It was a normal day with the family at the beach. Everyone was there enjoying themselves in the water and the sand. Little Brian lay on his father's side and slept whilst the other kids splashed around in the water. The adults sat around and chatted about past life and all their other enemies.
"I think that Owen was the worst." Roman stated.
"My brother? He's a little baby compared to me." Dec said.
"We had to crash a plane." Tej added.
"I think that the terrorist who was after me was the worst player ever. The guy had guns everywhere and not to mention I was driven off a cliff." Ramsey said.
"Yeah, that was something big." Roman remembered.
"Like the size of your forehead?" Tej said attracting more laughs.
Suddenly a large camouflage jeep parked itself at the edge of the road and Hobbs got out. Samantha turned around and ran up to her father who picked her up as he saw her. He walked towards Letty and Dom with a file in his hand.
"What you got for us now Hobbs?" Dom asked.
"Not necessarily for your whole team Dom. This one concerns Letty and that's it." Hobbs answered handing the file to her.
"Maybe Owen wants me back." Letty joked.
She opened the file and looked through the information that was given. There was a man in the photo hauling a little girl down the road. Dom leaned over and took the photos from her. She couldn't put her finger around it. What the hell did this have to do with her?
"What does this have to do with me?" Letty asked.
"Letty, you don't recognise that little girl or the man?" Hobbs said a little confused.
"Dude, I lost my memory. It's still a little phased." Letty said.
"That's your ex boyfriend Cooper and your little girl Alyssa." Dom said for her.
"Alyssa?" Letty said thinking about the name.
"Her nickname used to be Kitty." Hobbs said.
Instantly her mind flashed to back when she was in the hospital. Cooper was standing next to her looking at the little baby. She cried as the baby yawned and looked up at both of them. After a few days in the hospital, they got into Cooper's car and started driving back to her home. When they were driving, they got back into an argument about Dominic.
"You don't need Dom to take care of the baby. You've got me now Letty." Cooper said.
"I just miss him." Letty said putting her arm on the sill.
"You miss him? What the fuck is wrong with you Letty? We have a baby together." Cooper questioned.
"Don't raise your voice to me!" Letty screamed.
"Shut the fuck up!" Cooper screamed.
He turned to the right and started rolling down into the forest. Once they reached the bottom, they were upside down and broken glass was everywhere. Letty opened her eyes and saw that Cooper was dead. She could no longer hear the screams from her baby girl, so she assumed that she was dead. Carefully she stepped out of the car and limped back to the path where she fell over.
"Letty? Letty? Are you alright?" Dom said shaking her.
"Yeah, I remember." Letty said looking at Hobbs. "I thought that they were both dead."
"They weren't dead. Girl got a large cross scar on the back of her neck and Cooper lost an eye." Hobbs said.
"I have to go and get her. I don't want Cooper anywhere near her." Letty said getting up.
"It's not going to be easy. Cooper's been known to move a lot and protect his daughter at the same time." Hobbs said.
"And I've been known to pull off heists, illegal street races and operating army tanks." Letty said.
She got up from where she's was sitting and ran to her car. Dom picked up Brian and brought him over to the car.
"Are you really going to do this?" Dom asked seriously.
"Yes, she's my little girl. You would've done the same with Brian." Letty said smiling at little Brian. "I'll call if I need you."
Dom kissed the top of her head and she kissed Brian before leaving. Whilst driving she got on the phone to Hobbs and asked him where he was last seen. He replied with the playground but that was a little over an hour ago. Nonetheless she drove to the playground and searched around for Cooper with a little girl which was hard considering that the whole town was in the playground. She walked into the playground where all the kids were running about and searched every little ride. There was no sign of Alyssa on the slide, swings, climbing frame, jungle Jim or net contraption. Finally she gave up and sat on the sand where she remained until a little boy came up to her.
"Why are you sad?" He asked.
"I can't find my little girl." Letty answered.
"What's her name?" He inquired.
"Alyssa." Letty replied.
"She's in the tunnel by herself." The boy said before running to the tunnel.
She followed the little boy to the tunnel and saw the lonely little girl laying on the metallic floor. Quickly she thanked the little boy and crawled through the tunnel. As she got closer to Alyssa, she saw the large cross scar on her neck.
"Hey kid, what are you doing in here?" Letty asked.
"Daddy says I shouldn't talk to strangers." Alyssa replied.
"Well, you're already talking to me." Letty said.
"…who are you?" Alyssa said getting up and looking at her.
"An old friend of your daddy's. He told me to come and pick you up from the park but you're gonna have to show me where you live." Letty explained.
"What's your name?" Alyssa asked.
"Letty." She answered.
Alyssa moved her hair out of her face and took a better look at her. She thought for a while about the situation and then agreed to go with her. They walked out of the playground and into the parking lot where Letty's car was. When she saw the car, she looked stunned at the racing car and felt the material.
"Nice, ain't it?" Letty said noticing her astonishment.
"Are you a racer?" Alyssa asked.
"Sort of." Letty replied. "Come on let's go before your daddy gets a little worried."
