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Chapter 21

The team spent the rest of the night reworking their initial plan. Because of Hobbs and Elena's involvement, the major detail of their plan remained hidden. Instead of arguing about who would do what in the change, Eve opted to stay behind with Mia and Tej. After all, the entire team was going to need knew IDs and who better to help the best known circuit man and tech master than her? Tej may have known how to make fakes that would pass tests but, as a former Fed, Eve knew what was looked for, all the tricks, and she knew how to make sure their new IDs would last forever. The group knew that as soon as the new identification hit their hands that they wouldn't be seeing one another for a long time, if ever again, but that was a risk they'd be willing to take if it meant "clean" records. As such, so they'd be ready to go by the time the job was done, Eve stayed up all night working on the IDs; Mia even made her a huge pot of coffee. She fell asleep at one point though and, when she jerked herself awake, a new cup was waiting for her. Caramel almond frappe with extra whip, her favorite; only Han knew that. Ignoring the jab in the back of her mind, she got back to work, starting with Han. Since Eve stayed back, Dom told Hobbs and Elena they would be leading Brian and Dom to the station in their beast of a car. Their job was to bust out the concrete wall that housed the vault. One it was open, Dom and Brian would hook up the vault to the back of their cars and they'd drag it straight out of the station and onto the main streets.

"Call it out, Mia!" came Dom's voice over the radio.

"You got a straight shot for two blocks. Go right," Mia ordered her brother. Eve glanced up a moment, pausing in her work with Tej as they waited for word. Eventually, they saw Mia smile and she relayed to the boys, "Well, the plan's working. You guys have every corrupt cop in Rio on your tail. You guys have to move fast." Tej and Eve grinned and fist-bumped at their success, both of them going back to their work. Brian came over, asking for the best route and Mia told him to keep going straight for another half mile and then go left.

"That ain't gonna work," Dom informed her.

"Spikes ahead, darling!" Brian added. "We got spikes!" Dom told her that they were going right. "Nah, it's too tight. We're not gonna fit."

"We got no choice! Now!" The trio waited on bated breath for the boys to come back and give them some kind of word. But nothing ever came. Instead, Mia's computer's flared with the local police's radios.

"Guys, I am hearing all this chatter. Did you just take out a bank?" she asked, unable to stop her incredulous laughter.

"We don't sneak," Eve muttered under her breath, echoing Dom's words from last night as she worked on Rico's ID. "Ain't that the damn truth." Across the table, Tej snickered at her but Eve just shrugged innocently. Dom called over tat they had two cops inbound.

Calmly as she could, though Eve could see her fidgeting, Mia replied, "Alright, there's an alley coming up on your left."

"Yeah, I got it," Brian assured her. Eve let out a deep breath and lit a cigarette, allowing the nicotine to settle her nerves as much as it could. Through the smokey haze, she could see Tej scowling at her like petulant father, shaking his head at her. She just flipped him off and tosses Rico's ID to the side, moving onto the last one: Tego's. "Alright, good job, Dom. Right handed, right here. Right handed."

"Guys, there's a big group coming at you from the south. You have to do something now." Over the radio, they could hear Brian telling Dom to go wide. What for, the trio could only guess. Knowing Brian, it was bound to be something messy. The radio chatter around Mia confirmed just that; the boys were doing a bang up job with the second part of their plan: taking out all of the corrupt cops in Rio.

"You're all clear on the left," Han announced. A moment later, Rome's laughing voice came over and announced that they were clear on the right as well and Dom thanked them both. "Any time."

Rome ecstatically crowed, "I'll see you on the other side!"

"You guys just carved out a ten second window. Make it count!" In those ten seconds, the trio knew that the secret Hobbs knew nothing about would take place. In that moment, the boys would approach their perfectly placed garbage truck. Gisele would be behind the wheel, keeping it at an appropriate pace to cradle the real vault as Dom and Brian let it slide inside and unhooked it from their remotes. Rico and Tego were outside, acting as their garbage men. They did the quick work of hooking the boys up to the double vault that was attached to the front. Ten seconds well spent.

"Hey, there's too many of 'em! We're not gonna make it!" Brian called out.

"You're right. We aren't," Dom conceded. "YOU are."

"What are you talking about?" Brian asked confusedly.

