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Brian's POV
Today, Hector came in Harry's shop and gave me a list and said that he wanted 3 of everything on the list for Race Wars. It was stuff for his car, but my mind instantly went to 'He might be the one hijacking the truck shipments'.
I put Hectors orders in the computer after he paid me upfront and then went about my day working at Harry's.
That night, I followed Hector to his hang out, out side of El Gato Negro. I was on a roof watching Hector having fun with his girls and his buddies.
I then walked around on the roof to try and find a way in. I then spotted a window, so I broken the glass as quietly as I could and then made my way to Hectors garage.
Down there I found his cars and looked at every detail of each car to see if the stolen shipments match up with what was on Hectors cars.
When I found nothing, I put everything back how I found it and quietly made my way out the window and onto the roof, but as I climb down the side of the building to get to my car, I didn't think to check if anyone was on the ground below.
I then felt something hard hit the back of my head and then everything went dark.
Nobody's POV
Vince stood over Brian's body with a shot gun in his hands. He then grabbed the back of Brian's leather jacket and dragged him to a dark alley and threw him back on the floor.
"He moans like a cop." Vince states as he walks around Brian with the shot gun pointed at him. Brian then groans as he starts waking up.
Dom then appears from the darkness and stares at Brian in disbelief.
"Brian, this is one of those times when you need to be very clear about what you say." Dom says calmly with his arms crossed. Brian just lays on the ground with his hands in the air as if trying to tell Vince that he surrenders as Vince points the gun in Brian's face.
Dom then takes two small steps forward and says, "Nod if you understand me."
"NOD!" Vince yells to Brian since Brian was still in shock to move, but Brian immediately nodded and as soon as he did Dom said, "Sit up."
Brian then gets up slowly as Dom states, "Tell me what the hell you're doin' down here."
"Oh, shit. What I'm doin'?" Brian asks as he breathes heavily while rubbing the back of his head because he was in pain. Vince then nudges Brian to speak, so Brian says panting, "Dom, I don't-I owe you a ten-second car. And what this is about, this is about Race Wars."
Vince then kicks Brian in his side to continue talking. "I just went in there and Hector is gonna be runnin' three Honda Civics with Spoon engines. And on top of that, he just came into Harry's and he ordered three T-66 turbos, with NOS, and a MoTeC system exhaust." Brian explains while still panting.
Vince and Dom look at each other a little confused, so Dom asks, "So what are you saying? You're gonna go around and check everybody's shit out, one garage after another?"
"Yeah." Brian says while standing up slowly and still panting. "Because Dom, you know... I can't lose again."
"He's a cop!" Vince shouts to Dom while still pointing the gun at Brian's head and then lowers the gun as he says again, "He's a cop."
This got Dom thinking a little, so he asked Brian, "You a cop?" Brian lies as he shakes his head no.
"Let's go for a little ride." Dom says smirking as Brian.
Brian smirks back as Dom starts to walk towards his car, but Brian dropped his smirk and became pissed as Vince hit Brian in his leg with the gun and yelled, "Walk!"
About 10 minutes later, Jesse drove Dom, Brian, and Vince to Jonny's garage.
"Alright kid. Stand watch." Dom says to Jesse as he gets out of the car with Brian and Vince. Jesse then drove to the front where the restaurant is to keep watch.
The boys jumped the fence, climbed on top of the roof, and found a way into the garage. They then look around the garage, until Vince says, "Yo, Dominic. There's no engines." while looking at a car.
"What are they plannin' on racin' with? Hopes and dreams?" Dom asks confused. Vince then shakes his head and says, "I don't know, but I know they're sneaky as shit, and they've got enough money to buy anything."
While Dom and Vince talk, Brian takes a look around and sees what he thought was the stolen merchandise from the trucks and as he walks over to the boxes, Dom's phone beeps.
"What Jesse?" Dom asks. Outside, Jesse was hiding as bikers drive by and once they passed, Jesse talks into his phone and says, "Dom, we got a wolf pack. It's Jonny Tran, and he's comin' your way really fast!"
"Alright, we got company." Dom says aloud to Vince and Brian, but Brian was too caught up in Jonny's merchandise so Dom had to scream, "Spilner!" for Brian to hear him.
