Chapter 10
Hobbs stayed true to his word and we flew towards Spain. We were all gathered in the cargo bay, waiting.
"You alright?" Dom asked me as I leaned up against some covered cargo.
I looked up at him. "I'm good." I said trying to believe even my own words but Dom looked at me as not to believe me.
"You wanna tell me something that's on your mind? Like why Shaw really wanted you to join his team?" Dom said to me bluntly. My eyes were in shock, how the hell did he figure out?
"Dom, I told you…" I began to tell him but he wasn't going to stand back this time, he made it very clear when he grabbed my arm and pulled me to him.
"I'm not in the mood to be played with. Now… why did Shaw want you so badly? No one tries that many times for a random military racing brat." He said to me. I could feel his anger. Just before either of us could say or do anything, Brian came around the corner.
He looked at us very confused. "What's goin on?" Brian asked. Dom released my arm.
"Your cousin here was just about to tell me why Shaw really wanted her so badly." Dom said deeply. Brian looked at Dom then to me.
"Listen it's not what you think. Understand, I can't say…" I began to say but Dom only grew angry with me at this point. He slammed me against the cargo bay metal and kept his arm against my throat. He was mad.
"Don't pull that bullshit Allyson! Now you know something… and I wanna know what it is." Dom said to me, leaning his arm further against my chest. I could not keep this up anymore, I pieced all of Shaw's plans for me together the moment I found out that he was the reason my team was dead. I was the only person who knew the code to the device Shaw was after.
"He wants the code." I said before Dom release me. Dom looked at Brian then back to me.
"What code?" Brian asked.
"The damn code you'll need to activate the device. You didn't honestly think that all you would have to do is put the pieces together then it would work, did you?" I said to them with as much sarcasm as I could muster.
Brian shook his head slightly trying to understand what I had just told them.
"Why would you have the code Ally?" he asked me.
"Because Brian… that's the piece of the device they stole from my team. We were the only ones that could activate it, except for the creator of course." I told him more agitated now. It was my job back then; It was what I was trained for. After my team was killed, I never thought that I would have needed to think about that device again.
"Why hide that from us?" Dom asked me curiously.
"I didn't realize that was what he was after till it was too late. I figured that I would be able to keep quiet and maybe we could put Shaw away before he got this far. I was wrong." I said.
Brian ran his hands through his hair and Dom just smirked.
"Good, at least we have a piece that he doesn't." Dom said and Brian just looked at me cautiously. Dom walked away leaving Brian and I alone. He was about to yell at me, I could tell but Tej thankfully interrupted us.
"I just got word they caught one of Shaw's men at the base." Tej said as we all gathered close.
"It's time." Dom said but Brian wasn't so sure about that.
"Something is not right. He wanted us to find that guy. Think about it. At Interpol, you were face-to-face with him." Brian said reminded us what Braga told Brian.
"Brian, so what are you saying?" Roman asked.
"Braga said the only way you get near Shaw is if he wants you to.
"Tej, where's that component?" Dom asked.
"They're moving it to a secure location." Tej told us.
"Shaw ain't hitting that base." Dom said finally putting it together.
"He's hitting the convoy." Brian said. Looks like our plans were now changed. Shaw thought he could be able to pull a sly one, but Dom's team figured it out before it was too late.
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We made it to our destination. The convoy was already on route and Dom thought it best that Gisele, Hans and I take the bikes while the rest, except Tej, tried to get to the convoy.
"Fellas, you better hurry up. They just took the convoy. And Dom, Letty's with them." Tej told all over us over the cb's.
"We stick to the plan." Dom said. You could tell just by his voice he did not like Letty being with them but this was the plan that we had to stick too.
Geisle, Hans and I took off as fast as our bikes would take us.
"All right, you heard the man. Let's play this fast and clean. That thing's heading your way." Tej told everyone as Dom and the others were slowly gaining on the convoy.
"Change of plans guys… they got a tank" Tej said.
"Did you just say a Tank?" Roman said in disbelief.
The three bikes raced their way up to catch up with the jeep with one of Shaw's men. I was behind the others when I watched Hans jump into the jeep and jerk the wheel. Then I saw her, Gisele was barely hanging on the side. I pulled the throttle harder. I need to get to them but as I gained on them, I realized that those two had it under control already.
