Chapter 9

The day had flown in for Letty, Leon, Vince, and Mia. They had been hinting to Dom all day that they didn't want him to race, but he had ignored them and went for a drive to see if he had improved the Supra at all. "Not bad" he thought to himself. The engine purred like a kitten, and he could almost feel the gas running through his blood. However, the inevitable could not be postponed, and before they knew it, it was time to leave. The girls hadn't even bothered to change their clothes, as they knew it was no ordinary race night.

Tyler had been waiting for Toretto for almost half an hour, and was about to leave when he heard the roar of engines. As the crowd looked over towards the gate, they saw three of 'Team Toretto's' cars heading towards them. They pulled up a few inches away from the crowd. Dom got out of the orange Supra first, followed by Letty and Mia, who had taken Letty's purple Nissan, and Vince and Leon, who got out of Leon's yellow SkyLine. The four of them looked at one another, then at Tyler, and finally over at Dom.

"Let's go Tyler. I'm ready to get this over with," he demanded. "You're making demands of me Toretto?" he laughed. "Whatever, I'll see you at the starting line." Dom and Letty glanced behind Tyler, and saw his silver Evo. The Mazda was parked a bit away from it, and Dom narrowed his eyes when he saw Niko sitting in the drivers seat. It looked as if he was mucking around with the sound system. "One more thing. What's the prize?" asked Tyler. "You have to ask me that. You know what I want!" he exclaimed. "Ah, the Mazda." He paused and rubbed his chin and smiled.

"I don't know. I kinda like it", he teased, looking back at the red car. "But I'll tell you what, since I'm sure there aint no risk of me losing, I'll meet ya halfway." "Go on" Dom nodded. He knew where this was going. "You win, you can have the Mazda. But if I win, I take your Supra!" Dom glanced back at the car and then at his team. Letty and Leon shook their heads, telling him not to do it. But he sighed and turned back around. "You gotta deal"

The crowd cheered and raised their arms in the air. Everyone turned simultaneously and headed to the starting line.