Dominic sighed as she rubbed her temples. They've been discussing for the last couple of hours what their next moves shall be, no one came to an agreeable solution. The main thing they kept on doing was butting heads over the suggestion of flipping Reno over on his brother. "Look, I don't understand why you won't let this go? It won't work, I keep telling you over and over again. Reno is too loyal to his brother. No matter how many times Maverick does him wrong, he's going to stick by him because he's family. Even a gaijin like you can understand the concept right?"

Kaye raised a brow at the comment Dominic labeled her with and let it slide but internally she was fuming, 'How dare she call me gaijin! The main saving grace she has is she use to go out with Sage. Because if she was anyone else we would be having words.' Closing her eyes she concentrated on getting herself back under control. Kaye opened her eyes and looked towards her, "I don't understand why you're being so closed-minded about the suggestion. Yes, I understand family doesn't turn on family. But you weren't there when he found out the truth Maverick finally revealed to us. He was caught by surprise and confused. He didn't understand why his brother kept something like this from him."

Lowering her hands Dominic looked directly back at her, "I understand well enough. Sage, Rowen, and I knew Reno and Maverick from back in the day. You and your friends only met up with them recently. My guess as to why he didn't tell Reno might be because he was too young to understand his brother's reasoning for his team up with Tobias against Sage and his father. I think Maverick just didn't want Reno to be involved with their plan in the first place so it's another reason I can think of why he didn't tell him about it."

Rowen stood and got between the two women, "Hey, let's take a break for a while. Then afterward we can see if we can find some other solutions to what we're going to do."

"I agree with Rowen, a break is the best idea at the moment. Besides, fighting with one another won't help us either. Knowing them, they're already putting their next part of their plan into action while we sit around and fight with each other. We need to have level heads and think outside of the box to figure out the best way to put down their crew once and for all." Sage pointed out as he glanced between Dominic and Kaye.

Dominic studied Sage and gave a nod as she sat back in her chair behind her desk. She watched as the others left her office one by one, all except for Sage as he stayed seated. The two waited until Rowen shut the door to her office before either one spoke.

"You know I don't appreciate the gaijin term, Dom."

"Gomen Sage. I'm just frustrated about me and my crew being brought into this mess again."

"I'm not the one you need to apologize to and you know it."

Dominic raised a brow towards him, her voice was a bit icy, "I suppose, what is she to you anyway, your girlfriend or something?"

A deep laugh erupted from his throat. He shook his head in amusement, "No, Kaye isn't anywhere close in being my girlfriend. Kento would kill me if I claimed her as my own. Those two are tight. Kaye is more like a very good friend. So you have no reason to be jealous."

Dominic blinked when she looked at him in confusion, "The big guy and her? Really?" Looking down at her desk she felt a blush coming on, "I never said I was jealous. What gave you such an idea?"

Sage stood up and walked over to her desk and sat down in front of it as he reached out with one hand and brought her face towards his. "Just the tone of your voice and how cold you were acting towards her." Lowering his hand from her face he leaned back into his chair full attention on Dominic. "Besides, I have an idea of what you were trying to do Dom. You don't need to protect us. We can protect ourselves. The six of us have been in extreme situations before and we can handle ourselves just fine. But we also know if any of us are in over our heads, we can always count on the others to help out with no questions asked. We're no strangers to danger. It isn't like we go out and look for it."

Dominic smirked as she heard Sage, "I don't believe it."

Sage looked at her in surprise, "What?"

"You tried to make a joke. In a time like this. You certainly have changed since back in the day Sage Date."

A small chuckle escaped from Sage's throat, "I guess I've been hanging around Kento too long. Oh well, but seriously, You may be the head of this crew, but no disrespect Sparks, my friends and I are not part of it. So you have no say over us. We'll work with you until they're put away for good and then we part ways. You have your life and I have mine. We can't go back to the way we were, it won't work."

"I...I wasn't...Never mind! I guess you thinking you're a gift to women hasn't changed at all."

