OoC: Hi everyone! I have commented on your prologues in the discussion thread to not clutter this one. Here’s mine, takes place after the events of the movie. FYI, this is also my first piece of writing on this forum…
You ready? Fasten your seatbelts…
BIC: “Hey Stickers, wanna go for a drive?”
Lightning looked up from his Top Gear magazine issue to see the light blue Porsche he had known and secretly admired for half a year. It was a sunny day in Radiator Springs, and the two cars were parked at Flo’s drinking oilshakes for tea. He furrowed his windshield and feigned disinterest.
“Meh…” he grinned.
Sally socked the red racecar playfully. “Come on, Doc says you need some exercise anyway.”
Lightning groaned and revved in return. “We’ll see what he says about that once I trash your timing! Wheel Well, as usual?”
“Yeah, I need to check on how the customers are doing there, too.” Sally manned the motel on alternate days, and on the days she wasn’t there, one of the Miata twins would take over for her, depending on whoever’s shift wasn’t at Flo’s on that day.
“Can ah come, too? Ah hope ah ain’t in-troo-din on yer two little loveburds’ drive. Been a looong time since ah been 'dere too,” chipped in Mater as he rolled up to them.
“Sure, Mater,” smiled Sally, either unaware of his jibe or choosing to ignore it.
Lightning barely hid his annoyance at Mater teasing them about their still-platonic relationship. Not to mention that he wouldn’t get much alone time with Sally today even though this was his best buddy that was tagging along. “You sure you can keep up with us, Mater?”
“Ah may be a rusty old tow truck, but you ain’t done seen what’s under this hood of mine yet! No sir, not at all!” bragged Mater proudly.
“Mater, you don’t have a hood.”
“Oh yeah.”
“Come on boys, last one there has to treat the rest to dinner!” chirped Sally.
“That’s a lot to bet on,” mumbled Lightning.
“It’s only fun when the stakes are high. Ready you two? On three. One…two…” And then the azure sports car disappeared in a trail of dust.
“Aw shoot, she didn’t say three, Lightnin’!” grumbled the tow truck. He turned to where Lightning was and noticed he had vanished too. “Dadgum!” he cursed before gunning his engine and peeling off down the road after the two.
The trio raced their way through the curving roads that snaked through the forest, up the mountains, down the valleys and though the heart of Carburetor Canyon… They laughed as they kicked pebbles and splashed puddles at each other. Mater even attempted to reverse drive and stay in front of the two, but ended up backing into a pile of leaves by the side of the road. They had just passed the majestic, thundering waterfall when they came upon a fork in the road.
“Strange, never saw that before,” said Lightning as they all screeched to a halt. One path was the usual winding one that eventually led to the cliffs and the Wheel Well. The other went straight into a tunnel deep in the side of the mountain.
“Let’s try the other route. Maybe it’s a shortcut,” suggested Sally. With that, she shot first into the black, gaping mouth of the tunnel.
“Wait up, Miss Sally!” yelled Mater and charged in after her.
“Oh, what the heck,” said Lightning to no one in particular and slowly coasted into the entrance.
The trio travelled in silence and in total darkness for a few minutes. Eventually, they saw a bright light at the end of the tunnel.
“There’s the exit!” cried Sally. “Finally, I’d thought we’d never get out of here!”
And so the three cars drove on into the light, as it slowly illuminated them before enveloping them in a pure white-out. None of them had any idea what was at the other end, or what surprises lay in store for them.
OoC: So whatchya think? Come on, people. Let’s see those prologues! If it’s too troublesome to write one, then we can cut straight to the action! Wink