IV - Facing Opposites
Sleep wasn't easy, even with Gisele by my side because I can't help but think of how Letty is working with Shaw.
Morning rolled around and we just sat and waited for Hobbs, Bryce and Riley to come back with something. On the monitors were photos of each member of Shaw's crew.
"This is crazy, man." Roman murmured.
"What are you talking about now?" Tej asked him as he was working on the computers.
"I'm sitting here looking at these images. It's like we're hunting our evil twins. Look at this black dude right here, he's handsome. Clearly that's me." Roman commented, pointing at the first photo.
"You're not as handsome as him, mate." I teased and he glared at me as everyone else chuckled.
"Anyway, we got a white Hobbs. This is Han." He then said, pointing at a meathead and then at the bald guy. Han just shrugged.
"Here's an Asian David." He then pointed at the asian he meant. I do look somewhat similar to him and he more than likely knows martial arts like I do.
"Tej, it's an African in a beanie. That's like your Mini-Me, man." Roman then said about the photo he's talking about.
"And Brian! When did you do this photoshoot?" He then pointed to the blonde woman. I looked over to Brian who grinned and gave him the middle finger.
"I'm just playing, man. You know you're the prettiest blonde around here." Roman then assured playfully.
Then as he finished, we heard the truck roll in.
"Alright, lock it up. We got two things." Hobbs told us as he, Bryce and Riley came out.
"First off, this is the worst damn city in the world to commit a crime. There are cameras on every street corner. We got video footage from CCTV of the raid. Let's track that, see where it leads us." Bryce stated and handed the footage to Tej.
"And secondly, we just got confirmation on what Shaw's crew grabbed from Interpol. They ripped off the database of every location that houses the final component that they need," Hobbs then stated.
"So where are they at?" Brian asked.
"There are over two dozen of them around Europe." Riley said.
"But the list is only good for 96 hours. Which means, wherever Shaw's crew is going to hit next, it's going to happen within the next four days. They got a window, and so do we. We gotta move." Hobbs pointed out.
"Hobbs is right. So let's break this down. You met them. What do we know?" Dom asked us all. And here we are going to be in rapid fire mode.
"We know they have to be running custom engines. You heard that flip car going through those gears."
"Sequential transmission."
"That didn't sound like a normal engine."
"Turbo diesel, hands down."
"Yeah, it sounded like something from Le Mans."
"Did you see it take all those hits and still stay flat in the corners?"
"Yeah, hydraulics."
"Or magnetic suspension."
"Who not only has access to the components, but can fabricate something like that?"
"A handful of shops in London, for sure."
"Regular tuner shops aren't going to cut it on this one. We're gonna have to dig deeper than that." Dom concluded. I looked at Hobbs, Bryce and RIley and they were wide eyed at our whipfire conversation.
"Han, Gisele, David, you're up. We find the guy who made that car, we find Shaw." Dom stated. Gisele loaded her gun.
"Let's go." She said.
"I'll help." Riley said.
"Me too. I'd like to see my cousin in action." Bryce said, smirking at me.
"Roger that." Hobbs agreed and so we all gathered up and made our way out to find whoever made the shit for Shaw.
We took all day trying to find whoever made the car for Shaw. So far, we went through the first four, and now we're making our way to the fifth one and he was in some corner in London that seemed abandoned.
"Alright, this is number five on our list." Riley said as we leaned on the railing to see this guy aiming some kind of gun and then it fired some hook through concrete.
"Damn. You'd think he was about to hunt Moby Dick with that thing." I said.
"That must be our guy." Han stated.
"So how do y'all wanna play this?" He then asked.
"Riley and Gisele can go down there and play nice at first. If he plays hard to get, show that you bite as well as bark." I suggested, knowing that they can handle it.
"It's like you read my mind, David." Gisele said and kissed me on the cheek.
"Let's go." She then said to Riley and they started to make their way to the guy.
"You two are in such sync with one another aren't you?" Bryce asked me with a shit eating grin.
"That's what happens when you're in love with someone like her." I answered.
The two then reached him and they started talking at the same time Han started munching on potato chips.
"What is it with you and food?" Bryce asked him.
"I just like eating." He said, avoiding to answer honestly.
"More like making up for the fact you quit smoking." I butted in and he stopped, looking at me in surprise, as well as Bryce.
"How did you figure that out?" Bryce asked, flabbergasted.
"The constant usage of the mouth and hands. Two packs a day, unfiltered. Gisele figured it out as well." I casually said.
