[VOLUME 11: THE ETERNAL CHASE][LIFE: #48][LOCATION: SECTOR 0 HIGHWAY]
The garage door didn't open. Kaelen Thorne drove through it.
CRASH.
The Glitch Car—a monstrosity of welded steel, exposed wires, and a glowing blue engine core—burst onto the rain-slicked streets of Sector 0. It didn't sound like a car. It sounded like a jet engine gargling gravel.
"Seatbelts!" Kaelen roared, slamming the shifter into second gear.
"There are no seatbelts!" Aldren Vance shrieked from the passenger seat, clutching the dashboard. "There are only zip ties and prayers!"
"Pray harder!" Kaelen drifted around a corner, narrowly missing a flickering streetlight.
In the back seat, Elara Vance was squeezed between a pile of spare parts and Li Wusheng.
"The Feng Shui of this vehicle is catastrophic," Li noted calmly, though his knuckles were white as he gripped a roll cage bar. "The metal element is screaming."
"Look behind us!" Elara pointed out the rear window.
