Author's Notes: Trying to get back to work on this AU. Have an idea where I'm going with it. Going to integrate some of the stuff from the film into it, as you might notice this chapter. But obviously won't be fully.

"Leave the past behind, just walk away
When it's over, and the heart break
And the cracks begin to show"

Cracks - Freestylers

Mutilated

Dom hung up the phone and turned to Mia and Brian.

"Elena says she's coordinating with Hobbs' guys in The Canary Islands. They're going to get Vince out of there, but for now they have the place under surveillance. Apparently Shaw's guy isn't hurting them. Just watching. He's definitely using the baby as leverage to control Letty."

"So we can't get her out, and she can't really help us until he's safe," Mia said.

"But the longer she's in there with Shaw the more likely he'll find out that she did help us. Not to mention the danger she's already in just being there," Brian added.

"So what do we do?" Mia asked.

"Let me do my job," Hobbs put in as he walked into the room. "We have eyes on Shaw's guy at your place. We will not let him hurt anyone. Trust me. But right now I need you guys to do what you came here to do, which is help me catch Shaw."

They gathered around, the others abandoning their own work to stand beside Dom and Brian. Hobbs and his partner Riley stood across from them over the table.

"What Shaw and his team are after is military grade software," Hobbs told them. "We traced his activity through Interpol and our own military contacts." He motioned to Tej, who moved to bring something up on the screens. "This computer chip is what they're after."

They all turned to look at it, though to be honest most of them didn't really know what the big deal was.

"There are a small number of these in the world, and they move the location every three days, so Shaw has a window of time to move in," Hobbs explained.

"Do they already have the locations?" Brian asked.

"They do," Riley offered, looking at them. "Shaw and Letty were a distraction. They used another driver in one of their custom cars to lead us and Interpol on a wild goose chase while their tech experts broke into Interpol HQ and hacked their database."

"So how do we find out which base they're heading for?" Roman asked.

"We were hoping your inside contact might be able to shed some light on that," Hobbs said, glancing at them.

"Letty said she won't make a move against Shaw until she knows my son is safe," Mia said. "He's not safe. How can you guarantee that for me?"

"My men are there right now."

"They don't have my baby. Shaw's man does," Mia stared him down.

Hobbs frowned, clasping his hands behind his back. "If we move in then Shaw knows and your friend is in danger. So how do you guys want to play this?"

"We go in at the same time," Brian said. "We'll be going after Shaw but we need your word that your men will be moving in to get our son at the same time. We don't give Shaw a chance to hurt anyone."

"First we have to find out where Shaw is," Tej put in. "We can't move against a man when we don't have a location. And right now we don't have a location."

"That's where Letty has to come in," Brian replied, looking to Dom. "We get the location from her, tell her the plan and then move as fast as we can."

"Doesn't that put her in danger?" Gisele asked.

"She's in danger already," Dom told her. "And if we're ready to move then it won't be for long."

"So make the call, Toretto," Hobbs said. "I'll make mine. My people will be ready to move on your word."

Dom nodded, reaching for the cell phone that Letty had left behind. He looked at the others, then turned to walk out of the room. They let him have his privacy.

When the door closed behind him Dom found himself staring down at the phone. He took a slow breath, then dialed the last number that had called. It rang… four times and he thought it was going to go to voicemail, then it clicked, like someone was picking up. He waited.

A breath "Hello?" Letty's voice on the other line.

Dom swallowed. "I need to know where you are," he said softly.

She sighed and there was silence. "Please tell me you watched the video," she murmured.

"I did. We're figuring it out. But we have to get you out of there." He heard the hesitation in her silence, the fear. "I promise you that he's gonna be safe. He's my nephew. He's our family too."

"You're right," she said softly. "Okay… so the place is near the train tracks. There's a pipeline that runs there under the bridge and it's a converted factory. Overgrown old lot. Looks abandoned from the outside. But Owen has security. You come and he'll see you before you're even in the neighborhood. He's tapped into the whole of London's security systems. I don't think you're going to be able to sneak up on him."

"Do you know where he's moving?"

"No…" she murmured. "We just move when he says to move. Asking too many questions is dangerous."

"We'll be there to get you soon."

"You'd better," she breathed. "I'll be waiting."

The call disconnected with a click and Dom turned, tucking it in his pocket before he went back into the other room. "We have a location. Tej I need you to bring it up for us. Shaw has access to all the live feed in the city, so we need to shut that down the minute we get to his part of town. He also has his own security system, so he'll know we're coming."

"I can have the London Security Service shut down the cameras," Hobbs said, pulling out his phone. As for the rest of that, you'll have to figure out how to handle it."

"Can jam them on site," Tej said. "It's got a decent range, we're talking a few blocks. But I'd have to come with ya'll."

"He can ride with me," Roman said. "We're gonna have to make this tight. Do it quick. Get in before they get to their cars, their weapons."

"We're ready," Brian said, then looked to Mia. "You stay here with Hobbs and Riley."

"I want to come with you guys," she insisted.

"We have a son now. At least one of us should stay safe."

She looked like she was going to argue again, but only nodded and kissed him. She turned to hug Dom tightly. "Go get her," she murmured, then drew back.

The others were arming themselves as Tej loaded his equipment into Roman's car. Dom surveyed them all and then gave him nods of affirmative before he got behind the wheel of his own car. He looked at Hobbs and rolled down the window.

"Don't forget your promise. Make sure my nephew is safe." He started up the car and drove off with the roar of the engine behind him. The others followed, filing out of the garage. They were going to get Letty and bring her home. Finally.