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To The Guest-Yeah! Justin seems to put some problems here between McQueen and Sally. I gotta say that I searched for the original story because I wanted to remember it and I found it! it seems that the account isn't active but the stories still there, so I read a little bit of this story as was originally written and I have to admit your version is so much better and longer! I really love it! so keep writing :D
Justin was not in the original story, he's an OC, Like Sapphire, Bentley and all the others that was not in the original story. The courtroom chapter was the chapter that I thought was missing a lot of details. So I decided to take a stab at rewriting the whole story. It makes me very happy that you are enjoying the story, I didn't think that anyone would like it.
I want a chapter like this with Lightning and Sally! but we must wait till Lightning is healed...
I promise it will be better than Doc and Sophia's. This story is almost complete and I've started on the sequel. -Distractions- Please wait until Lightning and Sally have a night alone in Huston(so hot that it will melt your computer.) But they do have a small seen coming up very soon,(I hope to have it up by the end of the weekend) NOW ON WITH THE SHOW-
Chapter 18.-In Trouble Again-
Back at Doc's office, Lightning studied his wreck for ten more minutes and then put in the video of his very first race. On the screen, he saw himself acing cocky and attracting attention of the media. "Wow, I guess I was arrogance" Lightning said to himself "No wonder I didn't have any friends." All of a sudden, a wave of fatigue hit Lightning. He fell asleep just as the race started. "Lightning?" Lightning opened his eyes slowly. He saw the fuzzy outline of Sally in front of him. "Hey," he said hoarsely. "You okay?" Sally asked "Yeah," Lightning replied. "I'm just really tired." "Good," Sally said "It's time for dinner. What do you want from Flo's?" "To tell you the truth, I'm not hungry," Lightning said "You sure?" Sally asked "That doesn't sound like you; you're normally starving by now." "Yeah, I'm sure" Lightning said. "I think I'm just going to go to bed." "Okay" Sally said. Lightning drove towards the door. "I guess I'll see you later then." "Bye," Sally said. Lightning drove down the street to his cozy cone and within minutes he was fast asleep.
Doc woke Lightning up at five-thirty the next morning. "Why did you wake me up so early?" Lightning asked groggily "You need a check-up" Doc said "Come on." Lightning groaned and stiffly drove out of his cozy cone, stretching his axles. "Have you been sore anywhere?" Doc asked, glancing over to Lightning "My axles are stiff when I wake up in the mornings," Lightning yawned. "But they're not sore" "Good," Doc said. "Sally's worried about you. She said you've been sleeping a lot lately." "I've been training very hard" Lightning said. "I've been tired that's all" "I know you have." Doc said "I've been keeping track, and as far as I'm concerned you have not been over training" "Sally also says you haven't had much of an appetite, which is a sign that something is wrong" Doc said. Lightning just shrugged "I just haven't been that hungry lately." "I need to check your engine, there might be a problem brewing" Doc said, entering his office. "It could be why you haven't been eating and why you've been so tired." "I don't think so Doc," Lightning said. "I just go through weird eating and sleeping phases when I'm doing some serous training." "And I think that's the case" Doc said. "But I just want to know for sure" "I understand" Lightning said "Good" Doc said. We're going to train first and then do the procedure.
"Procedure?" Lightning asked "I'm going to give you a mild sedative then I'm going to thread a sensor through your engine so I can detect any glitches or potential problems" Doc said. "Okay, why the sedative" Lightning said. "It's because you're squirmy, between the training and the sedative, it will get you holding still long enough for me to run some tests" Doc said. "It won't put you asleep, just make you relax, I need you awake so you can respond to my questions. I'm going to check your axles first" Doc said." So get your fucking tail on the table." Lightning drove into exam table. "They look great," Doc said poking around. "I mean they're really scarred up, but they are as they're going to get to one hundred percent." "Good," Lightning said. "When am I supposed to be able to train on asphalt again" "I'll arrange something, I was thinking about going to L.A. and train on their track in a month or so," Doc said. "You're strengthening your axles by working on dirt because of all the bumps in it." "When we go to L.A., can Sally come?" "I figured you'd ask" Doc said smiling. "She's already coming. C'mon," Doc said, heading out of the door. "Let's get started." "Coming," Lightning said. He drove off of the table and pulled up beside Doc. "What am I working on today?" "We're going to start seeing how many laps you can do at top speed," Doc said. "Don't count on being able to do more than thirty laps at first."
