Keira’s Story Chapter 1

A flash of purple light from the sky lighted the streets of Haven City for a short moment. With the light came a girl, literally falling out of the sky. The girl had green hair and green eyes. She wore a purple pair of trousers and a white top. Her name was Keira. She got op and looked around while she was rubbing a painful spot on her left shoulder. She landed in front of a huge building, with from came a loud cheering and, on the background, the sound of a mechanic working. But more important, the whole street was gaunt. On the one side that was good, because she didn’t know how people around here would react to a girl that fell out of sky. On the other side, she started this strange journey with three other men. Or actually, two man and one Ottsel. She looked around one more time, hoping that they where there now, that they landed a little later or something. But she didn’t see her father, Samos, the wise Sage of Green Eco, or the annoying Ottsel, Daxter. And she didn’t see her good friend, Jak. Well, good friend… She hoped that they where more than that. She felt a tear rolling over her cheek while thinking of them. She got mad on herself for crying and swept the tear powerful away. She turned around to the building again and heard the sound of a mechanic working a little louder. She walked into the building, towards the sounds of the mechanic. She came out in a workshop. The workshop was big, with many cars that need to be fixed, a huge collection of tools she had never seen before, a mysterious curtain and 16 young men staring at her. ‘Oops, wrong room,’ she said and she turned around to walk away, but one of the man grabbed her arm and pulled her back. ‘Not so fast, missy,’ he said. Keira hated man talking like that. He just asked for some girl-power right in the face. She turned around and drew her arm loose. ‘Now listen very well, you moron,’ she said angry. ‘Nobody has the right to call me ‘missy’. Understand?’ The man laughed and the 15 other joint him. ‘So you think you’re tough, huh?,’ he asked her, still laughing. ‘Well…,’ Keira said, with a sweet smile. ‘Judging by everything I’ve seen here, I think that I think more than the 16 guys here.’ They took a while thinking about what she said. Then the biggest guy got forward. ‘Alright then,’ he said with a mean sneer. ‘We give you a change to prove yourself. You’re gonna race.’ Keira smiled. ‘Race? No problem. Against who?’ The big man took an intimidating posture. Well, he thought it was. Keira was not impressed. ‘Against me,’ he said. ‘Alright then. Where’s my car?’ The 15 man in the room gasped, and even the big boss looked a bit stunned. He recovered vast and walked to an old, rusty car in the back of the workshop. ‘Your car, m’ lady.’ Keira took a quick look at the car. ‘Alright,’ was everything she said. She grabbed a weird looking tool and started to work on the engine, the carburettor, the oil tank and the cylinders. After 15 minutes she was done, but the oil was all over her. ‘Does somebody has a towel or something?,’ she said blinded by oil. One of the men gave her a towel, and Keira cleaned her face. Now she could see again, she saw 16 shocked faces looking at her. ‘What?,’ she asked astonished. ‘Nothing,’ they said as one. Keira giggled and cleaned her hands. She put the towel away and turned around to the big boss. ‘Shall we then?,’ Keira asked. ‘What? Oh yeah, yeah, sure,’ the big boss said completely stunned. He walked to the curtain, disappeared after it and came back after a few seconds with a beautiful car. Keira was a bit angry that she had such an ugly car, but she knew that didn’t make any difference. The big boss took his car and walked outside, followed by ‘the gang’ and Keira. He walked into an other section of the building. It was a racing arena, the biggest Keira has ever seen. She realised that the cheering she heard earlier came from here. ‘Okay,’ the big boss said when everybody was at the starting line. ‘It’s very simple. Just drive, 5 laps. Cutting corners is not allowed. And if you need a turbo, just pick up one of the purple rings on the track. Chris!’ The smallest man came next to the big boss. You’re the referee, alright?’ ‘Fine’ The man named Chris grabbed the famous white/black flag. The big boss and Keira moved to the starting line, started the car and let the engine warm up. Then Chris said: ‘Ready? Get set. RACE!’ And the big boss and Keira where off.