A bright flood of color washed over the computer’s reflective screen as Jason Nguyen continued to absentmindedly click link after link on the expensive looking website’s modification photo gallery page. The colors emitted by the computer echoed in his beautiful dark eyes and rap music blared from the strategically placed Bose speakers housed in the four corners of the room; a seemingly futile attempt to try and block out the screaming flashbacks of the previous night’s humiliation. Sadly, that attempt had not proven to be a successful one, and Jason was once again defenseless against the hauntingly vivid memories. He involuntarily cringed as yet another flashback shook him – one that grabbed hold and wouldn’t let go.

The entire car felt the effects of the blow – the steering wheel shuddered from loss of control, and the unstable vehicle began to veer off course, straight toward the rear-end of a brightly polished, chrome trimmed ’04 Toyota Camry. Shouting could be heard in the distance, amid the stunningly loud roar of multiple high-performance engines, followed by a loud crash: the crunching of highly-prized body kits, slamming into one another, and the unbearably loud screaming of expensive metal. And then, nothing.

            And now, here he was, left drowning amid the sorrow, regret – the pure humiliation of that loss. Anger pulsed through him as he thought of the effects of that one brutal mistake. He was known to be the best. Now overnight, he had turned into the laughingstock of the L.A. street racing community. No, he wasn’t going to let that happen – everyone looked up to him. People thought of him as impossible to beat… Invincible. He had to do whatever was possible to earn back his good name. Hence, the heated Internet search.

            With each unsuccessful link, it seemed that Jason’s eyebrows drew a little closer together, an involuntary frown gradually appearing across his beautifully sculpted face. A tough looking, yet somehow soft face that put the taste of fear in competitors, but made their women go weak at the knees. Among other things, his opponents were always in awe of his expansive knowledge of all things vehicular. For a twenty-two year old, Jason knew more than most about the ins and outs of the racing circuit.