Dom helped me strip off my bloodied shirt and hoisted me up onto the metal table that held the medical supplies. I hadn't spoken since he had picked me up from the parking garage, not entirely sure what to say. Dom moved around me and grabbed the rubbing alcohol, warning me it was going to sting. I nodded my head and concentrated on the conversation that that going on in front of me.
"This is crazy. We are not in Brazil." Rome commented harshly, shaking his head as he walked towards Han and Gisele. "So now we got cars flying in the air? On some 007 type shit? This is not what we do."
"Man, you really got to check that emotion." Tej said coming up from behind him. "Your voice just went from Shaggy to Scooby Doo. 'this is not what we roo-roo-roo.'" He mocked, grinning like an idiot. Han and Gisele laughed, shaking their heads at the comment.
"See man, when a woman starts shooting at you, that's a clear sign to back the fuck off." Rome snapped, clapping his hands together. "We need to get the hell out of dodge. That could have been my forehead man." He exclaimed, pointing to his crushed car.
"No." Tej said, shaking his head. "That's not as big as your forehead." Rome watched as Tej walked away from him, laughing as he did so. Rome reached up and patted his forehead with a frown.
I closed my eyes and swallowed hard as Dom placed the the alcohol swob against my wound, and did his best to clean it before picking up the tweezers. "This is going to hurt." He warned, putting his hand on my waist to study me before he began digging at the bullet. I clenched my jaw as he pulled the bullet from my body. "You okay?" He asked, dropping the bullet into the metal dish beside us. I nodded, reopened my eyes and licking my lips before pursing them together.
"She definitely saw it was you?" Brian asked, coming towards us. He stopped in front of us and waited for his answer
"She looked right at me Brian. I called out to her. She it saw me." I replied, nodding my head and rotating my injured shoulder. Dom grabbed the bandage from the first aid kit next to us and placed it over my wound, applying pressure before taping it up.
"Maybe the Letty we once knew is gone. Even though she's alive maybe she's gone." Brian stated, looking between Dom and I. I couldn't bring myself to respond. I had nothing to say to that.
Dom shook his head, looking towards Brian. "You don't turn your back on family." He stated. "Even when they do." Brian nodded and looked down, taking in what Dom had just said.
I took a deep breath and hopped off the table without a word, heading back to the room Dom and I shared. I heard footsteps behind me but I didn't slow down, I couldn't be out there anymore. Dom closed the door behind him and sat on the bed, watching me as I stared out the window. "She looked me dead in the eyes, Dom." I whispered. "Dead in the eyes and shot me. She shot me."
"Katie…"
"She's been alive this whole time and never once came for us." I stated, more to myself than anyone. "Why? Why would she do something like that? What is wrong with her? Did she not think for one second that her family would want to know that she's not in the ground?" My voice was getting increasingly loader as the anger inside me grew. "She didn't look like she was acting against her will. Which means the Letty we knew, the Letty we loved, she's gone. Brian is right."
"Katie…" He stood up and tried to walk towards me but I stepped back, shaking my head. I moved over to the bag that was in the corner of the room and pulled out the box of letters I wrote to Letty.
"The Letty I wrote to all this time, she's gone." I stated, opening the box and pulling out a handful of letters. I threw them into the air and released a painful cry, sinking to my knees and dropping the box. Dom was beside me in a instant, pulling me into his loving arms. He didn't speak, he just held me while I finally released all the pent up anger and hurt. "I don't understand." I whispered, closing my eyes.
A few hours passed before Dom and I left our room and rejoined the team. If anyone had heard my moment of weakness they weren't coughing up so I breathed a sigh of relief. That breakdown was a long time coming. I knew it. Dom knew it. Everyone around us knew it. I'm learning fast that you can't keep something like that bottled up inside and expect to be fine. It'll eat you alive from the inside out.