They got into the car and drove through the streets. Alyssa guided Letty to her house and whilst she did Letty noted down every turn, every stop sign and roundabout that she had to take. Finally they reached the home and Cooper's car was outside. Letty looked to the seat and noticed that Alyssa was asleep. She sighed and opened the door, then walked to Alyssa's door. Letty picked her up and brought her to the door, then knocked twice. After a little bit, Cooper answered the door and stepped back as he saw Letty.
"Letty?" He said taking a better look.
"It's me." Letty said with an odd smile.
"You alone?" Cooper asked looking around.
"Yeah. Dom's not here." Letty said rolling her eyes.
"Come on in then." Cooper said.
Carefully Letty went into the room with Alyssa still asleep on her shoulder. They sat at the table and drank their beers whilst talking but then it soon developed into an argument.
"How did you know where we were?" Cooper questioned.
"I got some friends that specialise in spying on child stealers and runaways." Letty answered with a smirk.
"You always gotta be so dramatic!" Cooper said getting up.
"Shut up Cooper. You're going to scare her." Letty hissed.
In his drunken state he decided to do something worse. He walked over to Letty and took Alyssa from her.
"Sweetie, wake up." Cooper said slapping her face slightly.
"Daddy, I'm tired." Alyssa said half asleep.
"No, you're not. Get up!" Cooper said shaking her.
Eventually Alyssa woke up and saw the state her father was in. She struggled to get out of his grasp but then slipped out through his arms and ran. Cooper tossed his beer into the corner and wobbled towards Letty. He fell onto his knees at the sight of her and looked straight at her.
"Does she know about you?" Cooper asked.
"Not that I'm her mother. She knows that I'm one of your friends but that's it." Letty replied.
"You need to tell her because you have to take her away." Cooper said.
"Is there something wrong?" Letty asked concerned.
"They're coming after her." Cooper replied.
"Who's coming?" Letty said.
"Cipher…" Cooper said.
With that said he slowly drifted away into a deep sleep. Quickly Letty rushed to her room upstairs and opened the door. There was no one in there so she started calling Alyssa. Suddenly cars pulled up outside the house and she recognised their uniform. They were definitely Cipher's men. At this point Letty started to panic and frantically search for her. She went into her father's bedroom and saw that the closet door was open. Post haste she dashed to the closet and saw Alyssa in a corner clutching a picture of all her family. Her mother's face was covered with glue on ash.
"Hey Alyssa. I'm going to need to take you away for some time. Your daddy's orders." Letty said calmly.
"I want my mommy." Alyssa said pointing to the blackened picture.
"I promise we'll find her." Letty said taking her hand.
"Ok." Alyssa said.
Letty picked her up once more and brought her to the window. She saw that the guards were all at the door so the only way out was through the window. She opened it slightly and crept out with Alyssa still wrapped around her. Quickly she slid down the shingle and jumped from the roof to the ground. As she jumped to the ground, she heard the guards fire some shots at the ceiling. Quickly she ran for her life to the car and raced off into the street. She stopped at a stop sign and called up Dom.
"Hey Dom, I'm coming home and I've got her." Letty said looking at Alyssa.
"What happened with the father?" Dom inquired.
"He was drunk and told me to take her." Letty whispered.
"He wins father of the year." Dom joked.
"He wasn't the problem though but I'll tell you who was." Letty began.
"Who?" Dom said confused.
"Cipher. She somehow has a relationship with him and apparently she was coming to take her." Letty explained.
"…we'll talk about this later. Just get yourselves here before Cipher catches up." Dom said quickly.
He hung up the phone and went down the stairs to tell the rest of the team the news. All of them hung their heads back and breathed out breaths of annoyance. The last time was already enough but obviously this team always had to go overboard. Tej and Ramsey began hacking into every single camera to find traces of Cipher and Letty. Eventually they found something and it was one of the cars that were outside Alyssa's house. It was heading down the road but then disappeared because of the blind spot.
A few hours had passed by and Letty still hadn't arrived at the house. Dom sat by the porch with the little lights on and waited for her to arrive. He sat on his chair and looked through the pictures on his phone. There were some of the team together by the beach or at a barbecue and others of his little family. Finally he flicked onto a picture of both him and Brian. As he saw the picture, he gulped and teared up when he saw Brian's pretty boy face. Dom missed Brian deeply but didn't really show it in front of the team because he wanted to remain the strong alpha. Still he wanted Brian here with him to see little Brian and the family that he had left. Suddenly a car pulled up outside the house and he looked up at Letty. She was carrying a sleeping Alyssa in her arms.
"Kitty's finally asleep." Dom smiled.
"She's been asleep for quite a while actually." Letty said.
"I'll let you get settled in." Dom said sitting back down.
She went into the house and passed by Brian's room on the way. Letty opened the door and saw he was asleep with one foot in the air. Quietly she closed the door and opened one of the bedroom doors, then placed her on the bed. She pulled the covers over her and carefully removed the picture from her hand. Slightly she opened her eyes but then they shut once more. Letty knelt by her for a while and stroked her hair. Finally she stopped and thought for a second about something. She made up her decision and kissed the top of her forehead before leaving. When she got to the porch, Dom was waiting for her on the chair. Letty went over to him and sat on his lap whilst staring out into the sky.
