II - Pushing Back
Brian went out to do something the following day and then he came back. I decided to call Gisele while Brian and Dom were working on cars.
So I called her up and she accepted the call after the third ring.
"Yes?" She greeted.
"It's David." I told her.
"I was just thinking about you." She said. Oooh… I might've actually gotten her attention rather well.
"You know, when I gave you my number, I was hoping you'd call. But not under these circumstances." She admitted.
"Really? Like the circumstance of being alive?" I asked her.
"Don't take it personally/ It's just business." She told me though I can hear that she didn't really agree with what she just said.
"I and Dom happen to have business of our own. Get Campos, will you?" I said to her.
"Uh huh?" Campos greeted me on the phone.
"Is killing his drivers really how Braga inspires loyalty?" I questioned that notion.
"One can always find more drivers. It's just good business." He said, though you're just wasting them with that belief.
"We want to trade." I told him.
"Braga doesn't negotiate." He said. I scoffed at the idea of that considering what will be in the trade.
"Fine, then you can explain to him how $60 million worth of product all of a sudden disappears. That wouldn't be good for business, now would it." I told him.
"What do you want?" He asked me, now understanding the circumstance.
"Six million cash, and for it to be delivered by Braga himself." I said and Campos just laughed.
"Here's the thing; Dom doesn't like being shot at. And we're not gonna stick our necks out unless he has something to lose as well." I reminded him.
"He'll never go for it." He said.
"Yeah, well, either we deal with Braga, or you do." I told him. And judging by the silence, he realises he has no choice.
"When and where?" He asked.
We set the deal up to be at the docks at nightfall and we waited for them to arrive.
"Well, the good news is, when we get this guy, you'll both be walking out of here free men." Brian told us.
"Is that what they told you?" Dom suspected that they won't hold that end of the bargain.
"Yeah, that's the deal." Brian stated.
"You still put milk and cookies out for Santa Claus?" Using that as an example of what he's getting across.
"Yeah." Brian answered. Then some cars arrived.
"In case things go shifty." He said to Dom, handing him the keys.
"Just like old times?" Dom asked, more than likely referring to 5 years ago.
"Yeah." Brian agreed.
Fenix and Campos came out and Fenix pulled out a gun.
"You dropped something." He teased Dom to shoot him.
"That's what you wanted right?" He then asked.
"Dom, don't." I warned him,
Campos then walked up to us.
"He's harmless. Don't worry about him, And he's really sorry about Letty." Campos said. There is no way someone like Fenix is sorry for something like that. He enjoys killing.
"Where's our stuff?" He then asked us. I then walked to the cases and opened them to reveal nothing.
"The stuff that used to be in here? Well, we made a deal if we were to see Braga, in case you forgot." I reminded him.
"No worries. Braga keeps his word." Campos assured us and then signalled for a man with greying hair to come out.
He then walked up to us and dropped a bag on the floor.
"$2 million. You get the rest when I get my property." Braga told us.
"I got a question for ya. You wearing pink when you were clawing your way out of el barrio?" Brian asked. Braga then looked nervous. I then looked at Campos, Fenix and Gisele.
"You're thinking what I'm thinking, right?" Brian asked us.
"You're not Braga." I said. Then some FBI guys came out and started firing against the goons. Brian told me and Dom to get out of here. But we were focusing on Campos. That smile, it's as though…. SHIT!
"Campos is Braga!" I shouted. He was about to run us down, and even Gisele. OH NO YOU DON'T! I charged at her and pushed her out of the way. She looked completely surprised at my actions but now was not the time to talk about this.
"Come on." I told her and we got in a car, with Dom entering the car as well and I drove off to wherever as long as it isn't anywhere near here.
We got to LA and Dom was thinking. We were tinkering with the Charger when Brian came into the garage.
"Everyone's looking for you two." He said.
"We're right here." Dom said.
"It's nice to see you've gone with the times and switched to electronic fuel injection. Looks good." Brian said. Huh….
"Looks like buster became a gearhead." I chuckled.
"I'm going with you." Brian told us.
"You do realise that we don't plan on bringing anyone back." Dom reminded him.
"I know." He was aware.
"Hit that throttle." Dom told Brian and so he did and then he went off, more than likely to Mia.
After a while the Charger was ready and Dom was preparing himself mentally. As did I. Because I may never see Mia again and there's the unfinished stuff with Gisele. Me and Dom hugged Mia as a family. And then Dom got in his Charger while I got the car we used to escape. Brian used the car that we got from the impound.
Eventually, we made it to the Border and we waited. And then Gisele showed up.
"I'm glad you showed up." I confessed honestly with a smile.
