Ch.7: Welcome To Your Nightmare

Night had fallen along London as Finn and Holley twisted through the catacombs. And took all the strentgh Holley could muster not flee off in terror at seeing all the fenders that made up the walls.

Finn could feel his partner's nervousness. The twisted scenery made him want to gag too, but where he and Holley were going, it would make this maze look like a side stop. Approaching a dead in, Finn tapped some notes on some of the wall fenders and the secret passageway to Gear's old lair began to open.

Holley gasped the moment after she and Finn drove inside, terrified by what lay before her. Torture tools about any shape or size could be found here. Even the skeletal remains of cars could be seen scattered throughout the chamber.

"Oh my," was the only thing Holley could think of to say.

"Let's look for clues," said Finn, driving off to search, with Holley reluctantly following behind.

After about half an hour of searching it was turning fruitless, until Finn finally spotted something he missed. A folded piece of paper, carefully placed under a cracked engine block.

"Holley" called Finn, while removing the engine block with his grapple " I think I found something,"

Curious, the purple spy car rushed over to Finn's side and unfolded the piece of paper that he had found. It was a letter of some kind, and by it's words it was clearly meant for Finn.

Well done McMissle. I was worried that you weren't going to make it this far. But then again, we always had a good time playing games. By the time your reading this, my secret weapon will be on it's way to completion, and your tow truck friend won't have a prayer.

Come and stop me if you wish, but you would need a villian's eye to see through my disguise. And it's not as Easy as you think. The clock is ticking McMissle.

Sincerely Yours,

Gear

" We got to get Mater away from him," said Finn, tucking the letter away.

"But how did he get Mater?" asked Holley "Raptor and the other agents would have been standing on guard,"

"I don't know" said Finn "Gear never played a game without leaving clues for the player to find, but I don't know why he capatilized the word Easy and expressed a villian's eye,"

A call suddenly came in on Holley's communicator interrupting Finn's train of thought. Bringing up her holoscreen, Holley was surprised to see both Sally and Lightning on the horn.

"Holley" said Lightning " have I got something for you,"

"What is it?" asked Holley.

" Turns out Bubba was the one who planted that diamond in Mater's driveway" said Lightning " he was taking orders from some black car with red eyes. I saw them contact each other,"

"Gear" said Finn, driving up next to Holley " has Bubba been charged?"

"Yes" said Sally " he's rotting in the impound as we speak,"

"Good," said Finn.

"How's Mater doing?" asked Lightning.

"We fear that Gear has gotten his wheels on him, but he left us a clue" said Finn " me and Holley our on way out to follow the lead right now,"

"Good luck" said Sally " and be safe,"

With that said, the two cars signed off. Holley looked over to Finn.

"We don't have much time, let's go!" said Holley, and she and Finn drove out of the catacombs.

As soon as the two cars emerged from underground the night was suddenly illuminated by helicopter searchlights, and the headlights of a dozen other secret agent cars with their guns aimed. Leading this entire ambush, was Commander Raptor.

"Raptor, what's the meaning of this?" asked Finn.

"Prison" said Raptor with a wicked grin " as of now, you and Holley are under arrest,"

Meanwhile, somewhere in the old warehouse district, Mater was waking from a long slumber. However, when he opened his eyes, he gasped in surprise to see that he not in a old prison cell anymore.

Instead, he was in somekind of highly built tube, his wheels chained to the ground, and sci-fi looking equitment hanging just around him. Outside the tube he could see parts scattered everywhere, cages, and even something big hidden under a tarp.

A glowing pair of red eyes suddenly appeared through the doorway, making Mater shiver in fear, as a black car suddenly drove into the room.

"Ah good you're awake" said Gear, grinning towards Mater " now the torture can begin,"