The three of us headed back to a military base where we met up with the others. They somehow, were able to get the computer chip, Letty back to Dom and Shaw and his men.
We all stood listening to Hobbs talk with the General.
"I can't believe they stole a 70-ton tank for a three-ounce computer chip." The General said, looking at the chip in front of them.
"That 3-ounce computer chip is more deadly than 1,000 of those tanks." Hobbs said.
"What about her?" the General asked pointing at Letty who sat on the stairs. She was injured from earlier but she was a fighter.
"Not her." Dom said, moving himself closer to her. He was also protecting her.
"She was working with Shaw." The General said trying to understand why they would now be protecting someone who worked with Shaw.
"Was, but she's always been one of us." Dom said sternly. Letty just looked at Dom confused. She could not remember much or any of them.
"Let's give them a minute." Hobbs said to the General before the General took off away from them. Hobbs smiled at me then turned to Riley.
"Let's go process Shaw and his crew. I've never looked more forward to filling out paperwork in my life." He said to Riley as they walked down the hall to the cells Shaw was being held in.
A few minutes later…
"Hey, Toretto! You need to hear this." Hobbs said pulling Shaw beside him. I took a deep breath, trying not to pull my gun and shot the bastard point blank. Shaw smirked at us while still being held by Hobbs.
"You guys really think you've won. This code you live by, it's the very reason why you weren't even in the game. I told you exactly what I was gonna do if you didn't walk away, Toretto. But you didn't listen.
I told you I can reach out and break you whenever I want. And I have." Shaw said as he looked at each one of us.
"Maybe you should call Mia." Shaw said slyly. I looked Brian in shock, I never thought that Shaw would have gone that deep but I was wrong, so very wrong.
Brian pulled out his phone and called Mia. She was captured by Shaw's goons. Shaw seemed pleased with himself by this. Brian quickly ran up to Shaw and punched him square in the face. Roman pulled Brian off of Shaw.
Shaw smirked licking the side of his cut lip.
"So, this is how it's gonna go down. You're gonna cut me loose from these cuffs, you're gonna hand me the chip, I'm gonna walk out of here and you're not gonna follow." Shaw said. Dom and Brian just stared at Shaw as did I but I could feel Hobb's eyes on me. I had to look at him, I knew he was confused in this situation.
I gave him a small smile that was all I could do before turning my attention back to Shaw.
"You must be joking." The General said.
"Look at his face. Ask him if I'm joking." Shaw said towards Dom.
"One hostage does not outweigh the threat to millions. I'm sorry, but this changes nothing." The General said.
Hobbs quickly pulled out his gun, cocked it and pointed it straight at the General. "This changed everything. Tell your men to stand down." Hobbs to him.
"Stand down" he told his men.
"Toretto, I need you to know, the moment we let him walk out that door with that chip, words like amnesty and pardon walk out with him." Hobbs said to Dom but in complete reference to the rest of us.
"Those words went out the day we were born." Dom said calmly. His sister's life was on the line, this was still personal.
Riley grabbed the keys from the General and began to unlock Shaw's men's cuffs and then Shaw's.
Shaw rubbed his wrists together and smiles. Jah grabbed the computer chip and they began to walk away but Shaw stopped and turned to face us once more.
"Let's go Allyson." He said to me. I stood frozen; I knew what would happen to me once I went out that door with him.
Hobbs look at him sternly, "That was not part of the deal." He said to Shaw. Shaw only smirked.
"It was always part of the deal. She's the code, she goes with the chip." He said then looking to Riley.
"Coming babe?" he said as I felt someone's hands push me from behind. It was Riley. She was part of Shaw's group the whole time. Dom's team was in shock and so was Hobbs. He could not believe he was tricked.
"Of course. I wouldn't miss it for the world." Riley said, continuing to push me closer until I reached Jah. Jah handed the chip to another team member then he grabbed my arm tightly.
"Like I said, you were never in the game. If I see you on the horizon, I'll make the call and the girl's dead." Shaw told the rest of them and I could only look at Hobbs. He was pissed for more reasons than them taking me. Quickly Jah pulled me around and we walked out.
Jah pushed me to get inside the jeep and we took off.
"So, what about Toretto's sister?" Riley asked Shaw as she drove.
