I take it you guys liked the real ending, huh? I'm really proud of that last line as well, anyway, most of this ending is the same as the other, and if you wanna get the full effect, I'd play a sad song... I'm listenin' to 'I Feel Bad' by Rascal Flatts, I gotta big lump in my throat and I can't speak properly :-)... I'll tell you when the chapter begins to change, okay!
The moon hung high in the dark midnight-like sky, Susannah had been in the junkyard for almost half the day quietly sobbing to herself, every time someone tried to talk to her she'd threaten them. No one knew that Chick hitting Mia could have caused effects like these, but they knew one thing for certain, she was deeply depressed. The only person she would talk to was Mater.
"Susannah?" He asked, slowly rolling into the junkyard.
She looked up from the ground and answered, "Yeah?"
"Lightnin' wants tuh know if he can take Duncan tractor tippin'." Mater told her, gesturing toward McQueen.
He looked at her and gave a nervous smile, last time he had tried to speak to her the conversation ended in something like, "if you don't get out of my sight you'll be meeting Chrysler faster than you can start your engine." Yeah, something like that.
"Yeah, sure, whatever." Susannah mumbled, lacking concern.
Mater began to worry even more about her when she didn't even smile as Duncan cheered as he heard the good news. Susannah slowly rolled past him.
Mater stopped her in her tracks, "Where are you goin'?"
"I'm gonna watch 'em," Susannah answered quietly though the annoyance in her voice seemed like a shout to Mater who reluctantly moved out of her way, once she had left he looked into the direction she had gone.
"What's the matter?" A voice pulled Mater out of his thoughts; he turned to see Doc driving to his side.
"It's Susannah she doesn't seem like herself," Mater told him turning back around and staring into the distance, "Doc, this isn't the Susannah I fell for."
"She needs time," Doc said reassuringly, "I think we know that it takes time for her to calm down, give her till tomorrow and she'll be fine."
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Susannah stayed at the edge of the field watching McQueen and Duncan as they tipped the tractors one by one. She turned to leave until she heard a recognisable deep scream, she turned around again as she expected Frank was after them.
"Lightning!" Duncan's voice echoed into the night sky. Furious, Susannah joined the chase.
"Susie, what are you doing?" McQueen asked, shocked by her decision.
"Don't call me Susie!" She yelled pushing him from the chase with all her strength. She looked down at Duncan who was having a hard time keeping up with her, "so she shouted to him, "You need to go faster!"
"I can't!" He sobbed.
Susannah slowed down, not too much that she was caught by Frank's blade but just enough that she was behind him. She said her apologies before hitting his tire, sending him into the middle of the field. She continued to drive away from the screaming combine harvester until she saw a familiar yellow Ford Focus who was struggling to keep up with her.
"Dad! Go!" She yelled.
She didn't get an answer.
He disappeared from her view, he shouted, "I love you!" Before a terrifying scream and a noise that could only be described as a 'crunch'.
"Dad!" Susannah sobbed.
No answer.
She turned out of the field. After making sure Frank was gone, she went down the way they had gone up when she saw a piece of metal glistening brilliantly in the moonlight. Susannah stared down at it until she noticed someone approaching her… Misery.
""He didn't listen," Misery began to tut.
Susannah placed a tire on the metal, "Is this him?"
Misery examined it, "Well, what's left of him."
"Dad," She whispered to herself, stroking the metal.
"Mummy?" A small voice asked.
Susannah turned around to see Duncan looking up at her, "What's the matter, mummy?" He asked.
Susannah blinked away the tears as she said, "well, you see, my daddy thought that he could help me chase Frank and, well, he couldn't. So he's gone to a place where he'll be happy for the rest of his life."
"Where is this place?" Duncan asked, his interest growing.
Susannah looked away as she felt her bottom lip trembling, "It's called heaven, but only the people who have been nice go there. The people who have been nasty go to hell."
"Will I go to heaven?"
Susannah had to smile to herself, she knew that he wouldn't understand the concept of death just yet, "Sure you will honey, then one day you'll be able to see your granddad." Susannah looked away as she added, "maybe you'll see me there."
