A Fast and Furious fic

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Nicki Minaj ft David Guetta - Turn Me On

If I scream if I cry,
it's only 'cause I feel alive
My body needs a hero,
come and save me

- I'm too young to die, come on and turn me on

Part 3: Chapter 13: There was the death that was because of me

Christmas went just as quickly as it'd arrived which was a shame considering it was actually fairly enjoyable.

It would have been better if Twink was here.

It would also have been better if Neela and Sean didn't come round with that Tia Maria and drank themselves into an oblivion that they'd actually ended up in a heated argument to which me and Han had no choice but to listen to as it was in the middle of our living room in our apartment.

Neela had stormed out and demanded I go after her and therefore, I'd left Sean with Han as they bitched about the downfalls of relationships while I was doing the exact same thing with Neela.

When I'd put Neela into a taxi later that night, I went home and saw Han alone with a notebook. The pen in his hand tapped rythmitcally against the pad and the other hand was in his soft hair.

'What's the matter?' I asked him softly, startling him and he sat up.

'Can you sit?' He asked and turned his body so he faced me.

Hesitantly I took the seat beside him and stared at the pad but he'd written it in Japanese deliberately so I couldn't read it.

'No more secrets.' He said suddenly and looked me deeply in the eyes, 'no more days where you doubt your love, faith and trust in me. From this moment onwards, I won't hide anything from you.'

That was unexpected, I thought and looked down at my lap. This was the moment I'd been hoping for.

When Han tells me everything about his life - his past, his encounters, his skeletons in the closet that he'd buried so deep underneath the floor that there's no way they can pop out at me.

The question I asked myself was, was I prepared to hear it?

'That's if... you want to know.' Han said and I shook myself from my reverie.

'Yes,' I told him and swallowed down the urge to decline.

I watched Han sigh and look down at the notepad although I had a feeling he had already memerised it and he was only stalling.

'I've killed two people.' A wave of something I couldn't explain washed over me and I sank down further into the sofa. I knew this, though right? I knew he'd been violent, I knew he'd met people that possibly didn't see eye to eye with Han and Han was, after all, a lying, coniving, cheating businessman.

'And?' I whispered as the only light from the moon outside and the single candle on the coffee table made him look heavenly.

'I'm not going to go into detail.' Han almost snapped.

He dropped his head and put both of his hands gently on my thighs as if he was scared I'd flinch from him. 'And yes, Dom asked me to steal a share of the money I was earning while with the ESC and I did. They put a bullet in my shoulder as I ran away and I saw myself stealing cars in America after that.'

'Okay,' I breathed and could've smiled. It wasn't so bad, so far.

'You know the ESC didn't finish the job on Twink. You know they'll be back and they will keep coming back until he's six feet under.'

Wincing I erased the image from my mind, 'Han...'

'No, Lina,' he stood up and threw the notepad on the sofa, 'we can't run around and pretend everything is okay. They know Takeshi isn't dead and they won't risk getting a rookie to do it this time.'

I knew what this meant now. And as I looked up in the deep depths of Han's eyes I could tell he was finding it difficult in saying it out loud.

'You mean...'

Han nodded, 'before they come and hurt us again and before they try and kill Twink, I'm going to make a deal with them.'

I stood up now and put my hands on Han's shoulders, I breathed with him in silence and silently wrapped my arms around his neck relishing the warmth when his hands made their way to my hips and he pressed me flush against his body.

'I don't want you to.' I felt a single tear run down my cheek.

Han was going to go to the ESC and offer to murder Takeshi so that they won't attempt to kill Twink again.

'But after this, I'll be repaying my debt to them and Twink's. They won't need me for anything else. It's over.'

All over. The thought was comforting.

Maybe then Twink will wake up, see the errors of his ways while in the ESC and come with me and Han far away somewhere that wasn't goddamn Tokyo.

'I think he likes me.'

I stirred the wooden stick in my coffee until the cream had blended into the hot liquid and Neela put her palm on the table.

'Are you okay? Are you even listening to me?'

'Yep.' I said quickly. 'You think Jay Makiosa is wonderful and sexy and you think because he spoke to you once and supposedly gave you a look you assume he likes you too.'

I'd gotten that habit from Han - being able to think about things while subconciously paying attention to the conversation at hand so that nobody can accuse you of being in your own little world.

'Right,' Neela said rather surprised and that stupid grin landed on her face again. 'Sean can't pull off shirts like he wears.'

Her tone dropped at the mention of her long term boyfriend and I looked up at her face while she sipped her coffee and then looking at me again, 'also, don't you think Jay has...'

I blanked out again and stared at my own coffee. Han was probably at the ESC by now.

I wonder what was going on.

Would they listen to him? The last time, the gun pointed to his head was Marley's sick way of distracting us so they could attack Twinkee. I couldn't help but think they wouldn't hesitate to pull a trigger on him again.

I shuddered and rubbed my hands hasitly on the material of my jeans. The coffee shop was filling up and I could Neela's mouth still moving animatedly about Jay no doubt.

And then I saw someone I recognised.

Poking his head out of the line as the other busy and impatient people in the queue bristled around waiting for their order, I saw one person stand out who stood calm and collected and had his eyes set on me.

I definitely knew this guy.

