Chapter 1
In the muted strobe lights that were mounted to the ceiling, a raven-haired woman stood leaning over the rail of a platform, watching the bodies of the patrons grind against one another. She scanned the crowd looking for new racers, and some of the local spectators. Her phone buzzed in the back pocket of her tight black denim jeans. Flipping the phone open, she pushed her hair out of the way and pulled the phone to her ear. " Karin," a low, raspy, female voice said, "she's here. She's in the emergency room, she lost a lot of blood, and she was shot at." The voice said in a rushed, flustered tone. " Nami, who's in the ER?" Karin asked putting her other hand over her ear, trying to block out the loud, booming music of the night club.
" Karin, Yuzu's in the ER, she was shot, and their trying to get the bullet out. Karin, Yuzu's been shot." Sobs took over the other end of the phone before Karin hung up the phone. Stuffing her phone back into her pocket, Karin bolted down the steps of the platform, and out the door of the night club. She forced the door of her ultimate aero open before slamming it shut again. Shoving the key in the ignition, she waited for the engine to purr to life before peeling out of the club parking lot.
Speeding down the highway towards the hospital, Karin raged with anger, and sped as fast as the car could take her. Turning into the parking lot of the hospital, Karin snatched the keys from the ignition, and dashed through the front door, down the halls, and to the Emergency room. Nami stood, clad in a skimpy royal blue top, a black mid-thigh skirt, and a pair of black leather boots. She shook almost violently, with terror clear on her face. "Nami," Karin said, stopping in front of the emergency room doors. "What happened?" Nami looked at Karin, tears coming to her eyes. "We were at a party at Nana's house, and Yuzu said she wanted to race some guy." She continued to shack, staring at the doors of the ER. "Nami," Karin gripped her shoulders forcing her to look at her. "Did You See who the guy was, or were they went?" Karin asked.
Nami shook her head no. "No, but she said they were going to the Seventh section of the highway." Karin looked down, studying the floor tiles, trying to clear her head, and think straight. "Karin, she just got out of surgery, come on!" Nami said before pulling Karin into a white hospital room filled with drip veins, tubes, and machines. "Yuzu" Karin whispered softly, in the middle of the room was her sister, lying motionless on a hospital bed with bandages wrapped around her head. Karin crossed the room to pick up her sisters hand, and squeeze it lightly, before putting it back down and turning to face Nami.
Her face was stotic, but her eyes burned with rage, and anger." Call me when the doctor comes to Check on her." Karin said before slipping through the door and out of the hospital. Karin stormed to her car, and slid in before turning on the engine and tearing from the parking lot. Karin's car was fast, it was a silver SSC Ultimate Aero TT, it took months to find on the black market, but at that moment it wasn't fast enough to satisfy Karin's lust for vengeance.