Author's notes: Wow this is something I never though I'd write, but since it's been rattling around in me head I thought I'd write it down. Okay I'm at it again. I've been working on this piece to add some more length and depth.  The Epilogue will be down for a while, but it'll be back up soon. I hope you enjoy this. Please Read and Review. Thanks! *Smiles* -Tashana Ambrosia

Disclaimer: I don't own "The Fast and Furious" or the characters therein. I'm not making any money off this so don't sue me, I'm only a poor college student.

Prologue

Dom's POV

I screamed at Mia to come to the car.  She glanced back at Brain or whoever the hell he was, than started running towards us.  She jumped into the backseat and I slammed the door after I sat down.

" How long have you known?" I growled not bothering to turn around to look at my sister.

" Not until last night after you left." She choked out, from the sound of it she was already crying.

" How did you find us?" I demanded.                                                           

" He called the phone company they tracked your cell." She sniffed.

I pulled my phone out of my pocket and threw it out the window.

" Dom." Mia whispered.

" Don't! Just shut up! I have to think!"  I shouted.

Mia was crying; she could barely be heard over the wind and running engine.  Leon was trying to focus on driving, but he kept looking at me, then in the rear-view mirror at the girls.  I looked in the mirror at Letty; she was shifting uncomfortably and glaring at me.  I really couldn't blame any of them for being angry; I sure as Hell was.  God I had screwed up. I should have listened to Mia or any of them instead of being stubborn.

" North or South?" Leon stopped at the crossroad.

" South."

" What about Jesse?" Leon asked.

I winced.  To be honest, I'd forgotten all about him in the mess of all that happened.  If we go south we're guaranteed to get of the states, but that's not an option.  I can't abandon Jesse; Tran will kill him, if he's lucky.  " Go North, I'll have to take my Dad's car and go look for him." 

" We should all go look for him." Letty argued.

" Not enough cars. Remember our rides are still in Thermal."

" Shit. Can we go get them?" Letty complained.

" No, we don't have enough drivers.  You can't drive and I doubt Mia can."

" I could." Mia offered.

" We'd have to double-back, it's not worth it." Leon informed us.

I ran hands over my head in frustration.

" Dom, I'm so sorry." Mia sobbed.

" Mia, it's fine." I sighed heavily. " Letty, are you alright?"

" I'm fine." She sulked against the seat, but started coughing and gagging on her own blood.  Mia leaned forward and handed Letty a tissue to wipe off her mouth. " I'm fine, quit staring at me!" She growled.

I looked away from the rear-view and stared out the window at the highway flying by.  'Vince I'm so sorry, man.  I'm sorry I didn't get you off that truck.  I'm sorry I'm leaving you behind.' I closed my eyes and tried to think of where Jesse might have gone, what I was going to do about Leon, Letty, and Mia, and how I was going to get us to Mexico. 

The rest of the ride was too quiet.  Letty would grunt or groan occasionally in complaint of a bump or turn and Mia would try to tend to her only getting an angry swat and an 'I'm fine' in return.  We entered the freeway to LA and I glanced at the number of miles until our exit.

I stretched and turned around to face the girls. " When we get back to the house, Letty, I want you and Vince to pack some clothes. We need to plan to get gone in a hurry."

" What about me?" Mia questioned.

'What about her? I can't drag her out of school, away from her dreams, her life, it wouldn't be fair to her.'

" Dom, what about me?" She insisted.

" I need you to stay behind. I don't want you giving up your life for something I did."

" But Dom…"

" Don't question me! This is not up for discussion." I growled, although I felt awful the moment it left my mouth. 

Mia started sobbing in the backseat again.  Letty glared at me and put her arms around Mia. " S'alright girl. He's right. Somebody's gotta stay and hold the fort."

" For who! You'll all be gone. I'll be all alone!" Mia wailed.

I winced at the sound of her cries.  God, I felt so awful for putting her through all this, but I couldn't take one more thing on my mind. " Mia, I need you to stay. Think about the store and the house need to be taken care of even if it's only until you come join us." It sounded like I was folding, but I wasn't. I was only convincing Mia to listen to me.

" Okay." She responded quietly.

" We're here." Leon pulled into the driveway and turned off the car.  The four of us bailed out of the car like we'd been shocked.  Leon went down to the basement to pack and Letty stumbled up the stairs to our room, with Mia hot on her heels.  I went out to the barn and pulled out the car.

