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Part 16
Sammy and Stew had practically demanded/forced their sons to sleep early so they  could have at least an hour on the track so they could understand it. They woke up at exactly 6 am, Lightning got up and quickly got himself cleaned up and wore his 'Radiator Springs' outfit, if his dad said to get rid of it he would simply say 'stuff it', he would never get rid of this piece of clothing, since it was obvious that it was the only thing he had left of the town and his friend.
"Come on then McQueen, let's do about 5 laps, that should be enough before the race starts" Lightning informed his friend as he came out of the Hotel.
McQueen didn't say anything and opened his door for Lightning to get in before driving them to the track.

The King and Strip Weathers were at the track as well talking to their Crew Chief, but when they saw McQueen coming they said to their chief that they would talk later and headed towards the car, they wanted to talk about the speech Lightning gave yesturday.
Lightning had just gotten out of the car when Strip called out "Hey Lightning, could we talk for a moment?"
Lightning wanted to ignore him but didn't want to be rude "please make it quick I want to try this track out before the race" he said with as much politness he could give.
Strip and The King both held back smirks, that did sound like the old them when they had first met the Rookie's "I'll keep that in mind, I just wanted to ask about the speech you gave out yesturday"
Lightning's breath hitched and almost choked on his saliva, but otherwise stayed calm...ish "what about it?"
"Is the Fabulous Hudson Hornet at Radiator Springs?" Strip was never one to beat around the bush and only did it when he was being serious about something, and this was one of those times.
Lightning gulped and looked anywhere but the racer "what makes you say that?" he finaly asks nervously.
"It's from how you talked about it, you made it sound like you actually met him at Radiator Springs"
Lightning didn't know whether to be shocked or amazed that he actually figured it out "nothing gets by you do they?" he finaly answered.
"One of the many skills you need when racing son" Strip said proudly "so, am I right?"
Lightning sighed "If I said yes would you promise to keep it a secret, I did say why he wanted to leave for a reason"
Strip crossed his heart "I will to take it to my grave"
Lightning let out a sigh of relief "now if that's all I would like to try this track out while everything is being set up and double checked before they start filming the race"
Strip gave them a salute "good luck in the race then, you are going to need it" then both he and his car left to continue their talk with their chief.
Lightning looked at McQueen with a confused expression, McQueen spoke first "why did they want to know if we had met Hudson?"
Lightning thought for a moment "if I remember correctly, he mentioned on TV before that the Hudson Hornet was his inspiration, that was how he became a racer"
"I just hope we don't get caught in a sticky situation" McQueen said randomly.
Lightning was getting back inside his car when he asked "why do you say that?"
"Have you noticed how much time we spend together, there are consequences for spending too much time with your other self, it's why not many people try to get too close to their cars"
"Yes but we didn't really have a choice" Lightning started the engine and drove onto the track "all children who have been abused already have a stronger connection with their car, because if they don't they would be lost within themselves, you are the only reason I haven't gone insane yet" he pressed further onto the accelerator to end the conversation, they didn't have long and Lightning wanted to see how far he could go without getting a flashback, he didn't want to have another panic attack like he had, had on the dirt track.

"Hello everyone' I'm Bob Cutless and welcome to the race of all races, the battle of all battles between The Legend, The Runner up and The Rookie, most people will call this the battle of the century, The King, Chick Hicks and Lightning McQueen are here now and are just getting ready before they have to make their way to the starting line"
Lightning was once again double checking everything on McQueen before they walked out of their pit, they looked at Mac and John who had both agreed to help out as much as they could.
"Hey Mac, thanks for being our Crew Chief" since John was the only one with hands he would try to help Lightning with changing his tyres, while Mac fueled him and give him oil.
"Ah don't worry about it, after all gas is my middle name" Mac said proudly.
"Is it?" Lightning teased although McQueen looked at Mac with interest.
"Eh, not really"
Lightning just rolled his eyes before getting into his car so he could drive to the starting line.
They had just gotten onto the track when they heard a familier voice.
"Nice to see you here McQueen, wouldn't have been a proper race without you here" announced Chick who came out of no where "anyway, I managed to talk to Dinoco and those two twins who used to be your fans but are now mine..."
Lightning and McQueen never heard the rest as they were remembering their time in Radiator Springs, the wind rushing past them, the scenery and the dirt track, the people he had met (even though they pratically kicked him out after hearing the truth).
HONK! went the horn, forcing Lightning and his car to snap out of their trance, the race was now on.

