I know some of you are wondering why I deviated from Rod but I promise this will all make sense latter. Just hang with me.
The skies were turning dark making the ally way seem even darker. Large rain droplets began to land on Finns fenders and hood; the heat of
his engine had warmed his howl body, he watched as the rain droplets slowly fizzle and evaporate away one after the other. Soon steam
slowly began to rise from everything around them as the rain fall became steadier. Holley was frozen in place as the echo of the shot
replayed in her mind. Finn had his rear bumper to the wall and looked as if he was day dreaming, though that's how it all felt to him, like one
long bad dream. The black Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren roadster pulled out of the shadows of a fire escape stair well and began to make his
way towards them. Finn suddenly recognized the car; During the Cold War Finn served as a Counter-Espionage agent, he was to meet with
another undercover agent and four high ranking German officer at a bar in a Dutch town called Vinlo, Finn arrived at the bar early to scope it
out, the place was filled with smoke and packed with cars, a few German soldiers, some town folk, and a group of Dutch police officers,
everything looked as normal as they could be for war times. They had reserved a private room for their meeting, but until then Finn took a
place at the bar and ordered a drink as he waited for the rest of the party to arrive. Finn was not much of a drinker and was a bit of a light
weight but he had to play his part and they would think it suspicious of a German who did not drink, eventually everyone had arrived and
they moved to the private room to discus business, they were plotting to depose there commander and Finn's job was to make that possible.
They interred the room and took their seats; this was one of a series of meetings they had had, but something was not right this time, Finn
could feel it. He looked at the other agent but got no recognition and everything was going well so far, he began to believe he was just
worrying too much. The meeting continue, with several rounds of drinks and laughs here and there in between business, after just two beers
Finn was feeling tipsy but he could not show it, and he faked all ready having a few beers before they got there, maybe it was the alcohol
that was throwing him off. The meeting was coming to a close; it went off without a hitch. They were discussing their next meeting time
when Finn heard a gasp come from the car to his left rear quarter panel. He turned around to see the other agent being rammed and pinned
to the wall by two of the German officers and forcibly injected with a chrome plated syringe. Finns reaction time was impaired by the alcohol,
as soon as what was happening registered he was being pinned to the wall as well, he looked into the green eyes of the car that was getting
ready to inject him, "why are you doing this!?" Finn said with a slight hint of panic in his voice, the black Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren
roadster paused and looked at him, "like your job, mine is counter, counter-espionage." He stated calm and cool with a smile, Finns eyes
widened, there KGB agents, they knew all along and this was a trap. The black car then proceeded with injecting Finn, "let them go!" the
black car ordered and the other cars turned them loose. Both agents were dazed and panting, Finn was beginning to sweat, 'what did they
give us? Was it poison or something ells?' Finn was trying to think of a way out of this when he remembered that there were police officers in
the bar, they would not peruse them for the risk of being exposed. Finn signaled to the other agent to run for it, they both bolted past the
KGB agents and sped to the main bar area, the Police were there and Finn was right the KGB agents did not chase them. Finn and the other
agent were rushed to the hospital, treated, and both made a full recovery, he would not have survived if those police officers had not been
there and he would have never gotten to formally meet the other agent, and soon to be partner, Leland Turbo. Since then Finn had learned
through many more encounters with the KGB that the black cars name was Andrei Autobond, one of their top agent's.
