" Holy shit". Rome said as he saw Lexia before they went up the elevator " You alright man".
" What? Oh yeah it's just a few bruises". Lexia said and spit out blood for the last time " Finally that's all of it".
The doors opened and everyone filed out. Brian saw Lexia and his eyes widened.
" Lex what happened"! Brian asked,
" Aunt Letty". Lexia replied
" You alright"?
" Yeah I'm okay".
Riley stopped next to Hobbs and they shared a brief word before he nodded his head and looked over at Tej.
"Tej, what do you got"? Hobbs, hands on his hips. "Footage. CCTV. Talk to me."
Tej sighed and shook his head, looking up at everyone. "I just went through all of it." He replied. "Believe it or not, everywhere Shaw's team is the cameras are down".
"That's a hell of a coincidence." Hobbs stated "Alright, we're going to pay CCTV a little visit. Lets roll." He commented, heading out with Riley on his heels.
"What is that"? Tej asked, walking over to Han and the new and improved harpoon gun that sat on the table behind him. "You shouldn't have." Tej commented, smiling
"So what happened"? Dom asked, Lexia as he saw her face had a huge bruise on it.
"Shaw's goons showed up and started shooting up the place". Han stated, wiping his hands down with a rag as he glanced at the crew. " Lex followed Letty, Giselle and Riley stayed with the mechanic while Rome and I took off after the other runaway".
Giselle raised the phone she had taken from the mechanic and sighed, turning to the group.
" We got something big." She stated, licking her lips. "Braga. He's working with Shaw."
Han took the phone and looked it over, narrowing his eyes at he read something from the screen.
"Its true". He confirmed, nodding his head. "The phone is filled with coded payment transactions that lead straight to Braga's cartel."
Rome looked around the group and frowned, narrowing his eyes with confusion. He raised his eyebrow and cleared his throat. "Who the hell is Braga".
"He ran one of the biggest cartels in Mexico." Dom said .
"And my old boss." Giselle added, crossing her arms and huffing out a breath. "We used codes just like whats on the phone to move money out of the country".
Brian sighed and pushed himself away from the table.
"Well, it makes sense." Brian said, nodding his head. "Braga was running Letty and now he's working with Shaw. It would explain how the two met."
"You guys no all this information about him. Where do we find him"? Tej asked, raising his eyebrow and looking towards the crew for the answer.
Brian silently cursed to himself and turned away from the group, needing to get up and move before he punched the closest thing.
"He's sitting in a prison in Los Angeles." Brian said, shaking his head.
"Dad put him there". Lexia added
"Alright. If the two of them were working together, Braga will know what Shaw is up too. I'm going to pay him a visit".
" Dad no! Are you insane"! Lexia shouted in disbelief " Think about what you're saying. You are a wanted man! The moment you step foot off that plane, your done for. You're not coming back. I need my father and so does this family"!
"This is on me. I'm the one that served her up to Braga. M'm the one that gets to make it right. Let me make it right".
"Be careful." Dom said and Brian looked at Lexia who looked back with a hurt expression
" Lex". Brian said and went to reach for her but she shoved him away
" Don't"! Lexia shouted, drawing everyone's attention " You wanna go and risk your life! Go right ahead! You wanna leave me?! That's nice to! It's not like I'm your daughter or anything! It's not like you have a son who needs to know his father! And it's not like you have a family to see! Do whatever the hell you want! I don't give a shit"!
Brian stared at Lexia before he walked away. He left an hour later and gave Lexia one quick glance before heading to the elevator.
Lexia watched the door close and saw her father give her a sad smile.
" Dad. Come back to me". Lexia whispered
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A couple hours passed and Lexia saw Rome pick up the harpoon gun that was on the weapon table.
" Hey don't touch that". Tej said, standing up " That's nothing to be played with man
" What's the problem". Rome asked
" Yeah Uncle Tej what is the problem? It looks fine". Lexia added
" That's high tensile titanium cable". Tej said
" What does that mean"? Rome asked
" It's what they use to hold up buildings and anchor bridges. Which both of you know nothing about".
Tej yanked the harpoon out of Rome's hands and continued speaking
" See the A version is cool but mine? A master piece".
Tej pulled the tube out of the back and Lexia grabbed it as NOS was attached to the back.
" Sweet". Lexia said and held it up
" Lex it's not child proof man". Tej said
" Do I look like child"?
" Yes". Rome and Tej both said
" I'm gonna be seventeen guys. I'm pretty sure I can handle a harpoon gun".
Lexia raised the gun up to her shoulder and Tej and Rome started yanking it out of the teens hands.
She pressed the trigger and it landed right in the wall between Dom and Han who were a few feet away.