"Is she Ok?" Dom said looking out.
"A little shaken but she'll be fine." Letty said. "She's part Ortiz."
"I can't disagree with that." Dom smirked.
After half an hour, Dom and Letty went to their room and slept. When morning came, Dom heard Brian crying on the baby monitor and rushed to his bedroom. He quickly opened the door but was surprised at what he saw next to his son. Alyssa was standing next to Brian with his fist wrapped around one of her fingers.
"See you've got here before me." Dom said with a smile.
"He was crying and I was looking for Letty, so I came in and held his hand." Alyssa said.
"Thank you for doing that." Dom said. "Now I can go and take a nap."
"Wait, do you know where Letty is?" Alyssa asked.
"Let me get Brian first and then we'll go together." Dom said reaching over Brian's crib.
Once he had Brian in his arms, he led Alyssa to their bedroom and she saw Letty lying in her bed. She sprinted up to her and began to shake her so she'd wake up. Eventually she did and lazily woke up.
"Can we go find my mommy now?" Alyssa asked looking at her in the eye.
"You're eyes are really green." Letty said trying to change the subject.
"Stop distracting and tell me please." Alyssa pleaded.
"I have a friend who can remove the cover up from the photo but we have to go and deliver it." Letty said.
That made her smile and giggle. Letty chuckled to herself before getting up and bringing her downstairs to the kitchen. Whilst she prepared the breakfast, Alyssa took Brian and brought him to the front where they played. Alyssa played with Brian's little hands and chucked the ball at him a couple of times. When he caught it, he placed it in his mouth before throwing it back at her. Letty looked at them both through the kitchen window and smiled as she saw them playing together. Suddenly Tej, Roman, Ramsey and Hobbs showed up outside the house with their racing cars. Brian had a normal reaction by smiling and laughing whilst Alyssa had the opposite reaction and fled. She fled into the bushes and hid in there until they all passed. The team got out of their cars and walked towards Brian who was alone on the grass.
"Why is little buddy by himself?" Roman asked picking him up.
"Maybe Dom and Letty are in the middle of something." Tej said with a side smirk.
"Oh images." Ramsey said gagging.
They walked into the kitchen and saw Letty cooking up. She turned around at the sight of them and smiled.
"You look like you're in a good mood." Hobbs said.
"Yeah, well I've been having a good day." Letty said continuing to smile.
"Oh my…" Tej said trying not to laugh.
"Why are you laughing?" Letty noticed.
"Oh, no reason." Tej answered.
"Oh shit, you guys are disgusting." Letty said finally catching on.
"Letty, we found little man on the floor by himself, so we just assumed that you guys were…" Roman trailed off.
"Alone? Alyssa was out with him just a second ago." Letty said leaning over to the window. "Shit, she's gone."
"Is that their babysitter? Hope she's hot." Roman smiled.
"She's eight you creep!" Letty shouted.
"At least he can score someone." Ramsey joked.
Ramsey chuckled to herself and went outside with the rest of them. They searched for Alyssa but she didn't respond when they called her name. As they called her name, Alyssa sat in the bush curled up and shaken. There were people near her that she did not know and her father always said never to talk to strangers or let them find you. Whilst she was hiding away from the rest of them, Letty was looking around for her everywhere. Then she remembered something from when they first met. She doesn't talk to strangers and these guys were strangers to her.
"Guys go inside, I'll find her." Letty said.
They all went inside and Letty continued to look for her.
"Alyssa? It's just me now, the strangers are gone." Letty said.
The bush to the right of the house started ruffling a bit and that's how she knew she was in there. She moved the leaves and saw Alyssa crouched in one spot.
"What are you doing in here?" Letty asked moving the leaves.
"I got scared. I'm sorry." Alyssa answered.
"It's Ok but these people are the good guys." Letty said.
"How do I know who are the bad guys?" Alyssa asked.
"I won't be standing next to them." Letty replied.
She got Alyssa out of the bush and held her hand all the way to the door. When they came to the door, the rest of them looked in the direction and waited for Letty to speak.
"Everybody, this is Alyssa." Letty said looking down at her.
"Hey Alyssa." They all said in unison.
Alyssa clung onto Letty's shirt and hid herself. Ramsey came forwards with a little blue bear and crouched down to her height.
"This is a gift from me and the boys." Ramsey said. "He protects you at night."
"Thank you." Alyssa said taking the bear.
They were all interrupted by the sound of Brian crying in the main room. Dom picked him up and brought him to the kitchen where everyone was gathered.
"See you met the gang Alyssa." Dom said.
"Not formally, we were just about to introduce." Letty said.
"Can I do it?" Roman said.
"Sure." Letty said strangely.
"Ok, so this is Dom, strong and scary. This is Tej, computer nerd. This is Ramsey, hot computer nerd. This is Hobbs, basically a more built version of Dom. Finally there's me- Roman said.
