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Chapter 10.-Final Surgery-
Doc drove slightly ahead of Lightning towards the hospital. "Could I go see Sally really quick? Please" Lightning asked. "Go ahead, Rookie," Doc said. "But don't be more than twenty minutes, Michael, Zoë, and I will be waiting." "Okay, I promise" Lightning said. He turned around and drove to the Cozy Cone, speeding slightly. "Hey," Sally said, looking up from paperwork. "Hi," Lightning said. "I have to stay in the hospital tonight; I have to go now actually. Will you be there when I wake up?" His stomach was churning from hunger and anxiety. "You know I will be," Sally said, rolling up to Lightning. "I'll be by your side the minute you leave the operating room. I won't stop worrying about you." "I'll be fine," Lightning said, hugging Sally. "How are your mom and ex treating you?" Sally asked. "Mom has already started changing," Lightning said happily. "Halli is staying the same pretty much though. I suppose that whore will stay the same," Lightning said. "But to tell you the truth, I don't care." Sally looked at him. "Lightning, I know you don't like her, but calling her a whore is a little extreme, even for me" she said. "Ok, ok, I'm sorry if I offended you and all the whores on the planet, no check that, in the universe." Lightning said "Would you be happier if I called her a fucking slut, will that work for you? " Sally laughed, "Oh I get it, you really, really don't like her" Sally teased, "I'll drive you down to the hospital if you want me to." "I would love that Sally," Lightning said.
Together, Lightning and Sally made their way down to the hospital. Lightning checked in and he was taken to his room in the intensive care unit. At the door, Lightning and Sally had to say goodbye. Visitors would not be allowed until his surgery was over. "I love you," Lightning said softly, Sally kissed him. "I love you too," Sally murmured. Then, Lightning kissed Sally. "I'll see you when I wake up," he said, and they kissed again. Lightning hugged Sally tightly, not wanting to let go. "Light, you're squishing me" Sally said, and he let go. "Doc is standing in your room glaring at me, so I better go" She kissed him one last time and drove away. Lightning drove into his hospital room. "You ready, now Rookie?" Doc asked, "Because I think you may have forgotten the tenth kiss out there, as well as squeezing the stuffing out Sally. I thought she was going to pass out for a moment. "Ha, ha" Lightning said dully. "Sorry," Doc said, still grinning. His face then turned serious. "There is a lot of things that we need to do to you to get you ready for tomorrow" "Don't be scared" Zoë said "You'll do great, I promise." "First thing we need you is take off your undergarments and take a shower with this special soap, come on, I'll show you how to use it." Doc said as he handed Lightning the bottle, and they headed for the bathroom.
Once there, Doc explained to Lightning, how to clean his engine with the medicated soap. "I didn't have to this for my titanium replacement" Lightning said. "That's because that surgery was not as serous as this one will be" Doc said. "Take you time, Rookie, there's plenty of hot water" Doc said. "The soap has a lavender base and you should feel relaxed when your done. If you have to pee, do it before you shower." When Lightning turned on the water, to let it get hot, Doc headed back to the main room. Once Lightning was done, he rolled back into the room where the doctors were waiting on him. "Feel better?" Doc asked when he noticed Lightning. "Yes, I don't think I've ever been this clean, Mom would be surprised." The three doctors chucked. "I need you to get on the table Rookie. It's not as plush as your bed at the cone, but you'll find it acceptable" Doc said. Lightning rolled onto the padded table, as he did Doc yanked the thin sheet off Lightning had around him. Lightning yelped and immediately tried to cover his male parts. "Lightning relax, we are the only ones that can see you" Zoë said gently. It was true, his room's door was shut and the blinds on the windows was pulled down "It's just me, I'm not comfortable being naked around cars, even though you all are doctors" Lightning said. "Once we get done, we'll give you a couple of blankets and you can settle down for the night."
