"What the..." Reno said as a deep frown creased his forehead. His fingers flew across his keyboard but then he grabbed it before it could slide down to his feet. "Hey! Watch it! I almost lost my computer!"

Maverick glanced over towards him, 'Gomen, but we don't have the time to be careful. Tell me what you saw."

Reno readjusted his laptop, "From what my drones picked up, Tobias is racing on the street-facing off against a few of golden boy's friends. One on a bike the other two are in a car behind him. They seem to be staying on him well enough. Sage and the others are catching up to them. It also seems from the drones at the prescient are showing the cops are staying put. If I would have to guess, then I'd say we'll need to pull over and talk to the other two behind us."

Maverick motioned for Shaw to pull over as he parked to the side of the road. He got out and leaned up against the driver's side door watching for Shaw to park behind him.

Yayoi and Shaw glanced at one another, "What does he think he's doing? Why did he pull over?"

"No idea, but I guess we'd better see what's going on," Shaw replied as he pulled in behind Maverick's car. Shaw stepped out and walked over towards him. "What's the big idea?"

"Reno found Tobias, but something else was off at the prescient. It seems the cops are holding up there. They're not out chasing Tobias or the rest of the crew. So we're wanting to know. What could they possibly be waiting for?" Maverick asked when he studied Shaw with suspicion.

"Not entirely sure, but if I had to venture a guess. I'd say things came to light so to speak."

"Meaning?"

"If I had to guess, then I think Sage and his father came clean on their game, and the commissioner-general ordered the others to stand down," Shaw explained as he thought it over.

"So then we can take down Tobias any way we see fit and not get busted for it?"

Shaw raised a brow towards him, "Just because we're on a temporary truce doesn't mean you and your brother can just do whatever you want however you want. The main goal is to take them down while no one else gets hurt."

Maverick smirked, "Take it easy Shaw. The crew will fold once the snake's head is cut off."

"Fine, how far are we from the others who are chasing Tobias?"

Maverick turned his back on Shaw and leaned through his car's window, "Hey little brother, how far are we?"

Reno glanced up from his laptop and turned his attention towards them, "We'll be able to intersect them in about ten minutes with the short cut you took."

Maverick pulled out of the window and relayed the message to Shaw.

"Wait, you mean this whole time we've been ahead of the others and you didn't bother to tell us? How'd we get ahead of them?"

Maverick threw his head back and laughed, "Come on detective. If you've been racing these roads as long as we have, then you'll know every twist and turn as well as every back road this city has."

Shaw crossed his arms and looked at him in annoyance, "Fine, you can boast later, so how do you want to stop Tobias since he's coming our way. Providing he is coming here."

"Use your imagination and look around what do you see?" Maverick asked as he motioned across the street. A few car carriers filled with different sizes and types of cars mounted upon the trailers were parked across the street from them. Three drivers came out of the trucks and walked towards them. "Hey Maverick! Long time! Reno! Still have your head stuck in your computer huh?"

Reno didn't even bother to look up from his laptop as he continued to monitor his drones.

"Thanks for coming. Is everything set?" Maverick asked as he gave the three a nod.

"Sure man, here are the keys to all of the cars. I thought I never see the day you and your brother working with the cops."

Maverick took the box with the keys and gave a nod, "Neither did we, but here we are. But don't worry, it's a one-time thing. Don't think we'll be going down the straight and narrow any time soon."

A chuckle was emitted from the guy's throat, "Good to hear, anyway, need help unloading?"

Shaw raised a brow at them, "Wait, unload these cars? What do you plan on doing, making a barricade?"

"You're a quick one Shaw, I'm impressed," Reno said with a sarcastic tone as he put up his laptop on the dash and got out of the car. "If we're going to get this barricade set, then we better get a move on because Tobias will be here in less than ten minutes. So are you going to help us or what detective?"

"Fine, but what makes you think Tobias will come this way?" Shaw asked as he was still a bit skeptical about their plan.

"Hello, drones, or have your forgotten?" Reno asked back in extreme sarcasm.

"Watch it punk or I'll take you into custody before this whole thing is over!"

"Oh? Just you try!" Reno challenged back narrowing his eyes at him.

Maverick got between the two, "Hey enough! The more you two stand around and bicker, the less time we have to get our blockade set up and Tobias will race right past us."

"Fine, you guys start unloading the cars for the blockade, I'll fill in my partner on the plan and then I'll come over and help," Shaw replied as he turned his back on them and headed to his car.

"Make it quick!" Maverick called out to him and then turned to the others, "Come on, let's get these cars set up and then you guys can get scarce."

Shaw made it to his car and leaned in through the window, "Yayoi..."

"Shaw, what's going on?"

"It's like this..." Shaw informed her of the conversation and plan they had in mind. "To say the least, I'm not exactly thrilled about the idea but if it'll work then I guess it's the only one we have at the moment."