"The one who's always talking." Tej said finishing off for him.
The comment made Alyssa laugh to herself. After breakfast, the team decided to take a trip down to the store to do some shopping. Brian was baby talking to Alyssa throughout the drive and Alyssa pretended that she knew exactly what he was talking about. When they arrived, they went to the grocery store first to buy some food for later on. Alyssa stayed with Letty when they went through the grocery store and constantly bugged her about the picture.
"When will we give the photo to your friend?" Alyssa asked.
"On the way home we can." Letty replied.
"What do you think she'll look like?" Alyssa asked.
"Well, she might have your skin but a little darker. Maybe straight dark hair and a nice smile." Letty said thinking about herself.
"Do you think she wanted to keep me as a secret from my daddy and that's why she left?" Alyssa asked out of nowhere.
"Everybody has their secrets but I'm not sure about your mother. Do you have any secrets?" Letty said trying to change the topic.
"I do but I think I can trust you." Alyssa answered.
"What is it?" Letty said curiously.
"I buried one of my daddy's business cases in a backyard of a house in the Dominican Republic." Alyssa whispered.
They turned the corner to the canned food section but then paused when they saw a man dressed in the same attire as the people in Cipher's lair. Alyssa had no idea why Letty had suddenly stopped, so she started tugging on her pant leg. Quickly Letty bent down and picked her up, then placed her in the cart. She rolled the cart down the slippery lane opposite the man and told her to stay quiet. Immediately she went down the lane to find the man but he had disappeared. Oh no. As if on cue, the screaming from the opposite lane started and wheels began to move. She sprinted down and saw the man pushing the cart with Alyssa in it. The guy looked behind him which was a mistake because he hadn't noticed that he was about to crash into a stack of canned corn. Letty launched herself onto him and began hitting him until he bled.
"What do you want?" Letty said holding the guy.
"Not doing anything man. I was just told to spy on the little girl by Cipher." He said.
"Tell Cipher to back the fuck down!" Letty shouted.
She let go of him and went to the cart where Alyssa was crying. Alyssa reached out for her and Letty picked her up. Both ran from the scene and rushed back to the car. When she opened the door, Alyssa grabbed the bear from the back and cried into it.
"I am so sorry." Letty said trying to calm her down.
"It's not your fault." Alyssa said through her tears.
"Come here." Letty said pulling her closer.
Alyssa cuddled in closer to Letty and continued weeping. They decided to stay there for the remaining time and Letty cheered her up with a few stories.
"Dom jumped into the air and caught me, then he fell onto a car and the windscreen cracked." Letty recounted.
"Was he hurt after that?" Alyssa asked.
"He didn't act like it." Letty said.
"That's probably why he wears that cross, so he can protect himself from death." Alyssa pointed out.
"He gave me one but I forgot it at home." Letty said thinking about her cross dangling across her mirror.
Right on cue, Dom and Brian came to the door and saw the two girls in the back. He placed Brian in his seat before asking some questions. As Letty answered the questions, she blocked Alyssa's ears and spoke.
"What happened in there?" Dom asked.
"Cipher knows where we are and she's sending her little bodyguards to spy on us." Letty replied. "I have no idea why she wants Alyssa."
"We have to get rid of her once and for all." Dom said.
"I am not leaving my daughter alone." Letty hissed.
"She won't be alone. My sister can take care of her in the Canary Islands." Dom said.
"Mia already has two kids. Don't trouble her." Letty disagreed.
"I can always ask Roman." Dom joked.
She unblocked her ears and got out of the car to talk to Dom.
"If we're going to get out of here, we should do it by tomorrow." Letty said.
"I'll call Nobody tomorrow." Dom said.
Letty looked down at the ground and back at the car with shaded windows. He noticed that look in her eyes, she was feeling guilty. He hated it when she didn't smile and that's exactly what she did when she felt guilty. Dom went up to her and hugged her so she could feel like someone was on her side.
"Lets get back." Dom said opening the door for her.
All of them started making the food in the kitchen whilst Brian and Alyssa played by the TV. They sat upside down and talked to each other in baby language. Soon Brian got tired and fell asleep right next to Alyssa. His father came into the room and saw that Brian was asleep, then took him up to his room to put him in bed. By the time he had come back down Alyssa was still watching the TV but it was flashing and lagging.
"What happened here?" Dom said bending down.
"I don't know. It just started flashing." Alyssa said.
Suddenly the TV flashed again and this time someone appeared on the screen. Alyssa ran up to Dom and hid behind him as the person appeared on the screen.
"Hello Dom. Hello baby girl." Cipher said.
"What do you want Cipher?" Dom asked.
"A chance to tell little Alyssa here who her family really are." Cipher replied.
"Alyssa, go to Letty." Dom instructed.
"Ok." Alyssa said running into the kitchen.
"Now, how are we going to do this Dom?" Cipher said.
"You're going to tell me your plan and I'm going to destroy you afterwards." Dom said with a smirk.
"You're funny Dom. Anyway I need you to give me the kid because she holds the key to something important." Cipher explained.
