Five Years in the Future (Cars fanfic)

[Kamui.EXE]

Kamui would be supprised, actually. She wouldn't have annticipated it. She'd also be kinda quiet too. Not entirly soft or anything.

Er... as a slight deviation, can Kamui have a Blade-fan axil kicking moment somewhere in your fic? ^^; I kinda wanna see that.... Okay.... I'll shut up now and be quiet..... like a good little me....

~Kamui.EXE

[Insane Pirate Dragon]

Phoenix would be shocked and wouldn't have seen it coming.

And since she's getting over being in term, she hadn't been able to go out and see everyone until Chase was born.

So she wouldn't have known something was up with Rosa.

[ebonyviper]

Five Years in the Future
by EbonyViper

DISCLAIMER: Cars and everything related to it belongs to Pixar Disney. Ebony and Rosa belong to me. Phoenix StreamLiner belongs to Insane Pirate Dragon. Kamui Exan belongs to Kamui.EXE. Slaytor belongs to Zed57. Fabrizio Lambardi belongs to Orca. Darcy MacIsaac belongs to Evangeline. Slick is NPC. No copyright infringement intended. This is only for fun.

NOTE: If I missed anything in this chapter, than it'll be in the next chapter. Also, because I'm going to have class, the chapters for this story will take a bit longer to write and post from now on. Please be patient. Thank you.

Chapter 6

They sat with Rosa through the night, keeping a close eye on her condition. Soon, Boost, Phoenix, Kamui, and Slick joined them. These two couples had left their children with Darcy and had driven up themselves.

Rosa was still deeply sleeping, but the areas where her now-missing spikes would've been twitchd every once in awhile. This was also an indicator that she was having nightmares.

Poor Rosa, Ebony thought, looking over at her obviously suffering agemate, How much has she been suffering over the years?

Ebony got up from her position beside her agemate and started pacing back and forth across the floor of the hospital room. Every now and then, she looked toward Rosa, worry starting to appear on her features.

"Ebony," a soft voice reached her and the black Viper turn toward Fabrizio, who was watching her with concern.

"I can't help it," Ebony explained, "She's my agemate and I worry about her."

"We're all worried about Rosa," Fabrizio agreed, "and I'm really concerned about what state of mind was when she did that to herself."

"I don't know," Ebony was not only concerned, but upset about what Rosa had done to herself, "Why didn't I know what was going on with her?"

Fabrizio got up from where he was sitting next to the still-sleeping Rosa and came over to Ebony.

"Don't beat yourself up about Rosa," the silver Vector told Ebony, "it's not your fault. I don't think she'd blame you anyway."

"But... I should've known..." Ebony repeated weakly.

"None of us knew," said Fabrizio, "and you're going to worry yourself sick if you don't calm yourself down soon."

"Well, I've called Slaytor," said Ebony, "He's coming as soon as he can."

"There you go," said Fabrizio, "At least you have someone to help you through this. And your friends are here as well, so why don't you go spend time with them?"

Ebony had to agree. She thanked Fabrizio as the Vector settled back down as close as he could to Rosa's messed-up form while Ebony herself went out into to the waiting room where her friends were currently at.

Seeing the Viper finally come out of Rosa's hospital room, Phoenix stands up from where she has been leaning against Boost and goes over to Ebony.

"Any changes?" she asked, although she already knew what the answer might be.

"No," Ebony shook her front, "Rosa's in the same condition as she was when when we first saw her. And the doctors can't do anything for her until she wakes up. They're just concentrating on keeping her in a stable condition."

Phoenix sighs and sinks low on her tires. "You know, if I wasn't in term and stuck in one place, I would've known what was going on with her."

"Don't say that, Nix," said Ebony, looking at her best friend, "You couldn't have known..."

The Viper sounded almost pleading. Ebony herself had been confined to her home while she was in term with the twins. She couldn't really have known that anything was wrong with Rosa either.

"...And neither could I have known," sighed Ebony, "I don't think we should blame ourselves though. We couldn't help being in term and at least one of us didn't have any choice in that matter."

At that moment, Fabrizio came out of Rosa's room and turned to the group that was waiting outside.

"She's awake," he announced, "and she's very confused and frightened. Ebony, I think that you'd better go see her."

Ebony nodded and reentered Rosa's room to find that the scarlet Probe was indeed awake, but there was confusion and fear in Rosa's features. She approached her agemate slowly so as not to spook her.

"Rosa...?" Ebony asked, her voice soft, "How are you?"

Rosa was like a frightened mouse and she burrowed deeper into the cushions and nightcovers that made up her bed and provided to her by the hospital staff. It was apparent to Ebony that Rosa was clearly disturbed by something, but what?

