Apocolypse Dragon thanks for reviewing last chapter! Even if it was a bad review, thanks a lot! It wasn't my strongest chapter, but I quite like this chapter, my fave is Chapter 21...
It was the end of the week; Susannah hadn't told any one that she was forced into marrying Razor and so everyone was confused by her decision but, naturally, they were happy for her. But Susannah couldn't help but sigh heavily in dismay as Flo and Sally fussed around her.
"So it's your big day, huh?" Sally asked nudging her tire playfully.
Susannah rolled her eyes to the heavens and merely replied, "Humph."
"What's the matter hon?" Flo asked a bit confused as to why she wasn't driving around in excitement.
"You really think that I had a choice but to go along with this?" Susannah asked, "I mean, out of all the guys in Radiator Springs and along Route 66 my dad somehow manages to choose my enemy."
Flo and Sally glance at each other then back at Susannah, "You mean Lewis forced you into this?" Sally asked.
"Yeah, he thinks I'm still a kid so I have to obey his every order word by word." Susannah sighed.
"Honey, you can't go on with this," Flo told her.
Susannah's eyes widened as she saw Mater watching them from the distance then she had an idea.
"Mater!" She shouted driving over to him.
"Wha'?" He asked.
Susannah looked around before lowering her voice, "I need you to make an objection."
"I'll do it." Mater answered almost instantly.
Susannah looked around again to make sure no one was looking before rolling toward him to give him a small kiss goodbye but Razor interrupted her, "Hey Susannah."
"Oh, hey Razor." She said in shock, swiftly backing away from Mater.
"You better follow me, everybody's waiting," Razor told Mater, so the two left for the Wheel Well not long after that Lewis came to get the three and led them to the Wheel Well.
"Not exactly how I imagined for her to look on her big day," Sarah whispered to Luigi, who – in truth – didn't look interested.
Susannah slowly drove over to Doc and Razor, once there she turned to face Razor who was giving her a sly grin.
Doc looked at everyone before beginning, "We are here today to celebrate…"
"Can we skip to the important part?" Razor interrupted.
"No, we're gonna do this properly." Susannah argued.
"We're gonna do this my way." Razor said firmly yet he remained quite calm.
"You want an argument about this? 'Cos I'll win, I'll always win." Susannah said with attitude.
"Look," he said quietly, "I'm the master of this… 'Relationship' and you're the slave, so you'll do as I say."
Shocked by his words, Susannah let Razor get his way in silence.
"If there is any reason these two should not be married, speak now," Doc said.
"I object," Mater called.
Susannah turned around as she expected, Mater had rolled forward.
"Oh Chrysler, what does he want?" Razor said, to no one in particular.
"Susannah," Mater began, "you can't go along with this. I wanna wake up every mornin' with you by my side then go out to play with mah son, n' you know what? He'll be your son too, then we'll spend the rest of our lives together n' you'll be the one I'll go to when I gotta problem, you're the one who'll be able to pick me up when I begin tah fall. We'll be there when our son graduates from college n' it'll all be thanks to you. If you let me spend the rest of yer life with me then I'll die one hell of a happy truck, what I'm askin' is for you tah marry me."
Susannah stared at him speechless, so did every one.
"What are you offering?" Lewis asked.
Mater turned his attention to him, "I'm offerin' all my love."
"Sorry, Razor gave me $100 for her, he wins." Lewis told him.
"What?" Susannah asked in a near whisper, "you're making it sound like you sold me, and you know what? There's something's in life a girl can take but that just ain't one of 'em." Susannah turned and swiftly went down to Radiator Springs but Mater quickly followed.
"That's it!" Doc shouted, raising a tire and bringing it back down to the ground with a shallow 'thump', "You've ruined Susannah's life and when she started anew you came and ruined it!"
"But she's just a…"
"Get out of my town," Doc ordered sternly. Lewis looked at him in disbelief before leaving for the small town.
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"Susannah!" Mater shouted driving down the road. He stopped as he heard a muffled whimpering coming from his junkyard. He cautiously entered, sure enough Susannah was there.
"Susannah?" He asked slowly approaching her. She turned around to face him, "What's the matter?"
Susannah managed to stop crying for a moment and told him, "There's something I should've told you a long time ago."
"What is it?" Mater asked, worried at the way she was looking at the ground uncomfortably.
Susannah took a deep breath before saying, "Mater, you're gonna be a dad."
He looked at Susannah in disbelief that was nervously waiting for a reply. It wasn't long before a huge grin grew across his fender; he drove out of the junkyard shouting random things excitedly.
Susannah chuckled before following him, but she thought that she was going to pass out when she saw his backwards driving.
"Omigod!" She shouted, "Sheriff! Help! He's gonna kill 'imself."
Mater pulled up next to her and whispered happily, "I'm gonna be a dad." He began to drive round in circles in front of Susannah shouting deliriously, "I'm gonna be a dad!"
"Oh really?"
Mater immediately stopped and looked to where the voice had come from, Susannah did also to see Lewis driving toward the two looking from one to the other, he turned his attention to Mater, "So when are you due to become a dad?"
Mater looked around helplessly, "8 months." Susannah answered helpfully.
Lewis faced her, "8 months, eh? Let me changed that time to, let's say never."
It took a while for Susannah to grasp what he had said, once she had she began to back away eyes wide with fear and shock, "You wouldn't would you? I mean it's not just my life in danger now."
"I don't care if it's your kids in danger now! You know what happened last time you dared me; don't think I won't do it again!" Lewis shouted aggressively. Susannah continued to back away until she was against the wooden fence.
"Dad please just leave me alone!" She begged fearfully.
Lewis went round to her right side; Susannah turned to face him and continued to back away, "What's the matter are you scared?" Lewis urged toward her.
"Yes!" She shouted, now beginning to sob uncontrollably.
"You better get used to it, you're gonna be scared everyday of your life," Lewis sneered his voice dark and only bought back memories to Susannah, memories of her first beating.
"That's enough!" Mater growled getting between the two.
"You've suddenly plucked up the courage to help her, 'ey? Tell me, would you help her if she wasn't expecting?"
"Of course I would."
"So would you go after her if she ran away?" Lewis asked looking behind Mater.
"Yeah."
"You better start looking for her then."
Mater turned around to see what he meant, thinking she had gone, he looked into the distance he was relieved to see Susannah looking it him. He was about to turn around when he felt Lewis crash into him sending him forward hitting Susannah.
"Fine then, you be happy with her, but if you hurt her I'll hurt you." Lewis went to Maters side and faced him, "There's just one more thing I want to say to Susannah, now go to the others."
Mater looked at Susannah longingly before going back to the Wheel Well, when he was out of sight Lewis crashed into Susannah's side making sure she hit the wooden fence.
"Dad what are you doing?" She asked as she saw him backing away. Susannah didn't get an answer, unless you count a twice as powerful collision, no matter how much Susannah begged he continued to do this, he wouldn't stop until someone crashed into him.
Susannah looked to see who it was and the name of her saviour shocked her – just a touch.
I hate that ending, anyway who do you think saved Susannah? Go on have a guess, you'll guess easily, anyway it's the school holiday! Yay!
You gonna review, punk?... I'm only joking, but seriously, are you gonna review.