Radiator Springs

Siddeley landed at the front of the small town. As his door opened, Holly groaned as she and the others drove out onto the road. They headed towards Radiator Springs, arriving in the center at Stanley's Statue.

I feel like new sunglasses...

Mater said "home again..."

Like a brand new pair of jeans...

"Yep." Holly said. She laughed weakly, saying "is it just me, or is it just more beautiful than I remember it being?"

I feel like taking chances...

"Come on. She's this way." Mitsu said as he lead them to the Town Hall.

I feel a lot like seventeen...

They arrived in the hall, a voice saying "Alonzo!"

"Cruz!" Alonzo said as his cousin drove over to him happily. "I'm so glad you're safe!"

I feel like windows rolled down, new city streets and cabs.

Holly smiled as she saw the two, before seeing who stood at the front of the room. The whole town was present, watching them silently with a few spaces between them.

I feel like anything can happen, life and you take me right back...

Mater sighed as he saw Guido, who was still struggling to stay upright on his prosthetic appendages. Holly looked up to where Sally stood silently at the side of Doc's old desk.

To when we were kids...

"Sally." Holly said. "I'm so sorry about all this mess. If I'd known, I would have..."

Never thought it'd feel like this...

"Oh just stop talking!" Sally said as she pulled Holly close, embracing her as tightly as possible. Holly gasped as she felt this contact, especially from someone who tried to kill her the last time they met.

Like a heartbeat skipped, like an open page...

"Oh Sally. I'm so sorry!" Holly wept as she returned the embrace.

Like a one way trip on an aeroplane...

"Don't worry about it, Holly. Just don't. Don't..." Sally said happily, her own tears falling quickly.

It's the way that I feel when I'm with you...

Holly said "I just want to start over. We all do." as Sally smiled, saying "yeah. Clean slate. Brand new."

Brand new!

Temple Shizukesa

Lightning stood in the center of the temple, Yasue saying "through this training, you will become a true master of the Lightning Dragon."

"Got it. I'm ready. What do we do first?" Lightning said. Yasue said "in order to do this, you must harness your emotions needed for the task."

"You just love talkin' in riddles, don't you?" Lightning said. "So, keep peaceful thoughts huh? Do I have like a special phrase, you know like Shazam or up, up and away?"

"ライトニングドラゴン、起きなさい" Yasue said softly. Lightning said "alrighty then." before closing his eyes and thinking. He tried his best to repeat the words, as his thoughts returned to a recent memory.

"Rater... Onigen... dragonese... okay-NASA!" McQueen said, suddenly opening his eyes to see the vision.

Holly, Lightning and Mater ducked back as the missile headed for them, Lightning reaching out of the carriage to try and grab Guido. "Guido! Hold o... whoa!"

BOOOOMMMM! the explosion shook the tracks, barely missing the back carriage. Guido and Lightning were both lifted into the air by the aftershock, hitting the grass next to the track as the train headed onwards.

Lightning crawled off the ground, seeing the small cindered car laying next to him. "Guido! No. Oh no..."

Sally and Luigi pushed past him, trying to revive the small blue car. Sally said "Guido? Guido, please, can you hear me?"

"Luigi, I'm so sorry. Please, I can help." Lightning said, before Sally snapped at him. "NO, STICKERS! You guys have done enough. Now, for the love of Chrysler just... just take them away. Arrest them. Whatever!"

Lighting sighed as Mitsu and Bishi grabbed him and brought the others back to their helicopter.

"AAAGGGHHHH!" Lightning said as he opened his eyes again, once again being in the center of the temple. Yasue opened his own eyes, tutting as he said "your thoughts are not peaceful."

"No kidding." McQueen said, exhaling heavily. "Face it. I can't be peaceful. Not now. I almost got Guido killed. My friends are Chrysler knows where. I can't do this. I made a mistake coming here."

"Your focus is compromised. You must not think of the negative aspects of the past."

"Why not?"

"Because the past must not be allowed to haunt you. What's done is done and cannot be undone, but we can move on from it. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present."

McQueen sighed, saying "come on man, really? You think movie quotes are gonna help me?"

"They help me all the time." Yasue chuckled. "So Lightning McQueen, what occupies your mind at present?"

"My friends. They're in danger. I gotta save 'em."

"Then you try it again. Go louder. Repeat after me: ライトニングドラゴン、起きなさい"

McQueen repeated the sounds phonetically to himself "Rait..."

"I didn't come all this way to see you quit!" Doc said down the radio. "Doc?"

"...oningu..."

"Whooo!" Doc cheered as he and Lightning drove through the desert. "You sure ain't no dirt boy!"

"...doragon..."

"Not today, old man!" McQueen said. "I know all your tricks!" he added, before Doc suddenly skidded off of the road, flying off of a hillside.

"oki..."

"Doc! DOC!" McQueen called down the canyon. Suddenly, the Hudson Hornet flew out of the pit, racing straight past him. "Yee-haw! Not all my tricks, rookie!"

"nasai!"

Lightning drove back in shock, watching in awe as the large flash of orange lightning came down from the sky, surrounding him in a beacon of bright energy. The bolts struck at his body. ZAP! ZAP! ZAP!

McQueen looked to his side as his Piston Cup-themed paintjob disappeared, replaced by large golden etchings.

"You are ready." Yasue said as the final bolt struck Lightning, emblazoning a silver dragon pattern onto his right side. McQueen said "whoa! This is awesome!"

"It appears my work here is done." Yasue grinned. "My time on this Earth is over. Thank you, Lightning."

"Wait, what?"

"My destiny is fulfilled. You will save your friends and restore order to this world, much like you have to me... ARISE!" Yasue said as the lightning surrounded him, carrying his spirit into the heavens as his body melted away.

"Wait... YASUE! You can't leave now!"

"LIGHTNING DRAGON McQUEEN!" Yasue's voice echoed as he disappeared from sight, leaving Lightning alone in the pitch black temple.