"I never said I was, but I can't help it if women like to throw themselves at me from time to time." Sage's eye went wide when he saw Dominic leap up from her chair and settled her hands upon the armrests of his chair with her face within inches of his. A fire ignited in her eyes when they locked onto one another. His gaze became calm as he kept his eyes locked on hers. "Point proven."

Dominic growled low in her throat as she pushed off from his armrests and turned her back on him as she crossed her arms. "There was no point to prove golden boy! You just got to me is all. You always could get under my skin one way or another. Anyway, this isn't important at the moment. Besides, I have my reasons to take Maverick and the rest of them down. They humiliated my crew, and we're not going to stand for it any longer."

Raising a brow towards her he leaned forward a bit in his chair, "How did they humiliate your crew Sparks?"

Dominic walked over to a window and stared out, "We were set for a street race, earlier in the day we scoped out the route because other racers were running before us. So after we scoped out the route, we sat on the sidelines and watched the races as we waited for our turn. They were getting down to their last two drivers, and then Maverick and Tobias approached. They asked if we intended to race for bank or keys. Then they added one more, the loser would stop street racing for the rest of their lives. To say the least, we were surprised, but we agreed anyway figuring we would be able to take them with no problem."

Sage frowned a bit when he listened to her story, "Wait, you didn't mention Reno. Where was he? Usually Reno and Maverick are inseparable."

Dominic frowned in deep thought as she reflected on what she told him. He was right, she didn't mention Reno at all. Just where was he? "I..I don't know. Now I think back on it, not having Reno there was a bit odd. I wonder if he was still in prison when this race took place?"

"It would make sense to why he wasn't around during the race. I wouldn't doubt Maverick and Tobias did other things with him being in prison. I'm thinking Tobias would consider Reno as a third wheel and get him out of the way."

Turning around and facing Sage with full attention, "But Maverick wouldn't allow anything to happen to his brother if he could help it."

"Which makes me think Tobias somehow framed Reno for whatever he was sent away for to be only the two of them."

"Considering Tobias is capable of pretty much anything. I wouldn't put it past him in the least. But how can we prove your theory Sage?"

"My sister Yayoi was sent undercover to get any kind of evidence on Tobias. She found more than enough to send him away for life. Yayoi hid her evidence at home. Now it all makes sense, Tobias sent one of his drivers to collect any evidence against him. Then I sent a photo of Tobias then and now. She recognized him and sent me a message back he was most definitely the same guy. Yayoi asked us to get her evidence, but we arrived too late and then well, you know the rest."

"Alright, your theory sounds reasonable. It would make complete sense, but more in likely since his driver escaped, he has the evidence and already got rid of it."

Sage gave a small nod as he leaned back into his chair, Sounds about right. This makes me think the evidence she had on Reno being innocent was destroyed along with the rest of it. The only evidence we have are the photos of what Tobias looked like back in the day and what he looks like now, as well as the videos of him sabotaging Maverick's car before our last race."

"Ok, let's says you're right. Who all has this evidence?"

"All six of us do. Kaye had the idea for Rowen to send it to each of our cells in case something happens to one of us so the others can use it for leverage against him, or to take the evidence to the police."

"Smart, ok I'm impressed. So what makes you think Tobias won't try and get this evidence too?"

"It's what we're counting on actually."

Dominic raised a brow towards him, "You want them to come after you and your friends? Now I know you are completely insane Sage."

"True, but I had a hunch you wouldn't turn down a chance to have payback, or am I wrong?"

She smirked at him, "Oh, you're not wrong. I so want payback, and I will get it. Their crew will be sorry for crossing us."

"So then, are you in?"

"I'm so in."

Meanwhile still in Dominic's garage, while Rowen, Cye, and Ryo were talking with the others from the crew, Kento saw Kaye leaning up against the railing of the catwalk.

Kento walked up behind her and brought his arms around and pulled her to him, "Hey angel." He frowned a bit when he felt her tense up the moment he pulled her to him, "Kaye?"

Her body started to relax as she laid up against him, her voice was quiet, "Gomen Kento."

