**Chapter Seven**
"Yo man. When's this Snow Boy showin' up? We've been waitin' here for fucking hours!" Edwin said as he approached Hector and Danny.
The crowd that had gathered was larger than usual. "Yo, soon bro soon. Danny, you racin' tonight?" Hector asked.
"Man I think I'll sit this one out. I don't come here every week just to have my ass handed to me by Mackenzie."
"A'ight bro, catch you on the finish line" Hector said as they did their handshake.
Edwin had been listening to the conversation and was happy that Danny wouldn't be racing. For a little Asian punk, he raced well. Suddenly he heard something that he hadn't heard in a while. The rumble started out as a faint whisper but grew into a deafening roar of engines. "Aw shit, it's on tonight." Edwin said as he watch Dominic Torreto's red RX 7 drive past and into the centre of the crowd.
"What the fuck?" Hector said looking at the scene unfolding. The crowd was in awe that the mighty Dominic Toretto was back in their game. "Where the hell did they all come from?" he said, amazed at the new additions to Dom's team.
Dominic got out of the car and greeted the few people that came up close to him. Leon and Vince got out of their cars, followed by Brian and Jesse then Letty, Mia and Corrin.
"You nervous?" Mia asked as Corrin walked around to meet her on the other side.
"Is it that obvious?" Corrin looked around amazed at how many people with cars could cram into the small side street. "Where the hell are we?"
"Come on. Dom's waiting for us." Mia pulled Corrin up to where the team had gathered.
"Dawg! What you been up to my brother?" Hector said slapping Dom's hand on approach.
Letty, Mia and Corrin all rolled their eyes as they watched the guys do their whole slang language.
"You gonna race tonight Letty?" Corrin asked as she stood beside Letty.
Letty smiled and shook her head. "Naw girl. The only time I get let loose is at Race Wars. Here, on the street, it's Dom's turf. He is the only one who gets to race."
"Why's that?"
"It's like this. Because we're his team, that's Leon, Vince and Jesse also, if any one of us were to race and lose, then it would reflect badly on Dom. So we don't." Letty explained.
"So, what if Dom loses?" Corrin asked. She was completely oblivious to the way this whole thing worked.
Letty half laughed then tapped Corrin lightly on the shoulder. "Dom never loses."
The sound of another engine pulling up caught the boy's attention. "Here's what you gotta take back Toretto" Edwin pointed out as he backed away from the scene.
From the edge of the street a black Subaru 2002 Impreza WRX STi pulled up. A gold neon glow lit the vehicle from below; a gold dragon was painted along the length of the vehicle and the front head lamps had been shaped to mimic an evil eye watching the crowd.
Corrin watched as the driver door open and out stepped a tall, small muscular build, white guy with brown spiky hair and the brightest blue eyes she had ever seen.
He stood out to her. He wasn't like the rest of them, dress wise that is. He had no abundant amounts of jewellery hanging from his neck, wrists or ears. His pants weren't hanging below his ass and he was clean cut and presented himself well.
"Momma's boy." She whispered to Mia as the girls watched the rest of his team approach.
Mia stifled a laugh before walking behind Dom and the boys to back them up as the new guy approached them.
"You're in my park," the guy said staring at Dom.
"And you are?" He replied.
The crowd hushed as they focused on the clash of the two teams. Dom's team being Vince, Leon, Jesse, Brian, Letty, Mia and the new addition, Corrin.
"Mackenzie. My team and I now own these streets old man. Best go find a golf tournament to watch." Mackenzie replied.
Leon stared at the guy as each team passed on warning glances. He felt that Mackenzie looked familiar. He didn't know where from, and he knew he hadn't met him before. It was just, he reminded him of someone he'd seen before.
"This ain't your block boy so you better watch who you're talkin' to" Dom growled as he turned away.
"Let the race be the judge of that. Ten G buy in. You know the rest." Mackenzie smirked as he pulled a wad of cash from his jeans.
Mia watched Dom reach into his pockets and pulled out the same amount of cash as Mackenzie. "You're on."