Thirty minutes later, Lightning had finished his thirty-sixth lap and turned into his thirty-seventh. He was going one hundred and fifty miles per hour and power slid through the flat turn, only to get a searing pain from under his hood. Alarmed by the pain, Lightning slammed on his brakes, but the pain continued. It got worse with each breath he took. Lightning groaned and shut his eyes. He cried out for Doc as the pain escalated to the point that he could not stand it. "What is it, Kid?" Doc asked, sprinting up to him. "My…" Lightning groaned. "Doc, help!" "Okay, Kid," Doc, said, "Don't pass out on me!" Doc immediately recognized the signs and knew what was happing to Lightning. He activated his cell phone and called 911 "Hurry!" Lightning cried. The pain was increasing by the second. "Stay with me, Rookie!" Doc said. He gazed at Doc through dazed eyes as the pain kept increasing. Smoke was beginning to come out from under his hood. "I…can't…breathe…" Lightning chocked out. "It's all right, Rookie" Doc repeated. As always Doc had his medical bag with him. He pulled out his stethoscope and monitored Lightning's condition. Lightning's breaths were rapid and shallow, and Doc could hear a mummer in his engine. He knew that Lightning was having an engine attack, and there was nothing he could do to stop it. "An ambulance will be here any second. Just try to relax and breathe normally" Lightning didn't respond, he was beyond the ability to speak. The pain got so intense that tears slid down his hood. Lightning saw an ambulance named Tempest speeding down the main road towards him with her siren and lights flashing, and then, he lost all consciousness.
Tempest got there a few seconds after Lightning passed out. "Tempest" Doc said "Please tell me that you carry treatment for engine attack" "Absolutely Doc." She said "I'm assuming that is wrong with Lightning" She said as she pulled out the gear. Tempest knew that they would need help and she radioed back to the hospital requesting another ambulance to come and assist. Doc administered a series of drugs that would aid in stopping the attack. An ambulance named Bentley arrived with in a few minutes. Not only was Bentley an ambulance, he was also a trauma surgeon. With all the commotion that the ambulances were making, it attracted on lookers. Sheriff Dunkin and Scarlett herded everyone away. Some how Sally had gotten word and she came racing down to the track. Sheriff caught her as she tried to go around him. "Sally" Sheriff said "I can't let you down there." He didn't know what was wrong with Lightning, but he knew it was bad. She tried to break free of his grip. "I… have…to…let go of me." Sally pleaded "You'll just be in the way" Sheriff said. Sally continued to struggle to get away from him "Sally, please." She finally stopped struggling to get away and she buried her face in Sheriffs' side and burst in tears. He genially turned so she could not see what was happing to Lightning. He did his best to comfort her. The doctors got Lightning stable and they put him in Tempest and took him to the hospital. Sheriff saw Flo approaching and he handed Sally of to her. Flo lead Sally to the hospital.
Two days later: Lightning awoke to gentle rhythmic beeping one of the monitors. Lightning was not happy to see that he was back in the hospital with a web of tubes and electronic cords surrounding him. Neither Sally nor Doc noticed that he had woken up. "That was a grade four engine attack" Doc said. How long will this postpone his training?" Sally asked "A week" Doc said, "You're going to let him go back to training a week after an engine attack?!" Sally said a little panicked "Are you nuts, Doc, he'll kill himself!" "Sally calm down, there's no medical reason saying he can't" Doc said. "I'll tell him to take two weeks off, but I doubt the Kid listen." "He might. He was crying out there Sally said. "You know he has to be in incredible amount of pain to do that." "He nearly did when you dumped him before the race where he had his big wreck" "And don't go telling the world that either" Lightning said groggily. "You're awake!" Sally exclaimed. She rolled over to Lightning, Doc right behind her. "How do you feel Kid?" Doc asked "Pretty good" Lightning said "Just very tired." "Good," Doc said, obviously satisfied. "You'll feel tired because of the medications." "So I can start training again in a week?" "Yeah," Doc said. "But I think you should wait two weeks though." "I know," Lightning said. "But we're all going to L.A. in a month for me to train. I have to be in shape so I don't look like an idiot!" "We'll see how this week goes," Doc said. "But stay under one hundred or you might have another attack." "Okay," Lightning agreed. "How much longer do I have to stay here?" "Well, you only need monitoring until tomorrow" Doc said. "But I don't want you to be alone at any time. So you'll need to sleep here so I or another doctor can stay close to make sure you're okay." "He can stay with me," Sally said. "I kinda liked when he stayed with me during the trial." "If you're sure, Sally" Doc shrugged. Doc called Nurse Jackie in, together they removed all of the of the monitoring equipment from Lightning, including the urinary tube out of his penis. As Doc pulled the urinary out, Lightning just winced "That didn't hurt like all other times you pulled that thing out of me" Lightning said "It just stung a little." "That's because that part of you is fully healed" Doc said.
