Of
Rain and Thunderstorms
by Firebird (FireSaturn)
DISCLAIMER: Cars, it plot, setting, and characters are not mine, but belongs to Pixar Disney. Sapphire Sky and Amber Weathers are my characters and property.
CHAPTER TWO
Strip Weathers and his wife drove into the town of Radiator Springs that morning. He wanted to know how his youngest daughter had gotten to the little town and if she was alright, since Doc had called him in the middle of night and told him.
As the couple entered Main Street, they saw the original residents, plus some new ones, at Flo's Cafe. They pulled up to a pump and Flo offered them a can of gas to share.
"So, is Amber...?" Strip began.
"Last night," Sheriff began slowly, "I saw that she was being chased by these four Delinquent Road Hazards and that this purple Mitsubishi Eclipse with boost canisters on his back slammed her and sent her into a ditch."
"She was hurt?" asked Mrs. Weathers in a worried voice.
"Yes," said Doc Hudson, who had just driven up, "But I fixed her up."
"She's in one of the Cozy Cones getting some much needed rest after her ordeal," said Sally, "hopefully she's better now this morning."
The old veteran hunkered down lower on his wheels, trying not to think about what he had just been told. Even though he hadn't seen Amber in years, he had spoken to her on the phone listening to her telling him what she had seen and learned on her travels. He now worried about her condition and hoped to Chrysler that she was alright.
Soon, there was the sound of an engine turning over and everyone turned toward the source. The door of one of the Cones opened and out rolled a dark red 1979 Pontiac Trans Am. She turned toward them and drove over to where they were sitting.
"Dad? Mom?" Amber asked quizzically.
"It's us, Honey," replied Mrs. Weathers, a smile on her grill, "Are you alright?"
"Yeah," Amber rolled around a pump, "Just sore."
The others rolled over to the Trans Am with curiosity written all over their fronts. Amber noticed this and sighed deeply. "You want to know how I ended up getting chased by those four delinquents and crashing into a ditch, don't you?"
The other nodded.
"Alright," said the dark red Trans Am, "It begins like this..."
24 hours earlier...
Amber Weathers has just left her last stop, which was at a big rest stop with a lot a big rigs who were either talking to one another or still sleeping. She had learned alot from some friendly rigs, but had to stay away from the mean ones. They were travelers, like herself, and hauled many different products to and from various places to be used by various cars.
For twenty hours she drove in silence, lost in thought, wondering where she was going to visit next. She barely managed to avoid getting side-swipped by a couple of road delinquents.
"What the..?" she yelped in surprise, "How rude."
Without thinking, Amber sped up after the delinquents. She kept back for a few hours, but held them in her sights. They needed to taught a lesson, and Amber thought that she would be the one to teach them. How wrong she was.
"Hey," one of the delinquents shouted, "That Trans Am has been following us for three hours."
"What!" another demanded and slowed down until he was almost beside Amber, "Who in the heck are you and why are you following us?"
Mustering in all her courage, Amber replied, "You know you're going to hurt someone if you don't drive more carefully."
"So?" replied the purple Mistubishi Eclipse, who didn't like anyone telling him what to do or how to drive.
The others began to flank her, planning on doing something nasty to her. Suddenly, Amber feared for her life and quickly sped off with the four delinquents on her tail. A Nissan Silvia bumped her, hoping to send her off the highway, but Amber was a skillful driver and swept back onto the road, almost going up to 90 mph.
She led them across five counties and ultimately onto I-40 where she took the exit to Route 66. It was dark, but Amber had her headlights on so that she could see at night. She kept on speeding and saw a railway crossing up ahead, with the signal tolling to let cars know that a train was coming. She gunned it and leapt over the crossing just in time to make it across. The Eclipse had also made it across as well and sped after her. His friends were stuck on the other side of a very long train and had to wait until it was gone. That left the Eclipse to continue the chase.
At one point, Amber switched off her headlights, as to make it harder for Boost to see her, but when the others joined the Eclipse, Amber was illuminated by the Nissan's lights.
That's when Boost had slammed into her side, hissing, "Nobody tells us what to do!"
Amber was sent careening into a ditch and losing consciousness. When she woke up next, she found herself inside a doctor's office and meeting Doc Hudson and the others of Radiator Springs.
"...and that's how I ended up here."
"Well, at least I chased them away from you," replied Sheriff.
"Oh, I'm glad you're alright, Amber," said Mrs. Weathers after she heard her daughters story, "but don't you ever do something as stupid as that ever again."
"Sorry, Mom," Amber replied guiltily. Her parents nuzzled her.
Amber decided to take up residence in Radiator Springs. She thought that this was a pleasant little town with nice folk who cared about each other. She managed to persuade her parents to stay as well, since her father was retired from the racing circuit.
But, she couldn't help wonder about the Delinquent Road Hazards who had chased her last night. Would they be back to do more harm to her? She expressed her fears to Sheriff, who promised to keep a sharp lookout for them.
They could have just told me to leave them alone, Amber thought to herself, and I would've done it. How can telling them to drive carefully make them so angry with me?
