(PLEASE READ) After a review posted by Sam Fraser I feel the need to address this IMMEDIATELY! I wan't to make it clear that Doc died in between the first and second movies, but the clinic is still called Doc Hudson's Clinic. For me Doc died in 2008, the year his voice actor died,
Holy crap you guys are amazing! I've been getting so many reviews and support it's crazy! I just finished my orchestra tour but am still in my racing season. I'm also being held up right now for an art thing I'm working on, I'll post my DeviantArt at the bottom of the chapter!
This is the chapter where I start getting more and more into Cars 3 stuff so there MIGHT BE SPOILERS but these are minor like mentioning names. Now onto questions!
(Guest) Sam Fraser: Don't worry, I'm still going to do this after Cars 3 comes out. And I most definitely will put a spoiler warning for the crash and Cars 3 scenes. I might include a little bit of Mater and Holley but to be honest I think that was the last of Holley and Finn in this story because this story mostly focuses on Lightning and more or less of Sally as well. I might add the RV's as a little cameo and as for the last race, you'll just have to wait and see what I'm going to do ;)
(Guest) CarsGeek24: Thank you! I'm glad people like it as it is my first fanfiction, like EVER. And now that my school and orchestra is settling down, I can work on the story more.
Cristalstarmochi: Haha, yup this year is gonna be a challenge for him! Also I have heard the new song and I love it!
Pixar lover 1: Thank you for your kind words and liking my story!
"Ah found 'em! They'ra up here!" Mater came zooming up the road finding a still sleeping Lightning and Sally. Lightning groaned from the sudden sounds and just barely raised his eyelids to see a familiar bucked-tooth Mater staring directly at him. "Mornin' or uh, after noon sleepin' beauty!" Mater practically screamed causing Sally to wake up as well. Lightning yawned and stretched his tires before gathering enough energy to talk.
"Oh hi there Mater. Wait a second, what time his it?" Lightning grudgingly replied while widening his eyes when noticing the sun was already high in the sky.
"Well it's just after noon, so ah say ah bout 12:40 possibly. We all done just finished eatin' lunch at Flo's so ah though ta' get ya." Mater looked up at the sky trying to tell the time.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, did you say 12:40?!" Lightning looked around and let out a loud sigh. "Shit, I need to get my paper work and practice done!" Sally heard this as well and gasped while turning around to face the road.
"Crap! I forgot I have a doctors appointment in 20 minutes!" Sally said to no one in particular before zipping down the road.
"See ya later Mater! Lightning called out while also driving down from Wheel Well. Mater giggled at his friends remark.
"Dat's funny right there." Mater spoke to himself and drove off towards the flowers that surround Wheel Well.
Lightning easily caught up with Sally and was approaching her fast. Wait a minute, Lightning thought, Why the heck is she going to the hospital? She's not sick, is she? I hope not, that would be bad, I hope it's not severe.
"Hey Sally," Lightning began, "How come you're going to the hospital? Are you not feeling well, are you ok?" Lightning asked now at Sally's left side.
"Oh yea, I'm perfectly fine. I just need to get a quick check up remember?" Sally cheerfully exclaimed. Lightning gave her a funny looks as if saying 'I have no clue what you're talking about.'
"Ah….no, no I don't remember. What's it for? Are you positive you're ok?" Lightning gave a worried expression to his wife.
"I can't believe you forgot!" Sally said giving an over the top gasp, "Well remember about a year ago when we talked about possibly having kids?" Sally said after laughing in disbelief. Lightning looked up at the sky trying to search through his mind on when they had that conversation. There were many times when she brought up the subject but usually it was just a few words here and there.
"Yea, I vaguely remember that. What about it? Is there something wrong or is it just like a girl thing or something?"
"Hmm, how do I explain it. About a year before I came to Radiator Springs you know how I was living all in the fast lane and stuff. Well, in LA I got this sort of birth control implant but the thing is, over time it really messed my body up. Now my body at points can act very….strange. So right now I'm going to get a check up to see if every thing's all right." Sally explained as they pulled up to the Stanley statue. Lightning's face of concern gradually turned to a frown.
"How come I was never even told of this? How long have we known each other for! Going on ten years! And you didn't even tell me anything about this. I have just one question, why? Why didn't you tell me?" Lightning raised his voice slightly while Sally just stared at the ground.
"I'm sorry, it's just you've always made it sound like you didn't want kids that much so I didn't think about it to much. Plus I'm sure every thing's just fine, it shouldn't have any effect on me being able to have kids. I'm sorry again, I should have told you. I should have told you as soon as we started dating but I was being a smart ass and decided to only tell you know." Sally feared looking into his eyes, she was expecting to see frustration or anger but instead she saw something else, she saw concern and an accepting expression. She gave a small sigh in relief knowing that he wasn't really mad at her.
"It's ok, no big deal. I understand now. As long as you're ok, I'm happy. You go do that and I'll go get some of my practice done….and sadly get some paperwork done for the new racing season. I hear that there's this new rookie coming, I think his name is something Storm." Lightning changed the subject lightening up while hesitating about his paperwork. It's not that Lightning hated paperwork it was that there's so much of it sometimes it took him at least 3 hours to do. Sally nodded and they gave each other a quick nuzzle before heading off in their own separate directions.