Rushing to Mia's side, Eve muttered, "As if he doesn't know."

"Just let the vault go. Get out of there!" Mia demanded.

"You're a father now, Brian."

"No, I'm not leaving you! Now you stick with the plan!"

"It was ALWAYS the plan," Dom reminded him and swiftly ordered, "Take care of Mia."

"Dom, you listen to me now, okay? You cut loose, right now!" Mia begged tearfully. Eve wrapped her arm around Mia's shoulders, rubbing them as they lost all communication with the boys.

It was five agonizing minutes of torture for the group. During that time, Han and Rome rolled into the home base and Gisele, Rico and Tego arrived moments later. While the others set about helping Tej set up his equipment and getting the vault in place, Eve went back to finishing up Tego's ID. The moment it was done, she tossed it on top the pile with the others and immediately made her way back to Mia's side. The woman was hysterical as Eve did her best to calm her down. When the boys finally called and told them they were on their way, that they'd be there soon, it was a massive relief to both women. The moment they arrived, the women rushed at them and hugged them tight. They didn't both with one first than alternating, it was just one big group hug. The others joined them, shaking their hands and clapping their backs at their success with not only the vault, but with Reyes' dirty cops. Brian informed them that Hobbs killed Reyes on the bridge, revenge for his team. Not only that, Hobbs said that all of them had twenty-four hours, a head start, and that they should use the time to make peace whatever demons they had left.

"'Cause, come tomorrow, he'll find us," Brian told them with a stupid grin on his face.

"I'd love to see him try," Eve retorted, passing everyone their new IDs with a proud grin. Everyone except Tej, as he was working his computer magic on the vault; instead, she set his on the work table. "With these new passports, IDs, licenses, everything, Sherlock Holmes couldn't find us. With these, we disappear. Forever." As she passed Han his new papers, she noted that Gisele was standing close to his side. She eyed the two a moment in disgust, shaking her head before walking away to stand beside Mia and Brian, arms crossed and anxious.

"Come on, baby. Don't be mean," Tej muttered after a series of beeps.

Tej set down his laptop and held the X-ray of Reyes' hand print that he made up and a loud click was heard. Everyone held their breath but Tej's shoulders immediately relaxed, hanging his head. He looked at everyone over his shoulder before placing his hands on the wheel of the vault and slowly turning it. As he eased the door open, money piled up to the ceiling of the vault spilled out onto the floor. The cards Rico had been playing with flew out of his hand while Tego began cheering in Dominican. Rome started hooting and hollering, jumping over the bars of the catwalk. Eve laughed and crashed into Tej, wrapping her arms around his neck as she affectionately kissed his cheek. Rome pulled her away and spun her around, causing her to shriek with his jubilant laughter. As soon as all the cash was split up, a little over ten million to each of them, everyone started to head out. Rico and Tego mentioned hitting the casinos in Monaco, which seemed like a terrible idea to Eve but those two were the most stubborn idiots she'd ever met. Tej and Rome, however, said they were heading back to Miami; one to do whatever he wanted and the other to open that garage he dreamed of. As Brian and Mia said their goodbyes to Dom, Eve gently pulled Han away from the Gisele with a glare.

The moment they were out of hearing distance, she sighed and quietly asked him, "Remember how you said we'd go all over the world? Remember what you told me?" Han nodded, hands in his pockets as they stared sadly at each other. "You said "Let's leave"."

"I remember," he replied. Eve let out a breath and ran a hand through her hair.

"Was it all a lie?" she asked tearfully, voice choking up.

"No," he swore.

"This is why I didn't want to come to Tokyo in the first place," she reminded him. Wiping the tears from her cheeks, she sneered at him and said, "Thanks for proving me right."

Han reached for her, softly pleading, "Eve—"

"Shut up!" she snapped, pushing his hand away from her. Glaring at him, she squared her shoulders and stated, "You're a bastard. I don't love you anymore. And I never want to see you again." Walking around him, she walked up to Brian and hugged him tightly. Mia looked over at Han and saw him and Gisele saying goodbye to Dom before taking off out of the garage together in his Maverick. Brian spotted the pair over her shoulder and shared a look with Mia.

"You okay?" he asked concernedly as he pulled away.

Nodding, Eve smile tearfully and assured him, "I will be. You know me."

