**Chapter Eight**

"We have reported street racing along-" the voice on the scanner reported as the team was coming to grips with Dom's first loss ever.

"Aw shit, we got cops." Leon shouted. Not many heard Leon but they definitely heard the sound of approaching sirens. People scrambled everywhere and in all the mix-up and confusion Corrin was lost in the crowd.

"DOM?" she shouted looking frantically across nameless faces. "MIA? BRIAN?" nobody answered her. She ran into the middle of the road. "DOMINIC?" she called out again.

"Dom get in the car. Go!" Jesse shouted pushing Dom into the drivers seat.

"WAIT! Where's Corrin?" Mia called out. She was standing by the driver's side of the Supra looking around at all the cars speeding off.

"She probably left with Letty. Come on lets get outta here!" Vince shouted as they all got into their cars and sped off.

"BRIAN?!" Corrin shouted. Now she was beginning to get a little scared. Stuck in the middle of nowhere with millions of people and nobody she knew. Just then she felt two strong arms grab her around her waist and pull her out of the crowd. Her mouth was covered as she got thrown into the passenger seat of a car. Thinking it was one of the guys she straightened herself up and waited for them to cruise from the strip.

"Comfortable?" Mackenzie said as he hopped in the driver's side and sped off.

"What the hell? Let me out!" Corrin demanded as she pulled at the door. He pressed the lock on his side and all the doors in the car were locked. He then sped up even more to insure she wouldn't jump out of the moving vehicle. "Where the hell are we going?"

He looked over at her, his eyes eating her entire body up. Smiling, he turned and watched the road again.

Corrin watched out the window desperately trying to find help from someone, anyone. "Please, I can find my way home from here, just let me out." She pleaded. He didn't say a word, just kept watching the road. "PLEASE just stop the car!" He still didn't say a word. "YOU CRAZY FUCK!" she screamed as she leaned against the door and kicked Mack in the face. The car swerved out of control at 100mph on a deserted street. Mack desperately tried to regain control as Corrin pulled the steering wheel from his grip and turned it into the spin they were in. She hunched down, preparing for impact as a power pole rapidly approached the car.

Tyres squealed and rubber burned as the car came to a sudden halt.

Corrin looked up, her head in Mack's lap. She looked outside and through the smoke coming from the tyres below. She looked back and saw that Mack was more than a little pissed off. The pair scrambled in the car. Corrin tried to get out while Mack tried to get Corrin.

She pushed the door open, finally getting the door unlocked then raced down the street. Mack followed close behind. He was angry with her and he never let anyone go unpunished.

Corrin looked behind her and saw he was gaining on her. She pushed her legs faster trying to get away from him. She got about 5 metres ahead then, spotting her escape she turned into an ally way. She stopped and looked around for somewhere to hide. 'The dumpster' she thought to herself as she pushed it out from the wall of a building and hid behind some old boxes and crates.

"Corrin?" Mack sang out as he entered the ally. "I know you're here, come out and keep me company. I'm not angry with you." He kicked over a few trashcans causing the noise to echo.

She tried to calm her breath from all that running. 'Oh God. Please help me' she thought.


Dom was the last to pull up and saw all the cars had arrived. No parties tonight. Well not at their house at least. He solemnly walked up to the door and leaned to look in the living room window. He saw Mia standing, biting her nails like she was anxious, worried about something. That was all he needed. Her to worry about him. He opened the door and walked in, hanging his jacket on the staircase railing. Mia came running into the hall and saw Dom. She sighed then went back into the living room.
"Whats wrong?" Dom asked looking around. "Where's Corrin?"

"We thought she was with Letty but when we got here and she wasn't we assumed you had picked her up." Mia explained pacing back and forth now. Brian put a comforting arm around her shoulders to calm her down.

"When was the last time you saw her Dom?" Brian asked getting into detective mode.

"I guess it was before we all split up."

Leon shook his head. "Yo dawg, we better find her ass before those cops do. She don't know about what happened with the trucks and if she mentions our names you know who's gonna be knockin' on that door."

"She knows already." Brian said rubbing his forehead thinking of something to do.

Vince looked up. "Knows what?"

"The story. Come on lets not dwell on this shit. She's out there God knows where and we're sittin' here reminiscing. Lets go find her." Dom said grabbing his jacket and his keys.


"Corrin?" his voice was becoming agitated. "FUCK!" he screamed as he kicked the trash that was leaning against the dumpster.

Without meaning to Corrin let out a small squeal of fright as the kick came close to her. Everything was silent. Just then a hand reached in and grabbed her by the collar, throwing her against the wall on the other side.

"Thought you could run from me. Huh?" he said as he began tugging at his belt.

Corrin tried to break free but she was pinned. "HELP! SOMEONE PLEASE HELP M-" she screamed before he shoved a hand over her mouth.

"Scream one more time bitch and I'll rip your throat out." He yanked at the silver cross around her neck and pulled it free.

Corrin's eyes grew angry and she bit down hard on his hand. He screamed in pain as he held his hand in the other. She drew blood mate! She held his shoulders down then brought her knee up to his groin. He doubled over in agony and she made her escape. She ran for her life this time. She looked back and saw he wasn't going far but she continued to sprint. Just as she turned her head to face the front as she ran out of the ally she hardly noticed the car speeding down the street. Tyres squealed once again and her eyes went wide in shock as the headlights blinded her.

Stopping inches from her body she unclenched her eyes and looked up at the car.

"Where the hell have you been? And what the fuck are doing all the way out here?" Dominic demanded as he got of the drivers door and approached a rather shakin up Corrin.

"You don't know how fucking ecstatic I am to see you Dom." She said throwing her arms around him in a hug then walking over to his passenger's side door. As she got in she looked down the ally and saw Mack's shadow moving slowly. She smiled wickedly then got in.

"So are you gonna tell me what the hell just happened?" He asked as he watched the road and her.

Corrin looked out the window watching the blur of the buildings go by. "Just, got lost that's all."

"So that's why you're all dirty and you're bleeding?" he sounded like he wasn't in the mood to bullshit.

Corrin flipped open the shade above her and checked herself in the mirror. Sure enough she had a slight gash on the side of her forehead. She licked her finger and attempted to wipe it away but it stung like hell. "Woohoo, looks like I'm gonna have a manly scar then."

Dom pulled the car so that it spun and did a 180 then sped off up into a parking lot he saw and brought the car to a screeching halt on the fifth level.

Corrin sat there stunned. "Ok." She looked over at Dom and saw his pain for the first time. "Are you ok?"
He continued looking down, concentrating on his breathing. Feeling like a complete idiot he pushed open his door and walked over to the railing looking down at the lights across the city.
Corrin got out of the car and sat with her back facing the city next to him. "I know you hardly know me and I'm probably the last person you would confide in but personally, I wanna get home in one piece without you going suicidal on my ass, you know what I'm sayin'?"

Dom managed a half laugh then stood up straight and looked into Corrin's eyes. "You're right. You are the last person I would talk to right now."

"Sometimes it's better to tell someone who you hardly know than someone you've known all your life. That way you don't get their own feelings caught up in trying to figure out how you alone feel. Do ya get me?"

Dom nodded slowly understanding what Corrin was saying. "You really wanna know?"