As people left the courthouse, Doc pulled Mater aside and asked. "Can you get Besse out? Take her near Stanley and have her ready." Mater nodded with excitement!. "Shoot yeah Doc! Boy this is gonna be fu-un!" Ans he shot off like a rocket! Sheriff pulled Lightning aside and waited until the room was clear of the town's folks. Once they left, Doc approached the kid and warned. "Now I want no funny business. You get to work, get done, and leave my town for good." Lightning glared harshly replying "I think we can agree to that. The sooner the better." Doc rolled his eyes then looked at Sheriff saying "Don't worry Sheriff. I'll take him from here. You just go find Mater and bring that race car of his around." Lightning's eyes widened!
"What!?" Shouted the kid! "Why do I need the Bolt!? You mean I have to pull something? Don't you?" He asked. Doc grabbed Lightning's suit and yanked the kid hard and pulled him out of the courthouse. Lightning reluctantly followed. On the way out, he caught a glimpse of the woman responsible for changing the judge's mind. She was talking to the Sheriff. Lightning's brows lowered as they passed her by. Doc saw him looking and yanked the kid hard as he snapped "You just keep to yourself and you might make it out alive." Lightning looked at Doc. Little afraid of this guy, seriously pissed...
Standing outside near the fire house and Stanley Statue, Doc began to explain to the kid how this was going to work. "This here is Besse. Finest road paving machine ever built.." Doc went on saying something else, but Lightning's eyes were on the tow truck that brought around the Bolt. The bolt was scratched up, one large dent near the rear fender, dirt all over her. Lightning dropped to his knees. Mater and Doc immediately stared at the kid, worried if something was seriously wrong, like dehydration. Common if he weren't use to the heat, but he was a race car driver! He should be use to that. Then the whining..
"OH my poor baby... What has this town done to you..." Mater looked at Doc with confusion as Lightning continued to whine towards the car. "I'm sorry these crazy people touched you.." Mater leaned close to Doc and asked "He does know that's a car?.. Right?.." Doc rolled his eyes then said. "Get up!" Lightning looked at Doc with such anger as he did. One foot then the other. Mater walked over and stood next to Lightning and whispered "I know this maybe a bad time right now, but.. You owe me thirty two thousand dollars in legal fees.." Lightning looked at Mater confused. "What?" He muttered. Mayer Nodded. Doc then explained "You'll start here where the road begins.. And stop where the road ends.." Lightning and Mater walked around and stared out at the road.
"Holy shoot!" Exclaimed Mater! Lightning immediately began whining again! "Woah, woah, woah.. How long is this gonna take!?" Doc sighed and thought for a moment. "Well." He began. "If a fella does it right. Should take him about five days.." "FIVE DAYS!? But I should be in California smoozen Dinico right now!" "Then if I were you I'd quit yapping! And start workin!" Doc removed the cuffs then looked to Mater and instructed "Hook him up Mater." Lightning got into the Bolt cockpit and seeing how Mater hadn't hooked him up yet, Lightning turned on the race car, hit the gas and shifted hard and GONE!
"FREEDOM!" He shouted happily as he bullet through the town! Avoiding the messed up parts of the road! Flying through the streets and nearing the entrance of the tiny town. "Wooh! Awe feel that wind!" He shouted! Finally! No one was going to keep him from his piston cup! He had worked way too hard for this! Nothing would dare stop him! Except... The Bolt began to sputter. "What?.." Lightning muttered then looked at all the dash readings. Panicking a bit. Then he saw the reason. "What!? Out of gas!? How can I be out of gas!?" He shouted as the car came to a dying stop near the welcome sign of the town.
Then laughing. Lightning looked over to see Sheriff and that woman, Sally. Oh he was angry. "Boy we ain't as dumb as you think we are." Sheriff said. Lightning got out the window of the red car and asked frustrated. "But?.. h-h-how did you?.." Sally answered. "We siphoned Your gas while you were passed out." She placed her hand on the light of the cop car and turned it toward the him then flashed it in his eyes and snickered "Kachow!" She winked.
Lightning covered his eyes with his hands "Ow, ow ,ow.." he pouted crossing his arms.. Teasing him with his own thing.. Not cool. Sheriff walked up and spoke sternly. "Hands on the car boy. Turn around. No funny business." Lightning sighed, but did so and Sheriff slapped the cuffs on him. "I'll send Mater to get the car. Come on." Sheriff guided the boy into the back of the cop car, but not without the kid whining, "Wait, what!? You can't leave the Bolt out here like that! You really are gonna hear it from my lawyer when they find out you are holding me here like a prisoner!" he griped! Sally got in the passenger side and rolled her eyes. Sheriff drove. Slow.
