"Okay, Toretto. Here's your girl...And your happy ending" Owen hissed as he turned the turret of the gun toward the other side of the bridge, the car that was hanging onto us now acted as an anchor, and I knew this would end badly.
"Stop!" I screamed, trying to fight Owen for control of the turret until he pushed me aside, growling. I quickly moved to open the hatch, knowing I had to get Letty inside before it's too late.
Pulling myself up to look out of the hatch, I reached out for the older woman who was gripping on tightly to the tank "Letty!" I shouted to her desperately before Owen roughly tugged me back inside the tank.
Suddenly the tank was airborne, and I was tucked underneath Owen's arms protectively as I let out a scream of panic, not again, I couldn't do this again. I cried out when the top of the tank hit the ground with a terrifying sound, I was too afraid to move, too scared to push my way out of Owen's arms.
My eyes were clenched tightly, did I dare check to see if Owen and Jah we're still breathing as I was. Was Letty as lucky as me? Was she safe or...
Next time my eyes opened my eyes, I was out of the tank and in a solid concrete room, was this prison? Did we get caught?
I groaned after seeing the Samoan Captain America walking into the room, and I held my breath, I wasn't so cocky anymore without Owen. I felt out of place, I had no idea which was up right now.
I grunted as I stood up, but he just held up a gloved hand calmly. "I'm not here for intimidation tactics," my eyes moved around the room quickly, trying to find out if this was some kind of ploy "Here."
Glancing at the file he was offering me, I carefully took it from his hand as he gave me a neutral expression, I've seen this man put a teammate of mine through a table before, but he seemed sort of mild right now.
Sitting back down on the cot I had been laying on, I opened the folder to see two pictures of me clipped onto a paper, one was a newer picture, but the smaller one looked like a yearbook picture of sorts.
Pulling the smaller picture from the folder, I held it as my eyes scanned the paper underneath it. "Rosalie Amelia Tor-" my breath hitched as I gazed up at the man who just nodded at me, "Rosalie Toretto."
After reading more of the file, I became dizzy, a headache had set it, and it wasn't until reading the names of my 'family' that the realization hit me.
The more I read the deep panic set in "No, this isn't right," I say pushing the folder in Hobbs' chest as I walk out of the room "That's-" I hiccup pointing at the DSS Agent who only trailed into the next room behind me.
Dom and Letty quickly jump up, seeing my distress, but I move away from them. "I am not your sister," I hiss as my lungs began to restrict my breathing. "That's wrong! You're wrong!" I shout as the others watch me with pained expressions.
Letty quickly closed the space between us as Dom stood frozen "Mija, stop!" she scolded as I tried to fight my way from her "It's true, it's all true. We're your family. Owen found you and took you from us".
I glanced at Dom over Letty's shoulder and saw the pain in his eyes, the same pain he had when I shot him, and every other time we've come face to face, "Oh my god," I cried out weakly putting my hands on my head.
It was worse than I thought.
Not only had Owen lied about me not having a family, he kept me from them when they were so close, but he also tried to get me to help him kill them. I hurt them, shot Dom, and god knows what else I would have done.
Remembering all the things they knew about me made so much more sense now that hindsight was such a bitch.
"He told me I didn't have a family," I mumbled numbly, seeing Dom's fingers clench into a fist "I only had him and..." the others just gazed at me silently as if willing me to continue.
I sighed and stepped away from Letty's grip "I have no idea what to think, everything is so backward right now. Did I do wrong or right? Am I bad or good? Who am I?" I begged Letty, who had tears in her own eyes.
Hearing a low voice, I turned towards Dom, who walked closer and put his hand on my shoulder. "You are whoever you want to be, whether it's Rosalie Toretto or Rose Ortiz. We're still family and family stick together".
I wouldn't lie and say my heart didn't feel like it grew a few sizes bigger at his words because it did.
I nodded at him and moved past him to sit on a set of metal steps with my head in my hands as the NATO Commander walks closer with a mean look on his face.
"What about her?" my body freezes quickly at the thought of being taken into custody.
Dom steps in front of me and blocking me from the Commander's view "Not her" Once again, he trying to help me, and I guess that was a normal thing for him, just because I forgot him doesn't mean he forgot me.
"She was working with Shaw," The Commander hissed as my eyes met Riley's only glancing at the floor when I notice them narrow dangerously at me; in my sensitivity, she seemed more domineering than usual.
My throat suddenly went dry when the other members of Dom's crew stepped up in front of me too "Was, but she's always been one of us" They were all willing to vouch for me after everything I've done.
"Let's give them a minute," Hobbs persuaded the Commander, offering him a subtle nod when the man noticed the protective stance the group in front of him had taken, the air had a dangerous aura to it.
Seemingly deciding it was safer to leave me be the Commander stalked off, throwing dirty looks at everyone.
Feeling someone stand closer to me I looked up to see a guilty faced Brian O'Connor "Hey" he said as I stood up slowly feeling self-conscious about how he knew me "Look, I don't even know how to say this to you, but everything that's happened here is because of me. I'm the one that put you undercover..."