"It's alrigh," Ebony spoke in a soft, reassuring voice, "Nobody's gonna hurt you. I won't let them."

What's happened to you, Rosa? Ebony thought as her agemate huddled under the nightcovers. She approached carefully so as to not spook Rosa and gently lifted up the edge of the nightcover to look into very frightened hazel eyes.

"Rosa?" she asked quietly, but with concern, "Are you okay?"

The Probe shook her front in a gesture that meant 'no'.

"What's wrong?" asked Ebony.

"S-s-scared..." Rosa stuttered fearfully.

"What are you scared of?" Ebony asked another question, her voice still soft.

"P-p-pain..." was Rosa's single-word answer.

Ebony grew even more concerned about her agemate, "Are you hurt?"

"Uh huh..." Rosa nodded, becoming more comfortable with how Ebony was speaking to her.

"How much?" asked Ebony, keeping her questions simple.

"Lots," answered Ros, "All over."

Rosa looked around at her surroundings, her eyes and mind much clearer than they had been just as she had woken up.

"Ebony...?" she asked, "Where am I...?"

"In a hospital," answered Ebony, "You were hurt pretty badly. Some of your spikes are missing."

Rosa sinks low on her shocks. A tear streams down her side. Ebony comes a little bit closer until she's nose to nose to Rosa.

"Can you tell me?" she asked Rosa gently.

Hesitating for a moment, Rosa glanced up and looked into Ebony's emerald green eyes and seeing the concern there, she decided to tell Ebony her reasons.

"Wanted to touch..." Rosa croaked plaintatively, "Got tired of these spikes... not letting anybody close to me... I feared that I might hurt them... if I hadn't pulled them out... but they hurt when I did it..."

You wanted...?" Ebony asked, "but you nearly killed yourself. I was very worried about you."

"...Didn't mean to... make you worry..." Rosa closed her eyes and sniffed a bit.

Ebony edges even closer to Rosa and gives her a fender nuzzle as she had seen Fabrizio so often do. She hoped that would help Rosa feel better.

"It's okay," Ebony said in a reassuring voice, "You're still alive and you have friends who care about you. We won't leave you alone and we'll help you through this."

The two agemates sat in silence for a few minutes, there fenders touching. Rosa drew a bit of strength from Ebony.

"Ebony...?" asked Rosa tentatively, "Can I ask you something...?"

"Yes?"

"Could you please stay with me for while...?" asked Rosa.

"Don't worry, Rosa," assured Ebony, "I won't leave you. Ever. Just get some rest now, okay? Everyone wants you to get better, including Fabrizio."

Rosa perks up at the mention of the Vector's name, "F-Fabrizio...? He's here too...?"

"Yes," nods Ebony, "he's here too. Do you want me to call him in?"

"Please do..."

Within minutes, Fabrizio is back in Rosa's room. He comes right over to Rosa and gives her a welcoming fender nuzzle just as Ebony had done.

"Rosa, I was worried about you," he told her, concern in his voice, "I'm just glad you're alright now."

"I'm just... so tired..." Rosa murmurred faintly, "...Would you please stay... with me, Brizi...?"

At any other time, Fabrizio would've told Rosa not to call him by that nickname, but right now he didn't care at the moment. All he cared about right now was Rosa's well-being.

"Of course I'll stay with you, Rosie," he replied, using the nickname that he had given her, "I'll be your shadow."

"...Thank you... Ebony... Fabrizio..." Rosa's voice slurred, "...Don't... leave...me..."

Rosa was again asleep, but her face had a much more content expression than before. That was because Ebony and Fabrizio were with her now and they would not leave her side until she had made a full recovery.

[Orca]

I liked it. Very much. And you did a swell job of keeping everyone in character, as always. I liked the touch of mentioning and using the idea of Fabrizio's dislike for nicknames.

You've done your research.

[Reiji Neko Mitsukai]

Rosa reminds me of Rouge from X-Men. Her inability to touch without hurting someone wears away at her. So sad; poor girl needs a hug! *hugs Rosa*

[ebonyviper]

reijinekomitsukai said:

Rosa reminds me of Rouge from X-Men. Her inability to touch without hurting someone wears away at her. So sad; poor girl needs a hug! *hugs Rosa*

Yeah, Rogue's one of my favorite mutants in the movie. That's who I've based Rosa off of.

[Tracker89]

...Good story. Being able to write other people's characters accurately is a sign of skill. Poor Rosa.

Unfortunately, since none of my characters have interacted with any of yours, they can't really play any role in the story...but maybe you can have one of the characters flipping randomly through TV or radio channels, and hearing a short announcement about Cam winning The Dakar Rally or something.