"Andrei!" Finn said threw gritted teeth. "Finn McMissile! Long time no see." The black car said slyly as he cruised over to them, his
headlights came on as he drove through the steam rising from the road, the rain was beading and running off his sleek black paint, "Not long
enough." Finn narrowed his eyes, "Finn? Do you know this car?" asked Holley cautiously, "his name is Andrei Autobond, he's an ex-KGB
agent… and very dangerous" he answered in a low voice, "ah! Finn, you give me too much credit." Andrei smirked, "you know Finn you're
very lucky I was not hired to kill you this time. Just this…how you say "bag and tag"? Though it would have been easier to kill you." "You
never did like to get your tires dirty." Finn smirked. Andrei stopped in front of Holley and smiled then raised his riffle to her and cocked the
bolt action. Holley gasped and closed her eyes; she Jumped when the shot rang out, but she didn't feel anything, is this what being shot
feels like? She opened her eyes to see Finn in front of her panting and a look of shock on Andrei's face. "GRAH! McMissile! You always did
like to make my job difficult." Finn had rammed into Andrei knocking his riffle to the side and forcing him to miss Holley by inches. She
turned around to see a chrome plated dart sticking in the mortar between the bricks of the wall behind her. The rain began to pick up;
Andrei rolled back a bit then speed forward with his riffle in front of him ramming Finn. Finn heard his headlight crack with the impact, Finn
revved his engine as he tried to push back but his 282hp Tadek Marek inline six was no match for Andrei's supercharged V8 as he pushed
Finn against the wall with little effort. "Ah Finn, it's like old times, except this time you will not escape so easily."Andrei smiled. "Or it could
be like one of those old times when I would foil all your plans!" Finn growled with a hint of anger. Andrei chuckled, "Finn you are lucky I
don't gut you! But I would not get my money then." "Too bad!" Finn turned and kicked Andrei; rain water went flying as his left rear tire
made contact with Andrei's right front fender knocking him into the middle of the ally; a wave of water cascading behind him from the force
of Finns blow. Finn smirked, "it looks like you're not getting your money." Andrei growled as he threw down his riffle and took a fighting
stance; Finn obliged as he raced towards him. They locked bumpers for a moment before Finn moved aside causing Andrei to the fall to the
side and into a large dirty puddle that had formed. Andrei sprang back up; his sleek black paint was now covered with mud and scuffed with
Finns tire marks. He growled and floored it towards Finn but he moved to the side dodging his attack then Finn kicked him with his right rear
tire knocking him in the mud again and putting a dent in his right door. Andrei was now furious; pausing for a moment he began to think,
'He's using my own strength against me. I need to neutralize him fast….' Finn saw his chance to hit Andrei with one finishing blow while he
was distracted; he leped in the air for a round house kick but Andrei then sprang to life. He countered with a round house kick of his own,
water droplets were swirling around the two as the both came around and made contact with a big splash of dirty water sending Finn flying,
roof top first, into the wall landing on his right side in a pile of wet trash bags filled with shredded paper that was overflowing out of a
dumpster. Finn's bum left wheel was still spinning in a wobbly fashion, Holley was horrified at what had just happened, she raced to Finn's
side and pushed him back over. His body came down with a crash his roof top was crinkled by the impact; he looked up at Holley warily.
Rain water was mixing with the antifreeze and oil leaking from Finns under carriage as it drained in a rainbow of colors into a piddle forming
in front of Andrei. He knew he had won, so he just stood back and watched as Holley attended to Finn. Holley began to cry as she looked
over Finns body; trying to think fast on what to do, she knew that Finn could no longer fight or even run in his condition and she was not an
experienced field agent, all she had was her tazer gun. As she looked over Finn's injuries she noticed there was a chrome plated dart sticking
in his gas tank cover. "What did you do to him!?" She questioned Andrei. He looked down at the ground knowing that Finn was now in
serious mechanical need because of him and now he was not going to get paid in full. He looked in her eyes, "it is just a tranquilizer." Holley
breathed a sigh of relief, 'at least it was not poison'. Finn was laying low on his chaise looking at Holley deep in thought when the contents of
the dart began to take effect and he was becoming drowsy. His engine block felt warm, his breathing became slow and heavy, and it was
becoming harder to stay focused. "Holley!" he gasped, "yes Finn?" "You need to get out of here!" He said breathlessly, "NO Finn, I'm not
leaving you. Well get out of here together. OK?" He smiled wearily at her, he admired her enthusiasm but he knew that he would not last
much longer; she gazed into his blue eyes and could see that he was in immense pain. Finn was trying so hard to fight the effects of the
tranquilizer and not to show his emotions towards Holley but he knew he was caught, and the worst part about it was that he was unable to
protect her, just like Leland… he thought as he looked at the ground. Finns vision began to bluer as his body just gave up; he collapsed, his
frame now resting on the ground. Andrei began to cruse over to them, Holley moved in front of him as to try and protect him, "FINN, GET
UP!" she screamed with urgency, he tried but he could not move; his eyes were heavy. Finn's world was getting dark, he was beginning lose
consciousness. He closed his eyes; all he could feel was the cold rain on his steel body… all he could here was Holley's sobs, it made him
want to cry as well but he was beyond that. Not willing to give up at first, but the temptation of sleep felt so sweet, it beckoned him and
promised to ease his pain, he wanted to give in to it. Suddenly they all heard a sound that mimicked a steady roaring thunder. "Siddeley!"
Holley said under her breath. A Silver plain appeared hovering above them jets pointed down making waves in the puddles around them.
