Cars 2 by Irene Trimble

Author:Irene Trimble
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Junior Novel
Publisher: Disney Publishing Worldwide
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

As Siddeley reached cruising altitude, he asked Finn, “Afterburners, sir?”

“Is there any other way?” Finn replied.

The jet suddenly jolted forward, and in a few short hours they were looking down at Paris.

Once they’d landed, Mater carefully followed Finn and Holley through backstreets and along alleys toward Finn’s “contact.” Mater was excited to see the sights, but he tried extra hard to follow Finn and Holley’s lead. This was serious business!

They soon reached a marketplace where cars swarmed them, speaking in French. It seemed that every car had something to sell!

Just then a wobbly three-wheeled car turned in their direction and spotted Finn.

Tomber was a parts dealer who drove a hard bargain. He also was Finn’s informant. But Tomber didn’t like strangers or his customers to know he had a relationship with the law. So when he saw Finn with a tow truck, he took off like a shot.

Finn finally caught up with him. “Mater! This chap’s double-parked. You know what to do.”

Mater’s tow hook shot out like a whip. Moments later, Mater was towing Tomber into a dark garage. Holly followed as Finn quickly pulled the door shut, so the four cars could speak in private.

It was all part of the game. Tomber could not afford to let the crowd outside see him talking with strange cars. Finn was pretending to kidnap him while he actually gathered information.

Holley whipped out the holographic photo of the bad engine identified by Mater.

“All right, informant,” Holley said. “Inform us.”

“What a bucket of bolts!” Tomber exclaimed. “Wait. The parts: original from the manufacturer.”

“Any idea who this might be?” Finn probed.

“I haven’t seen parts like this in years. They’re very rare and very expensive,” Tomber said, confirming Mater’s previous remarks. He paused and added, “I’m sorry, Finn. I can’t help you.”

“Mater, is there anything else you can tell us about this engine?” Holley asked desperately.

“Sorry.” Mater frowned. “I told you everything I know about this Lemon.”

Everyone in the room paused.

“Lemon?” Holley asked.

“Yeah, you know—cars that don’t work right,” Mater replied. “Lemons are a tow truck’s bread and butter. Like those Pacers and Gremlins at the party and race and airport and such? They’re Lemons, too.”

“Holley,” Finn blurted. “Pull up the pictures I took on the oil platform. I want to know what other types of cars were out there.”

Holley pulled up the photos and started naming the cars. “There were some Hugos.”

“Mater, is a Hugo considered a Lemon?” Finn asked. He was detecting a trend!

Mater chuckled. A Hugo was definitely a Lemon. And so were the Trunkovs Holley identified in the photos from the oil derrick. Even the genius mastermind Professor Z was a Lemon!

“Finn,” Holley commented, “every car involved in this plot is one of history’s biggest loser cars. And they’re all taking their orders from whoever this is.” Once again she brought up the image of the mysterious and poorly constructed engine.

“Life made him a Lemon,” Finn said, musing aloud. “So he made Lemons his aid.”

Tomber’s eyes grew wide. This was familiar! “This explains it!” he announced.

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