The crowd cheered as people got into cars and made their way towards the street they raced on known to them as the strip. As people scrambled about Mia struggled to get through the crowd and over to Dom.
"Where the hell did you get that kinda cash from Dom?" she asked.
He frowned as though he had been caught and turned toward Mia. "I mortgaged the grocery to grab some cash for tonight. Don't worry about it Mia. I'll double it by the time that punk hits the finish line after me." He pulled Mia in for a hug then jumped into his car and sped off. By that time it was just Mia and Corrin left.
"Come on Mia. We're gonna miss the race." Corrin said as she went to get into the Supra. Mia nodded slowly then walked over and got in. "Besides. You're my navigator. I wouldn't have a fucking clue where I'm headin'."
The cars lined the streets and two girls raced from opposite sides of the street spray-painting the red start line.
Dom and Mack were the only two racing tonight as the buy in had been set way too high for the likes of Edwin and Hector.
The girls stood beside Dom's car on the start line. "Yo Corrin."
Corrin looked around hearing her name. "Who said that?" She said to herself, still looking.
"Over here you nut." Dom said waving Corrin over. She walked around to his driver's window and tried to lean in without looking like a skank.
"Whassup?"
"Watch and learn girl cos if you're gonna be a part of my team you're gonna have to race like one of us." Dom said as Corrin leaned in. "I'd let you race with me but I don't need the extra weight if I'm gonna beat this guy."
"Oh right. Is my ass that fat!" Corrin said, half mocking his arrogance.
Dom thought that he had offended her when really he hadn't meant it to come out the way it did. "No no, not at all. Your ass is fine it's just a speed thing."
Corrin smiled playing with Dom. "So you think I have a nice ass?" She batted her eyelids playing with him.
While Dom was trying to find the words answer her, a whistle was heard from the car next to Dom's.
"Hey cutie. Why don't you bring that ass over here and party with the real winners" Mack said, leaning out the passenger's window.
"Oh baby." Corrin began as she walked over towards Mack's car. "Hunny. I don't think we could even be in the same room together. There would be you in the corner and your FAT HEAD everywhere else. Call me when your ego deflates." Corrin began walking off, knowing that Dom was watching her every move. 'Same goes for you too Toretto' she thought to herself.
Hector raised his arms above his head, his fingers signalling two. The engines revved, adrenaline pumped. One. Gears were shifted and the foot on the clutch was ready to release. Go! The burnout lasted only seconds before the machines sped off into the quarter mile. Dom had been gifted with the best holeshot of the night, speeding away to a car lengths lead.
Mia, Corrin, even Letty jumped up and down cheering for Dom.
Thrashing the gear into second Dom felt the power of the surge beneath him. He focused on the road ahead. 'Yeah right. Subaru WRX! Eat my exhaust' he thought. Smiling to himself the car redlined and he thrashed the gear into third.
6 seconds into the race and Mack was smiling to himself. "Too slow old guy" he said as he punched the NOS and sped ahead of Dom.
Dom watched as the black car flew past the red blur that was his car. 'Get it back Toretto. Get it back'. Dom punched his NOS and the force almost affected his steering. It had been a while, he admitted, but still he was better than this.
Head to head the time seemed to slow down. Dom watched the car gain, but then he floored the gas. He pulled in front but the pair levelled off again.
Over the finish line they sped. The crowd gathered in the middle of the road waiting for the cars to return to the start line.
"Damn that was close." Letty said, unsure of who it was that won.
Hector was on his cell talking to the guy at the end who judged who had won. "A'ight. You sure? Sweet as." He hung it up and jumped off the bus shelter he had been standing on.
Both cars returned and both drivers got out. "Here it is. All yours" Hector said looking at Dom then handing the money over to Mack. Mackenzie smiled then looked up at Dom. "Looks like I own these streets now."
Dom held back the urge to punch his head in before walking over toward his team.
"What the hell happened?" Letty asked as he approached.
Dom frowned and looked at them all. They all were in anticipation and were weary of what he was about to say. All except Corrin of course who was a complete exception when it came to street racing. "I lost."