"There's no need for her anymore." Shaw said trying to make a phone call but he soon looked at his phone strangely.
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Back with Dom and his team.
"I just jammed every signal up and down the spectrum." Tej told them all. Hobbs loaded his gun. He had to get Allyson back and the chip. This was personal now.
"Let's move." Dom said but Letty spoke up.
"I'm coming with you." She told all of them. Dom nodded and then looked at Hobbs.
"Did you know about the code?" Hobbs asked Dom.
"Let's go." He said. Hobbs was going to bring Shaw in if it was the last thing he did.
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I soon found out where we were going. We drove on a runway with no planes around. We were leaving it seemed, not a good sign for me.
As we drove faster down the runway, Dom and the team were quickly on our tails. I couldn't help but smirk but before I could enjoy my excitement, I started to hear something overhead. I looked up and there it was, I big ass plane lowing itself onto the runaway just in front of us.
"Let's end this thing" Shaw said to Riley which only made me sick. I had no idea what the hell he was planning. Riley drove up into the plane after it lowered its door.
"You're not going to get the code from me, Shaw. You know that, don't you." I said but he only ignored me. He stopped the jeep and they got out. Riley pulled my tied arms until I was out of the jeep. Before I could even realize it there stood Mia being pushed along by the remaining team of Shaw. She looked at me with irritation as I yanked my arm from Riley's grasp.
Riley cocked her gun, but her body was soon in contact with Dom's car that drove up into the plane. Brian and Letty were with him. I ran after Mia when she took off to hide. If I could do one thing right on this job, it was keeping Mia safe.
"Go… Go" I said to her as we rounded a corner. I heard shots from all areas. Mia leaned up against something and I motioned for her to help me.
"Help me get these off." I said as she started to untie my hands until they were free. Unfortunately just as she untied me, a shot was heard just beside her head. It was one of Shaw's team, a women but not Riley.
She continued to fire at Mia as Mia took off around another corner. I ducked myself hidden until the woman was in my view. I kicked out her knee, causing her to fall into the metal wall. She looked at me pissed.
She threw a punch at me which I barely missed. The woman and I threw a few more kicks and hits until I managed to kick her hard enough to knock her out. I pulled her gun out from under one of the cars, but then I felt his hands. Shaw pulled me out, throwing me into the car. His hands clasped around my neck, limiting the breath I had.
"What is the code?" he asked me angry that things were not going his way.
I did not respond. No matter what I was not going to give him what he wanted.
"Give me the damn code." He said tighten his hand around my throat. I was becoming harder to breath but out of nowhere I felt his grip loosen completely.
I coughed trying to gain my composer. I held throat when I noticed that Brian was the one that changed after Shaw. I did not stick around to see what happened from there, I need to get that chip. I ran around the corner to find Letty and Riley exchanging blows.
At that moment I noticed that that Riley was about to take Letty out completely. I climbed on top of the car and then jumped on top of Riley. We both collided with the ground. I pulled myself up and held my fists up.
"Letty… go find Dom!" I yelled to her as she looked at me but she did not go.
"Now Letty! I'll deal with Riley." I told her as she then nodded to me and was gone.
Riley smirked at me, readying herself.
"Alright princess! Let's see what you got." She taunted me the throwing the first punch. She made instant contact with my face, pushing me back into a car. Her hands on the back of my head, pushing my head down hard enough to feel the impact I had with the hood of the car.
I head butted her, allowing enough time for me to throw a punch and a kick, knocking her to the ground. I could feel some blood running down from my nose as I steadied myself.
As she pulled herself up, she reached for a metal bar then taking a swing at me. I almost dodged it but it caught the side of my arm. She went to take another swing at me, when I grabbed her hand, trying my hardest to break her hold of the bar.
Her knee made contact with my stomach, making me pull myself backwards. Riley turned around to look for something and quickly and when she made eye contact with it, she jumped for it.
I went to go after her but I was trying to catch my breath while holding onto a corner of the car. She had already grabbed it. It was her gun that she dropped during her and Letty's fight.
"It's over for you sweetheart." She said to me about to fire, but before she could make a clean shot, Letty rushed her pinning her against an escape door but not before Riley taking a shot off direction.
Letty pulled open the latch to the door, causing the door to open but Riley managed to hang on. Letty backed away a little. Riley smirked at her.
