Chapter 14: Not Again
"Yah ?"
"Dom. we're here."
"Good tell Letty to get in her car with Mia and follow you out, head towards the desert, where we used to stash to the civics, we'll meet you there."
"Ok" Jesse clicked off his phone and turned around to fill them in. "Dom wants us to meet where we stashed the civics, and Letty you go with Mia"
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"Ok, so now what, they could be anywhere ?" Leon growled, pacing around the cars.
"I got an idea" Brian said after a long silence. "Dom, do you still know Cat's cell number?"
Dom nodded grimly, and Letty cringed. "Good, Letty did you catch that Detective's badge number, who came around before?"
"yah I wrote it down, why ?" she said handing the number to him
"You'll see." Brian said, taking out his cell phone, " This is Detective Matthews, LAPD, serial number 63521, I need a cell phone trace"
"Alright Detective go ahead" Brian handed Dom the phone, "She needs Cat's number"
"323-555-6901" Dom said handing Brian back the phone. Brian clicked off the phone.
"She'll call us back when she locates the number" Everyone stood around, not knowing what to do other than wait.
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Aaliyah sat in the back next to Kel, watching the desert zoom by, trying to figure out how the hell they were gonna get out of this one. The gun sat in the storage compartment in between the front seats. Aaliyah slowly started to think of a plan, she looked out the back window, hoping to see the approaching cars of her team. No such luck, she would just have to wait, if she had the time.
"Oh hunny, I wouldn't bother looking for them, they're not coming. Its just us now" Cat sneered looking in the rearview mirror at them, winking at them before turning back to the road. Kel sat shaking, scared out of her mind. Aaliyah reached over and squeezed her bound hands with her own bound ones.
"It's gonna be ok" she whispered, looking out the window, just hoping Dom showed up before Cat got to where ever they were going.
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"Ok, we got their location." Brian yelled, slapping his phone closed.
"Well, where are they ? How far away are we ? " Jesse cried, his nerves on their ends. He was quickly losing it.
"We are about 50 miles away" Brian told everyone. "Now what?"
"Now we go and get them" Leon said determined. "Dom, Jesse and Vince, go in one car. Me and Brian will take another, and Letty and Mia in the third. I want my girl back." Leon stated firmly. No one argued.
"Lets do it"
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Aaliyah glanced out the back window, looking for the team, still no sign of them. Cat was ignoring them and fiddling with the radio. Aaliyah nudged Kel with her elbow, and leaned over and whispered in her ear. Kel nodded her head, fear still shaking her slightly. Aaliyah looked out the back window again, this time she saw dust clouds in the distance, signally the very fast approach of cars. "Thank god" she thought to herself. Cat didn't notice the dust clouds approaching, or if she did, she didn't show her acknowledgement. Aaliyah nudged Kel again, motioning with her head to the back window. Kel looked back, hope lit up her eyes, and she took a deep breath and nodded to Aaliyah.
"Dom, that's Cat's car, right ?" Leon asked over the walkie talkies.
"Yah that's it, you ready for this?"
"Hell yah, I want our girls back"
"Letty ?" Dom boomed into his walkie talkie.
"Yo" she responded.
"Need you in the back, Leon you take the left side, we'll take the right" Dom instructed. Jesse cracked his knuckles, waiting for the signal, he was getting real ancy.
Aaliyah looked out the back, and saw the cars only a few hundred yards away. Cat also noticed, and swore to herself, as she revved up her car. Kel nodded to Aaliyah who arched an eyebrow, and lungd herself into the front seat, distracting Cat and trying to go for the gun. Meanwhile, Kel got the door unlocked and threw it open , yelling to Aaliyah before jumping out of the speeding car. She thuded to the ground and rolled away, before Dom and company roared by.
"What the fuck?" Cat and Dom yelled.
"Leon!" Dom screamed into the walkie talkie.
"Yo, "
"Circle back, and get her"
"I got her, you get the other one" Leon yelled back, swirving around, zooming back for Kel.
"Fucking bitch!" Cat sneered, elbowing Aaliyah in the face. Aaliyah ignored her, and continued her climb into the front seat. Cat tried to grab the gun while holding the wheel, but Aaliyah beat her to it.
"Ok bitch, pull over" Aaliyah snarled at Cat, pointing the gun at her.
"I don't think so" Cat said smacking the gun out of her hand to the floor. Aaliyah quickly glanced out the mirror to see Dom a hundred feet back.
"Shit" Aaliyah grabbed at the wheel, fighting with Cat for control of the wheel. Cat pushed her off, and into the passenger door. Aaliyah used the opportunity to reach down for the gun again.