"Yo man. When's this Snow Boy showin' up? We've been waitin' here for fucking hours!" Edwin said as he approached Hector and Danny.
The crowd that had gathered was larger than usual. "Yo, soon bro soon. Danny, you racin' tonight?" Hector asked.
"Man I think I'll sit this one out. I don't come here every week just to have my ass handed to me by Mackenzie."
"A'ight bro, catch you on the finish line" Hector said as they did their handshake.
Edwin had been listening to the conversation and was happy that Danny wouldn't be racing. For a little Asian punk, he raced well. Suddenly he heard something that he hadn't heard in a while. The rumble started out as a faint whisper but grew into a deafening roar of engines. "Aw shit, it's on tonight." Edwin said as he watch Dominic Torreto's red RX 7 drive past and into the centre of the crowd.
"What the fuck?" Hector said looking at the scene unfolding. The crowd was in awe that the mighty Dominic Toretto was back in their game. "Where the hell did they all come from?" he said, amazed at the new additions to Dom's team.
Dominic got out of the car and greeted the few people that came up close to him. Leon and Vince got out of their cars, followed by Brian and Jesse then Letty, Mia and Corrin.
"You nervous?" Mia asked as Corrin walked around to meet her on the other side.
"Is it that obvious?" Corrin looked around amazed at how many people with cars could cram into the small side street. "Where the hell are we?"
"Come on. Dom's waiting for us." Mia pulled Corrin up to where the team had gathered.
"Dawg! What you been up to my brother?" Hector said slapping Dom's hand on approach.
Letty, Mia and Corrin all rolled their eyes as they watched the guys do their whole slang language.
"You gonna race tonight Letty?" Corrin asked as she stood beside Letty.
Letty smiled and shook her head. "Naw girl. The only time I get let loose is at Race Wars. Here, on the street, it's Dom's turf. He is the only one who gets to race."
"Why's that?"
"It's like this. Because we're his team, that's Leon, Vince and Jesse also, if any one of us were to race and lose, then it would reflect badly on Dom. So we don't." Letty explained.
"So, what if Dom loses?" Corrin asked. She was completely oblivious to the way this whole thing worked.
Letty half laughed then tapped Corrin lightly on the shoulder. "Dom never loses."
The sound of another engine pulling up caught the boy's attention. "Here's what you gotta take back Toretto" Edwin pointed out as he backed away from the scene.
From the edge of the street a black Subaru 2002 Impreza WRX STi pulled up. A gold neon glow lit the vehicle from below; a gold dragon was painted along the length of the vehicle and the front head lamps had been shaped to mimic an evil eye watching the crowd.
Corrin watched as the driver door open and out stepped a tall, small muscular build, white guy with brown spiky hair and the brightest blue eyes she had ever seen.
He stood out to her. He wasn't like the rest of them, dress wise that is. He had no abundant amounts of jewellery hanging from his neck, wrists or ears. His pants weren't hanging below his ass and he was clean cut and presented himself well.
"Momma's boy." She whispered to Mia as the girls watched the rest of his team approach.
Mia stifled a laugh before walking behind Dom and the boys to back them up as the new guy approached them.
"You're in my park," the guy said staring at Dom.
"And you are?" He replied.
The crowd hushed as they focused on the clash of the two teams. Dom's team being Vince, Leon, Jesse, Brian, Letty, Mia and the new addition, Corrin.
"Mackenzie. My team and I now own these streets old man. Best go find a golf tournament to watch." Mackenzie replied.
Leon stared at the guy as each team passed on warning glances. He felt that Mackenzie looked familiar. He didn't know where from, and he knew he hadn't met him before. It was just, he reminded him of someone he'd seen before.
"This ain't your block boy so you better watch who you're talkin' to" Dom growled as he turned away.
"Let the race be the judge of that. Ten G buy in. You know the rest." Mackenzie smirked as he pulled a wad of cash from his jeans.
Mia watched Dom reach into his pockets and pulled out the same amount of cash as Mackenzie. "You're on."
