Chapter 27
The yellow Sky-Line pulled up outside Tyler's house. They all jumped out of the cars and stood at the bottom of the path. Leon shouted on Tyler several times, but got no reply. The three of them started to worry. "C'mon, lets check out the back" Brian said. Letty nodded and her and Leon followed in behind Brian. He led them round the side of the house and pushed open a heavy iron gate. As they rounded the corner, they came across a large garage, with a white slide-open door. It was partially open. Brian looked around and saw no signs of life. "There's no-one here" he sighed. "Lets get back!" he told them.
"You sure? Can you see anyone? Is Tyler there?" Letty was panicking now. He quickly scanned the back garden again and shook his head. "Oh God!" she wailed. "Where is he?" Brian wrapped his arms around her and turned her back to the car. Suddenly they heard the roar of a powerful engine, come from behind the garage. "That's your car Brian" Leon said with surprise. Letty straightened herself up and looked at Brian. He turned instantly and made his way to the back corner of the garage. He held his finger up to his mouth to quieten them. They crouched low to the ground. As they got closer to the garage they could hear voices, a thump, and then a deep groan. They stopped dead. "Dom!" Letty whispered. Before either Brian or Leon could stop her, she ran round the back of the garage. The two guys followed her. They found Letty standing in front of them with her hands covering her mouth, tears runnin' down her cheeks.
"Well well well, what do we have here?" Tyler asked, shocked to see them come running over. "Let me see!" he continued slowly. "Letty...Leon" he pointed to each of them in turn with a crow bar. "But I don't know you" he said even more slowly, pointing to Brian. He looked over at Niko and Carlos, who in an instant were by Brian's side. He looked down to see Dom sitting on the ground. His arms were tied behind a pole and there was blood running from the side of his face. Letty ran over to him. "DOM! DOM!" she hollered. She lifted his head in her hands, and he groaned. "Dom look at me!" she demanded. He tried to open his eyes but couldn't. She checked his body and saw that dark patches stained his shirt. "What the fuck did you do to him?" she yelled at Tyler. He laughed at her. "Me. I only defended myself. This prick drove round here last night at 2am, but he was so drunk I couldn't talk to him. Hell, he could hardly talk. It was for his own good!" he laughed menacingly, swinging the crowbar around. Letty left Dom's side and tried to punch him, but was grabbed round the waist by Flaco. He lifted her off the ground.
"FUCK OFF YOU BASTARD!!!" she screamed at him. Leon ran over. "GET OFF OF HER!" he shouted as he pulled Flaco off of Letty. "YO Tyler!!" Brian interrupted, taking the heat off of Letty and Leon. They ran to help Dom. "How'd YOU know ME?" he asked with surprise. "You got a reputation round here," he stated. "Is that so?" Tyler sounded happily. "That and the fact that you tried to kill my girl" he growled back. Tyler looked at the floor and walked slowly over to Brain. "That's what Dom was shouting about before. But I don't know where it's coming from!" he said as he shrugged his shoulders, and laughed. "Cut the bullshit alright" Brian shouted as he made a move for Tyler. "We know what you're here for, and we know what your movin'!" Tyler stopped in his walk and his face became serious. "Do you now?" he pushed Brian with the crowbar. He had obviously beaten Dom with it. "Yeah. That's why you rigged Mia's car. Coz' you knew that Dom knew. Right?" he asked. Tyler turned away from him. Brian looked down at Letty and Leon who were helping Dom to his feet. Each had one of his arms slung around their shoulder's. They were struggling under his weight. Brian went to help them. "Wait!" Tyler ordered. Niko and Carlos stepped in front of him, blocking his path. "What's your name?" Brian looked at him. "Brian O'Connor" he replied. "Well...Brian O'Connor. What do we do now?" he asked. "What d'ya mean?" he fired back. "Well the way I see it, you got two choices. I can either finish off Toretto. Right here, right now!" he paused. "Or?" Brian sounded, looking around nervously. "Or you can race me for that car?" he nodded back towards the car parked a few feet away from them. "I've had a look at it, and its one very quick, hot car!" "What if I don't race?" Brian asked him. Tyler clicked his fingers and Niko and Flaco produced two pistols. They knocked Letty and Leon out of the road and Dom hit the ground with a crash. They pointed the guns at his head. "DON'T" Letty screamed. Her and Leon stood helplessly at his side and looked desperately at Brian. Tyler clicked his fingers again, not looking away from Brian, and the guys cocked their guns, waiting on another click. "TYLER, FOR FUCKS SAKE DON'T. LOOK AT HIM!" she screamed again. Dom hadn't moved an inch, and the blood was beginning to pool on the concrete. Tyler raised his fingers, about to signal for them to fire. "Alright. You gotta deal." Brian shouted. "Good." He smiled. "The terms" Brian began. "I win, I get back the Mazda and Supra that Dom lost, plus your EVO!" "And if I win?" he enquired. "You win you get to keep all the cars, includin' mine. Sound good?" Brian asked. "Yeah. OK! We race next Saturday. That's my condition." Brian looked at Dom on the ground, unconscious, and nodded. With that, Tyler turned and headed to the house, followed by Niko, Carlos, and Flaco. Brian watched them leave, then went over to Dom. He knelt down and checked Dom's pulse. "He's OK, but we gotta get him outta here." He said quickly. "Brian, you sure about this race dawg?" Leon asked. Brian paused and looked at him. "I got no choice. I have to race him!!" They all helped to lift Dom off the ground. Letty and Leon supported Dom's weight, and Brian went to get his car.