His face was round like a large person but from this angle I couldn't see his body. Only his dark set of eyes that narrowed when they caught mine and standing alert, I sat up straight and told Neela to be quiet.

'What?' She asked innocently.

'Just shut the fuck up,' I said harshly and looked down at my coffee as if I hadn't recognized the guy at all. And then I saw movement in the corner of my eye behind me.

Someone was getting up from the seat behind me and I don't know what it was but something told me to turn around and just as I did, I saw the round faced man smirk.

Whirling around, there was the lean man that I'd met with before.

Pudge and Dogman.

From the ESC.

Was in the same coffee shop with me and before I could get up or even say a word, Dogman pulled out something metal and black from the inside pocket of his jacket.

Han POV

'I see you've returned.' Ryuzaki Marlion always a character I'd be most inclined never to speak to again but here I was.

Stood in the centre of the warehouse with some more henchman around me and Marley, the madman himself sat comfortably on a worn out armchair a few feet in front of me.

He wore smart black trousers but a worn out brown leather jacket over a crisp white shirt and black tie that made him look like he'd just come back home from a long night after getting drunk with some work mates.

'I've come to make a deal with you but if you're busy...' I gestured to the pretty model that sauntered over to sit on Marley's lap.

Marley laughed loudly and I watched him push the girl away who whined once before a henchman lifted her up and over his shoulder and carried her away.

'Not at all.' Marley clapped his hands together and cocked his head, 'can I help you Mr Lue?'

'I want to repay my debt and make you leave Twink alone.' Marley's mouth twitched, 'yes it was a shame the job wasn't quite fufilled.' The madman spared a glance to a henchman in a purple wifebeater who rubbed the back of his neck nervously.

'I will kill Takeshi for you.'

Marley's brow furrowed for a split second before his eyes widened and he burst out in manic laughter. 'Oh I see you've been given false information.'

I halted. What? The ESC wanted Takeshi dead, didn't they? 'Han,' Ryuzaki stood from his seat and in a few quick strides he was in front of me with a single metal blade in his hand that was pressing against the base of my throat, 'it's not Takeshi we sent little Trey to kill.'

I closed my eyes readying myself for the pain. It was me then, wasn't it? Twink was sent to kill me.

'Course not.' I heard another voice and opening my eyes again, my thoughts stopped dead as from the shadows of a storage business room, Takeshi stepped out in a fluid movement with that same arrogant smile and what Lina would refer to as a very Flat Face.

Suddenly, for the first time in a while I was completely perplexed at the outcome and couldn't understand how I'd been so fooled.

Trey was put in the ESC by Takeshi with the ultimate agenda to murder me as Takeshi still couldn't get over the revenge mission we'd been on almost four years ago.

I felt the cool metal against my skin again and not taking my eyes off my former friend and business partner who only watched on in amusement, I scoffed, 'so you're gonna kill me now?'

Marley sighed and removed the knife from my neck. Rubbing the tender skin there, I looked down at the slightly smaller man and watched him roll his eyes and burst out into evil laughter again.

'I wish I could but Takeshi had someone other than you on his mind. You shouldn't be so self centrered, Han.' Marley sniggered and moved back to his armchair.

Thousands of thoughts ran through my mind and glancing once at Takeshi, I saw that he had a photo in his hand. My photo. Mine and Lina's photo.

And then as if I'd been stabbed through the heart, I saw the truth for what it was. As the previous Drift King smiled once in success, he held up the photo of me and the love
of my life and with a big, bold bright red marker pen was a circle around Lina's head.

I fell to my knees and breathed in any air my lungs were gasping for.

Waves of nausea ran through me and I felt my head getting heavy.

'No,' I whispered into the air.

'Trey was sent to kill you,' Marley said tonelessly as if he was bored with this whole thing now and wanted me to clear off to continue his escapade with the model, 'but when he told us he needed more time to get you here, we raided your place. Saw that pretty little girlfriend of yours and gave him a new target. He blatently refused of course but
Takeshi wasn't having any of that.'

'You...' I tugged at the strande of my hair and felt my heart ache and the seething fury course through my veins. 'You...'

'Yes, I,' Marley grinned, 'sent someone to kill Trey for his refusal and instead sent someone a little more trustworthy to finish the overall job.'

'Why don't you kill me?' I screamed at him and got to my feet, prepared to tear him apart, I was instantly held back. 'You can have me. All of me. Blow my brains out!'

Spit flayed from my mouth and hit the floor in specks and I felt my anger becoming more and more potent as it was becoming more difficult to control - in a minute, I'll kill myself by running at the man who could potentially have ruined my life.

'If you could die,' Takeshi said and I turned my glare towards him as I felt tears behind my eyes, never before had I felt so naked in front of someone, 'or live without the one you love - death would be heaven.'

Crash.

I felt it hit me and as my anger died down, all I felt was empty. Emptiness. And it felt hollow. My tears fell into my palms as I fell to the floor and cowering, I fell apart in front of the very people who ripped my heart out and scorched it alive.

Lina was dead. Because of me.

A/N: I am so sorry for leaving it a week until I updated.
I told you all I had college though and I think it might be another week until I can update again, I'm afraid - unless I get some writing done tomorrow. I'm really tired.
So, do you all think Lina is really dead?
Would I be so mean and do that to you?
Wait & find out.

~ Ello Harley