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[Taiga]

Chapter 6 | I'll die another day​

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As Sarah and Nick leaves for the night, Jack is left alone in his ward.
He turns the TV on and surfed the channels, eventually stopping at BCC 2.

Low Gear is on!
That's my favorite TV show!
I love Richard May!
And that...that...

Jack dozes off into his first sleep after the accident.







I'm going to kill him today.
He ruined my life.
Boss threw me out of the family because I lost him a whole lot of cash in that tuned car race.
It's his fault!
HIS!
Jack Clarkson, today, you'll pay.

Hmm. I wonder who this Marcus guy is.
Oh well. A big cash prize for this duel.
Might as well take it.
I mean, I know I'll win.

He will never know that I'm that guy from all those races.
I've even painted my S2000 white so that he can't recognize it.
I'll kill him, and then prove to Boss that I'm actually useful.
Then I'll be back.

There he is.
Watch out, Jack Clarkson.

An S2000 appears in Jack's rearview.

That must be him.
I hope he's ready to lose.
"Too cocky, Jack."

Marcus started behind Jack.
He had a monster engine hidden below that bonnet.
It had been upgraded since the last time he met Jack in the S2000.

They took off, with Jack flying into the front with his superb 4WD launch.


But Jack had no chance on the straights.

The monster S2000 caught up by then end of the tunnel.

What?!
What is under that thing?!
Could it be...?

With ease, Jack.
Watch out for the oil slick in the next corner.


I'll take him here.
I know I can!

Jack dived into the corner, nearly cutting Marcus off.


Then, suddenly, his Impreza lost all the grip it had.
It went right onto Marcus' deathtrap.
It slid.
Thankfully, Marcus was there as his rolling wall.

What the hell?!
What was that?!
God!
If he wasn't there, I would've spun right off into the hills!

What?!
Damn!
I'm gonna kill you, Jack.
You ruined my life and now, my car.
You'll pay.
You'll pay alright.

Marcus was well into the lead by the time Jack regained control.

Right. I gotta catch him.
Hold on just for a sec.
There's something oddly familiar about the way he drives.
Could it be?
No Jack! Focus!
But... Really?
I have to know!
I have to.

I'll take him here!
That's it!

You're not dead?
You're like a bug on my windscreen.

Jack got side by side with Marcus.

Damn! No!
This is impossible!
Damn, you Jack Clarkson!


That's it.
He's definitely the same guy who drove the grey S2000, the Civic and the 400R.
He definitely is!
Finally! For a year, I've been bugged by this mystery driver for every race I go to.
Now, I'll finally see that face below the helmet.

I'll not let you take any of this, Jack!
HWARHH!

Marcus swerves his car sharply into the Impreza's rear.

It pitted Jack immediately.
The impact was so strong, even his 4WD system could not control the slide.

Ahhh!

Jack spun across the track, off to the grass on the other side.

I'll finish him.

Marcus, with the sight of Jack dead ahead, T-Boned his car.

I'm done.
Jack Clarkson's dead.
And I should have an access pass right back into Boss' family.
Today's turning out rather well for me.

But Jack escaped death.
The harness kept him in the car and the strong bucket seats prevented the split roll-cage from sending a tube through his spine.
He's alive.

 

[DK]

The Boss won't be happy...nice chapter. 👍

 

[Suzumiya]

Jack....Marcus...The Run? XD
Thought I'd point that out...

 

[Michelin]

Jack....Marcus...The Run? XD
Thought I'd point that out...

LOL Now that you pointed it out, it really is. Now we're missing Mila, Nikki, Garrett and that El Camino crew.

 

[Suzumiya]

LOL Now that you pointed it out, it really is. Now we're missing Mila, Nikki, Garrett and that El Camino crew.

SAM!! How can you forget her!! XD

 

[Michelin]

SAM!! How can you forget her!! XD

Oh and the mob. Well, in a world with Nikki and Mila who needs Sam?

 

[GT5 X1]

Lol. Low Gear? Richard May? HAHAHA!

 

[Taiga]

Jack....Marcus...The Run? XD
Thought I'd point that out...

It is actually based on The Run.
But it's an original story, nonetheless.

 

[phil bell]

LOL Low gear. Great shots by the way, really help convey the story and the speed blur is just right. And I like how the story is shaping up. Why an STI though?

 

[jus1029]

Nice Fanfic!

Quick questions:
1. Are the first few chapters dreams?
2. Is he trying to find out who started the accident?
3. Can he shift?

 

[Taiga]

1. Yes. I state present time when it isn't. Well, until Jack's back in the right mind.

2. Let the story unfold itself.

3. Not sure what you quite mean, but he can do manual!

 

[GT5 X1]

I think i might do stories too!

 

[Taiga]

Added 'chapter music' to each chapter except the first.

I recommend all that have read thus far, to read it again with the music turned on, and those of you who haven't, start now.

