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Chapter 12.-Meetings-
A week later, Lightning slowly opened his eyes. Sunlight was pouring through the windows around him, causing him to blink several times. All the I.V.s including the urinary tube was removed. In front of him, there was a note scrawled out in Doc's tire writing. It read: Hey Rookie- When you wake up, you can go outside. Your axles look great. I know that you're starving. Find me at Flo's. –Doc. Lightning grinned and started his engine, which purred to life, and started rolling off the table. His axles were stiff and a little sore, but Lightning ignored it. He found that he was still naked, but his underwear and codpiece was laying on the table beside the bed. He put them on and Lightning cruised smoothly over to Flo's, where he saw Doc chatting with some tourists. "Hey Doc," Lightning said happily. "Hey, Rookie," Doc said as Lightning pulled up along side him. "How are you feeling?" "Great Doc, hungry, but great" he said enthusiastically. He ordered the daily special a waitress approached him. "When can I start training?" "Maybe a little later" Doc said. "Just keep it slow for now." "Oh come on, Doc!" Lightning exclaimed. The waitress brought his food out to him "I haven't gone over thirty miles an hour in months! I need to train!" Lightning said around a mouth full of food "Later, Rookie, and don't talk with your fucking mouth full, you'll choke" Doc said. Once Lightning had finished eating Doc said, "Now go find your girlfriend. She's been very lonely." "Okay," Lightning said eagerly. He revved his engine and sped down the street to the Cozy Cone's office. On his way, Lightning noticed the six new cozy cones, three of them were double occupancy. "Hey," Lightning said happily, cruising into the office. "Hey!" Sally exclaimed. She quickly drove around her desk and threw herself upon Lightning. "Wow" Lightning laughed, giving Sally a huge kiss. "I take it you missed me!" "Mhmmm," Sally cooed happily. "You have no idea." Lightning and Sally's hug seemed to last forever. Finally, the cars broke apart. "C'mon," Lightning said. "The new cones look great. Let's go for a drive." "Are you up to it?" Sally asked. "Am I up to it?" Lightning scoffed playfully. "Is that the type of question you ask Lightning McQueen?" "I guess not," Sally said, laughing. "Well come on then," Lightning said.
Together, Lightning and Sally made their way down Radiator Spring's main road. They were turning onto Route Sixty-Six when Doc stopped them. "Where are you two off to?" he asked. "Just a drive," Lightning said. "Not if you want to train this afternoon," Doc said sternly. "You're still not one hundred percent yet." "I know, I know," Lightning said. He turned to Sally. "I'm sorry, Sally," he said. "No problem," Sally said. "I know you need to start your training." "Thanks," said Lightning, grinning widely. "Now," Doc said, butting in. "We need to have a meeting on the trial too." "Oh yeah," Lightning said. "We do" "Well which do you want to do first?" Sally asked. "The meeting or the training?" "The meeting," Doc said. When he saw Lightning's annoyed look, he said "Sorry, Kid. We'll start your training in the morning if you're going to be driving all the way up to Wheel Well today, your not strong enough to do both." "He's right Light," Sally, said. "You don't need to re-injure yourself before you can start training again." "I guess," Lightning said begrudgingly. "If you say so…" "Good," Doc said. "Now I'll meet you two up there in thirty minutes. Doc headed back to his office to get his paperwork. "Now let's go, race me to the Wheel Well Mr. Good-looking," she called out, taking her head-start as usual. "No going over eighty," Sally said. "A hundred," Lightning countered. "Come on, Sally," "I haven't gone over thirty in months!" "Exactly," Sally said. "You need to work up slowly." "Ninety?" Lightning asked hopefully. "Maybe," Sally said. She grinned over to Lightning and shot away, down the stretch of road that lead to Wheel Well. "No you don't!" Lightning exclaimed. He revved his engine and tore after Sally. The wind raced Lightning as gained ground on Sally, going well over ninety. Sally laughed when she saw Lightning pull up beside her. "You still have it!" she exclaimed. "Well I could have told you that much!" Lightning said, shifting gears and passing Sally. Five minutes later, Lightning arrived at Wheel Well. Sally was there several minutes later. The last couple of miles for Lightning had been torture. His endurance had suffered greatly from his months of being stationary. "You went way over ninety," Sally said, scolding Lightning. "Did you actually think I was going to go less than one hundred?" Lightning asked. "No," Sally admitted. "But you have to promise me something. "You won't be stupid. Take your time, Lightning." "I will, Lightning said, still trying to catch his breath. "But you have to admit that was pretty awesome!" "It was," Sally said reluctantly. "Did it feel good?" "You have no idea," Lightning sighed. "It was amazing, Sally."
