A/N: Thanks for the reviews! Enjoy...
MRoDR: After our talk on FB I figured you were right so I included the other character's perspectives.
Guest(1): Kindly fuck off.
Guest(2): Lol I can see that.
Tony walked into Dominic's old room to check on his grandson. It was a little after seven in the morning, and much like the rest of their family he had struggled sleeping. However, Alexus was still fast asleep when he peaked through the door. Tony thought it best not to disturb the boy. The adults that surrounded him were struggling to put on a brave face.
Vince stopped by to check on them, as well as a few other of their closest friends. Mia had come soon after Dom and Letty had departed for their search and found herself alone with Vince in the kitchen once everyone had gone.
"You don't understand Vince. You should have seen the look on her face. She'll never forgive me." She spoke softly.
"I'm sure that ain't true. It's just a really hard situation." Vince countered sympathetically.
"If something were to happen to Jensen neither of them would forgive me. I'd have to go the rest of my life without being able to look Dom in the eye." Mia sniffled.
"Hey now, don't do that."
"It's true. I know it is."
"How do you know? No one has a clear head right now."
"Because I wont forgive myself if something happens to him." Mia cried.
"What are we talking about here?" Tony asked making his way through the doorframe.
"Mia's feeling guilty Mr. T, but I know Dom. He's gonna find Juju."
"He's not superman Vince! We can't just assume it'll happen."
"I know that, but what am I supposed to do? Sit here and lose all hope?"
"Mia, he's right. We need to stay positive. They need that from us." Tony added sitting beside his daughter.
"Daddy they want nothing to do with me, and I don't blame them."
"They haven't said that."
"They don't need to."
"Have you heard from them? I tried calling Dom, but I haven't spoken to him since he told me about all this hours ago." Vince asked.
"No, I haven't." Tony answered.
"This is crazy. If it were Vanessa I'd be going apeshit right now." Vince noted shaking his head. "This shit is too fucked up."
"Jensen must be so scared. He's just a little boy, and you know he absolutely hates strangers."
"He's a tough kid, and smart too. Remember how he snuck around Vanessa's birthday party just to get cake? He was like a little ninja. If it had not been for the frosting all over his face no one would have known it was him." Vince reminded them with a smile.
"And the time when he was two and climbed over the baby gate. If I hadn't gotten there in time he might have fallen down the stairs." Mia added.
"The kid is crafty. He's a Toretto, and he wouldn't take things without putting up a fight." Tony told them.
"He's five daddy." Mia pointed out.
"I know. I know. But even so I know that whatever that son of a bitch is trying to do, Jensen will give him hell."
"We can only hope it'll be enough to hold him off until Dom and Letty get to them." Mia said with a heavy sigh. "Brian won't tell me anything, and we're just sitting here. I just feel so useless."
"Papá are Mami and Papi coming back?" They heard Alexus' voice from behind them. The three adults whipped their necks in his direction with surprise.
"Hey buddy how did you sleep?" Tony asked.
"Okay", he said looking down at his feet.
"Yeah? Do you want some breakfast?"
"No, when is Mami coming?" The boy asked hopefully.
"I'm not sure kido."
"Oh", Alexus said sadly, he turned around to head back Dom's room. They all stared at each other not really sure of what to do. However when they heard a heavy thud upstairs, Mia went to go check on her nephew.
"There is no doubt that he's Dom's kid", Vince said looking at Tony.
"He's having a hard time. It's understandable."
When Mia made her way inside her brother's room, she saw that Alexus had thrown his sneaker at the mirror and shattered it. The boy was crying against the wall with his head against his knees. Mia stepped over the glass and sat beside him. "Lexi do you wanna talk about it?" The boy silently shook his head without lifting it. "They're gonna come back. You'll see."
"They didn't even say goodbye." Alexus mumbled.
"They didn't want to wake you."
"Mami doesn't love me anymore."
"Don't ever say that." Mia told him sternly grabbing his face and wiping his tears.
