Alan Teris

## Summary

Alan is a jack of all trades some would say. Not only having worked on both sides of the law but also having proven to be decent/good at many skills such as marksmanship, driving, and piloting. Alan tends to have a reputation for being respectful of others but protective over those close to him.

## Traits

In true Canadian fashion, Alan is often described as kind and respectful. He treats people with a base level of respect. In his mind, whether they gain or lose that respect is determined by their actions towards him and his friends. In most cases, even if Alan no longer respects a person, he will react to any given situation in a mostly calm manner. Alan strongly believes in the principle of communication before violence. However, Alan will not back down from a fight if he has good reason to be in that fight. In saying this, Alan will occasionally get into fist fights or tackle his more trusted friends. Although, instead of being the one fighting, Alan usually ends up being on the side lines helping his injured friends after they get in fights with each other due to his background as EMS. Majority of the time, Alan bonds with people over cars. Ever since Alan can remember he has loved cars. As he worked his way through life, Alan also developed a love for flying helicopters. Physically, Alan has often been told that he looks older than he is but sounds younger than he is. Alan has medium length brown hair that is slicked back with the sides and back closely shaven. He has a stubbly beard and is often seen wearing sunglasses. Alan's most recognizable outfit is his grey jacket, black tee, and dark jeans.

## Life

### Early Life

Alan does not remember much of his early life. He does know that he was born in Innisfail, Alberta, on the 9th day of June 2000. He was born into a family that lived on a small farm to the west of Innisfail. 4 years later his brother was born, although Alan doesn't remember his brother's name. Alan struggles to remember much else about his childhood after the accident.

### The Accident

The only somewhat vivid memory Alan has is of his accident. It took place about a month after he turned 20. Alan was going on a drive with his brother in the country. He remembers this being their brother time activity. It was around sunset on this particular night. He remembers looking into the rear view mirror of their car and making a comment to his brother about it. His brother's joyful laugh is about the only thing he remembers about him. Alan doesn't remember too much else about the drive. The last thing he remembers is watching as the semi truck turned towards their side of the highway. Thankfully, as Alan found out in the hospital, the driver of the semi had tried to brake and had at least slowed most of the momentum. He remembers the car being flung into the ditch and then it all went black. Alan woke up in a hospital in Calgary. His brain was damaged but he was expected to make a full recovery. Alan remembers asking the nurses and doctors about where his brother was. He was told that no other body was found on the scene. As for the truck, the driver apparently fled the scene before anyone got there. If it weren't for another car traveling on that highway, Alan would have probably died. Alan requested to be shown the car in hopes of helping him remember more of his past. When Alan was given the photo of the car, Alan quickly developed an emotional attachment to the car. If it weren't for the photo, he wouldn't have remembered the car at all. It was a 1960s era blue Ford mustang. Alan hopes to one day buy that same model car in hopes that he can feel a bit more connected with his brother.

### The Following Years

Alan spent the next few years working to make a full recovery and trying to regain any memory of his past. Once he had made a recovery he started working a minimum wage job in Calgary. Alan worked until he had enough money to get himself a ride back up to Innisfail to see if he could find his parents. When he got to their house he didn't remember any of it. He felt as though this was the wrong place. The current owners informed him that the previous owners had sold the house and left town. Apparently no one knew where they had gone. Alan was determined to prove that, even if his parents abandoned him, his brother was out there somewhere. He spent the next couple years working jobs in Innisfail and checking the medical records at local hospitals frequently. However, Alan never had the strength to return to the road where the crash happened. When Alan had enough money he decided it was time to make something of himself. In Alans mind, regardless of whether his brother was alive or not, he wanted to make sure that his brother would be proud of him. Alan moved down to a city in California where he began training to be a paramedic.

### Life at EMS

Alan quickly caught on to all the procedures required to work the job. Once he was hired as a trainee, his dedication to helping people really showed. However, during his early days at EMS, Alan started to see how dangerous the city could be and ended up purchasing himself a pistol. At work Alan became close friends with a lot of the people he worked with. Alan worked tirelessly for months and quickly gained his solo certification as well ranking up to EMT. Unfortunately shortly after this huge achievement, Alan's car was stolen. Alan along with the help of a colleague, followed his car to a scrap yard where Alan went to confront them. Both men pulled guns and fired a couple rounds at Alan, barely missing him, but Alan had the better aim. This was the first time Alan had ever killed someone, at the time it took a major hit to his motivation at work. After this Alan took to drinking when he had bad days. On the bad days Alan could be found at the bar after work, usually drinking whiskey or vodka. After a while Alan was able to accept what he had done. He started drinking less working the overtime again. Alan started to regain his determination at work. He kept working his hardest to achieve his goals. His target? Paramedic status and a helicopter certification. He was determined to help other people have access to health services out in the country and mountains. After a while Alan finally got the promotion and helicopter certification. Shortly after, Alan also trained and became certified as a lifeguard as well. After getting promoted and working for a while as a paramedic, Alan was beginning to get burnt out and stressed with all the constant extra shifts. Alan started smoking cigarettes to help cope with his stress. Alan kept pushing through the stress from the job, his desire to help people driving him to keep going. However in addition to the stress the hospital management was falling apart and the working conditions were getting worse by the day. Alan eventually decided to drop his position to fall back to a profession he loved. He started working at a garage.

### Mechanic Work

Alan grew his passion for cars even more once he started working at the shop. He became even more obsessed with making cool cars. He devoted his time to making sure that every repair, every paintjob and modification was done to perfection. Getting so good at what he did that customers who knew him would ask him for suggestions on their cosmetics. Alan became closes with a lot of the employees and customers. Alan was invited to multiple parties and picked up smoking weed at the parties however, Alans poison of choice away from parties continued to be cigarettes. When Alan wasn't working at the garage or at an event, he took time to rent helicopters to maintain his pilot skills. Alan began to want a helicopter of his own, and for a while tried to save for it. Alan did his best to make money in whatever ways he could find, a portion of them being unlawful such as selling drugs. However, Alan spent a lot of money buying and customizing cars. Alan had many different cars through his time at the garage, and even started flipping cars for money. Alan drove many different types of cars in this time, and had even picked up riding motorcycles. However, he eventually became iconic for a while for his chrome muscle car with red stripes and massive blower engine. Although this was cool, to Alan it was no 1960s era mustang. Eventually the garage needed to let some employees go, to Alans disappointment he was one of the ones that they had to let go. At this time EMS had a major change in management and Alan was offered a job back at EMS.

### Moving Forward

Alan got his record cleared and went back to work at EMS. Alan worked at EMS for a very uneventful few months before deciding it was time for something new. The garage that Alan had worked for had been closed down and reopened in a new city. Alan figured it would be a good idea to see if he could get a job back. Alan sold all of his cars and flew to join the garage again. Alan worked as a mechanic for a couple weeks before switching shops. Although this time, it was a motorcycle shop. Alan was not as knowledgeable with motorcycles but he worked and improved his skills working on them. Alan was given an opportunity to join the motorcycle club that owned the shop. Alan joined and quickly became a trusted member of the family like MC. Alan denies doing any criminal activities, although some people believe he did, he was never caught so there was no proof of this. After a while, another opportunity was given to Alan. He had been accepted into a program where he could train to be a police officer. Alan moved once again and spent some time working for the state police. He still frequently took trips back to the shop as the MC had become a sort of family to him as well as he had landed himself a manager position at the bike shop. After the MC had to disband due to members going their separate ways Alan was once again feeling alone. Alan decided to go on LOA with his job as an officer in order to sort himself out and figure out what direction is best to take his life in.