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Vince Chapter Eleven:
By Rosa241
This time yesterday we were preparing to leave town again and head up somewhere new. It's only through complete chance that Dom heard about the race and decided that we all needed to feel like things were back to normal for a few hours. Just a few hours of racing, pretending that things were okay. How the hell did things change so quickly? Within a day of him making that decision everythings been turned upside down. Brian's back and we're free!? How!?
For the first time in months I can feel the relief and genuine happiness settle over the room. Looking over at Dom he looks too shocked to speak.
"Wait…that means we can go home." It's only as Leon says that word home that the tension that has been with my brother for all this time finally leaves. I can see the moment the news fully hits him and it's a sight I never thought I'd see. For the first time in so long we're free.
It takes a few moments for everyone to calm down enough for Brian to continue. Truth be told he looks like he'd rather not continue his tale which scares me just a little bit.
"So what happened after you got the deal?" He pulls back from my hug with a sigh. Clearly he really doesn't want to tell this tale. What the hell happened in Miami?
"Well I grabbed Rome and convinced him to help me. If this was going to work I needed a partner who could actually be useful. I sincerely doubt the agent they assigned me with had even the remotest clue of what he was doing." Rome sits forward as he takes up the story.
"After Brian convinced me to help him out I got the same deal he did. They must have really wanted this guy." Wait, same deal? Clearly Dom has the same thoughts that I did since he speaks the words on my brain.
"What were you in for?" For a moment the other male looks like he's ready to start an argument before he sits back and speaks.
"Housed some stolen cars. Got caught." Dom, knowing he's got no room judge, simply nods his head and urges the two to continue.
"Anyway we managed to get into Verones circle and he hired us as drivers." Before he can continue Rome interrupts.
"Yeah no thanks to that ass Markham." There is clear venom in his voice and a raised eyebrow from Leon has Brian explaining.
"Markham was a customs agent. Verone had Rome and I get this package from a car that got confiscated. Markham thought we were running since he'd bugged the cars and came after us. Almost blew our damn cover. Moron." My heart leaps as he speaks. I'm not stupid. I know what would have happened if their cover had been blown. "Anyway we managed to figure out his plan. He was going to launder his money in Miami before taking off. Rome and I were going to make the drop. He managed to get a window for the drop…"
The way that he trails off has me worried.
"What happened?" He looks up at me as I place my hand on his arm.
"The psycho tortured a cop into giving them a window for the getaway." Both men shake their heads at the news. "Shouldn't have been surprised to hear he was going to have us killed. Not that the cops cared about that."
Killed? Hold up.
The look Brian gives his friend is so full of anger and hatred that for a moment he actually scares me. Rome glares back for a moment seemingly unaware of his mistake. The room goes deathly silent and I can feel everyone waiting for me to speak.
"Kill you?" Two words that strike fear into my heart. Two words that could have changed everything. Did I nearly lose him? He heaves a sigh before sitting back and scrubbing a hand down his face. Not for the first time I note how tired he looks.
"Verone had another guy go with me and Rome when we were meant to make the drop. They were meant to kill both of us once we'd done the job." I could have lost him. I actually could have lost him.
"How'd you find that out?" Letty's words sound so confused and torn. It's been no secret that she didn't agree with us getting Brian out here, she hated him for what happened.
"Monica. She was a customs agent already working under cover with Verone." Nodding her head the second sentence Rome said comes back to mind. Not that the cops cared about that.
"Wait what did you mean 'the cops didn't care'? They knew?" Dom's eyes shoot between the pair of them for a moment with clear worry. It's hard for him. I'm not the only one who cares about Brian, he was like a little brother to him I know it.
"Yeah. Markham refused to call off the job though. Said it was the one and only chance to get Verone, he didn't care what happened to us. As long as we got Verone that's all he was interested in." As my eyes meet Doms I can tell that we've both reached the same thought. That man better pray we never come across him.
"Anyway the day of the drop comes and Rome and I are loaded up with the money and Verone's right hand men. We're waiting for the window but Whitworth, the cop that they tortured, called in for an arrest of the drivers of the cars. Us." How the hell does one person get so unlucky? I swear the worlds against you Brian. "We managed to lose them thanks to Tej."
"Sounds like we owe Tej a lot." The tension is back in Dom's body as he speaks. I can tell how hard this is for him, knowing how much Brian risked to get our freedom.
