Ain Cordare

No Roots-

The US military has been a part of Ain's life from birth. Her father was a fighter jet mechanic for the military, so her family was always on the move. As a child Ain made friends fairly well in her own way but due to the moving constantly she was more than less pen pals than anything. When she was 16 her father was transferred to a small military base in Japan on a permanent basis along with her and her mother. It would be in Japan things would start to change for her. She became fascinated with the racing scene of Japan and as soon as she was able to drive on her own legally she joined the local group near the air force base.

Chasing A Shooting Star-

Ain began racing every weekend and weekday should could on tracks. Her father allowed her to do so on three conditions. One was the races had to be held on roads that could be blocked off from on coming traffic. The second was that he had to be present for her to race. Lastly, any modifications or tune ups she made to the car had to be tested by him first. Ain loved the feeling of freedom that came with racing, especially when she rolled the windows down. She loved the fact that she knew every part of the car and what it's function was. She loved the thrill of being right behind another racer's tail lights then passing them at the last moment possible. It was her favorite thing to do, chasing and passing shooting stars.

The First Fall(trial by earth)-

It was the November of her 17th year. The sky was threatening rain or maybe even snow. Ain was praying that it wouldn't be snow. Her father wouldn't allow the race if it snowed. Ain turned her attention from the sky to where her father was standing. He off and over by the car they'd come in lighting a cigarette. He'd just got done testing the new adjustments to her car and seemed to be trying to think of what to say to her.

"Well?" She asked not being able to listen to just the wind any longer.

Her father took a long slow drag from the cigarette then slowly let out a steady stream of smoke skyward. "Not bad kid." He said after a few more agonizing moments. The man watched as his daughter's face began to light up in excitement at the praise. He put the cigarette to his lips once more and a slow arrogant smile began to spread across his face. "..if you want to drive like a girl." He finished as inhaled once more.

Ain's face immediately dropped into a scowl. "What's THAT supposed to mean?" She protested frowning at her father. He was always like this, teasing her about what ever adjustment she made to the vehicle. It didn't matter how well tuned she would make it he'd always find something ELSE to adjust.

"Exactly what it means...." Her father said shrugging a bit to the sky.

Ain huffed, crossed her arms and glared at the guard rail on the opposite side of the street. "Well...good then." She said finally turning carefully at her father.

"Good?" He asked quirking a brow over at her. Ain's father was even more surprised when she nodded slowly. He turned fully and looked down at his daughter. "And why is that?"

"Because I am a girl." She stated plainly up at him.

The father's shocked face turned to one of mirth as he began to chuckle. "You do have a point." Her father said taking the butt of the cigarette he had been smoking, tossing it to the ground and stomping out its fire. "They're late." He commented on the rest of the racers that were supposed to be coming.

"They'll be here." Ain said looking skyward once again.

Her father made the same motion "But before the snow?"

As if to answer her question a group of cars could be heard coming up the road. Ain and her father turned their gazes back earth bound as the local group of racers came around the corner. The filed in and parked one behind the other at the little side stop on the road.

"You're late Kobayashi." Ain the leader of the group she belonged to as he stepped out of his car. "and they're late too." Ain said of the group that was supposedly challenging their group.

"Yeah yeah." Kobayashi said as he closed the door to his own car in dismissal of the girl who always seemed to beat him to the mountain top. He gave the father a slow nod of greeting. "Cordare-san." He said in acknowledgement.

Mr. Cordare nodded back and with drew the cigarette from his mouth once more. "Kobayashi." He acknowledged back.

A few moments later the skies began to darken and the rain came. Ain looked up as the cold pricks of water began to spatter across her face. At least it wasn't snow. She looked over her shoulder at her father once more. He'd allow a bit of rain.

The rumbling of a new set of cars could be heard as the challengers arrived. Kobayashi and their leader set up the rules of the race and those that would be racing in Kobayashi's car. The rain reflected like static noise in the headlights of the purring cars as each group sought protection from the rain. "It's getting worse...." Ain stated to her father.

"Are you worried?" Her father asked leaning his cheek on his hand as he rested his elbow on the small ledge of the passenger door.

Ain studied the rain beating down on the front window for a moment. "No..." She answered finally. Her father studied her for a moment then leaned back in the seat more comfortably saying nothing else.

Kobayashi tapped on Ain's window when her turned arrived. Mr. Cordare opened the door and to slipped out of the passenger seat of the car. "Be careful, Ain..." he said leaning down as he stood in the rain. Ain nodded to him and he closed the door.

The race began and all was going well. She was keeping on the tail beams of the car in front of her as usual. She shifted, braked and drifted behind the car as if it was no more than practice. Then something large and hard shattered the window of her door. The smell of wet earth began to fill the car as Ain tried to keep control of the car. Her horizon began to shift as the mudslide that had hit her and the other racer began to tip and roll the car she was in right over the guardrail to the road below.

The car smashed into the asphalt roof first, bounced and finally came to a resting position on it's side leaning against the mountain facing. Ain struggled to get the seat belt undone as wet slick dark earth and rock began to pile up around the car and passenger side window. Her left shoulder and arm felt as if fire had been set to it and the wrist belonging to that side was turned in the most ungodly fashion.

