"We have ten minutes left on the clock," his producer whispered through the glass, her eyes shiny with held-back tears.

The neon sign above the console buzzed, casting a soft red glow over Leo’s worn notebook. For twenty years, his voice had filled the cars, bedrooms, and late-night garages of the city. He was the voice of , the last independent bastion of grunge, punk, and pure alternative rock.

Marcus smiled, looking down at the smoking barrel of his custom machine. They said a .40 caliber was too rowdy for a race gun, but the had just proved them all wrong.