Doc, Hudson and the others had gotten into the stadium an hour into the race, they didn't know how they did it but they managed to get into the pit stop to get a better view of the kid.
Hudson had gotten out of his car before saying something "it's amazing how going to the town changed him"
"Only a little bit" Doc retorted, not taking his eyes off of the camera view of McQueen on the big screen, all he could think was the kid's heart wasn't being put into the race at all, he looked lifeless and if he didn't act soon the kid would get hurt, badly.
"Hey Lightning, you doing okay there buddy?" John asked over the headset.
Hudson saw one next to the Lorry and quickly picked it up, he had just heard Lightinng say he wasn't sure if he could do it, but he was't going to let the kid quit this easily and end up like him "we didn't come all this way just to see you quit kid" Hudson said sternly, and by 'we' he meant him and his car.

Lightning was shocked when he heard Hudson on the head set, he had just turned the bend that had the pit was on and sure enough he could make out the town's folk. His eyes had healed maraculasly, the only downside was he could only see a specific distance before everything went blurly, so he had to rely on his friend to tell them through the mind link on where to go, but they only used it for emergancies since it took a lot of concentration just to send a message.
"I thought you never wanted to come back" Lightning replied after coming out of his shock.
"Well we didn't have much of a choice, Mator didn't get to say goodbye" Hudson replied.
"G'BYE! 'kay, I'm good" Mator cried out just to ptove his point.
Lightning pulled into the pit and was greeted with positive feedbacks of the citizens, he so badly wanted to know what changed their minds but he knew he had a race to win.
"Alright, if you can drive as well as fixing the road then you can win this race with your eyes shut" Doc said to them happily (which was a shock to both Rookies).
"Now get back out there and win this" Hudson replied.
SCREECH! was their only reply as they watched McQueen speed out of the pit stop and back onto the track to make up for his mistake.
"Hot snot we are back in business, Luigi, Guido you are both going against proffesional pit crews you are going to have to be fast" Doc said to them both.
"They will not know what hit them" Luigi said proudly, Guido and Quaroni both nodded happily.
Hudson replied to Lightning on the radio "kid, if you're going to win this thing, find a groove that works for you and get that lap back"
Becuase they were concentrating hard on the race they never saw cameras zooming on him.
"Hey look, it's the Hudson Hornet, I don't believe it Lightning McQueen has a new crew chief and not just any Chief, it's the Fabulous Hudson Hornet" Bob cried out over the microphone.
"Nobody has seen the famous dirt racer in years" Darrel exclaimed in in shock.

Hudson and Doc weren't that shocked when they saw themselves on the screen, they were shocked however when they heard the crowd go wild when they realised who he was, maybe what Lightning said was true, maybe not everyone was happy when he had left and the company he supported 'claimed' he had quit the racing life. It was too late now anyway, he had to help Lightning win this.
Guido who had not noticed continued to cheer for the racer while his driver got some tyres out ready for when Lightning needed to make a pit stop.
"Hey shrimpy, where did those losers find you huh? Those round things are called tyres, and the go under the car you idiot" called one of the pitties from Chick's crew before all of them laughed.
Guido called out in Italian 'who do you think you are talking to?' while Quaroni tried to calm him down.
Luigi saw what was happening and quickly came to the rescue "whoa there, you will have your chance my friend, you will have your chance" he threw a deadly glare at the other pit crew while Guido crossed his metal plates in a huff.

Lightning was thankful he had done those laps on the track, he was now racing as if there was nothing wrong with him, but that didn't mean the flashbacks would just stop.
Shudder, Lightning and McQueen felt their body and engine tingle, that meant something was going to happen, thankfuly though it was nothing serious.
Chick, sure enough was tieing with them after Lightning tried blocking him from passing, but when Chick managed to get out at the last second Lightning then began to try and drive away from the crazy and sadistic racer as he could see that Chic was trying to throw them off track (so to speak).
"No you don't" Chick mumbled and slammed himself against the rear tyre of McQueen.
Lightning was fightning against the force and trying to knock Chick away, it was then he realised that Chick had just given him a flat tyre.
"Hudson I'm flat, I'm flat" McQueen called out.
"Can you get back to the pits?" Hudson asked.
"Yeah, I think so"
Doc looked at the flag person and saw that it was a yellow "We've got a yellow" he called to his driver and to McQueen.
"Great, we've got yellow, bring it in but don't tear yourself up kid" Hudson replied over the headset.
Lightning, with great difficulty drove his way into the pitstop.
Mac realised something "we've got to hurry and get him out there otherwise we will be a lap down and we'll never win this race" he cried out.
Doc looked at the two Italian's "Guido, Quaroni, it's time"
Said people heard and had a look that said 'let's do this'.
"Hey tinies, are you going to clean their wind shields or what?" the Pittiy continued to taunt but Guido and Quaroni weren't listening.

