A/N: KitChi: Thank you for the feedback! Although, I know Japan isn't in the middle east, but you have to wait and see why I named this FanFiction with that in the title ;)
Thanks for the feedback from you all! I really appreciate it! Even from you quiet readers.
Chapter II – To say goodbye
Fast and the Furious
Ride to the Middle East
Hearing the shattering sound, the prepared Letty and Mia rushed downstairs. Quietly and smoothly as cats, they appeared in the doorway. Letty with a gun in her hand and Mia with Jack's plastic baseball bat, ready to hit whomever that had ambushed their accommodation. Dom's serious expression remained but Brian almost rolled his eyes at the sight of them.
"No danger, girls," he assured them. Oblivious of Dom's state, Mia entered the kitchen and gasped at the broken window. Or frankly, there wasn't a window there anymore. With her hands opening, the baseball bate fell down to the floor. Her worried eyes examined the place as if a corpse was lying there. Letty though had noticed Dom's look and eyed him carefully. His gaze met hers but he turned it away quickly. Obviously to not reveal himself but she had read him. Something was terribly wrong.
"And if it were, you, Letty and Jack should get out of here as soon as possible," Brian continued. The last thing he wanted was his girlfriend and baby-boy dead. He had almost felt it when Owen pushed it into his face around a year ago. That feeling was something he never wanted to experience again.
Mia mumbled something for an answer. Of course Brian would say that. He always wanted her and Jack being safe. There was some familiarity of Dom's protectiveness of family in him.
But at the moment, Brian just wanted the women to go out of the room. He wanted to find out from Dom about the call. Instead, Mia managed going there quicker.
"What happened?" she demanded. She turned to Dom and that's when she took a note of his clenched jaw. A look he wore when he was upset. "Dom?"
He swallowed. "Shaw called."
For a longer moment, the three family members watched him wonderingly.
"Owen called?" Letty asked with a raised eyebrow. She had returned from the dead, why wouldn't Owen be able to?
No shaking head, no nodding. It was only his lips that moved. "Ian," he corrected.
The reaction of widened eyes revealed Letty. Dom looked up just in time to catch it, so did Mia and Brian. It was all Dom needed in confirmation that son of a bitch actually existed. This was not a prank at all.
"Ian Shaw?" Brian asked and looked at Letty. "You know him?"
She looked at Dom which eyes hung in question. "He is Owen's older brother."
"I kind of thought so," Dom spoke. There was a silence, the others sensing his gathering before he continued. "There was an… accident," he explained, pronouncing the last word with distrust. "...In Tokyo."
Feeling her eyes getting watery, Mia covered her mouth. "No… No! Not Han!" she began sobbing. "Please don't say it's Han."
The fear had struck Brian and Letty as well. Having the eyes of a scared deer, Letty eyed Dom for more information. Anything that would tell them Han was okay. But there never came one. Sensing his girlfriend's breakdown, Brian took a hold of Mia and pulled her in his embrace. Dom walked out of the room with firm steps. Glancing at Mia and Brian's posture, Letty decided to leave them alone to grief. She herself didn't remember Han from before. Apparently they had been pretty good friends and hijacked together in the Dominican Republic. She did recall him from the events in London though, plus the fact that he had lived with them for a while.
As she expected, she found Dom in the garden. His fists were clenched just like his jaw. One of them held a corona. The bottle was probably only seconds from cracking by the strong hold he around it. She examined him from distance on the tiny porch before walking down the small stair.
"Don't do what you're about to," she said. He didn't react to her words at all. He didn't even look over his shoulder at her. To gain his full attention, even if she obliviously already had it, she placed herself in front of him. "Ian is real shit man."
Dom's dull eyes stared directly into Letty's.
She took a tiny step forward to stand closer to him, with her hands moving to his shoulders. "He is even worse than Owen. I've seen it myself."
"I have to go."
"No you don't. You give him exactly what he wants."
Dom shook his head and looked up to the starlit sky. "I'll do it for Han."
"Then I'll go with you."
That caused Dom to immediately move his gaze down to his precious jewel. Never in a million years he'd drag her along! Sure, she was the best co-worker but if something happened to her; he wouldn't forgive himself. He wouldn't know what to do anymore. In addition, her memory still hadn't returned.
"That's out of question," he said decidedly in a louder voice. He knew she was serious with that phrase, and he'd never let her.
Stubbornly, Letty let go of his shoulder. "If you leave, then so do I," she confirmed. "I'm going to pack," she said began walking away. Firmly Dom grabbed her wrist to pull her back. Both of his large hands were clasped around her wrists.
"You stay here," he had leaned down a bit and spoke it into her face.
She winced slightly. "Gisele died for me," she fought back. "I owe it to them both."
Her auburn eyes stared into Dom's hazel ones. So many times she had persuaded him easily with those. Although this time it could mean a possible death for her, and that was beyond the last thing Dom would be able to face. One time was too much. A second would kill him.
He released one of her hands and straightened his back. "Then I'll pay it for you."
With that, he turned on his heels and went inside. He found Brian in the kitchen with his arms around Mia. She had her back turned against Dom, head buried in his neck. Dom nodded towards the stair. "I'm going to pack. We leave tonight."