Leon already had the trunk popped and was throwing his two bags inside. "Where do you think Jesse went?" He asked.

I stared up at the house and didn't answer the question.

" Dom!"

" You and Letty are going without me."

" No way man. We stick together."

" For what? So we can all end up in different prisons? No! You and Letty are going to Mexico."

" The Hell we are!" Letty stood on the porch with her hands on her hips. " We stick together Dom! No way are we separating!" She thundered down the stairs and fell at the bottom.  She threw up, but swatted Mia away when she tried to help. Letty wiped off her mouth and stood on shacking legs. " You ain't getting rid of me."

" Letty, this isn't about getting rid of you. I don't want you to get caught."

She walked up to me and dropped her bag by my feet. " That is my call to make, not yours."

" Letty."

" No, Dom. You don't get to win this time. We are doing this as a team."

I closed my eyes in frustration and nodded. I felt her hug me and kiss my cheek. I opened my eyes and looked down at her picking up her bag. I ground my teeth together and slammed my arm down against the back of her neck. She collapsed instantly, but I managed to catch her at the last second.

" Dom, what the Hell are you doing?" Leon demanded.

I silently carried Letty to his car and put her in the passenger seat.  I buckled her in and kissed her forehead. " I'm so sorry baby. I love you so much. I'm so sorry." I whispered to her, before wiping my eyes. I picked up her bag and threw it in the trunk. 

" I can't let her end up in some prison and she's too stubborn to listen." I told Leon.

I watched Mia run back in the house.

" Tijuana's our best bet it's less than three hours once you get out of the city." I pointed south.

" I know man." Leon nodded and looked at Letty. " She's gonna have my ass when she wakes up."

I hugged Leon, " Get her the Hell out of here."

" I will."

" Wait! Wait! Don't leave yet!" Mia hollered and flew out of the house with something in her hand. " These fell off; she never goes anywhere without 'em." Mia sniffed and walked around to where Letty was buckled in. Mia unclasped the chain to Letty's father's dog tags and put them around Letty's neck and tucked them in her shirt. "I love you sis; take care." Mia kissed Letty's forehead and walked away from the car.

" I mean it Leon. Take care of yourself. Get across the border.  I don't ever want her anywhere near a prison!"

" I know man, I know." He nodded to me.

Mia walked over and hugged Leon, " Be careful."

" I will you know me." He kissed the top of her head. " Bye Mia."

" Bye." She whispered before walking over to stand next to me.

Leon climbed into the car and called out me. " Baja!"

" Baja!" I answered back. God I hoped it'd work and I'd see them again.

Leon's POV

I flew down the California interstate keeping my eyes open for the next exchange. I had just gotten out of L.A. the traffic was murder.  Letty was still unconscious in the seat next to me, her head occasionally banging against the window.  She was gonna have one hell of a headache when she woke up, not to mention be pissed enough to kill me.  I was not looking forward to her waking up, or the barrage of questions that would be coming my way.

I had felt so powerless, when Vince was on the truck and Letty went flying through the air.  Vince was out of my hands, now, probably in some hospital with the cops outside his room.  Letty wasn't doing good either her breath kept getting raspy and she was shifting in pain under seatbelt.

" Keep easy, Chica." I rubbed my fingers on her cheek.  She sighed softly and relaxed against the seat.

I felt guilt about the whole situation.  I'd never been as good a driver as the others, but I had the best memory and knew every police code by heart.  This made me a shoe-in for listening to the scanners.  My grandfather was a cop, which is where I learned everything about how those codes work. 

"God-damn trucker! Fucking stupid Dom! Shit!" I muttered under my breath as I hit the steering wheel.

Letty whimpered and lifted her head slowly off her chest. " Pull over." She moaned, before insisting. " Pull over now."

I slammed on the brakes and jerked the wheel to get car off the road.

She opened the door and threw up, " Damn. I feel like shit." She complained, before looking around startled. " Where the hell are we?"

I tightened my grip on the steering wheel and stared out the window.

" He knocked me out didn't he?!?" She demanded her head still out the door. "Leon!" She glared at me.

" Yeah, he did." I answered quietly.

Letty closed her eyes and fell back against the seat. " Where are we?"

" We just got out of LA, I've been driving non-stop, but traffic was murder." I ground my teeth together.  " Do you think he's on the road?"

" Don't know." She pulled out her cell-phone and looked at me. " We should keep driving and you might want to get on the scanners, just in case."

