"How's it going Mike?" Brian called casually as he and Dom walked into the shop.

In his peripheral, Brian saw Julius tense, but Mike just looked up and grinned, "Still waiting for my best employee to come back."

Brian rolled his eyes, "Better things to do these days, man."

Mike waved a hand dismissively, "Like what?"

"Today, taking away some business. Promise I'll make up for it, though."

"You'd better." Mike grumbled.

Brian turned in time to watch Julius try to beeline it for the door, only to run straight into Dom's fist.

Julius came to slowly. He could hear someone shuffling around in front of him and a TV on behind him. He was propped up in a hard chair with his arms tied behind him and his legs tied to the base of it. Last thing he remembered was going to Mike's and then… O'Conner. O'Conner had shown up. He opened his eyes and winced when he realized his left eye was almost swollen shut.

"Morning sleeping beauty." he heard a sarcastic voice.

His gaze tracked the voice to one of Toretto's guys. "You're s'posed to be dead." He slurred.

Tej shrugged, "Never been to great at doing what I was supposed to." He held up a cell phone, "Smile for the camera. Gotta make sure your cousin doesn't think we killed your stupid ass."

"Your guy went for it?" Suki asked.

Tej nodded toward Jamal.

Suki eyed him speculatively, "You gonna cause me any trouble?"

"You got my money?" Jamal fired back.

"Sent it ahead with one of my boys."

Jamal lifted his eyebrows and shot Mara a look.

Mara shrugged, "Didn't want you to get any ideas about an early payday. You know I'm good for it."

Jamal hesitated briefly then nodded, "Fine. Let's go."

"Thanks, Suk!" Tej called after their retreating backs.

"You owe me!" she called back.

"What's that put our numbers at?" Hobbs questioned.

Mara closed her eyes as she tallied, "Shaw still has Selena, Devin, Kay, Satchel, John, and Victor."

"So he's down."

Mara nodded, eyes still closed, "We've got Dom, Bri, Rome, Letty, Tej, Sean, Cal, and me. And you and Elena besides."

"Sounds like a good time to strike."

Mara opened her eyes and smirked.

"What?"

"'Strike', always the military man."

"Something wrong with that?"

Mara's smirk became a fond grin, "No."

He looked at her expectantly.

"You're right. Now's probably our best shot. Before he has time to rally."

"And Twinkie?"

"Letty's working on figuring out where they're keeping him."

"Local LEO's?"

"That's your department."

"This is your turf, Spilner. Even if no one else knows it, you're running this show."

Mara bit her lip and and paused. "Rona Kimble. She's just a beat cop, but she's the only one I know we can trust. Just shoot straight with her."