The tuners had now lived in the impound for about a month. They arrived on Earth at the beginning of August and September was on the way. The summer was starting to end and they had done nothing. They sat in the impound, listening to the cars having fun at their summer parties at Flo's V8 Café. They wished they could join, but the cars wouldn't allow it. Their punishment was to stay in the impound forever, so there they would stay. Jane hated the idea, and hated to see them so miserable. When she came to give them food, none of them even said hello or even looked up from the ground. She hadn't heard them talk to each other in a long time and they never did anything, and by now Jane had enough of this. She needed to talk to Doc, Sheriff, and Christine.
Jane called a meeting at Fillmore's All Natural Gas, where the three cars could relax on beanbag chairs and drink Fillmore's famous natural gas. When Jane arrived, Doc, Christine, and Sheriff were already being served oil by Fillmore. "Hello, guys!" said Jane. Doc and Sheriff waved and Christine was able to snort out a hello.
"Well," said Sheriff, "What did you want to discuss, Jane?" Doc and Christine looked directly at her.
"Well Sheriff, I wanted to talk about the tuners. About how…" Jane got interrupted by the car's groans. "I know guys I know! You have to listen though! Look, the tuners are completely miserable…"
"Isn't that the point?" Christine barked.
"Let me finish!" yelled Jane, shoving Christine. Christine growled and did nothing more. "Anyway, they are miserable. They are compacted in that impound 24/7 and I hate seeing it. I'm the one out there taking care of them, not you guys. Besides that, I was thinking of a way how we could get them out of that impound for at least a couple of hours a day."
"They are delinquents Jane. They are reckless boys who don't listen to the rules no matter how many times you tell them to. They deserve this, and besides, what would be a good way to get them out of the impound without them breaking any rules?" explained Doc.
"My idea is that I could send the tuners to school. It starts in a week for me and it would be good for them. I will get them their supplies and you can enroll them to the school Sheriff. This way they can get out and they will be in a place where it can be hard for them to get in trouble. How does that sound?"
"Hmm, not a bad idea. That can work. Hmm…alright, sounds good to me!" said Doc.
"They all look old enough to be in high school, but Snot Rod raises some doubts; he looks like he should have graduated…"
"He's actually a high school drop out. He dropped out as a sophomore and it will be good to give him another chance. Boost was held back a year and Wingo and DJ are in their right spots," Jane added. Doc nodded and told Sheriff to enroll them immediately. Sheriff left and Doc finished his oil and looked at Christine.
"I'm sorry if I forgot to ask, but is it O.K with you Christine?" Doc asked the Fury.
"Pfft…fine with me," Christine replied as she rolled her eyes. "Smell you all later," she said as she got up off the beanbag chair and drove out of Fillmore's shop. Soon enough, Doc and Jane followed her.
A week had already gone by and Jane had been busy. She got the tuner's school supplies and her own. She hated going back to school after having a long and relaxing summer, but she knew she could deal with it. On the day of school, she asked Mater to give her a ride to the shop and Mater did so. When they arrived, they snuck around Luigi's to see if the tuners were awake, but they were sound asleep.
"I've a got's a fun way to wake em' up!" whispered Mater as he took out a blow horn.
"Mater! That's mean! Don't do that!" Jane whispered back to him.
"FIRE IN THE HOLE!!!" Mater yelled and he blew the horn with his hook. The blow horn screeched and the tuners woke up in fright. Mater laughed as they were jumping over each other and trying to get over the shock of the horn's blow. Jane ran to them, waving her hands in the air and trying to get them under control before they would hurt themselves. By now, Mater was on the floor laughing hysterically. Jane finally calmed them down and gave Mater a look. "Hey I'm sorry! At least they are up now!" Mater yelled to Jane, still chuckling. Jane rolled her eyes.
"Sorry guys. Mater likes to goof off a lot. Anyway, we gotta get goin'."
"Get goin' where?" Wingo asked. "Are you setting us free?"
"Well, not exactly, but come on! Let's go!" Jane yelled as he opened the impound gates. "Now follow Mater and I, O.K." The tuners nodded and followed the two out from behind Luigi's and onto the main road.
They finally arrived to the school. When the tuners saw the words Joseph Miller High School, they all cringed. "You're sending us BACK TO SCHOOL?!" Snot Rod blurted out.
"Yes. This is an opportunity for you guys to get out of the impound. Are you going to take this chance or leave it?" Jane asked. The tuners all yelled out at once, "TAKE IT!" "Good. That's what I wanted to hear," Jane said smoothly as they headed into the school.
I know the last few chapters have been a little…eh. They get better! This is my first fanfic you know! Please review!