The doctors started doing various things to Lightning. Zoë did a basic checkup. As she did, Lightning noticed that her sides were bulging out a little. "Uh, Zoë, can I ask you a question?" "Sure, Light" She said. "I don't mean to be nosy, but are you pregnant?" "Yes I am, about three months along" Zoë said happily. "Congratulations, I'm happy for you and Michael" Lightning said. "Thank you, Lightning" Michael said. "It's the first birth we will have here in almost ten years" Doc said. "It's been so long, since I've delivered a baby, I have almost forgotten how to do it." "Wouldn't Zoë be doing all the work?" Lightning asked "All you have to do is sit there and catch it." "It's a little more complicated than that" Zoë said. "Just wait until you and Sally have a baby." "Oh great, a miniature Lightning running around" Doc said. "Well there goes the last of my sanity." Everybody laughed and the tension in the room lifted a little. The doctors went back to preparing Lightning for the surgery tomorrow. Doc examined Lightning's axle. They looked very good. Michal and Zoë attached various I.V.s and monitoring equipment to Lightning. Once the doctors were done prepping Lightning for the night, Doc approached Lightning, holding two syringes. "This first one is an antibiotic," Doc said and he injected the solution into Lightning's' IV cable. "This one" Doc held up the second syringe. "Is a sleeping aid, it won't nock you out, just make you sleepy enough for you fall asleep on your own." Doc said as injected the second medicine in to the IV cable. Doc tossed a quilt over Lightning. "Are you warm enough?" he asked. "Yes I think so," Lightning said. "The table has a heater in case you get cold. Just rest and relax for the rest of the evening we will see you bright and early tomorrow morning. If you need anything, just use the call button and a nurse will see to you" A TV dropped out of the ceiling and Doc handed him the remote. Lightning watched some TV for a couple of hours before he fell asleep.
Very early the next morning a few of the nurses woke Lightning up. Doc arrived a little time later. "How are you feeling this morning?" Doc asked "Very nervous, but I slept ok though," Lightning, said. "The nurses are going to finish getting you ready, I need to prepare myself for your operation. I'll see you in Operating Room" Doc said. His nurses finished getting him ready and Lightning was placed on a mobile lift and taken to the operating room, where he was transferred to the operating table. "It's ok Lightning," Michael said as he put a respirator mask over Lightning's mouth. Doc hooked Lightning up to monitor so he could check his vitals during surgery. "You'll be a sleep for the next 24 to 30 hours. Zoë, would you put him under" Doc invited. Lightning smelled a sweet smelling gas. "Lightning start counting backwards from 100" Zoë said, "You're going to start feeling very sleepy." "Okay, 100...99...98..." Lightning starting backwards. He got to 88 before he fell into a deep slumber.
"Lightning, can you hear me?" Lightning's eyes slowly flickered open. He saw the fuzzy outline of Sally in front of him. "Hey," she said gently. "How are you feeling?" "Not too bad," Lightning said groggily. "A little light-hooded, but okay. How long have I been out?" He asked, still in a very groggy tone. "Just over a day" Sally said. "It's three o'clock in the morning. I got night duty." "Aren't you lucky" Lightning said. "I volunteered," Sally said. "Besides I promised I'd be here when you woke up, remember?" "Yeah," Lightning said. "But you didn't have to stay up until three in the morning for me." "Of course I did," Sally said. "I made a promise." "It's your choice, but aren't you tired?" "A little" Sally said. "I've been dozing." "Come here Sweetheart, this bed is big enough for the both of us" Lightning said. Sally backed in beside Lightning carefully avoiding all the monitoring equipment that Lightning had attached to him and settled down. He allowed Sally to lean against him, and he covered her with his quilt. "This doesn't hurt, does it?" Sally asked sleepily. "Not at all," Lightning said. His whole hood and front half of him ached, but it was not as bad as he was expecting, and he did not admit it to Sally. Within minutes, both cars were fast asleep.
