**Chapter Twenty Three**
It hadn't taken Corrin long to catch up to Mackenzie. He could drive but she could do it better. Suddenly, like out of nowhere, his car speed ahead along the streets. "What the fuck?" she said out loud as his car disappeared into the distance. Then she remembered. 'That NOS shit'.
She yanked open the passenger seat and tuned the NOS, exactly how Dom had showed her. She remembered everything Dom had taught her but still held on for dear life as her car lurched from 130 - 160mph. They were speeding toward the coastline, to some place.
She kept on his tail as they sped past the sea. "Where the hell are you going Mack?" she said to herself.
Mack looked in his rear-view mirror and smiled. He slammed on the brakes and twisted his wheel.
"Holy SHIT!" Corrin screamed as she turned her wheel to miss slamming directly into his car. "FUCK!" she lost control of her car as it careered towards the barriers leading out onto the roaring sea. She crouched down as the concrete wall quickly approached.
Mackenzie smiled as he watched the front of her Mitsi Eclipse soar over the barrier and over the concrete wall. He listened to the sound of metal twist and bend as the car hit the rocks below. He watched the flames rise as the engine blew, possibly the NOS tanks and very soon the fuel tanks. He began laughing. Watching this all unfold was making him deliriously happy.
"We think it's best to leave Brian on the machine for another week before educating the thought of turning it off. I'm telling you this now just in case that option may eventuate." Dr Smith said as he stood over Brian's almost lifeless body.
Gary held his wife as they were given their options. "Our son's a fighter. He'll come out of this like normal." He said defending Brian.
Dr Smith nodded before leaving the room.
Catherine held Brian's hand and rubbed it as a mother would. "Come on hunny. Prove him wrong."
The door to Brian's room opened slightly as a wheelchair pushed itself through.
Both Catherine and Gary watched as a girl pushed herself in the wheelchair through the door. She looked up, a bandage across her head, cuts and bruises along her arms. "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know there were people here. I'll leave you alone." Mia said as she went to push herself out.
"No no, please. You're Mia aren't you?" Catherine asked. Gary rushed over and held the door open so she could get in properly.
Mia offered a weak smile. She couldn't help blame herself. "Yeah that's me." She held out her hand for them to shake.
"My name is Catherine and this is my husband Gary. We're Brian's parents." She said shaking Mia's hand.
A tear fell down Mia's cheek. "I am so sorry for what I've done." She whispered quietly as she broke down in tears, looking at Brian's frail body.
"Oh dear it wasn't your fault. Aw honey. Shhh" Catherine said as she hugged Mia.
She calmed down a bit then wheeled herself beside Brian. "Hey." She said quietly as she took his hand in hers.
"We'll leave you two alone." Gary said as he led Catherine out of the room.
"Thank you." She turned and said to them as they walked out. She turned and examined Brian. "Come on Brian. Wake up for me. You can't leave me just as everything was going so well." She sat there just holding his hand, feeling at peace.
Corrin felt a sharp pain in her gut. Her eyes flickered as she came to from her fall. She squinted when she tried to move. The rocks dug into her sides as she moved to the edge of the cliff face she was on. She looked over the ledge and saw her baby below, just a ball of smoke. "Oh shit." She winced as she felt a pain in her leg. She looked down to see her trousers ripped and a huge gash going down the length of her calf.
As she rolled over onto her side her eyes fell upon her saviour. Her cellphone! She crawled over slowly and picked it up off the gravel. Not a scratch was on it. She dialled Dom's number and listened to the dial tone.
Dom drove along the streets of LA looking down every back street he could see. Just then he felt a small tickle in the pocket of his pants. He reached down, trying not to take his eyes off the road. "Speak!" he yelled into his phone.
Silence.
"Hello?" he pulled his phone back and checked the caller ID. "Corrin." He whispered. "Corrin? Is that you? Where are you?" he said a little more quickly.
"Dominic?" her raspy voice said through the phone. "Dominic help me." She whimpered.
"Corrin? Where are you girl? Tell me where you are?" he heard an explosion in the background. His heart began to pump even more. "Speak to me Corrin!"
Her breathing became shallow. "The sea." She whispered. "I'm by the sea. Please hurry. He's still here. He's looking for me."
Dom pushed the NOS on his car as he heard the urgency in her voice. "I'm comin' just stay on the phone Corrin. Don't stop talking."
She rolled over in the rocks and sighed in relief. "So, what shall we talk about?" she asked, trying to get a sense of humour about this.
He laughed a little. "That's the one. How about that new car of yours? Runnin ok?"
Corrin laughed only slightly. "Uh, yeah. It's a blast." Another explosion went off as she let out a small squeal. Her head went to the side quickly as she heard footsteps. Her eyes went wide as she saw Mackenzie smiling at her. "Dominic. HURRY!"
"Wait, Corrin? Babe, you there?" the disconnection tone invaded his ears as they got cut off. He was close, so close. "Please just hang in there."