Yayoi frowned as she thought over what Shaw told her and gave a nod. "True, Tobias won't see it coming. Alright, I guess you'd better hurry over there and help them unload the rest of the cars."

"Right, I'll see you soon," Shaw replied as he pulled out of his car and made his way to Maverick and the others. When he arrived he saw they already had half of them unloaded. "You sure work quick."

"Yeah well, we kind of have to consider we're planning as we're going along," Maverick replied as he threw Shaw a few keys. "Are you going to help out or just stand there and direct traffic?"

Shaw raised a brow at him and then shook his head as he headed to a nearby trailer with a few cars on them. "I'm guessing you're not going to tell me where these cars came from are you?"

"Nope, not on your life cop."

"Mind if I ask why you're helping us?" Shaw asked as he climbed into a car and started the engine.

"Our reasons are our own. We don't need to tell you why we're helping. Just be glad you're getting help at the last moment."

Shaw gave a nod and backed out of the trailer and got it in line with the other cars. Once he parked it, he ran over and pulled out the remaining cars. Once they were finished setting up their barricade he went over to his car and got inside. "Everything is set."

"Think this will work?" Yayoi asked as Shaw pulled out from their parking spot and moved in closer to the blockade.

"It's the only option we have at the moment. So it'll have to be. There are less than five minutes now before Tobias and the others arrive." Shaw replied as he parked in his new spot.

"Did they say where the cars came from, or don't we want to know?"

"They didn't say, so more in likely, they're probably hot. But I'm not going to worry about it now." Shaw replied as he looked over at Maverick and Reno as they were also parked in a new location. The ones who drove the trucks with the cars were sitting ready in the trucks themselves.

"Reno, see them on your laptop?"

"They're just over the next hill bro," Reno replied as he shut his laptop and laid it on the floor. "Maverick, I just..."

Maverick looked over at him with a small smirk, "Hey, save what you're going to say for later. Right now, we need to get rid of Tobias and then once we're done, you know what we have to do."

"Yeah, I know. Man, it was a sweet run while it lasted. I'm going to miss it here." Reno replied with a smirk of his own. "Hey, it looks like Tobias and the others are approaching."

The dust cloud puffed up behind the racing cars and bike which could be seen from where they sat in waiting. Anticipation and adrenaline raced in their veins as they could see the silhouettes of the vehicles as they fought for the lead through the dust cloud. The vehicles burst through one by one, a couple of them were side by side racing one another back and forth fighting for the lead of one over the other. One by one, the vehicles banked themselves either hard left or a hard right depending on which way their reactions took the drivers. They slid to a stop with the tracks etched into the roads and the fresh smell of burnt rubber in the air.

Once the dust settled this is how they faced off, Sage and Dom were parked in the center of the road with Rowen and Ryo on their left. Cye and Kaye were on their right with Kento sitting on his bike on Cye's driver's side. Yayoi and Shaw were sitting in their car over by one of the trucks which hauled in the extra cars for the barricade. Dom's crew were facing the crew members from Tobias's, neither side making any move one way or another just staring at one another seeing who would flinch

Tobias stayed in his car, his eyes surveying along the barricade of empty vehicles until he found the ones he sought. 'Merrick, Reno. Bravo as much as I'm impressed, their time on this earth is over.' He reached into his pocket and pulled out the device. Grinning he pushed the button expecting a mess of explosions splattering brains and such inside of the cars. But to his dissatisfaction, there was no explosion. He tried again and had the same results. Then he realized what happened, Reno found a way to block the signal from his remote to their tiny detonators. Throwing the remote to the floor of his car he opened his door he stepped out halfway. "Merrick! Reno! You dare to cross me!"

Merrick opened his door and stepped out halfway, "You crossed us first Tobias! You implanted tracking devices within us who have explosives programmed along with them! Only a true monster would do something to their crew, or even worse, a human being! You were the one who tampered with the crew! Once they had honor and raced for other cars and money! But over the years to now, you corrupted them! We were just too blind to see! Sage was right! The crew has no honor any more! It's time for you to go down Tobias!"

Tobias threw back his head and laughed, his eyes gleamed in amusement, "I knew you and your brother weren't happy when you found out how I demanded absolute loyalty towards me! But I didn't care! You and your brother were only tools to me, just like the rest of them! No one dared to question me. Until of course detective Date was the first. She got the evidence she needed against me. But as you have seen, I have destroyed the evidence so it's her word against mine. You two were the next ones to have dared to go against me! So here we are at a standoff, I should have known something like this would have happened! You were too soft Maverick! I should have realized it when I framed your brother and sent him to prison all those years ago!"

