Reminder: I own Halie, Harvey, Samson, Sydney, Laura and Sam. The other cars and backrounds belong to Pixar. I got this chapter done very fast, but I promise there will be more action in the later chapters. Next chapter, Halie, Sydney and Laura all take a little road trip.
Halie slowly drove out of father's office, her blue eyes filled with sadness. It wasn't long before her two best friends, Laura and Sydney drove up to her.
"Hi Halie! Are you ready to watch Sam's race?" Laura asked.
Halie nodded, her eyes still connected to the ground.
Laura and Sydney both exchanged glances. They knew something was up.
"Come on Halie, you love races! Watching at the really cute racecars…" Laura said.
Halie nodded, still not facing them.
"And maybe Charles will be there." Sydney said, her eyes narrowing.
Halie began blushing. "Yeah, so what?"
"Maybe he will talk to you, since you're to chicken to yourself." Sydney continued.
Halie faced her friend. "I am not!"
Laura gently nudged her friend. 'Oh don't mind Sydney! She is just a little troublemaker and breaks all the rules of the town. Hard to believe her dad is a police officer."
Sydney hissed and drove very ungracefully to where Flo's oil cans were stacked all nice and neat.
"I do not! I'll have you know I follow all the rules!"
Both Halie and Laura laughed their heads off. "Since when?" They laughed even harder when Sydney accidentally backed into one of the stacks of cans, scattering them all over the place.
"Well, maybe not all the time." Sydney said and began to pick up all the cans, when her brother, Samson drove up and laughed.
"Ohh! You're in trouble now!" he said.
Sydney scoffed and stacked the cans up again, but just as she did, Samson knocked them over again. Sydney fixed her brother with an angry gaze.
"Hey! You did that on purpose!"
Samson just shook his head. "No, you didn't stack them up right!"
Sydney rolled her eyes. "Oh who asked you anyways?"
Samson all of a sudden looked genuinely hurt. "Don't be mean to me! Just wait till I tell dad!" he said and drove off.
Sydney growled. "Oh no you don't! Tattletale!" she called after him, driving after him.
Laura chuckled and sat down at Flo's, obviously not interested in Samson and Sydney's sibling arguments.
"Laura, what's wrong?" Halie asked.
Laura looked at her fiend. "Sam is just being a showoff." She muttered.
Halie rolled her eyes. All of the boys in town were showoffs, but she let Laura continue.
"He keeps racing with my dad and Doc on Willie's Butte, but whenever I try to race, I always mess up on that final turn. We told me girls can't race."
Halie bristled. "What? Who cares what he thinks anyways?"
Laura shrugged, but her attention was focused on something over Halie's fender. Her eyes narrowed just as the showoff himself pulled up.
Sam looked at the two of them and sighed. "What, you guys just disappointed that boys race better than girls?"
Laura glared at him. "Oh lay off it, will you?"
Halie just narrowed her eyes and stood in front of the racecar. "Care to put a wager on that remark?"
Sam almost burst out laughing. "What?"
Halie kept her gaze even. "Why don't you and me have a race on Willie's Butte?"
Sam almost started crying. "Okay, my sister races okay, but you? Just because your father was a great racer doesn't mean you are too!"
"Right back at you." She said.
Sam narrowed his eyes. "Okay fine. Lets race."
Both Halie and Sam were at the starting line. Sam was getting ready, while Halie just sat there, kind of like when Doc and Lightning first raced.
Sydney, who had gotten off without a scratch, stood in front of them, explaining the rules. It was almost exactly like the first race.
Meanwhile Doc had come out of his office, obviously still a bit sad about telling his only daughter the truth about her mother. Driving over to Flo's, he noticed his son, Harvey, and the Sheriff's, son, Samson driving off towards Willie's Butte, obviously excited about something.
"Harvey, where are you going?" Doc called after him.
Harvey turned back and drove up to his father, excitement in his eyes.
"Halie and Sam are racing! Sam said girls can't race and Halie challenged him to that!"
Doc chuckled. "Yeah, that's my girl alright."
