'How is that fine?' I exclaimed, throwing my arms in the air. Everybody just looked at me as if I was insane and I just scoffed before I went back to the driver's side door, got in, started the car and drove off, down the many floors before I reached he ground level.
I searched left and right to see if I could see him, but I couldn't, so I pulled out and watched a green blur speed passed me, almost knocking the front end as I pulled out. I sat back, took a deep breath before following the blur as best I could.
It was probably a good thing that I did, it led me straight to Dominic, and as I went to come up behind him the green blur struck again. He pulled to a stop in front of me and I saw that it was Brian.
I saw the cops behind us, and I panicked as Dom got into Brian's car and Brian indicated for me to follow them. We turned them down a street towards two oncoming cop cars, the cars flipping to try and block our way as Brian moved to slip past them, I, following suit. We skimmed past the cars leaving both of them in the dust blocking the other perusing vehicles.
We got out onto the freeway and I stuck my arm out the window to indicate that I was still here, Brian did the same but instead of to say he was here, he told me to pull up beside them.
'What's up?' I shouted through the window.
'How far away is your place?' Brian shouted back.
'Not far…' I started, about to ask why until Dom interrupted.
'Oh, great', Dom exclaimed after looking out the back window.
'What?' I shouted at him before I noticed the bikes surrounding their car, then mine, from behind.
'It's gonna be a long-ass night, that's what', I just managed to hear Dom mutter as someone tapped on my door.
'Follow us', the guy at my door told me. There was another at Brian's door. I managed to look back at the road quickly before looking back at Brian who gave me the same confused look I was giving him before we both concentrated on the road.
I counted a half a dozen or more bikes surrounding the car from behind. They were ridding aggressively and from Dom's reaction at the first sight of them I didn't think this was going to be a friendly clash.
We were led into a parking lot with big ornate Chinese architecture and statues. There looked to be about a little over half a dozen bikers some of them carrying two riders. I got out of the car just as Dom and Brian had, as they all dismounted and pulled off their helmets.
'I thought we had an agreement. You stay away. I stay away. Everybody stays happy', said the man who was apparently the leader while he checked out Brian's car.
'We got lost Johnny. What do you want me to tell you?' Dom asked him.
'Who's "we"?' Johnny asked him.
"Uh, my new mechanic's. Brian here and over there, James, meet Johnny Tran. That guy in the snake skin pants, that's his cousin, Lance." Dom said, Brian didn't seem to find to be very interesting. "So when are you going to give me a shot at that Honda 2000 of yours?" Dom asked him.
'This your ride, beautiful?' Johnny asked walking towards me and ignoring Dom's question.
'Yes', I said defiantly standing my ground as I felt eyes bore into the side of my head.
'Then it's nobody's car', Johnny stated acting as if I hadn't said anything. I opened my mouth to start saying something but I caught a glimpse of Dom out the corner of my eye and the look he was giving me, made me shut my mouth. I followed Dom's lead and didn't claim it. 'Somebody put in the wrench time', Johnny commented. It was then that I looked over and glared at Dom who just glared in return.
Technically, I hadn't done any work on the car, but it was still mine, they had given it to me. it was signed over to my name. 'What do you think Lance?' Johnny continued.
'It's an amazing machine. Amazing woman', Lance replied a creepy look on his face as he stepped toward me gun still levelled at Dom.
'Yes, indeed. They are', Johnny agreed. 'Lets go', Johnny finally said patting Dom on the arm.
I stared down Lance who acted like he was going to approach me before turning and mounting his bike. The others followed suit Johnny talking to Dom while he got ready to leave. 'I'll see you in the desert next month. Be ready to have your ass handed to you', He warned Dom.
'Yeah, you're gonna need more then that crotch rocket', Dom teased him mockingly.
'I got something for you', Johnny told him before putting his helmet on. I watched as they mounted up and drove away before looking over at Dom.
'What the hell was that all about?' Brian asked before I had a chance too. Dom stopped looking at me to answer him.
'Long story. I'll tell you later. Lets get outta here', Dom told him, indicating over to me to do the same before opening the passenger side door and getting in.
Brian and I moved to follow suit when we all heard two bikes, Johnny and his cousin returning. They came to a stop in front of the two cars lifting their guns and starting to shoot them full of holes. We backed off quickly, Brian and I to the left, Dom to the right, trying not to get rained on by the bullets or glass. I saw the rage start to fill Brian as he listened to them shooting up every inch of the car before driving away.
He looked over at his car now full of holes and on fire, I did the same, unbelieving of my luck. I had just gotten the car of my dreams only to watch it get shot up the next minute.
'NOS!' Dom screamed in warning. Brian and I turned to each other, making the most hilarious faces as we both started to bolt away. I only wish I could have laughed as the force threw both of us into the air, hitting the pavement hard when it went up. I groaned, nursing my leg, as Brian covered me from the dropping bits of metal. They were completely totalled, entirely junk now, just useless scraps of metal.
'Fuck!' I shouted, as I tried to get up, only to find that I'd cut up the whole side of the left leg to the point where I was loosing large amounts of blood. Stripping off my shirt to reveal my tank top, I ripped my shirt open one side and started to tie it around my leg to attempt to stop the bleeding.
'Here', Dom offered jogging over to help, arm outstretched, but Brian had helped me up and I was currently leaning on him for support.
'How bad is it?' Brian asked, as I just shrugged almost lifelessly.