"You! You bastard! How dare you frame my brother! We can't get those years back because of you!" Maverick yelled back at him. His hands gripped his car door to try and keep himself in check. But with the way Tobias was baiting him, it was starting to be harder the more he spoke. "Why did you frame my brother back then? Explain to me your reason!"

"Because then I'd be able to be a stronger influence on you! He was a distraction for you! Maverick, your mind was more towards making your little brother would stay on the straight and narrow instead of focusing on the crew! So if I tried to get rid of him by taking his life like I originally planned, then I knew you would try and exact your revenge on me by trying to take my life. So I choose an easier method. I had to be a little more creative, but it was worth it in the end."

Reno put his laptop back upon his legs and opened it. Keys were being tapped upon at a furious pace. He now knew how to disable the signal for explosive implant since it was blocked from him, Maverick and Yayoi. He had to work fast to block the rest of them while Maverick was trying to keep Tobias occupied. "Keep the blowhard talking, I need a little more time to block the other implants."

Maverick heard his brother, but he gave no indication he had. He didn't want Tobias to know he was trying to buy time for his brother to finish his job. 'Stalling is not my game. But I better, otherwise things are going to get ugly real quick.'

The remaining crew members who were under Tobias looked at one another and started to whisper among themselves. Since all of them knew about the explosive implant inside of them, they couldn't take the chance to go against their leader. So they stayed parked where they were.

Dom's crew blocked the way they came, enclosing the other escape route. They talked among themselves but kept their eyes upon the other crew and Tobias as well as Maverick. They stayed steady but alert for any sign of vehicle movement. Dom sent a text message to her crew telling them to stand their ground but be wary. She glanced over at Sage, "Seems like you and your friends were right telling us Tobias was insane. Gomen for not listening sooner."

Sage glanced at her, "What's done is done. What puzzled me at first was when we came again to seek your help and how you reacted about Reno being turned. You were highly defensive about the idea. There was only one other time I've seen you in such away. It was when you were trying to defend me back then. It was when we loved one another and you were trying to protect our relationship. Then it hit me, you were so defensive about Reno is because you love him. You still love him."

Dom blanched a little as she looked down at her hands, "So you figured it out. I knew you would sooner or later. Yes, I do love Reno. I have for a long time. Sage, Reno, he's...He's my husband. We married a couple of years after you left us. Reno and I only had one another. You could call it a rebound relationship if you want, it was the main way we could recoup from when you left the crew. You were important to all of us and you left with no explanation. No word of where you were going or if you were going to come back." Dom clenched her fists and waited a bit before she continued, "There's something else I need to confess to you. The reason why Tobias and the others knew about your game with your father was because I texted him the information after we had our planning session."

Sage looked at her with a deep frown, "Why? Why did you sell me out, Dom?"

"Because I had no other choice. I knew Reno and his brother, as well as the others in their crew, had explosive implants inside of them. Tobias told me if I didn't do what he said he would kill Reno right in front of me. I couldn't take the chance of him bluffing. Deep down, I knew he was telling the truth because one night Reno and I snuck out and met with one another. He showed me the incision to where it was. I begged him to leave town with me, but he said he couldn't leave his brother behind. Tobias appeared out of nowhere, we figured he followed Reno and had another one of his crew members walking with him. He was beaten and broken because this crew member crossed Tobias and as a lesson as well as a warning he reached for the remote and well killed the crew member right in front of us. The explosion splattered the poor guy on the ground. Tobias shoved the remote back into his pocket and warned us this would happen to them if we didn't go with what he said." Dom felt herself shaking, she cursed at herself for feeling weak in front of Sage. What else could she have done? She didn't want to lose her husband to the hands of a maniac.

Sage's thoughts raced in his head with what Dom told him. He now understood her reasons for acting the way she has been. It explained everything. She didn't make it right, but there was no other choice. Would he have made the same choice if he was in her shoes? He wasn't sure, but he did know to take a life for no other reason than to prove a point was wrong. Tobias had to pay for the misery he put everyone through. "Dom, I understand you had no other recourse for what you did, but you still should have come to me and told me the truth. We would have figured out another way to have stopped him." Sage reached for his cell and sent a text to his friends telling them to stay where they were at the moment but to be ready and then he put his cell away. Sage decided today would be the last day Tobias would be able to keep his control over the crew and his friends. It was time for Tobias to pay for what he has done. But how were they going to take him in if he had control over the other crew? "Dom, I have a question, do you think Reno could somehow block the signal to the others to keep them from exploding?"

Dom looked up towards Sage, "Yes, Reno would have the ability to block the signal from Tobias's device. As long as he has time to pull it off."

"Good, because if I'm right, then I'm guessing this is what Maverick is trying to do as he's yelling back and forth with Tobias. He's trying to buy Reno enough time to pull it off." Sage reasoned as he turned his attention to the two men who are still yelling at one another.