"What?" Dom asked curiously.
"She's the daughter of Cooper Foster and Cooper Foster is the grandson of the nuclear coder Carl Foster. The girl knows where her great grandfather has kept the codes and I need her to tell me." Cipher explained more in detail.
"She's a child." Dom said.
"Yeah but she's vital to my plan and if she's not delivered to me within 24 hours, I will come and personally take her." Cipher said.
The TV flashed once more and the picture disappeared from the screen. He went to the kitchen where the rest of the team were crowded around Alyssa. She was telling them a little story about Letty beating up the guy who tried to kidnap her. They all seemed pretty engaged in the story and looked over at Letty each time she mentioned her. After dinner the rest of the family went to their homes and the little family were left. Brian was already asleep and the rest were still watching TV downstairs.
"Kitty, it's time to go to bed." Letty said nudging Alyssa slightly.
"Not tired and I want the blonde lady to tell me who my mommy is." Alyssa added.
"Blonde lady?" Letty said confused.
"She was telling lies Alyssa. Only Letty's friend knows who your real mother is." Dom said.
"Fine, I'll go to bed." Alyssa said getting up.
Whilst she went upstairs Dom filled Letty in on everything and she wasn't too happy about it. She rushed up the stairs and opened Alyssa's door but she was fast asleep. Dom came up and saw that she was sitting by her.
"I think I'm going to sleep with her tonight." Letty said.
"Ok, sleep well." Dom said closing the door.
During the night Letty stared at Alyssa sleeping and wondered what her reaction would be when she told her that she was her mother. If she'd be happy about it or have one of those opposite bad reactions. Alyssa suddenly grabbed her hand and held it near her face. Letty smiled and closed her eyes.
Morning came soon and Alyssa was still asleep by a half woken Letty. She was reading something about Cipher and some cases that hadn't escaped the news. Alyssa turned over and opened her eyes slowly. Quickly she changed over to flight plans and bookings, pretending to find a flight to the Canary Islands.
"Are you going somewhere?" Alyssa asked looking at the screen.
"We're all going away for a little bit." Letty answered.
"Why?" Alyssa questioned.
"Vacation." Letty replied.
"Is daddy coming?" Alyssa asked.
"…no, your daddy is really held up at work and can't get to the vacation." Letty said as an excuse.
"Ok then." Alyssa said a little disappointed.
Once everyone was dressed and ready, they drove to Nobody's lair with the rest of the team. Alyssa came out of the car and held Letty's hand as they went through the large building.
"I wanna go back. There are too many people here." Alyssa said.
"We just need a favour from a friend." Letty said looking around.
Finally they arrived at the database where Nobody was sitting in his large leather chair. He saw the little girl standing behind Letty and got up from his chair. Nobody came forwards and crouched down to her height, then pulled his hand out.
"What's your name?" Nobody asked.
"Alyssa." She answered.
"That's a beautiful name, I'm Mr Nobody." He said shaking her hand.
She smiled one of those weak side smiles and they started talking about business. Alyssa played with Brian once more whilst the adults started talking. Soon she got bored of playing with his hands and went down the hallway to find something to play with. She stumbled across a room which specialised in identity. Quickly she went into the room and closed the door behind her. In front of her there was a fingerprint and eye scanner. She went up to it and scanned her eye, then pressed her fingerprint against the scanner.
It said Identity unknown.
Before she could try again, Letty opened the door and ran up to Alyssa who was by the machine.
"What are you doing here?" Letty said making sure she was Ok.
"I wanted to find my mommy." Alyssa said.
"How?" Letty said confused.
"The machine reads identity and I thought that if I had my full name, then I could find my mom." Alyssa explained.
"Kitty, you're just like your mom." Letty said. "Always running."
"I thought you didn't know my mom." Alyssa said confused.
"I…knew her…a little." Letty hesitated.
"What was her name?" Alyssa asked.
Suddenly there was a loud explosion coming from outside. Glass shattered onto the floor and men started rushing through the building. The door in the room that they were in started tapping as the people tried to force through the door. Alyssa ran into the darkness and shielded her ears. Letty ran after her and crouched down next to her. Alyssa wrapped her arms around Letty's neck and together they waited. Without warning the door was pushed open and at least ten guards came into the room. There was also another person that came in that they were least expecting. It was Cipher.
"Letty, lets not play this game; not in front of the baby girl anyway." Cipher said. "Come out or we'll shoot."
As she spoke the words, Alyssa cried into Letty's shoulder and her grip tightened. After Cipher spoke, Letty knew what she had to do in order to save her kid but she had to let her go. Alyssa was definitely not going to walk over to her and hand herself over to Cipher, so she would have to do it. Letty put her cross necklace into Alyssa's pocket and looked at her. Slowly Letty slid her arm underneath Alyssa's legs and picked her up.
"What are you doing? Put me down!" Alyssa repeated.
Ignoring the screams and cries of her daughter, she continued walking towards Cipher. When she was right in front of her, Letty paused and looked straight at Cipher.
"Good girl." Cipher smiled.
"What happens now?" Letty asked.
