From The Ashes, We Rise

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After finally getting back to the garage, I immediately hopped out of the car and started to get to work. I had so much to do in such little time, three days was not really a lot of time, to be honest, and I don't even know the route we were supposed to take for the whole race he didn't even say much about anything, to be honest. Damn it, there were just too many things to deal with and think about for this damn race, not to mention that my opponents aren't just random high school students thinking they're the toughest shit, these people were the real fucking deal, and I've never actually had to race people like this before. The cops too, are going to be a huge issue especially because this is going to be a high fucking tier race and I know for certain the speed force is going to be out and about, this is some serious shit I just put myself into, and I don't know if I'm actually going to be able to do this, and dad's car I just don't know if it can even do anything, I don't even have a nitrous kit for it, damn it.

I was just too lost in my thoughts too focused on this whole thing, that I completely forgot that was a person in my car, who looked like she had just come face to face with death, her hands gripping her seat as her knuckles were a pale white. She that for a moment, before realizing we weren't moving anymore and got out of the car in an instant, kissing the nasty garage floor, "Land! Sweet, sweet land!", she states before gagging and coughing from the dirt, grime, and dust on the floor. "Ack! Bad idea, bad idea!!", she said out loud, but I didn't pay her attention as I was only focused on the upcoming race, I didn't even realize she was heading right towards me an angry expression plastered on her face.

"Hey you wanna explain what the hell was all that?!", she yells at me, but I ignored her as my mind was set on more important things, and she did not like that one bit. "Hey, are you listening?!", she shouts, and as she noticed that I didn't respond she just growled before walking right up to me and smacking the back of my head with as much force as she could, maybe a bit too much. "ACK!!", I yell out in pain as my collides with the trunk of my car, as I could feel my head screaming out in pain, a soft ringing sound was just barely audible but I could still hear it as I rubbed my head trying to soothe my pain. "OW what the hell was that for?!", I asked through gritted teeth the pain was pretty strong, "I didn't mean to hit you that hard, b-but you deserve it!", she stated, "You were ignoring me!! Now could you explain what the hell is going on here?!", she asks as I just sent her a glare.

"First off didn't you pay attention at the meet-up, second it has nothing to do with you, you crazy bitch!", I say to her as I stood up my head feeling somewhat better but I could still hear that sound but it wasn't a ringing sound like I thought it was, but I couldn't explain what it was. It was soon drowned out by Kiara who was pretty annoyed by my reaction, as she started to rant about how I was acting but I just tuned her out, which turned out to be a whole lot easier than I thought it would be, as I got back to work on the car, trying to reinforce it with anything I could, changing the tires to be more grip oriented as I think that would be much better for a high stakes race like this. Kiara realizing that I wasn't listening to her simply just pouted and took a seat on one of the random stools in the garage and just watched me as I worked on the car. 

I had a big decision to make here, did I want to make the car heavier and more reinforced just in case any of the other racers try to pull some shit, or if the cops show up if I did that my car would be a whole lot slower but it would be able to take a couple of hits. But on the other hand, I could make it light, meaning that it would be faster but It would be much harder to control, and could crash really easily, damn it what the hell do I do here? I just didn't know what to do here, there were just so many things here that I needed to plan to work on, and there was just so much at stake here that I couldn't afford to lose, and to make matters worse it's a fucking elimination race of all things, and I couldn't even do much to the car as I didn't have the cash for new parts let alone that nitrous kit, what the hell should I do here.