"I owe him a lot. If he hadn't organised that scramble." Seeing a confused look from Letty he explains with a smile. "He organised a bunch of racers to be in this warehouse, had a feeling that we might need to lose the cops at some point, and the minute we drove in every one of them drove out. It confused the hell out of the cops long enough for us to get rid of them."
This Tej sounds like a hell of a guy. It sounds like I owe him more than a little for everything that he did for Brian. I don't even know if he'd be here right now if it weren't for him. Would the cops have busted Brian out if he'd been caught? I doubt it. If they didn't care whether they lived or died I doubt they'd give a crap if he was arrested.
"Brian and I switched cars from Verone's cars to two of our own. Damn good job we won those cars." He nods at Brian who smirks. Obviously another part of his plan.
"Yeah. Tej made a couple of improvements." Again it looks like I owe Tej a lot. "We were headed for the airfield but Enrique, Verones man, told me to head to the Marina instead. The customs agents get to the airport to capture Verone heading off on his private jet but he wasn't there. Turns out he knew that Monica was undercover and deliberately gave her the wrong information."
"Meanwhile I use Tej's improvements to get rid of that ass he stuck me with. Ejector seat man! Tej is a genius." Ejector seat? Maybe that guy is a genius. "Of course Brian has the worst luck in the world and his failed leaving him at the mercy of Enrique's gun."
My heart jumps into my mouth and I can feel panic beginning to settle in before something stops me. Brian's here. He's okay. Obviously this turns out well in the end.
"Thank god you showed up. Guy had a damn gun." Nodding my thanks to Rome who responds with a nod of his own I place a hand over Brians. I don't have to speak but he gets the message and squeezes my fingers in return. Thank god indeed. "Anyway while all this is going on Verone is getting away on his boat. So I came up with a plan."
I really don't like the sheepish look he gives me when he says this and I absolutely don't like the glare Rome gives him in return.
"It was a stupid ass plan, I still ain't forgiven you!" His face is deadly serious. What did you do Brian?
"Well it worked!" The blonde protests in response.
"What plan?" Brian winces as Dom speaks and for a moment I can tell he's considering whether or not to tell the truth. Evidentially he realises that he has no other choice, we'd find out the truth either way, and he starts to speak.
"Well…I might have driven the car off of the dock and onto the boat." The words take a second to sink in before anyone reacts. As soon as they do…
"Are you crazy!?" Letty stands from Dom's side and slaps Brian across the arm as hard as she can.
"You could have been killed!" He winces at my words and tries to protest that he's fine.
"Only you Brian." Shut up Leon.
"You really went to bat for us." It's Dom's words that stop the room. It's true. He really went all out to clear our names. "You didn't owe us anything. You were doing your job. We're the ones who broke the law and if it hadn't have been you it would have been someone else. Except someone else wouldn't have avenged Jessie and someone else wouldn't have let me go. You didn't owe us anything."
Something in Brian seems to release at my brothers words and I can tell that a weight has just been lifted off of his chest. How much guilt has he been carrying around with him that he would so easily risk his life for us? Oh we need to have a serious conversation about this.
"Okay so it might have been a bit reckless." He ignores Rome's huff at his words and continues. "But it worked. We stopped Verone, saved Monica and cleared our names. Not a bad days work if you ask me."
For a moment we say nothing as Brian leans into my side. He sighs happily as he places his head over my chest, listening to my heartbeat. That had always been his favourite position, he never explained why but I know it relaxes him. Wrapping both arms around him I kiss the top of his head before hugging him tighter. I could have lost him so easily and wouldn't have even known it. This thought scares me more than anything else I've heard.
"So what do we do now?" For the first time in a while Mia speaks up, having kept to one side of the room during Brian's tale. She's still family but it will be a long while before any of us can forgive her for this.
"We go home." A happiness descends over the room that I haven't felt in so long.
Home.
We're going home.
And there we are. Brian's tale is finished and everyone's going home. Yay! Sorry if I've messed up any points of the events of 2 Fast 2 Furious. I've been intending to re-watch the film before hand but I simply haven't had time to do so. I finally found a couple of hours in my hectic schedule and didn't have time to watch the film and write this chapter. Don't know when I'll get chance to write again for a while (GCSE exam time is slowly creeping up so work is chaos right now) so I thought it best to get this written. I don't think I've made any glaring mistakes but please feel free to let me know. I think I covered the most important parts.
Until next time,
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