"I take her and you never see her again." Cipher said quickly.
"Wait what?" Letty said.
Before she could do anything, the guy from behind shot a sleeping dart into her neck. Cipher smiled and took Alyssa from her arms. They got out of the building and entered a truck that was parked outside the place. Alyssa was placed on the floor and tied up with the zip tie. Across from her Cipher sat and tapped away on her laptop.
"So, tell me. Where's the briefcase?" Cipher asked.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Alyssa replied.
"Cut the crap and innocence. Your father told me that he gave it to you, so obviously you know where it is." Cipher said.
"…I can't remember." Alyssa hesitated.
"You really need to work on your hesitation." Cipher said. "Here's the deal, you give me the briefcase and I will tell you who your mother is."
"Tell me now." Alyssa said aggressively.
"Oh my gosh, you're just like her. Always wanting her way and not thinking of the consequences." Cipher said looking down at her laptop.
"Who is she?" Alyssa asked more aggressively.
"Brown eyes, darker skin, straight dark hair. Does that ring any bells?" Cipher explained vaguely.
"Wait a minute." Alyssa said thinking.
Back at the grocery store she remembered when her and Letty were talking about her mother. She mentioned the exact same things; darker skin then hers and straight dark hair.
"Those are the same things that Letty told you and you don't think there's a reason why?" Cipher said.
"She knows my mother." Alyssa said still a little baffled.
"She is your mother." Cipher said finally.
It was like bullets creating new holes in her chest and repeating the same pattern over and over again. For hours she sat in the corner and didn't talk at all.
Suddenly Letty woke up from her deep slumber and looked around to see that the building was basically empty. She ran back into Nobody's office and saw Dom passed out on the floor with Brian crying by his side. Quickly Letty sprinted to Brian and picked him up, then hushed him. Soon Dom woke up but he was still feeling a little hazy and his vision was troubling him. Letty gave him Brian and went to find Hobbs. When she did, she saw that he was standing by the window with his hand pressed against the glass. He turned around and saw Letty standing there. Immediately she hugged him and brought him to where Dom was. Together they both helped Dom and Brian up and went to find the rest of the team. As they went through the building, they saw the dead workers on the ground with blood splattered on the window. They found Nobody passed out underneath a heavy metallic cabinet, so Hobbs threw it off and helped him off.
"I saw them take Alyssa." He said weakly.
"I know but we need to find the others first." Letty said.
"Ramsey and Roman were in the snack room. I don't know where Tej is though." Nobody said through coughs.
"We need to get you to a hospital." Hobbs spoke up.
"No, we must find the girl before she gives Cipher what she wants. If she does, Cipher will kill her." Nobody warned.
"I found them!" Letty yelled from down the corridor. "Tej was behind the snack machine."
They all stumbled to the floor in front of Nobody and coughed out the dust inside them.
"Well, she hasn't forgotten her ways." Ramsey said.
"Forget cyber terrorist. It's like Bin Laden up in here." Roman said annoyed.
"Where's the kid?" Tej asked.
"Cipher took her but we don't know where she is." Letty answered.
"That's impossible. You were with her." Roman pointed out.
"Yeah, you wandered away from the meeting to go and find her. How the hell could you lose her?" Hobbs added.
"I-I-I- Letty started.
"It's not like you turned around and she was gone." Tej said.
"Um…" Letty hesitated.
"She couldn't have run away." Ramsey added.
"Fine! I lost her! Happy?" Letty said finally.
She walked away into another room and started punching the wall until dust fell. A limping Dom came into the room and rested his hand on her shoulder. Immediately she turned around and kissed Dom then cried into his shoulder.
"I had to give her to Cipher. She was going to shoot at us." Letty cried.
"I believe you." Dom said rubbing her shoulder.
"She's going to kill my little girl." Letty said sniffling.
"I won't let her because you never turn your back on family." Dom said. "And she's our little girl."
"Let's go find her." Letty said going forward.
They went to the rest of the team who were feeling a little ashamed about targeting Letty. Everyone evacuated to the outside where it was safer and started talking about where they could be.
"Did Cipher mention why she wanted Alyssa?" Ramsey asked.
"She said that Alyssa knows where the nuclear codes are because her great grandfather is the actual coder." Dom answered.
"If we skim through the airport footage, the cameras go out at about 4 and come back on at around 6." Ramsey said looking at her laptop.
"What shoes that mean?" Roman asked.
"Only you would ask those questions." Tej cut in. "That means that the flight was in between 4 and 6."
"But there's one problem, there are probably over a hundred flights going to different places." Hobbs said.
"Letty, did she tell you anything about the codes?" Nobody asked.
"Wait…yes she did. I know where they're going." Letty replied.
