Yes I realize 'tomorrow' turned into a couple of months down the road but
my fiancé died in a car crash, my film school wouldn't even let me off to
go to his funeral, stressing made me lose my baby, and I just didn't feel
up to writing about anything that had to do with cars.
But I'm back on track and I hope you like this chapter. I know it's not as long as I usually write them but I'm working up to that. So without further ado. LOL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
Satiana flinched as Reki shook her awake. Their plane had landed. She looked at her grandfather who was laughing silently at her and frowned. The affects of the X were wearing off and she could think clearly now.
She didn't know where her brother and sister were Jessie was missing and she'd left Dom. Her assessment didn't go over well and she started to wonder if she could ever get Dom back. Probably not, she was extremely used goods for all she knew. Her wrist hurt like hell and Satiana knew that she was going to be tested to see if she had the honor to be the successor to her grandfather.
"Satiana your eyes are changing colors. This isn't America and people don't think that's cool. Remember show them nothing." Reki patted her on the back as they got in the limo that had pulled up for them.
Satiana breathed deeply remembering the last time she'd been on this soil. It had been the last time her father had raced in China and before both her parents had started shooting up and drinking.
It had been when she'd dressed as a boy to fit in and where she'd met her lifelong friend Jessie. Shanghai was everything that she'd loved and the embodiment of evil. The origin of her families sin.
"You seem very quiet my child." Satiana looked up and glared at her grandfather. He just laughed. "You think that look will scare me? That look has been in the family longer than you've been alive. It's stuck fear in subordinates hearts and kept the Yakuza on top. Until now. The Triads are trying to take over our turf and what they don't have in might they make up for in consistency. They're like ants and right now I can't protect you anymore."
"Protect me? When have you ever protected me?"
"You think that it was your genius that kept you away from the Triads?" When she didn't answer he nodded knowing that's exactly what she thought. "The younger generation thinks that family doesn't stick up for family. I let you live in America hoping that I could hold out until you wanted to take up the title after I died. Your brother the one you're trying to protect is the weak link in the chain. He sold drugs for the Triads. He lowered himself to the level of a dealer."
Satiana shook her head knowing what her grandfather was getting at. Eric wasn't a weak link if anyone was a weak link it was her but her brother didn't lower himself he survived. And she wouldn't let her grandfather snuff out his life like a candle because if he did she'd cut him down.
"He's not a weak link that you can get rid of. Eric survived. He took car of my mother and sister while I was in jail. You didn't help me then grandfather."
"I wanted you to suffer for killing my son and leaving me with a tainted bloodline. I wanted your father to marry Chinese but he marries some Puerto Rican drug addict. My only son disgraced me and then he turns to the racing world. So what do I do to try and get him back.I make a world here that he would love but he doesn't want it."
Her grandfather shook his head and for the first time Satiana began to understand him. It was twisted but she knew what he was going through. He felt loss over a loved one and she could relate to that. She wanted to hug the old man that she'd spent over half her life hating.
"Besides I wanted to kill him myself."
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Eric moaned and sat up. He felt like he'd been run over and skewered. He vaguely heard someone calling his name but he didn't want to open his eyes just yet. Somehow, he knew that when he opened his eyes everything would start to hurt.
"Eric." It was his sister calling him. He opened his eyes and grunted.
Yep. It hurt like a bitch.
"Hey Eric how you doing?" Mia came into view with Dom trailing after her. She wore guilt like it was an oversized trench coat.
"Where are we?" His voice was gravely and for a second he was elated that puberty had hit him early.
"We're on our way to Shanghai." Jessie said as he walked into the room with Abre in his arms asleep. She clung to him in her sleep.
"Is she ok?" When Jessie nodded, what he said finally registered. "What? Did you say Shanghai?" When no one answered, he knew that's exactly what Jessie had said. "Turn the fucking plane around I'm not going to Shanghai. I'm surprised you even got Satiana on this plane to hell."
Mia looked down. "She's not on it. We're trying to catch her."
"What do you mean she's not on it? What aren't you guys telling me?" This he directed at Dom. He watched as the man who'd taken his sister's heart squirmed. It wasn't a pretty site and it was something that Eric knew all to well.
"What happened?"
As they told him it seemed like his eyes got darker and darker. When Mia tried to consol him halfway through it he jerked away. When Jessie was done telling him what he knew Eric looked only at Dom. He remembered all the times he'd warned him to not cross paths with Satiana, to not hurt his sister, to not cheat on her. Eric knew that Dom hadn't been listening and now he was going to pay.
Satiana wouldn't have gone alone if she didn't think it was absolutely necessary. She wouldn't have wanted to leave the man she loved. She wouldn't have left her family.him if it hadn't been for Dom. And she wouldn't be trying to protect two people while trying to find her siblings.
Something told him that they were riding into hell and he knew that they had nothing to pad them from the fires of the pit called Shanghai where every race brought you closer to death than one wanted to traipse. Where blood sports were as common as hookers who were as deadly as snakes. And where his family ruled supreme.
Dom would pay. He just didn't know how or when but the man would pay for sending his sister alone into a hell she'd promised never to go back to. He'd seen what Dom had done or at least the evidence of it in the bathroom trash.
"Has anyone tried to call her?" Eric asked as he turned away from Dom in disgust. There wasn't anything he could do now it felt like Atlas was sitting on his stomach muscles.
"I tried to call her but she's not answering. We're just going to have to wait until she jacks into a computer for us to contact her. At least we know where she's going. I just don't know how we're going to get in."