Lightning leaned forward. "Sally?.. right? There's no way you're here willingly?" He asked her. Sally's eyes opened wide and she turned around, "Whats your name again Stickers?" Lightning stared answering with a question. "You really don't know who I am?" Sally didn't answer. The blonde answered back "Lightning McQueen? The race car driver?" Sally snickered a bit and replied. "Okay? So here's the deal Stickers. If you just fix the road, finish your sentence. You can go. It's that simple."
McQueen whined a bit and replied to her "But I gotta get to California!.. Look, you look like a smart young woman... What will it take? I can pretty much get you into any place? Get you anything you want? Even if it's physical?" He winked and blew a kiss. Sally rolled her eyes and giggled a bit. Lightning actually thought that was kinda cute. She had the sweetest voice. Wait, NO! She was the evil woman that got him into this mess! She did NOT deserve his time! Sally replied asking "Bribing an attorney?.. you're not that smart are you?" Sheriff then spoke up "No more chatter back there. Keep quiet." McQueen leaned back in his seat. Pouting a bit as he was taken back to Besse...
Well finally got the Bolt back up, filled up, and hooked up to Besse. Lightning got into the car and forced to play out this sentence. Lightning shifted and hit the gas, but the car barely would go. Struggling to pull the machine. Lightning sighed and leaned in his seat as the Bolt pushed to pull it. "Awe great.. Just great!.." he muttered. "Five days.. I shouldn't be here.. I should be in California already!" He growled to himself. The Bolt was pulling Besse. Slowly.. So stinking slow!
To make it worse, the old guy, Mater.. Was yapping on about old stories "Boy you should have heard me on billy Oh pop a.." as he sat and watched Lightning from a lawn chair.. Sipping a cool lemonade. Oh Lightning hated this place. Suddenly he heard a weird sound. Like.. A fuse?.. About to pop? "What?.." he looked at the Bolt's dash then Plop! A big black tar bubble landed right on the front fender of the car! Lightning immediately stopped and got out the window whining "Awe no, that's just great!.." Mater quickly stood up asking "What's wrong?" Lightning stood in front of the car and pointed out the black tar. "My lucky stickers all dirty..." Mater looked at it then shrugged saying "Awe ain't nothin. I'll clean it for you!" Then began gathering spit in his mouth! Spit and snot and Lightning quickly declined! "No! No! No, no.. That won't be necessary..." his voice cracked..
Oh he hated this town.. He was already tired.. Already hungry... Sweating..Angry.. frustrated.. It seemed like if something could possibly hold him back in his career, it would. Lightning sighed then saw the fire man out near the fire truck and shouted. "Hey!.. Hey, you in the red!" Got the foreman's attention. "I could use a hose down! Help me wash this off?" The man darted and hid behind the fire truck. Lightning was confused. "Hey, wait? Where's he going?" Mater answered explaining "Awe he's just shy and he hates you on the account for killin his flowers.. That's all.." Lightning was in disbelief.
He was stuck here! And quickly began whining again! "This is crazy!.. I shouldn't have to put up with this... I'm a professional racer of speed and aromatics." "You hurt your what?" Asked Mater. Lightning loudly stomped and said "I'M A VERY FAMOUS RACE CAR DRIVER!" suddenly he was approached by two Italians. "You!? Are a real race car driver?" Asked one. Lightning furiously answered. "Yes I'm a real race car driver, what did you think? Look at me!.." the italian only seemed to get more and more excited! "I do not believe it! A real! Race car driver!" "Yes!" Lightning exclaimed! The man then asked if Lightning knew many Ferrari drivers.
Lightning chuckled answering "No, they race for the European circuit. I'm in the Piston cup!" But the two Italians glared unhappily. Lightning was confused. "Wait?... What?" The man crossed his arms saying "We follow only the ferrari.." then they both walked away. Lightning sat on the hood of the Bolt and sighed. He was never getting out of this..