Kel groaned and tried to push her self up as a car squealed up. Leon came running up to her, followed closely by Brian.
"God baby, are you ok? Let me look at you ." He said pulling her up." Come on we gotta go" He urged as he half carried, half dragged her to the car, tossing the keys to Brian."Drive man!"
Cat fought with Aaliyah over the gun, still trying to remain in control of her car. Aaliyah eventually grabbed the gun and splayed herself against the door and pointed the gun once again at Cat. Cat lunged again, they grappled for the gun, making it go off several times. Hitting the windshield, the hood, causing it to smoke up and the car careen out of control. It swirved into the shoulder causing it to flip end over end, eventually landing right side up again.
Dom and Jesse watched in horror as the car flipped out of control. They pulled to the shoulder and heard gunshots once again, followed by a few moments of silence before the car exploded into a ball of fire.
"No!!!" Jesse screamed, watching the car blow up, the guys all ducked out of the way and stood in horror. Leon and Brian pulled up and watched the flames fully engulf the car, there was no way anyone inside could have survived. Tears streamed down Kel's face, as she watched her friend burn. Everyone's eyes stung as the smoke billowed towards them. Leon held Kel against his chest, shielding her view. Jesse just watched in horror, unable to move. Everyone stood watching the smoke finally thin out a bit to reveal a shadow slowly move towards them. Jesse squinted trying to make out what it was.
"What the fuck ?" Dom questioned. The dark blob continued walking towards them, causing everyone to back up and become very wary. The blob, defined into a person limping with one arms holding a gun out in front of them.
"Oh shit!" Vince yelled, making everyone flee to the cars. Dom came back with his shotgun, and Vince and Brian with their handguns. The rest stood behing the guys with the guns, bracing themselves for gunfire. The smoke cleared, and a small voice let out a laboured cough before collapsing to the ground.
"Aaliyah !?" Jesse yelled, running towards the fallen person, Dom, Vince and Brian not far behind, guns still trained on the lifeless form.
"Oh no!" Dom moaned as Jesse flipped over the blackened figure to show the beat up and slightly burnt face of Aaliyah. The guys lowered their guns and fell to their knees beside Jesse.
"Please wake up ?' Jesse begged, tapping her cheek slightly, trying to wake her up.
"Uhhhhhhhhh...." she moaned before coughing and trying to sit up. "Ohhh.." she groaned out through clenched teeth, falling back against Jesse.
"Thank god" Kel sighed falling beside Jesse, and hugging Aaliyah.
"Ow.." Aaliyah moaned. "Shit that was close" she breathed out, making her cough again.
"Guys !" Letty yelled to them from Leon's car where she stood listening to the scanners. "The cops are on their way, we gotta roll." She warned, snapping everyone awake. Leon helped Kel back up and headed to his car. Dom and Jesse, pulled Aaliyah up slowly and helped carry her to Dom's car. Jesse layed her in the back with her head in his lap as he stroked her hair. Dom drove his car, Vince drove Leon's car, and Brian hopped into the car with Letty and Mia.
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"Why the hell did you do that ?" Leon asked Kel, as they lay in his bed, him wiping at her cuts with a damp cloth.
"It was the only way," she said, wincing slightly as he wiped at her bruised ribs. "We didn't know what you guys were going to do, and we weren't sure just what that pyscho bitch was gonna try and pull." She closed her eyes and layed back against his chest.
"I'm just glad your ok, " he said stroking her hair, "You scared the shit out of me."
"Really ?" she sighed, getting sleepy.
"Yah, I was sure I had lost you. And I don't think I could deal with that, you are the first girl I have actually cared about."
"Aww, your getting soft" she mumbled snuggling up against him.
"Shut up you, its your fault." he said, kissing her head and wrapping an arm around her, and falling asleep.
"Holy fuck!" Jesse said as Aaliyah lifted her arms up, and he pulled off her shirt.
"Is it bad ?" she asked trying to see the damage.
"Kinda, does anything feel broken ?" He said looking her up and down, trying to determine the damage.
"No, it just feels like I got hit by a semi." she laughed slightly, causing her to cough again doubling her over in pain. Jesse was there in an instant holding her up.
"You ok?" He grabbed one of his shirts and pulled it over her head. She managed to slip her arms into it with great difficulty, and a little help from Jesse.
"Come on, let's get you cleaned up." He lead her to the bathroom, and lifted her up onto the counter. "You know you scared the shit out of me," he started, as he turned the faucets on, filling the sink with warm water, and grabbing a clean face cloth.
"I'm sorry" wincing as he began wiping the ash, grime and blood from her face.