I nodded and pulled back onto the highway.  " We've got another couple hours to go.  I was thinking; we may want to sell the car. That way we'd have some cash. We could stop in San Fran."

Letty was staring at the screen of the phone. " Might cause problems when we cross the border."

I glanced at her out of the corner of my eye; she was trying desperately not to cry.  Her bottom lip was quivering slightly and she was biting it to try and control herself. I'd seen her do this a dozen times.  Whenever Dom hurt her she looked like this: trying to be the badass ice queen, but not quite able to do it.  I heard her punching buttons on her phone. " Dom threw his phone out the window." I reminded her.

" I know. I'm calling Mia." She cleared her throat and coughed a few times.

I touched the brakes and looked at her expectantly.

" I'm fine, keep going." She insisted. " I'll go to the first hospital on the other side of the border." She touched the send key and held the phone to her ear. " Hey girl." There was a long pause. " Mia, I can't understand ya, slow down." Another pause. " No." Letty whispered.

 I pulled the car over to the side and stared at her.

" Are you sure?" She quivered now. " Oh god no." Tears fell down her face. " No we aren't across yet. What about Dom?" She held her hand over her mouth. " Okay. We've gotta fly. I love you too girl. Bye." Letty let out a strangled cry.

I got out of the car and knelt down in front of her after I opened the door. " Let, what is it?"

" Oh my god." She threw her arms around me and started bawling. Through her cries I made out what had happened. " Tran he…he killed Jesse."

I couldn't move a muscle for moment. It didn't seem possible that Jesse could be dead.

" He shot him." Letty was trying to get herself together, but it wasn't working.

I stood up and slammed her door closed.  I climbed back into the driver's seat and started driving. The ride was quiet for a while; both of us were dealing with news in our own way. 

The scanner went ballistic announcing that four suspects were moving towards the Mexican border after the attempted robbery of a semi-truck. " Subjects are described as three males in the early to mid twenties and one female in her early twenties. The first male is of Italian descent: he is over six feet tall, approximately 220 lbs, dark brown eyes, and a shaved head. Officers should be advised that subject one should be considered dangerous as he was previously convicted of aggravated assault, may be armed, repeat subject may be armed.  Subject is believed to be LA, native Dominic Anthony Toretto. Subject two is male is Caucasian, roughly six feet tall, approximately 160 lbs, blue eyes, with light brown hair.  Subject is not known to be dangerous but use caution. Name is unknown, but subject is believed to suffer from ADHD and may be hyperactive."

We both took a deep breath after hearing Dom and Jesse's descriptions and waited to hear how accurate our own would be.

" Subject three is a Caucasian male, over six feet tall, approximately 185 lbs, hazel eyes, with short brown hair and slight goatee. It is believed that subject has been arrested for disturbing the piece and reckless endangerment, should be considered dangerous and will likely try to outrun pursuit. Suspect three may be LA native, Leon Cassimer.  Subject four is a Latino female, roughly five and half feet tall, approximately 110-120 lbs, dark brown eyes, and long brown hair, which reaches past her shoulder. Subjects name unknown, but may be injured from a previous car crash.  All border patrols will be advised.  Subjects may try to cross the border in Tijuana Mexico. Subjects may be driving a black Honda Civic with neon green lights under the car."

I watched the mile sign for Tijuana fly by us.

" Well they got your name wrong." Letty pointed out. " We should sell the car. This car will attract too much attention."

I sighed heavily and turned onto the next interchange. " To San Fran we go.  Think you can scare us up some street racers?"

She folded her arms over her chests. " Yeah, I better hope so."

Three hours late Letty and I were still in San Francisco.  Letty went to pick up some clean clothes and food for us. When she walked up to the car I was showing it off to a couple of punk-looking kids.

" Hi there." Letty walked up and leaned against the car.

" Letty, this is Damon and Alex. They're interested in the car." I told her.

" Fantastic." She flashed a half-smile at them. " We want cash."

" I already told them that." I looked back at the kids. " Two vehicles, plus 10g's."

" I don't know dawg that's a lot to put down for one car." One complained.

Letty rolled her eyes and opened the passenger door. " If they can't tell what this is then let's not bother with them."

" Whoa, whoa, we didn't say we weren't interested.  It's just a lot." The other told us.

" If you really knew what this was, you would know we're only asking for pennies compared to what it's worth." I shot back at them.