Meanwhile Alyssa was in the cargo area waiting in a cage. Cipher and her crew were inside the plane enjoying the cocktails and snacks. She placed her hands on the bars and pressed her face against them. Tears began dripping from her eyes as she thought of Letty and her father. They could've been happy together but something happened and she couldn't have a mom for most of her life. The more she thought about not having a mother, the more it pained her and the more it struck her in the heart. However, sadness wasn't the only she felt, there was also anger which seemed to be taking over sadness. Alyssa pushed the door with her foot and tried to dent it as much as she could but it didn't open. She felt around in her pocket and found something in there. It was Letty's cross chain. Quickly she jammed the necklace into the lock and began to unlock it. Then she heard a click and opened the door. She escaped from the cage, put the necklace around her and went to hide behind other boxes.
The team were waiting for Nobody to arrive with Shaw and the plane tickets. Roman and Tej took the baby to a side whilst the others planned out exactly what they were going to do.
"So, the plan is for Ramsey to hack into the flights controls and get the plane all messed up. Then, we jump from our plane to their plan and get into there. Hobbs, Letty, Shaw and Dom start shooting at the guards. I find Alyssa and then we jump out of the plane." Roman recounted. "Can't I just stay with the baby?"
"You're important to the plan." Dom said.
"Come on man, why can't Tej do it?" Roman complained.
"Because you don't know how to work a computer." Tej answered for him.
Suddenly a large jet black plane flew above them and landed just a few miles in front of them. The back compartment opened up and both Nobody and Shaw were standing there.
"Let's go get that little girl." Shaw said.
They all climbed into the plane and started flying towards the Dominican Republic. Ramsey opened her laptop and started the hack for the plane. She found the flight and it wasn't too far from them, considering the speed that they were going at. Whilst her and Tej worked on the hack, Roman was dressing up in his equipment for jumping the plane. He was already shaking and nothing hadn't happened yet. First he put on the harness and parachute. Next they placed a gun, an emergency rope and a talkie in his belt. He put on some odd looking shoes and was ready for the mission.
"Time to jump Roman." Nobody said from behind him.
Shakily he approached the rim of the plane and looked down to the tiny city below him. He gagged a little at the sight then looked behind him as he saw Tej arrive. He tapped the back of his back and wished him good luck. Once he left Roman started jumping up and down trying not to scream. The rest of the team got ready to jump and the men buckled the ropes to their harnesses. The plane appeared below them and they all eyed each other.
"For family." Dom and Letty said.
"For family." Hobbs, Shaw and Roman said.
With that said the four of them jumped; yes the four of them. Roman was holding onto the handle shaking like a leaf. Soon the four of them landed on the plane but then realised Roman wasn't here.
"Roman, where are you?" Dom screamed into the talkie.
"I can't do it Dom. Just tell Shaw to get Alyssa." Roman said.
"I knew this would happen which is why I told Nobody to give you those shoes." Shaw muttered.
"What did he just say?" Roman shouted.
Shaw pressed a button on his belt and underneath Roman's shoes were wheels. Instantly he began sliding down the plane and before he knew it, he was in the air. He screamed all the way down and continued screaming even when he was on top of the plane. They all rolled their eyes at him and Shaw began to make a hole in the plane. Hobbs reached down and punched the metal through, then one by one they all fell down the hole. Shaw, Dom, Letty and Hobbs went forwards and demanded everyone to put their hands up. Some of Cipher's men decided to come around for a little visit but their visits were short lived because they were dead in a second. Letty and Dom ran into first class and saw Cipher standing in the corner clapping.
"Surrender the girl now Cipher. We've got you surrounded and there are no more guards." Hobbs said.
"Come on then. Lets go to the cage." Cipher said walking up to them.
Casually they walked to the compartment door and Cipher opened it. When she saw the empty cage, she was shocked and started looking around frantically.
"Quit playing Cipher. Where is she?" Shaw demanded.
"She busted out, look." Cipher said motioning to the cage.
"She's right. Alyssa's gone but she couldn't have gone far because the whole place is closed off." Roman said appearing at the door.
At the sound of that Cipher ran through the compartment and tried to find Alyssa among the storage stuff. Meanwhile Alyssa was watching everything unfold in front of her. She was hiding behind a large wooden box and she could see all of them. When she saw Cipher run into the storage, she really wanted to run up to her mother but was petrified, just in case Cipher would shoot them both. Suddenly she heard shuffling around and decided to move away from the sound but knocked things down in the process. The team aimed their guns at the noise and waited for someone to appear. Alyssa stopped in her tracks but then something grabbed her foot from behind. She fell face first onto the robust metallic floor and a strip of blood flowed down her nose. Cipher dragged her out of there and came forwards to stand in front of the team.
"Put all your guns down!" Cipher screamed.
"Or what?" Roman said confidently.
Cipher grabbed the back of Alyssa's head and slammed her face against the wooden box. She brought her back and there was more blood streaming down her nose. At the sight of the bleeding little girl, they all placed their guns on the floor.
"Kick one over." Cipher demanded.
Dom kicked his one over and Cipher grabbed it, then pressed it against the side of her head. Slowly she backed up and threw a parachute around her. The team stepped forwards slowly, trying not to trigger Cipher. Finally they had reached the rim of the plane and it looked like she was ready to go. Alyssa was half awake because of the amount of beatings she had endured.
"Cipher, you don't need to do this to a child. We can take you to the nuclear codes." Hobbs said.