"Don't be, I was just worried I had lost you." He rinsed out the cloth, tinging the water pink. "How did you get out ? We saw the car flip out and heard gunshots before it exploded. What happened?"
"When we finally stopped moving, I tried to climb out the window, but she pulled me back in and pointed the gun at my head. She just pulled the trigger as I pushed at the gun, making it not hit anything. We continued fighting for the gun, and it went off a couple more times. It all happened so fast, its a blur. I grabbed the gun away from her, and hit her across the face with it. It stunned her enough, to give me a chance to climb out of the car. I just got out of the car, and had taken a couple of steps before the car exploded. It through me to the ground, and I waited till it stopped exploding and was just burning, when I managed to get up and head towards you guys. I guess I still had the gun, and I couldn't see anything with the smoke. Next thing I know there you are." he rinsed the cloth out again, and then drained the sink. He helped her down, and she tried to stand but her knees gave out, Jesse quickly caught her. He scooped her up in his arms and carried her back to his room.
"What am I gonna do with you ? " He said to her as he layed her on the bed. "Your just lucky I love you." He joked, and then noticed her eyes were closed. "Great she's asleep" he said as he climbed in beside her.
"I know Im lucky, " she said as she fell asleep. Jesse gently pulled her closer not wanting to hurt her.
"No, I'm lucky" he said falling asleep.
Downstairs Brian, Vince and Dom were relaxing in the living room, while Mia puttered around in the kitchen, trying to make them something to eat.
"Dom, can I talk to you for a sec ?" Letty asked leaning against the post in the living room.
"Sure. " He followed her to the dining room, "What's up ?"
"Dom, I was thinking about you and me. Maybe we should..."she started but was interrupted by a crash in the kitchen that sent Dom running to see what happened. Mia was doubled over, clutching at her lower stomache.
"What's wrong ?" Brian asked, coming in to see what happened. Mia pulled her hands away from her flower sundress to see, spots of blood.
"Somethings wrong. Dom !?" she managed before she collapsed onto the floor.
"Mia!!" Brian and Dom yelled at the same time.
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Author's Note: Sorry its taken me so long to get the last couple of chapters up but my computer has been a little screwy. So anyways what did you think ? A little more action happening? It never ends for these people? So what do you think is gonna happen to Mia ? And will life ever actually be normal for the team? Let me know what you think, review. See yah soon. =0)
"Yah ?"
"Dom. we're here."
"Good tell Letty to get in her car with Mia and follow you out, head towards the desert, where we used to stash to the civics, we'll meet you there."
"Ok" Jesse clicked off his phone and turned around to fill them in. "Dom wants us to meet where we stashed the civics, and Letty you go with Mia"
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"Ok, so now what, they could be anywhere ?" Leon growled, pacing around the cars.
"I got an idea" Brian said after a long silence. "Dom, do you still know Cat's cell number?"
Dom nodded grimly, and Letty cringed. "Good, Letty did you catch that Detective's badge number, who came around before?"
"yah I wrote it down, why ?" she said handing the number to him
"You'll see." Brian said, taking out his cell phone, " This is Detective Matthews, LAPD, serial number 63521, I need a cell phone trace"
"Alright Detective go ahead" Brian handed Dom the phone, "She needs Cat's number"
"323-555-6901" Dom said handing Brian back the phone. Brian clicked off the phone.
"She'll call us back when she locates the number" Everyone stood around, not knowing what to do other than wait.
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Aaliyah sat in the back next to Kel, watching the desert zoom by, trying to figure out how the hell they were gonna get out of this one. The gun sat in the storage compartment in between the front seats. Aaliyah slowly started to think of a plan, she looked out the back window, hoping to see the approaching cars of her team. No such luck, she would just have to wait, if she had the time.
"Oh hunny, I wouldn't bother looking for them, they're not coming. Its just us now" Cat sneered looking in the rearview mirror at them, winking at them before turning back to the road. Kel sat shaking, scared out of her mind. Aaliyah reached over and squeezed her bound hands with her own bound ones.
"It's gonna be ok" she whispered, looking out the window, just hoping Dom showed up before Cat got to where ever they were going.
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"Ok, we got their location." Brian yelled, slapping his phone closed.
"Well, where are they ? How far away are we ? " Jesse cried, his nerves on their ends. He was quickly losing it.
"We are about 50 miles away" Brian told everyone. "Now what?"
"Now we go and get them" Leon said determined. "Dom, Jesse and Vince, go in one car. Me and Brian will take another, and Letty and Mia in the third. I want my girl back." Leon stated firmly. No one argued.