 

[Taiga]

Chapter 7 | Godzilla's a lifesaver​

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Sarah and Nick left the Hospital 30 minutes ago.

Jack is asleep in his ward, his mind warped with dreams of his past.

The world continues like every other day.
But it isn't. Not for these 3.




Nick and Sarah was at the Ensemble, a few klicks away from the Hospital.
They were there to buy a Magazine, Low Gear, searching in the classifieds section for a car for Jack.

"Would he want another LF-A?"

"Doubt so.
He just crashed one. It may leave... emotional scars?
How about a GT-R?"

"Nick, just 'cause you like GT-Rs, doesn't mean he would.
All the good stuff in the world's a GT-R to you.
Say, don't that Yazunori Kamauchi guy like the GT-R too?"

"You mean the guy behind Granza Turisformo?
Yeah.
Hey, how about a Ford GT?"

"Nah. I know Jack, he wouldn't like that car.
What about this ZR-1?"

Nick takes the Magazine over, looking at the ad of the Matte Black ZR-1.
Sarah took a red sharpie out and circled the ZR-1 ad on LowGear.

At that moment, a black WRX dashed straight into Nick and Sarah.
It didn't look like an accident.
It looked like it was an attempt at killing them.

It missed them. Barely.
Sarah's hair got messed up by the wind following the WRX.

"What the?!"

"The hell was that?!"

Nick looked back, and saw the WRX doing a handbrake turn, readying to strike again.

Nick shifted into gear 1, activated the launch control and took off.
All under a second.

The GTR's superior standstill launch meant that it had put a small distance between it and the WRX behind.

But it caught up, somehow.
That WRX has a crazy engine under there.
And whoever's that is driving it must be a pro too.

"Wait. What?!
That's impossible!"

"Just focus on the road, Nick!
STEP ON IT!"


Nick shifted the godzilla into 3rd.
It only took a tenth of a second to change up from 2nd, thanks to the clutch in the white monster.

He pulled away a little from the black menace.
But Nick knew straight line acceleration was not the way to run from that hitman.

Nick took a racing line into the next corner, hoping to outrun the WRX through the set of turns ahead.

However, the WRX did not turn. It went straight into Nick's GT-R.

It clipped the very end of Nick's front bumper, causing a big dent in the front.
No mechanical damaged was apparent, and Nick pressed on.


The WRX spun round, ready to take the godzilla head on.

It missed Nick and Sarah. Again.

Nick pressed the pedal on the right hard and the car lurched forward, leaving the WRX behind.

The WRX was lost.

"What. Was that?"

"I don't know.
But what I think is, is that someone's trying to put us six feet under."

"Whaat?! Who would do that?!
I mean, we have no enemies of any dangerous sort.
Certainly it wouldn't be any of the people we've raced against before?"

"Nah.
None of those wimps would dare mess with me.
Or Jack.
Or you.
Wait.
Could this be why Jack crashed?"

"Watch out!
There!"

There was another black WRX coming off the on-ramp of the freeway.
It looks exactly like the one they just ran away from.

The GT-R passed it with it's already-high speed.

Nothing could out-run the GT-R now.
All 700 horses, kicking in to save 2 lives.

"We gotta get to Jack.
We have to."

 

[jus1029]

Great and tensed chapter! 👍 The "chapter music" really works! I feel like I was in a movie!

 

[phil bell]

Great continuation by the way, lets see Jack soon hopefully.
And also what kind of car you plan. Something un-orthodox.

 

[Michelin]

The music added a different approach to the chapter, I liked it.

 

[Taiga]

Thanks for reading this chapter!
Seems to me the music is working well.

 

[Taiga]

Would you guys like to see more Nick and Sarah or more of Jack and Marcus?

(Just an excuse for a free bump C: )

 

[Machate-man]

I see you've found Ensemble as well...

 

[VTiRoj]

I find myself forgiving the Kia Impreza for its crimes against the Impreza name, after it smacked the GT-R in the face. I want to know who was driving that WRX, so I may award them a medal.

 

[Taiga]

I see you've found Ensemble as well...

The little things that GT put in.

I find myself forgiving the Kia Impreza for its crimes against the Impreza name, after it smacked the GT-R in the face. I want to know who was driving that WRX, so I may award them a medal.

But the Kia lost in the end.
+1 to Nick for the GT-R!

 

[GT5 X1]

I want MORE!

 

[Taiga]

More will come. It's just that I'm a little busy with school at the moment.

 

[Taiga]

Really, really busy last month. Back to usual business now!

Chapter 8 Preview​

Chapter Music:










I gotta land right.
I gotta!

Here we go.

Short chapter sypnosis:
Jack is still in his sleep. His life is being played out in front of him. In 2010, he enters a Rally Cross event for the big cash prize of 15,000 CR.
But something happened.

And it wasn't good.