The crowd cheered as people got into cars and made their way towards the street they raced on known to them as the strip. As people scrambled about Mia struggled to get through the crowd and over to Dom.
"Where the hell did you get that kinda cash from Dom?" she asked.
He frowned as though he had been caught and turned toward Mia. "I mortgaged the grocery to grab some cash for tonight. Don't worry about it Mia. I'll double it by the time that punk hits the finish line after me." He pulled Mia in for a hug then jumped into his car and sped off. By that time it was just Mia and Corrin left.
"Come on Mia. We're gonna miss the race." Corrin said as she went to get into the Supra. Mia nodded slowly then walked over and got in. "Besides. You're my navigator. I wouldn't have a fucking clue where I'm headin'."
The cars lined the streets and two girls raced from opposite sides of the street spray-painting the red start line.
Dom and Mack were the only two racing tonight as the buy in had been set way too high for the likes of Edwin and Hector.
The girls stood beside Dom's car on the start line. "Yo Corrin."
Corrin looked around hearing her name. "Who said that?" She said to herself, still looking.
"Over here you nut." Dom said waving Corrin over. She walked around to his driver's window and tried to lean in without looking like a skank.
"Whassup?"
"Watch and learn girl cos if you're gonna be a part of my team you're gonna have to race like one of us." Dom said as Corrin leaned in. "I'd let you race with me but I don't need the extra weight if I'm gonna beat this guy."
"Oh right. Is my ass that fat!" Corrin said, half mocking his arrogance.
Dom thought that he had offended her when really he hadn't meant it to come out the way it did. "No no, not at all. Your ass is fine it's just a speed thing."
Corrin smiled playing with Dom. "So you think I have a nice ass?" She batted her eyelids playing with him.
While Dom was trying to find the words answer her, a whistle was heard from the car next to Dom's.
"Hey cutie. Why don't you bring that ass over here and party with the real winners" Mack said, leaning out the passenger's window.
"Oh baby." Corrin began as she walked over towards Mack's car. "Hunny. I don't think we could even be in the same room together. There would be you in the corner and your FAT HEAD everywhere else. Call me when your ego deflates." Corrin began walking off, knowing that Dom was watching her every move. 'Same goes for you too Toretto' she thought to herself.
Hector raised his arms above his head, his fingers signalling two. The engines revved, adrenaline pumped. One. Gears were shifted and the foot on the clutch was ready to release. Go! The burnout lasted only seconds before the machines sped off into the quarter mile. Dom had been gifted with the best holeshot of the night, speeding away to a car lengths lead.
Mia, Corrin, even Letty jumped up and down cheering for Dom.
Thrashing the gear into second Dom felt the power of the surge beneath him. He focused on the road ahead. 'Yeah right. Subaru WRX! Eat my exhaust' he thought. Smiling to himself the car redlined and he thrashed the gear into third.
6 seconds into the race and Mack was smiling to himself. "Too slow old guy" he said as he punched the NOS and sped ahead of Dom.
Dom watched as the black car flew past the red blur that was his car. 'Get it back Toretto. Get it back'. Dom punched his NOS and the force almost affected his steering. It had been a while, he admitted, but still he was better than this.
Head to head the time seemed to slow down. Dom watched the car gain, but then he floored the gas. He pulled in front but the pair levelled off again.
Over the finish line they sped. The crowd gathered in the middle of the road waiting for the cars to return to the start line.
"Damn that was close." Letty said, unsure of who it was that won.
Hector was on his cell talking to the guy at the end who judged who had won. "A'ight. You sure? Sweet as." He hung it up and jumped off the bus shelter he had been standing on.
Both cars returned and both drivers got out. "Here it is. All yours" Hector said looking at Dom then handing the money over to Mack. Mackenzie smiled then looked up at Dom. "Looks like I own these streets now."
Dom held back the urge to punch his head in before walking over toward his team.
"What the hell happened?" Letty asked as he approached.
Dom frowned and looked at them all. They all were in anticipation and were weary of what he was about to say. All except Corrin of course who was a complete exception when it came to street racing. "I lost."
