Chapter One - Driver

Bain hated that this had happened. The Payday Crew's driver had been killed while the crew attempted an escape from the Benevolent Bank, and they now needed a new driver for when they attempted to break Hoxton, the real one, out of jail. He was on a voice call with locke to figure out what to do.

"I don't think Wolf wants to drive, I know Chains would be too busy fighting, Dallas is always trying to coordinate everyone, and Hoxton's too gentle at the wheel." Bain complained not very quietly.

"I think I know a man." the South African mercenary said with a cocky grin that Bain never saw. "Takumi Carpenter, a Japanese-American driver for hire. He's got a slight reputation as a great driver, and apparently he has the one thing Twitch never had, a pair of balls. And I know he has them, I helped him once and I know how he drives, recklessly."

"How can we find him?" Bain asked.

"You need to speak with him online, he goes by the pseudonym 'Driver D' on Reddit." Locke explained. "You usually find him r/classiccars or on 4Chan's /O/ board."

"I'll speak with him." Bain said with confidence the compressed audio hid.

Takumi was having a heated online debate over what racing anime was the best when his browser suddenly opened a website he had never seen before. He checked the URL, .

What a safe looking website. Takumi thought as he stared at the screen a chat log dedicated to the website suddenly opened.

[Admin]: Sorry for taking manual control, I needed to contact you and I don't trust Reddit or 4Chan.

This guy knew about his web activity? Not a surprise, he wasn't very good at hiding his web activity.

[You]: What do u need?

[Admin]: Am I speaking with Takumi Carpenter? Or should I say 'Driver D'?

[You]: How'd u know?

[Admin]: I have friends in Murky Water.

Of course Locke would have told this guy about him, he was a businessman, after all.

[You]: Back on topic, wut is the job?

[Admin]: I need a driver for my crew, and to spend some cash.

[You]: I need deets.

[Admin]: Payday Crew needs a good driver, the usual guy is dead. You'll just be breaking a guy out of jail, and taking orders from the US flag masked one, Dallas.

[You]: wut is the pay?

[Admin]: $1,000,000

Holy shit. That was enough to get Takumi's student and home loans paid off and have lots of spending cash.

[You]: I'll do it, where meet?

[Admin]: You won't meet me, you'll meet Dallas. Take your car to Payday Dry Cleaning, tomorrow.

[You]: Got it.

The chat log closed and Takumi just closed his laptop. He could not believe his luck, he got a job that would bring his life together. He grabbed his journal and a pen excitedly.

05/20/14 I finally am going to make it big.

Dallas waited outside the safehouse patiently. The forty year old was expecting some new driver to come in soon, not that he would like them. Twitch had been the crew's driver for almost a year and he just up and died during the hit on Benevolent. Now Bain found a new driver that apparently was just as good, that was for Dallas to decide. An old car, a 1983 Toyota AE86 Sprinter, drove up in front of the safe house and spun to the side as it pulled into the curb. The window lowered, revealing a young man wearing blue jeans and green canvas jacket with sunglasses and driving gloves. His brown hair and clean face made him look exactly like what one would expect an escape driver would look like.

"Dallas?" the driver asked.

"Yeah." Dallas responded.

"Driver D. Nice to meet you." the young man introduced. He waved Dallas to enter the car and Dallas did so.

"Alright, we'll be going over a few scenarios." Dallas explained. "Drive to the bank on this address." Dallas said handing a slip of paper to Driver D. The driver stared at it and shoved it in his pocket. The car suddenly lurched forward, bordering on violating the speed limit as it rushed to the bank. They arrived and Dallas fortunately had all his limbs attached to his body.

"We're there." Driver D said confidently.

"Alright, for this scenario, things went south during a regular bank hit and we need to escape. Do not use the same route you used to get here." Dallas said. The car lurched backwards out of all directions and quickly turned into a place they did not go through to get to the bank. The driver maneuvered through the streets and alleys with drifts and complicated maneuvers until they arrived at the safehouse.

"What's the next one, boss?" Driver D asked.

"You're hired." Dallas muttered in shock.

A/N: Welcome to my second fanfic, Payday Driver. This one is an AU of Payday 2 full of my own headcanons, ideas, and a few of my OCs. I hope you enjoy this piece. And, yes Takumi's name, code name, and car are based off Initial D, even though I have never read nor seen it. Hope you enjoy and have a great day!

PS: I noticed my first chapters tend to be really short, should I be worried about that? Feedback is appreciated!