"You're good. You would make for a detective." Bryce praised me.
Eventually, Riley twisted the guy's arm and flipped him onto the ground.
They then walked in somewhere but after a short while, a car came in. And then three of Shaw's men came out. And one of them was Letty.
"Shit." I cursed. Then the two of out three started firing.
"Come on!" Bryce shouted and we jumped over the railing and ran to where they are and started shooting at them. Then they fired at us and we ducked for cover. We then chased after the Asian one.
We ran through tunnels and then we made it into one of the train stations. We just managed to catch a glimpse of him and ran after him and once we caught up to him, he was beating up police officers.
Han tapped me on the chest and we charged at him. He punched Han in the stomach, Bryce swung at his face and I kicked him in the back and he'd kick me but Han and Bryce would hit him and I'd punch his back, right into his spine and he yelled in pain. He then separated from us and he kicked Han in the crotch. I then faced him and swung fast punches at him and would trick him into a defensive move, giving me an opening and I hit him in the stomach but then he managed to choke hold me.
Bryce then tried to hit him but he moved me so that she'd punch me instead and I fell to the floor.
Han and Bryce would then try and hit the guy but he'd deflect their moves.
I got back up and silently tacked him, giving them both a chance to strike and they managed to hit him but he took them down and pushed me back and then made a running kick at me, throwing me back through a pane of glass.
After that he walked away.
Han and Bryce got back up and they pulled me up to my feet.
"Shaw's crew are now starting to piss me off." I groaned.
"Tell me about it." Bryce said.
We grouped back up with Riley and Gisele and grabbed the spear gun. She told us that she killed one of Shaw's crew members. Good girl. But she also explained that Braga has something to do with all of this. Really?! Out of everyone, it just had to be him.
We made it back to the safehouse to see Dom and Brian working some cool looking cars and Brian saw us and seemed a bit shocked.
"What the hell happened?" He asked.
"An asswhooping that's what." I told him.
"We met Dom's girlfriend. She's lovely." Riley commented.
"Are you alright?" Hobbs asked both her and Bryce, seeing their bruises.
"Yeah." They replied.
"Tej, what have you got? Footage, CCTV? Talk to me." Hobbs requested.
"I just went through all of it. Believe it or not, everywhere Shaw's team us, the cameras are down." Tej brought up.
"That's a hell of a coincidence. Alright, we're going to pay CCTV a little visit. Let's roll. Carter, you'll stay here, lick your wounds." Hobbs said. Bryce nodded and so Hobbs and Riley left.
"What is that?" Tej asked Han.
"That is a new toy for you." Han said.
"So, what happened?" Dom asked.
"Shaw's goons showed up and started shooting up the place." Han said.
"But there's something you should know. Braga is involved in this." I added. That got Dom and Brian's attention in every way.
"He's working with Shaw." Gisele added and dropped a phone on the table.
"What are you talking about?" Brian asked in disbelief.
"It's true. That phone's filled with coded payment transactions that lead to Braga's cartel." Han told him.
"Who the hell is Braga?" Roman asked.
"He ran one of the biggest cartels in Mexico." Dom said.
"And Gisele's old boss." I then added. Roman looked a bit confused and Bryce was a bit more interested.
"We used codes just like that to move money out of the country." Gisele explained.
"It all makes sense. Braga was running Letty, now he's working with Shaw. It would explain how the two of them met." Brian connected the dots.
"Okay, so you all know all this information about him, where do we find him?" Tej asked.
"He's sitting in a prison in Los Angeles." Brian said louder than normal.
"How do you know that?" Tej asked.
"Brian put him there." Dom answered.
"Alright, so this is the break we were looking for. If the two of them were working together, Braga will know what Shaw's up to. I'm going to pay him a visit." Brian explained. Whoa, what?!
"Whoa! Are you sure about this? You're still a wanted man, Brian. The second you step off that plane, you'll be taken down. Locked up for who knows how long." I warned him.
"He's right. You won't be able to get back." Bryce said.
"Get back? How are you going to get in the country?" Tej asked him.
"Let me worry about that." Brian said. Brian then looked at me and Dom and there was nothing but guilt behind those eyes.
"This is on me. I'm the one that served her up to Braga. I'm the one that gets to make it right. Let me make it right." He requested from us.
"Be careful." Dom cautioned him.
"Good luck." I said and then he went off to try and figure out how to get to Braga.