Ain brought up her right hand to her aching temple only to pull it away at felling something warm and sticky. She groaned in both pain and annoyance as she used the now blood covered hand to reach over and undo her seat belt finally. Her heart was pounding from the fright of the wreck. She fell a few inches with a most uncomfortable thud as the belt released then began to try to turn herself to a better position.

Her head ached from the crack it had received. She looked up at the earth covered passenger side window then over at the front window also covered in earth. Ain took a deep breath in and let it come out in a shudder. She was shaken up but glad to be alive. She was thinking of what she should do next when she heard it.

The guttural roar seemed to sound loud even from the earth encrusted car. Ain's head automatically looked up. A movement that made her head swoon. A seconded guttural roar brought her quickly back to her senses. She'd never heard anything like it before. It was like the sound you'd never want to hear in your dreams because you knew a nightmare would follow soon afterwards, and to make it worse...Ain wasn't dreaming.

Ain began to shiver against a mixture of wet cold, pain, fear and a pressing sense of urgency to get out of the now very coffin like car. She couldn't think it could get any worse, until another sound caught her attention. Ain turned her head once more upward at the passenger side window. She narrowed her eyes in a bit of confusion then widened them once more in fear. The glass was beginning to crack from the weight of the mud on top.

The blonde headed girl watched in slow agonizing pain and fear as the tempered glass began to spider web bit by tiny bit. It slowly began to bow as the tint began to give way as well. The world seemed to slow and almost stop as she began to take a breath at the thought of being buried alive. Ain eye's widened again as the glass finally gave way. As the earth and rock seemed to float down on her in that painstakingly last moment sort of way, Ain put her right hand behind her neck and tucked her head between her knees, in wait of a baragement of darkness and pain....than never came.

The guttural cry came once more as did the sound of ripping metal and shattering glass. It was only at the feel of rain on her shoulders and back once again did Ain look up at a cloud filled sky in complete befusselment.

'She was alive? And out?' Ain asked herself inwardly. 'But how?' Ain used her good arm to help stand up. The car looked like it had been ripped in two by something. She blinked and looked around fully expecting to see the 'jaws of life' that rescuers used on people trapped in their cars, but those weren't the jaws she saw. A few feet away where the other racer's car had landed there was a large black beast, with a stark white face and red markings running down to a mouth where the eyes should be, lifting up the other driver's body by a chain.

Ain's mouth dropped in a mixture of amazement and horror as the large creature opened it's gapping mouth and slowly began to lower the driver in by the chain connected to him. She tried to scream but no sound came out as the monster closed it's jaws with a sickening clank of breaking links over the chain effectively swallowing the other driver whole. She tried to run but could not move as that large white face slowly began to turn it's massive head her way facing her fully.

It smiled a most pleasant and frightful smile as if it could sense her fear. "You survived? No matter..." the baritone voice of that terrible mask of a face mused at her. "You will not be for long." It lifted one spidery spiked leg and began to bring it down in order to crush her.

Ain's world began to slow down once more at that approaching death. The scream finally came as she once more finally found herself on her knees and clutching the back of her neck with her functioning arm. A bright red light came from the other side of the car as she coward in her coffin. The monster screamed in pain as the red slash of light tore it asunder.

"Yare Yare?" A voice from the same direction of the light came. "What do we have here?"

Ain tried to stand and turn at the same time to see her savior but her vision blurred and her horizon once again shifted as she fell back and out of the car into the mud with a splat. Blood from her head wound began to mix with rain and mud as the feet of her savoir approached. The last thing Ain remembered think before she passed out from the head trauma was "Who in the hell wears sandals in the freezing rain?"

When she came to, Ain was lying in a hospital bed wrapped up in bandages. Her father was there of course looking as somber as she'd ever seen him look. She immediately tried to tell him about the monster only to get told she'd received quite the nasty bump on the head and had probably only been seeing things. After a large and complex explanation from the doctor she found herself believing it. After all there were no such things as monsters. Plus nobody wore sandals in freezing rain....

----behind the scenes----

Hello there again world,

I wasn't expecting to post in this thing again for a while but...I couldn't sleep. And well...I've been watching too much bleach. I mostly blame scuba for starting a Bleach based rpg and telling us to do character stuff for it...so yeah here it is. What I said this board would be used for....character development. In the form of her history. Hmmm let me see...what can I tell you about Ain with out spoiling it too much....*face plants on the keyboard and makes muffled talk*

Ennui:...what did you just say?

Orron: she said she doesn't know what to say and hates that it's 8 am in the fucking morning and that she has to go deal with stupid people so she can have surgery and not be in debt for the rest of her life. Oh and she also said that she know that has nothing to do with Ain but it what was on her mind when she was writing so it helped the dreery mood but may have made all typos worse.OH also she said you smell like stupid.

Ennui:....she didn't say that...*glares at the dragon*

Orron: I know but you cramp my style with your....*wiggles fingers at the beast*smelling of stupid.

Ennui: You can't smell stupid...stupid.

Orron: well you feel stupid....

Ennui:...no I feel agitated that you are pestering me again...

Orron: same thing for they are both unshiny...you ruin my rainbows and shinies go away you....you... grouchyunshinycynicalpooponastickofamonster!

Ennui:...really...poop on a stick?

Orron: SEE!!SO UNSHINY!!!

Katie: Shaddup the both of ya....

I've got 4 more falls/trials planned...do not know if they'll ever get finnished.

Have a good one

the chaos maker

KATIE