The lights turned on and the garage started to open, so the boys ran to the back and hid behind some cars.
Jonny Tran and his crew then drive into the garage and held a mechanic, Ted, at gun point and asked why the cars have no engines. When Ted said he didn't know, Jonny then held him down to the floor while he pumped oil all over him until Ted finally said, "There in a warehouse!"
Jonny then got up from the floor, wiped his hands on a cloth, and kicked Ted in his stomach. Everyone then left the garage except Dom, Vince, and Brian.
They waited until Jesse said it was all clear and then got out through the roof.
Brian's POV
"My superiors are flying in from D.C. day after tomorrow. I want something to show. Now, we have a top echelon fence with a lube hose in his mouth, automatic weapons, a jacket full of prior son every one of these Asian punks, a garage full of DVD players and generally psychotic behavior. Now, tell me why we shouldn't move on Jonny Tran right now and see where we are when the dust settles." Agent Bilkins states in a rush.
"Because all we have is behavior." I say with an attitude. "Just let me get some hard evidence, because all we have now is just circumstantial-"
"What we have is probable cause." Bilkins says as he interrupts me. "And truckers arming themselves for some good old-fashioned vigilante mayhem."
Sargent Tanner then asks me, "Tell us about Hector, Brian."
"Oh, Latinos with spear guns. Give me a break." Muse says sarcastically, so I just roll my eyes and say, "No, Hector's still working on the engines for the cars, but the tires don't match."
Just thinking about this case gets me frustrated, so I said aloud, "Will some- Will someone just give me a cigarette?"
"Get him a cigarette." Bilkins says immediately to Muse. Muse was then going through the yes's and no's between Tanner and Bilkins.
Tanner said, "Don't get him a cigarette. I thought you quit."
"Yeah, I did quit. Just give me a cigarette." I say quickly while looking at the ground.
"Get him a cigarette." Bilkins tells Muse quickly, but Tanner shoots back, "No!"
"Tell me about Toretto." Tanner asks me, I guess trying to get my mind off of smoking.
I stand there, leaning against a counter with my arms crossed and say, "Well, I told you, I think he's too controlled for this. I mean, what? Goin' suicidal on semi truck? No way. I mean, maybe his buddy, Vince, but he's too stupid to pull it off."
Muse then jumps into the conversation and says, "I think the kid sister's blurring your vision."
"What did you say?" I ask feeling territorial about her.
"I don't blame you. I'd get off on her surveillance photos too, buddy." Muse states quickly, but that made me lose it. I charged at Muse and pushed him down to the ground, but was pulled back by Tanner as he said, "Knock it off! What? Are you going native on me, Brian?"
I try to calm down quickly by taking deep breaths as I stare down Muse.
"Have you read Toretto's file lately?" Tanner asked.
I look back and say, "Yeah, I memorized that file." but I then turn back, to Muse and continue to stare him down.
"Yah, well read it again. No, better still, take a look at these." Tanner says as he opens up an envelope which made the staring contest come to an end.
"Remember I told you about the guy he nearly beat to death? Toretto did this with a three-quarter inch torque wrench." Tanner states as he throws down pictures of a man who's face was disoriented and covered in stitches.
"He's a model of self control." Tanner finishes saying sarcastically.
I then start to walk away and say, "I need a few more days." and then I stop directly in front of Bilkins and repeat, "I need a few more days." and walk out of the station.
Nobody's POV
"Got a T.R.-seven here with a ball-bearing upgrade. What it's gonna do is, it's gonna spool up really quick." Jesse states as him Letty and Vince work on the engine. Letty replies, "I got this set up for twenty-four P.S.I."
Brian and Dom were working on putting the front of the car together as Dom asked Brian, "So, you got big plans tonight?"
Brian looks at Dom and then back to the inside of the car as he says, "Yeah, we're going out to dinner."
Dom then looks at Brian with an over protective big brother look and says sternly, "You break her heart, I'll break your neck."
"That's not gonna happen." Brian states confidently as he stares at Dom. Dom thinks for a moment and then says, "I wanna show you something."