Duncan looked down at what Susannah had her tire placed on, "What's that?" He asked.
Susannah looked down at it, as she went to tell him the truth she began to sob again, "I'll tell you when I'm ready, okay?" She managed to say.
"Susie?" McQueen asked, rolling next to her and slightly annoyed.
"Duncan, why don't you go back to daddy?" Susannah asked, so Duncan obeyed and made his way to the small town.
"Why did you do what you did? That could've hurt me," he told his tone grave.
Susannah stared down at the metal, "I done it so you wouldn't get hurt."
McQueen calmed down at her words and looked down at her tire, "what's that?" He asked noticing a faint glistening.
Susannah backed away; she sighed and answered, "It's my dad. He got caught by Frank." She looked around before leaving for Radiator Springs with McQueen shortly following.
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Susannah drove to Flo's V8 Café, went to the nearest person – who was Fillmore – and cried into his side.
"What's the matter, man?" he asked.
"He's gone," She managed to say.
"Who?" Sheriff asked.
Susannah caught her breath and said, "Ask Lightning."
Everyone turned their attention to McQueen, who looked at everyone then Susannah. He looked at the towns' people, "Lewis, he didn't escape Frank."
Everyone looked at Susannah as she mourned, "It's my fault."
"Oh honey," Flo comforted her driving to her side, "It's not your fault."
Susannah turned to face Flo, "How'd you know!" She yelled, "You weren't there, no one saw it! I never should've joined that chase, I never should've got Lightnin' out of the way and I never should've hit Duncan's tire, maybe if I had have thought things through he could be here right now!" She stared at Flo who seemed like she was going to cry at any moment, "He loved me," She whispered. With them as her final words she left everyone.
"You alright, babe?" Ramone asked a very shocked Flo.
"I was only trying to help." She told him.
"I think you better follow her," Doc said to Mater, driving to his side, "I know one person who was like that, trust me you won't find 'em here anymore."
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BEGINS TO CHANGE NOW!
Susannah looked at the star filled sky by the Wheel Well. "Dad," She whispered, "Dad, I didn't want you to go, you love me, I know you do, you always will, you didn't even get to meet Mia and Duncan. They love you though; they didn't get to see you." She looked around before rolling toward the edge, "I'll see you soon enough, don't you worry."
"Susannah," A voice stopped her, she turned to see Mater, "what do ya think your doin'?" He continued.
"What do you think I'm doing?" She asked sarcastically, "Just leave me."
Mater slowly rolled toward her saying, "Susannah, if you're doin' what I think you're doin', jus' stop n' think 'bout me and the twins."
"Just shut up!" Susannah yelled, "I don't care about you or the twins! I lost him, and it's because of me! You know what makes it worse? I was too blind to see that he was telling the truth! He loved me, Mater! He really did."
"Susannah," He said soothingly, "Please, calm down. I don' want Mia or Duncan tuh hear us fightin'."
"I can't take it anymore!" Susannah said, breaking down in a fit of tears, "ever since I came to the damn town, my life's meant nothing! In movies it always ends happily, so tell me this, where's my happy ending?"
"There's a fine line between movies and reality…" Mater stopped as he noticed Susannah back away closer to the edge, "C'mon Susie, you're not gonna really do it, are ya?" He tried to chuckle but he saw that Susannah backed away a bit more, now she was just a few inches away from the fall.
"I told myself I can do it once; don't think I won't do it this time!" Susannah threatened.
"But Mia n' Duncan…"
"I don't care! Why'd you think I'm doing this? I can't take it and my dad needs me!!" She continued to back away toward the edge, "Before I go, I just wanna make sure we're clear on something, do not take me back to Doc's, okay?"
Mater rolled toward her, but it was no use, she continued toward the edge before he could stop her, she disappeared over the edge, "Susie!" He yelled looking at where she had fallen, it was no use he didn't get an answer.