[ebonyviper]

Can I make it a televised interview?

[Tracker89]

Sounds good...in fact, I just came up with a way where he can play a very minor role. Will send you a PM about it.

[Insane Pirate Dragon]

Awesome chapter. And I can wait, I have the patience of a rock.

And would it be possible to see Boost and Phoenix play Mommy and Daddy to Chase, and both being new parents; I don't think they would leave Chase for very long.

[ebonyviper]

Yeah, I'll put the family scene with Phoenix, Boost, and Chase in the next chapter. I was going to anyway.

[ebonyviper]

kamuiexe said:

Er... as a slight deviation, can Kamui have a Blade-fan axil kicking moment somewhere in your fic? ^^; I kinda wanna see that.... Okay.... I'll shut up now and be quiet..... like a good little me....

~Kamui.EXE

How about I bring back Tony Blitz just for old times sake. He needs another beating anyway.

[Kamui.EXE]

ebonyviper said:

kamuiexe said:

Er... as a slight deviation, can Kamui have a Blade-fan axil kicking moment somewhere in your fic? ^^; I kinda wanna see that.... Okay.... I'll shut up now and be quiet..... like a good little me....

~Kamui.EXE

How about I bring back Tony Blitz just for old times sake. He needs another beating anyway.

Yes. For the win! ^^

~Kamui.EXE

[ebonyviper]

Five Years in the Future
by EbonyViper

DISCLAIMER: Cars and everything related to it belong to Pixar Disney. Ebony and Rosa belong to me. Kamui Exan belongs to Kamui.EXE. Phoenix StreamLiner and Chase StreamLiner Dodge belong to Insane Pirate Dragon. Boo and Natalie Forrester belong to Orca. Hunter and Elizabeth Hudson belong to Rizahawkeye. Slate Walker belong to Zed57. Camran Mahmood belongs to Tracker89. No copyright infringement intended. This is just for entertainment purposes only.

Chapter 7

It was decided by group vote that it would be better to have Rosa recover from her ordeal at Radiator Springs. Ebony and Slaytor opened up their home so that Rosa would have adequate shelter.

The couple helped Rosa get settled in the guest room with one their softest sleeping pads and plenty of nightcovers in which to stay warm on cold nights.

"You should probably keep the twins from making too much noise," Slaytor told Ebony, "They might disturb Rosa with their zooming all over the house and stress her out."

"Don't worry about that. I had a talk with them and they understand that Rosa isn't to be bothered," said Ebony.

Slaytor chuckles, "Smart kids."

"Well, they know when to listen to their mother," grinned Ebony.

"And you are an awesome one at that," Slaytor nuzzles Ebony and begins to rub her in that special place behind her rearview, just to get her to purr.

Sighing contentedly, Ebony leans against Slaytor. She is glad to be back from her trip to Miramichi and she had missed her favorite Mustang. Ebony allowed Slaytor to guide her into their bedroom where they could have some privacy.

"Wanna know something?" Ebony asked quiety, "We're gonna be parents."

"We?" Slaytor raised an eyeshade, "Don't we already have kids?"

"Yeah, but they are genetically related to me, not you," answered Ebony, "and, well... let's just say I was an unwilling participant in that matter. Slate, remember our date?"

"That was two weeks before you left with the twins to take that trip," Slaytor said, "and you were nearly back on you're tires by that time."

Ebony nods, "Right. And the night you took me up to the Wheel Well..."

It was beginning to dawn on Slaytor, "Are you in term again, Ebs?"

Smiling, Ebony nods again, "And this time it's gonna be a whole lot easier on me than it was the first time. Slate, this child is gonna be ours."

Ebony received the most affectionate and loving nuzzle ever from the Mustang.

"Does that mean that you are happy about it?" she snuggled up against his side like a kitten, a sign that her baby was beginning to show in the way her body was moving.

"Well, of course I'm happy about you being in term," Slaytor says, giving her a kiss on the fender, "You and the baby are my main priorities. I'll take good care of you both."

"That's just what I wanna hear," Ebony chuckles slightly, "and don't worry, I'll be under Elizabeth's care during the term. She won't let anything bad happen to me, health-wise."

Slaytor thought for a moment before he spoke again.

"Have you told anyone else?" he asked her, "They should know too."

"No," Ebony shook her front, "Not yet. I wanted to tell you first. But I'll make an announcements when I'm ready. I want everyone gathered together so they could hear the good news at the same time."

"That's good that you want to tell everyone now instead of going silent like you used to do," Slaytor said, "You've become more confidant and beautiful since the first time that I met you five years."