Lightning drove up to the both of them, obviously quite confused about what all the commotion was about. "Harvey? Doc? What's going on?"
Harvey looked at him, a bit annoyed about explaining everything again. "Halie and Sam are racing at Willie's Butte!" After explaining, he drove off, trying not to miss anything.
Doc and Lightning looked at each other. Both their children were racing. They had to see this.
When they got there, Sydney had just finished explaining the rules and held and flag in her antenna. Halie started up her engine, very slowly, before Sam roared his engine dangerously.
Lightning chuckled. "Doesn't this remind you of something Doc?"
Doc nodded. It wasn't to long ago he and Lightning had raced like this.
Sydney looked at Halie and squealed. "I know you can do it!"
Sam rolled his eyes. "Can we get this over with?"
"Yeah Sydney, start the race already!" Samson called.
Sydney glared at her brother before waving the flag.
Sam took off like a speeding bullet, obviously showing-off his racing practice. Lightning cringed. Although he had trained his son well, Sam had much difficulty with the last turn. And seeing Halie still at the Finnish line, before driving off more slowly off after Sam.
Lightning laughed. "Like father like daughter, huh Doc?"
Doc just nudged the racecar before muttering in agreement.
Halie then did something unexpected. She sped up to Sam's speed and right before the first turn, she passed him. Sam was amazed, but sped up.
"Come on Halie! You can't win against me!" he hollered,
Halie just kept her eyes focused on the final turn. Sam looked at the turn with uncertainty, but kept pace with Halie.
Just like his father, her tried to wing it, but landed in the cactus, while Halie did a beautiful power slide. Crossing first, she skidded to a halt and looked back.
Lightning seemed shocked. How could Sam miss that turn?
Doc chuckled. "Like father like son, huh kid?"
Lightning narrowed his eyes. "Only on Willie's Butte, old man."
Doc laughed and drove down to where Halie was standing, looking over at Sam.
"Nice race, huh Halie?" he asked his daughter.
Halie looked at her father with shock in her eyes. "Oh, well, I must have it in my oil."
Doc just narrowed his eyes. "Have you been practicing?"
"Maybe a little bit." Halie admitted. She had watched Laura and Sam Practice all the time.
"Okay. If you two are done, you might wanna go get Mater before I lose all the air in my tires!" Sam called from the cacti pile.
Laura headed back towards the town, followed by Lightning, still very shocked about the whole thing.
Sydney drove up to Halie and gave her a "told you so" look.
Halie just drove after her father, back to his clinic. Sydney just shrugged and called to Samson
"Well well well, who says girls can't race?" Sydney added to Sam, who was still miserably stuck in the cacti patch.
Sydney and Samson both drove back to town, which left Sam by himself.
"Um, is anyone still there?" he asked.
No answer.
"Oh great." He muttered and sunk very low on his shocks.
It took awhile before Mater had fished Sam from the cacti patch. By that time, everyone was at Flo's, enjoying some nice, cold oil. Sydney kept her narrowed gaze on Sam who kept asking her why she was glaring at him. Samson was next to Harvey, who congratulated his sister and taunted Sam about losing to a girl. Laura and Halie just laughed about the whole race. The rest of the cars in Radiator Springs were amused by the younger cars arguments.
"Sydney, will you please stop?" Sam asked, for the millionth time.
"Why?" she asked, her gaze still on him.
"Because you're starting to creep me out!" he said, pushing a bit closer to Laura.
"Sydney…" the Sheriff said, fixing her with a stern gaze.
"Sorry dad." She said, letting her gaze avert to the ground.
Lightning yawned a bit before shaking himself. "Come on Laura, Sam. It's time for bed."
Sam just drove off after his dad, obviously glad to get to bed. Laura chuckled and followed her brother.
"I think we will go catch some z's too." The Sheriff said and nudged Samson and Sydney up. They followed him out to the billboard.
Doc looked at Halie and Harvey and nudged them up too. The two of them looked very tired. Saying goodnight to the other cars, the three of them drove back to Doc's clinic.
It wasn't too long before Halie felt sleep overwhelm her, but the thought of her mother kept passing through her mind and she kept dreaming about her.