Dom stopped next to Brian but I kept going, only stopping when I reached Tej who was working on some tech thing that even if he explained in small words I wouldn't understand. I sat next to him and smiled, looking across the various screens flashing and doing their thing. Rome chuckled which caused me to look up, raising an eyebrow. I watched as he took another candy bar from the broken vending machine before walking towards us, stopping in front of the screens that displayed pictures of Owens team.
"This is crazy man." He commented, looking over the pictures with a shake of his head. I turned towards him and waited for him to elaborate. "I'm sitting here, looking at these images. It's like we're hunting out evil twins." I smiled and crossed my arms over my chest as he continued. "I mean, look at this black dude right here." He said, pointing to the first picture. "He handsome. Clearly that's me. Then we got a white Hobbs. This is Han. Tej, its an African in a beanie. That's like your mini-me, man."
I rolled my eyes and laughed with him, reveling in the lighthearted conversation. "Okay, whatever you say." I said, nudging Tej who reluctantly smiled after doing his best to fight it.
"Hey Brian." Rome called, looking passed me to where Dom and Brian were talking. Rome stopped in front of the blonde woman's picture, a grin on his face. "When did you do this photo shoot?" Brian smiled and flicked him the bird, shaking his head. "I'm just playing man. We know Katie's the prettiest blonde around here." He commented, sending a wink in my direction.
I was about to respond with some sarcastic ass comment when Hobbs pulled in, shutting the engine off before hopping out with Riley. "All right, lock it up. First off, this is the worst damn city in the world to commit a crime. They got cameras on every street corner. I got video footage from CCTV of the raid lets try and track that, see where it leads us." He stated, handing Tej a flash-drive. "And secondly, we just got conformation on what Shaw's crew grabbed from Interpol. They ripped off a data base of every location that houses the final component that they need."
Brian and Dom made their way over to us, stopping in front of the metal table were we kept most of our weapons. "So, where are they at?" Brian asked.
"There are over two dozen of them around Europe." Really replied, folding her arms over her chest.
Hobbs put his hands on his hips and moved his eyes between each member of the team. "The list is only good for ninety-six hours. Which mean, wherever Shaw's crew is going to hit next, its going to happen within the next four days. They got a window and so do we. We got to move."
Dom nodded and looked around. "Hobbs is right. So lets break this down. You meet them, what do we know?" I stood up and moved around Tej's computer haven, coming to a stop between Brian and Dom.
"We know they have to be running custom engines." Tej said, nodding his head. "You heard that flip car going through those gears."
"Sequential transmission." Han added, nodding at Tej's statement.
Giselle looked towards Dom before speaking. "It didn't sound like a normal engine." He commented, shaking her head.
I looked up at her and nodded. "It was a turbo diesel." I stated. "It sounded like something you'd hear in Lamond." I commented, raising my eyebrow.
"Did you see it take all those his and still stay flat in the corners?" Tej asked with a raised eyebrow, blowing out an impressed breath. "Hydraulics."
"Or magnetic suspension." Brian countered, leaning against the table. I watched Hobbs and Riley share an impressed look and smiled to myself. I guess we weren't the dumb criminals she thought we were. News flash.
Han stepped forward and sighed. "But who not only has access to the components but can fabricate something like that?" He questioned, raising his eyebrow.
"Maybe a handful of shops in London." Brain replied, nodding his head slightly.
"Regular tuner shops aren't going to cut it on this one." Dom stated. "We're going to have to dig deeper then that." The team nodded, agreeing with what he was saying. "Han, Giselle, Roman, you're up. Katie I want you to go too. Back them up." I turned to look at him, pursing my lips before giving a nod. "We find the guy who made that car, we find Shaw."
Giselle nodded and loaded the clip into her gun. "Lets go." I pushed myself away from the table and touched Dom's arm, smiling at him before following Han and Roman towards the elevator. A moment later, someone touched my should and I glanced back. Riley smiled, falling into step next to me and Giselle.
Okay, here is the next chapter. I really hope you like it. If you do, please leave me a review and tell me what you thought.