"Lets do it"
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Aaliyah glanced out the back window, looking for the team, still no sign of them. Cat was ignoring them and fiddling with the radio. Aaliyah nudged Kel with her elbow, and leaned over and whispered in her ear. Kel nodded her head, fear still shaking her slightly. Aaliyah looked out the back window again, this time she saw dust clouds in the distance, signally the very fast approach of cars. "Thank god" she thought to herself. Cat didn't notice the dust clouds approaching, or if she did, she didn't show her acknowledgement. Aaliyah nudged Kel again, motioning with her head to the back window. Kel looked back, hope lit up her eyes, and she took a deep breath and nodded to Aaliyah.
"Dom, that's Cat's car, right ?" Leon asked over the walkie talkies.
"Yah that's it, you ready for this?"
"Hell yah, I want our girls back"
"Letty ?" Dom boomed into his walkie talkie.
"Yo" she responded.
"Need you in the back, Leon you take the left side, we'll take the right" Dom instructed. Jesse cracked his knuckles, waiting for the signal, he was getting real ancy.
Aaliyah looked out the back, and saw the cars only a few hundred yards away. Cat also noticed, and swore to herself, as she revved up her car. Kel nodded to Aaliyah who arched an eyebrow, and lungd herself into the front seat, distracting Cat and trying to go for the gun. Meanwhile, Kel got the door unlocked and threw it open , yelling to Aaliyah before jumping out of the speeding car. She thuded to the ground and rolled away, before Dom and company roared by.
"What the fuck?" Cat and Dom yelled.
"Leon!" Dom screamed into the walkie talkie.
"Yo, "
"Circle back, and get her"
"I got her, you get the other one" Leon yelled back, swirving around, zooming back for Kel.
"Fucking bitch!" Cat sneered, elbowing Aaliyah in the face. Aaliyah ignored her, and continued her climb into the front seat. Cat tried to grab the gun while holding the wheel, but Aaliyah beat her to it.
"Ok bitch, pull over" Aaliyah snarled at Cat, pointing the gun at her.
"I don't think so" Cat said smacking the gun out of her hand to the floor. Aaliyah quickly glanced out the mirror to see Dom a hundred feet back.
"Shit" Aaliyah grabbed at the wheel, fighting with Cat for control of the wheel. Cat pushed her off, and into the passenger door. Aaliyah used the opportunity to reach down for the gun again.
Kel groaned and tried to push her self up as a car squealed up. Leon came running up to her, followed closely by Brian.
"God baby, are you ok? Let me look at you ." He said pulling her up." Come on we gotta go" He urged as he half carried, half dragged her to the car, tossing the keys to Brian."Drive man!"
Cat fought with Aaliyah over the gun, still trying to remain in control of her car. Aaliyah eventually grabbed the gun and splayed herself against the door and pointed the gun once again at Cat. Cat lunged again, they grappled for the gun, making it go off several times. Hitting the windshield, the hood, causing it to smoke up and the car careen out of control. It swirved into the shoulder causing it to flip end over end, eventually landing right side up again.
Dom and Jesse watched in horror as the car flipped out of control. They pulled to the shoulder and heard gunshots once again, followed by a few moments of silence before the car exploded into a ball of fire.
"No!!!" Jesse screamed, watching the car blow up, the guys all ducked out of the way and stood in horror. Leon and Brian pulled up and watched the flames fully engulf the car, there was no way anyone inside could have survived. Tears streamed down Kel's face, as she watched her friend burn. Everyone's eyes stung as the smoke billowed towards them. Leon held Kel against his chest, shielding her view. Jesse just watched in horror, unable to move. Everyone stood watching the smoke finally thin out a bit to reveal a shadow slowly move towards them. Jesse squinted trying to make out what it was.
"What the fuck ?" Dom questioned. The dark blob continued walking towards them, causing everyone to back up and become very wary. The blob, defined into a person limping with one arms holding a gun out in front of them.
"Oh shit!" Vince yelled, making everyone flee to the cars. Dom came back with his shotgun, and Vince and Brian with their handguns. The rest stood behing the guys with the guns, bracing themselves for gunfire. The smoke cleared, and a small voice let out a laboured cough before collapsing to the ground.
"Aaliyah !?" Jesse yelled, running towards the fallen person, Dom, Vince and Brian not far behind, guns still trained on the lifeless form.
"Oh no!" Dom moaned as Jesse flipped over the blackened figure to show the beat up and slightly burnt face of Aaliyah. The guys lowered their guns and fell to their knees beside Jesse.
"Please wake up ?' Jesse begged, tapping her cheek slightly, trying to wake her up.
"Uhhhhhhhhh...." she moaned before coughing and trying to sit up. "Ohhh.." she groaned out through clenched teeth, falling back against Jesse.
