Molly had a bad feeling about this.

Chuck Cranston, Ariel's boyfriend, had summoned Ren to his father's racetrack.

"If that shithog tries anything, I'm gonna pound him," Willard said.

Molly chewed on the cuff of her trusted hoodie.

"Hey now, darlin'. I ain't gonna let nothin' happen to you or your brother. You know that right?" Willard grabbed her wrist and pulled it away from her mouth.

Molly nodded, looking up into his brown eyes.

"Hey! Twinkle Toes. Watching you the other night, that was real entertaining. We thought we'd invite you out here. Maybe you could put on a show for us," Chuck said.

"Chuck, didn't you hear? He's real into gymnastics," one of Chuck's cronies said.

"Gymnastics." Chuck jumped down from his truck. "Well...I thought only fags were into gymnastics."

"I thought only assholes still used the word fag," Ren said.

Chuck laughed. "Touché. Why don't you try dancing with this?" Chuck climbed up on a tractor and drove it across the racetrack.

There were four buses parked on the racetrack.

"Now...we race these buses every weekend at the Derby Mash-up. We race them in a figure eight, just like this." He drew an 8 in the dirt. "Two things you gotta worry about. Your corners and your intersection. You fall behind, you're gonna get hit by the leader. You pull ahead, you just might get slammed by the guy in last place. What do you say, city boy? Ready to race?"

Ren chose the bus with the stuffed animals on it.

Molly waited for Willard and Woody to walk away. "Please be careful. I can't lose you."

Ren smiled. "You'll never lose me, Mols."

Molly hugged her brother's neck and kissed his cheek before she went to go wait with the others.

"How do, all you pissants? Welcome to the Cranston Motor Speedway! We got one practice lap before the green flag drops, folks. It's a three-lap race to the finish line or the last man standing. Gentlemen, start your engines!"

Everyone started their engines and made their way onto the track.

"We've got hometown hero Chuck Cranston in Burn in Hell. On the outside, we've got the new kid racing in the Fun Zone, Ren MacCormack."

"Go Fun Zone!" Willard yelled.

"Caroline and Russell are in the back of the pack, ya'll. Now we're coming into turn four and getting ready for the green flag."

Ariel pulled off her shirt and waved it around.

"Green flag, green flag, green flag! And go!"

They all cheered for Ren as the race started.

"They're coming around turn number one. Fun Zone is loose around the corner. Hang in there! Hang in there! Chuck Cranston takes the lead, with Russell on his ass. Caroline and MacCormack are door to door, they're battling for third place!"

Caroline rammed her bus into Ren's.

Molly gasped and grabbed Willard's hand. Willard looked down seeing her tiny hand in his.

Molly didn't realize it because she was chewing on the cuff of her hoodie and watching the race with fear in her eyes.

"She is tearing him up! They're coming out of turn four. Here they come, headed straight for the intersection! Somebody better stop! Somebody better do something!"

Ren slammed on the breaks, but Caroline kept going and smashed into some barrels.

"Caroline is into the wall! Russell and MacCormack are duking it out for second place."

Russell rammed Ren with his bus and Ren rammed back into him, sending Russell careening into a pole.

Ren ran over the live wires.

"We got fireworks! God bless America!"

Molly broke free of Willard and started running down towards the racetrack.

"Molly!" Willard yelled, running after her.

"Shit," Woody cursed.

Willard grabbed her around the waist.

"Chuck Cranston holds the lead with one lap to go!"

Ren and Chuck were headed straight for each other.

"Oh, we've got us a regular Mexican standoff, folks."

Molly struggled against Willard's grip. "Ren!" she screamed.

Willard froze, hearing her voice for the first time. Willard hated that it was filled with fear and terror.

"Who's gonna back down? Who's gonna back down? Somebody's gotta back down."

Ren gunned it and slammed into the side of Chuck's bus, which flipped onto its side.

"Chuck is down! MacCormack takes the lead!"

"Fire! He's on fire!" Woody's girlfriend yelled.

Woody grabbed a fire extinguisher and climbed onto the bus to try to put out the fire.

The bus was headed for Chuck's again.

Woody and Ren jumped out of the bus before it crashed into Chuck's and completely exploded.

Willard let go of Molly and she went running for her brother.

Ren stood up only for Molly to roughly shove him.

Tears were falling from her eyes as he tried to wrap his arms around her.

She fought him and hit his chest with her small fists.

"Hey, hey. It's okay. I'm okay."

Molly finally broke down in her brother's arms and loud sobs left her mouth. She was so close to losing him. She didn't know if she could take losing another person she loved.

Ren put his cheek on her head as he stroked her hair.

As Willard watched the pair of siblings, he could only hope that one day he heard Molly's voice the way it was intended to be.