"How are things," Tobias asked as he glanced over at Reno. "Everything still going as planned?"

Reno didn't bother glancing up fro his laptop. "As far as I can see, yeah. Everything is running smoothly." Reno replied keeping his focus on the feed he was receiving from his drones. 'Maybe a little too smooth. I haven't picked up golden boy or any sing of his friends. It even seems like his sister and detective Shaw dropped out of sight.'

Tobias tapped his fingers on the table. Something was bothering him about this whole situation. 'Our crew is tearing up the city, and no one is stepping in to stop them? Why? What are the police waiting for? Where did the Dates disappear?'

Maverick wiped his hands with a rag as he noticed Tobias and his brother starting to get a bit edgy. "Would you two just relax? Knowing Sage as we do, he's taking his time and planning his next move. Nothing we can do about it until he shows his hand."

Tobias raised a brow when he glanced towards him, "You know something. Don't you?"

Maverick shook his head, "Nope, I just understand him better than you Tobias. I was the one who taught golden boy about the world of street racing after all. So, I understand how he thinks."

"Maybe, but you two haven't seen one another for a long time. From what you two told me when you beat them in front of his sister's house, he's not the same person as he was when he ran with you and your brother. Time changes a person, as well as you may know." Tobias leaned back in his chair keeping his sights on Maverick. "Sure, you got the best of him, what? Two, maybe, three times? But what if he wanted you to believe you had the upper hand while he and the advantage this whole time?"

Maverick scowled at him, "What do you mean? There's no way he would be playing me!"

Tobias smirked a bit, "Think about it for a moment. Especially the part where I re watched the video with him and his father arguing in the hospital waiting room."

Reno's interest was piqued. He took his eyes off his screen and looked over towards Tobias, "What are you saying?"

"Not long ago, I got a text informing me they were picked up by Dom's crew. They talked about what happened so far." Tobias started to explain.

"So? Dom and he were tight back then. It would make sense she'd help him out for old time sake." Maverick shot back in slight annoyance.

"You didn't let me finish. As I was going to say, their fight was staged. Sage and his father patched things up between them years ago."

Reno and Maverick frowned at one another and then turned their attention back to him. "Come on! You can't be serious! How can you be so sure the text you got was legit?"

"Think about it for a moment and I'm sure it'll come to you soon enough."

"You have someone working for you on Dom's crew!" Maverick exclaimed with wide eyes as the realization hit him.

"So, you're not just a street racer, you do have a brain after all." Tobias taunted. He could see the brothers were more than a little annoyed with this information. Why didn't he let them in on his entire plan? What else wasn't he telling them?

Reno was about to charge at Tobias, but he felt his brother pull him back. He glared at him, "You're going to let him talk trash to you bro?"

"Take it easy. He can talk all he wants. It won't bother me one way or another. But what I would like to know is how are we going to proceed?"

Tobias studied them for a bit, "Reno, check with your drones and see if there has been any activity at the prescient. If I had to guess, Sage would have gone there by now."

The younger brother growled a bit and then sat back down as he accesses the feed. "Looks like golden boy and a few of his friends are at the prescient. But the rest of them are spread out in different parts of the city with Dom's crew."

Maverick frowned as he leaned back against the wall crossing his arms, "So what are we going to do if the crew members who are rampaging around the city get arrested? What makes you think they won't turn against us? How can you assure their loyalty?"

Tobias didn't seem to be phased by the question, "There are casualties in war. If they get arrested then it's their problem. In regards to their loyalty, they know better than to turn on me. Because they know full well of what I'll do to them if they do turn. Their lives are in my hands. Literally."

Reno raised a brow when he glanced at his brother. He turned his attention towards Tobias, "What do you mean?"

Tobias reached into his pocket and pulled out a small remote control. Bringing it in front of him so the two can see it. "In the beginning I had every single crew member have a small tracking chip implanted in every single one so I could monitor where they were. But also as a bonus, the tracking chip works as a small detonation device. If anyone does anything I don't like, well let's just say they'll lose their heads." His eyes gleamed with madness as he slid the remote back into his pocket.