"Customers!" Yelled the woman! This grabbed everyone's attention! "Customers everyone!" Immediately, Lightning's only thought was.. What a psycho... Oh but she wasn't finished! Sally began shouting like a loon! "Okay everyone calm down, it's been a long time! Just remember what we rehearsed!.. Make sure you're welcome please come in signs are out! And you know what to do! Alright, nobody panics! Here we go!" And she quickly rushed off to greet the coming car. Lightning was in awe. These people and this town were absolutely crazy. And if they couldn't be more crazy, each and every one of these people in town, took turns scaring and bugging the poor couple in the mini van. They really tried to just get out of there.
As they passed by Lightning, Lightning jumped at the opportunity hearing that they were just trying to find the interstate. He grabbed the open window and said "Hey! I know how to get to the interstate." The woman in the passenger side lit up asking "Oh do ya?" Lightning nodded answering "Yea, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah." The couple put the vehicle in park and waited to hear it. But then Lightning was honest. "No, not really.. but look, I'm Lightning McQueen, the famous race car driver and I'm being held here against my will and I need you to call my team so they can come rescue me and get me to California in time to win the Piston Cup! Do you understand?" The man clicked the lock door buttons and began rolling up the window, forcing Lightning to let go of the van.
"No, no, no, no, no!" Lightning yelled as the van began to leave! Chasing after them on foot for a moment and yelling "Don't leave me here please! These people are crazy!" He slowed to stop. "My I-Q is dropping by the second!" He fell to his knees as he lost all hope! "I'm becoming one of theeemmm!" He yelled. But the van was gone.. He was stuck here. Then Lightning heard a man behind him tapping his boot.. Sheriff. Lightning looked up slowly at the angry cop. "I warned you.." Said the old Sheriff. Lightning sighed and frowned. Now he was in even more trouble...
"There." Said the Sheriff as he cuffed Lightning to the wheel of the race car. Lightning pouted. "That should hold you.." The old man growled. Lightning rolled his eyes. The wheel could pop off with the lock key.. He just didn't have it. Which meant that he was just stuck here until the road was finished. Mater walked back over and asked "Do you get customers where you're from?" Lightning glared answering "Of course I do. I'm not from Radiation stings man!" "No, it's Radiator Springs. Don't worry, I'll help you remember with a song." "No, no.. It's fine.. I remember..." Lightning growled. Oh he could not wait to leave this place.
Mater then asked "Well where are you from?" Walking next to the slow moving race car as it pulled Besse. "Texas." "Texas? Shoot that ain't too far from here. Wait a minute, is Texas really where everything's bigger? Like if I baked the same pie in Texas as I did here, would it just be bigger? Or is that because people in Texas think it's bigger cause maybe they be smaller?" Lightning shook his head answering "That's a saying.. Chrysler help me..." "Were you one of them cty Dallas boys?" "What?... I grew up in an old farmhouse." "Really? Shoot that's cool. I grew up here in Radiator Springs. Ra-Di-ATOR, like Mater. Then Springs. You got that?" Lightning glared answering "Yeah, I got it..." Old people.. Ugh..
Then the radio caught Lightning's attention. He looked over for a second. Chick was in California!? No.. That meant he was getting close to Tex.. He was getting extra time on the track.. He was getting the girls.. His girls! "Mater, Mater, Mater!" Lightning called. "Let me get this straight.. Doc said when the road is finished, I could go. That was the deal." Mater nodded replying "That's what they done did say." Lightning looked straight ahead. "Okay.. Out of my way." Shifting the car into gear. "I got a road to finish." He was going to red line the crap out of his car. He was getting out of this place!...
Lightning stopped. He was done. The towns folk all made their way up to the racer and the machine. They all stood in front of him. Staring at the road.. In pure awe.. McQueen got out the window of his car panting a bit and spoke up, "I'm done. Look! I'm finished..." he was out of breath.. "Just say thanks and I'll be on my way.." he leaned on his car a bit.. the towns folk just stared.. Sally finally spoke up about it.. "It looks awe ful?!" McQueen smiled answering "Well it matches the rest of the town." Sally couldn't believe this guy!? Red started crying. "Red!?" She called. But he ran away. Crying and upset.. tires fell as he ran behind a fence.
That woman was furious with Lightning and she stood close to the racer and made that clear. "Who do you think you are!?" McQueen stood Straighter up and got into Sally's face yelling back, "Look! Doc said when I finished I could go! That was the deal!" He hit his fist in his other hand. That's when Doc stepped in and corrected "Deal was you fix the road. Not make it worse. Now scrape it off! Start over" Lightning chuckled as if Doc were a joke to him then quickly defended "Look, I don't know if you noticed grandpa.. But I'm not a bulldozer, I'm a racer." "Oh woah-ho-ho... Then why don't you and I just have a little race?" Asked Doc. Oh that was the most hilarious thing Lightning had heard all day! "You win, I fix the road.. But I win? You fix the road my way." He was really serious!
