I'm sorry it TOOK sooooo long …. But…. I went to Missouri…. And life has been crazy.
Just Say I Do 6
'…. What a weird dream… '
He shifted funny in his sleeping position, His chassis rested on the cold hard ground. His eyes not wanting to open….. his body not wanting to move. He just wanted to rest a little more….
'… What a strange realistic dream…'
He found himself coughing a few times instead of laughing. His discovered his breathing was rather rough and difficult…. Almost as if his Air filter was plugged….. Allergy season?
'…. Must be because I've been thinking about the wedding and the rings so much…. And all this stress… I must have twisted into a nightmare…'
He heard the sound of whirling tires alongside him, which would of made sense if he was moving….
'….. those trucks stealing the rings…. Getting beaten up…. Marshal Marshall…' He found himself weakly chuckling at that…. ' …. Who'd seriously have a name like that…?'
The ground bounced up from underneath him, causing him to crash back down on the hard surface…
He gritted his teeth, as the sore spot from where he hit the ground started to pulse and throb from the impact...
….. since when does the ground move…?
The sound of whirling tires became louder as they seem inches from his face…..
"Hey, kid… Quinn?"
His eyes opened just a crack… his blurry vision looking at the slightly discolored silver surface…. Then quickly closing his eyes…
'….w…what….. no….nononononono…that didn't happen…'
He opened his eyes a crack again… this time, his vision adjusted just enough for him to realize… He was on diamond plate….
The ground beneath him jumped up at him again….. this time bracing himself for the sudden jump….
…. The only thing he can think of that is Diamond plated is a Flat bed trailer…..
"Quinn…?"
He looked up… and regretted it….
He was movin' alright…. Moving so fast…. Too fast for his blurry eyes to catch up… His head spun. Making his tank lurch funny….
"Hey, Hey Quinn, Down here…"
His blurry eyes looked back down, this time to a certain Hudson Hornet keeping pace behind the Flat bed… His eyes, Tired and warn out…. But soft. " You're eyes are still not dilatin' ….." His grill tugged to the side, not happy…. "How ya feelin'…?"
He just weakly blinked at the hornet….. "nat goo…" He paused…. And blinked at his own voice…..
"oc…. Oc… ey ooo ie ound ike his?" he mumbled his slurred speech to the doctor below him….
Doc took a moment to let his broken words sink in….
"Your experiencing a concussion….." Doc's smiled uneasy like…. "… You keep passing out….. and it has me concerned, I'm afraid you'll pass out and you're just not going to wake up….."
He just looked at the Hornet with half opened, distant, misdilated eyes….
The Flat bed jumped again from the rough highway, causing the broken Quinn to bounce slightly on the flat bed….
The Hornet's eyes were weak with Quinn's…
It grew quiet for a while…. Just letting the sounds of the tires whirl over the warn pavement…
"Oc…" Quinn croaked at doc with his weak broken words….. " eh rwings…? Wat ar ee gun a oo?... ter gon…."….. his mis-sized eyes got glassy….. "ei fahled….."
Doc look up at him….watching his broken features fall….. his sugar brown eyes watering slightly…..
"You didn't fail…." Hudson said softly….. "It wasn't your fault, there was nothing you could of done…"
Quinn just looked at the tailing hornet very weakly …. Then off to the side, resting very heavy on the flat bed….
"Quinn, you didn't fail at all… Lightnin' and Sally will understand…"
Quinn mumbled to himself….
Doc paused in his speech…. "What did you say?"
The beaten up Dodge weakly looked over at him….. "ei…..ei…fahled al-less….." His eyes welded up in tears… Doc has only seen him cry in front of him… not even Alice…. Not his Father… Brother…. Or anyone else….. just… in front of Doc. He coughed a few times causing his body to shake and wince under the newfound stress….
"Quinn, take it easy…" The Crystal eyes weakened tenfold at the broken body half sobbing…. "H-How can you possibly fail Alice?"
Quinn's just looked at the Hudson Hornet with distant, weak eyes…. "ei….ei wan do mar-ee err…"
Doc paused in his stride causing him to fall behind for a few seconds…. Before catching up….
"Did…. Did I hear you right….? "The Hornet's eyes were locked on his, as his inched his way back to his original pace behind the flat bed….. "Did you say you wanted to….Marry her?"
The broken, disfigured dodge just looked at him with his weak eyes….. saying…. Speaking for him…..
The Hornet's heart sank…..
… "oh Quinn…."
The Flat bed started drifting further away from the Hornet…. Causing the hornet to catch up once again….
But…. The Flat bed was exhilarating….
The Hornet felt puzzled, as he excused himself from his patient to race himself up along to the Front of the Flat bed….
"What's going on?" The Hudson asked.
The Flatbeds eyes look glanced over at the Doctor…. Then back at the road, "I got a call from dispatch, saying I have to pick up the pace. Apparently something is going on at the Town and everyone is needed to get there.."
The Doctor cocked a Eye frame in confusion… "A wedding is going on today…."
