Sorry for the long wait, people. I've been swamped with work and writing for this story! You are in for a wild ride!

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Disclaimer: I do not own Cars, that is the property of Pixar and Disney. I do however, own my plot line and not much else.

It was like any other morning in Radiator Springs as Sarge played the Reveille like he did every morning and raised the Flag of the United States. And just like every day, Fillmore interrupts Sarge's bugle Reveille with Jimi Hendrix's rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner." And thus begins their morning arguments.

"Will you turn that disrespectful junk off!" Sarge shouted as Fillmore played his music over his.

"Respect the classics, man. It's Hendrinx!" Fillmore shouted back like he did every morning.

In Cozy Cone Number 1, Sally Carrera had just woken up from the best nights sleep she had just gotten in months.

She stretched out her axles and rotated her tires a bit, fighting back a yawn.

She opened up the garage and rolled out, but she stopped short when she saw Lightning pulling some contraption.

"Morning, Sally." Lightning greeted her as he pulled the machine forward a bit.

"Good morning, Lightning." She replied, driving over to where the red car was. "What are you doing?" She questioned the car.

"Fixing up the road." Lightning replied, pulling the firing machine further down the road.

"Really?" She asked, looking at him while he pulled the huge piece of machinery.

"Yea, just something for me to do for the town. It also helps build up muscle (Do cars even have muscles?) which would help me when I'm racing. But it's mainly for the town." Lightning told her.

"So how long have you been at this, Tiger?" She asked him.

"Well, I get up at around four o'clock to drink some gas. So about…oh two and half hours." Lightning said after thinking for a while.

"Wow, that's pretty impressive." Sally commented.

"It's nothing really." He said as he pulled it past the Cozy Cone's drive way. Just then, a bubble of asphalt exploded, covering Lightning's hood.

"Aw man!" He said, "I just got the last one washed off." He frowned as Sally began laughing.

"Oh, you think this is funny?" He said in a playful mood.

Sally said nothing but continued to laugh as Lightning looked around hoping to see his favourite fire truck.

Just as his luck would have it, Lightning saw Red not to far down the road watering the plants outside of Flo's V8 Café.

"Hey, Red!" Lightning called out to the shy truck. Red looked up and spotted Lightning and smiled in his direction.

"Can you give me a hose-down, buddy?" Lightning asked. Red smiled and drove over, spraying Lightning with his hose, getting all of the asphalt off of him before the hot Arizona sun could bake it onto him.

"Thanks, Red." Lightning said as the Fire truck drove away." Lightning used his back wheel to hit a button, turning off Bessie. He took a deep breath before pulling the machine off to the side. He unhooked his undercarriage from where it was attached to Bessie and stretched out as the burden of the heavy machine.

It was at this time that everyone in the town seemed to wake up, all heading to Flo's for their morning oil.

"Shall we have some breakfast?" Lightning asked, stretching out his wheel to allow her to go in front of him.

"We shall." Lightning said as she drove in front of him.

Lightning chuckled and watched as she went. "Hey, do I spy a little pinstriping tattoo back there?" Lightning called out.

"Auuww. Haha. That's just a... Ahhahaha. Auuww. You saw that? Yeah! Uh, lets go get that oil." Sally said, stammering over her words as she quickly drove over to Flo's for oil.

Lightning chuckled and drove after her, meeting up with Mater.

Everyone was idling in front of Flo's all with a full tanks worth of gas and just talking.

"Hey! Lookie there!" Mater shouted, "Customers!" he shouted, getting everyone's attention as they saw the two cars in the distance.

Lightning drove up in front of them, assuming the leadership roll. "All right, everybody calm down for a long time. Just remember what we rehearsed. Make sure your "Open, please come in" signs are out. And you all know what to do. All right, nobody panics. Here we go!" He shouted as everyone went to their shops, Sally, not knowing what to do just stayed where she was while Lightning drove to meet the customers.

"Van, I just don't see any on-ramp anywhere." The pink mini van said to the green one.

"Minny, I know exactly where we are." Van replied to his wife in an all knowing voice that all men assume when they know that they are wrong like they always are.

"Yeah, we're in the middle of nowhere." His wife retorted to her husband.

"Honey, please." Van said, shooting his wife a look.

Lightning drove up to them and smiled, startling the two vans. "Hello. Welcome to Radiator Springs, gateway to Ornament Valley. Legendary for it's quality service and friendly hospitality. How can we help you?" Lightning asked in a cheerful voice.

