6. All Together Now

"Hey Dom."

"Hey Brian. I want you to meet Spirit."

"Hi Spirit. You're the girl fom last night right. You've got a great car there."

"Hi Brian. No I don't it's Dom's."

"That car's yours? Can I get a ride?"

Dom laughed. "No punk, it's my car and I wanna take a ride."

"Why don't we all take a ride?" Spirit said.

-In the car -

"So what do we need to know about you Spirit?"

Dom turned to her. "Don't worry about him he used to be a cop."

"Suspicious by nature huh?"

Brian smiled. "Always."

Spirit told them all about how she had come from a really bad family in Chicago and run away from home. All about her becoming a mechanic and fixing up cars and becoming a legend in Chicago before deciding to take a chance and drive out to Los Angeles.

"Wow, you've had it tight," Dom said.

"And it's my life, I'll do what I please.You can't hurt me now, or don't you see?" Spirit sang.

"Wow, what band is that from?"

"It's my own song. I want to be a singer."

"Yeah that was like really good," said Brian. "Sing more."

Spirit sang. Her voice was like an angel, matching her looks.

"Everything's come down on me.

It's fallen, now I cannot see.

My life has become a disease.

I need you to set me free.

Everything's come down on me, now.

Pull me out this ravine, now.

My life has turned obscene, now.

But will not, I shall not drown.

Pick me up, let me rest.

Hold me in your arms.

Heal my wounds, pass my test.

Kill my alarms.

Let me fall, make me stand.

And just watch me bleed.

Because in the end.

It's not a saviour I need.

Everything's come down on me.

But I'll dig 'til I finally see.

All life is just a disease.

But my life is one that is free.

Pick me up, let me rest.

Hold me in your arms.

Heal my wounds, pass my test.

Kill my alarms.

Let me fall, make me stand.

And just watch me bleed.

Because in the end.

It's not a saviour I need.

Now nothing is falling on me.

And it's my life, I'll do what I please.

You can't hurt me now, or don't you see?

Because your life is just a disease."

Dom and Brian both clapped. "That was the best song I've ever heard."

"Yeah!"

"Thanks guys. It's called Saviour and it's all about fighting for yourself and how in the end, everyone has to rely on themselves."

"We've all got each other. We're a family," Dom said.

-That night -

MURDERER'S POV

The guy on the table had challenged Dom over the years and tried to beat him. Tried to humiliate him. That wouldn't do would it? He would have to be punished.

Edwin looked up from the table and shouted over the music playing (The Wretched by Nine Inch Nails). "Please don't hurt me."

Edwin screamed as the knife came crashing down.......................................................

DOM'S POV

He walked into the house, happy and sad at the same time. Happy because he had just had a good night out with Brian - Spirit had left to come back to Dom's house in the afternoon and Dom and Brian had just had an old guys night out. Sad because there was so much going on both in his own life and that of his friends. Brian's friend had been killed, Jesse was suffering with his ADD, Mia was upset that she just couldn't seem to fall pregnant no matter how hard she and Brian tried, Letty and Vicne were both angry at Dom, and he had enough things going on in his head.

The house was empty, and he called out a few times to make sure. No Letty and no Spirit. Off out somewhere, he didn't know where. The one thing he did know was that he had to get some sleep.