"Yeah, that's why I'm worried," he retorted seriously.

"I'll be fine, Brian. Promise." Eve waved off his concern with a shrug, putting on a brave face as Dom walked over and hugged her goodbye. "You guys stay safe. You ever need anything, I'll be in Tokyo."

Stunned, Brian questioned, "You're still going back there?" The question of Han and Gisele being in the same city and how she would deal with that went unsaid.

"Yeah. For now, at least," she replied, hands in her back pockets. Seeing the looks she was being given, Eve smiled wanly and told them, "Don't worry about it. I'm sure I'll have plenty of time to find a new place and everything. You guys gonna head out soon?"

"Just got a pit stop," Dom answered and gestured to the bag at his feet. Eve spotted the note inside and, despite not knowing much of the local language, she easily recognized the names Rosa, Nico and Tio Dom – Uncle Dom. Vince's wife and son, she realized; Dom was giving the dead man's family a piece of his cut. Eve nodded reverently before hugging Mia, affectionately rubbing her flat stomach.

"You take care of them." As Eve pulled away, she added, "I know it's gonna be hard, but keep him out of trouble for me, okay?" The family of four shared a laugh as Brian playfully pushed her. Dom slapped hands with her, his face said how sorry he was about Han as well but he doesn't say anything. He didn't need to. The two just nodded at one another, an understanding passing between them. Smiling sadly, Eve waved goodbye as she shouldered her pack with her share. As she walked over to Gisele's abandoned Ducati Streetfighter, her sad smile easily grew into a devious smirk.

"Um, Eve...?" Brian called out to her as she put on the helmet.

"What? Bitch took from me, only fair I take from her." Eve shrugged as she started up the bike. "Besides, she left it. It's fair game." Smirking, she flipped down the visor on the helmet and peeled out onto the main road.

Thanks to her hard work on her own new ID, Evelyn Spencer was able to get back to Tokyo without any trouble whatsoever. She didn't even have an anxiety attack going through security. As a matter of fact, she flew first class for the first time in her life and it was pure bliss. Not only did she get her own seat that converted into a bed, but she got gourmet meals and champagne the entire time. The moment she landed, she hopped on the Ducati that shipped the day before and headed to the garage. She was greeted with excited hugs from Reiko, Earl and Twinkie but also confusion neither Han nor Gisele were there. Apparently, Han had told their teenage employee's that he was taking an extended vacation in Berlin, followed by Madrid, followed by wherever else he wanted to go. Eve was in charge, he told them. Feeling particularly bitchy, Eve told the kids that their first order of business was to sell the Ducati for scrap. They initially protested – the bike was too beautiful for that, they insisted! – but, once she said that the cash would go towards Twinkie's car fund, they were all for it.

Over the course of the next week, Eve packed up her things in the apartment she shared with Han above the garage and started the process of moving out. Considering her desperate need for amenities, and given her recent cash flow, she found the perfect place in Minato. Her home was now on the eighth floor of Mita Tsunamachi Park Mansion. Why she decided to buy the two bedroom was beyond her but extra space was always a smart investment. Sure it cost her almost nine hundred grand upfront to buy the place, almost eleven thousand in US currency. And sure, it cost her forty-five thousand yen a month, around five hundred sixty dollars American, for rent, and twenty-eight thousand yen a month for parking in the private garage, that was almost three hundred fifty in US currency, but it was well worth it. Money well spent, considering all the amenities, door security to ensure her privacy and, the best part, it was in entirely different district from Han. Moving out of the Shibuya district was just one more step in separating herself from her cheating man-whore ex-boyfriend. The next would be to leave the garage entirely but, until he returned, she couldn't foresee that happening. She would just bid her time.

To pass the time, she frequently went to the races. She never bothered to race anymore, except for good fun when there was nothing on the line. Eve didn't need to race, not with being a millionaire. Although, technically, with the currency exchange, she was a billionaire since a hundred grand American was almost ten million in Japan. When she wasn't at the races, Eve split her time in the garage with the teens and at the Toyota Mega Web showroom. She often crossed the Rainbow Bridge into Odaiba to go to the showroom and, using her cash, she'd get to test drive the latest models and get the best of the latest tech and accessories. So she'd gotten a little demanding, letting her cash do her talking for her but isn't that what the rich did? Let their money do everything for them?

