know, but I've onleh jus' got 'er back… I can' afford tuh lose 'er again over somethin' so simple…"
"It isn't as simple! I don't want to lose Sally! But now you've just made our slim chances of getting them back even slimmer!" Lightning yelled, he was practically in tears by this point. After staring at his best friend for a moment he began to drive to the junkyard.
"Lightnin'!?" Mater called swiftly following him once he was at Lightning's side he continued, "what're ya doin'?"
Lightning stopped abruptly, "What do you think I'm doing!? I'm going to see if the chance of getting rid of Death can be possible!" The two continued to Susannah in an awkward silence.
Lightning was the first to enter the junkyard, Mater just stopped and took a deep breath before following he stopped and stared wide eyed at the sight before him. He watched as Susannah began to nuzzle one of their eight children.
"Mater?" She asked, as she began to lick the oil of the one that she had been nuzzling, "What is it, honey?"
"Great," Lightning muttered under his breath, "now we'll never do it."
Mater rolled closer and was going to attempt to nuzzle another but then Susannah revved her engine to threaten him as she rolled closer, growling angrily she managed to say, "get of it."
"It?" Mater repeated, "Susie, it deserves respect…"
"Get out!" She yelled, her children turning round to face and follow their mother.
"But, Susie," he managed to croak as he began to cry.
"Get out!" She screamed, lunging herself toward her husband and attempting to clamp her teeth into her fender, but he got out of her way before any contact could be made.
He took one last glance at his wife before driving away, his eyes stinging with tears. "Mater?" Doc asked, "What's going on."
"Well," Mater began, "Me n' Susie have had eight kids, but when I wanna go see one of 'em she tries tuh kill me." He began to sob even more once he had finished his sentence, then he came up with an idea. "Misery," he whimpered, "I wanna see Mia n' Duncan again."
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"Thunder?" Duncan asked quietly, staring at his sister who was – still – scowling at the three, "is Mimi gonna be okay?"
Thunder looked at Mia; she had her front part of her body lowered, her back part raised slightly from it's original position, he looked to Chick, he had his eyes lightly shut and he was muttering something so very near audible, yet, they seemed silent. Thunder looked down as he felt something on his tire; this was soon followed by Duncan's moaning voice saying:
"Thunder… answer me!"
He sighed; there was no point in lying to him if something possibly was going to happen, "Duncan, I don't know." He answered.
This made the 5-year-old shed the tears that had been threatening in his eyes for all his endless night. He cuddled up to Thunder and whimpered, "Please, I don't want anything to happen to her."
Thunder nudged his side lightly, trying his very best to hide the tears, "look, I can't do anything to help, maybe this'll be for the best and someone will help."
"Thunder?" Sarah asked, slowly driving into the room, "you called for help?"
Suddenly, there was a blinding flash of white, once this had cleared Mia, Duncan, Chick, Thunder and Sarah had disappeared.
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"I don' know whether I can live with 'er fer much longer," Mater managed to tell through sobs, "I mean, we all might have tuh leave – that's if we survive – but if we do, then it'll all be muh fault!"
Lightning sighed, "Mater, look, we have to leave then you won't be alone. I know it's hard to refuse to… do all that lovely stuff to her, but we can't afford this to happen again."
"What 'bout the kids?" Mater said out of nowhere.
The two exchanged wide eyed glances before going to the junkyard with all their speed, they were almost there when Lightning crashed into Chick's side.
"Lightning?" He asked indecorously, looking around in confusion.
"Daddy!" Duncan yelled, nuzzling his fender aggressively – yet in the same way – lovingly.
Mater returned his son's enthusiasm, "Duncan," he said within a sigh of relief, "yer okay."
Duncan let more tears roll down his hood as he whimpered, "Something's wrong with Mimi."
Mater looked up from his son and backed away as he saw Mia scowling at him angrily, "Mimi? What's the matter? It's me… daddy."
Everyone watched hopefully as Mia's frown turned into her usual friendly look, "daddy?" She whispered, there was still that hint of a sneer in her voice, though – overall – she was sounding like herself again.
At this moment, Chick, Thunder, Mater and Duncan began to nuzzle her lovingly, "Mater!" Lightning exclaimed, "We still have to see Susannah!"
Everyone froze as they heard heavy breathing behind them, just seconds after this breathing was replaced with a – somewhat – gruff voice saying, "I heard my name."
Everyone slowly turned to face the source of this voice. There, in front of them, was Susannah, a grim look about her, eyeing everyone suspiciously. Around her, all eight of the children were following their mothers' actions. Growling at them, frowning forebodingly, showing their teeth at all them. "Mummy?" Duncan asked nervously, slowly rolling toward her.
"Duncan," Mater practically hissed, "get back here now!"
Susannah smiled slightly, yet, that smile was the worst smile that they had all ever seen, "hmm… you should be enough for a night, huh? What do ya say boys?" he growled, just centimetres away from her son's bumper.
"Susie," Mater said sternly, "ya ain't gonna hurt 'im again."
Susannah chuckled coldly, "you and what army?"
"What's going on?" A voice said from behind Chick, again, everyone turned to see Lorraine and George (remember that they're Mater's parents).
"Who's this?" Susannah asked, slowly driving toward the two.
Mater watched her as she did so, a threatening look about them, "that's muh momma n' Poppa. Don' hurt 'em."
Susannah chuckled, pulling George closer toward her, they were nearly bumper to bumper when she said, "I'll do what I like. It's either him or Duncan."
Sorry if it doesn't make sense... I'm not too well at the moment, bleh, that sucks... and yet ANOTHER abrupt ending... that sucks even more...