'There's a little bone in there somewhere, but, I'll be fine', I laughed as Dom rubbed his bald head and indicated for us to start walking away.
'So, what the hell was that all about?' Brian asked Dom again, helping me down the curb.
'It's a long story', Dom repeated.
'Well, we got a twenty-mile hike. Humour me', he told him. As I just smiled, trying to think of ways how we could avoid the twenty-mile "hike".
'A business deal that went sour', Dom replied. 'Plus I made the mistake of sleeping with his sister'.
'They all sleep with the sister'; I smiled.
'Is this how you thought you'd be celebrating a win?' I laughed, lying back on the hospital bed. I had been in, they'd drugged me a little bit, waited for it to set in, and then began to stitch my leg up, after cleaning it out of course.
'I don't think this is how I've ever celebrated anything', Dom laughed.
'Where's Brian?' I asked as Dom shrugged.
'I don't know, he could have left by now', Dom suggested.
'Or he could of just have gone to get something to eat', Brian laughed, handing m a beef and cheese Pie. 'Don't know what you see in those'.
'It's an Australian thing, you know the whole tomato sauce and beef pie thing', I smiled, taking a huge bite out of the pie. I hadn't eaten for nearly four hours.
'An Australian thing, right', Dom sighed.
'Yo, Spilner', Dom called out to Brian from the porch as he held me up effortlessly with one arm. 'You want a beer?'
'Yeah, sure', he replied. He turned and began to make his way towards the house as Dom passed me over before walking inside.
I felt him tense up as we walked inside.
'It's like your walking into the loins den, isn't it?' I questioned as he chuckled and shook his head. Vince was in the corner playing an awesome guitar, and Letty was lying on the floor playing a game. Dom took his jacket off before heading further inside.
'Yo, Dom. Hey man, we were just about to go looking for you, brother', Leon stated as Dom knocked the beer out of his hand.
'Where were you?' Dom asked walking up to Vince in the corner.
'There were mass cops there; they came in from every direction. There shit was orchestrated!' Vince exclaimed.
'This your beer?' Dom asked, pointing at the beer beside him.
'Yeah that's my beer', Vince answered, as Dom picked it up and walked away.
'Yo, Einstein, take it up stairs', Dom stated as he disturbed Jesse making out with some chick, 'You can't detail a car with the cover on', he walked off, 'Can't even get that right'.
'You all right?' asked Letty. I knew Letty and Dom were an item, so I wasn't so shocked by the whole caring notion.
'Am I alright?' Dom stated angrily stepping towards her.
'It was just a question', she said simply.
'Yo, Dom', Vince called from the corner, 'Why'd you bring the buster here?' Dom had walked further towards us, beers in hand.
'Because the buster kept me out of handcuffs, he didn't just run back to the fort! The buster bought me back', Dom shouted. He walked towards us, arms outspread a beer in each hand, and 'You can have any brew you want, as long as it's a Corona'.
'Thanks, man', Brian muttered, taking the beer from his right hand. I took the second bear from Dom's left hand hopping around just to wake my right leg up.
'That's Vince's. So enjoy it', Dom stated, indicating to Brian's new beer as I smiled. I didn't know what Vince had against him, maybe it was because of Mia being interested in Brian or what, but I enjoyed watching Brian take his shirt, wash the spit from just inside and outside of the top and taking a delectable sip.
'That's my man', I laughed, slapping him on the back and wobbling a bit.
'Hey, you got a bathroom?' he asked me, nudging me a little. I was a little unstable so I wobbled a bit, but I got my balance back.
'Yeah, upstairs, first door to your right'; Dom answered for me, still staring down Vince with a slight smile.
'Yeah, so what girls are here?' Dom asked, waving his hands around to emphasis his point.
Brian smiled at me and led me over to he stairs and sat me down, 'I'll be back'.
'That's cool', I laughed as I watched the scene unfold before me.
'You name it. You want mine?' Leon asked in reply to Dom's question.
'You need to shut the hell…' Letty started as Leon was still talking till he shut up and walked off.
'You don't have anything?' Dom smiled at Leon.
'You look a bit tired, I think you should go upstairs and give me a massage', Letty stated simply, taking his hands.
'Look at all our guests', Dom pointed out.
'How about we go up stairs and you give me a massage', Letty stated a little harder as Dom gave in with a smile and slung his arm around her, heading to the stairs just as Brian came down them.
'Yo', Dom stated, leaning against the start of the railing, his arm still around Letty, 'You know you owe me a ten second car right?'
'Oh…shit', Letty and I laughed as they headed upstairs. I turned to Brian, who helped me up, heading back to the party to find, Leon, Vince and Jesse already to have a rumble.
Vince took a step forward and before I could focus on what was happening I felt Brian tense up again.
'Did you wipe the seat?' Vince sneered. My eyes finally fell to shiny gun on the table surround and covered by chips. That explains it.
'Oh, Jesus Christ. Would you cut the shit, already, come on!' Mia shouted coming out of nowhere, pushing Vince away. I sighed thankfully, releasing the breath I didn't know I was holding and I wasn't even the one in a fight.
'Come on, let's go get me a drink', Mia muttered pulling Brian away as I stubbled around, only to be caught by Jesse at the last second.
'Aw, come on, man, we were just about to get it on', Leon whined as Mia and Brian disappeared.
'Shit', I swore as pain shot through my leg, up my left side and straight to my head, causing me to pass out.