"Bad news Eric. Your Shelby has pretty bad body damage and the undercarriage isn't looking much better." James told him as he walked inside and Eric gave him a worried look, "It's fixable but it's going to take a while."
"Kane beat your car up that badly?!" Sierra asked in an angry voice and the others looked just as angry until Eric shook his head and pointed at himself as he took a sip from his bottle, "How the hell did you manage that?!"
"I jumped into a concrete canal to get away with a guy in a red Evora GT and it worked." He explained with a sigh as he thought about how the man had saved him and they all gave him shocked expressions, "He was one hell of a driver.
"That was Jack and he's one of the eleven most wanted racers in Faircaster. Nobody knows who most of them are and we only recognize them by their cars." Anna told him as she tried to process what he had said before she noticed that he didn't seem surprised to hear that, "You knew about them already didn't you?"
"Kane wanted me to help him take them down." Eric said as he threw his empty bottle away and they clearly wanted him to elaborate more, "Sam was one of them and when I took his pink slip I also took his spot on that list. Kane figured I'd help him because I'm new here and he gave my a folder that had their files in it. I was pretty sure I didn't have a choice until they showed up and saved my ass. I don't know how they knew I was there but I guess they look out for one another."
"Damn. You managed to get on a level in a week that most racers have been trying to get to for years." Isabella told him with wide eyes and he stood up to go see his car. Eric examined his damaged Shelby with sad look before he gritted his teeth and slammed his fist on its roof, putting a dent in it.
"I'm taking Kane down." Eric told Anna as she walked into the garage and she was going to say something to calm him down until his phone began to ring and he answered it with a glare, "Hello?"
"You sound angry Eric." Jack said with a chuckle and he could tell from Eric's silence that he was in no mood for jokes, "Listen there's a club downtown caled Aurora. Swing by there tonight and I'll explain everything."
"I'm bringing someone with me since my car's busted." Eric told him in a serious tone and Jack agreed before hanging up, "Anna I need a ride downtown to go meet Jack."
"Alright." Anna said as they walked out of the garage towards her Camaro and once they were in she slammed on the gas. It didn't take long for then to get downtown and and as they got closer Eric noticed the cars from the files parked around the side. They could hear the music from inside as they got out of the car and when the got to the front they saw the long line of people waiting to get inside. When they tried to walk in the bouncer at the door put his hand on Eric's chest and shook his head at him.
"I'm Eric Young and I'm here to see Jack." Eric explained in a serious tone but the bouncer still didn't let him pass until a woman put her hand on his shoulder and he lowered his arm to let them pass, "You'd think I'd be on the list."
"Not everyone knows who you are just yet." She told them as they followed her inside and up the stairs to a balcony overlooking the dance floor. A group of people sitting around a large looked up at them when they reached the top and Eric was surprised to see how laid-back they were.
"How do you like rhe Aurora Eric? This place is our personal safe haven that not even the cops are willing to mess with." Jack explained as he examined the two before giving them a grin and motioning for them to take a seat, "We want to tell you about Kane."
"From what I gathered he's a cop who specializes in taking down racers right?" Eric asked as he relaxed and Jack gave him a nod, "If that was all there was to it you wouldn't have told me to come here."
"Kane is a corrupt cop that wants all of us dead because we get in the crazy bastards way." One of the men explained in a serious tone and Eric gave him a confused look, "That crew of his aren't cops. They're a gang that go by Onyx Riders and they're like the Cartel of Faircaster. They control everything the underground except street racing and I'm guessing he asked you to help him take us down right?"
"Yeah but I told him to go fuck himself." Eric told him with a grin and the man chuckled, "I'm pretty sure they weren't planning on arresting me after that."
"He's asked most of us that and we all gave him more or less the same answer." The woman who had let them in said as she took a sip of her drink before noticing that Eric still had a hint of anger in his eyes, "Jack said your car got messed up pretty badly while getting away from Kane."
"Yeah it'll be a hot minute before it's back up and running." Eric told them as he clenched his fists and Jack gave him a smile, "What?"
"We can send a guy over tonight to pick it up and he'll do his best to get it back up and running in no time." Jack explained as a bartender put enough shot glasses for all of them and Eric shrugged when Anna gave him a strange look, "Let's drink for the arrival of the newest man to make the list."