Maverick's arms dropped to his sides as his eyes went wide in surprise and then narrowed a bit when he pushed himself from the wall. "Are you serious right now? Tracking is one thing, but blowing them up is another. I thought we only agreed to use guns not go to this extreme! Are they even informed about their implants?"

"Of course, at first they didn't believe me, but after a couple of demonstrations they came around and saw it was in their best interest to do what I say."

"Wait a minute. Do my brother and I have one of them implanted in us too?" Reno asked as he felt himself panic a bit on the inside.

Tobias leaned back and kept quiet for a bit before he answered, "Maybe."

"What?! Why you son of a bitch!" Maverick yelled as he was about to go after Tobias.

"I wouldn't if I were you Maverick. You may not think much about your own life, but what about the life of your brother? Do you value his as much as he values yours?"

Maverick backed off, but he still kept glaring at him, "I knew you were sick and twisted Tobias, but this takes it on a whole new level."

Tobias laughed, "Of course I am. What fun would it be if I wasn't? Would you have joined up with me back then if you knew how unstable I was?" He studied the two and shook his head in amusement. "I didn't think so. The two of you were so wrapped up in having your revenge, you never bothered to think things all the way through. So then are you two going to fall in line or do I need to give a demonstration to see if I'm telling the truth or not?"

Reno and Maverick glanced at one another. "No, there's no need for your demonstration."

Tobias grinned as he stood, "Good, now I have some business to take care of. I'm going to join my crew and enjoy tearing up this city. I'll expect to see you two out there soon." Waving at them as he left the room.

Maverick went to the door and watched as Tobias got into his car and drove away. He growled low in his throat and punched at the door frame. "Damn him! You were right! I should have listened to you!"

Reno stood up and walked over towards his brother, "I don't have time to say an I told you so. We need to figure out what we're going to do."

Closing his eyes, he tried to refocus on the task at hand. A few moments passed as he got himself under control, "Wait, Tobias said he had them implanted on everyone right?"

"Yeah? So? Oh, I see, you want me to hack it and try and track down someone? Who did you have in mind?"

Maverick opened his eyes and turned to face his brother, "Detective Yayoi Date. If you can find her, then we can tell her what's going on and she can inform her prescient."

"Wait, you want to track down the same detective who is dead set in putting us back in prison?"

"Yes, if it's the only way to stop Tobias. Then we have no other choice. You want the tracker out of you and not to explode right? Well, we need to find her so we can figure out how to get these things out of us before we lose our heads."

"I guess you have a point. Man, I'm not looking forward to going back to prison."

"Sorry bro, but prison has to be better than six feet under right?"

Reno gave a nod and walked over to his computer. His fingers swept over the keyboard in flurries as he found the frequency and then piggybacked onto the signal and started looking for the detective. He wasn't sure how long this was going to take, but time wasn't on their side Tobias was expecting to see them on the streets soon. "I set up an alert to let me know when it found her, so I'll take my laptop with us on the road."

Maverick gave a nod as he grabbed his keys and then made his way to his car with his brother in tow. Starting up his car he punched it out of the garage at full speed. 'Tobias when everything is said and done. You're mine! You've crossed the line and I'll make sure you never see the light of day ever again you psycho!'

Meanwhile, at the safe house, detective Shaw and Date were starting to get a bit restless. There hasn't been a call for the last few hours. "If we have to sit around here any longer I'm going to go stir crazy."

"Yayoi, would you relax? They'll call us when they have a chance. You know the procedure on high profile cases as much as I do."

"Fine Shaw. I'm just concerned about Sage and the others. Knowing my brother, he's going to do something crazy and I won't be able to be there to bail him out of whatever trouble he gets himself into this time."

Shaw frowned a little, "Hey, come on. Sage has a good head on his shoulders. He's a lot more rational now than when he was during his preteens. He's not a kid anymore, he's an adult. Sage can get himself out of trouble, and he has friends who will help him out as long as he asks for it."

