Author's Notes: Here's chapter 11 dun dun dunn! Chick's really sick can Light get to him in time or will he be too late? The song I used here was 'The Passenger' by Chris Ledoux. I think here it would fit for Chick's dream. As usual I own nothing and Areno owns her OC's Pike and Damien. And Disney/Pixar owns Cars and every place from Cars.

Doc still stayed with Chick looking out for Lightning who hasn't come back yet with the medicine.

I hope the kid hurrys up I don't think Chick can hang on much longer...

The green stockcar raised up a lil leaning his hood on the side of the tree with it up slightly in hopes of being able to breathe easier. However that didn't help him at all. He closed his eyes and he soon drifted off into a very light sleep. He soon had a dream about his past life.

It was dark and I was driving down a lonely Texas road

The night was hot and sleep pulled at my eyes

Chick was driving down an old abandoned road in the heat of the night. He liked these kind of drives when he wasn't on the run or racing for the Piston Cup. He looked up at the sky and saw the moon shining brightly and the stars were out. The heat of the night and drive nearly lulled him to sleep. He shook his hood in an attempt to stay up however it only worked for a while.

I was thinking about the wild times and the women I'd had

The deceitful things I'd done and those lies

He began to think about his racing career and the risks he'd take to win. He wrecked half the field in a couple races trying to keep McQueen from beating him however that rookie always found a way to win. He had alot of women in his life too. He had the old charm but they usually broke up with him cause of his cheating ways and lies. It never really bothered him for long. It'd hurt for a few days and he'd drink it down with gasohol.

He had lied all his life. For everything and anything he's lie his way out of it. Why did it matter anyway? The presses were never truthful and loved crazy stories. Why couldn't he lie? He gave them some good stories for their papers. He'd never change his ways. No need to, it never hurt him yet.

When standing in the shadows by the side of the road

Was the figure of a withered old man

He wore a black bandanna , a ropin stentson hat

With a two inch scarlet hat band.

As he continued driving he soon saw in the shadows by the side of the road was a figure of a car. This car looked to be a Spyker who had bright blue eyes and a chrome body that shone in the moonlight. Curious to see who this car was he decided to drive over and get a better look.

He held his wrinkled hand up as a sign to shut 'er down

So I pulled over and stopped at his side

Chick drove up to the Spyker curiously. The car introduced himself as Damien and drove with the green stockcar down the road by side left side.

He opened up the door slid in and sat down

And said "My ain't it hot tonight"

"It's hot tonight ain't it?" Damien looked up at the sky and clouds started to slowly come up and the heat rose with his presence. The green stockcar could feel this but figured it was just from being in it so long. He nodded his hood

"It is...Nothing new however I've been through heat worse than this..."

Damien seemed to smirk as Chick said this. Then you'll have no problem where your going my friend... He decided to lead him on and strike when his gaurd was down.

I studied this old man for it seemed mighty strange

For him to be out here all alone

Then he started talking and told me many things

Of times that both of us had known

Chick looked at Damien study him warily. It seemed odd for a car like him to be out on a night like this. He soon got a better look at this Spyker. He could see slight dents and scratches on his side like he'd either been beaten or ran through wired fencing. the stockcar also noticed what looked like a hole in his hood however he couldn't see it clearly from where he stood.

Damien soon started talking to the stockcar and it was times they both had known well. To Chick it seemed as though this car followed this road he was on before did and ended up like this. He soon began to wonder in the back of his mind if he would look the same way.

He told me of the wild life and the women that'd he had

How none of them had ever meant a thing

He told me of a black night much the same as this

Of the strange and awesome things he'd seen

The more Chick heard Damien talk about his past the more they both related. The stockcar always picked up women by his charm but they never really meant anything to him. His wild life of racing seemed much like his now. How he'd cheat to win and lie out of tight predicaments.

A man beside the road had raised his hand and flagged him down

So he stopped and let him in

That stranger told him stories that I am hearing now about the

wild times and all the sins

Chick started to get uneasy seeing how Damien's past follows his current ways. Would he look like him in a few years? He wondered what would happend to himself if he stayed on this path. Did he really make the right choice? Maybe his rival was right. Maybe he did need to change his ways.

Then the car got cold and clammy, and this old man looked at me

He said, "Boy I've come here for you. Your days of wicked sinnin

have come to an end. As a mortal on this Earth boy you are through"

Suddenly the clouds went over the moon and cold breeze hit Chick side. The hot night was now cold and clammy with the moon out of sight and some stars gone too. Damien drove infront of Chick and it was then he good a good look at the hole in his hood. The green stockcar felt almost sick as his tank dropped. Damien soon said these words to Chick

"Boy I've come here for you...Your days of wicked sinnin have come to an end. As a mortal on this Earth boy you are through.."

Then his eyes got red and fiery as he took his stentson off

to reveal his evil horns shiny and black

My god the fear came o'er me and my senses were all lost

I fought with him until we finally crashed

Damien blinked and his eyes turned red like fire which were now narrowed slits. His chrome color chassis soon turned to a deep red also with black stripes on it that were shiny. Chick's eyes widened in fear and his senses were lost for the time being. Just as Damien rammed his side the stockcar skidded his senses returning but his fear still high. The two cars fought with each other until they came to a cliff. Damien pushed Chick but the stockcar skidded and held on to the edge for dear life.

The stockcar's eyes were wide with fear as the Spyker smirked while he slowly skidded downward

"You'll no longer be alive after this..You'll be with me for your remaining spirit life...Chick Hicks..."

Damien raised his tire to smack Chick off when suddenly the stockcar got up enough to grab the car by his tires.

He grunted as he slid panting he gave a gritted reply

"Then if I gotta leave this world...Your goin with me...Damien..."

Chick soon lost his grip from the cliff and the two fell down to the bottom. Whether or not the stockcar would live he'd never know.

Next day they found the car at the bottom of a drop

the young cowboy was found beside the wreck

His car had been consumed by fire, the cowboy had no marks

except the smokin' pitchfork brand upon his neck

The sun rose up and Chick opened his eyes. He looked to his left to see Damien's body lifeless that was consumed by fire. The stockcar looked at himself and saw no marks on him except the smoking black brand of a pitchfork on his wing.

"You'll soon be mine Hicks..You'll soon be mine..."

Chick jerked awake his breathing even worse and his eyes looking around in fear. He then instinctively looked at his wing but didn't see the brand he had in his dream. He knew now he had to change his ways or that would be the path he'd follow.