The Flatbed shook his head, "No, no…Not Just that…. Some Women named Candle."
"Kendal."
"Oh! Sorry, Kendal… Said something…. About a Mustang…. And some cars getting crazy…."
Doc's eyes blinked… "What was said?" His fear inside him started to build in his heart….. 'please tell me no one else got hurt…'
"I don't know sir…. I was just told that You are needed…."
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"Why stickers! Why is this happening!" Sally cried out loud sobbing right into her future husbands fender. "This day was suppose to be perfect….. the beginning of our lives together, Why oh why is this happening!"
The Groom's eyes weakened with the sound of her muffed cries into him. "Sally… Sally it's alright, it's alright…." He tugged her closer to him, trying to bring as much comfort to her as he can….
'so much for the happiest day of their lives….'
"it could be so much worse….." Lightning tenderly said as he nuzzled her tenderly….
Sally jerked back, "You did not… You DID not just say that! Now you just jinxed EVERYTHING!"
Lightning blinked a few times in shock… "What… Wait… Sally that's… That's not what I meant…. I just…."
A Tire was rested on his side causing his gaze to look over at the car, leaning towards him….
"It's alright, it's just the hormones…" the feminine voice whispered into his side… "it's normal. Just nod your hood, tell her you love her, and try not to explain much…."
A soft chuckle in amusement caused lightning to really perk at her direction. A glimpse of her midnight blue eyes cause a comfort in him. He slowly gave a small nod of thanks…. Causing the Chrysler to nod in acceptance.
She slowly pulled away from the soon to be husband and wife… and moved on with the next group of folk.
The Maroon Woody Wagon look up at the familiar Chrysler and rolled over to her, "Hey… Doc's Not Hurt is he?" Her Ebony eyes shook unsurely.. "I… I haven't seen him since…. Well… Since the Tractors and the Combine…" Her eyes weakened, "I am so sorry….. So so very sorry…. If … If I wasn't here that would of never happened…"
Kendal's eyes softened "Doctor Hudson is just fine... He just had to make a trip to Flywheel city…"
She blinked in confusion…. "Flywheel city? Why?"
Kendal felt herself weaken a tad…. "You see…. Quinn, the Reddish Dodge, went to Flywheel city to pick up the rings…. And…. well he got himself in a bit of trouble…"
The Maroon Wagon rolled back a few feet, "But… But he was just fine a minute ago…."
Kendal gave a small shrug…. "Doesn't take long…. Things can change in a blink of an eye…." Her midnight eyes weakened…. Slowly casting off to the side in deep thought….
The Wagon sat there, reading her features….. then giving a weak nod…. "I …guess so."
Kendal's mind….. drifted off…..
Kendal stared at her daughter getting dragged a crossed the concrete floor. "Alice, you stay strong, for me, and for you brother and sister."
The little mustang's lip quivered, "mommy, don't leave me!"
"I won't baby, I'll always be with you," her ring rippled with energy," No matter what happens."
She watched him…. her so called husband… dragging her last living daughter out of the make shift prison… the fear of her daughter life… her last hope…. Was dragged away from her….forever….
As the room fell silent… the only thing left to keep her company was the sound of crying, from her broken heart….
"Kendal…. You okay?"
Kendal blinked a few time, away from that horrible memory…. "uh huh… Yeah. I'm alright just tired is all…" Kendal looked at the Wagon with a tired smile "… the List keeps getting longer as my time is getting shorter…" She started pulling away from her, "I just wish this wedding could just get done and over with so that everyone can breathe!"
A light chuckle sounded from behind the Chrysler 300 as she …. Let herself….. crumble….. out of site…
Her memories are haunting her again…Not just about lil' Alice being ripped away from her….. but….
…..Jack…
That same male that went after her, called her a 'mutant whore', tortured her, beat her… That same male that took away her children, killed 2 of them, almost killing Alice… That same male…..
….that was her husband.
….That bared her kids.
….That was a loving Dad.
….That was her…love…
Kendal paused in mid stride as she took a moment to realize where she was going as she paused right outside where everyone was gathered….
She had been doing a lot of flashing back today… and for Kendal, that was just… strange.
Thinking about her dead, murderous Husband…. Being pregnant ….. and just getting married in general…. Normally none of this stuff would ever soak into her subconscious… She was very controlling of her thoughts. None of this wishing and flash backing stuff like she's been doing all day…. Dwelling on "what if's"…. Craving to know…. What it felt like if her wishes came true… if those dreams were a reality…. If it was even possible at her age…..
Mindlessly she rested on a wall of one of the white buildings…. Her eyes closed…. Wishing her mind would be able to rest like her body….
…. 'I miss being in love…. Being a wife…. Being a family….' Her mind spoke for her… ' I mean….'
Red rolled right on by her. His shy eyes rolled over towards her in a very friendly way as a small smile tugged on him… Lizzie sat on her porch looking at the red fire truck going right by him…. "Hey Red…. Is it voting time all ready? I thought Nixon alright won! Huh… Did I go back in time?"