"Me and you?" The kid asked. "Look, no offense.. But you'll probably go zero to sixty in what? Three point five years?" He laughed and teased, but Doc was serious. "Well I reckon you ain't got nothin to lose." That woman stepped in saying "Doc.. What are you doing?.." Doc ignored them. This was between the old man and the young racer. Lightning smiled with such a cocky expression. "You know what old timer.. Alright. Let's race."...
The judge and the racer lined up as the Sheriff explained what was going to happen. Lightning was pumping himself up, preparing as he had always have before. "Faster than fast, quicker than quick. Float like a cadillac, sting like a beemer." Then one of the italians rushed over and said "My friend Guido have always dreamed of givnig a real race car driver a real pit stop." The other one rished over all excited and asked "Pit stop?" Lightning snickered a bit at them and explained. "Uhh.. The race is only one lap guys.. Uno lap-o.." One of them seemed to be a bit offended and hurt as Lightning continued. "I work solo me-o.." So one said "Fine.. Race your way." The other still stood there. Lightning stared a moment then said "No pit stop-o. Compredno?" "Okay." Said the italian as he walked away. Lightning glared then noticed Doc staring and the kid rolled his eyes. It was fine. Things would be much better after this race. Forget it, it wasn't even a race. Rather, like a walk through the park.
Sheriff then said "Gentlemen.. Start.. Your... Engines!" Doc started his up. A putter really. An old.. Deep gruffling sound. Lightning shook his head and then started up the Bolt and revved hard! It really was impressive! The car, not the cocky driver in it. Once that go was said, Lightning sped off and wasn't slowing down. He wasn't just going to win. He wanted to throw it in that old man's face! Lightning was younger, better, faster, stronger! And leaving this dump of a town! First turn in.. Second turn out. Oh he had this in the bag! Third turn. Lightning turned the wheel, but the Bolt didn't turn! He panicked! Tyres going each way, trying to grab some grip! Headed towards the little cliff edge! "Oh fuck..." Lightning muttered as he hit the brakes! The car didn't stop before nose diving down the side of the ledge and thumping all the way down into cacti with a hard, sudden stop!
Lightning took a second to collect himself then heard Doc above yelling "HEY! Was that floatin like a cadillac?! OR was that stingin like a beemer!? I'm confused!... You drive like you fix roads! Lousy!" Lightning sighed and hated this. How could he loose? Was the fuck was that? Why didn't the car turn?... Mater hooked his tow cable to the race car and pulled Lightning up. Oh he was ashamed and embarrassed. Lightning hated this town more and more with each passing moment...
Hooking up a scraper (Sorry no clue) to the Bolt. Lightning was back to work and scraping off the messed up paving job he had just finished as he griped to himself. "I can make a little turn on dirt.. You think?.. Noooo... You drive like you fix roads... I'll show him.. I'll show them all... And now I'm a day behind!... Fuck this stupid town.. Crazy grandpa.. Stupid.. Ignorant... Crazy woman.."..
It took most of the evening and some of the night before Lightning was finished with work for the night. And he was exhausted.. Sheriff took Lightning to the jail and took off the cuffs in front of one of the cells. Lightning looked over at it and sighed. A hard metal bed.. One pillow and a thin blanket. Then he realized how hot it was in here. "Doesn't the A.C work?" He asked. Sheriff snickered answering "What? No. A.C hasn't worked in this place for years. I'm gonna stand outside the showers, let you clean up then straight to bed." Lightning sighed and honestly.. After the day he had. He wanted a shower and nothing more than to sleep...
It was hot.. Lightning had a hard time sleeping.. The bed was the most uncomfortable thing on earth.. He stared up at the concrete ceiling and sighed. Stuck in jail. He tossed and turned. Sweating as the A.C didn't exist in this place. Really this had to be like torture, he thought. Why was this happening? Every time he got close to something he wanted, close to his dreams.. Something always stood in the way. It was almost enough to make him cry.. Carl.. The schools... Mollie... He sighed and frowned. He wished he was home over this.. For the first time in a while, Lightning actually missed home...