Chapter 44

The race was nearly over. As Brian looked up ahead, he saw that Tyler had the lead. "Damn that guys fast!" he said quickly as he changed up the gears. He covered the red button strapped onto his steering wheel, but didn't press it. He remembered Dom's words of caution. 'Leave your shot till the last minute. Anything else and it's a waste of a boost'. Changing into fifth, he felt the car bolt from under him, as if it somewhat knew the stakes. The gap was ever closing. Tyler quickly looked behind him and saw the green blur fast approaching. "Shit!" he shouted. The pressure was getting to him. He'd already used his last NOS boost back at the start when Brian was leading, and he was feeling it fade. "That prick ain't used his NOS yet", he thought out loud. Brian saw a small crowd of people standing away in front of him. The finish line. He pressed the button he was covering and the car was boosted by 25g's. He watched as he overtook Tyler, and out of the corner of his eye saw him bang on the steering wheel. Brian couldn't help but smile. He yelled as he thundered over the green line spray-painted on the ground, and gently pressed on the brakes. He felt the car sway below him in protest, it wanted to run. Finally, the car spun to a stop, a few feet away from the team. He sat in the car catching his breath. He couldn't believe he'd just did it. His thoughts were interrupted by the shouts and screams of the team running over to him. Dom got there first. Brian got out of the car. "You son of a bitch, you beat him!" Dom shouted as he pulled Brian into a hug. "Not bad Brian. Way to go man!" Letty shouted as she jumped into him. Brian caught her and hugged her before letting her down. Leon and Vince did their 'knuckle-touch' with him, they weren't a pair for hugs and shouting shit off. As he looked around he saw Mia half-walking, half-jogging over. He ran over to her and picked her up, swinging her in circles as he grasped her small body. "It's over!" she sighed with relief. "It's finally over!" "Yeah it is!" Brian agreed as he kissed her roughly. They kissed and kissed, before parting and walking over to get Dom. "Lets go get our cars back," he shouted as he sorted his shirt and led the way over to where Tyler stood with Cat. Carlos and Flaco were nowhere to be seen. As Vince glanced around, he saw that Nisa and Niko were still sitting in Niko's Honda Civic Coupe, watching everything that was happening. "Where's ma cars?" Dom asked with a giant grin. Tyler lowered his head and pulled out his phone. He pressed a button and put it to his ear. "Yeah, bring 'em round!" he said before closing the top and putting it back in his pocket. Dom and everyone else turned when they heard the roar of familiar engines. "There they are!" he sighed as he the red Mazda and the orange Supra pulled up in front of them. Carlos and Flaco got out of the cars and threw their keys at Dom. Dom kept the Mazda keys, and threw the Supra keys at Letty. "Check out the Supra Let," he told her as he walked over to the 'red devil' as he called the car. Vince and Leon circled a car each, making sure there was no damage to the exterior. Once satisfied, they went back to where Mia and Brian were standing. "All good on the outside Dom" Vince reported. Letty backed out the Supra. "Yep were fine here too!" she stated. Dom shut the door to the Mazda and walked over to them. "Where were they?" Dom asked, keen to know where the cars had been stored. "Close. That's all am telling' ya!" he eyed Dom. "We need your keys too. You know the deal," Brian said, stretching out his hand at Tyler. Tyler didn't reply or look up, he just kept his eyes transfixed on the ground. "Hand them over!" Brian said louder. Tyler paused for a minute then placed the keys in Brian's hand. "Business over. Get the fuck outta here," Dom half-yelled. Letty stood next to Dom with her arms crossed. Only Flaco made a move to get into his car. Carlos leaned on the Evo's wing.