It hadn't taken Corrin long to catch up to Mackenzie. He could drive but she could do it better. Suddenly, like out of nowhere, his car speed ahead along the streets. "What the fuck?" she said out loud as his car disappeared into the distance. Then she remembered. 'That NOS shit'.
She yanked open the passenger seat and tuned the NOS, exactly how Dom had showed her. She remembered everything Dom had taught her but still held on for dear life as her car lurched from 130 - 160mph. They were speeding toward the coastline, to some place.
She kept on his tail as they sped past the sea. "Where the hell are you going Mack?" she said to herself.
Mack looked in his rear-view mirror and smiled. He slammed on the brakes and twisted his wheel.
"Holy SHIT!" Corrin screamed as she turned her wheel to miss slamming directly into his car. "FUCK!" she lost control of her car as it careered towards the barriers leading out onto the roaring sea. She crouched down as the concrete wall quickly approached.
Mackenzie smiled as he watched the front of her Mitsi Eclipse soar over the barrier and over the concrete wall. He listened to the sound of metal twist and bend as the car hit the rocks below. He watched the flames rise as the engine blew, possibly the NOS tanks and very soon the fuel tanks. He began laughing. Watching this all unfold was making him deliriously happy.
"We think it's best to leave Brian on the machine for another week before educating the thought of turning it off. I'm telling you this now just in case that option may eventuate." Dr Smith said as he stood over Brian's almost lifeless body.
Gary held his wife as they were given their options. "Our son's a fighter. He'll come out of this like normal." He said defending Brian.
Dr Smith nodded before leaving the room.
Catherine held Brian's hand and rubbed it as a mother would. "Come on hunny. Prove him wrong."
The door to Brian's room opened slightly as a wheelchair pushed itself through.
Both Catherine and Gary watched as a girl pushed herself in the wheelchair through the door. She looked up, a bandage across her head, cuts and bruises along her arms. "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know there were people here. I'll leave you alone." Mia said as she went to push herself out.
"No no, please. You're Mia aren't you?" Catherine asked. Gary rushed over and held the door open so she could get in properly.
Mia offered a weak smile. She couldn't help blame herself. "Yeah that's me." She held out her hand for them to shake.
"My name is Catherine and this is my husband Gary. We're Brian's parents." She said shaking Mia's hand.
A tear fell down Mia's cheek. "I am so sorry for what I've done." She whispered quietly as she broke down in tears, looking at Brian's frail body.
"Oh dear it wasn't your fault. Aw honey. Shhh" Catherine said as she hugged Mia.
She calmed down a bit then wheeled herself beside Brian. "Hey." She said quietly as she took his hand in hers.
"We'll leave you two alone." Gary said as he led Catherine out of the room.
"Thank you." She turned and said to them as they walked out. She turned and examined Brian. "Come on Brian. Wake up for me. You can't leave me just as everything was going so well." She sat there just holding his hand, feeling at peace.
Corrin felt a sharp pain in her gut. Her eyes flickered as she came to from her fall. She squinted when she tried to move. The rocks dug into her sides as she moved to the edge of the cliff face she was on. She looked over the ledge and saw her baby below, just a ball of smoke. "Oh shit." She winced as she felt a pain in her leg. She looked down to see her trousers ripped and a huge gash going down the length of her calf.
As she rolled over onto her side her eyes fell upon her saviour. Her cellphone! She crawled over slowly and picked it up off the gravel. Not a scratch was on it. She dialled Dom's number and listened to the dial tone.
Dom drove along the streets of LA looking down every back street he could see. Just then he felt a small tickle in the pocket of his pants. He reached down, trying not to take his eyes off the road. "Speak!" he yelled into his phone.
Silence.
"Hello?" he pulled his phone back and checked the caller ID. "Corrin." He whispered. "Corrin? Is that you? Where are you?" he said a little more quickly.
"Dominic?" her raspy voice said through the phone. "Dominic help me." She whimpered.
"Corrin? Where are you girl? Tell me where you are?" he heard an explosion in the background. His heart began to pump even more. "Speak to me Corrin!"
Her breathing became shallow. "The sea." She whispered. "I'm by the sea. Please hurry. He's still here. He's looking for me."
Dom pushed the NOS on his car as he heard the urgency in her voice. "I'm comin' just stay on the phone Corrin. Don't stop talking."
She rolled over in the rocks and sighed in relief. "So, what shall we talk about?" she asked, trying to get a sense of humour about this.
He laughed a little. "That's the one. How about that new car of yours? Runnin ok?"
Corrin laughed only slightly. "Uh, yeah. It's a blast." Another explosion went off as she let out a small squeal. Her head went to the side quickly as she heard footsteps. Her eyes went wide as she saw Mackenzie smiling at her. "Dominic. HURRY!"
"Wait, Corrin? Babe, you there?" the disconnection tone invaded his ears as they got cut off. He was close, so close. "Please just hang in there."