"I was sick then," smiled Ebony, "and I didn't know that I was in term during that time either."

He nuzzled her and gave her another kiss on the fender, snuggling with her under the nightcovers. They both fell asleep like that.

Across Deusenburg Street from the Walker residence, another family was settling in for the night.

"Do ya feel alright, Hon?" asked Boost as he spread the large nightcover over himself, Phoenix, and their son.

"Yeah, I'm just a little tired now," Phoenix replied, "but I'm glad to be back home. Long trips don't really help me and Chase isn't old enough to travel yet."

Boost nuzzled Phoenix affectionately and gazed admiringly at his month-old sone. Now the only bachelor in the Sanders family is Hydro, yet it seems that the youngest of the Viper siblings is cozying up to Natalie, the GT girl that decide to stay in Radiator Springs. The purple Viper wondered briefly where that relationship was going before shaking himself out of his thoughts and burrowing under the nightcover beside Phoenix.

"Well, you do have maternity leave for a couple of months before you have to return to the circuit," said Boost, "you can use that time to rest up and get back into shape."

Phoenix smiled tiredly and snuggled against him. It felt great to be home and be a family for the first time in her life. She didn't know anything about being a mother, but that didn't mean that she can't get some tips from Ebony.

"Sounds good to me..." Phoenix said as she drifted off to sleep, leaning against Boost with Chase leaning against her.

The next morning found the early risers already gathered at Flo's for breakfast.

"Now, what is it that you want to tell us, Sweetie?" Flo turned her attention on Ebony.

Slaytor gave Ebony an encouraging nudge to let her know that he was there for her.

"I'm in term," Ebony said simply, who was not in the habit of going into useless details, "The baby is both Slaytor's and mine."

There was a pause, then the enthusiastic congratulations poured forth. It seemed that the little lonely tuner who had no one to talk to now had a whole town who would support her whenever and however possible.

"Magnifico!" Luigi said in a very happy tone, "You two make such a lovely couple and you will be buono parents. I wish you both the best of luck. Anything you need, Guido and I will be at your service."

"Pit Stop," Guido agreed happily with his Italian companion. Pit stop was, of course, the only English word that the little forklift knew.

"Heh, but I'm not a Ferrari," answered Ebony with a chuckle.

Luigi came up and patted Ebony with his tire, "What does it matter, Love? You are an angel to us."

"Thanks, guys," smiled Ebony, feeling really touched with Luigi's words.

It was then that Lizzie came over with her television set, "Hey, listen to what this guy says on the radio."

"So, Mr. Mahmood," said a reporter who was interviewing a dark green Land Rover Discovery 4x4, "how do you feel about winning the Dakar?"

"It was exhilerating,"replied Camran Mahmood, "I am very happy to have come this far."

"Congratulations," said the reporter, "Is there there any other reason that you have for getting to your goal?"

Cam dipped his front. Then he paused for a minute, thinking. "I'll let you in on a little secret. I am a mixed-breed. Half-Jeep, half-Land Rover. And because of what I am and how mixed-breeds are discriminated against worldwide, I wish to show that they are equals and just as good as everybody else. If they put their minds to it, they can reach their goals, whatever they are. All it takes is determination, skill, courage, and passion."

"Thank you, Mr. Mahmood," said the reporter, "I wish the best of luck to you."

Cam nodded and smiled pleasantly. Then the broadcast went to commercials.

"Whoa, did you hear that? Mixed-breeds are finally getting the respect that they deserve thanks to that Mr. Mahmood on the TV there," Kamui said in an appreciative tone.

"Yeah," agreed Ebony, "This will certainly boost moral for the Tuner-Shooter Alliance."

"And we certainly need it," agreed Kamui, "I'm glad that you're helping with this, Ebony."

"Well, we do share the same experiences with society," Ebony pointed out, "It's only natural that I'm attracted to something like this."

"Thanks," said Kamui, "Anyway, congratulations on the new baby. Maybe this time you can take the factory option. It would be a little easier on you."

Ebony shook her front, "Naw, I'm usd to being in term by now, I can go through it again. It doesn't bother me like it had the first time."

"Ah, I see," said Kamui, grinning, "You prefer the natural way. I should've know about you love of nature."

"Heh, yeah," Ebnoy grinned back, "Speaking of which, has anybody seen Hunter and Boo?"

Meanwhile, the aforementioned animals were outside the town and when they met, hissing and growling erupted in a frenzy. But before they could tear into each other, both Hunter and Boo paused to sniff the air.

Something bad was returning to Radiator Springs. And the town's residents were not going to like this.

[Reiji Neko Mitsukai]

I remember Hunter! Awwww... ^^