"What's wrong? Why did you tense up when I started to hold you? Was it because of what happened outside of Yayoi's with Reno?"

"I know, it's crazy to have reacted the way I did. Considering how many times we fought. But with Reno, holding his gun on me. It brought back something I thought I forgot about a long time ago. But I guess it's still there. Goes to prove with what Sage is dealing with the past can come back to haunt you."

"Care to talk about it?"

"No, not right now. Maybe someday, Sage needs all of us to help deal with his past."

"Fair enough, but mind if I ask you another question?"

Kaye glanced up towards him with a quizzical expression, "I suppose, what did you want to ask?"

Kento's frown was replaced with a smirk, "Ryo and Rowen told me and Cye about what happened outside. What I want to know is how did Sage figure out the move you were going to do when Reno held you, hostage, at gunpoint?"

Kaye laughed a little as she returned a smile of her own, "I suppose there's no harm in telling you. See, Yayoi teaches a women's self-defense class to the public when she's off the clock. One night, Sage came with me. He said he had to talk to her about something. So I let him tag along. The move Yayoi taught was the same one I used on Reno. It was quite effective."

Kento chuckled, "Sounds like it, I'm just relieved all of you are ok."

"I'm relieved you and Cye are ok too. I'm guessing since the guy got away, it didn't go too well with him inside Yayoi's house."

"It could have gone better, he kicked me in my midsection and he elbowed Cye in the face. He seemed to be a better fighter than we thought. Well, ok maybe not better, but he didn't play fair. Which ticked me off."

"What do you mean? What did he do?"

"After Cye disarmed him, the three of us got into a free for all and well let's just say Yayoi will be majorly ticked off when she goes into her house. It was a total wreck. Furniture was overturned and slashed into, broken glass everywhere. He did a real number on her house. But towards the end when we thought we had him, he pulled out a lighter and threatened to torch the place. So we backed off and then it's when we heard the explosion and raced outside."

"I see, he used the explosion as a diversion and ran out of the house from somewhere else with the evidence Yayoi hid."

"Pretty much, yeah," Kento replied with a nod. "Now all we have to do is figure out how to take them down. If what Sage and Dominic say is true about Reno never flipping on his brother is true, then we need to figure out a different way. I hate to admit it, but I think Dominic is right."

Kaye gave a small sigh as she turned her attention away from him again, "I know, I was thinking it over when you came up behind me. It was a long shot, but at least it was an idea."

"Hey now, just because it might have not worked in this situation, doesn't mean it wouldn't work out in a different one."

"Thanks, Kento, well, I guess there's not much else to do but wait and see what happens next."

"Man, I hate waiting," Kento grumbled a bit under his breath.

"Don't worry, I wouldn't doubt we won't have to wait long before we hear something one way or another."

"Good, I'm so waiting for a rematch, and this time, I'll win too."

"I'm sure you will Kento. I'm sure you will."

On the main floor of Dominic's garage, Cye, Rowen, and Ryo were talking among themselves while the rest of Dominic's crew were working.

Cye glanced up towards the two on the balcony and smiled as he leaned back against the hood of a car. "Looks like those two are having a serious conversation."

Ryo smirked as he gave a nod, "I'm sure, just like Sage and Dominic are having one as well."

Rowen shook his head, "Sage and Dominic they're history. It wasn't a good break up, but it had to be done. It benefited both of them to have ended things the way they did. Sage met up with the rest of us about six months later, and Dominic ended up running the crew."

"Ok, but we still need to figure out what to do." Cye pointed out as he was trying to bring the conversation back on track.

"I've been thinking about it, and I keep coming back to the drone Reno had as he blew up Kaye's and Sage's cars."

Ryo raised a brow at him, "What about the drone?"

"Well, I'm sure by now the police brought their cars and whatever was left of the drone to the police garage to try and gather evidence. So I'm wondering if it was possible if any of the drones were salvaged."

"With how intense the explosion was, it'll be hard to tell for sure if there was any of it left."