Together, Lightning and Sally drove into Wheel Well. They drove down the long hallway to the conference room. They were making out when Doc drove into the conference room. "Hey," Doc said when he saw what they were doing "You two need to cut that out, Lightning is not heeled enough for you to be doing that" "But, Doc" Lightning whined "We were just making out, we wasn't going all the way" "Sure… Kid" Doc said "As sore as you are, I doubt that you could get hard" Lightning had to admit Doc was right, his male parts was throbbing, but not from sexual excitement. "Look I know it's frustrating not to have sex when you want it, but you have to have wait a while longer." "I understand Doc, but look at her" Lightning said pointing at Sally "She is the most gorgeous woman I have ever seen, how do you not want to make love to her" Doc cleared his throat, and said "She's too young for my tastes" Sally looked at Doc, even at his older age, he still was still quite attractive. She was going to have some fun at Doc's expense "Your not to old for me" Sally playfully said, "I prefer experience over youth any time, and Sophia said you definitely know how to use what was given you" The look of shock on Doc's face was priceless, Sally and Lightning laughed until their sides were sore. "Stop it both of you." Doc decided to change the subject, he turned to Lightning "You made it here fast." "Eh," Lightning said, shrugging comfortably. "No going over seventy, and no sex" Doc said sternly. "Your axles are weak, if they snap, you'll be sidelined for another three fucking months." "Okay," Lightning said, not making eye contact. "But how will I train?" "There are other ways to train," Doc said. "But right now we need to go over what you're going to tell the disciplinary committee" Sally began with organizing and planning the case filed against Chick. She honed her lawyer skills and laid out a flawless lawsuit. "Sally, I don't know anything about legal stuff! I might have the looks in this relationship but you've got the brains!" he complained daringly. Hearing his last sentence Sally shot him a 'you-better-finish-that-sentence' look. "OK, OK! You've brains and the beauty!" he said teasingly. "Won't they get enough information from the black box?" "Probably," Doc said. "But they'll need you make a statement of what happened." "I don't really remember anything between right before Chick slams me into the wall and waking up at the hospital." Lightning said "Then say that," Sally said. "You'll seem like the hero and the committee will believe you." "She's right, Kid," Doc said. "I'm a witness. I also have the intercom tape of me talking to Lightning right before Chick slammed into him." "But wait there is one thing that may hurt us more than help us. Lightning was being hot-hooded and that caused him to try that risky move." "True," Doc said "But Chick could have just blocked him. He didn't have to slam into him. In addition, Chick would have heard Lightning telling me he didn't listen to my advice anymore. He would have known Lightning was there." "Good point," Sally said. "Is Chick and his lawyer going to be there?" Lightning asked. "He has to be," Doc said. "If he's proven guilty, he'll be sentenced right there." "Okay" Lightning said. "The Racing Sports Network is also providing us with a video and multiple camera angles of the wreck," Doc said. "Then we have this thing in the bag," Lightning said. "Not necessarily," Doc said. "Chick has equal rights to defend himself."
