Chapter 4: Radiator Springs.

Eric fell through the portal and found himself falling into a haystack. He climbed out of it and looked around to see he was near a town.

"Where am I?" he asked as he headed towards the town. Suddenly, he heard cars approaching. He looked to see a red car, a purple car, and a brown tow truck.

"Excuse me." Eric called, putting the object in his pocket. The cars stopped and Eric saw that they looked like they had faces.

"How can we help you?" the red one asked.

"You can talk?!" Eric asked.

"Of course, who can't? Now, how can we help ya?" asked the tow truck.

"Well, I'm just wondering where I am. This object brought me here and I want to go back home." Eric said, bringing the object out of his pocket.

The three cars looked at it with intrigue before the purple one said, "You have arrived in Radiator Springs. This is a town that is working its way back onto the map."

Eric looked and saw that the town wasn't highly populated but had a lot of tourists.

"So, what are all the tourists here to see?" Eric asked.

"One thing they're here for is to see my buddy, Lightning McQueen. He's the one responsible for being the best sport at the Piston Cup, and a Piston Cup champion." said the tow truck.

"Lightning McQueen?" Eric asked.

"That's me. This is my buddy, Tow Mater, and his girlfriend, Holley Shiftwell." the red car said.

"Greetings." Holley said.

"Pleasure to meet ya." Mater said.

"Nice to meet you all." Eric said before he heard someone else talking.

"Welcome back to Radiator Springs, my friends. I will meet you at Flo's! Oh, I have so much to tell you!" said an Italian-sounding voice.

"Who was that?" Eric asked.

"Our friend, Luigi. Why don't you come with us, Eric?" Lightning asked.

"You don't mind having me join you?" Eric asked.

"Not at all." Mater said before they started towards the town.

"Just curious, does this Flo sell insurance?" Eric asked.

"No, but she does have a cafe and she sells good food." Lightning said.

They soon approached a cafe where they saw a purple car and a yellow car.

"Hey, you're here! Welcome home, amigos!" said the purple car.

"Aw, it's good to see you too, fellers! Say, you remember my girlfriend, Holley, right? Well, she's here for our date." Mater said.

"Charmed." Holley said.

"Who's this?" Luigi asked, gesturing to Eric.

"This here's our new buddy, Eric. Just met him. Eric, this is Ramone and Luigi." Mater said.

"Nice to meet you both." Eric said.

"Same here." Luigi said.

Ramone then looked alarmed, "Oh, man, I'd love to hang out, but I gotta go meet Flo at the farm for a picnic. Don't wanna keep my girl waiting. Nice meeting you, Eric." he said before he sped off near a farm.

"So, what's new, Luigi?" Holley asked.

"I have been working on a new race track for the town, but I need your help to keep everything on schedule." Luigi said.

"Excuse me, is there any way I can help, too?" Eric asked.

"Sure, Eric, it would be great to have an extra hand." Luigi said.

"But, first, you need to use our new tech." Holley said before she gave him a wristband.

"What is it, and what do you mean by our?" Eric asked.

"Holley is a member of British Intelligence, a secret agency that fights bad guys." Lightning said.

"Huh. So, what does this do?" Eric asked.

"It's a wristband that uses a special type of energy to turn a human into a car. Don't worry, it can change you right back. All you have to do is pick what car you wish to change into." Holley said.

"Okay." Eric said before he decided on one and pushed the button. He was surrounded by a blue glow before he reappeared as a green Jeep Renegade.

"Wow, it actually works! I thought it was still just a work in progress!" Holley said.

"Okay, now I'm starting to really like it here!" Eric said before he was given a compass by Luigi.

"This is the first thing. We need you to calibrate this compass. There are small beacons throughout the town. Find them and the compass should work great." Luigi said.

"Simple enough." Eric said before he saw a green round beacon in front of the fire hall. He drove and collected it before he saw the compass pointing him to one in the field he had fallen into. He collected it before following it to an impound lot, and finally to a crevice behind the cafe.

"GPS seems to be working great." he said before he heard a commotion. He looked to see a green car with a mustached grille speeding into town, narrowly missing other cars on the street.

"Hey, watch it!" he said, stopping at the cafe.

"Wait! Are you telling me this is Radiator Springs?! HA!" he said.

A light turquoise car then pulled up to him, "What can I get you, sugar?" she asked.

"How about starting with some jumper cables? This place is putting me to sleep." the green car said rudely, annoying the turquoise car.

"Well, I guess if you're not gonna order anything, I suggest you keep rolling." she said.

"Yeah, whatever, I'm outta here. Don't lose your coolant, lady." the green car said, speeding off.