"We don't need anything, thank you very much." Van replied as he continued to drive along the road.

"Whoa, honey ask him direction to the Interstate." Minny said as Lightning's face fell for half a second before driving behind the couple.

"There's no need to ask for directions. Minny, I know exactly where we're going." Van replied.

Minny turned to Lightning, "He did the same thing on our trip to Shakopee. You know, we were headed over there for the Crazy Days, and we..."

"OK,OK. Really. We're just peachy, OK?" Van said quickly, not wanting his wife to make a fool of herself.

They past Fillmore's dome where he came out, "What you really need is the sweet taste of my homemade, organic fuel, man" He said.

"No, it doesn't agree with my tank." Van said, driving away from the Volkswagen Type 2 Car.

Minny looked apologetic at the old Volkswagen and replied, "We're just trying to find the Interstate."

Sarge then rolled out of his store, "Good to see you, Soldier! Come on by Sarge's Surplus Hut for all your government surplus needs."

"Ohh, honey, surplus!" Minny said in an excited tone.

"I think we have too much surplus." He said in an annoyed tone.

Lightning spoke, "I do have a map over the Cozy Cone Motel. And if you do stay, we offer a free Lincoln Continental breakfast." He said.

Minny smiled and nudged her husband, "Honey, he's got a map." She said happily.

Van snapped back, "I don't need a map! I have the GPS. Never need a map again, thank you."

Flo rolled past Sally, "How 'bout somethin' to drink? Stop at Flo's V8 Cafe. Finest fuel on Route 66." She said, showing her best Showgirl smile.

"No, we just top off." Van said in an apologetic voice.

Luigi stepped forward, "And if you need tires, stop by Luigi's Casa Della Tires, home of the Leaning Tower of Tires."

Minny spoke, "We're just trying to find the Interstate."

Ramone rolled up, "But you do need a paint job man. Ramone will paint you up right. Hey, anything you want! You know, like a flame job." He said.

"No, thanks..." Minny said.

"Maybe ghost flames! You like old school pinstripin'? Von Dutch style ha?" He said, showing the couple his undercarriage.

"Oh, honey, look. Von Dutch." Minny said in a shakey voice.

"Oh, ho, OK, no. Ahahaha. We're gonna be going now, OK? Ah!" He shouted as Lizzie stamped a bumper stick on his bumper.

"A little somethin' to remember us by, OK?" She shouted to them.

"Oh,ha,ha. OK!" Van shouted as they finally reached the end of the small town.

Lightning yelled, "Come back soon, OK? I mean, you know where we are! Tell your friends!"

"HohohOK! Yes. You bet." Van said in a fake voice.

Minny called out from behind her, "Thanks again, folks. Bye-bye now." She called out.

"It's okay, guys." Lightning said, turning to the towns folk. "They know where we are. They're gonna tell their friends."

Lizzie smiled, "Don't worry guys, this town will be hoppin' in no time." She drove away and stood on her porch, turning on her radio.

Sally came driving over to where Lightning was.

"You okay?" She asked him.

"Yea, I'm fine." He replied as the news caught his attention.

"Still no sign of Salena Lynda Weathers. The ex-racecar and daughter of The King disappeared the other night. Investigators are still searching for her.

Meanwhile, The King is preparing for his final race against Chick Hicks for the Piston Cup.

"I didn't know The King had a daughter." Lightning said.

"Oh, yeah, Salena." Sally said, eyeing Lightning nervously.

"So what do they mean by ex-racecar?" Lightning asked her.

"Oh, well. The King got into a bad wreck a few years back. Salena took over the position of the Dinoco Racecar while he was being repaired." She answered him.

"So you're a racing fan." Lightning said, looking at Sally.

"Kinda, my dad was the big fan. He was always taking me and my younger brother to the races." Sally replied.

"So you have brothers?" Lightning asked her.

"Yea, the twins, annoying as they are." She said, causing both cars to chuckle.

"What are their names?" Lightning asked.

"Fred and George." She replied. Lightning gave her an odd look before he began to laugh.

Sally rolled her eyes, "Yes, the same Fred and George from the Harry Potter series. Mom had read the series while she was pregnant with the twins. Only thought it was right." Sally replied.

"Wow." Lightning said, as the two cars laughed.

Okay, my inspiration has run dry. (that's whats going on) (Haha, had to put it in 8D). I do so hope you all enjoyed it! I surely did enjoy typing it all up for you! So do me the honour of reviewing this chapter! (See, I wasn't joking that I had basically memorized all of Cars 1 movie.)

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