"True, but it wouldn't hurt to see for ourselves right?" Rowen asked as he raised a brow towards them. "Besides, I wouldn't doubt Reno has more of those drones in their garage. What would make you think he wouldn't have tried to test out another drone before he set the self-destruction command to this one?"

Cye pushed off from the hood of the car, "Wait, are you thinking the police might have found another possible drone somewhere? One which would match the one he just blew up?"

Rowen gave a nod, "It could be possible. The only thing, we'd have to figure out how to get the information from police headquarters. Since we haven't heard from Detective Shaw in a while, I"m guessing he's still working the case."

"Wait a minute Rowen. Are you thinking of seeing if Sage's father would let us look at the evidence? What makes you believe he would? Sage and his father haven't spoken to one another in years unless if you want to count the fight they had in the hospital?"

"Well, we all want the same thing Ryo. To take down the crew and put them away for good. Those two will have to just talk things out and see we need to work with one another."

"Guys, there's something I need to tell all of you."

The three of them whirled around and saw Sage and Dominic approaching from behind. "What are you talking about Sage?"

"I'll tell you when all of us are together," Sage replied as he looked up towards his other two friends. "Kento! Kaye! Would you two come down?"

Kento and Kaye looked at one another and then looked back down at the others. "Sure, we'll be right down!" He released Kaye and the two of them made their way down to where the others were waiting.

"Ok Sage, what's the deal?" Rowen asked as they were all looking at him.

Sage studied everyone, he took his time before he started to speak. "Look, I was going to let you all in on this after the whole thing was over. But the thing has gotten out of hand and it's time I told you. All of you remember the fight my father and I had at the hospital right?" Sage saw them nodding, "Well, it was staged."

"Wait! What? Come on man, you can't be serious!" Kento said in disbelief.

"It's true, my father and I have been talking for the last couple of years. At first, it was not exactly the best of conversations, but we finally hashed everything out and we decided it was best for everyone if they thought we were still not talking with one another. Yayoi and Shaw were in on it as well." Sage started to explain. "Gomen, for keeping all of you in the dark about this. I know it wasn't right, but it was necessary. We had to make Maverick and Reno believe we were still angry with one another for the plan to work. We were short on time and couldn't let any of the rest of you know until a better time to let you in on the plan."

Ryo frowned at him, "What about the rest of your family? Your mom and younger sister? Having them believe you two were still at war, how could you do something so low?"

"We didn't want to have them involved. They would have been in danger if they knew the whole story. We couldn't risk their safety. So we had to go along with the plan."

Kento shook his head, "Wow man, you two looked so convincing on video."

"Believe me, it was harder than we thought it would be, but it was the only way we knew it would work. We had to make sure they believed it just like everyone else."

Rowen studied Sage, "Then maybe my idea of having you asking your father if we can take a look at the evidence wouldn't be too hard after all."

Sage gave a nod, "I'll give him a call and we can see about setting up a meet with him at the prescient."

Dominic looked over at Kaye and studied her a bit, "Look, I just, what I said to you was uncalled for. I just let my anger get the best of me, I'm just frustrated me and my crew is back in this mess and I took it out on you. It wasn't fair, and, well, I'm sorry."

Kaye gave a nod, "Frustration is easy enough to understand. We all go through it and well, I accept your apology. To be honest, I can be a bit stubborn about things, so I apologize to you too."

Dominic smiled as she gave a nod, "Accepted. So then, since we're in this, let's show Maverick and the rest of them they've messed with the wrong crew!"

Kento pumped a fist into the air, "Yeah! Let's kick some ass!" He glanced around and saw Dominic's crew staring at him, "Heh." Lowering his hand as he brought his hand down and rubbed the back of his head.

Cye laughed, "Don't mind Kento, he just gets over-excited when there's a chance for a fight."

Dominic grinned as she shook it off, "Don't worry about it, my crew usually feels the same way, he just beat them to it is all."

"Ok, now everything is settled, we are still a couple of cars down." Ryo reminded them.

"No worries, take your pick," Dominic replied as she walked over to the lockbox and unlocked it for them to choose a vehicle ranging from a different variety of street racing cars to motorcycles.