Doc and Hudson watched as Lightning struggled to get McQueen into the pits, but the second they stopped Luigi began changing McQueens tyres and Quaroni tossed them to his car in no time flat, both old timers looked at each other in shock, when they said Luigi had to be fast they didn't expect them to take it seriously, but none the less Lightning quickly hit the accelerator and left.
CLANG! Doc and Hudson looked and had to hold back a laugh when they saw all but one Pittie lose their mustache's and their drivers looked like a cartoon character as their mouths were practically on the floor.
They watched as Lightning sped towards the yellow car, come one you can do it kid.
"WHOO HA!" they cried out when Lightning managed to beat it, they hadn't used that phrase in years but it sure felt good to hear it coming out of their mouths again.
"Peet stop" Quaroni said to the last Pittie.
Sure enough the last Pittie dropped his mustache and Doc was unable to hold his laugh.

Lightning had never felt so alive than right now, the rush of adrenaline just from trying to beat the Pit car so he could stay in the race, yes he was scared that if he didn't make it then he would fail, but to actualy beat it by a few seconds he felt like he was high on adrenaline.
However Chick wasn't going to back down just from one attempt, half way through the race he quickly put his plan into action.
He let out a growl, just enough for McQueen to hear but unable to do anything as Chick quickly hit his rear end one more time, causing the car to swerve on the tar and fall behind.
Flick sniggered "let them catch up on that"
He never noticed McQueen coming up from behind, but backwards, a few seconds after they had gone out of control McQueen quickly showed Lightning what Mator had done when they had first met, since Lightning didn't have much time to gain proper control he did exactly what McQueen had shown him and sure enough, they began driving backwards while using their sixth sense to know where Chick was.
Chick and Flick both had a calm expression on their faces but it was instantly changed to annoyed and shock when they saw the Rookie come racing in front of them "WHAT!?" they cried out, and making their crew chief go deaf for a moment.
McQueen gave them a wink before Lightning quickly swerved him to face the front, both happy to know that they had caught Chick off gaurd.
Mator who had seen it happen cackled with glee "YEAH! git r' done, I showed him that move" he cried out happily, and mostly to the pitties who had just gotten their mustache's back on, only for one of them to get blinded by one of Mator's mirrors as he copied his friends signiture move "k'chow"

Flick though was really starting to loose it, he wasn't going to loose to McQueen or his sorry excuse for a driver and he certianly wasn't going to loose to the old timer King.
Pushing Chick to go even faster he made one last attempt to get McQueen out of the race since there was now two laps left, he bumped hard into the kid, forcing both of the Rookie's onto the dirt, but he didn't expect for it to backfire on him and make him bump into The King's side as well.
Lightning once again fought for control as he slid onto the dirt Wait a moment it's dirt he thought, thinking that it might give him an advantage he began to do the dirt slide move that he had learned from his hero and by himself, and began to glide on the ground and back onto the tar and in front of The King and Chick. If he had seen his both of his crew cheif's at that moment he would have seen a proud look on them both.
"Float like a Cadillac" Hudson and Doc said at the same time.
"Sting like a Beamer" McQueen and Lightning replied back and moved even faster than ever before.
They had just started the last lap when their sixth sense kicked in came again, but this time it was the same one they had felt before their mum had died, completely cold as if they were in the Antartic, which meant either someone was going to be seriously hurt, or they were going to die, but it couldn't be them since The King was in second place, unless...
"The King" they both whispered under their breath's.
Hudson had heard what they said "kid don't worry about him, you have one more turn before you make it to the finish line" he informed them.
But Lightning wasn't listening, he had to make the decision, and fast as they had just made the final turn and were almost at the finish line. He then heard Chick grunting as he tried to get past The King "I am not going to be behind you again old man"
That was when everything felt like it was going in slow motion...Lightning slammed on the brakes so he was a few inches behind The King but on the outer track....he shoved the racer out of the way forcing the King to swerve slightly out of control...Chuck had hit McQueen on his corner like he had done to hundreds of other racers but Lightning felt as if he had taken the hit on his leg and it felt twisted...flying through the air...hitting the ground like a rag doll...then nothing.
The stadium went silent as The King had managed to gain back control and went across the finish line as well as Chick, all eyes were on the Rookie who had been turned over just like Doc had before.
OH NO!!! what's going to happen, but don't worry I am not killing him off and I know that he had done backward driving first before the tyre accident, I just wanted a twist instead of going by the movie, I dont own any of the car characters, only Luna Nightshade so if you wish to use her in any story please ask me, enjoy.
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