Yayoi smirked a bit, "There's the problem, Sage rarely asks for help. He's too proud."

"Sounds like someone else I know who will go nameless at the moment."

"Hey!" Yayoi shot back at him as she grabbed onto the nearest pillow and launched it at his head.

Shaw chuckled as he ducked from an oncoming pillow. "Just calling it as I see it, partner."

"Hilarious! You're so funny you should have your own stand up comedy routine." Yayoi shot back in a sarcastic tone.

Shaw stood from his chair and walked close to the window as he picked up the pillow. He recognized a car pulling up. Moving closer to the window he stared out of it a bit longer and witnessed two people stepping out of it.

Yayoi frowned when she saw how serious Shaw became, "Shaw?"

Moving away from the window he made his way to the door, "Stay here Yayoi."

"Who did you see? Tell me!"

Shaw looked over at her with the most serious expression on his face. "Maverick and Reno. Somehow they found us."

Yayoi blinked in surprise as she started to try and stand from her chair, "You've got to be kidding me! How did they find us?"

"Sit back down! Don't make me force you to stay put in your chair! I'll cuff you if I have to!" Shaw barked as his eyes narrowed a bit.

Yayoi stopped in mid standing, she has never remembered seeing her partner so serious in all the years they've worked with one another. He was usually the one cracking jokes and trying to make light of any situation, but this time it was entirely different. The tone in his voice, the fire in his eyes, 'Whoa, he means it.' She lowered herself back to the chair. "Alright, relax I'm sitting back down, see. What do you think you're going to do? Take them on yourself?"

Shaw peaked out the door window as he continued to watch the brothers. "They seem to be in a bit of a hurry to find us. From what I can tell, it's just the two of them. It looks like Reno is reading off of some type of device."

Yayoi raised a brow, "What type of device?"

Shaw shook his head, "Not sure, hard to tell from here. But they're coming up this way. Stay here, no matter what you hear outside, you promise me you'll stay right where you are. Promise."

Yayoi studied him as their eyes locked for a moment. She could see he was all business there was no way he was going to be talked out of what he had in mind. "I promise, I won't move from this chair. You be careful, promise."

Shaw gave a small smirk as he nodded, "Promise." He reached out and grabbed onto the door handle and went outside as he slammed the door behind him. Walking ahead a few feet he looked down at them. "Hey! What do you two want?"

Maverick and Reno looked up and saw Shaw looking down at them. "We need to talk detective. With both of you. It's important."

Shaw leaned against the railing, "Oh? What did you two need to talk about, your unconditional surrender?"

The brothers glanced at one another and then back at him, "Ha ha ha, real funny. This is serious! Reno was able to track you and your partner here detective. What makes you think Tobias wouldn't be able to do the same?"

"Track us? How?"

"Let us come up there and we'll tell you everything. We're being on the level!" Maverick shouted back to him.

Shaw didn't move from his spot as he kept his eyes on them. 'Talk? Seriously! They're crazier than I thought. But if they were going to ambush us, then they would have brought more drivers from their crew and I don't see anyone else.'

"Come on detective! We don't have much time! Plus we know about the staging between golden boy and his father at the hospital. We know everything and so does Tobias! He's the one you should be concerned about more than the two of us!"

'They know? How?' Shaw was taken back by surprise, to say the least. "Fine, but hurry it up! Keep in mind, if either of you tries anything..."

"Don't worry, we know. Like we said before, we just want to talk, nothing more, come on Shaw!"

The detective motioned for the two to come upstairs as he backed away from the railing and went inside. He walked next to Yayoi as the two of them entered the safe house.

"Detective Date," Maverick acknowledged as he and his brother stood in front of them. "I have to admit, I'm impressed on how you snuck out of the hospital without Tobias knowing."