His self-deprecation was pitiful and almost painful for me. "Stop," I ordered as he glanced at me, "I may not remember anything or much about myself from before, but I know one thing for sure. Nobody makes me do anything I don't want to".
Brian gives me a broad smile as his blue eyes lit up happily at my words. "Whatever you did, I can guarantee it was probably my idea, or I pushed you into it," I said with a small smile as he laughed.
"So you're my brother-in-law?" I asked quietly as he gives me a nod as his eyes shone with love, "were we close?" I question, crossing my arms, feeling lost until he let out an amused laugh.
"You were 17 when we first met, you threatened me when I started seeing your sister Mia" I grimaced at his words, but they seemed to make him happy more than upset "She's desperate to see you again."
I looked down at his words, I had a sister waiting to see me – would she still want to see me when she realizes I have no idea who she is "She wants our son to meet his aunt."
My body froze for a minute in disbelief, "I have a nephew?" Brian watched me with a small smile.
"His name is Jack, he was born when you were..." Brian's words stopped suddenly as his eyes turned sad again, I don't think he's ever going to fully forgive himself for what happened to me.
Patting the older man's shoulder, I gave him an awkward smile "I can't wait to meet them"- "again," I added, remembering I already 'met' my sister. Brian although still looking a little guilty nodded but didn't press me to talk again.
I backed away to the steps struggling to come to terms with all this new information, giving the blond man a forced smile.
"Hey, Toretto!" The name was shouted so loud everyone in the room looked up, I suppose that was something I would have to get used to now, seeing the people being shoved into the room my heart lurched.
Owen stood in front of everyone with his hands cuffed behind his back, "You guys really think you've won. This code you live by, it's the very reason why you weren't even in the game".
I stood behind everyone hating myself for still feeling some kind of loyalty to Owen, I couldn't change the last year with him or the kinship we have "I told you exactly what I was gonna do if you didn't walk away, Toretto. But you didn't listen".
"I told you I can reach out and break you whenever I want and I have" I frowned in confusion, how has he broken them "Maybe you should call Mia" My attention was quickly caught at my sister's name coming from Owen's mouth.
I watched from the sidelines as Brian took out his phone and quickly dialing a number, "Mia?" He croaked out before a shriek of his name was the response, Brian lurched forward punching Owen across the face "Let me go!" he shouted angrily when he was held back.
Owen spat blood to the floor as he chuckled before becoming serious "So, this is how it's gonna go down. You're gonna cut me loose from these cuffs, you're gonna hand me the chip, I'm gonna walk out of here, and you're not gonna follow."
The Nato Commander scoffed, "You must be joking" Owen just smugly looked around as Jah, Adolfson, and Denlinger sniggers at his expression, they look like the cat who got the cream.
"Look at his face. Ask him if I'm joking" Owen steps up to Dom, who does nothing to stop him.
"One hostage does not outweigh the threat to millions" The Commander calls out to us as he moves to stand next to Hobbs "I'm sorry, but this changes nothing" fury fires up inside me as he says that, a sister I never knew I had could die and he didn't care.
A gun cocking grabs everyone's attention, and suddenly guns were being drawn all around the room, I reflexively reach for my weapon until I realize Samoan Thor probably took it "It changes everything. You tell your men to stand down".
The Commander tightens his fists but does as Hobbs ordered, "Stand down."
"Toretto, I need you to know, the moment we let him walk out that door with that chip, words like 'amnesty' and 'pardon' walk out with him," The DSS Agent says calmly with his gun still trained on the Commander.
Feeling a gaze on me, I glanced up to see Owen watching me with a sad look in his eye, to everyone else his face probably seemed neutral but I had gotten better at reading the words he wasn't saying.
"Those words went out the day we were born," Dom huffed as Owen and his team were released from their restraints.
"Coming, babe?" Owen called out as everyone except my old team glanced towards me, but I knew he wasn't talking to me, I also knew I'd have to admit to knowing she had been working with us all along.
"Of course" Riley smiles at Owen as she steps away from Hobbs and closer to the Brit "I wouldn't miss it for the world" I rolled my eyes at her dirty look, she always hated how close Owen and I were.
That's the reason she picked a fight with me on the subway, she would be able to blame her jealousy on pretending to work the lie, making her look more authentic to Hobbs I guess.
"Like I said, you were never in the game," He grinned as he turned to leave but looked back towards me with a confused frown "Rose?" The offer was there, but I couldn't make myself go with him knowing what I was leaving behind.
Looking up at him with tears in my eyes, I tried not to cry realizing I was trapped between a rock and a hard place, I had to go with the option that hasn't lied to me "Go to hell."
Owen nodded sadly as Riley smirked next to him, "What should I tell him?" Deckard. If Owen got away, he wanted to know what to tell the man I had forged a relationship with, someone I had stupidly fallen for.
"He can go to hell with you," I hissed at him, my heart hurt, but my fury was burning inside me. They both lied. There's no way Deckard didn't already know everything about me.
My old team eyed me before they walked away from us, with Owen throwing one last comment towards us. "If I see you on the horizon, I'll make the call, and the girl's dead."