Kendal very tired like chuckled at the two…. 'this place is like one big happy family…. And everyone is so loving and caring…' Kendal paused for a second… her eyes drooping down to the concrete…. 'but…..'
She took a slow breath…. And exhaled very slowly, letting herself relax even more….
'…..why do I feel so…..'...
Her eyes looked up slightly at the white building that she was leaning on….. looking at the dusty windows from the dust storms that happen through here… the tired look to them….. so warn…. So….
'… unloved…..' was the word that was placed in her subconscious ….
She paused… shaking her hood slightly…. '….No… No…. this place isn't unloved… it…. It is love…'
Her deep thinking caused her to look deep at the worn peeling paint that framed around the windows…..
' this place… was built…. Brick by brick… wood by wood….One at a time…'
She found herself stroking the side of the building with a tire….. 'with so many pieces… so many memories…. Folk have bonded putting this building together….with so much care with each piece…. And….'
She moved slightly forward…. Looking up at the building…. The big windows…. The blinds….. the sign that caused her to realize… she loved this building too…
' this… this clinic….. this building….. was build out of love…. Runs on healing and care… and in return…. Protects you… shields you….'
She felt a smile grow on her face as she just looked at the building for a period of time…. Then… gently fade…. And weaken…
'with time… the building's return of affection…. Wears out… becoming worn out… and falling apart….'
Her eyes …. Closed….
Her body leaned on the building for support….
' if I was a building….. my paint would be peeled…. Windows smashed… unoccupied… empty… dusty…. Dirty….'
She felt her lip quiver slightly causing her jaw to lock into place to prevent herself from getting worked up…
' maybe burned down in spots….. water damage….. a hole in some of my walls… and …. I'm just wishing that someone would buy me…. Wouldn't be turned off by the amount of work ahead of them…. would accept me as I am…. Would… fix me….. would…. Help me…. Would…. Fill me….would…..'
Her hearing caught the sound of a truck dropping gears up ahead, causing her eyes to open suddenly.
She rolled away from the wall, onto the road, her eyes searching through the heat wave in the distance…
"Mack's already here….." she spoke from under her breath… "wait…"
Her eyes focused even more and more on the moving object that was heading towards town…. The blurred cab… the bright sliver bed… with a orange….
Her eyes shot open, "Oh my… Is that…. Quinn!"
Her midnight orbs locked on the moving orange thing on the silver bed…. Followed by a Blue chassis…
"Oh no… nonono…." Her mother like instincts kicked in to overdrive, causing that snow white ring to light up around her eyes…. "Quinn!"
She cranked her engine over, meeting up with the flat bed. She knew he had to get towed… but she didn't know it was going to be THIS bad…..
"Hey… Hey…. " She started calling out to the Flat bed.
The Flat bed raised a frame at the random female calling at him at the edge of town. "Are you Candle?"
"Kendal." The Chrysler quickly corrected as she moved to the back of the Moving flat bed. "Quinn… Quinn…. Can you hear me?"
"Ma'am he ain't doin' so hot.. He kept passing out on the way here. and now I think he blacked out cold."
Kendal gave an uneasy smile, "Bring him to the Clinic. We'll tend to him there…."
The Flatbed motioned his nose towards the white building, "is that it over there?" … Even though he asked that question.. he started to position himself towards the clinic door…
Kendal stood at the edge of the clinic, propping the doors open…
The Flatbed started lowering, unhooking the crumpled Dodge, causing his slanted broken wheels to roll, wobbling the beaten dodge.
"Come on Quinn." She said very softly to him as she took her tender tires and gently guided him into the Clinic.
This building…. Even warn…. Is still loved….is still used…. And is still dear….
The Chrysler 300 gently lead the Dodge to the comfort of the lift. Quietly shutting the doors behind them… making the clinic private.
Letting the building shield them from the outside world….
She rolled back slightly, looking at the beaten up Quinn on the lift… the one that she protected and defended like her own son ….back… in the day…
And now…. He's…
The Sudden thought of that little heartbeat when she was seeing in her daughter popped into mind…..
…..how….. how would he react to that…?
Kendal just gave a soft sigh... somethings…. Just have to wait….
…like painting a building…..
Her eyes softened greatly as she looked at her grandchild's father….
"There are something's that have to wait…." she whispered gently… "I have to worry about you and my daughter… then can I worry about me and my love life."
"Love life?"
Her heart froze, sending a chill down her frame at the sound of his rough low voice….
She slowly turned to face his tired frame… worn out paint…. And dirty sides….. his eyes were very soft and gentle as they met Kendal's Midnight blue eyes….. "is there something… you want to tell me?" His voice though tired, was still very alive and curious..
Kendal swallowed hard as she took a moment to look deep into his Crystal eyes, forming her emotions into words, loving the look of his eyes, the shape … the color…. The warmth of his soul…
Her mouth quivered slightly as she found the courage to say …
….. "I want you Hudson."
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