"Hey, Kids" Doc said loudly. Both Lightning and Sally jumped awake. Doc was parked in front of them. "How do you feel, Rookie?" Doc asked "My hood is sore," Lightning said still incredibly tired. "But I feel okay though." "Good," Doc said. "I see that you have no problems being naked around Sally." Just then Lightning remembered that he was naked and laying beside Sally. He yelped, grabbed his quilt to cover himself and nearly fell off the bed. "You're naked, Light?" Sally said, she was so tired this morning that she did not notice Lightning's nudity. She quickly got off the bed. "Lightning, your surgery went extremely well, but when I took your engine out, you were deprived of oil flow for three minutes, so it may have affected your memory. I'll have to test you." "Okay," Lightning said "Go ahead." "What's your full name?" Doc asked. "Lightning Owen Fergus McQueen." "How old are you?" "Twenty-one" "Who won the Piston Cup last year?" Doc asked. "Chick Hicks," Lightning said. "I was going to win it until I had to help the King," he added. "I think you're okay," Doc said. "But I still have to ask two more questions. When is your birthday?" "June fourth." "Who are your three favorite cars?" "Sally, Mater, and you," Lightning said. "I forgot your name, what is it again?" "Ha ha," Doc said dryly. "Now, you can't drive for a week." "What!" Lightning asked, horrified. "Relax, Kid," Doc said "You'll be fine." "I can't move from this bed for a week?" Lightning asked, "How am I supposed to get back in shape? Look at me, I'm all soft and squishy" "Light, sweetie, relax" Sally said. "You still have five months before your first race! Besides round is a shape and there more of you to love" Sally said poking at his little 'beer belly'. "Okay, you have had your fun" Lightning sighed. Sally lovingly kissed him. "Once you recover, Doc will work your rear bumper off. Enjoy this down time, you'll be begging for it later." Sally said. Doc just smiled evilly at Lightning. He knew how brutal Doc could be when it came to training.
"Is my mom still here?" Lightning asked "Yeah," Sally said. "We had a nice conversation about you when we were waiting for you to wake up." "Really?" Lightning asked "Halli must have been thrilled." "Yeah, I think that she hates me. She just glares at me and gone out of her way to avoid me, but I have some good news." Sally hesitated before saying, "Halli left yesterday." Really she gone?" Lightning asked, his spirits raising slightly. "Yeah," Doc said. "She didn't go quietly either. She was hitting on very male in town. Including Lugi and Guido." "She must be desperate to get laid, trying to seduce two small cars, and I don't mean their body size." "You forget Kid that Lugi and Guido are Italian, they might have small bodies" Doc said "But they are large in other eras." "Oh, come on Doc, they can't be that big." Lightning complained. "Oh you be surprised. Halli was getting on my fucking nerves, so I said something to Mater that the pretty girl in pink liked him" Both Lightning and Sally laughed, knowing all the goofy things that Mater probably said and did around her. "She kind of shrieked that she never wanted to be associated with Lightning McQueen again," Sally said. "Oh well," Lightning said lightly, he was relived that she was gone. "Who needs her anyway? Was Mater upset when she left?" "No, he was out with Sheriff when she left. I told him that something came up and she had to leave. You know that Mater doesn't have that great of a memory, he'll soon forget her" Doc said. "Now, speaking of Mater, he's been begging to see you. I don't think he can wait any longer. Can he come in?" "Sure," Lightning said. The doors to the room burst open and Mater was in the room faster than anyone could say Piston Cup. "Hey, Bud!" he exclaimed "I didn't think you'd never wake up! Yur being sleeping a hole lot" "Well, I'm awake, Mater," Lightning said. "Let's go tractor tippin'!" Mater exclaimed. "I can't move for a week, Mater," Lightning sighed. "Well why not?" Mater asked." That isn't no fun!" "Sorry," Lightning said. "I'd love to, but I can't." "That's okay, Bud," Mater said, looking thoroughly disappointed. "When you get yurself better, we'll go." "You bet we will, Mater," Lightning said. "Well, it's a plan Stan!" Mater said happily. "Now I gotta go and practice my towin'! I'll see ya later if the ghost light don't get cha!" "Bye, Mater," Lightning said.