"Do you know what caused the attack? One minute once minute I was fine and the next I was in the most severe pain I've ever been in." "I really don't know, medical science has not figured out why engine transplants sometimes cause attacks, it's very rare only 1 in a 100,000 cases. I'm guessing that being a racecar has some thing to do with it. Do you remember two years ago, one of the top rally cars was racing in France and he had an engine attack in the middle of a race?" "Yes, I think so, but didn't he die?" Lightning asked "Yes, he was dead even before the rescue quad could get to him. Doc said "It also could be in your genetics. Do you know of any of your family members having history of engine attacks?" "No, not to my knowledge. How likely is it that I have another attack?" Lightning asked, a little fearful. "It's not unheard of right now. I just want you to be careful for the next week. No training, no racing, no tractor tipping with Mater, and absolutely no sex. Your engine needs to rest and recover" Doc said. Lightning yawned "I'm really tired" he said, stifling another yawn "So am I," Sally said "I'm with ya'll" Doc said. "Sally, do you want to stay with him, or do you want me to?" "I'll stay with him" Sally said. "You looked after him all day and last night" "How long have I been out?" Lightning said, attempting to clear his hood. "Your engine attack was two days ago" Sally said. "Doc kept you sedated because he needed to make sure your engine was stable and functioning properly." "All right Rookie, I'm going home" Doc said. "If you need anything, just have one of the nurses' call. I left you a prescription for a painkiller if you need it" "Thanks Doc" Lightning said. Doc then left to get some rest himself.
Once Doc was gone, Sally drove up to Lightning and faced him; she had tears in her eyes. "Sweetheart come here" Lightning said. Sally smiled weakly and drove over to him. He hugged and kissed her. "I'm so sorry" "You've been training too hard lately" Sally said "Just take it easy. I don't want you hurting yourself anymore." He scooted over to make room for Sally on the bed. Lightning patted the spot beside him, inviting Sally to join him. "Stickers, you're naked" She said. "I don't want to get in trouble. "You're not" Lightning said. "As long as you're dressed, the nurses are not going to say anything. I need someone to snuggle with." He gave her his best lost puppy dog look. Sally giggled and climbed in bed with him. She sighed and leaned up against him. "I know we not been dating that long, but when I think back I can't remember life when we weren't." Sally said "Same here," Lightning agreed "I know it isn't time yet, but what are your thoughts on getting married?" "I would love that Stickers. I want to spend the rest of my life with you." "How many kids do you want?" Lightning asked "One or two" Sally said. "Same here" Lightning said, then Sally yawned "I'm really tired. I haven't slept well since your engine attack." "Okay, Babe," Lightning said fondly. "Sorry I keep scaring you so bad." "Yeah, you really need to stop that" Sally agreed. "But I love you anyway." "Good," Lightning said. "I love you too." "Good night," Sally said. "See you in the morning," Lightning said.
"Are you two ever going to wake up?" Doc asked the next morning. Lightning opened his eyes slowly. He glanced at Sally, who was cuddled up to him, still asleep. "What time is it?" Lightning asked groggily. "Eleven," Doc replied. "I don't want to get up" Lightning groaned. He snuggled back up to Sally. "I'm so tired" "I've give you two a few more hours" Doc said. He pulled away from the tired cars. Later that day, Doc came in wake Lightning and Sally. "Come on, you two get up!" he called. Both Lightning and Sally stirred. "What time is it now?" Lightning asked hoarsely "About one" Doc said. "You need to get up and start moving Kid. I need to know if there was any damage done to your engine. No problems showed up when I did some tests right your attack, but the only way I'll really know for sure is to get you up and moving around. Sally I want you to stick to him like glue. Tell me if you think he's hurting because he's way too stubborn to tell me himself" Sally laughed. "Okay I will." "Get something to eat at Flo's and then go for a drive" Doc instructed. "No going over one hundred" he added sharply to Lightning. "Got it Doc," Lightning said, driving forward hesitantly. His axles were very stiff. Lightning drove out onto the main road, closely followed by Sally. Together, they had lunch and then discussed where they would take their drive. "Where to?" Lightning asked "I don't know," Sally said. "Wheel Well?" "No, we always go there," Lightning said. "Ok, how about a drive through Ornament Valley? I heard it's really pretty this time of year." "That sounds good," Sally said. She turned towards Ornament Valley. "Remember, no going over one hundred" she reminded Lightning. "I know," Lightning said, accelerating to be beside Sally.