" Okay we'll take it, but would you take a crotch-rocket and car?"

I looked at Letty and she nodded. " As long as you've got the cash."

" No problem dawg, just follow us back our pad."

" No, you come back here, with the cash and rides. We'll wait for ya." I answered. I was not getting jumped this close to the border and get my head cracked open. 

They nodded and went back to their own car.

" Are they good for it?" She asked sipping on a bottle of ginger ale.

" I think so. Are you doing alright?"

" Yeah, my stomach's just doing back flips." She complained and leaned her head against the door. " Ou." She winced and touched the side of her head. " What happened to my head?"

" You flipped over in a car crash, Dom hit you, and your head was bangin' against the window."

She dropped her head into her hands. " Now I feel worse, thanks for the play-by-play."

I knelt down next to her. " You need to go change.  You've got blood all over ya."

She nodded and let me help her up, " I'll go back into the bathroom of the store and change."

" I'll be waiting." I pushed her forward and went back to look in the shopping bags. I pulled out a pop and starting guzzling it. I'd of killed for a beer, but I didn't dare drink and risk trouble at the border.

Letty came back out an hour later with blond hair, wearing a pair of normal jeans and a red tank top,  " Not a word." She growled.

" I was just gonna ask if it'll wash out." I smirked.

" It better. They aren't back yet?" She pulled at the top of her shirt and looked down. " Shit this is bleeding again. Will you check and see if there's something in there. It makes me nauseous to look down."

I nodded and looked at the abrasion over her heart. I poked at the hole and couldn't find anything. Letty hissed in anger and pain. " Sorry." I finished looking then patched it up. " I think it's gonna scar."

" Knowing my luck." She rolled her eyes, than looked at me more seriously. "Why two rides?"

" I am getting you over that border. I can't take the risk that they'll recognize me."

" So what we go over separately?"

I nodded, " You know where we're meeting up. Dom's probably tapping his foot waiting for us, getting plastered, and…"

" And hitting on some girl before I have a chance to get in his way."

We both laughed before a group of cars and bike pulled around us in a semicircle.  Letty raised her eyebrows but didn't make a sound.  About ten people got out, including the two kids we'd talked to earlier.

" Not bad." One guy commented and looked suspiciously under the hood. "Homemade?"

" Something like that." Letty sneered.

" We'll take it."

We haggled out over the 10g's but they finally gave it up.  We took our stuff out of the car and took the paper work for our new rides.  The car they brought for Letty looked like a piece of junk but the engine was good.  The bike I was gonna take was in decent condition.

" I'll give you an extra 500 for the scanner." The leader told me.

I nodded and held out my hand.  After the exchange the group peeled out with the civic in a cloud of dust.  I split up the money and put Letty's bag in the car. " You got a story?"

" Yeah, I'm going to visit my grandma in Mexico City. She's really sick; my mother called me.  I haven't been to Mexico since I was ten, so my Spanish is terrible." She put her hands on her hips.

" What are you going to do if you get sick again?"

" Tell 'em I'm pregnant." She laughed as I jumped. " It's a cover story, not real life."

I hesitated before getting on the bike. " Let's go. I'll see you in Baja."

She nodded and took off in the car.

I followed Letty until about five miles from the border.  I eased off and let her pull ahead of me a ways.  I took my time getting up there, but I had to make sure she got across.  As I got in sight I saw that the officers were searching Letty and asking her questions.  I chose the lane next to hers and waited for the guards to get to me.

Letty threw up again. I winced under my helmet; they wouldn't let her in if they thought she was sick.  The guards looked at her questioningly before breaking out into laughter and showing her the pictures in their wallets.  She must have use the pregnant excuse. 'Good girl.'

They waved her through and I sighed in relief. The guard motioned me forward and I took off my helmet.  I watched Letty drive across the border as I handed him my license. The guard had caught me watching her.

" Nice looking huh?" I laughed feebly.

He didn't look amused. " How long have you owned that bike?"

" A month."

" You don't have an endorsement for motorbikes."

" I forgot it at home. I'm sorry man."

He made another face at me. " How long will you be in Mexico?"

'The rest of my damn life.' I thought, but I answered. " Just the weekend. Bachelor party for a buddy of mine."

He was silent for a long moment and even reached for his radio before handing me back my license. " Fine. Go."

I put license in my pocket pulled my helmet back on and sped across the border. Now I've just gotta get down to Baja in one piece.