Lightning decided to get some paperwork done before heading down to Willy's Butte. He drove down main street to his racing headquarters stopping along the way to say hello to Lizzie and Red. He came up to the glass door and unlocked it, the smell of cleaner and polish filled his filter as he saw the glossy white and black tiles that covered the main area. He flipped the lights on to see a giant pile of papers right next to the mail slot sitting in a basket labeled 'Mail'. Whoa, I guess I won't be practicing today. Lightning thought to himself as he took the pile of papers on his hood to his office in the far left office clear in the back of the room. He threw the papers on his desk with a plop and got a drink preparing himself to dive right into the papers.
A couple minutes later he began looking through the letters and paperwork. Fan-mail, fan-mail, fan-mail, more fan-mail, ooh, what's this? Lightning saw a grey letter with his name on it and opened it.
Lightning McQueen
I'm sure you're well aware of your newly opened Rust-Eze Racing Center and its success. However due to its success we are required to hire more staff. More and more students are joining by the day and we are also having to promote many of our employees, including Miss Ramirez which will now be assigned as a trainer and Mr. Sterling is now the co-owner of the center. His position will further be determined but for now his position is just below yours. We are needing to buy new equipment due to its expansion as well and with your permission are allowing other Piston Cup racers to attend and train including but not limited to Jackson Storm who will be starting his first Piston Cup year this season. We would like you to visit us sometime here in Southern California and see the progress of your racing center.
-the Rust-Eze Racing Center
"Wow," Lightning sighed, "has the racing center really expanded that much?!" Lightning asked himself before writing a response and putting the letter into a tray labeled 'Important Papers.' Lightning grabbed another letter that was covered in drawings of what appeared to be a small Ford and himself. He was going to toss the letter into the 'Fan-mail' pile when he felt a lump in the envelope. He carefully tore it open to reveal a small lightning bolt made out of metal. It had his initials with the number 1 engraved on it. Along with the bolt he noticed a folded up letter in the envelope as well. He gingerly opened it up to see a mess of letters but he managed to make it out.
Deer Mr McQueen I think yu ar the bestest and fastest racecar in the hole wide world. Yu ar also my heero! Luv Timmy Listern
Lightning gave a warm smile and pinned the letter to a billboard and put the lightning bolt in a small little box.
Several hours later he was finally on the last letter. Lightning sighed as he opened it up, it was from the Piston Cup officials. Every Piston Cup racer is informed on what exactly is happening in the season and if there's any changes being made.
Designated to Lightning McQueen,
The Piston Cup officials have made it clear that there is going to be several new changes to the circuit including some of the racers. Jackson Storm, along with Daniel Swervez, and Ryan Lanely will be entering the new Piston Cup season and will be expected to follow all the guidelines laid out before him as are all the other racers required to do so. Failure to follow these rules and guidelines shall be punished or even suspended from the track for unsportsmanlike conduct. Swearing on the track shall be kept to a minimum, no car shall purposely push or shove another racecar off the track or intentionally cause an injury to that designated car. As soon as Lightning read that, he knew for a fact the officials were referring to now retired racer Chick Hicks. Actually now that he thought about it, where the heck was Chick? Lightning hadn't seen him since 2011 which was his last season before retiring. Lightning skimmed through the rest of the letter since he had read it way more times than he thought he needed to.
Lightning organized and straightened the piles of papers out on his desk and tossed away the 'unimportant' fan-mail. Sometimes Lightning got a letter from a little kid or even teen that warmed his heart but a lot of the times it was mostly just fangirls. Lightning even recalled this one letter shortly after he and Sally got married stating that he was making a big mistake and that Sally was just a block in the road for him and his greatness. This other time not to long ago this what appeared to be late teen or young adult actually went up to him and tried to flirt with him while she called Sally a worthless piece of junk. It was at times like those that Lightning and Sally just laughed off the silly remarks, especially the ones from the teenagers. Lightning was almost 31 and he was still getting letters from teenagers! At least Mia and Tia had found other cars and were now respectful fans.
Lightning shut off the lights to his racing headquarters and headed out of the building to Mater's towing lot. It was already getting to hot to practice and he hadn't really been spending time with Mater lately.
Meanwhile Sally slowly exited Doc Hudson's clinic with a face of many mixed emotions. She was filled with shock but was also had an empty pit slowly growing inside her. She had no clue what to do or how she was going to explain this to Lightning. Sally just drove down the road not paying attention to anyone in town. Her eyes started stinging until she burst into tears at the door of her house.
Haha cliffhanger! Let's see how many of you can guess what's gonna happen next! Anyway sorry I took so long, exams and other crap but I'm getting near the end!
For those of you who wanted to see my DeviantArt and my little project I'm working on along with this here it is (I REALLY NEED TO CHANGE MY USERNAME) it's pickaxeproductions (I know it's sad, I shouldn't have made a Deviantart account when I liked Minecraft)
Thank you so much for reading and as always stay tunned for another chapter…..eventually.