"You saved my life. And you even helped me realise who I am. I'm more than willing to return the favour." She said with a genuine smile. One that made my heart melt.
"This will help you get to Braga." She told me, giving me a piece of paper.
"David. Going in there is suicide." She cautioned me.
"I know." I murmured.
"But me and Dom have no choice." I said. And seeing that I may never have this chance again. I gently kissed her on the lips and she was surprised of course, but she eventually kissed back and for a first kiss, it was beyond amazing. But it only lasted for several seconds.
"I don't know if we'll meet again, but I do love you. But if we do meet again, do you want to get together?" I asked her. She smiled and stroked my cheek.
"I'd like that." She said and I smiled before kissing her on the cheek.
"Adios." We said to each other and she walked back to her car and drove away. I looked back at Brian and Dom and they smirked at the fact that I'm now in love and that I've had my first kiss.
"So this is where my jurisdiction ends." Brian stated. I handed Dom the sheet of paper.
"And this is where ours begins." Dom said.
What she gave us were directions and we followed them as we entered through the town that Braga went through and the directions led to a church that looked to be under construction. We saw the guards in the front, so we sneaked in through another way and we had guns with us. Dom had a shotgun, Brian had a pistol and I had a machine pistol.
Once we entered, we walked up to Braga and aimed our guns at him.
"You ain't forgiven." Dom coldy spat at him.
"You boys want to arrest me in here?" Braga asked us, with the last part in Spanish.
"No we're beyond that." Brian corrected him.
"You won't buy your way out of this one." I seethed at him.
"You and me…. You and me, we're not so different. You're no hero." Braga said to Dom. Dom in response cocked the shotgun and was practically ready to shoot him right here, right now. But he doesn't.
"You're right. And that's why you're going back across the border." Dom told him. Brian then cuffed him.
"But Fenix is mine." Dom told us.
"No problem with that." I said. We then went through the door we used and got in our cars, with Brian having Braga in his.
We drove like maniacs through the town and then we made a sharp right turn down a dirt road.
As we went down the dirt road, there was gunfire and it narrowly missed us. It was coming from Braga's men.
They were chasing us and I hate it when we're the ones being chased. I noticed the green Torino. Shit!
"Fenix is on the move!" I told Dom through our radios.
I saw a car about to hit Dom but I changed gears and rammed into him and Dom was saved.
We then got to the flat terrain.
"Dom, David, head to the tunnel. Let's use the tunnel." Brian told us. And since I have a gun, I elbowed the windshield on the door and shot some burst fire at the tires and the drivers, resulting in some crashes and cars running into each other.
We then went into a single file and got into the tunnels.
Some cars followed me and they were ramming into me but they made me gain speed and I was able to narrowly miss a nudge and so I hit the brakes and then pumped the accelerator and nudged him, making him spin into the cave wall and take down three other cars. Now I have no one to deal with and can just focus on getting out of here.
I had just gotten out of the tunnels in time to see Dom ram into Fenix and kill that son of a bitch for killing Letty. I parked the car and ran to Dom and Brian. Oh crap! Brian is hurt.
Me and Dom helped him out and told him to keep pressure on the wounds.
Then the police sirens came. I think I just have to accept jail time. Regardless.
"You gotta get out of here." Brian told us.
"We're not running anymore." Dom told him. I blocked out their conversation as I just mentally prepared myself to be in jail.
Weeks Later
Now was the time for us to get our sentences. The first of us is Dom.
"All rise." An officer told us. We did as told as the judge came and sat down.
"Please be seated." The officer told us and we sat.
"Please rise, Mr. Toretto." The judge asked Dom and he stood up.
"I've listened to the testimony and taken into special consideration Agent O'Conner's appeal of clemency of behalf of Mr. Toretto. That his actions directly resulted in the apprehension of known drug trafficker Arturo Braga. However, this judiciary finds that one right does not make up for a lifetime worth of wrongs. And as such, I find that I am forced to level the maximum sentence under California law. Dominic Toretto, you are hereby sentenced to serve 25 years to life at the Lompoc maximum security prison system without the possibility of early parole. This court is adjourned." The judge stated.
Then it came to my sentence. And to my absolute shock, I was only given a sentence of 6 months. Apparently my crimes weren't as severe as Dom's and that I would be placed in a Correctional Institution. And this one that I've heard is actually not that bad. It's akin to being at boot camp, just not as harsh or brutal. I can live that.
I guess, now I just go through those 6 months and be able to be free and hopefully see Dom if the guys plan to set him free.
Alright, the arc focusing on Fast and Furious (2009) is done, David and Gisele are now in love and after this, we'll go into Fast Five, AND... Introduce another original character that will be David's equal like how Hobbs is Dom's equal.