Dom and Han both turned and saw Lexia with her eyes wide and quickly passed it to Rome.
" He did it". Lexia said and Dom smirked
" Hey kid you wanna race tonight". Dom asked
" I can race?! Awesome"!
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Lexia started worked on her car and Dom had to smile. The teen had insisted she didn't want any help and Dom knew she could do it herself. After all she could pop cars, take a car apart and put it back together within a few hours.
" Smart kid". Hobbs said as he stood next to Dom
" You haven't seen nothing yet". Dom said with a smirk
Lexia put two tanks of NOS in her car and Hobbs' eyes widened as he saw the teen lift the first one all by herself.
" Don't underestimate her". Dom said seriously and saw Lexia wipe her forehead which was covered in grease along with the rest of her body.
" Be careful". Dom said " And if you run into Letty see if you can spark anything".
" Got it Uncle Dom".
Dom watched Lexia take off down the road and took a deep breathe before going inside.
Lexia arrived at the race and the only person she was looking for was Letty. She wasn't really that hard to find since Lexia found her in front of an American muscle car, talking to a man who handed her a large wad of cash.
Letty stopped in her lane and Lexia quickly got the spot next to her. The teen glanced over out her open window and look straight at Letty.
" Hey Aunt Letty. You miss me". Lexia said with a smile
" Your alive? Your a tough kid". Letty said with a laugh
" Please that was nothing".
" Maybe I should've punched you harder".
" I would've broke your nose".
Letty and Lexia both burst out laughing and Letty saw a glimpse of the teen when she was fifteen.
" I ran from my parents. Mother a drug addict, father an alcoholic".
Letty shook her head and saw Lexia smiling like an idiot.
" So you ready for second place"? Lexia asked with a smirk
" Your cocky kid. I like that about you. Your confident".
" Ride or die remember"?
Lexia saw something cross over Letty's face before she turned toward the front.
The crowd gathered around and started to cheer
"Listen up." A blonde girl shouted appearing in front of Lexia and Letty "Out here we're used to getting what we want. This is London, baby. But remember, don't bite the bait."
Lexia and Letty gave one last glance at each other before the blonde shouted " GO"!
Letty got the early lead, making her way through the small arch and onto the main road first.
Lexia and Letty drove through traffic, and Letty suddenly saw herself teaching a fifteen year old Lexia how to make a turn.
" How'd you take that turn without going so far out".
" Switch gears right when you make the turn and don't slow down. It'll make it easy".
" I made the turn"!
" I knew you could do it".
Letty was snapped back into reality as she heard sirens and also heard Lexia say "Just like old times, huh Aunt Letty"!
Letty smirked and saw Lexia turn her car around and stop as the police cars were getting closer.
The two police cars in the front slammed their breaks, causing them to trash into parked cars. The other police cars had to brake and Lexia smirked as they created a block themselves.
The teen caught back up with Letty and glanced in her direction.
" Your crazy Lex". Letty said with a smirk " Almost like that time I threw us off a truck ramp at two hundred mph".
Lexia look shocked then smiled. Letty was remembering her!
" You...You remember"?! Lexia shouted excited
" Pieces kid don't get your hopes up".
" I'll take what I can get".
As they neared the finish line, a double decker bus came into view and Lexia jerked the wheel going left whole Letty went right.
When the blonde teen reached the front of the bus, she hit her NOS switch. The car jolted and Lexia smirked as Letty pressed her NOS at the same time she did. Something's never change.
Lexia won by a split second and Letty gestured for her to follow her.
Letty pulled off the road, driving under the train tracks before coming to a stop in a large abandoned parking lot.
Lexia got out and sighed. She was supposed to be back where the race had started. That's where Hobbs and Dom, who had insisted on joining him since he's so protective, were waiting for her.
The tracker would work though. Dom and Hobbs agreed if something went wrong or the plans changed it would be safe if they knew where Lexia was.
Plus nobody wanted to tell Brian his daughter went missing.
" Your a good speed racer kid". Letty said as she leaned against her car with a smile as Lexia walked up to her " Do I even have to ask who taught you"?
" You did". Lexia said with a smile and saw a scar above Letty's eyebrow. " You and scars are like best friends".
" What do you know about my scars"?
" I was there for most of em. You have a scar just above your wrist. You got that after some guy threatened me at a race and you raced the guy. He played dirty and he made you crash. The window shattered and a piece of glass slashed your wrist. I thought you were gonna bleed out so I called my dad, Brian you'll remember him eventually, as I drove you to the hospital".
" What else you got". Letty said smirking and suddenly saw the memory Lexia was just talking about.