Eric laid back down his hands under his head like a pillow. He knew exactly how they were going to get in.
"We're going through the front gate."
But I'm back on track and I hope you like this chapter. I know it's not as long as I usually write them but I'm working up to that. So without further ado. LOL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
Satiana flinched as Reki shook her awake. Their plane had landed. She looked at her grandfather who was laughing silently at her and frowned. The affects of the X were wearing off and she could think clearly now.
She didn't know where her brother and sister were Jessie was missing and she'd left Dom. Her assessment didn't go over well and she started to wonder if she could ever get Dom back. Probably not, she was extremely used goods for all she knew. Her wrist hurt like hell and Satiana knew that she was going to be tested to see if she had the honor to be the successor to her grandfather.
"Satiana your eyes are changing colors. This isn't America and people don't think that's cool. Remember show them nothing." Reki patted her on the back as they got in the limo that had pulled up for them.
Satiana breathed deeply remembering the last time she'd been on this soil. It had been the last time her father had raced in China and before both her parents had started shooting up and drinking.
It had been when she'd dressed as a boy to fit in and where she'd met her lifelong friend Jessie. Shanghai was everything that she'd loved and the embodiment of evil. The origin of her families sin.
"You seem very quiet my child." Satiana looked up and glared at her grandfather. He just laughed. "You think that look will scare me? That look has been in the family longer than you've been alive. It's stuck fear in subordinates hearts and kept the Yakuza on top. Until now. The Triads are trying to take over our turf and what they don't have in might they make up for in consistency. They're like ants and right now I can't protect you anymore."
"Protect me? When have you ever protected me?"
"You think that it was your genius that kept you away from the Triads?" When she didn't answer he nodded knowing that's exactly what she thought. "The younger generation thinks that family doesn't stick up for family. I let you live in America hoping that I could hold out until you wanted to take up the title after I died. Your brother the one you're trying to protect is the weak link in the chain. He sold drugs for the Triads. He lowered himself to the level of a dealer."
Satiana shook her head knowing what her grandfather was getting at. Eric wasn't a weak link if anyone was a weak link it was her but her brother didn't lower himself he survived. And she wouldn't let her grandfather snuff out his life like a candle because if he did she'd cut him down.
"He's not a weak link that you can get rid of. Eric survived. He took car of my mother and sister while I was in jail. You didn't help me then grandfather."
"I wanted you to suffer for killing my son and leaving me with a tainted bloodline. I wanted your father to marry Chinese but he marries some Puerto Rican drug addict. My only son disgraced me and then he turns to the racing world. So what do I do to try and get him back.I make a world here that he would love but he doesn't want it."
Her grandfather shook his head and for the first time Satiana began to understand him. It was twisted but she knew what he was going through. He felt loss over a loved one and she could relate to that. She wanted to hug the old man that she'd spent over half her life hating.
"Besides I wanted to kill him myself."
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Eric moaned and sat up. He felt like he'd been run over and skewered. He vaguely heard someone calling his name but he didn't want to open his eyes just yet. Somehow, he knew that when he opened his eyes everything would start to hurt.
"Eric." It was his sister calling him. He opened his eyes and grunted.
Yep. It hurt like a bitch.
"Hey Eric how you doing?" Mia came into view with Dom trailing after her. She wore guilt like it was an oversized trench coat.
"Where are we?" His voice was gravely and for a second he was elated that puberty had hit him early.
"We're on our way to Shanghai." Jessie said as he walked into the room with Abre in his arms asleep. She clung to him in her sleep.
"Is she ok?" When Jessie nodded, what he said finally registered. "What? Did you say Shanghai?" When no one answered, he knew that's exactly what Jessie had said. "Turn the fucking plane around I'm not going to Shanghai. I'm surprised you even got Satiana on this plane to hell."
Mia looked down. "She's not on it. We're trying to catch her."
"What do you mean she's not on it? What aren't you guys telling me?" This he directed at Dom. He watched as the man who'd taken his sister's heart squirmed. It wasn't a pretty site and it was something that Eric knew all to well.
"What happened?"
As they told him it seemed like his eyes got darker and darker. When Mia tried to consol him halfway through it he jerked away. When Jessie was done telling him what he knew Eric looked only at Dom. He remembered all the times he'd warned him to not cross paths with Satiana, to not hurt his sister, to not cheat on her. Eric knew that Dom hadn't been listening and now he was going to pay.
Satiana wouldn't have gone alone if she didn't think it was absolutely necessary. She wouldn't have wanted to leave the man she loved. She wouldn't have left her family.him if it hadn't been for Dom. And she wouldn't be trying to protect two people while trying to find her siblings.
Something told him that they were riding into hell and he knew that they had nothing to pad them from the fires of the pit called Shanghai where every race brought you closer to death than one wanted to traipse. Where blood sports were as common as hookers who were as deadly as snakes. And where his family ruled supreme.
Dom would pay. He just didn't know how or when but the man would pay for sending his sister alone into a hell she'd promised never to go back to. He'd seen what Dom had done or at least the evidence of it in the bathroom trash.
"Has anyone tried to call her?" Eric asked as he turned away from Dom in disgust. There wasn't anything he could do now it felt like Atlas was sitting on his stomach muscles.
"I tried to call her but she's not answering. We're just going to have to wait until she jacks into a computer for us to contact her. At least we know where she's going. I just don't know how we're going to get in."
Eric laid back down his hands under his head like a pillow. He knew exactly how they were going to get in.
"We're going through the front gate."
