A Man and His Thoughts

"Dominic!"

Dom's eyes snapped open and he sat up quickly in his bed. He tossed his comforter to the floor and quickly pulled on a pair of jeans. Charging down the stairs and out the front door he ran out into his yard and down into the street. He only saw the empty stretch of black pavement that led to the horizon. He growled, he had heard it hadn't he? It had been Tianna's voice, he knew it. He walked back into the house greeted by the curiosity filled gaze of his sister.

"He has her." Dominic said his voice low, "I know he has her. I heard her, Mia. I'd just laid down, and I heard her scream my name. I heard her." His eyes betrayed the disbelief he felt. He could swear that he had heard Tianna, but he didn't have any proof. He could have been dreaming, he just didn't know. But he could swear...

Mia didn't get a chance to comment, all she could do was watch has her brother slowly climbed the stairs back to his room. He had pretty much confined himself in there after she came back from her trip to the desert. When he had seen Letty's car, he had pulled his shot gun out and kept it targeted on the driver's side. He had obviously had his own theories about Letty's involvement in Ro's death and Tianna's ending up in Rostengburg. He had asked her where Letty was. "She's dead." How? "She tripped." She knew he wasn't wasting any time mourning the woman's death, more the loss of information. Letty could have been able to tell them exactly where Tia's step father lived. Mia sighed; she knew it wouldn't have worked out that way.

In his bedroom Dominic stood, just looking at the pictures that covered his walls. Little images of what he had lost. Little reminders that he had promises to keep. Little snap shots of love to come. He was lost to the thoughts that filled his head. First it was just lovely day dreams, of the time after he had rescued Tianna. He could see them together, just laying in each others arms, talking quietly about their wedding, and the two weeks of the honeymoon. He could see her full with child, with long black hair framing her face. He laughed as he imagined that life would not domesticate her like that. Even when she had his child, he could see her still racing, still building cars, still painting them. He could see her passing it on to their child.

Then he sighed softly, those were just imaginings. What if he couldn't save her? What if he broke his promises? If life made him a liar, then he wouldn't be able to live with him self. He stretched out onto of his bed, and put his hands under his head. What would life be with out Tia? Empty. Lonely. Unfulfilling. He'd be dead, even if not literally. There wouldn't be the excitement. He believed he'd still race, but that no matter how much he did it, it wouldn't be the same. He couldn't see himself with anyone else. Dominic didn't believe there could be anyone else. He wouldn't have any children. God, he didn't realize how much he wanted a child, how great it would be. It would be bigger than any adrenaline kick a race could give. Without Tia though-- he couldn't see it. She filled his life now. Without he, Dom would probably just lay in his room staring at pictures of her. Just like he was now, thinking of all that might have been, if only he had saved her.

Dominic growled and grabbed the nearest object to throw across the room. It had been her journal, and after it hit the wall it landed on a pile of papers, causing a couple to slid from the top. The pages revealed caught Dominic's attention when he had gone to pick up the journal. It was an address. At first he thought it would be useless just like everything else he had learned. Then he completely moved the top few papers covering it. Aidan O'Brien, legal guardian of Tianna Ammon. That's what it read above the address. Dominic couldn't help but smile a little. He knew where the bastard lived now.

Dominic's heart told him to jump in the car and go save her now. It told him to go rescue his Princess from the ogre that kept her locked away. His head, however, told him that he couldn't go just yet. Aidan would be expecting something. No he had to wait a few days. He didn't want to, but he knew he had to catch Aidan, when his defense was lowered. He needed a plan. He need someone to drive, because when he rescued Tia he knew she likely wouldn't be in a position to move on her own, and he didn't want to waste precious escape time, in getting everyone in their own seats. Especially not when he could just situate himself in his own seat, and hold her. It would take less time to keep her in his lap, and his protective arms, than to get her seat in her own seat. He also needed to decide how to kill that ass hole for hurting Tia. Bad guys always get their comeuppance.