Two steal cables were dropped; Finn didn't open his eyes he was to deep now. Holley attached Finns line to him and gave Siddeley the ok to
pull them up. Andrei lunged for them but Siddeley had already begun to real them up. Once they were on board Holley raced over to the on
board first aid kit and grabbed a bottle of Stop Leak. "Damn, he's in the worst shape I have ever seen him in after a mission." "Siddeley we
need to get him to the closest hospital as fast as possible!" "Yes Ma'am!" He stated as he turned on his afterburners.
"BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!" Finn's eyes flew open, it was pitch black, he looked to the only light source to his right, "5:00am" in bright red
was all he could see. Was it all a dream? He turned on a light to find that he was in his house, his big empty house, it must have all been a
bad dream, he drug himself out of bed and began to get ready to go to work. At the C.H.R.O.M.E. headquarters Finn drove into the elevator
and road up to the fourth floor with familiar faces, when he got off at his destination he saw Leland. "Morning Finn!" he shouts with a smile,
"Good Morning Leland." Finn replied, relived to see his friend "Boy am I glad to see you old chap. You would never guess the kind of dream I
had last night, I dreamed that Andrei was back and that… well… that you had died." Leland laughed, "Me? Die? Never, I have 'golden
tailpipes' remember?" he laughed harder, then he began to cough, until he was gasping for air, Finn was in shock. "Leland are you ok?!" he
received no answer. Then Leland's roof began to contort and cave in, and he began screaming, "Finn! Help me Finn!" Finn was frozen; he
could not move as he watched his friend in agony "LELAND! LELAND, NO!" All he could do was call back. Leland's hood and trunk began to
crumple as he screamed for Finn, slowly gas, oil, and water began to pool on the floor as Leland was being crushed into a small cube,
eventually the screams stopped and the only sound was the hissing of the last bit of coolant escaping his radiator. Finn was horrified at what
he had just witnessed, he looked around still frozen in place, Holley was driving through the door way, "oh, Good morning Finn" she said
cheerfully not seaming to notice Leland's crushed body in the middle of the office, Finn turned to face her and her roof then began to
crumple as well, she screamed, "Holley, No!" Finn closed his eyes, not again, he thought then everything was totally silent, he opened his
eyes to see plain darkness, "I GOT YOU FINN" said a deep echoing voice, Finn looked to the right, then left to find a face inches from his, it
was Andrei, then he disappeared fallowed by endless laughter, Finn closed his eyes tight again. "FINN! FINN! FINN!" the voiced echoed,
"SIR!?"… 'Wait 'sir?' that's odd, Finn thought, then he heard it again, "FINN SIR, GET UP!" 'That sounds like…Sid?'
Holley didn't know what to do; she looked at Finn, he was still out and he looked like he was in pain his eyes were closed tight and his body
was going into spasms every now and again, he then began do breath heavily, "eh... Le… land, LELAND!...no." Holley drove closer to him,
"Finn, its ok, calm down" The Stop Leak she had poured into his radiator had stopped the coolant that was draining out, but he still had an
oil leak but it was not as bad. "Holley…." His voice slowly trailed off as he began to settle down.
"Mr. McMissile!?" Finn let out a soft groan "sir? It's time to get up!" his eyes fluttered open, his vision was blurry he could not focus; all he
could see was what he thought was a small mint green car moving about. "Where am I?" he asked softly. The little car moved closer to him,
a female voice spoke "You are at Tokyo General Hospital, you had a pretty bad accident Mr. McMissile." Finn's entire chasse ached, "How
long was I out?" he said weakly "About two days." Said the voice, "You had quite a range of injuries if I must say; A broken tire rod, a
gunshot wound through your radiator, a blown head gasket, and not to mention a cracked head light and various dents, scuffs, and
scratches. You will make a full recovery but we're going to keep you here for a few more days to recover." Finn nodded. The car left the
room and a magenta car drove in. "Holley I'm so sorry, this is my entire fault, if I hadn't gotten shot." "Finn stop, it's not your fault." She
said with a smile. He looked into her eyes, he felt like a fool for almost getting caught. He was always able to get out of a jam… both him
and Leland… he gave Holley a charming weary smile but she could see his emotional term oil threw it, there close call really bother him.
Then a nurse popped in threw the door. "Hi, sorry to bother you, I just wanted you to know that you will be getting a roommate tomorrow,
so no surprises!" She squealed as she left the room.
I know yall were hoping to see Rod in this chapter but I just could not fit him in. He will be in the next chapter for sure so just
hang in there. I promise this is all relevant.