"Thank god" Kel sighed falling beside Jesse, and hugging Aaliyah.
"Ow.." Aaliyah moaned. "Shit that was close" she breathed out, making her cough again.
"Guys !" Letty yelled to them from Leon's car where she stood listening to the scanners. "The cops are on their way, we gotta roll." She warned, snapping everyone awake. Leon helped Kel back up and headed to his car. Dom and Jesse, pulled Aaliyah up slowly and helped carry her to Dom's car. Jesse layed her in the back with her head in his lap as he stroked her hair. Dom drove his car, Vince drove Leon's car, and Brian hopped into the car with Letty and Mia.
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"Why the hell did you do that ?" Leon asked Kel, as they lay in his bed, him wiping at her cuts with a damp cloth.
"It was the only way," she said, wincing slightly as he wiped at her bruised ribs. "We didn't know what you guys were going to do, and we weren't sure just what that pyscho bitch was gonna try and pull." She closed her eyes and layed back against his chest.
"I'm just glad your ok, " he said stroking her hair, "You scared the shit out of me."
"Really ?" she sighed, getting sleepy.
"Yah, I was sure I had lost you. And I don't think I could deal with that, you are the first girl I have actually cared about."
"Aww, your getting soft" she mumbled snuggling up against him.
"Shut up you, its your fault." he said, kissing her head and wrapping an arm around her, and falling asleep.
"Holy fuck!" Jesse said as Aaliyah lifted her arms up, and he pulled off her shirt.
"Is it bad ?" she asked trying to see the damage.
"Kinda, does anything feel broken ?" He said looking her up and down, trying to determine the damage.
"No, it just feels like I got hit by a semi." she laughed slightly, causing her to cough again doubling her over in pain. Jesse was there in an instant holding her up.
"You ok?" He grabbed one of his shirts and pulled it over her head. She managed to slip her arms into it with great difficulty, and a little help from Jesse.
"Come on, let's get you cleaned up." He lead her to the bathroom, and lifted her up onto the counter. "You know you scared the shit out of me," he started, as he turned the faucets on, filling the sink with warm water, and grabbing a clean face cloth.
"I'm sorry" wincing as he began wiping the ash, grime and blood from her face.
"Don't be, I was just worried I had lost you." He rinsed out the cloth, tinging the water pink. "How did you get out ? We saw the car flip out and heard gunshots before it exploded. What happened?"
"When we finally stopped moving, I tried to climb out the window, but she pulled me back in and pointed the gun at my head. She just pulled the trigger as I pushed at the gun, making it not hit anything. We continued fighting for the gun, and it went off a couple more times. It all happened so fast, its a blur. I grabbed the gun away from her, and hit her across the face with it. It stunned her enough, to give me a chance to climb out of the car. I just got out of the car, and had taken a couple of steps before the car exploded. It through me to the ground, and I waited till it stopped exploding and was just burning, when I managed to get up and head towards you guys. I guess I still had the gun, and I couldn't see anything with the smoke. Next thing I know there you are." he rinsed the cloth out again, and then drained the sink. He helped her down, and she tried to stand but her knees gave out, Jesse quickly caught her. He scooped her up in his arms and carried her back to his room.
"What am I gonna do with you ? " He said to her as he layed her on the bed. "Your just lucky I love you." He joked, and then noticed her eyes were closed. "Great she's asleep" he said as he climbed in beside her.
"I know Im lucky, " she said as she fell asleep. Jesse gently pulled her closer not wanting to hurt her.
"No, I'm lucky" he said falling asleep.
Downstairs Brian, Vince and Dom were relaxing in the living room, while Mia puttered around in the kitchen, trying to make them something to eat.
"Dom, can I talk to you for a sec ?" Letty asked leaning against the post in the living room.
"Sure. " He followed her to the dining room, "What's up ?"
"Dom, I was thinking about you and me. Maybe we should..."she started but was interrupted by a crash in the kitchen that sent Dom running to see what happened. Mia was doubled over, clutching at her lower stomache.
"What's wrong ?" Brian asked, coming in to see what happened. Mia pulled her hands away from her flower sundress to see, spots of blood.
"Somethings wrong. Dom !?" she managed before she collapsed onto the floor.
"Mia!!" Brian and Dom yelled at the same time.
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Author's Note: Sorry its taken me so long to get the last couple of chapters up but my computer has been a little screwy. So anyways what did you think ? A little more action happening? It never ends for these people? So what do you think is gonna happen to Mia ? And will life ever actually be normal for the team? Let me know what you think, review. See yah soon. =0)