"We have all the of evidence!" "Who knows," Sally said darkly. "This is Chick we're talking about, and we all know how he is a convincing talker and normally can talk his way out of any trouble he's in. Not to mention, the slimy attorney he's hired" "She has a good point," Doc said. "But I'll give you this: it's going to be hard to counter our evidence. He doesn't know what kind of evidence we are using." "No, and we don't have to disclose our evidence before the trial" Sally said "Good," Lightning said. He had the competitive edge in his voice that he had not used in months. Doc and Sally smiled at him slightly when they heard it. "I hope he likes surprises." Sally said. "Do you think he'll guess we're using Lightning's black box for our primary sorse of evidence?" "I doubt it, even with all my years of racing experience, I didn't think of it" Doc said. "A judicial officer of the disciplinary committee is coming here in an hour." "The what…" Lighting asked "Is coming here in a hour" Sally sighed, Lightning can be so dense sometimes. "The judge that is assigned to our hearing, is coming to look over the evidence and make sure it is truthful and legal" Sally said. "Oh… I knew that" Lightning said. "I was just checking if you did. "Uh… I'm a attorney remember" Sally said. Lightning just smiled one of his dorky smiles at her. "Do we need to stay here until they get here?" Sally said. "You two don't," Doc said. "Since I'm the one filing the complaint, I have to stay and sign the papers and do whatever else he or she wants me to do saying I haven't tampered with the evidence. " Hopefully I can set a date within the next week" "You're free to go," Doc said. "And don't even think about going to Willy's Butte!" Doc called. "Okay, Doc," Lightning sighed. "No going over seventy!" "Got it, Doc," Lightning said, driving down the hall.
Once Lightning was outside, he grinned over to Sally and shot down the road, not just going over seventy, but way over one hundred. Lightning heard Sally call a retort, but he ignored her. He was wanting to race. Lightning sped through the tight turns going down the steep slope that lead to the flat stretch of land. On his last turn, Lightning floored his engine and thrust his axles to the right, only to receive a intense spasm of pain, to the point that he saw stars before his eyes. Lightning winced and immediately slowed down to around forty. Sally quickly caught up with Lightning. "What in the hell is your problem?" she raged "Are you trying to get hurt again?" "Sorry," Lightning said, looking down at the pavement and not making eye contact with her. "It's not me you need to be sorry with," Sally said angrily. "It's yourself and Doc! You are like a son to him, and he's worked his bumper off on you in the past few months and you go and blow him off the first fucking chance you get!" "Sally" Lightning said. "I don't want to talk to you right now," Sally said curtly. She shifted gears and tore off into the town. Lightning sighed and drove slowly back to Radiator Springs. 'Wow, Sally's really, really mad at me' Lightning thought to himself. That's got the first time that he's heard her drop the f-bomb, outside of making love. Once he reached the town, he went to see Mater. He was dragging tires across the ground, practicing his towing. "Hey, Mater," Lightning said glumly. "Hey, Bud!" Mater said. "I was wonderin' when you was gonna wake up!" "I'm awake," Lightning said. "I wish I wasn't though." "Why?" Mater asked. "I was doing something stupid and now Sally is mad at me," Lightning said. "I sure am sorry, Bud," Mater said. "Maybe we can go tractor tippin' and it'll cheer ya up!" "I can't, Mater," Lightning said. "I'm sorry, but I'm trying to stay under seventy miles per hour and I don't think that'll outrun Frank." "Aw, that's okay, Bud," Mater said. "I just hope you get ta feeling better!" "Thanks, Mater," Lightning said. "I've got to go find Sally." "I just saw her!" Mater said. "She didn't say nuthin though. She just went and sped down the road." "Thanks, Mater," Lightning said. "Bye, Bud," Mater said.
Lightning drove distractedly down the street and into the Cozy Cone's office, where he found Sally sitting behind her desk still fuming. "I'm really sorry, Sally" Lightning said driving in, not making eye contact. "I was really stupid to do that." "Yeah, you were," Sally said, driving around her desk to face Lightning. "You hate me now, don't you?" Lightning asked. "Of course not," Sally said. "I love you, it would be easier if I hated you." Lightning smiled weakly. "But," Sally said she grabed under his bumper and made him look at her. "If you don't shape up and listen to your doctor, it could change." "I've learned my lesson, believe me," Lightning said. "You being mad at me nearly killed me." Sally smiled. "Do this for you, not me," she said. "Okay," Lightning said. He rolled forward and hugged his girlfriend. "I don't like fighting with you. I always lose." Sally laughed. "You have to remember I'm an attorney." "I won't forget it," Lightning said.