Back in Radiator Springs, Mater was driving with Holley Shiftwell through the little town he called home. The two cars were talking with each other when, suddenly, they came across a group of cars huddled around the drive-in theatre. Over the past few days, there was an endless amount of breaking news, as race-cars from all over the world were disappearing and being kidnapped. As such, the Sheriff ordered that the news be shown in the theatre so that everybody could see it.
The two cars drove up to the theatre. They had a hard time getting through the crowd, which was big, as usual. They watched the screen as the news was announced.
The announcer, a mustang, was speaking uncontrollably. "Breaking news, Shu Todoroki and Carla Veloso, from Japan and Brazil, respectfully, were both reported missing this morning from their own countries!" The mustang turned to the female green car that arrived next to him, and she whispered something to him.
As the two announcer cars quietly talked to each other, the cars watching the news conversed with each other.
"Oh no, not Shu," Lightning McQueen semi-whispered to Sally. "And Carla, oh why did they take Carla?"
"I don't know, Stickers, but this is not good," Sally responded.
"Not good is right!" Finn McMissile added. "Me and Holley must get to investigation ASAP!"
"It seems like all of the World Grand Prix racers are disappearing or being kidnapped - they are all probably being kidnapped," Holley told Mater. "But by who I don't know." Mater nodded to his girlfriend.
The mustang announcer went back to announcing news, but was even more uncontrollable than earlier. "BREAKING NEWS! I just received breaking news from Italy!" The mustang stopped speaking for a moment to get himself under a little control.
"Uh-oh..." McQueen mumbled under his breath during that moment of silence.
"Italian super-racer Francesco Bernoulli was just reported missing a few moments ago! He was kidnapped! Observers say that the kidnappers were a group of lemons!"
The cars watching the news gasped. Then silence fell over the crowd in Radiator Springs. Holley broke the silence. "Did he just say 'lemons?'" she asked Mater, to make sure she heard the announcer correctly.
"Yeah, he sure did!" Mater answered.
Finn drove up to the two cars. "I have a feeling that this is a plot of revenge."
"Revenge?"
"Yes, Mater, revenge. Don't you remember the cars we stopped last time? They were all lemons."
"Then this must be a plan of Axlerod's, or Professor Z's, or...both..." Holley mentioned.
"Then we must stop them, whatever they are up to!"
"Do you think they'll take McQueen?" Mater asked, worried.
"If we don't stop them, they probably will. Come on, Holley, we must get going."
"Going where?" Holley asked.
"Back to our cone hotel. We must try to figure out what's going on, then call Siddeley to get us out of here so we can stop them."
Holley looked at Finn, then at Mater, then back at Finn. "Can he help us?" she asked, remembering how Mater had helped them last time.
Finn thought for a moment. "Uhh...yes, he can. In fact, he should. He helped us last time, he should be able to help us this time. Come on, Holley and Mater, let's get to investigating."
Holley, Mater, and Finn left the drive-in theatre, leaving the rest of the crowd to continue watching the news, which was still talking about the disappearance of Francesco Bernoulli.