"It's true. She wouldn't talk to me because I lost Jensen."
"You didn't lose anybody. I lost Jensen. Your mommy was just really sad. It has nothing to do with you."
"Then why did they take Mazda and not me? They don't want me anymore. I was bad."
"They didn't take her. Mamá came and got her so that Papá could take care of you. Everybody just wants to make sure you're both safe."
"What if she never comes back? What if Papi can't find Jensen? He was annoying, but that's how little brothers are. I never wanted anything bad to happen to him." Alexus cried.
"I know sweetie. It's gonna be ok. We're gonna find your brother. I know we will." She said bringing the small boy into an embrace.
Around that time, Dom and Letty landed in Baja. They figured that traveling by flight was the fastest way of getting to their destination. They were hoping to beat P because it would have been too risky for him to take on airways. News had broken of Jensen's disappearance and every surveillance camera in the west was on the hunt for him.
"The motel is just a few miles away from here." Letty told Dom after she had searched for directions on her phone.
"We need wheels." He pointed out.
"Yeah", agreed. "Hold on. Your father's calling me." She said putting her hand up. "Tony?"
"I need you to talk to Alexus."
"What happened? Is he ok?"
"He just needs to hear from his mom."
"Uh...ok", Letty said slightly confused. She heard some shuffling in the background before hearing her son's familiar voice on the other end.
"Mami?"
"Hey baby. What's wrong?"
"Are you coming back?"
"Of course I am. What did you think? That I'd leave forever?"
"Yeah"
"What? How could you think that? You know I can't live without you. What do I always tell you?"
"I'm your true love?"
"That's right. How could I live without my true love?"
"You're not here, and you didn't say goodbye."
"You were sleeping baby and we couldn't bring you with us."
"Why not?"
"Because we need to find your brother"
"But I could help; I always find him when he's hiding."
"He's not hiding papa. A bad man took him, but we're gonna get him back."
"Is Papi gonna fight him like he does with the camera people?" Alexus inquired.
"If he has to he will."
"Is Papi there?" Alexus was not even sure if his parents were together. Everything had happened so fast, and he was already asleep by the time Dom made it back to Tony's.
"Yeah you wanna talk to him?" His mother finally responded.
"Can I?" The boy desperately missed his parents. He had never gone a day without seeing at least one of them. Letty tapped Dom's shoulder and handed him her phone. He had been inquiring about their rental and was resistant to give her his full attention. 'Alexus', she mouthed handing it to him.
"Hello?"
"Papi?"
"What's up X-man?"
"Can you come get me?"
"I'm sorry buddy I can't. We're really far away."
"How far?"
"Really far"
"But you'll come back when Mami comes back?"
"Of course I will. Did you forget football starts in a few weeks?"
"No", Alexus grinned into the phone.
"Did you not want me to go?"
"No, I want you to. I want you to." Alexus insisted.
"Listen X. I gotta go, but I'll call you before you go to bed tonight."
"Okay", Alexus responded sadly.
"I love you."
"I love you too Papi." The boy said into the phone.
"Man that was hard." Dom told Letty while handing her her phone back. "It's like we forgot we had another kid. Should we call your mom?"
"She'll just worsen my nerves." Letty said grabbing the keys to the rental car.
"Shit, now I gotta know." Dom said dialing Ana's number.
"Halo! Holo?" (Hello? Hello?) Ana's voice was definitely more high-pitched than usual.
"Y la niña?" (How's the baby?)
"No la escuchas?" (Don't you hear her?) Ana asked as Mazda cried in the background.
"Que le hicieron?" (What did you do to her?)
"Esa bebe sigue en llanto desde que me la dejaron. No quiere dormir y me tiene desbelada. Pero con esta angustia quien puede dormir? Ay noticias del niño?" (She's been crying since she got here. She hasn't let anyone sleep. Then again, who can sleep in the mist of all this anguish? Have you heard any news about Jensen?)
