Chapter 2 – So Cold

Meanwhile from Letty's POV – London

The cold air whipped past Letty as she gripped the roll cage of the jeep nervously. Letty could feel the adrenaline pumping through her veins as she prepared for the jump. Climbing on top of the roll cage Letty steadied herself as the crew neared the military convoy.

Owen's unforgiving, dead voice echoed through her ears as she waited for the signal; "you're clear for the jump. Remember we only have a short period of time to take control of the convoy. Otherwise we miss the opportunity for a clean get away.

Pausing Letty steadied herself before she jumped. She gasped in pain as her body collided with the hard metal of the truck, her sweaty hands slipping slightly against the ladder.

Letty desperately clutched the ladder as she climbed onto the roof of the transport, her body being pounded by the force of the wind. Crawling forward she gripped the corrugated metal as she inched towards the cabin of the truck.

When Taro and Jamie reached her position; Letty began to slide down the side of the transport, gripping the metal bars beside the door. When Taro had disappeared over the other side of the truck, Owen disabled the escort vehicle with a grenade as Jamie opened fire into the cabin of the truck.

Letty could feel the heat from the truck in front burning against her skin as the deafening echo of bullets rung in her ears. Pulling the hammer from the belt of her jeans, she shattered the glass window and climbed into the cabin. But Letty was taken by surprised as one of the soldiers shoved his glock in her face.

Letty knocked his gun away a second before he pulled the trigger. An intense burning sensation grazed across the right side of her abdomen. As Letty pulled her pistol from her waistband, she shot two bullets into his chest. Wrestling the soldier from the cabin of the transport, Letty winced as she heard the sickening thud as his lifeless body collided with the highway.

Looking over Letty could see that Jamie had knocked the truck into gear and raced towards the rendezvous point after Shaw. Looking over her shoulder she could see Taro standing over the crates, counting and checking the weapons.

Letty could feel the adrenaline slowly seeping from her body, which caused Letty to slump further against her chair. Reaching across her body Letty could feel the blood trickling from her graze. Placing her hand across the wound she tried to stem the bleeding, wincing slightly from the increased pressure and pain.

The smell of death that filled the air repulsed Letty. Looking down she could see her body was caked in blood. Some was hers but most was from the injured soldier.

To take the life of somebody else was never a pleasurable feat. It left a person with a permanent bloody stain across their conscious. It was not something that could be washed away. It was not something you could forget. But all that Letty wanted to do was fall asleep and forget about this hideous nightmare. However life was a cruel mistress.


Turning through the maze of deserted alleyways Letty climbed uneasily from the truck gripping her side for protection. In some ways Letty was lucky it was only a graze bit it had torn the side of her favourite jacket, shore it was covered in blood and worn. But it was a birthday gift from Mia and Dom a few years ago.

Letty could feel her blood boiling as Jamie laughed with Taro as they jumped from the back of the transport. As she marched up to Taro, pulling him roughly aside and pinning him against the transport; "Fucker, you owe me a new jacket." She yelled poking a finger through the hole.

"Now let me make something clear dipshit, dead is dead, it is not I can still shoot one more fucking bullet. Your job is to eliminate the drivers. You pull that shit again and it'll be you with a bullet in your chest. Got it?" Letty fumed as she punctuated her point with a sharp jab to his sternum.

However Letty felt a shooting pain through her wrist as Shaw gripped her tightly and twisted, immobilising her. Letty could feel the bruises forming across her arm already. As Owen stood too close; he whispered in her ear, "you will see me tomorrow, understand? We have important matters that need to be discussed.

Letty turned her head as she tried to hide the disgust in her eyes and the fear that raged within her stomach. Nodding slightly, she turned and walked away from the crew towards her car. Her head raised defiantly with a last ounce of will. Letty cursed under her breath, "estúpido bastardo (Stupid Bastard)," as he stepped into her silver Jensen interceptor before she sped across town towards her safe house.


As Letty arrived at her safe house the sun had set low beyond the horizon. Well in all honesty her safe house was more of a small two storey warehouse just outside of town. Perfect for escape if she had to run again.

As she parked her interceptor inside her warehouse she looked nervously over her shoulder, after feeling a set of goose bumps travel down her spine. Placing her hand nervously over her gun, she turned around slowly.

Nothing ever felt quite right anymore. This place didn't feel like home. There was no warm feeling that spread through her body. No feelings of security.

Sliding the garage door down on her warehouse, Letty walked through the garage and up to the stairs towards her mezzanine floor. It was the section of warehouse that she had converted into an apartment. Well sort of. It held no personal features; just white wash walls, a bed and a small kitchen and bathroom.

Letty smiled slightly half expecting to hear the guys' laughs from the garage downstairs or Mia in the kitchen. She thought back to her family; Mia, Vince, Leon, Jesse, Han and Dom.

But the smile slide slowly from her face as her mind crossed to Dom. It was his fault for all of this. The pain. The tears. The loss. Hell, Letty would even blame him for that cold feeling that had set in her bones. He was the reason that everybody Letty knew and cared about thought that she's dead.

Letty had cornered O'Conner at a street race in LA. Fuming she stalked over to where he was leaned casually against his Nissan skyline.

His face flashed with worry as he saw the small Latina storming towards him. However he was unprepared for the killer right hook that knocked him to the ground. In all honesty did he expect anything different?

'What the hell, are you doing here O'Connor?'

Letty yelled her face set in stone.

Brian looked up and saw the raging storm of emotions, the anger and pain. 'Letty please just let me explain; I'm not here to arrest anyone. I'm just going undercover.'

'Why, so you can destroy more lives?'

'No, so I can stop a drug lord called Braga.'

Realisation flashed across her face, 'he's bad news Brian.'

Brian started to stand, watching Letty cautiously. 'I know, that's why I need a racer to get into his organisation. I wasn't going to go anywhere near you or Mia. I swear.'

'What's the reward for something like this?' asked Letty thinking silently.

'Well, they get immunity, the feds really want to catch this guy.' He replied without thinking.

Her mind raced to Dom, this could be their only chance. 'I'll do it but Dom gets immunity.'

'No. Dom would kill me if I let you do it.' Brian stated, shaking his head.

'O'Connor nobody who has heard of Braga would go undercover. I know the risks. You do this and I get Dom.' Letty turned and walked away a smile spreading across her face for the first time in weeks.

Pushing her memories aside, Letty stripped from her clothes and headed to the shower, hoping to clean the blood from her body. Turning the tap, the boiling water hit her body as she tried to scrub her skin. Trying to erase the nightmare from her mind.

As the water slowly began to run clear, Letty sunk further against the wall of the shower as her strength finally dwindled. As her legs gave way and she hit the floor, Letty wrapped her hands around her thin, broken body and cried.

Letty almost prayed that the night Phoenix had stood over her wrecked car watching her burn; he had placed a bullet in her brain. Because tomorrow would bring a new kind of hell and Letty didn't know whether she was strong enough to survive.


Authors Note -

Changed Chapter 1 slightly tied up some loose ends. Sorry for not updating sooner but im going of to Uni and I dont know when Ill be able to update once classes start.

Thanks

Renee