"HEY" a man shouted tossing Letty a gun. Letty caught the gun from Hobbs who looked at Riley in amusement now.
"Wrong team bitch" Letty said firing a shot right at Riley, making her fall out the door.
I watched as it played out. I saw Hobbs move quickly over to me.
"We have to get out of here. The planes going down." He said to Letty and I. I nodded then looked at Letty. Hobbs began to lead the way followed by Letty then myself.
We didn't get to far when Dom caught up to us. He looked at Letty; I knew he was happy that she was safe. Dom looked out the door that Letty had opened already.
"We have to jump." Dom said looking out and noticing Tej driving just below the door. I took a deep breath. I did not want to jump out of a moving plane into a jeep. It was pure crazy but I didn't have time to think before Hobbs jumped first.
Letty was just as scared as I was. "Go now" Dom yelled at her before she jumped next. She cleared the jeep. Dom looked me but before either of us jumped, Dom caught Shaw running between cars. Dom quickly took off after him. I looked down at Hobbs who was yelled for me to jump but I couldn't. Not yet.
Shaw jumped into his jeep inside the plane with the chip. Dom followed right behind him. I ran up close to the car as I watched it start to move forward. Next thing I noticed was Dom jumped back out of the jeep just before the jeep slamming into a guard wall causing Shaw to go through the glass and roll off the platform onto the runaway.
I was about to go to Dom when I felt a sharp pain on the side of my stomach. I pressed my hand against my shirt and pulled my hand away. Blood.
The adrenaline must have stopped me from realizing the shot from Riley had actually hit me. I looked up to Dom who was now staring at me and my wound. He ran towards me, pulling me inside a car. I held my side tightly, trying to stop the bleeding.
Dom sped off as the plane dropped to the runway. The plane was engulfed by flames now and all I could do was hang on as Dom drove right through the front of the plane onto to runway.
Once the car caught the runaway, I looked back and noticed that the plane was still sliding towards us. Dom tried to help keep the car under control but he had too much speed. The car began to flip and then roll across the run away. I held on as tight as I could, as Dom and I felt every slam against the road. The glass shattered throughout the car and the metal began to buckle.
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The plane slid to a complete stop as did everyone. Letty, Tej, Roman and Hobbs stopped there jeep. Brian and Mia pulled the car over; Hans pulled himself out of his car. Everyone had watched Dom's car roll behind the plane. Fear past each one of them. Did he not make it?
Mia was growing afraid that she lost her brother; Brian was scared that he lost Dom and his cousin, Hobbs could not believe what happened. Everyone kept looking at the burning plane.
'Come on Allyson' Hobbs thought to himself as his eyes scanned throughout the fire. No one even knew if Allyson even made it out of the plane at all. No one could tell if she was with Dom or not.
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The car finally came to a stop but not before the wing of the plane nearly crashing us. Dom crawled out of the front window pulling me out next. He helped me to my feet but not before looping my arm around his neck to help support me. He helped me walk around the burning plane as he carried the chip in his other hand. I held tight to my side, it was bleeding more now but we had to get back.
Dom and I walked around the wreckage of the burning plane until we came to view.
As Dom continued to help me, we both watched as Letty started running towards us and Hobbs started walking a little faster than he normally would.
I knew Letty was not running for me. She caught up to us and I pulled myself from Dom.
I kept walking until Hobbs met up with me. He smiled at me and I smiled at him. I wrapped my arms around him without realizing I was doing it. I must have shocked him for a moment before I felt his arms wrap around me.
"I thought I'd lost you." He said to me softly. I pulled myself from his hold just enough to raise my free hand to his face.
"I'm here now that's all that matters." I said to him as his lips found mine. He kiss was gentle but needing. I wanted to deepen our kiss but I stretched too much for my pain level to handle. I gasped briefly, tightening my hold of my side.
Hobbs noticed this, placing his hand over mind with slight worry. He moved my hand away slowly and noticed the gunshot wound.
"You've been shot." He said just now realizing.
"I've had worse." I said to him feeling his hand press against me.
"You're one stubborn ass woman. You know that?!" he said to me causing a smile to show over my face.
Hobbs helped me to the others slowly, as my adrenaline began to slow and I was now feeling the pain a little stronger with each step.