Brian looks at Dom and wipes his hands and nods his head slowly. Dom then tells Letty, Vince, and Jesse that they'll be right back.
Dom takes Brian to his house to show Brian the house garage.
"Wow." Brian says with a smile as he sees the black Charger in the garage.
"Me and my dad built her. Nine hundred horses of Detroit muscle. It's a beast. Know what she ran in Palmdale?" Dom asks Brian with a smirk.
Brian stares at the car in awe as he says, "No. What did she run?"
Dom then walks to the side of the car and says with a smile, "Nine seconds flat."
"God." Brian whispers in shock while still looking at the amazing black Charger.
"My dad was driving. So much torque, the chassis twisted coming off the line. Barely kept her on the track." Dom explains with a genuine smile.
Brian chuckled in amazement and asked Dom, "So, what's your best time?"
"I've never driven her." Dom admits as he looks at the car, but Brian looks over at him and asks, "Why not?"
Dom didn't really have to think about that answer as he flat out said, "It scares the shit out of my."
"That's my dad." Dom changed the subject immediately and pointed to a picture on the wall, making Brian look.
"He was comin' up in the pro stock car circuit. Last race of the season. Ah, a guy named Kenny Linder came up from the inside... in the final turn. He clipped his bumper and put him into the wall at 120. Um... I watched my dad burn to death. I remembered hearing him scream. But the people that were there said that he had died before the tanks blew. They said it was me who was screaming." Dom explained to Brian as he walked around the car, thinking about the last memory he had of his father.
Dom took a deep breath in, looked at Brian, and continued, "I saw Linder about a week later. I had a wrench...and I hit him. And I didn't intend to keep hitting him, but by the time I was done, I couldn't lift my arms. He's a janitor at a high school. Has to take the bus to work everyday. And they banned me from the tracks for life."
Brian sat down and looked at Dom with pity and understanding expressions as Dom walked towards Brian and said, "I live my life a quarter mile at a time. Nothing else matters. Not the mortgage, not the store, not my team and all their bullshit. For those ten seconds or less, I'm free."
After that emotional conversation, Dom and Brian he'd back to the shop to work on the car a little more. Brian then leaves to go get ready for his date with Mia.
Jaelene's POV
This morning I woke up with a fever, so Brandon rushed me to the hospital. Luckily it was nothing major, but I now have the flu. Once the doctor gave the ok for me to leave, Brandon drove me home and brought me upstairs and told me to lay down.
"Why do I have to lay down? I'm not an invalid!" I yell to him as he was in the kitchen doing something and I was standing in the bathroom staring at my puffy red eyes and my puffy face.
"I didn't say that you were an invalid, but I'm not risking anything happening to you and as your best friend, I want you to get better. And plus, Brian would kill me if he thinks I'm not taking care of you." Brandon yells back.
I then give up and drag myself into my bed and place the covers over my legs and a small blanket around my shoulders. I started to get the chills so I yelled out, "Bran! I'm freezing! Wait, how am I freezing? It's June!"
"It's cause your sick." Brandon states as he enters the room with a tray with food and drinks on it. "I made you some chicken soup and some lemon/honey tea."
I smile and say, "Awe, you shouldn't have. But don't take it back now! I'm starving and hopefully this soup and tea will warm me up."
Brandon smirks as he places the tray on my lap and I begin to eat. Then, there was this annoying buzzing noise so I instantly said, "Can you make it stop please?!"
"Sure." Brandon said as he looked at my phone and said, "It's your brother."
"Ugh. I don't wanna talk to him right now. I sound icky." I say with my nose sounding stuffed. Brandon just nodded and answered the call.
"Hey Brian." Brandon says. I didn't really pay attention to his conversation as I ate my soup and the turned on the T.V. The only things I did hear were 'She doesn't wanna talk to you.' and 'Bye.'
"What'd he want?" I ask softly and Brandon replied, "He wanted to see how you were doin. I told him that you were sick and don't wanna talk right now. He sounded sad though."
I frown for a moment and then say, "Good...paybacks a bitch..."
Brandon just chuckled and watched over me until I fell asleep. I couldn't have asked for a better best friend.