"I don't care if you are impressed. You're lucky I don't kick your ass for blowing up my brother's and his friend's car! So get to the point of what you're going to tell us and then get the hell out!"

"Ok, fair enough. Straight to the point. As you can see with us standing here, I was able to track you to this safe house. Tobias somehow implanted a tracking device into each person on the crew, you, me, my brother, everyone." Reno started to explain, "I'm just not sure how he was able to do this without anyone knowing."

"Ok, let's say for the sake of argument, we believe you. But there's something else you're not telling us about these trackers." Yayoi shot back as she studied Reno.

Reno gave a nod, "If anyone betrays Tobias, he, well, he could blow them up whenever he wanted. Tobias has a detonator about the size of a cell he carries with him."

Detective Shaw and Date glanced at one another and then back at the brothers. "Then why hasn't he blown us up yet?"

"Not sure. I think he has other plans for us. It's the only reason I can think of for him not to flip the switch so to speak." Maverick replied as he shook his head.

"Outside, you said you two knew about the staged fight between Sage and his father at the hospital. How did you figure it out?" Shaw inquired as he crossed his arms.

"Tobias was the one who told us. He has someone working inside Dom's crew texting him with whatever information they come across. Your brother and a few of his friends are at the prescient, while the others are with Dom's crew out somewhere in the city. Tobias went into the city, more are likely to hunt them down." Reno explained.

"Then why are you two coming to us with this information instead of going to the prescient?"

"Because we thought it would be faster this way. We don't have time to go through a bunch of red tapes, besides, we'd be arrested on sight and wouldn't have had a chance to explain what's going on until it was too late." Maverick shot back.

"So what? You two are coming to us to see if you could make some kind of deal or something? Or was it because you two have a conscious and decided it was the right thing to do?"

"Look, Shaw, we came to the two of you because we need your help! Yeah, ok Tobias is a psychopath and we were too late to realize it until now. So will you help us or not?"

"Just a minute, Yayoi and I need to talk among ourselves," Shaw said as he turned his back on them and faced her. "So..."

"I don't know. I don't trust them. They're only looking out for themselves. Once Tobias is caught, what keeps them from taking off?" Yayoi asked as she glanced at the brothers in suspicion.

"I don't trust them either, but what other choice do we have? Tobias is a bigger threat. You let alone anyone else knows just how big of a threat he is right?"

"Yes, but..." Yayoi replied closing her eyes, she thought about the argument long and hard. Once she came to her decision she gave out a small sigh of annoyance and opened her eyes. "Fine. But if they bolt it's on both of us."

"I know, but what other choice do we have Yayoi?" Shaw asked as he turned around and faced them. "Fine, we'll team up with the two of you. But if you both bolt when this is over, we'll be on the two of you so fast..."

Maverick smirked as he raised his hands, "Don't worry detective, you have our word."

Reno glanced up from his device, "Ok, I finished putting a block on all three of our tracking devices. It's the best I can do until we figure out how to get them out later."

Maverick looked over at his brother and smiled, "Nice job."

"It was easy enough, Tobias may be a clever psycho, but I'm a genius. A genius always trumps a psycho. Especially when it comes to electronics." Reno replied with a smirk. "I can still keep track of my drones, but I need to get to my laptop in the car to start a city search for anyone else in the crew."

Shaw turned around and was helping Yayoi out of her chair, "You know, I'm surprised the hospital didn't find the transmitter when you were there Yayoi."

"Same here," Yayoi replied as she was on her feet. "But I guess they didn't know they were supposed to look for one. It doesn't matter now. We need to get a move on if we're going to take down Tobias and the rest of the crew."

"Yayoi and I will follow the two of you since you have the tracking device and laptop in your car." Shaw said as the four of them were leaving the safe house."

Maverick and Reno got into their car and started it. He rolled down his window and smirked at him, "Hey Shaw! Just make sure you can keep up!"

"Ha! Don't you worry about me, we'll be right behind you!" Shaw replied as he and Yayoi got into his car and started to follow the brothers further into the city.