"Nos estamos asercando." (We're getting closer to finding him.)
"Bueno apurate porque si algo le pasa a ese niño yo...yo...yo no se lo que haría pero lo más probable terminaré en la carcel!" (Well hurry up because if something happens to that boy I'll...I'll...I'll...I don't know what I'll do, but I'll probably end up in prison.)
"Ana que piensas que estoy haciendo?" (What do you think I'm trying to do?)
"Lo se. Lo se. Solo puedo imaginar lo que esto he sido para ustedes. Una vez perdi a Leticia en la tienda y se me salio el corazón de la boca. Me tomó dos horas para encontrala. Y mi hija? Ella no me a llamado esa desgraciada." (I know. I know. I can only imagine what you're going through. I lost Leticia at the mall when she was little and almost had a heart attack. It took two hours to find her. Speaking of where is she?
That little bitch has not called me.)
"Buscando el carro. Mira la llamo más tarde. No quiero gastar más tiempo." (She's getting the car. Listen Ana, I'll call you later. I don't want to waste more time.)
"Ay de ti si no me llamas. Es que ustedes quieren que yo me muera de los nervious. Él es sangre mía tambien. Yo practicamente lo crie." (You'll see what happens to you if you don't call me. It's like you two want me to die from anxiety. Don't forget Jensen is my bloodline too. I helped raise him.)
"Adios Ana, demele un beso á Mazda cuando pueda." (Bye Ana. Give Mazda a kiss for me when you have the chance.) Dom said cutting her off and hanging up. He did not have the patience to deal with his mother in law.
"How's my girl?" Letty asked pulling up in front of him.
"Not much better than his brother." Dom informed her getting into the passenger's seat. "I guess even babies can sense when things are wrong."
"I know that's right. Remember when we split up? Alexus was not having it."
"He was older though."
"Yeah, but she's almost not a baby anymore."
"Don't say that."
"She speaks more everyday."
"I guess. I just want to see them all grow up. It would really fuck with me if I couldn't. Jensen is supposed to be my little conman."
"So you're saying you want him to be a criminal?" Letty smiled with a sad grimace. "Why am I not surprised?"
"A smoothe criminal."
"You're so dumb."
"Nah, but for real. I can see him doing that undercover shit. He's sneakier than Alexus ever was. I have a feeling that once he's old enough to know better, he's gonna be the manipulator."
"The apprentice becomes the master. I don't think fostering our kid's rivalry is good parenting, but that's just me."
"It's good practice for the real world." Dom shrugged looking down at the map they had been studying for hours. "We're almost there." He noted.
"Yeah it should be coming up." They both searched out their windows until they found the dingy motel they had seen in all the brochures in P's house. They found the main office, and made their way to the desk.
"Excuse me! We're looking for a boy?" Letty said ringing the desk bell frantically. Dom took out a picture of Jensen from his wallet and put it on the counter. "He was kidnapped yesterday afternoon. Have you seen him? He's our son? "
"I'm sorry, but no." The young clerk answered. He was slightly taken aback by the odd request. "We normally don't get children here. This place is not exactly kid friendly. Shouldn't the police be involved with this?"
"They're slow." Dom growled impatiently.
"Have you seen this man? He's the one who took our son." Letty urged.
"Uh, he seems familiar, but I can't say for sure."
"Please, just think. Look up his name, Peter Flint."
"I can't do that. It's against protocol." Dom grabbed the young man's collar and pulled him over the desk counter.
"Why don't I help jog your memory?"
"Hey man, I don't want any trouble. I only work here after school."
"Letty why don't you check the computer. I think-" Dom took a second to look at the clerk's name tag. "Taylor, Taylor is going to help us find Peter. Aren't you Taylor?"
"Yea man whatever. Just don't hurt me." Letty made her way around the counter and accessed the motel's roster of guests.
"I think I found him."
"Where is he?"
"Room 563"