"I do have to do this Luke and there's no changing my mind." Cipher said smiling between words.
"Why bring a kid into this?" Letty asked. "She should be at school learning to read and write."
"Well, I guess you'll never see her graduate." Cipher said looking at the door.
Immediately she opened the door and fell down. Letty placed her gun around her waist and ran forwards, then jumped all the way down. Cipher's parachute was off and she was near the bottom. When she came far enough, Letty pulled her chute and began to fall down to where Cipher was. As soon as Cipher landed on the ground, she ran to the city where all the houses, hotels and villas were.
"Where the hell is the case?" Cipher yelled.
"Down there." Alyssa said pointing down to one of the large villas.
Quickly Cipher ran to the villa and wandered around to the back where people were gathered. She shot around in the air and the people fled from where they were. When they were gone, Alyssa was thrown to the ground and forced to dig with a gun pointing at her. She crawled over to the spot where she had dug the briefcase and began digging.
"Kitty?" Letty called.
Cipher looked around annoyed and went round back to find Letty. Alyssa found the briefcase and pulled it out of there before wiping her eyes of the tears. Soon Cipher came back and she had her gun to Letty's head. She saw that Alyssa was holding the briefcase in her hand and came a little forwards. At this moment in time, Alyssa had no expression on her face. Everything was just blank; both in her head and on her face.
"Bring it to me otherwise your mother dies." Cipher demanded.
Without any reaction, she picked up the briefcase and stared straight at her. Slowly she approached her and sat the briefcase down beside her foot. As she reached for it, the gun came down with it and that's when she took her opportunity. She kicked the briefcase into her foot with such a force that the gun managed to escape from her grip. It dropped by Alyssa's foot and she kicked it into the bushes. Alyssa turned around and she was kicked back into the bushes. Cipher took Letty's gun from her belt and aimed it at her. She reached out for the other gun and found it among the soil. Cipher started shooting at her, one got her leg but the others missed completely. Letty head butted Cipher and she fell onto the floor, then climbed onto her and began punching her in the face. Cipher grabbed Letty's arms and threw her against the stone wall.
"Say goodbye to little Letty." Cipher whispered into her ear before pointing the gun straight at her.
Alyssa looked up from where she was laying and saw Cipher pointing the gun at her. She reached out for her one and hid it amongst the bushes so Cipher couldn't see. Without any hesitation they both pulled the triggers and the bullets went flying. The bullet flying into Alyssa's direction was seen clearly and she knew it was time, so she closed her eyes. She felt the bullet touch something but it wasn't her chest, it was the cross necklace. The bullet bounced up and she moved herself as it came back down. As for Cipher's bullet, it hit her straight through the chest and made her fall over onto the floor. Letty got up from where she was and ran to Alyssa who was breathing deeply because of the wound. She took her shirt sleeve and wrapped it around her leg to stop the bleeding.
"Everything's going to be Ok." Letty said holding up her head.
Alyssa didn't reply to her. She still had that blank expression on her face and didn't really want to say anything. The jet black plane came over to pick them up and brought Alyssa straight to the hospital department. They took the bullet out of her leg and bandaged her up. When the bleeding stopped, the family was allowed to go and visit her but she still had that blank expression on her face. After everyone but Letty left, she turned to her and took the necklace off her neck. She offered it back to Letty but she didn't take it back.
"Take it." Alyssa said.
"You keep it." Letty said persistently.
"You need to be protected." Alyssa said giving it back to her.
"You nearly died. I think you're the one who needs the protection." Letty smiled.
"I don't need protection." Alyssa said. "I have my mommy now."
That brought a smile to both their faces. Letty climbed onto the bed and kissed the side of her head. Night soon came and they were still in the air.
Both Letty and Alyssa looked out of the window that was on their right hand side. The city below them was lit up from all the lights and attractions. That reminded Letty of something.
"When you were born, it was the day of the lanterns. Millions of them were floating in the sky and it was so beautiful." Letty said.
"Like that?" Alyssa said pointing to the city.
"Exactly like that." Letty said.
"Do you think my daddy's one of those lights now?" Alyssa asked.
"He's probably looking at us smiling because both of his girls are together now." Letty said holding her tighter.
That night they slept together in the hospital bed with the cross in both their hands. Dom came into the room and saw them sound asleep in the bed. He came forwards and kissed both their heads before leaving to get Brian. When he came back with Brian, Letty was awake and sitting up.
"I thought you were going to leave again but run away with the baby." Letty joked.
"I wouldn't do that again. How is she?" Dom said leaning over.
"Warm and adorable; just like me." Letty said with a smile.
"Got that right." Dom said laying on the opposite side.
As he sat down, he looked down at her and she moved her hand upwards to turn to Dom. She held his finger and cuddled into him. Letty smiled and leaned over to kiss him. Brian squealed and laughed at them both kissing. A small smirk appeared on Alyssa's face and stayed there as she slept.
"Finally have your family." Letty whispered into her ear.
"And nothing can ever separate us." Dom whispered.
"Always and forever." Alyssa whispered.