The yellow Sky-Line pulled up outside Tyler's house. They all jumped out of the cars and stood at the bottom of the path. Leon shouted on Tyler several times, but got no reply. The three of them started to worry. "C'mon, lets check out the back" Brian said. Letty nodded and her and Leon followed in behind Brian. He led them round the side of the house and pushed open a heavy iron gate. As they rounded the corner, they came across a large garage, with a white slide-open door. It was partially open. Brian looked around and saw no signs of life. "There's no-one here" he sighed. "Lets get back!" he told them.
"You sure? Can you see anyone? Is Tyler there?" Letty was panicking now. He quickly scanned the back garden again and shook his head. "Oh God!" she wailed. "Where is he?" Brian wrapped his arms around her and turned her back to the car. Suddenly they heard the roar of a powerful engine, come from behind the garage. "That's your car Brian" Leon said with surprise. Letty straightened herself up and looked at Brian. He turned instantly and made his way to the back corner of the garage. He held his finger up to his mouth to quieten them. They crouched low to the ground. As they got closer to the garage they could hear voices, a thump, and then a deep groan. They stopped dead. "Dom!" Letty whispered. Before either Brian or Leon could stop her, she ran round the back of the garage. The two guys followed her. They found Letty standing in front of them with her hands covering her mouth, tears runnin' down her cheeks.
"Well well well, what do we have here?" Tyler asked, shocked to see them come running over. "Let me see!" he continued slowly. "Letty...Leon" he pointed to each of them in turn with a crow bar. "But I don't know you" he said even more slowly, pointing to Brian. He looked over at Niko and Carlos, who in an instant were by Brian's side. He looked down to see Dom sitting on the ground. His arms were tied behind a pole and there was blood running from the side of his face. Letty ran over to him. "DOM! DOM!" she hollered. She lifted his head in her hands, and he groaned. "Dom look at me!" she demanded. He tried to open his eyes but couldn't. She checked his body and saw that dark patches stained his shirt. "What the fuck did you do to him?" she yelled at Tyler. He laughed at her. "Me. I only defended myself. This prick drove round here last night at 2am, but he was so drunk I couldn't talk to him. Hell, he could hardly talk. It was for his own good!" he laughed menacingly, swinging the crowbar around. Letty left Dom's side and tried to punch him, but was grabbed round the waist by Flaco. He lifted her off the ground.
"FUCK OFF YOU BASTARD!!!" she screamed at him. Leon ran over. "GET OFF OF HER!" he shouted as he pulled Flaco off of Letty. "YO Tyler!!" Brian interrupted, taking the heat off of Letty and Leon. They ran to help Dom. "How'd YOU know ME?" he asked with surprise. "You got a reputation round here," he stated. "Is that so?" Tyler sounded happily. "That and the fact that you tried to kill my girl" he growled back. Tyler looked at the floor and walked slowly over to Brain. "That's what Dom was shouting about before. But I don't know where it's coming from!" he said as he shrugged his shoulders, and laughed. "Cut the bullshit alright" Brian shouted as he made a move for Tyler. "We know what you're here for, and we know what your movin'!" Tyler stopped in his walk and his face became serious. "Do you now?" he pushed Brian with the crowbar. He had obviously beaten Dom with it. "Yeah. That's why you rigged Mia's car. Coz' you knew that Dom knew. Right?" he asked. Tyler turned away from him. Brian looked down at Letty and Leon who were helping Dom to his feet. Each had one of his arms slung around their shoulder's. They were struggling under his weight. Brian went to help them. "Wait!" Tyler ordered. Niko and Carlos stepped in front of him, blocking his path. "What's your name?" Brian looked at him. "Brian O'Connor" he replied. "Well...Brian O'Connor. What do we do now?" he asked. "What d'ya mean?" he fired back. "Well the way I see it, you got two choices. I can either finish off Toretto. Right here, right now!" he paused. "Or?" Brian sounded, looking around nervously. "Or you can race me for that car?" he nodded back towards the car parked a few feet away from them. "I've had a look at it, and its one very quick, hot car!" "What if I don't race?" Brian asked him. Tyler clicked his fingers and Niko and Flaco produced two pistols. They knocked Letty and Leon out of the road and Dom hit the ground with a crash. They pointed the guns at his head. "DON'T" Letty screamed. Her and Leon stood helplessly at his side and looked desperately at Brian. Tyler clicked his fingers again, not looking away from Brian, and the guys cocked their guns, waiting on another click. "TYLER, FOR FUCKS SAKE DON'T. LOOK AT HIM!" she screamed again. Dom hadn't moved an inch, and the blood was beginning to pool on the concrete. Tyler raised his fingers, about to signal for them to fire. "Alright. You gotta deal." Brian shouted. "Good." He smiled. "The terms" Brian began. "I win, I get back the Mazda and Supra that Dom lost, plus your EVO!" "And if I win?" he enquired. "You win you get to keep all the cars, includin' mine. Sound good?" Brian asked. "Yeah. OK! We race next Saturday. That's my condition." Brian looked at Dom on the ground, unconscious, and nodded. With that, Tyler turned and headed to the house, followed by Niko, Carlos, and Flaco. Brian watched them leave, then went over to Dom. He knelt down and checked Dom's pulse. "He's OK, but we gotta get him outta here." He said quickly. "Brian, you sure about this race dawg?" Leon asked. Brian paused and looked at him. "I got no choice. I have to race him!!" They all helped to lift Dom off the ground. Letty and Leon supported Dom's weight, and Brian went to get his car.