" You've got a scar on the bridge of your nose. Now that was my dad's fault. You were helping me on the engine of my car at your house, 1327. and it was after my curfew. My dad comes in and you've got a wrench in your hand. You and him argued and you swung the wrench at his face but he pushed it back and it smacked you right in the nose. You thought it was funny as blood poured out your nose".
Letty burst out laughing and as Lexia told her the stories, she was remembering things about the small teen.
"Alright, how about this one." Letty asked, tugging down the side of her pants slightly to show Lexia the long scar on her hip bone. "Got a story for this one".
" The last night we were together before you left", Lexia said with a sad smile and traced the scar " You and I went down to the beach together since you wanted to go one last time before you left. You and I got in the water and this huge ass wave came out of nowhere. We both slammed into sharp rocks and all you did was laugh because it stung so bad". Lexia let out a laugh " I've got one to match".
Letty watched as Lexia pulled up her shirt and had the exact same scar except hers was a bit smaller.
" That girl you remember, that's not me". Letty said
" Yes it is. Aunt Letty your still in there somewhere. Look at me and tell me you don't remember anything about us".
Letty couldn't do that. She couldn't lie to the teen who kept calling her Aunt Letty.
" I knew it. You remember me right"?Lexia said
" I do kid". Letty said with a smile
" Well you only knew me for two weeks so there's not like a shit load to remember".
" There's a lot to remember. Where'd you get that cross"?
" You gave it me". Lexia said as she took it off and rubbed it with her thumb " The last day I saw you you said this holds all our memories. I haven't taken it off since that day I lost you. Take it. Maybe you'll remember all of me".
Letty took the cross and wore it around her neck. Lexia smiled and Letty saw herself giving the teen the necklace.
" Here take this. It was the last picture we took together of the family". Lexia said
Letty stared at the picture and everything about Lexia hit her like a flash of light.
" Aunt Letty"? Lexia asked in alarm as her aunt leaned her head against the car " Are you alright"?
Letty gave Lexia a smile before grabbing the picture and hopped in her car, driving off.
" You remember me". Lexia said with a smile and her eyes narrowed as she saw Owen Shaw pull up with a smirk on his face.
"There she goes." Shaw said, making his way over to Lexia. "Leaving you again. Bloody fickle, that one."
" I could break your nose in a second flat Owen". Lexia snapped
" I don't doubt it Lexia. Now tell me something, how is it that an abused, unnoticed, skinny child, ends up pulling off the biggest heist in Rio"?
" Wouldn't you like to know. And don't underestimate me".
" You know, when I was young my brother always used to say, 'Every person has to have a code.' Mine; precision. A team is nothing but pieces you switch out into you get the job done. It's efficient. Works. Your code is about family and that's great on the holidays but it makes you predictable. And in our line of work predictable means vulnerable and that means I can reach out and brake you whenever I want".
"At least when I finally go, I'll know I lived and fought for something worth holding onto. And that is something you'll never have in your lifetime".
" Well, at least you have a code. Most people don't." He said, stepping even closer to Lexia who stood her ground even as Owen was right in front of her face " You are not like any other girls Lexia. Your different and I like that about you".
Lexia just stood there not sure how to respond and felt Owen suddenly cup her face with his hands and kiss her.
The teen knew she should've pulled away but couldn't find herself to do it.
Owen pulled away and saw Lexia looking shocked before she kissed him again.
They pulled away once again and stepped far away from each other since they were both expecting people any time soon.
" I'll never go with you". Lexia snapped as if they were in an argument " And Letty is coming back with us".
" We'll see about that one Lexia. Now our discussion must come to an end".
Owen stared at Lexia's chest and the teen followed his gaze. She had a red dot right where her heart was.
" I'm not the only one going down tonight then". Lexia said with a smirk as she saw a red dot appear on Owen's heart.
Owen looked down and chuckled, smiling at Lexia. "Let me guess, Hobbs. And I'm sure Toretto isn't far either".
" Family will always be there for you no matter what you've done in the past. You don't turn your back on family even if they turn your back on you". Lexia growled
Owen continued smiling as he turned away from the blonde teen, guesting to his sniper to wrap up. The dot fell from her chest as she watched him walk back to his car.
" I look forward to seeing you again Lexia". Owen said as he got in his car and left the parking lot.
" Lex"! Dom called as he ran over to her with Hobbs " Are you hurt"?
" You sound like dad". Lexia said with a smirk " No I'm not hurt. I'm okay".
" Let's go home".
Lexia nodded and as she drove back to base, a smile appeared on her lips. Owen Shaw did have a soft spot and it was her. She could use that to her advantage.
" I look forward to seeing you again Owen". Lexia whispered and continued to drive