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"Look, everything's gonna be fine," McQueen tried to reassure the twins who had heard the echoing of Susannah's angry voice, "I bet that your mum and dad are just having a little disagreement and that they're gonna come back in no time, okay?"
Mia sniffed before saying, "You really think so?"
McQueen chuckled, "sure, now you go back to sleep before I have to get a big ole monster truck after ya."
"G'night Lightnin'," The two said in unison.
"Good night guys," He said backing away out of the junkyard into Sally, he quickly turned around.
"Are you sure you don't want to be a dad?" She asked, "I mean, you were pretty sweet with them."
"Sally, I'm quite happy as an uncle for now, maybe in a few years," McQueen said, nuzzling Sally's fender.
"So," Sally said smiling to herself, "what do you thinks going on up there?" She motioned behind her.
McQueen looked behind him to make sure the twins weren't listening, "I don't know, but it doesn't sound very good. I've never heard them argue before, and I just don't want them to break up, they seem so happy together."
Sally chuckled before nuzzling him again, "Since when have you cared so much about Susie?"
"I'm her brother," He said with a smile, "it's my job to worry."
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Mater slowly rolled up to Susannah, he didn't think that she would really do it.
"Susannah?" He asked, his voice revealing shock and hope.
"Mater?" She asked back, "Come here."
He rolled closer to her, asking, "Are you okay?"
"Mater," Susannah began, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything that I said, you know that I care about you and the twins, you're the one who brought me back here in the first place."
"Susannah, I know ya care about me," he began to cry, "but I don't want ya tuh leave, we all want ya back into town, and I need you to come back to town."
"Do you remember our first kiss?" Susannah asked.
"How could I forget? You'd just finish a race, n' you were tryin' tuh tell me." Mater chuckled as he let his mind wonder to that moment. "Why?"
Susannah sighed deeply before answering, "When you think of me… when I'm gone… I want you to think back to that moment."
"Susie," Mater said, trying to sound reassuring, "you're not gonna go, you're gonna stay."
"Mater, I've got this feeling that I'm not gonna make it," Susannah said, letting a tear roll down her hood, "you know as well as me that's true."
"Susie, don't be so negative…"
"I didn't mean for it to kill me," Susannah broke down into another fit of tears, "I didn't mean to kill myself, please Mater, don't go."
"I'm not gonna leave ya, jus' let me take you back tuh Doc…"
"No, I don't want anyone to see me like this. Mater, I don't wanna go yet, I wanna live your fantasy." Susannah mourned.
"Susie, you're not goin' anywhere, I've gotta take ya back tuh town," Mater told Susannah, who was now struggling to stay awake, "Susie!" He cried.
"Come closer," she said in a mere whisper, Mater did as she said. Susannah rolled forward a bit, nuzzled his fender and said with her last ounce of strength, "I love you." At that moment her wheezing breathing stopped, and she stayed motionless.
"Please Susannah," Mater begged through his mourning tears, shaking her tire, "C'mon Susannah, come back, please!"
It was hopeless he didn't get an answer, he nuzzled her lifeless body before saying, "Please, come back, I love you." His attempts were useless, there was still no answer, giving up all hope, he began to tow his loved one back to town.
Once Mater had made it back into town, no one took the news well; the distraught atmosphere followed him everywhere he went, not being able to take it much more he went to the junkyard but Mia couldn't help but notice something different.
"Daddy, where's mummy?" She asked.
Mater managed to hide the tears as he answered, "Mummy's gone on a little holiday." He looked to the star-filled sky as he whispered to himself, "yeah, mummy's jus' gone on a lil' holiday."
What ya think? I've been asked, multiple times, to write a sequal... well, I'm doin' a short story to go after this but I wanna do a big sequal, so any suggestions just shout, okizzy?
I've only got one deleted chapter which I'm not gonna post so... I guess it's toodles... hey this is the first chaptered story I have actually finished, so I'd like to thank all my faithful reviewers, especially Winds Of Change for Razor (huggles Razor) love you dude!! So now I'm of to work on another Cars story!! Bye!