Five years after Raven fell, the Black Line syndicate demands Sophia's racing garage. Their ultimatum: she must place top three in thirty days or lose everything. Mocking her refusal to sign, a man taunts, "I would rather watch you lose in public." Later, during a race, Sophia's car suffers a catastrophic failure—no brakes, main line severed, electronic braking locked. A mysterious voice guides her through the crisis, instructing her to take a dangerous ramp that ends at a wall, telling her to trust the voice. Sophia survives the crash, but the unknown savior's identity remains a mystery.