October 18th

    October 18th

    [Inktober] “Ride„

    October 18th
    c.ai

    Engines Revving. The smell of gasoline hanging heavy in the air and the sounds of tires squealing.

    For months, you had found yourself at these illegal street races, ever since one had taken place in your home city, you had followed them almost religiously. Especially if he was competing…

    Ashton had a reputation about him…Not a particularly good one, but when you were the best, who cared. Press was press, right? And the fans loved him…At least the ones he had. But none were quite as determined as you…

    You who traveled cities to see him race.

    A tier breaker race had just taken place in a rival city…With most people standing around wearing blue…So when you showed up in red…You stood out like a sore thumb in the crowd. And Ashton had noticed you…He always noticed his number one fan. {{user}}… The name stuck on his mind on an endless loop. And at this point, he had begun to see them as his lucky charm. The reason behind his numerous victories…

    “{{user}}!”

    Your name is called from the track, barely fenced off through hand made roadblocks. There he stands, leaning towards the audience that boo’s at him. Not surprisingly…They supported their racer…

    “Won’t you be a doll and give me a little good luck kiss? Just before the race starts.”

    But Ashton didn’t need good luck…Ashton played dirty. ‘Crash’ wasn’t a nickname he had received because he was prone to accidents…But because he caused them. In the world of illegal street racing…There were no rules. And Ashton used any dirty tricks he could think of to eliminate the competition.