It took her almost a year to realize that her only companions were all hers through Han. All of them, even her teenage employee's, were loyal to him just a slight more than her. Eve stuck it out, however, as she had no other friends in the city. Even so, she realized all too soon that her life in Tokyo was nothing without Han. Despite not being DK, he was the undisputed King of the Streets and she was his Queen, his abandoned Queen and everyone knew it. No one spoke about it around her, but the whispers had gotten back to her about how everyone – especially all of the racer chasing skanks – made fun of her behind her back. "The gaijin who thought she was better than everyone was just like them", the jealous bitches would say. Some of the cockier men would flirt and even go so far as to grope her, at the cost of some fractured bones. The whole point of going to Tokyo was to be with Han and, if he wasn't around, where did that leave her? It took her another month to realize that she couldn't stay in Tokyo, not with so many reminders of Han and his betrayal. Their house was no longer felt like home.

Unsure when she would return, Eve bought her apartment – something unprecedented but she managed to get the contract signed and filed away after paying an extra hundred grand on top of the million that would, typically, be two years rent. Instead, it was just hers forever, no rent ever again. It had been a pain, both legally and mentally, to part with the cash but she didn't want to part with her apartment forever. She'd come back eventually, something she promised to the teens, but she couldn't stand to be around at the present time. Her employee's had been upset at the news and wondered about their futures but Eve assured them that they had enough cash to keep the garage running until either she or Han returned. Reiko, of course, was left in charge of all the day-to-day management and paperwork of the garage. But all of them knew that, if there was ever a problem, Eve's number was still the same. After a tearful goodbye from Reiko and some very manly hugs from Earl and Twinkie, the latter coping a feel of her ass that garnered him a smack, she hopped into her Mustang and took off for the airport. After buying a ticket, getting transport for her car taken care of, and getting through security, Eve called the one person in the one place she knew she could go to without fail.

"Tuyet! Been too long, my friend!" Wuji greeted enthusiastically. From the noise she heard in the background, and the way he was shouting, he was at the races. Just the glimpse of the sound was enough to make her grin.

"I know, I know. I've been a bad girl," she teased and laughed when Wuji cracked up.

"I know that tone!" he crowed and Eve could hear the noise start to fade away. A moment later, there was a loud slam and the noise was completely gone. "Okay, I'm sitting down. How can I be of service today?"

"Is my room still available?" she asked point blank. Wuji stammered for a moment before assuring her it was. "Good, I'll be there soon."

"How soon?" he wondered and she told him she was waiting for her plane to board. "Soon then," he joked before curiously asking why.

"I'll explain when I get there. Too much shit to sort through over the phone," she answered and wished him a good night.

True to her word, Eve arrived at the garage where Wuji waited for outside. The moment she stepped out of her car, he could see how beaten down she was and opened his arms. Eve immediately ran into them and held him tight, taking in the smell of him, and relaxing for the first time since before Rio. She was back to a place where she belonged, to a place where she knew she was not only loved and cared for, but respected. It may not have been home, her family – Brian, Mia, Dom, even Rico, Santo, Tej and Rome, the teens and even Han – may not have been with her, but she was with the closest she would ever get.

Wuji kept her close to his side as they walked into the garage. He kept the conversation on business: who the new racers to beat were, what happened to the old top dogs, what the new tricks of the Mat Rempit were, how he'd teach her how to do them, and how the cops still couldn't touch them. He kept everything light and easy, he was over the top in his explanations and made her laugh so hard that she cried tears of joy for the first time in a long time. It was nice, being back with people who cared. Not to say that the others didn't care, just that getting together as a group was impossible with Hobbs still hunting them.

But Malaysia would do. If only for the moment.

A/N: Vince got a share of the cut in the film, which is why everyone got ten – Rico and Tego both lost their ten million in Monaco, idiots lol – so the cut changed from the original eleven to ten. To compensate for this, so everyone still got ten million, I just had Dom give up some of his share to give to Rosa and Nico. Could I have changed the original amount they'd stolen? Yes, but I think Dom is the kind of man who wouldn't mind giving up a piece of his cut for his family.

ALSO! Not only does the next chapter kick-off Fast Six, but there are a couple of cameos! Six, to be exact. See if you can guess who they all are!