Brian made a nod.
When Dom entered the bedroom, he had to pause in the doorway with a frown. Letty was walking back and forth from the closet to a suitcase put on the bed, with clothes and weapons in her hands. He crossed his arms. "What the hell do you think you're doing?!" he demanded.
She glanced at him but continued packing. "I'm going to join you and Brian, no matter what you say."
Again, Dom interrupted her actions by grabbing her wrist. "Stop."
She shot him a glare but sighed by his stern expression. "Come on…"
"This is no adventure, Let. You will stay here and recover. I won't be able to concentrate if you are there. All I'm going to do is worrying about your safety," he said. "Here. Here you are safe, in L.A."
She wriggled her hand out of Dom's grasp and sat down on the edge of the big bed. "So I'm going to stay here, wondering if you're about to get yourself killed or not?"
Dom removed her packing and began filling it with his own. "I'm going to be fine. I'm always fine."
Such a lie. He had been in serious trouble a couple of times and that she had been told. "But if not, I'm heading straight to Tokyo to kick some ass."
Even due the awful circumstances, Dom had to chuckle. He leaned down and planted a kiss on her temple. For that brief moment, her eyes closed.
"Letty!" It was Mia who called.
"I'll be back," Letty said and walked out of the room. Dom closed the door behind her and fumbled up his phone. He knew Letty too well to buy that she wouldn't take a flight to Japan.
"Yo."
"Roman?"
"Dom?" Roman asked surprised.
"Yeah, it's about Han."
"I know about it. Brian already called," Roman said, sounding much calmer and down than he usually did.
Dom took a deep breath. "Brian and I will take the first flight to Tokyo. You need to come here and watch Letty."
"Watch Letty?" it was clear astonishment in his voice. "She's not a helpless little girl. Think she has proven that by far, if you know what I'm saying."
After glancing to the door to make sure Letty didn't stand there, eavesdropping, Dom continued the conversation. "I know her too well to think she is going to stay here in L.A. As soon as she thinks it's clear, she will leave the house."
It was a silence in the line.
"I want her safe."
"Alright, I'll come and make sure she stays there," Roman acknowledged. A content look appeared on Dom's face.
"Good," he hung up. He threw the phone to the bed and was about to go on packing when something in the corner of his eyes scarred his vision. He almost jumped by Letty's presence. Leaning confidently at the doorframe with folded arms, she had a quirked eyebrow.
"How long have you been standing there?"
She eyed him suspiciously. "Who was that?"
"Roman. About Han."
With narrowed eyes she walked into the room. She still disliked the idea of her staying home, but nothing she said would make her come along. Once Dom had set up his mind it was final. If he so had to tie her or lock her inside a room, he'd do that if it meant her staying there. She'd rather be free and pretend she was somewhat agreeing to his opinion. Even if she on the inside longed for joining him.
"It more sounded like a deal that was being made."
He eyed her with slight amusement. "When did you become this suspicious?"
"When you started telling me what to do."
He zipped the suitcase and threw it over his shoulder. He gave her a chaste kiss on his way out. Brian was downstairs, holding his suitcase while keeping the other arm around Mia. Slowly, Letty made her way downstairs behind Dom. Outside on the porch, she hugged Brian goodbye while Dom spoke some sincere and assuring words to his little sister.
"Come home unharmed," Mia more demanded than begged. Dom smiled.
"I promise."
Dom and Brian headed towards the cars. Wearing a small frown, it was revealed that the situation annoyed Letty. Yet, she did the best of it by not refusing Dom's so-called order. She had known him for around a year now. That's what her current memory let her remember. He was a man she had kept around for so many years, a man she had known since she was a child. It hurt indescribably much to not remember those moments. Perhaps sometime in the future. But this year, he had taught her so much. Making her feel things she didn't believe existed. Owen had taught her to be tough, rough and real hard-nosed. Then Dom had come along and made her turn inside out. He had been her rock and stood by her side, supporting her through these hard therapist visits. He had helped her in occasions when people had shouted her name to greet her, and she had felt this pain strike her like a sharp knife when she couldn't remember them. Then at night she slept with his arm around her, her leg crossing him in a silent way of making him her possession. And now he was leaving her. He was going away to take care of a friend of them which love had been sacrificed for Letty.
"Hey, Dom!" she called out. After running up to him and throwing her arms around him, she buried her face in his neck. His lovely scent surrounded her and made her want to stay there for all eternity. When he set her back down on the ground, she looked rather pleadingly up to him. "Be careful." Her gaze fell.
His fingers below her chin pushed her look upwards a bit. "I'll see you soon. Work on your recovery and I'll be home before you know it."
Carefully, he leaned down and met her lips in a searching kiss. It was over sooner than the both of them preferred, but he had to leave.
"Brian!" he shouted and plopped into the driver's seat. With Letty holding her upper arm, Mia watched Brian join her brother in the car.
"Relax," Letty tried to assure her when the car pulled out of the parking lot. "I'll leave tomorrow and pursue them."
A/N: A bit of drama here, but now the story will take off! I imagined Dom being a bit protective over Let now when she's back. Any opinion?
